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Speaker 1: We welcome you to be Thanksgiving week edition of the

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Speaker 1: OTP that stands for Official Titans Podcast on Mike Keith

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Speaker 1: aby Wells. It's always here. Hello, Happy Thanksgiving, Hey, Happy

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving and tg JW the Great Jim Wyatt from Titans

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Speaker 1: Online dot Com welcome glad to be here. You might

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Speaker 1: want to pull that microphone up just a little bit. There.

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Speaker 1: What's happening here? It was way down I didn't sick

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Speaker 1: and here me okay. Now is he okay? Or does

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Speaker 1: he need to pull the microphone? I've pulled them my up. Okay,

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Speaker 1: that better. That's it like a takeout window, like a

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Speaker 1: drive through, kind of like work in the year. I'll

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Speaker 1: have a double with the Dunkin Donuts. I'll have a double,

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Speaker 1: by the way, great job by the Cool Springs Dunkin

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Speaker 1: Donuts people this morning, Oh my gosh, they listen. They

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Speaker 1: are all over it. I love to see great effort

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Speaker 1: on a holiday week now I'm talking about I'm totally serious.

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Speaker 1: Tons of people in the Dunkin Donut They're on caruthers

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Speaker 1: this morning and they were getting after it. Why a

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Speaker 1: lot of people you think like road donuts when they

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Speaker 1: like to travel. I think people are off. You know,

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Speaker 1: I stop and we have donuts before the OTP, right,

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Speaker 1: and so I'm you know, but I order beforehand. I

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Speaker 1: do the order on. I love the app, the Dunkin

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Speaker 1: Donuts app food app do it? I do like apps? Yes,

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Speaker 1: But man, there are tons of people in there, and

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Speaker 1: they were reloading the donuts because they I mean, they

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Speaker 1: had gone through the whole barrel, the whole barrel. Do

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Speaker 1: they have like special Thanksgiving donuts or the big thing

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Speaker 1: that they have right now is they have the Hershey's

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Speaker 1: kiss donut, which I saw. I brought those. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: got those. You did not go in that direction with surprise.

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Speaker 1: I am all about the apple cinnamon donuts right now.

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Speaker 1: Holy smokes, those are good. It's like an apple pie

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Speaker 1: in your hand. I already crushed one. I might eat

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Speaker 1: another one during the show. We'll bust you have the

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Speaker 1: pumpkin spice. Oh this coffee. No, I don't know about

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Speaker 1: the coffee, but the donuts. They don't have the pumpkin

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Speaker 1: donuts anymore. No, the we've moved on, moved on from

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Speaker 1: Halloween onto Thanksgiving. But these guys, these guys out here

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Speaker 1: got to kill these donuts because I came in last

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Speaker 1: week and there were still like three left, and look

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Speaker 1: what happened. Here's the problem. Whose fault is that play

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Speaker 1: with the donuts? Especially if we have to put up

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Speaker 1: a zero spots two donuts to get a win Monday

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Speaker 1: night in Houston, you gotta be on that. Well, if

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Speaker 1: there're still donuts in here when we come back for

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Speaker 1: Titans tonight, it's never a good sign. I'm eating another donut. Well,

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Speaker 1: so I try to limit myself to one and have

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Speaker 1: all this self control in the morning. By the evening,

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Speaker 1: I've forgotten that I ate one in the morning. Right,

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Speaker 1: So there you go. But we needed some some hearty

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Speaker 1: good not only to prepare for eating tomorrow, but just

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Speaker 1: to turn the page, yes, clean the slate, moving on. Ye.

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Speaker 1: It's what they've been trying to do here for two days.

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Speaker 1: And it was noticeably better by Monday night, and then

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Speaker 1: better yesterday. During the day Monday here at Saint Time

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Speaker 1: played in that game or coaching that game, or it

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Speaker 1: was anyway affiliated broadcast game. Yeah, it was, uh, and

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Speaker 1: it's it's a you know, twenty four hour rule league.

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Speaker 1: But some losses linger More and that one. Uh no,

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Speaker 1: it was ugly and it was it took all twenty

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Speaker 1: four hours, and um so we got another game coming

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Speaker 1: up this Monday against the Texans, a big game, six

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Speaker 1: in any fashion. Hard to find pausitives from that game.

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Speaker 1: But it, as Mike Vrabel has stressed, it just counts

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Speaker 1: you put yourself in a still pretty good spot with

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Speaker 1: mean you would be eating tombs like like they by

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Speaker 1: team hadn't seen no and even going into that game,

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Speaker 1: the Colts were have obviously put together some games. They're

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Speaker 1: A lot surprising. Yeah, Colds are pretty good. I mean

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Speaker 1: I'll say that they've got a good team. Titans are

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Speaker 1: don't know how they've been able to do. It's not

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Speaker 1: Andrew Luck. I've that's five games in a row he's

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Speaker 1: gone without being sacked. Titans shut down the tight end. Well,

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Speaker 1: just just a debacle. Really, I mean, nothing really too

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Speaker 1: We're gonna find a positive for our major moment of

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Speaker 1: So the major moment of the game for the Tennessee

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Speaker 1: and he I talked to him for the Gladiator of

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Speaker 1: the game on Mike Rabel's show, and he said he's

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Speaker 1: He knew that there was going to be a learning curve.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there were a lot of guys that got

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Speaker 1: Ball's good. I mean it's good productivity from that spot.

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Speaker 1: To give you some more versatility in the offense. I

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Speaker 1: like to see some receivers catch more. Yeah, you know

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Speaker 1: that would be a good thing. But Ferkser is a

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Speaker 1: like that give him some opportunities to make some bigger plays.

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Speaker 1: He certainly made a big play on the Titans one

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Speaker 1: admit that was a positive. If you're gonna go around

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Speaker 1: he did not look overwhelmed. And when your backup hasn't

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Speaker 1: of what happened with Marcus Mariota, you know, it's led

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Speaker 1: to I've heard a lot of chatter. You know, well,

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Speaker 1: Titans need to go out and identify number two quarterback

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Speaker 1: that can win you a game. Well, this team, this

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Speaker 1: won seven games in a row and played well in

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Speaker 1: I think he's an upgrade over Matt Castle from last year.

