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Ivory's Soapbox: Podcasting, Social Media, the Dallas Cowboys and MORE with Ivory Craig Jr. · Fanatically Speaking with Kent

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what's up everybody welcome to fanatically speaking
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i'm kent i'm log off i'm the log off legend and
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uh we're here to say everything that every fan
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is thinking but louder and probably a little
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crazier get ready this is fanatically speaking
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with kent and log off you know what's funny like
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i don't hate i don't i'm not a social media hater
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i'm a social media I don't want people to think
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that I get on the internet and start hating people
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on social media. That's not what I do. The first
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half was absolutely, absolutely horrible. You
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know, just inept offense, inept defense, special
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teams, you name it. I'm going to turn into Oprah.
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Why were you so angry? He sucks this season.
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This game, whatever, whatever's going on, right?
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And then in the very next pitch, guess what?
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They double Homer. And he's like, told you that.
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Why are you always knocking down people? Listen,
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you got the highs and the lows. Yeah, so I knew
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that. You need the highs and the lows. So I do
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that, yeah. I'm trying to be the voice of reason
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here. I am what I am. Hey, what's up, everybody?
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Welcome to another episode of Fanatically Speaking.
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I'm Kent, co -host and promoter. I am Log Off,
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the Log Off legend, the hater of social media.
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I'm the co -host and producer of the show. And
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today is a special show. We have a first guest
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collab. It is historic. We have Ivory Craig Jr.
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join us. What's going on? What's going on? Appreciate
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you guys having me on. Absolutely. And ivory
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you have your own podcast called ivory soapbox
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So so what uh, tell us about that. Tell us what
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got you into it and a little bit about yourself
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Yeah, so I started my podcast a lot later Than
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I thought I was gonna start it if that makes
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sense It was one of those situations where I
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thought about it people told me I should do it
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and then You know just life happens and you end
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up don't not knowing how to do something and
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and so Knowing how is like over half of like
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actually getting something done. And so finally
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figuring out I youtube everything so youtube
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how to like start a podcast and it was one of
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those things that I just Said, okay. I'm going
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to build the airplane as I fly it and everything
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came out Like I mean kind of pretty much like
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I expected. It's just a lot more that goes into
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actually starting a podcast and doing everything,
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you know, like whenever you're the not only the
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creator, the director, the producer, the actual
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host is just so much that goes on into it. And
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once you actually get the show done and completed,
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you want to get the show out as soon as possible,
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of course. And so that was a big thing for me,
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just actually getting it off the ground and myself
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and. you guys, we're both into the small group
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of people that actually get a podcast through
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so many episodes. So pat on the back for both
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of us, for sure. Yeah, for sure. We can't, yeah,
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we count those episodes. We're like, okay, we're
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reaching to this, this milestone and next milestone
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and, uh, and then have those goals as far as
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listeners as well, uh, downloads. Oh yeah. Those
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analytics, they matter. I mean, It's one of those
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things where I love actually like I don't care
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who listens because my podcast is more so for
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the future uh for like children to listen to
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my children to listen to later on down the road
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whenever i'm not around and maybe I could reach
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somebody out there that was like okay I understand
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what he's saying and so I don't even care who
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listens however of course the analytics they
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matter a lot for sure Yeah, it's good to see
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your stats, man. It is. You want to see the stats
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on the scoreboard sometimes. No, I totally understand
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it. No, 100%. That's a good perspective to put
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it in because it's one of those things. Okay,
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I'm not playing this game for me, you know, but
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at the same time, it's just like, okay, I dropped
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40, so I'm good with that. That's right. What
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would you say just getting it off the ground?
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What was your biggest challenge if you had to
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pick one? My biggest challenge was simply starting
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it. I think once I got motivated and started
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getting some equipment and getting it actually
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filmed and like seeing that, hey, there's like
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clips and soundbites that I could use. And it's
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a cool process because honestly, you might think
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there's a lot of people doing it in the world
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if you look at it that way. But if you look locally,
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there's not a whole lot of us doing this stuff.
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And so whenever you know someone who's shooting
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a podcast and you get to listen to someone talk
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about something locally like, oh yeah, I'm familiar
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with that. I think that goes a long way in itself
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right there. So I think the hardest part for
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me was simply just starting it because it took
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years to do that. You know, you could give so
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many different excuses, but finally you're just
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like, okay, do it or do it or not, you know?
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Gotcha. No, absolutely, man. Yeah, you mentioned
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locally, like you said, there are, there's now
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only a few of us. Learned about one the other
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day. Somebody told me they said someone says
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got a pie I was like had no idea right exactly
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Yeah, if they're on and if they're on social
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media like log off, you know, I don't know. Yeah
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No, you're spot -on with that because there's
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been people like oh, yeah, but the worst part
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I think about it is it's not the people that
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say they have a podcast is the people that say
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oh, yeah I thought about starting a podcast and
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I'm just like Okay, but you didn't like you haven't
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Like send it to me when you get it up and running,
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but like, don't tell me that like, Oh yeah, I
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thought about it. Like, you know, it's like doers
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do. As far as your show, what, what's the purpose
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of you creating the podcast? Like what's kind
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of your, from, from week to week episode to episode,
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like, what are you looking to put out? Is it
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more current events? Is it more just kind of
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hot button topic issues of the moment? Like what
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comes to mind for you for that? It's, it's a
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little bit of both a mixture is. past stories
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because I personally feel like I have a cool
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story to tell. And so it's a different perspective
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that a lot of people don't necessarily have the
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opportunity to hear or listen to because a lot
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of people that have experienced some things that
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don't tell their story, you know, and so you
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have to hear a lot of this stuff from people
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that. you don't know. So you can't maybe empathize
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or you're not able to understand completely because
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you don't know where that person come from because
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it's a stranger. And so with me, like it's a
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lot of stuff in my past, but also just current
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events, what's going on. I've talked about anything
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under the sun. I feel like in the last nine months
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that I've started doing this, but at the same
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time, I think it's just hot topics or are tough
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to grasp, of course, because it's like, okay,
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hot topic. We're not privy to the setup and everything
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that these people that are getting paid to do
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it are. So we can't just pop on and say, okay,
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we need to talk about this. It might take me
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a week to get on there and talk about something,
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you know, and it like that hot topic could have
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passed already, but I still like to give my perspective
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on it. So I think that's a big thing right there.
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But a lot of times it's just kind of updates
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on what's going on with me and my world and trying
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to give perspective on local things that's happening
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and just stuff like that. Yeah, staying relevant
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with the topics is also, you know, it is a challenge.
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That might be the biggest challenge sometimes,
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especially for like us doing sports. We want
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to make, you know, we have to plan it accordingly.
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That way it's not too old and nobody cares about
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it. Oh, 100%. Yeah. But I know a lot of things,
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like you said, if it really is a hot topic, someone
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will listen. I mean, I do the same thing. I listen
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to stuff all the time. I don't care how old it
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is. Oh, yeah, 100%. Just somebody's perspective
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that you know, I think that's a huge thing. But
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yeah, sometimes you got to strike where the iron's
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hot with a lot of these things. And so that's
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what I try to do, of course. But at the same
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time, you know, I mean, life happens. We're all...
