Talking College Football History: Doug Dieken
Doug Dieken joins us this week. If you followed NFL football in the 1970s to the early 1980s, Doug is a household name, but did you know he started out as a receiver, then a tight end at Illinois? Doug played for the Illini from 1967-…
Talking College Football History: The Quay Family
We are honored this week to have Dave Quay represent his family on our podcast. The Quay family is arguably the greatest athletic family in Mifflin County, PA history over the last century. We start out with father Ike who was the…
Sports Authors Showcase: Walk the Plank: Winning the Game of Life on 4th Down by Doug Plank
I am joined by Doug Plank this week to discuss his book Walk the Plank: Winning the Game of Life on 4th Down. This is a book about the way Doug Plank not only approached the game of football, but also how he approached life.…
Talking College Football History: Peter Tom Willis
We celebrate those great Florida State teams of the late 1980s this week. Our guest only started one year at quarterback, but what a year it was. In 1989, Peter Tom Willis led the FSU Seminoles to a 10-2 record which climaxed in a blowout win over #6…
Talking College Football History: Dave Hoffmann
We journey back to the early 1990s with our guest this week. Dave Hoffmann was a linebacker for Washington and appeared in 3 consecutive Rose Bowls in the early 1990s. Dave grew up in the San Jose, CA area and ventured to Seattle to…
Talking College Football History: Greg Gagne
This week we mix football with professional wrestling. Greg Gagne joins us to talk about his football career at Minnesota, then Wyoming. Greg is from the legendary Verne Gagne family (Verne being his father), but Greg states that…
Talking College Football History: Mark Duda
We head to College Park, MD this week and go back to the late 1970s/early 1980s. Our guest is Mark Duda and he was a defensive lineman in Maryland's "Wide Tackle 6" defense which Coach Jerry Claiborne brought to Maryland. Mark…
Talking College Football History: Dave Parkin
We go back in the time machine this week to Logan, Utah in the mid to late 1970s with our guest Dave Parkin. Dave played in the defensive secondary for the Aggies from 1974-1978 (redshirting in 1976). Utah State was an Independent during…
