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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's that time to put on your jersey and wave your flag, whoever you root for.
Why do I watch the World Cup? That's like asking me, why do I breathe? and it's beautiful. The guys are young and cute and fit.
It's not just a game. It's your culture.
I like watching it with my dad.
It's a connecting force.
From Futuro Studios, I'm Fernanda Echavarri, and this is American Football, a show about soccer culture in the U.S. and its underdog roots. Listen to American Football on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Everyone sees me as a football player, but before anything else, I'm human. Every single day, I'm still learning how to live with problems, mistakes, relationships, emotions, ever since I was born. This isn't a normal podcast. Everything here is spontaneous, real, and genuine. Just honest conversations about what it means to be alive.
I'm Javier Chicharito Hernandez, and listen to Learning to be Human on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Joy is essential and it's also elusive. But now, there's a new and exciting way to start your journey toward a more joyful existence. Joy 101. It's a new podcast hosted by me, Hoda Kotb. If you're craving inspiration to maximize your joy, tune into these candid, uplifting, and moving on-air chats. Open your free iHeartRadio app, search Joy 101, and listen now.
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Chapter 2: What insights does Will Stein share about his journey as Kentucky's head coach?
Are you going to start doing that?
What is that?
Why do you do that? You know, I think it just started when it was cold outside, and it was kind of his deal of like, hey, it doesn't matter. I'm taking my shirt off. You guys can act cold and have your hands in your pocket. I'm not. you know, I'm like, I'm not the guy that's like, how tough can I be? And like brave the weather.
I'm like, if it's cold, I'm gonna put a jacket on, you know, if it's raining, I come up, put a rain jacket on. I mean, you can call me soft. You can call me the tickle guy, whatever. But like, you know, I'll let Dan do that. I feel like if I do that and that goes on social media, I mean, that's, that's like, it's such like a, a copycat deal.
And it was good because one of our managers kind of a heavier set kid. He was awesome. Mitch, shout out Mitch. He'd rip off his shirt too. So it was like Dan versus Mitch in this like shirt off contest on third down period. And it was a lot of fun. I do love that. Also, by the way, Coach, you don't have to tell us that, you know, you're a little soft.
You literally just told us two minutes ago you'd call the cops if you got tickled for five minutes. Come on, that's crazy. I mean, what am I thinking? Golly. Also, shout out Mitch, catching some strays on Kentucky Sports Radio this morning. No, I mean, but that actually, you needed to say that part because it was obviously like part of the whole thing.
But yeah, that's very funny that he would take off his shirt like that. I think he was just trying to show off his tattoos. Yeah, he does have a lot of tattoos. I mean, not just his wife's, his face, but
know he would like he'd get some tattoos for like recruits you know they commit he's like i'm getting a tat of your name and so he's got like names plastered all across his body of just like the core and more and all this stuff it's hilarious yeah uh coach kentucky is it a football school or is it a basketball school All right, I'm going to ask you this first, PFT.
JMU, women's lacrosse school or football school? Everything school. And you know that because you got to see it firsthand the second half. I did.
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Chapter 3: How does Will Stein plan to build the Kentucky football program differently?
We'll be back right after this, Kentucky Sports Radio.
I love the sounds, the buzzing from the stadium, the chanting from the fans, the announcers calling the place soccer, football, it's home.
Why do I watch the World Cup? That's like asking me, why do I breathe? I inherited that fandom from my mom.
I like watching it with my dad.
It's a connecting force.
From Futuro Studios, I'm Fernanda Echavarri, and this is American Football, a show about soccer culture in the U.S.
and its underdog roots. We go beyond the game to the people and the stories that make it great.
A soccer game is a festival. It's not just a game.
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Chapter 4: How does Will Stein connect with players during recruiting?
It's your culture.
I took an elbow to my head, which cracked my skull. It is an American game. The Brazilians don't like hearing that, though.
Are they the only ones that don't like soccer?
Actually, nobody likes that. As we get ready for the Men's World Cup this summer, listen to American Football as part of the My Cultura podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Everyone sees me as a football player, but before anything else, I'm human.
Every single day, I'm still learning how to live with problems, mistakes, relationships, emotions, ever since I was born. And I still have so many questions. Where do we come from? What happens after death? How do you deal with cancellation, Cristiano or Messi? Do aliens exist? What is love? Real Madrid or Barca, from everyday and ordinary to the deep and extraordinary.
This isn't a normal podcast. Everything here is spontaneous, real and genuine. This podcast is like a deep talk with your closest friends, where vulnerability comes out. Conspiracy theories end up on the table and goals and lessons are shared. We are here to connect. El Chicharito. I'm Javier El Chicharito Hernandez, and together with iHeartRadio, we're going to make the ordinary extraordinary.
