Delaware, Maryland governors unite over NCAA basketball, crab cakes

The governor of Maryland has received to know his method round crab truffles.

So Woody’s in Dewey Seaside might be proud to obtain the approval of Gov. Larry Hogan.

“I am going to inform you what, it was a heck of a crab cake,” Hogan stated. “I used to be joking that they will need to have gotten the crab from Maryland however they did an awesome of a job of creating the crab cake right here in Delaware.”

Hogan was on the town to gather on his crab cake lunch guess with Gov. John Carney. The 2 wagered on the end result of the College of Delaware’s March matchup in opposition to Maryland within the first spherical of the ladies’s NCAA basketball match.

Maryland, favored as a four-seed, prevailed 102-71.

Earlier than the meal, Carney introduced Hogan with Delaware swag, together with T-shirts touting the Blue Hens and the state’s vacationer spots.

“I am going to put on it on the boardwalk – in Ocean Metropolis,” Hogan joked.

It was a greater day for a meal underneath cowl on Woody’s deck than the seaside or boardwalk, with rain after which persistent stormy skies chasing away a variety of beach-goers early earlier than clearer climate arrived.

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The climate might need added to the amount of site visitors by Dewey.

“I did not hit site visitors till I hit Delaware,” Hogan stated, mentioning the Dewey Seaside cease lights “I am unsure there’s a magic answer to that.”

Carney did not argue.

“He did discover some sympathetic ears across the desk when he talked about that,” Carney stated. Attendees included Speaker of the Delaware Home of Representatives Peter Schwartzkopf, Dewey Seaside Mayor Invoice Stevens, Woody’s proprietor Jimmy O’Conor and The Starboard proprietor Steve Montgomery.

Former Maryland males’s basketball coach Gary Williams – in all probability an even bigger superstar than each governors – additionally attended and was supplied a seat between the 2.

After the jovial gathering, the 2 governors emphasised their potential to work collectively.

“That is the best way it must be, we’re totally different events however we’re neighbors and we share frequent issues,” Hogan stated. “We actually have labored collectively, I respect the friendship.”

Hogan might be making a return go to within the fall. The 2 governors mentioned one other wager: on the Navy versus Delaware soccer recreation set for Annapolis in September.

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Delaware has had extra success in opposition to Navy in soccer than the Blue Hen girls’s basketball have had in opposition to Maryland, however has misplaced three straight because the Hens beat the Midshipmen in 2007. The 2 colleges have not met on the soccer discipline since Navy received 51-7 in 2013. (The Hens are 7-10 all-time in opposition to Navy in soccer, however the Delaware girls are winless in 15 tries in opposition to Maryland.)

Hogan would in all probability really feel at dwelling in a return.

“Reality be instructed, there have been extra folks within the restaurant from Maryland at the moment than I feel from Delaware,” Carney stated. “He is far more fashionable than I, I received to inform you that.”