1 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau Health Plans is celebrating seventy seven years of 3 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: providing Tennesseeans with high quality health coverage at an affordable price. 4 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: Visit FBHP dot com today to learn more about their 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: history in Tennessee and to get a quote that is 6 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: FBHP dot com. Welcome to the OTP. I'm Amy Wells, 7 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: this is Mike Keith, and we are standing outside of 8 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: the team auditorium here at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park 9 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: for a very special reason. Mike Keith, you have been 10 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: given a little job. 11 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. I have Chick Egse, our director of player Engagement 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: for the Tennessee Titans, and one of the really important 13 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 2: guys in the organization that maybe people on the outside 14 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: don't know very well, has invited me to address the 15 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 2: rookie class about the history of our entire franchise. And 16 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: we have a deep, rich history. Obviously, it goes back 17 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: six and a half decades. We're very proud of that history. 18 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 2: It was incredibly important to Bud Adams, it's incredibly important 19 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 2: to our new ownership team led by Amy Adams, Trunk 20 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 2: and Kenneth and Barkley Adams, and so I've got an 21 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: opportunity to pass some of that history along, and I'm 22 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 2: pretty excited about it. 23 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 3: Mike, do you know how to do this? 24 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: I know you know the Titans history, but this is 25 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: I mean, this isn't an audience here. 26 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 2: Well yeah, it's all the draft picks and the undrafted. 27 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: It's an important audience. 28 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: I've never done it, so I'm nervous. I've prepared and 29 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 2: we'll see if that kind of holds up. We'll see 30 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: if I fall apart. I hope not, but I'm interested 31 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: to do it because and the reason I'm so pleased 32 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 2: that Chick has asked is that our history is important. 33 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: And just like these guys come from colleges and take 34 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 2: pride in the history and tradition of their colleges, we 35 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 2: take a lot of pride in who we are, where 36 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 2: we came from, what we're about, and there are a 37 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 2: lot of important bits and pieces outside of just wins 38 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 2: and losses that I think it will benefit the guys 39 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 2: to completely understand, for example, our history with Jacksonville. Why 40 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 2: the Jacksonville game is a big thing for us, and 41 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: it really stems back to the fact that we beat 42 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: them three times in nineteen ninety nine, the only three 43 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: losses of the season. We kept them from going to 44 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: the super Bowl, and for that reason, they really like 45 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: to beat us. So hopefully I can help add a 46 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: little bit of context to things like that example and 47 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: can sort of add something. 48 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: You know, this really is a great idea that Chick had, 49 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: because when you come into a new team, you're looking 50 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: for a reason to you know, grab on beyond just 51 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, our job. 52 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 3: There's so much more. There's so much. 53 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: Of the pageantry and the excitement and the rivalries that 54 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: you get in college, but you've got to learn about 55 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 1: in the NFL too, because there's a lot of good 56 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: stuff here. 57 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 2: There's a lot of good stuff, and it's important on 58 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 2: a day to day basis because while this is a job, 59 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: this game and the passion and emotion of it, and 60 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: as you're walking through the building doing your job, all 61 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: of those things combined in to make it a bigger 62 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: deal to understand the why and the specialness why this 63 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: one of the thirty two franchises in the NFL is 64 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: so special. So I'm going to try to pass that 65 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: along and hopefully not be boring the thing that you 66 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: always fear is somebody falling asleep. 67 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: Well, Mike, you are not boring. 68 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 2: Well, thank you, all right, I gotta go if you 69 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: don't want to get whacked by the door. All right, 70 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 2: out here we go. I want to tell you that 71 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: first and foremost can grcts on being part of the 72 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: sixty fifth team in our franchise's history. It's a long 73 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: time and it certainly spans well back beyond the Titans. 74 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: You go back to our birth as the Houston Oilers. 