CHARLOTTE — The Maryland Terrapins took a nonconference street journey and located a protection that had no solutions for his or her prolific assault. The Charlotte 49ers supplied their Huge Ten guests a stage on which quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa and the expertise round him may shine, and Maryland headed again to School Park with a commanding 56-21 victory.
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Taulia Tagovailoa is close to perfect as Maryland dominates Charlotte
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Tagovailoa settled into an environment friendly rhythm, finishing one go after one other and launching correct balls to his receivers able to race into the tip zone. The redshirt junior quarterback had a near-perfect first half, connecting on 20 of twenty-two passes for 305 yards and 4 touchdowns. His solely two incompletions within the half got here on a soar ball ultimately zone {that a} Charlotte defender intercepted and a go dropped by certainly one of his receivers. Earlier than the groups headed in for halftime, Tagovailoa had already notched a profession excessive in landing passes, and Maryland (2-0) was effectively on its solution to a lopsided win.
“He’s his personal animal,” extensive receiver Jacob Copeland mentioned of Tagovailoa. “When he will get in his mode and he’s feeling good concerning the recreation or no matter scenario he’s in, he’s going to make the perfect of it.”
The Terps’ offensive unit flashed its promise all afternoon at Jerry Richardson Stadium, a small venue that hosted 12,614 followers Saturday. Charlotte didn’t register a defensive cease till late within the second quarter when Comanche Francisco, battling Dontay Demus Jr. on a barely underthrown go, secured the interception ultimately zone. Earlier than that, Tagovailoa led his group on 5 consecutive landing drives, and the Terps simply seized management of this recreation.
To attain Maryland’s sixth landing of the afternoon, Tagovailoa corralled a excessive snap and raced 4 yards into the tip zone contained in the left pylon. Carried by momentum from the run, he continued on a couple of steps, lifted his arm in celebration and slipped to floor, grabbing his proper leg. With the Terps’ historical past of accidents at quarterback, the picture of Tagovailoa on the turf in ache absolutely prompted concern amongst a scarred fan base, however Tagovailoa relieved that anxiousness as he jogged off the sphere.
When requested about his ideas when his beginning quarterback went down, Coach Michael Locksley mentioned, “If I hold it PG-13, I used to be like, ‘Holy —,’” after which paused to reference a lacking phrase.
Tagovailoa was coping with a cramp throughout that drive, “after which I needed to run the ball,” he mentioned. “You know the way that goes. Every part simply locked up. Comfortable I bought ultimately zone earlier than it did.”
He acquired IV fluids and mentioned after the sport that he feels nice. Tagovailoa had no purpose to take the sphere once more, given Maryland’s 42-14 lead on the time of his third-quarter departure, however he returned for only one play and delivered a 25-yard go when backup Billy Edwards Jr. needed to exit briefly. These few seconds of motion offered much more reassurance.
Charlotte (0-3) gave up 559 yards in its earlier recreation towards William & Mary of the Soccer Championship Subdivision, and the Terps capitalized on their alternative to showcase much more offensive firepower. They completed with 617 yards of complete offense, with gamers from everywhere in the depth chart contributing. That was anticipated of Maryland towards the 49ers, who performed within the FCS in 2013 and 2014 earlier than shifting to Convention USA. This uncommon street journey for a Huge Ten program to a college from outdoors the main conferences marked the primary of a home-and-home collection, with Charlotte taking part in in School Park subsequent season.
Even because the Terps cruised to the win, the Maryland protection had lapses that immediate concern with harder opposition on the schedule. The Terps have yet one more nonconference recreation — towards SMU at residence subsequent week — earlier than they dive into the Huge Ten slate on the street at Michigan.
Charlotte performed with out its high two quarterbacks, however with Xavier Williams, the third-string possibility, primarily main the unit, the Terps nonetheless gave up 388 yards. On the 49ers’ first offensive possession, they transformed three fourth-down makes an attempt, together with one due to a go interference name on Maryland, on their solution to a landing. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Terps allowed a 50-yard reception adopted by a 19-yard landing go to Victor Tucker.
