Stories Inside the Man Cave

Send us Fan Mail Idle Conversations with Wheels, Installment #4 Patrick 'Wheels' Smith #SarkAfterDark & flipping recruits! We took a deep dive into Sark's ridiculously talented and deep early Signing Day class which was signed on Wednesday. A recruiting class which addressed every need including the glaring need of BIG HUMANS, offensive lineman. The class also includes a pair of...

Send us Fan Mail Special Episode with  LBJ Jaguars Athletics head football coach, Jahmal Fenner  This episode is all about AISD Athletics Austin ISD pride. LBJ is making history. For the 1st time since 1973 an Austin ISD football program will be playing for a state championship. The Jaguars will meet the Stephenville Yellow Jackets for the 4A, Division 1 state title Friday morning in Arlington, TX...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 105 with Dave Campbell's Texas Football's Matt Stepp STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK FOR TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL!! It's an ideal week for the man who covers Texas high school football like no other to step into the Man Cave for an episode.  Throughout the year you can find Matt Stepp traveling from Dalhart to Brownsville and El Paso to Lufkin cultivating relation...

Send us Fan Mail Special episode: Brent Venables introduced as Lincoln Riley's successor at OU.  OKC tv veteran and  WWLS The Sports Animal host, Mark Rodgers entered the Man Cave to discuss the return of Brent Venables to Norman as the Oklahoma Sooners head football coach. Venables was Bob Stoops' defensive coordinator for several years at OU before accepting a similar role for Dabo Swi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 104 with Grammy nominee, SaulPaul The talented musician from Houston calls Austin home and is a proud University of Texas graduate.  His background and story is beyond inspiring. SaulPaul had a tough childhood growing up in the Greenspoint area of Houston. His late grandmother adopted him and raised SaulPaul along with 16 other children. He attended UT, but flunked out and...

Send us Fan Mail SPECIAL EPISODE: Lincoln Riley Bounces from Norman to USC, the Oklahoma reaction, part 2 Berry Tramel, legendary Oklahoma sports writer, offered his knowledge and opinions on Lincoln Riley leaving Oklahoma for USC. It's somewhat of an episode of the "Twilight Zone" for the OU fan base according to  Tramel. If OU decided to hire a big named assistant coach, it wouldn...

Send us Fan Mail Things escalated in a hurry in Norman, OK Less than 48 hours after OU lost to OSU in Bedlam, Sooners head coach, Lincoln Riley bounced to USC and the soon to be College Football Hall of Fame coach, Bob Stoops is named OU's interim head coach. A special episode with a veteran voice in OKC who knows #BoomerSooner football, Curtis Fitzpatrick Fitz, a long time friend and former...

Send us Fan Mail #HookEm Foootball, the regular season finale. The final game of this bizarre and frustrating season is the morning after Thanksgiving vs Kansas State. The Horns will not go bowling but will have an opportunity to avoid losing a program record 7 conference games in one season IF Texas beats Kansas State at DKR Memorial Stadium. Austin American-Statesman reporter, Brian Davis asked...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 103 with Steven Ngati The Longhorn fanatic who created a platform called Fanatic Perspective has quite a story how his Longhorn fandom came about. It involves his late mother who has ties to Lockhart, TX and UT. Ngati, who is a life long Longhorn fan, grew up on the east coast and graduated from the prestigious HBCU, Howard University. He made his way to Austin as quickly...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 102 with Jaylon Reeves   It's a story about dealing with tremendous loss, inspiration, life as a quarterback, and living for a greater purpose. Jaylon and his older sister, Kyra dealt with something no child or young person should ever experience. Back in February, Jaylon and Kyra lost their mom and dad four days a part due to battles with Covid. Both Kyra and Jaylon...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 101 with Mike Barnes The former award winning Austin, TX tv sportscasting icon left the industry after 30 years in the spring of 2019. He and his wife, Kim launched a consulting business to improve clients' on camera presence for Zoom calls and for presentations. They also launched a platform called Parenting Aging Parents. This was inspired by Mike's mom's...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 100: It's a celebration with the OG Man Cave boys, Big Mike & Hardball Hardge. Mike Murphy Mike HardballHardge A celebration for reaching the 100 episode plateau. This included a tribute from some of the guests from previous episodes. Each of the guests are what truly made this podcast what it is today. We discussed the Texas football fan base's new hero, ass...

