Deep Look: Ultiworld's Weekly Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Deep Look is Ultiworld's news and analysis podcast hosted by editor Charlie Eisenhood. From the business of ultimate to the most compelling competition, Deep Look breaks down the biggest topics in the sport.
Episode 61: Keith is joined by resident European, Ravi Vasudevan to preview in depth all the upcoming action at the World Ultimate Club Championships!
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Charlie and Keith discuss the exciting results of the US Open and their significance heading into the World Ultimate Club Championships! They also touch on YCC results and player standouts before making their UFA playoff picks!
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Episode 609: Charlie and Keith break down the first leg of the Triple Crown Tour, the US Open! They discuss favorites, dark horses, and WUCC implications. After the break the boys get into the state of the UFA playoffs.
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Episode 608: Charlie and Keith are back! After a week off they recap the thrilling World Junior Ultimate Championships as well as Pro-Elite Challenge West.
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Episode 607: Charlie and Keith preview the first major west coast tournament of the season, Pro-Elite Challenge West! They also touch on the recently wrapped World Masters Ultimate Club Championships before previewing the upcoming World Junior Ultimate Championships.
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Charlie and Keith breakdown discuss the first major Club tournament of the Season! They also check in on the World Masters Ultimate Club Championships, touch on the biggest storylines, and make their picks!
Episode 605: Keith Raynor is joined by Edward Stephens to walk through all the 2026 College Awards and breakdown the Premier Ultimate League Championship Weekend. After the break they dive into a preview of the 2026 Club Season!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the live Ultiworld Subscriber Only Bonus Segments where this week, Keith and Edward discuss tryouts!
Charlie and Keith breakdown the High School National Invite as well as the Western Ultimate League Championship Weekend! They then preview the upcoming Premier Ultimate League Championship Weekend and the exciting action from the UFA.
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Ultiworld Subscriber Only Bonus Segments! Keith and Charlie discuss who they would pick for the US World Games team if the tournament were happening this year! Starting directly after the show.
Charlie and Keith announce the D-I College Players of the Year live on the show! They are then joined by Chloe Hakimi of Carleton Syzygy to discuss her spectacular rookie season and Carleton's run to a national title! After the break, they preview the upcoming Western Ultimate League Championship weekend as well as the High School National Invite!
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Episode 602: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Manuela Cardenas to discuss her new team, Macana and the upcoming World Ultimate Club Championships as well as her career and the future of Colombian Ultimate! They then dive into the Mailbag to answer questions about the recently wrapped D-I College Championships.
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for weekly Ultiworld Subscriber Only Bonus Segments! This week Keith and Charlie put on their GM hats and decide which trades would be most impactful in the UFA!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down everything that went down at the D-I College Championships!
Re-Watch the D-I College Championships!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Ultiworld Subscriber Only Bonus Segments. Keith and Charlie dive into stats and what the best use cases are for the Statto app! Keith and Charlie will go live on Thursday, May 28th.
Episode 600: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor give a brief recap of the D-III College Championships before diving into one of the marquee events of the year, the D-I College Championships!
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Episode 599: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by D-III reporter Calvin Ciorba to preview the upcoming D-III College Championships! They also breakdown the D-I Nationals pools, semi-pro results, and the Franciscan Regionals controversy.
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for weekly Live Deep Look Subscriber-only bonus segments! This week, Charlie and Keith dive into the recently released Top 25 College Player rankings.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss everything from the exciting weekend 2 of College Regionals! They chat with captains Allie Kingsley and Kalei Foley-Rutherfurd from the first ever B team to make College Nationals, Vermont Bruckus! After the break, they dive into Nationals seeding predictions and discuss semi-pro ultimate results.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss everything from weekend 1 of College Regionals and make their picks for weekend 2 as final bids to Nationals are decided. After the break, they recap a big weekend in semi-pro ultimate and make their Pro Pick of the Week.
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Episode 596: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by 2025 UFA MVP, Tobe Decraene to discuss the Boston Glory and their campaign for another championship, preparation for the 2026 World Ultimate Club Championships, and Boston DiG’s Nationals finish last season. After the break, they preview the first weekend of D-I College Regionals and make their Pro Picks of the Week.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by tournament director Liam Grant to discuss the World Ultimate Club Championships this August in Limerick, Ireland. After the break, they preview the 2026 UFA season and make their picks for the playoffs.
Donovan Nominations are open!
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Episode 594: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the USAU College Nationals bid allocations and their contenders for most likely upsets at Regionals! They then look at results from the Western Ultimate League and Premier Ultimate League and make their Semi-Pro Pick of the Week.
Donovan Nominations are open!
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Episode 593: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Easterns, ECI, and the end of the college regular season! They then look ahead to upcoming Premier Ultimate League season which kicks off this weekend.
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Episode 592: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the results of the thrilling Northwest Challenge! They then look ahead to the final tournaments of the regular season, Easterns and East Coast Invite!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by USAU Club Competition Manager, Marc Zigterman to discuss structural club changes and rule clarifications. After the break they dive into Stanford Invite Men’s and preview the women’s division major, Northwest Challenge!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the Western Ultimate League season which starts this weekend! After the break they discuss the midseason college action of Stanford Invite Women’s and Northwest Challenge Men’s as well as the upcoming Stanford Invite Men’s.
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Episode 589: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the thrilling Smoky Mountain Invite! They also breakdown results from Commonwealth Cup and preview next week's Stanford Invite Women's and Northwest Challenge Men's. Lastly, they play some small ball before the mailbag question of the week.
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for weekly Live Deep Look Subscriber-only bonus segments. This week, Keith and Charlie discuss their College Awards Watchlists!
Episode 588: Keith Raynor is joined by Edward Stephens to discuss the biggest men’s regular-season tournament of the year, Smoky Mountain Invite! They also preview Commonwealth Cup and share their thoughts on the 2025 Plays of the Year. After the break, they dive into a recent blog post that aggregated the most interesting data from 11 years of recorded Club Championships stats.
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Episode 587: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the packed weekend of college tournaments, Presidents’ Day Invite and Queen City Tune Up. After the college talk, they play some small ball to check in on updates in the semi-pro divisions.
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Episode 586: Charlie Eisenhood is joined by Edward Stephens for a bicoastal breakdown of the major upcoming college tournaments, Presidents’ Day Invite and Queen City Tune Up.
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Episode 585: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor sit down with Emma Soiles, the new Premier Ultimate League commissioner. They then break down the wild and windy Florida Warm Up and where it places the top college contenders.
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Episode 584: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor breakdown discuss Santa Barbara Invite and all the action and upsets it brought! They then preview the always exciting Florida Warm Up after some news from the world of semi-pro ultimate.
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Episode 583: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor breakdown the upcoming 2026 College season! They discuss storylines, favorites, contender tiers, awards frontrunners, and preview in depth this weekend's Santa Barbara Invite!
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Episode 582: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the 2026 WUL rosters and pick their early season favorites! After the break, the boys face off against Google Gemini too see if AI will be replacing them anytime soon.
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Episode 581: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Deep Look producer Lindsay Soo to make bold predictions for the year to come!
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Episode 580: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by USA Ultimate CEO Kevin Erlenbach to check in on his first year with the organization and plans for the future. They then look back on the year that was and award superlatives for 2025!
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Episode 579: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor kick off the first ever Ultiworld 24 Hour Charity Streamathon! They are joined by Gattlin Miller of the Stonewall Foundation and later by Tiina Booth. Expect games and giveaways as well as our Trivia and Mailbag questions of the week.
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Episode 578: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the conclusion to the World Beach Ultimate Championships! They then discuss the Club division awards including offensive player of the year, defensive player of the year, breakout player of the year, and coach of the year!
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Episode 577: Keith sits down with Brute Squads Liv Player to talk about how Boston rewrote the script to win a title. She shares how the team adapted to it's many injuries, how the World Games impacted the club season, and more.
Keith and Charlie are joined by Revolver's Raekwon Adkins to talk about his club title, his thoughts on playing for Team USA at WBUC, and the upcoming college season in a quick hitting episode.
Episode 575: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor reveal the 2025 Club Players of the Year! They then discuss the upcoming World Beach Ultimate Championships!
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Episode 574: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the start of the college season with the upcoming Classic City Classic! They then dive into the mailbag to discuss more questions about the 2025 Club Championships!
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Episode 573: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the thrilling weekend at the 2025 Club Championships!
Episode 572: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down everything you need to know ahead of the 2025 Club Championships!
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Episode 571: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Danie Proby to do a Fantasy draft for the upcoming 2025 USAU Club Championships! They also touch on an interesting visualization of World Games data!
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Episode 570: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Ultiworld Top 25 Player lists! They also give some bold predictions for the upcoming 2025 USAU Club Championships!
Watch the Death of the Inside Out Analysis!
Watch the Best of Club Regionals!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the weekly Live Deep Look subscribers-only segments! This week Charlie and Keith discuss the contender tiers for Club Nationals!
Episode 569: Keith Raynor is joined by Edward Stephens to dive into the mailbag to answer all your questions ahead of the upcoming Club Championships! They talk darkhorses, underrated skills, rule changes, and more!
Watch the Best of Club Regionals!
Re-Watch Club Regionals!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only segment, where Charlie and Keith set lines for the Club Nationals showcase games and Title odds! Coming later this week.
Episode 568: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by National Men’s Director Adam Goff for a LIVE Club Nationals Pool Draw! Tune in to find out the matchups for the biggest event of the season. The draw kicks off at 12:30 PM EST, but first, Charlie and Keith recap one of the most thrilling Club Regionals weekends in recent memory.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview Club Regionals! They go region by region and breakdown the top contenders and dark horses for each division.
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Watch the Best of Pro-Champs!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only segment. Charlie and Keith will go live in the discord after the conclusion of regionals this Sunday 9/21!
Episode 566: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss a few topics including checking in on the USAU club post-season. They then debut a new segment, In or Out!
Re-Watch Pro Championships!
Watch the Best of Pro-Champs!
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Episode 565: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the thrilling final weekend of the Club Regular Season! They then discuss the final regional bid allocations for the 2025 Club National Championships!
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Episode 564: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss UFA Championship Weekend! They also discuss the inaugural PUL x WUL All Star game as well as preview the final major tournament of the regular season, Pro Championships!
Watch the Best of Elite-Select Challenge!
Watch Pro Championships!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for Live Deep Look subscribers-only segments. This week, Charlie and Keith discussed what they got right and wrong in the 2025 UFA season!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by USA Star Dylan Freechild to breakdown the thrilling finish to the 2025 World Games. They then discuss the Elite-Select Challenge and the upcoming UFA Championship Weekend!
Watch the Best of US Open!
Re-Watch Elite-Select Challenge!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only segment, breaking down the top fantasy picks from the 2025 World Games!
Episode 562: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor dive deep into the 2025 World Games!
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Watch the Best of US Open!
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Episode 561: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the results of the US Open and preview the Elite-Select Challenge as well as the UFA Divisional Finals!
Watch the Best of PEC West!
Re-Watch the US Open!
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Episode 560: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the biggest tournament of the Club regular season, the US Open! They then discuss the first round of the UFA Playoffs.
Watch the Best of PEC West!
Watch the US Open!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back, where Charlie and Keith dive into the Mailbag!
Episode 559: Legendary coach Matty Tsang joins the show for an in-depth discussion about Team USA and the upcoming World Games in Chengdu, China. After the break, Charlie breaks down the UFA playoffs.
Watch the Best of PEC West!
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Episode 558: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the results of this weekend's PEC West and preview the upcoming Masters Nationals in Aurora, Colorado! They also discuss UFA results as we get closer to Playoffs.
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Read about the Biggest Impact Player Transfers
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back! Charlie and Keith discuss the biggest Club Roster changes!
Episode 557: Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor do a full preview of the 2025 Club Season! They also guess real or fake team names, touch on Week 11 of the UFA and a bonus Mailbag question!
Watch PEC West!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back, where Charlie talks about his experience at U24 Worlds!
Keith Raynor is joined by Edward Stephens to recap the U-24 World Ultimate Championships as well as the Pro Elite Challenge East! After the break they also check in on the UFA and discuss the WUL x PUL All Star Weekend!
Watch U-24 Worlds!
Watch PEC East
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back where Keith and Edward dive deep on college awards!
Keith Raynor and Edward Stephens look at early results from the Under-24 World Ultimate Championships, run through Ultiworld's College Awards, review notable club roster releases, and then preview this weekend's PEC East!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor have another loaded show recapping High School National Invite, PUL Championship Weekend, and London Invite! They then preview the upcoming Under-24 World Ultimate Championships!
Re-Watch High School National Invite!
Watch U-24 Worlds!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor cover a ton of ground with High School National Invite, PUL Championship Weekend, and the USAU Club season on the horizon, as well as College Nationals and Western Ultimate League Championship Weekend in the rear view mirror. They reveal the 2025 College D-I and D-III players of the year LIVE to start the show then discuss the women’s semi-pro weekends as well as HSNI. They also discuss some of the newly dropped Club rosters before the mailbag question of the week.
Catch up on D-I College Nationals!
Watch High School National Invite!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor chat with newly minted D-I College National Champion, Mika Kurahashi of UBC! They then discuss an eventful week in the UFA and preview the Western Ultimate League Championship Weekend!
Re-Watch D-I College Nationals!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the thrilling 2025 D-I College Championships!
Catch Up on D-I College Nationals Highlights
Re-Watch D-I College Nationals!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the D-III National Championships and preview the upcoming D-I College Championships!
Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Re-Watch D-III College Nationals!
Watch D-I College Nationals!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the upcoming D-III National Championships and discuss the D-I Championships seeding! They then check in with the WUL, PUL, and UFA with some Semi-Pro Small Ball.
Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Watch D-III College Nationals!
Watch D-I College Nationals!
Join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back! Charlie and Keith discuss the Callahan award favorites!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the final weekend of College regionals, the finalized College Nationals qualifiers field and the recently released Top 25 players in the College Division! They then check in with the WUL, PUL, and UFA with some Semi-Pro Small Ball.
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Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Check out the Top 25 in the Women’s Division!
Check out the Top 25 in the Men’s Division!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back! Charlie and Keith simulate a draft of College players to the Pros! Starting directly after the show.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the College Nationals qualifiers so far and preview the second week of D-I College regionals! They then check in with the WUL, PUL, and UFA with some Semi-Pro Small Ball.
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Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Watch the 2024 Men’s College Championships Highlight Reel!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the first week of D-I College regionals! They then check in with the WUL, PUL, and UFA with some Semi-Pro Small Ball.
Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Watch the 2024 Men’s College Championships Highlight Reel!
Join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only Regionals reacts! Tune in this weekend.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Evan Lepler to discuss the upcoming Ultimate Frisbee Association season! They then check in with the WUL, PUL, and some surprising college sectionals results.
Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Watch the 2025 Goaltimate Nationals Highlights!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the final allocation for the USAU College Championships! They then check in with the WUL, PUL, and UFA with some Semi-Pro Small Ball.
Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Watch the 2024 Women's College Championships Highlight Reel!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back, where Charlie and Keith discuss the UFA Exhibition game! Starting directly after the show.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Easterns and the final tournaments of the College regular season. After the break, they preview the upcoming Premier Ultimate League season!
Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Watch the All-Time Easterns Highlight Reel!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the Northwest challenge, the upcoming Easterns and how it all affects the college bid picture!
Make sure to join the Ultiworld Discord for the Live Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back, where Charlie and Keith draft Super Teams to beat the US!
Edward Stephens and Keith Raynor interview the one and only Matty Tsang, head coach of the USA World Games team! They then preview the upcoming Northwest Challenge and how the college season is shaping up.
Watch Northwest Challenge!
Catch Up on the 2025 College season!
Make sure to listen to the Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back, where Edward and Keith discuss the biggest chokes in ultimate!
Charlie and Keith discuss the Stanford Invite Men's Division as well as preview the upcoming 2025 Western Ultimate League season! Before that, they have special guest and former Ultiworld contributor, Mike Ball discuss his incredible experience winning $100,000 at a Los Angeles Lakers game!
Charlie is joined by Senior Staff Writer Edward Stephens to discuss the big weekend of college Ultimate, as well as the final round of US World Games tryouts! They are also joined by reporter Kiana Hu for an on the ground perspective of Stanford Invite.
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Keith and Charlie give their thoughts on the rest of the world and how they will stack up in the 2025 World Games. They then discuss The two upcoming college regular season tournaments, Stanford Invite Women's and Smoky Mountain Invite!
Keith is joined by Senior Staff Writer Edward Stephens to discuss the east and west coast college action at Queen City Tune Up and Presidents’ Day Invite! They also discuss the announced US World Games Round 2 Tryout Invite list as well as the 2024 block of the year!
Before diving into a preview of two of the regular season Majors, Presidents' Day Invite and Queen City Tune Up, Charlie and Keith interview Jim Lloyd, owner of the Toronto Rush to discuss news and signings. Plus, they dive into the mailbag at the end.
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Charlie and Keith are joined by senior Staff Writer Edward Stephens to discuss this year’s Florida Warm Up! They also discuss semi-pro rosters and a few other quick hits in our small ball segment.
