PMS 2.0 1509 - Adam Schefter, Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua, Peter Schrager, Ernest, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.9 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 171 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the Bears trading DJ Moore to the Bills for a 2nd round pick, how many more trades might happen in the coming days and what to expect as free agency is right around the corner, the World Baseball Classic officially starting last night as Australia and Korea notched big wins, and they pay tribute to National Champion, College Football Hall of Famer, and overall legend, Lou Holtz, as he sadly passed away at 89. Joining the progrum to give on update on the DJ Moore trade and what to expect in the coming days is ESPN Senior NFL Insider, Adam Schefter. Next, former CEO of the PGA of America, President and Chairman of NBC Sports, and now Athletic Director at Notre Dame, Pete Bevacqua joins to the show to tell a few stories about Lou Holtz. Next, ESPN NFL Insider/pundit, host of the Schrager Hour, Peter Schrager joins the show to chat about his expectations with free agency, what he heard about the DJ Moore trade, and what he’s hearing on the Maxx Crosby front. Later, country music hit maker Ernest joins the progrum live in studio to chat about his show tonight at the Egyptian Room in Indianapolis, his songwriting process, his new tour, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. We’ll see you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, you could take all of that adversity.
0:04.0	Sorry, I mean, it's tough to, you know, I gotta hold the
0:07.0	handkerchief and the microphone at the same time, so it's a little difficult.
0:11.0	But all this adversity, you know, it's out here, it's hanging out here.
0:16.0	And what you could do is you could take all of those, you know,
0:20.0	self-perceived issues and fears and adversities that we face every single day when you're going against a tough team.
0:28.9	And you've got to stick them down deep because it really doesn't do anything for you to dwell on them.
0:34.9	So you stick them down deep.
0:36.6	And then you realize that all those adversities
0:38.7	of those issues,
0:40.5	they're just figuring of your imagination.
0:45.3	I wish they could have made that red flag
0:48.0	disappear on the field as quickly as you did that one.
0:51.8	But, you know, there is no such thing as magic.
0:55.3	It's all mentally and center.
0:57.6	Now, you did that.
0:59.1	I want to do this one.
1:00.8	It's like any other newspaper.
1:03.1	You have the front page for people
1:05.4	want to read the news.
1:07.0	You have the comics for people can't read.
1:10.6	And we have the editorial page for people can't think.
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