Send us Fan Mail Kami Irwin is the organizer of the US 13 event on Lake Travis (outside of Austin, TX) on October 2nd. An event which honored those 13 USA servicemen & service women who lost their lives in Afghanistan. Irwin, who is a friend of the podcast, continues to receive orders for a cap made for the US 13 event and continues to receive requests to help assist her. Irwin has hopes of or...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 99 with the Luceros.. A story about basketball, love, and overcoming a significant health scare. This love story all began in Nacogdoches, TX when a former basketball star was working his way up the high school basketball coaching ranks. Rob Lucero is currently the head coach of Texas state high school basketball power, Westlake High School in Austin. Krystal Lucero was a...

Send us Fan Mail A new fan of the program spawned a new idea, a special episode which will drop periodically called: IDLE CONVERSATIONS WITH WHEELS with Patrick 'Wheels' Smith A DFW native who is a lawyer and a graduate of UT and never left Austin. Wheels also married an ATX girl, who is the daughter of the man who made a historic reception in Texas football history. We'll discuss t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 98 with David Smoak A Texas sports broadcasting legend who is one of a handful of  pioneers of sports talk radio in Texas . Smoak was one of the first to launch a sports message board: smoaky.com in East Texas. He's a Heisman Trophy voter, on the selection committee of the Texas Sports HOF & the Texas High School Football ballot committee. Smoak's broadcastin...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 97 with Devin Studstill Amazing how we cross paths with people in the most random places what seems like daily. I met Devin Studstill with a mutual friend whom Studstill is learning about a career from in Austin, TX while at a local restaurant we were all meeting for a late lunch. A native of Riviera Beach, Florida, Studstill was a highly recruited defensive back who signe...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 96 with Rod Babers The former Longhorn all-american defensive back, who played for Mack Brown in the early 2000s, has carved out and created his own brand as a talent for   104.9 The Horn- Local Austin Sports Babers consistently delivers true research in the form of statistics and trends regarding the Longhorns football teams and he is a well respected talent in the indust...

Send us Fan Mail Bonus Episode: Sunday Texas Longhorn Football recap with Stevie Lee. There's a mixed bag of emotions after the loss to #12 Oklahoma State. Emotions which include frustration, disappointment, and some understand the process by 1st year head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff. Former Texas Longhorn defensive lineman, Stevie Lee (200-2004) offered his opinions, evaluation  from...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 94 with Quincy Lavon Carter This is an episode we hope reaches at least one person who is dealing addiction and inspires them. Quincy has battled an addiction and is winning that battle with a complete overhaul of his mindset, his faith, and his daily approach to life in general. Not to mention his commitment to AA. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback's 1st love was...

Send us Fan Mail Red River Rivalry, the day after episode.. How are you feeling about the rest of the season Longhorn Nation? Casey Thomspon was SOLID at quarterback.  Bijon Robinson was Bijon but OU's defense began to contain him in the final 1.5 quarters.  I'd say, there should be optimism but with patience. This team fought and started well early vs Oklahoma. Literally attacked and we...

Send us Fan Mail Red River Rivalry special episode #6 with Peter Gardere The only quarterback in the Red River Rivalry series to win four games as a starter in this game. Gardere was 4-0 vs Oklahoma as the Longhorns' QB1 from 1989-1992. A fun conversation about all of the elements this rivalry delivers. And, Pete the Great talks about his friendship with former OU wishbone quarterback great,...

Send us Fan Mail Red River Rivalry special  episode #5 with Tom Campbell The son of Darrell K. Royal's defensive coordinator, Mike Campbell, Tom played a significant role in UT's 1969 national championship.  He has fond memories of playing the Oklahoma Sooners at The Cotton Bowl Stadium. Campbell said there wasn't horns down and "Texas Sucks" comments. There was mutual res...

Send us Fan Mail Red River Rivalry special episode #6 with Eric Moore The pastor of Summit Worship Center in Austin, TX is a former QB1 of the Oklahoma Sooners. Moore took snaps for OU during the middle to late 1990's during a transition period for Sooners football. A native of Dallas and a former quarterback of Texas high school football power, the Carter Cowboys, Moore is a die hard Sooner...

Send us Fan Mail Red River Rivalry special episode #3 with JaMarkus McFarland McFarland, a Lufkin, TX native grew up loving the Texas Longhorns and was a highly recruited defensive tackle who ended up signing with the Oklahoma Sooners and played for Bob Stoops. JaMarkus played at a high level in the Red River Rivalry during his days as a Sooner.. He has fond memories of those Saturdays in October...