The Life and Times of Brian Abernathy: A Coaching Life (NCAA 14')

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Around the Nation – Week 4
Upsets

Washington State 38 - #2 Stanford 31
Arkansas 34 - #7 Georgia 17
Illinois 21 - #8 Washington 7
[b]Wisconsin[b/] 25 - #9 Michigan 21

Big10

#22 Maryland 40 - West Virginia 28
#13 Iowa 37 - Pittsburgh 10
Penn State 30 - UMass 20
#1 Ohio State 56 - Kent State 7
Indiana 31 - North Texas 0
Purdue 38 - FIU 14
Minnesota 27 - Michigan State 15
Northwestern 21 - #14 Notre Dame 28
#7 Nebraska 41 - #10 Miami 17
[b]Wisconsin[b/] 25 - #9 Michigan 21
Illinois 21 - #8 Washington 7

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Matchup Preview *|* September 27, 2014
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#18 Maryland Terrapins (3-0, 2-0 Away)		#21 Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0, 2-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 42.3 Points Per Game 33.0 482.7 Total Offensive Yards 421.0 230.0 Rushing Yards 171.7 252.7 Passing Yards 249.3 Defensive Stats Comparison 346.0 Total Yards Allowed 288.7 48.3 Rushing Yards Allowed 132.0 297.7 Passing Yards Allowed 156.7 0 Turnover Differential 1 Injury Report LE Quinton Jefferson (4 Weeks) QB Cody Sokol (10 Weeks) RT Andrew Donnal (PROB) Game Notes The first big matchup of the Big10 season takes place in Ames, Iowa this week as the #18 Ranked, 3-0 Maryland Terrapins travel to the 3-0, #21 Ranked Iowa Hawkeyes in what should amount to a defensive battle. Maryland has the #2 ranked rushing offense in the nation, averaging 230 yards per game on the ground, but Iowa only allows 132 yards per game rushing. Something will have to give. CJ Brown and Stefon Diggs are both in the lineup after being knocked out of the game against West Virginia, which is huge for Maryland. For Iowa, the injury to Cody Sokol is huge. Sokol's replacement, Jake Ruddock has played well, 20 of 50 for 458 yards with 6 scores, and has yet to turn the ball over. Iowa is a 1.5 point favorite, so not even Vegas has an idea of who should win this tight contest.

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With Brown and Ross Out, Hills Leads Late Comeback
Throws touchdown with under a minute left to save win

It looked like Maryland would once against cruise to an impressive victory, as they led 31-14 heading to the fourth quarter. Then CJ Brown went down. Then Brandon Ross went out. Then Iowa scored. Then Maryland fumbled the kickoff.

Next thing you knew, before the offense had a chance to get back on the field it went from a 17 point game, to a tenuous 3 point lead. Perry Hills would go three and out, and Iowa would storm down the field and find the back of the end zone once more, completing their massive comeback, just two minutes to soon.

Perry Hills would not have any of it. "Perry played great. He has come in to the game three times this year, and has showed his true skill each time." said coach Brian Abernathy.

Hills quickly and efficiently moved the ball down the field, finally finding Stefon Diggs for a 7 yard touchdown with just 41 seconds to go in the game. The defense then did enough to keep Iowa outside of field goal range until the end, sealing the victory and giving the Terrapins a 4-0 start.

Next week they'll meet with former ACC rival Florida State, at home.

Maryland Terrapins at Iowa Hawkeyes
Sep 27, 204	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#18 Maryland Terrapins (3-0 (1-0))	10	14	7	7	38
#21 Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0 (0-0))	7	7	0	21	35

Team Stats Comparison
	MD	IOWA
Total Offense	464	491
Rushing Yards	216	196
Passing Yards	248	295
First Downs	18	22
Punt Return Yards	0	10
Kick Return Yards	68	93
Total Yards	532	594
Turnovers	1	2
3rd Down Converstion	4-10	10-15
4th Down Conversion	0-0	1-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-3-1	6-4-0
Penalties	9-78	1-5
Posession Time	17:37	14:15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		MD	IOWA
5:18	(MD) Craddock, 29 Yard Field Goal	3	0
3:32	(IOWA) Bullock, 66 Yard Run	3	7
1:49	(MD) Ross, 24 Yard Run	10	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		MD	IOWA
6:38	(MD) Ross, 69 Yard Pass from Brown	17	7
3:05	(IOWA) Bullock, 1 Yard Run	17	14
1:33	(MD) Adams, 48 Yard Pass from Brown	24	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		MD	IOWA
1:05	(MD) Brown, 11 Yard Run	31	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		MD	IOWA
4:53	(IOWA) Bullock, 4 Yard Run	31	21
3:10	(IOWA) Bullock, 4 Yard Run	31	28
2:17	(IOWA) Hamilton, 5 Yard Pass from Rudock	31	35
0:41	(MD) Diggs, 4 Yard Pass from Hills	38	35

