St. Edward’s Tom Lombardo, Buford’s Bryant Appling, the Importance of Football in Ohio, and High School Football Players Getting Million-Dollar Offers

Ohio and Georgia love high school football.

Stadium Talk’s Tony Adame talks with St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) High head coach Tom Lombardo on how to put together a national schedule, not turning down your boyhood heroes and what high school football means in Ohio (1:45).

Then, Buford (Georgia) High head coach Bryant Appling stops in to talk about social media, high schoolers getting million-dollar offers to play college football and how expensive it was to mail VHS highlight tapes to college football coaches in the 1990s (16:20).

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Check out The Stadium Talk Podcast, "Season One: High School Football in America," on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. 

MORE STADIUM TALK PODCAST EPISODES

SEASON 1: HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN AMERICA

Episode 1: Which State Plays the Best High School Football?

Episode 2: Best High School Football Movies of All Time

Episode 3: Evolution of High School Football Recruiting and the Best High School Football Recruits of All Time

Episode 4: St. Edward's Tom Lombardo, Buford's Bryant Appling, the Importance of Football in Ohio, and High School Football Players Getting Million-Dollar Offers

Episode 5: Bixby High School Football Head Coach Loren Montgomery, Quest for Another Oklahoma State Title, Bixby-Jenks Rivalry, Elite National Programs

Episode 6: St. John Bosco’s Jason Negro, Austin Westlake’s Tony Salazar Talk High School Football NIL, National Schedules, Chasing History and Coaching Mentors

Episode 7: St. Thomas Aquinas’ Roger Harriott, Cherry Creek’s Dave Logan on Faith and Football, Beating Adversity, Winning State Titles and Producing NFL Players

Episode 8: What's It's Like to Be a Girl Playing High School Football

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