1 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: Healthcare coverage from Farm Bureau Health Plans is like an 3 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: extra set of pads. When do you need them the most. 4 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven with 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith back from the bye. Some 6 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: of us did not work during the bye. Some of 7 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: us did. Amy Wells did state championship games, Blue Cross 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,959 Speaker 1: Bowl games in Chattanooga. Which games did you do? Let 9 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: me tell you I did. Tellahoma and Elizabetha. Oh what 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: a great story. Oh my gosh, it was the best. 11 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: It was a good story going into it. If you 12 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: don't know, Tellahoma hadn't been to a state championship in 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: one hundred years, one hundred years, never won one. They 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: had never and it was just the greatest thing. Their 15 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: head coach, John Olive had been coaching there for like 16 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: twenty two years. He'd been the head coach. And the game, 17 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: it was a great game, Gollie, It was such a 18 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: good game. The weather was beautiful, it was a great game. 19 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: Ends up going into not one but two overtimes. They 20 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: get the win. It's the most emotional thing and then 21 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: the most epic part of the whole thing was the 22 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: next day, John Olive announces mic drop, I'm retired fifteen 23 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: and oh, greatest season in Tellahoma history. John Olive, a 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: legendary coach with over two hundred career wins, says, audios. 25 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: Enough now he's still going to be the ad at Tellahoma. Yeah, 26 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: which is great. He's not going away. But man, those 27 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: kids love him, the fans, the entire town was there. See. 28 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: I was surprised when I was covering high school football 29 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: in East Tennessee, John Oliver was there. So the fact 30 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: that he's only sixty three, I would have thought he 31 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: was a lot older. But good for him to be 32 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: able to step away from coaching, and I mean, what 33 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,279 Speaker 1: else can you do? You can't top it. He says 34 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: that he had decided before the season that he was 35 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: going out with these seniors. Yeah, and so it all 36 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: worked out. It was awesome. And then I also had 37 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: South Pittsburgh and Mackenzie, which was another great story. South 38 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's head coach had left after the first I think 39 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: three or four regular season games. They only played one 40 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: regular season game, then had three canceled with COVID head 41 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: coach just leaves. He got a different job in the 42 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: CFL as a defensive coordinate. Okay, yeah, but left his kids. 43 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: So two different guys stepped up became the head coach, 44 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: and they had a wild and crazy season, but ended 45 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: up making it to the state and then came back 46 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: from a little bit of a deficit, not too bad, 47 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: but it was another great game. Came back, won the game, 48 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: and there wasn't a dry eye in the whole place. 49 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: Loved it. Oh my gosh. I had not spent a 50 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: ton of time in Chattanooga. I had driven through there 51 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: a bunch and the scenery is beautiful. Had never really 52 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time in the area. And you 53 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: know what, Mike Keith, there is some good food in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Man. 54 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: I ate my way through that city and it was marvelous. 55 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: We have a tremendous following the Titans in Chattanooga because 56 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: we have had a really loyal relationship with WDFTV, which 57 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: is the CBS affiliated Channel twelve, and then WGOW Radio 58 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: AM and FM. They've been with us since the start. 59 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: So they've carried us back to the Tennessee Oilers and 60 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: we went in there a lot, spent a lot of 61 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: time there, did a lot of big stops with caravans. 62 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: I used to have a chance to go there and 63 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: still go there two or three times in the offseason 64 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: to do things with radio or TV, or with a 65 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: friend named Chris Dorch who's going into the Sportswriters Hall 66 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: of Fame. He teaches a class at UTC and UTC 67 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: better known now it's just Chattanooga is a is a 68 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: great place to go to school campus. Well, I lived 69 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: there for four years when I was a kid. We 70 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: lived there from the start of nineteen seventy four to 71 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: the end of nineteen seventy seven, and so I love 72 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,119 Speaker 1: Chattanooga and it is it was a natural place for 73 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: us to go and try to really develop a fan 74 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: base in the early days because it's maybe two hours 75 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: from downtown Chattanooga and Nissan Stadium. Maybe. Yeah, it's an 76 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: easy drive. I mean, you get up on Sunday morning, 77 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: you pop to Nissan Stadium for a Titans game, and 78 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: you're home for supper. The other thing, too, is the 79 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,799 Speaker 1: Falcons are closer because it's only a hundred miles to Atlanta. Yeah, 80 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: the Falcons have never really marketed Chattanooga. No, not really. 