Talking College Football History: Coach John L. Smith and Chris Smeland
This week we explore the Louisville football turnaround in the late 1990s/early 2000's. We are looking at a little later time-period than normal, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity to host Coach John L. Smith and his Defensive Coordinator…
Sports Authors Showcase: Ara's Knights: Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football by Frank Pomarico
We are privileged to have Frank Pomarico this week who wrote a book with Ray Serafin titled Ara's Knights: Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football. Frank was one of the captains of that great 1973 Notre Dame national…
Talking College Football History: John Rienstra
John Rienstra joins us this week on the podcast to talk about his Temple career (1981-1985) and his NFL career which lasted from 1986-1992 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. John will state that he played for 3 Super Bowl winning…
Talking College Football History: Doug Graber
Doug Graber joins me this week on the podcast. Doug coached for over 30 years at every level. He coached high school, Division II and Division I at the collegiate level, the NFL and the World League of American Football. He was the head coach at…
Talking College Football History: Jim Hart
We are privileged to have one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history with us this week. Jim Hart of the St. Louis Cardinals joins us to talk about his career. Jim came out of Southern Illinois University and went undrafted in the 1966 NFL…
Talking College Football History: Mike Curcio
Mike Curcio joins us this week and is our first Temple Owl. Mike played at Temple from 1975-1979 under the Wayne Hardin regime. These were not your typical Temple teams as Wayne Hardin is the winningest coach in Temple football history. Mike's teams…
Talking College Football History: 1979 Indiana Hoosiers
We celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Indiana Hoosiers first ever bowl win this week on the podcast. That win came in the 1979 Holiday Bowl against undefeated BYU. Our guests this week are QB Tim Clifford and WR Mike Friede.…
Talking College Football History: The Nebraska Walk-On
This week we feature the Nebraska walk-on. Back in the day, under Coach Tom Osborne (1973-1997), Nebraska took a ton of walk-ons and put them on the Freshman team. Their Freshman teams consisted of 70-80 members through the early 1980s. This was one of…
Talking College Football History: Jim Young
When you think of great coaches in the 1970s and 1980s the likes of Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Joe Paterno, Bear Bryant, Barry Switzer, Tom Osborne along with others come to mind. Is Coach Jim Young on that list? If not, you should re-evaluate your…