75 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: And it really started for us in winter of nineteen 76 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 2: fifty nine when the man who had become our owner, 77 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: Bud Adams, took a meeting with Lamar Hunt, the man 78 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: who would become the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs 79 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: and the AFC Championship Trophy is now named for him. 80 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: At this point, there were two very young men and 81 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 2: mister Hunt had an idea to start a football league 82 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: to compete with the NFL. The NFL was not the 83 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 2: big deal in the day. College football was a much 84 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 2: bigger deal than pro football at that moment, so there 85 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 2: was a feeling that another league, particular clearly of cities 86 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 2: that didn't have NFL teams, would have a chance to 87 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 2: make a dent. Mister Adams took the meeting and he 88 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 2: said I'm in, and those two men moved it forward 89 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: and eventually started the American Football League later that year. 90 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 2: The original American Football League teams the Boston Patriots, the 91 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills, the Dallas Texans who became the Kansas City Chiefs, 92 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 2: the Denver Broncos obviously, the Houston Oilers who became the 93 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 2: Tennessee Titans, the Los Angeles Chargers, the Oakland Raiders, and 94 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 2: the New York Titans. And the New York Titans became 95 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 2: the New York Jets, and in the late nineteen nineties 96 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 2: they actually gave us the name Titans when we moved 97 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 2: to Tennessee. So they're in a strange way part of 98 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 2: our history. But the most important thing that happened in 99 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: the early stage of the development of the American Football 100 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 2: League was largely done by Bud Adams, our founder, because 101 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: the biggest football star in the country at that moment 102 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 2: in time in nineteen fifty nine was a running back 103 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 2: from LSU by the name of Billy Cannon. Billy Cannon 104 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: led LSU to the nineteen fifty eight National Championship. He 105 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 2: was the nineteen fifty nine Heisman Trophy winner, and the 106 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 2: NFL illegally signed him to a contract. In November of 107 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 2: his senior year, the Los Angeles Rams put him under 108 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 2: contract at that point. The contract was then going to 109 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: be dated January twod nineteen sixty, after Billy Cannon had 110 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 2: played in the Sugar Bowl. Well, mister Adams, who was 111 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 2: pro football's original outlaw, said that doesn't work. So he 112 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 2: offered Billy Cannon and his family more money to sign 113 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 2: with the Houston Oilers. And what he did is he 114 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 2: had a man by the name of Adrian Burke under 115 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 2: the goal post on January first, nineteen sixty at the 116 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: Sugar Bowl, and they signed Billy Cannon to a contract 117 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 2: with our organization the minute he stopped playing college football. 118 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: It went to court and the Houston Oilers won. Billy 119 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: Cannon started off as a Houston Oiler. That struck the 120 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 2: blow for the AFL because suddenly they were going to 121 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: take on the NFL head to head. We had great 122 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 2: success in the early years of the AFL, the first 123 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 2: two AFL championships won by the Houston Oilers. The Oilers 124 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 2: also played in the title game in the third year 125 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 2: of the league. There was a lot of back and 126 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 2: forth between the NFL and the AFL over players. It 127 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 2: escalated to the point that it was way too expensive 128 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 2: for both of them, and so after nineteen sixty six, 129 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 2: a merger was put together and so the AFL teams 130 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 2: would become part of the NFL and it would expand. 131 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 2: For the four years during the time between the agreement 132 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 2: and the merger, the AFL champion would play the NFL 133 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 2: champion in what we now know as the Super Bowl. 134 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 2: That's how the Super Bowl got started. The AFL won two, 135 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 2: the NFL won two, and then in nineteen seventy it 136 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 2: was all put together, and so the AFL helped to 137 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: form the AFC as we now know it. Those AFL teams, 138 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 2: and of course there's the NFC on the other side, 139 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 2: and now the NFC and the AFC champions play for 140 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. So that's a little bit of the backstory. 