1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Welcome and everybody in Texans All Access coming at you. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: John Harris here, Mark Vandimir there in Hounday, Texans Radio Studio. Mark, 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: good evening, how are you, sir? Good evening, Johnny. I'm 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: looking forward very much to the soccer match tonight with 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: Manchester United. I know we talked about it last night, 6 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: fired up Manchester City of course. Oh I'm sorry. You 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: know what, it's funny because I heard somebody else say that, 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: I'm like you idiot, I just do it. And Club America, yeah, 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: copit alone Star taking place at seven thirty so on 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: about an hour and twenty eight minutes roughly they will 11 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 1: kick it off at NRG Stadium, And can't I wait 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: to see my guys in blue taking on Club America, 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: which is going to be very very fun it. Speaking 14 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: of Mexico a little later in the show, Drew Doory's 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: gonna join us to talk about his outreach trip that 16 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: he took to Mexico. We talked about that on Friday's 17 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: show a little bit. We went a little bit further 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: in depth, and we talked about playing International League in 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: a dream that I had about us playing in a 20 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: country would be very interesting if we ever played in 21 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: that particular country. But we'll save that for a little 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: bit later. Mark, I want to start with this and 23 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: I want to go to something that you almost got 24 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: in a fight on Twitter about. I was just got 25 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: I just got this email from Front Office Sports. Now. 26 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: I don't know why I get this, but it just 27 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: happened to pop into my box about two hours ago, 28 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: and it says the Tennessee Titans could be worth more 29 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: than three billion dollars when the team finalizes it deal 30 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: for a new domed stadium in Nashville, slated to open 31 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty six NFL season. That the Titans 32 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: currently are valued at two point six billion, and they 33 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: obviously would benefit from a new stadium. They are the 34 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:59,919 Speaker 1: twenty eighth most valuable franchise of thirty two in the league, 35 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: but a new stadium would make the Titans one of 36 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: the twenty most value NFL teams at three build billion. 37 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: The Titans playing to build a one point seven million 38 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: square foot stadium to cost between one point nine billion 39 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: and two point two billion. Stadium Coudo's major events, including 40 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Now, I, as a Southline reporter, would 41 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: love a dome stadium in Nashville. But when I saw this, 42 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: I don't I can't say that I have heard anything 43 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: about a new stadium in Nashville, But to build a 44 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: two point two billion dollars stadium in Nashville mark that 45 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 1: then could be outstanding, which obviously would raise the value 46 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: of the franchise. But what's your gut reaction to Titans 47 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: with a potential dome stadium for twenty twenty six. Well, 48 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: I believe they'd build a right along the river, correct 49 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: right near the other thing. So yeah, I think that's 50 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: where the land is, Johnny, And it makes a lot 51 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: of sense for Nashville. I didn't read about this, but 52 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: I don't even have to look. This means Final Four potential, 53 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: this means college national championship potential, all the stuff we 54 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: get here, super Bowl potential, and I think it's very 55 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: important for the city of Nashville. Just like Indianapolis has it, 56 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: Nashville should have it for them. I am with you, Well, 57 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: I'm not really with you, because I don't have that 58 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: much sympathy with you on the sideline. I do on occasion, 59 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: but man, that was a fun win in the rain 60 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,839 Speaker 1: this year in Nashville. I kind of like that I 61 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: like the weather a little bit in Nashville, a little 62 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: bit of a factor. Look, it's not like we're going 63 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: up there and it's Minnesota without a dome or Green Bay. 64 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: You never want a dome in Green Bay. But I 65 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: think in Nashville, do you need it for football? You 66 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: probably don't need it for football. However, you know, they 67 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: play on natural grass there, and they play a lot 68 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: of other stuff there, especially as the year gets late. 69 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: Isn't at Tennessee State that plays there, and they do 70 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: high school stuff there as well. It's kind of weird 71 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: that they actually survive doing that in that city. But 72 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: for their case, for their sake, I do believe it's 73 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: a good idea. If they can get it done, great 74 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: And by the way, I can tell you this, what 75 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: do they say three point it's in the low threes 76 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: of billions in value. I don't believe that for a 77 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: moment because when Stephen Bomber, this is the deal, when 78 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: he bought the Clippers, that's his name, right, when he 79 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: bought the Clippers and they went for two at that time, 80 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody on the Forbes list in the 81 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: NBA was worth close to two. Maybe the Lakers were 82 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: possibly the Celtics, but not the Clippers. Not the Clippers, 83 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: but they went for two. I believe if you put 84 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: the Titans up for sale today and you knew the 85 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: stadium was coming, they'd go for more than that amount. 86 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: You know. I think these teams are worth so much 87 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: more than we even think. As they hit the market watch, 88 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: the values explode. The Denver Broncos just sold in June 89 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: to Walmart Air Rob Walton for four point six five. 90 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it's well, you put it in. You put 91 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: a dome stadium in that city, and that city's beautiful, 92 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: and I'm with you. Look I joke about sidelines. It 93 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: can rain, hail, snow, it doesn't matter. I love being 94 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: down there regardless. And since fourteen, I've been on the 95 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: sidelines and I've seen every level of weather in Nashville. 96 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it's been gray, cloudy, no rain. It's been 97 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: horrible rain, it's been brilliantly sunny. It's been cold, it's 98 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: been a little bit warm. I mean, it's been all 99 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: over the place. I kind of like that because you 100 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: never really know. But if you end up putting a 101 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: dome stadium there, that's three names He's south that are domed. 