talk about in this morning but i think about why this is so important. i think about the cultural place the nfl holds in america today and the place that he then in turn holds within the nfl culture how relatable he was. you know, kayleigh, i think there are some parallels and they probably will make some people upset because whenever you invoke former president donald trump it always does make at least a section of people very upset. but there are some parallel notice relatability. nothing president trump s style of speech connected with americans because it didn t have to be perfect. it sounded the way that we talk. and john madden broadcasting that same way where broadcasters had always been taught to be perfect, john, madden s it will wasn t perfect addiction it was passion and predictability. tony romo shares that passion because is he passionate about the game. the voice, the personality, what it feels like for so much of
roger staubach, terry bradshaw. at the end i think yeah, jim gray is right. can you think of another name more associated with the nfl than john madden, jim? hey, will, yeah. i would say he was the most popular figure in the national football league and he earned that did he it as coach, assistant coach, then, of course, broadcaster. retired the emmy, won 16 emmys and madden game kids today become familiar with professional football and love the game. some of them even go on to play the game because of the game madden, which he created. so, he just did it at all levels. he was a raider. he was the youngest coach there 32 years of age as martha just explained. he went on to win more games for his first 10 years he won three out of four games. just think about that for a minute, folks, three out of four games that he played. 75% he won with the raiders,
continue to travel. it s been kind of hard trying to do that. i love to cruise. so i m looking forward to being able to do that now. will: might i make a suggestion and i can t make promises for fox but you should be traveling to the super bowl wearing that jersey, hopefully along with me. oh my gosh, that s my dream. will willful there we go. we, together, rooting on those dallas cowboys. rooting on dak prescott to win the super bowl. what do you say, lou, let s make it a date. i think that s a great idea. will: we are happy for you. all right. thank you for joining us this morning. and by the way, since lou chose the $250,000 cash option. the super 6 appear has now given $6 million since it launched two years ago. the next contest is this sunday. jackpot is $100,000. more fox & friends coming up. to help block out food particles. so he can enjoy the game.
me about your fox bet super 6 prediction. your choice to enter. how did you find out about it? how did you decide to play the game? well, i was watching a game on tv. probably the cowboys. and i saw terry and howie on there, and they were talking about the house. and i was doing my bets there. and i decided as i was doing that well, what have i got to lose? and i put this to try for the house. will: you get in there. you play the game. and then my next question is the moment you find out that you win. how does that happen? i am always fascinated by that, somebody that wins the lottery, or somebody that wins a significant amount of money. tell me about the moment when you find out that you win. well, i was watching the green bay game. and my phone rang. and at first i thought it was a hoax. so i turned my phone off. and then my phone rang again,
think how come nobody else ever thought of that? what was the difference? this is who john madden was, kayleigh. he was a joy to be around. he made everything so much fun and made football fun for everybody. it didn t matter what your age was or what your interest was. lawrence: you know, jim, i was always fascinated with his attention to detail. with the game forever changing and evolving, what did he think, you know, as the end of his life was, you know, his life was coming to a close, what did he think about modern day football? what did he think about it? john loved professional football. and he said in that documentary that fox aired, which was a great documentary done by sandy monday tag and eric shanks and tom rinaldi, they put that together joel and everybody at fox. he said something i don t apologize for it i love professional football. lawrence, he loved every aspect of it. he loved the people. he loved the players. he loved everybody associated