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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into a mone edition of Texans All Acts, says

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Speaker 2: John Harris alongside the voice of the Houston Texans, Mark

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Speaker 2: vandermir Mark.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back for the weekend. How are you doing doing great?

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Speaker 3: Johnny? Happy Mother's Day belatedly to all the moms out there.

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Speaker 3: We had a great week at ourselves. My mom hasn't

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Speaker 3: been with me for a while, but you know, she's

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Speaker 3: always here in spirit. How about beginning the show on

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Speaker 3: that note, folks, All right, Well, I'm everybody, I'm depressed.

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Speaker 3: No I'm not. I'm fine.

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Speaker 1: No, it's good do Happy Mother's Day to all the

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Speaker 1: mothers out there.

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Speaker 2: You know, I a lot of times I will go

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Speaker 2: to Twitter and I'll put out a you know, a

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Speaker 2: Mother's Day tweet about my wife or my mom or

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Speaker 2: my mother in law, who all been great, And then

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Speaker 2: I forgot that. My wife just puts the absolute kibosh

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Speaker 2: on any pictures. She will not let me put any

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Speaker 2: pictures of her post on the No nothing.

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Speaker 3: I've dialed down from posts on everything in my life

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Speaker 3: on Facebook. You know, I used to do that a lot,

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Speaker 3: and there's nothing wrong with it. I just felt like,

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Speaker 3: you know what, it's kind of a rerun every year,

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Speaker 3: so I'll wait every few years to post photos. Although

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Speaker 3: I do use my boys as human shields sometimes when

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Speaker 3: they don't mind it, when they don't mind not doing

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Speaker 3: as well as I want, you boys, protect kidding kids.

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Speaker 1: The world we live in.

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Speaker 2: For what's the world they've lived in if you think

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Speaker 2: about it from that perspective. Yeah, since they've been born,

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Speaker 2: that's the world they've lived in.

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Speaker 3: Oh, they know all the way around.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean it's funny because vander Kidd, the first one,

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Speaker 3: he's seventeen years old. Now, he evaluates all the social

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Speaker 3: media content I post. In the team post. I get

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Speaker 3: the full review constantly, you know, focus group of one.

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Speaker 1: Yep, and it helps.

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Speaker 3: What can I say?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt.

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Speaker 2: I got a text the other night from my daughter

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Speaker 2: who's out in La actress doing the La acting thing

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Speaker 2: and trying to make her way in the entertainment world

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Speaker 2: out there, and I got this long text about how

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Speaker 2: to do YouTube like she would know.

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Speaker 1: I mean she would know, So I'm definitely one to

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Speaker 1: take the advice.

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Speaker 4: Doubt.

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Speaker 1: Now we got to speakcribe.

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Speaker 3: To your personal YouTube channel.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And hopefull We're gonna keep that, keep that growing

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Speaker 2: and going. Wednesday, nine am. That's usually when I will,

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Speaker 2: I say, usually I'm a one man army, so hopefully

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Speaker 2: I can get everything and stay on time like I

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Speaker 2: expected my students to be back in the day. Speaking

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Speaker 2: of students, David Fletcher, who is a student at a

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Speaker 2: tremendous university in Austin, will join us in the next

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Speaker 2: segment talk about everything that's going on with football and football,

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Speaker 2: soccer and football for some of you, but football and football.

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Speaker 2: He's got a great, huge, massive announcement about football coming

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Speaker 2: to Energy Stadium in July. And if you are a

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Speaker 2: La Liga fan or you are a Premier League fan,

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Speaker 2: you will love this new or you just love international soccer,

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Speaker 2: you're gonna love this news.

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Speaker 1: So you definitely want to stick around for that.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, he's got a football American football,

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Speaker 2: college football announcement. It's been out there, I believe he

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Speaker 2: said he put it out for sure. The other one

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Speaker 2: was like, really so some interesting stuff about twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: three and twenty twenty four coming up.

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Speaker 3: But that's a tease.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, speaking of posting, Yeah, the soon to be retired

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Speaker 2: Mark Berman.

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Speaker 1: Posted this run lunchtime.

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Speaker 2: Today and it's gonna lead me to what I wanted

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Speaker 2: to ask you about.

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Speaker 1: From the Astros. Houston Texans head coach Dmico Ryans will

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Speaker 1: throw out a ceremonial first pitch tonight. Houston Texas head

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Speaker 1: coach to be Garrons will throw out a ceremonial first

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Speaker 1: pitch tonight. A throwing out the first pitches at a

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Speaker 1: bucket list item for you.

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Speaker 3: I did it at a Hurricanes baseball game, So at

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Speaker 3: an Astros game, yeah, I'd love to.

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Speaker 1: It's not that high on the bucket list.

