Hour 3 - Andrew Luck, Louis Riddick

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 3: Andrew Luck, Louis Riddick

Date: February 5, 2026
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show (iHeartPodcasts & Dan Patrick Podcast Network)

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Episode Overview

Hour 3 of the Dan Patrick Show features in-depth conversations with former NFL quarterback and current Stanford football GM Andrew Luck and ESPN analyst/former NFL defensive back Louis Riddick. The episode covers Luck’s transition to an executive role, his views on college football’s evolving landscape, reflections on his NFL career and retirement, and Riddick’s insights from his playing days—including entertaining stories about NFL legends, the evolution of the sport, and Super Bowl 60 analysis. The tone is candid, humorous, and reflective, peppered with memorable anecdotes and off-the-cuff impersonations.

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Key Topics & Discussion Highlights

1. Stanford Football and Andrew Luck’s New Role

[03:30–09:44]

• Luck’s Weight Loss: Dan notes how lean Luck looks, to which Luck replies, “A good bit. 20 pounds. I will say it’s too early for my ego to be hurt by being behind a dog in a poll, but I’m coming to terms with that.” (03:30)

• Coaching Aspirations:

  • Luck: “Not close at all. No interest, no desire. Wasn’t right for me.” (03:54)
  • He appreciates coaching but says leading Stanford as GM is the right fit for his life and family.

• Role as Stanford GM:

  • Luck acts as a mix between GM, pseudo-team president, and AD—managing fundraising, bridge-building with the university, hiring staff, roster management, and handling the unique challenges of college athletics.
  • Highlights the balance between excellence in football and the academic rigor of Stanford:

    “We have 109 guys on the team… Let’s say 18 to 22-year-olds… they’re amazing. They also like 18 to 22-year-olds, do some dumb stuff… So working with them every day is a blast.” (04:45–05:52)

2. Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) in College Sports

[05:52–08:35]

• Would Luck Have Chosen Stanford in the NIL Era?

  • Luck: “Absolutely… We were a little slow to adapt and embrace the changes. But today, absolutely.”
  • He insists Stanford’s “unique value proposition” remains compelling for academically inclined football players.

• On NIL Market Size & Transparency:

  • Dan suggests, “You got to have around $40 million if you want to be a top-end football program… Is that a fair number and where is Stanford in that?” (06:40)
  • Luck: “It’s a murky market… not much transparency… We think we can do it our way and be competitive… but you gotta go out and put a winning product on the field.” (07:33)

• Recruiting & Negotiation:

  • Luck describes dealing with agents, parents, and player “people-pleasers,” joking, “If I thought—it's still part of college is recruiting—and fall in love with the kid… I get compromised in negotiation fairly quickly—what do you want? Five million, Dan? Okay, I'll give it to you. Let’s make it seven. Let’s go.” (08:17)
  • Admits he’s learning “to exercise that [negotiation] muscle.”

3. Football: What Luck Misses and Career Reflections

[08:35–13:05]

• What He Misses About Playing:

  • “The elements of football that I do miss are part of why I’m back in the game—having a role, being on a team… game days are fun. I forgot, I actually sort of enjoy the stress.” (08:38)

• Losing as GM vs. QB:

  • “You’re not as physically hurt. I don’t miss getting hit.”
  • As GM, his focus is supporting coaches and long-term roster development.

• Stanford’s Unique Achievements:

  • Stanford is one of five schools to produce both a US President and a Super Bowl-winning QB. The others: Michigan, Delaware, Miami of Ohio, Navy. (10:01–10:28)

• Famous Stanford Grads:

  • Luck mentions Herbert Hoover, Larry Page & Sergey Brin (“very rich… not sure about famous”) and reminisces about seeing Jim Plunkett.

4. Football Mindset and NFL-Collegiate Trends

[11:30–14:34]

• Defensive Mindset as QB:

  • Luck jokes about enjoying occasional hits: “I did relish the opportunities to hit people. They were few, but when they popped up—I enjoyed that.” (11:42)

• Quarterback Play & Evolution:

  • Dan asks if the NFL has adopted college offensive styles.
  • Luck: “College is almost like a petri dish for offense…” He describes drawing from film of teams like Iowa State for RPO installs in the NFL.
  • “If you get too stagnant, you die. College is a bit of a ‘try it out’ area.” (13:05–14:34)

5. Retirement Decision and Family

[14:34–16:36]

• Role of His Wife:

  • Supportive, especially as she was pregnant with their first child at the time:

    “Once I felt supported by her no matter what… I didn’t feel alone through it.”

  • Shares a humorous anecdote about accidentally hijacking her 30th birthday party to share the news with family. (15:11)

• Retirement Announcement:

  • Luck describes how the media leak of his retirement occurred before he could make it public, and gives a vivid picture of the personal chaos that followed.

6. Career Security and Impersonations

[17:13–18:24]

• On Job Security as GM:

  • “Can you get fired?” – Dan
  • Luck: “Absolutely.”
  • “My boss is the athletic director. He’s fantastic, but yes, he can fire me. Gotta perform…” (17:20–17:29)

• Impersonations and Good Humor:

  • The crew jokingly discusses Andrew Luck impersonations, with Luck displaying a good-natured attitude about being a “good sport.” (17:45–18:24)

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7. Louis Riddick: NFL Insights, Stories, and Super Bowl Analysis

[20:35–35:13]

• Fashion Segment:

  • Louis Riddick banters about his Hugo Boss “Training Day” jacket and impromptu airport shopping.

• Playing Style & Hitting Legends:

  • Riddick reminisces about being a big hitter, inspired by safeties like Atwater, Lott, and Easley:

    “When I got you lined up, Dan, it was lights out. It was nighty night, really.” (21:25)

• Hard Hits and Injuries:

  • Describes massive hits (some career-ending), including one on Lynn James and another on Vincent Brisby, all while often concussed:

    “I was just kind of like, remember dropping down into like this robber type coverage and saw the ball thrown in, and hit him about as hard as I possibly could.” (22:17–23:05)

• Best Hitter Stories:

  • Tells of a rookie run-in with Jerry Rice:

    “I’m screaming in Jerry’s face… He looks at me and… turns me around, looks at my nameplate, and goes, ‘Who are you?’ and walks away.” (24:11–25:20)

  • Recalls tackling Steve Young “midair”… and how brutal football was in the 90s.

