di Steven Godfrey & Ryan Nanni
Arkansas got stomped by Notre Dame, fired Sam Pittman, and noted that yes, interim coach Bobby Petrino wants the full time gig. Steven Godfrey and Ryan Nanni discuss what this search will look like for the Hogs, as well as examining how Todd Grantham managed to get fire a week after Mike Gundy's dismissal, what two G5 programs with struggling legends might do next, and some thoughts about the Belichick debacle at UNC. 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.
ESPN's Bill Connelly joins Steven Godfrey to talk about why Mizzou doesn't get the SEC benefit of the doubt, the blooming FCS to FBS coach pipeline, an early ranking of the Big 12, what to make of Bill's numbers about Indiana, and plenty more. Be sure to order Bill's new book! 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.
Steven Godfrey has a well-documented love of Thursday night college football classics, but the sport and its broadcasters don't seem as invested in these games as they once were. Ryan Nanni brings some numbers to the conversation to show how the Thursday night game has changed and both hosts consider whether the NFL's really to blame. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Steven Godfrey takes questions from Phantom Island paid subscribers to explain why being first to market may not help Virginia Tech or UCLA, how to shoot your shot as a school looking to hire a new coach, which game he'd pick to go back in time and attend in person, and how the last year or so of his podcast life has unfolded. 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.
Jen Ramos Eisen joins Ryan Nanni to discuss the A's first year in Sacramento, from the logistical challenges that come with playing in a minor league park to how locals feel about having a temporary major league team in town, and take the temperature of the planned move to Las Vegas. Does the city want them there? Will the stadium even get built? And what's The Fontainebleau? Steven Godfrey and Ryan start the episode with some memories of the messy move that brought the Oilers from Houston to Memphis to Nashville. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
Three games into the 2025 season, UCLA and Virginia Tech have moved on from their head coaches. Steven Godfrey and Ryan Nanni sit down to discuss why these moves happened so quickly, what advantage being first in the market gives you, and what the process to find the next coach may look like at each school. 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.
Parker Fleming joins Ryan Nanni to discuss the 247 Team Talent Composite (the recruiting site's formula for determining the overall amount of talent on a college football roster in a given year), the NFL's franchise tag valuation system, and how to combine the two to get a sharper picture of which college football teams might be best at acquiring players at the most important positions. (Or at least at the one the NFL values most.) 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.
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the rest of the Ivy League schools have tons of football history and deep donor pockets to draw from. So why does the world of player compensation not necessarily present an opportunity for these football teams to reclaim their ancient thrones? Rodger Sherman, author of Read Rodge, joins Ryan Nanni to talk about the customs and choices that keep the Ivy League from fully embracing the new form of college athletics and speculate on where and how those standards might waver. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
The Pete Carroll Seahawks gave their fans and the football world a seemingly endless supply of spectacle. More than a decade since their Super Bowl triumph over the Broncos and subsequent Super Bowl agony on the goal line against the Patriots, how do Seattle fans feel about the past, present, and future of their team? We talked to Mina Kimes, Jacson Bevens, and Natalie Weiner about the highs, lows, and in-betweens of rooting for the Seahawks. This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.
The 2020 (and, in some cases, 2021) postseasons of several American sports were changed drastically by Covid, from playoffs contained to bubbles to drastically shortened seasons and changes to postseason formats. But the way fans and media members think about and discuss the champions of these unusual seasons varies somewhat widely, which is why Ryan Nanni and Steven Godfrey sit down on this episode to figure out why some Covid title-winners are met with disdain while others are not. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.