Illinois kicker Caleb Griffin hit a 43-yard field goal as time expired, and the Fighting Illini spoiled a dreary Maryland homecoming, beating the Terrapins 27-24.
“Obviously Illinois, they played hard as I expected that they would. But as I sit here or stand here before you, the more I play this thing back in my head even now, what happened today had very few things to do with Illinois,” Locklsey said.
Kicker Jack Howes would tie the game at 24 with a 48-yard field goal, equaling a career long. The three points would be the only ones Maryland would score in the fourth quarter. “Unfortunately, they hit the big play down the sideline, gave them an opportunity to get themselves in field goal range. And it goes back to like I said: It wasn’t much as what they did as much as what we did not do,” Locksley said.
“I still got a lot of faith in his team. Still a lot of football left to be played, all of our goals are still ahead of us. But we’ve made it a little more difficult for ourselves, and we’ve got to do the work that’s necessary to get us going back in the right direction.” In addition to the pick, Maryland’s defensive pressure was notable in the first half, with four different Terrapins — Donnell Brown, Kellan Wyatt, Jaishawn Barham and Fa’Najae Gotay — notching sacks of Altmyer.
The Terrapins first fumble of the season was the first of three critical mistakes in the final 2:00 and the third-straight week they’ve struggled in the final moments of the first half. “I mean, it just happened at some inopportune times when we couldn’t afford it to happen, especially coming off the turnover we had on offense. We needed to get out of that half without giving up a score,” Locksley said.
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