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Fifty-point games forWake Forest so far this season. The Demon Deacons had 500 yards of offense in a 54-48 win over Duke on Saturday, one week after their 53-13 victory over Presbyterian.
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Division I-AA teams that have beaten ranked division I-A teams after James Madison stunned No. 13 Virginia Tech on Saturday. Appalachian State upset No. 5 Michigan in the 2007 season opener.
STAROFTHEDAY Marcus Lattimore,
RB, South Carolina
After No. 24 South Carolina’s 17-6 win over No. 22 Georgia, Lattimore was feeling the pain. “I’m a little sore,” the freshman said, and for good reason. All Lattimore did was run the ball 37 times for 182 yards and two touchdowns in his first Southeastern Conference game. Never before has a Gamecocks running back rushed for so many yards in a game in the Steve Spurrier era. Over two games, Lattimore has four rushing touchdowns. As a team, the Gamecocks had six rushing touchdowns all of last season.
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Michigan quarterback Denard “Shoelaces” Robinson may have taken the early lead in the Heisman race after he rushed for 255 yards and two touchdowns for theWolverines in a 28-24 win over Notre Dame. Among those runs was an 87-yard touchdown in the second quarter. He also passed for 244 yards and a touchdown. . . . Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor may finally be living up to the hype that he brought with him to Columbus. He had 112 rushing yards and a touchdown while also completing 12 of 28 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown Saturday in a 36-24 win over Miami. . . . On Friday, Houston quarterback Case Keenum assumed fifth place on the NCAA’s career passing yardage list with a 279-yard effort against UTEP, but he left the game after taking a blow to the head in the third quarter. . . .Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore had the day off after throwing for 215 yards and three touchdowns against Virginia Tech on Monday night.
“You could just see how giddy our fans are. . . . This thing’s going to go on for a while, too.”
Ed Meierkort, South Dakota coach, after his division I-AA team’s 41-38 upset of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Terrapins cruise against overmatched Bears 62 3
QB situation shaky after backups are hurt in win
BY ERIC PRISBELL Weeks from now, when fall
foliage envelops the area and Maryland is entrenched in its ACC schedule, the details from Saturday night will blur and all that will be remembered will be that the Terrapins emerged un- tested. But the outcome — a 62-3
blowout of inferiorMorgan State — was not insignificant. A year ago, the Terrapins could not find an inferior opponent, much less pulverize one; they won two games all season by a total of six points. On Saturday, they matched
their2009wintotal with a perfor- mance that illustrated the differ- ence in this year’s team. Less than a week after finishing off Navy with a goal line stand, the Terra- pins (2-0) started Saturday’s game with enthusiasm and effi- ciency, crushing the hopes of their smaller, slower division I-AA opponent in the first quar- ter.
“Normally I am not a big fan of
these games” against division I-AA teams, Coach Ralph Fried- gen said. “But in this game, it did show me something about our players. “I think we’re better than last
year. No question about it. We’ll get a better estimate on where we are this week.” After Maryland scored more
points than it had in 35 years, focus will quickly shift in College Park to next Saturday’s show- down at West Virginia and a quarterback situation that gets more intriguing by the week As he had said during the
week, Friedgen played three quarterbacks Saturday but just one—starter Jamarr Robinson— may be goinghomehealthy. Back- up Danny O’Brien, who threw three touchdown passes in the first half, was replaced in the third quarter by third-stringer C.J. Brown, who was ultimately was replaced by Robinson after
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he appeared to hurt his shoulder on his first play. Robinson threw two touchdown passes in the first half. After the game, Friedgen said
that Brown had a broken collar- bone that will sideline him for eight weeks, and that O’Brien suffered a sprained ankle when someone fell on him. There is no timetable for his return, though Friedgen said O’Brien could have returned to the game if needed. Friedgen said Robinson
missed some opportunities and that he will comment further on his performance after watching the tape. Maryland outgained Morgan
State, 140-2, in first-quarter yards, at times moving the ball as if defended by empty jerseys. In a game as competitive as a pep rally, one of the Bears’ few high- lights occurred at halftime, when the marching band performed with gusto as its football team contemplated a 45-0 deficit. The 85 total yards allowed by
the Terrapins were the fewest in Friedgen’s 10 seasons as head coach. Wide receiver Torrey Smith,
Maryland’s most explosive play- maker who barely touched the ball against Navy, caught two touchdown passes in the first half.
Defensively, linebacker Deme-
trius Hartsfield, who had a 14- yard interception return for a touchdown, and linebacker Adri- an Moten, both intercepted sec- ond-quarter passes by Morgan State quarterback Donovan Dick- erson, who completed just two of his first 14 passes in his second career start. Morgan State (1-1) offered the
Terrapins little resistance in a warmup act for next Saturday’s game at West Virginia, which rallied from a 15-point fourth- quarter deficit to beat Marshall, 24-21, in overtime on Friday night. One issue Friedgen will un- doubtedly focus on this week: penalties. The Terrapins racked up 55 penalty yards in the first
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST Maryland wide receiver Adrian Cannon outruns a pair ofMorgan State defenders on his way to the end zone during the first quarter.
