Maryland Terrapins Thread

[LATrueRedskin]

I know we got to have some Terp fans here. Use this thread to discuss the season of our Terps.

[LATrueRedskin]

BTW, I can't BELIEVE they didn't even televise the first game! What is that!?!?

[RichardBradley]

Maryland is going to go through some growing pains at through some growing pains at the qb position... Vernon Davis is going to be another Shockey Winslow type//

[LATrueRedskin]

Maryland is going to go through some growing pains at through some growing pains at the qb position... Vernon Davis is going to be another Shockey Winslow type//

Yeah Statham will go through some struggles like he did the first game. Of course I didn't see it (because it wasn't televised!) but I read that he looked like a very rusty QB last game. We'll see.

[LadyNRedskinsfan]

the replay of the UMD game is on comcast right now....

[LATrueRedskin]

the replay of the UMD game is on comcast right now....

Cool thanks for the heads up Lady!

[suppitty]

What year is davis in? Sophmore? He is an unbelievable football player, and will be their best offeensive weapon by next year.

[LATrueRedskin]

What year is davis in? Sophmore? He is an unbelievable football player, and will be their best offeensive weapon by next year.

Yeah he's a sophmore. My new favorite is Shawne Merrimann. He kind of reminds me of LaVar by the way he looks and plays. He's a DE but plays off the line.

[Patrick]

For a young team, I saw a lot of good things (and bad) from the Terps Saturday (ummm Monday night). One more week to tune the 2004 squad - then it gets a little tougher.

[RichardBradley]

good win for the terps tonight ...... The d was tough until they shut it down

[LATrueRedskin]

Terps beat Temple 45-22. I didn't see the game, I hope they replay it like they did before.

[IndianBaller27]

2-0 baby!!!

[suppitty]

ALways takes a couple games to get going in terms of the umd offense under friedgen, but now that they seem to have worked out some of the problems, they are ready for the rest of the acc. They were very fortunate to get fsu and vatech later in the season. Vatech will be in the middle of their anual november collapse, and maryland has the talent to play with fsu this year.

[Patrick]

I believe that ComCast is replaying the game tonight (?). ...... At W.VA Saturday and I KNOW that one is being shown.

[LATrueRedskin]

I believe that ComCast is replaying the game tonight (?). ...... At W.VA Saturday and I KNOW that one is being shown.

Thanks for the heads up.

[bfauble83]

I believe that ComCast is replaying the game tonight (?). ...... At W.VA Saturday and I KNOW that one is being shown.

ESPN2...I guarentee WVU victory.

[RichardBradley]

ESPN2...I guarentee WVU victory.

Ralph and the terps own WVU

[LATrueRedskin]

Ralph and the terps own WVU

Hell yeah they do! It still should be a good game though, I'm still not sold on Statham.

[IndianBaller27]

Hell yeah they do! It still should be a good game though, I'm still not sold on Statham.
Yeah neither am I. I just don't really trust him for some reason.

[bfauble83]

Couches will be ablaze Saturday night.

[LATrueRedskin]

Yeah neither am I. I just don't really trust him for some reason.

He needs some experience, thats all. I think he'll be a pretty good QB down the road. I just hope we don't sacrifice the season for him to gain that experience.

[IndianBaller27]

He needs some experience, thats all. I think he'll be a pretty good QB down the road. I just hope we don't sacrifice the season for him to gain that experience.
Yeah... How come UMD never has that amazing QB that is drafted first overall? Or even in the first round.

[LATrueRedskin]

Yeah... How come UMD never has that amazing QB that is drafted first overall? Or even in the first round.

Because we're still building our program. If Ralph stays and we're consistant like we have been, we'll start to move up the poll and recruit those blue chippers. We're already doing a good job recruiting as it is.

[IndianBaller27]

You know what I'm still baffled by? The championship game three years ago. 26-53, Florida.

And that seems smart, but it's takin too long. I will prolly go there if I am smart enough.

[LATrueRedskin]

You know what I'm still baffled by? The championship game three years ago. 26-53, Florida.

And that seems smart, but it's takin too long. I will prolly go there if I am smart enough.

