Talking College Football History: Ralph “Shug” Jordan

by Rex Naylor on  College Podcasts Football

We honor Auburn's winningest football coach this week. Ralph "Shug" Jordan coached at Auburn from 1951-1975 and even though Shug passed away in 1980, we have his son, Ralph Jordan, Jr. as our guest. Ralph, Jr. shares his introspection into not…

Talking Penn State Football History: Bob Torrey

by Rex Naylor on  Penn State Football Podcasts

We are fortunate to have a member of one of Penn State's best fullback tandems in their history.  Bob Torrey joins us to talk about his career which spanned 1975-1978.  Bob was a member of those great teams I wrote about in The…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: Nov 1

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Tim gives a pseudo college basketball preview, as all the transferring has made it tough to keep track of who is playing where. Some MLB, NBA, and NHL talk, plus a rant and Connect to Column on the closing of a legendary local football field. The Random…

Wall2WallFootball: Will Lions Roar Edition

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The trifecta returns as the talk centers around Super Bowl contenders in the NFL, and yes, the boys included the Steelers and Eagles in that conversation. Will a college football tournament create Cinderella like the basketball tournament? What is good…

Back When There Was Baseball: Chris Wheeler

by Rex Naylor on  Podcasts Baseball

Former long-time Phillies broadcaster Chris Wheeler joins us this week.  "Wheels" was behind the mic for 37 years of Phillies baseball which included their only 2 World Series championships (1980 and 2008).  The Phillies have only appeared in 7…

Talking College Football History: Kelly Kirchbaum

by Rex Naylor on  College Podcasts Football

We view the 1977 Kentucky football team as quite possibly their best team in history. Our guest this week is Linebacker Kelly Kirchbaum who played at Kentucky from 1975-1978. He also played against Penn State in each of his four years in…

Talking Penn State Football History: Leroy Thompson

by Rex Naylor on  Penn State Football Podcasts

This week's guest is Leroy Thompson. He played at Penn State from 1987-1990 and was an unsung, versatile running back (tailback along with fullback) playing alongside Blair Thomas and Gary Brown. Listen to Leroy share his 1989 Holiday Bowl and Penn State…

Wall2WallFootball: Who’s In Edition

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Tim and Eric discuss James Franklin’s less than professional pre conference from earlier in the week, coaches on the hot seat in each conference, and Who is in and who is out of the playoffs at this point. Plus trade deadline talk in the NFL, best and…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: Oct 25

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Tim leads off with NBA news including, brace yourself Sixers fans, Joel Embiid injured already. The phony LeBron James and son Bronny moment, Pens and Flyers off to slow starts including the Pens sending goalie Tristan Jarry home, and the Caps waiting…