Talking Penn State and College Football History: Ricky Moore

November 23, 2021 College Podcasts Football

Our guest this week is arguably the best fullback in Alabama history. We are going back to the early 1980s with Ricky Moore. Ricky played at Alabama from 1981-1984. He played under Coach Bear Bryant his first two seasons, then…

Talking Penn State and College Football History: Ken Kmiec

November 9, 2021 College Podcasts Football

We are going back to the mid-1960s this week. Our guest is Ken Kmiec, who played at Illinois from 1965-1967. Ken was a freshman in 1964 when Dick Butkus and Jim Grabowski were his teammates. Ken also played for Coach Pete Elliott for…

Talking Penn State and College Football History: Al Romano

November 2, 2021 College Podcasts Football

We are celebrating the 45th anniversary of Pitt's national championship season of 1976. Our guest this week is Al Romano, a stalwart on the Pitt defensive line. Pitt may have had the best national championship team in history as they…

Talking Penn State and College Football History: Coach John L. Smith and Chris Smeland

October 12, 2021 College Podcasts Football

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…

Talking Penn State and College Football History: Scott Hunter

September 27, 2021 College Podcasts Football

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, AL…

Talking Penn State and College Football History: Tom Luken

June 2, 2021 College Podcasts Football

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…

Talking Penn State and College Football History: Jay Shapiro

March 31, 2021 College Podcasts Football

We feature the great Wyoming football team of 1967 this week. This team went 10-0 in the regular season and earned a Sugar Bowl bid to face LSU. Jay Shapiro, the starting center on that great Wyoming team, is our…

Talking Penn State and College Football History: Jim Heilig

March 12, 2021 College Penn State Podcasts Football

Do you remember the 1975 season of Arizona State Sun Devil football? If not, you should; this was the undefeated team that finished #2 in the nation. We are privileged this week to have one of the captains of that team share his experiences on this…

Sports Authors Showcase: Lords of the Gridiron by Matt DiBiase

March 24, 2020 College Podcasts Football

Jed and Rex discuss Matthew DiBiase's new book titled Lords of the Gridiron: College Football's Greatest Coaches. Included is an interview Rex conducted with Matt regarding his methodology in taking on the…

Sports Authors Showcase: Blanton's Browns by Roger Gordon

October 8, 2019 Podcasts Football

Join Jed Donahue and Rex Naylor as they sit down and speak with Roger Gordon about his new book Blanton's Browns.