Williams didn’t make any main errors however solely completed 19 of 35 passing for 191 yards. Maryland struggled to stress the quarterback, and the Terps’ protection has but to pressure a turnover this season. The Terps performed with out beginning cornerback Tarheeb Nonetheless, who didn’t journey to Charlotte after slicing his finger in a “freak accident within the locker room,” Locksley mentioned.
The particular groups unit secured Charlotte’s first-quarter onside kick try, which was finally nullified due to a penalty on the 49ers, and after the pair of early scores, Maryland’s defensive effort improved. The Terps continued extending their lead and stored Charlotte out of the tip zone till halfway by way of the fourth quarter.
The Terps’ offensive brilliance overshadowed the defensive miscues. After Maryland’s operating recreation confirmed promise within the opener, redshirt freshman Antwain Littleton II bulldozed up the center of the sphere for a 59-yard rating early within the recreation towards Charlotte.
Copeland, a switch from Florida, had a quiet Maryland debut, then emerged as a powerful receiving possibility right here. Copeland scored the Terps’ opening landing and added one other rating within the second quarter, ending with a team-high 110 receiving yards. Fellow receiver Jeshaun Jones, again for his fifth 12 months after tearing his ACL final season, additionally had two touchdowns within the first half.
“I feel they caught all the things immediately,” Tagovailoa mentioned of his receivers.
Tagovailoa had an up-and-down displaying within the opener, throwing for 290 yards however not finishing a landing go for the primary time since his Maryland debut in October 2020. He rebounded in emphatic vogue, registering the perfect completion proportion (27 of 31 for 87.1 %) in Maryland’s historical past when gamers try at the least 15 passes.
As Edwards took management of the offense in Tagovailoa’s absence, Maryland continued to cruise. He led the Terps on two extra landing drives, every capped by scores from younger gamers — first sophomore operating again Colby McDonald’s 49-yard rush after which a 17-yard completion to freshman extensive receiver Octavian Smith Jr. With beneath 4 minutes to go, Maryland logged its first punt of the day. Quickly after, the Terrapins left with a win — and a wholesome Tagovailoa on the flight residence — hoping this highly effective offense will translate to greater levels.
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Maryland Native Wins $85,000 on ‘Name That Tune’ – The MoCo Show
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Proud Montgomery County, MD resident Gavriella Kaufmann (Potomac) won her episode of FOX’s game show “Name that Tune”, which aired last week.
Kaufmann, who was born and raised in Potomac and graduated from Churchill High School in 2015, stated in an interview with FOX 5, that she has always been into music and referred to herself as a music and game show savant. When she saw an ad on LinkedIn about being on season 4 of the game show, she immediately knew she had to do it.
“I’ve loved game shows for as long as I can remember, and music has always been a huge part of my life. Being on Name That Tune was the perfect combination of both passions—it was like a dream come true.” Kaufmann told us.
The episode had a happy ending, with Kaufmann winning a whopping $85,000! She added, “When I was on Name That Tune, I was so focused on doing my best and naming as many songs as possible that I completely lost track of the score. It wasn’t until Jane, the host, told me my total. I was in complete shock, but it was such an incredible moment!”
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Michigan State football opens as sizable underdog vs Maryland
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Who’s ready for Big Ten play to begin? In all honesty, I am not. I really wish Michigan State football had more tune-up games after seeing them struggle against Florida Atlantic and only win 16-10. But unfortunately, that is not how the schedule unfolds for Michigan State this season.
The Spartans will hit the road for an early Big Ten game as they face Maryland on Saturday at 3:30 pm. Going into the season I thought Michigan State and the Terps were on a pretty level playing field, but after seeing both teams play week one that doesn’t appear to be the case.
And Vegas agrees.
Michigan State opens as a 7.5-point underdog next week at Maryland. My guess is that grows to 8, 8.5.
— Graham Couch (@Graham_Couch) September 1, 2024
As you all know, Michigan State only beat Florida Atlantic by six and did not look very impressive, especially on the offensive side of the ball. So it’s no surprise that MSU will be the underdog next week. But 7.5 points feels like a lot, and according to the Lansing State Journal’s Graham Couch, it likely will only go up from there.
So does Vegas have it right or are they underrating Michigan State?
