I don’t think this is what the ACC envisioned when they originally scheduled this matchup. In what should be branded as “The Offseason Bowl”, the University of Maryland and the University of Miami will take the field on Labor Day evening for a nationally televised conference opener in College Park.

Just days after Ralph Friedgen coached his final game in the Military Bowl at nearby RFK Stadium, University of Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson announced yesterday that former University of Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall will be named Friedgen’s successor.