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Speaker 1: You know, you look around the league, and again that's

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Speaker 1: been a very popular pular, a topic of conversation, I think,

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Speaker 1: This week is just about go find yourself a quality

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Speaker 1: because obviously those people who are served are the most

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Speaker 1: important part. But right at the top is just the

431
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Speaker 1: team calling attention to this problem and helping to make

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Speaker 1: people in the community aware because when you mentioned those

433
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Speaker 1: numbers of people and those numbers of children, that is staggering,

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Speaker 1: it is, and that number continues to grow because that

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Speaker 1: number is higher than what it was went out there previously.

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Speaker 1: And that's h and that area is under the Jefferson

437
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Speaker 1: Street Bridge has has changed significantly over the last several

438
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Speaker 1: years as well, where a lot of those people are

439
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Speaker 1: kind of been uprooted and having to find other places

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00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:06,359
Speaker 1: to live as that community has grown. And so it's

441
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Speaker 1: it's I can I can't imagine what life is like

442
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Speaker 1: for some of those people and for them to have,

443
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Speaker 1: you know, a couple of hours last night to feel

444
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 1: like the team felt they were important and wanted to

445
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,159
Speaker 1: be out there with them and help serve them. I

446
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,399
Speaker 1: was glad to see their spirits lifted at least for

447
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 1: that time, and hopefully things will get better. Great job

448
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 1: by you, guys, both of you. I know, I know

449
00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 1: Titan fans appreciate your coverage of that and coverage of

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Speaker 1: community relations events throughout the year. This organization with some

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Speaker 1: great people in community relations, Tina Tuggle and Josh Corey

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Speaker 1: and Susannah Nichol and just a cast of thousands from

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Speaker 1: the entire organization who don't necessarily work in that department

454
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Speaker 1: but always seem to pitch in. The Tennessee Titans Wives Association, Uh,

455
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,679
Speaker 1: you see people like Russ Hudson, who runs our it.

456
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Speaker 1: I mean that that makes you proud as an organization

457
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 1: to see people consistently pitching in in that way. And

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Speaker 1: I know, covering CR events it's always fun. We have

459
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Speaker 1: another community relations event this Sunday that we're very proud of.

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Speaker 1: We sponsor the Tennessee Titans Mister Football Awards, and Jim

461
00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:30,120
Speaker 1: covered preps for years. I started in high school football.

462
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Speaker 1: That's where I began. You're going to do Blue Cross

463
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Speaker 1: Bowls on TV? I am we love it. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we love the high school aspect. I'm disappointed I'm not

465
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Speaker 1: going to get to do a Blue Cross Bowl this

466
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Speaker 1: year because of our schedule, because we play on Monday

467
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Speaker 1: night and we turn around play on Sunday, then we

468
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Speaker 1: play again on Thursday, and unfortunately, that's just a little

469
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,880
Speaker 1: too much. I'll give you a shout out on today.

470
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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. I appreciate it. But mister Football Sunday

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Speaker 1: five thirty Central Time, you can watch at Titans online

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00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:07,000
Speaker 1: dot com, which it streamed six public school classifications Division

473
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Speaker 1: one three, private school classifications Division two, and then a

474
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Speaker 1: Kicker of the Year and Kevin Dyson. Doctor Dyson will

475
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Speaker 1: be presenting the Mister the Tennessee Titans Mister Football Awards,

476
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 1: and the cr department goes out of their way, joining

477
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Speaker 1: with Matthew Gillespie and Heather Carter and Bernard Childress of

478
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Speaker 1: the TWA to really make this special. Here's the other

479
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Speaker 1: thing I'm proud of too, So it's Blue Cross Bowl week.

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Speaker 1: Got all these teams going to play for state championships.

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Speaker 1: In Cookville at Cookville does this incredible job capping it off,

482
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Speaker 1: making them feel like they've gone to the Olympics. Well,

483
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 1: the Blue Cross Bowl teams come to Nissan Stadium and

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Speaker 1: they have their officials meeting. All the teams who are

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Speaker 1: going to play get to come there. They have the

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Speaker 1: officials meeting there, and then they do a media day

487
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Speaker 1: so the media from all over the state can come

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Speaker 1: to one place, Nissan Stadium and have a chance to

489
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Speaker 1: do that. And I've been part of that before and

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00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,000
Speaker 1: it's very helpful when you're doing sidelines for some of

491
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Speaker 1: these games. But it's also just such a cool experience.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're seeing all these teams, guys are there

493
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Speaker 1: in their jerseys, they're proud, and it's it's a cool experience.

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Speaker 1: I'm a little bummed. I'm gonna miss it this year.

495
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna put you on the spot here about Mister

496
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Speaker 1: Football because it is a great event and I love

497
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Speaker 1: covering high school football when I used to do it

498
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Speaker 1: for the Tennessee and uh some of the because these

499
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: are the stars of the future. Officer who are some

500
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,360
Speaker 1: of the previous Mister Football winners that have gone on

501
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Speaker 1: to be house kind of household names, or at least

502
00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: have become somewhat famous Michael or Okay, it's a good one.

503
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,080
Speaker 1: It's certainly one that jumps out. Who went on to

504
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Speaker 1: play for US and then played for the Carolina Panthers

505
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Speaker 1: after playing for the Baltimore Ravens. Callie, I remember so

506
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 1: many and they all it's hard to believe now it's

507
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 1: it's over thirty years, well that this has been going on.

508
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:06,280
Speaker 1: They gave the first Mister Football Awards my senior year

509
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Speaker 1: in high school, because I remember when they announced it

510
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Speaker 1: and everybody wanted to be mister football. Everybody thought and

511
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: there were just three classifications and everybody thought, Man, wouldn't

512
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Speaker 1: it be because you're known as mister football the rest

513
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Speaker 1: of your life? Yeah, you know, you get the trophy

514
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,919
Speaker 1: and you don't know what happens to the trophy, but

515
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 1: you're always known mister football and John Henderson and mister football.

