1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: What is up? Everybody? Welcome to Wednesday edition of Texas 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: All Access, a Game Day Eve edition of Texas All Access. Mark, 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: we don't get many of these, do we, Johnny, we 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: don't get many of these at all. Because if it's Friday, 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: we're not doing a show on Saturday, and usually you 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: play on Sunday. And if it's Sunday or Monday night game, 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: we're not doing a show on Sunday. But it's Game 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: Day Eve, it's Thursday night, that tomorrow's Sunday. Today would 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: be Saturday. Never mind, Oh gosh, don't go. I'm not 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: gonna get into that right now. But I like this one, 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: you know this, I like the fourth one. Yeah, there 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: are a lot of things that I like too, and 13 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: we're gonna get to a lot of that on the 14 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: show today. That Votion Ye is Mark Vandimir. I am 15 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: John Harris, Football and Lust and Silent Reporter. We're gonna 16 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: have general manager of Lord Star Sports Entertainment, David Fletcher 17 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: coming by to talk about events coming up in Fact 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: one this weekend that I absolutely love and it has 19 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: something to do with football and has nothing to do 20 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: with football all at the same time. You have to 21 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:58,959 Speaker 1: stick around to see what that's about. And then Drew 22 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: Norty's gonna stop by as the in the lab crew, 23 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: Drew and myself decided to well, Saturday wasn't very pretty 24 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: from a Dallas Cowboys preseason game perspective, But there's some 25 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: things that we're not freaking out about, and we'll have 26 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: that for you later. We're not freaking out, that's the category. Okay, 27 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: we're not preseason game out. Look, when we get to 28 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: my memories of game four, we will. But I'll tell 29 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: you another reason why you shouldn't freak out. Go ahead, Well, 30 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: I know I don't want to freak out about anything, 31 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: and I know a guy that definitely does not freak 32 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: out about anything. The preseason's head coach Bill O'Brien and 33 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 1: you Mark caught up with him earlier today coach final 34 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: preseason game, and you've talked about the way you divide 35 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: the team for this week because you're getting certain players 36 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: ready for the Saints and then ready for this game 37 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: against the Rams. So how difficult is that as a 38 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: staff and as a squad. Yeah, you know, there's definitely 39 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: some tough things to put together there, just from a 40 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: logistical standpoint, right, So I think we have a good 41 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: group of guys, So guys realized, you know, hey, I 42 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: have to play well in the RAMS game. So I'm 43 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: gonna play in a RAMS game and I'm gonna do 44 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: my best to play well because I'm playing for the 45 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: Texans and I'm playing for the other thirty one teams 46 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: that are watching this game. And then I think the 47 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: guys that aren't playing in the RAMS game, for the 48 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: most part, those guys are on our team. And those guys, 49 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: you know, are starting to get ready for the Saints 50 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: in a way, not too much. You know, they're doing 51 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: lifting and conditioning, and then they're running some scout team 52 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: stuff for us relative to the RAMS. So you know, 53 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: there's a lot of logistical things that have to get done. 54 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: But everybody's done a good job this week and it's 55 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: been fun. I know all phases are important, but is 56 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: it safe to say special teams is even more important 57 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: in this game because of what's on the line for 58 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,399 Speaker 1: some of these players, whether it's here or elsewhere. Yeah, 59 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: I think that special teams is very important. I think 60 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: that if you're a guy that can go down there 61 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: and make a bunch of plays on special teams, I 62 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: mean We've had a number of guys that are that 63 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: are going to play in this game that have really 64 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: showed up well on special teams, and if they continue 65 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: to do it, they're gonna make the decision even harder 66 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: relative to the roster management. So, you know, I think 67 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: special teams be very important. How tough is it to 68 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: call plays on either side of the ball in a 69 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: game like this? You know, I don't know. I think 70 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: I think it. I mean, I think it's actually easier. 71 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: I mean I think that you know, there's a huge 72 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: difference between preseason and regular season, and I think that, 73 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: you know, I don't think it's ever easy to call plays, 74 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: but I think it's easier than the regular season. You know, 75 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: you're not going to be doing a bunch of different things. 76 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: It's not really a scheme fest type game. It's more 77 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: of a you know, straight scheme game. And I think 78 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: it'll be it'll be a fun game. I know some 79 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: of the personnel might change, But how important is it 80 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: to bounce back after what happened last week? Yeah? We 81 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: need to play better, Yeah, no doubt. I mean, we 82 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: we've got to play better. We didn't. We didn't start 83 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: the game well and turn the ball over too much, 84 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: and it was you know, it wasn't a good night. 85 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: But we need we need to go out there and 86 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: play much better, no doubt about it. Well, you talked 87 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: about some of the organizational things and dividing the team, 88 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: but what about the week as a whole coach, because 89 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: after this one, everybody gets to work in a completely 90 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: different way as you get ready for New Orleans. So 91 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: it's a super busy week for you overall. Yeah, it 92 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: becomes a really busy week. You know, after the game, 93 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: you gotta start thinking about, you know, how you're gonna 94 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: begin to chip away to get to the fifty three. 95 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: And then obviously Friday spend a lot of time doing that, 96 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: and then you're gonna meet with the team on Friday. 97 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: But even at that meeting, you might not be all 98 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: the way down to the fifty three because you have 99 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: till Saturday, I think at three o'clock to get down. 100 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: So it's a it's a busy weekend and hopefully you know, 101 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: obviously by Saturday afternoon we'll know who O who. Our 102 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: team is here for the early part of the season. 