The Monarchists

Gary's back from London and joins Mike and Aaron to breakdown the 28-21 victory over App State at The Castle. We rap about the run game's consistent excellence, the defense flexing its muscles, the emergence of the short/intermediate passing game, and cover a couple of fan question/comments. We then look ahead to next week's contest against JMU in Harrisonburg. This team took a step forward today,...

The fellas prep you for Saturday's Oyster Bowl against App State. They are joined by guest Dominic Crosetto, founder of Sun Belt Syndicate and App State fan, to give us an opponent's view of this game. Follow Sun Belt Syndicate on twitter at https://twitter.com/SunbeltSyndicat Check out Dominic's work for College Football Dawgs at https://www.collegefootballdawgs.com/ Please visit our website to e...

Jonathan Plisco and Jarod Brown join the fellas again and breakdown 17-13 road victory over Southern Miss in Hattiesburg. We discuss another quarterback switch, the continued explosive rushing attack, the defense’s awesome performance, our expectations for the rest of the season, and so much more. Moving into the bye wee, there’s a lot to look forward to. Stay on this train, things are starting to...

The fellas are joined by two of the program's best kickers ever, Jonathan Plisco and Jarod Brown, to breakdown the 41-35 loss to Marshall in Huntington, WV. We discuss the continued quarterback passing and turnover challenges, emergence of an explosive rushing attack with Kadarius Calloway introducing himself to the world, the defense's ability to come up big when they need to, and so much more. W...

We sit down with ODU Men's Basketball head coach Jeff Jones to talk about practice officially tipping off, analytics, playing 4 guards and a lot more. For more information on how to donate to Old Dominion Athletics please visit https://www.olddominionaf.com/ For basketball specific giving please visit https://www.olddominionaf.com/giving/sport-specific-giving/mens-basketball/

The fellas breakdown the narrow 10-9 win over Texas A&M-Commerce. We discuss the anemic offense, five turnovers, a quarterback change, and an explosive performance by WR Kelby Williams. Luckily, the defense flexes and saves the day. Once we bury this game forever, we move on and discuss the upcoming game at Marshall and ODU's path to victory against the 3-0 Herd. We shout out a cool visit by C...

The fellas sit down to dissect what went right and wrong against the Demon Deacons and look ahead to the homecoming game against Texas A&M-Commerce. Please visit our new website. We have lots of original Monarchists content for everyone to enjoy at www.odumonarchists.com Please subscribe to our podcast on your favorite podcast app. We appreciate your five star ratings and reviews. It helps fol...

Holy schnikes! After a fireworks filled Saturday night, Mike, Gary, and Aaron sit down and talk about the renaissance of ODU's offense, opportunities on defense, this week's difficult game versus Wake Forest, and so much more. Please visit our new website. We have lots of awesome original Monarchists content for everyone to enjoy at www.odumonarchists.com Please subscribe to our podcast on your fa...

Mike, Gary, and Aaron sit down and talk about the trip to Blacksburg to play Virginia Tech, the upcoming game in week 2 against the Cajuns, tailgates and so much more. If you have a moment, please visit our new website. We have lots of original Monarchists content for everyone to enjoy at www.odumonarchists.com Please subscribe to our podcast on your favorite podcast app. We appreciate your five s...

The Monarchists sit down with academic administrator, researcher, author and the ninth president of Old Dominion University, Brian O. Hemphill, Ph. D. We chat about the accomplishments of President Hemphill and his team over the last two years, status of the EVMS merger, a behind the scenes peek of the move to the Sun Belt Conference, the extension of Athletic Director, Dr. Wood Selig, and so much...

Monarch Nation . . . ODU Football is BACK! Mike, Gary, and Aaron sit down and talk about off-season roster movement, camp, all phases of this year's football team, and then we look at the big road game in Blacksburg this Saturday. We also give our predictions for the game and the season ahead. If you have a moment, please visit our new website. We have lots of original Monarchists content for ever...

Kicking off year 2 of The Monarchists Basketball Show, we sit down with ODU Men's Basketball head coach Jeff Jones. We close the book on last season, talk about building this roster, putting together the non-conference schedule and so much more. For more information on how to donate to Old Dominion Athletics please visit https://www.olddominionaf.com/ For basketball specific giving please visit ht...

