[Game Thread] Hampton @ Maryland (8:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	HamptonHampton @ MarylandMaryland
Location	Maryland SECU Stadium
Time	8:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: Big Ten Network
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/ReyDragons]

didnt get 69 points

revoke every scholarship

[u/ReyDragons]

So michigan is back to cheating

[u/TraditionalBottle884 → u/ReyDragons]

Did they ever stop?

[u/Winter_Win_5531]

Shoutout Michigan and Rutgers

Edit: Ope. Spoke too soon, refs had a little more fight in em.

[u/yoloape]

Must be so hard to be on the call for a game like this

[u/HighburyOnStrand → u/yoloape]

No sympathy for Matt Millen permitted, sorry.

[u/ReyDragons]

MICHIGAN LMFAOOOOO

[u/Luv2Travel_2 → u/ReyDragons]

28 point favorites

[u/ReyDragons]

got some wheels

[u/HighburyOnStrand]

Man, shut up Millen. Loser.

[u/HighburyOnStrand]

I'm just happy it's September

[u/410LaxMD]

Did I miss something... Where's Zion Elee?

[u/Luv2Travel_2 → u/410LaxMD]

I’ve only noticed him on a few passing downs, but was hoping the #1 recruit would be having a bigger impact. They do seem to account for him with a back or TE on the few plays I’ve seen him in.

[u/SEND_ME_YOUR_CAULK → u/Luv2Travel_2]

Maybe they’ve got some stuff they’re hiding

[u/Winter_Win_5531]

Iveeson Howard is the Rocket is the new Perry Hillis was a wrestler

[u/HandSack135]

Is the announcer the Caps guy?

[u/Luv2Travel_2 → u/HandSack135]

Yep

[u/HandSack135 → u/Luv2Travel_2]

Was 95% confident.

But only ever heard him talking about the great 8

[u/slipperysunsets]

Matt Millen is fucking awful

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

The Center’s ass crack has been showing all night

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

The Messiah!!

[u/ReyDragons]

this poor hampton qb is in hell

[u/noah_divine]

Has locksley been on ozempic or something

[u/jco23 → u/noah_divine]

He's not half the man he used to be

[u/tspanguluri → u/noah_divine]

Yes actually

[u/Serious_Up → u/tspanguluri]

Maybe if he takes enough of it he'll completely disappear and we can get a real head coach

[u/NoAmbassador8359 → u/Serious_Up]

Ayooo😭😭

[u/ReyDragons]

you need sequences like that for your young qb

malik got immense potential but has some jitteriness being young

he can make the throws, just needs confidence they'll actually catch the damn thing to get him rolling

[u/ReyDragons]

FOOTBALLS CAN BE CAUGHT

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

YAYY

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

I LOVE YOU MALIK

[u/ReyDragons]

damn good throw

[u/thepolarbears12]

Washington hasn't been throwing amazing but these receivers need it to be like right in the hands to even have a 50/50 shot at catching anything 

[u/Ancient-Big4078 → u/thepolarbears12]

Webb is atrocious

[u/410LaxMD]

Only throw it to our TEs. Sit everyone and let the Polish guy get some more touches at this point.

[u/ExpensiveShallot7990]

I’ve been on repeat tonight “catch the fn ball”

[u/Wild_Pokemon_Appears → u/ExpensiveShallot7990]

I've been saying that since last year. We have toilet paper hands.

[u/Wild_Pokemon_Appears]

What is this announcer talking about? 50 seconds on the clock, and he saying "you can take a shot here, and if you dont get it, go for the field goal."

We have three timeouts.

[u/Wicked_UMD → u/Wild_Pokemon_Appears]

Millen is an idiot. I said the same thing, but also I don’t really trust Locksley with time management in these situations.

We were so close to kicking a FG at the buzzer with two TOs if that says anything lol

[u/410LaxMD]

This half summed up.

"Right in his hands and he dropped it... Great throw, though."

[u/Ancient-Big4078]

Webb has 5 drops unacceptable.

[u/Serious_Up]

Catch. The. Ball.

[u/ReyDragons]

do we have the worst receiving corps of all time

[u/ReyDragons]

damn center

but great by malik to just recognize get the fuck down

[u/410LaxMD]

We have too much talent in this state and in the surrounding areas to not have a single receiver worth a fuck.

[u/Wild_Pokemon_Appears]

Easily the worst passing offense I've ever seen from the Terps. Really bad looking.

[u/Wicked_UMD]

Absolutely nothing we’ve done in this game so far will translate to UConn, let alone Virginia Tech. You can run 20ypc on this team and I won’t care if you can’t throw a forward pass or kickoff like a fucking adult.

[u/Decent-Yak-4696 → u/Wicked_UMD]

I’m encouraged by how bad your receivers look. Our db’s are our weakness. 

Your DL kicks ass, though. Washington will probably scramble more vs us and VT.

