Contrary to what you might read and see in the next few days, the decision by the Maryland Board of Regents to reinstate DJ Durkin as the University of Maryland’s football coach is not an example of college football’s win-at-all-costs culture. It’s an example of a Board of Regents that apparently doesn’t grasp how college football works.
Joan Niesen wrote very capably about the more important, real-life issues in play in this case. I’m going to explain why this was a terrible decision from a practical standpoint. The regents buried the football program at their flagship school on Tuesday.