The Monarchists sit down with 2015 ODU Baseball pitching alum, Greg Tomchick. We talk about his journey at ODU, the impact Coach Finwood made on him, being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals, living in the minor leagues, "failure fitness", Valor Cybersecurity, the cyber security business he continues to build with two fellow ODU alums right here int he 757, and so much more! To learn more about Va...

Mike and Aaron welcome Dr. Wood Selig back to the show. Dr. Selig updates Monarch Nation on the latest on renovations to The Bud for ODU Baseball, when construction is expected to begin, potential venues to play during construction. We also chat about: upgrades to athletic facilities and student athlete amenities television and streaming coverage NIL and collectives (you'll like this one) fan subm...

The Monarchists sit down with one of ODU's Football best ever offensive linemen and current Los Angeles Charger, Isaac Weaver. We discuss his first year in the NFL, preparation for year two, fast food hamburgers, he educates Aaron on what "Animal Style" is, what Isaac's ideal NIL deal would be if he were still at Old Dominion, and so much more. For more information on how to donate to Old Dominion...

In this episode of the Monarchists, ODU baseball photographer CB Wilkins comes back to the show to recap the 2023 ODU Baseball. We discuss what what went well this season, where we stumbled, and why the future is bright for Old Dominion Baseball. #DollarsForDingers. If you're not following CB on twitter, make that change today at https://twitter.com/cbwilkinsODU If you want to hire CB for your spo...

In part three of our Bud Bomber series, the Monarchists catch up with ODU baseball's slick fielding, base stealing, center fielder Thomas Wheeler. We talk about his recruitment, scouting reports, timing pitchers, his teammates and so much more! For more information on how to donate to Old Dominion Athletics please visit https://www.olddominionaf.com/ For baseball specific giving please visit https...

In part two of our Bud Bomber series, the Monarchists catch up with ODU baseball designated hitter and first baseman Jake Ticer. We talk about his recruitment, hitting dingers at the Bud, his teammates and so much more! Follow Hunter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeTicer2 Follow Hunter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jticer13/ For more information on how to donate to Old Dominion Athle...

In part one of our Bud Bomber series, the Monarchists catch up with ODU baseball first basemen Hunter Fitz-Gerald. We talk about his recruitment, hitting dingers at the Bud, his teammates and so much more! Follow Hunter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hunterfitz5 Follow Hunter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunter.fitz For more information on how to donate to Old Dominion Athletics please...

What a great way to celebrate the podcast's one year anniversary and 50th episode ! The Monarchists sit down with Jay Ingram, author of “Monarchs: Bud Metheny, Old Dominion Baseball, and the Foundational 1960s Championship Teams” , and ODU Hall of Famer, Wayne Parks and talk about Bud Metheny and the foundations of Old Dominion Baseball. All proceeds of "Monarchs" go to a baseball scholarship endo...

The Monarchists catch up with ODU football coach Ricky Rahne. We revisit the "Fancy Big Mac", recap the 2022 season, recent coaching changes, Spring football, the latest around the program, recruiting, a little ODU Baseball, an awesome story about the latest canine addition to the Rahne household, and so much more! If you have a moment, please take the time to support the great work of Coach Rahne...

The Monarchists sit down with former Old Dominion Basketball Head Coach Blaine Taylor. We take a walk down memory lane discussing some of our favorite ODU March Madness memories from both the NCAA and CAA tournament. For more information on how to donate to Old Dominion Athletics please visit https://www.olddominionaf.com/

On the fourteenth installment of The Monarchists Basketball Show, we sit down with ODU Men's Basketball head coach Jeff Jones and sophomore guard D'Angelo Stines. We recap the home sweep of Southern Miss and Marshall and preview the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. We discuss D'Angelo's game, recruitment, shooting mechanics, his teammates and so much more. Follow D'Angelo on Instagram: https://www....

On the fourteenth installment of The Monarchists Basketball Show, we sit down with ODU Men's Basketball head coach Jeff Jones and freshman guard Jadin Johnson. We recap the road trip against James Madison and App State and preview the final home stand versus Southern Miss and Marshall. We discuss Jadin's game, shooting mechanics, his teammates and so much more. Follow Jadin on Instagram: https://w...

In this episode of the Monarchists, ODU baseball photographer CB Wilkins comes back to the show to preview 2023 ODU Baseball. Old faces, new faces, and what Monarch fans can look forward to this season. #DollarsForDingers. If you're not following CB on twitter, make that change today at https://twitter.com/cbwilkinsODU If you want to hire CB for your sports photography needs, you can contact him o...