October 18, 2023 • 42 mins
Will Selva and MJ Acosta-Ruiz are back for another episode of El Huddle! Week 6 is in the rear-view mirror as we head towards the new week of match ups. But not before we talk about MJ's return from London and the Chargers super-fan from Monday night. Next, we're joined by ESPN play-by-play Commentator and host Rebeca Landa! We discuss what it's like to be a commentator, her journey into the booth, Flag Football being in the Olympics and her love for a particular football film. Finally, we end our show with trying to piece together what went wrong for the final 2 formerly undefeated teams.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
And Huddle is a production of the NFL in partnership
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
Little Yeah, both remaining undefeated and the falling that was
the Eagles losing to the Jets and then earlier in
the day the forty nine Ers losing to the Rounds.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
What's good, everybody?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Welcome to the l Huddle podcast, where we celebrate Latino culture,
the NFL and beyond.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
I'm Will Salva.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I am not Marian Do who is that passionate Chargers fan,
but I am joined by my Ermana, my prima, my
prima Ermana mj Acosta. He's fresh froom, London in the house.
What's up, premiure man. How's the trip?
Speaker 4 (01:10):
The trip was great. I will tell you.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
As much as I love London and loved being there,
I was ready. I was read d to come home
to just be at my house.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Days right, one days.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
It's a long time, it is, it is, but we
got We packed a lot into the ten days. I
feel like I stayed on the LA time zone.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Because sleeping over there was rough. I don't know why.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
I don't know what was You stayed, Okay, you stayed
in the time zones for sure?
Speaker 4 (01:41):
For sure I did it was nuts.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
So I'm feeling pretty like pretty good being back home,
Like I'm like, okay, yep, time to go to bed,
whereas like five am, I was wide awake in la
in London rather so it's good. But we got to
turn around in a couple of weeks and head to Germany,
which is going to be crazy.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Yeah, lucky you.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And seeing the game on NFL Network again, great crowd
that we saw to watch the Titans and the Bills
play each other.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
What was your takeaway from that game?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Because the Ravens are now going to be playing the Lions,
I've been one and considered one of the best teams
right now, if not the best team in the NFL
in some people's eyes.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Look at the Lions. Yeah, I'm so excited for Detroit.
I'm so excited for this team and for this group.
I think it's great. I think it's going to be
one of those games where almost like that Jets Eagles game, right, like,
we did not expect that.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
I think we have to be prepared for the unexpected.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
I still think that the Lions here have a bigger
advantage just because they weren't just on the other side
of the world, right in here in the US plane
lights out. I'm excited for that game. That's when I
really really have circled. But I love that you mentioned
the viral Chargers fan. So please having a moment Okay, yeah,
(03:05):
a few moments, A few moments quite yeah, uh if
you say they're on the screen.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
And people were questioning whether she was a real fan plant,
she was a plant and actress. What she was exactly.
There was a photo that surface of her in a
Vikings uniform and she had said that she supported her
kids who played sports, and she's from Minnesota and she
grew up a Vikings fan and.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
She then moved to La had been here for now
twenty some odd years.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Once the Chargers came, she decided she was going to
be this massive fan, and so they kept going back
to her with these cutaways.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
So funny.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, during the Monday night football game. Yeah, between the
Chargers and the Cowboys.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
It's hysterical because what I loved most about this is
all of the all of them multipurpose memes that have
come out from her expression, right, Like there's a whole
sub category of like different. Wow, she was hardcore Vikings.
I had not seen rowback picture of the same glasses
(04:16):
to it looks like you're similar glasses.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I love her, I love her, love her for.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Us, love it for the sports, anyone who can get
that into it, and just she was in it at
every beat, every part.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
She was she was. Now can I be totally one here?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
On the l Huddle podcast Now, she says that she
does that during her kids youth sports.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Games, oh times one hundred out at the Pop Warnerfield.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yes, and as a youth sport parent, and you see
some of these parents who.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Get over zealous or who are.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Pushing their their kids to be the very best, or
going after the refs or the umpires.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
I don't know how that would Jive.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Sports brought casting careers started covering youth sports, youth football specifically, so.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
I know exactly what. But I think she's lovely. The
game coverage that much more fun. You know. We love
something that we can we can talk about on social content.
And I love that it was a.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Female fan, a mom in the stands like yes, doing
it for us. Going back to that game too, I
love that ESPN two or those simulcasted the Spanish broadcast
for that game between the Chargers and the Cowboys. And
I feel like I think those of us here in
Nostra Amilia understand the significance of this because I just
(05:43):
think back to my dad when he first started getting
into American football. If he was able to watch it
in his native language, how much deeper.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Of an appreciation he would have had.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
I mean, he still loved it right because it was
just so special, but to listen to it and not
worry about understanding something or getting a cadence like it's
a big deal.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Will it's a huge deal because this with my parents,
they had zero idea about the game and how it
impacted me or my brothers as we were watching it.
And I do think something like this would help out Now.
There is obviously people who resist the chain or resist
(06:22):
the fact that it is in a different language, but.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
But it's not for you.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
It's not.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
And there is a large portion of this population that
is like us, that is a first generation Latino Latina
who grew up either speaking Spanish or grew up in
a Spanish speaking household, or just are proud of the
fact that they're Latinos and they are hearing and seeing.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Something like this.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
It's come a long, long way from what it used
to be.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
I love it and I think one of the bigger
things is the people behind the microphone, and we have
one of them joining us. You can hear her voice
on Monday Night Football as well the ESPN, and she is.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
After break here on.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
The podcast ut Down.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
My heart is so happy, so happy that voice the
one and only ESPN you can hear her on Monday
Night Football, but you can see her everywhere. She's also
an all star athlete. Rebecca La, welcome to it.
Speaker 5 (07:51):
Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited
to be here in the Uttel. I see you guys
every week on social media, so being here is just
really exciting for me.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
We're we're really excited and for me, like, look it's
it's I just saw you. I feel like in London, yes, Rica, Yeah,
before that first first series that we covered and between
the Jaguars and the Bills, and then I know that
you were leaving immediately after to go back to lasil
Le Mehico to call a Monday night gay. I mean,
(08:21):
you're all over the place. I love to see. It
could not be happier. But how do you sustain all
that you do?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure. You know,
Like we don't sleep as much as we want to,
do our hobbies as much as we want to. But
the good thing is that we do what we love,
so we keep it together. That gives us a lot
of energy. And honestly I do it. I feel with
a great team. Like I went and did something amazing.
(08:51):
I had never been to London, so being there getting
kind of to see the city not so much because
I had so much work I barely got to see it.
But then coming back and having the support of like
the whole ESPN group, all the information the research sends out.
I have a play by play coach, I have my
football coach which I see video with him every week
(09:14):
just prior to our game. So just like having all
of an army that supports me allows me to do
kind of everything at the same time.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
In crabb place de meto del de rebeca, uh, it's
it's with the with the calls in Spanish. We love
them because the enthusiasm really is unmatched. We love our
English counterparts, no doubt about it, but there's something about
the Spanish broadcast that really brings out the excitement the enthusiasm.
(09:47):
Why do you think that is, Chris, Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
I think we're just very passionate people in general. Like
we do everything, like you know, with so much energy.
And I think also we kind of grew up watching
soccer or football, you know, so we grew up with
the goal, so we kind of always bring that emotion
to sport. Is just part of our culture. And I
(10:12):
don't know, that's just the way I kind of do it.
Like I love Footballcio is my partner in the broadcast.
He also loves football. So it's just kind of like
being our most authentic selves on screen, you know, trying
to manage our voice and everything of course, but in
the end, just enjoying it, right.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
It's the moments when you're not managing it right, when
like that that cheese spot, that song just comes through
because you.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Don't know any other way. Like this is how us
as Latinos.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Not only live our lives but also consume the sports
that we love. So I would expect nothing less. And
for me and the Spanish calls are my favorite calls.
I'm not shy about talking about it. So you just
came off of that Chargers Cowboys game. Crazy game. But
a big part of that, speaking of Spanish broadcast, is
that Dallas Cowboys Spanish broadcast team had to call the
game from the press box. Now, I have to tell you,
(11:04):
this is something that I have seen happen before in
other in other games.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Other states.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
You have you have seen this before?
