In the cruel and cutthroat world of Big Ten football, no one should have been surprised two weeks ago when Ohio State coach Urban Meyer stole top-flight recruits Dwayne Haskins Jr. and Keandre Jones right out from under the nose of his old friend and Maryland's new football coach DJ Durkin.
The Terps certainly weren't, since there had been rumblings that Haskins might bolt from the moment it became apparent former coach Randy Edsall would be fired last October. But the impact of a particularly painful string of recent decommits will be felt anew Wednesday when college recruits make their choices official on National Signing Day.