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25W: K-State HC Collin Klein on Avery Johnson and 3,000 Text Messages + Akron AD Dr. Goodrich Breaks Down His “Offensive Coordinator of the Game” Giveaway · 25 Whistles with Bobby Bones (A Football Podcast)

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: This is a podcast called twenty five whist talking and
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: they wear a whist so.
• 0:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's too bad, But what did you expect?
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: It's a podcast called twenty five Whistles twenty whine win.
• 0:18
  Speaker 2: I blow it. You join a fantasy league, but people
• 0:21
  Speaker 2: you don't know.
• 0:22
  Speaker 3: I haven't joined yet. I got asked too, though. I
• 0:24
  Speaker 3: got a DM from someone that said I listened to
• 0:26
  Speaker 3: twenty five Whistles love you guys? Would you like to
• 0:29
  Speaker 3: play in our fantasy league? Just me and my buddies?
• 0:31
  Speaker 3: And I'm like, I don't know you. It's kind of weird.
• 0:34
  Speaker 2: Is there real money?
• 0:35
  Speaker 3: I haven't asked. I mean that even gone that far.
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: Because what will happen is if it's not real money,
• 0:40
  Speaker 2: you'll go yeah, then you'll forget all the time, and
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: you won't set your lineups, and you'll be that annoying
• 0:44
  Speaker 2: person and your players because you're not getting Because the
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: motivators are in a fantasy league to either win money
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: or beat your friends.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, that's it, I know, but I'm telling you lately,
• 0:55
  Speaker 3: it's been I mean I'm lately meaning the last four
• 0:57
  Speaker 3: or five years is like Sunday comes and I've got
• 1:00
  Speaker 3: a whole checklist of things to do. Check this league,
• 1:03
  Speaker 3: make sure starters are good on this league.
• 1:05
  Speaker 2: It feels like it's too much DraftKings.
• 1:07
  Speaker 3: And then I'm just like, I'm not even having fun.
• 1:09
  Speaker 2: And not only that.
• 1:11
  Speaker 3: Skins Skins, Well, I don't have to do any prep
• 1:15
  Speaker 3: for skins. That was all done. And then but you're
• 1:18
  Speaker 3: just watching stress What are we doing?
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  Speaker 4: What do we do the most stressful?
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  Speaker 5: That one's the most stressful.
• 1:24
  Speaker 4: What are we doing as I can't do it?
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  Speaker 3: Come on, come on, Kevin, It's not gonna be like
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  Speaker 3: last year.
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  Speaker 2: We're not gonna be You can't promise that.
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  Speaker 3: Well what would be?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's gonna be worse than last year.
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  Speaker 3: I hope not.
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  Speaker 2: That was the worst year I've ever had in history
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  Speaker 2: of it. Okay, what year was Year one? Where I
• 1:41
  Speaker 2: lost like a thousand dollars? But then I figured it out.
• 1:44
  Speaker 2: At least I understood how to play better. Your two
• 1:46
  Speaker 2: and your three made money. You're four. We lost a lot,
• 1:49
  Speaker 2: but everybody got hurt.
• 1:51
  Speaker 3: That was brutal.
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  Speaker 4: Part of what are those the percentage getting like seventeen?
• 1:55
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's divided three ways. Half half of it divided
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  Speaker 3: three ways. So really, like it's not okay?
• 2:00
  Speaker 4: Do we know what I'm draft is yet or no?
• 2:02
  Speaker 2: No, okay, you know enough to eat, enough to commit?
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: We just keep putting. Yeah, so we do have a
• 2:08
  Speaker 2: couple of cool things coming up. Though. We do have
• 2:11
  Speaker 2: the new head coach of Kansas State football, call in Clin,
• 2:14
  Speaker 2: coming up. We'll talk to him. It's like kids do
• 2:17
  Speaker 2: the darnedest things. Because I thought he was like twelve. Yeah, yeah,
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: he's like thirty six. Yeah, but he looks very young.
• 2:25
  Speaker 2: And I remember him playing.
• 2:26
  Speaker 4: He was so good.
• 2:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he was awesome. So we'll talk to him. He's
• 2:29
  Speaker 2: a new head coach there. And then also doctor Goodrich,
• 2:32
  Speaker 2: who is the athletic director for Akron Sports, which is
• 2:37
  Speaker 2: Acron Football, which is where I'm trying to be the
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  Speaker 2: assistant coach.
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  Speaker 5: So what would be the first play?
• 2:43
  Speaker 3: He's not gonna tell you.
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  Speaker 4: I don't.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want Robert Morris to be listening.
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  Speaker 4: That's true.
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  Speaker 5: That is true.
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  Speaker 4: Dang Robert Morris.
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  Speaker 3: Game of the year.
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  Speaker 2: You know they can't let me win, right, No, there's
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: no way you're gonna win. No, No, they have to, No,
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  Speaker 2: they can't.
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  Speaker 4: It'll look great, gotta look bad.
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  Speaker 2: Well probably, but now because it all looks so rigged.
• 3:02
  Speaker 2: If I do win, I don't think people will think
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: it's rigged. Opposite, because they'll go they wouldn't rig it.
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: Everybody would know it's gotta be real, or will they
• 3:12
  Speaker 2: be it's a rig It's frustrating because I was kind
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: of hoping it wouldn't go as viral as it did.
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  Speaker 4: Just he could a sneak in there.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and now a lot of people are in it now.
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  Speaker 2: If it was only mildly viral, I felt like maybe
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  Speaker 2: I'd be the only person with some notoriety.
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  Speaker 3: And they go through the bag, there's two names of you.
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  Speaker 2: And now I see a lot of people are jumping in.
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  Speaker 2: So but we'll talk to him. So I think it's
• 3:33
  Speaker 2: a hilarious idea. Kevin gave me this. He said, a
• 3:37
  Speaker 2: fan won a contest to call a game.
• 3:40
  Speaker 6: Yeah, an inning on the radio is like local or
• 3:42
  Speaker 6: Phillies radio broadcast.
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  Speaker 3: Oh okay, so he's a broadcaster.
• 3:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, during the third ending of a game against the
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: Washington Nationals. This Phillies fantastic winner pH a in fan Phil.
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  Speaker 4: I like it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Lewis Cobb joined Sports Radio ninety four. W I
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: here he is. This is him thirty five seconds of
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  Speaker 2: his call.
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  Speaker 7: Peter, but the first pitch to our teas that's in
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  Speaker 7: there for strike one, called fills with two in the
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  Speaker 7: bottom of the second to take the lead. As we
• 4:13
  Speaker 7: start the top of the third. Now Peyter delivers. It's
• 4:16
  Speaker 7: bounced foul towards the filly's dug out and they count
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  Speaker 7: one and one. Deli's winning the first two games of
• 4:27
  Speaker 7: this series, one more to go tomorrow night, and then
• 4:31
  Speaker 7: the three games set with the Blue Jays over the weekend.
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  Speaker 7: Now Peter delivers. It's a check swing. It's a called
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  Speaker 7: strike three. He got him.
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  Speaker 3: Great job.
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  Speaker 2: Sounds like an old school, traditional good broadcaster.
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  Speaker 3: Real good job. Yeah, I'm surprised by that. I thought
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  Speaker 3: there's gonna be.
• 4:49
  Speaker 2: Some uh well, it's hoping to be like a kid.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 4:54
  Speaker 2: Here's what he this is his friend on Twitter said
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  Speaker 2: after the game. Because this guy does not have Twitter.
• 5:00
  Speaker 2: This is friends and he goes. I was his plus
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  Speaker 2: one to this event. He has been an announcer for
• 5:04
  Speaker 2: Kid Sports for thirty years and used to be a
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  Speaker 2: radio guide. This was his dream. He was happy to
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: hear all the positive comments. He doesn't have Twitter, but
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  Speaker 2: I showed him the comments. It makes sense he has
• 5:13
  Speaker 2: a little background then, because he sounded here he really
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  Speaker 2: is doing. That's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 6: Now, if you're the other guys, the Phillies main guys,
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  Speaker 6: are you like, it's kind of here to take my job?
