Sandwisch

Injured Maryland quarterback Jim Sandwisch will not start tomorrow's game against West Virginia at Byrd Stadium, two sources on the football team said yesterday.Neither Maryland coach Joe Krivak nor Sandwisch would comment yesterday, as Sandwisch practiced only lightly, and the Terps concluded their heavy workouts for the week.Sandwisch, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound senior who has completed 29 of 49 passes for 212 yards but has thrown two interceptions, threw a couple of passes yesterday.Junior John Kaleo, a 5-11, 190-pound All-American from Montgomery College-Rockville, will start in Sandwisch's place.

COLLEGE PARK -- Barring a major recovery, injured University of Maryland senior quarterback Jim Sandwisch will not play in Saturday's game against West Virginia at Byrd Stadium.Also, senior starting halfback Troy Jackson is questionable after slightly pulling a left hamstring in practice yesterday.Sandwisch, the Terps starter, practiced only lightly yesterday and did not throw for the third time this week. Head coach Joe Krivak said Tuesday that if Sandwisch did not practice yesterday, he probably would not play.

COLLEGE PARK -- It was more than a hint. What Maryland quarterbacks coach Jerry Eisaman told Scott Milanovich was a tipoff.Don't lift weights with the other freshmen Friday, Eisaman instructed Milanovich. You might find yourself quarterbacking the Terps against West Virginia Saturday.Clearly, uncertainty envelops the Terps at quarterback. The questions:Will the No. 1, Jim Sandwisch, who has a fever, a sore throat, a sore shoulder and a sore elbow, be able to start?If not, are the coaches sufficiently enamored of junior college transfer John Kaleo, the No. 2, to start him in Sandwisch's place?

COLLEGE PARK -- University of Maryland senior quarterback Jim Sandwisch said yesterday that he doubts if he'll be able to start or play in Saturday's game against West Virginia at Byrd Stadium.Sandwisch, a first-year senior starter, made the statement after a two-hour practice yesterday in which he threw just four passes before stopping. Afterward, he only handed off.If he can't play, Sandwisch will probably be replaced by Montgomery College Rockville junior college All-American John Kaleo, who started the second half for the Terps Saturday night when Sandwisch was forced to leave after re-injuring the elbow and shoulder of his throwing arm in a 31-17 loss to Syracuse.

COLLEGE PARK -- This isn't a budding quarterback controversy developing at Maryland. It's simply a matter of Jim Sandwisch's health.There is nothing Sandwisch and coach Joe Krivak would like better than for the senior quarter-back to start against West Virginia here Saturday. Whether he will be able to depends not on anything John Kaleo, the No. 2, does or doesn't do in practice but solely on Sandwisch himself.The fifth-year senior from Great Mills in southern Maryland didn't practice yesterday because of a 100-degree fever and a throat infection.

COLLEGE PARK -- The Jim Sandwisch Watch was uneventful yesterday.Sandwisch, 6 feet 3, 206 pounds, the University of Maryland's starting quarterback who injured his throwing arm Saturday in a 31-17 loss to Syracuse, did not practice yesterday as the Terps (1-1) went through a light workout. Maryland plays West Virginia (2-1) Saturday at Byrd Stadium.Sandwisch, a first-year senior starter, re-injured the elbow and shoulder of his right throwing arm Saturday night and was replaced by junior college All-American John Kaleo to start the second half.

COLLEGE PARK -- When University of Maryland senior starting quarterback Jim Sandwisch woke up yesterday morning, his throat hurt, he had a temperature of 101 and his head was spinning.But Sandwisch was more worried about his right elbow and right shoulder, which he injured in the first half of Maryland's 31-17 loss to No. 18 Syracuse (2-0) on Saturday night at Byrd Stadium.Sandwisch completed 14 of 25 passes for 87 yards before he was replaced by junior John Kaleo, an All-America transfer from Montgomery College-Rockville, to start the second half.

COLLEGE PARK -- Any chance the University of Maryland had of gaining national recognition in football will have to wait. The offense has to get better. The Terps have to find a No. 1 quarterback. And somehow, find a way to stop an option team for four quarters.No. 22 Syracuse (2-0) brought its freeze option offense and harassing pass defense to Byrd Stadium last night, and, sparked by 10 fourth-quarter points, defeated Maryland, 31-17, last night before a crowd of 41,310.Maryland (1-1) had received a number of votes in several national polls after beating Virginia last week, but the Terps shouldn't expect any more after last night.

COLLEGE PARK -- Coach Joe Krivak believes the tale is instructive, that it provides an insight into the character of the quarterback who will lead Maryland's football team this season.In 1989, when Jim Sandwisch was still a walk-on in his third season with the Terps, he was the holder for extra points and field goals and the backup punter. Because he had an accounting class at 4:30 p.m., he made a habit of coming early to practice at 3:15 to hold for the kickers for 15 minutes, then showered, dressed and went to class.

COLLEGE PARK -- Despite being the No. 4, No. 4, No. 3 and No. 2 quarterback at the University of Maryland the past four years, Jim Sandwisch did master one technique -- the art of sleeping during team meetings."