Jock 2 Jock Podcast with Patrick McCaffery - "You Must Be This Tall To Ride The Ride"

Thanks 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.

Episode 14 of the jock to jock podcast here on rock one away.

Can you believe it?

We are almost wrapped up with our friend Patrick McCaffrey joining the show.

Welcome back.

Brian, what's up, man?

How are you?

Nah, I'm alright.

We got back at like 3 a.m.

Last night so that sucked, but

that's kind of what I figured and that's why I didn't send the text message yesterday because it's game day and then today It's like well.

Geez.

What time was he sleeping till you know?

I woke up probably around 11 ish off day today, right?

No practice at three How about this Brian's heart we had 16 days without an off day.

Yep, then we

three off days, and then now we're on a stretch of 17 days without an off day.

Be a division one basketball player, they say.

Yeah, I don't know, man.

I don't

know.

Split of the games against Minnesota and Maryland since we last talked.

That Minnesota game, I text you and I said you went Super Saiyan, which I don't know if you know the reference, but you were just on fire.

You had fire coming out of you.

That feels good, doesn't it?

Yeah, no, definitely felt very much in the flow of things.

Every shot I took felt really good.

It was good to have a game like that where things go well.

And things were going well for the first about 30 minutes of that game.

But then the last 10 minutes went really well.

And so we won.

So that's all that matters.

Game against Maryland, a little tougher on the road.

As an athlete, obviously working out and eating right are two things that are very important.

But I have to imagine.

Sleep is one of those things too?

Absolutely, yeah.

I definitely sleep more than the average person.

Try to go to bed at a decent hour and then take naps and stuff during the day.

No, sleep is definitely very important.

So we all are very in tune with our sleep and try to do as good as we can.

I appreciate you taking time out of your day.

You could have been sleeping a little bit later because practice you said comes up at what, three o'clock today?

Yep.

3 o'clock practice.

Yeah, still got a little bit.

Still might nap when we're done with this.

Might go take a nap before I head out for practice.

You know, some people dream about work.

You ever had dreams about basketball or games that you've been in, played in?

All the time.

Absolutely.

All the time.

Anything stand out to you here recently?

Well, I don't move as fast, so it sucks.

Like, you don't move as fast.

I feel like my legs are stuck in mud during a dream.

Yeah, nothing like super profound, I would say.

You know, maybe some nostalgia will start to come up soon because of Senior Night and all that kind of stuff.

Yeah, I don't really, not having exactly had any crazy basketball dreams, but most like, I dream about basketball pretty often.

just like random stuff though typically random

like

people you play with situations just like random like i'll be in a game like and it'll like i don't know what game it'll be i don't know where i am like you know i'm just just playing ball never really uh i'm a super cognizant of kind of what is going on exactly

so here's random for you i actually had a dream

that I was a motor coach driver slash tour guide for the Iowa basketball teams.

Okay.

You guys were on a field trip and I was the individual responsible for driving you to the location.

Not just the men, but the women's team was in this as well.

A dual field trip.

I like it.

Yeah.

You and Connor were the instigators in this because you were standing right behind me telling me where to go to.

Oh, no, no, no, pull over here.

You need to go to this place.

This kind of thing, right?

TP needs to get something, you know, that kind of thing, right?

And there was a point at which we took off both coach McCaffrey and coach Bluter were not encouraged to come on this field trip.

And we had to make sure that we had a big black towel to cover Caitlin Clark anytime we got on or off the bus.

This is a very specific dream.

This is how I dream sometimes.

I feel like I don't know if I can confirm or deny this, but I feel like the side of the bus had McCaffrey motor coaches.

It could definitely, yeah, that could be a potential business.

I mean, as I say this out loud, it sounds like a bad idea, but where would we go on this field trip?

Cause I don't know where we ended up going.

What, what would we

feel?

Where do you typically field trip in, in Iowa?

Like I don't, I don't really know.

Like there's not really any super historic.

landmarks necessarily like sure there's certain spots that are solid but like nothing like crazy like nowhere I'm gonna rush to go to maybe adventure land I don't know maybe adventure land that's probably my best my best guess

every one of you on the teams are taller than what they expect people to be on the rides for it's not like you can go on the the tornado and be in a comfortable position

honestly I haven't went to an amusement park in in a while it's been a couple of years

But I feel like I'm like right at the threshold where I'm not quite too tall.

