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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:

S4E38 - A wild CFB weekend; Browns beat Baker; Bengals blow opener, Happy birthday to me Sep 13, 2022

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9-13-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

Arky State first of many OSU blowouts

The return of the Tressel Blowout

Michigan rolls with J.J. McCarthy

QB pressure is different when it's starting QB pressure

Jackson Smith Njigba's return will elevate everyone

Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan State...meh

Scott Frost gets fired. Did he fail, or is it Nebraska?

USC is a monster on the horizon

Dailyn Swain breaks my heart

George Washington III decommits

Thanks for costing us Gabe Cupps, George

Browns survive on Cade York's bomb

Chubb and Hunt are really good

Jacoby Brissett is so average

Hard to envision Browns' QBs being elite this season

Bengals blow the opener

The problem on the blocked PAT wasn't the snap

Sure, Steelers won, but they're still screwed

The narrow gate

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S4E37 - Game week: OSU vs. Notre Dame; Dailyn Swain's verbal; Browns, Bengals eye openers Aug 30, 2022

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8-29-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

Well, where have I been?

OSU gets ready for season-opener against Notre Dame.

Marcus Freeman's homecoming won't be pleasant

Buckeyes are just too loaded at skill positions

Ryan Day's future

The pressure at OSU isn't week-to-week, it's the annual weight of expected perfection

Notre Dame violated the Never Hire the Interim rule

Uh, ok....so did Ohio State

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S4E36 - OSU debuts No. 2; B1G to NBC; Buckeye hoops crushing it; Kareem Hunt trade demands Aug 11, 2022

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8-10-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

OSU debuts No. 2 behind Alabama in coaches' poll

There are two ways to vote in a Preseason Top 25

If you're picking on which team will finish unbeaten, OSU is the best choice

It's fall camp, which means the headlines are lavishly optimistic

Big Ten getting close to a TV rights deal

Fox, NBC and CBS appear to be edging ESPN out

NBC adding B1G means Notre Dame might not be far behind

Bengals add a corporate naming rights sponsor

Kareem Hunt wants to be traded

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S4E35 - Michigan QB steps in it; Stroud's hoops dare; William White...and the power of dying in peace Jul 30, 2022

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7-29-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

It's been a dozen years since Tattoogate....really?

The goal at Big Ten Media days is to not say anything stupid

Michigan QB Cade McNamara failed the test

So did C.J. Stroud, but in a much more harmless way

It's national title or bust for the Buckeyes. Nothing else will suffice

Under Armour writes a $67 million check to UCLA

Do we get white smoke from the Vatican chimney when the NFL makes up its mind on Deshaun Watson?

Amari Cooper will be a steal for the Browns

You can thank Jerry Jones' stupidity for that

The NFL's mandatory vaccine program was, like all mandates, a failed endeavor

Free agency beefed up Bengals' OL, but maybe Jackson Carman will, too

The perfect serendipity of Chris Spielman's two Hall of Fame ceremonies

William White: powerful peace in death

A friend displays the same power in the same circumstances as William White, and it charts a course for us all.

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S4E34 - B1G Media Day means season is here; Harbaugh makes headlines; Baker debuts in Carolina Jul 28, 2022

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7-27-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

Are the powers that be ruining college athletics?

Lack of leadership has changed college sports forever

Get ready for full-on free agency in college sports, every year

B1G Media Days means the season is here

The pressure on Ryan Day is greater at OSU than in NFL

Big Ten will expand, maybe with Miami or FSU and Pac 12 leftovers

Baker Mayfield throws an int in his first Panthers' practice

Joe Burrow undergoes an appendectomy

Harbaugh is pro-life, and that takes courage in these times

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S4E33 - Baker Mayfield traded; Best trade in Browns history is also the worst; Here come super conferences Jul 12, 2022

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7-12-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

Browns trade Baker Mayfield

Carolina got a steal...for a year

Why Baker will be successful, and why that may not hold

Chip-on-the-shoulder guy works for awhile

Browns didn't want Sam Darnold

Now Browns need another QB

The history of Browns trades is complicated

Super conferences are on the horizon

The dilution of the college sports fan base is in process

This is the greatest trade in human history

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S4E32 - B1G adds USC, UCLA; Big 12, Pac 12 fight to survive; Tradition loses Jul 06, 2022

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7-5-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

USC, UCLA join the B1G

Of cour$e, it make$ perfect $en$e

What's the B1G's next logical step?

Big 12, Pac 12 fight to survive

If it's TV markets the B1G wants, then Washington, Arizona State, Arizona and Stanford make sense

Stanford is attractive because of San Francisco, and as a recruiting tool for Notre Dame

Baker Mayfield remains a Brown, with training camp a month away

Seattle apparently cool on Mayfield

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S4E31 - Watson will sit; Will Baker play?; OSU off to Maui: LIV and let live Jun 30, 2022

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6-29-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

Deshaun Watson headed for a year-long suspension

Sam Darnold for Baker Mayfield makes sense

Browns appear not to want to make sense

Baker says he's ready to move on

Why does he get to make that choice?

OSU's non-conference basketball schedule includes a trip to Maui

Devin Royal and Dailyn Swain would be nice gets

A massive mistake by Crew fan base

PGA Tour should live and let LIV

Making spiritual sense of a tough circumstance

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S4E30 - Liddell, Branham drafted; OSU hoops vs. Duke; Arch Manning picks Texas; ob Sowards chases history; Roe overturned Jun 25, 2022

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6-24-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

E.J. Liddell drafted in second round by New Orleans

Malaki Branham goes to Spurs in Round One

Cavs pass on Branham at No. 14

That makes no sense

Ohio State will play Duke again in the ACC-Big Ten shootout.

Buckeyes and Blue Devils will look dramatically different

Arch Manning picks Texas. Yes, just like Quinn Ewers

Bob Sowards chases Ohio golf history

Roe overturned

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S4E29 - Hartline's recruiting home run; DeShaun Watson pays up; Rapinoe's selfish stupidity Jun 22, 2022

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6-22-22 We Tackle Life podcast:

OSU gets three top wide receiver commitments

Brian Hartline is a rock star

Why doesn't Hartline get a look when jobs are open?

OSU is awash in WRs and QBs

The Buckeyes have a new baseball coach

DeShaun Watson pays 20 massage therapists

Four cases remain

The impact on Watson's suspension is negligible

Megan Rapinoe takes a pro-trans stance that would eliminate her job

Nice timing, since she's nearing retirement

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