1 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: Thanks again for tuning into another episode of school Stories. 2 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Today's guest had a ten year NFL career, including a 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: seven year run with your Minnesota Vikings. Please enjoy today's 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: conversation with former Vikings kicker Fuad Revez. We are thrilled 5 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: to have with us today. Fuad Revez, longtime kicker with 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings, going back to what the nineteen ninety season. 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: First of all, what thanks for joining us. Great to 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: hear from you again. Give the fans kind of a 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: quick update and where you are and how you're doing, 10 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: and how's life treating you. 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 2: May I'll tell you I'm very grateful. I'm very thankful 12 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: and that Lord has blessed me with some amazing grandkids. 13 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: It's so amazing kids, and it's amazing how time goes by. 14 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: I mean, when you started saying nineteen something about when 15 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 2: I was there, it makes you feel like, oh my lands, 16 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,959 Speaker 2: that was a long time ago. But you know it's 17 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: been nothing but a good thing. 18 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 3: Again. 19 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 2: You you grow up and you, uh, you you move 20 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 2: through life and you have changes, some expected, some unexpected, 21 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 2: and uh, I've. 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 3: Been really big about you know. 23 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: The only thing I can control is my attitude that's it. 24 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: I cannot control anything else, and I'm choosing to have 25 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: my my attitude be a positive one through the good 26 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 2: things and the bad things. That you move forward, you know. 27 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: So that's something that I'm just very grateful for, and 28 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: I keep keep that out of my mind, that all 29 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: things are good and just move forward and be grateful 30 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 2: for everything comes your way. 31 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 4: There's a saying that goes grandparents are the reward for 32 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 4: not killing your own kids? 33 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 3: Is that? 34 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 4: Is that correct? You find it to be true. 35 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 3: I remember reading that one. 36 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 2: It should be it should be eating your own kids. 37 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: Because I tell you this, there's sometimes you go, my gosh, seriously, 38 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 2: but this is the good things. 39 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 3: That is that this is. 40 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: Payback because now I can tell my sons, huh, you 41 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: acted the same way. 42 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 3: And of course my. 43 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: Kids will say, no way, absolutely not dead. I was 44 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 2: not dead, rebellious, I was not dead. Whatever that kid 45 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: is going through, I said, oh, yes, you were a 46 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 2: big boy. And the big thing. Also other good things 47 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: that when they come over, it's my house, my rules. 48 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 2: So they eat whatever they want to eat, they do whatever, 49 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: And as soon as they get all jacked up and 50 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 2: already all wild, I said, here you go, fi See. 51 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: Are you down in your old neck of the woods 52 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: done in Tennessee? Is that where you're kicking it around 53 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: these days? 54 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 2: Yes, I'm I've been since I retired. I moved it 55 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: back to Knoxville, Tennessee. I've got construction company and a 56 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: couple of insurance companies, and they keep me pretty busy, 57 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 2: you know, And now the kids are out and gone, 58 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 2: and it's something that you now, I guess businesses is 59 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 2: one hundred percent uh devotion that I have or the 60 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: actual attention. 61 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 3: That I did. 62 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 2: That I paid to with a few trips going down 63 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 2: to North Carolina where my grandkids are, and also in Tampa. 64 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 2: So I keep busy going back. 65 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 4: And forth and find you were You're born in Bogata, Columbia, 66 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 4: and then you made your way to Miami in nineteen 67 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 4: seventy four. Talk about that, how you know, how old 68 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 4: were you? What was that like, you know, to move 69 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 4: to a different country, And then we'll parlay that into 70 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 4: how you got into football? 71 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 2: Absolutely, man. I was born in Columbia, South America. When 72 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 2: I was eleven years old, my mother had an opportunity 73 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: to come to the States through the American Embassy. They 74 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: had a job for her up here in Miami actually 75 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 2: and presented as an opportunity to move to the States, 76 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 2: and we did at eleven, and growing up, I grew 77 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: up as a big Dolphins fan and something that I've 78 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: always wanted to be part of that team, or hope 79 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 2: to be part of that team, as I did for 80 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: the University of Miami football team. The University of Miami 81 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: thing did I work out at the time, They had 82 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: two takers under scholarship, so I was not able to 83 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: go there. So I went to the University of Tennessee 84 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: and there I spent four years with the University of Tennessee. 