Stories Inside the Man Cave

Send us Fan Mail For the next two weeks beginning with episode 61, the Man Cave boys have an accomplished author as a VIP guest. Nick "Nino's Corner" Battle is a 2005 graduate of the University of Texas who was an RA in Jester East dormitory at UT. It was during that time he connected with some of the best to play football at Texas.  Battle's list of career accomplishments is ...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Traylor entered the Man Cave with Clynch and Hardge on "thaw out day" or the beginning of the big melt from a week long deep freeze and problematic winter weather. Traylor, who played on those great football teams in the late 1980's at Stephen F.  Austin State University, began his coaching career in East Texas as a high school football coach.  He left his mark...

Send us Fan Mail Gene Watson, a respected name in baseball and Major League Baseball joined Clynch, Big Mike, and Hardball Hardge for episode 59. Watson has nearly three decades of experience working in professional baseball as a talent scout and in the front office. Watson worked his way up in baseball after playing college baseball at UT-Arlington beginning with the Texas Rangers. The Temple, Te...

Send us Fan Mail The longest first segment in Stories Inside the Man Cave Podcast history was recorded mainly because of Ty Harrington. The Longhorn for life baseball fan favorite and winningest head baseball coach in Texas State University history is enjoying the retired life and spending more time as a dad. Harrington's stories are epic from his playing and coaching days. Including a specif...

Send us Fan Mail Baseball season is upon us, barring any delays or interruptions by Covid19. Two of the best to ever wear a Texas Longhorns baseball uniform entered the Man Cave. This was Greg Swindell's (Zeke)  second appearance, but first with Keith Moreland (Zonk). Both Zeke and Zonk have had their jerseys retired at UT and both had storied careers in Major League Baseball and both are bro...

Send us Fan Mail The boys honored baseball's iconic legend, Hammerin' Hank Aaron who passed away at age 86. Hardball Hardge placed Aaron's contribution to the game and to our country into perspective in regards to being an African-American breaking racial barriers. They boys had a healthy debate about how to increase the interest in baseball for African-American youth. ATX's ow...

Send us Fan Mail A special 55th edition in honor of the Buffalo #BillsMafia and Longhorn for life, Aaron Williams. The former McNeil High School Maverick and DBU great played six great years for the Buffalo Bills. Multiple injuries forced him into retirement, but Williams remains a loyal Buffalo Bill and member of the Bills Mafia fan base. Williams is elated that his Bills are playing in the AFC C...

Send us Fan Mail Clynch, Big Mike, and Hardball Hardge debated a multitude of topics including the back-to-back state champion, Westlake Chaparrals football team and Todd Dodge winning the Dodge Bowl against his son. Clynch witnessed it first hand at Jerry World in Arlington. Hardge wanted to know what that experience was like for Clynch as a fan/spectator since he's never truly seen a high s...

Send us Fan Mail Hardball Hardge and Clynch interviewed Bob Wager, the winningest football coach in Arlington Martin High School history, in segment one. Wager was born and raised in the northeast portion of the country and attended Springfield College in Massachusetts, where he was a running back in the wishbone offense. Wager was inspired by his football coaches throughout his life. After he rea...

Send us Fan Mail History will be made in Texas High School football history on Saturday,  January 16th when a father and a son will coach against each other for a state championship. Legendary Westlake High School head coach, Todd Dodge will coach against Southlake Carroll High School's Riley Dodge for the UIL 6A Division I state title. The back story, Riley was Todd's quarterback in the...

Send us Fan Mail The boys minus Coach Mo, who was busy training the next generation of great local athletes, invited Jay Boulware into the Man Cave. Boulware is a Longhorn for life who was an offensive lineman for Texas, part of the 1991 recruiting class. A heart condition cut his playing career short after two seasons. That's when Boulware began his coaching career as a student assistant and...

Send us Fan Mail The University of Texas football program dropped a bomb Saturday morning when they announced that the Tom Herman era is over as the Longhorns head football coach. 32 wins, 18 losses and 4-0 in bowl games in four seasons, Herman will not return as UT's head football coach. The boys discussed it all and debated the rumors involving Alabama offensive coordinator, Steve Sarkisian...