Speaker 1 (11:11):
I have seen it, not a ton, but I have
seen it happen once or twice. Because as most as
both of you know, for those of you listening in
the press box is a work zone, so it is
very quiet. They're predominantly writers, beat writers, tapping away, taking
like very close attention to what's happening on the field,
(11:32):
listening to the pr staffs telling us what's going on,
injury updates.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
So there's a lot happening.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
So when you suddenly here not just the broadcast scene,
but a Spanish languord broadcast team on that to Reveca's point,
with a lot of enthusiasm, you take notice. So for
you you were calling that exact same game, like what
did what did you think of that?
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Like?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Have you seen it before? Because I know I have.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
I'm not sure if I have seen it before. I've
maybe heard of it happening before, but I've never been there,
and I guess it was pretty exciting, but also that
kind of goes to show the passion, right like, oh,
we don't have a workspace, we're not gonna stop, like
we have to deliver to this big passionate fan base,
so we're just gonna make it work wherever. And I'm
(12:18):
pretty proud of them for doing that. I know it
was kind of like breaching some of the rules, you know,
where you're supposed to be quiet because people are like
typing and writing and doing their own kind of hits
and stuff.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
They're also supposed to option.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
Yeah, and I guess for people that were working there,
it was also like really special to see you know
Labur's very own personal broadcast. Uh yeah, Danish with very
passionate broadcasters. So kudos to them for doing that.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Honestly, I think we have a flipper so we can
hear it right.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Well, yeah, let's go to it.
Speaker 7 (12:54):
Boss Prescott's brand that cooks like down doing flower.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
Yeah, I love.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
It, loving for it.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
He didn't bring down the volume, he didn't water it down.
He said, well, this is my job, this is what
I have to do.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
The whatever. I don't know what the.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Logistics were, so I don't want to drag anybody, but
they had a job to do there. I did notice
that in the background, everybody else like headphones in.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Oh yeah, and they were and they were looking. They
were looking at them like, wait, what's going on there? Well,
they're just doing their things. Say no mean porta de
los s amos.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
I see. And it's amazing that it didn't stop them
at all.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
Rebecca, Yeah, no, like I said, they were just like,
we have to do our job. There's a very big
fan base in Latin America. I'm sure you guys know
is die hard. Oh you can't just not give them
what they want, you know, especially if it's a Cowboys
or an LA Chargers games where you have so many
(14:07):
people in Tijuana in Elbaso, they are all very big fans,
so they knew they were having like a big audience
as well. I'm proud that they did that, honestly, and
like you said, MJ, that they didn't tone it down.
They were like their most authentic selves. Knew they had
broduct to the liver and I guess they did it amazingly.
And then now they're viral because of what they did.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
Just oazing sano las manos.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
One thing that I always like to ask our announcers
that come on is the terms, whether it's Mary Sky
de Campo or using quarterback or ala cerrada a la berta,
those sorts of terms are saying a tight end or
you know, a defensive end. How do you decide what
(14:55):
terms to use that everybody understands to make it easier
for everyone.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
Yeah, I honestly try to use like the original because
sometimes it's so hard to translate. Like, for example, I
don't like the word which is the word for linebackers, Like,
I don't like that word, so I like to say
a linebacker, And honestly, I think it's kind of like
the slang of the sport. And there's some things that
you can't translate, so I don't know, for like in
(15:24):
tennis you say forty love, we don't say in Spanish love, right,
And then those things where I feel you have to
kind of respect the sport and if you're a fan,
you will understand when I say a sack instead of
if I say a tight end instead of a linebacker
(15:46):
instead of a So like I just try to keep
it as honest to the original language of the sport,
and there are some things that you can't really just
say uh in in Spanish. You know, there are words
that are just hard to translate. So I feel it goes,
you know, in tune with what I try to do.
(16:07):
Just keep it as consistent as possible.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
To your point too, Like the fans, most of the
Latino fans, and especially when you're talking about American football,
they learned the sport in English, right.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
But translated it spent like we adapted the things.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
But I had a similar situation with baseball, right, where
obviously a home run is on quadrangulad, but in Dominican Republic,
like we still say home wrong. Is that an actual word? No,
it isn't. It's a term that we made of that
sounds that home run. Yeah, well that's just a really
powerful hit. But like it was an adapted term that
(16:43):
we were like, well it makes sense, we get what
it means, and it just comes from depronunciation with the accent, right,
But we always figure it out and we make it
our own. And so I love that you infuse both
of those things. It's just comes down to like what
fears natural to you? Right while you're in the book,
ye can't imagine.
Speaker 5 (16:58):
And then there's sometimes that's so hard. For example, when
when you see a naked you know where they do
a play action and then they do a naked I
don't want to say this nula and it Spaniola naked.
It's just hard, Like, how am I going to say
this Nula? People will not know what I'm talking about.
I'm just gonna say to naked. Those are the words
that you don't want to translate.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Well, how how about the the fact that it is Mexicana, right,
and there are fans de Peru right that Colombia and
they're from everywhere. Do you ever feel cognizant of your
Mexican accent where somebody, say, from Chile is listening to
you and they think, well, wait a second, that accent
is different. Does that ever enter into your head at all?
Speaker 5 (17:43):
Yeah? Yeah, And it's kind of weird because honestly, I'm Mexican,
but a lot of people like always ask me where
are you from, because your like accent is so different.
So my fiance is from Argentina and a different part
of Mexico, and then I have like a northern accent.
It's just kind of mixed all over the place because
I also live in Mexico City, so a lot of
(18:05):
don't know where I'm from, and I kind of take
pride in that in the way where I'm like kind
of neutral and people don't necessarily say like, oh, she's Mexican.
And also I try to like keep the slang down,
you know, where I'm not saying Mexican words. I'm just
saying like words in Spanish that from Argentina to the
US people will understand. I won't. Example, is a lot getchio, Yeah,
(18:32):
so a lot of people won't know what that means.
I always try to keep it kind of formal in
a way where I'm not using Mexican slang, but more
like words that we all understand.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I love the Argentinian accent. I really do. Chico it's
the best. It is absolutely the best accent.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Yes, but they have a lot of words that the
rest of the world doesn't know. So now I hear them,
like with my friends and family and they're like, what's cancertto.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
To explain?
Speaker 4 (19:03):
You know?
Speaker 5 (19:03):
Yopengoko. So yeah, I don't use those in my broadcasts,
but I do use them in real life. I love it.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Sometimes in might fleet over you never know, but I
think the Argentine and fans will well appreciate that. Yeah, Nadimeka,
you became the first woman to call a nationally televised
NFL game on Spanish language TV in the US. Okay, herey,
what does that mean to you and how do you
feel that impacts the next generation of women who are
(19:33):
trying to get into sports broadcasting.
Speaker 5 (19:35):
Yes, well, when I first got that opportunity, which was
last year, I think it was like week two, I
was so honored, honestly, and yeah, just so, I started
doing this because I saw that there was a lack
of women doing it, and also because there was a
lot of resistance to women doing it. So I was like, Okay,
(19:57):
this is something that is not open, like we need
to make the space. So having this space to do it,
but then also doing it like in most of the
continent and where people in Spanish and in English could
hear me was amazing to me. And it was also
a big sense of responsibility to know that, Okay, we
don't get these opportunities as often, so I need to
(20:18):
do a really good job because if I do, then
people will start thinking about Okay, can they be analysts,
can they be play by places. Can they be coaches?
Can they be players?
Speaker 3 (20:28):
You know?
Speaker 5 (20:29):
And it's been so beautiful to see that. So last
year I did three primetime games. This year I'm doing
all of Monday night football games like game and then
I'm doing something it was season games. But the most
beautiful thing has been people asking me, for example in ESPN,
like hey, do you know any woman analysts? And that
(20:50):
for me was like a big win. They were not
looking for me, obviously, because I'm not an analyst, but
that's my point. Like my whole mantra in this whole
process is lyft as you climb, So I'm climbing, but
I also want to bring other women with me, and
I've contacted a few of them and said, like, hey,
in a couple of years, they're going to be looking
for girls or women like you. Make sure you're prepared.
(21:14):
This is my play by play coach, this is my
football coach, this is this and this, so make sure
to be ready if this is something that you want.
Because I really do feel those opportunities are starting to
be given even more now and that's just the biggest
part of this, right So I'm excited about becoming the
first one It's still amazing to me to think, like, Okay,
(21:34):
it's twenty twenty two in that moment and I'm becoming
the first woman at something. It's just crazy. But the
big point is that I'm not the first one. The
big point is that how many are coming after me?
