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Dam, There's a lot 22 00:01:24,386 --> 00:01:26,746 Speaker 1: of adjectives, but I thought I would let you cover 23 00:01:26,826 --> 00:01:29,746 Speaker 1: that since your background actually is in print as well, 24 00:01:29,826 --> 00:01:32,066 Speaker 1: so you understand sort of the nuance of writing all 25 00:01:32,066 --> 00:01:35,386 Speaker 1: these cool things and using all those colorful adjectives. The 26 00:01:35,426 --> 00:01:39,626 Speaker 1: magic of words. Yes, the power. Although this episode and 27 00:01:39,706 --> 00:01:41,386 Speaker 1: really every episode that we're gonna be doing in this 28 00:01:41,466 --> 00:01:44,546 Speaker 1: podcast is going to be focused more on the history 29 00:01:44,866 --> 00:01:47,306 Speaker 1: of the sport, the game that we love, and I 30 00:01:47,306 --> 00:01:49,866 Speaker 1: should even want to limit this podcast to just the 31 00:01:49,946 --> 00:01:52,706 Speaker 1: history behind the NFL. I would just say anything that 32 00:01:52,866 --> 00:01:55,626 Speaker 1: any fan wants to know about this sport. D You 33 00:01:55,706 --> 00:01:57,866 Speaker 1: and I are going to give all the context and 34 00:01:57,906 --> 00:02:00,586 Speaker 1: perspective that people need to hear. And when you say anything, 35 00:02:00,626 --> 00:02:02,986 Speaker 1: we're not just talking about what happens on the field. 36 00:02:03,026 --> 00:02:05,186 Speaker 1: We're talking about how the field is made, or what 37 00:02:05,306 --> 00:02:07,306 Speaker 1: is actually on the field, or the way that the 38 00:02:07,346 --> 00:02:11,226 Speaker 1: field is videoed. I mean, really anything that you have 39 00:02:11,426 --> 00:02:14,906 Speaker 1: ever wondered about the game, anything that you've ever needed 40 00:02:14,946 --> 00:02:18,426 Speaker 1: for a good game of trivia. We have your answers. 41 00:02:18,666 --> 00:02:22,826 Speaker 1: The most frequently searched topics that need better perspective, we 42 00:02:22,866 --> 00:02:25,666 Speaker 1: will have you covered here on the NFL Explained podcast. 43 00:02:25,746 --> 00:02:28,506 Speaker 1: In fact, today I started this episode by saying, what's 44 00:02:28,506 --> 00:02:31,586 Speaker 1: in the name? We are all about team names, specifically 45 00:02:31,586 --> 00:02:33,746 Speaker 1: the ones in the NFC. Next week it will be 46 00:02:33,786 --> 00:02:36,026 Speaker 1: about the A, F, C, A D. D. There have 47 00:02:36,106 --> 00:02:37,826 Speaker 1: actually been and I don't know if you realize this, 48 00:02:37,946 --> 00:02:41,826 Speaker 1: but more than seventy five franchises in NFL history. But 49 00:02:41,946 --> 00:02:43,506 Speaker 1: because that would take a whole lot of time to 50 00:02:43,546 --> 00:02:45,466 Speaker 1: go through the history and the origins of all of 51 00:02:45,506 --> 00:02:49,106 Speaker 1: those teams, for this episode, it's just NFC teams that 52 00:02:49,266 --> 00:02:51,906 Speaker 1: still exist today. Wait, so we're not going to get 53 00:02:51,946 --> 00:02:55,426 Speaker 1: to the Tonawanda Cardex. No, I'm not touching that one. 54 00:02:55,506 --> 00:02:58,466 Speaker 1: If you'd like to do the what about the Racene Tornadoes? 55 00:02:58,506 --> 00:03:00,626 Speaker 1: Are we going to get to the Racene Tornadoes? No, 56 00:03:00,866 --> 00:03:04,746 Speaker 1: not touching that one either. The Duluth Kelly's. That one 57 00:03:04,946 --> 00:03:07,226 Speaker 1: might actually pop up, just because the whole the Loue 58 00:03:07,226 --> 00:03:09,306 Speaker 1: thing just sort of sounds cool to me. But you 59 00:03:09,386 --> 00:03:11,146 Speaker 1: and I there is a lot to get to because 60 00:03:11,146 --> 00:03:13,266 Speaker 1: it is the NFC, because we have a lot of teams, 61 00:03:13,306 --> 00:03:16,826 Speaker 1: because there's so much great history and tradition, I think 62 00:03:16,866 --> 00:03:18,986 Speaker 1: it's important to kind of just drive right into it. 63 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:22,026 Speaker 1: And add actually started this podcast by saying, what's in 64 00:03:22,066 --> 00:03:23,706 Speaker 1: a name? And I think for a lot of us, 65 00:03:23,826 --> 00:03:26,666 Speaker 1: it's not only just a way that we are idd publicly, 66 00:03:26,826 --> 00:03:29,106 Speaker 1: but it's in a lot of ways identity. And I 67 00:03:29,106 --> 00:03:31,466 Speaker 1: think for a lot of our favorite teams, the history 68 00:03:31,546 --> 00:03:35,786 Speaker 1: behind knowing where that name came from, we're just don't know. 69 00:03:35,986 --> 00:03:38,226 Speaker 1: In fact, I grew up a Giants fan. Had it 70 00:03:38,266 --> 00:03:40,426 Speaker 1: not been for the preparation of this podcast, I couldn't 71 00:03:40,426 --> 00:03:42,586 Speaker 1: tell you why they were actually called the Giants. And 72 00:03:42,626 --> 00:03:45,386 Speaker 1: I think add I am not alone in that assessment. 73 00:03:45,426 --> 00:03:48,226 Speaker 1: We just scream and cheer every single Sunday and we 74 00:03:48,306 --> 00:03:51,186 Speaker 1: don't know some of the intricate details to how we 75 00:03:51,226 --> 00:03:53,226 Speaker 1: got to the place that we're at. That's a great 76 00:03:53,306 --> 00:03:56,306 Speaker 1: launching point. So why don't we start at the beginning, 77 00:03:56,626 --> 00:04:00,666 Speaker 1: at least at the beginning in terms of what is 78 00:04:01,306 --> 00:04:05,906 Speaker 1: the longest tenured name for the longest tenured franchise that 79 00:04:05,946 --> 00:04:09,786 Speaker 1: has played in the same city under the same name. 80 00:04:10,066 --> 00:04:12,586 Speaker 1: Do you know what that is? What team has been 81 00:04:12,626 --> 00:04:16,266 Speaker 1: around the longest played with the same exact name in 82 00:04:16,266 --> 00:04:18,626 Speaker 1: the same exact city. The answer is the Green Bay 83 00:04:18,626 --> 00:04:20,906 Speaker 1: Packers and I know there's some Arizona Cardinal fans who 84 00:04:21,266 --> 00:04:24,306 Speaker 1: want to talk a little bit about their team. We 85 00:04:24,426 --> 00:04:26,466 Speaker 1: netted out on the Packers because of some of the 86 00:04:26,506 --> 00:04:30,066 Speaker 1: categories that you just made reference to, the lack of movements, 87 00:04:30,306 --> 00:04:33,066 Speaker 1: the history around Lambeau and the whole thing. So they 88 00:04:33,066 --> 00:04:35,626 Speaker 1: actually kick off our list. They do. But do you 89 00:04:35,666 --> 00:04:38,586 Speaker 1: actually know why the Packers were named the Packers? Do 90 00:04:38,626 --> 00:04:39,906 Speaker 1: you want to give it again? I'm gonna let you 91 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:41,586 Speaker 1: explain that because I know you did the deep dive 92 00:04:41,626 --> 00:04:43,506 Speaker 1: on the Packers. It did do the deep dive, and 93 00:04:43,506 --> 00:04:45,186 Speaker 1: you know what it made me think of my own 94 00:04:45,306 --> 00:04:49,466 Speaker 1: athletic career, because when I played Little League, you needed 95 00:04:49,506 --> 00:04:54,106 Speaker 1: to go and find somebody to sponsor your team, and 96 00:04:54,186 --> 00:04:57,626 Speaker 1: you had to wear you know, some law firm or 97 00:04:57,706 --> 00:05:02,746 Speaker 1: some grocery store or some hair salon's name on the 98 00:05:02,786 --> 00:05:06,226 Speaker 1: front of your shirt. Well guess what that how the 99 00:05:06,386 --> 00:05:10,666 Speaker 1: Packers were named, Mike. What happened was that Curly Lambeau 100 00:05:10,786 --> 00:05:14,986 Speaker 1: and George Calhoun founded the team in nineteen nineteen. They 101 00:05:15,026 --> 00:05:17,866 Speaker 1: needed money for uniforms, just like I did when I 102 00:05:17,906 --> 00:05:20,866 Speaker 1: was a kid, and Curly Lambeau went to his boss 103 00:05:20,986 --> 00:05:25,106 Speaker 1: at the Indian Packing Company and his boss said, Okay, sure, 104 00:05:25,306 --> 00:05:28,346 Speaker 1: I'll give you five hundred bucks to buy uniforms, but 105 00:05:28,626 --> 00:05:31,266 Speaker 1: you need to make sure you put my company's name 106 00:05:31,506 --> 00:05:35,986 Speaker 1: on your uniforms, hence the Packers duty. That's actually pretty 107 00:05:35,986 --> 00:05:38,786 Speaker 1: cool and it's a great flashback for me to my 108 00:05:38,906 --> 00:05:42,106 Speaker 1: childhood Bowers Sports shop. I remember that being all over 109 00:05:42,146 --> 00:05:45,506 Speaker 1: our baseball caps and jerseys when I was a kid, 110 00:05:45,706 --> 00:05:47,706 Speaker 1: which actually has me thinking, there's gotta be some cool 111 00:05:47,746 --> 00:05:50,586 Speaker 1: sponsors that people have had during the course of their 112 00:05:50,666 --> 00:05:53,906 Speaker 1: athletic career. So make sure you tweet at us using 113 00:05:53,946 --> 00:05:58,626 Speaker 1: that hashtag. NFL explained. I feel like people should also 114 00:05:58,706 --> 00:06:03,066 Speaker 1: tweeted us their questions, Mike, because this whole entire thing 115 00:06:03,146 --> 00:06:06,946 Speaker 1: just begs the question why do Packers fans where foam 116 00:06:07,186 --> 00:06:10,706 Speaker 1: cheese on their heads? I mean, I get that Wisconsin 117 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:14,146 Speaker 1: is America's dairy land and that Wisconsin is known for 118 00:06:14,226 --> 00:06:18,626 Speaker 1: its cheese, but the Packers were named after a meat company. 