Maryland leaving ACC to join Big Ten in 2014
November 19, 2012 at 6:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
Choosing to look toward the future rather than honor the past, Maryland joined the Big Ten on Monday, bolting from the Atlantic Coast Conference in a move driven by the school’s budget woes. Continue Reading
Hmmmm…I don’t know. At the outset, I felt pretty much against it. Keep the Easties over in their own region. The Big Ten has always been the midwest’s premier college athletic conference, with a long tradition. But, as we’ve seen in so many other instances, tradition has been bumped in favor of money, secular wants or fame. But, after reading some of the reasons outlined in the article, particularly the several favorable ones for the Big Ten schools, I guess I’ll take a ‘Wait & see’ attitude. Well, come to think of it, I have no choice, apparently, but to do just that. Go Gopher’s! Go Bulldog’s!
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