103 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: But you know, like I tell the players, just because 104 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: you made the initial fifty three. I mean, you gotta 105 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: keep earning your stripes here every day, you know, and 106 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: so it's an exciting time, but it's there's a lot 107 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: of work involved. Coach, thanks a lot for joining us. 108 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: Good luck, Thank you, Vinnie all right, Mark four, Game 109 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: day eve, give me read out. Coach O'Brien relaxed, ready, Oh, 110 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: I think he's gone. Look, this is a as you 111 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: heard of the interview. This is a very complex week 112 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: for any NFL organization because you're getting two teams ready 113 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: to play different situations, and there's overlap with those teams 114 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: because obviously, if some guys play tomorrow night or gonna 115 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: be part of things against New Orleans, New Orleans, and 116 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: you have some guys who aren't and they got to 117 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: get ready for New Orleans. So you definitely have a 118 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: weird situation this week getting your football team ready with 119 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: a game smack dab in the middle of it. And 120 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: then I think for coaches, I remember Dom Capers the 121 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: very first year franchise history, talked about Labor Day weekend 122 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: and how to handle that and get the guys off 123 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: their feet and everything. And I'm sure I'm not sure 124 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: what the break is for O'Brien's Texans this week this year. 125 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: But they're gonna get some kind of break, you know, 126 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: not a long break, but a day or two off 127 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: their feet in order to sort of recharge region as 128 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: they call it. Yes, that's my new word, because it's theirs. 129 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: And they'll get ready. And I like it that they 130 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: have an extra day. We talked about this when camp started. 131 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: You know, they started camp on a Thursday. Because you 132 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: play your game on a Thursday. That meant you get 133 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: a couple of extra days a training camp, and you 134 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: get an extra day to get ready for your opener 135 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: against New Orleans. And here's the other day, six o'clock kick. 136 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: That means you're home early midnight, one o'clock, relatively early 137 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 1: from a road game. That's not too bad, and that 138 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: puts you right in line for your short week to 139 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: get ready for your home opener against Jacksonville soult Look, 140 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: i'd rather not face Drew Breese. I wish it was 141 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,559 Speaker 1: Bobby a Bear playing the way he is now instead 142 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: of Drew Brees. But you got Drew Brees opening day. 143 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: But I think it's a good way, under the circumstances 144 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: to get to get ready for him. You will have 145 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: from August twenty fourth, That was Saturday. Yeah, math correct, 146 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: So you have a week to the thirty first, then 147 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: you got nineus. You have sixteen days. And really for 148 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: the starters, your starter guys, you're bona fides that callum. 149 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: They played three to five plays, so you should be 150 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: as those guys should be as fresh as humanly possible 151 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: heading into that game. Having two weeks plus off before 152 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: you play that game Monday night, Well then you got 153 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: to figure out like how much hitting do you do 154 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: and how much do you really sharp? Yeah? How do 155 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: you stay sharp? I mean they look, they talk about 156 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: this all the time. This is what they do. So 157 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: we'll see how they handle that and maybe we won't 158 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: see it, but they'll do it well. Says you gotta 159 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: do with it too, So and every team's gotta deal 160 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: with how do you keep guys? You know, I see 161 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: it all. You can just go through social media and 162 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: you see, hey, is Nick Bosa gonna be ready to 163 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: go for the forty nine ers in week one? Is 164 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: this guy gonna be ready to go for a week one? 165 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: But we got week four the preseason to get through. Yea, 166 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: and I that's a that's a game I know you 167 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: get you get really excited about I get excited about 168 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: it because I get to go up in the booth 169 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: with you. That's right. But but do you like Game 170 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: four or the preseason? I do, Johnny. I did a 171 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: piece for We have this thing called the Daily Brew, 172 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: which is your afternoon tea by Red Diamond, right, comes 173 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: out every afternoon, and it's a little written piece. Whatever 174 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: it might be. It's a it's something different every day, 175 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: but it's your afternoon tea and crumpets. And what's a 176 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: crumpet anyway? A cookie? It's a kind of weird version 177 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: of an English muffin. Oh really, I'd rather have a cookie. 178 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: Everybody would like a cookie anyway. So so my piece 179 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: today was Game four of the preseason. Who would do 180 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: a piece on memories of Game four of the preseason? Me? 181 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: That's who I would do it, and Johnny as I did, so, 182 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: I already knew where I was going. But you know 183 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: how you do the research to confirm a few things 184 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: and just refresh your memory and a few things. I 185 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: started off in twenty thirteen Case Keenom, because Case Keenom 186 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: got to start in that game, right, and Case Keenom 187 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: eventually started eight games that season, and we didn't think 188 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 1: that was gonna happen. Right, he started eight games that season, 189 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 1: and he's gonna start next week for Washington. Don't tell 190 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: case Keenum that game four isn't important. All right, that's 191 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 1: gonna be the fourth team in four years that he 192 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: starts for week one, Ram Serious, Vikings, Broncos, Redskins. How 193 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: about that? That is awesome? Yeah, good for happy, That's amazing. 194 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: But you're right, that was that was I remember I 195 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: remember that one against the Cowboys because I remember thinking 196 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: because they just drum, just drum the Cowboys, they sire 197 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: Wood ran for over one hundred yards. It was brutal, 198 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: and I thought, book at his teams and look, it 199 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: was not guys you're gonna see during the year. But 200 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,599 Speaker 1: I just kind of felt like that was symbolic or 201 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: where this team was, like, oh, twenty thirteen, here we go, yep, Sideway, Yep, 202 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: it did it did So you never know, you want 203 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 1: to talk about current performance is not an indicator of 204 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: future performance or whatever they say in the financial world preseason, 205 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: Game four is certainly indicative of that. I'll give you 206 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: another one, all right. Two thousand and nine, backup quarterback 207 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: job up for grabs. Dan Orlovsky starts at Tampa Bay, 208 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: throws a pick. Rex Grossman comes in and is suddenly 209 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 1: chucking the ball around, throws two touchdown passes, and steals 210 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 1: the backup quarterback job from Dan Orlovski, who's doing a 211 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: great job on ESPN. By the way, we liked Dan, 212 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: but that day it was Rex Grossman's job to have 213 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: and to get and he did. And that was a 214 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: Game four story. That And again, look, these aren't earth 215 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: shattering Super Bowl type stories, but they're interesting. I'll give 216 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: you another one. You don't think starters playing Game four, well, 217 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 1: they have for this franchise, because in two thousand and 218 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: two they did, all right. That was the inaugural season. 219 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: David Carr playing well into the second quarter in that 220 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: one in Game four. That was actually Game five because 221 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: they played the Hall of Fame game, but yeah, it 222 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: was Game four. That was a final preseason game, and 223 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,719 Speaker 1: Car got hurt bruise knee, had to leave to get 224 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: this two thousand two, everyone forgets this, Everyone forgets this. 225 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, you played him and he got hurt. 226 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: But he was available for September eighth, two thousand and 227 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: two as the Texans beat the Cowboys. That made history. 