1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: week was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: of the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: rich pill poppers in the penthouse, the clearing House of 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: hot takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: with Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere. 8 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: We are back at it on a Friday. It's the 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: Fifth Hour with Ben Maller. Hey, that's me. Because four 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: hours a night are not enough. We do this eight 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: days a week from the Mallard Podcast studios deep at 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: a secret location in the north Woods. And we thank 13 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: you for spending some time with us and finding the podcast. 14 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: If you know somebody that might enjoy the nonsense that 15 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: we do in the Fifth Hour, let them know. Get 16 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the word out, word of mouth advertising. That is the 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: only advertising budget we have on this podcast. You will 18 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: not see a billboard at all. There will be no 19 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: commercials for the Fifth Hour Podcast, no TV commercial campaign, 20 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: none of that, no Internet campaign. All we have is 21 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: listener helping listener, growing the audience. And you have obviously 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: found the podcast and for that. We are grateful. We 23 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: are excited. I'm excited to talk to this guy. Just 24 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 1: met him for the first time. I've known this gentleman 25 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: for many, many years, over a decade I have known 26 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: of this person. He is a broadcaster for the Tampa 27 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. He works the sidelines, he does the pregame. 28 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: He is the host of the official Nothing But Bucks 29 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: podcast on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers website and also there 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: their app as well. He's also a college football broadcast 31 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: or at Compass Media Networks. He is part of the 32 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio Alumni Association. Who is he? That would 33 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: be none there? Then t J Reeves joining us on 34 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: the horn from his home in Tampa. And before we 35 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: look at TJ, welcome in. Let us let us start 36 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: with the Buck game against the Rams, a game we 37 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: were both at. What is your initial impression of SOFI Stadium? 38 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: First of all, it is fantastic to be with v 39 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: Ben Mallor. We should let we should pull the curtain 40 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: back just a little bit. We should let the audience 41 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: in on a couple of things. You and I have 42 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: done a bunch of projects together, a bunch of co 43 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: hosting on Fox Sports Radio, a bunch of times that 44 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: we have talked off the year. We had never met 45 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: in person. However, reunited and it feels so good. At 46 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: SOFI Stadium, you and I finally hooked up in person. 47 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: It was great to see you. I feel like I've 48 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: known you for like fifteen years, but it was great 49 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: to see you. Uh. And the only thing that I 50 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: can say about Sophi and that comp what is wow. 51 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: It is so expansive, so massive, so spread out. I mean, 52 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: then we started after we finally got parked Sunday morning, 53 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: we finally started walking and I thought we were gonna 54 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: have to have a short put guide that help us 55 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: get to the complex to the Boot, but we did 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: get there. It's an amazing five billion dollar property. The 57 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: stadium is unreal. They'll have the Super Bowl later in 58 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: the year. And big kudos to Big Ben because on 59 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: Buccaneers Radio, with what we do broadcasting the Tampa Bay 60 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: Buccaneer games, we were trying to get the Hall of Famer, 61 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: mean Jene dekker Hoff from the complex, the expansive parking lot, 62 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: into the stadium and into the boot. Who saved the day? 63 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: Who was Superman? But Big Ben, because you found Jean 64 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: Decker Hall before we did that helped him get to 65 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers radio. So you were a hero before 66 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: the game ever began. Well, DJ, listen, thank you, and 67 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: it was it was great meeting you. It is odd, 68 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: you know this radio thing and we've done stuff together 69 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: over the years and I've never actually met you in person. 70 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: Through the magic of broadcasting, we've always had this this 71 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: back and forth. But yeah, so I I were trying 72 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: to connect and you have a lot of responsibilities. You 73 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: are a broadcaster for the team, and you do a 74 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: lot of the pregame stuff, and you have different times 75 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: you have to be on and I, you know, I 76 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: was there as a media guy, but I was mostly 77 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: just checking out the stadium, trying to get the vibeh place. 78 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: But I didn't want to meet you. And I remember 79 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: last time the Bucks were in town at the Coliseum, 80 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: I tried to go to the game at the last 81 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: minute to see you there when Jameis Winston was still 82 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: the quarterback and I got denied, and so I the 83 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: RAMS would not allow me possible. Do the legend that 84 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: you are of the Fox Sports radio overnight airways based 85 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, How did the Rams say no to 86 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: Ben Mallard. I can't foundom that. I'm glad they said 87 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: yes to you though for Sunday and we could see 88 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: each other. Well yeah, and it was one of the 89 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: life's great great mysteries. They have a massive press box 90 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: too at the new stadium in so Far So and look, 91 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: I've never been there, so there's a lot of room 92 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: and I was able to go. And we were trying 93 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: to work out the schedule logistically because I didn't want 94 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: to interfere. You're you're they're doing the broadcast back to Tampa, 95 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: and I didn't want a message so any but I 96 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: wanted to check out the stadium and I had seen 97 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: the RAM sent out a message saying, you know, before 98 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: the game, you have pregame field access, and I'm like, well, 99 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: I gotta check it out. I mean, I gotta take 100 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: advantage of that. So I went down on the sidelines 101 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: and kind of was soaking everything in trying to get 102 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: the vibe. And it was there's a buzz in the 103 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: in the stadium with the Bucks that after glow of 104 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl and with Tom Brady and all that 105 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: playing the Rams. It was a big deal. So anyway, um, 106 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: we had agreed on a time. So I'm I'm making 107 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: my way up back through the bowels of Sofi Stadium. 108 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: I have no idea where I'm going. I've never been 109 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: there before. And so I finally find the right elevator. 110 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: I'm going up and next to me there's this this 111 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 1: older gentleman and a couple other people in the elevator. 