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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Titans Amian Coach MAC podcast. I'm Amy Wells.

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Speaker 1: Mac is here too, and it is the day before Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: Recording this a little early this week due to the holiday,

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Speaker 1: but we wanted to make sure we got it in

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Speaker 1: and we said hi hello to everybody before they take

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Speaker 1: some time with their families. Right. Happy Thanksgiving to our

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Speaker 1: two million listeners and your families. It's a lot of

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Speaker 1: turkey for two million listeners, a lot of happy Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: So the Titans are getting ready to take on the

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals. They are coming off of a Thursday night

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Speaker 1: win over the Green Bay Packers. They're now seven and

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Speaker 1: three this season, still three and o in the Division. Mac.

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Speaker 1: What makes this team so successful to be at this

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Speaker 1: seven and three market at this point in the season. Well,

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Speaker 1: they're able to their mindset. They're able to overcome any

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Speaker 1: obstacle that's put in front of them. They're still, you know,

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Speaker 1: have some of the most games missed by starters in

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Speaker 1: this league right now, you know, the same way we

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Speaker 1: were last year. But it doesn't bother this team. The

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Speaker 1: mindset that Mike Vrabel has installed in this team and

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Speaker 1: the culture of this locker room. It doesn't really matter

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Speaker 1: what the circumstances are. They just find ways to win

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Speaker 1: a game. And we've talked about this team being a

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Speaker 1: find away team for a long time this season, but

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Speaker 1: we experienced it last season two with a twelve and

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Speaker 1: five record under the same circumstances. So it's a mindset

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Speaker 1: and everybody has to buy in to the culture, and

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Speaker 1: especially the locker room has to buy in. You know,

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Speaker 1: a coach can talk till he's blue in the face

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Speaker 1: about things that are important, but unless the players into it,

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Speaker 1: then it really is pretty empty. They completely buy in

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Speaker 1: here and that's why they're able to do what they

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Speaker 1: do now. There was an interesting article that I read.

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Speaker 1: It was published in The Athletic on Monday, and it's

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Speaker 1: written by Mike Sando, kind of his weekly article, and

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Speaker 1: one of the things that he talks about is Mike

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Speaker 1: Vrabel as a coach but also as a game manager.

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Speaker 1: What is it about the way that he manages the

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Speaker 1: that you like so much having been in that position before. No,

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Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel's good at football, and he's good at real football,

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Speaker 1: not all this peripheral stuff that is around football. He

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Speaker 1: understands the nuances of the game. There are a lot

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Speaker 1: of things that you can do. I'm very fortunate with

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Speaker 1: You know, Mike Ditka was like this, Jeff Fisher was

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Speaker 1: the quintessential like this, Mike Vrabel is like this. They

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Speaker 1: understand the game within the game. There's a game within

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Speaker 1: very very important. We used to call it when we

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Speaker 1: And also there are some things that you can do

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Speaker 1: that you know, within the context of the rules. They study,

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Speaker 1: It involves the game within the game, as I said.

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Speaker 1: And so when he is presenting all of these things

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Speaker 1: They buy into it. And there's a theme every week

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Speaker 1: They listen to Mike Vrabel because he gives them something

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Speaker 1: Is that a skill set that you've had to work

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Speaker 1: by going three and out. You cannot afford that that

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Speaker 1: that's something that cannot happen against because the number of

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Speaker 1: series that this group gets correlates just in a ratio

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Speaker 1: to how many points they put up. You can just

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Speaker 1: what you can just look at the whole season, go

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Speaker 1: back and watch tape on the whole season. You've got

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Speaker 1: to possess the ball against these people, and you've got

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Speaker 1: to be able to move the chains on your part.

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Speaker 1: You're going to have to score points. But the big

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Speaker 1: thing you've got to do is possessed the football first

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Speaker 1: so that you're not turning it back to them so

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Speaker 1: many times that they can start taking those shots at you. Well.

