Wednesday Morning’s Crabs and Beer

October 21, 2009 | Glenn Clark

I thought John Turner’s decision to blast Debbie Yow was out of line. I think there is CERTAINLY an argument that Maryland might need to consider what the priorities are for the role of Athletic Director now that Debbie has done a great job in getting the department out of serious debt. However, publicly calling for the job of the University’s Athletic Department-especially DURING football season-reeks of someone trying to place blame somewhere BESIDES the football team for being 2-5.

The football team is 2-5. Debbie Yow is the athletic director, Ralph Friedgen is the coach, and Chris Turner is the quarterback. They are all to blame. Chris won’t be back next season. Ralph and Debbie almost certainly will. Each will have questions to answer moving forward.

Let’s see what everyone else has to say….

Best of Tuesday’s WNST Blogs:

Glenn Clark says Mason thinks Ravens need ‘one win’ to get ‘train moving’ again

Drew Forrester not interested in latest McNair ‘news’

Drew Forrester thinks Terrapins will have tough time with Duke Saturday

Rex Snider looking forward to meeting John Ziemann

Ed Frankovic says Ovechkin may be most entertaining player in NHL history

RAVENS:

The Official Site’s Mike Duffy says Ngata doesn’t want to feel ‘sluggish’ after bye week

The Official Site’s Mike Duffy says Ozzie Newsome made no moves before NFL’s trade deadline

The Official Site’s Mike Duffy says Ravens still very alive in AFC North race with Steelers, Bengals

The Official Site says Heap knows Ravens have ‘to get better’

The Official Site says Antwan Barnes owns autographed Ray Lewis jersey

The Sun’s Edward Lee says Le’Ron McClain remaining positive despite lack of production

The Sun’s Ken Murray says Jarret Johnson, Ravens working to improve defensive ‘technique’

The Sun’s Mike Preston says Bart Scott defensive player Ravens miss most

The Sun cleans up after me

The Sun’s Peter Schmuck thinks Ravens will win next 3 games

The Sun’s Ken Murray says Derrick Mason knows Ravens can go on run after early struggles like they did in reaching AFC Championship Game last year

The Sun’s Ken Murray says Jarret Johnson thinks Ravens don’t need to make personnel changes

The Sun’s Ken Murray says Oher thought flap with Jared Allen just ‘misunderstanding’

The Sun’s Edward Lee says Dwan Edwards has played his way into rotation with Trevor Pryce

Carroll County Times’ Aaron Wilson says teams Ravens have wins over (Chiefs, Chargers, Browns) have combined 4-13 record this season

Carroll County Times’ Aaron Wilson says Oher doesn’t want to continue beef with Jared Allen

The AP’s Lucas L. Johnson II says Nashville police were aware of expanded relationship between McNair killer Kazemi, gun seller Adrian Gilliam

The Tennessean’s Kate Howard says police see no reason to re-open McNair investigation despite CBS piece

USA Today raises Ravens to 9th in power rankings

Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Silver has Ravens 11th in power rankings

NFL.com experts have Ravens power ranked anywhere from 5th to 17th

NFL.com’s Vic Carucci says loss to Bengals more concerning than loss to Vikings

CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco has Ravens 15th in power rankings

Fox Sports’ Adrian Hasenmayer has Ravens 10th in power rankings

ESPN.com has Ravens 11th in power rankings

ESPN.com’s James Walker says Baltimore shouldn’t push ‘panic button’

TERRAPINS FOOTBALL:

The Official Site says Terps to wear camouflage uniforms 11/14 against Virginia Tech

Duke Official Site previews Saturday’s contest with Maryland

Duke Official Site offers complete Terps-Devils release (pdf)

The Sun’s Jeff Barker says Chris Turner’s dad called for Debbie Yow to be ousted (Here’s the thread on Inside MD Sports where Turner’s father made the comments)

The Sun’s Jeff Barker says James Franklin texted Chris Turner to remind him he’s still the guy, Fridge will meet with QB

The Sun’s Jeff Barker says Jamarr Robinson would have played against Clemson, but strained a back muscle

The Sun’s Jeff Barker says Torrey Smith knows protection amongst Turner’s problems

The Sun’s Jeff Barker says Ralph ‘not down on’ Turner

The Diamondback’s Adi Joseph says Terps could adjust offense to have ball in hands of Torrey Smith more

The Diamondback’s Aaron Kraut says Ralph ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if Terps won out (the rest of us would be)

Washington Post’s Eric Prisbell says Jamarr Robinson also expected to play against Duke

Washington Post’s Matt Bonesteel says Under Armour making camo threads for Terps to wear against Hokies

Washington Times’ Patrick Stevens says Turner ‘hardly to blame’ for Maryland’s struggles (as Patrick knows, I would say Turner’s inability to stand tall IS to blame)

Washington Times’ Patrick Stevens says Ralph backed off idea Danny O’Brien will play

Washington Times’ Patrick Stevens says Travis Baltz probable, Gary Douglas questionable

Washington Times’ Patrick Stevens says Terps wearing camo to benefit Wounded Warrior Project

Raleigh News & Observer’s Edward G. Robinson says Cutcliffe concerned about ‘overconfidence’ from Blue Devils

Sporting News’ Matt Hayes has Ravens 12th in power rankings

ESPN.com’s Pat Forde says win over Clemson amongst ‘weirdest’ results of college football season

ESPN.com’s Heather Dinich says Torrey Smith, Alex Wujciak team MVP’s

ESPN.com’s Heather Dinich says Terps look ‘hapless’

Terrapin Times’ Claire Knudsen profiles freshman OT Nick Klemm (must subscribe)

Terrapin Times’ Keith Cavanaugh says Ralph impressed with ‘resilience’ of team despite loss to Virginia (must subscribe)

Inside MD Sports’ Seth Hoffman says Friedgen hasn’t been 2-5 since 1988-when he was an assistant at Georgia Tech

Turtle Sports Report’s Scott Kornberg says future Terp Cheeseboro has similarities to Heyward-Bey (must subscribe)