1 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: Need great healthcare coverage at an affordable price. Let Farm 3 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: Bureau Health Plans coach you through it, protecting Tennessee and 4 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 1: since nineteen forty seven. Get a quote today at FBHP 5 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: dot com with Rhett Brian from Titans Radio. I am 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: Mike Keith. We are excited as Oilers Tribute Weekend is 7 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: approaching the Titans and the Colts Sunday shortly afternoon Central 8 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: Time at Nissan Stadium. We're on the air on Titans Radio. 9 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: That's one oh four five the zone in Nashville and 10 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: all of our great Titans Radio partners beginning with Titans 11 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: Countdown at eleven am. Rhet Brian. You and I are 12 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: of the same age. You and I stood at practices 13 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: together at Tennessee State watching the Tennessee Oilers go through 14 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: training camp, and the two of us marveled at the 15 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: fact that the place where we grew up, you and 16 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: Murfreesboro and me and Franklin. We were dumbfounded that we 17 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: were seeing an actual NFL team because you and I 18 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: both grew up as huge NFL fans, and now we 19 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: had a team here, and so this is the twenty 20 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: fifth year of football in the state of Tennessee. That 21 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: wonder has not quite worn off for us, because both 22 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: of us are still nostalgic and as we honor the 23 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: Oilers this weekend and the tradition started by Bud Adams 24 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty, I want to ask you to go 25 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: back forty something years. What do you remember when you 26 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: recall those days as a kid seeing the Houston Oilers play. 27 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: Let me start by this. I still have this item 28 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: of clothing. My mother saved it and I have it 29 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: at home. In fact, I'm gonna take a picture of 30 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: it and tweeted out later. But from the Sears and 31 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: Robot catalog, I have my I button up windbreaker Houston 32 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,279 Speaker 1: Oilers jacket that I had when I was in probably 33 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: second grade. You had a Houston Oilers windbreaker? I did, 34 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: and it's in great shape. I'll tweet it later you'll see. 35 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: And so, you know, the first thing I remember when 36 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: I think of that, because you know, Houston, the love 37 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: You Blue era was I was a pretty small guy. 38 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: But the thing I remember initially was Earl Campbell coming 39 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: onto the scene. You know, he's a rookie. He has 40 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: these enormous treat trunk thighs. He's running over guys. They 41 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: had the tearaway jersey's he's you know, shred knows because 42 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: people are trying to get him and tackle him. But 43 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: the Monday night football game against the Miami Dolphins, which 44 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 1: I wasn't allow to stay up that late to see 45 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: that through, but to hear how he ran for one 46 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: hundred ninety nine yards and four touchdowns the next day 47 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: was impressive. If people didn't know who Earl camp was 48 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: before then, and they must have been under a rock, 49 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: they certainly did after that because Howard Cosell went crazy. 50 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: You know, here's this rookie from the University of Texas, 51 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: the Tyler Rose, who just ran all over the Dolphins. 52 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: Think about this. We've had Earl Campbell, We've had Eddie George, 53 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: We've had Chris Johnson, and now we have Derrick Henry. 54 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: What other franchise in the NFL has four like that? 55 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: Some of them have three, But I don't think anybody 56 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: else gets to four. Nobody else gets to four like us. 57 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: And this weekend, Amy Adam Strunk will induct bum Phillips 58 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: into the Ring of Honor, and I think it is 59 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: so special because my first memories, and I'm a little 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: older than you, but I remember seeing bum Phillips and 61 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: I remember thinking, Wow, they've got a coach who's wearing 62 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: a cowboy hat when he's outside, not inside. He wouldn't 63 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: wear his hat in the house, but he's wearing the 64 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: big belt buckle, and these guys sure do play for him. 65 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: How could you not like bum Phillips. Bum Phillips was 66 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: to me what the oilers were and so, and I 67 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: wanted him to beat Pittsburgh too. That was the other 68 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: thing I didn't like Pittsburgh. Yeah, that's maybe another topic 69 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: later on as other OTP discussion, but I think it 70 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 1: is so exciting to see that bum Phillips gets this 71 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: nod at this moment from Amy Adams Strunk, and I 72 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: think the Titans fans who know who bum Phillips were, 73 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: maybe not some of the younger ones, but those of 74 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: our era are like, yes, yes, yes, it's interesting too. 75 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: You did an interview with Earl Campbell where you talk 76 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: to him about the Love You Blue era, and he 77 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: didn't talk as much about Earl Campbell as he did 78 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: about bum Phillips. Let's play that clip and you can 79 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: hear Earl Campbell's respect for bum Phillips. The city was 80 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: like a pay attention to that. They had a football team, 81 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: but they go to the games. I guess before because 82 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: they had tickets. You could get tickets like anywhere. People 83 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: get him to you. And all of a sudden bum 84 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: had these guys playing football, and all of a sudden 85 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: we made our football team, and bum Phillips made everybody 86 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: feel like a family. We were just a happy family. 87 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,679 Speaker 1: That's how bum Phillips see if you couldn't be part 88 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: of a family, if it was about you and not 89 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: us or whatever, bum gets you off the team, no 90 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: matter how good you are. I seen him get rid 91 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: of some good guys. That was all about the eye, 92 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: and that's how he liked it. And once you know, 93 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: Earl was a hit thing everybody. Nobody had to tell 94 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: me that. But you know, I wouldn't have been able 95 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: to do this if it wasn't for the offensive line. 96 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: And you know that was true, but that's not what 97 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: the press wanted to hear. They wanted to hear how 98 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: great I was, and I turned it into what bumb warning, 99 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: this is our football team, lose the other we win 100 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: together and we cry together. And that's really I was 101 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: and said it took going to that. I mean, that's 102 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: all you need to know about bum Phillips. Right, how 103 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: many times did he say it was like a family 104 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: in there. And you're right, bum Phillips was larger than 105 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: life because you know, he didn't wear traditional coaching gear 106 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: on the sidelines. I mean, at this window in time, 107 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: Tom Landry is wearing a fedora and a suit, and 108 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: he kind of looked like my granddad. My dad's dad 109 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: would wear a Western belt with a buckle and would 110 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: wear the mother of Pearl buttons on a Western shirt 111 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: and those things. So you know there was a relatability there. 112 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: And you're right. I mean he's just this down to 113 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: earth cowboy guy western flair and you know, very humble 114 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: and yeah, absolutely, they it's clear they all bought in. 115 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: They all bought in. And he was a great football 116 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: coach and his son went on to become a great 117 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: football coach. His son, certainly everyone knows Wade Phillips, great 118 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: defensive cord NA outstanding head coach with Buffalo and Dallas. 