Jock 2 Jock Podcast with Patrick McCaffery - "The Carver Experience"

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You know, I tell you this, it's fun to get into the jock to jock podcast, especially after had the chance to see him face to face at Carver Hawkeye Arena.

Welcome back to the show.

Number 22, Patrick McCaffrey.

Hello,

Brian.

Thanks for having me, brother.

You know, how you feeling today?

I know the ankle was a little bit tough on you.

And you were talking about the different colors and such like that over the last couple of days.

How is it feeling today?

Yeah, you know, it's getting better.

It gets better every day.

the colors kind of stick around for a while so like and they move around too so like my foot and toes are like purple because the swelling like moves down which I mean I guess it's good that the swelling is not in the ankle but no yeah it's pretty gross um but uh you know making progress treating it all that kind of stuff

how's Lodgy doing because he he rolled his ankle in the game against Purdue

yeah no he rolled it bad um I

He's moving pretty good.

It's hard to tell if his ankles swell up because his legs are like tree trunks.

So it's almost like he has cankles.

So you can't tell whether or not his ankle is swollen.

But he seems to be doing much better.

I don't know if he's going to play Saturday, but I would count on him returning soon.

So he was up against Zach Edie in the game against Purdue.

And as he went down, I wasn't far away from where he went.

And I actually felt a thump in the floor just

as he

hit so damn hard.

And that has to there's no give on Carver's floor, is there?

No, not really.

And so when I saw because you kind of stood up and you were sitting on the bench at the time, you know, resting up on the ankle.

I saw you kind of were directing traffic a little bit.

Is it because of your previous injury?

Yeah, well, so honestly, I was I was happy it was the ankle form because I couldn't so I couldn't see exactly what happened To him like right away.

So I couldn't see that he rolled it Like I didn't know cuz cuz it like whenever it's like non-contact, right?

Like you always get you always get wary

and scared for those guys.

So like, I didn't see him roll his ankle.

So I'm like, and, and, and, and Lodge is a tough kid.

So like, you're kind of sitting there and I'm like, okay, like he screamed as soon as he hit the floor.

So I'm like, okay, like, we got to figure some, some out.

So he, I was worried that it was like Achilles or knee.

So then when they said that it was ankle, I was like, okay, good.

Like, because then that like

because obviously you don't want to kill his or me.

So I was I was happy that it was ankle.

But then you saw the video and it was gross.

But you know what, he's doing he's doing better.

And I'm happy I'm happy that that's all it was.

My son got his chance to experience Carver firsthand.

What are some things that first timers, especially kids need to do when they come to Carver?

Well, I know a lot of people love the Carver cone.

The ice cream.

Yeah.

But you know, I think I think Carver's unique in a sense where like Every seat like is is a very similar view, right?

So like just kind of the way it was built is that way so It's a very unique atmosphere in that sense.

Just like the bowl, right?

But um, I would yeah the Carver cone and you know, like we don't really have any like traditions necessarily like like in terms of like

playing songs at certain times like that's more of a football thing though anyways but uh no yeah I think the cover cone is good but then also just you know enjoying the atmosphere and having fun and you know he got to see us play against the number two ranked team in the country so I'm sure he was sure that's a great experience and I hope he had a lot of fun.

He did he was he was really into it the only part and I'm sure that this wears on you too he goes dad

It says there's only 1.30 on the on the clock.

Why is it taking so long?

Yeah, no, it yeah that is Especially like in close late games where they're they're reviewing a whole lot So like sometimes the last 1.30 could take 25 minutes

It's so funny.

It's so crazy One of the other things that he really enjoyed and I don't know obviously you're off really focusing on what you need to do on the court

But the little games that are in between, the half court shots, the hitting the golf balls, having to put on the basketball players' clothes and go make a layup, are there any particular games that you really enjoy?

My

favorite one is the half court shot.

I think that really brings momentum.

uh moving forward like sometimes when we're struggling we'll be like okay like we need a half court shot like so like I got the media like we'll say we'll joke to each other like okay somebody comes through to half quarter and then we'll get the crowd going again but I'll always be partial to the half court check because uh do you remember um this was probably this was two years ago with Jack Devlin made the half quarter against Northwestern

yes

and that that was one of that was arguably one of my favorite moments of my career so

that I'll always be partial to the half four shot for that reason.