85 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: I was fortunate to be drafted by coach Don Shula 86 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: with the Dolphins, where I spent four years of my career, 87 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: and then I went briefly to the San Diego Chargers 88 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: for about a quarter of a year, and then the 89 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: next seven years I was blessed to be and ended 90 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 2: my career with the Minnesota Vikings, where it was just 91 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: an amazing opportunity and there was just really a time 92 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 2: where my whole family just looks back with nothing but 93 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 2: just great memories, great thoughts, just a wonderful time to 94 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: be able to look back and visit and reminisce and 95 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 2: just to be very grateful to spend seven great years 96 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 2: in Minnesota. 97 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: Claud Raveza, is it a safe assumption to say grew 98 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: up as a kid playing soccer, a lot of soccer, 99 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: And when did you first get introduced to American football 100 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: and especially obviously being a a kicker that lasted so 101 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: long in the NFL. 102 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, we played a lot of soccer. But then when 103 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: I was in a ninth grader, I understood that the 104 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: only way to get a scholarship was or the best 105 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: way to get a scholarship would have been through football. 106 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 2: Uh So I started playing football as a tenth grader, 107 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: and really the only way I could have gone to 108 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 2: college would have been through through a scholarship. So I 109 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 2: wanted to increase my chances to be able to go 110 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 2: to a better school. So I played football as a 111 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 2: tenth grader as a linebacker and punter and placekicker, and 112 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 2: I was fortunate enough after my last year in high 113 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 2: school to get a scholarship at the University of Tennessee. 114 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 2: Soccer was always my love and what I grew up with, 115 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 2: but football just became the dominant. I mean, I just 116 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 2: absolutely just kind of immersed with a football when out 117 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: as soon as I ride to the States when I 118 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 2: was a sixth grader, and just really admire the toughness 119 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 2: and the discipline and all the things things that the 120 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 2: football teaches you as a young kid, and you know 121 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: the ups and downs that come with that, and also 122 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: to learn learn about life because football is not fair, 123 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 2: but it's life. It's something that doesn't mean that the hardest, 124 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 2: the harder you work, that you're automatically going to get 125 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 2: a reward. No, it just means that you're going to 126 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 2: have an opportunity, doesn't mean you're gonna have it. So 127 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 2: it teaches you a lot about yourself and about a 128 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 2: lot about life. And it's a sport that I hold 129 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 2: very dear to me. Now my grandkids are playing football, 130 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 2: and you talk about feeling weird. 131 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 3: Watching your grand kids running around. 132 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,239 Speaker 2: It's just hilarious. Man, It's just but it's a great, 133 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: great thing. 134 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 3: I thought I was. 135 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 2: I thought I had a great time watching my boys 136 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: play football. Man, it doesn't compare what I have. My 137 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 2: grandkids playing football. 138 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 4: Now, that's well, that's great to hear it. So there's 139 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 4: hope for there's hope for me at least in that regard, 140 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 4: Uh you, there's some there was there some wrestling involved, 141 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 4: I mean and said at some point we'll get into 142 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 4: the whole the the uh infamous wrestle with John Randall 143 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 4: in the locker room. But you had you have a 144 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 4: wrestling background as well, if it was there, I mean 145 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 4: you at least that's what I remember. Sure, correct me 146 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 4: if I'm wrong. 147 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, absolute right, Pete we. I was fortunate enough 148 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 2: to join the wrestling team as a ninth grader, and 149 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 2: I was able to keep it all through high school 150 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: and did did real well. I mean, placing the state 151 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 2: tournaments and you know, I was able to defend myself 152 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 2: and have and have a success there. Not as much 153 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 2: as my oldest son. The oldest son was three times 154 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 2: state champion wow in Tennessee for the wrestling at two twenty, 155 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 2: he really took it. He really took it to another level. 