Chris Spielman
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Chris Spielman
Charles Christopher Spielmanis a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games...
board certainly couple draft flies fly opportunity picked shot thrown
If A.J. flies off the board and a couple of other linebackers fly off the board, then, (Carpenter has) a shot to get picked in the first round. If they don't, then he's certainly going to be a second-rounder. But after draft day, it doesn't really matter. All that's thrown out the window, and he's going to have the opportunity to play and be a contributor somewhere.
coaching test turn
But it will be a new test of his coaching skills. . . . He has to find a way to turn around an underachieving team.
advice best dread embrace enjoy opportunity waiting
The best advice I got was to enjoy it. It's an opportunity you've been waiting for your whole life. Don't dread it, but embrace it. It's something that you can take with you for a long time.
football loss winning
Football is a direct reflection of life. There are wins, there are losses; you get knocked down, you get back up.
kids three break-out
You can tell I have kids right? Just so I don't break out into a Barney tune here in three minutes.
long ifs knows
You know the rule. If you're long, you're never wrong.
stars war guy
Four guys go out and four guys go in like the storm troopers in the Star War movies.
ball california exposure gets high joe morning saturday school team ten throw watch
The exposure the Big Ten gets is national, ... A high school quarterback in California can get up at 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning and watch a Joe Tiller-coached team at Purdue and say, 'Wait a second. They throw the ball there. I like that and want to be a part of it.'