1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: Welcome on everybody through a Monday edition, a frozen Monday 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access. John Harris here, my pal, 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: Mark Vandimer. There we are thawing out like all of 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 1: you as we speak. Mark, good morning, good afternoon. Whatever 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: time of data is there, it's all running together. I 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: can't even tell you what time it is. It's dark. 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: I don't know how are you doing well? I can't 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: remember what date is. That's the big problem here, you know, 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: with all this this activity with the weather. Obviously, it 10 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: was a busy week for us last week with the 11 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: Houston Texans and man, it's just Johnny, it's strange to 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: be in Texas and have this happened. I mean, I'm 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: used to this kind of weather from places I've lived, 14 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: like Michigan and Massachusetts, but you know, I haven't happened 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: here to take my kids on the sleigh riding for 16 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: like a total of twelve minutes, but sleigh riding on 17 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: the golf course was definitely an experience. So hey, you 18 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: just go with it. But I know a lot of 19 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: people out there are really struggling with power issues and 20 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: other issues as well. Yeah, no doubt, and I one 21 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: of the lucky ones not dealing with the power issue. 22 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: And I know you're the same, but we know a 23 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: lot of people out there dealing with the power issues. 24 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: So and you know, hang in there. The power is 25 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: the one thing I don't know that I really could 26 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: could help out anybody out with. But I had frozen 27 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: pipe issues. I got up, I don't know, six thirty 28 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: seven o'clock this morning or whatever it was, and just instinctively, 29 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: you just go to the bathroom. You look outside, and 30 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: you know, I see like things are on in the house. 31 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, we're good, and I go to flush 32 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: the toilet and like oh. And then I thought, well, 33 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: you know, it's just yeah, there's just some you know, 34 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people having pressure issues with water. 35 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna worry about it. And then I thought, oh, 36 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: so I texted you and you're like, yeah, yeah, I 37 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: had a frozen pipe, but I fixed it. And then 38 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: I wrote back and I said, okay, well how did 39 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: you fix it? And then it was crickets. So it 40 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: was one of those like it was like it was 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: like teacher man to fish, I'm so sorry that did 42 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: that really happen? Yeah, I see, And so at that 43 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: point I was like, all right, well, I guess he's 44 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: trying to teach me like a sense a crowded kid 45 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: lesson here. So I searched. I was like, hair dryer. 46 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: So I went outside and I went to the to 47 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: the to the input valve, to the main water valve, 48 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: and I was like, you know what, I'm just gonna say, 49 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: where this and see what happens. I took the hair dryer, 50 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: kind of went up and down, up and down. My 51 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: wife came running out. She goes, hey, you gotta work in. 52 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: I was like, fantastic, you're a genius. Exactly. I will 53 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: eat fish tonight. So that's how I did. I know 54 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 1: you did it too. By the way, well, we have 55 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: this water purification system and we have pipes going into 56 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: that and pipes coming out of that, and they're kind 57 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: of wrapped up they when they put it in, they 58 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: wrapped them up in this foam stuff. But I don't 59 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: think that was very good as it turns out, and 60 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: I just, uh, I did what you shouldn't do. I poured, 61 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: you know, really boiling hot water on it, which you 62 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: know you really shouldn't do that because you can have 63 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: an instantly bad reaction. But I'm so upset. I was like, darned, 64 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: I'm just doing this and then it didn't work right away. 65 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: I thought, if it's not that, it's something else. I 66 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: you know, I just figured it out wrong. But then 67 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: twenty minutes later running water. So it's you know what 68 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: you feel like Tom Hanks in Castaway when he makes 69 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: the fire and he's like, oh huh fire, yeah, and 70 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: you feel like I have running water. You feel so 71 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: proud of yourself that you created running water. You really 72 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: didn't create it, but you unclogged it or whatever. And 73 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: it's you know, Johnny, this creates happiness. I'm telling you. 74 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: I always say stuff like this league anything that gets 75 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: you back to zero. All you're doing, he's getting back 76 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: to zero when you have running water. Right, It's like 77 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: when you lose your keys or your wallet or can't 78 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: really important that you find it. You're just back to zero. 79 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: But that can give you an immense sense of gratitude 80 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: about life. So that's cool. Yeah it is. And when 81 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: it came back on him, I was like I had 82 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: that same feeling. I was like, yeah, all right, checked 83 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: me out. I've never done that before. My pipes, we've 84 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: never had him freeze up like that, not at this 85 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: house or any other house. I will say this mark 86 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: having I live. I got here in nineteen eighty three 87 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: from Wisconsin. I was eleven years old. I remember distinctly 88 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: the ice storm of nineteen eighty nine because I was 89 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: actually driving from Rosenberg back out to Richmond, because I 90 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: actually conned my parents into letting me drive that night 91 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: to go somebody who was having a party that night. 92 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: And of course, you know you can't miss out. You 93 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: know you don't want fomo. So I go to this 94 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: party and it's a fifteen minute drive from from Pecoon Grove. 95 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: It took me an hour and fifteen minutes. And as 96 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: I was getting towards the subdivision, I started sliding down 97 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: three fifty nine. I remember that distinctly. That was nineteen 98 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: eighty nine. I don't remember it being this cold. I 99 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: don't know that I've ever experienced this kind of cold 100 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: and winchell ever in the city of Houston like this. 101 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: That's the one thing now I've experienced winch. Don't get 102 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: me wrong, Because I lived in Wisconsin, I played at 103 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: Brown I've lived up Rhode Island, all that kind of stuff. 104 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: I've never experienced it here quite like it's dead. Yeah, 105 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: oh it's Johnny. This is super duper cold. We all 106 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: know it. And look my kids love it. My littlest guy, 107 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: I think his foot is a block of ice right 108 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: now because he just would he refused to come in, 109 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 1: you know him. He's just outside creating things and building things. 