[2022] Maryland Post Scrimmages Press Conference

[RobSun08]

*Coach RobSun takes the podium to begin the press conference*

 

Well, now that the scrimmages are over I think we have somewhat found our identity as a team, but we still have work to do. To recap the first scrimmage, we played in Middle Tennessee State and lost 30-10. The passing game looked weak as Isaiah Lewis threw for 13/29 and 73 yards. Our fullback had the most yards receiving and none of the receivers looked strong. The defense played well throughout the first three quarters and fizzled out in the fourth. Overall, it was not a great performance by the team, and the game plan needed some work. Over the week we made many adjustments, with the major one being moving Isaiah Lewis from the quarterback position to running back, and replacing him with Stephen Brantley. We also made changes to the game plan, making it a more run heavy offense, with minor adjustments to the defense. To summarize the second scrimmage game, we looked much better than before, beating Navy 19-37. Brantley had a decent completion rate at 17/41, but managed 215 yards and only one interception. The star of our team turned out to be the relocated Isaiah Lewis, who ran for 123 yards on 34 attempts. He managed 4 touchdowns as well in his first game at the running back position. The defense looked better than they were last week, and continues to hold strong. Going into the regular season I'm even more confident in the team, and I believe that with some more adjustments we can go very far.

 

Changing topics, we have a full schedule completed for the 2022 schedule being:

Week 1: Eastern Michigan	Week 8: @Indiana
Week 2: @Florida	Week 9: Northwestern
Week 3: @Mississippi State	Week 10: BYE
Week 4: BYE	Week 11: @Wisconsin
Week 5: @Michigan	Week 12: @Penn State
Week 6: Michigan State	Week 13: Ohio State
Week 7: Purdue	Week 14: Rutgers

 

I don't believe there is any other big news as of right now, so I'll open up the press conference to questions.

 

*Press conference is now open to questions*

[tsweezy]

How is Isaiah taking the position switch? Any friction within the team?

[RobSun08]

Isaiah has taken the switch well, although he was a little surprised when it first occurred. After his first game he was happy as he realized how much better he performed at the new position. Ryan Turner is still disappointed he lost his starting job though.