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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Gary Sadlmier, Jim Rose and company. And what a pleasure
to welcome Cam Jurgens to the program. Who who has
risen to the heights of football success as a super
Bowl champion now the Philadelphia Eagles after stellar high school
career of Beatrice and the University of Nebraska. Cam, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And welcome, Good morning, you bet good to have you here.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
You've it's been quite a whirlwind for you, hasn't it?
Since that that Super Bowl championship game Tonight's show and
and that was fun. That was a fun deal.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yeah, you know, it's this game of football take me
places I never thought it would be, you know, from
never thought I would ever be on the Jim Fallon
Show shogging a beer. So that's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Yeah, no doubt. And you had you have now an
experience that so few can ever have, and that is
as a not only a super Bowl participant, but a champion.
Is this a different feeling for you from everything you've
ever done? I mean, you've you've played a lot of
NFL football, but to be at the absolute pinnacle, what's
(01:08):
that like?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah, it's pretty crazy to think about. It's kind of
hard to put some words to it, but just knowing that,
you know, this is the pinnacle, this is the highest
point where you can get to. And just to think
that I was able to, you know, being in my
first year and be able to play and we lost,
and then two years later, I mean, after you go
(01:32):
to Super Bowl, it's hard to get there and you
just think, you know, you're never going to get back there,
and then load the whole two years later when I'm
going back there as a starter and we win, and
not only when, but we we blow the brakes off
of the Chiefs, like we we absolutely crush them. It's
it's crazy you think, you know, it's kind of like,
(01:54):
you know, for the rest of my life, I'll have
that attached my name, you know, Cam, Jurgen, Peo, Bull Champ.
It's like, you know, people going to school for twenty
years to become a doctor. Yeah, it's like I worked
my whole life at this game and did everything it
can to you know, make it to this moment. It's
it's pretty crazy and surreal. It's you know, it's a
(02:16):
it's a life changing moment.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
When you talk about getting to this, you think about
guys like you, Cam and Cooper Dejene from Iowa who
came from very, very small towns, and you might talk
about growing up in a small town and the challenges
that can sometimes accompany that. And it's not just lack
of access in some cases to you know, elite facilities
(02:40):
or training, but it might be from folks around who
are skeptical that anybody from a small town can get
to where you and Cooper Dejene got to talk about
growing up in Pickerel.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yeah, I mean, I think when you grow up in
a small town, you don't ever think about the challenges
that it faces because you're just a kid. You're just
living your life. So I don't think any of that
really matters at the end of the day. I don't
think it matters. Do you have the best coaching the
country or the best personal trainer and nutrition or this
and that. I think kids get swept away with that nowadays.
(03:14):
You know, so many kids just specialize on one sport
and play a year round, when you know, just just
go out and be active, play as many sports as
you can. You know, have a good work ethic. And
I was left growing up in Pickroll, you know, my
growing up on a farm, working out and you know,
(03:34):
I built like a work ethic very early in my
life that you know, carried me throughout my high school career,
college career, and now NFL career. There's always work to
be done, and you know, you never want anybody to outwork.
Yet it doesn't take money to buy a personal trainer
to give you that answer. So I don't think it
(03:54):
really matters where you come from. You know, circumstances are
different for every kid, and the one thing that's never
going to be different is how much work you can
put in. So you know, I was I was blessed
with where I grew up. You know, I love Nebraska
and it's a It's a great place to grow up.
You know, it doesn't matter what resources you have, the
(04:15):
support you have in this state, that's all that really matters.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Well, I wanted to ask you about that because because
it's the size of West Roads, Nebraska is the size
of Western's one and eighty six people. And you come
from from you know, a small down background, great family,
a lot of roots in Nebraska, and then you go
you end up in a place that is famous for
having the biggest jerk fans in the world. What what's
it like playing for Philadelphia Eagles fans.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Yeah, it's it's a whole different uh. You know, you know,
before we go off the tickle subject, I just need
to shout out to Grandpa Jurgens. I'm sure he's listening
right now. He is an avid listener to kfa B. So, yeah,
growing up in small town Nebraska with pickle roots and
(05:04):
you know a lot of fans that are they just
want the best for you. And then you go to
Philly and it's just a whole different culture. But I mean,
the fans out there care so much, and it's it's
a blue collar town. And and those guys working out there,
you know, they their life is Philadelphia sports. You know,
it's it's football, it's fixers, it's Phillies, it's flyers, it's
(05:26):
that's the that's their life. So it's similar. It's growing
up in Nebraska. You know, every every everybody's emotions right
on the Nebraska's luck on Saturdays. So you know, I
grew up with it. That's just kind of how it goes.
