THE PERTINENT INFO

When: Saturday, November 14, 2020
Where: Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium, College Park, MD
TV: 3:30 // BTN
Announcers: Lisa Byington, Matt Millen and Coley Harvey

This will be the seventh time Ohio State and Maryland (2–1) have faced each other in football. The Buckeyes hold a 6–0 advantage in the all-time series and are 3–0 when playing the Terrapins in College Park. Hopeful it will be 4–0 after Saturday. 

Mike Locksley's team is coming off of a stunning 35-19 defeat of Penn State in Happy Valley. The Terrapins have won consecutive Big Ten conference games in the same season for the first time in program history. Note, Maryland defeated Rutgers at to end the 2015 season and Purdue in the first game of the 2016 campaign.

Below, you will find some interesting facts about the teams, key offensive player stats, coach information, and team stats.

To Mute or Not To Mute?
An important public service announcement. The broadcast team of Lisa Byington and Matt Millen is arguably the worst duo in the history of football broadcasting. Don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic Mr. Millen was able to overcome his very serious health crisis. The reason you will want to mute your television and listen to the sweet baritone musings of Paul Keels is due to Lisa Byington.

How bad is she? Byington makes Beth Mowens sound like Gus Johnson. Do yourself a huge favor and mute that shit on Saturday. 

UPDATE: BTN has saved our ears. Brandon Gaudin, James Laurinaitis and Elise Menaker have been announced as the broadcast crew. This change provides us a little sunshine in this dark, dark year known as 2020. 

THE LAST TIME...

• Ohio State played Maryland, the Buckeyes cruised to a 73-14 win.
• This game was played in College Park, the Scarlet and Gray escaped with a 52-51 victory over the Terrapins.
• Ohio State played on November 14th was 2015. The team defeated Illinois, 28-3, in Memorial Stadium. 
• The Buckeyes played the 4th game of the year on the 14th of November was...never.
• The Scarlet and Gray lost the fourth game of the season was Oct. 2, 2004. Unranked Northwestern stunned No. 7 Ohio State 33-27 in OT.

ON THE HORIZON​

• The Buckeyes are going for their 20th straight regular-season win. The longest active streak in the country 
• Tuf Borland is three stops away from 200 career tackles.
• Pete Werner is three shy of 150 career tackles.
• Justin Fields is 313 yards away from passing Craig Krenzel for 11th on Ohio State's career passing yards list.

LET'S GO STREAKING

• The Buckeyes have 19 won straight regular-season games.
• Justin Fields has thrown a TD pass in 17 consecutive games.
• Garrett Wilson has broken the 100-yard receiving mark in three straight games.
• Ryan Day is 14–0 against Big Ten opponents.
• All of Day's conference wins have been by double digit margins.
• Justin Fields has completed at least 20 passes in four consecutive games. 

GET TO KNOW MARYLAND

• Maryland is located in College Park, MD.
• The university was established in 1856.  
• The Terrapins are in their 121st season of playing football. 
• The school's nickname was originally Old Liners, but was switched to Terrapins in 1932 by the football coach, Harry "Curley" Byrd.
• Maryland football started playing against high school teams in 1890 and 1891. The team was officially established in 1892.
• Notable alumni are: Jim Henson (liked shoving his hands up the butts of puppets), David Simon (Created The Wire), Larry David (Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm), Boomer Esiason (QB for the Bengals), Ed Snider (owner of the Flyers), Kevin Plank (Under Armour founder), ESPN reporters Bonnie Bernstein, Tim Kurkjian and Scott Van Pelt*, Carl Bernstein (Watergate journalist), Connie Chung (Maury's wife), Gayle King (Oprah's...friend).
  
  *Van Pelt attended, but did not graduate.

MARYLAND IN MUSIC AND FILM

Some famous musicians from Maryland are: Tori Amos, Toni Braxton, David Byrne, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Joan Jett and Frank Zappa. 

Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows is also from Maryland, which might be a reason for the song "Raining in Baltimore".

