When my 2 most-hated programs State Penn (#1A) and Michigan (#1B) both lost.

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Who's the center? How Kevin Willard and Maryland basketball will employ Derik Queen and Julian Reese together​

There are plenty of storylines about the upcoming Maryland basketball season. Will Kevin Willard's results look more like his encouraging first year in College Park than his poor second one? How will the Terps replace star guard Jahmir Young? But one conversation about the Terps is most common.​

There are plenty of storylines about the upcoming Maryland basketball season. Will Kevin Willard's results look more like his encouraging first year in College Park than his poor second one? How will the Terps replace star guard Jahmir Young? How ready are their five incoming transfers to step up to Big Ten competition?

But one conversation about the Terps is loudest: how often will we see a twin towers approach pairing big men Julian Reese and Derik Queen, and how well will it work? Willard said during the summer he might not play them together for more than a dozen minutes a game, but that number will increase if the experiment goes well. He talked more about the tandem on Thursday.

"We're going to play big. We're obviously going to play big with Derik and Ju at the same time. So I like the ability and the flexibility of being able to play different styles, and I would imagine they've embraced that, because it would play to the skill levels that each player has, what they bring to the game," he said.

Queen, the five-star center from Baltimore, is the more perimeter-oriented of the two. The McDonald's All-American game co-MVP is a gifted passer friends call 'Black Baby Jokic" because he's a cerebral passer, like three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.

"They've really worked well together and they've passed well, really well, so far in the early season," Willard said.
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Maryland Basketball Recruiting Scoop: A quick development for the Terps

Queen also has a soft shooting stroke from three-point range for a 6-10 player. Reese, meanwhile, hasn't attempted a three in either of the past two seasons after shooting 7 for 23 from deep as a freshman.

But that doesn't mean he'll always be on the perimeter when the two former high school teammates are on the court together.

"I think the good thing about Derik and Ju is that I think they've really learned how to play with each other. I think they complement each other. I think they understand they're both very smart basketball players. So they understand the fact that there's times when Ju has a mismatch inside, so Derik will be outside," Willard said. "And there's times when Derik has a mismatch inside, so we'll put Ju outside. Doing a lot of different kinds of dribble-handoffs when those guys are on the perimeter."

"I mean, I think the fun thing so far has been able to see, again, putting different combinations on the floor. Whether it's Rodney Rice with Ja'Kobi Gillespie and Selton Miguel with two bigs, or putting those guys out there with two other guards. I just think it's it's been fun for the players because they've been able, we've been able to throw it inside and pound it inside, but at the same time, we're able to spread the court out, kind of be a little bit more of a dribble-drive, kick-and-shoot team."

Hall of Fame former Terps coach Gary Williams said this week on IMS Radio that the biggest key to playing them in unison might be the guards' ability to switch quickly on defense, keeping the Big's out of defensive mismatches against quicker players and avoid giving up open threes.

"In terms of the three-point line, guards have to be able to really do a good job [on defense]. If you're playing the ball, you're going to get screened from the top usually, so that's one thing. But the other thing is, you have to recover high. We used to work really hard, and that's back when the three-point line wasn't as big as it is now, but we worked really hard at helping off of our man if he was on the three-point line," Williams said.

"But then when you go back, you go out high right away. You don't wait 'til he looks like he's going to get into shooting position. You go out high right away so that the one thing he can do probably is put it on the floor. But that's what you're trying to do nowadays, is run people off the three-point line. And a lot of guys can really shoot the three, but if you make them put the ball on the floor, they're not really good at passing to the open man. So you accomplish a lot by running guys off the three-point line."

Another related question: with two centers on the floor, will Willard be able to run the pressing defense that's been effective at times for him the past two years?

"I'm hoping to press more. That means if we're pressing more, that means we're shooting better than we did last year. It was hard to press last year because we just didn't [shoot well]. We were so bad offensively that we could never really get in a good rhythm. And the games that we did score well, we did press pretty well. Derik's learned the backside of the press really well. That was the only kind of concern I had," Willard said.

"We weren't going to move Ju out of the center spot just because he's been doing it for three years and he just has it down. He knows it. But Derik's worked really hard at understanding the second line of the press. He's long back there. He's got a good feel for where to go. So that hasn't been as much of an issue as I thought it was going to be. So we'll get back to it as long as we can score the basketball like we did the first year.

