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Former Ohio State linebacker and Fox NFL analyst Chris Spielman and veteran Ohio media personality Bruce Hooley have taken their successful radio partnership to their own podcast, where they discuss all things Ohio State, NFL and professional and college sports, while also freely incorporating their Christian faith into meaningful, encouraging conversations about their lives as husbands and fathers and men striving to live by Biblical truth.

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Former Ohio State linebacker and Fox NFL analyst Chris Spielman and veteran Ohio media personality Bruce Hooley have taken their successful radio partnership to their own podcast, where they discuss all things Ohio State, NFL and professional and college sports, while also freely incorporating their Christian faith into meaningful, encouraging conversations about their lives as husbands and fathers and men striving to live by Biblical truth.

    What to do with Chris Holtmann; How to speed up college football

    What to do with Chris Holtmann; How to speed up college football

    2-20-23 We Tackle Life podcast:
    Where have you been, Bruce?

    OK, now for some details on my newest gig

    OSU hoops is in the dumper

    Evaluating Chris Holtmann

    Everything was phenomenal three years ago

    Now, what if we grade Holtmann by his own standard

    Would OSU fire Holtmann if the Buckeyes don't win another game

    Is there any other way out of this mess?

    College football games are too long

    What are the proposals to fix it?

    How would these "fixes" change the game?

    Getting serious about the Great Commision

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    • 55 min
    Is OSU's defense legit?; Another backup beats Browns; Bengals roll

    Is OSU's defense legit?; Another backup beats Browns; Bengals roll

    10-17-21 We Tackle Life podcast:
    OSU's off week came amid a wild college football weekend

    Does anyone play defense any more?

    Is OSU's defense championship worthy?

    Iowa won't help you answer that question.

    OSU hoops isn't ranked

    Browns fall to another backup QB

    Bengals come from behind on the road

    Future looks much better for Bengals than for Browns

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    • 42 min
    OSU makes B1G boring; Wisconsin cans Chryst; Browns flame out

    OSU makes B1G boring; Wisconsin cans Chryst; Browns flame out

    10-4-22 We Tackle Life podcast:
    OSU blows out Rutgers

    Michigan State is next

    Sparty owes Mel Tucker a boat load of cash

    Buckeyes dominance makes the B1G yawn-worthy

    Schiano, Day bicker, patch things up

    Wisconsin fires Paul Chryst

    The timing of Chryst's outster makes sense

    Is it time for a style change at Wisconsin

    Browns lose at Atlanta

    This just in...Jacoby Brissett is a backup

    Take the points when they are there to be taken

    The Cleveland Calendar of Dysfunction never runs out of entries

    Jesus calms the storm

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    • 50 min
    OSU routs Toledo; Could Urban fix Nebraska?; Browns, Bengals face plant

    OSU routs Toledo; Could Urban fix Nebraska?; Browns, Bengals face plant

    9-19-22 We Tackle Life podcast:
    Toledo wasn't worth the ticket price

    Should you take Wisconsin seriously?

    Mabe, if it hadn't already lost at home to Washington State

    Bad day for the B1G

    Urban was in Lincoln

    Of course, they want him

    The one reason Urban won't take the Nebraska job

    Michigan looks OK, but play somebody, please

    USC can really score

    Browns show they can still choke one away

    Bengals' offensive line is bad, but Burrow isn't great, either

    Arizona wins a wild one via Clemson on Clemson crime

    Tua ties a hallowed Dolphins' record

    Peace is powerful

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    • 35 min
    Toledo? Really?...Nick Saban rants; Not 1, not 2, but 3 Cleveland titles?...Browns & Bengals Week II

    Toledo? Really?...Nick Saban rants; Not 1, not 2, but 3 Cleveland titles?...Browns & Bengals Week II

    9-15-22 We Tackle Life podcast:
    Oh, boy....Toledo. Whoopee!

    Nick Saban goes off on a familiar tangent

    What if the Guardians, Indians and Browns all won championships in the same year?

    Browns go for 2-0 start?

    Bengals try to get to 1-1

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    • 41 min
    A wild CFB weekend; Browns beat Baker; Bengals blow opener, Happy birthday to me

    A wild CFB weekend; Browns beat Baker; Bengals blow opener, Happy birthday to me

    9-13-22 We Tackle Life podcast:
    Arky State first of many OSU blowouts

    The return of the Tressel Blowout

    Michigan rolls with J.J. McCarthy

    QB pressure is different when it's starting QB pressure

    Jackson Smith Njigba's return will elevate everyone

    Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan State...meh

    Scott Frost gets fired. Did he fail, or is it Nebraska?

