Mike Martin joins us on the podcast this week. Mike played wide receiver at Illinois from 1979-1982 and is still in the top 10 of Illinois wide receivers. His first year was the last of the Gary Moeller era and 1980 started the Mike…
We have a great story this week with our guest Rick Upchurch. You should remember his NFL accomplishments with the Denver Broncos from 1975-1983. He is in the Denver Broncos Hall of Fame and on their 50th Anniversary team. But did…
Who was the Ohio State quarterback sandwiched between Rex Kern and Cornelius Greene? His name is Greg Hare and we have him as our guest this week on the podcast. Greg graduated from Fort Hill High School in Cumberland, Maryland and almost went to Penn…
We are blessed to have one of the best running backs in Minnesota Golden Gopher history as our guest this week. Darrell Thompson played from 1986-1989 under head coach John Gutekunst who had taken over for Lou Holtz. Darrell is…
When you think of the SMU Mustang football team in the early 1980s, guys like Eric Dickerson and Craig James come to mind. Our guest this week played at SMU (quarterback) from 1977-1980. His name is Mike Ford and as far as we are concerned, he put SMU…
We are joined this week by one of Washington's best all-time running backs. Joe Steele takes time to share memories of his career which spanned from 1976-1979. He is still the Huskies 5th leading rusher in total yards with 3,168 and…
We turn the time machine back 54 years this week to one of the greatest upsets in college football history. In 1969, the Michigan Wolverines upset the favored Ohio State Buckeyes, a Buckeye team that many considered the greatest team in college football…
This week the podcast travels back more than 50 years to Minneapolis, MN with our guest Ray Parson. Ray had a great athletic career at Uniontown High School (PA) in both football and basketball. He was heavily recruited but decided to…
We go back to the early to mid-1970s this week during the Darrel Royal days at Texas. Our guest this week is Doug English. You may remember him as a member of the Detroit Lions "Silver Rush" defensive line in the late 1970s through the mid-…
In late 1991, our guest this week proclaimed that he planned on "taking the purple to Pasadena". Gary Barnett joins us this week and he made true on that promise in 1995 by taking the Northwestern Wildcats to the Rose Bowl. Gary was…