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tired, things going on, children's sports, and
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work got you down, and all kinds of stuff. So
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it is hard to jump on there whenever you got
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things going on 24 -7. But you have to take advantage
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of them though when you can. And I'll say this,
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Ivory, you've talked about to me or us about
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doing TikToks and videos back in COVID. And by
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the way, you were very entertaining doing that
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stuff. I appreciate it. Yeah, you really were.
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And you still are. Right. So so you like say
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you do video and audio. And that's one good thing
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you got going is when you post that you did an
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episode, you have that video to go with the audio,
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which is pretty cool. And that's a goal for us
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eventually to get there in some sort of fashion.
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But like you said. It was one challenge to start
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the podcast. And then it's like for us, it's
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getting a location and a background and all that
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fun stuff. But you're doing a really good job.
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And like you said, with the social media, it's
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good that you have your face, your video and
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the audio too. Nah, I appreciate that for sure.
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Cause I mean, when you put yourself out there
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like that, of course you do want people to at
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least pay attention a little bit, but a lot of
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times it, it. Turns out really well because people
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might not like or comment on the post that I
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share which is fine But at the same time when
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you see somebody in person they bring it up to
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you, you know I'm saying they see it It's out
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there and they might not just pay a whole lot
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of attention to it by liking or commenting But
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they do see the video and stuff and just by being
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on the quick video with you guys Like you guys
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would absolutely kill if you had some Like video
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out there to be able to show those sound bites
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and stuff because I mean a lot of times ken I
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think we spoke on the phone the other day just
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about like if i'm on instagram And I see a professional
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microphone with headphones and like a background
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or something Like i'm probably gonna listen,
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you know i'm saying like it don't even really
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matter what they're talking about Like i'll listen
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for a second because a lot of stuff is super
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random and I just get grabbed into the story,
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you know Right. It's that social media feed that
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log off don't know about Hold on. Not only do
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I not know about it, don't care about it either.
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Honestly though, you are so lucky though. There
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are so many times I wish I didn't have social
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media. It's just so impactful for my business
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where I have to, but man. No, and I get that
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and it's one of the things I make sure to kind
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of repeat. I don't want to ruin social media
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for anybody else. I know there's people who make
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their living based on social media. Literally.
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Yeah. I, I G interactions, especially like you
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working in real estate. Like that is it's imperative
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to have a presence. Um, but for me, it, it, I
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sleep easy at night, knowing, knowing that I
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don't have any IG posts or, you know, any Facebook
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feeds to maintain, but that's just for me. Yes.
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Yeah. It is great. I mean, there's so many people
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I know that just Like with me during campaign
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season for city council and stuff like that,
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if I didn't have social media during campaign
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season, my unofficial campaign slogan was, I
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hate campaign season, but I guarantee you it
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would have been, I love campaign season if it
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wasn't for social media, because there's them
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keyboard warriors on there, man. They get on
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there, then they'll see you in person. They will
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not be the same person as they were two days
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ago online. that mount holly town talk i swear
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man you know you know you know hey but social
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media i will say this and we'll go to something
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else but like i said social media is what you
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make it so yeah yeah for sure Yeah, it is and
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I did have one more thing and you actually beat
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me to it a little bit ivory So you mentioned,
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you know you you make your content you post it
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you put it out there It may not get the exact
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reaction that you think something really good
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that you've done should get online but you meet
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people in person and Then you have some, you
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know conversations or exchanges with them about
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something that you created They just didn't happen
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to you know heart it or like it or share it,
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right? So what would you say kind of got? Um,
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not necessarily the biggest or the best reaction,
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but just the most memorable one where someone
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brought it brought something that you made up
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to you and you were like, you know what, that's
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cool that they actually came to me and spoke
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to me about it. Let's see. And I know I'll put
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you on the spot. You're good. You're good. It
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was, um, it's probably more so one of the things
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that, so I'd say it was probably my real estate
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license when I first got them. So I worked as
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a police officer. And then I got my real estate
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license while I was a police officer. So I worked
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real estate and law enforcement for a year and
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a half at the same time, full time in both. And
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then I would have people come up to me and say
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like, oh, I saw your post about this, man. Congratulations.
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And I'm just like. appreciate that. And it's
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like one of those people, it's not everybody,
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of course, because you don't mentally take note
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of everyone. But at the same time, there is a
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few people that you're like, Oh, okay, you didn't
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like my post or congratulate me on that. Like
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no big deal. But you're telling me like you're
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super excited for me in person, you know, so
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it was definitely a real estate because I have
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people all the time to that still come up to
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me saying, Hey, man, saw you were top 10 in your
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company this month or you won that award for
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this and like literally did not like it or anything
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online but I do see them interacting online you
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know but a lot of those people at the same time
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pop up whenever I post something that's not necessarily
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I guess controversial or something that they
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might not agree with then they'll pop up and
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then comment or do something on there but at
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the same time when it comes to something that's
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congratulatory or something, they're not on there
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congratulating or liking or anything like that,
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which is, of course, it's just the nature of
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the beast and it doesn't like do anything to
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me negative or positively, but at the same time
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it is noticed. Gotcha what I'll take that as
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one more check for log off as the anti social
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media crew That was your answer I mean it's a
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great answer and it's got to feel good to have
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people You know, like you said speed you embrace
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you and congratulate you on something like that.
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That is an accomplishment You know, that's got
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to that's got to feel good To, uh, to shift things
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just a little bit. So the three of us, three
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grown men, you know, three fathers. And, you
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know, I'm sure we've had, you know, quite a bit
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of our ups and downs. You know, you mentioned
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some things about your past and your upbringing
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and just kind of your journey to get to this
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point right now. I'm sure there's been kind of
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some tumultuous situations. And my question for
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you is what of a tumultuous nature happened to
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you that led to you becoming a Dallas Cowboys
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fan? I knew it was coming. I knew it was coming.
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Hey, you know, the funny thing about it is and
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like also kind of a perfect setup off of that.
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So my dad is a Raiders fan. My dad grew up. Yeah,
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my dad grew up a Raiders fan. I mean, born in
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the 60s. John Madden time, you know, when they
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when they were really good, like, I guess, pre
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Al Davis going crazy, not listening to anybody,
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things of that nature. But also. Me being born
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in 1988, my mom being a Cowboys fan, my aunt
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being a Cowboys fan. I mean, I was brought up
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in the best era of Cowboys football. And it was
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just one of those things where I just like, just
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grasp to it because I mean, you had the starter
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jackets, you had. Deion Sanders, I mean, the
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Cowboys were the it team of the nineties, hate
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it or love it. They were the it team in the nineties.
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And so me just being who I am, loyal by nature,
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I ended up staying with them through a whole
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lot of thick and thin. 30 years, but who's counting?
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I don't know. No one's counting, right? No one.
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I think everybody's counting. I think log off,
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probably logs on to count the time people are
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talking juggles on social media about the Cowboys.
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Not quite, but it's enough. Trust me. I know
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it's out there. I know it's out there. Oh yeah.
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To touch on that. So there was a pretty big campaign
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earlier this season. Dak Prescott was having
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a moment. He had a stretch of about three or
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four games where he was super impressive as your
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quarterback. And I know things are a little down
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for your Cowboys, but how do you feel about their
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season thus far? So I'll say this quick, funny
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thing real quick, and then I'll go into that.
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But my son who's five years old, I come downstairs
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with my Tony Romo jersey on, right? And he literally
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looks at me and says, oh, man, you got a turpent
17:34
jersey. I want one of those. And I'm just like,
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wow. Right. I'm just like, man. Wow. Yeah. That
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threw me off completely because I didn't even
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put two and two together. And when he said that,
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I'm just like, bro, like times have changed.
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I got, I got, I'm, I missed Tony. I'm a big Tony
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Romo fan. I am. Um, but, but at the same time,
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I DAC. lot of times that gets the shaft, you
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know, like he gets the the short end of the stick
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when it comes because we are America's team,
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you know, and so everybody either hates the Cowboys
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or they love the Cowboys and there's that Occasional
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like I don't even care about football person
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that's in the middle but I was I am very excited
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that Dax still playing and he is our quarterback
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and it's one of those situations where we like
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who would we get other than that breast guy,
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you know, like we had backup quarterbacks that
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have come in and to not perform. They performed
18:30
for a little bit while they could, but then at
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the same time, I mean, a lot of the stuff, the
18:35
issues with the Cowboys over the last several
18:37
years hasn't been necessarily Dak's fault. He's
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done some things that is definitely negative
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things that haven't helped us, but at the same
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time, he's definitely done a lot of good stuff.
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And for him, he's definitely not the problem
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for our season and our record right now. I know
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that much. I blame Jerry Jones to the end of
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time on that. Got it. All right, Ken, I'm going
19:03
to move out of the way. I'm going to actually
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move these tables and chairs out of the way,
19:07
too. Whatever Cowboys information you have, you
19:10
go ahead. I'm going to step aside. Floor is yours.
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No, I just want to point out, in an earlier episode,
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we talked about Cowboys. And again, we're Eagle
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fans. So Ivory is one of those guys we talked
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about. you meet these people they're so nice
19:25
they're such good people and they're cowboy fans
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so you are in that category yeah we don't hold
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it against you glad to have lunch and and that's
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a lot about you know this this episode too as
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you said eagles cowboys you know play this sunday
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but before that we'll get into that i'll talk
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about dac dac does perform like It doesn't matter
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who wears the star. I'm going to be against them.
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But Dak does perform. He does put up numbers.
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And like this year, the offense is great, but
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the defense is not. And like you said, quarterbacks
19:59
always get the blame, even when they win. Just
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ask the Eagles. Even when they win, quarterback
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gets the blame for everything. Why are you not
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doing this? Why are you not doing that? And then
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of course, when you lose or it doesn't go your
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way, it's the same thing. But, but not at the
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end of the day, Dak has been a good quarterback.
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And that's really all I got. I mean, you know,
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well, yeah, well, and not only that, and I've
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always liked that, um, even as an ego, so I just,
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I liked them as a player and a lot of people,
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I know we talk about, you know, last, you know,
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30 years or whatever, but people forget like
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hit Dak wasn't supposed to be what he was came
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in, took Tony Rommel's job. Played well outplayed
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him to take his job and send him into retirement
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into the booth came back, you know Middle -of
20:49
-the -road quarterback, but improved then broke
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his leg and came back and was still great So
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like he's had a hell of a journey and I mean
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he still got some years left on him It's gonna
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be hard if you guys get another quarterback to
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replace what that is I mean you see there's teams
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all over the NFL me you see what's happening
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with the Browns is they've had how many started
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quarterbacks in the last 30 years, it's like
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24 or something. It's crazy and unbelievable,
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unbelievable number, right? So, you know, you
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guys have a quarterback that can do it. And I
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agree with you, Ivory. I blame Jerry Jones as
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well. But, you know, he's an older owner in his
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latter years. He's doing whatever he thinks he
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can to win. I just think he's in his own way.
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Yeah, 100 percent. And like I brought up earlier
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about. Al Davis passing away, then the Raiders
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got good for a couple of years. I don't want
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Jerry Jones to die, but at the same time, death
21:45
is inevitable. Yes, it is. It's tough because
21:51
there's, of course, from the outside perspective,
21:55
Monday morning quarterbacking, pun intended,
21:57
it's a lot easier to be able to say what they
22:00
should and shouldn't do. But at the same time,
22:03
I know it's a tough job. Don't get me wrong.
22:05
But at the same time, like Kent already alluded
22:07
to, it's been 30 years, man. Like what gives?
22:14
Like get out of the way. Wait, wait, wait a minute.
22:16
I thought we were about to hear him curse. Did
22:17
you hear it, Kent? He almost let it slip. He
22:20
almost let it slip. It's funny because I tried
22:22
not to. Cuss on my podcast. I cuss every day,
22:26
all day, all the time. But I was like, I try
22:29
not to on my podcast so I can have people listening
22:31
in their cars with their kids and stuff. And
22:33
it won't be anything too big of an issue. But
22:36
yes, I was very close. Very, very close. That's
22:39
all right. You didn't have to curse, man. We
22:41
knew what you meant. I could feel it. I'm glad
22:43
we're not on FaceTime video right now. Wanted
22:55
to ask you do do you is the are the Eagles like
22:58
your top rival? For being a cowboy fan man. That's
23:03
a great question. Honestly, they are definitely
23:06
top I say top two Okay, I say top two but also
23:12
would you put in there? Unfortunately, I get
23:15
this point. I of course so y 'all let me start
23:18
back with some history Steelers 49ers, of course
23:22
like That rivalry right there is huge for me.
23:25
Like every time they play, that's just the old
23:27
school. I know that it's a big game. We don't
23:30
get to play them all the time, but it's history
23:33
there. So that's always a big thing for me. But
23:35
unfortunately, I don't even want to say it because
23:37
you have to have, be competitive to do it. But
23:39
they beat us this year as the Panthers, you know?
23:42
And I say that and I only say that is simply
23:45
because living here in Carolina. If we didn't
23:49
live here, it wouldn't even be a thing. You know
23:50
what I'm saying? But having to deal with these
23:52
Panthers fans all the time, like every single
23:56
thing, like they win a game and the Cowboys lose
23:59
and they could have one win on their season and
24:02
you have to hear all of it. And it's just like,
24:06
in the last, so the last three years too, which
24:08
is crazy to me, that Cowboys have come to Panthers
24:11
stadium and played. Like I have no idea why.
24:15
Like, typically, like, you might get two good
24:18
years out of that. Three, this is the third year
24:20
in a row that the Cowboys have come to Charlotte
24:23
to play. And I didn't even go this year. Like,
24:26
I went the past two years, but I'm just like,
24:28
why do they keep coming here? Like, I would love
24:30
to travel to Dallas and watch them play. But
24:35
here we are. Wow. So you know what, man, if you
24:38
would have given, if I would have had to guess,
24:40
you could have given me 10 guesses. I would have
24:42
never. thought that you would have said the Panthers.
24:45
It makes all the sense in the world because your
24:48
Cowboys lose and you got to walk around the city
24:51
wearing that L. Yes, like crazy, like for years,
24:55
like until we play again. And of course they
24:59
lose the third time. They probably won't play
25:02
for another five years now. And so just having
25:05
that and like, no, there's like people Charlotte.
25:08
the carolina panthers fans they talk so much
25:11
junk all the time so unfortunately it is a created
25:16
rivalry by the panthers fans and so i'll give
25:22
them that yeah and i wonder yeah i wonder and
25:24
i wonder if that started you know back when the
25:26
panthers beat dallas in the playoffs way back
25:28
i don't know because of course like i was a little
25:33
kid then but at the same time like people do
25:35
bring it up of course every once in a while but
25:37
that doesn't bother me and you know like going
25:40
forward and everything like i really didn't i
25:42
think honestly i think it was that that doggone
25:46
game that we played the panthers on thanksgiving
25:49
a few years ago yeah when they completely dominated
25:53
Like luke keakley had like two touchdowns itself.
