Minnesota Vs. Maryland 2024: Media Predictions

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Game 8 predictions, let's go

Picks and Parlays has Maryland winning 24-21
This game is expected to be closely contested, with both sides looking to improve their records. The Terrapins will be driven to capitalize on their recent momentum, while the Gophers aim to defend their home turf. Expect a tight battle, but for the Terrapins to leave with the win.

Dimers’ model has Minnesota winning the game 26-22
We have simulated the result of Maryland vs. Minnesota 10,000 times as part of our college football predictions coverage. Our leading predictive model gives Minnesota a 62% chance of defeating Maryland.

College Football Network is predicting a 33-31 Maryland victory
 


IceBoxGopher said:
Game 8 predictions, let's go

Picks and Parlays has Maryland winning 24-21
This game is expected to be closely contested, with both sides looking to improve their records. The Terrapins will be driven to capitalize on their recent momentum, while the Gophers aim to defend their home turf. Expect a tight battle, but for the Terrapins to leave with the win.
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I always get a kick out of stuff like this. Maryland's recent momentum is a late game TD to win at home against USC. Not really sure escaping at home qualifies as momentum....

Not surprised to see a close game predicted, a little surprised to see some coming in for Maryland though given that our pass D is a strong point of our defense and it is all that Maryland does well on offense. Plus we are at home and coming off back to back wins and a bye week.
 

How has Maryland's defense looked? Are they a run stopper? Could be a good game to reestablish our identity as a solid run team and bleed some clock if we can build up a couple score lead
 

mngg11 said:
How has Maryland's defense looked? Are they a run stopper? Could be a good game to reestablish our identity as a solid run team and bleed some clock if we can build up a couple score lead
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Sounds ideal. 👍
 


mngg11 said:
How has Maryland's defense looked? Are they a run stopper? Could be a good game to reestablish our identity as a solid run team and bleed some clock if we can build up a couple score lead
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Looking at their stats their defense has not been good but their pass defense has been way worse then their run defense. Statistically they are one of the worst defenses in the conference to date.
 


MNVCGUY said:
I always get a kick out of stuff like this. Maryland's recent momentum is a late game TD to win at home against USC. Not really sure escaping at home qualifies as momentum....

Not surprised to see a close game predicted, a little surprised to see some coming in for Maryland though given that our pass D is a strong point of our defense and it is all that Maryland does well on offense. Plus we are at home and coming off back to back wins and a bye week.
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And here I thought scoring in the last minute at home to beat USC would be considered a pretty nice win and might give a team (and it's field-storming fans?) a boost.
 




bleedsmaroonandgold said:
Put on your maroon and gold glasses! Ours was awesome: there's was unimpressive.
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Do you or Mr. Monikers remember how we looked in the first half against UCLA? Quite the boost we got from knocking off USC the week before.

If anything the win is more likely to give them a similar hangover as opposed to a boost. But hey, don't let me get in the way of the negativity.
 

Hates Monikers said:
And here I thought scoring in the last minute at home to beat USC would be considered a pretty nice win and might give a team (and it's field-storming fans?) a boost.
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I'm sure it gave them a boost but I'm not so sure about momentum.
 

mngg11 said:
How has Maryland's defense looked? Are they a run stopper? Could be a good game to reestablish our identity as a solid run team and bleed some clock if we can build up a couple score lead
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I'd say that they're decent against the run, not the best, but maybe a little better than us. Given how anemic our rushing attack has been against conference teams (except USC), they'll probably limit our yards. They're also not so great at running the ball.

This is a matchup of their strength (passing offense) against our strength (passing defense). Like ours, their defense is pretty good at getting turnovers but our defense has more interceptions. They're higher scoring than us but give up more points. I'd like to see us score more than last game (21 points). If we can get to 27, I feel pretty good about our chances.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Not surprised to see a close game predicted, a little surprised to see some coming in for Maryland though given that our pass D is a strong point of our defense and it is all that Maryland does well on offense.
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Another Koi INT?
 




College Football News has Minnesota winning the game, 24-20
You know how this works.

Minnesota will be relatively painful offensively, and the defense will be just okay with lots and lots of bending - it’s not good enough on third downs - and then it’ll come down to a few big plays late.

Maryland doesn’t have the running game to hammer away, and all the yards coming in the passing attack won’t be enough to pull this off.

