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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no issue with UMD but Virginia has better affordable options for the highest achievers; it just does.  I grew up in Virginia and went to UVA.  I would also have been happy at W&M, or at least I considered going there.  In-state was what my parents could afford and it was a fantastic deal.  My family is in Maryland and I do not want to limit my kids to in-state.[/quote]

Highest achievers ?

UMD alum

Larry David - Seinfeld 
Jim Henson- muppets
David Simon - the wire
Kenny Kramm- FlavorX
Alex Severinsky - hybrid engine
Harry Smith- pulse Doppler radar
Kevin Plank- underarmour 
Sergey Brin - Google
George Laurer - the Universal Price Bar Code
Robert Briskman - launched Sirius Satellite      
James Clark - soft contact lenses
Robert Fischell- artificial pancreas, flexible     artery stents , rechargeable pacemaker

Russell Marker- the octane system 
Tim Sweeney- Epic Games / Fortnite 
George Danzig- linear programming 
Carl Bernstein- Broke Watergate

Much larger achievers and world/culture/economic  impact than any UVA grass of modern times. Additionally UMD has more Nobel, Pulitzer, Academy Award, Emmy, Fields medal alumni than all the Virginia schools put together. That’s why it’s in the B1G 10.[/quote]

That’s why it’s the joke of the B1G 10 you mean.  It’s one of the doormats of the conference.   [/quote]

It has the 3rd highest incoming SAT scores, 4th highest research budget and the 3rd most conference championships. Plus brings one of the most valuable media markets and is located inside the beltway of the Worlds most powerful city. 
Picked top 5 in the league this year. A good test will be manhandling uva early in the season.
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I think UMD is a fine school, but this just makes you look silly.  I am a WI graduate and went to a WI-MD game at UMD.  It was laughable.  Over 1/2 of the attendees were Badger fans.  UMD is great for many things, but it does not have the sports atmosphere of other (legacy) BIG ten schools. Which is fine because it offers other benefits.  [/quote]

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