81 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: I mean so a friend of mine was going to 82 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: write an article about that in the newspaper down there 83 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: one time, and I convinced him. I said, don't do that. 84 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: I said, if we had the people in Atlanta that 85 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: they do, and Atlanta's one of the ten biggest markets 86 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: in the country, you wouldn't market much one hundred miles away, 87 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: you'd market thirty miles away. Yeah, And so for us, 88 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: especially when we started with the size of Nashville, we 89 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: had to mark it more regionally. Yeah, So we spent 90 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: a lot of time in Chattanooga, in Knoxville, in Memphis, 91 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: in Jackson, in Paduca, in Bowling Green, in Huntsville, in Birmingham, 92 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: and everywhere in between because we needed the fan base, 93 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: you know, because that was a complaint that the NFL 94 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: had is there, like, oh, why are you moving from 95 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: Houston to Nashville. Tennessee's at dinky state. But the thing 96 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: that the NFL didn't understand is there eleven million people. 97 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: This was twenty five years ago. There are eleven million 98 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: people within a three hour drive. And guess what, as 99 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: you know now, people will drive. Yeah, I mean, look 100 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: how people drove to Chattauga from all over the state 101 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,559 Speaker 1: for the state championship games. We love football, yeah, period, Yeah, 102 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: and people will travel. And now, I mean, it feels 103 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: like there's eleven million people just in Nashville. Everything has 104 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: grown so much, but all of those kind of smaller 105 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: regional places have also grown, right And Chattanooga, I mean 106 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: there were tons of people there who were just there 107 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: for the weekend, visiting, who didn't know anything about the 108 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: state championship games that were going on, going to the aquarium, 109 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: walking around downtown. I spent some time at Warehouse run Nice. 110 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, it was great. You told me I 111 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: should go. I did. It was great. But I mean, 112 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: any chance that you get to go and just man. 113 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: I ate breakfast at a place called Syrup and Eggs, 114 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: and I walked out of their ten pounds heavier. It 115 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: was so good. I love a good break. They've done 116 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: a fantastic job. I think Chattanooga is one of the 117 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: most underrated places in the country to go spend a weekend. 118 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: I agree with that. We already have plans to go 119 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 1: back and just hang out for a weekend, not working 120 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 1: or anything, just kind of chill out. See the sites. 121 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: There's so many things to do that we didn't have 122 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: a nice hotels. I mean, it's a great place for 123 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: a getaway because it's easy and so that's a that's 124 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: a you know, a really good thing. And so thank 125 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: you and we really appreciate you supporting the Blue Cross 126 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 1: Bowl Championships by work in the games. That's an awesome 127 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: thing for you to do. I didn't do that. I 128 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: got away and break. I got away and I did 129 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: a little hiking and little hanging out and things like, 130 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: but not not much watching football. Of course, watch the 131 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: little football and just sort of gotten my wits back 132 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: about me as we get ready to start this run. 133 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: We did get to do one more fun thing, which 134 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: was host Mister Football on Tuesday at Nissan Stadium. Also awesome. Well, 135 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: that's so special. That was our fifteenth one. Crazy and 136 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: to see the names up there and some of the 137 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: Mister footballs have played for US now, which is so cool. Right. 138 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: But I think the fact that we hold it at 139 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: Nissan Stadium no offense, it's any other venue where it's 140 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 1: been in the past. But I think for the people coming, 141 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: it's so special that it's at the NFL stadium, right, 142 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna say this. The event staff at Nissan 143 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: Stadium does an amazing job. Whether that's for a Titans 144 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: game or a concert, or they're hosting a wedding party 145 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: or I mean whatever they're putting on, they are all out. 146 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: They are first class, and so everybody who was there 147 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: on Tuesday felt like it was big time. It feels 148 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: big time. And they do what three hundred events a 149 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: year or something like that. Now, yes, it's crazy to 150 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: eighty or yeah, I mean it's nuts. It's yeah, it's 151 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: right around three hundred. And the amount of effort and 152 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: detail that goes into every single event, something like mister 153 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: football when you've got so many moving parts and different people, 154 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: and I mean it looks beautiful when you walk in. 155 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: Everything about it is just you're one hundred percent right. 