GMFB Thursday Hour 1: RIP Jim Irsay, Tush Push remains, New America's team?
NFL: Good Morning Football
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4.3 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Hour One of the Good Morning Football Podcast begins with hosts Sara Walsh and Kyle Brandt welcoming Brian Baldinger and reacting to the sudden passing of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. Then Chris Harris and Joel McHale join the set and talk ’Tush Push’ and Buffalo Bills get ‘Hard Knocks’ treatment.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Good Morning Football is a production of the NFL in partnership with IHeart Radio. |
| 0:12.2 | Hey, yeah, come on. |
| 0:17.3 | Hey, hey, hey. |
| 0:19.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:23.4 | Football. |
| 0:25.6 | Welcome to GMFB. |
| 0:27.1 | I'm Sarah Walsh, joined by Kyle Brandt there in New York. |
| 0:30.1 | And unfortunately, we start with some sad news from the NFL world this morning as |
| 0:34.2 | Colts owner, Jim Ursa, passed away yesterday. |
| 0:37.6 | Kyle? He did, Sarah. And the Colts announced, Jim Ursa, passed away yesterday. Kyle? |
| 0:38.3 | He did, Sarah, and the Colts announced it, of course, officially, and he passed away in his |
| 0:44.1 | sleep at the age of 65. |
| 0:46.0 | And for those of us who've watched him for decades, it's incredibly sad news. |
| 0:49.5 | I only knew Jim Ursay from afar, but I've always felt that Jim Mersey was unique among owners. |
| 0:55.6 | He became the youngest owner at 37 years old, and he had this image of the hippie, |
| 1:01.8 | flower child, rock star owner. I think Jim Hersey was the closest thing we had to Tony Stark in the |
| 1:07.4 | NFL. I also think that many owners who may even be successful in football or maybe |
| 1:12.9 | even be beloved in their communities are not relatable to fans, because how could they be? |
| 1:19.2 | Their lives are so different. But I think in a way Jim Ursay was, and I think it was because of his |
| 1:24.2 | flaws, because of his demons. Jim Mersay was not just a suit in a suite. |
| 1:30.6 | He'd been through some stuff. |
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