It was my first time at one of these things, so it was a pretty cool experience. Ralph had his typical press conference, but it lasted for a good half hour this time around, then they brought every single non-freshman player out for an interview session that lasted an hour. I was able to talk [...]

Sup Soupers. Just wanted to let you all know I’ll be at Terps media day all day today from noon (the Friedgen press conference) to 6:30 (the end of the first practice). I’ll be tweeting @ethanrothstein if you guys want to follow along, despite the collective mild disinterest in football. I’ll writeup some highlights later [...]

As AAU season keeps our optimism glands working at full capacity (Bino Ranson better earn his paycheck, Nick Faust-style) for basketball, our subconscious football thoughts are keeping our pessimism glands occupied. Also, we have glands for everything.
As promised, I’m going to do a list of all the relevant non-stars as the third part of this [...]

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 [...]

Since the summer is pretty much the worst time ever to be a college sports fan (though if you’re a soccer fan, the past few weeks have been pretty sweet), it’s time to start looking ahead to the fall, and of course, football season.
I would discuss last year as a point of reference for this [...]

It’s good to be back Soupers. After missing the second half of last semester due to academic reasons that can’t be disclosed due to my status as an amateur, then traveling through Europe for a month, I have returned. I’ll be around for the foreseeable future, entering my final year at Maryland.
I’ll pick up where [...]

Landon Milbourne will always be seen as a tease for Maryland fans. He came on campus as a third wheel as Hayes and Vasquez received the hoopla of Maryland saviors. He scored only 16 points total as a freshman, but bought into Gary Williams’ system and worked his tail off in the weight room.
After that [...]

As promised (even though I’m a little late), here are some quotes I got from the Duke presser yesterday. It was my first one of these, and it was pretty cool. There were about 25 reporters (including familiar Terp faces like Patrick Stevens, Seth Hoffman, Steve Yanda and Jeff Barker), a bunch of cameras and [...]

On a night-in, night-out basis, the Terps have been able to count on Greivis Vasquez being the best player on the floor. No matter who the opponent has been (except for that Duke game), Greivis has without fail been the best player on the floor.
Jordan Williams has also been a consistent wonder. With double-digit rebound [...]

Admittedly this has brewing for a while as anyone who has read either my tweets or my comments, but I’ve been thinking about the recent string of games that has seen Williams turn from tentative tall dude to dominant defensive force, and I feel that, despite all the acclaim he’s received, it’s not enough.
There are [...]