228 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: Everyone forgets what happened in the final preseason game that year. 229 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: You see, you've pulled back the Kurt and you get 230 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: a few extra things here. I'll give you another one. 231 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: I'll give you I'll give you one, all right, I'll 232 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: give you one that I remember, all right. Twenty fifteen, 233 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: Dallas hard knocks year. Oh gosh, Yes, Tom Savage gets 234 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: hurt in the second half. That was big And how 235 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: does that? That was a history changer? Absolutely because he 236 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: was ird right, he was ir in twenty fifteen. So 237 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, when you got who your mallet? Who 238 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: your mallet? And then Yates and then Yates has got 239 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: to come in in. You couldn't bring back Savage, right, 240 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: bring back in Whedon. So the injury to Savage when 241 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: things are going south for Mallet and for Hoyer, he 242 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: would have played. You didn't give the opportunity to go 243 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: to Tom Savage. Yeah. I kind of felt like if 244 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: you'd gone to Tom then maybe would maybe you would 245 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: have found out either he could play and he's your guy, 246 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: or you would have found out now it's it's just 247 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: not there. You would have known sooner. Johnny Savage is 248 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: your twenty seventeen starter, right, even though you drafted Watson 249 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: in fifteen. If he doesn't get hurt in preseason game four, 250 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: you're right, you know, you find something. Maybe things turn 251 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: out differently for him if he plays that year. I 252 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 1: don't know, but maybe you know that he's not your 253 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: guy after all, and you make a move earlier and 254 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: it changes the course of Texans history. It's really interesting 255 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: how that injury played out a lot of Savage's injuries 256 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: because he got hurt at the end of twenty fourteen. 257 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 1: He got so we don't have to go to the 258 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: game he got sneak. Yep, he got the concussion in 259 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. He would have started the playoff game. Poor 260 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: guy quarterback sneak concussion. Yeah, we'll talk to Matt schob 261 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 1: about a quarterback sneak, Liz Frank. We we've got to 262 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: be the only team in the history of the NFL 263 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: to lose quarterbacks on quarterback sneaks. Two of them would 264 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: be the I can't call Savage a franchise quarterback, but 265 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: Shop certainly was. But but it ruined Savage's chance to 266 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: start a playoff game. YEA So how about that playoff 267 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: starts rule, because Shop would have started the playoffs twenty eleven. 268 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: So I'll ask you this, Yeah, just if Tom Savage 269 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: is healthy going into to New England at Divisional playoff 270 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: Round down twenty four sixteen in the fourth quarter, as 271 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: we were with the ball at the ten yard line, 272 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: First of all, he doesn't throw a pick right away, 273 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: as you know who did. What are your chances of 274 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: pulling that out? If Tom in that same situation has 275 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: a ball. First of all, I think you're at New 276 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 1: England and not very good, not very good at chanting. 277 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: You're at New England and the playoffs in the second half. 278 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: It's January, I don't think. So, yeah, maybe it's better. 279 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: Who knows. I'd love to see it. I'd love to 280 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: go back there and do it. Well, I'd love to 281 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: go back and do it with number four. But oh 282 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: well that's a Now now we're talking. Okay, Now it's 283 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: a it's a different, different game. I'll give you. Let 284 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: me give you another one here. Starters playing in the 285 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: fourth preseason game two thousand and five, the Texans offense 286 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: struggling Mighty Leaf, so they decide to start them at 287 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. In the fourth preseason game, David Carr and 288 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: company car throws two picks in the first quarter and 289 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: they lift them and they go on to go two 290 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: and fourteen. Now that that was an indicator of future performance, 291 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: and it's too bad because the offense really didn't get 292 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: going at all. And then Chris Palmer was fired after 293 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: two games, So that was an interesting development. You start 294 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: your starters in game four, they don't do the job 295 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: at all. That's the man I've thought about that. I 296 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: want to say that Belichick played his starters at one 297 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: point in a preseason here because he was it's it's 298 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: probably happened, and I don't think he left him in 299 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: there that long, but I remember Belichick playing his starters. 300 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: I want to say it was Brady, I don't know, 301 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: but he played him on into the uh in that 302 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: preseason game number four and it was like, huh what, Yeah, 303 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: he just did what? Now, Taylor Luan has been playing 304 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: into the back end of games because he's gonna be suspended, 305 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: so they've been playing Kelly over left tackle, and then 306 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: Luan has been playing later in games. I don't know 307 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: what he'll do in Week four. I would imagine he'll 308 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: want to play. Considering he's out for the first four games, 309 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: right then the break doesn't seem as long. You can 310 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: come back a little more in football shape. I guess, 311 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: I don't know, but those twos and threes aren't gonna 312 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: do much. Again the Taylor Luhan, I don't know how much. 313 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: I don't know how much work he's actually getting. Yeah, 314 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: he guess twos and threes guys that only he won't 315 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: face him game. But if the it's the exercise of 316 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: playing in a game and being out there. But if 317 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: you had a guy that was suspended for four weeks, 318 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: would you play him in week four? I think I would. 319 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: I think I would play. It's gonna be Watson still, 320 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: you know, you still risk injury, but you're like it's 321 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: a little tweak something minor four weeks four? Yeah, fine, 322 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: we get it back in four weeks. Geez Mark Battle 323 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: of Bands is this weekend here in Houston. It's one 324 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: of the events I'm so excited about. So coming up next, 325 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: David Fletcher right here on Texans All Access. How you 326 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: feel about that? I feel it very good about that? 327 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: Is Florida A and M coming. Absolutely Rattlers and that's next, right, 328 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: here in Texas Access. Welcome back this Wednesday edition of 329 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio, and 330 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna continue to talk football, not Texans football, but 331 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: college football. Oh man, just put it right straight into vain. Baby, 332 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: college football is back. And joining me right now is 333 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: my good friend from Lone Star Sports and Entertainment. We 334 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: have got a tremendous week coming up starting September thirteenth, 335 00:15:55,920 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: then the fourteenth, then the fifteenth. Fletch, David Fletcher, you 336 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: have called it the greatest weekend in the history of 337 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: Houston football. You still believe that? Are you kidding me? 338 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: How could you not? I mean, we got a pretty good, 339 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: pretty big one this weekend