(01-04-2018 11:55 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 11:31 AM)penguino Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 11:19 AM)megadrone Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 10:48 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 08:20 AM)penguino Wrote:  This......GT was never in over RU.

Georgia Tech cracks open the ACC in a way that Maryland didn't. (Especially if it's Maryland *AND* Georgia Tech.) That puts UNC and UVA (the real prizes for the Big Ten) in play.

Rutgers is the 2AM last resort after you strike out with the core ACC schools that would bring the BTN to the entire south Atlantic region.

Rutgers was never school #12 or #13. But part of me feels that the cable boxes in NJ made us #14. GT alone would have been an island, and even GT with Maryland doesn't have the same feeling as GT, MD, UVa and UNC. That configuration would have been a winner for the Big 10.

We were #12 until Nebraska came along, then we waited until a #14 (Maryland) came along.

This is just not true. Rutgers invitation was contingent on Maryland accepting and offer first. There are many articles available that will corroborate these facts. I have seen no articles that say that Rutgers was first over Maryland

Rutgers waits to see if Maryland accepts

Waits to see if they accept because they're not bringing in just one school to make it 13. So no Maryland (or someone else) no Rutgers. It's not rocket science here. If Maryland didn't go, then we would have waited for someone else. And no, it wouldn't have been syracuse.....If it helps you sleep at night as a Syracuse fan to think RU was 14 so be it.