That's what I want.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
It's changed so much, Rebecca and MJ.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Because I remember Andres Cantor that he would do the
games in studio. He was never on site, and that
always blew my mind away. And now it feels like
these arennouncing teams are actually on site. How important is
that for the announcing crew to actually be there and
to experience the players and the action up front.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Yeah, I know it's huge, just because I notice the difference.
For example, when I do play by play for tennis
for the Grand Slams, I'm doing it from home. But
when the tournaments in Mexico are happening, I go to
the tournaments, and that's super different for me. I'm doing
Monday night football from a cabin in Mexico City, so
I'm traveling. I don't get that chance that you say,
(22:40):
where you can see other things. I'm literally seeing the
same thing. The fans are seeing at home, So we
just need to, you know, find ways. Now, COVID has
given us other opportunities. For example, on Sundays, I do
NFL games for Central America, and I do it from home,
and the person that I'm doing it with is at
(23:00):
his house. He can be in Miami, he can be
in Canada, or he can be in Mexico City. And
that's another challenge because you're not even in the same
room with them. So once you get to be in
the same room with them, that's even better. And if
you get to be in the same room with them
at the stadium where the game is being played, that's
even better. But that's something that I haven't been able
to experience just yet. So I'm hoping at some point,
(23:25):
yeah this I'll get to travel and then do the
game for the stadium. I know it's a big, big difference.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
But that's what makes it even more impressive to me,
because so often we feed off of the energy of
the game day of being there, of the fans, Because
even if we're in a press box or in a booth,
the fans are right there, they're not that far removed
from You can hear the hits almost just as clear
as if you were on the sideline. So the fact
that the way you present and now I guess we're
(23:52):
pulling the veil back right like most people probably thought
you were in an come to how to, we'll give
you all the tricks of the trade. But it to
me is I already knew that information. But like for
me listening to you, I forget, I forget that you're
not even there. And that's a testament to your talent,
to how hard you work and to the time and effort.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
That you put into it.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
One of the things in Tebeca, and I don't know
if you've experienced this right as a woman in sports
broadcasting covering mostly male sports, The biggest criticism or the
biggest opposition that you'll find that I have found, because
I only want to speak for myself here is like, oh,
well you didn't lace them up in the NFL, but
(24:36):
you didn't play this first of all, please spare me,
Please use your breaths.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
I didn't say anything.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
I'm talking about the proverbial you. But for for.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
For everyone who doesn't know, Rebeca is a football player,
a gold.
Speaker 4 (24:55):
Medal winning football player.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Yeah so nono, right, oh there you go, but UH
love it.
Speaker 4 (25:21):
I love it so much. I love to see it.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
I guess that is the same team as our good
friend of the show, the NFL championship team. It's incredible
and now we were just talking about it to make
a flag football added to the twenty twenty eight Olympic
Games in Los Angeles, so pretty far aways away, but
I know the push that all of you who have
played this sport and who have played at the highest
(25:44):
level have been making for this. So when you heard
the news earlier this week, what was your what was
your reaction?
Speaker 5 (25:49):
Yeah, so I kind of already knew. I heard of
it in London, so it wasn't official yet. You know,
the voting had to go through, but we kind of
already knew where it was going. So I don't know.
It's just I had time to process it, let's just
say like that. And I was like, I can't believe it.
(26:11):
I can't believe it. I can't believe it. And when
it was announced, I had so many mixed feelings because
in a way, it's like, Wow, this little sport that
we started playing so long ago, that we had to
fight for like fields and coaches and jerseys and everything else. Okay,
now this is me twelve.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Yeah, okay, okay, I see you.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
No, that's me number twelve. So I played for Mexico
as a defensive end and as a quarterback, so depending
on where they need me, I move around on the field.
And yeah, that's kind of one of our greatest moments.
Of course when we won the gold medal at the
World Games against the US, which they had beat us
(27:01):
in the World Championship six months prior, so it was
just like, oh, we needed that. Yeah. So yeah, it
was a mixture of feelings just because you know, this
is like this little thing that we have loved forever
and now it's going to be huge. People were asking me, like,
what's the advice you give to all of the little
girls and boys that are now going to be playing
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and that they can dream about being Olympic athletes, And
I was just saying, like, never lose the joy for
this sport, you know, because when so much pressure comes
into it and there's so much so much expectation, like
you start losing focus of why you really do this,
you know. So I'm super happy that it's in the
(27:44):
biggest stage. I think it deserves to be there. I
think it's going to stay there. I don't think it's
just going to be for LA twenty twenty eight. But
I do really hope that we never lose the joy
of just playing for the pleasure of play. And yeah,
mixed feelings as well, because, like you said, it's in
five years and I don't even know where I'll be
so right now I'm a national player, but in five years,
(28:06):
so many things could happen that I really wish it
would just be like Paris twenty twenty four. Right now, well.
Speaker 2 (28:14):
Admit and oh yeah, well, hopefully in five years it
will continue to be crushing it now. I didn't realize
that flag football was called tocito.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Yeah, I had no idea about that. Now.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
I grew up in MJ. We always talked about this
on the podcast. That we grew up with boxing, with soccer,
with baseball. Football was not something that we ever talked about.
My parents had no clue about it, let alone. If
I said, hey, boy, who got a tochito? They'd say,
I guess is so?
Speaker 3 (28:46):
Guess is?
Speaker 2 (28:46):
So? How did you make that transition to play flag
football when there's a big portion of the population that
is playing soccer or baseball?
Speaker 3 (28:59):
Or other sports.
Speaker 5 (29:01):
Yeah. So I grew up in a sports family and
my dad was a basketball player and my mom is
a tennis player. So we never really were into soccer
as like Mexican's fans are into soccer, you know, where
they stand in front of the TV or they go
to the stadium like we did taekwondo, tennis, judo, swimming, ballet, ice, skating.
(29:27):
I did so many other things. I had nothing to
do with soccer. But I fell in love with American
football when I was eight, I saw Remember the Titans.
My dad took me.
Speaker 4 (29:36):
To the movies to see it.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
Best movie ever. Also because of my background and where
I come from, it was really impactful for me to
see how through sports we could generate so much change,
and like, that's what the movie taught me. Right, So
I fell in love with American football. I told my
dad I want to play American football. He was like,
let's go. So he took me to the local club
(30:01):
and they were like you're too old now. I was
like thirteen, you can't play with boys at this age.
We don't have like a woman's so I'm sorry, you
won't be able to play. And I was like okay,
so I just became a big fan of football. And
then a friend of mine, knowing this, told me like, Hey,
I'm gonna invite you to my Tochito team, and I
was like, what's Tochito? I had no idea. He was like,
(30:23):
if you love football, you're gonna love Torchito. So I
got there and there was a football and there were
like this little strings on their waists and I played
and I did really well, like beginner stuck, you know,
where you just play free and it's just all fun
and you do really good. And I was sixteen, and
ever since I've been playing flag football. So it's been
(30:45):
about half of my life. I'm thirty two now, so
half of my life I've been playing flag football. And
the flag is life.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
Honestly, that was awesome. Happy, That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Like when you watch the movie, was it in Spanish
or were there the subtitles because hearing Denzel speaks Spanish
because on Fire Man on Fire his Spanish is pretty good.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
So if they were able to dub it over, I
mean that sells a stun.
Speaker 5 (31:14):
That's a question. I have never in my life gone
and I have no idea I was in Spanish because
by then I didn't know a lot of English. I
was eight, I was living in Mexico, you know, so
I'm pretty sure it was translated Espanol. I can't remember,
but the impact was there.
Speaker 4 (31:33):
Right the story.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
The story came through, for sure, your story continues to
come through. I have to tell you a couple times here,
and I'm glad that that my counterpart in Will knows
how to sort of even out the energy because I
just listening to you like makes me just listening to
your story. Watch can you watching you shine? Every time
I see you. I was so excited that you were
(31:56):
in London when we saw each other on the sideline.
It's just a constant reminder that there are more of
us out there and that you are forging a path
for so many other Latinas who want to do this.
Speaker 4 (32:07):
So congratulations, Amiga.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
Can't wait to see what else is coming for you,
because I know it's much of us Exito than what
you've already done.
Speaker 4 (32:14):
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
And sharing a little bit of your joy and your
story here on Huddle.
