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| The New Normal: The Lions and Vikings showed us 4th downs ain't what they used to be | 07 Jan 2025 | 00:17:43 | |
Tuesdays on "The Call Sheet Daily" are titled "The New Normal," where Coach Smith looks at new trends and styles in the ever-changing game of football. This week, he examines how attitudes towards 4th down have shifted, with Week 18's contest between the Lions and Vikings as evidence.
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| Openers: The repercussions of NFL Black Monday | 06 Jan 2025 | 00:19:01 | |
Welcome to The Call Sheet Daily with Coach Kevin Smith, a podcast running Monday-Friday examining current news in the football world as well as scheme, culture, and coaching insight. Mondays on the show are "Openers," where we dissect an issue that will define the week ahead. Today, we look at "Black Monday," which is the annual firing of coaches across the league, and its repercussions.
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| The Call Sheet w/ Kevin Smith: NFL playoff contenders vs pretenders and the evolution of the NFL QB | 30 Dec 2024 | 00:41:50 | |
The NFL game is ever-evolving, and no position highlights this change like the quarterback position. What does the future of the position look like, and are we seeing it right now?
Also, who are some Contenders vs. Pretenders in the NFL Playoff Picture?
Join FFSN's resident coach, K.T. Smith reviewing all things NFL on Episode 88 of The Call Sheet on the Fans First Sports Network.
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: North Dakota State's Stick-Draw RPO was a thing of beauty | 08 Jan 2025 | 00:21:13 | |
On Wednesdays, "The Call Sheet Daily" does a "Whiteboard Wednesday" segment where Coach Smith discusses his favorite scheme from the past week's games. Today, he looks at a Stick-Draw RPO used by North Dakota State in their FCS Championship victory over Montana State on Monday night. His guest his Coach Paul Callahan, one of the most successful offensive play-callers in southern New Jersey.
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| The Portal: Can James Franklin silence his critics with a win against Notre Dame? | 09 Jan 2025 | 00:21:44 | |
On Thursdays on "The Call Sheet Daily," we run a segment called "The Portal," which focuses on college football. Our guest today is FFSN contributor and long-time Penn State analyst John Simpson, who will make the case that James Franklin can re-write his legacy and silence his critics by leading Penn State to a win in tonight's Orange Bowl over Notre Dame.
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| The Friday Forecast: Who needs a strong post-season the most -- Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson or Mike Tomlin? | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:21:09 | |
On Fridays, "The Call Sheet Daily" delivers its "Friday Forecast," which previews the upcoming weekend in the NFL. Today, we examine the careers of Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and Mike Tomlin, and discuss what this weekend's NFL Wild card games mean to their respective legacies.
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| Openers: Taking stock of the NFL teams eliminated from playoff contention during Wild Card weekend | 13 Jan 2025 | 00:20:56 | |
On Mondays, Coach Kevin Smith hosts a segment called "Openers," which examines the top stories in the world of football that week. Today, his "state of the franchise" analysis of the teams who were eliminated from playoff contention during NFL Wild Card weekend reveals that four teams should feel pretty good about where they stand, while one has major questions to address.
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| The New Normal: As the NFL expands its brand, does it risk oversaturating the market? | 14 Jan 2025 | 00:22:56 | |
On Tuesdays, Coach Kevin Smith does a feature on his "Call Sheet Daily" podcast titled "The New Normal." This segment looks at changes in the ever-evolving game of football, both on and off the field. Today's segment features guest Ken Wisnefski, the founder and CEO of the Fans First Sports Network, as Ken and Coach Smith discuss the consequences of the league's expanding television market.
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: Why defending Baltimore's Zone-Read concept is so tricky | 15 Jan 2025 | 00:21:10 | |
Our mid-week show on "The Call Sheet Daily" is entitled "Whiteboard Wednesday," where Coach Smith and a guest break down a popular scheme in modern football. On today's episode, Jim Harritopulos, a longtime head coach and defensive coordinator in southern New Jersey, joins Coach to explain the Zone Read scheme and how defenses attempt to slow it down.
