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Turtle Talk Tallies: Comments and recs report from the week of May 19

Jake Nazar, jelo77, and SpinningGamera take home the commenting awards this week.

By tmagterp
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

Happy Monday all! Hope you all are grilling/smoking some tasty meats today. I expect to see some pics of all the delicious creations. Feel free to use this thread for food porn, if you would like. Also, congrats to Terps Women's Lax on their National Championship. They are a truly amazing bunch of athletes. Anyway, here is this week's installment of Turtle Talk Tallies.

Here are some general stats for the week:

Total Comments were up 182% and Total Recs were up 139% from last week.

SpinningGamera's Total Recs were up 161% from last week and his rec to comment ratio was down 59%.

Total Comments - 3148

Commenter Total # of Comments
Jake Nazar 194
NeonParkTerp 125
Daniel Hamilton 118
1of1 98
jelo77 80
asianterp 77
HughGR 74
Mike S. 68
NAmstrong 65
lockwood11j 63
bshock 56
MD2006 56
AtlanticVerde 56
Maryland1206 51
Todd Carton 49
umcp96 47
MellophoneMathMajor 46
NattyBoAndOldBay 45
englandumd 45
ES46NE10 44
Terpific 44
PurpleNurple19 43
LeftCoastTerp 42
Ethan.K 40
RedTurtle 39
VermontTerp 36
DJ Carver 34
MHoopsJr. 34
1 proud terp 31
nmcvicker03 30
Zol 30
Go Maryland 29
Pete Volk 28
verbosedutch 28
fkterp 28
nonstopjoe 26
Yanik Mguaua 26
retlag 24
chitsweire 24
Andrew A Kramer 24
NYCSportsFan 22
ExreeHippsters 21
SiliconValleyTerp 21
Aaron Beard 21
ckstevenson 21
PaTerp 20
Sephtical 20
testudbro 18
CA_Terps_Fan 18
lojoMD 18
Sunny8993 17
John Stephens 17
Terptown16 16
bigterpsfan10 16
gregmfisher 16
ThreeTerp 16
duck 15
hurtineminthehomeoftheterrapins 15
bball purist 15
TerpsAught1 15
tmagterp 15
john.chacko 14
curterp 13
ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe 13
Lucky Horseshoe 13
SpinningGamera 12
zschmook 12
Scaletta 12
santana9237 12
Wise Guy 12
GCterpfan 11
CjcJones 11
Jhuddle 10
rvandegrift 10
RJ Bents 10
Snappin Terp 9
terpsontop 9
turple 9
jkburchjr 9
livedincole 9
JHBTerp 9
longerthanu 8
Terrapin13 8
ChiBadger 8
timotheus8866 8
terpfan11111 7
LW1 7
TerpFan2001 7
dirtycrabcakes 7
dcsports1990 7
drobon22 7
terp4life2002 7
Brendan Darr 7
BulletTerp 7
TerpfanMA 6
Andrew_Lew 6
Jersey Terp 6
timmyw3 6
vaterp9 6
ATLredskin 6
Andrew Emmer 6
space_ 6
Dave Tucker 6
terps319 5
jhuterp 5
NY_Nole93 5
Florida Turtle 5
c'ville terp 5
floridasteeler 5
Charlotte NC Terp 5
TwerpsNoMore 5
Dr. Faison S. Fincter 5
TwoTeef 5
Bigdaddy33 5
j-nat 5
El Person 5
cp_terp 5
HeroOfTheDay 5
KHemer 5

