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Speaker 1: Welcome and everybody through a Friday edition of Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio emanating from Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: Wait what los Angeles? Oh yeah, I am your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris, Football Anos silo reporter, and I, along with

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Speaker 1: the remaining and rest of the Houston Texans staff, coaches, players, etc.

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Speaker 1: Traveling team, if you will out to Los Angeles. We

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Speaker 1: are actually on our way to the hotel as we speak,

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Speaker 1: So yes, this is recorded. We have plenty of good

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Speaker 1: stuff still for you on the show. How about Bill O'Brien,

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Speaker 1: how about thirty dozen with Greg Mans? How about interview

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Speaker 1: with Ryan Griffin? All in this first segment, we also

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Speaker 1: will have two interviews with two guys that I've known

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Speaker 1: for a while now, one out Lubbock, one out in Jackson,

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Speaker 1: Mississippi via Oxford. Why do I bring those two guys

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Speaker 1: into this show? Well? Chris Level is a publisher Red

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Speaker 1: Raiders Sports. He is also a silo reporter for Texas Tech.

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Speaker 1: My buddy, Richard Cross is the host of head to

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Speaker 1: Head Radio in Mississippi. He is also a silent reporter

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Speaker 1: for the Old miss Rebels. Those two universities will meet

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Speaker 1: on September first right here at NRG Stadium, and I

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Speaker 1: got a chance to talk to them. What's great about

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Speaker 1: them as being in Mississippi. Richard, even though he covers

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Speaker 1: Old miss has a pretty good knowledge of Martinez ranking

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Speaker 1: and he will talk about that with us. And obviously

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Speaker 1: keiki qt played at Texas Tech and Chris Level well,

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Speaker 1: he was my go to guy trying to find out

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Speaker 1: everything I could once a Texas drafted Key k Qt.

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Speaker 1: So you have to stick around and hear what they

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Speaker 1: have to say, not only about the Red Raiders and

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Speaker 1: the Rebels and the game on September one, but the

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Speaker 1: newest Texans Martinis Rankin and keiki Qt who will play

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Speaker 1: key roles I think on Saturday against the La Rams.

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Speaker 1: So let's kick the show off and talk to the

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Speaker 1: man that will lead this team into that game with

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Speaker 1: the Rams. Bill O'Brien Mark Vandemir sat down with coach

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Speaker 1: yesterday and here it is Coach, how important wasn't this

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Speaker 1: week to sit smulate a regular season game week in

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Speaker 1: practice and such? I think it's important so that the

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Speaker 1: New England game. You know, I think it's important to

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Speaker 1: go through the meetings. It wasn't it. We're still in

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Speaker 1: training camp mode, so this you know, we were bringing

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Speaker 1: meetings were game plan type meetings, and I think that's

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Speaker 1: really important. And scout team, yeah, exactly, scout team out

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Speaker 1: on the practice field, dividing those guys up. And and

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Speaker 1: I think that our guys did a great job. You know,

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Speaker 1: some guys that are on our scout team, they're they're

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Speaker 1: So it was a good chance for them to get

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Speaker 1: extra reps. Probably helps to game plan a little bit anyway,

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Speaker 1: as if you play your starters more, you gotta be

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Speaker 1: ready for what they do. Sure, And and it's good

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Speaker 1: for the staff. I mean, I think our staff getting

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Speaker 1: that game plan type setting in the in the meeting rooms.

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Speaker 1: What's the next step for you on offense in this

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Speaker 1: third preseason game to keep getting better? You know, I

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Speaker 1: want to try to keep improving. I think we've improved.

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Speaker 1: I think I like the pace at which we play.

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Speaker 1: You need to run the ball a little bit better.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be hard, you know. I think the Rams

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Speaker 1: are very good upfront, you know, I think they're gonna

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Speaker 1: want to keep improving. It's got to be the same

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Speaker 1: going to help you adjust for regular season competition. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We're on the road to start the season. First two weeks,

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Speaker 1: where you're looking for improvement wise on special teams, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know we never look ahead in the regular season,

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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of things going on, and that's

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Speaker 1: that's the challenging part. But that's what's fun, you know.

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Speaker 1: got a lot to do in this segment, so we're

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Speaker 1: just gonna jump right back in to the Dirty dozen

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Speaker 1: with one of the best interviews in this building, Greg

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Speaker 1: Mans Drew Doherty got the twelve done with number sixty five.

