Matt Leinart’s Favorite NFL Playoff QB and Notre Dame-Ohio State Pick, Plus the SGA Show in Cavs-Thunder
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What are Matt Leinart's insights on the NFL playoffs?
On today's episode, we're going to talk NFL and college football in front of the divisional round. and the National Championship with Matt Liner on the coverage and then some bigger picture college football stuff with him and also what he thought about some of the stuff from Caleb Williams as well. So we actually get to a lot of different things there with him. Little tales from the couch. We'll talk about the surging Kings, the blowout in Oklahoma City, and a three from deep that I love. And life advice. And War Gone... The community has spoken. They seem to love this guy. People have his back. The marathon mic continues. Let's talk some college football. Maybe even sprinkle a little bit of NFL role play with our good friend and neighbor, Matt Leiner, here out in the South Bay.
I want to remind you to check out Throwbacks with Matt and Jerry Ferrara, who you can check wherever you hear podcasts. What's up, dude? What's up, man? How are you?
Dude, how about we had Shady McCoy on this week, and the first thing he said on the pod was he wanted to be an actor.
His favorite show was Power, because Jerry played, I don't know if you watch Power, but Power, Jerry played Proctor, who was a lawyer. uh, empower. And, uh, it was fricking hilarious, dude. And then we talked, uh, we talked a little bit about me hosting them on my recruiting trip, but that's for another day.
So my kids are in the background. Sorry, bro. God, it's just, my house is just a disaster. It's a disaster.
Anyway. It's all right. You know?
Yeah. I hosted, I hosted him. You did? Isn't that crazy? I didn't know that. Yeah. So I, uh, so, cause he's probably, uh,
Three years, three years. Yeah. Like three or four years, four years. Maybe I think I was a senior. You know what I was, I came back from my senior year. I hosted him in the off season. He actually told a great story. He was a big time recruit coming out of Pittsburgh and it was like SC, it was pit with one set ended up getting him, which is a great story. He actually got emotional talking about it just because he broke his leg his last year in high school. And like, He basically said everybody pulled the offer. Everybody, I guess, including USC, which I didn't know at the time. And Dave was kind of the only one that stood by him. But I remember him coming out. And this was back when I had I had borrowed a friend's Hummer. Okay.
So this is, and the reason why I could do that was because I had relationship prior to a high school, you know, like that was the, that was like the NCAA rule back then, if you had a relationship or family or whatever. So we drove him around in a Hummer, uh, It was me, probably Alex Holmes, who was our big recruiter, who I'm sure you might know and have heard stories. And he was telling us the story. I told him, I said, I remember being in the car with you, but I don't remember anything that we did that weekend. And he goes, literally, he goes... He goes, oh shit, man. I remember everything we did that week. And I was like, well, I am married with kids now, dude. So let's not, let's not go there. But I guess SC pulled the offer, man.
And then, and then Dave came in and, and got him at Pitt. Obviously he was great at Pitt, but it was pretty, it was pretty, he was one of the few, I say this, he was one of the few that got away from Pete that I think Pete really wanted, but he had a bad injury. So.
Yeah, Pete was quite the closer, man. And I know there's a lot of stuff that we're going to get to there. But why did it work? Like, why did it not feel phony with Pete the way it feels phony with other high energy guys? You know, like, I think that first impression thing is really easy to do. And it's like, oh, hey, we're energy and this and that. But with Pete, it just always felt genuine. It's almost like Pete's first impressions threw you off more until you realize, no, this is just the way he is the entire time. And it's sincere.
It is sincere. It was literally the reason why I kind of recommitted that seat was Pete sold me. Like he just, you're like, God, this dude's a salesman, but you never, to your point, you never really, you never really felt it. I would just say this, like Pete is maybe, and you probably know this, like the most, the biggest competitor I've ever met.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are Matt Leinart's insights on the NFL playoffs?
0:10–11:39
2
Which quarterback does Matt Leinart aspire to be?
11:39–1:05:18
3
How does the SEC's dominance in college football compare to other conferences?
1:05:18–1:11:01
4
What are the predictions for the upcoming national championship game?
1:11:01
5
What are the key takeaways from the Cavs vs. Thunder game?
1:07:53–1:13:52
6
How do turnovers impact NBA games?
1:13:52
7
What is the significance of NIL and the portal in college football?
56:54–1:28:45
Speakers
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