Feathers and Field Goals Podcast

[UDHoops]

Good morning to all on the GH board. When I first became a student here in 2019, I knew nothing much about UD Athletics. But I fell in love with the school and its sports fast. A big reason why I became so educated in the rich history of the school's athletic department was because I found this board. If you haven't seen it already, I am excited to announce the start of the Feathers and Field Goals Podcast. This project will cover as much of Blue Hens athletics as we can. We have a lot of great plans for this, and we kick off our first episode with Delaware Baseball Head Coach Greg Mamula. We discuss how he built his hitting philosophies under Coach Sherm here at UD, how he thought the 2023 season went, what to look forward to in 2024, and where the future of the program is heading. The links to the podcast homes can be found here below, where the first episode is easily accessible.

Podbean (Our host): https://feathersandfieldgoals.podbean.com/
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f ... 1730655338
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ymY6PBll84KSDjqZeRCby

You can also follow us across our social media accounts (Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok) that we created. Here, we will post visual clips of the episodes that we produce. We know that not everyone is on all socials, but we hope to expand the audience to as many people as possible. The place for all socials can be found below.

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/feathersfgspod

For future comments/questions/etc, you can also reach us by PMing me here or by email: feathersandfieldgoals@gmail.com

Thank you all for the support and I hope that Dan and I can do the Athletic Department justice by telling the stories of our coaches, student athletes, and executives.

[Udforever1]

Awesome first podcast. Already looking forward to the next episode!

[Heeper]

Real nice job guys and best of luck with this. Mams is a good interview. A couple of things to note:
Lesher moving from OF to SS and he thinks he's a better SS defensively than Freeman who started every game last year and led the CAA in assists
Big things expected from the transfer Graeber who will start in RF
Same for frosh pitcher August but a little concerning to hear him mention he doesn't have as many healthy pitchers as he'd like going into the season.

[East Coaster]

Real nice job guys and best of luck with this. Mams is a good interview. A couple of things to note:
Lesher moving from OF to SS and he thinks he's a better SS defensively than Freeman who started every game last year and led the CAA in assists
Big things expected from the transfer Graeber who will start in RF
Same for frosh pitcher August but a little concerning to hear him mention he doesn't have as many healthy pitchers as he'd like going into the season.

Right, it would have been nice to hear more surrounding the comment about the health of the pitching staff. A few veteran pitchers have not been pitching much, if at all, in the preseason scrimmages - Nelson, Gubitosi, Velasquez.

[UDHoops]

We are implementing a weekly mailbag where we will answer any questions fans may have about anything that may be on your mind in the past, present, or future about the Hens! The link is below:

https://forms.gle/GWMFeJa4fhrcZ4u29

We are recording with our guest tonight and Dan & I will get to the mailbag over the weekend. So ask away!

[LILax]

I think you and Dan did a really nice job with your first podcast. Looking forward to hearing more from you guys. I will spread the word.

[UDHoops]

Episode 2 is out with QB Nolan Henderson

Talking points:
- Smyrna career/being recruited by both Brock and Rocco
- First time in the huddle against Villanova in 2018
- Gaining confidence in 2019
- COVID setbacks
- Spring 2021 FCS Playoff Run
- Fall 2021 Adversity, both in life and on the field
- Learning the Carty offense in 2022/Navy win/Rhode Island win
- Time with the Ravens during camp
- The development of Henderson QB Training
- How signing with the Roughnecks and the UFL originated
- His thoughts on the program's move to Conference USA/FBS
- Post-episode trivia

Tweet: https://x.com/FeathersFGsPod/status/175 ... 60464?s=20
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n ... 0645951472
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/210omf ... fI4n5-B_MQ
Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gsegd-1588f2b

[mpwerrell]

Thanks guys. Great interview with Nolan!
Referring to his time in the portal between the Rocco firing and Carty hiring, I loved his response to the visits he took to other schools: “It was like cheating on your girlfriend”.

[UDHoops]

Episode 3 is out, this time just Dan and I.