with Yeah, with Week one, 340 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: the college football Christmas tree opens up and all the 341 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: fun packages are opened up as we as we kind 342 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: of launched we had that soft launched last week, right, 343 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: but truly launched the college football season. And you know, 344 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: for us, we're usually part of Week one, right, I know, 345 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: And I wanted to ask you about that. First of all, 346 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: let's go back to Week zero a little bit. Week zero, 347 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: it's kind of kind of bizarre. The games ended up 348 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: being compelling. It was sloppy at certain times, but it 349 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: did feel good to have college football back, like things 350 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: were sort of right in the world. I hated it 351 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: because we had a game going on. I had to 352 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: go watch him on DVR at that point. But do 353 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: you think the Week zero thing will stick? You know? 354 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: I think you look at as with most of this, 355 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: it's driven by by viewer interest, by fan interest. College 356 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: TV rating was pretty good, Ratings were huge, the biggest 357 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: college football game in years on that on that Miami 358 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: Florida game, and you had a really good one with 359 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: the late night crowd Hawaii and Arizona too, So, you know, 360 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 1: I think it's something that UM, you know, as one 361 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: of the markets and one of the organizations that's really 362 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: embraced the early season games UM very early on, like 363 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: we did, you know, we we know how great it 364 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: is for college football. If we know how great it 365 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: is for the season, we know how great it is 366 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: for the teams. You know, when you look at the 367 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: era that the College Football Playoff has created where it's 368 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: okay to play a good team early and lose, those 369 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: kind of matchups are just continuing to spread throughout UM 370 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: the preconference schedule, and that's a great thing for college 371 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: football fans, a great thing for everybody. So we'll see 372 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: how it plays out. I know the football didn't necessarily 373 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: look as you said. It wasn't always pretty and always pretty, 374 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: but I think it's a really good thing for the fans, 375 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: and I think it's a great thing for the sports. 376 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: So we'll see how it plays out. Most every year 377 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: we've played theaver Here Texas kickoff week one, it's always 378 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: been in Week one. We've gotten in the habit of 379 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: week one, and it's always that that Saturday. So Thursday 380 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: we played the preseason game, Friday starts seeing some of 381 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: the cuts and everything, Saturday kind of get to what 382 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster's gonna be in a Texans side, 383 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: and then oh yeah, by the way, we got this 384 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: great colud football game going on. But we don't have 385 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: it in week one this year. Do you I don't 386 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 1: want to say, does it feel empty? Does it feel weird? 387 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: I imagine it feels weird. How do you feel about 388 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: not having the game in week one and then having 389 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: in week three? Well, if you're not gonna have in 390 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: a week one, you better make a splash in week three. 391 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: And that's exactly what we're doing this year, two huge 392 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: college football games a Friday night, Saturday night, and then 393 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: Texans home opener on Sunday. So we're incredibly excited about 394 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: this biggest football weekend ever in Houston coming up in 395 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 1: a few weeks. It is a little different, you know, 396 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: to not have a game this weekend, but let's not 397 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: forget there is a championship. It's gonna be be crowned 398 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: this weekend here in Houston, right here at Nart Stadium. 399 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: We're part of the Cracker Barrel National Battle of Bands, Oh, 400 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: which is gonna be fun on Sunday night, which is 401 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: gonna be awesome. I could I could hug you for this. 402 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: I could hug you. I don't I don't know. I've 403 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: made this known on my radio shows over the years. 404 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: I am one of the biggest. Now do you know 405 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: all the bands that are gonna be here, Well, there's 406 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: eight great bands, most importantly featuring Prairie View, A and 407 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: M and t SU. That's that's what matters. And I'm 408 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: telling you I so this this goes back and you'll 409 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: appreciate this, but my my quarterback, I had had two 410 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that played for me. One of junior high who 411 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 1: now is like one of the five people that you 412 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: know determines the schedule for the NFL. And then I 413 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: had two in high school. And so my last year 414 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: I had a young man named Albert Chester, and Albert 415 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: played for me as a sophomore. And then he ended 416 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 1: up going on to FAMU where his who will be here? 417 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: Where the Rattler band? It's nice? So we uh, So 418 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: I went to go. They played at NCAT. I was 419 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,400 Speaker 1: living in North Carolina. It was this redshirt senior year 420 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: or junior year. So they're at an NCAA t I'm 421 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: living like thirty minutes. I was like, I gotta go 422 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: see this. So I I go to see it and 423 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: I'm talking to him and he said homecoming for them 424 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: was the week before, and he said somehow he goes. 425 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: He doesn't know how. He says, somehow homecoming lasted forty 426 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: five minutes. At halftime, I was like, oh, my goodness. 427 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: So I had never been to an HBCU game before. 428 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 1: Now I've heard all stories. I've watched it on TV. 429 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: Fletch we got into her halftime. Famue was ahead, and 430 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 1: I was just gonna go down because they had Bojangles 431 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: chicken down at the at the NCAA and T Consssius 432 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: tans I'm gonna go get some chicken. And as they 433 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: start to go down the stairs, I realized, something's weird. 434 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: Nobody's going with me, Like, nobody's moving. There's nobody getting 435 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: out of a seat. And I turned around and I 436 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 1: was like, what the heck. Well, the NCA and T band, 437 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: Now the FAMU band didn't make it, but the NCA 438 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: and T band was coming out of the field and 439 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: I'm on the FAMU side. Fletch, nobody move. It's the show. 440 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: It's the show they played. When they were done, the 441 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: fans then all took off the concession standard came back 442 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: and they were maybe back by five to six minutes 443 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: into the third quarter. They all got back in their seats, 444 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: but they did not move. This is a heck of 445 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: an event coming Sunday. It's awesome, you know, and in 446 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: a very affordable family event to you twenty dollars tickets. 447 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 1: I mean, you can come in and see eight of 448 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: the best bands in the country battling and out here 449 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: for a national championship. So we'll certainly be missing a 450 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: little bit of college football, but we'll have a big 451 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: We'll have a big show here, no doubt, and then 452 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: we'll get back to the biggest football weekend ever here 453 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks. Yeah, that's that's gonna be fantastic. 