516
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: I'm almost sure. Yeah, I remember the John Harrison, Santonio

517
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Speaker 1: Beard all those days. Uh, back when Pearl Cone was

518
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Speaker 1: a power Firebirds. That's Sunday at five thirty. I'm actually

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00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:45,719
Speaker 1: sticking around for that and then we'll go to Houston later. Wow,

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00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: busy man, well, not so much. It's just I gotta

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Speaker 1: I gotta be there. Yeah, I mean, I just I

522
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Speaker 1: gotta do it. I gotta do. You know what else

523
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Speaker 1: we gotta do. We gotta watch football tomorrow. Have you

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Speaker 1: already studied the schedule for well, I know the late

525
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,359
Speaker 1: game was Dallas and New Orleans. Don't jump ahead, you know,

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Speaker 1: Come on, that's the only one. Have you studied the schedule?

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Speaker 1: I haven't. That's the only one I know. Now, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna start with the early game. Let's start with the

529
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Speaker 1: early game. And it's a traditional favorite. What's on the menu.

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Speaker 1: Wait a minute, we have a turkey. Oh you hear

531
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Speaker 1: the noise? Wait a minute? Can you do the noise again?

532
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 1: I love the noise. Wait a minute. Hold is that

533
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Speaker 1: Carl Kluge making a turkey sound? It's actually Carl Kluge

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00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 1: and Bo Brinkley, Ladies and Jack it's cry Yeah. I'll

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Speaker 1: post it on social media. I have the video. I'll

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Speaker 1: post it so everyone can see it. I'd know those

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Speaker 1: turkeys anywhere, Okay, Bo Brinkley and Carl. So the Starter

538
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 1: Bears and Lions Bears are seven and three. We don't

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Speaker 1: know if Mitchell Trubisky is going to play eleven thirty

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Speaker 1: Central Time on Shitbys Nice. All right, so you're gonna

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Speaker 1: watch that one. Detroit's four and six, that's could be

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00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: during practice. Well, all right, Washington Dallas the traditional favorite

543
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: at three thirty on Fox. So I'm guessing that's Joe

544
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 1: Bucking and Troy Aikman. Yeah, it'll be a good win.

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00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 1: And then on NBC tomorrow night, Falcons sort of with

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00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 1: their last stand at four and six against what may

547
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: be the best team in football, the Saints. Which game

548
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 1: are you the most excited about? Oh, Dallas, Washington's Yeah

549
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: it is, and then they hate each other and if

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Speaker 1: Dallas wins, all of a sudden, here's the wild thing.

551
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Speaker 1: Dan Helly said this last night on Titans Radio. Our

552
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: good friend Dan Helly from NFL Network. Um, if Dallas wins,

553
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: and then if the Giants beat Philadelphia, let me make

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Speaker 1: sure that's right. Yeah, the Giants are at Philadelphia noon

555
00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Then there is only a two games bread

556
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Speaker 1: between all four teams in the NFC East. Really interesting,

557
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: and after I didn't know that schedule. After all, I

558
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: thought the Cowboys were playing the Saints, so I wasn't

559
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Speaker 1: ahead of the game at all. On that when you

560
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: asked me about the schedu I was behind. Yeah, because

561
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 1: you've been constantly so focused on this game, preparing on

562
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: this game. That's exactly right. And you did the Tuesday

563
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 1: mail bag too, I noticed I did. I read the

564
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Speaker 1: entire Tuesday mail bag? Did I just yeah, I needed

565
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,719
Speaker 1: to commiserate with the Titans fans there they were. Some

566
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: of them were pretty fire. Yeah they were not, but

567
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 1: I get it. I mean, you know, you got to

568
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Speaker 1: get out. Yeah, the Tuesday in season was added because

569
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Speaker 1: you get at a lot of reaction. Used to do

570
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Speaker 1: just Saturdays and during the season, you get so much

571
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Speaker 1: reaction email after games, usually a lot more after a loss.

572
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Speaker 1: I my inbox was full on the asked j Hank

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Speaker 1: from Wall He didn't make the cut, but uh, but

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00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: it certainly had a lot to choose from. I thought

575
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: one was funny. Is who the heck is Teresa? That

576
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 1: was one of the questions because if you're a Titans

577
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: fan and you listen to Mike Vrabel his press conferences,

578
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: he's always looking for Teresa. That's Teresa Walker, two time

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Speaker 1: Sports try of the Year and the state of Tennessee, Tennessee,

580
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: who I think is a pride of Mayorville, Tennessee, who

581
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: covers his team for the Associated Press, does a really

582
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: good job. And I guess when it's funny. When I

583
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: tweeted that out, a lot of people on Twitter said, oh, okay,

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Speaker 1: I know who that is. Of course, a lot of

585
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: them familiar with her for her work for all the

586
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: years covering this team. But uh, but some of them

587
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: a little bit more serious than who the heck is Teresa,

588
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: and some of them, uh, frankly just didn't make the

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Speaker 1: cut because, uh, I had a few expletives in there

590
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: and stuff not suitable for Yeah, it's a little racy,

591
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: little angry. Okay. By the way, all those games that

592
00:31:55,840 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: we mentioned from yesterday or for tomorrow, I should say

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Speaker 1: a C teams, no AFC teams. You're right, that's and

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00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: that's continuing a trend. Do we think, well, okay, that

595
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: could be Amy Wells wonders maybe, but it's not. It's

596
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Speaker 1: not okay. But here's my question. Is it time with

597
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: the way and TV ratings are up the league? You know,

598
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 1: by the way, the league was dead. Did you hear it?

599
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 1: Did you read that at any point a couple of

600
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: years ago? Football is going away? Not the ratings are

601
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: through the roof the top of the top fifty TV

602
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Speaker 1: single TV programs through the first two months of the

603
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Speaker 1: TV year or the you know, the fall sort of

604
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: the school year. Thirty five of them were for football games.

