1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Colts Reunion Podcast, a conversation with former 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: Colts players look back at their career, what they're up 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: to now, and how the Colts played a positive role 4 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: in their lives. 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 2: Welcome everyone, and thanks for joining in on our final 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: installments of the Colts Reunion here in twenty twenty four 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: in the summertime. I'm Matt Taylor, joined by a Ring 8 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: of Honor member Bill Brooks. We're inside the Indiana Union 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 2: Construction Industry Radio studio and we've had some great guests 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 2: this summer on our Colts Reunion series. 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 3: Ken Bilger joined us. 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: Ryan Dean, Gary Brackett, and Austin Colli. You can go 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: back on your timeline here on the Colts Audio Network 14 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 2: and dig those up if you missed them. But today's 15 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: guest is just as great as We close it out 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: with former Colts running back Albert Bentley joins us today. 17 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: Bentley was an extremely consistent and reliable running back for 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: the Colts from the eighteen eighty five to nineteen ninety one, 19 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: playing virtually his entire NFL career in Indianapolis. Started off 20 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: with humble beginnings. He was a walk on at Miami 21 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 2: and then ultimately earned a scholarship and then won a 22 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 2: national championship with the Hurricanes, and then began his professional 23 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 2: football career in the USFL, where he played two seasons 24 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: before the league folded in the mid nineteen eighties. From there, though, 25 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 2: he shined with the Colts for seven seasons and took 26 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 2: on whatever role was asked of him. He was the 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: primary running back, he was the backup running back. At times, 28 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 2: he was a great pass catcher. He was a kickoff 29 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 2: return man, and he did whatever was asked of him 30 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: with class and with dignity, and he did it all 31 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: for the greater good, always in mind. And when it 32 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: was all said and done, Bentley has the fourth most 33 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: kickoff returns in Colts history, has the fifth most kickoff 34 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: return yards, and among Colts running backs all time, he 35 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: ranks eighth, and catches seventh, and receiving yards third, in 36 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: yards per catch in nine point nine, and he's tied 37 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: for tenth in touchdown catches with eight of them. So, 38 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: without further ado, the Great Albert Bentley joined us now 39 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: here on Colts Reunion. Albert, thanks for the visit today, sir. 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: How are you? 41 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 4: I'm doing good? 42 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: Can you tell us where home is now and what 43 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: you're up to these days for the audience and kind 44 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 2: of what's keeping you always busy these days. 45 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 4: A home for me right now is Fort Marge, Florida, 46 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 4: about thirty minutes from where I was born in Naples, Florida. 47 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 4: And I'm actually doing a couple of different things, insurance 48 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 4: sales as well as some other property rentals and things 49 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 4: of that nature. 50 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 3: It's your second passion. 51 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're always You're always sharp as attack, So no 52 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 2: surprise there. So, like you said, you grew up in Florida, 53 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 2: not too far from where you are now, but you 54 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: grew up at stud athlete Albert. At your high school, 55 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: I read you were the tailback on the football team, 56 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 2: you were a wrestler, you were on the track and 57 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 2: field team, and then your senior year you were named 58 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 2: most valuable player on. 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 3: All three of those teams. 60 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 2: Uh So, just to put things into perspective a little bit, 61 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 2: to start things off, Albert, how much of a you know, 62 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 2: kind of a big man on campus were you back 63 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 2: in the day growing up as a as a great athlete. 64 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 4: Well, I'm gonna'm gonna be a little bit humble. I 65 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 4: mean I did two A two A high school. So 66 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 4: it wasn't a big school. But you know, uh, I 67 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 4: come from a you know, a big family, both my 68 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 4: both brothers and sisters and cousins, so you know, we 69 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 4: kind of represented the Bentleys and the gas and we're 70 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 4: kind of represented when it came to you know, the 71 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 4: superstar athletes if you will, both you know, girls and boys. 72 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 4: My sister was pretty fast actually graduating high school. I 73 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 4: had a sister that was faster than I was coming 74 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 4: out of high school. So we were I was definitely 75 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 4: a very very athletic family. And but it was fun, 76 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 4: you know, playing different sports and you know, I remember 77 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 4: just just track and feel. It was you know, I 78 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 4: was coach to put me in every event to try 79 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 4: to you know, get more points, you know, pole vault, 80 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 4: high jump, hurdles. Everything that was fun. 81 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 5: Well, that was a lot, Ober. And like you said, 82 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 5: you said you came from a big family. You were 83 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 5: one of twelve kids growing up in a family. What 84 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 5: was your household like growing up with all those kids 85 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 5: in the house. 86 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean i'mn'tally honest like my oldest sister for 87 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 4: a while because my mom worked outside the home alongside 88 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 4: my dad, and so I actually you know, until I 89 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 4: was probably about I don't know, I think like four 90 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 4: or five. I thought my oldest sister was my mom. 91 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 4: It was, you know, because you know, everybody was pitching 92 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 4: in because it's just it was just too much that 93 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 4: many kids for two people to you know, take care 94 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 4: of them. So yeah, I had a fun, you know, 95 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 4: fun childhood. I mean we worked hard. I mean, my 96 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 4: my father was you know, we come from farming and 97 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 4: harvesting crops and things for other farmers, so it was 98 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 4: a lot of hard work. I have a lot of 99 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 4: great memories. 