Some of the topics we discussed:

* Growing up in Passaic, NJ

* Exceling at track in high school

* How he got into bowling

* The shock of competing with athletes at Iowa

* What raised concerns over one of his other recruiting trips

* His connection to Bo Porter

* Watching women's basketball and C. Vivian Stringer

* The impact of Chris Street's death on his recruiting trip

* Conditioning drills at Iowa

* How he got his nicknames

* His first game on kickoff coverage

* Training table comedy hour

* His relationship with Coach Patterson

* Pregame tests before a game

* His first trip to Ohio State seeing Eddie George

* The coldest game he played in

* When his wife was embarrassed in class during a game

* Being late to practice during 2-a-days

* Playing with "King Hawk"

* Fighting injuries during his senior season

* Scoring a TD in the 1997 Sun Bowl

* Advise to give to young players

* What was different about Iowa and New Jersey

Learn more about Ricchard at https://hawkeyerecap.com/player.asp?id=380

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