E6: Russell Wilson "from a whole Pack of Badgers"

Had Russell Wilson’s Wisconsin graduation commencement speech in 2016 been as good as his NC State graduation commencement speech in 2021, this limited series podcast might’ve never been produced. In the final episode of “Never Failed," Joe Giglio and Joe Ovies highlight the unnecessary embellishment Wilson gave to his own sports super hero origin story and ask prominent national media members with local connections why the layers to his departure from NCSU tend to be glossed over. In closing “Never Failed”, Giglio asks Elliott Avent, Mike Glennon, and others whether NC State did Wilson wrong.

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The story of Russell Wilson’s exit from NC State, ten years ago to Wisconsin and then NFL stardom, has been told hundreds of times. But there have always been gaps and questions and inaccuracies. With insight from the people who knew Russell Wilson and Tom O’Brien the best, we set the record straight about Wilson’s time and departure from NC State. Hosted by Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio from 99.9 The Fan in Raleigh, North Carolina.