1 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome to the Playmaker's Podcast. I'm 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: your host, Haley Elwood and joining me today is NFL 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: Networks Colleen Wolf. They're literally maybe no busier person working 4 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: in sports broadcasting during the NFL season ban Colleen Well, why, Well, 5 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: that's because she hosts three shows in three different cities 6 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: each week during the season, whether it's hosting the Thursday 7 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: night football pregame show, Good Morning Football Weekend, or NFL 8 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: Total Access Endgame. Along with her other contributions to NFL Network. 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: Her schedule is packed, but she makes it look so easy. 10 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: I'll talk to her about how she balances it all, 11 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 1: her background on how she got into the industry, and 12 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: what it's going to be like hosting from the black 13 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: Hole on Thursday Night. So now let's welcome and Colleen Wolf, 14 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: presented by Mercury Insurance. All right, now, let's say hello 15 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: to Colleen Wolf. Colleen, how are you today? I'm great? 16 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: How are you? I am too? Thank you so much 17 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: for joining me. Of course, so obviously people know you 18 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: from your work on NFL Network, But let's kind of 19 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: rewind because if you go to your Wikipedia, you will 20 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: see a ton of different jobs listed basically under the sun. 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: There were all positions that you've worked. But kind of 22 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: give me in our listeners just a little bit of 23 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: a reader's digest version of how you started out in 24 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: this business. First of all, I can't believe I have 25 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: a Wikipedia page. Yeah, that's pretty cool. WHOA, that's weird. 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: Clearly I'm not editing it, no, I know. I just 27 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: saw someone sent it to me the other day and 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, this is big time. Yeah. 29 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: So I started in radio in Philadelphia, just doing I 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: was an intern at a sports radio station for a 31 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: morning show, and so I did some stuff there for them. 32 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: They would send me out and do like crazy stuff 33 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: and I would have to report for them back on 34 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: on whatever. It was. So like to when he was 35 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: in his contract dispute, they had me like go into 36 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: a street corner and collect money for him and his 37 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: family since he said that he was like struggling. So 38 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: from there I just sort of I had never really 39 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: planned to go into sports. I kind of just took 40 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: the internship at the radio stations because I thought it's 41 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: not as fun, and then once I started doing it, 42 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: I realized that that's exactly what I wanted to do 43 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: because it was such a blast and I couldn't believe 44 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: that people got paid to do that for a living. 45 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: So I was like, I'm in, let's go. How do 46 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: I do it? So I just kind of kept hustling 47 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: and doing whatever I could to get a job in 48 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: terms of like I was taking any job. So I 49 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: was a production assistant. I was doing overnight shifts at 50 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: the radio station doing updates. I worked on like a 51 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: news and politics show for a little bit as an 52 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: associate producer, and then I finally went full into sports 53 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: and I started as a booking producer, so I'd booked 54 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 1: all of the players, coaches, like all of the writers 55 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: and guests for Comcast Sportsman and Philly, which is like 56 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: a regional station. And then from there I was kind 57 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: of just taking whatever digital opportunities were there. I would 58 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: do crowd reporting at different games, and I started doing 59 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: some postgame shows for the Phillies and the Eagles in 60 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: Philadelphia while I was still there, So I did that 61 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: for a while, and then I switched over to the 62 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: Fox affiliates in Philly and that job I kind of 63 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: did everything there, so I was I learned how to edit, 64 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: which I absolutely loved. And I actually really missed doing now. 65 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: But I would edit, I would build all my graphics, 66 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: I would build my rundowns and log my games and 67 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: cut all my highlights and write all my scripts and 68 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: do packages and like it was just sort of a 69 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: one man band kind of face. And that at the 70 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: time was really really hard because I had never done 71 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: a lot of the things before and I kind of 72 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: just got thrown into it. But it was the absolute 73 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: best experience I could have ever had because I learned 74 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: to do everything, and I had to become really efficient 75 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: at doing everything just because time was really precious. And 76 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: so it taught me how to do so many things 77 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: behind the scenes that helped me so much to be 78 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: better on camera. And so when I got the job 79 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: at NFL Network, it was like, wait, I only have 80 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: to be on camera, Like I only have to passive. 