"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists chime in on the start of football season, and with the summer winding down, what's their longest road trip?
- Kraft Analytics Group CEO Jessica Gelman
-- Currently into "The Good Fight" on CBS and the "How I Built This" podcast.
- Pepsi Head of Sports Marketing & Partnerships Justin Toman
-- Listens to podcasts all the time.
- Rays Chief Development Officer, Strategy & Development Melanie Lenz
-- Patiently waiting for a "Parks and Rec" revival.
- Nielsen Esports Managing Dir Nicole Pike
-- If it's on HBO, she's probably watching it.
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More excited for NFL or college football? |
How many sports bobbleheads do you own? |
Most money you've ever spent on a pair of jeans |
Fantasy football team name |
Longest road trip |
Gelman |
NFL |
Zero |
$175 (worth every penny) |
The Wreckers |
Eight weeks across the U.S. From Boston to the four corners, to L.A. to Dallas |
Toman |
College. Go Blue! |
None. Bobbleheads creep me out |
$125 (and they don't fit) |
No Flags on the Field |
Connecticut to Michigan and back, in the same day |
Lenz |
Football? It's still baseball season! |
Zero -- anti clutter |
Embarrassed to say, but worth every penny |
How about a fantasy tee ball name instead? The St. Pete Smalls |
Twenty hours from South Jersey shore to Florida, with kids in the back seat |
Pike |
Did you say college basketball? |
Six, plus one Pistons rubber duck |
$150 |
Lapsed Since 2012 |
Barcelona to Southern France for Le Tour |
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