Before discussing one of the most exciting early season college tournaments, Charlie and Keith discuss the results of this weekend's Santa Barbara Invite as well as hit some small ball.
Charlie and Keith preview the 2025 college season!
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Charlie and Keith are talking World Games and draft full 14 player rosters! Before they get to that, they break down some semi-pro news.
Make sure subscribe for the Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back, where Charlie and Keith do a mini-draft of college regular season tournaments!
Charlie and Keith are joined by producer Lindsay Soo for their annual bold predictions show! After they break, they discuss big picture questions for the sport in 2025.
Make sure to subscribe to Ultiworld for the subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back, where Charlie and Keith discuss the latest WFDF election!
With Charlie out sick, Senior Editor Edward Stephens and Keith Raynor review the year that was with superlatives such as best game, biggest news, and who won the year for 2024. Before they get to that, the boys touch on the recently released USAU U24 National Team Rosters!
For a fun episode this offseason, Charlie and Keith are joined by Daniel Prentice and Preston Thompson, former Ultiworld writers and hosts of the Drafted Podcast. The boys do mock drafts for the best athletes to make up an ultimate team and the best movie titles to make a team name! After the break, Charlie and Keith go deeper into the ultimate statistics conversation.
Make sure to check out the Deep Look subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back, where Charlie and Keith are joined again by the Drafted Podcast to draft the best animals to join you on the ultimate field!
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Charlie and Keith sit down with the new USAU CEO, Kevin Erlenbach to talk about his past with USA Hockey and his plans for Ultimate! After the break, they dive into the 2025 college season and make way too early semis and finals picks.
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Charlie and Keith have fun in this pre-holiday episode and tackle some trivia! After the break, they answer a few question from the mailbag.
Charlie and Keith discuss the results of Masters Worlds and the recent news of LA Astra joining the PUL. They then make their U24 lock picks and break down the 2024 Club Awards.
Keith is joined by Edward Stephens to reveal this year's Club Players of the Year! After the break, Charlie and Keith interview Fury players and multiple-time Club Champions, Anna Thompson and Cree Howard.
Charlie and Keith interview first time club and World Champion, Nathan Champoux of Ann Arbor Hybrid! After the break, they hit a little college ultimate small ball.
Charlie and Keith discuss this year's thrilling Club Nationals and talk with Dylan Freechild of Portland Rhino Slam!, the newest men's division champions.
Charlie and Keith are joined by Alex Atkins, Mike Lun, and Quinn Finer, the hosts of the Pod Practice Podcast, for a Club Nationals picks competition! Get geared up for the most exciting tournament of the year!
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Charlie and Keith chat with the voice of ultimate, Evan Lepler about his new position as the Director of Broadcast Strategy for the UFA. Before the interview, Charlie and Keith dive into the Club Nationals streaming schedule and how to watch!
Charlie and Keith discuss the newly appointed USAU CEO as well as the recently released U-24 tryout invite list. After the break they reveal the Club Top 25 players!
Charlie and Keith take a deeper look at potential bracket matchups for the upcoming Club Championships. After the break they discuss EUCF!
Charlie and Keith discuss club regionals! They go through the biggest storylines and upsets and talk about how the potential seeding for Nationals. After the break they touch on the upcoming EUCF before hitting the mailbag question of the week.
Charlie and Keith preview club regionals! They rank the regions by excitement and discuss favorites to win and dark horses to steal bids to nationals.
Keith is Joined by Edward Stephens to discuss the exciting conclusion of the World Ultimate Championships and the implications for the broader context of international ultimate. After the break, they touch on results from the Pro Championships and some sectionals results.
Its Worlds Week! We will be posting daily wrap-up shows of the World Ultimate Championships, hosted by on the ground commentators including Ian Toner, Hannah Pendlebury, Liam Grant, Stefan Rappazzo, and more! Our hosts discuss the biggest results of the day and bring on special guests including players, coaches and game advisors to give you insights to ultimate's biggest event.
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Its Worlds Week! We will be posting daily wrap-up shows of the World Ultimate Championships, hosted by on the ground commentators including Ian Toner, Hannah Pendlebury, Liam Grant, Stefan Rappazzo, and more! Our hosts discuss the biggest results of the day and bring on special guests including players, coaches and game advisors to give you insights to ultimate's biggest event.
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Note: The Tuesday Day 4 studio show was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Its Worlds Week! We will be posting daily wrap-up shows of the World Ultimate Championships, hosted by on the ground commentators including Ian Toner, Hannah Pendlebury, Liam Grant, Stefan Rappazzo, and more! Our hosts discuss the biggest results of the day and bring on special guests including players, coaches and game advisors to give you insights to ultimate's biggest event.
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Its Worlds Week! We will be posting daily wrap-up shows of the World Ultimate Championships, hosted by on the ground commentators including Ian Toner, Hannah Pendlebury, Liam Grant, Stefan Rappazzo, and more! Our hosts discuss the biggest results of the day and bring on special guests including players, coaches and game advisors to give you insights to ultimate's biggest event.
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It's finally here! Charlie and Keith Preview the upcoming WUC and make their picks. Before that they discuss the shocking results of the UFA Championship weekend, and make picks for the final regular season club tournament, the Pro Championships.
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Charlie and Keith preview the upcoming UFA championship weekend as well as recap the Elite-Select Challenge and look at the Club Bid Picture!
Keith is joined by guest host Edward Stephens to discuss the seedings and pools for the World Ultimate Championships, as well as a preview of the upcoming Elite-Select Challenge! But first, Alex Rubin makes an appearance to recap the upset-filled UFA divisional finals weekend.
Charlie and Keith discuss the biggest storylines of the US Open and touch on the conclusion of the Youth Club Championships. After the break they discuss the penultimate weekend of the UFA Playoffs and news from the European Youth Championships.
Charlie and Keith discuss the exciting conclusion to the World Junior Ultimate Championships and bring in legendary commentator Tom Styles to break it all down. After the break they touch on the stunning Boston win over New York in the UFA Playoffs and preview the upcoming US Open!
Note: Portions of Tom Styles' interview were removed due to audio issues. We apologize for the poor audio quality during some of the segment!
Patrick Stegemoeller joins Charlie and Keith to discuss the current state of the club division, both in on field results and off field structure. Charlie and keith then discuss the UFA playoff picture as well as a brief recap of Masters Nationals.
Pro-Elite Challenge brought the HEAT (literally). Charlie and Keith discuss the kickoff of the club regular season from the east and west coasts. They also discuss the end of the UFA regular season and discuss the playoff picture.
The club season is kicking off with the east and west coast Pro-Elite Challenge tournaments. Keith and Charlie also discuss the upcoming WJUC tournament! All that plus trivia and the mailbag question of the week.
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Charlie and Keith discuss some UFA news and then give a full division by division breakdown of the upcoming club season!
Keith Raynor and guest host Edward Stephens recap the Premier Ultimate League Championship weekend as well as the Detroit Mechanix' first win in 7 years. The two also dip into the club season and discuss some of the early roster releases!
Charlie and Keith recap a wet and wild weekend at Windmill, before diving into College Awards chatter and reviewing who won the college nationals fantasy challenges. Then they look ahead to this weekend's PUL Championships, and discuss who the favorites are and whether Austin can continue to shake things up.
Charlie and Keith are joined by Ravi Vasudevan to discuss the upcoming stacked field at one of the world’s most popular tournaments, Windmill! After the break they will reveal the D-I and D-III College players of the year and runners up! Also, some semi-pro small ball and an HSNI recap.
Charlie and Keith discuss the new WUL champions as well as check in elsewhere in the semipro landscape. After the break they preview the upcoming High School National Invite!
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Charlie and Keith break down all the action from the college championships that lived up to the hype!
Make sure to check this episode out on youtube to follow along with all the highlights from the tournament.
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Charlie and Keith chat recap D-III Nationals which proved to be thrilling down the stretch! After the break, the preview one of the most anticipated D-I College nationals of the recent era!
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Charlie and Keith chat about the upcoming D-III and D-I College Championships! They also hit on the nationals teams performances at TEP and discuss Tom Crawford’s retirement and the search for his replacement.
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Charlie and Keith hit the 12 years in the making milestone, 500 episodes of Deep Look! Hear from a few friends of the show and reminisce about how far we've come. After the break the guys discuss the final weekend of College Regionals as well as some semi-pro action!
Check out the College Championships qualifiers here!
Charlie and Keith recap week 1 of the D-I College Regionals and preview the final round of qualifiers. After the break they play some Semi-Pro Small Ball!
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Keith and Charlie make their DI College Regionals picks! After the break they dive into a UFA Season preview.
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Keith goes solo to interview WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch to discuss Olympics, China, and more. Before the mailbag question of the week, Keith runs through some of the DIII Nationals qualifiers as well as interesting DI Conferences results.
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Charlie and Keith discuss the final bid allocations for the USAU College Series. Before the mailbag question of the week, they play a little small ball.
Make sure to check out the new Deep Look Subscriber Special, Hot Twos! Available for subscribers of all levels.
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Charlie and Keith are joined by Ravi Vasudevan to discuss changes to the European club structure. Then they recap the end of the college regular season as well as hit some small ball.
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Charlie and Keith discuss the athletes selected to the US WUC teams, recap the WUL 2024 opener, and discuss the final weeks of the college regular season. Tune in LIVE to our show every week on Youtube, Tuesdays at 12PM Eastern!
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Charlie and Keith discuss the shocking upset at Northwest challenge, preview the WUL 2024 opener, and then take on some small ball. Tune in LIVE on Youtube March 19th at 12PM Eastern!
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Charlie and Keith are joined by Jake Thorne and Edward Stephens to discuss the US National team tryouts for the World Ultimate Championships. Who impressed and who fell flat? Tune in LIVE on Youtube March 12th at 12PM Eastern!
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Charlie and Keith dive deep into the drama of the college season with the recent shake ups at Stanford Invite and Smoky Mountain Invite. Who are the real contenders at the midway point of the season?
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Keith is once again joined by D1 College Editor Edward Stephens to talk about the major roster changes in the upcoming Premier Ultimate League season! Later they break down this week's college action as well as preview the upcoming Stanford Invite and Smoky Mountain Invite. LIVE on Youtube February 27 at 12PM Eastern!
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Charlie and Keith discuss this weekend’s college action in La Jolla California. Later they make picks for Commonwealth Cup II and Easterns Qualifier, as well as discuss this week’s mailbag question. They also introduce a new segment, Trivia question of the week! Make sure to tune in and test your ulti-knowledge.
Keith is joined by substitute co-host and Senior Writer Edward Stephens to break down this week’s action. The two are joined by Grace Conerly to discuss QCTU and then check in on the play of the year brackets as well as preview the upcoming Presidents’ Day Invite.
Deep Look goes live on YouTube for the first time! Tune in to hear from Senior Writer Edward Stephens about the action at Florida Warm Up. Later Keith and Charlie check in on the UFA's new Super Series as well as previewing the upcoming QCTU and D3 Grand Prix!
Charlie and Keith give their first impressions of the Premier Ultimate League schedule. Then they are joined by Jake Thorne to talk about Santa Barbara Invite. Plus coverage of Carolina Kickoff and Florida Warm Up!
It is THAT TIME of year! Charlie & Keith tackle the biggest stories going into the college season -- UNC chasing four-peats, the impact of eligibility extensions, and the potential surprises. Then they take a look at the Western Ultimate League's 2024 rosters to spot the big changes.
Charlie and Keith discuss the AUDL's surprise rebrand to the Ultimate Frisbee Association and the return of the word "frisbee." Then they take a look at the rule changes in the latest update of USAU's rules. Plus a question of the day on what's the next big move at USAU!
Check out the updated USAU rules here.
Charlie and Keith look at the updates from the USA Ultimate Competition Working Group meetings, and are joined by Pawel Janas to talk about 20-team Club Nationals, video review, and club preseason, among other things. Plus some news from the WUL and AUDL.
Keith is rejoined by Charlie and producer Lindsay Soo for an annual tradition: bold predictions for the new year. After reviewing their 2023 picks, they each lay out their long shots and pick their best lock.
Keith is joined by Deep Look producer and Raleigh Phoenix player Lindsay Soo for this week's show. They go over the biggest news stories from club, college, and international play, pick the biggest story and winners for the year. They also touch on recent news and get to the question of the week about mic'd up players!
Keith is joined by Edward Stephens, and together they run down the big takeaways from PAUC. Then they dive in to the 2023 Top 25 Club Player rankings to look at how they would have been influenced by Nationals and beyond.
Keith goes over a bit of the news from the ultimate world before Edward Stephens joins the show to discuss the scene in the early stages of the Pan-American Ultimate Championships. Then Jake Thorne comes on to give his impressions from the U20 US National Team West tryouts.
With Thanksgiving almost here, that means it is time for Charlie and Keith to catch up on the fall college news and upcoming Classic City Classic. Then they take a look at the Club Awards and share their snubs and historical observations.
Charlie & Keith talk about the major upset and overall takeaways from WBUC before pulling open a big mailbag. A lot of leftovers from Club Nationals, but questions about beach, ulti-terminology, and Strategic Plan, too!
Charlie and Keith talk about the WFDF World Beach Ultimate Championships before being joined by Ben van Heuvelen to discuss USAU's new Strategic Plan. They also touch on the Oregon Onyx's WUL exit.
Charlie and Keith go over the top stories from each division at the club Championships, like Brute Squad and Shame's runs and the controversy in the men's division. Truck Stop's Rowan McDonnell stops by to talk titles, asterisks, and his team's stellar offense.
Chapters:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:04:30 Men's Division Recap
0:30:28 Rowan McDonnell Interview
1:10:58 Women's Division Recap
1:28:30 Mixed Division Recap
Charlie and Keith went live in the Discord to preview the upcoming Club Championships!
Chapters:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:12 Mixed Preview
0:34:00 Men's Preview
1:00:38 Women's Review
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Charlie & Keith touch on how the new slate of sports for the Los Angeles Olympics compare to ultimate before cracking open the mailbag. Topics range from darkhorse title contenders to best top select teams.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor went live to bring you the USA Ultimate Club National Championships Pools Drawing!
Charlie and Keith welcome on New York Blueprint and Eugene Dark Star to talk about qualifying for their first Nationals. The hosts also talk about the biggest stories and national implications from this past weekend and preview North Central Regionals.
Tune in Sunday evening for a live Deep Look reactions podcast in the Ultiworld Discord!
Charlie & Keith don't have much time to waste with Club Regionals Super Sunday* on the way. They go region by region to talk about the top contenders and make their picks, along with our subscriber picks.
Charlie and Keith open up the mailbag to dig deep into listener questions. Which Canadian teams do they expect to make USAU Club Nationals? How would the Mechanix fare at D-I Nationals? And plenty of Regionals predictions. Those and so much more!
Charlie and Keith break down the absolutely game-changing results of the Pro Championships. Raleigh Phoenix's Bridget Mizener and Alex Barnett come through to talk about winning the tournament and the season. Plus Charlie has some fast food takes!
Charlie and Keith talk about the Empire's dominant showing at the AUDL Championship Weekend and the dramatic finish between Salt Lake and Minnesota. They take some mailbag questions about AUDL Championship Weekend before diving in to Pro Champs and making their picks for the tourney.
Patrick Stegemoeller, host of Huck and Hope, joins Charlie and Keith for this episode. They talk about the takeaways from Elite-Select Challenge, about Pat's new podcast about the Rochester Dragons, and about the AUDL Championship Weekend.
Ultimate frisbee is growing fast and there are riches to be had - supposedly. Patrick Stegemoeller and Brian Kibler look at some of the people, organizations, and businesses like the Rochester Dragons that got swept up in the excitement, energy, and optimism of an era where it seemed like the sport was one step away from making the leap to mainstream legitimacy, and the reality of what these schemes really meant.
You can access the entire show with an Ultiworld mini subscription in the Huck and Hope subscriber-only feed.
Patrick Stegemoeller and Brian Kibler introduce us to the world of the Rochester Dragons in this first installment of Huck and Hope! They talk about why the Rochester Dragons, a team you may vaguely remember existing anonymously towards the bottom of the AUDL a decade ago, may be the key to understanding how ultimate, the semi-pro leagues, and America got to be where it is in 2023.
You can access the entire show with an Ultiworld mini subscription in the Huck and Hope subscriber-only feed.
Charlie and Keith are joined by Austin Sol's Kyle Henke to talk about his team's playoff run. They also break down the AUDL divisional round and make their Elite-Select Challenge picks. Plus, a very special surprise from Charlie...
Charlie and Keith have a packed show, discussing the takeaways from the US Open. Scandal's Claire Trop and Kat Ritzmann join to talk about Scandal's hot start. Then the guys talk YCCs, make their picks for the second round of the AUDL Playoffs, and take a couple mailbag Qs.
Charlie and Keith talk about the upset-filled AUDL Wild Card weekend. Then they turn their attention to Club, where the upsets continued at SFI East and they preview the US Open. They also talk a bit about who to watch at YCC!