100 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like Bill said, the big family, seven brothers, four sisters, 101 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 2: and your Your family would move a couple of times 102 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 2: growing up, so you had to kind of experience the uh, 103 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 2: you know, the the idea of being the new kids 104 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 2: in town a few times, if you will. Is that 105 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 2: where you learned the concept of being a good teammate, 106 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 2: a good big brother, always having each other's back because 107 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 2: you were a great teammate, I mean, Bill can attest 108 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: to it. A lot of guys you played with certainly 109 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: say the same thing. So is that where you learned 110 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 2: the concept of of family and role playing and buying 111 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 2: into the greater good? 112 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 4: Oh? Absolutely, I mean, you you you have to learn 113 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 4: a team and a family at the size of mine 114 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 4: or it's going to be chaos. So you know, we 115 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 4: all had, you know, different tours, and we would rotate tours, 116 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 4: you know, so one person worth that wasn't stuck with 117 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 4: doing you know, one thing. But yeah, we we had 118 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 4: to pitch in. You know. It was you know, big 119 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 4: brothers looking after the little brothers, and and that was 120 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 4: just you know, it was expected and a part of 121 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 4: part of our life to to have that kind of 122 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 4: dynamic in our family. 123 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 6: Now, but I want to move on to like a 124 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 6: little bit after high school. 125 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 4: Now. 126 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 5: You are surprisingly not heavily recruited coming out of high school, 127 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 5: didn't received many scholarship offers, but you choose to attend 128 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 5: the U Miami without a scholarship and try to walk 129 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 5: on the football team there in Miami. How did you 130 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 5: end up at Miami? Why Miami? Why did you want 131 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 5: to go to Miami? 132 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 4: Well, I mean, my you know, my senior year, my 133 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 4: high school team and we went two and eight, So 134 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 4: you're not gonna have a lot of recruiters coming. I 135 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 4: was scheduled to play even with that two and eight season, 136 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 4: I was scheduled to play in the Southwest Florida All 137 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 4: Star Game, where I could have gotten some you know, 138 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 4: some views. But I I was actually in Delaware with 139 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 4: my father working. You know. We worked up the coast 140 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 4: of you know, the the east coast of the United 141 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 4: States every summer, and kind of a lot of times 142 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 4: we came back late for school. So the walk on thing, 143 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 4: I actually I got to Miami because I majored in 144 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 4: marine biology. I took my senior year. I took a 145 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 4: marine biology course in high school and I just fell 146 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 4: in love with marine biology and scuba diving and all that, 147 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 4: and so I decided, you know, I actually got an 148 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 4: offer to Finley in Ohio, and I decided, and they 149 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 4: were like, look, come here, you know, get your biology degree, 150 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 4: and then you can go to Miami and get your 151 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 4: marine biology degree afterwards and just play for us. And 152 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 4: I just decided, you know, I'm just gonna go ahead 153 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 4: and go, uh to Miami. I received some money from 154 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 4: an Optimist group that gave me like a partial scholarship, 155 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 4: so I was gonna, you know, use that do work, 156 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 4: study and everything else to get my way you know. 157 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 4: At Ork to Miami. I actually met a friend we 158 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 4: were both freshmen, and we were you know, I was 159 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 4: I used to shoot pool, and we kind of hit 160 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: it off and started hanging out and went to a 161 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 4: couple of games home games where Miami was getting trash, 162 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 4: you know, blown out of the game, and and my 163 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 4: friend he said, you know, man, we should go help 164 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 4: these guys. And I'm like, what do you mean we 165 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 4: should go help me? He's like, we should we should 166 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 4: walk on And I'm like walk on? 167 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: What? 168 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 4: I was like, what is what is walk on? He's like, 169 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 4: we go to school here, we can walk on. We 170 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 4: can walk on the football team. And I'm like, what 171 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 4: do you when you say it walk on? What does 172 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 4: that even mean? He's like, we can join the team. 173 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,839 Speaker 4: We can join the team. Since I'm like, no, no, no, man, 174 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 4: this is this is D one. 175 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 3: Right you got to have a scholarship, right, yeah. 176 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, this is D one. I'm thinking, you know, we 177 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 4: can't play with these guys. These guys are you know, 178 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 4: crazy good. And I'm like, no, I'm here for marine biology. 179 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 4: I'm not doing it. And then uh, the next week 180 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 4: went to another home game, same thing, and he started 181 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 4: the same thing. I said, dude, I already tell you 182 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 4: I'm not walking on like, oh, oh, I see, I 183 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 4: see You're you're scared I'm going to make the team, 184 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 4: not gonna make it. You don't want to be embarrassed. 185 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 4: So I was like, okay, let's walk on. And that's 186 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 4: really that's really how I got back into you know, 187 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 4: football after after high school. So there. 188 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny how things worked out, all right, you 189 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 2: work out for a reason. So you mentioned you mentioned 190 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 2: marine biology a couple of times. Is that still a 191 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 2: passion of yours or a hobby of yours? Do you 192 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 2: still do anything with that? 193 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 4: I still I mean, I like, you know, I like 194 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 4: the ocean. I'm not really working in that arena, but 195 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 4: you know, I'm a certified scuba diver and and MAXI 196 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 4: going to the Keys for there's a Miami event of 197 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 4: a fishing tournament this this uh weekend in the Keys 198 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,719 Speaker 4: that I'm going to attend as a you know, a 199 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 4: celebrity participant. So it should be it should be fun. 200 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 4: Hopefully I'll be able to get in the water. 