Taylor Lewan Is Finally BACK + Dan Lanning On Why He Didn’t Go To Alabama

    I mean I remember going to Men’s
    Warehouse to pick up coach’s socks you
    know certainly wasn’t what I wanted to
    do at the time right but if that you
    know got gave me favor with that coach
    for an opportunity to you know be his
    guy that he trusted then you do whatever
    it
    is Gates lips where we
    language no bent
    memory no simple
    pre and I know
    it’s
    true welcome to another episode of
    busting with the boys I am your host
    Will Compton and we have an
    incredible an incredible guest with us
    today our co-host has returned Taylor
    lean he is back from the jungle back
    from New Mexico City there’s only a
    couple of the boys in the back we’re
    kind of lighting the back right now so
    that’s we’re lightting the ass we’re Li
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    it live it laugh it love it now a couple
    of things will thank you so much for the
    introduction that was how did how did
    the adre feel felt great I felt good as
    I was going and I was like it’s weird
    there’s no stumbles and as soon as I
    thought that boom we got one and it was
    nice do you do you like the papers yeah
    I like the paper you know my eyes yeah
    and I struggle real bad with the eyes so
    that was a nice deal would be help I
    feel like that would have been helpful
    that was very helpful to me I do I do
    appreciate that couple things for you
    one wasn’t in the jungle I was in Mexico
    City two it sounds better if you’re not
    on the beach in Mexico you’re in the
    jungle I was in I was in the lower part
    near Guatemala that’s where I was near
    like Costa Rica kind of kind of area and
    it’s also uh not New Mexico City New
    Mexico is in the states I was in actual
    Mexico City what I said New Mexico City
    yeah and that’s okay brother cuz you’re
    a Missouri cat and that’s what you do he
    was on me a couple weeks ago because I
    said uh what was it Memphis was in I was
    like Memphis in like the Northeast part
    of
    Tennessee yeah he said that that’s the
    opposite side but there was a piece of
    me too that was also working out my head
    I kind of noed I of you did see it cuz
    Knoxville’s East right Knoxville Memphis
    is West and Memphis is Southwest
    Southwest Polar Opposites right and then
    Nashville’s in the middle North like the
    northern middle we can pull up relative
    no no relative Memphis and Knoxville
    technically but Nashville is also more
    North would you call would you call
    Nashville Middle Tennessee yeah okay
    then that’s that’s what we need right
    there Tennessee oh dude you’re like we
    the maps again which you do not need to
    bring back up boys I am so fired up to
    be back on this bus with you guys it’s
    it’s been cha for our brand yeah it’s
    been it’s been bad it’s been a [ __ ] show
    it’s been bad for the brand it’s been
    bad it’s been bad out there
    I I don’t know how much you’ve seen I’m
    assuming you’ve seen quite a bit but
    it’s been we’ve taken a lot of shots
    yeah yeah I’m I mean I even tweeted last
    night I feel like it’s my first day of
    school can’t wait to see the boys and
    then people are like boo you’re a piece
    of [ __ ] and I was like damn bro the boys
    are still mad I did apologize cuz I
    wanted to do a tweet hey Delane and I we
    got a great guest on to day T Lewan but
    I was like I don’t want to you know I
    don’t want to kick a guy while he’s down
    it was interesting because like
    obviously there was the [ __ ] show and
    when I got to Mexico you knowa it was
    like I had like hardly any service
    anytime you and I tried to talk I’d have
    to call you back four separate times in
    four separate locations just to just to
    get something done and I get there and
    I’m not really thinking of it cuz my
    logic was well I’ve taken literally six
    months off the Pod for football before
    like this is probably nothing like that
    I I was it was a it was an innocent
    thought process that ended up not well
    and and and along those lines as well
    like again when you do do those things
    we’ve always pivoted we’ve always like
    hey we’ll figure it out that was like
    the first thing I said to you I was like
    yeah bro that’d be sick like we’ll
    figure it out yeah don’t worry about the
    spring tour we’ll figure it out and then
    obviously hindsight’s 2020 and we’re
    kind of thinking through it a little bit
    more like okay we could have went about
    that way more a lot different and though
    and like yeah the brand itself could
    have gone about it a whole lot different
    me personally like when I get to Mexico
    and I go to sleep I wake up and I have
    like a text come through around 10:00
    a.m. or something like that it’s like
    it’s from you saying hey you should
    probably say something in the internet I
    I don’t know cuz I took I took my social
    media I was and this is something the
    thing that I was doing which it’s so
    lame that I can’t talk about it
    because I I I’m yeah Nas but also like
    I’m like hey I was doing something and
    it’s like but I can’t say what it is now
    it’s you’re about to make a a mo like a
    a box office yeah which is like no it’s
    not that it’s not a it’s not a Tarantino
    movie or anything like that if it was I
    would break that n and make tell all of
    you immediately that is the coolest
    thing of all time but this opportunity
    was something I’ve never done before so
    I was like super focused on it I told
    Sherman I was like hey man here’s my
    password here’s my username Sherman is a
    guy who works with us um and I was like
    can you just post post bus and stuff and
    just make sure that like because I want
    really want to focus on this for that
    month that I’m gone and when I saw your
    text being like hey you probably should
    say something that’s another thing that
    like I’m an idiot like why wouldn’t I be
    the first one to say hey I’m sorry I’m
    not at the spring tour I’m sorry that
    I’m not at like busing blah blah it’s
    like literally like will my dad putting
    his son behind his back going listen he
    did he’s doing the best he can and I put
    that out cuz we hadn’t said anything yet
    I know know if I think about my
    individual I should have just been
    direct because I sent that we were
    sending voice messages back and forth
    and I was like hey I I kind of talked
    about I kind of said something on the
    bus or whatever I didn’t say too much
    it’d be not or it’d be good if you like
    put out a video or something kind of
    just said it without being like hey you
    you need you need to put video you
    should say something before I say
    something then when it was night time
    and nothing had happened and I know we
    were back and forth on FaceTime I was
    like I got to put something out because
    we’re about to we’re about to cancel
    this live show and I’m gonna just it’s
    gonna be bad it’s not GNA be good and
    then everybody thought we cancel the
    live show because I wasn’t there but
    before I left the live show was like Hey
    we’ve sold only a couple of tickets so
    yeah yeah there were a few things CU
    South Carolina we had a low number and
    then the place told us that hey there’ll
    be a lot of people show up they of when
    we had the push back not the push back
    but kind of like the the the the
    disgruntling with the boy spring tour
    not busting with the boy spring tour
    right and was like I get it you guys
    have a backup plan and everything else
    but when sales sells this stuff and they
    think the brands think it’s you guys and
    then all of a sudden Taylor’s not on
    half of it then it’s like you know they
    might not it’ll rub the sales people the
    wrong way because they don’t want to
    stick their neck out and sell for you
    guys because they don’t know if you guys
    are going to both be showing up so that
    thought going into we’ve sold a lower
    number of tickets was kind of like okay
    we can punt this one get one in
    Nashville which we know will be on our
    own backyard you’ll get to do another
    one so instead of doing one live show
    now you get to do two out of the three
    yeah it was kind of like that whole
    combination of like hey load tickets I
    don’t know if delany’s coming with us
    yet I’m riding this thing solo I’m
    trying to figure this thing out you you
    know they’re uh uh Dave had good points
    about you know all this stuff with the
    spring tour and everything else so it’s
    like how this to me would be better
    because it’s almost like yo if we got 15
    20 fans showing up for a live show when
    we could go in Nashville like we shoot
    ourselves in the foot being in every
    corner of America trying to push Live
    show tickets right when we’re just
    trying to get interviews for the head
    coach and players it’s like we can do
    one where we know we’ll sell more like
    it’ll be bigger it’ll be better yeah
    versus like you swing the camera around
    like we may we still did a meet and
    greet which was a lot of fun I feel like
    people were like walking away like oh
    that was sick because we got to talk
    with you guys and hang out versus just
    listen to a show yeah sit in the back
    room then do a show then go back to the
    back room type thing obviously on the
    surface it all looks bad it looks you
    know not good I had some people trolling
    I had somebody who told me they drove
    down from Canada and I was actually like
    [ __ ] man I I felt so bad about it but
    then I come to realize like this dude’s
    just a troll and he’s just been somebody
    that’s like been negative in the
    comments before yeah because I’m like
    feeling bad I’m like God I know this
    will in the big picture this is like a