119 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 1: He was the interim coach a couple of places as 120 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: well throughout his career and really did a nice job, 121 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: and I had a chance to visit with him a 122 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: few days ago about his dad, bum Phillips, and tell 123 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: you a couple of stories about bum that you didn't know, 124 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: including one about the fact that he was a real 125 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: life hero. Here's my conversation with Wade Phillips. Wade. For 126 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: a lot of us who grew up watching the NFL 127 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: in the nineteen seventies, we saw the national teams. We 128 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: saw the Dallas's and the Pittsburgh's, and the Oaklands and 129 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: that whole bunch. When we would see the Houston Oilers, 130 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: our identification with them was bum Phillips, your dad, and 131 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: we came to love watching him coach what was a 132 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: very successful team in that period of time. I've always 133 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: wondered that bum Phillips that we saw on Sundays on 134 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: our TVs. How close to that was the bum Phillips 135 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: that you knew on an everyday basis. Well, the same guy. 136 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: You know, He's still wearing his cowboy head and cowboy 137 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: boots and enjoying life on his ranch when he wasn't coaching, 138 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: So it didn't change that much for sure. Was that 139 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: one of the secrets to his coaching success is that 140 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: he was basically who he was. I think so. I mean, 141 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: you know, people talk about, you know, being yourself and 142 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: communicating with people that way is better, and I think 143 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: it is and he was certainly that way. He was 144 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: a cowboy or a westerner. When you talk about him 145 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: specifically as a coach, what did he know well and 146 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: what did he do well as a football coach in particular? Well, 147 00:08:55,520 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: he was a defensive minded coach number one, and then 148 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: he h his communication skills were great. You know, Um, 149 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: everybody loved to play for him, you know, and they 150 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: played harder for him. And that's um, you know, that's 151 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: that's a hard thing to do. Uh, to get everybody 152 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: to pulling in the in the right direction, you know, 153 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: all that stuff that he talked about. But a team 154 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: like everybody talks about today. I mean he uh, he 155 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: had that team atmosphere that that you want. Your dad 156 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: was a hero. I mean he enlisted in the Marines 157 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: after World War Two and he saw some of the 158 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: real stuff in the South Pacific. How do you think 159 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: that impacted not only his life but his work with 160 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: young men as a coach. Yeah, it actually surprised me 161 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: a little bit because, um, you know, he wasn't He 162 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: was the Marine, but he wasn't all military, you know, 163 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: because I can remember, you know, when I when I 164 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: was in college and everybody was growing long hair and 165 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: you know, and all that stuff was going on, and 166 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: you know, I expected the ex marine to say, hey, 167 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,079 Speaker 1: you know, you know, and he said, people are people, 168 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 1: you know, and it doesn't matter if they had long 169 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: hair or not. You know, it's how they act and 170 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: how they present themselves, you know. So he really didn't 171 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: have that military this is the only way of thinking, 172 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: you know, And I think that's why he was able 173 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: to communicate well. Spend a year with Bear Bryant, and 174 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: Bear Bryant liked him a lot. They were together in 175 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: nineteen fifty seven, bear Bryant's last year at Texas A 176 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: and m the year John David Crowe won the Heisman Trophy. 177 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: What do you think your dad took from that experience 178 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: that that moved forward with him as a football coach. Well, uh, yeah, 179 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: he thought that was a great, great year being around 180 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: coach Bryant because he said he learned so many things 181 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: about communicating with people, you know. Um, and he applied 182 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: it to himself too. So um. But a lot of 183 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: things Coach Briant did were um, you know ahead of 184 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,359 Speaker 1: the time football was, you know, as far as practices 185 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: were concerned and the organization and those kind of things. 186 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: Um and uh yeah, he I mean he he loved 187 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: Coach Bryant, and uh you know, in fact, I went 188 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: to the Gator Bowl game with him that year with 189 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: John David Crowe, I won the highest trophy. Charlie Krueger 190 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: won the Outland Trophy, the best lineman in the country. 191 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: That to my hero, certainly. I was in elementary school, 192 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: and uh, I took a picture with Coach Bryant and 193 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: my dad. And every time I saw Coach Bryant all 194 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: the way through the rest of my life and I 195 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: was coaching coaching in the NFL and go buy Alabama, 196 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: he would bring up, way, I remember you with a 197 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: little hatch head on at the Gator boat, you know, 198 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 1: And and the coaches, coaches at Alabama would always say, oh, no, here, 199 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: we got to hear that story again in our meeting 200 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: today because because you're here. So they kidded me about that. 201 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 1: But he was obviously a great, great coach, but he 202 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 1: had great communications skills and he knew how to work 203 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: with people. Here's the number one thing I wonder about 204 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,839 Speaker 1: when I think about your dad and going through his 205 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: bio and everything. So he coached high school, he coached college, 206 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: he coached pro ball, and he kind of bounced back 207 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: and forth between all of them over a period of time. 208 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: How did he end up becoming the head coach of 209 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: the Houston Oilers? How did that happen? Yeah? Yeah, it 210 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: happened quickly, you know, like you say, because he was 211 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: he was the head coach at Utah Texas Western at 212 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: that time, and he took a high school job and 213 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: in Southeast Texas and I was, I was in high school. 214 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: He said, well, we're going to poor natures here and 215 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna, you know, I'm going to be the athletic director. 216 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: One of these days. We're gonna you know, I'm gonna 217 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna retire here. You know. Well, two years later 218 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 1: we went to he went to University Houston the defensive 219 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: coordinator and UM and they did real well. And UH 220 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 1: sid Gilman was with the Chargers. He was he was 221 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: looking for a defensive line coach, and uh Frank Broils 222 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: and Darryl Roll both recommended my dad to him because 223 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: he called around asking for you know, college coach, and 224 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: so that's how he got with with Sid. And then, uh, 225 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: then Daddy went back to college, went to Oklahoma State 226 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: and said Gilman went went to the Orders, and then 227 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: Sid took over as the head coach and he hired 228 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: my dad there. And then but it was, you know, 229 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: within you know, within six years he was coaching high school, 230 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 1: the head coach of the NFL team. So that's yeah, 231 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: it's pretty remarkable. Well, I coached with him, you know, 232 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 1: so uh, you know, all that was I mean, I 233 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: was with him for five years, so you know, all 234 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: those memories are great, and going to the championship game 235 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: and obviously losing to Pittsburgh a couple of years in 236 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: a row. But but you know, the Earl Campbell and 237 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: all the great players that I got to coach on defense. 