College Football Bowls - Today's Games: ; Friedgen Coaches Terrapins for Last Time

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WASHINGTON - It's been a slow, sad march toward Ralph Friedgen's final game as coach at Maryland.

"Being with the players one last time is pretty special," Friedgen said. "You know, it's kind of like you died. It's a slow death. Everything you experience is for the last time. It's been a very stressful week for me."

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College Football Bowls - Today's Games: ; Friedgen Coaches Terrapins for Last Time

Friedgen was on the verge of tears at nearly every question at this week's official news conference for the Military Bowl, which matches the Terrapins (8-4) against East Carolina (6-6) today at RFK Stadium. This was already a game Maryland didn't want to play - the school felt it deserved a better bowl fate after tying for third in the Atlantic Coast Conference - and now it's taken on a feel that's more funeral than festival since the announcement last week that the ACC's coach of the year was being fired, effect...

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