Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Harry Friedgenis an American football coach. He was most recently the special assistant coach for Rutgers after serving as the offensive coordinator in the 2014 season. He was the head coach at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2000 to 2010. After the 2010 regular season, it was announced that Friedgen would not be returning for the 2011 season, ending his ten-year run as head coach. Affectionately known as "The Fridge", Friedgen was previously an offensive coordinator at...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 April 1947
couple either playing plays win
We were a couple of plays from winning. I'm not into playing close. Either you win or you don't. We didn't and we could have.
football talented
They're a big, strong, fast, talented football team.
bit coaching good luck
A lot of it is good coaching and fundamentals. A little bit of it is luck.
feeding sharks team
That team is like sharks feeding for a turnover.
excellent game kids plan
I think we had an excellent game plan and our kids executed it well. I thought we were very unpredictable.
advantage ball difference field good hard played position turning
I think we played hard and we had the opportunities, but we didn't take advantage of them. When we had the ball with good field position after turning them over, we weren't able to come away with any points. That was really the difference in the game.
advantage hard played
I think we played hard and had the opportunities, but we didn't take advantage of them.
definitely games winning
I think there's definitely some correlation to us winning those games.
athletic class filled four guys help strong
I think this class filled some needs. We got some tall, athletic receivers and four big, strong corners. Hopefully, some of those guys can help us right away.
behavior difficult easy felt message sent since
This wasn't very easy for me. It's one of the more difficult things I've done since I've been here. I did what I felt had to be done. The message had to be sent that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated.
began defense field game wear
Our defense was on the field too long, and they began to wear down as the game went on.
defense field
Our defense was on the field too long.
against chance happened last national program time top tremendous
Any time you play on national TV, you don't want what happened last year. It's a tremendous chance for us to show our program off. Any time you play against a Top 10 team, it's an opportunity.
ball ran
They just ran the ball down our throats.