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Speaker 2: It's great to have a dynamic guy who as of

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Speaker 3: In handling the mail bag last year, you know we're

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Speaker 2: That's because part of their core.

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Speaker 3: Identity is the Vikings dominating on defense.

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Speaker 1: What a great day it is to be a Vikings

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Minnesota Vikings Podcast, resented by Twin Cities Orthopedics.

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Speaker 1: My name is Gabe Henderson. Here in the TCO radio studio.

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Speaker 1: Today with me is Vikings dot COM's Jay Nelson, producer

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Speaker 1: Eric David, and our guest mister Craig Peters, Vikings dot

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Speaker 1: com senior writer. Guys, thanks for joining me. Just a

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Speaker 1: couple of one hundred feet from where we were sitting

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Speaker 1: right Now. Earlier today, some exciting news became official. The

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Speaker 1: Vikings and TJ Hockinson agreed to terms and a contract

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Speaker 1: extension that keeps TJ in Purple for years to come.

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Speaker 1: Before we start our show, let's toss to TJ's presser

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Speaker 4: First and foremost, I mean, obviously this is an exciting time,

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Speaker 4: uh for for my family and I and and there's

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Speaker 4: to thank coci Ko, the will family, this entire organization,

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Speaker 4: you know, my family, my fiance, you know, my parents,

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Speaker 4: everyone that has a lot to go into this, My

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Speaker 4: agent Neil. You know, it's just been obviously an incredible

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Speaker 4: incredible experience for me. I'm very happy it's behind me.

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Speaker 4: At this point and just just super excited for the

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Speaker 1: So what a big day it is not only for

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Speaker 1: t J Hockinson, but also for this Minnesota Vikings team. Craig,

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Speaker 1: you just released our article that's on Vikings dot com

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Speaker 1: right now, and I just want to read the first

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Speaker 1: sentence you said, TJ. Hockinson enjoyed his first partial season

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know everything he said since he got here,

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Speaker 3: he just fit in and clicked so quickly. Iowa native,

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Speaker 3: what's crazy is he gets here November first, November sixth,

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Speaker 2: Hak? How about that? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Nine catches on nine targets five days after getting here.

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Speaker 3: Looked the part that that was the That was a

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Speaker 1: And then right, So, Jay, what do you think this

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Speaker 2: I think in general it's great to have a dynamic

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Speaker 2: I think when we made the trade for him and

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Speaker 2: I think for the offense, it just provides another dynamic playmaker,

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Speaker 2: And the more weapons you put out there, the more

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Speaker 2: it really stresses defenses. So TJ is going to be

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Speaker 2: glad to see it happen. And I think it's going

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you look at going eleven personnel with three receivers

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Speaker 2: I did that in reverse order.

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Speaker 1: You know, but.

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Speaker 5: Go the same way.

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Speaker 3: Don't hold me to that out there for saying that

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Speaker 3: in the wrong order. Referencing the wrong personnel numeration. But

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Speaker 3: that's that's two receivers that are first round picks and

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Speaker 1: And Jay, just just to your point of you know

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Speaker 1: that that LA team that Kevin O'Connell was on the

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Speaker 1: past couple of years. Kevin O'Connell is press conference today,

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Speaker 1: he said he looked a lot at Matt Stafford's film

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Speaker 1: on that film that Matt Stafford had in Detroit, a

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Speaker 1: lot of those targets were going to TJ Hockinson. So

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Speaker 1: while TJ wasn't in LA with Kevin O'Connell and Sean McVay,

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Speaker 1: they did use a lot of TJ's film in order

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Speaker 1: a trade. Per se so happy to see TJ in Purple,

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Speaker 1: but more importantly just seeing how that correlation all fits together.

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Speaker 1: It's a match made in heaven.

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Speaker 2: And the thing too, is I mean he was number

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Speaker 2: we've got some depth now as well. You've got some

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Speaker 2: just feels like, you know, if they're gonna sit there

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Speaker 2: having a fresh TJ. Howkinson by the end of the game,

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Speaker 1: Speaking of fun to watch, it's going to be fun

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Speaker 1: to see Justin Jefferson with the sea on his jersey

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Speaker 1: this year.

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Speaker 5: That's right.

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Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, along with seven other captains on this Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings team, were voted, like I said, as captains for

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three season. And Craig again, you had

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Speaker 1: a really good article on Vikings dot com right now.

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Speaker 1: But if you could just go through some of the

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Speaker 1: what that means having those eight guys as captains, I

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Speaker 5: That, right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, first of all, congrats on getting all that out.

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Speaker 3: That's a mouthful of main captains. But I understand that

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Speaker 3: that's a key part of O'Connor's philosophy is he wants

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Speaker 3: really interesting to see that kind of unfold. Eight captains

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Speaker 3: does seem kind of a lot, but it's really cool.

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Speaker 3: Kirk has been one every every year he's been here.

