1 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: Welcome you to the ot PEAK presented by Farm Bureau 2 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Health Plans. Don't get sacked by the high cost of healthcare. 3 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: Thank Farm Bureau Health Plans your first line of protection. 4 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. And 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: my Keith amy Wells joins me. Welcome first of all, him, Keith. 6 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: This is our first two person OTP since I think 7 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: we were last together. Whoa Yeah, and we were last 8 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: together on March the twentieth. Yep, that is true. That's 9 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: the last time I saw your face in real life. Yeah, 10 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: we did that at the stadium. We went to Nissan 11 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: Stadium and tape the podcast before everything shut down, and 12 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: since then it's it's been all virtual crazy. I can't 13 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: believe that that amount of time has passed. And I 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: guess the real question is scale of one to ten, 15 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: How much do you miss me? Oh? Twelve, good answer, 16 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: certain twelve. Truthfully, I miss everybody. I mean, I don't 17 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: mean to make that less special for you, but I 18 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: miss you know, I miss our team of people that 19 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: we work with. I miss being around John Robinson and 20 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel taking their constant harassment. One of the great 21 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: things about our job is we are literally and figuratively 22 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: part of a team, and it's one of the great things. 23 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: You know, when I when I came to work here 24 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: years ago, one of the things I was most excited 25 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: about was working for a team once again, because when 26 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: I was a media member, I missed it. I missed 27 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: being involved in a team. And then within an organization 28 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: a team, then you have a team of people too 29 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: that you work with, and so you know, that's been hard. 30 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: It's been hard not being around the guys and the 31 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,839 Speaker 1: people in the office. And I think everybody is saying that. 32 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: But from our standpoint, this March to the end of June, 33 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: the literal March April May June, or the March to 34 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: the end of June, however you want to, it's our 35 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: time of the year where we get a lot done, 36 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: we spend a lot of time together. It's almost like 37 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: our second season because we are getting so much ready 38 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: for the year. The period we're in right now is 39 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: the only downtime of the entire year. You know, everybody 40 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: goes on vacation, everybody gets away for a while. But man, 41 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: March April, May and at least the first half of June, 42 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: it's a lot of fun because we're really working hard 43 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: for the year and we missed all that. Yeah, it's 44 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: been very strange for me trying to see you're out 45 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: what time of the year it is, because my internal 46 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: clock is so programmed to kind of the football season clock, 47 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: and traveling a lot March April, May, trying to get 48 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: lots of feature stories done, trying to go to pro 49 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: days and different workouts and get ready for the draft, 50 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: and we're just on the move a lot. For me personally, 51 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: I'm physically traveling almost more during the off season than 52 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: I am during the season, just because there's so many 53 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: different things that we can do. So right now where 54 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: we are at the end of June, we are usually 55 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: entering kind of our vacation slowdown period. Whereas my body 56 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: feels very well rested in terms of I haven't been 57 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: physically on the go because I've been physically in my home. 58 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: My body feels like it's ready to be ramping up 59 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: to something that I still kind of have six weeks four, 60 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: So my body stuck in this weird is it March, 61 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: is it July? What time of the year is it. 62 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: It's just I'm very thrown off from like a circadian 63 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: rhythm kind of standpoint. But I mean we have still 64 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: been working. We've been able to get a lot of 65 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: things accomplished in this time. I know, Mike, you've been 66 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: able to really prepare for the upcoming season, and I 67 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: think get ahead a little bit on some of the 68 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: stuff that you do. Yeah, I think that's right because 69 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: a lot of the what I call my accountant type work, 70 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: where you just have to sit with the computer and 71 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: you have to read, and you have to make notes 72 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: and you have to go through an update your notes 73 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: and all of those sorts of things. It's dull. I mean, 74 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: it's understandably dull, but you have to do it. Yeah, 75 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: I'm I'm ahead of schedule because where I would be. 76 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: And it's funny you would talk about the travel. I 77 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: do travel more in February, March, April, May, June, July. 78 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: I definitely do because I go to speak at civic 79 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: clubs and visit with our Titans radio partners and our 80 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: Titans TV partners, and do some ticketing things and some 81 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: sponsorship things. I love that. I love that part of 82 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: my job. I've always told people that I really have 83 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: two different jobs. I have the end season calling the 84 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: game's type of thing, and then I have the out 85 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: of season where you're getting to work with a lot 86 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: of people that you really enjoy working with in different 87 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: ways because you have more time. So the difference for 88 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: me is the accountant type preparation work, all the numbers 89 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: and the facts and the figures that has gone on. 90 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: But the travel obviously has been missed. And I think 91 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: I'm going to get to to do some speaking type 92 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: things and visiting with some people in July. I hope, 93 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. I mean, we're going to 94 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: have to wait and see exactly what's going to go on. 95 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: But you know, that's our difference, and everybody has their 96 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: own story. You know, nobody needs to say it's been 97 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: a strange year. We all know that no matter what 98 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: field you're in, it's been a strange year for us though. 