The Fish Cast

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By: Charles Fishbein, Chris Demarest, Corey Long

Talent scout Charles Fishbein, 20-year college football coach Chris Demarest and veteran journalist Corey Long talk shop with some of the game’s top coaches and brightest minds and discuss the pressing issues facing college football and college football recruiting.

Keiwan Ratliff Joins the FishCast
04/01/2025

0:00 We're Back!

5:30 Keiwan Ratliff tells his story & more!

40:25 Closing out with some news

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Jason Staples Discusses FSU Coaching Hires & More (Taped 12-3)
12/05/2024

It was a long season in Tallahassee and it's finally come to an in. What happened there and are new coordinators Gus Malzahn and Tony White going to be able to help fix it. Jason Staples joins the Fishcast to break down the new hires and the season that was.

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Indiana OC/QB Coach Tino Sunseri Joins the Fishcast!
11/15/2024

Tino Sunseri is a rising star in the coaching ranks. He's learned under Nick Saban, Jimbo Fisher, Paul Chryst, Mike Norvell, Todd Graham, Dave Wannestedt and others. His father, Sal, has had a 30+-year career as a coach in college football.

Sunseri talks about growing up in a football family, always wanting to be a coach and what he's learned from some of the greats.

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11/15 Open: The axe falls at Florida State
11/15/2024

Fish and Corey discuss staff changes at FSU. Who's gone? What's yet to come? What should Mike Norvell look for in his new staffers.

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9/16: Christopher Stock from Inside the U Talks Hurricanes
09/18/2024

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9/16 Week 3 Recep/Open: Disaster Strikes in Gainesville & Tallahassee
09/18/2024

0:00 Open

1:00 "This is not a very good UF team"

4:00 "I don't know if [Napier] will get fired anytime soon"

10:15 "You can't be this incompetent as a coach and a staff"

15:10 "I'm going to theHeartland for Florida's next coach"

23:00 "At this point 4-8 doesn't sound so bad [at FSU]"

33:30 "College football is no longer a coaching thing, it's a talent acquistion thing.'




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8/29 Lee Stirling talks betting. win totals & more!
08/29/2024

Paramount Sports analyst and AL.com betting columnist Lee Stirling joins the Fishcast to talk about Miami vs. Florida. Why is it a big game for both teams, both coaches and who's going to win!

Also, why Lee is bullish on USF, UCF and FAU.

And he gives us a FREE PLAY!

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8/29 Cold Open -- FSU Falls; Miami-Florida on Tap
08/29/2024

Fish & Corey talk about FSU's loss to Georgia Tech. How can the Seminoles bounce back?

What Miami-Florida could look like? Will DJ Lagway play? Can the Hurricanes live up to the expectations.

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Jason Staples is here!
08/16/2024

Week Zero is less than a week away and the Florida State Seminoles are heading to Ireland to take on Georgia Tech. The Fishcast tracked down the great Jason Staples to talk about the Seminoles' prospects this season. How good will the new offense be? Can DJU put it all together? Where are the potential pitfalls on the schedule.

(NOTE: There are some small technical difficultiesduring this episode and we apologize for inconvenience])



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Mid-August Cold Open
08/16/2024

0:00 TEAM USA Dominates Track and Basketball at the Paris Olympics

4:20 First thoughts on Caleb Williams

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The FishCast CFB Preview Part II
08/01/2024

0:00 Who can make noise in the ACC

3:30 Miami's best roster

7:15 Figuring out Clemson

14:45 Can FSU survive personnel turnoveer

24:45 The best of the rest in the SEC

29:45 Can Florida get to a bowl game?

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The FishCast CFB Preview Part 1
08/01/2024

0:00 Summer Recap

2:00 Meeting at USF Camp in Tampa

5:20 Trainiing Camps have started!

8:50 Kansas and K-State surging in the Big XII

16:25 Is Lincoln Riley/James Franklin on the hot seat in the Big Ten


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Franchise, Starter, Backup or Bust (2024 QB Draft Edition)
05/07/2024

Fish and Corey predict which quarterbacks drafted in the 2024 will have success and which ones will struggle.

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Cormani McClain, Colorado and the transfer portal
05/07/2024

Fish talks about who should bear responsibility for the split between Cormani McCalin and Colorado. Meanwhile Corey wonders why prospects from one of Florida's top high school programs struggle in college.

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Caitlin Clark Greatness, Spring Games & More
04/12/2024

Corey and Fish talk about Caitlin Clark and if the best ever needs to win a championship. Plus the difficulties of winning a championship in general. Then they talk about the Miami and Florida spring games happening this weekend and what they would like to see from each program.

