Jock 2 Jock Podcast with Patrick McCaffery - "It's All Purple And Gross"

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for joining us for the jock to jock podcast where we get a unique look at Iowa men's basketball from a player's perspective.

We'll be joined by Patrick McCaffrey after this from I'm on communications experience the I'm on

difference.

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It's the jock to jock podcast.

We're already on episode 10.

And the man is harder to track down sometimes than a Stanley Tumblr at a Target.

The man is number 22, Patrick McCaffrey.

Welcome aboard.

Thanks for having me, but I don't think I'm that hard to track down.

I mean, easier for me, but if somebody's trying to box you in, I feel like you might throw some elbows.

They're like gold right now.

Is anybody around you getting one of those?

No, but I've seen a lot of stuff about him and it's just, it's crazy.

What happened to Yeti's?

Are they out of fashion now?

They're out, they're out.

I had to laugh because yesterday I was scrolling Instagram and shortly after a post that you had put, like two below it was a 90s post and it was Lil Bow Wow.

Oh, what?

What?

What?

I feel like the algorithm has me figured out now, so.

It does, it does.

And if you think it doesn't, that's where they get you.

Because it does.

Hey, the thing that you had posted, I thought that was really cool, the explanation from the Big Ten Network, and you going into detail about your flash tattoo.

Yeah, you know, honestly, I think that's probably the first time, or the most thorough I've told the story.

So that was cool, and they did a great job putting it together.

You know, I think that's something that I was really happy with and it turned out really nice.

That's really cool that they had done that.

Now, did they record this a while ago or is this more recent?

So I actually went into Carver the day of the crazy, the first crazy snowstorm.

So like last Tuesday or whatever it was.

So like a week and a half ago and they released it like a couple of days ago.

It not only portrays the athlete, but also gives a little bit of behind the scenes that a lot of fans don't usually see.

Exactly, you know, I think with every person, there's always more than meets the eye.

And, and, you know, I think there's more to like, like more people see us, obviously, right?

There's more eyes on us.

And, you know, I think if people are able to, you know, see backgrounds and further understand, you know, what other people are going through or have been through, that they develop a new appreciation for, you know, what they're doing.

And I think that was, that was cool.

What did it mean to you and the team to help your dad get his 270 second victory as head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes?

Well, it was fun that we got to dump a bunch of water on them.

That's what I enjoyed the most.

But it means a lot.

And I think we're kind of starting to hit our stride.

We had a rough start to the year, no doubt.

But we're hitting our stride.

Like just being a part of that for me as his son is obviously something that's very special.

You know, this being my fifth year here been a part of a lot of a lot of wins.

But you know, obviously passing somebody like Dr. Tom is a is a is a major honor.

And I know he was really emotional about it and really proud of it.

And we were really happy for him.

We haven't discussed it much.

But what are your thoughts on Dr. Tom Davis?

Great.

I've met him a couple of times.

Never had like a very extended conversation with him.

But he still lives in the area.

incredibly nice was a really good basketball mind obviously I mean he won a lot of games here and he was a really really good coach here and you know to pass somebody like him is something that's really really great.

Chance for you to go back in time so we're getting you in your DeLorean time machine.

Which of Dr. Tom's teams would you have wanted to play on?

With Chris Street I think just with everything that I've heard about.

Chris, I think that's an easy, that's an easy, almost cop-out answer, you know, you just play with Chris, want to play with Chris Street.

So I think that that's, that's the one for me.

I know you were out of the Minnesota game and you've also kind of discussed the training staff before, but can you talk a little bit more about the medical and training staff and how they help you and other teammates with injury and returning from that injury in order to play the way that you do?

Yeah, so I wrote my ankle pretty bad in the Nebraska game.

It's all fat and purple and gross.

It's still pretty fat and purple, but it's kind of going down.

It's honestly, it's pretty brown now.

I would show you, but I figure you don't want to see it.

It's pretty nasty.

But we do a lot.

The goal was to play on Monday.

And I figured out pretty quickly that that was probably a little too far-fetched based on where my ankle was at.

I rehabbed.

a lot.

So we played Friday.

On Saturday, I was in there for a long time, doing all sorts of treatments.

And I think they were very effective.

You got to put in the ice bath, you keep it elevated.

We have this cold compression thing that you put on there.

