1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Here's the snap looking tux, the ball diving for the 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Plylot that he's got it, Razzle Tashole, touchdown, Gustans and 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: the Texans go in front. There is no off season 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: for your Houston Texans game day. He's every day. We 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: had a lot of energy and we brought a lot 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: of spark for this organization. Five nights a week. They 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: hits keep on coming. The Texans say they have it, 8 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: and they go no, it's Texans All Excess. It is 9 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: a Memorial Day addition of Texans All Access Live. That 10 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: is right, Zach Guiltchow. You can listen later, but you're 11 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: gonna listen to me and my partner Mark vandy Er. 12 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: I have John Harris fop Plyhoffs, the salient reporter and 13 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: the voice of Texans, Mark Vannier. Mark, how's your weekend? Ben? Well, 14 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: you know I was really looking forward hearing that Clint 15 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: Sterner drop right before our show not begetting this pool 16 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: corps that whatever he says. Yeah, Like I can't even 17 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: quite irritate it properly, but I wanted to hear it 18 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: because it's sole Memorial Day and that's the one day 19 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: we don't get to hear it. My gosh, I'm really disappointed. Yeah, 20 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: that I It's funny because there's certain things when you 21 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: just hear it over and over again. You can be 22 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: doing anything, but I mean, it doesn't matter. You can 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: be writing something, can be on your phone, you can 24 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: just be sitting staring off in space and I will 25 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: hear that come on and I will I'll just say 26 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: the words right as soon as it comes on, like 27 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: I'm singing a song in my in my house. I've 28 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: gotten so used to that being the end of their 29 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: show leading into our show. So yeah, I've definitely I've 30 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: gotten used to that. On tonight show, a little later 31 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: in the show, we're gonna have Rice University head football 32 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: coach Mike Bloomgren. They've got a the Rice Hous do 33 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: a big ball game September nineteenth with the LSU Tigers 34 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: that will take place at n rg AM. And again, 35 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: as we have said many times, it bears I guess 36 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: repeating in some sense, obviously things have to happen, but 37 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: that is the plant. As of now, September nineteenth, LSU 38 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: and Rice and tickets have gone on sale. So Mike 39 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: Bloomgren is going to join us to talk about how 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: it's going at Rice and I had a great conversation 41 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: with him. I believe it was on Friday, Thursday, Friday, 42 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: we sat down has his conversation, so I think he'll 43 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: enjoy talks about having to deal with the zoom environment. 44 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, I said this during the year, Mark, 45 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: we saw thirteen different teams last year. Yeah, thirteen different 46 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: teams because we played Kansas City. I guess Buffalo be 47 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: four team. We saw fourteen different teams play last year. 48 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: I'm convinced that the shortest player that we saw last 49 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: year may have been the best player we saw last year, 50 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: and that's Christian McCaffrey. And I bring it up because 51 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: Mike Bloomgren invited Christian McCaffrey to join the Rice Owls 52 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: via Zoom meeting and had a really good time and 53 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: they actually got some spring practices in. So well. Have 54 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: Rice head coach Mike Bloomgan on later in the show. 55 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 1: I know Patrick Mahomes was great. Their quarterbacks there were great, 56 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: there's no question, but Christian McCaffrey was as good a 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: player we saw all last year. Was he not? Mark? 58 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Johnny, And we thought about the way 59 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: he's used is this gonna last forever? Are they gonna 60 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: wear him out? He's an MVP candidate every time. You know, 61 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: he can take the field for the majority of games. 62 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: I think you'd have to call him that as long 63 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: as the car as the Carolina Panthers can win. But man, 64 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: he was so dangerous running catching however they line him up. 65 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: What a weapon. And I think you know you mentioned it. 66 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: He gives a lot of hope to players who might 67 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: not fit the mold, the NFL mold so to speak. 68 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: I mean, he just, you know, coming out of college. 69 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: I think there are a lot of high hopes for him, 70 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: no doubt, But I don't know if anyone expected this. 71 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: Did you expect this out of McCaffrey. I thought he's 72 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: god be solid, But jeez, I expected him to be 73 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: what he was probably the first couple of years. In 74 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: some sense, I thought his receiving skills were magnificent. I 75 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: thought if Carolina could exploit his receiving skills, that would 76 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: definitely be a way where he could step right in. 77 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: But I think where he impressed me against us in particular, 78 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: he took a pounding mark. I mean he took a 79 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: pounding he had I think thirty eight thirty nine touches 80 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: against us, and there were not any there were no 81 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: there were no chunk runs in there, not a lot 82 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: of runs where he went outside, went out of pounds. 83 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: He was getting hammered. And then after all of that, 84 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: he makes that juggling catch on the sideline near the 85 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: sideline for the first down, and it was like, the 86 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: best player on this field is a guy that may 87 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: not be able to ride the rides at six flags 88 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:47,559 Speaker 1: he's so short. But well, he's listed here. I'm looking 89 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: at it, five eleven. Is that generous? Probably, it's generous. 90 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: That's that's generous. That's that's generous. Well, another guy who's 91 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: in the news today who played the position is Reggie Bush, right, 92 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: who he checked in around two hundred two oh five 93 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: coming in to the league. Right, But what was the 94 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: height for Reggie Bush? I'm looking it up. I think 95 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: he might, but I remember six foot McCaffrey was not. 96 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: I remember the talk of that two thousand and six offseason. 97 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: Is he big enough? Is Bush big enough to be 98 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: a big time NFL player? I mean sensational in college? 99 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: No one's going to take that away from him. Oh 100 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: wait a minute, They kind of did take it away 101 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: from him, but for different reasons. But no one was 102 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: going to take the ability in the performance away. As 103 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: far as the NFL ability, well, did he have the 104 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: size to do it? We were actually going back to 105 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: people like Tony Dorsett, who weren't you know, he wasn't 106 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: the biggest guy in the world, had a tremendous career 107 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: and all of that. But look at McCaffrey five eleven, 108 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: two hundred two oh five, gets drafted high and look, 109 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: it's worked out, I think better than expected. You know, 110 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: he's actually overperformed. I think I think a lot of 111 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: people thought he's not really gonna live up to that. 112 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: They saw why they drafted there, but he's lived up 113 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: to it. And beyond thinking back on that, we've all 114 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: said this, which I think just based on how our 115 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: careers played out, that Mario was the pick in two 116 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: thousand and six, and that they're right he was. He 117 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: was the pick, and obviously he was the pick, but 118 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: he was the right pick. How do you think, how 119 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: do you think Reggie would have done in Gary's offense? 