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The Fishcast Closes Out February
02/27/2024

The odds for 2024 National Champion are already out and you wouldn't believe who's No. 1 ...actually you probably would. Also Fish and Corey talk about Drew Allar taking the next side and Teddy Bridgewater returning home.

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The Fishcast Talks Caleb Williams Hot Takes and 2024 QB Draft
02/27/2024

A former website recruitinik has a crazy hot take on Caleb Williams and Fish is willing to offer him a response he can't refuse. And then we get into some other QB discussions including where Jayden Daniels fits in and where Spencer Rattler might land.

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The Fishcast Talks Playoffs & More
02/27/2024

College football has a 12-team playoff...until 2026 when it probably becomes 14 or 16 teams. Corey thinks it's junk because the playoff committee is flawed. Fish talks about camp season, Ohio State's joke of a schedule and what's left of the Pac-12.

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The Fishcast Closes Out a Wild December
01/07/2024

What a December, from the the CFP snubbing FSU to FSU snubbing the playoffs. Miami wins early signing day. Does Lagway give Florida hope? USF wins in Golesh's first yet. All this and more!

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James Tarquin Talks NIL with the Fishcast
01/07/2024

James Tarquin has a unique perspective on the NIL, both as an attorney and as a current parent of a student-athlete in a major college football program.

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CFP Rankings Breakdown: FSU Out? ESPN Begins its push for Alabama
11/23/2023

The new CFP rankings came out. Fish and Corey talk about the committee's ways to eliminate FSU and ESPN's push to include Alabama

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Jordan Travis Injury, Legacy & FSU-Florida Thoughts
11/23/2023

Fish and Corey talk about the Jordan Travis injury and what it means for FSU. What's Travis' legacy at FSU and how the FSU-Florida game changes with both teams going to backup quarterbacks.

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The Fishcast Takes on the CFP Top 4 (Who's In, Who's Out)
10/31/2023

0:00 Intro

1:30 Time for the CFP Rankings

2:00 Fish gives his Top 4

4:40 Fish predicts the selection committee's Top 4

5:35 The Oregon Discussion

6:30 The Ohio State Discussion

11:00 Making fun of the Big Ten competitive balance beyond the Big Three

13:20 The Michigan Discussion

14:15 The Georgia Discussion

17:30 The Florida State discussion

22:45 What's missing with Florida State





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Fish: "I think {Colorado] is going to have a playoff team in 2-3 years"
09/27/2023

Fish and Corey catch up on Fish's busy schedule and youth sports parenting exploits. They also catch up on the month of college football and Colorado's future prospects.

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The Athletic's Manny Navarro
08/23/2023

0:00 Intro -- Ethan Fishbein hits the portal

1:50 Introducing Manny Navarro

2:45 Remembering Alex Collins

13:10 How are the Miami Hurricanes looking so far?

20:00 Manny discusses how Miami roster stacks up in the ACC

25:20 Miami and John Ruiz's fading NIL influence

29:50 Has FSU re-established itself as a recruiting powerhouse?

36:40 Can Billy Napier climb his way out of the hole at Florida?

43:15 Can the ACC survive this latest round of conference realignment?

51:00 Where does Notre Dame end up?

1:02:25 College football needs to expand...


Over/Unders with Lee Sterling!
08/11/2023

You know the college football season is near when Lee Sterling from Paramount Sports (www.paramountsports.com) comes on the show! The Fishcast's resident handicapper has watched 109 spring games (!!) and now he's talking about projected win totals.


0:00 Intro

4:41 Lee has watched how many spring games?

7:12 Will the Miami Hurricanes be better than expected?

12:25 Things might get a little ugly in Gainesvillle this year.

19;30 Is Florida State a lock for +9.5 wins?

30:00 Lee has some real concerns about UCF in the Big XII

37:10 Can...


The Fishcast Welcomes Alex Golesh!
07/27/2023

Intro - 0:00

Introducing Coach Golesh -- 1:15

Coach Golesh discusses his upbringing, cutting his teeth working the Ohio State youth camp -- 1:40

What did he take from his time at Tennessee, getting in the national spotlight -- 8:55

Re-creating USF football in his image, recruiting the right kids -- 13:30

Where does Coach Golesh want to focus his recruting base -- 22:20

Let's talk about that new USF on-campus stadium -- 26:50

How did Fish miss the Sling & Shoot this year? -- 32:20

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We're Talking Recruiting!
07/12/2023

NOTE: This was taped Sunday night, before Florida received commitments from offensive lineman Fletcher Westphal and defensive lineman Kendall Jackson. We will address those commits in an upcoming episode.  