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  Speaker 3: No, he's not that good. But I mean, if I
• 5:25
  Speaker 3: were to stumble across that, it would sound pretty normal
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  Speaker 3: to me, Like I'm listening to a broadcast, I.
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  Speaker 2: Would think that was just a guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: good for him. That's pretty fun. You want to go
• 5:35
  Speaker 2: to the call and Cline interview, let's do it, Okay.
• 5:39
  Speaker 2: Here he is from Kansas State calling Klin. All right,
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  Speaker 2: let's bring on coach Colin Klin. One of the greatest
• 5:45
  Speaker 2: players in Kansas State football history, the guy that's leading
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  Speaker 2: the program into its next chapter. As head coach, he
• 5:51
  Speaker 2: helped lead the Wildcast to a Big twelve title. He's
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  Speaker 2: in the Kansas State Ring of Honor, a Heisman finalist
• 5:56
  Speaker 2: in twenty twelve. Here he is coach Klin. And how's
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  Speaker 2: it go? Get this?
• 6:01
  Speaker 8: Good? Good to see you?
• 6:02
  Speaker 2: Good to see you too, So like, how did this
• 6:05
  Speaker 2: all happen? I just want to throw that question at you.
• 6:07
  Speaker 2: How did this all happen?
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  Speaker 8: Pretty much in a matter of hours.
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  Speaker 9: I think in this profession things go at warp speed
• 6:15
  Speaker 9: towards the end of the year, and we had finished
• 6:18
  Speaker 9: our last game versus Texas the Friday right after Thanksgiving,
• 6:22
  Speaker 9: and you know, I had a couple of interviews that
• 6:25
  Speaker 9: weekend with some other schools and Monday got a text
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  Speaker 9: from coach Climbing and something might be happening in a
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  Speaker 9: k state And within a matter of hours it kind
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  Speaker 9: of progressed from there.
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  Speaker 2: So you and coach are still good then.
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  Speaker 9: Oh yeah, I mean Coach Climban and I have a
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  Speaker 9: really incredible relationship. And you know, he retained me when
• 6:46
  Speaker 9: Coach Snyder retired and I was on his staff and
• 6:49
  Speaker 9: retained me as his quarterbacks. Coach promoted me a couple
• 6:53
  Speaker 9: of years later when I made a move at offensive coordinator.
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  Speaker 8: And our relationship.
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  Speaker 9: Has always been really in very real, always putting the
• 7:03
  Speaker 9: best interest of the other on, you know, ahead of
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  Speaker 9: our own, which which is rare in the world and
• 7:10
  Speaker 9: rare in this world for sure. And we've stayed in
• 7:14
  Speaker 9: good touch even the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 8: When I was down in the A and M.
• 7:17
  Speaker 2: Coach climate texted me a couple of weeks ago and
• 7:19
  Speaker 2: asked me if he was coming to Nashville and his
• 7:21
  Speaker 2: wife was celebrated a major anniversarry and he was like,
• 7:23
  Speaker 2: can you tell me everything I need to do in Nashville?
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  Speaker 2: So I wrote him out like this two page, like
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  Speaker 2: very personal, like here's what you need to do. So,
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: coach client, I will extend that invitation to you. If
• 7:32
  Speaker 2: you come to town. You can hear me up. I
• 7:33
  Speaker 2: will lead you through all the Nashville things perfectly, just
• 7:36
  Speaker 2: like I did.
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  Speaker 8: Coach, that sounds great, I'll take you up on it.
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  Speaker 2: So we were down at TCU with coach Jamie Dixon,
• 7:43
  Speaker 2: who was massive for that program as a player now
• 7:47
  Speaker 2: the head basketball coach, and one of his things was, Hey,
• 7:50
  Speaker 2: you come here and you're the guy, but there's a
• 7:52
  Speaker 2: risk by the time something happened, you might not be
• 7:54
  Speaker 2: the guy anymore if you don't come and perform. Like
• 7:57
  Speaker 2: were you nervous about that? Come into where you are AO,
• 8:00
  Speaker 2: and now you're going to take over as the head guy.
• 8:03
  Speaker 8: Not really, you know, I think my my whole journey and.
• 8:09
  Speaker 9: Player coach offensive coordinator here, you know, and having watched
• 8:17
  Speaker 9: coach Snyder.
• 8:18
  Speaker 8: For many, many years, you know, if you're.
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  Speaker 9: Thinking about that, your focus is in the wrong place,
• 8:24
  Speaker 9: and it's about you, you know, And I think I
• 8:27
  Speaker 9: have had some really really good examples and with the
• 8:30
  Speaker 9: background of my faith and having my mindset be truly
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  Speaker 9: trying to serve and make an impact with the people
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  Speaker 9: that you're around.
• 8:39
  Speaker 8: That's the focus.
• 8:39
  Speaker 9: That's been the focus, and trying to be excellent in
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  Speaker 9: everything we do. The results are going to take care
• 8:44
  Speaker 9: of themselves, and and you know he's got all that cover.
• 8:48
  Speaker 2: Did you keep any good oil relationships from your time
• 8:52
  Speaker 2: with Texas A and M for for some funding up there.
• 8:57
  Speaker 8: I don't know about that. You know, they're a pretty
• 9:00
  Speaker 8: loyal crew down there, but no, it was. It was
• 9:05
  Speaker 8: a great experience for two years for sure.
• 9:08
  Speaker 2: That fan base at Texas A and M. And I
• 9:10
  Speaker 2: lived in Austin and I'm a long horned hater like hater,
• 9:13
  Speaker 2: I hate the Longhorns with the passion, and I'm not
• 9:16
  Speaker 2: I'm not really a Texas A and M fan, But
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: if you hate the Longhorns like I kind of like
• 9:19
  Speaker 2: I ride with you a little bit. But that that
• 9:21
  Speaker 2: Texas A and M fan base, I can appreciate how
• 9:24
  Speaker 2: cultish they are because I'm a razorbike fan and we
• 9:26
  Speaker 2: have to like be in the cult with each other
• 9:28
  Speaker 2: like pretty loving wild fan base, right, I.
• 9:32
  Speaker 9: Mean, there's no doubt and and you know, when you
• 9:35
  Speaker 9: look to it the I think what surprised me is
• 9:38
  Speaker 9: how down to earth they are top to bottom and
• 9:43
  Speaker 9: you know, grounded in their faith, family values, work ethic,
• 9:49
  Speaker 9: passion for obviously their school as a whole, not just
• 9:52
  Speaker 9: their football program, which is which is incredible, especial group
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  Speaker 9: of people.
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  Speaker 2: We came out with coach Climbing, and we worked out
• 10:00
  Speaker 2: and got in the football stadium and and you know,
• 10:02
  Speaker 2: spent a couple of hours out there in Manhattan, and
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: what we were surprised by is like how like real
• 10:09
  Speaker 2: like how great the facilities are? Like I don't we
• 10:11
  Speaker 2: did not expect that, but we got there. We were
• 10:13
  Speaker 2: blown away. So what is there when you come in?
• 10:17
  Speaker 2: Do you think this can be improved? And what now
• 10:19
  Speaker 2: do you see? And go, man, we have it pretty
• 10:21
  Speaker 2: awesome here.
• 10:22
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 10:23
  Speaker 9: I think that reaction, Bobby is pretty uh standard when
• 10:27
  Speaker 9: when we get people, we get recruits, we get families
• 10:30
  Speaker 9: to campus here and they feel the family type atmosphere,
• 10:35
  Speaker 9: but then the pride in excellence and striving to be
• 10:40
  Speaker 9: the best and and and our uh you know, our
• 10:43
  Speaker 9: our donors, support, our fans support is absolutely tremendous.
• 10:48
  Speaker 7: Uh.
• 10:48
  Speaker 9: Everything we've done has been has been raised with UH
• 10:52
  Speaker 9: private money and people that that care about our program
• 10:55
  Speaker 9: and and have been invested for a very very long time.
• 10:58
  Speaker 9: And I would put it up against anyone in the
• 11:00
  Speaker 9: country for sure.
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: I don't even like purple. And I was ready, I
• 11:03
  Speaker 2: had it on. I felt like, like coach, it looked good.
• 11:06
  Speaker 2: We were coming out the entrance like all that they
• 11:08
  Speaker 2: do a great job up there.
