Talking Terps

Today on Red Shell Radio, Dan, Matt and Eric join CT in the SVP Lounge, live and in person to kick of their fourth season of podcasting. To get things started this year, the pod holds the “Maryland Draft,” where the guys each draft three University of Maryland-related items. With 12 overall picks, the guys select things like Under Armour, the Maryland flag, Testudo and much more.    Red Shell Radio will resume its schedule of recording Mondays and releasing shows Tuesday mornings starting next week with an overstuffed football preview podcast.   Topics discussed include: Red Shell Radio is back for its fourth season, kicking off the year with the Maryland draft CT is terrible with his phone, plays mean voicemail Matt leaves him The guys will go through and draft 12 Maryland-related items Eric takes the national championship team with the first pick The guys run into Gary Williams in Rehoboth Beach Dan selects the Thirsty Turtle, says it defines his college career CT picks the Maryland flag with the third pick The “What are your bottom five states?” discussion starts, but is ultimately tabled, Matt considers Pennsylvania and Ohio bottom five Matt takes Under Armour with the fourth pick Eric takes Scott Van Pelt, one of the most visible Maryland alums, always pumping up the Terps Dan takes the Gary Williams fist pump CT takes noon kickoffs, the guys talk about how noon kicks have defined the recent Maryland football fan experience, getting to the parking lot early to tailgate and streaming the game on the internet Matt takes non revenue sports Eric takes Chick-fil-a in Stamp Student Union, agreed that the food court as a whole is top notch Dan continues to draft on nostalgia and drafts the $54.99 keg of Natural Light at Town Hall Liquors CT takes Testudo, they all comment on his various forms Matt takes Debbie Yow spending irresponsibly, defends her track record as an athletics director Eric’s girlfriend Amy steps in as an impartial judge, declares CT the winner Dan runs down everyone’s draft classes, declares Eric his winner The guys don’t want to do the draft again next year CT reels off the “undrafted free agents"

On today's Red Shell Radio, the guys convene during the offseason to hit on a wide sprectrum of Maryland Terrapin topics. The guys run down the biggest news items by literally picking them out of a hat.  The podcast will resume its regular weekly schedule the week before the 2015 football season begins (August 31 of September 1). Look out for one or two more offseason editions of the show.  Subscribing on iTunes or following us on Twitter are the best ways to ensure you don't miss an episode. Here are the topics selected from the hat, in no particular order: Rasheed Sulaimon transfers from Duke to Maryland Vegas pegs Terps as favorite to winner NCAA title CT to miss football opener, Mchigan, the entire pod could miss Penn State Dwayne Haskins commits to maryland Terps baseball have another great season Terps men’s lacrosse loses in the national championship game Vegas sets Maryland win total at 4.5 – over or under?! Marcus Leak and Juwann Winfree are doneski Basketball to play Georgetown at home, North Carolina on the road Basketball to play Princeton in Baltimore Former Oklahoma State quarterback Daxx Garman transfers to Maryland Albert Reid transfers to Virginia Dan, CT are headed to the beach Beer to be sold in Byrd Stadium, Xfinity Center  

This week in the SVP Lounge, CT, Dan, Matt and Eric convene one last time to look back a successful 2014-15 Maryland basketball season and look ahead to a promising 2015-16 season with the news of Diamond Stone’s commitment. Thanks to everyone who listened this year. This was easily the best season of the podcast and our next should prove even better.  Red Shell Radio will record monthly throughout the offseason until college football looms in August. Once the Maryland football season is underway, the podcast will resume it’s weekly schedule of posting a new show every Tuesday morning from the start of football season to the end of basketball season. Topics discussed include:  Thoughts on West Virginia getting drubbed by Kentucky Two of the Final Four teams are from the Big Ten, Terps 3-1 against Michigan State and Wisconsin Who’s your team MVP? Dez and Melo both got all-conference honors, but if they only gave one of those out, who do you hand it to? Who’s your non-Dez, non-Melo MVP? What about the next tier of guys under Jake Layman? What was your favorite non-Wisconsin game? Best in-pod interruption? Drunk Ders, Eric’s fire alarm going off mid-interview or Matt’s roommates barging into his room? What non-Northwestern game was Maryland’s luckiest win? / The game you felt was the most in doubt Which non-Melo player takes the biggest leap next year? We know nothing about Ivan Bender Diamond Stone commits to Maryland Dan found out about Stone’s commitment while peeing, recounts the time he dropped his phone in the toilet at work Gushing about Stone. Easy to get excited about next year already Mark Turgeon is likely to pick up one more player, people talking about Damion Lee from Drexel as a perfect fit Final reflections on the season  #RollTerps

