Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth

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Yogi Roth and Ashley Adamson are live at the Rose bowl for media day as they preview "The Granddaddy Of Them All." They talk about Justin Herbert's touching video tribute and what Mario Cristobal has done with the Oregon Ducks program. The Big 10 Network's Mike Hall also stops by to breakdown the Wisconsin badgers. The three broadcasters give their insight and explain what the entire Rose Bowl exp...

Peter Burns and Yogi Roth talk about the state of college football, the comparison of the SEC and Pac-12 conferences, and the College Football Playoff. Burns has been an SEC Network Host for ESPN since 2014, regularly hosting the news and information show, SEC Now. Burns also travels around the SEC to cover live events across all sports as he has hosted SEC Now at the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Colleg...

Matt Hasselbeck has gone from playing backyard football with Peyton and Eli Manning to throwing for 212 touchdown passes in 17 NFL seasons to broadcasting primetime College and NFL Football. Now he opens up about every part of his journey and where it has taken him on the latest episode of the Yogi Roth Show. Listen to this whole episode to hear this man's stories, teammates that shaped him, mento...

Yes, you may know Ricky Williams as a Heisman Trophy-winning running back at the University of Texas in 1998 and the 5th overall pick in the 1999 NFL draft by Mike Ditka and the New Orleans Saints. He amassed over 10,000 yards and 66 touchdowns in his NFL career, was suspended multiple times after testing positive for marijuana and was given the nickname “Ricky Weirdo” at one point. What you may n...

In front of a live audience, Yogi Roth sat down with future Hall of Famer Antonio Gates as they talked about his journey and successes as a record-setting tight end for the San Diego and Los Angeles Chargers. Gates never played a down of college football, but he was a star basketball player at Kent State University, leading his team to the 2002 Elite Eight and averaging over 20 points per game in...

Rachel Baribeau has proven herself versatile not only as a sports reporter but as a catalyst for social change. She recognized that becoming the first female reporter to participate in a professional football training camp gave her unique insights into how women are regarded in the sports industry today. Then she gifted those insights back into the industry through her #ChangingtheNarrative moveme...

In front of a live audience, Yogi Roth sat down with Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson, former NFL WR Curtis Conway and former NFL player/scout & current NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks. They shared their unique journeys to becoming elite athletes and professionals and how the importance of ‘Team’ was always more meaningful than their own individual statistics. This event was in collaborat...

Jedd Fisch joined the Yogi Roth show and talked about his journey and where his coaching career has taken him. Fisch never played high school football but rather started as an all-state tennis player in New Jersey and utilized his grit and passion to get a job at Florida under Steve Spurrier. Fisch then watched his career take off as he has had coaching stops with the Houston Texans, Baltimore Rav...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visits the Oregon State Beavers. Jonathan Smith has gone from a record-setting QB at Oregon State to a QB coach with the Washington Huskies and now the Beavers head coach and leader. He joined the podcast and went down memory lane as he shares his plan to build his beloved program back to prominence. Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast / ...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visits the Oregon Ducks, as Yogi sits down with head coach Mario Cristobal to talk about the impressive list of guest speakers he has introduced to his players, retaining an excellent staff, and the importance of sleep. Senior captain LB Troy Dye shares his thoughts on Oregon's chemistry, competitiveness and how “iron sharpens iron.” Tyler S...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visits UCLA. Host Yogi Roth dives into the long and winding journeys of three special players on a Bruins team that is carrying 87 freshmen and sophomores on their roster. Senior LB Josh Woods tells Yogi about the struggles and perseverance he has had to endure after coming back from a career-threatening injury. Martell Irby, a talented soph...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visits Southern California as host Yogi Roth sits down with head coach Clay Helton to chat about a Trojan team that feels like they are a well-kept secret in the PAC-12. Yogi then asks St. Brown and Pittman Jr. what the integration of the air raid offense has been like under new OC Graham Harrell. The star receivers also open up about their...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visits The Washington Huskies, the reigning PAC-12 Champions. Host Yogi Roth was able to sit down at Husky Stadium with head coach Chris Petersen as he discussed the competitive depth and fresh faces on the roster. Yogi then chats with Salvon Ahmed, one of the most dynamic athletes in the nation who happens to be a musician off the field. Al...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour rolls on as Yogi and his PAC-12 Networks broadcast partner Ted Robinson visit Palo Alto, home of the Stanford Cardinal. As David Shaw enters his 9th season as Stanford's head coach, he talks about the Cardinal's leadership and revamped defense. Ted and Yogi also chat with Senior Quarterback K.J. Costello, who describes his progression as a p...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour went north to visit the Washington State Cougars, who are coming off a historic season under head coach Mike Leach. Yogi was able to sit down with offensive line coach Mason Miller and break down the OL in the Air Raid, star wide receiver Easop Winston Jr who has a powerful path to Pullman and defensive lineman Misiona Aiolupotea-pei whose b...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visited the Cal Bears. Yogi and Pac-12 Networks host/reporter Ashley Adamson were able to sit down with head coach Justin Wilcox, QB Chase Garbers and All-American linebacker Evan Weaver to discuss the growth of their program, the excitement around competing this fall and what Evan Weaver did on his recent 21st birthday. Visit https://www.yo...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visited the Arizona State Sun Devils during training camp at the famed Camp Tontozona. There, Yogi was able to sit down with head coach Herm Edwards, recent Hall of Fame inductee Kevin Mawae and Jayden Daniels, who will be the first freshman QB to start week 1 in ASU history. Also, star linebacker Darien Butler shares how he arrived in Tempe...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visited the Arizona Wildcats where host Yogi Roth sat down with senior cornerback Jace Whittaker, who took a non-traditional path to Tucson, as he was a greyshirt athlete coming out of high school. He details what drove him and what he expects from his final season in college football. Jill Savage of the Pac-12 Networks also joins Yogi to sh...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visited the Colorado Buffaloes where host Yogi Roth sat down with first year Head Coach Mel Tucker, QB Steven Montez, LB Nate Landman, assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Darrin Chiaverini and star wide receivers Laviska Shenault Jr and K.D. Nixon. Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes. The Yogi R...

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour stopped at the University of Utah to preview the Pac-12 conference pre-season favorites. Interviews include Head Coach Kyle Whittingham, WR Britain Covey and defensive backs Julian Blackmon and Jaylon Johnson. Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes. The Yogi Roth Show also continues to partner with Kona...

How Great Is Ball?! Yes, college football is finally here as is Season 5 of The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball kicks off. Yogi shares a description of what to expect this fall, a recap of his Bali wedding with special guest and wife Amy (if you love dogs, check out her company KindTail at www. KindTail.com ), and much more. Be sure to subscribe, rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, S...

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Coming just after the 2019 NBA Finals, I'm pleased to share this conversation with NBA Hall of Famer and Lakers star Elgin Baylor. Baylor was drafted first overall in 1958 by the then Minneapolis Lakers. He was named Rookie of the Year and only continued to improve throughout his career, being named NBA All-Star 11 times. In 1962 Baylor scored 61 points in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, a scoring recor...

Hear from Derek Fisher, the former LA Lakers point guard and current Head Coach of the LA Sparks of the WNBA. A key piece of the championship Lakers teams that included Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, Fisher was drafted by the Lakers out of Arkansas-Little Rock after earning the Sun Belt conference Player of the Year award in 1996. In addition to racking up 5 championships and plenty of NBA play...