238 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: You know, I started coaching linebackers and Robert Brazil just 239 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: went in the Hall of Fame a couple of years ago. 240 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: And then when I started out, I was coaching d 241 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: line and Curly Cup and Elvin Thayer in the Hall 242 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: of Fame. So for a while there, I thought I 243 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: was a heck of a coach. You know that those 244 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: kind of players, but I realized all of them couldn't 245 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: play like those guys. But but just being with that 246 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: group and having my NFL career start that way with 247 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: my dad, that was really special, tremendous success. It just 248 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: so happened that in your same division and in your 249 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: same conference was one of the great powerhouses of all times, 250 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: in those Pittsburgh Steelers teams. And in a slight way, 251 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: would you look at it back from history, how different 252 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: life would have been for those Houston Oilers had it 253 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: just been two years later in time, quite possibly had 254 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: been away from those Steeler teams a little bit because 255 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: your ball clubs with the Oilers, as you mentioned, they 256 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: were star studded wad. Yeah, yeah, we had. We had 257 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: some great teams, and you know, Pittsburgh won four out 258 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: of six Super Bowls at that time, so so it 259 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: was and you know we were in the same division, 260 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: so you know, that made it double tough. But we split. 261 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: We actually split every year in those years. Normally we 262 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: beat them at home and they beat us in Pittsburgh, 263 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: and then then unfortunately we had to play at the 264 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: championship game. We got all the way the championship game, 265 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: but we had play in Pittsburgh, So that was really 266 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: the difference. A lot of people remember your dad from 267 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: his sayings known as the bomb is ms. I have 268 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: a feeling those came out all the time, and you 269 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: probably heard a lot more of those than what the 270 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: public did. Yeah. I always said he had great common sense. 271 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: You know, we'd be looking at at a play or 272 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: looking at you know, defense or offense too, you know, 273 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: and he'd he'd say something about to say, well, we 274 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: ought to do it this way, and everybody said, well, gosh, 275 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: that's right. Why why didn't we think of that? You know, 276 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: I mean, he had that common sense about him, and 277 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: he had a way I don't you know. I always 278 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: accused him of having somebody to write stuff for him, 279 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: but he he just came out. You know, what's the 280 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: part of your dad that the public didn't know that 281 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: as we looked back on his career during this special 282 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: time that they should know. What should they know about 283 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 1: bum Phillips? Well, first of all, he was himself. I mean, 284 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: you know he really I mean, he loved football and 285 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: he loved ranching, and once he was threw a football, 286 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: he was he was a rancher so um, and you 287 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: know he was. Uh, he was all the right things. 288 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: He was kind to people, you know. Uh, he he 289 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: valued people's opinions, you know, so uh, you know he 290 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: was he was a special person obviously, um and uh. 291 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: And he cared about his players. I think people probably 292 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: knew that, but but I mean, long after he got 293 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: through coaching, he was still h He still had players 294 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: out to his ranch and and still had those same 295 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: h bonds with those guys even you know, many many 296 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: years later. This is the sixty second season of this franchise, 297 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 1: and Amy Adams Trunk has made it clear that your 298 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: dad and several of the former Oilers are a big 299 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: part of our history. What does it mean to you 300 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 1: and your family and what do you think it would 301 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: mean to your dad that bum Phillips is rightfully being 302 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 1: put in this franchise's ring of honor. When when she called, 303 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: and my sisters and myself, a lot of them cried, 304 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 1: I'm not going to say I was one of them, 305 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: but I might have been, but it was that special, 306 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: It really was. It was you know, we we obviously 307 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: loved our dad and honored him, but this is a 308 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 1: great honor for him that that I think is well 309 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 1: deserved because he won a lot of games, but he uh, 310 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: he did it the right way. Well, clearly he means 311 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: so much to your family, and I think about what 312 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: he means to your football legacy too. I mean, you've 313 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: had a remarkable football career, your son is now in 314 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: coaching as well. I mean, the roots of bum Phillips 315 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: in a lot of different ways, even outside of your 316 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: family football wise, are incredibly strong. And that's an impressive legacy. Yeah, 317 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: it is. We're us and the Shoelas are the only 318 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: third generation NFL coaching family, so that there U and 319 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: I'm hoping West will be a head coach and then 320 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: then you know, it would be the only ones that 321 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: had head coaches in the NFL for three generations. Bum 322 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,479 Speaker 1: Phillips to be put in the Titans Oiler's Ring of Honor. 323 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: Wade Phillips, thanks for taking time to share with us 324 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: about your dad. Well, thanks, I appreciate what you doing. 325 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: That great stuff. Wade Phillips joining us to talk about 326 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: his dad, bum Oilers Tribute Weekend. Bum Phillips to be 327 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 1: inducted into the Ring of Honor for the Titans. By 328 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: the way, how much better does the Ring of Honor 329 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: look at Nissan Stadium with how they've redone it. You 330 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: took the words out of my mouth because as we've 331 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: done a preseason at a regular season game there, it 332 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: was really nice the way they have done this and 333 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: the way I understand it. That's just absolutely that's temporary 334 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: until they come up with a more permanent solution. But 335 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: moving it down for those of y'all listening, thot people 336 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: listening to the podcast and you hadn't been to a 337 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,959 Speaker 1: game yet this season, it's down now on the lower 338 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: bowl in the back wall, behind the back row of 339 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: seats in the in the lower bowl on this beautiful 340 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: Navy twotone blue paint, and it is more prominent. I 341 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: can see it better. It's class it's very classy. It 342 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: was well, not great, it just was what it was. Yeah, 343 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,719 Speaker 1: it's not great, but this fitting and nice. Yes, and 344 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: they're gonna do more. They've made it clear there is 345 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 1: going to be more done when the stadium renovations are 346 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: done towards the Ring of Honor. But so excited that 347 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: Wade Phillips and the Phillips family have a chance to 348 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,719 Speaker 1: be here to honor bum Phillips this weekend. Number one 349 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: question I've gotten about Oilers Tribute Weekend is Titans and 350 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: the Colts on Sunday. Will the Titans be in Oilers uniforms? No? No, 351 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: I wish they were. They will not now down the road. Okay, now, 352 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: wait a minute, let's let's go through this real quick, 353 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: because I think the OT people want to know, and 354 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: you're welcome to share this with your friends, all right. 