Tomorrow, Morgantown, West Virginia will be site where the future of the 2010 season will be determined for the Terrapins.  It is the ultimate swing game.  A win, and the Terps are heading towards 5-0 (home vs. FIU and Duke are wins).  A loss, and it is back to the slog. In some ways, this season has already defied expectations.  Already, Maryland [...] Read More »

The football season starts today.  In order for the Terps to turn the negative tide that started last season; a win is essential.  Navy is powered by the wishbone running attack and the Terps front seven will be tested. The game is nationally televised on ESPN and it may be our last, so enjoy it.  If you'd like to read up on some nationally synd [...] Read More »

We're Number #1!!        Image by Getty Images via @daylif In two days time, the Maryland Terrapins will have the opportunity to erase the disaster that was the 2009 season.  At 2-10, the Terps reached a new low.  The head coach, Ralph Friedgen, had his legacy questioned.  The coach-in-waiting, James Franklin, looked less like an offensive genius [...] Read More »

After the relentless optimism of Part One, the indefinitely long series returns with an analysis of the incoming recruits. I'll only break down the recruits that have chances of playing this year. Guys like Tyrek Cheeseboro, Matt Robinson or Ian Evans aren't going to see any love because their shirts are so red they're being attacked by bulls. Luck [...] Read More »

I know all the focus is on basketball right now (and rightfully so), but since my work at Turtle Sports Report has forced me to look to the gridiron when I only want to see hardwood and tank tops (Excuse the double entendre), I can’t help but notice that Ralph Friedgen and his staff has put together a pretty good recruiting class.This class is pret [...] Read More »

As most of you know, both Gregg and I live outside of the state of Maryland.  It's also true that neither Gregg nor I have been out of college for over 10 years. Because of these two factors; Gregg and I couldn't be more pleased to introduce our first student contributor, Ethan Rothstein.  You can call him "the Intern" if you like; but that implies [...] Read More »

I was about to write a post mortem on yet another disastrous performance by the gridiron Terps when it dawned on me.  This team is not worthy of the energy that is expended as I type words about them.Blame it on the coach, the scheme, "the confused one", or the players.  I don't care.  The season is over as far as I am concerned.  It's a damn shame [...] Read More »

That's the best analogy I can muster at this late hour for the football Terps.  When we fix the turnovers and penalties; the defense fails to show.Due to the horrendous start time; I missed the entire game.  Needless to say, I'm thankful in retrospect.  Wake rolled up 500 yards of total offense for the first time 4 years. Sure, Chris Turner threw 3 [...] Read More »

Before we talk about tomorrow's game; I have a few housekeeping items.The previous post - Please ignore it. I was required to post that in order to get listed by Technorati.  Technorati is the largest blog search engine in the world.  I've never bothered to list Turtle Soup on it because I just wanted to organically grow the site.  While that is st [...] Read More »

The Baltimore Sun has nominated Turtle Soup for its first annual MOBBIE (Maryland's Outstanding Blogs) Awards.  The category is rather narrow (best Terps blog); but one that I think we can win.Anyone is eligible to vote once per day, starting tomorrow (Monday 9/28).  You can vote here.  You will need to scroll down the page until you find the Terps [...] Read More »