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Duke Game Recap Duke Game Recap Overall: Well I only got to listen to the first
half of the game on the radio, and what I heard I didn’t like. I do like that
the Terps went into half time and came out ready to play. The offense had
little trouble moving the ball, but those darn turnovers really annoyed me. With
that being said though, I think we need to realize that Joel is the man for 2004
so we might as well get behind him. The defense looked good and had it not been
for special teams, and Joel’s TD pass to the Dukies, the score would have been
55-7 (which would have sent more of a message to Ga. Tech). Game Highlights: The highlight of the game had to be
Vernon Davis’s performance. The kid played well. I am not sure when the last
time a Maryland TE scored 3 TD’s in one game, but I don’t think it has happened
recently. Game Lowlights: The low light again was turnovers. We
can get away with 3 turnovers against the likes of Northern Illinois, Temple,
and Duke, but we can not do that against Georgia Tech, NC State, Clemson, and
FSU. In fact in order to beat FSU we will have to play turnover free, I don’t
know if we are capable of that. Another low light was the kick off return for
Duke. We lucked out this time, but in a game like that, you don’t want to give
the opposition any momentum. Based on the post game press conference though,
the Fridge is going to address this issue. Game MVP: It looked like the Dukies had a nasty
case of V.D. on Saturday. So the MVP has to go to Vernon Davis and his 3 TD’s
and over 100 yards receiving (101, but over 100 yards sounds better). Joel is
an honorable mention, but I will never give the MVP to a player who turns the
ball over 3 times, unless his name is Chris Rix. Extra Points: Since no one from D-7 attended the Duke
game (nor did anyone else in North Carolina for that matter), there will be no
tailgate recap this week. In lieu of the tailgate recap I am unveiling a new
feature to the game recap. Being that traveling to Terp’s games, drinking for
12 hours and passing out by 9pm doesn’t really allow one to take in other
college football games, I am going to share my observations from my tailgate
free weekend. Here they are in no particular order:
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