• 11:10
  Speaker 8: Come on out, come on out. We'll get you geared up.
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: The only problem is it's cold, Like it's just too
• 11:16
  Speaker 2: it's too cold for me. At what point do you
• 11:18
  Speaker 2: guys have to play cold weather football, meaning maybe you
• 11:21
  Speaker 2: don't throw as much. Is there a part of the
• 11:23
  Speaker 2: year where you kind of have to shift a bit
• 11:25
  Speaker 2: in case the weather gets bad?
• 11:28
  Speaker 9: Not really believe it or not. Like I've been fortunate.
• 11:32
  Speaker 9: I've only played in one snow game here in Manhattan.
• 11:37
  Speaker 9: Had a couple some rain, but you know, and some
• 11:40
  Speaker 9: colder weather. But really until about mid November is when
• 11:44
  Speaker 9: it starts. You know, you get a chance to have
• 11:46
  Speaker 9: just a really really hard cold snap. Funny story on
• 11:50
  Speaker 9: that that I think sometimes is a little bit of
• 11:53
  Speaker 9: a misnomer. I'm the one snow game I did coach here.
• 11:57
  Speaker 9: I wasn't even a player, I was a coach. In
• 11:59
  Speaker 9: my last game in twenty twenty three against Iowa State,
• 12:03
  Speaker 9: we had six inches of snow on the ground and
• 12:06
  Speaker 9: basically through for three hundred yards.
• 12:09
  Speaker 8: And so sometimes bad weather games are actually really good
• 12:13
  Speaker 8: to throw the football.
• 12:14
  Speaker 2: Pretty advantageous to know all the traditions though, right you're
• 12:17
  Speaker 2: coming to a program as the head coach, have buddies
• 12:19
  Speaker 2: that are head coaches. They have to learn everything like
• 12:21
  Speaker 2: super quick, but you know them all.
• 12:25
  Speaker 9: I think having a lay of the land, you know,
• 12:27
  Speaker 9: definitely gives you a head start, you know, I think,
• 12:31
  Speaker 9: and you kind of mentioned it earlier. Being a former
• 12:34
  Speaker 9: player having history sometimes I think there can be a
• 12:40
  Speaker 9: kind of a trap to slip into that you take
• 12:43
  Speaker 9: things for granted and just assume that things that have
• 12:45
  Speaker 9: been successful or how you've been successful in the past
• 12:49
  Speaker 9: is makes it a guarantee for the future, which obviously
• 12:53
  Speaker 9: is false. That has nothing to do with our success
• 12:56
  Speaker 9: and where our future is headed. It's going to be
• 12:59
  Speaker 9: this group, this staff, this group of players, and those
• 13:02
  Speaker 9: little decisions that we make every day that are going
• 13:05
  Speaker 9: to lead to success.
• 13:06
  Speaker 8: But you definitely have a head start.
• 13:09
  Speaker 2: Did you buy a house immediately or did you rent
• 13:11
  Speaker 2: and just wait for a house since you already know
• 13:13
  Speaker 2: the lay of the land.
• 13:15
  Speaker 9: We had actually kept our place up here, so that
• 13:17
  Speaker 9: made the transition relatively smooth. We lived out in the
• 13:21
  Speaker 9: country and had some achorage, but ended up picking up
• 13:25
  Speaker 9: a place kind of close to campus for recruiting and
• 13:28
  Speaker 9: events and things. So it's but you're right, it's been
• 13:31
  Speaker 9: a pretty smooth transition.
• 13:32
  Speaker 2: What about Avery Johnson?
• 13:34
  Speaker 8: What about him?
• 13:35
  Speaker 2: I don't know. You tell me that's as open then
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: as I can ask. Well, tell me tell me about
• 13:40
  Speaker 2: Avery Johnson.
• 13:41
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 13:41
  Speaker 9: I think, first of all, it's just an absolute privileged
• 13:48
  Speaker 9: I mean, I was part of the recruiting process coaching for.
• 13:51
  Speaker 8: A year here.
• 13:52
  Speaker 9: Being able to be reunited with someone that was very
• 13:55
  Speaker 9: dear to me and very very close to is special
• 13:59
  Speaker 9: and doesn't always happened, So extremely grateful for that. I
• 14:04
  Speaker 9: think Avery does not get enough credit for how competitive
• 14:08
  Speaker 9: he is, how hard he prepares mentally in the film room,
• 14:13
  Speaker 9: and how he is a grinder from a football standpoint.
• 14:16
  Speaker 9: Everyone sees that he runs twenty three miles an hour.
• 14:19
  Speaker 9: He has a lead arm talent and has a beautiful
• 14:23
  Speaker 9: head of hair, right Like, everyone sees those things and
• 14:25
  Speaker 9: it kind of they get that in their mind, and
• 14:29
  Speaker 9: he does not get I don't think those are his
• 14:31
  Speaker 9: best qualities, you know, I really don't. And I knew
• 14:34
  Speaker 9: that recruiting him. The perception of a quarterback is tied
• 14:40
  Speaker 9: directly to the bottom line of wins and losses. And
• 14:43
  Speaker 9: they have lost a I think it's over five games
• 14:47
  Speaker 9: by one score and a late score in the game
• 14:52
  Speaker 9: those last couple of years, and I think if those
• 14:55
  Speaker 9: go a little bit differently, you know, I think that
• 14:58
  Speaker 9: probably changed his perception nationally, which not that that truly
• 15:05
  Speaker 9: deep down matters, but I think that definitely is a factor.
• 15:09
  Speaker 9: I'm excited to let him play, free, cut him loose.
• 15:12
  Speaker 9: He and I've always thought very very similarly and are
• 15:15
  Speaker 9: on the same page and excited to see what we
• 15:19
  Speaker 9: can do this year.
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: How involved will you be calling plays?
• 15:23
  Speaker 8: We're going to be calling it. Yeah, it's I love
• 15:26
  Speaker 8: doing it.
• 15:27
  Speaker 9: It was really really hard to even kind of get
• 15:29
  Speaker 9: my arms around kind of letting that go. I think
• 15:32
  Speaker 9: we've developed a very very elite package and a diverse
• 15:37
  Speaker 9: package that allows us to be flexible and do a
• 15:39
  Speaker 9: lot of things that are unique around the country, and
• 15:44
  Speaker 9: I want to see how it goes.
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: How hard is it to quickly put together a staff,
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: and what about how many coaches did you retain?
• 15:52
  Speaker 9: So we retained one on each side of the ball
• 15:54
  Speaker 9: that I'd worked with before that I thought we're going
• 15:56
  Speaker 9: to be a good fit with kind of how that
• 15:59
  Speaker 9: was going to come to get other It's a lot
• 16:01
  Speaker 9: harder than people think, just because the time constraints.
• 16:06
  Speaker 8: Everybody's in bowl games or.
• 16:09
  Speaker 9: A lot of stuff going on in everybody's world that
• 16:11
  Speaker 9: you're trying to be respectful of but also be aggressive
• 16:14
  Speaker 9: and get the guys that you want, and then trying
• 16:17
  Speaker 9: to find the right fits. And it was something that
• 16:20
  Speaker 9: as a younger coach, you know, whether I had an opportunity,
• 16:24
  Speaker 9: didn't get an opportunity, you know, you kept hearing the word, well,
• 16:27
  Speaker 9: it's got to be the right fit. And I don't
• 16:30
  Speaker 9: think you really understand how important that is until you
• 16:33
  Speaker 9: get older and you're on stabs that have those right
• 16:37
  Speaker 9: fits and the right people in the right place. And
• 16:41
  Speaker 9: but I've been really proud and excited of how this
• 16:44
  Speaker 9: has come together with the group.
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: That we have as a head coach. Do you have
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: an acronym or some like through line that the guys
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: need to memorize.
• 16:52
  Speaker 9: No, I mean we you know, our mantra here is family.
• 16:56
  Speaker 9: It's been that way for a very very long time.
• 16:59
  Speaker 8: You know. We talk about how living that out differently.