201 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, you should capitalize on that every time you get 202 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 2: the chance to. All right, so you walk on at Miami, Uh, 203 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 2: you're a true fresh in nineteen seventy nine, Albert, So 204 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 2: I read a story in preparation of this conversation. Here, 205 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 2: I read a story about you playing at Miami. You're 206 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 2: playing in a JV game as a freshman. You're playing 207 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,599 Speaker 2: against Florida State, I think, and you're kicking or I 208 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 2: should say, returning kicks, and you're about to return a 209 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 2: kickoff for a touchdown. But some guy, some jamoke on 210 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 2: the sidelines from Florida State tackles you and prevents you 211 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 2: from scoring a touchdown. Right, some guy that's not even 212 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 2: in the game, some guy on the sidelines, you know. 213 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 3: Illegally tackles you. What do you remember about that play? 214 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 2: And then how much did that game or that play 215 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 2: kind of help kickstart your Miami career if you will. 216 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 4: I mean that game was you know, it was the catalyst. 217 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 4: I mean it was the Big Bay moment, quite honestly, 218 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 4: I did you know back then, like the big schools, 219 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 4: they had both JV and varsity squads. And Ronnie Liberty 220 00:10:55,679 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 4: who played for the Patriots, the cornerback for the and 221 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 4: I we were the only two like once I you know, 222 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 4: once I made it to the to the varsity squad. 223 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 4: I mean him and I were like the only two 224 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 4: freshmen that were actually traveling, uh with the with the 225 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 4: varsity squad, and that that particular play. Yeah, I mean, 226 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 4: I you know, usually when you break free from the crowd, 227 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 4: you're you know, you for me anyway, because I wasn't like, 228 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 4: you know, blazing speed. I you know, take a glance 229 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 4: over each shoulder, see how close to anyone is, see 230 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 4: if anyone is coming. And as soon as I did 231 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 4: went to take my plants, I'm going down the sideline 232 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 4: and then I look back in front and there's a 233 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 4: guy standing there and and he you know, yeah, he 234 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 4: just jumps off the sideline into the field of play 235 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 4: and ends up tackling me. And they don't call the filmy. 236 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 4: I mean, like, yeah, it was. It was crazy. 237 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 3: How do you not catch that? How do you not 238 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 3: call that? That's amazing to me. 239 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 2: I mean, I know we're not in the age of 240 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 2: replay back then, but you got twelve guys on the 241 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 2: field all of a sudden. 242 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 6: Pretty obvious. 243 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, it was, and you know, and that and 244 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 4: that's really what vaulted me to the varsity. I mean, 245 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 4: like the next week we're playing Penn State up there 246 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 4: at State College. I mean, it's you know it's packed. 247 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 4: I'm you know, freshman walk on back deep for kickoff return, 248 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 4: and I mean it was like a it was so surreal. 249 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 4: It was just you know, like I'm like pinching myself, 250 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 4: like how in the world I went? You know here 251 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 4: this fast? To be quite honest. 252 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 5: Now moving forward, Now, moving forward in your college career. 253 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 5: In nineteen eighty two, you receive a scholarship from Howard 254 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 5: Schnellenberger before your junior season, and then your senior season, 255 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 5: you became starting running back with Brendan Kozar as your 256 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 5: quarterback and helped lead the Hurricanes to attend and one 257 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 5: record and beat Nebraska for the Arms Bowl Arms Bowl 258 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 5: National championship. You scored the winning touchdown in that game. 259 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 5: How special was that season to you? To win a 260 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 5: national championship with Brandy Kozar. 261 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 6: At the U. 262 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 4: I mean, it was such a special year. And primarily, 263 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 4: like you know, we didn't necessarily have you know, Nebraska 264 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 4: had you know, all Outland choking win our Heightsman Trophy winner. 265 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 4: You know, it was just chophy went after and you know, 266 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 4: here's this team with no real quote unquote you know, 267 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 4: superstar players, and to get into that game, I mean 268 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 4: we were so confident because of our season that we've had, 269 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 4: you know that we had that year. We were so 270 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 4: confident that we could play with Nebraska. Most people thought, 271 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 4: you know, it was going to be a blowout game. 272 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 4: They were going to kill us because I mean they 273 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: were literally scoring like like basketball scores are doing that 274 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 4: season against other teams. But we just, you know, we 275 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 4: fed off of our head coach, Howard Nullenberger. I mean 276 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 4: he was confident, and he gave us confidence that we 277 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 4: could play with him. And I mean the first quarter 278 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 4: we jump out, you know, seventeen dip against them because 279 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 4: we were just we were just so fired up. I 280 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 4: mean I remember just running out a tunnel for that game, 281 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 4: and like you know, it was like I was just 282 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 4: like our feet weren't on the ground. I was so 283 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 4: hyped up to play, to play that game, and my 284 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 4: teammates were the same way. I Mean we were literally like, 285 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 4: you know, if this is the end today, we're gonna 286 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 4: we're gonna get a win and then there's gonna be then. Yeah, 287 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 4: we wanted it that bad. 288 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 3: Well you guys got it. 289 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: And so legendary career at Miami that started off as 290 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 2: a walk on a guy that wasn't even trying to 291 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 2: make the team or you know, participate with the team 292 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 