Good morning! It’s the Maryland Minute for June 9.
The Maryland football program’s rescheduled game against Florida International in September is officially set for a nighttime kickoff, the Terrapins announced on Tuesday.
The Terps’ game against the Panthers was initially slated for Saturday, Sept. 10, before it was moved to Friday. Now the game’s scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 9, and you’ll be able to watch it on the CBS Sports Network.
The Friday game in Florida might be a bit of a drag for Maryland, which loses a day of preparation during the week (though adds one for the next week). A Friday game also means the Terps’ coaches won’t be able to drop by high school games in the area on Friday night to evaluate talent, which they’d surely not have minded doing if their schedule allowed. (It’s not certain they’d be up for that the night before a game, anyway.)
Yet it should be good fun for Maryland to play a night game. The other one on the schedule is at Maryland Stadium on Oct. 22, when Michigan State plays the Terps at 7:30 p.m. on the Big Ten Network. The Terps didn’t have a night game last year.
No TV channels or times have been announced yet for eight of Maryland’s 12 games.
In other news …
Three Maryland basketball players look like NBA possibilities for the Indiana Pacers – Testudo Times
Jake Layman, Robert Carter Jr. and Rasheed Sulaimon have all worked out for the Pacers.
Maryland women’s lacrosse had a perfect season, until it didn’t. What’s it mean? – Testudo Times
Looking back on an incredible season that met a sad ending — and looking ahead at what’s next.
Maryland basketball ranks 1st in Big Ten average attendance, 5th nationally – Testudo Times
This seems good.
Noah Barnes joins Maryland football’s growing tight end group – Testudo Times
Profiles in Terpage roll on.
Maryland basketball should expect three NBA Draft picks and an entertaining 2016-17 season – Testudo Times
Matt Ellentuck’s Facebook Live segment.
Jim Harbaugh’s favorite New Jersey high school is playing a game in Michigan Stadium – SBNation.com
Probably not a coincidence.
Angry Rutgers fans vandalize field to protest Jim Harbaugh’s recruiting in New Jersey – SBNation.com
Rutgers: making Maryland look like a better Big Ten addition since July 1, 2014.
And most importantly …
Testudo Times officially supports the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final Thursday night.
Stanley Cup Final 2016: Penguins on the verge of a championship — SBNation.com
The “Stanley Cup Final” – for hockey fans in the Washington area – is the series that decides North America’s major professional hockey championship. It follows the “conference final,” which might also be foreign to Capitals fans.
I’m from Pittsburgh, so I’m speaking to the wrong constituency here. But it raises a fun question: What’s the least popular sports opinion you have, as a Maryland fan? Share it in the comments, and we’ll call this a no-judgment zone.
(Feel free to judge me about the Penguins, though. I’ll get over it when they win the Stanley Cup.)