The Golden Hurricast

Kevin Wilson is out, speculation is in. Who will be Tulsa’s next head football coach? After giving some initial thoughts on the Kevin Wilson firing, we go through the biggest names floated as TU’s next coach, discuss what we’re hearing, predict who it could realistically be and give our favorite options, answer a bunch of listener questions, and plenty more. We also briefly recap the recent struggles in men’s & women’s basketball and round up the rest of TU sports from the past week. Huge week for TU athletics! Thanks for tuning in. Timestamps: 0:00 – Kevin Wilson Fired 20:09 – New Era for TU 24:20 – Brennan Marion 33:07 – GJ Kinne 38:10 – Kinne vs Marion – Who Do You Take? 44:34 – Matt Wells 50:50 – Some Texas Guy Like Kevin Sumlin 52:43 – Press Taylor 53:31 – Collin Klein 55:38 – Kasey Dunn 57:29 – Others 1:00:36 – All-Star Staff 1:05:06 – Did We Wait Too Long to Fire Kevin Wilson? 1:08:44 – Opinion of Switzer as Interim? 1:10:34 – Recruiting Implications & Dream Staff 1:14:21 – Comparing NIL at TU vs Others 1:19:40 – Indoor Practice Facility? 1:21:24 – Is Kinne a 0% Chance? 1:22:38 – Keep Switzer, Throw the Bag at Joseph Williams 1:23:57 – Should TU Adopt the Triple? 1:27:37 – Men’s & Women’s Basketball 1:34:47 – Around the American 1:40:43 – Other Sports Roundup 1:43:32 – Senior Night vs FAU 1:45:14 – Closing — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support

Tulsa lost their 7th game of the season and will miss bowl season for the 3rd consecutive year in a row. We talk about the close game against ECU that led to that result before talking about the chaos that was AAC coaching news and speculate on our own. After the depressing football discussion we talk about the mixed week for men’s basketball and bad start to the season for the women’s team. Also Matt predicted the men’s team to go 2-0 this week, whoops. Timestamps 0:00 – Intro and Football Recap 11:44 – Hopes 14:55 – Concerns 18:20 – Players of the Game 24:00 – Around the AAC Coaching Dumpster Fire Edition 44:18 – Men’s Basketball Recap 1:02:51 – Men’s Basketball Preview 1:06:30 – Women’s Basketball Recap + Preview 1:16:40 – Around TU [Volleyball, Cross Country] 1:26:43 – We Still Have a Football Game aka USF Preview 1:32:47 – Find us On Bluesky — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support

Week 1 of basketball season is in the books! We discuss how it all went down on the men’s and women’s sides before previewing this week’s games. After that, we take a look around the conference and give some updates on other TU sports ranging from volleyball to tennis. And finally, Tulsa Football welcomes ECU back to Chapman Stadium for the first time since 2020. To help preview the Pirates, we welcome in ⁠Jared Shafit⁠ from ⁠The Boneyard Podcast⁠ to talk all things ECU in their now post-Mike-Houston era. Timestamps: 0:00 – Men’s Basketball Recap 21:17 – Men’s Basketball ORU Preview 25:52 – Men’s Basketball Missouri State Preview 29:57 – Women’s Basketball Recap 39:34 – Women’s Basketball ORU Preview 41:43 – Around the American 52:45 – Volleyball Clinches AAC Tournament Spot 55:16 – Cross Country Regionals & National Championships 58:46 – Soccer is Over 1:00:36 – Tennis Recaps 1:05:37 – ECU Preview with Jared from The Boneyard Podcast 1:40:25 – Final Thoughts & Closing — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support

Head Volleyball Coach ⁠⁠Lauren Ramatowski⁠⁠ joins the show to shine a spotlight on Tulsa Volleyball, the success they’ve had since she took over the program, and what’s next. Before talking volleyball, we discuss the UAB blowout loss and take a look around the conference before getting into the success a whole bunch of other TU sports are having right now. Timestamps: 0:00 – UAB Recap 24:27 – Hope 28:33 – Concerns 31:00 – Players of the Game 36:13 – Around the American 44:11 – Other Sports + Cross Country 50:27 – Men’s & Women’s Soccer 53:35 – Brief Basketball Talk 1:00:14 – Volleyball Spotlight with Coach Lauren Ramatowski 1:43:53 – Closing Thoughts & Outro — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support

Tulsa Head Women’s Basketball Coach Angie Nelp joins the show to preview the 2024-25 season! First game is coming up November 6. Also: – Facilities – What football apathy?? – Kevin Wilson on Twitter – Rice fires Mike Bloomgren – Huge weekend for other TU sports – UAB preview Timestamps: 0:00 – Facilities Listener Question 3:55 – Football Excitement & UTSA Recap 24:56 – Hope 29:12 – Kevin Wilson on Twitter 40:49 – Matt’s Concerns 47:25 – Players of the Game 58:08 – Around the American 1:02:51 – Huge Weekend for Other TU Sports 1:07:59 – UAB Preview 1:16:33 – Angie Nelp Interview 1:17:10 – Program Turnaround 1:21:29 – Momentum & Turnover 1:25:58 – Delanie Crawford & Returning Players 1:31:24 – Newcomers 1:37:09 – Vocal Leaders 1:38:56 – Scheme 1:45:38 – Success in Year 4 1:48:12 – NET Rankings & At-Large Bids 1:53:10 – Predictive Metrics 1:55:17 – NIL 2:02:56 – Chalk Talks 2:05:07 – AAC vs. C-USA 2:07:08 – Coach Nelp Closing Comments 2:08:21 – Post-Angie Thoughts 2:10:48 – Closing — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegoldenhurricast/support