99 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: That's been the strange part of our spring. No players, 100 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: no coaches, no interaction with them, no putting things in 101 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: the can for the fall like we would normally do, 102 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: and no getting out to see, you know, the people 103 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: that we enjoy going to say, no Titans caravan. You 104 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: know people have asked about will there be Titans caravan 105 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: there's not going to be any way to be Titans 106 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: caravan because once we get back, it's all football. Yeah, 107 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: I mean, we're going to hit the ground and we're 108 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: gonna roll. I don't want to ask you about something 109 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: else though, So people have asked me where have you 110 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: been doing your zoom in your house? And for the 111 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: majority of the time, I've been in my bonus room, 112 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: and we've had a problem with the two dogs barking, 113 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: so I've moved somewhere else to an undisclosed location. Well, 114 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 1: this is a guest bedroom now because the dogs can't 115 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: see the door closed. When the dogs see the door closed, 116 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: they start barking, and it tends to be very disruptive 117 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: for you. Where have you been doing your zoom calls today? 118 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: I'm in a different location as well. I've moved upstairs 119 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: today because there's some work going on downstairs. But I've 120 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: been in my laundry room for the majority of the time, 121 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: and it's my laundry room slash home office. There's kind 122 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: of a desk and my computer set up in there, 123 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: and like I kind of have my own space that 124 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: has all of my notes and everything that I can 125 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: leave set up. But it's also the laundry. So a 126 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: lot of times I'll have to ask our producer, Ashley Farrell, 127 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: can you hear my dryer? Can you your clothes? In 128 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: the background of this shot? Like ninety five of the 129 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: time if I have a back ground up, it's because 130 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: there are piles of laundry waiting to be folded behind me, 131 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: and I'll need anybody to see that. But anybody walking 132 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: by on my cul de sac can see me using 133 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: the front window of my house that goes to my 134 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: laundry room, just sitting in the window trying to get 135 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: that good light, you know. So it's an odd place 136 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: to be. Now, you bought a house during all of this, 137 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: We sure did, because the only real way to get 138 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: through a pandemic is buying some real estate and moving. 139 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: Why not. It was a bizarre experience, and the whole 140 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: buying of the house happened very quickly. We just kind 141 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: of stumbled upon a house that was perfect, and we're 142 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 1: able to get something going as the world was kind 143 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: of shutting down. So it's like, okay, things are closing, 144 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: all right, Schools are closing all right. We're two weeks 145 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: out from closing on our house. How is all of 146 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: this going to work. So when we actually signed the 147 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: papers to close on our house, there was nobody else 148 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: in the office, like the real estate office. The woman 149 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: who was there helping us, bless her heart, she did 150 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: not want to be there because we're like these germ 151 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: infested humans who came in to sit in a room 152 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: with her and sign all these papers. We like took 153 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: the pens with us from wearing masks. It was just 154 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: a very bizarre situation in terms of we were all 155 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what this new COVID world was 156 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: going to be like. So it was strange. We moved 157 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: ourselves because we weren't really sure if we would be 158 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: able to get someone to help us move furniture, because 159 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: everything when you're moving is very like physically close to 160 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: other people, like having people come into your home and 161 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: pack your things and move your things like it's a 162 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: very intimate situation. So it was a little strange. We're 163 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: still trying to buy furniture. I guess we've been in 164 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: this house about a month and a half almost two 165 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,839 Speaker 1: months now, and we're still trying to buy furniture because 166 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: furniture stores just opened and we're very fortunate in that 167 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: We've been able to get this house set up, like 168 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: we have had way more free time just because we're 169 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: not in and out of the house, you know, I 170 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: haven't been on the road. I've been able to really 171 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: focus on unpacking boxes, and I've been able to focus 172 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: on planting flowers and making the house feel more like 173 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: a home because I'm physically here more than I ever 174 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: have been before in one location. So it's been a 175 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: great blessing in that regard that we're going into football 176 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: season with a house that feels like a home because 177 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: we've spent a lot of time here. But man, it's 178 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: been it's been very bizarre. It's it's just it's a 179 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: weird time to move in a pandemic now. So let 180 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: me ask you this second important question. Do you have 181 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: a Titans mask? I don't have a Titans mask? I 182 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: got one? Do you did? Do you have like the 183 00:10:54,920 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: name of a guy Rhet Bryan's mother in law. That's 184 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: really cool? Yeah, And then Michelle has ordered me some 185 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: on a couple of websites and they're going to come in. 186 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: So I'm going to be everywhere I go, I will 187 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: be adorning a Titans mask. And the team store has them, 188 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: I'm told as well, all right, well I'm gonna have 189 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: to look into that. You've got to. It's got to 190 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: be an accessory. And by the way, the Team store 191 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: being back open is a great thing because there's a 192 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: bunch of I think a lot of the new gear 193 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: has started to come in finally, Yeah, I think so. 194 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 1: And you know, that's one of our exciting parts of 195 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: the year. It's like Steve Martin in The Jerk. Did 196 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: you ever see The Jerk? No, I've never seen movies. 