Talking College Football History: Coach John L. Smith and Chris Smeland

July 30, 2024 College Podcasts Football

This week we explore the Louisville football turnaround in the late 1990s/early 2000's. We are looking at a little later time-period than normal, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity to host Coach John L. Smith and his Defensive…

Talking College Football History: John Rienstra

July 23, 2024 College Podcasts Football

John Rienstra joins us this week on the podcast to talk about his Temple career (1981-1985) and his NFL career which lasted from 1986-1992 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. John will state that he played for 3 Super…

Talking College Football History: Doug Graber

July 16, 2024 College Podcasts Football

Doug Graber joins me this week on the podcast. Doug coached for over 30 years at every level. He coached high school, Division II and Division I at the collegiate level, the NFL and the World League of American Football. He was the…

Talking College Football History: Jim Hart

July 9, 2024 College Podcasts Football

We are privileged to have one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history with us this week. Jim Hart of the St. Louis Cardinals joins us to talk about his career. Jim came out of Southern Illinois University and went undrafted in the…

Talking College Football History: Mike Curcio

July 2, 2024 College Podcasts Football

Mike Curcio joins us this week and is our first Temple Owl. Mike played at Temple from 1975-1979 under the Wayne Hardin regime. These were not your typical Temple teams as Wayne Hardin is the winningest coach in Temple football…

Talking College Football History: 1979 Indiana Hoosiers

June 25, 2024 College Podcasts Football

We celebrate the 45th anniversary of 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 …

Talking College Football History: The Nebraska Walk-On

June 18, 2024 College Podcasts Football

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 through the early 1980s. This was one…

Talking College Football History: Jim Young

June 11, 2024 College Podcasts Football

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 College Football History: Eric Hipple

June 4, 2024 College Podcasts Football

Utah State grad Eric Hipple joins us this week on the podcast. Eric played QB at Utah State from 1976-1979, but you more than likely remember him as the Detroit Lions QB. He still is in the Top 10 in Utah State offensive stats with 6,…

Talking College Football History: Mike Archer

May 28, 2024 College Podcasts Football

Our guest this week is former LSU head coach Mike Archer. Mike played his high school football at nearby State College High School, then ventured to Miami (Fla.) for his college football experience under new head coach Fran Curci. He…