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Speaker 1: what's going on? Everybody? Welcome into a Wednesday edition of

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access as I channel my inner Harry Carrie. Hey, hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm John Harris, your host, football analyst, a silent reporter

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Speaker 1: for your Houston Texans, and I am in the Hunday

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Speaker 1: have a show for you. We are gonna hear from

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Speaker 1: Behind Enemy Sidelines with Deep City in this week she

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Speaker 1: Then we'll hear from JJ Watt Andy Shaun Watson from

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Speaker 1: their press conferences today in their entirety. Then we go

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Speaker 1: Men behind the Mikes. Dan Horde is the play by

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texas have selected inside linebacker Dylan Cole as

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty ed Block Courage Award winner. Recipients are

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Speaker 1: Dylan Cole is everything that's good about this organization. And

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Speaker 1: But to think about the NFL Combine when he put

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Speaker 1: want to say it was like thirty, but it was

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Speaker 1: a crazy number for running back. I just remember standing

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Speaker 1: there and just like, I don't know who's going to

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Speaker 1: get this guy, but he is crazy strong. All Right,

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about that Bengals defense because they took on

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Speaker 1: DJ Reader this offseason. Big loss for the Texans front.

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Speaker 1: He goes out with a season ending injury. But Carl

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Speaker 1: Lawson on the D line has definitely stepped up. What's

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Speaker 1: made him so effective on that D line? Especially as

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Speaker 1: a pass rusher. He's put up some pretty impressive stats

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Speaker 1: this year. Yeah. Well, if you asked anyone who's watched

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Speaker 1: Carl Lawson over the last couple of years, it's really

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Speaker 1: not a surprise. The biggest thing that Lawson was facing

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Speaker 1: had a tourn acl in twenty eighteen and then kind

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Speaker 1: of a recurring hamstring last year that he's missed time with.

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Speaker 1: So the fact that he's been out there week after

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Speaker 1: week for this Bengals defense has been such a lift.

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Speaker 1: He's so good at just beating his one on one matchups,

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Speaker 1: you know, getting around the edge, and even when he's

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Speaker 1: not getting credited, if he's not getting the sack or

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Speaker 1: the quarterback hit, he's still generating pressures and creating other

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Speaker 1: opportunities for some of his teammates like Sam Hubbard to

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Speaker 1: come in, or Mike Daniels or Christian Covington. So Carl

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Speaker 1: Lawson is just you know, he's just been absolutely phenomenal

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Speaker 1: for the Bengals defensive front this year. But you know,

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Speaker 1: a big thing that really helped them, especially on Monday Night,

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Speaker 1: is that the secondary coverage was so strong for the

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Speaker 1: Spengals defense. You know, it was really great to see

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Speaker 1: guys like William Jackson and Darius Phillips kind of, you know,

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Speaker 1: stepping up when they need to because they've shown flashes

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Speaker 1: at times. That's the biggest thing about the Spengals defense

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Speaker 1: is that they've been kind of inconsistent, like you'll see

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Speaker 1: really strong coverage or you know, a really strong pass brush,

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Speaker 1: but they kind of haven't been able to put it

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Speaker 1: all together for one complete game. So they were finally

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Speaker 1: able to do that on Monday, and you know, the

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Speaker 1: first half offense like they did, you know, holding them

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Speaker 1: scoreless there. And so when you have guys that you know,

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Speaker 1: even you know, I haven't even mentioned Jesse Bates and

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Speaker 1: in the safety positions. I mean, Jesse Bates cannot believe

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Speaker 1: he was not a Pro Bowler this year, just having

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Speaker 1: you know, his best season and just his third year

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Speaker 1: in the league. So when the Bengals defense can kind

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Speaker 1: of put everything together the way they did on Monday,

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Speaker 1: and you know, obviously looking to carry over that momentum

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Speaker 1: against Houston, but it's obviously going to be a tough

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Speaker 1: task when you have a much different quarterback like you

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Speaker 1: have in Deshaun Watson, who can use his feet a

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Speaker 1: little bit more, you just hope that the secondary can

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Speaker 1: kind of hold its own and hold that coverage to

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Speaker 1: allow the Bengals pass rush to kind of get in

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Speaker 1: there well. Much like Deshaun Watson whose workie you're ended

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Speaker 1: in a season and knee injury, the same happen for

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. We saw a lot of athletes from around

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Speaker 1: the league post up on social media and wishing him

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Speaker 1: the best. But what can you tell us about Joe

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Speaker 1: Burrows road to recovery? I mean, have you heard much

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Speaker 1: about him since the knee, since the knee injury and

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Speaker 1: the surgery, and what can you expect. I imagine these

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Speaker 1: two teams they face each other pretty much every year,

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Speaker 1: so there will come in time very quickly when we

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Speaker 1: do face a Bengals led team with Joe Burrow under center.

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Speaker 1: But what can tell us about his rehab and recovery

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Speaker 1: so far? Yeah, well, so far, so good. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: we haven't really gotten a chance to speak with Joe

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Speaker 1: too much since his surgery happened. Um, you know, he's

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Speaker 1: not in the Cincinnati area recovering. He's out on the

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Speaker 1: West coast and you know, just getting that relaxation rehab

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Speaker 1: in as he's you know, you know, try to make

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Speaker 1: as best of a recovery as he can, hopefully ready

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Speaker 1: for the start of training camp. But so far, so good.

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Speaker 1: And you know, he was even tweeting during the game

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Speaker 1: Monday night that you know, it's a lot more fun

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Speaker 1: to be playing than actually watching. So he absolutely wants

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Speaker 1: to be out there with his teammates. And he was

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Speaker 1: just gutted when the injury occurred, but you know, his

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Speaker 1: spirits have remained high. He's still been so involved in

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Speaker 1: all the Bengals virtual meetings. He's in every quarterback meeting,

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Speaker 1: in most of the offensive meetings, and so, you know,

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow is just he's the kind of guy you

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Speaker 1: want to have around in the locker room, whether he's

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Speaker 1: playing or not playing. And so you know, I fully

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Speaker 1: expect him to do everything in his power to make

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Speaker 1: sure his body is right, his his knee is healed,

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Speaker 1: and that he's ready to go when he can be.

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Speaker 1: It's the beauty of virtual meetings this year. I really

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Speaker 1: feel like in the future, when players are injured and

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Speaker 1: they can't make it to the facilities, that they'd still

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Speaker 1: be able to join via zoom. I think it's just

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Speaker 1: fantastic and I hope it's something that you know, we

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Speaker 1: carry forward even after this pandemic is over and we're

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Speaker 1: back having normal games with fans and both of us

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Speaker 1: at the game. Yes, absolutely, all right, well looking forward

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Speaker 1: to it. I know it's a crazy week, short week,

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Speaker 1: a holiday week, and a road game, but thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for the time. Rissa Contapelli, team reporter for

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Speaker 1: the Bengals, thank you so much for joining us on

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Speaker 1: any sidelines this week. Of course, thank you for having

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Speaker 1: me on. Great stuff from Marissa Contapelli from the Bengals

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Speaker 1: as a team reporter. She does a great job there.

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Speaker 1: And of course our own great friend DP SUI. All right,

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Speaker 1: we get back. Let's hear from JJ Wadden to Shaun

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Speaker 1: Watson have their press conferences today in their entirety. That's

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Speaker 1: Now here's the show. Welcome back to this Wednesday issue

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Speaker 1: of Texas All Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio.

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Speaker 1: I am John Harrison. It's time to hear from two

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Speaker 1: major stars for the Houston Texans and their press conferences

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Speaker 1: in their entirety. Let's start with Pro Bowl quarterback this

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Speaker 1: Shaun Watson. Hey, Jisan. Obviously not the season the Texans wanted,

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Speaker 1: but you get nominated to your third straight Pro Bowl?

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Speaker 1: What does that mean to you? Especially with all the

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Speaker 1: quarterback talent that's out there, to be able to get

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Speaker 1: the honors once again, I mean it's dope. I appreciate

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Speaker 1: all the coaching staff, to teams, organization, the city, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, for you know, supporting and helping me along

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Speaker 1: the way to get that nomination. But yeah, each and

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Speaker 1: every year, I just go out there and just play

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Speaker 1: ball in regardless of what the record is, and you know,

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Speaker 1: we're trying to get the devis and gets where we

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Speaker 1: need to. But you know, it's a big accomplishment, especially

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Speaker 1: you know the three consecutive years. Um, it's really dope.

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Speaker 1: And then you know, of course my rookie I got hurt.

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Speaker 1: You know, that could have been fourth. But it's pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: So you know, just kind of keep stacking them up

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Speaker 1: and you know, going with my career and you know,

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Speaker 1: keep adding them to show. First thing I wanted to

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Speaker 1: tell you that you wanted the war or the Houston

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Speaker 1: Chapter of the Pro Football Writers for America team most

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Speaker 1: Valuable Players. So congratulations, thank you. I appreciate that being

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Speaker 1: in the Pro Bowl again. What do you feel like

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Speaker 1: you did this year to improve your game? Overall? Worst

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Speaker 1: things that you feel like you specifically got better at

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Speaker 1: just being the quarterback, just taking what the defense given me,

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Speaker 1: understanding what we want to do to attack defenses, understanding

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Speaker 1: what the defensive coordinators are trying to do to attack

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Speaker 1: us and myself, and really just kind of improve in

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Speaker 1: all areas protecting the ball to you know, completions and everything.

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Speaker 1: So I'm just ready to took a big step and

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Speaker 1: you know this all season, you know, get ready to

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Speaker 1: get healthy and take another step that year the other

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Speaker 1: side of the football. But how much you feel like

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Speaker 1: this team missed DJ Reader on the field and in

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Speaker 1: the locker room. Hopetually business happens and guys don't always

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Speaker 1: his prey agents come back to their team that they're

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Speaker 1: start with. But just what do you feel like you's

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Speaker 1: messed with DJ? I mean, DJ Read is a great

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Speaker 1: Guy's a great teammate, great player, a great great person

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Speaker 1: and just his presence in the in the locker room

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Speaker 1: has just always been big. And you know, like you said,

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Speaker 1: business is business. You had to take care of your

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Speaker 1: family in your career. But yeah, he was a great player.

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Speaker 1: I know for a fact. You know, those guys in

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Speaker 1: the locker room respect them and wish that he was here,

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Speaker 1: and um, you know, I can't here speak for the organization,

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Speaker 1: but they feel the same. But yeah, he's you know,

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Speaker 1: sucks that he had, you know, had to get hurt,

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Speaker 1: you know earlier this year. I wish she could have

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Speaker 1: know heard that he was doing well and take care

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Speaker 1: of his family. So yeah, he's a he's a great player.

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Speaker 1: Just trying after watching your this week's opponent in the

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals defeat the Pittsburgh Still and the New New

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Speaker 1: York Jets getting their first win against the La Rams is.

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Speaker 1: This is what you meant by you compete to the end,

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Speaker 1: no matter what, no matter what you're you know, no

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Speaker 1: matter what the standings look like, no matter what playoffs

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Speaker 1: look like, you play until the end. Oh, I mean

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Speaker 1: every game, every game, you just got to go out

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Speaker 1: there and plays the NFL. So you know, people are

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Speaker 1: trying to take care of the families, people trying to

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Speaker 1: get wins, people trying to get in the playoffs. You know,

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Speaker 1: people just trying to continue to extend their careers. Um.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, each and every week is no matter what

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Speaker 1: week you're playing, you know, each and every week matters

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Speaker 1: and accounts, and so you just got to continue to

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Speaker 1: go out there. If not, you will get exposed the shot.

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Speaker 1: After that, Colts came Sunday. I think you said you

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Speaker 1: could have been called talking to your next day coach. No,

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Speaker 1: I haven't ever really thought about that. Um. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there's been so much going on. I've been trying to

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Speaker 1: But now I haven't even thought about that. You know,

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Speaker 1: if it is, then hey let's go, you know, go

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Speaker 1: win some games. But uh no, that didn't even cross

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Speaker 1: my mind. You said a couple of weeks ago. I think.

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Speaker 1: I think it was after the Detroit game. You had

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Speaker 1: to make sure you got some good Christmas presents or

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Speaker 1: your teammates in your alignment, if you had a chance

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Speaker 1: to do that. Yet I did before I did this interview.

