Bengals1181 Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 not necessarily great programs, but a big win for the Big Ten in recruiting and tv coverage for the Big Ten Network, and thus tv revenue. They've long wanted to get into the NYC TV market, and then also should add the entire state of Maryland tv coverage wise. Also opens up 2 new areas for recruiting. [quote][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]The University of Maryland's Board of Regents on Monday voted unanimously to accept an invitation to join the Big Ten Conference and leave the Atlantic Coast Conference, sources told ESPN on Monday.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] The board unanimously approved the move to the Big Ten, a regent told ESPN. An afternoon announcement is expected.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Sources also said that Rutgers is expected to follow the Terrapins and will announce its own move from the Big East to the Big Ten, possibly as early as Tuesday. A Scarlet Knights move would give the Big Ten 14 members.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Rutgers' Board of Governors is holding a regularly scheduled meeting Monday in New Brunswick, N.J.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] When Maryland, a charter member of the ACC, will make the move to the Big Ten is unknown, but sources at the school believe the Terps will be able to negotiate the current $50 million exit fee from the ACC to a lower amount. The additions of Maryland and Rutgers would spur the Big Ten toward negotiations on a new media rights deal when its first-tier rights expire in 2017.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] ESPN on Saturday first reported on the negotiations between Maryland and the Big Ten. Maryland was one of eight schools to start the ACC in 1953.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] One stumbling block for Maryland was thought to be a financial one. Its athletic department has recently dropped sports programs because of budget concerns and the ACC recently raised its exit fee to the aforementioned $50 million.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Maryland and Florida State were the only two of the ACC's12 schools that voted against a $50 million exit fee but lost the vote. Maryland president Wallace Loh was quoted in The Washington Post on Sept. 13 as saying he was against the hike from $20 million to $50 million on "legal and philosophical" grounds.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] A source told ESPN that the Big Ten has been itchy about further expansion since Notre Dame made its official move to the ACC two months ago in all sports other than football. The source said the Big Ten can justify Maryland and then potentially Rutgers since they are all contiguous states to the Big Ten footprint.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] The addition of the two East Coast schools would dramatically stretch the Big Ten's shadow. With Maryland holding down the Beltway, Rutgers offering up the New York/New Jersey market and Penn State's strong eastern ties, the league has a solid anchor in the mid-Atlantic states.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Maryland becomes only the second school to leave the ACC. South Carolina was the other, leaving in 1971 to become an independent. The Gamecocks are now members of the SEC.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] In the past few years, the nation's top five conferences -- SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC -- have added a total of 10 new members, unleashing a coast-to-coast domino effect on college programs.[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] With the move of Maryland and pending move by Rutgers, the ACC and Big East are expected to seek replacement teams. Connecticut is the most likely candidate to join the ACC, sources said.[/size][/font][/color] [i]Information from ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz was used in this report.[/i][/quote] http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8651934/maryland-terrapins-accept-invitation-join-big-ten-sources-say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 man, would losing Connecticut be the death nail for the Big East? The strength of its basketball depth is the only thing keeping that conference afloat. They've lost West Virginia and Syracuse. Connecticut might be the final domino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 [color=#000000][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]A television executive [/size][/font][/color][url="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/pete_thamel/11/18/big-ten-expansion-tv-money/index.html"]told SI.com’s Pete Thamel[/url][color=#000000][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3], the move could be worth as much as $200 millon annually for Big Ten cable subscription fees, and 15 million television households — but not without risk.[/size][/font][/color] http://tracking.si.com/2012/11/19/maryland-board-approves-move-to-big-ten-ncaa/?eref=sihp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 Maryland in the Big Ten just seems weird to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 Awful idea. Just what the B1G needs, more mediocre football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 [quote name='Jason' timestamp='1353345327' post='1182404'] Awful idea. Just what the B1G needs, more mediocre football. [/quote] what teams out there would be good additions football wise though? Neither are great teams, but their probably in the middle of the pack of the Big Ten. They won't be the worst teams IMO. There aren't really any strong programs looking to move conferences at this point. From a recruiting and tv coverage/revenue standpoint its a great move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandJoeyV Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 [quote name='Jason' timestamp='1353345327' post='1182404'] Awful idea. Just what the B1G needs, more mediocre football. [/quote] Rutgers is actually a top 25 team. How many of those do we have right now? Also Maryland should be good for basketball. 200 mil more doesn't hurt either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 IMO the Big Ten will be alright in the long run now that much of the conference has switched to the spread. It's now just a matter of getting players to fit the systems. From a defensive standpoint, the Big Ten is behind probably only the SEC as far as quality of defenses they field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 [quote name='JBandJoeyV' timestamp='1353345579' post='1182410'] [b]Rutgers is actually a top 25 team[/b]. How many of those do we have right now? Also Maryland should be good for basketball. 