Let's not kid ourselves and compare Ringold to Wilchinski, Bartolain and Sileki.  Thats a kid among men.  Sileki, as barbaric as he was, was a great motivator and a hard worker.  Bartolain, as a player, was at the least, a great defensive player and a great captain. Wilchinski, although he had trouble getting off blocks, was a football players player, in the weight room before anyone, at the meeting before anyone, and worked harder than anyone.  Ringold was just some kid with just some talent on a less than mediocre football team.  Although I do admire your pathos for the green terrible, lets not forget to put players in context of their league.

         Another tough loss for McDaniel.  Not taking anything away from the bears, but come on, another shut-out?  To play hard and not win is one thing, but to continuely get beat up by other teams is all about attitude.
         A leader and model for attitude for any team, even more-so than the QB, is the head coach.  His demeanor sets the tone for the team.  I feel sorry for McDaniel players that have to see their head coach crying and clutching his players in aid to hold him up in fear of fainting from the stress of a tough play or a bad call.  Players want a coach to look up to, someone they respect.  I'm not insuing that a coach must be some full tilt hard knocks person, but repsect is something earned by actions and I'm not sure that's merrited by whimpering like your 9 week old poodle just got run over by grandad's lawnmower when things dont go your way. 
       When Western Maryland/Mcdaniel was on a winning streak for a few seasons they did seem to have some stacked players.  Huge running backs, great QB's, defense as intense as any in D3 and a gargantuan o-line.  Is it hard to win with those players?  Now that they dont have the size speed and strength of the past, coaching is the what it comes down to.  And if your questioning coaching, might as well start with the top right?

      I can understand the name change to McDaniel solely based on location.  Western Maryland did make it seem like the school was near fFrostburg.  As for the new admins at McDaniel it doesnt seem like they are very active in the success of athletic.  We can all agree that most D3 football players wont play after college and sports shouldnt be the main priority.  However, a successful athletic team, especially football, increases the appeal to perpective students (something McDaniels new administration neglects to confirm). 
      Muchacho, in regards to Keating being a "GREAT COACH" I'd check your sources; some people are just blessed with good coaching staffs who receive little to no credit.
      terror5005, were you a former player?

Can anyone offer any insight as to why McDaniel's football team has been on the steady decline in the past few years?  I know they were on top of the conference for 5 years (taking note the shared CC championships) and all teams cant be expected to win every single year, but isnt their performance in the past couple of seasons horrid at best?  Off to an 0-2 start doesnt look promising either with a 41-0 debauchery and a 17-7 loss to a second year program that was 0-2 prior to their meeting.  Is recruiting that tough for McDaniel.  You'd figure a team that had year-in-year-out success in the past would have the allure to bring in top D3 prospects.  Like I said, I can see them not winning EVERY year, but they should at least put out a respectable record.  McDaniel is said to have good coaching, right? It just doesnt seem clear to me how their success could drop so drastically.