From the Rafters Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Episode 1: Brendan Burger & Darwin Beacham of the LA Rams
This week's guests are Los Angeles Rams equipment staff members Brendan Burger and Darwin Beacham.
Music credits:
District Four by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Episode 7: Jason Young
This week's guest is Jason Young, Associate Athletic Director of External Affairs at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
You can find Jason Young on Twitter (@JYoung_knights).
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Episode 6: Dan Gale
This week's guest is Dan Gale, Founder & CEO of Leona Marketing Group.
You can find Dan Gale on Twitter (@DanGaleJr).
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Episode 5: Mario Moccia
This week's guest is Mario Moccia, Director of Athletics at New Mexico State University.
0:26 - Intro 1:18 - About New Mexico State and their brand 4:40 - NMSU's innovative partnerships 9:38 - On where his drive comes from 12:02 - On getting into college athletics & getting to where he is today 16:16 - New Mexico State's beer, wine, and coffee 23:14 - How much creative input does NMSU have in these partnerships? 27:25 - What does the future of college athletics look like?
You can find Mario Moccia on Twitter (@MarioMocciaNMSU).
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Episode 4: Matt Brown
This week's guest is Matt Brown, Founder of the Extra Points newsletter and former Associate Director of College Brands at SB Nation.
0:38 - Intro 0:56 - Getting started with Extra Points 3:28 - Partnership with The Intercollegiate 5:37 - Maine Athletics x New Balance 8:16 - Future of shoe & apparel contracts in college athletics 10:24 - Future of shoe & apparel (cont.) 11:52 - What kind of schools can get creative with shoe & apparel deals? 13:42 - Who is the Extra Points newsletter for? 17:02 - Opportunity in the space 21:20 - What Matt has learned through Extra Points 23:20 - On academics and athletics working together 24:15 - Matt's hottest college football take
You can find Matt Brown on Twitter (@MattBrownEP).
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Episode 3: Nick Carparelli
This week's guest is Football Bowl Association Executive Director Nick Carparelli.
0:36 - Intro 1:30 - Quarantine update 2:16 - How past experience prepared Nick Carparelli 3:30 - Brand experience / Big East story 6:07 - Role expectations of Executive Director of FBA 8:30 - FBA brand 9:40 - Year 1 as Executive Director of FBA 11:35 - Future of college football 13:15 - Why work in college sports? 14:48 - Insight into FBA strategy 16:18 - Pizza Friday
Intro credits: Dan Long Music credits: District Four by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Episode 2 of the From the Rafters Podcast
This week's guest is NFL veteran and entrepreneur Justin Forsett.
Intro credits: Dan Long Music credits: District Four by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Episode 1 of the From the Rafters Podcast
This week's guests are Los Angeles Rams equipment staff members Brendan Burger and Darwin Beacham.
Music credits: District Four by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/