Everyone knows that I am a HUGE GMFB fan!!! My weekday mornings begin with turning the TV on before I even have my contacts in. Today, it was Whiteboard Wednesday. Peter Schrager chose Jordan Mailata as his answer so then, they would cut to his highlight reel. They have talked about him before and he is the Australian rugby player who is making the transition into the NFL. He’s super tall and his highlight reel is impressive!
Toward the end of the show, they were speaking about him and they cut to the interview with him when he was on Good Morning Football the first day of the draft. It took a moment for me to realize that I had not seen this before because it was that morning that I went with Sean to get his braces off. I had to go with him because I am the “responsible party” for his braces and I needed to sign some things.
They showed an abridged version of the interview on the show and I was amazed! First off, he is a really big dude but then, I heard him speak! 😍😍😍
I have ALWAYS loved accents! I remembered having a conversation with a former colleague about 10 years ago about how much I liked accents and he asked me if there was an accent that I did NOT like. I thought for a moment and said, “Mine.”
As I write this, I am reminded of a class I had in undergrad at U of M. It was an English class taught by Dr. Smith. I went to U of M Dearborn so we had smaller class-sizes. Departments were smaller and I had Dr. Smith for a couple of classes. I decided in my first class that I had a big crush on him! It was in my second class with him that I can’t even remember why he did this but it went with the conversations we were having as a class. But, he taught the back end of the class speaking in various accents.
I remember taking notes on what he was saying but I think it was somewhere around the Irish or Scottish accent that I stopped writing, rested my chin in both of my palms, and I am sure that I had a starry eyed look in my eyes! The classroom was small and I’m sure he saw me! I almost was embarrassed as I gathered my books at the end of class.
I didn’t need to take any of his classes the following semester, but I remember he sat in on one of my classes to evaluate the professor. He was sitting in the back of the class as I walked in and put my bag down and was talking to a friend who was already seated in the class when I heard, “Hello Jennifer.“ This must’ve happened about 15 years ago but I can still remember that my face burned as I looked at him, smiled, and with an embarrassed look, quietly said, “Hi Dr. Smith.”
I found the complete interview on YouTube and had to post it here so I can watch it multiple times, whenever I want . I love his accent!
Then, I saw he did another interview at the draft with Rich Eisen , Charles Davis, Daniel Jeremiah, and Mike Mayock so I posted that here too. I am not trying to be a regular season Eagles fan but I will be Jordan’s fan because I heard him speak…