605
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just the the NFL is on fire

606
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: right now. But is it time to get in Detroit

607
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Speaker 1: and Dallas out of their set positions on Thanksgiving and

608
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: move it around? I say no. I like the consistency.

609
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 1: I like the tradition. I like that the one thing

610
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: I can count on in this world is that the

611
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions are gonna be playing

612
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Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving. I like it. I say, keep it the

613
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Speaker 1: way it is, Turkey and Cowboys football on Thanksgiving. I

614
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 1: like the Detroit aspect. I say, move on from the Cowboys.

615
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: I go the other way. I like the Dallas aspect

616
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 1: because whoever they play, it's going to be interesting because

617
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: you either love the Cowboys or you hate the Cowboys, right,

618
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Speaker 1: So that's good for business. I'm business first on this.

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking from the TV perspective. I have nothing against

620
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Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions. Right, how many years do you get

621
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Speaker 1: a Lions game? Though? That means Zipper. Yeah, that's true.

622
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Speaker 1: Who I mean, Yeah, I mean they're sort of in

623
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: it this year. Yeah, they're four and six, I think.

624
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: I mean, what if that game were the Rams? Yeah?

625
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 1: What if that game were the Chiefs? Yeah? What if

626
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: that game were the Stealers. I think I'm with Mike.

627
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 1: I'm more connected to the Dallas aspect of it. Well,

628
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: you know why they you know why Dallas ended up

629
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 1: with them the same way as because that was the

630
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,920
Speaker 1: Detroit tradition and they needed somebody to be willing to

631
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,320
Speaker 1: go This was long before Thursday Night Football. They needed

632
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: somebody to be willing to do it, and Dallas was

633
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: willing to do it. Detroit, it's the tradition. The Cowboys

634
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: stepped in when the league felt like they needed a

635
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 1: second game because they needed they had a game on

636
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 1: NBC and a game on CBS or you know they

637
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:47,919
Speaker 1: and they felt like they they needed that opportunity to

638
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:52,399
Speaker 1: promote the league. So rules change, things change. I think

639
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 1: it's time to change that early game. Do you think

640
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,359
Speaker 1: it will do you think it will be changed, Yes,

641
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 1: I do. I think that'll come in the next couple

642
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: of years. And again, it's nothing to do with Detroit.

643
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 1: I respect their franchise. I respect, and I'm not making

644
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: fun or anything like that. I'm just saying it's time

645
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,280
Speaker 1: to shake it up. Why we Why we're not promoting

646
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 1: the AFC on Thursday, I don't know, right, And gosh,

647
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 1: it is fun to play on Thanksgiving. It is just

648
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 1: it's a cool, cool day. It was fun the game

649
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: that the Titans played up there. What was that two

650
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: thousand and nine, eight, two thousand and eight. That was

651
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 1: a fun I mean it was different. I mean, obviously

652
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: you'd like to be home with your families that you know,

653
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving meal. We're working anyway on Thanksgiving, so it was

654
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: nice to kind of be at a at a game

655
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 1: and then uh uh, that was a memorable game for me,

656
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 1: I mean for everybody, I guess, obviously. Chris Johnson performers.

657
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,239
Speaker 1: Dave Ball had had a touchdown where he did kind

658
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: of the turkey dance going into the end zone. He

659
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: didn't do kind of can we have the turkey sound

660
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 1: effect again? Is there any way that we could just

661
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: throw that in because I just I love that. I

662
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: think we should have that thrown in more. During the

663
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 1: course of this program, every time someone says Thanksgiving, we

664
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 1: should hit him with here we Go. So if you're

665
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 1: if you're still still in a bit of a fog

666
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: about last Sunday, just listen to that and it will

667
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 1: it will undoubtedly make you smile as well. The regular

668
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: feature of this program, Amy Wells, wonders, it has its

669
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: own graphic if you're tuned into the video version now

670
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: with her shots from Glamour shots? Or did you get

671
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 1: those made at Dollywood? I did not get those made

672
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,359
Speaker 1: at Dollywood. Look like Dollywood photos. Ashley Farrell took him

673
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,360
Speaker 1: in the hallway. Let's be serious about what's going on.

674
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 1: I'm sitting right outside watching practice. You're imposing outside. The

675
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:59,720
Speaker 1: log ride there at Dollywood is unbelievable. Outside the quilt festival.

676
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 1: Else wonders if we could get someone in here to

677
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: replace Mike Keith. You can't. Just got one of those pennies,

678
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: you know, those pennies a flat since in get and

679
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: it's a and it's a shot of the log ride.

680
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: It's got some taffy corn on a stick. Is good?

681
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: I know? All right? So any else wonders what on Thanksgiving?

682
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: Eve wonders if you guys saw the Monday Night game.

683
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: But yeah, okay, Kansas City and the Los Angeles Rams

684
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: and everybody since that game has been talking about how

685
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: good it was for football. Some people have even said

686
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: that it's the greatest regular season game in the history

687
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 1: of the NFL. I'm not saying that, but somebody said,

688
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: I'm like, you've got to be kidding that you were

689
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: throwing out that it's the greatest game. No, no, in

690
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: the history of the regular season. But still, I mean

691
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,720
Speaker 1: strong statement there. So people are excited about it. I'm

692
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 1: wondering if you guys think that this was the best

693
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: thing that's happened for the future of NFL football. And

694
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: it was this amazing moment because they scored all of

695
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 1: these points discuss. I loved it and I thought it

696
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: was a very highly entertaining game. Both those quarterbacks played

697
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 1: extremely well. I love watching Patrick Mahomes play and uh

698
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 1: and just I was disappointed the game didn't go to

699
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,359
Speaker 1: overtime because I wanted to see more of it. Uh,

700
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:34,319
Speaker 1: it's not great for defenses, although defense, the defenses made

701
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 1: plays in those games that played a role in the outcome.

702
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with it. The only problem

703
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: is about that game is you've got fans and uh.

