Fat Billick

I know this probably isn't a major revelation to you Terps fans, but it just hit me last week: Ralph Friedgen is Brian Billick.

He's somehow managed to get himself a long leash through his early success, but since then he's failed to develop a quarterback or even really an exciting system. For a mediocre ACC team, the Terps have had their fair share of talent: Shawn Merriman, Vernon Davis, Dominique Foxworth, EJ Henderson... and even a starting NFL QB in Shaun Hill. Yet somehow, all that talent has been wasted. I'm not saying the Terps should be a guaranteed bowl pick every year. I'm just saying they've wildly underwhelmed and mostly because they have consistently failed to develop a quarterback or a system. In today's NCAA football, you have to have a clearly defined system. And if you put the right QB in that system, it doesn't matter if he can't throw a football 50 yards on the run.

It's clearly time for Fat Billick to go. Bring in someone with some new ideas. Look what happened to the Ravens just one year after cutting ties with the original.

Unfortunately, we all know this isn't going to happen. Even if they get rid of the Fridge, they've guaranteed his assistant the job (or at least a couple million in buyout), so it's likely the Terps are going to continue to force their boring wannabe NFL system down our throats for quite a while longer.