1 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: Healthcare coverage from Farm Bureau Health Plans is like an 3 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: extra set of pads when you need them the most. 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven with 5 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith. Good to see you. Good 6 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: to see you too. Speaking of Farm Bureau, I was 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: with Randy Wilmore and the fine people from Farm Bureau. 8 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: Coach Mac and I were in Columbia yesterday with them, 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: and then they came back here to Nissan Stadium. Well, 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: how is that? We took pictures? Oh, you love a 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: good photo shoot. The coach Mac is very good at 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: it because he's Coach Mac, right, He's good at everything. 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: He's good at everything, and everyone loves him and people 14 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: holler at him, and you know, everyone knows who he is. 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: But it was nice. They made it really, really nice, 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: and we had a good time with him, and we 17 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: certainly appreciate their sponsorship of the OTP and all that 18 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: they titans related. Farm Bureau Health Plans is a great 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: partner and a great company and we are thrilled to 20 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: be associated with them. Absolutely. I can't wait to see 21 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: these photographs. I want to say something too about the 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: OTP last week, and I want to thank people for 23 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: the response that we got. We did the OTP for 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: the fourth of July weekend about sort of a history 25 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: of Titans caravan. I have never gotten more response in 26 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: the three plus years we've been doing this. I've never 27 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: gotten more response to an OTP than from that one. Really, 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: from friends, from old employees who are part of the caravan, 29 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: from sponsors, and for people who just experienced the caravan. Hey, 30 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: I remember this, I remember that, and it was just 31 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: so fantastic and warm that it clearly meant so much 32 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: to people. Right Because at the time we did it, 33 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: and I think Larry Stone described some of the planning 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: and the work that goes into it, and we talked 35 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: about some of the exhaustion that goes with it. Right, 36 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: that was not an easy thing to do. We didn't 37 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: say that at the time because nobody wants to hear that, Right, 38 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: you just want to come have a good time. I 39 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: can tell you fifteen years later, year in, year out, 40 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: it was the hardest thing we ever did. Well, But 41 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: think about the lasting impression, and that's what we've seen since. 42 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: That's been out there. People genuinely had experiences coming out 43 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: to those events, being able to interact with the Tennessee 44 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: Titans in a way that has lasted for fifteen plus years. 45 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: And that's the whole point. There are two parts of 46 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: it that I'm most proud of. Number One, the number 47 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 1: of places that we went. We took the caravan everywhere. 48 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: Number two, the quality of the players that we brought. Yes, 49 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: because we refused to say we're going to take three 50 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: guys off the practice squad. We took names that, you know, 51 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: because our feeling was and I think this is born out. 52 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: If we bring Javon Curse to your hometown, if we 53 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: bring Keith Bullock to your hometown, if we bring Chris 54 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: Johnson to your hometown, you are never going to forget that. Absolutely, 55 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: And I think that's what's happened. Yeah, And I think 56 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: it gives you a tangible touch point with the Tennessee Titans. 57 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: You're able to see them, feel them, know that they 58 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: are real human beings, have an interaction with them. And 59 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: I think, I mean, what a great way to get 60 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: an NFL team off the ground in a new place 61 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: and then to continue to pour into the community. It's 62 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: so cool. My first Tennessee Titans experience was a caravan. 63 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: You went to Cookville, right I went to Cookville on 64 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: my second day as a Titans employee. So, I mean, 65 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: no one wants to show up at a new job 66 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: and they say, we actually need you to pack an 67 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: overnight bag. We're gonna put you on this bus. But 68 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: people ask you to sign autographs, people ask you to 69 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: take pictures. And I'm not making fun because people now 70 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: certainly know who you are nine years later, but at 71 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: the time they didn't have any clue who you were. No, 72 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: I wasn't I wasn't anybody. I'm not anybody now. But 73 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: you were with the Tight exactly, so that made you 74 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: a big deal. That night, we had a great turnout, 75 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: and then we went and had a great meal afterwards. 76 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: You did. I remember that vividly. I remember how excited 77 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: you were that you were getting attention from people, because 78 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: it immediately hit you. Not that you didn't know before, 79 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: but it immediately hits you. This is a big deal, 80 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: right well, And I had no idea what I was 81 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: getting myself into in terms of this job, let alone 82 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: a Titans caravan and what that was and what that meant. 83 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: No other team in the league does caravan like that. Nobody. 