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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome. It's Texans All Access here from the

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Speaker 1: Hunday Texans Radio studio at NRG Stadium. Mark Vandermyer with

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Speaker 1: you joined, but John McClain, the general from the Houston Chronicle. General,

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Speaker 1: welcome once again. How are you doing tonight? I'm doing great? Mark?

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Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing great because the rookies are

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Speaker 1: gonna be around. They're actually in the building right now

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Speaker 1: getting checked out. They're poking and prodding, not pre draft

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Speaker 1: poking and prodding, more like giving physicals and making sure

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Speaker 1: they're officially Texans. And I'm not talking the draft choices,

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Speaker 1: the undrafted free agent guys. They have a bunch of

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Speaker 1: tryout guys that are gonna be here tomorrow, and it's

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Speaker 1: kind of exciting. I mean here it is. It's not

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Speaker 1: full squad OTAs full offseason practice that we'll see, but

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Speaker 1: we'll see the rookies in action. I do like this

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Speaker 1: part eight. Draft choice is thirteen undrafted free agents, sixteen

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Speaker 1: tryout undrafted free agents in players who did not appear

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Speaker 1: in enough games to get in a crude season last year.

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Speaker 1: So that's probably gonna be somewhere close to forty and

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad they got rid of that Pac twelve

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Speaker 1: rule that kept the Pac twelve players from participating the

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Speaker 1: off season program because their class hadn't graduated, and now

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Speaker 1: because they were on the trimesters. So now you need

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Speaker 1: to accommodate a guy if he wants to go back

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Speaker 1: and graduate during the program, and they will. But this

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Speaker 1: means the two Stanford players, guys that have a chance

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Speaker 1: to make a contribution, especially Justin Reid, can come in

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Speaker 1: and participate in the entire offseason program. Think about Member Xaviers,

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Speaker 1: so Philo, how he was behind when he came in

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Speaker 1: and how I put him behind when he came in.

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Speaker 1: And this time is invaluable for Justin Reid, who is

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Speaker 1: someone if he doesn't start, he'll play a lot, and

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Speaker 1: so it's a it's a great time for him. I

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Speaker 1: see what. Let me ask you what you think about this? Yea.

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Speaker 1: I wrote a thing this week about the best best

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Speaker 1: way to getting Bill O'Brien's dog house come in out

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Speaker 1: of shape. But I was listening to a national show

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Speaker 1: and reading that a lot of them won't be in

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Speaker 1: shape because what they've been doing is cris crossing the country,

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Speaker 1: visiting with different teams, and it's hard to work out

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Speaker 1: when you're getting on a plane one day and going

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Speaker 1: to an interview. So teams now are being much easier

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Speaker 1: in the rookie mini camp walk throughs, no full speeds.

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Speaker 1: Last year, I think Miami it was all mental, no

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Speaker 1: physical at all. But what do you think about that? Well?

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Speaker 1: I think it makes some sense here, John, because I

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Speaker 1: look at what the other players have been going through

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Speaker 1: since they got back here, what was in April sixteenth,

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Speaker 1: and they've been going through a rigorous offseason conditioning program.

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Speaker 1: Luke Richardson overseeing the whole thing, and there's no way

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Speaker 1: these players could possibly be in the same kind of

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Speaker 1: shape that these veterans are. Not that you're expecting that anyway,

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Speaker 1: but there's no way they could be anywhere close to

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Speaker 1: that because the vets come back. You know, it's kind

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Speaker 1: of like what training camp has become. Anyway, They're not

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Speaker 1: going to show up the first day offseason conditioning totally

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Speaker 1: out of shape. I mean, some guys might be more

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Speaker 1: in shape than others, but think about what they've got

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Speaker 1: through the last several weeks. Then these rookies come in

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Speaker 1: and as you said, there's no way they haven't been

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Speaker 1: in that supervised workout program. They've been working out here

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Speaker 1: and there, so I think it's good to have a

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Speaker 1: ramping up process. I mean, in some ways they'll hit

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Speaker 1: him over the head figuratively speaking with you all the

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Speaker 1: onboarding stuff of the NFL and and you're you're not

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Speaker 1: in college anymore, Sonny and whatever they do to paint

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Speaker 1: that picture for them or demonstrated personally. But I think

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Speaker 1: it's good that they don't just kill them on the

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Speaker 1: first few days. I remember last year was after the

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Speaker 1: rookie minicamp. I was talking to O'Brien and he said, Watson,

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Speaker 1: he picks things up fast, and he remembers, yeah, and

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Speaker 1: he was impressed, right, And as he got through the

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Speaker 1: offseason program he was saying it, and then of course

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Speaker 1: in camp he was saying it. And it so much

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Speaker 1: of it is mental. You know, you can't know if

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Speaker 1: the coaches find out you can't teach every player the

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Speaker 1: same way because some can't comprehend others do. Think about

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Speaker 1: a player comes in, he's never had a playbook, and

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Speaker 1: now he comes in he's got an iPad to learn.

