Happy Friday to one and all. The Terps are off this Saturday Instead of looking forward to the football game tomorrow, I am still looking back at Terps trip to WVU.
By the way, remember to check out the radio show TerpTalk tomorrow (Saturday) as I will be on with Mr. TerpTalk Bruce Posner. You can listen on 1580am in the DC market or over the internet at www.terptalk.com. The show is at 8 in the morning.
In the last post, I wrote that there is something that the Terps could have done when faced with the fastest and best receivers in the country. So I am going to ask my alter ego, Wayne “the fan” to take a shot at answering how can we cover a guy as good as Tavon Austin.
I believe that Maryland has one athlete that can cover a Tavon Austin. The only player the Terps have that has the speed and moves to cover Austin is Stefon Diggs. Hey, I know Diggs is a wide receiver for Maryland and only a freshmen.
Here is my point, Diggs played defensive back for Good Counsel. If I recall he was pretty good. If the Terps are serious about giving opposing teams a look that they did not expect, having Diggs line up across from Austin and chase him all over the field is that look.
And another thing. Although Diggs caught 3 passes and two went for touchdowns, why didn’t he get the ball more? There were quite a few offensive plays that the Terps went heavy jumbo, that is 3 tight ends. One of the tight ends, Devonte Campbell was split out as a wide receiver. Diggs was not even on the field.
So if you are going to use Diggs once in a while as a receiver and as a kick returner, what is wrong with using him to help a defense that can not keep up with Tavon Austin?
Thanks for reading the Wayne “the fan” rant of the day.
The best call of the game in the play-by-play is (sorry to say) the Hills fumble that went for a WVU touchdown. Here is a clip of that call – Further down the page is the WVU highlights package from the last week.
WVU Highlights