From the very end of CTV’s postgame media appearance Saturday night:
Question: What did you think of Coach Heupel’s first pitch?
CTV: It was good. So, one of our knuckleheads, okay, it was a coach cause I’ve educated our players on who he is. I won’t say what coach. It’s a younger guy, and he said, oh, a southpaw. I was like, dude, you’ve never seen this guy throw a football? And he says, naw, and I said he’s a left handed Patrick Mahomes. Anyone who disagrees with that comment, obviously Patrick kept getting better and better in the NFL. This is the same guy in college, but left handed, and it was fun to see him out there. It’s fun to see, every now and then I’ll sneak over there at practice. It’s kind of a cool vibe that’s going on over there right now. Wish I could jump in the mix every now and then and hang out with those guys but it was fun to hang out with him for a few minutes in the dugout, and it was a strike, which isn’t easy cause Kirby Connell is definitely not a professional catcher. So he’s got one up on Peyton Manning, if I can say that.
Question: When you say hang out, do you mean strap on the pads and helmet?
CTV: No, No, No, No, No, No. Just be over there. They’ve always got a DJ going on, and I mean, our manager shouldn’t take offense. He’s good with the music, but they kind of, when you walk over to that building, every school that I’ve worked at, including Coach Pinkel, was incredible at his job. Whenever I would walk over there, to a football space, you get, there’s an energy, like there was in the park tonight, and something over there just feels like there’s a lot of positive vibes and everyone is upbeat and that’s step one to doing the things you want to do on the battlefield, and again, I think that’s an attribute of our players.