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Brandon Tritt's College Football Tour Part 1 · Tigs Bits Podcast

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All right, everybody will welcome back to another edition
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of pigs B. And on this week I have a very
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special guest. This isn't this is a
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one-of-a-kind guess this is going to be one of the most
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interesting shows that I've done for sure since it's this whole
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deal started. I have a gentleman named mr.
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Brandon Tritt, who is joining us this week and I met Brandon at a
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tailgate at the LSU Alabama game this past Weekend.
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And my goodness. Does this man have a story to
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tell it is absolutely fantastic. So Brandon welcome to the show,
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man. Thanks for coming on Tigs, B.
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This is going to be. This is going to be fun.
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Yeah, a man, thanks for having me on.
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Yeah, I'm I'm happy to be here. Happy to share my story.
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I am a huge college football fan.
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I'm a Florida State fan. I went to Florida State.
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My dad went to Florida State. But I turned 30 early this year
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and, you know, I wanted to make it a special year.
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So I'm doing a little college football tour, seven games in
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seven weeks. It's and I'm on, I'm on week
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five right now, but I was just at LSU Alabama and man I wasn't,
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I was a special experience right there.
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I guess so. I guess so man.
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So I mean, obviously you and I'm out of you and I met there and
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Yeah. I mean this is at that's one of
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those where a, of course, is the weights going on.
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I've seen people ranking their top LSU games of all time and
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and all of that and I think I told you even after the game
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with without a doubt in my mind whatsoever, it was one of the
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top five or ten best games that has ever happened in Tiger
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stadium and the more that I've kind of thought about it, I
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mean, it's it's in the top five that I've In easily, it could be
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as high as number two or number three.
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Things have to play out, which we have to see how high it is.
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This LSU team go and and all of that to really put the stamp on
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it. But man alive that was it was a
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fantastic game. You got to see, you got to see
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one of the best ones I think that you could see.
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I know I feel very lucky to have been there.
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Did you see Kirk Herbstreit? And Chris Fowler talking after
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the game. I did posted.
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Yeah. Just seeing that, you know,
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because, you know, they have a different Viewpoint and right
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there up there, but just seeing them talk about it, you know,
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you just feel lucky that you were there.
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Oh, well there's no doubt. I mean, there's there are a
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handful of football games that that ever, you know, there's
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maybe one a year. If that that is just, that
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amazing comes down to the last play and all And of course,
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extremely extremely gutsy gutsy call by Brian Kelly to go for
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the win, just to see a game come down like that, to the last
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play. And in that place is magical, is
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it as it can be? And as loud as it can be, and
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the stakes being as high as they were, it mean, know that is
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college, football heaven right there, my friend.
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Yeah, definitely. I was on the field after the
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game. And I had player, I sent you a
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video, but I had players walking right by me.
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It was you sent me that. That's absolutely incredible.
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And and y'all check out the social media Pages.
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Tags tags, B, Tick-Tock. I'll have this on there and I'll
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have one of those little little clips and put it on YouTube as
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well. But let me just back up and tell
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everybody what we're going to talk about on this show.
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This man has not only, Not only was it, the he at LSU Alabama
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game. He has been to multiple other
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cathedrals of college football Prime matchups and everything
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else. I mean, he can come on this show
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and give us a flat out good and straight opinion about several
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places in places that I haven't been.
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So, let's start there, we can come back to that LSU, Alabama
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game because if we, if we don't stop talking about it, I won't
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stop talking about it because It's it's too.
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It's too. Freakin awesome for us down here
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too much fun, but we're all have.
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You gone on this college football journey and let me back
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up, one step. Before you answer that, what
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started this football journey to to go and see all of these.
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These awesome venues Across America.
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I turned 30 earlier this year. And, you know, I'm, I've been on
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a mission to make him my best year ever.
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I've been doing a lot of traveling And I just, I love
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college football, man. I as a kid, I grew up watching
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college football. I'm very passionate fan.
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Myself hope. And you know, I've always wanted
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to get out and see other places. So I was like, why not?
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Why not do this? This is my year.
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All right, so I decided to make it happen and I started it at
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the big house. They had a game versus Penn
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State. It was a top-10 matchup, it was
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a little overshadowed by the Alabama, Tennessee game.
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It was still a really big game. Well yeah, yeah.
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And that's the biggest stadium in North America but does it
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feel as big? I mean, I know it's the big
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house. Does it feel as big as say like
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a Tiger Stadium? No, no.
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It's so it was a new kick off because, you know, fox has there
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there? Big noon, think right?
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I put these video games at noon. I'd love to see an eye game
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there but yeah, no, of course it wasn't as Was Tiger Stadium, but
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it was still a good atmosphere. And have a funny little story
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about that game. I woke up Saturday morning and I
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was looking for my tickets. I realize that StubHub never
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actually sent me my ticket and I ordered, you know, weeks ago.
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So I had to call them, get them on the phone, they told me the
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seller. Never actually sent me two
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tickets, so they ended up letting me pick whatever ticket
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I wanted. And I end up with tickets on the
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50. Well, that's not bad and it was
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really Yeah, it was really cool because you know, Michigan has
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the tradition where they run out and they touch this big banner
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that says go blue and they played they played the fight
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song. Went best fight songs in the
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country. Oh yeah.
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I have a different view that. Cool.
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Yeah, it was, it was a good time there.
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I mean, it was, I would have loved for it to have been a
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better game, right? But it was in a blowout, how's
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the tailgating, I mean, again I know it's a noon game, but in
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the south Obviously as you know, we prefer night games and it's
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an all day of event, but up there that especially is the as
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it gets into this time of year later on.
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They, I'm sure they'd rather play in the day times, it to
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daggum cold at night, but how was the house?
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The tailgating up there, it was good, it was good.