156 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 1: Every person feels special. You feel like you're at something 157 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: exclusive and elite, and that is just it's so cool. 158 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: I think that's one of the things that's most exciting 159 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: with the refurbishment of Nissan Stadium and the building of 160 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: all the things around the East Bank is they want 161 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: to continue to make Nissan Stadium not just the Titans 162 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: football stadium, not just the home to the Music City Bowl, 163 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: or the home to Tennessee State. They want to make 164 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: it where it's a place that the community uses in 165 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: lots of different ways for lots of different things. It's 166 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 1: a destination. It is a destination in more than just 167 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 1: you drive in, you go to a game, you get 168 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: in your car, you drive away or get a lift away. 169 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: You come, you kind of stay in the area you 170 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: want to. I mean, of course you can walk to Broadway, 171 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: but there's so much right in that footprint. And there 172 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: are some places I mean around the country that are 173 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: kind of historic footprints, legendary footprints that really invest in 174 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: the whole space around the stadium. And that's what the 175 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: Tight are creating. And I think it's going to be 176 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: something that's going to be really special and it's going 177 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: to have that Nashville touch to it, which I mean, 178 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: you know, people know how to party here in Nashville. 179 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: But it's already started. I believe the foundation has been 180 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: laid with what that staff at Nissan Stadium is doing 181 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: by how they put on events and how many people 182 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: had no idea we could do our holiday party here, 183 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: we could do you know, it's like and once they 184 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: find out and they see how special it is as 185 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 1: those folks have more to work with as the venue 186 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: is refurbished, right, I think it's going to be even better. 187 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, But it was just cool. The other thing too, 188 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: that's like the coolest thing in the World's So the 189 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: ten boys win, they're thirty boys there with family and 190 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: friends and all this ten boys win, they get taken 191 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: downstairs and they're they're gonna get their picture took. That's 192 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: what we get your picture made. They're gonna get their 193 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: picture made. And so they're gonna get their picture made 194 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: as a group, and they're going to do interviews and 195 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: then they get taken into the Titans locker room and 196 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: they have their own locker with their own Titans jersey 197 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: with their number at a personalized Titans jersey. So as 198 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: you have looked on social media and as you have 199 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: seen in every newspaper in the state, that picture of 200 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 1: ten boys holding their trophies in those white Titans jerseys. 201 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: To see those mamas in those daddies in there, and 202 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: brothers and sisters and cousins and coaches and friends, and 203 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it is just a magical thing that tops 204 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: off the moment. And those kids are coming back this 205 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 1: week to be the twelfth Titan. Absolutely, it's so cool. 206 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: I cry every year and everybody laughs too. But well 207 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: but no one laughs at you might there are other 208 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: reasons that it makes you look sensitive and cool. No, 209 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: but really it was my kid, I would Oh my god, 210 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: I mean I would I if my son were if 211 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: they had his jersey up and his name, and yeah, 212 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: I totally I don't blame them, I don't. I mean, 213 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: it is is. It's a really cool thing. It's a 214 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: memory for life. Yes, you are mister football for life. 215 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: And that's why the guy who really, Bob Hyde, is 216 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: the one. This was our fifteenth year and Bob Hyde 217 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: Kate walked into my office and he said, we've got 218 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: a chance to do this. We should do it, right, 219 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, yes, yes, yes. This is the biggest no 220 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,199 Speaker 1: brainer in the history of the world. It's it's easy. 221 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: It's easy because everybody loves this and it's a magical 222 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: and even if you don't win, you're part of it 223 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 1: and you're there and to watch the boys and their 224 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: families going around taking pictures in different places in the stadium. 225 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: Come over and let's get a picture in front of this, 226 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: or it's their Christmas card for the next five years 227 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: like it's done right. And to see them walking around 228 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: with those trophies, there's always that one guy who won't 229 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: put it down because he's so excited. Mister football. I'd 230 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: have slept with my trophy. Yeah, I would have never 231 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: let it go. I would probably still be holding onto 232 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 1: it thirty something years. You still wear that metal, which 233 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:06,839 Speaker 1: is weird. That is weird, but great, great thing and 234 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: wonderful thing. The other thing I did do something workwise though, 235 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: Our friend Brad Willis runs the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Yes, 236 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: and Brad has really done an amazing job. As a 237 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: matter of fact, the sponsor of this OTP Farm Bureau 238 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: Health Plans is sponsoring the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame 239 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: through the end of the year. You can go and 240 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: tour for free, so you don't have to buy a ticket. 