Throwbacks with Matt Leinart & Jerry Ferrara

Throwbacks with Matt Leinart & Jerry Ferrara

Each week Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart and Entourage star Jerry Ferrara chop it up about all things sports, from current headlines, wild off-field stories, and everything in between. Plus, a mix of everything around pop culture and entertainment, some highly relatable adventures of family life, and a wide array of top-notch guests and friends to share some unforgettable behind-the-scenes stories. From Matt’s years in football locker rooms to Jerry’s years on the set of iconic TV series, these two throwbacks bring their unique perspectives to every conversation.

Episodes

February 19, 2026 58 mins
NBA insider Shams Charania joins the show to talk about his insane screentime during the NBA trade deadline. Shams discusses the Giannis Antetokounmpo that never happened, the big deals that did go down at the deadline and the possibility of Jayson Tatum coming back from a torn Achilles this season. Plus, Shams recaps his performance in the NBA All-Star Celebrity game in Los Angeles, whether he’ll play again next year and how he’d ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves lead assistant coach Micah Nori joins the show to talk all things Wolves and Anthony Edwards. He compares Edwards to young Kobe, discusses being on the wrong coaching end of Kobe’s 81-point game and Klay Thompson’s 37-point quarter, reveals what it was like to coach a young Nikola Jokic and scheme against him later and more. Finally, Micah looks back at his interview process with the Knicks for their head coa...
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College Football Hall of Famers Urban Meyer, Matt Leinart and Mark Ingram II are joined by Annie Agar as they discuss their championship experiences and discuss the paths the Seahawks and Patriots took to get to the Super Bowl. They wrap with their Super Bowl picks as well as their favorite to be named MVP. The Triple Option x Throwbacks was presented by NHTSA. We all get distracted when we drive, but how we handle these dist...
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Amazon and Fox NFL host Charissa Thompson joins the show to talk the Super Bowl between her hometown Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Charissa details her journey in media, including the odd jobs she worked on the way to covering the Super Bowl for Fox. Charissa also reveals how she once stalked Matt while he was at USC and how Matt Stafford and his wife hooked her up with her boyfriend. Finally Charissa discusses sta...
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Hall of Famer Jared Allen joins the show to talk about his legendary career, the time he sacked Matt in his first ever start, and what it means to him to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Plus, Jared recalls being traded earlier in his career and how he learned the NFL was a business, he breaks down the art of the pass rush, Myles Garett’s record setting season and the year he should have had the single season sack r...
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Super Bowl champ and future Hall of Famer Von Miller joins the show to talk about the NFL playoffs and his own 2025 season with the Washington Commanders. Von also dives into his Super Bowl runs and his incredible summer of 2016 where he did everything from Dancing with the Stars to the Tonight Show. Von also gives his thoughts on the Buffalo Bills drama with the firing of head coach Sean McDermott, his rookie year with Tim Tebow’s...
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Two-time Super Bowl champ and Pro Bowler Kyle Van Noy joins the show to talk with Matt and Jerry about Tom Brady being big bro, the legendary Patriots Super Bowl 28-3 comeback and the robe and slippers Brady would randomly rock in the locker room. Plus, the 12-year vet talks his pending free agency, his time on the Baltimore Ravens, his hatred for the Pittsburgh Steelers and how he knew Rams superstar receiver Puka Nacua would be g...
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The guys are back just in time for the playoffs and this week they’re talking all things NCAA and NFL. Matt gives his thoughts on the matchup between the potential No. 1 and No. 2 overall picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza and Oregon’s Donte Moore. Then the guys discuss their picks for the Super Bowl, whether this is Josh Allen’s last chance and what Wild Card weekend matchup they’re most excited about.   Fina...
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December 30, 2025 39 mins
The guys bring in the new year by looking back at some of the silliest and worst freezing cold takes around the sports world in 2025. From Kyler Murray over Lamar Jackson to the Raiders making a playoff run, there is a ton to dissect and laugh at. Plus, Annie Agar joins for the year’s final round of Twisted Tea Trivia while everybody makes their New Year’s resolutions.    New episodes of Throwbacks drop every Thursday. Make sure y...
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December 23, 2025 58 mins
