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Maryland fans need to embrace the B1G.

It's their home going forward. The ACC doesn't want them back, and the SEC doesn't want them. The Big XII would be a mess like it is for WVU regarding geography. So B1G it is.

Maryland's Athletic Department is built to excel in the sports that the ACC excels in (soccer, lacrosse, basketball). The B1G is built to excel in wrestling, volleyball, ice hockey, etc. So Maryland is cleaning up on conference championships in soccer, lacrosse, and women's basketball. They will probably get some men's basketball as well. Maryland is winning more in these sports in the B1G than they did in the ACC.

Whatever the ACC does next will be driven by what helps get better distribution of our ACCN. Adding a member in Ohio may become attractive for the ACCN. I don't really want to see us expand into the midwest, but there may be financial incentive to do so. I kind of like staying more coastal. And I think WVU is who we should add. West Virginia isn't really midwestern, and it isn't really southern or eastern. I don't know if it has a classification.

(In response to this post by Old Line Hokie)

Posted: 09/12/2019 at 1:14PM

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I thought maybe a chance when Eric Baron went there. -- HOO86 09/11/2019 1:25PM

The Big 10 has 8 of its 14 members in the Eastern Time Zone, -- Old Line Hokie 09/11/2019 7:30PM

I guess the term of the day is Coastal. -- HOO86 09/12/2019 09:49AM

Midwest culture -- Old Line Hokie 09/12/2019 11:41AM

Maryland fans need to embrace the B1G. -- HOO86 09/12/2019 1:14PM

Your description of West Virginia is spot on. ;) -- Old Line Hokie 09/12/2019 3:33PM

I view Temple and Cincinnati as essentially the same. -- HOO86 09/12/2019 8:32PM

Do you really want that? -- M-I-C 09/12/2019 9:16PM

What's best for the ACC Network will drive any moves. -- HOO86 09/12/2019 9:31PM

I will add ND will have a big impact on number 16, ask what market/school -- Stech 09/13/2019 07:53AM

Expanding to 16 teams is a moot point. -- Atlee Hokie 09/16/2019 09:25AM

How come the Big 12 didn’t extend their GOR when they had a chance? ** -- Stech 09/16/2019 3:25PM

What does that have to do with ACC expanding to 16, or not? -- Atlee Hokie 09/16/2019 10:03PM

Everything, but you’ve made up your mind on everything staying the same, so -- Stech 09/17/2019 2:30PM

I couldn't agree more -- M-I-C 09/13/2019 3:50PM

If ACC invited, WVU would come so fast as to leave a vacuum. -- Atlee Hokie 09/16/2019 09:18AM

I don't remember Joe Paterno saying no. -- HOO86 09/13/2019 4:51PM

Joe said no to the Big East. -- M-I-C 09/13/2019 8:06PM

Joe tried to join the Big East in 1981 -- HOO86 09/14/2019 11:09AM

ND likes big cities. -- HOO86 09/13/2019 09:50AM

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We agree on the 4 schools. -- HOO86 09/13/2019 4:43PM

From all I was told by those closer to the conversations -- M-I-C 09/12/2019 7:36PM

Your post on VT leaving is not the whole story, VT led the way in trying to -- Stech 09/13/2019 5:44PM

I was never one to blame VT -- M-I-C 09/13/2019 8:17PM

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I agree, I think WVU and VT should play every year. -- M-I-C 09/13/2019 10:02PM

I agree home and home is best, but I would take a neutral like DC if -- Stech 09/13/2019 11:26PM

It would be Jim Clements to facilitate any ACC movement on WVU. -- HOO86 09/12/2019 9:13PM

That is the problem with this. -- M-I-C 09/12/2019 9:14PM

I think Clemson will be a national power as long as Dabo is there. -- Old Line Hokie 09/12/2019 9:52PM

You are correct, until... -- M-I-C 09/13/2019 8:18PM

Clemson is not going anywhere for a while, I don’t think Dabo leaves for -- Stech 09/13/2019 5:46PM

I think they would be a perfect fit too! -- EDGEMAN 09/11/2019 10:45AM

We're the Eastern Conference. Private Schools are part of that. -- HOO86 09/11/2019 11:01AM

Of course they did. But I don't believe them. -- Atlee Hokie 09/11/2019 01:05AM

Maryland fans need to embrace the B1G.

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