102 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna hate it. I mean, that's that's that's 103 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: that's a lot of games taking place inside where I'm 104 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: not gonna get rained on. So I'm not gonna hate it. Now. 105 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: One thing I don't think I've ever seen. Now. I 106 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: can't say this about me because I'm sure I've been 107 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: in a Twitter dust upper two. But a young man 108 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: by the name of Joey Knight, who works for the 109 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Times, he tweeted out, and I don't know 110 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: exactly how you ended up with this, how it ended 111 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: up on your timeline, but he tweeted out, and this 112 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: is true today, there really is not a lot going on. 113 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: It's a day after the All Star Game in baseball, 114 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: so there's no baseball. Obviously, we're lucky here in Houston 115 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: because we got copit alone. Stars, we got a huge 116 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: sporting event tonight. But there's no MLB, there's no NFL, 117 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: there's no NHL, there's no NBA, there's no NCUBA action today. 118 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: So some people call it the worst day in sports. 119 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: And so Joey decided to rank the top ten sports days, 120 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: and you, my friend, had a massive, massive issue with 121 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: what he came up with, and I absolutely a thousand 122 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:44,679 Speaker 1: percent agree with you. I agree with you. Now. Here's 123 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: here's what he came up with as his top ten 124 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: from ten on down. Number ten Sunday, a Memorial Day weekend. 125 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: It's a race weekend, basically. F one nine Mashes Final Round. 126 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: Hard to disagree. Opening Day Major League Baseball. I still 127 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 1: see Opening Day has got some romanticism to it. I'm okay. 128 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: Seven Kentucky Derby Day. I am not Derby guy. I 129 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: couldn't care less about the Derby watched two minute ray sometime. 130 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: Number six is Super Bowl Sunday. I'm gonna get that 131 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: a second. Five New Year's Day. It's lost. It's luster 132 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: four Thanksgiving Day. It's pretty cool, but the colleges are 133 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: kind of moved off of there, so you really get 134 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: three NFL games. It's okay, but you get the same teams. 135 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: Three first Thursday in March Madness. I don't disagree with that. 136 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: Number two Saturday, Thanksgiving weekend. It's at number two, but 137 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: I kind of think it's a little bit underrated. Number 138 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: one first full Saturday of college football. Now, I'm gonna 139 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: let you vent in just a second, but number one, 140 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: the first full Saturday of college football, and you know 141 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: how much I love college football, call my teeth on. 142 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: College football. Got in this business because of college football. 143 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: A thousand times out of a thousand. I will tell 144 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: you the first Saturday of college football is all about 145 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,119 Speaker 1: just the factage college football on. That's it. Yeah, there's 146 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: no I mean, it's the FCS game. I mean A 147 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: M's playing Sam Houston, and I love both those schools. 148 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: But that's that's what usually Week one is. This Week 149 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: one in college football twenty twenty two, it's got some 150 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: decent games. I think a sneaky hot game. Houston at UTSA. 151 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: You got Georgia at Oregon, Oregon at Georgia, You've got 152 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: Florida State taken on LSU. You've got what was the 153 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: other one I saw De Gamas to night game. I 154 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: can't remember. But the point is Week one is kind 155 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: of lousy. It's just their games on and that's fun 156 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: and it Couswell, Saturday is awesome. There is no way 157 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: you can tell me that it ends up being number 158 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: one when it's the first game of the year. It's sloppy. 159 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: In a lot of cases. You don't see you know, 160 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: if Alabama's playing you know who knows what or I mean, 161 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: it's a bad example because Alabama does play you know, 162 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: a decent team, but you know Kansas State plays Delta State. 163 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: Are you gonna see douche Von for four quarters? No, 164 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: you're not going to see that. So I took issue. 165 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: But your issue was a little bit more. I mean, 166 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: right on point, and that is every NFL weekend. The 167 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: ratings bear it out. It is the most watch weekend 168 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: of anything, of anything at all of any of these events. 169 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: It tops anything. I look when I saw this list, 170 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: first of all, the only NFL action I believe he 171 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: had was the Super Bowl Sunday entry right, Yes, not 172 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: even a FC NFC Championship games Sunday, because NFL fans 173 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: know this, and football fans know this, super Bowl Sunday. 174 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: If you're ranking the ten best sports days of the year, 175 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: I think for most people, Super Bowl Sunday isn't even 176 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: among the ten best NFL days of the year. And 177 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: I'll yeah, I think playoff Saturday and Sunday in the 178 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: Divisional round are really nice, But I think every NFL 179 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: Sunday in the regular season. You could go one through 180 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: ten as far as the ten best sports days on 181 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: anybody's calendar, and that's there. Now, some people don't like 182 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: the NFL in certain parts of the country as much 183 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: as say college football. Right, but the number one most 184 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: popular sport in this country is NFL football. The number 185 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: two most popular sport is college football, and everything else. 186 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: My point was everything else on his list was like 187 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: a flower in the desert. Every NFL Sunday is this 188 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: bountiful oasis in the desert of life. Right, NFL Sunday 189 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: is packed, and it's all about the football. When you 190 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: have Thanksgiving, if a triple header, right, but those games 191 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: might stink, or one or two of them might stick. 