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Speaker 1: This is Greg Mans, Actually this is Drew Dorty with

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Speaker 1: Greg Man's offensive Latin for the Houston Sexons. Greg, how

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Speaker 1: is camp going? How have the preseason game's been going

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Speaker 1: We're building some good camaraderie on the offensive line. We're

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Speaker 1: It really started this off season, you know when Zach

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Speaker 1: lots of cannonballs and stuff like that. Absolutely, all right,

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Speaker 1: let's play dirty dozens. Let's get the questions out of

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Speaker 1: the way. Your best football trade is absolutely my intelligence,

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Speaker 1: Kendall lamp He's a guy who always comes out and works.

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Speaker 1: people going. Now, every offensive lineman then I spoke with

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Speaker 1: I think you know, he works every day, he's earning

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Speaker 1: the right to do it. Best dresser on the Texans

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Speaker 1: Who's your all time favorite retired NFL player? Oh? Oh,

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Speaker 1: that's a good one. I'm gonna go offensive line. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go Chad Clifton. I was a huge Packers fan

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Speaker 1: growing up, so it's either be Brett Fare or Chat Clifton.

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Speaker 1: But you gotta go with the alignment, right because that's

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Speaker 1: Perfect breakfast consists of, oh, all right, you gotta have

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Speaker 1: Is my good friend, Chris Level. Chris, what's going on? Brother?

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Speaker 1: How you doing? Mister Harris? It is football season? How

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Speaker 1: back to what happened at Texas Tech and then seeing

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Speaker 1: him through Last Chance You in season two and see

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Speaker 1: what kind of kiddy was and was like, how did

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Speaker 1: this happen at Texas Tech? He goes back to Lubbock,

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Speaker 1: he becomes one of the best players in the Big Twelve.

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Speaker 1: He's potentially on track to be the Big Twelve defensive

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Speaker 1: Player of the year. This guy's a phenomenal talent and

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Speaker 1: a tremendous story, and he is the leader, seemingly of

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Speaker 1: that defense. It's been a long time since could when's

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Speaker 1: the last time we could say big twelve defensive player

435
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Speaker 1: that your candidate from Texas Tech. What does he mean

436
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Speaker 1: for this overall program and how does he lead this defense? Chris, Yeah, John,

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00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,879
Speaker 1: it's it's I think it's the part of the story

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Speaker 1: that makes it so good is because he's back here.

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Speaker 1: If he if he leaves here does the Last Chance

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Speaker 1: You and is at East Mississippi Community College and it

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Speaker 1: goes somewhere else, it doesn't take on the same meaning

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Speaker 1: from a comeback story. But because he wanted to come

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Speaker 1: back here and deal with some potential ridicule but also

444
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Speaker 1: finish what he started, that's what makes this so much fun.

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Speaker 1: And what here's even the most bizarre part. It is

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Speaker 1: kind of touching on what you said, he's really the

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Speaker 1: face of your program. I mean, how many guys do

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Speaker 1: you see that that that have an issue and have

449
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Speaker 1: to leave, and whether they come back or not that

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Speaker 1: end up being kind of the face. He's somebody that

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Speaker 1: they want to put on season tickets, they want to

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Speaker 1: put on the billboard, they want to parade in front

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Speaker 1: of the media. Because he's so well spoken, he's so thoughtful,

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Speaker 1: and because he made that mistake, it just takes on

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Speaker 1: a holding meeting. So yeah, it's not just about the

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Speaker 1: kind of player he is, because that's the part while

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Speaker 1: we're while we're really talking about him, But it's because

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Speaker 1: he learned from that, and it's it's made who he

459
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Speaker 1: is and made this awful mistake and then people around

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Speaker 1: here are willing to stick their neck out and I

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Speaker 1: think it's paid off, and I think he's very appreciative

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Speaker 1: of that. But heck yeah, I mean he's a face

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Speaker 1: of program. There's no doubt about that. And I don't

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it's been been a vagu the

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Speaker 1: TCU or Dacode Allen, but one of those two guys

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Speaker 1: could be the defensive Player of the Year in this league.