    USC is a monster on the horizon

    Dailyn Swain breaks my heart

    George Washington III decommits

    Thanks for costing us Gabe Cupps, George

    Browns survive on Cade York's bomb

    Chubb and Hunt are really good

    Jacoby Brissett is so average

    Hard to envision Browns' QBs being elite this season

    Bengals blow the opener

    The problem on the blocked PAT wasn't the snap

    Sure, Steelers won, but they're still screwed

    The narrow gate

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    • 46 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
244 Ratings

244 Ratings

Greg Warder ,

Excellent Podcast

Hi Bruce,

I truly enjoy the combination of sports and faith in each of your podcasts. I was so happy to see the podcast come back in February and your desire to keep these going each week again. Then they stopped again for a month or so now. I hope you are able to revive these and bring them back regularly. Thank you, Greg in Harrville

Jebzz11 ,

Excellent

I listen to every podcast. Insightful, succinct and entertaining. I’ve always enjoyed listening to Bruce, whether it was at the fan, on the pod or now on the Answer. He is committed to his faith and his values as evident in the faith portion of the podcast. Just wish he would do more episodes of We Tackle Life.

EveryNicknameIsTaken14 ,

Fundamentalism and Sports

Bruce- you’re not qualified to teach religion or fundamentalist Christian ideology on sky any front. Going to church and reading a Bible doesn’t make you an authority.

Unlike journalism or theology & pre-med, my degrees and advanced degrees, people who spread the great commission do not understand the first thing about it. I attended a southern Baptist church in a small town (New Albany 80’s-90’s and thank god it closed) but they always read the Bible in the prose form in a literal & denotative manner which the Bible wasn’t written in this form if you can read Greek and Hebrew, like every great religion, the Bible is best understood in poetic form- meaning figurative and in a connotation.

Somewhere, the fundamentalist Christian faith has spread a false premise about how Christianity spread. It’s not because of the great commission, Christianity spread through war (the bloodshed of 100’s of millions). through tribalism, feudalism, colonialism and also assimilating other societal/cultural beliefs into Christianity (up until recently) and lastly, most important money! Money is at the center of every Christian church.

Yes, you can try to tear my arguments down but I had to write a undergrad thesis, a masters thesis and a PhD thesis. One of my 3 thesis’s was written based upon this very topic. The great commission calls back to the original Covenant with God, in addition to being open to others, their culture and beliefs. Christianity was meant to be flexible, not a literal Rock or sledge hammer. Paul’s misogyny and prejudice has created so much misunderstanding of the teachings but most of Christ’s teaching can be found in the Old Testament, the Talmud and Pharisaic writings. His teachings were also being practiced by other parts of the world 500-1000 years before his birth.

So, if you wanna be more than a fundamentalist 6-week Bible study minister; take some theology classes at an accredited university. Maybe go study in the Middle East like I did for a semester. Otherwise, stick to journalism because no offense, outside of your a personal spirituality, repeating what comes our of your preacher’s mouth and your understanding is like a Journalist trying to cover Marvin Harrison Jr.

What happened to you after 97.1, you’ve lost all sense reality. I truly hoped this show was gone because of the conspiratorial politics, hate, prejudice, fear and fundamentalism this show spreads. Btw- Al churches should be taxed because rarely does the money taken in make it into the community just goes to the affiliated Convention to be passed around to those who don’t believe but no how to get rich and use religion to create fear/conformity out of others. Not what Christ taught, nor did he teach Paul’s moronic vision of the great commission. Paul changed and ruined Christ’s teaching and his only 2 commandments but who cares right. I’m
just some random nobody with nothing.

You sir need to properly educate yourself, as a journalist- figured you’d question everything. You should talk to Steve Deace (now he’s Catholic and a Michigan fan who went to MSU) he hosts an Iowa conservative podcast and radio show to spread fear and propaganda- using religion quite a bit, you’d love him.

There’s one funny thing ultra religious people fail to realize, every religion spreads the one sane central truth but it just goes over everyone’s heads.

BTW- The Transcendent has many faces, many races and many genders.

Awful podcast since the beginning! Bruce’s knowledge on sports in Ohio is shaky at best, he’s run himself out of every job he’s ever had because of his judgmental attitude.

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