119 00:06:19,026 --> 00:06:21,706 Speaker 1: You think that maybe they should put foam meat on 120 00:06:21,746 --> 00:06:25,266 Speaker 1: their heads. Meat and cheese, meat and cheese. I always 121 00:06:25,306 --> 00:06:29,226 Speaker 1: paired wine and cheese together, or grapes and cheese together. 122 00:06:29,706 --> 00:06:31,986 Speaker 1: I actually don't know the reason to it, but there 123 00:06:32,186 --> 00:06:35,186 Speaker 1: is some creativity and I think the other thing to 124 00:06:35,346 --> 00:06:38,426 Speaker 1: add is that we've learned there are connections sometimes that 125 00:06:38,506 --> 00:06:41,546 Speaker 1: aren't as obvious. So maybe the meat and cheese thing 126 00:06:41,626 --> 00:06:42,986 Speaker 1: is just one of those we're just going to have 127 00:06:42,986 --> 00:06:44,506 Speaker 1: to roll with. I mean, it's fair. But you know, 128 00:06:44,586 --> 00:06:46,866 Speaker 1: the other thing with the Packers that I think is 129 00:06:47,026 --> 00:06:50,426 Speaker 1: vitally important is that they play in a stadium which 130 00:06:50,466 --> 00:06:53,266 Speaker 1: I believe is on your bucket list lambeau Field. Oh yeah, 131 00:06:53,546 --> 00:06:55,626 Speaker 1: I just I would prefer to have like winter gear 132 00:06:55,706 --> 00:06:57,466 Speaker 1: when I'm there in the dead of winter. But I 133 00:06:57,466 --> 00:06:59,666 Speaker 1: think Packer fans have to be loving the fact that 134 00:06:59,706 --> 00:07:01,266 Speaker 1: they get to lead off our list. And you know 135 00:07:01,306 --> 00:07:06,386 Speaker 1: it's really interesting is from a Chicago Bears perspective. I 136 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:08,386 Speaker 1: was doing some research on this team, and I think 137 00:07:08,586 --> 00:07:11,506 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of really interesting tidbits about the 138 00:07:11,586 --> 00:07:15,186 Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. But it's important to note two the league 139 00:07:15,226 --> 00:07:19,346 Speaker 1: actually changed its name from the American Professional Football Association 140 00:07:19,346 --> 00:07:22,986 Speaker 1: to the National Football League. That actually wasn't the only change. 141 00:07:23,026 --> 00:07:26,386 Speaker 1: The Chicago Staley's They actually moved from the Catur to 142 00:07:26,466 --> 00:07:30,746 Speaker 1: Chicago in one they changed their name to the Chicago Bears. 143 00:07:30,746 --> 00:07:33,426 Speaker 1: And what's fascinating to me about this the Bears. They 144 00:07:33,426 --> 00:07:35,546 Speaker 1: played in Wrigley Field, and it's not the only time 145 00:07:35,586 --> 00:07:39,026 Speaker 1: that we've seen some football teams playing inside baseball stadiums. 146 00:07:39,066 --> 00:07:42,026 Speaker 1: Wriggley obviously has a lot of tradition. We made reference 147 00:07:42,066 --> 00:07:45,346 Speaker 1: to Lambeo, but the Cubs, since they were already playing 148 00:07:45,346 --> 00:07:48,266 Speaker 1: in Wrigley the football players were just larger in stature, 149 00:07:48,386 --> 00:07:50,106 Speaker 1: so they just said, well, why are we going to 150 00:07:50,186 --> 00:07:52,746 Speaker 1: call ourselves the Cubs. We're gonna go and call ourselves 151 00:07:53,226 --> 00:07:56,226 Speaker 1: the Bears, which to me is kind of cute and interesting. 152 00:07:56,466 --> 00:07:58,506 Speaker 1: But it actually could be argued that the Bears are 153 00:07:58,546 --> 00:08:01,706 Speaker 1: the NFL's oldest team. The Packers sort of beat them 154 00:08:01,706 --> 00:08:03,706 Speaker 1: in the name game, which is why a d D. 155 00:08:03,826 --> 00:08:06,666 Speaker 1: You got to start off with Green Bay. The rivalry 156 00:08:07,066 --> 00:08:09,466 Speaker 1: it goes back and forth between some of these squads, 157 00:08:09,466 --> 00:08:12,186 Speaker 1: so to me, once again, the history around this team 158 00:08:12,266 --> 00:08:15,426 Speaker 1: is sort of fascinating. Man, it takes the snap back 159 00:08:15,506 --> 00:08:18,786 Speaker 1: to throw under pressure aboards the Ross and he's gonna 160 00:08:19,106 --> 00:08:21,786 Speaker 1: fight out of it. Now close the deep downfield, white 161 00:08:21,866 --> 00:08:26,466 Speaker 1: up a Tyree who takes the class. Want to play 162 00:08:26,546 --> 00:08:29,746 Speaker 1: by Manning, don't want to catch by Tyree? Fifty eight 163 00:08:29,746 --> 00:08:33,706 Speaker 1: seconds to goal. Okay, so the new York Giants. You know, 164 00:08:33,786 --> 00:08:35,386 Speaker 1: as a Jersey girl, the Giants have been in New 165 00:08:35,466 --> 00:08:37,946 Speaker 1: Jersey forever, and I sort of get a little bit 166 00:08:37,946 --> 00:08:40,706 Speaker 1: perturbed by the New York thing. But they were indeed 167 00:08:41,266 --> 00:08:45,066 Speaker 1: founded in New York. There technically the fourth oldest team 168 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:48,466 Speaker 1: in the NFL, and they did start playing at the 169 00:08:48,506 --> 00:08:53,426 Speaker 1: Polo Grounds. The way that they named themselves is after 170 00:08:54,066 --> 00:08:56,266 Speaker 1: the baseball team. So there was already the New York 171 00:08:56,266 --> 00:08:58,666 Speaker 1: Giants and they were playing baseball, and those New York 172 00:08:58,706 --> 00:09:03,426 Speaker 1: Giants named themselves the Giants after Mike. Come on, tell us, 173 00:09:03,466 --> 00:09:05,586 Speaker 1: when you're in New York City, what is the most 174 00:09:05,786 --> 00:09:08,786 Speaker 1: notable thing besides the pizza. Yeah, the most notable thing 175 00:09:09,066 --> 00:09:11,906 Speaker 1: is trying to get through Midtown Manhattan when it's nothing 176 00:09:11,946 --> 00:09:15,306 Speaker 1: but tourists that are surrounding you, and they look up 177 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:18,626 Speaker 1: and they're staring at large buildings for no reason. You 178 00:09:18,666 --> 00:09:21,386 Speaker 1: take for granted. How if you grew up in that area, 179 00:09:21,626 --> 00:09:23,146 Speaker 1: you're just used to it, And in other parts of 180 00:09:23,146 --> 00:09:25,586 Speaker 1: the country they're just not used to seeing skyscrapers ding 181 00:09:25,706 --> 00:09:29,626 Speaker 1: ding ding ding ding. So the skyscrapers were so tall 182 00:09:30,386 --> 00:09:34,346 Speaker 1: they were giant like. And the Major League baseball team 183 00:09:34,426 --> 00:09:36,626 Speaker 1: named themselves the New York Giants, and then the football 184 00:09:36,626 --> 00:09:38,866 Speaker 1: team came along, which I will say that the baseball 185 00:09:38,986 --> 00:09:41,626 Speaker 1: name is really quite clever, but the football team just 186 00:09:41,706 --> 00:09:46,746 Speaker 1: copying the baseball team feels a little less creative. And then, 187 00:09:47,106 --> 00:09:50,346 Speaker 1: in like the only little ode to creativity, at one point, 188 00:09:50,506 --> 00:09:53,466 Speaker 1: the New York Giants became the New York Football Giants 189 00:09:53,546 --> 00:09:56,786 Speaker 1: to designate that they were different than the original New 190 00:09:56,866 --> 00:09:58,946 Speaker 1: York Giants. Which maybe if you had an unusual and 191 00:09:59,026 --> 00:10:02,266 Speaker 1: interesting name like A d. D as opposed to Michael, 192 00:10:03,066 --> 00:10:06,746 Speaker 1: you wouldn't really necessarily have to differentiate which Giant you 193 00:10:06,786 --> 00:10:09,346 Speaker 1: were or which Michael you were. Yeah, I'm getting now 194 00:10:09,386 --> 00:10:12,146 Speaker 1: flashbacks to my childhood being in class and hearing Mike 195 00:10:12,306 --> 00:10:15,746 Speaker 1: and four kids in my class going yeah and paying attention. 