High School Football

Gold & Blue Lunch: How bad is Terps defense? How early is too early for kickoff?

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Through three games, Maryland has faced an FCS opponent, a bottomed-out South Florida program and one legit offense, albeit it from the MAC.

So when the Terps feature the nation’s 96th-ranked defense, it’s alarming to first-year coordinator Keith Dudzinski. And potentially a festival of points for West Virginia’s Skyler Howard.

The Gold & Blue Lunch Report tackles this and also takes a peek toward next week’s 11 a.m. kickoff at Oklahoma, the most recent in a long line of too-early starts for the Sooners.





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