355 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: So Amy Adam Strunk has said that she would like 356 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 1: someday for the Titans to wear the old Oilers uniforms. 357 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: I'm hoping for the nineteen eighties Oilers uniforms. I think 358 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 1: they were the coolest. But that's just me. I don't 359 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: get a vote anyway, I just throw it out. I'm 360 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 1: on the podcast, I could say that, right, sure, I 361 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: like those better than the original Oilers uniforms we wore 362 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: in two thousand and nine. Maybe because we started owing 363 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: six bad memories. Yes, bad memories, that's right, sash back. Okay, 364 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: So here's how this goes down. Amy Adams Strunk says, 365 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: we'd like to wear Oilers uniforms someday, but they've got 366 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: to approve a second helmet. A second helmet has now 367 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: been approved starting next year. Okay, but remember this, to 368 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 1: do uniforms, it takes more than a year. It generally 369 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,239 Speaker 1: is at least a two year process, and we know 370 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: from the recent update of the Titans uniform it took 371 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: four plus years. Yes, it took a long time. So 372 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: just because the new helmet is approved for next year, 373 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: doesn't seem very likely there would be oiler uniforms next year. 374 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: I would think at a minimum, you're talking about two 375 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: years down the road at a minimum. So for those 376 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: wondering about this weekend, no, for those wondering about next year, 377 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: highly unlikely. Mountains would have to be moved. Amy Adams 378 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: Strunk has been known to move mountains. But if you're 379 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: realistically talking about it, you're talking about twenty twenty three 380 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: or beyond, based on just what we know of the process. 381 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: Is so hopefully that answers a question that many of 382 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: the OT people have had wondering when we could see 383 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: the Titans in oiler uniforms for a throwback. It figures 384 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: at least to be for a while. And for all 385 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 1: of those listening who just heard Mike lay that out 386 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: and know that it's not going to happen this weekend, 387 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: this is where delayed gratification comes. Into play because I 388 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: want it just as much as you do. Mike wants 389 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 1: it just as much as you do. A love Oilers uniforms. 390 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 1: You're right, those eighties Oilers uniforms really clean, good look. Well, 391 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: I was proud to be an oiler, you know. I 392 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: was very proud when I came to the ball club. 393 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: I have a lot of oiler garb that's put away 394 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: that I will pull back out. I was not a 395 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: Houston oiler. I was a Tennessee oiler. Had mister Adams 396 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: wanted to keep the name, that had been fine with 397 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: me because he was signing my check. I didn't care. 398 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: But for a lot of people, remembering the context of 399 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: all this, and you were around for all of it too, Rette, 400 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 1: because you were with all of us, people wanted that 401 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: name changed badly. It was a hot button. It was 402 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 1: a big deal. It was like, look, you've moved from 403 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: Houston to here, and so the bottom line is, we 404 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: want our own name, we want our own identity. People 405 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: at that time were not interested in the past. They 406 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: wanted them. Now at this point, twenty five years later, 407 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: there's a Tennessee history, there's a whole thing, and now 408 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: people are really interested in the Houston oilers history. Amy 409 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: Adams Strunk has hit this just right. Timing wise, wouldn't 410 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: have been right to do this in two thousand. No, No, 411 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: if you were around then, you know people were interested 412 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: in the Titans. They were not interested in the Houston oilers. 413 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: But today, especially because of how Amy has put herself 414 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: in a position where she has given Titans fans what 415 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: they wanted so many times, and how close they feel 416 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: to her, they know if this is important to her, 417 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: it's important to them, and so that combines with it. 418 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: The timing rat is perfect. And I'll say this, and 419 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: since we're talking uniforms and throwbacks in those things, fashion 420 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: in the world is much the same way. What is 421 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: cool a long time ago, a lot of times retrends 422 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: decades later. Sure, it's a fact, it happens, and you're right, 423 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: nobody was interested in the Tennessee oilers. But now that 424 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: it's that far removed and we have two plus decades 425 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 1: of Titans history, it's once cool again, and even maybe 426 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: even more than ever by long shot, more than what 427 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: Tennessee oilers gear was in ninety seven to nineteen ninety eight. 428 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: And listen, I think the other part of it is 429 00:25:55,840 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: is knowing that the current Houston franchise, I not where 430 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: are those and Titans fans where that with pride well, 431 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: and part of it too is they've now had a 432 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: team for twenty years. That's right, and so all of 433 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: that angst about it, that's over. They've got there, They're 434 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: the Texans. They've got their thing. And Amy realizes that 435 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: a lot of the Houston Oilers greats that are coming 436 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: to town they need a home, that this is their franchise, 437 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: it is still their franchise, and she wants to make 438 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: sure that they feel wanted. The Dan Pastorini's, the Billy 439 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: White Shoes, Johns, Warren Moon, Curly Cope is going to 440 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 1: be here, Robert Brazil, Elvin. I mean, all of this 441 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: is part of our history. And they embrace Derrick Henry 442 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: and A. J. Brown and Ryan Tannehill and that's exciting 443 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: for the Adams family and exciting for us as well. 444 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:58,719 Speaker 1: You're right about I'm glad that the Titans fans know 445 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: how important, or at least I believe they think how 446 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: important this is to Amy Adams drunk in the family 447 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: because it's huge. I mean, that's been her world her 448 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: whole life, and you know, She's seen a lot of 449 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: cool things as a young lady, but has documented that 450 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: you know, she didn't her dad didn't really know that 451 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: her and her sister were that interested in it as 452 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: at a younger age. But the stuff she's done for 453 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: this franchise in her tenure as controlling owner is it's amazing. 454 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: You know, there aren't that many ladies that run franchise. 