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Dan and Matt convene to anguish over and break down Maryland’s second round loss to West Virginia in the NCAA tournament. Topics discussed include: Thanks to BSR Network for featuring our podcast End of the season is new terrirory for the show We’ll be back next week to recap the entire basketball season We made it through a full season, let’s bring back the "cancel the pod” bit The guys talk about their game-viewing situations, harassment from West Virginia fans CT and Matt prefer to watch alone, Dan has to go to a bar Dan is routinely the most obnoxious person in the bar With the pod being canceled the guys air their grievances with each other They put off talking about the loss to West Virginia The first half was relatively good, they shot the ball well, beat the press Felt positive going into halftime Dan was forever waiting for Dez Wells to find himself The second half was the complete opposite, there was an impending sense of doom from the beginning Once Melo Trimble was out, it was a “slow drip of death” Dan feels bad for himself Terps had a chance to cut down West Virginia’s lead half way through the second, but couldn’t hit any shots — After that West Virginia were relentless and Maryland was marred at every turn What’s the deal with Layman? Where does he go from here? Matt gives credit to West Virginia, says they wanted it more Who do you want to win, West Virginia or Kentucky? Dan has a bitter taste in his mouth with this loss, the loss to Michigan State and the loss to Rutgers in football The Terps take a pretty big step forward, defy preseason expectations  It’s not easy to make the Sweet 16 Bob Huggins’ daughters tweet about Dez Wells, causes an uproar Where are the Terps ranked in the 2015-16 preseason poll? This is a dumb conversation Matt is happy he never has to watch Varun Ram again #ROLLTERPS

Today on Red Shell Radio, CT, Dan, Eric and Matt convene immediately following Maryland’s NCAA tournament victory over Valparaiso in the first round to discuss everything that went down in another tight Terrapin contest. Later, they get into the second round match-up against border rival West Virginia.  Topics discussed inclue: Maryland grinds out another win Dan and Matt’s disjointed attempts to watch the entire game Terps come out sharp, always about how they respond when the other team starts making shot Dez Wells sits with two early fouls Eric says this game went as he expected, sloppy and choppy Jared Nickens on fire in the first half Terps found success when Valparaiso wasn’t able to set up its defense Terps can’t build a bigger cushion going into halftime Damonte Dodd has a good game, gets a bullshit technical foul, fouls out on a bad call too The second half was a seesaw The Terps adjusted on offense as the game went along, able to attack the zone defense Evan Smotrycz has a good game Jake Layman disappears again, will catch up to Maryland if he can’t get going in the next game Eric was relieved when Layman fouled out, Matt says he’s worried about Layman’s psyche  Valpo hit a ton of tough shots, are a good team, well coached by Bryce Drew Varun Ram is the defensive substitution of the evening, steals the ball as Valpo attempted to send it into overtime Ram was a trending Twitter topic He probably should’ve gotten called for a foul West Virginia is Maryland’s second round match-up, presents some serious problems from the Terps Eric feels better after beating Valpo, thinks the Terps can edge it out CT rooting for Maryland, despite his Mountaineer roots Dan thinks West Virginia is a bunch of chuckers Matt doesn’t like the West Virginia match-up at all Dez and Melo Trimble should be able to handle the press  #Rollterps

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Dan and Eric convene to discuss the disappointing draw the Terps received in the NCAA tournament, picking up a #4 seed, a first round match-up with Valparaiso, a potential second round game against Buffalo or West Virginia and Kentucky looming in the Sweet 16. Later, the guys welcome Sports Junkies producer and Maryland alum Matt Valdez down to the Lounge to reflect on the season, where the Terrapins landed in the bracket, talk about KenPom and the Terps’ “luck,” comparing Maryland to a recent Orioles team, what to expect from Valparaiso, his March Madness trip to Las Vegas, and his tailgating tactics.  The guys wrap up the show agreeing that between the loss to Michigan State and Selection Sunday, a little bit of the excitement has been drained out of them. Also, they detail what they did on Saturday night to cope with the loss to the Spartans.  #RollTerps 

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Dan and Eric convene following the semi-final loss to Michigan State to sort through the wreckage and look ahead to the NCAA tournament. Red Shell Radio reflects on a great first half, but they didn’t think it would last. The guys then look at the flatness of the second half and how the Terps eventually lost. CT melts down on people patting themselves on the back for “calling” this loss. The guys agree Terp fans need to move on and hope for good things in the NCAA tournament. Expectations have adjusted for this team and the second weekend of the tournament is the new goal.  We’ll be back on Tuesday morning to discuss where Maryland is going in the first weekend and preview who they will face.  #RollTerps

This evening in the SVP Lounge, CT, Dan, Matt and Eric convene following Maryland’s thrilling victory over Indiana in the Big Ten quarter finals. The guys immediately salt any “this team is lucky” talk by examining how the Terps keep winning close games. They heap praise on the team, come to terms with its shortcomings and how they overcome them. Later, they discuss who they’d rather play, Ohio State or Michigan State (This episode was recorded during that quarter final game), and agree that at this stage it’s a matter of picking your poison. Plus: Should the guys all wear the same shirts they wore for the Indiana game during tomorrow’s semifinals?