110 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: And by the way, I'm really sorry I didn't respond 111 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: to your text. I just saw it. But I think 112 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 1: this occurred during the twelve minutes that I was sleigh 113 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: riding with my kids on the golf course. By the way, 114 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: I grew up near a golf course, like a public 115 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: golf course, and that's what I thought a golf course 116 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: was for, like sled riding in the winter. I didn't 117 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: know you actually put golf on that thing until later 118 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: in my life. But you know, a small hill on 119 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: a golf course could become a total it's you know, 120 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, your Franz Clamber, how's it out 121 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: for a dated reference in Houston? Try to do a 122 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: little snowball. That's really good. That's really good. And that's 123 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: the thing. When you're a kid and you grow up north, 124 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: you I don't want to say you invent things to do, 125 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: but you sort of figure things out that you're gonna 126 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: do with the snow, because I know when I was 127 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: growing up, my parents just kicked me out. They're just, 128 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: you know, go out of house, go do something. The 129 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: only time that I'll tell you this the only time 130 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: that they are ever like, nope, you you know, you 131 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: not going outside today, And it'll make sense. It's the 132 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: coldest football game in the history of the NFL. In 133 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty one. It was Chargers Bengals Cincinnati, and it 134 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 1: was that Sunday and I remember, yeah, I just I 135 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: guess was nine at the time, and I wanted to 136 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: go outside. My parents are like, nope, grab the back 137 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: of my neck, like, you're not going out today, because 138 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: we had gotten the same front up in Wisconsin, and 139 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: the windshill that day was it was in the negative 140 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: piece and it was unlike anything I've ever seen. If 141 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: you've seen any highlights of that football game, you understand 142 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: that it was that day. I mean, so you're a kid, 143 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: you just go outside, you're playing the snow. And my 144 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: parents were like, nope, that's the one day they would 145 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: not let me go outside. And we all that we 146 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: went outside, the three of us, just to get to 147 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: the car and I can't remember. We went to store 148 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: or something like that, and I could see why. It 149 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: was unbelievable and I think about I thought about that 150 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: the last couple of days, how much colder that was 151 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: than this? And this is miserable. I even walked Roger 152 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: to day. I walked to Kroger because I didn't really 153 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: want to get on the roads. It's like a mile away. 154 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: I walked to it, slipped along the way, and then 155 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: I get there. It's closed. The guy the guy gets 156 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: to the door, he's at the door and he just 157 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: kind of way he gives you the universal signal, you 158 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: know how we have, like all right, it's cut it, 159 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: cut it right, and he's like like we're not working. 160 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: I'm like, you gotta be kidding me. I just I 161 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: just tramped a mile down the road in the stove 162 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: of Texas to get some bread from Kroger. And you're closed. 163 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: But it's but it makes for it makes for a 164 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: fun day. There's the kind of um as long as 165 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: you're not having to drive in it or do anything 166 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: of that, ILK, it's probably okay. Actually, as I was walking, 167 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: I saw somebody start to spin out and I couldn't 168 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: For the life of me, I could not understand why 169 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: somebody was on the freaking road. And I just kind 170 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: of looked over as he started to spin out, and 171 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, how you like them apples? And 172 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: so then the person straightened up and it started going straight, 173 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: and then I guess must have seen me say something 174 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: because he kind of glared over at me, and I'm like, hey, man, sorry, 175 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: glad you're okay. But I'm like, why are you on 176 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: the road at that point that the ice is still 177 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: fairly thick, And I'm like, there's no need to be 178 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: on the road, but um, our roads hour kind of dry. 179 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: So hopefully everybody's out there not on the roads, just 180 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: staying home and being safe. We're going to a golf 181 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: course and making things up as a kid, because that's 182 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: that's what you do, that's what you're supposed to do. Well. 183 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: The thing about tonight, Johnny, is as people are listening, 184 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: uh dark and it gets the ice forms very quickly, 185 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: and you know, so the roads I've noticed a lot 186 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: of I saw some puddles, you know, not everything is 187 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: frozen solid yet it's not a block of ice everywhere. 188 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: And my point here is that, uh, it will freeze tonight. 189 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 1: Everything is going to freeze, and you just got to 190 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 1: be very careful with that stuff out on the roadways. 191 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm really experienced and driving in this kind 192 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: of stuff, Johnny. I once had a Chevy Caprice because 193 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 1: I really wanted a big American car and I love 194 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: that front seat, which was like a sofa, you know 195 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: what I mean. And I bought this car for like 196 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: nothing in the night. This is in the nineties, and 197 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: I had an in Michigan, and I soon learned that 198 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: you have to put sandbags in the trunk because otherwise 199 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: this thing's going lying, I mean in the ice. Even 200 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: in Michigan. I thought pretty well, Yeah, I was just 201 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: like a toboggan. Man. I'd hit the brakes going into 202 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: an intersection and I'd be like, hello, everybody, I'm in 203 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: the middle of the intersection, Please don't hit me. I mean, 204 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: it was it was you had to be there. But 205 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: you know, I had it for like six months. I said, 206 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: I can't deal with this anymore. But at least I 207 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: had my American car dream. You know. There were those 208 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: were the days, Johnny, and all it had was an 209 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: AM radio. It was bliss for me. Am radio baby 210 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: Sports Radio six ten AM radio. That's it. When I 211 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: got When I got here in two thousand and seven, 212 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: over fifty and sixty, my car became a running joke 213 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: because all I had was AM. I did have FM 214 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: and had a tape deck, and that was it. A 215 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: tape deck in two thousand and seven. And I remember 216 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: my daughter she got older, she was like, Daddy, what's that. 217 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, let me tell you about the 218 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: mix tapes, my girl. And so she got a little 219 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 1: bit older and she would watch eighties rom coms and 220 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: various things. She