DawgNBama
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RE: What If the USC/UCLA move to the Big Ten doesn’t work out?
(01-21-2023 10:10 PM)esayem Wrote: (01-21-2023 09:00 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote: (01-21-2023 02:34 PM)esayem Wrote: (01-21-2023 02:13 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote: (01-21-2023 11:45 AM)esayem Wrote: One of my best friends is a Maryland fan, good luck telling him it makes sense. I think people don't realize how much UMd fans hate Duke and miss that rivalry. Fans don't get that game (nor UVa) anymore and they don't get the Big Ten media money.
If only it were possible to schedule a hated rival OOC every year. Oh, wait, UF-FSU, USC-Clemson, UGA-GT...it IS possible! Cool!
We weren't there with Texas, but in another 5-10 years we would have started playing them annually I suspect. Our hate for LSU and bama is strong, but the hatred for Texas runs deep.
I get you’re trying to be contrarian and that’s cute and all. That’s sort of been your MO towards me since you joined. But those games meant a lot to the ACC standings and the ACC tournament. AFAIK, that can’t be scheduled OOC. Unless you in your almighty wisdom know better?
I just call it like I see it, and I often find myself disagreeing with things you post. Rather than be rude and abrasive, I think that humor with a bit of sarcasm is more called for on this board.
You didn't mention the ACC standings in your earlier post, and I doubt that Duke had much of a negative impact on anybody's standing in the ACC (football). I know that I sure miss playing some of our old SWC and big 12 "rivals" for the easy W.
So what exactly were you disagreeing with? It seems to me you simplified and reduced the importance of what I said, which is a true gripe amongst many Maryland fans, not just my close friend. You shrugged it off as if there aren't complex inner workings behind the scenes and schools will just schedule one another like nothing happened.
Re: ACC tournament games, Maryland school officials are probably gambling that Duke will join the B1G in the future. And, that could happen. But then again, it might not. The main reason that Maryland made that decision is because Maryland was hurting badly financially. No big alumni chose to try to bail out the Terps, so Maryland decided to go with the bird in the hand (B1G membership) vs the bird(s) in the bush (anything else).
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