Ballfields & Blackboards

About Ballfields & Blackboards

Where fan and academic perspectives meet with a lighthearted touch. We are professors in economics and marketing in the Gordon College of Business at Western Kentucky University with extensive study of sports, and we are also lifelong sports fans.

Publisher

Brian Goff

Category

business · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jan 2019

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

78 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026

   September 2026 -- NFL in Australia, Back-up QBs, & Overlooking Trinidad Chambliss

   This month we discuss whether it makes sense for the NFL to play games all over the globe, how much teams should invest in backup quarterbacks and other backups, and how players with the ability of Trinidad Chambliss or Brock Purdy continue to be overlooked in this era of intensive scouting.

2. 

   17 Aug 2026

   August 2026 -- NFL & College Football Preview

   Host John Doe and guest Jane Smith, an NFL analyst, dissect NFL and college football championship predictions, coaching pipelines, and NCAA NIL legislation.

3. 

   28 Jul 2026

   July 2026 -- World Cup Review & Evaluating American Youth Sports

   Host David Epstein interviews phenom Cooper Lutkenhaus about the World Cup's off-field impacts and the hyper-specialization of American youth sports.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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