Jesse Owens
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Oct 27, 2026
J.A. AdandeHOST
Well, they found out pretty early they were going to need a bigger boat, to borrow from Jaws, because 71,000 people showed up for the first game against Michigan in the new stadium.
J.A. AdandeHOST
They added a track to the stadium the next year, and notably that's where Jesse Owens ran when he competed for Ohio State in the 1930s.
J.A. AdandeHOST
The track was removed during the stadium renovations that started in 1998.
Chuck ToddHOST
Well, one of the signature moments in the 1930s came in 1934 when the then Ohio State coach Francis Schmidt told his players ahead of the Michigan game, Michigan players put their pants on one leg at a time, the same as we do.
J.A. AdandeHOST
Well, they found out pretty early they were going to need a bigger boat to borrow from Jaws because 71,000 people showed up for the first game against Michigan in the new stadium.
J.A. AdandeHOST
They added a track to the stadium the next year, and notably that's where Jesse Owens ran when he competed for Ohio State in the 1930s.
J.A. AdandeHOST
The track was removed during the stadium renovations that started in 1998.
Chuck ToddHOST
Well, one of the signature moments in the 1930s came in 1934 when the then Ohio State coach Francis Schmidt told his players ahead of the Michigan game, Michigan players put their pants on one leg at a time, the same as we do.
Dom CarrHOST
What I'm saying is that he thinks that
Jake MunceyGUEST
Hitler always had like a he thinks that Hitler had like a Jesse Owens phone.
Dom CarrHOST
Go, Jesse, go.
Jake MunceyGUEST
Oh, you're so fast.
Jeff PearlmanHOST
But one thing he learns about Joe Dudek kind of sells him.
Jeff PearlmanHOST
And that Joe Dudek, while he was in sixth grade, this is weird, attended the Jesse Owens running camp.
Jeff PearlmanHOST
And Cattoni likes that this kid has a sort of passion for running and knows how to run.
Jeff PearlmanHOST
And he takes a shot on him, even though he is a nobody in high school football, even though he's playing against marginal competition, even though no Division I school has him on his radar.
Brent MusburgerHOST
In 1936, was the silver medalist for the United States
Vin ScullyHOST
to Jesse Owens at 200 meters.
Vin ScullyHOST
That's right.
Vin ScullyHOST
That's right.
CJ HurtHOST
They don't learn lessons too often.
CJ HurtHOST
But they did it with Jesse Owens.
CJ HurtHOST
What did Jesse Owens do? Like, this is, historically, this is an old, tired, like, if you were bringing this story to me as a person who was in charge of the storylines on Earth, not necessarily a god, but, like, something similar.
CJ HurtHOST
It's like, CJ.
CJ HurtHOST
We got another one of these great stories for you, Lando.
Damion MartinezHOST
Festy Zesty.
NateGUEST
I almost said Jesse Owens.
NateGUEST
I like Jesse Owens.
NateGUEST
I like Jesse.
Damion MartinezHOST
Go to shorts.
Gary NullHOST
One of the most beautiful moments in Olympic history happened in Berlin in 1936 in front of Adolf Hitler at the games he intended to showcase Aryan supremacy.
Gary NullHOST
But then he didn't know about Jesse Owens, the African-American sprinter.
Gary NullHOST
Fouled on his two attempts in the qualifying round of the long jump.
Gary NullHOST
one more foul and he was out as owens later told the story his german rival lutz long the very embodiment of the athlete the nazis wanted to celebrate came over and suggested he take off from a spot well before the board just to be safe owens qualified then beat Long for the gold medal.
Peter WadeGUEST
I'll give you the like two cent breakdown, like the really fast one.
Peter WadeGUEST
Her dad was an Olympic athlete who ran, I think in the same Olympics as Jesse Owens, I think, pre-World War II.
Peter WadeGUEST
Ends up in the...
Peter WadeGUEST
Navy, ends up in a plane that goes down in the Pacific, is adrift for like 45 days alone on a raft, gets picked up by the Japanese.
Kevin O'KeefeHOST
The games were definitely canceled during both World War I, World War II, but still they kept going.
Kevin O'KeefeHOST
There were some great moments, certainly Jesse Owens winning four gold medals in Nazi Germany.
Kevin O'KeefeHOST
The American...
Kevin O'KeefeHOST
Ice hockey team winning that miracle on ice in 1980.
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