WEBVTT - The OTP | A Trip Down Titans Memory Lane

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<v Speaker 1>a very special guest from WKRN News Too for forty

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<v Speaker 1>three years, Bob Mueller.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice to see him, Mike. Thank you for asking me

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<v Speaker 2>to be part of this. This is exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>How's to doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing great.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember the first time I met you January two thousand, Atlanta,

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<v Speaker 1>uh huh, Planet Hollywood, the Monday before Super Bowl thirty four,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's one. I have a lot of memories of

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<v Speaker 1>that week. Ice storm, the ice storm, all of it,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'll never forget. John Dwyer asked me to be

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<v Speaker 1>on the program you guys were doing down there, and

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<v Speaker 1>I walk outside and there's Bob Mueller, and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>what's Bob Bueller doing here? And so I knew it

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<v Speaker 1>was a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>Ben. I was on the road a month that year

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<v Speaker 2>because obviously that was you know, the magical year of

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen ninety nine. We did a special outside of Nissans

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<v Speaker 2>to Adelphia Coliseum that turned into the Music City miracle.

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<v Speaker 2>We moved to Indianapolis, broadcasting out in the snow and

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<v Speaker 2>watched the Titans fans take over the stadium in Indianapolis

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<v Speaker 2>and Peyton manning false start. Then we flew to Jacksonville

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<v Speaker 2>where Butch Spard had almost got a fistfight with some

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<v Speaker 2>with some Jacksonville fans. We win there. We do our

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<v Speaker 2>post game in a pouring rain on the field in

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<v Speaker 2>Jacksonville with one light, me and John Dwyer. They turned

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<v Speaker 2>the stadium lights out on us and we're in the

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<v Speaker 2>rain with one cleag lanlight on us for an hour.

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<v Speaker 2>We finish our show soaking wet, have to run to

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<v Speaker 2>the airport get enough plane to fly to atlantaut where

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<v Speaker 2>we're there for a week. That was pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a wild twenty two days, which was.

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<v Speaker 2>An unbelievable time.

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<v Speaker 1>So how did they you're on the news side, how

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<v Speaker 1>did they get you involved in all of that?

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<v Speaker 2>We were doing a lot of the who's coming to

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<v Speaker 2>the game, who's the sponsors that are coming to the game,

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<v Speaker 2>Where are some of the charity money going to. We

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<v Speaker 2>did a lot of stuff with kids in the in

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL zone. We did kind of the outside of

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<v Speaker 2>sports aspect of how this Super Bowl and how this

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<v Speaker 2>team is affecting the community of Nashville during this stop,

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<v Speaker 2>during this run.

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<v Speaker 1>The Indianapolis thing, as we go there this week, I

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<v Speaker 1>think is the forgotten part of the trip. Because everyone

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<v Speaker 1>remembers the Music City Miracle game, everyone remembers Jacksonville, everyone

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<v Speaker 1>remembers the super Bowl. But the Indianapolis thing was really

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<v Speaker 1>a wild deal because when we arrived Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>Nine's everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>And I mean it was shocking.

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<v Speaker 2>Once think and his white white coat coming in and

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<v Speaker 2>that the hotel room we were there when the team arrived,

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely packed with fans hanging from the rafters cheering these

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<v Speaker 2>guys on to come in. And the stadium, you remember

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<v Speaker 2>you did the game. The stadium was filled with more

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<v Speaker 2>Titans fans than Colts fans, and Peyton had at least

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<v Speaker 2>three fall starts.

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<v Speaker 1>They did at their own state. They had to take

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<v Speaker 1>a time out because the crowd was too loud on

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<v Speaker 1>offense in the first half, and it was just it

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<v Speaker 1>was an incredible experience. You and I have something in common.

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<v Speaker 1>We both moved here from Chattanooga, Yes, and I remember

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<v Speaker 1>when we moved here, I knew Nashville was the state capitol,

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<v Speaker 1>and I knew Nashville was bigger than Chattanooga, but I

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<v Speaker 1>don't remember thinking Nashville was that much bigger or that

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<v Speaker 1>much Did you have the same impression when you.

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<v Speaker 2>Moved, exact same impression. The reason I wanted to come here,

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<v Speaker 2>I was really into politics, and obviously, being the state capitol,

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<v Speaker 2>it would be more in tune with what I was

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<v Speaker 2>pursuing in my broadcast career, so I wanted to come

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<v Speaker 2>cover the state capitol. But yeah, it was a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit bigger, but really not much different than Chattanooga. It

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<v Speaker 2>was kind of a quiet town with you know, some

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<v Speaker 2>power folks over here, and nobody went downtown and that

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<v Speaker 2>was it. Three restaurants, maybe it was, you know, it

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<v Speaker 2>was the reason I came here was for work, because

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to cover politics. And you know, the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing I covered was Lamar Alexander's gubernatorial run and got

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<v Speaker 2>to meet Howard Baker and got to meet spokes from

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<v Speaker 2>when I was in college covering Watergate hearings, hearing them

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<v Speaker 2>on the radio. Then got to meet these folks and eventually,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Al goreth two presidential runs. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>why I came here and it paid off for me.

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<v Speaker 1>But you could certainly understand that twenty two day period

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<v Speaker 1>in January two thousand and what it meant to people

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<v Speaker 1>based on what it had been like when you came

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<v Speaker 1>here twenty years ago. It was quite a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and Mike, you know this too. There's Nashville before

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<v Speaker 2>pro sports and after pro sports, and there's it's night

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<v Speaker 2>and day. You know, once the arena came, we didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have a team, but then we got the team, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you know, the miracle happens that the Oilers want

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<v Speaker 2>to come to Nashville, and that actually happens. There's no

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<v Speaker 2>comparison between when that happened and what was before that.

