How Maryland football could beat Ohio State

Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images The Terrapins are rightfully huge underdogs. But if they’re to pull off a massive upset, this is how it will happen. When Maryland walks into Ohio Stadium for a noon kickoff against No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus this Saturday (Big Ten Network or BTN2Go), the Terps will be lugging with them a two-game blowout streak and four-touchdown underdog label. That’s because the Buckeyes are one of the country’s best teams while Maryland, most generously put, is not. You’ll read a lot this week, both here and elsewhere, about Maryland’s disadvantages. That’s how it should be, because writing should always be faithful to its subject matter. And this has every appearance of highly lopsided subject matter. But this is a different kind of post. This is how Maryland wins on Saturday, in a game it has no real business winning. Many of the items laid out below are unlikely to happen in their own right, let alone in concert…

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