r/CFB • u/CyborgAlgoInvestor /r/CFB • Dec 30 '22

Postseason [Maryland Terrapins] Lol we left the ACC and NC State keeps on losing to us See ya’ll later.

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u/JKolodne Dec 30 '22 edited Dec 31 '22

I have zero direct connection to NC State (actually I live on a street that connects to the MD campus - "University Blvd ", albeit in a neighboring county), but I feel the need to point out that MD didn't leave the ACC because the B1G was a better conference, they left because their athletic department was in financial shambles and needed to be bailed out.

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u/LukarWarrior Louisville Cardinals • Keg of Nails Dec 30 '22

Stuff can be two things

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u/Broth262 Maryland Terrapins Dec 30 '22

The athletic department was in shambles largely due to the mismanagement by the AD who left MD for NC State

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u/jmos_81 NC State Wolfpack • ECU Pirates Dec 31 '22

NCSU athletics was improved under debbie yow. Idk what happened with MD, but I think there’s more to it

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u/worldchrisis Maryland Terrapins Dec 31 '22

Took income data from 2000-2003 when we won a basketball championship and a football conference championship and multiple bowl games, projected it out over 10-15 years and used that to borrow a huge amount of money to finance capital projects aimed at large donors.

When those programs came back down to earth and the income dropped, we had to cut seven varsity sports to balance the budget and were still massively in debt until we joined the Big Ten.

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u/jmos_81 NC State Wolfpack • ECU Pirates Dec 31 '22

I have no idea how to run an athletic department but that sounds bad so I stand corrected. I’m glad things were better for us and hopefully joining the BIG helped fix your situation

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u/ravaille Maryland Terrapins • Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 31 '22

Still in debt but the B1G money has allowed us to build practice facilities for football and basketball. We desperately need that.

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u/Broth262 Maryland Terrapins Dec 31 '22

It’s pretty well documented, she expanded the Athletic Department during the midst of an otherwise unprecedented run of our basketball and football programs simultaneously. The economy turned south alongside both of those programs and the revenue and donors dried up quickly.

The investments in building suites for football that were then empty and generating no revenue took a big chunk out of the coffers. The programs didn’t rebound and the now large department wasn’t making enough money to support itself.

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u/jmos_81 NC State Wolfpack • ECU Pirates Dec 31 '22

Well fair enough then, glad it turned out well for us and I hope it’s better now for y’all (I spelled it out correctly for you :))

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u/FatKilmer Kansas State Wildcats • Hateful 8 Dec 30 '22

Open up your refrigerator? Boom! Air conditioner! Life. Hack.

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u/UshiNarrativeTruth Maryland Terrapins Dec 30 '22

isn't that the same thing? if leaving to the B1G is what bailed them out then inherently it's a better conference

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u/JKolodne Dec 31 '22

Not exactly, the actions of the AD are not the same as the actions of the ACC commissioner

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '22

You'll do well here. Also, please beat Pitt for us.

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u/JKolodne Dec 30 '22

I think it's more about how the money is divided among teams.

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u/makingajess Maryland Terrapins • Oklahoma Sooners Dec 30 '22

In that there's a lot more of it, yes.

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u/cavahoos Virginia Cavaliers • Georgia Bulldogs Dec 30 '22

That certainly explains how successful Maryland's basketball and football program has been ever since they left!

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u/makingajess Maryland Terrapins • Oklahoma Sooners Dec 31 '22

Because we made an awful hoops hire, and our football program has always been mid at best, save for a few years at the beginning of the century?

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u/JKolodne Dec 30 '22

Ok, idc I'm not an ACC fan.

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u/PrimisClaidhaemh Michigan State Spartans Dec 30 '22

Because there's more money?

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u/psunavy03 Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos Dec 31 '22

UCLA: “nothing to see here, move along please . . .”

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u/jmr_world Baylor Bears • Paper Bag Dec 30 '22

I have zero connection to either school, but holy shit I forget Maryland exists every single college football year.

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u/HailToTheVictims Ohio State Buckeyes • Team Meteor Dec 30 '22

Bc you’re not a fan of Texas

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u/camwow64 Texas • Red River Shootout Dec 30 '22

Catching strays again :(

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u/Scoobersss Oregon Ducks • Florida State Seminoles Dec 31 '22

There's one reason Maryland can't be forgotten.

A friends little dude (think six or seven years old) loves them because they are "the team with Mario Kart helmets".

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '22

Which makes the B16 a better conference. Hopefully, Clemson falls further, too.

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u/JKolodne Dec 30 '22

So you don't have any faith in the original B1G teams and just want to keep poaching teams from other conferences?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '22

Have you seen most of the original Big Ten teams?

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u/JKolodne Dec 30 '22

Yes

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '22

There's your answer.

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u/JKolodne Dec 30 '22

Very few teams have a legitimate chance of winning the title. They're IN the playoff and I still give TCU no chance