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<v Speaker 2>Before that is not even close to what we're seeing now.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So I want to mention Duncan here real

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<v Speaker 1>quick because we're doing the OTP and it's always game

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<v Speaker 1>on with Duncan. So grab a coffee and kick off

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<v Speaker 1>the action, whether that's drinking a cup of coffee on

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<v Speaker 1>your way to the game or grabbing one to go

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<v Speaker 1>before watching the game at home. Duncan is always there

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<v Speaker 1>to help you get your game on, just like the pros,

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<v Speaker 1>like Bob Muller, we need to be at our best

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<v Speaker 1>come game time, which is why Duncan is the most

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<v Speaker 1>important part of your game day ritual because it's always

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<v Speaker 1>the best call for football America runs on Duncan. Bob Mueller, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>where were you when the Music City miracle happened?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I could all three hundred thousand people that were

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<v Speaker 2>in that building. I actually was in the building. I

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<v Speaker 2>was in our suite. We had done a pregame show

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<v Speaker 2>and my general manager was kind enough to let us

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<v Speaker 2>come watch the game of the suite, and our suite

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<v Speaker 2>was next to a big double suite. That big double

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<v Speaker 2>suite belonged to Bud Adams, the owner of the Tennessee

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<v Speaker 2>Titans and the Progresses. And with sixteen seconds left, Buffalo

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<v Speaker 2>kicks the field goal and the stadium suck drive air.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody in our suite, everybody in the other suite are

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<v Speaker 2>putting stuff down and getting ready to heading to the doors,

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<v Speaker 2>and people are leaving, and I'm the only one. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sitting on a glass window with a windows slide open,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of leaning halfway out of the out of the

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<v Speaker 2>suite into the stadium. I'm going. You know, we got

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<v Speaker 2>aldel Greco. If we can make a we're not out

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<v Speaker 2>of this yet. And then they make the kick and

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<v Speaker 2>it's a short kick and our Lorenzo Neal gets it.

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<v Speaker 2>We seem tossed back to White check what's this? And

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<v Speaker 2>there's here. He goes down down, Kevin Dyson wide open,

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<v Speaker 2>catches it for seventy five yards and the place explodes it.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody comes running back into the suites. The last person

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<v Speaker 2>in mister Adams. So he was not in there, was

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<v Speaker 2>not in there when it happened.

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<v Speaker 1>He was Bud Adams. You saw him.

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<v Speaker 2>I was there. He was not in say had left.

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<v Speaker 1>He was headed out.

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<v Speaker 2>They were heading out of the suite before the kickoff

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<v Speaker 2>that turned into the Music City Miracle. They got back

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<v Speaker 2>into the suite after the celebrations going on in the

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<v Speaker 2>end zone.

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<v Speaker 1>You have given the OT people something they didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well that's I love telling that story.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. So as as somebody who spent his life in

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<v Speaker 1>journalism and you were deep into it even at that point,

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<v Speaker 1>did you realize at that moment the significance of what

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<v Speaker 1>had just happened?

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<v Speaker 2>No, No, you know, I don't know anything about what's

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<v Speaker 2>it like to go to a Super Bowl or what

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<v Speaker 2>this which win means just it just means, Okay, you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to go play another football game, or what does

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<v Speaker 2>it mean for the city of Nashville. No, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think anybody understood how that game, how that the Music

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<v Speaker 2>City Miracle changed Nashville. For one thing, It's always going

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<v Speaker 2>to be remembered for it. It's been played a thousand

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<v Speaker 2>times and your call is fantastic. You and Pat Bryan

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<v Speaker 2>weren't just fantastic, and so no, I don't think anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>I think as the years have progressed, we've realized what

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<v Speaker 2>that what that one play meant to this city.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, when did you know you were going to Indianapolis?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we knew. We had planned before the playoff, before

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<v Speaker 2>the Wildcard game that you know, this is what we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to do if this all half this wins, were

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<v Speaker 2>going to go and so we were packing ready to go.

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<v Speaker 2>We did our show. Me and John Dwyer. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>the Sunday was a Sunday or Saturday game. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>remember anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>The Buffalo game was Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought Saturday game. And then we did that game.

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<v Speaker 2>We win, we do our post show and we're off

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<v Speaker 2>to Indianapolis and spending a week up there, snowed on us.

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<v Speaker 2>We're broadcasting in the snow outside. You know, it was

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<v Speaker 2>so excited, so much fun, The most have ever had

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<v Speaker 2>my career, Absolutely the most fun. All these fans are

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<v Speaker 2>so excited, and the Indianapolis as the bars and the

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<v Speaker 2>restaurants are packed with Titans fans. Game day approaches and

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<v Speaker 2>it's cold outside and we get inside and the place

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<v Speaker 2>is just rocking with fans. The hardest thing about my

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<v Speaker 2>job at that point was trying to be poised and

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<v Speaker 2>not cheer the team in the broadcast booth because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a news guy and I'm not covering the game.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm covering other aspects of it, but I can't cheer

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<v Speaker 2>in the forum. So we win in Indianapolis, we do

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<v Speaker 2>our postgame. Me and dwy are just looking at each

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<v Speaker 2>other like this is unbelievable. We didn't think we were

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<v Speaker 2>gonna leave Indianapolis with a win and headed to Jacksonville,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can't beat Jacksonville three times in a row.