Williams attended practice a couple of weeks aho and got a look at Queen, who Willard recently called a "once in a lifetime, generational talent." His scouting report? He's the real deal.

"He can pass the basketball for a guy his size. He's got great timing offensively," he said. "In other words, he knows when the ball should get kicked, he knows when he should try to score. He does all the things. He is very mature for a freshman."






































Maryland Men's Basketball | The Grind | Episode 3
With the 2024-25 season just days away, Maryland Men's Basketball staff and players review the work they put in over the course of the offseason.

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but I’m satisfied.

Also, thank you OSU!

Vandy defeated the state of Alabama in 2024. I highly recommend watching SEC Shorts on YT Monday.

Four Maryland football players get a step closer to NFL dreams​

Two wide receivers and two defensive backs received invitations to an all-star game.​

Four Maryland football players are now one step closer to achieving their NFL dreams.

Dante Trader Jr., Tai Felton, Glendon Miller and Kaden Prather were all invited to the East-West Shrine Bowl, the team announced Friday. The Terps posted images of the players posing with a box that shows the invite on X (formerly Twitter).

4️⃣ Terps invited to the @ShrineBowl ‼️@DizzyDante @playboytaishar @GlenMiller_ @KADEN3TIMESSS pic.twitter.com/qCqY8VQK4K
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This Shrine Bowl will be the 100th edition. The game is set for Jan. 30, 2025 at AT&T Stadium – the home of the Dallas Cowboys – in Arlington, Texas. The Shrine Bowl is a premier draft showcase. The players could also be invited to the Reese's Senior Bowl, which is seen as the top NFL Draft opportunity.

With 73 catches for 907 yards and six touchdowns, Felton has been one of the best wide receivers in America this season. The 6-foot-2 senior ranks second nationally in receptions and fifth nationally in receiving yards; he leads the Big Ten in both categories. Felton, an All-Big Ten third-team selection a year ago, became the first Terp ever to begin the season with four straight games of at least 100 receiving yards.

Trader has been a defensive cornerstone at safety under coordinator Brian Williams. He has 29 tackles, two pass breakups and an interception thus far. The senior was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 16 after a career-high-tying 11 tackles and a pick in a 27-13 win at Virginia on Sept. 14. Trader is also a semifinalist to be named the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year.

After starting seven games last season, Miller has had a true breakout season as a full-time starter this fall. Miller has 27 tackles (1.5 for loss), a team-leading three interceptions, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery. The defensive back had a four-game streak with an interception dating back to last season, the longest for a Terp since 1999 (Lewis Sanders).

While Felton has put up generational numbers, Prather is having a great year himself with 45 catches for 487 yards and three touchdowns. The senior had nine catches for 111 yards in Maryland's 29-28 upset win over USC on Oct. 19. He earned All-Big Ten honorable mention accolades last season, his first in a Terp uniform after transferring from West Virginia.

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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland men's basketball center Derik Queen was named as one of 20 members on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Watch List. The award is given annually to the top center in Division I men's college basketball.

Queen is the first Terp to be named to the preseason watch list since Qudus Wahab ahead of the 2021-22 season. Queen is the fifth Terp to earn the preseason honor, joining the aforementioned Wahab, Bruno Fernando, Jalen Smith, and Diamond Stone. Queen is the second Terp to earn preseason watch list honors before this season, with Julian Reese named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List.

Queen is heading into his freshman season at Maryland, after being one of the top prep standouts in the previous cycle. Queen was a McDonald's All-American and a consensus five-star recruit. At the 2024 McDonald's All-American Game, Queen was named Co-MVP after scoring 23 points with eight rebounds, five assists, three steals, and two blocks. Queen is the second-highest rated recruit to sign with the Terps, between fellow five stars Diamond Stone (No. 8, 2015) and Jalen Smith (No. 15, 2018). Queen helped lead Montverde Academy to a 33-0 record in 2023-24, where he was named a MaxPreps Second Team All-American after leading the team to the Chipotle National Championship and earned All-Tournament honors.

