To sell tickets to the Military Bowl, Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen took his appeal to a rabid fan base Sunday — supporters of the Maryland basketball team.
Speaking passionately from center court at halftime of Maryland’s game against Boston College, Friedgen told fans he was “disappointed in the process” of how the Terps, with the third-best record in the ACC, dropped to the eighth-best bowl available to the conference.
“They disrespected our school,” Friedgen bellowed.
On Friday, the Military Bowl announced that East Carolina had sold 8,200 of its 10,000 allotted tickets. There was no mention of how many Maryland had sold.
“We have been offered a challenge,” Friedgen said. “I don’t want our team playing in front of purple. I want them playing in front of red.”