• On Brett Favre:

  • Riddick describes Favre’s “arm arrogance”—he’d throw into triple coverage for the challenge, similar to Elway or Stafford:

    “He’s just doing what he wants to do because he had that kind of arm arrogance…” (26:21–27:26)

• Super Bowl 60 Analysis (Patriots vs. Seahawks):

  • Riddick is “50/50” on the game, leans slightly Seattle due to defense and explosive offense, but strongly credits New England’s elite coaching:

    “Coaching matters in this league, as we know, and New England's got two of the very best, and their defense is a problem too.” (27:52–29:24)

• Evolution of Defensive Backs:

  • Talks about how DBs today are smaller, more athletic; reflects on what Al Davis told him (“should have moved to linebacker”):

    “I would have been a hell of a will backer now.” (30:50)

• Physical Toll of the Game:

  • Describes enduring a three-disc neck fusion surgery in 2015 due to heavy hitting in his era.

• Learning from Belichick & Saban:

  • The 90s Browns staff was the “Harvard of football”—Riddick praises their unmatched coaching, even though the offense stunk:

    “Those guys are savants… two greatest coaches in my mind of all time, without a doubt.” (34:10–35:08)

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8. Listener Interactions & Notable Moments

[36:14–42:13]

• Listeners praise Bo Jackson’s earlier interview about prostate cancer awareness—Dan remarks, “I would posit that Bo Jackson saved somebody’s life today.” (37:33)
• Engaged dog-voting and impersonation banter—Andrew Luck’s good-natured approach is noted.
• Playful teasing about Tom Brady and a “Brady impersonation”—“I root for hard work and dedication. That’s what got me here.” (42:29)

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Notable Quotes and Moments (With Timestamps)

• Andrew Luck on NIL negotiations:

  “You got players certainly representing themselves. You’ve got agents and the full continuum… Each one creates a different dynamic… I’m a people pleaser, Dan. If I thought—still part of college is recruiting—so I get compromised in negotiation fairly quickly.” (07:43–08:24)

• Louis Riddick on hitting Jerry Rice:

  “He (Jerry Rice) turns me around, looks at my nameplate and goes, ‘Who are you?’ and walks away.” (24:11–25:20)

• Luck on quarterbacking with a defensive mentality:

  “I did relish the opportunities to hit people… I enjoyed that.” (11:42)

• Riddick on Browns coaches:

  “Those guys are savants. They are not for everyone. But… if you win their approval, there’s no greater feeling because they truly are the grand masters of this game.” (34:10–35:08)

• Luck on what he misses about football:

  “Game days are fun… I actually sort of enjoy the stress of are we going to win or not…” (08:38)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 03:30 – Andrew Luck Interview Begins (Stanford role, coaching, NIL)
• 08:35 – Luck on football itch, life as GM, famous Stanford grads
• 11:30 – Football mindset, defensive mentality as QB, college/NFL trends
• 14:34 – Retirement decision, family role, memorable stories
• 17:13 – Luck on job security, impersonations, closing thoughts
• 20:35 – Louis Riddick Interview Begins (playing style, NFL legends)
• 24:11 – Jerry Rice story
• 27:52 – Super Bowl 60 coaching and match-up analysis
• 30:50 – DBs today vs. 90s, Al Davis advice
• 34:10 – Belichick & Saban, Browns coaching, football “Harvard”
• 36:14 – Listener calls, Bo Jackson discussion
• 42:13 – Fun with impersonations and poll results

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Tone, Language, and Atmosphere

The episode mixes sharp sports insight with infectious humor and warmth. Luck is humble, honest, and self-effacing, often deflecting serious answers with jokes about being a people-pleaser or fighting with poll-winning dogs. Riddick is energetic, nostalgic, and engaging, relishing old-school football toughness while offering smart, modern analysis. Dan Patrick’s questions range from light-hearted to incisive, setting a relaxed, welcoming environment for candid reflections.

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For Listeners: Why This Episode Matters

• Insightful, behind-the-scenes look at college football’s business side from a respected former NFL QB.
• Candid stories from inside the NFL—hits, humility, great coaches, and evolving game styles.
• A warm, witty, and self-aware approach—making even the ‘off-field’ topics (like retirement and life after football) accessible and engaging.
• Super Bowl 60 preview grounded in coaching wisdom and inside perspective.

If you’re interested in leadership, sports management, NFL culture past and present, or simply want to be entertained by great storytelling, this hour of the Dan Patrick Show delivers.

Transcript

[Andrew Luck]

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[Louis Riddick]

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[Louis Riddick]

Well, yeah, we got two of them.

[Dan Patrick]

Up there right now.

[Louis Riddick]

Vince Wilfork, by the way, has joined the fight.

[Dan Patrick]

He's not pleased with Tom either. Who should Tom Brady root for in the Super Bowl? I can't believe we're actually asking this. New England Seattle or neither New England.

[Louis Riddick]

Have 55% of that vote.

[Dan Patrick]

Neither has 37%.

[Louis Riddick]

And then the biggest dog on the.

[Dan Patrick]

Show today, bo Jackson.

[Louis Riddick]

Gerald McCoy.

[Dan Patrick]

Andrew Luck or Peter Herb Street?

[Louis Riddick]

Bo Jackson running away with that one. Peter Herb street in second with almost.

[Dan Patrick]

20% of that vote, Andrew Luck.

[Louis Riddick]

Just based on the way Bo Jackson.

[Dan Patrick]

Is dominating, he's currently in third.

[Louis Riddick]

He is losing to the dog Peter. But It's a respectable 5.7%.

[Dan Patrick]

I think he's okay. I think he's okay with that too. I. Okay. 8 7, 73 DP show email address dp danpatrick.com Twitter handle it DP Show Melissa Stark and Kaylee Hartung, they're working the sidelines for Super Bowl 60. They will join us in about 25 minutes from now. He's Andrew Luck, Stanford University general manager and former number one overall pick by the Colts back in 2012 as we make way for Andrew Luck on the program. Looking lean, man. Looks lean. How much weight did you lose?

[Andrew Luck]

A good bit. 20 pounds. I will say it's too early for my ego to be hurt by being behind a dog. Hit a pole, but I'm coming to terms with that.

[Dan Patrick]

It is a good looking dog, though.

[Andrew Luck]

It's a famous dog. It's a good looking dog.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. How close did you come to coaching Stanford football?

[Andrew Luck]

Not close at all.

[Dan Patrick]

You had no interest? No.