84 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like it. So to be a 85 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: part of it, to be in the mix so early on, 86 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,799 Speaker 1: and to get to meet so many of the Titans 87 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: faithful and the people who showed up, it was so cool. 88 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: It was so neat. We used to talk about it 89 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: with people with other teams and they would say, you're 90 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: doing what and we would explain to them and they 91 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: would be like, oh, you're like the Beverly Hillbillies. You're 92 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: riding around with Granny and jethrow On. I guess from 93 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: the outside of me, if you're the New York Science 94 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: or you're the Denver Broncos or whoever, you probably think 95 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: that where the Tennessee team. But our focus was a 96 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: people don't know us. People don't know this team because 97 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys didn't move to Nashville, the Green Bay 98 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: Packers didn't move to Nashville, the Houston Oilers moved to Nashville, 99 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: and there were not a lot of people who had 100 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,239 Speaker 1: a big opinion or a knowledge of the Houston Oilers. 101 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: We didn't see them much here, right, So we had 102 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: to familiarize people with the team. So let's go to 103 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: your hometown and give you a chance to meet a 104 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: pro football player whose name you're likely to know. And 105 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: so let's do that. And it was like a campaign 106 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: because you know, my major in college was political science. Yeah, 107 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: and my favorite class was a class called campaigns. And 108 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: I didn't do well in the class, but I learned 109 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: that Mike Fitzgerald was my professor. Mike Fitzgerald will tell 110 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,679 Speaker 1: you that I didn't do well in the class because 111 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: I didn't attend enough, right, Yeah, that was a big 112 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: part of it. But the class was so good and 113 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: drove home to me all these things. They had these 114 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: percentages of things that if you do this, people respond 115 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: this way. If you do this, The number one thing 116 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: is if somebody has a person to person contact, the 117 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: value of the person to person contact is so above 118 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: anything else. Yeah, so I learned that then I think 119 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: it's still that way. I think if you have that 120 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: interaction with a person in that way, it sticks with 121 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: you forever and it either forms your opinion or it 122 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: can change an opinion. Absolutely. Mike Fitzgerald taught me that 123 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: in his class. Shout out to mid Oh, he's great, 124 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: good dude. So the bottom line was that was my belief. 125 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: That was what I brought to caravan. Larry brought lots 126 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: of things with the radio stations in the school program. 127 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: Bob Hyde brought tons in terms of his knowledge about 128 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: how an NFL team moved and how it worked, how 129 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: to get things through. Because we didn't know all that, 130 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: so we come to the team, it's like, hey, let's 131 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: go do this. We didn't realize how silly we sounded 132 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: asking for these sorts of things, which is kind of well, 133 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: we were at Harry High School. Yeah, you know that 134 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: was the whole thing is because we didn't come from 135 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: the NFL. But Bob said, let me help you with this. 136 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll go to this person and I'll approach it, 137 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: and he would take the heat, I'm sure for some 138 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: of the stupid ideas we had that none of the 139 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: other people within the organization had ever heard before. And 140 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: so it was really the three of us coming at 141 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: it in all these different ways. But Bob was such 142 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: a key. And I'll say this for Larry and for me, 143 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: we were willing to listen to Bob right, And that's 144 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: a huge key when you're coming from the outside, is 145 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: you better be ready to listen because the NFL is 146 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: a living, breathing organism unto itself, and you cannot know 147 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: what is happening until you expect until you've been there, 148 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: because we'll hear things from time to time. It's like, yeah, 149 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: that's not how the NFL flows, And it's a little 150 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: counterintuitive it is. And the thing is it's not going 151 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: to change because it is this beast that is itself. 152 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: And so we would talk to people from other teams 153 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,239 Speaker 1: and they're like, you're doing what well, then they saw 154 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: the publicity we got. We would generate hundreds of thousands 155 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: of dollars of publicity. And the caravan costs money, but 156 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: if we had paid for it, it would have literally 157 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: been ten times the money we spent because the TV 158 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: stations would come, the newspapers would come, the radio stations 159 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: would come, and it's all over everywhere. Here's who gets 160 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: the biggest credit for Titan's caravan. Bud Adams. Yes, Bud 161 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: Adams gets credit. And mister Adams was often called tight 162 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: with his money. But after we had the success in 163 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: ninety nine and we blew up, we get back from 164 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis playoff game, they're ten thousand people at the 165 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: Nashville airport. We get back from beating Jacksonville. They're forty 166 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: thousand people here at Nissan Stadium in the freezing cold. 167 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: We lose the Super Bowl and we get a parade. 