Talking College Football History: Melvin Robertson
I am not a "Bucket List" guy, but if I was, high on the list would be the coach who helped create the "Veer Offense" and also the coach who stopped Emory Bellard's wishbone offense in 1968. I found that Coach and he joins me this week on the podcast.…
So far, not so good
Even by NCAA standards, the first version of the twelve team playoff has been an epic failure so far.It is strange, considering how long the playoff planners had to prepare for this event. It has been years and years in the making. Everybody knew this…
Talking College Football History: Tom Banks
Our guest this week is Tom Banks. He played at Auburn from 1967-1969. However, you may remember him as a St. Louis Cardinal (Cardiac Cardinals). He was the center for the Cardinals from 1971-1980 and played beside Conrad Dobler and Dan Dierdorf on…
Super Bowl Preview or simply Keystone dreaming
If Pittsburgh and Philadelphia was a Super Bowl preview, the Steelers have some significant ground to make up if we want an entertaining rematch.Sunday proved two things.One, the Eagles are undeniably Super Bowl contenders and, dare I say, NFC favorites…
Talking College Football History: Darrin Nelson
Our guest is one of the greatest players in Stanford football history. Darrin Nelson joins us this week and he played from 1977-1981 and is still in the Top 10 in 10 different offensive categories. Darrin made his mark right out of the gate in his…
Is this really better?
There was an episode of Seinfeld where a friend kept telling Jerry and his friends, “Ya gotta see the baby!”For years, college football fans said, “Ya gotta have a playoff!”Well, here we are, and ain’t it grand?People hated the BCS era because college…