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Speaker 1: In some plays, I'm not sure here, but some teams

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Speaker 1: have plays that are like twelve or fifteen words, and

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Speaker 1: they're lost after two and totally different from whatever they

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Speaker 1: away about what we're about to see. Because you mentioned

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Speaker 1: some forty odd players or whatever. That's a full squad, really,

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Speaker 1: of dazzles me in a way. They have classroom work.

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Speaker 1: They go out there and they can look pretty darn proficient,

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Speaker 1: have out there tomorrow. What they're gonna have out there

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Speaker 1: tomorrow is far from, say, what the Texans had here

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Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen. Remember when Case Keenham came in that

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Speaker 1: second year and looked so good in that rookie camp,

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Speaker 1: and I think they had like forty five guys out

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Speaker 1: everybody on the same page. They're not gonna have that

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Speaker 1: kind of luxury here, but they're gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: do some things and get a good look at these

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Speaker 1: guys and you know, assimilate them as quickly as possible.

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Speaker 1: I have a column in the Chronicle tomorrow about saying

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Speaker 1: that these undrafted guys are in the right spot. They

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Speaker 1: signed with the right team because of the history. And

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Speaker 1: I figured out and I'm gonna stall here till I

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Speaker 1: look this up, because I think it's really some really

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Speaker 1: good stats that how many rookies were on the undrafted

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Speaker 1: rookies were on the team, how many started? Do you

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Speaker 1: know which one started the most? Last year? Yep, Dylan

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Speaker 1: Cole might not have started the bus he started one game. Undrafted,

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Speaker 1: undrafted m started the most. And I'm not talking about rookies.

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Speaker 1: Joel Heath started a bunch. He started the most. Greg

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Speaker 1: Matt started, He was tied for a second with Heat

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Speaker 1: was amazing to me. How meant now? A lot of

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Speaker 1: it was because of injuries, of course, that a lot

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Speaker 1: went to the Chiefs, he took over and he had

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Speaker 1: let's see thirteen almost fourteen hundred yards rushing and he

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Speaker 1: that undrafted free agent in two thousand and nine who

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Speaker 1: had an injury plagued, controversial, disappointing senior year at the

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Speaker 1: University Tennessee and was on the practice squad until cut

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Speaker 1: added to the active rosters a special teams player, and

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Speaker 1: then of course the rest is history. That Arian Foster.

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Speaker 1: What about who had one start his rookie year that

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Speaker 1: corner c H E R E? I can't remember? Chick?

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Speaker 1: How do you pronounced it? But could he be a

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Speaker 1: up about? Besides Terry Swanson's Davin Bellamy from Georgia played

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Speaker 1: Georgia would not have accomplished what it did without contributions

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Speaker 1: from Davin Bellamy taught him about it. Like his Manil

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Speaker 1: call Way, he plays the game. And I asked my

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Speaker 1: talk show host yesterday in Knoxville, about him, and they

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Speaker 1: raved about him, and so he's being moved out sidelinebacker.

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Speaker 1: And could he end up like Brennan Scarlett, Could he

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Speaker 1: end up like Dylan Cole, Brian Brayman. Brian just played

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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, Yeah, Philadelphia and in the league

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Speaker 1: for a while now. The Texans have had a lot

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Speaker 1: of success with undrafted free agents. And they're with a

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Speaker 1: new general manager. You know, there's gonna be turnover so

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Speaker 1: these guys and there's only thirteen compared to twenty something usually,

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Speaker 1: seeing them for the first time here John. Earlier this week,

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Speaker 1: the Texans had their charity golf classic for the Houston

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Speaker 1: Texans Foundation, and JJ Watt, among others, spoke to the media. Watt,

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Speaker 1: we haven't seen him playing football yet, but we did

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Speaker 1: see him swing a golf club. We will not see

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Speaker 1: him swing out baseball back because he's not having the

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Speaker 1: charity softball game this year. But what did you make

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Speaker 1: of some of the things Watt had to say earlier

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Speaker 1: this week? JJ has been saying the same stuff all along.

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Speaker 1: He said it before when the program offseason started that

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Speaker 1: he feels great, but until he gets on the field,

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Speaker 1: you know, it doesn't matter what he says. Right. This

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Speaker 1: is what that is encouraging, is that when I talked

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Speaker 1: he said, this guy's coming off a major injury, what

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Speaker 1: do you think it was? You wouldn't have a clue

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Speaker 1: from looking at him because he looks like he did

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Speaker 1: before he got hurt running these drills, and these are

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Speaker 1: drills where he's got to bend, he's got a flex,

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Speaker 1: he's got to cut, he's got to go backward forward, sideways,

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Speaker 1: and he's got another three months to get ready. Really,

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Speaker 1: if you count regular season, he's got another four months.

