1
00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,000
Speaker 1: The Hall of Fame will would truly be the high

2
00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,440
Speaker 1: speed of little armor I can have as a as

3
00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:14,360
Speaker 1: a football player. Welcome to a celebration of Jacksonville Jaguars

4
00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,800
Speaker 1: left tackle Tony b Selling's induction into the Pro Football

5
00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,840
Speaker 1: all of failure. What makes it even more special for

6
00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,120
Speaker 1: me is I want to represent this organization and this

7
00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,400
Speaker 1: fan base because I know it's important to them as well.

8
00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,720
Speaker 1: For them to care that much means a tongue to me,

9
00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,599
Speaker 1: joined Jaguars dot Com senior writer John Hosier as he

10
00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,920
Speaker 1: sits down with the people who know Tony both professionally

11
00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:46,879
Speaker 1: and personally. Ride of the Jaguars, Mark Brunnell, I can

12
00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,280
Speaker 1: remember the day I met you. Was day you arrived

13
00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:50,920
Speaker 1: for the trade and you walked through the sort of

14
00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,560
Speaker 1: a there's a bunch of US media and uh, we

15
00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,280
Speaker 1: didn't know you, you you didn't know us, and I having

16
00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,000
Speaker 1: sure you had met Tony at that point, and uh,

17
00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,680
Speaker 1: it isn't amazing that here we are talking about Tony

18
00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,960
Speaker 1: Sally going into hall. Now. It's incredible. I mean, when

19
00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,040
Speaker 1: he gets inducted, it will be one of the best

20
00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,959
Speaker 1: days in Jaguar history, and without a doubt. Interestingly enough,

21
00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:19,080
Speaker 1: you know. Uh, another incredible day was the day we

22
00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,399
Speaker 1: drafted him and uh like like you mentioned, um he

23
00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:29,000
Speaker 1: uh in my opinion, he is and uh may always

24
00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:33,720
Speaker 1: be the best Jaguar ever. And uh so I'm really excited,

25
00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,119
Speaker 1: and I know Jaguar fans are all very excited. Everyone

26
00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,640
Speaker 1: who was a part of those early years. And UM,

27
00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,560
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's thrilled about Tony getting inducted. It's going

28
00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,240
Speaker 1: to be a special, special time. And it's interesting you

29
00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,960
Speaker 1: mentioned that because you know that people know doing a

30
00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,960
Speaker 1: series of these. I'm talking to to to Leon Searcy

31
00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,240
Speaker 1: as well, and I talked to Leon this morning a

32
00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,040
Speaker 1: matter of fact, and Mark, he said and emphasized the

33
00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,040
Speaker 1: thing thing, the same thing you just did. Did anybody

34
00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:07,240
Speaker 1: associated with it? Um, there is a feeling it's obviously

35
00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,679
Speaker 1: Tony's moment, but there's a collective pride among you guys

36
00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,919
Speaker 1: about this one, Isn't there? There? Really is? Because those

37
00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:22,000
Speaker 1: early years were very special and it was it was

38
00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:27,440
Speaker 1: unexpected or early success. Um. We were able to accomplish

39
00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,880
Speaker 1: some things early that you know kind of came as

40
00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,160
Speaker 1: a surprise to a lot of us. But a lot

41
00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:38,120
Speaker 1: of that happened, um because of really the relationships, a

42
00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,320
Speaker 1: lot of young guys getting together, Tony Boselli, you know,

43
00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,919
Speaker 1: Jamie Smith, myself, a lot of guys getting together that

44
00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,760
Speaker 1: UM formed I think a pretty incredible bond. We worked

45
00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,520
Speaker 1: well together, we got along real well. We won early

46
00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,960
Speaker 1: and it had much more to do with than just

47
00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,519
Speaker 1: the exs and oaths, and it was a big part

48
00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,000
Speaker 1: of it. And obviously confident and us all together too,

49
00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,840
Speaker 1: uh to go win some football games. And it happened

50
00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,960
Speaker 1: pretty quick, and it became a special time, UM, and

51
00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,840
Speaker 1: not just the football, but things that were happening in

52
00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,880
Speaker 1: the community, and UM a lot of the relationships that

53
00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,080
Speaker 1: were being build off the field and in the community,

54
00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,640
Speaker 1: all this stuff, and then it was just a great moment.