455 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: I mean, Georgia Frontier we always talked about with the 456 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: rams and those things. What she's done in a short 457 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: window of time has proven to them that, you know, 458 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: she wants to win just as bad as they do, 459 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: and that's what has made her so endearing to the 460 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: fan base. Yeah. Absolutely. Another former Oiler that I had 461 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: a chance to visit with this week in preparation for 462 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: Oiler's tribute again the great Warren Moon number one, who 463 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: played quarterback until he was forty four years old, like 464 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, through for over seventy thousand yards when you 465 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: count the CFL and the NFL. I remember sitting in 466 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: my den on January first, nineteen seventy eight, watching him 467 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: lead the Washington Huskies to an upset victory over Michigan 468 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 1: in the Rose Bowl, and that was a massive upset 469 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 1: at that time, and so I've always been a fan. 470 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: He's excited about coming to Nashville. I was excited to 471 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: get a visit with him. Here's my talk from just 472 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: a couple of days ago with Warren Mood. Warren, can 473 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: you describe how it makes you feel that Amy Adams 474 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: Strump is so intent on shining a light of the 475 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: Oiler's legacy and making sure people here in the Mid 476 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: South know about this great history. Yeah, even goes back 477 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: further than that. She's you know, Amy reached out to 478 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: the alumni a couple of years ago and started having 479 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: a reunion back a couple of years ago in Houston, 480 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: just kind of bringing back, you know, all the guys 481 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: that would come back together in the Houston area. And 482 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: now she's expanded that and now she's going to bring 483 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: all the guys in from wherever they are in the 484 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: country to have this reunion here in Tennessee to kind 485 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: of be part of that family again. It's just a 486 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: great thing because, you know, I have the benefit of 487 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: having some identities with other football teams, even though most 488 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: of my identity was with the Houston Oilers, no question 489 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: about it. But there were a lot of guys who 490 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: only played for the Houston Oilers and don't have any 491 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: other identity. So for all these years, they've had no 492 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: alumni weekend, or they've had no team that they can 493 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: identify with and go back to. So for Amy to 494 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: reach out to these guys and do that and bring 495 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: them back into the fold, I think it's just really 496 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: a commendable thing for her to do something that she 497 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: doesn't have to do. But she understands the history, She 498 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: understands how important it is to keep all this together, 499 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: because you know, all of our history is in Tennessee 500 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 1: now and we are part of the Tennessee Titans, whether 501 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: we want to be or not. And I'm glad she's 502 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: bringing it all together under one roof. All right, So 503 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: I want you to give our audience a bit of 504 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,959 Speaker 1: a history lesson here, because I remember the impact of 505 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: the moment that you came to the NFL and you're 506 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: at Washington, you win the Rose Bowl over Michigan. It's 507 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: very exciting. You go to the CFL, you dominate there. 508 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: It's nineteen eighty three. Suddenly you're able to come into 509 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: the NFL and there's like a bidding war. How did 510 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: you end up with the Oilers. How did that happen? Well, 511 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: the Oilers actually it reached out to me the year 512 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: before my contract was over, and they wanted me to 513 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: try and get out of my contract a year before 514 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 1: it was over. That's how bad they wanted me. Back then, 515 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: when I started the bidding where it was about seven 516 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,960 Speaker 1: teams in the NFL that really wanted my services, and 517 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: it came down to Seattle, which is where I was 518 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: living in the offseason, and the Houston Oilers, which is 519 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: where my Canadian Football League coach, Hugh Campbell was Now 520 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: I named the head coach there. So between those two organizations, 521 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: I was kind of split because I was living in 522 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: Seattle in the offseason while I was in Canada. Really 523 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: loved it there and went to school there, had plenty 524 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: of relationships there. My wife really really loved it there. 525 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: And then Houston. You had a team that you thought 526 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: could maybe be a rebuilding program, but you also had 527 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: a head coach that you were familiar with and we 528 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: had a lot of success together in Canada, winning five championships. 529 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: So that's the reason why I came to Houston. I 530 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: think it was a challenge of going to an organization 531 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: where I could help turn it around and also be 532 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: with a coach that was familiar with me, and also 533 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: I had had success with and then then they offered 534 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: me a great financial package as well. So the combination 535 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: of those things is the reason why I went to Houston. 536 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 1: What do you remember about Bud Adams's involvement in all 537 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: of that and your impressions of the Titans founder and owner. 538 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 1: He was quite a care you know, a lot of 539 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: the times he'd have a cigar in his mouth smoking it, 540 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: or I would ever go down to his office. His 541 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: office was down in and like the basement of this building. 542 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: It was called I think Adams Petroleum Building, and it 543 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: was one of the most bizarre offices you would see. 544 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: He had all these artifacts from all these different years 545 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: of when he started the AFL and all that. So 546 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 1: he was quite a character. I was involved in a 547 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: lot of different things, and mister Adams was always fair 548 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 1: to me. He wasn't gonna give me anything, but when 549 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: we had negotiations, they were tough negotiations, but he always 550 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: was fair to me. By the end of the running 551 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: shoot offense, you are so associated with that, and I 552 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: just wonder as you watch offenses at different levels today. 553 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: Why was the running shoot so perfect for Warren Moon's 554 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: skill set because of my versatility as a player. I 555 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: learned a lot of versatility playing up in Canada. Believe 556 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: it or not, I learned to perfect the drop back 557 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: game while I was up there, to go along with 558 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: the rollout and play action pass game that he knew 559 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: coming out of college. So my versatility put me in 560 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: an offense where I could do things from the pocket, 561 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: but I could also do things on the move, and 562 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 1: that's what you had to be able to have the 563 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: ability to do when you ran the run and shoot, 564 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: And you also had to have a really strong arm 565 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 1: where you can make a lot of different types of 566 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: throws because there were a lot of different types of 567 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: throws involved in that offense, especially throwing down the seams 568 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: of the field and throwing in the intermediate part of 569 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 1: the football field. You had to have a pretty strong 570 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 1: arm in order to do those things or you had 571 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: a lot of success. Late eighties into the nineties good teams. 