192 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: Maybe get one good one, maybe get three good ones. 193 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. But it's only one game at a time. 194 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 1: NFL Sunday, it's a cornucopia. It's all there. Your team plays, 195 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: the rest of the league plays, even when your team's 196 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: not playing, which is when I can enjoy the rest 197 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: of the teams. Right, and I watch red zone and 198 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: stuff like that. That's super cool as well. It's not 199 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: as good as when the Texans play, but it's really cool. 200 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: I'm still totally into it. So I think that the 201 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: TV ratings spare it out. There's no doubt about this 202 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: in my mind. Plus he put New Year's Day, Johnny 203 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: New Year's Day maybe thirty years ago. But we all 204 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 1: know that the College Playoff BC as in general, then 205 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: the College Playoff has ruined New Year's Day. They've destroyed 206 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: New Year's Day as the day in college football. It's gone. 207 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: It's over. It's a thing of the past. It's too bad. 208 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: And to that end New Year's Day, what happens to 209 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 1: those New Year's Day bowl games when a Sunday is 210 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: January first, they get they get moved, not the NFL games. 211 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: They get moved. Well, they're smart exactly, so they moved 212 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: to the next day, which I believe is the case 213 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: this year, they'll move to move to January second. New 214 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: Year's Day now doesn't need to be on the list. Now. 215 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: I will absolutely a thousand percent gree Thursday Ncuba basketball 216 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: tournament is awesome. It's that's an awesome day. You live 217 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: for that day and you love it. If you like baseball, 218 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: you get some spring training in then you watch those 219 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: games all day. I mean, it's that's I think that's 220 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: a really cool day, no doubt. Number three, you can 221 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: maybe if you decided to put all NFL Sundays up 222 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: on the shelf, like you can't even compare to them. 223 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: I would put that number one. But Saturdays coud football 224 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: the first Saturday. Look, there are saturdays in which, okay, 225 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna have three conference games, say October middle October, 226 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: you got three key conference games in the SEC. You're 227 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: gonna have a couple of big ones in the Pac twelve, 228 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a couple of big ones in the 229 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: Big ten. And the games run the gamut. That to 230 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: me week six, weeks seven and cowd football. That gets 231 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: way more exciting, way more exciting. Here's another thing. If 232 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna go non NFL Sunday, when you have what 233 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: you just described like a huge college football afternoon, maybe 234 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: a couple of games in the afternoon, and then your 235 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: baseball team, like the Astros for instance, they're in a 236 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: playoff game at night, ASCs or if you're an NFCS fan, 237 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: that's cool too because then you get two different sports. 238 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: So when you're talking best sports days of the year, 239 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: not NFL, because I do believe the NFL is gonna 240 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: win out every time in this When you go now, 241 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: it's kind of like who's the MVP in the Jordan years. 242 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: Jordan and then everybody else, Right, so let's just go 243 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 1: everybody else. The days where you have more than one 244 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: event happening, I think are pretty cool. In the spring, 245 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: could you get an NBA playoff game or two in 246 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: an NHL, and maybe your Major League Baseball team is 247 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: playing a big game at least an early season version 248 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: of a big game. That is a cool sports day. 249 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: He had the Masters Sunday at the Masters as one 250 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: of the big days. Listen, I love golf like I'm 251 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: the guy who watched the Scottish Open final round instead 252 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: of breakfast at Wimbledon because I wanted to see if 253 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: Speth could do something. I was watching it live. I 254 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: admit it because I'm into golf that I would never 255 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: put Masters Sunday ahead of anything football wise, or even 256 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: Game seven of the NBA Finals. Now, if two teams 257 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: are planned that I don't really care. I hate both 258 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: of them. I might go for the Masters over that, 259 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: especially if Tiger was playing, but that could be debated 260 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: At another time. I thought his list was way off. 261 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: Kentucky Derby, who cares anymore? They ruined horse racing, Johnny 262 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: the Derby winner did not racing the Preakness two weeks later, 263 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: you ruined your sport. And if that's the problem, well, look, 264 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: two weeks is too short a time. Then you need 265 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: to change the Triple Crown, you need to move the Preakness. 266 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: Well wait a minute, tradition, you already ruined it. You 267 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: already said traditions over because the winner of the derby 268 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: couldn't race, and he was healthy enough too, so you 269 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: ruined it. Yeah, you know, I don't like people who 270 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: have these arguments. Like it's a similar one to what 271 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: I was just talking about is people who say that 272 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: the NBA schedule shouldn't be shortened. I'm like, well, why 273 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: why shouldn't it be shortened? It's too long? Well why 274 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: do you say it's too long? More because players are 275 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: sitting out games for load management. That's your admission that 276 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: the schedule is too long. Well yeah, but no, there's 277 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: no butt it's too long. If they're sitting out games, 278 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: it's too long. You should be playing in every game possible, Yes, 279 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: no doubt. I'm curious to see another. This football season 280 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: will be very interesting because typically about this time every 281 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: four years is an event. The world loves the World Cup. 282 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: Everybody loves the World Cup. But because in Qatar they 283 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: moved it because of the temperatures and it, I mean 284 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: it's apparently in the summer it's just too hot. I 285 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: don't know, but they moved it into November December. Now 286 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna be butting up against NFL football. But I'll 287 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: tell you this, Texans play a game at noon and 288 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: I don't know, Belgium is playing England at eight o'clock 289 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: that night. I'm gonna have two screens going watching the 290 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: Sunday night game and watching that World Cup match. Sure 291 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: that will be something to live for. That'll be that'll 292 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: be a sports day when you can combine something like 293 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: the Olympics with you know, NBA, or Olympics with NFL 294 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: or you know NFL with This will be the first 295 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: time that I could think of that the World Cup 296 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: has ever crossed over me into the fall where it 297 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: is gonna have to butt up against football. But that said, 298 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be