“My last line in my interview to Kevin Anderson was, ‘I’m not going to fundraise.’ Well that’s all I’ve done is fundraise since I’ve been here. Hopefully down the road those days are over,” said Turgeon, who had to push back his team’s final practice for Tuesday’s home game against Lafayette in order to attend the news conference. “We’re leaving one great conference and going to another one. I came to be the basketball coach at Maryland. That is a … Read More »

I am tired of talking about conferences, debt and money. But before I start on the what should be a walkover vs Lafayette, let me note I was at the Wizards game last night. Washington has to be a great Bball town as there was a solid 11000 there to watch the 0-8 Wizards.

The point I am making was guess who was starting for the Pacers—-none other then Born Ready, Lance Stephenson. He played OK, but it brought back … Read More »

Feel free to comment all you want  on this post–This will be a No Spin Zone

Much of the reaction to the switch to the Big Ten has been mixed. This is certainly to be expected. Over the 50 plus years we have been in the ACC there have been tremendous moments that we will review over the next year. Yet the times are changing. I guarantee many schools in the same financial situation that Maryland has been in are … Read More »

From everything I have read this is how the 2 divisions will break out:

Leaders Division—–Indiana —Penn State— Ohio State —-Purdue—Wisconsin—Maryland—-Rutgers

Legends Division—-Nebraska—Michigan—Northwestern—Minnesota—Michigan State—Iowa—Illinois

Figuring we would play every team in our division once a year and 3 cross division games–Delaney wants a 9 game conference schedule—-here is how a schedule could look in football

 

Home games—–Indiana, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan State

Road Games—–Penn State, Purdue , Rutgers, Michigan, Minnesota

Add in West Virginia, a Division 1A game … Read More »

It’s been one night in the Big Ten and I just watched more Terrapin coverage then any ACC Network show has ever had. Of course that would be if I could find where the ACC Shows are located. 

One point continually made on the network was that the Big 10 was really impressed with the success Maryland has had in the non revenue sports. They anxiously await to participate with us in Lacrosse, Field hockey and soccer .

The whole … Read More »

from si.com

 The University of Maryland stands to make nearly $100 million more in conference revenue by 2020 with its switch from the ACC to the Big Ten, according to projected revenue information presented to the school by Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, SI.com has learned.

The projected information shows how Maryland could afford its $50 million buyout from the ACC, a fee the school is expected to attempt to reduce through legal action.

When Maryland joins the Big … Read More »

Much more tonite. The Times They Are A Changing