The Terps offense Marina studied on film. The coaches asked the scout team to simulate the attack without the ball more pretending. And they brought the ball and drilled a little more.
"It's very, very difficult to defend," said Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen, whose team started the season with a seven-game losing streak. "The more we look at it, the more we have to play the" what if "- what if they do, so if you do that?"
Navy led the nation in rushing from 2005 to 2008 and finished fourth last season at 280.5 yards per game. The Midshipmen, who return five of their top six search engines, are led by senior quarterback Ricky Dobbs, who set an NCAA record for his position last season with 27 rushing touchdowns.
The game marks the renewal of the rivalry within the state that schools say they expect to continue. Navy was 10-4 last season and is anticipating another great year. Maryland is trying to recover from a 2-10 season that was Friedgen is the worst in school.
"I think 02.10 is a part of who we are," said Maryland offensive tackle RJ Dill, a sophomore red shirt. "Why do people study history? Is to learn from past mistakes."
Third year Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said to his players in training this week than their counterparts in College Park has often reminded about last season, and he expects the Terps to be a different team in Baltimore.
"They're still a team from the ACC, are still twice our size. As for the kids" 40 times. We do not have someone [in the 4.3s]. They are larger and faster than us, "Niumatalolo said after practice Monday." If we think of something different, we are dumb as a program. "
Maryland frequently practiced against the triple option without a ball - a strategy employed in the past for his defensive coordinator, Don Brown, former head coach of Massachusetts.
Brown faces the offense in a game at the University of Massachusetts from the Navy in 2006. UMass lost 21-20, but managed to force four turnovers.
Against South Georgia in 1998, the University of Massachusetts - with Brown as defensive coordinator - resigned to 457 yards rushing to a triple option offense of Paul Johnson-coached, but forced seven turnovers and won the championship of the Division I- National AA with a 55-43 victory. Johnson later trained in the Navy and is at Georgia Tech.
Brown said the key is changing the time of the raid. "It really comes down to is what you have to try to change the tempo," he said. "It's like a quarterback who passes. If he gets into a rhythm, it is difficult to leave the tap."
Brown said the current version of the Navy triple option is especially difficult to defend because Dobbs "throws the ball better than any quarterback option I think I've prepared."
While Maryland prepared for the option to have your scout team to go without a ball, the Navy has spent nearly 40 times in his first public scrimmage.
Niumatalolo cunning indicated some may have been involved.
"You never know who's in the stands, but we also have to work at it a bit more," said Niumatalolo.
Niumatalolo says he can see throw the ball more this year than his first two years.
"It is likely that among adolescents, young bass, 15 to their 20s," said Niumatalolo. "Some people see who can throw a hitch or screen four meters of four meters. We feel like we can run the ball for four yards."
Throw the ball more "will definitely help [the] option running game," Niumatalolo said. "Coach Johnson showed that in Georgia Tech."
Freshman quarterback Devin Burns was the replacement for Dobbs in the Maryland scout team. He and other players had to adjust in practice run and defend the triple option without a football.
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