Olivia Harlan Dekker, Part 2: Humble Enough To Prepare, Confident Enough To Perform

Preferred Walk-On: A College Sports Show

Olivia Harlan Dekker, Part 2: Humble Enough To Prepare, Confident Enough To Perform

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Published on Apr 14, 2020, 9:00:00 PM
Total time: 00:36:07

Episode Description

Olivia Harlan Dekker - current ESPN broadcaster, proud Georgia grad, and all-around delight - joins Herschel and Boss to bark about:

- Following the example set by her father and grandfather of being a humble worker, and how that has propelled her to career success  
- Getting to work the Monday Night Football broadcast with her father, making them the first father-daughter duo to work a national NFL broadcast together - and as kismet would have it, they got to do so at Lambeau Field, where her grandfather worked for two decades as the CEO of the Green Bay Packers
- The nuanced differences between working a television broadcast and a radio broadcast, and the art involved in each
- Her love of sideline reporting, but her recent experience hosting that piqued her interest about possibilities for the future
- The Smart 16!

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Seth & James talk all things college football. Serving on the Deacon Board for the Church of Tailgate and making sure you don't miss a thing when it comes to the greatest sport in all the land. Come bark with us!