Y'all have me wow, hey, and we made it just in the niked time everybody is Tuesday, April thirty and twenty twenty four. Welcome to the Only Show about Spartan Dogs hosted by Spartan Dogs. This is part of ms U. I'm your host Jason Straighthorn along with my co host, my man Sedrick swur It Irvin. I must be at the crib this time. Brother. Hey, if it's your first time to the show, we want to welcome you. If this is not, we thank you for your loyalty and
please don't forget to click the like to subscribe button. Then let us know where you're at. Man. Uh, look, man, where are you watching from? You? Look at this? It's beautiful. We got Hawaii in the house. We got Oakland definitely in the house. Awesome down, Julio. We got is that Buffalo is MSS Raven in Buffalo, New York? Huh is that where we're at? Swerve? Hey, miss Johnson, now that movie straight up this part? Hey, miss Johnson, Hey, miss Johnson, Hey, man, look, swerve a lot to cover today.
We got a jam pack show. Brother, we got a lot to cover. I know you are excited about this because you had a big weekend, didn't you. Oh, man stray when I say big weekend I had. I had a flash bags smiles just around great people. Man, I'm telling man, man straight, you know what. I'm loving life, brother, Oh yeah, yeah, life is good all the time. They watching us in Louisville at the Derby. What's up, Cat Derby? Oh your
ears up? Man. Look, we're gonna cover a little bit of the event that you and I had an opportunity to go to down in Naples, Florida. But today is a big day in college football, and that's what has had this because the portal closes tonight at midnight. Now this is the day where players have, you know, until midnight to get the paperwork submitted, but schools have forty eight hours after that to sign the final paperwork. So the portal does close tonight, and man, it's jumping right now all
over the country. But it definitely is happening right here. And he's lansing the portal. You know, since the last time we talked, swere on the show we had Andy Hartman offensive lineman, Steven Russknack, you know, a kicker. We're gonna show a couple of these, and then you had by Job defensive lineman out of Oklahola. He got back in there Ethan Boyd today, this is new news today. The big tackle. He goes in the portal, and these are some surprise ones here. You know you had
Geno van Denmark. You know he goes in the portal after being in the portal earlier and then coming back. I don't know this is this is a trend that's happening. And then the Mangham brothers. Those are two that literally just got in the portal. I don't even know if we have the pictures of those guys yet because we've been working so hard to try to get everything together. You're eating some food, that's swear. What you eating? Man? You got you good man. I try to sneak into something because got
red cups. What you eating? Some tell me it's some collar green with neck bones in it. You can't can't forget it. Neck moon, Mama home, neck bone, neck bone. Miss Pop's fosters in the house. What's up, Harriet? I see you, Trevor said he shocked the Geno Vandermarks in the portal again. You have the best coaching. What was it saying, to get a bag in the NFL, you have the best coaching. To get a bag of the NFL, his stock will drop. Where
is he going now? Now? Now, let me break this down and what people got to understand, what kind of what kind of culture that we live in nowadays? Right straight? Yeah, let them know. It's a it's a it's a copy cat world. You know, somebody win tight jeans, not a style. Everybody wearing tight jeans. You know what I'm saying. We are getting into the portal. Man, so many kids in the
portal, but it's not enough scholarships, not enough scholarships. Man. And these guys what they're doing is they copy and they hearing in the locker room or or they're on their group chat. They're in their snapchat and saying, hey, what you think such and such got such and such? You know, I mean not thinking like, Okay, new staff, new opportunity, Let me go get my playing time, let me go earn it. Yeah. Oh no, man, you're going to stand I'm going too. Uh
yeah, I just talked to coach Louisville. Louisville coach told me yeah, yeah, yet it ain't no guaranteed, no, no, not at all. A lot of line going on out there in this world. That's why you've learned that a few days ago. Yeah, oh yeah, a lot a line going on. What we mean by that they are you know, obviously there's tampering or what inducement happening, but players are being told that the
grass is greener. It's it's the age old story. People think the grass is greener, they move over to the other yard and they find out that nothing but the weeds over there, and it was better off standing in their own yard because it was just green enough there. Pun intended. And then
also also to the fans here. You know, you're listening to these other people that talk about Spartan football, and I don't knock it, but understand, you got two guys that's had the inside source, that played the game, and they're gonna give you the knowledge from within the helmet, not the guys that you know read it on Twitter or read it on encyclopedia. We played the game and when where I'm coming from Scray is being around those people
this weekend. Oh man, oh you guys know what you're talking about. You guys played the game. I sat back and watch I was in my rocking all type of stories. So if it was me, I want to listen to the guys that played the game, right, guys, that's been an articulate but this this, but Kate, I know, put me on the field, tell me how I was it. A lot of people can't do that straight. They just they just talk because you know, I can read it out of the magazine or whatever it is. No, I want
it from the heart. I want it real right. And that's what you get from Jay and s J and Stray and Swerve all of above. Man, I mean, you're right, you know this. And we're interactive. I mean I love talking with people in the chat because we can respond to you. Especially we're on a live show. Not even some of the time. We are live, and we are live tonight to be exact. But
let's talk about some good news. You know, there was a commitment in the portal class and we did get ed Woods defensive back out of Arizona State. Did commit sounds like we beat out the services of Alabama for this particular player, Ed Woods to come to Michigan State. Man, how about that? Hey, a win is a win all day long. You know, if you got a player like that that had Alabama on the line. That
means he got potential. You know, he got talent. He had he when he jumped into Porter, he had he had opportunities, he had chances, he had choices, and for him to pick ms U, you know, to which was already a good, good backfield back there mm hmmm. Hopefully that's a plus. Hey, yeah, because you know, we talked about the two Mangham brothers. One of them is a running back, the other one is a defensive back. He is in a corner. It's more
of a safety, but a high contributor starter in that secondary. So you know, definitely need more defensive backs obviously to help that back end. The loss of Simeon Barrow and obviously you know my man in the middle, Harmon, Derek Harmon, the other two different tackles there. That that's big.