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Speaker 1: And you're right, I guess two thousand and five Dwayne

468
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Speaker 1: Slay ended up winning that award. Yeah they thought that

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Speaker 1: coming into the season, but but that's that's what the

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Speaker 1: code is. He's a calming influence for the not just

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Speaker 1: the defense, but the whole team. And you're right, and

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Speaker 1: he kind of goes along the lines with the whole

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Speaker 1: defense is a whole kind of being a redemption story.

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Speaker 1: And he again, Dakota individually but but along with this

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Speaker 1: team as well. Man, you brought up Dwayne slay You

476
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Speaker 1: just gave me. You gave me goose bumps. I remember

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Speaker 1: big hit slay Man. Holy smokes, that was that was

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Speaker 1: that was in the way back machine. There's no question

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Speaker 1: about that, Chris. If my math is correct, Texas Tech

480
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Speaker 1: hasn't played an SEC opponent since the Bowl game, which

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Speaker 1: ironically they played here against LSU. What kind of opportunity

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Speaker 1: is this for Texas Tech heading into twenty eighteen to

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Speaker 1: take on an SEC school, to take on a school

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Speaker 1: like Old Miss where you know they've got some offensive firepower,

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Speaker 1: but hey, the defense isn't really where it needs to be.

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Speaker 1: What kind of opportunity is in front of the Red

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Speaker 1: Raiders in this one on September one? This is a

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Speaker 1: big game for Texas Tech. Um and I think that

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Speaker 1: it's it won. It's one of those deals where it

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Speaker 1: sets a tone for your whole offseason because it's not

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Speaker 1: like you have a you know, an FCS team sitting there,

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Speaker 1: or a home game that you know you should win

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Speaker 1: sitting there. This is a different deal. But it's really

494
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Speaker 1: a big game for just this program and coach staff

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Speaker 1: because of Cliff's kind of where they're at right now,

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Speaker 1: and they need to win this year and everybody around

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Speaker 1: here knows it. And this is kind of one of

498
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Speaker 1: those swing games could go either way and you need

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Speaker 1: to win those, especially right out of the gate. The

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Speaker 1: matchup is interesting because it's kind of as you touched on, John,

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Speaker 1: it's a strength on strength and it's kind of weakness

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Speaker 1: on weakness. I mean, I don't know how you know

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Speaker 1: where this game will be won, but if the tech

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Speaker 1: offense versus that old Miss defense will be it is interesting.

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Speaker 1: Is the other side of the ball when this veteran

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Speaker 1: defense goes against you know, a J. Brown and Greg

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Speaker 1: Little and and all those guys that that Old Miss

508
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Speaker 1: will try to out there offensively. So but but this

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Speaker 1: is this is a monster game for them, and I

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Speaker 1: think they're looking forward to it. I think that it's

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Speaker 1: one of those things where this is a winnable game

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Speaker 1: for the Red Raiders that they just it depends on

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Speaker 1: what McClean Carter potentially will look like. And how good

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Speaker 1: is this defense here. You know what we know what's

515
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,280
Speaker 1: better that they're creating takeaways and turnovers and all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: That's what David gives the defenses due, and they're deep,

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Speaker 1: and they've got some top end of the line talent

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Speaker 1: and all that. But how good are they? I mean,

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Speaker 1: are they good enough to help you win a game?

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Speaker 1: Are they good enough to win a game? I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's what we just don't know yet, and we'll about

522
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Speaker 1: to find out. Looking so forward to seeing the Red

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Speaker 1: Raiders and mostly Chris Lovell. I'm looking forward to seeing you, brother.

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Speaker 1: Haven't seen you in a few years. It'd be great

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Speaker 1: to catch up and see you on the sidelines on

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Speaker 1: September first. Thank you so much for your time, my friend,

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Speaker 1: and you know how we end every discussion alive there

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Speaker 1: he is Chris Level, Texas Tech Raid Raiders. Thank you, buddy.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you. John. You can keep doing your thing.

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Speaker 1: You're you're the best in the business. Friend. There is

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Speaker 1: Chris Level, publisher of Red Raiders Sports. You're here him

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Speaker 1: on ninety seventy three and Lovick and he is the

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Speaker 1: sideline analyst for Texas Tech Football. He's also the game

534
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Speaker 1: analyst for Texas Tech Basketball. The guy knows Texas Tech

535
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Speaker 1: inside and out. It was good to get his thoughts

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Speaker 1: on Key Key QT now joining us In the following

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Speaker 1: segment man by the name of Richard Cross. Hees head

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Speaker 1: to Head Radio in Mississippi. I've been joining him ever

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Speaker 1: since Bernardi McKinney was drafted back in twenty fifteen, and

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Speaker 1: that's when I first jumped on the show with Richard.

