Talking College Football History: Ross Browner
Ross Browner passed away on January 4, 2022. We honor him by re-airing this podcast.
When you talk about the greatest college defensive players in history, Ross Browner has to come to mind. Ross played at Notre Dame (1973, 1975-1977) and…
Sports Authors Showcase: The God Squad by Matt Sieger
We feature the book The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978 this week. Author Matt Sieger joins us to discuss the writing of the book. Matt is of Jewish faith and a believer of Jesus Christ. He explains his faith…
Back When There Was Baseball: Eric Raich
Eric Raich joins us this week. Eric played his college baseball at USC coming out of Compton, CA. He was involved in the middle of that great Rod Dedeaux run at Southern Cal where they won the National Championship in 1968 and from 1970-1974. Eric…
Talking College Football History: Ralph “Shug” Jordan
We honor Auburn's winningest football coach this week. Ralph "Shug" Jordan coached at Auburn from 1951-1975 and even though Shug passed away in 1980, we have his son, Ralph Jordan, Jr. as our guest. Ralph, Jr. shares his introspection into not…
Back When There Was Baseball: Chris Wheeler
Former long-time Phillies broadcaster Chris Wheeler joins us this week. "Wheels" was behind the mic for 37 years of Phillies baseball which included their only 2 World Series championships (1980 and 2008). The Phillies have only appeared in 7…
Talking College Football History: Kelly Kirchbaum
We view the 1977 Kentucky football team as quite possibly their best team in history. Our guest this week is Linebacker Kelly Kirchbaum who played at Kentucky from 1975-1978. He also played against Penn State in each of his four years in…
Back When There Was Baseball: Ten Cent Beer Night
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ten Cent Beer Night which occurred on June 4, 1974, in Cleveland. The game featured the visiting Texas Rangers, with manager Billy Martin, up against the home Cleveland Indians. Our guests are Steve Foucault and Tom…
Talking College Football History: Tom Luken
Boiler Up folks!!!! We are talking Purdue football this week and our guest was an integral part of those Purdue teams in the late 1960s through the early 1970s. He played for legendary coach Jack Mollenkopf early in his career. Tom was an offensive…
Back When There Was Baseball: Jim Sundberg
We are privileged to host one of the best catchers in MLB during the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Jim Sundberg joins us to talk about his career. He came out of the University of Iowa and was told by a scout that he was not very good.…
