The same routine occurs at the Maryland football team's hotel every Friday. Because players are summoned to the dinner line one class at a time, when seniors are called, the largest group of upperclassmen Coach Ralph Friedgen has ever coached rises in unison. Friedgen looks at them and sees 30 athletes whose talents and potential he never doubted. All along, Friedgen's biggest question about the seniors was whether they believed in themselves as much as he believed in them. During a season of volatility and tumult, five senior-led moments gave Friedgen his ... (more)