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MD is the easiest B1G target that falls into what they want. Big market location, very solid academics, big school with a wealthy donor a la Phil Knight willing to pump money into the school, no latch on state school to worry about (UNC-NC State, UVA-VT, etc.), not a huge geographic outlier, at least no more so than PSU, and good enough on field performance. Certainly a good basketball addition, and they probably feel with some revitalization (read: new coach) and stadium upgrades, they can get football on track as well. There really are no roadblocks to MD, as there would be with just about every other ACC public school.