196 00:10:15,826 --> 00:10:18,946 Speaker 1: That's why Yammer just sort of became an interesting little 197 00:10:19,066 --> 00:10:22,546 Speaker 1: nickname that's stuck since my childhood. You know, you mentioned 198 00:10:22,546 --> 00:10:25,186 Speaker 1: the Giants and the skyscrapers and the baseball connection. I 199 00:10:25,266 --> 00:10:27,666 Speaker 1: just want to highlight this, not only for the rest 200 00:10:27,666 --> 00:10:29,946 Speaker 1: of this NFC episode of NFL Explained, but the a 201 00:10:30,106 --> 00:10:32,146 Speaker 1: f C one that's going to come out next week. 202 00:10:32,146 --> 00:10:36,266 Speaker 1: Add the amount of baseball influence on the sport of football, 203 00:10:36,306 --> 00:10:40,706 Speaker 1: as it pertains to team names, is really significant. There's 204 00:10:40,746 --> 00:10:44,506 Speaker 1: a large amount of teams that had association connection with 205 00:10:44,586 --> 00:10:47,186 Speaker 1: baseball teams, whether they were playing inside those arenas or 206 00:10:47,226 --> 00:10:51,186 Speaker 1: being named literally after the baseball team, which sounds ridiculous nowadays, 207 00:10:51,266 --> 00:10:53,466 Speaker 1: but this, I guess was a common theme when you 208 00:10:53,506 --> 00:10:56,146 Speaker 1: go back to the twenties, thirties and forties. Well, it's 209 00:10:56,186 --> 00:10:58,066 Speaker 1: like you said with the Bears in the Cubs, some 210 00:10:58,186 --> 00:11:01,466 Speaker 1: of the names were indeed derivative. Did you know, Mike 211 00:11:01,626 --> 00:11:05,426 Speaker 1: that there was once a professional football team named the 212 00:11:05,546 --> 00:11:08,746 Speaker 1: New New York Yankees? I do, now. I think I 213 00:11:08,826 --> 00:11:10,866 Speaker 1: must have missed that in the research back there you 214 00:11:10,906 --> 00:11:13,906 Speaker 1: go skip that one. Well, you know, sometimes you have 215 00:11:13,946 --> 00:11:16,466 Speaker 1: to do your own research, my friend, especially if you 216 00:11:16,466 --> 00:11:18,786 Speaker 1: want to win a trivia which, by the way, I 217 00:11:18,826 --> 00:11:21,506 Speaker 1: just I'm about building teams, so I just get all 218 00:11:21,506 --> 00:11:23,586 Speaker 1: my smart friends to be on my squad. But you 219 00:11:23,626 --> 00:11:25,826 Speaker 1: mentioned doing some of the work, and I did. So 220 00:11:25,866 --> 00:11:28,266 Speaker 1: you're a freeloader, is that what you're telling me? Yeah? 221 00:11:28,306 --> 00:11:29,666 Speaker 1: I am, but I pick up the drinks, so it's 222 00:11:29,666 --> 00:11:32,346 Speaker 1: all good. The Detroit Lions is one of those teams 223 00:11:32,386 --> 00:11:34,866 Speaker 1: actually dug pretty deep in in fact, when you just 224 00:11:35,026 --> 00:11:39,226 Speaker 1: google ports Smith, Ohio. What comes up is Portsmith dot org, 225 00:11:39,346 --> 00:11:42,466 Speaker 1: where Southern Hospitality begins. That's what popped up on my 226 00:11:42,506 --> 00:11:44,546 Speaker 1: Google search. And I was like, damn, that sounds like 227 00:11:44,586 --> 00:11:46,546 Speaker 1: the type of place that I want to go and hang. 228 00:11:46,906 --> 00:11:49,226 Speaker 1: And why it's significant. You're like Portsmith, Ohio, Like, why 229 00:11:49,226 --> 00:11:51,426 Speaker 1: the hell are you talking about that? Well, the Detroit Lions, 230 00:11:51,706 --> 00:11:56,426 Speaker 1: who are the fifth oldest team, actually started play in Portsmith, Ohio. 231 00:11:56,506 --> 00:11:58,666 Speaker 1: And they weren't even called the Lines. In fact, they 232 00:11:58,666 --> 00:12:01,906 Speaker 1: were the Spartans. You go back to George A. Richards, 233 00:12:01,946 --> 00:12:05,626 Speaker 1: who was a radio executive, and he purchased the Spartans 234 00:12:05,626 --> 00:12:09,266 Speaker 1: for eight thousand dollars. Eight K got you a franchise. 235 00:12:09,346 --> 00:12:11,946 Speaker 1: Now I get it. I'm flashing back to my grandfather 236 00:12:12,026 --> 00:12:14,066 Speaker 1: telling me about you know, things that he was able 237 00:12:14,106 --> 00:12:16,826 Speaker 1: to get for a quarter, but a K got him 238 00:12:16,986 --> 00:12:19,546 Speaker 1: a football franchise. He ended up moving the team to 239 00:12:19,626 --> 00:12:23,226 Speaker 1: Detroit back in ninety four. And you go, how did 240 00:12:23,226 --> 00:12:26,186 Speaker 1: the Lions come about? Well, he decided on the Lions 241 00:12:26,266 --> 00:12:28,786 Speaker 1: because he wanted them to be the quote Kings of 242 00:12:28,826 --> 00:12:31,586 Speaker 1: the NFL, like the line was King of the Jungle. 243 00:12:31,906 --> 00:12:35,226 Speaker 1: The tie in was also with the baseball team once again, 244 00:12:35,266 --> 00:12:37,746 Speaker 1: this sort of the team that Detroit Tigers. He was 245 00:12:37,746 --> 00:12:40,826 Speaker 1: trying to capitalize on the popularity of the baseball team 246 00:12:41,106 --> 00:12:44,626 Speaker 1: and that connection there lines and Tigers and Bears. We 247 00:12:44,666 --> 00:12:46,586 Speaker 1: can skip the Bears because we already did that a 248 00:12:46,626 --> 00:12:49,226 Speaker 1: little bit earlier, but it's just a theme of DD 249 00:12:49,346 --> 00:12:52,426 Speaker 1: that just continues to to ring true for the rest 250 00:12:52,426 --> 00:12:55,306 Speaker 1: of this podcast. I will say that Spartans has always 251 00:12:55,306 --> 00:12:56,986 Speaker 1: been a name that I've liked when it comes to 252 00:12:57,066 --> 00:13:02,466 Speaker 1: college football. Nicknamest the Spartan said sort of invokes something, 253 00:13:02,506 --> 00:13:05,146 Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean I appreciate that as well, especially 254 00:13:05,146 --> 00:13:09,746 Speaker 1: since the majority of original professional football teams really started 255 00:13:09,746 --> 00:13:12,626 Speaker 1: in the Midwest, and the two oldest teams in the 256 00:13:12,746 --> 00:13:17,866 Speaker 1: NFL have their ties to Chicago. The Decatur Stanley's obviously 257 00:13:17,946 --> 00:13:20,186 Speaker 1: became the Chicago Bears, and then the next team we're 258 00:13:20,186 --> 00:13:27,186 Speaker 1: talking about, the Arizona Cardinals, actually started as the Chicago Cardinals. 259 00:13:27,626 --> 00:13:31,426 Speaker 1: The Cardinals were formed in nineteen twenty in Chicago, just 260 00:13:31,586 --> 00:13:33,986 Speaker 1: like the Bears. They were part of the NFL's first 261 00:13:34,026 --> 00:13:38,026 Speaker 1: fourteen teams, but the Cardinals roots actually go all the 262 00:13:38,066 --> 00:13:43,186 Speaker 1: way back to eighteen. They were an amateur team known 263 00:13:43,186 --> 00:13:46,786 Speaker 1: as the Morrigan athletic club on the South side of Chicago, 264 00:13:47,306 --> 00:13:51,346 Speaker 1: and the way their name started is really actually quite brilliant. 265 00:13:51,346 --> 00:13:54,586 Speaker 1: Their owner was a gentleman named Chris O'Brien, and Chris O'Brien, 266 00:13:54,626 --> 00:13:59,106 Speaker 1: being very fiscally responsible, went and bought some old jerseys 267 00:13:59,146 --> 00:14:02,906 Speaker 1: from the University of Chicago Maroons in nineteen o one. 268 00:14:03,426 --> 00:14:05,426 Speaker 1: The thing is, though, Mike, when he looked at these 269 00:14:05,746 --> 00:14:10,906 Speaker 1: dis easy said, that's not maroon, that's Cardinal red because 270 00:14:10,906 --> 00:14:13,066 Speaker 1: they were old and they were faded. And you know 271 00:14:13,066 --> 00:14:15,906 Speaker 1: why we need to trust Mr O'Brien because he was 272 00:14:15,946 --> 00:14:19,506 Speaker 1: a house painter, so obviously he knows the difference between 273 00:14:19,506 --> 00:14:24,026 Speaker 1: different shades of red. Hence the Chicago Cardinals were born. 274 00:14:24,106 --> 00:14:27,226 Speaker 1: And obviously the Cardinals moved multiple times to St. Louis 275 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:29,506 Speaker 1: and then onto Arizona, which is where they have stayed. 276 00:14:29,706 --> 00:14:32,146 Speaker 1: It's crazy to me because there will eventually be an 277 00:14:32,146 --> 00:14:36,786 Speaker 1: episode on uniforms on NFL explained just the emphasis that 278 00:14:36,866 --> 00:14:39,106 Speaker 1: we have on looking good. What's that phrase, look good, 279 00:14:39,106 --> 00:14:42,866 Speaker 1: feel good, play good? And can you imagine being a 280 00:14:42,906 --> 00:14:46,786 Speaker 1: member of the Cardinals and rocking old uniforms, probably not 281 00:14:46,826 --> 00:14:50,026 Speaker 1: looking good, definitely not feeling good about it. You know what, 282 00:14:50,506 --> 00:14:52,546 Speaker 1: I know it's the wrong conference right now, but the 283 00:14:52,546 --> 00:14:56,386 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers were those bumblebee uniforms in real time and 284 00:14:56,426 --> 00:14:59,506 Speaker 1: then again, so I can imagine all sorts of things. Yeah, 285 00:14:59,546 --> 00:15:02,466 Speaker 1: that's just not exactly the way that I would go, 286 00:15:02,746 --> 00:15:04,786 Speaker 1: but just the fascination that I think a lot of 287 00:15:04,866 --> 00:15:06,786 Speaker 1: us have with uniform arms in the jerseys. I mean, 288 00:15:06,786 --> 00:15:09,026 Speaker 1: how you go to an NFL stadium on a Sunday, 289 00:15:09,186 --> 00:15:12,146 Speaker 1: the team colors that you're squad's rocking. Those are really 290 00:15:12,506 --> 00:15:14,706 Speaker 1: really important. But add you know, you and I have 291 00:15:14,746 --> 00:15:17,546 Speaker 1: been referencing the team names from a lot of these 292 00:15:17,546 --> 00:15:19,626 Speaker 1: squads from the nineteen twenties. But coming up next, we're 293 00:15:19,626 --> 00:15:22,826 Speaker 1: gonna move along one hundred years to check in on 294 00:15:22,826 --> 00:15:26,786 Speaker 1: one recent headline that's making a significant change. We'll do 295 00:15:26,826 --> 00:15:32,506 Speaker 1: that coming up on NFL explained. Build the team that 296 00:15:32,546 --> 00:15:36,306 Speaker 1: will build your business. 