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**Spielman and Hooley**

Former Ohio State linebacker and Fox NFL analyst Chris Spielman and veteran Ohio media personality Bruce Hooley have taken their successful radio partnership to their own podcast, where they discuss all things Ohio State, NFL and professional and college sports, while also freely incorporating their Christian faith into meaningful, encouraging conversations about their lives as husbands and fathers and men striving to live by Biblical truth.

Latest Episodes:

S6E5 - James Franklin's failures; Luke Fickell takes his shot; A unique World Series; NIL in high school...no thanks Oct 26, 2023

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10-24-23 We Tackle Life show notes:

James Franklin is 1-9 against Ohio State...how does Penn State put up with that?

Luke Fickell takes his shot at OSU on Saturday night.

Ohio State hoops gets an exhibition win over Dayton. What are the Buckeyes' prospects this season?

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers both lost 100 games two years ago and were way under .500 last year. Tell me again how we need to be patient as Reds and Guardians fans.

Name, Image and Likeness payments to college athletes...should they be secret or public. And what would be the impact of NIL coming to the high school ranks?

If you want to attend the Ohio prep football playoffs, it will cost you a lot more to pay in cash than to buy a digital ticket. Why is that?

In the faith portion of the podcast, take care of the most important thing in life before it's too late to do so.

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S6E4 - OSU vs. USC, Texas or OU...Buckeyes' All-American Sammy Sasso victimized again, this time by media corruption Oct 10, 2023

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10-8-23 Show Notes:

Ohio State rolls Maryland, but how would the Buckeyes do against Texas, Oklahoma or USC, after all three played epic games on Saturday.

Hey, Browns...draft that Arizona kid

Why you never draft a running back early or pay him twice

USC has Caleb Williams, who may win the Heisman Trophy again, and looks like he deserves it. But was that a character win for the Trojans against Arizona that revealed the presence of character or the absence of the same

Hey, YouTubeTV....if you're going to have 55 key plays, make one of them the one that decided the outcome.

Williams' two most spectacular plays show that he can do what no one else in college can do. At least, not both.

A Travis Etienne memory OSU fans won't like

NBC's coverage of the Ryder Cup now looms even worse than it was in the moment. And that's really bad.

Ohio State All-American wrestler Sammy Sasso nearly died when two teenagers car-jacked him in mid-August. Now Sammy is in a wheelchair and fighting to resume his career, which gave the Columbus Dispatch license to victimize him all over again in the name of tolerance and sensitivity.

Accountability matters...or should.

The faith portion of the podcast discusses prayer...what it is and what can happen when it's visited upon a seemingly-impossible situation.

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S6E3 - How can you host a podcast and guest on a podcast at the same time? Oct 07, 2023

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Show notes, 10-7-23:

Shoutout to the memory of my dad and Buckeye football Saturdays in Ohio

This podcast is different in two ways than any We Tackle Life podcast before

Some of my crew is headed to the OSU-Maryland game today...wish I could be with them

You can meet the crew and meet someone even they would admit is way cooler where we all worship...play disc golf...pickleball...and more.

If you're a Central Ohio coach of a high school team, I can hook you up with a free team meal

5:00 Transition to Bruce as guest on the Warrior3Project.com podcast, with details on the past three weeks since his brain cancer diagnosis and tumor removal.

After some details about Warrior3Project.com and the Warrior 3 Project 40-day challenge:

9:30 How Brandon and I became friends involves our mutual friend, Chris Spielman

11:00 How my life changed on my 63rd birthday

12:00 Chris Spielman's first words when told I have brain cancer

13:30 If you're under attack, it shows you're on the target

17:00 Adversity in my life has been an ultimate blessing

19:30 What has changed since the cancer diagnosis?

20:00 Getting cancer doesn't spare you the responsibility life thrusts upon you

24:00 Remember those you are responsible to above all others

25:00 The "why bad things happen to good people" argument is a lie

26:30 Squeezing the drips of good out of the wet towel of bad

29:00 Which GPS are you following...Google's or Apple's or someone else's?

30:30 Who checks your ego?

32:00 When a coach needs more from someone, where does he go to get it?

35:00 What's happened in the past is proof of what's possible in the future

36:00 The danger of focusing on outcome instead of the path that gets you there

37:30 The final profound thing Stefanie Spielman said should resonate with all of us

44:00 If given five minutes to address a jam-packed Ohio Stadium today, what would I say?

