1 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Kevin, I am pleased to 2 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: be here today and on behalf of your alma mater, 3 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: the great mt SU. I have a very pleasant surprise 4 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 1: for you. No question, you've made a tremendous impact both 5 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: off the field and certainly during your playing days. You 6 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: have been absolutely outstanding, not only as a Blue Raider 7 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: but also as a Tennessee Titans. And in recognition of 8 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: this incredible career that you've had both at MTSU and 9 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: at the Titans so far, and you're sustained excellence, and 10 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: I really want to emphasize sustained excellence as a player 11 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: and as a role model. I am happy as the 12 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: university president to announce that your MTSU number twenty will 13 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: become the second number to be retired in the history 14 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: of the university, and actually it is only the sixth 15 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: in the one hundred and eleven years history of athletic department. 16 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: So on Friday, September thirtieth, we want to welcome you 17 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: back home for our game against the University of Texas 18 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: San Antonio, when we will properly celebrate this incredible honor 19 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: and unveil your retired number at Floyd Stadium. So congratulation 20 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: Doctor Sidney McPhee, the man in charge of Middle Tennessee 21 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: State University, with the announcement today at Ascension St. Thomas 22 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: Sports Park that Kevin Byard's number twenty will never be 23 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: worn again for the Blue Raiders. Welcome to this edition 24 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: of the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plants. Healthcare 25 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: coverage from Farm Bureau Health Plans is like an extra 26 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: set of pads when you need them the most. They've 27 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: been protecting Tennesseean's for seventy five years with Amy Wells. 28 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: I am Mike Keith. It has been at electric day 29 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: at Ascension St. Thomas Sports Park because of the Kevin 30 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: Byard announcement post practice. I think everybody associated with the 31 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: Titans is just elated with this news that Mt Issue 32 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: is retiring his number twenty at their home game September 33 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: thirtieth against ut San Antonio. You know, it was one 34 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: of those things where it was a very small group 35 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: of people who knew about it coming up because it 36 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: was a surprise. They wanted to surprise him. And it's 37 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: been so exciting kind of being on the inside of 38 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: this and all the pieces that it takes to surprise 39 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: someone in the National Football League. It's hard work. I mean, 40 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: you gotta do some serious coordinating. But the moment when 41 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: Kevin found out was just so special. And for those 42 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 1: of us who have been with Kevin from the very 43 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: beginning of his NFL career, it was really a cool 44 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: thing to see. You could tell he was very honored. 45 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: He was kind of speechless, he didn't really know what 46 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: to say, but it was such a cool thing. It 47 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: was great to see everybody that was there to support him, 48 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: and I cried, you did, I did. It was just 49 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: I think everybody cried a little bit. I'm not going 50 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: to call anybody out other than myself, but I think 51 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: a lot of people got a little misty about it 52 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: because it Rhet Bryan cred Oh, I'm sure Rhett has 53 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: a lot of few wept openly. It really just was 54 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: so good to see something that felt it felt like 55 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: seeing him all grown up. You know. Yeah, it was 56 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: a milestone moment to see this happen. And when we 57 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: were doing the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame dinner on 58 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,799 Speaker 1: July the twenty third, Christmassorrow, who is the athletic director 59 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: at mt Isssue and is a Tennessee Sports Hall of 60 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: Fame member and as an all around great guy, runs 61 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: a first class shop over there at MT Isssue. He 62 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: told me that hey, we're planning this. We're going to 63 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: try to spring it on Kevin Byard, that we're going 64 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: to retire his number, And so immediately ran and found 65 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: Ashley Farrell and I said, I have to tell you 66 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: this because I can't tell a lot of people, but 67 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: we've got to start figuring out how to plan it. 68 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: From there, Christmas Sorrow and I started connecting Ashley, and 69 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: I went to see our boss, Surf Melendez and say, hey, 70 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: you know, we've got to keep this on the down low. 71 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: And there was another part of the building that was 72 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: aware of it. Media relations had already been aware of it, 73 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: and so they were plotting with how it would be done. 74 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: And then Mark Owens, who does a great job in 75 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: communications at MT Issue, was put in touch with us, 76 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: and the plan sort of came from there about how 77 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: we would do some different things. And it all culminated 78 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 1: this morning with you welcoming the dignitaries from MT Issue 79 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: and coach Rick Stock still came to practice and that 80 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 1: wasn't any big tip off. Stock will show up for 81 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: a practice from time to time and he and Kevin 82 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: are closed. Kevin wouldn't think anything of that, but Christmas Sorrow, 83 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: Doctor McPhee other members of the staff came through a 84 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: different entrance while practice was going on. Now you pick 85 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: up the story, Amy Well, I mean, that's that's the 86 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: best part of the story. So we were able to 87 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: get everybody in one area, have a conversation with Stock, 88 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: of course, and Christmas Sorrow kind of talking about Kevin 89 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: Byrd what he means to the organization, and then we 90 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: were able to surprise him in front of the media, 91 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: take him out after his media availability, take everybody out. 92 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: It was like a flood of MTSU people coming out 93 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: from behind a door. It's like a clown car. Everybody 94 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: in blue came out and we were able to give 95 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: Kevin Byrd the good news. Kevin Byrd with some really 96 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: good comments after he got the news. And so let's 97 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: listen to a little Kevin Byrd after doctor McPhee made 98 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: the presentation. Wasn't prepared for that. But this, honestly, this 99 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: Jersey's fire fire love. Um, what a honor, what honor? Honestly, 100 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: just kind of going back to those days the MTSU. Honestly, 101 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: going back to those recruiting days, Coach Stock came out, 102 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: came into that gym, and U kept it real with me. Obviously, 103 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: most guys know my story about the whole Kentucky deal 104 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: and told me, listen, if that's if that school does 105 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: not come through for you, come play both for me 106 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: and mt And that just always stuck with me and 107 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: I always appreciate it the mentor the father role that 108 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: you've always played in my life. Listen, I've played with 109 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: a lot of great players at MTSU, a lot of 110 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: great coaches, and obviously I couldn't have done I couldn't 111 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: have done it on my own. A lot of people, 112 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: a lot of people I want to be able to thank. 113 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: I can't think of everybody right now, but all the coaches, players, staff, trainers, 114 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: I mean, people in our student enhancement center to help 115 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: me graduating all those things. Man, I'm just I'm just honored. Definitely, 116 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: I'm almost at a loss of words, but I'm just 117 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: want to say thank you. I'm so grateful. I know 118 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: my mother would be very proud of me in this 119 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: moment right now, and so like I said, man, just 120 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: thank you, thanking me, fee, thank you, masorrow, thank you everybody. 