Talking Penn State and College Football History: Al Romano
by on 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
by on 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
by on 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
by on 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
by on 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
by on 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?…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Tom Luken
by on June 2, 2021
Boiler Up folks!!!! We are talking Purdue football this week and our guest was an integral part of those Purdue teams in the late 1960s through the early 1970s. He played for legendary coach Jack Mollenkopf early in his career. Tom was an offensive…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Jay Shapiro
by on March 31, 2021
We feature the great Wyoming football team of 1967 this week. This team went 10-0 in the regular season and earned a Sugar Bowl bid to face LSU. Jay Shapiro, the starting center on that great Wyoming team, is our…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Jim Heilig
by on March 12, 2021
Do you remember the 1975 season of Arizona State Sun Devil football? If not, you should; this was the undefeated team that finished #2 in the nation. We are privileged this week to have one of the captains of that team share his experiences on this…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Pete Cronan
by on February 2, 2021
We are privileged to have the "Voice of Boston College Eagles Football" as our guest this week. Pete Cronan played at BC for head coach Joe Yukica from 1973-1976. BC had some very nice seasons during Pete's tenure there as a…
