Saturday, September 29, 2007

Rutgers Falls to Maryland, 34-24

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With a mere 1:41 left in the first half, Rutgers trailed Maryland 14-3. The Terps were running through the Knights defense and making the afternoon very uncomfortable for the sell-out crowd in Piscataway (and on my couch). But Rutgers got the ball on their own 22 when Maryland’s Chris Roberts missed a 39-yard field goal. Then Mike Teel went to work. In just 49 seconds Teel led the Scarlet Knights 78 yards and found Tim Brown on a 20-yard TD pass.

Maryland got the ball on the ensuing kickoff but was unable to move as the RU defense stiffened. The Terps had to punt and the Scarlet Knights had the ball on their own 31 with 0:29 on the clock. It took Teel just 23 of those seconds and three plays to put the Knights in the end zone again. This time it was Tiquan Underwood from 7-yards out.

The Scarlet Knights go into the half with a 17-14 lead.

Sure hope the guys who played in the last two minutes are the ones that come out of the tunnel for the second half.

UPDATE:

Damn! it was the guys who played the first 28 minutes. The Rutgers defense just couldn't consistently stop the Terps' running attack and then had to face the passing of the Terps' second string (?) quarterback.

The RU offense couldn't move the ball when it needed to, either and that put the D on the field for too much of the second half.

It was 27-24 with less than two minutes to go when RU permitted (?) the Terps to score so they could get the ball back. It didn't help.

RU Falls to 3-1 while Maryland improves to 3-2.

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