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Speaker 1: Have known him since then and have done a lot

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Speaker 1: of radio. Now we've flipped the script. Now Richard joins

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Speaker 1: me to talk about the Old Miss Rebels. Hey, if

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Speaker 1: the Texans are in the market for a tackle next year,

545
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Speaker 1: potentially Old Missus got a stud left tackle and Greg

546
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Speaker 1: Little what does he think about him? And oh, by

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Speaker 1: the way, the Texans drafted a tackle from Mississippi, Mississippi State.

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Speaker 1: But Richard will talk about Martinez Rankin as well. Next

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Speaker 1: right here on Texans Access. Boy, the tables have turned.

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Speaker 1: Joining me now on Texans All Access is a good

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Speaker 1: friend of mine from Mississippi. His name is Richard Cross.

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Speaker 1: He's the host of Headhead Radio in Mississippi, is also

553
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Speaker 1: SEC Network game analyst, and most importantly for our discussion,

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Speaker 1: he's a sideline analyst for the Old Miss Rebels, who

555
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Speaker 1: are coming to Houston in a little over a week

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Speaker 1: to take on the Texas tech Red Raiders. Normally I

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Speaker 1: joined Richard and his show. He's now joining me on mine. Richard,

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Speaker 1: I can't thank you enough, buddy. How you doing? Are

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Speaker 1: you capable of asking questions? I know you're capable of answering, John,

560
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Speaker 1: I always enjoyed our visits and really what to coming

561
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Speaker 1: to Houston next week? Kind of a neat way to

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Speaker 1: start the season, and I think it's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: fun matchup when when Old Miss and Texas Tech look up? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: no doubt And Richard, we're gonna get into that in

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Speaker 1: just a second. But I got to ask you because

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Speaker 1: the state of Mississippi now, in particular the one that

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Speaker 1: wears maroon, that school has provided a few players for

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Speaker 1: the Texans. In particular one of the Texans fans have

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Speaker 1: not seen a lot of this year, but he did

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Speaker 1: get active this week, and that's Martinis rankin the tackle,

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Speaker 1: who could play guard, can do a number of different things.

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Speaker 1: I know you cover all Miss. You stayed on that

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Speaker 1: side for the most part, but you watch both and

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Speaker 1: I'm sure the passion there in Mississippi is for both schools,

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Speaker 1: so I'm sure you saw a little bit of ranking.

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Speaker 1: What can you tell the Texas fans about Martinez ranking

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Speaker 1: and what they might see the Saturday against the Rams. Well, John,

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Speaker 1: I think I'm like a lot of people in that

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Speaker 1: I've had to kind of train myself not to constantly

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Speaker 1: watch the ball, even even standing on the sideline, because

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Speaker 1: you know, I think casually when people watch the game,

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Speaker 1: it's okay, quarterbacks, guy, let's fly, what's the receiver doing?

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Speaker 1: And people kind of forget about what's happening in the trenches,

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Speaker 1: and it's you know, I've been in that category, but

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Speaker 1: I've kind of trained myself. He's a special guy, or

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Speaker 1: at least he was at the at the collegiate level.

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Speaker 1: And you know when you see guys that get better

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Speaker 1: as they go along. You know, there's certain players who

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Speaker 1: they're the five star left tackle coming out of high

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Speaker 1: school and could literally go to any school in the country.

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Speaker 1: You know they're going to be there three years and

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Speaker 1: then they're gonna be a first round drafting. And then

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00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,600
Speaker 1: there are guys who come on and go, well, okay,

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Speaker 1: that's an interesting name. Any red shirts and then he

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Speaker 1: gets to play in the rotation as a red shirt freshman,

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Speaker 1: and then he's a starter and he looked up in

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Speaker 1: that third year, he goes well that dad plays pretty well,

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Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden he starts to appear

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Speaker 1: on draft board and you go, well, he can play

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Speaker 1: different positions. If we had to stick in the center,

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Speaker 1: we could, that's not where we really want to go. Yes,

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Speaker 1: he absolutely can play guard. What about he can fly

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Speaker 1: out there and be a tackle as well. Okay, now

