Edsall Out at Maryland

WoodyHayes1951 said:
I don't think recent conferences have been expanding based on team's football prowess. Making money THROUGH football contracts, yes, because its more popular and worth way more than basketball.

Nebraska being the exception with their 5 national titles and top-10 standing in almost every significant football category.

Utah? historically irrelevant outside of a couple years with Urban Meyer. They are good now but no one thought this an slam dunk expansion. Why did they expand? State School in the west, 30,000+ students, many alumni , and Salt Lake City.

Colorado? They have 1 split National title that no one remembers and have been largely irrelevant since the 90's. But they are the flagship school of Colorado and are in the greater Denver area. 30,000+ students, many alumni, etc

A&M? 1939 National title. Haven't won a Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, or Fiesta Bowl since 1939 vs Tulane. Largely irrelevant before moving to the SEC. They do however have a large alumni and fanbase. They are also located in the State of Texas which is the second most populated state.

Mizzou? Haven't done much of anything in football. Were ranked #1 for a week in 2007. Not bad but aren't anything special. Bring a decent population of viewers and alumni like the rest of the list.
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I know they haven't. I was talking about the casual fan always associating expansion with football. When ever expansion talk arises, the first thing people will comment on is the status of said football team. They very seldom make comments about the basketball, baseball, volleyball or any other sport. That is what I was getting at. I know that the brass to be have a bigger picture that they are viewing.

 
Buffalo's record isn't stellar this year but I would be surprised to see Lance Leipolds name pop up for a bigger gig relatively quickly.

Bo to Maryland would be interesting.

 
Any reason Maryland year in and year out can't field a team better than 1/2 of the B1G? They are in a decent recruiting area and have somewhat of a football past. The right coach and no reason they can't be an 8+ win team annually.

 
Creed said:
Any reason Maryland year in and year out can't field a team better than 1/2 of the B1G? They are in a decent recruiting area and have somewhat of a football past. The right coach and no reason they can't be an 8+ win team annually.
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They fired a coach after going 9-4.

 
Should be interesting offseason as USC, Illinois, Maryland and I am sure some other P5 schools will have coaching changes.

Any predictions - Auburn, SCar, VT, Miami?

 
Creed said:
Should be interesting offseason as USC, Illinois, Maryland and I am sure some other P5 schools will have coaching changes.

Any predictions - Auburn, SCar, VT, Miami?
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If Illinois continues to play well Cubit could very well stay.

Auburn- would be a terrible move to fire Malzahn.

SCar- Could see it happening, but Spurrier has brought them more success than they've ever had so it'd be a bad move

VaTech- They looked good this season and then their QB got injured. I feel like Beamer will coach there forever

Miami- They need a coaching change

 
StPaulHusker said:
Michiganball said:
StPaulHusker said:
Creed said:
Any reason Maryland year in and year out can't field a team better than 1/2 of the B1G? They are in a decent recruiting area and have somewhat of a football past. The right coach and no reason they can't be an 8+ win team annually.
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They fired a coach after going 9-4.
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That sound familiar, still one is Nebraska one is Maryland, different expectations.
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USC just fired a coach that went 9-4
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Cause he's a drunk who embarrasses the program........

 
I'm surprised to see the Terps fire Edsall. Seems like he had them headed in the right direction. Went 7-6 last year (which is pretty decent for Maryland), and had wins over Iowa and Penn State.

Then again, I thought they were crazy to fire Ralph Friedgen a few years ago.
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I would rather not have Tom Herman or Matt Campbell in the East.

StPaulHusker, Lance Leipolds can stay out as well. He has beaten my team too many times.

 
huskerfan92 said:
Creed said:
Should be interesting offseason as USC, Illinois, Maryland and I am sure some other P5 schools will have coaching changes.

Any predictions - Auburn, SCar, VT, Miami?
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If Illinois continues to play well Cubit could very well stay.

Auburn- would be a terrible move to fire Malzahn.

SCar- Could see it happening, but Spurrier has brought them more success than they've ever had so it'd be a bad move

VaTech- They looked good this season and then their QB got injured. I feel like Beamer will coach there forever

Miami- They need a coaching change
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Well it appears that South Carolina move happened a lot quicker than expected

 
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