Ah, it's the annual Saturday traditionalist Ohio State fans love to know: The one where their school's football team faces off against a four-loss team with a turtle as a mascot.
The only turtles I recognize live in a sewer, fight crime, and train in karate under a sensei who is also a rat.
There are only five positive things to say about Maryland on a day:
- It's not Rutgers.
- The Wire.
- It gave Penn State a natural rival.
- It hosts the Naval Academy.
- Its government was smart enough not to secede during the Civil War despite large swaths of its population thinking slavery was actually cool and good and demanding it join a rebellion doomed to failure.
If you think eating crabs scraped from the disgusting-ass Atlantic Ocean is good, please move to Maryland and never talk to me or my mediocre son ever again.
Maryland may not be Rutgers, but its elders still watched Urban Meyer napalm Michigan's defense in 2015 and said, "We gotta get the guy who masterminded that disaster!"
The Terrapins will never be elite, but at least those Big Ten checks cashed and rescued them from bankruptcy. They did bring valuable East Coast TVs, though, which is grand until the sports-cable bubble bursts.
At least their players get to play in front of a sold-out stadium for the first time since 2014.
Today's slate is bad. USC at Washington should be fun, though.
TIME (ET) | MATCHUP | FAVORITE | TELEVISION |
---|---|---|---|
12:00 | BAYLOR at No. 11 OKLAHOMA | OU (-18) | ESPN2 |
12:00 | MISSISSIPPI STATE at No. 1 ALABAMA | BAMA (-28½) | ESPN |
12:00 | No. 16 WEST VIRGINIA at TEXAS | UT (-1½) | FS1 |
12:00 | No. 10 PENN STATE at INDIANA | PSU (-7½) | ABC |
3:30 | No. 9 AUBURN at GEORGIA | AUB (-10) | CBS |
3:30 | PITTSBURGH at No. 2 CLEMSON | CLEM (-21½) | ABC |
3:30 | GEORGIA TECH at No. 14 VIRGINIA TECH | TECH (-14½) | ESPNU |
3:30 | ILLINOIS at No. 7 WISCONSIN | UW (-25) | ESPN2 |
3:30 | TEXAS TECH at No. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE | OSU (-12½) | FS1 |
7:00 | No. 24 LOUISIANA STATE at No. 25 ARKANSAS | LSU (-6½) | ESPN |
7:00 | WAKE FOREST at No. 6 LOUISVILLE | UL (-35½) | ESPN2 |
7:30 | No. 20 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA at No. 4 WASHINGTON | UW (-8½) | FOX |
8:00 | No. 3 MICHIGAN at IOWA | UM (-22½) | ABC |
10:00 | No. 12 COLORADO at ARIZONA | UC (-16) | FS1 |
10:30 | CALIFORNIA at No. 23 WASHINGTON STATE | WSU (-15½) | ESPN |
Would be hilarious to see Iowa dump Michigan, but I'm not betting on it. I think the Wolverines put a clown suit on the Hawkeyes.
THE TERRAPIN DOSSIER. Here's everything you need to know about Maryland:
- Preview
- Roundtable
- Mailbag
- Trailer
- Game Poster
- Prognosticating
- Ohio State ruined the Maryland Movement.
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#PERTINENTWIRE. Sorry, Maryland fans, it's a new age in Baltimore. You just don't know it yet.
SCORE PREDICTION: 42-10, Buckeyes.
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