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| The Portal: Notre Dame football alumnus Lionel Bolen discusses what a national championship would mean for the Irish | 16 Jan 2025 | 00:20:33 | |
On Thursdays on "The Call Sheet Daily" we enter "The Portal," where our focus is on college football. Today, Lionel Bolen, the current head football coach at Eastern High School in southern New Jersey and a former Notre Dame football player, joins Coach Smith to discuss his experience at Notre Dame, its storied tradition, and what a victory in Monday night's championship game against Ohio State would mean for the program.
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| The Portal: Analyzing Ohio State's championship run, with special guest Shawn "Big G" Gurley | 23 Jan 2025 | 00:22:45 | |
On Thursdays on The Call Sheet Daily we enter "The Portal" to talk college football. Today, our discussion centers on the factors that allowed the Ohio State Buckeyes to claim the ninth national championship in their history, and the first-ever title in the 12-team playoff era.
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: From Joe Gibbs to Chip Kelly, the counter-gap scheme continues to thrive | 22 Jan 2025 | 00:22:23 | |
"Whiteboard Wednesday" is our mid-week feature on "The Call Sheet Daily," where we open the playbook and break down some of the more interesting schemes in the game of football. Today, Coach Smith and his guest, Paul Callahan, delve into the counter-gap scheme and show how it remains one of the most user-friendly concepts in football.
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| The New Normal: The first year of the 12-team college football playoff was a success... sort of. | 21 Jan 2025 | 00:18:45 | |
On Tuesdays on "The Call Sheet Daily," we do an episode titled "The New Normal," which looks at changes in the game of football. Today, our focus is on the 12-team playoff the NCAA college football committee debuted this season, and how it fared.
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| Openers: Could Jayden Daniels and the Commanders really win the Super Bowl? | 20 Jan 2025 | 00:19:16 | |
4-13 a year ago, the Washington Commanders are now just two wins from a Super Bowl title. How did we get here, and do they have a realistic shot? Join Coach Kevin Smith for a discussion on Washington's rapid ascension to the league's upper echelon.
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| Friday Forecast: Best bets for this weekend's NFL playoff games, with Pez from Pez's Picks | 17 Jan 2025 | 00:25:53 | |
On Fridays at "The Call Sheet Daily" we do the "Friday Forecast," which previews the upcoming slate of NFL games. Today, Pez from Pez's Picks provides his insight on the best betting lines for the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs.
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| Friday Forecast: Bills vs. Commanders is the Super Bowl America Needs | 24 Jan 2025 | 00:19:59 | |
On Friday's on The Call Sheet Daily we do the Forecast, which previews the upcoming weekend in football. Today, Coach Smith discusses the upcoming NFL conference championship games, and makes the case for why a Bills-Commanders Super Bowl would be the redemption story America needs to see.
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| The New Normal: The challenges of officiating as the game of football evolves | 28 Jan 2025 | 00:22:19 | |
On Tuesdays, Kevin Smith examines "The New Normal," meaning changes or innovations that are affecting the game of football. Today, Leon Daniels, a long-time referee at the high school and college level, joins the coach to discuss the challenges referees face as they attempt to officiate a sport in transition.
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| Openers: America hates the Chiefs. How did it get this way? | 27 Jan 2025 | 00:21:54 | |
Monday mornings on The Call Sheet Daily are for "openers," where Coach Kevin Smith weighs in on the lead stories of the week. Today, he examines how the once-loveable Kansas City Chiefs have become one of America's most disliked franchises, and why so many fans will be rooting against them in the Super Bowl.
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: How the Chiefs defense buried the Bills with the blitz | 29 Jan 2025 | 00:22:33 | |
Whiteboard Wednesday on The Call Sheet Daily is our opportunity to dive in to the X-and-Os of the game of football. Today, Coach Smith is joined by Coach Sean Matthews to analyze how Kansas City used a pair of well-executed blitzes to finish off the Buffalo Bills and win their fourth straight AFC championship game.
