First Ruseell Wilson, now Danny O'Brien.
For the second year in a row the Wisconsin Badgers will have a former ACC quarterback on the roster. 2010 ACC Rookie of the Year Danny O'Brien is taking his talents to Madison to play quarterback for the Badgers.
Landing an ACC quarterback transfer has worked out for Wisconsin. Last year Russell Wilson came from North Carolina State and led the Badgers to the Rose Bowl.
Now it's O'Brien who makes the move and like Wilson will be eligible immediately. O'Brien will graduate from Maryland and enroll as a graduate student at Wisconsin.
As a freshman Danny O'Brien threw for 2,438 yards and 22 touchdown passes while only throwing eight interceptions. As the Terrapin starter in 2010 O'Brien was 7-3.
Following the 2010 season Ralph Friedgen was fired as Maryland head coach replaced the Randy Edsall. Edsall brought in Gary Crowton as offensive coordinator and his spread offense and that wasn't a good fit for O'Brien and he left the program.
Gary Crowton is no longer Maryland's O-C.
There was speculation that O'Brien would land at Vanderbilt where his first offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt James Franklin is head coach but he choose Wisconsin.
Here's some highlights of Danny O'Brien's freshman year. (Thanks MarylandAthletics)
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Maryland relents on transfer restrictions
((ht: baltimoresun.com))This is somewhat bizarre.
The University of Maryland and head coach Randy Edsall have apparently decided that they will allow transfers Danny O'Brien, Max Garcia and Mario Rowson that the can transfer to Vanderbilt if they want to after first denying that option.
If it sounds weird, that is because it is.
The trio announced and we reported February 13th. (you can read the story HERE) that the three wanted to leave the Terrapin program. When that happened they were told they could transfer anywhere in the SEC they wanted to...except Vanderbilt.
There was also a no transfer to upcoming ACC opponent clause put in there too.
Read more from the Baltimore Sun RIGHT HERE
But wait. It gets better.
Maryland is filing a complaint...stating that Vandy and head coach James Franklin, a former offensive coordinator for the Terps, tampered.
They believe Franklin made contact with the players, O'Brien specifically, were contacted by Franklin before being granted his transfer.
So...to summarize...we've got the makings of a Soap Opera here. Or at the very least a "He said, he said" argument.
Is it possible Franklin contacted O'Brien, sure. And yes, Franklin is a relatively new head coach, but surely he knows better than to do that. Could O'Brien be interested in Vandy because his former coach is there...absolutely.
In the meantime, the SEC will investigate this. We'll keep an eye out and let you know if and when something else happens.
Because its fitting (and we love us some Cee-Lo):
Monday, February 13, 2012
Let the Maryland transfer tally begin
((ht: collegefootballtalk.com))
Yeah, before you say it, we know. Maryland plays football in the ACC which is essentially like talking about Conference USA football.
But this is somewhat significant.
The tally for defections out of fairly new Maryland coach Randy Edsall's program now stands at 24 since the beginning of last year. 12 of whom bailed after this past season.
The latest casualties...former starting QB Danny O'Brien, Tackle Max Garcia and LB Mario Rowson. And while O'Brien didn't end the year as the starting QB in 2011, he began it there.
Read more about what is going on from CFT.com RIGHT HERE
The rumors of unhappiness have been flowing non-stop from the Maryland campus and it is starting to all point in the same direction. The Terp alumni have made no secret of their desire to achieve football prominence, something under former coach Ralph Friedgen they were close to achieving.
But the defections don't look good.
According to CFT, O'Brien may end up with his former coordinator, James Franklin, who is now in charge at Vandy...and he'll have 2-years of eligibility left that he can use beginning tomorrow.
The others, we don't know.
Keep your eye out on Maryland, its our position that if the Terps don't have a banner year in 2012, they'll be one of the earlier riders to take a seat on next years Coaching Carousel.
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Yeah, before you say it, we know. Maryland plays football in the ACC which is essentially like talking about Conference USA football.
But this is somewhat significant.
The tally for defections out of fairly new Maryland coach Randy Edsall's program now stands at 24 since the beginning of last year. 12 of whom bailed after this past season.
The latest casualties...former starting QB Danny O'Brien, Tackle Max Garcia and LB Mario Rowson. And while O'Brien didn't end the year as the starting QB in 2011, he began it there.
Read more about what is going on from CFT.com RIGHT HERE
The rumors of unhappiness have been flowing non-stop from the Maryland campus and it is starting to all point in the same direction. The Terp alumni have made no secret of their desire to achieve football prominence, something under former coach Ralph Friedgen they were close to achieving.
But the defections don't look good.
According to CFT, O'Brien may end up with his former coordinator, James Franklin, who is now in charge at Vandy...and he'll have 2-years of eligibility left that he can use beginning tomorrow.
The others, we don't know.
Keep your eye out on Maryland, its our position that if the Terps don't have a banner year in 2012, they'll be one of the earlier riders to take a seat on next years Coaching Carousel.
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