Today on Red Shell Radio, CT, Dan, Eric and Matt deliver a monstrous 2015 Maryland football preview podcast. In this preseason primer, the guys let you know what to expect from both sides of the ball this season, breaking things down unit-by-unit and running through the schedule.
This is another in-person show recorded to kick off the season. If you have yet to do so, listen to last week’s “The Maryland Draft” show, where the Red Shell guys assembled teams with various Terp-related institutions, such as the Maryland Flag, Under Armour and the Gary Williams fist pump.
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Topics discussed this include:
- Go back and listen to the Maryland Draft episode from last week
- The plan is to preview the 2015 football season, going through unit-by-unit and doling out hot takes
- Eric wants to fast forward to 2016
- Most of the guys agree the Rutgers game still stings, 8 wins would’ve been nice, Matt disagrees
- Every gives their general feelings on the team this year, overall strengths, concerns
- First and foremost, the quarterback battle is discussed, Oklahoma State transfer Daxx Garman brought in to compete for the starting job
- Dan and Matt think Caleb Rowe is Randy Edsall’s guy — That’s the first official hot take of the pod
- The offense is going to look much different with whoever is playing quarterback than it did with CJ Brown last year
- Rowe is a GUNSLINGER and Perry Hills is the GRIT
- Moving onto the running game, Brandon Ross and Wes Brown are battling to be the no. 1 option
- Last year’s running game was atrocious, CJ Brown was your leading rushing
- It’s imperative that Maryland figures our a way to be successful running the ball
- Dan presents his research on the offensive line, we’re going to start seeing some of the talent Randy has accrued in the past few years, average offensive line weight jumped 10 pounds
- Big losses at receiver from last year, but the cupboard remains stocked with talent
- Eric is worried about the group is mostly unproven
- The guys are bummed about losing Juwann Winfree and Marcus Leak
- Shifting over to the defensive side of the ball with a bit of review from last year
- Keith Dudzinski replaces Brian Stewart, implements 4-3 defense
- The secondary could be lockdown this season, safeties are strong upperclassmen and the cornerbacks could be the best in the Big Ten
- It’s redemption time for AJ Hendy, Matt says to look out for Denzel Conyers, Anthony Nixon took his lumps on those early bad Randy teams, but now is primed for a breakout
- Will Likely is the most important player on the team, obvz
- Sean Davis will play cornerback full time this year, is a prolific tackler
- Alvin Hill is back from injury as well
- All four of Maryland’s starting linebackers graduated, but, like with the wide receiver position, there is talent
- Maryland loses Abner Logan in camp
- Defensive line is the biggest question mark on this team
- Quinton Jefferson is back from injury, Yannick Ngakoue has moved to defensive end
- Dan wants to do see Kingsley Opara and his cardigan on the field
- Reflecting on Brad Craddock’s greatness
- The Terps could be in a lot of close games, and a good special teams could be the difference maker
- Matt hated Nate Renfro last year, thinks he’ll meet seven people that night in D.C. that are better than Renfro
- Can Craddock punt?
- Likely is a king punt returner
- The guys move on to running down the season
- CT is missing the home opener, Michigan, possibly Penn State
- At West Virginia is the first real test of the season
- If Maryland could win one of West Virginia/Michigan, they’ll be in good shape
- CT will be in San Francisco during the Ohio State game, Dan runs down CT’s recent travel spots
- Penn State in Baltimore is the biggest game of the year
- There will be guests abound this season, so stay tuned
- Eric is worried about injuries by the time we get to the Iowa game
- Wisconsin and Michigan State stand to be back-to-back losses
- Terps could close the season strong with wins over Indiana and Rutgers