168 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: I've never heard of the losing team in any sport 169 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: ever getting a parade down Broadway, Welcome to Nashvill. Well, 170 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: it's great, but we went from zero to sixty in 171 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: a matter of six months. Yeah, he decided to keep 172 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: spending the money on the caravan. He said, let's keep 173 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: doing it. Yeah, he could have said let's not do it. 174 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: Could have saved some dope, could have saved some man hours, 175 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: could have used some resources in other places. But he said, 176 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: let's keep doing the caravan. Bud Adams deserves one hundred 177 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: percent credit for keeping his foot on the gas. And 178 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: the logic was, you're putting hay in the barn with 179 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: people for the day where you don't win every game 180 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: or you don't have everything go your way. And I 181 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: think a lot of that continue, you know, the sellout 182 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: street continued, I think through twenty fourteen, and there were 183 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: some bad years in there, but there was this good 184 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: will that was created by a lot of things. But 185 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: the caravan was such a big part of it, and 186 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: we also had the goal is we wanted to be 187 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: a regional team. When we sat down and talked about 188 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: it in ninety eight, Ralph Hackinfel's who was at that 189 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: time the director of marketing. He's now a vice president 190 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: with the company. He had come from the Packers, and 191 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: the Packers are a regional team very much. Kansas City Chiefs, 192 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: which you know well from your Missouri roots, they are 193 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: a regional team. Right. The Denver Broncos are a regional team. 194 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: Washington football team very much a regional team up and 195 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: down the Eastern seaboard, going from you from Virginia all 196 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: the way down into the Carol line is they're very 197 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 1: much a regional team. We wanted to be a regional team. Yeah, 198 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: that's why the team is named Tennessee not Nashville. For 199 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: people who don't realize, and this is always a stunner, 200 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: we are, as we sit here right now, thirty five 201 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: miles from the Kentucky border. Yes, that's it. We are 202 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: less than forty miles away from Franklin, Kentucky. We are 203 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: sixty five miles away from Bowling Green, Kentucky. We are 204 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: roughly two hours from Paduca, Kentucky. There are a lot 205 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: of people in that part of Kentucky. Where we sit 206 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: right now, we are eighty five miles from the Alabama border. Huntsville, 207 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: Alabama is the closest major city to Nashville. It's closer 208 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: than Chattanooga, it's closer than Knoxville, it's closer than Memphis. 209 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: And there are a lot of people who come up 210 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: every week from the shoals. And that we wanted to 211 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: be regional, and so the caravan was about Tennessee, it 212 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: was about Kentucky, and it was about really Birmingham North. 213 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: It's an interesting project. I'm I'm glad I have it 214 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: in my history. I'm glad I don't have to plan 215 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: it anymore because I wouldn't sleep, No, I would worry. Well, 216 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: I mean, there were a lot of moving parts to 217 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: worry about. You've just got to think of the magnitude 218 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: of making sure that every location is set up, ready 219 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: to go. I mean, the human element of anything. When 220 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 1: you're trying to wrangle a bunch of people, let alone 221 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 1: football players who have their own schedules, I mean, it's 222 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: hurting cats on the Titans Carabo. Do you have food? 223 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: Do you have posters. Do you have sharpies to sign right? 224 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: Do you have gas in the advance vehicle? Do you 225 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 1: have a place to stay, place to stay? What's t 226 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: Rat gonna be like, because he would physically get so 227 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: beaten down from being in that suit so much. Is 228 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: it going to be a day that we deal with 229 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: somebody who's difficult from a radio station or TV station 230 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: or a sponsor or Is there something that we know 231 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: is not going to go well? Because inevitably you would 232 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: get somewhere and they would not somewhere. One would not 233 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: be happy about something right. They wouldn't like where the 234 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: stop was held, they wouldn't like what time it was held. 235 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: They wouldn't like who to play? Why does this city 236 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: get so and so and we get so and so right? 237 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: And you know, by the end of it, you're just 238 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: you know. But but you'd see these kids, and you'd 239 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: see them having so much fun, and you'd think, Man, 240 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: if that guy had come to my hometown when I 241 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: was ten years old, I would have fallen over. Yeah, 242 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: I would have just lost my mind. Right. And so 243 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: now we're hearing from those kids who were in their 244 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: thirties now who had those experiences, and it's really cool. 245 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: It's very cool. What a neat thing to have been 246 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: a part of something I had neat go on last weekend. 