2: to then a guy that's inducted into the Miami Athletics 293 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: Hall of Fame in two thousand and seven, that would 294 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: be you, Albert Bentley. So let's go after college. Uh, 295 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: then you have your ey set on professional football. So 296 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 2: hopefully I get the chronology right here, Albert, if if 297 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 2: anything kind of falls through the cracks, let me know. 298 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 2: So you're drafted by the Chicago Blitz of the u 299 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 2: L in nineteen eighty four. You're the seventh overall selection 300 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 2: there in that league. But you were traded by the 301 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 2: Blitz to the Michigan Panthers and then you signed with 302 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: them and began your professional career in the USFL. But 303 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 2: you were also drafted by the Colts in nineteen eighty 304 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 2: four in the supplemental draft. And then the supplemental draft 305 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 2: back then was for college seniors who would already signed 306 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 2: with either the USFL or the CFL, in an attempt 307 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 2: to head off a bidding war with those leagues and 308 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 2: those players. So, Albert, why did you choose this CFL 309 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 2: or I should say, the USFL. I beg your pardon 310 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 2: over the NFL and the Colts coming out of college. 311 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 4: Two things. The first was the NFL. Really, I mean, 312 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 4: if you had to be either like the first or 313 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 4: second pick, maybe third depending on the position in the 314 00:15:55,160 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 4: first round to get guaranteed money in the NFL and 315 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 4: the USFL, you know, basically I had like a you know, 316 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 4: a no cut, guaranteed money contract with that league. So 317 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 4: that was my one of one of the primary reasons. 318 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 4: The other one was the USFL season actually started before 319 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 4: the NFL draft, so I was taking a chance on 320 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 4: you know, if I waited for the NFL draft, you 321 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 4: know that team may go ahead and fill that position 322 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 4: with someone else, right, So I decided to go ahead, 323 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 4: you know, go ahead, go to the USFL and you know, 324 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 4: go this route. And I felt like I could always 325 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 4: come back to the NFL if I needed to. 326 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 6: At after the USFL. 327 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 5: You played in the USFL, and the USFL voted you 328 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 5: did come join the Coats as they have drafted during 329 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 5: the supplemental Draft in nineteen eighty four, and of course 330 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 5: they retain your NFL playing rights. What do you remember 331 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 5: about coming to the Coats and joining the Coats back 332 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 5: then and making the switch to the National Football League 333 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 5: from the USFL. 334 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 4: I guess the first thing was just you know, I 335 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 4: everything happened so fast. I yet to you from teams 336 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 4: the team. So I went to the went to the Colts. 337 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 4: I mean, you know, I had the universe remind me 338 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 4: offense in my head. All of a sudden, I go 339 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 4: to the Michigan Panthers. Now I have the Michigan Panthers 340 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 4: in my head. Year following then the Michigan Panthers, we 341 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 4: merge with another USFL team, the Oakland Invaders. So now 342 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 4: I go out to California. I have all that offense 343 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 4: in my head. And then I come to the Colts 344 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 4: and literally, I mean you know, I missed training camp 345 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 4: because the USFL folded so late. So I was literally 346 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 4: like at the Colts, you know, my first week and 347 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 4: my second that you like, the second game that I'm there, 348 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 4: the head coach, you know, they they're wanting me to 349 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 4: start at running back, and I'm like, I barely know 350 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 4: the plays, I don't know the audibles. I'm like, I 351 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 4: don't want to get anybody hurt. You know, I was, 352 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 4: you know, I didn't feel like I was you know, prepared. 353 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 4: You know, I missed, you know, training camp miss all 354 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,959 Speaker 4: of that, and I'm like, and then I have all 355 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 4: these different offenses you know, in my head. So I 356 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 4: was really kind of reluctant, and I think I kind 357 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 4: of pissed off the head coaches the fact that I, 358 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 4: you know, was literally kind of like demoting myself, saying, 359 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 4: you know, I'm not ready to start for this team, 360 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 4: but I just have a lot of pride in you know, myself, 361 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 4: and I've and I have a strong team type, you know, personality. 362 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 4: So I didn't feel like it was fair for the team. 363 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 4: I mean, all those other guys are out there, you know, 364 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 4: they know what they're doing, they're working hard, they want 365 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 4: to win, and here I am. I don't want to 366 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 4: be you know, out there on the field going the 367 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 4: wrong way, not blocking the right person. So that's why, 368 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 4: you know, I you know, said what I said and 369 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 4: kind of devoted myself. But you know, in the end, 370 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 4: it worked out, you know, I you know, I kind 371 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 4: of thought I was on my way out the door, 372 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,719 Speaker 4: but then when you know, we had a co change 373 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 4: and all of a sudden, you know, I got a 374 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 4: chance to play. Once I knew, you know, I had 375 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 4: you know, the offense down and knew what I was doing. Uh, 376 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 4: you know it worked out pretty good. 377 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 6: Well when did you feel that way? 378 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 5: When did you feel comfortable you could play and could 379 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 5: excel at the NFL level excel for the Colts. 380 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, it wasn't like I knew, you know after you know, 381 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 4: playing in the USFL for two seasons and you know, 382 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 4: I could tell within like the first two weeks that 383 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 4: the physical part of it that I could play, you know, 384 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 4: in the NFL. What my my biggest thing was. I 385 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 4: just didn't want to be embarrassed. I didn't want to 386 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 4: go the wrong way on a play and you know, 387 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 4: have my quarterback get blown up or something like that. 388 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 4: So you know, and I know, you know, you're in 389 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 4: the play. You know, Billy knows how to pick that 390 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 4: play with kids and all the audibles and everything else, 391 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 4: and how everything changes with a few words from the quarterback. 