Maryland football in 2019 can best be described by one word: unpredictable. The Terps began the season hot, beating down a hapless Howard squad 79-0 before blowing out Syracuse, an actual Power 5 team with a pulse and a No. 21 ranking, 63-20.
Since then, however, Maryland’s season has gone well south. An unexpected 20-17 loss to Temple began a long skid alleviated only by a win over Rutgers, which turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory when the Terps lost quarterback Josh Jackson to injury. Things aren’t likely to get much better quickly, though there’s some light at the end of the tunnel for Maryland this week:
— Jackson is likely to be back against Minnesota, although he may trade snaps with backup Tyrrell Pigrome who played well in Jackson’s absence, but not enough to actually pull the upset against Indiana last week.