WEBVTT - 12-20-25 Sports Talk with Chick Ludwig 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:45.559 Six eleven in the Queens City of Cincinnati, Chick Ludwig 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:47.400 seven hundred w l W. 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:48.480 This is Sports Talk. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.400 Joe Waddell is tonight's producer, and we are coming out 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:56.960 of the gates strong with my favorite Bengals partner talking 0:00:57.040 --> 0:01:02.640 Bengals football legendary wide receiver, the one and only Tim McGee. 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:03.800 Tim, how are you tonight? 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:07.759 I am going good, excellent, just sitting here chilling. What's 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:08.200 you up to? 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:09.160 Oh wow? 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.199 Yeah, Hey, a great night of sports talk at seven 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:17.880 hundred WLW and Tim. The Bengals have three games remaining. 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:23.720 They play tomorrow in Miami Gardens against the Dolphins. How 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.959 difficult is it right out of the gate here to 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:31.440 go from what zero degrees minus with the wind chill, 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.840 going to nearly eighty degrees and trying to play a 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:36.319 sixty minute NFL game? 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:39.920 Well, I'd say one thing, it's tough because I'm down 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:43.240 here and it's an eighty plus degree so it is 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:48.200 extremely tough. People talk about playing Denver, and trust me, 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:54.200 in Denver, Colorado, it's with the altitude there is probably 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:58.200 the toughest, Don't get me wrong. However, it is totally 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:03.360 underrated when you go from frigid temperatures in the Midwest 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:05.840 or east or wherever it may be, and then you 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.800 come down South and you play. Your lungs are just 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.280 not ready for it. So you know, you got to 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:13.880 stay hydrated. You got to have a sub you know, 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:15.640 you got to play smart, and you got to play 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.920 composed and all the things that you hear about. Trust me, 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:20.760 it takes a toll on your body. 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:26.359 If you wait for hydration. You are too late, aren't you. 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.600 Oh, there's no question about the hydration has to start 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.840 the night before and obviously the day of the game early. 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:34.360 But it's going to happen. I mean, there's no such 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:38.200 thing as being hydrated for a football game. You're you're 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.600 gonna see players no matter whatether. You know, people go, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.680 oh my god, the guy's cramping up. Why didn't he 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.560 you know, why didn't hydrate himself prior to the game 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:47.960 or whatever. Yes, he did, but you know, obviously you 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:50.400 lose a lot of water weight, You lose a lot 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.440 of water and you end up doing the course of 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:55.360 a hot game like this and your body's just not 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:57.560 You just can't adjust. You can't go through a walk 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.519 through on Saturday and play on Sunday and say, oh, oh, okay, 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:02.440 my body's adjusted to it. It's not gonna happen. 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:06.760 Tim, kind of an umbrella question here, how just how 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:12.360 disappointing from an alumni standpoint and really a Bengals fans standpoint, 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:13.440 has this season been? 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:16.440 You know what it's been. 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:18.280 This has been. 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:22.919 Probably the weirdest football season that I have been around personally. 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:23.840 And here's the. 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:29.560 Reason why this team was built exactly the way they've 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:35.680 played exactly. There's been zero surprise. Zero. Oh my gosh, 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:39.240 I can't believe this particular player, or this particular position, 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.640 or this particular side of the ball that's not playing well. 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:43.200 You knew going. 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:43.760 Into this season. 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.960 They fed you sugar. They gave you t Higgins, they 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.160 gave you Jamar Chase, they gave you Joe Burrow, and 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.840 the fans wanted it, and you got it. You got it. 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.720 Now all your allocation of you of your cap is sitting. 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:58.480 On the offensive side. You have an offensive cour a. 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:02.520 Pretty much quarterback coach sore to speak, and coordinator in 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.440 Zach Taylor. He's definitely on the offensive side of the ball. 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.080 And you have a defense that's you know, was put 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:10.480 out on the Island and just doesn't have much talent. 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:12.120 We knew that going into the season. 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.960 What we didn't know is Trey wouldn't play you know, the. 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:17.320 Full model games. But nevertheless, when he played, you know, 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:21.159 it still wasn't very successful. So this is exactly the 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:24.039 way they were built to outscore teams, and they just 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.920 could not outscore them. And unfortunately, you know what seems 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.520 to be a year yearly occurrence. You're Joe Burrow is 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.360 you know, gets beat up, fits out a couple of games. 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.800 And you know, obviously Joe Flacco did a wonderful job 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:40.120 stepping in, but nevertheless he's not the leader of that 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:43.440 locker room like Burrow is. And so I would say, yes, 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:47.719 it's been extremely disappointing, chick, but not surprising. This is 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:49.760 kind of what I mean, I kind of expected. 