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Speaker 3: As cool as it is, Okay, you know if I

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Speaker 3: have a choice, Yeah, you know, you have three wishes

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Speaker 3: before you die. Oh wait a minute. I picked the

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Speaker 3: first pitch, and I could have done Kilimanjaro like Matt

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Speaker 3: But I did it at a college game and there

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Speaker 3: Did you feel pressure? Heck, yes, there's pressure. And it's

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Speaker 3: funny because somebody re ran the George Bush Junior nine

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Speaker 3: he threw out the first pitch.

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Speaker 1: Strike right through the heart.

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Speaker 3: Was awesome, And Maggie Johnny, I don't know this, but

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Speaker 3: he must have warmed up underneath.

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Speaker 2: Yeah he did. He did it with Jeter. Actually, yeah,

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Speaker 2: he must because he was talking trash to him.

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Speaker 3: Oh wow, you've got to loosen the wing otherwise that

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Speaker 3: thing's going in the dirt or sailing over somebody's head

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Speaker 3: because it's longer than you think. First of all, I've

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Speaker 3: never done it, right. I'm not a baseball player. And look,

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Speaker 3: I've never even played baseball, don't I've never played little league.

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Speaker 3: I played softball, right, So there you are on the mound.

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Speaker 3: It's farther away than you think. You better get it

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Speaker 3: right now. I did get it over. It was fine,

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Speaker 3: Everything was cool, but I had a little warm up

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Speaker 1: That was one of the.

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Speaker 2: I'm trying to where you place it because it's both

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Speaker 2: a national moment, it's a sports moment. But I've heard

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Speaker 2: Dick Judy told the story about about w going out

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Speaker 2: and throwing that pitch. He said he had been dead

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Speaker 2: but down underneath, down in the bowels, and he actually

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Speaker 2: grabbed Jeter and there playing catching Jeter was like, look,

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Speaker 2: it's president. You can't bounce this thing up there, like

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Speaker 2: there are thousands of people millions watching home, Like, you

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Speaker 2: can't bounce this thing up there.

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Speaker 1: You've got to, like you need this.

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Speaker 2: And not only does he go out there, he's got

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Speaker 2: a bulletproof vest.

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Speaker 1: On, which I don't know if everybody knew. So now

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Speaker 3: Thing on underneath the Yankee jacket, underneath.

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Speaker 2: The Yankee jacket or no, yeah, I can't remember. It

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Speaker 2: imagine it's the state of our world at that time,

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Speaker 2: it's the best first pitch you've ever seen. It's awesome,

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Speaker 2: It's incredible. It's incredible. Sometimes I watch it just to

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Speaker 2: don't know whether that is And that's why I asked

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Speaker 2: because that's it.

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Speaker 1: For me.

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Speaker 2: That is a bucket list item for me, is throwing

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Speaker 3: What's the football equivalent of that?

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Speaker 1: Glad you asked, because that's why I was gonna ask you.

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Speaker 2: Okay, what is your football bucket list item?

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Speaker 1: All right?

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Speaker 3: First of all, the football equivalent to me of doing that.

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Speaker 3: Now the Rockets have their thing with the first shot, right,

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Speaker 3: Really cool when Dimiko made the free throw. By the way,

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Speaker 3: I've already done that, yes, so I have no doubt

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Speaker 3: He made his on the pat mac of the show,

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Speaker 3: but he made our coaches can shoot, So credit to

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Speaker 2: I know one coach that couldn't shoot, but that's a

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Speaker 2: different story. All right, Man, Bill couldn't shoot. He didn't play.

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Speaker 2: He's not basketball player, not a basketball player.

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Speaker 3: He'd admit that. He'd admit that, Johnny, I know. I

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Speaker 3: think the football equivalent is being the as we called it,

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Speaker 3: the home field advantage captain leading the team out of

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Speaker 3: playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals, first playoff game in

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Speaker 3: and you want to talk about greatest non playing surface

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Speaker 3: with a game moments in the history of the franchise,

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Speaker 3: that's one of them. That's one of them. Bum Phillips

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Speaker 3: walking out of the tunnel that day. There was not

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Speaker 3: the entire building. Right, everybody had chills, thrills, they were

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Speaker 1: We announced that beforehand.

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Speaker 3: The right we announced it. But you know how those

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Speaker 3: it was just we are not losing this game today.

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Speaker 3: There's you know, whatever, bet your entire life savings on

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Speaker 2: That dick and then JJ has to pick six yea,

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Speaker 2: and the way you go, all right, so take it

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Speaker 2: beyond that your football bucket list items.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what are they?

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Speaker 1: All? Right?

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Speaker 3: As far as me doing them that matter? Yeah, Look,

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Speaker 3: I want to go to a super Bowl. I was

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Speaker 3: listening to the podcast, you know, I listened to The Rewatchables,

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Speaker 3: right yeah, Ringer and they did the Natural and I

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Speaker 3: and says, I'm oh, yeah, whenever he was injured. There's

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Speaker 3: no spoiler here. It's an old movie. Forget it. Go

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Speaker 1: It's thirty nine years old.