would start to learn about a tape deck, 221 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: which I always found found fascinating. I mean, seriously, who 222 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: doesn't find a tape deck fascinating. I'd like to do 223 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: that show at some point in my life to give 224 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: young people the opportunity to use devices that we did 225 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: in the eighties and nineties and say, okay, figure it out. Yeah, 226 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: like the one you saw it where they gave an 227 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: old school rotary phone to these kids and told them 228 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: to dial a number and they had like fifteen minutes 229 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: and doing it. They couldn't do it, they couldn't figure 230 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: out how to do it. It It was fascinating watching, but 231 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: that's for a time and place down the road. Did 232 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: Snowmageddon twenty twenty one come at the right time? Well, 233 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: I'll explain as Mark and I continue next right here 234 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: in Texans All Access Arent Texans All Access AR looking 235 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: back this Monday at issue of Texans All Access from 236 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: und of Texans Radio Studio Mobile version Snowpocalypse twenty twenty one, 237 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: forcing us all back home. But then again, kind of 238 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: used to this after a whole COVID season in doing it, 239 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: so doing All Access from the crib no doubt, John Harris, 240 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: Mark VanderMeer. I'm gonna get back to Mark here in 241 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: just a second. But I think I went the first 242 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: segment and didn't remind you that Casey Keeler, head coach 243 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 1: Sam Houston State going to join me. Sam Houston State, 244 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: It's gonna have a new football affiliation conference wise, no 245 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: longer gonna be the Southland Conference after next year or 246 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: I guess this year of twenty twenty one spring in 247 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. See's kind of confusing when you refer 248 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: to it, but either way, Sam Houston State Bearcats going 249 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: to the whack Western Athletic Conference, taking a few teams 250 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:45,079 Speaker 1: with them. Stephen F. Austin, Evelyn Christian Southern Utah. It's 251 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 1: gonna be one heck of a conference. It's gonna have 252 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: to go through some growing pains, but it's gonna be 253 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: one heck of a conference. And Coach Keeler is gonna 254 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: join us to talk about that and keeping alive the 255 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: Battle of the piny Woods because Steven F. Auston and 256 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: Samey Euston State both going to the whack. So looking 257 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: forward to that versation with coach later in the show. 258 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: But Mark Friday is you know this weather system that 259 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: came through, it's it's probably it probably came at the 260 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: right time, if I'm being honest to some degree, because 261 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: it kind of took our minds off of, you know, 262 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: everything that went on Friday. We're now seventy two hours 263 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: ish from hearing the news of jj M, you know, 264 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: asking for its release, me granted his release, mutual parting 265 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: of the ways, and the more I've thought about it 266 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: over the weekend, I mean, I feel I feel okay, 267 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: I feel good for jj But what's been your overall 268 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: thought over the weekend kind of just having it kind 269 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: of marinate in your mind of seeing and I still 270 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I knew it was coming. I think we 271 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 1: all did. I think we all knew it was coming, 272 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: but just to actually see it actually happened, I think 273 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: was like, oh my god, what were your thoughts? Kind 274 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: of seventy two hours later from JJ and the team 275 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 1: with the Mutual Party in the ways, well, I think 276 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: you had the line of Texans Radio at least so 277 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: far in the young season of Texans Radio, which is 278 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: it probably came at the right time, meaning this cold snap, 279 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: which is worse than a cold snap, this deep freeze, 280 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: came at the right time because we needed something to 281 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: get our minds off what I think that's hilarious. But Johnny, 282 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: a lot of thoughts come to mind. I felt like 283 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: Friday's show, we you know, we did a reasonable job. 284 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't feel good about everything I said 285 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: because I just think that it's very hard to sum 286 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: up his career, to really give it proper do, and 287 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: even in an hour of talk radio, you know, there's 288 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: just so much to it. There's so many layers to 289 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: the what experience here that I left I left feeling like, man, 290 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: I really feel like we need another three hours. You know, 291 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: we needed a full show on that because it's such 292 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: a big good bye. It's a huge goodbye, and I 293 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: think it's a very painful goodbye. And I see a 294 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: lot of I see a lot of takes out there, 295 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: and you know, I said, I said, these things happen 296 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: in professional sports, which they do. I mean Bruce Smith, 297 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: you know, you know, or he is on the sack list. 298 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: He finished what with the Washington football team, and you know, 299 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: you go down the list of all the great players 300 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: who have finished their career elsewhere, and look, it would 301 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: have been great to see him finish here. But the 302 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: way the contract, the structure, the way everything's going, it's 303 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: just not going to happen. And you know, that's that's 304 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: something we got to just deal with. And then you 305 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: got to deal with the loss. You know, it's funny 306 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: because I talk about things in a sports context. You know, 307 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: it's almost like, you know, I hate to say like 308 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: terminally ill patient because he's not, but the contract was 309 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: sort of terminally ill and football terms, it's like something 310 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: that had to be done with that contract, either a 311 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: restructuring dramatically, a trade with a restructuring, or an outright release, 312 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: you know, and you knew that was coming. But even 313 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: though you see it coming. When it's final, When the 314 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: end finally comes, like the terminal iel thing, it's painful, 315 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: you know, and I hate to compare it to that, 316 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: but that's it reminds me of that, the finality when 317 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: it finally hits. There's a feeling you get that you 318 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: really couldn't predict. You know, I couldn't write a going 319 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: away what article until it actually happened because I had 320 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: to have those emotions flowing through me and I did. 321 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: So That's that's kind of how I feel coming off 322 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: the weekend, and you know, I'm I'm eager to you know, 323 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: I think tomorrow, you know, I don't know about today, 324 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: but I think tomorrow we could talk about, Hey, let's 325 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: take inventory who's on the defensive line and on the 326 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: roster right now. I mean, I know that's not what 327 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna be come September. You know they're gonna make 328 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: moves and picks whatever, but just to see where we're at, 329 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: because man, oh man, that's a real tough deal, a 330 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: tough thing to deal with the loss of j J. Yeah. 331 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: I it's it's interesting. I had a lot of the 332 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: same feelings. How do you encapsulate the love the respect, 333 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: the great plays, the things he did. I you know, 334 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: when when we went when we were done, and I 335 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: shut my system off and I just went, Man, we 336 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: didn't even talk about to play against Buffalo in the 337 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: most recent playoff game. Like, there were just so many 338 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: different things that we we didn't we didn't get into 339 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: because there was so there was so much to cover. 