WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Fired Up 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:05.400 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:14.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football clubs. This is nick Shot 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:18.200 screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:23.160 Dallas Cowboys out now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Walls, 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:29.960 and Nicky Spagnola. And here it is. It's officially playoff 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:33.760 week at the Star in Frisco. We are inside the 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:38.080 SWBC podcast studio Bill Jones along with Everson Walls and 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.720 Everson You know where Mickey is? Mickey, he is inside 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:48.480 the SWC podcast playoffs studio. Oh, he's in the playoffs studio. 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.760 So we're just in the regular seasons. We're the regular 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:56.040 season studio. He is in the satellite center monitoring what 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.400 is going on on the practice field also in the 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:02.840 Bay Area with the San Francisco forty nine ers. And 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:07.200 now let's toss it to our chief meteorologist, Mickey Spagnola 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:14.760 if they playoff podcast studio for the latest update. Mello, Mickey, definitely. 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:20.240 You know, I think I'm in a secret location watching practice. Yeah, 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.199 I saw him outside. Man, it looked good out there. 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:26.560 I saw the guys out there practice in the day. 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:29.319 The way Mickey is looking down yeah, but they moved 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.559 in the way. Mickey is looking down at his computer screen. 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:34.640 It looks like he's down. He's looking down on the 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:39.200 practice field. Yes, yes, lack of black a drone. Yeah, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.160 they would, they would. They would probably shoot me if 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:46.160 I was because that's why they moved indoors. Uh. Mike 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.200 McCarthy talked about how they were going to have the 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.760 first part of practice outdoors and then they were gonna 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:55.960 move inside because they're playing indoors. I don't think so. 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:59.560 I think he didn't want a lot of eyes on practice. Yeah, 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:02.680 but Icky, the media is not allowed at practice. I mean, 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:09.320 what difference would it make? I think doctor Pepper and 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:14.840 Raring got a lot of windows. All right, all right, 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:16.920 and as you can tell, Micky, we're working with a 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:18.960 little bit of a delay getting all the way to 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:22.720 that playoff podcast satellite center, and so we'll work through 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.400 that here. But hey, it's time to get started on 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.840 my drive in Everson. I was listening to k NBR 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:33.040 in San Francisco, Greg Pappa, who does play by play 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:35.840 as a radio show out there, so I am briefed 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.519 up on exactly what's going on with the San Francisco 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.920 forty nine ers, And let me tell you, mickey, the 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.760 forty nine ers believe they are coming in here and 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.280 they are not only winning this game at three thirty 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:52.560 on Saturday, but they are running the table. What they're 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:56.239 going all the way, That's what they're talking like, Hey, okay, 0:02:56.120 --> 0:03:02.120 they the shades of Eli Manning is that it's a 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:07.040 it's a pretty confident area. I was reading the newspapers 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:11.800 San Francisco and Oakland, uh and uh, San Jose by 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:16.119 the way, the Mercury News, and you guys, I think 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:21.200 we'll love this little tidbit. They had a guy analyzing 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:25.120 the Cowboys and he must have been on that website 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.840 that does all the analytical stuff. I can't remember what 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:32.519 the call letters are for it. But anyway, how about this. 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:38.800 So he was he was this guy was examining the 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:46.960 Cowboys secondary and h he said, maybe Shanahan will move 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:51.120 his attention outside and try to give Dallas cornerback Trayvon 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:55.760 Diggs something to think about. The second year Alabama player 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.080 led the NFL in interceptions this past season with eleven, 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:03.840 but when he didn't make the interceptions, he was downright bad. 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:08.400 Corner Diggs is worthless against the run. The Niners always 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.480 want to run it outside the numbers, but in this game, 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:15.240 they'll be even more eager. He'll also give up what 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:19.040 he takes away, though I'm not sure he wins that battle. 