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For those Maryland fans that wanted to see more of Torrey Smith in Maryland, they will get their chance.  However, it will be in Ravens purple and black, instead of Maryland red, white, black and gold.  Smith was selected by the Ravens with the 26th pick of the second round of the NFL Draft tonight. [...]

Sorry we don’t have time to break this down a little more on the defensive side of the ball, but time is running short, and I wanted to get this up while I have some time.  I must say the one thing that made me ok with the Randy Edsall hiring was when Don Brown [...]

With the Easter holiday last weekend, the spring game is sneaking up on me very quickly.  There are two practices and the spring game left before we go into a really slow period for Maryland Athletics.  Maybe someday the baseball team will stick around into the late spring, but until that day, we are left [...]

Next up in  our Spring Game Preview are the Special Teams.  This will include, FG’s, Punting, Punt Returns, and Kickoff Returns.  When you look at the Special Teams there is a strange mix of great experience and very little.  I guess we can call it feast or famine.  Because I’m hungry, let’s start off with [...]

When I think back over the Ralph Friedgen era, two things come to mind.  Linebackers, and a big dependence on running backs.  Based on new head coach Randy Edsall’s recent past at UConn, that should not change much.  Gone is Da’Rel Scott from the backfield.  While he never really put together a great season as [...]

When you think of Tight End’s, most of the time the word “Thin” doesn’t pop into your head.  But the Terrapins TE depth for the Red/White game makes Kate Moss look like a long haul trucker.  That’s the bad news.  The good news is that, as far as I know we aren’t going to be [...]

Next up in our preview of the Red/White game are the Wide Receivers.  Monday we talked about QB’s, a position whose depth chart is pretty much chiseled in stone, while today we talk about WR’s which is…wait for the pun….a little more up in the air (worth the wait huh?). To say we are going [...]

I’ll be honest with you, it is nice to bring our focus back to Football after that disaster of a basketball season.  I’m ready to move forward, and once Jordan Williams makes up his mind (Oh God Please Stay, for us and yourself!!), we can finally close the chapter on this sad history.  But for [...]

I only get Text Messages from the Baltimore Sun for two reasons.  The first is the weather, the second is breaking Maryland news.  Considering I had already received my text about tomorrow’s forecast, when I saw I had a message from the Sun, I figured it had to be Terps news.  My first thought was [...]

Maybe it’s just me, but does it seem like this University has been snake bitten ever since Ralph Friedgen walked out of RFK with the Military Bowl Trophy in hand?  Could this be some kind of new curse?  I’m guessing probably not, the outlook of the Football team is too good for a University wide [...]