The 7500 Club: Recent Episodes
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The 7500 Club is a Division III college focused podcast from Ultiworld D-III editors Mike Ball and Sam Echevarria.
Email: 7500club@ultiworld.com
It's been a little while! In this episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike catch up on some major life changes that have happened since their last episode. After that, they discuss what the fall college series is going to look like and the positive and negative impacts it will have on D-III.
In the final 7500 Club episode of the longest year of our lives, Sam and Mike discuss USA Ultimate moving the 2021 College Series to the fall. Then, in an effort to end the year on a positive note, the Club discuss some positive takeaways from 2020 and what they're looking forward to in 2021.
On the first episode of season 4 of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike catch up on their life during quarantine before diving into their respective struggles COVID has presented them in relation to ultimate. Then, Mike rants about disc golf before he and Sam offer an olive branch towards the game. Tune in to hear the details of their contest for disc golf!
On this week's episode, Sam and Mike are joined by Sarah Delany to draft D-III team names. All hail Perry the Mastodon!
Sam and Mike are joined by Patrick Stegemoeller and Tad Wissel of Sin The Fields to draft tournaments. In what came as a surprise to no one, we ran pretty long on this one, so we're breaking the episode into two parts. This is part two!
Sam and Mike are joined by Patrick Stegemoeller and Tad Wissel of Sin The Fields to draft tournaments. In what came as a surprise to no one, we ran pretty long on this one, so we're breaking the episode into two parts. This is part one!
On this week's episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike are joined by Ultiworld's PUL/WUL reporter Kelsey Hayden to draft playlists for the morning of a tournament. Some deep cuts, some hits: this draft has it all.
On this week's episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike are joined by Charlie Hoppes to draft a line of Pokemon to play ultimate. It's exactly as ridiculous as it sounds. Listen to them try to justify their picks.
In this week's episode of the 7500 Club, the club kick off a series of draft episodes that they have planned. Their first draft, featuring guest Zakk Mabrey, is selecting a team of D-III players to protect the planet in a hypothetical game against aliens for the safety of humanity. Yes, it sounds weird, but listen and it makes sense.
On this episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike catch up on life in quarantine before sharing the audio from Sam's panel with Middlebury's Adrienne Goldstein, Puget Sound's Leona DeRango, and Oberlin's Abby Cheng.
On this week's somber episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike discuss how they're handling the social distancing that comes with fighting the spread of COVID-19. Then the Club lays out what a hypothetical D-III Nationals would look like and discuss the flaws in this scenario.
In this week's episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike reflect on their weekend together in North Carolina at FCS D-III Tune Up. The Club breaks down every team in attendance, before wrapping up the episode with the usual Social Media and Keepin' It 7500 segments.
In this week's episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike run through a recap of a busy weekend in action before previewing the biggest men's tournament of the season so far. The Club wraps up the episode by discussing a potential all-star game and Keepin' It 7500 about the new rules.
Mike and Sam discuss the breaking news about Oklahoma Christian adding four fifth year Air Force players, interview OCU head coach Gabe Cabrera, and talk about the Stanford Open.
The Club is back for the first episode of 2020! In this week’s episode, Sam and Mike catch up on their offseasons before highlighting a few things from their Season Primer pieces. They debut a new segment before wrapping up the episode with a tribute edition of Keepin' It 7500.
In the first 7500 Club episode of the 2020 college season, Sam and Mike catch up about what they've been doing during the college offseason. Then, the Club shares what's on their Christmas list for the upcoming D-III season.
On the final episode of the 7500 Club for the 2019 college season, Sam and Mike open the show with some discussion around D-III players on club rosters that have been released. The Club then does a deep dive on what happened in College Station a few weeks ago. Finally, Sam and Mike do a quick preview of the 2020 season, then reflect on the second season of the podcast in this season's final edition of Keepin' It 7500.
On this post-Nationals episode of 7500 Club, Sam and Mike do some brief reflecting on their experience in College Station. Then, Sam is joined by Oberlin Preying Manti captains Zoe Hecht and Abby Cheng to discuss their National Championship. Finally, Mike is joined by Middlebury captain Alex Forde to discuss the Middlebury program and their title-winning season.
Mike Ball and Sam Echevarria come to you LIVE from College Station on the eve of the Division III College Championships! Hot takes, analysis, and picks coming your way.
On this week's episode, Sam and Mike discuss the results of their Regionals Picks contest and agree to additional terms regarding Mike's punishment. The team then goes through all of the results from Regionals before the weekly segments of Best Perspective and Keepin' It 7500.
On this week's episode, Sam and Mike begin by recapping the Confregionals events from last weekend. The 7500 Club crew then launch into a preview of Regionals before wrapping things up with a Best Perspective question on observers and a Keepin' It 7500 segment on the Donovan Award.