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:23.720 Turnovers are the lifeblood of wins in football. Big Diggs 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:27.400 risk reward style is something I could imagine the Niners 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:31.320 offense are targeting with their excellent receivers. I think it 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:35.320 could be a winning strategy. Coaches leading teams into the 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:39.159 playoffs didn't coach the season opener. Oh never mind, that 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.479 was the end of it. That was another note. So 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:45.400 this guy doesn't think much of Treyvon Diggs, right, You know, 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:49.760 I've heard a lot of that from certain I call 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:54.640 him ne'er do wells, the people that continue to talk 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:58.240 about what Diggs does not do. And look, he's a 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.560 second year player, spags, and I'm not expecting him to 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:06.000 be this, you know, uh, perfect player. First of all, 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.400 if you're gonna try and make interceptions, you're gonna get beat. 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.920 If you're gonna sit back and just you know, let 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.520 guys catch stuff in front of you. That like our 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.920 previous defensive backfield or catching release that I called it. 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.839 That just gets on my nerves. Because it does nothing. 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:23.680 You know, you don't do anything. You just sit back, 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:26.080 You let them catch the ball. You play it safe. 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:28.720 I really don't like playing it safe. I don't think 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:33.960 our defense, especially our secondary, can afford to play it safe. 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:37.000 I think we need to get turnovers whenever we can. 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.200 I think aggression is the best way to go for 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.800 any defensive back. And if you get beat a couple 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.200 of times, then that's just the way it goes. But 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:49.080 I promise you, anytime Diggs gets an interception, it lights 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.000 a fire under this team. And that's just something that 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:56.680 you can't annually analytically just just ignore shorts like risk 0:05:56.800 --> 0:06:02.240 versus reward. All right, it is bill, you know. And 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:06.000 and again guys are just looking at numbers. They I 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:09.680 bet this guy hasn't watched Trayvon Diggs play a game, 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:14.160 like a whole game, right and just say he's downright bad. 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:19.120 It's like, okay, mister expert, let's see. Yeah. Sometimes it's 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.360 just a hyperbole. And they're trying to geek up there, 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:24.159 guys on the West coast end. And I do get 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:28.120 that you will have opportunities against Trade Diggs, but you 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.960 will also get shut down against Trade Diggs. I have 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:33.200 seen him, and we've all seen it. To what not 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:37.279 only does he make interceptions, he has a great number 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.919 of pass breakups as well. So it's not just about interceptions. 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.280 It's about getting his hand on the ball and making 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:45.920 plays against the wide receiver. To me, I think more 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:50.960 times than not. And we've seen a lot where opposing 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.440 quarterbacks will throw at Treyvon and the reaction from the 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.440 Cowboys defense after he gets a pick. Yes, we can't 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.800 believe that he threw at him. How stupid were you? Yeah? Yeah, 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:02.240 And so you know, you can pick your Poyson as 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:04.400 far as I'm concerned, and you can pick your poison 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.279 spags as far as I'm concerned, because I was a 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.120 victim of that my rookie year especially. But once you 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:15.800 start learning, okay, and I think even after halfway through 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:18.800 our rookie year, and I'm speaking of myself and Michael 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.920 Downs and all those dbs, the big plays that we 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:25.920 gave up in nineteen eighty one, they diminished greatly during 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:30.280 the second half of that season and into the playoffs. Okay, 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:32.880 So when you start looking at that, I believe digs 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.480 in this secondary I think they're getting better and I 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:39.360 think they've given a fewer big plays in the games 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.000 that they've won, and so I think that that pattern 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.240 is going to continue. All right, Mickey, bring us up 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.400 to speed on you know, and the other the other thing, Bill, 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:51.360 the other thing, Bill, I was just going to say 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.160 on that. I'm sorry we got a little bit of 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:57.000 a delay. But there's this perception that the reason he's 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:00.200 got all these interceptions is that he gambles. And if 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.760 you look at his interceptions, a lot of them, and 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.600 Everson talked about it, like the one that tied his record, 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.920 he wasn't gambling. He was just covering the guy and 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.360 he went up and caught the ball that was a 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.880 fifty fifty ball. It's like he was trailing underneath. That's 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:19.680 not gambling, that's covering the receiver. And I think that's 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:23.040 the misconception about him, Like when he gets beat, that 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:26.000 means he's gambling, but when he gets an interception, that 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.360 means he gambled in one. And I don't I just 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:32.800 don't think that's accurate. All right, Mickey, bring us up 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:36.400 to speed on what else is going on here on 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:44.040 this Wednesday. Well, the Cowboys, like I said, they started, 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.840 this was their first practice getting ready for San Francisco. 