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Jock 2 Jock · Wed Nov 22, 2023
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for joining us for the jock to jock podcast sponsored by I'm on communications experience the I'm on difference I'm Brian Marshall from the Rockaway morning show I'll get the punters perspective on Iowa football from Tori Taylor right after this
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Welcome to this week's show.
On our last episode, kicker Drew Stevens had said on a recent podcast that he could school Tori one-on-one in basketball.
Tori didn't disagree, but said that Australian rules football and cricket were the sports that he played growing up.
Like cricket was actually funnily enough the one sport that I was good at growing up, but I just didn't enjoy it.
Like I thought, you know, I got to like 15, 16.
All my mates were going to the beach or they were catching up with one another on a Saturday and I was standing in the outfield for six hours when it's 90 degrees.
I just thought, you know what, I'm not enjoying this.
So like, why am I doing it?
And it's like, I got asked that in media before.
Do you enjoy punk?
I said, trust me, if I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't be doing it.
You know what I mean?
Providing a punter's perspective on Iowa football, Tori Taylor.
Yeah, I like the T-shirt by the way.
Thank you very much.
Is that pandering?
No.
Oh, look at yours.
What's the teddy bear?
What is that?
Ralph Warren teddy bear.
That's fantastic.
Is that a gift?
I'm not just a pretty face, Brian.
I bought it in Vegas actually a few years ago.
You gave me some homework.
I was to go after Australian rules football.
We talked about the Richmond Tigers on the last episode.
You had assigned me to name the best player, the number, where they were from.
Yep.
Tori, I came up with two individuals.
So I'm going to give you both of these and see if they're the correct answer according to Torrey
Taylor.
The number one fan of the Richmond Tigers in Iowa at this time.
I came up with Kevin Bartlett, number 29 from Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Played 403 games, had 778 goals as a, I believe a rover.
Correct.
Okay.
Did I get it right?
Well, that's not who I was thinking of.
OK, I have two.
So this is the other one I'm going to throw out.
Matthew Richardson, number 12, played 282 games and had 800 goals at a Devonport Tasmania.
Yeah, no, you're wrong.
OK, so why am I wrong?
What did I miss?
No,
I'm going to leave it with you.
What?
What class?
One of the greatest players of all- he's still playing.
Okay.
Still playing.
One of the greatest players to ever put on the Richmond jersey, let alone step foot on an IFL field.
What do you classify as being one of the best?
Is it not the goals in Aussie football?
No, not the goals.
What should I be looking for as far as the stat or is it not the stats?
It's not necessarily the stats.
It's just- there are some accolades he's won.
the last few years, so I'll leave that with you.
Well, damn.
But I'm not, yeah, I'm not gonna tell you, so we'll go again next week.
Okay.
Well, I'm glad I did extra credit then, because... Well, you don't get any credit.
Well, let me give you this.
On Sunday, I woke up, and I'm turning on my television to find, you know, ESPN or whatever, and I see, right there on my screen, India versus Australia.
Australia one, cricket.
And your friend Brian...
I watched about a combined 90 minutes of cricket, a game that I have no idea what I was watching to begin with, but seeing individuals like Travis Head, Manus Labashain,
and I
see that there's several individuals on the team that I didn't realize were from Victoria.
In this, they were in India for the Cricket World Cup, and 120,000, quite frankly, you're playing away.
Australia was and just destroyed India.
Yeah.
Now I have a few questions real quick.
I'm not that big of a cricket fan though.
So I didn't even know it happened.
I just had a couple of my mates stay here this weekend and they told me.
They had determined that it was 241 to win.
Yeah.
Does that number change in the game of cricket?
Well as you get more runs it becomes less.
Is 241 the goal for every cricket match or am I saying that?
No.
Okay.
No, it depends how much the other team scores.
I got you.
If you hit it and nobody touches it, just goes a little ways.
Do you get a point for that?
Yeah, you got to run.
Every time that you run to the other end, that's one run.
Okay.
And then if you hit it to the boundary along the ground, it's four.
And if you hit it on the full, it's six.
And what is when somebody gets, it looked like somebody caught the ball.
And they had Wicked come up
on the screen.
That person's
out.
And that's out?
That person's out.
Oh.
These conversations just frustrate me.
Why?
No, I shouldn't say frustrate.
But I'm saying the general comment, if I was to have a conversation with someone, like, I really appreciate the fact that you've gone out there and watched it.
Like, that's awesome.
But like, when people will be like, well, what's Australian football?
Like, what's cricket?
You know what I mean?
That stuff bothers me.
Like, that's...
That's why the rest of the world hights Americans what that stuff right there
I'm trying to be the one that Australians don't hate.