120 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: Very good? Because I've I've thought about that too, because 121 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: we say that all the time. But oh yeah, Mario 122 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: Willis was the pick, But I often think about what 123 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: Reggie would have done in Gary's offense. I think Reggie 124 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: would have been really good in Gary's offense. I don't know. 125 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: I just think that that maybe if we'd had a 126 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: chance to look at that, maybe we wouldn't say that 127 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: maybe he would have been the right fit in that offense. Well, 128 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: here's another one for him, v Y. Let's think about 129 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: this for a moment. If they went ahead and drafted him, 130 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: now we knew what was going to happen. If they 131 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: drafted him, it was going to be mayhem. Yes, you 132 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: were going to have to move on quickly from David 133 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: Carr because the noise would have been deafening in Houston. 134 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: To play Vince right, David could have started. But the 135 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: first loss, the first you know, it wouldn't have to 136 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: be Tom Savage of the first half against Jacksonville in 137 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. It wouldn't have to be that. It would 138 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: have to be anything other than perfect, and he would 139 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: have had to be out of there and Vy would 140 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 1: have come in. Now, what if you win some games? 141 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: You know, in Gary's offense, I could see Vy do 142 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: them pretty well. And even if it didn't pan out 143 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: long term. I wonder if the affair, the encounter, if 144 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: it was a brief encounter, if it was two ships 145 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: passing in the night between Vince Young and the Houston 146 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: Texans and their fans, if it would have been like 147 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: a great two or three years or whatever it turned 148 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: out to be, if that would have been worth it 149 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: to people considering what ultimately happened, because yes, Mario was 150 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: the right pick, but it wasn't like, oh my gosh, 151 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: he's going to the Hall of Fame, and it wasn't 152 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: JJ Watt what he would do for the franchise, which look, 153 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: I'm giving you know, I'm giving Wat a lot of 154 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: credit here and I should, but it's also you know, 155 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: Watt also had Wade Phillips coming in and Jonathan Joseph 156 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: and Daniel and they completely changed things around the cultural 157 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: shift on that side of the football, and it was 158 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: all part of it. And not that Watt isn't miles 159 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: ahead of Mario, but you get my point here. I 160 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: think it's interesting to look at things that way. I 161 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: know we didn't intend to go in this direction, but hey, 162 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: I brought it up. Yeah, no doubt. Now, Christian McCaffrey 163 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: ended up on Pete Prisco's Top one hundred players at 164 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: what number? What number do you think he came in at? Well, 165 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: knowing Pete a little bit, I'm gonna put I wonder 166 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: if Pete's like this doubting guy about McCaffrey, like, yeah, 167 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: so what you know, what was their record? Nine? Eighteen? Five? Oh? Wow? 168 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: Okay five. Now I bring this up because Pete Prisco 169 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: is is somebody that I've listened to for a long time, 170 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: read for a long time Becaueves and Jackson when I 171 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: was in Jacksonville. You and I've interviewed him Mark I. 172 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people find Pete sort of 173 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: prickly and they don't really care. I've I've always had 174 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: really good interactions with Pete. We've had good interactions with 175 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: Pete at the Combat. We've had some really good interviews 176 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: with Pete because he's just honest. He tells it like 177 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: it is. He got into, I would say, a little 178 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: bit of a tiff, but a lot of a tiff 179 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: because on his Top one hundred he did not put 180 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: makea Fitzpatricks. So Steeler fan, Steeler fan just showed its 181 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: inner Cleveland Browns fan and went after him, and he's like, look, 182 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: I looked at these particular games and I didn't see 183 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: what I thought was a top one hundred player, and 184 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: they just they just blasted him. And look, manka, if 185 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: I did a list like this and I'm thinking about 186 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: doing one, I make it would be in the top 187 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: one hundred, I think because a fabulous player. But the 188 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: fact that Pete puts in all that time. But it 189 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,319 Speaker 1: got me thinking as I was going through this list, 190 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: there are a few things that I always look at 191 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: on list like this. I've the first thing I don't 192 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: even think of is where Texans. I think about, Okay, 193 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: who are the quarterbacks that the Texans have to play 194 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,079 Speaker 1: that are on that are as perceived by Pete Prisco 195 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: in his top one hundred, the Texans will play four 196 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that made his top one hundred, which I thought 197 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: at first was like, that's kind of a that's a 198 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: little bit of a low number. But Mitchell Trubisky, Matt 199 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: Stafford obviously was hurt last year, who usually likes Okay, 200 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: I can see maybe four, Patrick mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers. 201 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: Can you guess the fourth I'm going on it's it's 202 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: not Kirk Cousins. He would never put he put Kirk Cousins. 203 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: So it's a top one hundred player. Look, Johnny, let 204 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: me just throw this one out to you. Yeah, team, 205 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: you have a football team, and you're allowed to draft 206 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: a quarterback, and you have Kirk Cousins and Matthew Stafford available. 207 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: Who you pick? Yeah, I don't think there's any question 208 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: he picked up right, But maybe it's based it's based 209 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: on last year and yeah, and you, like you said, 210 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: Stafford was nicked up and you're going into this year 211 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: and Kirk Cousins did have a nice season and nice 212 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 1: ending to the season. Anyway, they did lose that monster 213 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: game at home late in the year that forced them 214 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: to go play the Saints on the road, but they 215 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: won that game, so good for them. Um. Wow, top 216 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,599 Speaker 1: one hundred player, Kirk Cousins. What does he have? Oh? No. 217 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: Number eighty six, And well we'll get to that and 218 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: we'll get just a second. He has Cousins number eighty six. 219 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: But I thought this was interesting about the first three. 