454 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,959 Speaker 1: Washington State Houston on Friday night. Then you've got Texas 455 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: and Rice on Saturday, and obviously the Texans game, which 456 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: we'll talk plenty about as we get close to that. 457 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: But the biggest challenge you have, Fletch, of having game, 458 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: game game three straight days, and not only that, the 459 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: Texas Rice game is taking place in the evening and 460 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: then you've got a noon kick against the Jags. What's 461 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: the biggest challenge you have in putting three games on 462 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 1: over a three day span. Sleeping a good point. Now, 463 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: we've got a great operations team here and it will 464 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: be a total team effort to make it happen. But um, 465 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: you know, just such a unique opportunity to really have 466 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: that kind of stage for three major games is something 467 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna embrace. We're really excited to have such a 468 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: hometown feel to all those games. You know, you of 469 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: h coming in and playing against a great Washington State team. 470 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: It's gonna be ranked the top twenty five, likely coming 471 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: off of two wins to start the year. Uh, Mike 472 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: Leach coming back to Texas. Always a lot of fun 473 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: when Leech and his protege, mister Holgerson, you know, on 474 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: the other side of the field with you of h So, 475 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: that'll be a lot of fun. Texas and Rice, you know, 476 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: it's it's such a great old Southwest Conference rivalry and 477 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: the Longhorns have had a lot of success over the 478 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: years playing Rice, but it's it's still a Texas battle nonetheless, Um, 479 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: Longhorn is gonna coming in off of a big, big 480 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: game against Ellish you the week before, so and Rice 481 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,479 Speaker 1: will have no slouch as they open up with um 482 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: with Army and wake Forest. Yeah, so they're they're they're 483 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: coming in gonna be battle tested as well. UM, so 484 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: it should be a lot of fun, great opportunity to 485 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: come and see the best of college football over the 486 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: course of um, either of those games. And UM, you know, 487 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,479 Speaker 1: I know we're gonna have a full house out here 488 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: on Sunday for the Texans home opener against the Jags, 489 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: but uh, expecting big crowds for both of those games 490 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, that's I can't I can't wait. How 491 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: lucky's not the word. But when you got the Washington 492 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: State University Houston matchup, and I'm trying to think timing wise, 493 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: I don't believe that Dana had taken the U of 494 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: H job yet, not that I'm not that I'm aware of, 495 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: but in some sense, getting Holderson the leech as a 496 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: coaching matchup here at Energy Stadium, it's almost like finding 497 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: twenty dollars in your pocket, is it not. It's it's great. 498 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: I mean the history those two have as friends, as coaches, 499 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 1: as mentor mentee. Um, it'll be a lot of fun 500 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: to see what those two offensive geniuses put together on 501 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: the field. We know it's gonna be a high scoring game. 502 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,239 Speaker 1: I'm just hoping it ends before the Rice Ut game 503 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: starts the next day. You know, we might have a 504 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: little challenge with that because there's a lot of points 505 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: put on the board. But you know what I mean, 506 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: Dana's Dana's not focused on that right now. He's focused 507 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,479 Speaker 1: on a big one this Sunday up Norman against Oklahoma, huge, 508 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: huge game. He told me something really interesting and he 509 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: has changed his He's changed his practice schedule around because 510 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: every I'm trying to think I think for the first 511 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: seven weeks, six or seven weeks they play at night. 512 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 1: Every game is at night. That's true. And he said, 513 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: we've changed our training regiment. He said, we're doing everything. 514 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: We're practicing at night to get the guys used to 515 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: you know, used to thinking in that way. So they're 516 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: gonna be they're gonna be ready now coming off a universe, 517 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: coming off a game in Norman against Oklahoma. Now a 518 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: couple of years ago when they played Oklahoma here, that 519 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 1: was one of the more that was one of the 520 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: more scintillating games of the entire year and one of 521 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: the better wins for Tom Herman getting that win for 522 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: the University of Houston over Oklahoma that day. We'll see 523 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: what happens in week one, but the Washington State Houston matchup, 524 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: getting those two here, I would say, Okay, if you'd 525 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: have told me week one you get Washington State Houston, 526 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: but week three you get Washington State Houston and you'll 527 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 1: get Holgerston Leech, I would have I would have picked 528 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,239 Speaker 1: week three to get those two out there against one 529 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: another to see what they could do. It's gonna be 530 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. It can be a great event 531 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: for our community. The whole weekend will be they both 532 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,919 Speaker 1: have to play this weekend. It's a big weekend, Johnny 533 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: a college football, I mean again opening weekend. You got 534 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: a ton of really fun rivalries regional games. But um, 535 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: you'll come week three. We're ready to hit the ground 536 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: running and um part of a big doublehead on ESPN 537 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: that night, the night game eight fifteen Kick out of 538 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: Here NRG. So you know the tailgating is gonna be 539 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: a big time part of it. You know, we got 540 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 1: Jack Ingram launching our Carbock tex Fest with some great 541 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: live music out here that evening. So it's gonna be 542 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 1: a huge weekend and we're just excited college football's back 543 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: because you know it not too far into the future. 544 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna be having the Academy Sports and Outdoor Texas 545 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: Pole to finish up the year, which is one lot 546 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: of fun too. Once Week one gets here, it just 547 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: flies by. It seems like it flies by. So let's 548 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: recap Sunday Night Battle of Bands. How to get tickets 549 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: ticketmaster dot com or you can go up here to 550 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: the Energy Stadium box office again twenty dollars. Great opportunity 551 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: to see the best of the bands out there. Compete 552 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 1: for a national championship and then Advocate Texas Kickoff ut 553 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 1: Rice Texans Jags Biggest Weekend ever. You can still register 554 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: for your Chance to Day. This is the last day 555 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: to register to win a VIP experience to see all 556 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: three games. Houston Texans dot com slash Biggest Weekend and 557 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: if you want tickets and you don't win them, there 558 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: LSS dot net for all the information on all the games. 