I'm going there next semester. I'm still stuck at community college. I think we're doing a damn good job considering where we were before Ralph came to town. We're a feared team, but we're still fighting for respect.

[IndianBaller27]

I'm going there next semester. I'm still stuck at community college. I think we're doing a damn good job considering where we were before Ralph came to town. We're a feared team, but we're still fighting for respect.
Yeah... I will be there in about 4 years.

[Redskinfan28]

WVU fans unite!!!!!!

WVU 21
MD 17

[ShaggySkins]

As much as I love my team. I think WVU is probably going to win this game. They are playing at home and Stratham has been struggling with his nerves. Unless our team comes out and puts up some points quickly I'm not sure if were going to be able to come back from behind.

[funnyperson1]

I pick WVU as the winner, their Stadium is freaking crazy, not the place where a newbie QB can excel.

[Patrick]

MD has dominated WVA for sometime now and this game will much closers than years pass BUT if they let the Terps score first and often, I don't think they'll come out on top - Still see a close game that could go either way!

GO TERPS!!!!!!

[joethefan]

My very first football encounter was MD vs Duke 1977 at Byrd Stadium...and I've loved football every since.

[RichardBradley]

Ralph owns WVU their coaches are not smart enough to stop Maryland

[IndianBaller27]

The game's tomorrow right?

[CarMike]

Damn....MD with 4 turnovers in the first half today. Very lucky they're only down 7-3 with 2 minutes left in the 1st half...

[RichardBradley]

Damn....MD with 4 turnovers in the first half today. Very lucky they're only down 7-3 with 2 minutes left in the 1st half...


You can say that again

[CarMike]

RB, good to see you doing well man. I was thinking about you last week.

did your Quiznos make it thru the storm? I hope so.

[RichardBradley]

Actually the building survived but our grand opening is in 2 weeks.. Thanks for asking

[LadyNRedskinsfan]

i still cant believe MD turned it over FIVE times and still had a chance to win. WVU isnt as good as their ranking, but they are still a good team. this terps team is still very young and has a LONG ways to go imo.

[LATrueRedskin]

Terps lose a heartbreaker to West Virginia in OT 16-13. Very sloppily played game, but WV kept giving Maryland chances to win it, but we couldn't pull it out. We're ranked #19 as of now, we'll see where we are next week.

[LATrueRedskin]

i still cant believe MD turned it over FIVE times and still had a chance to win. WVU isnt as good as their ranking, but they are still a good team. this terps team is still very young and has a LONG ways to go imo.

WV is worse than I thought though. Your right, they gave MD the game and we still couldn't win it. They didn't deserve to. Statham played horribly in the first half and couldn't make it up in the second half. We do have a LONG ways to go.

[IndianBaller27]

Damn it... That was a good game. WVU should've taken advantage of all those turnovers by the Terps.

[¤Smooooot¤]

Terps lose a heartbreaker to West Virginia in OT 16-13. Very sloppily played game, but WV kept giving Maryland chances to win it, but we couldn't pull it out. We're ranked #19 as of now, we'll see where we are next week.

we wont move at all....

[LadyNRedskinsfan]

i agree. if anyone moves it'll be WVU. they didnt look like a top ten team at all.....

[CarMike]

It depends on how the other top 25 does, from 20th down to the 25th position. I wouldn't be surprised if the Terps fall one or two spots. I'd be very surprised if they fell out of the top 25.

[split3clemente]

heartbreaker....MD showed a lot of heart tho, they're gonna be alright

[Patrick]

Tough game for us MD fans and we drop in the polls a couple while WVA moved up. ? about that but as big Ralph put it - that was the 8th ranked team in the nation and to lose to them in overtime at their house, MD must be right up their.

Now onto Duke and to get back on track.

[GolfFreak]

12 turnovers from my two favorite football teams (7 Skins + 5 MD)!!! What a weekend.

[nicefellow31]

Strange weekend for the loacal college and pro football teams. Who would've thought both of them would loose in similar fashion.

[IndianBaller27]

12 turnovers from my two favorite football teams (7 Skins + 5 MD)!!! What a weekend.
Yeah I know right? When was the last time that happened?

[skinsfan44]

12 turnovers from my two favorite football teams (7 Skins + 5 MD)!!! What a weekend.

