Quick thoughts on the weekends action as we gear up towards tonight's Redskins-Eagles clash...:
Alma Mater Update-- Syracuse improves to 3-4 with a 28-14 rout of Akron (hey, don't laugh--SU lost to the Zips last year)... the Greg Paulus mini-era continues (12-17-105 yards passing but no interceptions) while Delonte Carter (170 yards rushing) shines again. Now if the Orange can go out and beat a Big East foe... their final five games (all conference opponents) have a combined 25-11 record.
MARYLAND was officially placed on life-support with a 17-13 loss at Duke. Now all the Terps have to do to qualify for postseason play is win their last four games; Virginia Tech (Hokies have resided in the top twenty for the whole season), Florida State (Terps have never won in Tallahassee) and Boston College (Eagles currently lead the rugby scrum of an Atlantic Division). Terrapin Triumphs-- Davin Meggett gave the team a shot in the arm by turning a Chries Turner pass into a 67 yard scamper for a touchdown...the defense held the Blue Devils to 23 yards rushing (36 on 26 carries before sacks are taken into account)... the team went 55 minutes without a turnover, no small feat... and only committed three penalties. Terrapin Troubles-- unfortunately both turnovers came in the fourth quarter and snuffed out any chances for a comeback win... the D allowed 371 yards passing and only was able to sack Thaddeus Lewis twice. And the running game has become an afterthought: Caleb Porzell gained just 28 yards on 15 carries.
VIRGINIA saw its October surge come to a standstill in the rain...a 34-9 thumping by Georgia Tech that accentuated the Yellowjackets' credibility and UVa's fallibility...well, there's always November--where they went 0-4 last year. Cavalier Congrats-- just one turnover in the rain-- and Jameel Sewell went another game completing more than 50% of his passes while not throwing an interception. Cavalier Catastrophes-- GT had the ball for 41 minutes... while UVa converted 2 of 11 third downs, the Yellowjackets moved the chains on 8 of 17 tries.
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