Maryland Minute 7.30.14 B1G wraps up Media Days

Twitter / mzenitz: Maryland players continue to ...
More hype for Taivon Jacobs, as Stefon Diggs calls him "the fastest human I've ever seen in person." You seen yourself, Stef? [Pete]

In evolving Big Ten, Maryland football plans to win up front
WaPo takes a look at Randy Edsall's comments from the Big 10 Media Days.  Bottom line: winning teams start with the offensive and defensive lines, no matter what conference you're in.

Maryland's highly touted freshmen will have to earn starting jobs on O-line, Edsall says
Derwin Gray and Damian Prince will have to earn their stripes

Quinterplets RT @umterps This may be the photo of the year... Your 2014-15 @TerrapinHoops Freshman Class! #GoTerps pic.twitter.com/gipMTOLLPP

— Pete Volk (@Pete_Volk) July 29, 2014

The future is bright!

Big Ten Media Day

Big Ten Media Day 1: Head Coach Q&A
BSD provides a quick recap of each B1G coach's Day 1 press conference.  The summary of Bo Pelini's monolgue is the best: "I prepared some talking points, but I didn't rehearse, and now they're out of order, and I'm rambling."

2014 Big Ten media days roundtable
ESPN's take on the B1G media days: snoozefest.

Looking sharp! #B1GMediaDay #MarylandPride pic.twitter.com/arfzHUZVm5

— Maryland Football (@MarylandPride) July 29, 2014

Love the red pants!

Recruiting

Maryland and Rutgers have a long way to go to out-talent Penn State - SBNation.com
Our own Pete Volk worked with Kevin Trahan on this piece, about the developing recruiting battle between the three Big Ten schools in the region.

Other links

Pat Fitzgerald proposes 48-hour signing window - Inside NU
It's quite possibly the worst idea of all time. [Pete]

2014 college football conference championship odds right here - SBNation.com
For those interested in other conference odds besides the Big Ten. [Pete]

Three detours to St. Louis - From Todd's Mind
The latest installment in Todd's journey down the Mississippi