704
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: Other than the Saints in every other market thinking why

705
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 1: can't my team look like that? Because I saw I

706
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 1: heard a lot of that on Monday Night. Why can't

707
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: the Titans look like these teams? And maybe one day

708
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: at will. I mean, you got to remember Matt Laflour

709
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: came from that same system in Los Angeles, and that's

710
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: what you hope this team looks like one day. But uh,

711
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: I think it was good for the NFL and uh

712
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: and Twitter was entertaining that night just to see people

713
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:19,439
Speaker 1: react to it. It's fun. I like defense, Yeah, I get.

714
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,240
Speaker 1: I mean, it's the highest rating that Monday Night Football

715
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: has had in four years. It's the most people to

716
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: watch Money Night. And the two things are different in

717
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 1: terms of how they're obviously measured, but it's the most

718
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 1: people to watch Monday Night Football in two years, in

719
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: a year where the ratings are up. I mean, it's

720
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 1: not my cup of tea. It's not what I'd necessarily

721
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 1: go for. I like tackling, I like hitting the quarterback.

722
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 1: I like and they did hit the quarterback some. I

723
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: mean there were eight sacks and seven punts. I mean,

724
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: the most amazing stat out of that ball game is

725
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: there's one hundred and five points scored. There were seven

726
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 1: punts and what three defensive touchdowns is a right? I

727
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 1: think that's right. Yeah, I think that's right. But I

728
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,400
Speaker 1: get it. I mean that's what people want, you know,

729
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 1: that's what That's what the casual fan wants is to

730
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: watch up and down the field and to see that excitement.

731
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 1: I'm just not sure. I mean, We've had more points,

732
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 1: more touchdowns, more everything go on this season. I think

733
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: the thing that I'm pleased with is that we still

734
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 1: have close games. I mean, that was going to be

735
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: the fear, but we've we've taken a lot of defense

736
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 1: out of the game, and I don't think I don't

737
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: think a defensive game is an ugly thing. I know

738
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 1: I'm in the minority. I get that, and it's not

739
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 1: because of my age. It's just because of the style

740
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: of football. I love defense. Ye love defense. Love to

741
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: see a three and out, love to see a guy

742
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: knocked the ball away on a fourth down play. I mean,

743
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: goal line stand. I think that's exciting too. So does

744
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 1: it change my life? I mean, I'm Gonnach anyway, right,

745
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 1: so they don't need me. Well, I'm a mix of

746
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 1: both of you. On one hand, I'm with Mike. I

747
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 1: like defense too. I think that that's I think that's

748
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 1: where your money's made. I think that that is the

749
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: coolest part of the game. I like the hitting, which

750
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,320
Speaker 1: is a surprise to no one. I love defense. I

751
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: always have my whole life. I've always made a defense

752
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 1: kyd of girl. However, I think it was good for

753
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: the future of football and that it was a good sign,

754
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 1: not necessarily because of all the points scored and blah

755
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: blah blah, but this is the next generation of quarterbacks, right,

756
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 1: These are the guys that are going to replace the

757
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, the Tom Brady's, the Peyton Manning who's retired,

758
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: Like this is the next crop of quarterbacks, and I

759
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:48,760
Speaker 1: think to see young guys who are emerging as those

760
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:52,919
Speaker 1: huge quarterbacks, that is super exciting. That's a good point

761
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: because they are the future. With the next collective bargaining

762
00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 1: agreement coming up in two years, which is tied directly

763
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 1: into what the television money is going to be, the

764
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: quarterbacks provided the quarterbacks are the Brad Pitts, the Tom Hanks,

765
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 1: the you know whoever you're male, George Clooney, they're the

766
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: stars exactly. So it's really really good for this league

767
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 1: to see that there's another crop of stars coming up.

768
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,319
Speaker 1: We've got another group that people are getting excited about.

769
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: They're gonna buy the jerseys, be fans of the team,

770
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,920
Speaker 1: be fans of these quarterbacks. Do I think that every

771
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: game going forward that these guys play in is going

772
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,879
Speaker 1: to be hundred plus point games. Absolutely not. I think

773
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 1: that defense will not die. People love it. You can't

774
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: completely take it out of the game. But I do

775
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: think it's good that we have these young stars and

776
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: these weren't the two best teams in the NFL. Saints

777
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 1: are rolling. The Saints can run the ball, and they

778
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 1: have a defense. Yep. Yeah, So I mean you can

779
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: have to be able to and we all know when

780
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,879
Speaker 1: the weather changes. I mean, if you have to play though,

781
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: if you if you keep winning, uh, you know, especially

782
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: if you're the Rams, I mean, you're gonna put yourself

783
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: But of course they're playing at you know, the Saints

784
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 1: that you partentially could have to play in a cold

785
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: weather game, which is going to slow down some of

786
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,640
Speaker 1: these offense, especially if you're Kansas. But there's any team

787
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 1: that looks like it's going to have one of the

788
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:20,720
Speaker 1: two buys have a bigger home field advantage than the Saints.

789
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,360
Speaker 1: If if Green Bay were in it, I would I

790
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 1: would say, oh green Bay, because you have to play

791
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 1: out in the cold, but the Mercedes Been super Dome

792
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:35,879
Speaker 1: please and they turned the lights out if they did.

793
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: I was impressed with that. Mean, what would they announced

794
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 1: as a tenants for that game? I don't know, I

795
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: don't remember exactly. I mean, good it was. I was impressed.

