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Reports this morning are that Heyward-Bey finally signed a contract with the Oakland Raiders overnight.  No details have been reported.  I think it is great that he will only miss one day of camp.  Guys who get in late usually don’t do much in their first year.  Best of luck Darrius.  You are a Turtledroppings [...]

We are winding down, and this installment of Meet the Newbies brings us to David Mackall.  David is a life long Baltimore Native, who is really excited about playing for his home state University of Maryland.  He comes to the Terps at 6’3″ 230 LBS out of Edmonston-Westlake HS.  He played the LEO linebacker in [...]

I just want to give you a few notes from the ACC Media Day concerning our Terps.  First of all, only Maryland and Boston College did not receive first place votes in the Atlantic Division.  It goes as follows: ATLANTIC DIVISION (First Place Votes in parentheses) Florida State (56) Clemson (14) NC State (10) Wake [...]

Wow, I can’t believe how little time we have before fall camp opens up.  With every back to school commercial I see, I get more and more excited for College Football season.  And I used to hate those damn commercials.  Now they are like the first robins of spring.  Anyway, we still have to pound [...]

I once went to school with a girl named Misty Sky.  She went on to become a stripper after high school.  OK that story isn’t true, but just because I don’t have any ancedotal evidience does not mean that some people seem to have their destiny set at the signing of their birth certificate.  For [...]

As we write this the SEC football Media Day is taking place.  The good news is the ACC’s media day is right around the corner.  Shortly following that we will be into August practices.  But until that time we have to wrap up our meet the newbies, and today’s installment is Dave Stinebaugh. Dave will [...]

Next up for Meet the Newbies is another incoming Linebacker.  Bradley Johnson is a 6’1″ 210 lb lineback coming to us via Dinwiddie High School down in Virginia (just southwest of Petersburg to be exact).  While at Dinwiddie HS Bradley recorded 124 tackles and 4 interceptions in 2008.  His Junior year was equally impressive with 113 [...]

This installment of Meet the Newbies brings us to Marcus Whitfield.  Marcus is a less heralded recruit than some of the other incoming players, but as has been shown time and time again, the star system doesn’t necessarily mean much to Maryland coaches.  There have been plenty of surprise players leave their mark on the [...]

Well we are back looking at Linebackers for this edition of “Meet the Newbies”.  Which brings us to Lorne Goree.  Now I don’t know the exact pronunciation of “Goree” but it better sound like gory or else I am going to be pretty disappointed.  I mean what a great name for a linebacker.  Screw skill, [...]

The defense back position has always been important in ACC play.  There are a ton of speed guys in the ACC, as well as all the other BCS Confernces, and when you can’t stop the pass, it creates all kinds of problems.  You end up opening yourself up to the run, and you also become [...]