Why Maryland loses

IPFW Has Nothing on Maryland Basketball

Posted 12/27/2007 on Mr. Irrelevant

Maryland football plays their bowl game against Oregon State tomorrow night, but that might not be the biggest game of the evening for Terrapin athletics. Sadly, their basketball team’s home game against the Delaware Fighin’ Blue Hens likely holds more value. After losing Saturday to American for the first time since before television was invented (1926 to be exact), the Terps have fallen ...

Ralph Friedgen’s Palace of Motivation

Posted 12/27/2007 on Shakedownsports.com

Probably the most underrated aspect of bowl season is the activities and team-building exercises that teams do in their new cities. Take Maryland for example. The Terps are in San Francisco for the Emerald Bowl and coach Fridge thought “What better to do than take my team to see Alcatraz .” And so that’s where they went. While on the island the team learned that ...

Eastern Round Up: Proud to Be American

Posted 12/23/2007 on FanHouse

When Maryland beat Morgan State on December 6, it was Gary Williams ' 131st nonconference home win in 134 tries. When Maryland hosts Delaware on Friday, he'll take his third whack at number 132. After losing to Ohio, Williams and the Terps got beat in College Park again yesterday by their neighbors from American. That's a pretty rare occurance in the 80 year history between the two schools. ...

The Terrible Terps

Posted 12/23/2007 on FanHouse

It is usually towards the end of the season which I write this post ... but the ugly days of Maryland Terrapins basketball have come very early this year. Yesterday, the Terps lost to American University ... by eight points ... at home. This is ridiculous! This is the second home loss to a non-ACC foe for the Terps. Before last week, the Terps were 131-3 at home against non-con foes in the ...

Mark This Down

Posted 12/23/2007 on D.C. Sports Bog

As of this writing, the University of Maryland has a worse RPI than Coppin State. Coppin State is 1-10. That, friends, is not good. The Terps' RPI is also worse than Morgan State, worse than Mount St. Mary's and about 100 spots worse than UMBC. I was gonna cancel the Atlantic 11 Poll this week due to looming holiday concerns, but now it is so on. No. 6 James Madison cccccoughs up a 19-point ...

A-Maze-ing Grace

Posted 12/21/2007 on It Never Rains in College Park

Lose one, gain one: That seems to be Maryland recruiting nowadays. Some of you may have heard if you check Recruiting Report : Heralded recruit Gus Gilchrist may have to wait another year to play for Maryland due to ACC rules. That hurts the Terp rotation next year: The big man rotation will be some combination of Braxton Dupree, Jerome Burney and Dino Gregory with an extra helping of Shane ...

Terps, Oregon St. meet in Emerald Bowl (AP)

Published 12/29/2007 on Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News

Yvenson Bernard couldn't be stopped, and Oregon State's defense never let Maryland get started. Bernard rushed for 177 yards and a touchdown in his final college game, and Oregon State pounded out a 21-14 victory over Maryland on Friday night in ...

Terps, Oregon St. meet in Emerald Bowl (AP)

Published 12/28/2007 on Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News

Maryland quarterback Chris Turner is a crazy-haired, laid-back California native. He's also one of the few Terrapins who had ever been to the Bay Area before last week's trip out west for the Emerald Bowl. And though the Terps will be following ...