WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Jungleland 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:06.720 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Hoard and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:14.640 the Bengals Booth Podcast, The Down in Jungle and addition, 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:18.439 as I discussed the Jungle Jam fan fest coming up 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:21.479 in a few weeks with Bengals super fan Jim Foster. 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:25.800 But first, it's five Questions with six round draft pick 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:29.120 Tanner McLaughlin, one of two tight ends selected by the 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:32.960 Bengals in this year's draft. 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I recently took a flight from JFK 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:13.800 Airport in New York to Cincinnati, and when I arrived 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:16.679 at the airport to go through security, I realized that 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:20.800 I was qualified for something called Delta Digital ID. It's 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.720 currently being used at five airports, the two big ones 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:28.040 in New York City, Atlanta, Detroit, and Los Angeles. It 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:32.280 apparently uses facial recognition technology and it was so fast 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:36.480 that I went through security without breaking stride. At the 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.559 end of the process, there was an opportunity to give feedback, 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:42.720 and I almost complained that it was too fast. It 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.640 seemed hard to believe that it could be secure. In 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:49.400 any case. If this is the future of TSA, screening 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:53.640 long lines could be on the road to extinction. Delta 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.800 Digital ID is like running a four three forty through 0:01:57.840 --> 0:01:58.880 airport security. 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.400 Now let's get to football. 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.280 I've been getting to know the Bengals draft picks this 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.440 year by asking them five questions that are a little 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:10.920 bit different from the norm. On previous episodes, we've met 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:16.040 Amarus Mims, Chris Jenkins, Jermaine Burton, McKinley Jackson, Eric All 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:19.680 and Josh Newton. And now we've reached the sixth round 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.560 and a tight end out of the University of Arizona 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:26.120 who didn't drop a single pass on his forty five 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:31.200 catchable targets last season. Time for five questions with rookie 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:35.000 tight end Tanner McLaughlin out of the University of Arizona. 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:39.920 You're from Canada. There's question number one. Lethbridge, Alberta, which 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.239 is in the western part of Canada, not too far 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:46.200 from the Montana state line. What is high school football 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.320 like in Lethbridge, Alberta. 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.400 It's different. I think the biggest thing that they stress 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.440 up there is for the love of the game. It's 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.440 a different environment. We don't have the same you know, 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.600 resources coaching up there. It's really just guys going to 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:01.079 show up and going to play and have fun. So 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:02.440 I'd say that's the biggest difference. 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:03.160 I loved it. 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:05.560 It was a great environment and I'm super grateful that 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:06.919 I was able to do that growing up. 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.720 Your hometown isn't far from Calgary, which is the home 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:14.720 of the CFLs Stampeters, where Doug Flutie played back in 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.400 the day. Were you a stamped fan? Did you follow 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:17.960 the NFL? 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:19.359 What was your interest as a kid? 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.280 Yeah, I was definitely a Calgary Sampeters fan growing up. 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.920 I grew up I spent a little of the time in Airdrie, Alberta, 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.320 which is just outside of Calgary, and I actually got 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:31.160 drafted to the stamp Peters this same draft class. I 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:33.640 was the sixth rounder there as well, So it's pretty 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.160 cool to see that happen. And I made the right 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.440 choice coming down here, for sure, but it was cool 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:38.880 to see that. 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:42.680 We're chatting with Tane McLaughlin. Question number three. You started 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:46.320 your college football career at Southern Utah and in twenty twenty, 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:49.480 at the height of the pandemic, they postponed the season. 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.520 What did you do in the fall of twenty twenty. 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.760 Yeah, fall twenty twenty was weird. We kept training, We 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.320 did as much training as we could, but we knew 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:00.520 we were going to have that spring season, twenty twenty 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:02.520 one spring season, so we were kind of just prepping 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.720 for that. But it was a weird time. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:06.280 I don't remember much. 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.960 It feels like it was so long ago, but yeah, 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.440 I just remember being weird and not having football for 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:12.320 my first ball ever. 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.240 So question number four. 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:17.640 After your time in Southern Utah, you transferred Arizona spent 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.200 two years with the Wildcats, and while you were there, 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:24.000 you broke Rob Gronkowski's records for catches by a tight 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.880 end in a season and in your career. And I 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:30.040 understand he contacted you after the draft. 