The Terps lose again to the Tar Heels again in a nail biting game. The Terps were down by 10 points by the half, but they batttled all 2nd half to tie up the game with about 3 minutes left in the game. The game went back and forth with time running out and with 16 seconds left in the game, the Heels are up by 2 points. With time running out, the Terps gave the ball to Mike Jones to make the big play and got his shot blocked by the Heels' May. This game was hard faught game and at the same time a dissappointing because the Terps had a chance to win against the ACC leaders. Now, Terps are on the verge of not making the NCAA tournament for the 2nd straight year and will likely have to get there through the ACC tournament. Can the Terps win throughout in the ACC tournament? Probably not! I think this is going to end of a long streak to the NCAA tourney. Unless Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech lose, the Terps will be watching the tournament at home. I hope I am wrong!
The Ravens release Kevin Johnson who would have counted for about 1.4 million dollars against the salary cap. He was a gamble last year that didn't pay off. Of course, the Ravens are making an upgrade at the receiver position their #1 priority.
Rod Gardner and Laveranues Coles want out of their contracts with the Redskins organization. Gardner was given permission to seek out a trade with other teams, while Coles wants to be a free agent. The Coles situation right now is more interesting, for he agreed to give back some of his signing bonus to help out with the salary cap if he is released. The Redskins are currently in talks with the Jets to trade Coles for Santana Moss. As a 'Skins fan, I think this would be a good trade if Coles pays back some of his bonus money, which may not happen. The other option the Redskins have is to keep the disgruntle employee in a Redskins uniform.
I didn't watch the game and only caught a little of the game on the radio. I am now glad I didn't watch the game, with the highlights that I saw. I would have broke something in my house, what a bunch of crap. How can the Terps let Clemson score 97 points? Where was the defense that the Terps are known for? It isn't Gary Williams. The players have no heart to speak of. Here is a hint Terps, treat every oppenent like they are Duke. The next game doesn't get any better, the Terps face UNC. The NCAA tourney is slowly slipping away.
Rumors are flying around right now about what is going to happen with Laveranues Coles. Right now, it looks like Coles will be staying with the Redskins, for the Redskins will not release him. Another rumor that is going around is a possible trade with the Jets for Coles. Joe Gibbs at first denied reports of Coles not wanting to return with the Redskins. I personally feel it would be a huge mistake by the Redskins to trade or release Coles. He has been the Redskins best reciever the last 2 years and the only reciever who can catch the football on a regular bases.
Lamar Marshall re-signed with the Redskins this past week. He filled the shoes of Lavar Arrington last season after being a special teams stand out. He is a great re-signing, for Lamar may not be able to break the starting linebackers but will be a great back up in case someone goes down or needs rest. He signed a 3 year/ 2 million dollar deal. Renaldo Wynn and Jon Janson restuctured their contracts to clear cap room and go under the salary cap by around 2 million dollars.
Jorge Julio is scheduled for an MRI because of complaints of forearm pain. The Orioles are being careful not injure Jorge, and they want to make sure he is not hiding an injury.
The O's agreed to terms with John Parrish, the last arbitration deal, to a one year/615,000 dollar deal. He was a very dependable middle long reliever last year and will solidify the O's relief pitching squad. This is very important with the youth the O's have as starters. This deal went down on Feb. 17th, I am a little late with the news.
I must first admit that I didn't watch the game until the second overtime, which probably a good thing because I would have broken my TV. Of course this game shouldn't have gone into one overtime, let alone two. But there the Terps were, in a 2nd overtime with Virginia who was 4-8 in conference and 13-10 overall. I am saying yet again, as long as the Terps aren't ranked, they can win games convincingly. This game should have been a blowout from the start, lucky for the Terps that the Cavaliers can't shoot a free throw. John Gilchrist had another good game with 22 points, and the Terps forced Virginia's center to foul out in the 2nd overtime giving the Terps control of the game. If you remember correctly, that is how the Terps beat the Dookies. I could feed you a bunch of bullcrap about how important this game was, and it could be, but the most important games are coming up. With only three games left before the ACC tournament, the Terps next 3 opponents are Clemson, UNC, and VT. For the season, the Terps are 1-2 against those opponents which puts the Terps in a sticky situation because that would a even count in the win-lose column, which is not a guarantee into the NCAA tournament. That would mean that the Terps would need the same kind of heroics as last year, which is probably impossible. The only thing on the Terps side right now is the only win this season against the last 3 opponents is against VT, who the Terps are tied with and play the last game against. As for the other two games, Clemson should be a win if the Terps don't look forward to the UNC game, and the UNC game should be a real test for the Terps and their chances in the tournament. FEAR THE TURTLE, unless ranked, lol.
After a big win, the Terps again lose to an unranked team. The Terps just can not keep consistent this year. I didn't watch the game, so I am not going to go through the game of mistakes. I just wish these guys can gel somehow and get into the tournament. The Terps need to stop getting ranked until the last game of the year, so they can stop losing,lol.