559 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: There you go, Flatch. It's gonna be amazing this weekend 560 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:53,400 Speaker 1: with Battle of Bands, an incredible football weekend. I'm gonna 561 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: hit all three. I've got to. I've got to. If 562 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: you put football on Energy Stadium, it's like I'm off 563 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: to a flame. I have to go. I have to go. 564 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: In fact, I probably have to work all that. Flets 565 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: appreciated brother. Coming up next, you're in the lab crew. 566 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: Gives you some things that feel good about after a 567 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: rough last Saturday. Well for you next year. Here in Texas, Alexas, 568 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: on third down and three from the Redskins, twenty Smith 569 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: gets the snap, scrambling forward and gets out of trouble 570 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: throws it last moment. This is intercepted branded Scarlett to 571 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: his right across the thirty. That's twenty five. It tripped 572 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: up at the twenty three the Texans d back to 573 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 1: back series with interceptions. That was last year. I guess 574 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: Washington Redskins Brinted Scarlett came up with a pickplane inside linebacker. 575 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 1: And I bringing up brand Scarlett because news today that 576 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: he signed a one year extension to stay with the 577 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 1: team through twenty twenty. And that is tremendous news, tremendous news. 578 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: So something good to hang your hat on on this 579 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: Wednesday afternoon with all that's going on the last few 580 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: weeks of training camp and everything that's gone with it. 581 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: Bred and Scarlett one more year signs him through twenty twenty. 582 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 1: Love having a guy. And I was on with Rick 583 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: and Clint earlier and I love the signing, and I 584 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 1: said why, I think, Yes, you've got to have stars 585 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: in the NFL. There's no question. You've got to have 586 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: the JJ wattson the world and DeAndre Hopkins and Deshaun Watson. 587 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: You gotta have those players, but you better have the 588 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: guys that could do anything for your team. Guys like 589 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: Brent Scarlett, Dylan Cole, those guys will do anything for 590 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 1: the team and they're so key to this team in 591 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 1: so many different ways. So glad to see Brendan sticking 592 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: around until twenty twenty one. There you go. Good news 593 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: of the day, all right, the end of the Lab crew. 594 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 1: Drew Dorty and myself tough Saturday last Saturday against Dallas Cowboys, 595 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 1: and a lot of people were kind of feeling their 596 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: oats and like, oh man, but there's plenty to feel 597 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 1: good about. And we discussed that. But first we discussed 598 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: the phrase that I heard when I was a little kid. 599 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: It's more fun when we kind of fart around. Yeah, 600 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 1: I like that term. My dad used to use that 601 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: term a lot, and I didn't. I didn't kind of 602 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: get it when I was younger. He always he quick 603 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: farting around. I was like, what in the world, So 604 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: you're getting So it was good to meet your dad, 605 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: by the way in green Vane. That was both your parents. 606 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: That was That was really cool, man. They really appreciate 607 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: all the all the things that they've read of yours 608 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: and seeing you and heard you and and uh, you know. 609 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: They met them at Mark and it was really cool. 610 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: Mark actually told my parents that they were glad that 611 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: they they that I was born, so that was a 612 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 1: little awkward. Glad it was bar Yeah, glad he was born. 613 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: And of course you know my my mom was like, 614 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: well okay, yes, thank you. So yeah, it was. It 615 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: was fantastic for them. I mean, they they had enjoyed meeting. 616 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: They just loved meeting everybody. I mean, they had been here, 617 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: they've been here for so long, and then decided before 618 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: my first uh full time yeah, my first year, I 619 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: was not full time employee. Right, yeah, it was full time, 620 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: but it wasn't full time, so it wasn't until fifteen, 621 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 1: and they left in March of fifteen and go back 622 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: to Wisconsin. So it was it was really cool. It 623 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: was cool for them to see JJ up close. And 624 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: you know, they've loved JJ for a long time just 625 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: because they're from Wisconsin and so that was really exciting 626 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: for them to watch him in practice and see him 627 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 1: up close. It was cool, you know. Bring that up. Okay, 628 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: here's the table of contents. We're gonna talk about an 629 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: interesting interview I did yesterday. We're gonna each give a 630 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: reason for optimism despite what we saw Saturday night. But 631 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: before that, I want to talk about something you just mentioned. 632 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: I think you and I and most of the people 633 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: around here. We don't mean to, but we kind of 634 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to say take for granted, and I 635 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: don't want to say we don't appreciate it, but it 636 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: was something special for a lot of those people up 637 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: in Wisconsin to get to see J. J. Watt up close. 638 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: You know, we see we've seen him up close. We 639 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: see him up close three or four times a week 640 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: in practice and at the games. I don't know about you, 641 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: but a lot of times I'll just kind of focus 642 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: on what he's doing in a game because he's so 643 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: exciting and interesting to watch him. But that is something 644 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: pretty special, Like you just mentioning that that your parents 645 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: got to see that. I mean, we saw so many 646 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: ninety nine. We see him all over all over the 647 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: country when we travel, but especially so up there, and 648 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: you know, he's a favorite son of theirs. It was 649 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: It's really cool to see that and see people get 650 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 1: to see him up close, because you forget, I mean it, 651 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: it can be expensive to come to an NFL game, yep, 652 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: and you get to go to practice. It's a little 653 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: bit different. It's a little bit cheaper, and you get 654 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: to see them up close in a different environment. I 655 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: think that was really cool. And I know JJ appreciated 656 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: that and appreciates that, and he has he understands what's 657 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: going on and I know special to him, So that 658 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: was kind of cool. You know, I thought about this 659 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: before we left, and I don't know that Bill O'Brien 660 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 1: went out of his way to do this. But you know, 661 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: Dean Smith a long time basketball coach at University of 662 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: North Carolina. He back in the day, players didn't They 663 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 1: usually spent three or four years in college basketball. They 664 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: didn't jump to the NBA after a year or even 665 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,479 Speaker 1: after two years, and that's kind of become more than 666 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: norm now. But Dean used to reward his elders, his 667 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: seniors in particular, He would schedule a game. He would 668 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: try and schedule a game in that player's hometown as 669 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: best he possibly could, and so he would try and 670 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: find a game. And you know a lot of players 671 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: came from North Carolina, but they would still schedule games. 