    better move on being like Hey we’re
    going to do a live show in our own
    backyard versus like show up for the
    1520 like we’re going to make this work
    and give them our all like when we’re
    there have twisted te’s like do the
    whole song and dance Delaney was awesome
    but uh yeah it
    was it was yeah it it could have been
    handled so much better ESP like you I
    think once we realize we [ __ ] up as
    far as like telling people in advance
    you did a great job of working
    everything I really dropped the ball
    being with my focus somewhere else could
    have done a much better job of like
    speaking more on it being there before
    saying something like and taking
    accountability it it was a really it was
    a tough go that first week I remember
    being tight and I also did I didn’t look
    at social media a whole lot but I was
    gone for 30 days and if I every time I
    checked social media there was a new
    clip from bar stool someone commenting
    on it or a new something or a new this
    unnamed show where [ __ ] P made a joke
    about it well because while you’re gone
    it’s like Travis backs out of the Beer
    Olympics last week like we’re having all
    these things and it just boom boom
    Domino after another turbulent couple of
    months yeah turbulent couple of months
    to the point where like I’m now so I I
    jump off social media and then I come
    back and Peak I keep I peek behind the
    curtain but I don’t see the whole
    context to the point I was like yo is
    this not have we not
    like gotten over this yet like what I
    like legit got tied about it for a
    second barcel gotten over saying like
    when we get more like when I show up to
    mini golf and Dave’s like I’m out of
    Beer Olympics yeah oh yeah and you
    called me on that I’m like all right
    dude whatever we got we got a we got a
    full court pressure Dave back in Beer
    Olympics he’s text he said he’s
    quadrupled down that he’s out so and the
    thing too is like we were wrong like we
    were wrong mostly I was wrong like I
    handled it
    horribly but when I’m go peek back the
    I’m like man I can’t believe this is
    like this has still got to be talked
    about this much like this we messed up
    we’re trying to do better but it’s like
    human beings are the only creatures in
    the entire world that will beat
    themselves up after making a mistake dog
    shits in the house you put your dog’s
    nose in it dog goes back to being a dog
    it’s over depends on how hard you hit
    them yeah no question that is true it
    depends I don’t know what life you’re
    living but not me not me human beings
    just constantly beat yourself up beat
    yourself up I think like you and I do a
    good job when we do mess up dve Busters
    being a good example we have a lot of
    lot of examples especially in the
    football World when we mess up you you
    look at it you navigate it you’re like
    okay where do we go wrong and then you
    try to recorrect and course correct but
    then it’s really hard sometimes when
    people are like but you did this but you
    did this but you did this and that’s how
    it felt to me a little bit when I was
    like you know 23 days in to being in
    Mexico and I pee behind the curtain
    again once again not getting context and
    it’s like these guys like yo yeah I was
    like we were trying our best it’s not
    one of those things like if we’re in
    like we’re getting coached in ball cuz
    we’re obviously getting critiqued
    literally every day whether it’s talk to
    coach [ __ ] cuss out coach softly
    whatever it is it’s not like when you do
    make a good play your coach also follows
    up with hey but remember when you [ __ ]
    this play up don’t do it again yeah
    you’re like damn I can’t even enjoy like
    making play in the world of the Internet
    it’s like people hold on people will
    hold on and remind you like if you make
    a good play and then another bad one
    comes where you make good one be like ah
    you know but Taylor he bailed he’s out
    and they just reminded and I just every
    time I saw like a tayor bailed I was
    like there was a piece of me that kind
    of hit me I was like damn dude all see
    some comments I’m like [ __ ] I know he’s
    probably seeing these and it just blows
    it just sucks cuz you do like at the
    like how many conversations do we have
    be like hey I don’t I want to make sure
    I’m not letting you down like you’re my
    best friend right I want to make sure
    you’re cool with this and all these
    conversations over and over again and
    then you see it and you’re like there
    here come the
    insecurities right down the barrel and
    it’s just kind of like oh [ __ ] dude uh
    Jack had a good point did we talk about
    on the episode or was it more in like a
    a team meeting we’re you bring up the
    the point of like you know when we do
    pivots like there’s been times where
    whether it’s from it’s from the knee or
    something’s got to shake up training
    wise I got to go train here or when
    you’re hey I’m going to do the podcast a
    game happens okay let’s not we we’ll go
    solo Doo like all the times we kind of
    handle it oh you talk about when he was
    in football right right either of us
    doing anything I think as like a fans
    perspective when you were full-time in
    the NFL playing people gave you the
    benefit of the doubt to when you had six
    months to take off that was what you had
    to do now that I don’t know what your
    play is with Football let’s just say for
    hypothetically let’s say hypothetically
    goe you’re done that means that this is
    now your number one priority so the fans
    are not going to give you as much leash
    anymore on missing stuff so I think
    right now is a great opportunity even
    though you might not believe it but to
    apologize to our fans for for not being
    here for the last month have I not spent
    the last hey I think it’s been a little
    bit of a back and forth oh okay if
    there’s been zero Clarity you’re abely
    right I just know that there’s some fans
    out talking I just think there’s fans
    out there that are like yelling into
    their [ __ ] speakers like come on like
    just say you’re [ __ ] sorry one time
    so and that’s not me no Jack yeah yeah
    I’m he was bringing up you were saying
    do you want me to can I does you want me
    to do it hey hey apologize hey it’s all
    good I’m think I’m thinking of uh the
    South Park episode where the dude’s like
    bending down over the desk he’s like go
    ahead kiss it
    apologize busting
    fans I know I’ve spent the last 14
    minutes on here explaining the thought
    process of how everything went I want
    you guys to know that never have I ever
    tried to slight any of you one way or
    another and I have never intentionally
    tried to hurt any of you people by
    taking myself off the bus or hurting
    this brand by going to do something
    completely different than I’ve ever done
    in my entire life and for that I am so
    sorry I feel like seeing the backlash
    and see everything I’ve really let you
    guys down in ways that I didn’t know I
    was letting you down and that is a
    horrible feeling because sometimes you
    just go through life and you don’t
    realize some of the people you might be
    hurting along the way and if I hurt any
    of you by not being on this bus and not
    being around the boys I am so sorry I
    could have handled it better and in the
    future I will handle it better if other
    things happen where I do leave for a
    couple of weeks I will make sure and
    tell you the moment it’s even a
    possibility that it happens and be
    completely transparent with you I love
    all of you I’m very sorry big hugs and
    Tiny
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    time the best dude Shane was solid yeah
    Shane was fun Shane was a good time
    interesting friendship with Shane he
    lets us know basically texts us Friday
    no Saturday the day of yep Saturday more
    Saturday let’s say 12:30 and he’s like
    Bros yin’s coming to the show tonight
    yeah or tomorrow 600 p.m. or he actually
    said 7 and 10 7 and 10 7 and 10 p.m. if
    you don’t come I probably won’t go to
    Beer Olympics yeah bro and I was like I
    guess I’m going to the show we did go we
    went Sunday we went to the 6:00 show it
    ended up being 6 they said it was 7 but
    it was actually 6 after the barbecue and
    it was fantastic it was a CR a lot of
    new material that he’s working through
    right now and it is it’s funny it’s
    interesting to see too because even
    after he’s like I got like what the
    first 20 minutes are solidified I feel
    good about the first 20 minutes
    everything else is storytelling and
    trying to work stuff out and it was
    interesting to see that like after
    hearing him say that and then reflecting
    back on the show like the like him just
    in literally in front of a a soldout
    stadium working through jokes the Ryman
    yeah yeah yes Stadium the Ryman a
    historical church yeah absolutely I mean
    that’s a going out there and you see a
    couple levels like you like you’re
    saying you reflect back and think of the
    times he is kind of working through it
    because he does such a great job of
    playing with the crowd yeah like great
    job you don’t like that one [ __ ] you
    guys this was okay but that wasn’t yeah
    well if you didn’t like that one then
    you’re going to think this next one was
    just all hate speech yeah so but it was
    it was really good the boy was on he’s
    on man he’s he’s number one in the world
    right now I had to sit on his text on
    Yan’s coming to the show if not I’m out
    of Beer Olympics because my own
    projectile ability of thinking of the
    recent L’s we’ve been taking if we lost
    Shane it would be not only that but just
    the way like that we’re Bros and he’s
