I used to live in Maryland (right next to College Park) before I moved to SEC land and this is my feeling for this game. Maryland loss three of their last 5 games. They were a beat up team suffering injuries during this time. Good thing about this bowl game it gives them 5 weeks to heal mentally and physically. I see Maryland going into this game as healthy as they have been all year. Oregon State has to adjust to losing their top WR and they are still adjusting to finishing the year with their back up QB. Maryland is better on O, but OSU has a shutdown D. Head ball coach Fridge has been unstoppable in his last three bowl games (Bet y'all dont remember that 41-7 thrashing he gave to West Virginia in the 2003 Gator Bowl!). Fridge will have the D ready against an OSU offense that TD/INT ratio this year is 10-20. They are going to win the turnover battle and I'm riding out with Fridge and the 4.5 points because at the end of the day, Maryland is going to win this one outright.
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