55
00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,000
Speaker 1: There's a reason a lot of former Jaguars still living Jacksonville.

56
00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,880
Speaker 1: There's a reason a lot of former Jaguars still get

57
00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,880
Speaker 1: together and talk to one another and spend time with

58
00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,200
Speaker 1: each other's families. And what are we talking about. We

59
00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,959
Speaker 1: talked about those old days and uh so for for

60
00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,440
Speaker 1: us to celebrate this with Tony, it's something that we

61
00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,920
Speaker 1: all are taking part in because we were there in

62
00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,800
Speaker 1: those in those early days when and and really, John,

63
00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,520
Speaker 1: the word is the word is special. It was a

64
00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,400
Speaker 1: pretty exciting time and it was a great time to

65
00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,360
Speaker 1: be a Jaguar. It's a great time to be a

66
00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,960
Speaker 1: Jaguar fan, a great time to cover you guys, which

67
00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,200
Speaker 1: I was fortunate enough to do. Um, I'm wondering, Mark,

68
00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:58,320
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody was surprised that Tony's going to

69
00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,840
Speaker 1: have you do the speech presenting him. I'm sure you

70
00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,440
Speaker 1: weren't surprised either. But um, that's gotta be uh just

71
00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,240
Speaker 1: an unreal feeling. And well, yeah, you know, it's it's funny.

72
00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,680
Speaker 1: It's that you know, you think that you know something

73
00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,760
Speaker 1: like that that you know, Tony would asked me, John

74
00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,840
Speaker 1: asked me to do it. He was Actually it was

75
00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,359
Speaker 1: more like he told me that I was doing it.

76
00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,240
Speaker 1: You know. Um, but if you know Tony, that's not

77
00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,479
Speaker 1: gonna surprise you. You know, you just called me up

78
00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,719
Speaker 1: and I think I was up here, and he says, hey, hey,

79
00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,880
Speaker 1: oh yeah, by the way, before I go, you're you're up.

80
00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,440
Speaker 1: You're gonna present me at the Hall of Fame. And uhum,

81
00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,839
Speaker 1: I said, okay, but can you at least say please

82
00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:39,960
Speaker 1: or or at least ask me? Says no, no no, no,

83
00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,359
Speaker 1: you're gonna do it, But I mean, I'm just I'm kidding,

84
00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,719
Speaker 1: but I'm kind of not kidding. He just told told

85
00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,400
Speaker 1: me how it was gonna go. And you know, Tony,

86
00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,440
Speaker 1: it doesn't surprise you, of course, but it really is

87
00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,000
Speaker 1: john and honor and uh to be a part of

88
00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,159
Speaker 1: that ceremony and to be a part of that whole

89
00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,800
Speaker 1: weekend and that celebration, just to get up there and

90
00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,840
Speaker 1: talk about my friend and present for him, it's, uh,

91
00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,000
Speaker 1: it's a privilege, and it's it's I'm very honored, I'm

92
00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,000
Speaker 1: very grateful, and I'm looking forward to it. I'm not

93
00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,719
Speaker 1: sure I've ever asked you this before. And again, we've

94
00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,480
Speaker 1: known each other almost three decades now, which you know,

95
00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,920
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's been awesome three decades for you on

96
00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:23,039
Speaker 1: that front. But it's Uh, I was around you guys

97
00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,000
Speaker 1: a little bit as a reporter, and I knew you

98
00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,280
Speaker 1: guys were close. Why do you think the friendship between

99
00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,400
Speaker 1: you guys? The bond has meant so much over the

100
00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,800
Speaker 1: years and lasted and it's clearly still strong. This is

101
00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,279
Speaker 1: a lifelong friendship that I'm sure it's helped to find

102
00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:44,400
Speaker 1: your life. Yeah, let's Johnny's my best friend. And uh um,

103
00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,320
Speaker 1: and it has uh, it has a lot to do

104
00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,880
Speaker 1: with football. I don't want to downplay the football side

105
00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,280
Speaker 1: of it. We worked together again, getting back to that,

106
00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,640
Speaker 1: those early years were special. We want a lot of

107
00:05:55,640 --> 00:06:00,000
Speaker 1: games together, had some great moments on the field together. Um.

