Fields, No. 3 Ohio State Overwhelm Maryland 73-14
Ohio State got its first taste of adversity this week when star defensive end Chase Young was suspended for the Maryland game for a possible NCAA infraction involving a personal loan.
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Ohio State got its first taste of adversity this week when star defensive end Chase Young was suspended for the Maryland game for a possible NCAA infraction involving a personal loan.
The big news hit Friday morning that Ohio State star defensive end Chase Young is out for this game while the school investigates a possible NCAA rules violation related to a loan the player says he took from a family friend.
Jalen Smith had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Darryl Morsell scored 15 and No. 7 Maryland launched a season of high hopes by defeating Holy Cross 95-71 Tuesday night.
One year ago, Maryland took Ohio State into overtime before a failed 2-point conversion resulted in a 52-51 defeat.
No. 4 Maryland cruised past Wagner 119-56 in the season opener on Tuesday, with the Terrapins falling two points shy of tying their all-time scoring record.
Giles Jackson returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown to get things started for No. 14 Michigan, which used two first-half scoring runs by freshman Zach Charbonnet to pull away from Maryland in a 38-7 victory on Saturday.
Michigan seeks to keep the pressure on unbeaten front-runners Ohio State and Penn State in the Big Ten East, and sustain the momentum achieved with a surprisingly easy 45-14 rout of then-No. 8 Notre Dame last week.
It's been a struggle for coach Michael Locksley in his first year at Maryland, and there's no indication it's going to get any easier.
Coach P.J. Fleck had finished celebrating No. 17 Minnesota's 52-10 victory over Maryland on Saturday and again echoed the familiar refrain to reporters that his Gophers concentrate only a week at a time.
Currently 17th in the Associated Press Top 25, the program's highest ranking in 15 years, the Gophers host Maryland on Saturday.
No one's openly talking about adding a national championship to the one coach Gary Williams claimed in 2002, but the possibility is there.
A snapshot of the Maryland football program reveals a team that has lost four of five and has very little chance of earning a bowl bid.
The Maryland men's basketball team officially opens the new season ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press preseason poll.
Peyton Ramsey threw for 193 yards in a relief role and Stevie Scott ran for 108 yards and two touchdowns to help Indiana outlast Maryland 34-28 on Saturday.
The similarities between Indiana and Maryland extend beyond each team's lone Big Ten victory, a rout of Rutgers.