0:00 Intro


1:08 UCF lands top TE Kylan Fox


3:50 Breaking down UCF's rise in recruiting


15:35 Hurricanes land OL Deryc Plazz out of Jacksonville.


18:10 Miami heads to Chicagoland for elite EDGE prospect


20:15 Mario Cristobal begins re-shaping Miami's roster


27:15 FS...


Talking Gator Recruiting, UCF in Big XII, Miami from 2007-2015
07/01/2023

O:OO Intro & Camp Update

6:45 Gators get hot on the trail

12:05 Miami Grabs a local linebacker

15:00 Do Facilities still matter in the world of NIL?

18:55 Trent Dilfer threatens coaches for tampering.

27:35 UCF getting some love from the magazines

36:30 "What happened to Segment": A deep look at Miami from 2007-2015

58:40 Final plugs. Check out FloridaFTBL.blogspot.com

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Summer Season is Here
06/04/2023

0:00 Introduction


1:05 Camp Season 2023! Where is Fish going?


11:40 Miami Central might be better than ever


14:45 Memories of Teddy Bridgewater


17:30 The summer season in college football


19:45 ESPN's 75 Best QBs of the 2000s thoughts: Jameis underrated. Kyle Trask makes the top 50? Tebow changed the game. Someone thinks Vince Young wasn't good?


34:35 Omissions. No Quinton Flowers? No McKenzie Milton?


37:30 Fish does a recruiting rundown on some recent commits.<...


The Fishcast Talks the NFL Draft
04/27/2023

0:00 Intro

1:00 Revisiting top NFL draft picks from their high school days.

3:00 Running a mock draft simulator: Bryce Young or Anthony Richardson?

10:45 Should the Texans stick with Stroud or look elsewhere?

16:15 Which quarterback should the Colts take at No. 4

20:00 Why we don't trust Will Levis

24:55 Would you take Bijan Robinson in the top 10?

29:23 Fish talks his favorites in this year's draft

36:04 Goodbyes

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Canes County's Frank Tucker Joins the Fishcast!
04/06/2023

0:00 Intro

3:40 It's been a quiet spring

6:30 Talking some NCAA basketball

13:00 Frank Tucker is having internet problems

14:30 Fish breaks down a recent FSU QB commit

16:15 Frank Tucker breaks down Miami's spring season

37:10 All is quiet in Gainesville

44:45 Outro

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Ceilings and Floors (spring edition)
03/06/2023

0:00 Opening, Fish is still sick. 


1:10 The future of FSU, Clemson, the ACC and their money issues.


14:45 Let's go to ceilings and floors!


16:00 Is 12-0 in the cards for the Seminoles?


25:25 Will youth serve the Hurricanes well in 2023?


31:50 UCF's first year in the Big XII might be rough.


42:30 Will a weakened AAC schedule help USF?


50:00 A second bad year could spell big trouble for Napier


We're Back and ready to kick off 2023
02/10/2023

0:00 Intro


2:33 Catching up on January and recapping the Georgia/TCU Final


13:50 What happened to National Signing Day?


21:55 FSU is officially a transfer portal team


27:30 Best team that didn't win a national title at Florida/FSU/Miami 


45:19 Closing

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Early Signing Day 2022
12/23/2022

Fish and Corey offer an unedited Fishcast while producer Jestin is dealing with computer problems. No matter it's the Early Signing Period. Is ESD working? If not can it be fixed? How did the state teams do? Will top defensive back Cormani McClain sign?

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Intro and Recapping a wild Week 12
11/25/2022

Fish and Corey have an open chat about the football week, how fans need to get past "ugly wins", and why Jim Harbaugh proved that sometimes going for the field goal is the right move.

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Jason Staples is back!
11/03/2022

Jason Staples from Inside Carolina and the Unconquered Podcast returns to the Fishcast to talk Florida State football, the draft future of Drake Maye and what needs to happen for Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M. It's a great listen.

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USF may need to move past Jeff Scott (Taped Oct. 7)
10/17/2022

Jeff Scott has not been able to get much going at USF and the program is in flux. Where should they look to next?

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Auburn Coaching Search: Urban or Franklin? (Taped October 7)
10/17/2022

Fish and Corey talk about the Auburn job. Bryan Harsin is almost sure to be a goner, but who's next. Corey tosses a couple of controversial names at Fish.

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Fish and Corey make some picks on Week 7 games.
10/14/2022

Fish and Corey take a look at Week 7 games and explain if Tennessee has an upset in the works against Alabama and how are the Florida Gators on pace to go 5-2. All that and much much more. 

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