796
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: I mean because if we all know that was supposed

797
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 1: to be a game played in Mexico and then things

798
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: that changed quickly. But you know what I mean, the

799
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 1: whole LA thing for all of the people that said

800
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 1: it was wouldn't work. Roger Goodell looks pretty smart right

801
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 1: now because the two LA teams are seventeen and four

802
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 1: and they're playing in temporary stadiums. Yeah. I mean, you

803
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: think about our experience playing at at the Liberty Bowl

804
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:18,760
Speaker 1: and playing at Vanderbilt, and it's no knock on those

805
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,719
Speaker 1: stadiums or knocks on the stadiums now. But they're not

806
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 1: set up to be those teams home venues to where

807
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 1: you get to have all the bells and whistles that

808
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: go with the Rams or the Chargers, and that you know,

809
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 1: that stadium's gonna be four billion dollars. It's supposed to

810
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 1: be Jerry World on steroids. So it's gonna be awesome

811
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 1: to see these teams having success before they ever get

812
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 1: to the permanent stadiums. I mean, what a great sign

813
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: for LA. Well, it's great because you can sell all

814
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,359
Speaker 1: those season tickets and we all know that, you know,

815
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,960
Speaker 1: LA fans, you know, if you're not good, you can

816
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 1: find something else to do out there. I mean that's

817
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:00,960
Speaker 1: kind of what's always and known as the team is

818
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 1: going to support you, especially in the NFL, support you

819
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: if you're doing well, and if not, then you know,

820
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:09,439
Speaker 1: go the beach or do something else. Uh, to get

821
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 1: this momentum before you're moving that stadium and selling tickets.

822
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: I think it's you know, and as long as Sean

823
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:19,399
Speaker 1: McVeigh is the coach out there, I would think, yeah,

824
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: I mean he's what was he thirty four years old?

825
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,880
Speaker 1: Thirty three years old? So it's incredible. So people are

826
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 1: people are filed up about it was. I love seeing

827
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,959
Speaker 1: the atmosphere in the stadium, especially when they couldn't sell

828
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:34,840
Speaker 1: tickets like they had expected to because of everything that

829
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,920
Speaker 1: went over to Mexico to get that stadium pack like

830
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,560
Speaker 1: it was the excitement. Uh, I thought it was great

831
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:43,879
Speaker 1: for football. Google Wells according to their game book put

832
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:48,439
Speaker 1: out by the Game Book, Yeah, the game seventy seven

833
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: thousand and two. That's pretty great for what for moving

834
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: the game five days before? Absolutely well and with all

835
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 1: the fires and everything that's going on there. I know

836
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: that the RAMS gave away a lot of tickets to

837
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:04,359
Speaker 1: first responders and people who did that, but still that's

838
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 1: an incredible amount of people to move into that stadium

839
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 1: in five days. Well, and helps the league so much too,

840
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 1: because the Mexico City story was a bad story, so bad,

841
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 1: bad story, and because this game was so good, they

842
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 1: were able to turn the page and say, look at this,

843
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:23,919
Speaker 1: not this seriously, I mean, it was the biggest look

844
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 1: over here I've ever seen. It was the greatest one

845
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:29,200
Speaker 1: ever because you did want to look over I mean again,

846
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:33,360
Speaker 1: some people saying it's the greatest regular season game in

847
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:36,399
Speaker 1: NFL history. All of a sudden, the focus is off

848
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 1: Mexico City and now them saying we'll go back to

849
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:43,840
Speaker 1: Mexico City in twenty nineteen. And the reaction is okay, whatever,

850
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 1: let's keep talking about the game exactly. I mean, gosh,

851
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: if I worked at the league office right now, I'd

852
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 1: be like, because that was almost really bad. That's not

853
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 1: good think about. I mean, even from like an operation standpoint,

854
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: we just went to London, so we know how to

855
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 1: do the international thing. Now they've got equipment spread over

856
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 1: two different countries. All of a sudden, the RAMS were

857
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: in Colorado Springs trying to get used to the altitude.

858
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:15,879
Speaker 1: So well, ESPN, your partner, right is not happy. So

859
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:20,799
Speaker 1: everything spread over different states and different continents. It is

860
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 1: just a colossal nightmare. And holy smokes, they get that

861
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:27,880
Speaker 1: kind of a game out of it, and everything is okay.

862
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 1: That's right. But what the schedule looks like next year

863
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: as far as rotating schedule, whether those two teams you're

864
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:36,600
Speaker 1: back on each other's schedule or you could have a redo.

865
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,640
Speaker 1: Kansas City's in here next year. I think I think

866
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 1: that might be right. Yet I don't know about there,

867
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:47,239
Speaker 1: But I don't know. I'm not aware of what the

868
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: RAMS rotating schedules. We'll get that for you though, Yeah,

869
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 1: maybe Hank from Official Game book somewhere produced by the

870
00:47:56,520 --> 00:48:00,919
Speaker 1: Official gamebook people. People, All right, let's take a look

871
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:04,359
Speaker 1: at the AFC South, which is what we need to do,

872
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:10,720
Speaker 1: because listen, it's right there for the Titans. For as

873
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 1: tough as it was last weekend, they play the Texans

874
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:16,720
Speaker 1: seven and three overall, two and one in the division.

875
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:20,720
Speaker 1: Titans and Colts five and five, Jaguars three and seven.

876
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,920
Speaker 1: Jaguars have big time problems because not only are they

877
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,080
Speaker 1: four games out of first, but they're oh and three

878
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:30,359
Speaker 1: in the division. Yeah, that sucks. Sorry, I mean if

879
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 1: they win out, if they went out, it's still hard

880
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: to see how they win the division in any sort

881
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: of tiebreaker, right, difficult, Okay, not impossible, but difficult. The Titans, however,

882
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:46,759
Speaker 1: if you win this one, you go to six and five,

883
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:50,879
Speaker 1: you're three and one in the division, and you will

884
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 1: have swept the Texans. Right, so all you need to

885
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,799
Speaker 1: do in the last five games is pick up one game.

886
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:03,680
Speaker 1: One game. Wow, that's it. It's right there. It's I mean,

887
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:07,480
Speaker 1: it's still for as Mike said, it's so well in

888
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:11,080
Speaker 1: the press conference, and it's been repeated by every media

889
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 1: outlet that covered the press conference, and it's so smart

890
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 1: on their part because they didn't bury the headline. Jim Wyatt,

891
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 1: of course, I'll brag on him. He had it as

892
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:24,759
Speaker 1: his headline, but everybody else got it right too, and

893
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:28,480
Speaker 1: that is Look, it was bad. We know it was.