247 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: I mean Valporiso, Indiana as one is as one is, 248 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: home of Orville Redenbocker. By the way, really a big 249 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 1: fan of Orville. Yeah, big fan of Orville Redbocker. So 250 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: I'm going down for breakfast. I'm staying at the Hampton 251 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: and Valpariso because the four seasons Valpariso was booked. Did 252 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: you expect you? So I'm going down for the free 253 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: hot breakfast and enjoying their outstanding WiFi at the Hampton. 254 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: D Hey, they've got great waffles. They have great waffles. 255 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 1: I've got my Titans head on a gay go Titans. Great. Well, 256 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: they're from Wilson County. What are the odds? Well, season 257 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: ticket members up there for a wedding grandson getting married 258 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: up there. They are huge OTP fans. Really, yes, I know, 259 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: the story just got good. The story just got good. 260 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: So I want to thank them for the kind word 261 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: they made my day. I ended up talking to it 262 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: for a long time. They were going on into Chicago, 263 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: and I said, you gotta get a hot dog and 264 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: some pizza. Well, but you gotta get a hot dog. 265 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: You're gonna get pizza, but you gotta get a hot dog. Yeah. Anyway, 266 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: so we were talking about Chicago. The only thing I 267 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: didn't get was their name. I can't believe that. I know, right, Mike, 268 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: that's such a rookie mistake. Perform, Yeah, porform disappointing, but 269 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: shout out to them, Yes, and thank you. Thanks for 270 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: making my whole day by talking up the Titans. And 271 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: how excited you are about the coming season. Yeah, everybody's 272 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: excited about Oh my goodness, every person is excited about 273 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: the upcoming season. Any human that I interact with is 274 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: excited about the season, being able to come to the 275 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: stadium and have it be full of fans again. Right, 276 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: and Julio. But it's the only things that people say 277 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: to me. I'm getting a lot of what's Julio like? 278 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: And I still haven't I've never met him. Yeah, I 279 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: mean it's like Clowney last year. We never met Clowney, 280 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: not a single time. We haven't met any of the 281 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: new guys from last year in person. No, we really 282 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: had rookies from this year, which was great. It was great, 283 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: and I realized that I have forgotten a lot of 284 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: parts of basic human interaction. When we were doing the 285 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: interviews with the rookies. Man, I am rusty when it 286 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: comes to talking to people in a way that is 287 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: appropriate out in the world. You know who keeps being 288 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: appropriate is Jim Wyte. He keeps churning out the articles 289 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: even during this dead time. He makes everybody look mean. 290 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: There is really no news for anybody none. I guess 291 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: the only news of the week was Aaron Rodgers playing 292 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: golf with Tom Brady or against Tom Brady or whatever. 293 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: That was smoked him too, Yeah, it's Tom and Brian Anderson, 294 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: who is a great announcer, fantastic announcer, asked Aaron Rodgers 295 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: are you going to be there at the start of 296 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: training camp? And he didn't. He didn't give much of 297 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: an answer. No, but he did not opt out. No, 298 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: it's a matter of fact. Nobody opted out. Really, nobody 299 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: opted out. Well that's good, so we see, you know, 300 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: what does Rodgers do? But there's really no big story still. 301 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: Jim Wyatt, great Anthony ferks Or piece one of the 302 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: most talked about Titans. Anthony Ferkser, you know, yeah, which 303 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: I think is so interesting and I think that I 304 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: was reading some of Jim Wyatt's work, and he made 305 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: a very good point because a lot of people are 306 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: talking about how Anthony Ferkser is not a Johnny Smith 307 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: or Delaney Walker, which no, he absolutely isn't. But he's 308 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: a good tight end that's playing on a good offense, 309 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: whereas Delaney Walker at times had to do way more 310 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: than he should have to do because he didn't have 311 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: a lot of people around him. That was just the 312 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: way of the world. So it was a very unique, 313 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: I guess angle that I had never thought of before 314 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: because you see so many of these black and white comparisons. 315 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: And Anthony Ferkser is really good at doing what he 316 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,239 Speaker 1: does right, and he is going to continue to be 317 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: really good at what he does. And that's what this 318 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 1: team needs. They don't need Delaney, they need Anthony Ferkser. 