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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

A Vikings themed tribute to John Madden

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Nfl Draft, Football, Nfl Team, Vikings, Nfl, Sports, Minnesota

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller and Manny Hill get together to talk about the passing of John Madden. They talk about what Madden meant to shaping their love of football, memories of him calling games with Randy Moss and other NFL legends and the legacy of the Madden video game. Tickpick.com/insider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I want to remind you before we get started, the TicPIC is the exclusive ticketing partner of Purple

0:04.8

Insider and the Blue Wire Network. TicPIC should be your first choice to buy football tickets

0:09.4

because they save fans money by never charging service fees ever. Hello welcome to a very special episode of Purple Insider Matthew Collar here with my very good friend and

0:41.0

Purple Insider historian Manny Hill.

0:44.0

And Manny, I wasn't going to do a podcast today

0:49.0

because earlier today my brother got married,

0:51.0

I was at the wedding, but now that it's over I sent you a

0:54.2

text and I said you know what mani we have to talk about John Madden we have to

0:58.9

because John Madden passed away at the age of 85, just a few days after a documentary came out

1:05.0

going through his entire life, which was amazing.

1:07.5

And I know you haven't seen it yet,

1:08.7

but you absolutely have to,

1:09.9

and everybody else too, if you've got an opportunity

1:12.2

to see it, it is so good.

1:13.9

And I wanted to talk with you about our memories of John Madden and what he meant to football,

1:19.0

and then I'll get, you know, maybe a take from you or two about the Green Bay Packers.

1:23.0

But when Madden passed away, I knew I wanted to do an episode on it

1:27.8

because John Madden was so meaningful to me

1:30.6

and shaping how I watch and love football. I know the same applies to you and you were the first one I thought of like who do I want to talk with this about on the show mani because we see things a lot of the same way.

1:43.0

Mandy, so why don't we just start with,

1:45.0

when you were growing up,

1:48.0

and I know what a freak you were for football,

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