Speaker 5 (32:19):
Thank you so much as well. And mjuh that that
you just said to me is also something that you
have made me feel before. I remember in the LA
Super Bowl you did. You gave a speech at an
event that was called MVP and I was there and
I saw you, and it was just a magical moment
for me because, like you said, sometimes we might feel
(32:41):
like we're alone, you know, in this battle, and it's
just really nice to know that we aren't. So you've
got a friend in me and a teammate in me
all the way from Mexico. Yeah, and all the women
out there that are listening to us, You're not alone.
You're welcome. This is a space for you. You belong
in football, So come and join me. There's plenty of
(33:03):
stags us.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
We need you here, absolutely, SACA.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
That's my premier mana right there, and so so I know,
I know.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
It was really nice being here with you guys. Thank
you so much.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
Stadium Sam pretty bad.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
And yeah, that would hurt as a forty fan to
see that take place.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
That was a forty one yard attempt. Moody the rookie.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Missed it, and that was the game that the forty
nine ers could have won. There were some falls well,
I say because there were a couple of calls that
I think went against them that maybe shouldn't have either way.
The Browns did win the game, and they did so
(34:14):
with a defense that dominated and played so well. And
Jin Chortz, who's the defensive coordinator. That guy just has
Kyle Shannon and number you know, he's eight and one
against Kyle Shanahan.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
So who's cracked the code?
Speaker 1 (34:31):
MJ Sure, But we also can't forget that the two
of the biggest offensive playmakers on the forty nine ers
left the game with injuries, both Deebo Samuel and Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 4 (34:43):
Those are two.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Huge holes they get Trent Williams knot and Trent Williams
they cannot fill, right Like, that's a significant part of
why they continue to have some struggles. It was a
tough game, I think for fortnitees across the board, but
to not have the three of those guys on there.
Speaker 4 (35:02):
Now they are.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Expected to be back before or Monday's game in Minnesota,
which our buddy fitted Eco talked about sort.
Speaker 4 (35:09):
Of a full circle moment for him. But it is
it is. You have to take it in its totality.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
That game, right that was one of the games I
had to watch back because of course the time difference.
I was still in London at the time. So yeah,
if you can imagine, like I just went through an
entire game day, right, twelve hours at the stadium. By
the time I got back to our home base, our hotel,
the early slate games are barely getting started.
Speaker 4 (35:34):
If you can, if you just if you can do
the travel.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
Map, Yeah, it's a lot.
Speaker 4 (35:39):
So I had to watch it when I came. I
came back.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Of course I'm following along, but I was like, wait
a sec. Actually I watched it at the airport because
I had BLUs. I could watch it back, but it's
it's crazy, Like I for you, what do you think
it was? Many of the things that went wrong for
the forty nine ers in.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
That I think to your point, I do think missing
those three guys, I think that Brock Purdy did miss
some throws that he'd probably like to have back. And
there were some throws that say Brandon and I you
drop some passes. But again, I gotta really say that
defense for the Browns is legit.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
There's a reason.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
Why it's a top defense in the NFL. I think,
you know, Miles Garrett and a Zadarius Smith, those guys
are just beast and they and they handled their business
there in the Dog Pound. And you know these are
going to be games that early on teams like the
forty nine Ers and the Eagles who lost, they lost
(36:32):
games that maybe they were expected to win but didn't.
So you're going to have those sorts of games. But
good on the Dog Pound for coming away with the win.
With the Eagles, you know, there's this concern that now
Jalen hurts, he's throwing a lot of interceptions.
Speaker 3 (36:48):
Is there something wrong with him?
Speaker 2 (36:50):
Because the Eagles, while they were undefeated, something hasn't felt
quite right with them and something Yeah, something just feels
off because at this point last year they just felt
more dominating right where it feels like now the Lions
are feeling this ground swell. Now the Eagles, you know
(37:11):
we talked about the forty nine Ers have to rebound,
have to rebound and go play in Minnesota. The Eagles
have to play your Dolphins, Like that's going to be
a great game. Like how the Eagles are going to
encounter that track meet?
Speaker 4 (37:23):
Yeah? Uh, look, I always always got nervous.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
What I know that it is a tougher matchup I
think than like most people expect. But I love the
way that the Dolphins have been trending, not just because
there are my team, but it just really gives me.
You know that a Dolphins bands are always cautiously optimistic
to mystic, Yes, right, mystic, but this year's team there's
(37:50):
just something you can sort of see it. It's similar
to the Lions, Like it's not this like Cinderella story,
Oh my god. No, there has been very intentional work
put in, not just to the pieces that are on
the team, but the way that the team is trending.
Speaker 4 (38:03):
So you want to swell at the right time.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
And I see a lot of different things happening, both
in the Lions aspect and with the Dolphins in the
way that they are improving throughout the year, and so
that makes me very excited and very confident. With the Eagles,
You're right, I think even though they were undefeated, it
was the way that they were winning or getting those
dubs early that I was like, Okay, yeah, they got
(38:27):
the W but hmm, interesting, not the way I was
expecting it, or not even what we're expected to see
from what we saw last year of that team that
went on a Super Bowl run. So I think context
is important, Like you can't just look at the win
loss column. I think for the people who just saw
wins and losses when it came to the Lions last year,
didn't pay attention to how they were building throughout the year,
(38:50):
how difficult it was for their opponents in every single game,
and just how close so many of these games were.
So always remember the other layers to the store.
Speaker 2 (39:00):
Yeah, well, that's a good way to cap off the
show with our e booon to where we put a
little bow on the podcast. And for me, my ebunto
has to be the fact that we have now six
teams who are on their cs the seat that'ts right now, right,
six teams who their buys.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
I think that's what we're gonna call bays here on
the podcast, right.
Speaker 2 (39:24):
Yeah, they're taking the seat right and so we're just
seeing week in and week out, there's more of these
injuries that are are piling up to star players or
players that have come out of nowhere to really stake
their claim on the big stage, like Kyron Williams.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
He's going to be missing some time.
Speaker 2 (39:42):
The Rams is gonna be facing the Steelers, and we
talked about Devon Chen and James Connor.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
We mentioned them in the last podcast.
Speaker 2 (39:49):
So again with with these bye weeks, hopefully teams start
to catch their breath, are able to get some of
their stars back.
Speaker 3 (39:59):
We could start.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
Slowly but surely enjoying them because right now, at this
time of year, it's all all about maintaining and trying
to stay as healthy as possible. That even goes for
Josh Allen. We saw got hurt shoulder injury. It looks
like he's day to day, but he's going to try
to play through it. So that's my bunto there. Let's
try to get these guys continuously to heal up get
(40:23):
better because it just makes the game better.
Speaker 1 (40:25):
Yeah, I feel my punto is I feel like we
blinked and we're onto week seven.
Speaker 3 (40:31):
Yeah, what crazy?
Speaker 4 (40:33):
What are you talking about? It's nuts like they are are.
I'm sure you know.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
Puma Nelson, one of the great floor managers here at
the NFL Networks, always cordates the hatsweek suit the best
stressful aroundager I've ever seen. But he told me a
long time ago, He's like, the days are long, but
the season is short. I think the players would argue
with me because on that point, since they're in it
(40:58):
every day and having to get treatment and going back
and forth, and there's the next week of the regular season.
But we're talking in the overall sense. It goes bye
so so fast. So enjoy every little piece of this
game that we love so much. Take in these moments,
trying not to get too upset over things like your
fantasy league or leagues for those of you maniacs who
have more than two.
Speaker 4 (41:19):
I can barely keep up with two.
Speaker 3 (41:21):
Yeah, who was it?
Speaker 1 (41:22):
It was Maurice Jones Drew who said he was in
like eleven. I was like, sir, please go sit down,
that's exactly here, and j what are you talking about?
But yes, take in the season. It goes by fast,
and before we know it, we'll be in Vegas for
the Super Bowl watching Usher.
Speaker 2 (41:34):
I love it for us, Will, Yeah, I love it too.
Love that you are back, safe and sound. I know
they're going to be off to Germany here next month,
and it looks like you could be on your way
to either Brazil or Spain because you're going to see
an international game one of those spots.
Speaker 3 (41:51):
It looks like it won't be.
Speaker 2 (41:52):
In Mexico City again unfortunately, just because they're still renovating
the stadium, but either way Great Destinations, Cairo Santos.
Speaker 3 (42:01):
He was on the podcast.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
He said, oh, it'd be great if the Bears could
be in Brazil and I could be imagined so like
the Pride, something like that would would provide would be amazing.
