Coach Willard hasn't asked for our input, but I'm curious as to your thoughts less than a week before the season starts.
Young, Reese and Harris-Smith may be givens, but who starts at the forward positions and which three players are your primary bench contributors? I'm curious to know who started the Cincy and UVA games as well.

Here’s today’s injury report. Starting LB Riyad Wilmot out for the 2nd time in three weeks. No other significant injuries.

The Terps have opened as 10.5-point underdogs for next Saturday's home game vs. No. 10 Penn State on FanDuel.com.

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Ohio State Now Involved In Michigan Sign Stealing Drama

There is video going around today of some Michigan 'staffer' who brought liquor to a Walmart and apparently tried to meet up with an underage girl. Sick bastard. Seriously, it just seems to be one thing after another up there.


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The Terps have landed a commitment this afternoon from Ga. three-star OL Donovan Thompson as he's coming off his first official visit this past weekend to Maryland. Thompson was originally supposed to take his first OV last weekend to Duke, but had to reschedule and instead took an unofficial visit to Mississippi State, picking up an offer from the SEC school last weekend. Other offers included Kentucky, Mizzou, Pitt, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech and more. A tackle prospect with great size at 6-foot-5, 311 pounds.

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ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced league opponents for the 2024-28 football seasons today using the Flex Protect XVIII Model, which was designed to accommodate an 18-team conference beginning with the 2024 season.

The Big Ten will continue to play a nine-game league schedule and protect 12 annual matchups, which includes Maryland-Rutgers.

Primary objectives of the Flex Protect XVIII Model, which incorporated extensive feedback from schools, athletic directors, and coaches, are to:

· Ensure all 18 schools play each Big Ten Conference opponent at least twice – one home and one road – in a five-year cycle.

· Balance travel each year by distance, regions of the conference and time zones

· Allow for flexibility as postseason formats evolve with the goal of creating the best pathway for member schools to access the expanded College Football Playoff.

The 2024 season will conclude with the annual Big Ten Football Championship Game, which will feature the top two teams in the overall conference standings at the end of the regular season, with the winner earning the Big Ten Championship. Tiebreaking procedures will be announced later.

Below are Maryland's home and away opponents for 2024-28. All game dates and times will be announced at a later date.


2024
Home: Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, Rutgers, USC
Away: Indiana, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State

2025
Home: Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Washington
Away: Illinois, Michigan State, Rutgers, UCLA, Wisconsin

2026
Home: Illinois, Penn State, Rutgers, UCLA, Wisconsin
Away: Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue, USC

2027
Home: Minnesota, Oregon, Purdue, USC
Away: Iowa, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers, Washington

2028
Home: Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, Washington
Away: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, UCLA

That we have had great moments, great players, great coaches, and great teams.

I refuse to believe we cannot again with the right Admin and Coaches given all the opportunities the DMV provides.

We need to hurry up, though, not getting any younger

Lest we forget

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Though the above does not have one of the greatest moments I ever experienced at BYRD
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Or the happiest, and only, time I ever spent at the ACC tournament
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COLLEGE PARK, MD – Nov. 1, 2023 – University of Maryland and Legends, a data-intelligence fueled global premium experiences company, announced a long-term partnership centered around reimagining the Maryland Athletics fan and alumni experience.

The comprehensive partnership includes the debut of a premier hospitality club overlooking Gary Williams Court at XFINITY Center. This space will also serve as a membership club open 365 days a year with a premium culinary and beverage hospitality. The new 400-person event day hospitality club and membership club will be part of a renovation project at XFINITY Center designed to reflect the Terps spirit and offering a culinary experience with bold, local flavors.

The membership club will offer a tailored benefit and amenity program including access to members-only events, the ability to rent the club for private events, reserved meeting space, and more.

“Maryland Athletics is focused on building premier experiences, amenities and spaces for our Terps fans,” said Colleen Sorem, Maryland Deputy Athletics Director. “We are thrilled to be working with Legends, a worldwide leader in premium hospitality, sales and service. This represents a major investment in the overall fan experience and we can’t wait to bring these enhancements to our loyal fanbase and we are thrilled to be Legends’ first collegiate partner in the hospitality and membership club space.”

Legends research arm, CSL, has conducted a comprehensive market research and feasibility study providing analysis on the best approach and sales opportunity for the new premium spaces. The company’s industry-leading hospitality team will oversee operations and the culinary and beverage program for the membership club and event day hospitality club. In addition, as part of the overarching agreement, Legends will manage sales for the membership club and ticket sales and premium seating, marketing and business intelligence for men’s and women’s basketball and football.

