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Phantom Island — 167 episodes
What should the conversation about transgender athletes sound like?
What Ted Cruz's appearance on College GameDay signals (PREVIEW)
Numbers and Words: The Mysterious Art of Valuing College Football Talent (PREVIEW)
What does the absence of the Tennessee-Florida game mean?
Almost-an-Emergency Discussion: ExpeLSU? (PREVIEW)
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: Is Lane Kiffin proving the NCAA of old was right? (PREVIEW)
The Single Wing: From Anxiety Bowls to Football Casuals (PREVIEW)
What's the goal of international college football games?
Numbers and Words: The Weakness in Strength of Schedule (PREVIEW)
How's everyone feeling heading into the 2026 college football season?
Our Next Big Projects (PREVIEW)
Numbers and Words: How To Spend $20,000,000 (PREVIEW)
Why can't anyone catch Jerry Rice?
The Single Wing: Return of Ryan (PREVIEW)
Do World Cup hosts see a long term boost in their soccer fortunes?
Numbers and Words: Who's Getting a Coach Carousel Seat? (PREVIEW)
Announcing Numbers and Words (PREVIEW)
What does the future hold for the Portland Trail Blazers and Tom Dundon?
The Single Wing: Oops! All Group of Six (PREVIEW)
Can college football learn from the 2026 World Cup?
Predicting the Aftermath of the 2026 World Cup (PREVIEW)
Where is the SEC Turkey Tape?
The Single Wing: Of Superleagues and Walkmen (PREVIEW)
Will sports ever grow bigger than we actually want them to be?
The NFL team that nearly perfected third down (PREVIEW)
Why have the French gone so long without winning the Tour de France?
Finding the next narratively satisfying champions (PREVIEW)
What do TV ratings actually tell us about sports leagues?
Numbers and Words: Part 2 of The Optimist's G6 Preview with Bill C. (PREVIEW)
Why didn't the NBA see Jalen Brunson coming?
The Single Wing: Time-Traveling Godfrey (PREVIEW)
How greedy can FIFA get with the 2026 World Cup?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: The Brendan Sorsby Injunction (PREVIEW)
What's making Major League Baseball stadiums so noisy?
Grappling With The Death of Kyle Busch (PREVIEW)
Did the Las Vegas Sphere save the New York Knicks?
Numbers and Words: Part 1 of The Optimist's G6 Preview with Bill C. (PREVIEW)
How should we judge Auburn basketball's first year post Bruce Pearl?
What's fact and fiction about the 1970 USC-Alabama game and SEC integration?
RE-RELEASE: How to write a coach profile (and how to quit doing them)
PI Book Club: American Men by Jordan Ritter Conn
Why is half of American pro soccer flipping its calendar?
RE-RELEASE: We're Not All Like This - The Seattle Seahawks
The Single Wing: Lane's Future and CFB's Past (PREVIEW)
What's really happening between private investors and college sports?
RE-RELEASE: A (mostly) Jordon Hudson-less Assessment of UNC
Let's Fix Week Two of the CFB Schedule (PREVIEW)
Why are sports teams becoming landlords?
RE-RELEASE: The Sports and Politics Venn Diagram
The Single Wing: On Bias and Braves Hats (PREVIEW)
Will Connecticut ever keep a pro sports franchise?
How to write a coach profile (and how to quit doing them) (PREVIEW)
Can a pro wrestler succeed without WWE?
The Single Wing: Usurper Edition (PREVIEW)
Why can't we trust stadium attendance numbers?
What can golf do about its addiction to Tiger Woods?
The President, the Second Circuit, and Alabama walk into a bar (PREVIEW)
The Single Wing: The Drop-Down Dilemma (PREVIEW)
Is Ohio State's media stranglehold an outlier?
Sports Courts, AFCON, and the Philosophy of Overturning Games (PREVIEW)
What if we merged the men's and women's Final Four?
The Single Wing: A Surprisingly Football-Heavy March Episode (PREVIEW)
Should the United States change how it funds its Olympians?
How did the sports world respond to the death of Martin Luther King Jr.?
A frantic tour of the G5's scheduling chaos (PREVIEW)
The Single Wing: Let's Remember Some Viruses (PREVIEW)
Who's winning the SEC-Big Ten war outside of football?
The Sports and Politics Venn Diagram (PREVIEW)
How does the College Sports Commission actually work?
The Single Wing: The Honolulu Springboard (PREVIEW)
Can This Podcast Change Your Team's Future?
Putting All-Star Games Under the Microscope (PREVIEW)
What Makes An Offensive Line Coach Good?
The Single Wing: A Farewell To WaPo (PREVIEW)
How do college football fans feel at the end of the 2025 season?
Your Earliest Look at 2026's Coaching Carousel (PREVIEW)
Why don't the Winter Olympics add more events?
Numbers & Words: The Roster Lessons to learn from Indiana and Miami with Parker Fleming (PREVIEW)
What does passing for 4,000 yards really mean?
The Single Wing: The Search for Stability (PREVIEW)
Should the NBA shorten its regular season?
70,000 Indiana Fans (and Ryan) Attend Their First Rose Bowl (PREVIEW)
The FCS Championship Finishes Its First Nashville Year (PREVIEW)
What's to be done about the Group of Five and the CFB Playoff?
