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...want YOU at the University of Maryland...
That is when the Maryland pep band strikes up "Hail to the Chief," and as the 14,000 madmen in the stands cheer wildly. Driesell parades solemnly to midcourt, bows his head, and raises both arms, his fingers extended in a Churchillian V-for-Victory sign. Victories have been none too plentiful around College Park in past years, and Driesell, the "messiah of Maryland basketball," is being depended upon to bring the Terrapins to a position of national power in college basketball. Ultimately, he is expected to wrest the national title away from UCLA...
...Maryland athletic department, and several hundred alumni, have invested quite a bit of money in Driesell--maybe more than their goal is worth--and their faith in him is complete, bordering almost on worship...
Several weeks after he arrived from Davidson in the late winter of 1969, the M Club, composed of former Maryland letterwinners, and the Terrapin Club, to which anyone who is willing to donate $40 a year can belong, spent $594 for a full-page ad in the sports section of The Washington Post, for the sole purpose of attracting the top four high-school prospects in the Baltimore-Washington area...
because: you are outstanding examples of leaders who can successfully meet the matchless academic and athletic challenges presented by the University because: upon graduation you will stand out in the business community as a "preferred graduate," the man who was able to take advantage of Maryland's high-ranking educational standards because: you can bring exciting basketball back to the Baltimore-Washington area, play one of the toughest schedules in the nation under coaches with winning records, have the added bonus of playing before your "home folks" in the 14,000 seat Cole Field House, and help bring the NCAA...