197 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: It's a great movie. So Steve Martin. He's a character 198 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: named Nathan Johnson, and to become somebody in his eyes, 199 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: you have to get your name in the phone book. 200 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: Of course there really aren't phone books per se anymore. 201 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: But when you get your name in the phone book, 202 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: you were somebody. And in the movie he proclaims, the 203 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: phone books are here. The phone books are here. I 204 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: love Steve mark. It's kind of the same way when 205 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: we get all of the new gear for the upcoming season, 206 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: we're all like fourteen years old again. It's Christmas. I've 207 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: got a new hat. Look at my shorts, you know, oh, 208 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: a new a new jacket. You know, like we've never 209 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: had a jacket before, right, that never gets old. Yeah, 210 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 1: Well it's different every year. It's different every year every year. 211 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: But it reminds us we have we have these cool 212 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: jobs getting to work for NFL teams, right, and so 213 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: you know, I still I mean, I walk around in 214 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: gear all the time. I buy gear. I have plenty. 215 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: But if I see something, if I see a hat 216 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: or I see a shirt or whatever, I buy it. Yeah. 217 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: And so when the team store gets the new stuff, 218 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: it's like I got to go in and just walk around, 219 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: right and just see what they have. And you know, 220 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: I think this year is going to be even cooler 221 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: because there are more branding options with NFL products now. 222 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: I hope for women. I know for men that's true. 223 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: I hope it's the same case. It seems like the 224 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: women's stuff has expanded. Women's stuff has expanded, and there 225 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: are a lot of people like Aaron Andrews and the 226 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: Wear brand and some different people like celebrities who are 227 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: lending their names to these athletic but I guess athletic 228 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 1: apparel is what it's called athleisure wear. I don't know. Nice, 229 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: but they're lending their names to these brands that are 230 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: working with the NFL to create brands for women that 231 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: represent their teams but aren't either like shiny and look 232 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: like a five year old girl should be wearing them, 233 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: or oddly shaped, because that happens a lot too that 234 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: women's clothing. When they take men's apparel and try to 235 00:13:55,280 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: make it for women, somehow the shaping is odd sometimes. 236 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: But before we move on, I have to give a 237 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 1: quick shout out to the Sakata family in Hawaii. They're 238 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: season ticket members and they mailed us masks from Hawaii 239 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: that they made for us, and they're the best masks 240 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: I have. So while they are not Titans branded, which 241 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: I need to get some Titans Brandon masks, they made 242 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: them for me and they are good quality and you 243 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: can put little filters in them. And I am so 244 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: thankful for these masks because I just keep it in 245 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: my car and I wash it and I wear it. 246 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: But yeah, season ticket members made me a mask. Well 247 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: that's nice. It was very nice, So shout out to 248 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: them because that was a very delightful thing and I 249 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: appreciated someone thinking of my safety. Shout out to you 250 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: for letting us air the Sports Stories event that Dave 251 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: mcginnison I did with Mickey Ryan to benefit the Leukebian 252 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: Lamphone with Society. Thank you for letting us put that together. 253 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: First of all, Coach Mac stories are always the best. 254 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: And if you haven't read John Glennon's story at SI 255 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: dot com about Dave McGinnis becoming coach of the Chicago 256 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: Bears and not knowing it, that's fantastic. But we could 257 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: do an hour a week to the end of time 258 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: with Dave McGinnis telling stories and we would never run 259 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: out of stories, right. We might have to bleep some 260 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: things out and redact names or things like that, but yeah, 261 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: he could tell stories forever. We could air them for 262 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: the rest of life. It's amazing. So we did that 263 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: event and it was about an hour and twenty minutes 264 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: and we cut it down to make an OTP out 265 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: of it. I think it was forty three minutes, so 266 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: you heard part of it. But thanks for letting us 267 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: do that, for letting us put that on and tell 268 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: those stories, and also to plug the Leukemian Lymphoma Society. 269 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: They held their final event for their Man Woman of 270 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: the Year competition last Thursday. Kristen Gore's moment of the Year. 271 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: Eric Larson is the Man of the Year. They raised 272 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: nearly one hundred and seventy thousand dollars in this incredibly 273 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: difficult time because the majority of money they raised in 274 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: that competition is generally done by candidate events parties, and well, 275 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,239 Speaker 1: they couldn't do any of that, and yet twelve candidates 276 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: still stuck with it. Actually counting the All Star candidates 277 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: and Jeff Jarrett, who was an ambassador of fifteen candidates, 278 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: still raised one hundred and seventy thousand dollars for LLS Tennessee. 279 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: And so thank you, thank you, Thank you to them 280 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: for that hard work, and to you for allowing us 281 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: to play that and let us promote that, which is 282 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: a great thing. And to Coach mack who last year 283 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: with Jonathan Hutton, was the Man of the Year. Coach 284 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: McK did a bunch of events for him to help 285 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: raise money and he's the best. Well, Mike, you've been 286 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: involved in a lot of different things recently, and I 287 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: wanted to ask you about the funeral that you spoke 288 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: at for a fallen officer and Brentwood. How did you 289 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: end up in that position, because that's quite the position 290 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: of honor to be in to be speaking at a 291 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: funeral like that. Deston Leagasa was his name. He was 292 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: almost thirty one years old. You and he were born 293 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: four days of heart. Really yeah, wow, I thought about 294 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: that when I saw his birthday. I said, he's the 295 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: exact same age, almost to the hour. Yea of aby 296 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: will So, Officler Gaza lost his life on June the eighteenth. 