Welcome to the latest episode of the Shamrock. I'm Pete Sampson, joined as always by Matt

Fortuny. Today's special guest

is John Walter's author of the bubble screen, an adjunct professor at Arizona State,

former Sports Illustrated NBC Sports Newsweek, 1988, Notre Dame graduate, the guy you're

most likely to try to set up with your single friends. So we can talk about that too.

John, thanks for making some time for us in Arizona.

How are you doing?

How was the offseason treating you?

I'm wonderful, Pete and Matt.

And that's the best introduction I have ever gotten.

I really appreciate that in every way.

That was very good.

When we were trying to set this up, I said that I was going to have Kelly on the show with us,

and you were like, oh, that would be really interested if he could do that.

I'm like, no, I meant my friend Kelly, who is single that I've been trying to set you up with for a year.

So that's where my head is that.

I wonder if your friend Kelly would say it's about recruiting.

I mean, that would be he's probably dealing with the same problem in her personal situation.

It's about recruiting.

It's very difficult.

It's a lot of Zoom conversations these days.

We've had so much success with our guests this year, as you've probably seen us tweet about

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