[Andrew Luck]

No interest, no desire Wasn't right for me.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. I thought that, that, that's as close as you can get to replicating what it's like to play. You have no interest in replicating that feeling?

[Louis Riddick]

No.

[Andrew Luck]

Look, I volunteer coach for two years at Palo Alto High School. Before, before taking the GM job was the freshman offensive coordinator in jv.

[Dan Patrick]

Were you good?

[Andrew Luck]

No, I don't think I was very good. I don't think I was. It's, it's. I do think. I do think there's some truth to what you said, Dan, about. It's, it's probably the closest thing to replicating what it's like to playing, but not right for me. One, I have an incredible respect for the coaching profession. Two, for my life, our family, what Stanford football needs and needed a year ago and needs now. Like I'm, I'm, I'm in the perfect spot.

[Dan Patrick]

Explain what your role is.

[Andrew Luck]

So I'm the general manager of the team. I, I think maybe in some ways also act like a team president or an athletic director just for football. Do a lot of fundraising, a lot of spreading the good word. I feel like a, like an evangelical preacher barnstorming, you know, the country, you know, proselytizing about Stanford football. Roster management certainly made. Have made coaching changes, you know, the short tenure and hired Tavita Pritchard as our, as our, as our head coach and helping him with staff. And look, we. What's, what's still so unique about college sports is we Stanford football exists within Stanford University's ecosystem. Right. Like it's we're part of this amazing institution of higher ed. So building bridges with the academy. I mean we have 109 guys on the team. Let's say 18 to 22 year olds. They're amazing. They also like 18 to 22 year olds do some dumb stuff. Like I still do dumb stuff, but like we all did dumb stuff and it's. So working with them every day is a blast. And yeah, it's a little bit of everything. A little bit of everything. A lot of learning on the job.

[Dan Patrick]

Dan, given nil, if you were coming out of high school, would you have still gone to Stanford?

[Andrew Luck]

I would have. Look, one, what, three or four years ago, I'm not sure. You know, we, we, we were a little slow to adapt and, and embrace the changes. But today, absolutely. I was talking to Christian McCaffrey about this last week. We were, we, we saw each other, was asking his perspective on it and he was, he's, I'm sure he'd say it if he was sitting right here, he'd go to Stanford again.

[Dan Patrick]

Right.

[Andrew Luck]

We have a unique value proposition and I do know we are serious about football and if you're a serious football player that also has the academic qualifications, the grades, you know, we're the place for you.

[Dan Patrick]

But as far as money goes.

[Andrew Luck]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And I have somebody who's a great source on this. You got to have around $40 million if you want to be a top end football program. It feels like in the, in the treasure trove there, the collectives. Your nil. Is that a fair number do you think? And where is Stanford in that?

[Andrew Luck]

I'm, I'm not, I, I won't get into our numbers or any other numbers. I don't, I don't see the balance sheets, you know, including collectives, but it's, it's a murky market. There's, there's, there's not much transparency to it. I, I think there are certainly schools and programs that seem willing to do whatever it takes, you know, to get there. We, we think we, we can do it our way and be competitive and look, the person, the pudding, right. We got to go out and play games. You got to go out and put a winning product on the field. You got to teach great football, you got to coach great football. And I think we have that with our, our young men in the locker room and our coaching staff.

[Dan Patrick]

But how is it when you're negotiating with somebody who wants money?

[Andrew Luck]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

How does that work? You talk to the player, the agent, the parents.

[Andrew Luck]

It's the Full spectrum.

[Dan Patrick]

But what is that?

[Andrew Luck]

Like, you got players certainly representing themselves. You've got agents and then you have the full continuum of agents, right? From those have been doing it for a long time, from those just starting out on the journey. Parents as well. Certainly each one creates a little bit of a different dynamic with its own challenges. I also have a great assistant gm. You know, I'm a people pleaser, Dan. So if I thought it's still, it's still part of college is recruiting, right. And fall in love with the kid and, and selling Stanford. So, you know, I get compromised in negotiation fairly quickly. You know, what do you want? Five million, Dan. Okay, I'll give it to you. Let's make it seven. Let's go. Here you go.

[Dan Patrick]

You're a crushover.

[Andrew Luck]

Sorry. But it's, it's, it's, it's a muscle. I'm learning to exercise as well. Absolutely.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. What do you miss about football?

[Andrew Luck]

You know, the elements of football that I do miss are part of why I'm back in the game in this role. Right? As, as a general manager, having a role, being on a team. Game days are fun. Like, I forgot, like, I actually sort of enjoy the stress of are we going to, you know, win or not? Like, it's, it's exhausting in, in a.

[Dan Patrick]

In a real way, how does the loss affect you? When you're the GM as opposed to.

[Andrew Luck]

A quarterback, you're not as physically hurt. I don't miss, don't miss getting hit.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Andrew Luck]

I don't miss getting hit. I think you asked different questions. Are we supporting our coaches enough? Like, there's no waiver wire in the NFL. There's no, you don't sign in college like there is in the NFL. You don't sign guys off the street to a place. So you think about, you know, how are we developing our guys? What are we. Do we have enough of what we need for the future?

[Dan Patrick]

Do it.

[Andrew Luck]

Do you know, do I need to ask certain questions that help us going. But I, I, you know, one year you're in it with everybody. It's. And it's fun to be back in it and live in the highs and lows.

[Dan Patrick]

He's Andrew Luck, the Stanford University general manager. I did not know this, but people at Stanford sent this to me. Stanford's one of five schools to produce a US President and a Super bowl winning quarterback. You know the answers, don't you?

[Andrew Luck]

Okay, I better know the answers. I hope I do.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, who wants to take a guess here? There are five schools. So Stanford's one. Paul.

[Andrew Luck]

Michigan.

[Dan Patrick]

Michigan. Is there. Marvin? Delaware. Delaware. Sneaky, sneaky. Miami of Ohio.

[Louis Riddick]

Wow.

[Andrew Luck]

Navy.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Andrew Luck]

St. All right.

[Dan Patrick]

Who's the most famous graduate of Stanford?

[Andrew Luck]

Who, who is the most famous? I don't think Tiger graduated.

[Dan Patrick]

You didn't, you didn't give him an honorary degree?

[Andrew Luck]

I. Christian hasn't graduated yet.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you give honorary degrees?

[Andrew Luck]

I'm sure we give honorary. I don't know if we. I don't have that authority, Dan. I don't know who's the most famous. Herbert Hoover was our president.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but he's not famous.