You got that right. :banghead:

[Patrick]

You got that right. :banghead:

AND the sad thing is, it was dropped pass and miss field goals that cost them the game - NOT the TOs.

[RichardBradley]

Need a new QB

[IndianBaller27]

We won today's game against Duke right?

[skinsfan44]

We won today's game against Duke right?

Yes we did, but RB is right.

We need a new/better QB.

Terps QB Joel Statham had 3 interceptions and 3 fumbles in our 55-21 whipping of Duke yesterday.

Statham has had 7 int's and 8 fumbles in 4 games. :banghead:

That kind of play lost us the game against a good WVU team, but we won against Duke, well because it was Duke.

If he is still turning the ball over against teams like Florida St, or VT, the Terps will lose.

I hope they get this problem taken care of ASAP, or it will kill our season.

[RichardBradley]

HE reminds me of Chris Rix ... One good play and then 3 bonehead decisions. Jordan Steffy is the future and the future should be now

[Patrick]

Joel is young and learning - I'd keep him in because there IS NO ONE behind him with any experience either. Next game is GaTech and will be another good test for him.

[LATrueRedskin]

Joel is young and learning - I'd keep him in because there IS NO ONE behind him with any experience either. Next game is GaTech and will be another good test for him.

Thats a good point. Might as well keep him in there because there is no one else that could do much better. But Statham NEEDS to get his game together and HOLD ON TO THE FOOTBALL! Geez, he can't do that to save his life.

[IndianBaller27]

Who are they playing today?

[RedskinRyan]

Thats a good point. Might as well keep him in there because there is no one else that could do much better. But Statham NEEDS to get his game together and HOLD ON TO THE FOOTBALL! Geez, he can't do that to save his life.

putting steffy in is quitting on the season. that 1 loss wont kill us. we still have a shot at the ACC title. friedgen runs an extremely complicated offense, so steffy is nowhere near ready to play. statham is our best shot at winning. no use taking out 1 inexperienced qb for another.

[IndianBaller27]

So today who are we playing?

[funnyperson1]

You guys are playing Georgia Tech, should be a solid win

edit: I take that back, GT is giving it to UMD right now.

[IndianBaller27]

What the hell kinda performance was that?!?! We lost to GA Tech... At home?!?! Now I really don't feel safe with Statham at all. I know that Steffy played basically the whole second half, but Statham did absolutely nothing. At least Steffy stopped the "3 and out streak" that we had going there. I think it was like 8 in a row.

[suppitty]

Statham Out!

[LATrueRedskin]

Maryland is struggling, and we're not ranked anymore. Statham is out, Steffy is in. Lets see what we can do on offense.

[funnyperson1]

UMD needs to find its offense and quick, because its not going to be easy going against a stifling NC State defense then facing Clemson, FSU, at UVA, at VT, and Wake Forest.

Not exactly a creampuff schedule.

[IndianBaller27]

They look like the Skins! Well the Skins maybe a little better.

[LATrueRedskin]

It looks like Statham is starting, but Steffy will get some time. I don't trust Statham at all.

[suppitty]

Well that was disgusting. Terps=Redskins.
Good Defense. No offense.

[CarMike]

I think Friedgen made a lot of mistakes today in the game against the woofpack.

Going for the first down on 4th down deep on their end of the field....and why in the hell did he kick the field goal after the botched punt my state? A fieldgoal didn't do a bit of good. Maryland still needed two more scoring drives. Something they hadn't had all night. And finally, punting the ball back to state with 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game. why not go for it there when he went for it earlier in the game?

Some questionable calls if you ask me.

And I was really pulling for you guys too....

[suppitty]

I think Friedgen made a lot of mistakes today in the game against the woofpack.

Going for the first down on 4th down deep on their end of the field....and why in the hell did he kick the field goal after the botched punt my state? A fieldgoal didn't do a bit of good. Maryland still needed two more scoring drives. Something they hadn't had all night. And finally, punting the ball back to state with 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game. why not go for it there when he went for it earlier in the game?

Some questionable calls if you ask me.

And I was really pulling for you guys too....
Didnt want to get shutout for recruiting purposes. It will be hard to make a bowl game now.