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<v Speaker 2>You just can't happen. And they were so cocky, their

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<v Speaker 2>fans were. They knew they were gonna win, and anybody

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<v Speaker 2>who looked affiliated with the Titans was just given grief

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<v Speaker 2>by everybody. They were pushing in shoves at Saturday nights

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<v Speaker 2>before game parties with people like I said, bush Beards

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<v Speaker 2>and somebody else almost got into a fistfight. And I

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<v Speaker 2>will never forget the whoop and the Titans put on

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<v Speaker 2>Jacksonville and seeing Matthews lift that trophy and seeing that

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<v Speaker 2>the team on the field with that trophy. Afterwards, just

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<v Speaker 2>going We're going to the super Bowl, super Bowl for

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<v Speaker 2>this franchise and what it meant to these players and

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<v Speaker 2>the owners and the coaches and Jeff Fisher and everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>People are in tears, and it was just a feeling

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<v Speaker 2>of like, these guys have really accomplished something. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>really matter what goes on from here, but this is

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<v Speaker 2>this is something that they have wanted forever and they

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<v Speaker 2>finally got it.

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<v Speaker 1>It made me so happy because I'll never forget all

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<v Speaker 1>the people who had worked for the Oilers, who had

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<v Speaker 1>been close in the late seventies and early eighties. The

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<v Speaker 1>Steelers kept them out of two super Bowls, and then

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<v Speaker 1>they had the seven straight winning seasons with Warren Moon,

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<v Speaker 1>and they went through the move and every and they

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to move. You know that wasn't their idea,

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<v Speaker 1>but once they got here they realized it was a

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<v Speaker 1>special place. They came to embrace it. They said, man,

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is something else.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the ownership of the Titans players and teams

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<v Speaker 2>at that time when they came here were surprised by

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<v Speaker 2>how they were greeted by no to accept.

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<v Speaker 1>It, there's no question.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was a little rough going in because the

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<v Speaker 2>stadium wasn't built yetting or playing in Memphis and Vanderbilt

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<v Speaker 2>for a couple of years, but once you got to

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<v Speaker 2>the stadium, it just seemed like the team enveloped or

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<v Speaker 2>the city enveloped the team well.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was such a wave too, because we played

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<v Speaker 1>the first game at the stadium. It's Friday night against

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<v Speaker 1>the Falcons in the preseason. We throw deep on the

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<v Speaker 1>first play of the game, and everybody's like, hey, this

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<v Speaker 1>is our place. And you know, people thought Nissan Stadium

0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.600
<v Speaker 1>was so special because it had chairback seats. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>that was that was the amenity. It wasn't Wi Fi

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<v Speaker 1>at big screen and led at that time, It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't have to sit on a bench. This is fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>We might as well be on the Starship Enterprise. And

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<v Speaker 1>then we start three and zero, lose a game, get

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<v Speaker 1>to six and one, lose a game, get to nine

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<v Speaker 1>and two, lose a game, and then win our last

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<v Speaker 1>four and we go thirteen and three, and it's been

0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:48.280
<v Speaker 1>this fun year. We get to it's a playoff game, Well,

0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.960
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna lose. It's okay, Buffalo's been really good, and

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<v Speaker 1>then all this stuff happens and the significance of the

0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.760
<v Speaker 1>miracle play. I contend that it's the most significant play

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<v Speaker 1>in NFL history. And here's why, because we advanced from

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<v Speaker 1>there to the super Bowl. Now the immaculate reception. The

0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:12.200
<v Speaker 1>Steelers lost the next week. Now it may have been

0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:16.120
<v Speaker 1>a more spectacular play. Maybe I don't know. But the

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<v Speaker 1>other part of it that I don't think is taken

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<v Speaker 1>into account is what is discussed by you, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is not just the football significance, but what the next

0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:30.080
<v Speaker 1>twenty two days meant to the franchise, to the region,

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<v Speaker 1>to a generation of people my kid's age, your kid's age,

0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:39.560
<v Speaker 1>who who became NFL fans in that moment. It established

0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:44.559
<v Speaker 1>football in a region of the country and solidified the move.

0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:46.560
<v Speaker 2>And we were doing. Once we got to Atlanta, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Super Bowl week and we were doing an extra

0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:50.920
<v Speaker 2>we were doing all our newscasts and we're doing an

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<v Speaker 2>extra half an hour, extra hour after the newscast from

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<v Speaker 2>what were we the ESPN zone. That's where we were,

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<v Speaker 2>and our ratings we had the we were fortunate enough

0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.160
<v Speaker 2>ABC had the game that year. We were our ratings

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<v Speaker 2>through the roof. Everybody in Nashville was watching you guys,

0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.800
<v Speaker 2>watching us tell the story of what was going on

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<v Speaker 2>in Atlanta, through the ice storm, through everything that was

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<v Speaker 2>going on, And I'd like to know, you know, what

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<v Speaker 2>was it like for you guys, because I know what

0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.320
<v Speaker 2>it was like for us. It was strange because as

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<v Speaker 2>the game is ending and it looks like it's tied,

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<v Speaker 2>they moved the media. We're going to the locker room,

0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:30.599
<v Speaker 2>so we miss Titans get going down. We were in

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<v Speaker 2>the four years somewhere heading down to the locker room

0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.840
<v Speaker 2>and here the yell, and we don't know what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we find out what it is. It's the deeps,

0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:43.960
<v Speaker 2>it's the it's it's the one poor defensive play we

0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:48.040
<v Speaker 2>made the whole game. But then we're kind of peering

0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:53.360
<v Speaker 2>out and we see McNair making his run and there's

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<v Speaker 2>no question this is going to happen. And then you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Kevin Dyson on the end of that whole year from

0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.480
<v Speaker 2>the Music City Miracle to one your short and you

0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:03.960
<v Speaker 2>can't believe it's over with and it just it's just

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<v Speaker 2>like it's over. It's it's over. And then we you know,

0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:11.160
<v Speaker 2>for security reasons, people were maybe taking their job a

0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.120
<v Speaker 2>little too seriously. We're trying to get out to cover,

0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:15.920
<v Speaker 2>to cover the they won't let us out on the field,

0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.000
<v Speaker 2>and we're got, we got where're going live. We got

0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:19.440
<v Speaker 2>to get out there, we gotta go, we gotta go.