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Right wing reds Holy cow, want to play 325 00:17:11,946 --> 00:17:15,906 Speaker 1: forty two yard touchdown? Ronald Course on a pot. John 326 00:17:15,986 --> 00:17:19,146 Speaker 1: Riggins has given the Redskins the lead in Super Bowl seven. 327 00:17:19,266 --> 00:17:23,306 Speaker 1: D It is NFL, explained my cam in to d D. 328 00:17:23,386 --> 00:17:25,906 Speaker 1: King Kabala with you. This week's episode, we are all 329 00:17:25,906 --> 00:17:30,306 Speaker 1: about the history of names for NFL teams in the NFC. 330 00:17:30,626 --> 00:17:33,266 Speaker 1: Our episode number two is all about the a f C. 331 00:17:33,426 --> 00:17:35,866 Speaker 1: But we continue moving this train ahead of d D 332 00:17:36,026 --> 00:17:39,346 Speaker 1: and the Washington football team. You know, it's a franchise 333 00:17:39,386 --> 00:17:43,106 Speaker 1: that was actually founded in nineteen thirty two as the 334 00:17:43,226 --> 00:17:46,426 Speaker 1: Boston Braves. They moved to d C in nineteen thirty seven. 335 00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:48,866 Speaker 1: Now they actually shared the name the Boston Braves with yeah, 336 00:17:48,906 --> 00:17:51,546 Speaker 1: you guessed it, the baseball team because they shared the 337 00:17:51,586 --> 00:17:54,266 Speaker 1: field with them. Nineteen thirty three happened. So the baseball 338 00:17:54,266 --> 00:17:57,106 Speaker 1: team they moved to Fenway changed their name to the 339 00:17:57,106 --> 00:18:00,786 Speaker 1: Red Sox. The football team, well, then they became the Redskins. 340 00:18:00,826 --> 00:18:03,466 Speaker 1: The name and the logo of the team has obviously 341 00:18:03,506 --> 00:18:06,346 Speaker 1: generated a ton of controversy over the last few years 342 00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:09,826 Speaker 1: and they finally changed it in to the Washington football team. 343 00:18:09,826 --> 00:18:12,546 Speaker 1: But keeping on the baseball side of things, the Cleveland Indians, 344 00:18:12,666 --> 00:18:15,066 Speaker 1: you know, they change their names to the Guardians and 345 00:18:15,146 --> 00:18:19,346 Speaker 1: the Washington football team. Their president Jason Wright, actually announced 346 00:18:19,346 --> 00:18:23,106 Speaker 1: that the franchise has narrowed down add more than forty 347 00:18:23,506 --> 00:18:26,906 Speaker 1: thousand submissions. That is a lot of looking over names 348 00:18:26,986 --> 00:18:29,546 Speaker 1: for a really long period of time. So the new 349 00:18:29,666 --> 00:18:31,826 Speaker 1: nickname for the team is down to three. And if 350 00:18:31,826 --> 00:18:34,026 Speaker 1: there's one thing that I have learned from working with 351 00:18:34,066 --> 00:18:36,026 Speaker 1: you add in a short period of time when it 352 00:18:36,066 --> 00:18:38,906 Speaker 1: comes to team names, no weather conditions are allowed. You 353 00:18:38,986 --> 00:18:40,666 Speaker 1: just you're not a fan of it. I just kind 354 00:18:40,666 --> 00:18:43,546 Speaker 1: of don't get it. Like the Miami heat. Does that 355 00:18:43,626 --> 00:18:46,666 Speaker 1: put you in a great place? The heat? Well, if 356 00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:48,586 Speaker 1: I'm on the beach with a cocktail, I'm in a 357 00:18:48,586 --> 00:18:51,826 Speaker 1: really good place. Heat. I mean that's different than warm weather. 358 00:18:51,946 --> 00:18:55,386 Speaker 1: I don't know, storm, the Seattle storm, the Carolina Hurricanes. 359 00:18:55,786 --> 00:18:59,666 Speaker 1: But again, I feel like naming a team is a really, 360 00:18:59,746 --> 00:19:03,066 Speaker 1: really difficult endeavor. You just mentioned the Guardians. I mean 361 00:19:03,066 --> 00:19:06,226 Speaker 1: people were ripping the Guardians and it's I don't know, 362 00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:10,226 Speaker 1: there's not going to be any sort of unanimous approval here, 363 00:19:10,546 --> 00:19:12,826 Speaker 1: so you just hope for the best, especially when there's 364 00:19:12,826 --> 00:19:15,426 Speaker 1: forty thousand submissions. The one thing for me, Addie, I 365 00:19:15,466 --> 00:19:18,106 Speaker 1: will be happy as long as there's a literation when 366 00:19:18,106 --> 00:19:20,946 Speaker 1: it comes to the Washington football team and whatever that 367 00:19:21,066 --> 00:19:23,226 Speaker 1: nickname is going to be. What does that mean? That's 368 00:19:23,266 --> 00:19:26,546 Speaker 1: like the Washington Warriors. But then that doesn't work because 369 00:19:26,586 --> 00:19:28,866 Speaker 1: there's already a Warriors. I told you, if there's one 370 00:19:28,946 --> 00:19:32,426 Speaker 1: thing that I really really despise, it's naming a team 371 00:19:32,466 --> 00:19:35,386 Speaker 1: after a team that already exists. I hear what you're 372 00:19:35,386 --> 00:19:37,106 Speaker 1: saying on the Warriors as a guy that lives in 373 00:19:37,226 --> 00:19:39,746 Speaker 1: the city of San Francisco, not too far from Chase Center, 374 00:19:39,746 --> 00:19:42,426 Speaker 1: where the Warriors play. I got you the Steph Kurry. 375 00:19:42,426 --> 00:19:44,746 Speaker 1: I think Warriors. I think Curry bombs away from the 376 00:19:44,786 --> 00:19:47,986 Speaker 1: bleachers and knocking down long triples. But there is something 377 00:19:47,986 --> 00:19:50,666 Speaker 1: to be said for the alliteration aspect of it. I'm 378 00:19:50,706 --> 00:19:52,466 Speaker 1: going enough to think about this one. It's a good 379 00:19:52,466 --> 00:19:53,786 Speaker 1: thing that it's not up to me to come up 380 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:55,946 Speaker 1: with the name. You've got some time on that one, 381 00:19:56,066 --> 00:19:57,986 Speaker 1: and it has been kind of cool to just say 382 00:19:57,986 --> 00:20:00,826 Speaker 1: Washington football team. As you work on shows and we 383 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:03,466 Speaker 1: continue to discuss this. Yes, but it has been very, 384 00:20:03,546 --> 00:20:06,426 Speaker 1: very hard to tweet the Washington football team. Do you 385 00:20:06,506 --> 00:20:09,506 Speaker 1: know how many characters? That is? Too many accounts? So 386 00:20:09,546 --> 00:20:13,026 Speaker 1: I'm with you there, all right. Well, moving up by 387 00:20:13,266 --> 00:20:16,066 Speaker 1: nine five and staying in the NFC East, we have 388 00:20:16,186 --> 00:20:20,106 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles. So the Eagles joined the National Football 389 00:20:20,146 --> 00:20:23,426 Speaker 1: League in nineteen thirty three, right when the Pittsburgh Steelers did. 390 00:20:23,466 --> 00:20:25,346 Speaker 1: And of course, you know, the Pittsburgh Steelers are near 391 00:20:25,346 --> 00:20:26,826 Speaker 1: and dear to my heart since I live in the 392 00:20:26,866 --> 00:20:29,266 Speaker 1: city of Pittsburgh. But we will get to their naming 393 00:20:29,826 --> 00:20:32,666 Speaker 1: and when the Eagles and the Steelers actually joined for 394 00:20:32,706 --> 00:20:35,026 Speaker 1: a period of time in our next episode when we 395 00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:39,266 Speaker 1: hit the a f C. Sticking with the Eagles, they 396 00:20:39,386 --> 00:20:45,586 Speaker 1: were named after a piece of government legislation during FDR's 397 00:20:45,706 --> 00:20:49,266 Speaker 1: New Deal era, and that is the National Recovery Act. 398 00:20:49,306 --> 00:20:52,706 Speaker 1: The symbol for the National Recovery Act was the Eagle, 399 00:20:53,346 --> 00:20:59,266 Speaker 1: and so the Philadelphia Eagles were born. But I've got 400 00:20:59,266 --> 00:21:01,546 Speaker 1: a little added votus piece of trivia for you here 401 00:21:02,946 --> 00:21:04,946 Speaker 1: the Eagles. Oh, I thought you were going to quiz 402 00:21:05,026 --> 00:21:07,266 Speaker 1: me on like speak softly and carrying a big stick. 