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I am not sure how it worked out, but I drew the lucky straw to talk about the Maryland Linebackers.  While the defensive backs have some talent, that hasn’t quite lived up to the lofty expectations, the linebackers have been there and done that.  With Adrian Moten, and Alex Wujciak backing the defensive line, you [...]

Obviously at this time of year, Turtledroppings.com isn’t the only site gearing up for the College Football season.  Once again we have done a little cross over with the ACC/SEC website that we have been linking too over the past year and a half.  Check it out here ACC-SEC Preview.  Because this was a dual [...]

When you are coming off of a 2-10 season, it leaves a lot of room for improvement.  In fact, the Terps would probably be hard pressed to put in a worse defensive effort than 2009.  Let’s hope they aren’t up for that challenge.  Though there was plenty of finger pointing to go around, the Terp [...]

With ACC Media Day going on, it is time to get moving on taking a look the Maryland Football team.  I am going to start with the special teams for a couple of reasons.  One, they are the unit with the most locked in players, and secondly, they are one of the smaller units, and [...]

While I am starting to work on the special teams breakdown, there are a few notes from the ACC Media day that are news worthy for you fans of Maryland Football.  First of all, for the first time in what seems like eons, there is not going to be a question at quarterback for Maryland. [...]

Ahh, ACC Football Media Day starts Sunday.  That can only mean one thing.  Summer camp is about to get underway, and we here at Turtledroppings are going to start to ratchet up our coverage of Maryland Football.  There is a lot to look forward to this season, and there are a lot of questions.   [...]

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Running Back Caleb Porzel is transferring from the University of Maryland.  I’m always bummed whenever someones career at Maryland doesn’t pan out as planned.  But sometimes you have to face the facts.  Porzel has talent, but we don’t have many touches to go around in the back field.  Da’Rel [...]

When it comes to assistant coaches in basketball, you never really know the importance.  Sure they help in the day to day things in practice, but when it comes down to a player picking a school, does the assistant really help?  Well, if they do, Maryland might be in for some good things coming out [...]

The message boards have been alive with rumors of a possible Maryland-Texas Football game for a few weeks now, but I had been reluctant to mention anything about this because after all it was a rumor.  You can say what you want about college football message boards, but it seems to me, they tend to [...]

The fourth season of Terrapins Rising airs tonight on Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic.  Show time is 9:30pm.  There are a lot of new faces this year and I’m excited to see what schemes the offense and defense will be running.  This is a chance to get a sneak peak at this years squad who will hopefully [...]