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Bader Show: Royce Alger

Bader Show: Royce Alger

Bader and Bray talk with the always entertaining Royce Alger before the December 30 release of a 1999 Dan Gable documentary.

Dec 22, 2020 by David Bray
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Bader and Bray talk with the always entertaining Royce Alger before the December 30 release of a 1999 Dan Gable documentary.

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Bader and Bray talk with the always entertaining Royce Alger before the December 30 release of a 1999 Dan Gable documentary.

Order of Show

0:01 Royce Alger is recovering from knee surgery, and wrestling prepared him

0:05 The time Gable got his hip replaced before Big 10

0:08 When Gable coached the team from a hospital bed

0:11 What wrestling was like in Iowa when Royce grew up

0:14 Did Royce know Gable would have that level of success?

0:17 Growing up with Brad Smith as a coach

0:21 When reporters started following the Hawkeyes going for their 10th title

0:25 Gable brought his own weather

0:28 Gable was able to read people to know what they needed

0:31 When Royce asked Gable why he left coaching in London

0:35 How Gable changed from ’83 to ‘97

0:37 Royce compares Gable and Sanderson

0:41 Should the US have sent a team to the Individual World Cup

0:42 Royce’s thoughts on Jordan Burroughs vs David Taylor

0:46 Looking forward to the NCAA season

0:48 Royce’s final thoughts