Now, the team probably won't hear this, but do you kind of have an eye on the person shooting even if you're in a timeout and getting coached?

Not really.

So if I'm in the game, no, you don't.

If you're not in the game, maybe you peek, but it's more so you want to have, and if you're sitting, like if I'm not even playing at all.

I'll probably watch a little bit more, but for the most part, not really.

It's more so so you can hear the crowd get into it if they make one.

But when Jack shot it, when Jack was the one who was selected to shoot, we were all elected.

Yeah.

One thing I noticed, just because I know you and I know you like your shoes, I looked at your dad's shoes and I looked at your shoes in the Purdue game.

Are those your game shoes that you were wearing while you were sitting down that day?

I don't think so.

Okay.

I just wondered, cause I was like, huh, I wonder if you still wear your game shoes if you're walking on Carver's court.

It was just one of those silly things I thought

of.

No, that's an interesting, no, yeah, that is interesting.

And I think the shoes I was wearing are very similar to my game shoes.

So I think that it's not far off to, to assume that no, I just, as long as I'm not like walking all over the court, like running around and stuff, I'll wear.

my walking around shoes, but typically you want to try to protect the court and wear your basketball shoes.

So yeah, that's a good point.

That's one of those other things too.

I noticed as the teams were going out, Purdue would avoid the Hawkeye kind of the mat that you rub your feet on before you go on to the court to get all the schmutz off.

Yeah.

And I was like, huh, I wonder if everybody has something that's like that.

Is that true?

I mean, does everybody

have some

sort of rubber mat?

Yeah.

Yeah.

There are different spots on the floor.

There's one by the scores table at a lot of places.

I don't know if we have one by the scores table, but there's one by the scores table at a bunch of places.

So that's typically where it's at.

Ours is just right when you run on the floor.

I want to thank you because you took a few moments to hang out after the game.

What does it mean for you to take photos or sign some autographs for fans at any point?

Yeah, you know I think especially for the like for the kids like like younger kids like I think that really is important and really means a lot because I was once one of those young kids you know what I mean so like to like I remember how much it would mean to me if guys would take time you know talk to me or hang out with me and all that kind of stuff.

growing up.

I was in a different position obviously because I was the coach's kid but it was similar in a sense of where I looked up to all those guys.

So I understand and appreciate the position of like the kids in that sense.

So I think that's something that I really will take a lot of pride in is always try to you know look out for for kids and and you know go about it and treat them the right way and be nice and respectful for everybody.

Do you still have any of the autographs you would have collected as a kid or did you not do that because you were the coach's kid?

Yeah, no, I was never really an autographed guy.

It's always about like, it kind of all goes back to the thing where it's like, you might not remember exactly what they did, but you always remember how they made you feel.

I think that's kind of, that's always what's in the back of my mind when I think about stuff like that.

Maybe I took I took some pictures like if I would be an NBA guys I would take pictures like I met Chris Paul took pictures like all that kind of stuff for the most part You know, it's just about how they make you feel in that moment And that's that's something that you never forget

before I get on to my next thing.

How about LeBron getting his 20th all-star nod?

I'm that's yep.

Absolutely.

I'm a huge LeBron guy All held the king

So I always am happy about that.

He's he's the greatest ever.

He's just adding to his resume.

Are you a Jordan guy?

Yes, I'm a Jordan guy because I grew up.

I mean, that was that was my team.

Now, I get it.

I'll be fair.

I did jump on the bandwagon as they were getting into, I think, the second NBA championship, but followed along through those three peats.

And that's why I was into it.

And then now.

I'm into the Timberwolves because it's the closest team.

We've had some Hawkeye players, including Luca Garza go up there, and they're doing really well in the Western Conference.

Timberwolves are so good.

Yeah.

If the call came, and that was a franchise that was on your radar down the line, would that be a style of play that you could mold into?

I'm just being hypothetical here.

Yeah.

The NBA game is super...

Quick because of the shot clock, right?

