The Golden Hurricast

Football is so close to being back, just days away at this point! And we are so pumped to see the first game with Tre Lamb at the helm. To help us break down FCS #16 Abilene Christian we are joined by Zach McKinnell from FCS Football Central on Sports Illustrated, Hero Sports FCS and Opta Analyst FCS (and plenty more). While we did talk about the matchup it was way more than that including the ove...

The Hurricast returns! To kick off our 8th season and to preview the 2025 Tulsa Football team, we welcome Jeremie Poplin back to the show! Jeremie is the new Statewide Sports Director for News on 6 in Tulsa/News 9 in OKC in addition to being a sideline reporter for TU football, frequently appearing on the Eye of the Hurricane Podcast, and more. With Jeremie, we talk Rick Dickson as TU Interim Pres...

The Hurricast is back! Kind of! We're getting back into the swing of things by letting fans host an episode or two of the show before Matt and I get back to our regular weekly cadence here in a couple of weeks. We begin with Chris Rathbone (a.k.a @ReignCaneTulsa ), who starts off with his TU fandom origin story before getting into why Tulsa belongs at the top, why Tre Lamb can get us there, an...

The 2024-25 Tulsa men's hoops season is officially in the books, and Head Coach Eric Konkol will return for a fourth season. We give our thoughts on that decision before discussing women's hoops' shocking AAC Tournament loss and surprising WNIT berth, softball's upswing, other TU sports, and our favorite NCAA Tournament bracket picks.

The season(s) are over or ending. The men finished out the regular season with a big win on the road over Wichita State, but have an uphill battle in the conference tournament. Meanwhile the women’s season comes to a close with an upset loss to Charlotte. Now is the time to talk about the question that everyone has been wondering - should Tulsa move on from Eric Konkol? Besides giving our thoughts...

The TU men shot 50% from 3 in the first half and 44% from deep overall against Tulane at home and still couldn't pull out the W in another heartbreaker. We recap the Tulane loss before previewing Tuesday's Senior Night vs Temple and Sunday's regular season finale on the road against a surging Wichita State team. The Tulsa women, on the other hand, are one fire. They've won 4 straig...

Ryan is out this week so Matt solos this episode. The men’s team keeps having weeks that go in the opposite direction of how we talk about them on the podcast. We get into their very bad week and a more, including: ​The women’s record setting week ​Softball’s slow start ​Recaps for Track, Tennis & Golf

Just when we thought the season was lost and over the men’s team string off two of their more impressive wins of the season just to spite Matt for our last episode’s title. We talk those big wins, outlook for the rest of the year plus more: ​Women’s basketball ending their 1-1 streak ​A look around campus sports ​Patreon updates

Matt is finally back from the worst two week stretch he’s ever had! Now that he’s back the crew talks about the current state of the men and women’s basketball teams including: -Recaps of the bad (M) / average (W) week. -Previews for the upcoming stretch -Are these lost seasons? Additionally we look around campus at all the other sports that are in-season now!

The TU men bounced back in a big way in a dominant win over Wichita State and look like a team reaching their final form. Can they bring it against UAB and Tulane? Also: Delanie Crawford sets TU Women's Basketball's all-time record for three-pointers made, players beyond Crawford continue to step up, and I take a look around the American before closing with a quick update on other sports a...

Ryan solos this one to talk basketball, the AAC, and some thoughts on beard growth while Matt is out taking care of house-selling business and some mail nightmares. Tulsa let USF close the game on a 19-2 run to give up a 10-point road lead with five minutes to go. What happened there? And can the Hurricane recover from it going forward? Also: The women crushed FAU despite Delanie Crawford scoring...

Does Jared Garcia's return change the trajectory of the men's basketball team? What do the women need to do to find more consistent success? Also: The Konkol Conundrum is out now on our Patreon , some great new football transfer portal additions, a look around the American, and the tennis season is officially underway. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:38 - Patreon Update 5:15 - Transfer Portal News 10:4...

New Tulsa Head Football Coach Tre Lamb joins the podcast! We get into all kinds of great stuff with coach, including what motivates him, the new staff structure including the new General Manager and Chief of Staff roles, plus his thoughts on scheme, culture, vision, recruiting, and plenty more. After talking with coach, we give an update on the transfer portal and the coaching staff additions, why...

New Tulsa Head Football Coach Tre Lamb is wasting no time putting his staff together, and it's turning out great. Matt is busy moving/unpacking, so Ryan goes solo on this one to talk through Tre Lamb's hires so far and a couple massive TU commits out of the transfer portal before discussing basketball, looking around the AAC, and answering a listener question. In case you missed it, we have a new...

Tre Lamb is officially TU's 35th head football coach! We give our initial thoughts on the search & the hire before discussing the transfer portal, early signing day, and answering some listener questions. Also, we've started a paid membership program on Patreon! Joining our Patreon unlocks access to a ton of new stuff we're doing, including: Automatic NIL contributions Our newsletter Advanced...

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 strugg...

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...

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 we...

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...

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 Wilso...

Matt and Ryan are feeling apathetic about the football program. Why? Also, the Kevin Wilson discussion continues, we discuss team talent level, and we preview this weekend's Homecoming game against the UTSA Roadrunners with ⁠Jared⁠ & ⁠Adrian⁠ from ⁠Alamo Audible⁠ . Timestamps: 0:00 - Football Apathy 9:12 - Kevin Wilson & Team Talent Level 38:17 - Temple Recap 44:58 - Hope? 47:12 - Concerns...

Tulsa Head Men's Basketball Coach Eric Konkol joins the show to preview the 2024-25 Tulsa Basketball season! With football on a bye last week and TU being a 2-point underdog to 1-5 Temple (!) this week, we decided to kick football to the curb for a change and go all-in on basketball. Eric Konkol joins us to break down the 2024-25 season including his recent contract extension, building off a team...

Tulsa football is coming off a brutal two-week stretch where we got blown out by North Texas and Army to open AAC play. We talk about those games *briefly* (mostly Army) before discussing the elephant in the room: will Kevin Wilson still be Tulsa's Head Coach next season? Then, since it's our bye week, we welcome in friend and cohost(?) J.J. Cody for the 4th time to bring back J.J.'s No Sports Zon...

It was ugly and took a hell of a finish, but Tulsa got the road W against Sonny Cumbie and Louisiana Tech to close out the non-conference schedule at 2-2. We recap the LA Tech win and talk conference realignment (long live the AAC) before welcoming in Miles from The North Texas Eagle to preview this Saturday's road matchup against the Mean Green. Timestamps: 0:00 - LA Tech Recap 16:43 - Hope 2...

Tulsa was outgunned in every phase of the game against Oklahoma State, but they draw a much more favorable matchup this week against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. We recap the OSU game before welcoming in Matt Belinson to preview LA Tech! Matt is the sports editor for the Ruston Daily Leader newspaper in Ruston, LA. We had a blast talking with him. Timestamps: 0:00 - Oklahoma State Recap 26:16 - Ho...