Speaker 3 (42:12):
Again, another amazing pod.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
Primedmana always a pleasure if you like what you hear,
we hope that you do download, subscribe and like wherever
you get your podcast.
Speaker 3 (42:25):
I'm will Salva. She is my Primermana. MJ.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Cata ruiz ave Adios.
Speaker 4 (42:32):
Hios.
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
Little Yeah, both remaining undefeated and the falling that was
the Eagles losing to the Jets and then earlier in
the day the forty nine Ers losing to the Rounds.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
What's good, everybody?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Welcome to the l Huddle podcast, where we celebrate Latino culture,
the NFL and beyond.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
I'm Will Salva.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I am not Marian Do who is that passionate Chargers fan,
but I am joined by my Ermana, my prima, my
prima Ermana mj Acosta. He's fresh froom, London in the house.
What's up, premiure man. How's the trip?
Speaker 4 (01:10):
The trip was great. I will tell you.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
As much as I love London and loved being there,
I was ready. I was read d to come home
to just be at my house.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Days right, one days.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
It's a long time, it is, it is, but we
got We packed a lot into the ten days. I
feel like I stayed on the LA time zone.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Because sleeping over there was rough. I don't know why.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
I don't know what was You stayed, Okay, you stayed
in the time zones for sure?
Speaker 4 (01:41):
For sure I did it was nuts.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
So I'm feeling pretty like pretty good being back home,
Like I'm like, okay, yep, time to go to bed,
whereas like five am, I was wide awake in la
in London rather so it's good. But we got to
turn around in a couple of weeks and head to Germany,
which is going to be crazy.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Yeah, lucky you.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And seeing the game on NFL Network again, great crowd
that we saw to watch the Titans and the Bills
play each other.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
What was your takeaway from that game?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Because the Ravens are now going to be playing the Lions,
I've been one and considered one of the best teams
right now, if not the best team in the NFL
in some people's eyes.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Look at the Lions. Yeah, I'm so excited for Detroit.
I'm so excited for this team and for this group.
I think it's great. I think it's going to be
one of those games where almost like that Jets Eagles game, right, like,
we did not expect that.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
I think we have to be prepared for the unexpected.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
I still think that the Lions here have a bigger
advantage just because they weren't just on the other side
of the world, right in here in the US plane
lights out. I'm excited for that game. That's when I
really really have circled. But I love that you mentioned
the viral Chargers fan. So please having a moment Okay, yeah,
(03:05):
a few moments, A few moments quite yeah, uh if
you say they're on the screen.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
And people were questioning whether she was a real fan plant,
she was a plant and actress. What she was exactly.
There was a photo that surface of her in a
Vikings uniform and she had said that she supported her
kids who played sports, and she's from Minnesota and she
grew up a Vikings fan and.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
She then moved to La had been here for now
twenty some odd years.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Once the Chargers came, she decided she was going to
be this massive fan, and so they kept going back
to her with these cutaways.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
So funny.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, during the Monday night football game. Yeah, between the
Chargers and the Cowboys.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
It's hysterical because what I loved most about this is
all of the all of them multipurpose memes that have
come out from her expression, right, Like there's a whole
sub category of like different. Wow, she was hardcore Vikings.
I had not seen rowback picture of the same glasses
(04:16):
to it looks like you're similar glasses.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I love her, I love her, love her for.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Us, love it for the sports, anyone who can get
that into it, and just she was in it at
every beat, every part.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
She was she was. Now can I be totally one here?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
On the l Huddle podcast Now, she says that she
does that during her kids youth sports.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Games, oh times one hundred out at the Pop Warnerfield.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yes, and as a youth sport parent, and you see
some of these parents who.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Get over zealous or who are.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Pushing their their kids to be the very best, or
going after the refs or the umpires.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
I don't know how that would Jive.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Sports brought casting careers started covering youth sports, youth football specifically, so.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
I know exactly what. But I think she's lovely. The
game coverage that much more fun. You know. We love
something that we can we can talk about on social content.
And I love that it was a.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Female fan, a mom in the stands like yes, doing
it for us. Going back to that game too, I
love that ESPN two or those simulcasted the Spanish broadcast
for that game between the Chargers and the Cowboys. And
I feel like I think those of us here in
Nostra Amilia understand the significance of this because I just
(05:43):
think back to my dad when he first started getting
into American football. If he was able to watch it
in his native language, how much deeper.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Of an appreciation he would have had.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
I mean, he still loved it right because it was
just so special, but to listen to it and not
worry about understanding something or getting a cadence like it's
a big deal.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Will it's a huge deal because this with my parents,
they had zero idea about the game and how it
impacted me or my brothers as we were watching it.
And I do think something like this would help out Now.
There is obviously people who resist the chain or resist
(06:22):
the fact that it is in a different language, but.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
But it's not for you.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
It's not.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
And there is a large portion of this population that
is like us, that is a first generation Latino Latina
who grew up either speaking Spanish or grew up in
a Spanish speaking household, or just are proud of the
fact that they're Latinos and they are hearing and seeing.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Something like this.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
It's come a long, long way from what it used
to be.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
I love it and I think one of the bigger
things is the people behind the microphone, and we have
one of them joining us. You can hear her voice
on Monday Night Football as well the ESPN, and she is.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
After break here on.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
The podcast ut Down.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
My heart is so happy, so happy that voice the
one and only ESPN you can hear her on Monday
Night Football, but you can see her everywhere. She's also
an all star athlete. Rebecca La, welcome to it.
Speaker 5 (07:51):
Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited
to be here in the Uttel. I see you guys
every week on social media, so being here is just
really exciting for me.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
We're we're really excited and for me, like, look it's
it's I just saw you. I feel like in London, yes, Rica, Yeah,
before that first first series that we covered and between
the Jaguars and the Bills, and then I know that
you were leaving immediately after to go back to lasil
Le Mehico to call a Monday night gay. I mean,
(08:21):
you're all over the place. I love to see. It
could not be happier. But how do you sustain all
that you do?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure. You know,
Like we don't sleep as much as we want to,
do our hobbies as much as we want to. But
the good thing is that we do what we love,
so we keep it together. That gives us a lot
of energy. And honestly I do it. I feel with
a great team. Like I went and did something amazing.
(08:51):
I had never been to London, so being there getting
kind of to see the city not so much because
I had so much work I barely got to see it.
But then coming back and having the support of like
the whole ESPN group, all the information the research sends out.
I have a play by play coach, I have my
football coach which I see video with him every week
(09:14):
just prior to our game. So just like having all
of an army that supports me allows me to do
kind of everything at the same time.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
In crabb place de meto del de rebeca, uh, it's
it's with the with the calls in Spanish. We love
them because the enthusiasm really is unmatched. We love our
English counterparts, no doubt about it, but there's something about
the Spanish broadcast that really brings out the excitement the enthusiasm.
(09:47):
Why do you think that is, Chris, Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
I think we're just very passionate people in general. Like
we do everything, like you know, with so much energy.
And I think also we kind of grew up watching
soccer or football, you know, so we grew up with
the goal, so we kind of always bring that emotion
to sport. Is just part of our culture. And I
(10:12):
don't know, that's just the way I kind of do it.
Like I love Footballcio is my partner in the broadcast.
He also loves football. So it's just kind of like
being our most authentic selves on screen, you know, trying
to manage our voice and everything of course, but in
the end, just enjoying it, right.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
It's the moments when you're not managing it right, when
like that that cheese spot, that song just comes through
because you.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Don't know any other way. Like this is how us
as Latinos.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Not only live our lives but also consume the sports
that we love. So I would expect nothing less. And
for me and the Spanish calls are my favorite calls.
I'm not shy about talking about it. So you just
came off of that Chargers Cowboys game. Crazy game. But
a big part of that, speaking of Spanish broadcast, is
that Dallas Cowboys Spanish broadcast team had to call the
game from the press box. Now, I have to tell you,
(11:04):
this is something that I have seen happen before in
other in other games.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Other states.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
You have you have seen this before?
Speaker 1 (11:11):
I have seen it, not a ton, but I have
seen it happen once or twice. Because as most as
both of you know, for those of you listening in
the press box is a work zone, so it is
very quiet. They're predominantly writers, beat writers, tapping away, taking
like very close attention to what's happening on the field,
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listening to the pr staffs telling us what's going on,
injury updates.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
So there's a lot happening.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
So when you suddenly here not just the broadcast scene,
but a Spanish languord broadcast team on that to Reveca's point,
with a lot of enthusiasm, you take notice. So for
you you were calling that exact same game, like what
did what did you think of that?
