Ep. 205: Interviews with Iowa State OC Tom Manning and Eddie George

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🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In an Under Center Podcast special, JJ Stankevitz chats with Iowa State offensive coordinator Tom Manning to get inside what kind of person the Bear are getting in David Montgomery (1:20), how Montgomery's game translates to the NFL (6:15) and if comparisons to Kareem Hunt, who Manning also coached in college, are fair (11:15). Plus, JJ and Paul Aspan sit down with former Heisman Trophy winner and Tennessee Titans star running back Eddie George to talk about his transition from football to theater (16:00) how to succeed as a rookie running back in the NFL (24:00) and why it remains so important to have a strong running game (26:45). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to a special edition of the Under Center podcast. I'm JJ Stankovitz for NBC Sports Chicago.
0:12.9	We've got two guests lined up for you today. First Iowa State offensive coordinator Tom Manning, who coached David Montgomery in college and also was part of the same staff at
0:22.1	Toledo under which Kareem Hunt played. We get to David Montgomery who he is as a person and a
0:27.4	player and why Manning believes he'll thrive in the Bears' offense. And in the second part of the
0:32.7	podcast, we do something completely different. Paul Aspen and I had a chance to sit down with
0:37.2	former Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner and Tennessee Titans star running back at We do something completely different. Paul Aspen and I had a chance to sit down with former
0:37.5	Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner and Tennessee Titans star Running Back Eddie George, who's
0:42.8	starring as Billy Flynn in Broadway in Chicago's production of Chicago, which plays at the
0:47.7	Cadillac Palace in Chicago from May 7th through May 12th. There's some interesting stuff in there
0:52.7	about how an accomplished running back
0:54.2	became an accomplished Thespian, but also a look at what he did to have so much success as a
0:59.2	dual threat running back in the NFL and how that could apply to the Bears and maybe David
1:03.6	Montgomery two decades later. Stick around for the second half of the pod, but first, here's my
1:08.5	interview with Iowa State Offensive Coordinator Tom Manning.
1:12.0	All right, I'd like to welcome Tom Manning, Iowa State Offensive Coordinator to the podcast.
1:16.2	He obviously has some experience with David Montgomery, and that's going to be what we're talking
1:19.5	about here. Tom, thanks so much for taking the time today, and I guess I just want to start with
1:23.3	this. What kind of person are the Bears getting in David Montgomery?
1:30.1	Oh, man. You know, I think obviously it's well documented, you know, just what people say about him, but he's really just
1:36.8	an incredible guy, you know, just an extremely work ethic is second to none.
1:44.6	I think there's, you know, David's the guy that from the day that we met him
1:49.2	and the day that he really stepped on to our campus, you know,
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