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I think I got lucky, I found a really good tailgate, they had
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one of the best spots right in front of Stadium.
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They call they called it hail gate.
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Eight, which is kind of. Yeah, you know, their song is
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Hail to the victors. Right, right.
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And it's a huge tailgate and they play flip cup every 30
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minutes where they put these tables together and there's
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like, 50 people playing. And, you know, one of the guys
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that ran a tailgate, he took me. He's like, hey, you're with me
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so, you know, I had a good time they they took care of me.
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They yeah, they're having a good time and it was, it was fun.
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That's awesome. I'll tell you man, the the week
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or two weeks before you came to Baton Rouge LSU.
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Played Ole Miss. And they had the 2007 National
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Champion team. There they come, every year,
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they always tailgate for one game.
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And, and this year, it was Ole Miss.
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I played a little flip cup with those guys.
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It's the first time I'd ever played it, it can get kind of
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intense. It was fun, obviously.
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Playing with those guys, those boys were ready to rock and
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roll. I bet, I bet.
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Yeah. So I was actually watching the
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that was you almost Game. I was at Penn State, and I was a
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tailgating for their white out game.
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That was my week to destination. So what I do before I go all
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these games is I doing Facebook group fan group and then I'm
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making posts in there. And then usually I get invited
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to a few tailgates that way because, you know, I'm doing all
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this by myself. So it's much easier if I can,
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you know, kind of know where I'm going before your.
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Yeah. And and and have a little set.
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So is that is that how you found our?
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Our tailgate Cajun tiger tailgating was, was via our
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Facebook page. Is that how you how you landed
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there? Well, I posted in an LSU fan
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page 1 of the fan pages on Facebook.
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That had a lot of members and a lot of people were saying all
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right you need to go to the cage and tiger take entirety and
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tiger. Yeah a couple of people reached
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out to me via message and yeah they're really nice people.
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They just want to show you a good time, right?
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That's awesome man. And yeah, Yeah, yeah, it is
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awesome, and I really appreciate it.
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Well, of course. Absolutely, that's what we do.
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That is what we do down here. Mean that's as you were able to
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see. I mean, that's, it's almost as
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important as the game is, is the tailgate.
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And if I mean, it really, it's very important, especially to,
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especially to our crew. It's we're, we're one of a kind,
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I'll just say that. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You definitely are. In the best way I Reds for sure,
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for sure, we have fun, we keep it.
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We try to keep it between the lines as best we can.
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But so Penn State for the whiteout game and they play
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Minnesota, and so yeah, there is a yes, there is a big, big
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dilemma Hmong Penn State fans this year because they like to
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have their white out game at night, right?
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But again, we go, we go back to the fox.
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Big noon thing and fox big noon had selected the house.
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State game Bernadette has to be a new kick off and then pin say
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it kind of had to decide, you know, I do want to do this new
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kick off our white game or do we want to make, you know, another
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game Ryo game where we can have it at night so they decided to
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do it against Minnesota which they were looking pretty good at
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the time, they only had two losses but I'll tell you what
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man that those fans at Penn State, there's some of the best
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fans I've met that place was rocking the that's one of the
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best entrances I've ever seen. Oh yeah, I like that.
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Insurance. And it's so cool when it's all
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white to Italy and it does look better at night on TV but man,
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it looks good in the daytime too.
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There's just something about that white and that Navy it just
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it pops and they play that, you know, coming in the air tonight
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before the guys come out and then they start the Zombie
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Nation chant and everybody starts on.
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We Are Penn State and it just sits it gets crazy and then they
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run out and it was fireworks everywhere and it was awesome.
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And just college football at its absolute finest.
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I've never been to a game there. If I haven't LSU played Penn
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State, a handful of years ago in a bowl game, they lost a close.
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We played them a couple times, but it's on my bucket list by
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really, I want to go. I want to go to Happy Valley, I
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want to see that and I've, and I've always heard that their
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fans are as good and as nice and as hospitable as.
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Anybody you'd ever meet, so that's good.
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Good to hear. Oh yeah, well, they have this
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thing. It's called Happy Valley
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hospitality and it's a real thing.
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And they even have this thing on, they put it all over the
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place, they in the stadium. They remind fans to be gracious
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host. It's pretty cool.
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See, you didn't get that in Tiger.
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You didn't get that Stadium. The other night did you?
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I didn't see that. We're very friendly.
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Only host generally not total Bama or anybody else in the SEC
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but everybody else. Come on, you're more than
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welcome will even be nice to you in the stadium.
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Yeah. No.
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I definitely understand that the thinking about Penn State
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because it's very hard to get to it's in the middle of nowhere.
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I spent a few nights in Pittsburgh that week because I
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never been there before and I've always liked the skyline then I
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had to rent a car and drive two and a half three hours over to
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Penn State. Oh, geez.
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But it It was, it was beautiful there.
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Get the foliage was popping up in.
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Say, it's a huge egg school too. So it was an interesting.
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We were tailgating around tractors and grain Nobles and
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the Auburn of the north. Yeah, I think so.
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That's probably pretty accurate. There's yeah Wide Open Fields
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everywhere for tailgating and, and, and that's the second
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biggest stadium in North America behind the big house.
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Okay, well, it looks huge on TV. Yeah, we're say both.
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They both do monster monster. Seems now Michigan's is kind of
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built into the ground it in it, in a yeah.
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Yeah, exactly. Where yeah, yeah.
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So the sound doesn't it kind of goes straight up?
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And that's kind of weird but I guess you know, they had their
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head, their reasons. I think it's one point in time.
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I watched a documentary or something that kind of explained
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why it was built that way. I don't remember.
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Now, I've slept since then. Yeah, Michigan, Mike's a play,
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The Seven Nation Army song right before kickoffs and Pretty cool
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because everybody gets going and get it gets loud in there.
