"7 hours of commercial free football starts NOW!" Anyone else out there
live for that sentence right there? I can't even begin to put my love of NFL RedZone into words. The amalgamation of every single exciting play of every single NFL game into one fast-paced, jump-cutting program might be the pinnacle of all man's creation. There's one man that keeps the RedZone going: Scott Hanson. His voice, paired with his excitement and love for the game, is second to none. Hanson lives and breathes NFL football, so I guess it's a good thing that he's the one who navigates millions of football fans through a whole day's worth of games every Sunday. And if you didn't know, he covers 7 straight hours of commercial free football without ever taking a bathroom break. Hanson was on
The Rich Eisen Show earlier this summer and explained how he goes about preparing for the football marathon that is NFL RedZone:
"I finish RedZone. My bladder is famously trained enough that I don't even go to the bathroom right when I take the microphone off. (I'm not drinking water) and I'm not a coffee drinker. I dehydrate myself." So while all of the NFL players on the field are focusing on hydrating, Hanson actually puts an emphasis on limiting his liquid intake. Specifically, he cuts off both food and drink at a certain point every Sunday, and he's got it down to a science:
"I'll have one bottle of water and a Diet Pepsi for a little caffeine kick. I hate coffee. That's three hours before showtime. I like to be the first one in the studio. I eat sitting at the desk in NFL media headquarters, and then I cut off all liquids and all food three hours before. Use the facilities twice in the last hour before we start the laser show. And then it's the willpower of a ninja for the rest of the show. I don't even have to pee until I get back to my house." https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9lDk5PyiiH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link That's amazing. God bless Scott Hanson. If you watched the clip, you'll also hear the face of NFL RedZone boast about the five-screen TV setup he has at his house. He gets to cover football for a living and he has a sick, multi-screen viewing situation at home? Scott Hanson truly is living the dream, if you consider what he describes below as dream-worthy:
"On my wall in my living room, I have a media wall that I had custom built where I have five televisions and I turn all five of them on. I put Sunday Night Football on the big screen. I put NFL network to watch all the highlights to do a mental checklist of, 'Yep, we showed that on RedZone.' If ESPN has a highlight show on, I'll put that on. Then for kicks, I'll put on a news program and then I'll put on a Marvel movie or a Star Wars movie. I can have all that stimulation and it's not an issue. In fact, it's kind of a comfort zone. I realize I'm bizarre and that's probably why I'm not married." But Mr. Hanson, you
are married - to the game. That five TV set up sounds phenomenal. The only downside is that the perfect use for it would be on NFL Sundays, and he's the one calling all of the games for RedZone. It's a tragic paradox in a way, but it sounds like he makes up for it with his Sunday night routine.
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