• 17:04
  Speaker 9: Everyone's going to say it, but how we live that
• 17:06
  Speaker 9: out here, of how we serve one another, how we
• 17:08
  Speaker 9: take care of one another, how we hold each other accountable,
• 17:11
  Speaker 9: is very very real. You know, we have our seven
• 17:15
  Speaker 9: principles and our core values and but really it's family,
• 17:20
  Speaker 9: is the mantra here.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: How important is it to beat Kansas?
• 17:23
  Speaker 9: It's pretty important, you know. But at the same time,
• 17:29
  Speaker 9: you know, it's every game is hard. Winning is hard,
• 17:34
  Speaker 9: and I think you have to focus on those little
• 17:36
  Speaker 9: things and doing the right things the right way in
• 17:39
  Speaker 9: every game you play. It's it's not how much you
• 17:41
  Speaker 9: care about beating the other team, it's about what you
• 17:44
  Speaker 9: do about it in.
• 17:44
  Speaker 8: Those little things.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: I think I saw and my number it could be
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: off a little bit. They had fifty three new players,
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: you know, with your roster there. I mean, is there
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: like an orientation whenever that everybody day one comes into Absolutely.
• 17:59
  Speaker 9: I think the current landscape has required a couple of
• 18:03
  Speaker 9: things that are different from even five years ago that
• 18:05
  Speaker 9: we have to do as coaches. And I think creating
• 18:08
  Speaker 9: culture and developing culture faster is as important as ever.
• 18:14
  Speaker 8: I think that part.
• 18:15
  Speaker 9: And then developing the football player fundamentally, strategically mentally so
• 18:21
  Speaker 9: that they understand what the heck it is they're doing
• 18:23
  Speaker 9: out on the field and not just relying on their
• 18:25
  Speaker 9: talent faster. Both of those things are at a premium.
• 18:29
  Speaker 9: I think it's interesting that there was I want to
• 18:32
  Speaker 9: say it was five times over coach Snyder's tenure here.
• 18:36
  Speaker 9: He had over sixty players on the sixty new players
• 18:39
  Speaker 9: a year on the roster in a turnover cycle, and
• 18:43
  Speaker 9: I think how he was able to build culture here
• 18:47
  Speaker 9: faster and integrate players into our family model.
• 18:53
  Speaker 8: He definitely didn't get enough credit for that.
• 18:55
  Speaker 9: That was in a non portal era where there was
• 18:58
  Speaker 9: still a lot of juco transfer in that day and age.
• 19:02
  Speaker 8: But it can be done.
• 19:03
  Speaker 9: It's been done here for a long time, and when
• 19:07
  Speaker 9: you get the right pieces in place to bring that
• 19:09
  Speaker 9: culture together, special things happen.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: I think there are a few things that come together
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: for teams who win. I just even look at Indiana
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: right that they could develop players. They got great players
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: from the portal. Also, you know, there are so many
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: teams in a conference now that sometimes you just get
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: a favorable schedule and sometimes though, you don't know what's
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: favorable and what's not until the year begins. So I'll
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: also say that, But I was looking at you guys schedule.
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: You don't have TECH or BYU on the schedule this year.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: I don't know that seems like it could be favorable.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: Am I crazy for thinking that?
• 19:41
  Speaker 10: No?
• 19:41
  Speaker 8: I mean, I think you're definitely not wrong.
• 19:45
  Speaker 9: But I think when you're talking in the numbers of
• 19:48
  Speaker 9: forty five to sixty five new players on a roster,
• 19:51
  Speaker 9: nobody really knows who anyone is. And you know, to
• 19:56
  Speaker 9: your point, we're going to find out, you know. I mean,
• 19:59
  Speaker 9: I I think there's a couple of teams with Houston
• 20:02
  Speaker 9: Arizona State, you know, and that can be very very formidable,
• 20:07
  Speaker 9: you know, teams and in a really really good place.
• 20:10
  Speaker 9: So at the end of the day, we got to
• 20:12
  Speaker 9: worry about our shop and how we're handling our business
• 20:15
  Speaker 9: and put that ball down.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: Whoever's across from us, are you already looking at Nichols
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: or do you have guys also looking at Washington State? Like,
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: how does that work with a coupled a few games
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: to start the season.
• 20:25
  Speaker 9: Yeah, well, we have a little bit of the summer
• 20:28
  Speaker 9: schedule that that we kind of worked through and out
• 20:30
  Speaker 9: of season process of breaking teams down, doing some initial
• 20:34
  Speaker 9: scout work on them, so we're not just starting straight
• 20:36
  Speaker 9: from scratch. We've already looked at them. But but again,
• 20:40
  Speaker 9: most of the teams on our on our schedule, we
• 20:42
  Speaker 9: have a preliminary overview and scout.
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: Report for what's been the thing you didn't expect that's
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: now happening to you about being the head coach, I.
• 20:52
  Speaker 9: Think just and I knew it, but until you live
• 20:55
  Speaker 9: it and feel it, it probably is just different. I
• 20:57
  Speaker 9: think all the different directions you get pulled in and
• 21:00
  Speaker 9: having to go answer this question or solve this problem
• 21:03
  Speaker 9: and then jump right back into an old staff meeting
• 21:05
  Speaker 9: and get your brain back on track of you know
• 21:07
  Speaker 9: what we were talking about in third down or protection,
• 21:10
  Speaker 9: let's pick up stuff, and then just kind of having
• 21:12
  Speaker 9: to constantly shift gears mentally in and out of different tasks.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: The first day or two when you get hired, is
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: your phone just going crazy, and it's hard to keep
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: up with anything and everything because again you're being dragged everywhere.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: There's cameras everywhere, and also people that knew you at
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: the other place and also people that know you at
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: this place. I got to imagine that's overwhelming.
• 21:31
  Speaker 8: Oh, I mean, I think I had over three thousand
• 21:33
  Speaker 8: text messages on my phone in a matter of forty.
• 21:35
  Speaker 9: Eight hours, you know, And it's just like it's again
• 21:38
  Speaker 9: the you always so many things, You've worked so hard
• 21:43
  Speaker 9: for an opportunity like that to come to fruition so
• 21:46
  Speaker 9: many people in your life if Fort Indian helped you
• 21:51
  Speaker 9: get there, you know, but then the scale and all
• 21:55
  Speaker 9: the moving pieces when it actually happens.
• 22:00
  Speaker 8: Honor blessing. But it's hard to get your mind around
• 22:02
  Speaker 8: for sure.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: All right, two final questions. Is this your dream job?
• 22:06
  Speaker 9: Absolutely? I mean, I mean this program is special to me.
• 22:11
  Speaker 9: I think there was such alignment that was a huge
• 22:13
  Speaker 9: part of what allowed me to be successful here as
• 22:16
  Speaker 9: a player from a value system, culture, community people, family
• 22:24
  Speaker 9: ties with my wife, her dad and going back a
• 22:27
  Speaker 9: very very long time. It's definitely a good fit and
• 22:32
  Speaker 9: the mindset of that we're here to make a difference.
• 22:35
  Speaker 9: In an impact and the people were around that my
• 22:38
  Speaker 9: two predecessors have did for a very very long time.
• 22:42
  Speaker 8: This place is special.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: Final question it may feel kind of dumb, but some
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: of the other ones have been dumb to is that
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: you know, schools get paid based on how many people
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: play with them during NCAA College football the game on PlayStation.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: I have a friend that's an athletic director, and he's like, man,
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: we're trying to get people to play with him because
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: the more play with our team, the more money the
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: school makes that we can use. Are you familiar with
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: that at all? Or does it not even affect Kansas
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: State because you guys are so big?
• 23:07
  Speaker 8: Uh? You know, I had not I had not heard
• 23:10
  Speaker 8: that specifically. Break there you go.
• 23:17
  Speaker 9: No, I think I did not know that. But let's
• 23:22
  Speaker 9: we need to get it out there. Everyone needs to
• 23:23
  Speaker 9: play with Kansas State.
• 23:24
  Speaker 8: Let's go.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Hey, coach, congratulations, I'm rooting for you guys, maybe all
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: except for the Kansas game. I'm coaching. I'm coach with
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: Lance maybe me and you'll get there at some point,
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: but maybe other than the Kansas game. I hope you
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: guys have an awesome season. I loved it up there.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: Again I could not believe how elite the facilities were
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: and how kind everyone was. And again we spent the
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: whole day. Even the sandwiches. Mine didn't even have mayonnaise
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: on it. They made sure mine didn't have mayonnaise, and
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: I hate mayonnaise, and I'll never forget that.