220 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: Number one is Patrick Mahomes. Overall. Number seven overall is 221 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. He's got Gilmour McCaffrey, Michael Thomas, Russell, Wilson, 222 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald all in front of Lamar Jackson. So he 223 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: took some heat for that. And he's got Aaron Rodgers 224 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: at number ten. So the Texans will face three of 225 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: the top ten players quarterbacks on Pete Brisco's top one 226 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: hundred list. Now the NFL will do it's top one 227 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: hundred list. I'm just going on what Pete did. I 228 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: believe and I've I've done the math on this. I 229 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: don't think there is any other team that will face three. Uh, 230 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: there's four quarterbacks in the top that's a top ten. Yeah, 231 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 1: miss Oh, Russell, Wilson, So Mahomes, Wilson, Jackson, Rogers. So 232 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: four quarterbacks in the top ten. He has The Texans, 233 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: I believe mark in my crack research, are the only 234 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: team to face three of those quarterbacks in twenty twenty, 235 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: that being Mahomes, Jackson, and Rodgers. Green Bay has Rogers, 236 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: so that eliminated. They're gonna face the Seahawks because they 237 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,599 Speaker 1: both finished first. Um who else but they faced Artivision 238 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: Jackson play Jackson, Yeah, yeah, so they won't. They won't 239 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: play Jackson, they won't play Mahomes, the Chiefs will play Jackson, 240 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 1: but they do not play Aaron Rodgers, and I don't 241 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 1: believe they play Seattle, and then Lamar Jackson, Baltimore plays 242 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: Kansas City, but I'm trying to remember who they The 243 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: AFC North is matched up with Might and I think 244 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: the AFC East or NFC East. So we're the only 245 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: team in the league that will face three the top 246 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: four quarterbacks in Prisco's Top ten. So buckle up. Now. 247 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 1: The good thing is of those four quarterbacks I mentioned, Mahomes, 248 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers, and Kirk Cousins. Of the four 249 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,559 Speaker 1: of the Texans will face on Pete's top one hundred, 250 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: three of them they get to face at home number 251 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: one overall, they got to face on the road in 252 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: the first game. So yeah, there's that, But there's also this. 253 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: Remember last year going into the season, how we looked 254 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: at the quarterback lineup for the opponents and said, that's 255 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: a pretty tough lineup, And not that it wasn't tough, 256 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: but you came out of it pretty well. When you 257 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: beat Brady, you beat Mahomes, I'm talking regular season here. 258 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: You beat Rivers on the road, which prior to the 259 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: season looked pretty tough. I mean, the Chargers won a 260 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: playoff game on the road, beating Baltimore Rivers, coming off 261 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: a good season, playoff season, all of that. Who else 262 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: am I missing here about? Last year? I mean they 263 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: did play Lamar Jackson and lost badly. There, Matt Ryan 264 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: looked this could be really tough. And you know they 265 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: scored over thirty points, the Falcons did, but you you 266 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: laid a fifty three on them, right, Yeah, Drew just 267 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: mentioned Drew Brees. Drew Brees, My goodness, I didn't even 268 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: mention him. And look, they went toe to toe with them. 269 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: They couldn't stop them, but they went toe to toe 270 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: with him offensively. They were able to do that. So look, 271 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: you just never know how it's gonna go. I think 272 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: last year, on paper, going in, I felt, well, dare 273 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: I say it worse about your chances? Are not worse 274 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: about the chances, but just the challenge just seemed more 275 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: daunting with those names in that lineup. And I know, 276 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: like looking into rear view mirror, Okay, it went better 277 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: than your thought, but geez, that was tough going in, 278 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: you know, so that you give you some whole the 279 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: way it went last year and should also tell you, look, 280 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: anything can happen, because you did lose to Kyle Allen, 281 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: and you did lose to Drew Luck, and you lost 282 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: to Jacoby Brissette. To the to the names that we're 283 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: two the guys who were supposed to face throw up 284 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: Cam Newton Andrew Luck didn't have to face those two. Yeah, 285 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: because that was Yes, that's a great point. I mean, 286 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: Cam Newton, you thought you were getting a break, no break. 287 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: Kyle Allen played well and Jacoby Brissette the same thing 288 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: up there. Anyway, in the game up there played well enough. 289 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: Now there are two Watts on the list, which one 290 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: is highed TJ or JJ. Oh, he's gonna put TJ 291 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: hire just sort of because he just likes to agitate 292 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: and irritate. He's doing the clicks and for engagement, he's 293 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: gonna put TJ ahead and JJ which to me, all right, 294 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: I get it what mishaalf the regular season came back again. 295 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: If both guys are healthy, I think, what's the guy? 296 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: There's no question about that. J J. Yes did. Yeah. 297 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: When I say what I said in a certain way, 298 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: that should indicate it's a Texans Watt and not a 299 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: stealers what if I say Steelers, way would be like 300 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: what But if I say what, that's Houston Texans? What 301 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: you see us? All about? Inflection? Johnny of course? Way. Yeah. 302 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: He put TJ at sixteen fourteen and a half sacks 303 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: last year. Pretty darn good year he's been. He's been 304 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: happening players. I don't really have too much argument. Uh. 305 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: He has got JJ Watt at thirty two, one spot 306 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: below DeAndre Hopkins at number thirty one, who is no 307 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: longer a Texan, but JJ at thirty two, So that lead. 308 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: That's a lot of love for JJ, who missed a 309 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: lot of time. I know, I know, I think Pete. 310 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: I think Pete really likes him. Yeah, so let's get 311 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: to our favorite quarterback here in the city of am 312 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: I gonna be upset, yes, okay, okay, So think about it. 313 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: Think about it like this. Think about it like this, 314 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: the range where de Sean falls. Think about it like numbers. 315 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: Offensive position. You know how the offensive linemen are like 316 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: from fifties to set these wide receivers or mainly in 317 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: the in the tens, running backs are like from twenty 318 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: to forty? What position group do you think Watson falls under? 319 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: He better he'd better not be any lower than safety. 320 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: It's good. He is in the offensive lineman category. He 321 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:25,120 Speaker 1: is at number he's at number sixty two. I mean, 322 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 1: all right, DeShawn Watson. Is he familiar with DeShawn Watson? 