    playing with my heart and he doesn’t
    understand everything that’s kind of
    sitting behind my heart at the moment so
    when he was saying that and kind of
    dangling it and I’m just thinking like
    bro stop [ __ ] around like this
    because I had to call him I had to call
    him last week because we’re doing our
    Beer Olympics meetings our beer games
    championship of the world we’re doing
    those me we’re doing those meetings and
    I see that he’s one of the only boxes
    kind of not checked and he’s kind of one
    of the guys that like you know we met
    like we want him there like one of the
    core guys that we want there and I’m
    thinking like [ __ ] he hasn’t responded
    to you know barcel reaching out because
    they’re kind of handling all the stuff
    they’re wanted to do gift gift baskets
    and the whole deal it’s going to be
    incredible I saw that he hasn’t he
    hadn’t responded yet and um Lisa was
    like hey could you reach out I was like
    yeah I’ll reach out to Shane and I’m
    just thinking you know because you don’t
    want to bug him you don’t want to bother
    him CU he’s doing his thing and we
    obviously text back and forth like our
    group chats and everything else and so I
    just call him and I was like he’s like
    what’s up bro and I was like guess where
    I’m at right now he’s like where I was
    like I’m at a I’m at a gun shop and I’m
    going to purchase one and kill myself if
    you don’t commit or respond or give us
    some type of answer if you can come to
    Beer Olympics or not and he was like we
    sat there for say he goes do
    it no he’s like he’s like why why you
    pressing why do you I’m like bro there’s
    there’s so much money going into this
    thing and everybody everybody we want to
    take care of everybody we want to do it
    right and our people everybody that’s
    working on it behind the scenes they’re
    trying to get head counts and know who’s
    going to be in or out and uh he was
    talking I don’t want to I don’t want to
    uh um I don’t want to spoil part I want
    to do spoilers right now the last thing
    we can do is put out any expectations
    yeah or put out expectations just put
    the pressure on everybody else cuz that
    moment that D backed out I’m throwing
    out lines were texting back and forth
    like hey so and so might come I see
    literally Quint Nelson up under the
    Travis Kelce thing saying next man up
    mentality with the eyes so I immediately
    text Quint like hey are you you trying
    to do it I’m not going to confirm nor
    deny if Quint Nelson might be coming but
    um yeah bro I mean we’re we’re trying to
    get our roster rounded out it’s going to
    be I’m telling you this thing is going
    to be [ __ ] awesome right uh but going
    back to the Shane thing I just sit on
    the I’m like all right how how will just
    take it take a moment how you going to
    respond to this how you going to take a
    breath he’s putting this expectation why
    are we finding out from our bro that he
    is in Nashville currently without uh you
    know ahead of time part of me thanks
    he’s trying to doesn’t want to do too
    many podcasts probably want to come on
    the bus which is fair yeah um but it all
    worked out we had a great time with a
    boy got to meet uh Gary Clark yeah one
    of the Gary Clark Jr yes bro oh that’s
    awesome yeah he was just chilling
    sitting in the I didn’t even know who it
    was and he was kind of it took me a
    minute too and and Shane was like you
    know what scary Clark right like one of
    the greatest musicians in the world
    guitar player and then by the time I
    left I was like hey bro it’s so nice to
    meet you I know my dad would be so hype
    in my dad he he he what do you call it
    he dabbles a little bit in the plays
    guitar guitar he loves guitar what do
    you call it what’s that thing what’s
    that thing that people been playing
    universally forever playing he uh he
    slaps the bass he slaps the guitar he
    doesn’t slap the B he plays the guitar
    he rips the guitar he rips the [ __ ]
    guitar I’m not going to that’s no cap
    bro I’m telling you my dad [ __ ] rips
    the guitar your dad does yes really
    matter of fact next time he comes out we
    need to make him do it yeah I will buy a
    guitar and make sure it’s in His Hands
    by walk the door there’s nothing you can
    do now I’ll have it sitting in front of
    a case of beer where he’s got a he has
    to touch the guitar just to get to the
    Beer nice chair speaker that’s already
    plugged in tuned up guitar will will
    have like n or somebody make sure it’s
    tuned up and a 30 rack of Bush lights
    sitting there like nowhere to go Dad and
    a whole bunch of chew yes and a split
    ton yes and he has to play he has to
    play has to play I need you guys to hear
    him yeah but that uh that Clark Gary CL
    Jun dude so I didn’t know really any
    about that at all and then yeah we found
    out and in the car ride home JP me JP
    and Michael Chandler were ripping on the
    way back to my spot and we were playing
    it that dude can [ __ ] shred and he
    was just kind of chilling like didn’t
    give a didn’t care like Mor just asked
    questions about barcel he’s like so is
    Barcelo everywhere I was like yeah it’s
    on the
    internet yeah yeah yeah he’s like cuz we
    kept talking about Shane had brought up
    Survivor and he we were talking through
    a couple other things like when he had
    me uh shotgun high noones on the on the
    stream with DraftKings and since we’re
    sitting there talking about barol stuff
    Gary was like so is bartool just
    everywhere and Taylor Taylor looks at
    him was like it’s on the internet yeah
    it’s everywhere he’s like no no no he’s
    like I mean is there a place that
    everybody
    goes but uh no it was uh it was sick to
    me what you got there some Luc you all
    no I’m I’m sure I got a couple I got a
    couple espressos in right now I have a
    Shane story yeah cuz you went on
    Saturday yeah so I I messaged him on
    Instagram on Saturday with no intention
    of getting tickets and I was just like
    good luck uh your shows this weekend um
    not even thinking he’s going to see the
    message or respond he responds like five
    minutes he’s like come through tonight
    if you want I had four friends in town I
    was like I really appreciate that but I
    was like I have a bunch of friends and
    like day of show I don’t want to be the
    guy asking for five tickets so not a big
    deal and he’s like it’s all good bro
    he’s like we can like make that work
    blah blah blah he’s like it’s five
    tickets right and then I had miscounted
    one of my friends had also brought a
    friend so I was like it’s actually six
    but I was like seriously not a big deal
    like this is too much and he’s like
    what’s your email I’m going to find it
    and this is at like 400 p.m. on Saturday
    so I was like guys like if y’all want to
    go to the show at like 9:30 tonight I
    think we can do it so we’re all fired up
    and by the time it’s like 8:45 rolls
    around I’m like he’s he’s still in his
    7:00 show he just never hit me back and
    it I had like gotten all the people
    hyped at
    this I thought you went yes and and now
    I’m hearing JP went last night now my
    ego’s double oh damn I’m sorry bro and
    it hurt I thought you went cuz when like
    I I took a minute to respond so Shane
    calls he’s like hey I know you guys are
    coming and was kind of like giving me a
    runaround he’s like your boy Jack’s
    coming tonight and then I did a little
    like hey make sure you tell him not to
    post a lot and he’s like oh that’s what
    you guys got him for blah blah blah so
    we were joking but I thought you went
    that night uhuh because if not I I mean
    Mitch I know we didn’t necessarily I’m
    thinking in my head spring tour
    interviews you have to get them done
    it’s a fair statement you got us a door
    right there that’s huge I have my family
    in town when did they leave they’re
    still here oh yeah I I mean reason
    too all I’m saying Jack if I would have
    known you didn’t go totally would I’m
    not like bu but if anything I felt
    really bad for my friends in town cuz
    you got them hyped up well there was a
    moment in time where I was like it’s
    shanee Gillis like sold out I saw
    tickets going for $1,200 at the Ryman on
    Saturday so I was like so I was like the
    fact that I’m even like asking for six
    tickets it it feels a little scummy and
    and I know he doesn’t feel that way it
    was nice enough for him to respond at
    all but like at some point when he was
    like dude what’s your email I was like
    guys we’re [ __ ] in like they were
    [ __ ] fired up they’re like why is
    Shane messaging you and I’m like dude
    he’s just a friend to work like
    by the end of the night I had to just
    [ __ ] lay on my sword and I was I I
    wasn’t mad at all I was just like my ego
    was so bruised I was like bro no doubt
    cuz you got all everybody hype yeah and
    they were like like the girls were like
    we don’t give a [ __ ] like we don’t know
    Shane really and I was like this oh you
    were hanging with everything oh it was
    like four girls and two guys so I was
    like man they probably would not enjoy
    themselves this situation in Oregon so
    yeah yeah but it’s I’m glad I heard all
    the shows went well I had a bunch of
    friends who actually bought tickets and
    said that did was Theo there on Sunday
    Night opening or was that just Saturday
    I think it was Saturday I saw stor he
    did like a 15 minute opener for the both
    sets on Saturday oh really yeah but
    that’s all I really know about it dude
    hype did it was fun I was going to say
    during your story I was literally
    thinking to myself because I thought
    that at the end of the story you were