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Speaker 3: O'Connell made sure to note that it was a unanimous

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Speaker 3: don't really vote for yourself, you know. So anyone out there,

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Speaker 3: you know, might maybe thinking about it or maybe did

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Speaker 2: Don't know, politician, I'm voting for yourself.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't stuff the ballot box on the team

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Speaker 3: captain vote, but yeah, and then O'Neil, you can just

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Speaker 3: see the way that the rest of the old lineman.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if if you had a few of

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Speaker 3: he was dressed and he was participating, and they were

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Speaker 2: Also allows them then to leave an extra safety on

436
00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,600
Speaker 2: the field and let them be the blitzer off the

437
00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,320
Speaker 2: corner or something along those lines. And again, that just

438
00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,680
Speaker 2: that's that flexibility at that position. Now we were questioning

439
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,199
Speaker 2: saying there's only eleven guys in the secondary, so that

440
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,600
Speaker 2: means there's five corners and six safeties. That's kind of

441
00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,639
Speaker 2: flipped what from what it would normally be. But again,

442
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,600
Speaker 2: to me, that just says they really trust the talent

443
00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,520
Speaker 2: level that they have at that safety position to be

444
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,760
Speaker 2: able to give them some extra on that defense this season.

445
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,240
Speaker 3: I think you look at that and you're you're also

446
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,119
Speaker 3: capable of really having some great players on your special

447
00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:33,840
Speaker 3: teams coverage units, you know, getting down making tackles. Sometimes

448
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,240
Speaker 3: that's that's an extra receiver, but maybe they're not the

449
00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,880
Speaker 3: most refined at tackling. So now you have a safety

450
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:44,480
Speaker 3: going down. You combine that with Najie Thompson fly yeah, yeah,

451
00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,879
Speaker 3: for sure, grease lightning all the way down the field.

452
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 3: So I think that that that really that aspect as

453
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 3: well as like the multiple packages on defense if you

454
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,000
Speaker 3: have you can call it a big nickel if you want.

455
00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,160
Speaker 3: With if the first team that they've shown the most

456
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,480
Speaker 3: has been Harrison and cam Bynham and Josh Mattelis as

457
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,960
Speaker 3: the big nickel. It's kind of funny the taxonomy that

458
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,920
Speaker 3: you're even going to place on Metellas this year, since

459
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,760
Speaker 3: he's going to do so much different things here and there.

460
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 3: It'll be fun to see. But then you you build

461
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,639
Speaker 3: out that depth and and you look at the preseason

462
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,000
Speaker 3: games that the reserves had and the hustle that Theo

463
00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,240
Speaker 3: Jackson had on that breakaway run against Tennessee. You know,

464
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,840
Speaker 3: he ran all the way down and caught him. It

465
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 3: was really impressive. I think each one of those six

466
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,560
Speaker 3: guys made the team. Yeah, you know, and and it's

467
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,600
Speaker 3: it's really hard when you're evaluating you look at the numbers.

468
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,960
Speaker 3: I think a couple of years back, I don't remember

469
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 3: the exact year, but there I think there was one

470
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 3: year where the initial fifty.

471
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,520
Speaker 2: Three had two safeties. It was like.

472
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,520
Speaker 3: But yeah, and then you throw in the fact that

473
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:56,280
Speaker 3: Ward and Buying them have experienced at major college football

474
00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 3: at a corner. Maybe that's not where you want to

475
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,160
Speaker 3: get a point and get through game with them every

476
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 3: week in the NFL, but in a pinch you also

477
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 3: have that versatility too.

478
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,119
Speaker 1: And I think just the communication also, just that point

479
00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,280
Speaker 1: of Cam buying them and Jayward playing cornerback, they understand

480
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,640
Speaker 1: what the cornerback should see. So that communication, that nonverbal

481
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 1: communication at safety can help everyone in that secondary committee.

482
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 1: So that's a really good point and I'm just looking

483
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,640
Speaker 1: forward to seeing how it all comes together. Right We've

484
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:29,040
Speaker 1: seen glimpses at joint practice. We finally saw what the

485
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,439
Speaker 1: defense could look like in the first quarter against the

486
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,280
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals in preseason Week three with the Jay Ward

487
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,199
Speaker 1: strip sack. So there's glimpse of what this defense can be,

488
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: but we haven't seen it just yet. But clearly we're

489
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 1: starting to come to a I guess defined term of

490
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,400
Speaker 1: what this Brian Flores can be when you look at

491
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:48,640
Speaker 1: just the numbers.

492
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,239
Speaker 2: And it's exciting. Yeah, it's extremely exciting because there's been

493
00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,080
Speaker 2: a feeling it's probably been what three four seasons at

494
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 2: this point, that there's been a feeling that defensively they

495
00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,639
Speaker 2: just haven't lived up to the standard that everyone is

496
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,120
Speaker 2: expected them to be, you know, the whole Zim Reapers

497
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:04,600
Speaker 2: kind of a thing. When he first came in for

498
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,879
Speaker 2: the first three for the first chunk of his tenure,

499
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 2: and there was kind of this tenacity and this grit

500
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,400
Speaker 2: and this feeling of just you don't have to worry

501
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,280
Speaker 2: about the defense. And then the last couple of years

502
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 2: they've been towards the bottom of the league and a

503
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 2: bout of critical categories, and so for me, I just

504
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,520
Speaker 2: there's this kind of excitement to it looks like there's

505
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 2: something here. It looks like there's something that's going to

506
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 2: be able to jump off the page a little bit more.