323 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 1: This is what Pete said. You wonder what he You 324 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: wonder what he'd be like with more help in terms 325 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: of an offensive line. He threw twenty six touchdown passes 326 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: in twelve picks last season, which isn't great. Oh boy, 327 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: does he watch him play the sport? I mean seriously, Like, 328 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: are we just gonna look at the numbers here and 329 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: what about the rushing touchdowns? Yeah? What about winning? What 330 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: about like winning the moment of truth? Yeah? So quarterbacks 331 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: ahead of the Sean Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Lamar Jackson, 332 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers mentioned all those. Drew Brees came in at 333 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: number eleven, fine, Tom Brady at nineteen, Dak Prescott at 334 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: forty six. All right, right there stop. No, I know, 335 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: I know Dak put up a lot of numbers last year, 336 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: but like I said, it's about winning. And look, I 337 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: know that people are gonna accuse me, Well, look when 338 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: when they don't have the wins, you point to the 339 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: numbers when they fell the winds, you point to the 340 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: winds if it's not the nun all right, I get 341 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 1: it a little bit, all right, and I admit that 342 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: to a point. But and I like Dak Prescott. You 343 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: know this, Johnny, I do like Dak. You and I 344 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: both liked this guy. But as a quarterback, I don't 345 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 1: think there's any doubt if you offered the Cowboys straight up, Hey, 346 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: you want Watson for Prescott? Done in a second? Not 347 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: a cowboy? That turns that idea? Yeah, second one, and 348 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 1: go the other way, go the other way. Offer Dak 349 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: Prescott for Deshaun Watson. No that, Brian, No, no, no, no, 350 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: not not happening, not gonna happen. And that is not 351 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: that's not even a dig against Dak Prescott, who's a 352 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: good quarterback. Boy. That contract is really interesting, by the way, 353 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, what like I mean the one he 354 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: hasn't signed yet, the one he hasn't signed, and it's 355 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: just once he signs it, Johnny, it's gonna be such 356 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,959 Speaker 1: sick money that you wonder Mahomes and Watson. It's like, 357 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, what these gonna be? I mean, this is. 358 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: This reminds me of when Magic Johnson signed that first 359 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:46,360 Speaker 1: really huge NBA contract. It was like twenty million dollars 360 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 1: back in the day when like a million one years 361 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 1: or something. Yeah, it was huge. Like these contracts, I mean, 362 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: sticker shock anyway, Uh yeah, this is ridiculous. The other guys. Look, 363 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: you can argue I can't. You know, I can't sit 364 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 1: here and say, you know, I can. I can make 365 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: points about why Watson might be more valuable to his 366 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 1: team and everything like that, and you know, real detractors 367 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: of the Breeze rank he could say, well, look what 368 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: we did with Bridgewater, this is a really good team. 369 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: Why did I go s my New England in a 370 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: New Orleans argument? I don't know. But but all right, fine, 371 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: he does not belong below Dak Prescott and in NFL ranking, 372 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: you know, wherever you have the rest of the quarterbacks, 373 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: Watson has to be a top twenty five player. Has 374 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: to be a top twenty five player in this league. 375 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Look at the facts. Plays two full seasons 376 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: and they win eleven games, ten games in a tough division. 377 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: I mean, it's all right there for you. It is 378 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 1: all right there for you. Tom Brady being at M nineteen. 379 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: I thought it was kind of interesting and he is 380 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: and was part of a very interesting afternoon yesterday. Mark, 381 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: Mark and I gotta talk about the match and would 382 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 1: there be similar sporting events that you would watch of 383 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: a similar vein. We'll talk about that next in Texas 384 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: Access Touchdown. Texans Radio continues in a moment, welcome back 385 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 1: to their conversation. It's Texans All Excess on Texans Radio. Yes, sir, 386 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,239 Speaker 1: welcome back. It's a Memorial Day edition of Texas All 387 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: Access Live. I am John Harris Sharrow's football analist to 388 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: Sid the reporter on the other side of town Smark 389 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: RANDOMIR voice of the Texans Mark yesterday. Did you watch 390 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: the match? Of course I did, Johnny, I don't know 391 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: you did too. I think a lot of people were watching. 392 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: A lot of people were five point eight million. That's 393 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: the largest cable audience ever for a golf event. That's amazing. Yeah, 394 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: you know what, I'll be straight up honest. I watched. 395 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: I watched bits and pieces. I did not want. I 396 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: did not watch the whole thing. But you just met 397 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 1: five point eight million viewers across four different Turner Sports network. 398 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: It was amazing. It was point now rain at certain 399 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: points during it. It was just it was just incredible 400 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,479 Speaker 1: as you watched it, Mark, what was kind of your 401 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from that? No matter what it was, maybe 402 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: not your biggest, but give me a couple of takeaways 403 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: that you had from that particular event itself yesterday. Well, 404 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: anybody who has been listening to this show understands, and 405 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: I've said stuff like this before, we could have been 406 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,439 Speaker 1: playing golf much of this whole lot that right, okay, 407 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: on television. We could have had some kind of professional 408 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: I look, I'm not saying you can't run. You can 409 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: run the tournaments the way you normally do, but we 410 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: could have done stuff like this. And I think now 411 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: they're kicking themselves that they didn't. And I think the 412 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: PGA it's funny how this lockdown sort of taught us. Well, 413 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: maybe the draft should be televised differently. Maybe these zoom 414 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: interviews have a little something to them. After all, everybody's 415 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: gotten a little more technologically savvy. Maybe golf should be 416 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: broadcast a little differently, Maybe we can add some things 417 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: to it. Maybe we do want to mike these guys 418 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: up a little bit more in a controlled sort of way. Look, 419 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 1: this was a this is a an event for charity. 420 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 1: This wasn't about your livelihood as a PGA player. I 421 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: know people just think, wow, come on, just just go 422 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: for it now. Colin Coward at a tweet today like, 423 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: just wide open, make it wide open. It's better. Like 424 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: you know, armchair golf watcher viewer guy is too old 425 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: to um. You know he's he's gonna watch anyway. You 426 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: know he's gonna object, but he's gonna watch anyway. Yeah. 427 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 1: I know you want to appeal to a younger audience, 428 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: but you also have to make it right. Look, I 429 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: loved it. You know, Manning as a great personality Brady. 