Texas to Play Maryland
Per Mack Brown at yesterday's press conference (around the 4:30 mark). Maryland will come to Austin in 2017 and we will play at Fedex Field in 2018.
Since I live ten minutes from the stadium, BC pre game starts at my house. HenryJames will be hosting the rainbow tailgate at DuPont Circle, while all our itinerant hipster's should contact Vasherized to discuss the appropriate European carryalls and skinny jeans for game day. Unfortunately, it does not appear Ralph Friedgen, and his exquisite collection of comfort waist pants, will be around as a coach, given his terminal case of suck.
This game represents an excellent opportunity for Texas to get some face and media time with Mid Atlantic recruits, who tend to be of the highly athletic and raw variety. Since Friedgen can't recruit, these players have been monopolized of late by Penn State/Virginia Tech and various other big time programs (Florida, USC, etc). There is no real natural collegiate affiliation for DC football athletes, and the abundance of basketball wealth has meant DC players are kosher with the concept of leaving home for school, meaning Texas can be a factor in recruiting the area.
Of course, you'd think we'd leverage our connection to Kevin Durant, proud son of Hyattsville, MD into recruiting success, but that's low hanging fruit. I'd suggest a more appropriate former DC native:

I taught Malcolm Williams everything he knows about catching the ball, James Kirkendoll about on the field attitude, and Brandon Collins about off-the-field behavior. Triple threat, imo.
Since I've been more or less calling for this game since the first W. administration, please include your kudos below.
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Solid pickup. We are Texas. We should be playing games against high-profile teams or teams that serve a strategic purpose, recruiting, national profile, etc.
The 2012 is looking really weak. And we’ll be firmly entrenched in the decimated big xii.
by the Clapper on Sep 23, 2010 9:47 AM CDT reply actions
Jesus Pinkney was a freak. Like having Alex Okafor run and catch like Roy Williams.
by nordberg on Sep 23, 2010 10:32 AM CDT reply actions
He also had Roy’s ability to totally disappear in big games…….
by holdem on Sep 23, 2010 10:37 AM CDT reply actions
Dunno, maybe Mississippi will be better by 2012.
In the meantime, CRABCAKES AHOY!!!
by spider on Sep 23, 2010 10:45 AM CDT reply actions
Nothing like scheduling some basketball programs to beat up on. Indiana, Wake Forest, and Syracuse to follow? Hell, we even get UCLA this weekend. We need gonzaga to suit up a football team.
but in all seriousness, in the beauty pagent this is ncaa football, guess they’re kind of “semi-brand name” wins that look good at the end of the year.
by Von Kaiser on Sep 23, 2010 10:48 AM CDT reply actions
Hipsters should be plural not possessive. Get your shit together bates.
by Vasherized on Sep 23, 2010 10:49 AM CDT reply actions
The interesting thing to me is how they acted over the span of six months or so to fill just about all their n-c slots for a seven-year period, when for years they seemed not to worry about open dates for the next year or two.
The round-robin schedule is a good deal for the B12, even with the odd conference home game. It helps to ensure that there will not be a I-AA squad on the schedule.
by Bob in Houston on Sep 23, 2010 10:54 AM CDT reply actions
Apostrophes will be my Waterloo.
Make sure you let everyone know where you and your chunky glasses will be hanging out in DC in 2018.
by bateshorn on Sep 23, 2010 11:06 AM CDT reply actions
Trips has problems with commas, your thing is apostrophes, with HenryJames its Asians, and Scipio looks down on anybody with an IQ lower than his.
We all have our issues.
by Vasherized on Sep 23, 2010 11:09 AM CDT reply actions
Pinkney belatedly got his shit together, which is always nice to hear. If I’m not mistaken, the Durants even reached out to him during that recruitment for his perspective on UT.
by Black Scholes on Sep 23, 2010 11:33 AM CDT reply actions
I heard that the home and home series in the Big 12 might be reset next year so there is a possibility that we could go to Lubbock next year. Any truth to the matter that we might have to play a conference foe on the road again next year or vice versa?
