1987 started with the usual drama in Platteville-everyone wondering if Jim McMahon would play at all during the year, McMahon openly feuded with coach Mike Ditka, upset over the new signal-caller Jim Harbaugh that the team picked on the first round.
An acquaintance of McVay's who attended the University of Wisconsin, Platteville and worked at WOI-TV in Ames, Iowa suggested her as a host for a television show.
During this time Roberts served as head football coach at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia (1914), Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1915), and Platteville Normal College, now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville (1917), compiling a career college football record of 11–10.
Walter Payton would visit buddies in Platteville and have a few drinks.
The Galena-Platteville Aquifer's spring water in the area travels south from Platteville and Glenwood, Wisconsin through layers of rocks into northern Illinois.
His father, Bob Jeter, is a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and his brother, Carlton Jeter, played basketball alongside him at UW–Platteville.
WPVL-FM, a radio station (107.1 FM) licensed to Platteville, Wisconsin, United States