Ralph Friedgen
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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
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We really had some opportunities, especially in the first half. Virginia Tech is one of the best teams in the country. When you get opportunities, you have to be able to take advantage of them.
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I think we played hard and had the opportunities, but we didn't take advantage of them.
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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.
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I think we had an excellent game plan and our kids executed it well. I thought we were very unpredictable.
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With an added year of maturity, both physically and mentally, I would think Melvin would make an immediate impact. He can really run for a big guy, has tremendous acceleration coming off the edge.
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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.
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We deserved to get beat the way we did.