319 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: The part about ferks is Ferkser will try to block, Yeah, 320 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: and some of these guys who are pass catching tight 321 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: ends don't even attempt to block. Ferkser will stick his 322 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: nose in there. Does he move people like some guys know? 323 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not his thing, it's not his thing, 324 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: but you can put him on the field as an 325 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: inline tight end, which you can't do with some of 326 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: these new age tight ends. The Titans also have Jeff Swain, 327 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: who everybody's just forgetting. He's a blocker, he's a big guy, 328 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: he can catch the ball. They have two quality guys 329 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: at the spot. I'm interested to see some guys in camp. 330 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: There's a lot to watching. There's a lot to watch 331 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: in camp, and then if the Titans aren't happy with 332 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: the group, then they'll go get another one. Right, It'll 333 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: be okay, there's nothing wrong with Anthony ferks No, let's 334 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: all be very excited that he is still a Tennessee Titan. 335 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: I don't think Anthony Ferkser has to replace John U. Smith. No, 336 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: absolutely not. And I think that is the point that 337 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 1: gets lost. Yes, that's what people kind of forget, is 338 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: that we don't need that specific role anymore. We need 339 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: a tight end, but we don't need John U. Smith 340 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: two point zero. And let's face it too, the Titans 341 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: are gonna look different because they have Julio Jones and 342 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: A J. Brown and they're able to line up some 343 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: different people at different places. This is a team that 344 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: carries a fullback, and the fullback can line up in 345 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: the H spot. Some two. You have some hackles who 346 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: have experienced playing the jumbo tight end. Yep, so you 347 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: bring them in. They rub their number to say they're eligible, 348 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: and they can you know, they can block. I don't 349 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: think the pieces in terms of the numbers necessarily have 350 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: to go together like they were in twenty nineteen or 351 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Right, maybe you don't carry four tight ends 352 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: because maybe you're not gonna keep three up on game 353 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: day some weeks. Yeah, I would think you are, but 354 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: who knows. But who knows? Yeah, And I think training 355 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: camp will be when we see kind of what else 356 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: we've gotten the mix and if that position changes any 357 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: So I'm interested to watch the rookie tight ends the undrafteds. 358 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: I'm interested to watch Pinckney from Vanderbilt, who's in his 359 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: second year. Yes, I'm interested to watch Tommy Hudson, the 360 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: big guy who was on the practice squad last year 361 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: from Arizona State. That's the one I have a star next. 362 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: I'm interested to watch him because he's a beast. Yeah, 363 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: he's the guy that wants to go into Special Forces 364 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: at some point in his life. Yeah, anybody who does 365 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: that eights. No, there's a little something in you that's 366 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: different from most humans, and that's what I want on 367 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: my team. Well, absolutely, yeah, and that's what you want 368 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: on that team too, special Forces. You want people who 369 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: really think they want to do it. I'm also interested 370 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: in watching Tory Carter from LSU, Yeah, because in watching him, 371 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: I mean, here's a guy who not the biggest dude 372 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: in the world, but when you see him, he looks 373 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: bigger than six feet six one two thirty. Yeah. LSU 374 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: used him a lot of different ways and blasting game 375 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: is a really good fullback. Just got married, by the way, 376 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: did you see that? Oh no, I didn't. Congratulations, congratulations. 377 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: But the Carter kid, there's almost some tight end in 378 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: his game, and so do you use him now? See 379 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember this, but with the Raiders, 380 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 1: and this is when Todd Downing was out there, and 381 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: they had Marcel Reese who was the fullback who played 382 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: tight end and it was a really good receiver, and 383 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: so they would get these matchup problems for defenses. They 384 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: would be in a two back set theoretically, but Reese 385 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: wasn't really a back. You have a little Swiss army 386 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: knife from there. And I wonder if because you know, 387 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: blasting game catches it. Well, but I'm gonna want to 388 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: watch Carter because of his versatility and because he's a 389 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: good teams player. He's an interesting guy to watch. Could 390 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: you keep him over another guy who is technically a 391 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: tight end? Right? Yeah, it's interesting interesting. Maybe you know, 392 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: maybe he doesn't make it past the first cut. I 393 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: don't know, but I just these are the things I'm 394 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: interested to see. I'm also interested to see how the 395 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: preseason games unfold in terms of the utilization of personnel. Yes, 396 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: because you know, the fourth preseason game was a complete throwaway. Absolutely. 