Hearing about those guys all over the country now doing their official visits. I don't know if there's any room for Michigan State to come back, but the rumor mail is that Michigan State the coaching staff is saying like the players are trying to put them against the wall. You know, on the eve of the portal clothes and saying, hey, I need more money, and Jonathan
Smith saying going in the portal, you're out of here. They're not they're not willing to negotiate with terrorists now, They're seriously, they're not gonna Rea. They're not going to renegotiate the contracts they already have in place for What do you think about that move? Why not? At one point in time as a coach, you got to have a mentality saying, Okay, you know what enough is enough? You know, especially you want to you want
to leave now towards the end, you know what I mean? If you want to leave now towards the end, you really didn't want to be here. If you had a problem, you know, you could have talked to me last month of three four weeks ago. So I get to a point, You're not gonna put my back against the wall. I'm not doing that, especially as a coach. And I got guaranteed money. That's how I'm telling hey, man, I got guaranteed I'm gonna get mine. So at the end of the day, son, you better sit down and get ready
to play for the season. Yeah, because you're jumping out there in this in this world of wars. Are you ready for it? Right right there? And at the end of the day, whope, coach saying, listen, I'm not kissing your ass. If you want to go, go, But if you want to be here and have a chance and the opportunity to play and try to raise the starts, go in that locker room or go back to your dorm, put your suitcase down, and I see you in the morning. That's right, Hey, why it's words. I mean,
that's what it sounded like. I think that's exactly what coach, head coach and Smith said this morning too. You heard what the goat said when he was having when when safety was having exit exit interviews, the guys wasn't mad about losing the Michigan mhm. They came in like, hey, coach, how the money think I could get? He said. It was like after one, after one, and then Miss Terry had a chance to speak to a parent. She was like, hey, hey, you think we can
get more more, more money? Yeah, you say it's time for him to go. Hey, Sue's hey, Sue's saving said he had to get out of there. Is definitely a money game right now in college football, like it or hate it. That's where we are right now, especially when you see all the movement that we're seeing in the portal and you're seeing the shift of power in certain schools that are dominating the portal and others just aren't. But you know, missrs State's doing a great job in retaining some guys
like Antonio Gates Junr. Who went into portal for a second but did come back out of the portal, So it's good to have him back. I don't know. We got a picture of Trey Mosley there that it's not Antonio, but Antonio Gates did come back from He's number seven, you know, not seventeen. So that's for the people of the back, just so you know. Anyway, I'm now producer. Hey, it's all good, it's
all good. We ain't gonna hate on him right now. But look, man, the Montgomery Greg Montgomery Foundation, Greg Montgomery Junior Foundation had a great golf out, a great for a great cause. It swere for love and wellness. That was the golf outing. The great event, first class event that both of us had an opportunity to attend. Wasn't it a great time? What did you think of it? Sworth? First of all, Greg. I know you're chilling, but your dad is the mother man singing.
Yeah. Oh, man's pops pops to be he gonna be eighty seven this week or next week. Oh Man, that's the man, Man, Man, that's they put on a great tournament man for a great cause. Man. We even had a former teammate buy a T shirt that we get out from from from Nikoboker. He bought a T shirt, a T shirt that probably costs seven dollars at Cogl's a myyers. Uh huh. He bought it for seven hundred and fifty dollars. Yeah, Billy Green, you're talking about
it's real good to see Billy Green. Now you had Garrett Good your full back. Hey, thanks sports ld oh dollars Hollywood, Holly Wood. And one day I can say, you know one thing, and when I left Billy Green and you and GARYT. Good and I got by myself on that two hour drive man, when I say I felt so good. One thing about it that I didn't have anybody to tell me about build relationships or you know, keep emails, keep phone numbers, man and hit us some of
the things that that Gary Goule said, who was my full back? You know the time that we had to share in that cart. Man. You know, I ain't no emotional guy because I'm an alpha male. You know that he touched my soul. Man, I felt like, damn, I
wish I would have knew about friendship and things like that. I would have spent more time with that guy, you know what I mean to know what I meant to him to even the point where he was like, Hey, I'm not gonna leave swerve at a cigarette bass, something may happen to him. I'm forty six at the end of the day, man, hanging with you. Brothers man, I felt like, damn, I wish I could have connected. I mean, kept the connection going and from back then.