That's what I'm saying But you'd be very well respected amongst the Australian community gone
my son happened to be sitting right next to me And he really wasn't paying attention much, but then he goes this is like a like baseball in golf
And I go, no, this is called cricket.
And I said, there's a
lot of
things I said to him.
It's the second most popular sport in the world, which is why 120,000 were in attendance.
And I was absolutely astounded just when one of the Australian batters, I think it was Travis had got out and you heard the place just go nuts.
And I'm going, yeah, this is cool.
Watching them dressed up.
Their faces are painted.
A lot like what we do here in the States, but there was more and there was chance going on.
And I was just like, I'm into it.
My, my, my son goes, he's now, he's on this kick where he's rating things out of 10.
I give the cricket a seven out of 10.
That's not bad.
No, that's not bad.
We had to get it off a little bit.
The more he watches
it.
So I told him, I said, well, if we're going to watch any team, we're going to watch the Australian team because they have their own commentators that
we can
understand.
And did I see?
I know you said you're not a cricket fan, but I believe six championships for Australia, something along those lines.
Probably.
Usually are the best in the world.
I'd say that us, India, sometimes England, they're in there.
Yeah, it's usually also India though.
So,
folks, you've heard two things that you have to pay attention to.
Australian rules football, Richmond Tigers specifically, and now the Australian cricket team.
Exactly.
You ready to talk a little bit about the college football and I don't know the important game that happened this last week.
Absolutely.
Big 10 special teams player of the week for a third time.
Congratulations on that honor.
Thank you very
much.
Yeah.
Pretty cool.
I feel there's no harm in winning those honors, I suppose.
Yeah, I don't worry about that stuff too much.
So let's start with getting up that day.
Was it routine for you or a little bit different because it's senior day
now that you're right i just tried to keep it the same as much as i could because at the end of the day.
It's still like another day at the office you know i mean.
Those business business as usual and that's the way i kind of want to do it is a little different going there and.
Go to the hotel and waking up in the hotel for the last time that was obviously pretty.
I wouldn't say emotional, but you know, it was certainly different that time now when it was the last time I've never gone back there.
But yeah, it was really just business as usual on Saturday.
What was in your headphones as you're walking into Kinnick for the last time?
What was I playing?
I reckon I was playing Borderline by Tame Impala.
Interesting.
Yeah, I reckon.
Not that much of a pump-up song, but like little chill, you know
what I mean?
Yeah.
Was there a little more juice in your step because of what this meant to you being the final game inside Kinect to play?
No, because I try to just be as relaxed as I can.
But in saying that, you know, my dad was there, two of his mates were there, two of my mates were there.
So that was obviously cool.
And yeah, it was just a fun day in the end.
The Iowa football team post on the Instagram, you posted it on yours.
The video of you coming out onto the field, Kinect was loud.
Yeah, that was that was pretty special.
That's when I was like, you know, this is one of like the coolest moments of my life and I remember I rang my mom after the game because she's obviously back home because my dad's like, can you ring your mom and she was just A hysterical crying I'm just like, I wish I was there.
I wish I was there But yeah, she must have obviously seen the video because yeah, it was a very very cool Video for sure.
It'd be I've been longing if I said I haven't watched it a few times not not just because I'm in it
But it's just a cool video.
And I did message the guy that did the video and said, oh, thanks a lot.
Like, that's really awesome.
Like, I'll have that forever.
Like, it's really special.
Like, man, my family and things like that.
So, yeah, it was a very, very special moment.
You know, everyone kind of leaned up to the game and was like, oh, like, they're going to go crazy.
Well, they're going to go crazy.
Well, I hope they go crazy for everyone.
Yeah, it was just a really special moment in general.
But then once the balls kicked off, it was really just another game.
What does it mean to have the Iowa fan base?
Welcome this man from Melbourne like one of their own
Oh, it's certainly it really means a lot, you know Oh We it's kind of hard to put into words because I'm not necessarily friends with the fans But it's kind of being like my family since I got here especially everyone within the building But just the way the Iowa community has kind of rallied around myself really means a lot because
It really just gives you a high degree of confidence, you know what I mean?
You're not really going out there, going all, you know, they're going to boo me or they're going to be against me if I don't do this or I don't do that.
They've kind of just had my back since the start, which I really, really appreciate.
And yeah, just the reception on the weekend was really, really cool.
And like I said, it'll be a moment that I wish I could really live.
I'll never be able to.
It was pretty, pretty cool.
With the game itself eight punts 413 yards of 51.6 average long of 59 and two inside the 20 How did you feel about the performance against Illinois?
It was probably my best game that I've ever played and people will you know, it's interesting I was talking to one of my buddies back home McKenzie Morgan.
He's really helped me out a lot this year Punning work from a technical point of view and the mental approach as well
And I kind of said to him, I was on the phone this morning to him at like 6am because it was evening back home.