25:56
It was so bad. Yeah cam and keakley went off.
25:59
Yeah, I remember yeah Yeah, it was like an interception
26:02
like pick six like the first like play the game
26:05
or something It was just terrible. I think it's
26:08
been like downhill from then but um just losing
26:11
this year just made everything worse Okay, but
26:14
I digress So so the cowboys obviously play as
26:18
this as of this recording they played a night
26:20
against the raiders And like I said, the Eagles
26:23
Cowboys play this Sunday big game no matter when
26:26
they play. Is it anything that's going to stand
26:29
out for this game? I'd say stand out wise if
26:33
it's going to be competitive, because I mean,
26:36
like let's call it for what it is. The Eagles
26:38
are a better team than the Cowboys this year,
26:41
but it's one of those things where I don't know.
26:44
I mean, the defense is going to we get overshown
26:49
back tonight. He hadn't played in almost a year.
26:54
And so that's going to be super beneficial to
26:57
our defense and staying healthy. But the Cowboys
27:01
can keep up without a doubt on offense, but defense
27:04
wins ball games, you know? Well, there's not
27:07
much to keep up with the Eagles offense right
27:09
now, but that's what I was going to bring up
27:13
that I expect a close game only because like
27:16
you said, It's at Dallas, so the offense is always
27:20
clicking at home for Dallas. The Eagles offense
27:23
right now, not really clicking for whatever reason.
27:26
Their defense is playing Sean Glass. Something.
27:30
I don't know what it is. Maybe, like I said,
27:33
new, we talk about it, new OC. I don't know what's
27:36
going on, but that offense is hard to watch,
27:37
but I'll take the wins every day of the week.
27:40
But again, it will be an interesting matchup.
27:42
I mean, just obvious. We're fans of the both
27:45
teams, but. If you're just looking from the outside
27:48
in, I mean, you're still like, like you said,
27:50
strong, strong offense against a weak offense,
27:52
like right now, a weak offense in Philly. But
27:56
then Dallas's defense is weak and Philly's defense
27:59
is finally playing once they made those moves
28:01
to get guys like Jayden Phillips, Nolan Smith
28:04
came back from injury. So they're playing really
28:06
well. So it's going to be, I think it's going
28:07
to be a close game as you know, normal divisional
28:10
games go. That's what I expect. What about you
28:16
log off? So I'm just going to, I'll be the contrarian
28:20
and this isn't by design, but this is, I know
28:24
how games go in this division. I've been watching
28:28
the NFC East my entire life. These are the most
28:31
unpredictable games. When you think it's going
28:33
to go one way, it typically shifts and goes the
28:36
other. I wouldn't be surprised if Dak puts up
28:39
400 yards. He scores four or five touchdowns
28:42
and they blow the Eagles out. wouldn't shock
28:44
me at all. Um, so I do think the game would be
28:48
competitive, but the, and I think it's safe to
28:52
say, and this is not even trying to be an insult,
28:54
you know, to the Cowboys or any, or you, ivory
28:56
as a Cowboy fan, you probably heard it all already
29:04
this year, but you're good. No, no, no offense
29:07
taken. I'm, I'm the one thing I'm the one thing
29:12
I'm confident in. is that they know that they
29:16
don't have a ton to play for. This is their moment
29:20
to just, here you go everybody, eat it. We're
29:24
just gonna play the spoiler and we're gonna get
29:27
all the highlights and Jerry can go after the
29:29
game and do his round huddle press conference
29:34
talking to the media. This is a moment for them
29:36
to just have a statement game in the middle of
29:39
a season that isn't gonna have like a fruitful
29:41
playoff run. this is the types of games that
29:44
they get up for. And I'm telling you, I wouldn't
29:46
be surprised if they wouldn't buy double digits.
29:48
And so that's the thing with like being a Cowboys
29:51
fan. I could also see the other side of that
29:53
as well to where like we sometimes don't perform
29:57
well at home. We had, we've had probably one
30:00
more away games than we have home games overall
30:02
since the stadium was actually built. And I mean
30:05
with Dallas also, I mean, I don't know. It's
30:09
just tough when it comes to that, because I feel
30:10
like everybody plays their absolute best against
30:13
Dallas every time. I feel like we've had like
30:17
probably four blowout games that I could even
30:19
recall in the last decade. But at the same time,
30:22
I mean, I could definitely see what you're saying.
30:24
It's just like, let's just, whatever. It's just
30:25
like, let's go hammer them, you know? Yeah, put
30:28
it all out, lay it all out on the line. We've
30:30
got nothing to lose, guys. Let's go see if we
30:34
can try to ruin the Eagle season. Oh, absolutely,
30:38
yeah. I mean, that would be huge. That would
30:40
not shock me at all. Yeah, Dallas will be playing.
30:43
I think they'll be playing for, they'll be still
30:46
battling for that playoff spot because I think
30:48
they beat the Raiders tonight. And then again,
30:50
that's a big game for Dallas. It's going to be
30:51
a bigger game for Dallas, but it's going to be
30:54
a big game either way, so. Right, yeah. Yeah,
30:57
for sure. Because, I mean, you know, Stephen
30:58
A. Smith is going to be talking about it regardless.
31:01
Yelling about it to somebody. Always wearing
31:04
his cap. Yeah, with that hat on. With that Cam
31:08
Newton hat on. That yarmulke. Oh, man. I call
31:13
his hairline a yarmulke anyways because it sits
31:15
so far back. Yeah, it is. Oh, man. Alright, so
31:33
we're gonna shift to something different still
31:36
keeping up with a rivalry as we talked about
31:38
the Eagles Cowboys rivalry and Other rivalries
31:42
with the Cowboys Let's just go across all sports
31:46
here What's what's y 'all's favorite? Or ivory
31:51
what's yours first like what's your favorite
31:53
rivalry outside of? Anything with the Cowboys
31:57
Carolina Duke all day. Yeah all day. Yep All
32:00
day. Yeah. I mean, being, you know, being from
32:02
North Carolina, I mean, it's, that's definitely,
32:05
I mean, that's my number one rivalry period,
32:08
you know, point blank. It's a Tar Heels all day
32:11
for me, but like rival, rival wise, definitely.
32:14
Especially we took out, I always say we took
32:16
out the shredder, but we took out Coach K. You
32:22
know, I'm a Duke fan, so yeah, that hurts. Oh,
32:25
I know. I know. Log off like it's Carolina, too.
32:30
We used to argue. I think that's the one thing
32:32
we didn't agree on. Yeah. Yeah, you know, and
32:37
that's the thing. I mean, I've been in the Charlotte
32:40
area about 19 years now, almost two decades.
32:44
And it was one of those things where I didn't
32:48
understand the culture of Carolina Duke. And
32:50
I had someone, it was a true... morning soap
32:56
opera moment where they sat me down and said,
32:58
listen, young man, you have to understand that
33:01
you have to pick a side in this. You can't be
33:03
neutral. You have to be either UNC or Duke. You
33:07
gotta pick one. And I was getting pressure from
33:12
the Duke side. He was like, you know what? I
33:15
mean, Jordan did, you know, he was a Tar Heel.