Charlie and Keith get right into Oakland missing the AUDL Playoffs and look ahead to the upcoming AUDL Wild Card Weekend. Then they chat a little about the USAU Masters Championships and make their picks for SFI East. Lastly, they hit on title repeat chances in the Question of the Week.
Charlie and Keith take a few moments to discuss The Triple Spike™ from the Empire vs. Shred game before diving into PEC results and the club picture as a whole.
Charlie and Keith have a lot to touch on this week! They talk about USA's U24 sweep and the most impressive players at the tournament, check how the AUDL playoff picture is shaping up, and recap PEC West and preview PEC East.
Charlie and Keith go live in the Ultiworld Discord again to check in on Day 4 of the U24 World Championships to talk through all the action and preview the bracket.
Charlie and Keith go live in the Ultiworld Discord to preview the World Under-24 Ultimate Championships happening this coming week in Nottingham.
Charlie and Keith wipe the egg off their face and talk about how Raleigh conquered the PULCW. Then they look at the pair of repeat winners at HSNI and talk about the event as a whole and the stars of tomorrow.
Keith and Charlie touch on the Player of the Year selection and All-Americans, make their picks for PUL Championship Weekend, catch up on the AUDL, and preview the High School National Invite. Will it be a Seattle sweep?
Charlie and Keith give their thoughts on the PUL's selection committee choosing the Gridlock for the wild card playoff spot over the Surge. They also recap WUL Championship Weekend, and then go to the college world to announce the D-I Player of the Year finalists and pull a few more Qs out the bag.
Keith and Charlie go live in the discord to recap the D-I College Championships!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are LIVE from Ohio for a College Championships pregame show Deep Look episode with special guests!
This episode is presented by NUTC.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor went live in the Ultiworld Discord and brought on Edward Stephens and Jenna Weiner to react to the Day 2 prequarterfinal action at the 2023 D-I College Championships!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor went live in the Ultiworld Discord and brought on Edward Stephens and Jenna Weiner to react to the Day 1 action at the 2023 D-I College Championships!
Charlie and Keith go live in the Ultiworld Discord to preview D-I Nationals and give their picks!
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Charlie and Keith talk about the wild recent events of the semi-pro leagues before Keith is joined by Mike Ball and Fiona "Scotti" Dempsey to preview D-III Nationals. Plus, two special guests come on for a college interview.
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We know which teams will be at Nationals! After a wild final weekend of D-I college Regionals, Charlie and Keith look at the upsets and close calls, and talk a little about potential seeding at Nationals.
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Charlie and Keith talk about the news from the first weekend of Regionals, including Wisconsin's Nationals streak ending and the controversial call in the Metro East D-I women's final. Then they talk AUDL opening weekend, the WUL playoff race, and the PUL's latest results.
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It is time for the annual D-I Regionals picks competition! Charlie and Keith go head to head with Jenna and Sascha of Double Overtime, and the subscriber picks, too. What's on the line this year?
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Charlie and Keith are joined by the new PUL commissioner, Amanda Dallas, to talk about transitioning from Quadball and her plans for the league. After talking a bit of college Conference Championships, they also make their divisional and Championship Weekend picks for this upcoming AUDL season.
Charlie and Keith tackle the spicy bid situation, breaking down what happened and potential causes and fixes (0:00). They also talk about Philadelphia Surge's big opening win and bid memes (47:30).
Charlie and Keith dive in to Easterns, where UNC took the crown and elite D-I men's teams made their final regular season statements. They also take a look at the projected final bid picture to see who surprised and disappointed.
In a bonus Deep Look episode, Keith Raynor and Charlie Eisenhood discuss the start of the Premier Ultimate League season, the top contenders, and give preseason picks.
With the regular season drawing to a close, Charlie and Keith are joined by Jack Brown to talk about the Northwest Challenge women's, as well as the upcoming men's division of the tournament. The guys talk about the potential drama at Easterns, and touch on news from the PUL and AUDL.
Charlie and Keith open up the mailbag to take your questions on how UNC stacks up to historic college and club teams, the worst college region, and more. They also look back at the results from both divisions of Centex and preview Northwest Challenge's women's event.
Charlie and Keith talk about the surprises of WUL's opening weekend. Then it is college time, with Jenna Weiner coming on to talk about Stanford Invite's women's division, and the guys go over Centex in both divisions.
Charlie and Keith give their takes on the PUL's 2023 landscape based on the newly announced rosters. Then they are joined by Edward Stephens to talk about a very impactful Smoky Mountain Invite. After recapping Stanford Invite men's, they dive in to the women's tournament, and make their WUL picks for the 2023 season.
Keith jumps in to major college action, going over Commonwealth Cup and previewing a huge weekend in the men's division with Stanford Invite and Smoky Mountain Invite.
Keith talks with D-I Editors Edward Stephens and Jenna Weiner about the wild results from Presidents' Day Invite, including the debuts of both Colorado programs and Oregon Fugue. Keith also goes over some of the 2023 club updates from USA Ultimate.
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Charlie and Keith talk about some big names going to new club and semi-pro teams, and then dive in for the chalk and the surprises from Charlotte. They pick the most interesting teams at Prez Day and make their picks. Plus they argue about the Super Bowl!
Charlie and Keith go over the big takeaways from the AUDL, WUL, and PUL schedules, before breaking down the surprising results from Florida Warm Up's deep field. UMass or BYU? What's up with Vermont? Then they look ahead to QCTU, especially a talented women's field. Plus a breaking update from the USAU Club Working Group!
Charlie and Keith dive into the results from Santa Barbara Invite, as well as Carolina Kickoff, and then look ahead to the sizable Florida Warm Up field.
Charlie and Keith (finally) break down the major D-I stories as college spring begins. They talk a little about Carolina Kickoff and preview Santa Barbara Invite. Pittsburgh's Henry Ing joins the show to talk about his career and Pitt's upcoming season. Plus the first college picks of the year!
Charlie and Keith tie up a few loose ends, addressing responses to their Bold Predictions, talking about the SBI team list, news from USAU, and some of the semi-pro news across leagues.
Charlie and Keith are joined by Lindsay Soo to kick off the new year with bold predictions for 2023. They talk college, club, international, semi pro, and more.
Charlie, Keith, and a number of special guests share their favorite memories and moments from ultimate in 2022. Happy new year!
In this special edition of Deep Look, the guys welcome on Janna Hamaker, Rueben Berg, and Josh Cooper to discuss where officiating and rules from observer, game advisor, and referee perspectives.
Charlie and Keith take a look back at the biggest news of 2022, and check to see if any of their early Bold Predictions were right.
After last week's U24 picks show, Charlie and Keith compare their predictions to the final USA rosters, discuss the surprises, and overall trends around roster composition.
Check out the roster here!
Charlie and Keith catch up on some recent goings on, discussing the AUDL halftime showcase at a recent NFL game and news about USA Ultimate Masters divisions. Then, they go through their locks, likely picks, and some surprise names to make the upcoming U24 US National Teams.
Charlie and Keith present the top five items they would prioritize if they were tapped to become USA Ultimate CEO.
Charlie and Keith chat about the changes to the AUDL's team makeup. Then they crack open the mailbag to answer questions about San Diego as a Nationals host, proposed AUDL rule changes, and more.
Charlie and Keith talk about the experimental showcase games put on by the AUDL, featuring league All-Stars and partnering with the Western Ultimate League. Then Johnny Bravo's Ben Lohre joins the show to talk about their title run. Finally, the hosts look at key takeaways from CCC and MLC.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor chat with Khalif El-Salaam about the triple peak and he and Seattle Mixtape's path to a title. The hosts also go over their Club Awards votes and play some Small Ball!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor go deeper down the Nationals results board and discuss key stories and teams from the tournament. They also welcome in Molly Brown captain Claire Chastain after her banner 2022 season.
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Charlie and Keith dive in one each of the club national championship finals, and discuss which players and teams were difference-makers, including their top three individuals from each game.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor jump into the Ultiworld Discord to do an in depth preview of the 2022 club championships and make their picks for #TheGame!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor dive deep into the 2022 National Championships seeding and pools. The guys look at the seeding decisions, the pools of death, the biggest upset potential, and more. Then they play some Small Ball: AUDL All-Stars, the WFDF 2023 event schedule, and the Club Player Survey.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the top all-time prospects in ultimate before diving into the results of Great Lakes Regionals and looking at Charlie's Nationals seeding predictions. Then, they talk the Team USA under-24 tryout invites before discussing the results of the European Championship Finals.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a look at what happened on #SuperSunday and discuss where they were right and where they were wrong. They also go region-by-region and break down the results and what they could mean for the National Championships.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a look at what happened on #SuperSunday and discuss where they were right and where they were wrong. They also go region-by-region and break down the results and what they could mean for the National Championships.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a look at what happened on #SuperSunday and discuss where they were right and where they were wrong. They also go region-by-region and break down the results and what they could mean for the National Championships.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the 2022 Club Regionals and make their picks for all 48 spots at the National Championships! They go region by region, discussing the top teams and challengers. Plus: the top 5 most exciting regional tournaments!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the 2022 Club Regionals and make their picks for all 48 spots at the National Championships! They go region by region, discussing the top teams and challengers. Plus: the top 5 most exciting regional tournaments!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the 2022 Club Regionals and make their picks for all 48 spots at the National Championships! They go region by region, discussing the top teams and challengers. Plus: the top 5 most exciting regional tournaments!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the first weekend of Club Sectionals, including some upset wins and baffling losses. They also look at some of the biggest surprises in the top 25 so far this season -- who has outperformed and who has failed?
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the first weekend of Club Sectionals, including some upset wins and baffling losses. They also look at some of the biggest surprises in the top 25 so far this season -- who has outperformed and who has failed?
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the first weekend of Club Sectionals, including some upset wins and baffling losses. They also look at some of the biggest surprises in the top 25 so far this season -- who has outperformed and who has failed?
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the action at the 2022 Pro Championships and talk about the teams that look poised to make a deep run in the postseason (or not!). They also dive into the Nationals bid allocation and the rankings after a tumultuous final weekend of the regular season.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the action at the 2022 Pro Championships and talk about the teams that look poised to make a deep run in the postseason (or not!). They also dive into the Nationals bid allocation and the rankings after a tumultuous final weekend of the regular season.
HOUSE OF DRAGON SPOILER 2:30 - 3:41
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the action at the 2022 Pro Championships and talk about the teams that look poised to make a deep run in the postseason (or not!). They also dive into the Nationals bid allocation and the rankings after a tumultuous final weekend of the regular season.
HOUSE OF DRAGON SPOILER 2:30 - 3:41
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the New York Empire's dominant victory at the AUDL Championship Weekend. They also discuss the end-of-season power rankings, the 2022 season overall, and more. Then, they preview this weekend's club finale, the Pro Championships!
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the AUDL divisional championship round and look ahead to the Championship Weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, with a rematch of the 2021 final (New York vs. Carolina) in one semi and Chicago vs. Colorado in the other. They make their picks to win (and against the spread). Plus: the surprising results of Elite-Select Challenge and what it means for the bid picture.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss ultimate's failure to get into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games and what it means for the future of the Olympic push, the sport's development, and organizational leadership. Then they talk U20s and the USA's wins over France in Open and Women's before discussing the Elite-Select Challenge and making their picks.
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Charlie and Keith discuss the top teams at the US Open, look at the standouts from YCC, and the implications on the wider scene. They also check-in with the goings on at the WJUC in Poland.
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Medellín Revolution's Manuela Cárdenas joins Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor for an interview about the team's win at the World Ultimate Club Championships, her impact on the game, her thoughts on Kaela Helton's dangerous play call, and much more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the 2022 World Ultimate Club Championships, including Revolution’s historic win over Fury on universe point, PoNY’s revenge win over Ring, and Mixtape’s domination of Red Flag.
Chapters
0:00 WUCC Recap
33:00 Sunset Lake CBD
35:15 WFDF Rules & Controversial Calls
1:02:50 Final WUCC Takeaways
1:06:00 Learning from WG & WUCC
In the second pod of the week, Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the 2022 World Ultimate Club Championships and interview Team Germany's (and Revolution's -- and Brute Squad's!) Levke Walczak about her experience at the World Games and what's to come at WUCC. The guys discuss championship contenders at WUCC and make their picks!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the 2022 World Games with Ultiworld reporter Edward Stephens. They're then joined by Team Australia star handler Tom Tulett before diving into a big batch of listener mail.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor bring on Ultiworld reporter Edward Stephens to preview this week's World Games and make their picks, before talking with Team USA players Kaela Helton and Claire Trop and coach Matty Tsang.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:15 World Games Preview
45:50 Team USA's Helton, Trop, & Tsang
1:09:00 Final Thoughts
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the 2022 club season after some AUDL chatter to open the show. Which teams should be atop the Power Rankings? Who's got the inside track to success at the Pro-Elite Challenge? Those questions and more on a packed show.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down some early season club action before turning to an interview with 2022 College Player of the Year award winners Dawn Culton and Liam Searles-Bohs. They discuss the POTY award and the All-American first team ballots to close the show.
2:35 Club Chatter
15:10 Dawn Culton and Liam Searles-Bohs, College Players of the Year
52:15 College All-Americans
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor celebrate 400 episodes of Deep Look, taking a moment to look back at past shows and fun moments with OG co-host Wes Cronk! Plus, they discuss the Premier Ultimate League Championship Weekend as well as some exciting early club rosters.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:40 PUL Championship Weekend
15:30 Club Roster Drops
29:20 Wes Cronk Celebrates 400 Episodes
Charlie and Keith chat about the HSNI experience and then prep for PUL Championship weekend, including looking at the unusual circumstances that have gotten the league to this point.
Chapters:
00:10 HSNI
21:44 Callahan
26:25 PUL
52:35 Poultry Days/World Games
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor wrap up the Premier Ultimate League season and look ahead to next weekend's Championship Weekend before previewing the 2022 High School National Invite -- and making their picks! They open the show with a discussion of the apparent decline in league play.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the Division I College Championships, breaking down the UNC sweep, the chalkiness of the competition this year, the biggest stars, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor go LIVE on Deep Look to recap D-III Nationals and then preview D-I Nationals coming up this weekend in Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the Western Ultimate League Championship Weekend before talking a bit about the league's season overall and how it's compared to the PUL's. Then they're joined by Mike Ball to preview the Division III College Championships -- and make their picks!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the second weekend of College Regionals before previewing the WUL Championship Weekend.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the first weekend of College Regionals before making their picks vs. STF for weekend #2. They also break down week one of the AUDL season and discuss the shocking result in the PUL's final regular season weekend.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk some semi-pro ultimate before diving into a discussion of the first weekend of College Regionals. Then they're joined by Sin The Fields host and college division reporter Pat Stegemoeller for the revival of the Pick 'Em Challenge!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down what you need to know about the 2022 AUDL season, talk about each division, and make their picks for who will make the playoffs and win the championship. Plus: looking at the WUL playoff picture and more early season PUL action.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss some of the College Conferences controversy before interviewing USA National Team head coach Matty Tsang about this year's tryouts, team, and more. Then they get into a big Small Ball segment, talking club guidelines, PUL, WUL, and AUDL.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor start the show by hearing from Khalif El-Salaam after the guys discussed him as a surprise inclusion on the USA National Team that will compete at the World Games. Then they take a look at the strengths of Team USA and think about where players might line up -- offense or defense -- in crucial point situations. They also talk some potential strategy for the team. Later, they interview Brown captain John Randolph about the team's regular season sweep at Warm Up, SMI, and Easterns. Plus: some small ball!
In a jam-packed episode, Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the USA World Games team selection, welcome in WFDF's Brian Gisel for a live World Games pool draw, talk with Colorado's Stacy Gaskill about her time at the Olympics and at this weekend's Northwest Challenge, look ahead to Easterns, and preview the Premier Ultimate League season that starts this weekend.
Chapters
0:00 Team USA World Games Roster
20:00 Brian Gisel Draws World Games Pools
35:00 Olympian Stacy Gaskill
58:45 Northwest Challenge Recap
1:07:45 Eastern's Preview & Picks
1:14:40 USAU Covid Update
1:16:15 PUL Preview & Picks
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take some ultimate issues and offer up extreme makeovers -- how could they be fundamentally changed? From sport marketing to Nationals bid allocation to picking the US National Team, they go in depth on how things could be different.