241 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: So thank you to our friends at Farm Bureau for 242 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: doing that. Brad has spiffed that place up dramatically. It's amazing. 243 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: It's fantastic. If you have never been to the Tennessee 244 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: Sports Hall of Fame, it's something that you need to 245 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 1: do on one of your trips to Nashville. It's really cool, 246 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: but he's doing a series now through our friends at 247 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Lottery where he's letting me interview Tennessee Sports 248 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: Hall of famers. And I got to sit down with 249 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: Eddie George. Oh that's cool and have a great conversation, 250 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: a very frank conversation about his first year as the 251 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: head coach at Tennessee State. And it was fascinating. Eddie 252 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: was totally forthcoming about what he really enjoyed and what 253 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: surprised him and the challenges and it was very revealing. 254 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: And I think people, if you love Eddie George, which 255 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: everybody listening to this party, everybody listening to the OTP, 256 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: all of the ot people love Eddie George, right, I 257 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: think you will. I think you will get a total 258 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: kick out of it. I don't know when he's going 259 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: to put it out, ah, so stay tuned, Stay tuned. 260 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: Followed Brad Willis on Twitter. Follow the Tennessee Sports Hall 261 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: of Fame on Twitter and Brad will have that. He 262 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: calls it the Tennessee Talk of Fame presented by the 263 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: Tennessee Lottery. And the next one is Eddie George. We 264 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: did one with Blaine Bishop that was really good. That's 265 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: so cool and we're gonna do well. It's it's fun 266 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: for me. Now. The first two have been Titans, the 267 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: next one I wouldn't think it'll be other people. But 268 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah. I love to sit down and 269 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: talk to people about you know, just ask questions about 270 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: different things. And I mean we didn't really talk much 271 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: about his football career. We did talk about the Hall 272 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: of Fame and him being a semifinalist, right, and it's 273 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: a big deal and he admits it's a big deal, 274 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: which I appreciate, Yeah, because he could have gone no. 275 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: But I think something like that is too cool to 276 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: kind of be too cool about. Does that make sense. 277 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: It's too cool to be too cool for it. Speaking 278 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: of running backs, bringing it into the present tense with 279 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: the Titans, the Titans are signing a running back to 280 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: their practice squad and he's a familiar name. Yes, his 281 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: name is Jordan Wilkins. That's a familiar name. Jordan Wilkins 282 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: are running back from the Indianapolis Colts, who's from Memphis, 283 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: who played at Old Miss and has always played great 284 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: against the Tite. Yeah. I appreciate that John Robinson is 285 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: making an effort to sign people who play really well 286 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: against US. We'll be interesting to see where Wilkins fit. 287 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: He's a six one, two hundred twenty pound back. He 288 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: can play special teams, will play special teams, good pass catcher. 289 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: Maybe he's on the practice squad the rest of the year. 290 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe he's more I mean, Dontrell Hilliard's doing a 291 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: great job. Deante Foreman's doing a great job. Jeremy McNichols 292 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: is back, which is an underrated part of the guys 293 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: who are returning right He was someone who was really 294 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: starting to find his groove, find his rhythm and becoming 295 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: really reliable. So hopefully he's able to find that same 296 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: pattern pretty quickly and as he gets back in the 297 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: mix with practice and everything like that, and it's gonna 298 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: be interesting to see how the dynamic between all three 299 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: of those guys changes a little bit and kind of 300 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: what the I mean the number of snaps and that 301 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. Looks like it's gonna be interesting to watch. 302 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: But three solid guys who can all make an impact. 