It wasn't too long ago that being a Maryland sports fan meant you quietly wished not to be embarrassed too badly. Maryland Terps basketball has been a frequent visitor to the sweet 16 but in the NIT, the Baltimore Ravens had their worst year in 8 years and went into the 08 season looking like a rebuilding team and the Orioles... well, no further comment is needed.
But things are looking up. The Terps are sitting pretty for a New Year's bowl game, the Ravens are 5-3 and could have finally found their long term solution at QB, the basketball Terps really have no where to go but up and these are typically the years that Gary Williams does best and... the Orioles - well let's just say this is the most exciting part of the year for them... they can't lose any more games and at least they are frequently mentioned as trade partners.
What has to impress you the most about Flacco is how steady he is in the pocket. He looks like he belongs... he oozes confidence like Big Ben in Pittsburgh. The defense must have felt a huge lift after seeing the offense rally during a game they would have lost in the past, but Flacco calmly led the offense to recapture the lead and the win against the Browns.
I don't necessarily think that the Ravens will go to the playoffs. I can see them missing it at 9-7 because they play 4 of the last 8 games against the NFC East and another game against Pittsburg but with Rice, Flacco, a young offensive line and some depth and youth on the defense - the Ravens are heading in the right direction.
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Terps football looks good and Terps b-ball is in for a long year. Orioles suck and that will not change even a little...but how can you say the Ravens will not make the playoffs. We still have a good shot at the division title, not to mention the wild cards, which we are in the driver's seats for. We will play the same schedule as the Steelers, and they still have to come here.
My prediction...Ravens make the playoffs and the Colts don't!
The Steelers play the Colts, Bolts, Boys and Patriots. 4 teams that in the beginning of the year would have made all the other teams shake in their cleats but all now have serious problems. That leaves DC, the Ravens, Cincy and the Browns. I could see them going 6-3 against that group and finish 11-5.
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