The Maryland football team is looking to end the first year of the D.J. Durkin era on a positive note.
Just over a calendar year after firing Randy Edsall, the Terrapins find themselves in their first bowl game in two seasons. Edsall led the program to the Foster Farms Bowl, where Maryland was dismantled by Stanford in a 45-21 rout.
The Terps didn’t even come close to the postseason in 2015 after a 3-9 campaign. Edsall was fired midway through the season and was replaced by Mike Locksley, who didn’t fare much better.
A new regime was certainly needed in College Park and Durkin was tabbed as the choice shortly after the 2015 season.