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[QUOTE="dinosaurbbq, post: 1063756, member: 1333"]
The SB Nation preview has Maryland winning 7 or 8 games and possibly more, but I can't imagine that happening.

I think Maryland has a less than even chance of being .500 and going to a bowl game.

Schedule:
JMU
@ USF
WVU
@SU
@Indiana
Ohio St
Iowa
@ Wisconsin
@ Penn St.
Michigan State
@ Michigan
Rutgers

Certain wins -- 1 (JMU)
Likely wins -- 1 (Indiana)
Probable wins -- 2 (USF and Rutgers)
Toss up -- 1 (WVU)
Probable losses -- 1 (SU)
Likely losses -- 1 (Iowa)
Certain Losses 5 (Ohio St., Wisconsin, PSU, Michigan State, Michigan)

I think 5-7 is most likely and Edsall is on the hot seat.

Maryland has talent --- 1 great WR in Diggs, another very good one in Long, a decent RB in Ross, an experienced dual threat QB who ran for 700 and threw for 2200 yards, an experienced OL.  On D, they have an ok front 7, but the secondary is very shaky.  Talent is there to be .500 or above.  With all the injuries, they've got a lot of different players with experience and didn't lose a whole lot from last year to this year.

However, Maryland has an awful coach.  Edsall has been cursed with injuries, that much is true.  He's going to have to deal with injuries again this year, just like every team does and there aren't any breaks once the B1G conference schedule kicks in.  I don't think he's in the same league as the B1G coaching staffs he's going to face.  All of that is hard to say, because I think the B1G is nowhere near as good of a conference on the field as the ACC.  The trouble is that Maryland got a tough draw on the conference schedule and its Maryland's first year so there is no no past history with opponents.  Maryland's conference schedule is tougher this year than it was last year with Virginia, Wake, a down Va Tech, BC and NC State.
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