Welcome to the BIG TEN

[Creanfan 291]

Maryland and Rutgers became official members of the BIG TEN today!. 

[Parakeet Jones 4,012]

Booooooooo! (I'm booing the fact, not you personally Creanfan).

[Creanfan 291]

I don't know I kind of want to kick Maryland around a few thousand times!

[ccgeneral 38,084]

Booooooooo! (I'm booing the fact, not you personally Creanfan).

Good. That's my sister and I'll go to war with you. lol.  :ninja:  :assassin:

[Creanfan 291]

So is it the BIG FOURTEEN or just the BIG now?

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

[quote name="Creanfan" post="72799" timestamp="1404259816"]So is it the BIG FOURTEEN or just the BIG now?[/quote] We're officially the B1G*


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[CampHoosier 3,697]

Rutgers was a huge mistake to add. Huge

[Parakeet Jones 4,012]

Rutgers was a huge mistake to add. Huge

 

Oh come on now.  Don't you know Rutgers is going to draw in the NYC television market?   :scratchhead:

[HoosierCoop 4,159]

Maryland and Rutgers became official members of the BIG TEN today!. 

Glad to see your posts again.  Are you switching over here rather than the "other" posting site?

[Creanfan 291]

Glad to see your posts again.  Are you switching over here rather than the "other" posting site?

I visit both but generally do not post over there.  My username "Creanfan" seems to draw a lot of discussion.  :D

[Creanfan 291]

Good. That's my sister and I'll go to war with you. lol.  :ninja:  :assassin:

A girl can always use a brother!!

[Creanfan 291]

A girl can always use a brother!!

But if I ever find the "G.O.A.T." above my avatar, we might have to have good ole family fist fight!

[TheStillman 991]

[quote name="Parakeet Jones" post="73013" timestamp="1404397147"]Oh come on now. Don't you know Rutgers is going to draw in the NYC television market? :scratchhead:[/quote]

Last I heard they had secured 3 of 4 cable providers in NYC so I'd say that's a great thing for us. BTN in 12 million more households in NYC plus however many in NJ and the DMV is a great thing financially for IU, an athletic department typically a step behind due to our lack of a competent football program.

Embrace it! I think Rutgers football is gonna surprise some in the B1G this season


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[CottageGrove 563]

Won't we still be a step behind other B10 programs though? We get an equal split, so it's really just moving the 0's based on our football disadvantage. 

 

I'm actually okay with the expansion in general and like the Maryland addition. I just wish we could have gotten maybe UConn instead of Rutgers. I also hate how little we'll be playing Western B10 schools in football going forward. When Nebraska joined the conference I really looked forward to the idea of going to Lincoln the first time we played out there. When's that going to happen now? 2018 or something like that?

[KelleyHoosh 2,263]

Look at it this way guys, in Rutgers we have a school we can beat in every sport every year. And in Maryland we have a team we can beat in football

[TheStillman 991]

[quote name="CottageGrove" post="73112" timestamp="1404481743"]Won't we still be a step behind other B10 programs though? We get an equal split, so it's really just moving the 0's based on our football disadvantage.
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A lot in here like to point out that we care about national titles in basketball, not B1G titles so yeah I think an athletic department flush with cash is a good thing to push that forward.


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[TheStillman 991]

[quote name="KelleyHoosh" post="73125" timestamp="1404487366"]Look at it this way guys, in Rutgers we have a school we can beat in every sport every year. And in Maryland we have a team we can beat in football[/quote]

Ehh I'd be careful with this. Rutgers football has been well ahead of us for years. Who knows how Eddie Jordan will do but they seem like a basketball program that could easily get a player or two and really compete if they hire the right coach. The recruiting in northern NJ is very competitive but if they could pull a couple of those guys they'd be a major factor.


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[CottageGrove 563]

[quote name="TheStillman" post="73133" timestamp="1404494089"]A lot in here like to point out that we care about national titles in basketball, not B1G titles so yeah I think an athletic department flush with cash is a good thing to push that forward.


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I don't disagree; I just think that from a financial standpoint we'll be in no better shape relative to the rest of the conference.

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[ccgeneral 38,084]

But if I ever find the "G.O.A.T." above my avatar, we might have to have good ole family fist fight!

lol. Damn sister! With all this posting you got goin' on recently it will be up there in no time! I think the system is set up that way after a certain amount of posts. I'm sure we can doctor it up for you when the time comes.