Saturday’s victory over the Maryland Terrapins was a perfect bounce-back game for the Spartans. After the disappointing loss to Purdue the week before, the Spartans really needed to secure a victory against the Terrapins to avoid falling into a losing spiral at the end of the season. With Ohio State and Penn State on the horizon in the last two weeks of the season, the Spartans went out on Saturday and downed the Terrapins 40-21 behind an offensive explosion and a solid performance by the defense.
Quarterback Payton Thorne was dialed in, which was encouraging to see after he looked a bit rattled during the loss to Purdue.