141 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 2: After the merger happened, the Oilers had some success until 142 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: they drafted a running back from Texas who had won 143 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: the Heisman Trophy by the name of Earl Campbell, and 144 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 2: for the next two seasons, for seventy eight and seventy nine, 145 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,839 Speaker 2: the Houston Oilers played in the AFC Championship game, had 146 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 2: great success and there was a wave among the fan 147 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: base that became known as Love You Blue, and it 148 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 2: was one of the glory times of the Oilers. Unfortunately, 149 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 2: didn't last very long. The team sank back to despair 150 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 2: and mister Adams decided to do something really bold. In 151 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 2: nineteen eighty four, he went out and spent boukoos of 152 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 2: money at the time forty years ago to sign a 153 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 2: quarterback from Canada who had played at the University of Washington, 154 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 2: but who had to go to Canada after his college career, 155 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: and he had been so successful with the edmundton Escobos 156 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 2: that at that point he was a big, big commodity. 157 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 2: Mister Adams landed him his name, Warren Moon, a quarterback. 158 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 2: The significance was not just that they paid a lot 159 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 2: of money and that they went out and got the 160 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: guy from Canada. The significance was it was the first 161 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 2: time in NFL history that an owner had gone out 162 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 2: and had signed a black quarterback to be the face 163 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 2: of the franchise. He said, you are a guy, You're 164 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 2: gonna lead us, and it was a historic move. It's 165 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: won to this day that Warren Moon still talks about 166 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 2: anytime he's asked about it. What it meant to the 167 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: entire league. It was also a very good move. Eventually, 168 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 2: after a couple of years of transition, the team went 169 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: to the playoffs seven straight years, and Warren Moon was 170 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 2: a pro bowler for virtually every one of them. It 171 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 2: turned out to be one of the greats of his era. 172 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 2: Nineteen ninety four, thirty years ago, something changed, though the 173 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 2: salary cap came into be. The original salary cap in 174 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety four was thirty five million dollars. There were 175 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 2: players last next year in this league whose salary cap 176 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 2: cost was higher than that, but in those days, thirty 177 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 2: five million dollars was where it started. The Oilers were 178 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 2: not in position to keep the team together, so they 179 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 2: had to break it all up and do another reset. 180 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 2: In the midst of the reset in nineteen ninety five, 181 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 2: the organization did something else historic. With the third pick 182 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 2: in the nineteen ninety five draft, the Houston Oilers selected 183 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 2: Steve McNair, quarterback all corn State. They decided that Steve 184 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 2: McNair would be our future going forward, and a lot 185 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 2: of people were surprised that they would take a quarterback 186 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 2: from all corn at say you're going to be the guy. 187 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 2: The other significant thing that happened during that period of 188 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: time is Houston would not build mister Adams a new stadium. 189 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 2: We had always been renters. With the advent of the 190 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 2: salary cap, the big issue for us was you needed 191 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 2: a different business model where you controlled things in your 192 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 2: own stadium because as we knew, the salary cap was 193 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 2: only going to go up. And so mister Adams asked 194 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 2: Houston to build the new stadium. They wouldn't build it. 195 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:25,719 Speaker 2: He realized from a business standpoint, he had no options. 196 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 2: So he asked his chief lieutenants with the Oilers organization, 197 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 2: find me candidates where we can move the franchise. There 198 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 2: were several mister Adams settled on Nashville, and he did 199 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 2: that for a very strange reason. Mister Adams, obviously a wild, 200 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 2: wildly successful businessman, sat on several boards of companies. One 201 00:12:54,120 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: of those boards was Couson Plastics, a toy company in Franklin. 202 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: So mister Adams would come to Nashville periodically for different 203 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: board meetings with Couson Plastics, and he liked Nashville. He 204 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 2: saw things grow, He saw things happening. He liked the people, 205 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 2: and so he told his team with the Oilers, I 206 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 2: want to move to Nashville, Tennessee. There's no pro football 207 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 2: in the Mid South. All we had here was the SEC, 208 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 2: and of course the SEC, as we still know to 209 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 2: this day, is king. And he wondered, why can't we 210 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 2: make pro football as exciting in this region as the 211 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 2: Southeastern Conference to football fans. He knew there would be 212 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 2: no problem finding football fans here, but he had to 213 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 2: get a stadium. So he picked up the phone and 214 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 2: he called Nashville Mayor Phil Bredison and he said, Mayor Bretison, 215 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 2: b Adams with the Houston Oilers, if you'll build me 216 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 2: as stadium, I'll move my football team there. And Brettison 217 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 2: hung up the phone. He thought it was a prank call. 218 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 2: So a few minutes later they realized it wasn't a 219 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 2: prank call, they called him back. Everyone had a good laugh, 220 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 2: and in nineteen ninety six the process of moving the 221 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 2: team here started. But Nashville had no stadium of its own, 222 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 2: so in nineteen ninety seven we played in Memphis. We 223 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 2: were supposed to play in Memphis for two years. That 224 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 2: didn't work out great so in nineteen ninety eight they 225 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 2: convinced Vanderbilt to let us play there while what we 226 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 2: now know is Nissan Stadium, originally a Delphia Colisseum, was 227 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: being built. Nineteen ninety nine was the year the franchise 228 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 2: had gone eight and eight for three straight years. The 229 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: coaches and everybody with the organization knew that mister Adams 230 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 2: expected to go to the playoffs inside our building. This building, 231 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 2: which had opened in August of ninety nine, August twenty fifth, 232 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 2: to the exact, they called it playoffs or pink slips. 233 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 2: Everybody was getting the acts if it didn't work. So 234 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 2: we had three goals as an organization. Number one, make 235 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 2: the playoffs, Number two sell out every game at what 236 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 2: was then known as Adelphia Coliseum, and number three host 237 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 2: a playoff game. And what happened. We went thirteen and three, 238 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 2: but we didn't win our division. Our division at that 239 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 2: time was the AFC Central. Jacksonville won the AFC Central 240 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 2: that year. They were fourteen and two. We were thirteen 241 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 2: and three. Jacksonville's only two losses to us we beat 242 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 2: them down there in a driving rainstorm in September, and 243 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 2: then we beat them up here on the day after Christmas. 244 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 2: But they were the division champs, they had the best 245 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 2: record in ball and so they would be the number 246 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 2: one seed in the playoffs. We did get a home 247 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 2: game though, We got to host the Buffalo Bills January eighth, 248 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 2: two thousand, back and forth affair. Buffalo kicked a field 249 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 2: goal with sixteen seconds to go. We're down sixteen to 250 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 2: fifteen Titans at that point. On the sidelines, Jeff Fisher 251 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 2: and his Special teams coach Alan Lowry said, we have 252 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 2: to pull out something we practiced every Saturday called home 253 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 2: Run Throwback. That was the name of the play home 254 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 2: Run Throwback. But we have all kinds of problems, all 255 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: kinds of problems. First of all, our return mayn Derek Mason, 256 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 2: who went on to become a great receiver for us 257 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 2: and for the Baltimore Ravens. Derek Mason has a concussion. 258 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 2: They had to hide his helmet in a trunk because 259 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 2: he wanted to go back in the game. He can't go, 260 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 2: Anthony Dorr said, is his backup. Anthony Dorsett has leg cramps, 261 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 2: can't play. So we go out on the field to 262 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 2: run home run throwback with sixteen seconds to go in 263 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 2: this playoff game, and they pull out Kevin Dyson, a 264 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 2: second year receiver from Utah, and they say, listen, you 265 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: just need to go in and just you're basically the 266 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 2: eleventh guy. That's it. You're just going in. As they 267 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 2: go into the field, the guy who is supposed to 268 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 2: catch the lateral pass, Isaac Byrd, tells Kevin Dyson, whatever 269 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 2: you do, stay behind me just in case I have 270 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 2: to throw a second lateral to you. So Steve Christie's 271 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 2: the kicker for Buffalo. He kicks it up in the air. 272 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 2: That's a huge problem. We had never practiced it with 273 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 2: a kick up in the air. We'd always practiced it 274 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 2: with a squibkick. Our fullback Lorenzo O'Neill, who was basically 275 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 2: a guard with a low number camps out under it, 276 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 2: were terrified. First of all, he basically has, as Frank 277 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 2: Whitcheck would say, spoons for hands, and everybody thought he's 278 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 2: either gonna drop it or he's gonna fair catch it. 279 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 2: Why is he doing this? Well, when he went onto 280 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 2: the field, he told Frank, if they kick it short, 281 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 2: I'll get it and hand it back to you. And 282 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 2: so that's what he did. He caught the kick off 283 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 2: and turned and handed it back to Frank Whitecheck. Whitcheck 284 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 2: was a tight end pro bowler, one of the best 285 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 2: athletes on our football team period. He ran to his right, 286 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 2: turned and threw the ball back down the twenty five 287 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 2: yard line thirty yards. Now, he was wearing tight end 288 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 2: pads and he made this incredibly act, curate throw. He 289 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 