Podcast appearances and mentions of Billy Cundiff

Billy Cundiff of Greystar talks parallels between NFL and CRE

In this episode of the Moonlight Graham Show, we turn our focus to a special kind of underdog – the often overlooked yet crucially important football kicker. Our guest, Keith Duncan, a former Iowa walk-on kicker known for his game-winning field goal against Nebraska, joins us to share his unique perspective on the sport. The inspiration for this episode struck as I watched the recent Iowa vs. Nebraska football game, witnessing another walk-on kicker step into the spotlight under immense pressure. It brought back memories of Keith's own dramatic experience, making him the perfect guest to discuss the intricacies and pressures of the role. Keith, now a colleague of mine, provides insider insights into the Iowa football season, including his thoughts on the Hawkeyes' performance and their chances in the upcoming Big Ten Championship game against Michigan. His reflections on the role of a kicker in football are particularly enlightening. In a sport often defined by physicality and machismo, the kicker, sometimes a smaller, less conspicuous player, can carry the weight of an entire team's hopes on their shoulders. Our discussion with Keith is not just about kicking field goals; it's about the mental and physical demands of the role, the journey of a walk-on player, and the singular moments when games – and sometimes entire seasons – hinge on one kick. Having previously hosted other notable kickers like Nate Kading and Billy Cundiff, Keith Duncan's addition to our roster of guests brings another layer of depth to understanding this critical position. This episode is sure to appeal not only to Iowa fans but to anyone intrigued by the nuances of college football and the stories of unsung heroes who emerge in the most pressure-filled moments. Join us for a compelling conversation with Keith Duncan, a moonlighter whose story captures the essence of precision, pressure, and the pivotal role of the kicker.

Marlon and the Ravens secure a W across the pond and come back to US Soil with some hysterical stories. The trade deadline is rapidly approaching and Marlon makes some predictions for who will be on the move. (0:49) Marlon's Mind (4:00) GIVEAWAY! (6:02) London Trip (16:30) Lamar Jackson, KVN, Roquan, Kyle Hamilton 2 Hour conversation (23:05) Panties Story (27:55) DHOP and Marlon Get Into It (30:00) Jeffrey Simmons and OBJ Fight AFTER Game (32:50) Marlon's Crazy Jersey Swap (34:00) Super Bowl in London? (37:32) Trade Deadline Predictions (39:10) Saquon to the Ravens? (41:00) Jameis Winston and Alvin Kamara (43:44) CGJ and Deebo Samuel (46:15) Flag Football in the Olympics (57:30) NBA Champion Prediction and LeBron Lying (1:04:23) Aaron Rodgers, Browns beat 49ers and Jets beat Eagles (1:11:11) Billy Cundiff and Justin Tucker's 66 Yard FG (1:16:27) Analyst Humph

Nick Schauman of The Local Oyster brings Nestor long lost purple Flacco Fu mustaches and oyster education

Alex, Jesse, Jon, and Josh offer their weekly musings on the world of sports with a teaspoon of nonsense. They recap a wild first Sunday of NFL football (6:53) including another Lions heartbreaking loss, the wild Steelers-Bengals ending, and Jon's Dolphins win over Ali's Patriots. Hove leads the group in a brief exploration of Malcolm Gladwell's weak link vs. strong link sports (13:33), the crew delves into the nuances of the underdog story (24:15), and why we're drawn to the underdog in sports (32:29). The guys offer their Qualin Award nominations (40:24), and finish the show with a round of Start-Bench-Cut focused on the worst field goal misses (fictional and actual) in history (45:35).

Childs Walker joins me to discuss how the Ravens went about moving from Billy Cundiff to Justin Tucker in 2012 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tyler Brown is a Special Teams Graduate Assistant at the University of Michigan. Tyler has been surrounded by elite kickers and punters for nearly 2 decades through his father, Randy Brown. Randy is the Special Teams Coach at the Baltimore Ravens. Tyler has been by his father's side while he coached NFL placekickers like, Jason Elam, David Akers, Billy Cundiff, Justin Tucker, Wil Lutz, and the list goes on. Tyler has learned from "The Wolfpack" which is the best specialist unit to ever be assembled in the NFL. The Wolfpack is made up of: kicker Justin Tucker, punter Sam Koch, and long snapper Morgan Cox. Tyler knows what it takes to earn a job, but also keep one, and win Championships like the Baltimore Ravens in 2012 capturing a Super Bowl. Tyler has implemented the experience gained from his mentorship under Randy to "the Wolverines" in Ann Arbor. In 3 seasons, numerous school records have been broken by Jake Moody and Quinn Nordin. Most importantly the system is in place, working like a well oiled engine. The inaugural episode of the Simple Kicking podcast covers the lessons Ty has learned from his specialists and he opens up on his techniques on coaching. His best advice comes on recruiting, and how kickers and punters can improve. For example, his specialists watch film on NFL kickers like Harrison Butler of the Kansas City Chiefs, and emulate their technique.