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| The Portal: Welcome to the new college football, America's latest year-round sport. | 30 Jan 2025 | 00:20:52 | |
On Thursdays, Coach Kevin Smith enters "The Portal," for his weekly college football discussion. Today, the conversation centers on how the off-season has disappeared in college football, and how the confluence of the transfer portal, NIL money, conference realignment and the expanded playoff system has turned it into a year-round sport.
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| Friday Forecast: Three football fans reflect on five decades of devotion to their team | 31 Jan 2025 | 00:28:48 | |
The Friday Forecast on The Call Sheet Daily looks at the weekend ahead on the NFL calendar. With no games on this bye week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl, Coach Smith takes a deep dive on the meaning of fandom with his lifelong friends, Gary Ricci and Wayne Mazzoni.
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: What factors do coaches consider when constructing an offense? | 12 Mar 2025 | 00:27:00 | |
Kevin Smith is joined by Andrew Daley, head football coach at Gateway Regional (NJ) High School, for a Whiteboard Wednesday discussion on the factors coaches consider when building an offense
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| Is Aaron Rodgers the most polarizing figure in professional sports? | 11 Mar 2025 | 00:22:30 | |
Today, Coach Smith weighs in on the potential landing spots for Aaron Rodgers in NFL free agency, and examines the factors that have made him one of the most polarizing figures in professional sports
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| How will NFL teams proceed with the demand for franchise quarterbacks outweighing the supply? | 25 Feb 2025 | 00:20:38 | |
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| Openers: Lessons learned over the course of a fourteen-year head coaching career | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:24:52 | |
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| The inexact science of scouting college football players | 21 Feb 2025 | 00:23:06 | |
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| The best and worst experiences from 30 years of attending football clinics | 20 Feb 2025 | 00:22:00 | |
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: How offenses use tempo to stress their opponents | 19 Feb 2025 | 00:27:33 | |
Veteran coach Steve Scanlon joins Kevin Smith for this week's "Whiteboard Wednesday" feature, where they discuss the various forms of tempo offenses use, and the challenges they present to a defense.
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| The New Normal: Bill Belichick aims to create the NFL's "33rd team" at North Carolina | 18 Feb 2025 | 00:28:34 | |
University of North Carolina quarterbacks' coach Matt Lombardi joins Kevin Smith to discuss how Bill Belichick's approach to program-building may create a "new normal" in college football.
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| Openers: A President's Day Mount Rushmore of the greatest NFL players | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:23:22 | |
Join Coach Kevin Smith as he does a President's Day tribute to the NFL by building a Mount Rushmore of the four greatest football players ever to play the game.
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| How do you establish great culture in a football program? | 14 Feb 2025 | 00:30:00 | |
Join Kevin Smith and his guest, Jim Murphy, a former championship-winning coach from Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia, as they discuss the meaning of culture in a football program, and what it takes to create a great one.
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| The Portal: Evaluating the quarterback class in the 2025 NFL draft | 13 Feb 2025 | 00:23:08 | |
Coach Kevin Smith is joined today in "The Portal," our Thursday college football show on The Call Sheet Daily, by FFSN analyst Andrew Wilbar to break down the quarterback class in the 2025 NFL draft.
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: The Vic Fangio defensive system, and how it stifled the Chiefs | 12 Feb 2025 | 00:26:27 | |
Join FFSN's Kevin Smith and his guest, veteran coach Frank LaSasso, as they explain the evolution of Vic Fangio's defensive system, and how he implemented it to perfection in Philadelphia's Super Bowl win over the Chiefs.
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| The NFL is flush with cash, and players are getting PAID. How did it get this way? | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:20:30 | |
On today's "Call Sheet Daily" podcast, Coach Kevin Smith discusses the exploding NFL salary cap as teams prepare to spend massive sums of money in free agency
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| The New Normal: Running backs are back, and it's great for the game of football | 11 Feb 2025 | 00:22:05 | |
On Tuesdays, the "New Normal" looks at emerging trends in the game of football. Today, Coach Kevin Smith discusses the resurgence of the running back position, and what it means for the upcoming NFL draft.