Like, you know, there are some people, I feel like if you're like seven feet, like amusement parks would suck.

So like, I'm like not seven feet, obviously.

So maybe that'll be, maybe that's good.

Think of like an Iowa offensive lineman having to try and fit into the tornado or a bumper car.

I just don't think it's possible.

Right.

So now that you bring up amusement parks, what is your go-to ride?

Ride, like roller coasters with like a deep drop.

Really?

That's always my go-to, like where you go straight down.

Yeah.

Yeah, I like those.

I've been on every possible ride at an amusement park, except the metal circle that launches you way up in the air.

I have not had the courage quite yet to take that on.

But I went on the one, you know, the really tall one with two seats on top, two seats on bottom that goes like this.

Yeah.

And you spin and I've went on that pretty nuts.

But I have not went on that bungee jumping one yet with the in the metal circle.

So that's kind of my, I think my last little item that I need to check off my amusement park agenda.

If.

You're not doing the bungee jumping or the slingshot as it were.

Yes.

Would you do extreme sports like bungee jumping, skydiving, anything like that?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I would have to do it with like a trained professional to where I knew that it was safe.

I will skydive at some point in my life like bungee jumping.

Yeah.

I could dab one bungee jumping, but definitely skydiving is something I want to do.

Other field trips typically involve some sort of museum.

State capitals that feels really kind of boring for both the men's and women's basketball teams

Yeah, you know that that's Yeah, that's not really our vibe.

I would say, you know, we're much more, you know, like She's trying to go have a good time.

I would I would say as opposed to you know walking through a museum Yeah, no, I would rather.

Yeah, no, we're going to Adventureland

you heard it everybody It's not we're going to Disney World.

We're going to Adventureland

Yeah, there should be some sort of NIL deal.

Oh, why didn't they do this?

You know,

I don't I don't get it.

I don't get it.

Brock Harding for Adventureland.

You love Brock.

Brock's your guy.

Well, I saw his his Valentine, which was.

Oh, yeah.

Very

cool.

Rock my world.

You rock my world.

I loved your guys's pickup lines.

And I thought I love that you were the closer.

Yeah, I think because I had the little spin, you know, I think that made me made me the closer.

If you haven't checked it out, check out Iowa Hoops on Instagram.

It's it's a hell of a follow.

Plus, like I mentioned earlier in previous episodes, just the photos and the video and mixing it with the play by play, it really gets you to a different level.

It really does.

Yeah.

No, you're absolutely right.

Our video and photographer people are so good.

They're elite.

And they really are able to capture every possible moment.

And then they can mix it in with whatever the hell you want, whether it's music, whether it's play by play, whether it's TV announcers, whether it's radio, like Dolf or Robbie Hummel or whatever.

They're so good.

at that and and and you know like it's just it's great to to be in a place like this where they are so good at stuff like that and take it so seriously.

The intro video is there a blooper reel do you think?

Probably

yeah um for the most part though like like yeah there probably is a blooper reel but like not as funny as you would think though it'd be more so just like kind of like guys screwing up.

Yeah.

But like not like anything like super crazy or a guy just like they tell you to do something and you just look awkward doing it.

So then they're like, OK, try this.

It's more so stuff like that as opposed to like straight bloopers, you know, like a traditional blooper reel.

They don't ask you to shoot a basket, I would assume, because in case you would miss.

Yeah.

Or they just will cross off the miss.

They'll just like either only show you shooting or show you making.

They just won't count your misses.

That's so smart.

Pregame meal.

This one, we're looking ahead to Illinois.

If you like it, you dunk it.

It's okay.

You pass it.

It sucks.

You block it personally or, you know, in the pregame meal.

Homemade pierogi recipe is easier to make than you might think because it's mashed potatoes wrapped in carbs, which is homemade pasta dough.

And then fried in crispy butter served with caramelized onions sometimes or could be filled with cheese, sauerkraut, ground meat, mushrooms, fruits or berries.

