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Friday, January 30, 2009
Super Bowl Media Day: A chat in the bleachers
Posted by Eric Snider on Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:57 AM
After wandering around Media Day at Raymond James Stadium, squeezing my way in front of the stars while reporters shouted inane questions, I made my way up into the bleachers where it was less frenzied. That's where I saw a good-looking large fellow sitting all by his lonesome. It said "Spaeth" on the back of his jersey and judging by the No. 89 I figured he was a tight end, maybe a guy who played on special teams.
I sat down behind his left shoulder and said told him I wasn't a sportswriter, more of a "lifestyle writer." He replied, "Perfect, I'm more of a lifestye guy anyways."
We had a leisurely chat for a little more than 10 minutes, talked about what was on Matt's iPod, then moved onto ... football. But not X's-and-O's football, more about football from Speath's perspective, from a lifestyle perspective. I found him to be a thoughtful, interesting young man. As it turns out, Matt's on the field about 40 plays a game, as part of the Steelers' two-tight-end sets. He caught touchdown passes in his first two games as a rookie in '07.
Here's an audio recording of highlights of our interview, which was much like a conversation. Download.
Super Bowl Media Day: A chat in the bleachers
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Please let this dude score a touchdown Sunday. Also: When he started ticking off what's on his iPod, I was kinda hoping he'd just list all different kinds of country, Bubba Gump shrimp style. "Classic country, new country, urban country, country country..."
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