12:05 pm
November 28

Maryland @ #12 Indiana

What will be the GAME RESULT?

Maryland: Wins or Single Digit Loss

@ #12 Indiana: Wins By Double Digits

 

Current odds:

Maryland Terrapins: (+330)

Indiana Hoosiers: (-410)

 

•  The line for this game is Indiana by 11.5 points.

• Indiana football coach Tom Allen is not out for moral victories, just regular ones. After suffering its first loss of the season at Big Ten power Ohio State, the No. 12 Hoosiers (4-1, 4-1 Big 12) will look to bounce back on Saturday when they host Maryland (2-1, 2-1) at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.

• Indiana rallied from down 28 points in the second half, but fell short in a 42-35 loss to the No. 3 Buckeyes. Starting quarterback Michael Penix passed for a career-high 491 yards and five touchdowns in the loss, while senior receiver Ty Fryfogle had 7 catches for 218 yards and three TDs to earn Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second straight week.

• Fryfogle has emerged as the most productive wide receiver in the Big Ten, with 31 catches for 642 yards and seven touchdowns on the season. Defensively, Indiana forced three more takeaways against Ohio State. The Hoosiers have a league-high 13 interceptions on the season and are tied with Northwestern for the conference lead in takeaways (15).

• Maryland will be playing its first game since beating Penn State 35-19 on Nov. 7. The Terrapins canceled their last two games against Ohio State and Michigan State due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the team.

• Maryland head coach Mike Locksley, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, will coach the team virtually this week but, pending testing results, plans to return to the team and coach from the sidelines on Saturday. Locksley said the Terrapins managed to stay sharp mentally and physically through the two-week pause.

• The Terrapins have been led this season by transfer quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, a transfer from Alabama. Tagovailoa, the younger brother of former Alabama and current Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, has passed for 676 yards over his last two games, the most for a Maryland quarterback since Scott Milanovich passed for 692 yards in back-to-back games in 1994. Tagovailoa also has been effective escaping the pocket with 56 yards rushing and two rushing scores this season.

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#12 Indiana: Wins By Double Digits
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