The annual Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, named after the Class of 1995 Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA Champion, celebrates its 11th year by honoring the top centers in Division I men's college basketball.

Fans can support their favorite player by participating in Fan Voting starting today, Friday, November 1. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2025 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February, to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Abdul-Jabbar and the Hall of Fame's selection committees, where winners will be selected. The Selection Committee for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award is composed of top men's college basketball personnel, including media members, head coaches, sports information directors, and Hall of Famers.

Previous winners of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award are Zach Edey, Purdue (2023-24), Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky (2022), Luka Garza, Iowa (2020-21), Ethan Happ, Wisconsin (2019), Angel Delgado, Seton Hall (2018), Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga (2017), Jakob Poeltl, Utah (2016), and Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin (2015).


Maryland gets the 2023-24 season started on Nov. 4, as the Terrapins host Manhattan at the XFINITY Center. Tip-off of the game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Season tickets and mini packs are available and can be purchased online at umterps.com, by calling the Terrapin Ticket Office at 800-462-TERP, or by emailing for more information at terptix@umd.edu.

Has us in the Last 4 In, as an 11 seed, playing in the 1st 4 In round. Think we'll be better than that.

For example, will there be/has there been a second exhibition? If so, who is/was the opponent? Who started the G'town game? Any news on the starters for the opener? Anything else of interest? Thanks.

Pressbox is worth a good read for College/Ravens/Os coverage. Slip in a little Commanders and Nats every now and then.

Maryland Basketball Scoop: One Terp "on fire" and a recruiting twist?​

The latest scoop from behind the scenes of Maryland basketball.​

To no one's surprise, 2025 point guard Chance Mallory de-committed from Virginia on Tuesday, the result of coach Tony Bennett abruptly stepping down. Will the Terps be involved? And which Maryland player is on a heater? The latest Terps hoops scoop:

My initial math on Mallory said Maryland won't recruit him. They were only planning on taking two high school players in this class, and they've already taken a point guard in Christian Jeffrey. But that might not be the case. e

I spoke with a source on Maryland's side and one close to Mallory, and it sounds like they could make a run at the dynamic 5-9 senior from St. Anne's Belfield in Charlottesville. Ranked the No. 57 player and No. 7 point guard in the country, he was one of Kevin Willard's favorite prospects in the class. He also has connections with Rodney Rice's family and Derik Queen, with whom he teamed for Team Thrill on the Under Armour circuit.

Mallory and his family will run his recruitment, but Team Thrill director Mookie Dobbins also shares a strong connection with the Maryland program. A source close to the situation said he might be receptive to Willard.

"That's my guy. I mean, I've been playing with him for a while so having a chance to play with him at the college level would be fun," he told ' Colby Giacubeno in the spring when asked about Queen and Maryland. "It's great playing with a big like Derik who can handle the ball. He's not just a post player. When we play with Thrill, he's able to pop after setting me screens and knocks down threes. That definitely opens up my game because the big can't help too much, which gives me space when I'm coming off the screen. I get him the ball when he's rim running because if he's working hard running the floor, I have to reward him. His ability to pass out of the post is great, too. We know whenever we dump it down to him, just space things out and he'll always look for shooters."

We'll see what materializes here. He'll require significant NIL and Maryland's budget this year seems to be in the middle of the pack among peer programs.

Speaking of Rice, I'm told he followed up his strong scrimmage performance against Seton Hall with an impressive day in practice.

"Rodney was on fire. He couldn't miss," a source said.

If Rice can play up to the potential he left DeMatha with before a stint at Virginia Tech during which he barely played, that would be a huge development for Maryland. There remain questions about DeShawn Harris-Smith's ability to provide consistent scoring, so Rice being a consistent threat would be huge. He has some Eric Ayala is his game offensively.

Elsewhere, I'm told 7-footer Braden Pierce didn't play in the scrimmage due to a minor injury, but he should be ready for the season -opener next week. There's confidence he can provide solid minutes off the bench when Maryland's twin towers need a breather.

I noticed that watching some of the fall ball Men's lacrosse game against St. Joe's someone was wearing the # 1 jersey. Any idea who it was?

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland men's basketball forward Julian Reese has been named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List. Reese is one of four forwards from the Big Ten that are featured on the list.

