Thomas Boswell on Maryland move: ‘My gut level reaction is that it will work out badly’
In his online chat today, columnist Thomas Boswell weighed in on the University of Maryland’s upcoming move to the Big Ten and asked some intriguing questions.
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asked my son, the recent Maryland grad and big Terps sports fan, what he thought last night about switching from ACC to Big 10. He said, “Worst idea ever. But that’s just me.” Why? “We’ve always been a basketball school in a basketball conference and we usually struggle in football. So now we’re going to switch to a footbnall conference where we’ll get killed forever? And our basketball rivalries and identity may (deteriorate).”
That’s going to be the first reaction of a lot of Terp alums. I’ve been reading the arguments botyh ways for the last couple of days. I see both sides. I hate it when that happens. It’s more fun to have a violent opinion. Maryland often got the short end of the stick in a Carolina-biased conference.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/wp/2012/11/19/thomas-boswell-on-maryland-move-my-gut-level-reaction-is-that-it-will-work-out-badly/
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