Coach:
Ron Vanderlinden
10-23, 3 years |
1999 Record: 5-6
Sep 02 |
@Temple |
Won
6-0 |
Sep 11 |
Western Carolina |
Won
51-10 |
Sep 18 |
West Virginia |
Won
33-0 |
Sep 30 |
@Georgia Tech |
Lost
31-49 |
Oct 09 |
@Wake Forest |
Won
17-14 |
Oct 16 |
Clemson |
Lost
30-42 |
Oct 23 |
North Carolina |
Won
45-7 |
Oct 30 |
Duke |
Lost
22-25 |
Nov 06 |
@NC State |
Lost
17-30 |
Nov 13 |
@Florida State |
Lost
10-49 |
Nov 20 |
Virginia |
Lost
30-34 |
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1999
Final Rankings
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AP-NR, BCS-NR,
Coaches-NR
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2000 Outlook
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It is time for Coach Vanderlinden to
start producing a bowl apperance as the Terrapin decade
dryspell has continued since an Independence Bowl bid
in 1990. The weight of that drought will fall squarely
on the shoulders of Heisman Candidate LaMont Jordan.
Holes won't come as easy with the young offensive line
so it is important for Maryland to find a main starter
at QB. McCall showed promise as a freshman but will
be in a battle for the starting spot with some good
competitors come August. If the offense can't get it
going it may be a long season as the Terp defense needs
to build up front and in the secondary. The Terps could
easily find themselves at 3-0 heading into the Thursday
night ESPN special with FSU on September 28th. After
the Noles come road games at Virginia and at Clemson
where Maryland struggles every year. By mid October
the season could be either made or broken. Maryland
goes to a bowl!!
Projected record: 7-5
Maryland
2000 Schedule
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MARYLAND
*POWER RATINGS
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Offense
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Defense
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QB - 3 |
DL - 2 |
RB - 5 |
LB - 4 |
WR - 3.5 |
DB - 2 |
OL - 2.5 |
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MARYLAND TERRAPINS
2000 PRESEASON PREVIEW
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The most
in-depth source for Maryland news and information.
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2000
OFFENSE
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Strengths: Led by Heisman
Candidate LaMont Jordan and a solid offensive backfield the
Terps will grind out some yardage on opponents this season as
they led the ACC in rushing and finished 12th overall just last
year. Jordan comes back as the NCAA's leading active rusher
after six 150 plus yard games in 1999. He needs 91 more yards
to become UM's leading career rusher and only 1,376 yards for
the ACC record. LaMont sat out the spring to concentrate on
making grades to become eligible for the fall. In front of Jordan
will be one of the most underrated fullbacks in the conference,
Matt Kalapinski, who has superb blocking ability. The top two
signal callers are back in soph's Calvin McCall and Latrez Harrison.
McCall is a two sporter, sitting out the spring to play hoops.
Also pushing for time at QB will be top JUCO recruit Shaun Hill.
Four out of five wide outs are back. Filling in on the depth
chart will also be Moises Cruz, a starter from 1997 and 1998,
who sat out last season. Senior kicker Brian Kopka is a candidate
for the Lou Groza Award given annually to the nation's top kicker.
