I sorta knew that Bob Haynie’s “schlep rock” (or whatever the hell he calls it) would be at work on the Maryland Terps this weekend when the Baltimore Ravens called a 4 p.m. Thursday press conference in Owings Mills to march Ray Lewis out to the local firing squad for questions about loyalty, community, commitment, Hall of Fame inevitability and his future plans as a “Baltimorean” among other inquires. But now word broke around 11 p.m. last night that the Maryland Terps will be in the second half of their game against the California Golden Bears in Kansas City at that hour on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
So, that begs the question, where will Steve Bisciotti be at 4 p.m. on Thursday? Hmmmm…
Bisciotti broke his long silence on the Gary Williams/friendship/support/vote of confidence front last week, getting front page love in The Sun with “I love Gary” quotes and basically stating that the reason he’s a Maryland financial backer during these tough economic times is because Gary Williams is the coach.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I gotta think Bisciotti’s never, ever missed a March Madness postseason game? He’s the biggest Terp fan of them all. He IS Hell in a Shell!!!
So, what’s gonna happen here? Something’s gotta give, right?
Prediction: Someone over in Owings Mills (Kevin Byrne?) is gonna have to pick up the phone and get with Ray Lewis and “re-sort out” this press conference on Thursday to accommodate scheduling for local hoops mania. There’s no way the Ravens can do this thing in the middle of the Terps game.
And besides, the press conference won’t have the same impact without Bisciotti. And Bisciotti must be in Kansas City (at least that’s what I think…)
What do you think?