33:19
Like I can make that about you know, my basketball
33:25
fan, it was like, you know what? Fine. I'll take
33:26
Carolina. I had to pick a side, you know, and,
33:30
you know, personally, I think they have the prettier
33:31
color blue. Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. Maybe
33:36
they got a, they got a great blue. Um, that's
33:39
a all time rival, um, sports rivalry. My, my
33:44
favorite rivalry in all of sports. And you had
33:47
a really good one, um, Ivory, when you said,
33:49
uh, Steelers 49ers just old school. gridiron
33:54
you know uh cutthroat football professional football
33:58
yeah but for me for me my version of that is
34:03
Steelers Ravens ah okay i can see that yeah oh
34:08
yeah and it's more because early 2000s are yes
34:13
the Steelers are the old historic guard And the
34:18
Ravens were the new flashy, super energetic franchise,
34:23
you know, in, in a, in a city that's, that's
34:26
really gritty, hard -nosed like Baltimore. And,
34:31
and I've always, and those games are always competitive.
34:34
You know, the teams are terrible. It doesn't
34:35
matter. They always, it's always a great showing
34:38
to watch those teams play. And they've always
34:41
had, you know, good coaching. They've always
34:42
had good quarterbacks. They've always had good
34:44
defenses. Fantastic fans that travel well and
34:50
it just always holds up as a Rivalry game that
34:54
you can watch any year and it always seems to
34:57
deliver whether in Pittsburgh or in Baltimore
34:59
So I'm gonna take Raven Steelers No, I mean I
35:02
can see that for sure because there was a once
35:04
upon a time where I'd rather watch that game
35:07
than somebody Maybe the Cowboys was playing,
35:09
you know when you watch your own team, it's phenomenal
35:11
You look at it differently than watching other
35:14
teams. However, when you get to that, that Ray
35:18
Lewis, you know, versus Ben Roberts burger. And
35:21
you got the Troy Palamalu and Troy, you know,
35:25
like, uh, like it's crazy, man. It's just, uh,
35:29
that, like the defenses were something I look
35:33
forward to more than even the offenses. And that's
35:35
coming from an offensive perspective type of
35:38
person, regardless of what sport it is, like
35:40
those defenses, you know, uh, Ed Reed, man, it
35:44
was just stupid. Yeah, no, that's a great point.
35:48
That's a great point for sure Awesome. All right
35:51
Kent. You're up man. What you got? Yeah, so first
35:53
I'm gonna agree Duke Carolina is the number one
35:56
rivalry, right? I also believe college sports
35:59
Rivalries are better than the pros overall whether
36:03
it's The fans the atmosphere I mean you go to
36:11
school, you know, there's like a lot more I think
36:13
tied into it So there's a culture culture like
36:17
say you go. Yeah, you went there alum, whatever
36:19
Yeah, I think it's just just like high school
36:22
back in the day not exactly off But you know
36:24
like just because you know, you know, the fans
36:27
know the players the players know the fans and
36:30
You're a town over and like that stuff right
36:32
there like going to college where it's like Expanded
36:36
exponentially. It's just like that's it. No,
36:38
so I agree completely with that Yeah, and I've
36:41
noticed in other sports, and I'll tell you mine
36:42
in a minute, but in other sports like baseball,
36:45
like Yankees, Red Sox played in the playoffs.
36:47
I don't think anybody really cared. No, it's
36:51
changed. Like in the last, yeah, in the last
36:53
20 years, I think it's kind of, I don't know
36:55
why, but like that rivalries died down, but that
36:57
that's another historic Lakers Celtics. Uh, back
37:01
was, was huge bulls, pistons, bulls. I mean,
37:05
all the, anybody, the bulls played, but right.
37:08
You know what I mean? Yeah, anybody. So, but
37:12
yes, I definitely think college over pro. I think
37:16
mine is still because I'm such a talk about it's
37:20
because I'm such a diehard Eagles fan. It is
37:24
the Cowboys. Like I treat that game like the
37:26
Superbowl. Yeah, I get it. I mean, I get that.
37:29
There's video. There's video. If you search on
37:31
social media. So log off against again, you won't
37:34
see it. It was like a few years ago. It was a
37:38
few years ago and it was Christmas Eve when the
37:40
Cowboys Eagles played and Eagles had Gardner
37:42
Minshew as their quarterback because Hertz was
37:45
out. And I remember Dallas converting like it
37:51
was like a third and forever. And I jumped up,
37:55
yelled, cursed, and scared my mom a half to death
37:58
on the couch. And then my wife's like saying
38:01
like, well, you can't act like that in front
38:03
of everybody. It's Christmas. I was like, no,
38:05
yes, I can. I don't change for the Philadelphia
38:10
Eagles. Everybody gets a warning that if you're
38:16
in the house, at my house, or I'm at your house,
38:18
and we're watching the Eagles. Okay, who they're
38:21
playing but Eagles Cowboys, especially yeah,
38:23
it's gonna get a little testy, but that's my
38:25
bit That's my biggest one. But definitely think
38:28
yeah Duke Carolina and college over probe No,
38:32
I get that for sure cuz like watching and the
38:34
biggest thing for me, of course, you've probably
38:36
had this feeling as well Yes, that Eagles Cowboys
38:40
rivalry is amazing and I'm not trying to take
38:43
any weight thing away from it It's just I have
38:45
to have the Cowboys being good playing the Eagles
38:50
because they're so disappointed when they're
38:52
not. Yeah that does that does make sense but
38:55
yeah but if they would win well like like I said
38:57
I'm telling you they got they have they have
39:00
a better shot than you think I could be horribly
39:03
wrong on this and and I'm and I I can I can hear
39:06
you right now can't you biting your bottom lip
39:07
right now I hear it oh I just oh no I'm just
39:10
thinking about yeah I believe you because I watched
39:12
them lose to the New York Giants. Well now so
39:15
I have some great motivation too and you guys
39:17
do too So for the next episode and my next episode
39:22
when I'm by myself on the show, I will be mentioning
39:25
if we do We'll see we'll see we'll see how it
39:30
goes man, right? We'll see we'll see we'll see
39:32
what the football gods have in store for amen.
39:35
Amen the fallout next week Just just you know
39:39
feel for log off because he's gonna have to deal
39:40
with me some way or the other Right. It's all
39:46
right. I'm ready. I'm used to it. All right.
39:56
So we're going to shift to the next topic. It's
39:58
a fun, random topic, sort of. I'm going to talk
40:02
about favorite sports athlete and why. And when
40:05
we posed this question, it's not so much. Like
40:09
your favorite athlete on the court on the field.
40:11
It could be off the court off the field. So So
40:15
who do you have ivory so I have I'll pick one
40:20
of them, but I have like four That are my top
40:25
and so i'll i'll give you my four and then i'll
40:28
say number one Okay, so we got tiger woods We
40:33
got kobe brunt We got deon sanders and we got
40:39
Michael Jordan. And so if I had to choose, my
40:44
number one's gonna be Deion Sanders. Athlete
40:49
of all time, played for the Cowboys and also
40:53
the respect that I've even earned for him outside
40:57
of football from coaching his sons, being a family
40:59
man. I'm a big family guy and just him also.