pretty fun. I think it's 299 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: gonna be awesome to have that at the same time, 300 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: not that football doesn't take up all the time, but 301 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: it's like, you know what World Cup, man, I can't 302 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: and I can't wait for it to be here in 303 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, that's gonna be fantastic. But that's gonna 304 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: be interesting in the fall, late late in the fall, 305 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: when World Cup butts up against NFL, Well, it'll be 306 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: good from a viewer standpoint. On occasion, it'll be especially 307 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: good if you could get Team USA playing on a 308 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: Tuesday night. All right, Tuesday Day and Wednesday, you guys 309 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: have at it. But Thursday, Sunday, Monday, keep those days 310 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: free for me and maybe the occasional Friday Saturday for 311 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: big time college football. I think, Johnny, what stinks about that? 312 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: And I'm sure the soccer people have talked about this 313 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: ad nausea, but we don't really do that here. You 314 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: have the World Cup in the fall in Qatar. Is 315 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: it cutar or cutar? I don't want to welcome back. 316 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: I've heard eight different versions. Yeah, So whatever it is 317 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: to do it in the fall stinks on many levels. 318 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: You have all the teams that have players that play 319 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: in the Premier League and all these other leagues that 320 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: play in the fall, right, I mean, fall is a 321 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: pretty good time for soccer. I know it's not the 322 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: peak time necessarily, as their seasons come to a crescendo 323 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,239 Speaker 1: in the spring because the seasons go on forever. We 324 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: all know that, but man, it kind of stinks that 325 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: they have to take that long a break from their teams. 326 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: And I kind of I love the World Cup being 327 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: where it was June July. This is the perfect offseason thing. 328 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: I enjoyed it like that. And not that the US 329 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: has ever set the world on fire in the World Cup, 330 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: but you know, times they've done okay, and it's been 331 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: fun to watch. It'll be fun no matter when it's on. 332 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: You're gonna check it out, you're gonna see it. But 333 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: I have a hard time believing unless the US goes 334 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: deep that I will not watch an NFL game. Obviously, 335 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: I'll always watch the Texans, be there for the Texans, 336 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: but not watch an NFL game of note, to watch 337 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 1: a World Cup game unless it's like US goes relatively 338 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: deep here. Yeah, I don't know. When Cowboys play the Colts, 339 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: I'm not too sure I want to watch that game. 340 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: Speaking of did you see you root for in that game? 341 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: By the way, Cowboys Colts they're playing this year? Yeah, 342 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: I have my team go Dallas in that game that 343 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: day that game, Yeah, go Dallas. Yeah, go Dallas. You know, 344 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: it's interesting when I mentioned Colts and Cowboys. I've been finishing. 345 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: I've got one more episode left of the Andrew Luck 346 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: Podcast on the Athletic. Oh yeah, and I always see 347 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: those two. Whatever I hear the Colts, I think of 348 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: Dallas because we were in Dallas for our Week three 349 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: preseason game when when Andrew Luck decided to retire, and 350 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: just listening to all the parties involved not named Andrew 351 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: Luck talking about his decision to retire, it it was 352 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: so interesting because it almost was he woke up one 353 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: day and went, you know what, I'm done. I'm not 354 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: going through this anymore. I'm done. It was almost as 355 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: if he had that epiphany. He just woke up and 356 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: just said, I'm not doing this anymore. Even though he 357 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: had thought about, look if I have to go through 358 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: surgery or rehab or whatever again, and he said that 359 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: I decided to walk away. But he was gung ho 360 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: about twenty nineteen. He thought they had the team. I 361 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: thought they had the team coming at twenty nineteen, I 362 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: was really worried about them. It was only about a 363 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: week five to seven days before the actual retirement happened 364 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 1: that he was like, you know what, I'm done. I 365 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: just had enough. And it was a calf problem. They 366 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: couldn't figure out. They couldn't figure out what to do 367 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: with it. They couldn't figure out what the issue was. 368 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 1: And he just all of a sudden just gone. It 369 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: was one of you know, we talked about the ten 370 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: Great Sports Days. That was such a bad sports night 371 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: because of how badly we played. We lost Lamar Miller 372 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: that night and then that happens. And I don't know, 373 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: Mark that I've ever been in a game and been 374 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: completely just shaken to the core. Outside of Hurricane Harvey 375 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: night when we were in New Orleans, I don't know 376 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: that I've been just kind of shaking to the core 377 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: of what just happened? This guy, this guy's incredible white. 378 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: He's walking away like I was. I just was stunned. 379 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: And I remember looking on the sideline at one point 380 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 1: and there were about ten to twelve defensive linemen all 381 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: hudder around JJ Watt's phone looking at the news, all 382 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: look at each other like and I remember Brandon done 383 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: to look on Brandon Dunn's face was like, what what 384 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: just happened? I mean, it was just so shocking for 385 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: that to happen when it did it just out of 386 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: the blue, so weird, third preseason game and he's just done. 387 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: He's done. I'm still I'm still years later trying to 388 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: come to grips with it. I absolutely loved it. Look, 389 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: I you know, it's too bad that Andrew Luck, for 390 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: his sake, had to retire, that he had to work 391 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: on his body so much, that he had to do 392 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: all the rehab, and that all led to it for 393 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: his sake, and he's in houstony and I make light 394 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: of it, and I felt kind of guilty, Johnny, because 395 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 1: you know, I always said that I thought Andrew Luck 396 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: should retire for safety reasons or at least take a 397 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: few years off. Yea, that when he did it, I thought, 398 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 1: has he been listening to the show spoken