September 9, 2024

Bull City Coordinators

Duke

Host:

Ben Byrd

Podcast Inauguration:

December 2020

Bio:

This is a podcast that serves to inform Duke football fans through interviews with journalists and bloggers who cover our opponents as well as discussing larger issues facing The ACC. 

Links

New Podcast Episodes

  • 6.3 – Get to Know the Northwestern Wildcats with Louie Vaccher
    by Bull City Coordinators on September 4, 2024 at 12:54 am

    #duke #dukefootball #dukebluedevils #ddmf #northwestern #nwfootball #northwesternfootball #cfb Our old friend Louie Vaccher returned to the podcast to bring us up to speed on the Wildcats. Both Duke and Northwestern are coming off slow starts in Week One. What will this mean for the Blue Devils on the road? Can they steal one on the road in Chicago? We’ll have to wait and see. If Duke can get a win, this will be a big, big victory for Manny Diaz. Getting to 2-0 after the all the turnover and transfers would be a statement that Coach Diaz has the Blue Devils moving in the right direction. We also spend a few minutes talking about Chris Collins and the great things he’s been doing with the Wildcats. Before the interview starts, we listen to a few voicemails and a text message. Please call the pod (540-632-0160), leave a message and you’ll get in an episode. Let me know what you think about what we think in the comments, on Mastodon, on Reddit, on Instagram, Spoutible, Bluesky or on Twitter. As always, Go Duke! — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullcitycoordinators/support

  • 6.2 – Duke 2024 Schedule Prediction with Lee Rodio
    by Bull City Coordinators on August 24, 2024 at 4:38 pm

    #ddmf #duke #dukefootball #dukebluedevils #mannydiaz #theacc #acc #cfb Duke legend Lee Rodio returns to the podcast and provides us with his win-loss prediction for the Blue Devils this season. We go through each game and tell you who we think will win and why. We also check in with Richlandia to get an update on the status of the OG Optimistic Duke Football fan. You’ll like all our predictions as we’re very optimistic about what the Blue Devils can do this season. One thing you’ll notice as we go through Duke’s schedule is how much time we spend discussing the differing degree of schedule difficulty the Blue Devils’ opponents have. This is one of the unfortunate side effects of conference restructuring – unbalanced schedules providing easier paths to a conference championship game. Sorry for an old man rant here, but there really is an upside to small conferences. Please call the pod (540-632-0160), leave a message and you’ll get in an episode. Let me know what you think about what we think in the comments, on Mastodon, on Reddit, on Instagram, Spoutible, Bluesky or on Twitter. As always, Go Duke! — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullcitycoordinators/support

  • 6.1 – Steve Wiseman Previews Duke’s 2024 Season
    by Bull City Coordinators on August 7, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    #duke #flip #dukeinthenba #dukefootball #mannydiaz #goduke #bluedevils #theacc #acc Our old friend Steve Wiseman stopped by the podcast to cover a few different topics. We start off by dissecting what all happened to Flip’s draft stock and discuss the strange family dynamic that may have played a role in him falling as far as he did. After a brief detour from there to The ACC’s fight for survival, we do a deep dive on what to expect from Duke this season. While the Blue Devils have some unknowns, there is a lot to be excited about. Steve brings us up to speed on the QB situation, talks about our four-game murder’s row stretch and tells us why we should be cautiously optimistic about this season. The offense is going to be a Power Spread and will apparently involve the TEs. How can you not be excited about that?!?! Trigger warning – we discuss Duke’s recent history of underutilizing its TEs. Noah Gray is mentioned. Consider yourself forewarned. And it turns out that David Feeley is pretty darned important. Who knew? (That’s sarcasm, we all know it.) We also take a few minutes to cover the upgrades at Wallace Wade and ask I why the official Blue Devils’ Twitter account isn’t following me on Twitter. Come on, folks, make it happen. Please call the pod (540-632-0160), leave a message and you’ll get in an episode. Let me know what you think about what we think in the comments, on Mastodon, on Reddit, on Post, on Instagram, Spoutible, Bluesky or on Twitter. As always, Go Duke! — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullcitycoordinators/support

  • 5.13 – The Heel Brothers Preview 2024 UNC Football
    by Bull City Coordinators on July 22, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    #theacc #unc #duke #dukefootball #mackbrown #cfb As you know, Bull City Coordinators is part of the College Huddle Network. As part of that, and as an attempt to try and bring our country together in these trying times, I reached out to my colleagues The Heel Brothers and asked them to come on and talk about the upcoming season for the Heels. You can follow them (if you want to) here. Sorry for the audio not being normalized. I’m not sure what happened, but we had issues from the very start. Please call the pod (540-632-0160), leave a message and you’ll get in an episode. Let me know what you think about what we think in the comments, on Mastodon, on Reddit, on Post, on Instagram, Spoutible, Bluesky or on Twitter. As always, Go Duke! — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullcitycoordinators/support

  • 5.12 – Dr. Amy Pistone on Sports in Ancient Greece
    by Bull City Coordinators on June 18, 2024 at 1:00 pm

    #ancientgreece #classicalantiquity #theolympics #theacc #acclegends #antiquity WE GOT A BULL CITY COORDINATORS-CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY SIDEQUEST CROSSOVER! Dr. Amy Pistone from basketball powerhouse Gonzaga stopped by to talk about sports in Ancient Greece. Before we delve into Antiquity, we cover Dr. Pistone’s background, her ties to new ACC member Cal, her career as a football and basketball official and her experience running marathons. As you might guess, we take a number of sidequests including one about The Aeneid. If you’re bothered by our detours, remember that the name of the podcast includes “SIDEQUEST”, so, let me just say, “Sorry, not sorry.” In all seriousness, this was a lot of fun. In regard to Ancient Greek sports specifically, we cover how ancient Greeks competed in the Olympics in the nude and learn that women weren’t allowed to participate in the Olympic Games with the exception of owning horses in carriage races. Women did have separate games they could participate in, however. The Greeks also had a form of MMA. Given Dr. Pistone’s connections The ACC, I’m cross-posting this on the Bull City Coordinators podcast. So, let me just say, as always, Go Duke! Returning to Classical Antiquity, if you want to learn more about Dr. Pistone’s work, check out her website which includes links to a lot of other podcasts she’s been on. Those are very informative and I recommend them to you. On the opening theme music, for now it’s from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/folk-roundLicense code: SHTJJRTVTRXQAID1 Please call the pod (540-632-0160), leave a message and you’ll get in an episode. Let me know what you think about what we think in the comments or on Twitter. And never forget that The Classical Antiquity Sidequest is a podcast without end. — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullcitycoordinators/support