507
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,080
Speaker 2: And if that's the case, it's going to be a

508
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:34,080
Speaker 2: lot of fun to watch because Vikings defenses for decades

509
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 2: have been known as something that has been the kind

510
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,880
Speaker 2: of the black and Blue division. The people leaders set

511
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 2: that standard back in the day. And so if you

512
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,800
Speaker 2: can get another defense to kind of pop off the

513
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,000
Speaker 2: page like that and just get to a point where

514
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,439
Speaker 2: they can help the offense versus it holding on, you know,

515
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,119
Speaker 2: for dear life kind of a thing at times, I

516
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 2: think it's gonna be very helpful, and I'm just I'm

517
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,919
Speaker 2: super excited to see what really gets unveiled here in

518
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 2: that week one matchup.

519
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,480
Speaker 3: In handling the mail bag last year, you know, we're

520
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 3: like ten and two or whatever in three or whatever.

521
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 3: You know, I forget exactly how, but you know, I

522
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,560
Speaker 3: was getting emails for people so unhappy. That's because part

523
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 3: of their core identity is the Vikings dominating on defense,

524
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 3: and I understand it, having such great admiration for the

525
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 3: seventies era of dominance that they put forth, and I

526
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 3: get it, but I'm also like, you know, thirteen wins

527
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 3: is hard to get, so you might as well smell

528
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 3: these roses because there's no guarantee that next year is

529
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,360
Speaker 3: there wins or you know, you never know how many

530
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,919
Speaker 3: gap years you're going to have until a season like

531
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,160
Speaker 3: that with so many close wins and everything like that.

532
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,879
Speaker 3: So I understand that. I also try to temper expectations

533
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,639
Speaker 3: from going from like bottom one or two in a

534
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,400
Speaker 3: few categories just to saying we're going to be number

535
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 3: one in all for sure points and yards again, like

536
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 3: we're in seventeen. You know, there's a lot of room

537
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 3: in between the two, especially when you have an offense

538
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 3: like this and a special teams group that has really

539
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 3: made its mark under Matt Daniels.

540
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 2: And I just think that's an entire identity of the league,

541
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,359
Speaker 2: is that we're getting to a point where it's an

542
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,639
Speaker 2: offensive game. You know, all the rules that have changed

543
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 2: and everything, and I just feel like it's turned into

544
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,120
Speaker 2: kind of a sprint, you know, if you're a team

545
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 2: that's got weapons, which is why the Hawkinson signing to

546
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 2: me is such a big deal. Is if you have

547
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,440
Speaker 2: a bunch of weapons and offense that are quick, they're versatile,

548
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 2: and you can sprint and try to have people play

549
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,120
Speaker 2: catch up. That only works if you can stop them

550
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,000
Speaker 2: right on the other side of the ball. So that's

551
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 2: the thing, Like, given the fact we had yes as

552
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 2: close as we were last year, a bunch of those

553
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 2: games probably shouldn't have been that close. You know, think

554
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 2: of how many times you get to the back end

555
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 2: of the game you're like, we just need to stop,

556
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 2: and you kind of got it, and then other times

557
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,680
Speaker 2: you didn't. That's where if even if there's just a

558
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 2: slight jump defensively and we have a similar offense to

559
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 2: last year, I mean, why wouldn't you talk about having

560
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 2: at least double digit wins at that point and really

561
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 2: being able to do something in the playoffs. So that's

562
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 2: why it's so exciting for someone like me just to

563
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 2: see kind of that tenacity and even just the minimum

564
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 2: stuff that we saw in preseason. You know, they always

565
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 2: guard and hold things back, but then every once in

566
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,400
Speaker 2: a while you get a little glimpse of somebody off

567
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 2: the edge, like you know, Jay Ward making that kind

568
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 2: of a play, and it's like, that's what I want

569
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 2: to see all season long.

570
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 5: How nostalgic would it be?

571
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: You guys just just brought up the classic jerseys that

572
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 1: the Vikings are wearing, you know, September tamping against the Buccaneers,

573
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: and just how those jerseys are kind of you know,

574
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,360
Speaker 1: they kind of correlate with great defenses of the sixties

575
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: and seventies, and how nostalgic would it be for us

576
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,879
Speaker 1: to just have a dominant defensive performance in those classic

577
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: jerseys against a team in the Buccaneers.

578
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:48,920
Speaker 5: I just won a Super Bowl a couple of years ago.

579
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 2: I think for Tampa they're going to be interesting because

580
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,640
Speaker 2: I think they're kind of going through a new identity

581
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 2: crisis a little bit. You know, t Bones not coming

582
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,119
Speaker 2: back in the in the building, so it's the Baker

583
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,120
Speaker 2: Mayfield Show.

584
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 5: Baker Exactly, Temper, Baker Buccaneers.

585
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 2: There you go, the Baker Kneers, Bakeroneers. I would love

586
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 2: it even more if Tampa was wearing the creamsickle jerseys

587
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 2: for this one too. Yeah, it'd be awesome.

588
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:12,679
Speaker 5: I thought about that.

589
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,640
Speaker 3: I was on the fence. I'm like, well, it's really

590
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 3: cool that we had the classics so and if if

591
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 3: they had the cream sickle on top of that, maybe

592
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 3: it just wouldn't be as good.

