ever started a drive after a kickoff beyond their own 25-yard-line. On the year, Ammendola is averaging 63.1 yards on 32

Its not often Maryland can say it has something in common with Ohio State, Michigan and Nebraska.Like those standard bearers of college football, the Terrapins are still unbeaten this season. Since Marylands 7-0 start in 2001, the Terrapins have taken a perfect record into their fifth game only in 2013 and this season.No one is pulling harder for first-year coach DJ Durkin -- at least until their teams meet Nov. 5 -- than Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. Durkin was a Harbaugh assistant for three years at Stanford and was his defensive coordinator with the Wolverines last season.Harbaugh said Tuesday hes been following the Terps progress and has watched three of their games. He said hes spoken with Durkin a couple times since the season started, usually on matters only coaches would find interesting.Hes busy doing his duties and Im busy doing mine, Harbaugh said, but were watching with a lot of pride what hes doing and very proud of the job hes doing.Maryland, which puts its 4-0 record on the line this week at Penn State, already has one more win than it had all of last season. Two more wins will make the Terps bowl eligible. Their 173 points are a program record for four games, and their 50-7 win over Purdue last week was their most lopsided conference victory since 2010.The biggest difference from 2015 to 2016?The Terps have turned over the ball twice. Last year at this point they had 14 turnovers, including 12 interceptions.Durkin said he addressed the turnover issue the first day he met with the team.Its just been a process of talking about it, teaching our players just how the game works and how a turnover can really kill you -- how a punt is not a bad play, he said. Taking a sack or throwing it away isnt all bad if you go punt and play good defense. You may have been won yourself some field position.Marylands schedule gets increasingly tougher, with November featuring road games against Michigan and Nebraska and a home game against Ohio State.Other notes from the Big Ten coaches teleconference:HEALING HUSKERSNebraska coach Mike Riley, whose team has a bye this week, said receiver Jordan Westerkamp (back) and tight end Cethan Carter (elbow) probably will miss the Oct. 15 game at Indiana.Running back Devine Ozigbo probably wont practice this week as he recovers from an ankle sprain. 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He has a phone hearing with the department of player safety, which limits any potential suspension to five or fewer games.STILLWATER, Okla. -- Often an overlooked aspect of the game, specials teams played a key role in Oklahoma States latest win.The Cowboys blocked three PAT attempts, with Vincent Taylor and Tre Flowers teaming up to return one of them for two points and shifting the momentum in their favor on the way to a 49-31 victory over Texas on Saturday.Our PAT blocks were a huge part of the game, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. (Defensive line coach) Joe Bob Clements is our coordinator of our PAT/field goal block and they had a nice plan to attack (Texas center Alex Anderson) and it worked out for us.Oklahoma State (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) opened the game with a 14-0 lead, but DOnta Freeman had just scored on a 22-yard touchdown run to make it 14-13 late in the first quarter, with the game-tying PAT coming up. Taylor barreled over Anderson to block it, then scooped up the bouncing ball and raced downfield, eventually pitching it to Flowers, who took it into the end zone for two points.Instead of a 14-14 tie, OSU led 16-13.When they tied it up, or were in a position to tie it up with a PAT, and then you get a block and you get two points, it changes the momentum of the game and gets the crowd back into it, exciting the team, Gundy said. And then to do it two more times was really special.Darrion Daniels blocked the next Texas PAT attempt and then Taylor blocked a third straight extra point kick -- which Lenzy Pipkins almost ran back for another two points before being pushed out of bounds at the 20-yard-line. At that point, with 6:31 left in the second quarter, Texas led 25-23 but it could have been 28-21.On their next possession, the Longhorns lined up for a 46-yard field goal attempt, and perhaps anxious about yet another block, Trent Domingue missed it, hooking it wide left. Infused with more momentum and confidence, the Cowboys went on to score three consecutive touchdowns to take control of the game.Taylor also blocked a field goal attempt in the season-opening 61-7 win over Souutheastern Louisiana on Sept.dddddddddddd3, giving OSU a nation-best four blocked kicks.One of my goals I have written on my mirror is to get five blocked kicks, said Taylor, who has also excelled at defensive tackle, recording 16 tackles, 1.5 sacks and two quarterback hurries so far this year. Im at three right now in the fifth game. If I can keep getting them, thats something we practice every day and it showed.Even beyond the blocked kicks, the Cowboys special team units are also receiving outstanding performances from punter Zach Sinor and kickoff specialist Matt Ammendola.Against Texas, Sinor delivered six punts for an average of 46.0 yards, with two ending up inside the 20. Overall for the season, Sinor has averaged 44.3 yards (ranking second in the Big 12 and 25th in the nation) on 22 punts, putting 14 inside the 20.Ammendola had nine kickoffs for an average of 64.8 yards, with two touchbacks, and the Longhorns never started a drive after a kickoff beyond their own 25-yard-line. On the year, Ammendola is averaging 63.1 yards on 32 total kickoffs, with 12 touchbacks.The Cowboys coverage units have also been strong, surrendering just 35 total return yards on punts and 17.1 yards per kickoff, ranking 16th in the country in that category.Were using a lot of young players, were trying to pace ourselves for conference play, and we have guys that are on special teams that are not really experienced and theyve done a nice job, Gundy said. Steve Hauser, whos taken over our special teams, has been really good, works hard at it, its important to him, and the players are buying in.Our kicking has been good. (Ammendola)s kickoffs this last game are the best theyve been, and Zach Sinors been great. Up to this point, weve been very fortunate that weve had good results on special teams.Oklahoma State faces Iowa State (1-4, 0-2) at home next Saturday. ' ' '