Rutgers to the B1G News Conference on BTN at 2pm

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on November 20th, 2012 at 10:35 AM

Per ESPN_BigTen on twitter.

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Brodie

November 20th, 2012 at 12:59 PM ^

we're not staying ahead of the game this is the functional equivalent of Woody Hayes going for two

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bighouseinmate

November 20th, 2012 at 1:02 PM ^

.....is most certainly a better way of looking at it.

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TheTruth41

November 20th, 2012 at 2:08 PM ^

Adding in Maryland and Rutgers you can dangle those two infront of ND now saying "you get to play these guys every year now" (which looked enticing when they joined up with the ACC). Plus playing Indiana and Purdue should put them over the top.

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Buccaneer_9

November 20th, 2012 at 12:50 PM ^

My father is a huge Michigan fan who actually graduated from Rutgers and his younger brother graduated from Michigan Law. Neither one of them is the least bit excited about this move. I can't say I feel any better about it than they do. It's like we've just added Minnesota & Indiana again. I am, however, looking forward to adding Georgia Tech & Notre Dame.

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Iceman

November 20th, 2012 at 12:58 PM ^

I live in NJ now, unfortunately, and I hate the idea that the conference is getting weaker with these additions. However...Michigan is a highly respected school out here (and everywhere else) and having a Big Ten presence in NJ and MD will help us get kids from the top Prep schools in the country (Don Bosco, Gilman, Good Counsel, St. Peter's, etc.) that are already interested in us. It may hurt our conference initially, but I think it will end up helping Michigan recruiting in the long run.

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chewieblue

November 20th, 2012 at 1:35 PM ^

Just plain sucks.

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West German Judge

November 20th, 2012 at 2:03 PM ^

Well. Rutgers seems to be far more gracious and complimentary of the Big Ten than Maryland was (so far).

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WingsNWolverines

November 20th, 2012 at 2:04 PM ^

all this distraction. Its Michigan vs OSU week fergodsake the attention needs to be on the game. Ugh.

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Avant's Hands

November 20th, 2012 at 2:59 PM ^

They keep talking about division realignment and how you can't do both geography and competitive balance, but I don't see why not.

East:

Maryland

Rutgers

PSU

Ohio

Michigan

Purdue

West:

MSU

Illinois

Northwestern

Iowa

Nebraska

Winsconsin

Minnesota

UM/OSU/PSU on one side, sure, but the other 4 teams are not as good at football. In the west you have the twin brothers of Nebraska and Wisky that have to fight through the up and down teams like MSU, NW, and Iowa. Plus, everyone's major rivalry is preserved except State's (and I guess Illinois' and Iowa's) game with us. And I won't lose much sleep over that. The worst part of this is only playing for the Jug twice every six years or so.

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