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It may know say about it's not quiet at all.
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It's just so not as loud as some rise like some of these other
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places, but I love to go to the back there for a night game.
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Oh yeah, dude. Absolutely.
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I'd love to go there for a night game.
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It's they're very rare and but with yeah it's one it's one that
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that stadium looks incredible at night too, you know, it's just I
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do it. I just prefer night.
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Games naturally being an LSU fan that's been built into our DNA.
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But yeah, I mean ultimately I think it makes everything look
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just it just looks so much better under the under the
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lights. Oh yeah, definitely man.
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So that so that was your that was your week to Journey.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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That was week two. Where do we go on week 3?
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So week 3. I was in Neyland Stadium.
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OK. The Undefeated balls play
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Kentucky, Kentucky was thing number 23. 22 at the time so you
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know it was a big game for them. Yeah.
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Jordan. Hey Georgia coming up and this
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is important not to overlook this game but it was I felt kind
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of lucky to be there just because it's been a long time
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since Tennessee has had a season like this.
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And you know I could tell from eating all these fans they were
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excited and you know, just being that Stadium for the pregame.
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That was it was pretty cool. They it was Halloween weekend,
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they had this spooky Rocky Top at they played and everybody
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just went crazy before. That's awesome.
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I saw some of that. I saw it on a saw that on
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YouTube, and of course, they put those lights in and the
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spotlights, whenever they turn the lights off in the T.
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Now, I mean, they've yes. They've upgraded everything in
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Knoxville, it looks incredible on TV so they ran out of, I was
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in the one to end zones, the opposite of the T, where they
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run out of, and it looks really cool when I was there.
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But when I saw the video on Twitter, Running into the T.
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I was like, wow, I can't believe I was there.
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It just looks so cool on TV, right?
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And I think that's kind of one of those things that it looks
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cool in the stadium, but it looks even cooler on TV.
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There's shots that you you get in Tiger stadium.
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That can only, you can only get from a helicopter and and
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different angles that we would never be privy to.
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That are just absolutely incredible, man.
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Knoxville's always I I love, I love going to Tennessee.
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So whenever my wife and I got married, we got married, like
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like you should do. If you're going to get number
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one of your going to get married in the fall in the south, then
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you daggum better do it on an off week period.
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Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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He's, you're not, you ain't getting me at your wedding.
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And this has been, this is has been a point of contention in
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the past. I'm sorry.
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But everybody, listening don't invite me to your wedding.
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The fall and less LSU's off, otherwise I ain't gonna be
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there. But but when I whenever my wife
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and I got married 9/11 had just happened, we got married in 2001
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and we went on our honeymoon. We went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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and just coincidentally LSU played Tennessee, in Knoxville.
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Hey, the very next week, I mean what a joke.
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So our first trip we went to win.
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To Neyland Stadium and went to watch LSU play Tennessee wild
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and it was a good ballgame Tennessee, one, I don't
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remember. The final score they pulled away
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at the end but it was a good ballgame.
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What was so interesting is that was back right?
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After 9/11 and I still remember, I can't remember his name right
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now but he was, he was a famous actor on on law law and order on
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TV and he was a Senator, I think and from Tennessee well, he came
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out and gave just one of the most Using speeches that I've
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ever heard before before the game.
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You know, that was back when everybody had an American flag
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in the USA chants were going around.
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We didn't know who had hit the World Trade Center and, you
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know, yet we weren't at War yet. It was, it was still very, very
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fresh on. Everybody's mind, including mine
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been in a football stadium. Since all of that had happened
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and they my very first trip first Stadium.
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Mm back what was in Knoxville but man we just had so much fun
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with those folks and just partied had a great time.
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So on Cumberland, few years later went we went back.
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I've been I've been there twice and I'll be back again without
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without a doubt. I can't wait to go back to that
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place. Yeah, I'd love to go back to one
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of the cool things about Tennessee.
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Is they have the river that runs, right?
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Yes. Next to the stadium and they
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have the ball. Navy they call it, right?
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I wanted to go. You know, experience of all
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Navy. So I just I had a I had a
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12-pack of beer. I didn't know anybody.
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I was just walking along the docks and I saw this boat that
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had a lot of people on it. I just hopped on a boat.
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And I started talking to people. That's freaking awesome, dude,
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and I had a good time, did everybody that talk to you was
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so friendly. And keep in mind, you know, I'm
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wearing myfsu had soccer games to show, you know, to show
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respect to the home team. I always wear a top of the home
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team and, you know, I'm going to Ooh, some special with all the
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stuff that I'm wearing one day. Yeah, thank you.
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Oh yeah. Oh yeah, that'll be that'll be
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incredible and I would expect nothing less.
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I mean that's what I would do it.
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The same way I kind of thought about this because I'm like,
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man, I really want to go do what Brandon's doing one of these
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days and just go to some of these legendary places that I
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haven't been. I've been to a lot of places
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mainly in the SEC but I really would love to to make this tour
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as well. And Just what I was thinking.
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How would I do that? Because I would be there as a
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neutral fan. I really wouldn't care either
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way. I would have to represent LSU
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period And I like the way you do it.
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You wear your you you wear your your Seminoles hat and nothing
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wrong with that. You had your LSU gear on the
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other day, too, which was awesome.
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So that's the only way to do it and and still didn't get too
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much. Flak we are overlooking the The
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fact that y'all beat us to begin the season we're just going to
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move past that and yeah. But you do have the brat.
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You've got the bragging rights my man.
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Hey but I wasn't I wasn't there to bring that up or anything.
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Yeah I just I was just trying to have a good time experiencing
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LSU game day. I will say when I was on the
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field after the game, this kid walked by me and he was talking
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trash to me and he threw my he took my hat.
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He threw it across the field but somebody ended up throwing it
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right back to me. So you know.