46:00 There's a fantastic gift card waiting for you. Will you take it? Will you use it?

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S6E2 - Ryder Cup goes South; So will Stefon Diggs; Mel Tucker has...and how you know you're wrong Oct 02, 2023

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10-1-23 We Tackle Life podcast:

The dearth of truthful reporting and commentary has consequences far beyond the Ryder Cup.

Stefon Diggs has a big game, so his petulance and unreliability doesn't matter to Bill Cowher. It would, if Cowher had to coach him.

Mel Tucker is contorting himself into, around and threw every legal loophole to get every dollar he can out of Michigan State University, which justifiably fired him for betraying his responsibility and charge to those from whom he sought that privilege.

We can all take a lesson from Jesus honest, comprehensive answer to critics who looked to trip Him up with their fanciful concoctions.

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S6E1 - The We Tackle Life podcast returns! Sep 25, 2023

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Show notes....9-25-23:

Today, Season 6 begins with a new focus in light of a brain tumor diagnosis and upcoming cancer treatment.

The podcast will return, still focused on sports, but more deeply than results.

Toward that end, we could and should and must learn a lot from what happened at a high school game in Western Ohio on Friday night.

USC is one of the best college football teams in the country. But it's not elite, nor are many programs, where it should be.

You could see the US Women's Solheim Cup team flop coming, because of something that happened well in advance of the flop.

Faith portion...when obedience really is, and why it matters.

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S5E1 - What to do with Chris Holtmann; How to speed up college football Feb 21, 2023

Show notes

2-20-23 We Tackle Life podcast:

Where have you been, Bruce?

OK, now for some details on my newest gig

OSU hoops is in the dumper

Evaluating Chris Holtmann

Everything was phenomenal three years ago

Now, what if we grade Holtmann by his own standard

Would OSU fire Holtmann if the Buckeyes don't win another game

Is there any other way out of this mess?

College football games are too long

What are the proposals to fix it?

How would these "fixes" change the game?

Getting serious about the Great Commision

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S4E42 - Is OSU's defense legit?; Another backup beats Browns; Bengals roll Oct 17, 2022

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10-17-21 We Tackle Life podcast:

OSU's off week came amid a wild college football weekend

Does anyone play defense any more?

Is OSU's defense championship worthy?

Iowa won't help you answer that question.

OSU hoops isn't ranked

Browns fall to another backup QB

Bengals come from behind on the road

Future looks much better for Bengals than for Browns

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S4E41 - OSU makes B1G boring; Wisconsin cans Chryst; Browns flame out Oct 04, 2022

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10-4-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

OSU blows out Rutgers

Michigan State is next

Sparty owes Mel Tucker a boat load of cash

Buckeyes dominance makes the B1G yawn-worthy

Schiano, Day bicker, patch things up

Wisconsin fires Paul Chryst

The timing of Chryst's outster makes sense

Is it time for a style change at Wisconsin

Browns lose at Atlanta

This just in...Jacoby Brissett is a backup

Take the points when they are there to be taken

The Cleveland Calendar of Dysfunction never runs out of entries

Jesus calms the storm

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S4E40 - OSU routs Toledo; Could Urban fix Nebraska?; Browns, Bengals face plant Sep 19, 2022

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9-19-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

Toledo wasn't worth the ticket price

Should you take Wisconsin seriously?

Mabe, if it hadn't already lost at home to Washington State

Bad day for the B1G

Urban was in Lincoln

Of course, they want him

The one reason Urban won't take the Nebraska job

Michigan looks OK, but play somebody, please

USC can really score

Browns show they can still choke one away

Bengals' offensive line is bad, but Burrow isn't great, either

Arizona wins a wild one via Clemson on Clemson crime

Tua ties a hallowed Dolphins' record

Peace is powerful

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S4E39 - Toledo? Really?...Nick Saban rants; Not 1, not 2, but 3 Cleveland titles?...Browns & Bengals Week II Sep 16, 2022

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9-15-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

Oh, boy....Toledo. Whoopee!

Nick Saban goes off on a familiar tangent

What if the Guardians, Indians and Browns all won championships in the same year?

Browns go for 2-0 start?

Bengals try to get to 1-1

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