Comments on: Rounding up coverage of Maryland’s move

By: Annoyed Fan

Annoyed Fan — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:06:07 +0000

It is absolutely disgusting that the big ten has spat on its tradition as a Midwestern conference. With the expansion to 14 teams, schools will no longer be able to compete on a yearly basis. Exchanging revenue for tradition and honor; what are we teaching our scholar athletes? Obviously, money is more important than the big ten brand and Midwestern values.

By: R Hirko

R Hirko — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:58:25 +0000

Big Ten looking to embrace some easy wins for the rest of the conference… Suddenly Indiana won’t be a the bottom of the Big Ten in Football… nor Penn State in Basketball… snore… zzzzzzzzzzz

By: aroznowski

aroznowski — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:01:51 +0000

Since the Big Ten had http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Big_Ten_Conference_Logo.svg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Big_Ten_Network.svg, and eleven members for so long, I am still getting totally acclimated to having http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Big_Ten_Conference_logo_%282012%29.svg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Big_Ten_Network.png, and Nebraska. When I look at http://www.bigten.org/, it is still a tad strange seeing the Nebraska “N” there with the other eleven logos. It absolutely doesn’t feel right imagining the Maryland “M” and Rutgers “R” up there as well. At least, the conference introduced new logos and branding last year so that the “old” membership can always resonate with the old logos and branding.

By: aroznowski

aroznowski — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:51:37 +0000

If Rutgers joins the Big Ten as anticipated, the Big Ten should place a moratorium on expansion like the WCHA had for many years up until a few years ago. The conference shouldn’t have expanded past twelve in the first place, but it needs to be capped at fourteen for the health of the great history and tradition of the conference.

By: Dirk Taylordean

Dirk Taylordean — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:24:41 +0000

Terrible news for the Big Ten. More travel, more expense for minor sports, more unwieldy conference championships. Destruction of tradition. Splitting the revenue pie into more pieces.

Greed over tradition and academics.

Take a close look at what the conference plans to gain in the supposed eastern media market. It won’t be as much as you think- these schools have no fan base for football.

We like the Big 10 as the Big 10!! We do not want to be the Big East!

Delaney will go down in history as the man who destroyed the Big Ten, previously the oldest and best athletic conference in the country.

By: Michael Minor

Michael Minor — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:06:46 +0000

Wow all I have to say is welcome to the Big Ten Maryland

By: Mjgoodsman

Mjgoodsman — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:37:47 +0000

Congrats 2 U Maryland welcome to the Big Ten with your school we continue our Academic and Athletics excellence

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:22:17 +0000

As a Husker fan and one of the newest members of the B1G , I would like to say, Welcome Maryland Terps into the conference!

By: Hue Myopic

Hue Myopic — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:18:08 +0000

Maryland? Rutgers? joining the Big Ten … Do we REALLY need more teams in our conference that have RED uniforms?

By: Bob Kennedy

Bob Kennedy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:12:17 +0000

Dr. Loh mentioned at the outset of his remarks that a number of sports…9 if I’m not mistaken…had to be sacrificed because of budget concerns. Now that Maryland is part of the Big 10, will those sports be reinstated, and if so, when?