Are Terps road tested?
Should this be a concern for the Terps? Maryland has only been on the road three times so far this season. By the time the Virginia Tech game rolls around, it will have been a month since the last away game.
Here's how the Terps have fared on the road:
*A bad game at Middle Tennessee State
*A miserable half at Clemson followed by a gutty performance in the second half.
*The worst showing of the year at Virginia.
By my count, that's five bad halves of football, plus one solid one at Death Valley.
Here's a mitigating factor. The Terps have won five out of six games and appear to be a different team than the one that began the year. There's more obviously at stake today than there was in September.
Offensive coordinator James Franklin says Maryland's experience is a big factor. "It's tough to win on the road in any league and this will be a challenge for us," he said. "But we're a veteran team."
Comments
They've been tested, but so far they have not passed most of the tests. I like their chances to be competitive in this game more now than I did earlier. But it still shapes up as their toughest test yet.
Posted by: Jack | October 30, 2008 6:30 AM
I like our chances better at BC than VT. Tech is very tough to win...and Terps have not done well on these thursday night games since the win against UVA in 2003 in blustery Byrd.
Posted by: UMDFAN | October 30, 2008 6:06 PM
Our boys can beat their boys this year but a national game on a Thursday night?in their stadium? If our seniors have grown up as leaders and the coaching staff has a good game plan and the refs don't call any homer fouls against us then I'm willing to bet that we'll hear how impressed the Terps are from the game tv announcers.We're road tested with lousy results,so far.
Posted by: Dan R. | October 30, 2008 7:44 PM