41:04
taking it to the baseball field with Atlanta
41:06
Braves and being so phenomenal. The speed that
41:10
he has when he was at Florida State, I mean,
41:13
just overall his career as an athlete, a freak
41:18
athlete was just phenomenal, you know? And so
41:21
I gotta say that's my number one, even though
41:26
my overall number one would be like... Michael
41:29
Jordan when it comes to like sports and way I
41:31
grew up as far as basketball goes, because that
41:34
was literally all I knew. Ball was literally
41:37
life when it came to me growing up playing basketball.
41:41
You know, but like overall, I would definitely
41:44
say Deion Sanders just because of that. And Kobe
41:47
Bryant, you know, shout out Kobe, his mentality
41:51
is something that I had before. I was even a
41:55
huge Kobe fan because growing up. I wasn't a
41:58
massive Kobe fan. I was one of those people like,
42:01
oh, he's just trying to be like Michael Jordan,
42:02
you know? I felt the same way, man. I know exactly
42:06
what you mean. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And then
42:08
I found a respect for him later on, like in my,
42:12
I guess early twenties. And I just started liking
42:16
him even more because it was literally like mama
42:19
mentality was created. I'm just like kill or
42:21
be killed. Like that was his instinct. Like I'm
42:25
arriving early. I'm like, why would I pass you
42:28
the ball? I saw you at practice, you know, like
42:31
I'm not going to pass you the ball for that,
42:32
you know? And so like, that's just my thing with
42:35
Kobe. His mentality is phenomenal. And Tiger,
42:39
I'm obsessed with golf, you know? And so that's
42:42
a huge thing for me. And the reason why I even
42:44
paid attention to golf, started playing golf
42:46
was because of Tiger Woods. And so like golf
42:48
is my new obsession. It's literally an obsession.
42:53
And so that's all I know. And so I'm like, he
42:55
has to be up there. I mean, I got everybody except
42:58
for Dion currently tatted on me right now. And
43:02
so like Dion was next in line to have like a
43:06
picture of him in a cowboy's jersey and a cowboy
43:09
hat with like his big shades on from like Colorado
43:13
coaching football. So that's my next tattoo.
43:17
What about his music? What about Dion's music
43:19
career? How do you feel about that? Hey, I love
43:22
it. With the big gold chains and everything.
43:25
Absolutely. Must be the money. It's a whole vibe.
43:28
Must be the money. A whole vibe, man. Yeah. That's
43:33
right. I love Dion when it comes to somebody
43:36
being so well -rounded to try things like that.
43:40
That's why I'm a big Jamie Foxx guy or a big
43:43
Eddie Murphy guy because they can act, they can
43:46
do comedy, they can sing. Jamie's phenomenal
43:49
when it comes to singing, but he can do all of
43:51
the above. I just like well -rounded people and
43:54
that's why I chose Dion as the number one. Got
43:57
you. Can't go wrong with any of those. Nice.
43:59
Yeah, not a good pick. Kent, you go. I'll close
44:03
out with mine. No, I want you to go. No. No,
44:06
no, no, no, no. You go. You go. No, no, no, because
44:09
I think mine's going to be respected, but I don't
44:14
think you guys will see mine coming. There's
44:16
no one that's been mentioned thus far. So yeah,
44:19
go ahead. Go ahead and lead us off. Let me just
44:21
go through my, like you said, little back story
44:24
for everything, and then I'll give you my. I'm
44:26
going to go a different direction, though. Baseball
44:29
wise growing up my favorite player was Jose Kinseko
44:33
Then he let me down Basketball, I mean again,
44:38
we talked about this Hornets fan. I think we
44:41
acknowledge that Baron Davis was my all -time
44:43
Hornet, but it's really tough Yeah, but it was
44:48
huge. That was a good time for the Hornets, too.
44:51
Absolutely. Yeah, football. I mean, Eagles, obviously.
44:55
McNabb is probably my favorite. And we've talked
44:57
about this before. Cunningham was the reason,
44:59
though. Randall Cunningham was a reason to be
45:01
an Eagles fan. Oh, yeah. But McNabb was definitely
45:04
my favorite. But I'm going to go off the court.
45:08
Because like you say, as I said, your heroes,
45:11
your idols, they let you down. One guy that doesn't
45:14
let you down. And not to say that I was a huge
45:16
fan of his when he played in college. I supported
45:19
him in the pros. I even watched him go play baseball
45:22
one time. Actually a couple times. There's nobody,
45:27
I don't think there's anybody that I could respect
45:29
more than Tim Tebow. Love Tim. Wow. Love Tim.
45:33
Okay. Yeah, I love Tim. And I'm going off the
45:36
court, you know what I mean? And again, and I
45:38
didn't mention Tim Duncan with the Spurs. My
45:41
bad, I forgot about him. But yeah, Tim Tebow
45:42
is probably my favorite athlete off the court.
45:46
Again, all that he does, anytime he speaks, again,
45:51
obviously a Christian talks about God. But again,
45:54
he has, you know, he's got really good perspective,
45:57
really good thoughts, really good takes on a
45:58
lot of stuff. Outside sports life and again,
46:02
I don't again. I've yet to find a flaw in the
46:04
dude. So Yeah, no, I loved him too. But I was
46:08
a like a Gators fan growing up watching college
46:11
football because you know, I was a Cowboys fan
46:14
And so I found out when I was young that Emma
46:16
Smith went to Florida. Yeah, so literally just
46:19
stuck with the Gators. And then I'd still pull
46:22
for them, but I don't watch them as much as I
46:24
used to, of course, when Tim Tebow was there,
46:26
you know, and like no one growing up with Brandon
46:29
spikes, knowing him personally, I paid attention
46:31
like crazy back in the early two, well, I guess
46:34
mid 2000s, whenever I lived in California, when
46:37
that's when that was running it up. Okay. No,
46:41
yeah. Tebow Tebow's a good one, man. I've, I
46:44
didn't see that one coming. I know that. So you're
46:48
not going to see mine coming either. And mine
46:51
is easily my favorite athlete of all time. Great
46:58
player in college, good enough clearly to go
47:02
into the NBA. Had a fantastic NBA career, but
47:07
was never able to make it over the hump. But
47:10
the main reason why I've always loved and respected
47:13
this player and this athlete and this personality
47:16
is because they were always authentically them.
47:22
It was never a question about whether or not
47:25
you were going to get the real version of this
47:29
human being. And I'm going to do we get, do we
47:31
get the guess? Go. I was just based off of that
47:36
after you say we would never be able to find
47:38
out I was like can we at least guess Go know
47:41
what you got. No, it's not gonna be right, but
47:44
I'm gonna go Allen Iverson not bad Not a bad
47:48
not a bad guess, but that's not my pick. All
47:51
right No, can't you go what you got can't I don't
47:54
have a guess I have no idea Cuz like I said,
47:58
you're not a fan of a team. So I'm not I am NOT
48:01
and and I will say that I was a fan Like growing
48:05
up like watching them play And it's gonna make
48:08
all the sense in the world, but it's one mr.
48:11
Sir Charles Barkley Charles Barkley nice To this
48:16
day on television terrible terrible terrible
48:20
when you hear Charles Barkley talk You are getting
48:23
how his his real true feelings on any subject
48:27
matter 1000 % is authentically him I know where
48:31
Leeds, Alabama is on a map because of that man.
48:35
So he's super supportive of where he's from and
48:37
the people of his community back in Alabama.