But I was a kid that didn't know didn't know about Hey get that phone number, get that email and the connected, stay connect or you know, set up a man's trip or anything. But when I left that, I say, you know what the next forty six young, I mean the next forty six years God blessed me with I'm gonna make sure I continue to connect with my brothers man, because I had a damn good time. Man.
Man, that was That's an important thing right there. That's what you do next, right, you know, the past the past, and I mean I'm glad we had the past that we did with the brothers that wore the green and white and the people here in the chat with us that cheered for us, and some of them did play. I think I don't know if that cow sports old is that is that Billy? I don't know, no is who was that? That's my brother that was with them. Oh your
brother with the buncake. Okay, yeah, Jane, Yeah, Okay about Hollywood car you pay down? Hit the mask off, James Man, come on, Hey, that's day man. He felt like I've been knowing him one hundred years. Your brother's funny, He's funny. Good dude right there. Now. It was a great time you know that we had down there in Naples, Florida. Man, great event by Margo and Steve. Those
were Greg Montgomery juniors brother and sister that helped put on the show. Obviously, Greg Montgomery Senior, we had him on the show before, you know, senior national champion quarterback in Michigan Sate nineteen fifty seven. He'll show you that ring and anytime you want to bring him on the show. I believe he's somewhere watching this show right now with the big screen on. Margo's helping him out. You know, he's probably not having a cocktail anything like that.
He's got his own red cup. But he gave a great plug to us a couple of times during the event. It was a great event. I can't wait to get back to him next year. So if I know, you've been there before and this is not the last time we'll be there. Matter of fact, I had to leave and Greg, you know what when I left, I didn't say this to you, Greg, of you do and I don't love a lot of people. You brought me out, You brought us out, You made me feel good, you lift me up
out my seat. Yeah. I wanted to come up there and give you a hug and the kids, but you know, you know, out of mail by right, give the pounds man. We gotta keep it moving right now, speaking of events, you know believe us like this. We have an event coming up on Friday, and this is for the people. I believe. We had Tom story. He was, you know, our honorary Spartan dog. So he's gonna be at this event here in Brighton. I
don't know if we have the picture for everybody here to pull up. I don't know Sean's got it rolling for us, but anybody who is a gold Green member with Patreon that's twenty five bucks up will get a email message, a message through Patreon to invite you to this particular party. That is event in Brighton on Friday. Cedric is the keynote speaker an O Point Country Club
in Brighton, Michigan on Friday, reception six o'clock. As it says right here, if you're watching on YouTube and you know, dinner's gonna be served to seven and swear, we're gonna tell all kinds of stories and we're gonna get into it and open up for play at dinner. Then they're gonna have fried chicken. They better, they better have fried chicken. We're gonna call. We gotta call somebody. They gotta up. I don't know. I
don't think they're gonna have neck bones and Brighton. Something tells me they won't have neck bones. Oh, I got to make a phone calls. Yeah, let's do that, he said, who had a better time than neighbors? You guys a mail Tucker. I believe it's not gonna cost us ninety million dollars. Whatever. We did know that we had a much better time. Oh they got had on the pretty shirt. Man. That was my guy, man, Jerry, Jerry, right, sorry for the show us.
I need to wear that on the show. That's Billy Green right there. I can imagine that conversation right there, had a good time. That looked like a losing team right there. Hey, that was the best part of the event right there is how you were running around the course telling everybody losers and you're the winner. You're the chap. I came in as a winner, scare. I had to let him know from the top win is win Lou who playing for second place because I was playing for first place.
There's Pops right there, Greg Montgomery Senior and Margot that's what. Yeah, man, that's a beautiful picture. Big G big G. That woman started calling him big G big G eight be eighty seven and got another sixty seven years in him for sport. Yeah, man, Look, we got to look. There's low White Brown tecond best running back in the MSU history and Gary gool over there on the right. That's it. Look listen, we gotta, we gotta, we got a special guest coming on the show.
We gotta get to we gotta draft before we get that. That guy, Jim william is a great guy. Oh where he is Joe an golf to man he was he was saving us. Man hell our golf with him again. Williams is great guy. Man. That's the first time, the last time you actually made connection with that ball. My goodness, they got it? Okay, all right, John John Spartan fans, it's time to make
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it. I called the plug, told him Mama Nisse to drink. He said, you and Tristan Keisha. I said, nigga, what you think got broad point blank? Jabby mole might saint and is Stu Brown Mole. It's the picture I'm a paint trying to soun ship. It's the day that I'm an ice spiker. She can't due looking nice, but I was thinking, what's the price? In fact, to me, fetter sleep right in this stew I'm blacking pistol pack, he said, I don't got the fight.