593
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 2: I don't know, I think it would be fun. I've

594
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,320
Speaker 2: always that is one of the sneaky jerseys that I've

595
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,119
Speaker 2: always liked, even though the teams that wore the creamsickles

596
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 2: were typically terrible, but I always loved the idea of

597
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 2: kind of the cream sickles and the old buccaneer helmet

598
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 2: and everything. But then again, I'm an old old kid

599
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 2: who had that like on his bed sheets and stuff.

600
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 3: We're going really old school with the game program.

601
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 2: By the way, that's a lot of elements.

602
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 3: So shout out to True North Design team, our in

603
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 3: house design team. They're they're working on it right now

604
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 3: and I'm super excited by the way. Just shameless plug

605
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 3: no you're good.

606
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,640
Speaker 2: There's a lot of fun stuff. Yeah, there's a lot

607
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 2: of fun stuff being done up for that game, for

608
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 2: actually at the stadium itself. So if you're gonna be there,

609
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 2: it's gonna be a lot of fun little easter eggs

610
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 2: for everybody to watch, can't and that we're all excited for.

611
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 2: You know, I think in general, playing against Tampa, I

612
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 2: it's gonna be weird because you know, Baker going in there,

613
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 2: they still have weapons, They've got a young running back

614
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,719
Speaker 2: and reclade, and so just trying to figure out, like

615
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 2: who is Tampa, Like who are they going to be

616
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 2: week one is always a crapshoot because you don't know what.

617
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 2: Like you can have a team walk out there and

618
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 2: literally run a completely different offensive defense than they will

619
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 2: do the entire rest of the season just to throw

620
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 2: you off, and you just you never know. But I

621
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 2: think that the thing that's going to be even more

622
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 2: of an advantage for is just the fact we're at

623
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 2: home week one, at home against Tampa with a new quarterback.

624
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 2: Fans love to dial up the noise, and the defense

625
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 2: should give them a reason too. So for me, I

626
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 2: have I have a confident calm about me going into

627
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 2: that game, I'm chaos with everything else right now, try

628
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 2: to get ready for that game. But just in general,

629
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 2: the idea of what the matchup is, even though defensively,

630
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 2: they've got a really good secondary and they've got some

631
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 2: young playmakers now on offense to pair up with their veterans.

632
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:15,479
Speaker 2: I just there's a feeling to me that, you know,

633
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 2: our core leadership, like we just talked about even earlier,

634
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 2: those guys mixed with some of the young talent that

635
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 2: we have. I just feel like we're going to put

636
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 2: our best foot forward in that first game.

637
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 3: And we'll have so many members of those Super Bowl

638
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 3: teams in attendance, and and so I think that, you know,

639
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 3: we get further and further removed, but I do you

640
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 3: think it's it's been important to coach O'Connell to to

641
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 3: make sure this this next generation of Vikings understands, you know,

642
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 3: where they've come from and why we have this facility.

643
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 2: It's because those.

644
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 3: Guys supported those teams. And there's there's some great players

645
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 3: in attendance and that were dominant on defense.

646
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, they literally walk by. There's there's on our second

647
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 2: level of our building when they come out of the

648
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 2: meeting space. There's all the Hall of Famers on that wall.

649
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 2: And if you just walk down there and look at

650
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 2: the amount of defensive players that were known as the tough,

651
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 2: hard nosed guys Paul Kraut, every single era of sixties, seventies, eighties,

652
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 2: nineties and to where we are now. You know, a

653
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 2: lot of the guys, including the veterans that are on

654
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 2: this team, with the Harrison Smith and those guys, like

655
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 2: they've talked to those guys, they kind of understand, and

656
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 2: I think as they get you know, the younger guys

657
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,479
Speaker 2: come in, there's there is this sense of you know,

658
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 2: these guys were nasty and and that is what we've

659
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 2: been known for and we we want to be known

660
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 2: for that again. And I just I'm looking forward to it.

661
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 2: I just keep saying. I know I'm a broken record,

662
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 2: but I'm looking forward to seeing everyone is something like that.

663
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: That's been so long change It's been so long since

664
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: we've actually experienced a Vikings home game. So to actually

665
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 1: have it in this type of circum circumstance with classic,

666
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: classic fit jerseys like that, you can't make this up.

667
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 5: It gets everyone excited.

668
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 2: It's fun, and you know, I think I know it

669
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,040
Speaker 2: was a little bit of a curveball for Nike and

670
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 2: everybody too, just at being week one, but I think

671
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 2: it is kind of a fitting way to kind of

672
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 2: kick off the season and to look at, you know,

673
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 2: whether it's you know, the players that are going to

674
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 2: be back or kind of looking back and kind of

675
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 2: the impact Bud Grant had. I know we've talked about

676
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 2: it a ton, especially since it's passing, but those kind

677
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 2: of pieces are going to be really important for that

678
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 2: game and hopefully that gives the players a little bit extra.

679
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 5: Juice for sure.

680
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 1: Well, we will be there, but you know who else

681
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 1: will be there? Our special guest of the show, mister

682
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: Josh Deamil. He would actually be on the comments pregame

683
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: hosting a live edition of Buddy Games. He joins us now,

684
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 1: and let's just get right into it. Well, if you

685
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: are a fan of the Minnesota Vikings podcast, chances are

686
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 1: you are a fan of our next guest. He is

687
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: days away from hosting his hit show, Buddy Games Live

688
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: from the Minnesota Vikings Comments the same day the Vikings

689
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: have their home opener. Our guest, mister Josh Dumel. Josh,

690
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: appreciate you joining me, you were making the trip out

691
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: to the Twin Cities in a couple of days, and

692
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: not only for the but also for your buddy games,

693
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: and just understanding that, just what is the excitement level

694
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 1: right now with your favorite team and our favorite show.