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Speaker 3: But pop and whatever. Wilford Brimley and his assistant are

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Speaker 3: in red or whoever the guy's read. They're in the back,

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Speaker 3: walks in. But before he walks in, Wilford Brimley, the manager, says,

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Speaker 3: I always wanted to win the pennant. Didn't care if

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Speaker 3: I won the series. I would have been happy just

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Speaker 3: the AFC Championship game. You know this about me, Johnny,

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Speaker 3: We've talked about this. This to me is the bucket list. Look.

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Speaker 3: I desperately want to win the super Bowl. But you

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Speaker 3: can't win the super Bowl unless you get there and

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Speaker 3: winning the AFC Championship Game is something that's never happened

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Speaker 3: in the history of this city in professional football. I

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Speaker 3: want to be very clear on this. Nineteen seventy nine

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Speaker 3: get to the super Bowl, that is going where no

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Speaker 3: That would be incredible. It would all be incredible. What

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Speaker 3: I'm thinking about the call because in those situations in

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Speaker 1: Do you get in your mind what you want to say?

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Speaker 3: about think about a punt concentration, how many times does

439
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Speaker 3: a receiver blow a cash when it's like oh his

440
00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,520
Speaker 3: the defender's hand was shading him and he lost track

441
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Speaker 3: of the ball. Aikins catches that going through the hands

442
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Speaker 3: of Thomas Thomas how.

443
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Speaker 2: He like, I still to this day and I can

444
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Speaker 2: totally understand how Thomas misjudge it.

445
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Speaker 1: I have no idea how Akins caught it.

446
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,000
Speaker 2: I still don't know how he caught it because he,

447
00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,800
Speaker 2: like Thomas is coming into his view then jumping up,

448
00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,560
Speaker 2: so it's almost as if the ball is coming out

449
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Speaker 2: of Thomas's hands, not out of the air, And so

450
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Speaker 2: I don't I still I mean, I asked Jordan about

451
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Speaker 2: it afterwards. He was like, I just happened to react,

452
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Speaker 2: and if I want to say that, he kind of

453
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Speaker 2: not basket caught it, but he kind of you didn't

454
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Speaker 2: catch it up high. He kind of caught it around

455
00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,440
Speaker 2: his waist and this old caught it with every part

456
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Speaker 2: of his body.

457
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Speaker 3: He's a good receiver. It came to so he made

458
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Speaker 3: the grab. Then he caught the two point conversion.

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Speaker 1: No comments, Yeah, no comments.

460
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Speaker 3: You know what the greatest homer call of all time

461
00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,520
Speaker 3: is right of yours, no of anybody on the planet Earth.

462
00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,680
Speaker 3: The greatest home announcer call in the history of sports

463
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Speaker 3: is Jack Buck. Go crazy, folks, Oh, Ozzie Smith. Yes,

464
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Speaker 3: I mean you crazy folks, go crazy.

465
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Speaker 1: That is I get you.

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Speaker 3: I don't care about the Cardinals one little speck. I

467
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,600
Speaker 3: get chills thicking to that call, because that is a

468
00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,359
Speaker 3: moment of jubilation for the home fans, right, And it's

469
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Speaker 3: so descriptive. You know what happened. Ozzy doesn't hit too

470
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Speaker 3: many out No, he had not.

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Speaker 2: He had not hit That's what I thought made the

472
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Speaker 2: call that much better was the fact that he had

473
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Speaker 2: not hit a left handed home run in Bush Stadium,

474
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Speaker 2: at least that season, maybe ever, because he was a

475
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:52,239
Speaker 2: switch hitter, right, So he hit a home run and

476
00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,440
Speaker 2: he had never he never done it. So I I

477
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,800
Speaker 2: just got to feel like that was Jack Buck going

478
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Speaker 2: this is crazy, this is crazy, and it was just

479
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,120
Speaker 2: that's that's that's a really beautiful case.

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Speaker 1: It's such a great call, it's and such a.

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Speaker 3: Great call, so well done. He's my favorite ever maybe

482
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Speaker 3: on the radio. So I loved him doing football too.

483
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Speaker 2: What you speaking of on the radio. What do you

484
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,040
Speaker 2: think of Charles Barkley's comments about not listening to games

485
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,160
Speaker 2: on the radio. I know exactly what you were thinking.

486
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,040
Speaker 2: But but when you saw that.

487
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 3: I mean, I want to approve of this message.

488
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,040
Speaker 1: I don't either. I think it's dumb now, and.

489
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Speaker 3: There are a lot of great play by play guys.

490
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,920
Speaker 3: I was listening to Serious XEM yesterday game seven Boston

491
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Speaker 3: and Philly. I wish I knew the name of the

492
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,760
Speaker 3: play by play guy on the NBA radio he was

493
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Speaker 3: doing it. He was great. I thought he was terrific

494
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Speaker 3: giving me the game to the description. He was intense,

495
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Speaker 3: the excitement was there.