297 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: And what was a tragic accident, tragic situation, however you 298 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 1: want to look at it. I know Pam Stevens very 299 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: well at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home and she's a good friend. 300 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: And she called me and said I want to put 301 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Chief hughes On from the Brentwood Police Department. I'm like okay, 302 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: And so he said Deston was a massive Titans fan 303 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: and we would like for you to say something at 304 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: his service. And I was like absolutely, I mean I'm in. 305 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: So they told me that it was you last Wednesday, 306 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: and when to be there and whatever. And then during 307 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: the period of time in between the phone call and 308 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: the service, I had a chance to talk with his partner, 309 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: Brent Rousey, and I had a chance to do some 310 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: research online and read some other things and then take 311 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: a look at a lot of pictures on social media. 312 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: Amy this guy was the deal in terms of being 313 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,199 Speaker 1: a Titans fan. Yeah, he went to London, he was 314 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: with us for Monday Night football in Dallas. He went 315 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 1: to Denver. Last year, he went to two of the 316 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: playoff games. He was all over the draft in twenty nineteen, 317 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: he was at the uniform unveiling. He went to caravan stops. 318 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: I mean there are pictures with him everywhere with everybody. 319 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: He named his dog Titan. He drove of a Titan. 320 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: And what I came to find out is that his 321 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: passion and love for the Titans really symbolized everything else 322 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,239 Speaker 1: in his life. That's how he went about being a 323 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: police officer, that's how he went about being a friend, 324 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: being a husband. I mean, everything he did was with 325 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: this incredible passion. And then I came to understand why 326 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: they wanted someone from the Titans to represent that part 327 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: of his life, because it was really it was that important. 328 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 1: If it's not the most important talk I've ever been 329 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: asked to do, it's top two or top three, that's 330 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: for sure. I was blown away by the honor and 331 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: blown away by the family and the friends and just 332 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: everybody and I'll tell you what really jumps out to. 333 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: So we start this whole thing in ninety eight, really 334 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 1: first year we played Vanderbilt and we would sit around 335 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: in the trailer and we would talk about building a 336 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 1: fan base, and we said, you know, if you're thirty 337 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: five years old right now and you're a Steelers or 338 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: a Cowboys fan, we're probably not gonna get you, you know, 339 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: because you've been a Steelers or everybody I grew up 340 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: with was a fan of a national team. Right I 341 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: was a Cowboys fan, and most of my friends were 342 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: Steelers fans or Raiders fans, or you know, so on 343 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: and so forth. So we're not going to change you. 344 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: But we used to tease, we're gonna get your kids. 345 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: That's what we're gonna do. We can't get you, but 346 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,959 Speaker 1: you're gonna end up having to buy our tickets and 347 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 1: you're going to end up having to buy our merchandise 348 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: because we're gonna get your kids. And so Deston started 349 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: going to Titans games at age nine. Wow, what we 350 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: wanted to do. Sitting there in that trailer. He was 351 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: the perfect example of why we did caravan stops the 352 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: way we did, and they were crazy how we did. 353 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: The caravan was not human. It was not a good 354 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: idea physically to be driving around like what we did 355 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: in an RV, but it was worth it. It was 356 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: all the school programs that we did. I mean, the 357 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: people who I've met who were in their thirties now, 358 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: who said, you brought Javonne Curse to my school, you 359 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: brought Trek to my school, you brought Steve McNair or 360 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: you know whatever, And that made me a fan for life. 361 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: That's who he was. And so he represented a lot 362 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: of things as I've learned about him, but he also 363 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 1: represented about what I love so much about Titans fans, 364 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: you know, and that is the passion. And you know, 365 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: I thought a lot about those two playoff wins, and 366 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: people said that, what's the best part, beating Tom Brady, 367 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: beating the Ravens, And yeah, I mean, all that's great, 368 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 1: but what was at most awesome was seeing our fans 369 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: who waited for those moments and who stuck through the 370 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: hard times. And when I saw our fans come up 371 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: to the booth after the Baltimore game just because they 372 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: wanted to celebrate with us, that's what brought tears to 373 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: my eyes, because not winning the game, or what we 374 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: did on the broadcast, or you know who made the 375 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: great plays. It was these people getting to have these 376 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: moments that are so special and knowing that Deston was 377 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 1: in New England and got to experience that. I mean, 378 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 1: it certainly doesn't replace anything about the tragedy, but it 379 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: lets you know that some of his happiest moments in 380 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: life involved us and involved his friends and family with us. 381 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: That's what you love sports for. Yeah, you love for 382 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: how it brings people together. You love the fans, and 383 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: the fans are why we do this. So that's a 384 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: long answer to your question. No, but that was a 385 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 1: good answer and watching you do that made me very proud, 386 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: not only as your broadcast partner, but also just to 387 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: have you representing the Titans, the organization, how thankful all 388 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: of us are for Dustin and his service and also 389 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: just fans in that kind of passion. You did a 390 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: very good job. Well, thank you. You're not going to 391 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 1: do better than Chief Hughes and his friends and his 392 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: colleagues meet. What they're going to say is is more meaningful. 