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Speaker 1: Time of possession is something that the Titans have consistently

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Speaker 1: gotten better at over the season. Hopefully that trend continues. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, the only way that you do that is

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Speaker 1: if you've got to make each play work. That's what

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Speaker 1: has to happen. And the Cincinnative being goals are going

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Speaker 1: to be no different than any other team that plays

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Speaker 1: against Derrick Henry. They're going to put all the people

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Speaker 1: they can when they get off the bus at the

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Speaker 1: stadium up on the line of scrimmage, and so we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have to make that work. You got to make

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Speaker 1: that work. Against the Packers, we made at work. They

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Speaker 1: read a six man line. We made at work. We

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Speaker 1: hit with explosive plays down the field with some really

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Speaker 1: good protection. We've got to be able to get that

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Speaker 1: game plan integrated this week too, the Titans potentially again

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Speaker 1: we haven't seen an injury report yet, but have some

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Speaker 1: injured players that they're watching. Ben Jones didn't play it

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Speaker 1: on Thursday night against the Bengal or on Thursday night

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Speaker 1: against the Packers because of a concussion. We're waiting to

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Speaker 1: see how he progresses through the protocol. But Aaron Brewer

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Speaker 1: stepped up and did a decent job, or did a

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Speaker 1: good job. He really did a good job, and that

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Speaker 1: was that was a I mean we all said it

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Speaker 1: when we were, you know, getting ready for the game.

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Speaker 1: This is a big environment, especially for a new center

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Speaker 1: to be able to you know, to help make the

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Speaker 1: calls and do some things against a defense that was

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Speaker 1: really stacked and they had, you know, there were some

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Speaker 1: changes at the line of scrimmage, and so he and

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tanney who worked very well together as far as

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Speaker 1: getting us into the right place. I thought Aaron Brewer

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Speaker 1: did a really nice job playing center against the Packers.

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Speaker 1: Other guys that were watching Randy Bullock did not kick

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Speaker 1: against the Packers, watching to see what is going to

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Speaker 1: happen within the kicking game. We just don't know at

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Speaker 1: this point. Dnico Autry went out with an injury against

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Speaker 1: the Packers. Seemed to be a knee issue. That's what

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Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel said. I believe Rape said it was a knee.

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Speaker 1: Seemed to be a knee issue. Um, how do you

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Speaker 1: fill the void left by a Denico Autry in the

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Speaker 1: event that held. I mean, you know, we played a game,

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Speaker 1: you know, without Big Jeff and without Bud Dupree, But

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Speaker 1: Denico Autry has always been there. We've never been missing,

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Speaker 1: you know, we've never been missing. All three of those guys,

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Speaker 1: and and and as you know, with Harold Andry going

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Speaker 1: out as early as he did, before the season even started,

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Speaker 1: you already trying to double up to catch up there

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Speaker 1: on that defensive front, that is such a strength for

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Speaker 1: this team. And Nico Autry has has been so versatile

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Speaker 1: for this defense because he doesn't just play one position,

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Speaker 1: He plays multiple positions across the front, and that gives

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Speaker 1: you a lot of leeway making defensive calls. So it'd

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Speaker 1: be it's gonna be tough if he's not able to play.

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Speaker 1: A lot of things to watch in the secondary too.

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Speaker 1: Christian Fulton left the Packers game with a ham string.

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Speaker 1: Elijah Molden didn't play a money hooker, someone that we're

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Speaker 1: keeping an eye on. So there's a lot of things

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Speaker 1: that we're still watching, especially on the defensive side of

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Speaker 1: the ball. Well, yeah, I mean, you've got you've got

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Speaker 1: players that hurt. But you know, this team has worked

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Speaker 1: through They worked through ninety one last year and they're

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Speaker 1: approaching that number again this year. They've found a way

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Speaker 1: and we just keep saying, you know, you find a way.

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Speaker 1: So there's no magic formula to it, but you've got

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Speaker 1: the people that come in that. First of all, they

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Speaker 1: have to be coached up, they have to be able

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Speaker 1: to absorb the coaching. Then they have to be able

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Speaker 1: to perform on the field. So far it's worked and

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Speaker 1: we're hopefully we can And I keep saying this this

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Speaker 1: time of year. The biggest thing that will help this

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Speaker 1: football team that we all need get our dudes back,

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Speaker 1: because when you get all your dudes, you're pretty good

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Speaker 1: football team. Well, I'm excited to see as many dudes

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Speaker 1: as we've got on the field this Sunday. Nissan Stadium

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Speaker 1: twelve o'clock, which is my safe space when it comes

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Speaker 1: to football games and timing at home at noon, that

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Speaker 1: is where I feel the most comfortable. Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's in the Bible that God meant

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Speaker 1: for National Football League to be played on Sunday at noon.

