Maryland football coach Mike Locksley’s return to Illinois, where he spent three seasons as the offensive coordinator from 2005 to 2008, featured a wild game with sloppy play from the Terps and the Fighting Illini.
Maryland’s trip to Champaign wasn’t just a homecoming for Locksley and associate head coach/special teams coordinator Ron Zook, who was the Fighting Illini coach from 2005 to 2011; it was the Terps’ first game there since joining the conference in 2014.
After Illinois allowed 42 points in a loss to Virginia, the Fighting Illini (1-2) didn’t allow Maryland (3-0) — which scored a combined 92 points against West Virginia and Howard — to generate any offensive rhythm until the final minutes of regulation.