Wayne the fan

No more Duke Maryland games?  Nothing good ever lasts.  I was very used to not being their rivals.  Just when Syracuse shows up to give us another rival type school and a made for TV rivalry with Pitt. Oh well.  If true greatness is determined by football, then the Big Ten makes sense.  Oh, wait, I forgot that the big news a few weeks ago was the Notre Dame was coming in and that would change ACC football.  Meanwhile back to this weeks news/rumor… we could have all those big football schools coming to Byrd.  Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska and the hated (still) Penn State.  We would find our hoops rivals in Michigan State and probably Indiana.  If it comes off, the move to the B10, that would be a nice “stick in the eye” to the All Carolina Conference.  I heard that FSU was out the door as well.  

We had it right for basketball with 8 or 9 teams.  You play everyone twice, have an intense rivalry with everyone and some teams you just hate.  For football you could have some good non-conference games, really for basketball too. The writing is on the wall.  It will be four 16 team conferences. . The B10 needs an east coast outlet and Maryland fits the bill.  Plus there is the B10 network that brings in $.  If the B10 can capture DC and north (think Rutgers), it would bring in even more money.

The Black Ops Look

Wayne the fan loves the Black Ops and really like the White Ops look for the WVU game.  Jordan (Viener) is upset that we have the great uniforms and a black out but the game is at 12p.  He said (an I think he is right) that  a black out games has to be at night.  

I have had Terp fans and even not Terp fans reach out over the past few days and say “wow, great unis”.  May favorite is still the Pride look with the white jerseys.  You know, the unis that make us look like the flying Terrapin Clowns.  No one else has a look like that.

Basketball

We got the two guys signed that we needed.  A center (Damonte Dodd) so that we have depth if and when Alex Len leaves and a real point guard.  Roddy Peters is the point and much like Steve Blake, might start as a freshman.  The Terps have some issues right now because there is no true point guard.  We will get through the season and Seth Allen along with Nick Faust will get the job done.  I think they both will be better off playing their natural positions off the ball. As far as this season goes, I think the team is already getting better.  I think you will see a team that was good against UK be much better once ACC play starts in January.  It will be a quick learning curve and I expect the Terps to be 11-1 when VT comes to Comcast on Jan 4th 2013.

 

The Show

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