496
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Speaker 2: I love it, and I'm obviously I'm biased, but I

497
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 2: love a game on the radio. Yeah, if I'm driving,

498
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Speaker 2: I'll listen to the game running errands. I wasn't gonna

499
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Speaker 2: stay home for the whole game. Yeah, I wanted to

500
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,119
Speaker 2: catch crunch time if there was one, but there wasn't.

501
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,840
Speaker 2: But during the guts of the game, late second quarter,

502
00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 2: early third I was running errands. I was perfectly entertained

503
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,040
Speaker 2: and informed by this guy.

504
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Speaker 3: And I'll find out.

505
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 2: You have if you have a good play by playman

506
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Speaker 2: telling you the story of the game, then away you go.

507
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 2: Like I I think Kevin Harlan on TV is better

508
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:13,879
Speaker 2: than he is on radio.

509
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,560
Speaker 1: Like he almost feeds me too much stuff. When I'm

510
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Speaker 1: listening to him.

511
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:18,880
Speaker 3: On the right way, I feel and I love him,

512
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 3: and I think he's one of the best TV announcers

513
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Speaker 3: ever probably.

514
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Speaker 1: I think I think it's phenomenal on Televison.

515
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 2: I think he's really good on radio too, but I

516
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,159
Speaker 2: think there's there's almost there's almost too much that he

517
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 2: gives you on radio. But if you're if if you're

518
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 2: listening to a really good play by play man tell

519
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 2: you the story of the game, it's a tremendous listen.

520
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Speaker 1: It's a.

521
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Speaker 3: Holy Toledo.

522
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Speaker 1: I love.

523
00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:45,920
Speaker 3: Yeah.

524
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Speaker 1: There were Yeah Milo and his Milo and his hey

525
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Speaker 1: day was he was he was a storyteller and he

526
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Speaker 1: was a storyteller.

527
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,719
Speaker 3: But I did that, I did that show with them

528
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 3: on Yeah, Jean Peterson a Milo Hamilton back in the day.

529
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Speaker 1: Did you get a word at edgewise?

530
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,240
Speaker 3: You know what, Johnny. I just asked them questions. But

531
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,000
Speaker 3: Gene was the one who was deferring a lot, like

532
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 3: he would ask my low questions. And Gene is such

533
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,680
Speaker 3: a gentleman. There they both are, but I really Gene

534
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 3: really struck me as as the ultimate professional and gentleman,

535
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 3: and he and Jim Foley did such an amazing job

536
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 3: at the Rockets for so many years.

537
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Speaker 1: Very very good.

538
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 2: Also very good is David Fletcher. He's got announcement to

539
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Speaker 2: make about soccer and then about football. We'll handling that

540
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,160
Speaker 2: next right here in Texas Access.

541
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Speaker 1: What's happened? Everybody?

542
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 2: Welcome back to Monday edition of Texas All Access from

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Speaker 2: Nondai Texans Radio Studio.

544
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Speaker 1: I'm John Harris for Plano, silent reporter.

545
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 2: For your Houston Texans, and I can't believe Mark and

546
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 2: I forgot to even mention this happened over the weekend.

547
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,240
Speaker 2: The Texans signed two players this weekend. One you kind

548
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,560
Speaker 2: of assumed they were going to that was two scrugs

549
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,960
Speaker 2: that was made official today. The other maybe not as expected.

550
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:57,679
Speaker 2: Shaquille Griffin Corner twenty seven years old coming to Texas.

551
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 1: Former pro bowler. I think it was twenty twenty twenty

552
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,200
Speaker 1: maybe where he.

553
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 2: Was a pro bowler, spent the last couple of years

554
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,439
Speaker 2: with Jacksonville and they were moving on. They went to

555
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,439
Speaker 2: Tyson Campbell and I can't remember what they got on

556
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:15,120
Speaker 2: the other side. But they jettison Shaquille and that opened

557
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 2: him up to be picked up at any point one year,

558
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,439
Speaker 2: four and a half million dollars, I think, but it's

559
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:20,320
Speaker 2: one year contract.

560
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Speaker 1: But he is now added to the mix. Whale an athlete.

561
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,440
Speaker 2: He and his twin brother Shakeem were UCF stars back

562
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Speaker 2: on the twenty seventeen team. They were incredible. So Shaquille

563
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 2: Griffin now a member of your Houston Texans, according to sources. Now,

564
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 2: Scruggs was announced by the team, but Shaquille not yet

565
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,359
Speaker 2: announced by a team. But plenty of sources out there

566
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 2: have got that one for show all. I joined by

567
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,760
Speaker 2: a good friend of mine, good friend of yours. He

568
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 2: handles everything in this building, Lone Star Sports and Entertainment.

569
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Speaker 2: It is my man, David Fletcher. Fletcher, we got so

570
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Speaker 2: much to talk about. We're gonna talk about football and then.