This past Saturday, the Terps swept the Blue Devils (I know this not news to that many), and they have won the last three meeting dating back to the ACC tourney last year. The first half of the game was led by John Gilchrist, he finally shot the damn ball, and Nik Caner-Medley. The Terps ended the half on top 5 points over the Dookies. That all changed in the 2nd half when NCM or Gilchrist couldn't make a shot to save their lives and eventually got NCM benched with about 10 minutes left. The Terps were down by 13(if I remember correctly) which before tying it. Then, the Terps were acting like the wheels fell off their game, and were down by 8 points. Enter Mike Jones. Following a technical foul by a Dookie, Jones when on a 8-0 run by himself giving the Terps the momentum. With only seconds left, the Dookies tied the game and forced an forced overtime. The Dookies 2 centers fouled out in the 2nd half and the Terps had a huge advantage going into overtime. The Terps then proceeded to feed the Dookies their 2nd upset this season by winning 99-92. The funniest thing about this game is when the Terps were down in Cameron stadium at Duke, the fans chanted "Not Our Rivals". Well Dookies, The Terps are your rivals, to bad the Dookies aren't the Terps rivals, lmao.
Jorge Julio signed a one year deal worth 2.5 million dollars. He is shaky at best as a closer and will likely be used as a set up man. The O's have only one more player remaining in arbitration, John Parrish.
Brian Mitchell is going to retire as a Redskin next week. He is going to sign a one day deal with the Redskins to retire where he started his career. Brian was last in a Giants uniform and played for the Eagles, he was not really an impact player with the Giants or Eagles. He is one of the greatest return men in history and as a third down running back. His biggest strength as a running back was catching the ball out of the backfield. He set nine total records that include combined kick return yards (19,013), combined kick returns (1,070), combined kick returns for a touchdown (13), kickoff return yards (14,014), kickoff returns (607), punt return yards (4,999), punt returns (463) and fair catches (231). He was the best thing to happen to the Redskins in the 90's. Brian was the bright spot for the Redskins during this time, and it is great that he will retire as one.
Terps beat the VT Hookies 86-71 to finally end their losing skid against unranked teams. Where was all the scoring the last two games? Who knows. Nik Caner-Medley scored a team high 21 points and finally John Gilchrist makes some baskets, raking up 19 points. I am liking the way that Chris McCray, who is playing very well and is the only reason the Terps have even been close to winning the last couple games. He scored 16 points against the Hookies and has been a bright spot the last couple of games. Maybe, just maybe he is turning a corner and will take over the shooting guard spot. I can't wait for the Terps to be consistant or show some consistance somewhere in their game. Ekene Ibekwe misses his second straight game with a rib injury. The Terps next game is against the #7 Duke Blue Devils, who are looking for revenge for the last game, this Saturday at 9:00pm. I wish I had more to say about this game but the Hookies aren't that good, so I am not going to get to excited. (I might after Saturdays game, if the Terps can win)
According to Jose Canseco, Raffy had taken steriods that was introduced by Jose. Raffy released a press release denying everything. Here is the link to the press release: Orioles statements on Canseco book
The last week I missed a lot of news and I will do a quick recap. The Terps suck again, Sosa became a Oriole, and the Superbowl was horrible. After the Terps won 2 games against ranked teams (Duke and GT), the Terps get ranked again and then lose to two of the worse teams in the ACC. No one could shot the ball and the whole team made stupid mistakes in both Clemson and Miami games. Miami was the worse of the 2 teams because they were playing a freaking zone defense. How can you not score on a zone defense, I will never know. The Terps team this year is worse then last years team with the same players. Next game is against VT on Tuesday and I am still trying to decide whether or not to watch it. Sosa became an Oriole and added another big bat to the lineup. Yes, Sammy Sosa has deminishing skills, but he can still hit better then most of the free agents out there. Adding Sammy this year makes this offseason half way successful because they didn't break the bank to add a mediocre player, which the offseason was riddled with. The Superbowl went as predicted and still sucked. It was a boring game for the most part, and towards the end of the game, the Eagles looked like they didn't even want to play any more. On top of that, the Patriots kept on doing the Owens Bird dance which got really annoying because the players say they don't do that stuff. LIARS! The best part of the Superbowl was the MC Hammer commercial when he got his house forclosed.
I am sorry for no new posts this week. I haven't had the time to update this page, and I will try and write some articles Monday.
According to an article I read on sportsline.com, the Redskins are allowing Rod Garner to search for a trade. All I got to say is, thank god. He had stone hands all season long when he wasn't in the endzone. He seemed not go play with much effort and never amounted to a reciever picked in the first round. In the same article, Joe Gibbs denied interest in aquiring Randy Moss.