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Speaker 1: So when he comes back, I fully expect Jade to

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Speaker 1: saw a video of him doing that, Yeah, and I

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Speaker 1: couldn't tell he couldn't tell him any different then than

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Speaker 1: he was when he was healthy. He is pumped mentally

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Speaker 1: This is all you got right now, and student up.

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Speaker 1: We'll see him out there for OTAs. We'll see what

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Speaker 1: injury like he did, usually you don't care seeing him

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Speaker 1: in drills like that, but when you're coming off a

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Speaker 1: broken leg, you do. And Mike Meltzer was talking on

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Speaker 1: six ten this week. He's still worried about what's back

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Speaker 1: and I said he ain't had an issue with his

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Speaker 1: back in a year. I heard that, Yeah, a couple

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Speaker 1: of years, you know. I guess you're always worried about

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Speaker 1: your back if you've once upon a time had back problems.

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Speaker 1: But that wasn't an issue last year for him. It

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Speaker 1: was other stuff. And so I'm really fired up now

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Speaker 1: about what I was skeptical before, just because of the

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Speaker 1: nature of the injury. But I'm pumped thinking about him

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Speaker 1: and Clowney and Merciless and McKinney and Matthew and I

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Speaker 1: think Garon Colwan's going to do really well, whether he's

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Speaker 1: especially if he's covering slot receivers because he's one of

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Speaker 1: the best in the league. And then Justin Reid. Everybody's

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Speaker 1: gonna be pumped about Justin Reid. This defense has a

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Speaker 1: that it's safe to say that. You know, people might

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Speaker 1: agree here. If those three pass rushers are healthy and

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Speaker 1: everybody on the back end that you've added, my goodness,

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Speaker 1: you know Jonathan Joseph healthy, it's you put all that together.

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Speaker 1: They should be a great defense. Linebacking, they should be

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Speaker 1: There was an article written by Gil Brandt on NFL

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Speaker 1: He should be in the booth with Destour and Witt

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Speaker 1: and and being part Why not. McFarland's got a great personality,

427
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Speaker 1: he's he's he's smart, he's experienced, he's funny. Yeah him.

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Speaker 1: Don't let him be in the end zone and be

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Speaker 1: a buffoon like Sarah goosel Let him sit up in

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Speaker 1: the booth and it won't surprise me at all if

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Speaker 1: that thing didn't fail and they move him into the booth.

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Speaker 1: By the way, Miami comes in here, right, what we

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Speaker 1: hope for last year was when Cleveland came in here

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Speaker 1: that maybe the Broster would be playing at Energy Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Didn't wok out because he got cut. Now he's in Miami, right,

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Speaker 1: wouldn't it be something if Tannehill it wouldn't be as

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Speaker 1: good as last year because it was it was, you know,

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Speaker 1: still so hot as like coming out of the oven,

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Speaker 1: but still having Brock play here against Texas, wouldn't you

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Speaker 1: like to see? Well? I was joking earlier that Brock's

441
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Speaker 1: life enhancement coach might just block his number that week

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Speaker 1: because he's going to get a lot of action. I

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Speaker 1: mean that talk about that. I've heard you talk about

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Speaker 1: that life enhancement well the Brock talks about it at

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Speaker 1: the at the podium, and I thought, what are you

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Speaker 1: doing talking about this? I'm not saying don't have one.

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Speaker 1: Great If you want a life enhancement coach, great, more

448
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Speaker 1: power to you. I think it's a great idea, I

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Speaker 1: really do. But why bring it up in a press conference?

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Speaker 1: My life enhancement coach said, really, you're I do not, Actually, John,

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Speaker 1: maybe I should get one though, maybe about it? M Well, look,

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, I don't know. It was probably through Charlie

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Speaker 1: Epps that I found out that Chris Brown, the former

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Speaker 1: Texans kicker, was working with Bob Rotella, who is a

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Speaker 1: great golf psychologist, sports psychologist really, and Rotella worked with

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Speaker 1: Patrick Harrington, and Harrington won three majors after he worked

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Speaker 1: with him. I mean, he completely changed his game. Maybe

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Speaker 1: Harrington stopped calling him because he fell off the face

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Speaker 1: of the earth in the golf world. And Chris Brown

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Speaker 1: actually did too, because in two thousand and nine he

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Speaker 1: just completely imploded, not completely, well, he really did. He

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Speaker 1: completely The NFL kicker version of completely imploded. Yes he did.

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Speaker 1: He missed two kicks at the buzzer. Then he ended

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Speaker 1: up missing an extra point that wide left man blew

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Speaker 1: it all. Well, there was one that he missed here

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Speaker 1: when they played the Patriots at regular season finale, you

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Speaker 1: oh nine, he missed an extra point. He just felt

468
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Speaker 1: like this is the end. They brought him back in

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Speaker 1: camp or was it the offseason with Neil Rackers, and

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Speaker 1: Rackers won the job, and I thought, if Rockers does

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Speaker 1: anything positive here, he's winning that job. But what about

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Speaker 1: Joe Tessatore going from college play by play to this

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Speaker 1: It's he'll be capable. He's really good. He's smart. Like

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Speaker 1: I said, I'm surprised that they removed him from college

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Speaker 1: to do the NFL because I thought he was a

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Speaker 1: great asset for them in their college broadcasting world. Too

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Speaker 1: good an asset to push to the NFL. I really did.