48:42
And I've followed his entire career from Phoenix,
48:45
Houston days, all that stuff. But I've always
48:48
loved him and his personality has always been
48:50
intoxicating. And anyone who's kind of met him
48:53
just kind of on the street. They always have
48:56
these heartwarming stories about, hey man, Charles
48:58
Barkley paid for me to fix my car. We were out
49:01
at the dinner and Charles Barkley just picked
49:03
up our tab. Just little things like that and
49:05
he never wants credit for it, but there's a lot
49:08
of mystery and things around him. that's been
49:11
following him for decades. So yeah, my favorite,
49:15
I gotta go with Mr. Barkley. I'm a huge Charles
49:17
Barkley fan. So I love that answer. And fun fact,
49:22
it's not about Charles Barkley, but I got to
49:24
meet Ernie Johnson. Nice. Nice. Yeah. At a golf
49:28
tournament here in Charlotte a few years ago,
49:31
it was actually on his birthday and I did not
49:33
know that until that night. That night. I did
49:38
not know it until that night. Cause cool story
49:40
about Ernie Johnson and sorry to hijack the story.
49:43
I got no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. With Ernie
49:46
Johnson. Like, so me and my wife was at the golf
49:49
tournament in Charlotte. He's driving by on his
49:53
self on a golf cart driving around, you know,
49:55
and I'm just like, Oh snap. That's Ernie Johnson.
49:58
Like Ernie. And he literally like turns the golf
50:03
cart around, comes back, hops off, gets out,
50:09
shakes my hand, puts his hand out to shake my
50:11
hand, introduces himself. And we start talking
50:14
for like five whole minutes. Just about any and
50:19
everything and then I got a picture with him
50:22
and He's I did not know it was his birthday and
50:25
like then he drove off and found out later that
50:27
night But it was such an amazing interaction.
50:30
And so I know like between Charles Barkley and
50:33
Ernie Johnson. They have their podcast and I
50:36
love the episode so far that they've had. They
50:38
don't do enough of them, but I absolutely love
50:41
listening to them. And so Charles Barkley, I
50:43
got to learn so much about him over the last
50:45
probably two years just by listening to him talk
50:49
a little bit more as a guest on podcast and on
50:51
him and Ernie Johnson's show. And it's just really
50:54
cool. It's a phenomenal answer. I love Charles,
50:56
Charles Barkley. Yeah, yeah the of the steam
51:00
room podcast. Yes. Yeah, we're Ernie and Charles.
51:03
Yeah, it's a good It's a good it's a really good
51:05
listen and you're right. They don't have enough
51:07
episode. I don't do it enough Yeah, hopefully
51:09
with the NBA season being geared up and them
51:11
being in the same vicinity. Hopefully they make
51:13
more episodes I hope so. Yeah for sure But yeah,
51:16
I mean between Tim tubo and Charles Barkley.
51:19
I mean, I love both of those. I mean, that's
51:21
great. That's awesome and now we're having fun
51:28
all right we're gonna go to to our last topic
51:32
of the episode it's a bonus topic since we have
51:35
ivory with us we're just gonna do favorite local
51:39
athlete since we are all in here locally in the
51:42
charlotte area and uh we put on there you know
51:45
you could be born and raised or just someone
51:48
who played locally here for hornets panthers
51:51
knights checkers is on here i don't know anybody
51:53
ever played for the checkers but by the way you
51:58
put hold on by the way you put checkers on there
52:00
i would have never put checkers on i don't think
52:02
i did but uh so but it could be anything anybody
52:06
it could be someone who is from the area and
52:09
made it or you know anybody so i just want to
52:12
make that clear so ivory what do you have So
52:17
I feel like I might have to say my first answer
52:20
and then go to you guys and then give another
52:22
answer because the first person I have to state
52:26
I state because they are my top three favorite
52:31
NBA player of all time and is Steph Curry and
52:37
I say Steph Curry because I grew up playing with
52:41
and against Steph Curry, so His birthday is four
52:45
days before mine. We're the same age. We grew
52:47
up playing AAU basketball against each other
52:50
majority of the time. And I got his dad's autograph
52:54
probably 10 times. I don't know where any of
52:56
the autographs are because he would come to the
52:59
games, of course. And so I'm not sure. Kent,
53:04
you're familiar with what Holy Angels is right
53:08
now. It used to be the YMCA back in the day.
53:11
And so Steph's team, the Charlotte Stars used
53:15
to come play against us, the East Gaston Sharks,
53:19
like almost every other weekend, once a month
53:22
or whatever, they would come over there for AAU
53:24
tournaments. And so that's where I would get
53:26
his dad's autograph all the time, just to have
53:28
it, I guess. But yeah, so I played against him
53:31
from probably the age of like nine years old
53:34
to probably, well, it was till we were 18 years
53:37
old. And so like just playing against him and...
53:41
He was nothing compared to what he is now like
53:44
and that's no disrespect to him Of course, but
53:48
and he knows that he wasn't anywhere close to
53:51
what he was or what he is now and so watching
53:53
him turn into that and knowing him and his game
53:58
and it's just been such a Honor to actually watch,
54:03
you know And so being able to see that happen
54:06
and where he came from and where he started from.
54:09
And even though, of course, his dad, people might
54:11
write it off and say his dad was in the league.
54:12
I get that for sure. But at the same time, he
54:15
earned where he is. You know, I mean, outside
54:17
of genetics and like everything, he literally
54:20
earned where he is today because he wasn't that
54:23
guy when it came to like playing against me and
54:26
everything growing up. So he's definitely got
54:30
to be my favorite local. OK, yeah, that's pretty
54:33
cool. I had no idea you played again. That's
54:36
awesome. Oh, yeah. That is a story you should
54:38
tell every day. Awesome. Yeah. And I will say
54:41
this, and I'll have to save this story for another
54:43
day. I have literally been in Del Curry's home.
54:48
I was wondering if you were going to tell this.
54:50
No kidding. I would have to save it for another
54:53
episode. I've actually been in, I've been in
54:56
Stephen Curry's bedroom. True story. Hand on
55:03
a Bible. Yes, that's a real thing that's happening.
55:07
I believe it, because why would anybody say that
55:09
they've been in Stephen Curry's bedroom? It's
55:13
a very interesting, highly intoxicated story.
55:19
And I don't drink anymore. Kit, do you want to
55:24
go or you want me to go? I'll go. Obviously Steph
55:27
Curry would been up there like you said from
55:30
the area and he's obviously a huge star and You
55:34
know watching him at Davidson and then now with
55:36
the Warriors It's just cool to see him obviously
55:39
the connection to the Hornets as well because
55:41
of Dale But but I won't that's not that won't
55:45
be my pick It's the guy that I when he played
55:48
log off noses. I would defend him to my dying
55:53
day And that's Cam Newton. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
55:59
Is it Cameron Jarrell Newton? The arguments and
56:03
the defense I had to put up for this man to prove
56:08
that he was the best quarterback, best player
56:11
in Carolina Panther history. Every day, all the
56:15
time, still do it to this day. Like I said, I
56:20
had to defend him and I think he was just unbelievable.
56:24
Greatest athlete to play here for a Charlotte
56:27
franchise. I Put them above everybody and anybody
56:31
ever played for the Panthers Hornets Only MVP
56:35
in professional sports that's been through here
56:38
playing for these teams and Then like you said,
56:42
you know, if you do log on there's a story obviously
56:45
my kids we met we used to go to the Panther practices
56:49
Got the twice got pictures with cam And the one
56:54
time he was kind of told to stop and take a picture.
