Virginia at Maryland

Maryland has really shown signs of an up-and-comer this season. They have been winning with the arm of Chris Turner and their size. Maryland used a huge size advantage to stuff Rutgers, and did the same to Wake Forest. In that game they led 24-3 midway through the third, on their way to 31-3, when Turner was picked off and run back for 100 yards. Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, W. Virginia and Rutgers represent four tough games, and Maryland has been improving. Virginia had a showdown with UCONN at home, but the Huskies are a vastly overrated 5-1 (see Louisville vs. UCONN writeup). We can look at those four games and say that Virginia has not yet played a team the caliber of any of them. This team really struggles to find the end zone, and against mediocre competition, they rank No. 109 in the country. They needed a last second FG to win at Middle Tennessee. A missed two-point conversion saved their bacon at NC. Even UCONN should have won on their turf last week, and Georgia Tech was leading them in the fourth quarter and they were soundly thrashed at Wyoming. Even Duke was within four points midway through the fourth. This 6-1 Cavs team is mighty close to being 2-5, and they will be exposed at Maryland where the Terps come away with a convincing win.