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Speaker 1: That's why it took me so long. I was ending

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Speaker 1: done in Miami, the Miami Design District. My uh you

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00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: know agent Brian burning to getting those things on a

642
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: late notice. Uh, you know, shipped out and getting them

643
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 1: here safe. So um yeah, it's it's dope. And everyone

644
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: enjoyed it. So I got something they risk. They kind

645
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: of hang out with two questions. One, how did you

646
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: happen to arrive at the watch for your teammates? Uh,

647
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: they came in, bosses, but they came in like this, especially,

648
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: how did you How did you happen to choose that

649
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 1: particular present. Oh uh, well, I wanted to do a watch,

650
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 1: and I wanted to do a certain brand, but uh,

651
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: you know this was this was the perfect opportunity, you know,

652
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 1: the connect connect with Hugh Blow because I like the

653
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: huge Blow watches and um, you know, just to be

654
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: able to take you know, the guys to a whole

655
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: different side of of Uh, I guess I would you

656
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: say bran not brand but swag uh if you want

657
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: to call it that, um, and just kind of give

658
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: them something that's different that you know, a lot of

659
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: those guys haven't even heard of it, so now you

660
00:32:58,120 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: know they're looking it up and looking up the ig

661
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: and you know it, it's a pretty big deal. Do

662
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: you think of Larry being named to the Pro Bowl again?

663
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: That's fired, That's dope. You know, we we both you know,

664
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: once we got that invitation, that notice, we both test

665
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: each other and say congratulations and keep representing having different

666
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,479
Speaker 1: wide receivers out there. Have you looked at that as

667
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,960
Speaker 1: a challenge? Obviously you throw with all those guys before,

668
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: and I worked with all of them in the offseason,

669
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: But did you kind of take that as a challenge

670
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: personalist to still have a lot of production and still

671
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: complete high perslugure passes. Ah, well, I step on the field.

672
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: I'm just focusing on balling and just going out there

673
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 1: and try to win. I don't I don't try to

674
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 1: you know, pick people in categories and love them up

675
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: if if they played a lot of not like you

676
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: step in a huddle with me, you know, we're going

677
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: out there to go win and ball and we're gonna

678
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: have a chance to try to get the W. So

679
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: everyone that that played that then played with me know

680
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: that and feel that or an opportunity. And you know

681
00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 1: that's why, you know, I try to bring the best

682
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 1: out of everyone and not try to have them make

683
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: sure they know that they can bring the best out

684
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: of me too, So you know that's how I go

685
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: and approach it. Last question for John McClean Jean for

686
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: keeping his team interesting and competitive. Did anybody get you

687
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: anything for Christmas? Uh? Yeah, actually that I haven't got

688
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: it yet. It's actually coming in, so I'm anxious to

689
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: see see that. Probably get it tomorrow. Who's gonna be

690
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:30,359
Speaker 1: from a couple of old Liaman and then I know, uh,

691
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: you know cooks. He said, he got something for me,

692
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,359
Speaker 1: and then aj Aj said he got something for me too.

693
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: So I love it. Everybody getting in the holiday spirit

694
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 1: giving gifts, the Sean giving watches. It's kind of nice,

695
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,440
Speaker 1: very nice. I'll be expecting my watch to Sean for

696
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,279
Speaker 1: that Verizon Xes and O's talk we did the other night.

697
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: So I'm kidding, I'm kidding. All right, let's hear from

698
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: like I said, Deshaun Watson first. Now let's hear from

699
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: jj Wat. He met with the media and he was

700
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,840
Speaker 1: first asked about the lack of turnovers. Oh, it's obvious

701
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 1: a bit of very big role. Turnovers are a key

702
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,320
Speaker 1: to success on defense, a key to winning for teams.

703
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 1: I'm not only our team, every team, but anytime you

704
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 1: can get a turnover, it changes the game, gives momentum,

705
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: and the stats prove that turnover margin generally leads to success.

706
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 1: When the team did not resign DJ reader much, you

707
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 1: feel like that impacted the front defense, defense in general,

708
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: and also just a big win from the locker room too.

709
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: Was a person like DJ. Yeah, DJ is a great player.

710
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 1: He's one of my best friends. He's fantastic at what

711
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,800
Speaker 1: he does. So it's definitely a lost for your defense

712
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: anytime you lose a player of that caliber. Now, there's

713
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,879
Speaker 1: a business side of things, and he got a very

714
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,799
Speaker 1: good contract, and I'm very happy that he got And

715
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 1: I don't I'm not going to pretend to know the

716
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: ins and outs of our contract situations here and what

717
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: they're willing to offer and things like that, but I'm

718
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,919
Speaker 1: I'm happy for DJ, and I also know that any

719
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 1: team in the league would be lucky to have And

720
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: I was like DJ, and unfortunately he got injured. Before

721
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: you get hurt, he was playing well for the Bengals.

722
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 1: Have you stayed in touch with him? A lot of you?

723
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 1: As you said, you guys are friends, and it's going

724
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 1: to be hurting him not to be able to play

725
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: in this game. Yeah. DJ and I talk all the time.

726
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: I visit him here at the hospital when he when

727
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: he had his surgery. Just actually two or three days ago.

728
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: Got a couple of bottles of wind It from him

729
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: for Christmas. So thank you for that, DJU. So yeah, no,

730
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: we're we constantly talk the same with Cove Cuves on

731
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 1: their team as well. His He just sent my wife

732
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 1: and I incredible Christmas gift. His mom made a delicious

733
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 1: cake I don't know if she's trying to fatten me

734
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 1: up before the game on Sunday, but I've eaten the

735
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: half of it already. It's fantastic U. So yeah, those

736
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: are a couple of guys that I truly love and

737
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 1: I'm sad to be on the opposite sideline from them.

738
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: JJ Johnny asked you about turnovers. How do you how

739
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: does the defense get better and getting turnovers? I mean,

740
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: it's just seems like it's an intangible How do you

741
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: do that? I mean, there's obviously a whole lot of

742
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 1: combination things that go into it. Fumbles require getting to

743
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: the running back, you know, half luck, half you know, clean,

744
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: punch on the ball, trying to strip it out, put

745
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: your hat on the ball, whatever it may be. Interceptions

746
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: are more of obviously, tight coverage, a good rush, tip

747
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: balls help all out with interceptions, But trying to get

748
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: people flustered and make them make decisions they don't want

749
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,280
Speaker 1: to make, making making them throw into tight windows, that's

750
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: really what helps create turnovers. Of what was it like

751
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 1: for you? I know you've spread to some on social

752
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: media watching what happened with your brother, and have you

753
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 1: been able to communicate with him since Dan, and how's

754
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: he doing? That sort of hands down the scariest moment

755
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 1: I've ever had watching a football game in my life,

756
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: I mean, my owner or anybody else's. It was the

757
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: worst feeling you could ever have. My stomach drop to

758
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: the floor and just obviously immediate worry. But I spoke

759
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: to him shortly thereafter it, and I've obviously spoken to

760
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: him quite a bit since, and he's doing very well.

761
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: So I'm very very pleased about that and very happy,

762
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 1: just because in the moment, you're obviously thinking the worst,

763
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:10,879
Speaker 1: and I watched I've seen Shazier obviously, that's that play

764
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 1: from a few years ago. I watched that one, and

765
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: so your brain immediately goes to the worst possible thing,

766
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: And I'm very thankful that it wasn't as bad as

767
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: it could have been. Hey, JJ and Mark beat you

768
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: to it a little bit. But I would ask maybe

769
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: a follow up regarding, you know, a great update on

770
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: your brother. Does that experience give you perhaps a different

771
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 1: perspective on football, And truly a different perspective for all

772
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,399
Speaker 1: the moms and dads out there who kind of hold

773
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,959
Speaker 1: their breath at times watching their sons play a great game.

774
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: That does come with some risks. Yeah, I would say absolutely,

775
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: it does give you perspective on it. I've been fortunate

776
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,319
Speaker 1: to not really have to witness that at all for

777
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 1: either of my brothers throughout my career. I'm sure they've

778
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: obviously had to witness it for me a couple of times,

779
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: but it is watching someone you truly care about and

780
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: love go through a situation like that, And then the

781
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: worst part was a cut to commercial because like, you

782
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: obviously see it happening, and then they cut to commercial

783
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: and you have no idea what's happening for the next

784
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: two or three minutes, and your brain is just running

785
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: through everything that can possibly be happening. So I certainly

786
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: don't envy my parents on Sundays when they have to

787
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 1: watch all three of us and worry all the time.

788
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 1: But it's it's not a feeling that I envy. But

789
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 1: we also understand the risk that comes with this game,

790
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: and we understand that that's a small part of the

791
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: reason that we get paid the money that we get

792
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: paid is because of the risk you take as well

793
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: on that field. So I hope nobody ever has to

794
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,879
Speaker 1: experience that with any of their own loved ones. JJ,

795
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 1: have you gotten a chance to watch a lot of

796
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: film on Bengal's quarterback Ryan Familey, And how do you

797
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 1: prepare for a team coming in, especially with that much momentum,

798
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: you know, after defeating the team like the Stealers. Yeah,

799
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously I've watched a lot of film. I

800
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: watched the game live on Monday night with my brothers. Obviously,

801
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 1: he did a very good job. I'm going against a

802
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 1: very tough defense and didn't necessarily pass the ball a

803
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 1: whole lot. I think that thirteen passes, but he did

804
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: a good job. He did some good things in the

805
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,800
Speaker 1: running game as well, obviously a touchdown run that he

806
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: had and some of the zone read stuff that they've done.

807
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,799
Speaker 1: So to get a win against a team like that,

808
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,760
Speaker 1: they it was very good for them, and they're playing

809
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:22,839
Speaker 1: tough football. They played a great game, and so we're

810
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,719
Speaker 1: looking forward to an opportunity and a challenge a couple

811
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: of games left. Do you think you guys can do

812
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 1: to try to go out on a good note. Obviously,

813
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: be on win the game, but just in terms of

814
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: style of play way you guys play, which the effort

815
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: you has all bringing the last couple of weeks here. Yeah,

816
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 1: I just go out there and play football, you know,

817
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 1: just try and do your best, put your best foot

818
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: forward your competitor. I know for me personally, anytime you

819
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 1: put the pads on, you try and play the best

820
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: you possibly can. Grateful for the opportunity to play this game,

821
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,879
Speaker 1: Grateful the opportunity to try and improve and get better,

822
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 1: and you try and do the best you possibly can.

823
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: And doesn't matter what your record is. You go out

824
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: there and you put your best foot forward, and if

825
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,439
Speaker 1: each of us puts our best foot forward, it can

826
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 1: be a great result, hopefully, and we would love to

827
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: go out there and get a win and finish off

828
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: with something smile about for the city. Lastly, the run

829
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: defense we talked about all year hasn't on what you

830
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,400
Speaker 1: guys would hope for a consistent basis, What do you

831
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,520
Speaker 1: feel like can be done for the future to build

832
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 1: a good run stopping you that here going forward? Thank you.

833
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 1: I mean that there's a lot of things that go

834
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 1: into building all sorts of different things for the future.

835
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 1: So without knowing exactly what it's going to look like,

836
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 1: who it's going to be, all those things, I think

837
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: it's hard to say, but there's I mean, there's fundamentals

838
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 1: that come with any being a good run defense for

839
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: anybody playing your gaps being sound, and your technique tackling,

840
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 1: being able to shed blocks, being able to make plays,

841
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 1: being able to penetrate in backfield, all sorts of those things.

842
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: So there's generalities that go into being a good run

843
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 1: stopping defense, and then there's obviously more specifics when it

844
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: gets the scheme and individual players and who you have

845
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: and what you're able to work with. So I think

846
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: that until you know exactly what those pieces will be,

847
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: you can't really give this specifics at the moment. There

848
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: you go. JJ Watt and DeShawn Watson their press conferences

849
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: today hitting on a number of different things. And if

850
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:20,760
Speaker 1: you did see the Monday night game and see Derek

851
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 1: Watt go down, man, I'm telling you it's it was. Oh,

852
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 1: it was unbelievably scary and if you saw it, you know,

853
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: if you didn't, I wouldn't recommend going and finding it.

