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Turtle Talk Tallies: Comments and recs report from the week of July 28

umcp96 and SpinningGamera take home the commenting awards this week.

By tmagterp
Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports

Hope all is well from last week.  Your weekly countdown to college basketball is at 60 days.

Anyway, here is this week's installment of Turtle Talk Tallies.

Here are some general stats for the week:

Total Comments were up 170% and Total Recs were up 202% from last week.

SpinningGamera's Total Recs were up 723% from last week and his rec to comment ratio was down 40%.

Total Comments - 2018 (>4)

Commenter Total # of Comments
umcp96 77
Pete Volk 67
reborn579 54
abdcterp 52
RandyJuan 49
bshock 46
Baltimoronic 46
ExreeHippsters 41
Mike S. 39
HughGR 35
Maryland1206 33
Scaletta 33
MHoopsJr. 31
chitsweire 29
bretthtown 29
terps319 29
DJ Carver 28
Aaron Beard 27
timotheus8866 26
jarem 25
Terpific 24
Lucius429 23
nmcvicker03 23
TERPASAURUS 21
PurpleNurple19 20
1 proud terp 20
gregmfisher 19
curterp 18
HammerTerp 18
Wise Guy 17
ESterps08 17
TerpfanMA 17
ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe 16
Zol 15
Mayo4795 14
nonstopjoe 14
Sephtical 14
SiliconValleyTerp 14
longerthanu 14
marylandstatepride 14
LeftCoastTerp 14
LW1 14
SteadfastNole 14
PaTerp 13
tmagterp 13
Rick Vandegrift 13
Andrew Emmer 13
SpinningGamera 12
testudbro 12
KingLeoPride 12
Todd Carton 12
terp4life2002 12
ckstevenson 11
space_ 11
TerpsAught1 10
KHemer 10
NYCTerp 10
john.chacko 10
Ethan.K 10
SanFranTerp 10
retlag 9
say_al 9
El Person 9
aamir.akram.5 9
72ndstreet 9
rvandegrift 8
Eric Gibson 8
RJ Bents 8
Ballsacagawea 8
The GIF Oracle 8
RedTurtle 7
NYCSportsFan 7
KugTerp 7
younghollywood5 7
ThreeTerp 7
psuwxman 7
duck 7
iknoriteee 7
vp19 7
TwerpsNoMore 7
CalTerp 6
Charlotte NC Terp 6
PAB522 6
xer0cool 6
trizani83 6
Dave Tucker 6
NattyBoAndOldBay 6
Florida Turtle 6
BeeHo 6
PSU2UNC 6
Pat Fenis 5
NOLEcasterWX 5
jelo77 5
Ntlekt 5
Dezlayman1032 5
GSAPS 5
discuit 5
Shlem90 5
jkburchjr 5
Delmarterp 5
Dr. Faison S. Fincter 5
Tom GM 5
bargle0 5
Pzterp 5
kbuts151 5
c'ville terp 5
Gerry Dincher 5
KStalz 5
PAWIII 5
englandumd 5

Total Recs - 2898 (> 4)

