The Terrapin football team isn’t worried, and you shouldn’t be, either.Saturday’s 14-7 win against Delaware certainly wasn’t flawless, and this team is far from perfect. But the Terps did what they needed to do to get a win, and for now – and for each successive week coming up – that is all you can ask for.The Terps have plenty of talent, but with an unresolved quarterback situation and some other thin positions (such as the defensive line), the Terps just aren’t going to breeze by anybody on their schedule.And as long as the Terps can keep finding a way to get the job done, the margin of victory is not really a concern.”The main thing is, we got a win,” coach Ralph Friedgen said. “And what we got to do is work hard and get another one next week. We’ll take it one week at a time and see where we end up.”Friedgen doesn’t even appear to be outwardly nervous about the quarterback controversy, a situation that seems so combustible it could eventually pit an entire fanbase against its football team.Friedgen spent a good portion of Tuesday’s weekly press conference defending Jordan Steffy and criticizing the senior starter’s detractors. And while he has yet to name a starter for this Saturday’s game against Middle Tennessee State – whether Steffy’s thumb is ready to go or not – Friedgen clearly isn’t ready to give up on his boy.”I’m like a father,” Friedgen said. “If you boo my son, I’m going to get upset.”Regardless of who plays this week or next week or whatever, Jordan will come in and win a game for us before the season is over. I promise you that.”No matter who’s under center, this is not a team designed to blow people out.The Terps will be at their best this season when they are simply managing the game – limiting their mistakes and not beating themselves.For the most part, the Terps managed the game against Delaware pretty well, and that’s all they need to do again this week at Middle Tennessee State.”A W is a W. That’s the way I see it,” running back Da’Rel Scott said. “Yeah, we could have pushed a little more and scored a little more, but it’s the first game, so we’re just trying to get the kinks out and just work on it next week.”Granted, things are going to get tougher for the Terps, and the Blue Hens are far from the best team on the schedule. But, these past couple of seasons, the Terps have exhibited a knack for playing either up or down to the level of their competition. How they play against one team is not necessarily an indication of how they are going to play against any other.Remember 2006, when the Terps had dubious early-season wins against William & Mary and Florida International before a five-game winning streak in the ACC propelled them to a 9-4 season?Or recall last season, when a loss to North Carolina preceded a spectacular upset No. 8 Boston College, the highlight of everybody’s season?It’s easy to scrutinize the first game of the season because it’s the only one that has been played in the past eight months. But over the course of a 12-game schedule, the first isn’t any more important than any other – as long as it’s a win.”They say the biggest improvement is from week one to week two,” senior safety Terrell Skinner said. “We’re just trying to make big improvements so we can get ready for Middle Tennessee.”Half the teams in the ACC that played games this past weekend lost. Clemson, Virginia Tech and Virginia are among the teams wishing they had the same record as the Terps right now.As long as the Terps get better each week, and find a way to keep winning, that should be good enough for us, regardless of the score.It’s more fun that way, anyway.schimmeldbk@gmail.com