672 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: You know, they might schedule one down in Wilmington, you know, 673 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: where Michael Jordan was from. They might schedule it in 674 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: other places. But I remember them going to New York 675 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: City when Kenny Smith was a senior, and I think 676 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: they played Massison Square Garden. I want to say they 677 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: played Saint John's, but I can't remember for sure. But 678 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: he would try and schedule a game. It got a 679 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: little bit more difficult when he got some international players, 680 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: but he would do his best to try and get 681 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: a game somewhere where those seniors in particular would have 682 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: kind of a coming home and a homecoming. And that 683 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: was always I always thought that was a neat deal 684 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: that he would give that option, and I thought about 685 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: that when we were going to Green Bay, like this 686 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: was kind of a little bit of a gift to 687 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: JJ in some sense, maybe maybe unintended, but it ended 688 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: up kind of being that way. And I mean obviously 689 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: for rookie Max Sharping it was that way too. But 690 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: but yeah, absolutely, I mean he's you know, I think 691 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: people look at JJ in the state of Wisconsin. You know, 692 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: he left to go to Central Michigan, but then he 693 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: came back home, if you will, to Wisconsin then became 694 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 1: a star at the University of Wisconsin. And unlike Texas, 695 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: in the state of Wisconsin, it is the University of Wisconsin. 696 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: It's the Bucks, Brewers, Badgers, and the Packers. Yeah, and 697 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: there are no there's not a Cowboys Texans battle, There's 698 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: not a Math Spurs Rockets battle. It is you grew 699 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: up in Wisconsin. Those are your teams. Like you live, eat, 700 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: breathe those teams. And to see a guy like that 701 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: grow up in that area then go to the University 702 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: of Wisconsin and then come back to the state of 703 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: Wisconsin as successful as he is. The Wisconsin people are 704 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: very very proud of him, and and they should be 705 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: because he is. He is what is great about this league. 706 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 1: Amongst many things in this building, he is one of 707 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 1: the He is one of the reasons why this organization 708 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 1: I think is held in high regard because of what 709 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: he's done in a community, what he does on a field, 710 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,360 Speaker 1: how he handles himself, the model that he's become. I mean, 711 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: he's he's he's one of Wisconsin's favorite signs. Yeah, and 712 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: doesn't play his professional ball there, But because he grew 713 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: up there and played his ball at Wisconsin, I think 714 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: you always remembered as such. You know what I'm gonna do. 715 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 1: You bring up that Dean Smith rewarding his elders. I 716 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,440 Speaker 1: think I'm gonna go be a college basketball coach. And 717 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: here's what I'm gonna do every single recruiting class. I'm 718 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 1: gonna make sure there's a basketball player from Hawaii class. 719 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,319 Speaker 1: I don't care if he's a walk on, but I'm 720 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 1: gonna make sure every single year. We got to go 721 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: back to Hawaii to reward this this elder on the 722 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,919 Speaker 1: team because I like Hawaiian. I want to go back. 723 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: But John ugly, ugly, ugly, Capital capital G Capital L 724 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: Capital Y on Saturday evening in Arlington. No ifs, no ends, 725 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:46,719 Speaker 1: no butts. Nobody's disputing that Organizationally, everyone acknowledges that it 726 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: was ugly. Now, don't get used to that because many 727 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: many things were playing. I'm gonna give you just one 728 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 1: reason you should not worry and get used to that. 729 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: And that first reason and that only reason is number 730 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: four played, but a series three plays. He played three plays. 731 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: The Texans have never been blown out in any game 732 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: that he started. Ever. Correct, it was ugly in the 733 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: playoff game, but it was still there were opportunities, and 734 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: it was it was within reach. As far as coming back, 735 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 1: You're never gonna see or you've never seen anything like 736 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,800 Speaker 1: we saw the other night when Deshaun Watson started. So 737 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,439 Speaker 1: don't get too caught up in that because he's gonna 738 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,480 Speaker 1: pull you back in. He's gonna make it a little closer. 739 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: And you just got to remember what happened on the 740 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 1: second playoffensively, because the Texans defense had forced a three 741 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,560 Speaker 1: and out start the game, ye worst to punt, and 742 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,280 Speaker 1: then the second play from scrimmage, one of the most 743 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:48,320 Speaker 1: beloved members of this team, Lamar Miller, goes down with 744 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: a knee injury on the second play, and that affects 745 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 1: the entire team. A that's your guy that you're you're 746 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: you're kind of your brother. You're worried about his health. 747 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 1: Be you know what he means to this team on 748 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: the field. Yeah, and it just kind of it has 749 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 1: to have sapped them mentally to a degree. And I 750 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: think we just didn't see their true performance. So don't 751 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: get too concerned about what we saw. No, it was ugly, 752 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: nobody's denying that. But it's not gonna be like that 753 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,840 Speaker 1: very often this year, if at all. Yeah, and JJ 754 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 1: and Whitney played what they played that first three and out, 755 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: and they played the next probably five six plays and 756 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 1: that was it. And they gave up a touchdown to 757 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,720 Speaker 1: to Michael Gallup, but that was on a short field, 758 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 1: and you know, look they're there. There are things to 759 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 1: be concerned about. But I think the things you remember, 760 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: like you said you got number four still, you got 761 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: ninety nine healthy. And he looked very, very good. I thought, 762 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 1: and I've said this throughout training camp, I think one 763 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,800 Speaker 1: of the top three players in all of this entire 764 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: training camp has been Whitney Merciless, and he was really 765 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 1: really good the other night. He got pressure I think 766 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 1: almost every time he rushed a quarterback, So those to 767 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: me are really good signs. I thought the coverage was 768 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,200 Speaker 1: good with the first group. I mean to throw that 769 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,800 Speaker 1: Dak makes to Michael Gallop is a is a seed. 770 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 1: I mean, it was a tremendous throw. I don't know 771 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,200 Speaker 1: how we got it there. I mean Robie is right 772 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 1: there on Gallop and all of a sudden, gallops like whoa. 773 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:18,959 Speaker 1: I mean, it was like it got on him so fast. 774 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: I don't know how it got there, but they I 775 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:26,879 Speaker 1: thought the defense played pretty well. From from that perspective, 776 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 1: the special teams are not gonna play like that. Yeah, 777 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: the special teams will not play like that. They will 778 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: not bust. They will not bust an assignment on a punt. 779 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 1: They you know, they had that one moment last year 780 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,399 Speaker 1: against Tennessee early on, and then after that they were 781 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: just buttoned up for the rest of the year. And 782 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,719 Speaker 1: that that to me, is more indicative of what they'll 783 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:47,680 Speaker 1: do as opposed to the other night. So yeah, maybe 784 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: you're getting it out of the way in preseason week 785 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 1: three as opposed to regular season week two like last year. Right. 