0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.880
<v Speaker 2>Finally get out there, and Al del Greco's and tears.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the first person we talked to, and we're you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we're so proud of these guys, and we know also

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<v Speaker 2>how much it just hurts that they were this close

0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:34.440
<v Speaker 2>to to you know, who knows if we'd have won,

0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:36.760
<v Speaker 2>but this close to keeping the game, going to give

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<v Speaker 2>it another shot. And I remember interviewing Jeff Fisher and

0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:41.960
<v Speaker 2>and I've never seen him at a loss for words,

0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:43.840
<v Speaker 2>and he was at a loss for words with me

0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.480
<v Speaker 2>and John were talking to him and and he just

0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:49.320
<v Speaker 2>was so proud of the team and just so disappointed.

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<v Speaker 2>At the same time, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>The most empty I've ever felt after anything, as I

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<v Speaker 1>mean to lose a super Bowl that way. After that,

0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.960
<v Speaker 1>twenty two days and we got back to the hotel

0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:05.520
<v Speaker 1>and they have a post super Bowl party. Travis Tritt

0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.440
<v Speaker 1>is performing at our post super Bowl party. And I

0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.920
<v Speaker 1>will always be a Travis Tritt fan because he I

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<v Speaker 1>felt like I needed to go down and go to

0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:14.920
<v Speaker 1>the party. My wife didn't want to go down and

0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:16.600
<v Speaker 1>she was worn out, and she says, how can you

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<v Speaker 1>do this? I said, well, they've done this nice thing

0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.720
<v Speaker 1>for us. I should go down. And he stopped his

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<v Speaker 1>set and he goes, listen. He goes, I just want

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<v Speaker 1>you to all know how proud we are of you,

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<v Speaker 1>and you played a great game. And of course, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the President called us after the game. I've never heard

0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:34.960
<v Speaker 1>of the president calling the losing team when.

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<v Speaker 2>We did a parade for the losing team ever Hashville,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've always wondered if it was the wrong thing

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<v Speaker 2>to do. I don't think it was. I think the

0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.200
<v Speaker 2>city was so in love with this team. It was

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<v Speaker 2>showing appreciation even though they didn't win it that they

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to show the appreciation for these guys for what

0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.240
<v Speaker 2>they did, and I think the players appreciated that, even

0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:56.800
<v Speaker 2>though they didn't have a Lombardi Trophy with me. And

0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:58.720
<v Speaker 2>the downtown was insane, well.

0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.200
<v Speaker 1>They say, and I don't know that anyone counted, but

0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.400
<v Speaker 1>it has been said that there were more people at

0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:08.280
<v Speaker 1>the runner up Super Bowl parade in Nashville than they're

0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.040
<v Speaker 1>wearing Saint Louis at their Super Bowl Championship preriade. It

0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:12.760
<v Speaker 1>was crazy. People took their St.

0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.280
<v Speaker 2>Louis. They're not great big football fans. They're better baseball, right,

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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, it was packed downtown. I mean, we were

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<v Speaker 2>broadcasting live obviously, and I'm the players are on the

0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.400
<v Speaker 2>backs of convertibles coming through, and people are throwing confetti,

0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.480
<v Speaker 2>and there's Titans flags everywhere, and there's kids everywhere, and

0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:33.360
<v Speaker 2>they're signing autographs as they go by. The mayors down there.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just it was a big thank you as

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<v Speaker 2>what it was that was.

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<v Speaker 1>To go from you know, we have the parade right

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<v Speaker 1>there the first part of February, and if you had

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<v Speaker 1>gone back six months, we didn't know if we were

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<v Speaker 1>going to sell out all the games. You know, we

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<v Speaker 1>had to work hard to sell out the first preseason game,

0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.320
<v Speaker 1>and then the second preseason game, and then the regular

0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:57.920
<v Speaker 1>season opener against Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, that's at the whole station. They were going

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<v Speaker 2>to lose that game, and they pulled.

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<v Speaker 1>It out, pulled it out, and then the Cleveland game

0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.960
<v Speaker 1>that followed, and so then we you know, when we

0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:08.760
<v Speaker 1>started three and oh, then we sold out a couple

0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.480
<v Speaker 1>more games, and when the record got better, we sold

0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:14.040
<v Speaker 1>that the season, and you know, that was the goal,

0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.960
<v Speaker 1>but that was no sure thing, and you look back

0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:20.920
<v Speaker 1>on it now, how that changed that whole period of time.

0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.399
<v Speaker 1>And like this weekend, Titans fans are going to go

0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:27.560
<v Speaker 1>to Indianapolis. Yes, next weekend, thousands of Titans fans are

0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:32.400
<v Speaker 1>going to London. And what we're talking about, almost twenty

0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.879
<v Speaker 1>five years ago set the stage for this, which is

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<v Speaker 1>really crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing like it. I'd have to talk to other people

0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.960
<v Speaker 2>that broadcast in other cities, but I've never seen it

0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:45.399
<v Speaker 2>was like a college atmosphere. It was like tailgating from

0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:48.920
<v Speaker 2>going to college games. That everybody who was a Titans fan,

0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:50.640
<v Speaker 2>they got in the buses, they got in their cars,

0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.080
<v Speaker 2>they got in the planes and followed the team. And

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<v Speaker 2>that just doesn't happen a whole lot in the NFL

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<v Speaker 2>on a regular basis.

