Re: i\'m not sure why you want to discredit Fridge....
As I recall, Maryland had only 3 points on the board when McBrien went down late in the 2nd quarter. Of course that was 3 more than we had at the time, so it wasn't exactly a slaughter with Ralph looking bewildered on the sideline.
Eking out a 7-3 win was big for us, but let's not criticize Fridge too hard from our Glass House. After all, it won't take Terp alums (like SWMBO) very long to remind us that Ralph has 30 wins in his first 3 years taking over a program that was a complete disaster.
It seems to me we can be as proud of Ralph as he is proud of his experience at Tech. He was speaking fondly of his ongoing friendships with O'L, Cremins and others on local radio in DC last week.
BTW, Ralph did recruit a very highly rated QB named Chris Kelly, but he tore up his knee. Now, he's recruited another great athletic QB named Steffy.
Frankly, other than losing to GT, I hope he wins every other game. Its great for the ACC, plus it makes SWMBO happy, and that's a good thing.
Rooting for the Terps except when they play GT is perfectly reasonable.