[u/Winter_Win_5531 → u/Wicked_UMD]

We play like this Rutgers beats us by 20+ this offense is horrific

[u/Ancient-Big4078 → u/Wicked_UMD]

The receivers suck

[u/Wicked_UMD → u/Ancient-Big4078]

So far the RB is outclassing them at that too

[u/Serious_Up]

I ain't no football guru, but isn't the job of a receiver to receive the ball when it's thrown to him?

[u/410LaxMD → u/Serious_Up]

Big if true

[u/Serious_Up → u/410LaxMD]

B1G if true

FTFY

[u/ReyDragons]

he lost it in the lights but throw coulda been better too

[u/410LaxMD → u/ReyDragons]

Outside shoulder in stride isn't good enough? It's a tad underthrown at best. Even the perfect pass isn't getting caught cause the receiver wasn't even trying to track it. Dude never realized the ball was coming his way.

[u/trogtothedor]

Can we get any kind of down field camera angles to see if these receivers are open?

[u/410LaxMD]

Malik scrambling just hoping someone can get open in 7 seconds against a Hampton DB. Sad.

[u/yoloape]

“Decibel level rises again” I know the announcer meant well but cmon it’s not that loud lol

[u/Wicked_UMD]

The ref threw his hat and then just pretended it didn’t happen lol

[u/0mniknight]

Hampton fr has better WRs than us

[u/sarcasmrules18]

Idk about uconn but just switching to VT they do have some bigger/athletic matches on the D front, so its nice to see now the run game going but the question remains against matched opponents how it will do, mainly bc the passing game looks mega bleh rn

[u/Winter_Win_5531 → u/sarcasmrules18]

James Franklin has a stiffy thinking about what he’s gonna do to this Maryland offense.

[u/ReyDragons]

at least the run game is strong

[u/12nCorofE]

Malik could be more accurate too though, no doubt

[u/12nCorofE]

Man! No receivers again this year it looks like

[u/Luv2Travel_2 → u/12nCorofE]

Webb could be it, but we may just get a heavy dose of Howard/Fleming and Williams out of the back.

[u/Winter_Win_5531]

I fear the receivers are even worse than anticipated. This is the most concerning 20-0 lead I’ve watched. Absolutely nothing has been proven except that we’re significantly more athletic than Hampton.

[u/0mniknight]

What I wouldn’t give to get Felton another year of eligibility

[u/SEND_ME_YOUR_CAULK → u/0mniknight]

I miss him so badly.

[u/Luv2Travel_2 → u/0mniknight]

Felton was two years ago, but yeah miss that dynamic guy who can catch a screen and make someone miss.

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

Dejuan is soo goood

[u/Wicked_UMD]

We shouldn’t be playing to prove we can establish the run on an overmatched opponent and toss a few bubble screens. Work on an actual passing game.

[u/shelled15]

This is the yearly 63 - 7 win that gives everyone who didn't actually watch the game hope for the season.

[u/Ares__ → u/shelled15]

Who sees a Hampton game and has hope? The fact we are even playing takes my hope

[u/Serious_Up → u/shelled15]

Hope is a dangerous thing

[u/0mniknight]

Unreal how Locksley saw how amazing having an automatic catch in Tai Felton was and decided to find the worst possible WRs in the portal and in high school to give to our massively hyped QB

[u/Serious_Up → u/0mniknight]

He's a recruiting genius I hear

[u/Serious_Up]

Passing game is ugly

[u/thepolarbears12]

That one should have been caught 

[u/0mniknight]

Malik seems to have some jitters and we don’t have anyone capable of making a somewhat difficult catch on the roster, make one of our CBs like Travis Hunter atp

[u/Winter_Win_5531]

Undisciplined. Offense might be even worse than last year.

Some things never change.

[u/Luv2Travel_2]

Kind of sad we have to drop the flag in 1H bc students don’t stick around for the second.

[u/Serious_Up → u/Luv2Travel_2]

Had the same exact thought when I saw it drop

[u/_Vita_]

Unfortunately looks like kickoffs will still be an issue since we don't have a guy with the leg strength to kick it to the endzone.

[u/oversizedhat]

Joe B being an announcer brings me joy

[u/Serious_Up → u/oversizedhat]

Unfortunately saddled with Millen

[u/0mniknight]

Well we traded being able to pass to having a strong run game, defense is still good, elite punter and great kicker, I guess we’re Iowa now

[u/New_Era_8]

7 needs to dial it in a bit. Wonky passes

[u/Serious_Up]

I see we've worked on discipline

[u/Wild_Pokemon_Appears → u/Serious_Up]

lol right?

Least disciplined team in the P4.

[u/yoloape]

This team will forever be brutally undisciplined. It’s something that Locksley has never been able to figure out

[u/Wild_Pokemon_Appears → u/yoloape]

If I hear "Terps killing Terps" in one more post-game, I'll lose my shit. Its inexcusable that its still an issue this far into Locksley's tenure.

