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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMD football is bad. They can’t fill the stadium unless it’s filled with Penn State fans.[/quote]

Or Michigan fans. We like that we get a Michigan game locally every other year, but it’s sort of pathetic that the stadium ends up being 90% Michigan fans. They even played Mr. Brightside for us this past season, after Michigan beat Maryland 59-18.

Honestly, though, everyone just laughs at Maryland and Rutgers. No one considers them real Big Ten schools. The core of the Big Ten are the midwestern schools.

When it comes to the CA schools, everyone is just waiting for those CA kids to have to play their first slate of Big Ten conference play, during midwestern winters. Good luck playing Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, OSU, Sparty, etc. in October and November, guys! Half those games will be away for them, and away will mean cold as all heck, and potentially a blizzard game or two thrown in there.

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Hilariously UMD has as many football national championships as Michigan in the NCAA era. Only one less than Penn State. Maybe UMD is smart just to take the money and it’s alumni be distracted by more fruitful interests than packing in and watching non championship nonsense.[/quote]

Stop trying to make UMD Football happen. It’s not going to happen.

What other “fruitful interests” does UMD invest in that Michigan doesn’t? I’ll wait.[/quote]

Something other than wasting entire days watching teams that don’t win more than 1 national championship over 70 years like Michigan and Maryland. Maybe go to the Smithsonian or Go to the beach or Annapolis if you go to UMD or go drive around Detroit if you go to Michigan.

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People actually turn on their televisions to see Michigan play. Michigan has a huge fan base even when they don’t win national championships.  Many decades passed before the Cubs won a World Series, but people still tuned in to watch.  [b]Who cares about MD outside of the DMV?[/b] [/quote]

Most people IN the DMV don’t care about UMD.[/quote]

LOL. That’s so true!  I was just trying to be nice. [/quote]

It’s just that they care less about UVA and the WaPo features UMD above all other schools since it’s inside the beltway. UMD increased the payout to Big Ten schools by a huge amount …. That’s the only reason the Big Ten gave UMD the acc withdrawl fee and paid travel expenses which they have never done or ever will for any other institution. [/quote]

Television market share and fan following. That’s what drives the big bucks. [/quote]

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