Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth

Jon Gordon's best-selling books and Keynote speeches have inspired readers, athletes, and companies around the world. His principals and strategies are impacting Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams, universities and more. He is the author of 20 books including The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, Training Camp, You Win in the Locker Room First, The Power of Positive Leadership and The Power of a Positive Team. Listen to the entire episode to be inspired by Jon and Yogi's conversation and cultivate a positive mindset for 2020 as you choose your word of the year.

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Visit YogiRoth.com or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers. The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com and use the code Yogi20 for 20% off.

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Yogi Roth and Ashley Adamson are live at the Rose bowl for media day as they preview "The Granddaddy Of Them All." They talk about Justin Herbert's touching video tribute and what Mario Cristobal has done with the Oregon Ducks program. The Big 10 Network's Mike Hall also stops by to breakdown the Wisconsin badgers. The three broadcasters give their insight and explain what the entire Rose Bowl experience is really like.

Visit YogiRoth.com or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers. The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans and cold-brewed coffee.

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Peter Burns and Yogi Roth talk about the state of college football, the comparison of the SEC and Pac-12 conferences, and the College Football Playoff. Burns has been an SEC Network Host for ESPN since 2014, regularly hosting the news and information show, SEC Now. Burns also travels around the SEC to cover live events across all sports as he has hosted SEC Now at the NCAA Men’s and Women’s College World Series, SEC Baseball and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, Final Four and the SEC Men’s and Women’s Golf Tournaments.

Burns regularly appears on The Paul Finebaum Show, College Football Live and SportsCenter. Burns is originally from Baton Rouge and attended The University of Texas at San Antonio and St. Mary’s University, where he was a Student-athlete on the golf team.

Visit YogiRoth.com or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers. The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans and cold-brewed coffee or Cascara, the Hawaiian Coffee Fruit.

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Matt Hasselbeck has gone from playing backyard football with Peyton and Eli Manning to throwing for 212 touchdown passes in 17 NFL seasons to broadcasting primetime College and NFL Football. Now he opens up about every part of his journey and where it has taken him on the latest episode of the Yogi Roth Show. Listen to this whole episode to hear this man's stories, teammates that shaped him, mentors, his love for football, and what he's chasing in life.

Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers.

The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans and cold-brewed coffee.

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Yes, you may know Ricky Williams as a Heisman Trophy-winning running back at the University of Texas in 1998 and the 5th overall pick in the 1999 NFL draft by Mike Ditka and the New Orleans Saints. He amassed over 10,000 yards and 66 touchdowns in his NFL career, was suspended multiple times after testing positive for marijuana and was given the nickname “Ricky Weirdo” at one point. What you may not know is the true story of Ricky Williams, as we take off the helmet and get the authentic version of this fascinating human.

In this invigorating episode, Ricky talks about seeking the best version of ourselves and always improving. He may have pursued this avenue in a unique way, but it has been an inspirational path as he found his life’s purpose after he retired from football. He still loves the game, but now he loves giving back to people and the game of football even more, whether that be coaching high school football or broadcasting games on the Longhorn Network.

Ricky has traveled the globe since he hung up his cleats, and in the process, he has been able to connect with people from all walks of life and has used his platform to help others. As a player, Ricky struggled with injuries and pain, taking up to 8 Advil a day in college that eventually led to an ulcer at age 19. Ricky also struggled with social anxiety and clinical depression, and in this episode, he explains how he has been able to overcome and combat those issues. Ricky describes what he would do if he were in charge of the NFL’s drug policy and what his teammates had to go through when dealing with constant pain. You can check out his newest endeavor, a herbal business he created with his wife called “Real Wellness.” Visit https://shoprw.life/ to learn more.


Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers.