894
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:30,400
Speaker 1: I can't remember exactly how we said it, we know

895
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:32,759
Speaker 1: it was bad. If it seemed bad, it was as

896
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 1: bad as it seems. But listen, we're in this thing,

897
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:38,960
Speaker 1: and this is why you've got to find a way

898
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:42,000
Speaker 1: if you're this football team to turn the page. Yeah

899
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: and yeah, you'll you'll look at what's ahead, and certainly

900
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,400
Speaker 1: the team's not doing this. But I can't help but

901
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:50,919
Speaker 1: look at a four game stretch, four out of five

902
00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:54,359
Speaker 1: in December of being here, and it's a chance to

903
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 1: get some momentum to I mean, I'll look at the

904
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,200
Speaker 1: five after this game and think Titans could win all

905
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:02,759
Speaker 1: five of these. But but this is the big one

906
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: to set that up. Texas have been on a heck

907
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:07,479
Speaker 1: of a run. I mean, and they've won some flukey games,

908
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:09,040
Speaker 1: give them credit, but that's the kind of thing that

909
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: happens when you build momentum and you start feeling good

910
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,000
Speaker 1: about yourself. Now, the Titans need to get on one

911
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:15,919
Speaker 1: of those roles. This is you know, this is would

912
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,480
Speaker 1: be a different Titans team this Monday Night compared the

913
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:21,319
Speaker 1: one that played in Week two. It's a different Texas team,

914
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:23,920
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be healthier, they're gonna be jacked up.

915
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:27,120
Speaker 1: They lost this Titans team earlier in the season. They

916
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:30,560
Speaker 1: plan on Monday Night football. They've got all kinds of momentum.

917
00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 1: So if we thought, you know, going into Lucasol Stadium

918
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:36,799
Speaker 1: was tough, this is gonna be even tougher on Monday Night.

919
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:40,719
Speaker 1: And but it was pretty loud, and last time this

920
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 1: team went down to Texas and one in Dallas, so

921
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 1: I certainly think it's capable. You are right, though Houston

922
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:49,439
Speaker 1: has had some flukey wins. They've had some things where

923
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,080
Speaker 1: the ball has just bounced their way or not gone

924
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,560
Speaker 1: through the uprights the way we would like it too

925
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 1: here in Tennessee. But it's time for that to start

926
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:00,319
Speaker 1: happening for Nashville. It's time for us to stop having

927
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:04,719
Speaker 1: these weird things happen, which it seems like our whole

928
00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:08,879
Speaker 1: season has been just sprinkled with strange things happening. It's

929
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:11,319
Speaker 1: time to get some momentum going, get the ball to

930
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:14,560
Speaker 1: bounce in our favor a couple of times, and let's

931
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,680
Speaker 1: take the division. Let's put the history on the Texans

932
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: right here, the first team in ninety three years to

933
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:27,200
Speaker 1: start oh and three and win their next seven. Well,

934
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:31,279
Speaker 1: nineteen twenty five, the New York Giants did it. If

935
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:33,440
Speaker 1: they win this game Monday night, they are the first

936
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 1: team in NFL history to start oh and three and

937
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:39,080
Speaker 1: get to eight and three. And I mean some of

938
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 1: their numbers. JJ Watt at ten sacks, Jenevian Clowney six

939
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:50,560
Speaker 1: and a half sacks, Deshaun Watson eighteen touchdown passes overall,

940
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:55,560
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, leading receiver in the AFC with sixty eight catches,

941
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:59,880
Speaker 1: nine hundred and fifty yards and eight touchdowns. Defense limiting

942
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:04,879
Speaker 1: opponents to just three point six eight per carry. It's

943
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:08,440
Speaker 1: a battle of the league's number seven defense, Houston and

944
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: the number nine defense, the Titans. That's what we got. Wow,

945
00:52:13,239 --> 00:52:16,800
Speaker 1: Monday Night football should be a good game. Sure, you know,

946
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,280
Speaker 1: you hope it is. And I do think this team,

947
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 1: you know, will, We'll rise to the case and they

948
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:25,120
Speaker 1: realize this isn't the last stand necessarily. I hear people

949
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:26,799
Speaker 1: say it's a must win, and it's I think it's

950
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 1: a must win as far as the division goes. But

951
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:32,240
Speaker 1: you look around the AFC and uh, you know, obviously

952
00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers in good position for that second

953
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:37,000
Speaker 1: for that first wild card spot. But every you know,

954
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,240
Speaker 1: we've got so many teams bunched up at five and five.

955
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:42,440
Speaker 1: So I don't think that the dream is dead if

956
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: you'll lose this game as far as the playoff spot

957
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:47,480
Speaker 1: is concerned. But I think you can kiss the AFC

958
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:53,480
Speaker 1: South goodbye if be down three with five to play,

959
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,880
Speaker 1: and you'd be two and two in the division. Again,

960
00:52:55,960 --> 00:53:00,000
Speaker 1: the win is such a big factor because you sweep

961
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: the season series and you get the third win in

962
00:53:02,239 --> 00:53:06,319
Speaker 1: the division, which for tiebreaker, you know, yes, you know

963
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:08,399
Speaker 1: where if you're if you're the Titans, what you want

964
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 1: to set up is you want to set up that

965
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:12,600
Speaker 1: last game with the Colts to be for the division.

966
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:16,480
Speaker 1: Oh man, because the Colts in the Texans. That actually

967
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: the Texans are beginning three straight home games Tennessee, Cleveland

968
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 1: and then Indianapolis. So I mean, pretty famine. That's the

969
00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:25,920
Speaker 1: thing I looked at, you know, when you looked at

970
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: them elder in the year and looked at Jacksonville, who

971
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:34,560
Speaker 1: had a first play schedule, I always figured that the

972
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,200
Speaker 1: Texans were probably in a better spot to get hot

973
00:53:37,239 --> 00:53:39,600
Speaker 1: and win. And you know that's why this game is

974
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,240
Speaker 1: so important to the Titans, because they'll be favored against

975
00:53:42,239 --> 00:53:44,800
Speaker 1: the Browns, they'll be favored in the home game against

976
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,319
Speaker 1: the Colts. I don't know where it goes from there,

977
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:50,920
Speaker 1: but they've got they've set themselves up where they can

978
00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:53,600
Speaker 1: finish this thing off as well. So you've got to

979
00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,240
Speaker 1: figure out a way to stop the momentum. And Deshaun

980
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:59,799
Speaker 1: Watson is he didn't play as well this past week

981
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: the Redskins. He played in some previous games, but he's

982
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:06,800
Speaker 1: he's the real deal. And they've gotten better at receiver

983
00:54:06,920 --> 00:54:09,120
Speaker 1: since the last time this team has faced them. The

984
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:12,400
Speaker 1: Marriest Thomas, no Will Fuller, who's been a Titan killer.