The Single Wing: Your 2025 Holiday Non-Football Questions (PREVIEW)
Who benefits and suffers under college hockey's new eligibility framework?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: Michigan Unexpectedly Opens, Kyle Whittingham Unexpectedly Finds A New Job (PREVIEW)
The Single Wing: Your 2025 Holiday Football Questions (PREVIEW)
Was SEC Speed Real? (Live in Athens)
Why did Jon Sumrall get assigned a premium seat on the coaching carousel? (PREVIEW)
What do open records laws have to do with balloon displays?
Why do coaches claim to be victims of threatening fan behavior without evidence?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: Final Decisions in the Big Ten, Big 12, and G5 (PREVIEW)
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: The Penn State Hiring Adventure Reaches its End (PREVIEW)
A (mostly) Jordon Hudson-less Assessment of UNC (PREVIEW)
Where did all the sports movies go?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: Expected Candidates in Unexpected Landing Spots (PREVIEW)
Numbers & Words: The Pleasant Surprises of 2025 with Bill Connelly (PREVIEW)
How would an NFL franchise in the United Kingdom work?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: The Many Domino Runs of Lane Kiffin (PREVIEW)
The Single Wing: This Episode Will Self-Destruct (PREVIEW)
What's the officiating problem dragging the WNBA into turmoil?
How coaches actually think about potential new jobs
What's changing about Canadian football and why?
The Single Wing: Let's Empty The Notebook (PREVIEW)
What's it like to restart a college sport?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: Hugh Freeze Runs Out of Wool (PREVIEW)
Numbers & Words: How to Talk about Strength of Schedule with Bill Connelly and Parker Fleming
What's the early verdict on J.J. Redick, Lakers head coach?
How To Turn Over 40 College Football Jobs (PREVIEW)
The Single Wing: Welcome to the Coaching Panic of 1907 (PREVIEW)
Are/Were the Seattle Mariners the Perfect Team to Bandwagon?
Almost-An-Emergency Discussion: Florida Finally Opens (PREVIEW)
The Single Wing: Oops, All Coaching Carousel (PREVIEW)
How did the NFL eliminate injury faking in games?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: Penn State's Domino Effect (PREVIEW)
We're Not All Like This - The Wisconsin Badgers (PREVIEW)
Have we entered the Era of the Superkicker?
The Single Wing: Sensitive Athletic Directors and Unlikable Coaches (PREVIEW)
Why do leagues love putting games in unusual venues?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: Arkansas Enters the Petrino Proving Ground (PREVIEW)
Numbers & Words - Sorting the Big 12, Quarterbacks, and the MAC with Bill C. (PREVIEW)
What happened to Thursday night college football?
The Single Wing: Past Godfrey, Future Godfrey, VT & UCLA (PREVIEW)
Are the Athletics the Messiest Relocation in Sports?
Not-An-Emergency Discussion: UCLA and Virginia Tech Now Hiring (PREVIEW)
Rethinking the Team Talent Composite with Parker Fleming (PREVIEW)
Can the Ivy League reclaim its old legacy of football dominance?
We're Not All Like This - The Seattle Seahawks (PREVIEW)
Why do some bubble titles count more than others?
The Single Wing: Welcome to the Kiffin-Cristobal-Kelly Triangle - PREVIEW
How are college football fans feeling entering the 2025 season?
The Eyes List: Setting The Preseason Table - PREVIEW
Does this Florida fan really believe 9/11 knocked the Gators out of a title appearance?
Why Texas Tech Raided the Transfer Portal, with Shehan Jeyarajah - PREVIEW
How did Steven Godfrey pick one of the messiest La Liga teams to support?
The Evolving Art of CFB Roster Building with Parker Fleming - PREVIEW
Phantom Island's Guide to the 2025 Homefield Can't Miss Kickoff Tour, presented by Modelo
The Single Wing: So, what are we doing here? - PREVIEW
Do new athletic directors still spell doom for football coaches?
Numbers & Words - From Ole Miss to the Mountain West with Bill C. - PREVIEW
What do Hulk Hogan's death and legacy tell us about nostalgia?
Numbers & Words - Bill (AC)C and Forward Progress - PREVIEW
Can we accept head coaches who aren't workaholics?
We're Not All Like This - The NC State Wolfpack (PREVIEW)
What are the US Olympic Flag Football teams going to look like?
The Single Wing: Ignore One Of These Answers (PREVIEW)
Do wrestling fans need to know how the magic trick works?
Numbers & Words - A Multisport Survey of Thibodeaus with Neil Paine - PREVIEW
Does a college sport need nationwide interest to succeed?
The Single Wing: Finding The Appropriate Level of Fired Up Chips (PREVIEW)
Why does the NHL recycle so many coaches?
Numbers & Words - The Return of Bill C. (Part 2) - PREVIEW
Where have you gone, expansion franchises?
We're Not All Like This - The Texas Longhorns
Who is the Club World Cup even for?
Numbers & Words - The Return of Bill C. (Part 1) - PREVIEW
What does a successful spring football league look like?
The Single Wing: Answer This Ohio Riddle
Why do some WNBA rookies get cut almost immediately?
We're Not All Like This - The Chicago Bulls
Are the Dallas Cowboys on television too much?
The Single Wing: Single Wing Back??
Are outgoing coaches really a distraction?
Numbers & Words - How to build an NIL O-line with Parker Fleming
Is LIV Golf a success or a failure?
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