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Speaker 5: Football and and depending on where you live, there's football

572
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 5: and then there's soccer, and well, I don't know, I've

573
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Speaker 5: gotten to calling soccer football, which is weird coming from me,

574
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Speaker 5: I suppose.

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Speaker 1: But you had a big announcement on Friday. I don't

576
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,640
Speaker 1: want to take it away from you.

577
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 2: I want you to announce the people what's going on

578
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:17,800
Speaker 2: here at NRG Stadium coming up pretty soon.

579
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Speaker 1: It's pretty cool.

580
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,680
Speaker 4: A lot of great football, Johnny, that's the best way

581
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Speaker 4: to put it. Already previously announced the COCACAFF Gold Cup

582
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Speaker 4: opener from Mexico and Honduras here June twenty fifth, we

583
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 4: added another major soccer event to the calendar, and this

584
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Speaker 4: is a big one Soccer Champions Tour new tournament here

585
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:43,200
Speaker 4: in America. Make it a stop at NRG Stadium Wednesday,

586
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,760
Speaker 4: July twenty sixth As arguably the two biggest brands in

587
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 4: the world, Real Madrid and Manchester United, we'll take on

588
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 4: each other here at NRG as part of that event.

589
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,160
Speaker 4: Really really exciting to see these two back here in Houston.

590
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,880
Speaker 4: Both have played at NRG in recent years. Both bring

591
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:07,120
Speaker 4: tremendous amount of fandom and excitement anywhere they go. And

592
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 4: to have those type of teams here in this beautiful building,

593
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,399
Speaker 4: one of the great soccer destinations in the world, it's

594
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Speaker 4: going to be a great night for Houston.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Well, I will be brutally honest and tell you

596
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 2: that man United is now number two in its own

597
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 2: city because the club that is about to win its

598
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,879
Speaker 2: fifth title in six years in the Premier League. My

599
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 2: Manchester City team who got a great win this weekend

600
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,200
Speaker 2: and got some help from Brighton beating Arsenal. Look at

601
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 2: me talking soccer. It's crazy, but it is. To get

602
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:42,800
Speaker 2: brands in here of that caliber, Fletch, it speaks so much.

603
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 2: I mean, we were talking about World Cup coming here.

604
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 2: It speaks so much to soccer in the city of Houston.

605
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 2: But give me a little bit more about the Soccer

606
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 2: Champions Tour. What's happening with this tour and how did

607
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 2: Houston get involved in it?

608
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 1: Yeah?

609
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,440
Speaker 4: So, I mean the Soccer Champions Tour is a new

610
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 4: event coming to the un for the next four years,

611
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 4: bringing the biggest brands to the most iconic stadiums in

612
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 4: the country. Very much part of that lead up to

613
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 4: the FIFA World Cup in twenty twenty six. You've got

614
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 4: an opportunity to really continue to build upon the great

615
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,440
Speaker 4: tradition that many of these clubs have built over the years,

616
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,199
Speaker 4: and playing in the United States as they prepare for

617
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 4: their regular seasons ahead, really an opportunity for the fans

618
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 4: to see the best and brightest on American soil in

619
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Speaker 4: the matchups that they want to see. I mean, you're

620
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Speaker 4: talking about six of the most iconic clubs coming together, Real,

621
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Speaker 4: Madrid FC, Barcelona, Manchester United, You've a AC Milan. Really

622
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 4: is just exciting to see these type of teams here.

623
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Speaker 4: They're going to consistently be in the US through the

624
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 4: Soccer Champions Tour going forward, and I think it's great

625
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 4: for the fans, it's great for the sport, and certainly

626
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,959
Speaker 4: in a market like Houston that is so soccer crazed,

627
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 4: it's a really exciting opportunity for us to bring people

628
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Speaker 4: together around the world's game.

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Speaker 1: I'm asking your question.

630
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 2: Maybe I don't know, Maybe the answer isn't quite there,

631
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 2: But I don't recall when NBC signed the Premier League deal,

632
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 2: but I'll spull this way. On Sunday, I sat and

633
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 2: watched two matches back to back, and neither one of

634
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,479
Speaker 2: them included No. One of them was Manchester City. Man

635
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 2: my team Manchester City that I love. They beat I

636
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 2: can't remember who they beat over the weekend. But then

637
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 2: I sat down and I watched Brighton take on Arsenal.

638
00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 2: That was tremendous performance by Brighton. How much is the

639
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 2: Premier League's visibility here in the United States amped up

640
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 2: the love of soccer from an international standpoint here in

641
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 2: the States and maybe in the city of Houston. Have

642
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 2: you noticed kind of that over the last it's probably

643
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 2: been what ten to twelve years that they've been on NBC.

644
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 2: How much is that kind of amped things up in

645
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Speaker 2: kind of the visibility of the sport.

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Speaker 4: It's no question. I mean those teams drive the market.