[Andrew Luck]

System president.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Andrew Luck]

Larry Page and Sergey.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, very rich. Rich.

[Andrew Luck]

Yeah. Well, I got to see Jim Plunkett last night and he might not be the most famous, but at least I think in my life right now to see Jim Plunkett walk around and, you know, to see a Heisman Trophy.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Andrew Luck]

And gosh, hopefully NFL hall of Fame soon. He's, he's, he's, he's maybe the most relevant Stanford grad in my life, besides my wife.

[Dan Patrick]

I always thought that you were a defensive minded player playing quarterback. Did you play with a, like a defensive player's mentality or am I overrating that?

[Andrew Luck]

I, I don't know. I. The last time I played defense was I think seventh or eighth grade, and I got to play defensive end. I enjoyed it. Not as much as I enjoyed quarterback. I did relish the opportunities to hit people. They were few, but when they popped up, it was. I enjoyed that.

[Dan Patrick]

But when you would throw an interception, you wanted to make the tackle.

[Andrew Luck]

There was part of me that did. And you know, some of that certainly if there's young quarterbacks out there that I'm talking to, some of that takes a toll.

[Dan Patrick]

Right.

[Andrew Luck]

And there's, there's part of being a quarterback that you've got to play.

[Dan Patrick]

Can you play? But can you do what Peyton did and just go into a fetal position?

[Andrew Luck]

I'm not sure Peyton went to a fetal position.

[Dan Patrick]

He, he, he went down. He wasn't going to try to make a tackle there.

[Andrew Luck]

Yeah, I, I played the way I played. I'm not sure if I could have done it anyway else.

[Dan Patrick]

When you look at the, the game, it used to be that college and the pros were very different. Now the NFL has taken a lot of what college football does.

[Andrew Luck]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Are they still doing that? That what you run offensively is what a lot of these NFL teams are doing or making the transition easier for these quarterbacks to take. Your, like, you know, Cam Newton, they. Carolina took his system at Auburn, just to make it easier, you know, the transition.

[Andrew Luck]

Well, there's a couple questions in there. One, the transition of quarterbacks from college to the NFL, which. Which can be, you know, can be a tough one. I know how I was trained at Stanford with Jim Harbaugh and David Shaw and Greg Roman was a. Was an incredible training ground to come into an NFL and run, you know, a Bruce Arians offense and handle some sophistication in the run game and in the past game. I do think franchises need to be very honest about what their quarterbacks need, especially rookie quarterbacks, because it's a lot. It's a lot on a young man's plate. And it's a tough position, Right. A really tough position. And then as far as the. The constant evolution of offenses, I do think college, because of the breadth and at all levels, you know, including, you know, especially FCS and then fbs, people try stuff, right? They do. It's. It's almost like a petri dish for offense. And I know part of what I enjoyed my last year playing in the NFL with Nick Sirianni and Frank Reich, as we'd watch. We'd watch film of what Iowa State was doing in the RPO game and install the. What we thought we could. We could do. Well, yeah, absolutely. Look, you've got to look for an edge on offense, right. If you get too stagnant, you die. And I think that'll always happen. I think. I think that'll continue to happen where college is a bit of a. Bit of a, you know, try it out area.

[Dan Patrick]

What role did your wife play in your decision to retire?

[Andrew Luck]

Oh, I retired and she. She was six, maybe seven months pregnant with our eldest, and she was loving being pregnant. And once I felt supported by her no matter what, you know, through it all, and so she was just there as support. I didn't. I didn't feel alone through it and. Helpful. Helpful.

[Dan Patrick]

But you run it by, you know, you're. It's gonna be a big weekend. You were gonna get to that Sunday and hold a press conference, weren't you? And then Saturday it leaks.

[Andrew Luck]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

What was it like when you came home after Saturday's game?

[Andrew Luck]

Well, what, her. Her birth. Her 30th birthday party was. That was the weekend before. And she's. She's accused me ever since of hijacking her birthday party to tell our family who came into town and our close friends that, like, it was done. So I get to. I get to live with that for the rest of my life. And our relationship. Sorry, honey. And then that weekend, I remember, you know, I want to say she used to, she used to scooter, like, take the electric scooters from our condo in Indianapolis to Lucas Oil Stadium because it's right there downtown. And so she was, you know, she wasn't, she wasn't going to go to the game. She knew I wasn't playing. It was the preseason game. Chuck Pagano was on the other sideline as the, as the coordinator, I think, for the Bears, maybe was the team. Yeah. Is that right? Thanks. Thank you, Paul. I'm very disappointed. You did not do my impression, which is, which is I, I may, I may accuse it as an act of softness, perhaps for not doing it, but she, she was late to the game, so she got on a scooter to get there. When she realized the news broke, was like, oh, shoot, I gotta get there and support. And support. It was a lime scooter. They're all over in San Francisco. They're readily available public transportation. It was about 45 minutes to get down here. Down £20 for my playing weight. Glad to be in charge. So, Stanford Cardinal football.

[Louis Riddick]

Go red.

[Andrew Luck]

Well done.

[Dan Patrick]

I, I, I did ask him if he was going to do the impersonation. He goes, I don't know. I, I probably should.

[Andrew Luck]

Andrew's such a nice guy. He can still pound my face.

[Dan Patrick]

And then I said, no, no, no, you got to do it. You know, it's a tradition unlike any other. I don't know if there's a big market out there for Andrew Luck. Impersonators here, like Frank Caliendo is probably not going to do one. Yes, Paul.

[Andrew Luck]

But when Andrew came back and took over his Stanford football's gm, I got.

[Louis Riddick]

To bring it back out again.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, I thank you. Nobody was more excited to see you back in mainstream America than Paulie. Good luck with the role there.

[Andrew Luck]

Thank you.

[Dan Patrick]

And can you get fired? Sure you can?

[Andrew Luck]

Absolutely.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Andrew Luck]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't want that to happen. I'm just saying, I don't know. Who's your boss?

[Andrew Luck]

My boss is our athletic director.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay.

[Andrew Luck]

He's fantastic. But, yes, he can fire me. I got, we got to perform.

[Dan Patrick]

I know. Sounds like something you would say.

[Andrew Luck]

Gotta perform, gotta perform.

[Dan Patrick]

Eligible.

[Andrew Luck]

At least 7 wins.

[Dan Patrick]

Ball eligible is Andrew Luck. Thank you.

[Andrew Luck]

I appreciate it, Dan. It's a pleasure. All right, not a bad setting. Nice guys.