[CarMike]

If thats true suppitty, its even more crazy. he should be more worried about winning the game instead of getting shutout.

I don't think recruites look at a shutout and then say that they don't want to go to Maryland. If they do, I wouldn't want that type of kid on my team....

The coach should always play for the win. JMHO.....;)

[LATrueRedskin]

The Terps offense is pitiful. We're not going to win many games playing like that. Hmmm...... sounds fimiliar.....

[Patrick]

Didnt want to get shutout for recruiting purposes. It will be hard to make a bowl game now.

Bowl Game????? .......... How about just winning one more game. Right now, the way they are playing that's going to be hard enough.

[CarMike]

Bowl Game????? .......... How about just winning one more game. Right now, the way they are playing that's going to be hard enough.

Patrick, to bad MD doesn't have UNC on your schedule this year...that would be another guarenteed "W". :D

[skinsfan44]

Bowl Game????? .......... How about just winning one more game. Right now, the way they are playing that's going to be hard enough.

You got that right, Patrick.

What is up with the Terps QB's? :cry:

The Terps are my fallback from the Redskins. The last few years of Terps football have been great, while the Skins have been playing like......the Skins.

Now both my teams are not doing good on the offensive side of the ball.

I don't know who has the worst QB's?

The Terps or the Skins.

[suppitty]

Bowl Game????? .......... How about just winning one more game. Right now, the way they are playing that's going to be hard enough.
Well were garrunteed at least 4 wins because we play clemson. :)

[RedskinRyan]

yeah......so about that clemson game....

*waits for college basketball to start*

[funnyperson1]

Please pull this one off, y'all are looking good so far.

[LadyNRedskinsfan]

im crossing my fingers, toes and eyes on this one. marylands needs to hold on a win this game. it would be HUGE.....

[funnyperson1]

Congratulations, you guys played a great game. Thank you for allowing VT to control its own destiny.

[hail2skins]

I was at the game with Shaggy and it was great. We both were yelling so much that I may not have a voice for tomorrow. I'll find a way to have one though.

Statham looked very sharp today except for the one throw which went the other way for a TD. Other than that, he played very well.

[LATrueRedskin]

Terps showed me something today. They haven't been playing good at all the previous few games, but they showed fight and will that the season isn't over yet. Great game by those players. Fridge is a great coach.

[suppitty]

What a performance by xavier betia. after all the kicks he has missed, i dont see how he can still be the kciker for a high-powered program like fsu. What a great win. What a great saturday. Hope we have a great sunday, and tuesday also. I still cant believe that baylor and unc won. And what a comeback by mich.

[IndianBaller27]

Great job. They needed this. It would push them wayyy up in the rankings.

[funnyperson1]

Great job. They needed this. It would push them wayyy up in the rankings.
I don't see UMD being ranked in the top 25 this season. They would have to beat both Virginia and Virginia Tech on the road, and I don't see that happening. They might move into the others receiving votes section and might get a bowl game if they split the Virginia games and beat Wake Forest.

[IndianBaller27]

What is their bball ranking?

[funnyperson1]

What is their bball ranking?
Pretty darn good last I checked. To be honest UMD is my favorite good basketball program (VT obviously being my favorite, even if they won't be very competitive this year).

I'm not trying to be a downer on UMD, I was just pointing out that they had an uphill battle if they wanted to be ranked at the end of the season. I like UMD and would wish them a winning season and a top 25 ranking if my team wasn't one of the teams in their way.

[Spence]

I'm pretty proud of the ol' alma mater today. Great win. Biggest non-Bowl victory for the Fridge and most surprising Terp victory I can recall. The rest of the schedule isn't easy, but if the Terps can beat FLA State then nobody else they have to play should intimidate them.

[RedskinRyan]

i might be going to the wake forest game, which would be awesome

if maryland can beat FSU, then i think they can beat anybody if they carry on the momentum. if the emotions are too strong, they could get blown away though.

[Patrick]

They'll need the same strong game against VA - but I have no doubts they can get it done. ..... GO TERPS.

[GibbsRules!]

That might have been Joel Stathams break out game! Terps are gonna make some noise!!!