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Week 5 Games Discussion

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BayBuck said:
This is literally true: one time during a conference I walked from the convention center to Edgar Allan Poe’s birthplace on a day it was closed due to construction and actually ended up in an episode of The Wire.
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When I went to conferences in Baltimore we stayed at Inner Harbor the entire time. Enjoyed the crab cakes and microbrews then got the fuck out of there.
 
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Dryden said:
Baltimore is fucking terrifying if you don’t have a guide.

Ooh microbrew, oh craft brew, oh winery, oh fuck, we went a block too far and are in The Wire.
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Holy crap that made me laugh so hard. Moreso because it's so true. I questioned why UB gave me a scholarship to their master's program... Because everyone else turned them down.

Worst, we lived there for only 1 year. The Freddie Gray riots. You think it was bad BEFORE?! We booked it. I tell ppl don't even go to the airport. Pick a different flight.
 
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BayBuck said:
This is literally true: one time during a conference I walked from the convention center to Edgar Allan Poe’s birthplace on a day it was closed due to construction and actually ended up in an episode of The Wire.
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Me too, man. Me too.

Imma gonna stick in a three block radius of the Inner Harbor and walk anywhere else in large groups.
 
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Bucklion said:
Geographically you are right of course, but ORD can give a course on why academically and institutionally it doesn’t make as much sense
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Also financially and demographically.
MD and NJ are growing. Large active/successful alumni bases like the rest of B1G. State flagships. Regardless of how bad they are any given year, that sets a baseline for their ability to invest in athletics. The tv eyes similarly provide justification for that investment, as it draws quality students in and maintains perception as the state flagship.
Notice how the University commercials are focused on selling parents to enroll their kids. Even if Rutgers sucks at football, everyone watching knows they're The Public University in NJ. Same with Maryland. That message is loud and clear. Both states are loaded with HS talent, and that HS talent has lifted the conference as Rutgers and Maryland can't keep them in-State. The conference is better, having additional access to those recruiting bases, regardless of how Rutgers and Maryland perform individually.
WVU has some of these elements. Technically a state flagship, but the demographics aren't there. The ability to invest isn't there. The culture and willingness of state government to invest isn't there. And uncoincidentally, the academics aren't there.
 
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Jake said:
When I went to conferences in Baltimore we stayed at Inner Harbor the entire time. Enjoyed the crab cakes and microbrews then got the fuck out of there.
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You were very very lucky. Don't ever go back. I think it might be a prerequisite to be hooked on crack to live there. I can't believe my husband drove to Annapolis every day and actually came back.

PS we're not crack addicts....
 
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kujirakira said:
Also financially and demographically.
MD and NJ are growing. Large active/successful alumni bases like the rest of B1G. State flagships. Regardless of how bad they are any given year, that sets a baseline for their ability to invest in athletics. The tv eyes similarly provide justification for that investment, as it draws quality students in and maintains perception as the state flagship.
Notice how the University commercials are focused on selling parents to enroll their kids. Even if Rutgers sucks at football, everyone watching knows they're The Public University in NJ. Same with Maryland. That message is loud and clear. Both states are loaded with HS talent, and that HS talent has lifted the conference as Rutgers and Maryland can't keep them in-State. The conference is better, having additional access to those recruiting bases, regardless of how Rutgers and Maryland perform individually.
WVU has some of these elements. Technically a state flagship, but the demographics aren't there. The ability to invest isn't there. The culture and willingness of state government to invest isn't there. And uncoincidentally, the academics aren't there.
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Yes TV markets are definitely a factor…it sure as hell wasn’t the football tradition of MD and Rutgers :lol:
 
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