Goodgame Empire11/12/2022 Nothing gaudy, but Maryland’s offense is really solid and efficient.ĭefense: Maryland allowed Michigan State to score on their opening drive. The Terps won time of possession 36 minutes to 24 minutes. Whereas, MSU had 100 rushing yard, 221 passing yards and 321 total yards. Led by Littleton, Maryland rushed for a total of 175 yards to go with Taulia’s 314 passing yards to average 6.4 yards per play and 489 yards of total offense. Antwain Littleton had 19 carries for 120 yards averaging 6.3 yards per carry.Taulia Tagovailoa was 32-41 for 314 yards, 1 TD and 0 INT spreading the wealth by hitting 10 different receivers.Offense: Like last week against Michigan, Maryland’s offense was efficient-except when they were 1st and goal at MSU’s 2 yard line-but not gaudy. Michigan State may have better defensive positional groups, but not notably better. Maryland has a better QB, better WRs, better TEs and a better kicker. But, I don’t think there was a single Spartans unit that was appreciably better than the Terps. The MSU-MD game played out as you would expect from the 24th-ranked team against the 37th ranked team. Ass is the offensive offenses of Iowa, rutger, IU, and “Fitz and the Tantrums.” These offenses rank 77th, 83rd, 89th, and 93rd. This is a down year by MSU standards, but it is not ass. Preseason MSU was ranked #15 and have regressed to #37 Overall. Now, let’s look at Michigan State, who have done the exact opposite - regressing as much as MD has improved. Maryland Terrapins 27, Michigan State Spartans 13 Looks like MD is on pace for this level of success because the defense has, indeed, improved significantly from horrid to average. Over 50% of OTEers voted MD would finish 8-4 or 7-5. If the defense could just improve from horrid to average, MD could have a successful year.Ĭurrently, the offense sits at #17, the defense at #54, and we have a really good kicker. On August 29, I wrote that Maryland could have a top-10 offense (more likely top-15), special teams would be dramatically improved with the addition of a really good transfer kicker, but the defense was the big question mark. This take is a “buy.” (Just to shamelessly plug one of OTE’s much-appreciated weekly features.) Most OTEers think Maryland is a good solid team, but not elite. FancyStats: Big Ten Rankings, from Preseason to Today
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