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Blake Cook

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2001 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Now that I'm an adult and I know that that's wrong, that's not right, like, you know, there's even some hatred that I have, resentment that I have towards him, right? for giving us that bad name, because we share the same last name. You know, like, I don't want people, fathers of my friends, to think, man, I'm going to grow up sick like that, because that's wrong. It's sick. It's weird.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Now that I'm an adult and I know that that's wrong, that's not right, like, you know, there's even some hatred that I have, resentment that I have towards him, right? for giving us that bad name, because we share the same last name. You know, like, I don't want people, fathers of my friends, to think, man, I'm going to grow up sick like that, because that's wrong. It's sick. It's weird.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

It is what it is. It's weird. We come from a small town where everybody knows everybody. So, you know, when I started understanding these things, and then he started coming around in high school when my name started getting out there in the papers and and colleges started coming and looking, then it's like, hey man, like where were you at like my earlier years?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

It is what it is. It's weird. We come from a small town where everybody knows everybody. So, you know, when I started understanding these things, and then he started coming around in high school when my name started getting out there in the papers and and colleges started coming and looking, then it's like, hey man, like where were you at like my earlier years?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

It is what it is. It's weird. We come from a small town where everybody knows everybody. So, you know, when I started understanding these things, and then he started coming around in high school when my name started getting out there in the papers and and colleges started coming and looking, then it's like, hey man, like where were you at like my earlier years?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Now you want to travel two hours down the road to a football game and wear a shirt with my name on it. Like, hey bro, my mom has been to every game and my grandfather on my mom's side and my grandmother have been to every game since I ever played. My mom showed up to an AAU game one time. Her friends had like a birthday thing that they had planned out for.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Now you want to travel two hours down the road to a football game and wear a shirt with my name on it. Like, hey bro, my mom has been to every game and my grandfather on my mom's side and my grandmother have been to every game since I ever played. My mom showed up to an AAU game one time. Her friends had like a birthday thing that they had planned out for.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Now you want to travel two hours down the road to a football game and wear a shirt with my name on it. Like, hey bro, my mom has been to every game and my grandfather on my mom's side and my grandmother have been to every game since I ever played. My mom showed up to an AAU game one time. Her friends had like a birthday thing that they had planned out for.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

I guess we didn't think we were gonna be there all day playing, because we kept winning and winning and winning. She canceled her plans so I could finish that game out. Like, she's been there since day one. Like, where have you been? Oh, now. Now people are starting to know who I am here. Now people are like, wow, Blake's really good at this. Because, man, I exploded with football.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

I guess we didn't think we were gonna be there all day playing, because we kept winning and winning and winning. She canceled her plans so I could finish that game out. Like, she's been there since day one. Like, where have you been? Oh, now. Now people are starting to know who I am here. Now people are like, wow, Blake's really good at this. Because, man, I exploded with football.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

I guess we didn't think we were gonna be there all day playing, because we kept winning and winning and winning. She canceled her plans so I could finish that game out. Like, she's been there since day one. Like, where have you been? Oh, now. Now people are starting to know who I am here. Now people are like, wow, Blake's really good at this. Because, man, I exploded with football.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Like, I found a passion for it. I was a slot, I was a wide receiver, and I was a cornerback. My junior year, I had like 13, 14 interceptions. Wow. My senior year, I broke the record for yak yards, yards after catch. Wow. I had like, I don't know, a 7,800, like 13, 14 touchdowns. There was one game where I had four touchdowns. And that was unheard of at that time.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Like, I found a passion for it. I was a slot, I was a wide receiver, and I was a cornerback. My junior year, I had like 13, 14 interceptions. Wow. My senior year, I broke the record for yak yards, yards after catch. Wow. I had like, I don't know, a 7,800, like 13, 14 touchdowns. There was one game where I had four touchdowns. And that was unheard of at that time.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Like, I found a passion for it. I was a slot, I was a wide receiver, and I was a cornerback. My junior year, I had like 13, 14 interceptions. Wow. My senior year, I broke the record for yak yards, yards after catch. Wow. I had like, I don't know, a 7,800, like 13, 14 touchdowns. There was one game where I had four touchdowns. And that was unheard of at that time.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Because you're talking 2008 where people were still trying to run the ball. Everybody then now wanted to run the spread because then Pat White, Steve Slayton, West Virginia started throwing the ball more. And now we had some really, we had some new coaches come in that were like, hey, let's throw the ball. And their nephew was the quarterback.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Because you're talking 2008 where people were still trying to run the ball. Everybody then now wanted to run the spread because then Pat White, Steve Slayton, West Virginia started throwing the ball more. And now we had some really, we had some new coaches come in that were like, hey, let's throw the ball. And their nephew was the quarterback.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

Because you're talking 2008 where people were still trying to run the ball. Everybody then now wanted to run the spread because then Pat White, Steve Slayton, West Virginia started throwing the ball more. And now we had some really, we had some new coaches come in that were like, hey, let's throw the ball. And their nephew was the quarterback.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

He'd moved, so they were obviously going to let him throw the football. But man, it was like everywhere I went. Like high school was crazy because like, I'm going to be honest with you, Sean, I didn't do a single bit of homework. I don't know if I even did classwork. I just got pushed through. As an adult, I'm like, man, I wish you would have pushed me to do better.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

He'd moved, so they were obviously going to let him throw the football. But man, it was like everywhere I went. Like high school was crazy because like, I'm going to be honest with you, Sean, I didn't do a single bit of homework. I don't know if I even did classwork. I just got pushed through. As an adult, I'm like, man, I wish you would have pushed me to do better.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops

He'd moved, so they were obviously going to let him throw the football. But man, it was like everywhere I went. Like high school was crazy because like, I'm going to be honest with you, Sean, I didn't do a single bit of homework. I don't know if I even did classwork. I just got pushed through. As an adult, I'm like, man, I wish you would have pushed me to do better.