Greg China-Rose’s journey to Maryland
Tom Rinaldi inform the story of Greg China-Rose’s journey from being a walk-on at Maryland to being awarded a scholarship and a spot as a starter on the crew.
“Do not ever give up. Do you see your dream? Do you imagine in your dream? You then do no matter it takes to get to your dream.”
These are the phrases of Greg China-Rose, a redshirt senior defensive lineman for the Maryland Terrapins. On Saturday towards the Michigan Wolverines (midday ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app), China-Rose will line up throughout from the relatively giant, scary and proficient offensive linemen of the defending Huge Ten champs.
However China-Rose is not more likely to again down. He is already been via a lot.
Tom Rinaldi shared China-Rose’s story on Saturday’s “Huge Midday Kickoff.”
Tom Rinaldi inform the story of Greg China-Rose’s journey from being a walk-on at Maryland to being awarded a scholarship and a spot as a starter on the crew.
China-Rose performed highschool ball at DeMatha Excessive Faculty in Maryland, competing alongside present Washington Commanders star Chase Younger. However whereas Younger went on to dominate at Ohio State and finally change into the No. 2 general decide within the 2020 NFL Draft, China-Rose went just about unnoticed.
“I believed I might have gotten at the very least one alternative to a Energy 5 college,” China-Rose mentioned. “I believed if I simply maintain placing within the onerous work that any individual will see me.”
However no person did.
China-Rose as an alternative discovered himself enjoying at FCS Robert Morris. Then, after the teaching employees was fired, he left this system and acquired a job working at a GNC retailer. The shop was throughout the road from Robert Morris’ stadium, and he discovered the sounds of recreation day to be torture.
“I used to be listening to the gang roar from Robert Morris,” he mentioned. “At that time I discovered that this is not what I need to do. I do not need to work in a retailer. I need to proceed to play soccer.”
He entered Lackawanna School, which he helped attain the junior school nationwide title recreation. Nonetheless, there have been no scholarship affords on the desk, so he walked on for coach Mike Locksley at Maryland.
“I made it my purpose to ensure that I produced for them,” China-Rose mentioned, “and present them that I can do no matter you want me to do.”
Whereas the participant was on the trail he wished, life off the sphere grew fuller — but extra difficult — when he and his girlfriend grew to become mother and father, their daughter born with a situation that restricted her vary of movement.
“I do all the things due to her,” China-Rose mentioned. “I see what she goes via. She’s only a fighter.”
Whereas China-Rose labored to assist his daughter, his combat on the sphere continued to catch the discover of Locksley, who determined his veteran lineman deserved a reward. He organized for NBA star Kevin Durant — a Maryland native — to provide an inspirational speech to the crew. After the speech, Durant stunned everybody by saying that China-Rose had been awarded a scholarship.
“[Walk-ons] are guys that play the sport as a result of they find it irresistible they usually need to, not as a result of they get a scholarship or test,” Locksley mentioned on the time. “And so, you already know, anytime you possibly can reward them and in addition publicly do it actually helps the morale and it’s nice that it occurs.”
China-Rose completed with 5 sacks final season, in addition to a fumble return for a landing within the Terps’ victory over Virginia Tech within the Pinstripe Bowl. This season, he has eight tackles and a sack via three video games.
“I actually simply suppose that all the things I labored for, I used to be rewarded for,” he mentioned. “I wasn’t simply doing it in useless.”
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BALTIMORE – With a little more than two months until election day, the majority of Marylanders surveyed in the new Gonzales Poll would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris over Donald Trump for president.
A total of 820 registered voters in Maryland who indicated they are likely to vote in the 2024 general election were queried for the poll by live telephone interviews, utilizing both landline and cellphone numbers between August 24 and August 30.
A cross-section of interviews was conducted throughout the state, reflecting Maryland’s general election voting patterns, the pollster said.
The Gonzales Poll stated that “the margin of error, per accepted statistical standards, is a range of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points and if the entire population was surveyed, there is a 95% probability that the true numbers would fall within this range.”
According to the latest Gonzales Poll, 56% of Marylanders surveyed said they would vote for Harris over Trump for president.
The poll says 84% of Democrats support the Harris/Tim Walz ticket and 80% of Republicans support the Trump/JD Vance ticket. Also, 83% of Black voters polled would vote for Harris/Walz.
Among the independents, 38% favor Harris/Walz and 36% prefer Trump/Vance, according to the poll.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who led the state’s response to the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March, has the approval of 64% of Marylanders surveyed. Moore has a 35% “mostly soft approval” among Republicans who were surveyed (7% strongly approve, 28% somewhat approve),” the poll shows.
