Z-Rich!!!...Let’s Talk

HEY!!! We are back…AGAIN!! Good friend and old competitor Andrew Martinson joins to chat about his new journey in coaching basketball, his time as a college athlete and his Boston Celtics playing in the NBA Finals

On today's episode, I talk about returning to Pike County, MO to see familiar faces at football games, big homecoming win for the Quincy Hawks to open GLVC play and tough loss for Truman State at home.

It has been a little while since I have done this, but I am back and ready to talk all sports everything. Today is just a little update on everything going on and what's to come.

Truman State men's head basketball coach Jeff Horner discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted the team. Horner also reflects on a 2019-2020 season full of overcoming obstacles that eventually brought them a conference championship.

Truman State center Katie Jaseckas joins in to discuss COVID-19 and how she is adjusting to this weird time and how she is handling school work and basketball at home. She also talks about last season's team and some of her favorite memories so far.

Brad Boyer of KRES Radio joins in to discuss the current Coronavirus pandemic and how it has affected him. Mr. Boyer looks back at some of the great memories from covering Truman Athletics.

Truman State offensive coordinator Jason Killday joins to chat about COVID-19's impact on the spring football season and reflect back on a historic 2019 season, plus a little on his love for Top Gun. (A little audio issues on my end recording through the phone. Apologies for the background sounds).

Truman State Athletic Director Jerry Wollmering discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on the NCAA's revenue. He also takes a look back at Truman State's student athletes and their work on and off the playing field.

Truman State Director of Compliance Madison Peterson joins to discuss COVID-19 and how the NCAA handled this virus. She also talks about her role in compliance and reflects on the success Truman Athletics had this year.

Truman State Head Football Coach Gregg Nesbitt is experiencing a different spring football season in his 40th year as a football coach. Even with the changes Coach Nesbitt focuses on keeping his normal routine with his coaching staff. Coach Nes discusses how COVID-19 has changed what he is used to around this time of the year. With the Spring Football season cancelled, Nes discusses how fall camp will be extremely important in finding the guys who will fill some empty slots going into the 2020 season. We also reflect back on a historic 2019 football season with a 10-win season and a bowl game victory his Bulldogs had and hear a little about the postgame dance celebration at the Inaugural America's Crossroads Bowl.

In this episode, Men's Basketball Assistant Coach Austin McBeth tells how he is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as reflect on last season. McBeth talks about his first book and gives us a preview of his second book. Go to https://www.austinmcbeth.com to check out his first book: The Gap Theory.

In the episode, I speak with Truman State Senior Softball player Alyssa Rivera. She discusses how COVID-19 affected her college softball career and talks about her experiences here at Truman State.

With COVID-19 rapidly spreading and changing our everyday lives, I decided to do something a little different. For the next few episodes, I will be teaming up with the Truman State Athletics Department to speak with players, coaches and administration about COVID-19 and get to know them a little better. All of these episodes are being recorded over the phone to continue practice social distancing. In this episode, I have a fun conversation with Truman State Women's Basketball Head Coach Theo Dean on his newest role and reflect on his team's success last season.

Caleb and I discuss some things that we find overrated ranging from people to restaurants.

On this episode of Z-Rich...Let's Talk, Caleb James from The James Gang podcast and I talk more about the NFL Free Agency and we touch a little on the Houston Astros cheating scandal.

This episode is straight from the top of my head. I will be discussing the loss of NBA legend Kobe Bryant. This episode is filled with my thoughts on the tragic accident and the impact Bryant made on everyone.