Bowl or no Bowl?

Not right now. We have had years start almost as ugly and then turn around, but not right now.

On this one, I do blame the players more than the coaches. They had to get it done and they didn't. They fell into a trap game and it showed. None of them took the game seriously until it was way too late and they had nothing to show but broken plays.

No way. this team has no heart. Vandy's guys were smaller and not as fast, but seemed to have more pride than this group is showing. ultimately though, it is the coaches who are responsible for what happens on the field. the coaches should be embarrassed.

the O line has not been able to effectively pass block for two seasons now.....eight in the box is going to become a familiar sight.

A bowl? Don't make me laugh, Prisbell.

Unless there is some drastic improvement from both players and coaches, this will be the worst season of Fat Ralph's tenure here. The ACC may be down this year, but not down to the level of Delaware & MTSU.

Clemson got embarrassed Wk 1, but Alabama may win the SEC West.

VT went down Wk 1, but ECU has proven that they're no joke this year.

BC, FSU, & Wake -- all better than us on both sides of the ball.

I can't shake the feeling that this situation is mirroring the Skins last year, in that Fat Ralph brought in a guy to change the offensive philosophy but the product on the field seems to be more of the same. I suspect FR is handcuffing Franklin at this point...we saw some crisp short passing and quick-hit runs at the beginning of the Delaware game, but by the end it was the same overly-safe and conservative offense we've seen since Taffe left.

Cue up the violin players, boys, 'cause this ship is sinking. Fast.

Fire Friedgen.

Bowl Game? WE are talking about bowl games, cant even win a game vs a division 1 team, I think we need to start Portis and get the ball to Bey more-he is unstoppable and is our only spark plug

at this point: toilet bowl.

we have the most talent EVER for a MD football team, yet the coaching seems to hold it back.

very, very sad...

Thing is, there really isn't a lot of talent on this team, and there hasn't been in a while. Pay no attention to the "Top 25" recruiting classes - too many guys who have all the measureables but simply aren't football players. Friedgen won with Vanderlinden's players, and since they've all left this has been a mediocre team, at best.

No, they will not make a bowl. And yes, if they play as bad as I think (2-3 wins) they will, they should fire Friedgen at the end of the season.

Yeah, I'm not sure where all this talent is that everyone keeps talking about. I saw 2 talented MD players: D. Scott and DHB. The rest would not have started for MTS.....

The coaching is atrocious as well. That is an ugly combo.

NFW

In this day and age of the 85 scholarship rule, coaching takes on greater importance more now than ever before in college football. Not only does the coaching staff need to be able to recruit top talent, but it needs to be able to develop that talent once it arrives on campus. In the years preceeding the Fridge's arrival the Terps might not have been able to get upper echelon recruits but they were able to get decent recruits that were somewhat coachable. Upon Ralph's arrival with his coaching staff he was able to develop players that were hungry and wanted to win in the worst way. Since the initial years, when he had players wanting to win in the worst way and all he had to do was plug in his play book, things have changed. Gone are hungry players who wanted to win at all costs, gone are coaches that would put them in position to win (Blackney, Taffe, Locksley), and gone are the fans that are happy with mediocracy. What we have now are coaches that evidently can't teach or recruit good talent and players that are uncoachable and not willing to do what it takes to win and a fan base that knows it should be getting better results than those currently being produced. When Ralph arrived at MD and won right away he was considered a genius and hailed as a savior due to the fact he was able to win right away while other programs struggled-see Wake, Kansas, WVU, ECU or Missouri. Who right now wouldn't take one of those programs over ours right now? I know I wouldn't.

Fear the Turtle!!!!! Grrrr

This is easy. After watching the first 2 games the answer is NO QB = NO winning Season. The QB play last night by Turner was the worst I've ever seen. The rule is he plays better in games than in practice. As a former player the Rule has always been You play the way you practice!!!!

Made the trip for this game and it was evident early on they were completely unprepared for MTSU. This one is squarely on the coaches. The Terps play the most risk adverse offensive and defensive game plans I've seen from a major college program. It was clear to all of us in the stands (trust me this was embarassing) that Fridge overrules Franklin. The Terps run no discernable version of the West Coast - just the same garbage from last year. The clock management in the final minutes of the first half was just criminal. The defense gets no pressure, nor do they ever exhibit a desire to try anything different than keep plays in front of them. Look at our next opponent - they layed a 66 point can on a CONFERENCE foe. I don't think they were holding anything back.

WERE GOING TO THE LOSER BOWL TO PLAY WEST VIRGINIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The most important position in the history of the world is QB. Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit, but its importance cant be minimized.

I'm a huge Terps fan sitting in MU's Chase Daniels territory and I'll say this: If Daniels was QBing the Terps, I'd bet on 8/9 wins easy.

Fact is, when everyone was up in arms on the Steffy thing, my thought was the same, Turner isnt the answer either. I hope they turn it around, we'll see.

FLUSH FRIEDGEN!

We all heard about how Friedgen was this great QB developer and offensive genius. Then he comes in and sets the world on fire. Only one problem as others have said he did it with Vanderlin's recruits. The downward spiral is all to familiar. It's time to pull the plug on the Fridge and while they are at it G. Williams.

Ralph and his buddies were totally out coached. Ralph says he couldn't get the players excited about the game. Maybe Ralph wasn't excited, and neither were Cosh or Franklin. Give us a break Ralph, getting players excite is your job!

George Allen (RIP) said defense wins football games. How in the world can the Terps win with a non-aggressive defense that merely wants to avoid giving up big plays? Football defenses should be confident, agressive, and have some big and mean middle lineman. Mr. Cosh needs to go back to football school and learn defense. Try reading up on George Allen.

We'll be there for the California game, but we're preparing for the worst. We make take along some paper bags with eye holes for late in the game.