And I just said, you know, no one would have any idea, but that was probably the best game that I've ever played because I hit four spirals.
One of them was okay and three of them were really, really good.
And I don't think people, I probably said it on here before to the millions of listeners.
People probably don't really quite grasp how hard it is to hit a spiral.
So to be able to kind of do that consistently throughout a game is quite difficult.
So I was really, really happy to walk away knowing that I did that.
You know, someone, if I hit like a 43 yard punt to the one or someone, everyone thinks like, everyone goes crazy.
Everyone thinks that that's awesome.
But me being able to go out there and hit like a 53 yard, like 48, 49 hang time punt, like I did three times or two or three times, that stuff is what gets me excited because that's a lot harder to do.
And that's how you kind of make the transition.
To the next level that and that's what you need to be able to do so to be able to go out and do that in the last game Yeah, it was pretty pretty special and just yeah, it gives you a high degree of confidence moving forward, which is really important
What was coach Woods final words to you on the field after that game?
Well, we found it it was weird so there was probably about a minute to go and
I had a slight tear in my eye and he was walking towards me with a slight tear in my eye and he kind of just looked at me and walked the other way.
Just because you know we didn't want to get too far ahead of ourselves but then you know when we took the time out and then the game was basically over we just hugged it out and both pretty much just cried in each other's arms and it was just like you know man like you're awesome really appreciate everything you've done and I pretty much just said the same and yeah it was a really really special moment because he was the one that
went out there and recruited me from Australia and I'd be absolutely nothing without him.
And I feel like I've probably said it a few times this year.
He's really, really helped me this year because, you know, everyone thinks it's great.
Like, I've won the special teams and things like that.
But there's so much more than that goes into it than just three hours on a Saturday, you know, and he's really, really helped me off the field, just being here.
Then, you know, I've had, I've had my fair share of punts this year.
And he's yet not once has he ever
you know, crack the **** and you don't know what are you doing, like why are you doing this or why are you doing that?
Like you've got to be better blah blah blah.
Um, he's really just understood that sometimes you've got to take a color step back before you can move forward or sometimes people would just send a slump.
So that's kind of what I've been really, really great before this year is just his support.
Um, yeah, it really means a lot to me and certainly my family and it was a special moment having him out on the field before the game as well.
So in your phone, will you keep coach Woodges number there for perpetuity?
Oh, absolutely.
I'm sure I'll be.
He's a, he's the one girl.
Oh, yeah.
I called for a lot of things.
So yeah, he's a, he's a good man.
And, um, my mates met him on, on Saturday as well.
And yeah, they loved him.
Did you have any idea that they were coming?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I knew.
Yeah.
They, they told me it was we though, Tuesday, cause I spoke to them a couple of weeks ago and they said, yeah, we're going to try and get out of there.
We're going to try and get up there.
And I spoke to them Monday and they said, oh, we're still trying to figure it out.
And then.
It was like 8.15, 8.30 on Tuesday night.
And I usually go to sleep around 8.30.
And it was 8.20 or so, I reckon.
And I had my do not disturb all night.
Put my alarm set, my alarm like turned up my volume and things like that and just checked my messages one last time.
And they sent me a message saying like, oh, we're coming up Friday and I couldn't go to sleep for like an hour and a half.
No, I'm not even joking.
Isn't that sad?
But I was that excited.
to see them and then yeah so they came up Friday they went out Friday night they'll send me pictures I woke up this morning Saturday night I was like oh god what have they gotten up to yeah a few interesting stories are probably better off off air yeah they loved the game and then yeah we all went out Saturday night it was just an absolute blast one of the best weekends I've had since I've been here
and please tell me you did bring your father along with you
Yeah, he came out for a little bit, but he didn't, they didn't really look too old to go as obviously in their mid fifties.
And yeah, just, yeah, that wasn't their ball, but I don't think hanging around with a bunch of, I'd ain't a 22 year old boys and girls.
Yeah, fair statement.
Nebraska, you mentioned this, that this rivalry game is a little different than the others.
What are you looking forward to?
What do you not care about?
What do you, what are you ready for on the Nebraska game?
I'm looking forward to kind of going there and playing in that environment.
It's a fun environment.
But I'm actually looking forward to kind of playing in a crappy weather game because we haven't really had that this year.
Haven't really played in the cold.
You know, it's obviously windy every week.
But I'm just really looking forward to that challenge, you know, just being able to prove that you can do it in all conditions, no matter what.
And it's pretty crystal clear there, five and six.
We can stop them from going to a ball game and there's nothing more than
We'd love that, but also just trying to improve and get better as a football team and as a group and I'm trying to improve individually and personally.
And it's like I said, it's going to be a great opportunity this weekend to do that.
Well, Friday, the game is, everyone's excited to get out there.