200 mil more doesn't hurt either. [/quote] Right now. Not consistently. And would Rutgers be a top 25 team playing a tougher schedule than the Big East? [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1353345571' post='1182409'] what teams out there would be good additions football wise though? Neither are great teams, but their probably in the middle of the pack of the Big Ten. They won't be the worst teams IMO. There aren't really any strong programs looking to move conferences at this point. From a recruiting and tv coverage/revenue standpoint its a great move. [/quote] There was speculation that Texas might be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 would great for UC. [color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)] [url="https://twitter.com/AndrewGruman"][b]Andrew Gruman[/b] [size=3][s]@[/s][b]AndrewGruman[/b][/size][/url][/background][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)] CBS Sports is reporting that the ACC is talking with UConn, Louisville, USF and Cincinnati. Very bad for basketball only Marquette.[/background][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 [size=3][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well, anything can and will happen based on the moves by the Terrapins and Scarlet Knights. And if you're a fan of the Big Ten, just know that the addition of these two schools was made with the future in mind moreso than anything else. And you can expect other leagues to follow suit.[/font][/color][/size] [size=3][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In the short term, expect Connecticut, which longed to move to the ACC for awhile now, to land in John Swofford's league as the Huskies look for a more stable environment than the Big East. However, just how stable is the ACC as a football conference? Unless Swofford can get Notre Dame to be a full-fledged member, the ACC could lose several schools to various conferences across the country. At the end of the day, the ACC could essentially become a basketball conference because Notre Dame is not and will not be interested in planting its strong brand-name flag in a wobbly league.[/font][/color][/size] [size=3][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It's essential to keep in mind that conference realignment is so far from over. If Maryland and Rutgers can get invites to the Big Ten, can we really expect teams such as Florida State and Clemson not to flirt with the Big 12 after the rumors that swirled this past summer?[/font][/color][/size] [size=3][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Big 12 is in an interesting spot because the league has maintained that it wanted to stay at ten members. Of course, if the conference was able to land Notre Dame as a pseudo-member it would have been very glad to do so. But the Irish joined forces with the ACC instead. Louisville has been waiting to make a jump to the Big 12 for awhile, but I don't believe that Bob Bowlsby's league would rush to add the Cardinals unless it talks to bigger programs such as Florida State and Clemson. And you can better believe that the Seminoles and Tigers are in play again.[/font][/color][/size] [size=3][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For a league such as the Big East, it's yet another tough blow. Just when Mike Aresco's conference had seemingly landed on its feet after a rough 14 months and being reassured that its champion would have a chance to net a spot in one of the sport's six upper-tier bowls in 2014 and beyond, it now will have to replace Rutgers and UConn with a new television deal on the horizon. Will Aresco and Co. stand pat, or will it look to add Navy and Air Force without getting Army into the mix? The Big East was hoping that adding Boise State and San Diego State would persuade BYU to join, but why would the Cougars join an unstable league?[/font][/color][/size] [size=3][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It is not inconceivable, at the end of all of this realignment — whenever that may be — to see North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech and Virginia in the Big Ten. Yes, an 18-team Big Ten. Clemson, Florida State, Pittsburgh and Louisville could end up in the Big 12. And Virginia Tech and N.C. State could be SEC-bound. That is the landscape we are in right now.[/font][/color][/size] [size=3][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The era of Superconferences is closer than we may have anticipated when the major-college playoff was brokered this past summer. Where realignment will end, we will find out sooner rather than later.[/font][/color][/size] [color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=1][url="http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/The-next-steps-in-conference-realignment.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed"]http://www.nationalf...rce=twitterfeed[/url][/size][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1353353026' post='1182493'] would great for UC. [color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)][url="https://twitter.com/AndrewGruman"][b]Andrew Gruman[/b] [size=3][s]@[/s][b]AndrewGruman[/b][/size][/url][/background][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)]CBS Sports is reporting that the ACC is talking with UConn, Louisville, USF and Cincinnati. Very bad for basketball only Marquette.[/background][/font][/color] [/quote] It would make it difficult in my house twice a year. Diva is a big Duke hoops fan. But it would allow me to get to a few UC games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 man, now Boise State is considering nixing their move to the Big East. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8653727/boise-state-broncos-sdsu-aztecs-byu-cougars-talk-mwc-return-sources-say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I hate this whole re-aligment business in college sports. All of it, and mostly because it's about money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Same here. Just not the same. Another thing that grates me...is this pious "tradition" crap all of these mega-conferences spout. They have 20 schools in a conference, but insist on calling themselves the "Big 10" or "Big 12". Be honest and at least acknowledge they will eventually be the "Big 1,000". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Louisville to the ACC would be unreal. K, Pitino, Williams on a daily basis? Only missing Izzo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Rutgers to the Big Ten is now official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 [quote name='Bunghole' timestamp='1353428707' post='1182746'] I hate this whole re-aligment business in college sports. All of it, and mostly because it's about money. [/quote] Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 the rumor winds of Georgia Tech to the Big Ten after tomorrow's game are swirling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1354307416' post='1186565'] the rumor winds of Georgia Tech to the Big Ten after tomorrow's game are swirling. [/quote] I wonder if that would open the door for UC to the ACC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted December 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 [quote name='Jason' timestamp='1354482151' post='1186964'] I wonder if that would open the door for UC to the ACC? [/quote] you'd think so. More importantly, rumor has it that the Big Ten would then go back after Notre Dame to convince them that the ACC is on the brink of falling apart having lost Gtech and Maryland, they'd likely lose another to the Big Ten if Notre Dame doesn't join, and they'd inevitably lose one or two to the SEC so that the SEC can get to 16 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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