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Speaker 1: you get some real value. And I think that's kind

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Speaker 1: of what Martinez Rank did. Yea. It kind of evolved

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Speaker 1: along the way he goes from you know, he was

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Speaker 1: a nobody coming out of high school, but he was not,

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Speaker 1: you know, one of these players that everybody in American

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Speaker 1: knew his name. Get the startful, he gets better and

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Speaker 1: better along the way. You know, plays primarily under John

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00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: Heavisty before the coaching change, got some good coaching, and

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Speaker 1: now you know that opportunity. It's hard for me to

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Speaker 1: to you know, not being excited for guys from Mississippi,

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Speaker 1: regardless of where we went to school, because it's the

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Speaker 1: dream of so many kids to get to the league.

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Speaker 1: I dontally hope it worked out for Martinus. Frank Nnedy

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Speaker 1: you would know this better than me, But I would

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Speaker 1: think that there is value when you could play multiple

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Speaker 1: positions on the offensive line, give it and given the

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Speaker 1: limits number linement that team roster. We're talking with Richard Cross,

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Speaker 1: host of Head to Head Mississippi also sideline annals for

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Speaker 1: Old Miss, and Richard you sort of kind of segued

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Speaker 1: into the question I was about to ask you. You

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Speaker 1: mentioned Martinez was not the five star guy could have

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00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: chosen where he wanted to school. But a guy that

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Speaker 1: I think is going to be very interesting for Texans fans.

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Speaker 1: It is very intriguing for Old Miss fans this year.

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Speaker 1: Is the guy that was that he was a five

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Speaker 1: star that could have gone anywhere. And Greg Little, the

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Speaker 1: left tackle for Old Miss, decided to go to Old Miss.

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Speaker 1: He's a guy that is getting mentioned in first round

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Speaker 1: discussion at this point. I know Texans fans feeling like, wait,

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Speaker 1: we got to improve this offensive line in the future.

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Speaker 1: Could Greg Little be a text down the road? What

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Speaker 1: does Old Miss have? And left tackle Greg Little a

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Speaker 1: potential American. I got a really good player who is

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Speaker 1: for the most part, stayed healthy. He's a little bit thicker.

638
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: I thought that Greg after a practice last week, and

639
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: you know, I was asking him specifically about the running

640
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: game and the fact that there was kind of some

641
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 1: inexperience in the run game, and he said, look, that

642
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: shouldn't matter. He said, it shouldn't matter that we've got

643
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 1: inexperienced running backs, but we've got a veteran offensive line.

644
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: And I thought that was an interesting kind of perspective

645
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: that Aligneman brings to the table. I think it kind

646
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: of shows you expectations for that group as a board. Now,

647
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: specifically about Greg, he's gotten a little bit heavier, but

648
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: it's it's good heavy. He is a lean three twenty.

649
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 1: You know, I'm sure there are people that that listen

650
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 1: that kind of rolled their eyes about that, and then

651
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: others that go, what do you mean a lean? To

652
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: the point, he's got a big base, he's got good seat.

653
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's been the biggest thing for

654
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: Greg little since he arrived at Old Miss. People talked

655
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: about his feet. You've got good feet and good footwork,

656
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: you know, he was he was a little more introspective

657
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 1: the other day, which you know you don't always get

658
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 1: that from Lineman, and the look, I'm trying to figure

659
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 1: out how to get better? Well, what are you doing

660
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: to get better? And he talked about working with hand

661
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: position and you think, okay, offensive lineman, we're talking about

662
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: big butts and big hips and you know, strong oxes.

663
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: You don't always think about hand position, but you know

664
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: technique stuff. There's no question the physical tools or there.

665
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: He's going to be a tackle in the NFL. Whether

666
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: it's on the right side of the left side, you know.

667
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: I guess it depends on a team in their needs.

668
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: But this is a guy who's got all the tools

669
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 1: to play a long time in the NFL. You know,

670
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: if he's able to stay healthy, it'll be a good

671
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 1: career for Greg Little And I would think that coming

672
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: back home to Texas would be pretty cool for him. Yeah,

673
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 1: I'd like to keep him away from where he's actually

674
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 1: from up in Dallas and get him down here to

675
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 1: he's That would be kind of nice to put alignment

676
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 1: in this stable that hopefully we're building for the future. Richard,

677
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: you have been around Old Miss for a while and

678
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: you've seen some talent at a lot of key positions.