854
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: The one thing I would say about that whole thing

855
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 1: was t J Watt sprinting about as fast as I've

856
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: ever seen to move people out of the way to

857
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: keep Derek from having people on top of him, etc. Man,

858
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: you talk about brotherly love, it was right there in

859
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,760
Speaker 1: that moment TJ running out there, and I know JJ

860
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,799
Speaker 1: would have wanted to be there more than any other

861
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,719
Speaker 1: place to help out as well. But seeing t J

862
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: Watt sprint on that theme and realize that was his brother,

863
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: not just his teammate on the ground and just clear

864
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: the way for medical people to get there, Man, that

865
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 1: was an unbelievable moment. And man, you just you gotta

866
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 1: love the Watt brothers. I mean, they're just they're incredible.

867
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: They're great football players, but many are great people. And man,

868
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: they look out for each other. Man, it's really cool

869
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:24,839
Speaker 1: to see from three brothers. Very very cool. So there

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Speaker 1: you go, John and Connie. Excellent job, what parents, nice job?

871
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 1: All Right, got one hour down, We got one hour

872
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Speaker 1: left to go. We get back. We're gonna go. Man

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Speaker 1: behind the mics this week it is Mark Vandermer with

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00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:42,360
Speaker 1: Dan Horde, played by played voice of both the Cincinnati

875
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 1: Bengals and the Cincinnati Bearcats. That's coming up on Texans

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00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 1: A Access, Texans A Access, Texans A Access. We got

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Speaker 1: one hour down and one hour left to go. Right

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Speaker 1: here on a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access glad

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00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 1: to be with you from the Honday Texans Radio Studio.

880
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris and my boss, the voice

881
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: of the Texans. Each and every week dials up the

882
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,399
Speaker 1: play by play voice of the other side, and this

883
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: week it's the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, it's been a few

884
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:13,440
Speaker 1: years since we had the chance to catch up with

885
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 1: Dan Horde, but he's a guy that double dips. He

886
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:21,280
Speaker 1: does the Cincinnati Bengals games. He is also the voice

887
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:26,360
Speaker 1: of the Cincinnati Bearcats. One team struggling. Man got a

888
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:30,040
Speaker 1: huge win on Monday, one team undefeated, but got horrible

889
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,840
Speaker 1: news on Sunday they didn't make the playoff. Interesting world

890
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,399
Speaker 1: that Dan Horde lives in, and he and Mark talked

891
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,880
Speaker 1: about all of it right here with our men behind

892
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:44,360
Speaker 1: the Mike's Segment. Mark, take it away. Dan, Hello, my friend,

893
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: and I know it's been quite the year for you,

894
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 1: So tell me what it's been like for you broadcasting

895
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,720
Speaker 1: during the pandemic. Everything the Bengals are going through, everything

896
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 1: you're going through as well. Mark. Typically, Saturdays have been

897
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,360
Speaker 1: great because the University of Cincinnati has had an unbelievably

898
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 1: wonderful season. Sundays not so much, although if you haven't

899
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:07,759
Speaker 1: followed the Bengals closely. They were so close before Joe

900
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: Burrow's injury to having a really good season. It was unbelievable.

901
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,879
Speaker 1: They were inventing ways to lose. They should have been

902
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: seven and three at the point of his knee injury,

903
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: and obviously they're not. Yeah, they lost some interesting games,

904
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 1: just like the Texans have really at the moment of truth,

905
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 1: some weird circumstances. But tell me, I know Burrows after

906
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:31,799
Speaker 1: the year has been after a while, But what were

907
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 1: you seeing in him before he went out? Tell you

908
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:37,359
Speaker 1: what the future is for the Bengals. I was seeing

909
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 1: with Texans fan fee into Shaun wattson the franchise quarterback

910
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 1: that can take you to a Super Bowl. And I

911
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,600
Speaker 1: don't just throw that out there. I mean, Joe Burrow

912
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 1: is the real deal. We saw him last year in

913
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:52,360
Speaker 1: college football would arguably the greatest season that any college

914
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: quarterback has ever had. But he inherited a team this

915
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 1: year that was coming off a two win season, that

916
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 1: was in a complete rebuild old mode. And again, they

917
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 1: should have been seven and three. I won't run down

918
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,959
Speaker 1: week by week and how they invented ways to lose

919
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: early in the season, but they had the fourth quarter,

920
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: had the lead in the fourth quarter almost every week,

921
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: and for reasons that were not Joe Burrow's fault, they

922
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,319
Speaker 1: wound up losing most of those games. All right, So

923
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 1: they did beat Pittsburgh on Monday Night with Finley. So

924
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 1: tell me about what the Bengals are going through right now.

925
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:28,360
Speaker 1: I mean, that was a game that a lot of

926
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Speaker 1: people did not expect. Obviously, did they expected? Did they

927
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,400
Speaker 1: think that was possible in them? I'm sure the players

928
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 1: and coaches did. I don't think anybody else really did,

929
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 1: largely because Ryan Finley is really their third string quarterback

930
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 1: Brandon Allen would have started if he didn't hurt his

931
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 1: knee the week before. And also because they never beat

932
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Speaker 1: the Steelers. They had lost eleven straight to Pittsburgh. Ben

933
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger was fifteen and two in his career at Paul

934
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,640
Speaker 1: Brown Stadium. So that was the Christmas miracle. Everybody is

935
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,760
Speaker 1: feeling much better because they beat it their dreaded, hated,

936
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 1: spied but somewhat respected rival, and it didn't cost them

937
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,880
Speaker 1: any ground in draft position, because unfortunately, we're at that

938
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,640
Speaker 1: point of the year where everybody's looking ahead. They're not

939
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:12,960
Speaker 1: even really thinking about the final two games so much.

940
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Speaker 1: And by everybody, I mean the fans certainly, not the

941
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 1: players and coaches, but the fans are looking ahead to

942
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:22,360
Speaker 1: the draft. They're fixated on Pinney Sewell, offensive lineman from Oregon,

943
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,360
Speaker 1: hoping that he's the guy that they compare with Jonah

944
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,240
Speaker 1: Williams to give them their tackles for the next ten years.

945
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Speaker 1: Dan Horde, voice of the Cincinnati Bengals, joining us on

946
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Speaker 1: Texans Radio. All right, so we saw good defense on

947
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 1: Monday night. Tell the Texans listeners what the Bengals do

948
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:41,880
Speaker 1: well when they're clicking this version of them. You know,

949
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 1: the defense has actually played reasonably well. They've had a

950
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Speaker 1: couple of games this year where they gave up a

951
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:50,319
Speaker 1: bunch of points. They couldn't stop the Ravens. Not many

952
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:53,240
Speaker 1: people have. They struggled in their first game against Pittsburgh

953
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: when the Steelers are still playing well. But recently the

954
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,360
Speaker 1: defense has been playing great. I think the strength of

955
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,919
Speaker 1: the defense is the secondary. I'm not sure a team

956
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,120
Speaker 1: in the NFL has a better pair of safeties than

957
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,000
Speaker 1: Jesse Bates and Bond Bell. They're both playing well. They've

958
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 1: got a young linebacking corps, that's getting better and better

959
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,560
Speaker 1: by the week. The question mark for the Bengals is

960
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: the defensive line. Last week Monday Night, a couple of

961
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,240
Speaker 1: nights ago against the Steelers, the d line played great.

962
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 1: Carl loss and he had Ben Roethlisberger six times, had

963
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:25,240
Speaker 1: a sack. Sam Harvard played well. On the other side.

964
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Speaker 1: It's the defensive tackles that have been a problem this year.

965
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: They spent a ton of money to take DJ Reader

966
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:34,720
Speaker 1: away from Houston. DJ got hurt early this season. They've

967
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: had eight time Pro Bowler Geno Atkins has really been

968
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: a shadow of his normal self because of a shoulder injury.

969
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: He went on injured reserve last week. So the guys

970
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:49,759
Speaker 1: in the middle are just kind of guys. And it

971
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: just so happened that in the Pittsburgh game the ends

972
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 1: played so well, kind of covered up that deficiency. Inside.

973
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Speaker 1: Dan Horde, voice of the Cincinnati Bengals, joining us. All Right,

974
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:03,320
Speaker 1: since you live the AFC North, Dan, tell me about

975
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:06,960
Speaker 1: the Steelers and the Ravens, what you expect from them

976
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: moving forward. You're scatting a report as they get ready

977
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Speaker 1: for the postseason, and the Ravens are still not quite

978
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,720
Speaker 1: in there. Yeah, but they're gonna make it. Their final

979
00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,479
Speaker 1: two games are very winnable, including Cincinnati in the final

980
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 1: leak of the regular season, and they're coming on like gangbusters. Pittsburgh,

981
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,319
Speaker 1: on the other hand, is dropping like a stone. They've

982
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 1: lost three in a row. They haven't scored twenty points

983
00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:30,239
Speaker 1: in their last four games. I see Baltimore making it

984
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:32,879
Speaker 1: and having a chance to advance. I don't think they're

985
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:34,839
Speaker 1: as good as Kansas City, but I think they could

986
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:38,279
Speaker 1: beat anybody else in the AFC. I see Pittsburgh making it. Well,

987
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 1: they're going to make it. They've clinched a spot, but

988
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 1: I don't see them winning a game in the postseason.

989
00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,360
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger is struggling. Teams have figured out that he

990
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,799
Speaker 1: doesn't throw the ball down field anymore. They are trying

991
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,239
Speaker 1: to dink and dunc you to death. And if you

992
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 1: know that they are playing in a closet, it becomes

993
00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:57,040
Speaker 1: very easy to defend all of that short stuff with

994
00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 1: no threat of somebody going behind you and catching it.

995
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 1: Deep ball. All right, Now, take me to the Bearcats.

996
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,560
Speaker 1: You're also the voice of the Cincinnati Bearcats, and I

997
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:07,279
Speaker 1: know there was enormous disappointment about not getting into the

998
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: Final four or was there I mean, was there an

999
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:12,200
Speaker 1: expectation that they would make it? Maybe this is the

1000
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 1: year that a nonpower five could sneak in there. What

1001
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,399
Speaker 1: were your thoughts and what were their thoughts? The thing

1002
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 1: that Cincinnati fans and the program is upset about is

1003
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:26,560
Speaker 1: that they dropped in the rankings from week to week

1004
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,120
Speaker 1: through no fault of their own. When the first College

1005
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 1: Football Playoff rankings came out, Cincinnati was number seven. Then

1006
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 1: they had two games canceled due to COVID nineteen and

1007
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 1: dropped in the rankings, and that didn't happen to anybody else.

1008
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:44,560
Speaker 1: They were hardly the only team that had games postponed

1009
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,640
Speaker 1: or canceled, and yet that was held against them and

1010
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:51,640
Speaker 1: was not held against anybody else. I'm not sure that

1011
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 1: people around here think that Cincinnati deserves to be in

1012
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:58,840
Speaker 1: the top four, but I do think that people around

1013
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: here are really angry that they kept getting bypassed by

1014
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:06,399
Speaker 1: schools with two losses when they don't have any. Andre Ware,

1015
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,160
Speaker 1: who I do the games with, says that there will

1016
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:13,640
Speaker 1: never be a nonpower five in the final four. What

1017
00:51:13,719 --> 00:51:18,200
Speaker 1: do you think? I think he's probably right, But let

1018
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 1: me give you the scenario for how it could happen,

1019
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:24,640
Speaker 1: because it could happen next year with the University of Cincinnati.

1020
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 1: A couple of things have to happen. Number One, you

1021
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: have to run the table. No group of five team

1022
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:33,879
Speaker 1: will ever get in that's not undefeated. Secondly, you've got

1023
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:36,759
Speaker 1: to be good the year before, so you begin the

1024
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:40,080
Speaker 1: season high in the top twenty five, which could happen

1025
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Speaker 1: with Cincinnati next year. And then number three, you've got

1026
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 1: to beat a powerhouse team early in the season that

1027
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 1: really puts you on the map. So let's say Cincinnati

1028
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:55,359
Speaker 1: wins the Peach Bowl against Georgia, goes undefeated, They've got

1029
00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:57,880
Speaker 1: their quarterback back next season, which should be the case

1030
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:02,000
Speaker 1: with Desmond Ritter, and begins the year ranked I don't know,

1031
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: ten twelve something like that. Cincinnati has back to back

1032
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:12,000
Speaker 1: road games scheduled next year at Indiana and at Notre Dame.