It's it's different, but you know every fan base is
going to have that. Philly is a little bit more
(05:47):
in your face. They hold people accountable, but that's good.
I'd rather play in a place like that than a
place like you know, anywhere in LA where they they
don't really care at all about sports Philly at the
end of the day. That's what I found out about
Philly sports is the fans are really gonna kill you
(06:07):
and try to run you out of town. And if
you don't try, if you don't work hard, yeah, and
they can really tell, you know, they can tell when
you're out there on the field and if you aren't
giving you one hundred percent effort, yeah, you're gonna hear it.
And you know, let's be honest, it's not like Nebraska
was always the nicest to me. When I first moved
(06:29):
to Center. I had some bad snaps a lot for
a couple of years, and I mean people tried to
run me out.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
That's true.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Well, it's not like Perel is in the middle of nowhere.
I mean it's right there on Highway seventy seven between
Beatrice and Lincoln, but it's still only a very small town.
I have to ask you this, And I was a
little concerned when I heard it the first time, more
for you than Dave Rimington. But when they said this
guy is the next Dave Remington and Greg Austin, the
former offensive line coach, did that, What did you think of?
Speaker 2 (07:00):
That?
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Didn't matter to you at all because we're talking about
the greatest college football center of all time here, and
when they start saying the next Dave Remington, if you
don't match up to that, they say, well, see this
guy's no good, which I thought would be very unfair.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yeah, it's it's just unrealistic expectations. I feel like I've
been dealing with that. You know, before I even got
a chance to play center, I was getting compared to
Dave Remington. And you know, I go to the NFL
and I'm getting compared to Jason Kelce, a Hall of
Fame center. So it's just something you got to live with.
(07:36):
You can't do nothing about what people say. All you
can do is work. And you know, I don't really
care about me trying to be like somebody else or
fit the mold of somebody's shoes from you know, that
long ago. Dave Reminton hasn't played football in forever, so
it's just so long ago, and you know, to have
(07:56):
that comparison, it's cool, but at the same time, I'm
just trying to uh, you know, become the best football
player I can be. Uh, you can't ever live to
live up some of those expectations. You can just build
your own.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
H you'll be the first, You'll be the first gam
jargons and I'll bet you'll I think you're headed for
a Hall of Fame career. CAM really unless because I'm
horrible injury talking about I know, I know, but I mean,
look this I've watched. It's wonderful to have you on CAM.
Thanks so much for the time. And and I want
to ask one quick thing before we run, because there
(08:29):
are a ton of cheaps fans around here. What is
your perception of where they are now? After you guys
beat them down so badly that what do they need
to do to get back to potentially competing for another championship?
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Uh? You know, they got it. They got a darn
good quarterback. They're going to be fine. They got a
great coach and they got a good team and they'll
be fine. You know. For all the fans out here
in Nebraska, I'm sorry you guys lost this year. It
seems like there's a lot of fans that hopped on
the Kansas City Chiefs bandwagon ever since they started being good.
(09:08):
I do remember Nebraska there was a lot of fans
here back when the Broncos won. It seems like we're
latching on to the closest team that's had some success. Well,
you know, you might as well do what I did.
Growing up. I was never a fan of an NFL team.
I was just a fan of you know, college Huskers
(09:28):
that went on and play. So you know, I watched
the Lions play because I love watching soup. So hopefully,
you know, I can bring a lot of fans out
to Philadelphia this year after you know, we took guys Jeps.
So at the end of the day, go Birds.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Yes, sir, a lot of fans building air Nebraska for
you can. Thanks so much, appreciate the time.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Thanks G.
