Coach Mac Is A Delight

by Sean Keeley on Sep 11, 2009 1:56 PM EDT

Listen to Brent Axe's interview with Coach Mac now. Right now. RIGHT. NOW. When he's not busy breathing into the phone, which is often, Mac is a fireball of fantasticatude. By the end, Brent is a 9-year-old grandchild sitting on the lap of his grandfather, unable to get a word in edge-wise.

First of all, I'm pretty certain he refers to Brent as Brett.
Utters the word "jibber-jabber" without a hint of irony.
Refers to Greg Robinson as "the guy from...uh...USC...wherever he, uh...Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs..."
"ESPN1260 is a God-lovely station." Put THAT on your marketing materials.
Refers to Greg Paulus as "the point guard from Duke."
Tells Brent "Your too damn young to remember the blacksmiths shops." Yessir.
"Penn State...what do they call themselves?"
"As soon as we're done with Penn State, we've got those damn Methodists coming from Northwestern." A-MAZING.

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Mac

Coach Mac is pure orange gold.

by Frozen44 on Sep 11, 2009 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

Great interview.

Did anyone else notice this comment on the podcast page:

Posted by ssidr4vr on 09/11/09 at 11:58AM

coach mac has to go,,he is a joke to listen to before the games..get gedney to do the show he can at least speak a whole sentance, maybe less drinks before the games would help the ol coach,yes he built football back at su ,but lets move on..

Wow. Douchebag. I particularly enjoy the irony of claiming Mac can’t “speak a whole sentence” while in the middle of a long run-on pseudo sentence.

Anyway, great interview. Let’s hope we can keep this man excited for SU football.

by NOLACuse on Sep 11, 2009 2:17 PM EDT reply actions

Did Coach Mac really say..

“As soon as we’re done with Penn State, we’ve got those damn Methodists coming from Northwestern.”

That is epic.

Also, I own one of those homes where part of it dates to the late 1800’s and there isn’t a true square corner or level place in the whole house. The oldest part WAS a blacksmith’s shop. I don’t need to remember them, I OWN one.
CHECKMATE Coach, CHECKMATE.

by moosedontbounce on Sep 11, 2009 2:37 PM EDT reply actions

Shhh...

don’t tell Mac that SU was originally a Methodist school.

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by Sean Keeley on Sep 11, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually if you go back and listen I think that was actually his point.

It’s gonna be a good old fashioned Methodist throwdown. I think he mentions something about two Methodist schools meeting on the field.

by NOLACuse on Sep 11, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I like how the win vs Nebraska

is his favorite game in the Penn Stats vs SU rivalry

by sportzbelle on Sep 11, 2009 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

Mac is the man

I downloaded the podcast this morning and listened to it on my walk to class. People probably thought I was nuts because I was giggling inappropriately for no apparent reason.

by dkelz1888 on Sep 11, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

Love "Coach"

The guy’s a classic. When he was here, “Cheers” was in its heyday, and it was astounding how similar he was to “Coach.”

I recall one game where the Syracuse papers were reporting that he’d had chest pains, and had spent the night in the hospital. At a press conference the next day, Mac said, “If I spent the night in the hospital, my wife wants to know who she was with last night, ’cuz she had a helluva good time!”

When I read Doug Marrone’s “tremendous parking lots” quote, I thought to myself, "now there’s a man who learned from Coach Mac!

by pjsauter on Sep 11, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions