Hanni and The 'Hawks

For the last two decades, the deep and booming voice you’ve heard over the public address in college basketball‘s greatest arena, belongs to Eric Danielson. On this week‘s edition of “Hanni and the ‘Hawks”, Brian sits down with Danielson to talk about how he landed his dream job as “The Voice of The Phog,” what goes into his process on gamedays, his favorite Allen Fieldhouse memories and his all-time KU names team as well. Here Eric describe all of that plus what sets Allen Fieldhouse apart as the greatest venue in basketball on this week’s edition “Hanni and the ‘Hawks.”

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2008 National Champion Darnell Jackson sits down with Brian to relive his favorite memories from that magical 2008 run as well as talking about some of his teammates who were instrumental in delivering Bill Self his first National Championship.  Jackson starts by providing an update on his life as a G-League coach, multi-time author and current motivational speaker as well.  Jackson’s latest book “Behind the Smile II” is now available and the former KU star shares what Jayhawk fans can find in that sequel and why he felt necessary to write a follow-up book to his original memoir.

All those stories plus the truth behind the nickname “D-Block” and what it was like as a rookie teammate of LeBron James, on this week’s edition of Hanni and the ‘Hawks.

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On this episode of “Hanni and the ‘Hawks”, Brian is joined by one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in Kansas football history, David Jaynes.
Jaynes looks back on his standout career at KU in the early 1970s, when he rewrote the Jayhawk record book and became one of the nation’s top quarterbacks. A 1973 All-American and fourth-place finisher in the Heisman Trophy voting, Jaynes finished his Kansas career with 5,132 passing yards and 35 touchdown passes.
He shares memories from his record-setting senior season and helping lead the Jayhawks to a 7-4-1 record and a trip to the Liberty Bowl.
Jaynes also reflects on what it meant to play college football so close to home after growing up in nearby Bonner Springs and the legacy of being one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to wear the Crimson and Blue.

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On this episode of “Hanni and the ‘Hawks”, Brian is joined by former KU quarterback standout,
Frank Seurer. To this day, Seurer still ranks 3rd on the all-time record books in many of the major
passing stats and he looks back on those productive years in the early 1980’s that paved the
way not only for great collegiate success, but a brief NFL career as well.

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On this week’s edition of “Hanni and the ‘Hawks”, Brian welcomes home Luke Grimm to look back on his fantastic career, including two bowl appearances under Lance Leipold. The former Raymore-Peculiar standout starts by talking about his controversial decision to pick KU despite growing up in Tiger country, but what a tremendous choice that proved to be. Grimm shares what it was like in the final season under Les Miles and KU’s rapid rise once Leipold took over in his 2nd year on campus. Grimm posted big numbers on the receiving end of passes from both Jalon Daniels and Jason Bean, and thus, weighs in the talents and legacies of both.

Finally, as someone who spent more than a year in the LA Chargers organization, Grimm compares and contrasts the styles of Leipold and Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh. Catch all of that and more and this week’s episode of “Hanni and the ‘Hawks.”

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On this episode of Hanni & the Hawks, we sit down with former Kansas football player Micah Brown, who has taken an exciting path from the football field to the world of documentary filmmaking.

Now making waves as an executive producer and director, Micah has worked on projects for major platforms including Netflix, Prime Video, and Paramount. He shares stories about his football career, his transition into the entertainment industry, and what it takes to tell compelling stories beyond the field.

We also take a trip down memory lane, reminiscing about the Orange Bowl and some of the unforgettable moments from Kansas football history.

Plus, Micah breaks down one of the most iconic plays in KU football history — the famous fake punt — and gives his perspective on why that play remains such a memorable moment for Jayhawk fans.

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On this week’s episode of Hanni and the ‘Hawks, former Jayhawk sharpshooter Zeke Mayo drops by to recap his starring role in the recent JHX run through the TBT tournament. Zeke also looks back on his favorite moments in a Kansas uniform and tells the story of his basketball upbringing in Lawrence. Mayo shares what inspired his childhood Jayhawk hoop dreams that eventually became a reality in 2024. He also talks about his special friendship with all-time KU Football rushing leader, Devin Neal. All that and more on this week’s edition of Hanni and the ‘Hawks.

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On this week’s edition of Hanni and the ‘Hawks, former Kansas Volleyball Coach Ray Bechard drops by to preview his upcoming induction into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Bechard takes a walk down memory lane in discussing how he wound in volleyball coaching in the first place, and what put him on a path to becoming the winningest coach in Kansas history and multi-time Hall of Fame inductee. Finally, Bechard looks back on 3 decades of coaching at Kansas and picks an all-time Ray Bechard-era team.

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On this episode of ‘Hanni and the ‘Hawks”, Brian catches up with two stars from KU Baseball’s Big 12 Championship team, Josh Dykhoff and Riane Ritter. The tandem look back on a historic year for the program including matching the school wins record of 45 and hosting the first ever Lawrence Regional and Lawrence Super Regional.

Both Dykhoff and Ritter hail from Coach Fitzgerald’s home state of Minnesota, so the pair discuss that emerging pipeline for KU Baseball as well as some of their sports influences from The Land of 10,000 Lakes.

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On this week’s episode of “Hanni and the ‘Hawks” two stars from KU’s Big 12 Champion Baseball team, Boede Rahe and Augusto Mungarrieta, join Brian to discuss the team’s first conference title in 77 years. This pitching and catching tandem has dazzled fans all season-long and the duo discusses each othe’rs strengths as well as KU’s outstanding team chemistry that has lead to unprecedented success.

Both also describe the diverse backgrounds on the Kansas roster as well as some common traits that unite them. They talk about their baseball inspirations, and post-baseball aspirations as well. Finally, both players’ mothers are famous on the team for special recipes they’ve made for the players – Boede’s mom’s amazing cookies and Augusto’s mother’s Venezuelan arepas. The duo discusses what makes each taste so special.

All that in more with KU Baseball’s Rahe and Mungarrieta on this week’s “Hanni and the ‘Hawks.”

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