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Jake Plummer and Nate Jackson to talk about Andrew Luck’s retirement; Billy Cundiff discusses the Chicago Bears’ bizarre kicker tryouts; and Slate’s Christina Cauterucci helps assess the state of the National Women’s Soccer League. Andrew Luck (01:53): What Luck’s sudden departure from the sport says about him and about football. Kicker tryouts (24:57): The right and wrong to audition kickers at an NFL training camp. NWSL (42:00): WhatSaturday’s huge crowd in Washington, D.C. says about the path forward for women’s pro soccer. Afterballs (59:56): Stefan on female placekickers and Josh on a pitcher who got struck by lightning.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Jake Plummer and Nate Jackson to talk about Andrew Luck’s retirement; Billy Cundiff discusses the Chicago Bears’ bizarre kicker tryouts; and Slate’s Christina Cauterucci helps assess the state of the National Women’s Soccer League. Andrew Luck (01:53): What Luck’s sudden departure from the sport says about him and about football. Kicker tryouts (24:57): The right and wrong to audition kickers at an NFL training camp. NWSL (42:00): WhatSaturday’s huge crowd in Washington, D.C. says about the path forward for women’s pro soccer. Afterballs (59:56): Stefan on female placekickers and Josh on a pitcher who got struck by lightning.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billy Cundiff wasn't always a kicker. As a Harlan Little Cyclone, playing for Coach Curt Bladt, Cundiff was a state title winning quarterback, a successful basketball player, and high jumper. Tim and Cundiff talk about playing for an all-time great football coach and growing up in an elite sports community. As humble as they come, Cundiff credits his older brother, coaches, and teammates for his successes in high school. Kicking is what Cundiff is known for now but growing up he was a multisport athlete and kicking wasn't his priority. Even at Drake University, Cundiff was both on both the basketball and football teams. Luckily for us, his football career had the trajectory of one of his kickoffs. Though he was All-Pioneer League as a freshman (though he was only 8-18 on kicks) he describes himself as raw. As he continued to improve, a few 50 yard kicks, and even a 62-yarder against the University of San Diego, the NFL became a real possibility.                    I just had to fake it until I made it Cundiff's career started out in Dallas, with Emmitt Smith, Hard Knocks, and a whole new world of pressure. The largest crowd Cundiff played for in college was 13,000 at Southern Illinois. Football fans will really appreciate the inside look at his early successes, his time out of football, getting cut, and finding his new role in the NFL. Billy Cundiff's sports career from small town star to fighting his way back into professional football is a great story and fits everything the Moonlight Graham Show is about. Hard work, perseverance, humility, and taking advantage of every opportunity.

Nat, Mike and Dan are getting pretty worked up about the Superbowl but even more worked up about the fact that it was Dan's birthday just a few days ago, the Oscars are coming up and Nat's hosting the Superbash this year. Aside from that it's just business as usual with Pappy Dan making a welcome return and does everyone hate the Bruins? In other news: It’s a Giants, Patriots Superbowl for the second time in four years after both of their opponents spazzed it late on; there will be no Harbowl after Billy Cundiff booted a last minute field goal wide, letting Tom Brady off the hook in a game that he admitted that he “sucked” in; in the NHL New York lead the East from Boston; Detroit lead the West from Vancouver. Many of the teams making the early running – especially Toronto and Minnesota - have melted away Pappy Dan talks about Tim Thomas veering further to the right than he is; Comrade Carlson takes exception; the Bulls are killing it – going to 16 and 3 despite Derrick Rose, Luol Deng,Taj Gibson, and Joakim Noah all nursing injuries; age continues to catch up with Celties and the Lakers – the latter slipping to 10 and 8 and out of the playoff places, despite having this week bumped the Knicks as the NBA’s most valuable team according to Forbes; the Prince Fielder deal is frankly mental; Kobe loses three houses; Carlson knows Seal; your questions in Mailbag; the triumphant return of Yahoo Jeopardy and much, much more...

Join host Justin Silberman for another edition of "The Black and Purple Report." Among the topics to be discussed on today's show include: The "good," the "bad" and the "ugly" from Friday night's 27-12 preseason loss to the Detroit Lions, the latest on the kicking battle between veteran Billy Cundiff and undrafted rookie free agent Justin Tucker and a look at what is ahead for this Ravens squad.  Don't miss out on the latest edition of "The Black and Purple Report." 

