Talking Penn State Football History: Brad Scovill
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Our guest this week is the "Walk-on from Wyomissing", Brad Scovill. Brad played at Penn State from 1977-1980. He has a great story to share which is not atypical of the Penn State players of the Joe Paterno era. Brad could have played in the Ivy…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: November 8
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Tim ponders the bad luck(?) of the Philadelphia 76ers plus a couple NBA and NHL notes. Tim’s Time Machine goes to the late 70’s to pound the drum for Dave Parker, who is on the Hall of Fame ballot again. A quick Pirates note, some solid college hoops…
Wall2WallFootball: Midseason Report Edition
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Tim and Eric look at the fallout from yet another Penn State loss to Ohio State. How much will schedule strength be used when selecting playoff teams? Shockers, best players, coaches in trouble, and recalibrating predictions in the NFL at the halfway…
Back When There Was Baseball: Eric Raich
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Eric Raich joins us this week. Eric played his college baseball at USC coming out of Compton, CA. He was involved in the middle of that great Rod Dedeaux run at Southern Cal where they won the National Championship in 1968 and from 1970-1974. Eric…
Talking College Football History: Ralph “Shug” Jordan
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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
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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…
