From the mouths of Terps…

Coach Ralph Friedgen: “If you want to boo me, boo me. Don’t boo the kid [quarterback Jordan Steffy].”

“[Da'Rel Scott] played a very good game last week in the running game, but there’s other parts of the game he can get better at. He needs to understand he has to contribute even when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands, but I think that’s a young player’s mistake.”

Senior center Edwin Williams: “I’m pretty revved up, especially [Saturday at Middle Tennessee] being our first away game of the season. I just want to go down there and execute our plan well. That comes with practice. Today will be a tough one, tomorrow will be a tough one, Thursday will be a tough one. Friday we get on a plane.”

“Everything we can fix. It’s not a lack of effort. It’s not a lack of assignment knowledge. It’s just little things. As long as we can take care of that, I think we’ll be good.”

Senior linebacker Trey Covington: “Our defense is a lot more flexible now. There can be three men rushing or eight men in the box. It’s a really diverse defense, so I think it will work well against their spread offense.”

“You don’t see the same quarterback every week. You see left-handers, right-handers, runners, pocket passers. It’s good to have experience against them all for defensive players. I don’t know how offensive players feel about [using three quarterbacks in practice], though.”

Senior cornerback Kevin Barnes: “With all the upsets last week, you can never be too sure of anything. You’ve got to go in, and play every team like they’re the greatest team ever.”

“[Steffy is] a senior. We look to him as a leader on offense. He’s graduated already. He could have been off doing everything he needs to do to get a career, but he came back and dedicated himself to this team.”