[Dan Patrick]

We'll take a break. We're back after this.

[Louis Riddick]

Be sure to catch the live edition.

[Andrew Luck]

Of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at.

[Louis Riddick]

9Am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports.

[Dan Patrick]

Radio and the iHeartRadio app Stugats. Here I have a podcast empire. It continues to grow and I have brought it here to iHeart. I'm also doing a live radio show from 3 to 5pm Eastern because my wife wanted to kick me out of the house. It's called Stag company Live, which is available in podcast form right when the show finishes every single day. Some of the biggest names in sports, a lot of phone calls.

[Louis Riddick]

I love you guys show.

[Andrew Luck]

It's one of my favorites.

[Dan Patrick]

A lot of interaction, guys not taking themselves too seriously. Those are just some of the things that you could expect from Stugouts Co. And Stugots Co. Live. So listen to Stegotson Co. Live and our original podcast. Please subscribe, rate and review Stu Gatson Co. And God bless football. Taylor's livelihood depends on it. Do it today and you can check all of those out on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Andrew Luck]

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[Dan Patrick]

U s.com cargurus.com try to sneak in a few more phone calls here. We'll talk to Chris Collinsworth and Mike Cherico. They'll join us tomorrow in the program. We rescheduled Melissa Stark and Kaylee Hartung. They're going to be doing sideline for Super Bowl 60 and they will join us coming up tomorrow. CD Lamb from the Cowboys set to join us. Malcolm Butler set to join us. Maybe we could get him to reenact the interception and the play that I think is the most impactful, most important, greatest play in super bowl history. All right, 877,3DP show. Sources close to me tell me Super Bowl 60 is this Sunday. The Patriots and the Seahawks and and you can see it on NBC. And Peacock, he's one of our favorite guests. Always available, always insightful. The former defensive back now working for the mothership as a college football and NFL analyst. He's Louis Riddick joining us on the program. Yo, looks like he could still hit somebody what's going on, bud? Yeah, like the jacket?

[Louis Riddick]

You like this?

[Dan Patrick]

That's not.

[Louis Riddick]

Is that, Is that too much zipper? Is that. No. Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

It's good.

[Louis Riddick]

Good. All right.

[Dan Patrick]

Good. I'm glad.

[Louis Riddick]

I'm glad y' all like it. I'm glad. This is great. This is a great setup, man.

[Dan Patrick]

You. You look like you could be in the car with Denzel in Training Day.

[Louis Riddick]

You know what? I kind of like this. This. Let me tell you how I bought this jacket. So I'm. I'm a big, like airport shopper. So depending upon, like the airport you go to a lot of airports have like high end shopping. I'm walking through the Newark airport the other day and I'm like, I have a jacket on. I'm not really feeling it. I'm just like, man, this is the crap. I need to get something better than this. And I look and they have this high end shop, like a Hugo Boss place. And I'm like, it's like six in the morning and they're just opening it. I was like, give me that jacket. I bought that thing on the spot. Put this thing on. Put my other one in the suitcase. I've been wearing it ever since. That's how I do things, though. It's very the moment.

[Dan Patrick]

Spontaneous.

[Louis Riddick]

That's right. That's right.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you play that way?

[Louis Riddick]

Spontaneous? No, I was kind of. I was kind of analytical because, you know, because Bill Belichick and Nick were always on my. You know what, man? So I didn't really kind of play too spontaneous. I was kind of real analytical. But I'll tell you this, though. When I got you lined up, Dan, it was lights out. It was nighty night, really. I was a big time hitter. That's how football was back then, though. You know, big safeties, Steve Atwater, Ronnie Lott, Dennis Smith, that's Kenny Easley. Those were all my heroes, man. So that's. That's kind of how the game was played then. That was my game.

[Dan Patrick]

Who'd you knock out?

[Louis Riddick]

Oh, let's see. Well, there was two guys, right? So there was my rookie year when I was with the Falcons, was with Jerry Glanville. I. I know I had a concussion in that game, but that was before, like, concussion protocols became like what they are now. I mean, I just remember Scott Case and them looking at me going like. He was like, dude, you.

[Dan Patrick]

You.

[Louis Riddick]

You don't know what's going on, D. I was like, no, not at all. So every plan, like it was. It was a preseason.

[Dan Patrick]

Scott Case would know Scott Case was.

[Louis Riddick]

Like one of the, like, true, like, football assassins back in the day. So I hit this kid named Lynn James from. From Cleveland in a preseason game. Unfortunately, I think it wound up like cracking a bone in his neck and he had to retire. And I was. I was like, not all together at that point in time. I didn't even know what I was doing. I was just kind of like, remember dropping down into like this robber type coverage and saw the ball thrown in this and hit him about as hard as I possibly could. A guy named Frankie Smith, one of our defensive backs, his finger got caught in between my helmet and the shoulder pad. Ripped the tip of his finger off. It was a nasty play, and I was concussed during the play. So I don't even remember what the hell really happened because I had hit Kevin Mack earlier in that game. That's what it.

[Dan Patrick]

I was going to say.

[Louis Riddick]

So you know what I mean?

[Dan Patrick]

Kevin Mac.

[Louis Riddick]

Kevin Mackie is like. I think there was that one Vincent Brisby from the Patriots in our playoff game in 95. I clocked him pretty darn good. I had a couple of them. Nate Terrell, Fletcher from this. From the Chargers out in San Diego. Once I caught him on the sideline, flipped him like a bowling pin. Once I saw some pretty good ones.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you run into these guys and does this come up?

[Louis Riddick]

No, I. I haven't seen a lot of those. I haven't seen a lot of those dudes. But you know what? That's how we used to do it. You remember the late, great Eric Turner, the safety from the Browns who passed away?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Louis Riddick]

Probably one of the fiercest hitters I've ever seen. Ever. Like this guy. That's how football was, though, back then. That's how it used to be.

[Dan Patrick]

I remember Rodney Harrison telling me that he faced Jerry Rice. Yeah, Jerry can't. Came over the middle. Rodney said, I don't care who. Who he is. He clocked him.

[Louis Riddick]

You know what's funny?

[Dan Patrick]

He got fined for it. But he said I. He goes, I had to let Jerry Rice know who I was. And you don't come over the middle, Dan.