695
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 6: Well, I always get really excited about a new season

696
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 6: with the Vikes. Every year we're good. Every year they

697
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 6: seem to find a new way to break my heart.

698
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 6: But I am still optimistic. I really am. I feel

699
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 6: like with this new coaching staff and Flores and O'Connell

700
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 6: and the rest of the crew, I just feel like

701
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 6: we got to I feel like it's going to happen

702
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 6: in this regime.

703
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 5: I really do.

704
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 6: But as far as the Buddy Games, saying that is

705
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 6: a whole other Yeah, I can't even you know, honestly,

706
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 6: I can't even believe that we have this show that's

707
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 6: about to come on the air. It was just a

708
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 6: stupid thing my buddies and I did have done for

709
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 6: twenty five years or longer. Took the idea to the

710
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 6: two CBS. They loved it, and you know, here we are.

711
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 6: You know, it's a kind of a dream come true.

712
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,719
Speaker 1: To be honest, when you talk about just an idea

713
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: that kind of you know, rooted out of just fun

714
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 1: and now it's a mainstream type of thing. What are

715
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 1: some things that come to mind to that that that

716
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 1: helped to get over that hump of Okay, Like, man,

717
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,319
Speaker 1: we can probably make this a thing instead of just being,

718
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: instead of just the thing we do with our friends.

719
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I think that we knew that there

720
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,280
Speaker 6: was going to be a relatability to it, just because

721
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,760
Speaker 6: people do versions of this everywhere. I mean, you probably

722
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,279
Speaker 6: got a group of friends that you play stupid games

723
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 6: in the backyard, or you know, some kind of chipping

724
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 6: contest or cornhole or see how many balls you can

725
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 6: kets jumping into the water. You know, just like we

726
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 6: just never stopped as kids. We're always competing, and I

727
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 6: think that that's probably the case with most people and

728
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,440
Speaker 6: groups of friends everywhere. So we knew that there was

729
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 6: this relatability to it, and so we pitched it. You know,

730
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 6: we we we we thought that this was even a

731
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 6: better idea in some ways, because like I said, there

732
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 6: are groups of friends everywhere that we'll really understand this,

733
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 6: and also it would be fun to see other people

734
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 6: in these groups sort of competing against other groups just

735
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,800
Speaker 6: like them, And there we found that there was really

736
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 6: a commonality between what my group of guys is like

737
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 6: and what they're like in this game. And I tell

738
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,480
Speaker 6: you what, man, they were all in it was so

739
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 6: competitive and dramatic and emotional and funny. It couldn't have

740
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:30,800
Speaker 6: turned out better, to be honest.

741
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: That's awesome. So for fans who are looking forward to this,

742
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: we've been premiering this on our podcast September fourteenth on

743
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: CBS Buddy Games.

744
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 6: What can they expect, Well, they can expect to see

745
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 6: themselves in a lot of these groups. Probably. This is

746
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 6: not American Ninja Warrior. It's not Survivor or any of

747
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,359
Speaker 6: those shows where you got to starve yourself and live

748
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 6: or be the most athletic. These are just normal people

749
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 6: with that competitive fire, and I think that that's what

750
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 6: people are going to love about it. And it's also

751
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 6: they took our version of the games. We always do

752
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 6: something pretty stupid. We played the normal ones, golf with

753
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 6: a ball, ping pong, corn cornhole, things like that, but

754
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 6: then we always have one outrageous game that we do,

755
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 6: and CBS took out to a whole other level. They

756
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,840
Speaker 6: have a whole team of people and they worked with

757
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 6: me and my buddy Bob, who we call a Bob Father,

758
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 6: who really created the games. We all kind of work

759
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 6: together to come up with these ridiculous games. And not

760
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 6: only that, but they all live together in this giant house.

761
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 6: We actually shot it in Colombia, Bogata, Colombia, outside outside

762
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 6: the sea limits, and it looked like it was you know,

763
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 6: some drug lord owen this place back in the early

764
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 6: eighties or something, and they converted it to a giant cabin.

765
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 6: It was like this all of a sudden, you know,

766
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 6: they bring this army of people in and they converted

767
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 6: into this giant cabin where everybody lives in in it together.

768
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 6: So it's got this big brother element to it, where

769
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 6: each team has their own bunk room, and so, you know,

770
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 6: you'll get the reality of what happens inside the house,

771
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:08,879
Speaker 6: the competitions, the alliances, the the you know, the camaraderie

772
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 6: that was formed, which I didn't see coming. Yeah, and

773
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 6: you know, that was one of the really fun things.

774
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 6: So we got all the games and all the competitive stuff.

775
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 6: We also get to see all the histories of these

776
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 6: groups of friends play out and how they interact with

777
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 6: other people within the house.

778
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 1: How many times have I know you host the show,

779
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,320
Speaker 1: but how many times have you ever wanted to say, Okay,

780
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 1: screw this, I just want to get out of here

781
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: with these guys.

