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Jock 2 Jock · Thu Feb 8, 2024
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.
Can you believe it's episode 13 of the jock to jock podcast already just a few of these left number 22 from the Iowa men's basketball team joining me Patrick McCaffrey welcome aboard.
Thanks for having me Brian.
It's good to be here.
Home game against Ohio State.
Winning a close game has to feel pretty damn good, doesn't it?
Yeah, you know, a win in this league is a win.
They're hard to come by and, you know, anytime you can go get one is something that, you know, is to be celebrated and something we're proud of.
When it's that close, does it cause anxiety a little bit or is it a different type of anxiety?
It's definitely like a unique feeling, right?
Because you can feel pressure, you can feel all of it, but.
it's probably different for other guys.
You know, it's not the first close game that I've played and so you know kind of really what it boils down to there at the end, which is your execution, your communication and kind of like all that like kind of corny stuff is what really helps you down the stretch.
When you finish up with a game like that, with any win, there's a time that it takes to come down from the high of winning the game.
But when it's close like that, it's got to take a little bit longer.
There's a high that you have to come down from playing any game, honestly.
I can never sleep after games to always till about, I'm always up till about probably 2.33 in the morning just because you just are so revved up.
So that was very similar.
Luckily, we had a couple off days after and it was the weekend.
So staying up late was not a problem.
So we went out and had some fun, you know, all that good stuff.
Sure.
On a short week like what we have this week,
How do you keep all your commitments in line?
I mean, school, practice, film, travel, all of that going on this week.
Yeah.
You know, you got to go to class.
They do a good job.
Like, like our classes are in the morning and, you know, our practice is in the afternoon.
So you go to class in the morning.
But so I won't be able to go to class tomorrow or on Wednesday, sorry, because that's our travel day and practices earlier.
So we'll be excused from that.
A lot of the work is now online.
So you can do it wherever we are.
So you just have to handle your business and, you know, take care of what needs to be taken care of.
And then, you know, obviously stay on top of, you know, your basketball.
Is there a member of the organization that works directly with your professors to let them know you're still academically eligible, that kind of stuff?
So we have like a, it's called the Jardine.
It's like our academic building for like student athletes.
So we all have advisors like integer dean.
So we have our athletic academic advisor, then you have your academic advisor.
So our athletic academic advisor, a lot of guys meet with him like weekly or monthly if you do well in school.
So you meet with him and he writes down your grades, like you kind of go through it with him.
And then, uh, then he'll kind of talk about what he went through with the staff member.
And then that's kind of the chain of command there.
Do you guys come up with a plan on execution of schoolwork or is that something that's done internally by the individual?
Yeah, probably something like if there's somebody who's struggling with it like there's resources to help but like and if there's somebody they need more help you know with how they schedule for the most part it just kind of comes down with to the individual.
Do you find that the younger you are in school
You know the earlier on in your school career that that there's more interaction with that individual than there is maybe for you right now
Yeah, absolutely, you know, I'm I graduated already.
So I don't really my academic guys great I'm I meet with him still every once in a while, you know discuss certain things depending on what I want to do So but yeah, no when you're a freshman you have to meet with him weekly You don't have a choice
got you and you
have mandatory hours in that building like study hall hours
That you have that you do have to do
that's interesting to know that's not one thing that a lot of people think about They just see you on the court and go.
Oh, okay.
Well, things are great.
Yeah, but there's the definitely a
lot of extra stressors
one of the ways to remove stress is to obviously listen to music and I don't know if you heard about this but people are starting to get Spotify tattoos Scannable codes that link to a particular song on Spotify and I know you have a few tattoos, but
Some people are getting the scannable code and one of the drawbacks might be is that the the codes may not work After some time because the ink and the skin have aged so you may not be able to read the code anymore The other thing some people aren't thinking about is that will Spotify be around in 10 years?
Yeah, if you were to have a code tattooed on you What song are you getting tattooed on you?
That's such a good question
um because like as as you look you as a music lover yourself probably who doesn't love music but like there's so many songs right and there's so many it depends on the occasion it depends on whatever like there's so many different you know reasons for why you would get a tattoo like that specific tattoo you know what i mean so um what would yours be and then i'm still trying to think of mine
so i have on the wall by my desk
It's a song called Say Hello to Heaven by a band called Temple of the Dog.