430 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: Watching Brady struggle, I think everybody felt that and watching 431 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: him struggle. Anybody's played golf understands what it's like to 432 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: have a round where it's just not going your way, right, 433 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: it's just not going well, and you're trying to snap 434 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: out of it. Then he hits that shot. Now, I 435 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: actually said to my kid before that happened, like a 436 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 1: hole or two, I said, listen, Brady, it wouldn't surprise 437 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: me if he hits a really big shot at some 438 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: point in this tournament. Because in this match, because that's 439 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: woo Brady, isn't These guys are phenomenal athletes, even though 440 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: they might not be great golfers, they're phenomenal athletes and 441 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: they're capable of doing something that's extraordinary. And that was 442 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: it right there. I mean, that kind of made the day, 443 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: and it made it into you know, a going concern 444 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: down the stretch. So you know, I really liked a 445 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: lot of it. I wish it wasn't raining, but you 446 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: know whatever, they got through it, and it just showed me, 447 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,919 Speaker 1: Johnny that they could have been playing this whole time. 448 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: One of the things that stood out to me. You're 449 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: gonna think I'm really weird, but you've alread you've already 450 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: known that. I thought one of my favorite things of 451 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 1: the entire day was when I when you would hear 452 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,719 Speaker 1: Tiger Woods after a good paid manning shot, he'd call 453 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: him partner, and I just you know, it's it's interesting 454 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: because in golf, Tiger Woods and philm michelson are playing 455 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: for tiger Woods. Tiger Woods and PHILM. Michelson's it's them 456 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: and them alone. They might see a shot from a 457 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: guy they're playing at round with and they might feel excited, like, hey, 458 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: good you know, good shot, good shot. You know they 459 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: may know the playing partner. It might be you know, Marcomero, 460 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: the friend of Tiger Woods, and you know they might 461 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: you know, congratulate each other, but they don't play team sports. 462 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: And obviously, if you've got two of the greatest that 463 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,479 Speaker 1: ever played team sports. But when I would hear Tiger 464 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 1: would say that the paid manning, I don't know. There 465 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 1: was something about that that I loved, and it got 466 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: me thinking about kind of the crossover event of obviously 467 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 1: two professional golfers two with two professional football athletes, obviously 468 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: paidon is retired, but two players, you know, coming from 469 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: a team sport, and it got me thinking about what 470 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: other events could you do. Now some of these obviously 471 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 1: take it to account some of the physical components, so 472 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: there would be some that you couldn't do. Like I 473 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: first came up with a slam dunck contest, which I 474 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: think would be fantastic to watch NFL players, Major League 475 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 1: Baseball players, golfers, whomever get in on a slam dunk contest. 476 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: I think that would be great. They used to do 477 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 1: that way way way back in the day. It was 478 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: called the foot locker slam dunk contest, and I'll then forget. 479 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: They had Dion Sanders, and they had Bo Jackson, and 480 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: then they had Mike. Mike Colley's dad, who was a 481 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: long jumper, was a yeah, he was an Olympian Olympic 482 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: long jumper, and he did some sick dunks and you're like, WHOA, 483 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: that was cool. Now. I don't know if you could 484 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: get away with that now, given contracts and how much. 485 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: But I started thinking about what events would be really 486 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: cool to watch, so you give me thumbs up, thumbs 487 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 1: down or needs work. So golf obviously that one. I 488 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: think you could play with any group of people. But 489 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 1: what about this one? Two on two hoops for football 490 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: players or even three on three. I like it with 491 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: the NFL, like you could have your you got your 492 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: team in there. You know, the Texans versus the Browns. 493 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: You know have Darren Fells, have the tight ends versus 494 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: the Browns tight ends. You know, retired players, Johnny, They'll 495 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: never do the Robert Edwards. That's all I have to 496 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: say that I know that, I know I never do it. 497 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 1: They'll never do it with current guys because they get 498 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 1: too competitive, you know, That's why you will not find. 499 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 1: You know, there was a hoop out back of the 500 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: practice bubble of the Houston Methodist Training Center. It will 501 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: on the other side where the players never go. And 502 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 1: some of the coaches used to go back there in 503 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 1: the off season at lunch or whatever. They would and 504 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: play a little two on two, three on three kind 505 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: of thing. But the players didn't even know what existed, 506 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: and it was probably they probably that way. If you 507 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: had a hoop anywhere near where the players are, you know, 508 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: they'd be hooping. And look, they played this basketball in 509 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: the shop era. They played this basketball game called I 510 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 1: think it was wallball or something. What was it so 511 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: or barball, So there was a something you hang on 512 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: and stretch like a bar, but which was perfectly I 513 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: think it was exactly ten feet high or maybe it 514 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: was I don't know. It was a good height and 515 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: you could fit a basketball right between that bar and 516 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: the wall, and they would shoot free throws and there. 517 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 1: And I think this got out because Andrey Johnson won 518 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: it one year and they gave away a heavyweight belt 519 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: and he was wearing it around the locker room like 520 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 1: over his shoulder. I mean, it was it was a 521 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 1: big deal to them. It was a big deal. It was, 522 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: and they would get into it, and they would get 523 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,199 Speaker 1: into it with the media around. They didn't even care. 524 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: They were so addicted to this as like a downtime 525 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: kind of thing. So, yeah, you want to be careful 526 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: with that. I'm sorry, rebel. Okay, all right, well let's 527 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: change let's change the basketball event. Okay, he obviously can't 528 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: be a slam dun contacts. What about a three point shootout? Yes, 529 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: I'm in no players, this could get embarrassing because some 530 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: football players can shoot the lights out. I one time, 531 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: downtown Boston, Doug Flutey took on Charles Barkley at a 532 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: game of horse and killed him. Okay, and it's Doug Flutie. 533 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: He's one of the greatest athletes you know of time, 534 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: you know, just period. He killed Barkley. He killed Barkley. 535 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: He was just shooting a long range and just just 536 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: killed him in horse. So you just never know, you 537 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: just never know what these guys, they are tremendous athletes. 538 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: Like I said, I mean, three point shootout you could have, 539 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: I don't know, say take take Drew Brees. I'm trying 540 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: to think, you know, take Drew Brees. And Patrick Mahomes 541 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: in a three point shootout against I don't know two 542 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: other nflers, you know, maybe maybe Deshaun and I don't 543 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: know Darren Fell. Darren Fells probably didn't shot any threes 544 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: who actually played in college. Yeah, I mean you, I 545 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: mean they're basketball obviously, is a sport that a number 546 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: of guys have played along the way. But three point shootout, 547 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: I think you could get away with that. I mean, 548 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: it's not as strenuous. More than likely you're not gonna 549 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 1: get hurt. You're just shooting the a three point contest. 550 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: I think I think you could get away with that. 551 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:05,719 Speaker 1: Then you can bring it. You can bring in major 552 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: League Baseball players. I mean, you could do all kinds 553 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: of things with three points shootout. You're basically talking about 554 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: Battle of the Network Stars here. For those who are 555 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: old enough to remember that kind of thing, that's what 556 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: I have right here, Superstars Battle of Network Stars Redo 557 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: version two point zero. Now that back in the day, 558 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: if you if you watch that now, and you could 559 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: probably go see it out on the YouTube's, you could 560 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 1: go see what they had to do. They had a 561 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: lot of comfort. There's no way, there's no way you 562 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: do that now, there were too many competitions, even when 563 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: they were just springing the one hundred yard dash or 564 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: whatever it was they were running back then, like Gabe 565 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: Kaplan playing hoops and yeah, you know you're not gonna faucet. 566 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: I mean it was good stuff, actually, you know back 567 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: in the day. Yeah it was awesome, but you're not 568 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: obviously gonna have NFL players or even Major League Baseball, NBA, 569 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: whatever the case might be. Here's one though, okay, two 570 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: of them. I came up with a home run hitting 571 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: on test. Now that can be completely and totally embarrassing 572 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: for some players, it could. And you know, JJ does 573 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: one at his softball game. Remember I he skipped a year. 574 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: What year did he skipp Harvey? And then they came 575 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: skipped or the year he came back where he missed 576 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: everything and he came back and and the first thing 577 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: we really saw him do was the whole run derby 578 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: or something like that. It was after the seventeen season, 579 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: is that what it was. And Letsler was out there 580 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: and what was taking some big cuts and I was like, okay, 581 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: we please. I mean he was hitting the ball deep, 582 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: but I was like, ah, this looks kind of strenuous, 583 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 1: and I don't want to see him pull anything. I mean, 584 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: isn't there so yeah, you could, it could be semi dangerous, 585 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: it could be. It could be, but his own run 586 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: hitting contest. I think you could definitely ask some fun. 587 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: Here's the other one. And they do this now at 588 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl, right and Drew Brees and the Saints 589 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: do it through every training camp practice, even to a 590 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: point when they have had practices with the the LA Chargers. 591 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: They've gotten Philip Rivers to do what they've done. I 592 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: think like the last three years they have a passing 593 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: skills competition. Yes, yes, you could absolutely pull that off. 594 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: Because everybody thinks they can throw football. Every person thinks, oh, 595 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: I can throw a football, and then you put up 596 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: targets that you've got to hit or you gotta throw 597 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: it in a bucket or you know, at the Pro 598 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: Bowl they do it up with various spinning things and 599 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 1: sliding things and all that kind of stuff. But you 600 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: could do some pretty you could do some pretty elaborate 601 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: passing competitions and then bring in bringing some guys from 602 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball the one. And that's what got me 603 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: thinking because I remember seeing Carlos Korea throw a football. 604 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: When he came out in fifteen was Hard Knocks, and 605 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 1: he came out to practice to watch practice, and they 606 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: had him throwing a football at JJ Watt after practice, 607 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: and you realize, Karei has got an absolute howitzer, he's 608 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: got a cannon arm, and throwing a football is so 609 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: incredibly difficult for baseball players. But it would be really 610 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: cool to see them a baseball player or an NBA 611 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: player try and do one of these passing competitions like 612 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: they do with the pro boar or one of them 613 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: that Drew Breeses cooked up for the Saints. I think 614 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: that one could be kind of fun. Remember the Texans 615 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: had Carly Lloyd come out during the Heart this year 616 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: and she, you know, if she was obviously awesome kicking 617 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 1: a football. But there was a time before and I 618 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 1: can't remember the Dynamo player's name it was, it was 619 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: a few years before that, somebody coming out to practice 620 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 1: and just drilling seventy yarders and like it was nothing 621 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: except you know, you take a little more time. Right 622 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: of course, you're snapping the ball and you get the 623 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: blocking and the whole bit. It's not gonna it's not 624 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: gonna be. It's good. I don't know if the launch 625 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 1: point is gonna make it through the line, you know, 626 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: with the trajectory and all of that, but that's pretty cool. 627 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: You haven't named the obvious sport here. There's an obvious one, 628 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: filled with trash talking, easy to shoot for television. It's 629 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: just tailor made for this thing. Cards poker, well, yes, 630 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: and well the way they televised poker now, I guess 631 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: so bowling, Johnny Ohling is the one. Yeah, that's bowling. 632 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 1: Easy to make up, easy to follows, a lot of 633 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,720 Speaker 1: trash talk, a lot of talking, a lot of trash talk, 634 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 1: baby drinking, you know, Mark, I like it. You're thinking 635 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: right along with me. Thank you, my friend. We've got 636 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: to talk to Rice University head football coach Mike Bloomgren. 637 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: Talk a little LSU and Rice next right here on 638 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: Texans All Access. Don't miss a single thing on your 639 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: favorite team. Follow us on Twitter at Houston Texans. This 640 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 1: is Texans Radio. You're listening to Texans All Access. For 641 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,879 Speaker 1: the latest stories and videos on your Houston Texans. Check 642 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 1: out Houston Texans dot com. Welcome back, Texans Radio. I'm 643 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: your host, John Harrit's football analyst, salom reporter and I 644 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,879 Speaker 1: double as I guess college football analyst for lone Star 645 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: Sports Entertainment, and I couldn't be more excited to have 646 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: our next guests on with us from Rice University headball 647 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: coach Mike Bloom, Greg coach. First of all, family, the 648 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 1: Rice family. How's everybody doing health wise? How's everybody making 649 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,279 Speaker 1: it through what we got going on with this pandemic? Yeah, John, 650 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,879 Speaker 1: thanks for asking. We're doing great, to be honest, talking 651 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,440 Speaker 1: about my family in particular. You know, we are eating 652 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: three meals a day together, we are doing one hundred 653 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: push up challenge together every day, we're walking the Rice 654 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: Loop wishing we could go in, and so we're doing 655 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: great as far as our team goes. You know, we 656 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 1: had a couple moments early on where there are some 657 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,280 Speaker 1: challenges getting the technology they needed to be a student, 658 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,399 Speaker 1: and of course to take part in our meetings as well, 659 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: and things like Wi Fi that we, some of us 660 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: may take for granted. We getting those in place for 661 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: our kids and then also getting three meals a day 662 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: secured for them. But right now as we sit here, 663 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,879 Speaker 1: our kids are in a great place and I'm really 664 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: happy with how they fought and finished the semester, and 665 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 1: I know that they're working out right now and they're 666 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,279 Speaker 1: doing a great job on the zoom calls with not 667 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,920 Speaker 1: only our coaching staff, but with each other and leading 668 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: each other, and that's a lot of fun. And I 669 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: know that they're even like zooming and going outside and 670 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 1: working out and trying to torture their bodies. So as 671 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,479 Speaker 1: a college football coach, I mean, that makes me happy. 