Outside of UVa and Maryland, WVU is the next strongest presence in DC.

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Feb 11, 2016
9:54:52am

unctoothman All-American

And the B12 wasn't prying either away from the ACC or B1G respectively.

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The Big 10 took Rutgers. Rutgers over UConn. Rutgers.

Future_Tacos

2/11/16 6:55am

I've heard BC didn't want UConn in the ACC either

mannheimadler

2/11/16 7:00am

BC fought hard to keep UConn out of the ACC.

Revolution

2/11/16 7:06am

link

Revolution

2/11/16 7:38am

Uconn is in the Hartford market. Rutgers is in the NYC market. That's your difference.

LiveCoug

2/11/16 7:03am

Considering some involved with the B12 thought WV gave them some run in DC

concolor couguar

2/11/16 7:05am

Outside of UVa and Maryland, WVU is the next strongest presence in DC.

unctoothman

2/11/16 9:54am

When I lived there in the early 90's college sports seemed to be only MD & Navy

BYUFam1

2/11/16 10:00am

I should clarify - by presence I mean alum more than media coverage. You're

unctoothman

2/11/16 10:07am

Assuming that is true

concolor couguar

2/11/16 12:41pm

Also, I believe Rutgers is AAU and UConn is not

mannheimadler

2/11/16 7:06am

Easy choice -- Rutgers is the closest thing NYC has to a school with major

Gustav

2/11/16 7:34am

UConn may not be an AAU school. Idk.

jkccoug

2/11/16 7:57am

The B1G so far has expanded each time to a bordering/contiguous state

BYUFam1

2/11/16 8:13am

Great point!

Future_Tacos

2/11/16 8:25am

They also pride themselves on AAU as well as other pointed out

BYUFam1

2/11/16 8:34am

What you don't understand is that Rutgers is a public-ivy

SD-Y-FAN

2/11/16 8:53am

UConn didn't even have D1 football a few yrs ago & Rutgers is AAU near NYC

Modiolus

2/11/16 9:51am

They were a flash in the pan at the time. Chop the wood.

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