Used to have a pocket night back of this. I'm trying to remember some long gaster ship to be told on what I because he clearly should be happ of it. But I can't be certain ship. Certain shit don't match with this is leave me in and fit the ball will go against my practices, passionate. Next day I'm back up on the same ship. Two days, same ship, same god, same whip, no sleep, chant hit, gotta do a couple ship. I ain't really went on security. I'm
on some muscle ship bus moves tied this little me. And then in the morning, still ain't getting no sleep yet afternoon and torn in Actually sturdy, this's the fucking city y'all was born in. So wow, Well, well, hey, man, without further to do. That's a dog right there. Put my hat back. We're gonna put it on backwards. Man. We're talking about right here of the Baltimore Ravens. It's a whole line that
baby. More importantly, a center. Welcome to the show, Nick say mac hey, what's up Baltimore. Hey man, we're feeling good, man, feel like a raven Today show. Yeah, with the black shit on, you know what, I was waiting fun you put that on you you getting carried them. If you if you see each game that progress this season, it just got more and more every game and started out was a little bit and then by the end of my whole faces covered. So yeah,
thank you so much. I appreciate you guys for having me on so obviously been you know, a blessed weekend you got to spend on my family and friends and man, it's just been. It's been a fun weekend for sure, man, And there's no doubt about it's a fun weekend for you. You know, talk about the process, man, because you actually we're gonna get into your career from the very beginning. But you know, this year,
you know you're having a great season. Obviously, there was a lot of things you had to overcome from that were outside of your control with the coaching staff and all that stuff. But you get to the Indiana game and and then the injury happens, so you know that now now your your pro career. You know, as far as the evaluation period is in the balance. What was your mindset that moment they showed the video you spitting in that
spatoon in the wheelchair, but after that, talk about your mindset. Yeah, man, Obviously when it initially happened, the first thing I did was call my mom from the injury to and I was just devastated. I didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't know how serious it was. And like I said in an article before, it's just I think it was a hidden blessing because that adversity is something that I think is gonna prepare me for the next level and you know what I'm about to endore coming forward.
And yeah, it was just it was just a minster write to kind of like, you know, get over that, go get over it pretty quick, get ready to get back training. I had a big thing ahead of me with the draft coming up, and you know, nothing was gonna stop me from getting you know, as ready as possible and bring myself to where
I am today and just be ready to fight. And you know, I've dealt with injuries, you know, all all year, and you know I've been able to come back from them and fight, and that's what that's what I'm about and that's why I'm glad I'm able to show these coaches that I'm going to fight through adversity. M hm, swear man, you've been through some interest yourself. Man, Let you think about this monster right here in the middle. Oh, I can say that that Big Nick got the right
mindset. Appreciate Big Big Nick is going there and pissed off, pissed off for greatness, you know, pissed off because he wanted he got something to proved, not just to everyone else, he got something to prove to itself. And what he's telling everybody, I got a lot more football to play, to play, sure, you know what I mean. I got this opportunity. I'm about to take full advantage of. All y'all gotta do is just give me a hammer and some cleats and that black shit he put on
his face and he gonna play. Get him on the outside. You gotta think they got the big fella back there now, big guy like Nick in there that can get on the outside too. And there's bunch of people in the mouth. Man, I don't know bought season ticket when I just saw that highlight. You talking about the big fella, you know, you're speaking of the one the only NFL MVP, Lamar Jackson, and Trevor Thompson's bringing him up right here. Have you thought about Lamar? I know you're going
to head out there now to cut you off. Who the new running back? Yeah? And whatever too. Now, No, that's why I graduate. I mean, I believe right. So you got you got, you got the hammer and you got some absolute speed in the background. You know, when you're talking about the back field with Lamar Jackson, have you thought about snapping and playing with a guy a talented like Lamar Jackson. Absolutely, it's it's it's a blessing. You know, he's he's he's an MVP.
He's a dog, and it's gonna be cool to play with him, and you know, call him QB one And I'm excited to fit right in and you know, go there and get to work and you know, do what I do best. So you know, it's it's becoming a reality more than a dream now. So you know, it's it's time to go to work. You know, grab my hardhead, lunch pail and just you know, I'm I'm meant to be here, I'm supposed to be here. So yeah, let's QB wanting. I'm ready to work. Don't forget the black shiit
us part of it. But when you put that on, almost I don't. I don't think I need too much external motivation. But I'll tell you when I put that, when I put the eye black on, it definitely turns me too a different beast. That's what. Yes, you can goos too sometimes all that. What's what's what's going on? Man? Yeah? Man? I got I got You know, I got a lot of different parts of my game. I had to cross and cross bar face mass this year too, just you know, threw all out there. So you mean
to tell me nick gas swag swag I got? I got some swag, Yes, sir, you didn't hear them music come on? And all my friends asked me, did you picked that song? I was like, yes, sir, you got swag swag. Now you know, talk about swag. I think we have a video on you walking back from a game in the parent tailgate somewhere in Kello. Do we have that video? Wow?
