Or are they just scared of the future and defending their turf?

In the end, stock car racing's best drivers defended their turf, even if it was foreign ground for them.

Copyright owners make it clear that they are prepared to defend their turf.

We are forcing him to spend great amounts of time defending his own turf.

"A & W is going to have to defend its traditional turf," he said.

"I had to defend my turf all the time," he said.

If faculty merely defended their own turf, they could have a significant impact.

They are trying to defend their turf by shifting attention away from themselves.

And by all accounts, Detroit will have a hard time defending its remaining turf.

Those boys are defending their own turf, and that has to count for something.