    going to get the tickets and go that is
    the best possible way you can ask
    somebody for tickets by like hey man I
    got five people with me don’t worry
    about it just want to let you know hope
    you crush it yeah that’s that is you
    give them the number yeah you give and
    you give them everything and then you
    just let them kind of do the thing
    without saying can I have tickets I know
    now I’m like there’s still like an
    unread message between me and Shane that
    at some point down the road he will
    probably see and be like probably like
    not acknowledge it and I don’t want it
    to be like him think I’m upset about it
    so oh you got to check him as soon as
    you see
    him you got as soon as you see him you
    got to say something no I’m just I’m
    just hyped four uh shows at the Ryan is
    a big deal so I think that’s really cool
    big time yeah dude I had a situation
    when I was in Mexico uh bunch of the
    offensive linemen from Michigan they hit
    me up zenter hit me up and he’s like yo
    Shane Gillis he’s going to be in Sagen
    on Michigan we got to go can we go can
    you talk to him give it to like just
    blatantly asking me and it’s the same
    thing like any of our boys that does
    something that where you have to
    purchase tickets to go see them I always
    get uncomfortable about being like hey
    these people want to see you do you mind
    letting them in and so I kind of put it
    off for a minute but shout out Zin dude
    he was Shameless about it he just kept
    asking and asking and I was like all
    right I’ll ask I’ll ask him so I text
    Shane he’s like no problem loves the big
    boys loves the big boys some big boys so
    I I H him up and then it was like the
    day of and my service was so bad all day
    so I’m like sporadically getting
    messages from Zin and Keegan and these
    dudes and I think they had like six
    dudes with them total yeah and uh they
    end up getting to the show all Hogs all
    Hogs they end up getting to the show and
    they’re like in the show and they’re
    like we want to meet him like how do we
    go meet him after this and I was like
    you should have passes like they should
    have gave you guys a pass oh we don’t
    have anything like can you text him I’m
    like is he on stage right now and
    they’re like yeah I was like then he’s
    not going to answer a text like what are
    you talking about like but just young
    cat 20 minutes later dude 20 minutes
    later I get a FaceTime from Shane he’s
    with all the boys he just hits the pan
    he’s got the big boys with me got the
    big guy you know he was in heaven loves
    the big Bo yeah they apparently they cut
    it up that night too so that was a big a
    big win for my my boys in Michigan my
    national champions bro
    so I had uh Levis text and ask like hey
    could you connect me with Shane uh maybe
    going to one of his shows and I was
    either on the move or something but I
    felt kind of
    like you
    know no yeah not not no but it it made
    me I I didn’t feel like at that moment I
    wasn’t like I didn’t want to again hit
    up Shane like hey do you mind if I give
    your number you know to Will and stuff
    like that I don’t think he would have
    cared I think he would have loved that
    probably I think so too yeah yeah just
    because yeah football guy but for
    whatever reason I was on the move so I
    was kind of like fleeting in my brain
    and I forgot about it and then a couple
    days later like will comes back around
    he’s like hey all good bro I ended up
    getting in touch with I’m like oh [ __ ] I
    should have looked out for the boy it’s
    uncomfortable position to it really is
    cuz I I I’ve done it before and I don’t
    want to like it’s like you don’t want to
    sit there and and feel at any point
    you’re you’re ever trying to like take
    advantage of one of your boys especially
    like you said like when it’s not you
    going like when it’s not you doing it
    but even like I I like it when one of my
    boys is like hey so and so is trying to
    get a hold of you can I give them your
    number yeah and I’m like yeah I
    appreciate that it’s it’s always going
    to be yes for sure it’s always going to
    be yes but just the that little extra
    mile for me is nice and it’s like it’s
    just a little something
    right right that you kind of like you
    just want to give out people’s numbers
    and twoo if you’re not uh like say you
    haven’t texted with them in a while you
    know what I mean and one text is like
    you’re asking for something right and
    it’s been like the only person I
    honestly I don’t really think a whole a
    second effort about it is jelly roll
    because I’m like yo jelly
    roll jelly roll will take care of
    anybody and everybody at all time I’m
    not saying the other guys wouldn’t but I
    just know if jelly roll if he happens to
    see your message because he doesn’t
    check his phone very often he has 1,400
    text message messages unread on his
    phone bro he had uh I had a couple of my
    boys from back home that I was in high
    school with homies and they’re like hey
    we’re going to the Jelly Roll concert in
    St Louis you think you could get us a
    couple tickets and I text jelly like hey
    could you get these guys whether their
    nose bleeds it really doesn’t matter if
    you could just get them just to go see
    one of those things I Ain want to I a’t
    want to it’s like you don’t want to take
    a mile when you feel like your boy’s
    kind of giving you something like saying
    hey if you if anybody ever wants to come
    like let me know I’ll take care of them
    and I get a photo the boys are backstage
    with them [ __ ] getting High you gave
    them jelly you gave them jelly roll’s
    number no no no I end up going back and
    forth with jelly Jo’s like oh yeah let
    me know their names I’ll get them fully
    taken care of and then I think I
    connected him with one of like his
    people got but then I get a photo and
    they’re like they’re hitting a blunt
    with him in
    the great time of their life that is so
    sick that really is all time man yeah
    yeah yeah no you want to hit the uh we
    got some draft yeah dude the A2 game
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    yours back to this episode let’s go I
    said 82 we’re back I said I you did I
    don’t know if you did I lit just laugh
    because uh Jack laughed it’s almost like
    when you see somebody yawn and you just
    hit a yawn yeah yeah I get I like a
    funny so I just joined there had to get
    a part of that but yeah dude good
    weekend also anniversary weekend we uh
    had that little barbecue before for
    Michael Chandler celebrating him getting
    his big fight with Conor McGregor I’m
    sure you guys talked about that already
    yeah yeah I think so yeah because yeah
    we talked about it the week after the
    announcement me obviously we’re ready
    for that boy to yeah get in that octagon
    with Conor McGregor well we’ll have to
    do the same thing we did for 299 what
    was that go interview the boys talk to
    con would be nuts talk to Mike sit down
    could you
    imagine that would be nuts getting the
    interview Chandler yeah that’
    be Would Crazy LED Oregon dude yeah Will
    was telling me about it a little bit
    Oregon fun fact about Oregon that was a
    school that I legitimately wanted to go
    to like I was going I wanted to go to
    Oregon and commit to Oregon cuz that was
    like the height of their Nike uniforms
    when got offered by them I was like done
    we’re going to Oregon boys that’s what
    we’re doing so you got you had Oregon I
    had Oregon you not go so my dad had this
    thing he’s like hey I want to go to all
    the uh I’m going to go to the official
    visits with you blah blah blah like it
    was kind of like his way of being like
    we’re going to work this out together
    type thing but every time Oregon came up
    about going to see them there was always
    some sort of travel conflict with him
    could never make it and then I went to
    Minnesota and I almost committed to
    Minnesota cuz you know me I’m a
    honeymoon face type of guy I’ll just
    jump in I’m getting quick yeah I was
    like I’m going to be a gopher then I
    wasn’t a gopher and then I went to
    Michigan and I was like yeah cuz that’s
    when the whole Jake Long thing was going
    down and all that well I mean yeah so I
    never took a visit to Oregon but I bet
    the flashy lights would have got me bro
    I mean it’s they got some nice
    facilities can you rank your top five
    spots that we’ve ever been to I can if
    we have a list of where we’ve been I can
    probably’s trying to remember as hard
    can you be better than uh who’s got
    better facilities Nebraska legit Jack
    let me ask somebody else Nebraska does
    really here’s here’s why the way Oregon
    looks now Oregon I would say is number
    two but the way Oregon looks at this
    current moment they’ve had those
    facilities since like what 2013 20 yeah
    they said the new ones that they’re
    starting they like the concept plans of
    them will be done in like four or five
    years so when that
    happens it’ll be the mea of any program
    like an Iron Man movie literally they
    Iron Man facilities like you could just
    tell that they were so far ahead like
    Tech wise and everything else and with
    Nike they got so many cool things yeah
    yeah they have so many uh and the the
    the look of it oh yeah I think so did
    you already have there’s yours right
    there the look of it is just like it’s
    slick bro it’s so clean yeah like a
    modern look but like an athletic modern
    look I know that sounds [ __ ] old an
    athletic modern Jo right there that it
    makes sense though you like walk outside
    and every building’s like black and they
    got like this fountain in the middle to