Chapters
0:00 Extreme Makeover: Ultimate
4:05 Reworking Bids & Rankings
18:35 Youth & Coaching Infrastructure
32:05 Youth to Adult Pipeline
40:10 Marketing the Sport
54:55 Getting External Approval
1:03:25 US National Team Selection
1:15:25 Women's Centex Recap
1:18:30 Men's Centex Recap
1:20:50 Men's MLC Recap
1:23:25 NWC Preview
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the fake Carleton taunting fine before diving into the opening weekend of the Western Ultimate League. They talk with Arizona’s Kody Lippincott about her breakout performance and the team’s 2-1 start. Then they look at this weekend’s big college tournaments.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor have a BIG edition of Deep Look for you this week. They talk with Edward Stephens about the Smoky Mountain Invite and Jenna Weiner about the Stanford Invite before turning their attention to the start of the 2022 Western Ultimate League season. They also discuss Khalif El-Salaam's reported salary with the Atlanta Hustle and the PUL's new Sponsor-a-Player program.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:05 Smoky Mountain with Edward Stephens
33:40 Final SMI Thoughts
36:50 Stanford with Jenna Weiner
1:05:40 Final Stanford Thoughts
1:08:55 Stanford Invite Men's Results
1:16:15 World Games Roster
1:23:50 WUL Season & Picks
1:37:10 AUDL/PUL News
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss USA Ultimate's bid allocation decision for the 2022 Series before looking at WFDF's ban of Russian and Belarusian players from its events. Then they're joined by 2021 Callahan Award winner Azeez Adeyemi to talk about his college career, winning a title with Brown, and how he found out that he won. Plus: Commonwealth Cup, Stanford Invite, and Smoky Mountain Invite chatter!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the just-announced AUDL and PUL 2022 season schedules before welcoming in Ultiworld Associate Editor Mags Colvett to discuss their reporting on the Milwaukee Monarchs and PUL's handling of a sexual misconduct situation. The guys also talk about the Presidents' Day Invite and this weekend's Commonwealth Cup.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction & Spice
10:50 President's Day Invite Recap
24:30 2022 AUDL Schedule
30:15 2022 PUL Schedule
34:10 USAU, PUL, & Sexual Misconduct
37:55 Mags Colvett on the PUL Situation
1:09:40 Commonwealth Cup Preview & Picks
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the 2021 Callahan Award winners Jasmine Childress and Azeez Adeyemi. They also break down the action at the Queen City Tune Up and look ahead to the Presidents' Day Invite. Plus: ranking the offseason's AUDL rebrands.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss USAU's decision to nix rankings for the 2022 college season before turning to a recap of Florida Warm Up. They also preview the action this weekend at the Queen City Tune Up.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor open up the show with some Wordle chatter before welcoming in Bryce Merrill to talk BYU, Utah Wild, the new AUDL franchise in Salt Lake, and the growth of ultimate in Utah. Later, the guys recap the Santa Barbara Invite and Carolina Kickoff before looking ahead to Florida Warm Up.
0:00 Wordle!
11:50 Bryce Merrill Interview
58:20 SBI & Carolina Kickoff Recaps
1:25:30 Florida Warm Up Preview
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the (lightly) updated USA Ultimate ruleset for 2022-2023 before turning to a discussion of the upcoming college season, with a look at the top contenders, key storylines, and more. Then, they preview the Santa Barbara Invite, which kicks off the college action on the west coast!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss USAU’s decision to postpone the start of the ranked college season and WFDF’s cancellation of Beach Worlds as COVID continues to disrupt events. They also look at the College Player of the Year award winners before discussing some notable signings in the semi-pro leagues.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Lindsay Soo for their annual bold predictions show. See what kinds of takes they come up with!
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
9:20 Club Division Predictions
13:20 College Division Predictions
21:50 Semi-Pro Predictions
34:40 Canadian Ultimate Predictions
39:15 World Games Predictions
46:50 USAU Card System is Reformed
54:05 DC Scandal Predictions
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take another look back at the 2021 College Championships, react to the combined D-I and D-III event, and talk about finals under the lights. Then they look back on the year that was in a 2021 year in review segment highlighting top stories, headlines, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the 2021 College Championships, including UNC's sweep, the COVID situation, surprising over and underperformances, the Beat Charlie Challenge, and more. They are also joined by UNC Pleiades and Darkside star siblings Ella and Anders Juengst fresh off their gold medal performances.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the WUL Winter Cup before turning attention to the 2021 College Championships for a mega-preview episode, including full pool breakdowns, picks, #TheGame picks, and more!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the AUDL expansion and Western Ultimate League Winter Cup before a quick chat about the USA World Games tryout list. Then, they dive into the just-announced College Championships pools and seeding -- and pick their pools of death.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take mailbag questions from listeners on a range of topics, including the College Championships, club season, Nationals format, wind rules (again!), and plenty more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor put all of the D-I College Nationals teams into tiers. Who belongs in the top tier? And the bottom? It's all discussed.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the second weekend of College Regionals: New England, Ohio Valley, North Central, South Central, and Southwest. Then they're joined by University of Pittsburgh men's ultimate coach Nick Kaczmarek and UCSB grad Kaitlyn Weaver to talk Regionals, Nationals, and this unusual fall season. They also preview the final Regional tournament, the Southeast.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk through the results from the first weekend of College Regionals before previewing week 2, which offers up competition in the New England, North Central, Ohio Valley, South Central, and Southwest regions.
Later, they discuss some burning questions from Club Nationals as they start to look ahead to the future.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the now-resolved issue of college teams trying to add players to their Regionals roster that weren't rostered for Conferences before talking with Raleigh Ring of Fire and Flyers head coach Mike DeNardis. Later, they do a quick preview of the first weekend of College Regionals!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the National Championships from a ton of angles and take listener questions after a great weekend in San Diego.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor bring you a LIVE National Championships preview show with the tournament just days away. Breaking down every pool, #TheGame picks, and their official selections for semifinalists, finalists, and champions in every division.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a look at the Nationals seeding and start to get you ready for next week's National Championships! Are there clear pools of death? What matchups are most enticing? What are the most important games? It all gets discussed on this episode of Deep Look.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the results of the final three Regional Championships -- Great Lakes, Southeast, and Southwest -- before welcoming in Arizona Lawless captain Lindsey Doyle for an interview. Later, they look at the potential seeding and how USAU might approach the task.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the first weekend of Regionals and the highs and lows for teams around the country. Then they welcome Mike Lun, the player-coach of the biggest surprise of the weekend, Boulder Lotus. To close the show, they preview the final three Regionals -- Great Lakes, Southeast, and Southwest.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the first weekend of Regionals action, including their picks for which teams will qualify for Nationals. Later, they play Small Ball, with discussion of the South Central Regionals drops, college season hype, and Jay Clark's travel rules concepts.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor look back on the AUDL Championship Weekend and the Raleigh Flyers win over the New York Empire. Then they talk with Flyers handler Sol Yanuck in an extended interview. Finally, they discuss the first stop on the Con10ent Tour before looking at the first weekend of Club Sectionals action -- and the complaints about bid fees for the event.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about a fascinating weekend in Boulder at the Pro Championships before turning their attention to the AUDL Championship Weekend taking place in Washington DC.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the Milwaukee Monarchs' win at the Premier Ultimate League Midwest championship and talk big picture about where the PUL is headed. They also welcome in the Monarchs' Anna Thorn to talk about the weekend. Later, they look ahead to this weekend's Pro Championships and the AUDL Atlantic Division playoffs -- and make their picks!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down a huge weekend of club ultimate including multiple elite team debuts before talking with Evan Lepler about the upcoming AUDL playoffs in the West and Central Divisions. Later in the show, they look ahead to the PUL Midwest Regional Championships and make their picks for both that and the AUDL bonus Week 13.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the PUL East and International weekends in New York and Maine, respectively, before welcoming in Raleigh's Lindsay Soo to discuss the Radiance's win. Then they're joined by Public Enemy captain Megan Tormey, who was in the hotel room with the player that tested positive for COVID at SFI West. The guys also discuss their thoughts on how the situation was handled by the team and USA Ultimate. They close the show with their AUDL Week 12 picks.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor react to the US Open and YCC as Sockeye's win streak rolls onwards. Later, they talk to Atlanta Chain Lightning captain Michael Fairley about their start to the 2021 season and how things have been going in the AUDL with the Atlanta Hustle. Finally, the guys preview the Premier Ultimate League Championship Series starting this weekend and make their Week 11 AUDL picks.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the late changes to the US Open format following pressure from Emerald City Ultimate and other lower-seeded teams before diving into a full preview of the competition. Later, they talk a scaled-down version of YCCs and make their AUDL picks for this week.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk with USA Ultimate CEO Tom Crawford about the state of the organization, coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, what's next for the sport, the Olympic push, and more. Later in the show, they discuss San Francisco Fury's mic drop roster release, look around the Club Division, and discuss AUDL Week 8 and make their Week 9 picks.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor chat about the Boston Invite and the impressive performances from AMP, Brute Squad, and Dig. They also discuss Masters Nationals before taking a look at the top 10 teams in the Power Rankings and sharing some thoughts. Later, they break down week 7 in the AUDL and make their picks for the upcoming weekend.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk with reporter Isabel Cruz about what she saw at the Pro-Elite Challenge before having a conversation with PoNY captain Jimmy Mickle. Later in the show, the guys talk about another wild week of games in the AUDL with some major surprises divisional leaders at the halfway point in the season.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the kickoff tournament of the club season -- the Pro-Elite Challenge (Colorado Cup) -- and what we can expect to see (and learn) this weekend. Later, they talk with Sockeye's Trent Dillon about winning in 2019, defending a title in 2021, returning to play, and more. They also discuss the Western Ultimate League's Winter Cup and make their picks for the AUDL weekly contest with Stall Seven as well as their too-early preseason club semifinals, finals, and champion picks!
Keith Raynor is back from paternity leave and joins Charlie Eisenhood to talk about the Premier Ultimate League's upcoming tournaments and the big storylines of the AUDL season so far. Then they talk with Brute Squad and Gridlock's Tulsa Douglas about her return to the field, the teams' outlooks, and her views on the limited women's division competition at TCT events this season. The guys discuss that as well before talking more about Ultibucks.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the disc golf world championships and the ultimate players in attendance before making Week 4 picks in the AUDL.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the Richmond Cup and the news of the week before welcoming in Triangle Ultimate's Tristan Green, a leader of Toro, the Richmond Cup champs, as well as a player for the AUDL's Raleigh Flyers. Plus: discussion of another wild week in the AUDL, plus this week's picks against the spread!
Charlie Eisenhood talks about the latest ultimate news before a surprise appearance, AUDL Week 1 chatter, and picks for Week 2.
Charlie Eisenhood takes a look at the 2021 AUDL season and makes Deep Look's official picks for the playoffs, Championship Weekend, and the title game in the season long contest with Stall Seven.
Charlie Eisenhood takes questions and comments from listeners via Twitter Spaces in a special live edition of Deep Look! Topics range from the upcoming AUDL season to the look and feel of the club season to the team lists for the Pro-Elite Challenge to the players competing at the Richmond Cup.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a look around the top stories in the AUDL as the league nears 2021's opening pull. Who are the title contenders and what are their prospects? How do this year's new divisions reshape the title chase? Plus they discuss the experience of Championships Weekend.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the current USA Ultimate mask mandate and whether it remains necessary. They also tackle a number of topics in a Small Ball segment, including the new Dallas team Flash Flood, the 2021 Callahan and Donovan Award, and what should happen with the 2022 World Ultimate Club Championships.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the new club guidelines from USA Ultimate, the Nationals bid allocation, and what this club season might look like. Later, they're joined by Premier Ultimate League Executive Committee member Janel Venzant to talk about the league's return to play. They close out the show with a Small Ball segment talking about December College Nationals going to California, the new World Games pulling rule, and the AUDL Game of the Week schedule.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss their favorite places to play ultimate before welcoming in USA Ultimate College Manager Tom Manewitz to talk about the plan for this winter's College Championships. They close out the show with a conversation about how to support smaller college programs.
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the news of the World Ultimate Club Championships returning to Cincinnati before talking with long-time Seattle Riot handler and dedicated coach Alyssa Weatherford. They close out the show with a conversation about what the upcoming club season might look like as teams start to figure out their plans.
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Keith Raynor and Charlie Eisenhood tackle a big bag of mail with questions ranging from game theory to the coming college double peak to the club season to the AUDL.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss USA Ultimate's proposed new 4-v-4 rules and potential for more future "Ultimate 4's" events before interviewing Elevate Ultimate's Danie Proby and Ari Nitikman about their youth ultimate venture in Vancouver and beyond. They close out the show with the news about the UK's new club ultimate structure for 2021, which eschews tournaments in favor of a league and cup structure featuring individual game formats.
Ari clarified after the interview that Kellan Gibboney's EDI workshop was excellent and fairly priced.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Tom Manewitz's coming departure from USA Ultimate and the new Richmond Cup, featuring a $10,000 purse, before welcoming in Chicago Machine and Union player (and Team USA selection) Pawel Janas for an interview.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor react to the news about the fall College Series that's set to start in October before turning to a discussion of potential radical rules changes for the sport.
Keith Raynor and Charlie Eisenhood talk about the potential for a fall College Championships and what it might look like before welcoming in UNC Pleiades captains Alex Barnett and Sydney Rehder to talk about their newly announced 2021 roster, how they've navigated the pandemic, and their process for getting back on the field.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the 2021 scheduling update from USA Ultimate and the potential for a summer club season before welcoming in the AUDL's Tim DeByl to discuss the league's plan to begin its season on June 5th.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by USA Ultimate Director of Competition and Athlete Programs Will Deaver to discuss ultimate's return to play, what the summer could look like, USAU's pandemic response, and the future of the sport.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss ideas for radical overhauls of ultimate's off-the-field operations, from "ultibucks" to ascendant semi-pro leagues to going all in on 4v4.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Tiina Booth for a wide-ranging conversation about college ultimate, UMass, youth, NUTC, return to play, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Super Bowl before welcoming in ultimate hall of famer Dominique Fontenette to discuss her 26-year career, her thoughts on today's elite game, and why she's retiring.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Super Bowl before interviewing GRADA President Tanya Beiswenger about the organization’s decision to hold summer and fall leagues in 2020, what they learned, and how they’re moving forward (12:51). Charlie and Keith share their thoughts as well (48:26).
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the GameStop stock explosion that has been the talk of the financial world before welcoming in Joel Prushan, a professional ethicist, to discuss ultimate's return-to-play considerations (12:06). Plus: some small ball!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the cancellation or postponement of all 2021 WFDF events as well as the decision to award World Games bids based on 2016 WUGC results. Later, they're joined by Western Ultimate League co-founder and Executive Director Felicia Yang to discuss the latest from the league (16:34). They close out the show by asking some questions about when ultimate can realistically return (36:30).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Ravi Vasudevan to talk about the latest on the 2021 World Ultimate Championships and what's next. Later in the show, the guys talk about the AUDL's plan to return to play and what the PUL and WUL have said about their plans so far (32:40). They close out the show with some Small Ball.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the latest on Worlds 2021 and the USAU Board election results before doing a draft of the biggest news stories of 2020 in a year in review episode.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the USA Ultimate website before giving their 2020 roses, thorns, and buds and then hearing from some Ultiworld staff and subscribers with theirs.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with elite athlete USA Ultimate board candidate (and current board President) Robyn Fennig.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the big northeast snowstorm and preview the mini-episodes with each of the USA Ultimate Board candidates.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss what next year's USA Ultimate competition will look like, particularly in light of the news that the College Series will be postponed to the fall. They're joined by USA Ultimate's Tom Manewitz and Will Deaver to talk about the recent decision and what it will mean for eligibility, future competition, health and safety, and more. Plus: Pawel Janas has a bone to pick with Pat Stegemoeller.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Fulcrum's Luke Johnson and Ultiworld's Aidan Shapiro-Leighton to discuss the past, present, and future of ultimate media and livestreaming.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Lindsay Soo and Patrick Stegemoeller to rank the top 10 college programs! Keith and Charlie also discuss the governance changes at the Premier Ultimate League and the cancellation of some early season college tournaments. Plus: Thanksgiving tips and best parts of the meal.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Ultiworld Senior Staff Writer Daniel Prentice to draft ultimate-related items from a bunch of different categories including handlers, big time plays, team names, upsets, and more!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss what we know about COVID-19 transmission and what it means for ultimate's return, both from a local league level up to national and international tournaments.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the 2020 Presidential election and where things stand before diving into a conversation with WFDF Vice President Brian Gisel about the 2021 calendar, COVID-19 decision making, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the new Ultimate Disc Golf Derby before interviewing the AUDL's President of Media and Marketing Tim DeByl about the latest from the league (20:12).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Liam Grant to discuss the world's best ultimate frisbee tournaments.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Juleon Robinson for an extended conversation about diversity in ultimate, the Kurt Gibson controversy, Black Lives Matter, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss what should be in the next USA Ultimate strategic plan. Later, they're joined by Pittsburgh Ultimate Executive Director Christie Lawry to catch up and get her thoughts on the sport's growth (52:16).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss some emails and additional thoughts about altering the club season before turning to a story about soccer's lack of diversity in the United States and how it relates to ultimate (31:14). They also talk about a recent interview from the Premier Ultimate League that suggests that the league, though it's unlikely, could shut down (44:55).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Kyle Weisbrod to discuss the club season, how it's evolved since the 2000s and during the TCT era, and what can be done to fix some of the challenges of the regular season.