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<v Speaker 1>And you think about Kevin Dyson.

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<v Speaker 2>What a great I'm actually friends with Kevin and I

0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:03.160
<v Speaker 2>talked to him about this all the time and give

0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.959
<v Speaker 2>him grief anyone you got short, and he takes it in.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's the book in for the whole for the

0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:10.600
<v Speaker 2>whole year.

0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:12.960
<v Speaker 1>He's the book in for the whole year. And he's

0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:16.199
<v Speaker 1>an interesting story because he's the miracle guy. Well he's

0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:20.000
<v Speaker 1>the guy who got picked before Randy Moss. He oh yeah,

0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:23.639
<v Speaker 1>oh yeah, he's the miracle guy. He's the one yard

0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:26.919
<v Speaker 1>short guy. He's the guy who has what was on

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<v Speaker 1>its way to being a great career sort of short

0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:34.560
<v Speaker 1>circuit because of a very strange injury that happened in practice.

0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:40.080
<v Speaker 1>And now he's principal. He's doctor Kevin Dyson, doctor Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Dys And you think about the impact of all of

0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.680
<v Speaker 1>that in a twenty five year period in who this

0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.720
<v Speaker 1>person is as part of this community in all these ways.

0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:49.040
<v Speaker 2>And he chose to stay here and be part of

0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:51.359
<v Speaker 2>this community, which so many former Titans have. There are

0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:53.480
<v Speaker 2>so many former Titans, you know this, who live here

0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:56.480
<v Speaker 2>and call this place home because they feel so welcomed

0:18:56.520 --> 0:19:00.240
<v Speaker 2>when during their playing days and even afterwards. You know,

0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.720
<v Speaker 2>people still go up and see these Keith Bullock and

0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:05.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, you name it there that live here or

0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:08.280
<v Speaker 2>visit here and are still part of this community.

0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:10.280
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you saw the reaction to Keith

0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:11.280
<v Speaker 1>Bullock on Sunday.

0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:11.720
<v Speaker 2>I did.

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<v Speaker 1>It's crazy, it was rock star crazy. And then he

0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:20.439
<v Speaker 1>stayed out fire. He is mister Monday Neck. But what

0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:24.040
<v Speaker 1>he means to people, what Eddie George means to people

0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:25.280
<v Speaker 1>in so many different ways.

0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.959
<v Speaker 2>Yes, you had football coach. How great is that? I mean,

0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:29.800
<v Speaker 2>can you imagine being one of those players played for

0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:31.080
<v Speaker 2>Eddie George.

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<v Speaker 1>By Son played at Vanderbilt and he chose to come

0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:36.879
<v Speaker 1>back here, and you know, he becomes an actor and

0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:38.879
<v Speaker 1>he does all the things. I mean, he's Eddie George.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's the beast he is.

0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:42.840
<v Speaker 1>And then Steve McNair.

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<v Speaker 2>The Tragedy of the Titans. Yeah, you know, I was

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<v Speaker 2>on a golf course with Neil Or in my morning

0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:50.760
<v Speaker 2>anchor when we got the call and you know, just

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to be kidding me. Well, we didn't believe

0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.240
<v Speaker 2>it was true, you know what. And then then we're

0:19:56.280 --> 0:19:58.760
<v Speaker 2>on the air and then it's just it's just got awful.

0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:01.000
<v Speaker 2>It was just a terrible, terrible day. And I lost

0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:05.320
<v Speaker 2>my father that same week, oh, just a few days later.

0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:08.280
<v Speaker 2>It was a terrible week for me. Yeah. I didn't

0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.320
<v Speaker 2>know Steve very well. I'd met him a couple of times,

0:20:10.359 --> 0:20:14.480
<v Speaker 2>but the man that he was in the way that

0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:17.080
<v Speaker 2>he died, and it was just awful, It was just awful.

0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:21.000
<v Speaker 2>I know, it must have been just crushing for the franchise.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you're in the bed MGM studio. We're glad you're here,

0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:26.920
<v Speaker 1>Bob Mueller. But we've got a picture of Steve McNair

0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:30.480
<v Speaker 1>in the corner and everyone who comes in has to

0:20:30.560 --> 0:20:34.520
<v Speaker 1>go see that picture because he is He's the heart

0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:40.920
<v Speaker 1>and soul and losing him was crushing. And then how Eddie,

0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:46.280
<v Speaker 1>Eddie George decided to take the mantle of being the

0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:50.199
<v Speaker 1>lead Titan. He's the chairman of the board, he's the

0:20:50.240 --> 0:20:52.359
<v Speaker 1>guy that steps forward when you have to have it.

0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:56.120
<v Speaker 1>Of that part of the family. It's been it's been

0:20:56.200 --> 0:21:00.320
<v Speaker 1>heartbreaking and at the same time gratifying to watch what

0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:02.280
<v Speaker 1>has come through that, because I don't think Edy really

0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:02.800
<v Speaker 1>wanted that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I agree with you. I think Eddie was a

0:21:05.160 --> 0:21:08.280
<v Speaker 2>great player and a great representative for the Titans in

0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:10.320
<v Speaker 2>the city. But you know, I think he was a

0:21:10.440 --> 0:21:16.280
<v Speaker 2>more quiet guy than Steve was. Steve would never backed

0:21:16.280 --> 0:21:18.600
<v Speaker 2>away from a question. We'll tell you exactly what he thought.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, and liked being the leader of the team.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. I got to read this for our friends

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0:21:51.520 --> 0:21:54.560
<v Speaker 1>do live, good stuff, good stuff. All right. So I

0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:57.280
<v Speaker 1>want to ask you this week with Bob Mueller. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks on Sundays? How long has that been on?