156 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: And I really really enjoyed watching him wrestle and really 157 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 2: just be a monster. But but yeah, and it's funny 158 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: because when I first introduced them to wrestling, they're not 159 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: happy with me. They both both my boys are really 160 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 2: upset because, as you know, wrestling is all about leverage. 161 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 3: Technique. 162 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 2: And uh, even if you have a really big guy 163 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 2: that you're wrestling against, if you have good technique, that 164 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 2: big guy is gonna be neutralized. And uh, that's how 165 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 2: I was able to survive John Randall. 166 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: Well, you gotta tell tell that story. We can't go 167 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: any further right now. You got to tell that story 168 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: that Peter just dropped on us. Here about you wrestling 169 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: John Randall is wrestling an alligator exactly. 170 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 3: Well, Johnny was the kind of guy. 171 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 2: He was always in the locker room messing with everybody, 172 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 2: and you know, there's better than anybody. He He would 173 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 2: just mess with everybody and just you know, just just 174 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 2: be in fun, you know. And he would always say, well, 175 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 2: I'm you kick or so and so you're easy and 176 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,599 Speaker 2: then allegator whatever. Then one day he got behind me 177 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 2: and try to grab me with a bear hug, and 178 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 2: I did a wrestling move and reverse them. And mind you, 179 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 2: I was on my jockstrap and my T shirt. That's it, 180 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 2: that's all I had. So I was able to reverse 181 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 2: him and pin him down where he could not move. 182 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: Mind you, this this guy could have just madly eat 183 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 2: my dinners through a straw for the rest of my 184 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 2: life if he wanted to. Okay, that's how big he was. 185 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 2: But I was able to do this and get around 186 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 2: him and pin him so he could not move. And 187 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 2: within thirteen seconds, I had the entire locker room around 188 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 2: me all yelling and screaming and you know, yelling at 189 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 2: Johnny because a kicker had done this to you. And 190 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 2: mind you, my my backseid was completely exposed to the 191 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 2: air to everybody. My T shirt was just flopping everywhere. 192 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: And said, thank God that there was no cell phones 193 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 2: back then, yeah, because this picture would be like, yeah. 194 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 3: Not a fun, fun view. 195 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 4: It was an interesting thing because I know when I 196 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 4: showed up and was getting introduced to everybody where they 197 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 4: people wul tell everybody. They'd say, you know, this is 198 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 4: so and so's Bobby Abrams from Michigan. This is you know, 199 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 4: Terry Allen running back and he's like, that's fot Reves 200 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 4: the kicker. Don't mess with him. That's john right, you 201 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 4: know what I mean. And it's like, wait, wait what happened? 202 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 3: Wait? Wait? What what? Why? Why? 203 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 4: They're like, well, you know the guy can write you know, 204 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 4: it's so you uh planted a flag that day For 205 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 4: the rest of us that came after you to just say, 206 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 4: all right, that's fodd just you know, leave him alone, 207 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 4: just just stay away. 208 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 2: From Well, what's good about it is that again every 209 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 2: time I see Johnny, or in fact I saw I 210 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 2: saw him last at a Hall of Fame event and 211 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: it was a lot of fun to remind him. And 212 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 2: he is very defensive at that time and he doesn't 213 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 2: remember as well as I do obviously to this day. 214 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 2: But again again, Johnny could have made me again, make 215 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 2: me eat my dinners through a straw if I wanted, 216 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 2: if he wanted to the rest of his life, my life, 217 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 2: you know. But he took it in stride and it 218 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 2: was you know, this locker room, bad room, and it 219 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 2: was still a lot of fun. I have great memories. 220 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: So here you are hanging out with the legendary coach 221 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: Johnny Majors at the University of Tennessee, and uh man, 222 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: that must been some experience for someone coming from Bogota, 223 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: Columbia and going to high school and then in Miami 224 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: and what was Johnny Majors like, I mean, we know 225 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 1: the name, and we've heard the reputation. 