Total Recs - 2186

Commenter Total # of Recs
jelo77 126
Mike S. 104
HughGR 93
bshock 71
Sephtical 69
Pete Volk 66
Jake Nazar 52
SpinningGamera 50
Terpific 46
SiliconValleyTerp 44
MHoopsJr. 43
PurpleNurple19 42
NAmstrong 41
1 proud terp 40
asianterp 36
bball purist 36
retlag 35
NattyBoAndOldBay 34
bigterpsfan10 31
DJ Carver 31
Andrew Emmer 30
john.chacko 30
Daniel Hamilton 29
nmcvicker03 29
terpfan11111 29
Maryland1206 28
ES46NE10 26
LeftCoastTerp 26
duck 24
Andrew_Lew 22
ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe 22
Brendan Darr 21
RJ Bents 21
JHBTerp 20
lockwood11j 19
Yanik Mguaua 19
NYCSportsFan 18
TerpfanMA 18
tmagterp 17
englandumd 16
Ethan.K 16
testudbro 16
umcp96 16
Zol 16
NeonParkTerp 15
Scaletta 15
VermontTerp 15
hurtineminthehomeoftheterrapins 14
Wise Guy 14
gregmfisher 13
Todd Carton 13
ckstevenson 12
Imissterrellstokes 12
John Stephens 12
RedTurtle 12
Terp_Nation 12
Charlotte NC Terp 11
DrH-Terp2005 11
GCterpfan 11
ihateflatbunz 11
nonstopjoe 11
BulletTerp 10
CjcJones 9
El Person 9
KStalz 9
terp4life2002 9
ThreeTerp 9
Andrew A Kramer 8
jimmyraven 8
AtlanticVerde 7
Big Spoon 7
GO SKINS! 7
Terptown16 7
verbosedutch 7
1of1 6
ChiBadger 6
curterp 6
dew1016 6
drobon22 6
ExreeHippsters 6
Go Maryland 6
RaleighTerp 6
reborn579 6
rvandegrift 6
TerpFan2001 6
chitsweire 5
Dave Tucker 5
dirtycrabcakes 5
EdDC 5
estock2 5
jkburchjr 5
MellophoneMathMajor 5
Snappin Terp 5
vaterp9 5
willie m 5

Rec to Comment Ratio

Commenter Total # of Recs Total # of Comments Recs per Comment
DrH-Terp2005 11 1 11.00
jimmyraven 8 1 8.00
Terp_Nation 12 2 6.00
Andrew Emmer 30 6 5.00
KStalz 9 2 4.50
SpinningGamera 50 12 4.17
terpfan11111 29 7 4.14
snowterp91 4 1 4.00
Terps2011 4 1 4.00
Andrew_Lew 22 6 3.67
ihateflatbunz 11 3 3.67
Sephtical 69 20 3.45
Brendan Darr 21 7 3.00
Imissterrellstokes 12 4 3.00
RaleighTerp 6 2 3.00
reborn579 6 2 3.00
TerpCity 3 1 3.00
TerpfanMA 18 6 3.00
EdDC 5 2 2.50
estock2 5 2 2.50
willie m 5 2 2.50
bball purist 36 15 2.40
Pete Volk 66 28 2.36
JHBTerp 20 9 2.22
Charlotte NC Terp 11 5 2.20
john.chacko 30 14 2.14
RJ Bents 21 10 2.10
SiliconValleyTerp 44 21 2.10
kbuts151 2 1 2.00
terpdbb 2 1 2.00
testudo4lunch 4 2 2.00
bigterpsfan10 31 16 1.94
El Person 9 5 1.80
Big Spoon 7 4 1.75
GO SKINS! 7 4 1.75
ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe 22 13 1.69
duck 24 15 1.60
jelo77 126 80 1.58
Mike S. 104 68 1.53
dew1016 6 4 1.50
Reignman3133 3 2 1.50
retlag 35 24 1.46
BulletTerp 10 7 1.43
1 proud terp 40 31 1.29
terp4life2002 9 7 1.29
bshock 71 56 1.27
MHoopsJr. 43 34 1.26
HughGR 93 74 1.26
Scaletta 15 12 1.25
Wise Guy 14 12 1.17
tmagterp 17 15 1.13
Terpific 46 44 1.05