Pierogi's a lot of different options here.

I would yeah, I would eat that maybe not pre-game, but I would eat that With the mashed potatoes though, not the cheese not the sauerkraut like like with the mashed potatoes the bread or whatever you have around it and then the Caramelized I would eat that

so this is a dunk it personally then

yep pre-game though I would block it, but I would dunk it personally.

I would eat that

double double dumbass Before we get into this you're 13 and 24 right now

While we're on the podcast itself, if we get to episode 15, do you think your brother Connor would come back to take you on one-on-one in the double-double dumb ass for the final episode?

We could probably make that work.

He's a busy guy, but we could probably make that work.

I think they'd be kind of fun.

That would be fun.

Final episode, being able to tell you congratulations on your senior season, give you a little bit of advice.

I'm sure he has already, but you know, publicly.

Yeah.

Exactly.

No, that would be cool.

That would be cool.

And find out which McCaffrey is better at double, double dumbass.

Yes.

Yeah, definitely.

What did he finish?

Do you know?

I'll have that number ready to go.

Even if he doesn't play, I'll have it ready for next episode for you.

Okay,

sweet.

All right.

This one here, your schools are Indiana, Maryland, and Iowa.

Woodbury County Teenager said he would eat a spoonful of peanut butter for every 50 followers on Instagram.

This started on January the 9th, things pretty quiet.

Picks up an at peanut butter eater 16 now has 115,000 followers.

This right here Patrick would be the equivalent of 72 16 ounce jars of peanut butter that he would have to eat.

He changed it over to a spoonful for every 50 sales on his merch site now.

Woodbury counties in Iowa, Sioux City.

Final answer?

Yep, correct bang Next one remember your schools are Indiana, Maryland, Iowa 49 year old Columbus man decided to shine a laser pointer at planes cops tried Cops tried to find him but could not and then 20 minutes later Man decided to shine the laser pointer directly into the patrol car Officers pulled him over and at that point the man had painkillers meth and a gun on him Obviously he was arrested

Okay, so if you're gonna break a federal law by flashing what why would you have meth and weapons that just doesn't make any sense?

Columbus though, that's Columbus, Indiana.

I'm gonna go Indiana for that one.

Final

answer.

But like, but what the hell are you doing?

This is why it's

the double double damage.

Yeah, Jesus.

Yeah, no Indiana final answer.

Correct.

Boom.

Going in with two.

Nicely done.

That's huge.

15 out of 26.

I have this feeling, and I'll have to go back into the episodes.

I feel like you did a few more than Connor did.

But I think Connor's percentage was pretty equivalent, so we'll find out.

We'll see.

We'll see, for sure.

As we go into the upcoming games this weekend, sold out Wisconsin at Carver.

Excited for it.

play in front of you know a really good crowd uh stuff like that it's always really fun it's what you live for as a college basketball player as a hell of an athlete you know those those big games in front of packed crowds it's what you it's what you want

um beyond that michigan state another tough contest that one is away

yep always a tough place to play breslin you know they're always really good is those a legend um so you know it's but it'll be fun i'm excited you know for the opportunity to go go compete

We've talked about the student section for some of the schools.

Michigan State, how is their student section?

Nuts.

Yeah.

They're all wrapped around, like the court right behind the bench and wrapped all the way around.

It's nuts.

Yeah.

Michigan State is one of the best student sections in the Big Ten.

I would say Michigan State's probably first or second.

Really?

Yeah, they're pretty elite.

Pretty incredible.

I mean, I know you can't focus on those things, but...

definitely the Iowa student section has got it figured out and they must have promo codes for fat head because

yeah

you

always that heads are important

is there any ones that maybe you see sometime you're like oh geez that's awesome

the one with Connor is always funny like when it's honor that's always a killer

if you had the opportunity to obtain said Connor fat head would that be something that you'd hold on to or you've seen his fat head too much

I don't know, man.

I wouldn't like put it in my room because then he's like watching you when you're sleeping.

Maybe he can't put it in the living room or something.

Well, one more episode to go.

Patrick, thanks again for the time.

Yep, thanks, Brad.