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.360 Correct, he didn't contact me after the draft, but he 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.200 spoke to me, you know, throughout the seasons that I 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.360 was there, and was always giving me, you know, words 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:41.400 of encouragement and giving me pointers, you know, going to 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:43.080 the next level. So I was super grateful to have 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.120 him around and hear what he's got to say, obviously 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:46.480 being one of the best of all times. 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.080 Did he just take an interest in you as a 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:50.600 tight end at his alma mater. 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.039 I mean, I would say so. I think just you know, 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.800 tight ends kind of we seem to get along pretty well. 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.480 So I think when he came back and I was 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.000 first kind of relevant tight in a few years since 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:02.880 he had been there, So I think kind of took 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:04.520 me on his wing a little bit and gave me 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:05.240 all the hope he could. 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:07.440 Did you hear a lot of Gronk stories while you're 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:07.960 at Arizona? 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.040 I heard a few. I heard there's some crazy stories. Yeah, 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:14.000 he's a crazy dude, but super good player, super good dude. 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:14.120 All right. 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.600 Fifth and final question for Tanner McLoughlin. Tell me something 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:20.560 about you that not many people know. 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.440 Well, this kind of goes back to my roots growing 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:27.600 up in Alberta. Being on the Montana border. We got 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.279 the rocky mountains right there. So I'm a big outdoors guy. 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.840 I love being outside, love camping, hiking, fishing, all that 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.440 fun stuff. So whenever I get the chance to go 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:38.080 back home, that's kind of what I spend my time 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.200 doing and then come back here and play football. 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.880 So awesome. Drop the hot seat, appreciate your time. 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:44.040 Thank you, appreciate it. 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:47.720 Tanner and fourth round pick Eric gall have added youth 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:50.599 and depth to the Bengals tight end room. And keep 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.479 in mind that Mike is SICKI and Tanner Hudson only 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.760 signed one year contracts, so there could be turnover in 0:05:56.800 --> 0:06:01.559 the near future. McLaughlin's strength is his receiving ability, making 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:03.880 him a candidate to earn a spot on the roster 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:09.039 or practice squad. Now time for my second guest in 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:14.279 approximately three weeks. On Saturday, July twentieth, the Megacorp Pavilion 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:18.760 in Newport, Kentucky will host the first ever Jungle Jam. 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.800 It's a festival for Bengals fans featuring current and former 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:28.360 players with autograph and picture opportunities, a kids area, Bengals merchandise, 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.359 food and drink, and much more, and all of the 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:36.200 proceeds go to charity. Well known fan Bengal Jim Foster 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.039 is one of the lead organizers and I talked to 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:43.560 him about the extravaganza this week. All right, Jim, let's 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.839 start with the basics. For folks who aren't familiar with it. 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.760 What is Jungle Jam? 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:51.800 I guess the best way to describe it, Dan, just 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.240 call it a three ring Bengals Circus July twentieth at 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.120 Pavilion right there in Newport. 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:00.680 That is the easiest, ready to describe it. 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:04.799 We're going to have twenty five different venders, a live band, 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:05.880 a DJ. 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:08.799 Charity, cornhold tournaments. 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:14.200 We've got an auction items, We've got Donatos, Skyline barbecue, 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.920 ice cream trucks, we've got door prizes, we've got kid 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.560 zoned d and we got tons of inflatables and games for 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.520 the kids. This is going to be an awesome family 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.080 friendly events to kick off the season this year. 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:27.360 So we're really excited about it. 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.520 It's an extension of Jungle to the Hall. Correct, This 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.160 is what it's evolved. 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:34.320 To, Yes, sir. 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:36.840 We started to Jungle to the Hall of Fame really 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.480 back in twenty twenty one when we took hundreds of 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.920 Bengal fans up to the up to Kanton, Ohio. We 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.520 rented event Tense right next to the front door, and 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:47.960 hundreds of Bengal fans showed up. Willi Anderson showed up. 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.280 We celebrated our Bengal legends that should be in the 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.320 Hall of Fame, and we got national attention around that. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.280 I mean, there was national media picking that up. Why 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:59.320 is at that time only one Bengals legend in the 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:02.760 Hall of Fame. Since then, you know, kN Riley the 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:05.680 Second is in. I'm sorry Ken Riley got in. His son, 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:07.640 kN Ry the Second was the big part of that. 