It’s fourth down on Maryland football’s season. Needing a win to keep afloat their hopes of reaching the postseason, the Terps instead were crippled by dropped passes, penalties and questionable decisions that contributed to a 31-17 defeat to visiting Rutgers on Saturday night before an announced 31,

What little margin for error the fading Maryland football team had remaining in its quest for bowl eligibility vanished during a 31-17 loss to visiting Rutgers on Saturday night after the Terrapins wilted down the stretch, adding more misery to a season on the verge of becoming unsalvageable.

The running back has played in a bowl game every season and said that the opportunity to earn bowl eligibility has Maryland extra motivated over the next three weeks. Senior linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II, the leader of a Terps defense that’s allowed more than 30 points in four of their last five games, holds the same sentiment.