Today in the SVP Lounge, the guys convene following Maryland’s victory over Michigan State – the biggest home win in years. Later, they take a look at a sliding Indiana team and the Terps’ chances of earning bowl eligibility in Bloomington.
Topics discussed include:
- Eric owns up to saying Maryland would be trounced, Zack wasn’t going to let him forget
- Most enjoyable game Maryland fans have seen in some time, especially at home
- Perry Hills played the game of his life
- Terps winning the turnover battle and Michigan State committing a multitude of penalties were keys to the victory
- Hills able to make Michigan State pay for mistakes
- A lot of trickery from the Terps, including a wacky two-point conversion play. Caught Michigan State off guard after scoring the game’s first touchdown
- Maryland played pretty well, but there are still glaring shortcomings
- Terps allow points right before the half ends, as is tradition
- Defense holds up in the second half
- Lorenzo Harrison and Ty Johnson ripping off huge runs in the second half. They’ve turned into one of the best Maryland backfield in years
- Defense keeps getting quiet stops
- Maryland’s final scoring drive was a rare time where you see the Terps stick the dagger in and twist it
- Perry Hills takes advantage of a free play, gets a big completion to Levern Jacobs on an offsides
- DJ Durkin makes a huge call, going for it on 4th and 1 that kept a scoring drive rolling
- Eric was negative last week because Maryland blew a winnable game against Minnesota. This game has turned him around
- Moving onto the Indiana game, in Bloomington, on Saturday
- CT reels off some encouraging Hoosier facts
- The guys feel like the Hoosiers are swooning and this is a winnable game. CT has long thought Indiana isn’t very good
- Winning would be gigantic, making the team bowl eligible
- How’s the team going to do against Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio State (Hint: Probably not well)
- More gushing about Perry Hills
- Zack and CT finally met in person, are finally friends IRL. Zack, CT and Eric plan to meet up for the Ohio State game
- Eric shouts out Shane Cockerille for doing work at linebacker
CT Schwink
CT Schwink lives in Washington, D.C., and is the digital media strategist for a non-profit organization. He hosted a Maryland Terrapins podcast for 5 years, previously known as Red Shell Radio, and later Talking Terps here at BSL. Additionally, Schwink hosts the weekly Washington Wizards podcast ZardCast and he assists behind the scenes with The Solid Verbal, internet’s most downloaded independent college football podcast.