The general feeling about Maryland is that the Terrapins are a \u201cgood\u201d 1-1, as they took down Miami in Week 1 and gave West Virginia a tough run in Week 2. If Maryland wants to push Florida State for the ACC crown, though, it has to start a winning streak over its next few games. Can the Terps handle Temple at home this week? <\/p>\n
NCAAF Week 4: Temple vs Maryland<\/strong> Temple Owls (2-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n Temple raised some eyebrows with its performance last week, in which it almost beat Penn State to go 3-0 on the year. The Owls actually led for most of the game before Penn State broke their hearts with a touchdown run in the dying minutes.<\/p>\n This Temple \u201cD\u201d has teeth. Obviously, it hasn\u2019t faced stiff competition so far, but it\u2019s 8.0 points allowed per game is nonetheless impressive. For Temple to really challenge for the MAC title, though, it needs a better passing game. Coach Steve Addazio benched Mike Gerardi for Chester Stewart partly through the game after the Owls\u2019 offense stalled. That didn\u2019t work, so he brought Gerardi back in. Gerardi threw two costly picks.<\/p>\n Temple may be better off abandoning its weak passing attack for the run. Bernard Pierce got stuffed last week by Penn State but put up some big numbers over the Owls\u2019 first two games.<\/p>\n Maryland Terrapins (1-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n Sure, Maryland\u2019s defense had no answer for Geno Smith in a Week-2 loss to West Virginia. But the Terps weren\u2019t expected to be stingy this season. The key to them being an ACC sleeper was their offense. For the most part, it\u2019s delivered so far this season.<\/p>\n Danny O\u2019Brien was great in Week 1 under center in a win over Miami. In Week 2, he threw three costly interceptions, but Davin Meggett and D.J. Adams picked up the slack in the running game. As long as some part of Maryland\u2019s offense is working, the Terps will be effective point-scorers. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n This isn\u2019t an easy pick. On one hand ,Maryland\u2019s high-octane offense is more potent than anything Temple has faced so far this season. On the other, the Terps \u201cD\u201d could make Temple look good.<\/p>\n For this bet, I\u2019ll stick with what I know. We have a strong sense of Maryland\u2019s strengths and weaknesses. With Temple, we don\u2019t know if the Owls are for real. Is their defense that dominant or has it just faced supbar offenses? Is its offense that bad or has it faced great defenses?<\/p>\n Maryland should be motivated to give a more consistent effort after falling behind early to West Virginia at home in Week 2. It won\u2019t be a blowout but I think the Terps\u2019 offense will prevail.<\/p>\n Temple vs Maryland prediction: <\/strong>Maryland 28, Temple 17<\/p>\n Money Line: Maryland -335 The 2011 CFB Season is finally here. Welcome to the CappersPicks.com college football weekly predictions pages! We KNOW you will find our FREE weekly college football picks<\/strong><\/a>, tips, betting advice, strategies, CFB gambling articles and more to help you become the best College football bettor on your block!! <\/p>\n CFB Football Previews \u2013 Temple Owls vs Maryland Terrapins The general feeling about Maryland is that the Terrapins are a \u201cgood\u201d 1-1, as they took down Miami in Week 1 and gave West Virginia a tough run in Week 2. If Maryland wants to push Florida State for the ACC crown, though, it has to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":25354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[327,19601,52369,52368,1984],"class_list":["post-43639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-college-football-predictions","tag-ncaa-picks","tag-owls-vs-terrapins","tag-temple-vs-maryland","tag-week-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43639"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43744,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43639\/revisions\/43744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDate: <\/strong>Saturday, September 24, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>Byrd Stadium, College Park, Maryland
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>ACC Network\/ESPN3
\nTemple Owls at Maryland Terrapins Betting Lines from 5Dimes.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong>Temple +275, Maryland -335
\nSpread: <\/strong>Maryland -9
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>51.5<\/p>\n
\nSpread: Maryland -9
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