121 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: And like I said, man, just a great honor. Thank you. 122 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: It sound like it's not like the Yankees. It's not right. 123 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: Like I said, man, I'm really at a loss of words. 124 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I've I've been in that Hall of Fame 125 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: Alumni Center and I've seen all the great players, players 126 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: that play in the league, the numbers, UM. So like 127 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: I said, man, I'm just completely honored. Man. Honestly, I'm 128 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: not gonna sit here and say that I knew this 129 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: was going to happen or anything like that, especially coming 130 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: out of college, come out of high school. I just 131 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: always kept my head in and worked my butt off, 132 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: and that would just be something that I would just 133 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: preach to anybody. Um, at the end of the day, 134 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: you know, success without hardward you can you can't have 135 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: any success. And all I did was you try to 136 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: work my butt off, try to set a good example 137 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: for guys under me, for anybody. Just try to set 138 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: a great example. And I'm here and I still have 139 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: my head down. I'm not sitting here trying to say 140 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: that I made it because I got my jersey retired. 141 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day. This is a 142 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: great honor and m I'm just so appreciative at this moment, 143 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: appreciative of MTSU and me feed for for Dolus. Woman 144 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: is busy gas incredible, honest an. That's Kevin fired here 145 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: at ascensioned Saint Thomas Sports Park doing a usual media hit. 146 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: And then when he was through at the podium, Robbie Boren, 147 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: the vice president of media relations, put his hand up said, Kevin, 148 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: you need to stay right there. Amy leads some folks 149 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: out the door. A lot of great things about it. 150 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: John Robinson there, Amy Adams, Strunk there, Kenneth Adams there. 151 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: Very cool stuff. It was. It was a very cool moment. 152 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: Now can we share some of the conversation that I had? Yes? 153 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: Can we do that? I was going to get to that. 154 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: Oh okay, I'm sorry. You had the chance to visit 155 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: with Christmas Sorrow, MTSU athletic director and Rick Stock still 156 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: their longtime head football coach. You don't identify him in this, 157 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: so here here's the tip ot people. Coach Stocks, the 158 00:09:53,920 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: one talks like this, heybuddy, that's not exactly right. A 159 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: good impersonation, but you will know it when you're hear it. 160 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: I'm not an impersonator. I just speak like myself on 161 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: the radio, Amy Wells with Rick Stockstill who talks like 162 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: this a lot, and Christmassarro, who speaks more normally on 163 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: the internet. I want to start at the very beginning, 164 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: and Chris, I'm going to start with you. What were 165 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: the conversations, like, how did we decide that retiring Kevin 166 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: Byard's jersey was something that needed to happen. That's a 167 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: great question, and it's been ongoing really since he left campus. 168 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: You know, he left such a such a mark the 169 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: that it was an easy conversation to have, and then 170 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: his success with the Titans and our local NFL franchise 171 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: and those kind of things being in the same market 172 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 1: there's really benefited us. And how Kevin's been able to 173 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: rally and galvanize the mt issue alumni and community, and 174 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: he embraces his experience at MTSU. He's one of our 175 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: most prominent alums in the school period, whether it's athletics 176 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: or not. And so it was easy conversation once we began, 177 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 1: and doctor McCree, our school president, was all on board, 178 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: and so it's just a matter of timing then and 179 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: we thought this is a great year to do it. Coach. 180 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: When it comes to retiring someone's jersey, that's a big honor, right, 181 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: I mean, that's something that really means a lot to 182 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: a school, to a program. Why is Kevin Byard a 183 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,199 Speaker 1: good candidate for having his jersey retired? Yeah, Amy, I 184 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: think it's a one as a phenomenal honor. He'll be 185 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: the second one in the history of the school, and 186 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: they've been playing football for a long time, so to 187 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: be one of two jerseys that have had this honor 188 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: as a tremendous recognition for KB. I think you just 189 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: you look at his overall performance, what he did at 190 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: Middle Tennessee, how he performed left with nineteen career interceptions, 191 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: which is a school record, one of the highest records 192 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: in the history of college football, you know, so his 193 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 1: total interceptions. So just a phenomenal player for us, a 194 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: phenomenal man. And being able to recognize him today with 195 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 1: the retirement of his jersey, his number that it'll never 196 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 1: be worn again is pretty special. Kevin Byrd's a guy 197 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: who throughout his life has experienced a lot of adversity 198 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: in a variety of different ways. How do you think 199 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: that has contributed not only to the type of player 200 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: that he is, but also the man that he is. Yeah, 201 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: I've always felt that adversity, you know, it doesn't define you. 202 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: How you handle, how you respond to the adversity, that 203 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: your face is what defines you. And there's athletes, there's people, men, 204 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: women all around this world that have had adversity in 205 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: their life. And he's approached it from a very mature 206 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: and probably older than his years when he was younger, 207 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: growing up with the adversity that he had faced and 208 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: the adversity had he faced as as an athlete at 209 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: Middle Tennessee and with the Titans and everything that you're 210 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: constantly overcoming that and how you overcome it. You don't 211 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: let circumstances define you. And just because this happened to you, 212 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: it doesn't mean you have to be this. And he's 213 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: beat adversity every time has come at him. And that's 214 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: why when I say that he was a phenomenal football player, 215 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 1: being a phenomenal man, a husband, a father. Now you 216 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: know he meets all those you know, criteria of being successful. 217 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: And you know, I told John Robinson, you know when 218 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: he came in, you know, when Kevin was a senior 219 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: going through the draft that he's been a professional since 220 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: he got here. You know, he's shown up on time, 221 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 1: he studies extra, he works extra, he's very focused, he's 222 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: very detailed and what he wants to accomplish. And you're 223 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: getting a guy that will be what you want in 224 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: your locker room. And I think that's come to fruition. 225 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,599 Speaker 1: How do you use a former player like that to 226 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 1: motivate the guys on your team currently? It's easy, you know, 227 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: you show examples, especially this time of the year. We 228 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: start a camp yesterday. NFL has been in it now 229 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks, and there's always something on 230 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: the NFL network or local TV here talking about a 231 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: player talking about what happened in practice, how they've done. 232 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: But so you talk about those guys. But when you 233 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: can say Kevin Byard, you know, or you know, we 234 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: got other players in the NFL, you can use them 235 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: as an example, Guys that came through that have set 236 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: in the same chair you set in, that are going 237 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: through the same experiences that you went through, you know, 238 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: kind of gives it a little bit more, you know, validity, 239 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: so to speak. Maybe that here's somebody that came that's 240 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: doing exactly what you did. And look what he's doing now. 241 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: And so you try to use those examples. But you know, 242 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: being a former player, whether it's KB or Tolbarious Ward 243 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: or Richie James, whoever we got in NFL, now you know, 244 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: those you know are great examples to show your current players. 