    where when all the players walk through
    and they talk about how the game they
    experience like there’ll be a bunch of
    fans out there grilling out and
    everything else but it’s it’s sick and
    they obviously got all the gear all the
    sport science stuff that you love like
    the Nord boards but they got Force plate
    stuff for absolutely everything they
    have a specific sport performance like
    science area it’s inside the margus
    Mariota performance center God that’s so
    cool he’s the king there King bro he’s
    the only Heisman Trophy one only Heisman
    so they have that Heisman Trophy like
    sitting looking gorgeous and having like
    all of his all of his background kind of
    written around the trophy like below it
    and then behind it is they have what
    looks like places to sit but it’s the
    islands of Hawaii that surround it so
    him being the only Trophy winner he is
    the man there there like a whole section
    of a building that’s just like Demarcus
    Mario to Hall it’s just like you look up
    in the ceiling when you look at it from
    your eyes you don’t see anything and if
    you look through it through your camera
    it’s like his face what yes how does
    that work it’s hard to describe so you
    take a picture of I have a video that we
    can put in overlay probably on my phone
    I can show you later but yeah it’s just
    like you can tell he’s their Golden Boy
    I think these are all the places we’ve
    been I might be missing one but that is
    your you can rank for sure the best of
    the best around
    there so I would say what sucks is we
    didn’t get to see all of Texas and the
    whole water bottle gate yeah water
    bottle gate was tough that’s the only
    place we’ve been to where we weren’t
    able to get a bottle of
    water Straight Shooters there in Austin
    yeah Straight Shooters yeah because I
    told uh who was showing us around I was
    like hey Nate I get a bottle of water
    he’s like yeah go ahead and then I
    looked at the camera I was like he
    passed it’s true yeah it be it’s become
    a benchmark a small box to check but a
    box nonetheless yeah yeah I mean you
    want everybody and again Texas they they
    took they took care of us when we were
    out there to a certain point yeah but
    you you want to see like people that are
    welcoming in just insane host to us you
    remember that you remember like how they
    made you and the boys feel not only us
    but how they how they take care of the
    guys behind us and Texas was they were
    like inviting they were they were
    showing us stuff but they just didn’t
    show us everything like some places like
    like Nebraska Michigan uh I don’t know
    how Tennessee I actually haven’t been to
    Tennesse I mean they’re they just they
    just finished those new ones that we um
    they were talking about with like the
    whole car wash a lot of these programs
    are adapting we put the pads on but I’m
    talking about Hospitality Hospitality
    yeah Tennesse is up there I mean I feel
    like Nebraska Michigan you got to kind
    throw this South Carolina you got to
    throw them to the side it’s like we’re
    we’re like their South Carolina we’re
    like their sons like you in Michigan me
    at Nebraska they are I’m just saying
    like they’ll they’ll let you do I
    thought you were going to go crazier
    with that comment oh what you think like
    we they gods oh no no like what’s this
    man about to say oh no oh yeah yeah you
    got you got to throw those out the
    window Georgia I thought they were
    really hospitable too and I was acting
    little was awesome me and the guy
    started going back at it a couple times
    we you 2012 right played Georgia had a
    pick against them pick six yeah cap
    that’s why they call him the New Year’s
    Eve six
    yeah that’s what changed it yeah that’s
    what Chang changed it all but even they
    were great too Florida state was really
    accommodating how were their was awesome
    I’m trying fsus are a little bit dated
    they’re building new stuff but it almost
    gives like um I don’t know it’s like it
    works even though it’s kind of dated you
    almost like the it’s one of those things
    to where you just you know that Florida
    State they they are a squad now but
    growing up like you just the seminal the
    arrow on the helmet you just have this
    idea of Florida State and even though
    it’s a little dated it it goes it like
    makes sense similar to like a Notre Dame
    I’m not saying they’re dated or they
    similar to Notre Dame but it’s like
    Notre Dame has like it’s like you know
    you’re at Notre Dame I feel like at
    Florida State it was like that kind of
    feeling as well but not like the new
    tech all the new facilties stuff they
    don’t have all they don’t have all those
    bells and whistles yet they sick locker
    room real cool locker room yeah Florida
    State’s got it feels like a blue bler
    color like like grittier Vibe yeah
    smaller weight room like you walk in you
    immediately smell all the rubber all the
    plates everything like that like you do
    most lock or like you do most weight
    rooms but it’s like a smaller one I feel
    like it might be football only they had
    the volleyball girls in there that’s
    right I was wrong I saying corrected on
    that but I would
    say I mean I think you still got I think
    you still got us at the top would you
    say Oregon’s better than Michigan I
    don’t think so facility wise yeah I
    would say Michigan’s locker room is
    better really cuz they locker room the
    locker room we saw cuz they’re building
    a new one at Oregon yeah Michigan’s
    locker room was like the one thing that
    we were kind of like H cuz that was
    their Locker Room’s been there since I
    was there I thought that they just redid
    that locker room no at Michigan no
    didn’t they add in like LSU was the one
    that was like LSU is
    sick I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry sorry
    that’s my mistake the weight room in
    Michigan is what I been say not locker
    room the we room is the weight room at
    Michigan to me is better than organs
    also they didn’t I think a lot cuz
    remember we I don’t know if we want to
    talk about it or like we can cut this
    but they like didn’t want us to film in
    that like the locker room oh but they
    only didn’t want to film because they
    were at practice so you know players are
    being the boys were being boys or stuff
    still check the hospitality box yeah I
    would have loved to have done it and
    just really preface like hey this the
    like this is this is what the lock these
    are what locker rooms look like like the
    boys are at practice you got shoes by
    lockers like the boys were at practice
    so they were like hey it’s dirty we
    don’t want you guys to which I totally
    get but I would say if you push your
    side Nebraska Michigan I would say ah
    LSU then Oregon yeah I I really liked
    LSU LSU was like oh you play LSU over
    Oregon they’re man they’re different if
    we could see the track facility I think
    it would have been completely be or
    crazy it’d be Oregon but the people at
    Oregon were just to to bottom from
    facilities to just like restaurant
    waitresses to the rental car gal just so
    out the airp like unbelievably nice like
    what do we do to deserve this and it’s
    just clean everywhere Oregon yeah cuz
    they’re all high yeah free spirit a
    little more free spirit I think all
    drugs are decriminalized there important
    you can yeah I mean there’s some cuz cuz
    I would see comments and everything else
    to where I’m I’m assuming people are
    alluding to that I think in Portland
    it’s decriminalized so in like there so
    we’re in Eugene okay okay okay okay yeah
    beautiful drive Beautiful cuz that was
    the hard part you fly into Portland you
    got a drive two hours ago down to Eugene
    so I’m curious like I’m sure they just
    get they get kids in that’ll just fly
    into Eugene I’m sure and we had a 4-Hour
    layover in Salt Lake City that was the
    worst part about organ as we yeah we had
    a 4-Hour layover we had to go right back
    after the interviews um um so that way
    we didn’t get back at like 6:30 at night
    on
    Friday because we’re done with the
    interviews on what like three I think or
    was it earlier than that yeah like 3:00
    on Thursday right on yeah Thursday we
    went to Denver and then flew back Frid
    morning tried to make a flight at 6:30
    made a flight at 6:30 out of Portland go
    to Denver took a little 4H hour nap at
    the hotel airport 4 hour we probably
    what yeah it was we slept 4 hours cuz we
    land we had a little bit of a delay and
    we got in at like 11:30 yeah it was like
    11:45 at time I was getting in my room
    and then we had to get up at 3:45 yeah
    something like that and then fly from
    Denver to Nashville I mean it’s a trek
    but three three awesome conversations
    three awesome interviews T Johnson the
    best spring T interviews we’ve ever had
    dude this this I mean both of them
    really Dylan Gabriel starts like asking
    me questions and we just have like a 45
    minute long conversation like I’m kind
    of running through my Stu with him
    talking about all the transfer portal
    cuz he’s transfer around a lot of
    different places and uh then with TZ
    Johnson he talks about like he got
    adopted by Bo nicks’s family at 15 years
    old and his M his biological mother is
    still like in his life and everything
    else and she was like pushing that issue
    to get him out of where he was to
    basically be with his family uh B Nick’s
    dad he’s the head football coach at
    their High School in Alabama like at 6A
    school like he talks about B Knicks
    basically being like a Manning like very
    professional
    from being a high schooler like very
    straight edged about your business you