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Speaker 1: I thought he was so appropriate for that world, all

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Speaker 1: this Heisman stuff, all his knowledge of the game, and

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Speaker 1: now you're gonna bring him to the NFL. It's just

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Speaker 1: kind of weird. I just think it's gonna be tougher

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Speaker 1: when you're trying to incorporate a guy on the field

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Speaker 1: as well as the sideline reporter Lisa Salter, who's tremendous

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Speaker 1: and McFarland will be. I just don't like that setup.

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Speaker 1: All right, Nashville reportedly in the running to get the

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Speaker 1: draft going next year, So going to get it? Are

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Speaker 1: they gonna get well, never mind if they're going to

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Speaker 1: let's just assume, let's just try this this outfit on

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Speaker 1: Nashville as a draft city. Of your thoughts. I think

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Speaker 1: it's a great place to go. Why not to be

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Speaker 1: tremendous plays, big party town. They'll they'll shut down Broadway

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Speaker 1: the way they've done with the Predators, in which they

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Speaker 1: have thousands and thousands of fans show up there, and

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Speaker 1: then all along Broadway you have bars and restaurants that

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Speaker 1: are open where you can get beer and food. And

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Speaker 1: how they handle playoff hockey though, because that's not scheduled,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, they'll have to keep the

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Speaker 1: Predators out of town. And the arena's right there is

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Speaker 1: the middle of everything. Yep, you're right. Well, I don't

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Speaker 1: I'm sure they've thought of this. Well, I guess they

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Speaker 1: have the other one that's the main contender. They call

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Speaker 1: it Canton Cleveland. Why does Cleveland need to be involved

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Speaker 1: because it's close to Canton. Canton should have everything itself.

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Speaker 1: And I think Houston will be in the running after

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Speaker 1: those two. If Nashville gets the next, in which it will,

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Speaker 1: then then they'll go to Canton slash Cleveland, and then

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Speaker 1: I think, well, hang out, Houston will be in a running.

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Speaker 1: Where do they do They do it in Canton or Cleveland,

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Speaker 1: or they'll do it in Canton. But for some reason,

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Speaker 1: they feel like they've got to include Cleveland in there,

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Speaker 1: which is ridiculous because of what the Hall of Fame

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Speaker 1: is doing in Canton, adding a hotel on the premises,

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Speaker 1: a convention center on the premises, and a football stadium

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Speaker 1: right next door. They'll see twenty thousand. So it's not

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Speaker 1: set up because it's not a big city to handle it.

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Speaker 1: But Cleveland would have to shut down streets downtown around

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Speaker 1: the football stadium in the Rock and Roll Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame and do a party there or something that. But

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Speaker 1: I just I still think it should be Canton, and

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Speaker 1: if Cleveland wants to host it sometime, more power to Cleveland,

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Speaker 1: but this should be Canton's baby. How far is the

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Speaker 1: drive from Cleveland to Canton. I can tell you from

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Speaker 1: the airport in Marriott, because that's where I stay all

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Speaker 1: the time, and it's ten minutes from downtown. Takes me

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Speaker 1: about an hour and fifteen minutes. That's a long drive

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Speaker 1: relatively here. Because I thought maybe people could stay in Cleveland,

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Speaker 1: they could stay. Acron's closer, right, it would be great there.

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Speaker 1: They'd have to stay in Cleveland and Akron. Like when

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Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame induction weekend, the PGA started putting

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Speaker 1: the firestone that weekend and the Hall of Fame ask

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Speaker 1: him please put it on that weekend. So people stay

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Speaker 1: in Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Amish Country, anywhere they can get

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Speaker 1: a hotel room on induction weekend. So when I was

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Speaker 1: doing Central Michigan games in the Mid American Conference, we'd

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Speaker 1: go play Acron at the old Rubber Bowl, Okay, which

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Speaker 1: is a legendary play. It's still there. It's just been upgraded.

