Talking College Football History: Freddie Smalls
Freddie Smalls defines West Virginia football in the early 1980s and he is our guest this week. In his Junior season at WVU (1984), Freddie had a tremendous game against Boston College and Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie in the first night…
Talking College Football History: Mark Herrmann
Our guest this week left his college days as the leading passer in the history of the game. Mark Herrmann quarterbacked the Purdue Boilermakers from 1977-1980 and left the school with 9,946 passing yards along with a 3-0 bowl record and 3…
Talking College Football History: Gary Tranquill
We have a special guest this week in Coach Gary Tranquill. Gary coached for almost 50 years from a head coach, to coordinator, to a position coach. Gary coached under several tremendous head coaches including Don Nehlen, George Welsh,…
Talking College Football History: Robin Earl
When you talk Washington Huskies football you look at 2 coaching regimes: Jim Owens (1957-1974) and Don James (1975-1992). Our guest this week, Robin Earl, played his first two years under Jim Owens and his last two years under Don James…
Talking College Football History: Blaise Winter
There are some people in this world that overcome the odds. This list is small, but our guest this week is on that list. Blaise Winter played at Syracuse from 1980-1983 and had a nice NFL career. But, the underlying story is…
Talking College Football History: Gerard Phelan
Today's guest was a part of one of the greatest plays to end a college football game. We all remember the Doug Flutie pass against Miami (Fla.) in the 1984 game held at the Orange Bowl in Miami, but do you remember who caught the pass? His name is Gerard…
Talking College Football History: Frank Ditta
We head down to Waco, Texas this week with our guest Frank Ditta. Frank graduated from high school in Houston, TX in 1976 and headed to Norman, Oklahoma to join the Sooners squad which won 2 consecutive National Championships in 1974 and 1975…
Talking College Football History: Gary Beban
UCLA has one Heisman Trophy winner in their history, and he is our guest this week. Gary Beban played at UCLA from 1965-1967. He was an integral part of the turnaround at UCLA. From 1962-1964 the Bruins compiled a record of 10…
Talking College Football History: Chuck Reedy
We travel to Clemson, South Carolina this week and take the time machine back to the 1980s. Our guest is Coach Chuck Reedy, Clemson RB coach from 1978-1985, then OC from 1986-1989. Chuck worked one year under Charley Pell (1978), then…