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Yeah, it's all in good fun, you know?
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Oh yeah yeah it was I mean it was a whole out-of-body
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experience for me personally that night I couldn't tell you
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what happened. The last like five ten minutes
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of that ball game and 15 minutes after it's all just a blur.
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I felt like I was floating. But anyway, anyhow things
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happen, things, happen for some Alabama, people on the field
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afterwards to, which that's crazy.
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I've seen some tick-tocks of people are like, well, Well, we
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don't ever get, we won't ever get to storm the field in
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Tuscaloosa? Yeah.
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Okay. Well, we'll see about what we'll
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see that. We'll see about that.
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Yeah, exactly. Where was, where was weak for in
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the journey? Well, week or was at Tiger
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Stadium for? I couldn't remember if there was
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when we talked, if there was one before or after Tennessee or are
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not. So yeah, that's, you know, and
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and like I mentioned that the first three games were all
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blowouts, you know, to get to be there for.
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Game it totally made up for it. I mean, yeah, that's one that I
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will never forget you had no, no, no matter who you're a fan
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of. I don't it doesn't matter if you
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were at that ball game. There's no way in hell.
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You will ever ever forget it? There's just no way.
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It was too good of a game in too good of a crowd to forget that.
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Yeah, one of the cool things that I'll never forget, is that
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when I arrived to Cajun tiger, as soon as I arrived, like, you
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know, like, I just I walked up, I had 23 LSU fans come up to
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greet me, you know, they'd see, my Facebook post and okay, they
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were just, yeah, they were just so nice.
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They were, you know, getting me drinks.
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They offered me food and I have experienced that anywhere else.
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Well good, and I really, I really appreciated that and that
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just goes to show how great you guys are.
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It's fans. Well, we appreciate that.
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I mean, that's why I we are that what he did, it's just the way
23:05
we are hell, it will invite anybody.
23:08
We were happy will feed you. We'll give you drinks.
23:11
We'll have fun. We're all good.
23:14
But once we get in that Stadium, it's game on baby.
23:17
We don't like me anymore. Yeah.
23:19
And then afterwards, we're cool again, for instance, this year,
23:23
with the Tennessee game LSU, got got smoked in the end in that
23:28
one. But just, you know, a day of it
23:29
just didn't go, didn't go right at any point in time for them on
23:33
that day, but that's all right. The crowd was in the crowd was
23:37
incredible in the tailgates. One of the funniest L Gates that
23:40
I've ever been a part of ever, we had so many people.
23:46
We partnered with a buddy of mine, has a group and because
23:50
that kickoff was at 11, a.m. they decided to kind of merge
23:54
tailgates with us at the Cajun Tiger Tail Gate, but the catch
23:59
was that they were bringing a lot of Vols are like hard.
24:03
Well. Okay now that's different.
24:06
We're yeah, okay, dude, it was half and half but it was Several
24:10
of several of the players parents tailgated with us, which
24:14
they were all just super nice. One of the best times ever.
24:19
It was fun before the game but the tailgate you know it was 11
24:22
a.m. kick off, not too long but we Crank that sucker up after
24:26
the game we didn't care that we lost we fried, I think 50 or 60
24:31
pounds of shrimp. After the game, we cooked all
24:34
kinds of stuff. The tailgate, the party just
24:36
kept on going. We pretended like nothing ever
24:39
happened. Happened.
24:40
Tennessee was having a blast. It was seriously.
24:43
It was it was incredible. And another one of a kind
24:47
experience that I've had at Tiger Stadium this year that I
24:51
never would have thought that would have happened.
24:52
That doesn't happen with any other team and I think it's
24:56
really just because of well. Number one LSU doesn't play play
25:00
Tennessee that often and we we don't have a problem with them.
25:04
We like, we want them to beat Georgia and Florida.
25:08
So yeah, nah. Not a lot of issues with
25:11
Tennessee, rarely play them but their fans are a lot of fun, and
25:14
it's fun to see them winning again and being relevant and
25:19
being in the middle of the discussions and all got a
25:22
feeling they're going to get hung out to dry here at the end,
25:25
but yeah, that's alright. That's alright, they still
25:29
they've had a, they've had a heck of a season and if it
25:31
behooves LSU 10 screw them. I don't care.
25:36
Yeah. Yeah.
25:36
We'll see. But yeah, I'm sure you.
25:39
You know but a lot People like to make fun of tasty cans over
25:43
the years, right? I thought they were awesome.
25:47
They have a huge Arsenal fan base.
25:49
And yeah, I'm I said this after I went to the game but I'm
25:52
happy. I'm happy for them because, you
25:55
know, they deserve season. Like this has been a long time.
25:57
I've always loved Rocky Top to you and I know it's kind of a
26:00
Love/Hate thing, but it's always been one of my favorite pie
26:02
song. Yeah, I've never had a problem
26:04
with it either. It doesn't bother me at all my
26:08
favorite. My favorite, Thing though, that
26:11
is happen with Tennessee throughout this whole season was
26:15
whenever they beat Alabama and they played Dixieland Delight in
26:20
the stadium and that that it was awesome because that is I love
26:27
that song so much that. I named a dog Dixieland Delight.
26:33
The 17th. She was I guess the 17th
26:36
dachshund in the world to be registered that which It is
26:40
funny, but this was years ago, back in back in 2001, is when we
26:45
got her. She, she passed several years
26:48
ago. But that song is why I named
26:51
her. And I've always loved it and
26:54
then Alabama started singing it and using it.
26:57
I'm like, come on man. You can't run this song for me
27:01
Tennessee's taking it back and you best believe when I got home
27:05
the other night from that LSU, Alabama game.
27:07
That was the one and the only Only song that I cranked and my
27:12
house held was Dixieland Delight.
