Maryland Closes Out Season With Close Loss to Balanced Boston College, 19-17
Never before has Maryland had a ten loss season. Until now, that is.
Maryland came out flat and Boston College won on the strength of four Steve Aponavicius FGs in a game that wasn't as close as the score indicated, 19-17. That gave Maryland its 10th loss on the year - the first time ever for the program- and their worst season since 1967's winless year.
There's not much reason to go over it and analyze it, because there are no more games to be played for Maryland after this one. I will say this, though: no one had any emotion. Even when the great Steve Aponavicius missed a field goal, the response was muted.
This was senior day, the last game for Maryland, and probably the last game for Ralph Friedgen. There was no spark, no emotion, no passion. I definitely expected more.
Jamarr Robinson was average, not great. He's got an arm, but he's nowhere near a finished product. That final drive was pretty, but they could've used that earlier. Clay Belton and the freshmen will still have a shot at beating him out. Da'Rel Scott was missed; next year should be better for that reason alone.
It was a nice ride while it lasted, Fridge. An announcement will probably be made within a week one way or the other, and I'm expecting it to be negative for him.
Would anyone mind if I skipped grades tomorrow? I'm gonna be swamped and...the season's over. Throughout the week we'll have some stuff on the year - season long grades, Terperlatives, handicapping the coaching search(?), stuff like that.
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First off want to say, this is my favorite website for Maryland sports and you personally Mr. Broman do a great job updating Terp Nation with what we want to hear. I think we know the fate now of Fridgen…I keep hearing they want to buy out his contract for 2 mil and part ways. Now that the season is over, I still think you have to look at this team with injuries and young players and have a little hope for the future. Football is over now…we need the basketball team to pick it up for Terp Nation. I thnk when Gregory comes back they will only get better. It’s obvious we need help in the low post. He ended the year really well last year and his experience will do the terps well. Hoping for a blowout against Indiana!
take the day off
No grades tmw bro, you definitely deserve a break.
Were you at the game bbro?
I was sitting in the front row, and I saw a lot of emotion from the defense. Maybe the offense was a little lackluster, but it was hard for them to get in a flow without fridge keeping in one qb for more than a quarter.
Overall, I though Jamarr played quite well. Sure, he had a few over- and under-throws. But his performance indicated that he will be a viable starting option for next season.
If our non-skill positions can step it up next year (i.e. O-line, D-line), since we are already set at most of the skill positions (i.e. WR, RB, LB), we will be competing for an ACC title. You heard it here first.
Fridge is here to stay for next season, and hopefully he’ll be able to prove that he can still coach. The play-calling on both sides of the ball is still garbage, though. We need to work that situation out.
Take the week off
We’ll cut you some slack. It’s been miserable, and like TF2011 says, you need a break.
Is Jerry Angelo fired yet?
lets be honest
your opinion is not one of someone who is objective to the matter. It is obvious by the last ten articles where you declare that it is inevitable Friedgen will be fired, quite frankly, it isn’t. 4 million is a lot of money the university doesn’t have, not to mention the extra 1 mil it will cost for Franklin. Recently, the school took a 100 million dollar budget cut, their not going to shell out 5 million, then a extra four to bring in a new coach for four years. And its only that low if they bring a relatively smaller coach.
Second, Friedgen is a franchise coach, apart of Maryland tradition, he has coach well in the past, that didnt just disappear. It would be unwise to not let Fridge come back next year and work with the youngest team in the nation, did i mention that, 15 of the starters were with 2 or less years of experience.
Finally, you said that because of the similarities between Al Groh and Fridge. One, thats ridiculous, two, you failed to mention, on purpose, that Groh had losing seasons that last consecutive three years, Maryland has been at a bowl game the last three years. And lets just say, I know a large amount of the coachs plan on being back.
tf8991...
i agree with everything you said. i feel that the fridge has set the team up well for success in the next couple years. he should definitely stick around.
franklin should be gone. even though hes a great recruiter, his play-calling is pathetic. keep the fridge and don brown, get rid of jimmy-boy, and we’ll be a whole lot better off.

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