672 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 1: I'm happy with where they are mentally, and I think 673 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 1: we're all trying to make the best of the situation. Coach, 674 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 1: I can tell you being the son of a coach, 675 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 1: I mean to coach myself, you get into routine that 676 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,879 Speaker 1: there's certain parts of the year where you just know 677 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: you're not supposed to be at home. You're supposed to 678 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:40,240 Speaker 1: be somewhere else. Has that been a little bit disconcerted 679 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: from that perspective that, whether it's recruiting, or you're drawn 680 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: up ball plays in the office, or just being around 681 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 1: the guys spring practice, whatever the case might be, that hey, 682 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: I should be somewhere else. How are you kind of 683 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,960 Speaker 1: dealt with that difference as being the headball coach or rice? 684 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 1: You know, I think that you're exactly right number one, 685 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 1: those things are ingrained and like we almost like move 686 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 1: without thinking to get to those locations, you know, And 687 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 1: I think for the staff it's been really tough as well. 688 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,600 Speaker 1: You know, when you're trying to make determinations in recruiting 689 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,279 Speaker 1: that you brought up, and a lot of times we 690 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,280 Speaker 1: like to go and watch those kids in sprint football practice. 691 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,360 Speaker 1: We simply didn't get that option. And look, John, like, 692 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,840 Speaker 1: I know, there's so many things going on in Americas 693 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 1: that are bigger than football right now. I'm not trying 694 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: to make light of that, but just as you talk 695 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 1: about our normal battle rhythm and our grinds, yeah, it's 696 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: really different right now. And because of that, that caused 697 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: all of us to make those changes. And you know, 698 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: we had a three hour and ten minute junior day 699 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 1: on Zoom last weekend. And you know, all the things 700 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,319 Speaker 1: they tell you about Zoom, keep it short, keep it brief, Well, 701 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: we've got so much great stuff to talk about with 702 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 1: race football. We failed to do that. So that's one 703 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,320 Speaker 1: thing on the after action report. We're gonna try to 704 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 1: get our our coaches and our recruiting staff to make 705 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 1: sure we can dense it more so that we can 706 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: keep people's attentions fully for whatever time we want to 707 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,399 Speaker 1: tell them, and all the information we want to give. 708 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,719 Speaker 1: But we've come up with some good workarounds. I think 709 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: the fact that we have eight amits and you know, 710 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: I think we're number one class and conference RSA attests 711 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,839 Speaker 1: to the fact that our recruiting staff and our coaching 712 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 1: staff has done a great job making the best of this. 713 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 1: That's fantastic, coach. But before we were all sent to 714 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 1: our shelter in place, basically, you guys are able to 715 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: get in about what nine ten spring practices? How important 716 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 1: was that? Not only just getting practices getting together, but 717 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: also building off of what you did at the end 718 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,800 Speaker 1: of twenty nineteen were you win three games in a 719 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,399 Speaker 1: row at the end of the year, you win two 720 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 1: on the road, and then you get to build and 721 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 1: get at least some spring practicing, coach, how important was 722 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,359 Speaker 1: that and what we're able to get out of those 723 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 1: early spring practices. Yeah, So the nine practices were unbelievable 724 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:43,839 Speaker 1: because I saw our defense take another step. They were 725 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 1: they really ended last year on fire and they're a 726 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,760 Speaker 1: competent group. And then to see them basically take advantage 727 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 1: of these nine opportunities to take a step towards being 728 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 1: that dominant group that we want them to be, and 729 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,360 Speaker 1: whether it's I told them, if they have anything in 730 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,800 Speaker 1: their mind other than being the top defensive conference USA, 731 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: they're not aiming high enough right now. Because they have 732 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,040 Speaker 1: the talent, we have the ability to do that and 733 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,799 Speaker 1: we've got a great defensive coordinator and Brian Smith. The 734 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:09,759 Speaker 1: other thing that as you look at the offensive side 735 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 1: of the ball, we don't have a lot of people 736 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,080 Speaker 1: that have carried the ball horse, you know, the halfback positions. 737 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,560 Speaker 1: There's just not a lot of carries in that room 738 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,719 Speaker 1: right now. So they needed those reps and a couple 739 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,440 Speaker 1: of new tweaks through the scheme we put in. We 740 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,359 Speaker 1: needed those reps and that was great to get those. 741 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,080 Speaker 1: But I think if you were to say the most 742 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 1: important thing to come out of spring ball was we 743 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: had every quarterback that will be with us in the 744 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,439 Speaker 1: fall in for spring this year for the first time. 745 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: And so bringing in Michael Collins from TCU and T 746 00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 1: J McMahon and letting those guys get the spring reps 747 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:43,000 Speaker 1: and compete with Jovanni Johnson and Wiley Green, that was awesome. Yeah, 748 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,200 Speaker 1: that's I mean to have, obviously quarterbacks and finding them 749 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:47,880 Speaker 1: all there to have or getting them all there to 750 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,359 Speaker 1: have that competition. I can imagine those nine practices were 751 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 1: equal parts exciting for you, but also oh man, I 752 00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: gotta try and find a quarterback for this football team, 753 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:58,279 Speaker 1: and I got to try and find one fast, because 754 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 1: right out of the gate scheduleized. It does not get 755 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,320 Speaker 1: eat any more difficult than having to face the LSU 756 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: Tigers on September nineteenth. And Coach, I know there are 757 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: more words with that, and we can talk about that 758 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 1: down the road. But the opportunity to play LSU, the 759 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,360 Speaker 1: national champions on September nineteenth over in our building at 760 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 1: Energy Stadium. I know that when you recruit a lot 761 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,880 Speaker 1: of Texas athletes and they play in these high school 762 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,640 Speaker 1: playoff games, they played a lot of different stadiums and 763 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,320 Speaker 1: great stadiums. But coming over and playing in professional stadium 764 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,880 Speaker 1: where an NFL team plays, that's right across town. What 765 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,560 Speaker 1: does that mean for your guys and for the university. 