303 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: That's good for the Tennessee type. And now Jordan Wilkins, 304 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: who does not you wouldn't think, does not have to 305 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: play right away so he can get up to speed 306 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: right on the practice squad, and then if you need 307 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: somebody later, you've got somebody ready, much like what it 308 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: looks like they're doing with golden tape, which is great, 309 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: which get him in. He doesn't have to play three 310 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: days after getting here. Let's have some people ready to 311 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: play down the stretch who can a help if there's 312 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: an injury or be maybe just help because you want 313 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: to add another piece or part in that way. Gonna 314 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: be fascinating to see how they sort of maneuver all 315 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: of this with some guys coming back. Obviously, the big 316 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 1: name is Julio Jones. Yes, they have to elevate him 317 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 1: back to the active roster right now. He is doing 318 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: the thing that you do where it is a return 319 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: to practice. There's a three week window. You have to 320 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: make the decision in those three weeks or else he 321 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 1: goes on IR permanently and he's done for the year. 322 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: Doesn't feel like that's the case with Julio Jones right now. 323 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: Dane Crookshank working his way back, which is a really 324 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: good thing because you're excited to have him, and Racy 325 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: mcmahath a wide receiver, which is the Julio Jones thing. 326 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: Is intriguing because it's Julio Jones. But the Racy McMath 327 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: thing is interesting because he was taking a bigger and 328 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: bigger role. He's also a really good special teams player. 329 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: The special teams component is right, so interesting. Westbrook Akeina 330 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: only bigger, probably with a little more speed. Yeah, he's 331 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: a big dude. I am always surprised by how big 332 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: he is because he's tall, he's thick in a good way, 333 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: and I mean, you're right. The athleticism and the speed 334 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: that he has is just I mean ridiculous, which again 335 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: makes him such a big contributor on special teams, not 336 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: to mention all the stuff that he can do in 337 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: the offense. And he does not have to play this week. Again, 338 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: you're in the window. None of those guys have to 339 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: be activated this week. You've got time to let them 340 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: work back in the other thing you're getting is Rashaun 341 00:18:55,800 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 1: Evans back, Nate Davis back. We mentioned McNichols back, some 342 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: of the names that maybe you don't say, like Julio Jones, 343 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: but you're like, oh my goodness, suddenly there's some depth. Suddenly, 344 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: you know there If you get five or six guys 345 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: back this week and then you get a few more 346 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: guys back for Pittsburgh, and then you get a few 347 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: more guys back for San Francisco, you start to feel 348 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: pretty good about where you are. Everybody is not coming 349 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: back this week, No, absolutely not, And I think that 350 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 1: was an important thing to remember. We all were so 351 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: focused on this bye week because man oh man, the 352 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: Titans needed it, but you also had to remember that 353 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 1: a bye week is not a magic cure for any 354 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: ailment that any player is having. There's timetables for every 355 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: single injury, and everybody's situation was different. We know that 356 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: a lot of guys stayed here, got treatment, did the 357 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: work that they needed to do to try and get 358 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: back to the field, which is great, but all these 359 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: things take time. But you're absolutely right. If we can 360 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: start to get a couple guys back, and then a 361 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: couple more guys back, all of the sudden, this looks 362 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: like a real life football team again, with humans that 363 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: are able to contribute and some of that depth that 364 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: we so desperately needed. Watching the offense practice so far 365 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 1: this week, it looks like the Titans again. Yeah, which 366 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: is great. I mean, it looks some of it. In 367 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: preparing for New England. You're like, this is like a 368 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: preseason game. I mean some of the people and again 369 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,479 Speaker 1: not meaning in any way to be insulting, but unfamiliar faces, 370 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: unfamiliar faces, guys who hadn't been with the team but 371 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 1: just for a few days, having to take major roles. 372 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: I said it on the radio this week. I said, 373 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: you know, before the season, we talked about the four horsemen, Tannehill, 374 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: Henry Brown, and Jones. Right now it's been the horseman, 375 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: the single four. People are wondering, well, why is Tannehill struggling? 376 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, if I have to, I know, But 377 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 1: but I think you can't. Everybody wants to dig deeper. 378 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a deep I don't think it's 379 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 1: d either. I think if there's not a mystery to 380 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: be solved, you're without. You know, back when we didn't 381 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: have any weapons. At other points in Titans history, we 382 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 1: didn't score. Yeah, we weren't pretty good on offense. Yeah, 383 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,239 Speaker 1: it's hard when you don't have separation, and some of 384 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: the turnovers and mistakes come from the fact that you're 385 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: not as talented. Everybody wants to solve the mystery and 386 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: fix the puzzle, and you know, be that analyst that 387 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: cracks the code. I don't think there's a code to 388 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: crack here. Guys. Everybody has been hurt and it is 389 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: hard for a team to play without most of their players, 390 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: and some of them, I mean Tannehill I think will 391 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: play better after the bye