Ralph: We Need More than 14 Points
I just listened to the ACC teleconference with Ralph Friedgen. He was pressed by one reporter on how his team can possibly beat Cal after losing to a Sun Belt team. Ralph said the Terps need to score more than 14 points to have a chance to win. That would seem obvious, particularly because Cal is averaging 52 points per game and it will be difficult to keep the Golden Bears to fewer than 30 points. In two games combined, Maryland has 28 points. Cal scored 66 in a conference road game last week.
Ralph repeated that he thought Maryland missed some opportunities to score against Middle Tennessee. He said they didn’t throw or catch the ball very well.
How many points does Maryland need to beat Cal? I’ll say at least 35.
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Eric Prisbell
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September 10, 2008; 11:38 AM ET
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Posted by: Lee | September 10, 2008 11:52 AM | Report abuse
One more than Cal has will be all it takes!! :-) Go Terps!!!
Posted by: TerpGrad | September 10, 2008 12:03 PM | Report abuse
At least 24.
My guess is we put a lot in the box, pressure them to pass the ball, and hope that our linebackers and secondary can make a lot of plays. We can't let them beat us running the ball, and we can't give them a lot of time to pass. No pressure, no win.
Posted by: ckstevenson | September 10, 2008 12:22 PM | Report abuse
71
Posted by: Sam | September 10, 2008 12:53 PM | Report abuse
67 should do it.
Posted by: Markc | September 10, 2008 3:53 PM | Report abuse
Dunno why, but I think 31.
Posted by: Lindemann | September 10, 2008 9:08 PM | Report abuse
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I think 29 should do it. This is from a finite number of points being scored in the game will be around 60 with both teams scoring and running the ball a lot. So lets say thats a 29-28 Terps win. Every point less the Terps score Cal will score a point more. 55-3 or 49-10 also a possibility...