Gene Forte - Matt's dad joins us for a special Father's Day weekend conversation
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast:
- Matt is joined by his dad Ulysses "Gene" Forte for a special Father's Day weekend conversation on faith, forgiveness, fatherlessness and football.
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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. |
| 0:30.0 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:31.2 | This is Matt Forte here with Jason Romano on Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:34.6 | And Jason, I'm excited today because we're on the precipice of Father's Day. |
| 0:41.0 | And with Father's Day weekend coming up, we had to have somebody on a podcast, none other than |
| 0:46.1 | the illustrious. I have to give him his props. The illustrious, the legendary Ulysses, |
| 0:53.8 | Jean Forte. |
| 0:55.4 | My dad is on the podcast. |
| 0:57.2 | This is going to be a great conversation with him. |
| 0:59.7 | Dad, welcome to Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:01.5 | This is your first and only time that you've ever been on Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:04.4 | So welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:07.6 | Thank you, Matt. |
| 1:08.7 | And this is the first time I've been on the podcast also. |
| 1:11.6 | Yeah, yeah. I'm glad to tech. See, you're more tech savvy than mom is. You know, no disrespect, mom. I know she'll hear this. But you're more tech savvy than she is. So it wasn't hard to get you on here. You've always been, even when I was young, I would walk in, you'd be on a computer doing something first. |
| 1:28.3 | You know, you work for a Shell Oil company for 36 years out there in New Orleans. |
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