Trent & Roger - Gray Team

[Davis]

The Gray Team

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Trent

Age:
39

Height:
6'0"

Hometown:
Endicott, NY

Relationship:
Former Football Team Mates


Biography:
Trent is just a lovable guy with a great smile. You can tell he will be a fierce co-competitor. He backs Roger up one hundred percent. They talk about their football training camp like they've been through war. He's very passionate about his wife, newborn baby and food. Not only is Trent trying to lose weight for his health but he also wants to be a great role model for his students.

These Ex-Alabama University Linemen have packed on the pounds. The opposite duo has been friends for twenty years. These likeable candidates are used to having their butts whipped into shape from their harsh training back in their glory days. Their college football camp days make Biggest Loser look like Disneyland.



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Roger

Age:
40

Height:
6'3"

Hometown:
Enterprise, AL

Relationship:
Former Football Team Mates


Biography:
Roger is a fun-loving Southern guy who is very loud and very outgoing. When he walks into the room you can see his personality a mile away. He's very proud of being an ex-football player for Alabama. Seeing his pictures you could tell why, the guy was hot!! He's very passionate about getting back to his playing weight. Not only for his health but because he wants to match his twin brother who is 198lbs. Nowadays, he satisfies his college football cravings by hosting a live radio show: In The Trenches. It's lists him as one of Alabama's favorite "football son". With his down-to-earth good ol' boy charm, I can see why.

Credit: NBC.com

[Erika]

Interview: Trent of 'The Biggest Loser'
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

This week on The Biggest Loser (http://www.buddytv.com/the-biggest-loser.aspx), there was no blindside, no surprise elimination. Trent (http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-biggest-loser/profile/roger-and-trent.aspx) asked his blue team to vote him out after they lost the weigh in by one pound. His move probably saved Dan from being the next one to go home since his mother was sent home the week before. Trent stands by his decision, feeling like it was his time to go and he would leave his partner, Roger, in a good position. Today, he spoke to BuddyTV about his time on the show, how he managed to stay away from gameplay and manipulation, and training for the upcoming live finale.

Hey everybody, this is Gina from BuddyTV, and today I'm talking to Trent from The Biggest Loser. Whose idea was it to sign up for The Biggest Loser? Was it yours or was it Roger's?

Roger Schultz. It was his big idea.


Is this something you guys do, do you guys go on a lot of fun adventures together?

You know, no. Unfortunately, because he lives in Alabama and I live in New York, we only get together occasionally for football reunions or football games. No, we don't do crazy wild things like this, although we did make a pact while we were together that we'll make it kind of an annual thing that we'll get together and spend time together still.


Did he really have to convince you to do the show, or were you right on board from the beginning?

When he initially asked me, I knew of the show but I wasn't really that familiar with it. Obviously, I did some research, and I had to talk to my wife about doing the audition and, if we were to make it on to the show, leaving her and my son. When he told me about it I thought it was interesting, but then when I was able to watch a few of season 3, I said, "Wow, this would be neat." It would be a great opportunity for both of us to just go away and really be able to focus in on us and train. At least start the process of weight loss while we were there.


The contestants this season are pretty heavy on the game play. Were you prepared for how sneaky and how manipulative contestants can be sometimes?

No. My mindset was to get healthy, and I was going in with the mindset of learning as much as I could, you know, learning is obviously the missing link for me. Then working my butt off to lose as much weight as I could. Obviously, Roger and I knew we were gonna be threats going into the competition. I mean, we weighed in at 795 pounds. We wanted to not ruffle any feathers, work as hard as we could, and kind of fly under the radar so we could spend that valuable time on the ranch.


What was your part in Jackie's elimination? Was this all Mark and Jay's plan to get rid of her?

No, Roger and I had talked about getting her out of the game. He had been playing the game as soon as we got out of the vans and walked on to the ranch. She had a lot of things brewing, a lot of alliances, and she thought she was just kind of running things.


Did you get along with your blue team once you guys all became part of Bob's team?

We did, we did. It was just a matter of making Dan feel comfortable. Obviously he felt betrayed by Mark and Jay. Roger and I have a good relationship with Dan, and it was just a matter of bringing him on board and then letting him know that we're the blue team, we want to stay as strong as we can and stay together. It worked out pretty good.


You got the opportunity to work with both trainers this season. Was there something about Bob that worked better for you in terms of his style?

Yeah, Bob's style is a lot like mine, so I relate well with Bob. I'm so happy that things worked out the way that they did, because it was good seeing Bob and I was excited to be able to train with him and to learn from him. Just his style was more fitting of me.


Once you leave the show, can you talk to the other contestants for support, or are you just as surprised when you see them at the finale what progress they've made?

Really it's a surprise. We're not supposed to be in contact, so I won't know anything until we see each other at the finale.


How goes the preparation for you? What have you been doing every day to get ready for it?

Oh, I am training. I haven't gone back to work yet, so I'm staying on leave for about another week or so. I want to stay as close to the training regimen that I had on the ranch. I want to try and keep as close to that as I can before I have to throw in that nine to five and lose those hours. Things are going well, I'm staying true to that. I'm training about five to six hours a day, and I'm staying after it.


Great. You're a really great guy and we can't wait to see you at the live finale. I just wanted to thank you so much.

