So Coach K. is mad that Maryland is leaving the ACC. Mad that they're going to the Big 10. Mad that they're walking away from a conference they helped found in 1953 (by breaking away from the Southern Conference). Mad that they're abandoning the long-time rivalry.
He's right to be mad, of course. That's a lot of tradition for Maryland to be abandoning for the promise of a paycheck and regular exposure on the Big 10 Network. I applaud Coach K.'s stand that teams should not leave their conferences, that they should not abandon their long-time rivalries for filthy lucre, and they should not leave the conferences they helped found behind.
And I look forward to hearing Coach K. re-iterate these sentiments next year when founding Big East member Syracuse comes to Cameron Indoor Stadium as part of its initial season in the ACC.
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Why wait that long? Duke plays an ACC conference game against Big East founding member Boston College 4 days from now. Surely Coach K can sustain the courage of his convictions that long?
I'd agree, except that Syracuse is disrupting its long-time rivalry with Georgetown to come to the ACC. Boston College's biggest rivalry, and I say this as a proud alum of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is with the parking down by the Reservoir.
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