Citadel GrayLine

Les Robinson, former basketball coach and athletics director at The Citadel, is this week's special guest. The recent Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame inductee recalls his days on the Charleston campus, as well as his connection to both the Bulldogs and the Wolfpack of N.C. State (this weekend's football opponent). Kevin Higgins reviews his team's impressive 52-28 win over No. 7 Appalachian State, moving the Dogs to 2-0 in SoCon play. And Jeff Hartsell was a cadet this week...for a half-day.

No. 3 Georgia Southern falls to The Citadel in dramatic form, 23-21. We hear play-by-play clips from The Citadel Sports Network, as Kevin Higgins' ballclub eeks out a last-second win. Also, Georgia Southern head coach Jeff Monken isn't too happy after the game. Now in the polls for the first time in years, the No. 21 Bulldogs are getting ready to travel to Appalachian State. But The Citadel is ranked No. 1 -- in the latest U.S. News & World Report publication. Plus, Dr. Bob McNamara, associate dean of the evening undergraduate studies, discusses the new 2+2 program The Citadel has launched throughout South Carolina.

SouthernPigskin.com's SoCon writer Russell Varner discusses The Citadel's conference opener against Georgia Southern. Kevin Higgins looks back on the 49-14 win over Charleston Southern, and ahead to this week's battle with GSU. We also hear from PostandCourier.com's Jeff Hartsell.

Fall premiere. PostandCourier.com's Jeff Hartsell previews the season opener against Charleston Southern, as "Citadel GrayLine" begins its fifth season. We also get Hartsell's projection of how the Dogs will fare this year. And host Jon Rawl reminds us of an "international incident" involving Citadel cadets at the 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island.

Spring finale. The Bulldog baseball team pulls out a dramatic win over the College of Charleston in the SoCon tournament. Also, we have encores of some of GrayLine's great interviews this school year: head football coach Kevin Higgins; play-by-play voice Danny Reed; wide receiver-turned-PayPal® exec Cornell Caldwell ('93); and The Citadel's 2012 commencement speaker -- Harvey Schiller, Ph. D. ('60).

The Citadel Success Institute (CSI) is a summer program designed to help incoming knobs make it through their first year. Jeff Perez, The Citadel's vice president for external affairs, shares info on the success rate of the program and its academic regimen. We have a special snippet of Ronald Reagan's 1993 commencement address at The Citadel, where the late president spoke about Harvey Dick, ERWs and Congress. Plus, PostandCourier.com's Jeff Hartsell has a Diamond Dogs and hoops recruiting report.

Conway Saylor, the 2012 Governor's Professor of the Year, talks about her 20-year career teaching in The Citadel's psychology department. We also learn about her role in Leadership Day, which over 2,000 cadets participated in. Jeff Hartsell reports on the arrival of former Bulldog football player Scott Yielding ('93), who leaves behind an assistantship at Oklahama State to come be the Dogs' tight ends coach. And Furman is this weekend's opponent at The Joe.

Dr. Harvey Schiller ('60) talks about the honor of being this weekend's Class of 2012 commencement speaker. The former Bulldog football player, retired Air Force general, Southeastern Conference commissioner, United States Olympic Committee executive director, cable television executive and the current head of Global Options Group highlights his stellar career. Plus, the Post and Courier's Jeff Hartsell updates us on Bulldog baseball and former wide receiver Kevin Hardy, who signed a free agent deal with the New Orleans Saints.

Brad Felder ('11), a former Bulldog and current Clemson Tiger outfielder, is this week's special guest. The Bowman, S.C., native chats about his playing days in Charleston; and how he ended up in Death Valley as a graduate student/baseball player. Jeff Hartsell has the latest news on Fred Jordan's 2012 club, which hosts Georgia Southern this weekend. And 11 Citadel Men are memorialized in this week's "Echo Taps."

Tennis coach Kemper Baker joins the show to talk about his team, as The Citadel hosts the SoCon men's tennis championships this weekend. The Diamond Dogs are on a four-game win streak, including a dramatic six-run, two-out 9th inning rally over UNCG. And PostandCourier.com's Jeff Hartsell has an update on Bulldogs playing in the Minor League.