108
00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,960
Speaker 1: But I think the fact that our wives, you know,

109
00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,760
Speaker 1: my wife Stacy, his wife Angie, are very very close.

110
00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,440
Speaker 1: Our kids grew up together. Um, we early years, we

111
00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,599
Speaker 1: were part of the same Bible study with the same church.

112
00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,080
Speaker 1: We vacation together. You know, there's a lot of great

113
00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,800
Speaker 1: moments that we had on the field, a lot of

114
00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,960
Speaker 1: great memories. But John, I'm I'm telling you about of

115
00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,680
Speaker 1: our friendship or the memories of our friendship going back,

116
00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,919
Speaker 1: those were the football memories. Um. When we get together

117
00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,440
Speaker 1: and we think about the old times, we're not talking

118
00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,640
Speaker 1: about beating Miami on Monday Night. We're talking about, you know,

119
00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,960
Speaker 1: when Andrew was born, and the vacation we took to Tacabo,

120
00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,520
Speaker 1: when we went hunting in Texas. All these these memories

121
00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,120
Speaker 1: that you share with with friends, right. Um, That's what

122
00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,760
Speaker 1: we talked about, and those are some special moments. Again,

123
00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,560
Speaker 1: not to take away from the football, because that was

124
00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:56,240
Speaker 1: incredible that's essentially what brought us to Jacksonville and brought

125
00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:03,200
Speaker 1: our families to Jacksonville. And um so that's that's kind

126
00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,440
Speaker 1: of how it started. Our our wives became friends before

127
00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,600
Speaker 1: we did. We were just teammates and then we went

128
00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,480
Speaker 1: on a vacation together and kind of and kind of

129
00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,680
Speaker 1: hit it off. And we still joke about that to

130
00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,640
Speaker 1: this day. Fantastic any Uh, you know, I won't ask

131
00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,160
Speaker 1: you to reveal much, but have you given much thought

132
00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,280
Speaker 1: to your speech yet and any hints about the themes? No?

133
00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,680
Speaker 1: I have no idea, um, no idea. Um no, that's

134
00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,040
Speaker 1: not gonna happen either. I just haven't put the time in.

135
00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,840
Speaker 1: But you know, and I think it will be along

136
00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,080
Speaker 1: the lines of really kind of what I talked about,

137
00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,320
Speaker 1: you know, and and uh yeah, I was his teammate

138
00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:45,520
Speaker 1: and and another you know, Jaguar. But but I was

139
00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,280
Speaker 1: thinking about this a couple of days ago. Is like

140
00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,320
Speaker 1: every one of those guys that wears a gold jacket,

141
00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,560
Speaker 1: they're leaving a legacy, you know. And and obviously we're

142
00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,720
Speaker 1: familiar with the legacy that they leave on leave on

143
00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,640
Speaker 1: the football field. But for me, Tony is my friend

144
00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,000
Speaker 1: and what I've seen him a comper is off the field,

145
00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,080
Speaker 1: in the community, the dad he is, the husband he is,

146
00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,280
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know he's he's leaving that legacy

147
00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:12,640
Speaker 1: to um uh specifically you know, with his foundation. Jackson

148
00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:17,440
Speaker 1: Phille is a much better community, much better place. So

149
00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,400
Speaker 1: many people have been affected, so many lives have been

150
00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:25,680
Speaker 1: changed because of Tony and Angie BISSELLI um and to me,

151
00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,920
Speaker 1: that's that's an incredible legacy. And so I'm sure that

152
00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,480
Speaker 1: will come up. But I guess there's you know, there's

153
00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,720
Speaker 1: so much more to Tony Bissell than you know, being

154
00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,599
Speaker 1: that left tackle and being up on Bruce Smith and

155
00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,920
Speaker 1: Jason Taylor and all these guys that that he played against.

156
00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,520
Speaker 1: So it'll be along those lines, I'm guessing because that's

157
00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,680
Speaker 1: when I think of him. That's who he is to me.

