The coach who took his team to a bowl game and is getting the worst deal this season is Ralph Friedgen. Not even two weeks after he was named ACC Coach of the Year, Maryland tossed Fridge aside, amid rumors Craig James had let Mike Leach out of the locked tool shed. I guess they forgot about the bad old Mark Duffner/Ron Vanderlinden days in College Park. Friedgen will be on the sidelines a week from today for the Military Bowl at RFK Stadium as Maryland faces East Carolina. Proceeds from the game, the third annual bowl game at RFK,…
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For anyone sitting in M&T Bank Stadium this Labor Day, it’s hard to argue both Maryland and Navy wouldn’t both benefit from making that game an annual event. Both teams fan bases filled up Ravens stadium and the game was broadcast nationally on ESPN earning each program much needed exposure. Navy AD Chet Gladchuk said again at the Navy Board of Visitors meeting Monday he would be interested in trying it out, although he warned it might get “stale.” Navy Times reporter Phil Ewing at Scoop Deck has the story. “There’s a couple of things that would go into it,”…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3CiB2cmws&NR=1[/youtube] I’m a bit surprised more hasn’t been made about Navy Coach Ken Niumatalolo’s encounter with a ref at halftime during Monday’s game with Maryland. Navy’s coach was visibly upset after the clock ran out before he could get his field goal team on the field. It appears from the video above that Niumatalolo angrily bumps his hat against the ref’s forehead, gritting his teeth with a crazed look in his eyes. Navy was not penalized for the encounter when the second half started. It’s surprising, though, there have been no reports that any NCAA governing body is reviewing the…
I believe in moral victories. This wasn’t one. But Navy’s season is far from ruined after a 17-14 loss to Maryland on Monday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The unbeaten season nonsense, the Dobbs for Heisman impossible dream — all of that is dead now. But nothing that happened today leads me to believe that Navy can’t still end up with 9-10 wins and a bowl berth. Between an inept start on defense, a missed field goal and four red zone drives that ended in zero points, the Mids did about all they could to lose this game. But…