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT gets you prepped for Maryland's first ever Big Ten tournament game against Indiana by welcoming Kyle Swick from Crimson Quarry to the pod. Kyle brings us up to speed on the Hoosiers who beat Northwestern last night and may or may not still be on the bubble. They also get into Tom Crean's job status, what this third game between Indiana and the Terrapins will look like, Alex Olaf flopping around and why CT can't eat ribs when Maryland is playing. We'll be back in the pod after tonight's game to recap the action. #RollTerps

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Matt, Dan and Eric wrap up the regular season and look ahead to post-season play, which they’ve been waiting on for a week. The guys get into Mark Turgeon getting the media Big Ten Coach of the Year Award, who’s more deserving: Turgeon or Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan, if Maryland is really the #8 team in the country, the ugliness of the Nebraska and Rutgers games, potential Big Ten tournament match-ups and much more #RollTerps Topics discussed include: Matt gets a new car, invents the Miller Index Mark Turgeon wins media-voted Big Ten Coach of the Year, Bo Ryan gets the award from the coaches Who really deserves it? Eric thinks Turgeon deserves it, Dan thinks it’s unfair to to discount Bo Ryan because of his team’s talent and the fulfillment of expectations The Miller Index ranks Turgeon as a better looking coach than Ryan "For an older gentleman, he doesn’t look bad” The podcast gets interrupted by Matt’s roommate, the guys discuss the best podcast interruptions of the season It would have been laughable to think this was the #8 team in the country in the fall Is Maryland really the eighth best team in the country? Where do they actually fall? CT thinks the effort the team put forth this year is what put them over the edge, especially in tight contests. Big difference between this year’s team and last The guys have the “lucky, damn good or somewhere in between” conversation as it pertains to close games The Nebraska game was an ugly foul-fest It’s not lucky that the Terps are money at drawing and making free throws Rutgers game also wasn’t great Dez Wells has a big game, been going bananas lately BBQ Ben pours Dan a huge glass of wine Tons of Maryland fans in Piscataway, N.J. — Rutgers is a disaster The RAC looks like an old Soviet bunker Terps have the #2 seed in the Big Ten tournament The guys would, obviously, prefer to play Northwestern Northwestern is playing well, Indiana swooning Matt says it doesn’t matter who the Terps play, CT is having a hard time being comfortable that Maryland can beat anyone in the conference Dan tells CT not to make ribs for the games, last time the Terps got blown out to Indiana Selection Sunday should be exciting 

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Dan and Eric convene to reflect on a big week in Maryland basketball. They talk about what it’s like for the Terps to be relevant nationally, as this is normally the time of the season the team and podcast fall off the radar. They get into the exciting upset over Wisconsin, closing out conference play undefeated at home against Michigan, Terrell Stoglin balling and brawling in Lebanon, legal marijuana in the District, and much more. Topics discussed include: Dan and CT hang out with a bunch of fellow Terps over the weekend, party hop around Baltimore How does it feel for Maryland to be relevant nationally once again? This is the time of the year the podcast normally falls off as well Wisconsin game The strong defensive effort in the first half Michal Cekovsky’s play on the Badgers’ Frank Kaminsky People who whine about court storming are dumb Dez Wells adds another memorable game to his resume, Melo Trimble impressive as always Thoughts on the flash mob — They should stop calling it a flash mob Tuesday and Saturday’s broadcasts fawning over the crowd at Xfinity Center Michigan game CT argues the Terps best lineup is with Evan Smotrycz playing the five The guys give love to Jared Nickens, whose impact has been slightly overlooked due to Trimble’s play Final two games are on the road against Rutgers and Nebraska — Let’s see which team shows up Terrell Stoglin get in an on-court altercation while playing basketball in Lebanon Dan wants to know if life in the District is different with legal marijuana 