393 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: And the fact that they showed the video of him 394 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: on a traffic stop with a lady with a monkey 395 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: to hear his family and friends laugh. I mean, because 396 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 1: you hope that those services are celebrations of a person's life, right, 397 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: And they celebrated his life, And so when you write 398 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: something down, you hope that it can just be an 399 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: accompaniment to what the people who are really most important 400 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: in his life say. So you're just trying to get 401 00:23:55,840 --> 00:24:00,120 Speaker 1: it right. You agonize because you don't want to miss 402 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: what's important to them. You want to make what you 403 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: say in that moment what you hope they want you 404 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: to say. And they were very nice, and Vince Gill 405 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: was very nice, and Lee Bryce was very nice. I 406 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: mean to have them play those songs, I mean, what 407 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: that meant to the family and friends was just I mean, 408 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 1: it blew you away. Yeah. Vince Gill, Lord, what a treasure. 409 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: He might be one of the nicest people in America. 410 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: Lee Bryce, I'd never met Lee Bryce, and he is 411 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: a nice guy. Certainly he's a big deal right now too. 412 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: He doesn't have the longevity of Vince Gill. And I've 413 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 1: known about Vince for over thirty years because I worked 414 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: for w IVK in Knoxville and w IVK was the 415 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: number one country station in America at that time. Really yeah, 416 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: we had over a forty share of the market, which 417 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: was unheard of. And if w IVK added your records, 418 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: it had a chance because other radio stations in America 419 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 1: would see that they added your record to the current 420 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: playlist and then they would add it because they're like, 421 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: if w iv K is doing it, then that's that's 422 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: what it is. And my general manager, Bobby Denton, loved 423 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 1: Vince Gil. He decided Vince Gill like he decided Kenny 424 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: Chesney was a star. He decided that Vince Gill was 425 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: a star and added his record, and he was there 426 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: for Vince Gil when Vince Gill was trying to get 427 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: over the hump, maybe even to the hump. And so 428 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: all of us in the building became Vince Gill fans 429 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: because Bobby Denton, you know, did this, and Vince always 430 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: appreciated Bobby for that, and so, you know, just to 431 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: listen to him and to seem sing with the Eagles, 432 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: And I got to be in a room where he 433 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: and Lee were warming up. And you think about Derek 434 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: Henry and his gifts, right, you think about A. J. 435 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: Brown and his gifts. Vince Gill and Lee Bryce have 436 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: different gift, but they are gifts. Nonetheless, it's amazing. I mean, 437 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 1: it is amazing to sit in presence of talent like that. 438 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: I appreciate you bringing that up. Thank you, Amy, that 439 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: was very kind of you. Also, we appreciate our fine 440 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: sponsor of BOTP Farm Bureau Health Plans. Don't get sacked 441 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 1: by the high cost of healthcare. Make Farm Bureau Health 442 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: Plans your first line of protection. They've been protecting Tennessee 443 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 1: and since nineteen forty seven. Amy Wells, it's almost July. 444 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: It feels like we're going to play football. After you 445 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: heard that training camp is going to start on time 446 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: July the twenty eighth. Are you more optimistic? I am 447 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:45,360 Speaker 1: optimistic and curious, if that makes sense. So I think 448 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: that we are willing to have football. I do not 449 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: think that in the United States of America a fall 450 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: can exist without football happening in some capacity. I just 451 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: don't think that that can happen. I'm curious as to 452 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: a lot of different things, how individual teams are going 453 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: to pull off some of the league mandated best practices. 454 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: I am curious to see how many, if any fans 455 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: were going to be able to have in stadiums and 456 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: things like that. I am curious to see what football 457 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: looks like as the season progresses and as we settle 458 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: in even more to this new normal. There are just 459 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,880 Speaker 1: so many question marks that are still happening that I'm 460 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: so curious and so interested to see how they evolve 461 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: and what the actual execution is. But if you ask 462 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: me if I think there's going to be football, I 463 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: say absolutely. The job that's got to be the toughest 464 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: for everybody in the league right now has got to 465 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: be the thirty two teams operations departments. I can't imagine. 466 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 1: And for all of us, I mean, we're having to 467 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: make adjustments because you and I are talking about how 468 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,719 Speaker 1: are we going to do our TV shows and how 469 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: are we going to do our radio programming and things 470 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: like that, And everybody listening to the OTP right now 471 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 1: is dealing with something like that at work. But for 472 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: the ops people, I mean to figure out, you know, 473 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: the locker room is the locker room. It's not like 474 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 1: you can build a new locker room right now. So 475 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 1: if you've got social distancing, how are you doing that? 476 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: Does that mean players dressed in another part of the building. 