56:58
The next time he literally we got there early
57:02
and I'm gonna make this short and sweet, but
57:04
I have to tell it because you know. But we got
57:07
there early to the practice and this is like
57:10
10 years ago. And then all of a sudden they go
57:15
the players walk down the sidewalk they go in
57:18
and then people start showing up later and later
57:20
and later and later. So we're standing like right
57:22
in front of the gate when they come out and then
57:26
you know people are like crowding us right so
57:29
then when cam is coming out then it's everybody's
57:32
reaching and grabbing and wanting you know his
57:34
attention I guess he remembered that we were
57:38
there first and he literally like like he said
57:40
if I if you could see me he literally parted
57:43
the sea he told everybody to back up and move
57:46
out of the way and he pointed to my son Kingston
57:48
and he went straight to him Took the pick grabbed
57:52
a football signed it Daughter was in the picture
57:56
too because we had to bring we tagged she had
57:59
to tag along with us that day but yeah, but That
58:05
was cool. Not only because that that just made
58:07
me you know like him more I just always thought
58:09
he got a bad rap to that you know he was doing
58:12
so much in the community and Everybody was judging
58:15
him bait all this other stuff, and he was you
58:18
know he's different for sure As you see him on
58:21
TV, but as a football player and I think as a
58:24
person, like I said, within the community, you
58:26
know, here in Charlotte, he was obviously really,
58:28
really good and did great things. And he's my
58:31
number one guy and as a local athlete who played
58:35
here. Awesome. No, no, that's nice, man. And
58:39
by the way, that picture, when he was looking
58:40
away with Kingston, it's hilarious. It still
58:42
makes me laugh. Like, I remember, I don't have
58:46
that picture, but I remember it, where his head's
58:49
turned. It's a funny picture. And then also,
58:51
once we got the good picture, remember how I
58:54
cropped out that other little boy that was just
58:55
looking in jealousy? Yeah. You had to get another
58:59
kid out of there. Had to get him out of the picture.
59:02
Well, the cam had already parted. But yeah, cool
59:04
story. But anyways. Nah, I like Cam. I agree
59:07
with you completely on that. He is the greatest
59:11
Charlotte sports star in the history of the sports.
59:15
I completely agree with that. All right. So I
59:19
didn't really have an answer for this question,
59:21
but I kind of set myself up with the way I phrased
59:26
this question to get this person on this and
59:29
I didn't even know it. All right. So I'm just
59:32
going to be upfront about that. because i didn't
59:35
say in the question your favorite local athlete
59:38
from charlotte or the i said the charlotte area
59:41
so which means the surrounding area counts the
59:44
metro all right so we'll see interesting interestingly
59:48
enough i am going to go with a player that is
59:51
from this area that has both been a carolina
59:56
panther and currently a dallas cowboy I'm going
1:00:01
with Mr. Jadavian Clowney. Born and raised in
1:00:06
Rock Hill and played high school football as
1:00:10
a dominating force in Rock Hill, South Point
1:00:14
High School. I'm going to go with Jadavia and
1:00:16
Connie in there. Of course we all remember what
1:00:18
he did when he went and played in South Carolina.
1:00:20
Had the highlight reel of all defensive college
1:00:23
player highlight reels. Of all time. He was unbelievable,
1:00:29
incredible. I wish that his professional career
1:00:32
was a little more high end as an athlete, but
1:00:36
I just remember how electric he was playing in
1:00:39
South Carolina, getting drafted. He had some
1:00:42
flashes of greatness in the pros as well, and
1:00:44
he's still well traveled. And I mean, even being
1:00:47
a little, having lost a step a little bit, he's
1:00:51
still in the league now. And like I said, still
1:00:53
currently on the roster for your Dallas Cowboys.
1:00:56
So for me, he's just kind of the ones that kind
1:00:58
of stuck out to me. So yeah, I'm gonna ride with
1:01:01
Jadavia and Clowney. No, I mean, that's a phenomenal
1:01:04
answer. I thought you was actually going to say,
1:01:07
I wish you wouldn't have went to the Cowboys,
1:01:08
but I still chose. No, no, no, no, no, no. I
1:01:12
mean, it just, I mean, I'm honestly, I'm glad
1:01:14
he's still in the league because I mean, you
1:01:16
know what it's like, especially for aging defensive
1:01:18
players who may have lost a step, but you know,
1:01:21
he's a veteran player now. You know, and clearly
1:01:23
he's got enough of a work ethic, you know, for
1:01:25
the Cowboys to bring them in and say, you know
1:01:27
what? Yeah, we're going to give this dude a roster
1:01:29
spot. That means something. So yeah, I'm going
1:01:31
to, I'm going to ride. I'm going to ride with
1:01:33
a Rock Hills, Jadavion Clowney. No, I like, I
1:01:35
like that answer too. And, uh, I guess I'm gonna
1:01:38
go back around one more time since like Steph
1:01:41
Curry was like my obvious answer. And so I'll
1:01:44
just say this real quick. Um, I'm gonna go with
1:01:46
Chris leak because he was, he was like, easily
1:01:51
one of my favorite athletes of all time in this
1:01:54
area growing up and just not, not getting to
1:01:58
see him a whole lot, but just hearing about him
1:02:01
and then seeing his career with going to the
1:02:04
Florida Gators. That was like the icing on the
1:02:06
cake for me. And so Chris league for sure. Just
1:02:10
like his high school record is undefeated, like
1:02:16
literally and figuratively. And he's just was
1:02:20
a phenomenal football player. Got it. That's
1:02:24
a really good one. That's a good one. All right.
1:02:28
Well, awesome. We're going to close this out.
1:02:31
Ivory, again, thank you for being with us. Again,
1:02:35
you have your podcast, Ivory Soapbox. We want
1:02:38
everyone to go listen to your podcast. Check
1:02:41
you out. Yeah. Ivory, go ahead and give us an
1:02:44
official plug. Yeah. Official plug is Am everywhere
1:02:48
that podcast can be found ivory soapbox. It's
1:02:53
literally a play on words from Being the host
1:02:56
of being on my soapbox. My name is ivory ivory
1:03:00
like the soap. There you go everywhere anywhere
1:03:04
that you can find a podcast you are appreciated
1:03:07
to Listen to everything to watch video. I'm on
1:03:10
YouTube as well. I throw my videos on there also
1:03:14
But I just want to say I'm thankful to be on
1:03:17
you guys' show tonight and I will definitely
1:03:20
have you guys on my show in the future if you
1:03:23
will want to be on there. Oh, for sure. I don't
1:03:26
want to be on a Cowboys fan pocket. No, I'm joking.
1:03:29
I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. No, for sure.
1:03:33
We will definitely be on your show whenever you
1:03:36
want us. And, you know, we'll probably do this
1:03:39
again on our show. Like this may be continued.
1:03:41
I like this. I love this. Yeah, this was fun.
1:03:44
We loved having you. And again, hopefully maybe
1:03:47
we can, you know, stay in touch and we both help
1:03:50
each other grow our podcast together. This is
1:03:53
fun. It's cool. Thank you for being with us.
1:03:55
Absolutely. Yeah, we appreciate you being on,
1:03:57
man. Thank you guys for having me. Appreciate
1:03:59
it.