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The Terrapin is the mascot for the University of Maryland at College Park athletic department. Regularly referred to as the Terps, Maryland sponsors 27 Division I varsity sports. The Terrapins mascot is Testudo the Turtle. The school colors are red, black, gold and white the same colors as the Maryland state flag. Maryland's athletic director is Dr. Deborah Yow, a former women's college basketball coach at Kentucky and Florida. Some of the more recognizable faces in the Terrapins athletic department are head football coach and Maryland alumnus Ralph Friedgen, men's basketball coach Gary Williams (also an alum) and women's basketball coach Brenda Frese. Friedgen graduated from Maryland in 197...
The Terrapin is the mascot for the University of Maryland at College Park athletic department. Regularly referred to as the Terps, Maryland sponsors 27 Division I varsity sports. The Terrapins mascot is Testudo the Turtle. The school colors are red, black, gold and white the same colors as the Maryland state flag. Maryland's athletic director is Dr. Deborah Yow, a former women's college basketball coach at Kentucky and Florida. Some of the more recognizable faces in the Terrapins athletic department are head football coach and Maryland alumnus Ralph Friedgen, men's basketball coach Gary Williams (also an alum) and women's basketball coach Brenda Frese. Friedgen graduated from Maryland in 1970, worked as an assistant football coach for several years in the 1980s, and has been head coach since 2001. The Terrapins football team plays at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium. Williams coached the Terrapins to the 2002 national championship, a team on the floor by players by Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonny Baxter and Chris Wilcox. A 1968 Maryland graduate, Williams, like Friedgen, quickly turned around a losing program, putting together a streak of 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 1994-2004. Frese coached the Terrapins women's basketball team to the 2006 national championship. Both Terps basketball programs play their games at the Comcast Center, which was completed in 2002. Other traditionally strong Terrapins athletic teams are women's field hockey (five-time NCAA champions), men's lacrosse (two-time NCAA champions), women's lacrosse (nine-time NCAA champions) and men's soccer (two-time NCAA champions). While the Terps lack a true rival across all sports, several individual programs have developed rivalries over the years. Duke is considered Maryland's primary men's basketball rival, while Johns Hopkins has taken that role in men's lacrosse. West Virginia and Virginia are most frequently mentioned as football rivals, for geographic reasons as much as anything else.
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Play it again: Middle Tennessee State 24, Maryland 14
play it again Middle Tennessee 24, Maryland 14 What Went Right: Da'Rel Scott continues to prove that he is a top-rate running back. After rushing for a career-high 197 yards last week against Delaware, Scott had 123 yards on 11carries, including a 63-...Tags: Chicago Bears
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No Southern hospitality for Terps
Maryland's trip here to play Middle Tennessee State last night was thought to be, in college football parlance, a trap for a team that barely beat Delaware in its season opener.
That might have been giving the beleaguered Terps too much credit and the...Tags: Ralph Friedgen, Joe Montana
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For pole vaulter, Obama a high
Jamahl Strachan is a pole vaulter, but the UMES senior felt like he would never soar higher than when he chatted with Barack Obama this summer. Strachan, a senior, was an intern in Obama's U.S. Senate office for two months and met briefly with the...Tags: Barack Obama, Coppin State University, The White House, Elections, Athletics, Track and Field
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For Ravens, dire got worse
So, both the Ravens and Maryland Terps have their respective quarterback problems but the pro team is faced with a Kilimanjaro-size QB crisis compared with the Terps' molehill of troubles. Even before Kyle Boller went on injured reserve with a shoulder...Tags: Cincinnati Bengals, Todd Bouman, Ralph Friedgen, Injuries, National Football League
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Friedgen defends Steffy as QB's starting job in doubt
Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen delivered an impassioned defense of Jordan Steffy yesterday, likening the beleaguered quarterback to his own son and making an unusual appeal to Terrapins fans to quit harassing Steffy.
"If you want to boo me, boo me. Don'...Tags: Ralph Friedgen, Injuries
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Terps at a glance
COACH: Ralph Friedgen (eighth season, 56-31) CONFERENCE: Atlantic Coast LAST SEASON: 6-7, 3-3 RADIO: 105.7 FM, 1300 AM TV: Season opener on ESPNU STADIUM: Byrd (51,500) TICKETS: 1-800-IM-A-TERP or www.umterps.com PARKING: www.umterps.com OFFENSE:...Tags: Ralph Friedgen, Virginia Tech
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Air apparent in offense
Dan Gronkowski knows as well as any Terrapin what changes lie ahead for Maryland's offense from last season. The first difference he cites is himself.
The 6-foot-6 tight end, who has weighed as much as 265pounds, said he is down to about 250. The new...Tags: Ralph Friedgen, College Park
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Terps hold off Delaware in opener
So much about Maryland seemed new. There was a new season to celebrate, a new offensive coordinator, a new quarterback rotation and a flashy new starter at tailback.
Maryland's red-clad fans were primed to rejoice in the novelty of it all, to embrace a...Tags: Ethics, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Ralph Friedgen, Ohio State University, Values
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Terps' Steffy striving for new ending
It was a savage hit, even by major college football standards. Rutgers safety Joe Lefeged flung himself at Jordan Steffy, crashing into the Maryland quarterback last season with an unnerving, helmet-to-helmet crack.
Steffy, who walked haltingly up the...Tags: Television Industry, Further Education, Ralph Friedgen, Teaching and Learning, Florida State University
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Terps aim to take to the air
Sun reporterDan Gronkowski knows as well as any Terrapin what changes lie ahead for Maryland's offense from last season. The first difference he cites is Gronkowski himself. The 6-foot-6 tight end, who has weighed as much as 265 pounds, said he's down to about 250....Tags: Ralph Friedgen, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Previewing the ACC: Who's hot, who's not and more
WHO'S HOT Clemson's offense: Not a bad trifecta when you can claim the ACC's best quarterback (Heisman Trophy hopeful Cullen Harper), running backs (James Davis and C.J. Spiller) and perhaps wide receiver (Aaron Kelly). Clemson is one of six schools...Tags: Philadelphia Eagles, Colleges and Universities, Virginia Tech
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Maryland 14, Delaware 7
Da'Rel Scott ran for 197 yards in his first college start and Maryland used three quarterbacks in an attempt to generate some offense in a lackluster victory against Delaware. Scott carried 26 times and had runs of 40, 37 and 26 yards. The 5-foot-11, 192-...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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