226 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll tell you this, man, there's no way I 227 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 2: could have been in the pro football, in pro football 228 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 2: without coach managers. I don't know how to put it, 229 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 2: but his temper because he was such a demanding so 230 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 2: nothing's good enough. So I mean just very very hard 231 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 2: on you. And because I had someone like that for 232 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: four years, it really makes you a little bit numb, 233 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 2: so to speak, and it makes you where you have 234 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 2: thick skin. So when you go after those four years, 235 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 2: then you go in front of coach Sula, who is 236 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 2: I mean Johnny Majors and steroids, then you're able to 237 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 2: assimilate that and at least are able to have thick 238 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 2: enough skin that whenever criticism comes your way, just kind 239 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 2: of walk it up and move on. And I really 240 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 2: honestly mean mean this. I'm very grateful with coach Majors 241 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 2: because his coaching style is where I really, really I'm 242 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: very grateful that I was able to, say, eleven years 243 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 2: in the NFL, because, as you guys know, there's a 244 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: lot of up and down and you've got to be continued, 245 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 2: you got to be level headed, and you've got to 246 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 2: be right in the middle of all times and have 247 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 2: really thick skin. And thanks to him, I was able 248 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 2: to have a really thick skin and not that a 249 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 2: lot of the stuff that came our way and get 250 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: you two down or too high. 251 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, say, what what advice would you have for any 252 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 4: you know, any young kicker that's out there. It's a 253 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 4: different path to college and to the NFL these days, 254 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 4: obviously it's so specialized, and the kickers these days are 255 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 4: doing unbelievable things, sixty eight yard field goals, the the 256 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 4: you know. Fred Zamberletti would talk about that. He said, 257 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 4: the only position that continues to improve year after year 258 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 4: or the kickers, right, And let me say, okay, freddie 259 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 4: see later. I don't want to talk to anymore. But 260 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 4: so what are your thoughts? 261 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 2: Well, I'll say this. When I was playing, if if 262 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 2: you had the stats that Joan Standard had, you would 263 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 2: be cut right away. 264 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 3: You know. 265 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 2: Now you fast forward if you have if nowadays, if 266 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 2: you had my percentage, you'll be cut. And I say 267 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 2: that in that every year, every five ten years or so, 268 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 2: you see a great lead because you see the young 269 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 2: kids have better techniques, have more understanding of what they 270 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 2: have to do to become better. They're better coach, there's 271 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 2: more understanding of the process. So you see that evolution 272 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 2: throughout throughout the process of football and really through any sport. 273 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 3: You know. 274 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 2: I remember the first time I saw my son squat 275 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 2: six hundred pounds, you know, and being its almost four 276 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: hundred pounds as a linebacker Tennessee. I was thinking, my gosh, 277 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: that only happened in the pros. But here we are 278 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 2: where my son was fortunate now as a thirteen or 279 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 2: fourteen year old start training that young because that's what 280 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 2: he wanted, that's his passion. So I was able to 281 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 2: put him under programs that really got him to increase 282 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 2: his strength, his speed, and things like that that maybe 283 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 2: guys ten years prior to that did not have. So 284 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 2: it's not a knock Againston Standing Route, It's not a 285 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 2: knock against anybody in my era. It's not a knock 286 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 2: against the guys now. It's just that we are as 287 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 2: we move forward, we know more about the sport, We 288 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 2: know more about technique, we know more about how to 289 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 2: eat well, how to be stronger, how to you know, 290 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 2: get better, better techniques, better things to make your better athlete. 291 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 2: And so they're improved. So back back when I was playing, 292 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 2: you know, kicking a seventy yard field goal, very few 293 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 2: guys did that, you know, now it's starting to get 294 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 2: to the point where a lot of guys can do that, 295 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 2: and you're becoming better because again the guys have a 296 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 2: better technique, the coach better that we know a lot 297 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 2: more about things with a mind and performance because in 298 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 2: my position, I'm very big, and I tell a lot 299 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 2: of the kids, anybody can kick a forty yard field goal. 300 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 2: Anybody can do that. Anybody can take a thirty eight 301 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 2: yard field goal, but can you do it or it 302 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 2: needs to be done. That's the big key to me 303 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 2: and to me what allowed me to get to that 304 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 2: level is I only kick twelve to eighteen footballs a day. 305 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 2: That's it no more. And the reason being is because 306 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 2: I wanted to get myself used to the fact that 307 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 2: I'm not going to get three or four shots at 308 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 2: the same spot. I'm only going to get one shot 309 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 2: and that's it. So if you train your body and 310 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 2: your mind to perform that one time when you needed, 311 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: then it's amazing. What happens to you mentally is that 312 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 2: you become accustomed to that, and when you get into 313 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 2: the game, you know you're going to kick what four 314 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 2: or five times maybe, but those four or five times 315 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 2: they got to be perfect, and you've got to come 316 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 2: up and perform where it needs when you need to 317 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 2: be able to perform something that a lot of guys think, well, 318 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 2: I'm going to kick about forty balls today and if 319 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 2: I'm to get it quite right, I'm gonna keep kicking. 320 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 3: To me, that's. 321 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 2: Completely the wrong thing to do, because again, in the games, 322 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 2: you cannot tell the ref hey, can. 323 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 3: I do it again? 324 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 2: Let me try it again. No, you practice like you play, 325 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 2: and if you practice. 326 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 3: Like a game. 327 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 2: In other words, if you're only gonna know if you 328 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 2: aren't gonna hit twelve balls that day, they better be perfect. 329 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: They've got you got to count. 330 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: What was your longest successful field goal in the NFL, 331 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: And did you have to sell to using the word 332 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: you know, sell like a special teams coach like Tom 333 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: Batter a head coach, that I I can I can 334 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: do it longer, especially under pressure. Give me that chance 335 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: that those conversations occur at times. 336 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 3: Yes, it should do it. 337 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: And in fact, when we would have a special when 338 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: we have field goal the field good special teams practice, 339 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: that's when you can show, you know, Danie or whoever 340 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 2: your coach is, how far you can go. You know, 341 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 2: so you sometimes we would hit, you know, fifty five 342 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: sixty or so, But again, I really want to know 343 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 2: what can you do from fifty in? That fifty plus 344 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 2: it's seldom sell them? 345 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 3: Do you use that? But the really your bread and. 346 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 2: Butter is from fifty in You've got to be money. 347 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 2: You've got to be money. And that's where a lot 348 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 2: of the guys that make it or don't make it, 349 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: think about it. If you're very consistent within the fifty 350 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 2: yard line and you're going to make it for many years. 351 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 2: If you're the guy that you can hit the ball 352 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 2: seventy yards but you cannot hit a thirty, then it's 353 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,719 Speaker 2: it's you might stay there for a little bit. 354 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 4: Have you been able to follow Will Reikert at all? 355 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 4: Here a young kicker that we have that's been he's 356 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,239 Speaker 4: been doing an unbelievably good job for us. And he's 357 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 4: still he's still a young guy, but very impressive. 358 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 2: And I tell you that's the one thing that I 359 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 2: love the mostest. Follow the guys and see how again, 360 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 2: how they develop and how they become a better years 361 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 2: go by, and he's done a really good job. I 362 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 2: wish him nothing but the best, and I'm really excited 363 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 2: to be able to go out there, get to know 364 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 2: them a little bit and just go through the old 365 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 2: old areas that we used to go with our family 366 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 2: and just reminisce. And I'm really looking forward to that. 367 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: But for what other than taking Johnny Randall down wrestling in 368 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: the locker room? Do you have a favorite Vikings game 369 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: moment that stands out and kind of sticks with you 370 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: after all these years? 371 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 2: You know, I'm playing for Playing against the Packers is 372 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 2: something that I'll never forget all my seven years there 373 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 2: because for whatever reason, I don't get it, I don't 374 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 2: understand it, but for whatever reason, for those seven years, 375 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 2: my understanding is that we won that game for by 376 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 2: three points either at home or away, and it really 377 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 2: came down to that for that Packer game, and for 378 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 2: whatever reason, I just love and enjoy those games. I 379 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 2: remember the first time we went to play at lambeau Field. 