CUSA Insider

CUSA Insider is moving to a new day of the week. We will now release new episodes every THURSDAY instead of our usual Wednesdays. We hope you enjoy this first Thursday installment of CUSA Insider where Josh and Sarah preview all of our Week 5 football matchups, and we have a Hispanic Heritage Month spotlight with a UTEP football player with a very unique story. Luis Carlos Aranda joins CUSA Insider to discuss life as a student-athlete living in El Paso's Sister City -- Ciudad Juarez.

This month on CUSA Insider, we'll be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting an administrator, student-athlete or coach from each of CUSA's Hispanic Serving Institutions. Up first, we talk with Mario Moccia, Director of Athletics at New Mexico State.

Liberty Women's Soccer is off to a hot start this season! The Flames boast a 7-0-1 record, got their first win over a ranked P4 opponent last week, and received their first national ranking in program history just yesterday -- coming in at No. 24 in the country in the United Soccer Coaches poll. Redshirt-sophomore forward Halle Engle joins the show this week to talk about their big win over Virginia Tech, the Flames' team dynamic this season, and how they're looking to repeat a CUSA Women's Soccer Championship.

Week 1 of college football is in the books, and the biggest storyline in CUSA has to be the showing of Sam Houston in their 34-14 victory over Rice. The whole squad looked to be firing on all cylinders, but one of the loudest narratives following the game was the triumphant return of wide receiver Ife Adeyi. Ife joins Sarah and Josh on this week's show to talk Bearkat football, his return to the field post-injury, the strength of Adeyi genes, and more.

Here it is! Our 10th and final football season preview before CUSA Football season gets underway TONIGHT. Earlier this week, WKU announced their starting QB for Week 1. Sarah and Josh chat about all this and more Tops news with Sports Editor of the Bowling Green Daily News, Jeff Nations. Then, stick around for the airing of the interview conducted at CUSA Media Day with Coach Tyson Helton, Elijah Young and Upton Stout.

It's officially kickoff week for CUSA Football! Before the first game gets underway, we've got two final preview episodes for you to cap everything off. Up first: the New Mexico State Aggies. After a QB battle all through camp, new Aggies head coach Tony Sanchez has announced the starter fo Week 1. We discuss all this and more with NM State Director of Broadcasting Adam Young. Stick around for the interview conducted at Media Day with Shiyazh Pete, Buddha Peleti and Coach Sanchez. 

Our final preview of the WKU football program will air on Thursday, August 29.

We're back with another installment of our CUSA Football Season Preview Series! On this episode, we spotlight the UTEP Miners. Josh and Jess chat with Bret Bloomquist, Sports Reporter at the El Paso Times, during the first half of the program. Directly following, we'll share the interview Sarah conducted at CUSA Football Media Day with head coach Scotty Walden, wide receiver Trey Goodman and bandit Maurice Westmoreland.

Next up in the CUSA Insider Football Preview series, we've got the LA Tech Bulldogs! Matt Belinson, Sports Editor for the Ruston Daily Leader, and our own Jessica Radford join the program to dive deep into the Bulldogs' roster. Then in the second half of the episode, we share the interview Sarah conducted at CUSA Media Day with head coach Sonny Cumbie, quarterback Jack Turner and defensive lineman Jessie Evans. Enjoy!

We have officially reached the halfway point of our Football Season Preview Series! In this episode, we break down a very hungry FIU squad with Sports Illustrated beat writer (and FIU student!) Kevin Barral and CUSA's Josh Yonis. Then in the second half of the episode, we share the interview Sarah conducted at CUSA Media Day with head coach Mike MacIntyre, running back Lexington Joseph, and linebacker Reggie Peterson. Enjoy! 

...oh, and PITBULL STADIUM!

We're back with another installment of our CUSA Football Season Preview Series! On this episode: the reigning Conference USA Champions: Liberty Flames. Sarah and Josh chat with Bryson Gordon, Sports Reporter at The News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va., during the first half of the program. Directly following, we'll share the interview Sarah conducted at CUSA Football Media Day with head coach Jamey Chadwell, Quinton Cooley and Quinton Reese.