572 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: Undoubtedly a lot of talented players, also a lot of 573 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: characters and storylines with those Houston Oilers teams. Was it 574 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: as wild and interesting off the field as it seemed 575 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: to be on the field. It was a different locker room, 576 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: there was no question about it. We had a lot 577 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: of personalities on that team, and me as a leader, 578 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: that was one of the things that was one of 579 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 1: the challenges for me to try and keep all these 580 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: guys together, because when you have all these personalities, you 581 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: still want to somehow mold that all into a team, 582 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 1: and you want guys to be themselves. You want guys 583 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: to have fun, but you also want guys to be 584 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: able to be serious and be focused at the right time. 585 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 1: So that was the balance that I had to try 586 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:19,399 Speaker 1: and maintain with that football team, making sure the guys 587 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,399 Speaker 1: stayed loose, because we had certain guys in our locker 588 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 1: room that would keep the team loose, but we also 589 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,359 Speaker 1: had guys that were strictly business too, that say, Okay, 590 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: it's time to get back to work and let's get 591 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 1: this stuff done. Warren, you played till you were forty four. 592 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 1: You threw for over seventy thousand yards, You made nine 593 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: Pro Bowls. You changed professional football for black quarterbacks. You're 594 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 1: in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. What are you 595 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: most proud of from your career to the fact that 596 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: I was able to help change the mentality around the 597 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,760 Speaker 1: NFL with owners and general managers and coaches that African 598 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: Americans could play the game at a very high level 599 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,879 Speaker 1: that the quarterback position, and that's not something I think 600 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 1: was thought throughout the league when I first got there. 601 00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: You know, when I got to the owners of nineteen 602 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,799 Speaker 1: eight four, I was the only African American starter in 603 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: the league, and I was the only African American other 604 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: than our third string quarterback, Brian Ransom, who came from 605 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: Tennessee State. And then you know, Doug Williams was in 606 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: the USFL. I think Vince Evans was in the USFL. 607 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: Randall hadn't come into the league yet, so it was 608 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,320 Speaker 1: just me by myself. So I knew there was a 609 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: lot of responsibility on my shoulders that if I played well. 610 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 1: And then when Doug came back, he and Randalls came 611 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,840 Speaker 1: into the league, the three of us at the same time, 612 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: we played at the game at a very high level, 613 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: and I think that's would changed the minds of a 614 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 1: lot of these owners about these guys can't play the 615 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: position and play it well and be the leaders of 616 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: a franchise and all those different things that come along 617 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,839 Speaker 1: with being a franchise quarterback. So that's the thing I'm 618 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,399 Speaker 1: most proud of my time in the league, because when 619 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,879 Speaker 1: I came out of college, that wasn't the thinking. That's 620 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 1: one of the reasons I had to go to Canada 621 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,480 Speaker 1: because people didn't believe in me as a quarterback. They 622 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,800 Speaker 1: wanted to change my position and I wasn't going to 623 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: have that. But once I did get the opportunity to 624 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: come back in the NFL, I knew I had more 625 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,799 Speaker 1: of a responsibility than just winning for my organization. I 626 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 1: was playing for that next group of young guys who 627 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: wanted an opportunity to play the position. And now when 628 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 1: you turn on the TV on Sunday you look at 629 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:19,280 Speaker 1: the diversity among NFL quarterbacks. Yeah, you have all different looks, 630 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,600 Speaker 1: all different styles, all different sizes. It's like, if you 631 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 1: can get the job done, they don't care. They just 632 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: want you to get the job done. And that's all 633 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: it should have always been all along. But I'm glad 634 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,120 Speaker 1: we're to that point now. And like you said, we 635 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: had eleven African American quarterbacks I think started on Week 636 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 1: one this year. All different sides, sizes, all different shapes, 637 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: all different styles. It really doesn't matter as long as 638 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:49,400 Speaker 1: you're playing top level football, handling yourself in the proper way, 639 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: representing your football team in the proper way of both 640 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 1: with the organization and in the community, and then playing 641 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 1: winning football on the field. If you can do that, 642 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: you should. You should get an oppor turning to play 643 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 1: the game. And I think guys are getting that now, 644 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:06,360 Speaker 1: Warren Moon. Our franchise has a sixty plus year history, 645 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 1: and we are so excited that you are a part 646 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:11,799 Speaker 1: of it and that you were going to be part 647 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: of Oiler's tribute weekend. As the Titans take on the coach. 648 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: You're gonna get see Ryan Tannehill play a little quarterback 649 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:22,439 Speaker 1: for us, and hopefully you'll have a fantastic time. Thank 650 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 1: you so much. Hey, thanks for having me. I'm really 651 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,400 Speaker 1: looking forward to this. There's a lot of guys that 652 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 1: I'd love to see that I haven't seen in a 653 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,359 Speaker 1: lot of years. A lot of guys I have seen 654 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: a lot because of Hall of Famers and guys like that, 655 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: so I get to see them at different different opportunities 656 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,799 Speaker 1: and things like that. But I am really looking forward 657 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,239 Speaker 1: to this weekend. It should be a lot of fun, 658 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: especially for those guys who have never been involved in 659 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 1: an alumni weekend since they've retired from the Oilers. Warren 660 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,960 Speaker 1: Moon with a lot of good things to say about 661 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,920 Speaker 1: the Adams family and this franchise. That will be exciting 662 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: to see him here this weekend Oilers Tribute weekend. And 663 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: just to think about his path. I mean, he was 664 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,680 Speaker 1: a five time Great Cup champion in the CFL and 665 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,520 Speaker 1: worked his way in that way, and then the first 666 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:14,320 Speaker 1: African American quarterback elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 667 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 1: I mean, his record stands for itself. I mean he 668 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 1: could he could sling it now, the old run and shoot. 669 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I just I can see him lined up 670 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: right now. I can see Ernest Gibbins and Webster Slaughter 671 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,439 Speaker 1: and Lorenzo White, and I mean I just all coming 672 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,400 Speaker 1: back to me. There you go. Well, we got a 673 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 1: big win this weekend with the col Derrick Henry Offensive 674 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: Player of the Week in the NFL after his performance 675 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,959 Speaker 1: in Seattle twenty fourth career one hundred yard rushing game. 676 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 1: He joins Jim Brown, Ladanian, Tomlinson, and Barry Sanders as 677 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,520 Speaker 1: the only four gentlemen in the history of the game 678 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 1: to have ten plus games of one hundred and fifty 679 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:57,360 Speaker 1: yards rushing and two touchdowns in those ten plus games. 