It's the entire waveform of the song that my old co-workers gave to me when I came back here to work full-time at the radio station.
It's one of my favorites.
It's a song I never get sick and tired of and has deeper meanings than I probably even understand.
So I might get that put on me.
Are you a rock and roll guy?
Is that is that your thing?
It's a primary, but I'm a guy that kind of likes everything.
So if you were to tell me a song that I don't know, I'm going to go look it up because I feel like you understand a person better by the music and the art that they consume.
Yes, no, totally, totally agree.
I think one for me.
So a lot of it depends on mood.
I would say probably it would be something by Drake.
It would be either do not disturb by Drake or There's another one.
What's it called trying to remember?
Oh middle of the ocean by Drake What else what else could there be?
I like Eminem.
I was Eminem for Halloween.
So maybe something by Eminem school I just got my bus cut.
So I was
What is it about Drake that you dig?
I think
the versatility, right?
Like he'll rap, he'll sing.
His beats are always good.
So he'll have songs where he's like rapping, like really like kind of going crazy on the beats and then like he'll have other ones where it's like a little softer but he's still rapping and you may resonate more with a specific person, right?
And then like he'll sing too.
So I think it's just the versatility that you get from Drake is my thing.
Are you a Drake guy or not really?
I'm learning more about Drake.
And those were two songs I don't know.
So I'm going to go do what I just told you.
And I'm going to go listen to them to understand maybe you a little bit better, to understand Drake a little bit better.
Too often people are closed off, sometimes in the genres of music or just particular artists.
Well, this guy is dumb.
Well, have you listened to him?
Do you know about him?
Do you understand that kind of thing?
Exactly.
Yeah.
And like realistically, if it's a famous artist like
They can't be terrible.
They have to be doing something right.
Right.
If they've done so well.
One of my favorite things is creating playlists for myself.
If I'm going out to mow the lawn or whatever.
I have to imagine because you said you just got a new set of headphones for Christmas.
Do you make playlists for certain things that you do when it comes to practice or whatever?
Yeah, so I have a couple of playlists.
I have like...
playlist where I just the name of the playlist is just the fire emojis It'll be like that's what I play if I'm like in the gym working out or like before game like that's kind of the playlist I play like in the car that's typically what I play and then also I have another one that's like feels like slash sleep so it's like kind of like like slower softer songs that I listen to that like you know if we're on a plane like that kind of help put you to sleep and that kind of stuff and like just varies on mood
And then I have a Drake playlist, which I haven't added to in a long time because typically I just go like album to album depending on how I feel.
But yeah, so then I have those are my main place.
Oh, and I also have like a country playlist.
I'm not like a huge country guy.
I don't listen to that playlist super often, but I think there's a time and place for country music.
And that's kind of when I use that playlist.
So you mentioned that you haven't modified some of those playlists when you do.
What do you determine goes in goes out?
Is there certain songs that you're like, and this isn't giving me the feel that I want so that comes out?
What makes you do a rotation change?
Yeah, I think it's just a feel thing, right?
So like you'll go through it or maybe even you don't even have to go through it all the way You'll just like have a playlist playing and a song will pop up and you're like This probably doesn't need to be here anymore like because I made the playlist when I was like Sophomore, Jr.
In high school.
So like there's a lot of songs on there
and some that I probably don't need anymore.
So I have went through and removed stuff and I have heard songs certain times where I'm like, eh, let me get that out of there.
Or maybe you just listen to it too much and it doesn't have the same, you know, feel for you anymore, all that kind of stuff.
If you were creating a playlist today, would there be like three to five artists that you'd start with?
Yeah, obviously Drake.
I really like J. Cole.
I really like Meek Mill.
I like Dave East.
I like Eminem.
That's probably the five I would start with.
And I also really like, for a softer kind of vibe, it was a Post Malone, like a singer kind of softer vibe.
Where did you get your affinity towards those particular artists?
Who introduced you to some of those artists like Drake and such?
Did you just find them on your own?
