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Ep. 14: Interview with Bill Reardon - Gallery and Hurley Unfiltered: Iowa Football Rewind

Ep. 14: Interview with Bill Reardon - Gallery and Hurley Unfiltered: Iowa Football Rewind

Update: 2024-12-03
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Brion and Nick interview another teammate, center and long snapper Billy Reardon. We covered a lot of random topics, from being a walk-on to influencing Jason Kelce to his near miss opportunity with the Chicago Bears.

Some of the topics we discussed:



* His brief conversation with Coach Fry on his visit


* His connection to Iowa


* Reliving the 1996 season wins


* The feeling of being blown out in games against Penn State and Ohio State


* His one failure as a snapper


* His memories of Hayden Fry


* When he got fired from his job for changing the play call


* The things he liked about the "Hawk Hitters"


* Talking to the ESPN GameDay crew in 1996


* Blocking for great running backs at Iowa


* Why the center is considered the QB of the lineman


* Taking stickers and ANF off the helmets


* How his son ended up at Iowa, and why he transferred to Akron


* Why he doesn't talk to his kid's coaches


* Iowa's successful walk-on program


* The Wisconsin scholarship offer that never came


* When he almost missed a winter workout


* The time he almost got invited to the Bears training camp


* Dealing with adversity


* The current state of NIL and the NCAA Football video game


* His memories of visiting Nick's family farm


* The difference between weight room strength and "farm strength"


* The difference between offensive and defensive lineman


* Meeting a former Hawkeye that had dated Kamela Harris


* Discussion on interest in coaching football


* Working on the Big Bean project in Chicago


* How he switched to becoming a lawyer


* Experiences playing on special teams


* His sister being embarrassed after a bad snap


* The difference between FG and punt snapping


* Why Brion got the nickname "1 iron"


* How Paul Longo helped Jason Kelce switch to center at Notre Dame because of Bill


* How Travis Kelce got a scholarship at Cincinnati


* The Iowa weight room music options


* The exotics and fake plays we practiced


* Having fun in El Paso and Juarez at the Sun Bowl


* Stories from the 1993 Alamo Bowl


* Being roommates with the late Ian Davis


* Playing against Tulsa in 1993 and 1996


* Hayden facing his former assistant coaches Dan McCarney and Barry Alvarez




Learn more about Bill Reardon at https://hawkeyerecap.com/player.asp?id=1435

Gallery and Hurley Unfiltered is hosted by Nick Gallery and Brion Hurley. Nick is a former Iowa punter from 1993-1996, and Brion is a former Iowa kicker and punter from 1993-1996. They interview former Iowa football players, coaches and staff to learn about their experiences and favorite stories.

Visit our website at https://galleryhurley.com, subscribe on your favorite podcast player or on our YouTube channel.

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Ep. 14: Interview with Bill Reardon - Gallery and Hurley Unfiltered: Iowa Football Rewind

Ep. 14: Interview with Bill Reardon - Gallery and Hurley Unfiltered: Iowa Football Rewind

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