Maryland Terrapins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT CJ Brown 7/9 172 2 0 Perry Hills 5/6 76 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD CJ Brown 11 84 7.6 0 Brandon Ross 11 60 5.4 1 Wes Brown 5 45 9.0 1 Tyler Cierski 5 18 3.6 0 Perry Hills 5 -1 -0.2 0 Joe Riddle 3 10 3.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Stefon Diggs 4 44 11.0 1 Daniel Adams 3 101 33.6 1 Brandon Ross 2 83 41.5 1 Wes Brown 1 10 10.0 0 Deon Long 1 9 9.0 0 Tyler Cierski 1 1 1.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Andrew Zeller 2 0 Mike Madaras 1 0 Silvano Altamirano 1 0 Ryan Doyle 1 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Brad Craddock 1/1 5/5 8 30

Iowa Hawkeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jake Rudock 24/35 295 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Damon Bullock 31 192 6.1 4 Jake Rudock 4 4 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Ray Hamilton 7 59 8.4 1 Kevonte Martin Manley 6 100 16.6 0 Damon Bullock 5 42 8.4 0 Tevaun Smith 2 36 18.0 0 Damond Powell 2 22 11.0 0 Jacob Hilyer 1 34 34.0 0 Adam Cox 1 2 2.0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Curtis Carr 0/0 5/5 5 0

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Around the Nation – Week 5
Upsets

Mississippi 10 - #2 Alabama 6
Tennessee 36 - #14 LSU 17

Big10

#18 Maryland 38 - #21 Iowa 35
Wisconsin 33 - Bowling Green 0
Michigan State 31 - Eastern Michigan 21
Minnesota 41 - Purdue 10
#24 Illinois 17 - Cincinnati 14
Indiana 41 - Northwestern 16
#5 Nebraska 24 - Rutgers 16
#15 Michigan 41 -#9 Notre Dame 14

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Matchup Preview *|* October 4, 2014
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Florida State Seminoles (2-2, 0-2 Away)		#16 Maryland Terrapins (4-0, 1-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 28.0 Points Per Game 41.3 351.0 Total Offensive Yards 478.0 209.3 Rushing Yards 226.5 141.8 Passing Yards 251.5 Defensive Stats Comparison 406.5 Total Yards Allowed 382.3 182.8 Rushing Yards Allowed 85.3 223.8 Passing Yards Allowed 297.0 -4 Turnover Differential 2 Injury Report C Alex Barron (SEA) LE Quinton Jefferson (3 Weeks) Game Notes Florida State has lost two straight, on the road, against top 10 ranked opponents, so it's hard to judge them by their 2-2 record coming into this game on the road against #16 Maryland. Maryland comes off a come-from-behind victory at Iowa a week ago, and looks to keep their hot season going. If CJ Brown, Brandon Ross, and Stefon Diggs can stay on the field they could cause lots of issues for the Seminole defense. In an interesting side story, Brian Abernathy was turned down in his bid to become offensive coordinator at Florida State two years ago, instead landing with Texas State.

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Seminoles Chop Terrapins, End Losing Streak
Stefon Diggs sets record in loss

Florida State may have come in 2-2, but they were anything close to a .500 team, after barely losing the previous two weeks on the road at #6 Virginia Tech in overtime, and #7 Louisville in regulation, and they showed that, knocking Maryland from the ranks of the unbeaten 43-40.

Despite Stefon Diggs huge game, setting a Maryland school record with 4 touchdown receptions, and CJ Brown throwing for over 400 yards, the Terrapins were unable to pull through to beat the Seminoles.

Not that they didn't have a chance. While trailing 36-33, Maryland was driving for a chance to at least tie the game up, but CJ Brown was hit at the 19 and fumbled. Four plays later James Wilder broke free for a 56 yard touchdown, icing the game for Florida State.

Maryland would score once more, but were unable to recover the onsides kick, and FSU held on to take the win.

"It was a tough game, but we fought hard. We just came up short." said Randy Edsall.

It gets no easier next week, as Maryland takes to the road for a visit to Camp Randall Stadium to take on the Wisconsin Badgers.