I was not expecting that. What what was that? They called it the g That was the early stages of me learning the gritty looking was not need it I needed one more lineman like that, and you and you were that guy came with it like this, and then you had the glasses on at night time. That showed me. Oh yeah, I think that was I think that was after the Nebraska game. From any time that was that was a good That was a good moment right there. I wasn't expecting that.
I know, we got a lot of surprises on you. The good surprises. This is a family friendly shows that we solve you. I would not gonna play them on the other side, that's when we get to the golf out the smart dog, you know, a couple of years, you know, we can talk about that the boy man. So, so when did you start playing the game of football and was that your first level or did you have other sports that you played growing up. Yeah, my my parents
introduced me to every sport growing up. So I played like wreck basketball, you know, little League baseball, but I only did those for a couple of years and I kind of just I stuck the football. That was my main sport and something I was comfortable doing. But it wasn't until middle school I started playing online and that's when I started taking the sport more seriously. And just kind of took off from there. Now, do you do you put hotseus in your call Greens with the or? I know you don't call
call of Greens finished. I know that I haven't tried hot salt my Collagreens about to do that, but we don't had call Greens before. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I don't know something about your nie. Yeah, I'm hip to the man. Where where is mentor at on the map? Because I know we had you know, we got my toy senior in the house. I know he's a Cleveland cause where is my where is mentor? We're about thirty minutes east of Cleveland East? Okay, Oh, that's rough area
over there, and that's what tough tough. It's tough over there. The Pennsylvania they were close. That's where bone, Thug and harmony from. Man. Yeah you've seen that, come on, man. So, so you played other sports like wreck basketball and some baseball, but really you started playing offensive line. What did you played tackle? Did you play all the positions? Yeah? I played Uh, I played guard in middle school. I played guard and tackle in high school. But I realized how to stick with
football in little league basketball. I was just you know, I was crazy in the paint. But that's all I could do. I was just a defensive player, getting rebounds and stuff, but I couldn't shoot. So I went to football around because you know what, Nick, do me a favor, because my girl, man, my girl is Dean. I think she's she's lost right now. He just acts he is kind of greens and finished the same damn thing. Oh man, I think she also said, my
wife is hanging out again. It's Dean. Don't worry. Lucky you my girl, but don't worry about it. Don't worry. But don't you ever say that to nobody else. Ms Ray said, Oh, ma'am, miss Harriett, they are not. Hey. So Nick, tell me some of your your your favorite players. Man at that position, man, because I know you know you see a guy like Kelsey who just retired. Man, every time you watch that guy play like he's you don't have to worry about
his guy, you know what I mean. Like when I played the running back position sometimes, oh we got great vision. I didn't have to look to my left because I had flows there at the hotel, and I knew if I cut back, I had a guy that was pigeontoed and bow legged and straight on that was gonna block his guy. Certain guys you didn't have to worry. I didn't worry about you know, when I was running the bar, I just had to find the next opposite. Oh no, I
can run behind them. Tell me who is some of the guys the centers that you look up to or or you know, you model you get your game after A Yeah, absolutely, I think when you look at my film, obviously the man was Jason Kelsey. We're different sizes, but you know the way he gets saw the ball on everything he does that was just always incredible. Guys that Creed Humphrey, you know, he's the powerhouse guys that get the job done and funny enough. You know kid from Iowa uh Tyland
obaum, who I'm gonna be playing with. He you know, the way he's able to get out of stance and everything. I've always you know, watched his game when it was Iowa and stuff. So it's gonna be cool to get there and be around him and get to know him and just you
know, those are just some centers. I definitely think I'm outled my game after and why I think I'll fit in the scheme so well, you know, another guy you remind me of fob was a little bit before your time, is uh, this guy that's got a gold jacket by the name of Kevin mault Way. Yeah, sir, I actually I actually got to talk to him a little bit at the triangle. Yeah, great guy, and uh gave us great advice going to the whole process and everything. So you
know, he's an incredible, incredible player. Should have mentioned him as well, So oh yeah, yeah, he's he's a cool man. It's okay. But now you know you've you've done a great job in your ability to play in space. I think that's one of the biggest strengths that half. Not only I mean you're good at the point of attack and being able to get movement, get to that second Everything is about being able to climb getting
out in space. Now with climb, I mean getting to the second level, get to the backers without with him, and then getting out there. In those screenplays, I mean your highlight had about six screens I think. I mean, swer can you imagine running behind him? He ain't just diving at knees, you know what I mean? And rolling in the field. I know. But the only thing I was pissed off off he had the dB from Michigan on the sideline when he should have threw his ass to the
dance. Let me say, I think about that all the time. Actually I should have done them. Yes, that's something that's something I can't get back. But you know, luckily I have the chance to keep playing football and have that opportunity again hopefully soon. You got you definitely got the right head on your shoulders. Man. And now you're going into a game now where you know when I was there, it was two days every day.