• 23:52
  Speaker 8: Coach, come on out and see us, my man.
• 23:54
  Speaker 9: We'll get you a good steak, maybe even some barbecue,
• 23:56
  Speaker 9: and it'll be great.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: Thanks coach, I hope you have a great season.
• 23:59
  Speaker 8: Good all, I appreciate you.
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: Now let's bring in doctor Andrew Goodrich, the director of
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: athletics at the University of Akron, my new favorite school,
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: my new favorite I just said, I'm such a fan. Jo,
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: Yes he is. Behind. Well, we've been talking about on
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: this show where if you buy a season tickets you
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: have a chance basically to be the offensive coordinator. We
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: clap our hands with doctor Goodrich. Okay, doctor Goodwich. My
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: first question is who thought of this idea?
• 24:28
  Speaker 11: You know, really it was a combination me and Matt
• 24:31
  Speaker 11: Potter or who's my deputy director of athletics. We were
• 24:35
  Speaker 11: in Tampa, Florida. We had just played in the NCAA tournament.
• 24:39
  Speaker 11: Our men's basketball team had a great showing. Our fans
• 24:42
  Speaker 11: were down there. We had a great time. It was awesome.
• 24:46
  Speaker 11: When we got on the plane and we were heading back,
• 24:47
  Speaker 11: we were thinking about how in the world do we
• 24:50
  Speaker 11: create that type of fan experience that we had at
• 24:52
  Speaker 11: basketball for football, and we batted around a lot of ideas,
• 24:57
  Speaker 11: and I think at one point, you know, I said
• 24:59
  Speaker 11: to Matt, I said, you know, you realize coach is
• 25:01
  Speaker 11: both the head coach and.
• 25:02
  Speaker 12: The offensive coordinator. What if we had like an.
• 25:05
  Speaker 11: Offensive coordinator of the game, you know, we could we
• 25:08
  Speaker 11: got to give it to one of our fans, you know,
• 25:10
  Speaker 11: a season ticket holder, and he's like, are you crazy.
• 25:13
  Speaker 11: We can't do that, you know, And we were like, hmm,
• 25:16
  Speaker 11: what if we just did one play? And we thought, okay,
• 25:20
  Speaker 11: one play, I think we could do that. That would
• 25:22
  Speaker 11: be fun. But then we felt like, it's just not
• 25:24
  Speaker 11: the impact that we want that fan to experience. Right,
• 25:27
  Speaker 11: it's fun, but we really started thinking, what if we
• 25:31
  Speaker 11: just had them script the opening drive.
• 25:33
  Speaker 12: You get a chance to do what we've all done.
• 25:36
  Speaker 11: We've all stood in our living rooms, We've all sat there,
• 25:38
  Speaker 11: pointed at the TV and said, oh, I would run
• 25:40
  Speaker 11: this play.
• 25:41
  Speaker 12: I would run that play's what we got to do.
• 25:43
  Speaker 13: And we thought this might be this might be something
• 25:47
  Speaker 13: we could do, and we took it to coach and
• 25:52
  Speaker 13: coach was very reasonably.
• 25:55
  Speaker 12: Skeptical about this idea. Is that fair?
• 26:01
  Speaker 11: If any of you have spent time with a Division
• 26:03
  Speaker 11: one head football coach, it was more colorful language than that.
• 26:06
  Speaker 12: But you know, we really got talking.
• 26:09
  Speaker 11: About it and we said, listen, we've got a great
• 26:12
  Speaker 11: head coach who's an incredible offensive coordinator. This is his
• 26:15
  Speaker 11: forty second opening day, He's been there, done that, it's
• 26:18
  Speaker 11: not his first rodeo. He is really an educator at heart,
• 26:22
  Speaker 11: and I think there's a little part of him that's
• 26:24
  Speaker 11: really looking forward to mentoring this person.
• 26:26
  Speaker 12: And going, hey, get in here.
• 26:27
  Speaker 11: We're gonna we're gonna watch a film, we're gonna look
• 26:29
  Speaker 11: at the players, we're gonna look at the defense as
• 26:31
  Speaker 11: we're expecting. Let's get in here, let's think about this.
• 26:34
  Speaker 11: And you know, and he's really leaned into it. And
• 26:37
  Speaker 11: I give him so much credit because the truth is this,
• 26:40
  Speaker 11: if Joe Morehead is.
• 26:41
  Speaker 12: Like, we're not doing this, then we're not doing it.
• 26:44
  Speaker 11: But Joe Morehead has got an incredible amount of courage
• 26:47
  Speaker 11: and I think he gets it.
• 26:49
  Speaker 12: He just gets it, and you know, here we are.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: You know, it's taking the internet by storm, which I'm
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: a little bit disappointed in because I saw it pretty
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: early and thought I'm buying tickets immediately, and then everybody
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: saw how great of an idea was. And now all
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: my friends, even in media, are like, I'm in. But
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: I will say this, Doctor Goodrich, I bought good season tickets.
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: I didn't buy the seventy five dollars ones. I bought
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: the ones lower that were definitely about double because also
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: I wanted to donate them to the kids they're there,
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: and I've already been, you know, talking back to make
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: sure that when I can't get to the games. But look,
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: if I'm there for Game one, I planned to be
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: there a lot. I pland to be the biggest supporter.
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: Have you guys sold a lot of tickets.
• 27:30
  Speaker 11: You know, we had our biggest day of sales, one
• 27:33
  Speaker 11: day of sales since we opened the stadium back in
• 27:36
  Speaker 11: two thousand and eight. So that's huge for us, right
• 27:38
  Speaker 11: in terms of scale. Listen, we're not the world's largest
• 27:42
  Speaker 11: Division one football program.
• 27:43
  Speaker 12: That was a really big deal for US.
• 27:45
  Speaker 11: I will say that I was a part of a
• 27:47
  Speaker 11: team that did something similar at the University of Miami
• 27:50
  Speaker 11: about twelve thirteen years ago, and when that marketing promotion
• 27:55
  Speaker 11: went viral, what we found was the ticket sales weren't
• 27:58
  Speaker 11: in day one, two and three.
• 28:00
  Speaker 12: It came in weeks two, three.
• 28:02
  Speaker 11: And four, And we do anticipate that this is going
• 28:05
  Speaker 11: to have a significant impact on.
• 28:07
  Speaker 12: Our ticket sales.
• 28:08
  Speaker 11: What was actually pretty great is we had somebody call
• 28:10
  Speaker 11: in and say, hey, how many sweets he got left.
• 28:13
  Speaker 11: We end up selling out our suites, and we've been
• 28:16
  Speaker 11: contacted by a pretty large company who is.
• 28:18
  Speaker 12: Interested in being our Jersey patch sponsor.
• 28:21
  Speaker 11: So you know, I think the greatest impact might not
• 28:24
  Speaker 11: necessarily be tickets sold, but corporate sponsorships and just overall
• 28:29
  Speaker 11: support for the football program.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: That's so cool. I have family in coaching, in college coaching,
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: and my brother in law is the head coach at
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: Tulsa Softball now and his mom is the head coach
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: at Oklahoma and she's won eight national championships, and softballs
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: very much in the blood of our family and collegiate
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: sports very much. And I'm a massive Arkansas guy and
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: I've donated a ton of money there just through nil
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: through foundation because I understand the game of it now.
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: It's all about money. You got to have money to
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: come good for you. And so I bought at Tulsa
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: the left field wall and all the left and it
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: says the Bobby Bones Boneyard and so awesome. I bought that.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: It's there, it's on the wall, and then every home
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: run that's hit, I donate one hundred bucks to the
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: hospital there in Tulsa. So it's kind of my way
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: of one helping the program and two being able to
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: give back. But you are right, it is all about
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: oddly getting finances because you've got so many things to
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: pay for now just to be competitive. So that's so
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: exciting that more people are jumping in to help you
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: be a competitive program.