245 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: Now you mentioned how having him be local has been 246 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: such a great thing in terms of being an ambassador 247 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: for not only the athletic program but for MTSU as 248 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: a whole. What kind of an example is Kevin Byard. 249 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: He's the number one example I use. He conducts himself 250 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: on the field and off the field the same way. 251 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: I'm the highest degree of professionalism, and you see it, 252 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: and you see it comes across and it makes our 253 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: alums proud because here's one of our best products is 254 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: Kevin Byard and what he's done and how he conducts 255 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: himself and those kind of things. So not only all 256 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: of his athletic accomplishments, which are great, but also all 257 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: the off the field and his lead leadership and what 258 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: he does for charity and the Kevin Byard Foundations and 259 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: those kind of things. That's he's using his platforms to 260 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: help others, And to me, that's the whole key to 261 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: athletics and what we try to gravitate towards. And that's 262 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: why we're gonna hang his number forever in our stadium 263 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: and nobody will wear number twenty again. It's been so 264 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: much fun to see Kevin Byard have the ability to 265 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: go back to Murfreesboro and to spend some time around 266 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: his school, to the point where the basketball team even 267 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: moved a game because the Titans had to play off 268 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: the game and they wanted people to be able to 269 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: watch Kevin. How great has it been to see the 270 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: fan they stick with him for all these years. I 271 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: think it's really neat and our fans can say they 272 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 1: knew of Kevin Byard before. A lot of metropolitan Nashville 273 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: are the state of Tennessee knew him. And there were 274 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: some plays that he made in colleges that were just 275 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: unbelievable and it just sticks in your mind, and whether 276 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: they're pick six against Troy or punt return against Old 277 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,239 Speaker 1: Dominion and some of these that you just look at 278 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: and go, man. He showed that while he was in 279 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: college and it's carried over to the NFL and and 280 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: I think our fans really have enjoyed watching that progression. 281 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: Do you guys have a favorite Kevin Byard moment? I'm 282 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: putting you on the spot a little bit, you know. 283 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: To me, probably not one single moment stands out. One 284 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: special one was when John Robinson, defensive coordinator to head coach, 285 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: all those guys came over a week or so before 286 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 1: the draft and talked to him, got him in a room, 287 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: put him on the board, watch film, and they all 288 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: came out with such, you know, this is a guy 289 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: that can help us, this is a guy that we 290 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: want to coach. You know. Just made me feel proud 291 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: for him because all for five years, how hard he worked, 292 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: how hard he prepared for that moment, and then to 293 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: be drafted, you know, you know, third round. I guess 294 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 1: it was there, the first pick of the third round 295 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: that you know, just the culmination of everything that he's 296 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: gone through, you know, growing up as a player, you know, 297 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: as a student athlete there at Middle Tennessee, and you know, 298 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 1: what he did, how hard he worked, was just satisfying 299 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: to me. I'll remember that as much as you know 300 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: what he did on the field. Amy, I think that 301 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: I looked back and we were playing Troy at at 302 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: our stadium, and there are one of our rivals, and 303 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: it was a big game, and we hadn't beaten Troy 304 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: and maybe four years or so, so we hadn't beaten 305 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: him in a long time. And it's a it's a 306 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 1: really tight game in the fourth quarter, and our best 307 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: linebacker suffers some type of spinal cord injury, and there 308 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: was about that twenty thirty minute dead period in the 309 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: stadium is there putting him on the board and everybody's 310 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 1: kneeling and praying for him and those kind of things. 311 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 1: And Craig Allen was the linebacker and it turned out 312 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: that he was okay, but we did not know that 313 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: at the time, and so they carved him off on 314 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: the field. Troy has the ball and was it The 315 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: next play, The very next play, Kevin has picked six 316 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: and flips the game. So is that a little bit 317 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: what coach Stock was talking about where there's adversity and 318 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: how you handle adversity. And he and Craig were good friends, 319 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: and so to take that emotional moment and compartmentalize it 320 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: and make it another moment, And to me, that kind 321 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: of epitomizes Kevin in my mind. How he's able to 322 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: rise above the circumstance and he's done that his whole life. 323 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: Christmas Sorrow, Rick Stock still, thank you so much you 324 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,360 Speaker 1: spending some time with us. We're excited to celebrate Kevin Byer. Yeah, 325 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:06,679 Speaker 1: thanks for having me. Boy. Those are some strong words 326 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: from them about what he means. And I just want 327 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: to say this about MT issue very quickly. We have 328 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: the two of us have some very good friends who 329 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: are products of MT issue. Brad Willis is a product 330 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: of MT issue, Jonathan Hutton, Philip Noel, and there are others. 331 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: The programs at MTSUE are phenomenal. The communications program is phenomenal. 332 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 1: They put out a lot of talented people who know 333 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: how to do stuff and how to work hard. And 334 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: I mean there are a lot of successful people that 335 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: come out of MT issue every day. Doctor McPhee has 336 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: to be very proud of that. When I think of 337 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: a football player who represents everything about the university, I 338 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: think of Kevin Byard because he told the story he 339 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: wanted to play at Kentucky. Kentucky Polden offer, you know, 340 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: just didn't work out and he ended up at Middle 341 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: and he not only made the most of it, he 342 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 1: became a third round pick in this league, who's never 343 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: had a losing season, who's been to the Pro Bowl 344 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 1: multiple times, who's a two time All Pro. He's the 345 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: best safety in the National Football League. And yet he's 346 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 1: a better guy. And we've always known that. But think 347 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 1: about how he approaches his job. He's gotten better virtually 348 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: every year. When he had a little bit of a 349 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: down year in twenty he came back in twenty one 350 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: and went harder and went back to the Pro Bowl. 351 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: I think his work ethic, not just as a football player, 352 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: but period. I think his overall work ethic really represents 353 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: what an MTSU grad represents, not just a football player, 354 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: but what that university produces. And so that's why I think, 355 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: and I think doctor McPhee was saying that to a 356 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: certain extent, Amy Kevin is the epitome of what they 357 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: want to put out in the world as a football 358 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: player or as a communications person like our friends, or 359 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: somebody out of the Jones College of Business or any 360 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: part of the university, the nursing program, I mean, you 361 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,479 Speaker 1: name it. They do a lot of good stuff. They 362 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: put out a lot of special people. They're all proud 363 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: of Kevin Byard because he's so public, but he really 364 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: just does what we've seen a lot of our friends 365 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: who are MTSU grads do every day, and that's a 366 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: cool thing to combine. Absolutely, he's a very public ambassador 367 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 1: for that university. However, there are so many other graduates 368 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: from that university who do the same thing, who kind 369 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: of embody those same traits. And it's been really fun 370 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: being in Tennessee for as long as I have now 371 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: and being able to see MTSU grow and see their 372 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: sports programs grow, see their academic programs grow, their enrollment grow, 373 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: just seeing them expand their reach and continue to have 374 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: a lot of success. It's been really fun to see. Well, 375 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: it was really fun to see Kevin Byrd be honored 376 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: in this way and to see the entire Titans organization 377 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: be this excited. I know, you know, Titans Nation out there, 378 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: the ot people obviously very excited by what's happened to 379 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: this point for Kevin and today in particular, and hopefully 380 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: he'll keep playing at a great level of football for 381 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: this team. But what a nice moment. Never experienced this 382 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: with the team, never seen this go down in this way, really, well, 383 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: that's kind of surprising. Well, but you think about I mean, 384 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: this is a guy who's not yet twenty nine. I 385 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: think he's two weeks away from twenty nine, and his 386 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: college number is being retired only the second time Mtsue's 387 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: ever done that. Yeah, that is kind of young to 388 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: retire someone's number. You want to hear what he tweeted? Yes, 389 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: this is what Kevin Byard has tweeted. The word grateful 390 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: can't express how I feel right now. God has blessed 391 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: me tremendously and has allowed me to inspire others as 392 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: his light shines through me. Thanks to my wife and 393 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: my family who've always supported me from the beginning, through 394 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: all the ups and the downs that came along with 395 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: chasing your dreams from high school to the NFL. To 396 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: every player, coach, trainer, tutor, and mentor, I want to 397 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: say thank you, because an achievement of this magnitude cannot 398 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: be accomplished alone. I know my mother, who he just 399 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: lost recently. I know my mother is smiling from ear 400 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: to ear right now because she's proud of her baby boy. 401 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: That's all I ever wanted to do. See, you can't 402 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: say things like that. It is him, and that's just if. 403 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: But that's a that's not a statement that his PR 404 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: agent didn't write that his you know somebody didn't script 405 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: that too. I mean he sat down and that's who 406 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: he is. That's who he was the first time you 407 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: met him, and you interviewed him in mobile at the 408 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: Senior Bowls, standing outside and basically hurricane. Yeah. That's why 409 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: he's one of our favorites because he is that way 410 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: every day. He is the mayor of Murphy's Borough pretty 411 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 1: much officially. Now, oh yeah, it's it's solidified. I told 412 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: you I met the mayor of Murphy's Borrow and he's 413 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: okay with all this. Oh I was gonna say annoyed. No. 414 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: Speaking of safeties, changing back to football, I want to 415 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: throw five guys at you who have caught my eye 416 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: this week in practice. Okay, can I do that? Hit 417 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: me all right? J Moore? Okay, safety out of oh Miss, 418 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: fifth year guy who comes over from Houston. He's an 419 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: interesting kind of guy at Houston. Thing, great special teams player, 420 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: but he's a little bit of a Swiss Army knife 421 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 1: in the secondary. I mean, I don't think he can 422 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: play corner, but you can do some things with him. 423 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: He's smart, He's a hitter, h a Moore in a 424 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 1: physical I like this guy. I think this may end 425 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: up being a really really good sign for the Titans 426 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: one to watch going forward. And I'm not saying he's 427 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: taking anybody's job or just all of the ot people 428 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: know because we have discussed it multiple times. In the secondary, 429 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: you use multiple personnel groups according to the opponent you 430 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 1: love to have. I mean he may play defense in 431 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: four of the games, or eight of the games, or 432 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: twelve of the games, or every game. I don't know. 433 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: But the point is he does some different things that 434 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: if you go to a three safety look or you 435 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: want to do something specific package wise, he's a better 436 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 1: defensive back than I thought he was. I just thought 437 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: he was a team's player when they made the initial 438 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: signing and they made it pretty clear and he said 439 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 1: to us, he goes, I think there's some things I 440 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: can I know this defense. I think there's some things 441 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 1: I can do in this defense. And I think he's right. 442 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: I think that's exciting. I think that versatility is in 443 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: the name of the game. From Mike Fable and a 444 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel, Tennessee Titans player has that versatility, I would 445 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: wager it's one of the reasons why he is here 446 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: right now. Well, Kevin Byrd's Kevin Byard, and a Monty 447 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 1: Hooker's a Monty Hooker. They're the safeties again, not saying 448 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 1: they're not, just saying, if you go five defensive backs 449 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: in a certain look, or six or seven, there are 450 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: things that you can definitely do with him. I think 451 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: that's exciting. So I just wanted to point that at 452 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: number thirty three aj More five eleven, two hundred fifth 453 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: year man out of Old Miss Kyle Phillips. Kyle Phillips. 454 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: Kyle Phillips is number two, five eleven, one eighty nine 455 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: receiver rookie the University of California at Los Angeles. This 456 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: is not the first time I have heard you say 457 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: his name. Well, the rest of the media is getting 458 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: it too. They're getting it because they're seeing he's got shake. 459 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: I mean, he just he's hard to get coming off 460 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: of the line of scrimmage. He catches everything, he runs 461 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: great routes. He's a really good athlete. Now, how's he 462 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: going to hold up when he gets walloped a couple 463 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,360 Speaker 1: of times? That's what we're gonna have to wait and see. 464 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,959 Speaker 1: But so far, so good for the young man who 465 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: was a four star recruit coming out of the state 466 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: of California when he signed with UCLA. That's what the 467 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: preseasons form. And we play a game a week from today. 