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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Maryland is attempting to rebuild its football program and first-year Terrapins coach DJ Durkin isnt looking for perfection.He just wants a team that will continue to fight.The Terrapins, playing a UCF team they should have dominated, needed every ounce of resolve to escape with a much tougher than expected 30-24 double-overtime win on Saturday night. Maryland got the win when freshman backup quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome entered the game for his only play under center and ran 24 yards for the game-winning touchdown.Pigrome replaced starting quarterback Perry Hills after the senior injured his shoulder in the second overtime.Thats our team, we will figure it out somehow, Durkin said. It can be ugly or whatever it is.Maryland improved to 3-0 and begins Big Ten play in two weeks.This one was definitely full of miscues and missed opportunities for both programs. But after failing to convert on two second-half field goals and going into overtime tied 17-17, the Terrapins made fewer mistakes as Hills moved the offense efficiently.It was the exact opposite for Knights freshman quarterback McKenzie Milton, who made his starting and playing debut Saturday. Filling in for injured senior Justin Holman, Milton fumbled the ball six times, losing three and he also threw one interceptions.But his most costly turnover came in the second overtime he fumbled the ball away at the 2-yard line on what appeared to be an incomplete pass but the officials ruled it a fumble. Maryland did not have a turnover for the third straight game this season.We kind of drew out a screen to the right, trying the get the tight end to the back side, said Milton, who completed 21 of 36 passes for 260 yards and two touchdowns. The ball kind of just slipped out.Three plays later, the Terrapins seized on the opportunity after squandering chances early in the game. Hills, who faced constant pressure all night from the UCF defense, threw for 127 yards and was sacked five times. Freshman running back Lorenzo Harrison led a contingent of Maryland running backs with 77 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries.It was exciting, said Maryland running back Kenneth Goins. Obviously not a place we want to be, we expected to do better than we did but it was exciting. We pretty much trained for this type of environment. So we just go out and play.THE TAKEAWAYMaryland: The Terrapins may not be as explosive offensively as they looked in their first two games. They had scored 93 points to start the season, but facing tougher and faster defense than they had against Howard and Florida International proved to be problematic. Hills was pressured and hit often, and was sacked four times in the first half.UCF: Freshman quarterback McKenzie Milton was the surprise starter for the Knights and while he did some positive things he put his team in the hole with costly turnovers in the first half. He committed three turnovers in the first two quarters, two as a result of bad exchanges with the center. His fourth turnover, one of six fumbles, opened the door for Maryland to win the second overtime.UP NEXTMaryland: The Terrapins are heading into a bye week before opening their Big Ten schedule at home against Purdue.UCF: The Knights hit the road next week to face Florida International in their last non-conference game. Then UCF will open up AAC play on Oct. 1 at East Carolina.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org Parris Campbell Youth Jersey . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Darius Leonard Jersey . 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The game will stand on its own until the youngest Hawkeyes fan among the 70,585 at Kinnick Stadium is old and gray.Iowa freshman kicker Keith Duncan drilled a 33-yard field goal through the uprights in the south end zone as time expired, then sprinted 35 yards in the opposite direction before being buried beneath a joyous, heaving mass of teammates.I just took off, Duncan said. I didnt really know what to do. You dont really practice those things.The game will stand on its own because it helped stand the College Football Playoff ranking on its head. Michigan (9-1) joined No. 2 Clemson and No. 4 Washington among the days upset victims. It stood the Big Ten East on its ear, because No. 10 Penn State, with one loss, will win the division if Ohio State beats Michigan.But enough about Saturday. If you remember that on this same field 31 years ago -- the opposite end zone but the same field -- No. 1 Iowa defeated No. 2 Michigan, 12-10, when the sainted Rob Houghtlin drilled a 29-yard field goal, then you know what this game will mean in Hawkeyes history. The angels still sing in this state every time Houghtlins name is said aloud. You might even remember that the Wolverines quarterback that day, Jim Harbaugh, had to relive the same devastating finish Saturday night.You could count the people who saw both games from the field on one hand. But you would include both head coaches. Kirk Ferentz, the Hawkeyes boss, was their 30-year-old offensive line coach the first time this happened.The electricity in Kinnick that date in 85, late kickoff, it was special just like tonight, Ferentz said. The beauty of an Upset Saturday is that you never know when they are going to arrive. This game didnt appear to be a candidate. Michigan seeming to grow stronger and faster with every week. The Wolverines had won seven of their nine games by at least 17 points, and humiliated Maryland, 59-3, a week ago.Iowa, meanwhile, had lost at No. 10 Penn State 41-14 in a game that wasnt as close as the score indicated. The loss dropped the Hawkeyes, Big Ten West champions a year ago, to 5-4.A week ago at this time, none of us were having much fun, said Ferentz, the human carpenters level. ... Really simply, youve only got two options. You surrender and mope and feel sorry for yourself, or you do something about it.The Hawkeyes awoke Sunday morning and, as if they were a locker room of 85 Richard Shermans, they forgot. They moved on to the next play.They practiced well. They talked about how if they could find a way to beat Michigan, the fans would storm the field. On Thursday, senior quarterback C.J. Beathard checked in with junior linebacker Josey Jewell. Were ready to go, Jewell said to him. Give us 14 pointts and well win the game.ddddddddddddJewell smiled sheepishly when asked about it. He has never said anything like that before.I just saw it in peoples eyes, Jewell said. People believed. People knew. Were not out of this yet.Iowa got its 14, just not in the traditional two-touchdown fashion: a safety, a touchdown, a missed two-point conversion, and two field goals. Everything else about this win looked traditional. Take the defenses. Michigan limited Iowa to 230 total yards, which was 29 more than the Wolverines gained. Think about that: the Michigan offense came into the game averaging 497.1 yards. Not only did the Wolverines gain nearly 300 yards below their average, the two teams combined fell well short of it, too.I told the offense that this would probably not be pretty, Iowa offensive coordinator Greg Davis said.The Hawkeyes won because they made fewer mistakes. Michigan, which had turned the ball over only six times in nine games, gave up two in the second half.Little miscommunications, Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight said, stuff in the huddle, obviously that starts with me, guys being able to hear play calls and stuff, because they [the Iowa fans] were going nuts.They won because junior back Akrum Wadley slithered around and through the Wolverines to rush for 115 yards, as well as five receptions for 52 yards and that touchdown.They won because freshman corner Manny Rugamba, pressed into action on the opposite side of All-American Desmond King, responded with three passes broken up and an interception.With Michigan leading 10-0 late in the first half, Iowa defensive tackle Jaleel Johnson burst through the line and tackled Wolverines tailback DeVeon Smith for a safety. The Hawkeyes took the ensuing kick and drove 52 yards for a touchdown. Ferentz, rarely a riverboat gambler, went for two to tie the score, but Adrian Falconer dropped Beathards pass in the end zone.But Duncan made two field goals in the second half. The first, a 25-yarder, capitalized on Michigan fullback Khalid Hills fumble of the second-half kickoff. That gave Iowa an 11-10 lead, the first time Michigan had trailed after halftime since the Colorado game in Week 3.The second one changed Duncans life. Actually, it changed the life of everyone wearing black and gold, from the players to the fans.Thats why you do this, whether its in Kinnick or a parking lot, Ferentz said. The feeling that everybody had in the locker room, of achievement, the feeling of doing something really significant during the course of the week, and having it show up on the field, thats whats life is all about.Forget the parking lot. It had to be in Kinnick, against Michigan, thanks to a field goal as time expired. History demanded it be just so. ' ' '