397 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: I mean essentially they wouldn't even let veteran players walk 398 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: out on the field. Yeah, I mean they'd be like, no, 399 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: you stay back here. Yeah, we would prefer that you 400 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: not get hurt. Yeah. And then they would put guys 401 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: out there who were in most cases in no way 402 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: gonna make the team, or they were gonna make the 403 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 1: team as a practice squad guy, they thought, right, So 404 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: it's extra reps. It's a chance for guys to get 405 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 1: things on tape. But you're not seeing what the twenty 406 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: twenty one Tennessee Titans are gonna look. Well, it was 407 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: a JV preseason game. It was basically, that's a good 408 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: way to put it. And now that game's gone, right, 409 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: So you've got it Atlanta in week one, and then 410 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 1: you go to Tampa. After you go to Atlanta and 411 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 1: you have the practices beforehand, and then you come home 412 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: for Chicago, right, and so do you play the starters 413 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: against Tampa or do you have the starters do a 414 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 1: lot of practicing against Tampa and then you sit them 415 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: for the game for the most part, and Tampa sits 416 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: their starters for the game, and then that's a real 417 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: live scrimmage between guys that you really want to see, right, 418 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: And then do you come to Chicago? Is the come 419 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: back with the starters dress rehearsal right, because you've got 420 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: two weeks. Yeah? Yeah, I mean I'm not a coach, 421 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: but that makes a lot of sense. I hadn't really 422 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: thought about the ramifications of this is why people should 423 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: listen to this show. I had with the people from 424 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: Wilson County said, there you go. I hadn't thought about 425 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: the ramifications of what losing that fourth preseason game would 426 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: mean in terms of how the evaluation and how those 427 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: games are utilized would change. So that's very interesting, and 428 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: I think that the Tampa practices are huge, huge. I 429 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: think that that is where you can get a lot 430 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: of quality work done and then give those guys a 431 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: rest for that game. Right, get the guys on the 432 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: field that you need to see some more work and 433 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: some more evaluation to see what they're able to do 434 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: in a game situation, and then you're right, bring the 435 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: starters back and have them play through three quarters against 436 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: Chicago here at home. Well, think about this. So let's 437 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: say you're down there on that Wednesday and Thursday practicing. 438 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: It's gonna be so hot. You would usually take Friday 439 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: off so the team can sort of go through some 440 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: kind of walk through to get ready for the game itself. 441 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: So let's say you have the two days. Tom Brady 442 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: is going to get a ton of work in those 443 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: two days. Ryan Tannehill is going to get a ton 444 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: of work. I'm knocking on wood for both teams. But 445 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: the two quarterbacks are not going to get hit, but 446 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: they will get quality work. So then why would you 447 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: put them back out there on Saturday? Yeah, that's enough, 448 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 1: I mean because Tannehill's thirty three, Brady's forty hundred. No 449 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 1: he's not. He will be forty four by the time 450 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: we get there. That's very interesting. That's very interesting. And 451 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: for the Tennessee Titans, your last preseason game is at home, 452 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: so you get the walkthrough experience of kind of going 453 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: through that dress rehearsal of what a home game at 454 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: Niecean Stadium looks like. So Jim Wyatt in speaking about 455 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: guys that will want to watch in training camp, Laurel Murchison, 456 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 1: he's got a great piece about him. We mentioned Ferk sir, yep, 457 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: who else has he been talking about? Jay Brown? J Brown, 458 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: that's right, working out, coming back strong. At the soccer game. 459 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,959 Speaker 1: He was at the soccer game. I didn't realize that 460 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: Jayon stayed around the team one hundred percent. I mean again, 461 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, we were not in the building, so 462 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: if guys weren't on the practice field, we never saw that. 463 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: So I didn't know that Jayon post injury stayed with 464 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: the team. He did his rehab here, he was still 465 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: in meetings, he was still very much involved in the 466 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: Titans defense. I didn't know that, and I think that's 467 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: really cool, and I think that that goes to show 468 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: how committed he is to this team. His leadership skills 469 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: even though he's still I mean, he's not a young 470 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: guy anymore, but he's still younger, I guess in my mind. 471 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: But he's all in with this Titans defense. And I 472 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: think the fact that he has stayed engaged throughout the 473 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: time that he was injured was really a cool thing. 474 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: Speaking of guys who went to UCLA, I want to 475 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: wrap up this edition of the OTP presented by Farm 476 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: Bureau Health Plans. But the experts at Farm Bureau Health 477 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: Plans coach, you threw it when you need great healthcare 478 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 1: coverage at a price you can afford. They've been protecting Tennessee. 