782
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 5: And do it with them. How many times have you

783
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 5: you said that in your mind? Well?

784
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 6: I really did. And one of the things I wanted

785
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 6: to do differently than shows I've seen like it. You know,

786
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 6: oftentimes I felt like the hosts sort of standing off

787
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 6: and observing and commenting on what they're watching. But I

788
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 6: got in there, man, partly because I just couldn't help myself,

789
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,320
Speaker 6: but I was the test dummy for all the games,

790
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 6: all the stuff they do. I got in there and

791
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 6: and tried it first. I actually had a test dummy

792
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 6: T shirt, and I would go in and do these

793
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 6: things that players knew how how each game to play. So,

794
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 6: you know, between that and just getting in there with

795
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 6: them and and sort of going through the process with them,

796
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 6: it just I feel like the head counselor at a

797
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 6: big adult summer camp, is what I felt like.

798
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, I was.

799
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,240
Speaker 1: I was watching one of the previews for this upcoming

800
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,879
Speaker 1: season show and one of the contestants were saying, Hey,

801
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,399
Speaker 1: we got off the bus and we thought we're going

802
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 1: to like a summer camp, and then Josh Demo shows

803
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,360
Speaker 1: up and it's like, oh, he's actually the head camp counselor.

804
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 5: So really there's there was mutual feelings between the two.

805
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 6: Yeah, they didn't know that it was Buddy Games when

806
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 6: they got there. They just knew that it was that

807
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 6: they were going to go compete, and then they put

808
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 6: it all together when I showed up and they're like, oh,

809
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 6: it's oh no, what is this dude going to make

810
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 6: us do? And Yeah, I made them do some stuff

811
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 6: that they probably never thought they would have done.

812
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 5: That's awesome.

813
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: That's what makes the game fun, competitive and entertaining for

814
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,720
Speaker 1: fans at home. But just being a part of Buddy

815
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 1: Games for for so long, saying it from the origin

816
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: to where it is now, do you have any favorite

817
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: memories that you that you could share with us?

818
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 5: Oh?

819
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 6: Man, you know, most of it includes like shooting paintballs

820
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 6: at my friends as they run across the field and

821
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 6: their underwear. We do get very competitive, but you know,

822
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 6: we're all like high forties or fifty now, and as

823
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 6: competitive as it is, it's really about the camaraderie and

824
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:29,280
Speaker 6: the brotherhood and how long we've you know, those histories.

825
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 6: I've known some of these guys since kindergarten. So those

826
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 6: friendships mean more to me now than they ever have.

827
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 6: You know, I think that as you get older, you

828
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 6: value those friendships that much more. Old friends are hard

829
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 6: to make, and so I really value these guys. We

830
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 6: stay very close, and so it's as much about just

831
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,839
Speaker 6: the getting together and being around the guys as much

832
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 6: as it is at the competitions.

833
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 1: Really, I thought you were going to say the ice

834
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 1: baths after getting shot with those paintballs and just having

835
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 1: to your body down.

836
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 5: But we'll take that answer. We'll take that now.

837
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 6: Those guys are too wimpy. I'm the only one that

838
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:06,960
Speaker 6: does that.

839
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 5: Awesome.

840
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,439
Speaker 1: Well, there is a great correlation that we talked about

841
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: in the beginning of hosting this during hosting the Buddy

842
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 1: Games this year in Minneapolis, right before the home opener

843
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:22,919
Speaker 1: in just understanding that what made you want to host

844
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 1: Buddy Games during the home opener, Well, there's.

845
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 6: A natural connection between the Buddy Games in Minnesota. We

846
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,800
Speaker 6: it's so sort of originated here in North Kolkota, where

847
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 6: a lot of us are from. But as we got older,

848
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 6: my buddy Bob, the bob father had this great house

849
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,720
Speaker 6: in Minnesota and we'd all meet there and ever since

850
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 6: then we either come to my cabin or we go

851
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 6: somewhere in Montana. But it does very much have a

852
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 6: Minnesota connection. So the Vikings were all in. My buddy

853
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 6: Mike Benson, who runs marketing at CBS, also is from Minnesota,

854
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 6: so he was like, also a Vike Spana said how

855
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 6: about we do it in Minnesota at a tailgate home opener.

856
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 6: I was like, count me in. So that's really how

857
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 6: it all came about, is just the fact that I'm

858
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 6: a huge fan, the fact that it's in Minnesota, it

859
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 6: started in Minnesota, and that, you know, the timing's perfect

860
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 6: home openers like four days before the show airs.

861
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 1: Which is so great. Just my last question for you

862
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: Vikings fans. We know you watched the game, we know

863
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 1: you're you're you're very into it, but realistic expectations, what

864
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: are your what are what are those for you?

865
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 6: That's a tough one because on the one hand, we

866
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 6: lost some pretty good players both defensively and offensive to

867
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 6: the cook and some of those d linemen and I

868
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 6: can't even keep track, but apparently they reloaded and they're

869
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 6: really happy with some of these players they have, and

870
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,880
Speaker 6: I'm not entirely familiar with these guys yet, so I

871
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 6: trust that a new GM O'Connell flores these guys, these

872
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 6: guys are really really top level in their in their

873
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,200
Speaker 6: in their field. Like trust that they've got a good

874
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 6: team setup. Now what does that mean. I don't know.

