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By Don Markus, The Baltimore Sun | April 4, 2012
There were times in recent seasons when Navy's offense would go weeks without making any huge gaffes. The snaps from center Brady DeMell to quarterbacks Ricky Dobbs and Kriss Proctor would be crisp, and thehandoffs from Dobbs and Proctor to fullbacks Vince Murray and Alexander Teich textbook. Even if the Midshipmen did not run the true triple option, particularly with Dobbs, Navy often played mistake-free. The rushing game was ranked in the top six in each of the last four seasons, including No. 1 in 2008.
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By Edward Lee | March 27, 2012
As the only team in Division I to score at least 10 goals in each game this season, No. 7 Loyola (8-0) has garnered a lot of attention for its ability to score, tying No. 2 Virginia for fifth in the country in offense (13.0 goals per game). The group has been just as proficient sharing the ball, leading the nation in assists per game with 9.0. Those numbers have been aided by the presence of attackmen Mike Sawyer (29 goals) and Eric Lusby (24), but coach Charley Toomey said offensive coordinator Dan Chemotti has done much to refine the offense.
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By Katherine Dunn and The Baltimore Sun | February 23, 2012
Loyola has hired Brant Hall, the Dons' offensive coordinator for the last nine seasons, as its new head football coach. Hall will succeed Brian Abbott who stepped down in January after 10 years, four Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference titles and six wins over Calvert Hall in the Turkey Bowl. The Dons starting quarterback from 1995-1997, Hall went on to play at Lehigh, where he started for two years and was a two-time All-Patriot League quarterback.
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By Jeff Barker and The Baltimore Sun | February 10, 2012
The buyout that Maryland negotiated with former defensive coordinator Todd Bradford is to pay him $300,000, according to a copy of the agreement obtained under a public records request. The document, dated Jan. 12 and obtained today, says Bradford was to get $50,000 on Feb. 3 and will receive $250,000 on July 12. Bradford, hired from Southern Mississippi, was at Maryland for just one season and was replaced by the University of Houston's Brian Stewart. Bradford's contract had two seasons left and had guaranteed him $350,000 per year.
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By Jeff Barker and The Baltimore Sun | February 8, 2012
Danny O'Brien likes most everything about Maryland. That's certainly been a positive for the quarterback and the school. And it clearly factors into the inner debate he's been having -- for months, those who know him say -- about where his immediate football future should be spent. Largely through his family, I've kept tabs on O'Brien. Here is some of what I know: * In recent months, he's tried to focus on recovering from the broken bone in his left arm. He suffered the injury when he was slammed to the turf during the Notre Dame loss on Nov. 12. He adhered to a routine in his recovery, and getting healthy seemed to take precedence over other matters.
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By Jeff Barker, The Baltimore Sun | February 8, 2012
- 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.