Keith Raynor hosts this week's show, and has some trivia for guests Patrick Stegemoeller and Lindsay Soo. Think you can outsmart the dynamic duo? Play along from home and test your knowledge.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by AUDL all-time leading goal scorer Cameron Brock, who's decided to retire from the league. He shares his thoughts on his career, why he's leaving, how the AUDL and USA Ultimate should interact, and more. Later, the guys take on some Small Ball (30:56).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take mailbag questions from listeners on a wide range of topics, including the idea of using a different disc in the wind and how to drive growth in the sport.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in the Premier Ultimate League's Angela Lin and Hannah Leathers to discuss the league's recent announcement about a sharpening focus on racial equity. Later, Ultiworld reporter Jenna Weiner stops by to discuss and debate the top 10 players in the Mixed Division (40:56).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor remember Brian Dobyns, discuss the Premier Ultimate League's new anti-racism focus, and talk about ultimate's declining participation numbers (by some metrics). Then they are joined by Ultiworld reporter Kelsey Hayden to discuss the top 10 players in the Club Women's division (31:36).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor give their thoughts on the push for ultimate in the Olympics, talk about the fall college season (or lack thereof) [20:40], and break down their top 10 players in the Club Men's Division [29:48].
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about Ultiworld's annual subscription drive before welcoming in Jody Avirgan (17:10) to discuss his new podcast, Coach Speak, and PoNY Twitter. Then Lindsay Soo (Raleigh Phoenix, Raleigh Radiance) stops by to talk about her new documentary about Ring of Fire, Slow Burn (35:40).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the development of ultimate media in the 2010s before being joined by Evan "The Voice of Ultimate" Lepler (34:35) to get his perspective on ultimate media's past, present, and future. Later, Charlie and Keith discuss the future of ultimate media from three angles (1:18:14).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor rank the top 10 North American women's (18:33) and men's (52:35) players of the 2010s.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in long-time tournament organizer and Oshadega founder Rodger Oakes for a long conversation about TDing, Poultry Days, volunteers in ultimate, developing an ultimate-specific field site, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor answer listener mailbag questions with an eye on the COVID-affected present and the post-COVID future.
Charlie Eisenhood is back from a week off and joins Keith Raynor to discuss the fireworks conspiracy and, unfortunately, the cancellation of the club postseason. Later in the show, USA Ultimate board president Robyn Fennig stops by to talk about USAU's decision, the return to play guidelines, and the organization's financial position (31:24). Also, Charlie gives some thoughts on the AUDL canceling its season (54:57).
Keith Raynor takes over the show this week. He offers his thought on the AUDL's bubble plan and subsequent cancellation. Then guests Daniel Prentice and Patrick Stegemoeller join the show (7:01), and the three dive deep on the "Who Won The Decade" bracket!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss a Twitter thread from Claire Chastain that opens a conversation about club ultimate costs and potential solutions for reducing them before turning to a dive into USA Ultimate's new return-to-play guidelines and what some organizers are doing to bring ultimate back where it's allowed. (22:38)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the cancellation of the 2020 club regular season before turning to Molly Brown's announcement that they won't compete this year (16:37). They also talk about the Color of Ultimate discussion panel, share some audio from Jasmine Childress and Amel Awadelkarim, and discuss race in ultimate (33:56).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor open this week's episode with a discussion about George Floyd, the protests around the world, and ultimate's place in the conversation. Later, WFDF VP Brian Gisel stops by to talk about rescheduling Worlds, cancelling Junior Worlds, the 2021 calendar, returning to play, and more (20:54). They close the show with a discussion about a mainstream view of ultimate from podcaster and former NFL player Pat McAfee (56:04).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the potential of a rescheduled 2021 World Championships before discussing whether or not the AUDL can realistically have a season (9:32). Later in the show, the guys discuss the Callahan Award winners, the format of the announcement and the future of the award, and who might win in 2021 (28:55).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the Last Dance documentary and USA Ultimate's club season cancellations before previewing tonight's Callahan Award ceremonies (29:19).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in USA Ultimate CEO Tom Crawford on this week's show (7:52) before touching on a variety of topics in their Small Ball segment (38:44).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss USA Ultimate's new membership drive and Wildwood's decision to start registering teams before discussing their top ranked college players and argue about who should be #1 (20:55). Later: should Club Nationals move to holding finals at night...and how? (49:12).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in USA Ultimate Managing Director of Competition Will Deaver and Manager of Competition for the College Division Tom Manewitz to discuss the latest on college and club ultimate and the coronavirus impact. Later in the show, the guys play Small Ball with USA National Team jerseys, AUDL ratings, and the Rowan McDonnell toe tap clip (42:43).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk NFL/USWNT redux, extended eligibility, regionalism, the Challengers Cup, and more on a super small ball episode!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Hall of Famer Bill Rodriguez, whose blog on COVID-19 has been essential reading. Rodriguez is an infectious disease specialist and the Managing Director of the DRK Foundation, as well as the former Chief Medical Officer for the Clinton Foundation, CEO at Daktari Diagnostics, and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Later in the show, the guys discuss the eligibility extension for fifth year college players. (40:43)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the 2020 All-American 1st and 2nd teams -- and the snubs! Later in the show, the guys take some questions from Khalif El-Salaam's hot takes thread and from Instagram (42:04).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor hosted their first-ever live YouTube show, featuring plenty of mailbag questions from the live chat and a host of topics.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the latest on the coronavirus shutdown of ultimate, including the postponement or cancellation of all the 2020 world championship events. WFDF Vice President Brian Gisel stops by for an interview (14:16) to talk about what might happen with the events and what's next on the international calendar. Later, the guys discuss hypothetical USA National Team v. Team Tryouts rosters (44:48).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the widening impact of the coronavirus on ultimate, including the cancellation of College Regionals, the likelihood of College Nationals getting cancelled, the risk to the club season, and the potential of Worlds being postponed. Later, the guys talk with AUDL VP of Marketing Tim DeByl about the league's plan moving forward (26:16) before breaking down the US National Team selections, surprises, and snubs (46:08).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor open the show by discussing the rapidly shifting ultimate landscape due to coronavirus and the increasing risk of disruption of major tournaments, including the College Championships. Then they turn their attention to the women's division of the Stanford Invite (17:59) and chat with Carleton junior Nariah-Belle Sims (37:34) before talking about the men's division of the Stanford Invite and the Smoky Mountain Invite (53:54).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the potential impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak on ultimate before diving into a discussion of this weekend's major college tournaments, the Stanford Invite and Smoky Mountain Invite. Later in the show, they discuss the Premier Ultimate League's successful jersey fundraiser (46:31) and the Savage/Five/Aria merger into XII Brands. (1:07:12)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Commonwealth Cup, including Pittsburgh's big weekend. Then they welcome in Ultiworld reporter Daniel Prentice to talk about the USA National Team East Coast tryouts (15:11). They close out the show with a great Small Ball segment (31:27).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the huge college weekend, starting with Warm Up before looking at the Presidents' Day Invite women's division (27:18). Then they welcome in Stanford fifth year Hallie Dunham for an interview (41:05) before discussing the men's division of Prez Day (59:38). They close out the show with Small Ball and some picks for Commonwealth Cup.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Graham Gerhart to talk about the West Coast tryouts for the USA National Team (2:19), talk QCTU and Oklahoma Christian (25:08), interview Brown captain John Randolph after his super 2019 (45:22), and preview Warm Up and Presidents' Day Invite (1:03:10).
Keith Raynor and Charlie Eisenhood discuss the Super Bowl, the commercials, and the halftime show before looking ahead to the Queen City Tune Up (13:33). Later, they're joined by BYU junior and 2019 2nd-Team All American Jordan Kerr (31:41) for an interview. To close out the show, a discussion of the new reduced club tournament roster limit of 26 players (1:00:27).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Ultiworld senior staff reporter Graham Gerhart to discuss the 2020 Santa Barbara Invite (0:57) before talking about the AUDL's new TV deal, notable player signings in the Premier Ultimate League, Carolina Kickoff, the first two weeks of picks, and the Super Bowl (32:36).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in senior staff reporter Daniel Prentice to discuss the Florida Winter Classic and make picks for the Santa Barbara Invite and Carolina Kickoff. Later in the show, Oregon fifth year Will Lohre stops in for an interview (33:13).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor dive into a region-by-region breakdown of both the College women's (3:39) and men's (44:22) divisions before the start of the competitive season. UNC fifth year star Anne Worth stops by for an interview (25:47) to discuss her final year of college eligibility. And the guys make their first selections of the year in the 2020 College Picks contest (plus a Color of Ultimate bonus!). (1:10:13)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor kick off the new year with a fresh episode of Deep Look. First up, a discussion of Beach of Dreams, what it was all about, and whether it worked. Then the guys dive into a discussion about the U20 teams, geographic diversity concerns, and how the team should get built (23:55). To close out the show, a brand new edition of Small Ball, featuring Olympics chatter, a new injury study, and Kurt Gibson going back to the Roughnecks (49:45).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Miranda Roth Knowles and Bryan Jones to look back on the decade that was and the one about to start in the second and final installment of Deep Look's Decade in Review series.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Gwen Ambler and Kurt Gibson to look back on the decade that was and the one about to start.
In the midst of the 12 Days of College Ultimate, Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor look ahead to the 2020 college season with a discussion of the championship contenders, sleeper teams, top players, most promising rookies, and the teams and players on the hype train.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the USA National Team tryout invitations before welcoming in Raleigh Phoenix's Lindsay Soo to review 2019's most memorable games, best players, and biggest news (21:27).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the AUDL's expansion into Boston and the realigning of the divisions before talking with Premier Ultimate League co-founder and Board President Maddy Frey (16:53) about the league's expansion. After the interview, the guys talk about the PUL's expansion, the Western Ultimate League, and where semi-pro ultimate is headed. (51:26)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the best thanksgiving foods before diving into the mailbag for a fun show!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the Classic City Classic before an interview with 2019 Men's Player of the Year Dylan Freechild (18:31).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor continue their discussion of the 2019 National Championships and open up some listener mail (1:09:37) to close the show.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the semifinals and finals of the Club Championships and look back at the amazing tournament that was on part 1 of the Nationals recap show.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about an amazing Friday at Club Nationals, with reporters stopping by to discuss the action, LIVE from the fields in San Diego.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down their view of the Nationals bracket, the Championship contenders, and their picks on this part two of the Club Nationals preview
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor start looking closely at Nationals, with previews of the pool play livestreaming matchups, a discussion of the teams in the bottom half with the best chance to make a semis run, and which teams will outperform and underperform expectations. Plus a preview of this year's #TheGame!
Next week, tune in for our live preview show (part two!) when we make picks and break down the top teams' chances!
Charlie Eisenhood is joined by Sin The Fields' Patrick Stegemoeller to talk about the Club Nationals pools and seeding, the pools of death, and the most exciting games on tap. Later, Charlie discusses Skip Sewell's arrest on drug trafficking charges. (40:54)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss 2019 Club Regionals and begin to look ahead to the 2019 National Championships. Plus: EUCF chatter and picks (47:55) and Small Ball (55:05).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Charlie's wedding, the locations for 2020 College Nationals, and the official new ruleset for ultimate before diving into a discussion of Club Regionals (37:12) and their picks.
Keith Raynor is joined by Daniel Prentice, Edward Stephens, and Colin Clauset to look back at the big stories of the Pro Championships and at this regular season, as well as project forward towards Nationals. We touch on the women's (6:44), men's (26:25), and mixed (44:40) divisions.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor draft every team at the Pro Championships by their chances of winning the tournament before getting into a big game of Small Ball (53:15).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Elite-Select Challenge and the bid implications of the weekend and what's coming up at the Pro Championships. Plus, some discussion of the Eurostars Tour, Jon Nethercutt's fit on Johnny Bravo, and the Australian Ultimate League.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the AUDL Championship Weekend and the Elite-Select Challenge on this live edition of Deep Look from Rockford, Illinois.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the results of the US Open and check in with the Club Division at the season's midway point. Later in the show, Premier Ultimate League Board President Maddy Frey stops by to talk about the inaugural season, the highs and lows, playing with (and against) Revolution, and more (41:46). Then, Drag'N Thrust's Caleb Denecour talks their US Open win and their recently released equity statement (1:13:16). Plus: AUDL Championship Weekend picks!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor get inspired by the Major League Baseball trade deadline and consider some potential Club Division trades before discussing the US Open (18:45). After the break, the guys talk YCCs (54:56) and the AUDL playoffs so far (1:03:30), including Dallas' thumping of Raleigh in the South Division Championship game.
Charlie is back from Germany and joins Keith to talk about U24 Worlds, the USA sweep, the most impressive players at the tournament, and more. Later, the guys discuss dangerous plays -- again! (26:00)
Keith hosts another episode, and talks U24 Worlds with a special guest from Germany (2:55), before turning to USAU club to discuss all the craziness at Pro-Elite Challenge. He's joined by Edward Stephens to discuss the men's division (16:27), Colin Clauset to chat mixed (30:55), and Graham Gerhart to go over women's (46:52).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor get ready for Keith's wedding this weekend by talking about the Under-24 World Championships, starting this weekend. Toby Mine from the Italian Men's U24 team stops by for an interview (31:12) as they prepare to challenge for a gold medal. Then, the guys discuss the upcoming club season and the Pro-Elite Challenge this weekend in Denver (43:04).
Charlie Eisenhood is back from vacation and joins Keith Raynor to talk about the Premier Ultimate League's Championship Weekend before the guys dive into the new 12th edition draft rule set from USA Ultimate (21:45).
Keith talks club mixed preseason with Olivia Hampton of Slow White (5:05), women's with Robyn Fennig (21:59), and men's with Ben Lohre (41:07). Daniel Prentice triumphantly returns to discuss expectations for PULCW (55:33).
Keith Raynor brings on Daniel Prentice and Lindsay Soo to discuss the D-I College Awards and go over their snubs, surprises, All-Americans, and the implications of the final placements in the women's (6:44) and men's (42:25) divisions.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the 2019 High School National Invite, the AUDL All-Star game, and the PUL playoff picture before turning to listener questions about the College Championships (29:32).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the College Championships, focusing primarily on the two finals and the champions, UCSD and Brown. The guys start by discussing the Women's Division before getting joined by UCSD star Dena Elimelech (25:24). Then they talk Men's Division (39:44) and Brown's Mac Hecht stops by (1:12:34).
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Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk pool play, prequarters, and the start of Sunday bracket play on a LIVE edition of Deep Look from Austin, Texas!
Keith and Charlie preview the 2019 Division I College Championships LIVE from Austin, Texas!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a look at the Division I College Championships pools and seeding before welcoming in Mike Ball of The 7500 Club to talk about D-III Nationals coming up this weekend (32:51). Then the guys break down the latest from the PUL and AUDL (49:18).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the second weekend of Regionals and the finalized College Nationals fields before turning to some hot takes about the upcoming Championships. Later in the show, the guys play some Small Ball.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor dive into a wild Regionals weekend, featuring more upsets than anyone could have predicted. Later in the show, don't miss sound bites from qualifying teams from around the country (38:29), and a Small Ball segment featuring some spicy social media moments (55:19).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Premier Ultimate League's opening weekend before turning to an annual tradition: the Regionals Picks contest vs. Pat and Tad from the Sin The Fields podcast (14:49). The stakes get laid down, the picks get made: who's going to come out on top?
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor rank the biggest Conferences upsets so far before talking about the start of the Premier Ultimate League season coming up this weekend (19:15). Later in the show, the guys take a big batch of questions from Instagram (28:55) before playing some Small Ball (51:59).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor react to the addition of Ohio State's Sadie Jezierski to the Under-24 USA Women's National Team before diving into the red hot topic of BYU's open letter to teams asking them to decline the BYU-earned bid to Nationals (8:05) and why it's been such a polarizing issue. Then they chat AUDL opening weekend (32:30) and play a little Small Ball (43:42).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the end of the undefeated streaks for both UNC Darkside and the UCSD Psychos before talking with Ultiworld reporters Edward Stephens and Katie Raynolds about Easterns (11:04) and Northwest Challenge (41:39), respectively. Later in the show, Keith and Charlie debate the state of the USAU rankings (1:03:25) before doing a preview of the upcoming AUDL season (1:27:32).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor debate whether UNC's 2019 undefeated streak is still alive before welcoming in Robyn Fennig, the new President of the Board of Directors at USA Ultimate (6:25). Later, Ultiworld reporter Daniel Prentice stops by to talk Women's Centex, Northwest Challenge, and Easterns (31:03). The guys close out the show with their final regular season picks and a Small Ball segment featuring an NIT-style tournament and pancake catches (1:09:47).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Premier Ultimate League's quick $120,000 crowdfunding before bringing on Cal Poly SLO head coach and rankings expert Cody Mills (16:35) to talk about his team's season so far and the latest in the #BidWatch. Later in the show, the guys discuss Men's Centex and Tally Classic before turning to picks for this weekend at Women's Centex and Men's Northwest Challenge (51:25).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a deeper look at the Premier Ultimate League teams now that rosters have been revealed. They also discuss the player jersey fundraising approach. Later in the show, they dive into some college chatter, taking a look at Men's Centex and Tally Classic coming up this weekend (35:24). To close it out, Small Ball, including a rant from Charlie about Boston Dig. (52:52)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Stanford Invite before welcoming in UCSD fifth year captain Dena Elimelech (21:21) and UNC fifth year captain and 2018 Men's College Player of the Year Matt Gouchoe-Hanas (34:42). Later in the show, they take listener questions from Twitter, including semis picks at this point in the season (51:52)! Plus, picks for CCI and D-III Midwestern Invite.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the latest Olympic miss for ultimate and what it could mean for Los Angeles 2028 before turning to a variety of topics lined up at the Stanford Invite. Later in the show, a fun Small Ball segment (45:52).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor open this week's show with a look at three different culture war stories from this week: Josh Klane v. Sol Yanuck, Frank Nam calling out UCF, and Colorado and UCSB firing the observers mid-game. Later, Katie Raynolds, Graham Gerhart, and Alix Robbins join for a repeat of last week's new segment, The Huddle, where they break down the latest in the college women's division (34:10). To close it out, Prez Day Men's chatter and this week's picks (58:32).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by multiple guests this week to talk men's college ultimate. First, Ultiworld reporters Patrick Stegemoeller and Daniel Prentice stop by to talk Queen City Tune Up and Warm Up and where things stand (4:39). Later, Brown senior captain Mac Hecht joins the show to talk about the team's win at Warm Up (28:00).