2: thought he was going to be throwing it to Isaac Burr. 290 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 2: The problem was when the ball went up in the air. Initially, 291 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 2: Ike started forward and fell down. He took himself out 292 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 2: of the play. So what should have happened is Frank 293 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 2: Whitcheck's pass right down the twenty five yard line should 294 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 2: have gone out of bounds. But remember what Ike told 295 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 2: Kevin Dyson stayed behind me, just in case Kevin Dyson 296 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 2: goes back, catches the ball, and Buffalo is totally out 297 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 2: of position. They had been fooled by everything, and all 298 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 2: of a sudden, Kevin Dyson heads down a path on 299 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 2: the west sideline toward the north end zone and there's 300 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 2: nobody there. Seventy five yard touchdown, the Music City Miracle, 301 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 2: one of the most famous plays in NFL history. So 302 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 2: it was neil to Whycheck Dyson should have never worked, 303 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 2: but it worked because the other eight guys executed their 304 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 2: spots perfectly. They executed the fake they threw off Buffalo, 305 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 2: and then they formed the corridor up the sidelines and 306 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 2: took Kevin Dyson home. Didn't get a penalty, and just 307 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 2: make sure and do their jobs. It's important to know 308 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 2: the other eight guys who were on the field for 309 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 2: the Music City miracle number twenty, Rodney Thomas, number thirty five, 310 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 2: Perry Phoenix number fifty, Terry Killings number fifty one, Greg 311 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 2: Favors number fifty nine, Doug Coleman number eighty three, Isaac 312 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 2: Byrd number eighty four, Larry Brown number eighty eight, Jackie Harris. 313 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 2: Because you know, to this day, all of those players 314 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 2: claimed that as their highest moment in the league. A 315 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 2: couple of those guys work in administration in athletics, and 316 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 2: it's in their box. He was part of the famous 317 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 2: Music City miracle. It was unbelievable. Place erupted, and suddenly 318 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 2: Nashville became a massive, overwhelming, incredible NFL town in one day. 319 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 2: Next week we went to Indianapolis. They were a heavy 320 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 2: favorite to beat us. Peyton Manning's first playoff game, we 321 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,479 Speaker 2: somehow won that game came home, ten thousand people were 322 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 2: in the Nashville airport waiting for us. It was crazy. 323 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 2: The next week we go to Jacksonville AFC championship game. 324 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 2: They're great revenge. They had beaten Miami the week before 325 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 2: in Dan Marino's last career game sixty two to seven. 326 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 2: Damn is right, and boy, they were laying for us. 327 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 2: And we walked in there and smacked him right in 328 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 2: the mouth, beat him thirty three to fourteen on their 329 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 2: field in front of their fans at what was to 330 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 2: be their coronation moment. And we went to the super Bowl. Now, 331 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: if you don't understand from what I just said, why 332 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 2: Jacksonville has heat for us to this day. That's the reason. 333 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 2: So we went to the super Bowl, Super Bowl thirty four. 334 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 2: Kevin Dyson was tackled on the one yard line as 335 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 2: time ran out. One of the greatest Super Bowls ever. 336 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 2: Nashville was so enthralled by everything. They had a parade 337 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 2: for us. After we lost the Super Bowl. More people 338 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 2: went to our parade down Broadway, then went to the 339 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 2: parade in Saint Louis for the Rams. It's crazy. The 340 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 2: five year period we had, those first five years starting 341 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 2: in ninety nine, sixty one wins, four playoff appearances, two 342 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 2: AFC Championship games, that Super Bowl. One of the most 343 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 2: significant things that happened during that period of time was 344 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 2: Steve McNair. In two thousand and three, was named the 345 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 2: MVP of the NFL, first black quarterback to ever be 346 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 2: named the league's MVP. The most courageous player I've ever seen, 347 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 2: the toughest player I've ever seen, my favorite player that 348 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 2: I've ever seen. If I had to walk out these 349 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 2: doors and put it all on the line to save 350 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,719 Speaker 2: my family, the one Titans player I would ask to 351 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 2: go with me to this day is Steve McNair. You 352 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 2: will never find anybody that was associated with organization who 353 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 2: wouldn't say the same thing. Eddie George would say the 354 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 2: same thing. Jovon Kurst would say the same thing. That's 355 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 2: what he was to all of us, and when he 356 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 2: won that MVP, that felt like we all wanted and 357 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 2: Steve understood the significance. He understood what Warren Moon had 358 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 2: meant to him, what Randall Cunningham had meant to him, 359 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 2: and that what he meant to quarterbacks that would follow 360 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 2: it was special and it made us all proud. We 361 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 2: went through another little downturn because of the salary cap. 362 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 2: Came back in two thousand and seven, went to the 363 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 2: playoffs two thousand and eight, ten and oh to start 364 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 2: the season, thirteen and three. Great year. Two thousand and nine. 365 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 2: Chris Johnson rushes for two thousand yards CJ two K. 366 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 2: It was phenomenal to watch. He set the NFL record 367 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 2: for yards from scrimmage over twenty five hundred yards from scrimmage. 