Maryland Minute 8.7.09 - Louis Young Decommits Again, Coaches' Poll Unveiled
by Ben Broman on Aug 7, 2009 11:36 PM EDT
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Louis Young opens things up?
I guess it was only a matter of time before Louis Young decommitted...again. After the Good Counsel 4-star corner committed to Stanford ridiculously early, he decommitted and looked around. He then committed to Stanford...again, and now he's decommitted...again. I don't know if he'll be a priority for Maryland, but it's clear he has some issues with Stanford. I'd be surprised if Marland wasn't at least involved.
Coaches' Poll Unveiled: Maryland Gets 2 Votes
Maryland: slightly better than Troy, not quite as good as East Carolina.
Maryland: Coming On Strong in 2014
Sometimes, I think one year is looking too far ahead. But ESPN is looking ahead five years, to the five programs on the rise that could crack their top 40 programs when they do a re-rank. And yes, that re-rank would be in 2014. And yes, Maryland is on the list. It's Insider, but if you don't have it, it's a paragraph that stresses Maryland's relationship with UnderArmor (the next Nike, natch) and James Franklin, calling it a "trendy" spot for recruits. Yep, that's us, the Panera Bread of college football. [Thanks, jwclaw]
FOX: ACC Will Be 3rd Best Conference in 2009-10 BB
I can see that. I personally think the conference has a chance at 2nd, but if NC and Duke are as down as they can be, it's not far-fetched for the ACC to be #3.
InsideMDSports Radio — Aug. 7, 2009
Got 40 minutes? You might want to download Inside MD Sports' podcast, as they run down a bunch of stuff on recruiting (mostly on the second half). I'm not going to lie, the first half is a bit boring, but they do reveal that the "commit" last week was none other than Hippolyte Tsafack, but it seems he doesn't have a "committable: offer right now.
Recruiting Report: Weekly recruiting roundup
Bracken's roundup is especially good this week. There's a lot of stuff that I missed that he caught, so read up.
TT Reader Starts a Blog
Terps271, a common poster here, is trying his hand a starting a new blog himself. Check it out here. (Thanks for the plug, 271).
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OT, because talking about recruits that we're not going to get anyway bores me
http://www.nctimes.com/sports/football/professional/nfl/chargers/article_8e87570f-706e-50c5-9e98-191c6420e6e7.html – did that guy learn anything in whatever college he attended? Bejus. :)
"We're only gonna score 17 points? Hah hah" - some clown.
ACC at #3
Which conference is best will change but I always thought that the ACC would be #1 or #2. I think that VT coming into the ACC rather than Syracuse has hurt our prospects for staying at the top. I like Seth Greenberg, but a VT matchup with any other team in the ACC is just a two-state TV draw. Even the VT field house just doesn’t show very well on TV…it always looks dim. It doesn’t have the feel of an ACC game. By comparison, Syracuse matched up against Maryland, UNC, Duke, or Wake could easily be national TV draw. Even a Syracuse matchup with BC should be a good regional draw in the northeast. Plus, the 35K seat Carrier Dome shows the Syracuse commitment to basketball and games there televise very well.
Swofford was clearly trying to both upgrade football and retain our top bball conference status with the original ACC expansion plans. I thought it was a good plan. Miami was a consistent top 10 team throughout in the early years of this decade. The plan to have a Miami and FSU matchup in the ACC Championship as a big national draw was reasonable. I think it will eventually happen as the Miami program recovers from the fallout from the Bryan Pata murder. They have that U reputation and a great recruiting region. I think the conference will improve as well. I know it took us years before we beat FSU but we have the best group of ACC football coaches that I have seen. So, even though VT has been a good football program for the ACC, I don’t think we need them and Miami.
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