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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 3462340, member: 3609"] How often did UMass play Penn State? Rutgers and Maryland played them quite often. They were chosen purely and simply to keep Penn State happy and in the conference. Maryland won a football natty in the 50s and several ACC championships in the 70s and 80s and in 2001. They also have a very strong Olympic sports program, maybe the best one overall in the B1G (yes I know thatOSU is in the B1G). UMass brings absolutely nothing to the table. As you have been told several times, they do not bring the Boston media market to the B1G and the pricing model, IIRC, has changed so the B1G doesn't get more from providers in the B1G states. . You need to come to grips with the reality that no P5 conference wants UMass. As much as you think that Rutgers is just a non-contributing "mouth to feed" for the B1G, UMass would be much, much worse. [/QUOTE]