766 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,399 Speaker 1: I think as a competitor, it's what you want, whether 767 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:34,319 Speaker 1: you're talking about as a coach or a player, the 768 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: ability to go to a NFL venue and apply your 769 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,840 Speaker 1: trade against the best in the nation. It's why you 770 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,080 Speaker 1: come to Rice again, like you go back to JFK. 771 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,560 Speaker 1: Moon speech. Why does Rice play Texas the same reason 772 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 1: Rights played LSU. Because we want to try ourselves against 773 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,120 Speaker 1: the best. And it's something we use in recruiting. We 774 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,439 Speaker 1: tell these kids, we're gonna get your world class degree 775 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,560 Speaker 1: and you're gonna play big time college football. You're gonna 776 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 1: come in here and play the best of the best. Now, 777 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,960 Speaker 1: I'm not too saddened that Joe Arrows not there. I mean, 778 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: that doesn't that doesn't make me sad, But look that is. 779 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: That is the national champion coming into our town and 780 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,960 Speaker 1: getting to play in an NFL venue, And I don't 781 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:10,439 Speaker 1: know if it gets any bigger than that, I can't 782 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:15,200 Speaker 1: forgive late. Yeah, man, I would imagine to be so 783 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,799 Speaker 1: excited about taking on the LSU tiers. That's gonna be 784 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:20,640 Speaker 1: a great experience. I would imagine, no matter what happens 785 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,040 Speaker 1: for your guys, because you are getting a chance to 786 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: play the best of the best. It's speaking of best 787 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,439 Speaker 1: of the best. Coach, I know, with all this that's 788 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 1: going on, there a lot of people around the country 789 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 1: with a lot of time in their hands, including a 790 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,959 Speaker 1: certain running back that I had a chance to see 791 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,920 Speaker 1: last year up close and personal. And I hate the 792 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,200 Speaker 1: fact that you coached him because he's gotten to a 793 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,840 Speaker 1: level where he was able to dominate us as the 794 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,359 Speaker 1: smallest guy in the field, and that's Christian McCaffrey. And 795 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,399 Speaker 1: you had a huge role in not only a cruiting him, 796 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,719 Speaker 1: but coaching game at Stanford. But you had a chance 797 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,799 Speaker 1: to have him speak to your team at right. What 798 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,040 Speaker 1: was that like having a guy like Christian, who is 799 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:57,560 Speaker 1: such a high profile figure in the NFL come and 800 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,799 Speaker 1: talk to your team. Yeah, it was great. Christian his 801 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,359 Speaker 1: mindset has gotten even better since I was with him. 802 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:07,120 Speaker 1: Just the machine that is Christian McCaffrey. And to hear 803 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,640 Speaker 1: him talk to our team about what the being the 804 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,359 Speaker 1: one percent means, what it means to work that way 805 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,160 Speaker 1: day in and day out, and to be that driven 806 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,200 Speaker 1: day in and day out. And I think it really 807 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,279 Speaker 1: resonated with our guys because I do think that's who 808 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 1: were recruited here to Rice is guys that want to 809 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,040 Speaker 1: be the best of everything, that are still starters. But 810 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,600 Speaker 1: to hear somebody like that that's been to the mountaintop, 811 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:30,239 Speaker 1: that's at the mountaintop. I think it really so much 812 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,839 Speaker 1: of a better messenger than anything I could say, whether 813 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:34,799 Speaker 1: it's the same message or not, like hearing it from 814 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,040 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, a guy that they saw break Barry Sanders, 815 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:41,080 Speaker 1: you know, total yards in a season and you know, 816 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: be the AP Player of the Year and now make 817 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,400 Speaker 1: what seems like a seamless transition to the National Football League. 818 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:48,400 Speaker 1: It meant a lot to me that he took the 819 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 1: time to get on and he wasn't in a rush. 820 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,200 Speaker 1: He talked for about twenty minutes and then took questions 821 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:56,240 Speaker 1: for another ten. So it was awesome. That's fantastic. September nineteenth, 822 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,680 Speaker 1: LSU taken on Rice coach. I know I'm gonna be 823 00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,360 Speaker 1: there for that football game, and i just want to 824 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:05,080 Speaker 1: throw one challenge at you because I've watched your offenses 825 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:09,080 Speaker 1: for years, still watching them at Rice. My goal as 826 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,680 Speaker 1: I watch your team is one time, just once and 827 00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 1: you've gotten close. I want to see one running back, 828 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,880 Speaker 1: one quarterback and nine offensive linemen on the field. I 829 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,520 Speaker 1: just want you to be able to pull that off 830 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,799 Speaker 1: one time, whether it's goal line, fourth and short, I 831 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,640 Speaker 1: want one quarterback, one running back in nine offensive Lineman. 832 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 1: If anybody can pull that off in college football, I'm 833 00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:33,920 Speaker 1: pretty sure you can do that. Well, we'll accept that challenge. 834 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: Coach Mike bloom Grin, head coach at Rice University, coach 835 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,840 Speaker 1: or the absolute best September nineteenth, NRG Stadium taking on 836 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,399 Speaker 1: the LSU Tigers coach best of luck. I would hope 837 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:45,880 Speaker 1: that we get a chance to catch up as we 838 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 1: get into spring or to fall practice. Thank you so 839 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,680 Speaker 1: much for your time and hopefully we'll talk again soon. 840 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,080 Speaker 1: Thanks so much, John go out. That was fun talking 841 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,440 Speaker 1: with Mike bloom Grin, head coach of the Rice Owls 842 00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:00,520 Speaker 1: heading into twenty twenty. And I'm sure a lot of 843 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,719 Speaker 1: you didn't know this with one of the longest winning 844 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:06,040 Speaker 1: streaks in the country, three game winning sure you talked 845 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:07,640 Speaker 1: about that a little bit. He won two of those 846 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,120 Speaker 1: on the road, they got one at home. They finished 847 00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:13,160 Speaker 1: three no down the stretch, which for a coach like 848 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,359 Speaker 1: Mike Bloomgren coming and taking over for David Bailiff who 849 00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:16,840 Speaker 1: have been there for a long time, kind of getting 850 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,960 Speaker 1: the program the way he wanted, that was a huge 851 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,319 Speaker 1: way to start or to finish the season, but to 852 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,000 Speaker 1: also kick off twenty twenty as well, So appreciate coach 853 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:30,560 Speaker 1: Bloomgren for joining me September nineteenth. Lsu and Rice one 854 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:32,879 Speaker 1: of the best players in the country they will face 855 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,600 Speaker 1: that day. Number one Jamal actually number seven this year, 856 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:39,320 Speaker 1: Jamar Chase boy. He has fun to watch for Lsu 857 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,919 Speaker 1: Blaze Aldred's a really fun player to watch for Rice. 858 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:44,479 Speaker 1: We'll talk more about that as we get a little 859 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:46,600 Speaker 1: closer to the game. And to appreciate coach for stopping by. 860 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 1: Big thanks to Mark for being here. We will be 861 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:54,479 Speaker 1: back tomorrow day after Memorial Day. Hats off to all 862 00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:59,480 Speaker 1: of our military members, those that obviously perished, giving their 863 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,120 Speaker 1: lives so that we can do what it is that 864 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,680 Speaker 1: we do on a daily basis. We love all of you. 865 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,960 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. Joanna, thank you very 866 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,240 Speaker 1: much for what you do. We will see you tomorrow 867 00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:13,040 Speaker 1: and as always, go Texans. How good This is Texans 868 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,319 Speaker 1: Radio on Sports Radio six ten.