The Rational Hour

In this episode, I'm joined by Hoops legend Kenny Anderson, one of the country's best prospects during his time at the prestigious Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York. Before gracing the hardwood at Georgia Tech and later the NBA, Anderson could rack up honors that no other player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would do becoming a four-time Parade All-American. This feat had not been accomplished since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He was also named to the All-City team in all four years. he was named a McDonald’s All-American, Mr. Basketball for New York State, and Gatorade’s High School Basketball Player of the Year After being heavily recruited, Kenny Anderson would spend two seasons with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets earning 1990 AP All-America 1990/1991 First Team All-ACC,1990 ACC Rookie of the Year he would turn pro starting his career with the New Jersey Nets who drafted him drafted 2nd overall in the 1991 NBA draft, where he put up 19 points and ten assists per game during the 1994 season,  where Anderson was named to the NBA All-Star team. After the 1996 season, Anderson signed a deal with the Portland Trail Blazers. During his time with the Portland Trail Blazers, Anderson averaged about 18 points, seven assists, and four rebounds per game .he would go on to have a 15-year NBA career

Lynn Dickey joins me, Lynn Dickey, a native of Osawatomie, Kan., still holds numerous K-State passing records and ranks third on the Big Eight’s all-time list with 6,208 career passing yards. He is also second on K-State’s all-time total offense chart. He spent most of his NFL career with the Green Bay Packers but also played several seasons with the Houston Oilers. He threw for more than 21,000 yards with the Packers, including 4,458 yards in 1983 which ranked second in NFL history at the time. We discuss his life and career plus the top QBs of all-time and Defensive players of all-time 

On this week's show I'm joined by Reggie Ballard who is an iconic actor after graduating from Ball High School in Texas, he was an all-district linebacker, and he earned a full football scholarship to Southern Methodist University, where he was also a theatre major. Spurning overtures from pro football, Ballard headed to Hollywood to pursue his acting career. We discuss his life growing up in Galveston, Tx, and making his way to Hollywood starring in hit television shows like Bernie Mac and Martin 

Former QB Brad Johnson was a two-sport athlete from Black Mountain, NC. He earned four football and two basketball letters at Florida State University playing point guard as a freshman while also playing quarterback on the football team he started the first six games of the 1990 season throwing for 1746 yards and 14 touchdowns. He was drafted in the 9th round in the 1992 NFL draft  play for 17 years with the Vikings, Redskins, Buccaneers, and Cowboys leading the Tampa Bay Bucs to the Super Bowl Championship in 2003 and making the Pro Bowl in 2000 and 2003, We discuss the past present and the future with his life and career 

I'm joined by the Iconic Actor John Amos An imposing veteran actor of stage and screen, John Amos earned his greatest claim to fame as the hardworking but prideful James Evans, Sr. on the hit Norman Lear sitcom "Good Times" Born in Newark, NJ, he attended East Orange High School, where he graduated in 1958. Amos then enrolled at Long Beach City College, but graduated from Colorado State University, with a degree in sociology. John Amos' pre-acting life was an athletic one, he was a Golden Gloves boxing champion, and he played semi-professional football in the United States and Canada where he played for both the Canton Bulldogs and Joliet Explorers in the United Football League. He signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos in 1964, as part of the American Football League. In 1965 and in 1966 he joined the Atlantic Coast Football League, playing for two teams. John Amos has the honor of having won more TV Land Awards than any other actor. These are for his appearances on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Good Times, and Roots. We discuss his life growing up in New Jersey and his career as an athlete and actor in great detail plus a bonus segment with KC Amos who discusses his life growing up with John Amos as his father at the peak of his career 

I'm joined by UTSA senior QB Frank Harris who is a Semifinalist for both the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Dave Campbell's Texas Football Offensive Player of the Year, last season he was a second-team all-conference selection set UTSA single-season records for passing yards (3,177), completions (398), touchdowns (27), attempts (263), completion percentage (.661), giving efficiency (152.5), total offense (3,743) and touchdowns responsible for (33) In High School Frank earned all-state accolades and were the San Antonio Express-News All-Area Offensive Player of the Year as a junior was also named the District 25-6A Offensive Player of the Year we discuss his journey in life going into his final season at the University of Texas at San Antonio 

I'm joined by the legendary player and head coach Mike Ditka . Coach Ditka was the first tight end inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame In the 1960s and early ’70s he proved himself one of professional football’s most extraordinary tight ends, using his talent for catching passes to revolutionize his position. Coach Ditka had a successful coaching career, the highlight of which came in 1986 when he led the Chicago Bears on an epic season as one of the greatest teams ever assembled Cap with a Super Bowl victory recording a 15-1 season. Ditka attended the University of Pittsburg where he was named first-team All-American in 1960. Ditka earned a first-round draft selection by the Bears and earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1961. In each of his first five seasons in Chicago, he was chosen for the Pro Bowl, and he helped the Bears capture the 1963 NFL championship. Ditka also played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969–72. He caught 30 passes during the 1971 season en route to helping the Cowboys win their first Super Bowl title the following January. He retired after the 1972 season. Over the course of his playing career, Ditka made 427 receptions, gained 5,812 yards, and scored 43 touchdowns. These were phenomenal totals for a tight end, which had been viewed primarily as a blocking position during his era.

I'm Joined by former Dallas Cowboys starting QB Quincy Carter. Quincy Carter was a quarterback who played at Decatur Southwest DeKalb High School where he was a Parade All-American and Georgia Player of the Year in 1996. He also played baseball for the Chicago Cubs and was drafted in the 1996 MLB Draft as the 52nd overall pick. Carter played his college football at the university of Georgia where he was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and second-team All-SEC in 1998 and 1999. He was drafted 53 overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2001 NFL Draft. Quincy Carter played for the Cowboys from 2001 to 2003. He played for the New York Jets from 2004 to 2005. We discuss his life and career plus his top all-time QBs and his relationship with Jerry Jones and Tony Romo and his life after football working with young athletes 

I'm Joined by Micheal Brooks a former NFL All-Pro, Pro Bowl linebacker. He played ten years in the league for the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants, and the Detroit Lions. He was a first-team All-American at LSU. Brooks is an inductee into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. We discuss his life and career 

I'm joined by NFL offensive line draft prospect Ryan Nelson out of the University of Virginia. Nelson started in 49 games over the last four seasons at left tackle and left guard. The 6'6", a 315-pound offensive lineman from Buena Park, California was named to the 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll and was on Phil Steele's All-ACC Fourth Team We discuss Ryan's journey from growing up in orange county to life in Charlottesville Virginia leading up to the draft