Tom Waddle: Chicago Bears & Ditka w/ Marcelo Balboa's World Cup Picks | The Pat McGann Show Ep. 47

Getting cut four times by the same team would send most guys to Wall Street. Tom Waddle had the finance degree ready, but stayed anyway.

The Chicago Bears legend and longtime ESPN 1000 host joins Pat and Dwayne Kennedy to talk going undrafted out of the greatest draft class in NFL history, the speech Mike Ditka gave him on every cut day, and the 1991 Vikings game that turned a practice-squad guy into a Chicago household name. He also gets honest about the All-Madden playoff game against Dallas he mostly doesn't remember, and what 19 years on the radio with Silvy has taught him.

Plus, Marcelo Balboa checks in with the World Cup down to its Final Four — and a look into America’s odd beef with soccer (even though American Football’s scoring is just as “boring”)

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🎤 Guest: Marcelo Balboa
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Kelley Thornton
PRODUCER - Paula Thornton
SHOWRUNNER - Tom Bambara
VIDEO AND AUDIO EDITOR - Madeline Curless
AUDIO ENGINEER - Tommy Grant
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0:00 – Welcome & Intro
1:01 – Marcelo Balboa's World Cup Report
9:18 – America's Weird Beef with Soccer
13:01 – Predictions & the Unwashed Lucky Shirt
14:50 – Tiege Hanley Break
15:28 – Tom Waddle Joins Pat & Dwayne
17:40 – High School with Ken Griffey Jr.
22:44 – The Rainstorm That Still Haunts Him
25:28 – Michigan State Visit Gone Wrong
28:22 – Boston College & Doug Flutie
33:57 – Deion Sanders' Compliment
36:45 – Mike Ditka Cut Him Four Times
38:23 – First Touchdown vs. the Vikings
42:08 – Undrafted in the Greatest Draft
46:00 – All-Madden Game & Concussions
50:32 – "Small, Slow & Friendly"
56:21 – Wendell Davis & Brutal Turf
1:02:14 – Ben Johnson & Caleb Williams
1:11:03 – Tommy Bottle at Planet Hollywood
1:16:07 – Outro & Where to Find Tom