Under The Shell

This week we sit down with Maryland Baseball's newest assistant coach. Keener most recently coached at nearby Georgetown last season. We sit down with him to discuss what he has seen from the Dirty Terps in the past few weeks and his personal baseball journey.

As always we talk this week in Maryland sports.

0:00 Intro

0:32 How he got the job

1:50 Thoughts on UMD baseball

3:30 Working with Matt Swope

5:00 Motor Preferences

6:00 Start of coaching career

7:40 Hollis Porter

9:00 Practice facility

10:00 Personal Journey

11:25 Terps Baseball

12:25 Football recap

26:10 Men's Soccer

30:18 Field Hockey

32:30 Women's Soccer

32:48 Volleyball

34:15 CFB picks

37:50 Terrific Terp

This week we sit down with a new member of the Maryland Women's basketball team, Saylor Poffenbarger to preview the upcoming season. We ask her about why she finally returned to Maryland, her role on this year's team and how the team bonded in Croatia.

As always we talk this week in Maryland sports with a special focus on the USC win.

0:00 Intro

0:20 USC game reaction

15:20 Why Saylor came to UMD

17:25 Life in the transfer portal

18:00 2024-25 UMD team

20:20 Croatia

23:00 Winning mentality on this years team

24:45 Family stories

27:55 Role on the team

29:45 Croatia game

31:20 Saylor outro

31:45 WBB team breakdown

50:50 Olympic sport breakdown

52:35 Picks/Terrific Terp/Outro

This week we welcome on former Maryland football player Bruce Perry to share his perspective on this season and the state of the program. Perry played at Maryland when Mike Locksley was the RB's coach so we asked him for insight on what could be going on in the locker room.

As always we preview this week in Maryland sports.

0:00 Intro

0:31 Perry's playing days

5:40 Perry's thoughts on 2024 season

11:20 Fan support

18:20 Perry's commitment to UMD

20:30 Perry in the NFL

24:15 Ralph Friedgen firing

28:20 Injuries and lessons learned

31:15 Northwestern recap/USC preview

49:00 Men's Soccer

51:25 Women's Soccer

55:50 Volleyball

58:15 Field Hockey

1:00:00 - Picks

1:01:00 - Terrific Terp

This week we welcome on Rudy Winkler who is the Assistant Throws Coach on the Track and Field team at the University of Maryland. More importantly he is a three time olympian in the hammer throw. We discuss how balances track and other aspects of life, the 2024 games and more!

As always we talk this week in Maryland sports.

0:00 Intro

0:32 Reflecting on Paris 2024

3:30 Life at the Olympics

6:15 Other Olympic sports

9:00 Living in the village before competing

10:10 Making it to the top

13:48 Crafting a competition schedule

16:05 2016 season and grad year

19:25 Tracksmith

21:10 Maryland Football

28:50 Men's Soccer

31:15 Womens's Soccer

34:30 Field Hockey

36:30 Volleyball

38:10 Basketball Recruiting

40:40 CFB Picks

43:40 Terrific Terps (Doyle Royal)

In 1986, Maryland lost one of its most legendary athletes after Len Bias passed away two days following his No. 2 selection by the Boston Celtics. It was an incident the university vowed would never happen again.

Yet 32 years later, offensive lineman Jordan McNair died following an offseason football workout. Tragedy struck again.

While both athletes died due to different circumstances, the fallout effects from both incidents were similar. This week, we examine the long-term impact of both situations.

The death of Bias resulted in two separate task forces — Dorfman’s investigation into academics and one on drug use throughout campus. The recommendations made by the task forces hampered the Terps’ ability to recruit high-level athletes, with a decreased athletic budget and focus towards promoting academics. Fan attendance dipped along with the Terps’ playing performance.

McNair’s death resulted in a $3.5 million settlement with McNair’s family, as well as a separate settlement with two football players for $200k each. The Terps also lost money in ticket sales and resulted in the firings of multiple athletic staff members, including head coach DJ Durkin, strength coach Rick Court and other training staff members. 

This week, we sit down with Colin Griffith and Alex Nitzl from the men's soccer team to discuss their recent match against Indiana, the different vibe of this season compared to last year, and what makes Head Coach Sasho Cirovski a great leader.

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This week we sit down with the leading receiver in the Big Ten to discuss training in the off season, showing hospitality to Maryland and his goals for this season.

As always we talk this week in Maryland sports!

This week we sit down with Maryland infielder Eddie Hacopian to discuss the MLB draft process, the joy of being in a baseball family and how the Terps will look in 2025.

As always we talk this week in Maryland sports...and boy was it a big one.

This week we sit down with Dante Trader Jr. to discuss the 2024 football season, balancing football and lacrosse and NFL dreams.

As always we talk this week in Maryland sports!

This week we are joined by Maryland star running back Roman Hemby! We discuss how he plans to bounce back after last season, recruiting, on field fashion and more!

As always we preview this week in Maryland sports and crown our terrific terp.