Robert John Riggins, nicknamed The Diesel", is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. John Riggins was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992. On John Riggins co-hosted the 74th Orange Bowl pre-game show. That same night, the Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies 24–21. It came almost 40 years after John Riggins and the Jayhawks last played in the game in 1969. He offered congratulations to his Alma Mater in his closing comments, saying "The KU ship's been out at sea since '48. It finally came to port tonight!" In 1994, he began acting lessons and has since starred in off-off-Broadway productions of the plays Gillette and A Midsummer Night's Dream. His television credits include Guiding Light, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and One Tree Hill. John Riggins now co-hosts the Sirius Blitz with Adam Schein on Sirius 124 and XM 105. He has been working with the management of the Washington Reds and has continued to do radio shows."
