Brandon Odoi

Brandon Odoi is a tenured journalist. He's covered youth football since 8th grade, high school football since 2009 and began covering college football in 2011 as a beat writer for the University of Miami Athletic programs. In 2011, he founded Football Hotbed a national multi-media platform for football across the country. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and spent his first five years as a professional working at ABC Television Network, ending his career as a producer in Miami. He's married with two sons and resides in South Florida.

Coach Ziggy’s AYF Rankings Nov 14, 2014

Division 1 (Weighted) Midget Top 10 1. Bay Area (NorCal/CA) 10-0 2. Santa Moncia (PCC/CA) 9-0 3. Frankford Chargers (PEAYF/PA) 9-0 PEAYF Champions 4. Sac 49ers (NorCal/CA) 10-0 5. Mission Veijo (PCC/CA) 8-0 6. Charm City (TMMD/MD) 7-0-1 Co-TMMD Champion

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AYF Rankings Week of October 26 2014

AYF Rankings Week 10 Oct 24, 2014. Division 1 Midget Top 10 1. Bay Area (NorCal/CA) 8-0 2. Santa Moncia (PCC/CA) 7-03. Frankford Chargers (PEAYF/PA) 7-0 4. Sac 49ers (NorCal/CA) 8-0 5. Mission Veijo (PCC/CA) 6-06. Charm City (TMMD/MD) 7-0-17.

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K.J. Wallace a 2019 WR Sensation

It’s pretty hard to be as good as he is and practically go unnoticed but that’s what’s happened to Atlanta’s K.J. Wallace. Who is he? Well, he’s only the best kid you have probably never heard of but that is changing dramatically this

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Hotbed Radio | April 28, 2014

Another great edition of the nation’s best youth football show in the country, Hotbed Radio. We talk about the spring youth football that is taking place in youth football programs nation wide. It used to only be that high schools

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Hotbed Radio | April 21, 2014

Check out the Hotbed Radio show from April 21, 2014. We talk about the evolution of coaching in youth football nation wide. Great show. More Sports Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Southeast Insider Network on BlogTalkRadio

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Breaking: Lauderhill Lions of B.E.S.T. League Enter Miami Pop Warner

Today, the Lauderhill Lions of Broward County Florida have officially been accepted and joined Division One in the Miami Pop Warner chapter, a source tells Football Hotbed.  The Lions are coming from the B.E.S.T. Youth Football League which is now in

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Snoop Leaves the SYFL, What Now?

Two weeks ago on the Hotbed Radio Show, King Digga, reported that Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus Jr.)  would leave the Snoop Youth Football League to spend more time with his son Calvin who is a top rated 2015 recruit at the

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Buddy Bailey Becomes a Raven: ‘How Can an Indian Coach a Chief?”

In a move that comes as a complete shock to the South Florida youth football world, ‘Buddy’ Bailey, the multi-championship winning head youth football coach, has taken his talents from the Miami Gardens Vikings (Scott Lake) to the rival Miami

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The Inventors of ‘Swag’ Host the Gwen Cherry ‘Swag Boys’

Coral Gables, Fla– The Miami Hurricanes coaching staff hosted the Gwen Cherry Bulls Mitey Mites team, better known as the “Swag Boys” Sunday in an effort to reach back out into the community and expose youth football players from the

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Hotbed Radio | September 2, 2013

It was one of the hottest shows in the two-year history of Football Hotbed, September 2nd’s Hotbed Radio on last night anchored by  Ivory ‘ID the Mayor’ Durham, joined by his wife, the commissioner of Football Hotbed Mrs. Durham.  The

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