647
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 4: That NBC deal, which just renewed last year and grew

648
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 4: exponentially over the previous deal to give them the chance

649
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 4: to keep those rights for the next six years really

650
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 4: was a catalyst. I mean, you've had a great soccer

651
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 4: culture here in the US for decades. Houston one of

652
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 4: the premier markets, going back to the sixties when we

653
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,959
Speaker 4: had Real Madrid play West Ham over at the Astrodome.

654
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 4: You've had major soccer in this community dating back for many,

655
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Speaker 4: many years, but certainly coming off the ninety four World Cup,

656
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 4: the MLS being launched, and then just the regularity with

657
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,600
Speaker 4: which you started to see these teams travel over here

658
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Speaker 4: to the US, the biggest teams with their star players

659
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Speaker 4: as they grew invisibility, it really has has been an

660
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Speaker 4: overnight success. Thirty years in the making Right now, You've

661
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 4: got a huge summer with Cocka Caff Gold Cup going

662
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 4: on as the Continental Championship here in the US, great

663
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 4: matches coming off of last December's World Cup, a lot

664
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Speaker 4: of big brands like like Canada, Mexico, the United States,

665
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 4: a really guitar itself that really made deep runs into

666
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 4: the World Cup, and then the excitement around the twenty

667
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 4: twenty six fieth the World Cup. It really always come together,

668
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 4: Johnny as as the sport has grown globally, but it

669
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Speaker 4: really has been driven by those those major teams, the

670
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Speaker 4: Premier League teams, LA Liga teams and Syria teams which

671
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 4: are a big part of this tournament that we have

672
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Speaker 4: coming to Houston in July.

673
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Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt.

674
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Speaker 2: Eight fixtures are going to take place in host market

675
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 2: stadiums Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco, and

676
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 2: of course right here in Houston. Fletch to be able

677
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 2: to have Conker Caf in June, to be able to

678
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 2: have this match in July. Do you want to add

679
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 2: more over the over the years more to the list

680
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 2: or is that kind of what you want to be

681
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 2: able to do? Have a couple international matches and then

682
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 2: have a match of this caliber or do you want

683
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 2: to add more to it as you go through.

684
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Speaker 4: Well, the reality is that there will be opportunities there

685
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 4: and our group at lone Star and the Houston Texans

686
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 4: are going to continue to be aggressive in this space.

687
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 4: There's a lot of great, great soccer being played around

688
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,479
Speaker 4: the world and particularly in the US and right here

689
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 4: in Houston. You know, I mean, you're seeing the successes

690
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 4: this summer with both the Dash and Dynamo they're having

691
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 4: early on. That brings a lot of energy to these

692
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 4: major events that we're able to bring over here at NRG.

693
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 4: And the reality is that, you know, on the horizon

694
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 4: already been announced Copa America is returning to the US

695
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 4: next summer. So North and South American Hemispheral Championship, if

696
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 4: you will, I think, I just you know, but that

697
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 4: event was was such a massive success in twenty sixteen

698
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Speaker 4: when when we got to host three matches here. They're

699
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 4: bringing that back next summer. Gold Cup will be returning

700
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Speaker 4: here in twenty twenty five. The Soccer Champions Tour will

701
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 4: be part of the landscape leading up through the FIFA

702
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 4: World Cup in twenty twenty six and then just the

703
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 4: the sheer volume and the sheer magnitude of hosting a

704
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 4: FIFA World Cup here in the United States, along within

705
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Speaker 4: Canada and in Mexico in twenty twenty six. I talk

706
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Speaker 4: about this all the time, I really do. And and

707
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Speaker 4: Chris Conety, who leads our World Cup efforts here in Houston,

708
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 4: is a great friend and a huge champion of the sport,

709
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Speaker 4: and he's tried for the last four years to really

710
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 4: try and quantify to people how big the World Cup

711
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 4: coming to Houston is. But you just cannot even begin

712
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 4: to comprehend what that will be like in four years

713
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 4: three years now. So as we lead up to that,

714
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Speaker 4: we're going to try and do everything we can to

715
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Speaker 4: keep the pedal down on bringing these level of events,

716
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 4: the elite events to Houston as much as we can

717
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 4: at both this venue and over at Shell Energy. And

718
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Speaker 4: I think the Houstonians and the people throughout this region

719
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Speaker 4: have responded in a big, big way that they want

720
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Speaker 4: to they want to continue to see that. So we're

721
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Speaker 4: gonna give them what they want.

722
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Speaker 2: More fervent fan base swifties or the Mexican national team fans.