Charlie and Keith close out the show with discussion of the Women's Division at QCTU and picks for Prez Day this weekend (43:00).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the latest details on the AUDL All-Star game before digging into two major college tournaments this weekend, Queen City Tune Up and Warm Up. (12:22) Later in the show, they play some Small Ball with a discussion of the new PUL team in Columbus, the USA Ultimate "Super Bowl" ad, and another idea for the Deep Look v. STF Nationals contest. (55:42)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor decide whether to buy or sell on college teams' early season performances before getting into a fun segment of Small Ball, featuring some bageling, spirit circles, and STF v. Deep Look stakes (31:32). Plus the guys make their picks for this weekend's Patriots v. Rams Super Bowl!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the newly announced Premier Ultimate League before an interview with Ohio State fifth year captain Sadie Jezierski (20:32) about the 2019 season, her U24 tryout saga, and more. Later, the guys go region by region to discuss some key stories ahead of the college season (34:56) before making their first picks of the year for the Santa Barbara Invite!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the big, new signings for the New York Empire, Grant Lindsley and Jack Williams before turning to some discussion of the college preseason top 25 (13:59). Later in the show, Charlie and Keith make some 2019 predictions, and read some of yours from our brand new Twitter account! (36:24)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk all about the just-announced Under-24 USA National Teams, consider who got snubbed, and project the teams' success for this summer in Heidelberg, Germany. Later in the show, U24 Mixed head coach Mike Mackenzie stops by to talk about roster building, team style, and his experiences in U24 over the last two cycles (36:13). The show finishes up with a look back at the best games of 2018 (53:10). Send us your 2019 predictions and hot takes to deeplook@ultiworld.com!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the future of the club ultimate season starting in 2020 before a brief look at some early buzz about the Premier Ultimate League, a developing women's semi-professional league. (30:26) Later in the show, a Small Ball segment (40:49) featuring Swiss Draw, the New York Times interactive, and the Wildfire/Wind Chill halftime showcase.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in tireless Ultiworld reporter Daniel Prentice for a special episode looking back at the biggest stories of 2018 in the college, club, international, and pro divisions, which face off in a huge bracket to determine the #1 story of the year.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss what ultimate gifts they hope to find underneath the Christmas tree next week before diving into a Small Ball segment with an extra special surprise guest (28:14).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor share listener thoughts about whether or not ultimate has become stagnant and address the topic from multiple angles. Then, during Small Ball, the guys talk The Sky Is Red and the true meaning of 'winning the fields.' (48:13)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk the Classic City Classic (1:24) before discussing the latest out of the AUDL, including Nashville and San Francisco folding, the All-Star game, and a shorter season (20:21). They close things out with a Small Ball (well, more of a Long Ball this week) segment (39:29).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk more Under-24 tryouts now that the West Coast edition is in the books before taking you through some key storylines of the 2019 college season (29:04) and a quick preview of the Classic City Classic (55:07). Plus: best Christmas songs and picks for the SEC Championship game.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a quick look at the college fall season (5:41) before turning to some big picture club thoughts (17:04), like which teams are trending up and which are trending down. Later in the show, Cody Johnston stops by to talk about the East Coast U24 Team USA tryouts (46:35). Small Ball rounds out the show (1:00:13).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take you inside the Ultiworld award conversations and give their thoughts on tough decisions, snubs, and more. This week's Small Ball segment: Would You Rather? (49:09)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor ask and answer some lingering questions about Nationals and the Club Division before a big Small Ball segment (38:23) featuring a call into the Ultiworld hotline (302-448-ULTI) and some great emails (deeplook@ultiworld.com).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor dive deep into the National Championships on this week's show. First up, a look at a wild semifinals Saturday (1:55), the PoNY beatdown of Revolver (16:07), Fury's grinding win over Brute Squad (29:30), and the AMP win over Mixtape that was overshadowed by #TheBobble (41:00). After the break, the guys talk about observing and PMFs this weekend (58:16), plus Small Ball with some news about the Under-24 tryouts (1:21:09),
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor come to you LIVE from San Diego on the eve of the 2018 National Championships! They talk pools, picks, #thegame, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk with new AUDL commissioner Steve Hall about the league, the announcement of its pursuit of a women's league, and the forthcoming 2019 all-star game. They go on to discuss the announcement of the women's league in more detail (26:58) before some Small Ball (40:48), including a new segment 'Would You Rather.'
Email us your questions, thoughts, and 'Would You Rather's at deeplook@ultiworld.com.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the seeding and pools for the 2018 National Championships in San Diego before a Small Ball segment featuring more discussion of a potential pre-Nationals single elimination tournament and what's at stake for Beau Kittredge with PoNY at Nationals.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap an exciting Regionals weekend with some fun questions like 'Biggest Upset,' 'Most Surprising Qualifier,' and 'Craziest Story.' Then Temper's Tad Wissel (and host of Sin The Fields) stops by to talk about qualifying for his first Nationals after 13 years of playing club (29:38). Then a quick segment of Contest or No Contest to close out the show (48:18).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down every region around the country and make their picks for which teams they think will make Nationals! (Great Lakes – 3:06, Mid-Atlantic – 10:37, North Central – 20:29, Northeast – 26:37, Northwest – 36:48, South Central – 46:30, Southeast – 53:35, Southwest – 1:00:03)
And we follow up on the fastest players in ultimate and the Triple Crown Tour in our small ball segment.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Under-24 USA National Team tryout list (and its snubs!), consider the success -- or lack thereof -- of the Triple Crown Tour after six years, (18:40) and take on Khalif's challenge of naming the fastest player in ultimate. (37:10)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Pro Championships and the end-of-season bid battle (2:52), welcome in PoNY coach Bryan Jones to discuss their win over Revolver and a two-bid Northeast Regionals (31:47), and talk more about 2v2 mini in their Small Ball segment (55:29). Apologies for some audio issues on this week's show: the internet was spotty in Vermont and caused some hiccups in recording.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor dig into the USA sweep of the 2018 Under-20 World Championships and the controversy surrounding the Belgium Boys team (2:58). Then they welcome two guests: Ben Feng, who was on the ground at the Bay Area Invite (24:34), and Cody Mills, who breaks down the #BidWatch as only he can (38:30).
They close it out with Small Ball, featuring 2v2 mini, the Elite-Select weather issues, and the idea of a 20 team Club Nationals. (57:52)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the exciting results at the Elite-Select Challenge (6:00) and the latest in the #BidWatch after a ton of movement at ESC (24:30). Later in the show, Eurostars Tour founder Bex Forth joins the guys for a discussion of the Tour, their decision to partner with the AUDL, and more (41:29). Lastly, Small Ball! This week: Contest or No Contest. (1:07:17) Things get contentious.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome back Ian Toner to discuss the AUDL Championship Weekend (3:08) before bringing on Brute Squad head coach Ariel Jackson to discuss his co-ed experimental rules scrimmage up in Boston and what he learned (31:16). Later in the show, small ball! (1:13:11)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Ian Toner to discuss the US Open (4:45) and the AUDL Championship Weekend (30:12). To close the show, we play Small Ball -- we talk replay review (1:08:45), the new USA Ultimate commercial (1:17:10), hard fouls and the lack of cards (1:22:14), and the new game of Tentball (1:28:55).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the US Open and AUDL postseason, follow up on Club Worlds, discuss the Greyhound Bus social media fiasco, and play a little small ball. Plus, is Brodie Smith a hall of famer?
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor bring you a LIVE edition of Deep Look to answer your questions about the 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are back after a holiday hiatus with a brand new episode of Deep Look focusing on the upcoming World Club Championships! First, though, they take a look at the action at the Pro-Elite Challenge (6:58) before digging into WUCC (31:09).
Plus, a brand new segment we call Small Ball (55:31) to close out the show.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take on listener topics this week on a smorgasbord edition of Deep Look. They give too-early college predictions, talk Mixed Division gender balance, consider the GOATs of the sport, discuss the latest big club player moves, look at the fledgling Women's Professional circuit, discuss how the AUDL (and ultimate) can take advantage of viral moments, dig into the Space Heater v. Mixtape beef (courtesy of Lisa P), and consider your hot takes.
Welcome to a special edition of Deep Look as we go, well, deep into the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships with the announcement of the tournament's pools. To start the show, Charlie Eisenhood is joined by Tom Styles and Evan Lepler to discuss the upcoming broadcasts before Liam Grant comes on to talk the Men's Division (16:10), Rebecca Thompson joins to talk Women's (44:30), and Emi Fitzgerald stops by to talk Mixed (1:02:41).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down some of the surprises and controversial selections for Ultiworld's College Player Awards and All-America teams. Plus, they look inside the High School National Invite before giving you some of their club and WUCC hot takes. (Send us your hot takes for next week's show!). And don't miss Keith's story of meeting his fiancee.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Men's (5:32) and Women's (29:40) College Championships and the biggest stories coming out of the tournament. Later in the show, the guys talk about the Player of the Year awards (55:53) and the Callahan Awards (1:06:58). Then some chatter about dangerous plays, TMFs, and PMFs (1:13:00) before turning to this weekend's High School National Invite (1:35:48) and unveiling the pools.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor come to you LIVE from Ultiworld HQ in Milwaukee. We look at every pool, make our picks, talk #thegame, and more!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk a little sports betting, Yanny v. Laurel, and the STF hot pepper challenge to kick off the show before turning to some Paideia Cup chatter (12:14). Later, the guys react to the Division I College Championships pools (21:21) and the amazing streaming schedule (36:32). Finally, they make their picks for the Division III College Championships in a continuation of the listener picks battle (48:42).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Callahan Award through the lens of this year's slate of videos before turning to some interesting questions about the Division I College Championships. Later in the show, a quick look at the Indianapolis Alleycats' flagrant foul and social media response, Space Heater Ultimate, and the upcoming picks challenge (and #thegame).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about one of the wildest weekends of Regionals in years and recap their victory over STF in the Pick 'Em Contest. They also talk with Georgetown captains Max Cohen-Casado and Christian Boxley about their shock 2nd place finish at Atlantic Coast Regionals (16:03). Then they go region by region, discussing the qualifiers and results (31:54).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down every Regional event in the country (2:45) as college teams get ready to battle for berths at Nationals. Later in the show, they make their picks as the listener challenge continues. (58:14)
While Charlie's on vacation, Keith Raynor is joined by Daniel Prentice to answer your questions about this college season, take a look back at the stories of 2018, and look at their All America teams as the postseason begins.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss some listener ideas for new rules to start this week's show before turning to a discussion of the toughest Regional tournaments to claw out of (23:01). Charlie floats a crazy (stolen) idea about a way to accommodate BYU at Nationals (30:16). Later, Dallas Roughnecks owner "Big" Jim Gerencser stops by for an interview (33:49).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor consider some potential changes for the 12th edition of the USA Ultimate rules before turning to look at the news from Easterns (28:58). Later in the show, some brief discussion of the first week of AUDL competition (50:02) and a review of the regular season picks battle between Charlie, Keith, and the listeners. (55:27)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take you through a huge episode this week, kicking things off with a discussion of Dig and Ironside's merger. Then, they get to a big batch of spicy questions about Northwest Challenge, Centex, Easterns, and the college season (12:07). Later, Evan Lepler joins the program to talk about the upcoming AUDL season (40:23) and Loyola-Chicago alum Mike Geer comes on to talk about the basketball team's crazy run to the Final Four (1:17:17). Finally, Keith and Charlie make their Easterns picks! (1:25:53)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor catch up on the latest out of the AUDL before turning to a huge weekend of college ultimate, including the final majors in the Women's Division, the Northwest Challenge and Centex. NW Challenge TD Kyle Weisbrod joins the guys to talk about the weekend's tournament and his creative tournament design (31:09). Finally, Keith and Charlie make their picks for the big college weekend.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Delaware women's team's suspension until next spring (1:55) and the Indianapolis Alleycats/Indy Red partnership and subsequent split (16:28). Resident rankings expert Cody Mills joins the show to talk the college rankings and what's at stake in the next three weeks (38:54). They close out the show with some discussion of the Tally Classic and Men's Centex before making picks at the D-III Midwestern Invite and the Atlantic Coast Showcase (1:13:05).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Beau Kittredge's latest blog post, including the conflict with his previous article, his decision to leave Revolver, and his new AUDL home in New York (1:57). Then, they take a look at the latest news out of the AUDL, including this year's cross-divisional games and the biggest player moves (20:26). Then the guys 'pick the bigger story' from the Stanford Invite (35:57) before interviewing UCSD's Dena Elimelech (57:29). They close the show with a lookahead to (and picks for) Men's Centex and the Tally Classic (1:09:10).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by special guest Ian Toner, color analyst for the D-I College Championships' ESPN broadcasts, to talk about the Stanford Invite.
Keith Raynor hosts Deep Look this week as he talks Warm Up with Ultiworld reporters Tad Wissel and Dan Prentice (11:32) and Presidents' Day Invite with Katie Raynolds (40:17) and Simon Pollock (1:05:21). Charlie stops in to quickly chat about Warm Up and gloat about his crushing victory in the picks last week.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor celebrate Keith's birthday the only way they know how...talking ultimate! This week, they look at the pricey WUCC coming up in Cincinnati (4:35), talk BE and Taiga's merger (14:59), discuss USAU's Strategic Planning survey (17:53), and look at the UUL Kickstarter's progress so far (23:15). Then they go deep into a huge weekend of college ultimate with chatter about Prez Day (26:45) and Warm Up (48:16). Plus, of course, they make their picks for the weekend!
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the NBA trade deadline and hypothetical trades in ultimate (0:16), recap the rain-shortened Queen City Tune Up (8:07), take some listener questions via Twitter (30:44), and then make their picks for the Stanford Open (47:07).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Simon Pollock and Katie Raynolds to break down the Santa Barbara Invite before turning their attention to the upcoming Queen City Tune Up on the east coast. Charlie takes the lead in the picks contest as Keith looks for excuses. Plus, an amazing stat of the day.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk with reporters about the Florida Winter Classic (2:32) and Carolina Kickoff (15:04) before discussing the latest in the AUDL, including proposed women's teams (35:40), the EuroStars Tour partnership (43:27), and the new media deal with Stadium (48:34). Finally, check out the new segment -- Deep/Under/Dump (55:53) -- before the guys make their picks for Santa Barbara Invite (1:07:37).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the newly announced United Ultimate League with founder Todd Curran in an expansive interview (6:37) before sharing their own thoughts on the project (55:51). Plus, a discussion of the Under-24 World Championships and the USA sweep. (75:30)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor chat about what's been going on so far at the Under-24 World Championships (3:33) before digging deep into the upcoming college season with a look at some of the top stories, teams, and players that will define 2018 (Women's - 20:14, Men's - 37:38, Regional Breakdowns - 53:24). Plus, they make their picks for the Florida Winter Classic (1:17:02).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor ring in the New Year and discuss the upcoming action at the Under-24 World Championships in Perth, Australia.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor look back at the year that was in their 2017 recap episode of Deep Look. Plus, they give out their awards for Best Game, Individual Performance of the Year, and Best Underdog.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the AUDL boycott after Nicky Spiva and Hannah Leathers talk with Charlie about organizing the boycott and what they hope to see come out of it. Plus, should club teams be able to pick up ringers for Worlds?