Now you guys get a Gatorade day, your own fans out day there all right, So I think for you, what you have to do the chances an opportunity you get, You got to show the little things because you know they shortened they shortened the Uh there's only three games now preseason games. So we really got to go in sharp with no mental errors and let them know that we know the game. And then when it's time to be physical, just show him, Hey, I'm a guy that you can count on it,
and I'm gonna be ready to play, you know, sir. Absolutely, My goal is just to become a complete football player through this process. And you know, preparation within my past game, the run game, and just my overall production, you know, any blocking scheme. Just continue to progress as a full player and be the best I can possibly be. And I'm excited to, you know, be at Baltimore, this great organization. I got to talk to both coach los Andres and coach Wharton, great coaches.
I'm excited to work with them and continue to grow as a four player. So hold on straight. He was drafted. He was drafted, So no, no, I'm just trying to do the man, because I'm thinking he drafted. He made the team. Season started in September. They off on Tuesday, and we the Ogs. Oh he can take us out to dinner and pay for it. Hey, we talked about that now in Maryland. We got a game in Maryland if it lines up. But here's also the good thing too, Like you know, I know he was drafted the
seventh round, but you're with the championship caliber type of team. You're gonna make some money in the playoffs everything, all things being considered. As things continue to move on, man, I mean that's a big plus for you. But you know, when you when you look at the scheme. I don't know if the coaches have talked to you yet to this level of details, because I know you're going out there this week for many camp things like that, But are they talking about playing yet guard a little bit in the
beginning. Yeah, those are all things I'll talk to talk more about with coach osandras and I'm excited to you know, figure out you know, the plan for me and everything. So yeah, that's something that you know, it was just a quick little phone call, but I'll touch base with them this week for sure and get to meet everybody. Oh man, hey man, we're so happy for you. We're excited for you, man, and just can't believe it. Look, how does it feel to be the last
draft pick of the Mark d Antonio? Yeah, man, it's it's it's a blessing. You know. I got to call coach Antonio the day happened. He actually called me, you know, before the draft, and you know he was he was talking to me and just gave me some great words of encouragement and everything. And uh, you know that that guy says such a big impact on my life. You know. Is everyone knows in Spartan nation how much Marked Antonio gave to this program at university. So it feels
good. It feels good, and I feel blessed in this position, and you know, it's it's a blessing. I'm speechless about it, that's all I got to say. Yeah, man, and we're speechless as well. You know, I know somebody asked it. Kate never apologized to you. Look, I know that was a rough moment, right, and I know that no one did that on purpose at Indiana, you know, but things happened, and Gods, for whatever reason that it happened, that you were
able to make it through the process. Yeah, I got I got nothing but amazing things to say about Kate. He's a great person, a great player. And of course we talked, you know, afterward, and you know, things happen, and uh, nobody's nobody's a blame for anything that happened in my career, everything that happened to me, and everything happens, everybody's God's plan, and uh, he's an amazing person. So you know, any questions anybody has on that, that's nobody's a blame for anything.
He's an amazing person, amazing player, and uh, you know, I'm so blessed to have been able to play with him and everything. Nick Nick, hold On, hold on, Nick, I got blamed this weekend right for being in the back that made a defensive end miss, which because you know, I was so smooth and I don't even know if he was born yet, Nick, But I thought about it. I'm running the ball, he was not born. I'm running the ball against nor to dang right.
You gotta think this is ninety seven, Yeah, ninety seven, seven years ago. I made the guy miss because he came blocked. He came by, he was unblocked. And I'm just that smooth. As they say, okay, swerve or make one guy miss easily. I make the guy miss so bad that he rolls fall into straight Hount, straight Horn's ankle. Twenty seven years later, he bring up the story this weekend and Blade making the guy missed. Yeah, man's it's it's it's a weird Football is a weird
game, man, just it's just the game. Things happen. He's a part of Andrew's a part of it. I'm sorry to hear about that, Jason. You know I can laugh about it now. You know it wasn't I really don't think it's your fault. I was him in the line back. I was laughing at well, I was kicking his ass because I got my track. But we man, we all here right now together right good. Like every every step of the way, every every good and bad thing
that's happened to me is a blessing one one way or another. You gotta go through the bad to you know, learn how to fight through reversion. You gotta go through the good too. You know understand why you gotta fight through the udversity and like, you know the good parts outside of that, so you know, everything's a blessing. Man. When I was coaching, I always tell people and I also tell my kids, Man, it's always processed before prize and throughout that process, Man, gonna be some ups and