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| Openers: Ranking the most dominant post-season teams of the past 25 years | 10 Feb 2025 | 00:22:15 | |
Join Coach Kevin Smith as he analyzes where Philadelphia's march to the Super Bowl 59 championship fits among the most dominant title runs of the past 25 seasons
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| Friday Forecast: Best bets and predictions for Super Bowl LIX, with Pez and Ken Wisnefski | 07 Feb 2025 | 00:32:50 | |
Coach Smith is joined by two of FFSN's best and brightest -- in-house gambling guru Bill Pesda from Pez's Picks, and FFSN CEO Ken Wisnefski -- to discuss the big game, the best available prop bets and their personal predictions.
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| The Portal: Which players upped their draft stock at the Shrine and Senior Bowls? | 06 Feb 2025 | 00:22:53 | |
Coach Kevin Smith is joined for The Call Sheet Daily's Thursday college football show by Brandyn Pokrass of Just League Winners, as they discuss the popularity of college showcase games, and the players who stood out at the Shrine and Senior Bowls.
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: How will the Chiefs defend Philadelphia's rushing attack in the Super Bowl? | 05 Feb 2025 | 00:25:52 | |
Join Coach Kevin Smith and his guest, long-time defensive coordinator Jim Harritopulos, for a "Whiteboard Wednesday" discussion in which they break down how Kansas City might try to slow down the vaunted Philadelphia rushing attack in Super Bowl 59.
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| The New Normal: Should Super Bowl Monday become a national holiday? | 04 Feb 2025 | 00:21:54 | |
In this week's "New Normal" conversation, Coach Kevin Smith is joined by Gloucester City, NJ councilman Ed Cilurso to discuss the social and economic implications of the Super Bowl, and whether the country should treat the game like a holiday.
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| Openers: Breaking down the coaching matchups that will define Super Bowl LIX | 03 Feb 2025 | 00:23:31 | |
Sirianni vs. Reid. Moore vs. Spagnuolo. Reid and Nagy vs. Fangio. Super Bowl LIX is loaded with coaching storylines. Join Coach Kevin Smith and his guest, Shane Haff from the Eagles Pin-and-Pull Network, as they break them down.
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| What are the keys to rebuilding a struggling football program? | 07 Mar 2025 | 00:28:39 | |
Atlantic City HS (NJ) head coach Keenan Wright joins Coach Smith to discuss the keys to rebuilding a struggling program, and how Keenan has revitalized football at ACHS.
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| What does the spy-thriller series "The Americans" teach us about the NFL off-season? | 06 Mar 2025 | 00:20:44 | |
On today's show, Coach Smith references the hit television series "The Americans" to draw parallels between Cold War-era espionage and the NFL off-season
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: Breaking down the wide receiver route tree | 05 Mar 2025 | 00:27:59 | |
Veteran coach Paul Callahan joins Coach Smith to discuss the wide receiver route tree, and why certain routes were emphasized at the NFL Scouting Combine
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| Notes from the Combine, Part Two: Separating fact from fiction at the Combine | 04 Mar 2025 | 00:25:04 | |
In part two on his trip to the NFL Scouting Combine, Coach Kevin Smith sorts through the media reports from Indianapolis to determine what's credible and what's speculation
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| Notes from the Combine, Part One: The best workouts and interviews in Indy | 03 Mar 2025 | 00:25:12 | |
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| Reflections on life in America on the long drive to Indianapolis | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:22:28 | |
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| Whiteboard Wednesday: Breaking down the odd and even defensive fronts | 26 Feb 2025 | 00:25:03 | |
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| A free agent's football journey, with former NFL quarterback Joe Callahan | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:26:08 | |
Former NFL quarterback Joe Callahan joins Kevin Smith to discuss his career as an undrafted free agent, and the lessons he learned playing with the likes of Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees
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| The Air Raid Offense, Part Two - with Sam Houston State head coach Phil Longo | 11 Apr 2025 | 00:35:24 | |
In Part Two of our series, Coach Smith interviews Sam Houston State head football coach Phil Longo about his long history of success running the Air Raid
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