Former Chargers Linebacker Stephen Cooper has agreed to become the Head Coach at San Diego High.  "Coop" explaining the decision in PPR Podcast #266.

 You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button.

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00:00 -:30 INTRO

1:34 - 2:15 Recruiting & Parents

3:20-4:00 Get on the Field

8:46-9:30 Football ends one day/Education

9:40-12:00 Importance of Re-classifying

16:42-17:30 The deteriotation of QB Play

19:51- 20:30 The Chuck Cecil Story

21:01-21:30 Kai Cooper (Coaching his Son)

23:00-24:30 Love for the PPR

TRT: 28:20

"It's amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." That quote is "credited" to Harry S. Truman, but it applies to former Castle Park student Adrian Gomez. 

Earlier this month, Adrian's ala mater celebrated the opening of their new football field and sports facilities. There was no shortage of dignitaries taking bows for the state of the art venue.

And yet the person  most responsible for making it all happen, stood in the crowd largely unacknowledged. Time to correct that mistake,  that's why Adrian was invited back to the  PPR Podcast, episode number  #264.

  You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button.

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00:00 -:30 INTRO

2:20-4:00 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

5:45-7:00 The July 2nd Community Town Hall

7:29:10:00 A Story that Refused to Die

11:46-13:00 Lack of Credit/No Big Deal

17:00-19:00 Mission Accomplished

21:10-23:00 Who was the Author of the Instagram Page?

26:00-27:45  What's Next? /Tackling the Sewage Crisis?
TRT:30:56

 In this era of high school football, it's common place for bigger schools to poach the best players from smaller schools. The selling point always being, you'll get more visibility to college recruiters.  But not every kid bites on that offer. Superior            Garror  stayed true to his neighborhood roots, and the Morse Tiger was rewarded with the school's first State Championship appearance. Superior also landing an invite to PPR Podcast #263.

  You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button.

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00:00 -:30 INTRO

2:24-4:00 Staying in the Neighborhood

3:10-4:00 Playing for Coach McNair

4:00-5:00 Being Recruited My DeSean Jackson

10:22-11:00 A mother's Love

11:00-12:30 The Skateboard Accident

15:40 -16:10 Morse Football on the Rise

20:14-23:00 Favorite Play

            TRT:26:37

 Cam Purnell is the 4th Straight Lincoln Hornet to capture Defensive Player of the Year honors at the 2025 Silver Pigskin Gala. Days later, he was making San Diego State football fans happy with a late change in college destinations. Cam discussing these topics and more in PPR Podcast #262.

 You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button.

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00:00 -:30 INTRO

2:13 -3:30 cCam the Photographer

3:30 -5:30 Granite Hills Game

8:30-10:00 Coming to Mesa

13:30-15:00 Playing for Dollars

18:30-20:30 Gala Moments

23:13-24:40 How Will You be Remembered

TRT: 25:13 

A well-known national football pundit was watching the Carlsbad Lancers play football a couple weeks ago. He asked about Lancer linebacker Rocky Cummings. The scout was informed that Rocky was committed to play at Cal.  The pundit quickly responded, "not for long". A week later Rocky was re-committing to Texas!  But not before joining Paul and Burt in PPR Podcast #261. 

You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button.

3-Time Union Tribune Sportscaster of the Year Brandon Stone joins the PPR Podcast to discuss The Silver Pigskin Gala Awards process. How does it all work?  And why is it the most stressful period of every high school football season?  Plus, Brandon joins Paul & Burt in a preview of the upcoming Open Division Final. Here's an excerpt from podcast #259.

 You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button, to help build the podcast as we wind down season #27 of the P-P-R.

Scripps Ranch Head Coach Marlon Gardinera is not your typical football coach. He's less concerned about X's & O's and more concerned about grade point averages. But along the way, this "molder of men" has led the falcons to a state title and took on a sitting Governor and won. 

In PPR podcast #255, Coach Gardinera looks back on the "let them play" days of Covid and explains why this is his last season leading the Falcons football program.

You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button, to help build the podcast as we wind down season #27 of the P-P-R.

Dax Labrum is only a junior but he's already turning heads in a county filled with blue chip quarterback talent. Of course, it helps to have a soon to be first ballot pro football hall of fame inductee helping with your fundamentals.  Dax joins Paul & Burt in PPR podcast #253.

You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button, to help build the podcast as we continue season #27 of the P-P-R.

We've spent so much time focusing on the plethora of D1 quarterback talent in San Diego County, we've ignored other talent rich positions. For example, in the trenches, there is no shortage of lineman moving on to play at the next level.  Take for example Arizona State bound Nathan Allen. The Carlsbad Lancers Nathan Allen agreeing to take the middle seat in PPR Podcast #249.  

You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button, to help build the podcast as we head into season #27 of the P-P-R.

He's leading the county in rushing but often is overlooked when the conversation turns to the best ball carrier in San Diego. PPR podcast #247 aims to change that with           a center seat invitation to Poway's Luke Jorgensen.

You can watch the entire podcast at any of your favorite podcast gathering spots. We encourage you to visit the Fox5/ KUSI NOW app, or the Prep Pigskin Report page on YouTube, and click on the like and subscribe button, to help build the podcast as we head into season #27 of the P-P-R.