Mike Locksley reacts to pair of controversial calls in Maryland's 2-point loss to Purdue
Mike Locksley’s team had a couple of calls go against them in the Purdue game. The Boilermakers went on to win the game 31-29.
Maryland first had an extra point blocked in the fourth quarter even though there was a Purdue defender offsides. The referees decided not to throw the flag on that play.
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Then with under a minute to go the Terps were down by eight points. Maryland rallied to score and converted the two-point try. However, there was a flag thrown for illegal man downfield that was far away from the play.
The late call in the game ended up deciding the victor in a close contest. Locksley gave his thoughts on the late-game decisions per Emmett Siegel of Testudo Times.
“I’ll say this: the blocked extra point had a major impact on the game,” said Locksley. “The illegal man downfield had no impact on the touchdown. I’ll leave it at that.”
Both Purdue and Maryland are now 4-2 after Week 6.
Maryland head coach Mike Locksley:
“I’ll say this: the blocked extra point had a major impact on the game… the illegal man downfield had no impact on the touchdown. I’ll leave it at that.”— Emmett Siegel (@EmmettSiegel_) October 8, 2022