Are you guys aware that Maryland has the 11th best recruiting class in the country coming to College Park? Just goes to show what the Big Ten has done for that program.
Maryland and the Big Ten
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They're only ranked that high because they have a ton a recruits in the class and the score is cumulative.
They are stealing recruits from Penn State because kids can play in the Big Ten closer to home.
I root for any team in the big ten when playing the nitters.. make that any team that plays Peddstate.
Maryland was 39 and 55 the last few years. I'll take notice when they can sustain it. There are SEC teams (Kentucky being one of them) who see occasional spikes in recruiting and never have anything to show for it. I'll take sustained classes in the top 25-30 over a really good year here and there any day.
I posted last year that is going to be a problem for Penn State's Franklin and it is just like I said it would be, but Durkin & Staff needs to increase his better coaching. Maryland has a Top Elite QB Recruit too!
I thought Rutgers would follow but they have way too many Institutional Problems and still having after effects of Athletic Directors and FB & BB Coaches coming and going and dealing with NCAA Violations pending. One wonders what would have happen to Rutgers if Barkley did not flip to Penn State?
Franklin is limited in in taking on New Recruits in 2017, there are some questions on his 2017 Class right now too, even at 9, 12, and 14. However, 2018 is shaping up for great class with some Top Verbals already in the Penn State Pipeline, especially a Top Elite QB from Georgia, but they need a great 2017 year to keep it.
Ohio State and Michigan are still doing far better than PSU, UMD, MSU, IU, and RU in recruiting. If Durkin's continues to keep Top Recruits in Maryland it makes it harder for Penn State to pass Michigan and Ohio State.
Everyone is expecting a 12-0, 11-1, and 10-2 Penn State in 2017? It is not that Maryland as more talent than Penn State, but it is taking enough talent away from Penn State to challenge Michigan and Ohio State better.
We Shall see?
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MD does have to sustain good recruiting classes every year to be a contender of course, but they have a new coach, so a comparison of this year's class to prior ones isn't really relevant. New sheriff in town, and he obviously has changed the outlook for recruits.
Big Ten Commissioner Delany did no favors when he added Maryland and Rutgers and gave them Big Ten Money, once again, Michigan and Ohio State continue to Dominate Cherry Picking Recruiting but now in MD, NJ too! Joe Paterno found this out too the hard way by losing to them more than he could be beat them?
Yep, still comes down to developing the Recruits into Players that Play as a Team all 4 Quarters Long, not just Halfs. Franklin has every thing in place to advance PSU in 2017 to go from 2 Quarters Winning to 4 Quarters Winnings, not on a few flukes but steady play! The Talent is now there but there is better Coaching & Recruits at OSU and Michigan too?
MSU improved greatly the last 7 years too but had a setback in 2016, Indiana is improving to 5 to 7 wins too unlike 2 to 3 before, Maryland and Rutgers are now just in their 3rd year in the Big Ten with Big Ten Money and Big Ten Former Ohio State's OC & Michigan's DC as their Head Coaches. They need more time to show they have the coaching and not 1 and 2 years of recruiting but 4 to 6, just like you wisely stated?
No it doesn't. Maryland's problem wasn't the ACC. Maryland's problem was that they had an incompetent president and athletic director, who ran the athletic department into the ground.
Totally Agree with what you said above.....do you see Durkin succeeding there or is UMD President still just as Loh Lows? UMD also has a Top Booster Sugar Daddy now!
How do you see them doing?
Hey, I watched a horse race the other day where a horse was near the pack 3/4 of the way through the race...it was great for him until it wasn't.
BTW, the B1G has nothing to do with it.
BTW, the B1G has nothing to do with it.
I don't know, but if you sort the rankings by average stars, Maryland drops to 33.
It is hard to find a good AD these days! Look at us, we got rid of Smiley, then we get Bozo Barnes. I sure hope we get the next one right!
Shows you any program can turn it around then. Maryland has been bad for a few years now. Maybe they'll turn it around with this good recruiting.
Yeah, but that was when Penn State had a Program without following the Athletic Integrity Rules, Laws, and Compliance's.
Since the Penn State Scandal 2012 Reforms they are 1-2.
2014-Maryland Won 20-19
2015-Maryland Lost 30-31
2016-Maryland Lost 14-38
Despite being located among the giant alumni bases that its fellow B10 schools have in the DMV, MD football attendance has decreased for the second season in a row following the modest bump they received during their first year in the B10. This past season's attendance was below the attendance that they averaged over the last 5, 10, and 15 year periods of being in the ACC.
The most important thing is winning. Nothing else is that pertinent. Their prior three classes were 39th, 55th, and 48th. It's not like they announce they were joining the Big 10 this year.
The most important thing is winning. Nothing else is that pertinent. Their prior three classes were 39th, 55th, and 48th. It's not like they announce they were joining the Big 10 this year.
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MD ran their athletic department like the Federal government. Always in a deficit that no matter what they were going broke. How they "ran" the numbers and decided to take the Big Tens' offer that included not getting a full share for years is mind boggling. But they did get the "advance" on future payouts to stem the tide. Simply put. Md even with the big donor is still in a division that at best is fifth maybe 6th. Only Rutgers keeps them from being at the bottom. Plus long standing rivalries in the ACC are gone and many won't like losing to programs far more successful than them.
We've seen this scenario play out again and again. When your school slips up while your neighbors are getting serious, you lose ground.
Pitt's fall off the football cliff in 1984 coincided with the rise of Syracuse and WVU. How many WPIAL studs ended up at those schools? They had better facilities and winning programs while Pitt was crumbling literally and figuratively. Pitt is still climbing out of that rubble. But Cuse -- the same Orange that once beat Pitt 9 or 10 in a row -- is a bottom feeder. UConn's move to D-1 had to keep some kids away from Syracuse and BC. Now Penn State is hemmed in on all sides AND has Ohio State and Michigan raiding the coop as well.
Pitt's fall off the football cliff in 1984 coincided with the rise of Syracuse and WVU. How many WPIAL studs ended up at those schools? They had better facilities and winning programs while Pitt was crumbling literally and figuratively. Pitt is still climbing out of that rubble. But Cuse -- the same Orange that once beat Pitt 9 or 10 in a row -- is a bottom feeder. UConn's move to D-1 had to keep some kids away from Syracuse and BC. Now Penn State is hemmed in on all sides AND has Ohio State and Michigan raiding the coop as well.
Excellent point!
I always question recruiting ranking because the ranking dont factor in the number of recruits taken each year. Maybe a recruiting average score would be better. If I have this wrong say something like I need to encourage someone to comment on a post.
For example team A might take 20 average recruits and team B might take 10 higher rated recruits but team A would he shown higher in the recruiting rankings.
The average recruiting rankings watcher and maybe some recruits might not drill down and figure this out!
Plus I live in Maryland and was all excited about Pitt playing Maryland all the time, then a year later they leave!
Maryland's class rank is high because of the sheer amount of commits. They have maybe 3 or 4 commits that high end schools would even be interested in. Good for them, they need to cash in on a new coach's recruiting as much as possible - once they get smashed by UM, OSU, and PSU again next season they'll be back to their pathetic recruiting classes again. The poster above that compared them to Kentucky in the SEC is spot on, enjoy the spike now because they'll be back in the doldrums in no time.
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Ohio State and Michigan don't raid the coop. They rarely go head to head. Both OSU and UM have a more national recruiting base. PSU does not.
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