380 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 2: What an amazing feeling that was because of history and 381 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 2: everything that goes with the great against playing against the 382 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 2: Green Bay Packers and my good friend Reggie White was 383 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 2: playing playing for them, and it was always a bantering 384 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 2: back and forth and he would say, love you, man, 385 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 2: but I got to block you so you know, playing 386 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 2: playing against the Packers was always just one of my 387 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 2: favorites and I gained it for whatever reason. It seemed 388 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 2: to come down to the last kick, either home or 389 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: away for those seven years, and I would look forward 390 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 2: to that and any every time that we play the Packers. 391 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 2: You know, now, I love to watch that game because 392 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 2: it brings back a lot of memories and just a 393 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 2: rivalry that it that it represents. It's just simply amazing 394 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 2: to me. 395 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 4: You had a lot of good relationships with the coaches 396 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 4: as well, and if I remember correctly, uh, you and 397 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 4: Tony Dungee had had a great relationship and I believe 398 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 4: you still do. Is that correct? 399 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 2: Yes, Yes, Tony is. Tony is just as you guys know, 400 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 2: he's He's just a class on his own. He's just 401 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 2: an amazing class act. He is just a wonderful human being. 402 00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 4: Uh. 403 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 2: If you forget the coaching, you'll see the kind of 404 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 2: man that he is. And I'll tell you a quick 405 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 2: story about him. I was fortunate enough to work for 406 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 2: ESPN Deportes, which is the Spanish version of ESPN, after 407 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 2: I retired, and I worked for them for eight years. 408 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 2: And if you guys remember Tony wasn't for the Buccaneers. 409 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 2: And then the year that he was fired, it was 410 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 2: very well known that it was gonna be his last 411 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 2: game that that Sunday, and we happen to cover that game, 412 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 2: and I remember dreading the whole week about going to 413 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: interview Tony, you know, because obviously everybody knew he was 414 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 2: gonna get fired after that game. So I was dreading 415 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,479 Speaker 2: the whole week, was to ask him, how to approach him, 416 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 2: how to not insult him, how not to hurt his feelings. 417 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 2: I mean, it was just horrible. And I retinctly remember 418 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 2: sitting with him, sitting down with him before the interview, 419 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 2: and as soon as the camera rolled up, and even 420 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 2: before the camera rolled up, he was as genuine he was, 421 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 2: as friendly, he was, as polite he was as a general, 422 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 2: he was a first class guy then as he was 423 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 2: winning Super Bowls, as he was at all times, and 424 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 2: that impressed the daylight side of me, and and I 425 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 2: keep reminding him of that. And I told him then, 426 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 2: how how much relieved he how relieved he made me 427 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 2: by not making an awkward you know, top of interview. 428 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 2: And you again, I dreaded it much more than him, 429 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 2: because he truly believed that if God's going to put 430 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 2: him work or need some best and it's just a 431 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 2: phase and it's just something that you move forward. And 432 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 2: that has always stuck with me for many, many years, 433 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 2: and and with a lot of things that him and 434 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 2: I were able to share and talk about is he's 435 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 2: just he's just an impressive man. And whatever I say 436 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 2: is not even enough to talk about the class act 437 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 2: that he is. 438 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: Well, Foy, do you mention you did some work for 439 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: ESPN Deportes. Are you still doing some work for the 440 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: volunteers for the Tennessee Volunteer Spanish radio affiliate? Are you 441 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: still involved in broadcasting? 442 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 3: No, we we did. 443 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 2: This is the first year, mind you. This is the 444 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 2: first here since I was since I was a sophomore 445 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 2: in high school that I don't have something to do 446 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 2: with football that weekend. I've decided to take some time 447 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 2: back and I spend more time with my grandkids and 448 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 2: be able to just really just chill back here. It's 449 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: I'm sixty two, and you know, you start looking around 450 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 2: and you realize, you know what, there's some things that 451 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 2: I really want to do with my grandkids and my 452 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 2: kids and everybody else. So I just really decided to 453 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 2: take a step back, and he felt weird at first 454 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 2: that the first game of the year here at Tennessee, 455 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 2: I didn't have to run to an interview. I didn't 456 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 2: have to run to a TV thing or a radio thing. 