340 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: And then I watch, of course on social media, and 341 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: I've I've kind of taken the stance of I'll tweet 342 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: every now and again, but I'm just gonna kind of 343 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 1: read social media. Yeah, I really interact, just kind of 344 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: stay informed because that's really where it all comes from. 345 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: And then you know he's seeing all the different articles 346 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: and and talk about, well, JJ could end up here, 347 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: JJ could end up there, and there's a little bit 348 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: of envy and all that. You know, there's a little 349 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: bit of envy there, like dang it, that's that's our guy. 350 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: Like that's that's our guy. It's like it's like your 351 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: your girlfriend, you know, openly flirting with some other guy 352 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: on social media, and like you gotta sit there and 353 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: you might have had to you know, like a handshake agreement, 354 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: like hey, it was great, it was fun. At front's course, 355 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: you know, let's move on. And then all of a sudden, 356 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: You're like, wait, all the you know, all that fun 357 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: everybody's now having because my girlfriends now flirt with this guy, 358 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: that guy, that guy, and I'm like, I don't like this, 359 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: and I know I'm like and then of course the 360 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: teams that you don't want to see him go to 361 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: and it. You know, here's the funny part. Mark. I 362 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: could actually see him go to Dallas and I'd be okay. 363 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: I would be okay with him going to Dallas. But 364 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: if I have to watch JJ in a Titans jersey, 365 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: I will throw up on my shoes. Johnny. If i'm JJ, 366 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: I don't want to go to Dallas. I don't think 367 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: they're a contender. You know, I need I need to 368 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: make sure I can get to a contender. And you know, 369 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: we can debate with that's a contender or not. You know. 370 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: As far as Roethlisberger, how is he going to be 371 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: another year older and everything, But at least his brothers 372 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: are there and it should be a reasonable experience for him. 373 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: It should be a winning experience, even though it might 374 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: not be a Super Bowl contending experience. Uh, He's got 375 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: to weigh that out. I said on Friday, Green Bay 376 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: and Tampa Bay your best chances. Just like looking at 377 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: it from a far right here, band, those are the 378 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: best chances. But I'm with you. I'd rather see him 379 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: go to Dallas if that was actually in play, than 380 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:26,360 Speaker 1: anywhere in the division and most places in the AFC. No, Patriots, 381 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 1: he's not going to go there. But you know, I 382 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: don't want to see him go to an AFC contender 383 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh. I can accept because the family thing. Everything else. No, 384 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: Kansas City, no, no, no, no, no, no, yeah, Kansas 385 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: Kansas City is definitely one. Uh yeah, Um, I kind 386 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: of there's a part of me that kind of wants 387 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: him to go to Tampa Bay. First of all, we 388 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: won't see him, we won't face him, So I'm cool 389 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: with that. Um, and then and that would be fine. 390 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: I just I it's been hard enough seeing some guys 391 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: come back to NRG Stadium playing for particular teams. You know, 392 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: Andre Johnson obviously is the one that comes to mind. 393 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: At twenty fifteen hassleback in a diaper game and he 394 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: has two touchdowns and it's just like wow, yeah, yeah, 395 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: and okay, and we survived that okay, But my god, 396 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: that was a odd b. He was really good that night, 397 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: and of course it just stoked the fandom up again. 398 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: Oh it's just brutal, and then it's like, oh, then 399 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: you find out how sick of Hasslebeck was when he 400 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: was playing that game. But yeah, Tampa Bay, I would 401 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: be okay with in Green Bay two. Of course you're 402 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: having grown up in Green Bay. Packers are always my 403 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: second favorite team, so I wouldn't mind that. I remember this. 404 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: I was gonna tell the story of the day when 405 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: we went to Green Bay in twenty nineteen. I thought 406 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: it was a fascinating exercise. Just the whole week it 407 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: was you and I had a blast, And when you 408 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: were telling your Chevy Caprice story, I was thinking, my god, 409 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: hopefully he was not late to a radio show, because 410 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: somebody would. I don't like that. Anyways, I remember that 411 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: there were the walk over was as cool as it 412 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 1: got because the Packers fans wanted to see their guys, 413 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: but then they wanted to see our guys too, in 414 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: particularly want to see JJ and so we saw a 415 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: ton of Wisconsin ninety nine jerseys. We'd see guys with 416 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: Packer hats, but Texans ninety nine jerseys. There was one 417 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: guy there that was wearing a Green Bay ninety nine 418 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: Watt jersey, and I just remember thinking, not yet, Pal, 419 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: not yet, He's still got some time. And I think 420 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: back to that guy, and I'm like, he might be 421 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: able to bring that thing on him off balls and 422 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: might be able to wear that thing. But I don't 423 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: remember seeing any others. It was just that one. I thought, Okay, 424 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: well that's presumptuous, but it actually it actually might it 425 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: actually might come true. But it was such a fun trip. 426 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: I don't know if. I don't know if I could 427 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: handle going up there and then seeing him in Greening 428 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: Golden practicing against him. But I hope that's something we 429 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: get to do this summer, is go somewhere to scrimmage 430 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: against somebody and maybe go back up the Green Bay too. 431 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 1: I don't know. So many people are getting the vaccine 432 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 1: Johnny that I'm starting to get really optimistic, and maybe 433 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:15,719 Speaker 1: I should just tap the brakes on that. But I'm 434 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: starting to get really optimistic that we can have the 435 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: kind of summer preseason schedule. You know, it'll be seventeen games, 436 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: so it'll be a three game, preseason schedule, that kind 437 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: of thing. But I just I hope we get that. 438 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: It's so funny when you were talking about what and 439 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: the flirt, the analogy of you know, your ex girlfriend 440 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: flirting with other people. You know, that's kind of how 441 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: I feel with Watson. He's not flirting there, but everyone 442 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 1: else is saying, Look, she's so attractive. I can imagine 443 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: her with me. Look I photo shopped her with me 444 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: and this. I no, he's all ours. What are you doing? Well? 445 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: I know the talk is out there, but we didn't 446 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 1: do that, so come on, don't do that to us. Yeah, 447 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: no doubt, Marie. I get him on a break and 448 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: then we're gonna hear from Casey Keeler on the other 449 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: side of his break. But I've got to hit you 450 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: with this. This actually happened about Oh, I guess the 451 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: news broke maybe about hour and a half two hours 452 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: for our show in that. Do you remember Vincent Jackson? Yeah, 453 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 1: I saw this. This news is absolutely tragic. Vincent Jackson, 454 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 1: thirty eight years old passes away at a Homewood Sweets 455 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: motel in and around his home city at Tampa, and 456 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: just incredibly tragic news. But Mark, I saw that news, 457 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: and my Harris one hundred is coming soon, and I'm 458 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 1: actually compared. I'm trying to remember who I compared. I 459 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: compared somebody to Vincent Jackson, like that was one guy 460 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 1: that I actually used in a comparison because he was 461 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: such an anomaly, a big, freakishly big wide receiver who 462 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: actually played at a D two level before he got 463 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: to the NFL. But Vincent Jackson passed away at thirty 464 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 1: eight today, and Mark, that's just such sad news. You 465 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: remember you remember calling games with him, and did you 466 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: remember watching him? Yeah? Absolutely, I mean he's he's one 467 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: of those guys that there's there's no way you don't 468 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: remember him. That's why when news like this hits, you know, 469 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 1: I don't know him personally, of course, and he wasn't 470 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: on the Texans, but you just feel like he's part 471 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: of that out of a family, and and these things 472 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: hit you hard when you realize that, I mean, somebody's 473 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 1: passing away so young. And obviously more details will come 474 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 1: out here, but it's terrible, Johnny, I mean, it's it's 475 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: it's terrible to hear about this, and you know, God 476 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: bless him and his family. Let's hope let's hope everybody 477 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: gets through it as well as humanly possible. I mean, 478 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: that's really all I have to say about that. It's 479 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: just one of those guys when you're calling games with people, 480 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: or you know, against teams with certain players, and then 481 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: you see news like this. I mean there's very few 482 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: news items like this, but just terrible news. It just 483 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: it hits you a different kind of way doing what 484 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: we do in this business. So yeah, I mean that 485 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: one struck me, no question, no doubt. Three time pro bowler, 486 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: five hundred forty receptions in his career, played four looks 487 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: like twelve years. I think it was the total. I 488 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: always thought he was a guy that was so difficult 489 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: to cover because he was massive, massive, and he was 490 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 1: just a freak of nature. He's two hundred and forty 491 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: one pounds that the combine he ran a four four six. 492 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 1: He was just a freak of nature. From a physical 493 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: it's like a tight end. I mean sort of. That's 494 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: that's exactly right, And I'm trying to This is gonna 495 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: drive me crazy. Now. I have to go back and 496 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: read through my Harris one hundred because Mark, I'm that close, 497 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: I am that close to almost I mean, I'm I'm 498 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: gonna submit it before a department meeting at nine o'clock tomorrow, 499 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: and I feel good about that. But we got that 500 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: to look forward to. We also have on the other side, 501 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: Casey Keeler look forward to. I appreciate it. We will 502 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: have Casey Keeler and the new conference affiliation for Sam 503 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: Houston State and coaches. Thoughts on that next or here 504 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: in Texans All Access, let's going on, everybody, welcome back 505 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: to be Monday that edition of Texans All Access A 506 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: Snowpocalypse twenty twenty one edition of the show. I'm your host, 507 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: John Harris, football Analysts, a sideline reporter, Glad to be 508 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: with you amongst this cold, this craziness, and first and 509 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 1: foremost know that we are thinking of all of you 510 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: guys with power without power, with water without water, with 511 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: internet without internet. However, you guys are making it thinking 512 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: of you guys. You know you guys are thinking of 513 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: me and all of us. So we're all in this together, 514 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 1: as we've been saying for a long time. But this 515 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: is a whole different one and that's old Mark earlier. 516 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever experienced a cold like this 517 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 1: when I went out this morning to look around and 518 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 1: see what this day was like. My goodness, it took 519 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: my breath away. And I can't remember having that happen 520 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 1: all year this year, except for maybe Cleveland, because well 521 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: that was that was just a crazy bleep show, because 522 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, the rain, sideways, the sleep, I mean, 523 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: you name it. It was crazy town. But just the 524 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: wind cutting through just your soul, Oh my gosh. So 525 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: you guys, hang in there and be safe, stay at home, 526 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,719 Speaker 1: don't get out of the road and drive. Especially now. 527 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 1: Oh man, it's nasty. I mean I can look out 528 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 1: on my road. I can barely see it right now, 529 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: and it looks dry. But those are the times where 530 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: you spin out. It can be nasty. So why not 531 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: keep me? Why don't I keep you company for the 532 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 1: next fifteen twenty minutes, whatever it might be. And I'm 533 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 1: gonna do that with my good pal, the head coach 534 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 1: of sam Houston State talking about a new conference affiliation 535 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: and a new season started. That's Casey Keeler, coach. It's 536 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: been a little while since I've seen your man. How 537 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: you doing, my friend, I'm doing good. I'm doing good, 538 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:11,199 Speaker 1: you know, getting excited for upcoming season, excited about a 539 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: new conference next to fall, so a lot of things 540 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 1: happening in Samuelson State. Yeah, coach, we're gonna talk about 541 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: that new