679
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: You've seen talent at wide receiver. Donte Moncrief came out

680
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: Old Miss a few years ago. But the group overall

681
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 1: at wide receiver might be the best that Old Miss

682
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: has ever seen. With A. J. Brown, DK Metcalfe, de

683
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 1: Marcus Lodge, those guys, is this the most talented group

684
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 1: of wide receivers? And why can the fans here? And

685
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: he used to be really excited about seeing them on

686
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: September first against Texas Tech. Well, you got two potential

687
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 1: first round picks and then another probably second day maybe

688
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 1: early third day pick at wide receiver. And so if

689
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 1: you're looking at it from a pro perspective, you know,

690
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: if you're going to this game and you don't have

691
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: a ton of allegiance to Old Miss or Texas Tech,

692
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 1: and maybe you're doing a little stounding yourself, you're looking

693
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 1: at three pro wide receivers. You might be looking at

694
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 1: a pro quarterback, I think to see, you know what

695
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: happens with Jordan Tamu and probably three prows on the

696
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: offensive line. So for a Scholy standpoint, that there's your homework.

697
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: Not only is this the best receiving group that Old

698
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: Miss has ever had, or at least that you know.

699
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 1: I don't know that I could go back to the

700
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: mid sixties and give you all the personnel. I would

701
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 1: be willing, though, sun and seen to put this group

702
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: up against any three wide receivers. At Old Miss Pat

703
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 1: and I think it's the best wide receiving corps in

704
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: the country. A. J. Brown is the one that is

705
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: right now the likely first round pick, kind of according

706
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: to the draft analysts. You and I talked about AJ

707
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,959
Speaker 1: a lot. He's got a big catch radius, he's strong,

708
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: he's fast, that he's not the Blazers that a lot

709
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: of guys are that our first rounders in the NFL.

710
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to run a four or

711
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: four or four or five at forty. I think it's

712
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: going to be more like a four or five, five, four, six,

713
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: And my guest is that some teams will question that

714
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: in the first round. He is absolutely as strong as

715
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: an ox. He's got great hands, and his route running

716
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 1: ability is off the charts. He can play in the slot,

717
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: but he can also line up on the outside. And

718
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: then with DK Metcalf, I mean he is an inch

719
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 1: and ten pounds off of being a spitting image of

720
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,320
Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson of Megatron from a few years ago. You know,

721
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: he's six four to six four, two hundred and thirty

722
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: pounds and he is cut like a Donnis. I'm not

723
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: sure John that his hands are quite as good as a. J.

724
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,760
Speaker 1: Brown's he is faster. He's gonna be four or five,

725
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 1: maybe sub four or five when he runs a forty.

726
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,800
Speaker 1: And look, I'm telling you, if people are not supposed

727
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: to be able to look like DK Metcalf looks like

728
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 1: I know you'll see him a week from now when

729
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 1: he's in use, but you're going to marvel never mind,

730
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 1: only he's got pads on. When they do when they

731
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 1: come out and walk through the statum. Look at that gayagle.

732
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 1: That's unbelievable. And because you spend so much time thinking

733
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: about Brown and Law and Yah, Lodge gets lost in

734
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,239
Speaker 1: the showfle He did a number one receiver on a

735
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: lot of teams in the country and probably about half

736
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: the teams in the sect. He's got at sixty three

737
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: two fifteen to twenty runs well good hand. He's just

738
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: behind two guys that are first rounders. Richard Cross with

739
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: us the side on analysts for the Old Miss Rebels. Richard,

740
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: you mentioned quarterbacks Jordan Talmu. He's not a name that

741
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 1: maybe some people know, but if you followed Old Miss

742
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: or you watch the SEC last year, you saw him

743
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,320
Speaker 1: put up some pretty big numbers with that wide receiver corps.

744
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 1: We've talked about it on air. What I think. I

745
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 1: think he can end up being a draft pick. But

746
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: for people that haven't seen him, what does he bring

747
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: to the table four Old Miss? And how does he

748
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 1: sort of stabilize that offense, especially after losing Shaye Patterson.