457 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 3: And I must tell you, it's pretty cool. It feels good. 458 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 2: It's pretty cool. Oh my lands man, I'm I'm just 459 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 2: a fan. Now go to the games and relax and 460 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 2: enjoy myself. And it's pretty cool. Man. I really enjoyed it. 461 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 2: I missed it every so often, but quite frankly, I'm 462 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 2: really enjoying. Just back and off and take it. 463 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 4: Take some time off, and you miss do you miss 464 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 4: the ups and downs? 465 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 3: Though? 466 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 4: I mean, nothing can replace game day? 467 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 3: Yeah? 468 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 4: But no, no, no, did you miss you know, do you 469 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 4: miss that part of it? 470 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 3: Pet? 471 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 2: I'll tell you this many and you know this. There's 472 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 2: nothing you can substitute for what happens in that two 473 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 2: to three minutes that you're in the tunnel before you 474 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 2: go out. That two or three minutes that you're in 475 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 2: that tunnel. I mean, dude, when the adrenaline is going 476 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 2: through the roof and you just really getting all jacked 477 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 2: up for the game and and and everything. That comes 478 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 2: with the game that two or three minutes. Man, you 479 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 2: will never ever be able to get the same high 480 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,640 Speaker 2: in the same adrenaline rush as you did back then. 481 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 2: I truly miss that, you know, I truly missed the 482 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 2: locker room. I truly miss that sanctuary of the locker 483 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 2: room that we all those guys were able to have 484 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 2: and and get on each other and you know, puzz 485 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 2: at each other and play tricks on everybody. And that 486 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 2: part is the one that I truly true man, and 487 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 2: really and enjoy it. But I tell you, the funny 488 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 2: thing is, I'm almost living in a little bit, first 489 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 2: with my sons when they played at high school, and 490 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 2: then they played at Tennessee, and then now with my 491 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 2: grandkids that they're now at the pe Weie League of 492 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 2: nine and ten year old little boys playing and seeing 493 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 2: that process that developing is pretty neat. 494 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 3: Man. I'm truly enjoyed that part. 495 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: You mentioned working with the legendary Johnny Majors at Tennessee. 496 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: You also got to work with the late great Jerry Burns, 497 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: the head coach of the Vikings, And I'm sure everybody's 498 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: got stories about Burnsy and his legacy will live on forever. 499 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: Did anything come to mind for you, and watching Burnsy 500 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: operate this this football team. 501 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you, I would tell you so many stories, 502 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 2: but between all the bleeping and beepings that we have 503 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 2: to go through the stories, it probably won't make any sense. 504 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 2: But I love Burnsley. He was just a genuine nice guy, 505 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 2: just someone that really ma when he said have a 506 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 2: good day, he really meant when he said best of luck, 507 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 2: he really meant when he said thank you and please, 508 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 2: and it was just a class act. I love that guy. 509 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 2: And and I tell you, sometimes you look back and 510 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 2: you realize that maybe it's maybe towards the end is 511 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 2: where you look back and you realize some guys took 512 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 2: advantage of that, you know, and really made you mad 513 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 2: because of that. But again, he was just such a 514 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 2: gracious individual and just such a good guy that I 515 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: was not expecting that when I first came here, I 516 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 2: would just I was not. I was expecting to have 517 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 2: the trainer from Rocky Balboa. 518 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, and then that. 519 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 4: Look, and then you transitioned into into Dennis Green, and 520 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 4: Denny Green was prop knowing Denny, he probably didn't say 521 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 4: much to you, did He just kind of let you 522 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 4: do your thing. 523 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 2: No, you know what I after the first year or 524 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 2: or he came in, he wanted a clean house, you know. 525 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 2: He wanted to literally just have his own guys there. 