786 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: And I just the feel that I kind of had 787 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,359 Speaker 1: was after Lamar got heard, it was like, let's let's 788 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,800 Speaker 1: just get out of here. And maybe that was just me, 789 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,759 Speaker 1: but I kind of felt it like, hey, let's just 790 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,600 Speaker 1: get out of here and keep everybody else healthy. I 791 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 1: think there's a lot of truth to that, you know, 792 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: I think that permeated. Yeah, that I was stung. I 793 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 1: mean it took me a quarter just kind of like shake, like, 794 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: oh my god, I can't believe this. You know, So 795 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: you deal with it. You deal with it. When you 796 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,080 Speaker 1: have a little bit of time, you move on. And 797 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: now you gotta we can have to get ready for 798 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:26,719 Speaker 1: the Saints. You're not going to see a lot of 799 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,080 Speaker 1: the starters, and you see none of those none of 800 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: the starters against the La Rams, and the Rams have 801 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: not played any of their starters all preseason. Yeah, so 802 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,520 Speaker 1: you're gonna get yourself ready to go. And and Obi 803 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: was asked a question on what's today to day one 804 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 1: day about relative health, and he said, well, yeah, outside 805 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,040 Speaker 1: of Lamar Miller, I mean, that's that's a huge caveat 806 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: that you have to make. And now it's three years 807 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,840 Speaker 1: in a row where you've lost Watson, Fuller and Miller 808 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: to an ACL tear three straight years, one of them 809 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,920 Speaker 1: each years. So hopefully that's it. I hate that it happened, 810 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,799 Speaker 1: but you gotta move on, hope you big boy pants 811 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 1: and get ready for New Orleans on Monday night. But 812 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,040 Speaker 1: there are you know especial teams are gonna be They're 813 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,799 Speaker 1: gonna be way better. Ninety nine fifty nine are playing 814 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: at a really as high a clip as they've been 815 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,560 Speaker 1: in a long time. And you got number four inner 816 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,439 Speaker 1: center yep. And those are really those are three really 817 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: good reasons for optimism. So how about tomorrow night, Thursday night, 818 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,440 Speaker 1: kicking off against the Rams at seven o'clock, Mark and 819 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,279 Speaker 1: I will be in the booth. I get a chance 820 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,560 Speaker 1: to go up week four the preseason, I get to 821 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,600 Speaker 1: go up in the booth with Mark and I always 822 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,320 Speaker 1: look forward to that and then DPCD will be on 823 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: the sidelines. So what are we looking what are we 824 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,160 Speaker 1: looking forward to? What's the optimistic feeling we want to 825 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,920 Speaker 1: have coming out of this? So let's let's start with health. Obviously, 826 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,839 Speaker 1: last week was a tough one because Lamar was lost 827 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,960 Speaker 1: for the year, Zack Fulton banged up. Hope we will 828 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:49,799 Speaker 1: be able to get Zach back. Those are the two 829 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,399 Speaker 1: big ones. Other guys I think banged up at some point, 830 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,200 Speaker 1: but not to a point where they were injured. Just 831 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,359 Speaker 1: you know, traditional and regular soreness that goes with playing 832 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,279 Speaker 1: a game. So you want to come out of here 833 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:05,520 Speaker 1: as healthy as you possibly can be heading into September ninth. 834 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,799 Speaker 1: As I Mark and I talked about it earlier, your starters, 835 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,480 Speaker 1: your top level guys. Those guys are getting from the 836 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,719 Speaker 1: twenty fourth of August, which was last Saturday, all the 837 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:20,400 Speaker 1: way to September ninth, So you've got some time to 838 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:25,040 Speaker 1: get as healthy as you possibly can. But you don't 839 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,600 Speaker 1: want to get in a situation that somebody you're going 840 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: to rely on on the forty six man game day 841 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,600 Speaker 1: roster on September nineth gets dinged up against the Ramps, 842 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,239 Speaker 1: so you want to come out of their healthy. The 843 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:41,479 Speaker 1: other I would think is can you find a gem 844 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,600 Speaker 1: in the can you find a jem out there on 845 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,719 Speaker 1: Thursday evening? And what I mean by that is, is 846 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,960 Speaker 1: there a guy that just flashes on Thursday, that's had 847 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:58,319 Speaker 1: a good camp, had a good training camp, but being consistent, 848 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,799 Speaker 1: but then on Thursday starts making plays. And again, it's 849 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,320 Speaker 1: not gonna be against to keep to lead Marcus Peters, 850 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,279 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, but if they can make some plays where 851 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,480 Speaker 1: you go, wait a second, you know what, this guy's 852 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: add a good training camp and now he's made some plays. Man, 853 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,520 Speaker 1: this wasn't a guy we were thinking about putting on 854 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster, or you know, maybe he 855 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 1: was just on the outside looking at him, but this 856 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,080 Speaker 1: really kind of puts him over the top. And look, 857 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,239 Speaker 1: the performance of a player on Thursday isn't going to 858 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,560 Speaker 1: be enough. A guy can't be a complete dud for 859 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,000 Speaker 1: three weeks and then all of a sudden turn into 860 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,360 Speaker 1: league MVP in the fourth week of the preseason and 861 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 1: then expect to make the team. That's not gonna happen. 862 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,160 Speaker 1: But if a guy has been good in training camp 863 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,879 Speaker 1: and been sold and consistent and then makes a few 864 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: more plays, step back and go eight a second. Now, 865 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: maybe we need to rethink this. Mark talked about it. 866 00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,040 Speaker 1: Sear Wood was a perfect example that in twenty thirteen 867 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 1: ran for over one hundred yards. I don't think sire 868 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,320 Speaker 1: Wood was on the verge of making a team in 869 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, but that game really put him on the top. 870 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,200 Speaker 1: He made a fifty three man roster. That can't happen, 871 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,800 Speaker 1: can a guy? I remember Victor Cruz for the Giants 872 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:12,560 Speaker 1: many years ago in Week four. I think it was 873 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 1: against the Jets. Maybe maybe maybe that was earlier, but 874 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: Victor Cruz had a huge game, and I don't know 875 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:20,320 Speaker 1: if it was that year, but I think it was 876 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,400 Speaker 1: the next year where he just blew up as one 877 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,080 Speaker 1: of the better slot receivers, caught everything thrown his way. 878 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,960 Speaker 1: So you can earn a job in this game, but 879 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,640 Speaker 1: it has to be combined with what you've done through 880 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 1: three three and a half weeks of training camp or 881 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,480 Speaker 1: even longer. I don't know how long it's been, but 882 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 1: if you can put all that together, So who is 883 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,560 Speaker 1: that Jim who's that diamond in the rough on Thursday? 884 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,239 Speaker 1: That maybe he didn't think could do it. All of 885 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,200 Speaker 1: a sudden, turns one in on Thursday and you go, man, 886 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 1: we need to really think about this. Who's that gonna be? 887 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,480 Speaker 1: Those are two things I'll be looking for tomorrow night. 888 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:58,280 Speaker 1: Pre game starts at four o'clock with Rick Camlon, Seth Payne. 889 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,680 Speaker 1: Then we'll have the game Mark myself and dB City, 890 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,560 Speaker 1: and then after the game you have a postgame led 891 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,480 Speaker 1: by Sean Pendergast all right here on Sports Radio six ten. 892 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,880 Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys, We'll see tomorrow and as always, go Texans.