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.160 But you know, we know the fans played played a 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.680 role in that. We know, Jeff Hopson the Bengals really 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:15.320 worked their butts off, but we know the fans played 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:17.880 a little role in helping getting kN Ken Riley into 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.480 the Hall of Fame. Now the push is, you know, 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:23.040 the next two in line or Ken Anderson, which we 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:24.960 feel in a senior committee, will get in this year 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.520 and we think Willi Anderson gets in next year as well. 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:32.240 So during this event on July twentieth, Jungle Cham we're 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.400 not forgetting where this started from. So there will be 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:37.000 two programs that day. The one program will be Jungle 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:37.400 to the Hall. 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:37.720 Four. 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.559 We're gonna have you kN Ridley the Seconds flying in. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.760 We got Anthony Muno is going to be in attendance. 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:48.680 We've got Max Montoya, Corey Dillon had had committed as well. 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.520 These are all guys that we're still fighting for. Uh 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.080 and obviously Ken Anderson is going to be Danny attendance 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.000 as well. So these are all guys we're fighting for, 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.480 and that'll be one of the programs that day as well. 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.120 Do you have I think you're being modest when you 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.680 say that the fans played a small role in Ken 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.640 Riley getting in. I think it was a significant role. Obviously, 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:08.920 he's a Hall of Famer because he had sixty five 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:12.720 interceptions and spent fifteen years being a great cornerback for 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:18.840 the Cincinnati Bengals. But it definitely raised awareness nationally and that, 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.240 in my opinion, contributed him to getting in. 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:23.760 Yeah, I do believe that, Dan. 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.960 I mean, the Bengal fans were just so just wore 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.960 out with the lack of recognition and just complaining on 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:34.480 social media, right, So you know, the Bengal fans joined forces, 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.520 not just locally. What's amazing to me is there's so 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.000 many fans in the Cincinnati Ara at the fan you 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.319 get outside of Cincinnati, there's fans Bengal fans all over 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:47.120 the country and internationally. It's an amazing fan base that 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:51.680 follows this organization. So everybody contributed local, across the country 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:55.440 and internationally. All those fans participated in a positive a 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.680 positive way to help push Ken Ry the second. 0:09:58.520 --> 0:09:59.840 Into the Hall of Fame. 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.680 We feel pretty confidently that Ken Anderson and Willy Anderson 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:04.320 are soon to follow. 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:09.240 Willie Anderson has been very vocal in how much he 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:13.240 appreciates the support of you and Jamie and Tony and 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:17.360 the various people that are part of your group. Is 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:19.720 it gratifying to you when you see one of the 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.199 greatest players in franchise history get up in front of 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:25.200 an audience of Bengals fans and essentially say thank you 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:26.640 for trying to make my case. 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:28.200 Yeah. 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:32.200 One thing we learn unexpectedly Dan through this whole process 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:33.720 is you get to know some of these guys at 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:37.080 a different level, not just them, but their families as well. 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.440 And he's like Ken Riley family we got really close to. 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:42.880 I guess the one thing that kind of shocked us 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.960 is that I don't know why, but these guys are 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:49.200 no different than me and you Dan. They're average, every 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.920 day people that just happen to have, you know, outstanding 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.520 football abilities and performed at a very high level for 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:58.080 a very long time. But these guys are are very appreciative. 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.640 And I guess what I really like seeing and hear 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:02.960 from these guys. It's like some of these guys thought 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:05.160 they were forgotten. They thought they were forgotten by the 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:08.640 Bengals fans, and uh. And that's that's a that's a 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.360 mission that this fan base is on, is that we're 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.240 never gonna let these guys be forgotten. Not just the 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.240 guys that that we feel should be in the Hall 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.400 of Fame like Ken Anderson and Ken Riley, Isaac Curtis, 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:19.400 Corey Dillon. 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:20.439 And these guys. 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.600 But you know, we've got we've got over fifty players 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.720 coming to this event on July twentieth, and we've got 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:29.480 guys that, you know, like mL Harris bought the first 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.520 touchdown in the Freezer Ball in nineteen eighty one. 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:32.480 We've got Tom Dinkle. 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:35.439 We've got maybe not big names, but these guys are 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:37.120 coming in from all over the country for this event. 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.240 Jeff Blake's flying in for this thing, So it is 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:43.360 just it's really cool and these guys, these guys want 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:44.079 to be appreciated. 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:44.240 Man. 