David Pollack - Former ESPN College Gameday Analyst on losing his job and trusting God in the unknown
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
David Pollack spent more than a decade working at ESPN as a college football analyst on their signature show, College Gameday. In June of 2023, he was let go from his job.
Today on the show, we bring to you a conversation that Jade McCarthy had with David Pollack on Sports Spectrum's Transformed podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, today on Sports Spectrum, a little bonus episode for you as we listen in on a conversation that you may have missed recently on our sister podcast, the transformed podcast with Jade McCarthy, Sports Spectrum's Transforms Show, had an opportunity to welcome David Pollock to this recent episode of the Sports Spectrums podcast. And Jade, being a former ESPN |
| 0:23.7 | Sports Center anchor, was released from her job back in 2017. David Pollack had to go through |
| 0:30.8 | that himself recently in 2023 at the end of June. And David, for the better part of every |
| 0:36.9 | weekend for the last decade or so, |
| 0:39.2 | was featured on College Game Day, ESPN staple college football show. David's been on |
| 0:44.4 | sports spectrum, both on this show and others, sharing about Jesus in his life. This conversation |
| 0:50.6 | goes a little bit different because of the fact that David just got released from |
| 0:55.3 | his role at ESPN. And now it's time to look at our faith from a different perspective. |
| 1:01.5 | So what's that transformation process like right now for David Pollock? He talks to Jade |
| 1:06.5 | McCarthy right here on the Sports Spectrum Transformed podcast. and we're releasing that today here on the main |
| 1:12.8 | sports spectrum podcast. I hope you guys enjoy this conversation with David Pollack and Jade McCarthy. |
| 1:29.3 | David, how are you? I am wonderful. Thank you for having me out. |
| 1:31.3 | Yeah, it's great to have you here. |
| 1:33.3 | And I know that this has been a busy season for you and a season of transition for you as well. |
| 1:40.3 | And with transition comes transformation, right? |
| 1:43.3 | So I'm just curious, like right off the bat, when you think of what this season in your life, the past few months have been, how would you describe it? |
| 1:52.6 | It's been awesome. |
| 1:53.9 | It's been really, really cool. |
| 1:56.1 | You know, I think God's always used, he's always used himself in a mighty way in my life when I'm hurt or when things change and I'm unsure. |
| 2:06.0 | And so I think it's really cool. |
| 2:08.0 | You know, I got let go from ESPN. |
| 2:10.8 | And I don't know, you kind of get stuck in life and you kind of get on your bicycle and you just start pedaling. |
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