1033
00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:15,920
Speaker 1: So Indiana is eleventh in the College Football playoff rankies

1034
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 1: right now, Notre Dame is fourth. If Cincinnati begins next

1035
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:23,959
Speaker 1: year ranked eleventh and wins those games on the road

1036
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 1: back to back next year Indiana and Notre Dame, and

1037
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Speaker 1: then runs the table, I think they'd have a chance.

1038
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:35,920
Speaker 1: Dan calling NFL games in the pandemic, calling college football

1039
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:38,759
Speaker 1: games at a high level in the pandemic. What's the

1040
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 1: difference as a broadcaster. What have you been experiencing. I

1041
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:47,400
Speaker 1: have no frequent flyer miles. This year, I've done note travel.

1042
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,839
Speaker 1: I've done every game off a monitor. So it's been

1043
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,160
Speaker 1: nice to have a dinner every night with my wife

1044
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:56,279
Speaker 1: and son. But I miss being at the venue and

1045
00:52:56,840 --> 00:53:00,719
Speaker 1: describing the atmosphere, and you know, it's just better. I

1046
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:03,560
Speaker 1: don't think any broadcaster would say anything other than that

1047
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 1: it's better to actually be there. But it has brought

1048
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,640
Speaker 1: me back to my childhood a little bit. I called

1049
00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 1: every Buffalo Bills game growing up in Western New York

1050
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:15,920
Speaker 1: off a TV screen between the ages of probably eleven

1051
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:19,840
Speaker 1: and seventeen into a cassette tape requarter. So I didn't

1052
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:23,479
Speaker 1: realize that I was preparing for a pandemic that would

1053
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:27,359
Speaker 1: happen forty years later when I was a kid. Dan,

1054
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:31,760
Speaker 1: you've seen the Colts and the Titans. Tell me who's better.

1055
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:35,239
Speaker 1: Who do you think can go beyond in the postseason

1056
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: once they get there, if they both get there, Because

1057
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:39,840
Speaker 1: the cults are in reasonable shape right here, not in

1058
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:42,120
Speaker 1: good shape to win the division, but reasonable shape to

1059
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:45,680
Speaker 1: get in. I say the Titans. I think they're a

1060
00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 1: better team. And my reasoning is actually not based on

1061
00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 1: what I saw face to face. I just liked Tannehill

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00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:55,880
Speaker 1: better than Rivers at this stage of Philip Rivers' career.

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00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:59,720
Speaker 1: And that's coming from somebody who watched the Bengals blow

1064
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:03,200
Speaker 1: twenty one nothing lead to the Colts. Because Philip Rivers

1065
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:05,879
Speaker 1: had his best game in the last ten years. I mean,

1066
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:09,759
Speaker 1: he was unbelievable that day against Cincinnati, But can he

1067
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,359
Speaker 1: do it several weeks in a row against the best

1068
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 1: defenses in the postseason. I don't think so. I'd love

1069
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,960
Speaker 1: for him to prove me wrong because he's one of

1070
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:22,040
Speaker 1: my favorite players that is on another roster in the NFL.

1071
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 1: But I just think even though Cincinnati beat Tennessee, I

1072
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 1: like the Titans balance. I think Rabel's a tremendous coach.

1073
00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:31,640
Speaker 1: Tannah Hill's playing well. They showed they have a great

1074
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:34,799
Speaker 1: playoff formula last year and making it to the championship game.

1075
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:37,840
Speaker 1: So in that matchup, I'll take the Titans. So I

1076
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:40,480
Speaker 1: know what happened with Andy Dalton and the Dallas Cowboys,

1077
00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:43,799
Speaker 1: but tell me how is Andy Dalton regarded in Cincinnati?

1078
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:46,879
Speaker 1: What do they think of him? Because there was success there,

1079
00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:49,600
Speaker 1: just wasn't postseason success. And I know it didn't end well.

1080
00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:52,120
Speaker 1: It kind of slid downward and downward. But what do

1081
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 1: you think is the fan reaction how Andy Dalton is

1082
00:54:55,560 --> 00:55:00,360
Speaker 1: perceived there? It's a tremendous question mark because he is

1083
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:03,200
Speaker 1: more liked now than he was when he was a

1084
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 1: great player, which is a shame. I mean, he came

1085
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,120
Speaker 1: into the NFL in twenty eleven where the Bengals were

1086
00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:12,239
Speaker 1: four and twelve the year before, and immediately led them

1087
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:16,320
Speaker 1: to five consecutive playoff appearances, which was incredible, But because

1088
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:19,000
Speaker 1: they lost those playoff games and he didn't play well

1089
00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:21,600
Speaker 1: in them, there was a feeling at the time that

1090
00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:24,640
Speaker 1: he was holding them down somehow. People thought, and the

1091
00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:27,280
Speaker 1: roster's so good, if their quarterback was just a little

1092
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:31,160
Speaker 1: bit better, they could advance in the postseason, which I

1093
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:33,759
Speaker 1: didn't really think was fair at the time. Now that

1094
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:36,560
Speaker 1: he's gone and the team is really struggling without him,

1095
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,879
Speaker 1: people look back finally at those five years and think,

1096
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:42,359
Speaker 1: you know what, maybe Andy Dalton was better than we

1097
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:45,000
Speaker 1: ever gave him credit for, which is how I feel

1098
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,879
Speaker 1: about it. So he's loved now. When he came back

1099
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,200
Speaker 1: for that game a couple of weeks ago with Dallas,

1100
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:54,840
Speaker 1: huge rounds of applause. Fans greeted him around the hotel,

1101
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:58,600
Speaker 1: even though you really can't in a pandemic. So that's

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00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 1: how he's regarded now that he's on It's it's an

1103
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:03,480
Speaker 1: interesting thing. What do you anticipate on Sunday? What do

1104
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:05,920
Speaker 1: you think of this matchup? Well, I don't think the

1105
00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:08,000
Speaker 1: Bengals are going to be able to use the formula

1106
00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:11,000
Speaker 1: that they used against Pittsburgh on Monday. They got three

1107
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 1: takeaways in the first half that allowed them to be

1108
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:19,040
Speaker 1: uber conservative forty one rushing attempts, thirteen passes. They would

1109
00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:20,640
Speaker 1: love for that to be the case again, but I

1110
00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:23,680
Speaker 1: don't see Houston coughing it up like that. So the

1111
00:56:23,719 --> 00:56:26,200
Speaker 1: Bengals are going to have to have some semblance of

1112
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:29,279
Speaker 1: a passing game to have a chance. I'm not sure

1113
00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:31,000
Speaker 1: how they're going to be able to shut down de

1114
00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:33,880
Speaker 1: Shaun Watson, but they've proved me wrong on Monday night,

1115
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 1: so we'll see, all right, Dan, Well, we appreciate the

1116
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:38,720
Speaker 1: time very much and looking forward to the game on Sunday.

1117
00:56:38,719 --> 00:56:42,440
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot. Thanks, Mark, appreciate it. There he is

1118
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,360
Speaker 1: Dan Horde, play by play man for both the Cincinnati

1119
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:50,480
Speaker 1: Bengals and Cincinnati Bearcats. Now they've laugh him his game

1120
00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:53,880
Speaker 1: analyst is one of the world's worst as farst stepping

1121
00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:55,600
Speaker 1: on his partner. I don't know how Dan doesn't just

1122
00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:57,920
Speaker 1: slug him each and every time. Dan will be right

1123
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:00,279
Speaker 1: in the middle of all play by play call. Dave

1124
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:03,759
Speaker 1: Lappa will be just flapping his gums. But either way,

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00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:06,040
Speaker 1: I like listening to Dan Horde. And I've always thought

1126
00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:08,719
Speaker 1: the segment so fun because all these voices you hear

1127
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:11,879
Speaker 1: in NFL films, you know, Paul Allen, Jeff Joni, Act,

1128
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:14,000
Speaker 1: Dan Horde, you hear them all the time, and then

1129
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:15,520
Speaker 1: you get to hear on radio show or you got

1130
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 1: a chance to meet them. It's really really cool. Well

1131
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:21,080
Speaker 1: that's just me kind of a broadcasting nerd. All right,

1132
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:23,760
Speaker 1: when we get back, we're gonna step out of the

1133
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:27,200
Speaker 1: Texans for a second, well for a segment actually, and

1134
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:31,960
Speaker 1: talk about the Texas Ball, the mccarie Texas Bowl, and

1135
00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:35,120
Speaker 1: talk to the man running the show, David Fletcher, and

1136
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:39,920
Speaker 1: talk about TCU the Arkansas coming up in about eight days,

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Speaker 1: Now here's the show. Welcome back to a Wednesday night

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00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:41,080
Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris,

1150
00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:44,640
Speaker 1: Football elso silent reporter. And when it comes this time

1151
00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: of year, I get really excited because it's Bowl season

1152
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:51,480
Speaker 1: and in Houston, well, we have big announcements over the

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00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:54,640
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks from my pal David Fletcher from

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00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:58,040
Speaker 1: most our Sports Entertainment, and he joins me again because

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00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:01,840
Speaker 1: we now Fletch have two teams in the Bowl and

1156
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:04,720
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna laid out there How excited are you

1157
00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:08,720
Speaker 1: for TCU v. Arkansas? Could be more thrilled, Johnny. It's

1158
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:10,720
Speaker 1: great to be on with you. Thanks so much for

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00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:14,960
Speaker 1: all your support and your energy, and they're gonna be

1160
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:17,400
Speaker 1: even in a limited capacity nature, there's gonna be a

1161
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 1: lot of energy come New Year's Eve over here at

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00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:24,040
Speaker 1: NRG Stadium. You mentioned it, the Murcari Texas Bowl for

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00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:28,920
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. TCU versus Arkansas the last sporting event on

1164
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:31,360
Speaker 1: the calendar for twenty twenty, and we have it right

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00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:35,040
Speaker 1: here in Houston. Gonna be a high powered offenses on

1166
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:37,400
Speaker 1: display and gonna be a lot of fun as these

1167
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:41,720
Speaker 1: two long time heated rivals get together for this year's

1168
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:43,960
Speaker 1: McCary Texas Bowls. Should be a lot of fun. Yeah.

1169
00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:45,920
Speaker 1: We'll leave it to Mark Vandimer to come up with

1170
00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:50,520
Speaker 1: frogs v. Hogs and the rhyming and the alliteration, if

1171
00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:53,280
Speaker 1: you will, which I was like, Ah, cool, frogs vy

1172
00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:56,760
Speaker 1: hogs and fletch whenever I think of a bowl game

1173
00:59:57,080 --> 01:00:00,920
Speaker 1: and you you've brought it up, and the Texas Bowls,

1174
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:04,160
Speaker 1: the different iterations and now of McCary seemingly has always

1175
01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:11,720
Speaker 1: had a geographical representation Texas A and m LSU. You know,

1176
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:14,360
Speaker 1: Oklahoma State was in it, and now you got two teams.

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01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,520
Speaker 1: It's been a while since TCU's been in a game.

1178
01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:18,960
Speaker 1: Arkansas was in it I think my first year in

1179
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:23,280
Speaker 1: a building which is twenty fourteen, which was an unbelievable environment.

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01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:28,480
Speaker 1: How much does geography play into this that even with

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01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:31,600
Speaker 1: the limited capacity of fans, that they can at least

1182
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:34,280
Speaker 1: see their guys in a bowl game on both sides

1183
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:37,480
Speaker 1: TCU and Arkansas, Well, that's huge, Johnny. I mean when

1184
01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:39,880
Speaker 1: when when you look at how we try and shape

1185
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,360
Speaker 1: these matchups each year in the McCary Texas Bowl, I

1186
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 1: mean we start with Big twelve and SEC and right there,

1187
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:48,160
Speaker 1: that puts us in a great position for a matchup

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01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:51,520
Speaker 1: that people who will resonate with, you know, when you

1189
01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:54,840
Speaker 1: look at at the factors for really what we try

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01:00:54,840 --> 01:00:57,840
Speaker 1: and do every year, and again not not always the case,

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01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:01,160
Speaker 1: but we're off to a really good head start most cases.

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01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:05,520
Speaker 1: You know, they you want teams that are geographically relevant.