conference affiliation. That's really cool stuff. But I 542 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: got to ask you, because I know you've been around 543 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: ball all your life. I grew up a coaches kid. 544 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: I've been around ball all my life. When it comes 545 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: to fall, you just know football should be played. How 546 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 1: tough was it for you personally to get to the 547 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: fall and not have football. We didn't understand the safety 548 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: of COVID all that kind of stuff, But just from 549 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: that standpoint of not having a game on a Saturday 550 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: and what you're used to, how tough has that been? 551 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: And how tough was it this fall to go through that? Yeah, 552 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: you know you almost feel like you're little lost, like 553 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: you're trying to make your way because there's a rhythm 554 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 1: to the fall. You know what Saturdays are, Yeah, and 555 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: then you know what Sundays are. You know there's a 556 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: rhythm to our our our weeks, and you know, not 557 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: having that rhythm was hard. Also, just dealing with all 558 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: the issues of you know, COVID and contact tracing and 559 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: then trying to recruit a class without letting them come 560 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: on campus. I mean, even if they were on campus, 561 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 1: we weren't allowed to see them. Because we had some 562 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: players come on campus to see the you know the campus, 563 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: you know, through tours and things, and hey, coach them 564 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: on campus, I can't see. So it was just a 565 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: strange way of doing business, like a little bit of 566 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: a new normal for us. But we thought we had 567 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: a great recruiting class, and I think the things that 568 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: we did in the fall have prepared our kids for 569 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: this spring coming up. You know, some of the trials 570 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: and tribulations that some other programs have gone through, you know, 571 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: talking to the guys at Alabama. Kyle Flood, with my 572 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: offensive line coach, is now at Texas, you know, and 573 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: talking to Danny was with me here at sam Uston 574 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: as the coordinator of Georgia feel along with North Carolina 575 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: just kind of like picking their brains. How did you 576 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: survive the season? And the mantra was all the same 577 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: from all three. It was your kids are gonna go 578 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: to school, your kids are gonna play football, and they're 579 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: gonna hang with their roommates now their teammates, which is 580 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: so strange because in our world it's all about the 581 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: camaraderie and those bonds. And now you're telling the guys 582 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: they stay away from each other. Yeah, you know, and 583 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: if you're in the car together, make sure you have 584 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: your masks up. And so it's been it's been interesting. 585 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: You know that they get tired of hearing me talk 586 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: about the bubble and COVID and all those kind of things. 587 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: But I've warned him, I said, you know, that's not 588 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: gonna fatigue on this because we've not you know, gotten 589 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: through this yet. And if we want to have a season, 590 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: And the great thing about Sam Musta, we've made a commitment, 591 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: you know, to have this season. You know, we need 592 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: to do all the right things. Yeah, no doubt And coach, 593 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: having gone through it with the Texans, you're right. You 594 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: hit on a big thing, the exhaustion factor because of 595 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 1: just the things you constantly have to think about that 596 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: everyday life you don't really have to think about. But 597 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: you're ten days away, you're getting ready starting off with 598 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: incarnent word, I believe. How do you feel about this 599 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: year's team, which would have been the fall twenty twenty, 600 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: but it is the spring of twenty twenty one. How 601 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: do you feel about the squad you have coming up 602 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: this year. Yeah, I thought that, you know, the whole 603 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: key was us going to be, you know, rebuilding the 604 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: offensive line. You know, if you look at the kids 605 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: we have back and we have great scale kids back, 606 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: I think we've got it a couple Uh. You know, 607 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: we thought Schmidt is an All American level quarterback. You know, 608 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: when he's healthy, he looks great out there. It just 609 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: can we really build that offensive line? And I feel 610 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: pretty good that we have some pieces of the puzzle. 611 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: Theyre just a matter of figure out who the best 612 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: five are any one time. You know, we have an 613 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: All American punter back. You know, we have a front 614 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 1: line defense, you know, a front four that's as good 615 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: as any is thereas in the country. Some great kids 616 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 1: in the back end, Jayleen, Thomas, the McCullum twins, So 617 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: you know, and for me, there are so many players 618 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: on this team that really deserved the red shirt ear 619 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: and you just couldn't give it to him because you're 620 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: trying to win ball games. You know, the twins both, 621 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: you know, they played as true freshman, Jail and Thomas. 622 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: I always they might be the best freshman I've ever coached. 623 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: He played as a true freshman. So he had all 624 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: these guys that could use a red shirt ear and 625 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: now they're going to get that red shirt year and 626 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: so I think it's gonna be great for them for 627 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: next fall. But you know the great thing about what 628 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: we're doing right now, the plan is that there's gonna 629 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 1: be a championship. And that's why Sam Houston decided not 630 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: to play in the fall. And you know, I think 631 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: we thought playing money games in the fall wasn't the 632 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: right direction for us. It was really more, Hey, there's 633 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: a championship out there on the line. If there's one, 634 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: we want to go get that if we can. So 635 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: that's been our mentality and there are kids that have 636 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: appreciated that. And you know we're like ten days out now. Yeah. 637 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: You and I've talked a million times about a million 638 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: different things. As I've called a number of year games. 