468 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: Are you excited? Um? Not yet? Oh? I got too 469 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 1: much work to do. Oh, that is not the answer 470 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: I was expected. I mean, am I excited about ball? Yeah? 471 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: I was expecting, fired up, ready to Well, I know, 472 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: but I got I gotta kind of keep it in 473 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: the road a little bit because I gotta learn more 474 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: about the Baltimore Ravens. And the issue is we're probably 475 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: not gonna have a great idea of who's gonna play 476 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: for them. We'll have an idea of who's going to 477 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: play for the Titans because we watch him in practice, 478 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: but who do the Ravens play? And so I've got 479 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: to learn about all these Ravens who I don't necessarily 480 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: know anything about it. I need the next week. You 481 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: do have a lot of work to do to prepare 482 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,959 Speaker 1: for any game, but especially a preseason game. Yeah, all right, 483 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: then I got three defensive lineman you ready? Yes, Niquan Jones, Oh, yes, 484 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: Number ninety six three three thirteen second year man, Michigan State, 485 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: big fan. He ain't gone away. Nope. Let's just to 486 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: remind you of the Nikuon Jones story. Undrafted free agent 487 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: in twenty one, was waived on August thirty, first, signed 488 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: to the practice squad the next day. He was added 489 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: to the active roster three weeks later because the Seahawks 490 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: were trying to sign him. And so you have a choice. 491 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: You can either let that guy walk or you can 492 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: promote him to the active roster. Well, I'd say it 493 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: worked out. Yes. He appeared in fourteen games with six starts, 494 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: twenty nine tackles, two and a half sacks, four tackles 495 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: for loss. He played really well in the playoff game. 496 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: He had two tackles and half a sack against Cincinnati. 497 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 1: I mean, Naquan Jones, you know, just keeping along. You know, 498 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 1: he's a key up, your head down kind of guy. 499 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: He's working. He told me he still considers himself a 500 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: young guy, even though he's been on the field so much. 501 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: He still considers himself kind of a rookie. And so 502 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: he keeps that rookie mentality and keeps working. He also 503 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: gets called Daquan Jones more this year than he did 504 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: last year and a quand with an nyklon with an 505 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: end and he's battling Tier Tart and I think Tarts 506 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: off to a nice start. Yeah, feels like it. Also 507 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: in the defensive line. Ninety four DeShawn Hand six three 508 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: two ninety seven, fifth year man out of Alabama. And 509 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: this is a guy who was pretty good prospect. He 510 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: was signed to the practice squad by the Titans January fifth. 511 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: He was resigned February the fifteenth. He's played in thirty 512 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: NFL games, eleven starts, fifty four tackles, three sacks, six 513 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: tackles for lost, two forced fumbles. He was drafted by 514 00:30:55,280 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 1: Detroit at one fourteen overall in twenty eighteen, so he's 515 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: a fourth round pick. Titans elevated him to the roster. 516 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: He was a standard elevation to the roster at Houston, 517 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: and he appeared as a backup on January the ninth, 518 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: in what was the final regular season game that a 519 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: good rookie season had injuries in nineteen and twenty. Began 520 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: the twenty one season on the injured reserve with a 521 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: groin injury. He was activated, appeared in three games, reinjured. 522 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 1: His groin again was placed on injured reserve for a 523 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: second time, and then a week later Detroit released him 524 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: with an injury settlement, signed to the indie practice squad. 525 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: They kept him ten days and then cut him. And 526 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: so now he's with the Titans, and DeShawn Hand is 527 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: showing up with pads on this A guy's originally from Philly. 528 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: He was the nation's number one prospect coming out of Woodbridge, Virginia. 529 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: That's where he was raised. Born in Philly, raised in Woodbridge, Virginia, 530 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: went to Alabama, played in fifty games, and again was 531 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 1: a four round pick. So, DeShawn Hand number ninety four, 532 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: how about DeMarcus Walker number ninety five? You just moved 533 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: right on and didn't give me the opportunity to make 534 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: I was gonna make a hand joke and you didn't 535 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: even give me the window. No, it was good, No, no, 536 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: go ahead. I was gonna make about hands. Okay, good. 537 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: I was gonna say that was a really good bio 538 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: and you deserve a hand. Oh but you didn't even 539 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: You just shut that window. See if I were doing 540 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: like the Chris Berman thing with different references that are 541 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: way too old, Yeah, I would reference mister Hand from 542 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which was actually 543 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: played by Ray Walston, who was my favorite Martian. He 544 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: had all the scenes with Speccoli, who was Sean Penn 545 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: in that movie. Okay, I've seen bits and pieces of 546 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,239 Speaker 1: that movie out of order, so I couldn't actually tell 547 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: you what happens, but I have seen most of it. Well, 548 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: it's on TV a lot. Sean Penn. It orders a pizza, Spaccoli, 549 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: orders of heats, and it's delivered to class and mister 550 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: hand gives everyone a slice except Spicoli. That's actually really funny. 551 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: It's pretty good, all right, So can I move to 552 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: de Marcus Walker? Now? I'm sorry. DeMarcus Walker number ninety five, 553 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: six four two eighty sixth year man out of Florida State. 554 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: Forty nine games of NFL experience. He was with the 555 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 1: Broncos from twenty seventeen through twenty twenty. He was with 556 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 1: Houston last year. Twelve and a half career sacks, eighty 557 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: two tackles, fourteen tackles for loss. Last year for the 558 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: Texans thirty one tackles, seven tackles for loss, two sacks, 559 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: seven quarterback hits, thirteen games. Originally a second round picked 560 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 1: by the Broncos, and there are some people who believe 561 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: they kind of screwed him up early on. They tried 562 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: to make him a stand up outside linebacker, which he 563 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: was not at Florida State, and it didn't It didn't 564 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: work very well. Two sacks for his first two years, 565 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: and then Vic Fangio comes in goes, yeah, that's that's 566 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: not what he does. And so Vic Fangio had him 567 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: put his hand in the dirt again and played him 568 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: up and down the defensive line and he had four 569 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: sacks in twenty nineteen, four and a half sacks in 570 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Went to Houston last year. He was a 571 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: great prospect at Florida State ACC Defensive Player of the Year, 572 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: sixteen sacks, twenty one and a half tackles for loss 573 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: at sixty eight total tackles in the twenty sixteen season. 574 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 1: So he's a versatile piece. He might be Denico Autry light, 575 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 1: which is great, I mean like literally light like later, 576 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: because he's not done way as much as oh, yeah, 577 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: we're taking Yeah, that was good. He loves playing for 578 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel, loves it. Yeah, he loves that he's a 579 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 1: player's coach. He loves that he the way that he 580 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: structures the day. He said he even likes how the 581 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: day is timed out like scheduled. Wise, I had a 582 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,319 Speaker 1: conversation with him, we chat. I talked to people Mike here, 583 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: so you have talked to DeMarcus Walk. I've talked to 584 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 1: tell the OT people about Well, he really likes the 585 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 1: way that Mike Vrabel coaches. We all. So we talked 586 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,120 Speaker 1: a lot about high school football because I was given 587 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: a way to kind of rib him about maybe a 588 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: game that he lost in high school that we bonded over. It. Okay, 589 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: but yeah, he's so you had an inside tip. I 590 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: had an inside tip. He's from Jacksonville to sandal Wood. 591 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,399 Speaker 1: He went to sandal Wood and he lost a pretty 592 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: important game. He was a pretty major prospect coming out 593 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 1: of high school. He was a huge prospect coming out 594 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 1: of high school and went decided to go to Florida State. 