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01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:09,440
Speaker 1: You want teams that um are are pointed on the

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01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:12,880
Speaker 1: way up, you know in terms of how their program

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01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:18,720
Speaker 1: is is progressing, and you want if you can get it, rivals,

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Speaker 1: you know, and and and this game right here between

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Speaker 1: TCU and Arkansas. Check check check. Yeah. Man, that's great,

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Speaker 1: it really is. That's that's really awesome for for a

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Speaker 1: variety of reasons. Awesome for for for our partners at ESPN,

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01:01:34,040 --> 01:01:37,440
Speaker 1: who are we broadcasting this game nationally, And our buddy

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01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:39,360
Speaker 1: Andre Ware is going to be on the on the call,

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01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 1: which is awesome. Um, you know he was here last

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01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:44,520
Speaker 1: year as well, and um, you know, just to be

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01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:47,120
Speaker 1: able to to get his insight will be great. He's

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01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:49,840
Speaker 1: he's he's obviously been around these teams many many times.

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01:01:50,320 --> 01:01:53,720
Speaker 1: But but you know, you've got a great matchup for TV,

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01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:59,439
Speaker 1: You've got an awesome matchup for the fans because there's

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01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:03,560
Speaker 1: one hundred years of rivalry between these two schools. This

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01:02:03,600 --> 01:02:06,520
Speaker 1: will be the seventy first matchup. They haven't played much

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01:02:06,560 --> 01:02:09,320
Speaker 1: as of late. Uh most of those were back to

1211
01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:13,800
Speaker 1: their Southwest Conference days. But nevertheless, um, you know, just

1212
01:02:13,840 --> 01:02:15,960
Speaker 1: to just look back to twenty seventeen and all the

1213
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:18,760
Speaker 1: heat between that home and home series they had Feelam's

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Speaker 1: last year in Arkansas, you know, it was it was

1215
01:02:21,960 --> 01:02:24,760
Speaker 1: fun to see that that that heat spill over and

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01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:30,160
Speaker 1: then great for Houston and even in a limited capacity, perspective.

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Speaker 1: You know, there will be fans traveling in UM that

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01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:36,600
Speaker 1: has not been something that you've seen with with events

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01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:40,440
Speaker 1: because of the situation we're in twenty twenty. UM. It's

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Speaker 1: great for the visibility of the city UH and our

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01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:46,800
Speaker 1: partners a visit Houston and the CBB and longtime supporters

1222
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Speaker 1: and and it just it helps fuel this this continued

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Speaker 1: pursuit we have as as a community and as an

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01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:56,280
Speaker 1: organization to be the premier destination for college football. And

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01:02:56,800 --> 01:02:59,680
Speaker 1: you get the type of national brands that that Arkansas

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Speaker 1: and TURE and you put them together, you know, in

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Speaker 1: any inn in front of any kind of of fans,

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Speaker 1: and it's gonna be an electric amosphere. Yeah, no doubt.

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Speaker 1: And one of the things I like Fletch about you.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned it and alluded to this, but you've got

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01:03:16,320 --> 01:03:21,040
Speaker 1: TCUs won five out of six, and with Arkansas going

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01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:24,280
Speaker 1: into the twenty twenty season, I think everybody was like, oh,

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01:03:24,360 --> 01:03:28,680
Speaker 1: Pearl Arkansas, this twenty twenty schedule is a monster. Look

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01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:30,960
Speaker 1: at what they have to try and navigate through in

1235
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty. And then Sam Pittman, the first year head coach,

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Speaker 1: navigates that with some massive wins and some electric players.

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Speaker 1: So you've got two teams that I want to I don'

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Speaker 1: want to say. I guess exceeded expectations definitely in Arkansas side,

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01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:52,280
Speaker 1: but with how young TCU was and is this year,

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Speaker 1: I think that group exceeded expectations too, because they got

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01:03:56,120 --> 01:03:58,360
Speaker 1: that win to Texas, then they had a couple bumps

1242
01:03:58,360 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 1: in the road, and then five out of six they

1243
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:05,000
Speaker 1: won down the stretch. Fletch. These two teams coming in.

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Speaker 1: There's some teams when they go to a bowl game

1245
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:10,200
Speaker 1: like a you know, we're just you know, we're going

1246
01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:13,600
Speaker 1: for the swag bag and we're going for this. These

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01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:16,000
Speaker 1: two teams seemingly are on the rise, using this game

1248
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:18,360
Speaker 1: to build towards twenty twenty one. And we've seen that

1249
01:04:18,480 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 1: recently with the Texas Bowl and that you see a

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01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:23,480
Speaker 1: team one year, they play a great bowl game, get

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01:04:23,480 --> 01:04:25,800
Speaker 1: a win, they're at top ten the next year. I

1252
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:28,320
Speaker 1: don't know if they put in TCU Arkansas on that road,

1253
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:30,680
Speaker 1: but they're I don't I wouldn't put them at that

1254
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:33,040
Speaker 1: destination just yet, but they're definitely on the road to

1255
01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:36,280
Speaker 1: get there. The fact that these two teams are definitely

1256
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:39,440
Speaker 1: on the way up with the youth and what they

1257
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:43,160
Speaker 1: have on both sides of the ball coming into this game. Yeah. Look,

1258
01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:45,680
Speaker 1: there's a lot of storylines that will make this a

1259
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:49,480
Speaker 1: compelling matchup. You mentioned team on the on the way up,

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01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:53,200
Speaker 1: you know, just to note the last three years, the

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Speaker 1: mccari Texas Bowl champion Texas Baylor, Texas A and M

1262
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:01,000
Speaker 1: each of those the following season and finished the year

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01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:03,560
Speaker 1: in the top ten. Uh and and Texas A and

1264
01:05:03,720 --> 01:05:05,480
Speaker 1: M will do that again this year for the third

1265
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:08,960
Speaker 1: straight years. So it is part of our our story, uh,

1266
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,640
Speaker 1: you know, and part of the reason for people to

1267
01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:13,840
Speaker 1: to want to want to check out what we're doing

1268
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:16,280
Speaker 1: here around this game. You know, both sides of the

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Speaker 1: of the ball, both sides of the both sidelines are

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Speaker 1: just full of young and electric players. UM. On the

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Speaker 1: TCU side you know this, Johnny, but but our listeners

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01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,560
Speaker 1: may not. I mean TCU was number one rushing offensive

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01:05:28,600 --> 01:05:31,880
Speaker 1: big twelve yep, Max dug and their quarterback is mister

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01:05:32,040 --> 01:05:35,280
Speaker 1: everything you know, guys, a just an all world player,

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01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:38,680
Speaker 1: you know and a tough, tough, gritty guy. UH. Houston

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01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:41,520
Speaker 1: area product. Zach Evans, the freshman at A North Shore,

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01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:44,560
Speaker 1: made an immediate impact led the team in rushing from

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Speaker 1: from that position. He's gonna be a special player like

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01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:50,760
Speaker 1: he was um while he was at North Shore. On

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01:05:50,800 --> 01:05:52,920
Speaker 1: the other side of the ball, Look Kendall Briles at

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01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:56,240
Speaker 1: the Helm offensive coordinator and uh, we all know the

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01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:59,400
Speaker 1: Brile's name and what that means for offense. And you

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01:05:59,440 --> 01:06:01,200
Speaker 1: know what he's done in Arkansas, has no doubt. Trey

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01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:05,000
Speaker 1: Lauk Burks though the wide receiver at Arkansas, it's gonna

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01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:07,920
Speaker 1: be a first round pick. The guy is just and

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01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:11,440
Speaker 1: he's electric, you know, and and he was one of

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01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:14,560
Speaker 1: the top three or four in the SEC and receiving

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01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:16,920
Speaker 1: this year. And throw the ball to him as a

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01:06:17,040 --> 01:06:19,480
Speaker 1: as a guy in Philippe Franks who was was the

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01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:22,000
Speaker 1: starter at Florida just a couple of years ago before

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01:06:22,040 --> 01:06:26,120
Speaker 1: injuries and transferred to Arkansas. So you know, you've got

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01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:28,840
Speaker 1: two teams that are gonna have a lot of firepower

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01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:32,640
Speaker 1: that in itself always makes for a fun matchup. Now

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01:06:32,680 --> 01:06:34,600
Speaker 1: you put him against each other, and you see what

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01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:37,600
Speaker 1: with these two cut coaches, both very very good head coaches,

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01:06:37,600 --> 01:06:40,880
Speaker 1: and Gary Patterson and Sam Pittman can do with a

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01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:42,840
Speaker 1: little bit of time, not much, but a little bit

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01:06:42,840 --> 01:06:45,400
Speaker 1: of time to prepare, and you know, I think it's

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01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:47,960
Speaker 1: got all the elements for a compelling reason for you

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01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:50,160
Speaker 1: to watch the game at home on ESPN on on

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01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:52,560
Speaker 1: Thursday night at fifth. If you can't make it down,

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01:06:53,320 --> 01:06:55,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you one of the player listeners that

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01:06:55,560 --> 01:07:01,520
Speaker 1: you need to watch without a doubt is Arkansaw Number one.

1304
01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:05,280
Speaker 1: He may look small on the field, but Jalen Catalan

1305
01:07:05,440 --> 01:07:09,880
Speaker 1: is an absolute dude. He is a stud and he's

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01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:14,120
Speaker 1: a freshman. He is amazing to watch. I texted Clint

1307
01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:16,360
Speaker 1: Stner in the middle of Arkansas game one time. I

1308
01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:19,840
Speaker 1: just said number one is a straight baller, and Clint

1309
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 1: rope back and said, oh my goodness, they love this guy.

1310
01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:26,640
Speaker 1: So keep an eye on number one, Jalen Catalan, defensive

1311
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:28,920
Speaker 1: back for Arkansaw. It does a little bit of everything,

1312
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:31,320
Speaker 1: and I am so excited to see him up close.

1313
01:07:31,320 --> 01:07:34,280
Speaker 1: And he's still got a couple more years before he

1314
01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:36,280
Speaker 1: can get to the NFL. But that's for a different

1315
01:07:36,280 --> 01:07:38,160
Speaker 1: time in place, Johnny. He might he might win the

1316
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:39,960
Speaker 1: Thorpe Award this year. Is the best defensive back in

1317
01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:44,080
Speaker 1: the country. Is as unbelievable. He's exactly right. So yeah,

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01:07:44,120 --> 01:07:46,480
Speaker 1: you know, I mean that that's exciting for all of

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01:07:46,560 --> 01:07:49,680
Speaker 1: us that that follow college football, UM and and certainly

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01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:52,240
Speaker 1: for our organization. And you know, I don't want to

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01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:56,840
Speaker 1: oversell this, but yes, seventy one meetings between these two schools,

1322
01:07:56,920 --> 01:07:59,240
Speaker 1: they know each other, the fans know each other. That

1323
01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:02,560
Speaker 1: it's a i gacy that carries on in a family

1324
01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:06,240
Speaker 1: when you've got a rivalry like that. And so you know,

1325
01:08:06,360 --> 01:08:09,640
Speaker 1: see it unfold here on New Year's evenight, it should

1326
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:12,640
Speaker 1: be a lot of fun. Fletch. One thing about the

1327
01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:16,760
Speaker 1: game that I think some people they forget about They

1328
01:08:16,800 --> 01:08:18,840
Speaker 1: think about the game and think about the pageantry to

1329
01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:22,240
Speaker 1: think about the matchup, but those of us that are

1330
01:08:22,240 --> 01:08:25,519
Speaker 1: in the building, no, yes, this is about college football,

1331
01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:28,840
Speaker 1: but it's also for what less our sports entertainment. The

1332
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:32,000
Speaker 1: Texans have done for De Pelchian Children's Center. And I

1333
01:08:32,120 --> 01:08:35,040
Speaker 1: know one of the great events every single year with

1334
01:08:35,080 --> 01:08:37,600
Speaker 1: the Bowl game is the visit to De Pelchian. And

1335
01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:40,559
Speaker 1: I know that can't happen this year, as I know

1336
01:08:40,640 --> 01:08:44,680
Speaker 1: you want it, we all want it, But there's still

1337
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:47,519
Speaker 1: a lot with the pelching that can go on with

1338
01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 1: this Bowl game for our listeners, Can you kind of

1339
01:08:51,200 --> 01:08:54,760
Speaker 1: just speak on that a little bit? More the relationship

1340
01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:57,600
Speaker 1: that we have had that you have cultivated with the

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01:08:57,640 --> 01:09:00,960
Speaker 1: Pelchian and what can happen in a Bowl season even

1342
01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:03,679
Speaker 1: without some of the Bowl events that we have grown

1343
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:06,960
Speaker 1: accustomed to scene over the years. No doubt, Johnny, I

1344
01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:09,200
Speaker 1: appreciate you you mentioned in that, and yeah, De Pelchian

1345
01:09:09,280 --> 01:09:13,719
Speaker 1: Children's Center is Houston's oldest children's charity. They're the largest

1346
01:09:13,720 --> 01:09:16,599
Speaker 1: provider of foster and adoptive services in the state of Texas.