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Speaker 1: They upgraded it. That's their current reason. I know is

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Speaker 1: I went to do a Johnny Manziel preseason game when

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Speaker 1: I was in Canton for the induction. I went up

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Speaker 1: there where they have an annual Brown's Day, and it

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Speaker 1: was packed with fans wearing Manziel Jerseys. They were so

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Speaker 1: pumped about the Johnny football era, right, and it lasted

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Speaker 1: so long. The uh not e ra a. The Soapbox

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Speaker 1: Derby is right behind the Rubber Bowl. And this is

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Speaker 1: a legendary place too, the Soapbox Derby. John you haven't

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Speaker 1: lived until you've seen this stuff. Anybody's no, But I

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Speaker 1: just I took note of it because I thought it

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Speaker 1: was a great slice of Americana right there at the

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Speaker 1: Rubber Bowl, with the fire firestone stuff going on in

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Speaker 1: the Soapbox Derby. And look, anybody's been in boy Scouts

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00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: knows what that's all about, you know, the soapbox stuff. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: it was kind of cool. But Canton, to me, is

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00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: too far from Cleveland to call it Canton Cleveland. And

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Speaker 1: there's not enough places to stay in Canton, so you

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Speaker 1: have to find hotels, motels, whatever around the area. Nashville,

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Speaker 1: it'll be interesting. I hope Houston gets it. When I

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Speaker 1: read the teaser on one story and said AFC South City,

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Speaker 1: I was thinking, maybe it's Indianapolis, but it doesn't make

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Speaker 1: sense now in Indy would be a good place to

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Speaker 1: Indy did a great job on the Super Bowl. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna get the Draft at some point, because we've done

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Speaker 1: a great job on the Super Bowl, the Final Four.

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Speaker 1: Everybody's happy with all the events that are hosted here,

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Speaker 1: so it's just a matter of time because Nashville has

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Speaker 1: never been able to host anything other than playoff games.

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Speaker 1: I'm happy that they gave it to him, Amy Adam Strunk,

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Speaker 1: the Titans owner. She worked hard behind the scenes to

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Speaker 1: help a lobby to help get it there, and I'm

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Speaker 1: happy for him. I think it'll be tremendous. I'm kind

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Speaker 1: of surprised they didn't give that. They don't give up

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Speaker 1: one that's a big success like Dallas two years in

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Speaker 1: a row, like they did Chicago. They got one. They're

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Speaker 1: rotating and now every year. But remember Chicago got two

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Speaker 1: and everybody said that it was It was great in

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Speaker 1: Arlington and at and T Stadium. Of course, it was

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Speaker 1: great in Philadelphia too, but they like moving it though

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Speaker 1: it's such a nice event. They'll never go back to

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Speaker 1: New York. I love. I went to New York probably

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Speaker 1: twelve fifteen times, and I never forget the last time

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Speaker 1: I stayed at a residence in downtown so I could

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Speaker 1: walk four and fifty four and seventy eight dollars a night,

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Speaker 1: but four taxes, which put it up like oh for

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Speaker 1: a residence in so I could walk and I thought

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Speaker 1: they didn't cut any slack on anybody, but come there

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Speaker 1: because they don't care. The other cities will do whatever

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Speaker 1: the league wants to get the drafted. New York is

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Speaker 1: the one town where an event like that gets swallowed

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Speaker 1: up by the city. You might not even know it's there.

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Speaker 1: I did the last Final Four. Maybe I don't know

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Speaker 1: if it's the last one, but I did a Final

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Speaker 1: Four in nineteen ninety six in New York and you

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Speaker 1: wouldn't even know the Final Four was going on. And

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Speaker 1: the games were actually played across the river in New Jersey,

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Speaker 1: but all the Final Four stuff was in the Big Apple.

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Speaker 1: But it's just it's swallows events up. So I think

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Speaker 1: other cities do treated a lot. I thought it was

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Speaker 1: funny to see the guys from the Black Hall walking

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Speaker 1: around with their skulls on their shoulders and painted in Manhattan,

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Speaker 1: people not paying any attention to them at all. It's

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Speaker 1: New York, a lot of weirdos, especially in Times Square.

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Speaker 1: My gosh, don't get me started. General, what do you

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Speaker 1: have going out on the role? I have a column

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Speaker 1: Friday on about undrafted free agents being in the right

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Speaker 1: space and who might turn out like Garon Foster and

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Speaker 1: A J. Boyer and Dylan Cole and Brian Brayman and

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Speaker 1: Steven Anderson and all of them, and then Aaron Wilson

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Speaker 1: and I We have stories. Texas Sports Nation our new

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Speaker 1: digital destination. Check it out. We're writing for Texas Sports

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Speaker 1: Nation almost every day. Thank you, John, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: Mark there he is the General John McClain. Now coming

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Speaker 1: up on the show Patty Smith of the Harris County

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Speaker 1: Houston Sports Authority. They just had the Sports Awards a

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Speaker 1: few months ago, the initial Hall of Fame classes in

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Speaker 1: Who's next? Who should be next in that Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame for the Harris County Houston Sports Authority, will discuss that,

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Speaker 1: among other things. I'm Texans Radio in studio, the Hunday

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio Studio here at NRG Stadium, Mark Van Jermer

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Speaker 1: with you, joined now by Patty Smith from the Harris

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Speaker 1: County Houston Sports Authority. Now, and I'm getting used to

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Speaker 1: saying that, which is kind of eared to me to

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Speaker 1: get used to saying that. But it's great because look,