392 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 4: So that was really I just wanted, like, you know, 393 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 4: I just asked the coach, you know, give me a 394 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 4: couple more weeks to learn the offense and then I'll 395 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 4: be ready. But you know, I think you know, it 396 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 4: pissed him off, so you know I had to wait, 397 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 4: and literally I was probably you know, my second season 398 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 4: and I was probably on my way out the league 399 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 4: until the new head coach came in and and actually 400 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 4: it was kind of like bad luck for you know, 401 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 4: the player in front of me ended up getting you know, 402 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 4: we're we're out to play the Raiders, and he had 403 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 4: some stomach issues and you know, diarrhea and and so 404 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 4: he couldn't play. And I ended up playing, and you know, 405 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 4: I had you know, touchdown in one hundred and seventy 406 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 4: yards rushing and kind of solidified myself in the league. 407 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 3: Was that was that ron Meyer or Dalhower. 408 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 4: Ron Meyer took over. That was the first game that 409 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 4: Ron Meyer took over. Yeah, and you know I wasn't 410 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 4: I was, you know, kickoff return guy. I mean I 411 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 4: you know, led the AFC and kickoff returns one season. 412 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 4: And but for the end that game, I mean I was, 413 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 4: you know, not scheduled to you know, be the starter 414 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 4: or whatever. And I actually didn't even start the game. Sure, 415 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 4: you know, but once I did get in there, you know, 416 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 4: I played, had a great game and kind of put 417 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 4: myself back on the map. 418 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt about that. All right. 419 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 2: So let's go to nineteen eighty seven. By this point, Albert, 420 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 2: you're heading into your third season, and that season begins, 421 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 2: You're having a great start of the year, three games in, 422 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 2: the workload is there, the production is there. But here 423 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 2: comes the strike. Here comes the business side of football. 424 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 2: The strike kind of stands in your way. The NFL 425 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 2: canceled all I think weeks four through six. I think 426 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 2: it was then here come the replacement players. We all 427 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,880 Speaker 2: know about the history with that. But once the strike ends, Albert, 428 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 2: then the Colts trade for Eric Dickerson. What did you 429 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 2: make of that trade? How emotional were you with that? 430 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 2: And then what did that kind of do for your 431 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 2: role and the team going forward the rest of that 432 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 2: season and the next couple of seasons. 433 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 4: I thought it was totally unnecessary. Nod. 434 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 3: Hey, we want you to be candid. That's that's what 435 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 3: these are. That's what these are for. Man, let it out. 436 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 4: No, I I you know, of course, I you know, 437 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 4: as soon as that trade happened, you know, the first 438 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 4: thing I did was call my agent and to get 439 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 4: me out of here, you know, because you know, I 440 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 4: was you know, the starter, and things were going, you know, great, 441 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 4: until the strike happened and everything else. So yeah, I 442 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 4: knew at that point I had my confidence was really up. 443 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 4: I knew I could play. I felt like I could 444 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 4: play anywhere in the league. But and you know, when 445 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 4: you do a trade that big, you're trading away first 446 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 4: round draft picks and first round players, and you're giving 447 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 4: all that money up, you know that you know it's 448 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 4: not going to be a competition. You know that guy 449 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 4: is going to be the starter. And and I didn't 450 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 4: have anything you know against Eric at all. A matter 451 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 4: of fact, we you know, we got along great, but 452 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 4: you know, you have to acknowledge that me being the 453 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 4: starter there after something you know that big of a 454 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 4: trade happens is not going to not going to be 455 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 4: the case, so I thought. But they ended up like, 456 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 4: not not in eighty seven, but eighty eight. I ended 457 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 4: up actually they they moved me to h back, which 458 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 4: was another like kind of like a running back position 459 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 4: that they were you know, created because like we would 460 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 4: bring in like three tight ends and we'd have an 461 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,239 Speaker 4: h back at the tight end position. But ended up 462 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 4: in the next season getting me, you know, being the starter. 463 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 4: So Dickerson and I ended up starting together. So it 464 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 4: ended up working out, and I definitely feel like it 465 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 4: definitely extended my career because of you know, the wear 466 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 4: and tear that didn't I didn't get on my body 467 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 4: because I wasn't carrying the ball as much. But so 468 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 4: so all in all, I mean, you know, I was 469 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 4: pretty happy with how things turned out. 470 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, but you talk about that you didn't 471 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 5: gave many carries as running back, but you did move 472 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 5: over kind of to the special teams and started returning kicks, 473 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 5: and during the nineteen eighty eight season you had thirty 474 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 5: nine returns for seven hundred and seventy five yards. You 475 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 5: actually had the fourth most kickoff returns and Coast history 476 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 5: and the fifth most kickoff return yards and Coast history. 477 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 5: And your kickoff return averages about twenty one and a half, 478 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 5: which ranked six. What made you such a great kickoff 479 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,479 Speaker 5: return specialist. 