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<v Speaker 2>I started that show in two thousand and six. Okay,

0:22:03.240 --> 0:22:06.040
<v Speaker 2>So there was a big Senate race Bob Corker and

0:22:06.320 --> 0:22:09.359
<v Speaker 2>Harold Ford Junior, and that was the start of the show.

0:22:09.560 --> 0:22:11.800
<v Speaker 2>I had done one in the eighties and nineties for

0:22:11.840 --> 0:22:13.520
<v Speaker 2>a while, but that one's been going on since two

0:22:13.560 --> 0:22:14.080
<v Speaker 2>thousand and six.

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<v Speaker 1>Very good show. Thank you, especially if you're a political

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<v Speaker 1>science graduate like I. Thank you so well done.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's important, not just as my show. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's I think that people of a community want

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<v Speaker 2>to hear from their elected officials, and there are not

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<v Speaker 2>enough venues, and that's why I do it. I think

0:22:27.960 --> 0:22:30.479
<v Speaker 2>it's important for people to hear the folks who they

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<v Speaker 2>vote for, who they vote against, their opinions, what they're

0:22:33.040 --> 0:22:35.960
<v Speaker 2>doing for their constituents, what they're doing for the community. Well,

0:22:36.000 --> 0:22:38.040
<v Speaker 2>they're not doing for the community, and that that's really

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<v Speaker 2>why I do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's often forgotten too that there is a public

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<v Speaker 1>service aspect and responsibility with a radio station or a

0:22:45.160 --> 0:22:48.480
<v Speaker 1>television station, and a lot of our great Titans radio

0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:51.080
<v Speaker 1>stations have those sorts of programs, and I hope it'll

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<v Speaker 1>always contend well.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that. It's kind of my baby. I write it,

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<v Speaker 2>produce it, book the guests to do it all.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really good. It is really really well done as

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<v Speaker 1>that guy. What was a bigger accomplishment for the organization

0:23:06.400 --> 0:23:09.800
<v Speaker 1>getting the first stadium deal done or getting the second

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<v Speaker 1>stadium deal done?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? I think the second stadium did really I do

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<v Speaker 2>you know. I know I was here during you know,

0:23:16.520 --> 0:23:18.560
<v Speaker 2>the vote that was going to happen. It was never

0:23:18.640 --> 0:23:21.200
<v Speaker 2>not going to pass. That was not going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>They were not going to deny an NFL franchise to

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<v Speaker 2>come to Nashville. I was never afraid of that. I

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<v Speaker 2>know that there was a lot of folks that spent

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of time campaigning, and if you look at

0:23:31.320 --> 0:23:32.760
<v Speaker 2>the result, I mean didn't blew it out. It was

0:23:33.160 --> 0:23:36.920
<v Speaker 2>a big win. I think this is difficult. Was more

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<v Speaker 2>difficult because the political aspect of the country has changed

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<v Speaker 2>since nineteen ninety eight. So I think that's why it

0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:48.400
<v Speaker 2>was more difficult. That and two hundred and eighty five

0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:51.480
<v Speaker 2>million as opposed to two point one billion is a

0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:57.560
<v Speaker 2>big difference. But I think the positive that didn't happen

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<v Speaker 2>for whatever reason with the Titan Stadium that's there currently

0:24:00.800 --> 0:24:03.119
<v Speaker 2>is that this is not just the stadium. This is

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<v Speaker 2>River North Oracle, what the city's going to. This is

0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:10.639
<v Speaker 2>East Bank will be unrecognizable. In five years, there's going

0:24:10.680 --> 0:24:13.560
<v Speaker 2>to be a whole new community, walking bridges, maybe a

0:24:13.600 --> 0:24:17.760
<v Speaker 2>marina parks. This isn't just about the Titan Stadium this time.

0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:22.240
<v Speaker 2>This is about a whole development of public public, private

0:24:22.720 --> 0:24:25.040
<v Speaker 2>moneies that are coming in there that's going to transform

0:24:25.080 --> 0:24:27.399
<v Speaker 2>the city. That's why I think it's more important and

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<v Speaker 2>was harder than the first one.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the other aspect of it too, is in the

0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:36.760
<v Speaker 1>first one, Nashville had no leverage. No they they the

0:24:37.040 --> 0:24:38.840
<v Speaker 1>year had to do it or they didn't. And this

0:24:39.000 --> 0:24:42.840
<v Speaker 1>time around it was said, let's change how Metro's portion

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<v Speaker 1>of this is going to be paid for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that was fair.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, with the hotel motel and with you know, the

0:24:48.000 --> 0:24:52.000
<v Speaker 1>sales tax issues around there, and to see, you know,

0:24:52.040 --> 0:24:55.520
<v Speaker 1>what this place is going to be is exciting. I'm

0:24:55.560 --> 0:25:00.080
<v Speaker 1>thrilled it's staying in the same footprint too, because I

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<v Speaker 1>love that we have the stadium where we do.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know you can't, but I think where the

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<v Speaker 2>stadium is now is actually a better site than where

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<v Speaker 2>the new one's gonna be. I think love looking over

0:25:09.320 --> 0:25:11.800
<v Speaker 2>the river now. I know you can't just tear it

0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:13.720
<v Speaker 2>down a bill because you've got to play somewhere. But

0:25:13.800 --> 0:25:16.200
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be gorgeous. It's gonna I think that if

0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:19.320
<v Speaker 2>it comes out like the renditions are, people are going

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<v Speaker 2>to love this thing. And I was rooting for a

0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:25.399
<v Speaker 2>retractable roof because I think I think the the temperatures

0:25:25.440 --> 0:25:27.399
<v Speaker 2>and the and the climate here are perfect for it.

