With spring practice canceled and a timetable for a return to normalcy unclear due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Maryland head football coach Michael Locksley says the Terps would need a “bare minimum” of six weeks to get ready for their first game and that he’d be open to playing in empty stadiums.
In a normal offseason, the Terps would’ve held a padded scrimmage April 4 in preparation for their annual spring game April 25. Instead, players are participating in football meetings with coaches on Zoom from 2-4 p.m. four days a week, with film study and chalk talk being the topics of conversation.
Maryland players got through their offseason workout program and are maintaining their conditioning on their own, but the Terps would have to be back on campus by late July for Locksley to feel comfortable about opening the season against Towson Sept. 5 as currently scheduled.
