(12-01-2017 01:07 PM)Policiious Wrote:  Michigan State has to compete with Michigan, Notre Dame and others for instate talent; the Terps are in a deep talent base area. Take a 100 mile radius and you have Philadelphia, Washington, Delaware, Baltimore and Northern VA. That is a a very nice swath or talent. UVA's program is on the skids, when Maryland's facilities improve the Terps should be able to go head to head with VaTech for the region's best talent.

100 mile radius from College Park, Maryland (I was curious). Turns out you're basically right. Don't quite get to Philly but it isn't far. The issue I have with the statement is about going up against VT for the best. The Terps already do that to some extent...as well as PSU and WVU. When you start talking about high 4 or 5 star, everybody is trying to get in. PSU has taken a TON of talent from the state of Maryland. We go at it virtually every year. Just in the past few years we've been going up against FSU, Alabama, Ohio State and even Texas. Maryland doesn't tend to keep the very best but occasionally it does. If it can snag a few more and build a wall around the area...this would be my football fantasy.

Also, while it is outside that 100 mile radius, the Virginia Tidewater area (757/Virginia Beach) is loaded with talent also. VT gets a bunch of talent from there. Maryland has made a little headway in there but VT pulls the lion's share.