Another day, another bad injury for an ACC team: Maryland lost Pe'shon Howard recently to a broken foot. Virginia Tech lost J.T. Howard for the second straight year on Wednesday as he blew out his right ACL. Last year it was his left. You have to feel for the guy - that's 24 straight months of rehab.
You don't hear this every day: Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said the NCAA was "more than fair" in how it dealt with Alex Len's case and so no, they won't be appealing. No Len bias here! (yes, we do think we're the first) Apparently Terrapanoia has not yet set in for Turgeon.
And Len got quite emotional when he got the word.
By the way, Maryland's exhibition game is against Rollie Massimino's #1 ranked NAIA team. Len can play in that one before sitting.
At Duke and after, Steve Spurrier has always had a genius for provoking opponents. A few years ago, a Virginia kid said that he hated Duke, but had no idea why. We knew why: Spurrier irritated former coach Jim Welsh so severely that he never got over it.
That may be happening now with State and UNC. Everett Withers took some nasty pop shots at State, suggesting that UNC was the state's flagship school and that academically, State was not in the same ballpark. He was referring to football.
We think.
State's Tom O' Brien was not amused and ripped into Withers in a big way, saying in so many words that any bunch of cheaters like UNC has been lately has no business criticizing anyone for anything:
âHere is a guy thatâs on a football staff that ends up in Indianapolis. . .If you take three things that you canât do in college football, you have an agent on your staff. Youâre paying your players. And you have academic fraud. Thatâs a triple play as far as the NCAA goes. So I donât know that he has anything to talk about or they have anything to talk about. If thatâs what people want in their flagship university in North Carolina, then so be it.â
The handshake should be fun, and the game is very likely to be more heated than usual.
- Hokiesâ Thompson suffers another ACL tear
- Hokies lose forward J.T. Thompson for the 2nd straight year
- Tech's Thompson tears ACL, out for year
- New coach Turgeon has big shoes to ï¬ll
- Tigers focus on defensive skill
- New leader of the Pack
- Virginia Tech hopes for NCAA return
- Hurricanes adjust to new coaching style
- Eagles face tall task with young team
- Seminoles aim to reach uncharted highs
- David Glenn On: Miami Basketball
- Experienced frontcourt returns for UNC
- Q&A With Maryland Coach Mark Turgeon
- Poolesville's Spencer Barks Impresses New Coach Mark Turgeon
- Ken Pomeroy Likes Maryland More Than Most
- Tudor: Withers goes against Davis' grain
- Withers' defense: He was focused on 'pride' in UNC
- O'Brien responds angrily to Withers' comments
- Poll finds UNC fans undecided on Withers
- Pack fans take a stand for O'Brien
- NCAA investigation at Miami could affect new coaches
- Renewed toughness means running inside
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