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Speaker 1: It's the best. Yes, so very excited. One thing that

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Speaker 1: I want to mention because we said earlier that Nissan

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Speaker 1: Stadium is going to be rocking and rolling, which is

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent true, but it's also the playmakers game,

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Speaker 1: and so I just wanted to make sure everybody knows

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Speaker 1: what that is and what to kind of keep your

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Speaker 1: eyes out for, because there's going to be a lot

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Speaker 1: of Easter eggs throughout the game. But the Playmakers Game

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Speaker 1: is something that the Titans started doing in twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: and it highlights women who are influential and trailblazing women

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Speaker 1: throughout the Nashville community. It's not just Titan specific. It

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Speaker 1: is larger than that. So there is going to be

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Speaker 1: a bunch of different activations, different ways that we're just

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Speaker 1: celebrating key women throughout our city. This is something that

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Speaker 1: is really big to Amy Adams Strunk. She was kind

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Speaker 1: of the one that championed this whole thing, and so

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Speaker 1: just something I wanted to point out to make sure

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Speaker 1: that people are kind of aware of and looking out for,

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Speaker 1: because there's going to be a lot of different things,

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Speaker 1: including our twelfth Titan, who is Glenna Glover. There's just

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Speaker 1: a lot of different things to be looking out for.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be a really big day, so just

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Speaker 1: be aware of that. Something to watch. All the Titans,

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Speaker 1: you know, under Amy and I'm Strunk are completely immersed

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Speaker 1: not only in this community but in the state of Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: and so that's that's fabulous and those all of those

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Speaker 1: all of those things that the Titans champion are very

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Speaker 1: very important things. Yeah, so that's just another little thing

548
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Speaker 1: on top of everything else. But it's really going to

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Speaker 1: be a great, a great Sunday. I think the weather

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Speaker 1: is going to be nice. There's just so many things

551
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Speaker 1: that I'm so excited about for this Titans and Bengals

552
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Speaker 1: matchup after Thanksgiving. No, you're excited for your Turkey Day.

553
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Speaker 1: That's what you're excited for. Well, I'm excited for that too.

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Speaker 1: We're doing this before Turkey Day, so you've got to

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Speaker 1: be honest and say you're excited for your Turkey Day.

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Speaker 1: I am excited for my turkey. There you go. I'm

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Speaker 1: excited for good food. There you gon Mac. I think

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Speaker 1: I'm doing homemade donuts, which feels ambitious, but I think

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Speaker 1: I'm going to do it. That's impressive, right, No, that

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Speaker 1: that is impressive. We'll see if it turns out. This

561
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 1: could be a huge disaster. No, say, don't go into

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Speaker 1: it thinking that. Well, I just past think you're going

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Speaker 1: to blow up the stove. Don't go into it, thank you,

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Speaker 1: you're going to do that. Just keep the hot grease

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Speaker 1: away from yourself. Yeah, I just I think it's going

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Speaker 1: to be good. I've done a lot of studying regarding

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Speaker 1: my you're prepared my donut making. Um, you're prepared. Yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: I'll let you know how it goes. But I'm trying

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Speaker 1: to add a little something zesty to the day, and

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Speaker 1: I thought homemade donuts. I can't think of anything more

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Speaker 1: zesty for a Thanksgiving than a homemade donut. All right,

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Speaker 1: on point? All right, Mac? Do you have big Thanksgiving plans? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I always do. Well. Everything everything I do is a

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Speaker 1: big plan. That's true. That's actually all right. Well, Happy Thanksgiving, Mac,

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Speaker 1: Happy Thanksgiving to our two million listeners. We are so

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Speaker 1: thankful for all of you, and we cannot wait to

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Speaker 1: see you at Nissan Stadium this Sunday as the Titans

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Speaker 1: take on the Cincinnati Bengals. Tick off for that game,

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Speaker 1: just as God intended, is at noon. For coach Mac,

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Speaker 1: I'm tight, baby. Thanks for tuning in for the type, baby,