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FROMTERRAPINS INSIDER Friedgen returns to old injury policy
Ever since a
player rolled on Torrey Smith’s ankle in Maryland’s Sept. 25 victory over Florida International, the wide receiver has tried to play through the pain in games while limiting himself in practice. But Coach Ralph Friedgen said
after Saturday’s 31-7 loss to Clemson that he will revert to past policy: If you don’t practice by Thursday, you don’t play on Saturday. “Right now, they don’t practice
Thursday, they aren’t playing,” Friedgen said. “He lined up wrong one time. I didn’t think he was sharp catching the ball. Torrey is a great player. But you still got to practice. I guess I am old-school.” — Eric Prisbell
NEXT UP: Saturday at Boston College
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FROMHOKIES JOURNAL Thomas flashes athleticism
Virginia Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor
said he knew exactly what play was being called as soon as he saw his backup, redshirt freshman Logan Thomas, fumbling to take off his headset and grab his helmet off the sideline Saturday against Wake Forest. It was third and goal early in the first quarter, after a
58-yard punt return by cornerback Jayron Hosley had set up the Hokies in prime field position inside the Wake Forest 10-yard line. But Thomas, who saw his first action of the year under center last week against Central Michigan, was not coming in to take Taylor’s spot. Instead, he lined up to the left of the formation as a wide receiver. At the snap, Taylor didn’t even hesitate, lofting a pass
toward Thomas in the corner of the end zone. The 6- foot-6, 242-pound Thomas then leapt over a Wake Forest defender and made a spectacular one-handed touchdown catch. As Taylor noted afterwards, Thomas did it with “no gloves, so he’s a heckuva athlete.” — Mark Giannotto
NEXT UP: Saturday vs. Duke
FROMCAVS JOURNAL
Tar Heels prove to be a challenge
Entering Saturday night’s game against
North Carolina, Virginia hadn’t lost to the Tar Heels at home since 1981, a streak of 14 straight games. That mark was put to the test on Saturday night, as the Tar Heels possess one of the most improved players in the ACC — quarterback T.J. Yates — and a defense that has remained solid despite the losses of several key components to internal and NCAA investigations that stemmed from an agent scandal. Yates completed 17 of 22 passes for 325
yards and three touchdowns as the Tar Heels ended their long Charlottesville drought with a 44-10 victory. The Cavaliers entered the game ranked 10th in the nation in pass defense (151 yards allowed per game). — Steve Yanda
NEXT UP: Saturday vs. Eastern Michigan
FROMMIDS INSIDER
Moeller gets recognition
The Naval Academy honored former
Midshipmen defensive back Chet Moeller during halftime of Saturday afternoon’s game against SMU. Among the most decorated players in Navy football history, Moeller is part of this year’s class of inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame. Moeller was named the East Coast
Athletic Conference player of the year in 1975 as well as first-team all-American. He became the sixth Navy player to be selected unanimous all-American after serving as a co-captain during his senior season. Moeller finished with 275 tackles, including a school-record 25 for loss as a junior, during his career. — Gene Wang
NEXT UP: Saturday vs. Notre Dame
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010
AREAROUNDUP
Late interception is costly for Georgetown Hoyas have
lost four of their last five games
NEWS SERVICES AND STAFF REPORTS Linebacker Sean Rafferty in-
tercepted Isaiah Kempf ’s pass and returned it 12 yards for the go-ahead touchdown as Buck- nell earned its first win of the season, upsetting Georgetown, 24-21, in Patriot League play at Multi-Sport Field on Saturday. Three of the Hoyas’ four losses this season have been by a touchdown or less. Rafferty’s touchdown return
RICHARD SHIRO/ASSOCIATED PRESS Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien feels the pressure of Clemson defensive end Da'Quan Bowers, who had three sacks on the afternoon. Terrapins’ loss has Friedgen fuming terrapins from D1
explosive playmaker — if they don’t practice by Thursday of game week. Friedgen also articu- lated what has become apparent at themidpoint of his 10th season in College Park: If mistakes con- tinue,mediocritywill be the high- watermark for this team. “We’re youngandI canmakeall
