By Jeff Barker The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun

12:04 p.m. AKST, February 22, 2013

Maryland football will begin spring workouts on March 2 and hold practices at Baltimore’s Dunbar High School on March 30 and Middletown High School in Frederick County on April 6.

Holding practices on the road represents a new wrinkle for the program, which is eager to reach out to its fan base.

Both practices begin at noon and are open to the public.

Another new wrinkle: Instead of holding the red-white spring game on a Saturday afternoon, the game will be under the lights on Friday night, April 12 beginning at 7;00 p.m.

Maryland was 4-8 last season. The team recently announced a solid, 22-member recruiting class