Compounding the degree of difficulty in Maryland’s bid to get a season that opened with such promise back on track is a November slate that is tied for the second-most rigorous in the Football Bowl Subdivision based on its remaining opponents’ current records. The gantlet commences Saturday afternoon when the Terrapins draw visiting Penn State, which was slotted 11th in the first College Football Playoff rankings.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2014, Maryland is 2-7 in the series, and it has just three wins in 46 all-time meetings. The Terrapins (5-3, 2-3) have dropped their past three games at home to Penn State (7-1, 4-1) by an average margin of more than 46 points and lost, 30-0, last year on the road.
“It’s very disappointing to be in the situation that we are in, especially with the high expectations we had coming into this season,” Maryland running back Roman Hemby said. “I feel like we have a great group of guys and a great team, and I feel like we are one of those teams that we kind of say we’re good enough to beat anybody, and we can be bad enough to lose to anybody any day. We want to build that consistency around here.”
The most recent disheartening result that pushed the Terrapins’ skid to three in a row unfolded this past Saturday against Northwestern. The Wildcats entered with one win in the conference under an interim coach, David Braun, who has been leading the team following the dismissal of Pat Fitzgerald amid a hazing scandal.
Coming off an open week in which it welcomed back a slew of ailing starters, Maryland departed…
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