Certainly a short week.
It's a little weird because the schedule is kind of changing.
We're starting later.
You know, it feels like if you told me it was like 10 30 a.m.
now, I'd believe you, but it's one o'clock.
It's weird.
So not only the Nebraska game,
the big 10 championship.
Which team do you, would you rather face?
I mean, we haven't seen
a
play yet.
They're both great teams, you know, they're both going to bring challenges.
I mean, you got, Michigan's got, Michigan might have one of the best teams I've certainly seen since I've been here in the big 10.
Just complete, you know, defense is ridiculous.
Really, really good on special teams.
Like really, really good on special teams.
Um, and then you got JJ McCarthy and like, like JJ is probably, he's going to go close to winning the Heisman.
With that, you look at Ohio State, um, you know, everyone kind of said, oh, this is the year Ohio State is going to take a step back, blah, blah, blah.
And they haven't really done that at all.
Like you look at Marvin Harrison Jr.
who, you throw the ball within the vicinity, he catches literally everything, absolutely everything.
Again, they're a good special teams out there really good defense.
So Tancy question.
I don't really know I'm really I'm really not sure but whoever we do place gonna bring a bunch of challenges and they're gonna be certainly hard to beat
this is indoors For the big 10 championship How will that affect your punting?
It will only help.
I'm looking forward to it.
There'll be no No weather to worry about no nothing whatsoever
Hit the ceiling gonna hit the ceiling
Is that just what
we're gonna do?
No, that's a very, very big, big ceiling.
I've seen how big your leg is.
I wouldn't doubt.
You ready for dumbass
or dronko?
Yeah, absolutely.
Let's
do it.
All right.
This one here, you're coming into this one 30 and 42 so far.
And the chance to get an additional four with these two stories.
Police officer answered a noise complaint call in the city.
When he arrived to break up the party the women started chanting stripper stripper stripper The officer took it well, but not sure he's going to join the troop that are competition to the Chippendales the second story Car thief was caught by police trying to hide in a porta potty off a golf course a quick-thinking golfer pushed over the porta potty with a fugitive inside This happened in a city called Glendale
It is in the Big Ten, and it is a Big Ten school the Iowa football team has beat this year.
So.
Right, what?
Glendale.
Well, the second one, Glendale.
Mm-hmm.
Well, that's obviously in America.
There you go.
So, don't laugh.
Mm-hmm.
You're making it too easy, bro.
I'm trying to see if you can get the extra points here, because the twos, you've been nailing those.
Well, Glendale's an our designer, isn't it?
Big Ten school that you beat this year.
I know, but.
I thought there is a Glendale and Arizona, isn't
there?
There is, there is, but that doesn't have a Big Ten school with it.
No, no, that's what I was thinking.
Can you give me another clue?
That's a Glendale.
I've only ever heard of it in Arizona, but I know it's not bad.
Well, think about what Big Ten schools the Iowa football team has defeated this year.
No, no, but there's a few.
I'm going to go Michigan State.
Final answer.
Is that a Wisconsin I reckon?
I'm gonna go with Wisconsin actually.
Final answer?
Yeah.
Correct.
Let's go.
Now let's go with the Drongo.
I thought I gave it away with the troop that are competition to the Chippendales.
That troop being thunder from down under.
Where are they from?
It's an all male review.
Male strippers or Chippendales.
What is what's the Australian equivalent?
Thunder from Down Under.
Where are they from?
I've
got
no idea.
Victoria.
You think?
Final answer?
Yep.
Nope.
Where about?
Sydney, New South Wales.
Oh, close.
Yep.
Three out of the four today, that brings you to 33 out of 46 on the Dumbass or Drongo.
That's not bad.
That's not bad.
An update on Patrick McAfrey and the Double Double Dumbass.
He gets three different schools to choose from.
He gets the schools right every time, but he doesn't assign them to the right story.
So he started 0 and 6.
Oh, good.
Tori, I have to ask this question.
We've got one more jock to jock podcast coming up.
Now, you get to decide.
Do you want to do it after the Nebraska game?
Do you want to do it after the Big Ten Championship?
Or do you want to do it before the bowl game?
I think let's do it next week after the Nebraska game.
Perfect.
We'll do that and we'll wrap everything up.
for this season and the Jock to Jock podcast.
Sounds great.
Thanks again for the time on this one, Tori.
I appreciate it.
A lot of applause, Brian.
Thank you.
You heard it, folks.
Next week is the final Jock to Jock podcast featuring Tori Taylor.
We've had him on for two seasons.
So if you haven't heard any of the previous episodes, go back in the archives.
You can find them on rock108.com and wherever you get your podcasts.
The Jock to Jock podcast is sponsored by I'm on communications experience.
The I'm on difference.
We'll catch you next week.
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