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Like?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Have you seen it before? Because I know I have.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
I'm not sure if I have seen it before. I've
maybe heard of it happening before, but I've never been there,
and I guess it was pretty exciting, but also that
kind of goes to show the passion, right like, oh,
we don't have a workspace, we're not gonna stop, like
we have to deliver to this big passionate fan base,
so we're just gonna make it work wherever. And I'm
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pretty proud of them for doing that. I know it
was kind of like breaching some of the rules, you know,
where you're supposed to be quiet because people are like
typing and writing and doing their own kind of hits
and stuff.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
They're also supposed to option.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
Yeah, and I guess for people that were working there,
it was also like really special to see you know
Labur's very own personal broadcast. Uh yeah, Danish with very
passionate broadcasters. So kudos to them for doing that.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Honestly, I think we have a flipper so we can
hear it right.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Well, yeah, let's go to it.
Speaker 7 (12:54):
Boss Prescott's brand that cooks like down doing flower.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
Yeah, I love.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
It, loving for it.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
He didn't bring down the volume, he didn't water it down.
He said, well, this is my job, this is what
I have to do.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
The whatever. I don't know what the.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Logistics were, so I don't want to drag anybody, but
they had a job to do there. I did notice
that in the background, everybody else like headphones in.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Oh yeah, and they were and they were looking. They
were looking at them like, wait, what's going on there? Well,
they're just doing their things. Say no mean porta de
los s amos.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
I see. And it's amazing that it didn't stop them
at all.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
Rebecca, Yeah, no, like I said, they were just like,
we have to do our job. There's a very big
fan base in Latin America. I'm sure you guys know
is die hard. Oh you can't just not give them
what they want, you know, especially if it's a Cowboys
or an LA Chargers games where you have so many
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people in Tijuana in Elbaso, they are all very big fans,
so they knew they were having like a big audience
as well. I'm proud that they did that, honestly, and
like you said, MJ, that they didn't tone it down.
They were like their most authentic selves. Knew they had
broduct to the liver and I guess they did it amazingly.
And then now they're viral because of what they did.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
Just oazing sano las manos.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
One thing that I always like to ask our announcers
that come on is the terms, whether it's Mary Sky
de Campo or using quarterback or ala cerrada a la berta,
those sorts of terms are saying a tight end or
you know, a defensive end. How do you decide what
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terms to use that everybody understands to make it easier
for everyone.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
Yeah, I honestly try to use like the original because
sometimes it's so hard to translate. Like, for example, I
don't like the word which is the word for linebackers, Like,
I don't like that word, so I like to say
a linebacker, And honestly, I think it's kind of like
the slang of the sport. And there's some things that
you can't translate, so I don't know, for like in
(15:24):
tennis you say forty love, we don't say in Spanish love, right,
And then those things where I feel you have to
kind of respect the sport and if you're a fan,
you will understand when I say a sack instead of
if I say a tight end instead of a linebacker
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instead of a So like I just try to keep
it as honest to the original language of the sport,
and there are some things that you can't really just
say uh in in Spanish. You know, there are words
that are just hard to translate. So I feel it goes,
you know, in tune with what I try to do.
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Just keep it as consistent as possible.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
To your point too, Like the fans, most of the
Latino fans, and especially when you're talking about American football,
they learned the sport in English, right.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
But translated it spent like we adapted the things.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
But I had a similar situation with baseball, right, where
obviously a home run is on quadrangulad, but in Dominican Republic,
like we still say home wrong. Is that an actual word? No,
it isn't. It's a term that we made of that
sounds that home run. Yeah, well that's just a really
powerful hit. But like it was an adapted term that
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we were like, well it makes sense, we get what
it means, and it just comes from depronunciation with the accent, right,
But we always figure it out and we make it
our own. And so I love that you infuse both
of those things. It's just comes down to like what
fears natural to you? Right while you're in the book,
ye can't imagine.
Speaker 5 (16:58):
And then there's sometimes that's so hard. For example, when
when you see a naked you know where they do
a play action and then they do a naked I
don't want to say this nula and it Spaniola naked.
It's just hard, Like, how am I going to say
this Nula? People will not know what I'm talking about.
I'm just gonna say to naked. Those are the words
that you don't want to translate.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Well, how how about the the fact that it is Mexicana, right,
and there are fans de Peru right that Colombia and
they're from everywhere. Do you ever feel cognizant of your
Mexican accent where somebody, say, from Chile is listening to
you and they think, well, wait a second, that accent
is different. Does that ever enter into your head at all?
Speaker 5 (17:43):
Yeah? Yeah, And it's kind of weird because honestly, I'm Mexican,
but a lot of people like always ask me where
are you from, because your like accent is so different.
So my fiance is from Argentina and a different part
of Mexico, and then I have like a northern accent.
It's just kind of mixed all over the place because
I also live in Mexico City, so a lot of
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don't know where I'm from, and I kind of take
pride in that in the way where I'm like kind
of neutral and people don't necessarily say like, oh, she's Mexican.
And also I try to like keep the slang down,
you know, where I'm not saying Mexican words. I'm just
saying like words in Spanish that from Argentina to the
US people will understand. I won't. Example, is a lot getchio, Yeah,
(18:32):
so a lot of people won't know what that means.
I always try to keep it kind of formal in
a way where I'm not using Mexican slang, but more
like words that we all understand.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I love the Argentinian accent. I really do. Chico it's
the best. It is absolutely the best accent.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Yes, but they have a lot of words that the
rest of the world doesn't know. So now I hear them,
like with my friends and family and they're like, what's cancertto.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
To explain?
Speaker 4 (19:03):
You know?
Speaker 5 (19:03):
Yopengoko. So yeah, I don't use those in my broadcasts,
but I do use them in real life. I love it.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Sometimes in might fleet over you never know, but I
think the Argentine and fans will well appreciate that. Yeah, Nadimeka,
you became the first woman to call a nationally televised
NFL game on Spanish language TV in the US. Okay, herey,
what does that mean to you and how do you
feel that impacts the next generation of women who are
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trying to get into sports broadcasting.
Speaker 5 (19:35):
Yes, well, when I first got that opportunity, which was
last year, I think it was like week two, I
was so honored, honestly, and yeah, just so, I started
doing this because I saw that there was a lack
of women doing it, and also because there was a
lot of resistance to women doing it. So I was like, Okay,
(19:57):
this is something that is not open, like we need
to make the space. So having this space to do it,
but then also doing it like in most of the
continent and where people in Spanish and in English could
hear me was amazing to me. And it was also
a big sense of responsibility to know that, Okay, we
don't get these opportunities as often, so I need to
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do a really good job because if I do, then
people will start thinking about Okay, can they be analysts,
can they be play by places. Can they be coaches?
Can they be players?
Speaker 3 (20:28):
You know?
Speaker 5 (20:29):
And it's been so beautiful to see that. So last
year I did three primetime games. This year I'm doing
all of Monday night football games like game and then
I'm doing something it was season games. But the most
beautiful thing has been people asking me, for example in ESPN,
like hey, do you know any woman analysts? And that
(20:50):
for me was like a big win. They were not
looking for me, obviously, because I'm not an analyst, but
that's my point. Like my whole mantra in this whole
process is lyft as you climb, So I'm climbing, but
I also want to bring other women with me, and
I've contacted a few of them and said, like, hey,
in a couple of years, they're going to be looking
for girls or women like you. Make sure you're prepared.
(21:14):
This is my play by play coach, this is my
football coach, this is this and this, so make sure
to be ready if this is something that you want.
Because I really do feel those opportunities are starting to
be given even more now and that's just the biggest
part of this, right So I'm excited about becoming the
first one It's still amazing to me to think, like, Okay,
(21:34):
it's twenty twenty two in that moment and I'm becoming
the first woman at something. It's just crazy. But the
big point is that I'm not the first one. The
big point is that how many are coming after me?
That's what I want.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
It's changed so much, Rebecca and MJ.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Because I remember Andres Cantor that he would do the
games in studio. He was never on site, and that
always blew my mind away. And now it feels like
these arennouncing teams are actually on site. How important is
that for the announcing crew to actually be there and
to experience the players and the action up front.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Yeah, I know it's huge, just because I notice the difference.