112 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 1: And I don't think anything of it, and I usually 113 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: donna pay an attendin So I'm in the elevator and 114 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: then the gentleman, the older gentleman asked where the Bucks 115 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: radio booth is and and so so t J. At 116 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: that moment, you know, I have here's another example, like, 117 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: I've never met Jean Deckerhoff in my life. I've heard 118 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: him call, you know, back when Florida State had the 119 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: Great Teams, Uh, Jean Decker have a legend with the 120 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: Seminoles and obviously with the Buccaneers over the years. And 121 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: so I had this Eureka moment where I recognized his 122 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: voice and I was like, wait a minute. And then 123 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: I put two of you together. I'm like, well, I'm 124 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: walking to where I think the Buck's booth is because 125 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: that's where t J is and so I I did 126 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: something which is very tough for me. T G. I'm 127 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: an introvert, and I introduced myself to jean He was 128 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: very nice and I told him I was gonna I 129 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: dropped your name, of course, and he's, oh, yeah, yeah, 130 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: he knew you and obviously worked on the broadcast and 131 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: so and then and then I immediately called you t 132 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: J and say, hey, I guess who I found and 133 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: uh and on our errand just for the audience here 134 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: on the podcast, we've been trying to find Jeane for 135 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: ten minutes, fifteen minutes. We can't find him. But Big Ben, 136 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: the biggest of Shopper Guides, has found Jeanne to get 137 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: him to the radio booth. Again. You get the save 138 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: of the day for that to get him where he 139 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: needed to be. So you're calling me and you're saying, hey, 140 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: I'm coming to you, and I've got Jane Decker off 141 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: with and I'm looking at our radio boss going okay, 142 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: Gene is good. He's on the way, he's coming, he's 143 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: got an escort. So it was fantastic that you were 144 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: able to do that. The other thing that I will 145 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: share there was a slight disappointment for me as the 146 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: game went on and the l A RAMS video production 147 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: crew continue to show all of the celebrities, all of 148 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: the A listers from Lebron to Mike Tyson to the 149 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: crew of Ted Lasso to Larry David uh dr Dre 150 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: who's back to back to help and was at the 151 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: RAMS game? Where was the celebrity sighting shot of Ben 152 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: Mallor in that game? It's so fast, toy? How how 153 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: did they neglect to publicize that one of the A listeners, 154 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: the man that that Jane to our radio booth, the 155 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: man with the velbo Ropes card. They didn't show you once. 156 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: I was disappointed that you weren't hopknopping with Magic Johnson 157 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: and and some of those other actresses. They were showing 158 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: as they panned around the crowd and kept showing that 159 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: during the commercials. Big then yeah, clearly in oversight, a 160 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: bad job by the people at the at Sofi Stadium. 161 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: Did you notice t J now he let me ask 162 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: you this. Now you're you're walking down You had to 163 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: walk through the same tunnels I had to walk through 164 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: to get to the field at Sofi Stadium. Did you 165 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: see all the v I P parking underneath the stadium. Yes, 166 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: that that was I I've not been around you've you've 167 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: traveled the NFL circuit. Is that normal? Now? Do they 168 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: have that in most of these new stadium Not common, 169 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: but at a lot of these bigger ones like Jerry's 170 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: World at a T and T stadium, And I'm trying 171 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: to think there's one or one or two others at 172 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: the new ones where yes, Like for example, at the 173 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: new Soldier Field in chicag though, the player parking is 174 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 1: under the stadium for the Bears players, So in other words, 175 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: you're outside of a visiting locker room, you're in the 176 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: tunnels trying to get to the media press conference room, 177 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: and you might get run over by a Chicago Bear 178 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: who's trying to leave in their vehicle because the party 179 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: under the stadium. And kind of similarly in Dallas, Uh, 180 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: they have a fleet of vehicles under there. So yes, 181 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: I did see what you were talking about and that 182 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: and there's so much room underneath and around here for 183 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: the audience that yes, that is something that some teams 184 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: take advantage of. But it's still impressive because you've got 185 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: all these high end SUVs, limousines, different things that are 186 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: that are sitting there and you're thinking, am I at 187 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: a party? And that's one thing that are people on 188 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: the trip, not just from a broadcasting standpoint, but buccaneer 189 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: fans have related to me they can't get over all 190 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: of the nightclub asque atmosphere, different different little venues they 191 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: had in and around that property. Beside it's the football 192 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: game within the battle of the stadium or within the 193 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: upper bowl of the stadium. You had a real nightclub 194 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: type field in l A. Glitz Field. I mean, they 195 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 1: have definitely gone all out with the design of that stadium. Gun. Yeah, no, 196 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:14,719 Speaker 1: it was crazy. And you know, t J, I'm I'm 197 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: a bit of a cynic and I even for me, 198 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: I was like, I didn't expect much. I'd seen it 199 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: on television and I was like, I could not believe 200 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,559 Speaker 1: every every turn I took at so Fi Cinema and 201 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: I can't believe this. This is this is especially after 202 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: being at the Colisseum in l A, which you've been 203 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: at a few times doing Guys, and what it dumped 204 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: that place is uh in in comparison, I know this 205 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 1: history at the Colisseum because the first Super Bowl was 206 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,359 Speaker 1: there and all that, but it's it's my goodness, It's unbelievable. 