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Speaker 1: you had the Houston Sports Awards. You're a big celebrity

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Speaker 1: now in a different way. You've always been a media celebrity,

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Speaker 1: and now you're kind of this all everything celebrity. Well,

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Speaker 1: the fact that you can now say Harris County Houston

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Speaker 1: Sports Authority and it rolls off your tongue so smoothly

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Speaker 1: as opposed to when it did the first time I

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Speaker 1: came on here as a member of the Harris County

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Speaker 1: Houston Sports Authority. Prove that I'm doing my job. Yes,

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Speaker 1: you are doing your job, yes, because you are definitely

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Speaker 1: spreading the word the good cheer. You have so many

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Speaker 1: different events. So earlier today there's a tweet from Mark Berman,

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Speaker 1: our good friend Mark Berman, who announced something or he

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Speaker 1: leaked something. He said something about the Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 1: Tell me what's going on. Well, yes, of course that

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Speaker 1: is no secret. We announced to the Houston Sports Hall

637
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: of Fame that at our Houston Sports Awards showback in February,

638
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: which we're awesome, which was totally awesome, and we can

639
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: talk all about that if you want. But we announced

640
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 1: the inception of the Sports Hall of Fame, and we're

641
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: doing it, of course in phases, and phase one being

642
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: the Walk of Fame. This is at Green Street downtown,

643
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 1: which is there. We're House of Blues and at and

644
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: T Sports and that is and anyway. Phase one is

645
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: a Walk of Fame, not unlike that in Hollywood, and

646
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 1: our inaugural inductees, Hakim Nolan and Earl the three thirty

647
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 1: fours who we honored that night. We are unveiling that

648
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,240
Speaker 1: walk on June fourth, and that's what you saw Mark

649
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: Burman tweet about. So it's a walk of fame. They

650
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: get something in the sidewalk. Yeah, well, what we're gonna do.

651
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 1: It'll start with a private ceremony where they receive their

652
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame rings. Diamond Cutters International made these beautiful,

653
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: beautiful diamond rings for them as Hall of Fame inductees,

654
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 1: will present them with those, and then we'll walk outside

655
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: to the kind of the sidewalk. If you're familiar with

656
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,239
Speaker 1: Green Street, it's kind of a promenade that goes all

657
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: the way from House of Blues there to Hotel Alessandra

658
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: at the other end. So they have in partnership with Midway,

659
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: who owns Green Street. They've donated the space for us

660
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: and these plaques, so to speak, they're like three feet

661
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 1: by three feet with the star and their name. And

662
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: I can't give away all the secrets, but they will

663
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,439
Speaker 1: be inlaid into the sidewalk throughout Green Street for years

664
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: to come. Now, what about Okay, so this is going

665
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,320
Speaker 1: to have a June fourth, June fourth, at three o'clock

666
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: in the afternoon. The public is welcome to come for

667
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: the outside portion. You know, probably not untill about three

668
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,919
Speaker 1: thirty or so, but yeah, it should be really really cool.

669
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 1: So the thirty four to the inaugural class. Correct, Now,

670
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: who's next? And when do we determine that? Well, I

671
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: can't reveal just yet. Now do I get to pick

672
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: who's next? Personally? Well, there is a selection committee, of course,

673
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: a selection committee members of the media. You are, you know,

674
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:41,919
Speaker 1: considered members of media. Yeah, you can have a vote.

675
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: I can have a vote. Your boy John McClean is

676
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: our fearless leader. Iget about it. He's going to dominate. Then, Yeah,

677
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: I control all hall of fames everywhere. I've had debates

678
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: with him on who gets into rock and roll Hall

679
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,839
Speaker 1: of Fame. All right, well it's because you're lobbing for yourself. Now,

680
00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 1: I've been to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

681
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: with me that's right. We have a picture outside and

682
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 1: you do snow angels outside of the Rock and Hall

683
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: of Fame. That was outside of the hotel. Oh outside,

684
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 1: I think you did do snow angels. Also. I think

685
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 1: I can get it right. Yes, I think we can

686
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 1: get Gray More to confirm this. Yes, probably on video. Yeah,

687
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: you've done snow angels multiple places in this country. Ironic

688
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,560
Speaker 1: because I don't like snow and photo documentation of such.

689
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 1: But yeah, I don't want to get into the Rock

690
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,399
Speaker 1: and Hall of Fame because I always disagree with them

691
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: about a lot of things. But I will agree with

692
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: you that the thirty Fours are wonderful and I think that,

693
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 1: I mean, for the next it's interesting you have a

694
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: sports Hall of Fame in Houston for the next twenty years.

695
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: It's going to be a luxury problem. You have so

696
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,399
Speaker 1: many people to choose, so many Okay, you tell me

697
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: if it's if you're who do you in duct next year?

698
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 1: I think the first class of the thirty Fours was

699
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 1: I don't want to say easy, but it's obvious. I

700
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: like to say brilliant. Yeah, I think it is brilliant. Patty.