526 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 2: And and I was kind of the in the teetering 527 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 2: whether or not it was going to be me or not. 528 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 2: And in a sense that you know, and he brought 529 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 2: his own coaching staff, you know, and after Tom Batta 530 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 2: there was, you know, a very different approach. And I 531 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 2: was able to make the team that year and and 532 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 2: since that, since that year, I was very fortunate to 533 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 2: to call him a friend, you know. 534 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 3: I was very fortunate to uh. 535 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 2: To be able to talk to him and we would 536 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 2: have really nice conversations. And uh, I was very very 537 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 2: fond of Danny. He was a tough guy, you know, 538 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 2: but he was fair and uh heuh he really I 539 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 2: learned a lot from him, and in fact, when I 540 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 2: had to retire, I mean, he even you know, bought 541 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 2: the idea of if you want to stick around and 542 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 2: you know, do some work in here, would be happy 543 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 2: to talk to you about that. And at the time 544 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 2: I was not really interested in the asshole. But again, 545 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 2: he was just very a very gracious individual. I really 546 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:56,400 Speaker 2: I really liked the guy a lot. 547 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: What do you recall about the relationship with the fans, 548 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: who were remains as loyal a fan base as there 549 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: is in the NFL. Do you remember what kind of 550 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: the treatment you got. Of course, you're always as good 551 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 1: as your next kick, but in general, to be. 552 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 2: Fair, I mean, the fans are fantastic. I mean, I 553 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 2: just I just cannot say enough good things about the 554 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 2: years that I spent there, the seven years, you know, 555 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 2: and and yes it's true that you know you're only 556 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 2: as good as your next kick, but I never experienced 557 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 2: no harsh hostility. I never experienced any type of coldness. 558 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 2: I never experienced any kind of side looks. It was 559 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 2: just really really neat how how warm the fan base 560 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 2: is in Minnesota. I remember when when I got to Minnesota. 561 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 2: I got there when after the I think it was 562 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 2: like the seventh game of the year. In my gosh, 563 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 2: I was expecting to be neither friendly or warm reception, 564 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 2: and I was completely surprised and impressed. It was just 565 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 2: completely opposite. 566 00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 3: I was. 567 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 2: I have nothing but fun memories of my interaction with 568 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 2: the fans, and and I'll still do. Every so often 569 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,959 Speaker 2: we go back to the you know, to those snowmobile 570 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 2: rallies and things like that, and and and even like 571 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 2: this next coming weekend. I'm I can't wait to go 572 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 2: be in the stadium and interact with everybody and and 573 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 2: go back and talk about the old times and even now, 574 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 2: you know, and experience the game because it's just been 575 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 2: I have nothing but positive, positive things, and just I'm 576 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 2: so blessed to be able to spend the seven years 577 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 2: there that I did, and and have my kids be 578 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 2: able to grow up there and experience that and and 579 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 2: and become better human beings. 580 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 3: Because of that, that interaction and that experience. 581 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 4: Well, I've I've received some breaking news that your old 582 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 4: long snapper, Mike Morris will also be at the game 583 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 4: this weekend. So what are the odds that we can 584 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 4: get you as the halftime show with the old one 585 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 4: for the old days, you know, along and get to 586 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 4: get us a long snap and uh maybe get you 587 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 4: What do you think right now? What do you good 588 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 4: from right now? Forty five? 589 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 3: Right now? 590 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 2: Not even not even an extra point absolute enough. 591 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 4: I don't believe that. 592 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 2: In fact, in fact, I've been in the field at 593 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 2: Tennessee of those practices and I look at the goalpost 594 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 2: from about thirty yards out and I'm thinking. 595 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 3: My gosh, that's a pretty good way. Hello. Thanks Changed, it's. 596 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: Been great catching up with you. We can't thank you 597 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: enough for coming on and sharing your skull Stories with us. 598 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 3: Appreciate it. Thanks guys, Appreciate you all. Take care. 599 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 4: Thanks again to Fuad for joining the show today, and 600 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 4: thank you for tuning in to another edition of Skull Stories. 601 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 4: Be sure to check out all of our content via 602 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 4: the audio tab on Vikings dot com our iHeartMedia, Feed, 603 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 4: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. We'll see you all again 604 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 4: next week.