207 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: What's what's going on there? All the traffic. I you're 208 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: fortunately because you had to do the post game stuff, 209 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: but you did have to make the flight, you know. 210 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: Oh no, oh no oh, Probably you left. You left 211 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: later the game after the Buccaneers probably wiped out. Yeah, 212 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 1: with with sun leading, we noticed people had begun to 213 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: leave late in the fourth quarter of the game. Was 214 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: to I did to bou up the traffic. We left, 215 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: being probably about an hour and fifteen minutes after the game. 216 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: We're off the aar um and we had a long 217 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: time before our nighttime red eye flight back to Tampa 218 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: in the middle of the night in the Eastern time zone, 219 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: flying commercially there out of l a X. It still 220 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: took us close to an hour, my friend to get 221 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: to the car, get out of the parking lot, get 222 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: around the complex, and get towards l a X. We 223 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: we were two hours after the game, still sitting in 224 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 1: the traffic, and I said to my colleagues, I said, hey, 225 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: welcome to big city Los Angeles. Huge crowd. You know 226 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: a lot of people left that game and probably went 227 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: entail get it a little bit outside after it's over. 228 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: With and then get in their car and the and 229 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: the the traffic is everywhere, so uh that that is 230 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 1: something that but yes, I mean you'll take that because 231 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: it's better. It's better than having a team that's not 232 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: interesting in a half full stadium. And then the wild 233 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: and ironic card I kept it to our audience is 234 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: they had no fans at any of the games last year. 235 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: There was never a problem obviously getting in or out 236 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: of broadcast the game last year, and no one was there, 237 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: and so you go from net extreme of no one there, 238 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: and that was a loud Rockets environment that clearly bothered 239 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. Last week's end would being able to see 240 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: you change the playing fall starts, the crowds all over you. 241 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: It was definitely advantage for the ramp. So that was 242 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: that was some scene right down to the traffic trying 243 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: to get out of there. Then yeah, yeah, And that's 244 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: the one if I if I have one complaint, that 245 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: would be it. I I don't know who the civic 246 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: planners are in Inglewood, but it's gonna be even crazier 247 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,839 Speaker 1: t J because the Clippers are building an arena right 248 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: across the street from there, and I imagine There'll be 249 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: some Sundays where the Clippers are playing in the Rams 250 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: and the Charges are playing, And I can't imagine adding 251 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: another twenty thousand people to the seventy thousand that we're leaving. 252 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: Now now clarified for me, are they gonna leave the 253 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: Forum standing? And again for the audience that we're talking 254 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: at the Los Angeles But I was fascinated to be 255 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: around the Forum, having watched all of those Laker games 256 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: in the eighties, especially against the Celtics that never having 257 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 1: been around that building, much less in that building. Are 258 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: they gonna leave that standing? Because I know they have 259 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: concerts there and that kind of stuff. Are they tearing 260 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: that down to build the Clipper building? We weren't sure 261 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: about that. Yeah, So as I understand it, the plan 262 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: is to keep the Forum as a concert venue. Uh. 263 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: And I don't know how much demand there's going to 264 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: be for that with the new arena right across the street. 265 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: But Steve Bomber, the famous story, the owner of the 266 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: Clippers worth nine billion dollars with the bet t J 267 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: he was he wanted to build the arena in Inglewood, 268 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: and he had talked to the city of Englewood. But 269 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: as I heard the story. The people the Forum sued 270 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: that they were owned by the Knicks owner James Dolan, 271 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 1: and there was a lawsuit. So Steve Bomber just bought 272 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: the Forum to end the lawsuit and to build the arena, 273 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: to get that underway. And I believe that the plan 274 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: is to keep the Forum all you know, how plans changed. 275 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: I would hate to see that place turned down. There's 276 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: a lot of history there. That's one of the problems 277 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: I have t J with a lot of like American sports, 278 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: Like you go to Europe, not that I've been, but 279 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: I've seen on the internet, and they have these old 280 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: soccer the pitches that are hundred two hundred years old 281 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: in some cases, and they don't tear him down, they 282 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: just keep him around. But here, I mean stadium. You 283 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: know how it goes. The stadium gets five years old 284 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: and this time to take the wrecking ball o tear. 285 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: We have rare exceptions with what you're saying, like Finlay 286 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: Park or Wrigley Field that are still there seventy five 287 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: hundred years later. But they tore down the Yankee Stadium. 288 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: To your point, they they tore down old Dallas Cowboys 289 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,119 Speaker 1: Texas Stadium the same with Three Rivers Stadium for the Steelers. 290 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: You're mentioning the l A Colosseum, but it's been iconic 291 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: for like seventy five, what eight ninety years, going back 292 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: to the middle of last century in Los Angeles. So 293 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: maybe we'll just getting old. Maybe we're just being get 294 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: off my long guy. I'm not sure, but I I 295 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: kind of agree with you. But it was it was neat. 296 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: We were trying to find one of the parking lots, 297 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: which again it took us about fifteen or twenty minutes 298 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: to find the parking lot that we were supposed to 299 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: be in, so far right there by the Forum, and 300 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: I said to the people in the car, I'm like, 301 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: that's where Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar are ruled 302 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: today in the eighties. That is. I'm not a Laker fan, 303 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: but I've never been I'd never been on that property. 304 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: I've never been inside of it. It was neat to 305 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: see that Sunday morning, just for a second. Yeah, no, listen, 306 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: I had not been in that area and I not 307 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: hadn't any reason to be in Inglewood for for some time. 308 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: And so but when I first start I'm very lucky TJ. 309 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: Because when I first started in a station in San 310 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: Diego and I started covering the l A sports scene, 311 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: that was before Staples Center. So I'm I'm, I am old, 312 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: I guess and uh. And so that the Lakers are 313 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: still playing at the Forum, the Kings were there, the 314 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: Clippers worth the l a Sports arena which has been 315 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: torn down, which is I have no problem with that. 316 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: There's a soccer stadium there now. But I do. And 317 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: I remember when I was when I started going to 318 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: the Forum. And I'm not, obviously I'm a Laker, hey, 319 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 1: t J. I take shots at the Lakers all the time, 320 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: but still walking through that arena, in the bowels of 321 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: that arena, it was pretty crazy thinking about all the 322 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: legends of basketball that had played there, and both for 323 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: the Lakers and against the Lakers. So I think that's 324 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: gonna stick around. But you know, you know how these 325 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: things are. If they feel like that, you will, if 326 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: you have any input, if you have any influence, which 