Chris Berman | December 9, 2020

From December 9, 2020: On the fourteenth episode of “Great Dane Nation,” Morten is joined by his Pro Football Hall of Fame brother and broadcasting legend Chris Berman of ESPN. But first, he checks in with TommyFreezePops (Tom Carroll) to talk about the weekend that was in the NFL. Morten was incredibly impressed by a veteran-savvy move on Monday afternoon involving a k-ball, Alex Smith, and a maintenance timeout – it all makes sense after Morten breaks it down! We then move to our interview with Chris, where he discusses a wide array of topics: his background in broadcasting, and what led him to being one of the first on-air talents at ESPN; why he didn’t audition, but rather told the ESPN executives to just turn on the local sports broadcast that weekend; the bare-bones nature of the ESPN studios in its infancy; how he got the nickname “Boomer;" how Boomer popularizing Morten’s nickname “The Great Dane” changed his status around the league; one of Boomer’s favorite Morten-stories from his playing days; how Morten found out he had been drafted by the New Orleans Saints by watching Chris Berman on ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Draft; why he had such good chemistry with his longtime TV-partner Tom Jackson, and why Jackson was selected as Boomer’s righthand-man all those years ago; the similarities between amazing musicians and professional athletes, and how music connects different types of people in a way that sports can’t; some of the famous people Boomer has been able to rub elbows with as a result of his status as a Hall of Fame broadcaster; the amazing start Patrick Mahomes has gotten off to in his NFL career; why the league is being dominated by veteran quarterbacks; why he thinks Tom Brady and Bill Belichick split up; and how honored he is to be a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Then, TommyFreezePops is joined by Kevin Rogers for his weekly check-in with the experts from VegasInsider.com. The guys take a look at the Cardinals-Giants match-up, and how these two teams heading in opposite directions might make you think twice about chalk. Plus, a breakdown of Dalvin Cook and the Minnesota Vikings heading to Tampa Bay to take on Tom Brady and the Buccaneers, and the defending Super Bowl champions heading back to the stadium where they won their Lombardi Trophy in February as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Miami Dolphins. Finally, we close things out with Morten’s “Game Winner” – a weekly segment where Morten monologues his biggest takeaway of the week. This week, he talks about Chris Berman, and why he’s a pioneer in every sense of the word.