Maryland Minute - 07.13.10 - Texas & Maryland Complete Home & Home Agreement
by Dave Tucker on Jul 14, 2010 11:28 AM EDT
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Big, big news on the football front. Maryland and Texas have agreed to do a home-home series starting in 2014. The best part? Each school gets $3.5 million immediately up front according to DCist. That money could be used to help bring Joe Castiglione to College Park or buy-out Friedgen/Franklin and bring in someone like Mike Leach. That's basically Ben B.'s dream scenario. We'll have to wait and see what happens. The game will be played at FedEx not in Byrd, which basically doubles the crowd capacity for the game. It will be interesting to see who's coach MD by that point and how well the Terps are doing. If they played today, they'd get killed. But in 4 years, who knows? Onto the rest of the MM, which is very heavy in Summer League basketball stories. Props to BB for the links today.
Passionate player: Fiery Grizzlies rookie Vasquez is learning the ropes
Sounds like he's very slowly figuring out the NBA game. Sometimes that's the way it works. -BB
Summer League Report, Part II: DJ Starts for Lakers, Scores Team-High 17
Would absolutely love to see him make the roster and join up with Steve Blake. He's got an uphill battle, but a +6 on the +/- (the only positive +/- in the starting five), four assists, and 17 points is a great start.
Ekene Ibekwe also played tonight for the Trailblazers, but was quiet; 2 points, 2 boards, 5 fouls. -BB
My take - Good think for Ekene they're allowed 10 fouls in the Summer League...and I'd love to see DJ partner up with SB to win an NBA title.
Summer League Report: Greivis Quiet in Second Outing
5 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 turnover. He'll get better. -BB
My take - Agreed. I think he'll be a starter one day...
Greivis Vasquez, O.J. Mayo hit it off
Hopefully the synergy between the two translates to playing time and great stats for Greivis. -BB\
My take - hopefully they work together and Greivis can get better and get more playing time.
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For the Texas-MD game at Fed-Ex
The reporter makes it sound like Texas will take over the stadium. I hope not.
I'm not sure
Texas’ largest alumni base is in DC and they travel well. It depends on how they allocate tickets. I assume if you buy season tickets and Byrd you’re privileged to purchase tickets to this game, so hopefully that will drive up season ticket sales and make sure a lot of MD fans pack FedEx. Assuming they sell out, I bet you have something like a 65,000-25,000 split in favor of MD.
At least we swept the Natinals
by Dave Tucker on Jul 14, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure this has been in the works for a while
so I’m sure Yow had to be involved. Remember, she also helped get the Notre Dame game at FedEx done too.
At least we swept the Natinals
by Dave Tucker on Jul 14, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm guessing it was started under Yow
I imagine these discussions take too long to do so quickly. Yow was probably Maryland’s rep at the beginning, though Eaton might’ve finished things up.
Actually, depending on how long Yow knew she was going to N.C. State, I wouldn’t be surprised if Texas reached out to her. I also wouldn’t be surprised if, knowing she was going to N.C. State, she ceded control to Eaton early on. But my guess is that she at least was there and active at the start.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a 60-40 split for Md. There will be a lot of Texas fans there.
The good news is that we can really, really sell these new opponents to recruits. If the cash allows us to get Leach or Castiglione, that’s not as big of a deal, but regardless, we need to tell guys, “Look, you come to Maryland, you’ll play Notre Dame and Texas a combined four times in your career. That’s in addition to annual games with FSU, Virginia Tech, and Miami. You’ll be able to showcase yourself against the best talent and biggest audiences in the country.” Obviously James Franklin needs to make it sound better than that, but that’s the gist.
Hopefully we’ll be competitive by then, too.
Aren't MD and ND only playing once?
Or is it a H&H?
At least we swept the Natinals
by Dave Tucker on Jul 14, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You're right, my bad
There’s nothing in the cards yet for a game past 2011, though I suppose MD could repay the visit in the future, sort of along the lines of what they’re doing with Villanova in basketball.
Well who will be our starters then? I imagine Tyler Smith or Danny O’Brien will be the QB, DJ Adams will be the HB. Marcus Leak and Nigel King will be junior or redshirt Sophomore receivers. I can’t say much about our defense outside of David Mackall. That team actually looks solid.
Are you talking Texas or Notre Dame?
Will Adams still be here in 2014? I think that class will be gone by then. It’s this year’s true freshmen that will still be around, and only if they redshirt.
Hopefully Mike Leach or someone as good as him is HC by then anyway, and has brought in a ton of talent.
Maybe Yow was on to something...
remember Shane Clark, you know, the kid from Hargrave that was academically disqualified before enrolling? Um, yeah.
by TerroristFistJab on Jul 14, 2010 3:03 PM EDT reply actions
It's all about the kittens...
I’ll give the man that.
by TerroristFistJab on Jul 15, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Recruiting
Texas and Notre Dame on regular TV should help recruiting.
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