Sin The Fields

Tad is on vacation this week, but as everyone starts to feel the ghost pangs of a lost postseason, STF offers a look back at some sectionals and regionals of the past with a compilation of the best tales of winning and losing (mostly losing. Just lots and lots of soul wrenching losing) in the postseason that the show has covered over the past five years.

Pat and Tad are back, and after catching up on some light Brodie fanfic, pour one out for Masters Nationals and speculate on what college would have been like with no ultimate for a semester. All that plus an important anniversary and a petty but justified (?) T/T/FB.

As some parts of the country start toying with the idea of playing ultimate again, Pat and Tad talk about what a return to play should feel like. How much can you change the rules of the game and have it still be worth playing? Tad reports on his continued dalliances with the world of disc golf, and the guys mull over theories on why Brodie refuses to take him on at Schenley. Is it cowardice? Some...

It’s a somber tone for the fifth anniversary episode of Sin The Fields, because when there isn’t a Wildwood did the year even happen? Things cheer up with a set of incredible guests. First, Max Charles and Lili Gu come by to talk about the massive BIPOC highlight reel to be released next week and delve into the details of how these things get made and how they hope this will help the ultimate comm...

The madness of a long, hot summer without ultimate is really setting in, as Pat and Tad ponder whether not having tournaments to play this year is an opportunity for personal growth, or like being forsaken by an uncaring god. Maybe both? The guys take stock of everyone’s chosen ultimate methadone, Disc Golf. Does it scratch the itch for ultimate die hards? Also, Pat commits to eating a lot of eggs...

To commemorate the loss of the 2020 summer league season, the STF guys wind back the clock and reminisce on some of their best and worst summer league experiences. Plenty of great listener emails about favorite league moments, team names, and weird stories make a surprisingly cogent argument about the importance of summer league to us all.

With the club regular season officially canceled, the STF guys look back on their first-ever club seasons. Did they suck? Have they learned anything? Why did they do it in the first place? This weekend would have been Poultry Days, so in memoriam the show runs back Mags Colvett's epic report from last year's P-Days. Must listen material, even a year later. It's not all looking backwards, though, a...

Pat and Tad had to spend a Memorial Day Weekend at home for the first time in about six years and quite frankly they aren't having it. They revisit some of their favorite memories from college Nationals past, and after a lot of long winding digressions, settle on what their favorite college Nationals was. The guys go over some listener messages, have plenty of candidates for T/T/F, and start a new...

Wildwouldn't you take a 6th year? Pat and Tad catch up on some of the recent COVID related developments in ultimate as USAU offers an unprecedented sixth year of eligibility to some college students and Wildwood is... happening? What could go wrong with either! All the cool kids are doing the 6/12/18/24 challenge while in isolation so Pat fields a few questions on it from his experience with the c...

It took over four years, multiple instances of bodily harm, and at least one irate parent threatening to fight them, but Sin The Fields gets to episode 100. Pat and Tad pull out all the stops literally and figuratively in this deluxe sized two part extravaganza. Looking back on the history of the show Pat and Tad's sins of the past are revisited, promises are made, secrets are revealed, shame is g...

It took over four years, multiple instances of bodily harm, and at least one irate parent threatening to fight them, but Sin The Fields gets to episode 100. Pat and Tad pull out all the stops literally and figuratively in this deluxe sized two part extravaganza. Looking back on the history of the show Pat and Tad's sins of the past are revisited, promises are made, secrets are revealed, shame is g...

Sin The Fields drops a mini-pod to announce the final four STF All Stars from the class of 2020 and pitch what an STF All Star Tour might look like. 2020 STF All-Stars Quinn Finer - Colorado Rachel Hess - Oregon Eddie Scott - UMass Kyra Khoroujnikova - Utah Kenneth Xuan - Northwestern Grace Alston - Dartmouth Matthew Armour - Texas

Pat and Tad break down the Weird Injury Bracket voting as we reach the semifinal round -- make sure to vote on Ultiworld.com!

Pat and Tad introduce the Weird Injury Bracket -- make sure to vote on Ultiworld.com!

The STF guys come to you from the frontlines of social distancing to answer you pressing questions on quarantine life, give some important lifestyle advice, and break down the best frisbee documentary that has nothing to do with frisbee: Netflix’s Cheer.

The STF guys celebrate St. Patrick's Day by doing the previously unthinkable: recording a podcast before noon. Checking in with everyone from their social distanced dwellings, Pat and Tad offer consolation to college kids whose seasons are over, mull the future of graduating seniors, and tease some new projects they'll be doing while we're all stuck at home.

With college season in full swing, the STF guys get on their low horses and program-shame anyone who had the luxury to play on a team with O and D-lines or travel cross country for tournaments. A question over calling offside in an unobserved game goes directly to the very heart of the sport, and the first three STF All-Stars of 2020 are announced. All that, plus an announcement about an auction a...

College season is underway, as Pat returns from sun-soaked Florida Warm Up and Tad has takes about a well known program who, actually, are cowards. Tone deaf sideline parent hijinks, rookies trying to make horrible cheers stick, and sketchy fifth year academic recruitment. College ultimate baby! Plus, some wrap up thoughts on the Beach of Dreams and weird cat guys at the gym.

Megan and Meghan from the world’s finest online frisbee comic, Contested Strip, come by to talk about Lei Out/Throwback, the merits of beach ultimate, going to college with Tad, and their new book “One More Year.” Later, Pat and Tad get into the perils of child rearing and try to figure out how much weight they could gain in a single day.

STF comes hot out of the gates in the new decade, assessing the populist rage that sprung up over USAU's "Beach of Dreams" and answering the question: "Does ultimate deserve to be in the Olympics?" Tad reports back from his first ever disc golf tournament, and Pat describes the wackiest winter league format he's ever seen.

It’s the 2019 Busties! (Gender Neutral Golden Busts) STF looks back at the best, and mostly worst, of the year that was. Who will take home the hardware for Worst Play or Moment of #legitimacy? Tune in to find out!

Tis the season for sitting around and bitching, as Pat and Tad go over the upcoming USAU Board Election despite the fact that no one ever votes in them. Will that change? Should it? They then react to the breaking news of the PUL/WUL expansion, and talk about the best and worst team names + logos. Also, make sure to get in your submissions for the "weird injury bracket" and for the year end Gender...

The STF guys had a real show planned, but the madness of the offseason took hold and things went off the rails pretty quickly. They touch on winter league, the unwritten rules of playing in gloves, and how to #liveultimate on Thanksgiving in between deep introspection on barbershop masculinity, waiting in line for the bathroom at bars, guys who bring their own weights to the gym, and "not getting...

The STF guys are back to break down the most important aspects of Nationals, mainly spirit shaming, consolation games, and preachy DJs. It’s the Nationals recap you never asked for and probably don’t need.

The guys go deep on the scandal of the year and look at every angle of the Skip Sewell drug kingpin story. Tad gives the story of his tattoo before picking out the best of the Ultimate Ink tattoos, and a dramatic scene from fall league is unpacked. Meanwhile, Pat drinks 12 beers and eats 24 donuts. It’s a weird one!