For example, when I do play by play for tennis
for the Grand Slams, I'm doing it from home. But
when the tournaments in Mexico are happening, I go to
the tournaments, and that's super different for me. I'm doing
Monday night football from a cabin in Mexico City, so
I'm traveling. I don't get that chance that you say,
(22:40):
where you can see other things. I'm literally seeing the
same thing. The fans are seeing at home, So we
just need to, you know, find ways. Now, COVID has
given us other opportunities. For example, on Sundays, I do
NFL games for Central America, and I do it from home,
and the person that I'm doing it with is at
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his house. He can be in Miami, he can be
in Canada, or he can be in Mexico City. And
that's another challenge because you're not even in the same
room with them. So once you get to be in
the same room with them, that's even better. And if
you get to be in the same room with them
at the stadium where the game is being played, that's
even better. But that's something that I haven't been able
to experience just yet. So I'm hoping at some point,
(23:25):
yeah this I'll get to travel and then do the
game for the stadium. I know it's a big, big difference.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
But that's what makes it even more impressive to me,
because so often we feed off of the energy of
the game day of being there, of the fans, Because
even if we're in a press box or in a booth,
the fans are right there, they're not that far removed
from You can hear the hits almost just as clear
as if you were on the sideline. So the fact
that the way you present and now I guess we're
(23:52):
pulling the veil back right like most people probably thought
you were in an come to how to, we'll give
you all the tricks of the trade. But it to
me is I already knew that information. But like for
me listening to you, I forget, I forget that you're
not even there. And that's a testament to your talent,
to how hard you work and to the time and effort.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
That you put into it.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
One of the things in Tebeca, and I don't know
if you've experienced this right as a woman in sports
broadcasting covering mostly male sports, The biggest criticism or the
biggest opposition that you'll find that I have found, because
I only want to speak for myself here is like, oh,
well you didn't lace them up in the NFL, but
(24:36):
you didn't play this first of all, please spare me,
Please use your breaths.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
I didn't say anything.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
I'm talking about the proverbial you. But for for.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
For everyone who doesn't know, Rebeca is a football player,
a gold.
Speaker 4 (24:55):
Medal winning football player.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Yeah so nono, right, oh there you go, but UH
love it.
Speaker 4 (25:21):
I love it so much. I love to see it.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
I guess that is the same team as our good
friend of the show, the NFL championship team. It's incredible
and now we were just talking about it to make
a flag football added to the twenty twenty eight Olympic
Games in Los Angeles, so pretty far aways away, but
I know the push that all of you who have
played this sport and who have played at the highest
(25:44):
level have been making for this. So when you heard
the news earlier this week, what was your what was
your reaction?
Speaker 5 (25:49):
Yeah, so I kind of already knew. I heard of
it in London, so it wasn't official yet. You know,
the voting had to go through, but we kind of
already knew where it was going. So I don't know.
It's just I had time to process it, let's just
say like that. And I was like, I can't believe it.
(26:11):
I can't believe it. I can't believe it. And when
it was announced, I had so many mixed feelings because
in a way, it's like, Wow, this little sport that
we started playing so long ago, that we had to
fight for like fields and coaches and jerseys and everything else. Okay,
now this is me twelve.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Yeah, okay, okay, I see you.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
No, that's me number twelve. So I played for Mexico
as a defensive end and as a quarterback, so depending
on where they need me, I move around on the field.
And yeah, that's kind of one of our greatest moments.
Of course when we won the gold medal at the
World Games against the US, which they had beat us
(27:01):
in the World Championship six months prior, so it was
just like, oh, we needed that. Yeah. So yeah, it
was a mixture of feelings just because you know, this
is like this little thing that we have loved forever
and now it's going to be huge. People were asking me, like,
what's the advice you give to all of the little
girls and boys that are now going to be playing
(27:23):
and that they can dream about being Olympic athletes, And
I was just saying, like, never lose the joy for
this sport, you know, because when so much pressure comes
into it and there's so much so much expectation, like
you start losing focus of why you really do this,
you know. So I'm super happy that it's in the
(27:44):
biggest stage. I think it deserves to be there. I
think it's going to stay there. I don't think it's
just going to be for LA twenty twenty eight. But
I do really hope that we never lose the joy
of just playing for the pleasure of play. And yeah,
mixed feelings as well, because, like you said, it's in
five years and I don't even know where I'll be
so right now I'm a national player, but in five years,
(28:06):
so many things could happen that I really wish it
would just be like Paris twenty twenty four. Right now, well.
Speaker 2 (28:14):
Admit and oh yeah, well, hopefully in five years it
will continue to be crushing it now. I didn't realize
that flag football was called tocito.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Yeah, I had no idea about that. Now.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
I grew up in MJ. We always talked about this
on the podcast. That we grew up with boxing, with soccer,
with baseball. Football was not something that we ever talked about.
My parents had no clue about it, let alone. If
I said, hey, boy, who got a tochito? They'd say,
I guess is so?
Speaker 3 (28:46):
Guess is?
Speaker 2 (28:46):
So? How did you make that transition to play flag
football when there's a big portion of the population that
is playing soccer or baseball?
Speaker 3 (28:59):
Or other sports.
Speaker 5 (29:01):
Yeah. So I grew up in a sports family and
my dad was a basketball player and my mom is
a tennis player. So we never really were into soccer
as like Mexican's fans are into soccer, you know, where
they stand in front of the TV or they go
to the stadium like we did taekwondo, tennis, judo, swimming, ballet, ice, skating.
(29:27):
I did so many other things. I had nothing to
do with soccer. But I fell in love with American
football when I was eight, I saw Remember the Titans.
My dad took me.
Speaker 4 (29:36):
To the movies to see it.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
Best movie ever. Also because of my background and where
I come from, it was really impactful for me to
see how through sports we could generate so much change,
and like, that's what the movie taught me. Right, So
I fell in love with American football. I told my
dad I want to play American football. He was like,
let's go. So he took me to the local club
(30:01):
and they were like you're too old now. I was
like thirteen, you can't play with boys at this age.
We don't have like a woman's so I'm sorry, you
won't be able to play. And I was like okay,
so I just became a big fan of football. And
then a friend of mine, knowing this, told me like, Hey,
I'm gonna invite you to my Tochito team, and I
was like, what's Tochito? I had no idea. He was like,
(30:23):
if you love football, you're gonna love Torchito. So I
got there and there was a football and there were
like this little strings on their waists and I played
and I did really well, like beginner stuck, you know,
where you just play free and it's just all fun
and you do really good. And I was sixteen, and
ever since I've been playing flag football. So it's been
(30:45):
about half of my life. I'm thirty two now, so
half of my life I've been playing flag football. And
the flag is life.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
Honestly, that was awesome. Happy, That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Like when you watch the movie, was it in Spanish
or were there the subtitles because hearing Denzel speaks Spanish
because on Fire Man on Fire his Spanish is pretty good.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
So if they were able to dub it over, I
mean that sells a stun.
Speaker 5 (31:14):
That's a question. I have never in my life gone
and I have no idea I was in Spanish because
by then I didn't know a lot of English. I
was eight, I was living in Mexico, you know, so
I'm pretty sure it was translated Espanol. I can't remember,
but the impact was there.
Speaker 4 (31:33):
Right the story.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
The story came through, for sure, your story continues to
come through. I have to tell you a couple times here,
and I'm glad that that my counterpart in Will knows
how to sort of even out the energy because I
just listening to you like makes me just listening to
your story. Watch can you watching you shine? Every time
I see you. I was so excited that you were
(31:56):
in London when we saw each other on the sideline.
It's just a constant reminder that there are more of
us out there and that you are forging a path
for so many other Latinas who want to do this.
Speaker 4 (32:07):
So congratulations, Amiga.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
Can't wait to see what else is coming for you,
because I know it's much of us Exito than what
you've already done.
Speaker 4 (32:14):
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
And sharing a little bit of your joy and your
story here on Huddle.
Speaker 5 (32:19):
Thank you so much as well. And mjuh that that
you just said to me is also something that you
have made me feel before. I remember in the LA
Super Bowl you did. You gave a speech at an
event that was called MVP and I was there and
I saw you, and it was just a magical moment
for me because, like you said, sometimes we might feel
(32:41):
like we're alone, you know, in this battle, and it's
just really nice to know that we aren't. So you've
got a friend in me and a teammate in me
all the way from Mexico. Yeah, and all the women
out there that are listening to us, You're not alone.
