Maryland Terrapins vs. Syracuse Orange Halftime Thoughts

Maryland Terrapins leads Syracuse 31-13 at halftime.

Maryland is clicking on all cylinders today.

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Touchdowns through the air and on the ground. Field Goal. Blocked Punt. Interception for a touchdown.

This is the kind of football fans love to watch and I’m sure all Maryland fans feel good about what they’ve seen during the first half.

C.J. Brown has looked good throwing the deep ball which has led to a touchdown and a beautiful catch by Marcus Leak over a defender.

Brown has accumulated 211 passing yards with two touchdowns from 25 and 90 yards respectively.

On the ground, Maryland has been mixing it up with four players getting touches so far. Jacquille Veii has been a delightful surprise in the running game with 34 yards on four attempts and found the end zone in the second quarter.

Maryland’s defense also has jumped in on the scoring with Will Likely intercepting Terrel Hunt and then taking the ball 88 yards for the touchdown.

The Terps have been able to keep the Orange fans quiet at the Carrier Dome throughout the first half with big plays both offensively and defensively.

Even though Maryland leads at the half, the Orange have four more first downs and have run 23 more plays than Maryland.

Maryland has to come back out in the second half and stop the big plays on third downs. The offense needs to continue to look down field while mixing it up on the ground.

Here are the scoring drives from the first half.

Hunt's third-down pass falls incomplete. Orange settle for a 35-yard FG from Norton and lead 3-0 with 11:37 left in the first qrt.
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

TD! Brown hits Leak in the back of the end zone for a 25-yards score. Great touch on the pass over the DB. #Terps up 7-3. #GoTerps
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

TD #TERPS! Ross takes the screen pass and goes 90 yards. Great down field blocking by Diggs and Leak. #Terps up 14-3. #GoTerps #JuiceCuse
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

#Terps bends, but holds in their half of the field. Norton's 49-yard FG attempt is good and cuts the MD lead to 14-6 with 3:48 left.
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

Hunt keeps it on the zone-read and barrels into the end zone from eight yards out to cut Maryland's lead to one at 14-13.
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

Brown's third down pass to Diggs falls incomplete. #Terps get three after a 31-yard Craddock FG. Lead 17-13 with 12:38 left in the half.
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

#Terps pick up their third kick block of the season and their second punt block. Nixon flys in and gets it. MD starts at the SU 28. #GoTerps
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

Veii in for the score! #Terps capitalize on the blocked punt with Veii scoring from 4 yards out. #Terps lead 24-13. #GoTerps #JuiceCuse
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

PICK SIX! Likely takes the interception back 88 yards for a touchdown. #Terps lead 31-13. #GoTerps #JuiceCuse
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

A holding penalty washes out an Orange TD and Norton misses left from 25. #Terps lead 31-13 at halftime. #GoTerps #JuiceCuse
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) September 20, 2014

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