Brad has me lay down on the table, lift my leg up, and he literally will try to get the swelling out.

And that's very painful.

That hurts a lot.

They do STEM.

We did needling.

We did so many different treatments.

And I think, honestly, without those, I would be in a much worse spot.

But I couldn't really tell you what worked to the fullest extent, because we did so many of them that I don't really know.

So the goal is Saturday.

I think we're going to put it to the test here the next day or so if I'll be able to give it a go Saturday.

It's still up in the air.

I'm excited and the Brad is so great.

And Coach Maxwell, our strength coach is in on it too, you know, helping kind of with other certain recovery stuff, but I've been spending a lot of time in the training room with Brad and he's been incredibly helpful.

I've heard other athletes say before, because they have their adrenaline flowing during the game or during whatever they do, that the pain isn't quite there.

Like when you rolled the ankle in the game itself,

when did

you start feeling like, damn, this hurts?

Yeah, so I got up and I made my free throws.

I asked for a sub.

They got me one I went into the tunnel and I was in a lot of pain and I knew that I rolled it bad like I knew it was a bad because I've I've rolled both of my ankles so many times I think part of partly just because I weak ankles and also because just the basketball players roll their ankles I think a lot of athletes roll their ankles, but anyways, so I went into the locker room

And I started and we were up probably a good 18 points at that point with less than five minutes or so.

So I didn't think I would have to go back in.

So I'm walking around in the locker room or in the training room.

I'm just walking in circles because you try to keep it loose because once you like stop moving is when that's when it really kind of takes shape.

So I kept it loose.

I went on the bike in the tunnel for a little bit.

I realized they didn't need me.

So I went to the handshake line.

We talked after the game.

Then.

I went into the training room.

I was in a lot of pain, but it hadn't swelled up on me yet.

We had the orthopedic guy look at it.

He said, you know, I'm just a sprain.

We treated it and then I went in to go shower and it blew up on me.

Like it was like a baseball in my foot.

It was so gross.

And so then I go back into Brad.

And I'm like, Brad, it got all huge.

And he's like, oh, God, that's not what I wanted to see.

So then he gave me a boot.

So I was in a boot for a day or so, and gave me a bunch of different stuff.

And he like, ace wrapped it, which hurts.

Because then when you wake up in the middle of the night, your foot is throbbing, and it's gross.

Because he's trying to get the swelling out.

But pretty eventful a couple of days.

Spray and ankles are no fun.

But you know what?

It's part of the game.

And I'm going to keep rehabbing and trying to get back out there.

Spraying ankle on top of snow and ice that comes down shortly after that too, which makes it even tougher for you to go out there and walk

Exactly.

No, it was not ideal.

I got to ride home with one of my roommates and I had my other roommate drive my car home Because like I couldn't drive I was in a boot and my ankle was all fat and gross my roommates bringing my car back and all the snow because we were gone all day so the driveway was was

not good so my car can't get into the driveway so we're out there shoveling snow trying to get it out of the way i'm gonna boot like it's just it's like a whole thing it was a whole ordeal but you know what that's just part of the college experience i guess

i mean you gotta get the student managers out there to shovel out the driveway right

No, no, no, I would never do that.

I can't do that to them.

Although one of my roommates is our head manager, but I can't just, we can't, no, I have too much love and respect for the managers to just have them start shoveling my driveway.

That would be bogus.

After the conversation about Riley Mulvey, maybe you go have him do it.

Yeah, you know what?

If it would help the team, I think he would.

He's just all about what helps the team.

Pre-game meal.

So you're at home and I figured we'd have an Iowa signature dish.

The pre-game meal in this one, if you like it, you dunk it, if it's okay, you pass it, if it sucks, you block it.

The modifier that I added last week is that you can either choose it personally, you can choose a pre-game, we'll take it from here.

At home, the Iowa pork tenderloin.

Crispy pan-fried pork tenderloin sandwiches are a Midwest tradition, especially here in the state of Iowa.

Pounded flat and wide then breaded and pan-fried until crispy on the outside and perfectly perfectly cooked on the inside What do you think?

Yeah, so pre game.

I'm probably gonna pass it You know, I think I feel like that would sit in my stomach like a rock But I would eat that like normally I would I would try that, you know, so I would I would dunk it there

I'm not gonna say that I'm super fired up, you know, to eat it.

