Soup with Coop

Sports media broadcaster, Jay Bilas, discusses with Coop what it was about Coach K's recruiting strategy that made him know that he was the right person to help him take his basketball career to the next level (3:25), the nuances of how NCAA players will get paid based on their name, image, and likeness and if he thinks will cause problems in the locker room (20:43), and could this potentially cause a bidding war for some of the top recruits in the future (33:05)?

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All-Pro Left Tackle Andrew Whitworth joins Coop to discuss his tennis championship (1:08), his road to the NFL (8:37), playing for Coach Nick Saban at LSU (17:06), what it’s like being older than his head coach and soup, of course.

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Eric Decker joins Coop with a bowl of Wild Rice soup straight from the cookbook of his wife, Jesse James Decker. Eric discusses growing up in Minnesota, how he has been able to lose his accent, playing both baseball and football and how he decided to pick football over baseball. Decker also looks back to his days in Denver as he and Tim Tebow were drafted in the same year to the same team and roomed together in training camp.

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In this episode, Cooper talks with former New Orleans Saints linebacker and current FOX broadcaster, Jonathan Vilma. They dive into what the recruitment process was like (5:45), Jonathan's career at the University of Miami and playing with Vince Wilfork (16:51), and of course the rating of their rating of the Chicken Noodle Soup.

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“You Play to Win the Game” and this week on Soup with Coop we did just that. Coach Herm Edwards joins Coop for a classic style bowl of Tomato Soup while they discuss Herms playing days in the NFL, the decision he made to leave the playing field for coaching, his transition to becoming a broadcaster and then how he ended back on the sidelines coaching for Arizona State.

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All-Pro and future Hall of Fame Center, Nick Mangold, enjoys a creamy broccoli and cheddar soup with Coop as they discuss his career, their favorite Halloween experience and BBQ.

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This week Coop links up with Hall of Fame Offensive Lineman Alan Faneca.

While enjoying a nice bowl of Mediterranean Wedding Soup, the guys discuss Alan’s Hall of Fame career, his significant weight loss after he rited from Pro Football,

The toughest D-Lineman he ever faced, run blocking for Jerome Bettis and the freakish strength of his Pittsburgh Steeler teammate James Harrison.

Grab a bowl of soup, sit back and enjoy the show.

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Bean and Ham Soup

Chicken Noodle Soup

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