Talking Penn State and College Football History: 1979 Indiana Hoosiers
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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
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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
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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
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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: Craig Cassady
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on May 26, 2021
We interview Ohio State royalty this week. We have Craig Cassady as our guest and yes, he is the son of the 1955 Heisman Trophy winner Howard "Hopalong" Cassady. Craig played at Ohio State from 1972-1975 and was a…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Jay Shapiro
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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
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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
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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…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Marty Wetzel
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on January 18, 2021
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…
Talking Penn State and College Football History: Robert Alexander
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on January 7, 2021
We are privileged this week to have the 1976 National High School Player of the Year as our guest this week. His name is Robert Alexander. Robert was a product of South Charleston High School (WV) and played at West Virginia…