Last year Kopka made 17 field goals just one shy of the school
record. |
Weaknesses: The offensive
line will be dominated by underclassman. Ten out of twelve players
on the OL will be a sophmore or younger. It will be tough replacing
Brad Messina and Jamie Wu although the Terps yielded only 11
sacks in 1999, an ACC low. 22 game starter John Waerig will
depart from the tight end spot leaving a huge vacancy where
there is no depth and very little experience. Center Marvin
Fowler anchors the line and will need to step up as a leader
as the OL will undergo some serious growing pains. |
OFFENSIVE DEPTH CHART
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QB |
Calvin
McCall |
6-3 |
189 |
So. |
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Latrez
Harrison |
6-3 |
222 |
So. |
TB |
LaMont
Jordan |
5-11 |
219 |
Sr. |
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Mukala
Sikyala Jr. |
5-8 |
214 |
Sr. |
FB |
Matt
Kalapinski |
6-1 |
224 |
Sr. |
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Chad
Killian |
6-2 |
232 |
So. |
WR |
Omar
Cheeseboro |
6-2 |
185 |
Sr. |
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Scooter
Monroe |
6-1 |
189 |
So. |
WR |
Jason
Hatala |
5-10 |
174 |
Sr. |
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Guilian
Gary |
6-0 |
177 |
Jr. |
T |
Tim
Howard |
6-4 |
296 |
Sr. |
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Eric
Dumas |
6-6 |
288 |
Fr. |
G |
Todd
Wike |
6-3 |
282 |
So. |
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Ed
Tyler |
6-3 |
276 |
Fr. |
C |
Melvin
Fowler Jr. |
6-3 |
287 |
Jr. |
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Sam
Marvis |
6-3 |
265 |
So. |
G |
Bob
Krantz |
6-5 |
283 |
So. |
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Lamar
Bryant |
6-3 |
274 |
Fr. |
T |
Matt
Crawford |
6-6 |
290 |
So. |
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Aaron
Wormley |
6-5 |
268 |
Fr. |
TE |
Jeff
Dugan |
6-4 |
257 |
Fr. |
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Matt
Murphy |
6-5 |
250 |
Jr. |
K |
Brian
Kopka |
5-7 |
174 |
Sr. |
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Vedad
Siljkovic |
6-4 |
204 |
Jr. |
Returning
starters in bold. |
Key
Losses: Brad Messina-OT, Jamie Wu-OG, John Waerig-TE,
Jermaine Arrington-WR
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2000
DEFENSE
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Strengths: The trio of
1999 sophmore linebackers Aaron Thompson, Marlon Moore, and
Kevin Bishop are back and a year older. By far the strength
of the defense next year. Watch out for budding superstar Marlon
Moore who finished second in the conference with 130 tackles
last season. Aaron Thompson finished second on the team in tackles
and started the last 22 games. Kevin Bishop was the teams third
leading tackler and is recovering from a torn knee ligament
injured in the ninth game of last year. In the backfield will
be the third year letterman and lone senior of the bunch, Shawn
Forte. |
Weaknesses: The defensive
line will go through a giant makeover. Departing is All-ACC
1st teamer Delbert Cowsette along with both defensive end Peter
Timmins and rush linebacker Erwyn Light. Jenkins and Hill are
the only upperclassman. The Maryland defense did finish third
in total rush defense in 1999 but will have a hard time of it
in 2000 with so little experience. There are questions as to
why Maryland believes in playing the 3-4 defense with the rush
linebacker position as the teams production in that category
has been sub par every season. Getting a pass rush on quarterbacks
will be a major area of concern. It also hurts matters that
cornerback Lewis Sanders left early for the NFL draft as the
Terps finished dead last in the ACC for pass defense a year
ago. |
DEFENSIVE DEPTH CHART
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DE |
William
Shime |
6-4 |
265 |
So. |
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Landon
Jones |
6-4 |
251 |
Fr. |
DT |
Kris
Jenkins |
6-5 |
292 |
Sr. |
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Jamar
Perrin |
6-3 |
249 |
Fr. |
DT |
Charles
Hill |
6-2 |
283 |
Jr. |
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Durrand
Roundtree |
6-3 |
242 |
So. |
DE |
Ryan
Swift |
6-1 |
231 |
Jr. |
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Mike
Whaley |
6-1 |
230 |
Fr. |
ILB |
Marlon
Moore |
6-1 |
221 |
Jr. |
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Leon
Joe |
6-1 |
212 |
Fr. |
ILB |
Kevin
Bishop |
6-1 |
227 |
Jr. |
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E.J.
Henderson |
6-2 |
229 |
So. |
OLB |
Aaron
Thompson |
6-1 |
233 |
Jr. |
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Leroy
Ambush |
6-1 |
218 |
Fr. |
CB |
Curome
Cox |
6-1 |
192 |
Fr. |
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Andrew
Smith Jr. |
6-0 |
196 |
Fr. |
CB |
Tony
Okanlawon |
5-11 |
193 |
Jr. |
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Luke
Kim |
5-9 |
195 |
So. |
SS |
Rod
Littles |
5-11 |
195 |
Jr. |
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Tony
Jackson |
6-1 |
210 |
Jr. |
FS |
Shawn
Forte |
6-0 |
201 |
Sr. |
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Randall
Jones |
6-2 |
205 |
Jr. |
P |
Brooks
Barnard |
6-2 |
183 |
So. |
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Sean
Stamer |
5-11 |
185 |
Sr. |
Returning
starters in bold. |
Key
Losses: Delbert Cowsette-DT, Peter Timmins-DE, Erwyn
Lyght-DE, Lewis Sanders-CB,
Renard Cox-CB
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