COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford attended the UM-Maryland game Monday night, and obliged in discussing the NCAA problems his league has endured the past couple of seasons — including North Carolina and the Hurricanes’ recent woes regarding former booster Nevin Shapiro.

Is it tough for a commissioner to see teams from his league fighting NCAA allegations?

“It’s the last thing a conference commissioner wants to see, and fortunately, historically we’ve had very little of it and we don’t have a lot of experience dealing with it, quite honestly,” Swofford said. “But I’ve got a lot of confidence in the leadership of the institutions involved and I think they’re committed to the right things. It doesn’t change our commitment as a league to compliance in a very, very strong fashion.

“This is a snapshot that is not the kind of snapshot you want to see at the moment, but when you look at the photo album of this league historically we’ve had the fewest NCAA problems of any major conference in the country, regardless of how many years you want to go back. That’s what we want to make sure that we absolutely keep as a conference going forward.”

How much of a damper does it put on the game?

“Again, you hate when one of your teams is dealing with that problem. But it’s nice to be playing football. You know, 90 percent of these [UM] kids had absolutely nothing to do with this, none of the coaches had anything to do with this and I think we all have to remember that. A lot of it is still allegations. The key is finding the truth, to what level the problem is, correcting it and going forward in a manner that doesn’t let it happen again.”

Catching on early

Receivers Tommy Streeter and Allen Hurns made the most of their new UM lives Monday. Through halftime, Hurns had three catches for 65 yards and Streeter had one for 15. Their quarterback, Stephen Morris, had completed seven of 10 passes for 105 yards in the first half, and was sacked once.

Voicing off

One of Maryland’s biggest fans, and one of the nation’s big names in broadcasting history is Johnny Holliday (you can hear his voice, from his disc jockey days, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland) — a Miami native and member of the first graduating class of North Miami High in 1955.

His name when he graduated from North Miami: Johnny Bobbitt.

Holliday is now in his 33rd year as play-by-play voice of the Terrapins.

Holliday’s long career has taken him to many pursuits, from acting on stage to being a top-rated national radio personality, to broadcasting Major League Baseball shows, the Olympics, The Masters, the NBA and plenty of college sports.

But among his proudest moments: throwing the first touchdown in the history of North Miami High, and pitching the first no-hitter.

Tough schedule

ACC schools will play 11 games against nine nonconference opponents who are ranked in this week’s AP Top 25 poll — more than any other conference. Those opponents, with their ACC competitors: No. 1 Oklahoma (FSU); No. 7 Stanford (Duke); No. 12 South Carolina (Clemson); No. 16 Notre Dame (Wake Forest, Maryland, Boston College); No. 18 Ohio State (Miami); No. 19 Georgia (Georgia Tech); No. 22 Florida (FSU); No. 23 Auburn (Clemson); and No. 24 West Virginia (Maryland).