158
00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,760
Speaker 1: In the city Jacksonville, he's much more than just a

159
00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,319
Speaker 1: football player, if you if you follow him closely at all,

160
00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,960
Speaker 1: when you think of him, I know, he's so much

161
00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,280
Speaker 1: more just football player to you. Uh. But the years

162
00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,959
Speaker 1: that he was great and obviously was blessed with the

163
00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:08,080
Speaker 1: left tackles, body and incredible skill set. But and and

164
00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,480
Speaker 1: I see Mark Lapping here at the body comment but sorry,

165
00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,360
Speaker 1: blessed with that body. Okay, well okay, but well to

166
00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:20,080
Speaker 1: play left tackle. So, uh, tell me about him in

167
00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,400
Speaker 1: terms of you were probably around him as much as

168
00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,360
Speaker 1: anybody when he played. There was a desire and a

169
00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,679
Speaker 1: love for this game. It maybe people who don't know

170
00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:36,480
Speaker 1: him don't grasp yes, he he was obviously to your point, Yeah,

171
00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:41,079
Speaker 1: he was a left tackle. Um. He had the size,

172
00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:47,200
Speaker 1: um he had, he had the feet, um, he had

173
00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,680
Speaker 1: the strength, the technique, all of that stuff. But it

174
00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,160
Speaker 1: was what got him to the Hall of Fame. Was

175
00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,920
Speaker 1: that and a lot more. Uh. He did love football.

176
00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:01,760
Speaker 1: He loved he loved winning. He loved not only the games,

177
00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,760
Speaker 1: he loved to He didn't want to just block you, John,

178
00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,800
Speaker 1: He wanted to beat you. He wanted to crush you.

179
00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,760
Speaker 1: He wanted to dominate. Um, just doing his job for

180
00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,440
Speaker 1: Tony wasn't enough. And and that was the He was competitor.

181
00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,240
Speaker 1: Here was a fierce competitor. He took a lot of

182
00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:28,040
Speaker 1: pride in in his um and how he played the game,

183
00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,080
Speaker 1: and we fed off of that. He was and it

184
00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,560
Speaker 1: was much more than him just doing his job. He

185
00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,560
Speaker 1: was he is a leader and he made people around

186
00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,160
Speaker 1: him better. He said a very high standard, and he

187
00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,959
Speaker 1: demanded that the people around him uh aimed for that

188
00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,760
Speaker 1: same standard. He worked hard, he put the time in,

189
00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:52,880
Speaker 1: he worked on his body. You know, he had to

190
00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,680
Speaker 1: spend a lot of a lot of time because he

191
00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,040
Speaker 1: was he was injured early and so there was a lot,

192
00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,000
Speaker 1: there was a lot that he had to do there.

193
00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,840
Speaker 1: But man, when he was when he was playing, he

194
00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:08,000
Speaker 1: just was absolutely amazing. The trash talking um, the competing.

195
00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,719
Speaker 1: I mean, he would he would get after his opponents,

196
00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,480
Speaker 1: he would get after us. He'd get after me if

197
00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,400
Speaker 1: I ever took a sack that was unnecessary that just

198
00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,160
Speaker 1: happened to be at his side. I mean he would

199
00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,720
Speaker 1: he would get he would get after me. Um. We

200
00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,800
Speaker 1: still talked about it to this day. You know, scrambling

201
00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,800
Speaker 1: to the left and stepping out of bounds behind the

202
00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,800
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. Well, John, as you know, that's a sack.

203
00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,400
Speaker 1: Well he didn't like that because it was a sack

204
00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,599
Speaker 1: to his side. And he was always afraid that the

205
00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,120
Speaker 1: statistics would show that uh Mark Burnell got sacked you know,

206
00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,400
Speaker 1: to his side. So he would just he would scream

207
00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,199
Speaker 1: and yell at me. But but he was great to

208
00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,840
Speaker 1: play with and um, it was just it was awesome.

