NFL: Thursday Night Tailgate
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Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Yale Head Coach Tony Reno shares his thoughts on last season and what it will take to win the Ivy League title in '22. We hear his thoughts on the privilege of not only playing for Yale but going to school there as well. We also hear how he recruits athletes with a passion for football who also meet the school's educational qualifications. Finally, we discuss how he teaches his players to represent the University and themselves when they're away from the football field.
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Kevin Chalfant is the Former Lead Singer of the Journey spin-off band The Storm. Kevin is currently touring with The Voices of Rock Radio and took time from that to join us. Kevin is a Chicago native and we get his thoughts on the Bears season, his admiration for Tom Brady, and the Cubs who broke his heart growing up. We also learn about his relationship with several members of Journey and my hope that one day he's fronting the band.
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
In this week's Spotlight on the Positive segment hear how Vikings OLB Anthony Barr is helping single parents through his Raise The Barr Foundation. He's partnering with single-parent students and their children to increase their opportunity and economic mobility through education. His Foundation supports college success among single-parent students in order to improve racial, ethnic, and gender equity in higher education access.
We also Spotlight Raiders TE Darren Waller and his Foundation which is helping kids with addictions get the inpatient treatment they need plus help positively influence kids so they don't go down that path.
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Singer/Song Writer Kevin Chalfant, former Patriots Pro Bowl RB Tony Collins, Yale Head Coach Tony Reno, and Steelers Legend Rocky Bleier join us.
Kevin Chalfant is the Former Lead Singer of the Journey spin-off band The Storm. Kevin is currently touring with The Voices of Rock Radio and took time from that to join us. Kevin is a Chicago native and we get his thoughts on the Bears season, his admiration for Tom Brady, and the Cubs who broke his heart growing up. We also learn about his relationship with several members of Journey and my hope that one day he's fronting the band.
Tony Collins shares memories from his experience playing in Super Bowl XX against the Bears plus leads us through our picks for the Super Bowl.
Yale Head Coach Tony Reno shares his thoughts on last season and what it will take to win the Ivy League title in '22. We hear his thoughts on the privilege of not only playing for Yale but going to school there as well. We also hear how he recruits athletes with a passion for football who also meet the school's educational qualifications. Finally, we discuss how he teaches his players to represent the University and themselves when they're away from the football field.
Rocky was the 2nd ever guest on this show back in September of 2011 and he's been a wonderful guest and friend ever since. He talks about rekindling the Super Bowl memories every year at this time. We hear about the miserable weather conditions they played in during the 1979 AFC Championship Game against the Houston Oilers. We talk about how the Rams in '79 were actually the first team to have home-field advantage in the Super Bowl back in 1980. They played their home games in the LA Colisseum which was 30 minutes from the Rose Bowl, site of Super Bowl XIV. In that game, the Rams not only had home-field advantage, they also had 3 former Steelers coaches on their staff. Rocky talks about having to face the coaches that knew them well. We also hear about the TD he scored in Super Bowl XIII that came on a broken play, plus Terry Bradshaw's disdain for short passes.
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Marco Coleman talks about his time playing at Georgia Tech for Bobby Ross and their 1990 National Championship. We also get his thoughts on the Dolphins firing Brian Flores, why college coaches have a hard time making the transition to the NFL, and a look ahead to the new defensive recruits he has coming in as the D-Line Coach at Georgia Tech.
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Kerry Glenn shares his thoughts on the Dolphins firing Brian Flores, what it was like playing on both sides of the Dolphins/Jets rivalry in the 80s, and the pick he had against Bernie Kosar and the Browns in 1990.
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Rick Upchurch shares his thoughts on the Broncos firing their Head Coach Vic Fangio. We also hear about how he was able to be so successful as a Punt and Kick Returner, the first TD pass he caught as a Bronco in his very first game, and the pain the WRs endured trying to catch passes from John Elway during Elway's rookie season.
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
In this week's Spotlight on the Positive hear about the many ways Patriots DT Lawrence Guy and his foundation are helping kids with back to school supplies, backpacks, providing meals to the hungry at Thanksgiving, and his shop with a jock program. Plus, how Bengals fans paid for over 26,000 meals and counting, by paying it forward with donations in the amount of $9.27 representing Joe Burrow's number and the number of points the Bengals scored in the AFC Championship game, to Harvesters a local Kansas City community food network.
