Offensive Coordinator

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones has purchased a five-bedroom home along Falls Road in Lutherville for the price of $1.75 million. The seller is one Malcolm Cameron according to state records. He's better known as Cam Cameron, the offensive coordinator fired by the Ravens toward the end the most recent season, which ended in a Super Bowl victory. He bought the home for $1.5 million in July 2011, three years after joining the Ravens following a one-year stint as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.

Each week, The Baltimore Sun publishes a Q&A with a college lacrosse player or coach to get you more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Today's guest is Johns Hopkins sophomore attackman Wells Stanwick, who leads the team in assists with 22 and points with 45. The Baltimore native and Boys' Latin graduate entered the week ranked fourth in Division I in shooting percentage (.500). After Saturday's 8-4 loss to then-No. 7 Loyola, the No. 13 Blue Jays (8-5) are in danger of missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1971, the debut of the event.

Maryland is expected to hire former New Mexico coach Mike Locksley as its offensive coordinator, according to a knowledgeable source. Locksley would replace Gary Crowton. The school is negotiating the terms of Crowton's release after one season. Locksley was 2-26 at New Mexico but is known as an aggressive recruiter. He is a former Towson University player and Maryland assistant. Locksley was dismissed by New Mexico during the 2011 season. Locksley had previously served four seasons as the Illinois offensive coordinator.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones has purchased a five-bedroom home along Falls Road in Lutherville for the price of $1.75 million. The seller is one Malcolm Cameron according to state records. He's better known as Cam Cameron, the offensive coordinator fired by the Ravens toward the end the most recent season, which ended in a Super Bowl victory. He bought the home for $1.5 million in July 2011, three years after joining the Ravens following a one-year stint as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.

Gary Crowton is out as Maryland's offensive coordinator, and his departure will be negotiated between him and the school, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. It could be that Crowton and Maryland will agree to a negotiated buyout under which the school will be responsible for some -- but not all -- of the balance of his three-year contract. He makes a guaranteed $500,000 per year. If Crowton were found in breach of contract, Maryland would not be responsible for the balance.

While the Navy football team was enjoying the Thanksgiving break away from practice, offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper had his weekend turn unexpectedly eventful when reports erroneously linked him to Vanderbilt's vacant head coaching job. Jasper's name surfaced on Twitter on Saturday afternoon via a tweet by Tony Barnhart, who wrote, "Hearing Ivin Jasper of the Naval Academy will be the new head coach at Vanderbilt. " Then Nashville radio personality George Plaster said Saturday night: "It looks like Ivin Jasper appears to have emerged as the guy they're going to hire, and it looks like it's going to be done no later than in the next 48 hours.

- For new offensive coordinator Mike Locksley, returning to Maryland - where he previously served as an assistant to two Terps ' head coaches - feels like renewal. After a trying stint on and off the field as New Mexico's head coach , Locksley hopes to renew his bonds with the parts of the game - the play calling, the interaction with his quarterbacks - that head coaches typically must delegate to others. He hopes to fall in love with the sport all over again. "For me, it's welcome to be back to having a relationship with the quarterbacks and the offense, implementing, installing, calling plays.

Gary Crowton might be fool's gold. The new Maryland offensive boss comes in with a shiny resume. The man won a national title at LSU. He directed the offense for Oregon’s 2005 squad that went 10-1 and won the Fiesta Bowl behind Kellen Clemens' savvy play. Simply put, he seems like a home run. Don’t fall for it -- yet. The man has a pattern. Sure, you might bash me when the Terps go 10-2 this year and make it to the ACC title game, led by Crowton and Danny O’Brien. But after that, brace yourselves for the possibility of mediocre football.

Unless the Ravens improve dramatically on offense, it's safe to assume they will interview candidates to become the team's offensive coordinator, including Jim Caldwell. Caldwell became the OC when the Ravens fired Cam Cameron after Sunday's loss to the Washington Redskins. It makes sense for the Ravens to interview others because there should be some attractive candidates out there, like Philadelphia's Andy Reid and San Diego's Norv Turner, long-time head coaches who are expected to be let go by their respective teams at the end of the season.

It took only an embarrassing 56-14 whipping by San Diego State Saturday night in its season opener for the Naval Academy to shake up its coaching staff, with head coach George Chaump dismissing Greg Briner, the Midshipmen's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.A terse statement released yesterday by the academy public relations staff read: "Coach George Chaump announced he has fired Greg Briner over philosophical differences in running the football program."Reached at his home in Arnold, Briner said he preferred not to discuss his dismissal at this time.

