Peter Schrager, the king of connections, on working Super Bowl week

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.andrewmarchand.comIn the 42-minute pod, Fox Sports’ and NFL Network’s Peter Schrager goes inside Super Bowl week and how he works it. Here’s what you need to know.* To listen to the full 42-minute podcast subscribe at AndrewMarchand.com* How not being sent by NFL Network to the Super Bowl in 2024 was crushing for him* As a result, Schrager paid his own way to go for 18 hours to Vegas for the Super Bowl and slept in a friend's hotel room* What is Super Bowl week like for Schrager* What it meant to host Media Night with both teams and how it enabled him to make more connections* How Fox Sports president of programming and production Brad Zager called him to tell him to be at Bourbon Street at 3 a.m. for an unspecified meet-up that turned into an unbelievable event* What the Lady Gaga pregame taping was like with Tom Brady, Roger Goodell, Michael Strahan and moreMarchand Sports Media is a listener-supported platform. To receive new pods and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber at AndrewMarchand.com. To listen to this entire 42-minute podcast, our archives and future pods, upgrade to paid. Thanks.* It was an emotional night with the first responders, who were honored* How he lays the groundwork with coaches, players, owners, executives and their significant others* How Schrager compares to Peter King* The all-staff Super Bowl dinner with the full Fox Sports crew from Brady to the people in accounting ...* Schrager doesn't drink all week* What the Volume party is like and how he was happy to meet Nick Wright and see Omaha’s Logan Swaim and Tim Brown* How he went to Chris Stapleton's concert with his friend Kliff Kingsbury, which led to seeing more owners, players and SiriusXM’s Ross Zapin, among others* How he gets to close out the Super Bowl with "Schrager on Ice"* Going to Jelly Roll with the Los Angeles Rams crew, including Sean McVay* Michael Rubin's Fanatics' brunch is something out of this world* Dinner at Rao's with Kevin Costner and Pete Davidson in the room* Mike Tirico dancing to "Come on, Eileen."* When does Schrager sleep?* During the season, he flies every week from New York to Los Angeles and back for Fox Sports NFL Sunday show* Dinner with Sean McVay and how he thinks he will be great on TV* Why he went to McVay's wedding* How he got inside information from it* How Jay Glazer breaks the Aaron Rodgers' story by having a relationship with Rodgers* How he has relationships with Jets' ownership, but was critical of their coaching search process* How Super Bowl week is the biggest week of his year* He got Miles Teller and Bradley Cooper because he has created relationships* What was his favorite parts of the Super Bowl* Should it be called “Super Bowl schmooze” or “Super Bowl hang”* His thoughts on "StatementGate" with Adam Schefter* Related pods: Bomani Jones…. Adam Schefter ... Boomer Esiason ... Fred Gaudelli … Peter King* Sponsor: WSC Sports … Tell them Marchand sent you* On-deck Tuesday: “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media”* Subscribe at AndrewMarchand.com