The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans and cold-brewed coffee.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.y-option.com/subscribe

In front of a live audience, Yogi Roth sat down with future Hall of Famer Antonio Gates as they talked about his journey and successes as a record-setting tight end for the San Diego and Los Angeles Chargers. Gates never played a down of college football, but he was a star basketball player at Kent State University, leading his team to the 2002 Elite Eight and averaging over 20 points per game in his senior season. After being told he was too short to play in the NBA, Gates garnered the interest of 19 NFL teams, and the rest is history. The eight-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro is recognized as one of the best undrafted free agents in NFL history.

Gates describes how seeking trust, happiness and a “peace of mind” have been essential over the course of his career. Listen to the full episode to learn more about the journey and life lessons that took Gates from the basketball courts of Detroit to becoming the all-time leader in touchdown receptions among NFL tight ends.


Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers.

The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans and cold-brewed coffee.

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Rachel Baribeau has proven herself versatile not only as a sports reporter but as a catalyst for social change. She recognized that becoming the first female reporter to participate in a professional football training camp gave her unique insights into how women are regarded in the sports industry today. Then she gifted those insights back into the industry through her #ChangingtheNarrative movement, a carefully constructed initiative that teaches young male and females athletes how to use their platforms to improve how young women are treated both at universities and within society as a whole. The movement is opening countless doors for women across the country, thereby improving the national discourse in sports by adding valuable voices, and Baribeau is just getting started. Listen to the full episode to learn more about the life she’s lived, and how it’s allowed her to advance in her career and give back in so many ways.

Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers. For more on Rachel, visit http://www.imchangingthenarrative.org/ and @RachelBaribeau on IG and Twitter.


The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans and cold-brewed coffee.

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In front of a live audience, Yogi Roth sat down with Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson, former NFL WR Curtis Conway and former NFL player/scout & current NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks. They shared their unique journeys to becoming elite athletes and professionals and how the importance of ‘Team’ was always more meaningful than their own individual statistics. This event was in collaboration with Nike and their new 11On camps around the nation, as over 400 high school athletes and 30 coaches were in attendance.

Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers. Also, check out our guests @BuckyBrooks, @EricDickerson and @CurtisConway80 on Twitter.

The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans, cold-brewed coffee or Cascara, the Hawaiian Coffee Fruit.

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Jedd Fisch joined the Yogi Roth show and talked about his journey and where his coaching career has taken him. Fisch never played high school football but rather started as an all-state tennis player in New Jersey and utilized his grit and passion to get a job at Florida under Steve Spurrier. Fisch then watched his career take off as he has had coaching stops with the Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens, University of Minnesota, Seattle Seahawks under Pete Carroll, University of Miami, Jacksonville Jaguars, Michigan Wolverines, and the UCLA Bruins, where he became the interim head coach in 2017.

He now finds himself as an assistant offensive coordinator with the LA Rams, working with the great offensive minds of Jared Goff, Sean McVay, and a deep coaching staff. Fisch is on the fast track to becoming a successful head coach and has some great stories that he experienced along the way.

Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers.

The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. It is grown on the volcanic mountain slopes of Hawaii where each coffee cherry is hand-picked at peak ripeness. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans, cold-brewed coffee or Cascara, the Hawaiian Coffee Fruit.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.y-option.com/subscribe

The Yogi Roth Show: How Great Is Ball Training Camp Tour visits the Oregon State Beavers. Jonathan Smith has gone from a record-setting QB at Oregon State to a QB coach with the Washington Huskies and now the Beavers head coach and leader. He joined the podcast and went down memory lane as he shares his plan to build his beloved program back to prominence.

Visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth for new episodes about college football and how sport and humanity are a huge element of high performers.

The Yogi Roth Show continues to partner with Kona Red coffee where they source some of the rarest, most sought after coffee in the world. It is grown on the volcanic mountain slopes of Hawaii where each coffee cherry is hand-picked at peak ripeness. Be sure to check out www.KonaRed.com, where you can learn about their premium coffee beans, cold-brewed coffee or Cascara, the Hawaiian Coffee Fruit.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.y-option.com/subscribe