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Big debut for Lance Ball

2008-12-29T03:30:26Z

Congrats to Lance Ball on an excellent first action with the Colts. 83 yards against the Titans. Only blmeish was a fumble as he lunged for the endzone but his OL had his back, recovering for a TD. Hope he showed enough to earn a shot with the team next season. Tough job tho with MIke Hart coming back from injury to back up Rhodes and Addai. Maybe more good work in the playoffs to come?

Terps Vs ODU

2008-12-22T05:07:05Z

I can honestly say that I've never truly followed woman’s basketball. But I made my way today out to Norfolk to root on our lady Terps, and i was quite surprised how good they are. The energy these woman brought to almost every trip down the court was very entertaining, and how well they shot.

I had the opportunity to sit behind the Terps bench, and watch first hand how good Coleman and especially Toliver are. I see why they are being projected to go so high in the draft. It was a very close game in front a bunch of (cry baby) ODU fans, but we squeaked out a 74-65 win. If you never been to a lady Terp game, should go check them out.

Here is a awesome picture I took of Coleman an Toliver walking off after the win..

Hello Everyone

2008-11-15T16:26:43Z

Just wanted to drop by and say hello to everyone. It gets boring out here in Indiana, so I need my Maryland fix....LOL.....I have found my Maryland fix!!!!!!!. It really sucks out here in Big 10 country, but whenever Maryalnd is close, no matter what sport I try to go!. Are there any Maryland fans here in the Midwest, if so where are you all at :) It would be nice to meet up with some fellow fans

Post NCSU thoughts

2008-10-26T03:11:48Z

Thoughts post victory?

The defense looked iffey at times, and Cosh got some boos from time to time. And why does the intermediary pass still give us fits? The D injury is not good, we need all our able bodies we have.

Turner struggled, but got it done down the stretch with some big passes. Yet he still struggled with some easy passes.

Special teams continues to be the unsung heroes of the squad. Our kicking game seems to be fixed, punting is great, and our return game seems to finally be making some contributions.

Scott's injury does not bode well, but you have to love Meggett. And Fridge keeps saying that Green and ____ (some other kid) are looking great. Hey, here's a thought, redshirt _____ (if I can't tell you his name, it shows he's not contributing).

I'm personally leerie at best going into VT. We made NCSU's QB look good, and VT's is just as mobile. VT's D is better, and we should expect them to be pissed off coming off a loss (though we'd be worried had they won, too).

What do you all think?

Poll

Did the Terps' performance bode well or poorly for the rest of the season?

Yes, we showed we can ovecome mistakes

2 votes

No, we made mistakes and made a poor NCSU team look good

0 votes

Sort of, we overcame mistakes, made plays when it mattered, but showed room for improvement

1 votes

Kinda, we ultimately won, showed some weaknesses, had two key injuries, but got it done

3 votes

Who knows, it's a differenet team from week to week

1 votes

7 votes | Poll has closed

Congrats to Lance Ball

2008-10-15T19:33:17Z

signed to Colts practice squad. With injuries besetting Colts stable of RBs it could be a good situation. Others ahead of his know the system to have a leg up but arent better RBs than Lance is so he might get some PT. I dont recall him having the blitz pickup duties he will have in Indy but he can catch, break some tackles and his feet are nifty enough to run the Colts stretch plays. Bigger probs might be for a 6'5" Peyton Manning to hand off to a 5'9" Lance Ball.:)

Please tell me this isn't true...

2008-10-03T13:50:47Z

I looked on Maryland’s website, and saw that the MD UVA game is only televised on ESPNU. Are you freaking kidding me? My team is away, I can’t go to the game, they are a top 30 football team and it is on a television channel that no one gets in the state of MD. This is ridiculous and has been going on for 10 years…something has to be done about it. I don't understand why we get no respect...every and I mean every WVU game is televised on Comcast cable...why do they get more coverage than us?

Eastern Michigan to be the bellweather for the season

2008-09-15T15:29:26Z

Defeating Cal was a huge win, and impressive for the team and coaches. All fans should be ecstatic, and no level-headed Terp had that marked as a win on the schedule on their fridge (lower case, not upper).

That being said, it's easy to "get up" for a big game against a nationally ranked team. As the MTSU game showed us, our guys either overlook lesser opponents, think too highly of themselves, or just flat out don't show up for games.

So Eastern Michigan will let us know where we really are.

If Turner doesn't practice well, if the entire team's intensity leading up to the game isn't there, then we know we just don't have what it takes as a team.

But if we practice well, and it translates into a solid win, then we're in good shape going into ACC play.

PS: Some resolution at PK would be great too. I don't care who it is, but someone has to make a FG.

PPS: And let's figure out this Josh Portis thing. Use or lose? Can we see him throw a pass? Does putting him in ruin Turner's "rhythm"?

Fire Friedgen

2008-09-07T02:02:02Z

I'm not the type to overreact but this was horrendous. The game plan was terrible, we treated MTSU as if they were USC, our game plan was completely timid and the team was in no way prepared. There wasn't a single player who played as though they cared, I think Friedgen has lost this team and I know he's lost the support of this fan. He does not go into games going after it, going in to it to go get a win, he seems to approach things as if trying not to lose. It's time for him to be gone!

What about the new kickoff guy, David May

2008-08-09T08:07:53Z

What do you think about this new walk-on? Supposidely, he didn't play football until college, but somehow he's slated to be the kickoff guy for the Terps this season. I think it would be very interesting to write something about him, as I've heard that he has an extremely strong leg. I think it would be interesting if people talk about him or if you guys even interviewed him, since kicker can be a very crucial situation in close games.