Virginia vs. maryland
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Virginia vs. maryland
Go VA! Such a tight game right now! ahhhhh!
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Re: Virginia vs. maryland
Punu wrote:Go VA! Such a tight game right now! ahhhhh!
Yep! Awesome game. I wish I didn't give up my tickets to the game today. Damn work!
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I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf that got pick pocketed. How could anyone stoop so low?
I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf that got pick pocketed. How could anyone stoop so low?
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FanfromAnnapolis wrote:M-A-R-Y-L-A-N-D, Maryland will win!
Glad to see my former school didn't let me down. Go Terps!
Maryland hands UVa first defeat
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Desperate for a victory at home, Maryland rendered No. 19 Virginia defenseless with a multifaceted offense that caught the Cavaliers completely by surprise.
Lance Ball ran for 163 yards and scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns, and Maryland amassed 570 yards in offense to hand Virginia its first defeat, 45-33 Saturday.
Sam Hollenbach went 25-for-33 for 320 yards and two touchdowns, and Danny Melendez had nine catches for 125 yards for the Terrapins, who had 33 first downs and punted only twice. The 570 yards was the most allowed by the Cavaliers since Georgia Tech got 627 in 2000.
"We weren't expecting a game like that," Virginia safety Nate Lyles said. "They had something to prove, and they did it. We just didn't tighten up."
Throwing or running, going inside or outside, virtually everything worked for Maryland (3-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).
"I think we had an excellent game plan and our kids executed it well," Terrapins coach Ralph Friedgen said. "I thought we were very unpredictable."
Seeking to reverse their fortunes at home after losses to Clemson and West Virginia, the Terps wore their alternate black jerseys for homecoming. Maryland's offense was more of a factor than the uniform switch, but whatever the reason, the Terrapins avoided their first 0-3 start at home since 1993.
"When they came in from warming up and they saw the black jerseys hanging in their lockers, they went nuts," Friedgen said. "But it's not the jerseys that win football games."
Friedgen told Hollenbach and his receivers Tuesday that he was going to depend on them to carry the team.
"I told them that Virginia is going to press us, they play a lot of man-to-man, and if they shut you down, they'll shut everything else down," Friedgen said. "They accepted the challenge."
Melendez reached career highs in catches and yardage, Jo Jo Walker had six receptions for 69 yards, Vernon Davis caught four passes for 59 yards and a score, and Derrick Fenner had three catches for 57 yards.
Led by Ball, the running game produced 250 yards against a unit that had allowed an average of 91 yards rushing before Saturday.
"They had two or three plays that we had difficulty with all day," Virginia coach Al Groh said. "We tried four or five different solutions."
Ball, who averaged 9.6 yards per carry, said, "We have a great offense, we have a lot of talented players. We just came together today."
Marques Hagans threw for 270 yards and scored two rushing touchdowns, and the Cavaliers (3-1, 1-1) got four field goals from Connor Hughes. Chris Cook also returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown, but Virginia just couldn't keep up with Maryland's offense.
"We didn't score enough. We gave up too much," Groh said.
The Terrapins yielded a total of 38 fourth-quarter points to Clemson and West Virginia, but they outscored Virginia 21-7 over the final 15 minutes.
"I'm hoping this gives us the confidence we need to get better," Friedgen said.
Maryland trailed 26-24 before a 44-yard pass from Hollenbach to Fenner set up a 14-yard touchdown run by Ball on the opening play of the fourth quarter. The Terrapins then forced the Cavaliers to punt for the first time since early in the first quarter.
Virginia appeared poised to get the ball back, but a pass interference call on Marcus Hamilton on a third-and-8 from the Maryland 8 extended the drive.
"My perspective on it was that it was an uncatchable ball," Groh said. "If it had been ruled as such we would have had the ball."
Six plays later, Ball ran in from the 35 to end the 94-yard march and put the Terrapins up 38-26 with 8:44 to go.
Hagans scored on a 3-yard run to pull Virginia to 38-33, but Maryland clinched the win with an 80-yard drive that concluded with Keon Lattimore's second touchdown run, a 1-yarder with 1:50 left.
Ball, who finished with 17 carries, ran for 93 yards in the first half to help Maryland take a 21-20 halftime lead.
The back-and-forth duel continued into the third quarter. Maryland's Dan Ennis kicked a 45-yard field goal on the opening drive, and Hughes answered with 29-yarder to get Virginia back within a point.
The Cavaliers finally forced Maryland to punt, then took a 26-24 lead on Hughes' fourth field goal.
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