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:50.440 They were outside, then they went inside, and it looks 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:54.719 like only two guys were missing from practice. Jay Ron 0:08:54.920 --> 0:09:00.319 Curse still hasn't been out of the COVID prot call. 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.760 They expect them back tomorrow. And then the only other 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:08.240 player that wasn't at practice when Nishan right, And we'll 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.760 see what the when the injury report comes out, just 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:15.440 exactly why he's not there. But all the other guys 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:19.720 that were on COVID were at practice, and really the 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.840 guys that had injuries. This is probably the healthiest the 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:26.440 Cowboys have been in quite some time. And I'm sure 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.679 they're knocking on wood right now because you know, when 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:33.560 somebody asked me today on the radio about COVID, are 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.240 they in the clear? I said today they are, but 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:41.320 you never know what tomorrow brings. Remember it, and I've 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:44.760 listened to San Francisco radio. Apparently the forty nine ers 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.240 are as healthy as they've been in a long time too. 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:50.720 You know, it's it's such a long season, and this 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:57.760 the longest season ever and with the tools that teams 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.480 have in place in order to put up player on 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:03.360 injured reserve and bring them back now because of the 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:07.480 pandemic here the last couple of years there. I think 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:11.960 it's been from a strategic standpoint and preparing a playoff 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.280 team and getting your guys ready when they need to 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.760 be ready in January. It's been a good thing in 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.520 the NFL that they've got this three week i R 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:24.800 where guys can get healthy again. And I think you're 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:26.840 going to see good football being played here in the 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:30.319 playoffs because teams are healthier than what they normally are 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:38.480 come playoff time. Although I did see I've tried to 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:43.520 remember which team it was. They needed help at safety 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:49.040 and they signed a safety that was already retired. They 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:53.480 got him under a Weddle trying to remember who did it, 0:10:53.600 --> 0:11:01.360 but they what happened? I guess I'll have to google. 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:07.920 Eric Weddle plied out the rest of the story. Here Rams, 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:12.360 the Rams. The Rams are signing Eric Weddle. The Rams 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:17.920 did that? Yeah, what was he with the Chargers? One point? 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:23.800 I get those two LA teams mixed up. Well, he 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.440 was with the Chargers for years and then Ravens exactly, 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:31.000 And yeah he was with the Rams. Wasn't he a man? 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:35.320 He retired? Yeah? So um, what a great player. Eric 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:40.959 Weddle has been in his career and uh, so that's interesting. Um, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:45.000 he announced his retirement February of twenty twenty, so he 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:49.719 missed the entire twenty twenty season and obviously been out 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:53.320 this year, and he's signing with the Rams. Uh and 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.400 he started for the Rams his final year, which would 0:11:56.400 --> 0:12:00.040 have been the twenty nineteen season. So I mean you 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:01.720 talk about what is he coming back? Is he going 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:05.760 to be a starter? Is he replacing the starter? Let's see, 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:13.280 because well look at it, this are shorthanded at safety 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:18.600 and cornerback and Jordan Fuller out Taylor Rapp who got 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:23.839 an interception this last game, uh entered concussion protocol. H 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:28.120 Fuller suffered an ankle injury and it's going to require 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:34.560 season ending surgery. They also have cornerback Darius Williams suffered 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.040 a shoulder injury in the game. So yeah, they've got 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.400 a bunch of injuries in the secondary. Well, that was 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:44.360 an emotional game and obviously very very physical as well. 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.040 But them losing that game, I don't know how they're 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.080 going to go into the next game Spags against the 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.800 Cardinals because that you know, you just look at that 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.600 game man and giving it up like you did to 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:57.760 me that that that doesn't bothe well, I don't think 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.560 for Matt Staffs. Let me ask you, Everson. Okay, let's 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:04.440 two years after you retired. Let's say, well, in fact 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.680 you retired, what year what was your last year? Nineteen 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:10.200 ninety three, nineteen ninety three, Let's say in nineteen ninety five, 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:14.600 because Jimmy wasn't here anymore. Okay, they'd be safe to come. 