When the Terrapins called a team meeting for Wednesday morning, the news had already been broken by multiple outlets that included OutKick, players were seen arriving to the football facility for an explanation from those in charge of moving the program forward.Unfortunately, news like this rarely stays quiet until a team can gather privately.Reporters typically wait outside football facilities to speak with players and gauge their reactions after a head coach is fired.Defensive coordinator Aazaar Abdul-Rahim will be the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.WHICH COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES IMPROVED OR TANKED THEIR HOT SEAT STATUS FOUR GAMES INTO THE SEASON?Head coach Mike Locksley of the Maryland Terrapins watches the team warm up before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., on Oct.
3, 2026.(Getty Images)That was the case Wednesday, when two University of Maryland student reporters stood outside the athletic complex hoping to speak with players leaving the facility after learning about Locksley’s dismissal.According to one of the student reporters, SB Nation’s Testudo Times journalist Nolan Rogalski, he and Jude Wilkenfeld believed they were permitted to stand outside the football complex because Maryland is a public university.However, a Maryland staff member reportedly called police on the two student journalists for "suspicious activity." Two officers then arrived at the scene and questioned the reporters about what they were doing outside the facility."For @testudotimes , @JudeWilkenfeld and I were outside Jones-Hill House trying to get players to comment," Rogalski mentioned on social media.
"An athletics staffer took pictures of us, and a police dispatch was called for suspicious activity; a cop and 2 cop cars pulled up, and officers ID’d us and asked us to leave."TCU FOOTBALL PULLS CREDENTIALS FROM LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR REPORTING ON LOCKER ROOM ASSAULT STORYThe students appeared to be doing nothing o...