quarter and committed four per- sonal fouls in the quarter. Friedgen was concerned about
a short preparation week and the energy level of his players after an emotional and physical game with Navy on Labor Day. But the Terrapins started strong and fast. OnMaryland’s first drive, Rob-
inson ran to his right and fired a pass to Smith, who was open in the end zone, for a five-yard touchdown reception. Robinson next engineered an eight-play, 91-yard drive that he capped
when he threw a quick out to wide receiver Adrian Cannon, who ran 19 yards almost un- touched to the end zone. Morgan State stopped Mary-
landonits next drivewhendefen- sive end Zary Stewart pressured Robinson into throwing incom- plete. The Terrapins lined up to go for it on fourth and seven from the 24, but the entire offensive line was cited for a false start. Friedgen then opted for the 47- yard field goal attempt, and Trav- is Baltz, filling in for the injured
Nick Ferrara, made it 17-0 late in the first quarter. Right now, Friedgen said, Baltz
has the starting job regardless of whether Ferarra returns. Early in the second quarter, Robinson threw deep on third downbut no one was there except defensive back Reshaude Miller, who intercepted the ball. With just less than 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Dick- erson dropped back and intended to throw to wide receiver Derrick Sherman but fired the ball right
into the hands of Hartsfield, who ran into the end zone for Mary- land’s third touchdown of the game. Friedgen replaced Robinson
with O’Brien on the ensuring series. O’Brien, who had a botched handoff with running back Davin Meggett on his only play in the Navy game, threw the first touchdown pass of his ca- reer, a 27-yard strike to open tight endMatt Furstenburg. And the rout was on.
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Defense carries Midshipmen 13
aggravates ankle injury BY GENEWANG
By no means was Navy’s 13-7
victory over Georgia Southern on Saturday a lesson in the finer points of the triple option, but with the way the Midshipmen’s defense was pursuing and finish- ing tackles, it didn’t need to be. Navy instead got an inspired
effort from defensive end Jabaree Tuani and linebacker Tyler Sim- mons and then used the pass to play keep-away down the stretch to win their home opener before 33,391 at Navy-Marine CorpsMe- morial Stadium. Tuani had a team-high nine for loss and
tackles, including 21/2
half a sack, and Simmons tied a career high with seven tackles and assisted on a sack on a defense that limited the Eagles to 109 yards. Navy wasn’tmuchbetter offen-
sively, rushing for 109 yards. With 44 yards on 20 carries, quarter- back Ricky Dobbs, who had 1,203 rushing yards last season, failed to reach 100 yards for the second straight game, although he did score the 37th touchdown of his career. But the accolades from this
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Navy’s Tyler Simmons reacts after tacklingGeorgia Southern’s Jaybo Shaw. Simmons had a team-high nine tackles and helped theMidshipmen limit the Eagles to 109 yards total offense.
game belonged entirely to the defense, which after two games clearly has been the best unit on the team. InMonday’s 17-14loss to
Dobbs scores Navy’s only touchdown,
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Maryland, for instance, the Mid- shipmen allowed touchdowns on the first two drives, then kept the Terrapins out of the end zone the rest of the way. The defense was even more stout against Georgia Southern, which runs an offense similar to that of Navy. “We like the limelight being on
us,” Simmons said. “We try to rise to the occasion every time. It’s one of those things where we got the momentum on our side and never stopped.” Navy’s only touchdown came
late in the second quarter after it stopped Georgia Southern on a fake punt and took over at the Eagles 40-yard line. On the first play of the drive, Dobbs went around the left side for four yards, and following an offside penalty, the Midshipmen got 10 more yards on two runs. On second and five, Dobbs complet- ed a 12-yard pass to slotback Aaron Santiago, and Navy had first and goal at the 9. TheMidshipmen had all kinds
of issues from the red zone against Maryland, including a pair of fumbles by Dobbs at the goal line, but this time they were able to convert. Dobbs carried on three straight plays, capping the possession with a one-yard sneak with 1 minute 7 seconds to play before halftime.
“Week in, week out, whether
we do great, there’s always room for improvement,” said Dobbs, who aggravated an ankle injury fromMonday but indicated after- ward he was okay.Georgia South- ern “just had a real good defen- sive scheme.” On Georgia Southern’s first
series, Simmons swooped in to tackle fullback Robert Brown and forced a fumble. The Eagles re- covered, but the play served no- tice right away that Navy had every intention of being the ag- gressor against Georgia South- ern’s option-oriented offense. Two plays later, Simmons and Tuani sacked quarterback Jaybo Shaw, and Georgia Southern had to punt. Onthe Eagles’next possession,
Navy forced a turnover when nose guard Shane Bothel sacked Shaw and jarred the ball loose. Defensive end Billy Yarborough recovered at the Georgia South- ern 25, and the Midshipmen again had an opening to wrest control of the game. But after a four-yard carry from Dobbs, slot- backGeeGee Greene mishandled a pitch for a loss of three, a third-down pass fell incomplete, and Navy had to settle for a 42-yard field goal by Buckley. “We’re very fortunate to come
out of here with a ‘W,’ ” CoachKen Niumatalolo said. “It was a short week. This is tough, playing on a Monday and coming back Satur- day, but our kids, they battled . . . especially defensively.”
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