Yeah, like, I mean, I've always kind of been influenced by like...
what my dad's players listen to who they like and then like I kind of developed my own music taste for myself and was obviously and I was influenced like by my brother like you know but like my parents don't listen to Drake or anything like that like my dad my dad listens to Bruce Springsteen that's his that's his favorite and my mom listens to just about everything so I would say just kind of like through like kind of older influences like my dad's players and then my brother and then also just kind of like friends and what you guys decide to listen to together and then you kind of develop your like
Affinities and whatnot and all that kind of stuff and that's that's what happened with me And then the more you listen to somebody you remember moments when you first heard the song all that kind of stuff Nostalgia and all that so
I got you is there anybody that has come on to the team During your playing time that has introduced you to something.
You're like wow.
I didn't know that existed Let's get it in the rotation
Joe to stop was it was somebody who would show me a lot of different music guys that I had listened to before
but like he and Joe he was one so I lived with him for several years and
so he
was one that would he would always be playing music always like if he was doing anything like there had to be music playing like whether we're in the car whether we're playing video games whether we're doing whatever like he's always playing music so you learn a lot of different artists and all of that kind of stuff when you're with somebody who just listens to music all day.
So Joe T would be if there was a locker room DJ would he have been it?
Yeah, he wouldn't let anybody else touch it because in like he would he's very particular about like what music he would listen to and He would say like it would either be good tunes or bad tunes is what he would say No, that's bad tunes bad, so that's and that's I still say stuff like that like to this day like all bad tunes good to whatever So that that was him.
I could lift that from JOT as well.
Who's your locker room DJ now?
Oh probably
so a lot of it depends on like mood like because we have a lot of characters on our team so sometimes they play like funny music like or they'll play like random like songs like oh and like when the Phillies were winning we would always play the like the still dancing on my own song that they would always play me and the managers would play that but I would say realistically I'm probably mostly the locker room DJ we don't listen to a ton of music but when we do it's probably me
Um, and I I played a big part in our pregame playlist before the game too So I would say probably me
during the actual warm-ups and such that's that's you
for the most part not every song but probably 75 80%
That's pretty cool and you and you write it down.
We'll have to check that out next time.
We're there, huh?
I wonder who's gonna take the reins when you're gone
Yeah, that's a good question.
I don't really know who would.
I could see like Rock Harding being somebody who would be really into that.
He always has his headphones on anyways, so I could see him kind of like taking that role.
I would say that's probably my best bet.
Well, if we get hooked up with Brock for the next round, we'll ask these same questions.
Yeah.
Pre-game meal.
Here we go.
I'm bringing Minnesota back into the mix this time.
It's not Ludifest Collect the last time, but it gives me a chance to say it the way I used to say it when I lived in Minnesota, don't you know?
Do you have a heavy accent when you lived up there?
I dragged my O's sometimes, but I also lived down in Texas, so I'd say y'all, you know?
Yeah.
Two extremes of the accent.
Yeah, up and down I-35, and then I settled back where I was born, right here in Iowa.
It's the Minnesota hot dish, which could be a casserole to most of us, right?
But if you ask any Minnesotan, what they call this combination of beef or chicken, veggies and canned cream of mushroom soup, traditionally topped with tater tots, that's a hot dish there, Patrick.
Hot dish is easily used in potlucks and such, even at the center of a highly competitive culinary competition that pits the state's congressional delegation against one another to see who makes the best hot dish.
Like it you dunk it if it's okay.
You pass it.
It sucks.
You block it personal before the game What you thinking for a hot dish?
I think I'm like it sounds okay, but I think I'm blocking it because I I'm not a mushroom guy like in the slightest I don't like the texture I don't like the taste so I think it like you had me until you brought up the mushrooms and like I just I can't stand mushrooms So for that reason I think I'm gonna pass
you're gonna block it
block it.
Yes block it
block it both
personally and professionally before the game, too, right?
Yeah.
Now, Golden Gophers fans may hear this and go, what do you mean you're going to block that there, say?
But double, double dumb ass.
You were shooting 55% going into this 12 out of 22.
And I rounded up because it was 54.5.
And I'm like, OK, let's make it 55.