the rationalizations,” Friedgen said. “But it’s really a matter of getting it done and not getting it done. And it’s not getting done. It really isn’t. I am going to start holdingpeople’s feet to the fire.” Several times during the news
conference, Friedgen stared at a stat sheet that made little sense. Maryland (4-2, 1-1 ACC) held Clemson to eight pass comple- tions and 94 rushing yards. The Terrapins outgained Clemson, 350-213, intotal yards, yet founda way to lose by 24points. “You look at the yards, not even
close,” said Maryland defensive coordinator Don Brown, running the folded statistical sheet through his fingers. “I’ve said it a hundred times, that’s the most overratedstat infootball— yards.” The Tigers (3-3, 1-2) entered as
the more desperate team, having lost three straight this season and two straight to Maryland. Their greatest accomplishment Satur- daywastakingadvantageofMary- land’s miscues — all but three of Clemson’s points can be at least partially attributed to Terrapins mistakes. After Maryland running back
Da’Rel Scott completed a four- yard touchdown pass to quarter- backDannyO’Brien in the second quarter, the Terrapins earned a smidgen of momentum. Then came the ensuing kickoff. “Poor kick, poor coverage,” Friedgen said. Andre Ellington returned it 87 yards for a touchdown. “You steal some momentum
andyoulosemomentumyoustole right away,” Brown said. “It was like a flash—gone so fast.” It only got worse. On the next
drive,Maryland faced a key third and one from the Clemson 7. But Friedgen’s biggest worry all week, Tigers defensive end Da’Quan Bowers, plowed past right tackle Pete DeSouza, a redshirt fresh- man, and sacked O’Brien for a nine-yard loss. (Bowers had three sacks and four tackles for a loss.) Place kicker Travis Baltz then
East Carolina topples Wolfpack in overtime
late in fourth quarter BY AARON BEARD
greenville, n.c. — Dominique Davis scored on a 1-yard keeper while Damon Magazu intercept- ed Russell Wilson’s final pass to help East Carolina beat North Carolina State, 33-27, in overtime Saturday. Davis threw for 376 yards and
two touchdowns for the Pirates (4-2), who survived a thrilling finish with their instate rival in front of a selloutandrecordhome crowd. East Carolina ran out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead only to see theWolfpack rally to take the lead late in the fourth quarter on a field goal from Josh Czajkowski before staging its own comeback. Michael Barbour’s field goal
with 1 minute 4 seconds left sent the game into overtime, where Davis put the Pirates ahead for good by bouncing off a pile of tacklers on a sneak and falling across the goal line. The Wolfpack (5-2) couldn’t answer, with Wilson forcing a
Pirates jump out to big lead, rally
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pass over the middle to Jarvis Williams thatMagazu grabbed at the goal line. East Carolina committed countless mistakes, from 10 pen- alties to a pair of costly fumbles that both set up a touchdown for the Wolfpack and ended another drive just as the Pirates were crossing the goal line. And yet, the Pirates figured out
a way to beat N.C. State, a team that had won seven of 10 match- ups with the state’s four other Bowl Subdivision opponents un- der Coach Tom O’Brien. Lance Lewis and Justin Jones
had touchdown catches for the Pirates, while Jon Williams had a five-yard touchdown run to cap East Carolina’s first possession. The Pirates finished with 496 total yards, while their defense hung in against Wilson. Wilson threwfor 322 yards and
one touchdown to go with a rush- ing score, but he threw three interceptions and was charged with a fumble on a botched hand- off.
—Associated Press
sailed a 33-yard field goal wide right. Clemson then engineered a 13-
play touchdown drive — its lon- gestof the season—thatbenefited from a pass interference call on third down. And early in the third quarter, Jaron Brown, Clemson’s third-string punt returner, ran a punt back 41 yards to the Mary- land 21, setting up another Clem- sonscore. Then came a near interception
by Maryland linebacker Adrian Moten, who could have walked intotheendzoneifhehadsecured theball. “Oneof thosedays,”Fried- gen said. “Couldn’t get a break anywhere.” The final mistakes: three
fourth-quarter interceptions by O’Brien, making the first road start of his career. The redshirt freshman had played well in the firsthalf, completing 13 of 18pass- es for 159 yards, but struggled in the fourth quarter. The second interception was returned 61 yardsbyXavierBrewer forascore. James Franklin,Maryland’s offen- sive coordinator, saidhe couldlive with the first two interceptions but felt thethirdwasanill-advised throw.
