Big 33?

[RickinDayton]

Does anyone know how PA team stacks up against MD team? Who is favored?

 

[fairgambit]

Does anyone know how PA team stacks up against MD team? Who is favored?

From what I've heard, Pennsylvania has a size advantage and Maryland has more speed. A friend of mine who knows a bit more about it than I do likes Maryland to win.

 

[OMPats13]

everyone here in MD is thinking PA will rout them. PA has 4 or 5 top guys playing, MD could not get their top guys to, they are early enrolled guys and their schools wouldnt allow them to play.

 

[bjf1984]

everyone here in MD is thinking PA will rout them. PA has 4 or 5 top guys playing, MD could not get their top guys to, they are early enrolled guys and their schools wouldnt allow them to play.

Posted about that the other day.

This is nothing new.......ever since the NCAA in the effort to "put student-athletes first" started to allow programs to put kids on scholarship over the summer (as opposed to having to wait until fall), these summer "all star" games are on life support.

Before the changes, these rosters were full (like 90%+ of the players) with Division 1 kids......now, they are lucky if they have 10 D1 kids on each roster.
It was nice to see that at least a couple (out of what - 8?) of the PA PSU kids are participating, and a couple of the UMD commits......but I think the total is about 15-20 D1 kids COMBINED on the 2 rosters.

All so the coaches can force the kids to enroll early, give up their "senior summers", and miss these opportunities for a week of "fun" activities. All so that the freshman can be more ready to fill out a roster for the D1 coach.

Sad.