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Today's guest is about as close to Iowa football royalty as you can get without having a statue outside Kinnick Stadium. 

Our guest is a former Hawkeye quarterback and became one of the most accomplished athletes in Iowa history, leading the Hawkeyes to three consecutive bowl games and made two Rose Bowl appearances. 

He has the distinction of becoming the first college football player to appear in five bowl games. He finished his Iowa career as a two-time Heisman nominee and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. 

He was selected 12th overall in the 1986 draft by the Detroit Lions and also went on to play for the Los Angeles Rams. And if that resume isn't enough, after he was done playing football, he started coaching and joined the Iowa staff, Oklahoma, San Diego State, Kansas, and even made a couple stops in the XFL. While he's at Oklahoma, he was part of Bob Stoop's national championship staff. 

Today he's back in Iowa doing some pretty terrific work as a CEO and direct executive director of Iowa Sports Foundation. He oversees the Iowa Games, the Senior Games, the Adaptive Sports Iowa, and several other initiatives helping Iowa's can Iowans continue to compete in sports. So without further ado, the pride of Wheaton North High School and Iowa Hawkeye Great, Coach Chuck Long. 

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Here in Eastern Iowa, there are restaurants you go to because you're hungry, and there are restaurants you go to because you want to be part of an experience. And today's guest is the co-owner of a place that checks both of those boxes.

Since opening in 1988, the Wig and Pen has become a culinary landmark, a gathering place for coaches, community leaders, Hawkeye royalty, and even an occasional lowly podcast host. 

The award-winning pizza might be what gets you in the door, but the entire menu is off-the-charts delicious. It's the kind of place you would take out-of-town guests and you'd want to show off a little bit and to make sure that they left with a full stomach. So pull up a chair, grab a slice, and join us as we dig into Iowa City's history, a little bit of Hawkeye tradition, and maybe even the secret to a deep dish crust. Our guest today is Chris Quarry, co-owner of the legendary Wig and Pen Pizza Pub. #daveportnoy #onebitechallenge #iowacity #hawkeyes #iowafootball #bestpizza #wigandpen 

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- 1970's Halloween Costumes, the End of the Positive Hobo Imagery
- Theee Old Ghost Costume Switch-A-Roooo

- Expanded Cable Caused Costume Confusion (The Cautionary Tale of Haves & Have Nots)

- Hard Plastic Tongue Guillotine

- The Rise of the Pumpkin Carving Kit And The Evil Do'ers That Use Them

- The Quiet Death of the Coveted Carmel Apple (Stupid Razor Blade Rumor Mill)

- A Can of White Hominy Is NOT Better Than Getting A Rock

- Finally....... Candy Talk

- The Washington Iowa Tiger Lady

- Smashing Pumpkins & Ghost Riding Mannequins (The Trick Side of The Holiday)

- The Halloween Costume Walk of Shame

- Hauling A Thousand Dollars Worth of Expensive Whiskey To  Help Raise Money for A Children's Hospital and A Haunted Bike Trail........ The Blues Brothers Movie That Was Never Made...... But Should Have Been.

- Speed Round = #SpirtHalloween The Hermit Crab of the Business World

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It's a BYE week for the boys, so we're going to take an "Encore Dive" with Iowa football coach Tim Lester. 

Tim Talks about playing Little League baseball with Matt Bowen, having dinner with Chicago Bear great Jim McMahon, and his practice of "Winning Behaviors".  So please enjoy our "Encore Dive" episode with Iowa football coach Tim Lester. (links in comments)

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- Murphy Quint tells us what we should be looking for when you're doing a formal whiskey tasting. 

- Murphy discusses goes into being a master blender.

- We're talk about what makes whiskeys taste different and what you can expect if you were to get a bottle of Irish whiskey versus a bottle of rye versus a bottle of scotch versus a bottle of bourbon. 

- Murphy walks us through his partnerships with the band Slipknot, the Indiana Fever women's basketball team, and the University of Iowa's NIL program.

And then Brad has a Shark Tank pitch for Murphy....... It doesn't include Tang Bomb, but it does include his other passion....... you're going to laugh.

#CedarRidge #Bourbon #Whiskey #Distillery #Iowa #Slipknot #IndianaFever #UniversityofIowa #Hawkeyes

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The boys take a trip to Cedar Ridge Distillery, Iowa's oldest continually operating distillery. Cedar Ridge was the first distillery to open in the state after Prohibition, and one of the most decorated distilleries in the country.

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This week the boys discuss downtown Iowa City during a home football weekend, the beer band, and going to the Dublin Underground Bar. 

They also talk about their field trip to Baxa's Tavern and American Legion Post in Solon Iowa.

Lastly they talk about eating Godfather's Pizza after 20 years and end with a speed round of what restaurants of our past are closed and possibly still open.

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This week the boys catch up after the big Iowa vs. Iowa State football game.
They discuss experiencing a Malört Spritzer.

They then close with talking about a fieldtrip  to LD's Corner & Truman's KC, both in Des Moines, Iowa.

The speedround challenges Brad & John on their knowledge of varieties of apples.

#DesMoines #DiveBars #Iowa #IowaState #Tailgate #ISU #Malort   #DeepDive #DeepDivePod

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Dan McCarney has had a historic career in college football. He's been a player, a coach, a head coach, a program builder, a mentor, and a pretty funny story teller.

His coaching career has taken him from Iowa City to Wisconsin, Iowa State, Florida, and North Texas. He's coached in national championship games, taken teams to bowl games after many seasons of loosing, and spent decades around some of the biggest names in college football.

He also has the uncommon distinction of being able to say he has coached in 25 Iowa vs. Iowa State football games.

#iowafootball #iowastatecyclones #iowahawkeyes #iowastatefootball #collegefootball #collegefootball26 #iowa

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Today's guest is part of a highly successful food, beverage, and hospitality partnership that has been credited in helping transform the Des Moines bar and restaurant scene.

His "destination" restaurants/bars aren't exactly your traditional Iowa Supper Club story. We're talking about a group responsible for places like Fong's Pizza, Mullets, and El Bait Shop.

His two establishments the High Life Lounge and El Bait Shop really caught our attention.  Bruning and his partners painstakingly built a patina'd Dive Bar from scratch and created a surreal space that transports you back to the late 1970's.   It's a lot harder than you might think.


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