477 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: How does that work? The cafeteria is the cafeteria. We 478 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: spent several million dollars a year ago redoing our facility, 479 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: which is fantastic, but it's not any bigger. There's nothing 480 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: you can do with that. How do we travel? How 481 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: do you see people on the plane? How do you 482 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: do the hotel? How do you do meeting rooms? How 483 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: do you do meals on the road? How do you 484 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: do buses to the stadium? And figuring all this out? 485 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: I mean, John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens has said 486 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: that he thinks it's impossible, physically impossible, and I mean 487 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: I get some of that, but I think the toughest 488 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: part comes down to the fact that every time you 489 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: unspool something, something else is created that you never thought of, 490 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: that you always just took for granted. And for Brent 491 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: Acres and Chrismatuzik, I don't see how they're sleeping at 492 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: night trying to figure it all out. It's like a 493 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: giant puzzle. You are given the amount of square footage 494 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: that your facility has, and that's it. The league has 495 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: said you can't go anywhere, especially for training camp. So 496 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: think about what training camp is. While these guys are 497 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: trying to put this puzzle together within the square footage 498 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: of Saint Thomas Sports Park. They have to get ninety athletes, ninety, 499 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: not fifty three, in a practice squad, ninety professional athletes 500 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: in a building, having meetings, having practices, eating. It's boot camp. 501 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: They're allowed to be in the facility for what is it, 502 00:29:55,240 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: twelve hours a day something like that. Yeah, theoretically, yeah, 503 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: for a tremendous amount of time. It's basically sleepaway camp, right, 504 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: but for football, and so you have to figure out 505 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: a way to get all of those people fed, bathed, practiced, 506 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: clothes changed, sitting in meetings like you have to have 507 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: places for all of these human beings treated. You know, 508 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: you've got the whirlpool and the ankle taping, and I mean, 509 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: even if you're not hurt, every player spends time in 510 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: the treatment room. I don't mean to up, but that's 511 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: another big one right Well, and even under normal circumstances 512 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: for training camp, the building looks very different because the 513 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: locker room is designed for fifty three. So we're already 514 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: doing some overflow things. In terms of the locker room 515 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: for ninety guys, you already see cots and extra treatment 516 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: beds and different things like overflowed into the bubble perhaps 517 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: or out into hallways because there's so many people and 518 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: that's not even with requiring six feet of space between everything. 519 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: They're cramming things into the were flow spaces just because 520 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 1: there's so many bodies moving around. Right The puzzle that 521 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: bred Acres and the rest of the OPS team are 522 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: trying to solve right now is massive. And I have 523 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: no spatial reasoning skills. I don't have a lot of 524 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: depth perception, so I would not be helpful to them 525 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: during this time. But I can only imagine that that 526 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: is just a mind puzzle, like you can't imagine. But 527 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: you know what we used to call bred Acres. He 528 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: and I've worked together for over twenty years. He's a 529 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: good friend. Yeah. Are you allowed to say this on 530 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: the OTP? Yeah? Sure, mcguyver because he's the guy who 531 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: could take a who could take a pen, and could 532 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 1: figure out how to get a mower started with a pin. 533 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: So that's the type of guy you want in these situations. 534 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: The other thing, too, is Vrabel is one of those 535 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: kind of people, and John Robinson is really one of 536 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: those kind of people. The funny thing about those two 537 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: guys is if they were football, they could both work 538 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: ops and be good at it because they have minds 539 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: like that. They are the types of guys that if 540 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: you go into one of those what do you call it, 541 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: the trapped rooms, the escape Yeah, yeah, they are the 542 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: kind of guys who could get out of them. And 543 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: so I think what they will end up doing is 544 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: they will end up somehow making this as manageable as possible, 545 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: to the point where it is less of a distraction 546 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: for the Tennessee Titans probably than it is for some teams. 547 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: I was going to ask you, can you think of 548 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: a team and I don't know the business of the 549 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: other thirty one NFL teams, I don't know what they're doing. 550 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: Can you think of a team that is more well 551 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: suited for this situation that we're in right now than 552 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, given so much of the team is 553 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: coming back, so much of the coaching staff is in place. 554 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel is who Mike Vrabel is, John Robinson is 555 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: who he is is. Like, we seem to be in 556 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: such a good place in terms of consistency, ingenuity, The 557 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: standards aren't going to change, Like everything seems to be 558 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: shining a good light for the Titans. Yeah, and I 559 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: think it's a good point because when you come back, 560 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: and that's the reason if they go to two preseason games, 561 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: it's because you're gonna want to take these extra weeks 562 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,479 Speaker 1: and on the front end get used to the new normal, 563 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: and then on the back end, get get ready for 564 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: the season. If they provide some days on the back end, 565 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: which you know, I don't know which of the two 566 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 1: preseason games will play, but we'll see. But I think 567 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: the Titans, because of just what you're saying, we'll walk 568 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: in and the first few days will be goofy and 569 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: they'll be going, we can't do what we can. But 570 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: within seventy two hours, this will be their normal and 571 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: in their minds they will think this is training camp 572 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: is It's just how it is. We go on. We're 573 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: not distracted, we're not upset. I think some teams it's 574 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,399 Speaker 1: gonna be harder because I don't think the coach will 575 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: manage it as well. I think he'll start every conversation with, well, guys, 576 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,760 Speaker 1: we're you know, we know this is hard. Mike vrabel 577 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: Aink going to start every conversation with, well, guys, this 578 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: is hard. He's going to start the first conversation with 579 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,319 Speaker 1: that and then it's over. Ye, and then it's this 580 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,720 Speaker 1: is what it is. And so we don't want any 581 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:32,080 Speaker 1: whining or crying and we're not gonna make excuses. We're 582 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: gonna work. And when your head coach has that mindset, 583 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: because some coaches are more temperamental than others. He is emotional, 584 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: but he is not temperamental. Agreed, Yep. I mean we've 585 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 