• 29:29
  Speaker 11: Absolutely no, we appreciate the support. Listen, just the brand awareness. Alone,
• 29:33
  Speaker 11: we are over twenty million views on that post on
• 29:38
  Speaker 11: X alone. I've never seen anything like it, We've never
• 29:42
  Speaker 11: done anything like it. It's Taylor Swift esque, you know, like,
• 29:47
  Speaker 11: and we are getting all sorts of support. I saw
• 29:51
  Speaker 11: something from an Irish newspaper, so really it's even gone
• 29:53
  Speaker 11: beyond our borders. It's kind of become a global phenomenon.
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we can't have a soccer player calling plays, doctor,
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: we don't. We don't need some iris. Sofctric guy out
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: there calling up calling places for American football.
• 30:05
  Speaker 12: Little reversed ted lasto Yeah.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I don't know. So when do you guys
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: plan to draw? And is the drawing going to be
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: truly random?
• 30:14
  Speaker 8: Yeah?
• 30:14
  Speaker 11: So I think it's really important because as we read
• 30:17
  Speaker 11: everything on social the biggest thing that people are concerned
• 30:21
  Speaker 11: about is, hey, now that we have incredible celebrities like
• 30:24
  Speaker 11: yourself getting involved, you know, the pr thing for us
• 30:29
  Speaker 11: to do is just get earned media by getting a
• 30:31
  Speaker 11: famous person. I want you, I appreciate you. I'm really
• 30:34
  Speaker 11: glad that you bought these tickets. We're grateful to have
• 30:36
  Speaker 11: you as a season ticket holder. But we are going
• 30:39
  Speaker 11: to stick to the intent and this will be a
• 30:42
  Speaker 11: random selection draw. So one person will have a shot
• 30:47
  Speaker 11: at doing this, because it is the dream, right, somebody
• 30:50
  Speaker 11: is going to get this shot to do this. And
• 30:52
  Speaker 11: now I will say, the more season tickets people buy,
• 30:55
  Speaker 11: you know, the greater your opportunity to win. But that
• 30:59
  Speaker 11: being said, I think it's impt for all our fans
• 31:00
  Speaker 11: to realize, yes, we will stick to.
• 31:02
  Speaker 12: That and it will be random.
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: I don't like that personally, I'm just saying I don't
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: like him. I don't like the fairness of it. Are
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: you going to put in a bucket? How are you
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: going to do that?
• 31:11
  Speaker 11: You know, So, being really candid, we thought this would
• 31:16
  Speaker 11: have an incredible impact on our community here in Akron,
• 31:19
  Speaker 11: maybe Northeast Ohio. We never imagine in a million years
• 31:23
  Speaker 11: that I would be here on your podcast right talking
• 31:27
  Speaker 11: about this, and so I always say we reserve the
• 31:30
  Speaker 11: right to become more intelligent over time. We're going to
• 31:33
  Speaker 11: reevaluate exactly how we intend to share this with everyone,
• 31:38
  Speaker 11: because frankly, at this point, we have a responsibility to
• 31:41
  Speaker 11: America to do this right.
• 31:43
  Speaker 12: So everybody's invested in this.
• 31:46
  Speaker 11: I want to make sure that you know, people are
• 31:49
  Speaker 11: looking at the University of Akron and really seeing us
• 31:52
  Speaker 11: as leaders in the space. And so we're probably candidly,
• 31:56
  Speaker 11: we're probably going to work with our College of Business.
• 31:58
  Speaker 11: We've got a great group over there, student sport Analytics group,
• 32:03
  Speaker 11: and I imagine we're going to partner with the sports
• 32:05
  Speaker 11: analytics program over in the College of Business so that
• 32:08
  Speaker 11: they can help us have a truly random draw.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: You know, there'll be a lot of copycats.
• 32:13
  Speaker 8: Now, you know that's all right.
• 32:15
  Speaker 11: I probably should have trademarked this and got some licensing
• 32:18
  Speaker 11: revenue out of it. Bobby, if you could help me
• 32:20
  Speaker 11: with that a little bit, maybe you know, we can
• 32:22
  Speaker 11: split that rev a little bit.
• 32:24
  Speaker 12: You know, that's an uncharted territory for us.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: What's great about the Akron Zips in general? What do
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: you love about that job?
• 32:32
  Speaker 11: I'll tell you I love I love this community, right,
• 32:36
  Speaker 11: you know, blue collar, hard working, really dedicated, loyal human
• 32:42
  Speaker 11: beings who just they love being from Ohio.
• 32:46
  Speaker 12: They love northeast Ohio.
• 32:47
  Speaker 11: You know, listen, we're very very proud, you know Lebron
• 32:51
  Speaker 11: james hometown, Akron, Ohio. Lebron's been great for us, very
• 32:56
  Speaker 11: supportive of us. Actually, Lebron James Family Foundation is located
• 32:59
  Speaker 11: right here year in Infocision Stadium, our football stadium, and
• 33:03
  Speaker 11: so I love the underdog mentality that we have here.
• 33:09
  Speaker 11: One of the things we're really proud of is that
• 33:12
  Speaker 11: we do have the second smallest budget of all FBS
• 33:15
  Speaker 11: schools in America. But an economist just did an evaluation
• 33:19
  Speaker 11: of last year's overall college athletics performance. We were ranked
• 33:24
  Speaker 11: the number ninth most efficient and effective athletics program in America.
• 33:30
  Speaker 12: So we're really proud of that.
• 33:31
  Speaker 11: I mean, we have championship level programs that we have
• 33:34
  Speaker 11: a men's soccer program that's made it to.
• 33:37
  Speaker 12: The Elite eight last year.
• 33:38
  Speaker 11: We had a men's basketball program that made it to
• 33:41
  Speaker 11: the NCAA tournament three consecutive years in a row. We're
• 33:43
  Speaker 11: going for four consecutive MAC championships. And you know, I
• 33:48
  Speaker 11: just think that this football program.
• 33:50
  Speaker 12: Is on the rise.
• 33:51
  Speaker 11: We went five and seven last year, and we really
• 33:54
  Speaker 11: think we have a shot at getting to a bowl
• 33:56
  Speaker 11: game this year. And just really proud of this university
• 34:01
  Speaker 11: and the way it's bounced back and fights to continue
• 34:04
  Speaker 11: to make the climb.
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: Doctor Goodwich, did you play baseball in college?
• 34:08
  Speaker 14: Yes?
• 34:08
  Speaker 8: I did.
• 34:09
  Speaker 11: I am a very proud graduate of Cumberland University over
• 34:13
  Speaker 11: there in Lebanon, Tennessee.
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: And what position did you play and how many years
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: did you get in there at Cumberland?
• 34:20
  Speaker 11: So I played three seasons at Cumberland. I frankly was
• 34:23
  Speaker 11: a utility player, sometimes outfield, sometimes infield, and occasionally got
• 34:27
  Speaker 11: behind the plate.
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: Hey what do you think about the new you know,
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: five years you know, they're dealing with it right now,
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: so I'm sure you're having to think about this as well.
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: What's happening right now in college sports with that five.
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: These players want the extra year, but it's going to
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: come down to the calendar.
• 34:45
  Speaker 11: Ultimately, I think that the five for five is going
• 34:49
  Speaker 11: to be a good thing because it's going to stabilize
• 34:51
  Speaker 11: what we're doing and try to have standards that are
• 34:54
  Speaker 11: fair and equal across all sports and all divisions. So
• 34:58
  Speaker 11: I ultimately think it's a good thing. It is difficult
• 35:01
  Speaker 11: to make that transition from where we are into this,
• 35:05
  Speaker 11: and you know, I just think that the price of
• 35:08
  Speaker 11: progress is a little bit of pain from time to time,
• 35:11
  Speaker 11: and we will get through this and we'll be all right.
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: How do you feel like the Action games when they're
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: on like a random night, because I love those games
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: because there's no other night like a Tuesday, and I'm
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: in Maction. It's awesome.
• 35:22
  Speaker 12: You know.