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Eric and Matt convene to dig into Maryland’s victory over Nebraska and breakdown why the Terps have such a tough time closing the door on teams. Later, the guys have The Definitive Evan Smotrycz Conversation, condemning the student’s booing of him in the last game and peeling back the onion on this much maligned and complex Terp. They also preview Wisconsin, talk Dez Wells and senior day against Michigan, and close with the news of defensive coordinator Brian Stewart’s ouster. All that and more, on today’s Red Shell Radio.Topics discussed include: Maryland’s 69-65 victory over Nebraska at home Similarities between this game and the win over Penn State Gushing over Melo Trimble, scores 26 on nine shots, hits two big three-pointers in the final four minutes The Big Three strikes again Dez Wells and Richaud Pack hold Terran Petteway to 8 points, 2-14 shooting Why does Maryland struggle to slam the door on teams? The Definitive Evan Smotrycz Conversation: The students cheer when he’s subbed out for Damonte Dodd Eric has a new theory on Smo Where does this irrational anger come from? What’s Smotrycz’ deal? Is he actually the fourth best player on the team? Let’s be real, though, he has massively regressed from last year Why do we have different standards for him than fellow transfer Jonathan Graham? The Wisconsin game We’re excited for it! The Xfinity Center is going to be rockin’ Traffic will be a nightmare, it’s impossible to get from work to the game for a 7 p.m. tip CT says the way to beat Wisconsin is to frustrate Frank Kaminsky and try to get him into foul trouble Miller thinks the key will be on the offensive end Final home game against the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday CT shells out for Michigan tickets Dez’ last game in College Park, CT has as soft spot for Dez. Red Shell Radio has been around for his entire career at Maryland, covering the news of his immediate eligibility in the first episode Defensive coordinator Brian Steward is OUT at Maryland Stewart is replaced from within with inside linebackers coach Keith Dudzinski Eric and CT are surprised at the move, at this point in time – Matt is not, reminding the pod this is something Randy Edsall has done before Stefon Diggs shines at the combine, Deon Long looks nice too#RollTerps

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Dan and Eric look back at a stabilizing week for Maryland basketball with a tight home win over Indiana and a completion of the sweep against the Nittany Lions on the road. Later, they discuss their Valentine's Day plans, if the game came in conflict with those plans and they touch on McDonald's new Old Bay fish filet sandwich. Topics covered include: The guys' lack of snowday  Dan gets fired up about teachers demanding days off on Facebook Thoughts on the Indiana game CT and BBQ Ben go to the game, Ben gets made about the guy who stands in front of him -- What do you do in such a situation? Yogi Ferrell as a ferocious jungle cat -- He almost hits a shot to win and tie at the buzzer Do you have rivalry feelings about Penn State? Thoughts on Pat Chambers' post-game comments The tradition of PSU coaches talking trash about Maryland The season looks very different today than it did a week ago Did your Valentine's Day conflict with the Terps game? Old Bay Filet O' Fish is released locally #RollTerps

Today in the SVP Lounge, the four-man squad of CT, Dan, Eric and Matt meet to discuss Maryland’s third straight thrashing on the road against Iowa, preceded by a tough game against Penn State at home. Topics discussed include: Matt returns to the lounge after sickness and a Vegas trip Adam Woodberry poking Melo Trimble in the eye The dreadful first half against Iowa Don’t hit the panic button Trimble breaks out of his field goal drought, scores 20 Matt thinks the Terps’ struggles on the road are mental Was that actual the worst half of basketball we’ve seen in recent history? Tight one against Penn State at home Eric felt the team looked tentative shooting in the first half against the Nittany Lions Layman still goes in and out of a lot of games, same as it ever was A look at the race for second place in the Big Ten Dan asks if the offense runs better without Dez Wells on the floor? Former Jacksonville Jaguars running backs coach Terry Richardson hired for the same position with Maryland Caleb Rowe applies for an extra year of eligibility   #rollterps

Today in the SVP Lounge, CT, Dan and Eric convene to do their best to stay levelheaded following a blasting by Ohio State in Columbus. They examine what’s been ailing Maryland in recent weeks, the most frustrating things about this poor spell of play, look ahead at the schedule and discuss reasons why Terp fans should stay positive. The guys also describe what they do to clear their heads after a rough week at work and Dan has a pair of odd purchases from Amazon. Later, the guys welcome to the Lounge Adam McGinnis, Iowa alumnus and blogger at TruthAboutIt.net. Adam. Topics discussed include: Recapping Iowa’s season to this point Aaron White’s injury status Strengths and weaknesses of the Hawkeyes A brief rundown of the current Maryland squad The benefits of joining the Big Ten Raycom sucks Iowa’s recent coaching history The Adam Woodbury-Dan Dakich-Fran McCaffery drama Greg Anthony busted for picking up a hooker in Logan Circle  #rollterps