680 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,000 Speaker 1: It's elite company. His statistics are start to get very 681 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:05,040 Speaker 1: interesting from a career standpoint. He's now at sixty one 682 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: hundred yards rushing in his career. He's still just twenty 683 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,280 Speaker 1: eight years old. I will say it again, if Derrick 684 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,719 Speaker 1: Henry continues to do what he has done this year, 685 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,920 Speaker 1: if he wins the rushing title his third straight, if 686 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,759 Speaker 1: he approaches two thousand yards, if he goes over two 687 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: thousand yards, I don't know, but let's just say he 688 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:27,000 Speaker 1: continues this trend. We're starting to talk about Canton in 689 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,239 Speaker 1: the conversation, and I'm talking about Pro Football Hall of 690 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,919 Speaker 1: Fame because for a running back, it's generally not an 691 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 1: entire career. They're generally judged on stretches of their career 692 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 1: and their impact on their team in those stretches like 693 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,360 Speaker 1: Girl Campbell, correct Rookie of the Year, free rushing titles. 694 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,280 Speaker 1: I mean, in essence, he was a Hall of Famer 695 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,719 Speaker 1: after his third year and didn't play that long play long, 696 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,640 Speaker 1: and didn't have to because the resume so much in 697 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,440 Speaker 1: those first five six years work unbelievable. So you're not 698 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,600 Speaker 1: going to tell me that if Derrick Henry When's the 699 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:04,799 Speaker 1: rushing title this year, his three year stretch isn't as impressive, 700 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,200 Speaker 1: if not more so than Terrell Davis. Let me ask 701 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:09,720 Speaker 1: you this just for a quick question here on the OTP. 702 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,840 Speaker 1: If he becomes the first player in NFL history to 703 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,080 Speaker 1: rush for two thousand yards back to back years, is 704 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,640 Speaker 1: that the tipping point that helps get him into Kennon. 705 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I'm just saying it doesn't hurt 706 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,480 Speaker 1: his case, doesn't hurt his case, But I mean, you 707 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,239 Speaker 1: look at stretches with running backs. That's the whole key 708 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:32,360 Speaker 1: is Sometimes it is Emmett Smith who has the massive career. 709 00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 1: Sometimes it is Walter Payton who has the massive career. 710 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,400 Speaker 1: And I think there's a real chance that he's going 711 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 1: to go over ten thousand yards and that he's going 712 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,960 Speaker 1: to be in this kind of discussion too, because he 713 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,279 Speaker 1: takes such good care of himself. I'm just saying that 714 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 1: this stretch of time is so impressive, especially when you 715 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,080 Speaker 1: consider midyear twenty eighteen and add another half year on 716 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 1: to this and you look at what he's done in 717 00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:00,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs after the two nineteen season, it's as good 718 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,479 Speaker 1: as stretch as any back in the history of the games. 719 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:06,200 Speaker 1: It's pretty dark Gune good yep, speaking of somebody looking 720 00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: for a pretty good stretch. I have a feeling AJ 721 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:12,360 Speaker 1: Brown bounces back this week. There's no way there's another 722 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,640 Speaker 1: game in him like that happened in Seattle with the 723 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,960 Speaker 1: three drops. I think if we know or think we 724 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,880 Speaker 1: know AJ Brown at all, he is going to work 725 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 1: his rear end off in practice and I don't think 726 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,520 Speaker 1: we will see anything like that again this weekend. And 727 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,840 Speaker 1: you know what, that's a great thing because Julio Jones 728 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,840 Speaker 1: did Julio Jones things. If AJ Brown does a J 729 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,360 Speaker 1: Brown things, that's a good thing for this Titans offense 730 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:43,239 Speaker 1: against a dangerous O and two Indianapolis Colts team. So 731 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,279 Speaker 1: Julio Jones has played against the Colts three times in 732 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,759 Speaker 1: his career. He has over one hundred yards receiving in 733 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,320 Speaker 1: all three games. Thank you. More of that, please, Derrick 734 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,239 Speaker 1: Henry's last three games against the Colts, he's gone over 735 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,280 Speaker 1: one hundred yards. More of that, please. A. J. Brown 736 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:01,520 Speaker 1: had four for ninety six up there last year in 737 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:05,120 Speaker 1: the Titans Wine with a sixty nine yard touchdown. But 738 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 1: I have a hunch that he is going to come 739 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,440 Speaker 1: play like Julio Jones did at Seattle. I just I 740 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,879 Speaker 1: think that's going to happen. I love the way he's 741 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,799 Speaker 1: owned it. I love the way that AJ has said, Yeah, 742 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,839 Speaker 1: it wasn't good. I've been I'm miserable, he said earlier. Today, 743 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 1: he goes, I'm miserable because I'm coming off a bad game, 744 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,920 Speaker 1: and everybody who knows how he works and how he 745 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,920 Speaker 1: goes about it, I think has faith that that was 746 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,319 Speaker 1: a one shot deal. I've never I mean, I don't 747 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,080 Speaker 1: know how many times I've seen him post on his 748 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,920 Speaker 1: social media accounts. I want to go out and do 749 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,000 Speaker 1: the best that I can and be the best that 750 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,759 Speaker 1: I can for my teammates, and I'm going to die trying. Well. 751 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,080 Speaker 1: You know, we love this guy before the Titans e 752 00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 1: you know, there's that video of us celebrating on the 753 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:51,600 Speaker 1: General Jackson when the Titans drafted him in twenty nineteen 754 00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:54,200 Speaker 1: at the during the Nashville Draft, and then that's kind 755 00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,400 Speaker 1: of embarrassing. But I love this guy at Old Miss. 756 00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,279 Speaker 1: I love his game. I love the way he goes 757 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,680 Speaker 1: at it. I love the way he competes. I love 758 00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:03,880 Speaker 1: the way he wants it. I love how important it 759 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:07,799 Speaker 1: is to him. Arthur One is a special dude, and 760 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,560 Speaker 1: I think we knew it coming out of Old Miss 761 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,160 Speaker 1: and he's lived up to it. I think he lives 762 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,400 Speaker 1: up to it this weekend, much like his teammate Derreck Henry. 763 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,919 Speaker 1: The thing that Titans fans love just like we do, 764 00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:23,120 Speaker 1: is their physicality. Yes, they put their teammates first, but 765 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 1: they get out there and they get physical. It's a 766 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,840 Speaker 1: and Hey, this Colts team coming into town. They're sitting 767 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: right where the Titans were a week agoin right, So 768 00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: buy or beware. Be careful because whoever the quarterback is 769 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,120 Speaker 1: for them doesn't matter, doesn't matter. They're sitting in the 770 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,839 Speaker 1: same spot the Titans. We're going into the week going 771 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,480 Speaker 1: out there to play the Seattle Seahawks, so be careful. 772 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,480 Speaker 1: And they're physical, that's the design. They're not the Colts 773 00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,799 Speaker 1: of Peyton Manning, who are the ultimate finesse team and 774 00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:57,279 Speaker 1: they were great at it. They were. They were fantastic. 775 00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,719 Speaker 1: I mean what they did was beautiful. And take nothing 776 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,279 Speaker 1: away from them, not meaning to knock their style of play. 777 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,399 Speaker 1: These Colts are not like that. These Colts are much 778 00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,400 Speaker 1: more like the Titans. Than the Colts of the Peyton 779 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:13,919 Speaker 1: Manning era DeForest Buckner ten tackles and a quarterback sack 780 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:18,000 Speaker 1: already through two games. Darius Lennard, who is their all 781 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:21,799 Speaker 1: world tackle machine, he hasn't had a great start yet. 782 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:23,839 Speaker 1: He only has ten tackles and a forced fumble through 783 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,239 Speaker 1: two games. I don't want him to get started in this. 784 00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:30,200 Speaker 1: And then on offense, they've got a stable of running 785 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,799 Speaker 1: backs who again they haven't gotten a great start to 786 00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:35,760 Speaker 1: their They have two hundred and twenty two yards rushing 787 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,680 Speaker 1: as a team. Sixty of that is from Carson Wentz. 