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.920 There's three games remaining. What do you look for tomorrow? 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.160 How important is this game for a Joe Burrow to 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:02.200 bounce back from that? Really the to backle against the Baltimore. 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.039 Man. I wish I could tell you something inside of 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:07.960 the lock inside of the locker room that you know, 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.400 you get motivated for games like this, you know it. 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:15.120 Now you're starting to see the preseason mentality kick back in. Yes, 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.200 I want to play well, but the most important element 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.240 or the next the remaining games of the season is 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:24.080 not to get hurt. That's and you're not playing not 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.400 to get hurt. You're just cognitively aware that this is 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.679 not something since it's a meaningless game, so to speak. 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.000 But obviously I'm getting paid a lot of money to 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.800 show up, the fans are showing up. I still need 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:39.599 to perform. However, my number one priority is not to 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:42.520 get hurt, you know, an aco or something that's going 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.440 to carry over to the next year, so I you know, 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:47.400 and and on the defensive side, I think a lot 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.200 of guys on the defensive side, if you look at 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.240 it individually, they're playing for their jobs. You know. The 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.520 defense is pretty much lasting in the National Football League. 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:58.359 So I don't think there's a if any players that 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:01.440 could really be comfortable with their performance, and especially going 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:03.600 into next year, I think they have to look at 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.279 every position to see where they can upgrade. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:08.400 Tim McGee is with US. 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.400 He played for the Bengals from nineteen eighty six to 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:16.240 ninety two, then one year with the then Washington Redskins, 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.920 and he came back to the Bengals in nineteen ninety 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:23.480 four and ninety five, a great ten year career. Tim 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:27.120 The word bengalized gets tossed around a lot, and I 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.760 define it as when all the life and joy of 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.640 playing football for the Bengals gets sucked out of you. 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:35.880 Is Joe Burrow bengalized? 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:41.160 I think he's headed in that direction. I think he's 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:47.080 about to walk into that vacuum. Unfortunately, it's very tough. 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:51.760 You got to understand Joe Burrow's fight and how his 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:55.320 career has elevated itself to the point where he got 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:59.080 to the point where he is expecting nothing but championships. 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:00.760 This is a guy that you know, he went from 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.440 Ohio State to LSU National championship, number one pick, Heisman 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:07.800 trophystead his resume, it just says it breeds success. Then 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:09.840 you're early in his career, boom, you go to the 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:11.880 Super Bowl. You figured, just like I did and all 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.960 my ex teammates, you figure you're coming back and things 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:19.160 getting worse and worse and worse. And that's the when 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.600 you say bingalives. I think that's where it is, where 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.440 it just kind of sucks the football life out of you. 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:26.920 And I know all the listeners are going to serve, 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.960 but you're getting paid a lot of money. Well, you know, 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:32.720 everybody's being paid every bread. That doesn't necessarily mean you're 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:35.400 not human. And I think he is falling into that 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:39.600 trap where mentally it has just got to be extremely 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:45.280 tough to put up forty thirty five forty five forty 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.840 two points and still look up and be dejected walking 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:52.000 off the field. That's got a way on any human being. 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:56.080 And tim a lot of discussion. Also, Hey, a lot 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.040 of fans wanting to sit out these final three games 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:03.480 so he avoid injury. I look at it, you know, 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.920 from a fans standpoint, when I go to a game 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:08.000 and I'm paying all this money, I want to see 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.960 the best players. Should Joe Burrow play if he's healthy 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:13.240 these last three games? 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:17.840 That's a tough you know, when you think about that, 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.920 you look at the load management in an NBA. But 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.960 that's you know, that's kind of where I can understand 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:29.800 both sides, and I think fans, particularly the last game 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.400 or two, we'll look at it as in every single 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.400 time he takes a hit, they're going to be like, 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.120 get him out of there, get him out, get him out. 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:41.479 We need him for next year because this year is meaningless, 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.680 and if he does get hurt, oh my gosh. You know, 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.000 Zach Taylor, you know, I mean you got to catch the. 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.280 Next next bus on out of there because you know 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:50.160 people are not going to. 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:53.280 Be very happy with you. But let's just say this, chick, 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:58.800 there's only one person that controls Joe Burrow, and that's 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.480 Joe Burrow. No other person, no other person all the 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.880 way from Mike Brown all the way down to the janitor. 