81 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: I was like, are you guys sure, Like do you 82 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: need a hand doing R Y and Z. I can 83 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: pull some tape for you, like whatever you need. So 84 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: it was kind of us there's two inous route because 85 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: I initially really wanted to go to art school and 86 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: I kind of, like last minute, decided to go to 87 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: a little school in Philly called Drexel, and that kind 88 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: of changed the course of everything. When you talk about 89 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: some of those behind the scenes jobs and ultimately helping you, 90 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: how did they help you While it was like I 91 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: would on like a Saturday, for instance, I would have 92 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: like fought four or five minutes to fill in a show, 93 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: and a lot of times there would just be it 94 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: would be baseball in the Phillies, maybe they were off, 95 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: and so I had to get really creative in terms 96 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: of how I was going to do, how I was 97 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: going to fill that time. And so it just helped 98 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: me to be able to kind of recognize stories and 99 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: figure out what things I should put at like the 100 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: top of shows, what soundbites are interesting, what people like, 101 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: And I feel like I ultimately was able to become 102 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: a better storyteller and just relate to the audience more 103 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: because I was doing everything myself, and so I was 104 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: making all the editorial decisions too, and so in the 105 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: beginning I was really nervous about making mistakes and not 106 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: including the things that I should, and then by the end, 107 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: I was like, what's the most interesting to me? Because 108 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: if I think it's interesting, like most people will feel 109 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: the same way. Like I don't care about X, Y 110 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: and Z, so I'm not going to talk about it 111 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: or I'm gonna put it lower in the show. And 112 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: so it was kind of like being able to do 113 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: stuff like that and now knowing in the position I 114 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: am kind of knowing what's doable and what's not. Like 115 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: I know that if I want, if I want to 116 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: do something really fun with the show, and if I 117 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: have a certain idea, I need to bring it to 118 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: the producers with enough time so they can pull it off. 119 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: And I know how long a lot of things take 120 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: to do, so I'm not going to like show up 121 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: to a show an hour before and be like, hey, 122 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: can we blow this whole thing up? And like do 123 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: this instead. So I feel like it allows me to 124 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: have a much better relationship with all of the crew 125 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: I'm working with because I know exactly what they're going through. 126 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: When you say art school, like give me your background 127 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: on that, Like what were you interested in? Was their painting? 128 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: Was it? Yeah? It's so I used to I just 129 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: never have time anymore. But I used to do like 130 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: pay and draw and all of that. So I was 131 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: either going to do graphic design or illustration, which you 132 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: can like go and do stuff for Disney and things 133 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: like that, or just art education. So I had like 134 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: I went to I did a visit at AFU and 135 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: saw that campus in Tempe and they had a really 136 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: good art education program, and all of a sudden, I 137 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: was like, you know what, I'm going to be a teacher, 138 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: so I can party at ASU for four years. Like 139 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: that sounds like a great plan. And then I kind 140 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: of thought about it a little bit more and I 141 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: was like, that maybe is a little irresponsible with me, 142 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna not do that. Not that there's anything 143 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: wrong with going to art school and art teacher, but 144 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: the draw for me was really just the campus at AFU, 145 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: And so I decided to go to Dretful because they 146 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: do a co op program there, so basically you go 147 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: to school for six months and then you work for 148 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: six months, so then by the time you graduate, you 149 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: have a ton of experience and you already have a 150 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: resume when you leave. So I thought about that more 151 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: and more and figured that would be the more responsible 152 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: thing to do, and ultimately that's what ended up helping 153 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: me because I made so many connections. I networked with 154 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: so many people, and I had so many relationships by 155 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: the time I graduated. Yeah, when you talk about working 156 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: as a booking producer and having a book, guess I'm 157 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: sure you built in so many relationships through that as well, Right, 158 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: that was massive. That was that was one of the 159 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: hardest things to do. I feel like every job that 160 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: I ever got. Initially, when I first started, I was 161 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: like not I was completely underqualified, and it was just 162 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: like super overwhelming. And so my first day as a 163 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: booking producer, it was the first game of the Phillies 164 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: World series, and I had no connections. I was pretty 165 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: much straight out of college. I had to just figure 166 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: it out. And I remember like that first week, they 167 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: sent me over to the Eagles practice facility and they 168 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: were like, Okay, you need to book like three guests 169 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: for us for our show on Monday, which was like 170 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: a couple days away. And so I remember like going 171 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: into the practice facility and having no idea where the 172 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: locker room was. I was just like opening doors and 173 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be where 174 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: I was, I know, And then I got to the 175 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 1: locker room and then and the media availability had already started, 176 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: and so everybody was inside already, but I didn't know that. 177 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: And I remember standing outside the locker room door and 178 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: there was nobody outside in the hallways or anything that 179 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: I could ask, and I remember being like, Okay, I'm 180 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: gonna have to open the store right now. And I'm 181 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: really hoping this this isn't fact the media availability and 182 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 1: I really hope that they're not just like my new 183 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 1: job and then like messing with me, and this is 184 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: like a hazing situation. And I was like, if I 185 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: opened the store and like the team is just in there, 186 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: like getting changed and stuff, I'm going to like I'm 187 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: gonna quit and never come back again. And so I 188 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: remember like I had to give myself a pet talk 189 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: and I was like, Okay, here we go. Just do 190 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: your job, get it together. And then it it was 191 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: fine and everything was great, but it was it was 192 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: really hard at first to just like kind of go 193 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: up to these players and gain their trust and convince 194 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 1: them to come on a show on Monday for free, 195 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: Like they had to leave their house and come to 196 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: the bar where we were doing the show, and so 197 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: it was it was a huge learning experience, but I 198 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: ended up meeting so many people, so many members of 199 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: the media. I met my husband in the Eagles blocker room. 200 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: That was yeah, right, so it was it was a 201 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: great job. It was really fun, but it was just like, yeah, 202 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: I think being a booking producer for anybody is it's 203 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: a really tough job because it's like, even if you 204 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: book the best guests on one show, the next day, 205 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: it's like, all right, what do you have? What you 206 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: have today? What do you have the next day? Like 207 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: you're constantly going, so it's a little thankless sometimes. 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It's really really cool because so many 234 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: of these stadiums I haven't been to before. I haven't 235 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: had that whole game day experience, and it's different at 236 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: every stadium, and the fans are so awesome. They're so cool. 237 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: There's so much fun. I love meeting them. I went 238 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 1: to Green Bay for the first time this year, and 239 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: that was such a cool place to see a game. 240 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: Lambo is just as good as advertised. The year before, 241 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: I was an arrowhead and that was just as loud 242 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: as everybody talks about and just so cool. And that 243 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: was the game that the Chargers teams. Yeah, so good, 244 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 1: and we had Philip Rivers on and he was so 245 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: excited that was That was actually one of my favorite 246 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 1: NF games I've ever done. That's awesome. Yeah, it's been. 247 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: It's been really cool. I remember the first year I 248 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: doing it, the Browns and Jets played and that was 249 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,719 Speaker 1: the first game that Baker Mayfield came in and they 250 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: finally won a game, and it was honestly like a 251 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: playoff atmosphere in Cleveland. I can't even describe it it was. 252 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: It was such a fun, cool experience, and we had 253 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: Joe Thomas there with us. So it's been. It's been 254 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: really fun. And we have such a good group of 255 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: people doing it. Like er Michael Irvin is a maniac. 256 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: He's so he's so much money, it's so much energy U. 257 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 1: Joe Thomas is hilarious and C Smith is one of 258 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: my favorites. So it's a really really good core group 259 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: we have. Yeah, you mentioned those guys, all of them 260 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 1: very big personalities, kind of in their own way. So 261 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: as a host, what's sort of the key to working 262 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: with all of them and being able to balance all 263 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: of them in a given show. It's a great question, 264 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: Like if somebody has an answer for me, I would, right, 265 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: because that is it's so true, like every every show 266 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: is different, and that's one of my favorite things about 267 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 1: doing it because I never know what I'm going to 268 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: get from them, and I really like to I like 269 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: when things kind of go off the rails. I sort 270 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: of thrive in chaos. So I don't like when shows 271 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: are really scripted or when conversations are scripted, like when 272 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: I don't really necessarily like to know what the guys 273 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: are going to say. I don't really want to know 274 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: their answers until we're having the conversation on air, and 275 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: that's not the case when a lot of shows. But 276 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: I like to kind of be able to react in 277 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: real time because I feel like then the conversations are 278 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: a lot more natural and organic and it's just like 279 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: we're all just hanging out and chilling and talking about 280 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: something topping it up. So those three guys though, are 281 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: so much fun because like you said, they have such 282 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: big personalities and they will say some crazy stuff, and 283 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: it's just sometimes I'm like, I forget that I'm hosting 284 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: the show and I'm just watching them, and I'm just 285 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: in all of the ridiculousness happening in front of me. Yeah, 286 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: from smashing pumpkins last week to who knows what's going 287 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: to happen this week. I know, I'm like like here, 288 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: I am at here just in a giant sheep's costume, 289 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: like awesome. And the guys I work with I made 290 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: it was like just a joke when we were talking 291 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: about what we should do for Halloween and they're like, 292 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: what do you want to be? And I said, well, 293 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: I guess I could always be a wolf and sheep's 294 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: clothing if we don't figure anything else out. And they 295 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: were like, that's it. And so our guys like decided 296 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: to find like the most unbecoming sheep outfit out there. 