Talking College Football History: Don Gaffney and Gerald Loper
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We visit Florida Gator nation this week. I would like to say we are visiting The Swamp, but that moniker didn't happen until 1992, so we will visit Florida Field and its artificial turf this week. Our guests are Don Gaffney and …
Sports Authors Showcase: Ara's Knights: Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football by Frank Pomarico
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We are privileged to have Frank Pomarico this week who wrote a book with Ray Serafin titled Ara's Knights: Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football. Frank was one of the captains of that great 1973 Notre Dame national…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: March 13
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Tim leads off by discussing the sham that was 83 points scored in a game by Bam Adebayo. Then it’s NHL, golf, WBC baseball, NFL free agency(specifically the Steelers), and more. Tim’s Time Machine goes back to 1990 to remember Hank Gathers, a three…
Back When There Was Baseball: Doug Rau
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Doug Rau joins us this week. Doug had a good collegiate career at Texas A&M which earned him a #1 draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the secondary phase of the June 1970 draft. He had an 81-60 record with a career ERA of 3.35 from 1972-1981.…
Talking College Football History: Don Patterson
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Don Patterson is my guest this week. Don was an Army graduate and part of one of the best coaching staffs in college football history. The 1983 Iowa Hawkeye coaching staff included: Head Coach Hayden Fry along with assistants Bill Snyder, Kirk Ferentz,…
Back When There Was Baseball: Rudy Meoli
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Rudy Meoli joins us this week. Rudy played in the Major and Minor Leagues from 1969-1979 for several teams (California Angels, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies). He got up to the Majors in 1971 for a short stint, but 1973 was the season that he…
Talking College Football History: Dirt Winston
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We visit Razorback country this week with our guest Dennis "Dirt" Winston. He played at Arkansas from 1973-1976 under legendary coach Frank Broyles. The Razorbacks had a great season in 1975 culminating in a Cotton Bowl trip where they…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: February 28
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Tim leads off with thoughts on 19 year old Pirates phenom Konnor Griffin. Other Pirates/Phillies thoughts, college roundtable, golf, and Penguins. The college basketball segment has the weekly slam dunks and air balls, plus a look at a weak bubble. Then…
Back When There Was Baseball: Rich Garcia
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American League umpire Rich Garcia joins us this week. Richie was one of the most highly respected umpires of his time period (1976-1999). During his career, he worked 2 All-Star games (1980, 1992), 3 ALDS (1995, 1997, 1998), 5 ALCS (…
