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 …
Talking College Football History: Stan White
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We are going back to those great Ohio State Buckeye teams in the late 1960s to the early 1970s this week with linebacker Stan White. Stan was "all everything" coming out of Theodore Roosevelt High School in Kent, Ohio. He took his skills to Ohio State to…
Talking College Football History: Jim Swift
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We talk Iowa football this week. Back to the Bob Commings and Hayden Fry days with our guest Jim Swift. Jim was a tight end with Iowa from 1976-1979. He was part of the ending of the Bob Commings era and the start of the Hayden Fry era…
Talking College Football History: Alvin Bresler
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Our guest this week is Alvin Bresler. Alvin played at Auburn under legendary coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan from 1968-1970. He teamed at wideout with Terry Beasley and caught passes from Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan. He also had a…
Talking College Football History: Ted Koy
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We look at the founding of the wishbone formation this week with our guest, Texas running back Ted Koy. Coach Emory Bellard came up with the wishbone formation before the 1968 season, then unleashed it on the college football world that season.…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Jay Shapiro
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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 guest this week. Jay was a multi-year…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Jim Heilig
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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
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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 linebacker. He was drafted in…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Marty Wetzel
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Marty Wetzel is our guest this week. Marty played at Tulane from 1977-1980 in the linebacker position. He had the privilege of playing in two bowl games; 1979 Liberty Bowl vs. Penn State and 1980 Hall of Fame Classic vs. Arkansas. Marty talks about the…