• 35:23
  Speaker 11: It's it's polarizing a little bit on one hand, because
• 35:25
  Speaker 11: I agree with you one hundred percent. I love being
• 35:28
  Speaker 11: the only show in town on a Tuesday night. Everybody
• 35:31
  Speaker 11: in America is watching our programs. I think it's been
• 35:34
  Speaker 11: really interesting because what we've learned is that in this
• 35:37
  Speaker 11: new era of college sports and sports wagering becoming a
• 35:40
  Speaker 11: big deal in the United States, I mean, the views
• 35:44
  Speaker 11: of those Tuesday night games, when we're the only teams
• 35:47
  Speaker 11: that you know, betters are betting on, is really really
• 35:51
  Speaker 11: valuable for our programs. On the other hand, I feel
• 35:54
  Speaker 11: for our fans who love that traditional college football experience
• 35:59
  Speaker 11: that want to be year for a weekend. They want
• 36:01
  Speaker 11: a tailgate, they want to do all that, and that's
• 36:04
  Speaker 11: not afforded to you on Tuesdays and Wednesday nights. And
• 36:07
  Speaker 11: so we balance it, you know, and we try to
• 36:09
  Speaker 11: do our best to give our student athletes the greatest
• 36:12
  Speaker 11: experience they can have those days. And you know what, frankly,
• 36:15
  Speaker 11: it's a cumbent upon us to learn how to be
• 36:17
  Speaker 11: great marketers and figure out a way to get those
• 36:19
  Speaker 11: buildings filled on Tuesday nights.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: What's up with Zippy the Kangaroo?
• 36:25
  Speaker 11: The best mascot in America? Only female mascot in America.
• 36:28
  Speaker 11: Zippy is female. She's got a pouch, right, and so
• 36:32
  Speaker 11: it has been named the best mascot in America and
• 36:35
  Speaker 11: a number of different polls throughout the year, and beloved, beloved,
• 36:39
  Speaker 11: mascot here.
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: Well, is that real? You have a real kangaroo, So we.
• 36:43
  Speaker 11: Do not have a real kangaroos at least at least
• 36:46
  Speaker 11: not yet.
• 36:48
  Speaker 12: Not yet. We're working on that. That might be the
• 36:50
  Speaker 12: next one.
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: That's the thing, that's a new one that next year
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: you get to play with the kangaroo if you're sees
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: a ticket holder when they get a real one. That yeah,
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: I bother you.
• 36:59
  Speaker 11: Get the almost like Ralphie out there at the University
• 37:02
  Speaker 11: of Colorado. You get to walk with the kangaroo and
• 37:05
  Speaker 11: just walk him out onto the man.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: That will be fun. Wellk I'm so excited because this
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: is I love when a new element is brought and
• 37:13
  Speaker 2: it's fun, and especially for a school like you. Guys,
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: you're everybody's fight for attention. Like I said, we're always
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: in an attention economy and you're trying to raise money
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: and you're trying to fight for attention to raise money.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: And I think it's really cool how everyone has kind
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: of gravitated to this. So congratulations to you and your
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: team for having such a great idea. I know it's
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: going to be completely random, but for some reason, my
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: name is drawing a planning to be there a couple
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: days early in the film room breaking it down. Listen,
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: I've been studying RPOs for on college football, mad I'm
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: really good running the RPO spread offense. If you can
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: let them. The rest is shirt. When I show up,
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: I'll be ready to go. But uh, doctor Goodrich, thank
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: you so much, and I hope you have a wonderful week.
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: And I can't wait for the drawing to happen and
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: see who gets to do it.
• 37:53
  Speaker 12: Thank you very much. We appreciate you, guys.
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: Go zips goes. I agree, go freaking zips. All right,
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: thank you, doctor Rich.
• 38:02
  Speaker 3: All right, you guys want to play a game? Yeah? Oh,
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: what do you got? I have who said It? Sports Edition?
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: I'll play you an iconic sports line. You tell me
• 38:09
  Speaker 3: who it is.
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: Write your answer down.
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: M sounds tough. Oh, like a few of them come
• 38:14
  Speaker 3: to mind, you know, like I can think of the
• 38:16
  Speaker 3: big ones. You what an example? Yeah? Please, here's your example.
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: That's an example for an example?
• 38:23
  Speaker 8: Who is that?
• 38:23
  Speaker 3: Jimmy Johnson?
• 38:24
  Speaker 9: Here you go?
• 38:24
  Speaker 13: Easy?
• 38:25
  Speaker 10: Is that?
• 38:26
  Speaker 5: I feel like that's gonna be the easiest one.
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: Then no, then we left that one on the board.
• 38:30
  Speaker 5: No movies, right, this is all real it's all real.
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: Okay, all right, best of seven.
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: Here's your first clip.
• 38:35
  Speaker 12: I'm here so I won't get fine.
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: Who said it?
• 38:42
  Speaker 3: Let me know when you're in anyway you got I
• 38:46
  Speaker 3: have beast mode, Cavin.
• 38:48
  Speaker 5: Oh yeah, that's my new airport buddy, beast mode.
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: One point for each person there you go. See, good job?
• 38:53
  Speaker 8: I like it, all right.
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: Number two, playoffs.
• 38:56
  Speaker 5: Don't talk about playoffs.
• 38:58
  Speaker 10: You kidding me?
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: Play off?
• 39:00
  Speaker 10: I just hope we can win a game.
• 39:02
  Speaker 3: You know who that is? Kevin is locked in playoffs
• 39:07
  Speaker 3: I'm talking about.
• 39:08
  Speaker 4: I have heard that, but yeah you've seen it. Heard it.
• 39:11
  Speaker 3: I've seen it, but I don't know that Did's name?
• 39:15
  Speaker 3: Need it again?
• 39:16
  Speaker 12: Yeah?
• 39:17
  Speaker 3: Please?
• 39:17
  Speaker 14: Playoffs?
• 39:18
  Speaker 5: Don't talk about playoffs.
• 39:20
  Speaker 10: You kidding me?
• 39:21
  Speaker 14: Playoffs?
• 39:22
  Speaker 10: I just hope we can win a game.
• 39:25
  Speaker 3: All right, I'm in. All right, Anie, what you got
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: I'm gonna get this wrong, but I'm gonna go with
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: coach Mora.
• 39:31
  Speaker 2: That is correct?
• 39:33
  Speaker 5: Yeah that's Jim, is it?
• 39:38
  Speaker 3: Jim Yea was the Saints Colts? Colts?
• 39:41
  Speaker 8: Yeah?
• 39:43
  Speaker 5: Stop right, all right, here's clipping job.
• 39:47
  Speaker 3: The Bears or who.
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: We thought they were. That's why we took the damn field. Now,
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: if you want to crown them, then crown their ass.
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: But they are who we thought they were, and we
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: let them out.
• 39:57
  Speaker 8: The hook said it.
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: That's tough.
• 40:01
  Speaker 5: You're in Monday night football.
• 40:04
  Speaker 3: The Bears are who we thought they were. Here's that
• 40:08
  Speaker 3: clip again.
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: The Bears or who we thought they were. That's why
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: we took the damn field. Now, if you want to
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: crown them, they crown their ass. But they are who
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: we thought they were, and we let them out.
• 40:19
  Speaker 11: The hook.
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: Kevin is locked in, Eddie, you thinking about it? I'm in,
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: all right, Eddie's locked in.
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: What do you got?
• 40:27
  Speaker 7: I have?
• 40:27
  Speaker 4: Joe Gibbs, Danny Green, Kevin with the point.
• 40:31
  Speaker 5: Yeah, Cardinals, Cardinals RP.
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: Dude, did they kill the Bears?
• 40:36
  Speaker 6: No, they were up big and the Bears were good,
• 40:38
  Speaker 6: and then they came back and the Bears won.
• 40:40
  Speaker 5: All right, here's clip numberfore do Ball.
• 40:44
  Speaker 6: Oh, Duvall is not tailing Ramsey.
• 40:50
  Speaker 10: Here it is again, do Ball.
• 40:54
  Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, I'm blanking on the name.
• 40:59
  Speaker 7: It be.
• 41:01
  Speaker 6: Some sort No, I'm just saying the other clip that
• 41:03
  Speaker 6: was viral of Duvall with Jayalen Ramsey, and that's definitely
• 41:06
  Speaker 6: not him.
• 41:09
  Speaker 4: I'm I'm blanking right. Final time, du ball.