Yeah, so It's very like that, you know, it's very like kind of quick action oriented because like you kind of you don't have time to run these long Drawn out plays you have to kind of you know get into your actions quick and keep it moving But and realistically like most NBA teams play the same like they do very similar Things they run very similar sets when you listen to like podcasts and stuff

They even talk about like like you listen to JJ Reddick's podcast at all.

I know I know of it.

I think I listened to it early on

Yeah, it's it's very good and they talk about a lot of this stuff But like they even like call things like David like every all the lingo all the plays like it's all the same like Like delay action means a specific thing like and like quick action means another certain thing like

and it's

like all the NBA teams like maybe they have different

things to call it, but like that's what it is.

And they all refer to it as the same thing.

So it's a very interesting game in that sense where most teams play the same way.

It's just kind of heavily catered to your personnel and all that kind of stuff.

So it's interesting.

Do you know, like I mean, I would be thrilled and honored to play on any NBA team and have any experience doing that.

So I would play anywhere.

All right.

So back to the autographs.

Uh, what's the oddest thing that you think that you've signed so far?

I mean, I probably can't say it on the radio.

Oh, no!

Is

it what I

think it is?

Yeah.

Just a fan comes up and says, hey, can you-

It was downtown.

Oh, downtown?

Yeah.

Oh.

But also, to get off that, I signed a little- like, a mom made me sign a little kid's forehead before.

What are you Ricky

Bobby the weird ones?

Sometimes the weird ones are like when the kid has no idea or like doesn't have a care in the world But the parent feels weird asking so they make the kid come up and ask and they're like so confused But one time like a mom made me sign a kid's forehead and I was like interesting.

Okay,

oh crazy I I took a look through eBay and I wanted to see what some Patrick McCaffrey merchandise was going for.

Oh god

All right a black number 22 jersey autographed Right now on ebay any guesses it to what that's currently listed at?

Well, I don't remember signing any of those so No Maybe I have though, maybe I have

okay

Let me guess like like like 50 bucks.

No more than that.

Oh really?

Yeah

Like a hundred bucks

one ninety nine ninety nine

Wow.

Signed eight by tens.

Specifically I saw one where you had longer hair and it was kind of out a little

bit.

Oh

yeah.

I'm growing it back out

currently.

What do you think the eight by tens go for?

I'm gonna go with like 50 bucks again probably.

Not far

off, 64.99 right now.

Wow.

Unfortunately you're not seeing any of this.

No.

I did also find in a similar search a couple of bobbleheads of your father.

Oh gosh.

The beach fran bobblehead where he has sunglasses on and board shorts.

How much do you think that's worth?

Fuck yeah.

Five bucks.

Actually, listed for fifty.

Wow.

The white magic fran bobblehead.

Oh, that one, that one's 75.

Opposite direction, it's only

20.

Oh, really?

I thought that one would be way cooler.

Do you guys have bobbleheads listed up at the house or anything like that?

I think we probably have some like around somewhere like in storage, but they're not like out and about for everybody to see.

So when are we getting the Beach Patrick McCaffrey bobblehead?

You know, I think maybe on senior night we could we could make that work, but also We don't know

limited run Ready for pregame meal.

Oh, yes, okay ready for this

like it you dunk in it if it's okay You pass it.

It sucks.

You block it use this both pregame and personally since Michigan's coming up.

We're gonna talk about the punch key

A traditional Polish doughnut filled with jam or another sweet filling covered in sugar.

Fruit flavoring on the inside, most often it's prune, but it's strawberry and cherry has also been inside the poonski in Michigan.

I'm gonna block that, both.

You know, I've never been like a jelly-filled doughnut kind of guy.

Like I've always like...

For whatever reason that's always been a like it's kind of like a you know of mine.

Mm-hmm

So I was I'm gonna I'm gonna pass both of those or not pass block both of those.

Is it a texture thing?

Yeah, yeah, it just like feels weird like

yeah,

I want the donuts to be filled with you know like Dough

is there any other texture foods that you're like I don't want it

um That's a good question There definitely is like

Think fish has a weird texture at times.

That's fair.

So that's what but I typically will eat fish, but sometimes it has a weird texture, but Yeah, I'm sure there is other things that I'm just blanking on right now, but there definitely is some texture things where like oh like ravioli

Really?