595 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 1: He decommitted from Alabama and went to Florida State instead. 596 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 1: I mean, it was a big prospect. I couldn't remember. 597 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: I couldn't remember how big because Deshaun hand as I mentioned, 598 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 1: was a massive prospect as well. You know that stuff 599 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,719 Speaker 1: doesn't mean anything in the NFL the same way. It's 600 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: like when you talk about Kyle Phillips and you say 601 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: he was a four star, that doesn't mean anything except 602 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: for the fact that you showed something pretty extraordinary. Yeah, 603 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,439 Speaker 1: I think it gives me the context to a player, well, 604 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,400 Speaker 1: you know, how highly sought after they were. The guy's 605 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: not a dud. I mean, you're it wasn't like he 606 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,800 Speaker 1: was some mystery who you know, was originally a walk on. 607 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 1: And there's nothing wrong with that, because guys do that. 608 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,880 Speaker 1: I mean, we're just talking about buyered earlier. And you 609 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: know Kentucky backed off of him at the end, and 610 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,080 Speaker 1: that happens too, and then he rose through the ranks 611 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:17,800 Speaker 1: and now he's the best safety in the NFL. But 612 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 1: you still, I mean, he gets your attention when you 613 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,279 Speaker 1: hear somebody was a highly ranked prospect. When I hear 614 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: that someone was a highly ranked prospect, I hear that 615 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 1: there is some consistency to their athletic ability. When I 616 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: hear that someone in the NFL who's being successful was 617 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 1: like a completely passed over nobody gave them any attention 618 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: type person, I think, oh, they went to a small school, 619 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 1: you know, like, well, but do you think or you 620 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,240 Speaker 1: think that man, this guy's a grinder. But different people 621 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 1: mature different ways to both physically, emotionally socially. I mean 622 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,880 Speaker 1: things like that do happen. I mean guys show up 623 00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: at two ten and all of a sudden they weigh 624 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 1: two seventy five, and you know, it's like, well, what 625 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,760 Speaker 1: just happened? The other thing that often doesn't get taken 626 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 1: into account. And I don't know if it's this way 627 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 1: with women, so you can speak to this, but some 628 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,879 Speaker 1: men grow till they're twenty one. Yeah, some don't. Well yeah, 629 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: some stop at thirteen, but some men do continue to 630 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 1: grow in college and it's like whoa, that guy came 631 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: back and then all of a sudden. I mean, if 632 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 1: you've grown two inches, it's noticeable. You're longer, you have 633 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: the ability to put on more weight. In some cases, 634 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: you get faster. I mean it just it happens in 635 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: different ways for people, and your body composition just overall 636 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 1: can change so much once you get into a collegiate 637 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,000 Speaker 1: program as opposed to what you're doing in high school. 638 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,800 Speaker 1: And god bless high school, like trainers and coaches and 639 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,440 Speaker 1: strength guys and all of that, but a lot of 640 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:57,400 Speaker 1: times they don't have the real major strength and conditioning 641 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,800 Speaker 1: programs that a college would have. Well, a guy's body 642 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: composition can change so much in a short amount of time. 643 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,399 Speaker 1: And a lot of times too, some of these young 644 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: people don't get the nutrition that they need. Yeah. We 645 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,759 Speaker 1: had a player that I covered in college, and he 646 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,320 Speaker 1: gained seven pounds during his first set of two a 647 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:21,280 Speaker 1: days back in the day where you practice twice in pads, 648 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 1: and people thought that was crazy. But he got one 649 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 1: good meal a day. Yeah, and suddenly he's getting three 650 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 1: squares and snacks and all the Gator eighty needs and 651 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,280 Speaker 1: things like that. I mean people had because guys always 652 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,359 Speaker 1: lose weight into it in right, and yet this guy 653 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 1: gained seven pounds and you're like, how does that happen? 654 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:44,799 Speaker 1: It's like, because he's he's getting something normal all the time. 655 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:48,120 Speaker 1: He was a guy like Kevin Bayard who was raising 656 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 1: siblings because the parent was having to work and so 657 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:57,200 Speaker 1: he was the one taking care of everything. And then 658 00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 1: he gets to college and there's a training table and 659 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: it makes a difference when you talk about prospects. I 660 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,279 Speaker 1: think that's why Nick Saban is so incredible at Alabama. 661 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,480 Speaker 1: How many of his five Stars end up being just 662 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,600 Speaker 1: as good as they were projected a lot, a lot. 663 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 1: The other thing too is how many of his three stars, 664 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,160 Speaker 1: the guys who are It's like, why is Alabama? Because 665 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,920 Speaker 1: he sees them, he knows what they can be, he 666 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 1: projects him. He has a lot of guys like that too, 667 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:31,920 Speaker 1: who end up being his development program overall is really fantastic, 668 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: whether the guy was the highly talented guy, because once 669 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 1: you get to Alabama, it's like the Pros. Everybody's just 670 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: thrown in and he's playing whomever. They don't in the Pros, 671 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,800 Speaker 1: they truly don't care where you're drafted. Nope, they just 672 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:47,319 Speaker 1: need to win on Sunday. And that's Saban who has 673 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,600 Speaker 1: a pro background. People forget that is the same way 674 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:52,799 Speaker 1: at Alabama. As you are a three star, you're four star, 675 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,480 Speaker 1: your five star, doesn't make any difference. Once we put 676 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: the pads on, I'm playing the best players like John Robinson. Right, 677 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: he doesn't care where you drafted, how you got there. 678 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: You're on the field. Let's go. No, I mean, the 679 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:07,200 Speaker 1: pedigree thing doesn't matter to him. And the other thing 680 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,840 Speaker 1: he will do too, as we saw with this Fitzpatrick 681 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: a year ago, is if he thinks he got it wrong, 682 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:16,399 Speaker 1: he'll cut him. He doesn't sit around and sentimentally hold 683 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,400 Speaker 1: on to people because he drafted them. A lot of 684 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,880 Speaker 1: GMS do because they don't want to be wrong. Obviously, 685 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,760 Speaker 1: John doesn't want to be wrong, but yet he's willing 686 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: to admit a mistake, and a lot of GM's Bilichick's 687 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,680 Speaker 1: the same way. Belichick O draft a guy. You know, 688 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: he traded off a first round pick this year for 689 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,399 Speaker 1: a seven, a guy who'd been with him three years, 690 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:44,200 Speaker 1: who just hadn't done anything like goodbye, yeah, conditional seven. Yeah, 691 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,800 Speaker 1: you got to be willing to say you're wrong, but 692 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:50,319 Speaker 1: not when you do pronunciations of Titans players. You've got 693 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:52,600 Speaker 1: to be right. Is that a thing we're doing well. 694 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,960 Speaker 1: I was going to go through these just so the 695 00:40:55,080 --> 00:41:00,279 Speaker 1: OT people can sound intelligent, more intelligent. We like to 696 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: give you the edge in the conversation. Like we told him, 697 00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:10,040 Speaker 1: it's not Treylon Burks, Treylan Burks. We told you the 698 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:16,600 Speaker 1: story last week, Nick Westbrook, Akeena a Keen Aquina No, 699 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,200 Speaker 1: So that that gives you a jump right there. New 700 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,479 Speaker 1: defensive back who I think you're going to see play 701 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,600 Speaker 1: some pretty quickly in the preseason, probably at the nickel 702 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:35,399 Speaker 1: chakour brown Chakora. Yes, say it with us. Thomas Odukoya, Oh, 703 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:40,239 Speaker 1: no chance? What Thomas Odukya number forty nine, the tight 704 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,279 Speaker 1: end out of Eastern Michigan. Who is the Titans international 705 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,239 Speaker 1: player from the Netherlands? Odakoya? What are you going to 706 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,600 Speaker 1: interview him? Don't you think you should talk to the 707 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,440 Speaker 1: guy from the Netherlands. Probably should probably learn more than Netherlands. 