How could NFL teams utilize Anthony Richardson's talents? Joe Spivak a.k.a. Tank Ledger chats path from football to the WWE
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🗓️ 9 December 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The "Mechanized Mayhem", Tank Ledger, better known as Joe Spivak to the college football community, joins Andy in detailing his path from Northwestern, where he played DT, to the WWE. Later, we bring you an excerpt from 'Prospects to Pros' in The Athletic Football Show feed, which is co-hosted by Andy and Dane Brugler. The guys discuss ex-Florida QB Anthony Richardson's skillset, and what abilities are translatable to the NFL.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Andy Staples Show presented by Sling. |
| 0:12.8 | This is a college football podcast, so we've got a former college football player |
| 0:15.9 | who has a new job. New job. Not playing football, but I'm doing something fun. That's right. Joe Spieback, former Northwestern defensive tackle, but that's not even your name anymore. The player formerly known is Joe Spiebred. Right, right. Exactly. We can't even call you that anymore. Yeah. So your name is now Tank Ledger. Mechanized Mayhem. Tank Ledger. You're looking at it. That is amazing. So you are in the WWU's NXT program. |
| 0:21.9 | It's... Mechanized mayhem tank ledger you're looking at it that is amazing so you are in the WWU's |
| 0:39.8 | NXT program it started as an NIL program for you as a Northwestern player |
| 0:45.7 | Yeah, so you're now you're in Orlando you're at the training facility you're you're doing matches |
| 0:50.7 | you're doing shows how did you get hooked up with these guys? |
| 0:54.3 | For sure. |
| 0:56.0 | I'll start by saying, you know, it kind of started for me, probably around sophomore |
| 0:59.7 | year of college. |
| 1:01.3 | You know, I was super blessed to be at Northwestern. |
| 1:03.8 | You got unbelievable resources, especially in regards to professional development. |
| 1:07.5 | And I was networking with so many people having all these round tables and |
| 1:10.8 | events and internships. And just a lot of things were really clicking for me. You know, things that |
| 1:15.8 | I didn't mind doing, but really couldn't see myself doing, wasn't feeling very fulfilled. And I kind of |
| 1:21.3 | started to figure it out through trying all these things that, okay, on one hand, I love football. |
| 1:28.0 | I love the controlled chaos that takes place between the white lines. |
| 1:31.0 | I love preparation. |
| 1:31.6 | The human body craves contact. |
| 1:33.2 | Oh, baby. |
| 1:34.1 | Give it what it needs. |
| 1:35.9 | I love the preparation that goes into it. |
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