327 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: you obviously do, Yeah, you're gonna say the floor must stay, 328 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: the four must stay. But I don't know what they're consulting, 329 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: Big band, No, No, I don't know, They're not I 330 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: have I have no I have no power. I have 331 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: no power. You know it's funny, I on on fs 332 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: are They ran a promo. I talked about this in 333 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: the year the other night, but they ran a promo 334 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: of Colin Coward, my colleague there, and and he was 335 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: talking about some story that he was a party with 336 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: Stan Cronkey, the the Rams owner, and I'm thinking, like, 337 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: you know, we work at the same place I am. 338 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: I'm hanging out with the hot dog vendors, you know, 339 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: That's who I'm hanging out with. And he's hanging out 340 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: with the collas, hanging out with Clunky. Meanwhile, Benny is 341 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: trying to help Jane Decker Hall fight. What is wrong 342 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: with this picture? Yes, yes, a slight, slight dichotomy between 343 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: the two of us. But but you've been doing these 344 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: Buck games for a while, t J. You mentioned that 345 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: this year is different because of the COVID stuff. You've 346 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 1: gotta travel on your own, and how big and how 347 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: big and inconvenience is that, and and how difficult is 348 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: it to line up the flight schedule with the Buccaneers schedule, 349 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,479 Speaker 1: especially now because the Bucks are one of the glamour teams. 350 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: So you guys are gonna be playing a lot of 351 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: prime time games with Brady and all that, and so 352 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to really work to get out of 353 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: certain cities. I would think, yes, you are correct on 354 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: all of those fronts. And first let me say at 355 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: the outset, I appreciate the question. These are first world problems. 356 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: I mean, we get to broadcast these games and whatever 357 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: it takes to get there. I'm not gonna go so 358 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: far on the model on the Mallar podcast here on 359 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: the fifth hour to say that I would walk to 360 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: do it. I would not walk to do these dames 361 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: one way to walk to Los Angeles or only wing 362 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: to walk to Foxboro, Massachusetts from Tampa. But being able 363 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: to travel and get there is a minor thing when 364 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: you're talking about the magnitude of playing the Rams in 365 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: l a or playing the Patriots in Foxboro, which we're 366 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 1: talking more about in a second. So in our world, 367 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: we're now having to do that commercially like a lot 368 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: of the other media has always done. We're not on 369 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: the team plane for the COVID guidelines and the COVID 370 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: reasons they've restricted how many people can be on the 371 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 1: plane because of social distancing. So For example, we were 372 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: just like everybody else at L a X the other night, 373 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: trying to get out of Los Angeles late night red 374 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 1: eye flights. There were a ton, a ton of buccaneer 375 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: fans that were in the Delta terminal at l a 376 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 1: X because they had come to the game. I mean 377 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 1: by a ton, I'm talking about easily a thousand of 378 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: them that we're walking around everywhere trying to get on 379 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: those flights because Delta had in this case free plug 380 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: for them on the Malar podcast. They had six or 381 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: seven flights Sunday night that we're going either to Dallas 382 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 1: or Atlanta or even the NonStop we were on Tampa 383 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: in the middle of the night that could get you 384 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: out of Los Angeles, gets you back to Tampa and 385 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 1: get you back to work, for example, if you're going 386 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: back to work on Monday. So that's all world now, 387 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 1: and so to fast forward for later this weekend, I 388 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: am actually getting the privilege of working the national broadcasts 389 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: of Oldness and Alabama on Compass Media, one of the 390 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: national outlets it does college football. I'm working down on 391 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: the radio uh Saturday with Steve Burline, the former Calgary, 392 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 1: the former in l A Raider, the former Carolina Panther, 393 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: the former Notre Dame and quarterback. So Burlie and I 394 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: are working on Miss Alabama on the radio Saturday afternoon. 395 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: Within Sunday morning, I've got to make my way to Foxboro, Massachusetts, 396 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: flying commercially out of Alabama through Atlanta and up to Foxboro. 397 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: And it's a Sunday night game, so that would be 398 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: easier with the time to be able to get there. 399 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: But just like all the other business travelers and commuters, 400 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: you do the game Sunday night, it should be a 401 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: wild uh scene in situation, but we're right back on 402 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: a Monday morning flight trying to get back to Tampa 403 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: to have the work name Monday and everybody get on 404 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: with their lives. So yes, it is definitely different and 405 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: a challenge, but they're an awful lot of people that 406 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: have resumed traveling, have to travel for their career, have 407 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: to travel for their broadcasting or their media career. So 408 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: chalk chalk us up as those that are right there 409 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: and mother, I'm trying to fight to get the good 410 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: airline seat, get the aisle seat. Ben Mallard and I 411 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: like and be able to get to these gids. Yeah, 412 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: and then you had to come back right after the 413 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: red eye, and right you had to put the podcast. 414 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,239 Speaker 1: I've read that nothing nothing but Bucks podcast. You did you? 415 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: Did you even go to bed or did you just 416 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: start working right? I actually slept for about an hour 417 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: on the plane an hour and then got here and 418 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: the first priority was get here and get my daughters. 419 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 1: I've got thirteen year old twin daughters. Get them fully 420 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: out the door, get them in the car, line for 421 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: middle school, drop them off as we peeled the curtain 422 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 1: back more. I love this on the Mallard podcast. So 423 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: I get them dropped off, I get back home, I 424 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: put the podcast together, and the pot cast was literally 425 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: up and ready to go about probably eleven thirty am 426 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: eatern time, literally about four hours after I was off 427 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: the plane. So I was impressed with myself being able 428 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: to get all of that done. Again, I appreciate you 429 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: complimenting me off the year that you enjoyed the podcast. 