Today is Jon Gruden ‘s birthday. Craig Shemon here, with the Shemon and Sheppard Show, playing Wiki-Pete-ia every weekday at 4:45-ish on ESPN Southwest Florida! We will remember the embattled former football coach who won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In case you are not fortunate enough to be lucky caller number nine at 239-337-ESPN, then you are in luck! Play at home and dazzle your family! Stump your co-workers with useless knowledge! Amaze your friends with your newfound intelligence! Below are the actual questions AND ANSWERS heard during Wiki-Pete-ia on our show.
Jon Gruden was a fiery coach who came up through the college and pro football ranks before rising to fame in the National Football League. In an ironic twist during his career, he once left the Raiders only to coach against them in the Super Bowl the next year as the coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After which he left coaching for a long and successful stint as a color analyst for ESPN’s Monday Night Football. But another return to coaching proved to be a short stint after controversial emails were discovered from his past. But a lot of people here in the state of Florida still recall his glory years with Tampa. So, let’s play Wiki-Pete-ia! Good luck!
Craig Shemon