27:17
I love that song too. And it's kind of funny, how, you
27:19
know, Alabama is made it a tradition of theirs because if
27:23
you if you look at the song, It's a song about truck sex and
27:27
Tennessee, correct. It's about Tennessee has nothing
27:31
to do with Alabama, it set for the band, Alabama.
27:35
Rest in peace. Jeff Cook.
27:36
He passed away this week. The, you know, besides the name
27:39
it is has nothing to do with the state of Alabama.
27:43
So I love it. What's next?
27:45
What is upcoming on this tour? So I'm flying to Austin on
27:49
Friday for the Texas to see you games.
27:53
Wow, you know, I had already selected this game like a few
27:56
weeks ago. I just make all my my case.
27:58
I think that's gonna be a big game.
28:00
Then, you know, now game day is going to be there.
28:01
So, I didn't realize Texas stadium was so big but it holds
28:05
over 100k. It's one of the six or seven
28:08
biggest stadiums in the country. Yeah.
28:10
It's pretty big. I've never been in it.
28:13
I've been by it. I've been to Alston several
28:15
times, I've passed it on the interstate and yeah, I mean it's
28:19
a it's a big ol. It's a big old stadium, it'll
28:22
be. It's going to be a lot of fun
28:24
with Texas comes to the SEC. Yeah, here in a couple of years.
28:28
So we don't know how that'll all work out, who will be paired
28:31
with who, but you got to think they're, they're going to want
28:34
to match LSU in Texas up every year.
28:37
You would think that's yeah, that'd be a Those are gonna be
28:40
some awesome environments, Texas LSU.
28:43
Oh yeah, and I can't even imagine, but yeah, I'm excited.
28:46
You know, I've got invited to a few tailgates, are ready and I'm
28:50
excited, experience of Texas game day.
28:52
Hi! I love their fight song to they
28:54
have classic fight song. They did Watcher, why tradition
28:57
there? It's kind of funny because you
28:59
know, tcu's number four in the country right now.
29:02
Rice is number 18, but Texas is favored by six and a half.
29:06
I know, I know I saw that today and I'm like whoa whoa okay.
29:10
Well, that's they do have more Talent ECU but, and it is at
29:14
home. Yes, it would you give you give
29:17
you six. So, I mean, I guess basically
29:19
they're calling it a pick on them, and that's because that's
29:22
kind of the way. I'd see it to be.
29:24
Net is a pickle, my think, Texas if text takes his needs to win
29:28
this game. Of course, gu needs to win it to
29:32
remain in the, in the college football, playoff, but huge game
29:36
for Texas. Huge, huge game taking Alabama.
29:39
You know, to the to the end, they should have won that game
29:43
honestly. Oh yeah.
29:45
I kind of think that the kind of think you're going to see Texas
29:48
win this weekend. Yeah.
29:50
Well we'll see, I'm just excited that, you know, it's another
29:53
Primetime night game, I feel like I'm gonna be able to see,
29:57
you know, Texas at its best. Yes.
29:59
Yeah, that's that's my goal for all these games.
30:01
You don't want to see, you know, these atmospheres that's best
30:04
for sure. Absolutely.
30:07
I mean that's the only only way to do it, but of course, It's
30:10
tough to do because you you've got a plan stuff like this out a
30:15
little bit. Little bit closer than two weeks
30:18
which is when you get the TV schedule.
30:20
So you some of these are going to be a crapshoot, you know, but
30:23
I'm glad that surprised. I didn't know what time the game
30:26
was good. It's prime time.
30:28
Ha ha. Hold on to your horses, baby.
30:31
Yeah. Game day is going to be there
30:32
and I've never been to Austin either so I'm okay.
30:35
You're gonna have a blast Winnie of places that unit you need to
30:39
go have Some brisket, go, go go. Go to the mean, there's a, just
30:45
a ton of places where you can go but go to Franklin's if you go
30:48
to Franklin's get there early very early.
30:51
Yeah, I know that. Oh, yeah, for sure.
30:56
But you're not going to have a whole lot better than you had
30:59
it. Our tailgate.
31:00
I'm just saying. Yeah, no, no, I I love Cajun
31:04
food so, you know that was just awesome.
31:07
The jambalaya, the the Dan. I was my first time trying that.
31:12
Okay. Hi good.
31:15
You were in Doctrine very well, it sounds like this past
31:19
weekend. It was funny because they're
31:20
bring me the boot and they want to see how I was going to eat
31:23
it. And my first my first by I, you
31:27
know, I just ate the intestine and all but then the guy showed
31:31
me how they suck it out. So I started doing there's it's
31:37
so good though in it was the way.
31:40
Has questions. Yeah, I mean it's unlike
31:42
anything you've ever had. If you've never had it before
31:45
and then you're like, whoa, I need more of this, you know, it
31:48
was awesome. It had some nice spice to it was
31:51
really good. I can make some, I've made some
31:54
but I haven't perfected it. Not even close to the way that
31:58
some of these places are so that, so many little stores
32:02
across Louisiana. In fact, I'm going to some point
32:05
do a podcast about Bhutan it sits on top.
32:10
And it will get people pissed. I mean people it's fighting
32:15
words to some people with where they think the best Bhutan is.
32:19
It's like look man, it's good all this stuff's good but but I
32:24
mean they will go to war over Bhutan, it's unbelievable.
32:30
That's what it is. It'll be a fun Boggess to do you
32:32
mean Lord forbid? I have to go and try Boudin at
32:35
all, all of these places. But you know, somebody's Got to
32:40
do the research. Yeah, man.
32:41
Sounds like a good time. Yeah.
32:43
For week 6, I'm going out to Oregon and that's going to be a
32:47
big one for me, because, you know, I live in South Florida
32:50
and into Eugene. We're going.
32:52
It's not, it's not easy, not at all.
32:55
That's the other end of the spectrum.