Gary Sadlmier, Jim Rose and company. And what a pleasure
to welcome Cam Jurgens to the program. Who who has
risen to the heights of football success as a super
Bowl champion now the Philadelphia Eagles after stellar high school
career of Beatrice and the University of Nebraska. Cam, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And welcome, Good morning, you bet good to have you here.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
You've it's been quite a whirlwind for you, hasn't it?
Since that that Super Bowl championship game Tonight's show and
and that was fun. That was a fun deal.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yeah, you know, it's this game of football take me
places I never thought it would be, you know, from
never thought I would ever be on the Jim Fallon
Show shogging a beer. So that's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Yeah, no doubt. And you had you have now an
experience that so few can ever have, and that is
as a not only a super Bowl participant, but a champion.
Is this a different feeling for you from everything you've
ever done? I mean, you've you've played a lot of
NFL football, but to be at the absolute pinnacle, what's
(01:08):
that like?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah, it's pretty crazy to think about. It's kind of
hard to put some words to it, but just knowing that,
you know, this is the pinnacle, this is the highest
point where you can get to. And just to think
that I was able to, you know, being in my
first year and be able to play and we lost,
and then two years later, I mean, after you go
(01:32):
to Super Bowl, it's hard to get there and you
just think, you know, you're never going to get back there,
and then load the whole two years later when I'm
going back there as a starter and we win, and
not only when, but we we blow the brakes off
of the Chiefs, like we we absolutely crush them. It's
it's crazy you think, you know, it's kind of like,
(01:54):
you know, for the rest of my life, I'll have
that attached my name, you know, Cam, Jurgen, Peo, Bull Champ.
It's like, you know, people going to school for twenty
years to become a doctor. Yeah, it's like I worked
my whole life at this game and did everything it
can to you know, make it to this moment. It's
it's pretty crazy and surreal. It's you know, it's a
(02:16):
it's a life changing moment.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
When you talk about getting to this, you think about
guys like you, Cam and Cooper Dejene from Iowa who
came from very, very small towns, and you might talk
about growing up in a small town and the challenges
that can sometimes accompany that. And it's not just lack
of access in some cases to you know, elite facilities
(02:40):
or training, but it might be from folks around who
are skeptical that anybody from a small town can get
to where you and Cooper Dejene got to talk about
growing up in Pickerel.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yeah, I mean, I think when you grow up in
a small town, you don't ever think about the challenges
that it faces because you're just a kid. You're just
living your life. So I don't think any of that
really matters at the end of the day. I don't
think it matters. Do you have the best coaching the
country or the best personal trainer and nutrition or this
and that. I think kids get swept away with that nowadays.
(03:14):
You know, so many kids just specialize on one sport
and play a year round, when you know, just just
go out and be active, play as many sports as
you can. You know, have a good work ethic. And
I was left growing up in Pickroll, you know, my
growing up on a farm, working out and you know,
(03:34):
I built like a work ethic very early in my
life that you know, carried me throughout my high school career,
college career, and now NFL career. There's always work to
be done, and you know, you never want anybody to outwork.
Yet it doesn't take money to buy a personal trainer
to give you that answer. So I don't think it
(03:54):
really matters where you come from. You know, circumstances are
different for every kid, and the one thing that's never
going to be different is how much work you can
put in. So you know, I was I was blessed
with where I grew up. You know, I love Nebraska
and it's a It's a great place to grow up.
You know, it doesn't matter what resources you have, the
(04:15):
support you have in this state, that's all that really matters.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Well, I wanted to ask you about that because because
it's the size of West Roads, Nebraska is the size
of Western's one and eighty six people. And you come
from from you know, a small down background, great family,
a lot of roots in Nebraska, and then you go
you end up in a place that is famous for
having the biggest jerk fans in the world. What what's
it like playing for Philadelphia Eagles fans.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Yeah, it's it's a whole different uh. You know, you know,
before we go off the tickle subject, I just need
to shout out to Grandpa Jurgens. I'm sure he's listening
right now. He is an avid listener to kfa B. So, yeah,
growing up in small town Nebraska with pickle roots and
(05:04):
you know a lot of fans that are they just
want the best for you. And then you go to
Philly and it's just a whole different culture. But I mean,
the fans out there care so much, and it's it's
a blue collar town. And and those guys working out there,
you know, they their life is Philadelphia sports. You know,
it's it's football, it's fixers, it's Phillies, it's flyers, it's
(05:26):
that's the that's their life. So it's similar. It's growing
up in Nebraska. You know, every every everybody's emotions right
on the Nebraska's luck on Saturdays. So you know, I
grew up with it. That's just kind of how it goes.