being yeah, Well, 399 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: the weird thing is Andrew Luck retires. Okay, good, we 400 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: have Jacoby Brissette because it's too late for them to 401 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: make a meaningful move at quarterback, and then you split 402 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: with Jacoby Brissette. Anyway, they're actually doing pretty well with 403 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissette till the Texans beat him in the Thursday 404 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: night Prime timer that year. So look, they've always had 405 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: success against the Texans, no matter who's quarterback. That's why 406 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: I never overlooked the Colts under any circumstances, no matter 407 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: what the situation is. But that night, yeah, that was 408 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 1: a weird one. And I was actually thrilled for the 409 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: Texans that they didn't have to do with franchise quarterback 410 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: because I always look, I'm bitter and resentful in a 411 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: healthy sports way about the Colts. The fact that they 412 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 1: have one bad year in twenty eleven and they end 413 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,239 Speaker 1: up with Andrew Luck after having Peyton Manning for all 414 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: those years. That really upset me a lot. That they 415 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: lucked into Luck or they did whatever they did to 416 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: get lucked, and they still beat the Texans in the 417 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 1: one bad year of two and fourteen twenty eleven. So yeah, 418 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: don't get me started. You know, I was in a 419 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: pretty good mood here headed over to Manchester City and 420 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: you brought up the Colts, and I'm just feeling it 421 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: right now. I mean, it was twenty years of Peyton 422 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: Manning and Andrew Luck, so in all honesty, they could 423 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: cry me a river. I'm sorry that they have quarterback issues. 424 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: She had twenty years of two of arguably the best 425 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,479 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that the league seen. So oh yeah, I'm not 426 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,959 Speaker 1: crying for you. And we'll see what twenty twenty two brings. 427 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: With Matt Ryan taking over as the Indianapolis Courts Colts quarterback. 428 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: Now we will not play the Colts in Mexico. But 429 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: Drew Doherty went to Mexico on an outreach trip with 430 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: Garrett Wallo and Ross Blacklock. We'll talk about that next 431 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: right here in Texas All Access boxss boxess box. So 432 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: if everybody walking back to a Wednesday DAE of Texas 433 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio, I am 434 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: John Harris, your host, Glad to be with you, and 435 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: it's time to go to Mexico. That's right. Drew Dorty 436 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: had a chance to go to Mexico Garat Wallow with 437 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: Ross Blacklock over last week and what an outreach trip 438 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: it was. It was just fantastic to talk with Drew 439 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: about that and we hit that on in the lab 440 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: and here you go. I went to Mexico. Want to 441 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: go to Mexico? Well, I went with the Texans. John, 442 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: it was pretty fun. You should go to Mexico with 443 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: the Texans. You've done it once before. You liked it then, right, 444 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 1: you know, it's interesting. And we went in twenty sixteen 445 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: to take on the Raiders on a Monday a football 446 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: game and drew me brually brually. Honest, I did not. 447 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: I was not looking forward to it at all. Prior 448 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: to the game, remember it being scheduled, like, hey, you're 449 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: going to Mexico City, and really I just was like, 450 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: all right, you know whatever, going to Mexico City. Cool, 451 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 1: but just didn't really have a lot of excitement about it. 452 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: And we went for the trip and went down there. 453 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: The closer it got, the more I was like, all right, 454 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: you know, okay, we'll see. And then we got down 455 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: there and it was just awesome. And there were some 456 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: things logistically at the stadium that are really really tough 457 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: once we got there, but just being there and the 458 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: excitement and then of course playing that Monday night game 459 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: in the Monday night atmosphere, but in Mexico City it's 460 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: just really neat. And we got down there. I want 461 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: to say, we got down there the Saturday. Yeah, we 462 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: got under. We got under Sunday, sorry, and I just 463 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: enjoyed myself. I just had a really good time. You know. 464 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: I ran around, um literally ran you know, to get 465 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 1: some exercise around the hotel and checked it out. It 466 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: was just really really cool and I just was like, man, 467 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 1: I don't know why I was so fearful. And the 468 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 1: game was fun. I know, obviously Texas didn't win, but 469 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: there was a lot that went on at night and 470 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: it was just a fun, fun time. Now, the travels hard, 471 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: and we had to wait like two hours after the 472 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: game to get on to get off, you know, get 473 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: away from the stadium. Yeah, you know, I get home, Swedi, 474 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:36,640 Speaker 1: you know, up to like six start in the morning. 475 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: But just the overall environment in Mexico was incredible and 476 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: I just felt really really lucky that night, the man 477 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: I get to experience this, This is really really cool. 478 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: So when I heard you were going back to Mexico, 479 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: I was really curious as to we're not playing a 480 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 1: game there, But I know that we've been looking to 481 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 1: establish a little bit more of the Texans in Mexico. 482 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: But one of the things I took out of our 483 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: conversation about on air and off the air last week 484 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 1: talking a little bit about this was just a passion 485 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: for football, not football soccer, but American football. Yeah, in 486 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: Mexico City. That was really really cool to me, Drew, 487 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: And I guess my first question would be, how surprising 488 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: was that to see such a focus put on what 489 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 1: is really truly America's game, because it's not played a 490 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: lot of other places, it's American football. How interesting was 491 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: that for you to see that? It's definitely, on the surface, 492 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: pretty surprising. But then the more you think about it, 493 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: you realize, well, it's a damn big country. It borders 494 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: the United States, so it kind of makes all the 495 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,360 Speaker 1: sense in the world that there is a presence, there 496 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 1: is a popularity for American football. I don't know how 497 