Reigning national champion Loyola has split its last two games, but there is one noticeable issue: a sudden lack of punch on offense. The Greyhounds (4-2) have scored eight goals in each of the games. That was enough for a two-goal victory over Bellarmine on March 2, but it was problematic in a one-goal loss to Duke on Friday night that dropped Loyola from No. 4 to No. 14 in The Sun's weekly rankings. The offense is shooting just 21.9 percent over those two contests and has misfired on 5-of-6 extra-man opportunities.

Maryland's burst to the top of the rankings has been aided by a 12-10 redemption against reigning national champion Loyola and a 16-7 thumping of Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke en route to a 4-0 record. The Terps have also benefitted from quick starts. This season, the team has outscored opponents, 22-4, in the first quarter and after halftime, the squad has sprinted to a 16-9 advantage in the third quarter. Maryland's ability to put their opponents in an early hole in each half mirrors the wishes of coach John Tillman.

Mike Preston has taken every chance to knock Joe Flacco since he was drafted five seasons ago ("Ravens shouldn't overreact when it's time to pay Flacco" Feb. 25). He says it's not him, it's Jacoby Jones or Anquan Boldin who made the plays. Joe has to have "ideal conditions. " Did he ever look at John Unitas' offense with three Hall of Famers, or Joe Montana's offense with Jerry Rice and coach Bill Walsh? Every quarterback who succeeds has a great supporting cast. Mr. Flacco has outplayed Tom Brady three times in the last two seasons.

More than two months since he was relieved of his duties as the Ravens offensive coordinator, Cam Cameron officially returned to coaching today, this time at the college level.   The 52-year-old, who called the Ravens' offensive plays for five seasons before he was fired by head coach John Harbaugh a day after the team's Dec. 9 loss to the Washington Redskins, was announced today as LSU 's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, reuniting him with his longtime friend, Tigers coach Les Miles . Cameron and Miles worked together for seven years on the University of Michigan coaching staff, prompting a question about whether he has any concerns working with a close friend.

When the going got tough - and things got pretty dicey in December - the Ravens didn't wilt. They didn't even wonder if a season that once seemed to have such promise was coming unraveled at just the wrong time. Or so they say. The three-game losing streak that ramped up the suspense after the Ravens seemed to be cruising into the playoffs was troubling enough to prompt a risky, late-season change in offensive coordinator, but it still wasn't enough to make John Harbaugh, Ozzie Newsome or owner Steve Bisciotti entertain a molecule of doubt that the ultimate goal was still attainable.

Joe Flacco spent much of the week leading up to Super Bowl XLVII answering questions about his even-keel personality. The Ravens quarterback may slide into the background on a team with such outspoken personalities as Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs, but on Sunday, Flacco's play spoke volumes. Flacco completed 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns to be selected the Most Valuable Player of the 34-31 win against the San Francisco 49ers at the Mercedez-Benz Superdome.

Since firing offensive coordinator Cam Cameron in early December, the Ravens have entrusted Jim Caldwell with running the offense. Having reached the Super Bowl behind an offense clicking with Caldwell at the controls, his status as offensive coordinator has been extended at least through next season. Ravens coach John Harbaugh announced Monday that the former Indianapolis Colts head coach and quarterbacks coach has agreed to remain as offensive coordinator going forward. "He's really a solid football coach, first of all," Harbaugh said.

Throws that were wild and off-target. Runs stopped not very far from the line of scrimmage. Blocking that appeared non-existent. Not much seemed to change between the game plan called by former offensive coordinator Cam Cameron and the one crafted by his successor, Jim Caldwell for Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos. The same offense that scored 29 points in back-to-back wins against the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers and fizzled in the fourth quarters of successive losses to the Steelers and Washington Redskins re-appeared in Sunday's 34-17 loss to the Broncos at M&T Bank Stadium.

NEW ORLEANS - Soaking up the Super Bowl experience, Ravens left guard Kelechi Osemele spent Tuesday's Media Day, joking around with current teammates and hanging out with former NFL offensive lineman and fellow Iowa State alum Keith Sims. A smile never left the rookie's face until he was asked about the challenge of facing the San Francisco 49ers front seven in Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII. Then, his tone suddenly grew serious. "I've never seen so many star-studded, first-round picks, play-making, fast, shifty guys in my entire life, let alone on the same team," Osemele said.

Here is what other news outlets are saying about the Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl XLVII today. --- Tim Kawakami of The San Jose Mercury News says that the 49ers will beat the Ravens in the Super Bowl. “Boil out the flimsiest, fuzziest story lines and this Super Bowl is supremely easy to summarize in less than 25 words. The 49ers are a little better at the best things the Ravens do and a lot better at the things the Ravens do worst,” Kawakami wrote.