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:06.800 It's just not going to happen. Joe Burrow is going 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.920 to make the decision for himself, and I'm pretty sure 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.199 the Bengals organization will support whatever he decides to do. 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.160 Tim mcgeeze with us for a few more minutes, and Tim, 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.160 looking at your career with the Bengals, You've been on 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.120 some very successful teams and then some teams that went 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.880 three and thirteen, that went four and eleven during a 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:31.160 strike year. Man, when you struggle one year and then 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.199 to come back and you go to a super Bowl, 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:37.160 you know, it's really incredible. So are the Bengals that 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:41.120 far away? Even though they've missed the playoffs here three 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:44.760 straight years. I don't think you're ever too far away 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.520 with a free agency and the draft and bouncing back 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:49.160 the next year. 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:54.720 You know, I'm sorry, I don't see it, and I 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:56.640 want to see it, trust me, my heart wants to 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.920 see it. My heis wants to see it. I just 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.840 think the defense is so I don't think they're a 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:03.880 player too. I think there are four or five six 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.480 players away from, you know, where they can have the 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:10.320 offense and compliment the offense and compliment special teams and 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.880 be a asset opposed to a liability right now, So 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.040 I don't see it. They have some young talent, but 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.640 let's just face it that, you know again, there's a 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:23.760 reason they're thirty two in overall defense. So I would 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:26.559 be on the pessimistic side, and I think things are 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:29.320 trending in the other direction. I think they're getting worse 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:33.640 opposed to getting better. And I think next year. 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.240 Is going to early next year, the first three. 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:38.920 Or four games is going to be very pivotal because 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:42.120 if they get off to a bad start, man, I 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:44.640 just I just couldn't even imagine what Joe Burrow would 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:46.400 what would be going through his head. You see, he's 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.920 already wore out right now and getting off to a 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.559 slow start next year will probably be it would It 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:53.920 would not be good for him. 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:55.480 And you know, again, Chick, we. 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.200 Had talked about it. We've done many shows. Rob They're 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.640 in the AFC North. You know Moore is going to 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:02.720 be there. You know, Pitchburgh's going to be there, and 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:06.400 you know the Bengals would typically be next in the Browns. 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.400 But you know it's I still don't think they're going 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:13.280 to be as talented as Pittsburgh and or Baltimore and Tim. 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.520 You talked about this being a weird season, Well, how 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:20.559 about no Joe Burrow and no Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs? 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:21.360 Is this? 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.920 Could this be Buffalo's year in the AFC with with Denver. 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:28.520 You know, it's funny you said that. I was talking 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:29.600 to someone last. 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:33.240 Night at a Christmas party and I actually said that 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.920 that this may be the year Buffalo creeps into the 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:41.520 super Bowl and actually wind it because they are not favorite, 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.880 and now you have the their nemesis pretty much out with. 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:48.360 You know, obviously Kana, Kansas City is not in and 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:51.320 the Bengals not in, so you know, the road is 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.160 clear for him and it would not surprise me right 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.840 now there, you know, I would pick them to be, 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.360 you know, the the the team that could really creep 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.200 in and show some people that you know this this 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:03.960 will be their year. 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:07.560 And you know it's just a Goofy year. 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.240 This year, it's just Goofy and Tim. 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:14.920 Before I let you go the college football Playoff? Okay, 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:18.360 you talk about special teams. Oklahoma just absolutely melted down 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:23.640 last night. Alabama wins Ole Miss is taking care of 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:24.280 TWU Lane. 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:26.120 What do you think of two Lane. 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:30.440 And James Madison being in the twelve team college football Playoff? 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:34.160 You know, it's so funny. I love you to death, 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.680 and you know how much I despise college football, the 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:37.480 structure of it. 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.559 So if you pose these questions, I say there and go. 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.320 You know, it's a hot mess. It's just there's just 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:47.720 the structure of college football or college last professional football, 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:51.520 because that's what it is now. Nothing surprises me. They 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:54.760 will never have a system where it's spare and parody 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.240 like the NFL. It's just that's not going to happen. 