Join host Justin Silberman for another edition of "The Black and Purple Report." Among the topics to be discussed on today's show include: The "good," the "bad" and the "ugly" from Friday night's 27-12 preseason loss to the Detroit Lions, the latest on the kicking battle between veteran Billy Cundiff and undrafted rookie free agent Justin Tucker and a look at what is ahead for this Ravens squad.  Don't miss out on the latest edition of "The Black and Purple Report." 

Join host Justin Silberman for another edition of "The Black and Purple Report."  Among the topics to be discussed: The heated competition at kicker between veteran Billy Cundiff and undrafted rookie free agent Justin Tucker, Brendon Ayanbadejo continued development on the defensive side of the ball and two undrafted rookie free agents looking to land spots on the 53-man roster. Don't miss out on another great edition of "The Black and Purple Report."

Join host Justin Silberman for another edition of "The Black and Purple Report."  Among the topics to be discussed: The heated competition at kicker between veteran Billy Cundiff and undrafted rookie free agent Justin Tucker, Brendon Ayanbadejo continued development on the defensive side of the ball and two undrafted rookie free agents looking to land spots on the 53-man roster. Don't miss out on another great edition of "The Black and Purple Report."

Guests include Michael Strahan and Warren Sapp who discuss the crazy finishes in the AFC and NFC Conference Championship games this past Sunday, along with their thoughts on Super Bowl XLVI and the rematch between the Patriots and Strahan's Giants.  Ray Rice then joins Rich after a devastating Ravens loss on Sunday in the final seconds of regulation.  Rice shares his thougths on Billy Cundiff's botched 32-yard field goal and where the Ravens orginazation goes from here. Capping off the podcast is the host of the smash hit television show on NBC, Carson Daly, whose show "The Voice" has its season two premiere immediately following Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.  Daly is big sports fan and shares some great stories about his scratch golfing days and how Tiger Woods was a frequent playing parter, his love/hate relationship with the Oakland Raiders and much more... Its a great listen, so enjoy, and don't forget to check back Thursday for an all new podcast featuring actor Alec Baldwin and NFL Network draft guru Mike Mayock.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The stage for Super Bowl 46 has been set! It was a wild weekend in the Divisional Championship round and the guys will recap it for ya! The Patriots pulled ahead of the Ravens late in the game, almost losing to a FG attempt by Billy Cundiff, but sighed a sigh of relief when he […]

Farzin interviews kick returner B.J. Sams and punter Dustin Colquitt to get inputs on the new special teams crew and how it will have a different look as Billy Cundiff. Farzin also invites Sitesh Shah to breakdown the AFC East. And what is the new policy at Arrowhead?

4DE Nation! We absolutely loved this interview! Our first NFL coach on the podcast! We interviewed long time NFL specialist coach Randy Brown. Randy has spent 16 years coaching specialists in the NFL. Currently with the Baltimore Ravens, Randy has also spent time with the Chicago Bears, and Philadelphia Eagles. Randy is credited with developing Pro Bowl kickers Justin Tucker, Billy Cundiff and David Akers, along with Pro Bowl punters Sam Koch and Todd Sauerbrun. We covered many topics from career experiences, how to handle coaching elite level specialists. as well as sets the record straight with many of the industry's most talked about topics on technique for kickers, punters and long snappers. We also spoke about that the expectations should be for NFL Free Agents and trying to make it into the NFL. We loved this one and we know you'll love this conversation. Enjoy!If you'd like a Launchpad KO Block, visithttps://launchpadkickofftee.com/nkrIf you'd like 10% off your order, use promo code: NKRWe hope you enjoy this! If you like this one, please share this on social media, as well as leave us a 5 Star Review on iTunes!If our program is benefiting you and you're looking for a way to support what we do, please consider becoming a Patron Donation Supporter.Thank you and we hope to continue helping you and bringing you something enjoyable to listen to. Submit questions (DM or tag us) and we will answer them on our next podcast!Follow Us (on all social media platforms):4th Down ExperienceEmail: 4thDownExperiencePodcast@gmail.comTweet At Us: TwitterFollow Us: InstagramCo-Hosts:Coach Chris Husby:Tweet At Us: TwitterFollow Us: InstagramAcademy Info: Special Teams Football AcademyCoach Brian JacksonTweet At Us: TwitterFollow Us: InstagramAcademy Info: Team Jackson Kicking