701
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 1: I mean you could have said, Okay, who are the

702
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 1: four fathers of Houston sports, but those are the amount

703
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: rushmore guys, you know. So I think that that was

704
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: a great choice. I think who goes second is very

705
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,399
Speaker 1: tough though. It's you know, you already have a keym

706
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 1: in well, plus it's you know, that was the first

707
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 1: year of sports Awards, so this is a you know,

708
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: how do you top that? Is the question? I keep. Well,

709
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: that that's gonna be interesting because you had everybody there.

710
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: I mean so many people who were there. Every time

711
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: you turned around, It's like, oh, there's Roger Clements and

712
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, George Foreman and my gosh, everywhere

713
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 1: you looked there was a major Houston iconic sports figure.

714
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 1: So yeah, whose second is going to be very difficult.

715
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: It's almost it's more difficult than who's first. Oh absolutely,

716
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 1: So it does does make it tough. Well, you know,

717
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 1: when you look at what are the great moments in

718
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: Houston sports history and you go to the last thirty

719
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: forty years, you know, bum Phillips, who's no longer with us,

720
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: you know, has to get into the Houston Sports Hall

721
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: of Fame at some point. All right, So you have

722
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 1: all these people who are gonna get in at some point,

723
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: like Roger Clements, it's gonna get in at some point.

724
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 1: I mean, you have all these oilers who are gonna

725
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: get in at some point. You already have Earl Campbell,

726
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 1: and it's it's very good. You've got bad. I mean,

727
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: I forget about the Astros. You've got Aj Foytt, Mary

728
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: lou Retton, the astros who just won the World Series

729
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 1: are gonna get in out all of them, but a

730
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: lot of them, some of them at least are going

731
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 1: to get in at some point. It's too early for them.

732
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: Obviously they're still playing right now. But you've got a

733
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 1: lot to choose from here. And when I go back

734
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,360
Speaker 1: to Jim Nanson the thirty eight Houston Sports Legends for

735
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,479
Speaker 1: Super Bowl thirty eight, and he had the big event

736
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: over at the arena here at in RG Park that

737
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: was wonderful. Everybody on that list is going to get

738
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: in at some point. Everybody. You know, my buddy Andrea Ware,

739
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: he's gonna get in at some point. I'm not saying

740
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 1: he goes in second, you know, the second class, but

741
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: good luck with this. This is going to be tough.

742
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: Depends on nice to me year after year. I know,

743
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: I just put Andrea in the Hall of Fame like

744
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 1: another one, because he's already in the college Football Hall

745
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,840
Speaker 1: of Yeah. Yeah, not too many people have their number

746
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: etched on a football field somewhere either. That is phenomenal

747
00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: that it's got. Every time I go there, I see that.

748
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: That's cool. That is such a great way to be

749
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,879
Speaker 1: honored on the field. On the field, for those who

750
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: don't know, the University of Houston on the eleven yard land,

751
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: they have a little number eleven for Andre Ware. That's

752
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: a great way to be honored. My goodness, terrific. Okay, Now,

753
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: other stuff going on with the Harris County Houston Sports Authority.

754
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: I know that you guys are always busy doing something.

755
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,839
Speaker 1: We are. We have a lot of things going on.

756
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 1: I mean, one big thing we have going is the

757
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,800
Speaker 1: USA rugby versus Scotland match that's coming up at BBVA

758
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: Compass on June sixteenth. I mean, you guys have been

759
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: airing their commercials. Yes, they might have heard something during

760
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: this particular program. Yes, bagpipes are calling and kilts are

761
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 1: falling something to that effect. Yeah, because yeah, what is

762
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,359
Speaker 1: the kilts are falling? Because aren't they on I just

763
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: wrote it. It just had such a good little ring

764
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: to it. And Ryan that was like, I love that.

765
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: What does that mean? I don't know, Like the little

766
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 1: safety pin come off the kilts because the USA is

767
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 1: going to and their kilts are going to fall off. Well,

768
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,399
Speaker 1: we don't want to see them. It does just fall

769
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 1: down whatever they're not gonna. Rugby's one of those poetic

770
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 1: justice things I liked. I liked you know why that copy?

771
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: I like this. It makes people think when they hear it.

772
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: So that's good work by you if you're but anyway, yeah,

773
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: you understand the rules to rugby by the way? Um not? No, No,

774
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: I watch it and I know they scrum. They scrum,

775
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 1: they scrum, they carry the ball like it's a football

776
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: a little bit. It's bizarre. It's kind of like this

777
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 1: looks dangerous flated white football, but it looks fun, I mean,

778
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: not fun to play, but fun to watch. No, did

779
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,359
Speaker 1: we not? Did you not see that Friends episode where

780
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 1: they all went out there and played rugby and no

781
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,319
Speaker 1: one could walk forever? Oh? Yeah? Yeah? No? Well so

782
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,800
Speaker 1: rough like the NFL, there was a left tackle draft.

