Talking College Football History: Dan Spivey
January 9, 2024
Not all of our segments on this podcast are the "glory days" of college football. Our guest this week is "Dangerous" Dan Spivey. You should remember Dan Spivey as a professional wrestler if you followed it in the mid-1980s through…
Talking College Football History: 1971 Fiesta Bowl
January 2, 2024
Believe it or not, this year commemorates the 52nd anniversary of the first Fiesta Bowl. We are fortunate to have three members that played in that game: Barry Smith and J.T. Thomas …
Talking College Football History: Mike Martin
December 26, 2023
Mike Martin joins us on the podcast this week. Mike played wide receiver at Illinois from 1979-1982 and is still in the top 10 of Illinois wide receivers. His first year was the last of the Gary Moeller era and 1980 started the Mike…
Talking College Football History: Rick Upchurch
December 19, 2023
We have a great story this week with our guest Rick Upchurch. You should remember his NFL accomplishments with the Denver Broncos from 1975-1983. He is in the Denver Broncos Hall of Fame and on their 50th Anniversary team. But did…
Talking College Football History: Greg Hare
December 12, 2023
Who was the Ohio State quarterback sandwiched between Rex Kern and Cornelius Greene? His name is Greg Hare and we have him as our guest this week on the podcast. Greg graduated from Fort Hill High School in Cumberland…
Talking College Football History: Darrell Thompson
December 5, 2023
We are blessed to have one of the best running backs in Minnesota Golden Gopher history as our guest this week. Darrell Thompson played from 1986-1989 under head coach John Gutekunst who had taken over for Lou Holtz. Darrell is…
Talking College Football History: Mike Ford
November 28, 2023
When you think of the SMU Mustang football team in the early 1980s, guys like Eric Dickerson and Craig James come to mind. Our guest this week played at SMU (quarterback) from 1977-1980. His name is Mike Ford and as…
Talking College Football History: Joe Steele
November 21, 2023
We are joined this week by one of Washington's best all-time running backs. Joe Steele takes time to share memories of his career which spanned from 1976-1979. He is still the Huskies 5th leading rusher in total yards with 3,168 and…
Talking College Football History: Don Moorhead
November 14, 2023
We turn the time machine back 54 years this week to one of the greatest upsets in college football history. In 1969, the Michigan Wolverines upset the favored Ohio State Buckeyes, a Buckeye team that many considered the greatest team in college…
Talking College Football History: Ray Parson
November 7, 2023
This week the podcast travels back more than 50 years to Minneapolis, MN with our guest Ray Parson. Ray had a great athletic career at Uniontown High School (PA) in both football and basketball. He was heavily recruited but decided…