Clutch Points is picking Minnesota in the game
Maryland is riding high after their victory over USC and has a matchup with No. 1 Oregon on the horizon. It feels like a perfect spot where Minnesota catches them off guard here and runs away with the game at home. Minnesota's defense should shut down Maryland in this game and cover the four-point spread.
 

mngg11 said:
How has Maryland's defense looked? Are they a run stopper? Could be a good game to reestablish our identity as a solid run team and bleed some clock if we can build up a couple score lead
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Maryland defense has surrendered a combined 107 in their last three games. Doesn't seem like they're stopping anything.
 


The Daily Gopher (SB Nation) is predicting a 28-20 Minnesota win
It’s difficult to know what to make of this Maryland team. They had a disastrous performance at home against a bad Northwestern team. The Terps outgained the Wildcats 355-283 but turned the ball over four times and lost 37-10.

The next week, they were able to rally from a 21-7 halftime deficit to beat USC, 29-28, on a last second touchdown. I think Maryland will play Minnesota tough, but the Gophers are rounding into form and should be healthy coming off the bye week.

Stat Salt is picking Maryland to win
Minnesota’s offense has not been very good this year. They are averaging just 25 points per game. Their defense has kept them in games this year, but Maryland’s offense is sneaky good. The pass first offense can explode for big plays and long touchdowns and I think that will happen in this outing.

The Terrapins will win this game close thanks to a couple of key throws from quarterback Billy Edwards Jr., who is one of the best offensive players in this game. I expect the Terrapins to go on the road and beat a Minnesota team that can’t score in bunches.

Predict Em is taking Maryland in the game
Personally, I think that the passing offense of Maryland is going to be too much to handle for Minnesota. Their pass defense statistics are skewed by games against Iowa and Michigan, two teams who run the ball at will.

In the game against Iowa, Minnesota only had to defend 19 pass attempts but were gutted for 272 rushing yards. I expect Maryland to jump out early and do not trust the Gopher offense to keep pace.
 


IceBoxGopher said:
Predict Em is taking Maryland in the game
Personally, I think that the passing offense of Maryland is going to be too much to handle for Minnesota. Their pass defense statistics are skewed by games against Iowa and Michigan, two teams who run the ball at will.

In the game against Iowa, Minnesota only had to defend 19 pass attempts but were gutted for 272 rushing yards. I expect Maryland to jump out early and do not trust the Gopher offense to keep pace.
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So I can get dinging our pass D a little for going against Michigan and Iowa who admittedly are not good passing teams......but not sure why you would pick the Iowa game and just ignore the USC game where our pass D held them to their lowest output of the season through the air.
 

The Star Tribune has Minnesota winning, 31-27
Since Fleck took over as Minnesota’s coach in 2017, the average winning score in the Gophers-Maryland matchup has been 40.8-21.4. That seems like a large margin this time for a pair of teams who seem to be evenly matched.

The Gophers have been slow starters this season, being outscored 21-12 in the first quarter, but have rebounded in the second (66-34) and fourth (62-23). They’ve rallied behind Brosmer, but they don’t want to get into too much of a track meet with the Terps.

My expectation: The Gophers secondary faces its biggest challenge of the season in Edwards and his wideouts. Minnesota has just enough on offense and defense to win a tight game.

Gopher Illustrated (247 Sports) has Minnesota winning 27-24
Glass half-full scenario
Maryland is 15th in the Big Ten in penalty yards per game at 65 and penalties per game at 7.3. Minnesota's offense capitalizes on a couple of Terrapin miscues and FINALLY scores a touchdown in the first quarter, and if that happens, I'd about guarantee it's also because the offensive line doesn't commit a penalty and their pass-catchers don't have a drop.

The Gopher defense gets pressure around Edwards and turnovers occur. It's not a ton of points, but Gopher fans travel home happy. The Gophers win, 27-13.

Glass half-empty scenario
The offensive line struggles with missed assignments and Maryland can just pin their ears back on Brosmer. Billy Edwards and his two receivers go nuclear on a Gopher passing defense, and Maryland blocks a Minnesota kick. Maryland ruins Homecoming, 34-13.
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As always, the reality will be likely somewhere in between. And I'll say off a bye week, Minnesota figures some things out across the board, and wins on yet another Max Brosmer fourth-quarter drive.
 


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