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I had something productive to say. Oh, right, it’s college football signing day! Seeing as how the University of Maryland does indeed have a college football program, it stands to reason that the actions of this day may be of some consequence, for good or bad. Baltimore Sun recruting guru Matt Bracken has several posts about what Terps fans can expect today. Short answer: we could have a sneakily good freshman class on our hands.
The jewel of the crop is D.C. defensive end Javarie Johnson, who decommitted from Miami to go to Maryland. Maryland’s biggest official get thus far is O-lineman Max Garcia (pictured above). He had 50 pancake blocks last season. That’s great, but how many flying elbow smashes did he get? Atomic leg drops? Belly-to-back suplexes? I know it’s been said before, but football really needs to improve its stat categories.
Good luck to the Terps today. We’ll have a recap later. Maybe. Either way, you can follow all the signing day action in real time on ESPNU.