783
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 1: It was a big Tom rugby player and I was

784
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 1: watching highlights of his work and I thought this guy's

785
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 1: gonna say, I got to wear a helmet, you know,

786
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: like you know, he's got to wear a uniform. He's

787
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: gonna think this is a whimpy sport compared to what

788
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,839
Speaker 1: rugby is. They're they're tough guys. It's very tough. Yeah, yeah,

789
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: but anyway, USA versus scott USA versus Scotland. It's on

790
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: the sixteenth, and really the cool part about it is

791
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: it's for the first time it's been declared ALS Day

792
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 1: and um the we've teamed up with UM Houston Methodist

793
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 1: on this and people, you know, a lot of the

794
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:19,800
Speaker 1: proceeds are to help fund research for ALS, and we're

795
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: also it's a you know, from sales of tickets, it's

796
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: also allowing people with ALS, which you know, as you know,

797
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,320
Speaker 1: you know, Luke Garrick's disease also considered the nice guy's disease.

798
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:34,439
Speaker 1: He's these people that get that get LS always seem

799
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: to be the nicest people in the world, and you know,

800
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 1: they just really go through some struggles. So this is

801
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 1: going to allow some ALS patients to go to the

802
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: game as well. And um there's a Scottish player, a

803
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: former Scottish player who battles als, and that's kind of

804
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 1: how this all came about. So a very cool event,

805
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 1: plenty of tickets available, very reasonable and for a good cause. Right, Well,

806
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 1: you're always busy doing something that's June sixteenth. That's June sixteenth, yep.

807
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,879
Speaker 1: And that's after OTAs for the Texans and Mini Camp.

808
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 1: So it fits into my personal schedule and I know

809
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: you were very concerned about that that. I mean, I

810
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: have the Hall of Fame thing on the fourth, which

811
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: is the day before OTAs, and this at the tail end,

812
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,799
Speaker 1: so I'm just bookending your schedule. Market. Yes, you're you're

813
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 1: doing very well with this, and I know you're gonna

814
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:17,879
Speaker 1: have a bunch of stuff in the fall, and then

815
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: before you know it, it's gonna be time for another

816
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame class in Houston Sports. Oh my gosh,

817
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: I already like I feel like I'm seven eight months

818
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: away behind the eight ball. I mean, I've got so

819
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: many things to plan. And when did you start the

820
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: brainstorming or planning for the Houston Sports Awards last year?

821
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 1: A year and a half prior a year and a

822
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: half prunorbody year and a half to put it together,

823
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: Because that kind of and that makes a lot of sense.

824
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: In fact, that sounds pretty quick. People have difficulty putting

825
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 1: together weddings in that amount of time. Never minded a

826
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: show like that. Yeah, no doubt it was. It was

827
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: ambitious and you know, with help from all my friends

828
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,360
Speaker 1: like you, guys, I mean to have every single host,

829
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: every team announcer in Houston to host that show. Everyone's like,

830
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: who's your host's our production company, Well, who's going to

831
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 1: host it? I'm like, well, I've got ten of them.

832
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: And they about like blue against it. They're thinking audio

833
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: and light issues and all was like, yeah we can

834
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: and so yeah, I was pretty ambitious, but do they

835
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 1: know who they're working with? No idea? Patty's like, you

836
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 1: will do this? No, I meant you guys, compell, I

837
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: mean to have that many moving parts, but you know

838
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: you're all professional, you knew what to do. I mean

839
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: it actually made it easier, you know, as opposed to

840
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,240
Speaker 1: I'm seeing the whole thing. M see a part of it. Yeah,

841
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: But the other part of that is like you don't

842
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 1: want to screw up because you only get one rap

843
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 1: or two reps or whatever, you know, I mean, you

844
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: don't want those astros or rockets guys doing better than you?

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Speaker 1: Not at all. You know, if I amc the whole night,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, that introduction wasn't as good as I wanted,

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Speaker 1: but the next one will be better or that kind

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Speaker 1: of thing. Are you actually had two shots? Two shots?

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Speaker 1: You guys had two seconds. It all worked out though,

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Speaker 1: Andre and I we know we're doing okay. What's the

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Speaker 1: website where people can learn about all this stuff? Houston

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Speaker 1: sports dot org. Juston sports dot org. That's where I

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Speaker 1: said your emails too, all right, So it's the Harris

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Speaker 1: County Houston Sports Authority, Houston sports dot org. Thank you

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Speaker 1: very much, Patty. There's Patty Smith of the Harris Cutty

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Speaker 1: Houston Sports Authority that's going to do it for the

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Speaker 1: show tonight. You can listen to it on tune in later,

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Speaker 1: you can listen to it on iTunes a lot of places.

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Speaker 1: That's going to do it. GOALOT at Night is next.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Atty for producing of a great evening wherever

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Speaker 1: you are and go Texans