Charlie Eisenhood briefly discusses the pro athletes v. ultimate players debate before talking with Nathan Jesson about the AUDL and what's next for the league.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk Thanksgiving before diving into a Classic City Classic recap (women's) and preview (men's), chatting about the College Mixed Regionals, and discussing the Nashville Nightwatch ownership change.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Vermont's decision to approve ultimate as a varsity sport at the high school level starting in 2019 and look back at the major college tournaments from the weekend, Missouri Loves Company and the Blue Ridge Finale. Later in the show, the VYUL's Anne Watson joins Charlie to talk in detail about their years-long process to get varsity approval.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor look back at the 2017 National Championships and Revolver, Mixtape, and Fury's roads to their titles. Men's Division discussion begins at 1:40, Women's at 27:59, and Mixed at 49:20. Later in the show, the guys talk about where they were wrong (71:55) and the biggest controversies at Nationals (80:25).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Nationals pools, brackets, and matchups in their annual Nationals preview show! Women's discussion starts at 12:25, Mixed discussion starts at 22:42, and Men's discussion starts at 34:06. Plus, they make their picks in #thegame (3:15) and for who will advance in the bracket and win the National Championship (Women's - 51:02, Mixed - 59:48, Men's - 1:07:46).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take an initial look at the Club Nationals pools and schedule (6:53) before diving into an early preview of the 2017-2018 college season (41:14). Plus, details about #TheGame (35:38) and some discussion of Jon Nethercutt's AUDL MVP win (54:57).
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the Regionals results this year and why they adhered so closely to expectations. Later in the show, he interviews SF Revolver head coach Mike Payne (17:18). Also: some thoughts on the AUDL MVP race.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor look at every regional event for all three divisions (Women's: 3:22, Mixed: 23:28, Men's: 45:03) and break down the favorites and the challengers. They also make their picks for each region. Before wrapping up, they discuss the high cost of Southwest Regionals (1:13:57).
Charlie Eisenhood discusses two big weekends of ultimate. First, Simon Pollock joins him to talk about the Pro Championships over Labor Day Weekend (0:42, Women's - 7:08, Mixed - 23:42, Men's - 38:15). Then he looks at the New York Invite (1:10:32) before Pollock rejoins him to talk about Sectionals and possible changes to the format (1:34:51).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the field for the Pro Championships (W - 6:45, X - 23:28, M - 34:18) and New York Invite (49:11), talk the Club Player of the Year race, and catch up on some hot takes. Nathan Jesson joins Charlie to discuss the AUDL Championship Weekend in Montreal (1:06:55).
Charlie Eisenhood and Nathan Jesson discuss the San Francisco FlameThrowers v. Madison Radicals matchup live from Montreal at the AUDL Championship Weekend
Charlie Eisenhood talks #BidWatch before breaking down the Elite-Select Challenge, considers the potential impact of Molly Brown's addition of Manuela Cardenas for the Series, and brings in Nathan Jesson to talk about the upcoming AUDL Championship Weekend.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the teams that reached the final four in the AUDL, looks closer at the ESPN2 ratings for the US Open Mixed final, and dives into this weekend's Elite-Select Challenge with analysis and picks.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Cody Mills about the US Open, including Revolution's amazing victory and Sockeye's dominance against Revolver. Plus, reactions to this year's new and improved US Open, the combination with YCC, and AUDL postseason picks.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Sion "Brummie" Scone about what happened today at the World Games (3:01), looks ahead to the EuroStars Tour (34:58), considers Ring of Fire's roster and their chances this club season (39:11), and discusses the decision to put the Mixed Final of the US Open on ESPN2 (43:47).
Charlie Eisenhood is joined by Ultiworld OG Wes Cronk for a look back at the start of the site on July 14th, 2012. Later, a dive into the Pro-Elite Challenge and some questionable omissions from the U-24 USA National Team rosters.
Charlie Eisenhood previews this weekend's start to the competitive club season at the Pro-Elite Challenge in Denver (5:40), discusses Team USA and Team Canada's performances at Potlatch in advance of the World Games (23:06), talks Beach Worlds (28:07), chats about U-24 tryouts (34:32), and looks at the playoff picture in the AUDL (46:19).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the upcoming club season in the Men's Division (1:38) and Women's Division (24:08), chat with Nathan Jesson about the latest in the AUDL (42:35), talk with Ravi Vasudevan about what's going on over in Europe and at Beach Worlds (1:08:01), and then pick hypothetical 3-v-3 teams that might someday vie for gold at the Olympics (1:28:29).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the Ultiworld College player awards, including Player of the Year (2:17); welcome in Mike Ball to make the case for UNCW's Jack Williams as Player of the Year (48:38); and discuss the All-America teams -- and the snubs (1:01:37). Plus, what does it mean that John Stubbs won the Callahan this season? (1:12:13)
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about this weekend's High School National Invite (2:02); break down the College Championships results (17:05); and talk with Pittsburgh's Jonah Wisch about his season, coming back from injury, and the Elite Ultimate Academy camp he'll coach at this July (46:45).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview College Nationals pool-by-pool (Men's 7:55, Women's 42:16), break down their selections in #TheGame (1:19:33), and make their picks for the quarterfinals and beyond (1:31:37).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the second weekend of Regionals (1:29), evaluate their preseason predictions (20:55), look closely at the Nationals seeding and pools (36:09), look at the chaos from last weekend in the AUDL (54:43), consider the Callahan voting criteria and how people vote (1:06:17), and look briefly at the upcoming High School National Invite (1:19:25).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor look back at the first week of College Regionals (0:22), take stock of the AUDL storylines at the quarter point of the season (19:33), ask whether Team USA's loss to Colombia at TEP means anything (28:10), and look ahead to the Regional tournaments coming up this weekend (32:24).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the first weekend of College Regionals and welcome Sin The Fields’ Tad Wissel and Patrick Stegemoeller to the show for their second annual Pick ‘Em Contest.
Charlie Eisenhood revisits the YULA Invite discussion with Keith Raynor before turning attention to the latest drama in the college division over the Atlantic Coast's surprise bonus bid. Plus a look back at bid predictions v. reality, Harper Garvey's breakout performance, and the USAU Vision Tour in Atlanta.
Time stamps:
YULA Invite - 2:00
Ultiworld Economics - 13:10
Bid Drama - 26:50
Bid Predictions v. Reality - 40:50
Div. III Bid Challenges - 47:38
AUDL Chatter - 54:10
Vision Tour - 58:52
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Ultiworld reporters Simon Pollock, Katie Raynolds, and Keith Raynor about the final major regular season college tournaments, Easterns and the Northwest Challenge; breaks down the BYU decision to play at Conferences; looks at some big recent news stories; and talks about Ultiworld's coverage decisions relating to the YULA Invite high school tournament.
Here are the timestamps of the show:
1:04 - NW Challenge (Women's)
26:55 - NW Challenge (Men's)
35:03 - BYU
46:45 - Easterns (Men's)
83:24 - Buzz Bullets/Wind Chill Game
89:33 - New Aria Disc
93:26 - YULA Invite
106:26 - AUDL Cable TV Deal
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the College Player of the Year candidates, looks ahead to the AUDL season with Nathan Jesson, makes his picks for the AUDL playoffs, and looks ahead to Easterns this weekend in Myrtle Beach.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the hypocrisy of complaining about USA Ultimate about not listening and rants about Mixed Division advocates claiming a right to more Team USA spots before interviewing AUDL Vice President of Marketing and Radicals owner Tim DeByl.
Charlie Eisenhood and Patrick Stegemoeller discuss the World Games tryouts, Centex, Stanford Invite and more, LIVE from Waffle House in Dallas.
Charlie Eisenhood and Patrick Stegemoeller discuss the Saturday action at the World Games tryouts and Centex.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the Buzz Bullets/AUDL/USAU drama before turning to a preview of the World Games tryouts featuring interviews with Team USA head coach Alex Ghesquiere and Ultiworld's Pat Stegemoeller.
1:35 - Buzz Bullets Drama
26:25 - Alex Ghesquiere Interview
36:49 - World Games Preview
1:09:48 - Centex Preview
Charlie Eisenhood is joined by Katie Raynolds and Simon Pollock to discuss this weekend's Stanford Invite. Later in the show, listen to some chatter about some AUDL news and the upcoming World Games tryouts.
Keith Raynor stands in for Charlie and hosts an in-depth discussion of last weekend's major tournaments. Simon Pollock and Katie Raynolds call in to talk Presidents' Day Invite (Men's @ 01:22, Women's @ 31:17) and Tad Wissel and Daniel Prentice report on Florida Warm Up (@ 1:07:59).
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor dive into the first major weekend of the 2017 college season with Warm Up and Presidents' Day and the start of the season for tons of Top 25 teams. They also share thoughts on the trend of early Callahan videos and the new TCT guidelines.
Charlie Eisenhood is joined by Patrick Stegemoeller and Keith Raynor to break down the competition at the 2017 Queen City Tune Up in Charlotte, NC.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take you on a journey on this week's Deep Look through the Santa Barbara Invite, this weekend's Queen City Tune Up, the U24 tryout announcement, Club Nationals in Sarasota in 2017, and the AUDL's experiment with a Mixed game. Katie Raynolds and Cody Mills also join the show to discuss what they saw on the ground in Santa Barbara.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the inauguration of President Donald Trump, looks at the AUDL's decision to leave ESPN3, discusses the new AUDL interdivisional games, and chats with UCF's Michael Fairley about the Florida Winter Classic and his team's upcoming season.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor bring you the 2017 college preview show on Deep Look this week! They break down the biggest stories of the upcoming season and get you ready for another fantastic college season.
Charlie Eisenhood gives his take on what's in store in 2017 and interviews WFDF rules guru Reuben Berg about the recent update to the ruleset.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor look back over an exciting 2016 and reminisce about some of the biggest on- and off-the-field moments. Plus, they make some superlative picks for Game of the Year, Performance of the Year, and Biggest Underdog.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses Major League Ultimate's suspension of operations and talks with Ultiworld semi-pro reporter Nathan Jesson about the year's biggest news story in a special edition of Deep Look.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the latest from USA Ultimate, including upcoming changes to the College, Beach, and Club Divisions. Plus, USAU's Will Deaver joins the show to talk more about the changes to the Youth Division, especially surrounding the new YCC eligibility rules.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the announcement of the 2017 AUDL Championships in Montreal, the Green Bay Packers' ultimate halftime show, the latest in the AUDL v. MLU battle for supremacy, and an exciting 2017 US Open field.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses a number of international stories including the World Games, Beach Worlds, and possible new WFDF gender ratio rules for the Mixed Division before interviewing analyst and former coach Lou Burruss.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Player of the Year candidates for the 2017 college season, trade places on the hot seat, and make a spicy 50-1 bet. Cody Mills stops by to break down the Sean Ryan Memorial Tournament.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the Presidential election before talking with Ultiworld reporters about the major fall college tournaments, including the Classic City Classic and Missouri Loves Company. Ultimate discussion begins at 19:45.
Charlie Eisenhood goes PTI-style on this week's Deep Look with a smorgasbord of topics, including top college storylines, the future of pro ultimate, new media deals, and new rules. Charlie also makes his picks for CCC and MLC before he goes on vacation.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor look back at the 2016 club season, discuss the ESPN3 viewership rankings released by USA Ultimate, and discuss the upcoming 2017 college season. Plus, an interview with 2018 WUCC organizer Rodger Oakes.
Charlie Eisenhood breaks down the National Championships and the Boston sweep, plus conversations with Ironside's Josh "Cricket" Markette, Brute Squad's Leila Tunnell, and Slow White's Steve Sullivan about their championship performances.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor take a close look at every Division at the 2016 National Championships. They also make their picks for the quarterfinals and beyond.
Charlie Eisenhood sits down with Russell Wallack, one of the leaders of the movement to release the gender equity statement earlier this month, to discuss the statement, its formation, USA Ultimate's response, and what's next.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss a wild weekend of Regionals competition as 48 teams qualified for the National Championships.
Deep Look is presented by Layout Ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood analyzes the final USA Ultimate rankings and the bid allocation from Regionals to Nationals.
Deep Look is presented by Layout Ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the Laurel Oldershaw injury, the need for better enforcement of bad bids, the upcoming USA Ultimate rules update, the AUDL Championship weekend, the Pro-Elite Challenge, and the All-Star Ultimate Tour.
Deep Look is presented by Layout Ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood interviews USA Ultimate CEO Tom Crawford about the organization's future, the 2017 club division changes, and the upcoming media negotiations, before Keith Raynor joins Eisenhood to interview Qxhna Titcomb about the second year of the All-Star Ultimate Tour.
Deep Look is presented by Layout Ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the Jacksonville Cannons ejection and response, the Elite-Select Challenge results, the All-Star Tour's roster, and the 2017 Club calendar, before talking with Kyle Weisbrod about his article on the UPA and USA Ultimate.
Deep Look is presented by Layout Ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the World Championships, including the USA's dominance, before turning to discussion of the nascent club season with the US Open and this coming weekend's Elite-Select Challenge. The show finishes with an interview with Rise Up's Mario O'Brien about Worlds, SOTG, Sockeye, the AUDL, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Lorcán Murray break down the first two days of the World Championships.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the pools and brackets at the 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championships.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the College Championships LIVE on Deep Look. You can call in to the show at 718-487-9776 with questions or comments.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down the pools and matchups at the College Championships with just one week to go until the tournament begins.
Charlie Eisenhood talks about this weekend's second annual Beach Nationals, discusses how to best seed College Nationals, answers listener questions, and interview Case Western Reserve's Joe Marmerstein about his college career and 2016 run to Nationals.
Deep Look is presented by Layout Ultimate Gloves.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor break down all the action from #SuperSunday and College Regionals. Later in the show, Keenan and Dailey Jackson of Team USA Guts join Eisenhood to talk about the much more obscure competition being held at WUGC in London this summer.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor kick off this week's show with some College Regionals discussion before being joined by Tad Wissel and Patrick Stegemoeller of Sin The Fields for a pick 'em contest. Later in the show, Zack Smith joins Eisenhood for some discussion of the USA and Canadian women's National teams.
Music: Controlla - Drake
Charlie Eisenhood hosts Deep Look on location this weekend in San Francisco, CA, where Sean Childers joins him for a discussion of the USA Men's National Team v. Revolver scrimmage, a foray into a possible new ruleset for high wind, a look at the state of the Triple Crown Tour, and more.
Then Keith Raynor jumps on for some Conferences chatter as the USAU College Series gets underway.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the latest round of internet outrage over the AUDL's decision (since reversed) to disallow the Austin Sol from wearing rainbow-colored wristbands during competition, the Aviators' Steven Brooks' flop, and the WFDF deal with CBS Sports Network. Later in the show, he discusses the college season, the BYU accommodation decision making process, and the STAR and ACE programs with USA Ultimate's Manager of College Competition and Athlete Programs, Tom Manewitz.
In this week's Deep Look, Charlie Eisenhood discusses the end-of-season rankings, makes his own picks for a hypothetical bid allocation, breaks down the BYU situation, talks Ohio State, and takes listener questions from Twitter.
Charlie Eisenhood talks about the possibility of USA Ultimate accommodating BYU for the Series, the WFDF Kickstarter's success, and the opening weekend for the AUDL.
He's also joined by Keith Raynor and Katie Raynolds for a long discussion of the Women's Division through the lens of Northwest Challenge and Centex.
Charlie Eisenhood is joined by Patrick Stegemoeller for a long discussion of Easterns and a look ahead to the college men's postseason.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Pat Stegemoeller about Easterns, Katie Raynolds, and Steve Hill about Ultiworld's new foray into disc golf.
Charlie Eisenhood is joined by Keith Raynor for a big college-focused episode as we break down the teams from the Stanford Invite, discuss the initial USA Ultimate college rankings, and consider the World Flying Disc Federation's $75,000 Kickstarter.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the club season shift and Beau Kittredge's article about Brodie Smith before turning attention over to the major college action from the weekend.
Charlie Eisenhood and Tad Wissel talk about the first two days of Warm Up competition in this bonus podcast.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Patrick Stegemoeller & Keith Raynor about the Queen City Tune Up and the biggest college stories this season, including the UNC Wilmington/UMass finals battle, Central Florida's jaw-dropping performance this season, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Daniel Prentice and Bryan Jones about the Team USA Tryouts in Orlando before a conversation with USA Ultimate CEO Tom Crawford about his six-year extension and the future of the organization and ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Ultiworld reporter Ian Toner about the Team USA tryouts for WUGC, then discusses USA Goaltimate with the organization's Director of Operations Skip Sewell.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with AUDL Director of Marketing Tim DeByl about the offseason, referees, and more, and also discusses Ditch's demise and the UCF win at Florida Winter Classic.
Will Deaver, the USA Ultimate Managing Director of Competition and Athlete Programs, joins Charlie Eisenhood this week on Deep Look for a wide-ranging conversation about the latest at USA Ultimate, including Club Division changes, Team USA tryouts, College Mixed play, observers and officiation, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor recap the biggest news, the best games, and the lasting stories of 2015 around the ultimate scene.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the latest round of referee v. observer debate before talking with Pittsburgh Thunderbirds head coach David Hogan about the team's big 'free agent' pickups and the upcoming season.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Jimmy Mickle, Jesse Shofner, and new USA Ultimate Board President DeAnna Ball on this week's show. Plus, discussion of the latest AUDL moves, the possible future need for salary caps in the pro leagues, the burgeoning power of players, observers and refs, and more.