0:12:57.840 --> 0:12:59.960 I think the committee does as best as they can, 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.959 but I just think the structure is as such right 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.560 now that you know it's just going to be pitch poor. 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:07.440 You're gonna get some teams in there that truly do 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.320 not belong, and they have to ask the question, there's 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.920 only one question, do you want the top teams in? 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.480 If you want the top teams in, wipe all that 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.880 other stuff out that you know, give gifts to a 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:21.320 conference champion and all that. Pick the best ten, twelve, 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.080 whatever you want. Pick the best ones and let them 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:25.880 go and let them go out there and play. But 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:29.199 you know, it's just sad that certain teams like Alabama 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.480 got to play Oklahoma, which is a tough, tough, tough, 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:34.560 tough game. Miami had to play Texas Tech, which is 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:36.240 a tough, tough game. But you know, you know, you 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:40.040 got somebody playing Tulane and if you're sitting here going, 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.679 oh miss playing to Lang, like, come on, really that 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:48.520 you can't call that a fair battle in a playoff structure. 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.200 But you know, again, until they get the structure of 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.160 it together, it's always going to be a hot mess. 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:57.360 Tim McGee, always a pleasure, great insight as usual. 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:00.240 Thank you so much. Merry Christmas to the family. 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:03.920 Thanks Chick, Merry Christmas to you and everyone's just listening. 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:05.600 Thank you so much. 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.720 This is Sports Talk with Chick Ludwig on seven hundred 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:15.600 WLW six forty one in the Queen City of Cincinnati. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.840 Chick Ludwig, this is sports Talk. We're going all the 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:22.840 way to seven thirty tonight and then coming back after 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:26.760 the Xavier game from ten thirty to midnight. So uh, 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.840 looking forward to being with all the fans out there 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:33.840 this evening. And I think most everybody knows that I'm 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:38.160 a Cincinnati Elder High School grad. Well, coming up on Friday, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:44.920 January thirtieth is the most important event of the entire 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:50.120 school year, and that is the forty ninth Elder Sports Tag. 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.480 And here to talk to us about it is the 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:56.640 chairman of the Elder Sports Tag Elder Class of nineteen 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:58.800 seventy eight, Joe Lynd Junior. 0:14:58.920 --> 0:14:59.920 Joe, how are you tonight? 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.680 I am doing great, Chick. Thanks for having us on 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:06.920 the radio. I really appreciate it and it's always great 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.239 to talk to another fellow Elder. 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:13.440 Grad altiora all the way. And Joe, it doesn't shock 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:17.280 me that you're involved with Elder High School because your dad, 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:19.000 Joe Sr. 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.560 Was man. He was headed the Elders Dad's Club for 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:22.520 for how long. 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:27.480 My dad was head of Elder's Dad's club for thirty years. 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.680 It was a nineteen fifty three brad. He also ran 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:35.840 the Elder press box, so he was instrumental in expanding 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:41.760 the press box at the football field and also getting 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.960 it read. I mean he completely had it refurbished, got 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:49.760 room built for the NN and all the radio they 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:54.480 do up there. My dad gave countless hours, countless hours 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.840 and all the dance club guys do just serving food 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:02.480 at two days for the old football team and every 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.680 Tuesday night at Dan's club, and they work pancake breakfast 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.520 for the students at Elder High School. 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.080 So he loved it. 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:18.480 He our dad just bled purple absolutely and loved everything 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:18.800 about it. 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.920 And you've been chairman of the Elder Sports Tag for 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:22.880 how many years now? 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:25.080 It's fifteen years. 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:29.560 Fantastic years. Class of seventy eight grad And what makes 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:34.600 this stag so special? Here coming up on Friday, January thirtieth, 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:39.360 what a phenomenal guest. We are talking Gene ster Ataur, 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:46.120 CBS sports rules analyst, former NFL official and NCAA Division 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.760 One basketball referee. So this is a little bit outside 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:53.120 the realm of you know, an athlete or a coach, 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.520 But man is going to be a spectacular night with 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.160 Jean Sterotaur. How in the world did Elder get a 0:16:59.160 --> 0:16:59.840 hold of this guy? 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:04.480 Well, you know at Elder and you know this, we 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:09.840 have a really wide web of people. Plus we built 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:13.400 a heck of a reference team to get to almost 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:17.919 anybody we need to get to, and we Jim Jim Hilbert, 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:23.280 who's a football coach at Baldwin Wallace, knew Gene Sterotur 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.520 and was able to give me a warm introduction. So 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:30.320 when I called Gene and told him about what we 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:34.440 were all about, Jean Stertur was all over this. And 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:38.560 I'll tell you a kick. The Stag committee wanted to 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.720 do something different this year because every year, you know, 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:46.040 it's a coach or a player and it's football or baseball, 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:48.880 and we were like, let's do something different. We came 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:52.680 up our committee came up with, Hey, let's try Jeans Sterotur. 