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In December 2025, Steven Godfrey and Ryan Nanni sat down with one simple task: to use the ongoing struggles of the Buffalo Sabres to discuss the frustration of rooting for a team that starts with success before wasting away into mediocrity, usually under bad ownership. But then the Sabres had the gall to completely turn their season around. So you're still getting the original episode, with some healthy "hmmm about that" on either end. Contact Steven today about dismissing your franchise, which will immediatley improve them. With special contributions from Victoria Zeller. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Chances are the 2026 Pro Bowl Games came and went without you even noticing, and the NBA's All-Star Weekend is dredging up the usual arguments about format and motivation and so on. Steven Godfrey and Ryan Nanni look at these two events and their counterparts in Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, the WNBA, and Major League Soccer to examine whether All-Star events still serve their original purposes and what can still make them effective entertainment. This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Mike Golic Jr., former Notre Dame offensive lineman and current TV/podcast/etc. delight, joins Ryan Nanni to talk about the job of an offensive line coach. What can you watch for that suggests a line is probably well-coached? How do OL coaches work with tight ends?How is the job different in college versus the NFL? And do defensive linemen and offensive linemen really see the world differently? Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
On this edition of the Single Wing, host Steven Godfrey takes questions from the Phantom Island audience about topics from his thoughts on the shuttering of the sports desk at the Washington Post, strategies for thriving as a member of the sandwich generation, and his feelings on the current state of pro wrestling. This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Ryan Nanni and Steven Godfrey asked Phantom Island listeners for their thoughts, feelings, and conclusions on the college football teams they root for, and this episode reviews those results to see which programs most exceeded expectations, which coaches lost the most fan confidence, and which games were most satisfying to win or most painful to lose. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Steven Godfrey spent January at the American Football Coaches Association Convention and the National Championship, which provided him with plenty of theories and discussion points to share with Ryan Nanni on which coaches will be attractive on the market next year, what seats will enter 2026 the hottest, and where Indiana's success will create additional pressure. This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Rodger Sherman, proprietor of Sports!, joins Ryan Nanni to discuss why the Winter Olympics so rarely expand their repertoire while the crowded summer games are constantly rotating in new events. There's also a lot of talk about blimps and dogs, some of which is related to the topic at hand. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Indiana's run to a national championship set off lots of reactions about how their roster was assembled, but Ryan Nanni enlisted the help of Parker Fleming for this episode to determine what we can actually learn about how the Hoosiers (and the Hurricanes) built teams that made it to the final game of the year, what red herrings we should avoid, and how our understanding of how you put a roster together is changing. This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Jon Bois, one of the excellent minds at Secret Base, joins Ryan Nanni to talk about a very particular NFL statistical quirk. Namely: the Chicago Bears are the only franchise to never have a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards. Why is this milestone appealing? What does it actually mean to break through it? Which passers have kept other teams from joining the Bears on this list? And why should Raiders fans get free NFL Sunday Ticket next season? You can sign up for the Secret Base Patreon right here! Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
As college football approaches the end of the 2025 season, Steven Godfrey takes another set of questions from paid subscribers to Phantom Island. Would a superleague bring stability via centralized decision making? Will recent transfer shenanigans impact what happens to the portal going forward? Is Matt Campbell done moving after taking the Penn State job? What’s the biggest What If? of the 2025 season? And who does Godfrey want the Falcons to hire? This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.