1: seen Mike Vrabel angry, granted, We've seen Mike Vrabel happy, granted, 586 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,280 Speaker 1: but he is not all over the road. You don't 587 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 1: get something different with Mike Vrabel every single day. I 588 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 1: agree with that. We have both encountered coaches in our 589 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: life that you get something different maybe every single hour. 590 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 1: And I'm talking about in my career in a variety 591 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: of sports, and the consistency of the person determines in 592 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,360 Speaker 1: large part the mood of the team. Yeah, because I 593 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,800 Speaker 1: think players feed off of that. They feel that feel 594 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:29,840 Speaker 1: it consistency. And I think that having someone in that position, 595 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: that head coaching role, who can be consistent, who you 596 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: know what you're going to get anytime you interact with them. 597 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,880 Speaker 1: I think that that translates to players and consistency on 598 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: the field and beyond, and when they trust the message. 599 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: And I think they have grown to trust Vrabel's message 600 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: because it has now shown results. Clearly it works. I 601 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,920 Speaker 1: mean that's what we all want. I mean, when you 602 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,480 Speaker 1: have leadership and a lead leader says this is what 603 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna do and then it works, then all the sudden, 604 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 1: the leader has credibility. And sure it is, especially in 605 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 1: a moment like this. Nobody's downplaying anything. We're just talking 606 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: about the football aspect of it right now. Because we 607 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: work for a football team and this is a podcast 608 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 1: about football, you understand that the leadership is not always 609 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:30,120 Speaker 1: an easy thing. And sometimes the leadership is telling you 610 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: what you don't want to hear. Guys, this is gonna stink. 611 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just not gonna be easy, and you're 612 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,360 Speaker 1: gonna have to stay with me. But then once you 613 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 1: say that, it's over right. I mean, he won't even 614 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: tell us which bye week he would prefer to have. No, 615 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: because Rabel refuses to allow himself to get into hypotheticals 616 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,359 Speaker 1: that don't affect his life or to be manipulated by 617 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 1: outside circumstances. Exactly now, it makes it harder on a 618 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,479 Speaker 1: broadcaster who is doing a talk show and says, hey, 619 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,719 Speaker 1: do you like having the bye week? Week seven? And 620 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 1: he's like, whatever, I mean, surely he has an opinion 621 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: right now. The more you press him, the more he 622 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 1: tells you he's not going to tell you. It's pretty funny. Actually, 623 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 1: if that's the way he is in private too, I mean, 624 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: it's no different. This is not an act. And then 625 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:32,440 Speaker 1: Robinson is a guy that he just has this sort 626 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 1: of he's really smart. John is really really smart, but 627 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:41,400 Speaker 1: he also has this common sense that a lot of 628 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 1: people who grew up on a farm or out in 629 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,280 Speaker 1: the middle of nowhere have, and it's a sly sort 630 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: of genius that they don't show you, but they have it. 631 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 1: It's a different sort of thing with him. And the 632 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: combination of John Robinson and Mike Vrabel in this instance 633 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,279 Speaker 1: gives you a lot of confidence that the Titans are 634 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,239 Speaker 1: going to have a chance to make the best of 635 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,280 Speaker 1: what is obviously going to be a hard situation for football. 636 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,719 Speaker 1: It's not a hard situation for life. We're not comparing 637 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,840 Speaker 1: it to anything outside of but if you're just talking 638 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: about the football and being ready to play September fourteenth 639 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,760 Speaker 1: in Denver. To your original point, I think this gives 640 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:26,239 Speaker 1: you the best chance. Yep. I feel excited to be 641 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: a Tennessee Titan going into this twenty twenty season and 642 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,399 Speaker 1: seeing what this team is going to be able to 643 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:37,439 Speaker 1: do with less than ideal circumstances. All right, so you 644 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:41,840 Speaker 1: check the otpques. I did check the otpques. Do you 645 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,279 Speaker 1: have anything you would like to throw out before we 646 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: depart this two person edition of the OTP Why, I 647 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:53,120 Speaker 1: sure do, Mike Key. This first one is for you, 648 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 1: and this is from Andrew from Columbia, Missouri. He asks 649 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 1: Mike Keith, what game is the loudest that you can 650 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:06,239 Speaker 1: remember at Nissan Stadium. Well, obviously, the loudest that we 651 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 1: ever had was the Buffalo game after the Music City Miracle. 652 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,399 Speaker 1: That's like nothing I've ever experienced, So take that off 653 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: the table. The loudest that I remember Nissan Stadium other 654 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,240 Speaker 1: than that was when we played the New York Giants 655 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,720 Speaker 1: in two thousand and six. Eli Manning and the Giants. 656 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,000 Speaker 1: We trailed twenty one to nothing going into the fourth 657 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,640 Speaker 1: quarter and we scored twenty four straight points to beat them, 658 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:35,719 Speaker 1: And it was as crazy at that fourth quarter, the 659 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,280 Speaker 1: place just shook. We've had several games where it's happened, 660 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 1: but amy we played so bad. We played so I've 661 00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: played just awful for three quarters and it was like 662 00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,360 Speaker 1: a switch went on and we wore them out in 663 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,880 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter and won the game. And the whole 664 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:58,279 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, the place just shook. Monday Night Football two 665 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: thousand and eight against the Colts would also be right there. 