You're welcome. This is a space for you. You belong
in football, So come and join me. There's plenty of
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stags us.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
We need you here, absolutely, SACA.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
That's my premier mana right there, and so so I know,
I know.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
It was really nice being here with you guys. Thank
you so much.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
Stadium Sam pretty bad.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
And yeah, that would hurt as a forty fan to
see that take place.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
That was a forty one yard attempt. Moody the rookie.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Missed it, and that was the game that the forty
nine ers could have won. There were some falls well,
I say because there were a couple of calls that
I think went against them that maybe shouldn't have either way.
The Browns did win the game, and they did so
(34:14):
with a defense that dominated and played so well. And
Jin Chortz, who's the defensive coordinator. That guy just has
Kyle Shannon and number you know, he's eight and one
against Kyle Shanahan.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
So who's cracked the code?
Speaker 1 (34:31):
MJ Sure, But we also can't forget that the two
of the biggest offensive playmakers on the forty nine ers
left the game with injuries, both Deebo Samuel and Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 4 (34:43):
Those are two.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Huge holes they get Trent Williams knot and Trent Williams
they cannot fill, right Like, that's a significant part of
why they continue to have some struggles. It was a
tough game, I think for fortnitees across the board, but
to not have the three of those guys on there.
Speaker 4 (35:02):
Now they are.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Expected to be back before or Monday's game in Minnesota,
which our buddy fitted Eco talked about sort.
Speaker 4 (35:09):
Of a full circle moment for him. But it is
it is. You have to take it in its totality.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
That game, right that was one of the games I
had to watch back because of course the time difference.
I was still in London at the time. So yeah,
if you can imagine, like I just went through an
entire game day, right, twelve hours at the stadium. By
the time I got back to our home base, our hotel,
the early slate games are barely getting started.
Speaker 4 (35:34):
If you can, if you just if you can do
the travel.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
Map, Yeah, it's a lot.
Speaker 4 (35:39):
So I had to watch it when I came. I
came back.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Of course I'm following along, but I was like, wait
a sec. Actually I watched it at the airport because
I had BLUs. I could watch it back, but it's
it's crazy, Like I for you, what do you think
it was? Many of the things that went wrong for
the forty nine ers in.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
That I think to your point, I do think missing
those three guys, I think that Brock Purdy did miss
some throws that he'd probably like to have back. And
there were some throws that say Brandon and I you
drop some passes. But again, I gotta really say that
defense for the Browns is legit.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
There's a reason.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
Why it's a top defense in the NFL. I think,
you know, Miles Garrett and a Zadarius Smith, those guys
are just beast and they and they handled their business
there in the Dog Pound. And you know these are
going to be games that early on teams like the
forty nine Ers and the Eagles who lost, they lost
(36:32):
games that maybe they were expected to win but didn't.
So you're going to have those sorts of games. But
good on the Dog Pound for coming away with the win.
With the Eagles, you know, there's this concern that now
Jalen hurts, he's throwing a lot of interceptions.
Speaker 3 (36:48):
Is there something wrong with him?
Speaker 2 (36:50):
Because the Eagles, while they were undefeated, something hasn't felt
quite right with them and something Yeah, something just feels
off because at this point last year they just felt
more dominating right where it feels like now the Lions
are feeling this ground swell. Now the Eagles, you know
(37:11):
we talked about the forty nine Ers have to rebound,
have to rebound and go play in Minnesota. The Eagles
have to play your Dolphins, Like that's going to be
a great game. Like how the Eagles are going to
encounter that track meet?
Speaker 4 (37:23):
Yeah? Uh, look, I always always got nervous.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
What I know that it is a tougher matchup I
think than like most people expect. But I love the
way that the Dolphins have been trending, not just because
there are my team, but it just really gives me.
You know that a Dolphins bands are always cautiously optimistic
to mystic, Yes, right, mystic, but this year's team there's
(37:50):
just something you can sort of see it. It's similar
to the Lions, Like it's not this like Cinderella story,
Oh my god. No, there has been very intentional work
put in, not just to the pieces that are on
the team, but the way that the team is trending.
Speaker 4 (38:03):
So you want to swell at the right time.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
And I see a lot of different things happening, both
in the Lions aspect and with the Dolphins in the
way that they are improving throughout the year, and so
that makes me very excited and very confident. With the Eagles,
You're right, I think even though they were undefeated, it
was the way that they were winning or getting those
dubs early that I was like, Okay, yeah, they got
(38:27):
the W but hmm, interesting, not the way I was
expecting it, or not even what we're expected to see
from what we saw last year of that team that
went on a Super Bowl run. So I think context
is important, Like you can't just look at the win
loss column. I think for the people who just saw
wins and losses when it came to the Lions last year,
didn't pay attention to how they were building throughout the year,
(38:50):
how difficult it was for their opponents in every single game,
and just how close so many of these games were.
So always remember the other layers to the store.
Speaker 2 (39:00):
Yeah, well, that's a good way to cap off the
show with our e booon to where we put a
little bow on the podcast. And for me, my ebunto
has to be the fact that we have now six
teams who are on their cs the seat that'ts right now, right,
six teams who their buys.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
I think that's what we're gonna call bays here on
the podcast, right.
Speaker 2 (39:24):
Yeah, they're taking the seat right and so we're just
seeing week in and week out, there's more of these
injuries that are are piling up to star players or
players that have come out of nowhere to really stake
their claim on the big stage, like Kyron Williams.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
He's going to be missing some time.
Speaker 2 (39:42):
The Rams is gonna be facing the Steelers, and we
talked about Devon Chen and James Connor.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
We mentioned them in the last podcast.
Speaker 2 (39:49):
So again with with these bye weeks, hopefully teams start
to catch their breath, are able to get some of
their stars back.
Speaker 3 (39:59):
We could start.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
Slowly but surely enjoying them because right now, at this
time of year, it's all all about maintaining and trying
to stay as healthy as possible. That even goes for
Josh Allen. We saw got hurt shoulder injury. It looks
like he's day to day, but he's going to try
to play through it. So that's my bunto there. Let's
try to get these guys continuously to heal up get
(40:23):
better because it just makes the game better.
Speaker 1 (40:25):
Yeah, I feel my punto is I feel like we
blinked and we're onto week seven.
Speaker 3 (40:31):
Yeah, what crazy?
Speaker 4 (40:33):
What are you talking about? It's nuts like they are are.
I'm sure you know.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
Puma Nelson, one of the great floor managers here at
the NFL Networks, always cordates the hatsweek suit the best
stressful aroundager I've ever seen. But he told me a
long time ago, He's like, the days are long, but
the season is short. I think the players would argue
with me because on that point, since they're in it
(40:58):
every day and having to get treatment and going back
and forth, and there's the next week of the regular season.
But we're talking in the overall sense. It goes bye
so so fast. So enjoy every little piece of this
game that we love so much. Take in these moments,
trying not to get too upset over things like your
fantasy league or leagues for those of you maniacs who
have more than two.
Speaker 4 (41:19):
I can barely keep up with two.
Speaker 3 (41:21):
Yeah, who was it?
Speaker 1 (41:22):
It was Maurice Jones Drew who said he was in
like eleven. I was like, sir, please go sit down,
that's exactly here, and j what are you talking about?
But yes, take in the season. It goes by fast,
and before we know it, we'll be in Vegas for
the Super Bowl watching Usher.
Speaker 2 (41:34):
I love it for us, Will, Yeah, I love it too.
Love that you are back, safe and sound. I know
they're going to be off to Germany here next month,
and it looks like you could be on your way
to either Brazil or Spain because you're going to see
an international game one of those spots.
Speaker 3 (41:51):
It looks like it won't be.
Speaker 2 (41:52):
In Mexico City again unfortunately, just because they're still renovating
the stadium, but either way Great Destinations, Cairo Santos.
Speaker 3 (42:01):
He was on the podcast.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
He said, oh, it'd be great if the Bears could
be in Brazil and I could be imagined so like
the Pride, something like that would would provide would be amazing.
Speaker 3 (42:12):
Again, another amazing pod.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
Primedmana always a pleasure if you like what you hear,
we hope that you do download, subscribe and like wherever
you get your podcast.
Speaker 3 (42:25):
I'm will Salva. She is my Primermana. MJ.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Cata ruiz ave Adios.
Speaker 4 (42:32):
Hios.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
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