On this week's episode of 7500 Club, Sam and Mike discuss a couple of controversial formats for Confregionals before diving into a recap of last weekend's results and preview of the bids being determined this weekend. The episode wraps up with Mike interviewing Portland's Andy Miley about the Men's Northwest Conferences this weekend.
In this week's episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike reflect on how the bid allocation shook out before Sam says some final words about a streak that was near and dear to her. Sam and Mike then go on to preview the Confregional events taking place this weekend, where five tickets to Nationals will be claimed, before closing the episode with another edition of Best Perspective.
On this week's episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike recap the past two weeks of action by discussing what results surprised and disappointed them, before making a prediction based on these results. Sam has on Amy Schumacher from RPI Strut to talk about the season, then Mike rejoins Sam to preview the upcoming weekend. Finally, the crew wraps up the show in the usual fashion, with Best Perspective and Keepin' It 7500.
On this week's episode of the 7500 Club, Sam and Mike give a lengthy recap of D-III Midwestern Invite before firing through the next two weekends of tournaments. The hosts then have an important conversation regarding team names in the division. Finally, the episode concludes with another segment of Keepin' It 7500 and a positive story about the division.
In this week's episode, Sam and Mike begin by celebrating the best week of Being Ulti before Mike and Hugo Sowder recap the action at FCS D-III Tune Up (11:30). Then, Sam welcomes Zakk Mabrey to the show to preview Midwestern Invite (32:30). Sam and Mike wrap up the show by discussing the best players from D-III schools in Best Perspective and season scheduling in Keepin It 7500 (45:43).
In this week's episode, Mike and Sam look back at a shortened Stanford Open before firing through previews of the tournaments taking place over the next two weekends. In the second installment of Best Perspective, a couple of listeners share a crazy tournament morning, leading Sam and Mike to reflect on their most chaotic tournament experiences. Finally, the episode concludes with a more serious discussion of gender-specific language in Keepin' It 7500.
Note: Bring The Huckus has been canceled. The show was recorded prior to the tournament's cancellation.
Mike Ball and Sam Echevarria talk through early season results, dig into the just-released DIII primers, and introduce a new segment, Best Perspective, sponsored by Savage.
Mike Ball and Sam Echevarria bring you the first 7500 Club episode of 2019, featuring a discussion of the just announced preseason power rankings, the Under-24 selections, and a lookahead to the upcoming season. And make sure the show on Twitter (@7500Club)!
The 7500 Club is back for the 2019 college season! Michael Ball and Sam Echevarria fire up some predictions for the Spring season, talk U24 tryouts, and get you ready for another exciting year of Division III college ultimate.
On this week's episode, Sam and Mike open up by discussing plans of coverage for D-III Nationals in Rockford this weekend, including which 11 games will be filmed. They then break down each of the pools for Nationals, and Mike presents Sam with some prop bets for D-III Women's Nationals in honor of the legalization of sports gambling. Finally, they wrap things up with another edition of Keepin' It 7500.
On this week's episode of 7500 Club, Sam and Mike lament their loss to Deep Look in their Regionals Pick 'Em competition before recapping results from Regionals and having on Carleton GOP offensive coach Anders Berglund for an interview. They wrap up the episode with a quick look at Nationals pools and another edition of Keepin' It 7500.
On this episode of 7500 Club, Mike and Sam try out a new segment called "Deal or No Deal," before previewing the remaining Regionals and another edition of Keepin' It 7500.
Mike Ball and Sam Echevarria break down the first week of College Series action as some bids are set to be decided this weekend. Later, Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor from Deep Look stop by to make their D-III picks with some serious consequences at stake!
In this week's episode of The 7500 Club, Sam and Michael reflect on a loaded weekend of action, including Sam's trip to Rockford, Northwest Challenge, and some news out of the New England region on the men's side. They wrap up the episode by taking a look at the bid picture and how this weekend's action will impact the bids, and Sam delivers this week's "Keepin' it 7500" rant.
Sam Echevarria and Mike Ball look back at the huge D-III Midwestern Invite, including a conversation with TD and Ultiworld contributor Zakk Mabrey. Then, they look ahead to a big weekend for D-III Women and a ton of different events. Plus, Mike keeps it 7500 about High Tide.
The 7500 Club is back! In this week's episode, Mike and Sam evaluate the action from first month and a half of the regular season by selecting teams and regions that they're buying, selling, and holding stock on. Mike interviews Mary Washington head coach Keys Pattie after UMW's win at Oak Creek Challenge this past weekend, and Sam challenges the Ohio Valley in this week's edition of Keepin' It 7500.
Welcome to the 7500 Club, a Division III college focused podcast from Ultiworld D-III editors Michael Ball and Sam Echevarria! On the inaugural episode, Mike and Sam ask each other seven questions about the D-III season.