It seems that it's time for me to eat my words. On the topic of this weekend's football game against the Virginia Cavaliers, on Friday I wrote - "at least we'll be done by 7pm, which is plenty enough time to...watch the Terrapin football team wallop UVA."

Yep, I said "wallop." Seemed like an appropriate usage at the time; the Terps were sitting on the verge of being ranked after coming off two upset wins over Top 25 teams and UVA was just demolished by Duke... that's Duke as in the same team that had a 25-game ACC losing streak until last week's win over UVA.

Unfortunately, I can't get into specifics of the Terrapins' cavalier effort because I didn't actually get to watch the game. I owe that pleasure to our region's terrible TV coverage (Comcast - if you tell us over the phone that you're going to carry ESPNU, how about you step up to the plate and actually produce something?). But to be honest, I think it's something I could have missed. Did we really need to watch the Terps fail to convert on 70% of their third-downs? Or let up 31 points while leaving a big old goose egg on the scoreboard? I don't think so. Although, speaking for myself, I am intrigued to see just how one would go about booting an on-sides kick a total of four yards...

On the missed on-sides kick:

"Obi (Egekeze) kicks that thing perfectly every time in practice. I was caught in a situation with the ball on the 45 and we were going to kick it and get it on the 20. How much are we going to gain there? I figured we'd try the dribbler, which I think is one of the tougher returns to get if you hit it right. We missed the ball. It wasn't our night." -Terrapins' Head Coach Ralph Friedgen

The bottom line is that it used to be exciting watching the Terrapin Football team, knowing that they were full of surprises. The sad part now, is anything that was surprising has now become routine. We consistently play to the level of our competition, whether it be up (Cal, Clemson) or down (Middle Tennessee, Virginia).

Fridge has got to do something to get this team motivated to win, every game, and he's got two weeks to do it before the Terps take on Wake Forest. You can read the rest of Fridge's thoughts on the game here.

Sorry if I seem a little aggravated, I'm a Cubs fan too.