Eli Stowers - Vanderbilt tight end plus Matt on praying through injuries and what he learned at church
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🗓️ 24 June 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast:
- Matt and Jason discuss Tyrese Haliburton's achilles injury and how to pray through setbacks and disappointment. (01:10)
- Then, Matt shares what he learned at church this weekend (10:20)
- Finally, Vanderbilt tight end Eli Stowers shares about his decision to return to college for one more season in 2025, growing in his faith, how the lows of life have helped draw him closer to God. (18:20)
- Eli then asks Matt for advice on preparing for a possible pro football career. (41:00)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Matt Forte at the 15 to the 20. |
| 0:06.0 | Splits defenders crossing midfield, a first down to run, a 42-yard run. |
| 0:11.0 | Where Sports and Faith Connect. |
| 0:13.0 | Forte, diving catch, touchdown! |
| 0:17.0 | Forte, who gets the call, he'll slice his way in for the touchdown. |
| 0:21.4 | And now here's your host, former NFL Pro Bowl running back, Matt Forte. |
| 0:30.3 | What's up, y'all? |
| 0:31.2 | It's Tuesday morning. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm Matt Forte here with Jason Romano on Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:35.1 | Yes, Matt. |
| 0:36.6 | We got Eli Stowers coming up. |
| 0:38.3 | But before we get there, we want to talk about what we learned at church and also the |
| 0:41.5 | weekend recap of everything sports and faith. |
| 0:44.7 | There was a lot going on this weekend. |
| 0:47.5 | And obviously, church is the most important part, which we'll talk about in a second |
| 0:52.0 | with what you learn. |
| 0:53.1 | But I'm watching that game on Sunday night, the NBA finals. And it's a game seven and everybody's so |
| 0:58.4 | hyped up. And, you know, seven minutes, I think it was into the game, Tyrese Halliburton, who's been, |
| 1:04.3 | you know, the most clutch player, I think, in the playoffs is probably a fair assessment with all the buzzer beaters and the crazy shots. And he hit one in game |
| 1:10.9 | one for the Pacers. And then he goes down and it was in Achilles and you just knew it. And he's |
| 1:17.3 | slamming his hands on the floor, tears in his eyes, knowing his season's over, knowing he can't |
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