“Legends is proud to continue to align with marquee universities and athletics programs like University of Maryland to serve as a trusted partner in evaluating complex problems and finding innovative solutions to reimagine the fan experience,” said Michael Behan, Chief Operating Officer, Collegiate Partnerships, Legends. “We are excited to work alongside the team at Maryland to develop a first-of-its-kind premium hospitality experience providing a unique opportunity for the university to create a deeper connection with fans and alumni.”

Legends has vast experience operating membership clubs and premium hospitality in professional, collegiate, and international venues, including at SoFi Stadium, AT&T Stadium, BMO Stadium, Cowboys Club at The Star, Spurs Club at The Rock at La Cantera, Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State), Etihad Stadium, Santiago Bernabéu, and Yankee Stadium. As well, Legends’ is the leader in advising university athletic departments on identifying opportunities to enhance fan experiences and optimize revenue streams on new and renovated facility projects, having partnered on Northwestern, University of Kansas, University of Notre Dame, University of Oklahoma, University of Southern California, University of Utah, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Villanova University, and San Diego State University, amongst others.

The Rivals network publishers got together and we did a preseason basketball poll similar to the halfway football poll we did a couple weeks ago. I was a bit surprised to see Illinois picked to finish ahead of Maryland.

The All-B1G team was pretty much a no-brainer. Those five guys are easily the five best in the league, IMO.

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Here's how I ranked the teams 1-14 and my All-B1G team:

1. Purdue
2. Michigan State
3. Maryland
4. Wisconsin
5. Illinois
6. Indiana
7. Ohio State
8. Rutgers
9. Iowa
10. Northwestern
11. Michigan
12. Penn State
13. Nebraska
14. Minnesota

All-Big Ten
Zach Edey
Jahmir Young
Terrence Shannon Jr.
Boo Buie
Tyson Walker

Good stuff here from Marty Leap of the PSU site. I did find it funny that he says you can just throw out the 2020 game. (shocker) More at the link below.

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It all starts in the trenches. While the Terps have similar talent at the skill positions, looking at the starters in the trenches as recruits and on paper it looks like a complete mismatch.

PSU with 4 four-stars along the O-line, including two in the top 100. And their center is an Ivy League transfer with experience.

On defense, PSU again has 3 four-stars along the D-line, two of which are top 250 guys.

Throw in the fact that they start two highly rated tight ends and have a big, talented RB and they are built to play Big Ten, smash mouth football. More at the link.

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It appears that the 1st Amendment is dead, as in dead on the InsideMDsports 24/7 Sports site. I have been banned from posting/responding with no explanation. This site is the lesser of the sites I lurk and appears to be a younger newer crowd.

UMd is not a football school. We will never be really competitive with Michigan and Ohio State. Just not in our DNA.
On another site, I just read that Willard is breaking his ass trying to raise NIL money.
Give all NIL donations to basketball and let's recruit the best and be national champs.

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Hey guys! Rich Schnyderite here, publisher of Happy Valley Insider aka the Penn State-Rivals site. Just wanted to drop by and post our video from Penn State head coach James Franklin's press conference today.

There is only a couple of Maryland questions / answers in there, so ENJOY!
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FIU transfer and Baltimore native Tyrese Chambers has been removed from the team's roster and is no longer with the program, a Maryland spokesperson told the Baltimore Banner's Varun Shankar this morning.

He had some lingering injury issues in recent weeks and wasn't really seeing the field prior to that. The plan is to get fully healthy and prepare for the NFL Draft.

Seemed like a good kid that really wanted to be here the couple of times I spoke with him. But really have to question why he just left the team. Hearing some conflicting stuff, but don't like seeing a kid just leave like that.

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One thing that really sticks out to me when looking at the WR stats is the fact that Felton leads the team in targets, but has the lowest reception% of the starting wideouts (54.7%). He has a team leading 53 targets but is just third on the team in catches with 29.

Jeshaun Jones, who leads the team in receptions, is at 72.8% and Kaden Prather, who is second in catches, is at 60%.

Here are your snap counts and PFF grades from Saturday's loss at Northwestern.

After a few days of not thinking about this one and coming at it with a clear head, it seems like the Terps did enough to win this game most of the time, with nearly 400 yards of total offense. They also had more first downs, better 3rd down conversion rate and less penalties (although penalty yards were equal).

The two turnovers were absolutely killer.

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Rankings came out today. There are 5 power 5 teams never to be ranked in the playoff top 25 (different from AP or coaches poll)

MD is 1 of the 5, can you name the other 4?

Watch Locksley look back on last Saturday's loss, the departure of Tyrese Chambers and look ahead to Saturday's game versus border rival PSU in the video linked below.

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