32:57
It's the, the polar opposite side of a of America, from where
33:01
you're at. I got to take two, flights in a
33:03
training, just to get the Eugene, really?
33:06
Yeah, yeah, exactly. Just getting there.
33:09
Journey but I think it'll be worth it because we're getting,
33:13
you know, you see all these lists of loudest stadiums in the
33:16
country and organs always on there.
33:17
And yeah they only have you know, 60,000 fans and that's
33:21
pretty impressive. Because law these SEC games are
33:24
over 100 K. So I'm I'm excited to get there
33:27
and compare compare that to all these big things that I just
33:30
went to that. That'll be fun and I mean hey
33:33
the boat nixes lighten it up good candidate possible you know
33:38
to win the Heisman so You're going to another game.
33:42
Another Marquis game to see another stud player 2 on top of
33:48
all of that, man. I hope they take care of
33:50
business. They're playing a ranked
33:52
Washington, team this weekend. So I just hope they take care of
33:54
business to Saturday, and I hope whoever Utah's playing, they
33:57
take care of business too, because that would be a big big
34:00
time game in the Pac-12 and then you got USC and UCLA playing the
34:05
same day. That could be a top-10 matchup,
34:08
right? Yeah.
34:12
Yep, they always seem to just kind of fly the Pac-12 as a
34:16
whole seems to kind of fly under the radar until mid-november.
34:21
And then all of a sudden it's like, oh yeah.
34:23
Y'all don't forget about these teams.
34:25
Here's our three or four best and then and that's that
34:29
weekend, that's incredible. We're going to have to catch
34:32
back up at the end of the season.
34:34
After after all the dust settles and get these final reports from
34:38
from your lat. From your last three places who
34:42
is if we're yeah we're really. This is kind of like a halfway
34:45
through the deal, kind of kind of thing.
34:47
And the first four are out of out-of-control amazing that
34:52
you've been on and in these next two aren't bad.
34:56
So what in the hell could be number seven?
35:00
Well, number 7 is I'm going to call it the grand finale.
35:04
It's Ohio State versus Michigan. Should be a top five matchup.
35:09
Lord, I've heard a lot of bad things about a half stagehand.
35:13
So I just, I want to get there. I want to see the hey, I want to
35:16
see the robbery. I just, I want to see.
35:18
I want to see a good game in the Horseshoe.
35:20
Yeah. Well, thank you.
35:22
Thank you. Get it.
35:22
I expect to see some nastiness. Oh, I don't, I don't think the
35:28
LSU Alabama outside fan. I don't.
35:32
I mean, it's always pretty cordial.
35:34
Honestly, it's not a lot of riffraff going on.
35:39
Ripping each. Other and stuff, a little just
35:41
friendly stuff. I don't think that's the case at
35:44
that one. I don't know.
35:45
I've never been so I look forward to hearing about it, but
35:49
there's no way those. They hate each other.
35:52
And hate is not a strong enough word.
35:55
I don't think how they really feel that's going to be fun,
35:59
dude. Oh yeah, definitely.
36:01
Well, the last four weeks. You know, I haven't seen any
36:04
fights or anything like that and that's good.
36:07
I don't know. That's great.
36:09
We just play my any and all the FSU Miami enzyme into their just
36:14
as fights everywhere man. It well there's an economic,
36:16
there's a common ingredient with that one because I've been to
36:20
some LSU vs Miami games. Always interesting how some
36:26
fights break out when they play. Yeah.
36:29
Yeah. It I don't think it has anything
36:31
to do with us or Florida State. I kind of think this is a Miami
36:34
problem. I think Miami might have the
36:37
worst fans in college football and I'm, you know, I'm still
36:40
making my rounds. So I'll be able to, you know,
36:42
come to conclusion eventually. But as of right now, they're the
36:45
worst hands to you. Well, I think we can agree.
36:48
We can agree on that. Yeah, they're terrible man.
36:51
It's just, it's crazy. So when I was in Tiger stadium
36:54
verse for the game, obviously I couldn't watch that.
36:58
But you my time again that's Pride first time I'm ever since
37:01
I was a kid. And I was checking my phone, I
37:03
was checking the score. And man, I was happy.
37:06
He was checking the score. So I got this really good
37:08
picture entire state. These two guys, ask me, we end
37:11
up being friends LSU fans and yeah, I was in the middle, I was
37:15
putting the you down and furthermore, I next to me that
37:18
they're throwing the elves up. Yes, sir.
37:21
Ended up being a great picture. You can see myfsu hat.
37:24
Yes. Yeah.
37:25
You sent me that. I love that picture.
37:27
And I'm going to I'm going to put it on one of Whatever video
37:30
I make of this at that picture is going on there because it's
37:33
too incredible. So I'm glad you mentioned it.
37:36
Yeah, it's just fun. Tiger stadiums.
37:40
Funk college football is fun. I can only imagine though, what
37:45
you're going to see I'm jealous. If there's only a handful of
37:50
games that I would, that I would Circle, as bucket list games,
37:56
freaking Ohio, State and Michigan.
37:59
Absolutely would be at the top of that freaking list.
38:03
I mean, the tip top of that list, I've never been to an
38:07
Alabama Auburn game. When they're both eyes on my
38:11
list to, that would be on the list of Highly ranked, you know,
38:15
I would want, I would want Auburn to be a little.
38:17
Hell, wouldn't want to go this year?
38:19
This would not be the year. I would want to go see ya,
38:21
though. This game you got away but you
38:23
throw it out with those two. I mean there's been years where
38:25
they're all burned had no chance to beat Alabama and they did so,
38:29
you know. Yeah.
38:30
You never you never know when a rivalry game you imagine being
38:34
at that kick six game man that all Lord.
38:37
No. I mean, I know how crazy I went
38:41
in. Baton Rouge, hit everybody.