This marks the second consecutive year Reese has been named to the watch list, as he was named to the list ahead of the 2023-24 season. This is also the fourth-straight year that a Terp has featured on the watch list. Reese is the second Terp in recent years to be named to the list in consecutive years, as Donta Scott was named to the list ahead of the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. Two other Terps have been named to the preseason watch list in Jalen Smith (2019-20) and Jake Layman (2014-15).

Last season, Reese finished as one of the top performers on the Maryland roster. Reese finished the season averaging 13.7 points and 9.5 rebounds. Reese's 9.5 rebounds per game was the third-best mark in the Big Ten, while his 1.9 blocks ranked fifth. Reese finished the season with All-Big Ten Honorable mention recognition.

The annual Karl Malone Award, named after the Class of 2010 Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, celebrates its 11th year by recognizing the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball.

Fans can support their favorite player by participating in Fan Voting starting Friday, November 1. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2025 Karl Malone Award will be
narrowed to 10, and then in late February, to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committees, where winners will be selected. The
Selection Committees for the Karl Malone Award are composed of top men's and college basketball personnel, including media members, head coaches, sports information directors, and Hall of Famers.

Previous winners of the Karl Malone Award are Jaedon LeDee, San Diego State (2024), Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana (2023), Keegan Murray, Iowa (2022), Drew Timme, Gonzaga (2021), Obi Toppin, Dayton (2020), Zion Williamson, Duke (2019), Deandre Ayton, Arizona (2018), Johnathan Motley, Baylor (2017), Georges Niang, Iowa State (2016), and Montrezl Harrell, Louisville (2015).


Maryland begins the 2024-25 season on Nov. 4, as the Terps host Manhattan. Season tickets and mini plan options for the season are available now. These can be purchased online at www.umterps.com, by calling the Terrapin Ticket Office at 800-462-TERP, or by emailing for more information at terptix@umd.edu.

Maryland landed just two five-star recruits in its history before Derik Queen committed to the Terrapins.

The touted center makes his Maryland debut Monday when the Terrapins host Manhattan in College Park, Md., the regular-season opener for both teams.

Queen, a Baltimore native, returned home after spending three years at the elite Montverde Academy in Florida. He was a McDonald's All-American last season after averaging a team-best 16.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, helping Montverde finish 33-0.

At 6-foot-10, 246 pounds, Queen is known for his post prowess. Scouts have commended his hands -- the big man is skilled at catching tough passes on offense and stripping ball-handlers on defense.

Even though Queen has yet to play a game at Maryland, Terrapins coach Kevin Willard suggested the freshman may not be long for College Park.

"If I was an NBA GM, I would draft him in a heartbeat ... he's probably a once-in-a-lifetime, generational talent," Willard said. "He has an unbelievable feel for the game of basketball. He plays it at a speed that you want your point guard to play. He just sees everything. He doesn't get rushed up. He plays at his own pace."

Queen joins forces with fellow big man Julian Reese, who finished third in the Big Ten with 9.5 rebounds and fifth with 1.9 blocks per game last season.

Maryland struggled to a 16-17 record last year, including a 7-13 mark in conference play.

Manhattan is coming off a 7-23 finish last season and was projected in the coaches' poll to place 10th in the 13-team Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

The Jaspers return two of their top guards in Shaquil Bender and Jaden Winston. Bender averaged a team-best 13.8 points per game last season, while Winston added 9.3 points and led the Jaspers with five assists per contest.

Winston said he feels responsible to lead Manhattan to more wins in his sophomore season.

"I get out there on the defensive end (and) basically do whatever my coach needs me to do," Winston said. "Little things -- getting downhill, playing fast, of course setting my teammates up."

Second-year coach John Gallagher hopes to guide the Jaspers to their first winning season since 2014-15, when they reached the NCAA Tournament.

Amid disappointing season, Maryland football can find hope in recruiting gains...


Malik Washington, Archbishop Spalding’s two-sport star who plays football and basketball is Baltimore Sun’s 2023-24 boy’s athlete of the year.© Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS

When Cardale Jones agreed in October 2011 to continue his football career at Ohio State, the Buckeyes were already embroiled in a mediocre 6-6 regular season that ended with a 24-16 loss to Florida in the Gator Bowl three months later.

