Waldorf Gridiron Club Podcast
The weekly end-zone home of the Waldorf Gridiron Club. Meet the players, coaches, alumni, and fans of the Waldorf University Football program: the best small college football experience in America! Hosted by Andy Buffington and Troy Thompson.
Episodes
This week in the bunker, just after another GIC meeting, Troy is joined by the coach of the Head Coach, Nicole Chapa; OC to the OC Sidney Donadio, and Chair of the Events Committee (and Head Coach of the Helm Household) Trista Helm as they get into the nitty-gritty of coaching the coaches and running the golf tournament. From postgame pep talks to making the grade on the golf course, these ladies are at the helm of th...
Well, it happened! Andy is officially a grandpa and this early morning recording of this week's episode reflects his excitement to get on the road to see Baby Ruth! Troy and Andy tackle the subject of NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) and the effect it has on college sports - good, bad, or indifferent. We like the NAIA the way it is and consider what that means for college sports.
Don't forget to text the show....
This week, Andy returns to the bunker and he and Troy are joined by Waldorf University Head Coach Janna Langrell. Coach Langrell leads SIX programs for Waldorf University: Mens and Women's Cross Country, Mens and Women's Indoor Track and Field and Mens and Women's Outdoor Track and Field. With conference champs and national finalists under her guidance these last three years - Coach Langrell has her han...
This week, Andy is fishing and Troy is fishing for answers about Waldorf University Wrestling from Head Coach, Ryan Dickinson. Coach Dickinson has been leading the Warrior Wrestlers since 2019 and has a lot to share about the program and its mentality. He knows what it takes to have a "Warrior Ethos" because he's also been a soldier in the Iowa Army National Guard for 17 years and will soon be heading o...
This week, Andy attends to some family business and Troy makes a call to an old classmate, an All-American Warrior who has been on Shark Tank, invented two unique sports accessories and who continues to live the Warrior Ethos: #40, WR Ben Fossey, Class of 1994.
Check out Ben's CaddySwag also to appear at the 2nd Annual Waldorf Gridiron Club Golf Tournament July 11th at Gruis Golf Couse, here https://caddyswag.com...
This week, the Gridiron Club begins it's 4th season of podcasting and Andy and Troy invite Coaches Bri and Matt Ebenhoe to the bunker to talk about football's sister sport every fall: Women's Volleyball! The Warrior Volleyball program has garnered success in the GPAC and maintains the highest GPA on campus as a team. Coaches Ebenhoe have led the WUVB program since 2017 and are absolutely happy to educat...
This week, Andy and Troy host Coach Chapa once again in the bunker for an after-action review of the Spring Ball series, the Spring Clean-Up and they torment the listener into TEXTING THE SHOW! We have lots of requests for insight - what should be put in our own time capsule? What should we get for a cannon for games - a REAL cannon? What should we do to get more WUBALL players to stay local for the summer? What shoul...
This week, in the bunker, Coach Tyler Chapa joins Andy and Troy discussing everything about this weekend's spring ball game.
This week, Andy and Troy welcome to the bunker once again Coach Danny Donadio - now Offensive Coordinator for WUBALL. Find out what "THE DON" has to say about our spring ball and future offense...also, there are a lot of four-legged assistants on THE DON's team.
We'll see you Saturday the 12th for the Spring Ball game at Bolstorff Field.
To schedule your spring clean-up with the WUBALL team for Sund...
This week Andy and Troy visit with new O-Line Coach: Riley Bardes, from Oregon. Get to know Riley and some of the details on the new O-line scheme, his background and why it's pronounced "Or-uh-GUN" and not "Or-uh-GONE" (It didn't go any where - but our O-Line is!)
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This week - after a little spring break - Andy and Troy return to the bunker to introduce the Gridiron Club to Waldorf University's new Head Men's Basketball Coach: Michael Wirth. Coach Wirth is a north Iowa local who has returned from a long coaching career in Arizona to take the helm for the men on Denny Jerome Court. Get to know Coach Wirth, his journey from Thompson, Iowa to Arizona and his call to retur...
This week, Andy is on the road, so Troy meets up with Head Coach Tyler Chapa to cover the 2025 season dates and locations, talk about spring ball and the spring ball scrimmage April 12th, the Warrior Clean-Up Day April 19th, some exciting new recruits, what's happening in the weight room as spring break nears, an update on the Rise from the Ashes Tree Planting Campaign, and the announcement of our new Offensive L...
This week Andy and Troy converse with Head Coach John Michaletti of Mount Marty University. Coach Michaletti is a young coach with a young program and he knows the ins-and-outs of starting from scratch in the GPAC. Get to know the Admirals at the helms of our GPAC rivals in this on-going series where we can appreciate each other's programs, institutions, and special hometown communities!
Happy Valentine's Day and to show our love for the GPAC this week, we begin our audio tour of GPAC coaches with Head Coach Matt Franzen of Hastings College. Coach Franzen was Coach Chapa's coach back in the day and Andy thinks he should be referred to as "the Godfather of the GPAC" (although he initially said "grandfather" but potato/tomato). Get to know the Admirals at the helms of our G...
Holy Warriors, Batman! This episode covers it all straight from HC Tyler Chapa's mouth, Andy B's heart and Troy's...well, who can know what comes out of Troy?
This week, listen in to the Inaugural Bolsy Awards presented Saturday, January 25th, 2025 at the Boman Fine Arts Center on Waldorf University campus by the Waldorf Gridiron Club, recognizing our first ever Bolsy Award Winners!
For video links to the items presented during the show see below:
The 2024 Special Teams Highlights: https://youtu.be/7NBeTpTtgek
The 2024 Defense Highlights: https://youtu.be/f...
Well, Andy is out of the bunker and Troy is working away at making the inaugural Bolsy awards a thing of wonder and doing battle with tech support to make it a livestream event...but just in case that doesn't happen, fear not, dear Warriors! It will at least be posted onto the Sunnyside Farm Studios YOUTBUBE channel Sunday Morning. Ugh. It's a short show but there's more to come this weekend from your f...
This week, Andy and Troy return to the bunker after a holiday break to visit with Coach Chapa on his number after break, recruiting stats, the improvements made to the football suite over break, his trip to the coaches' conference in North Carolina and much more. Troy tries to take the podcast to video (and fails....but standby.....) Make sure you RSVP this weekend to the Bolsy Awards if you received an invite as...
In this final episode of 2024, Andy and Troy discuss the inaugural WUBALL Recognition Banquet and Awards program coming up on the 25th of January. Get the details and THE NOMINEES for most of our categories as we look forward to a new year and a new season by highlighting the event which the GridIron Club anticipates being a true highlight to the outgoing 2024 season and the incoming season of 2025. Who will be our no...
This week, Andy and Troy are joined by Head Coach Tyler Chapa to discuss the season, the good news in recruiting and retention for the team as well as team honors on and off the field. Following break, the Warriors hit the gym hard and get ready for spring ball and a new season.
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