Talking points:
- Similarities/differences/notes about Conference USA for Men's Basketball
- Stability incoming for women's hoops?
- Live reactions to the 6-run, 2-out comeback for Delaware Softball to beat Iowa State for the second time
- CUSA finding its new identity on the diamond
- Delaware Volleyball's goliath of an opponent incoming in 2025
- Delaware Women's Soccer newest transfer add
- First edition of "Recruiting Rundown"

Tweet: https://x.com/FeathersFGsPod/status/176 ... 23895?s=20
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f ... 0647182460
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/66VQrK ... f27wUHytow
Podbean: https://feathersandfieldgoals.podbean.c ... episode-1/

[Udforever1]

Episode 3 is out, this time just Dan and I.

Talking points:
- Similarities/differences/notes about Conference USA for Men's Basketball
- Stability incoming for women's hoops?
- Live reactions to the 6-run, 2-out comeback for Delaware Softball to beat Iowa State for the second time
- CUSA finding its new identity on the diamond
- Delaware Volleyball's goliath of an opponent incoming in 2025
- Delaware Women's Soccer newest transfer add
- First edition of "Recruiting Rundown"

Tweet: https://x.com/FeathersFGsPod/status/176 ... 23895?s=20
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f ... 0647182460
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/66VQrK ... f27wUHytow
Podbean: https://feathersandfieldgoals.podbean.c ... episode-1/

Another great podcast covering a variety of sports. Keep them coming!

[UDHoops]

Another one Tuesday, all about Delaware & CAA Hoops

Thanks for the support, udforever. Good luck with tryouts

[UDHoops]

Episode 4 out today with national college basketball broadcaster and writer John Fanta.

Talking points:
- How Charleston has stayed a well-oiled machine
- What he likes about the next tier of teams
- How he feels about the current state Blue Hens after covering them live (which he highlights the awesome turnout against Drexel)
- Other Mid-Major sleepers to potentially choose in your future brackets
- Teams on the bubble to watch in the Big East
- His final four selections

Tweet: https://x.com/FeathersFGsPod/status/176 ... 58296?s=20
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f ... 0647974971
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DCXGw ... K2gT-_MDvQ
Podbean: https://feathersandfieldgoals.podbean.com/e/john-fanta/

[UDHoops]

Pushing out all of the CAA Basketball Tournament Preview content early in the week to give people time to listen to it all.

Here is episode 5, where we have a representative from each of the top 6 seeds discuss where their teams are at.

Tweet: https://x.com/FeathersFGsPod/status/176 ... 96007?s=20
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ao49b ... 3xM3kKoU2g
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2 ... 0648073510

[UDHoops]

Sorry Dan and I took some time off after the craziness of March sports, but we are back with a lot of discussion!

Talking points:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Men’s Basketball
23:53 Women’s Basketball
31:28 Delaware Football
56:07 Women’s Ice Hockey
1:03:03 Softball
1:06:37 Baseball
1:10:33 Men’s Lacrosse
1:14:14 Women’s Lacrosse
1:17:00 Men’s/Women’s Tennis
1:18:36 Question of the Day
1:21:08 Closing Thoughts

Tweet: https://x.com/feathersfgspod/status/177 ... VHPEJ8igOg
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a ... 0651264750
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ydiZP ... Rta_ulSJjw
Podbean: https://feathersandfieldgoals.podbean.c ... rtal-talk/

[UDHoops]

Not one, but two interviews in Episode 7! Coach McMenemy joined to discuss the Summit League move and Izaiah Pasha dives into his recruitment and the type of player he is. One of my favorite (yet longest) background work to get this one together. I wanted to just give a thank you for your support from what we've put out so far. We hope to continue this for a long, long time and add new things as we go. I've been asked about a full visual episode release... which would be an awesome feature but having a full time job and doing this for fun outside of work, I'm not there yet for time on an editing standpoint. I hope you guys enjoy this one!

Talking points:
0:00 Introduction/Spring Sports Update
7:35 Tommy McMenemy Interview
46:21 Izaiah Pasha Interview

Tweet: https://x.com/FeathersFGsPod/status/1778378094950109514
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t ... 0652108705
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/37eGfv ... docx3IF4CQ
Podbean: https://feathersandfieldgoals.podbean.c ... ll-commit/