1347
01:09:16,600 --> 01:09:18,599
Speaker 1: They're based right here in Houston, and they've been our

1348
01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:21,080
Speaker 1: partner since day one of this game, in our fifteenth

1349
01:09:21,160 --> 01:09:24,040
Speaker 1: year of working with Depelchian, and they're great people over there.

1350
01:09:24,040 --> 01:09:26,320
Speaker 1: And you know, the story around De Pelchian is something

1351
01:09:26,360 --> 01:09:31,080
Speaker 1: that I think is one of our most important legacies

1352
01:09:31,200 --> 01:09:34,920
Speaker 1: around this event. Financially, we've been able to deliver over

1353
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:39,000
Speaker 1: two million dollars in support. We are thanks to the

1354
01:09:39,080 --> 01:09:42,200
Speaker 1: great efforts of this community and our stewards at our

1355
01:09:42,240 --> 01:09:45,120
Speaker 1: Board of Directors. I'm going to be able to deliver

1356
01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:49,080
Speaker 1: a ninth year of record donations this year, which in

1357
01:09:49,160 --> 01:09:51,559
Speaker 1: a pandemic could just I mean it can begin to

1358
01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:53,280
Speaker 1: say how proud I am to be a part of

1359
01:09:53,240 --> 01:09:56,760
Speaker 1: the Associate be Associated with an organization like that, you know,

1360
01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:59,200
Speaker 1: and then but it's not just about the dollars. It's

1361
01:09:59,200 --> 01:10:02,080
Speaker 1: it's about the expos millions of dollars of exposure we've

1362
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:05,080
Speaker 1: been able to deliver and the experiences that we can

1363
01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:08,280
Speaker 1: provide the families and the kids UM through this event

1364
01:10:08,360 --> 01:10:12,160
Speaker 1: is something that you know, it I can't ever tell

1365
01:10:12,200 --> 01:10:16,160
Speaker 1: if the players on on, the student athletes that are

1366
01:10:16,200 --> 01:10:19,240
Speaker 1: at the schools, or the kids themselves that get more

1367
01:10:19,280 --> 01:10:21,439
Speaker 1: joy out of it. And this year it's a little

1368
01:10:21,479 --> 01:10:25,320
Speaker 1: bit different environment, but the teams have absolutely embraced being

1369
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:29,360
Speaker 1: able to be virtual champions for De Pelchian. We've got

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01:10:29,400 --> 01:10:31,080
Speaker 1: we've got the team captains that are gonna be doing

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01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:33,840
Speaker 1: some things with some of the families leading up to

1372
01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:37,200
Speaker 1: the game. We've got a number of elements in game

1373
01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:40,479
Speaker 1: that will certainly highlight the Pelchian and UH and its

1374
01:10:40,520 --> 01:10:45,439
Speaker 1: contributions to our community and the game itself. UM proceeds

1375
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:48,479
Speaker 1: benefit De Pelchian. But you know, one way that we've

1376
01:10:48,520 --> 01:10:51,360
Speaker 1: added to in this year is through our online auction,

1377
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,559
Speaker 1: which is a new addition to UM to what we're

1378
01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:56,799
Speaker 1: able to do to help with our fundraising for De Pelchian.

1379
01:10:56,960 --> 01:11:01,240
Speaker 1: So UH check out the Texas Bowl website mccari Texas

1380
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:04,880
Speaker 1: Bowl dot com, m E R c R Texas Bowl

1381
01:11:04,920 --> 01:11:08,439
Speaker 1: dot Com and uh look for the online auction is

1382
01:11:08,479 --> 01:11:12,400
Speaker 1: presented by HB great partners there and you will be

1383
01:11:12,439 --> 01:11:16,640
Speaker 1: able to find some really cool TCU and Arkansas experiences

1384
01:11:17,240 --> 01:11:19,559
Speaker 1: for those fans that follow those and want to want

1385
01:11:19,560 --> 01:11:21,479
Speaker 1: to try and engage those teams in the future. Really

1386
01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:24,559
Speaker 1: appreciate the schools and what they've been able to contribute

1387
01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:27,800
Speaker 1: to this um our Gridine Legends program has has got

1388
01:11:27,840 --> 01:11:31,960
Speaker 1: a ton of awesome autograph merchandise and some other really

1389
01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:35,799
Speaker 1: cool experiences available there. And again I mentioned our partners

1390
01:11:35,800 --> 01:11:40,559
Speaker 1: at HB. They are matching one of the donations that

1391
01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:44,720
Speaker 1: are associated with with the online auctions. So credit to

1392
01:11:44,920 --> 01:11:48,360
Speaker 1: our friends at HB and their support, but just a

1393
01:11:48,400 --> 01:11:51,160
Speaker 1: really great way to help us help our friends at

1394
01:11:51,160 --> 01:11:53,760
Speaker 1: the Pelchian in this time and need. And again I

1395
01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:56,600
Speaker 1: encourage you mccari Texas Bowl dot com look for the

1396
01:11:56,640 --> 01:12:00,800
Speaker 1: online auction link. You can support it today and for

1397
01:12:00,880 --> 01:12:03,120
Speaker 1: every dollar you give, our friends at HB are gonna

1398
01:12:03,160 --> 01:12:06,280
Speaker 1: match it and that will really help the kids at

1399
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:08,920
Speaker 1: the Peltian Children's Center this year. In a year that

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01:12:09,479 --> 01:12:11,400
Speaker 1: you know may not otherwise been able to do it.

1401
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:13,960
Speaker 1: So yeah, and that's the thing I come back to,

1402
01:12:14,040 --> 01:12:17,320
Speaker 1: Fletch when I think about you and I I think

1403
01:12:17,360 --> 01:12:20,400
Speaker 1: we had discussions back in July or August, like we're

1404
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:22,640
Speaker 1: gonna have a season? Man, are we gonna and we

1405
01:12:22,640 --> 01:12:24,639
Speaker 1: don't have a season. We know the boat, like, man,

1406
01:12:24,680 --> 01:12:27,280
Speaker 1: how's this gonna go? And look, it hasn't been perfect,

1407
01:12:27,360 --> 01:12:28,840
Speaker 1: but the fact that you and I are sitting here

1408
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:33,479
Speaker 1: talking about a Bowl game in Houston, and obviously the

1409
01:12:33,520 --> 01:12:36,960
Speaker 1: main reason the help that is provided the Pelchian Children's

1410
01:12:36,960 --> 01:12:39,040
Speaker 1: Center and a huge thank to Scott mcclell and everybody

1411
01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:41,919
Speaker 1: at HB for being on board and matching the donations

1412
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:46,000
Speaker 1: is absolutely fantastic. So the final question, you said this

1413
01:12:46,160 --> 01:12:48,240
Speaker 1: the last time we're on you had two things. Number one,

1414
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:51,200
Speaker 1: they had a sponsor. The second one you said was

1415
01:12:51,760 --> 01:12:56,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna have fans, yes, limited capacity at about thirteen thousand,

1416
01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:59,040
Speaker 1: three hundred, about what we have for Texans games, And

1417
01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:01,920
Speaker 1: talk to our guys and ticketing the other day said, man,

1418
01:13:01,960 --> 01:13:04,720
Speaker 1: tickets are going pretty well, but I know you want

1419
01:13:04,720 --> 01:13:06,840
Speaker 1: to continue to sell as many as you possibly can

1420
01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:08,880
Speaker 1: and get that place as full as it can be

1421
01:13:09,200 --> 01:13:10,960
Speaker 1: so for people that want to get to the game,

1422
01:13:11,200 --> 01:13:13,320
Speaker 1: what's the best way that they can do it. I

1423
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:16,160
Speaker 1: appreciate that Johnny and well first and foremost when when

1424
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:18,040
Speaker 1: they do come out here, if they are thinking about it,

1425
01:13:18,200 --> 01:13:22,560
Speaker 1: I can assure you that m NRG Stadium our organization

1426
01:13:22,720 --> 01:13:25,760
Speaker 1: have the have the highest standards that we possibly can

1427
01:13:25,880 --> 01:13:30,240
Speaker 1: relatively sand experience. Safety is number one with everything we're doing,

1428
01:13:30,439 --> 01:13:34,439
Speaker 1: and we certainly recognize the challenges that that may factor

1429
01:13:34,479 --> 01:13:37,479
Speaker 1: into those wanting to go out and do things. But

1430
01:13:38,160 --> 01:13:40,080
Speaker 1: I can assure you our staff is one hundred percent

1431
01:13:40,120 --> 01:13:42,360
Speaker 1: committed to it and we're focused on making it a

1432
01:13:42,479 --> 01:13:45,960
Speaker 1: safe and fun atmosphere for next next Thursday night for

1433
01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:50,680
Speaker 1: New Year's Eve. U Mercari Texas Bowl dot com mrcari

1434
01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:53,240
Speaker 1: Texas Bowl dot com is the website you can get

1435
01:13:53,240 --> 01:13:55,960
Speaker 1: your tickets. We've had a great response as you would

1436
01:13:55,960 --> 01:13:58,880
Speaker 1: expect to these two teams and there, and they're compassionate

1437
01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:02,760
Speaker 1: fan bases, so UM definitely would would encourage if you

1438
01:14:02,800 --> 01:14:04,639
Speaker 1: are thinking about coming out, if you're looking for something

1439
01:14:04,680 --> 01:14:06,360
Speaker 1: to do on New Year's Eve, have a little fun.

1440
01:14:06,920 --> 01:14:09,679
Speaker 1: H McCary Texas boll dot com is is the website

1441
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:12,160
Speaker 1: you'll have not only your your options to come out

1442
01:14:12,160 --> 01:14:15,080
Speaker 1: and join us to the game. All the safety requirements

1443
01:14:15,120 --> 01:14:18,200
Speaker 1: and protocols are listed. Um. And and for those of

1444
01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:21,479
Speaker 1: you that are not looking to go out that that's

1445
01:14:21,520 --> 01:14:25,840
Speaker 1: that's fantastic too. Um. ESPN. Well, we'll be carrying the

1446
01:14:25,880 --> 01:14:29,080
Speaker 1: game on the national audience seven o'clock kick. You can

1447
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:31,920
Speaker 1: also listen to it right here on our flagship for

1448
01:14:31,960 --> 01:14:36,000
Speaker 1: Texans Radio Sports Radio six ten. Brett Dolan will will

1449
01:14:36,040 --> 01:14:39,920
Speaker 1: be on the call. And UM, you know, I can't

1450
01:14:39,960 --> 01:14:43,840
Speaker 1: say that I would ever worry about Brett and his

1451
01:14:44,040 --> 01:14:46,679
Speaker 1: and his allegiances or not being a fair and balance,

1452
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:50,439
Speaker 1: but he does do TV for Arkansas, and he does

1453
01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:52,960
Speaker 1: have a you know, some family ties, so he might

1454
01:14:53,240 --> 01:14:55,960
Speaker 1: be a little bit more excited about the Razorbacks and

1455
01:14:56,320 --> 01:14:59,200
Speaker 1: maybe the horn frogs. But he's a great stuff. Ever

1456
01:14:59,200 --> 01:15:02,360
Speaker 1: put over that. Yeah, he's a great professional though, and

1457
01:15:02,400 --> 01:15:05,559
Speaker 1: he is a great broadcast So you'll do a great job.