But Ohio State’s struggle — the program’s only sub-.500 record since the 1988 squad limped to a 4-6-1 finish — didn’t dissuade Jones, a three-star recruit out of Cleveland. And the CBS Sports Network analyst said he did not think Maryland’s class of 2025 prospects would suddenly grow lukewarm because of the team’s uneven campaign this fall.

“I think recruits can look at it one of two ways,” he said. “You can go in there and be a difference-maker and be that class that sets everything straight. Or you can say, ‘Hey, I don’t want to be a part of it.’ I think the trend that you see with a lot of recruits is, ‘Oh, I have a chance to be a difference-maker, and I can be a part of something where we can say this is where the turning point happened.’”

While the Terps (4-4, 1-4 Big Ten) nurse a stretch of three losses in their past four games in their second bye week of the season, they can take some solace in a recruiting effort that has them competing with some of the sport’s bluebloods.

Last week, Maryland moved from No. 22 to No. 18 in the latest rankings compiled by ESPN. The program’s incoming group trails Big Ten powerhouses such as No. 2 Ohio State, No. 7 Oregon, No. 9 USC, No. 11 Penn State, No. 14 Michigan and No. 16 Washington.

The Terps are still ranked No. 24 by 247Sports, but college football recruiting analyst Allen Trieu said there is plenty to like about the net they cast.

“I think when you look at where the class is ranked nationally, it’s a top-25 class,” he said. “So they’re not just filling spots to fill spots. There’s quality there. The class ranking speaks for itself, but I think there’s no doubt that progress has been made in both quality and quantity.”

Maryland’s quest to build next year’s freshman class got a significant boost when Spalding rising senior Malik Washington committed on June 26. Since then, the 6-foot-5, 200-pound quarterback, who was The Baltimore Sun’s 2023-24 high school boys Athlete of the Year and All-Metro football Offensive Player of the Year, has risen in 247Sports’ individual rankings to No. 50 overall, up from 197th in their previous release. The outlet ranks Washington the No. 5 quarterback in the nation behind the top three players overall in the 2025 class and the 28th — all five-star prospects.

Since Washington’s announcement, the Terps have earned commitments from 10 players. The wave began on June 29 with Spalding defensive lineman Delmar White and Concordia Prep linebacker Sidney Stewart and concluded on Oct. 21 with Calvert Hall twin brothers Asaiah-Allan Hamond (a defensive lineman) and Alijah Hamond (a safety).

In August, Maryland’s efforts spiked in the form of a pair of four-star recruits from Virginia. Offensive tackle Jaylen Gilchrist committed on Aug. 3, and safety Messiah Delhomme announced a week later.

Trieu speculated that Washington’s decision influenced others to join him.

“I think in general terms, the quarterback is a huge piece of recruiting the class,” he said. “That’s why schools like having those earlier quarterback commits. And in Malik’s case, he’s also been pretty proactive about recruiting other players. So it’s not only that they can look at the commit list and see that there’s a top quarterback coming in, but Malik is a very personable kid who I think does a good job when it comes to talking to other recruits.”

The Terps haven’t been perfect. A few players have decommitted, most notably Florida’s three-star cornerback Jett White.

But Trieu said the 2025 class can begin to pave Maryland’s path to success in the future.

“I think a top 25 class is the foundation for that,” he said. “I think you can look around the league and see where an infusion of talent can make a difference at a place like Nebraska or Illinois or Indiana where they’ve brought in classes that aren’t even as highly ranked as this one, but just the quick infusion of talent has helped those schools.”

That silver lining seems difficult to find in light of the Terps’ current troubles, which include setbacks in winnable games against Michigan State, Northwestern and Minnesota. Fans might be disillusioned, but Jones said now is not the time to fire coach Mike Locksley because such a move would have a cascading effect on next year’s freshmen — and potentially beyond.


“That’s the one thing that this staff has done a tremendous job of — building those relationships with their players,” he said. “So I would imagine that if these coaches go elsewhere, these players would eventually follow depending on the situation. And the recruits who stay might not fit the new coach’s culture or style of play. So it’s not always the appropriate answer when you’re talking about making a change within the program.”