Thank you.
Source: Buddytv.com

[Erika]

Interview: Roger Shultz of 'The Biggest Loser' Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Roger Shultz is only one of two contestants on this season of The Biggest Loser to have yet to be eliminated yet, there are four players left in the game. A few weeks ago, Alison Sweeney surprised the players in the game with eliminated contestants who received an opportunity to rejoin the game. Ali and Mark were those two lucky players and are now two members of the final four. On last night's episode, Mark and Roger fell below the yellow line and it seemed that Roger would be sent home. Yet, in another twist, America will choose between the two men and decide who will receive that third spot in next week's live finale. Mark and Roger are pleading their case and looking for your votes. On Friday, Mark will speak to BuddyTV and today, we caught up with Roger in an exclusive interview.

Hey everybody, this is Gina from BuddyTV, and today I'm talking to Roger from NBC's The Biggest Loser. Well, it's nice to talk to you today. Thanks so much for doing this.

Well, thank you.


So you seemed okay when you fell behind the yellow line last night. You seemed like you had sort of made peace with the game when you found out about the twist. What was the first thing that went through your mind?

Hallelujah! It's great. Like you said, I had made peace. I knew if I ever fell behind the yellow line that I'd go home. It didn't matter what point in time during the game I fell below it, I was going home. I knew I was a big threat. I was already planning on, okay, what am I gonna wear when I go home and see Paige? Then when they said, "Oh, by the way, here's this twist." I mean, I even congratulated Mark on making the finals, because I knew what was happening. Then they add the twist, and I was the only happy person in the room at the time, I can tell you that. It gives me another shot. There's a little bit of hope, a little ray of hope that I can still win this thing, and that's all you need. I'm going to put the hard work in.


Were you surprised by the big numbers that Ali and Kelly put up?

I knew that if I could get 15 pounds in that last week, I thought, hey, I could be safe. I knew that I had to beat Kelly by three pounds to stay above her, and I thought, man, if she had a really good week, I thought she could get ten. But then she goes to 13. And Ali, I don't know what the hell, she's just a freak. She can just lose weight. I tease her all the time, you know, she bends down and picks something out of the fridge and I go, "Oh, she just lost another pound!" She's losing weight like crazy. It's amazing, but they worked hard too. That's one thing that I can say about Kelly, is when she first started off I don't know how hard she worked. She kind of survived because nobody thought of her as a threat, even though one of the first two weeks I said, "Listen, Kelly and Paul are threats." Nobody believed me, but I said, "They could lose 50 percent of their body weight and win this thing." They thought I was crazy, because they just weren't working that hard, but Kelly really got herself into shape. She really, truly just busted her ass that last week, and I saw it. I don't know if they saw me working out, being that motivated, because we all kind of pushed each other because we didn't have the trainers there that last week. What are they doing, you know? If she's in there for an hour, I'm gonna be in there for an hour and a half. They're working out at night, I'm gonna go work out at night. It was kind of interesting, but I think they did a great job.


I watched your plea to America on NBC.com. I was wondering how much time did you get to think about your speech before you actually had to film it?

We walked right out of the room, we walked right out of the weigh in, and right into the room. It wasn't 40 minutes.


You didn't have time to gather your thoughts and get your case together. You were right in there.

We were right in there, but I was thinking about the whole time. I was like, well, I'm gonna have to make a plea, and you go, what can I say? Because listen, we're both deserving. I can't say I'm more deserving than Mark, and Mark's more deserving. I wasn't going to play the card of Mark's been below the yellow line three times. You know, whatever, it is what it is. I just said I want to go in there, and I'm just gonna say, "Hey America. I love ya. Hug me. What would your momma do?" And just do what I do and see how it plays out, because I kind of had an idea of what Mark was gonna do, and he did. I just wanted it to be a different angle.


How confident are you that you can be the biggest loser, either in the final three or the biggest loser at home of the eliminated contestants?

I definitely feel more confident with being the biggest loser at home than I probably would if I were in the final three. It's just the competition is tougher. Well, the competition is tough at home too, but I have the benefit of being on the ranch for so long that that helps assist. Mark and I think that when we jump on that side we'll probably have a really strong shot of winning that, and then on the other side, who knows? You get home, and you kind of decompress a little bit, but I didn't have the benefit of ever going home. Kelly and I were on the ranch the whole time, so we never really got that opportunity to come home and almost decompress a little bit.


What are the first five minutes of next week's finale going to be like for you? Totally nerve-wracking?

Nope, not at all. Like I said, it's gonna be fun, I'm just worried about how I look more so than anything. I hope that people can see a difference in me from what they saw on the last show, which I think they will, but that's all I care about. No, it's not going to be nerve-wracking. It is what it is, I did the best I could, I've lost a bunch of weight, I set the record, and nobody can take that away from me. I was gonna be on that other side anyway if the twist hadn't come, so I'm not worried about that. I'm just going to have fun with it, enjoy it, and as being a fan of the game, I love that America gets to vote. I think it's great. When they announced the twist, I thought, this is great, I love this. That's why I love this show. I've watched the show, I'm a fan of the show, so I'm pumped up with it. No, I'm not nervous at all. Hell, it's gonna work out either way, so I'm not gonna be nervous. I'm gonna have fun with it, I'm gonna enjoy the evening.


Well, good luck Roger, I wish you the best. I can't wait to watch you on Tuesday.

Well thank you so much.
Source: Buddytv.com