985
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,920
Speaker 1: He's on IR but they replace him with Demarrius Thomas,

986
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:19,319
Speaker 1: who in his career against the Titans three games, he's

987
00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:24,440
Speaker 1: been good. Yeah, really good, yis But I don't know,

988
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:27,799
Speaker 1: I'm excited. Okay, it's a big opportunity. Why don't we

989
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: do some social media plugs. Let's do some social media

990
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,520
Speaker 1: player that Jim that Jim Wyatt loves the social media.

991
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:37,800
Speaker 1: He does like a teenager. He is. You can follow

992
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:42,600
Speaker 1: him at j Wyatt Sports on Twitter, Amy Wells at Titans, Amy,

993
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 1: that's a m ie. And remember mister Football. The Tennessee

994
00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:51,600
Speaker 1: Titans Mister Football Awards this Sunday, five thirty Central Time.

995
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:54,040
Speaker 1: You can watch it online. Ye. And I'm gonna give

996
00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:56,000
Speaker 1: one more plug too. The first time I say there's

997
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,279
Speaker 1: no scenario the Chiefs and Rams play next year. They

998
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:00,120
Speaker 1: don't play on the skesh while it's just clear that

999
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:03,640
Speaker 1: I've been checked it out and then plugging. Tennessee Titans

1000
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:06,320
Speaker 1: fans in Houston are having a party at the stadium

1001
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:10,440
Speaker 1: Peerland Town Center, as I think I pronounced that correctly.

1002
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:14,680
Speaker 1: I don't think that's even it's pear It's it's pea

1003
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,040
Speaker 1: r l A n D. It's either Peerland. I think

1004
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:23,200
Speaker 1: it's Pearland Town Stadia, Pearland, Pearland Town Center. Uh, they're

1005
00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:26,479
Speaker 1: having an address, Yeah, it is in Uh how about

1006
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: the address? It's if I can find it here, it's

1007
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:33,560
Speaker 1: it's a Stadius Sports Grill eleven two hundred Broadway Street,

1008
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:37,200
Speaker 1: Unit nine forty seven in Pearland, Texas, which is just

1009
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:42,320
Speaker 1: on the outskirts of Houston. It's Sunday from seven pm

1010
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:44,680
Speaker 1: to two am. So they planned on going hard, it

1011
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:49,239
Speaker 1: looks like. And they had a similar party. They had

1012
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:52,000
Speaker 1: a party in this same group, the Tennessee Titans fans

1013
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: in Houston, who are great supporters of this team. They

1014
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:57,040
Speaker 1: had a party in Dallas. Uh, you know, but leading

1015
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,400
Speaker 1: up to that Monday night game. I think it was

1016
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,080
Speaker 1: an ardent an area. So they're pumping out this event.

1017
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 1: I'm a tweet out a little bit earlier, but they

1018
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,120
Speaker 1: just sent me a tweet here which had it on

1019
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:07,120
Speaker 1: my mind. And they're trying to get Titans fans to

1020
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:10,160
Speaker 1: show up down there and get rowdy until two am

1021
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,959
Speaker 1: on game day. Well, best of luck to you. I'll

1022
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:18,920
Speaker 1: be asleep, but I'm not gonna make it. But I

1023
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,920
Speaker 1: mean I could be up until nine. You can make

1024
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 1: the first part of this before it really gets right.

1025
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:29,400
Speaker 1: Nine is when I about top out, all right. I

1026
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:33,200
Speaker 1: think we're sharing too much here, really, But anyway, Happy

1027
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving to you guys, Happy Thanksgiving, and happy Thanksgiving to

1028
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,839
Speaker 1: all our Titans fans. We are certainly thankful for all

1029
00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:43,319
Speaker 1: of you, and especially for those of you who subscribe

1030
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:45,759
Speaker 1: to the OTP. We're extra thankful for that. We are

1031
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:49,200
Speaker 1: extra thankful. Tell a friend at the family gathering that

1032
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:51,520
Speaker 1: they should do that, and you can catch up on

1033
00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:54,279
Speaker 1: old episodes. Play it at the Table's been some good

1034
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:58,400
Speaker 1: old episode. There's some doozy, some classic. If you've got it,

1035
00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:01,680
Speaker 1: ain't an uncle with the Thanksgiving dinner, then we just

1036
00:57:01,840 --> 00:57:04,839
Speaker 1: had enough of you. Just get on the OTP and yeah,

1037
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:08,960
Speaker 1: just put the headphones in. Go I'm actually waiting for

1038
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:13,719
Speaker 1: a call. Yeah, the little that's exactly right. I think

1039
00:57:13,719 --> 00:57:15,120
Speaker 1: it's a good I think it's a good time to

1040
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,680
Speaker 1: hit the music. Now. Your family will appreciate that. Not

1041
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:22,439
Speaker 1: my family, maybe your famite music. Please, and a turkey noise.

1042
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:25,600
Speaker 1: You need a turkey noise and the music. To conclude

1043
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:29,160
Speaker 1: the Thanksgiving edition of the OTP for Amy Wells and

1044
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:31,840
Speaker 1: Jim White. My name's Mike Keith, and you have been

1045
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:38,320
Speaker 1: listening to the There it is, and you have been

1046
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:39,840
Speaker 1: listening to the OTP.