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:55.840 So I was tasked with the java trying to find 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.880 him and get to him and get I got to him. 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:00.520 That is fair fantastic. 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.080 Once again, the CBS we hear we hear his voice 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:07.240 all the time watching uh the NFL CBS Sports rules analyst, 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:10.600 and he just strikes me as and I've heard stories 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.560 where you know, he'll get to a game and and really. 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:15.399 Talk to people on the sidelines. 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:19.280 He seems to be very personable and uh, he's here 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.600 to support Elder High School. And it's always a great 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:27.160 cause because the money generated from the Stag uh Man 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:30.280 supplements the UH teacher salaries. 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.400 So what a great cause it does. 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.440 It does when it is When the Stag was originally formed, 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.960 our first speaker was Sparky Anderson, and it was it 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:44.840 was formed as a bonus. So the money that we generate, 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:48.119 one of what we make on the sports day so 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:51.520 is evenly distributed to this to all the teachers at 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:55.000 Elder High School as a bonus check. And it's it's 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.080 wonderful and it's grown. And I'll tell you, chick, it's 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:02.560 our greatest recruiting tool because who hasn't a teacher touched 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:06.200 in their lives? Yes, And you know when we got 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:09.119 the boomer A Siasan and we got the Sean Casey 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:12.399 and they found out what the Stag was all about, 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:14.200 they were like, oh my god, it goes back to 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.639 the teachers. I'm in Jean's territory, don't know, if you 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:22.840 know he's one of seven kids, Italian Catholic. You only 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.440 drawback about him. He's from the Pittsburgh area, you know, 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:27.560 so he's a big Steelers fan. But that's okay. 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:31.200 But you know he's going to be He's going to 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:31.680 be great. 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:36.680 He's attracting a very good crowd, instrumental, he's going to 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:37.680 tell great stories. 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:37.960 Just that. 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:41.440 It's a couple of times I've talked to him, I 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:43.600 felt like I've known him my whole life. He's one 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:44.920 of those guys you could talk to. 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:48.000 That's beautiful. Hey, Joe Lynn Junior is with us and 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:50.760 he's chairman of the Elder Sports Stag. It's the forty 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:54.200 ninth year for it. And man a shout out to 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:58.480 my buddy Dan Meyer, who is the brainchild and really 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:02.800 the founder president CU of Nea Maya Manufacturing, which is 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:04.040 the presenting sponsor. 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:06.879 So Dan is just a phenomenal friend. 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:10.080 Uh played football at Elder, played football at the University 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:15.239 of Pennsylvania and just a phenomenal, phenomenal guy. And Uh, 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:19.960 our ticket's still available for the Stag one hundred bucks there, Yeah, 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:23.000 one hundred bucks, or you can go the VIP route 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:26.120 for a one hundred and seventy five tables for eight, 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:28.359 nine and ten. And man, just get a hold of 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:32.320 the alumni office and can I give that number out here, Joe, 0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:38.000 it's five one three nine two one thirty four eleven. 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:41.560 That is correct, and ask for Brian Bill. He is 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:46.280 the alumni director. Yes, and everything's online now, which is 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:49.080 really nice. So everything will be one hundred percent now 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.119 it is one hundred percent on your on your telephone. 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:55.080 But uh yeah, we still have we still have some 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:59.480 seats available. Uh so flee that you know fast because 0:20:59.560 --> 0:21:02.600 January thirty will be a you know, a promise before. 0:21:02.320 --> 0:21:03.520 We know it, no doubt. 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:07.480 And Brian Bill's a director of alumni and public relations 0:21:07.520 --> 0:21:10.880 for Elder and that's his number. Five one three nine 0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:15.439 two one thirty four eleven. And Joe, just to uh, 0:21:16.000 --> 0:21:19.560 I mean to recap the fall here, unbelievable football season 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:23.240 for the Elder Panthers twelve and one, twelve and zero, 0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:27.080 A tough loss in the what the state semifinals to 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:32.639 uh our GCL brothers the same X Bombers, But what 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:35.600 an unbelievable season for Elder. 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:39.159 It was a great season and a great run and 0:21:39.560 --> 0:21:42.720 uh you know it fits well to everything Elder is 0:21:42.760 --> 0:21:45.760 about and I you know, I think I think good 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:47.919 things are coming for the older football program in. 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:50.520 The And if I may say so, Joe, when I 0:21:50.760 --> 0:21:53.720 was Ken Halp's student manager and we had an army 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:57.119 of student managers for football, I got elevated as a 0:21:57.359 --> 0:21:59.240 sophomore to varsity. 0:21:59.520 --> 0:22:02.760 That was a big time feather in my cap. 0:22:03.040 --> 0:22:07.680 Okay, yeah, two a day's coach Callahan and I would 0:22:07.720 --> 0:22:12.480 open up large cans of chicken noodle soup and the 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:15.560