Thursday Night Tailgate, NFL Legends Podcast Thursday Night Tailgate

On this week's show, we're joined by former Titans Pro Bowl DB Blaine Bishop, former Patriots Pro Bowl RB Tony Collins, Sirius/XM NFL Radio Host Zig Fracassi, and former Chiefs & Bucs DB Charles Mincy.

We start our time with Blaine Bishop talking about his early playing days in high school at Cathedral High in Indianapolis. Blaine then shares why he started his college days at St. Joseph's College but transferred to Ball State a year later to fulfill his dream of playing Division 1 college football. He played so well there that he's now in their Sports Hall of Fame. We talk about his rookie season with the then Houston Oilers including his first career interception off Steve Young and then playing against Joe Montana and the Chiefs in the playoffs. We also get his memories of the rivalry between the Oilers and the Steelers.

Tony Collins leads us through our 5 Star Picks of the Week for the Wildcard Round of the playoffs.

Zig Fracassi shares his thoughts on what we saw in the National Championship game between Georgia and TCU. We also get his thoughts on the Cowboys/Bucs upcoming playoff game, if San Francisco would consider going back to Jimmy G. if he's healthy, and the incredible start by the Boston Bruins in the NHL.

Charles Mincy shares stories from his college days at the University of Washington and their win over Iowa in the 1990 Rose Bowl. We got his thoughts on USC and UCLA leaving the PAC-12 for the BIG-10. We moved on to his days playing for the Chiefs and what it was like having a coaching staff that included Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards, Bruce Arians, and Marty Schottenheimer. We also discussed their 4 consecutive appearances in the playoffs in the early to mid-90s and why they came up short.

NFL Legends Leonard Wheeler & Tony Collins Plus the Dean of Atlanta Sports Talk Radio Beau Bock & Pittsburgh Broadcast Legend John Steigerwald Join Us...

Beau Bock shares his thoughts on the Falcons season and shares why he believes they are going in the right direction. He also talks Hawks, Braves, and the need for better sports media in Atlanta.

Tony Collins leads us through our 5 Star Picks of the Week for Week 18 in the NFL.

Leonard Wheeler played in the NFL from 1992 to 1999 for the Bengals, Vikings, and Panthers. He shares his thoughts on all 3 of those teams. He tells us why the Bengals are going to be tough to beat in the playoffs. He talks about the enigma that is the Vikings and the situation going on in Carolina with their QBs and the vacancy at Head Coach. Leonard is one of our all-time favorites and you'll hear why.

John Steigerwald is a media legend in Pittsburgh. He's from Pittsburgh and has been covering sports there for over 45 years. He talks about witnessing Roberto Clemente do something in 1956 that hadn't been done before or since. He talks about walking out on Bob Gibson's no-hitter that he pitched in against the Pirates in 1971 and why Bob Nutting isn't to blame for the state of Pirates, Major League Baseball is.