It's it's different, but you know every fan base is
going to have that. Philly is a little bit more
(05:47):
in your face. They hold people accountable, but that's good.
I'd rather play in a place like that than a
place like you know, anywhere in LA where they they
don't really care at all about sports Philly at the
end of the day. That's what I found out about
Philly sports is the fans are really gonna kill you
(06:07):
and try to run you out of town. And if
you don't try, if you don't work hard, yeah, and
they can really tell, you know, they can tell when
you're out there on the field and if you aren't
giving you one hundred percent effort, yeah, you're gonna hear it.
And you know, let's be honest, it's not like Nebraska
was always the nicest to me. When I first moved
(06:29):
to Center. I had some bad snaps a lot for
a couple of years, and I mean people tried to
run me out.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
That's true.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Well, it's not like Perel is in the middle of nowhere.
I mean it's right there on Highway seventy seven between
Beatrice and Lincoln, but it's still only a very small town.
I have to ask you this, And I was a
little concerned when I heard it the first time, more
for you than Dave Rimington. But when they said this
guy is the next Dave Remington and Greg Austin, the
former offensive line coach, did that, What did you think of?
Speaker 2 (07:00):
That?
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Didn't matter to you at all because we're talking about
the greatest college football center of all time here, and
when they start saying the next Dave Remington, if you
don't match up to that, they say, well, see this
guy's no good, which I thought would be very unfair.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yeah, it's it's just unrealistic expectations. I feel like I've
been dealing with that. You know, before I even got
a chance to play center, I was getting compared to
Dave Remington. And you know, I go to the NFL
and I'm getting compared to Jason Kelce, a Hall of
Fame center. So it's just something you got to live with.
(07:36):
You can't do nothing about what people say. All you
can do is work. And you know, I don't really
care about me trying to be like somebody else or
fit the mold of somebody's shoes from you know, that
long ago. Dave Reminton hasn't played football in forever, so
it's just so long ago, and you know, to have
(07:56):
that comparison, it's cool, but at the same time, I'm
just trying to uh, you know, become the best football
player I can be. Uh, you can't ever live to
live up some of those expectations. You can just build
your own.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
H you'll be the first, You'll be the first gam
jargons and I'll bet you'll I think you're headed for
a Hall of Fame career. CAM really unless because I'm
horrible injury talking about I know, I know, but I mean,
look this I've watched. It's wonderful to have you on CAM.
Thanks so much for the time. And and I want
to ask one quick thing before we run, because there
(08:29):
are a ton of cheaps fans around here. What is
your perception of where they are now? After you guys
beat them down so badly that what do they need
to do to get back to potentially competing for another championship?
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Uh? You know, they got it. They got a darn
good quarterback. They're going to be fine. They got a
great coach and they got a good team and they'll
be fine. You know. For all the fans out here
in Nebraska, I'm sorry you guys lost this year. It
seems like there's a lot of fans that hopped on
the Kansas City Chiefs bandwagon ever since they started being good.
(09:08):
I do remember Nebraska there was a lot of fans
here back when the Broncos won. It seems like we're
latching on to the closest team that's had some success. Well,
you know, you might as well do what I did.
Growing up. I was never a fan of an NFL team.
I was just a fan of you know, college Huskers
(09:28):
that went on and play. So you know, I watched
the Lions play because I love watching soup. So hopefully,
you know, I can bring a lot of fans out
to Philadelphia this year after you know, we took guys Jeps.
So at the end of the day, go Birds.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Yes, sir, a lot of fans building air Nebraska for
you can. Thanks so much, appreciate the time.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Thanks G.
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