749
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: You thought old Man they're putting in the backup. Why

750
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: they didn't even miss a beat by putting him in

751
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,719
Speaker 1: at quarterback? What does Old Miss have in him this

752
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 1: year now his second year as a starter. Well, first

753
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,919
Speaker 1: things first, Old Miss has got to stop this site

754
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: coll of quarterbacks since six or seven games into the

755
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 1: seasons out the Yeah, we're gonna get past that. So

756
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: Chad Kelly goes down with the knee injury, who seasons ago,

757
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 1: Shay Patterson comes in, plays the last four games of

758
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: the year. Last year, Shay Patterson goes down with the injury,

759
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 1: Tom who comes on and finishes out the season. And

760
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: to your point, he did it well. Now, the caveat

761
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: is they didn't play Alabama and they didn't play Offered

762
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:30,359
Speaker 1: in that stretch. They played Arkansas, played Kentucky, and played Mississippi,

763
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: Mississippi State. It's still sec football. Everybody's got stunted, everybody's

764
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: got pros on their teams, and so I don't want

765
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 1: to discount it too much, but he didn't face the

766
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: best defensive in the SEC. With that said, the numbers

767
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,479
Speaker 1: he put up and the efficiency with which he puts

768
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 1: them up were just incredibly. He protected the football. He

769
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: was a different quarterback john than Shaye Patterson. So Shay

770
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:57,240
Speaker 1: Patterson had a little Johnny Moonslle, a little Archie Manning

771
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: in him where he was maybe a little quicker than

772
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 1: he should have, looking to make the big play, and

773
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: you know he kind of reverse out and take that

774
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: big looping route to get away, and you know he's

775
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 1: either looking to make a big throw or one of

776
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: these runs where he's all over the place. And there's

777
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 1: nothing wrong with that, but sometimes that will drive an

778
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator crazy. They would rather see stand in the

779
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,240
Speaker 1: pocket a beat longer, find somebody, or throw it away

780
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 1: or just duck your head and get three parts. And

781
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: that's kind of what Jordan Thomu does. He was he

782
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 1: would take the snap, he would go through his progressions,

783
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 1: he surveys the field. If there's nothing there, he would

784
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 1: take off. But it wasn't trying to roll away from

785
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 1: a rusher. It was drop my head and move forward

786
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: and kind of stay on schedule with the offense. So

787
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,919
Speaker 1: that's kind of the efficiency that I'm talking about. Still

788
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 1: long ago, the offensive coordinator will talk about the fact

789
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,840
Speaker 1: that Tom kind of brings a little bit different style.

790
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: Longo gives a lot of freedom to two different positions,

791
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 1: to wide receivers to make breads on the fly, and

792
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks, but he kind of limits the amount of

793
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: information that quarterbacks have but gives them freedom within the

794
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 1: offense to make a decision. And then he felt like

795
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: the decisions that Tom who were making were fast. He

796
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,440
Speaker 1: was being decisive, there was no hesitation in it, and

797
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 1: then he would move on. And so the freedom within

798
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: the confines of the offensive system, I think you got

799
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: a little better execution from that with Tom Who than

800
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: maybe even can give with Shape Atterson Richard. His trip

801
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: to Houston is coming up. I'm sure everybody there in

802
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 1: the stay of Mississippi wants college football back in the

803
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 1: worst way, But it almost feels like it's sneaking up

804
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,399
Speaker 1: on us. This isn't something that Old miss has done

805
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: a lot of, and actually not a lot of schools

806
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: have done a lot of the kickoff game, especially I

807
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: don't want to say that Houston's out of the region,

808
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: so to speak, but it is a little bit. What's

809
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: the thought overall there from Old Miss fans about starting

810
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 1: the season a against a Big twelve team and then

811
00:38:54,840 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 1: be right here in Houston. There are actually some interesting

812
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 1: layers to that, John, and I don't want to think

813
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: too much of your time. The Big twelve piece of

814
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: it is cool. I think that there's something that's really

815
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: neat about starting the season against the team that is

816
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 1: not a directional school. With no disrespect of those guys,

817
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: we've got to have all shapes and sizes of the

818
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: football all over the country and all the visions they

819
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,399
Speaker 1: get it. So when you play another Power five team

820
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: in Week one, there's something that just kind of gets

821
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 1: the juices going a little bit more. And Alness has

822
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: actually done some of that in recent years. A couple

823
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,879
Speaker 1: of years ago, they played Florida State in Orlando. They

824
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: played Boise State in Atlanta one year, and you know,

