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September 6th, 2011 | 02:12 am

The Internet hated the new Terps uniforms

Not pictured: Francis Scott Key

In case you missed the football game last night (or the fashion show three weeks ago), the Maryland football team now has more uniform combinations than they do starting players.

They changed into top-secret uniforms after warmups and came out for the game against Miami dressed up like Francis Scott Key if he were competing on “American Gladiators.” Some thought it was as awesome as Apollo Creed’s American flag shorts, some thought it was just gross.

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September 6th, 2011 | 01:54 am

Don’t worry, a Maryland fan did do something offensive on national television

The Maryland-Miami football game got the Labor Day prime-time treatment Monday night, and ESPN sent images of our immaculately behaved students all over the Earth with the help of that special TV magic.

We made it almost the entire broadcast without incident, but then, just before the game cut to SportsCenter, the camera caught this kid:

Credit for the spot goes to Twitter user Ian Oland, who tweeted the pic after the game. If anybody knows who this is, please let us know — we’d like to ask him where he got the shirt, if it actually helps him pick up “fat bitches,” and if his mother knows he’s wearing that shirt in public.