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:18.200 Let's say let's say in nineteen Let's say in nineteen 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:22.520 ninety five, say Cowboys had a need for a safety 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.240 as they entered the playoffs? Could you did you keep 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:29.400 yourself in good enough ship where you could have come 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.000 and contributed in the playoffs. I very well could have 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.920 two years, I'd say up to three to four years after. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.920 You know, in my mind, I felt that I was 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.400 still in shape to play. I don't know what would 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:42.319 have happened if I would have gotten out there. I 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.560 always tell people to this day, you can put me 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.760 in on third down. I'm sure on third, third, and 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.360 let's say third and third and fifteen plus, so to 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:56.520 heck with nineteen ninety five cowboys Right now, Me and 0:13:56.640 --> 0:14:00.280 t O ready to come back, baby, that's right. Get 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.440 on third and fifteen. Plus, I'm sure I could play 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:05.920 free safety back there and make it. I could make 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.120 it to a flag route. I could actually cover a 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:12.680 flag route if you just could you have done in 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.559 the Super Bowl that year against the Pittsburgh's Steelers. Could 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:18.959 you have done what Larry Brown did at cornerback? Oh? 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.480 I could do that. Now I could do what Brown did. 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.840 I mean he had he had a great game MVP. 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.360 But let's face it, the place that he made that 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:29.360 was the least amount of effort he had to spend, 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:31.800 right and make it. So you're saying Mickey could have 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.040 done that. Mickey could have done that. That's exactly what 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.240 I was saying. Anyone could have done that. I could 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:40.240 have caught that ball. Absolutely, I would have run just 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.480 as far as he did too. Yeah, I could have 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.040 done that. I could. All Right, we're just getting started 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.520 on this edition of Mixed Shots, and we'll be back 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:51.400 in a moment. Hey, Cowboys Fins, ready to spice up 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:55.080 your next watch party? 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All right, Mickey, there is a reason that 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:25.399 Everson Walls has donned a gold shirt here in the 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:29.520 SWBC podcast studio today. Everson, would you like to explain 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:35.199 why you're decked out in gold, because it's ordinarily when 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:38.359 you're playing San Francisco you wouldn't have gold on with 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:42.440 the gold Rushian, You've got a good reason to be 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.320 playing gold wearing gold today and speaking of gold, but 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:48.399 just a little bit off off the track, I just 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.040 heard a bad story about the forty nine ers. I mean, 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.000 the original forty nine has scared the heck out of 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.280 me as a black man. But anyway, I am here 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:59.840 to talk about the celebration that was just given by 0:17:59.880 --> 0:18:04.000 the City of Dallas for Dallas South Oldcliffe High School, 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:09.120 and we just congratulated them and had a ceremony celebrating 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:15.040 their UIL state championship for two thousand and twenty one. 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.560 Who did they beat in that game was a Liberty Hill. 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:22.879 Liberty Hill. They ended up winning that game. The entire 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:27.040 season was extremely emotional. I think their biggest win that 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.920 year was against Aledo in that playoff game. He talked 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:35.119 about coach to coach, Jason Todd talked about the ball 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:39.520 usually bounced away from socc He said, this year, the 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.640 ball bounced their way and the Alito game was something 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:45.240 that he brought up, so I didn't really see that game, 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.040 but obviously they got maybe a lucky bounce. I finally 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:52.120 got a break after fifty plus years of not going 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:56.719 to the championship. So first UIL championship since nineteen fifty 0:18:56.800 --> 0:19:01.560 eight for any Dallas High school to win the state championship. 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:05.639 And the people that were there to cheer them on 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:09.840 and to be part of the celebration was Charles Haley 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:12.280 was one of them. He got up and spoken. Of course, 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:16.280 that was very adventurous when anytime Charles gets up and 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:18.840 says something, because you never know what the heck he's 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:22.080 gonna say. And also Russell Maryland was there. They both 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:25.720 gave words of encouragement. Charles, by the way, it was 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:30.800 very emotional and inspiring speech about how you know he 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:33.320 came up and you know how hard he had to work. 0:19:33.359 --> 0:19:35.719 He was reading three grades behind even when he went 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:39.960 to school, still got his master him so guy's graduation degrees. 