[Louis Riddick]

I have the funniest damn story about Jerry Rice. Okay, so we're playing San Francisco Monday Night Football, 1996 in Atlanta. And that's when Steve was there and Brent Jones, I believe, was still there. Ricky was the running back, waters and all. Anyway, Jerry runs a slant, and I had him lined up, but Steve overthrew him. And I'm screaming in Jerry's face. I'm like, Expletive, expletive, expletive. Like, you're so lucky you didn't catch that ball. You're so lucky. And I'll tell you what. I don't know if I can get up, but I literally, like, he looks at me and he grabs my shoulder pad, and he turns me around and looks at my nameplate on the back, and he goes, who are you? And walks away. And I was just like, wow. I just kind of get in my. A couple of teammates heard it, and they were just like, damn, dude. He just clowned. He literally turned me around. He was like, who are you? I was like, you would have known who I was. It was like one of those where you're like, you know, you want to talk to the goat. You want to tell the goat how you're about to knock him out. And he was like, I don't even know who you are.

[Dan Patrick]

So, I mean, like, who.

[Louis Riddick]

Like, what do I care? You know? I was. I was like, well, whatever. I got Steve pretty good in that game, too. Steve Young is. Look, I call him the great Steve Young whenever I see him, because he truly is. He's one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play this game. Steve was so damn good. I caught him one time. I caught him in midair. He tried to jump over me. He was running like a quarterback keeper, and I dumped him on his head. It was pretty. It was a pretty good hit, too. He fumbled the ball and stuff. But that was that same game. And look, honestly, I think that 96 season. I played against some really good teams that year, man. I mean, we played against. I mean, Dallas was still rolling at that time. That might have been 92, 93. I played against Brett Favre. We played. We played all the great quarterbacks back then. I mean, there were some just really, really dominant teams in the early 90s.

[Dan Patrick]

But I remember Mike Holmgren telling me about Favre. He said, what's it like coaching him? He said, well, he loves degree of difficulty. That guy's open, but that guy's got three guys covering him. I'm going to the guys covered by three. That.

[Louis Riddick]

That seems like Brett. That seems like, you know, I first met Brett, but could you fool him.

[Dan Patrick]

Into making him make those difficult throws now, Interestingly enough.

[Louis Riddick]

Okay, so I. I played against Brett when he was in his rookie season, when Sterling Sharp and all them were still there in the early 90s. Could you fool Brett into it? I don't know necessarily think that Brett really cared if you were trying to fool him. He's Gonna do what he wanted to do. So whether or not he read the coverage right or not, it didn't really matter. He's just throwing, he's doing what he wants to do because he had, he had that kind of like arm arrogance that guys like Stafford have now where it doesn't really matter what you do because they know there's like only about, you know, maybe a handful of guys who've ever walked the face of the earth who can fit a ball into a spot that maybe no one else can. So they do it anyway. Those are guys who, like Elway was kind of like that. Like when you played against John, you knew that he had that Go go Gadget arm and could throw it a mile and he could also run. And he just had that look on his face like, I don't really care what you do. It's about what I do. And those, those dudes are special, man. And yeah, Brett, Brett was like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Talking to Louis Riddick of the Mothership. You strike me as somebody who doesn't make their super bowl pick on Monday that you might wait until Friday or Saturday.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, that's, yeah, that's part of my analytical nature, man.

[Dan Patrick]

But is there something that you could see that's going to change your opinion, Your opinion today, Thursday morning, is there something you could hear or watch that would change your opinion?

[Louis Riddick]

You know, the only thing that right now I believe, okay, if you, if you heard something about the health status about one of these quarterbacks being maybe worse than what they're leading it, you're leading us on to believe. So if Drake's shoulder is not quite as good as you is, maybe he says it is, or if Sam's oblique is like bothering him maybe a little bit more than people says it is. That's the only, that's maybe the thing that could kind of tilt me one way or what or another. I'm kind of 50, 50 on this game, man. I, I really am. Because look, I think Mike, I think the combination of Rabel and Josh McDaniels is as good, if not the very best in the league. I mean, how many super bowls Is Josh McDaniel coached in? Is it like 9, 10, something ridiculous? Mike has played in a bunch and won a bunch. I think they're the best coached team in the NFL. That combination, I think Mike McDonald's one of the most analytical, even keeled, level headed guys in the NFL that you're blown away by. And their football team defensively is just ridiculous. But so is New England's Seattle's offense is a little bit more explosive. Sam has a penchant for either being really good or you can have one of those games where you're sitting there going, now, you know, you see why. Maybe, you know, Minnesota has some reservations. Although I think by and large, Minnesota still wishes that they had Sam Darnold. I don't know, man. I'm going back and forth on this. I'm leaning towards Seattle because of how strong they are defensively and because of the explosiveness they have on offense. But coaching matters in this league, as we know, and New England's got two of the very best, and their defense is a problem, too.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Jsn. Would he have been a big problem for you?

[Louis Riddick]

All wide receivers were a problem for me, man. Like, I was. I was a big old, like, robocop type safety that was just trying to knock you out. I wasn't trying to cover too. I think that's. You know, the game has changed so much, man. It really had. I was talking to Charles Woodson, like, a couple years ago. We were down. And it was when we were down in Florida, Phoenix, when the Chiefs were playing Philly the first time, and we're standing on the sideline and I was just looking at the players and I was like, charles, what do you notice about. About these guys? And he's like, just how streamlined and just how athletic every single person looks like. The DBs aren't as big as they used to be, but they're so much more athletic. There's so much more explosive. Because we were just talking about, like, if you let these guys play the same way we played, I mean, guys would really be getting hurt. They had to kind of dial it back. But just because of how. Just how big and thick and muscular and stuff, all these guys are. But the athleticism is so much different. The requirements at defensive back, by and large, are the same. But I think. I just think the quality of athlete has really ramped up. And for me, look, I would have been. There are a few teams I still could play for. Like, I could still play for those big zone teams that, you know, I would have been a good. You know what I should have done? I should have done what the late, great Mr. Al Davis told me to do, which was move the linebacker. I would have been a hell of a will backer now.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay?

[Louis Riddick]

But, you know, I still got. I still got my seven, eight years in. I'm good. I'm good now. I get to do this, man. I mean, you know.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, it doesn't hurt?

[Louis Riddick]

No.

[Dan Patrick]

You're done with this?

[Louis Riddick]

No. You know what? Exactly. I heard Andrew talking about that. That's the thing that you don't miss. But you know what, at the same time, I kind of do miss the pain a little bit. I kind of do miss laying in the training.

[Dan Patrick]

When's the last time you hit somebody?