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 1: how much of the pie, if you were to divide 498 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: the sporting pie American football takes, but I mean, we 499 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: were there, and we visited in Monterey, we visited with 500 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: T Grace, their soccer clubs, it's one of the main 501 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: soccer clubs in the country. And then right in the 502 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 1: same complex next door there was an American football stadium 503 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: and that's where the college team they're in Monterey plays, 504 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: and that college team was putting on a clinic for kids, 505 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: and all these kids, there's two hundred three hundred of them, 506 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,439 Speaker 1: they all had we are Texans t shirts on, and 507 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 1: I mean it was. It was really cool to see 508 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: all these little kids in another country wearing Texans gear, 509 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: excited about the game, doing drills, you know, high knee 510 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: in and you know, doing change of direction stuff, throwing 511 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: the ball into nets. It was cool. And then American 512 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: cheerleaders were doing stuff with our the two Houston Texans 513 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 1: cheerleaders rose in Jessica, who went on the trip. It 514 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: was just really it is surprising, but then the more 515 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: you think about it, it makes sense. And I related 516 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: this little tale to you and Mark on the air 517 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: the other night, but I'll say it again. As I 518 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: was watching Ross Blacklocke and Garrett Wallow, who went on 519 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: the trip, As I was watching them sign autographs and 520 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: take pictures with the two cheerleaders and with Toro, there's 521 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: a guy that came up to me. He was in 522 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: his fifties, and he kind of pointed at me and 523 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: he said, people in America don't realize we've been playing 524 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: American football here for at least one hundred years. And 525 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 1: it's makes sense based on what I saw, you know, 526 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: the the infrastructure there, it was pretty darn impressive. And 527 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: there's clearly there's clearly a passion of some sort for 528 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: American football south of the border. I mean that part. 529 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 1: When you told me that, I was like, man, yeah, 530 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: I mean, and you're right. Proximity wise, you would think, yeah, 531 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: makes sense that American football would lead down into into Mexico. 532 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: But it obviously, you know, for various reasons. It's become 533 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: America's game for that particular reason, if you will. But 534 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: you went to Monerate, you went to Mexico City. If 535 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: somebody said you drew, what was the actual what was 536 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: the reason for you going? Like? What? Why? Why go? 537 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 1: Was it to just continue to increase the presence of 538 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: the Texans in Mexico? What was kind of the the 539 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: overarching thirty thousand foot goal of going to Mexico. You 540 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: want to connect with the fans that you have there 541 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: and kind of expand the ones that expand into the 542 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: ones that you don't have. There are lots and lots 543 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: of Texans fans in Monterey, there's even more in Mexico City, 544 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: namely our good buddy Moscow Armando Seguera. He's kind of 545 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: the ringleader of the Houston Texans fan club down in 546 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: Mexico City and does a lot of awesome work. So 547 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's a chance to connect with them and 548 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: to see them and to put on clinics like we did, 549 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: to do marketing trips and perhaps form partnerships with man 550 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: It's a big it's a big brand name, Tigrash Football, 551 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: that's a huge, huge name. The next day the Texans 552 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: visited with Cluba America, who's playing here on Wednesday night 553 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: against Manchester City. So it's just a chance to get 554 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: in front of them. We love as you know, you've 555 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: been here along. We love it when Mexico comes to 556 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: play soccer in NRG Stadium, I mean the stadium quakes 557 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: when L three is there, and it's a lot of fun. 558 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: So it's sort of a natural trip down there. Plus, 559 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: the Texans are gonna play in Mexico City, not in 560 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: twenty two, but probably in twenty three or twenty four 561 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: at the very latest. They're gonna go back. They're gonna 562 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: go play in Mexico City again, very very soon because 563 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: of that partnership that we heard about about five six 564 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,479 Speaker 1: months ago that the NFL is doing. There's some teams 565 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: partnering up with Germany, there's some teams partnering up with London, 566 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: with Mexico City. You know, it's the NFL is wanting 567 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: to expand its footprint and be global. I think one 568 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: day we're gonna see a twenty four hour day of 569 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: of NFL football. I think you're gonna see kickoff in Australia, 570 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: with you know, games following up in Germany and London 571 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: and Mexico City and the United States. I bet you 572 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: that we're gonna see one of those type of situations 573 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 1: arise someday. So it's really a question. And I said 574 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: this week, you and Mark, why not why would you 575 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: not go down there and see you see some of 576 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: those fans. And I asked you that not not? I mean, 577 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I know the purpose of going down there, 578 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: but just hearing you expand on it, it makes a 579 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: lot of sense with Garrett and Ross, two players going 580 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: down there. I don't know they've ever been in Mexico. 581 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if they've been where they've been, but 582 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: I know they haven't ever played a game in Mexico City, 583 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: Mexico at that point. What was their reaction to going 584 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: down there, Drew? They both said eye opening. They both 585 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: used the term it's eye opening because it was, I mean, 586 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: it was it was really cool to see the love 587 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: um and the adulation that these guys, these folks had 588 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 1: young and old male female for the Texans and for 589 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: American football. You know, they were they were very, very 590 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: popular that people were really excited to see them. I 591 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: mean this thing that the Texans did with Tigres. It 592 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: was a goalie guy named Noel who he's you know, 593 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: he's been a part of the Argentine national team. He's 594 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 1: in Argentinian, but he plays professionally for this club in Mexico, Tiguas. 