In a story that won’t vanish, AD Debbie Yow reaffirmed Maryland’s committment to the ACC. Apparently the Big 10 has been wooing Maryland or at least is about to. One of the 7 charter members of the ACC, Yow had first stated her loyalty at the Baltimore Terrapin Club meeting 1 month ago.
reaffirming her commitment is political talk. it’s like asking a coach if he would interested in a job and the guy says no one has contacted me so there is nothing to say. if the big ten wants to talk to md about joining their conference what do you think debbie is going to say. no thanks. she’ll listen and if the offer is good enough md will go to the big ten. first things first. the big ten has to knocking at the door.
if schools like clemson, fl. st. and va tech leave the acc, the acc will become a 2nd tier conference. the way things seem to be headed is that there is going to be be 3 super conferences. pac 10/16, the sec and the big10/16. if md moves to the big 10 it means million and millions of dollars. there is no reason why with additional money the football program can’t improve. the basketball program should always be good. the big ten would bring in millions more for the academic side as well. do you sit back and hope the acc stays the same which still will put them way behind the big 3 super conferences? do you sit back and watch the acc go backwards with some of the “football” schools leaving for the sec and the conferences drops down significantly or are you pro active? you gotta think if the pac 10 becomes 16 the big ten will go to 16 and the sec won’t want to be left behind and they will expand. college sports is big business and it makes good business sense to go to the big 10. as far as rivalries go. we really don’t have one in the acc and calling penn st a rival at least in football is a stretch for now considering md is something like 1-35-1 lifetime vs penn st. that’s like calling the hammer and the nail a rivalry but the hammer always wins. most people shy away from change yet a lot of times change is really good.money is the biggest issue no doubt. but without the money the whole atheltic program goes backward. college sports is big big business. as much as most would rather things to remain the same it probably won’t. and if the acc becomes a lesser conference which is very probable the basketball team will suffer. though basketball is number one with a high majority of md fans football brings in the far more money and it’s college football that is causing the change in conferences. same is true at kentucky where kentucky basketball is g-d but ky football brings in more money. same is true at kansas. of course it’s moeny but there are a lot of other things involved which many are for the good. i think everyone needs to look more long term than just about today.
you need to be invited first. but i think looking long term if you get invited and the numbers look good, you go. if you get invited and choose to stay in the acc and other acc schools go elsewhere i think the conference is in trouble. the acc would be more on par with the western athelic conference or the mid american conference. you might be able to bring in a couple of good “basketball” schools but the reality is football drives the bus or in this case the armored car with the cash. and most schools you would be able to bring in are lesser academically like a temple, west va., ct., syracuse or nova. and i would doubt maryland would want to lower academics so they can be more competitive in basketball with schools like that. though i’m sure most fans could care less if a kid can read or write as long as the kid can shoot the 3 get 15 boards a game or can run for 150 yds a game or get 15 sacks a year. and looking at the grants big ten schools get for academics, well you just can’t ignore that.
freddy from boca
reaffirming her commitment is political talk. it’s like asking a coach if he would interested in a job and the guy says no one has contacted me so there is nothing to say. if the big ten wants to talk to md about joining their conference what do you think debbie is going to say. no thanks. she’ll listen and if the offer is good enough md will go to the big ten. first things first. the big ten has to knocking at the door.
if schools like clemson, fl. st. and va tech leave the acc, the acc will become a 2nd tier conference. the way things seem to be headed is that there is going to be be 3 super conferences. pac 10/16, the sec and the big10/16. if md moves to the big 10 it means million and millions of dollars. there is no reason why with additional money the football program can’t improve. the basketball program should always be good. the big ten would bring in millions more for the academic side as well. do you sit back and hope the acc stays the same which still will put them way behind the big 3 super conferences? do you sit back and watch the acc go backwards with some of the “football” schools leaving for the sec and the conferences drops down significantly or are you pro active? you gotta think if the pac 10 becomes 16 the big ten will go to 16 and the sec won’t want to be left behind and they will expand. college sports is big business and it makes good business sense to go to the big 10. as far as rivalries go. we really don’t have one in the acc and calling penn st a rival at least in football is a stretch for now considering md is something like 1-35-1 lifetime vs penn st. that’s like calling the hammer and the nail a rivalry but the hammer always wins. most people shy away from change yet a lot of times change is really good.money is the biggest issue no doubt. but without the money the whole atheltic program goes backward. college sports is big big business. as much as most would rather things to remain the same it probably won’t. and if the acc becomes a lesser conference which is very probable the basketball team will suffer. though basketball is number one with a high majority of md fans football brings in the far more money and it’s college football that is causing the change in conferences. same is true at kentucky where kentucky basketball is g-d but ky football brings in more money. same is true at kansas. of course it’s moeny but there are a lot of other things involved which many are for the good. i think everyone needs to look more long term than just about today.
you need to be invited first. but i think looking long term if you get invited and the numbers look good, you go. if you get invited and choose to stay in the acc and other acc schools go elsewhere i think the conference is in trouble. the acc would be more on par with the western athelic conference or the mid american conference. you might be able to bring in a couple of good “basketball” schools but the reality is football drives the bus or in this case the armored car with the cash. and most schools you would be able to bring in are lesser academically like a temple, west va., ct., syracuse or nova. and i would doubt maryland would want to lower academics so they can be more competitive in basketball with schools like that. though i’m sure most fans could care less if a kid can read or write as long as the kid can shoot the 3 get 15 boards a game or can run for 150 yds a game or get 15 sacks a year. and looking at the grants big ten schools get for academics, well you just can’t ignore that.
· 11/12/2019