480 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 4: For the Colts I attributed to like my vision. I 481 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 4: could kind of see how the you know, the when 482 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 4: the guys are running down, I can kind of see 483 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 4: where the gaps are and where the gaps were going 484 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 4: to be. And I was able to kind of set 485 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 4: up the defense to think I'm going to be one 486 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 4: place and then be somewhere somewhere else. I think that 487 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 4: would be the biggest part of it, setting up you know, 488 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 4: the defense to go to way. 489 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 2: And going along with that, Albert, you went over one 490 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 2: thousand all purpose yards six straight seasons when you were 491 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 2: with the Colts, who also led them in all purpose 492 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 2: yards annually from nineteen eighty six to nineteen ninety. I 493 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 2: mean you were the total package, mister versatility right five eleven, 494 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 2: two twenty, you had over twenty three hundred rushing yards 495 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,439 Speaker 2: and twenty two one hundred receiving yards. You returned one 496 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 2: hundred and forty nine kickoffs. That versatility. How much did 497 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 2: you pride yourself on just being able to play the 498 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 2: game show that you know, you had all these different 499 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 2: skill sets and a lot of value to the team 500 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 2: and just kind of played the game the way it 501 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 2: was meant to be played. 502 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was, and it was by it was really 503 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 4: by design. I mean we had a saying, the more 504 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,360 Speaker 4: you can do, you know, the more you can do 505 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 4: that's going to keep you in the league longer. So 506 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 4: I you know, I remember like my you know, freshman year, 507 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 4: I mean I was on all the special teams, kickoff return, 508 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:01,199 Speaker 4: punt return, you know, field goal. So so yeah, you know, 509 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 4: it's about team. The camaraderie that was a big thing. 510 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 4: For me and doing everything you can. You know, when 511 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 4: we just went back to high school, you know all 512 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 4: the different events I would do in track and field 513 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 4: just to get more points for my team or for 514 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 4: the school. 515 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 3: Right. 516 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 4: I carried that kind of same mindset, you know with 517 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 4: me into the pros and just trying to help the 518 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 4: team whatever I could. 519 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, And going back to what we talked about earlier, 520 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 2: you were a great teammate and you took on whatever 521 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 2: role was necessary. You took on or I should say, 522 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 2: wore mini hats. I mean, you joined the Colts and 523 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 2: then they've got Curtis Dickie back there, you got Randy 524 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 2: McMillan back there, and then you're kind of able to 525 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 2: set in as the focal back in nineteen eighty seven 526 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 2: after McMillan was in that car accident before the season. 527 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 2: You've got a great three game stretch there. Then the 528 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 2: team picked up Dickerson and then an eighty eight the 529 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 2: team used predominantly a two back attack until about nineteen ninety. 530 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 2: Did it bother you that the Colts never kind of 531 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 2: used you as ay that that consistent bell cow running back? 532 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 2: And how much adjustment did it take on your part 533 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 2: to settle into all those different roles. 534 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I remember, you know, because you know 535 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 4: when I my rookie year, I was like you know, 536 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 4: two o five for the Colts and and literally like 537 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 4: once uh, you know, once Dickerson came in, I was 538 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 4: playing more of a fullback role and blocking more. So 539 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 4: you know, I had to beef up, like you said, 540 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 4: you know, getting up to like two twenty uh to 541 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 4: be able to you know, take on those linebackers and 542 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 4: things of that nature. But I mean, all in all, 543 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 4: I mean I had, you know, I have, you know, 544 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 4: the fondest memories. I mean, I love you know, people 545 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 4: ask me, you know, who's who's your favorite team, you know, 546 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 4: because I you know, I played one year with the Steelers, 547 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 4: but you know, my team, my heart is with Indianapolis. 548 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 4: I mean that that's the you know, the team that 549 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 4: I root for. And I don't you know, have any 550 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 4: you know, hard feelings or anything like that about you know, 551 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 4: the things that happened while I was there. I mean 552 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 4: it was you know, when I look back, you know, 553 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 4: playing with the guys I played with, it was like 554 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 4: the most fun, the most fun times of my life. 555 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 5: Now I want to fast forward to nineteen ninety one 556 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 5: and you unfortunately, you suffered the shoulder injury during the 557 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 5: preseason which kept you out of the first game of 558 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 5: the season, but you came back in Week two, but 559 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 5: then unfortunately suffered a knee injury against Miami. That injury 560 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 5: was big enough to put you on ir which you 561 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 5: handle pain very well. I can attest to that just 562 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 5: playing with you, being a teammate with you, and seeing 563 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 5: how you took care of your body and went through 564 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 5: the training process to get back. But moving forward, after 565 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 5: nineteen ninety one season, Eric Dixon departed the team and 566 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 5: it looked like you were going to have another good 567 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 5: shot at being the primary running back for the team, 568 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 5: but unfortunately that just did not happen. What do you 569 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 5: remember about that injury filled nineteen ninety one season and 570 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 5: how disappointed were you when the coach released you before 571 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 5: the nineteen regular season. 