• 41:13
  Speaker 5: I know who it is, but I can't think of
• 41:15
  Speaker 5: the name right now.
• 41:16
  Speaker 3: I'm written down. What's he saying? Like, like, what's the context?
• 41:19
  Speaker 3: Duvall man, I have something?
• 41:26
  Speaker 6: Okay, I don't have a name, but I will say
• 41:29
  Speaker 6: the Jaguars head coach. I need a name, coach, will
• 41:35
  Speaker 6: Willy Willy Stein.
• 41:36
  Speaker 3: Willie Stein hell a coach incorrect? Anybody got I have
• 41:39
  Speaker 3: a Brandon Marshall incorrect?
• 41:42
  Speaker 5: It is Liam Cohen, Liam Cohen chance.
• 41:45
  Speaker 3: When he first signed on YEP press conference, all all right,
• 41:49
  Speaker 3: clip number five?
• 41:51
  Speaker 8: Stead to be happy about job's not finish, job finished.
• 41:55
  Speaker 4: I don't think so, We're good. I'm ready.
• 41:59
  Speaker 3: He played one more time one more time.
• 42:00
  Speaker 8: Instead to be happy about job's not finish, job finished.
• 42:05
  Speaker 8: I don't think so. Mmm.
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: I mean I have a guess.
• 42:10
  Speaker 4: Go for it.
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: Kobe, Yep, it is Kobe.
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: Next up.
• 42:18
  Speaker 10: It's my quarterback.
• 42:24
  Speaker 4: That's a good one.
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: I'm good.
• 42:25
  Speaker 8: I'm ready.
• 42:25
  Speaker 4: Hold on, hold on.
• 42:26
  Speaker 3: If you said no movies, it's not about movies.
• 42:30
  Speaker 5: That's not Cuba good and jor it does not like them.
• 42:33
  Speaker 3: Yeah, one more time.
• 42:36
  Speaker 10: It's my quarterback.
• 42:38
  Speaker 4: It does not like Cuba.
• 42:39
  Speaker 3: That's oh my gosh, who is that I think that
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: deserves an oscar. He's nothing gonna be like, hey with Jerry,
• 42:46
  Speaker 3: show me the money.
• 42:47
  Speaker 5: Jerry, you need this, Eddie?
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: I know I do only down one hear one more time,
• 42:52
  Speaker 3: one more time.
• 42:55
  Speaker 10: It's my quarterback.
• 42:57
  Speaker 3: Okay, you know, okay, I'm gonna guess Ocho Cinco.
• 43:01
  Speaker 5: Ah, dude, how do you know t O?
• 43:03
  Speaker 3: By the way, who's he talking about? He's not about Romo,
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: talk about the rest.
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: I'm just kidding.
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: It's a recent quarterback, all right.
• 43:16
  Speaker 8: Last one.
• 43:18
  Speaker 14: This is what the greatest thing about sports is.
• 43:20
  Speaker 10: You play to win the game. Hello, You play to
• 43:24
  Speaker 10: win the game?
• 43:26
  Speaker 3: You are I have no idea what these are?
• 43:30
  Speaker 5: Like my childhood, right, that's your childhood?
• 43:33
  Speaker 3: Yeah okay, but again.
• 43:34
  Speaker 14: Mike, this is what the greatest thing about sports is.
• 43:37
  Speaker 10: You play to win the game. Hello, You play to
• 43:41
  Speaker 10: win the game.
• 43:43
  Speaker 3: Dude, I have nothing. Have they all been? No, they've
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: been all sports. Right, so it's like gonna be a
• 43:49
  Speaker 3: basketball all sports.
• 43:51
  Speaker 6: I'm gonna win no matter what. Right, Yeah, okay, So Eddie,
• 43:53
  Speaker 6: it's can I give you Mike?
• 43:56
  Speaker 3: Kevin misses it and then Eddie gets you know it? Yeah?
• 44:02
  Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, well what not that I don't want to
• 44:05
  Speaker 6: say you're wrong.
• 44:06
  Speaker 3: What's your number? Okay, what do you gotta give me
• 44:10
  Speaker 3: a hint?
• 44:10
  Speaker 5: Okay, it is football, coach, it is football.
• 44:14
  Speaker 3: That's a coach. Can't play one more time, fast time.
• 44:16
  Speaker 14: This is what the greatest thing about sports is.
• 44:18
  Speaker 10: You play to win the game. Hello, you play to
• 44:22
  Speaker 10: win the game.
• 44:24
  Speaker 3: Jets, the Jets, I have no idea.
• 44:30
  Speaker 4: Herm Edwards.
• 44:31
  Speaker 3: Oh that's Herm Edwards. Okay, clinched, Dang. Kevin's good at this.
• 44:38
  Speaker 5: You want to run the rest of these, Kevin, Yeah,
• 44:39
  Speaker 5: you got more?
• 44:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah, victory, victory, lap, everything is possible.
• 44:44
  Speaker 10: Anything.
• 44:48
  Speaker 4: That's my boy. Kg you got it.
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: Here you go and you're telling them one thing.
• 44:54
  Speaker 8: Just win.
• 44:56
  Speaker 5: Oh good, old r I P L.
• 44:58
  Speaker 4: Davis.
• 44:58
  Speaker 2: It's it, dude, You're so good at this.
• 45:01
  Speaker 8: Here you go, hold on the best corner the guy.
• 45:04
  Speaker 12: I mean, what a sort that's.
• 45:06
  Speaker 6: The result of all kid, Richard Sherman, that was yeah,
• 45:10
  Speaker 6: I got three more.
• 45:16
  Speaker 3: Al Michaels got it, young al Michaels. Yeah, dude, listen
• 45:25
  Speaker 3: to his young voice. That's crazy. You got two more?
• 45:28
  Speaker 10: Good boom tough act into the acting.
• 45:32
  Speaker 5: Coach Madden got it last one.
• 45:35
  Speaker 10: I'm gonna float like a butterfly and sting like a bead.
• 45:39
  Speaker 4: Yeah, that would be the greatest of all time. Mohammed.
• 45:42
  Speaker 3: Oh, I think they found Kevinton talent. Good job, dude,
• 45:48
  Speaker 3: that's awesome. Many and by the way, I want to
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: tell you congratulations first. But I like your voice.
• 45:53
  Speaker 5: Yeah, you like a deeper likeness.
• 45:54
  Speaker 6: Well, I hope my sinuses don't stick around for the
• 45:58
  Speaker 6: entire year. But yeah, it sucks, but it does sound good,
• 46:01
  Speaker 6: doesn't it.
• 46:01
  Speaker 3: Yes, whenever I wake up with sciences, like obviously, I
• 46:04
  Speaker 3: stress out, like, oh my gosh, you gotta do the
• 46:06
  Speaker 3: radio show. I feel, you know, But dude, I start
• 46:09
  Speaker 3: singing songs, you know, like Barry White, You're good enough
• 46:12
  Speaker 3: for you, a little baby, a.
• 46:13
  Speaker 6: Little Josh Turner baby lucked them in and turned them
• 46:17
  Speaker 6: lives down loads.
• 46:18
  Speaker 4: Good dude, Thanks man.
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: All right, are we out of here? Mike here man? Okay,
• 46:23
  Speaker 3: you got anything good this weekend?
• 46:25
  Speaker 5: I had surgery, dude, you have it? Yeah Friday tomorrow?
• 46:29
  Speaker 3: Oh dang.
• 46:29
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 46:30
  Speaker 4: So uh, I'll do a whole lot of nothing.
• 46:32
  Speaker 6: My Dad's coming in town and help me out because Alex
• 46:34
  Speaker 6: and the babies are out of town.
• 46:36
  Speaker 4: So yeah, you and Pops, me and popsy you know, Dann.
• 46:40
  Speaker 3: That's cool. Yeah, good luck man, Thanks, everything goes well,
• 46:42
  Speaker 3: Mike you good, I'm good, all right, We'll see you
• 46:45
  Speaker 3: guys next week. Oh I got here, we go all right,
• 46:51
  Speaker 3: see you guys.
• 46:55
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• 46:58
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• 47:03
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• 47:06
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• 47:10
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• 47:14
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• 47:17
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• 47:19
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