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this University of Maryland Apparently willing to do whatever it takes to get fans to attend and stay for Saturday’s game against Illinois.
including paying their tuition fees.
Maryland is offering free tuition for the spring 2027 semester to a student who competes and persists through the fourth quarter.
Here’s some crazy stuff in this week’s Maryland Football Fourth Quarter Student Sweepstakes:
If you persist through your fourth quarter and enter the drawing, you could win free tuition for the spring semester. Meets in-state tuition standards. https://t.co/t2WiZgTFiC
— Faith Harris (@faithlharris) October 26, 2026
First reported by journalism students Faith Harris On Day
The tuition credit is approximately $8,000, equivalent to the college’s in-state tuition.
In-state tuition for a semester in Maryland, for those curious: https://t.co/1q8EnYvJvE
— Faith Harris (@faithlharris) October 26, 2026
Apparently free tuition is not enough.
Maryland is also offering a buy-one-get-two-free ticket promotion for Saturday’s game.
Three times the Teps, three times the hospitality🎃🐢
Buy one ticket, get two, this Saturday, October 31st at noon when Maryland takes on Illinois!
🎟️ https://t.co/BTvdhQnXUE
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) October 26, 2026
You could say they were desperate, but it’s not hard to understand why.
The Terrapins are 2-5 and winless. top ten Play after losing five games in a row. Maryland has also lost 12 straight conference games dating back to last season.
These struggles have taken their toll on head coaches Michael Locksley his job. Maryland parted ways with Locksley last week, who is halfway through his eighth season as head coach. The Terrapins are back-to-back four-win seasons in 2024 and 2025.
Now, interim head coach Azhar Abdul Rahim In his first home game against Illinois, Maryland is doing its best to make sure its students have plenty of reasons to stick around for four quarters.