Maryland football opened its fall camp Wednesday, exactly one month ahead of its season opener against UConn on Aug. 31.
The Terps begin their campaign in search of a fourth-consecutive bowl game appearance, a feat the program hasn’t achieved since 1982-85. But they will do so without the man who led them to the last three: Taulia Tagovailoa. The Big Ten’s all-time leading passer signed with the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats in June after a stint in the Seattle Seahawks’ rookie minicamp.
Head coach Michael Locksley, who is entering his sixth season at the program’s helm, said Tagovailoa’s successor — who will be either redshirt junior Billy Edwards Jr., redshirt sophomore MJ Morris or redshirt sophomore Cameron Edge — won’t be announced until “we run out for the first drive.”
Regardless of who the quarterback is, Locksley reiterated that the 2024 Terps will be a “defensive-led” team. He emphasized the unit’s seven returning starters.
In other news
Former Maryland field hockey star Nike Lorenz, Germany’s captain at the Olympics, scored a hat trick to solidify a 5-1 win over France in Paris.
Maryland men’s soccer released its Big Ten Network schedule. It will play four games on the network: Sept. 2 against Virginia, Sept. 20 at Indiana, Oct. 1 at Penn State and Oct. 21 at UCLA.
Blue Jays’ and former Maryland relief pitcher Jose Cuas was optioned back to Triple-A after a one-inning stint, in which he walked three batters but didn’t give up a run.
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RHP Paolo Espino has been recalled from Triple-A and will start today’s game
RHP Jose Cuas optioned to Triple-A pic.twitter.com/qzcONHu0rT
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 31, 2024
Former Maryland lacrosse All-American Colin Heacock, now a member of the Premier Lacrosse League’s Maryland Whipsnakes, threw out the first pitch at yesterday’s Orioles game.