0:25:27.560 --> 0:25:30.399
<v Speaker 2>But we've got translucent and there's going to be open

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<v Speaker 2>on the sides of it, so I think we're close

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<v Speaker 2>to being able. It's going to feel outdoor.

0:25:35.840 --> 0:25:38.680
<v Speaker 1>I think we were all for retractable, but when they

0:25:38.680 --> 0:25:43.520
<v Speaker 1>did the research saying how rarely you use it, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean just.

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<v Speaker 2>For the cost, like a half a billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>Crazy, Yeah, it's crazy. Do you know that they could

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<v Speaker 1>have done a retractable roof on Arrowhead in nineteen seventy

0:25:52.600 --> 0:25:57.600
<v Speaker 1>one for twenty five million dollars And it was crazy

0:25:57.640 --> 0:25:59.399
<v Speaker 1>at the time. There was a roof they could have

0:25:59.480 --> 0:26:02.960
<v Speaker 1>slid back and forth between the baseball stadium and the

0:26:03.000 --> 0:26:06.040
<v Speaker 1>football stadium and so there you know, there actually been

0:26:06.080 --> 0:26:07.680
<v Speaker 1>designs in this way. And we're going to go to

0:26:07.720 --> 0:26:11.200
<v Speaker 1>Indianapolis this weekend. Who knows whether they'll have the roof

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<v Speaker 1>open or not.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a process. They got to kind of decide

0:26:14.400 --> 0:26:15.719
<v Speaker 2>to do it, and it takes a while to get

0:26:15.760 --> 0:26:16.160
<v Speaker 2>it open.

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<v Speaker 1>So the thing that I'm I'm excited about a lot

0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:22.560
<v Speaker 1>of things about the new stadium, but the terraces too.

0:26:23.600 --> 0:26:25.600
<v Speaker 1>That's going to give Bob Mueller the chance to look

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<v Speaker 1>over downtown and look over the rear.

0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:30.240
<v Speaker 2>Are Are you surprised? And I know it's because partially

0:26:30.280 --> 0:26:31.879
<v Speaker 2>because of the footprint that it's actually gonna be a

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<v Speaker 2>little smaller than the Sun Stadium.

0:26:33.359 --> 0:26:35.840
<v Speaker 1>No, No, not at all. The design. I mean, I

0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:39.880
<v Speaker 1>think the league's I don't think mantra is not right, but.

0:26:39.920 --> 0:26:41.480
<v Speaker 2>Sort of a lot smaller, but a little bit.

0:26:41.480 --> 0:26:45.520
<v Speaker 1>Well, they wanted to go fifty five and the Titans do.

0:26:45.680 --> 0:26:48.040
<v Speaker 1>We couldn't go to fifty five. We had to stay

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<v Speaker 1>in the sixties. But what's happened, Bob is the change

0:26:52.200 --> 0:26:56.399
<v Speaker 1>in the public's feeling about like the upper deck yep.

0:26:56.880 --> 0:26:59.680
<v Speaker 1>And that's why you're going to see the upper deck

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<v Speaker 1>be at least in part, sort of the party deck

0:27:02.560 --> 0:27:05.880
<v Speaker 1>where people can hang out. People have changed how they

0:27:06.160 --> 0:27:09.760
<v Speaker 1>use tickets, how they use the stadium, and I think

0:27:09.800 --> 0:27:13.720
<v Speaker 1>that's going to be fun because my kids would certainly

0:27:13.760 --> 0:27:16.560
<v Speaker 1>buy a ticket on the party deck and stand there

0:27:16.560 --> 0:27:18.560
<v Speaker 1>with their friends and eat the food and drink the

0:27:18.640 --> 0:27:21.120
<v Speaker 1>drink and go out on the terrace tracks.

0:27:21.160 --> 0:27:21.840
<v Speaker 2>A different audience.

0:27:21.880 --> 0:27:24.520
<v Speaker 1>It attracts a different audience. And you know, Burkenye Hill

0:27:24.560 --> 0:27:28.560
<v Speaker 1>has said it consistently, and that is we have to

0:27:28.920 --> 0:27:34.919
<v Speaker 1>give fifteen, sixteen, seventeen different experiences. We're now at Nissan Stadium.

0:27:34.960 --> 0:27:38.040
<v Speaker 1>You get about four and that's that's life.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, yeah, I'm looking forward to it's going to be.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be an experienced when that stadium is

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<v Speaker 2>up and running.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been an experience to have you here. Thanks

0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:49.440
<v Speaker 1>for doing this. And I was thinking about anybody who

0:27:49.440 --> 0:27:52.400
<v Speaker 1>follows you on any of your socials or.

0:27:52.440 --> 0:27:54.800
<v Speaker 2>Oh me on my boat and my ski, Well we know.

