Terps were a solid ACC team the last time they faced SMU, who was in the SWC, in football. Terps won 7-0 in 1961 and 14-6 in 1962 to lead the series 2-0. SMU was coached by Bill Meek in 1961 and Hayden Fry in 1962. Terps were coached by Tom Nugent both seasons. The 1961 Terps beat Penn St which remains a big deal in this part of the USA.
I'm looking for MD(B10) to eke out a home win 20-19 with a solid game from Baby Tua against SMU(AAC).
Sept 18, 2022
15 penalties but the Terps persevered to take a 3-0 series lead over SMU. Thanks, Roman Hemby 16 carries, 151 yards, 1TD in a 34-27 win.
Georgia Tech is a mess with blowout losses to Clemson (41-10) and OL Miss (42-0) this season.
Wake Forest survived Liberty 37-36 when the Flames didn't convert a two pointer.
Cuse edged Purdue but the jury remains out on the Carriers.
Oct 15, 2022
Boeheim usually gets on my nerves but I'm with him on the Big Ten, which finished 9-9 in the 2022 Dance. The ACC finished 14-5 and sent three teams to the Elite Eight.
"At the end of the day, you play for the [NCAA] tournament," Boeheim said Friday at his team's media day. "You can say what you want about the Big Ten. They sucked in the tournament.
Nov 25, 2022
It's good to see the Terps continue to schedule games against other Maryland 1A schools. They beat Coppin St(MEAC) yesterday, a small inner-city school in Baltimore City. Juan Dixon, one of the key members of the Terps 2001-02 title team, is HC of Coppin St.
BTW, MD hosts UCLA this season. I recall when Lefty Driesell got a little ahead of himself calling MD the UCLA of the East in the 1970s.
Dec 9, 2022
It feels weird to type: Friday, Dec. 30
Duke's Mayo Bowl: Maryland(Big10) vs. NC State(ACC)
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Someone waking up from a nine-year coma thinks why are two ACC teams matched up in a Bowl Game?
I'll stick with my Terps who showed me something in a loss to Ohio St. Baby Tua has been solid. MD 24 NC St 20
Dec 15, 2022
UCLA kicked our butt from beginning to end last night in hoops. UCLA 87 MD 60. Hope we get it together before UCLA joins the Big 10. Cal Board of Regents got $$$ concessions and OK'd the UCLA move.
Dec 31, 2022
What a wacky world! Gary Hahn, the NC St radio announcer since 1991, was suspended for saying this while relaying the score of the Sun Bowl, "down among all the illegal aliens in El Paso, it's UCLA 14 and Pittsburgh 6.".
BTW, Pitt(ACC) beat UCLA 37-35 in game of scoring streaks in which it also rained at times while the sun was shining brightly. Sun Bowl has been a constant must -see TV game for me since I was a kid, and is now one of the few bowl games not televised by ESPN. It's on CBS.
Now back to the NC St game. Terps 16 Wolfpack 12
Jan 29, 2023
Yep, a Terps hoops conference win over Nebraska and being respectful about RIP Billy Packer are sure signs times have changed. BP was such a Tobacco Road (UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, & NC St) homer, I'd mute the TV on regional ACC telecasts.
Feb 26, 2023
UNC gets a big win over UVA to keep its Dance chances alive. FSU upsets Miami. And it still feels weird to type Pitt may be the best team in ACC. Panthers crushed Cuse, and it sure appears Boeheim won't be able to cry his way into the Dance.
My Terps play Northwestern in a battle for second place in the Big 10. No one saw that coming during Xmas season.
Feb 27, 2023
Terps crushed NW and are two GB of Purdue in the B10.
Louisville (2-16) upset an erratic Clemson squad to get it's second ACC win.
RIP, Terry Holland , the hoops coach at UVA. Some great battles on and off the court between Terry and and Lefty(MD). Lefty nearly got Moses Malone(Petersburg VA) ,but Moses joined the ABA. Terry got Ralph Sampson from Harrisonburg, VA.
May 10, 2023
RIP: Denny Crum. Great college coach for Louisville. He was an assistant for Wooden at UCLA.
The two Louisville national titles in 1980 and 1986 came when the Cards were in the Metro Conference. Kenny Payne, the current Cards HC played on the 1986 team.
Sept 1, 2023
Rare for this Terps' fan to concur with UNC bosses on Tobacco Road, but I do on NO to expanding the ACC into a transcontinental conference. It won't improve anything.
Sept 16, 2023
Terps were down 14-0 to UVA in a renewal of former ACC regional rivalry and came back to win 42-14. The matchup was usually played on the final regular season Saturday. Next year the game will be at UVA.
Dec 7, 2023
SMU, a future ACC team. barely misses being in a NY6 bowl and ends up in the Fenway Bowl playing BC. It feels weird to type that in an ACC blog.
Jan 30, 2024
I'm unsure why the ACC takes so many algorithmic hits. Right now, it appears UNC, Duke, and UVA, would make the dance. FSU, Wake Forest, and Miami(FLA) are being ignored.
Feb 16, 2024
RIP Lefty Driesell- rarely a dull moment