825
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 1: so you've had some of that where Oldness has has

826
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 1: jumped out at one of these neutral site games. I

827
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,319
Speaker 1: think people are excited about an energy stadium that it's

828
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: going to be a really cool environment that if you're

829
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 1: going to Houston, Texas in August or early September, you

830
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 1: probably want to roof over the head. So people are

831
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: excited about that. And then the other thing interesting thing

832
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: about Texas. You're right, it is a little bit out

833
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: of the region, but Old Miss has got a ton

834
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 1: of kids from the state of Texas. Not not tilling

835
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: football players, just students that are in school there, whether

836
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,280
Speaker 1: it's Houston or Dallas or other parts of the state,

837
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: and so there's a pretty big footprint. Obviously, it's important

838
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 1: for Old Miss to be able to recruit some in

839
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: the state of Texas, especially with skill position players and

840
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,960
Speaker 1: offensive lineman. They've had some success in those areas and

841
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: so I think for all those reasons it's it's going

842
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,760
Speaker 1: to be a lot of fun. Now, the other side

843
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:39,399
Speaker 1: of that is it is a longer trip. I think

844
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 1: that affects fans and just being completely candid with you,

845
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: there's excitement about this season, but there's some trepidation too

846
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: because Old Miss fans steal this The weight of the

847
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,840
Speaker 1: NCAA investigation has finally been lifted and back to the past,

848
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: but man, it took its toll on people five years.

849
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 1: Kind of a constant beat down on that and for

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Speaker 1: home games are down a little bit as well. You know,

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Speaker 1: I feel like in this last week there will be

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Speaker 1: both football sea here. That's not that bad of a trip.

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Speaker 1: They'll either jump in the car or you know, jump

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Speaker 1: on try and find a cheap airplane ticket and get

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Speaker 1: down there and uh and be there for the open

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Speaker 1: Richard Cross, he is a good friend of mine, host

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Speaker 1: of Headheaded Radio Mississippi. He is also a SEC network

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Speaker 1: game analysts and sideline analysts for the Old Miss Rebels

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Speaker 1: and they will be coming to Houston September first, Richard,

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Speaker 1: this is always a blast to talk to you, whether

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Speaker 1: I'm asking the questions or you are. I really appreciate

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Speaker 1: you time, my man. Thank you so much. All right, John,

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Speaker 1: thanks dude. Really good stuff from all of our guests today,

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Speaker 1: and I thank them profusely. True Doorty and Mark vandermir

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Speaker 1: of course, and then Bill O'Brien, Greg Mans and Ryan

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Speaker 1: Griffin and my two guests Chris Level and Richard Cross,

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Speaker 1: who cover Texas Tech and Old misrespectively, from the sidelines.

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Speaker 1: They know their teams better than anybody. You're gonna fine,

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Speaker 1: And I was asked, well, hey, how about interviewing head

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Speaker 1: coaches and yeah, head coaches, will they be you know good? Listen, Hey,

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Speaker 1: we got to head coaches on They're not They're not

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Speaker 1: gonna tell you anything. These guys will tell you everything.

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Speaker 1: And I love the fact that they were able to

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Speaker 1: talk about a couple of current Texans and Kikiqt from

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Speaker 1: Texas Tech and Martinez Ranking from Mississippi State. They were

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Speaker 1: able to give you the skinny on both. And we'll

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Speaker 1: see them for the first time in the Texans uniform

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Speaker 1: this Saturday against the LA Rams. Can't wait to see

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Speaker 1: what those two rookies add to what already has been.

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Speaker 1: There were Justin Reid and Jordan Akins and also Jordan

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Speaker 1: Thomas and Peter Kellum Baye. What do those two now

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Speaker 1: add to the fray Kiki QT and Martinez Ranking. Oh,

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Speaker 1: and I can't forget do good you for my man

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Speaker 1: fifty three from a Leaf. Taylor has done a great job.

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Speaker 1: We will see you on Saturday, remember three pm. Kick

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Speaker 1: pregame right here on sports Rada six ten at noon,

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Speaker 1: then game at three and then post game after that.

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Speaker 1: We'll take you all the way through on Saturday. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back on Texas Monday marketing myself to bring it

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Speaker 1: to break it all down from eight to ten am.

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Speaker 1: We will see you tomorrow buddy, Thank you for listening,

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Speaker 1: and go Texans.