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Penn State report card for Maryland: Lions’ depth, defense take the steam out of Terps on Senior Day
It does not matter the environment, home or away. It doesn’t matter if Maryland has a roster sprinkled with some future NFL players.
The Terps cannot hang with James Franklin’s Penn State Nittany Lions.
It rarely ends well for Maryland when it faces PSU, and often it ends very badly.
The Lions toyed with the Terps 44-7 on Saturday at Beaver Stadium to finish their regular season 11-1. With Ohio State losing at home to Michigan, PSU now advances to the Big Ten championship game to face Oregon on Saturday.
When you win by 37, the grades typically look good.
So, let’s get to them.
OFFENSE: B+.
Nick Singleton’s lost fumble on the first offensive play was one of the few blemishes on PSU’s ledger. … Singleton atoned for the error with 87 rushing yards and a pair of scores. … The Lions finished with 219 rushing yards and four scores, the others on runs by Drew Allar and Beau Pribula. … Tight end Khalil Dinkins added three catches for 36 yards with wideout Harrison Wallace III unavailable. … Allar completed 17 of 26 passes f0r 171 yards and teamed up with Tyler Warren for a seven-yard scoring pass. … The Lions’ O-line did not allow a sack. PSU converted 4 of 5 fourth-down tries, a good thing since the Lions were 5-for-15 on third-down tries.
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DEFENSE: B+.
What happened on the lone Maryland touchdown earlier in the game? Great throw by quarterback MJ Morris to wideout Kaden Prather for a 25-yard score. Give the visitors credit. … Penn State allowed just two 3rd-down conversions in 12 attempts and stuffed the Terps twice on fourth down. … Led by edge rushers Abdul Carter and Dani Dennis-Sutton, Penn State racked up six sacks and four quarterback hurries. Carter had two sacks, Dennis-Sutton had a sack and three quarterback hurries. … Penn State did not allow a third-quarter point, and the Lions did not permit a third-quarter touchdown in the regular season. Think about that. … The Lions’ showcased their secondary depth on Saturday. Reserve corner Audavion Collins and reserve safety Dejuan Lane both had interceptions.
SPECIAL TEAMS: B.
Nick Singleton flashed his wheels on a 66-yard kickoff return in the first quarter that set up a PSU field goal. … Placekicker Ryan Barker drilled a 49-yard field goal, but he also had a 53-yard attempt blocked on the final play of the first half. … Solid day for Riley Thompson, who averaged 42.5 yards on four attempts. … Penn State coverage teams limited Maryland to 64 return yards on five combined kickoff-punt returns.
COACHING: B+.
Penn State didn’t have wideout Harrison Wallace III available and the Lions’ O-line had to adjust without right tackle Anthony Donkoh in the starting lineup. It appeared PSU got better as the game progressed and the players were able to focus with a spot in the Big Ten title game on the line.
OVERALL: B+.
A 37-point win on Senior Day, a 5-0 record on the road, and a four-game win streak to close out the regular season. As a result, Penn State is 11-1 and has a chance to earn a top seed in the upcoming college playoff. All James Franklin’s team has to do now is upset unbeaten Oregon in Indianapolis. Why not?
Police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
The driver of a car involved in a crash with a Prince George’s County school bus in Accokeek, Maryland, on Friday has been identified.
Prince George’s County police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Bryans Road in Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive around 7:20 a.m. when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
Investigators said the crash happened in the intersection, causing the school bus to flip onto its side. Gravely died at the scene.
The school bus driver was transported to a hospital and treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police said no students were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Investigators said they believe debris from the collision damaged a third vehicle. The driver of that vehicle “declined medical attention,” police said.
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 301-731-4422.
WTOP’s Acacia James contributed to this report.
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A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Talk about a birthday surprise! A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Maurice Williams, a school bus driver in D.C., claimed the first top prize on a $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off. He had used his $50 winnings from a previous LUXE scratch-off ticket to buy a new one the next day.
In a release from the Maryland Lottery, Williams said he didn’t know he had won until he scanned the ticket: “It’s crazy because the matching number was 59 and I just turned 59 the other day.”
Williams said he sat in shock for a while before calling his mother.
He said he plans to buy his mother a house with the winnings and then save up.
Two more top prizes from the scratch-off have yet to be claimed, the Maryland Lottery said, as well as nine $200,000 prizes, 10 $50,000 prizes and thousands of prizes ranging from $50 to $10,000.
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