Tar Whos?

First off: Does this ever get old? Not to me. Just wanted to put that out there. We miss you Kevin Barnes.

Second off: Great performance by the Terps today to win yet again against a ranked team, topping #16 North Carolina 17-15 in a wet, hard hitting thriller that came down to a game winning field goal by Obi Egekeze with under 2 mintues left. The Terps now have the most wins in the nation this season against ranked teams (4-0), and they are a school-record 6-0 in their last 6 games against ranked team dating back to last year. When it seemed like Chris Turner didn't know the difference between passing the ball to his recievers or the air above their heads, he made the biggest play of the game when he scrambled 9 yards on 4th and 5 to keep the Terps final drive alive, and eventually set up the game-winning field goal. It was an exciting evening of football in College Park, and the first time that I have ever seen a 20ish year old boy in a Carolina blue cowboy hat cry his eyes out.

The Terps basically control their own destiny right now. They are in first in the ACC Atlantic Division and if they win out, they will play in the ACC Championship in Tampa Bay at Raymond James Stadium (You might know of another team from Maryland that played a sort of big game there?). The opposition in that game will likely be the Miami Hurricanes who currently lead the Coastal Division, and also control their own destiny. Next week is the black out game against Florida State who just lost at home to Boston College tonight, and then the Terps have BC on the road. These next few weeks are going to be very interesting, and very exciting for the Terps and their fans who are hoping to see an ACC Championship berth, an ACC Championship, and the much desired trip to the Orange Bowl in January.

And right...NOW...as I type, we are 12 hours exactly from kickoff of our Ravens' biggest game of the season so far. Hopefully Flacco has been in bed for quite a few hours, and has his Wheaties already out and ready to eat when he wakes up, because we are going to need for him to engineer the offense like he has been the past few weeks for us to have a chance to win (I hope however that he still has his milk in the refrigerator, because if he had that sitting out ready to put in his Wheaties, he might be a little bit sick come gametime). The defense also needs to continue stepping up, and continue stopping the run while forcing turnovers in the passing game. I am excited to watch this game, as it should be very entertaining, and should come down to the wire. I'll stick with my score predition from before, that being Ravens 27 Giants 23.

Go Ravens. Go Terps. Maryland now does football again...along with crabcakes.

Be safe. Have a good weekend. That is all.


Josh Ferguson