Talking Penn State and College Football History: Frank Pomarico
December 14, 2021
We are going back to the 1973 National Championship this week with our guest Frank Pomarico. Frank was an offensive lineman on that great Notre Dame Fighting Irish team. Notre Dame capped off that season with a…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Mike Ozdowski
December 1, 2021
We are going back to the ACC in the mid-1970s this week with our guest Mike Ozdowski. Mike played at the University of Virginia (1973-1976) and was a standout player in some rough years for the Cavaliers. We love to talk with former…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Ricky Moore
November 23, 2021
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
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
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
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
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: 1979 Indiana Hoosiers
July 26, 2021
We celebrate the Indiana Hoosiers first ever bowl win this week on the podcast. That win came in the 1979 Holiday Bowl against undefeated BYU. Our guests this week are QB Tim Clifford and WR Mike…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Kelly Saalfeld and John Noonan
July 14, 2021
This week we feature the Nebraska walk-on. Back in the day, under Coach Tom Osborne (1973-1997), Nebraska took a ton of walk-ons and put them on the Freshman team. Their Freshman teams consisted of 70-80 members into the early 1980s. This was one of…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Jim Young
July 1, 2021
When you think of great coaches in the 1970s and 1980s the likes of Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Joe Paterno, Bear Bryant, Barry Switzer, Tom Osborne along with others come to mind. Is Coach Jim Young on that list?…
