The Junior Trojans, a nonprofit organization that competes in the Mid-Michigan Pony Football League, has a rich history in East Lansing that dates back to the late 1950s with then-retired MSU coach Clarence “Biggie” Munn, who founded the program. A brief hiatus was ended when another Spartan, Art Brandstatter, picked things back up in the late 1960s. There was another hiatus in the 1980s and 1990s, but sports commentator Tom Crawford started the program again in 2005 and it has served as the feeder program to the high school ever since.

Junior Trojans Head of Football Ops, Rufus Jackson, was featured on the Takin It Next Level Podcast with Luke Miller and Tom Crawford. You can check out the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Anchor.fm.