Sunday, September 30, 2007

Maryland Downs No. 10 Rutgers, 34-24


My wife and I went to the Maryland-Rutgers game in New Brunswick yesterday with Smelmooo and Tangent Woman. Maryland, who was a 19 point underdog to Rutgers, surprised everyone yesterday -- including Smelmooo and Vegas bookies -- by thrashing No. 10 Rutgers, 34-24.
On the day, the Terps racked up 400+ yards of offense led by backup QB Chris Turner and RB Keon Lattitmore. Turner came into the game after starter Jordan Steffy went down with an injury right before the end of the 1st half. I've never seen Chris Turner play before and he completely impressed me with his strong arm and his smart decision making. It'll be interesting to see what QB starts in the next Terps game. In Turner, it could be that we've seen the second coming of Boomer Esiason.
Overall, it was a superb day of great tailgating, great company and great Terps win!

1 comment:

SportsWeezy said...

AWESOME game...if we could have beaten wake forest...we would have been 4-1! But this was a monster victory and to come back from last week's tragic loss to Wake, with a win on the road at a top 10 team says a lot about the players. Ralph may not be able to play-call at times, but our teams always play hard and show resiliency. If Turner doesn't start after that performance, he should transfer and Ralph should be canned. Steffy is so short he cant see the open receivers downfield. He also cost us the game at Wake....