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:44.520 His bassadors from James Madison and of course Russell Maryland 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.119 got there and just talked about you know, being a champion, 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:50.119 and of course he had two championships with Miami and 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:52.359 three with the Cowboys, and I got out there with 0:19:52.480 --> 0:19:55.000 my one Super Bowl win, my only championship with my 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:57.720 entire life. But this is what they gave us. I 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:00.960 don't know if if you can see the yeah, yeah, 0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:05.399 this is what they gave us, just for participating, congratulating 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:09.640 them on being champions. For the first Dallas team since 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:12.760 nineteen fifty eight to win. That so very cool. The 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:18.120 mayor was there, Mayor Johnson was there, Councilwoman Arnold, She's 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:21.199 just an amazing young lady, and so we just had 0:20:21.240 --> 0:20:24.200 a lot of people. They are celebrating the moment. They're 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:27.960 going to have a parade, another parade going through the 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:31.560 city of Dallas. They also, I believe they're gonna have 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:35.280 a street. We had the plaque the name of the street, 0:20:35.640 --> 0:20:37.720 and we were taking pictures with it, you know, south 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:40.760 Old Cliff Lane or whatever it was. So they're going 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:43.399 to name a street somewhere out there in Old Cliff. 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:45.480 It's going to be named after in high school. And 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:48.560 they're going to have a South oh Cliff Day on 0:20:48.760 --> 0:20:53.040 the twenty second of January, if I'm not mistaken, So 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:56.400 probably a week from Saturday. Yes, yea. And I won't 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:57.840 even be in town for that, by the way, But 0:20:59.240 --> 0:21:02.600 I remember um as Russell got up and talked about 0:21:02.640 --> 0:21:06.000 the parade, he had to bring up the infamous Dallas 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:12.080 Cowboys parade celebration. Everybody was like, hey, we gotta keep down. 0:21:12.520 --> 0:21:14.639 You know, kids, when you google that, this is not 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:18.920 what we respect from you. We celebrate this was before 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:21.360 your parents were born. But that we had a parade once. 0:21:21.400 --> 0:21:24.480 It didn't go so we didn't go so well at all. 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:28.800 I believe the quote unquote was burning cars. I believe 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:33.080 Russell Maryland said burning cars. So yeah, we don't want that. 0:21:33.240 --> 0:21:34.800 But now I was a good It was a great event, 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:36.760 it really was. And and I was able to get 0:21:36.840 --> 0:21:40.240 up and introduce UH coach Todd, who went to Texas 0:21:40.280 --> 0:21:42.879 Southern by the way. So he's a swack man and 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:45.640 uh you know he's a legacy guy. He's been all 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:49.920 through the Dallas school system. Uh he actually went to 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:53.479 South oak Cliffe and he uh uh went to uh 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:55.440 I think he got his masters at Texas A and 0:21:55.600 --> 0:21:58.280 M Commerce. Okay, so yeah, he is a he's a 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:01.560 an HBCU grad and man, you know, he's just one 0:22:01.600 --> 0:22:03.600 of those guys that just stuck in there. And let's 0:22:03.680 --> 0:22:06.520 let's be real, because of the pandemic, a lot of 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:11.000 dat schools were finally getting some of the financial aid 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:16.120 that they've not just necessarily aid, but just necessary resources 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:19.560 to shore up facilities, to facility the schools and everything. 0:22:19.720 --> 0:22:21.960 Not just in at South Olcliffe, but you just talked 0:22:21.960 --> 0:22:26.880 about I returnl having his name on the new Roosevelt Gym. 0:22:27.240 --> 0:22:30.040 None of that would have happened without the influx of 0:22:30.640 --> 0:22:33.400 funds that came through because of the pandemic. So thank 0:22:33.480 --> 0:22:36.760 God for that, and that made south Oldcliff has said 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:39.440 that it was because of that infusion of resources and 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:43.040 money that they were able to finally compete with the 0:22:43.160 --> 0:22:46.360 rest of the state. So now no more taking buses 0:22:46.760 --> 0:22:50.159 to go practice somewhere where you don't it's not your field. 0:22:50.480 --> 0:22:52.560 You could practice at your own field. You had your 0:22:52.600 --> 0:22:55.320 own building to study in. So those kind of things 0:22:55.800 --> 0:22:58.720 that they had to go through this entire season. It 0:22:58.880 --> 0:23:01.480 wasn't really talked about much, but it was the things 0:23:01.560 --> 0:23:04.200 that they had to overcome on the way to winning 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:08.040 this championship. The Golden Bears of south Old bear and 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:10.280 there you go. By the way that Alito team they've 0:23:10.320 --> 0:23:12.639 they've won like eight state championships, so that was a 0:23:12.760 --> 0:23:18.320 huge turtle to get past. So that's that's great. And Mickey, 0:23:18.440 --> 0:23:21.360 the Cowboys had the South Oak Cliff football team out 0:23:21.400 --> 0:23:25.560 at for the last home regular season they did. It's Washington. 0:23:25.800 --> 0:23:27.000 I did not know that. I don't know if it's 0:23:27.000 --> 0:23:28.159 the whole team, but there was a whole bunch of 0:23:28.240 --> 0:23:33.440 them that were at the game. Yeah. Absolutely, And uh, 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:37.080 I think the Cowboys are hoping that for this game 0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:40.720 on Sunday, their fans show up and don't sell tickets. 0:23:40.880 --> 0:23:46.119 By the way, after we saw what took place, we 0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:50.560 kind of took over the stadium. There you go, you go, 0:23:50.680 --> 0:23:57.040 we caught yeah, a matter of as a matter of fact, 0:23:57.160 --> 0:23:59.600 as a matter of fact, I saw I saw something 0:23:59.720 --> 0:24:03.800 from Matthew Stafford. He said it was a tough environment 0:24:03.960 --> 0:24:07.000 for us to communicate in that that means in his 0:24:07.240 --> 0:24:11.840 own stadium. And some of the people said that that 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:15.000 they had to go silent account because it was so loud. 0:24:15.480 --> 0:24:18.800 Isn't that crazy, Bill, I mean, this is your home stadium. 0:24:18.840 --> 0:24:21.720