Talking College Football History: Ricky Churchman

March 26, 2024 College Podcasts Football

We head down to the Lone Star State this week with our guest who played at Texas from 1976-1979.  Ricky Churchman joins us to talk about his Longhorn experience which included a National Title run in 1977 and one of the best defenses…

Talking College Football History: Bill Snyder

March 19, 2024 College Podcasts Football

This week we are blessed to have one of the best college football coaches in the game's history as Coach Bill Snyder joins us.  He was the orchestrator of the greatest turnaround in college football history.  Coach Snyder came from…

Talking College Football History: Doug Dieken

March 12, 2024 College Podcasts Football

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…

Talking College Football History: The Quay Family

March 5, 2024 College Podcasts Football

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

March 4, 2024 Podcasts Football

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

February 27, 2024 College Podcasts Football

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…

Talking College Football History: Dave Hoffmann

February 20, 2024 College Podcasts Football

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

February 13, 2024 College Podcasts Football

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

February 6, 2024 College Podcasts Football

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…

A pretty, pretty, pretty good Super Bowl LVIII we hope

February 4, 2024 College Sports Column Tim's Two Cents Football

I’m not sure what has me more upset, having the Super Bowl in the middle of February or this being the last season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Both things have me a bit apoplectic.

However, it got me thinking. What a fun way to…