downs. It's gonna be some some hurdles to get over. It's gonna be some adversity. It's gonna be some tough times, but they're all gonna mold you and make you stronger. So when you get that prize, man, it make it feel so that much better. I know you, that's your name called you know what walked me through that Because I'm hoping and I'm praying. You know, people say you in the Bible and say you have not because you haven't asked. Now it it's nothing crazy. No, there's no
such thing as a stupid question or whatever. And I'm asking God, God, I want to I want to be on t I want my kids name to be called first. Of all, they got to hug me first, like your mom. For If my kids don't hug me, it's gonna be a misunderstanding. I'm gonna kick their ass, right. I say that to say in my prayers, I'm saying God, please put me in that situation. I want the boy to hug their daddy and say, Daddy, thank you for everything, and you was the best parent. Like that? What
I want to take me through your situation. You know you're on the couch, you get the call boom boom, man. I want to know that I didn't get to see it. I was sweating, obviously, you know, I fell. I fell a little bit further than you know, I thought maybe I would, But you know, I was just kind of staying patient. I guess you know, everyone gets a little frustrated when you're just
waiting. She don't know what's going to happen. But in all seriousness, towards the end when it got to the saxty seventh round, I wasn't really praying to get drafted, but I was just praying for the courage and wisdom too. You know, whichever way it falls, whichever way it goes, that you know I'll have that courage and wisdom to go forward because I know everyone has their own path, everyone's got their own opportunity, and I knew that whatever it was going to be, I was gonna make the best out
of it. So you know, I was just, you know, just praying, and I had a little draft board set of what was going on, what teams needed what, and you know, I saw the Ravens could could use an interior guy and I was one of the top centers on the board. So I was so blessed took a chance on me. And you know, that phone call videos out, but I was it was definitely an emotional moment for me and my family. So yeah, stressful and emotional. Yeah, I did see the video. That was a great video. Actually,
thank you. We had so many to upload right now we don't have that. We're gonna put it on social media, as I think, so people will see for you, man, but man, that was a great moment, not only for you and your family, but for all Spartans around the world to see that happen. That's a special moment in time, man, brother, and we are so proud of you. We thank you so much for coming on the show. I know you have a lot going on in your life right now and a lot of things to look forward to.
But know that you have at least two dogs right here and a whole lot of people in Green and White cheering for you and praying for you as you continue in your career. Man, thank you for coming on the show. Thank you guys so much for having me, and look forward to staying in touch. All Right, go Green, Man, Go White, Nicky Nick request, I mean request on Instagram. Man, you better find you up. We're coming up to Baltimore. Man, Hey, hit me up when
you're in town for sure. Run run run Nick. All right, guys, I appreciate you for having me. Thank you so much. Awesome, have a good with Nick. Appreciate you. Let's love brother, Nick, say mac he man. Look now that's a Spartan doll. And we always talk about what is a Spartan dog who can be considered one. He never wait, but he's been here the whole time, coming out of Mentor, Ohio and came to Michigan State man and all they did was ball out and
then get drafted in the seventh round by the Baltimore Ravens. Swerve man. You know, before we get out of here, we gotta talk about another dog. So this this, this is a dog. Now we gotta talk about him, okay, because we talked about the portal, We talked about your golf swing and all those things and your moves on the field that ended up hurting me. Did you see my gholst wing talk about no lessons?
Had a long night, but yeah, a long night when you eat peace at two o'clock in the morning, you know, your head a loan and then you have to be up at eight o'clock. Come on in the cart at eight o'clock. All I say is if you put my swing on and you put Charles Barkley swing on, come on, man. Look. Kean Coleman was selected for the first pick of the second round by the Buffalo Bills.
We have some video. We gotta play some video ke saying which my mama used to say, Hey, you better get that jacket in the summertime, because it's gonna be cheus what he said, okay, slash, Hey, listen, you got you got? He gave that long hugged the mama with the luxurious hair. You see, mama's hair raven was he was bouncing over there. Man, did you see that? See he hugged his mama
sword. You can't lave for that. No, no, no, see see that's the difference my kids, and we're blessed to get that situation. And you hug your mama, They're gonna be talking about me on it on the internet for a long time. I'm an act of fool straight on. Hug your daddy first. Oh my goodness, gracious man, that's man. That was a great video on him right there. Do we have him when he didn't get down to Buffalo though? Do we have a video there?
