(AP)—Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69.

Utah State University assistant athletic media relations director Zach Fisher says Olsen died Wednesday night.

Olsen was an All-American at Utah State and a first-round draft pick of the Los Angles Rams in 1962.

He was part of the Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome” defensive line, which set an NFL record for the fewest yards allowed during a 14-game season in 1968.

Olsen is still the Rams’ all-time leader in career tackles with 915.

Olsen moved on to acting with roles in “Little House on the Prairie” and later his own series, “Father Murphy,” which ran from 1981 to 1983.

He was diagnosed with mesothelioma last year.

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We had three of the Lady Longhorns on the podcast to talk about their season and the upcoming Big 12 & NCAA Tournaments.

Thanks to Yvonne Anderson, Ashleigh Fontenette, and Ashley Gayle for taking some time to come on the show. Good luck to them in the rest of the season.

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Short Track Motor Racing Track Owner Jeff Vaughn from Shenandoah, VA area. He owns the Shenandoah Speedway.

Some of the topics discussed were:
Why Bristol Motor Speedway is concrete instead of asphalt like most tracks.

Jeff built the track himself and told us how that came about & why he wanted to build an asphalt track there.

We talked about the types of racing vehicles on short track and how they compare to NASCAR and Open-wheeled race cars.

We talked about some drivers who have raced on his track and why owners are interested in younger drivers.

Jeff explained more about his track including the seating, VIP, corporate events, car shows, and training events.

We also got Jeff’s opinion of Danica Patrick going from open wheeled to stock car.

We talked about their negotiations with NASCAR to be a sanctioned track or an ASA sanctioned track. Right now they’re running independent.

After the interview Foss & Rees bantered about which sport is more exciting Open Wheeled racing or Stock car racing which turned into an argument over which racing movie was best, Days of Thunder, Talledega Nights or Driven.

We want to thank Short Track owner Jeff Vaughn for coming on the show and we wish his track success in the future! You can check out his track at http://www.shenandoahspeedway.com/

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PGA Golfer Jeff Klein came on the podcast for a fantastic interview! When he was 44 years old he became one of the oldest players to ever join the PGA Tour.

What age he started golfing and how he learned.

Shared how learning how to use an L-wedge important for his game.

Explained the extensive process of what it takes to become pro, or play for a living and earn your pro tour card including attending Q school.

Shared what happened after he finally got his pro card including some fun stories of playing in different tournaments and with different golfers including Hal Sutton, Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, and John Daly. (Do NOT miss these stories sprinkled throughout the podcast!)

He told us the difference from his clubs and the ones we buy off the shelves & he talked a little smack to Foss when Foss challenged him!

Jeff explained the new “groove rule” and how it will affect players on the tour & how important the “fairways in regulation” stat is or isn’t.

He shared how he qualified for the Champions Tour & what it’s like to play in Pro-Ams where pros play with regular joes.

He answered a question on how much training, knowledge and money have to do with becoming a pro.

He shared who the best person he’s played golf with, whether he can play for free on any course anywhere, and which course is the most beautiful course he’s seen.

Thanks to Jeff for coming on the show and informing and entertaining us and good luck on the Champions Tour!

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Karen Jennings played basketball for the University of Nebraska in the early 1990s and was a first team All American, among her many accolades, some of them are that she was voted Big Eight Player of the Year (twice), Big Eight
Female Athlete of the Year and recently was voted the captain of Nebraska’s All-Century Team. With the University of Nebraska women’s basketball team highly ranked right now we wanted to get her perspective on the current team and women’s basketball in general.

Some of the topics we discussed with her were:

• Her perspective on women’s basketball in the Big 12 compared to UConn & Tennessee.
• How the current Nebraska team is set up.
• Whether she thinks they can go undefeated during the regular season.
• What she thinks the differences of the Nebraska program compared to the Connecticut and Tennessee programs
• Nebraska’s recruiting and whether one good year would be enough for them to start getting top recruits.
• The lack of parody in the Women’s college basketball and whether there can be enough athletes to gain parody in the league.
  
  
  
  
• Her background of when she started playing basketball.
• How women’s basketball has changed over the past 20 years.
  
  
  
  
• About the whether the attitude of women playing sports has changed from being a “Tomboy” to acceptable.
• Discussed whether women are looking to jump to the pro level or whether they like to focus on finishing college.
  
  
  
  
• She shared her experiences of playing pro ball for France and how better communication (with e-mail, cell phones and Skype) would make it easier for girls today than what it was back then.
• We talked to her about what she is doing now for a career (she’s a Real Estate Agent in Omaha) and her current involvement with the Nebraska program.
  
  
  
  
• She shared her thoughts on the NCAA Tournament and how she feels the Big 12 and Nebraska will fair in it, including her opinion on whether Nebraska can beat Tennessee and Stanford.
• She shared her experience of playing in the Olympics for the 1992 Women’s team
• There was also some conversation about when Foss played Karen in basketball and she frequently elbowed him in the ribs!! Nice!
  
  
  
  

We want to thank Karen for coming on the program and wish her continued success with her real estate career!