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Maryland to play Stanford in Foster Farms Bowl on Dec. 30
Maryland coach Randy Edsall spent Saturday night and the beginning part of Sunday watching and waiting, unsure for which bowl game the Terps would be selected. Ultimately, Maryland (7-5 overall, 4-4 in the Big Ten Conference) landed in a good spot, selected to play Stanford in the Foster Farms Bowl at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Dec. 30. The Foster Farms Bowl — formerly the Fight Hunger Bowl and, before that, the Emerald Bowl — will typically feature the sixth- or seventh-best team in the Big Ten. “In the end, it kind of came out how we wanted because this was a bowl that was very high on our list,” Edsall said Sunday night. “When...
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