572 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was it was you know, I I kind 573 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 4: of you know, when I when I'd hurt that shoulder, 574 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 4: like you said in the preseason, I mean when I 575 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 4: when I came back, you know, it was you know, 576 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 4: against the Dolphins, and you know, coach came to me. 577 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 4: It was like, you know, Albert I really need you 578 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 4: to you know, you know, can you go? Can you go? 579 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 4: I really need you to go. And my shoulder really 580 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 4: wasn't well and I and I really attributed that that 581 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 4: coming back and playing injured, your body's going to try 582 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 4: to compensate for an injury and put yourself you know, 583 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 4: you're not you're not. Your body's gonna automatically do things 584 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 4: to protect yourself that normally you wouldn't do. And that 585 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 4: was really what, you know, what happened. I knew my 586 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 4: shoulder was you know, hurt, and it was like auto 587 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 4: potter for me to just try to you know, do 588 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 4: something that that put myself in in harms way, and 589 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 4: and the worst thing happened, you know, the negos and 590 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 4: and it was kind of like the the facto end 591 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 4: of my career. Even though I went and played for 592 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 4: the Steelers after that for for a few games, my 593 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 4: knee was never you know, it was never the same. 594 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 4: I'd never had deflection, you know, and that's where you know, 595 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 4: you can't be in your leg all the way, You're 596 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 4: not going to have your top end speed. So so 597 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 4: that part of it, you know, it was you know 598 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 4: a mistake on my part. I really should have stuck 599 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 4: to my guns and said, you know, coach, I know 600 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 4: you want to be Dolphins, but you know, I'm not 601 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 4: ready to get back on the field. And you know, 602 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 4: things have probably been completely different if I if I 603 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 4: had done so. But that's where kind of that that 604 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 4: team spirit kind of did me in in a sense 605 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 4: like I'm you know I was it was too much 606 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 4: team on that day. 607 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 3: Well nobody. 608 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 2: I was just saying, no one can fault you for that. 609 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 2: No one can fault you for your spirit and your 610 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 2: good intentions. That's just the type of player you were, Albert. 611 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I and I, you know, I coach guys, 612 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 4: you know, you know, I've coach guys that you know 613 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 4: still from my hometown even today, and they didn't say, like, look, 614 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 4: you know, there's one thing to pay with play with 615 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 4: pain or you know, you played football a lot of times, 616 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 4: you're going to play with pain. But it's not smart 617 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 4: to pay play with an injury. If you have an injury, 618 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 4: your body's going to compensate for it, you know, subconsciously, 619 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 4: and you're gonna you're gonna do things that you normally 620 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 4: wouldn't do, and so it's not it's not a safe 621 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 4: thing to do. 622 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 2: Well, Albert, your time with the Colts it was I mean, 623 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 2: I know it wasn't filled with a lot of team success. 624 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 2: I mean you had a lot of personal success, but 625 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 2: the Colts only made the playoffs once and won one 626 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 2: playoff game when you were here. That's just where the 627 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 2: franchise was when they moved to town in nineteen eighty 628 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 2: four and you joined the team in nineteen eighty five. 629 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 2: So what did you think about playing in Indianapolis then? 630 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 2: What did you make of the fan base at that time? 631 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 2: And did you think Indianapolis could turn into a great 632 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 2: football crazy town like it is today as they support 633 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 2: the Colts every Sunday. 634 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 4: Oh, I mean even even back then, I mean we 635 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 4: had we had great support, you know in the in 636 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 4: the Hoosierdome when we played you know, the only just 637 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 4: until one little funny thing like because you know, Indianapolis 638 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 4: didn't have their own, you know, pro football team for 639 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 4: so long, a lot of them in Indiana people were 640 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 4: either Bengals fans or Bears fans, and so when when 641 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 4: we would play those guys at home, a lot of 642 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 4: the fans they like, you know, they switched to their Bears, 643 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 4: you know, guitar or their or their Bengals guitar. And 644 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 4: I would be like before, you know, in the warm 645 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 4: ups more where before the game, I'd be out there. 646 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 4: Didn't I see you in coats? Uh last week, you know, 647 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 4: just making fun and having conversations with with the fans. 648 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 4: But yeah, I had so much fun playing for the 649 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 4: Colts and and and you know, the even know we didn't, 650 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 4: like you said, I mean, well only made the playoffs once. 651 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 4: And but the fact the fun games. I mean I remember, 652 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 4: you know, we played like on Monday night against Denver 653 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 4: and it was a track meet. It was so much fun, 654 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 4: you know that game. I mean we just had we 655 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 4: I don't know, I forget how many points we scored, 656 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 4: but it was in the fifties, I think. 657 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 658 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 4: And uh, you know, so yeah, there was you know, 659 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 4: playing against and then you know, playing in the NFL, 660 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 4: you're playing against your college teammates and things. You know, 661 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 4: I'm playing against Kelly who you know played in Miami, 662 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 4: you know, Jim Kelly. It's like it was just all 663 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,479 Speaker 4: you know, every team you know I'm playing against, you know, 664 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 4: someone from the universit of Miami and I and I 665 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 4: was fun just playing against your teammates from college and 666 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 4: stuff and and just having fun times. So yeah, it 667 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 4: was great experience for me playing for the coach. And 668 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 4: you know, even though how things went at the end, 669 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 4: I still like I I mean, the coach, that's my team, Albert. 670 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 2: Now, by the way, you guys won fifty five to 671 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 2: twenty three that game. Yes, in the fifties on a 672 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 2: Monday night football game. Yeah, good memory right there, Albert. 