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Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson wanted to give Randy Edsall time to turn it around, but the lopsided losses kept coming.

The Randy Edsall era produced positive results on a number of levels, but it had become obvious to Terps athletic director Kevin Anderson and a lot of other people around the program that it was not going to produce a Big Ten Conference football power. Now, that responsibility reverts to Anderson

Whether he was coaching his final game at Maryland on Saturday afternoon, Randy Edsall and the Terps turned in an inspired performance in pushing the nation's top team on the road with a hostile sellout crowd in the stands.

Perry Hills has always played quarterback for Maryland with a chip on his shoulder. He was the true freshman in 2012 who was thrust into the starting role because of injury before an injury of his own sent him tumbling back down the depth chart. He fought his way back into the starting job in August before being pulled in the second game of the season.

If anything, Maryland¿s performance at Ohio State, in a convoluted way, justifies the decision to fire Randy Edsall.

There were two questions to go in the Maryland football team's postgame news conference after its 49-28 loss to No. 1 Ohio State.

Redshirt junior Perry Hills will start at quarterback for Maryland at No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday, a team spokesman confirmed.

Maryland will try to snap a two-game losing streak in which the combined score of the games was 73-6. Ohio State escaped with a 34-27 victory over Indiana a week ago and is trying to hit its stride.

After a week rife with uncertainty from who the starting quarterback will be to coach Randy Edsall's job status — Saturday could be his final game — Maryland faces its tallest challenge of the season at defending national champion Ohio State. The Buckeyes beat the Terps by 28 points last season. They've won 18 games in a row. They've won a record 25 regular season Big Ten Conference contests. Vaunted Ohio Stadium will be packed for a noon kickoff with a homecoming crowd, and the

During the summer, Ohio State¿s three-way quarterback battle dominated headlines. Who would win the job? Was Braxton Miller going to switch positions? Was Cardale Jones¿ performance in the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff an anomaly? Would J.T. Barrett get reps?

Maybe the Terps are simply a year away from turning a corner. But it seems obvious from the rumblings around campus that the administration has figured out that Randy Edsall is not the guy to turn the Terps into an upper-level Big Ten machine. The first question, of course, is whether that is even realistic.

Bill Rabinowitz is the Ohio State football beat writer for the Columbus Dispatch. He's also the author of a book about the Buckeyes' 2014 national championship season titled "The Chase: How Ohio State Captured the First College Football Playoff." With Maryland set to play at the No. 1 Buckeyes for Ohio State's homecoming game Saturday, he was kind enough to answer a few questions to preview the game.

Much has changed since September 2011.

Anytime an athletic director offers a vote of confidence for a coach whose job is in jeopardy usually means one thing: the coach is about to get fired.

Edsall has reached for one of America's great 21st-century philosophers

The Terps rank 103rd in the country among 127 Football Bowl Subdivision teams with 169.8 passing yards per game. The 15 interceptions are the most by any FBS team and Rowe has thrown more interceptions (12) than all but one team, Miami of Ohio, despite starting only three games and appearing in 12 of the team's 20 quarters.

After two straight blowout defeats and amid a report that his firing is imminent, Maryland coach Randy Edsall reiterated comments he made earlier in the week ahead of Saturday's matchup at No. 1 Ohio State.

When Maryland named Keith Dudzinski its defensive coordinator and started its shift to the 4-3 defense, defensive tackle Azubuike Ukandu saw his opening to make an impact along the defensive line. The junior from Towson had played in the same alignment during his high school career, and when the Terps started installing the scheme after three seasons in the 3-4 defense, it was a natural fit for him. He earned the backup spot behind sophomore David Shaw after preseason camp, and when Shaw was

Brandon Ross didn't know how close he was to another career milestone Wednesday, so he was surprised to hear he's only 13 yards away from becoming the 12th running back in Maryland history to rush for more than 2,000 yards.

Maryland coached Randy Edsall addressed his job security Tuesday ahead of the Terps' contest at No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday. Maryland has lost its past two games by a combined score of 73-6 and has little clarity at the quarterback position.

Maryland coached Randy Edsall addressed his job security Tuesday ahead of the Terps' contest at No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday. Maryland has lost its past two games by a combined score of 73-6 and has little clarity at the quarterback position.

Maryland¿s quarterback decision is going to be a gametime decision at No. 1 Ohio state on Saturday. That much is certain after coach Randy Edsall met with the media Tuesday. The much larger unknown is who the starter will be against the Buckeyes.

In Maryland's first two losses of the season, there was a distinct common thread between the Terps' efficiency on third down: The Terps defense couldn't get off the field, and the offense couldn't extend drives to keep them off of it. In Saturday's 28-0 loss to Michigan, the defense finally held consistently on third down and allowed the Wolverines to convert only 5 of 17 third-down attempts, which was the best mark for Maryland since the season opener against Richmond. But the offense didn't

Daxx Garman, Perry Hills and Caleb Rowe were listed as co-starters at quarterback on the depth chart released by Maryland ahead of Saturday¿s matchup at No. 1 Ohio State.

Sophomore Jalen Brooks, who won the starting job at strong side linebacker in camp, shifted over to the weak side after the injuries, and senior Avery Thompson entered Maryland's 28-0 loss to Michigan on the strong side. Randy Edsall said he thinks the Terps will keep that linebacker alignment.