Top Rec'd Comments

# Recs Commenter Comment Link
44 jelo77 His free throw shooting was offensive.
30 Pete Volk [no title]
27 Sephtical Yeah but Gary walked by him in a hallway once so obviously he's to blame for this
25 Pete Volk I'm confused
20 Sephtical He's just pissed he has to play the post now
17 terpfan11111 You are correct!!!
16 bball purist And Then....
16 SiliconValleyTerp Some of you are really quite unbelievable and childish
14 Jake Nazar Seriously? "Why can't we get the coach Maryland deserves"?
14 ES46NE10 so... go virg... go v- gjg-
14 Mike S. For those having trouble picturing:
14 bshock You should have copy-pasted
13 retlag Good luck to Roddy, I hope this works for him.
13 Brendan Darr I mean, his sister is transferring from Towson to go home too.
13 john.chacko I for one, am thankful for this one silver lining
12 jelo77 Welcome to Maryland, Richaud.
12 SiliconValleyTerp Well, here it comes, Parkman. The ol' number 1, the Terminator. You get a piece, you can rename it.
12 SpinningGamera BOOM!
12 Terp_Nation Robert Carter
12 DJ Carver *checks* yep, Pete posted this
11 bshock I love this reference
11 bigterpsfan10 We had 0 big men with proven offensive skill last year
11 SpinningGamera [no title]
11 Mike S. Since you posted the same exact comment in two threads, I'll respond here as well:
11 SpinningGamera [no title]
11 DrH-Terp2005 I think I did my part for the good mojo this weekend
11 Mike S. Listing Cassell is disingenuous.
11 NattyBoAndOldBay Pete out with his friends...
10 Andrew Emmer Guys! I really like Pack!
10 duck I'm gonna miss all those games with our designated rival Pitt, though.
10 bshock In that case:
10 Andrew_Lew As much as the "sick grandmother" reason can seem somewhat convenient.
10 HughGR Knocked completely off of my pedestal.....
10 TerpfanMA LOL
10 Charlotte NC Terp This sucks
10 gregmfisher I'm not shooting the messenger but I'm sick of seeing this shit
10 Imissterrellstokes Silver lining
10 Andrew_Lew I happened upon a folder of Pete's next few stories
10 HughGR Rec for the mere invention of self-Volking
10 DJ Carver Going out middle fingers flying at the ACC
9 CjcJones Shared these in previous topic before this one was posted
9 KStalz Wrong
9 Andrew Emmer Also, you know what he has in spades?
9 jelo77 I realize Charles will not read this, but my thoughts will be for his grandmother.
9 jelo77 Thanks for taking the time to come up with this.
9 bball purist Goes without sayin'
9 LeftCoastTerp You do realize Chuck and Shaq transfered out, right?
9 1 proud terp The same guys that were claiming that Turge was already out-recruiting Gary
9 lockwood11j I, for one, am adamantly opposed to sock-drawer pooping
9 jelo77 Yea, but has Calipari ever won Paradise Jam?
9 tmagterp Uhhhhh......
9 Mike S. There are a lot of things I'll miss about Mitchell,
9 El Person [no title]
9 Terpific Youth and transition will be problems...
9 Wise Guy Well, this gets him away from home….
9 Ethan.K Solid transfer addition, huge baseball ACCT win? Ah what the hell, let's be happy!!!
8 Yanik Mguaua rec for the invention of the term 'self-volking'
8 testudbro Tron!
8 SiliconValleyTerp Hoops news be like
8 bball purist Pete's dare - If I make it off the wall, Chuck transfers
8 retlag I've commented before that Terps football is going to see a lot of disdain from the Big Ten this coming season.
8 nmcvicker03 Its kind of funny that turgeon
8 Terpific I liked Charles Mitchell...
8 Mike S. No, I did not misunderstand.
8 jelo77 Pronouncing that name is going to be unreal.
8 SpinningGamera All we had to do was teach Chuck this technique...
8 Jake Nazar Today proves once and for all Maryland can't have only good things happen in one day
8 Terpific I could care less...
8 jimmyraven Would have been nice
7 NeonParkTerp No respect for the Terps from ESPN on the bracket show
7 nmcvicker03 He's just doing what his buddy cal does
7 Scaletta Why stop athletically?
7 HughGR This Allen-Mitchell-Shaq were never on campus with Stogs or Pankey fwiw....
7 Jake Nazar A fan who knows more about the team
7 MHoopsJr. Did Turgeon poison Chuck's grandma?
7 TerpfanMA A turtles life