595 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: And then a young lady who we're gonna hear quite 596 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: a bit about in the years to come, Mia Fischel. 597 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: She's very young. She's on the Tigres women's side. And 598 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: Grant Wall of Sports Illustrated I used to be with 599 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: Sports Illustrated now he's out on his own. He just 600 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: did a really cool interview with her recently. But she's 601 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: she's on the USA national team women's national team. She's 602 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: gonna be a force for them in the years to come. 603 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: But they were talking with Garrett and Ross and they 604 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: were doing these fun drills and they posed for pictures. 605 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: They were excited to see these guys. It was you 606 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: can kind of tell sometimes when you do these it's 607 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: like yeah, yeah, yeah, let's do this photo op and 608 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: get through. That not the case with them that both sides, 609 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 1: both Ross and Garrett and Noel and Mia, they were 610 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: excited to do this. They were having fun and there 611 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 1: was a genuine respect, genuine admiration for the other side's 612 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: physical skills and attributes. So it was really cool to see. Well, 613 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: I think what's interesting you just think about human nature 614 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: in some sense, Like I talked about twenty sixteen not 615 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: wanting to go down to Mexico City and I just 616 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: I just wasn't in it, just wasn't feeling it. But 617 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: then you go down there and it was the same 618 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: with London. At first, it was kind of like no 619 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: London whatever, you know, But then we went over to 620 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: London and you saw the excitement of fans and you 621 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: saw our fans over there, and you got to just see, 622 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: you know, something completely different, and it just made the 623 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: trip that much more worthwhile and in eye opening that man, 624 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: there are there are fans in a lot of places 625 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 1: that you may not even think our places. No, you 626 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 1: know about London, in Mexico City. But I think the 627 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: fact the NFL, you know, going global ten twelve years 628 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: ago to have have been like no, man, I would never 629 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: I would never want a team to be in London. 630 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: I would never want this, you know, in Mexico City, 631 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: I would never want this. And now I think about it, 632 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: and just because I've seen those places and I've experienced it, 633 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: experienced the passion of it, Heck, yeah, I don't know 634 00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: that it's logistically right yet, but I do think having 635 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: a team overseas, whether it's Europe, having a team in 636 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: Mexico City somewhere, I think it could absolutely work. And 637 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 1: I think the fans passion could be what ends up 638 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 1: driving it, and for players to see that and have 639 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 1: kind of that same epiphany in some sense that I 640 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: had six years ago, like man, wow, that's pretty cool. 641 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: Other than an adult obviously in Green Lasers, it was, 642 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: I mean really really cool. And it's probably the one 643 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: trip I talk a lot about with people and they 644 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: ask about various trips, and if we had won a game, 645 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: it would have been that much better. I mean, that's 646 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: what make London so great because we came out of 647 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 1: the but just seeing something completely and totally different that 648 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 1: I probably if I wasn't with the Texans, I probably 649 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 1: would have not ever chosen Mexico City as the vacation 650 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,919 Speaker 1: destination or wanting to go, and I would totally go back. 651 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: And I was in some sense envious that you got 652 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 1: a chance to go and make that trip, but I 653 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: was very happy for you because I know how cool 654 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: that is for fans to see. Like I'm sort of 655 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:11,240 Speaker 1: experiencing it myself because my soccer club's here in Houston 656 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: and it's it's it's weird and it's cool and it's 657 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: really neat. Like I'm gonna get to go to the 658 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 1: game on Wednesday and wear my Man shitty, my Man 659 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,319 Speaker 1: City sweatshirt. It might be a thousand degrees, but I 660 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: get to go represent my team and they're here, And 661 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,280 Speaker 1: I can only imagine what that's like for the fans 662 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: in Mexico City to see the Texans, a team they love, 663 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: to get to see them up close. That had to 664 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: be a really really cool thing, Like you said, eye 665 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 1: opening for everybody. It really was. It was. It was 666 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,320 Speaker 1: fun seeing the fans, It was fun seeing the coaches 667 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 1: down there. There was just like a militia of youth 668 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 1: and college coaches that were coming out to see these 669 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 1: guys and interact them and thank them for coming. They 670 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,399 Speaker 1: were very very appreciative of the Texans coming down there. 671 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: And while those players and the cheerleaders and toro were 672 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,280 Speaker 1: signing autographs, it was cool. It was in a covered 673 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 1: up it was almost like a tunnel, like a real 674 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 1: wide tunnel that they're where they were doing this because 675 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,080 Speaker 1: it was hot. Man, it was just as hot as 676 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 1: it was here. They didn't have the humidity because you're 677 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 1: in kind of a valley near the surrounded by mountains. 678 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: To least, it was like a dry heat. But it 679 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,759 Speaker 1: was hot nonetheless. But they're covered up and they had 680 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: it on a loop man on a loop over their 681 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: loud speakers. They had Houston by a slim Thug, so 682 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 1: they're going it was it was great to hear. So 683 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: that's awesome. That's cool. I mean, obviously, anything to represent 684 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,800 Speaker 1: the Houston flavor, that's uh, that's very very cool. And 685 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: I'm and if I haven't said it already, I'm so 686 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 1: glad we make those trips. Yeah, and and reach out 687 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 1: to those particular fans. And I hope that not that 688 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 1: I would ever not want you to be on one 689 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: of those trips. Now I think you should go. I 690 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: think you think you need to go. I think Mark 691 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: needs to go. I think DEEPI needs to go. I 692 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: really do. I mean, I think it's important to keep 693 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,319 Speaker 1: going back. If we can, I will cost money. It's 