Trieu echoed that sentiment. “A coaching change would have a much more negative effect than if they were to finish .500 or below .500,” he warned. “These recruits committed off of the strength of the last couple seasons. So I think that belief is still there. But if there was a coaching change, I think most of these kids would look around if Locksley was not retained.”

Next season seems out of reach, though, and Maryland must find a way to produce two victories against No. 1 Oregon, Iowa, Rutgers and No. 3 Penn State to become bowl-eligible and perhaps get invited to its fourth consecutive bowl. Jones said that objective is feasible.

“I think they can sneak out two wins,” he said. “I think the biggest opportunity is going to be Iowa and Rutgers, and that’s a tall task with Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson (the Big Ten’s leader in rushing yards and touchdown runs) and the way he’s been playing and Rutgers which has a better offense on the ground (No. 5 in the conference). So we’ll see. I never want to say they don’t have a chance, but it’s going to be a tall task.”

Nice article on Cayden Reese in Inside Lacrosse.


Her older brother, Riley, is on the men's team. And her younger brother is a commit in the class of 2026.

Chicago dude taunting...catches up to him
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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Senior Shyanne Sellers of the 18th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List Tuesday – an honor given to the nation’s top shooting guard. Sellers is one of 20 top players in the country named to the list.

Sellers, a native of Aurora, Ohio, was named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team for the second straight season earlier this fall. Last year, she earned All-Big Ten First Team honors and was a WBCA

Sellers averaged a team-high 15.6 points, 5.5 assists and 5.8 rebounds last year as a junior. She is one of four returning players in the country to average more than 15.0 points, 5.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds last season.

Maryland will play 12 games against 2024 NCAA Tournament teams this season, including six games against Sweet Sixteen teams. The Terrapins will welcome No. 11 Duke, No. 5 UCLA, No. 3 USC and No. 14 Ohio State to College Park this season.



More information on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award can be found at www.hoophallawards.com/.

Maryland returns All-Big Ten honorees Sellers and Bri McDaniel, as well as Emily Fisher, Emma Chardon and Allie Kubek for the 2024-25 season. The Terrapins also welcome three incoming freshmen in Ava McKennie (McSherrystown, Pa.), Breanna Williams (Billings, Mon.) and Kyndal Walker (Beltsville, Md.).

Head coach Brenda Frese and her staff signed seven transfers in Christina Dalce (Edison, N.J. / Villanova), Amari DeBerry ( Williamsville, N.Y. / UConn), Mir McLean (Baltimore, Md. / UConn/Virginia), Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu (London, England / Gulf Coast State), Saylor Poffenbarger (Middletown, Md. / Arkansas/UConn), Kaylene Smikle (Bay Shore, N.Y. / Rutgers) and Sarah Te-Biasu (Montreal, Canada / VCU).

Click here for the full 2024-25 schedule. The Terps will officially open the season with a matchup at UMBC on Monday, Nov. 4.

Season tickets for the 2024-25 season are now on sale at umterps.com.

Dumb story I posted

We have our time slot and TV Channel and Oregon gets their obligatory BTN Conference game.

The Comcast BTN carriage dispute was settled a couple of weeks ago so there shouldn't be any local blackouts of the game.

Maryland if I heard that correctly during the Canes-FSU tussle. 70 years ago. B1G shoutout to FSU, now 1-7 after going 11-0.

This is a crazy year for college football. The Canes and Indiana might run the table. That would be a really cool playoff game. They’ve played 2 games, the first an IU W in Coral Gables 4 days after Kamala and I were born, the second a Miami W in Coral Gables in 1966. They’re 1-1 and a 2024 game would be fun.

Let’s go Canes! Let’s go Terps (ever hopeful)!

Now that the temporary smell of success is over after the USC win, the smell of stench has returned. Probably looking at 5-7 but 4-8 more likely. Moving forward to next year, Barney could lose 2 out of its first 3 games, and if so, Barney should be fired on the spot. I can see 2-3 wins tops. As I morph back to the NFL, UMD football becomes a distant past memory. A few good times, Jerry, Bobby, and Ralph and thats it. I will still follow the rest of college football as a whole, and yes, the new 12 game playoff is going to be a blast.