It's Navy Week! Notre Dame plays Navy, and Golden Helmets & Green Jackets is marking it with two shoulder surgeons whose careers run through service, South Bend and the reverse shoulder revolution.

Dr. Mark Mighell grew up in the DC area, went to UVA on a Navy scholarship and trained in undersea medicine. He talks about life on a submarine ("like sleeping in a coffin"), serving in Bahrain during Operation Desert Storm, Navy surgical training and leadership, and retiring as a Commander.

Dr. Brian Badman grew up on the south side of South Bend, went to the IU School of Medicine (where he roomed with Jeff Yergler), did his residency at Florida and then a fellowship with Dr. Mighell. He shares how his grandparents and mentors shaped him, and how his son Alex found the Notre Dame connection.

Then we talk about the reverse shoulder revolution, faith and the hardest cases, robotics vs. patient-specific guides, augmented reality, cost and the future of shoulder replacement. We finish with golf after a shoulder replacement, fishing, and Jeff Yergler's famous tailgate. We also share our Notre Dame vs. Navy predictions and how much the Notre Dame Orthopaedic Society means to us.

Thank you for your service, Dr. Mighell. Go Irish, and Beat Navy!

👨‍⚕️ Host: Michael Maier, M.D. 🎙️ GHGJ co-hosts: Brandon Varon, Te'von Coney, Cade Cruzen, Matthew Maier 🩺 Guests: Dr. Mark Mighell and Dr. Brian Badman

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Chapters

00:00 Navy Week: Welcome Dr. Mighell & Dr. Badman

00:43 Dr. Mighell: DC, UVA & the Navy Scholarship

01:54 Undersea Medicine & Life on a Submarine

03:12 Desert Storm in Bahrain

05:23 Navy Surgical Training & Leadership

10:08 What Service Means & Navy vs. Notre Dame

11:38 Notre Dame Orthopaedic Society & Eve Blakely

14:07 Dr. Badman: South Bend Roots & Jeff Yergler

17:35 IU School of Medicine Roommates

21:24 Match Day & Choosing Florida

25:04 Grandparents, Mentors & Service

28:07 Alex & the Notre Dame Connection

34:25 Why Notre Dame & Navy Matter

37:47 Kyle Field & Season Predictions

39:07 The Reverse Shoulder Revolution

42:38 Faith & the Hardest Cases

44:35 Fellowship with Dr. Mighell

50:43 Reverse Shoulders Go Mainstream

53:01 Robotics vs. Patient-Specific Guides

56:40 Augmented Reality, Cost & the Future

1:00:34 Golf After Shoulder Replacement

1:02:31 Fishing, Tailgates & Thank You

This episode is for entertainment and general information only. It is not medical advice.

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It's Week 9 and Halloween weekend. Mike (the GolfDoc), Cade and Brandon go through the full card and launch BEAT THE GOLFDOC. Pick my five games against the spread, then ride with or fade my three parlays: the Fairway Finder, the GolfDoc Special and the Golden Domer. Points carry over every week all the way to the national championship. It's free, it's for bragging rights, and winners will be considered for a guest cameo on a future episode. Picks lock at 11 AM CT Saturday.

On the card: Miami at North Carolina, Utah vs Cincinnati, Georgia vs Florida (the Cocktail Party, in Atlanta this year), Notre Dame vs Navy at Gillette Stadium, and Ohio State at USC. Plus Matty Ice's Nuclear Whale Lock, Cade's Turkey Triple, Brandon's Lock of the Week (Miami -14.5) and the debut of Ricky's Pearls.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Halloween intro & welcome

00:30 Beat the GolfDoc: how it works

01:46 Game 1: Miami at North Carolina

03:05 Game 2: Utah vs Cincinnati

04:59 Game 3: Georgia vs Florida (Cocktail Party)

06:11 Game 4: Notre Dame vs Navy

07:40 Game 5: Ohio State at USC

09:19 The Week 9 picks board

09:25 Matty Ice's Nuclear Whale Lock

10:02 Cade's Turkey Triple

11:15 Brandon's Lock of the Week: Miami -14.5

12:00 The parlays: Fairway Finder, GolfDoc Special, Golden Domer

13:23 Ricky's Pearls

14:34 Halloween wrap-up

Notre Dame v Navy, Game Time: Trench Stories from the Academy | GHGJ Ep. 11

It's Notre Dame v Navy week on Golden Helmets and Green Jackets, and we're paying our respects to one of the oldest rivalries in college football.

Host Michael "GOLFDOC" Maier, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon and lifelong Notre Dame fan

This week's guests are two men who lived in the trenches for the Naval Academy:

⚓ August Roitsch (#74, center). Former Navy Lieutenant, Rice grad, and energy industry veteran (Anadarko, Kinder Morgan).

⚓ Marshall Green (#64, right tackle). Played right tackle against Notre Dame in South Bend in 2005. August's teammate and close friend.

Both played on the Navy offensive line under Paul Johnson.

In this episode:

☘️ The 1927 Notre Dame–Navy game, WWII, and Admiral Nimitz: how the Navy helped keep Notre dame afloat during the war, and why the series has continued ever since

🔥 A tribute to Navy strength coach Todd Spencer and his line "I wish it was hotter"

📞 The call: "Son, how would you like to play football for Navy?"

🏈 2007: Navy 46, Notre Dame 44 in triple overtime, ending Notre Dame's 43-game streak

🏆 The Emerald Bowl, and the 2004 line that stayed together

🏋️ "You're not a hobby lifter," and Coach Spencer roaming the weight room

💦 Marshall on ND "leaving the sprinklers on all night" in South Bend

💪 "Victor Abiamiri was legit."

A huge thank-you to August and Marshall, and to everyone who has served. Go Irish, and respect to the Mids. ☘️⚓

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Basilica image (God Country segment) Photo: Nheyob / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Chapters:

0:00 Intro & Navy Intro Film: Notre Dame v Navy

2:38 Tribute to Coach Todd Spencer

6:38 Marshall: LSU or the Naval Academy?

11:35 Playing for Paul Johnson

21:03 August's 2003 Foot Injury

23:53 The GolfDoc Explains the Lisfranc

30:41 Army-Navy in the Snow

34:25 Playing Football in Wartime

36:54 Emerald Bowl 2004 & No Down Days

38:48 Navy at the White House

39:50 Life After Football: Surface Warfare

44:57 Marshall's Path to Surgery & Walter Reed

50:07 Faith, Family & Leadership

1:00:50 Advice for the Next Generation