Did you know that Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) was a professional singer with the Baltimore Opera Company?  

"The Silence of the Lambs," starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins had many Maryland ties due to the FBI angle. Guillermo del Toro's won an Oscar for "The Shape of Water," a film set in 1962 Baltimore. Another movie set in 1962 Baltimore was "Hairspray".

Some action films based in Maryland are "Enemy of the State," "True Lies" and "Live Free or Die Hard". The supernatural independent film, "The Blair Witch Project" was set in Burkittsville, Maryland.

​TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

1. Garrett Wilson has three straight games of 100+ receiving yards. Who holds the Ohio State record with 5 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards?
2. Out of the 17 games Justin Fields has played 17 games in an Ohio State uniform, how many times has he thrown for 2 or more TDs in a game?
3. When was the last time the Buckeyes did not score 20 or more points in a game?

Answers at the bottom of today's article.

2020 Player Comparison

OFFENSIVE LEADERS
JUSTIN FIELDS	908 YDS // 11 TD // 0 INT	PASSING	TAULIA TAGOVAILOA	770 YDS // 6 TD // 4 INT
MASTER TEAGUE III	211 YDS // 4.5 YPC // 4 TD	RUSHING	JAKE FUNK	336 YDS //  7.8 YPC // 2 TD
GARRETT WILSON	344 YDS // 2 TD	RECEIVING	DONTAY DEMUS JR.	228 YDS // 2 TD
DEFENSIVE LEADERS
TUF BORALND	16	TACKLES	CHANCE CAMPBELL	34
TOMMY TOGIAI	3.0	SACKS	MOSIAH NASILI-KITE	2.0
MARCUS HOOKER	1	INTERCEPTIONS	KENNY BENNETT /// NICK CROSS	1
SPECIAL TEAMS
GARRETT WILSON	10.7 YPR	PUNT RETURNER	JESHAUN JONES	5.0
DEMARIO McCALL	14.0 YPR	KICKOFF RETURN	ISAIAH JACOBS	16.3
DRUE CHRISMAN	41.6	PUNTING	ANTHONY PECORELLA	38.1
6		EDGE	4

 

THE COACHES

Ryan Day

• 19–1 (.950) at Ohio State
• 19–1 (.950) overall

Day's hometown is Manchester, NH. He attended Manchester High School and attended college at New Hampshire. Day has been in coaching for 19 years and is Ohio State's 25th head coach. 

Last season, Ryan Day and the Buckeyes outscored their opponents 656-192. That is an average victory of 47-14. 

After 20 games with Day as head coach, Ohio State is beating teams by an average score of 48-16. He has the program record for points scored after his first 20 games with 964. The Buckeyes are outscoring their opponents by a whopping 641 points under Day. 

Ryan Day and Urban Meyer are the only coaches in program history to start their careers with 16 straight consecutive victories. Meyer won 24 straight between 2012 and 2013. 

Mike Locksley

• 6–15 (.286) at Maryland (3rd year)
• 8–41 (.163) overall as a college head coach (6th year)
• 4–14 (.222) against B1G opponents

As a child, Locksley lived in the inner-city of Washington D.C. He played safety and cornerback at Towson State and was named the Tigers' Defensive Player of the Year as a senior.

At the start of his coaching career, Locksley was an assistant for Towson state, Maryland, Florida and Illinois. He was on the Illini staff when they came to Columbus and upset the Buckeyes in 2007. In December of 2008, Locksley was named the head coach of New Mexico. The Lobos were 2-26 with him in control.

After being let go, Locksley returned to Maryland where he was named the interim head coach after Randy Edsall was fired the day after Ohio State beat the Terrapins in October of 2015. In March of 2016, Locksley was hired by Alabama as an offensive analyst and won a national championship with the Tide. He earned the Broyles Award after the 2018 season. In December of 2018, Locksley was named the 21st head coach of Maryland.