Commenter Total # of Recs
SpinningGamera 188
RandyJuan 112
Baltimoronic 109
ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe 108
Andrew Emmer 95
Pete Volk 77
reborn579 76
Scaletta 65
bshock 60
Maryland1206 55
Mike S. 53
abdcterp 52
umcp96 49
bretthtown 47
1 proud terp 40
say_al 40
SiliconValleyTerp 40
HughGR 39
The GIF Oracle 39
Ethan.K 36
ExreeHippsters 35
nmcvicker03 34
tgrote 34
LeftCoastTerp 32
MHoopsJr. 32
testudbro 30
LW1 29
chitsweire 28
Terpific 27
marylandstatepride 26
Sephtical 26
SteadfastNole 26
PurpleNurple19 25
Sap226 25
cSq 24
HammerTerp 24
Lucius429 24
tmagterp 24
TERPASAURUS 23
NattyBoAndOldBay 22
terp4life2002 22
longerthanu 21
NAmstrong 20
DJ Carver 19
JHBTerp 19
BulletTerp 18
Rick Vandegrift 18
timotheus8866 18
englandumd 17
ESterps08 17
ivan24 17
snuggles596 15
TerpfanMA 15
terps319 15
Aaron Beard 14
Mayo4795 14
retlag 14
ThreeTerp 14
Brendan Darr 13
ckstevenson 13
Jtyler998 13
Dave Tucker 12
dirtycrabcakes 12
HT97 12
nonstopjoe 12
Somedumbguy 12
Zol 12
gregmfisher 11
Pat Fenis 11
younghollywood5 11
curterp 10
Cville_Terp 10
iknoriteee 10
Gerry Dincher 9
GSAPS 9
Highrock 9
jarem 9
john.chacko 9
SanFranTerp 9
TheDalyShow 9
trizani83 9
Wise Guy 9
Delmarterp 8
Ed Dechellis 8
Florida Turtle 8
Go Maryland 8
jaypee 8
livedincole 8
Nolechiefs 8
PAWIII 8
Terp23 8
Algonquian4turtle 7
bloodwatermission 7
Charlotte NC Terp 7
duck 7
KStalz 7
RJ Bents 7
settleten 7
space_ 7
Tom GM 7
72ndstreet 6
GCterpfan 6
KHemer 6
Lauderdale Terp 6
PatTerp94 6
snowterp91 6
Todd Carton 6
xer0cool 6
Ballsacagawea 5
bargle0 5
BigLevadelphia 5
Chad Markulics 5
Eric Gibson 5
Jeffro78 5
KingLeoPride 5
mvrck 5
NYCSportsFan 5
psuwxman 5
terpentime 5

Rec to Comment Ratio (> 1.00)

Commenter Total # of Recs Total # of Comments Recs per Comment
Sap226 25 1 25.00
cSq 24 1 24.00
tgrote 34 2 17.00
SpinningGamera 188 12 15.67
HT97 12 1 12.00
Cville_Terp 10 1 10.00
NAmstrong 20 2 10.00
JHBTerp 19 2 9.50
Ed Dechellis 8 1 8.00
livedincole 8 1 8.00
Nolechiefs 8 1 8.00
snuggles596 15 2 7.50
Andrew Emmer 95 13 7.31
Algonquian4turtle 7 1 7.00
settleten 7 1 7.00
ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe 108 16 6.75
Lauderdale Terp 6 1 6.00
snowterp91 6 1 6.00
Chad Markulics 5 1 5.00
Jeffro78 5 1 5.00
terpentime 5 1 5.00
The GIF Oracle 39 8 4.88
BulletTerp 18 4 4.50
Highrock 9 2 4.50
TheDalyShow 9 2 4.50
say_al 40 9 4.44
ivan24 17 4 4.25
Baxtastic 4 1 4.00
broth262 4 1 4.00
dirtycrabcakes 12 3 4.00
Miked1612 4 1 4.00
Somedumbguy 12 3 4.00
StealthTerp 4 1 4.00
NattyBoAndOldBay 22 6 3.67
Ethan.K 36 10 3.60
bloodwatermission 7 2 3.50
englandumd 17 5 3.40
Brendan Darr 13 4 3.25
Jtyler998 13 4 3.25
DrH-Terp2005 3 1 3.00
Porsche911terp 3 1 3.00
rvc73 3 1 3.00
Terpies NC 3 1 3.00
UATerp 3 1 3.00
yeahterps 3 1 3.00
SiliconValleyTerp 40 14 2.86
Go Maryland 8 3 2.67
Terp23 8 3 2.67
BigLevadelphia 5 2 2.50
testudbro 30 12 2.50
Baltimoronic 109 46 2.37
LeftCoastTerp 32 14 2.29
RandyJuan 112 49 2.29
Pat Fenis 11 5 2.20
LW1 29 14 2.07
1 proud terp 40 20 2.00
abt925 4 2 2.00
Dave Tucker 12 6 2.00
DChagares 2 1 2.00
GCterpfan 6 3 2.00
jaypee 8 4 2.00
Max_Fischer 2 1 2.00
PatTerp94 6 3 2.00
ThreeTerp 14 7 2.00
TurtleJerk 4 2 2.00
Scaletta 65 33 1.97
marylandstatepride 26 14 1.86
Sephtical 26 14 1.86
SteadfastNole 26 14 1.86
tmagterp 24 13 1.85
terp4life2002 22 12 1.83
Gerry Dincher 9 5 1.80
GSAPS 9 5 1.80
Maryland1206 55 33 1.67
mvrck 5 3 1.67
bretthtown 47 29 1.62
Delmarterp 8 5 1.60
PAWIII 8 5 1.60
younghollywood5 11 7 1.57
retlag 14 9 1.56
Jake Nazar 3 2 1.50
longerthanu 21 14 1.50
trizani83 9 6 1.50
nmcvicker03 34 23 1.48
iknoriteee 10 7 1.43
reborn579 76 54 1.41
KStalz 7 5 1.40
Tom GM 7 5 1.40
Rick Vandegrift 18 13 1.38
Mike S. 53 39 1.36
Florida Turtle 8 6 1.33
HammerTerp 24 18 1.33
LeoinMD 4 3 1.33
turple 4 3 1.33
verbosedutch 4 3 1.33
bshock 60 46 1.30
PurpleNurple19 25 20 1.25
ckstevenson 13 11 1.18
Charlotte NC Terp 7 6 1.17
Pete Volk 77 67 1.15
Terpific 27 24 1.13
HughGR 39 35 1.11
TERPASAURUS 23 21 1.10
Lucius429 24 23 1.04
MHoopsJr. 32 31 1.03

