Report Card: Illinois v. Maryland

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY SportsThe Illini traveled to the DMV on Saturday for their first ever meeting with Maryland in football. Hopefully the next meeting has a very different outcome, as few fans of either team likely predicted a 63-33 rout by the Terps.

M.J. Rivers: D+

Rivers was knocked out of the game late in the second quarter by Tre Watson, but by that time the Illini were already down 28-9 and the game was getting out of hand. Although his stat line shows he went 3-for-13, he did deliver some good balls that were dropped by his receivers. Rivers also rushed for 26 yards, and had yet another impressive block to spring Reggie Corbin.

Rivers has shown that he can get the job done on…