0:27:55.119 --> 0:27:57.480
<v Speaker 1>I mean you were an active guy, You were an

0:27:57.560 --> 0:28:01.120
<v Speaker 1>athlete growing up, and so getting has to talk sports

0:28:01.119 --> 0:28:03.000
<v Speaker 1>for the news guys kind of probably love.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. When I was in college, like I said,

0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:07.920
<v Speaker 2>I tried to play some baseball. Wasn't quite good enough,

0:28:08.040 --> 0:28:09.720
<v Speaker 2>but I did get to do play by play for

0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:13.439
<v Speaker 2>baseball for football and kind of soccer and basketball. And

0:28:13.560 --> 0:28:16.360
<v Speaker 2>I absolutely am envious of you. I think it's why

0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:18.040
<v Speaker 2>did you give it up? I think it's the most

0:28:18.200 --> 0:28:21.119
<v Speaker 2>fun because in the seventies when I was graduating and

0:28:21.160 --> 0:28:24.480
<v Speaker 2>getting in, it was when they first started hiring people

0:28:24.520 --> 0:28:27.359
<v Speaker 2>that were former athletes, and that's it was a big trend,

0:28:27.720 --> 0:28:30.320
<v Speaker 2>and they weren't really that everybody was kind of going

0:28:30.359 --> 0:28:31.919
<v Speaker 2>in that route. So I went to new and I

0:28:31.920 --> 0:28:35.480
<v Speaker 2>love news. I'm a big news guy. But by far

0:28:35.640 --> 0:28:38.360
<v Speaker 2>of everything I've done, the years I was in college

0:28:38.400 --> 0:28:41.120
<v Speaker 2>doing baseball play by play were the most fun I

0:28:41.200 --> 0:28:43.600
<v Speaker 2>ever had. I loved doing baseball play by.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty great.

0:28:44.440 --> 0:28:46.760
<v Speaker 2>It's so much fun sitting in the stands doing play

0:28:46.800 --> 0:28:47.160
<v Speaker 2>by play.

0:28:47.320 --> 0:28:49.960
<v Speaker 1>Well, you go to the park, you stand around during

0:28:50.040 --> 0:28:53.440
<v Speaker 1>BP and you talking to the to the manager or

0:28:53.440 --> 0:28:55.600
<v Speaker 1>whoever you're talking to the guy. I mean, it's just

0:28:56.320 --> 0:29:00.240
<v Speaker 1>it is the leisurely game that when it goes in

0:29:00.280 --> 0:29:02.320
<v Speaker 1>the seventh or eighth thing, when it really goes, it's

0:29:02.400 --> 0:29:03.120
<v Speaker 1>very exciting.

0:29:03.160 --> 0:29:05.720
<v Speaker 2>And baseball, to me, is the hard sport. You've got

0:29:05.760 --> 0:29:08.680
<v Speaker 2>to be a storyteller. You to be really hard good

0:29:08.800 --> 0:29:11.760
<v Speaker 2>baseball announcer. It is there's a lot of downtime and

0:29:11.800 --> 0:29:15.080
<v Speaker 2>you don't want to You don't just fill it with stats,

0:29:15.160 --> 0:29:16.880
<v Speaker 2>need to fill it with personality. You need to fill

0:29:16.880 --> 0:29:18.800
<v Speaker 2>it with something that's going to keep an audience well.

0:29:18.840 --> 0:29:21.200
<v Speaker 1>And the part of it too, that's very complicated in

0:29:21.280 --> 0:29:26.200
<v Speaker 1>calling baseball is you're you're talking about the hot dog

0:29:26.320 --> 0:29:28.320
<v Speaker 1>you eate and the experience you have, and then a

0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:31.440
<v Speaker 1>guy hits one in the gap and you go from slow, slow,

0:29:31.640 --> 0:29:35.360
<v Speaker 1>slow to really fast and it's a it's hard to

0:29:35.480 --> 0:29:37.560
<v Speaker 1>keep up that pace and keep up with everything. But

0:29:37.600 --> 0:29:40.120
<v Speaker 1>the guys who do it well, they're the best.

0:29:40.360 --> 0:29:42.800
<v Speaker 2>I was a big Jack Buck fan. Jack Buck and

0:29:42.840 --> 0:29:44.640
<v Speaker 2>Harry Carey in the day Jack Bucks book at my

0:29:45.440 --> 0:29:49.840
<v Speaker 2>high school senior football graduation Bankwood, I got a picture

0:29:49.880 --> 0:29:52.000
<v Speaker 2>with him when I'm seventeen years old. It was you know,

0:29:52.200 --> 0:29:54.160
<v Speaker 2>he was my hero. He was such a good announcer.

0:29:54.440 --> 0:29:56.360
<v Speaker 1>I know he and Harry were together, but he and

0:29:56.440 --> 0:30:00.520
<v Speaker 1>Mike Shannon yep, oh, yep, Mike. You know. I remember

0:30:00.640 --> 0:30:02.880
<v Speaker 1>we went to Atlanta to a game in nineteen ninety

0:30:02.920 --> 0:30:05.760
<v Speaker 1>two and bucking Shannon. You know, one of the big

0:30:05.760 --> 0:30:07.880
<v Speaker 1>reasons I wanted to go is I wanted to see

0:30:07.880 --> 0:30:10.280
<v Speaker 1>them in the booth. So I brought my binoculars and

0:30:10.320 --> 0:30:12.800
<v Speaker 1>by the second inning it was filled with smoke and

0:30:13.760 --> 0:30:16.000
<v Speaker 1>we could see the beer cooler. I mean they were

0:30:16.080 --> 0:30:19.320
<v Speaker 1>old school man. They were working on some Marboroughs and

0:30:19.960 --> 0:30:20.680
<v Speaker 1>at some bud Why.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a different time.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a different time man. Thank you for doing

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<v Speaker 1>this absolutely, thank you for joining the Snickers hot seat.

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<v Speaker 1>You go there, you go, Bob Mueller news to forty

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<v Speaker 1>three years. Congratulations on a great career.

0:30:36.440 --> 0:30:38.120
<v Speaker 2>I appreciate you come back and do this again. I'd

0:30:38.160 --> 0:30:39.800
<v Speaker 2>love to thanks for the invitation, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>For Bob Mueller, I'm Mike Keith, thanking you for joining

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<v Speaker 1>us for the Oh Team. Peete,