O’Brien said playing before an
announced crowd of 71,000 fans was not a factor. And if crowd noisewas an issue for others, as it was during the Sept. 18 loss at West Virginia, Friedgen is no lon- ger sympathetic. “Crowd noise?” Friedgen said.
“Yeah, there is crowd noise. We have to be able to handle crowd noise.This isnot the loudestplace intheworld.” Maryland self-destructed Sat-
urday.TheTerrapinshad10penal- ties for 93 yards. Clemson had threepenalties for30yards.Fried- gen said this was the most dis- heartened he’s ever been after the many times he has been on the sideline in Death Valley — and that dates back to when he lost a game here as an assistant at The Citadel 37 years ago. “To not play our best, it’s frus-
trating,veryfrustrating,”Friedgen said. “To make as many mistakes aswemade, it’s frustrating. It’snot them causing the mistakes, that’s what’s driving me nuts. It’s us causing the mistakes, things we can control.Untilwe learn howto do that, we will always be medio- cre.At best.”
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came with 11 minutes 43 sec- onds remaining in the fourth quarter and sealed the victory for the Bison (1-5, 1-0 Patrtio League), who held George- town’s running game in check and benefited from numerous Hoyasmistakes. The Hoyas (3-4, 2-2), who
have lost four of their last five, committed 10 penalties for 109 yards and rushed for only 41 yards, while Bucknell’s offense dominated time of possession by holding on to the ball for 38:44. Patrick Ryan caught five
passes for 78 yards and Kempf completed 18 of 34 passes for 252 yards and two touchdowns for Georgetown in the loss. Georgetown linebacker Nick
Parrish finishedwith 10 tackles, giving him 302 career tackles andmaking himthe first player in school history to record 300 career tackles. l RICHMOND 11, MASSA-
CHUSETTS 10: Playing without their first-, second- or third- string quarterbacks, the Spi- ders, ranked No. 20 in division I-AA, upset the No. 8 Minute- meninaColonialAthleticAsso- ciation game before 16,421 in Amherst,Mass. Massachusetts (4-2, 2-1),
which had won 26 of its last 29 games at McGuirk Stadium, led, 10-5, with 1:51 remaining. The Spiders (3-3, 1-2) went 60 yards in 1:42, scoring their lone
touchdown of the game on freshman quarterback Montel White’s 15-yardpass toTreGray. The two teams combined for
only 420 yards total offense — the Minutemen gained 224 yards, while the Spiders gained 196 yards. Linebacker DariusMcMillan
finishedwith 11 tackles and two fumble recoveries for Rich- mond. Richmond lost starting quar-
terback Aaron Corp for the season last week after he in- jured his knee. Back-up quar- terback John Laub has been injured since the fourthweek of the season. Third-string quar- terback Nick Hicks, who is also Richmond’s starting punter, did not play. l NEW HAMPSHIRE 28,
JAMES MADISON 14: R.J. To- man threw for 248 yards and the go-ahead touchdown as the Wildcats rallied towininHarri- sonburg, Va. NewHampshire (4-3, 2-2 Co-
lonial Athletic Association), which won back-to-back games for the first time this season, trailed 14-10 at halftime. The Wildcats then scored 18
consecutive points, starting with a 25-yard field goal by Mike McArthur with 12:17 left in the third quarter. Scott Noble rushed 19 times
for 100 yards and two touch- downs for the Dukes, scoring twice on two-yard runs. JamesMadison (4-2, 1-2) has
lost two of its last three games after starting the season 3-0, including a 21-16win over then- No. 13 Virginia Tech. l MOUNT IDA 22, GALLAU-
DET 16: The visiting Mustangs scored 14 second-half points to upend the Bison in a Eastern Collegiate Football Conference game. Cole Johnson and Jimmy Gardner each scored touch- downs for Gallaudet (3-4, 1-3). Mount Ida improved to 4-2, 3-1. l BOWIE STATE 24, LIN-
COLN 18: The Bulldogs over- came a nine-point third-quar- ter deficit to win at home. Clifton Budd (Sherwood) com- pleted 13 of 24 passes for 167 yards and one touchdown. Budd also ran for a score.
THE DAILY REFLECTOR VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS East Carolina players start celebrating after beating state rivalNorth Carolina State. The Pirates needed a late field goal to force overtime.
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