[FarmBoy]

Quote from: fullmetal on April 20, 2013, 02:15:47 pm
Rutgers and Maryland as Big 10 schools.  I just don't get it. 

It's all about the TV markets in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia.

Just because the team plays nearby, doesn't mean the city residents really care. Maryland is a big school with a pretty strong following, though I'm not sure how much folks in DC follow them. B1G probably picks up some eyeballs in Baltimore, though. But my impression of Rutgers is that it doesn't have a very strong following in the area. Philly and New York are pro-sports towns (similarly, I don't know how much of the Denver market the Pac12 picked up through UofC. That's pretty much Broncos territory.)

[FarmBoy]

Quote from: fullmetal on April 20, 2013, 02:15:47 pm
Rutgers and Maryland as Big 10 schools.  I just don't get it. 

It's all about the TV markets in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia.

Just because the team plays nearby, doesn't mean the city residents really care. Maryland is a big school with a pretty strong following, though I'm not sure how much folks in DC follow them. B1G probably picks up some eyeballs in Baltimore, though. But my impression of Rutgers is that it doesn't have a very strong following in the area. Philly and New York are pro-sports towns (similarly, I don't know how much of the Denver market the Pac12 picked up through UofC. That's pretty much Broncos territory.)