Booger McFarland, Former NFL Player -- Monday Night Football Analyst
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Episode 363
Anthony "Booger" McFarland is a former NFL player turned analyst on ESPN's Monday Night Football coverage.
Selected in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Booger would play 8 seasons with Tampa before being traded to Indianapolis in October of 2006. He would play two seasons with the Colts before retiring after the 2007 season.
Booger was a a first-team All-American in 1998 with LSU and would win two Super Bowl rings during his time in the NFL with Tampa in 2002 and Indianapolis in 2006.
In 2014, he began his broadcasting journey when he joined the SEC Network and ESPN. In 2018, he was named as an analyst on ESPN's Monday Night Football coverage.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Booger McFarland about his role on Monday Night Football, how he got the nickname "Booger," his story of faith, growing up without a Dad in his life, how the loss of his mother tested his faith, and what coach Tony Dungy meant to him as a player and as a person.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome everyone to Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:22.0 | Great to have you joining us today on the show. |
| 0:24.1 | My name is Jason. |
| 0:24.9 | So glad that you're here listening to this episode of the podcast. |
| 0:28.6 | One of my favorite interviews we've ever done with Monday Night Football Analyst, |
| 0:32.9 | Booger McFarlane. |
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