Like, it's not like I'm like, oh, yeah, like, but like, but I would definitely eat that.

I think that's fair.

I know you said you weren't super fired up.

Do you remember the best tenderloin you had where it was at?

I couldn't tell you probably.

They always have really good like kind of like at the state fair, they always have like good food around right around there.

So I'd say probably there.

What did you eat when you went to the Field of Dreams?

I didn't go.

Connor went.

Okay.

Yeah, I didn't go.

I wasn't sure.

I'm not a baseball guy.

What's your other sport besides basketball?

I mean, I watch football.

Like I like football.

And I watch Phillies play off baseball.

And I'll watch Iowa baseball.

But that's about all I watch.

That's all you're going to get from me in baseball.

I'll watch like a football game if it's on.

But I'm really heavy on basketball, whether it's

NBA, college, whatever, summer league, junior league, I'll watch whatever.

So the shirt that you're wearing today that says, I love women's water polo, that doesn't play?

Yeah, no, that is it.

Yeah, I can't say I've ever watched that, but I do love and have a ton of respect for anybody who plays water polo.

That's worked so hard.

They will beat you up, I promise.

Exactly.

Double, double dumb ass.

You are now seven and 16.

Patrick?

Did I flip them last week?

Is that what I did or did I get them last week?

You got them both last week.

Nice, okay, that's huge.

All right your schools today Purdue Northwestern Nebraska story one Group of ten went out to eat at a seafood place near the St.

Joseph River The group tried to avoid the auto 18% Gratuity by splitting into two groups of five and pretending not to know each other They weren't sneaky enough and the employees caught on adding the 18% Gratuity group at that point caused a huge fight demanded to speak to the manager

and someone in the group pepper sprayed the manager and another employee when they were being kicked out.

How are you gonna pepper spray somebody when you're in the wrong?

You're wrong.

Yep.

And then you're gonna, yeah, like.

Second school.

You tried to do some sneaky stuff and you got caught.

Yep.

That's your fault.

Yeah, it's your fault.

In the schools Purdue, Northwestern Nebraska, second one, police in Bellevue had to tell a local citizen to not clear snow by pouring gasoline on it and lighting it on fire.

The officers had to post a Facebook stating quote if you're the one pouring gasoline onto the snow and trying to light it on fire You cannot do that our officers

are

on the way to talk to you now

Okay, so I'm gonna go Nebraska for the gas.

Yep.

Yeah Bellevue gave that away.

Okay, and the St.

Joseph River.

It's either Indiana or Illinois Yeah, I'm gonna go I'm gonna go Indiana.

I'm gonna go Purdue

Final answer.

Should it be?

Your

call.

Yep, final answer.

Boom!

Another two!

You are now nine out of 18.

That's pretty good.

Considering where you

started, yes.

Didn't I say I was gonna get about 50% of them?

Yep, you sure did.

Nicely done.

Purdue at home now.

You played them on the road.

Now they're in Carver.

With another chance at snow coming up over the weekend.

What

you think is there?

I haven't even looked.

Yep.

Yep.

What you thinking?

Well, you know, I think there there are really there I would I would almost say that they're impossible to beat in their arena not impossible But like it takes a lot like you have to play very very well And I think home court is such a big thing and throughout college basketball.

I think I talked on that last week as well

like how important home court is in defending your home court and you have to win your home games.

I think that's incredibly important, you know, not only just because you're much more comfortable at your, you know, you sleep in your own bed, you're just more comfortable at home.

So, you know, I think we learned from what happened last time, we didn't play well.

And I think we're aware of that.

And, you know, we, but I think also we're playing better now.

I don't think we're the same team as we were a month and a half ago or whenever we played them.

I don't think we're the same.

I think we've gotten better.

I think we've improved.

I think we're more confident.

We've won three games in a row.

And a Saturday home game at Carver in front of 15,000 people, I think is going to make us play better, I would assume.

So I'm excited for the opportunity.

Hopefully I'm able to play.

And I'm looking forward to

it.

Well, rest up.

I hope that your ankle feels better.

Like you said, it's all sorts of different colors now.

You'll have it wrapped up, ready to go, and the training staff will help you to get to your 100%, right?

Absolutely.

That's the goal.

Patrick, thanks again for the time.

Yep, thanks, Brian.

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