[Louis Riddick]

Oh gosh, 1998. I think that was the last time like I, that I really felt, you know, like that thrill of like knocking the crap out of someone. Although I was playing in like a, like a parents versus kids soccer game with my daughter like about like back in like 2010 and like kind of slipped on the grass and like literally like just, I mean went head over heels and that, that didn't feel very good. But I've had, Look, back in 2015, man, I had like, like three, like a three disc fusion surgery in my neck. Because the way we used to hit back then. So those days of being physical, they're long gone for me, man. Long gone.

[Dan Patrick]

You look at that Cleveland Brown staff that you had.

[Louis Riddick]

Belichick, it was.

[Dan Patrick]

How come you guys weren't good?

[Louis Riddick]

Because we didn't have any offense. We stunk on offense. I mean, damn, we stunk. It wasn't good. We had one of the best defenses in 94 in the history of the league. And I mean we would just snuff people out, I mean blank them and we'd still lose games. So that 94 season, we lost to the Steelers three times that year, twice in the regular season. Then we lost to them in the divisional round in Pittsburgh. I remember we went there to Pittsburgh and we ran out on the football field for pre game. It was myself, Eric Turner, maybe Rob Burnett, Anthony Plesk, a couple of guys on defense. I remember seeing this figure like down in the corner of the end zone. I see this dude standing there who was like a cut off gray T shirt and he had to steal her pants on. And remember seeing like his arms and it was Greg Lloyd and he was standing there waiting and he's just screaming where the bleep is Vinnie. Where's Vinnie? Like Testaveri. And I was, I remember looking at Eric Turner going, dude, we are dead. We are dead today.

[Dan Patrick]

And so is Vinnie.

[Louis Riddick]

Oh my God. And you know what they had? So that's when they had, they had Bam Morris, John L. Williams and who's the other running back? Bam. John L. I forget who the other guy was. They had three backs go for over 100 yards that day. Three. I had 11 tackles at halftime. So that. That's.

[Dan Patrick]

That's.

[Louis Riddick]

We just couldn't. We couldn't score, Dan. That was a problem.

[Dan Patrick]

If you were getting tackles, that means they're at the second level.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, well, and then. And I played down in the buck because, remember, I wasn't a big cover guy.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, that's right.

[Louis Riddick]

They had me down in the box a lot. But, yeah, you know what? That staff, getting back to that staff, though, that was football. Like, that was like going to the Harvard of football to learn from Nick and Bill at the same time. It was such. It was so hard at the time because of the demands that they put on you. And I'm telling you, I had a lot of sleepless nights those years, those three years in Cleveland. But as I tell Nick now and I tell Bill anytime I see him, I would not change it for the world. Those guys are savants. They are one of one. And whenever you lost football games or didn't play well, it was your fault. It wasn't their fault because they gave you the answers. Is this whether or not you could use them? They are that damn smart. And those two guys, they're the two greatest coaches in my mind of all time. Without a doubt.

[Dan Patrick]

Which one is the greatest coach of all time.

[Louis Riddick]

You know, I think, Look, I. I think I. I hit it off with. I had a much more personal relationship with Nick than I did with Bill, because Bill was the head coach and Nick was the coordinator and the DB coach. Bill was very. Bill was very much like you think he is. Like, Bill was very business, by the book, not very emotional about things. Like, he would say hi to you one minute and the next minute tell you, I'm cutting you, get out of here. And, like, wouldn't break a smile. Nick was so hard on you, but when you did it the way you wanted, he would give you that look, that like, kind of like that fatherly look. That's like, I approve that. That's what I want from you. So he was the guy who I gravitated towards. But I'll tell you what. Now, both of those dudes, they are not for everyone. But if you get coached by them, if you get coached by them and you win their approval, there's no greater feeling because they truly are the grand masters of this game.

[Dan Patrick]

Great to see you. Of course, thanks for all your contributions this year available. We love your insights.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Lewis Riddick of the Mothership. We'll take a break. We're back after this.

[Louis Riddick]

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[Dan Patrick]

Last call for phone calls. What we learned, what's in store tomorrow. Once again, our thanks to the San Francisco Giants. They very accommodating. They allowed us to set up shop here across from the Oracle Park. They actually put the DP show logo up in the Jumbotron there during the morning. Treated us to dinner last night. So thank you for your hospitality. Alrighty, so last call for phone calls Tomorrow we'll talk to Chris Collinsworth, Mike Tirico, CD Lamb, the Cowboys, Malcolm Butler and we will have Melissa Stark and Kaylee Harton. They're going to be doing sidelines for NBC. Let's see Shuffles in Phoenix. Hey, Shuffles, welcome back.

[Andrew Luck]

Good morning. Thank you. Great interview with Bo Jackson.

[Dan Patrick]

It was fantastic.

[Andrew Luck]

And him saying that he just had prostate cancer. One of my buddies just got diagnosed and as soon as Bo said that, I texted him and said, hey man.

[Dan Patrick]

Bo Jackson just had prostate cancer surgery.

[Andrew Luck]

You're going to be okay.

[Dan Patrick]

So it's fantastic.

[Andrew Luck]

Secondly, Marvin and I had a bet from when U of A beat Connecticut earlier and I didn't know. Did Marvin ever take a pie to the face?

[Dan Patrick]

No, he did not.

[Andrew Luck]

Because if you want to double up.

[Dan Patrick]

We could do the Uncle Phil that he mentioned the other day and a.

[Andrew Luck]

Pie to the face for the tournament, depending on how Arizona or Connecticut do. I didn't know if he'd want a part of that. Oh, it's Arizona. The tournament I'm taking.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you crazy?

[Louis Riddick]

I'm sorry.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow.

[Andrew Luck]

Undefeated.

[Dan Patrick]

You still don't believe in U of A, do you?

[Louis Riddick]

I.

[Andrew Luck]

No body.

[Dan Patrick]

I want to, but you know how this is when I start to fill out my bracket and I look at Arizona and I go, I just go, Chargers. The they are the Chargers of college. College football. I know, I know, I know. Yeah, Paul, the year you leave them out. I know, I know they'll go to the Final Four. Jim in Florida. Hi, Jim. What's on your mind today? Dan, nice to talk to you.

[Andrew Luck]

I just wanted to comment on Bo Jackson.