    know all ball and so TZ like being
    implemented into the family he’s he
    recalls in that in the episode his first
    night where they ate dinner as a family
    and he was like we all ate dinner as a
    family I didn’t know if I should like
    grab a plate and go back to my room or
    like you kind of like you know where I’m
    at you you you know grab a dinner plate
    and then you play video games whatever
    it is and he’s like they all sat down we
    ate as a family and I was like thinking
    to myself I hope I I don’t mess like I
    hope I don’t mess this up I hope I don’t
    have to leave here damn it it’s crazy to
    like say out loud cuz it
    almost yeah me and he my nose sted
    feeling weird mine too and we go from
    that so he talks about getting up to
    that point a little bit after he was a
    massive organ fan because his stepdad
    when he was young showed him an organ
    game because he’ he’d let him stay up
    late and watch football with him yeah
    and so when he watched Oregon he thought
    uh uh DeAnthony Thomas was his favorite
    player and was a massive Oregon fan and
    when Bo Nicks committed to Auburn Auburn
    Oregon played the family didn’t let uh
    TZ go because he wanted to wear organ
    gear because he said he just wore his
    Oregon hoodie he said probably every day
    probably didn’t wash it in middle school
    and everything else loved Oregon so he
    goes he had he’s he’s a small receiver
    he was like a buck 35 coming out of high
    school or something like that and so he
    commits to Troy uh the schooling out the
    university in Alabama and plays there a
    couple years balls out hits the portal
    and he’s getting some offers and
    everything else and all of a sudden
    Oregon calls and he and he’s like when
    Oregon calls he’s like I tell I tell him
    right there I oh I’m committed you don’t
    have to say anything else I’m committed
    literally I’m committed to Oregon Bo
    Nicks is was the current quarterback so
    it’s like full circle because Bo
    transferred from a Auburn to organ for
    his last year or two or for his last
    couple years and then Bo and TZ are
    playing together no way and he sets the
    single season receptions record as a
    receiver last year TZ his first year at
    Oregon at his favorite school and comes
    to life at the very end of the episode
    insanely charismatic great personality
    talks about he’s the swaggiest dude in
    the in college ball it it’s a it’s a fun
    conversation I mean he’s trying to be
    the swest dude in start showing us his
    Instagram he’s like you see my FIT here
    I got to show off the the leg tattoos
    here like you see the drip I got the
    shoes go with the mouthpiece this is
    visor I got the visor on pregame take it
    off during the game so that way you can
    see the accent of the mouthpiece but
    just funny bro and then opens the door
    to let uh to get Dylan in he’s like look
    you see what I you see what I’m saying
    quarterback thinks he has swag he’s
    wearing these uh what is it flip flops
    he’s wearing these flipflops it just
    starts busting his balls then Dylan
    comes in we have fun conversation then
    he talks about hey what’s some advice
    transitioning to here and how to you
    know how would high schoolers manage nil
    blah blah blah we started having a
    conversation coach Lanning was amazing
    and they were like accommodating bro
    they were awesome and Dan coach Lanning
    he has watched some of our stuff he
    watches some of our stuff he’s like
    every Thursday morning he you got to
    stop messing with Nebraska is your lock
    of the week
    cuz I busted his balls I was like Hey
    Oregon Washington man like I I was
    riding with you guys I had money on that
    game he’s like oh he’s like I’m sorry
    he’s like but bro you gotta stop making
    Nebraska your lock of the week like he
    knew and I it fired me up damn that’s
    awesome yeah it was fun bro sounds like
    an amazing deal we’re going to try and
    go back I think ah yeah bro catch a game
    there SI about uh Ohio State in Oregon
    bro and I don’t know if you guys would
    Kelly Chip Kelly’s at Ohio State now so
    that game is going to be
    like
    game yeah yeah that was a weird thing
    cuz he was the head coach of UCLA and
    then he left UCLA to become the head
    coach or the OC made a move yeah andbody
    he made a downgrade move he went from
    head that’s right that’s right that’s
    right my fault my fault yeah but then
    there was reports that came out that he
    was on his way out anyway like him and
    the ad didn’t get along or whatever he
    didn’t have the players anymore so he
    just di before they could get him dip
    and then you go to a spot like Ohio
    State that’s probably going to prolong
    like get you back to where wherever he
    wants to go whether it’s the NFL or you
    go you go 11 and one every year like
    you’re going to get some jobs yeah it
    was kind and Coach Landing was talking
    about what was your biggest move you
    feel like I was like I know you I’ve
    listened to your pause before and you
    recall like there’s too many I was like
    but what was a move that like happened
    for you you guys will obviously hear in
    this episode but he talks about like
    going and taking downgrading making good
    money and then like taking a shot to go
    be a g Bama thinking like this will be
    my this will help get me to those next
    bigger jobs yeah but they were awesome
    bro yeah they were awesome he um I
    really want to go see that Oregon Ohio
    State game what what week is that um let
    me see is it during
    spooktober strong
    chance I think it iser 12th week week
    two is that week two or three that’s
    like no October 12 October 12th no in
    October oh yeah yeah I think it’ll be
    the second week look at the calendar we
    can make that happen for sure I think so
    yes we got to make sure weine sponsor
    wise and everything else that we don’t
    have not that we don’t have but if
    whoever wants us to be in like SEC
    country yeah but I thought Saturday in
    October I thought our conversations with
    a fall tour was going to be like a fluid
    like we’re going to go to six spots
    however we’re going to go to like game
    of the week type things we’re going to
    pick and choose the games we go to for
    sure that’s why uh that’s why I said it
    like we got to make sure we got to make
    sure we’re able to do that cuz that’s
    all thing with Bojangles is we had to be
    in a lot of uh SEC country stuff look up
    who Michigan plays October 12th CU I
    know we were not going to Michigan Texas
    because Nebraska which is going to be a
    fun time we’re gonna have a good time
    again he bro I trust me I want to go to
    I do want to go to Texas Michigan too
    but Colorado at
    Nebraska it’s a big
    game you a buy yeah perfect you played
    Washington the week before I have zero
    schedule conflict then hang on Hang on
    we’re at it is Washington oh it’s in
    seatt it’s in Washington organ plays
    Michigan though in an arbor but we want
    to like the
    whole is going to Oregon what’s a but
    let’s just to say that going to Michigan
    during that game would be hype I know go
    up USC they’re play UFC September 21st
    that’s where we’re going to go to
    Michigan right there that’ll be a that’s
    the game we’re going to go to so we’ll
    go Texas Texas week will be Nebraska
    Colorado and then two weeks later we’ll
    be at USC Michigan you you know what I’m
    really anxious to see is we know that
    like Michigan keeps a little more close
    to the vest they obviously open open it
    up a lot because I went there and stuff
    but for the most part like they’re not
    necessarily Nebraska as far as like the
    hospitality because Nebraska’s just like
    do this is your playground and Michigan
    does keep a little more things shiron
    Moore he and I have a great relationship
    and he seems like a like a more of a
    relaxed cat I’m anxious to see if
    Michigan’s any different with him as the
    head coach with us at least right like
    hopefully he has like the pool of like
    the head man yeah he will he will
    absolutely he’s six and he’s six and0 as
    a head coach yeah yeah yeah yeah he’s
    undefeated as a head coach yeah Penn
    State Ohio State yeah yeah I mean last
    year you guys went
    undefeated and those and he was a head
    coach for six of those yeah yeah yeah I
    think four of those
    actually but yeah dude that is uh that’s
    a bit of a deal what else is a bit of a
    deal is is the question that is going
    around the NFL right now is kurk cousins
    a bad
    person that’s that’s that’s not me
    saying that I’m hearing that that Kirk
    Cousins is a bad person or that that
    Kirk cousin allowed tampering kir
    cousins didn’t follow the book Kirk he
    kirkko he might have had a little slip
    up in that presser I would love to see
    the because I kind of can’t remember it
    but it sounds like he slipped up saying
    talking about his relationship with the
    maybe the training staff before he got
    there and so they’re using that little
    sentence or two like hey this this is
    this is kind of
    tampering trying to get this clip up B
    internet let’s go dude never they do
    take that [ __ ] serious because you get
    uh penalized in the draft Yeah you lose
    epics it was like when you guys were
    making your run and went to the AFC
    Championship uh I was with the Raiders
    that year and John Robinson was like
    make sure you’re not marketing anything
    about you know it’s like a bus and
    Titans collab because we don’t want any
    potential tampering with with
    me hell yes but but just to like to show
    how serious every organization takes
    like to the detail no don’t do this cuz
    we can’t this is a risk like any kind of
    tampering which sucks because if Kirk