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Speaker 4: Wow, I tell you, after seeing close after close, after

724
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Speaker 4: seeing the shows here at NRG and and the the

725
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 4: activities over the weekend in Philly is they were filling

726
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 4: up twenty twenty five thousand in the parking lots, singing

727
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,359
Speaker 4: along to the concert as it was going on through

728
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Speaker 4: the walls of Lincoln Financial. I mean, look, you know,

729
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,320
Speaker 4: I think the reality is that each is going to

730
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 4: bring the thunder when given the opportunity. And we're really

731
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Speaker 4: excited to welcome back the Mexican national team for their

732
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:38,319
Speaker 4: twentieth appearance here at NRG Stadium, more than any other

733
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Speaker 4: venue in the country over the last fifteen years. They're

734
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Speaker 4: going to open up against one of their rivals in Honduras,

735
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Speaker 4: which we'll make for a fantastic night of soccer following

736
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Speaker 4: a really great opening match between Katar and Haiti on

737
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Speaker 4: June twenty fifth. So tickets are available for both of

738
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Speaker 4: those for that, I should say, for that double doubleheader

739
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Speaker 4: match LSSE dot or ticketmaster dot com. You want to

740
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Speaker 4: get a hold of both of those, both of those matches,

741
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Speaker 4: the July match with Real Madrid Manchester United, UH the

742
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Speaker 4: match in June with the doubleheader LSC dot net for

743
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Speaker 4: all the information. Pre sale starts tomorrow for that Real

744
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 4: Madrid Manchester United match. Only way to get tickets in

745
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Speaker 4: the pre sale sign up at the waitlist LSC dot net.

746
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 2: I had people already banging my phone even before the

747
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Speaker 2: game was announced.

748
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah about tickets. Yeah, I'm like big, big Madrid fans.

749
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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: One of them in particular Cols Station, who we all

751
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,719
Speaker 1: know well. But we'll get to that.

752
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,359
Speaker 2: Speaking of Colors Station in football and I can talk

753
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 2: about the Aggies, but we are going to talk about

754
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 2: Sam Houston taking on Air Force week to the twenty

755
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 2: twenty three season. But this is it's this is so

756
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Speaker 2: interesting to me because it's Sam Houston, a program that

757
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,959
Speaker 2: we know extremely well. We've had them in the Battle

758
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 2: of Piney Woods, but they're moving up in level to

759
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:06,239
Speaker 2: FBS and this year they're taking on Air Force and

760
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 2: it's an air Force team. I can't remember being in

761
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 2: Houston of the Blue Bonnet Bowl like three or four

762
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 2: decades ago, and it's such a unique matchup. But Sam

763
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Speaker 2: Houston Air Force coming in here second week of the

764
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three season. First of all, just getting that game,

765
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Speaker 2: but then the difference of having Sam Houston said against SFA,

766
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Speaker 2: it's against AFA Air Force Academy.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, No, I mean it's it's really exciting to continue

768
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 4: the relationship with Sam Houston as they've grown that program,

769
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Speaker 4: making the leap the Conference USA. Coach Keeler has done

770
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Speaker 4: just an amazing job. Obviously, you win a national championship

771
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,919
Speaker 4: that speaks for itself, but just what they've been able

772
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 4: to do through this transition, the way he's been able

773
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 4: to keep that program building upon the successes they had,

774
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Speaker 4: it's great to continue the relationship. We've got the Air

775
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Speaker 4: Force Game here in twenty twenty three on September ninth,

776
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Speaker 4: and then we announced just a couple of weeks ago.

777
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Speaker 4: If if you happen to miss it, that's okay. Twenty

778
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 4: twenty four, we werenew another fun rivalry right here in

779
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 4: the state of Texas as Sam Houston will pick back

780
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 4: up their one hundred plus year old rivalry with Texas

781
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 4: State in twenty twenty four, So right here at NRG Stadium.

782
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 4: So excited to continue the relationship with Sam Houston. Really

783
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 4: excited for that game, our first college football event of

784
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 4: the twenty twenty three season, and I gotta tell you

785
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 4: that'll be a great one. Anytime you get a service academy,

786
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 4: it's it's an absolute pleasure to be able to host

787
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Speaker 4: their fans, the veterans. I had a chance to catch

788
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,800
Speaker 4: up with Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun out in

789
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 4: Phoenix a couple of weeks ago. As you remember, Johnny,

790
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 4: Coach Calhoun was part of this staff back in the

791
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,439
Speaker 4: early days here at the Texans and has a great, great,

792
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 4: great great memories of Houston and has kept a connection here.

793
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 4: And one of the things that stood out that he said,

794
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 4: which which we all know, but I think, just just

795
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 4: here it is. You know, Houston is the largest veterans

796
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 4: market in the country. It's so important for the Air

797
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 4: Force Academy to have an opportunity to be here in

798
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 4: Houston and the reaction of their fans to be able

799
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 4: to see their team here playing against the quality opponent

800
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 4: early in the season. You know, he wasn't terribly excited

801
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 4: about the fact that he has to go up against

802
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 4: coach Keeler, because you know how tough that is. But

803
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 4: just just the idea of being able to be here

804
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 4: and to represent the country and the Air Force Academy

805
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:28,839
Speaker 4: and in that game is something he was really really

806
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 4: proud of. So I think it's I think it's a

807
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,840
Speaker 4: fantastic matchup, be a lot of fun. A lot of

808
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 4: Energy tickets are going to go on sale for that

809
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:37,799
Speaker 4: one here in a couple of weeks, so circle back

810
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Speaker 4: to LSC dot net for your opportunity to get those tickets.

