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Until Saturday: A show about college football

Special Guest - Joe Tessitore

Until Saturday: A show about college football

The Athletic

News, Football, Sports, Sports News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Andy is joined by college football play-by-play voice and game show host Joe Tessitore! So far this season Joe has been on the call for Arkansas' upset win vs. Texas and Notre Dame's overtime win vs. Florida State. Tess also chats about what it's like to watch his son John kick for Boston College. This weekend it's Michigan State @ Miami for Joe and his partner Greg McElroy.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Andy Staples show, and we have a very, very special guest.

0:22.6

We are honored to welcome this man because not only is he one of the best play-by-play voices in sports,

0:28.7

but he's also a star of primetime television.

0:32.8

And if you're watching TV on Wednesday, and I hope you are because this podcast drops this Wednesday,

0:38.9

he's going to be on one of my favorite game shows ever.

0:43.5

Joe Tessitore, Joe, before we talk about any football, any holy moly,

0:49.5

before I ask you any Rob Riggle questions, I need to know about the $100,000 pyramid.

0:56.0

Oh, the $100,000 pyramid, if I don't win on Wednesday, it's so funny because my daughter's a freshman in college and she doesn't react much to anything I do in my career.

1:07.3

But the fact that I'm sharing part of that hour with Mario Cantone because she now has

1:13.0

rewatched all sex in the city, the fact that I'm on $100,000 pyramid with Mario

1:18.0

Canton is the only thing I've ever seen her get excited about in my entire television career.

1:24.7

So I got to ask, because obviously we'll take people behind the fourth wall,

1:30.2

magic of television. You've recorded this, but you've also been on other episodes as well.

1:34.0

You were on with Tiki Barber before. When you have your back to the contestant and you're

1:38.9

giving clues and you know that you've given the easiest clue, though, and they just can't get it.

1:44.6

What does that feel like?

1:46.2

So it's funny, Andy, I don't know that I get, so I get way into game shows.

1:52.0

I love game shows.

1:54.7

And because of my, you know, my side hustle of doing holy moly on ABC now for years.

2:01.5

I've had the opportunity to be on celebrity wheel of fortune and $100,000 pyramid and

2:07.0

all this kind of stuff.

2:08.5

There is nothing like the opening round of $100,000 pyramid compared to getting to the

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