403 00:21:08,466 --> 00:21:11,906 Speaker 1: Ron Roosevelt my friend. But I mean, it's true, not 404 00:21:11,946 --> 00:21:14,226 Speaker 1: that either of us really knows anything about speaking softly, 405 00:21:14,346 --> 00:21:18,826 Speaker 1: but Ron Roosevelt, same family. In any case, the Eagle 406 00:21:18,906 --> 00:21:21,826 Speaker 1: will not be hosting a history podcast at any single 407 00:21:21,866 --> 00:21:25,706 Speaker 1: point in my career. I just ruined that opportunity for myself. 408 00:21:25,786 --> 00:21:27,826 Speaker 1: So thank you for calling me out on that. Add 409 00:21:28,746 --> 00:21:30,706 Speaker 1: In any case, let me go back to my trivia. 410 00:21:30,826 --> 00:21:36,546 Speaker 1: You've took me off my game. Okay, here's my question 411 00:21:36,586 --> 00:21:41,906 Speaker 1: for you, Mr Yama. The Eagles logo is distinct from 412 00:21:41,946 --> 00:21:50,186 Speaker 1: every logo in the National Football League because oh uh god, 413 00:21:50,266 --> 00:21:53,146 Speaker 1: I actually don't know the answer to this as it 414 00:21:53,266 --> 00:21:55,906 Speaker 1: have to do like I'm just thinking like something animal related, 415 00:21:56,026 --> 00:22:00,746 Speaker 1: bird related. You know, there are other birds and there 416 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:03,026 Speaker 1: are other animals. I'm sorry, Mike, you do not win 417 00:22:03,066 --> 00:22:08,386 Speaker 1: a beernay Eagles. You're the one that said you were 418 00:22:08,386 --> 00:22:11,426 Speaker 1: buying earlier in any and you're not on my tribute team, 419 00:22:11,586 --> 00:22:16,426 Speaker 1: especially in the history category. Yes, all right, the Eagles 420 00:22:16,506 --> 00:22:21,266 Speaker 1: logo is the only logo in the NFL that faces left, 421 00:22:22,066 --> 00:22:24,986 Speaker 1: and the reason it faces left. We'll go ahead and 422 00:22:24,986 --> 00:22:26,866 Speaker 1: look at all the logos. It's really interesting, Like if 423 00:22:26,906 --> 00:22:29,186 Speaker 1: you see all thirty two logos lined up, it's the 424 00:22:29,226 --> 00:22:32,826 Speaker 1: only one facing that way. And that's so that the 425 00:22:32,826 --> 00:22:37,706 Speaker 1: eagles tail feathers can make an e Okay, sorry, not 426 00:22:37,746 --> 00:22:40,186 Speaker 1: the tail feathers, I'm sorry, the feathers at the tail 427 00:22:40,186 --> 00:22:42,466 Speaker 1: of its head. So if you look at the Eagles 428 00:22:42,506 --> 00:22:46,586 Speaker 1: logo come literally which okay, okay, if you look at that, 429 00:22:46,826 --> 00:22:50,666 Speaker 1: if you look at the eagle's head, the back, the tail, 430 00:22:50,706 --> 00:22:53,186 Speaker 1: the feathers on the back of its head make an 431 00:22:53,186 --> 00:22:56,826 Speaker 1: e and that only works if the eagle's eyes are 432 00:22:56,946 --> 00:22:59,306 Speaker 1: facing left. Okay, Yeah, there's something to that. I think 433 00:22:59,346 --> 00:23:02,306 Speaker 1: that's relatively cool. The thing is a little bit of 434 00:23:02,306 --> 00:23:05,386 Speaker 1: a stretch. Actually, as I google the logo, someone actually 435 00:23:05,386 --> 00:23:08,746 Speaker 1: did the outline, I am going to say, I'm okay, 436 00:23:08,786 --> 00:23:11,706 Speaker 1: if I don't get that trivia question right, Well, Mike, 437 00:23:11,786 --> 00:23:14,946 Speaker 1: that's clearly just your bias as a Giants fan speaking. 438 00:23:15,146 --> 00:23:17,266 Speaker 1: All right, there might be a little bit of that 439 00:23:17,346 --> 00:23:20,906 Speaker 1: in play, but d D, there is absolutely no bias 440 00:23:20,986 --> 00:23:24,106 Speaker 1: here right now. Maybe maybe not, because I am all 441 00:23:24,146 --> 00:23:27,026 Speaker 1: about the l A. Rams. I happen to be a 442 00:23:27,226 --> 00:23:33,466 Speaker 1: very very proud Fordham University alone and certainly thrilled that 443 00:23:33,786 --> 00:23:37,786 Speaker 1: somehow I can work into this show of NFL explained 444 00:23:37,866 --> 00:23:41,026 Speaker 1: a reference to where I went to school, six same 445 00:23:41,106 --> 00:23:43,626 Speaker 1: year for the Rams. The same year that Boston moved 446 00:23:43,626 --> 00:23:47,186 Speaker 1: to Washington, the Cleveland Rams were born. Well guess what 447 00:23:47,226 --> 00:23:52,186 Speaker 1: teams GM? Damon buzz what's his favorite college team? Yes, 448 00:23:52,386 --> 00:23:55,266 Speaker 1: the Fordham Rams. I can't even tell you how much 449 00:23:55,306 --> 00:23:57,746 Speaker 1: I lit up when I saw the history. Does Fordham 450 00:23:57,786 --> 00:23:59,906 Speaker 1: still have a football team? Yes, we do have a 451 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:03,026 Speaker 1: football team. And I see the little tone. Look, I 452 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:05,626 Speaker 1: get it. We're not a top twenty five squad where 453 00:24:06,026 --> 00:24:08,346 Speaker 1: you know, look it happens, but we have had success 454 00:24:08,386 --> 00:24:10,986 Speaker 1: at the FCS level that needs to be thrown out there. 455 00:24:11,026 --> 00:24:12,826 Speaker 1: In fact, when I was there, Dave Classen was their 456 00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:14,706 Speaker 1: head coach who's now at Lake Fourest. But the point is, 457 00:24:14,746 --> 00:24:16,906 Speaker 1: and he turned around the program. Joe Moore head who 458 00:24:16,946 --> 00:24:19,906 Speaker 1: is now the offensive coordinator Oregon, kudos to him in 459 00:24:19,946 --> 00:24:22,586 Speaker 1: that offense. I'm going to go on tangents all day, 460 00:24:22,626 --> 00:24:26,466 Speaker 1: but Will actually was a huge Fordham Rams fan. We 461 00:24:26,586 --> 00:24:28,586 Speaker 1: just lost half our listeners. No, no, we didn't. We 462 00:24:28,586 --> 00:24:32,946 Speaker 1: didn't care. I'm sorry. They do care about Lombardi though, 463 00:24:32,986 --> 00:24:34,946 Speaker 1: who used to walk around the Rosehoe campus just like 464 00:24:35,026 --> 00:24:37,106 Speaker 1: I did, and he was five eight a buck eighty 465 00:24:37,146 --> 00:24:40,066 Speaker 1: something and was part of it dropping right there. Oh yeah, 466 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:42,346 Speaker 1: it was part of a dominant offensive line. It gives 467 00:24:42,346 --> 00:24:45,466 Speaker 1: me hope, no, no hope, because things have changed physically 468 00:24:45,506 --> 00:24:47,706 Speaker 1: for football players. Seven blocks of granted, come on, now, 469 00:24:47,746 --> 00:24:49,826 Speaker 1: some old school heads know what I'm talking about. The 470 00:24:49,946 --> 00:24:54,826 Speaker 1: Ramso the professional football team, they've actually moved around a lot. Six. 471 00:24:54,866 --> 00:24:56,746 Speaker 1: They moved out of l A the year after they 472 00:24:56,746 --> 00:25:01,186 Speaker 1: won the NFL championship in nineteen. Following the ninety four season, 473 00:25:01,226 --> 00:25:03,666 Speaker 1: they moved from St. Louis, then back to l A 474 00:25:04,106 --> 00:25:08,346 Speaker 1: for the season, and now we're neighbors with them, NFL 475 00:25:08,386 --> 00:25:10,946 Speaker 1: Network sort of moving in next door to Sofi Stadium. 476 00:25:11,026 --> 00:25:13,506 Speaker 1: So certainly I think a lot of people excited about that. 477 00:25:13,626 --> 00:25:16,706 Speaker 1: And you're right, Mike, that is a beautiful Sofi stadium. 