OUR 102: “Steve Soelberg & Michelle Bodkin (Rivals.com)”

10/18/14 • 90 min

My first go around as the Ol' Ute Radio co-host. It goes without saying that I really didn't want to screw up. I'd been a guest on the show a handful of times but I still had a decent level of nerves. It's one thing to rent the car; it's another to sign the lease. As a comic for the last four years I'm more trusting of my instincts and am constantly looking for a jumping off point. That's my mindset moving forward on this ride. Getting to talk to Steve Soelberg is always interesting. He's a comedian that I've considered "the varsity" since I started. I'm glad to be considered one of his peers. When I started comedy Steve was one of the first people to come up to me and say some encouraging words. After a show as everyone was leaving he said to me, "I like your writing". A small gesture and he might not have even meant it. He could have just been saying it get past me in the hallway. Whatever it was I took it as a bonus. I was glad I talked to Steve a little bit today and hope to go into a deeper conversation in the future. Here's the thing about sports. I love them. I'm not one of those fans who blindly cheers at the games. I'm a detail guy. Michelle Bodkin I think is too. Numbers, nuts and bolts, the nitty gritty! That's the stitching in it all. I think she's looking for the patterns behind the final score. Needless to say I have more questions for her. The Utah Ute season is still new and best attribute a critic can have is objectivity. I'll be following along to see how it all shakes down. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/our/our-ep102.mp3

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Michelle Bodkin of Rivals.com comes in studio and breaks down all thing Utes and PAC-12 football. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/our/our-ep101.mp3

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OUR 103: “Dave Hardward & Michelle Bodkin (Rivals.com)”

Here's what I like about the show's we've done. We've gone deep: ‘Deep into the interview.’ I'm always interested on what makes a successful person's motor run. What were the struggles, what their achievements are and what their future goals are? I think in speaking with enough people with this mindset I've come to the thought that these people are never happy. By that I mean a motivated person never rests, is never content with the current, and is always looking further down the road. That's the feeling I get with Dave Harward. He's a single focused individual who sees the end result not as a finish line but perhaps as a step to another goal. While I see many similarities between myself and him I don't think anyone ever accused me of over planning. Is that good? Is that bad? I don't know. I do know I seem to create best on the fly, when my feet are to the fire. Dave is a type A personality. He's got a goal and he's laid down the track to get there. Done deal! I'm more of the kind of guy who used the excuse in school "I'm a bad test taker" which is one of the most unusual things to say because no one ever said "I'm great at tests but not good at studying" No one was really on board with my idea of the Utah Utes ending their season right now after their big win against ranked UCLA. That's not surprising but what if they did? It would be widely covered by news outlets and not just sports. We won a big game, call it a season. I think other teams would adopt this too. One big win, hit the showers. Everyone knows you go out on a high note. Win and disappear, like Keyser Soza of the college football word. Get back to me on that College ballers. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/our/our-ep103.mp3