The short answer: no, Ryan Nanni does not, despite goading from cohost Steven Godfrey, believe the 2001 Gators were derailed by Osama Bin Laden. But this episode is a look back at how the sports world reacted after the 9/11 attacks, the strange chain of events that led to Florida - and then Tennessee - blowing a chance to play for a national championship, the team Steve Spurrier said he wanted to stop scheduling, and the now-abandoned customs of Heisman voters. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.

Ryan Nanni brings on Shehan Jeyarajah of CBS Sports to discuss the story he wrote earlier this summer about Texas Tech's brazen plan to spend heavily on the last open market transfer class. Where should improvement be most obvious for the Red Raiders? How will a somewhat weak schedule help or hurt their ambitions? And what's the plan to turn this into lasting momentum instead of one outlier year? This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.

This episode of Phantom Island is a little different. Rather than look at a question about the sports world, Steven Godfrey brings a subject that's much more personal to co-host Ryan Nanni. See, Steven's selected a La Liga team to pull for, and he's worried that his experiences as a Braves and Falcons fan are pulling him towards absurdity. What kind of absurdity? The kind with kidnapping and incredible managerial turnover and financial ruin. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.

Enjoy this special bonus episode for paid Phantom Island subscribers, in which Steven Godfrey interviews Parker Fleming fresh off the conclusion of the 2025 Personnel and Recruiting Symposium. This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.

Welcome to a special edition of Phantom Island, presented by our sponsor Homefield and highlighting five spots on this year's Can't Miss Kickoff Tour. We do that in the most sensible way possible: a game of Two Truths and a Lie, where Ryan Nanni runs Steven Godfrey through a gauntlet of questions about Georgia vs. the Mannings, Hugh Freeze vs. history, Indianapolis vs. the rest of the United States, and much more.

You can learn more about other Tour stops from our pals at Split Zone Duo and the Shutdown Fullcast. Phantom Island is produced by Michael Surber.

Steven Godfrey takes listener questions on football, life, and his latest sports media venture. He argues in favor of the 3-3-5, considers the future of Washington State, explains where to find coaches who don't want to jump all over the country, offers some advice on attending games solo, and provides his thoughts on the latest iteration of a Superman movie. This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.

Here's how the narrative used to work in college football: when a coach struggling to win found himself working for a new athletic director, his chances of getting fired went up significantly. The AD, the all-powerful head of a college's sports programs, simply wouldn't owe any loyalty to an underachiever they hadn't hired.

So Ryan Nanni looked at the last four years of coach firings, compared them to a four year stretch from a decade earlier, and took the results to Steven Godfrey. Is this trope still real? Has it changed over time, and what do those shifts reflect about the power shifts within athletic departments? And how many times could you have fired Derek Dooley for the price of firing Jimbo Fisher?

Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.

ESPN's Bill Connelly joins Steven Godfrey to review the underappreciated qualities of Louisville and SMU, assess Boise State and Arizona State trying to maintain momentum, name the thing Bill's looking for Clemson to do against LSU, play a terrifying game of Two Coaches Control A James Bond Villain Death Trap, and lots more. Be sure to order Bill's forthcoming book! This is a preview of the full episode, which is available to paid subscribers – go to phantomisland.show to sign up today. Phantom Island is presented by Homefield and produced by Michael Surber.