Maryland's starting quarterback job is still up in the air, and a decision on the starter for Saturday's road matchup at No. 1 Ohio State might not be made until game time

The offense managed just 105 total yards behind quarterbacks Caleb Rowe and Daxx Garman, and the defense bent before later breaking.

Maryland outside linebacker Jefferson Ashiru and defensive tackle David Shaw will miss the rest of the season with injuries, coach Randy Edsall announced after the game.

It's pretty obvious that the Randy Edsall Era is on life support.

For the second straight week, starting quarterback Caleb Rowe was turning the ball over too many times for coach Randy Edsall. So in the third quarter of a big loss, Edsall once again pulled the redshirt junior in favor for backup Daxx Garman.

Maryland was thrashed by West Virginia last week, 45-6, in the third-worst loss of coach Randy Edsall's tenure in College Park. This weekend's task doesn't get any easier with the resurgent No. 22 Michigan coming to town after a 31-0 blowout win over BYU last week.

Michigan hit a low under former coach Brady Hoke last season. The Wolverines went 5-7 and missed a bowl game for the first time since 2009. Despite pulling in touted recruiting classes, Michigan's win total dropped in each of his four seasons. And though his fate might have already been sealed when Maryland traveled to Ann Arbor, Mich., last November and left the Big House with a 23-16 victory, Hoke's hapless clock management against the Terps provided a lasting image of the end of his tenure.

In Maryland¿s 45-6 loss to West Virginia, coach Randy Edsall and the rest of the Terps coaching staff got their first look at backup quarterback Daxx Garman after starter Caleb Rowe¿s four-interception performance.

With a rainy, windy day forecasted for Saturday because of Hurricane Joaquin, Maryland and Michigan could be forced to take the ball out of their quarterbacks' hands and place it firmly in the bellies of their running backs.

With a rainy, windy day forecasted for Saturday because of Hurricane Joaquin, Maryland and Michigan could be forced to take the ball out of their quarterbacks¿ hands and place it firmly in the bellies of their running backs.

The rain from Hurricane Joaquin that¿s expected for Maryland¿s game against Michigan on Saturday is nothing new for coach Randy Edsall and the Terps. They¿ve already experienced a weather delay in a loss to Bowling Green on Sept. 12. Quarterback Caleb Rowe led Maryland to a rain-soaked win over Virginia two years ago. Even Edsall¿s Terps debut more four years ago against Miami was a dreary affair. Byrd Stadium didn¿t even have turf then, either.

Evan Mulrooney's assessment of his training camp battle for Maryland's starting center job could be scaled out to describe his whole career with the Terps.

Maryland coach Randy Edsall praised his players Thursday for taking initiative and trying to reset themselves to get ready for Saturday¿s game against Michigan.

Saturday night's game against Michigan kicks off Maryland's second season in the Big Ten Conference, but it also begins a daunting stretch of games that could prove telling about the course of the Terps' season. After playing No. 22 Michigan, Maryland has matchups at No. 1 Ohio State, versus Penn State in Baltimore, at 4-0 Iowa, versus No. 19 Wisconsin, at No. 2 Michigan State and versus 4-0 Indiana before finishing up with a Thanksgiving weekend tilt against a discombobulated Rutgers program.

Saturday night¿s game against Michigan kicks off Maryland¿s second season in the Big Ten Conference, but it also begins a daunting stretch of games that could prove telling about the course of the Terps¿ season.

With a nationally televised primetime Big Ten Conference opener against Michigan on deck Saturday, Maryland is once again dipping into its closet of Under Armour apparel for new threads. And this time, it¿s a new spin on a look that¿s become familiar over the past two years.

For the first time this season and only the fourth time under coach Randy Edsall, Maryland will take the field for a night game in its Big Ten Conference opener against No. 22 Michigan on Saturday.

The calendar turning over to October this week also marks a new leaf in Maryland¿s season. The Terps will host Michigan in their Big Ten Conference opener at what¿s expected to be a sold-out Byrd Stadium on Saturday night.

In the aftermath of its blowout loss at West Virginia, Maryland held a players-only meeting at 6:45 a.m. before Tuesday's practice in order to set the tone for the week of preparation for this weekend's Big Ten Conference opener against Michigan.

In the aftermath of its blowout loss at West Virginia, Maryland held a players-only meeting at 6:45 a.m. before Tuesday's practice in order to set the tone for the week of preparation for this weekend's Big Ten Conference opener against Michigan.

There were plenty of disparities from Maryland's 45-6 loss at West Virginia, starting with the score and working on down through total yards, plays and other various aspects of the game. And in his postgame press conference, coach Randy Edsall brought up on particular aspect unprompted: the Terps' inability to convert third and fourth downs against the Mountaineers defense. Maryland was 4 of 14 on third down conversions and failed twice on fourth down. West Virginia, meanwhile, was 9 of 16 on

Redshirt freshman Damian Prince, a former five-star recruit, will make his second straight start at right tackle against Michigan on Saturday, according to the Maryland depth chart, which was released Monday.

Maryland¿s 45-6 loss to West Virginia was coach Randy Edsall¿s third-worst and 15th of at least 20 points during his four-plus year tenure in College Park.

There were plenty of disparities from Maryland¿s 45-6 loss at West Virginia, starting with the score and working on down through total yards, plays, penalties and other various aspects of the game.

One game after he threw four interceptions and was pulled in the third quarter of a 45-6 loss to West Virginia, Caleb Rowe will start at quarterback for Maryland against Michigan in Saturday night's Big Ten Conference opener, coach Randy Edsall said Sunday.