Stories Inside the Man Cave

Send us Fan Mail Episode 71 of the Jim Saxton State Farm Insurance Agency Stories Inside the Man Cave was a  full house with Big Mike, Clynch, Coach Mo, and Hardball Hardge which compliments the two guests, Bob Shipley and Chris Almendarez. Yes, that Shipley. The patriarch of the royal Texas football family which produced the Texas Longhorn receivers: Jordan and Jaxon. Bob Shipley "officially...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 70 brought to you by Jim Saxton State Farm Insurance Agency, click below for all of your insurance needs. https://www.saxtoninsurance.com/ Big Mike's business, Last Stand Hats is expediting a high volume of business and Coach Mo had some family obligations. Both had to miss episode 70 due to those reasons. One of the legends of the University of  Texas baseball progra...

Send us Fan Mail The boys took a step out beyond the norm to highlight an ATX district of breweries and have a conversation with representative from four different breweries for the 69th episode of Stories Inside the Man Cave Podcast brought to you by Jim Saxton State Farm Insurance Agency. https://www.saxtoninsurance.com/ The area near Metric Boulevard and Kramer Lane, which is near Q2 Stadium-th...

Send us Fan Mail A big development for the Stories Inside the Man Cave boys. Episode 68 is the first episode for the debut of the podcast's first sponsor, Jim Saxton State Farm Insurance agency. For all of your insurance needs, contact Jim by phone: 512-441-1082 or visit his website: https://www.saxtoninsurance.com/ Thank you, Jim for supporting our podcast. Our hope is all of our listeners c...

Send us Fan Mail It was a Peaches and Herb kind of episode, "reunited and feels so good". A reunion with Coach Mo, who hasn't been able to make an appearance with the boys in a couple of months due to a hectic schedule with his gym and training classes. The boys missed Mo and to be honest it was refreshing to hear Mo's trademark saying, "Wake Yo Ass Up" again. Texas L...

Send us Fan Mail At the time of this recording, Clynch and Hardball Hardge were processing all of the reports and rumors about Chris Beard leaving Texas Tech to become Shaka Smart's successor as the men's basketball head coach at Texas. Big Mike took a leave of absence, this is his first full week since the arrival of his son. And, Coach Mo's training schedule is busy on Thursdays....

Send us Fan Mail Clynch and Hardball Hardge held the fort down while Big Mike spent his 3rd as a father. He and his wife, Sara welcomed their son into the world on Tuesday. Both mom and son are healthy and happy. Joining the boys is a well known name in the Texas high school football coaching fraternity, David Beaty. A product of Garland High School, Beaty was either an assistant or head coach at...

Send us Fan Mail March Madness in the Man Cave included a special guest, an author who resides in Austin, TX. Dr.  Katie Russell Newland, who is a NOLA native, received her undergraduate degree from Trinity University in San Antonio and later completed her Phd at the University of Texas. She stepped away from her life as an educator to focus on her passion for writing. Katie, an avid reader and fa...

Send us Fan Mail The week the Dallas Cowboys re-signed Dak Prescott to a four year contract which includes an NFL record  $66 million dollar signing bonus, the boys invited a legendary voice into the Man Cave. Brad Sham, the voice of the Dallas Cowboys, who has been a radio announcer and play x play talent for 40+ years, discussed all things Cowboys related including the Prescott signing.  Sham de...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a hectic week for all of the boys. So, Clynch was solo for episode 62. But, he was joined in segment two by a friend of the pod and longtime friend of Clynch, KVUE's main anchor, Bryan Mays. During segment one, Clynch addressed all of the anxiety built up from removal of the face mask mandate by Texas Governor, Greg Abbott and stating that Texas is open for bus...

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...