To cap off a great 2025 Jerry and Matt sit down and give out some awards for the best moments, teams and players of the year from all over sports and entertainment. The duo looks back at everything from Timothée Chalamet’s superstar turn, the Dodgers epic World Series run, the engagement of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift and more.  Later, Annie Agar joins the guys to talk about her holiday plans and traditions she loves and hates. ...
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December 18, 2025 69 mins
This week Matt and Jerry catch up on their adventures traveling before the holidays and Jerry shows off his newly earned hardware as the 2025 Celebrity Shootout Winner at the Derek Jeter Invitational. The dynamic duo also discuss their holiday plans, their favorite and most hated holiday traditions. Later things get a little misty as they discuss their favorite gifts ever. Then, Jerry states his case for the newest NBA Cup Champion...
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Heisman Trophy winner and host of The Triple Option Mark Ingram joins the show to talk all things Bama with Matt and Jerry. Mark remembers the night he won the Heisman, and the day Nick Saban came into his living room to recruit him and called his shot on winning the National Championship years in advance. Also, Mark picks his best All-Alabama lineup, chooses 2009 Bama or Matt’s USC team and more.   Plus, Matt discusses Philp Rive...
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December 4, 2025 64 mins
Former National College Player of the Year and 10-year NBA vet Evan Turner joins the show. ET reveals that he was in attendance for Matt’s famous Bush Push game vs. Notre Dame, and how Vincent Chase helped motivate him to bet on himself and eventually earn a $70 million dollar deal with the Blazers. Plus, Evan talks young players hating on Klay Thompson, CP3 getting released by the Clippers being a James Harden move, and the guys p...
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Myron Piggie joins the show to discuss his life as a hustler turned legendary AAU coach that eventually landed him in federal prison as the first person in American sports history to be federally indicted and imprisoned for paying amateur players. He’s covered it all in his new book “The Hustle(r) That Changed The Game," and here Myron recalls his glory days coaching the Children’s Mercy Hospital 76ers featuring the Rush brothers, ...
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Wells Adams joins Matt Leinart and Jerry Ferrara for a wildly fun episode covering everything from getting exposed on Traitors to hosting Sweet Empire: Winter Wars, life on Bachelor in Paradise, Thanksgiving battles, Christmas movie rankings, and full-blown Disney adult confessions. Wells also shares Ole Miss stories, bartending chaos, golf podcast wins, and why Lane Kiffin better stay put.   Matt and Jerry also make their pitch t...
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Matt and Jerry begin the show with a debate about Jerry’s take on sitting Jaxson Dart as well as picking the athletes they most want to coach their kids.  Greg Olsen then joins the show and looks back at his time at Miami and playing with Cam Newton on a 15-1 Panthers team that made the Super Bowl. The 14-year NFL vet and Fox play by play man also shares what he’s learned from coaching alongside Luke Kuechly and Jonathan Stewart on...
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Matt and Jerry kick the show off by recapping the Dodgers epic World Series win before Jerry gives the backstory to his time on Power and working with today’s guest Joseph Sikora.   Then Joseph joins to talk the final season of Power Book IV: Force, his time on the original Power with Jerry, including Jerry’s infamous death scene at the hands of Joe’s Tommy Egan. Joe wraps up by talking about his future as an actor and his desire ...
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NCAA football insider Bruce Feldman joins the guys to talk all of the madness happening with the coaching carousel as another premier job opens up after LSU fires Brian Kelly. Bruce and Matt wonder if Lane Kiffin could be on the move soon, where James Franklin is headed and if big names like Jon Gruden and Ed Orgeron could be returning to college football soon.   Plus the guys talk about their Halloween plans, shoutout injured New...
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World Series champion Alex Rodriguez joins to talk the Dodgers and Blue Jays clashing for this year’s World Series, Shohei Ohtani’s all-time status, the camaraderie he has with his MLB on Fox crew Derek Jeter and David Ortiz. Plus, A-Rod discusses his new HBO documentary Alex vs. ARod as well as his HBO debut, a cameo on Jerry’s Entourage. He also rants on his YouTube series on hitting, being a girl dad and even picks his top 3 Yan...
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Four-time Pro Bowler and host of the Macrodosing podcast with Barstool Arian Foster joins the show to talk with his old teammate Matt and Jerry. Arian and Matt open the convo reminiscing about their days as Houston Texans teammates and their Super Bowl chances that season. Then the former NFL rushing leader spends some time nerding out over the running back position, including the intricacies of the schemes he ran in as a pro, and...
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