Recent content by bingethinker

Maryland is 3rd in the Big Ten (behind only Michigan and Wisconsin) in R&D expenditures. Maryland is also 3rd in the Big Ten (behind only Michigan and Ohio State) in B1G championships since joining the league.

Turgeon had quit doing his job long before he literally quit his job. He was nearly fired last year but the optics were bad. It's tough to fire a guy following a Covid season who was a year removed from a (three-way) conference co-title. This explains why the extension Turgeon signed had such...

I have absolutely no reason to think this other than they are a quality AAU school in a massive market, but I've always thought the Big Ten would try to convince the University of Toronto to do what it needed to do for the conference to petition the NCAA to allow the B1G to add the Varsity Blues...

The thing with Rutgers is that it's not just a football problem. Rutgers has an athletics problem and a winning problem. The majority of their teams have finished in the bottom fourth of the standings in their respective sports since Rutgers joined the league. Wrestling is the notable...

It's always interesting to me that people rely on a line created by two lawyers in 1767 to define the north and south in 2016. Everything else about our country has changed since then, but folks cling to it. Central Maryland (the land between Baltimore and DC) constitutes most of Maryland's...

Maryland received a total Big Ten distribution of $36.1 million ($24.5 million base payment) during the 2014-15 school year. $32 million was the standard payout. $18.7 million went to Nebraska. Rutgers received about $10 million. $11.6 million of Maryland’s money included an advance on future...

Maryland's share goes down from the $35 million it recieved last year down to 50% (IIRC) of the previous number then it'll shoot up to the ~$50 million or so of the new contract in 20-21.

I think this is an accurate statement. I don't think anyone in their right mind would say MD is a football power. I just happen to think there's value in being good at all sorts of sports and took issue with the author of the blog post discounting its overall athletic success because it isn't a...

Maryland won more ACC football titles than any school not named FSU and Clemson. It was no Ohio State or Bama, but several ACC schools had football programs less successful than UMD's. I guess the internet's fact check feature is down.

The Maryland shot seemed unnecessary. Maryland and Michigan have both won 16 Big Ten titles since 2014. In that span, neither has won a men's basketball or football championship. So by the author's logic, U-M is also only good at sports the B1G doesn't care about? UMD finished higher in the...

They're claiming to be able to do a lot with $100 million. The New Cole Field House indoor football practice facility at Maryland is $155 million -- and that's just one project. Rutgers has a lot of ground to make up with its facilities.

This must grind Swofford's gears. I'm sure he didn't think he'd have to put up with a B1G logo (or BTN) on ND's campus.

What do you mean? Maryland has been in the 50ish-60ish range of US News for the last decade. There hasn't been much change in its ranking. UMD fairs better in other, more "academic" rankings, but there hasn't been much volatility there either.

There are random pockets of Big Ten country in the Baltimore region. I know of a MSU bar, a PSU bar, and two Michigan bars within 2-3 miles of the Inner Harbor. It's weird. Can certainly confirm PSU interest in this region, too.

I initially thought you were really playing up the whole pompous UVA role for sport, but you aren't playing. You're being emotional and irrational and letting your disdain get in the way of making a well-reasoned statement. First of all, Maryland left the ACC with more conference titles...