Matt Saracen
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Sep 17, 2026
Brian WarrenHOST
So we're saying Saracen it? Saracen in it? Saracen it.
Brian WarrenHOST
Saracen it.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Everybody, we're Sorkin in it.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
But Aaron Sorkin's work is not infinite.
38 MINS LATER
Lex FriedmanHOST
Uh, I agree with all that.
Lex FriedmanHOST
Um, the next, I also really appreciated, uh, how much Julie enjoyed it.
Lex FriedmanHOST
And when she complimented how great Saracen's legs were to her mom, I found that very funny.
Brian WarrenHOST
Were there any negative feelings you had as far as like the gender normative stuff there? Like, I guess it's the thing that like made me feel awkward and I, and it's harder for me to believe that it would happen like 20 years later.
Sean RobertsHOST
got to do things wrong to learn learn and move on we're not all going to be perfect right it's not going to happen that's why you got it you have a good significant other to to push you and and to make you better tammy taylor did that with coach taylor so i love coach taylor i love saracen
Lucas StrainHOST
dude matt saracen
Sean RobertsHOST
yeah like just an all-time character
Lucas StrainHOST
The relationship between Matt Saracen and Julie is the best relationship in the show.
Lucas StrainHOST
It might be the best part of the show,
Sean RobertsHOST
honestly.
Sean RobertsHOST
And I think it was in the beginning of that episode or the episode prior when Coach Taylor was like, go find a girl and get in the backseat with them.
Lucas StrainHOST
Yeah, go find the girl you like, get in the backseat.
Matt RossHOST
He's just watching-
Josh FrancisHOST
I need Matt Saracen running a veer option and taking and pulling, and he breaks a tackle, and he's about to get ta- it's unbelievable.
Luke ToumaHOST
Yeah.
Matt RossHOST
Just Josh watching-
Josh DugganHOST
America, a preacher tells his parishioners that he hopes his sermon didn't get to them too much, as a nervous teen girl named Evangeline clearly feels like she needs to be anywhere but this low-rent, podunk church.
Josh DugganHOST
Outside, her stepfather, Seven, er, Matt Saracen, James Miller agrees with their pastor that it's a good thing that no good boy who had eyes on his precious stepdaughter had run off to New York before Evangeline asks if it's all right if she does her homework now to be done before the sleepover.
Josh DugganHOST
She's heading to at five.
Josh DugganHOST
Assuming that we're dealing with the beginning and eventual result of a pregnancy, we cut back to a church where Amanda Rollins is about to have her second child baptized, with godparents Carisi and Liv standing at the baptismal font as Billy's head is doused in holy water.
13 MINS LATER
Adam SchwittersHOST
Yeah, understandably.
Josh DugganHOST
In 2005, he had his first proper screen credit on a season six episode of As For You.
Josh DugganHOST
The next year, he landed the role of Matt Saracen on Friday Night Lights.
Josh DugganHOST
Yeah.
Matt WoodlandHOST
But also it's foolish to just keep a guy...
Matt WoodlandHOST
in this position if there's a better guy here like this is the nature of football so i think it really is setting up this this interesting conflict between like personal loyalty and like what's best for the team and like what what does it mean to be a good coach but then oh my god because he built up matt saracen and i like this father's role and i like the smoothie and mac has been good so this is the most this was the most encouraging thing storyline that i've seen on this um episode because honestly i was pretty bored with every other storyline and i but this was oh the golden goose in it and so i'm like i am excited to see where this goes my friend um And, yeah, so I'm excited about, and so when we're playing agree or disagree with these kids mean trouble, I actually don't think that, like for me, the father and the son, they give me hope.
Matt WoodlandHOST
They get me excited for football.
Matt WoodlandHOST
Mm-hmm.
Matt WoodlandHOST
And I don't really feel them as trouble.
Matt WoodlandHOST
Like, yeah, there's going to be some tough stuff coming away.
Matt WoodlandHOST
And Matt Saracen, you're going to need to find some new girlfriends or something to take up your time.
Matt WoodlandHOST
But you got to move over, Matt Saracen.
Peyton DixHOST
No, I like me some Tim Hortons.
Peyton DixHOST
And I like that Matt Saracen.
Peyton DixHOST
I
Hunter HarrisHOST
didn't mind him.
Hunter HarrisHOST
did.
Hunter HarrisHOST
And she never did.
Hunter HarrisHOST
Matt Saracen did
Peyton DixHOST
not.
Anthony DiFeliceHOST
Yeah.
Anthony DiFeliceHOST
Matt-
Shelby FryeHOST
Do you need to ask?
Anthony DiFeliceHOST
Yeah.
Lex FriedmanHOST
And then you've got...
Lex FriedmanHOST
Julie dating Matt Saracen, which is hard for Julie's parents and not for anybody else.
Lex FriedmanHOST
But I don't know.
Lex FriedmanHOST
Sometimes I feel like I spend more time now saying I always ask you first and thus go first.
Lex FriedmanHOST
We get Coach at home.
Lex FriedmanHOST
So we're going from family to family.
Lex FriedmanHOST
And Julie's on the phone with Saracen.
Lex FriedmanHOST
And Coach gets one of my favorite lines of the episode.
Matt WoodlandHOST
Yeah.
Matt WoodlandHOST
So I got to be honest, I love Matt Saracen and I really support you giving him the game ball, but to thy own self be true, said William.
Matt WoodlandHOST
And I'm going to give it to the, I don't even know her name, but oh, Jean Biggums or something, right? He said her full name.
Matt WoodlandHOST
I don't know what
Andrew GillisHOST
It's just, it's this element of, you know, you know, you, you kinda need your quarterback to be the leader.
Andrew GillisHOST
You-- And, and I understand that there's arguments for, for, like this for everybody, but, you know, happened in Friday Night Lights [chuckles] when Coach Taylor looked at Matt Saracen and said, "Hey, Matt, quarterback's captain." Well, guess what? You need your quarterback to be the captain, and I think Julian being that leader on and off the field is really, really important for this team because you, you can now direct traffic maybe in a way that you couldn't last year.
Andrew GillisHOST
And you need that guy feeling confident in not just what he's doing, but you need him feeling confident in telling and directing and leading other people in that offense because, you know, no disrespect to anybody else on that offense or really anybody else on the defense, but it's like, you know, you could have a great leader at that position, but if your quarterback doesn't have confidence in himself, if your quarterback doesn't inspire confidence in others, that's not a great place to be.
Andrew GillisHOST
So I, I think Julian being a captain is a big deal.
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