811
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Speaker 4: But you know, just gonna be a lot of fun

812
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,359
Speaker 4: to start our college football year, coming off of our

813
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 4: football summer that we.

814
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 2: Have all the summer football, fall football all the time.

815
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 2: And of course this college football season will end right

816
00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 2: here at Energy Stadium. It's the National Championship game in January,

817
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 2: which I know Fletcher I will talk about at some point.

818
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:03,799
Speaker 1: So yeah, that was gonna be.

819
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Speaker 2: A little tougher for me because you know, I've kind

820
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Speaker 2: of become a Sam Houston guy.

821
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: I've got to know Casey Quy really well.

822
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 2: Good friends, Don Sanders, Sam Houston called I don't know

823
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 2: dozens of their games. But air Force was almost by

824
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,879
Speaker 2: Alma mater, how about almost. I ended up going to Brown,

825
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 2: So yeah, they couldn't be on more opposite ends of

826
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 2: the spectrum. But that said, that's gonna be fun to

827
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 2: see air Force Academy here taking on Sam Houston in

828
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four Texas State and Sam Houston in twenty

829
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Speaker 2: twenty four. That seems like so far off, but it

830
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Speaker 2: really it really isn't so soccer in June, soccer in July,

831
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 2: college football in September. It doesn't get much better, especially

832
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Speaker 2: when we were all led by this man, David Fletcher.

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Speaker 1: Fletcher the best, my friend. Appreciate your time, Thank you, brother,

834
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Speaker 1: Thank you.

835
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Speaker 4: Johnny.

836
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Speaker 1: All right, just go around the NFL. Will you're back

837
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Speaker 1: here on a Monday edition of Texans All Access? Next

838
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Speaker 1: stick around? What's happening? Everybody? Welcome back to this Monday

839
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Speaker 1: edition to Texans All Access.

840
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Speaker 2: I am John Harris on the NFL and start in

841
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 2: the media world. How about this Peacock will air a

842
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 2: wildcard playoff game exclusively. The NFL and NBC Universal agreed

843
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 2: to put one of this season's playoff games exclusively on Peacock,

844
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 2: NBC's streaming service. The Wildcard playoff game will be in

845
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 2: primetime on Saturday, January thirteenth. The afternoon Wildcard game that

846
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:33,239
Speaker 2: day will air on NBC, So you'll get NBC and

847
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 2: Peacock and they'll also air the wildcard game in primetime

848
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 2: the next day.

849
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 1: NBC will so wow.

850
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 2: The Mike Floyer reports the NFL is excused to do

851
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,240
Speaker 2: with Peacock marks a shift for the NFL, for television

852
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 2: a whole. There's never been an NFL playoff game shown

853
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 2: exek exclusively through streaming. Now, for you young folks, that

854
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 2: to you that might sound wow, because all you do

855
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 2: is stream For a soldier, folks, this is a little

856
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,480
Speaker 2: this is wild. I mean I grew up and I

857
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 2: was the channel changer for my dad on the TV

858
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 2: because we didn't even have a remote. Now you've got

859
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:16,280
Speaker 2: games being shown on streaming in the playoffs. That's pretty

860
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 2: pretty crazy. One hundred ten million dollars for the rights

861
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 2: to be able to do that. Now, one of the

862
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 2: teams Peacock may ultimately be showing in that playoff game,

863
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 2: the New York Jets, but we'll star defensive tackle Quinn Williams.

864
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: Be part of that team.

865
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 2: Apparently on his Twitter he changed everything all social media

866
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 2: took any mention of the Jets out. In fact, on

867
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Speaker 2: his Twitter page, I believe it was his Twitter page,

868
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 2: he said defensive tackle.

869
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 1: Four dot dot dot dot dot dom.

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Speaker 2: I mean these kids in their social media, I mean

871
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 2: the passive aggressive stuff.

872
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:54,399
Speaker 1: Wow wow.

873
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Speaker 2: So we'll see what happens to Quin Williams he watched

874
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 2: twenty five to thirty million a year. Rich if you

875
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 2: can get it, very rich, if you can get it,

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Speaker 2: and good luck to him. I'd rather not see him.

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Speaker 2: Would he gets it elsewhere? We're not playing him this year.

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Speaker 2: That would be kind of nice to not to face

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Speaker 2: Quinn Williams. But I think we're going to eventually, and

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Speaker 2: eventually we got to say a night as in like

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Speaker 2: right now. And a big thanks to Mark, to David

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Speaker 2: Fletcher for stopping by. To Chris Santiago back at studio,

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Speaker 2: it's all you guys for listening to you. Guys are

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Speaker 2: the very best.

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Speaker 1: We'll see tomorrow. As always, go Texans