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obnoxious if football were to make the playoffs. This came from our former ACC buddies input in response to a question they posted for all of college football. They must know ET!

Don’t know who SiS is, but….

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At 5:30 on espn2

Saw something where he may be weighing legal options to try and get a year of eligibility back for his freshman year when he played 5 games. Just one more than the redshirt cutoff. Might be one of the reasons he opted out of bowl game.

From Adam Friedman, the latest on Seaton, who did not sign with Colorado yesterday. There was a lot of buzz that he would pick Maryland yesterday but he ultimately chose to hold off. He quietly visited Maryland last weekend and as I've mentioned numerous times, the staff has felt good about where they sat with Seaton throughout with Locks being point on this recruitment for years now.

I think it is worth noting that Colorado has had numerous decommitments in recent weeks and days and Deion only signed FIVE high school prospects yesterday. You read that right, FIVE! That's gotta be alarming if you are Seaton and expecting all of these guys to jump on board.

And I know I've mentioned it before, but his whole thing about playing early being of utmost importance and getting on board with a black head coach when he announced on Undisputed was a real head scratcher, considering Locks needs at least one, possibly TWO starting tackles in the Big Ten and has WAY more pull in the 'being a black head coach' department than Prime does having founded the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches.

Watch the video and listen to him say it himself at the 8:40 mark.
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I don't pretend to know what this kid is thinking at this point, but taking everything I've seen, heard, been told, etc. this definitely feels like the kind of flip Locks could pull off. Obviously NIL is going to play a factor, but listening to him talk about what is important, Maryland checks all the boxes and, frankly, Maryland is a much better program than Colorado right now and plays in a better league. Based on what Adam heard from a source last night, it feels like we could get a decision anytime between now and tomorrow. So we wait. More at the link below.

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SEC does not want FSU. Likely USC and Florida pushing hardest against it. May be B1G or bust for Free Shoes University. Just some internet rumblings for your morning

Home court = 3 points.

About 30 minutes from tip off between the Terps and Nicholls State in the final tuneup before Maryland travels out to LA to face UCLA. Former Terps director of player personnel Tevon Saddler is in his first year at Nicholls St. and is the youngest head coach in D1.

This is a game where Maryland simply needs to assert themselves in the paint and dominate. Nicholls St. is awful on the glass and can't make shots in the paint.

With that said, they do have road wins over LSU and South Alabama. So they are capable of shooting themselves into a game from beyond the arc if their opponent is ice cold, but again, control the paint and this should be an easy win for Maryland.

Game can be seen on BTN.

Transfer DL Quindario Lee who visited Maryland over the weekend is off the board to Minnesota.

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COLLEGE PARK, MD – Maryland head football coach Michael Locksley announced the additions of four transfers to the Terrapin program on Thursday.

Locksley welcomes Aliou Bah (Georgia), Alan Herron (Shorter), Jalen Huskey (Bowling Green) and MJ Morris (NC State) for the 2024 season.

“I’m really excited about these additions to our football program,” said Locksley. “We were able to address areas of need where these guys will provide some depth, but also have a chance to compete to play right away. I love that each player has multiple years of eligibility remaining so we’ll have a chance to really bring them into our football family, develop them and give them a chance to make a long-lasting impact as a Terp.”

Aliou Bah
Offensive Lineman
So., 6-5, 320
Memphis, Tenn. (Georgia)

• Played in three games for Georgia in 2023 and redshirted in 2022
• Went to high school at IMG Academy, where he was ranked as the No. 36 offensive tackle prospect nationally and the No. 50 prospect in Florida
• Helped lead IMG Academy to a 9-1 record during his senior season in 2021
• Name is pronounced: Ah-loo
• Three years of eligibility remaining

Alan Herron
Offensive Lineman
Jr., 6-6, 310
Atlanta, Ga. (Shorter University)

• Comes to Maryland from Division II Shorter University
• Started every game in 2022 & 2023 at left or right tackle
• Rated as the No. 19 offensive tackle in the portal via On3
• Earned more than 30 offers out of the portal
• Chose Maryland over Penn State, Clemson, Miami, Auburn and Syracuse
• Two years of eligibility remaining

Jalen Huskey
Defensive Back
Jr., 6-1, 185
Frederick, Md. (Bowling Green)

• 2023 First Team All-MAC
• Started all 12 of Bowling Green’s games in 2023
• Ranked third on the team with 52 tackles (30 solo) and led the team with four interceptions and six pass breakups
• Was the fifth-highest rated cornerback in the Group of 5 via Pro Football Focus
• Total career stats: 59 tackles (34 solo), four interceptions, six pass breakups, one TFL, one fumble recovery
• Appeared in nine games as a true freshman in 2022
• Played cornerback and wide receiver at Quince Orchard High School
• Helped lead Quince Orchard to the state championship in 2021 with a 14-0 record
• Has two years of eligibility remaining