209
00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:49,839
Speaker 1: He was absolutely amazing on the field, and he made

210
00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,640
Speaker 1: us all that much better. I don't know if this uh,

211
00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,920
Speaker 1: you know, I'm I'm gonna assume this will resonate with

212
00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,160
Speaker 1: you a little bit. I've got a not Tony a

213
00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,240
Speaker 1: lot better after he out playing, because as a reporter's

214
00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,520
Speaker 1: a limit how much he gets to know a guy.

215
00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,760
Speaker 1: And I consider him a friend now and just from

216
00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,240
Speaker 1: talking to him a little bit. Uh, I was glad

217
00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,840
Speaker 1: for him when he made the Hall because I'm not

218
00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,720
Speaker 1: sure I've been around any player, uh, Peyton Manning maybe

219
00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,080
Speaker 1: falls into this category that loved the game like he did,

220
00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,640
Speaker 1: and to have it taken away from him so early

221
00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,360
Speaker 1: making the Hall, to me was you know, I was

222
00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,840
Speaker 1: so glad that happened for him because he was obviously

223
00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:33,920
Speaker 1: made it much sooner. If it hadn't been for the

224
00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,080
Speaker 1: career being cut short. It would have been if he

225
00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,719
Speaker 1: had not gotten in, you know, it would have been

226
00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,880
Speaker 1: it would have been a tough one because he clearly

227
00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,880
Speaker 1: was good enough. But you know, when you get injured,

228
00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,080
Speaker 1: it's and you have multiple injuries like that, those are

229
00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,360
Speaker 1: out of your control. And it would have been it

230
00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,079
Speaker 1: would have been heartbreaking and for for a few years

231
00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,640
Speaker 1: in a row Man, it was it was tough. It

232
00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,319
Speaker 1: was tough, um, just being denied, you know, not getting

233
00:12:58,320 --> 00:12:59,640
Speaker 1: that knocked on the door. I know, it was hard

234
00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,800
Speaker 1: for him and his family and all of us that

235
00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,000
Speaker 1: were around John, You're around in It was just those

236
00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:08,360
Speaker 1: were tough, tough years. But to finally get in and

237
00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,719
Speaker 1: while as tough as it was, the timing was just

238
00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,280
Speaker 1: you know, incredible. Um. The only hard part I know

239
00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,400
Speaker 1: for Tony and his family and for all of us

240
00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000
Speaker 1: was the fact that his dad just isn't going to

241
00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,280
Speaker 1: be there, you know, losing his father and him not

242
00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,840
Speaker 1: be able to experience that. But that's that's a tough one.

243
00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:31,040
Speaker 1: And uh, but listen, i've i've you mentioned the love

244
00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,240
Speaker 1: of the game, you know, and i've i've I've been

245
00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,600
Speaker 1: fortunate enough to play around, play with some some other

246
00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:40,960
Speaker 1: Hall of famers, Reggie White, Brett Farve, uh, Drew Brees

247
00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,439
Speaker 1: and now Tony Basselli, and they all share that common

248
00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,040
Speaker 1: thing is that their competitors and they loved the game,

249
00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:52,160
Speaker 1: They loved the competition Sundays, they just they were just

250
00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,240
Speaker 1: they were great, you know, And it's fun to be

251
00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,920
Speaker 1: able to say that Tony Basselli is in that court

252
00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,079
Speaker 1: of category now, a great player and something all of

253
00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,480
Speaker 1: Jackson book can be excited about. Final question before I

254
00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,400
Speaker 1: let you go. Um, you know again, as as you mentioned,

255
00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,240
Speaker 1: I was in the room I think with Tony three

256
00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,599
Speaker 1: or four times when he got the wrong call, and

257
00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,880
Speaker 1: I think you were there me for all of them,

258
00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:21,160
Speaker 1: and we talked during it. Um, how did did he

259
00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,240
Speaker 1: call you this time? Is that that event isn't there

260
00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,320
Speaker 1: anymore the way they uh do the presentation? Did he

261
00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,800
Speaker 1: call you? What was that conversation like? If you don't

262
00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,080
Speaker 1: mind sharing that? Well, actually, uh, I think I can

263
00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,920
Speaker 1: tell the story now. But I knew before he knew. Um,

264
00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,240
Speaker 1: Angie told me and Stacy that he was in and

265
00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,200
Speaker 1: kind of how it was gonna go and how they

266
00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,880
Speaker 1: were going to do the surprise, and and so she

267
00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,920
Speaker 1: had said, Hey, you gotta be you gotta be quiet.