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:49.440 The fan base here now has an opportunity to to 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.200 make sure that we're remembering these guys celebrating off our 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:56.319 legend throughout Bengals history. Every decade of Bengals football game 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.760 will be represented at this event in July twentieth. 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.160 That's that's what's really cool to see Bengel. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:06.280 Jim Foster is our guest. How much your tickets? How 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.679 do people get them? And are they still available? 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.319 Yes, sir, tickets are only twenty dollars. We're trying to 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.040 make this affordable as we possibly can for families. We 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:18.599 know things getting very expensive nowadays, but twenty dollars is 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.960 all the ticket is. And in order to get those tickets, 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:24.040 you can go to our social media platform, Bengal Gym 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:27.200 and Friends, whatever platform you're on, or if you wanted 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.600 to go to Maga Court Pavillion's website directly in they're 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.520 on there this thing. As of this morning, it was 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:35.479 about twenty two hundred tickets sold. 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:36.920 This thing's going to sell out. 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:40.160 It's going to max out and the key thing here, Dan, 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:42.480 I want to mind everybody everything we do. We are 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.839 a five zero one C three are Bengal, Jim and 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:48.560 Friends organization, tailgates and everything else we do. We're going 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:50.880 to be presenting some pretty big checks that day to 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:55.240 five different specific charities. Joe Burrow Foundation, Jimmy and Robin 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:57.160 Burrow will be there. We're presenting a very large check 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.280 to them that day. Can enter some Alliance, Village Reach 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:04.480 Steep which everybody knows about, Munyo's Foundation, small Town Big 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:09.160 Dreams which is Courtell Volson's new Foundation, and Revive Family Foundation. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:11.880 We'll all be betting for it. Every everything that covers 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:13.640 our beyond covering our cost for this. 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.600 Event, we'll be able to show receipts to show that 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.800 every penny beyond covering our cost will go to these 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:23.800 different charities we just talked about. So we're real excited 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.120 about the event. Can and just to bring families together. 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.720 And there's gonna be a lot of young kids twelve 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:30.360 and under here at the event, and there's so much 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:33.720 stuff for everybody to be to partake in. And for 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.080 clarity that that venue is an indoor outdoor venue. We've 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:42.120 got large event tents outside cooling fans, food trucks, and vendors. 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.120 Twenty five different vendors that are going to be there. 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:47.320 But there's also a big, giant indoor area as well, 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.720 so I think it's too hot out. You know, there's 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:51.959 an indoor air conditioned area for everybody as well. But 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.959 this is there's there's nothing like this ever been done. Dan, 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.000 We're pretty excited about it. We got Coach Taylor going 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.480 to be there as well. He's gonna give us kind 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.559 of a two thousd a twenty four season preview, which 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:06.200 I'm probably hoping you could facilitate for us that day. 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:06.559 And narrate that. 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.880 I'm excited as well. I think it's going to be awesome. 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.080 Do you anticipate that this could be the start of 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.840 an annual event similar to what the Reds have done 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:17.120 over the years with Reds Fest? 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.400 Yeah, it's you know, we had no idea that, you know, 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.360 as we dug into this and started planning this, and 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:26.760 we got players coming out of the woodwork wanting to 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.240 be part of this, and yeah, I think it is 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.840 and uh, you know, we're gonna have whod the mascot 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.520 Bengal cheerleaders there as well. But this, again, this is 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.480 not an organization sanction event. 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:39.280 I just want to be clear. 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.800 This is a group of fans doing this and out 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.240 of just a love for the city and love for 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:47.520 this organization. So I think it's something awesome that, if 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.520 you know, we would continue to do. It's that important 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:53.880 to this fan base and the city and this organization. 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:55.960 But yeah, I mean I see this kind of getting 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:58.160 at that level. Dan, at the end of the day, Yes. 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:03.560 How have you develop so many great relationships with former 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:09.600 players throughout Bengals history. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.160 Dan, I don't know if I could put a finger 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:10.360 on it. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.120 I can just tell you over the years, this will 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.680 be our thirty second year for tailgating at Bengals games. 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.000 You know the you know Old Riverfront Stadium, Syentergy Field, 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.040 and even Paul Brown Stadium and Patee Fork Stadium over 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.080 the years. You just start, I don't know what it is. 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.600 You run into them. You know, Pete Johnson will be 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:27.520 there at this event. Pete Johnson used to come down 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:29.920 on our tailgates all the time back in the day. 