Why You're Always Bad: ULM

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.9 • 916 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Godfrey joins Alex and Richard for the third installment in our offseason series, “Why You’re Always Bad.” This episode is about ULM, formerly known as Northeast Louisiana State. The Warhawks are perhaps the most consistently bad team in the top division of college football, which raises the question of why they’re at that level in the first place. It turns out there’s an answer. In this episode, the Split Zone Duo crew discusses:

* ULM’s struggle to define its identity, literally

* The program’s rise from junior colleague to I-AA to the big time

* The fatal error in ULM’s move to FBS, and how a series of predictable (and some unpredictable) events made things worse

* The rare good times and why ULM hasn’t been able to capitalize on them

* The lesson for others in the Warhawks’ struggles

SCROLL DOWN IN YOUR PODCAST FEED to find our similar subscriber episodes in this series on Rice (published May 12) and Kent State (published February 26).

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0:00.0	Hello, Stephen Godfrey.
0:01.0	What are you doing on August 23rd?
0:02.6	I thought maybe I'd go hang out with you guys in a golden triangle in the Carolinas, a research triangle.
0:09.9	I don't think it's golden.
0:11.2	It's a triangle.
0:12.4	The sports podcast festival is something that the three of us will be back on the ones and twos for in August.
0:19.4	We're looking forward to it back live for the first time since
0:22.7	we did Splitzone Duo Live in Atlanta in January. Also, there's a deal, splitzoned Duo Live.com for
0:29.4	tickets. And if you use the promo code SPF25 at checkout, it's a buy one, get one half off.
0:35.0	Look forward to seeing you there. Okay, let's roll tape. Let's have fun.
0:38.8	We're coming and we ain't backing down. We don't need a bunch of cats in here.
0:42.0	Yeah, looking in the mirror.
0:43.2	Everybody did you do your job. You understand that?
0:46.3	Hey, will you shut up? I'm bitterly disappointed with the officiating today.
0:49.8	Guys being dudes. And they run through our like a shit through a ten horn, man.
0:55.7	Thank you, Lee.
0:58.8	I'm Alex Kirshner, with my co-host, Richard Johnson, and with my co-host,
1:01.2	Ameritus, and co-founder, Stephen Godfrey.
1:04.4	Stephen, we had to have you this week because we're going to talk about a place that you visit somewhat often.
1:06.3	Yeah, I like you guys made the decision to include me. They're like, oh, we're going to talk about Northeast Louisiana.
1:12.0	How could we not do it without the expert?
1:15.5	It'd be rude.
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