708 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,560 Speaker 1: Are you know where the Netherlands? I'm not great with 709 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:58,239 Speaker 1: the geography. Okay, don't admit that out loud. The Netherlands. 710 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 1: David David a ninety nine, ninety nine, number fifty four 711 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: Edge Russure from Houston. Yes, a ninety all right, I'll 712 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:14,200 Speaker 1: remember that. Fifty four ninety Sam odu Koya, No, that's wrong. 713 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,680 Speaker 1: Can he pronounce this for us? Yes, let's hear Sam 714 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:23,760 Speaker 1: as Kwan. How's that again? Say it again as a yakuna. Nope, ow, 715 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,960 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna call him Sam. I was saying Oka. 716 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:34,120 Speaker 1: That's not it's we're gonna work on it, Sam sam 717 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,719 Speaker 1: Oh from Maryland. Oka, What I'm working on it. I'm 718 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 1: really working hard and Mike will have it by the 719 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 1: time the Tennessee Titans. It's gonna be great. You're gonna 720 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 1: get there as okun gotcha stay healthy, please okakunu as 721 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:57,240 Speaker 1: a okwon. Christian Delaro, the offensive lineman, yep, Delaro. Dylan 722 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,400 Speaker 1: Raidens Raidens is one that I need everybody to get right. Okay, 723 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:05,080 Speaker 1: it's time. Raiden Raidens like with an eye instead of 724 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:12,000 Speaker 1: a U. Yeah, Raidens. Okay, upstich Andrew rupstich, not how 725 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:17,600 Speaker 1: it's spelled. He's from Culver Stockton, which is in Missoissouri. Yeah, 726 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,360 Speaker 1: it's an NAI school in Missouri. I was convincing me 727 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:23,719 Speaker 1: to think about Culver in Stockton. I thought California. That's 728 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:27,520 Speaker 1: a good educated guess it's wrong, very wrong, way wrong, 729 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 1: pretty good look an offensive lineman, three, three time All 730 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:36,439 Speaker 1: American there in n AI. He's originally from Illinois. Don't 731 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:40,319 Speaker 1: pronounce that s Illinois. Yeah, I didn't say Illinois. We're 732 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:46,320 Speaker 1: talking about pronunciation though. Nicholas petit freer, petit freer, petit freer, 733 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:49,919 Speaker 1: petit freer, very fresh. Let me tell you old Nick 734 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,919 Speaker 1: had some He engulfed demand today in one on once. 735 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,759 Speaker 1: He's had a great can. He's pretty good player that 736 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:57,880 Speaker 1: I don't know if he plays this year. But Mike 737 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,439 Speaker 1: good chiga conquo chig a conq. That's really not bad 738 00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,640 Speaker 1: because it's pronounced exactly like it looks. Yep it is. 739 00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,960 Speaker 1: That's a good one. And then the wide receiver from 740 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:14,359 Speaker 1: SMU Reggie Roberson robbers I remember we had Roberson last year. 741 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:18,440 Speaker 1: Now we have the same way, but it's pronounced Roberson 742 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:23,200 Speaker 1: like robber Son. Yes, rob And then it is nay Quon, 743 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:30,200 Speaker 1: not da Quan Jones with an inn as in Nancy. Yes, 744 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:37,839 Speaker 1: nay Quan Jones, still ninety. Very confusing, defensive lineman, very confusing. 745 00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:41,800 Speaker 1: I guess day Kuan is a little bigger, Daklan is 746 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:46,800 Speaker 1: a little bigger, yes, but still I mean, very jarring. 747 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:52,640 Speaker 1: He thinks it's just the funniest thing. That's it, Okawan. 748 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:59,319 Speaker 1: Let's hear it again, Yes, Sam, Sam Well Ret Brian 749 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,359 Speaker 1: got him to ounce it, Sam Okawanna, let's see if 750 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 1: that's right. That's okay, Sam. I think it is Olah 751 00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:10,279 Speaker 1: A Daney And everybody knows this because Olah has been 752 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,919 Speaker 1: all over social media doing all sorts of stuff. He's 753 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,080 Speaker 1: just such a did you see him the other night 754 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:18,600 Speaker 1: with the Undertaker? They had the picture of a SummerSlam 755 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:23,800 Speaker 1: of Olah's everywhere. Now, Yeah, he's just like this. I 756 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,560 Speaker 1: mean he's this happy little person, not little, he is 757 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,960 Speaker 1: not little, but he's this happy guy who just shows 758 00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:32,320 Speaker 1: up everywhere. Did something with Drew McIntyre, who is a 759 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,920 Speaker 1: great wrestler for WWE. Lives here, Nashville is home now 760 00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:41,480 Speaker 1: for for Drew McIntyre, and Ola did something with him 761 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,080 Speaker 1: that was kind of a lot of fun and really 762 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,400 Speaker 1: love Olah Daney. Have you ever seen Olah Daney not smiling? No, 763 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:53,000 Speaker 1: He's always smiling. It's fantastic. He's just a ray of sunshine. 764 00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:56,840 Speaker 1: He is a ray of Sunshinte DeShawn Hand de Marcus Walker, 765 00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:03,280 Speaker 1: DeShawn Hand to Marcus Walker, Rashad Weaver. We got that one, yeah, Okay? 766 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:05,239 Speaker 1: Did I get them all? Yeah? I think that's I 767 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:11,000 Speaker 1: mean Sam Sam Okawanu. I think I'm getting closer now 768 00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,320 Speaker 1: when they signed him. I mean I've been working on 769 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:16,800 Speaker 1: it for two months, I know, and really, such a 770 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,919 Speaker 1: good job or your practice. So here's the thing. It's 771 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,040 Speaker 1: the guy's name. You don't you don't want to mess 772 00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:25,560 Speaker 1: up the guy's name. Yeah, I mean that's all I 773 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:29,680 Speaker 1: have to do now, Okay, I got to know their number. 774 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:31,960 Speaker 1: I mean, what if I got to do? I need 775 00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,239 Speaker 1: to know how to pronounce the guy's name. You do 776 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:36,480 Speaker 1: a good job. Well, you're nice to say that. It 777 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:38,799 Speaker 1: just it bothers me. It's like when I was talking 778 00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:41,640 Speaker 1: to Nick Westbrook a Quina. It bothered me that for 779 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,239 Speaker 1: two years we said Westbrook a Quina. Now that is 780 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:48,120 Speaker 1: what we were told. And I don't think it was 781 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,560 Speaker 1: anybody's fault. But you do do your due diligence. If 782 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,520 Speaker 1: that was a lot of you do a very good 783 00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:58,160 Speaker 1: job of researching to figure it out. You will call 784 00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:01,799 Speaker 1: I've seen you, call colleges. Do you'll call thee I've 785 00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,280 Speaker 1: seen you. I mean, you'll all but call their parents 786 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:06,520 Speaker 1: I'll walk up to them in the locker room and 787 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,600 Speaker 1: just say, hey, what would you prefer. It's like, so 788 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,000 Speaker 1: we had in you know, a chance to meet Kenneth Walker, 789 00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:17,040 Speaker 1: the running back from Michigan State, really good running back 790 00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,440 Speaker 1: and he's from Memphis, and so we're thrilled the meet him. 791 00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:22,400 Speaker 1: And I said, do you want to be called Kenneth? 792 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,719 Speaker 1: He says no, he says Ken. There you go. He says, 793 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,960 Speaker 1: I like to be called Ken. And I always ask 794 00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,760 Speaker 1: the prospects that because I said, hey, if you're getting 795 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,920 Speaker 1: ready to be in the National Football League, you can 796 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,640 Speaker 1: be called whatever you want. Yeah, because you are the 797 00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:41,400 Speaker 1: elite of the elite to be in this league. And 798 00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:44,920 Speaker 1: if you want to be called you know, Mitchell Trubisky 799 00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:48,720 Speaker 1: or fine, do whatever you It's like Nicholas petit Frere. 