Every team has its weakness, and every team has its strength.
Booger McFarland
These diva wide receivers want to go to the bathroom. As a defensive lineman, we didn't go to the bathroom.
Momma told me, 'I'm going to town. Don't touch the trash in the backyard,' because we used to burn our trash. So I'm going to do mama a favor. I light the trash and go back inside to watch Ohio State and LSU play. And something said, 'You know what, at halftime, go check on it.' And fire is about 8 feet from the back door.
I'm a small-town kid from Winnsboro, La., who grew up not really being comfortable talking to people.
There's nothing more comforting for a team than to know when you need someone to make a play, you have someone who is going to do it when it matters most.
Tennessee is a program that I thought had a lot of tradition. A program that I thought stood for something.
Playing defense, it was a tough job, but it was pretty simple: When the ball came off, get in the backfield and create havoc and find the ball carrier.
What makes a three-man booth challenging is everybody's gotta give up a little something. Right? Because normally you'd have one guy being the analyst, and he's got the ability to go at his own pace and do everything and break down everything, but when you've got two people, somebody's gotta give up a little something.
My family can tell you I'm not really a guy that likes roller coasters. I don't like going on Ferris wheels. I've got a six-feet rule; I like my feet no more than five, six feet from the ground at all times.
Like a good play-caller, a good TV guy, if you get going on a good conversation, you can ad-lib a little bit. You keep it going. Just like in a game, if you call a couple plays and they're working, you come back to them.
Winning - when the game is big, that's all that matters. There's the hoopla, the halftime concerts, whatever. But people always remember who wins. They never remember who loses.
I think the NFL needs a more stringent policy when it comes to domestic violence. Make the punishment work.
Ohio State is an up and down team.
If you want to go to a school with lower requirements, it doesn't diminish the education.
You watch guys talk about football, and you think that maybe it's really easy, and it's really not. Yeah, we've got the expertise because we played, but how you put that into a 30-, 45-second take and educate and entertain someone that's watching?
No disrespect to Gronk - Travis Kelce is the best tight end in football.
I was a bad kid, getting into a lot of wild stuff.
When you criticize grown men, it's a lot easier. They make millions of dollars. They should be able to handle it, especially if you do it in a truthful manner... I'm sure it stings, but my whole objective is to be honest.
I've always been this way. What you see is what you get.
I never said I want to be the football guy. But when that opportunity started to become real, I said, 'Okay, let's see where this goes.'
When I talk about football from a studio standpoint, I try to cut through the minutia and get to the point.
The way I look at it is I try to take advantage of every opportunity I've got.
Nothing motivates an 18-year-old like being disrespected.
Offense is about rhythm and timing, and you're not going to always have that every game.
I'm a little old-school.
Now if anyone calls me Anthony, I usually don't respond.
I understand Pat Mahomes is off to a good start. I'm not ready to crown him four games into his career, but he's definitely playing well.
I follow Texas A&M very closely, having worked with the SEC Network.
I do have a fear of heights.
Quarterbacks will make plays; they always do. But I think the team that runs the ball the best will win.
You can be a great defensive player, and if you don't put up splash statistics, then you're not going to get noticed.
In my opinion, a lot of NFL broadcasts are not fun to watch.
I've always lived by a quote, 'Your talent will make room for you.' Whatever it is in life. I don't care who you are. If you get an opportunity, your talent will make room for you.
Mike Greenberg and I are really good friends.
I watch all sports in some shape or form. When you grow up in a small town, sports becomes a form of you.
Our idea of fun wasn't going to Disney World. It was, you want to play basketball, go outside, and make a goal. You want to play baseball? Take the old broom, take the handle off, take a tennis ball that we found somewhere, and go play baseball. We were forced to create things.
I think Jalen Hurts is consistent enough.
I like a guy with a little edge. I mean, I played with Warren Sapp.
I don't know Greg Schiano personally. But what I do know is Bill Belichick has vouched for him. OK? Urban Meyer has vouched for him. He's coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a professional organization. So many people have vouched for Greg Schiano. Now, all of a sudden, Tennessee is too holy that they don't want Greg Schiano?
People talk about players who should get more attention, but things like that have never bothered me. If I just play my game, walk out the back door without anybody seeing me, I'm fine with that.
I just know that if you put my film on with anybody else's in the league, it'll measure up.
I like developing relationships.
When you treat people the right way, it's amazing the avenues that open up for you.
Find somebody who has been successful, and learn how to do it. Find somebody who has been unsuccessful, and learn how not to do it. The clues are there. Find 'em.
There are things to learn from people who have already done what you're trying to do.
People who know me, the guys who have been around me every day, this is the way I've been... I've never been a guy who just needed a lot of attention. Some people do.
As far as I'm concerned, there's only one Booger.
