Lance Ball

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Football is serious business at the University of Maryland. It's no sing-along, yet if the Terrapins want to know all the right words, they might try to follow the bouncing Ball. Running back Lance Ball is showing all the signs of being a senior. He has a long memory, the perspective of experience and a little bit of know-how when it comes to getting things done. With all that tucked in his hip-pad pocket, Ball says Maryland might be ready to roll. "This team can be 10 times better than last year," the senior said during the recent Maryland media day. "Last year, it wasn't a true Maryland team.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Don't look now, but University of Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen is tempted to break the law. People on the morality front, take a deep breath and relax. Friedgen isn't about to do anything rash. After all, that would be pretty tough for him to do, considering he has state police officers guarding him on his every move. No, this is more of an unwritten rule. It's the law of averages. For the last two years, breaks have gone against the Terrapins when it comes to key spots in games.