Talking College Football History: Don Nehlen
Penn State and West Virginia renew its rivalry this Saturday, September 2. They have not played since 1992 and when you think of the Penn State/West Virginia rivalry in the 1980s into the early 1990s you think of two coaches on the sidelines,…
Talking College Football History: Bob McKay
We look back at the great 1969 college football season this week with our guest, Bob McKay of the University of Texas. Bob was at Texas from 1967-1969. He was one of the recruits who was in the midst of 3 consecutive 4-loss seasons…
Talking College Football History: Jake Kupp
You should recognize the last name of our guest this week as they are quite a family of football players through the generations. Our guest is Jake Kupp and he is the grandfather of Los Angeles Rams WR Cooper Kupp. Jake had a son play in the…
Talking College Football History: Freddie Smalls
Freddie Smalls defines West Virginia football in the early 1980s and he is our guest this week. In his Junior season at WVU (1984), Freddie had a tremendous game against Boston College and Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie in the first night…
Talking College Football History: Mark Herrmann
Our guest this week left his college days as the leading passer in the history of the game. Mark Herrmann quarterbacked the Purdue Boilermakers from 1977-1980 and left the school with 9,946 passing yards along with a 3-0 bowl record and 3…
Talking College Football History: Gary Tranquill
We have a special guest this week in Coach Gary Tranquill. Gary coached for almost 50 years from a head coach, to coordinator, to a position coach. Gary coached under several tremendous head coaches including Don Nehlen, George Welsh,…
Talking College Football History: Robin Earl
When you talk Washington Huskies football you look at 2 coaching regimes: Jim Owens (1957-1974) and Don James (1975-1992). Our guest this week, Robin Earl, played his first two years under Jim Owens and his last two years under Don James…
Talking College Football History: Blaise Winter
There are some people in this world that overcome the odds. This list is small, but our guest this week is on that list. Blaise Winter played at Syracuse from 1980-1983 and had a nice NFL career. But, the underlying story is…
Talking College Football History: Gerard Phelan
Today's guest was a part of one of the greatest plays to end a college football game. We all remember the Doug Flutie pass against Miami (Fla.) in the 1984 game held at the Orange Bowl in Miami, but do you remember who caught the pass? His name is Gerard…
