Traina Thoughts

ESPN's Joe Buck

Traina Thoughts

Show Notes

Episode 4 of “The Traina Thoughts Podcast" features a conversation with the voice of "Monday Night Football," Joe Buck. Buck talks about calling this year's Super Bowl (on Valentine's Day) for ESPN and reveals that it will be an extra special day because his daughter is due to give birth on Feb. 14, 2027. What will he do if he's daughter goes into labor during the Big Game? In addition, Buck talks about starting his fifth season at ESPN, whether he would've left Fox for ESPN if ESPN did not have rights to Super Bowls and whether he'd ever work with someone other than Troy Aikman. Buck also shares a story about Cris Collinsworth going to LensCrafters and getting glasses on the day of the Super Bowl in TK, talks about hosting "Sports Jeopardy!" and shares memories of calling the 2001 Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series during the backdrop of the 9/11 terrorist attacks The show closes with Buck reacting to a NSFW AI video of himself calling the controversial ending of the Western Michigan-Michigan game.

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