Todd Blackledge talks legendary broadcast career, being in ’83 QB Draft class, his “6 W’s” to success
NFL: Good Morning Football
iHeartPodcasts and NFL
4.4 • 634 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, broadcasting legend Todd Blackledge joins Peanut and Roman. Todd has built a legacy as one of the greatest college football analysts ever, and he starts the conversation talking about how it started with six words that’s become his life’s mantra: “Work will win when wishing won’t.” Before branching into the media, Todd talks about being part of the legendary 1983 NFL Draft QB class. We also learn a lesser-known fact about Todd; his honor of being in the Academic All-American Hall of Fame. Todd also shares the two questions he aims to answer for fans during every game he broadcasts. And how does he think Tom Brady will do as an analyst? Tune to find out! All that, and more, in a conversation you don’t want to miss.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Who are the 25 greatest football players to grace the gridiron since the year 2000, |
| 0:10.3 | introducing NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years? |
| 0:16.1 | Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and an all-star cast of media personalities, |
| 0:20.6 | including Mina Kime, Steve Weish, Kevin Harlan, and more for a look at football's best |
| 0:26.2 | since the turn of the century. |
| 0:28.4 | Listen to NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years, starting on June 30th, |
| 0:33.9 | on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:39.5 | Hi, I'm Todd Blackledge, a college football analyst with NBC Sports, and this is the NFL |
| 0:44.1 | player's second acts podcast. |
| 0:52.6 | Thank you for tuning in. I'm Pina Tillman, and this is the NFL player second X podcast. |
| 0:59.3 | With me as always, my board wrong. Match my energy. Bring it up. Let's be uplifted. Come on. Get excited. |
| 1:06.5 | I know you were excited about this next guest. I am. You've been geeked all day. |
| 1:11.6 | You've been like the notes and I want you to introduce this next guy. |
| 1:15.6 | Well, I- |
| 1:16.6 | Well, okay, I will. |
| 1:18.6 | I will thank first and foremost the Carolina Panthers for hosting us here at the Carolina |
| 1:22.6 | Panthers Vision Studio underneath the Bank of America Stadium right here in Charlotte where we have a quote unquote |
| 1:29.1 | a local yeah who now lives here and I'm not going to say where but he lives here in the city |
| 1:35.0 | of Charlotte probably a good thing but I just saw I'm so excited peanut you're right because I just |
| 1:40.3 | didn't know he doesn't know this how excited. He was, how excited Rome was to have this |
| 1:47.2 | particular person on the show. Rome's being geeked all day. I kid you. Yes. So he was part of the |
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