Talking College Football History: Scott Hunter
Do you remember the great matchup on October 4, 1969 between Alabama and Ole Miss? Lawrence Welk would not pre-empt his show, so the game had to be televised after the Lawrence Welk show. Alabama won the game 33-32 at Legion Field in Birmingham…
Sports Authors Showcase: Split Season: 1981 by Jeff Katz
Jeff Katz joins us this week to talk about his book Split Season: 1981. I read this book and discovered many things about that season and the ongoing events of the time. I was 14 years old when the strike occurred, and I gained a perspective…
Back When There Was Baseball: Clay Dalrymple
Clay Dalrymple joins us this week. Clay played in the Majors from 1960-1971 with the Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles. Clay was part of the Phillies collapse in 1964 and also part of 3 World Series teams with the Orioles from 1969-1971.…
Talking College Football History: Craig Cassady
We interview Ohio State royalty this week. We have Craig Cassady as our guest and yes, he is the son of the 1955 Heisman Trophy winner Howard "Hopalong" Cassady. Craig played at Ohio State from 1972-1975 and was a part of four Rose Bowl teams. He played…
Back When There Was Baseball: Dave Pagan
Dave Pagan joins us this week on the show and he is our first player who grew up in Canada. Dave grew up in the middle part of Saskatchewan and shares his story of how he overcame the weather and lack of baseball equipment. He played in the Majors…
Talking College Football History: Conrad Goode
Our guest this week is former Missouri and NY Giants offensive lineman Conrad Goode. Conrad was a star offensive lineman at Missouri from 1980-1983. If you want to know how good Conrad was, watch the 1983 Holiday Bowl game which is on YouTube. He…
Sports Authors Showcase: The Baseball Era of Fred Frankhouse by Wayne Taylor
The subject of today's podcast is the book The Baseball Era of Fred Frankhouse: Roundhouse Curveballer, The Duke of Port Royal by Wayne Taylor. Rex interviews Wayne and discusses baseball in the time period that Fred played (1927-1939). Wayne is a local…
Back When There Was Baseball: TJ Surgery
We have a special podcast this week to discuss Tommy John surgery and how pitching has evolved from our time period Back When There Was Baseball (mid-1960s through the mid-1980s) to today. We are joined by Rich Hand, former MLB pitcher…
Talking College Football History: Paul Woodside
We are joined this week by Paul Woodside, arguably West Virginia's greatest place kicker. Paul played at West Virginia from 1981-1984. He walked on the football team in 1981 and had a severe stuttering problem, so bad that he had to provide Coach…