297 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: They were like, yeah, we found in love with like 298 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: the biggest draft crossed ever in it, Like you could 299 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: see that it was just like a giant men's costume 300 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: that I put on and I was like, are you 301 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: kidding me? And it was so hot? Yeah, where were 302 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: we last week we were in Arizona and I was like, 303 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: right before we got on the show, I was like, 304 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: somebody find me some scissors. I got to cut the 305 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: sleeves off of the sheep alpit. So I just started 306 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: like cutting the rom apart. Is a didask or what 307 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: a mass? But so great and great TV? Yeah it was. 308 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: It was super fun. I mean there, I can't believe 309 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: we convince Andrew Sciliano to be mid and me. Ever, 310 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: every week gets an adventure. So along with TNF, you 311 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: host two other shows in a week. How do you 312 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: keep that all straight? Um? It's uh, I have no idea. Okay, 313 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: it is really sort of every every week. I'm kind 314 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: of just trying to keep it. It's sort of like 315 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: groundhog Day, and I've gotten into a routine now, so 316 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: it's just sort of go, go go, And it's very 317 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: The season is pretty intense, so I don't really have 318 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: any days off, but also it makes the seasons fly by, 319 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: and then in the off season I can just chill. 320 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: So I sort of live this life of two extremes, 321 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: one where I'm just like I'm living out of a 322 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: suitcase all the time, even when I'm at home and 323 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: then in the off season, I'm just like hanging out 324 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: and decompressing, which is really really awesome, but it's a lot. 325 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: I do a lot of work on planes. I feel 326 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: like I live in the air, Like my office is 327 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: actually like thirty one, you know, it's it's But I 328 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: do get to keep all my frequent flyer miles, so 329 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: then I can take like a baller trip. That's great, 330 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: and that's that's the best for the off season. That's 331 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: a huge park. So in terms of preparation, say for 332 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 1: like this Thursday's game between the Chargers and the Raiders, 333 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: when do you kind of start looking at that? So 334 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: I would love to be able to start looking at 335 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: the game on Tuesdays, But a lot of times I 336 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: don't really get to really dig in until Wednesdays, And 337 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 1: so often the most of Wednesday just kind of going 338 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: through all of all of our research notes. I'll watch 339 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: the games on game Pass, I'll put together my own notes, 340 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: and then I'll start going through the show and like 341 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: writing it and kind of like figuring out where I 342 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: want to put certain where I want to try and 343 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: work in certain nuggets and things like that. And then 344 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: by the time Thursday rolls around, we have, especially when 345 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: it's on the West Coast, like it is this week, 346 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: We'll have a really early production meeting and then we'll 347 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: go right to the stadium, and at that point it's 348 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: just kind of like go, go, go until we're on 349 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: the set, because we I go and get hair and makeup, 350 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: and then I go to the truck, the production truck, 351 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: and I'm rehearsing, and then we're out on the set 352 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: and then that's it. So it's like Thursday Thursday, there's 353 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: not a whole lot of time to actually do any 354 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: prep work, so I got to get it all in 355 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: on Wednesday. So just kind of overall looking at your career, 356 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: what's sort of the biggest piece of advice that you 357 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: would give to those who want to pursue a career 358 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: in sports broadcasting. I would say to first of all, 359 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: don't listen to anybody's opinion about you. So I've had 360 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: I had so many peoples tell me that I was 361 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: crazy for taking jobs that I took because I was 362 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,959 Speaker 1: taking a chance on myself. I've had I had a 363 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: boss tell me that I wasn't memorable enough to be 364 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: on camera. I had I've had so many people kind 365 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: of just say that I was nuts and I would 366 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: never make it. So I would say, first of all, like, 367 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: if you believe in yourself, then like go for it. 368 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: And also if you don't believe in yourself, then nobody 369 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: else is going to. So you have to be your 370 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: own best advocate. And also, don't do it because you 371 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: think it's going to give you fame and money, because 372 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 1: a lot of times that doesn't happen. Do it for 373 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: the right reasons. Do it because you loved sports or 374 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: you love to tell stories, because that's ultimately what is 375 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 1: going to be the biggest thing for you. And a 376 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: lot of times like sure it might work out and 377 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: you'll hit, but there's so many times where it doesn't happen. 378 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: So you want to make sure you're in it for 379 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: the right reasons. And then lastly, you mentioned this. You 380 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 1: travel every week to a different stadium, but this Thursday day, 381 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: it is the last time that the Chargers will play 382 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: the Raiders in Oakland in the black Hole. What kind 383 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: of environment are you expecting up there? Oh my god, 384 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: I'm so excited about this game. I cannot wait for it. 385 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: You know it's gonna be crazy. It's been the only 386 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: thing I'm so disappointed that they didn't do it last 387 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: week on Halloween. Oh that would have been so perfect, right, 388 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: I mean it, But regardless, you're gonna there's gonna be 389 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: a zillion people dressed up. That's what the Raiders Sins do. 390 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: So it's going to be you know, it's gonna be 391 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: like just crazy there. It'll be insane, especially because the 392 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 1: Raiders have that five game road trip they just got 393 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: back last week. Short week, I last primetime games for 394 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 1: the Raiders there at the black Hole, I mean it is. 395 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: It's going to be such an intense atmosphere. I cannot 396 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: wait for this game. Well, we cannot wait to see you. 397 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: We are so excited and thank you so much for 398 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: joining us today. Colleen. Of course, thanks so much for 399 00:20:55,080 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: having me on. And that's a wrap on this week's 400 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: episode of Playmakers. 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