1458
01:15:05,640 --> 01:15:08,439
Speaker 1: And so we're really excited that we get to be

1459
01:15:08,479 --> 01:15:11,800
Speaker 1: able to bring together the last forty event of twenty twenty,

1460
01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:14,519
Speaker 1: you know, and do it in a safe and fun way. Um,

1461
01:15:14,800 --> 01:15:17,840
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a fantastic celebration of the culture heritage

1462
01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:20,240
Speaker 1: and football tradition to the lone Star state the McCary

1463
01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:25,360
Speaker 1: Texas Bowl TCU, Arkansas. Get your tickets at McCary Texas

1464
01:15:25,400 --> 01:15:28,080
Speaker 1: Bowl dot com, tune in on ESPN or right here

1465
01:15:28,120 --> 01:15:30,920
Speaker 1: on Sports Video six ten, And if you do get

1466
01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:32,519
Speaker 1: a chance to come out to the stadium, I could

1467
01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:36,320
Speaker 1: promise you one thing. The pregame show will be lights

1468
01:15:36,479 --> 01:15:39,679
Speaker 1: out because one John Harris will be leading the charge

1469
01:15:39,720 --> 01:15:43,439
Speaker 1: as he always does. That is that at halftime? Yeah,

1470
01:15:43,479 --> 01:15:46,360
Speaker 1: I can't I can't wait. I haven't seen a college

1471
01:15:46,360 --> 01:15:50,200
Speaker 1: game all year live, so I'm ready. Now. I've seen

1472
01:15:50,240 --> 01:15:52,479
Speaker 1: every Texans game live and it's been a lot of

1473
01:15:52,479 --> 01:15:55,719
Speaker 1: gut punches. But man, I love I love the Bowl.

1474
01:15:55,840 --> 01:15:57,679
Speaker 1: I wish you could have done a kickoff old missus

1475
01:15:57,720 --> 01:16:00,240
Speaker 1: Baylor would have been fun. But hopefully we'll go to

1476
01:16:00,280 --> 01:16:02,280
Speaker 1: that in twenty twenty one. But this is gonna be

1477
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:06,080
Speaker 1: a great night to bring these two together. Of course,

1478
01:16:06,200 --> 01:16:08,720
Speaker 1: all the old heads that love the Southwest Conference will

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Speaker 1: be like, look it is I used to watch this

1480
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Speaker 1: game all the time. Well here you go. The new

1481
01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:17,360
Speaker 1: generation gets the seed up close at the mccari Texas

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01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:21,280
Speaker 1: bowl Scember thirty, first, seven pm. Get your tickets mccari

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Speaker 1: Texas Bowl dot com. Make your donations go to the

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Speaker 1: online auction. You got it all there for you because

1485
01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:30,519
Speaker 1: my man David Fletcher has been instrumental in putting that

1486
01:16:30,560 --> 01:16:32,439
Speaker 1: all together. And I know what he's about to say,

1487
01:16:32,479 --> 01:16:34,439
Speaker 1: I got a great team behind me. I don't do

1488
01:16:34,479 --> 01:16:37,679
Speaker 1: it myself. Well that is true. Well there's one minute

1489
01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:40,120
Speaker 1: leads it, and that's David Fletcher fletch. I appreciate you,

1490
01:16:40,160 --> 01:16:43,240
Speaker 1: Tom Brother, Thank you so much, Johnny, Happy holidays, Thanks

1491
01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:47,000
Speaker 1: so much, man. I am so popped for McCary Texas

1492
01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:50,240
Speaker 1: Bowl TCU in Arkansas. Gonna be a very fun ball

1493
01:16:50,320 --> 01:16:54,400
Speaker 1: game in looking forward to Big twelve, the SEC channeling

1494
01:16:54,720 --> 01:16:57,840
Speaker 1: all of our inner Southwest Conference love. All right, we

1495
01:16:57,880 --> 01:17:00,600
Speaker 1: got one segment left. It's time for Doorty and I

1496
01:17:00,720 --> 01:17:04,120
Speaker 1: to go in the lab and discuss some of our

1497
01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:07,400
Speaker 1: favorite games against the opponent we'll face on Sunday, this

1498
01:17:07,479 --> 01:17:11,479
Speaker 1: Sincinnati Bengals. That's next on Texans Access on Texans Access

1499
01:17:11,920 --> 01:17:14,080
Speaker 1: on Texans All Access. We got one final segment of

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01:17:14,160 --> 01:17:16,800
Speaker 1: this Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from the Honday

1501
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:20,200
Speaker 1: Texans Radio Studio. I am your host, John Harris, and

1502
01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:24,439
Speaker 1: it's time for our Schlumberge Stats challenge, and I am

1503
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:29,599
Speaker 1: keeping this one very simple. Tonight, DeShawn Watson has thrown

1504
01:17:29,680 --> 01:17:32,080
Speaker 1: four four thousand, one hundred and thirty four yards. That's

1505
01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:34,759
Speaker 1: second in the league. But that's not the number that

1506
01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:37,599
Speaker 1: I am. I don't say most concerned about it. Concerns

1507
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:40,920
Speaker 1: not the right word. But Mark vander Meer has gotten

1508
01:17:40,960 --> 01:17:43,800
Speaker 1: this number in my head, and every time we get

1509
01:17:43,800 --> 01:17:47,200
Speaker 1: to this point in the season, I start thinking about

1510
01:17:47,240 --> 01:17:51,320
Speaker 1: it even more so. Deshawn's got two more games. He's

1511
01:17:51,360 --> 01:17:57,160
Speaker 1: got twenty seven touchdown passes. The Texans record is twenty nine.

1512
01:17:57,200 --> 01:17:59,720
Speaker 1: That magic number has been thirty for so long. He's

1513
01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:03,360
Speaker 1: got two games to at least get three touchdowns and

1514
01:18:03,479 --> 01:18:05,640
Speaker 1: hit the magic number thirty. It would be the first

1515
01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:11,600
Speaker 1: time in Texans history if that were the case. Three touchdowns.

1516
01:18:11,760 --> 01:18:15,519
Speaker 1: It can happen. It can happen, and hopefully it happens

1517
01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:18,040
Speaker 1: this weekend, which would be great because they can attack

1518
01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:20,800
Speaker 1: on three this weekend, three or four of the following weekend.

1519
01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:23,320
Speaker 1: Put that number at about thirty four. That'd be nice.

1520
01:18:23,760 --> 01:18:26,800
Speaker 1: So let's get that done and help them in every

1521
01:18:26,800 --> 01:18:31,000
Speaker 1: way possible. They'll push pass, bubble screen, whatever. Maybe it's

1522
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:33,519
Speaker 1: the shortest pass in the world, like six inches doesn't matter.

1523
01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:36,360
Speaker 1: Maybe it's catching Kelsey from the other day that was

1524
01:18:36,360 --> 01:18:39,439
Speaker 1: a touchdown pass accounts on Patrick Mahomes stat number. Maybe

1525
01:18:39,439 --> 01:18:42,240
Speaker 1: we can do something like that. Just get to thirty.

1526
01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:44,800
Speaker 1: It's all we're looking for and hopefully it happens soon.

1527
01:18:44,880 --> 01:18:47,920
Speaker 1: All right. In the Lab Drew Doherty and myself this

1528
01:18:47,960 --> 01:18:53,280
Speaker 1: week we discuss some of our favorite moments against the

1529
01:18:53,360 --> 01:18:57,840
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals, and Drew started the first time that he

1530
01:18:58,800 --> 01:19:09,479
Speaker 1: as a member of the Texans went to Cincinnati. Hello, Hello,

1531
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:15,519
Speaker 1: Welcome into Texans. In the Lab, I'm Drew Dohrty doing

1532
01:19:15,560 --> 01:19:21,720
Speaker 1: his maestro hand give stuff. That's John Harris the semaphore.

1533
01:19:22,040 --> 01:19:24,599
Speaker 1: Get a flag or two. Good to see you, my friend.

1534
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:27,800
Speaker 1: How are you. I'm good. I wish I could do

1535
01:19:27,840 --> 01:19:31,040
Speaker 1: the hand signals, you know, like flight attendants do on

1536
01:19:31,080 --> 01:19:32,479
Speaker 1: the plane. And I don't even know if they do

1537
01:19:32,520 --> 01:19:35,320
Speaker 1: those anymore because everything is they flip the switch and

1538
01:19:35,320 --> 01:19:36,760
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden you watch a video or

1539
01:19:36,800 --> 01:19:38,160
Speaker 1: hear a video, whatever it is, so I don't know

1540
01:19:38,200 --> 01:19:40,000
Speaker 1: if they do that anymore. That was always one of

1541
01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:42,479
Speaker 1: my favorite parts was to see the flight attendants and

1542
01:19:42,560 --> 01:19:45,920
Speaker 1: just you know, their hand discipline was always great. You

1543
01:19:45,960 --> 01:19:48,240
Speaker 1: couldn't have sloppy hands and do it. Who had to

1544
01:19:48,240 --> 01:19:51,960
Speaker 1: have like good you know, fingers and everything had to

1545
01:19:51,960 --> 01:19:54,240
Speaker 1: be on point in straight lines and linear. You couldn't

1546
01:19:54,240 --> 01:19:56,840
Speaker 1: be sloppy with that stuff. So well, I wouldn't miss that.

1547
01:19:57,280 --> 01:19:59,519
Speaker 1: I haven't flown since the combine, coming back from the

1548
01:19:59,560 --> 01:20:04,120
Speaker 1: combine last year's yeah, yeah, Today on the show, it's

1549
01:20:04,160 --> 01:20:07,519
Speaker 1: gonna be very, very simple. It's not been a good year.

1550
01:20:07,720 --> 01:20:10,680
Speaker 1: It's been ugly. Nobody's denying that. U g l y.

1551
01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:17,280
Speaker 1: There's lots of alibis. Yeah, So let's look back at

1552
01:20:17,320 --> 01:20:20,400
Speaker 1: some happy times, and since the Bengals are coming to town,

1553
01:20:21,160 --> 01:20:23,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna come up with a happy memory of the

1554
01:20:23,640 --> 01:20:26,439
Speaker 1: Texans against the Bengals, and then you're gonna come up

1555
01:20:26,439 --> 01:20:28,360
Speaker 1: with a happy memory against the Bengals, and then I'm

1556
01:20:28,360 --> 01:20:30,200
Speaker 1: gonna come up with a happy memory against the Bengals,

1557
01:20:30,320 --> 01:20:32,479
Speaker 1: and then we're gonna go back and forth for a while,

1558
01:20:32,520 --> 01:20:36,080
Speaker 1: because you know why, Texans have played the Bengals if

1559
01:20:36,120 --> 01:20:41,360
Speaker 1: you include the postseason nine times since two thousand and eight.

1560
01:20:42,200 --> 01:20:44,439
Speaker 1: They've won eight of those games. The only loss was

1561
01:20:44,479 --> 01:20:48,519
Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen. Here at NRG Stadium with the roof open.

1562
01:20:48,960 --> 01:20:52,960
Speaker 1: Ryan Nollet ripped up his peck and the Texans lost

1563
01:20:53,000 --> 01:20:55,920
Speaker 1: that game. Every other game they've played against Cincinnati has

1564
01:20:55,960 --> 01:20:58,480
Speaker 1: been a victory for the Texans, and a pretty memorable

1565
01:20:58,560 --> 01:21:03,599
Speaker 1: victory as well. So I'm gonna start things off okay,

1566
01:21:04,479 --> 01:21:10,439
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go back to I could go twenty nine,

1567
01:21:10,520 --> 01:21:12,800
Speaker 1: twenty nine. I was there in twenty oh nine, and

1568
01:21:12,800 --> 01:21:14,720
Speaker 1: you know what I'm gonna, I'm gonna it was a

1569
01:21:14,720 --> 01:21:17,160
Speaker 1: fun game against the Bengals. The Texans went up there.

1570
01:21:17,240 --> 01:21:19,439
Speaker 1: It was part of the first half of the season

1571
01:21:19,479 --> 01:21:21,800
Speaker 1: where they would go five and three before the bye.