38:44
I know that went nuts and just it's one of the most.
38:47
That's one of the most incredible plays I've ever seen
38:50
in the history of college football.
38:53
If if it's not my number one of just, the wildest play that I've
38:59
ever seen happen, it's incredible.
39:02
That was insane. You know, that was basically for
39:04
national champion. Yeah, yeah.
39:07
I think that that's the only thing.
39:10
That could rival kind of what happened the other night and
39:14
Tiger Stadium, and they not put that up there, that was better
39:18
because of what was on the line? It was everything was on the
39:22
line and when that happened, you want to hear something funny.
39:26
So, one of those you pans, I'm Ed tailgate, he, I'm still in
39:31
touch with him. He's trying to get me to come to
39:33
the SEC Championship game. Okay, good.
39:37
We need. So, I mean, yeah, we are out of
39:39
this now, No, I was when I was entire see him.
39:43
I was, I was getting loud, man. I was excited, probably because
39:47
FSU is beating the hell out of Miami, but also because, you
39:50
know, we are witnessing an instant classic.
39:53
Yes. For sure as exciting to be there
39:56
and I was happy to be a part of it.
39:59
But yeah, man, I might end up at the SEC Championship game and
40:03
LSU colors. Please do we, we need you and
40:08
like I said, you're part of this now.
40:10
So welcome. Lord, let's see how far we can
40:12
go. Is, it's going to be a fun one.
40:15
I'll be I'll be rooting for you guys.
40:17
Georgia. I think they're obviously
40:19
they're the new Top Dog in college football.
40:21
So they are, they are until till somebody can prove that wrong.
40:25
I mean, they're, they're definitely worthy, they're out
40:28
recruiting everybody. Oh, yeah, yeah, good.
40:32
Kurt Kirby Kirby's. Got it rolling right now.
40:34
He does. He does in.
40:36
They lost a lot of key players last year, they lost somewhere.
40:40
I was listen, I think I heard they Lost like 14 or 15 starters
40:45
from last year's National Championship team and there's
40:48
still they've just very quietly kicked.
40:51
Everybody's but everybody looked around and went oh, Missouri
40:55
gave them fits and Missouri, should have won the game but you
41:00
know, those things, those things happen.
41:03
They're not looking back after that.
41:05
And then they just they look really good against Tennessee
41:08
this past weekend. So they're scary.
41:11
I don't Anybody being just getting better and better as the
41:13
season goes on its depth LSU. Yeah.
41:16
But let's get through Arkansas first and in, Texas, A&M and UAB
41:21
one game at a time. But if LSU can handle business,
41:24
will be a big Underdog. Hey, seen crazier.
41:27
Things happen, man. So, I wouldn't be shocked if we
41:30
made it interesting. Yeah.
41:32
Well, Arkansas is a big game for you guys.
41:33
I know that it's huge. It's huge.
41:36
And I don't want to, I don't want to put that cart before the
41:38
horse and just shoo us into Atlanta.
41:41
But it looks good. We're in the driver's seat.
41:45
If we don't make it, it's our own fault.
41:47
Yeah, you control your own destiny.
41:49
So, that's all, yeah, that's all you could ask for, and we're way
41:53
ahead of schedule from where I thought we would be this year.
41:57
So there's also that, I mean way I had and you guys have a lot of
42:01
momentum on the recruiting Trail to which you know, the what will
42:04
life blood of any cause for program is recruiting.
42:07
I've heard several folks say is in media guys around here This
42:12
week that this is going to be the least talented team.
42:19
I'm not saying they're not talented or anything like that,
42:22
but this the pieces of this puzzle for Brian.
42:25
Kelly's team, this will probably looking into the future.
42:29
When we look back will say this was the least talented team that
42:33
he had, but he probably got the most out of them.
42:36
You know, hopefully, hopefully we don't say that.
42:39
This is the one team we got the most A out of but I mean from
42:43
where we started in that first game against Florida State you
42:47
know not play in those kids hadn't played together in a
42:51
game. It was only 39 scholarship
42:54
players, Florida State little more experience.
42:57
It had played a game which that helped did help.
43:01
Yeah. Definitely I wish we could have.
43:02
I wish we could have that one back but but but we can't.
43:06
And that's okay. That's okay.
43:08
That's that's that is college football.
43:11
It. How you respond and how you
43:12
answer to those types of things. And, and they started rolling
43:16
after that the hiccup against Tennessee, you know, which that
43:20
game just got out from under them and then other than that,
43:23
they played really well. So it's fun to watch will see
43:28
see if they can keep it going. Another thing to keep an eye on
43:31
as you know, I follow some cause for guys, some guys that I
43:35
trust, they're saying that this off season is about to be the
43:38
craziest transfer portal we've ever seen.
43:41
Yeah. Ton of them are going to come
43:42
out of Texas A&M. Yeah yeah I was about to say I
43:46
was about to say I think it all starts with Texas A&M.
43:48
Yeah. They just signed the number one.
43:49
Number one class in the history of recruiting rankings.
43:51
Yeah, they had no business sign that class with know what
43:55
they've done on the field. But yeah, it's going to be
43:57
exciting because you're going to be able to go up there, and
43:59
you're going to get some pieces to upgrade your roster, and it's
44:02
going to be fun to watch. And that, and that's, I think
44:05
that's where college football is that now, it's that parity.
44:09
You know, that, that that Happened because of the ni L and
44:13
the transfer portal has opened up so many other doors.
44:17
So many other opportunities for kids that now, they don't have
44:20
to sit out a year if they want to go somewhere or their
44:23
situation and right where they were at IE Texas A&M.
44:29
I mean, it's going to be, it's going to be ugly over there for
44:32
those guys but oh yeah, no finer group of folks.
44:37
Canyon, hey, that's a game there is on my list too.