Two stories.
Your schools today, Ohio State, Minnesota and Illinois.
Got it.
We'll start with the first story.
Manager of a Chick-fil-A at the airport next to Fort Snelling was charged last week for skimming money.
Timothy was allegedly embezzling money for 13 months that totaled $144,000.
What did Timothy spend this money on, you may ask?
Sports betting, jewelry, and only fans.
Oh my god!
It sounds like I need to hang out with Timmy or what's that name Timmy?
Yeah brings another meaning to that Chick-fil-A phrase.
It's my pleasure
Yeah, yeah, that's that's how do you how does it take 13 months to figure that out?
I guess when you make as much money as Chick-fil-A it doesn't even matter
How much of that 144,000 was going to only fans do you think?
Well, okay, so I've never had a subscription
But from what it sounds like they're not crazy expensive.
So unless he had like Was subscribing to a lot of people
like
it couldn't have been that much.
There's no way.
Yeah
But like I've seen some crazy stuff like nothing surprises me in this world anymore.
I mean 120,000 or it could have been like 20 bucks a month.
I don't know.
Yeah It all depends on who is going to like you said you don't have a subscription.
So That's your first story
The second one, the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office said that 45-year-old James was arrested Friday by police for criminal trespassing.
He was released at 7.34 p.m.
15 minutes later, James decided to throw a metal pole through the front entrance of the county building.
He was arrested at a nearby Wyndham Hotel and charged with damage to government property over $500, which is a Class III felony.
Arrested once released throws the metal pole through arrested a second time.
Yeah, about a half hour 45 minutes later.
Do you think I was point across?
At least the pole you got across.
What are
you doing?
He
must have been mad at somebody.
You think?
Yeah.
What were my
options again?
Ohio State, Minnesota and Illinois.
Okay, for the first one.
I'm going to go.
You said Fort Snelling?
Correct.
That sounds like a Minnesota place.
Um, but also I'm kind of, ah, and the second place was, what was the, what was the hint?
Sangamon County Sheriff's Office.
Sangamon.
I'll spell that for you, S-A-N-G-A-M-O-N.
All right.
For that one, I'm going to go Ohio State, for Sangamon County.
And I think for the first one, let me get, let me get Minnesota.
I'm gonna lock those two in.
You're gonna lock them both in, final answer?
Yup.
You are correct on the Minnesota one.
Okay.
Fort Snelling, which is actually right next to the airport.
So nicely done.
Nice.
On the second one, that's Illinois.
That's in Springfield.
Ah,
OK.
At least I got one.
I'm still on
pace.
You did.
13 now out of 24.
Still shooting damn good, man.
Yeah, right on
pace.
With the short week again, we've got games coming up Thursday.
That's an away game.
And then Sunday is Minnesota, right?
Mm-hmm.
Ugh, so much going on.
Yeah,
no, there's a
lot going on.
We had a nice little break from Friday to Thursday.
So that's nice, but.
Yeah, so you travel then what Wednesday of this week and yep You've already got your game plan for that one.
You're already working on that now for Penn State
No, so we start two days before okay, and there's like mandatory off days that you need to have In a certain time frame, so like we've had this is our third off day in a row I know a bunch of us are gonna head in now, and I know several of us were in yesterday, but a bunch of us are gonna head in round three
lift and stuff but like we have like mandatory off days and so it's like what we try to do is have like two-day preps so it'll start we'll introduce Penn State and start tomorrow
and then the turnaround from Penn State finishing that game to starting to prep for the Minnesota game that's not very that that's not much turnaround is there
no that'll be like so we'll just go right into it it'll be like a two-day prep we'll so literally we'll watch film for Penn State we call it a film lift film day
We watch from Penn State, then we'll go lift, then we introduce Minnesota, and then we'll go practice.
Like on that Friday.
Doesn't sound like a lot of time to listen to Drake at that point.
No, no, no.
That's when our Drake hours are cut pretty short.
Right.
Well, that's cool.
I appreciate the conversation here today.
Good luck to you for the rest of this week, the short week, and Patrick, we're looking forward to you for the next one.
Awesome.
Thanks, Ryan.