Here is the link.
http://blogs.chron.com/longhorns/2010/09/ut_football_mack_on_yelling_ru.html
Mack will finally get to even the score with K-State on the schedule every year. I hope.
I’m excited about this round robin schedule.
by PrimeTime on Sep 23, 2010 11:41 AM CDT reply actions
Prime Time: Stuff happens. They are retooling the entire league, so it wouldn’t surprise me a bit.
by Bob in Houston on Sep 23, 2010 11:52 AM CDT reply actions
Mack mentioned the scheduling thing is in flux, and it’s very possible we may have to repeat some away games.
by bateshorn on Sep 23, 2010 12:06 PM CDT reply actions
Vasherized’s issues involve matching man-purses to shoes.
by Toadvine on Sep 23, 2010 12:09 PM CDT reply actions
As someone who partially grew up in the DC area, this is outstanding news. I wish it wasn’t 7 years out though. It’s a win-win for both programs. Maryland gets the cash and cache’ that comes with scheduling a TEXAS and we get the opportunity to build our brand amongst some fertile grounds of the I95/64E corridor of Virginia. A ton of incredible (although sometimes wayward) talent has come from the Richmond/Hampton Roads/VA Beach area region.
As Bates aptly point out, football in that area is generally affiliated with the southern ACC/SEC schools (namely FSU, Clemson, Tenn, or UF) as there is no heavy allegiance to MD, Tech, or UVA with the youth in that area. Even if we don’t poach any talent (no need), it’s exactly the type of “brand” name, mid tier, AQ school that we can fatten up on. Hope the game is early as I was just there for two weeks and the weather was exceptional. Great road trip and good news.
by Patrick Bateman on Sep 23, 2010 12:22 PM CDT reply actions
Even if we don’t poach any talent (no need), it’s exactly the type of "brand" name, mid tier, AQ school that we can fatten up on.
Not to mention a 90,000-seat stadium to fill.
by Bob in Houston on Sep 23, 2010 12:48 PM CDT reply actions
Vasherized’s issues involve matching man-purses to shoes.
Says the guy named ‘Champe’. “Would you like a beret with that?”
nordberg,
Busted. Your first dance is on me.
by Vasherized on Sep 23, 2010 12:50 PM CDT reply actions
And by that he means nordberg is the dancer.
Real name smack? Really, Hortense?
by magnusbleuveigner on Sep 23, 2010 12:54 PM CDT reply actions
I say move the game to Bodymore, Murdaland and see if they can get a connect with Marlo’s crew.
by Arriviste on Sep 23, 2010 12:59 PM CDT reply actions
Also, trying to get nordberg to give you a lap dance? More of a TexAgs thing, no?
by Toadvine on Sep 23, 2010 1:17 PM CDT reply actions
Now Henry James is the last mythical guy on here.
John Gacy III, imo.
by magnusbleuveigner on Sep 23, 2010 1:19 PM CDT reply actions
“Pinkney belatedly got his shit together, which is always nice to hear. If I’m not mistaken, the Durants even reached out to him during that recruitment for his perspective on UT.”
Jesus. Really? This retroactively scares the piss out of me.
by nordberg on Sep 23, 2010 8:10 PM CDT reply actions
I love that card. In middle school I bought that exact card from a friend for 5 bucks. Roughly 200X its listed value in Beckett, but fuck it…
by Hornmatic on Sep 24, 2010 11:21 AM CDT reply actions
Horns in the National Capitol Region — great news!
I’d follow Bates’ lead and offer up my Arlington residence for BC travelers in 2018, but I’d really hoped to be back in Texas by then. Given the virtual certainty that, even if I have moved, my house will not have sold, bedrooms will very likely be available for Longhorn fan squatters. Check back in 2017.
by LongHornedFrog on Sep 24, 2010 1:11 PM CDT reply actions
Great move, something I thought would be a great option a long time ago. Two more sugestions would be Illinois with a return trip to Chicago and a North-Eastern team like B.C. or Rutgers with a return trip to New York City.
by fear_the_cow on Sep 24, 2010 3:28 PM CDT reply actions

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