In the 42-minute pod, Fox Sports’ and NFL Network’s Peter Schrager goes inside Super Bowl week and how he works it.
Here’s what you need to know.
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How not being sent by NFL Network to the Super Bowl in 2024 was crushing for him
As a result, Schrager paid his own way to go for 18 hours to Vegas for the Super Bowl and slept in a friend's hotel room
What is Super Bowl week like for Schrager
What it meant to host Media Night with both teams and how it enabled him to make more connections
How Fox Sports president of programming and production Brad Zager called him to tell him to be at Bourbon Street at 3 a.m. for an unspecified meet-up that turned into an unbelievable event
What the Lady Gaga pregame taping was like with Tom Brady, Roger Goodell, Michael Strahan and more
It was an emotional night with the first responders, who were honored
How he lays the groundwork with coaches, players, owners, executives and their significant others
How Schrager compares to Peter King
The all-staff Super Bowl dinner with the full Fox Sports crew from Brady to the people in accounting ...
Schrager doesn't drink all week
What the Volume party is like and how he was happy to meet Nick Wright and see Omaha’s Logan Swaim and Tim Brown
How he went to Chris Stapleton's concert with his friend Kliff Kingsbury, which led to seeing more owners, players and SiriusXM’s Ross Zapin, among others
How he gets to close out the Super Bowl with "Schrager on Ice"
Going to Jelly Roll with the Los Angeles Rams crew, including Sean McVay
Michael Rubin's Fanatics' brunch is something out of this world
Dinner at Rao's with Kevin Costner and Pete Davidson in the room
Mike Tirico dancing to "Come on, Eileen."
When does Schrager sleep?
During the season, he flies every week from New York to Los Angeles and back for Fox Sports NFL Sunday show
Dinner with Sean McVay and how he thinks he will be great on TV
Why he went to McVay's wedding
How he got inside information from it
How Jay Glazer breaks the Aaron Rodgers' story by having a relationship with Rodgers
How he has relationships with Jets' ownership, but was critical of their coaching search process
How Super Bowl week is the biggest week of his year
He got Miles Teller and Bradley Cooper because he has created relationships
What was his favorite parts of the Super Bowl
Should it be called “Super Bowl schmooze” or “Super Bowl hang”
His thoughts on "StatementGate" with Adam Schefter
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