430 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: I'm not really sure how coherent and what I actually said. 431 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: If it made sense, you tell me then that it 432 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: made sense, And I appreciate the beat, the professional critique, 433 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: but I'm not quite sure if I gave away, like 434 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: my bank account information. What I was actually saying on 435 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 1: the podcast, no, I hear you know it was it 436 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: was good. I you you had you played the highlights 437 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: of the game he had Bruce arians you you replayed 438 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 1: the interview you had with Bruce. He gave a good 439 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: description of how many Bucks fans. There were a lot 440 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: of Bucks fans. I was surprised by that that number. 441 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: I didn't realize there were that many Bucks fans in 442 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: l A I know is the Bucks didn't do very 443 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: much in the game, but there were two or three moments, 444 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: especially to the TV left the left of the Bucks bench, 445 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: when the Bucks scored in the first half on the 446 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: Godwin touchdown run. There were probably three or four thousand 447 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,239 Speaker 1: buccaneer fans in the lower bowl and in that end 448 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: zone level that erupted. Not not loud enough to where 449 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: TV would maybe pick it up very much, but I 450 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: looked around and went, wow, this is not twenty five 451 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: people or a hundred people. There's easily two or three 452 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: thousand or more Buccaneer fans here. But again credit to 453 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: the Rams. They didn't get the Bucks or their fans 454 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: much to cheer about for much of Sunday, for sure. 455 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: So take me behind the scenes here, t J. What's 456 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: it like dealing with Tom Brady? Are there special media 457 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: rules being around Tom? And he's a sports royalty in America. 458 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: He's become bigger than life here over the years. So 459 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: what's it like since he showed up to town? This 460 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: is why you listen to the Mallard podcast. Are you 461 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: ready for this as we talk at the end of 462 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: the week number three and get ready to head to 463 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: this massive game with the New England Patriots. I have 464 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: not had the occasion and may not have the occasion 465 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: to do a one on one interview with Tom Brady 466 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: as of yet. That may be stunning to the Ben 467 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: mallor into the audience. In my normal duties on Buccaneers Radio, 468 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: I would typically interview the quarterback before and after all 469 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 1: of the games. I've done this in the past with 470 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: the likes of Jamis Winston. You can go all the 471 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: way back to other quarterbacks like Josh Freeman recently, back 472 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: to Jeff Garcina, you know that name in the data, 473 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: veteran quarterback that played with the forty niners and with others. 474 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: Go all the way back to Brad Johnson who helped 475 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,959 Speaker 1: win the Buccaneers Super Bowl constantly interviewing the quarterback before 476 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: and after the game. But two things. The first thing 477 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: is Tom Brady does not do a lot of individual 478 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: media for anybody. Never get in New England. It's not 479 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: in Tampa Bay in terms of one on ones with anybody, 480 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,959 Speaker 1: doesn't do much of that. It's mainly on the podium 481 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: UH one time during the week UH and and something 482 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: after the game is usually on the podium. There's not 483 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: a side interview for TV outlets, radio outlets, et cetera. 484 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: So I have not And then you coupled that with 485 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen madness that it's still It's tapered some, 486 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: but it is still in place in terms of guidelines. 487 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: I've not been around him to one on one interview. 488 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: Now I have been around him, but I could I 489 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: confess I don't think he really knows who I am, 490 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: and I'm then I am fine with that because for 491 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: the first twenty years of Tom Brady's NFL career, he 492 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: didn't know who ke J Reeves was. Then in New England. 493 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 1: This is no different then for Tom Brady a couple 494 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: of years later. I don't really think he knows who 495 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: I am. But in terms of winning games and winning 496 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl last year, I'll treate it that off 497 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: for not having the one on one conversations with Tom Brady. 498 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: All right, well, fair enough, that is I'm trying to 499 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: remember when the comp would be I guess Jordan's, but 500 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: I do remember Jordan's doing some media one on one. 501 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,239 Speaker 1: But maybe I'm wrong on that. Maybe he didn't do 502 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: that at the comparison that's valid. And and for the 503 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: elite of the elite, it is rare that you're going 504 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: to get that chance to be around them one on 505 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: one because they just they don't have to. I mean, yes, 506 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,679 Speaker 1: if ESPN is broadcasting the game or Fox, like with 507 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: Joe Buck and Troy Antman and Aaron Andrews, you've got 508 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: a good possibility of talking to them, uh, you know, 509 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: as part of the duties to get ready for the game. 510 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: Television of different world. As I've often said, and you 511 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: can appreciate this, and you identified with me, television rules 512 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: the world. That's why we're in Radio Bay. We're down 513 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: at the lower level. So TV does rule the world, 514 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 1: and they get one on one interviews. I mean, you 515 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 1: didn't ask me about this, but just real quick, as 516 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: an aside, if you're watching the Manning Brothers on the 517 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: Monday night broadcast, look at the guests that they are 518 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 1: able to get because of who they are and the 519 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: access they have with TV. I mean the roll call 520 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: of people from Brett Farve talking about a Packer game 521 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: or Nick Saban on the Monday night game with the 522 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: Eagles and the and the Cowboys. Those guys aren't gonna 523 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: do that stuff basically for almost anybody. But but you 524 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: you have that cloud with TV, it's the Manning its ESPN. 525 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: It makes a difference. I will just say this is 526 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: one more aside. I've been around Tom body. He is 527 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: fantastic with all the Buccaneer personnel. He has been tremendously 528 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: cooperative with the business side of the Buccaneers where he 529 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: didn't have to be um again he is he is 530 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,959 Speaker 1: bought fully in figuratively to being part of the buccaneer organization. 531 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: That's great to see. And there was a moment in 532 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 1: the battles of so Far Stadium on Sunday when it 533 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: was all over, if he had done his media he 534 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: was trying to get to the plane, trying to get 535 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: to the buses to get to the plane fight, d 536 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: l A traffic et cetera. Where they had him on 537 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: a golf car. They have all these uh different ram 538 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 1: players on golf When they had Brady on the golf 539 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 1: car trying to get into the buses, and he literally 540 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: had a driver and an armed guard with him as 541 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: he's riding riding by, he do get to the buses. 