TexanMark
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...1/michael-wilbon-on-maryland-and-the-big-ten/
My feelings: Maryland certainly has the right to leave but if they think they were an outlier in the ACC just wait. Cuse, BC and Pitt (to a lessor degree) all lose by not having Maryland there. However, we need to keep Maryland in a regular rotation for OOC games in FB and BB.
Interesting comment from a Barn01 under the article in the comments section:
When reading the pro-Big 10 comments under any story about the Terps leaving the ACC these days, it's worth noting that--via a Freedom of Information request--the Baltimore Sun recently revealed that the University of Maryland has been planting pro-Big 10 move/anti-ACC propaganda on the blogs in an effort to sway public opinion. Brian Ullman, the university's assistant vice president for marketing and communications, emailed Maryland's athletic director, president, chancellor, and several others that "Several of us placed comments on boards and media sites last night." According to the Baltimore Sun "Ullmann also wrote that the school planned to 'engage professional assistance in helping to drop positive messages into the blogs, comments and message board sites. I will arrange for this service today.'"
Maryland's fans, alumni, and students are overwhelmingly against the move to the Big 10. Overwhelmingly. But we had no say in it. It was done in secret and without any input from the Maryland fan base. Of course many fans "understand the move" that doesn't change the fact that we were opposed to it. So when you read comments on blogs from alleged MD "fans" who are so excited to leave the traditions of the ACC, when you read comments about how "The Big Ten is so academically superior to this collection of self-satisfied crap, it's not even funny" just keep in mind that MD's hired goons like Brian Ullmann plant baseless propaganda like this in the comment sections and to take it with a grain of salt.
My feelings: Maryland certainly has the right to leave but if they think they were an outlier in the ACC just wait. Cuse, BC and Pitt (to a lessor degree) all lose by not having Maryland there. However, we need to keep Maryland in a regular rotation for OOC games in FB and BB.
Interesting comment from a Barn01 under the article in the comments section:
When reading the pro-Big 10 comments under any story about the Terps leaving the ACC these days, it's worth noting that--via a Freedom of Information request--the Baltimore Sun recently revealed that the University of Maryland has been planting pro-Big 10 move/anti-ACC propaganda on the blogs in an effort to sway public opinion. Brian Ullman, the university's assistant vice president for marketing and communications, emailed Maryland's athletic director, president, chancellor, and several others that "Several of us placed comments on boards and media sites last night." According to the Baltimore Sun "Ullmann also wrote that the school planned to 'engage professional assistance in helping to drop positive messages into the blogs, comments and message board sites. I will arrange for this service today.'"
Maryland's fans, alumni, and students are overwhelmingly against the move to the Big 10. Overwhelmingly. But we had no say in it. It was done in secret and without any input from the Maryland fan base. Of course many fans "understand the move" that doesn't change the fact that we were opposed to it. So when you read comments on blogs from alleged MD "fans" who are so excited to leave the traditions of the ACC, when you read comments about how "The Big Ten is so academically superior to this collection of self-satisfied crap, it's not even funny" just keep in mind that MD's hired goons like Brian Ullmann plant baseless propaganda like this in the comment sections and to take it with a grain of salt.