Former NFL head coach Mike Smith on faith, football and coaching the 2022 Hula Bowl
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Mike Smith is a longtime football coach who was the head coach of the Falcons from 2008-2014 and led Atlanta to the postseason in four of his seven seasons. He was named the 2008 NFL Coach of the Year and led Atlanta to the NFC Championship Game in 2012.
As an assistant coach with the Baltimore, Mike Smith helped the 2000 Ravens to a Super Bowl championship.
Today on the podcast, Jade McCarthy talks to coach Smith about his role coaching in the 2022 Hula Bowl, his NFL coaching career, the 2021 season and the importance of his faith in the Lord.
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The 2022 Hula Bowl airs on Saturday January 15, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. EST on CBS Sports Network. You can learn more at http://HulaBowl.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this episode of Sports Spectrums podcast is presented by the 2022 Hulibul. |
| 0:06.6 | The college football all-star classic started back in the 1940s. |
| 0:11.2 | It's still going strong here in 2022. |
| 0:14.6 | And the location has changed. |
| 0:16.9 | Instead of being in Hawaii, they are now in Orlando, Florida, reviving this classic, this all-star college football classic, the Hula Bowl. |
| 0:25.6 | It's going to be played at the UCF Bounce House Stadium, the University of Central Florida, Saturday, January 15th at 12 p.m. Eastern on CBS Sports Network, or if you happen to be in Orlando in the middle |
| 0:40.3 | of January, what better way to go check out some football and enjoy a really cool event than the |
| 0:46.6 | 2022 Hula Bowl? And by the way, what makes this game unique, this event unique, is it's all |
| 0:53.6 | faith-based. Every player that attends the |
| 0:57.1 | Hulibol is getting a copy of Sports Spectrums magazine. So we love what the Hulah |
| 1:02.2 | bowl stands for, what it's about? I mean, what better way to support an event? A big football |
| 1:08.1 | game like this when you know that the intersection of sports and faith |
| 1:12.7 | is at the center of what the Hool-A-Bull-Bull-Bull-s about. |
| 1:16.7 | They're using a football game to bring the gospel. |
| 1:20.0 | So check it out. |
| 1:20.5 | The 2022 Hula Bowl coming your way, January 15th, 2020, 12 p.m. |
| 1:27.3 | Eastern on CBS Sports Network. Make sure to tune in. |
| 1:35.3 | This is Sports Spectrum, the intersection of sports and faith, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 1:46.2 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 1:48.4 | Hi, guys, welcome to the show. I am Jason. So glad you're tuning in to the Sports Spectrum |
| 1:54.8 | podcast on a football Friday. We've got a great conversation coming up with Mike Smith, the former |
| 2:00.7 | NFL coach of the year, |
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