694 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: either easier to say than do. But right, yeah, I 695 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,080 Speaker 1: think it's vital and I think you guys ought to go. Yeah, 696 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: it's Uh, it's definitely on my son. It's something on 697 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 1: my Texans work to do list that I would like 698 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 1: to accomplish at some point my my Texans work bucket list. Uh, 699 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 1: one of those major ones who will be knocked off 700 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: in the by October. Hopefully go on the road, go 701 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 1: to so Far and go to Alleged Stadium and that'll 702 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: knock off too that I haven't I haven't seen or 703 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 1: been too now. I still haven't seen a game in 704 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,280 Speaker 1: Detroit with fans, but I've at least been to Ford Field, 705 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,319 Speaker 1: so that'll that'll knock it off with those those two 706 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 1: trips this year. But but yeah, I would. I would 707 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 1: love to go on a trip like that. I you know, 708 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,600 Speaker 1: when you go out and and it's easy for us, 709 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 1: I think sometimes when we're in around the city of 710 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: Houston and we dive into the minute issues and even 711 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,400 Speaker 1: the major issues that go off this organization, with this team, 712 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 1: and to step outside of that and to realize, man, 713 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:57,920 Speaker 1: there's a huge fan base and they love the Texans, 714 00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 1: and you get wrapped up in that excitement. I think 715 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:04,040 Speaker 1: it really rejuvenate, rejuvenating and frushing in some sense. And 716 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:06,080 Speaker 1: they see issues too. They know that we were four 717 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: and thirteen last year. I was gonna say, imagine, imagine 718 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,919 Speaker 1: when we start winning. Yeah, because it's gonna come back. 719 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: The Texans are gonna win again someday. And when they do, 720 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,239 Speaker 1: it's gonna be really fun, even more fun than it 721 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,240 Speaker 1: already was. To go abroad and to see and connect 722 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: with some of these fans outside of the city, Yeah, 723 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,800 Speaker 1: there's no doubt. And whether it's London or Germany. I 724 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,359 Speaker 1: had I had a dream the other night that we 725 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,920 Speaker 1: went to India to play a game. Man, I'm telling you, 726 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,160 Speaker 1: I don't know exactly what I've been dreaming about lately, 727 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:39,279 Speaker 1: but that was an odd one, that's for sure. All Right, 728 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: we get back, We'll go around the NFL and again 729 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:46,440 Speaker 1: stop at Madden and asked them, why do you hate 730 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:53,120 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor? That's next on Texas to All Access. We 731 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,000 Speaker 1: have now reached that point the program where I John Harrish, 732 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,279 Speaker 1: your host football anal silent reporter for Houston Texans from 733 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,480 Speaker 1: the Hunday xan's radio studio right here on Texas All Access. 734 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 1: Take umbradge again with EA Sports and Madden twenty three, 735 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:13,239 Speaker 1: and I mean, I hate eight kind of railing on 736 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: a video game in some sense, but it's one NET 737 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 1: is thought to be so well respected. I mean, it 738 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,760 Speaker 1: really is the only video game that's out there, and 739 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 1: they seemingly put so much time into getting things right 740 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,359 Speaker 1: with everything they did their edge rankings. They didn't Max 741 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,400 Speaker 1: Crosby in the top ten, they had their wide receivers, 742 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,759 Speaker 1: they had Jamar Chase out of the top ten with 743 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 1: it a seven. I mean, Mark Cooper on ninety you're 744 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 1: gonna tell me that Mark Cooper is three percentage points 745 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,360 Speaker 1: or three points or whatever, three rating points higher the 746 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 1: Jamar Chase. Forget that nonsense. And then I bring you 747 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,400 Speaker 1: and I hate to even defend the Colts. Mark and 748 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,920 Speaker 1: I talked about this in the first segment. Defending the 749 00:39:53,960 --> 00:40:00,440 Speaker 1: Colts is hard. It's hard. It's very very hard. But 750 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try. EA Sports The Madden Game rated Darius 751 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 1: Leonard as the fifth highest rated linebacker, and even worse, 752 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:24,360 Speaker 1: they had Jonathan Taylor as the number four running back 753 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Now, I could see if you went 754 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry over Jonathan Taylor. Okay, could you make a 755 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:42,240 Speaker 1: case that maybe, maybe maybe Nick Chubb over Jonathan Taylor. Maybe, 756 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: can you make a case for the brittle Christian McCaffrey 757 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 1: over Jonathan Taylor. No, there is no earthly reason why 758 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,240 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor isn't one or two. I just I don't understand. 759 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,360 Speaker 1: I mean that one's just obvious, Like, what does Jonathan 760 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,920 Speaker 1: Taylor have to do? Did you not see him last year? 761 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:09,319 Speaker 1: I don't get it. Christian McCaffrey hasn't played for two years, 762 00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:13,400 Speaker 1: and I love him. I love Christian McCaffrey. He hasn't 763 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:20,680 Speaker 1: played for two years, and yet he's rated ahead. I 764 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:22,480 Speaker 1: know I shouldn't get worked up up, Matt and I 765 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: try not to. And Nick Chubb is fantastic. So could 766 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:30,520 Speaker 1: you make a strong case Cleveland Browns fans for Nick Chubb? Yeah, 767 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:36,439 Speaker 1: over Jonathan Taylor. No, Jonathan Taylor is that dude. I've 768 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,600 Speaker 1: seen Chubb up close twice, saw him in twenty twenty one. 769 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,200 Speaker 1: I've seen Taylor now four times. And as much as 770 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,359 Speaker 1: I'd love Chubb and he could have very easily been 771 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,880 Speaker 1: a Texan. When we've gone back and done the I 772 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:55,640 Speaker 1: can't even think about it. Taylor's better, Taylor's better by 773 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,320 Speaker 1: by much. But if you went Derek Henry won, Johnathan 774 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,799 Speaker 1: Taylor two top three, and then there's a big gap 775 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,560 Speaker 1: before the next group. Yeah, the Christian McCaffrey. And I 776 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,400 Speaker 1: love Christian mac. I love him. I think he's awesome. 777 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:13,080 Speaker 1: I love it. I just not feeling him as the 778 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,640 Speaker 1: number three running back in the NFL as rated by 779 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,839 Speaker 1: Madden they used to help with ratings. Give me a call. 780 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,520 Speaker 1: I'll give me my number, Madden twenty three. All right, 781 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,319 Speaker 1: that's gonna do it. A big thanks to Mark, to Drew, 782 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,520 Speaker 1: to all of you for listening to Chris Santiago back 783 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,919 Speaker 1: in studio. All the best. We'll see you tomorrow. Let's 784 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:31,720 Speaker 1: go Sittee and as always, go Texans.