Terps

The question this game should answer for the Terps is are the Terps ready to go back to a bowl game again?

Maryland-Boston College preview - road block Box Seats blogger 2010

No one associated with the Terps is happy with how things went last year, and quite frankly I’m sick of even thinking about it.

Maryland-Duke preview: A chance for redemption Box Seats blogger 2010

The Terps are the only team other than North Carolina or Duke to have won the ACC Tournament in the last 14 years.

Terps open ACC Tournament against long odds 2011

The Demon Deacons are almost a reflection of where the Terps were at this point last year.

Maryland vs. Wake: The perfect storm Box Seats blogger 2010

To begin the year, the Terps were almost unanimously picked to finish in last place in the Atlantic division of the ACC.

Maryland-Clemson preview Box Seats blogger 2010

What we have to remember is that the Terps were a 2-10 football team last year.

Terrapin football recruiting so far Box Seats blogger 2010

According to the awesome VegasInsider.com schedule breakdown, Maryland is actually 15-4 as a favorite, and 1-6 as an underdog, the one win coming when the Terps were a 1.5-point underdog against Penn State.

The Terps and the upset Dan Steinberg 2011

Meanwhile, the Terps are among the biggest surprises in the ACC this year, in a year full of them.

Maryland-Clemson preview Box Seats blogger 2010

Coming into all three games the Terps were the underdogs.

Three days of heartbreak Rick Nelligan 2010

Maryland also meets the upset criteria, but the Terps are a longer shot to be slain, since their opponent, Houston, doesn't have the numbers to pull off a stunner.

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