Charlie Eisenhood talks about the AUDL offseason roster moves and Brodie Smith & Kurt Gibson joining The Amazing Race before being joined by Keith Raynor to discuss the recently announced Team USA tryout rosters.
Music: I Can't Go For That - Hall & Oates
Charlie Eisenhood wraps up the college fall season and looks ahead to the Spring after CCC, MLC, Fall Easterns, Shootout, and more. This week's show includes interviews with UMass coach Tiina Booth and UNCW coach Greg Vassar.
Music: Electric Feel -- MGMT.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss lots of topics from Club Nationals, including the on-field competition, the dominance of the one seeds, the format, the language technicals, the ESPN broadcast, and more. Then they turn to the upcoming college season and preview the top teams heading into 2016.
Music: My Heart's Tonight In Texas - The Carter Family
Charlie Eisenhood, Keith Raynor, and special guest Bryan Jones talk Nationals in this week's Deep Look and make their picks for the semifinals and champions of each Division. Stay tuned for the results of the Twitter Takeover bet!
Charlie Eisenhood talks about Major League Ultimate's big announcement about the departure of Jeff Snader, discusses what's next for the MLU, and makes his picks for Regionals.
Charlie Eisenhood sits down with Qxhna Titcomb, Megan Cousins, and Kate Scarth of the All-Star Ultimate Tour for a wide-ranging discussion of the Tour, its impact, and its legacy.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the All-Star Ultimate Tour, the conversation the All-Stars started about spiking and Spirit of the Game, the Youth Club Championships, the AUDL and MLU finals, and where pro ultimate goes from here.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the upcoming AUDL playoffs (including an interview with New York Empire coach Tom Gibbons), Brett Matzuka's departure from Prairie Fire, and the new organization, USA Flatball, in this Deep Look.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the week's news, including the results of the U23 World Championships (including a conversation with UW reporter Preston Thompson), early club season results, and the upcoming All-Star Ultimate Tour.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Team USA Open assistant coach Jody Avirgan and Ultiworld reporter Preston Thompson, on assignment in London, about the U23 World Championships.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with UCF head coach, Jacksonville Cannons player, and Florida United player Andrew Roca about the AUDL season, the upcoming club season for United, and the UCF run to the College semifinals.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the recently funded All-Star Ultimate Tour, the possibility of seeing ultimate in the Olympics in our lifetime, and the start of the club season at the US Open.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the pro leagues from many angles -- business, game day experience, video, and communications -- before turning to a look at what teams have the best chance to make the playoffs in tight races in both the AUDL and MLU.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the big stories of the College Championships before looking ahead to the upcoming club season. Charlie also does an interview with UNC Darkside captain and 2015 Callahan winner Jon Nethercutt.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by "senior reporter emeritus" Michael Aguilar for the College Championships preview show! We talk about every pool and make our predictions for pools, semis, and finals.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the seeding and pools at the upcoming D-I College Championships before talking about this weekend's DIII College Championships.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss last weekend's wild slate of Regionals and look ahead to week 2, making their picks and analyzing the competition in the Southwest, Northwest, Metro East, and New England.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor analyze and make their picks in the Division I College Regionals taking place this weekend around the country.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Northwest Challenge and the College Women's POTY race, then Eisenhood talks to Pat Stegemoeller and Simon Pollock about Easterns and the Men's POTY race. The show wraps up as Eisenhood and Raynor discuss the upcoming AUDL season and make their picks for the semifinalists at the end of the season.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Sean Childers and Alec Surmani about the Men's Division action at Stanford Invite and Centex, with Keith Raynor about the Women's Division at Stanford and the upcoming Centex, and with Evan Lepler about the World Championships of Beach Ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the upcoming Stanford Invite before Eisenhood interviews UNC Darkside coach Mike DeNardis about youth ultimate, UNC's season, and the AUDL's Raleigh Flyers.
Charlie Eisenhood, Keith Raynor, and special guest Jonathan Neeley (Truck Stop) discuss the latest USA Ultimate college rankings, take a look at the field for Beach Worlds in Dubai, discuss some potential AUDL rule changes, and talk about the growing AUDL/MLU coastal split. Later in the show, Charlie talks with UCLA neuroscientist and ultimate coach Alex Korb about his new book and how the latest research can help us play better ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Keith Raynor, Tad Wissel, and Alec Surmani about the exciting weekend in college ultimate, featuring two huge tournaments in Warm Up and the President's Day Invite. Keith and Charlie also talk the bid situation, the initial USA Ultimate rankings, and a women's QCTU wrap.
Charlie Eisenhood discusses the results of the Men's Division at QCTU and looks ahead to the Men's Divisions at Warm Up and the President's Day Invite, before discussing High Five's merger with Madcow. Plus, an interview with Jim Parinella about the major trends in ultimate over the last 10 years, and the next 10 years.
Charlie Eisenhood, Keith Raynor, and Simon Pollock discuss the Queen City Tune Up, make their QCTU semis + darkhorse picks, discuss College Player of the Year candidates, and talk more about Boston Ironside's roster turnover.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the early college season results, the top teams, Player of the Year candidates, the best handler duos in the college game, and the latest out of the AUDL and MLU.
Charlie Eisenhood, Keith Raynor, and U23 reporter Patrick Stegemoeller talk about the Under-23 USA rosters that were announced last week.
Charlie Eisenhood and Sean Childers discuss the AUDL expansion to the South as well as the most recent changes to the Triple Crown Tour in USA Ultimate club play.
Sean Childers talks with GUM founder Zara Cadoux about women's coverage in ultimate media before Charlie Eisenhood leads a panel discussion with Keith Raynor, Katie Raynolds, Tiina Booth, and Gwen Ambler.
Charlie Eisenhood revisits Club Nationals to talk stoppages, observers, time caps, Johnny Bravo, and more, before talking with David Swedler, the lead author of the new long-term research study about injuries in ultimate.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss CCC and MLC in the Men's and Women's Divisions with Ultiworld reporters, plus an interview with Washington coach Kyle Weisbrod.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Nationals in the Men's and Women's Divisions, and interview newly crowned champions Ryan Farrell (Johnny Bravo) and Opi Payne (Scandal).
The Ultiworld reporting crew talks about Thursday and Friday action at the 2014 National Championships.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor preview the upcoming National Championships and interview Beau Kittredge (Revolver) and, later, analyst Michael Aguilar about the upcoming tournament.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Ultiworld's reporters about Regionals this past weekend as well as looking ahead to Nationals with Keith Raynor.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk the World Club Championships, discuss the club outlook and this weekend's Heavyweights, and preview the upcoming college season in this episode of Deep Look.
In part two of this week's Deep Look, Charlie Eisenhood talks with World Flying Disc Federation President Robert "Nob" Rauch about the US Olympic Committee's recognition of USA Ultimate and the push towards the Olympics at the international level.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the 2014 club season in this week's edition of Deep Look, before turning their attention to the most recent tournaments: the US Open and the Chesapeake Invite. Alec Surmani and Simon Pollock join Eisenhood to talk the Men's Division at the two tournaments.
Charlie Eisenhood takes to the microphone to talk the 2014 College Championships, the 2015 contenders, the upcoming club season, and more in this edition of Deep Look.
Charlie Eisenhood speaks with multiple Ultiworld correspondents in this week's Deep Look, as the team recaps the exciting college Regionals action around the country. From a surprise qualifier in Eastern Michigan to a postponement of meaningful games in the Southeast, there is a lot to talk about.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk all things college, including the preliminary USA Ultimate rankings, the results of the Northwest Challenge, and the latest in the Callahan race.
Thanks to brutal weather, increasing competition from other tournaments, and taxing time on the road, this has been one of Without Limits founder Michelle Ng's toughest college seasons to date.
Ultiworld's Charlie Eisenhood talks with Ng about the season thus far, how she is feeling about the prospects of 2015, and what she is hoping to leave behind for the college women's division.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk all things college, from the results of the Stanford Invite to the recent USA Ultimate rankings and their bid implications. The conversation then turns to the recent Major League Ultimate criticism of USA Ultimate and what to take away from it.
Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about USA Ultimate's decision to block Major League Ultimate as a jersey sponsor in USAU Championship events before turning to a preview of both the men's and women's divisions of this weekend's Queen City Tune Up.
Charlie Eisenhood talks with Ultiworld reporters Alec Surmani (SW Division) and Preston Thompson (SE Division) about the Santa Barbara Invite and T-Town Throwdown, before looking ahead to Queen City Tune Up next weekend.
It's a new year -- it's time for a new podcast. Charlie Eisenhood talks college, semi-pro, club, and what's in store for Ultiworld in 2014 in this week's edition.
Ultiworld Editor Charlie Eisenhood talks with Major League Ultimate Founder and Commissioner Jeff Snader about the league's upcoming second season, their vision for the future, and the business side of the league.
Ultiworld editors discuss the big fall college tournaments, first recapping the action at last weekend's Steel City Showdown and Missouri Loves Company before previewing this weekend's Classic City Classic in both the Men's and Women's Divisions.
We recap the Club Championships with a look at the winners, the losers, the format, and the players after a wild season of club ultimate.
We talk the 2014 College Season with a discussion of the biggest stories, the preseason top 25, and a Callahan preview. We also speak with Central Florida coach Andrew Roca.
In this episode, Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about Regionals results from around the country before turning the discussion to potential seeding and some exciting matchups at the Club Championships.
Ultiworld Editor and Deep Look host Charlie Eisenhood talks with reporters about the Men's and Women's Division of the Pro Flight Finale and speaks with PoNY's Jack Marsh about the Club Championships format change. Includes some discussion of the bid allocation drama as Rhino swooped a bid for the Northwest by one point.
The AUDL's Tim DeByl (Madison Radicals player-coach & owner; AUDL board member) talks with Ultiworld editor Charlie Eisenhood about the offseason, the league's expansion in its third year, the competition with Major League Ultimate, and more.
In this special edition of Deep Look, Ultiworld Editor-in-Chief Charlie Eisenhood and Senior Editor Keith Raynor talk all about the upcoming US Open. We explore the early season storylines, exciting roster changes, key matchups, and more.
In this week's episode, we talk about the initial release of club rosters and player movement around the country before turning to a discussion of the upcoming professional league playoffs. With the MLU's DC Current and New York Rumble set to face off this weekend with the playoffs on the line, the US Open right around the corner, and the U23 World Championships on the horizon, it's a great time to be an ultimate fan.
In this week's Deep Look, Charlie and Wes talk about the big stories from the College Championships, the quality of the ESPN3 livestream and ESPNU broadcast, and both the "how-tos" and implications of getting more sponsorship money into the sport.
In this week's episode, we talk all about the AUDL and MLU: which teams are on top, how the playoffs might shake out, how the leagues are doing financially, and where they might go from here. Could we see a merger sometime in the next two years?
With more questions than answers, we open some conversational threads that we hope to address more fully on later episodes with interviews and in-depth reporting.
This is part one of a two part Deep Look this week. Later this week we will talk college, with the D-III and D-I National Championships right around the corner.
Are we starting to see a growing rift in the sport? In this week's episode, we discuss the Spirit Championships with one of its lead organizers, Trent Simmons. The Spirit Championships seek to offer an alternative to the USA Ultimate Series for players and teams who are looking for a more laidback postseason tournament series.
But the announcement of the Spirit Championships opens up new conversations about the widening gap between the sport's top athletes and the rest of the players. We talk at length about the implications of the Triple Crown Tour, professional leagues, and the non-stop focus on the sport's elite.
In this edition of Deep Look, we talk about the preliminary end-of-season rankings and what they tell us about the bid allocation system. We don't think highly of the current system.
We also discuss ESPN's coverage of College Nationals, and how the ESPN deal could begin to segment the ultimate playing population into different groups.
Many of the top college teams in the nation faced off this weekend at Easterns (Open) and Centex (Women's). With big upsets coming in both divisions, it's clear that there is greater parity than ever. Trying to pick a frontrunner -- or even a one seed -- for Nationals on the Open side will prove very difficult this year. In the women's division, can the North Central teams challenge the Northwest for dominance?
USA Ultimate's announcement of a new broadcast deal with ESPN was greeted with excitement and enthusiasm from players across the country. With one of the world's most visible sports brands now aligned with ultimate, the sport looks poised for increased mainstream relevance and greater fan appeal.
We're happy to offer a bonus edition of Deep Look this week with Ben Van Heuvelen, who wrote the outstanding piece 'What Do We Stand For?' that was a major discussion topic in Episode 14. BVH and Charlie discuss the future of ultimate and how to best grow the sport.
In this week's episode, we talk about the Stanford Invite and the USA Ultimate bid allocation scene as it stands. We also touch on the Tally Classic and Huck Finn.
Then we turn to Ben Van Heuvelen's important and wonderfully written piece "What Do We Stand For?" In a wide-ranging discussion, we take issue with some of BVH's assumptions and ideas, as we defend the professional leagues and the growth of ultimate in multiple areas.
In this week's episode, we kick things off with a discussion of the state of professional ultimate and the "talent gap" between the MLU and the AUDL. We move to talking about the possibility of generating excitement and interest in the sport through the college scene.
Finally, we take a look at the current college landscape and discuss the implications of this weekend's Easterns Qualifier, including its impact on bid allocation.
In this week's episode, we talk about the early stories from Warm Up, where Wisconsin went undefeated, including two wins over the defending champions Pittsburgh. We also talk about the President's Day Invite with Ultiworld's reporter and Arizona player Seth Stephens.
With the first big East and West Coast tournaments of the year now completed, the strength bid picture starts to come into focus as teams position themselves for the big mid-season tests of Centex, the Stanford Invite, and Easterns.
In the first part of Episode 11, we talk about the quiet ending to the NexGen/USAU saga. The NexGen League is no more and USA Ultimate has significantly scaled back the requirements of the Triple Crown Tour.
We finish by talking about the talent gap between the MLU and the AUDL -- and whether or not it matters.
In the second half of Episode 11, we talk with Ultiworld reporters who were on the ground at Queen City Tune Up and DIII Warmup about who looked good, who disappointed, and what to look for later this season.
In this episode, we talk about the upcoming end to the Triple Crown Tour v. NexGen League drama, as NexGen founder Kevin Minderhout looks to run a series of regional tournaments rather than a new league. Teams have yet to make a decision.
We turn, then, to a discussion of our recently released College Power Rankings, with a look at some teams -- and why we made some of the more controversial decisions.
In this week's episode, we kick off Deep Look's coverage of the college season, talking about some of the big stories from this weekend and some teams that showed they're worth talking about. We also talk at length about the "T-Town Spike" and what it shows us about the state of the college game, the need for observers, and proper discipline for bad sportsmanship and violations of Spirit of the Game.
In this week's episode, we talk about the big USA Ultimate announcement and their doubling down on the Triple Crown Tour (TCT). Surprisingly, top men's teams have yet to announce a decision about their plans for the upcoming season. We then speak with USA Ultimate CEO Tom Crawford about the organization's discussions with teams, plans for the TCT, and what to expect from the expanded broadcasting efforts.
This week, after touching on the latest developments in the pro/elite ultimate scene, we talk with Ultiworld's statistics editor Sean Childers about his recent work developing innovative statistics and analysis for ultimate. He discusses how the current stats work could affect teams -- and how those teams can get involved starting in this upcoming college season.
In this episode, we talk about the NexGen league's momentum, now that all 18 teams have signed "letters of intent" showing interest in NexGen's model. The big question now is what happens in the meeting between teams and USA Ultimate.
We also discuss the American Ultimate Disc League's recent leadership shakeup, as President Josh Moore sold 90% of his stake and stepped down as commissioner.
We wrap up with a quick look back at 2012.
With the announcement of the AUDL settling its lawsuit against the Connecticut Constitution and Rhode Island Rampage, gears are moving in New York as both the AUDL and MLU look to set up shop. We talk about the New York market before turning to a discussion of the on-going discussion about the NexGen "pro" league.
In this week's episode, we talk with NexGen founder Kevin Minderhout about his proposed league, his cross-country trip to talk with captains about the league, and what might happen if it doesn't work out.
In this week's episode, we talk about NexGen's new proposed professional league and the implications of its adoption, before turning to Connecticut Constitution Coach/GM and top Ultimate pundit John Korber for more insight on the various 2013 possibilities for the sport.
This week we discuss the financial and organizational structures of Major League Ultimate and the American Ultimate Disc League. We also talk with AUDL President Josh Moore about the league's changes and what we can expect in Season 2. We finish up with some discussion of USA Ultimate and getting the sport onto ESPN.
Welcome to the first edition of Deep Look, Ultiworld’s new weekly radio show/podcast. Each week we will discuss and analyze the stories behind the news, while taking a closer look at the current state of ultimate.
This week’s episode is all about Major League Ultimate, the American Ultimate Disc League, and the Triple Crown Tour. With players now facing three options for mid- to high-level play, 2012 is looking more than ever like a major turning point for the sport.