542 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: I saw that from a distance about thirty ft away 543 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: as he as he zoomed on. So there you go. 544 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: There's another aside. Do you have your own armed guard 545 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: when you were making your way out of Inglewood? Normally 546 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: I do not have to have on personnel around me. 547 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: There's not an occasion for that. However, if I do 548 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: need it, I may instill the help of the Mallee 549 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: Militia that you have in the middle of the night, 550 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 1: and in whatever city I'm in, I contact you. The 551 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: Malone Militia has my back. If I need that, I 552 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: may come to you for that. Well, we will listen, 553 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: t G. We will form Voltron, the Mallet Musia, will 554 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: get hollering James in Minnesota. We'll get Lance, the bus driver. 555 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: We'll get them all together and it'll be quite the 556 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: whack pack. But now what what do you what's your 557 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: vibe on Brady? How many more years do you think 558 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: he plays? And do you think this is the last uniform? 559 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 1: I think he stays in Tampa the rest of the 560 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: way or does he go somewhere else. So on all 561 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: those questions, the first one is do not doubt that 562 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: the man's gonna play in two. I believe he is 563 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,479 Speaker 1: going to play next year. I believe this is beyond Again, 564 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: all things are are predicated on how long then? And 565 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: you know this, does his shoulder hold up? Does his 566 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: elbow hold up? Because you can talk about the t 567 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: V twelve method with training and eating avocado toast and 568 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: you know whatever else you're gonna eat, and and and 569 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: but you're all your forty four, your arm, your shoulder. 570 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: How long does it last? He he is playing still 571 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: a in a lead level. He can make the throws 572 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: and we believe that will sustain. So I believe he 573 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: will be back for a third season, depending I mean 574 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: if then if they roll on and win another Super Bowl. 575 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: There was a lot of thought, would he just would 576 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: he walk away after last year after winning the Super Bowl? 577 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: If you do it again, if you are somehow able 578 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: to repeat, what else do you have to prove to 579 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: put your body through this? Is you've proven to your point? Uh, 580 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: he's He's obviously got tons and tons and tons of 581 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: money and accolades. I don't know, but I believe he 582 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: believes he can still play for two and maybe even beyond. 583 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: The Bucketeer contract is four more years, um, three more 584 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: years after this one. He signed up for a four 585 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: year extend, and when they rework the salary cap, I 586 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: don't know if you can play that long. So we'll 587 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: we'll see a physically at this position, if he can 588 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: still make the throws and play that way. Speaking of 589 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: Payton Manning, you watch Peyton Manning breakdown physically at the 590 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: end of his career. You watch his final year in Denver. 591 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: He couldn't throw the ball fifty yards down the field 592 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: anymore at the end of that Super Bowl winning season 593 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: when they beat the Pampers. Well, yeah, not the case 594 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: right now with Tom Buddy. Will see how long it lasted. No, 595 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: I don't believe he'll go anywhere else. I believe this 596 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: will be it, that he will ride it out with 597 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers this season, probably next season, and then that 598 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: will that will be the end of his career wherever 599 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: he's done in Tampa back. Yeah, and Drew Brees also 600 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: at the end with the Saints had some issues and 601 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: he seemed like his arm wore down as the season 602 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: went on. By the playoffs, he would have have some 603 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: issues with that. Yeah, I'm not. I mean everyone said 604 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: Brady until fifty. He wants to play until his fifty 605 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: Uh hey, I I said he was done a couple 606 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: of years ago the t J when I was doing 607 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: filling stuff at e I and Boston and and Brady's 608 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: numbers were not particularly good in the offense wasn't really 609 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: clicking for the page. It's even though they ended up 610 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl one of those years, but Brady 611 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: was kind of in the middle of the pack. And 612 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: then he goes to Tampa and you live in Florida, TJ. 613 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: The fountain of youth, right is is there pots de 614 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: leon in in Florida? And yeah, yeah, I think for 615 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: he and for Grog too. And I know Grog took 616 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: a big shot on the chest and the ribs in 617 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: that game. But Grog has been rejuvenated, revived out of 618 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: youth PP twelve method, whatever you want to call it, 619 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: that they have found it and let's see if it 620 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: can sustain and it's a long season. Can they sustain it? 621 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: Can they continue it? UHG had so many injuries with 622 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: his back, with his hip at the end of his 623 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: New England career, yet he played every game, all twenty 624 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: of them a year ago in the regular season, in 625 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: the playoffs and the best that we understand that they're 626 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: not broken ribs here for him coming out of a 627 00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: Rams game, so you know he would have the like 628 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: that line from Days the Funder with Tom Cruise and 629 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: Nicole Kidman where the actor Michael Rooker is playing Routy 630 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: the dayload of hard white character. He says, I I've 631 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: riched with my legs, broke, with my eyeballs on frings, 632 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: I've raised all kinds of that's broadcasting. He's gonna play 633 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: in that game Sunday night with the Patriots even if 634 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: his eyeballs are on the frings. Here, well, let's get 635 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: to the main event this weekend. You will be in 636 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: the eye of the storm, the belly of the beast 637 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: t J on the sidelines there in Foxborough. It's being 638 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: billed as the greatest regular season game in NFL history. 639 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: So what are your expectations t J from the buck 640 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: side of things being there. How great is that? I'm 641 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 1: so I'll look for you when I'm watching the game 642 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: on TV. But what are your expectations here? I believe 643 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: that this is going to be one of the most 644 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: hyped regular season games that they have had in NFL history. 645 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if we can look back on at 646 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: years from now as as one of the great moments. Maybe. 