Some observations compiled during the Terps’ 26-0 win against Wake Forest
-Do wins like this really surprise anybody anymore? After a terrible loss against a bad opponent, the Terps bounced back yet again and played very well Saturday to win their fourth straight game against a ranked opponent. Wake didn’t play particularly well, but the Terps were solid in all facets of the game.
-The Terps did a great job getting Darrius Heyward-Bey involved after he did virtually nothing the past two weeks. That needs to happen more often. If Heyward-Bey can have such a big day against Alphonso Smith and a very good Demon Deacon defense, why couldn’t he have done it against Virginia?
-With that said, has Chris Turner ever hit Heyward-Bey in stride?
-The Terp defense did a tremendous job limiting the Demon Deacons, but they also got a lot of help from the Wake offense. The number of dropped passes was outrageous.
-Da’rel Scott was extremely lucky to get away with three fumbles in the first half. Edwin Williams bailed him out when he recovered the first one on the Terps’ opening drive, and the Wake offense saved Scott the other two times. Still, his inability to hold onto the ball was disconcerting.
-The Terps opened up the playbook this week, breaking out some reverses and passes from Scott and Danny Oquendo. It was interesting that Josh Portis only got two snaps before garbage time.
- Kenny Tate would’ve taken it to the house if he’d held on to that interception early in the second quarter. I guess he won’t be moving back to wide receiver any time soon.
-There was a ridiculous amount of speculation this week about whether Demon Deacon kicker Sam Swank would play. He didn’t, and it ended up making a difference. Backup Shane Popham missed two field goals and hit some wobbly punts.
-The Terps are back on track. Let’s hope they don’t regress into some bad habits next week against N.C. State.
We were one of two teams as oflast week to beat two ranked teams and not be ranked and after Monday’s rankings I have a feeling we will be the only team in the country with 3 victories versus a ranked opponent and not be ranked. It’s impressive.
the reason we won’t be ranked, is because our play against non-ranked teams has been non-impressive.
unfortunately, you can’t isolate parts of the seasons and say “this is our team”, you have to look at the whole season, and judging by the performances against the Middle Tennessee’s and Virginia’s of the world, we don’t deserve to be ranked…
Cal, Clemson, and Wake in one hand, Middle Tenn and UVA in the other… The only reason we aren’t ranked is because of this inconsistency.
Really? Inconsistency? Who woulda thunk it?
Obviously. If we weren’t inconsistent we would be either 7-0 or 0-7.
And this is Maryland athletics. It has become a staple for our sports teams (i.e. Basketball beats then #1 UNC but loses to American and Ohio).
Well we all know the Diamondback exists to crticize the Terp sports teams, but I really hate the guy who does the predictions on the Friday “Gameday” page. This idiot is 1-6…please fire him now!