ESPN analyst Booger McFarland and Fox NASCAR producer Barry Landis

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Episode 100 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a conversation with two guests. First up is ESPN NFL and college football analyst Booger McFarland, who spent the past two years as one of the analysts on Monday Night Football. He is followed by Barry Landis, the lead race producer for FOX’s NASCAR coverage and a producer on that network’s NFL coverage. In this podcast, McFarland discusses his time as an analyst on Monday Night Football; how he learned he would not return; how he viewed that decision; whether he advocated for one additional year; how he felt about Joe Tessitore also being re-assigned; the criticism the broadcast booth received; what he learned most from the experience; calls he wish he had back; what he hopes to do heading forward in broadcasting; what he thinks of college football attempting to play in 2020; what playing in Tampa Bay will be like for Tom Brady, and much more. Landis discusses the challenges of producing NASCAR during a pandemic; the most challenging thing he faced producing the Darlington races; how he approaches relationships with his analysts; the decision-making process of how to discuss COVID-19 and mask-wearing during racing; the switch from Darrell Waltrip to Jeff Gordon; how he compares producing NASCAR to the NFL and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.7	everybody this is richard dutch and welcome to the Sports Media podcast. My producers are Patrick Antenetti and Sean Cherry.
0:45.4	Really good episode this week. Two interesting conversations, and I appreciate the time of both of these guys. First up is the ESPN NFL, college football analyst, Booger McFarland.
0:57.0	He, of course, spent the past two years as one of the analysts on Monday Night Football.
1:02.3	And as Booger always is, or at least in my experiences with Booger, incredibly honest, transparent, interesting, thoughtful.
1:09.5	And we go through everything about Monday Night
1:12.7	Football and how he found out that he wasn't coming back, his thoughts about not coming back,
1:19.3	some of the things he might do over again, and obviously the criticism, which was massive
1:24.6	when it comes to Monday Night Football. So Booger McFarland first up, he's followed by
1:29.1	Barry Landis. Barry Landis is a, is Fox's lead producer for NASCAR as well as one of their NFL
1:39.2	producers. Works a lot with Kenny Albert. I have found Fox's NASCAR coverage over the last couple weeks
1:46.0	exceptional. I thought they did a really, really great job in Darlington, just navigating and
1:51.2	managing so many different things. And so I talked to Barry about how one puts on a NASCAR race
1:57.8	during a pandemic and the challenges that go into that production.
2:03.7	So Booger McFarland up first, followed by Barry Landis coming up on the Sports Media podcast.
2:12.8	All right, as I said at the top, Booger McFarland is an ESPN NFL and college football analyst.
2:20.0	He has spent the last two years as one of the analysts on Monday Night Football.
2:24.5	Previously, at ESPN did college football for ESPN as well as the SEC Network.
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