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Jun 2021
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67. Bill Cowher on Big Ben's Impact, Aar...

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On this episode of The Colin Cowherd Podcast, former Steelers Head Coach, Super Bowl Champion and 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee Bill Cowher joins Colin to discuss what he misses and doesn't miss about coaching (8:00), if he thinks he'd be as successful with the Steelers today (11:00), how he managed to balance being tough and being liked (14:00), why he had to play "good cop-bad cop" with Ben Roethlisberger (25:00), how he got players to practice harder (30:00), how the Packers should handle Aaron Rodgers (33:00), what Tim Tebow has to do to succeed in Jacksonville (35:00), why he'd have a tough time adjusting to today's NFL (38:00), his long friendship with Bill Belichick (41:00), and one of his most infamous confrontations with the officials (46:00). Colin also gives his take on the explosion of media coverage of UFO sightings.

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