MJ Morris
Quarterback
RSo., 6-2, 205
Carrollton, Ga. (NC State)

• Has played in nine games over the last two seasons for NC State with seven starts
• Totaled 1,367 passing yards, 14 touchdowns and six interceptions, while also rushing for 103 yards and a TD
• This season, led NC State to three wins in four weeks from October 7 to November 6, beating Marshall, Clemson and Miami
• Accounted for 719 passing yards and seven touchdowns in those four games
• Made five appearances as a true freshman in 2022, going 2-1 as a starter, including coming back from 21-3 down against Virginia Tech on 20-of-29 passes for 265 yards and three touchdowns
• Is 5-2 as a starter
• Was the first NC State true freshman to start at QB since Phillip Rivers in 2000
• Played at Carrollton High School in Georgia; was the No. 5 dual threat quarterback nationally as a four-star recruit
• Has three years of eligibility remaining

n this tipsy world of the new college football, lets assume both FSU and Clemson bolt the ACC for the B1G. Could we have an open rotating schedule for football and BB, and then have east and west divisions for the non-revenue sports? Do we go to pods, 4-5 team pods?

EAST

FSU
Clemson
UMD
Rutgers
PSU
Michigan
MIchigan State
Indiana
Purdue
OSU

WEST

USC
UCLA
WASH
Oregon
Neb.
Wis.
Illinois
NW
Iowa
Minn

OR pods

pod 1 FSU, Clemson, UMD, PSU, Rutgers

pod 2. Michigan, MSU, Indiana, Purdue, OSU

pod 3. USC, UCLA, Wash, Oregon, Nebraska

pod 4. Wis, Ill, NW, Iowa, Minnesota,

Play everyone in your pod and 2 each from the other pods rotating yearly.

Says its supply and demand as far as the o-line goes having lost a number of guys the past couple of years. The goal is to have 17 on scholarship every season and depth has been an issue so now they have signed 8 high school linemen and added a few plug and play guys from the transfer portal. If you want to win in the Big Ten, you have to be able to have your o-line and d-line set and we got some d-linemen last year and we think we got the o-linemen we need moving forward during this cycle.

With Braydon Lee, whenever you are able to keep a talent like him home, it is helpful. His recruiting process was very normal for what they see here. Every school comes to the DMV to recruit and when you have the length and short area quickness he has everyone is going to recruit him. We believe he's the kind of guy that can come in and help us immediately. When he committed to South Carolina early on we called him and congratulated him but asked if he was willing to let us continue to recruit him and he said he would. And today he made the decision where he trusted the process we put in place for him.

Says it is hard for South Carolina to be a rival when you don't actually play each other in football. We try to put a wall around the DMV and we will always start here first but Braydon saw the value in playing here and it was a good win for us but can't call SC a rival until we actually schedule a game with them.

Terez Davis and Ryan Howerton and guys like that have the physical size to come in and play right away, whereas some of the guys around 280 will need time to develop and get bigger to have the size to compete in this league. But it all starts in the trenches and we put an emphasis on the o-line after putting an emphasis on the d-line last cycle.

When we look at tape or watch a kid in person, we don't look at their stars by recruiting services. We look for guys that we think will be a fit for our system. Graduating two corners, there's going to be competition there and the young guys will have a shot. But the further away from the ball the more likely a guy is to play right away.

You have the angst that comes along with adding the new guys but now you also have to always be recruiting your current guys to keep them in the fold and it takes a number of man hours to recruit in this era.

Guys see the value in coming in and enrolling early as far as on the field and getting acclimated, but academics also has a lot to do with it with guys graduating early and continuing their careers.

Good Counsel coach Andy Steffaneli played a role in getting Judah Jenkins in this class and when you have a chance to add a guy who got better as the season went on and finished his high school career the way he did it is always good for your program.

Didn't make it to Maryland for his official visit this weekend

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As I hinted at yesterday, Barham to the transfer portal. They were lucky to keep him last year. Another huge blow, this time to the defense.

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So there have been a ton of DEs signing with other schools. I honestly didn’t realize that MD is the home of DEs. The below list is not 100 percent as I didn’t go through every team. We need pass rushers as much as anyone so stay home locals……just one or two.

Michigan: three MD DEs
Penn State: three MD DEs
WVU: one MD DE
Wisconsin: one MD DE

Here's a link to a story on the homepage that will be updated throughout the day today as the letters start rolling in and with any big news from today. First letter of intent this morning is in and it was Pa. OL Anthony Robsock. The big ones we are waiting on today include Jeremiah Marcelin (9am), St. Frances OL Logan Bennett, USCe Rivlas250 commit Braydon Lee and the No. 1 OL in the nation, Jordan Seaton. Stay tuned as there are likely to be quite a few fireworks throughout the day.

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The Terps have added former Michigan State commit and St. Frances three-star interior OL Logan Bennett to the 2024 class as he signed a letter of intent with Maryland this morning.

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