Terps get run over in finale

McSorley helps send Maryland to fourth straight loss

STATE COLLEGE, PA. – Maryland interim coach and offensive coordinator Matt Canada said immediately after last week’s wild overtime shootout loss to No. 10 Ohio State that the Terps would have no trouble getting ready to play No. 12 Penn State at Beaver Stadium.

Unfortunately for the Terps, it didn’t appear that way on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Happy Valley.

Led by fifth-year senior quarterback Trace McSorley, the Nittany Lions handed Maryland its fourth straight defeat to close the season, 38-3. McSorley scored on two first-quarter touchdown runs and threw for one more early in the fourth quarter.

While congratulating Penn State, Canada talked about the physical toll the season had taken on the Terps, who went into the game without several regulars and then lost leading rusher Anthony McFarland Jr. with an undisclosed injury early in the second half.

“We obviously left some plays on the field today. We had a lot of guys get hurt,” Canada said. “As we always talk about how special our players are, guys kept stepping up and stepping in. We weren’t able to make the plays we needed today.

“I’m disappointed in that for our players. It’s hard to watch that, to see that happen when you know how bad they wanted it, obviously how bad they wanted it for our seniors, but really for everybody. I’m not going to list them all, how many guys came in that were hurt and were hurt throughout the game. The kids kept playing hard.”

For one of the first times this season, Canada got choked up as he spoke. See TERPS, page 9