479 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: And since nineteen forty seven, Terry Donahue probably somebody you 480 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: don't know, correct, Terry Donahue played at UCLA and was 481 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: later the coach at UCLA, took over for Dick vermil 482 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: and he is the winning as coach in UCLA history 483 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: and on the OTP. This doesn't have anything to do 484 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: with the Titans, but I just want to share a 485 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 1: story about somebody who's a good guy. Terry Donahue winning 486 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: as coach in UCLA history. Let me come to a 487 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: UCLA practice in nineteen eighty nine when I was out 488 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: to cover the Tennessee UCLA game. Now, think about this 489 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,719 Speaker 1: out of town media. Is there any way in twenty 490 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: twenty one that a coach would allow out of town 491 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: media to come watch practice. Absolutely not, under no circumstances. 492 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: You would be shot on site. Yeah, immediately, immediately. Yeah. 493 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: So Scott Liston is working with me. He runs camera 494 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: and we're out there working for a television station and 495 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 1: they let us come to practice. We got an interview 496 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: with Terry Donahue in the middle of practice. That's what 497 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,360 Speaker 1: he liked to do his interviews during special No. No, no, 498 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,199 Speaker 1: no no. This is why I wanted you to hear this, 499 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: and I've never told you the story. So they stopped 500 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: practice for just a break, and Terry Donahue comes walking 501 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: over eating a popsicle. This is this well known Rose 502 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,479 Speaker 1: Bowl winning coach. I mean, he's huge in nineteen eighty nine. 503 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: It comes over eating a popsicle, and I look up 504 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: and all the UCLA players are eating popsicles. They're having 505 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 1: a popsicle break. Yore, Okay, So he comes over and 506 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: he is just as nice as he could be. Sais, 507 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 1: let me finish my popsicle and then we'll knock out 508 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: the interview right here, so classy. And I said, I 509 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 1: have to ask you a question, I said, Dub, why 510 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: is everybody having a popsicle? He says, well, you know, 511 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: it gets pretty here, and so we try hard to 512 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: do all sorts of things to keep the players hydrated, 513 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: and so you could push water and gatorade and all 514 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: this stuff, but he said a lot of times a 515 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: popsicle is something that they can have. That's just different 516 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: that he says, So we push popsicles all the time, 517 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: and we you know, we make popsicles out of gatorade 518 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: or whatever, you know, just trying to keep them, you know. Yeah, 519 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: and he said, and this is my favorite party. He 520 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 1: goes and I just find a popsicle refreshing. Who doesn't. 521 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: It's UCLA, right, Yeah, Well, so the first time I 522 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: stepped onto that campus, it's the most beautiful place, and 523 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: everybody there is just beautiful. There are all these people 524 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: walking around and you're like, this is like something out 525 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: of a if you've never been there, it's like a movie. 526 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: It's like a movie. It's like a it's like a 527 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: movie about perfection. But they're dressed immaculately. They're all wearing 528 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: tremendous sneak and everybody's head. Nobody looks like a bozo 529 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: like I did in college. You know. I mean, it 530 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: was just unreal. And here's their coach having a popsicle. 531 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: So he was so nice and what a pro and 532 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: a great coach. And listen, he was a defensive tackle, 533 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: a walk on, one hundred and ninety seven pound defensive tackle. 534 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: So this guy's tough. He ain't having a popsicle because 535 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: he's you know, goofy. He's having a popsicle because he 536 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: finds it refreshing. I gained so much respect because he 537 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: was such a probe. Well, he leaves UCLA. When CBS 538 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: gets college football, he left Ucla to become their analyst. 539 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: Said later it was a huge mistake. He shouldn't have 540 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: quit coaching so early. He did a good job on TV, 541 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: he really did. Later went back to the forty nine 542 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: ers as the GM. Later went back to television and 543 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: just passed away this week two year battle with cancer. 544 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: But when he was doing television, he was still just 545 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: as nice to us. When he would come into town, 546 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: he would spend time with us, and he'd pick your 547 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: brain a little bit. What's team looked like, what can 548 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: you know things like that? One thing he did is 549 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: he had a Manila folder and on one side he 550 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: would have notes on one team, and on another side 551 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: he would have notes on another team. And I said, 552 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: why do you do that? He goes, because papers drive 553 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 1: me crazy. He goes, so I can hold my folder, 554 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: and he said, I can see the most important notes. 555 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: He because if I have to turn and look for something, 556 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: I can do that. And you know, I stole that, Yeah, 557 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: And I still use that to this day from him 558 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 1: because I hate papers when I'm broadcasting, because I can't 559 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 1: find anything. And so I keep the most important things 560 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: on a Manila folder a legal size. And I got 561 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: that from Terry Donny here. Well I got that from you, 562 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: So I too got it from Terry Donny here and 563 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: and so just kind of drawing it back in though 564 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 1: you think about people who were nice to you early 565 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: in your career, who were successful, who you admire. He 566 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: was a class guy and a really good coach, and 567 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 1: he was a good broadcaster. And so I was sad 568 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: to see passed this week, and I wanted to share 569 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: that story because I just it's one of my very favorites. 