Stay close.
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Chapter 5: What does 'feed the studs' mean in the context of coaching?
I got two things for you. One is, would you still consider Mark Pope on the hot seat this year? Or have y'all changed your minds on that? Yeah, go ahead. Well, go ahead. No, no. Give us a second one.
And then two... Do you think Knicks fans are happier now than they were 53 years ago when they won the title? What's y'all's opinion on that?
Okay. That's a good question. Yeah, good question. Yeah, I think they're definitely happier. Thank you very much, Madison. I think people are just maybe happier in general now. It probably depends on who you're talking about. Yeah, no. In general, I would say societally, no. You think that we're happier now as a society?
No, no, no.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Happier in the past. But the fact that it was 53 years and all this pent up, you know, and the team was incredible and an incredible run. And also, like, what, 70 and 73? How many games could you actually watch on TV? So... You know what?
I might actually disagree with my initial reaction because when they won in 73, how long had it been since they had won before? Just a year or two, right? Three. Three years. So there you go. And now it's been so long, they might be happier now. Yeah. No, they're definitely happier now. Yeah. I think so. And then Mark Pope is 100% on the hot seat. And I'll tell you the fix right now.
He needs to grow his hair out. I think a bald coach... Listen, a bald coach, you can be a great bald coach, but you have to kind of win right away. You got to establish it right away. Dan Hurley is a bald guy who's great at coaching. But if he had gone a couple more years where things didn't go well at UConn, people would start asking questions. You got a great hairline?
Like Ben McCollum at Iowa. He's got almost male pattern baldness right now. What'd he do? First year, comes out and wins. So now everyone's like, hey, you know what? The bald thing, that's not a big deal. I think people look at the bald and they say, hey, Mark Pope,
you got to grow that hair especially because he's bald by choice right exactly it's like now if he he could also grow the beard out which would be a good i know he did have that for a little bit um but yeah i would like to see him change something up and plus i think if you're the coach at kentucky you're always on the hot seat yeah always a perpetual hot seat and you got to be built for that now i i'm reading the tea leaves a little bit i'm connecting the dots
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Chapter 6: What challenges does Will Stein face as a first-time head coach?
Oats. I actually don't know. I think they eat hay. I'm pretty sure. They might eat hay. They probably drink some water. Salt lick maybe. I don't know. But the bottom line is. Steroids if you're maybe owned by a guy with white hair. A good horse, yeah. I do think that Nate Oates is probably. I'm going to say, you know what? Nate Oates is going to be the next head coach at Kentucky.
Calling it right now. Calling it right now. 2026. Remember, hear me now, believe me later. It's going to happen. And listen, we hope that Mark Pope does a great job. We hope that Mark Pope gets off the hot seat, wins titles, then walks off into the sunset. My job is done. Then they do Nate Oates. But yeah, it's going to be Nate Oates. It's going to be Nate Oates.
And listen, Nate Oates, he gets results. J-Bat knows that. So we have the phone lines open. We want to talk to the callers some more, but also if you'd like to congratulate Nate Oates on taking the head coaching job of Kentucky, we will also accept congratulations on that. Shannon, who do we have on? Let's go to Matt. Matt. Hey, guys. It's an honor to be getting to talk to you guys.
I'm a big fan, huge fan. Thank you, Matt. I'm barefooted out in my garden. Just got done meditating in beautiful Hyman, Kentucky, up in a holler.
And I got two questions. Do you know why they call it a holler?
I don't know.
You can holler all you want.
Nobody going to hear you. Oh, I like that. That's good. That's good. Okay. And? And the second one is, which before we got Milan, you know, we were unranked.
Can you name the five teams that started the season off unranked and won a national championship?
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Chapter 7: How does the competitive landscape affect Kentucky basketball and football?
It sounds like paradise, like you said. It does. Have fun in the holler. All right. Thank y'all. All right. Thanks, Matt. All right. We're going to take our last break. When we come back, we'll try to rip through the last of the phone calls. Kentucky Sports Radio, back right after this.
I love the sounds.
The buzzing from the stadium, the chanting from the fans, the announcers calling the place. Soccer. Football. It's home.
Why do I watch the World Cup? That's like asking me, why do I breathe? I inherited that fandom from my mom.
I like watching it with my dad.
It's a connecting force.
From Futuro Studios, I'm Fernanda Echavarri, and this is American Football, a show about soccer culture in the U.S.
and its underdog roots. We go beyond the game to the people and the stories that make it great.
A soccer game is a festival. It's not just a game. It's your culture.
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