673 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:11,759 Speaker 4: Yeah. 674 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 5: Now, but a lot of times after our careers are over, 675 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 5: and you know, some of us we watched football games, 676 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 5: and sometimes we watch football games like we're watching film 677 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 5: in the meetings. 678 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 6: How do you consume football now? 679 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 5: Do you watch it as a fan and just enjoy 680 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 5: the excitement of it, or do you watch it like 681 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 5: you're watching film and saying, oh man, this guy should 682 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 5: have stepped here and got this block here to open 683 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 5: up the whole here. Or this guy should have stepped 684 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000 Speaker 5: over here and and made it cut there just to 685 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 5: free himself up. How do you consume football right now? 686 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 4: I'll be honest, like, I'm mister critical. I'm watching. I'm 687 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 4: watching like a coach would be watching. I'm watching. You 688 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 4: know the O line first? You know that was that 689 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,360 Speaker 4: who protected me, you know, my whole career, and seeing 690 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 4: who is getting a block and who's not getting their block, 691 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 4: and then you know, going out to the receivers. So 692 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 4: I'm really still watching the game how I watched it 693 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 4: when I played Lineman the first critiquing and you know 694 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 4: you got the you got the remote where you can 695 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 4: even with live TV, you know you can back it up. Yeah, 696 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 4: right and forth. So yeah, I'm backing it up and 697 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 4: looking and saying, Okay, where was the brickdown on this play? 698 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,760 Speaker 4: Why did not why didn't we have success on this play? 699 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 4: So yeah, that's I'm you know you don't want to 700 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 4: watch football. 701 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,439 Speaker 3: With you now, Albert? Do you do you still watch 702 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 3: the Colts? 703 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 2: I mean, do you still make it a point to 704 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,240 Speaker 2: watch Colts football for three hours down to Florida? 705 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 1: Oh? 706 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, for sure? 707 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 3: All right, all right, and. 708 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,359 Speaker 2: Just making sure we we had the right allegiances down there. 709 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 2: I know you got some options, you know, with the 710 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 2: Jaguars and and the Dolphins kind of in your neighborhood there. 711 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:52,839 Speaker 2: I want to go back to Bill Brooks. I mean, 712 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 2: I look this up. In nineteen eighty nine, you joined 713 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,280 Speaker 2: Andre Risen and Bill Brooks you guys were the first 714 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 2: trio and Holt's history to record five hundred receiving yards 715 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:07,320 Speaker 2: each in the same season. How special was was that trio? 716 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 2: And and uh, you know what kind of teammate was 717 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 2: the diva Bill Brooks here? 718 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 4: Oh my god. Yeah, Billy was really was phenomenal. I 719 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 4: mean he would do things, there's no doubt, you know. Yeah, 720 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 4: just like he could jump out the gym. You know, 721 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 4: he's going up. You know, people think they're gonna get 722 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 4: an interception. All of a sudden, Billy jumps to hire 723 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 4: and grabs the ball and and then you know, put 724 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,719 Speaker 4: the move on him and run into the end zone. 725 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 4: So yeah, it was fun. And and Andre, you know, mister, 726 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,400 Speaker 4: which way is he going? You know, Whenever he'd get 727 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 4: the ball in his hand, I mean he's you know, 728 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 4: all these different movement and all of a sudden he's 729 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 4: out the gate, run and two. So yeah, we definitely 730 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,840 Speaker 4: had when it came to receiving, and we had a 731 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:51,319 Speaker 4: great receiving corps, uh to to you know, throw up 732 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:52,880 Speaker 4: those kind of yards. I mean I had a lot 733 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 4: of screens, a lot of out routes and things of 734 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,800 Speaker 4: that nature. But yeah, it was it was fun. 735 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,720 Speaker 6: Yeah, it was fun playing with Albert. 736 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 5: Albert was one of the toughest players I played with 737 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,440 Speaker 5: in my career and one of the most versatile players 738 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 5: I played with. 739 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,480 Speaker 6: Albert can do it all. He can. He can block 740 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 6: and can pick up the blitz. 741 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 5: Of course, he can run, hit the hole, and he 742 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 5: can catch the ball the backfield and not just catch 743 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 5: the ball the backfield, but once he got it, he 744 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 5: became a receiver. Like he could run with the ball 745 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,280 Speaker 5: out in the open field and make some people miss. 746 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,840 Speaker 5: And then of course if people kind of underestimated his 747 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,879 Speaker 5: size and power, they went after him, and Albert would 748 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 5: load the show her shoulder and lay the boom on 749 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 5: some people. So Albert was a great teammate to be 750 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 5: with and to play with, and he was one of 751 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 5: the most versatile players on our team. 752 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 3: That's when the hammer would come out. Albert. 753 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, yep, I used to do it on purpose. I 754 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,719 Speaker 4: want to, like early in the game, I want to 755 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:47,960 Speaker 4: try to run somebody over just to make them so 756 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 4: next time they're like, right, they're all braced, so when 757 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 4: I make a move, they can't even move. 758 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 2: That a boy, that's a game between the game, right, 759 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:57,720 Speaker 2: you know, the game of chess. 760 00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,160 Speaker 3: I love it well, Albert. 761 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 2: We could sit here and chat for hours about your 762 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 2: time with the Colts and what it was like in 763 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:06,839 Speaker 2: Indianapolis in those early days when they moved to town. 764 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,319 Speaker 2: But I know you've got bigger and better things to do, 765 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,759 Speaker 2: more important things to get onto here today. But we 766 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,840 Speaker 2: really appreciate your time. Thanks for all you do, thanks 767 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 2: for all you did for the Colts, and I really 768 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 2: appreciate you joining us here on this podcast. 769 00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 4: No problem, glad to be a part of it.