The Big Ten has announced finalized kickoff times and TV designations for week eight as Maryland will face Minnesota on Oct. 26 for a 3:30 PM kickoff on FS1.
The home team has won each of the last four matchups, while the Terps’ last win against the Gophers in Minneapolis was back in 2017 when running back Ty Johnson punched in a 34-yard touchdown with 70 seconds left to seal a 31-24 win.
Minnesota moved to 4-3 (2-2) after defeating UCLA, 21-17, on the road last week. It marked the second consecutive home win after mounting a fourth-quarter comeback vs. USC back on Oct. 5 for their first Big Ten win of the season. The Gophers opened the season with a 19-17 loss vs. North Carolina and dropped its first two conference games against Iowa and Michigan as they enjoy the bye week before facing the Terps.
Maryland fell to 3-3 (0-3) after losing to Northwestern, 37-10, on Friday night coming out of the bye week. Head coach Mike Locksley is now tasked with stopping a two-game losing streak as USC heads to College Park on Saturday, Oct. 18.
“It starts with me and making sure that I'm doing the things to jump start us,” Locksley said after Friday’s loss. “Defensively, I thought they got us the ball enough early in the first half. We had two terrible decisions – the fumble on the kickoff return where you lose opportunities, man. We've been opportunistic on offense. We're an offense that has to get those plays because of the type of skill we have, and when you lose a drive with the fumble on the kickoff return, you come back, you have the poor decision where we get pinned down at the one. We used a bunch of clock there, which to me, we're still a block away or running back maybe running through a tackle from those big plays happening. In the last two games, we haven't been able to hit the explosives the way we've been able to.”
Maryland will host USC this weekend for a 4 PM kickoff in a game that fans can now buy tickets on a flash 40% off sale.
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