478 00:25:16,706 --> 00:25:20,626 Speaker 1: But let's head up the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway to 479 00:25:20,746 --> 00:25:24,146 Speaker 1: another team in California, and that is the one in 480 00:25:24,186 --> 00:25:27,066 Speaker 1: San Francisco, which plays its games in Santa Clara. But 481 00:25:27,146 --> 00:25:30,546 Speaker 1: that's not really where we're going with this very very 482 00:25:30,546 --> 00:25:34,066 Speaker 1: clever name here. You want to take one stab at 483 00:25:34,146 --> 00:25:36,666 Speaker 1: why the San Francisco team is called the San Francisco 484 00:25:36,786 --> 00:25:39,266 Speaker 1: forty Niners. It's my life motto of trying to get 485 00:25:39,346 --> 00:25:42,186 Speaker 1: rich quick. I have not been able to achieve that. 486 00:25:42,226 --> 00:25:44,346 Speaker 1: Though that a stretch to try to link those two 487 00:25:44,346 --> 00:25:47,546 Speaker 1: things out. That's right on point, isn't it. That's pretty 488 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:50,786 Speaker 1: good right there. So in ninetifty the NFL merged with 489 00:25:50,866 --> 00:25:53,906 Speaker 1: the All American Football Conference. Three new teams came into 490 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:57,266 Speaker 1: the NFL. One of those new teams was the forty Niners, 491 00:25:57,346 --> 00:26:00,706 Speaker 1: and of course it is because of all of those 492 00:26:00,786 --> 00:26:06,026 Speaker 1: gold prospectors who rushed to Northern California after the Team 493 00:26:06,146 --> 00:26:08,986 Speaker 1: forty nine gold Rush, and that is of course why 494 00:26:09,026 --> 00:26:12,146 Speaker 1: the uniforms still have besides that red red, you know, 495 00:26:12,266 --> 00:26:15,026 Speaker 1: like the Big Red, they also have that gold. I 496 00:26:15,066 --> 00:26:17,226 Speaker 1: do like the gold helmets. I have to tell you. 497 00:26:17,546 --> 00:26:20,586 Speaker 1: They're pretty sweet, man, Like those old school unis. They 498 00:26:20,586 --> 00:26:23,026 Speaker 1: are definitely fun to watch and I was kind of 499 00:26:23,106 --> 00:26:24,706 Speaker 1: light up. And I'm not even a Niners fan, but 500 00:26:24,746 --> 00:26:27,786 Speaker 1: living in San Francisco seeing them, it is kind of 501 00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:30,106 Speaker 1: cool to see, just sort of like the nostalgia that 502 00:26:30,106 --> 00:26:32,146 Speaker 1: that comes up when you see some of those jerseys. 503 00:26:32,146 --> 00:26:33,946 Speaker 1: So when you think of all the names, right, when 504 00:26:33,986 --> 00:26:37,026 Speaker 1: you think of all the names, animals, articles of clothing 505 00:26:37,346 --> 00:26:41,146 Speaker 1: odes to the region, forty Niners is really a very 506 00:26:41,306 --> 00:26:45,706 Speaker 1: brilliant fitting name, isn't it. Yeah, it totally makes sense, 507 00:26:45,826 --> 00:26:48,266 Speaker 1: you know. And as we shift our attention to America's team, 508 00:26:48,626 --> 00:26:51,506 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, there was a time they were almost called 509 00:26:51,626 --> 00:26:54,706 Speaker 1: the Steers, which to me is sort of interesting. The 510 00:26:54,706 --> 00:26:56,866 Speaker 1: GM at the time, tex Tram didn't actually like the 511 00:26:56,906 --> 00:27:01,346 Speaker 1: idea of naming his team after basically Steer, and there 512 00:27:01,426 --> 00:27:03,786 Speaker 1: was a little bit of push back there. He couldn't 513 00:27:03,786 --> 00:27:06,106 Speaker 1: go Rangers because it was already taken by the minor 514 00:27:06,186 --> 00:27:08,306 Speaker 1: league baseball team in Dallas at the time, so they 515 00:27:08,306 --> 00:27:11,266 Speaker 1: settled on the Cowboys. And how about this, Like, you 516 00:27:11,306 --> 00:27:15,146 Speaker 1: just think about the popularity of the Dallas Cowboys and 517 00:27:15,186 --> 00:27:19,466 Speaker 1: then here we go, this team, the NFL's first modern 518 00:27:19,546 --> 00:27:21,746 Speaker 1: error expansion team, the success that they've had, and we 519 00:27:21,786 --> 00:27:23,946 Speaker 1: could have been calling them the Steers the entire time 520 00:27:23,986 --> 00:27:26,346 Speaker 1: of it does feel like Cowboys is more of an 521 00:27:26,386 --> 00:27:30,306 Speaker 1: America's Team sort of name than Steers and the Hats 522 00:27:30,386 --> 00:27:32,346 Speaker 1: and all of that. Yes, somebody who lived in Texas 523 00:27:32,386 --> 00:27:34,306 Speaker 1: for a while, it's hard to imagine them being called 524 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:37,786 Speaker 1: anything else. But that the fact that our next team 525 00:27:37,866 --> 00:27:41,026 Speaker 1: is associated with nothing that would remind me of the 526 00:27:41,026 --> 00:27:44,466 Speaker 1: middle of the country. I think is just random, really mean, 527 00:27:44,546 --> 00:27:46,906 Speaker 1: the Vikings. But that just speaks to what you know 528 00:27:47,026 --> 00:27:49,186 Speaker 1: of where we are. Because here you're going to get 529 00:27:49,186 --> 00:27:54,786 Speaker 1: a bonus, my friend, Ken, Okay, you're not only going 530 00:27:54,866 --> 00:27:57,786 Speaker 1: to get a lesson on why the Minnesota Vikings are 531 00:27:57,906 --> 00:28:00,906 Speaker 1: named the Vikings. You're going to get a lesson about 532 00:28:00,906 --> 00:28:04,426 Speaker 1: the region of Minnesota. So Minnesota Vikings. This is the 533 00:28:04,506 --> 00:28:07,426 Speaker 1: first team in the NFL to actually use their state 534 00:28:07,586 --> 00:28:11,506 Speaker 1: instead of a city, which I kind of really appreciate 535 00:28:11,546 --> 00:28:13,826 Speaker 1: because you know, it's the whole state in general that 536 00:28:14,346 --> 00:28:16,826 Speaker 1: roots for a team. It's about a region, and Minnesota 537 00:28:16,866 --> 00:28:19,586 Speaker 1: doesn't have to share. You know, states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, 538 00:28:19,786 --> 00:28:22,066 Speaker 1: New Jersey, even though New Jersey isn't named they all 539 00:28:22,106 --> 00:28:26,026 Speaker 1: have multiple teams Texas, Minnesota has the one. So that's 540 00:28:26,066 --> 00:28:29,026 Speaker 1: really good. And the reason that they are called the 541 00:28:29,146 --> 00:28:33,826 Speaker 1: Vikings is because there's actually a very very strong Nordic 542 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:38,586 Speaker 1: tradition in the Upper Midwest, and the general manager at 543 00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:41,786 Speaker 1: the time in nineteen sixty Burt Rose, thought, you know what, 544 00:28:42,466 --> 00:28:46,626 Speaker 1: not only should we honor this Nordic tradition here in 545 00:28:46,746 --> 00:28:50,066 Speaker 1: the Upper Midwest where we are based, but also what 546 00:28:50,146 --> 00:28:52,106 Speaker 1: do you think of When you think of Vikings, you 547 00:28:52,146 --> 00:28:56,346 Speaker 1: think of tough, aggressive fighters who stop at nothing. I 548 00:28:56,426 --> 00:28:59,546 Speaker 1: think Game of Thrones for some reason, kind of have 549 00:28:59,626 --> 00:29:02,746 Speaker 1: that Game of Thrones vibe. Maybe that speaks to your youth. 550 00:29:02,786 --> 00:29:04,426 Speaker 1: But I will say this, Mike Zimmer, the coach of 551 00:29:04,426 --> 00:29:06,826 Speaker 1: the Vikings, he's definitely some that you would think would 552 00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:09,866 Speaker 1: lead a team called the Viking. Yeah. No, I think 553 00:29:09,906 --> 00:29:12,666 Speaker 1: that is very very appropriate. By the way, I appreciate 554 00:29:12,666 --> 00:29:14,506 Speaker 1: you calling me young. Got card to the other day. 555 00:29:14,506 --> 00:29:16,546 Speaker 1: I got it really excited about that. I got more 556 00:29:16,826 --> 00:29:19,466 Speaker 1: white hair than I would like to admit. So yeah, 557 00:29:19,506 --> 00:29:21,546 Speaker 1: anytime you can compliment me like that, probably they just 558 00:29:21,586 --> 00:29:23,466 Speaker 1: had to card you. You know, when you wear a mask, 559 00:29:23,506 --> 00:29:26,106 Speaker 1: you need to card everybody just in case. Let's not 560 00:29:26,186 --> 00:29:28,106 Speaker 1: go that way. I like the way that I was thinking. 561 00:29:28,386 --> 00:29:31,226 Speaker 1: The person thought I was really young. But I'm here 562 00:29:31,226 --> 00:29:34,346 Speaker 1: to keep it real. Okay, that's fine. Coming up next. 563 00:29:34,546 --> 00:29:36,146 Speaker 1: I need a little bit of a break from adity 564 00:29:36,266 --> 00:29:38,026 Speaker 1: right now, so it's probably a good time to take it. 565 00:29:38,066 --> 00:29:39,826 Speaker 1: Will take it through the rest of the NFC. We're 566 00:29:39,866 --> 00:29:41,826 Speaker 1: just getting started here because we've got some mergers and 567 00:29:41,866 --> 00:29:43,946 Speaker 1: some teams that are starting to pop up at a 568 00:29:44,026 --> 00:29:46,906 Speaker 1: ridiculously fast rate. We'll explain that coming up next on 569 00:29:47,026 --> 00:29:55,826 Speaker 1: NF I'll explain This podcast is sponsored by Kindrel. 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We are taking you through the 603 00:31:41,666 --> 00:31:44,666 Speaker 1: history of the teams in the NFC and how they 604 00:31:44,706 --> 00:31:47,586 Speaker 1: got their names. But I mentioned nineteen sixty being a 605 00:31:47,626 --> 00:31:50,106 Speaker 1: big year d d for the NFL. First time ever 606 00:31:50,186 --> 00:31:53,146 Speaker 1: a successful rival league was actually created after a whole 607 00:31:53,146 --> 00:31:57,306 Speaker 1: lot of failed attempts. Nineteen six, nineteen thirty six, nineteen forty, 608 00:31:57,626 --> 00:31:59,706 Speaker 1: and then of course we get the American Football League. 