268
00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,800
Speaker 1: We're gonna do it this way and this is how

269
00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,120
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. So we didn't we weren't allowed to

270
00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,320
Speaker 1: say a word at all, and it just killed me

271
00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,360
Speaker 1: because I wanted to touch him so bad. And uh

272
00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,640
Speaker 1: so I actually talked to him before that, before that

273
00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,000
Speaker 1: you know when he found out and I actually played

274
00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,120
Speaker 1: it really cool and we're talking about the Hall and

275
00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,480
Speaker 1: it had come up something like, uh, you know, he

276
00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,800
Speaker 1: actually said and made the comics is Mark. I don't

277
00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,920
Speaker 1: know if it's gonna happen this year. I said, listen, buddy,

278
00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,800
Speaker 1: if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen, there will be

279
00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,200
Speaker 1: another shot. And listen, just like you haven't. You're gonna

280
00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,240
Speaker 1: be fine. You're gonna be fine. I believe it's gonna happen, Tony,

281
00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,840
Speaker 1: but hey, you just keep being strong for your family

282
00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,280
Speaker 1: and you just keep persevering, buddy, and and that your

283
00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,680
Speaker 1: time is gonna come. Anybody. If it's not this year,

284
00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,240
Speaker 1: it's not this year. And I think the next day

285
00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,280
Speaker 1: or something like was was the was when he found out.

286
00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,760
Speaker 1: So he laid it on Thick. Oh, I laid it

287
00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,040
Speaker 1: on Thick. I said, brother, listen, man, you've been through

288
00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,200
Speaker 1: this before, and it's a weird year, and you just

289
00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,400
Speaker 1: don't know what's gonna happen, you know. I mean just

290
00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,640
Speaker 1: I said something like, hey, just because you don't go,

291
00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,280
Speaker 1: you don't get in, you know, it doesn't mean you're

292
00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,040
Speaker 1: not worthy. I'm just just piling it on he called,

293
00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,840
Speaker 1: he calls me and after he found out, and I

294
00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,280
Speaker 1: don't think he's ever cussed me out like like he

295
00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:04,760
Speaker 1: did at that time. But it was it was a

296
00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,120
Speaker 1: good it was it was. It was a good one though,

297
00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,000
Speaker 1: but got just a just a great moment. And to

298
00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,360
Speaker 1: be able to celebrate that, it's it's a it's really exciting.

299
00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,560
Speaker 1: It's really exciting, as you know, you know how I

300
00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,040
Speaker 1: feel about you and Tony, and I've loved covering you

301
00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,920
Speaker 1: all story over the years, and uh, this is a

302
00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,240
Speaker 1: fun one in it. I mean, it's fun to be

303
00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,440
Speaker 1: talking about this, it's fun to be a part of it,

304
00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,800
Speaker 1: and it's it's gonna be truly once in a lifetime

305
00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,240
Speaker 1: for you. Yeah, it really is my best friends getting

306
00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,200
Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame and uh so deserving and

307
00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:38,160
Speaker 1: it's happening to a yeah, good, we're celebrating the great

308
00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,560
Speaker 1: football player, but like we talked about earlier, we were

309
00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,120
Speaker 1: also going to celebrate a great man, great husband, um,

310
00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,640
Speaker 1: great father and someone who's just had an incredible impact

311
00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,840
Speaker 1: on the community and so a great man. So that's

312
00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,320
Speaker 1: who's getting in the Hall of Fame, and and uh,

313
00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,400
Speaker 1: I'm really I'm really honored to be able to present

314
00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,840
Speaker 1: him and uh so it'll be fun. Mark has always

315
00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,880
Speaker 1: that I can't thank you enough for taking the time

316
00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,600
Speaker 1: to uh chure these sauce was uh Jaguars fans, it

317
00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,480
Speaker 1: means a lot. I know they're gonna enjoy it. Thank you, Mark,

318
00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:08,360
Speaker 1: all right. Thanks John,