Top Rec'd Comments (>4)

Recs Commenter Comment Link
46 SpinningGamera [no title]
36 Andrew Emmer Really a slap in the face
33 tgrote Press Release before the Ohio State game
30 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe Hmm...
25 Sap226 [no title]
25 SpinningGamera Maryland....
24 cSq [no title]
23 RandyJuan CJ's response
23 Baltimoronic [no title]
23 marylandstatepride HOME... STAY HOME!
22 Andrew Emmer Yeah, there's just no way to blame this on the administration or coaches.
21 SpinningGamera [no title]
21 SpinningGamera He should.
20 SiliconValleyTerp He'll look great in brown
20 say_al [no title]
19 Scaletta Obligatory:
19 Andrew Emmer This was good new for me,
19 SpinningGamera [no title]
17 BulletTerp So
17 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe Uhhh...
16 reborn579 Yeah I'm gonna call bullshit on a couple of things there
16 ivan24 [no title]
15 SpinningGamera Time to instill fear in our enemies.
15 say_al What about this guy?
15 JHBTerp Hey, at least no stadium name can ever be quite worse than "KFC Yum! Center"
15 Pete Volk IS THERE ROOM FOR THE HAR-
14 terp4life2002 Dixon in a Mason Jar was genious.
14 RandyJuan LOL
14 Baltimoronic Also,
13 Baltimoronic [no title]
13 Mike S. Disappointing, but I maintain that this should not be viewed as a failure for Mike Locksley.
13 testudbro There's a name for people without beards....women
13 The GIF Oracle [no title]
13 tmagterp Wouldn't matter where this elevator takes me...
13 Maryland1206 We're a baseball school Nollies
13 NattyBoAndOldBay We want more. We want more. If
13 englandumd meh, a corporate name is a corporate name. They are all equally bad.
13 bretthtown I have no interest, like, at all, in hashing out anything Paterno/scandal related.
13 SiliconValleyTerp [no title]
12 snuggles596 I can't look at this page for the rest of the week
12 umcp96 We must "Protect this Ankle"!
12 bshock I've had two friends get arrested for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest
12 HT97 XFINITY Center
12 SpinningGamera [no title]
12 Ethan.K I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
12 The GIF Oracle [no title]
12 HughGR Thank you for coming here with an open, festering sore on your face.....
12 NAmstrong Really wish we could just upgrade to the Fios Center
11 nonstopjoe For short, my guess is it'll soon be known as the "X."
11 1 proud terp haha, holy shit. Hugh was TOTALLY right all along!
11 Ethan.K Maryland Basketball
11 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe Dear Pete,
11 dirtycrabcakes Ugh...
11 Pat Fenis [no title]
11 longerthanu Autocorrect is my worst enema
11 Mayo4795 like I said, 18 months.
11 RandyJuan Watch this guys..
11 Baltimoronic HAHAHAHAHA
11 Somedumbguy Lobsterfest at Red Lobster is coming up....
11 SpinningGamera [no title]
10 Cville_Terp these are awesome
10 RandyJuan "I roll with those who roll with me"--- Swagger Terp
10 Dave Tucker Quick
10 TerpfanMA He has nice teeth
10 Scaletta Also,
10 SteadfastNole [no title]
10 TERPASAURUS traitor to the state of md
10 Baltimoronic Actually, there was one in the ACC
9 testudbro As soon as I saw him pick up that Penn State hat, I exited out of the internet window, quietly moved to the closest trash receptacle, and proceeded to empty to contents of my lunch into it.
9 younghollywood5 Just sucks he picked Penn State.
9 Jtyler998 Too soon.
9 SpinningGamera [no title]
9 SpinningGamera uhh..............
9 MHoopsJr. I love everything about this post.