    had any kind of relationship it’s like
    we were talking about before the Pod so
    was like if coming back if just knowing
    Todd torselli the trainer if we just had
    any kind of conversation and I say it
    and like I have some pressure coming
    back like yeah I was kind of catching up
    with Todd you know back in January or
    December blah blah blah that could be
    boom you’re labeled is tampering even
    though you have like a personal
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    faded up a little no no no I don’t never
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    paint it you put the little thing on and
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    douse it with that blue paste wake up
    the next day and new man lowkey thinking
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    you guys you guys went to I know we
    talked about before you never went
    through a long hair phase Mitch no I’ve
    only ever had a buzz cat growing up I
    mean I think about Mitch trying to grow
    his hair out his head’s so big like to
    Crazy it’ be like 3 years before he even
    got to my length he looked like ET when
    they put the wig on him
    yeah hey you know what I’m saying
    Jack
    just oh my God it’s a wide head bro yeah
    bro man dude hey I see you rock that
    beard now since November I I’m thinking
    of actually shaving it go ahead DCH want
    but you liked it no I do I definitely
    like it for sure but I I just may maybe
    maybe I told this man I said the minute
    you grow a beard you’re going to be like
    man you know I might just keep this be a
    beard guy yeah just give it a trim no I
    do trim it I do trim it I just maybe
    just kind of hit the reset button real
    quick kind of go back to to neutral for
    a little bit and let it grow back out
    sometimes it’s nice to have a little bit
    of a change even with the summer coming
    and stuff too like I got to make sure
    the face gets a an even tan exactly yeah
    yeah yeah yeah when I first got back to
    Nash it was like going to be I think
    like 48 hours before I saw will and I
    was so excited I just facetimed him in
    bed one night
    and uh ton took a nice moment to let him
    know how great his beard was it’s
    phenomenal beard yeah I know which I I
    don’t think it’s that great really yeah
    I think you have a I think you have a
    great beard I think it look it’s a
    really good look for you I appreciate it
    I kind I was telling you too I kind of
    like when I I take it down to more of
    like a stubble like a little scruff a
    little scruff yeah I think you got
    enough density on the cheeks though to
    kind of keep it where it’s at like clean
    it up clean up that neck a little bit
    you’d be solid yeah handsome boy thank
    you man I saw an old photo of you will
    with a beard and I had the same feeling
    I was it was long bro and I was like
    damn get back yeah bro but that you said
    get it back yeah I thought it looked sh
    oh the I swear the photo I looked you
    must have just gotten a trim because it
    looked very even and I don’t know pull
    up uh what’s the video you did the tail
    the one top 100 where Will’s talking
    that’s the that’s the beard that’s the
    one I think he’s talking about go to uh
    go to you not look good I don’t think so
    either cuz it grows it grows more it
    grows more down it doesn’t I don’t get
    like the had a Viking that thing out no
    that thing nice that’s that’s newer whe
    beard no it’s not that’s old teeth isn’t
    it no that’s oh [ __ ] my fault you you
    look like you’re supposed to be in
    Twilight right there is that you hey you
    see the old teeth down there scroll down
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    oh that’s you I thought that was Lane
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    too that is wild there there’s the had
    to had to hey Mitch make sure to get
    that photo that we were just looking at
    and puking over that is nuts
    man yeah teeth I mean the boys said you
    know what can’t say enough about the
    teeth investment yeah it’s a big deal
    can’t say enough some guy last night at
    Shane show was talking about my dentist
    he’s like where do you have for your
    dentist I was like ah he’s in Brentwood
    somewhere I was like these are fake by
    the way I I’ve been in there this like a
    year ago these are not real you need to
    just put somebody on like some whitening
    paste at Walmart or something like that
    yeah you know what I do I get this this
    whitening paste whitening toothbrush
    toothpaste dude them laser mouthpieces
    that they’re they’re promoting now on
    Instagram yeah dude I did the uh what
    was little things you back in the day
    where they had like they were like
    pieces of paper oh the whitening strips
    the whitening strips I did that it hurt
    my teeth yeah
    broock shock waves through your teeth
    hurts so bad it it like really [ __ ] up
    your enamel yeah my en bad bad for your
    teeth yeah messed them up I did like a
    whitening thing like at a dentist one
    time where they like put the light on it
    that [ __ ] hurt too maybe you got
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    whether it’s like you know organic or
    whatever how much how much additives how
    many chemicals like it’ll tell you why
    it’s bad and all that stuff it’s sick
    and you know who put me on it who Bill
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    this show bro when plays the guitar
    talks about health yeah well he was
    showing me he was we were talking about
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    checking on my uh my uh Yuka app and it
    was telling me how bad it was it might
    have been like a deodorant or something
    like that he was like it was showing me
    how bad like an Old Spice was it was
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    really big into Uka and he almost lost
    part of
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    grocery for an hour and a half just
    scanning products and he’s like all the
    stuff I’ve been taking for years is
    actually horrible for me bro so he’s
    just like but I was in Target with Rue
    and I probably spent a good amount of
    time just scanning products while she’s
    throwing like green yellow or red icon
    if it’s like good or bad yeah yeah it’s
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    that’s my first one what my actual shout
    out no free shout out for this week is
    going to be
    when your wife goes out of
    town oh you get the serenity of rocking
    solo knowing that you can catch up on
    your shows you can the wife will be away
    long enough to where you’re going to
    miss them very badly by the time they
    get back and you just get to you just
    get to go back to some of your old ways
    now I’m going to be riding solo with Ru
    so I’m going to be on solo dad Duty
    which all have its challenges but an
    exciting challenge yeah and you get a
    chance to level up a little bit too at
    the relationship yeah get in the Rhythm
    with r yeah yeah yeah a good one just
    because the other day I was thinking
    about it Charli went out uh to go
    shopping and I put rud down for a nap
    and your boy had a very productive
    Saturday got a run in got some sa in
    cleaned the kitchen did a load of
    laundry and then I’m sitting there like
    just I felt good on the couch like oh
    man I’m really your boy was [ __ ]
    productive this afternoon and so I’m I’m
    like looking forward to those moments am
    going to miss you I am going to miss you
    sweetheart she’s going to be in Parish
    for like eight days on a girl trip I
    know oh yeah that’s now yeah that’s
    gonna be great though it’s gonna be so
    sick for them I feel like your first
    three days are going to be the toughest
    and then you’re gonna find a nice Groove
    between four and seven yeah the yeah
    definitely the first day just because
    we’ll be getting back from uh our
    Alabama trip and we’re doing the draft
    coverage in Chicago so them flying back
    early on Friday she takes off Friday
    morning so I’ll kind of be you’ll like
    have that face cat sleep yeah I just
    need that first night to get some sleep
    but other than that like it’ll be we’ll
    have a good time but that’s my shout out
    when you have that serenity
    of in just peace and quiet when when the
    kids’s going to be down sleeping whether
    it’s for a nap or nighttime you’re just
    going to have the house to yourself can
    I add a layer to that for you too that
    makes it even better yeah your wife is
    not going on a business trip for eight
    days she’s not doing something she
    doesn’t want to do for eight days she’s
    having total and complete fun for eight
    days to the point where you don’t have
    to worry about oh this is happening that
    is happening they’re going to come back
    and be all drained like they are filling
    themselves up from a soul stpoint point
    so you know when they come back they’ll
    be ready to maybe take over 70% of the
    load for a minute a day or two you the
    the scoreboard will be in my favor for
    sure big time she’ll have to make a
    halftime comeback in a hurry in a hurry
    yeah she’s like babe you leave every
    week I’m like sweetheart your boy rushes
    to get back within 48 hours we take the
    earliest flights home just to get back
    to y’all we take our sleep away to get
    home to you and it’s for business like I
    know we have fun I can’t help we have a
    fun job did you have fun in Paris France
    did you have exactly on a on an 8 day
    trip with the homies oh yeah that’s
    tough don’t worry you’ll get you’ll get
    back calculated with the hours and
    everything it’ll be fine yeah but go
    ahead and put Rue down right now I’m
    going to relax yeah now Serenity does
