Irish Illustrated Insider subscribers. This is Drew Mentock, and I'm here to bring you the 18th episode from a biweekly podcast series on the feed, Irish Illustrated interviews. We're bringing this week's episode to you a few days early, since we'll have two editions of the Irish Illustrated Insider podcast on Thursday and Friday, the latter coming

after Notre Dame's first practice of the spring. Today, we're sharing my conversation with Frank

Pomerico, who played offensive guard from Notre Dame from 1971 to 1973. That includes

earning the honor of team captain for the 1973 national championship team, the final title won by Coach

Era Parcigion. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Pomerico before he spent a few seasons in the CFL.

He also published a book in 2015, Era's Nights, about Coach Parsegian in the Golden Era of

Nore Dame football. We had discussed all that, plus what it was

like to get recruited to play college football back in the late 1960s, watching Joe Thaisman,

and why he decided to write a book. Here's my interview with Frank.

What's up, everyone? I'm here with Frank Pomerico, who played offensive guard for Notre Dame

from 1971 to 1973.

That included being a team captain on the 1973 national title team.

After that, you were drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs for sport before spending a few years in the CFL.

You also published a book in 2015 titled Era's Nights about your time with coach ERA Parsejan

and the golden era of Notre Dame football.

Frank, thank you so much for being here with me today.

Andrew, thanks so much for having me.

So I always start by asking everyone on this podcast.

Like, what's your first recollection for Notre Dame?

I know you, I believe you grew up in Brooklyn or New York City. So what was it like maybe not being close to the campus, but I know

there's obviously a lot of Notre Dame fans and connections there. So what was your first

recollection growing up of the university? Well, it was about 1966. When Notre Dame was playing against Michigan State.

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