9 Baltimoronic Really?
9 Mike S. Then it's a good thing that Locksley isn't a 5-star athlete.
8 NAmstrong I just can't wait for actual games to begin
8 Ed Dechellis To the University of maryland,
8 HammerTerp and if someone buys him the candy... It's probably an NCAA violation. smh
8 Highrock Are we like, cursed? Seriously, this is not a rhetorical question.
8 Gerry Dincher LBU
8 Sephtical I love this team!
8 RandyJuan The OP is correct about everything but with that being said, this post kinda comes across (at least to me) as sour grapes.
8 Scaletta Shitty fucking name.
8 ESterps08 Every year the Clemson elevator almost makes it to the top and then wets itself on national television
8 abdcterp MUAH!
8 DJ Carver I'd just rather him come here and assist us in beating PSU
8 livedincole Graham Zusi's corner
8 retlag Hey, this is the University of Maryland.
8 Terpific The sky isn't even close to falling...
8 ckstevenson How did he not pick Towson???
8 SteadfastNole [no title]
8 Pete Volk Dave did a great job
8 RandyJuan If the kid doesn't want to play for his dad he doesn't want to play for his dad.
8 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe Hmm...
8 LW1 that's substantially
8 Maryland1206 How long until Saban retires from Bama
8 umcp96 Don't go all Rougue on us
8 Nolechiefs Earlier:
8 Maryland1206 BAXTER HIT THE SHOT WITH 2 SECONDS LEFT
8 abdcterp Love me some Diggs
8 reborn579 I'm saving this one for when we play you guys in November
8 SteadfastNole [no title]
7 Pete Volk Let's stop with the false narrative, please
7 Terp23 Here's a thought...
7 The GIF Oracle [no title]
7 tmagterp [no title]
7 settleten Look on the bright side
7 LW1 $5.81
7 RandyJuan One name: Taivon Jacobs.
7 Algonquian4turtle Thank You
7 bshock Here are two:
7 Brendan Darr Comcast has re-branded themselves as XFINITY
7 Zol At least now we are honoring the legacy of the great Professor Xavier Finity from Maryland's past...
7 KStalz Ron Swanson approves this message
7 Pete Volk If Nick Johns chose Virginia because of Kai Locksley, there's nothing stopping him from changing his mind
7 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe Man, now I kinda wish we had the
7 iknoriteee Just saw ESPN's ticker mention Kai to FSU
7 TheDalyShow "Cry me a river"
7 abdcterp We need to beat them even more
7 reborn579 You forgot my personal favorite bshock
7 LeftCoastTerp Why do I get the feeling the by mid-October
7 bshock This is a great sign
7 ExreeHippsters He hasn't been convicted
7 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe Well, there has to be some limit. I mean we don't want to end up with the:
7 ExreeHippsters But allegations were made
6 PurpleNurple19 It's not even that bad
6 PAWIII That´s because he is smart enough not to say something to get other teams riled & inspired when they play the Terps.....
6 The GIF Oracle [no title]
6 ExreeHippsters PGPD
6 bshock Yeah, I left it out
6 Mike S. I mean, you trashed the dude's school.
6 LW1 the school and cops
6 Brendan Darr Exactly
6 ThreeTerp This whole situation
6 Lauderdale Terp When the stock market crashes...
6 Rick Vandegrift Its early
6 bshock I just don't understand how it is "irrelevant"
6 chitsweire OH FOR FUCK'S SAKES
6 LeftCoastTerp Excuse the profanity, but sometimes it just needs to be said
6 Sephtical Enough PSU news for awhile mmmmkay?
6 longerthanu Seems to be enough to make you stutter
6 HammerTerp the Brenda Breathe If You Hate Duke Level has a nice ring