639 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm a big fan of MC call 640 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: him twins. I love Zion. I think he's got a 641 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: fill abilities and over the years, you and I, from 642 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: the first time that you and I talked, I remember 643 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 1: coming to see a guy Nam PJ. Hall. I watched 644 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 1: him and I was just enamored with him and I 645 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: used to tell you the man I would love him 646 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 1: with us. Well, he finally ended up with us with 647 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans and had a really good, solid season 648 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: before he was injured. Coach, what was it that you 649 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: saw in PJ Hall that you saw translated into his 650 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: year this year with the Houston Texans and really made 651 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: it kind of a mark for he was one of 652 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 1: our better interior defenders, if not the best one we had. Yeah, 653 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: you know, it's interesting when we got to Sam Houston, 654 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: they're a redshirting PJ, and PJ was on the offense 655 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: with the tight ends for a period of time as 656 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 1: Kyle Sigler, the tight ends coach, was trying to figure out, Okay, 657 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: which one of these guys that I'm gonna take. He 658 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: ended up taking a guy named Rock and Henderson God 659 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: a phenomenal career for us, and PJ went over to defense, 660 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: and so my defensive line coach, Philip Petite came in. 661 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: He was with me at Delaware and actually got rowan universe. 662 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: So it Philip did with me every place I've been. 663 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 1: And after the first practice he goes, I don't think 664 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: anyone knows how good this kid could be. And you know, 665 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: at the time, I think PJ was about six to 666 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 1: one and a half, about two thirty five, and over time, 667 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: you know, we grew him into about two seventy five. 668 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: And then finally his junior year, I realized he was 669 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: a next level kid, like he was special. And I 670 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: was like, you know, the problem is if you do 671 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: want to play at the next level, you're not a 672 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: defensive end. You know, we need to put twenty five 673 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: maybe thirty pounds on you and you need to play inside. 674 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: He didn't blank. He's like, okay, coach, if that's what 675 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: you think we need to do, so it's gonna be 676 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: the best thing for Sam Houston, it's also going to 677 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: be the best thing for you. And then he put 678 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: the weight on, and you know, I mean he came 679 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,959 Speaker 1: became a real, you know, inside guy, and I thought 680 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: it just was like not that the Raiders were the 681 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: wrong fit. But you know, sometimes I always said about 682 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 1: this about Flacco. Joe was a guy that it was 683 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: good that he went to the Ravens or to Philadelphia 684 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:01,839 Speaker 1: or a New York team. You know, family is so 685 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: important to him, and you know, just having him in 686 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 1: close proximity, I think it's the same thing with PJ. 687 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,920 Speaker 1: I think PJ coming back to Texas was a perfect 688 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: fit because how close family is to him. And again 689 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 1: it was great to see him play very well, you 690 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: know for his time there with the Texas unfortunately had 691 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: that you know, peck injury. But you know, he sounds 692 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: like he's ready to go. Coach. You mentioned it early 693 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: in our discussion the new conference affiliation, the whack And 694 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: for people of my demographic, your demographic, when we hear 695 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: the whack, the first thing we think about is oh Man, 696 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 1: Wyoming BYU, the shootouts, all that kind of thing, and 697 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: I kind of have that soft spot for the Whack. 698 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 1: And that's where you guys are going tell me about 699 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,160 Speaker 1: your thoughts, give me your thoughts if you don't mind 700 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: about making that transition and how it benefits all the 701 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,320 Speaker 1: football program, but the whole University of Sam Houston State. Yeah, 702 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,439 Speaker 1: when I hear the WHACK, I think the Boise State 703 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 1: because Joe Blameyer was a walk on for me and 704 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,040 Speaker 1: his dad was the athletic director at Boise State Blue Turf, 705 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 1: you know, taking it from basically a Division two three 706 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: program to where it is now. And Joe actually just 707 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,839 Speaker 1: was in the Super Bowl as the assistant quarterback coach 708 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: with with the Kansas City Chiefs, and I remember having 709 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 1: so many conversations with his father about, you know, the 710 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,839 Speaker 1: great football they played in that conference and the shootouts 711 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,880 Speaker 1: and um, you know, the great the great parody that 712 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 1: there was, you know, and kind of Boise was the 713 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 1: one who kind of raised everybody up. And so we 714 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,879 Speaker 1: know we're going to a great conference. And I love 715 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: the people we're bringing along with us, a lot of 716 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,839 Speaker 1: like minded people. We've just put fifteen million dollars into 717 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: our facilities. Lamar has great facilities. I'velen Christian has great facilities. 718 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: And Stephen f Alston hired a coach that won a 719 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: national championship. He brings Southern Utah in Tarleton has great facilities. 720 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 1: So all of a sudden, you know, you're putting together 721 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 1: a pretty good football conference. And we think, you know, 722 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 1: there's gonna be some growing pains, maybe the first year 723 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 1: because we don't quite have enough teams. We're trying to 724 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 1: figure out a schedule. Yeah, but I think the long 725 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 1: term possibilities of this conference are incredible. Worst case, we're 726 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,760 Speaker 1: gonna be one of the best FCS conferences in the country. 727 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 1: I think eventually this will be a Division one conference, 728 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 1: and I think you know, once we get in and 729 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 1: once we kind of you get our feet wet and 730 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: settle in, I think you'll see us through some studies 731 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: to see if you know, going Division one is the 732 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 1: best direction for the conference and for Samue to State coach. 733 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 1: You mentioned Delware and even rowing, but being at Delaware 734 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,920 Speaker 1: and playing in that conference and then playing in a 735 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 1: south wind and now looking at what's potentially there in 736 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,920 Speaker 1: the whack you said it a little bit. I want 737 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:48,440 Speaker 1: to go a little bit further with that about the 738 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,360 Speaker 1: strength of that conference or the potential of it. And 739 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: I heard you mentioned Southern Utah and that it also 740 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 1: to just clicked the number of players. So the Utah 741 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: is actually put into the NFL the last few years, 742 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 1: it really has to possibility of being a pretty strong 743 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 1: FCS conference. But you've been at other conferences. As you 744 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,120 Speaker 1: look at the pieces that are there, you think it 745 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:11,719 Speaker 1: really holds up against the other conferences. Big Sky, which 746 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 1: you know obviously is going to be in that area 747 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 1: or at least part of that area with connections to Utah, 748 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,239 Speaker 1: how do you feel overall about the strength of it 749 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: going forward on into the future. Yeah, I think that's 750 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 1: why we made the move. I think we made the 751 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,800 Speaker 1: move because we saw a lot of like minded schools 752 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,719 Speaker 1: that wanted to make a commitment to a football conference. 