Yeah, cuz like when the cheese pops out.

I'm like, yeah, nope.

No, thanks

interesting.

Yeah

When I was a kid I put on a show

for Thanksgiving dinner because down south, sweet potatoes called yams, which

I

think just sounds horrible.

So the texture made it to a point where I was gagging at the table.

Yeah.

And then it took a long time for me to like sweet potatoes again.

Yeah.

Bananas, how about you?

I

like bananas.

You have to have them, don't you?

Because of

what you do?

Yeah.

Sometimes.

Marshmallows?

I'm a banana guy.

Marshmallows?

Yeah, I like marshmallows.

I like the texture marshmallows.

See I knew we were gonna be different on some things.

Yeah Double double dumbass.

Yes, you are currently nine out of 18 Two stories today your schools are Rutgers, Maryland and Penn State Which you seem to have pretty good luck when we're out on the East Coast.

Yes

First story couple recently had a pretty crappy day

Clayton and Kerry Law, if that is their real names, had a new fence put in at their Allegheny County home.

They were going to pay the workers in cash and had four grand ready to go.

Couple's dog, a golden doodle named Cecil, ate the fat stack of cash.

Clayton and Kerry went after it.

Couple had to sift through feces to recover the money.

The bank will replace any bills as long as the serial numbers are visible.

Clayton and Kerry Law ended up getting back $3,550.

Why do

you just have, at this day and age, why do you just have four grand just sitting there?

Because that's what they were going to pay the workers that were putting in the fence.

They were going to pay them

in cash.

Can you just Venmo them or something?

Why do you just have cash sitting around?

Because it's under the table, Patrick.

Ohhhh, okay.

Thinking.

You Venmo him.

Guess what?

There's a digital record.

Exactly.

Okay.

Yeah, no, that makes sense.

Now you've got crappy money.

Yeah.

Boop money.

That's not a, it's not a phrase I thought I'd hear you say.

Second story.

41 year old guy was arrested after passing fake bills.

These weren't passed through him like the dog.

He was passing fake bills at O'Wawa in South Brunswick.

The bills do look like real currency, but say for motion picture only in large letters across the front.

Sounds like he'd been getting away with this for a few months because he would go during busy times.

Your schools again, Rutgers, Maryland, and Penn State.

What do you think?

Walk me through it.

First one's Penn State because Allegheny County is in Pennsylvania.

Final answer?

Yeah.

Ding, ding.

And then the second one is South Brunswick at Jersey.

So Rutgers.

Final answer?

Yep.

Ding, ding!

Gosh, I'm on a roll.

You are.

The last three episodes.

Both of them.

You got them.

Yeah.

Am I making them too easy?

My dad's from Philly, so Jersey and Pennsylvania is right up my alley.

So no more Jersey and Pennsylvania for the remainder of the run?

No, I think more of those.

That's awesome.

Other than that, games that are coming up, we talked about the Michigan game.

What's you looking at as far as that team?

You know, they, like, I know their record isn't great, but they've got really talented players.

They came in here and beat us, so we gotta go get that one back.

You know, you gotta go get, we gotta win games on the road.

I think that's a big thing.

We won our last game on the road, so let's keep it rolling.

With them having the shadows of the Fab Five, I know that was so long ago.

Do you still see pieces of that when you're playing against a team like Michigan?

Well, Juwan is the coach.

So kind of in that sense.

But no.

I would say it's like if you're playing Michigan, no matter what their record is, it's always going to be a big game just because they're Michigan, right?

There's history there.

They're Jordan Brand School.

You know, there's like an elitist kind of mindset when you talk about Michigan.

Like, Michigan's always, like, whenever you bring up Michigan, everybody's always gonna know what you're talking about.

Like, kind of like, so, like, whenever you talk about Michigan, everybody knows.

So I think that's probably something that, it's a mindset game in that sense where no matter what their record is, they're always gonna be like relevant and good in that sense.

Big 10 play continues on and we'll have another episode of the jock to jock podcast coming at you next week.

Patrick, again, thanks for the time.

Thanks, Brian.

Appreciate it.