[u/sarcasmrules18]

AH theres a discipline penalty haha

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

Not really liking Washington being a little inaccurate and him being twitch with footwork

[u/ReyDragons]

what are we doing on a field goal, man

[u/_Vita_]

Yeah I mean this passing game is not looking very optimistic

[u/sarcasmrules18]

Is it a combo of pass pro fear and washingtons foot work?

[u/Winter_Win_5531]

If we’re scared to scheme actual passes against Hampton, I’m very concerned about pass protection against FBS teams

[u/sarcasmrules18]

x2 yes!

[u/tspanguluri]

Run game is looking good, but there seems to be no improvement in the passing game at all. Just the same screen passes and 2 yard slants as last year

[u/NoAmbassador8359 → u/tspanguluri]

I might be delusional but it could be we’re not showing our whole playbook on a FCS opponent. But gonna need to see how the rest of this game plays out and next week before I concern myself with it

[u/Ancient-Big4078 → u/tspanguluri]

They might not be running the pass plays yet

[u/ReyDragons]

not losing another game

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

I’m gonna cry, we can run the ball. I know it’s Hampton but we couldn’t even run the ball on Towson or Florida Atlantic

[u/Wicked_UMD → u/NoAmbassador8359]

They’re vastly different caliber of opponents though. Those are bottom tier FBS which would be near the top of the FCS. Hampton is one of the worst FCS programs.

[u/Wicked_UMD]

I’d like to see a few passes beyond the LOS…

[u/yoloape]

Don’t kill yourself trying to hurdle a dude against Hampton please Williams

[u/Winter_Win_5531]

My hot take this year is that we will have a top 15 defense in the country. Won’t matter bc the offense will be buns.

[u/yoloape → u/Winter_Win_5531]

Need to cut down on the personal fouls from last season though

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

HOLY SHIT DD

[u/Luv2Travel_2 → u/NoAmbassador8359]

We’re going to miss Mathis, but nice to see DD step up.

[u/NoAmbassador8359 → u/Luv2Travel_2]

I’m still sad Mathis went down. But if our backups can play 80% as good as Mathis, I think we’ll be fine

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

Can we zoom out the camera a little bit, por favor?

[u/AsteroidMike]

Just my luck that I tune in right after the big ass run for a score lol

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

I thought we were done with the stupid penalties

[u/Winter_Win_5531]

Shoutout local fans. Really nice turnout for this type of game

[u/yoloape → u/Winter_Win_5531]

I really want to believe this team can be different but realistically this will be one of our only wins this season. Maybe Locksley can surprise me though

[u/NoAmbassador8359 → u/yoloape]

A win coming off a bye will change my opinion of him

[u/ohmygodpleasedont]

2nd drive > 1st drive

[u/yoloape]

I’m ngl after the first drive I had visions of disaster. They have now faded

[u/sarcasmrules18]

Yes! thats what we need from the run game. TD

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

WE HAVE A RUN GAME

[u/ReyDragons]

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG

[u/Luv2Travel_2]

I’ll just be happy with a W and no personal fouls, we always seem to lack discipline.

[u/Luv2Travel_2]

Let’s go 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀, just glad football is back

[u/thepolarbears12]

This cant be right, someone tell the boys it's still September

[u/ReyDragons]

ok what are we doing already bruh

[u/Wicked_UMD]

Chef’s kiss that Millen had no clue why the kick returner stepped out of bounds then touched the ball. Guy does not know ball.

[u/Wicked_UMD]

What the hell was all of that? Jittery-ness from Washington, doomed playcalling on both 2nd and 3rd. Woof.

[u/KevBot18]

Now that’s a hot start

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

Malik Washington’s heisman campaign starts now!

[u/escaped_from_OD]

I just did a line of Old Bay. My body is ready.

[u/_Vita_]

Maryland football can beat me down every year, but I'll be watching whether on TV or in person. Let's start strong, GO TERPS!

[u/ExpensiveShallot7990 → u/_Vita_]

Listening to Joe call the game is what keeps me tuned in

[u/Ares__]

One day I will look forward to going to Maryland and watching a Maryland game, that day is not this day or any day this year or the past 4 years

[u/shelled15]

I am so excited to witness the first of our 4 wins this year!

[u/ExpensiveShallot7990 → u/shelled15]

Sadly, 3, if we are lucky

[u/AsteroidMike → u/shelled15]

I too am excited for September football only to get my heart broken for the remaining 8 games

[u/TraditionalBottle884 → u/shelled15]

I'm not sure I see 4 on the schedule, probably only 3 this year.

[u/tensecovering52]

Guess we’ll find out if Hampton came just for the check or actually wants to play

[u/sarcasmrules18]

I've minimally availed my self of this damn team since last nov. Don't expect much by the time we get to VT. Hopefully Washington still makes a b1g step and we get a ground game going. Don;t know on the discipline this yr

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote Results

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Team	Votes	Percentage	Hampton Voters	Maryland Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Hampton	0	0.0%	0	0
Maryland	7	100.0%	0	1	Ohio Statex1.0 Unflairedx1.0 College Football Playoffx0.5 Team Chaosx0.5 Florida Gatorsx0.5

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