College Park, MD-- The Terrapins were able to pull off the upset Satruday as they beat Clemson by 3 points.  The double digit underdogs did enough to hold on to a lead obtained before half time.  This game had the opportunity to be put away much earlier than the last meaningful play of the game.  Fridge continues his streak of questionable play calling.  As a season ticket holder for the last 5 years, I have seen my fair share of interesting plays.  The second half of this game, however, took the cake.  After getting great feild position on a Clemson turnover Maryland had a chance to add to the 3 point lead.  Instead of sticking to the pretty balanced offense that was making stride all day, Fridge went to the bag of tricks.  Torrey Smith got the ball on a WR screen with decent blocking in front of him.  Instead of running, he looks to pass the ball down field.  The play resulted in Smith getting tackled for a loss of 7 yards.  This pushed them out of field goal range and they could not recover the yards on the next 2 downs. 

This was the first bone head call.  On a Terps possession in the 4th quarter, a nice run on 1st down by Chris Turner left them just shy of the first down.  Only needing less than a yard, Ralph calls two consecutive QB draws for no gain.  As time is running down on the play clock the Terps have to call a time out.  This is where you design the play and make sure everyone is on the same page.  Coming out of the timeout the players were so confused that the line did not get set until 5 seconds remained on the play clock.  The snap came off so fast without anyone really being set the Turner could not pick up the frist down.  There is no reason whatsoever that a team should be that disorganized after a time out.  This points to coaching, nothing else. 

The last Clemson drive was typical 4th quarter Terps defense.  The scheme known as "Prevent" only really does one thing.  Prevevnts you from winning the game.  It only took a small handfull of plays for Clemson to start what looked like a comeback drive.  There Terps were defending against a big play.  However, the Tigers were rattling off first down after first down.  Luckily for Terps fans everywhere, a fumble on 3rd down stopped what could have been a game tying drive.

Anyone that watches the Terps enough probably has the same frustration.  Fridge is starting to wear on his welcome.  The problem is, Fridge is one of the best coaches we have had in a long time.  This program could do better.  There has to be a way to go after Bill Cowher, Mike Shanahan, or any number of other coaches that are out there. 

With getting the win today the Terps improve to 2-3 on the year.  They will travel to Wake Forest next weekend.  Here's hoping to another upset win.