The Terps’ offensive line had been praised on the fact that they hadn’t given up a sack heading into that game, but they gave up three to the Mountaineers. It’s time to step up.
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But here’s what we do know: The Terrapins this week are taking on a Michigan team, coached by Jim Harbaugh, that is playing its best football in years and just crushed a very good BYU team.
The Michigan Wolverines (3-1) travel to meet the Maryland Terrapins (2-2) looking to extend their three-game winning streak. You’ve got to be a player now. Whether it be in the punt or kickoff return game, Maryland desperately needs to win the field position battle to have any chance. A three-star recruit out of Tampa, Fla., Davenport scored the team’s only points against West Virginia on a 46-yard catch-and-run courtesy of backup quarterback Daxx Garman.
“The quarterback takes too much blame when you lose and gets too much credit when you win”, he said.
“That’s news to me; I don’t think we had a players-only meeting at all”, he said on today’s Big Ten conference call, adding that he doesn’t read newspapers.
The Terps are trying to recover from the West Virginia game, when Rowe, the starting quarterback, threw four interceptions and was pulled for a backup.
“They’re a different ballclub than they were a year ago”, he said. “They want to compete”.
“We are monitoring the weather situation on the eastern seaboard, have been in contact with Maryland officials and will continue to observe conditions as they develop”, according to an email Tuesday evening from a Big Ten spokesman.
While two-star recruit Jeffery Pooler rescinded his commitment to Maryland September 28, three of Maryland’s more high-profile commits from the Class of 2016 reiterated their allegiance to Edsall and his staff. That group included four-star quarterback Dwayne Haskins (Bullis School), who implied he still plans to put up big numbers at Maryland throwing to four-star commits D.J. Turner and Tino Ellis (DeMatha). Randy Edsall better hope for a quick start from his team to keep the student section’s attention past halftime otherwise it could turn out ugly late similarly to the Bowling Green game. Abby Kastroll found herself on the end of a Christina Ordonez cross and slid the ball Maryland senior goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands for her fourth goal of the season. Alongside the current crop of freshman at Maryland, that assembly of talent would represent a whole lot of firepower. “I think a few of the players were afraid of the physicality, or afraid to compete”. “I’ve been happy with our leadership and I’m glad they did that”.
There is a still a long way to go.
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