875
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 6: I'm going to guess we could go anywhere from nine

876
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 6: and eight to fourteen and three. Yeah, you know, it

877
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 6: just all kind of depends. You asked Paul Allen, he's

878
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 6: gonna say, you're gonna go fifteen or seventeen and now.

879
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: Paul, so surprisingly Paul said we will have a worse

880
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: record this year, but be a better team. So that

881
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:24,479
Speaker 1: was the first for me to hear from Paul, because

882
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:26,719
Speaker 1: he's usually a seventeen and no type of guy.

883
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,839
Speaker 6: Well, he probably says that because we pulled so many

884
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 6: out in the end. Last year was one of the

885
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 6: most dramatic years that I can remember. Yeah, he's probably

886
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 6: guessing we won't win some of those games, but maybe

887
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,879
Speaker 6: maybe the games will be we'll have them, will win

888
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:41,799
Speaker 6: them more handily, and we'll have to come back in

889
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 6: the end and win come down from thirty one points

890
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 6: or whatever that was against the Colts will win. But

891
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 6: he might be right, you know, the team might be better.

892
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 6: I think defensively, we're definitely going to be better.

893
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it'll be fun just watching that defense. We

894
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:56,319
Speaker 1: talked about it earlier, where those classic jerseys on week

895
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 1: one give some nostalgia for fans who watched the vikings

896
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,240
Speaker 1: and sixties and seventies with those dominant defenses.

897
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,800
Speaker 5: So we're looking forward to having you there, also hosting your.

898
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,840
Speaker 1: Live edition of Buddy Games on the comments outside of

899
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: US Bank Stadium.

900
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 5: Appreciate you, Josh, you got to come and play some

901
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 5: cornhall with us. I'll be there.

902
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,359
Speaker 1: I'll be I'll make sure to be there bright and early. Wait,

903
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 1: just just let me know what, Tom you need me,

904
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 1: and I'll be right there playing corn home with my

905
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 1: left hand.

906
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,919
Speaker 6: All right, good, good for your right handed You're gonna

907
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,919
Speaker 6: play left handed? Just to make just to go easy, honest?

908
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 6: Is that the idea?

909
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 1: Just so nobody gives me crap for trying to, I

910
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: guess be an all time athlete. I just I just

911
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 1: want to go fly by the wayside and do my

912
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,040
Speaker 1: thing and let everybody.

913
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 5: Else win, because I take it.

914
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: I think it's too competitive. I get I get way

915
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 1: too competitive, So I just want to want to be

916
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 1: able to enjoy it.

917
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 6: I hear that.

918
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 5: Appreciate you, Josh.

919
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 6: All take care schore bikes.

920
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 5: Always good to.

921
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 1: Talk to Josh dea mil and we will see him

922
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: again September tenth on the comments hosting a live edition

923
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 1: of Buddy Games. You can check that out to September

924
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:04,840
Speaker 1: fourteenth on CBS, So make sure you are in attendance

925
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: for that, Craig before we get out of here. I'm

926
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,240
Speaker 1: not sure why that conversation got me excited for college football,

927
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: but usually before I start, before the NFL season starts,

928
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,799
Speaker 1: there's always college game down Saturday. We basically tell all

929
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: of our friends don't bother us from about eight am

930
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: till about eleven am, and then so on and so forth.

931
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,280
Speaker 1: But when you look at just the college football schedule,

932
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 1: just with everything going on, with this just being a

933
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 1: holiday for football fans, what are some games that standout? Oh?

934
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 3: Man, I'm gonna disappoint you.

935
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 5: So college football no like or you just like them too.

936
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:39,919
Speaker 3: I just like it's so hard every year to stay

937
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:42,359
Speaker 3: on top of work and with the week one home game,

938
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 3: like we're like coming off back to back home preseason

939
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,800
Speaker 3: games and closing camp and roster moves and everything. I

940
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,440
Speaker 3: haven't even looked at this schedule. I am sure there

941
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 3: are great games. I am sure when.

942
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:56,160
Speaker 2: It's on I will enjoy.

943
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 3: Actually I had while I was working last night on

944
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 3: some stuff, play of the Southern cal u c L

945
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:03,760
Speaker 3: A game on his background noise.

946
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 2: So I was peaking at.

947
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 3: Addison touchdown on the backfield, you know, just the thing

948
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 3: of beauty. Let's let's see where he lines up this year.

949
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 3: But yeah, I always try, but I've gotten a little

950
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 3: bit worse, and you know, family obligations a little bit.

951
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 2: You try to keep up on my.

952
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 3: I know there was a time in my life I

953
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 3: never would have envisioned watching as little college football as

954
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,919
Speaker 3: I get to now, right, But you know, the alma

955
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 3: mater I think is Southeastern Louisiana. This one coming up,

956
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 3: so we'll take a look at that. You know, that's

957
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 3: Mississippi State for everyone out there, as I know, but uh,

958
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 3: Hill State. Mike Parson, new equipment manager, was a Bulldog

959
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 3: at the same time I was a bulldog. So that's

960
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 3: been really fun to revisit this. I did not I

961
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 3: did not so but yeah, it's been really cool to reconnect.