666 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,359 Speaker 1: Two thousand and eight against the Steelers would be right 667 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 1: there as well. To me, that one in two thousand 668 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 1: and six against the Giants, one of the best Titans 669 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:15,360 Speaker 1: games that is never mentioned was that comeback? Was that 670 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,040 Speaker 1: louder than I have a hard time imagining Nissan Stadium 671 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 1: louder than the Kansas City game in twenty nineteen. Holy smokes, Wow, 672 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 1: that makes my years hurt in a good way. This 673 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,239 Speaker 1: group of fans now has something to shoot for, so 674 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:35,720 Speaker 1: that's good. Consider it a challenge, Titans fans, and remember 675 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,319 Speaker 1: this too. Let me say one thing about tickets. One 676 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,480 Speaker 1: of the areas that we talked about earlier that the 677 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,120 Speaker 1: Titans locker room shop is back open. There are people 678 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,359 Speaker 1: back in the ticket office now. So if you are 679 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 1: interested in the flex tickets if you're interested in the 680 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,960 Speaker 1: five packs, the two packs, the group tickets, whatever. They 681 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,279 Speaker 1: are back in there now, which is nice because they 682 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: can take phone calls six one five five, six five 683 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,880 Speaker 1: two hundred. Plug to our good friends, our hard working 684 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,479 Speaker 1: folks in the ticket office. You want another OTPQ. Sure, 685 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:12,160 Speaker 1: this one is from Brandon from Owensboro, Kentucky, Owensboro, Ky. 686 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:18,840 Speaker 1: Why hello, Walts, Oh my goodness, we're coming unglued. Here's 687 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:23,080 Speaker 1: your question. Jim Wyatt says that John new Smith will 688 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,799 Speaker 1: be this season's breakout star. Who do you think will 689 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:30,640 Speaker 1: be this season's breakout star and why? And he adds 690 00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:34,319 Speaker 1: rules you cannot say John ow Okay, I think it's 691 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,120 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons. I think Jeffrey Simmons becomes one of the 692 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,440 Speaker 1: dominant defensive linemen in the NFL because I think he 693 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 1: has a skill set. I think he has a work ethic. 694 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:47,120 Speaker 1: I think he has a heart and a motor for it. 695 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,040 Speaker 1: I think he is one of the best natural talents 696 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 1: we've had in a long long time, regardless of positions. 697 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,120 Speaker 1: So I would say Jeffrey Simmons. Have you seen a 698 00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,479 Speaker 1: picture of Jeffrey Simmons recently? I have not. He put 699 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,759 Speaker 1: a picture on Instagram maybe a week or so ago. 700 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:08,239 Speaker 1: His body has changed a little bit. He is a 701 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:13,080 Speaker 1: little slimmer. It looks like he looks very strong. I 702 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,120 Speaker 1: looked at that picture and I thought, oh, yeah, that 703 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 1: guy is a Tennessee Titan. He looks in shape, he 704 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 1: looks healthy, he looks ready to go, and I am 705 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,799 Speaker 1: ready to get that guy in the building. Cool, Mike, 706 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,480 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a wild ride. Can you believe 707 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,239 Speaker 1: it's almost here? Yeah, I'm ready for it to be here, 708 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,680 Speaker 1: and I'm excited about it. I mean, every year in 709 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:40,120 Speaker 1: the NFL is so strange because it's like a car 710 00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,720 Speaker 1: raise you have thirty two cars. I mean, it truly 711 00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,279 Speaker 1: is a stock car. You have thirty two cars that 712 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:51,160 Speaker 1: are stock. We all have the same challenges, and everybody's 713 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:56,080 Speaker 1: got a chance, and so you can't take anybody for granted. 714 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,279 Speaker 1: You don't know what's gonna happen, and how well you 715 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:05,200 Speaker 1: prepare gives you a chance. But yet some things have 716 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:09,480 Speaker 1: to fall your way for it to work out. Everybody 717 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,879 Speaker 1: has to have some good fortune, yep. And hopefully we're 718 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,760 Speaker 1: all going to have the good fortune of having a season. 719 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:20,840 Speaker 1: Because I think, you know, having basketball and baseball and 720 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,960 Speaker 1: hockey and football back. I think it would help folks, 721 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 1: I really do. I think it would help everybody, because 722 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:31,000 Speaker 1: I mean, some of the challenges are just unreal. It's 723 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,080 Speaker 1: it's not going to solve the problems. But it's just 724 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,640 Speaker 1: like how I felt about the draft when some people 725 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,560 Speaker 1: were criticizing the league about the draft, I thought it 726 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:43,360 Speaker 1: would help people just to have something to look forward to. 727 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,239 Speaker 1: And I think that's going to be the case with this. 728 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:49,040 Speaker 1: I agree. I think I think that sports have the 729 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,680 Speaker 1: uncanny ability to give you something to look forward to, 730 00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:56,280 Speaker 1: give you something to get excited about, to rally around 731 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,879 Speaker 1: and bring people together to cheer for a team. Well, 732 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:03,160 Speaker 1: you know, I think that that's exactly what we could 733 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,360 Speaker 1: all use right now, is something to look forward to, 734 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,000 Speaker 1: something to get excited about, and something to all come 735 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,560 Speaker 1: together and cheer for. And you think about how much 736 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,800 Speaker 1: like you and I and Ashley Farrell and the Titans 737 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:20,799 Speaker 1: radio folks, how much we text articles and we talk 738 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:24,319 Speaker 1: about topics, and you know, we're just like everybody else 739 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:27,279 Speaker 1: as far as fans. You know, you see something and 740 00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:30,359 Speaker 1: everybody sends it to the group, Hey what about this 741 00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,080 Speaker 1: player or what about this team or this is interesting. 742 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:37,439 Speaker 1: Just being able to commiserate about sports is a great thing. 743 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I just love you know, I love reading 744 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,960 Speaker 1: all the articles and keeping up with it. I love 745 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:47,840 Speaker 1: being a fan. Yeah, and it's just entertaining to talk about. 746 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,400 Speaker 1: We've probably talked enough now, don't you think. I suppose. Yeah, 747 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,680 Speaker 1: We've unpacked a lot of stuff. We've covered a lot 748 00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,120 Speaker 1: of ground today, Mike Keith. We've covered a lot of ground. 749 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,759 Speaker 1: We've covered a lot of ground, and hope everybody has 750 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:04,600 Speaker 1: a great Fourth of July weekend. Please be safe, please 751 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:07,920 Speaker 1: be smart. Go get a Titans mask. Get a Titans 752 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,759 Speaker 1: mask at the Titans Pro Shop. But also here we 753 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,759 Speaker 1: go July. Just think about this as we leave you 754 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,920 Speaker 1: on this edition of the OTP presented by Farm Bureau 755 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:21,480 Speaker 1: Health Plans. Just think about this. The calendar turning means 756 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:26,000 Speaker 1: we are moving into training camp months happening. You have 757 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:28,759 Speaker 1: something to look forward to. That's all you can ask 758 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:32,400 Speaker 1: for right now, something to look forward to, and it's camp. 759 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:37,000 Speaker 1: It's happening for Amy Wells and Ashley Ferrell. I'm Mike Keith. 760 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,520 Speaker 1: We thank you for listening to the O T