Florida State Seminoles at Maryland Terrapins
Oct 4, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Florida State Seminoles (2-2)	7	7	15	14	43
#16 Maryland Terrapins (4-0)	3	16	7	14	40

Team Stats Comparison
	FSU	MD
Total Offense	519	611
Rushing Yards	186	176
Passing Yards	333	435
First Downs	17	28
Punt Return Yards	0	5
Kick Return Yards	56	89
Total Yards	575	705
Turnovers	2	4
3rd Down Converstion	8-12	3-5
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	1-1	0-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-5-0	9-5-2
Penalties	8-80	5-39
Posession Time	12:51	19:09

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		FSU	MD
5:37	(FSU) Lawrence, 7 Yard Pass from Winston	7	0
3:33	(MD) Craddock, 20 Yard Field Goal	7	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		FSU	MD
6:49	(MD) Craddock, 31 Yard Field Goal	7	6
3:41	(FSU) Greene, 7 Yard pass from Winston	14	6
1:41	(MD) Long, 7 Yard Pass from Hills	14	12
0:27	(MD) Diggs, 8 Yard pass from Brown	14	19
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		FSU	MD
6:45	(FSU) Wilder, 15 Yard pass from Winston	22	19
3:38	(MD) Diggs, 2 Yard Pass from Brown	22	26
2:37	(FSU) Wilder, 3 Yard Run	29	26
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		FSU	MD
6:31	(FSU) Wilder, 1 Yard Run	36	26
3:38	(MD) Diggs, 14 Yard pass from Brown	36	33
0:39	(FSU) Wilder, 56 Yard Run	43	33
0:04	(MD) Diggs, 1 Yard Run	43	40

Florida State Seminoles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jameis Winston 22/30 333 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD James Wilder 27 181 6.7 3 Jamies Winston 3 -1 -0.3 0 Bob Lawrence 1 6 6.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Rashad Greene 6 100 16.6 1 James Wilder 6 85 14.1 1 Kelvin Benjamin 5 67 13.4 0 Christian Green 1 36 36. 0 Isaiah Jones 1 15 15. 0 Jeremy Kerr 1 13 13.0 0 Devonta Freeman 1 10 10.0 0 Bob Lawrence 1 7 7.0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Roberto Aguayo 0/0 5/5 5 0

Maryland Terrapins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT CJ Brown 24/32 428 4 2 Perry Hills 1/1 7 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD CJ Brown 22 46 2.0 0 Brandon Ross 8 72 9.0 0 Wes Brown 4 50 12.5 0 Tyler Cierski 2 8 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Stefon Diggs 8 112 14.0 4 Brandon Ross 6 94 15.6 0 Deon Long 5 1`22 24.4 1 Wes Brown 3 57 19.0 0 Daniel Adams 2 33 16.5 0 PJ Gallo 1 17 17.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Ryan Doyle 0 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Brad Craddock 2/2 4/4 10 32

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Around the Nation – Week 6
Upsets

Utah 41 - #5 Oregon 36
#19 LSU 40 - #8 Florida 15
Florida State 43 - #16 Maryland 40

Big10

#16 Maryland 40 - Florida State 43
#1 Ohio State 35 - #4 Nebraska 16
Minnesota 22 - Iowa 6
#13 Michigan 56 - Mid Tennessee State 17
Indiana 35 - Purdue 10
#22 Illinois 28 - Rutgers 21
Penn State 38 - Wisconsin 37
Michigan State 35 - Northwestern 28

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Matchup Preview *|* October 11, 2014
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#22 Maryland Terrapins (4-1, 3-0 Away)		Wisconsin Badgers (3-2, 3-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 41.0 Points Per Game 27.8 504.6 Total Offensive Yards 414.6 216.4 Rushing Yards 211.0 288.2 Passing Yards 203.6 Defensive Stats Comparison 409.6 Total Yards Allowed 329.6 105.4 Rushing Yards Allowed 163.8 304.2 Passing Yards Allowed 165.8 1 Turnover Differential -1 Injury Report LE Quinton Jefferson (2 Weeks) LE James Adeyanju (2 Weeks) Game Notes Wisconsin has been a Jekyll and Hyde this season, 3-0 at home, and 0-2 on the road. Luckily for them #22 Maryland comes to Camp Randall this week. Maryland has not lost on the road this year either, so something will have to give. Can Maryland rebound after their first loss of the season to Florida State at home last week? CJ Brown will have to be better. His three turnovers cost Maryland the game. If we see the CJ of the first 4 wins, Maryland should be able to roll.