44:41
So, Oh yeah. You know I've never been there.
44:44
I know gets loud. I know.
44:46
Yeah, for sure. There's no doubt it gets loud.
44:49
I've never been there. I'm considering if I can make it
44:54
work to slip down there for the LSU LSU, Texas A&M guys.
45:01
I don't know if I'll be able to make it work this year or not,
45:03
but I am. I will eventually go for sure.
45:07
I did go this passed this past summer my Father-in-law lives in
45:12
Temple, Texas. I went through college station
45:16
on the way to Temple and and and stopped.
45:21
I had this is like I've never seen the stadium.
45:24
I've got to go look at this stadium.
45:25
So I went on their campus sides. Huge.
45:28
It's a big old stadium. For sure.
45:30
Just like, just like all of them.
45:32
But, and it seats, I think it's bigger than Tiger Stadium.
45:36
Now, I think it's seats like 104 or something like that or little
45:41
over 103 or something like that. I think it's number three or
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four and biggest stadiums in college football.
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Yeah, where's that less? You like number five or six now
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seven? Yeah.
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LSU is in OS using a top eight. So, so it's Michigan Penn State,
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Ohio, State. Now, I'm not saying this in
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order now but tennis right. Right?
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Right LSU, Alabama, Texas A&M and Texas.
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Those are the topic biggest stadiums, right there.
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I'll tell you man, at one time. Tennessee.
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It's at like 110,000 Beckham, Peyton Manning was playing, it
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would seek 110, 111,000, something like that, but man
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went. And and it's at that whenever I
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went on it, when we went on our honeymoon weekend and all those
46:28
seats were maybe 8 inches wide ban, like they had markings on
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the, on the bleachers and seriously the size of your hand.
46:39
It was the size of your hand. How Why'd those wow, it was a
46:42
joke and it had to be a Fire, Marshals worst nightmare.
46:48
Well, I'll say, I'll say this, I I never felt more crammed in my
46:52
life than when I was at Penn State.
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I mean, they just, they had it's packed like sardines in there.
46:56
Yeah, it was 10. You have been on what a journey,
47:02
dude. Just what a journey and what a
47:04
jerk, what a journey to come. Like I said, you're just at the
47:07
halfway point, pretty much that LSU Alabama game.
47:11
Early tip G over the halfway point of this incredible run of
47:16
him. I cannot wait to I will
47:19
definitely be glued onto the all of these games that you're going
47:25
to mainly just thinking about you and seeing what's up?
47:28
I'm gonna texted you. Don't worry.
47:31
I will be, I will be texting. You, I want pictures, I want
47:34
video from these places to because it's incredible, I'd be
47:38
happy to share everything I got. And I, you know, my My so I my
47:42
goal is, you know, everywhere I go, I want to get some cool
47:45
pictures. Like, for example, I was at
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Tennessee. You know, last weekend I saw
47:50
these guys are wearing checkered overalls.
47:52
I'm like I got to go hang out with these guys and get the
47:54
picture with them. Got a cool picture with them,
47:56
because we think it says he you think about the checkerboard and
47:59
it's just another cool tradition makes college football.
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Great. Absolutely.
48:03
Absolutely. That's the, that's the, that's
48:05
the beauty of college football. It's so much better than the
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NFL. It's the pageantry, the fans,
48:15
the tailgating just the emotion, the energy, the passion, The
48:19
Pride, all of that stuff man. College football is the greatest
48:24
thing on earth period. It's by Heaven man.
48:28
I love it. I live for it.
48:30
Inject it into my veins. Exactly, just thinking about
48:34
this. You know we were at that lets
48:36
you navigate but while that was happening, Notre Dame was
48:40
beating the heck out of Of the Clemson a top-five comes in and
48:44
Notre Dame also Rush the field. Oh, did they ask you?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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LSU and ordered him to of the most iconic programs Rush the
48:51
field in the same night. You know, it doesn't get much
48:55
better than that. It doesn't happen in any other
48:57
sport. It just, it just doesn't, and it
49:00
doesn't get as crazy. And as Bonkers, man, it's just,
49:04
it's the best, it's the best and you're on an absolute dream
49:09
trip. And I, I'm so so thankful that I
49:13
met you at our tailgate and that you came by and that that that
49:18
you you were willing to come on here and and tell us about it
49:22
because as soon as they were telling me I was like oh man
49:25
I've got to do a podcast with this guy.
49:28
This is incredible. Yeah I know this has been a
49:31
dream for me and you know, I'm fortunate to be able to do all
49:34
this and you know I'm happy to share my story with other people
49:37
at love college football. Yeah it's awesome and I can't
49:40
even it's hard. Put into words because, you
49:42
know, I grew up as a kid but in college football and just being
49:45
able to see all these places where, you know, I used to play
49:48
video games in, it's just a dream, right?
49:51
I know. Yeah, that's the thing I've been
49:54
here. I played in a video game.
49:56
I played in the NCAA 14 but I've never actually been here.
50:00
It is cool, exactly. It is cool.
50:03
Well, awesome, man will look, I appreciate you coming on the
50:06
show. We'll wrap it up here because
50:08
we're going to have us a follow-up episode.
50:11
We got to we got to know how this story ends is it ain't
50:15
over, it ain't over. So that's awesome man.
50:19
Will Brandon I appreciate you coming on so much.
50:23
Thanks for coming on Tigs B and we'll follow up sometime.
50:27
See how it all went and Eugene and in Austin.
50:30
And oh man, I can't wait to hear how it goes down at Ohio State
50:36
at the Horseshoe. So, yeah, that's how it's gonna
50:39
be a big one. Absolutely.
50:41
And I appreciate you for having me.
50:43
I'm happy to come on here and tell my story, and I look
50:46
forward to keeping in touch with you and sharing more can't wait,
50:50
man. Can't wait.