because he's more healthy. Right, 392 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: a lot of the offensive lineman saffled Lawan owns questin 393 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: Barry they will play better because they've been hurt, because 394 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: they've been well. Even the guys who've been playing have 395 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: been damed some. And if you were gonna make a move, 396 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: if you're gonna say, for example, okay, Roger Staffold, we're 397 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: gonna give you a week off to let your whatever. Hell, 398 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: they haven't had that luxury. The Titans, because of depth situations, 399 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: have not had the luxury to say, you know, we're 400 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: just gonna We're just gonna say you need a week. 401 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: No one could take a breather because everyone had to 402 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: be contributing, because there were other people with serious injuries 403 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: who could not physically be on the field. But I 404 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: think Rabel's hit it, and I think he hit it 405 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: in his Wednesday press availability. He's like, look, this is it. 406 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: Now here we are. This is the season. What's happened before? 407 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: We're eight and four. We've done this, We've beaten Kansas 408 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: City woo who we've lost to Houston and the Jets 409 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: really bad. That's over. You're eight and four. You're in 410 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 1: a better position. It's like a track meet where you're 411 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: running something over one hundred meters. You've gotten an inside 412 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: lane assignment to run a two hundred or four hundred 413 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: or eight hundred meters based on the fact that you're 414 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: eight and four. So you're you're in a good position. 415 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: Yet all of the stuff that's happened, none of it matters. Now. 416 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: It's a series of five one game seasons to the finish, 417 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: and whoever plays the best from here is going to 418 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: be the world champion. Yep. And there's nobody clearly out 419 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: there that you say you have to dethrone or knock off. 420 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: It's a race where lots of people, even people who 421 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 1: don't have a great lane position, have a chance. Ye, 422 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: Indianapolis can win the whole thing. Yeah, Now, somebody in 423 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: the room shaking their head, a mate, it's not outside 424 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: the realm of poo, but I'm saying they can win 425 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: their last five regular season games, they can win it 426 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: as a wildcard. I think there are several teams like that. 427 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: You know, the Chargers are an interesting team. Can they 428 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: get hot? Nobody at this point a year ago thought 429 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: Tampa was going to win it. But if you'd ask 430 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: me can they the answer would have been yes, And 431 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: you don't think it's likely. But what they did was 432 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: unlikely to win out from seven and five to fourteen 433 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: and five and end up being the World champions. As 434 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: a football fan, as an NFL fan, this is fantastic. 435 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: This is it. I mean, this is what a time 436 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: to be alive. This is the last part of the season, 437 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 1: December football, and anything could happen. No team in the 438 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: AFC has less than four losses for the first time 439 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: since two thousand and two. Awesome, I mean, but that 440 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: was the year we were the second seed in the 441 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: AFC with an eleven and five record after starting one 442 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: and four. Wow. Well there you go. So I remember 443 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: that very well. Anything can happen this time of year, 444 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: and it's so exciting. As a Titans fan. There are 445 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 1: very specific things that you want to happen. Sure, and 446 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: you got to win your next five and you've got 447 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: to like really focus in week after week. You want 448 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: to get people healthy, you want to really go out 449 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: win these division games, win the AFC games. Make that 450 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: a priority, of course, But just as a football fan, Golly, 451 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 1: I'm never turning my TV off. There's so much good 452 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:30,919 Speaker 1: football to watch. And matters well, I mean, Buffalo can 453 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: take a hike. I really need them to do something 454 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: good for me there, and they just yet again let 455 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: me down. Yeah it wasn't great, but I mean in 456 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: punishment to them, they had to stand in that nasty weather. 457 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: How would you like to have been doing sidelines on 458 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 1: that game. I would have been really cranky. I would 459 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: have had a bad attitude. I mean that was brutal. 