Two weeks after playing its first game under new coach DJ Durkin before an announced 35,474 in College Park, and one week after playing a road game in a less-than-half-full Ocean Bank Field at Florida International, the Maryland football team might face its first taste of road rage Saturday.
According to Central Florida athletic director Danny White, there could be close to a sellout crowd at the 44,206-capacity Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando when the 2-0 Terps take on the 1-1 Knights. White said Thursday that fewer than 4,000 tickets remained for the game.
Durkin will look to see how his young team responds in a place that has been called “The Bouncehouse” and “The Trampoline,” for the way the stadium shakes when students jump to Zombie Nation’s song "Kernkraft 400.