609 00:31:59,746 --> 00:32:02,786 Speaker 1: The a f L and the NFL would eventually merge 610 00:32:02,866 --> 00:32:06,426 Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy, but that merger was announced four years 611 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:09,226 Speaker 1: before in nineteen sixty six. When we do our a 612 00:32:09,346 --> 00:32:12,426 Speaker 1: f C naming show, we're gonna go through a lot 613 00:32:12,626 --> 00:32:15,226 Speaker 1: of those squads that has sort of popped up here, 614 00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:17,546 Speaker 1: But I do want to focus in on the NFC 615 00:32:17,746 --> 00:32:20,266 Speaker 1: front when it comes to the Atlanta Falcons. Did you 616 00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:22,226 Speaker 1: made reference to this? Sometimes like the fans that get 617 00:32:22,266 --> 00:32:24,826 Speaker 1: involved in the team names, Well, guess what, the Falcons 618 00:32:24,866 --> 00:32:27,386 Speaker 1: also one of those teams that went to the community 619 00:32:27,386 --> 00:32:29,746 Speaker 1: and said, hey, what should we do? Because they joined 620 00:32:29,786 --> 00:32:32,306 Speaker 1: the league in nineteen sixty five. The owner at the time, 621 00:32:32,506 --> 00:32:35,586 Speaker 1: Rickon Smith, was actually offered an NFL franchise to keep 622 00:32:35,666 --> 00:32:38,226 Speaker 1: him from joining the a f L, Which is why 623 00:32:38,266 --> 00:32:40,426 Speaker 1: the history around the NFL and the a f L 624 00:32:40,466 --> 00:32:42,906 Speaker 1: and the merger it's really significant because it was a 625 00:32:43,026 --> 00:32:46,186 Speaker 1: rival league. So the name was chosen by a contest. 626 00:32:46,266 --> 00:32:49,346 Speaker 1: Over five hundred names were submitted by the fans. You 627 00:32:49,386 --> 00:32:52,546 Speaker 1: got a lot of examples that didn't necessarily make the cut. 628 00:32:52,986 --> 00:32:57,306 Speaker 1: Peaches sort of one of my personal favorites, the Vibrants, 629 00:32:57,426 --> 00:33:00,546 Speaker 1: the Lancers favorites or is that? Can you imagine a 630 00:33:00,586 --> 00:33:05,426 Speaker 1: football team named the Peaches really unique? Though not exactly 631 00:33:05,426 --> 00:33:07,986 Speaker 1: strike Fear. You said, look, you wanted unique. No one 632 00:33:08,026 --> 00:33:10,906 Speaker 1: else is the Peaches, the Vibrants, the Lancers. I don't 633 00:33:10,946 --> 00:33:13,186 Speaker 1: really want have been crazy about that one. One that 634 00:33:13,346 --> 00:33:15,346 Speaker 1: really would have created a lot of controversy, and it's 635 00:33:15,386 --> 00:33:17,586 Speaker 1: probably a good thing they didn't go down that path. Uh, 636 00:33:17,626 --> 00:33:20,306 Speaker 1: the Confederates, because something tells me that wouldn't have lasted 637 00:33:20,346 --> 00:33:23,026 Speaker 1: the way some of the name changes have gone down. 638 00:33:23,066 --> 00:33:25,906 Speaker 1: But the Falcon name was actually submitted by a couple 639 00:33:25,866 --> 00:33:29,266 Speaker 1: of different fans. A school teacher said her reason for 640 00:33:29,346 --> 00:33:32,466 Speaker 1: picking the name was because the falcon was a proud 641 00:33:32,626 --> 00:33:36,786 Speaker 1: and dignified bird with great courage to fight. She went 642 00:33:36,866 --> 00:33:39,546 Speaker 1: on to say, it never drops its prey. It's deadly 643 00:33:39,746 --> 00:33:42,866 Speaker 1: and has got a great sporting tradition. I think that's 644 00:33:42,906 --> 00:33:44,666 Speaker 1: kind of cool, especially in a game where you never 645 00:33:44,746 --> 00:33:47,666 Speaker 1: want to let go of the football, so dropping your 646 00:33:47,666 --> 00:33:50,386 Speaker 1: prey prey football. I think there's some sort of connection 647 00:33:50,386 --> 00:33:52,226 Speaker 1: there a d D. I feel like that's something that 648 00:33:52,426 --> 00:33:57,146 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith could possibly be pulling out this year to say, hey, everybody, reminder, 649 00:33:57,186 --> 00:34:00,306 Speaker 1: this is where our name comes from, and this is 650 00:34:00,346 --> 00:34:03,946 Speaker 1: who we are supposed to be, especially that defense. Maybe 651 00:34:05,026 --> 00:34:08,266 Speaker 1: I think there's some issues too offensively, let's get that going. 652 00:34:08,346 --> 00:34:11,266 Speaker 1: Moving right along, we'll go a little bit west to 653 00:34:11,346 --> 00:34:16,146 Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints, who also asked for fans submissions 654 00:34:16,226 --> 00:34:21,786 Speaker 1: for city choices candidates when it came to naming their team. 655 00:34:21,826 --> 00:34:27,146 Speaker 1: And now here's something incredibly cool. They were officially founded 656 00:34:27,266 --> 00:34:31,106 Speaker 1: on November one, they being the New Orleans Saints, and 657 00:34:31,186 --> 00:34:34,706 Speaker 1: November one is All Saints Day. But the New Orleans 658 00:34:34,786 --> 00:34:38,026 Speaker 1: Saints didn't actually get their name from being founded on 659 00:34:38,146 --> 00:34:41,786 Speaker 1: All Saints Day. It's because of the song when the 660 00:34:41,946 --> 00:34:45,506 Speaker 1: Saints go marching in, and that's of course a homage 661 00:34:45,506 --> 00:34:48,186 Speaker 1: to all of the city street jazz bands and is 662 00:34:48,266 --> 00:34:52,746 Speaker 1: so so so fitting for that city and for that team. 663 00:34:52,786 --> 00:34:55,706 Speaker 1: And now I feel like, can you sing me a 664 00:34:55,786 --> 00:34:58,106 Speaker 1: didny no no? As a guy that's actually never been 665 00:34:58,146 --> 00:35:01,546 Speaker 1: to New Orleans, believe me, I would absolutely love to 666 00:35:01,626 --> 00:35:03,506 Speaker 1: head down there. I know, I know you give me 667 00:35:03,546 --> 00:35:05,426 Speaker 1: the shock. Look, I know this is a podcast of 668 00:35:05,506 --> 00:35:07,626 Speaker 1: people can't see you a DV is surprised. I know, 669 00:35:07,746 --> 00:35:09,946 Speaker 1: bad job by me. I mean, I'm surprised by the 670 00:35:09,986 --> 00:35:11,666 Speaker 1: fact that you haven't been to Green Bay, but I'm 671 00:35:11,706 --> 00:35:13,746 Speaker 1: definitely more surprised by the fact that you've never been 672 00:35:13,786 --> 00:35:15,786 Speaker 1: to New Orleans. Yeah. Yeah, you know, like I said, 673 00:35:15,866 --> 00:35:18,306 Speaker 1: grew up Northeast. I've been all over the West Coast 674 00:35:18,386 --> 00:35:20,466 Speaker 1: covering college football for a really long period of time 675 00:35:20,506 --> 00:35:23,266 Speaker 1: and certainly dipping into some NFL stuff for the years. 676 00:35:23,266 --> 00:35:25,346 Speaker 1: But New Orleans has not been a city that I 677 00:35:25,426 --> 00:35:28,506 Speaker 1: have been fortunate enough to visit. It almost happened a 678 00:35:28,506 --> 00:35:30,426 Speaker 1: couple of years ago for a bachelor party. That's definitely 679 00:35:30,426 --> 00:35:31,906 Speaker 1: a story for another time. We did not make it 680 00:35:31,906 --> 00:35:33,826 Speaker 1: to New Orleans. Well, maybe I'll get to the Superdome 681 00:35:33,866 --> 00:35:37,546 Speaker 1: where everything is deafening when they play, when the Saints 682 00:35:37,546 --> 00:35:40,666 Speaker 1: go marching in, when you know they're on defense. Just 683 00:35:40,706 --> 00:35:43,506 Speaker 1: in general, the Superdome is a very very deafening place. 684 00:35:43,746 --> 00:35:46,346 Speaker 1: Is it louder than the Twelfth Man in Seattle? Because 685 00:35:46,626 --> 00:35:50,466 Speaker 1: it gets pretty loud up in the Pacific Northwest for 686 00:35:50,506 --> 00:35:53,306 Speaker 1: that franchise, that's pretty loud. But I think Arrowhead Stadium 687 00:35:53,346 --> 00:35:55,666 Speaker 1: is pretty late too. Is it still called Arrowhead Stadium 688 00:35:55,666 --> 00:35:58,346 Speaker 1: by the way, Yeah, I was there a couple of 689 00:35:58,426 --> 00:36:01,386 Speaker 1: years ago. I'm terrible at that. Just while we're talking 690 00:36:01,466 --> 00:36:05,266 Speaker 1: about names, when teams move, you know, the Los Angeles Chargers, 691 00:36:05,306 --> 00:36:08,306 Speaker 1: I'll still occasionally called them the San Diego Chargers. And 692 00:36:08,386 --> 00:36:11,746 Speaker 1: when stadiums change, like the Bills, they're now playing in 693 00:36:11,746 --> 00:36:13,746 Speaker 1: a new stadium. But it's going to take me a while. 694 00:36:13,866 --> 00:36:16,306 Speaker 1: You're just pretty wired that way pretty much. By the way, 695 00:36:16,386 --> 00:36:18,906 Speaker 1: speaking of loud franchises, I know I had said it, 696 00:36:18,906 --> 00:36:21,986 Speaker 1: because it does get loud. In Seattle nineteen seventy four, 697 00:36:22,026 --> 00:36:27,906 Speaker 1: the NFL said, you know what, Seattle, you get a franchise, Seahawks. 