570 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: That is a quality story. You find it quite refreshing. 571 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: People love good popsicle is here all these here, all 572 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: these big guys just crushing popsicles. Bou Garden the popsicles 573 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: there were number six in the country. I mean that 574 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: was a good team. I mean they were always good. 575 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: And I'm like, wow, that's a popsickle. Everybody's having a popsick. 576 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 1: It was so California. It's the most California thing I've 577 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: ever heard. Yeah, that's great, But I didn't know that 578 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: was the genesis of the folder. The folder thing. Lots 579 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: of people ask me about the folder do they really 580 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: people notice the folder thing. I have my notes on 581 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: the inside and I write on the outside because I 582 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: make notes. I do that too. Yeah, I write on 583 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: the outside of mine. If I think of something I 584 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,959 Speaker 1: want to ask coach Mack at some point, I'll make 585 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: a note on the outside of it. So when we 586 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: come back from break, I have it. Yeah. I can't 587 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: stand papers. Yeah, because when Rhett Bryan spots, I want 588 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 1: him to have all the open space that he can 589 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: to use the spot chart. But I asked him about it, 590 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 1: and he I want to say, he gave me one 591 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 1: at some point. Yeah, And I used to write them, 592 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: but I couldn't read moan handwriting. Oh yeah, that's not great. 593 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,959 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, so typing is where it's at. Typing is 594 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: very handy. Yeah. I just did it because you did it, 595 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: and I just thought that was the way to do it. 596 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: I guess all right, there you go about that. That's 597 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: your OTP for this week, boys and girls. That's pretty good. 598 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: Ended it on a high note. And now I really 599 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 1: want a popsicle. Yeah you do. I might go get one. 600 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: Football stories are the best, aren't they? They really, especially 601 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 1: in July when we have time where we can just 602 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: tell a few stories. Golly, there's nothing like this football world. Man. Yeah, 603 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: it's a good one. Actually, when he was with the 604 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: forty nine ers, I walked up to him at one 605 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: point and just had a chance to say hello, and 606 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: he was just as nice, just as classy. You love 607 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,959 Speaker 1: the people who can just sort of leave it at 608 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: the door. It's like, yeah, I'm the forty nine ers 609 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: and you're the Titans, and we can't be friends or anything, 610 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: but we could still be fine. Yeah, yeah, we can 611 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: be civil and he could be you know. To do 612 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: an interview with the guy from Knoxville, the week of 613 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 1: a Tennessee UCLA game. He didn't care. He knew he 614 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: wasn't going to lose the game because he gave an 615 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: interview to some kid from Knoxville, right, And there's so 616 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: many of these people today. We're like, oh, you've got 617 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: to have a Cia Clarence and yeah, you can't watch 618 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: us practice, and you know what, come on, yeah seriously, Yeah, 619 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 1: there's there's a level of reality to it that it 620 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: seems like he had a firm grasp on well, and 621 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 1: I think Vrabel does a good job, but that he 622 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: lets people watch practice, and Okay, then at a certain 623 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: point where you're gonna go to team and you're gonna 624 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 1: put in game plan. I get that that you don't 625 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 1: want to let the whole world see it, but I 626 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: just to watch the team throw the ball around or what. Yeah, 627 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: you should let people do that. Watch me to popsicle. 628 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: It's fine. There you go, watch Vrabel come out with popsicles. Gosh, 629 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: that would be so great. There is no chance of that. 630 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: I'd give him a hug just right there if he 631 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: if he had a popsicle, if he came out with 632 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: a pops if you watched him play golf yet no, oh, 633 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: I can't wait that goes. It should be fun. Yes, 634 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 1: When I watch him playing golf, it's just like he's 635 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: almost a real human almost because golf is not his forte. 636 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 1: But you know, he's not bad. He's not great, but 637 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: he's not bad. Yeah, And if you can be not 638 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 1: bad at golf, you're pretty danger, especially for a big 639 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: guy like that. Big guys don't call falter. Uh yeah, 640 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: all right, that's gonna do it. I hope everybody has 641 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 1: a great weekend for Amy Welles, I, Mike Keith and 642 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: you have been listening once again to the Oaks teams 643 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 1: where the legends everybody knows it's a house making greatness 644 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: is we got Side and Butter running through a v