If the first three games of the men’s college basketball season were preludes to the first real test, then Maryland let a prime opportunity slip away. The Terps could not protect a four-point lead at halftime and did not have much of a solution for containing Kam Jones as No.

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If Maryland football was going to mount a comeback down two touchdowns against Rutgers, it needed to convert on a fourth-and-3 in enemy territory. With just under nine minutes left, quarterback Billy Edwards dropped back to pass and looked for running back Roman Hemby in the flat.