What you going there with? Your boxes usually usually will print like Blosi. It's not bad shot, it's not gold, that's what's coach, hey, But that's enough to freeze my my pants. Boy, were trying to go roll in the snow too. Watching made that ground. I feel like the cut the lights off. I feel like the Undertaker. Let's do it again. We gotta reach shoot out, We gotta put his music on this undertake right here, watch all the snow come out of here. God, this
how to pre drive me? Ah Man, nothing but personality from him. Man, all the brands would get behind him. We had a Macy's cut. I think we had a Macy's one man, because that was beautiful. Anywhere is he? Is he from Louisiana? Absolutely? I ain't even about to ask that. I shouldn't shouldn't ask that anyway. I just asked to keep the show going. But wow, heinkey on baby you have he's from the boot. You know this calling the norm man? Now now this now,
I don't seen it all. I don't heard it all and seen it all. You are you? You were talking about somebody's dialer. Somebody from Miami is talking about somebody from louis Yeah. The style damn different. He listen right with the dude where the dude got drafted from Carolina? Say hey, when I first met you, this is how you sound. And they sent me the video. Oh man, you was rough around the edges. Swerve when yah yah, It's not about me, yeah, buddy, it's
about you. It's always about you. So, let's the gold teeth in my mouth? Man, that came with a different kind of you know, broken down english man, you know, broken gold teeth. Yeah, see that. Facts you see that, key, I'm gonna say it right there, facts straight all right. So and so do we have do we not have the the talk of him with the jacket and the money and how much it was? I don't know, Raven, that's keym welcome to This is
part of MS shoe swerve welcome you know what. That's big time. Lord, I salute you ares And then you watched the video it was no Florida State Jersey on now somebody had on the zero Michigan State and she's still on the podcast. Ooh, gret give me give me one of them hugs when you when you see me, we just smell your other arm. Man, come on, man, oh my goodness, what's going on? Hey? Everybody? Uh, we're welcoming Cedric Irving to the show. Uh, this
is his first time. Everybody, right, when you see me, give me one of them hugs. Like I just I don't know. We don't have a video, but we gonna get that video. Hung that are we out of videos? Am? Hearing that in the back. Are we completely out? What No, let's run the other side, judall ah bud, it's crazy, thank swerved. So I think King is probably about twenty years old, right, you know. And you see how easy he ran down
that field in all them clothes and the jacket right and a microphone. Me, me and crazy Leg would have never made that right now, Not me, because you crazy leg pigeontoed bow leg twenty six years later. You you know your skill a running back. I'm the center man in my prime. We ain't running out the field like that, Nick sayman, can't running out feel like that. But you are a skilled player. Touch the ball every play, run it. Hey, baby, listen about you, baby,
you know what I'm saying. Baby. One thing I see right now in that kid, that man, man, that kid that's so happy man, that kid joyful man. That kid is that he ain't bitter about no first round pig bro huh huh. Yeah, man, he's not worrying about no hed to fae. He't not worrying about no no, no gumbo. He just happened to be you hear me, Hume, bro, that kid right there, just so happy man. He running down there. He's joyful. He not man, he didn't go on to He just so happy you get
to fulfill the dream play in the NFL. Man, And and and you need to start talking like that all the time, because hey, it was clear I was trying to I was trying to press you get cold in Buffalo. Oh my goodness, man, they get cold and Buffalo. This is true. We gotta go to Baltimore, gotta go to Buffalo, and we definitely gonna be an east last. And but we will be back here on Thursday at eight o'clock. Swerve you got any final thoughts before we get up
out of here? Man, oh man, I just gotta go back to the if any of you guys get a chance, man to be a part of that that Naples tournament. Yes, it was a wonderful thing, man. And for Greg to introduce to us and talk about our podcast, and I'm sitting back saying, man, this is an eighty six year old man that's looking at the podcast, you know what I mean, giving support, not just saying that. He was like, you know what, these guys know what they're talking about, you know what I mean? And it wasn't
just about me, because he said Jason Screhorn. Now, but he said swerve first, and like you say, Margaret, the whole crew. Man, I just had a great time man, being around Billy Green and Gary good Man. I'll tell you, man, since I am an apple male. If I wasn't an apple male, I would have got emotional. But when I got in the car, you know, I kind of like you, you know, choked up a little bit. But I ain't cried because you know, I'm too tough for that ship. But not for me.
Man. But I look forward to Thursday. I always look forward to this. But you know what, before we leave, I'm sorry stray. I was reading the comments, and and and and and Miss Dean again. Miss miss Johnson said she she'll cook the collar green. That's what Miss Dean said. What she saying for the size, she gonna make fry tomato, fried green tomato already mean tomato. That's a country that's a country dish. There is nothing wrong with that. Now, how about we just tell Miss Dean
stick to the busy castle roll or nothing like that. Next straight ship. Look, hey man, before we get out of here, we do have a video. Play the video for k Now this is a classic man, you forgotten what the school in Michigan for two years? You guess why I got this from? Though? What I'm saying you got a guess You're gonna be wrong though, but guess nah, Macys, what do you mean? They be on sell on the rack? All the colors look seventy nine eighty
nine. Nice little deal. You get the trench coad for like one hundred dollars. Nicely. I take it up personally. I might go get some more colors. I need a blue one, a and another red one. I shopped by my mom. I get my coats in the summertime. You gotta shop to season a season or two before, just in case, you know, And they be cheaper because you're going things giving everybody and things together. You know what I'm saying. He got gotta love it. Gotta love
it man. That was key on you know in his glory went viral. I think he went from fifty thousand and eighty thousand follow us to over three hundred thousand, just like that man, and it's gonna count. Man. Look, that's a marketable young man, just like just like oh oh, Shay say said, uh, you know, and Chad Ocho on that what's that other podcast they do called a Nightcap. That's a marketable young man swear he's been to get Macy's five Green tomatoes and everything. Yeah, he ain't
even have to spend his money. Good he very good, man, very good. So look that's that's gonna do it for us tonight. Man. We'll see you guys on Thursday for Cedric Swerving Irving. I'm Jason Strahorn. This is part of m Mansh You everybody have a good night. God bless go