1572
01:21:22,280 --> 01:21:26,320
Speaker 1: Owen Daniels was ripping the league up. I mean, he

1573
01:21:26,479 --> 01:21:29,280
Speaker 1: was on fire in those first eight games, and in

1574
01:21:29,320 --> 01:21:31,760
Speaker 1: that game he caught a touchdown against the Bengals, got

1575
01:21:31,800 --> 01:21:33,759
Speaker 1: into the end zone. I think Dray caught a touchdown

1576
01:21:33,800 --> 01:21:37,559
Speaker 1: as well. But Houston, it was a good, solid win

1577
01:21:37,960 --> 01:21:40,519
Speaker 1: at a pretty solid you know, it gains a pretty

1578
01:21:40,560 --> 01:21:43,679
Speaker 1: solid Bengals team at the time. I think they did

1579
01:21:43,720 --> 01:21:45,720
Speaker 1: wind up going to the playoffs that year and oh nine,

1580
01:21:46,479 --> 01:21:48,599
Speaker 1: but you beat them, and you beat them in their place,

1581
01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:51,920
Speaker 1: and it was a fun, fun day. So I'm gonna

1582
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:54,000
Speaker 1: go off the beaten path. That's one of my first

1583
01:21:54,040 --> 01:21:56,320
Speaker 1: That is my first happy memory of the Texans against

1584
01:21:56,320 --> 01:22:01,840
Speaker 1: the Bengals. Chronologically, that's a good one. Okay, it's part

1585
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:08,000
Speaker 1: the list of the best, right so mine. The twenty

1586
01:22:08,040 --> 01:22:11,080
Speaker 1: fourteen game is an interesting one because this is the

1587
01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:13,040
Speaker 1: one that they lost. But if you remember going into

1588
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:14,920
Speaker 1: that Cincinnati game, I don't know that I had seen

1589
01:22:14,920 --> 01:22:18,080
Speaker 1: as much hope in Texans fans because the week before

1590
01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:20,719
Speaker 1: we got up to Cleveland, Cleveland was a was six

1591
01:22:20,760 --> 01:22:23,880
Speaker 1: and three at the time. Yeah, Cleveland and malt played

1592
01:22:23,920 --> 01:22:27,599
Speaker 1: quarterback and jjco touchdown passed, and we thumped Cleveland pretty good.

1593
01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:32,960
Speaker 1: I remember that flight home. People were ecstatic, ecstatic. Sean Hayes,

1594
01:22:33,000 --> 01:22:37,559
Speaker 1: our assistant strength coordinator, was doing m Randy and Machuman

1595
01:22:37,680 --> 01:22:43,040
Speaker 1: Savage on the on the microphone and then play. That

1596
01:22:43,120 --> 01:22:45,800
Speaker 1: was so awesome. And then the next week everything just

1597
01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:49,439
Speaker 1: went wrong. We played horribly against the Bengals Mallet tours

1598
01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:52,000
Speaker 1: peck and we were back at score one again with

1599
01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:55,080
Speaker 1: the quarterback situation. Like, oh, so the next year this

1600
01:22:55,120 --> 01:22:58,160
Speaker 1: is gonna be mine. Twenty fifteen, it's my first trip

1601
01:22:58,200 --> 01:22:59,800
Speaker 1: to Cincinnati. You had had a few of them grew

1602
01:23:00,240 --> 01:23:02,559
Speaker 1: my first trip to Cincinnati. It's on Monday night. We're

1603
01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:05,640
Speaker 1: coming off the bye week three and five, and I

1604
01:23:05,680 --> 01:23:07,719
Speaker 1: remember sitting in the press box and I was doing

1605
01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:10,920
Speaker 1: a chat with our Texans fans on the chat, and

1606
01:23:11,080 --> 01:23:14,640
Speaker 1: behind me, I hear boomeris Aison who was doing the

1607
01:23:14,680 --> 01:23:16,960
Speaker 1: game for Westwood one Sports, and a couple of I

1608
01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:20,000
Speaker 1: don't know scribes or Bengals employees or whatever. And the

1609
01:23:20,040 --> 01:23:23,320
Speaker 1: Bengals were eight no at the time, and they were

1610
01:23:23,360 --> 01:23:27,559
Speaker 1: talking about the next week, next week's game, as if

1611
01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:31,519
Speaker 1: this one was already done, and so I'm like, well,

1612
01:23:31,520 --> 01:23:34,240
Speaker 1: that's kind of bold. And then they get into the

1613
01:23:34,280 --> 01:23:36,479
Speaker 1: game and the Bengals offense is not doing much at

1614
01:23:36,479 --> 01:23:39,080
Speaker 1: all and the defense for US is just rocking it,

1615
01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:42,320
Speaker 1: but neither team could really score. And then in the

1616
01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:45,719
Speaker 1: third quarter, Brian Hoyer goes out and t J. Yates

1617
01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:48,040
Speaker 1: had just rejoined the team, I think like two or

1618
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:53,120
Speaker 1: three weeks prior maybe if that, And so we're down

1619
01:23:53,160 --> 01:23:55,640
Speaker 1: by three and we started drive at the end of

1620
01:23:55,640 --> 01:23:58,720
Speaker 1: the third quarter and his very first throws a bootleg.

1621
01:23:58,840 --> 01:24:02,080
Speaker 1: He throws it to Ryan and drum telling you he

1622
01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:04,920
Speaker 1: missed him by five feet, and there wasn't anybody around him,

1623
01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:06,800
Speaker 1: and I'm like, I just remember saying to Mark in

1624
01:24:06,840 --> 01:24:09,519
Speaker 1: his ear at some point like this is not gonna

1625
01:24:09,560 --> 01:24:12,479
Speaker 1: be pretty. Then on a third down throw, he rifles

1626
01:24:12,479 --> 01:24:16,200
Speaker 1: one to Griffin and I was like, okay, you got

1627
01:24:16,200 --> 01:24:19,679
Speaker 1: my attention now, TJ. Well, eventually he ends up throwing

1628
01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:23,040
Speaker 1: the touchdown pass to Hop right in front of me

1629
01:24:23,240 --> 01:24:28,800
Speaker 1: and just incredible catch, and the defense then hangs on

1630
01:24:28,840 --> 01:24:30,360
Speaker 1: and shuts him out for the rest of the game,

1631
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:33,040
Speaker 1: and it really kind of signaled that turnaround at twenty

1632
01:24:33,040 --> 01:24:35,200
Speaker 1: fifteen and getting that win at Cincinnati, and it was

1633
01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:37,960
Speaker 1: just I remember going into the locker room that was

1634
01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:40,799
Speaker 1: probably as raucous a locker room as I can remember.

1635
01:24:41,360 --> 01:24:43,400
Speaker 1: I mean it was. It was awesome. And one of

1636
01:24:43,400 --> 01:24:45,640
Speaker 1: the funny things about it was when Hot makes that

1637
01:24:45,720 --> 01:24:50,360
Speaker 1: catch on a touchdown. They're on road games, I don't

1638
01:24:50,360 --> 01:24:52,960
Speaker 1: typically deal with this down on the sidelines. They don't

1639
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:54,920
Speaker 1: have a rolling camera. I usually just have the run

1640
01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:57,880
Speaker 1: of the sideline. Well, for a Monday night game, they

1641
01:24:57,920 --> 01:25:01,519
Speaker 1: had a rolling camera and so there wasn't as much space,

1642
01:25:01,560 --> 01:25:03,800
Speaker 1: and so when Hop scored and I kind of moved

1643
01:25:03,800 --> 01:25:07,439
Speaker 1: down like celebrating, you know, being happy all of a sudden,

1644
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:10,479
Speaker 1: I kind of got pinned by the rolling camera and

1645
01:25:10,520 --> 01:25:14,519
Speaker 1: the players, and so I was stuck amongst all of this,

1646
01:25:14,880 --> 01:25:16,880
Speaker 1: and I just said, you know, bleep it, I'm just

1647
01:25:16,920 --> 01:25:19,160
Speaker 1: gonna start celebrating with him. So I'm like writing a

1648
01:25:19,200 --> 01:25:22,200
Speaker 1: mosh pit. So I didn't think much of it. I

1649
01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:24,719
Speaker 1: get in the locker room and Dwayne Brown is sitting

1650
01:25:24,720 --> 01:25:28,760
Speaker 1: over at his his locker and he's just exhausted, and

1651
01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:31,439
Speaker 1: you know, he's taking stuff off slowly. He looks up

1652
01:25:31,479 --> 01:25:33,519
Speaker 1: and he sees me, and he gets to smile on

1653
01:25:33,560 --> 01:25:37,000
Speaker 1: his face and he goes, I saw you, and I

1654
01:25:37,120 --> 01:25:41,639
Speaker 1: was like, oh, yeah, man, I'm sorry. He goes, nah, dude,

1655
01:25:41,640 --> 01:25:43,599
Speaker 1: he goes, I thought it was the coolest thing ever,

1656
01:25:43,960 --> 01:25:45,519
Speaker 1: the fact that you were there. And it was like

1657
01:25:45,560 --> 01:25:48,320
Speaker 1: from that point on, you know, Dwayne was kind of

1658
01:25:48,320 --> 01:25:50,599
Speaker 1: my guy. He was just so he was so excited

1659
01:25:50,680 --> 01:25:52,680
Speaker 1: that I was, you know, in there with him. I

1660
01:25:52,680 --> 01:25:54,720
Speaker 1: didn't mean to, but I had no room and I

1661
01:25:54,720 --> 01:25:56,640
Speaker 1: just got pinned in there, and I'm like, all right,

1662
01:25:56,720 --> 01:25:58,760
Speaker 1: bleep it, I'll just start celebrating with him. So that

1663
01:25:58,800 --> 01:26:01,880
Speaker 1: was a really cool night to get that. I'm gonna

1664
01:26:01,880 --> 01:26:04,519
Speaker 1: go to twenty seventeen, the next time, the Texans were there,

1665
01:26:04,600 --> 01:26:06,240
Speaker 1: and it was also a night game. It was a

1666
01:26:06,280 --> 01:26:09,360
Speaker 1: Thursday night game, second week of the season. They had

1667
01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:14,600
Speaker 1: gotten pistol whipped three or four days before by the Jaguars,

1668
01:26:15,960 --> 01:26:19,840
Speaker 1: Tom Savage knocked from the starting spot. Deshaun Watson came in,

1669
01:26:19,960 --> 01:26:22,080
Speaker 1: did a few nice things, but just he had a

1670
01:26:22,120 --> 01:26:24,800
Speaker 1: lot of the same experiences as Savage did. So you

1671
01:26:24,840 --> 01:26:29,759
Speaker 1: were wondering, well, he's starting his first game. The Texans

1672
01:26:29,760 --> 01:26:32,280
Speaker 1: are without a few tight ends, like three. I think

1673
01:26:32,920 --> 01:26:36,960
Speaker 1: they had to move. I had to move guys offensive lineman,

1674
01:26:37,040 --> 01:26:38,960
Speaker 1: end to play tight end, big tight end, and stuff

1675
01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:42,519
Speaker 1: like that. It was tough. It was not a good

1676
01:26:42,680 --> 01:26:44,679
Speaker 1: good night. It was not a good feeling. Brian Cushing

1677
01:26:44,680 --> 01:26:47,719
Speaker 1: had gotten suspended a day or two before for peed,

1678
01:26:47,920 --> 01:26:50,800
Speaker 1: so you were without and it was not looking good.

1679
01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:52,840
Speaker 1: There was not a lot of optimism of going into

1680
01:26:52,920 --> 01:26:55,360
Speaker 1: that game, and the Bengals were thought to be pretty good.

1681
01:26:57,240 --> 01:27:00,800
Speaker 1: And then I get on the bus pregame, sit down

1682
01:27:00,920 --> 01:27:04,439
Speaker 1: in my normal spot, you know, back third of the bus,

1683
01:27:04,920 --> 01:27:08,599
Speaker 1: on the right side, and a few minutes later, DeShawn

1684
01:27:08,680 --> 01:27:11,679
Speaker 1: Watson gets on the bus. He's wearing a tuxedo. He's

1685
01:27:11,680 --> 01:27:15,040
Speaker 1: wearing sunglasses, he's got his headphones on and it was

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Speaker 1: also his birthday. He gets in there and just sits

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Speaker 1: in the front and just listens to his music before

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Speaker 1: and I was like, huh, this guy's pretty cool, calm

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Speaker 1: and collected. He's he's kind of seen some things. And

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Speaker 1: then he goes out and he led the Texans to

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Speaker 1: a victory. He had that that touchdown run. We're on

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Speaker 1: the play before or a few plays before. He absolutely

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Speaker 1: got buried. And when I when I say buried, Geno

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Speaker 1: Atkins picked him up before he drove him into the turf.

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Speaker 1: He dug out some of the turf I think six

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Speaker 1: feet deep and buried him in the turf. But DeShawn

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Speaker 1: was okay. Knock on Wood got back up, touchdown And

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Speaker 1: that's a great place to end tonight's show. A big

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Speaker 1: thanks to Drew, to Depie, Marissa, Dan Horde, Mark VanderMeer,

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Speaker 1: to JJ Wat, Shawn Watson, anybody else I forgot how

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Speaker 1: a gret night and as always go, Texans, Always Go, Texans.

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