Hit & Hustle | Ian Book Discusses the Super Bowl, NFL, Notre Dame , Tommy Rees and NIL
Former Notre Dame quarterback and current Philadelphia Eagle Ian Book joins Greg Flammang for a special episode of Hit & Hustle.
0:00 - Intro
1:24 Ian Book joins the show
1:38 - Super Bowl experience
2:52 - When he knew the Eagles had a special team
4:31 - Dynamic in the Eagles QB room
6:33 - Julian Love’s comments
7:25 - Coaching style of Nick Sirianni and Brian Johnson
9:33 - Improving his game under an NFL practice structure
12:32 - Thoughts on why high draft picks struggle
16:08 - Notre Dame and Tommy Rees’ offense being “pro-style”
18:56 - Transition from Chip Long to Tommy Rees
19:53 - First start in the NFL with the Saints and how it happened
25:28 - Comparing it to his first start at Notre Dame at North Carolina
26:21 - How life changed for him once he became the starting QB at Notre Dame
29:15 - Embracing opportunity and underdog mentality
31:33 - Playing through broken ribs and urinating blood at halftime against Northwestern
39:45 - Fighting mentality, handling adversity following the 2019 Michigan game and explaining his shush
43:47 - Where his mental toughness comes from
45:46 - What being Notre Dame’s all-time winningest quarterback means to him
45:54 - Finding out Brian Kelly was leaving for LSU
49:14 - Thoughts on Tommy Rees leaving for Alabama
50:54 - Taking tough coaching
52:37 - NIL thoughts
58:02 - Impressions of Marcus Freeman
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