Talking Penn State Football History: Steve Griffiths
Steve Griffiths joins me on the podcast this week. Steve migrated to Happy Valley from upstate New York and played for the Nittany Lions from 1977-1980. His stature was wiry to say the least, but he was tough as nails. Steve had a great season at…
Talking Penn State Football History: Bill Crummy
Bill Crummy joins me this week on the podcast. Bill came out of Mars High School, north of Pittsburgh. He escaped the Johnny Majors regime at Pitt to migrate to Happy Valley. I met Bill and was shocked as to how small he was. He was very fast and tough…
Talking Penn State Football History: Doug Allen
I travel back to the "heyday" of Penn State football (1968-1975) with my guest, Doug Allen. Doug came out of Corning Painted Post West High School in Southern New York and migrated to Happy Valley for his freshman season (1969). He endured a lot of…
Talking Penn State Football History: Bill Contz
I look back at Penn State's first national championship this week with my guest Bill Contz. Bill arrived at Penn State in 1979 from Belle Vernon High School near Pittsburgh. He escaped the clutches of Jackie Sherrill and the staff at Pitt to migrate to…
Talking Penn State Football History: Ray “Buddy” Tesner
I go back to the early 1970s with my guest this week, Ray "Buddy" Tesner. Buddy came to Penn State from Warren G. Harding High School, north of Youngstown, OH. He played for the Nittany Lions from 1971-1974 during the "heyday" of Penn State…
Talking Penn State Football History: Greg Jones
Greg Jones joins me this week. Greg came out of Laurel High School in New Castle, PA during the heyday of Pennsylvania high school football. He escaped the Pitt Panthers who just came off a national championship in 1976 to migrate to Happy Valley and…
Talking Penn State Football History: Herb Menhardt
Our guest this week is former Penn State kicker Herb Menhardt. Herb played for Penn State from 1976-1980 and is best known for his 54-yard field goal against North Carolina State in 1979. He was also a great soccer player and faced a lot…
Talking Penn State Football History: Mike Guman and Barry Krauss
The 1979 Sugar Bowl was one of the greatest college football games of all time. This game competed Alabama (#2) vs. Penn State (#1) and there was an infamous stop of Penn State's Mike Guman by Alabama's Barry Krauss. Guman and Krauss have not spoken…
Talking Penn State Football History: Steve Searer
Steve Searer joins me on the podcast this week. Steve was a walk-on player at Penn State from 1983-1985. He was a 3-sport athlete at Chief Logan High School (30 miles south of University Park). In his senior year, the football team was 11-…
