The joint news conferences before bowl games sometimes can feel a little insincere. Two coaches sit feet from each other, straining to shower adulation in the other's direction.
But if the Quick Lane Bowl session felt a little contrived, the emotions Boston College’s Steve Addazio and Maryland’s D.J. Durkin shared for each other were genuine. Durkin might not be in a position to counter Addazio in a bowl game if the fourth-year Eagles coach didn’t extend an invite to Durkin at Florida years earlier.
“This isn’t like, ‘Oh, we’re playing Maryland and now each coach is going to say good things about the other guy.