753 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:31,960 Speaker 1: And you know, it's exciting. And when I got to 754 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,399 Speaker 1: the CIA, you know, my Gallware team played for three 755 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: national championships and one in two thousand and three, the 756 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 1: another one a national championship. Richmond won a national championship, 757 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:44,400 Speaker 1: James Madison won a national championship. William Mary was in 758 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,600 Speaker 1: the final four. Main beat I think was old Miss. 759 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,800 Speaker 1: I think so that conference top to bottom. New Hampshire 760 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: was in like twelve straight playoffs top to bottom. It 761 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,840 Speaker 1: was a war every single weekend. I see that happening 762 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: in the New AC With the commitment that all the 763 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,400 Speaker 1: schools I mentioned, you know, made to their facilities and 764 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,440 Speaker 1: the fact that we are like minded that we want 765 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,040 Speaker 1: to have great football. I can see this road development 766 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:12,320 Speaker 1: into a great football conference. Coach, how important was it 767 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,719 Speaker 1: to have a long and I know one of the 768 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,399 Speaker 1: things when people talking about conference with you alignment, they 769 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: talk about the loss of rivalries in some sense. You know, 770 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,040 Speaker 1: Texas Texas sat Amo came to Braska on a baseball level. 771 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,720 Speaker 1: But how important was it to have Stephen F. Austin 772 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: go along with because of the long long standing Pinewoods 773 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,440 Speaker 1: rivalry you have with them. Well, you know, I always 774 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 1: go back to be an interviewed at sam Eeson State Ly. 775 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: The first question I was asked was about playing Steven 776 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 1: if Austin. I didn't know it at the time. It 777 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,920 Speaker 1: was about do I like the color purple? And I was, 778 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 1: you know when the alums raised his hands coach and 779 00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 1: asked the question, what do you think about color purple? 780 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,799 Speaker 1: And so right there I knew there was something going on. 781 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,279 Speaker 1: And I can remember coming off the field the very 782 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,239 Speaker 1: first time John that we played Steven of Auston and 783 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,440 Speaker 1: I'm hollering at Bobby, you didn't you didn't prepare me 784 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,920 Speaker 1: for this, like you told me. It was a rival, 785 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,800 Speaker 1: but it was way beyond what I could even imagine. 786 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 1: And so I think it was very critical that you 787 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,719 Speaker 1: have to like minded schools that both won't have great 788 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,759 Speaker 1: athletic programs moving in the same direction. And again, such 789 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,840 Speaker 1: a great rivalry in that we recruit the same kids 790 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 1: and if they're not in the same high school, they 791 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,440 Speaker 1: played in rival high schools, and you know, Texas is 792 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 1: kind of funny. All the Texas kids followed all the 793 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 1: other Texas kids. They know what their accolades are, they 794 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,880 Speaker 1: know how well their teams did you know, they might 795 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,400 Speaker 1: not even be from the same district. As long as 796 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,279 Speaker 1: they know from what part of the state you are, 797 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,879 Speaker 1: they know how good your football program is. So um yeah, 798 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:44,640 Speaker 1: I think it was really important. And I really like 799 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 1: the fact that, you know, Tarleton hasn't made a major 800 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:51,840 Speaker 1: commitment to facilities, and so with Lamar and Tarleton and 801 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 1: US and Abilene and then like I said, Stephen f 802 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,920 Speaker 1: making a commitment, you got some pretty good Texas schools 803 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,280 Speaker 1: that are kind of all going the same direct action 804 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 1: in terms of their football programs. And then so the 805 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,800 Speaker 1: Utah we played those guys in the playoffs. I remember 806 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,560 Speaker 1: remember we threw a little screen pass out the Yeta 807 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,719 Speaker 1: die Lewis. I think about thirteen guys try to tackle him, 808 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,719 Speaker 1: uh and he shook them all loose and made one 809 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,400 Speaker 1: of the great runs I've ever seen in the history 810 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:19,120 Speaker 1: of football. And we won the game basically on that 811 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,640 Speaker 1: little screen pass. And I remember, walking off the field 812 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,200 Speaker 1: said that might be as physical a football team as 813 00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:27,440 Speaker 1: I've ever had a chance to play one when I 814 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,680 Speaker 1: was at Sandeson State. So um, yeah, you know we're 815 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:32,759 Speaker 1: gonna have her hands full now. The way to look 816 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,480 Speaker 1: the conference looks for next year, there is some talk 817 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: about trying to get an automatic qualifier and bring possibly 818 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,960 Speaker 1: bringing in Central Arkansas and possibly bring it in North 819 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:50,120 Speaker 1: I mean not Kanasas State, UM Eastern Kentucky and then 820 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,600 Speaker 1: well Jacksonville State and Jacksonville State. I think it's a 821 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,640 Speaker 1: lot of so all of a sudden, that's your conference, 822 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,640 Speaker 1: you know, for one year, and then they're gonna all 823 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:04,600 Speaker 1: go back over to the American Son or whatever their 824 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:08,440 Speaker 1: conference is, and you know they're gonna do it a 825 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,279 Speaker 1: little differently and we're gonna be you know, more of 826 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:14,160 Speaker 1: a South and West team. But yeah, I mean you 827 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:15,920 Speaker 1: talk about That's why I said that there could be 828 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:20,200 Speaker 1: some short term growing pains because the teams I just mentioned, Oh, 829 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 1: that's gonna be a war every weekend, you know. So 830 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,839 Speaker 1: it should be great. It should be It should be great, 831 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:28,360 Speaker 1: And we're looking forward to the competition, no doubt. And 832 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,839 Speaker 1: in ten days you get the season kicked off. Coach, 833 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,520 Speaker 1: I know, it's exciting time. I really appreciate you spending 834 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:35,799 Speaker 1: a few minutes. Best of luck, and hopefully down road 835 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,080 Speaker 1: will good a chance to talk and I'll get a 836 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:38,600 Speaker 1: chance to call a couple of your games. O friend, 837 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,799 Speaker 1: we're not gonna stay in our living rooms for from 838 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,560 Speaker 1: now on. We're gonna be able to nah. I don't 839 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,040 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm hoping that I'm a little tired 840 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 1: of this. So I know you want to get on 841 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,240 Speaker 1: the field and get some get some ball plays called. 842 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,759 Speaker 1: So I appreciate your coach. Thank you all right man, 843 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,719 Speaker 1: Thanks John. It's absolute best Casey Keeler, head coach at 844 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:59,200 Speaker 1: sam Houston State soon to be member of the Whack 845 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:02,000 Speaker 1: Western Athlete at Conference. Big thanks to Mark for stopping by, 846 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,600 Speaker 1: of course to coach to all of you, stay safe everyone, 847 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,040 Speaker 1: we'd love you. Take care, see you next time, and 848 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:11,560 Speaker 1: as always, go Texans. Let's always go Texans. Let's always 849 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:12,120 Speaker 1: go Texans.