788 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,600 Speaker 1: Where they are dangerous right now before they get the 789 00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:45,320 Speaker 1: run game going is out of the backfield. The Niheem 790 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 1: Hines and Jonathan Taylor, I think have fourteen catches for 791 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:51,280 Speaker 1: over one hundred and twenty yards out of the backfield 792 00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,880 Speaker 1: between the two of them and Niheem Heinz is deadly 793 00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:56,919 Speaker 1: dangerous out of that spot. Farm Bureau Health Plans where 794 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,120 Speaker 1: members are the plan Farm Bureau Health Plans may is 795 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,839 Speaker 1: it easy for Tennessee AND's to get healthcare coverage they 796 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,239 Speaker 1: need for less than they expect. Get a quote at 797 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:09,040 Speaker 1: FBHP dot com. I want to mention one more thing. 798 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,440 Speaker 1: And this is not on Titan's topic, but I just 799 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:14,960 Speaker 1: want to say it. I had a chance to watch 800 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,600 Speaker 1: a documentary that I'm thrilled to be a part of. 801 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:21,719 Speaker 1: It's called More Than a Voice. It will air this 802 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:25,600 Speaker 1: Sunday evening on SEC Network, and it is about the 803 00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:31,440 Speaker 1: great radio voices of the Southeastern Conference and the history. 804 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,160 Speaker 1: And I'm here to tell you set your DVR for 805 00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:38,360 Speaker 1: Sunday evening. Watch this. If you love Southeastern Conference football 806 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,280 Speaker 1: and if you have a radio voice that you enjoy. 807 00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,719 Speaker 1: If you're an Alabama fan, if you're a Tennessee fan, 808 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,439 Speaker 1: if you're a Kentucky fan, if you're a Georgia fan, 809 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,120 Speaker 1: if you're an LSU fan, if you're an Auburn fan, 810 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,560 Speaker 1: if you're a Mississippi State fan, this is for you. 811 00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:58,480 Speaker 1: Some of the stories and all of the color that 812 00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,080 Speaker 1: they have layered into this, and it's a group of 813 00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:05,080 Speaker 1: people with tacklebox films. It is one of the finest 814 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:09,200 Speaker 1: sports documentaries I've ever seen. And again the fact that 815 00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:11,640 Speaker 1: I'm in it just a little bit, I mean, just 816 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:15,640 Speaker 1: an honor. So More Than a Voice this weekend, Sunday 817 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:19,200 Speaker 1: night on SEC Network. Check your local listings because I 818 00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:21,400 Speaker 1: know many of you are in different parts of the world. 819 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,200 Speaker 1: Even from can't wait to see that. I'd probably have 820 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,640 Speaker 1: been looking forward to this as much as I did 821 00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:30,400 Speaker 1: the Book of Manning. This is better than that. Wow, 822 00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,560 Speaker 1: I know how good good I'm telling you, this is 823 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,560 Speaker 1: better than that you will have if you're an SEC fan, 824 00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,320 Speaker 1: and if you if you grip listening to games on radio, 825 00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:42,480 Speaker 1: maybe your dad and your uncle and you listened to 826 00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:46,720 Speaker 1: Larry Munson, Paul Georgia, a lot of great months and stuff. 827 00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:50,680 Speaker 1: There's a lot of great Kaywood Ledford stuff. There's John Mooard, 828 00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:54,600 Speaker 1: There's there's lots of John my Man. Jack Crystal Mississippi State, 829 00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,880 Speaker 1: who used to have us down when Larry Stone and 830 00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:59,680 Speaker 1: I started on Titan's Radio. He lived in Tupelo. We 831 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:02,279 Speaker 1: were on radio station in Tupelo, and we would go 832 00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:05,640 Speaker 1: do his Wednesday afternoon radio show and he would smoke 833 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:09,120 Speaker 1: a cigarette and he would have a scotch. He did. 834 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:13,320 Speaker 1: He only did their games for fifty eight years, and 835 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,920 Speaker 1: he knew every waitress's name, he knew every waiter, he 836 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,400 Speaker 1: knew everybody in the kitchen. He would tell us stories 837 00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:21,560 Speaker 1: about I'm going to Tunic on a bus tomorrow to 838 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,000 Speaker 1: gamble with the old people. Well he was over eighty. 839 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,759 Speaker 1: He was a character man, and he was just he 840 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,040 Speaker 1: was so good to us, so nice to us. But 841 00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,399 Speaker 1: he would sit and during commercial breaks and would tell 842 00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:36,960 Speaker 1: us these stories. You get some of that in more 843 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,840 Speaker 1: than a voice. So I just wanted to share that. 844 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I was already going to watch. I can't wait. 845 00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,200 Speaker 1: I love the OT people. I try to give him 846 00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:47,520 Speaker 1: good recommendations. More than a voice on SEC network is 847 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:49,960 Speaker 1: something you will enjoy. Awesome, and I get to be 848 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,680 Speaker 1: in it just a little bit. I've seen the trailer, 849 00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:54,239 Speaker 1: so I know you're there. It's just pretty cool. Oiler's 850 00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:57,839 Speaker 1: Tribute weekend this weekend, Get in your seats early at 851 00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:02,439 Speaker 1: Nissan Stadium for all the stivities, Bumped Phillips inducted into 852 00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:05,279 Speaker 1: the Ring of Honor at halftime. Let them know, let 853 00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:06,840 Speaker 1: you know, let them know. I think it's gonna be 854 00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:08,920 Speaker 1: a great crowd. One thing we want to remind you 855 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,120 Speaker 1: about Nissan Stadium. Head to remind a member of my 856 00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:13,120 Speaker 1: family this today, so I thought i'd throw it out. 857 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:17,759 Speaker 1: It's cash less, that's right, because all tickets have gone electronic, right, 858 00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:21,480 Speaker 1: and so the way you pay for your souvenirs, your 859 00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:25,439 Speaker 1: debit card. Yeah, so cashless, So remember that. So don't 860 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,439 Speaker 1: walk in and hand him at twenty and they won't. 861 00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:29,520 Speaker 1: They'll look at you like you hell. They know what 862 00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:32,960 Speaker 1: it is, but they can't take it. So anyway, it's 863 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:35,680 Speaker 1: a good show. Rep. Brian, thanks for stepping in love 864 00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:39,319 Speaker 1: talking this franchise is history. It takes me back to 865 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,960 Speaker 1: being a little kid, and the fact that a lot 866 00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:43,600 Speaker 1: of those guys are going to be in the building 867 00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:47,279 Speaker 1: this weekend. It's gonna be a special weekend. And mister 868 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,560 Speaker 1: Bud Adams wherever he is right now, I'm telling you 869 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:55,279 Speaker 1: he's proud of his daughter and certainly would be smiling 870 00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,560 Speaker 1: on what is happening this weekend because I don't know 871 00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,840 Speaker 1: anybody loved this franchise more than him, and I guess 872 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,759 Speaker 1: if it's gonna be anybody, it's Amy Adam Strung. Well, 873 00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:08,040 Speaker 1: it's his daughter and his grandsons and his nuturer in law, 874 00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:12,480 Speaker 1: the ownership family really honoring him in this special way. 875 00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:14,359 Speaker 1: And we're so lucky to be a part of the 876 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:18,440 Speaker 1: NFL in the mid South because twenty five years ago 877 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,040 Speaker 1: even the NFL thought it was a bad idea. That's right, 878 00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:25,480 Speaker 1: and now they cannot imagine the National Football League without 879 00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:27,880 Speaker 1: Nashville as one of their home cities. And it's a 880 00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,279 Speaker 1: great honor. And I think it's going to be a 881 00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:34,359 Speaker 1: special afternoon. The most important thing, m go ahead. It's 882 00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:37,359 Speaker 1: about three fifteen, Tennessee. Titans need to be two and one. 883 00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:39,520 Speaker 1: I want to hear you say the Titans get it 884 00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:44,239 Speaker 1: done again. Maybe at three fifteen. Sets your clocks, Hey, 885 00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,960 Speaker 1: don't do that. Tune into Titans Radio. Into Titans Radio 886 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,120 Speaker 1: for Red Bryan, I, Mike Keith. We thank you for 887 00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:57,360 Speaker 1: listening to the O. T Pete welcomes the Bigot knows 888 00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:03,080 Speaker 1: it's our house making history. Greenness is meant to be 889 00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:07,839 Speaker 1: as now here we got tight and butter running through 890 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:08,360 Speaker 1: a fis