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.840 You start running into these guys and you start talking 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:34.840 to them, they introduce you over a long period of 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:38.080 time and these relationships have been built. That's what I 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:40.840 love about it, just to be able to see fifty 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.840 plus players from every era of Bengals football. We're talking, 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:48.240 you know, Evan McPherson, T J. Huschman, Sada, Picky Woods, 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:53.240 Chase Brown, Jim James Brooks all on the stage. I'm 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.120 hoping we get them all there at one time, Dan 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.560 to take a picture, because I don't think that's ever 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.520 been done, a picture of all these guys on stage 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:00.240 at the same time. 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.080 It's just really cool to think about Bengal. 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.520 Jim Foster is our guest. One of the ways that 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:09.280 you've tried to help potential Bengals Hall of Famers make 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.760 their case to the committee is by having other Hall 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:16.720 of Fame players from other teams record video messages making 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.680 the case for these great form of Bengals like Willie Anderson, 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.960 like Ken Anderson. How have you been able to get those. 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.160 Who that is? 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:29.360 You know, it's interesting, like for example, you know a 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.120 lot of these players are very humble. I mean Ken Riley, 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.480 Willie Anderson, Ken Anderson, these guys grew up in an 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.280 era where they just lighted and worked their butts off 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:41.720 and played so hard and they weren't look at me 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:42.840 type people, right. 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:45.920 And and some of those guys that you know, we're 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:47.920 kind of look at me guys got in that. 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:51.440 I'm not saying they weren't deserving, but I think over time, 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.480 you just start reaching out to different people, like, for example, 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.200 Michael Strahan. It took me months and months and months 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.520 to get a hold of Michael Strahan. I knew, I 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.560 knew what he felt about Willy Anderson. I wanted him 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:06.800 to put that in a video for us, and just 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.080 connecting through different avenues and in different ways to get 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.480 a hold of him. And sure enough, after probably three 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:14.200 and a half four months, he did a video and 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:18.080 that was very very powerful about Willy Anderson and why 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:19.399 he should be in the Hall of Fame. There was 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:21.600 multiple videos that we were able to get a hold 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:25.560 of for Ken Anderson. I'm sorry, Ken Riley, Uh, We've 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:30.280 got Dan Dan Fouts on video talking about Ken Anderson. 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.960 It's it's important, Dan, because it's not It's one thing 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.239 if if one of your teammates are talking about you, 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:37.439 but it's a whole other thing when you got a 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:39.399 peer from another team that is in the Hall of 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:41.000 Fame talking about you. 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.200 We had Mel Blunt video about Ken Riley. I mean, 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:44.800 these are powerful. 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:46.880 I mean, we we have some we we've even built 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.119 some relationships with a lot of these voters, the senior. 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.800 Voters, Dan, and and they tell you, We'll tell you, hey, 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:53.439 they know all the stats. They see them. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.959 There's no there's nothing more you can put in writing 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.080 that that they haven't seen. But when you start getting 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:03.640 current Hall of famers talk about these guys passionately, that's 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:06.280 a whole other level. And these Hall of Fame voters 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:09.399 they listen and see this stuff. So we have some 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:11.040 pretty good relationship with some of these Hall of Fame 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:11.800 voters as well. 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.800 Willie Anderson was a finalist this year for the third 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.120 year in a row. Unfortunately he did not get in, 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:21.480 but no offensive lineman was chosen this year, leading me 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.720 to believe that next year really could be the year. 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:26.359 I find it hard to believe that they would go 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:29.359 back to back years without selecting at least one offensive lineman. 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:30.560 Yeah. 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:32.760 Dan, So if you remember, a couple of years ago, 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.320 he made it to the top fifteen, didn't make it 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:36.040 in the top ten. 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:40.360 This past year, he made it to the top ten. 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:43.960 We feel we think according to the people we talked to, 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.120 he made it to the top seven or eight, so 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.240 the top five went in. That's why we say pretty 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:55.359 confidently and pretty directly that we feel that Willie Anderson 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:56.240 is happening. 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:58.200 It's going to happen next year. 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:00.679 If you finished seven or eight, have a top ten 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:04.959 and they takes the top five, it's logic in the 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:08.080