368 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 2: That still stands. It was fun. It was fun, got rocky, 369 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 2: as it sometimes does, had some starts and stops with coaches, 370 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 2: had some starts and stops with quarterbacks, and we were 371 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 2: out in the wilderness for seven years, I mean really 372 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 2: out in the wilderness. But twenty sixteen we got things 373 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 2: back on track and that started a run of six 374 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 2: straight winning seasons. It was fun again. Twenty nineteen through 375 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: twenty twenty one was really fun. Nineteen we go to 376 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 2: the playoffs, first round. We draw the New England Patriots 377 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 2: in Foxborough. Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, all those guys. Rumor 378 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 2: is if and when they lose, Brady's gone, he wants out. 379 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: We walk in that place and Derrick Henry went crazy 380 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 2: that night. Our defense did something incredibly special that night 381 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 2: and we beat them, and that was Tom Brady's last 382 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 2: game with the New England Patriots. The Tennessee Titans, your 383 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 2: team did that. The next week, we go into Baltimore. 384 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 2: They're the number one seed. Lamar Jackson's the MVP. We 385 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 2: got no chance. We beat him, and out of nowhere, 386 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 2: a nine to seven team goes to the AFC Championship 387 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 2: game and we're ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs, and 388 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 2: then well didn't work out the way we wanted. Twenty twenty, 389 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 2: we come back, We win the AFC South for the 390 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 2: first time in twelve years. Twenty twenty one, we win 391 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 2: the AFC South again. We have the best record in football. 392 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 2: It was a good, good run. And then there are resets, 393 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 2: and we're coming off of another reset at this point. 394 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 2: You know what stands out that may surprise you is 395 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 2: it is possible that on your team, the twenty twenty 396 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 2: four Tennessee Titans, we will only start three players who 397 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: started for US two years ago in twenty twenty two. 398 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 2: Think about that, out of twenty four spots, it's conceivable 399 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 2: that only three of them will be manned by guys 400 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 2: who were here two years ago. That's the NFL. There 401 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:36,479 Speaker 2: are always resets, but it opens up opportunities for people. 402 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 2: And this has been an organization that consistently has seen 403 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 2: opportunity go to people. Whether you're from a small school, 404 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 2: whether you're from a big school, no matter what you 405 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 2: look like, no matter, like I said, where you come from. 406 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 2: We have a type and that type is people who 407 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:03,479 Speaker 2: want to win championships. Because what we want here is 408 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 2: we want you to be taking that parade down Broadway 409 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 2: when we hoist the Lombardi Trophy. That's why you're here, 410 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 2: That's why people have come through these doors. That's why 411 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 2: mister Adams and now Amy Adams Strunk says, we just 412 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 2: want people who want to win championships. That's what we're after. 413 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:35,719 Speaker 2: We have some people on our wall who have their 414 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 2: number retired. Warren Moon is number one, Steve mcmahor number nine, 415 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 2: Eddie George number twenty seven, Earl Campbell, number thirty four, 416 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 2: Jim Norton, who was a safety and a punter for 417 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 2: the Oilers in the sixties, number forty three, Mike Munchak, 418 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 2: one of the great guards of the eighties, and our 419 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 2: head coach, our offensive line coach for a period of 420 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 2: time number sixty three, Elvin Bethay, one of the great 421 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 2: past rushers of the nineteen seventies, Number sixty five, and 422 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 2: Bruce Matthews, a guy who incredibly played nineteen years in 423 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 2: the offensive line in this league, number seventy four. So 424 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 2: if you wanted one of those eight numbers and wondered 425 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 2: why you didn't get it, that's why. But those guys 426 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:27,479 Speaker 2: were certainly standouts for us in certain ways who it 427 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 2: can't