647 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: I mean, this is going to be likely. You can't 648 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: never say never rightly. The only time Tom Brady plays 649 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: there in a regular season game as the visiting quarterback 650 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: because the rotation of the schedule, the Buccaneers would not 651 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 1: be back there for another eight seasons. I mean Tom 652 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: Brady would be fifty two years the quarterback eight years 653 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: from now. So yes, the hype is going to just 654 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: build and build for It's gonna be some scene. I mean, 655 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: the tickets were five and six thousand dollars apiece in 656 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,480 Speaker 1: the off season. I can only imagine on the secondary market. 657 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: It will build and it will grow Friday to Saturday, 658 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: Saturday to Sunday to try to get in to see this. Uh, 659 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: and you just you hope that the game will live 660 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: up to all that's gonna be said and written and 661 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: shown about it leading up to it, and New England 662 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: is struggling. I mean I watched some of that game 663 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: in the in the press box. I probably saw about it. 664 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: With the Saints, they played poorly again, And as you 665 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: play this thing out, as it builds up, of course, 666 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: the storyline is gonna be Brady is a Super Bowl 667 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: winner last year with the Bucks without Belichick, and now 668 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: if he comes in and plays well or plays outstanding 669 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: and the Buccaneers get back on the winning track and 670 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: dropped the Patriots to one in three and dropped the 671 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: Patriots to oh and three at home on a narrative 672 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: that will set into motion for the rest of this 673 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: year about who misses whom here? So what's the build up? 674 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 1: I am anxious to be there and to be around it, 675 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: and I will report back, uh to bed an hour 676 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 1: and everybody else that wants the update, that wants the 677 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: intel on what that scene is like at Gillette Stadium 678 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: something night. Yeah, and it's not. I mean, you're gonna 679 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: be there on the field, but it's gonna be Also 680 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 1: the pregame, right, does Brady and do Belichick and Brady 681 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: cross paths before the game, and then after the game, 682 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: depending on you know this, do they shake hands, is 683 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 1: there any kind of embrace there? Does Brady run to 684 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 1: the locker room? Does Belichick run to the locker rooms? 685 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: So there's all these subplots to the game, and isis 686 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: and just the football part of it the other part 687 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: of it, and then what happens after the game when 688 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: they address the media and they talk about it. So 689 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna feed our you know, doing 690 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: the radio show t J and you do the podcast 691 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 1: stuff and all that. It's gonna feed our content for 692 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: the next week at least after that and probably a 693 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: lot longer. Yeah, they're gonna talk about this day and night. 694 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: I don't know that Rachel Ray is gonna be talking 695 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: about it on the Food Channel, but maybe they're gonna 696 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: talk about it everywhere coming up for this for this game, 697 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,400 Speaker 1: and rightfully so, because the man won six championships with 698 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: Gil Belichick in New England and now here you have 699 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 1: him coming back as the conquering hero from Tampa Bay. 700 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: And I believe this is just me and my speculation. 701 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: I believe you'll see like a pregame handshake or something. 702 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: I mean, they they had such a long relationship with 703 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 1: so much success, and at some point, you know, you 704 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,959 Speaker 1: put all the bitterness of whatever happened with they don't 705 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,320 Speaker 1: want me anymore, that'll appreciate me anymore aside, you go 706 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: shake hands before it's like black saying, touch gloves, touch 707 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: them up, and now here we go, and let's see 708 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 1: what New England has, because again, uh, they have not 709 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,920 Speaker 1: looked good at it. And you can disregard being the 710 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 1: dysfunctionate New York Jets in the middle of those two 711 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: losses to the Dolphins and then this past Sunday to 712 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,439 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston and the Saints were Matt Jones through three 713 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,400 Speaker 1: interceptions in that game. If New England is a is 714 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: a stinky poo in this game? You use stinky poo sometimes, 715 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: don't you? Stinky poo in this game? And Brady is 716 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:39,279 Speaker 1: fantastic U Boston Sports Radio, the Boston media will be 717 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:44,799 Speaker 1: relentless and immediate on how how in the world did 718 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: it did it come to this that New England is 719 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 1: finally again while Brady is living it up and succeeding 720 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: with the Buccaneers. Yeah, and I have you know, friends 721 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: in Boston to do the radio and this is they're 722 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,879 Speaker 1: treating this like a super Bowl. They're gonna have their 723 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: their afternoon guys doing the pregame show, and they're they're 724 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 1: they're wasting. It's the one topic that will be discussed, 725 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 1: and you know it has been discussed ad nauseum. But 726 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,960 Speaker 1: there it's Tom Brady and Belichick. It's it's that's it. 727 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,240 Speaker 1: That's all they've talked about on the radio in Boston 728 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 1: leading up to this. And I predict t J if 729 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 1: the Bucks do, if this goes the way it's looking 730 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 1: with the way the Patriots are playing that as good 731 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: as the Bucks are offensively, and this turns out to 732 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,319 Speaker 1: be a blowout, then they'll be calling for Belichick to 733 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: be fired right after the game. I mean, you know 734 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: how this works, right, That's how this is going to go. 735 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,720 Speaker 1: My Belichick's lost it. They gotta get a new coach, 736 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: they gotta start over. Uh. And so that's that's how 737 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,439 Speaker 1: that's gonna go. But you are part of the Fox 738 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: Sports Radio Alumni Association TV are you dudes? Are your 739 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,240 Speaker 1: dues paid up in full? Have you paid your dues? 740 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,560 Speaker 1: I have really up for another year and just let 741 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 1: us know whatever we get the free T shirt or 742 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,319 Speaker 1: whatever it is. If we've got from Fox Sports Radio 743 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:57,240 Speaker 1: as part of the alumni association, I would I still 744 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: I have not done Battling Night on Fix Sports Radio, 745 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: uh since twenty fIF I was there for five years, 746 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,959 Speaker 1: not five free years during Saturday nights from eleven through 747 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 1: and I got that freelance opportunity and then I kind 748 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,840 Speaker 1: of got installed as the Saturday night guy doing a 749 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: lot of College football Er in the college football season. 