CLIFF CLAVEN'S LITTLE KNOWN FACTS CORNER

• 1......INT for Justin Fields in his 12 B1G games.
• 3......touchdown receptions for Jeremy Ruckert this season.
• 5......TD passes for Fields against Rutgers.
• 8.......number of Buckeye national championships.
• 10.....games in which Justin Fields has rushed and passed for a touchdown.
• 10.....straight road wins over AP ranked teams for the Buckeyes.
• 11.....touchdowns and incompletions for Justin Fields this year.
• 14.....consecutive conference wins for Ohio State.
• 16.....night game victories for the Buckeyes in Ohio Stadium.
• 18.....times Ohio State has finished a season with at least 11 wins.
• 19.....consecutive regular-season wins for the Scarlet and Gray.
• 21.....straight home wins for the Buckeyes
• 24.....bowl wins for Ohio State.
• 25.....Ryan Day is the program's 25th head coach.
• 34.....victories for the Buckeyes when GameDay is at the game.
• 35.....true road game victories for the Scarlet and Gray since 2012.
• 38.....the number of Big Ten titles the football team has won.
• 46.....returning letterman are on the 2020 roster. 
• 48.....number of times Ohio State has been at the site of College GameDay.
• 51.....B1G wins for the Scarlet and Gray since 2014.
• 55.....yards Sevyn Banks ran on his scoop and score against Nebraska.
• 84.....Buckeyes selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
• 87.....Consensus All-Americans.
• 90.....this will be the 90th time Ohio State has played in a night game. 
• 99.....this is the 99th season the Scarlet and Gray have played in Ohio Stadium.
• 151...the number of years The Ohio State University has been in the education business.
• 300...Fields has thrown for over 300 yards in five of his last eight games.
• 452...victories for the Buckeyes in Ohio Stadium.
• 607...offensive TDs by the Scarlet and Gray since 2012, best in the nation.
• 632...receiving yards for Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson this year.
• 905...times Ohio State has been ranked in the AP poll.
• 927...number of official wins for the program (we know it's actually 939).

2019 Statistical Comparison

OFFENSE
46.3	5th	POINTS FOR	27.7	72nd
208.7	27th	RUSHING OFFENSE	156.0	69th
302.7	20th	PASSING OFFENSE	273.0	31st
511.3	13th	TOTAL OFFENSE	429.0	45th
.581	5th	3rd DOWNS	.429	46th
.833	73rd	RED ZONE	.750	91st
DEFENSE
23.0	28th	POINTS ALLOWED	35.3	87th
131.7	42nd	RUSH DEFENSE	227.0	108th
224.3	50th	PASS DEFENSE	247.0	77th
137.1	62nd	PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE	132.1	54th
356.0	31st	TOTAL DEFENSE	474.0	104th
.389	55th	3rd DOWNS	.468	98th
.909	95th	RED ZONE	.867	78th
SPECIAL TEAMS
7.2	56th	PUNT RETURN	5.0	70th
11.4	117th	KICKOFF RETURN	15.3	110th
31.9	117th	NET PUNTING	36.5	84th
MISCELLANEOUS
+1.0	13th	TURNOVER MARGIN	-0.7	95th
7.0	82nd	PENALTIES	8.0	97th
14		EDGE	4

TODAY'S TRIVIA ANSWERS

Garrett Wilson has three straight games of 100+ receiving yards. Who holds the Ohio State record with 5 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards?

Answer: During the 1986 season, Cris Carter went over 100 yards against Purdue, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern and Wisconsin.

Out of the 17 games Justin Fields has played 17 games in an Ohio State uniform, how many times has he thrown for 2 or more TDs in a game?

Answer: 16. In the CFP Semifinal against Clemson, Fields had 1 TD pass. Yes, Fields has thrown a TD pass in every game he has played as a Buckeye.

When was the last time the Buckeyes did not score 20 or more points in a game?

Answer: September 9, 2017. Oklahoma beat Ohio State 31-16 in Columbus.

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