Maryland and Rutgers to B1G

[texas tush hog]

CBS Sports reporting that serious negotiations between Maryland and the B1G are ongoing for the Terps to join the B1g followed shortly by Rutgers.

[jbcarol]

If they can expedite that, we get a road game against a B1G team.

[The_Iceman]

Bye Bye Big East.

It's also gonna stink to not have Maryland in the ACC in basketball.

[ncrebel]

Maryland would have to pay $50 Million to the ACC for an exit penalty. 

[texas tush hog]

Maryland would have to pay $50 Million to the ACC for an exit penalty. 

They are apparently willing to chance it.

[Doyle Hograves]

Maryland would have to pay $50 Million to the ACC for an exit penalty. 

I know the ACC voted on that, but Maryland and FSU voted against that exit fee. Can either team be held to something they didn't vote for?

[jbcarol]

They would be allowed to complain.

[ThisTeetsTaken]

Heard the B1G might foot the bill for Maryland. 

[exit19]

Awesome news.  That means UNC and VT to SEC

[Lysol]

Awesome!

[Murr]

Maryland would have to pay $50 Million to the ACC for an exit penalty.

UMD's president/chancler/fearless leader said in a Washington Post interview a couple of days after that vote and the Notre Dame vote that the new exit fee has no merit.  At best it is a starting point for negotations on a punitive exit fee. Also noted in that article was UMD's president earned is law degree at some Ivy League school.  A link to the article should be in the realighment thread.

[nole10591]

Awesome news.  That means UNC and VT to SEC

wrong.....Swofford ACC HEAD HONCHO IS A UNC GRAD.. He will keep the tobacco road boys together nc state , unc & duke

[ChicoHog]

ACC should have invited Rutgers and Uconn when they took Pitt and Syracuse.  Big Ten wants NYC market and Maryland gives them Baltimore/DC market.  neither one of these areas are big college football towns but they have millions of people and TV sets.  I wish ND would have gone to Big Ten instead of ACC.  makes much more sens geographically.  I really hate all this conference expansion crap.  I blame it all on the Longhorn network.  that really started the domino effect.  Put A&M and Mizzou back in the big 12 where they belong! 

[kc_hawg]

ACC should have invited Rutgers and Uconn when they took Pitt and Syracuse.  Big Ten wants NYC market and Maryland gives them Baltimore/DC market.  neither one of these areas are big college football towns but they have millions of people and TV sets.  I ND would have gone to Big Ten instead of ACC.  makes much more sens geographically.  I really hate all this conference expansion crap.  I blame it all on the Longhorn network.  that really started the domino effect.  Put A&M and Mizzou back in the big 12 where they belong!

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LOL.  Yeah!  Preach it man!  And Arkansas back to the Southwest Conference! 

Oh wait...   

That would make us hypocrites to say we were right to join the SEC but Mizzou and A&M shouldn't.  Right?

[Murr]

wrong.....Swofford ACC HEAD HONCHO IS A UNC GRAD.. He will keep the tobacco road boys together nc state , unc & duke

If UNC, Duke and UVA decide to stay together reguardless of other offers, they'll always have a conference to call home. They could keep 8 or 9 schools together depending on NC State.

The remaining 8: Boston College, Duke, UNC, Wake Forest, UVA, Syracuse, Pitt and UConn
The remaining 9: add NC State.
The partial: Notre Dame

The goners:
FSU, Clemson, GT, Miami, VT and maybe NC STate

The ACC could stay at 8 or could add members for scheduling purposes.  Bascially, they would become the new Ivy with better sports.

[Murr]

Heard the B1G might foot the bill for Maryland.

That check will be coming from the UnderArmor guy.  Shouldn't be more than $20M if they plan on leaving in 2014.

[Doyle Hograves]

That check will be coming from the UnderArmor guy.  Shouldn't be more than $20M if they plan on leaving in 2014.

How do they get out so cheap? What about FSU? Clemson? Anybody else gonna leave the ACC?

[blitz8ru]