800 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,880 Speaker 1: I said, do you prefer Nick or Nicholas? Because I 801 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:53,920 Speaker 1: answered anything said, that's not what I'm asking you. What 802 00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:58,239 Speaker 1: do you prefer Nicholas? Here's the thing, and I think 803 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,080 Speaker 1: that's a great and obviously you want to call a 804 00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:02,600 Speaker 1: person what they want to be called. But don't come 805 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,839 Speaker 1: in here telling me you want to be called squeaky 806 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:08,800 Speaker 1: or like little Mo. Well, but like I mean like 807 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:13,080 Speaker 1: last year, Well, wait mean last year Jackrabbit. No, but 808 00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:15,480 Speaker 1: Jack Rabbit's different because he's been in the league for 809 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,960 Speaker 1: a while. That's an established nickname. I'm saying when you're 810 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,520 Speaker 1: fresh in the league and I'm meeting you and I'm saying, hey, 811 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,920 Speaker 1: let's do an interview before you get drafted, and you 812 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,160 Speaker 1: tell me, no, I only want to be called Slam. 813 00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,280 Speaker 1: Like I don't really know what to do with that. Slam. 814 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:34,360 Speaker 1: I don't know that I've ever had anybody do that. No, No, 815 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,400 Speaker 1: godly a pre draft interviews. It happens to me at 816 00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:40,239 Speaker 1: least once a year. I'll say something they're like, yeah, 817 00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:42,400 Speaker 1: I actually like to be called Boogie, and you're like, 818 00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:45,080 Speaker 1: all right, Boogie. Do you ever think they're just do 819 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:46,920 Speaker 1: you ever think they're just putting you on all the 820 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,800 Speaker 1: time that I'm gonna tell this girl that I'll be Bogie. 821 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,040 Speaker 1: We'll see if she really does it all the time. 822 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:56,120 Speaker 1: But like, once I ask, I feel like I'm then 823 00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:58,719 Speaker 1: I have to do it, like I'm backing myself into 824 00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:01,320 Speaker 1: a corner. But man, it drives me crazy. So like 825 00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:05,880 Speaker 1: unless it's a really established nickname, and even then, like 826 00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:09,080 Speaker 1: let me just call you god given name, Sam, I 827 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:11,800 Speaker 1: think I've got it. Now it's going I'm sorry, I 828 00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:13,399 Speaker 1: don't mean to interrupt you, but it's kind of going 829 00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:16,839 Speaker 1: off in my head. I'm hearing I'm hearing him say 830 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:21,080 Speaker 1: it over and over again. As ladies and gentlemen, this 831 00:49:21,239 --> 00:49:23,520 Speaker 1: is what every day is like for us. This is 832 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,680 Speaker 1: how we interrupt. He just yells players names at me. 833 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:32,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes a person's name. They deserve to have it said 834 00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:35,480 Speaker 1: the way they want it said and pronounced. Properly. It's respectful. 835 00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:38,759 Speaker 1: It's respectful because you've I think you've earned that. I 836 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,640 Speaker 1: think so, especially when people people call you by the 837 00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:43,680 Speaker 1: wrong name, like misspell your first name. How do you 838 00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,120 Speaker 1: like that? Well, I'm just used to it at this point, 839 00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:49,799 Speaker 1: but just don't call me Arnie Arnie. I had somebody say, 840 00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:53,560 Speaker 1: really enjoyed listening to you, and Arnie, God, that drives 841 00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:58,480 Speaker 1: me crazy. Really, Arnie, Now we've gone down a dark road. Yeah. 842 00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:03,080 Speaker 1: When I was in elementary school, a substitute teacher looked 843 00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:07,200 Speaker 1: at Amy Amie thought that the letters were just close 844 00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:10,560 Speaker 1: together and somehow saw an R and an end. A 845 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:14,320 Speaker 1: lot of people will see Annie because it looks like 846 00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,880 Speaker 1: and I get that looks like two ends, but an 847 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:19,560 Speaker 1: R in an end. So then they'd call out Arnie 848 00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:23,840 Speaker 1: Wells and all the children laugh. And it was just awful. 849 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,600 Speaker 1: And there's still people who will call me Arnie, like 850 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,919 Speaker 1: for years and years they'll call me arn and it's 851 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:33,320 Speaker 1: awful and I hate it. I'm sorry. The best that 852 00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:35,840 Speaker 1: ever happened like that though, that when I worked at 853 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:39,560 Speaker 1: a radio station is so. There was the blizzard in 854 00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,080 Speaker 1: March of ninety nine when the power was out and 855 00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:45,359 Speaker 1: trees fell everywhere. There was a guy who wrote us 856 00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:49,279 Speaker 1: from four hundred miles away, who actually, because all the 857 00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,759 Speaker 1: radio stations were down and our radio station was still up, 858 00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:56,360 Speaker 1: he could hear us four hundred miles away, and he 859 00:50:56,600 --> 00:51:00,600 Speaker 1: identified various things that had been said on the air 860 00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:03,200 Speaker 1: to prove that he could hear us, and he truly could. Well, 861 00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:08,760 Speaker 1: my great friend Cody Allison, longtime Titan's radio sideline reporter, 862 00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:12,680 Speaker 1: one of your predecessors. Yes, so they the ID on 863 00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:15,120 Speaker 1: the radio station that hour was from him. Of course, 864 00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,400 Speaker 1: his name is Cody Allison. Well in the letter that 865 00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:22,239 Speaker 1: they posted on the bulletin board at the office says, Hi, 866 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:27,480 Speaker 1: I'm Shorty Allison. So of course, of course from then 867 00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:31,600 Speaker 1: on they changed the name played on the door and 868 00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:37,280 Speaker 1: they did everything. So that's your Arnie in an adult sense, 869 00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:41,359 Speaker 1: and he's not shorty six one. But it was still 870 00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:44,560 Speaker 1: so great that our buddy from four hundred miles away 871 00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:49,759 Speaker 1: identified him in that way. Allison. Yes, Well, having the 872 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:53,320 Speaker 1: two first names is confusing too. Yeah, now that I 873 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:58,120 Speaker 1: have gone and come back, people are reminded that I 874 00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:02,160 Speaker 1: call you Mike Keith. Yeah, never Mike, just Mike Keith. 875 00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:05,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if I've ever I think Southern thing. Yeah, 876 00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:07,480 Speaker 1: but I've had multiple people to say it. But we 877 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:09,560 Speaker 1: do that all the time in the South. We call 878 00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:13,640 Speaker 1: people like they have you know, like it's Joe Ellen 879 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,040 Speaker 1: or Jim Bob or something. We say that. Yeah, most 880 00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:19,919 Speaker 1: people that I know call me Mike Hate Mike Keith. 881 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:22,239 Speaker 1: That's where it wasn't school when I was a little 882 00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:26,320 Speaker 1: kid and I knew Arnie wells okawan Sam? Do I 883 00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:31,680 Speaker 1: have it? As it sounds right? Ask him how they 884 00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:35,719 Speaker 1: sent it from Maryland? Was okawana knew as I think 885 00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:37,759 Speaker 1: that was a type of no, Oh no, no, that's 886 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:41,279 Speaker 1: how spelled okawana new So I'd gotten that, and then 887 00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,719 Speaker 1: Rhet sent the thing with him pronouncing it, and he 888 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:51,160 Speaker 1: just says oka wandu. As he's a good little player too. Yes, 889 00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:56,560 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say little little he's he's six feet like 890 00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:00,200 Speaker 1: two sixty five two seventy. That ain't little. Well that's 891 00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:03,319 Speaker 1: not little, but it's little for a defensive lineman. But man, 892 00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:07,160 Speaker 1: he is a quick. People may enjoy watching him as 893 00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:10,280 Speaker 1: he goes back to Maryland to play against the Ravens 894 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:15,200 Speaker 1: next Thursday night. It's gonna be fun, you got it? 895 00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,640 Speaker 1: I had it the whole time. Remember the OTP. When 896 00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,440 Speaker 1: it's good is brought to you by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 897 00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:23,440 Speaker 1: When it's not, we're on it's not. We're on our 898 00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:27,839 Speaker 1: own there like Randy Wilmore is like not and take 899 00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:30,200 Speaker 1: our name off. Turn to the folks who've been in 900 00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:33,680 Speaker 1: the game since nineteen forty seven. Farm Bureau Health Plans 901 00:53:34,040 --> 00:53:36,399 Speaker 1: offers the great healthcare coverage you need with a price 902 00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:39,600 Speaker 1: tag you can afford. This was fun, This was fun. 903 00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:41,799 Speaker 1: I was just thinking that this was a lot of fun, 904 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:44,920 Speaker 1: a lot more to do. Practice on Friday, off Saturday, 905 00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:49,480 Speaker 1: back on Sunday, gearing up towards the game in Baltimore. 906 00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:52,799 Speaker 1: Fired up about that, very fired up about that. It's 907 00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:59,440 Speaker 1: gonna be fun. Excited to get back to football for 908 00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:05,359 Speaker 1: Amy Else. I'm Mike Okawana had this. You're my key, 909 00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:09,239 Speaker 1: I'm Mike. Welcome to the Big Show where the legends go. 910 00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:15,080 Speaker 1: Everybody knows it's our house, fighting for Tennessee, making us 911 00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:16,920 Speaker 1: to read greatness is meant to be