OAKLAND, Calif. – After arriving in San Francisco Wednesday evening, the Maryland football team hit the field for its first practice in the Bay Area at Laney College Thursday afternoon in preparation for its matchup with Stanford in the Foster Farms Bowl on Tuesday.

In an effort to keep the team on a normal routine, Thursday's practice resembled a normal Tuesday game-week practice for head coach Randy Edsall's squad.

“It is a normal Tuesday practice for us,” said Edsall. “That is one of the reasons we can out when we did. We came out yesterday to get acclimated so we could get right into our weekly routine. This will be a normal Tuesday for us, and tomorrow will be a normal Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and so on. It puts us right into game mode. We already put the game plan in back home and practiced that. Now we are going to do the same thing here. We hope there is a lot of retention, they are sharp, they are crisp and we can go out and get things done we need to get done to prepare for a very talented and tough opponent in Stanford.”

Tuesday's practice opened with special teams work specifically kickoff return before moving into some individual work. Practice closed with four team sessions, a bout of 7-v-7 and extra point and field goal work.

At the conclusion of practice, former Terp Jon Condo, currently with the Oakland Raiders addressed the team along with former Morgan State, Baltimore Colts and Raiders star Raymond Chester. Each player shared a few words of wisdom as the Terps prepare for the Cardinal.

Maryland returns to the practice field Thursday morning before heading downtown for the Foster Farms Bowl press conference and a trip Alcatraz in the afternoon.

Maryland and Stanford are set for a 10:05 p.m. ET kick off Tuesday from Levi's Stadium.