By: Ethan Cadeaux @Ethan_301

For a 2nd straight week, Maryland Terrapins' head coach D.J. Durkin faced one of his previous mentors. And for a second straight week, their opponent slaughtered the Terps.

Ohio State caput motorbus Urban Meyer, who Durkin coached nether at the Academy of Florida, had his no. five ranked Buckeyes prepared for the Terps in all phases of the game. The Buckeyes dominated from the start, going on to win 62 to 3.

The Buckeyes dominated on the ground. Through the first half, they had 171 rushing yards. The Terps had just a mere five.

Three Buckeye running backs outrushed Maryland every bit a whole. Mike Weber had 93 yards, Demario McCall had 53, and J.T. Barrett totaled 47. The Terps finished with 43 rushing yards.

It was never close. This game was over shortly later on it started.

Maryland was without their all-time running back, equally freshman Lorenzo Harrison was suspended indefinitely on Saturday for violating a squad code. It would not have mattered on Saturday.

Ohio State scored 5 times via the ground, and iii times through the air.

The Terps? Iii total points.

The Buckeyes scored touchdowns on four of their first five drives. They only punted twice throughout the whole game, and scored points on 10 of their 14 drives.

"Our defense certainly has to play ameliorate," Durkin said. "It doesn't matter who we're playing, it matters almost the states. We have to get better."

Later on merely the second Terrapin bulldoze of the game, starting quarterback Perry Hills did not return due to injury. His original replacement, senior Caleb Rowe, was ineffective, throwing for merely 93 yards.

In the second half, freshman Tyrrell Pigrome led the Terrapin offense. Piggy was one-dimensional – he could non complete a pass anywhere remotely downwardly the field. The Buckeyes knew that, and kept the Terrapin offense stagnant throughout the afternoon.

It was simply an awful solar day all around for Maryland.

THREE TAKEAWAYS

  1. The Terps are even so very far from existence a practiced team.

    The Terps faced the 2 best teams in the Big X in consecutive weeks, and got blown out both times.While the winner of the Ohio Country-Michigan game will nigh likely be in the College Football Playoff, it would have been a good sign to encounter the Terps at least put up a fight against a tough opponent.

    They failed to do that in either game, and gave up 550-plus yards of total offense to both teams. That is not the recipe for how to knock off a top-five opponent.

  2. Maryland really could take used Dwayne Haskins and Keandre Jones today.

    The talk effectually College Park all of final year was how iv-star recruit Dwayne Haskins would be the respond to the revolving door at quarterback that has plagued Maryland for so many years.But all that changed when Haskins flipped his commitment from the Terps to Ohio Land just a couple weeks before National Signing day.

    Along with Haskins, four-star linebacker Keandre Jones flipped from Maryland to Ohio State as well. Just like that, the two pinnacle recruits in Maryland's 2022 course were gone.

    While neither 1 did much in the game (Haskins didn't run into the field), the Terps sure could take used these ii, whom many figure would take been day 1 starters had they kept their commitment to Maryland.

  3. Maryland'south defense needs assistance. Fast.

    For the second directly week, the Terps immune over 550 yards to their opponent. The Buckeyes totaled 650 yards, running for 253 and throwing for 328.After allowing 59 points a week ago, the Terps allowed 62 points on Saturday. You're not going to win very many games when allowing those numbers.

    "We accept to play harder," Durkin said. "We have to play faster, nosotros accept to tackle better and get stops."

    J. Durkin is regarded as one of the best defensive minds in college football, but his team is not reflecting that at all right now. This team may demand 2 or three of his recruiting classes earlier the defense is in the same breath as the ones he coached every bit an banana at Florida and Michigan.

WHAT'Southward NEXT?

Maryland travels to Nebraska next week to face a 7-2 Cornhuskers squad. Hey, at least the Terps get Rutgers later that!