7 john.chacko Kevin Anderson
7 lockwood11j Do some homework before running your yap
7 GO SKINS! Sorry to see him go.
7 ihateflatbunz [no title]
7 1 proud terp It's funny that you could care less about Bmore recruits now,
7 duck I'm more partial to this...
7 Sephtical CLASSIC Gary bashing!
7 MHoopsJr. I'll repeat it again
7 JHBTerp [no title]
7 Andrew Emmer Efficiency is effeciency
7 ES46NE10 buying the assistant director a unicycle
7 RedTurtle Guys, we're going
6 BulletTerp Turge's seat?
6 bigterpsfan10 People keep posting this without following recruiting at all
6 1 proud terp and the exodus continues.
6 Zol Faust borderline D1 physically?
6 NattyBoAndOldBay Wade was like...
6 RaleighTerp Best of luck to you Roddy.
6 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe The 1st Turge recruit to play all 4 years might be a guy from Turge's first recruiting class?
6 Mike S. ... except that it's really not.
6 retlag I bless the rains down in Africa
6 retlag I was THERE the last time MD won the National Championship.
6 bigterpsfan10 An array of "dribbling ball off of foot only to watch it go out of bounds"
6 PurpleNurple19 Wow..
6 PurpleNurple19 [no title]
6 HughGR Stogs has been gone for two years.....no one on the current roster was on the team with him other than Barks.....
6 SiliconValleyTerp Its not even about being civil or not
6 PurpleNurple19 An array of shitty moves
6 RJ Bents He could have turned into an average player
6 Maryland1206 I honestly don't think his Grandmother played a big part in him leaving
6 AtlanticVerde If Penn State wants to be our rival, they can get in line
6 NYCSportsFan I like Henderson and White's games, but just don't feel the need for another SG
6 1 proud terp I always thought 'Seth Allen' sounded like an upscale furniture store.
6 NattyBoAndOldBay No thread.
6 Daniel Hamilton So Maryland only had 13 HRs throughout the season
6 umcp96 [no title]
5 Maryland1206 Fwiw, his sister averaged 7mpg so maybe she just didnt feel the need to stay around either
5 bshock I don't think it is unlikely (frankly, I think it is likely)
5 Terpific I knew I could count on you...
5 ThreeTerp What's the average age of those fans?
5 JHBTerp [no title]
5 Maryland1206 I mean don't get me wrong I don't think they're lying about the sick grandmother
5 VermontTerp Yeah I'm with Jake
5 Todd Carton Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
5 NYCSportsFan Love his highlight tape
5 VermontTerp When there are 67 D1 teams...
5 PurpleNurple19 Wait a minute.
5 ChiBadger B1G Animosity
5 PurpleNurple19 BYAH!!!
5 NAmstrong Hugh, while I largely agree
5 willie m Terps win 11th championship
5 JHBTerp I think it was a mistake to have the ACC "of the year" awards before the tournament.
5 Zol No, the Mass guys stayed: Layman and Smotrycz
5 LeftCoastTerp You do know every time you speak Gary's name
5 Daniel Hamilton ....
5 nmcvicker03 This guy...
5 1 proud terp but he could cut down some nets.....
5 HughGR And on the same day it will be announced.....
5 GCterpfan I have never seen the movie
5 duck AWESOME!!!!
5 EdDC Wait (before bashing)
5 john.chacko You better check yo'self before you rec yo'self
5 umcp96 Beat 'Cuse for Women', Puke for the Men', and win the ACCT in baseball....
5 Mike S. I've made this distinction in the past:
5 john.chacko Can we stop with this tarring and feathering of anyone who wants to leave?
5 asianterp I'll tell you what happened
5 estock2 Nope
5 jelo77 That movie was as bad as Chuck's free throw shooting.
5 Big Spoon Good move by Turgeon
5 asianterp FOH Smo
5 LeftCoastTerp Obviously Pete has the day off
5 Daniel Hamilton [no title]
5 HughGR Yes, forget the "realistic" projections of 6 or 7 wins and then calling the season a success if those minimal hurdles are met......
5 reborn579 Final MSOM Band Van
5 terp4life2002 Had to double check, yep, this article was NOT brought to you be Pete Volk
5 HughGR Hell, many might have accused Lonnie of having issues....
5 Mike S. A couple weekends ago, I saw a guy...
5 John Stephens Why would that hurt less?
5 HughGR With the recent transfers.....

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