6 LeftCoastTerp I'm pretty sure
6 HughGR Its very PSU......
6 Pete Volk Did you want to counter any of the arguments, or simply list them?
6 Mike S. Let's hold on just a second there.
6 snowterp91 Is this name taken?
6 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe "Maryland: where the police actually enforce Murphy's Law"
6 RandyJuan I'm done worrying about it.
6 GCterpfan How about
6 abdcterp FUCK YOU XFINITY CENTER!
6 PatTerp94 [no title]
6 Pete Volk Same ban
6 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe See, people, this is why SBN's name change feature is great.
6 PurpleNurple19 Since it's physically impossible for a human to be better than 100%...
6 timotheus8866 His life is not destroyed
6 RandyJuan I'll respectfully disagree.
6 LeftCoastTerp This day...
6 HughGR But Pete, if we coment on it ANYTHING at PSU.... (and by the way, F- PSU)
6 Maryland1206 The goon laughs at pressure
6 Go Maryland If some no scholarship kid
6 jaypee I understand that tomorrow is Rutgers Hour...
6 reborn579 I actually looked that up to see if it was true you jerk
5 bretthtown Not the point. At all.
5 bshock This could be right, but I still would question the decision by the University
5 Scaletta I don't come here to be nice.
5 terpentime Google
5 Jeffro78 Why is everyone focusing on the candy bars?
5 terps319 Few things would be better than beating them
5 terp4life2002 I don't understand your lack of reading comprehension
5 nmcvicker03 maybe he thought that meant he could get unlimited snacks anywhere???
5 Todd Carton Interesting and FWIW
5 LW1 walking down the streeet while black
5 Scaletta Obligatory:
5 Eric Gibson Just a few thoughts here.
5 Chad Markulics [looks around at nothing in particular]
5 Pete Volk Our coverage does not only cater to the most knowledgeable of Maryland fans
5 SanFranTerp Req'd just for the work put into this
5 Andrew Emmer You had me until this
5 Maryland1206 Kai Locksley isn't an elite talent that would've helped out early
5 reborn579 [no title]
5 DJ Carver I hate Comcast, hate.
5 GSAPS Someone should do a dramatic reading of your posts about PSU
5 Aaron Beard Trophy
5 HughGR There is volking and there is Volking.....
5 Sephtical going up?!?
5 Pete Volk Maryland was in Shane Simmons's final five, FWIW
5 nmcvicker03 i'll never be afraid of a franklin coached team.
5 MHoopsJr. This is a thread about a recruit who has never been accused of any allegations.
5 ImFromMarylandAndNobodyCanBeatMe [no title]
5 retlag I've coached my kids in youth soccer on more than one occasion.
5 Rick Vandegrift Then consider your self busted
5 BigLevadelphia People are bananas
5 HammerTerp IS THE SKY FALLING YET?!?!
5 MHoopsJr. First of all, I didn't hide the comment thread.
5 testudbro Another 50. If we don't get in the playoffs by then, I'm swearing off terps football forever
5 nmcvicker03 yeah is not like something crazy will happen like...
5 Terpific You are not taking into account the Dematha discount...
5 RandyJuan No...it's not.
5 say_al [no title]
5 Lucius429 I've got a nice Lion bobblehead I got from McDonalds when I was 16
5 umcp96 Name the four sides: Leonardo, Raphael. Michalangelo, Donatello
5 abdcterp BEAT THEM, PLEASE
5 Lucius429 Now, if he made an appearance in Beaver, PA
5 Scaletta Under Armour Pavilion?
5 Andrew Emmer hmmm he's wearing #20?
5 nmcvicker03 you seem to have a huge chip on your shoulder

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