460 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: And I stood Salters. Yeah, how did we do? Lisa Salter? Yeah? 461 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: I mean it was a good broadcast. Everyone did a 462 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: good but nobody looked like they were enjoying themselves. There 463 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 1: wasn't a single smile on anybody's faces. I mean, and 464 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: I stood in the pouring down rain in that Houston game. 465 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: That was not fun, but this looked exponentially worse. And 466 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: it's the wind. Wind makes everything more complicated, and that, 467 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean that was a monsoon, but with snow and 468 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: sleeton played there on Christmas Eve in two thousand and six, 469 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: and the wind was you couldn't throw when you went 470 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: in one particular direction. Yeah, but when you went in 471 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: the other direction you could throw like Dan Marino. Yeah, 472 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: you could throw it anywhere. Yeah. You'd have like seventy 473 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: yard field goal attempts and punts and I mean it 474 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 1: was crazy. And we ended up winning the football game 475 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: thirty to twenty nine. And they had to throw on 476 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: the last play the game into the wind and threw 477 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: it right to our defensive back who was just waiting 478 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: just happened to be there, thank you. I mean, I 479 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: mean he had to wait for he could have fair 480 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: caught it, but there was no way the receiver was 481 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 1: going to get to it because he had to get 482 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: in the end zone and the ball made it to 483 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: maybe the goal line, wow, maybe, yeah, but it was 484 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: no chance. JP Lossman was the quarterback that day. I'll 485 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: tell you, what do you remember, JP Losman? I sure don't. 486 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: You don't, Keith, No, I'm sorry, but I would probably 487 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: remember whether like that. You would clearly remember whether like that. 488 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: That At the time was our sixth straight win after 489 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: starting the season two and seven to get to eight 490 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: and seven, and had we beaten New England in the 491 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: regular season finale, we would have gone to the playoffs 492 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: New England and we didn't. Yeah. It was not crag, 493 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: Yeah it was not. It was not the best situation. 494 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: But here are the Titans right in the middle of 495 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 1: all this, and we're going to go through the rest 496 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: of practice this week, and you know, see who's able 497 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 1: to play against the Jacksonville team that we saw in 498 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: Week five. Titans didn't play great in that game, but 499 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: they played really smart. They took care of the ball, 500 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: and in every situation, the Titans made the right plays 501 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: while the opponent didn't. Yeah, they had big moments at 502 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 1: the right moment, right the goal line stand at the 503 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: end of the first half, they miss a field goal, 504 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: Titans go down, kick a field goal, get the ball 505 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: to start the second half, score a touchdown. Every time 506 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 1: there was something that had to happen, the Titans made 507 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: it happen and it was it was smart football. I 508 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: remember walking out of their thinking, this is the formula 509 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: because they rushed for one hundred and ninety eight yards 510 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: in that game. So it wouldn't like the Titans played great. No, No, 511 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: I mean, and there are definitely things that you can't 512 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: let them do that again. And I mean there's gonna 513 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: be a lot of things that are going to make 514 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: this game look a lot different from that Week five game. 515 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: But if the Titans can have the same sort of 516 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: recipe as you kind of said, to make the plays 517 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: that count at the moments that count, and play smart 518 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: and play smart, we can do that. The Titans during 519 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: the six game winning streak that started with the Jacksonville game, 520 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: did not beat themselves and their opponents did. And that's 521 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: where the Titans went from two and two to eight 522 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: and two. And they're hoping this Jacksonville game will be 523 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: the start of another run by having to play the 524 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: same way. And I think that's a key in this 525 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: game is the Titans need to win it, but they 526 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 1: need to win it with the formula being laid out 527 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: there once again, because they have gotten away for whatever 528 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:48,479 Speaker 1: reason for opponent situation, we're tired, injuries, throw it out 529 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: the window. They have gotten away from playing Titan football. Yeah, 530 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: And I think that's a big point of emphasis from 531 00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel is just refocusing everybody in let's get everything 532 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: back on track. We've got five games here. Focus in 533 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: on what we need to do and let's ride. Let's ride. Undoubtedly, 534 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: the OTP is presented by our friends at Farm Bureau 535 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: Health Plans. We thank them for all they do for 536 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: us and for our friends at the Tennessee Sports Hall 537 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: of Fame. As a matter of fact, hopefully you'll go 538 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: by and take a tour of the Tennessee Sports Hall 539 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: of Fame and see our friend Brad Willis and hopefully 540 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: he'll let us know when he's gonna run that. Eddie Georgian, Yeah, 541 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: and we'll pass it along. We'll pass that along. Eddie 542 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: George is pretty cool. He's pretty critic for Amy Wells. 543 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: I'm might Keith thanking the ot people for listening to 544 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: the OI. Welcome to the Big Show where the legends go. 545 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 1: Everybody knows it's our house. Tennessee. Greatness is we got 546 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: siding butter running through a v