962
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 3: And they're doing some classics too, they're doing their ninety

963
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 3: eight unis this year.

964
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, I like Mike inspired that for some reason.

965
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 3: Maybe so like he heard a rumor and like he

966
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 3: like really early in the meeting him, he was telling

967
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 3: me about it. And now I saw the pictures, like,

968
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 3: oh yeah, yeah, that that takes me back, and it's

969
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 3: sad that it's been that long, but uh, you know

970
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:22,399
Speaker 3: it has, and I just appreciate all those memories there.

971
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 2: So I think for college football fans, it's five straight

972
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 2: days of college Football's going to be like a great

973
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 2: way to kick it off for him. I know, the

974
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:33,840
Speaker 2: big barn burner for the Gophers is the Nebraska kickoff

975
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:35,799
Speaker 2: with that rule coming in as the new head coach

976
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,240
Speaker 2: at Nebraska, so there's a lot of people here locally.

977
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,839
Speaker 2: They were going to do the gold out for the game,

978
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 2: so it's a sellout and ought to be interesting to

979
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,280
Speaker 2: see just kind of how they you know, fill hunting

980
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 2: to Bank Stadium at that point. Notre Dame versus Navy.

981
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:50,919
Speaker 2: I think that was over in Ireland if I remember, Yeah,

982
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 2: you know, so that was kind of cool too. And

983
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 2: then you know Tatum's not here the LSU, but the

984
00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:00,040
Speaker 2: giant game of the weekend is LSU Florida State. So

985
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:03,240
Speaker 2: as I told her, I'm like, don't worry. It's college football.

986
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 2: The first couple of weeks don't mean anything if your

987
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:07,040
Speaker 2: team wins or loses. At that point, it's only what

988
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 2: happens in the last two weeks of the season for

989
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 2: your bowl eligibility and for the for the national playoff games.

990
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,880
Speaker 1: I just remember her energy last year when LSU Florida

991
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,439
Speaker 1: played I think it was Sunday Night football again last

992
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:21,160
Speaker 1: year college football, and LSU pretty much made the comeback

993
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,879
Speaker 1: and then got the field goal block to lose the game,

994
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:26,600
Speaker 1: and just her energy was just so down and we

995
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 1: kept it Corgi where everyone kept it cordial. So maybe

996
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,240
Speaker 1: that's why she's not here today. She's just gearing herself

997
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,440
Speaker 1: up for you know, hopefully a fun weekern in her

998
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: eyes with LSU and Florida State. But it'll be good

999
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:39,280
Speaker 1: to have her back next.

1000
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 2: Week for sure. And it's always fun. I mean, just

1001
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:44,400
Speaker 2: the best part is we're finally at the part of

1002
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:45,800
Speaker 2: the season where you don't have to sit there and

1003
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 2: start looking at schedules to figure out. If there's football,

1004
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 2: it's there is football, it's just at what level. So

1005
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,240
Speaker 2: if you're a football junkie, whether it's college, pros, high school, whatever,

1006
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 2: now's the time of year you can finally start rejoicing

1007
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,680
Speaker 2: and know that you're able to, you know, scratch that

1008
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 2: ditch every single day if you're looking for it. How

1009
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:05,440
Speaker 2: about you from New York Circle, l.

1010
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:07,200
Speaker 1: S U Florida State was one I had so and

1011
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:10,640
Speaker 1: then you know Alma Matter Liberty. We host Bowling Green

1012
00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: this Saturday, so that'll be a go when it's on

1013
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 1: CBS at eleven am, well eleven am Central, so I'll

1014
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: be tuned in. A couple of my guys we we uh,

1015
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 1: we got a group chat together. A couple of my

1016
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 1: college teammates, we got a group chat together, and we

1017
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 1: literally just vent after every series, like.

1018
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:27,359
Speaker 2: Why didn't they do this?

1019
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:31,720
Speaker 5: Why didn't they run so right?

1020
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.

1021
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:33,960
Speaker 5: So it keeps.

1022
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,680
Speaker 3: Wait to be a Monday morning quarterback when you can

1023
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 3: be a real time.

1024
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:41,479
Speaker 5: I am. If you if.

1025
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: You know me, you know that I am very animated

1026
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,000
Speaker 1: when I'm watching sports, so like because I'm always all in.

1027
00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:49,759
Speaker 1: So it'll be fun, but it'll also be fun next

1028
00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:52,799
Speaker 1: week knowing that we're only one podcast away. Only one

1029
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:56,919
Speaker 1: podcast separates us between now and the week one home

1030
00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at US Bank Stadium.

1031
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,400
Speaker 1: So I can't be more excited. I can't wait for

1032
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,640
Speaker 1: game week to get here. But more importantly, Craig, so

1033
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:06,600
Speaker 1: glad to have you on our podcast today.

1034
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 5: Well, it's so great to join you.

1035
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:08,760
Speaker 2: Thanks so much for having.

1036
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:12,280
Speaker 1: Me, Absolutely so for Craig Peters, Jane Nelson, Eric Davison,

1037
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:14,640
Speaker 1: and our guest mister Josh De mil My name is

1038
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:15,280
Speaker 1: Gabe Henderson.

1039
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 5: We'll talk to you next week.

1040
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:20,960
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