750 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 1: I still have people the power of FS are and 751 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,640 Speaker 1: what Big Ben brings to the table, and obviously Colin 752 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:31,760 Speaker 1: Calherd and uh Dan Patrick and all the different shows, 753 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 1: the Odd Couple that's now on and Jason Smith it's 754 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: on at night and we can't believe got my man 755 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 1: Jonas Knox, theos did two pros and a couple of 756 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 1: Joe right now are and with with Brady Quinn in 757 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 1: the mornings and Big Band overnights. Much love from my 758 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 1: Fix Sports Radio brethren. I still have a lot of 759 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: different friends and acquaintances that I've worked with on the 760 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,440 Speaker 1: year and off the year that are there. So you 761 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,359 Speaker 1: guys keep knocking on the other people still talk to 762 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,319 Speaker 1: me about doing Saturday nights on five Sports Radio. Yeah, 763 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,279 Speaker 1: I for what I'm hed on. I haven't done that 764 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,200 Speaker 1: since Donald Thore Donald Trump became the president, and a 765 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 1: little while people think that I just stopped doing it, 766 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: like last year or two years ago. So it was 767 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,200 Speaker 1: a neat time. I'm thrilled. One of the relationships I 768 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: got was getting to be around Ben Mallow and do 769 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: things on the air and be on the Malar Show, 770 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 1: and you and I co hosted some different times on 771 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: some different projects, and we finally got to me. It 772 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,759 Speaker 1: was not quite the macho man and whole hogan at 773 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 1: the Superpowers with the big handshake and the nineties remember 774 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:37,320 Speaker 1: that form with the Superpower. Oh yeah, with the handshake. 775 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,360 Speaker 1: It was not quite to that level, but it was 776 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,880 Speaker 1: still need to be around Big Ben and be around 777 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: you at the Rams game. And it's neat to reflect 778 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,640 Speaker 1: back on being on Fox Sports. Yeah, listen was fun. 779 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,440 Speaker 1: I remember those those Saturday nights and you know I 780 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: had I got let go. I was let go by 781 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 1: the company brought me back, and then I remember I 782 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,400 Speaker 1: was on when I came back, I was doing the 783 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 1: weekend overnight show and I was your post game show. 784 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,360 Speaker 1: You were on and I was my lead in and 785 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,239 Speaker 1: then I would come on after you and rant and 786 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,200 Speaker 1: rave like a lunatic. And usually I didn't kill all 787 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:11,880 Speaker 1: of your audiences. No, no, no, no you did. You 788 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: did a great job. And so just to kind of 789 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 1: wrap this up, t J, how can people follow you? 790 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,319 Speaker 1: I know you're on Twitter, You're on all the social media, 791 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: You've got your your Bucks podcast, you working. You mentioned 792 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:25,040 Speaker 1: Compass Media Networks, right, you do. The Bucks sidelines are 793 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,279 Speaker 1: all over the place, t J. I am all over 794 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,839 Speaker 1: the place. I have met myself two or three different times, 795 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,400 Speaker 1: coming and going. Thank you for the ploug follow me 796 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: at buck buc Buck sideline guy. I appreciate you sharing 797 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 1: out the photo. You even tagged me on that. So 798 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,879 Speaker 1: if you want to see what I'm up to on 799 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,279 Speaker 1: Twitter at releasing you when you find me there, find 800 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 1: me through buccaneers dot com and their mobile app. The podcast, 801 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, is nothing but plots. It's a postgame 802 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 1: recap podcast with interviews with highlights. We'll have one up 803 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,359 Speaker 1: on the Monday. God willing after this Patriots game this week, 804 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: and after you did a Buccaneer games all the way 805 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,040 Speaker 1: through and I but wong it lasts love that and yeah, 806 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,919 Speaker 1: Compass Media Networks again, as a national outwork. The games 807 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 1: will be on over the year on Compass Media Network, 808 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 1: dot com and other outlets as well the different college 809 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:13,319 Speaker 1: football games they have every week. I'm doing a selects 810 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,240 Speaker 1: I believe six total game package. One of those games 811 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: is this week old Miss Alabama at the time that 812 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,760 Speaker 1: we're taping. Later in the year, I'm getting the chance 813 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 1: to do in Oklahoma Texas Tech game. I'm also doing 814 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,200 Speaker 1: an Ohio State game later in the year. So Compass 815 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:30,280 Speaker 1: Media Networks is good and I full around with various 816 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:34,240 Speaker 1: other podcast projects and internet and web and web stuff. 817 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,799 Speaker 1: You can find me there and still do a bunch 818 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,640 Speaker 1: of where your appearances here in Tampa Bay, etcetera. So 819 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,399 Speaker 1: I appreciate the invite to be on the fifth hour. 820 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,359 Speaker 1: If you'd be on the Mallow Pod. Yeah, I love 821 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,440 Speaker 1: listening to you. I hear you a lot in the 822 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,479 Speaker 1: middle of the night when I'm traveling or coming back. 823 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,799 Speaker 1: I love the video clips. I was rooting you on 824 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,719 Speaker 1: as you were ranting about Matt Stafford when I saw 825 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 1: that video clip from the Mallow Show overnights, So yeah, 826 00:40:58,120 --> 00:40:59,560 Speaker 1: it was. It was great to hook up with you. 827 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,640 Speaker 1: I wish have been a better outcome for the Buccaneers, 828 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 1: but credit the Rams. They looked really good on Sunday. 829 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,080 Speaker 1: And we'll see now if the Bucks can regroup in 830 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,960 Speaker 1: New England and if they can look out. Yeah, and 831 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: we need the Bucks to play the Chargers next year 832 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,839 Speaker 1: in l A or something so we can can hang 833 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,920 Speaker 1: out again. So we'll have to make that happen. We played, 834 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,920 Speaker 1: So here's the schedule on that. We played the Chargers 835 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,759 Speaker 1: at home last year, so the next Charger game in 836 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,759 Speaker 1: Los Angeles would be about three years from now. Are 837 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,640 Speaker 1: we checking our social calendars? We're both married men. You 838 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 1: have to check with the wise. We gotta check on 839 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,480 Speaker 1: three years from now if we have a reunited at 840 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,480 Speaker 1: that so far, but who knows, the Bucks could end 841 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 1: up playing the Rams again at so Far again next year. 842 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:39,719 Speaker 1: We played the Rams now three years in a row, 843 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,640 Speaker 1: we could end up playing them again in Los Angeles, 844 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,319 Speaker 1: so maybe we hook up. Then we'll see perfect all right, 845 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,759 Speaker 1: tak you t J. Good luck with the travels and 846 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,640 Speaker 1: the broadcast, and I'll be watching on TV and then 847 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,120 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. Thanks for coming on. Much love 848 00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:57,400 Speaker 1: for the Ben Mallard. I love giving the chance to 849 00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,040 Speaker 1: catch up. We did with meeting with you and this 850 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:00,360 Speaker 1: was a lot of fun. Thank you for the inn 851 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:00,960 Speaker 1: by Big then