be measured. As a matter of fact, five of 428 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 2: them are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. We've 429 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 2: essentially done everything in sixty five years, but win the championship, 430 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl. That's why you're here. I can't 431 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 2: wait to watch you get this opportunity. I can't wait 432 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 2: to have a chance to tell your stories and your 433 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 2: story as a group on the and on TV, through 434 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 2: social media, through everything we do, all the things that 435 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 2: I've talked about, Bud Adams, taking Billy Cannon from the NFL, 436 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 2: Love You Blue, Earl Campbell, Warren Moon, Steve McNair, the Titans, 437 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 2: the Music City Miracle, CJ two K, doing what we 438 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: did in the twenty nineteen playoffs, ending the Patriots run 439 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 2: Derrick Henry, Big Jeff. That's all in your DNA, and 440 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 2: it's important you know it. It's important you know why 441 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 2: we wear the colors we wear is because mister Adams 442 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 2: would not leave the history behind in Houston. When we 443 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 2: moved to Nashville. Mister Adams told the commissioner he was 444 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,959 Speaker 2: not going to do what other franchises had done because 445 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 2: he founded this organization, and so they retired the name Oilers, 446 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 2: and all of our history came with us in order 447 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 2: for us to become the Titans, So you're still part 448 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 2: of that. You will meet the Oilers when we have 449 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 2: homecoming week. You're obviously going to meet a lot of 450 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 2: the Titans because of our owner, Amy Adams Strunk and 451 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 2: what she does. Our guys come back. They love to 452 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 2: come back, and you're going to be surprised the first 453 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 2: time you see Javon Kirsch walk down the hall, when 454 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 2: you see Eddie George float in here for lunch, when 455 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 2: you have a chance to meet CJ. Two K and 456 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 2: all of these cats because they like being here with 457 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 2: our ownership group. You've arrived at the right time, though, 458 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 2: because we're ready to elevate again and the stadium is 459 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 2: such a big deal. I was here for the first 460 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 2: one when we opened it in ninety nine. We won 461 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 2: our first thirteen games in what's now known as Nissan Stadium. 462 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 2: Our new stadium, with a roof two point one billion dollars, 463 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 2: will host Super Bowls, it will host Final Fours, It'll 464 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 2: host the College Football Playoff, It'll host WrestleMania, It'll host 465 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 2: some of the biggest concerts in the world. But the 466 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 2: best part about it is it's going to be the 467 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 2: best home field advantage in the NFL because everything they 468 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 2: have done to design it has been about world class 469 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 2: right these events, because Nashville has become a world class 470 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 2: city just like Bud Adams thought it would. But it's 471 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 2: never lost. The thought is we've got to keep the 472 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 2: noise in there to make it the home field advantage 473 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 2: it can be. I'm appreciated this opportunity to talk to you. 474 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 2: I'm so proud to be a part of this. Like 475 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 2: I said, I'm thrilled that you're here and the journey 476 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 2: starts now with all of this and you as part 477 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 2: of the sixty fifteen in our franchise's history. Thank you. 478 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: Remember that seat Geek is the official ticketing partner of 479 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. Whether you're buying or selling tickets to 480 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: a Titans game or any other live event in Nashville. 481 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 3: Seat Geek is the place to do it. 482 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: Seat Geek the new official ticketing partner of the Tennessee Titans. 483 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: So Titans fans can fan. I think Mike is done. 484 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: Maybe Mike, how'd it go? 485 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 2: I mean, from my perspective, it was will nerve wracking. 486 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 3: Any sleepers didn't see anybody. 487 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,080 Speaker 2: Of course, they all want a job, so it's true. 488 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 3: They're engaged. 489 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 2: They're engaged. It was just special to get to do that, 490 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 2: having been with the organization for a minute, to have 491 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 2: them call on you to address the players at any point, 492 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 2: it was. It was very special. I'm very thankful for 493 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 2: it and very thankful that the OT people are getting 494 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 2: a chance to experience it too. After the fact, out Keith, 495 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 2: thank you. So I'm gonna do what I always do, 496 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 2: and that's say good night, fray Well, I'm Mike Keith, 497 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 2: thank you for joining us for the o T Welcome 498 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 2: to the 499 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 3: Big show where the Leggin's going