As we continue to preview Virginia’s week 3 matchup against Maryland, we can start to use the statistics from this young season to see how these two teams stack up on paper. It’s still an admittedly small sample size this early in the season, but the numbers do begin to show some of each team’s tendencies and are therefore worth taking a look at.

See the chart below for a full statistical comparison between Virginia and Maryland ahead of this weekend’s matchup:

See below for individual stat summaries for each team’s starting quarterback, top wide receiver, top running back, and top defender (statistically).

Quarterback
UVA Anthony Colandrea: 50/66 (75.8%), 654 pass yards, 5 TDs, 2 INTs
MD Billy Edwards Jr.: 46/61 (75.4%), 564 pass yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT

Top Receiver
UVA Malachi Fields: 16 receptions, 248 yards, 0 TDs
MD Tai Felton: 18 receptions, 330 yards, 3 TDs

Top Running Back
UVA Kobe Pace: 16 carries, 107 yards, 1 TD
MD Roman Hemby: 26 carries, 101 yards, 1 TD

Top Defender
UVA Antonio Clary: 19 total tackles, 6 solo, 1.5 TFLs, 1 sack, 1 QBH, 1 fumble recovery
MD Glendon Miller: 13 total tackles, 8 solo, 0.5 TFLs, 2 INTs, 1 fumble recovery

To read more on some of the top players to watch in Virginia vs. Maryland, click here: Virginia Football: Players to Watch in UVA’s Matchup Against Maryland

Read a full scouting report on the Maryland Terrapins here: A Test From the Terps: What to Expect From Maryland on Saturday at Virginia

Virginia is set to host Maryland on Saturday night at Scott Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8pm on the ACC Network.

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UVA Football: Anthony Colandrea Shows Poise Through First Two Games

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School systems all over the area are still ironing out the bugs in their transportation systems, amid a shortage of school bus drivers.

For one Prince George’s county family, the bugs have been big ones.

Dominique Hynes worked for a smooth start to the school year for her daughter, Dream.

“It was supposed to be her first time riding the school bus,” she said.

Hynes registered with the new Parent-View system and arranged a bus to take Dream from school to aftercare

As the school year approached, she checked and rechecked and found the bus route had changed and the drop off was wrong.

“And it was a bus coming to our home, not aftercare,” Hynes said.

No one would be home, as Hynes works at another school with a day ending later than Dream’s.

She made the corrections, and she kept checking.

It’s a good thing she did, because two days before the start of school, “the afternoon bus route completely disappeared from the system,” Hynes said.

She was told it would be fixed by the start of school so on the first day.

“School started, she still had no bus,” Hynes said.

Then, repeated calls and hours on hold with the Transportation Branch and more back and forth and arranging rides until it finally looked like a go — a bus with room for Dream and her wheelchair for the ride from school to aftercare.

“Around two o’clock I was at work and got a phone call that she had not been put on the bus because there was no room for her,” Hynes said.

She wasn’t left alone, and a teacher stayed with her at school for two hours.

The next time Dream was supposed to ride the bus — Wednesday — Hynes received another call at work.

“And told me they did not put her on the bus, that there was no room,” she said.

Hynes left work again; it took her more than an hour to get to Dream’s school.

“There was still no bus that had come back for her,” she said.

Hynes is still paying for aftercare, which Dream has yet to attend, but it’s not just the financial toll — it affects Dream, too.

“At least three times in the last three weeks she has been the last kid there,” she said. “The staff is staying past their contracted times with her.”

News4 Reached out to the county school system. the response:

“The PGCPS transportation team is working to address all transportation and walking route concerns as quickly as possible. Staff have been in contact with the family to apologize for their experience and resolve the issue by assigning a new bus for the afternoon route.”

“Riding the bus is something I’ve been nervous about in general,” Hynes said. “And then adding this on top of it makes it so much more stressful.”