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After a devastating Week 1 loss to Northwestern, Maryland football game has bounced back with sequent wins-surpassing many expectations in the Big 10 Conference and nationally.

In the last 2 weeks, the Terps have combined for 80 points and over 1,000 yards of total offense. They've also averaged 27.7 points per game in their wins against Minnesota (1-2 B1G) and Penn State (0-3).

Maryland Head Double-decker, Mike Locksley, believes his team is just beginning to scratch the surface and their all-time football game is yet to come.

"The measuring stick for our games isn't on how we play but based on what we exercise and how we perform," Locksley said. "It'south all about if we are playing to the standards and expectations we prepare for ourselves and how we get about our habits and behaviors. Equally we form our habits it starts to form who nosotros are becoming as a team," Locksley said. "Merely, I am very guarded confronting us feeling as though we are a program that has arrived because nosotros haven't and we're non that program just yet."

A large part of the Terps' success tin be attributed to sophomore quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa. This season, Tagovailoa has thrown for 770 yards and has vi passing touchdowns with a 67.four completion percentage. The young signal caller also has 2 rushing touchdowns averaging xviii.seven yards per carry.

"Whatever I can practise to brand the game easier for me, I'g willing to do," Tagovailoa said. "Whether it's staying upwardly late or waking up early at the end of the mean solar day I'k just trying to win games. It starts at the acme with Coach Locksley. He's our leader and he always preaches to u.s.a. about hard work and that starts in practice. If we keep to better in practice, and then what we do in practice volition testify upward in the games."

Meanwhile, the Terps weakness so far this flavor has been on the defensive side of the ball. They take given up over 740 passing yards, 680 rushing yards and have immune more than than 1,400 total yards against Northwestern, Minnesota and Penn Land.

Leading tackler, junior Chance Campbell, feels the defense is trending in an up direction headed into the heart of the season.

"I think we've fabricated a lot of improvements," Campbell said. "The terminal 5 quarters of ball that we've played accept been really good. Guys on the front and back finish are killing information technology and I think as a defence force nosotros're growing together."

Although the terps seem to exist gelling together, earlier this week Maryland athletics appear Maryland Football will break all team-related activities due to eight positive COVID-19 tests in the past calendar week.

This Saturday's game against Ohio State (three-0 B1G) was cancelled and the game won't be rescheduled. The next game for the terps will take place on Nov. 21 at Capital One Field against Michigan State (i-2 B1G).