Turtledroppings.com – Maryland Football And Basketball Blog

Wow, that was a pretty long title.  However, it is the time of year where we fans of the ACC get to pound our chest and proclaim we are the best basketball conference top to bottom.  Of course last year, the Big 10 got their first taste of victory after the ACC took care of [...]

Congratulations to Ralph Friedgen for being named the 2010 Coach of the Year in the ACC.  In an exclusive interview we here at Turtledroppings.com were able to secure with the Big Man, Ralph had this to say “Take that Debbie Yow!!  Do you have your travel plans for this Saturday’s ACC Championship Game set…oh wait!”.  [...]

Congratulations to four key members of the Terps Football Team.  Kenny Tate (safety), Tony Logan (special teams), Torrey Smith (wide receiver), and Alex Wujciak (linebacker) all earned first team honors.  The accolades don’t end there as Joe Vellano was on the second team, and Paul Pinegar was honorable mention.  I don’t think anyone who follows [...]

I don’t want to speak for anyone else in the stands Saturday night, but the Yow Bowl had to be one of my all time favorite memories at Bryd.  Sure some other big games come to mind (The 8-0 at home win over Clemson back in 2001 probably being #1) but not since I walked [...]

There is not much that could have made me happier today then having the Terps derail NC State’s trip to the ACC Championship game.  Luckily for the Terps, Danny O’Brien and Torrey Smith showed up in a big way to keep Debbie Yow and her Wolf Pack out of Charlotte.  Let’s go back to O’Brien [...]

Who would have thought that NC State – Maryland football game would have such an impact on the Atlantic Division race.  Of course had the Terps been able to beat FSU last week, it would have a whole different meaning for Maryland, but they will have to settle for trying to keep NC State out [...]

Is it a little premature to do a Bowl Prediction while we have one more home game left?  Yes, but in my defense, there isn’t much sense in doing one after this Saturday once the real Bowl tie ins are announced, so I’m thinking now or never.  I can either report the news, or predict [...]

It has been a wild week for us with it being a short week, but rest assured, with the four day holiday, there will be plenty of Terps action for us to cover.  Before we go forward we do need to take a step back and talk about Maryland’s win over Delaware State.  If I [...]

Well here it comes, the worst sentence I have to write each year….hold on while I try to bring myself up to doing it.  Ok, here goes.  This Saturday is our last home football game of the season.  There…it’s out there.  At this time next week tailgating season will be a memory.  That’s the bad [...]

All last week I was very excited about the opportunities that were ahead of both the Maryland Football and Basketball teams.  As we sit here Monday morning, those teams went 0-3 in three big games.  Yet, somehow I don’t feel crushed by the experience. Starting with Basketball, I think we have found one glaring weakness [...]