698 00:36:27,906 --> 00:36:31,626 Speaker 1: They joined the lead in seventies six. There were seventeen 699 00:36:32,106 --> 00:36:38,386 Speaker 1: hundred unique suggestions by fans, the Skippers, the Pioneers, the Lumberjacks, 700 00:36:38,706 --> 00:36:41,706 Speaker 1: the Seagulls. I'm really glad they didn't go with the Seagulls, 701 00:36:41,986 --> 00:36:43,666 Speaker 1: really glad. I know you and I are on the 702 00:36:43,706 --> 00:36:46,466 Speaker 1: same page on that one. Their GM John Thompson went 703 00:36:46,586 --> 00:36:49,466 Speaker 1: with the Seahawks because of their prominence in the Northwest. 704 00:36:50,026 --> 00:36:53,306 Speaker 1: There's an unique aggressive nature that apparently he felt like 705 00:36:53,346 --> 00:36:56,386 Speaker 1: that name actually conjured up. But can you imagine, seriously, 706 00:36:56,426 --> 00:36:59,106 Speaker 1: if you're the twelfth man yelling for the Skippers to 707 00:36:59,186 --> 00:37:01,666 Speaker 1: me just would not have been great. But a little 708 00:37:01,666 --> 00:37:04,546 Speaker 1: fun factoid that I was able to find Seahawks only 709 00:37:04,586 --> 00:37:08,826 Speaker 1: team to switch offerences twice in the post merger. I 710 00:37:08,826 --> 00:37:11,866 Speaker 1: didn't really even put those things together. Seventy six NFC West, 711 00:37:11,946 --> 00:37:16,186 Speaker 1: which conferences with the Buccaneers after one season and then 712 00:37:16,306 --> 00:37:18,706 Speaker 1: joined the a f C West and then returned in 713 00:37:18,746 --> 00:37:22,066 Speaker 1: two thousand to NFC West realigned in the NFL. But 714 00:37:22,186 --> 00:37:24,066 Speaker 1: I found that I was like, oh damn, Like I 715 00:37:24,106 --> 00:37:26,706 Speaker 1: actually didn't realize that that had gone down. So that 716 00:37:26,826 --> 00:37:29,226 Speaker 1: was I thought something I wanted to pass along. Well, 717 00:37:29,266 --> 00:37:32,586 Speaker 1: it's a perfectly great segue to the Bucks then, of course, 718 00:37:32,586 --> 00:37:35,106 Speaker 1: who were originally in the a f C West and 719 00:37:35,146 --> 00:37:37,706 Speaker 1: then swapped with the Seahawks, as you just said, and 720 00:37:37,746 --> 00:37:41,186 Speaker 1: then they came back to the NFC South in two 721 00:37:41,186 --> 00:37:44,586 Speaker 1: thousand two. And what's actually interesting though, is that this 722 00:37:44,666 --> 00:37:48,746 Speaker 1: was not the first itineration of an NFL team called 723 00:37:48,906 --> 00:37:53,386 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. There used to be Mike the Los Angeles Buccaneers. 724 00:37:53,706 --> 00:37:55,786 Speaker 1: Of course, that team didn't make it. So then you 725 00:37:55,866 --> 00:37:57,946 Speaker 1: go to the Bucks in Tampa Bay. And the Bucks 726 00:37:57,946 --> 00:38:01,586 Speaker 1: in Tampa Bay got their name not only from owner 727 00:38:01,706 --> 00:38:05,946 Speaker 1: Hugh culver House, but from a group of people that 728 00:38:06,066 --> 00:38:09,426 Speaker 1: he gathered together who are some of the smartest, most 729 00:38:09,426 --> 00:38:14,066 Speaker 1: creative minds on the planet. Who would those people be sportswriters. 730 00:38:14,066 --> 00:38:17,866 Speaker 1: A paddle of sportswriters came up with the idea of 731 00:38:17,986 --> 00:38:21,946 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a nod to the pirates who 732 00:38:22,186 --> 00:38:25,866 Speaker 1: used to raid the Florida coastline back in the seventeenth century. 733 00:38:26,226 --> 00:38:30,586 Speaker 1: And beyond that, Mike, it was actually a newspaper cartoonist 734 00:38:31,026 --> 00:38:35,506 Speaker 1: who came up with the mascot Bucko Bruce. So cartoonists 735 00:38:35,546 --> 00:38:39,026 Speaker 1: also impacting another franchise in the a f C, which 736 00:38:39,026 --> 00:38:41,346 Speaker 1: we will get to in our next episode, and that 737 00:38:41,346 --> 00:38:44,546 Speaker 1: would be the Patriots, believing the history around that particular 738 00:38:44,586 --> 00:38:47,266 Speaker 1: franchise also sort of fascinating. I just love all the 739 00:38:47,306 --> 00:38:51,986 Speaker 1: parallels and who each NFL franchise leans on in order 740 00:38:52,026 --> 00:38:55,786 Speaker 1: to help create an identity for their organization. And then 741 00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:57,946 Speaker 1: that's a little bit more on the old Dodge and 742 00:38:58,066 --> 00:39:00,386 Speaker 1: say old school side, but a little bit more new 743 00:39:00,426 --> 00:39:03,186 Speaker 1: school as well. Carolina Panthers kind of rounding out our 744 00:39:03,466 --> 00:39:08,226 Speaker 1: NFC squads. The youngest team, the Panthers actually born out 745 00:39:08,226 --> 00:39:11,866 Speaker 1: of that expansion. The team name came after the team 746 00:39:11,866 --> 00:39:18,146 Speaker 1: exacts thought that the animal was everything a player should be, powerful, sleek, 747 00:39:18,586 --> 00:39:21,786 Speaker 1: and strong. Yeah, I think those are good attributes to 748 00:39:21,826 --> 00:39:25,106 Speaker 1: give NFL players. They also appeared with the Jags as 749 00:39:25,106 --> 00:39:28,026 Speaker 1: the youngest team to appear in a conference championship and 750 00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:31,586 Speaker 1: only their second season. But I do know the Carolina 751 00:39:31,626 --> 00:39:35,626 Speaker 1: Panthers right now? Are they a powerful, sleek and strong team? Uh? 752 00:39:35,666 --> 00:39:37,986 Speaker 1: They got some really good players on that squad. I 753 00:39:38,026 --> 00:39:40,786 Speaker 1: don't know if I necessarily describe them in that regard, 754 00:39:41,226 --> 00:39:43,986 Speaker 1: more like some younger players. But they're hoping. They're hoping. 755 00:39:43,986 --> 00:39:47,106 Speaker 1: But I do. I like their colors, I like their logo. 756 00:39:47,186 --> 00:39:49,186 Speaker 1: I like the name. I think it's all fitting and 757 00:39:49,226 --> 00:39:51,306 Speaker 1: it's unique. It is unique, and that might be the 758 00:39:51,346 --> 00:39:54,826 Speaker 1: most important thing. But look, you and I episode number 759 00:39:54,906 --> 00:39:57,746 Speaker 1: one of the NFL Explained Podcast, Officially in the books, 760 00:39:57,786 --> 00:40:00,546 Speaker 1: I am no longer nervous to be working with you 761 00:40:00,706 --> 00:40:04,826 Speaker 1: just because look, you are nervous to work with me. No, 762 00:40:05,026 --> 00:40:06,546 Speaker 1: you bring the heat. So I just wanted to make 763 00:40:06,546 --> 00:40:08,506 Speaker 1: sure that I was matching the intensity. And I know 764 00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:11,506 Speaker 1: our coverage on some of the burning topics, the most 765 00:40:11,506 --> 00:40:14,546 Speaker 1: search topics. We will have everyone covered throughout the course 766 00:40:14,586 --> 00:40:16,986 Speaker 1: of the season. Our next episode is all about the 767 00:40:17,066 --> 00:40:19,506 Speaker 1: a f C and history behind their team names. And 768 00:40:19,546 --> 00:40:21,666 Speaker 1: I know you're pumped for that. Just wait, just wait, 769 00:40:21,946 --> 00:40:24,946 Speaker 1: I am, because you know that's sort of my wheelhouse 770 00:40:25,066 --> 00:40:27,586 Speaker 1: right there. We've got some juicy things Mike in the 771 00:40:27,626 --> 00:40:31,466 Speaker 1: next one. But speaking of juicy things, there are things 772 00:40:31,506 --> 00:40:34,746 Speaker 1: you've always wondered. Don't hesitate to message us. You can 773 00:40:34,786 --> 00:40:37,226 Speaker 1: find me on Twitter at a Kinka Bwala. You can 774 00:40:37,266 --> 00:40:40,306 Speaker 1: find Mike at Mike Underscore. Yam do the I G deal. 775 00:40:40,386 --> 00:40:42,506 Speaker 1: I also do the Twitter deal. Sorry, I just kind 776 00:40:42,506 --> 00:40:47,306 Speaker 1: of wanted to sound hippen cool. You can also comment 777 00:40:47,426 --> 00:40:51,706 Speaker 1: in the comments section of Apple Podcasts well great, follow 778 00:40:51,866 --> 00:40:55,746 Speaker 1: review those the pillars of course at any successful podcast, 779 00:40:56,266 --> 00:40:58,826 Speaker 1: and also tell us what you are curious about. We 780 00:40:58,866 --> 00:41:11,866 Speaker 1: are here to answer your questions. Uh brought to you 781 00:41:11,986 --> 00:41:14,106 Speaker 1: by up work, where you can build the team that 782 00:41:14,146 --> 00:41:17,506 Speaker 1: will build your business. 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