His approval rating increased by 33% since the last Gonzales Poll in the winter.
Last month, the governor spoke at the Democratic National Convention in support of Harris, who was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate.
He framed Harris’ candidacy as “the story of a prosecutor who defended our freedoms and had Maryland’s back when we needed it most. And now MVP: We’ve got yours.”
The Gonzales Poll shows that 53% of Maryland voters surveyed approve of the job President Joe Biden is doing, while 45% disapprove. Seventy-six percent of the Democrats believe Biden is doing a good job in office, and 84% of Republicans disagree.
According to the poll, 95% of Marylanders think it is “important for the State to invest in improving its transportation infrastructure.”
And, when it comes to juvenile crime, voters were asked, “What type of laws, in your opinion, ultimately better help our children under 18 who commit crimes – Laws that are strict, which include things such as juvenile detention and boot camps. This hold individuals responsible and accountable for their behavior; or Laws that are lenient, which include social programs and counseling. This recognizes that society is responsible for much of this behavior?”
The poll shows that 58% of Marylanders are in favor of strict laws, which holds juveniles responsible and accountable for their behavior, and only 34% desire laws that are lenient.
“A majority of nearly every demographic group backs strict laws to inspire a sense of personal responsibility and to best assist our juvenile offenders ultimately realize at least a chance at a successful, happy life,” the poll said.
Fifty percent of Marylanders polled say the country is headed in the right direction, while 45% say the country is headed in the wrong direction.
According to the poll, 93% of Maryland voters who think the country is moving in the right direction are voting for Harris/Walz, and 70% of Maryland voters who think the country is moving in the wrong direction are voting for Trump/Vance.
In the previous poll, 41% of voters said the country was headed in the right direction.
“The mood of voters in Maryland vis-à-vis how they perceive things overall going in the country is a tad less grumpy than it was in winter,” the Gonzales Poll said.
Entertainment
Proud Montgomery County, MD resident Gavriella Kaufmann (Potomac) won her episode of FOX’s game show “Name that Tune”, which aired last week.
Kaufmann, who was born and raised in Potomac and graduated from Churchill High School in 2015, stated in an interview with FOX 5, that she has always been into music and referred to herself as a music and game show savant. When she saw an ad on LinkedIn about being on season 4 of the game show, she immediately knew she had to do it.
“I’ve loved game shows for as long as I can remember, and music has always been a huge part of my life. Being on Name That Tune was the perfect combination of both passions—it was like a dream come true.” Kaufmann told us.
The episode had a happy ending, with Kaufmann winning a whopping $85,000! She added, “When I was on Name That Tune, I was so focused on doing my best and naming as many songs as possible that I completely lost track of the score. It wasn’t until Jane, the host, told me my total. I was in complete shock, but it was such an incredible moment!”
Who’s ready for Big Ten play to begin? In all honesty, I am not. I really wish Michigan State football had more tune-up games after seeing them struggle against Florida Atlantic and only win 16-10. But unfortunately, that is not how the schedule unfolds for Michigan State this season.
The Spartans will hit the road for an early Big Ten game as they face Maryland on Saturday at 3:30 pm. Going into the season I thought Michigan State and the Terps were on a pretty level playing field, but after seeing both teams play week one that doesn’t appear to be the case.
And Vegas agrees.
Michigan State opens as a 7.5-point underdog next week at Maryland. My guess is that grows to 8, 8.5.
— Graham Couch (@Graham_Couch) September 1, 2024
As you all know, Michigan State only beat Florida Atlantic by six and did not look very impressive, especially on the offensive side of the ball. So it’s no surprise that MSU will be the underdog next week. But 7.5 points feels like a lot, and according to the Lansing State Journal’s Graham Couch, it likely will only go up from there.
So does Vegas have it right or are they underrating Michigan State?
Looking at Maryland’s week one game against UConn it appears Vegas has this line right. The Terps were up 23-0 at halftime and never looked back and went on to win in dominant fashion 50-7. UConn and FAU are very similar in terms of what level they’re at in college football, so that drastic of a difference in the final score is very scary.
So Vegas probably could’ve gotten away with Maryland being even bigger favorites in this one.
But maybe Vegas saw what I did and thinks a lot of Michigan State’s mistakes on Friday are easy to fix. Maybe they think Aidan Chiles will be much better next week. The Spartan’s defense was also fairly dominant so there isn’t much of a chance Maryland scores 50 points next week either.
I tend to not bet on Michigan State games, but even if I did this would be a line that I would avoid because who knows how much Jonathan Smith’s squad will improve by next week, and who knows how much Maryland might struggle against a Power Four opponent.
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