East Carolina's defense was bad down the stretch and at least one team scored at least 33 pts in all of their games this year. Their offense can light it up and Maryland's strength is in their linebackers which will be used for stopping the run. East Carolina can have a lot of success and they will through the air. This game should go back and forth a little bit, but I think East Carolina will find themselves in striking distance. They always seemed to come with their A game vs. BCS opponents. They actually had a more challenging schedule than Maryland this year as they played 8 bowl teams this year. They too beat NC State much like Maryland in similar scores. Maryland edged Navy on opening day 17-14 but were -213 yards while East Carolina got beat by Navy and were only -29 yards. We know East Carolina can play with a Maryland team and I think it helps out their struggling defense to know that Maryland has the worst offense of anyone they have played in 5 games. Maryland is one dimensional 85th in total offense their drives will stall while East Carolina and Dominique Davis is responsible for the 7th passing offense in the nation. Davis has been a surprise and he'll continue to show off his talent in this game.