Send us Fan Mail All of the boys were present on New Year's Eve, excited to say good bye to a stressful 2020 and did so with former Longhorn linebacker, Jeffrey "The Shark" McCulloch. This graduate from the McCombs School of Business is a cerebral guy who has his hands in multiple projects and businesses at age 22. McCulloch discussed his mentors, his current projects, how the rigor...

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Send us Fan Mail The boys minus Coach Mo, who was busy training clients, invited former Texas running back great, Fozzy Whittaker into the Man Cave. A deep and analytical discussion about Texas football's recent haul of recruits signed on the early signing day on Wednesday.  19 signees which currently ranked 17th in the country as a class, but a quality class of signees. The criticism exists...

Send us Fan Mail Back-to-back weeks with a full house plus one. Well, plus one being Mike "Hardball" Hardge aka "Willie D" and "Cleanup Man".  But, the guest of honor was former Texas Longhorn linebacker, Norman Watkins who was once quoted his true freshman season at Texas in 1991 saying, "I'm too damn good to redshirt." Stormin' Norm discussed his...

Send us Fan Mail Jackie Sherrill joined the boys in segment 1 to discuss his great coaching career which included flipping the Texas A&M football program into a powerhouse in the Southwest Conference. Sherrill was  a player for the late great Paul "Bear" Bryant at Alabama. He began his coaching career at Washington State, then to the University of Pittsburgh where he succeeded the la...

Send us Fan Mail A special episode resulted in episode 44 which included two guest co-hosts, Justin "Bowflex" Bohannon and Jackson Jeffcoat. It was almost a full house. Coach Mo was unable to step aside from a training class. And, he missed quite a show and one which provided some insight on a serious issue in America, depression and veterans who suffer from PTSD. Boahannon knows that al...

Send us Fan Mail Clynch and Coach Mo held down the fort while Big Mike and his lovely wife vacationed in Carolina and decided to learn more about bourbon and cigars. The boys invited the general manager of Austin's Anderson Lane location of Cover 3, Dave Ramirez.   During his personal time, Ramirez is a bourbon and cigar connoisseur. Funny thing is, Coach Mo is as well.  A true education on b...

Send us Fan Mail The boys are back together for the first time in a couple of months for an episode. Clynch, Coach Mo, and Big Mike reunited and it felt so good for episode 42. This episode was a first due to have a family feel to it. The parents of Osteosarcoma survivor, Kooper Hernandez, Jon and Mindee Hernandez joined the boys to discuss Super Kooper and his triumphant victory against cancer an...

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Send us Fan Mail Longtime Austin American-Statesman Texas Longhorn sports beat writer, Cedric Golden joined Clynch for the celebration of episode 40. Golden offered his takes on the lawsuit against Bevo by one of his former co-workers for the incident prior to the 2019 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.  Golden also discussed the "Eyes of Texas" issues and social/racial injustices. The current s...

Send us Fan Mail Clynch was solo, but he was joined by two former Longhorns who are making a name for themselves after football. Caleb Bluiett, a former UT tight end/defensive end and Tim Cole, a former UT linebacker are  co-founders of Elite Sweets donuts. A brand of healthy donuts high in protein and gluten free. Be sure to follow them on Twitter: @TheEliteSweets Both Bluiett and Cole are expand...

Send us Fan Mail If you've not heard of Zain Hollywood Muhammed, yet. You will soon. He has the makings of becoming the next great quarterback from the ATX area. He's only 8-years-old and is gaining attention nationwide for his abilities and made a cameo during NBC's Sunday Night Football.  Hollywood is from Cedar Park and was forced to change football leagues in Lakeway/Bee Cave du...

Send us Fan Mail Big Mike and Coach Mo had personal business obligations, so Clynch invited one of the best receivers to wear a Longhorn uniform to co-host with him. Mike Adams from the early to mid-1990's once held several Texas Longhorn offensive records as well as a 17.2 yards average each time he touched the ball. Adams, who is now an assistant coach at Hutto High School, gave his perspec...