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But that's another thing, once you start to get to know these guys, you start feeling like you're less of a fan as far as like, I'm not gonna ever sit around and be like, that guy sucks, I hate that guy. Before, I would say that because I didn't know anybody. Even before the Steph Curry thing, I was like, I don't like Steph Curry, he's a … Then you meet him and you're like holy s—, Steph Curry is incredible. So there's a little bit of, 'Are you gonna make fun of this athlete?' Probably not going to make fun of somebody who's dedicated their life to something. I'm not gonna go up there and say, 'You stink.' Is there anybody you haven't met that you want to? Tom Brady would be cool to meet. I just recently met Charles Barkley. That was awesome. He was always one I wanted to meet. What sticks with you most about Notre Dame's season having grown up on Irish football in Pennsylvania? The season was crazy. I brought my dad and my friends, and I was with Johnny Manziel watching the game in Texas A&M. After the game, they were like, 'Coach Freeman wants you to go to the locker room.' So I was in the locker room after the win, and it was amazing. And then Week 2, Northern Illinois happens, and I thought it was a program ended. I was like, this is going to be five more years of rebuilding. The whole year was incredible. But by the time the playoffs came around, we were filming Season 2 of 'Tires.' So we were just watching the games there, which is really fun. We had all our friends over to watch the Georgia game. The Georgia game, how nice was that? That first series on defense, oh my God, this is different, I'm used to them getting killed in this game, and they're faster. Then Penn State, that was the biggest win for me because I grew up in central Pennsylvania, where everyone's either Notre Dame or Penn State. And they never really ever get to play, and all my friends are Penn State fans, so that was particularly nice. Especially the first half, they were texting me, because a bunch of them were in Miami, and they were talking a lot of s—. Perfect. Perfect ending. What were the moments during the Eagles' season that stuck with you the most? I was at the game when Saquon hurdled that guy. I saw it live, and that's the most incredible play I've ever seen. I've watched football my whole life. I've never seen someone do that. That's insane. He had so many really incredible moments. The Super Bowl was wonderful. They just killed the Chiefs. At the beginning of the game, I remember there being a terrible pass interference call. And I was like, 'Oh, this is going to happen again.' And then they took the refs out of the game. Not much they could do. When was sports, like, your thing? I know you played high school football, but that's different than fandom being so tied to your identity. I guess that's just how I was raised. That's how my dad was. That's how all my friends are because all my friends play football. I was just raised that way. My dad watched sports every day. And what else is there to do? I don't get it. We're watching sports.