[Dan Patrick]

If it wasn't the best, it was one of the better interviews you've ever done. And I would posit that Bo Jackson saved somebody's life today. You're probably right, Jim and I, I hope he did. I hope that people listen to that and go get tested. And I said this to the Danets yesterday. We did a little video, a public service announcement for prostate cancer getting tested. And it's really easy to do it. And if you get that opportunity. No, not if you get it. Make sure you get the opportunity to get tested that in colon cancer. Guys, we're stupid. We don't like going to the doctor. Nobody likes going to the doctor. But when you go there and you can be healthier, smarter, live longer, then do it. And I'm, I'm very, very thankful that Bo came on and shared his story because he had prostate cancer three months ago. Mike in Wisconsin. Hi, Mike. What's on your mind today? Good morning, Dan. Thanks for taking my call.

[Andrew Luck]

Hey, Dan, I have a Super bowl.

[Dan Patrick]

Trivia question if you're up for testing your knowledge. Oh, okay.

[Andrew Luck]

So this player, he had 602 career.

[Dan Patrick]

Rushing yards, and ironically, he set and.

[Andrew Luck]

Still holds the super bowl rushing record with 204 yards.

[Dan Patrick]

Was that Timmy Smith of Washington?

[Louis Riddick]

Timmy Smith.

[Andrew Luck]

Washington and Super Bowl 22, they routed Fritz's Broncos. We don't need to do that. We don't need to recap that.

[Dan Patrick]

You gotta, you gotta be specific with the number. The team that routed the Denver Broncos in Super Bowls, Todd, that number 22.

[Louis Riddick]

Running up and down the sideline not.

[Andrew Luck]

Being able to catch Timmy Smith.

[Dan Patrick]

Was that Lily? Yeah, it was Tony Lilly.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, that sounds right.

[Dan Patrick]

Man. They took advantage.

[Louis Riddick]

We had a 10 nothing lead in that game.

[Dan Patrick]

We.

[Andrew Luck]

And we lose.

[Louis Riddick]

42.

[Andrew Luck]

10.

[Dan Patrick]

I know. Satan. Would you give us the final results of the poll question today? Very, very controversial.

[Andrew Luck]

Holy smokes.

[Dan Patrick]

Who should Tom Brady root for in the Super Bowl? Shockingly, 56% of the audience say the Patriots.

[Louis Riddick]

How Tom got that one wrong. And the biggest dog on the show today, bo Jackson.

[Dan Patrick]

Gerald McCarthy, coy Andrew Luck or Peter. Herb Street. Kirk's dog, Bo Jackson. Running away with that one. Running away. The dog is in second place. A comfortable second place. That was great. That's a great looking dog.

[Louis Riddick]

Yeah, that is.

[Dan Patrick]

That is a good dog. The very definition of a good dog. Yeah. There is no way my dog could have sat there like Peter sat in his own chair while Kirk Herbstreet sat here. My dog would be in my lap. She'd be all over the place. So my dog, you know, we're out here in San Francisco, the home man cave, and my dog has been going crazy because she didn't get to go to work. So my wife drops my dog off. Winnie is watching when Peter the dog is on tv and she is going bonkers at the man cave, barking at the screen because she wants to protect Tyler. That's love. Yes, John.

[Louis Riddick]

There's other dogs running around that, you know, so there's more stimuli. And the dog was still.

[Andrew Luck]

Peter was still quietly sitting there.

[Dan Patrick]

But you know what was great is the number of our listeners, our viewers who sent in pictures of their dog watching Peter. The dog. Dogs all over the place went crazy.

[Louis Riddick]

As soon as they saw Peter.

[Dan Patrick]

Ah, but I haven't seen Bo. I'm trying to think. Last time I saw Bo Jackson, but I don't know if I've been more excited to talk to somebody because it had been such a long period of time and we played golf together, and I just remember I thought he was going to hit at 350 yards. And then I realized he. He couldn't out bow a golf course like, he couldn't. He said, if that ball was moving 95 miles an hour, I have a chance. But the fact that it was just. It kind of sits there and mocks you. It just looks, you know, it's looking right at you. And Bo, he just couldn't get it right. Yeah.

[Louis Riddick]

Paul, I just checked back.

[Andrew Luck]

The last time we had Bo Jackson on the show, he was a. A spring training coach in Scottsdale, 2004, and he was with the White Sox, and he joined the show.

[Dan Patrick]

And I love that Andrew Luck came from Stanford. It's 45 minutes, he said. But he wasn't selling a product like everybody is normally selling a product. Lewis Riddick just came over. He's not selling a product. They just wanted to come in and talk. And that's. That's a lot of fun. But Andrew Luck coming in and being a good sport, letting Paulie mimic him, make fun of it, and he took it.

[Louis Riddick]

Good sport, fantastic impersonation. I got to give it to him.

[Dan Patrick]

Ah, I need some work.

[Andrew Luck]

Like Stanford football need some work. We're getting there.

[Dan Patrick]

But we did find out that Seaton's been sitting on a Tom Brady impersonation. I don't.

[Louis Riddick]

It's not so much that I've been.

[Dan Patrick]

Sitting on it, Dad. I just think that hard work, you.

[Louis Riddick]

Know, dedication is really what's gotten me.

[Dan Patrick]

Here to this point. That's why I can't really pick who patriots.

[Louis Riddick]

I don't have a rooting interest in this one. I root for hard work and dedication.

[Dan Patrick]

Because that's what got me here. We're definitely not getting Tom Brady on the show.

[Louis Riddick]

It's going to be time.

[Andrew Luck]

We're more so not getting him out.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah.

[Louis Riddick]

Maybe we can get Clint Kubak.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, you didn't add the accident, like.

[Louis Riddick]

No, it's too emotional.

[Dan Patrick]

I just.

[Louis Riddick]

I just I don't even know why that's the impression today, but I just.

[Dan Patrick]

Threw that out there because I'm just.

[Louis Riddick]

Too emotional about this.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, you were upset. What is he doing?

[Louis Riddick]

What is he doing?

[Dan Patrick]

We say that about Todd a lot. Okay, Todd, what'd you learn today?

[Andrew Luck]

Bo Jackson would rather face a 95 mile per hour fastball than have to deal with a golf ball that just.

[Dan Patrick]

Sits there in the te Satan.

[Andrew Luck]

Tom Brady's making more sense than Todd Fritz.

[Dan Patrick]

Paul. Andrew.

[Louis Riddick]

Luck is a great, great sport, Marvin.

[Andrew Luck]

Bo knows when payday is with quick.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Andrew Luck]

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[Dan Patrick]

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