Looking at Maryland’s week one game against UConn it appears Vegas has this line right. The Terps were up 23-0 at halftime and never looked back and went on to win in dominant fashion 50-7. UConn and FAU are very similar in terms of what level they’re at in college football, so that drastic of a difference in the final score is very scary.
So Vegas probably could’ve gotten away with Maryland being even bigger favorites in this one.
But maybe Vegas saw what I did and thinks a lot of Michigan State’s mistakes on Friday are easy to fix. Maybe they think Aidan Chiles will be much better next week. The Spartan’s defense was also fairly dominant so there isn’t much of a chance Maryland scores 50 points next week either.
I tend to not bet on Michigan State games, but even if I did this would be a line that I would avoid because who knows how much Jonathan Smith’s squad will improve by next week, and who knows how much Maryland might struggle against a Power Four opponent.
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University of Maryland reverses decision to allow anti-Israel protest on October 7
The University of Maryland on Sunday reversed its decision to allow an anti-Israel protest on the first anniversary of the October 7 Massacre, following backlash from local Jewish groups.
UMD Students for Justice in Palestine and UMD Jewish Voice for Peace had been set to hold their October 7 vigil for Gazans killed in the Israel-Hamas War at the campus’s Mckeldin Mall, but the University System of Maryland (USM) said in a statement that on the day of the Hamas-led pogrom it would limit campus events requiring permits or approval to those supporting “a university-sponsored Day of Dialogue.”
“From the beginning of the war, we have come together as a University System to urge that we use this moment to encourage conversation, compassion, and civility; to engage with one another across our differences and draw on our shared humanity and our shared values to bridge what divides us,” said USM. “These dialogues aren’t new. Many of our universities have been hosting this kind of programming for several months. Reserving Oct. 7 gives us a chance to continue these urgent conversations and to mark this solemn anniversary in a way that gives students—all students—the time and space to share and to be heard.”
USM said that its intent was not to infringe of the free expression and speech of students, but to be sensitive to the needs of students as October 7 was a “day of enormous suffering and grief for many in our campus communities.”
UMD Jewish Student Union, Maryland Hillel, Terps for Israel, and Israeli American Council Mishelanu at Maryland welcomed the USM decision and thanked UMD leadership in a joint social media statement on Sunday.
“October 7, the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, is a day of mourning for the Jewish and Israeli community,” said the UMD JSU. “We are relieved that SJP will no longer to be able to appropriate the suffering of our family and friends to fit their false and dangerous narrative.”
The Jewish groups said that it was distraught that the decision to only hold university-sponsored event had to be made at all, and wished to used the campus space to “grieve together as a community” to promote unity at the university. The unideal situation was necessary, according to the Jewish groups, to ensure the physical and psychological safety of students on the day of mourning.
UMD JVP and SJP attacked the decision to cancel the event, claiming that the vigil for Palestinians killed since the October 7 Massacre was attacked without familiarity of the content. The anti-Israel groups said that the discourse was “the continuation inherently racist, Islamophobic, and dehumanizing rhetoric surrounding Palestinians.” JVP and SJP said that the actions against their event were an attempt to paint “Muslim, Arab, and anti-Zionist Jewish students as barbaric.”
The anti-Israel groups asserted that their vigil for Palestinians who died in the war was no threat to the campus’s Jewish community, but conflation of Zionism and Judaism did threaten UMD and the Jewish community.
“To claim that Palestinians cannot hold a day of remembrance in mourning one year of genocide, or lay claim to that date is an insult to every life lost in the Zionist entity’s genocidal campaign,” UMD SJP and JVP said on Instagram on Sunday. “The disproportionate scale of suffering experienced by the Palestinians over the past year necessitates their remembrance and our solidarity on this day. The suffering of all innocents killed must not be monopolized and necessitates a fair and just representation.”
SJP and JVP demanded the right to organize and exercise their right to free speech, accusing Zionists of attempting to stifle Palestinian voices.
The organizations indicated on their Sunday Instagram post that they still planned to hold their all-day event at Mckeldin Mall, and on Monday a link to register still active and listing the campus building as the rally location.
UMD Jewish groups said that they would be holding their own event to memorialize the victims of the October 7 pogrom at the Maryland Hillel.
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