    that last a couple extra and then you
    just get to be a guy for a little bit
    like you know leave some dishes out you
    know for a little extra day or two smile
    about it too as you walk away yeah order
    order some takeout and kind of leave it
    there on the table knowing that you’re
    going to put in work right before they
    come back just for it to be spotless
    sweetheart I came up with this
    under the rug see how spotless this is
    it stayed like this it’s crazy it
    doesn’t happen when we’re both
    here oh bro I [ __ ] I I I have a bad
    habit of leaving the espresso in the
    machine yeah in instead of cleaning it
    out and it’s in the pantry and she moved
    it out of the pantry she’s like I’m
    putting this out here to be seen so that
    way you know she’s like you can’t handle
    it in the pantry anymore that’s what she
    said she goes you can’t handle this and
    I got tired I was like I’ll never I’m
    never making one again
    I’m never making a latte again and cuz
    she was like babe I think the move out
    to the counter in the kitchen is going
    to be better for all of us and I and I
    just want you to know I was like no
    don’t even worry about it I’m not making
    any more lattes I’m not I’m not using
    this machine ever again you’re gonna let
    your girl R your house like that she had
    to put her I to her defense go said she
    had to put her foot down she did she did
    because I I don’t know what the material
    is but it was I I your boy was SC trying
    to get stains off I was like babe it’s
    not going to stain like trust me I’ll
    get it out and I couldn’t [ __ ] get it
    out she’s like don’t worry we’ll move
    out here this will be this is the right
    you can’t handle it in the
    pantry I was like you mother you [ __ ]
    dude hell
    yeah just to dust up a little tiff have
    fun in Paris charl yeah yeah yeah yeah
    have fun in Paris uh Shadow no fre
    Shadow all right you did two I’ll do two
    as well uh last night going to Shane’s
    concert we get in the car
    will realizes he kept the key so charl
    can’t leave my house to go to her house
    hey oh yeah so we Cruise back to my
    house we’re already running late we
    Cruise back to my house and JP’s not of
    gas so we get in my wife’s vehicle and
    we take that car and because I’m driving
    and this is an older vehicle so I don’t
    have like a little monitor to tell me
    how to get there and how Will’s like
    co-pilot he’s co-pilot and he also has
    my phone to do to play music to play
    music so he’s double he’s double
    wielding the whole time now we put a
    song on will and I were kind of Bumm to
    it but it was a little sad but here’s my
    where my shout out no free shoutout
    comes in is where usually when you get
    in a car with a bunch of guys you’re
    going to something fun like you want to
    put some bangers on that everybody knows
    everybody enjoys and we can all sing
    along too so we get the energy high and
    going we put about one song on and then
    Will Compton goes let me let me let you
    guys try this one on what do you think
    about this which is one of the most
    daring things you can do with a friend
    group go going somewhere is testing out
    a new song when energy is needed more
    than ever and he put that cuz they were
    on us in the back like come on I know
    you guys are singing to it but let’s get
    some energy going yeah yeah yeah well
    there was a minute where yeah it was
    like that it sounded like Haler deila
    but it was actually like it was a suo
    song which I really I think is fire and
    I’m kind of I know the song so I’m
    singing it Will’s legit looking out the
    window feeling something like my was in
    a music video for a second and I look in
    the river mirror and JP’s kind of like
    what the [ __ ] is this and I was like hey
    well we should change we should change
    it so he puts that he puts that song on
    and it hit it was uh is it called I’m
    good the I’m blue kind of re Remix by
    David get yeah yeah I’m good best
    [ __ ] night of my
    life yo it’s a jam he put the song on
    he’s like I got a new one for you guys
    and hit that I was like this is blue
    like and then all of a sudden start I I
    couldn’t find out was like a I’m
    struggling boys and all a started
    getting nervous yeah and it it worked
    out so my shout out nree shout out is
    taking the risk of energy when energy is
    needed more than ever yeah that is
    that’s my shout out every I mean it
    could have been worse but I reach in my
    pocket to grab my phone to search for
    the song or just search for a song or
    something like that and I feel Charles
    keys in my you’re the keys again I was
    like what’s he where’s he going well not
    that remember because you were
    like you you were saying something like
    oh this would be good this would be
    better than if we would have made it all
    the way there then she wouldn’t have had
    it in the first place and I was like you
    don’t understand if we would have made
    it there and she would have been like I
    don’t have my keys and I have them on me
    I had recently that earlier that day
    when I went on the daddy daughter had a
    little daddy daughter morning I leave
    ruse’s backpack at
    Target and I’m swearing up and down I
    didn’t leave it there I didn’t even
    bring it in Target they check the
    cameras are hey we found the backpack so
    Charles was already going back to cuz my
    rock brain dude just lapses the espresso
    machine leaving it the don’t beat
    yourself up don’t beat your I know
    you’re taking small things and you’re
    piling it up but these are within the
    last couple weeks bro that’s all right
    we all go through phases you know we get
    a little foggy you know I’m losing it
    you know I’m losing it no you’re not
    dude you’re not you’re strong you’re
    strong you do way more good than bad way
    more good than bad i’ appreciate you uh
    my second one my second Shout Out n
    first shout out Simply is taking action
    and I’ll explain why I say this when I
    built my home I spent an ungodly amount
    of money on my landscaping and I told
    the Landscaping people listen this is
    what I want I want you to think like
    you’re walking into organized chaos like
    green Lush but there’s flowers
    everywhere like you’re on a French
    Countryside and there’s wild flowers as
    far as the eye can see and it’s just
    like a vibrant beautiful bunch of colors
    and you’re just like stimulated but you
    feel warm and fuzzy inside landscapers
    like we got you they start planting
    stuff and they go three years from now
    got to give plants time you’ll have that
    perfect it’s now been three
    years I have good landscape I got good
    grass but say you have good Landscaping
    well Devil’s in the details brother I
    was blind too but now I see okay okay I
    start looking out and tum brought to my
    attention a little bit I’m like you’re
    right there’s not a whole lot of vibrant
    French Countryside going on here that I
    was wanted so bad and this dude named
    Steve crawls out of the ashes and he’s
    like I am the greatest Gardener of all
    time but people just don’t know it yet I
    can turn this into what you want blah
    blah blah blah so I have now taken
    action I bought a tractor and I dug out
    damn near half of my own landscape this
    past week and talk about being
    productive you dug out swear to God I
    dug out I don’t I need call my wife call
    my wife right now I thought you just got
    on the tractor like I’m just going to
    put up a funny that you found on Google
    Jack saw that that that image right
    there on that’s a funny Jack move but
    let’s call Ton right
    now also ratio need those references
    czy what up Lou what up dude hey I need
    I need you’re on the bus right now I
    need you I need you to just plainly tell
    Will and the boys what we bought this
    weekend and what did I do this
    weekend denying your manood right now
    aren’t they they are T I said there’s no
    way he actually used the tractor he just
    got on it took a photo and just like I’m
    gonna make him think that I was doing
    some [ __ ] tell them tell them what
    happened well I can completely
    understand why you think that I even
    told Taylor this is the first time in
    eight years I’ve ever seen dirt under
    his fingernails it was like actually
    noticeable but
    he he we bought the tractor and he got
    on it and he filled it up with grass he
    pulled and then he drove it to the spot
    to dump it and drove it
    back okay did he dig up he said he dug
    up half of his Landscaping he did that
    by hand and he actually did for
    real and they used the bucket to fill it
    up and then he went he did real he did
    real as we can
    well all right that’s confirmed that’s
    confirmed all I love you I’ll talk to
    you
    later so I dug my [ __ ] up Steve this
    Steve guy he is like he’s like an
    alchemist dud he the way he’s got a
    green thumb like no one’s ever seen
    before he’s out at my house every single
    day and he’s like I want to use your
    land to show people what I can do so
    taking I took action and in 3 to five
    years boys I’m going to have a world
    class Garden at my
    f a world class so you got to restart
    basically yeah but my you know my grass
    grass stays great grass green out yeah
    it’s very green good grass vibrant green
    but you know like the kind of bushes you
    see that are kind of around the green
    grass we’re working baby we are turning
    that [ __ ] into I’m not just talking
    about it’ll look nice I have an area
    designated to win Rebel Lewan my oldest
    daughter that there are different
    flowers and different plants that are
    from a family named win that we’re going
    to plant there so that’s going to be a
    wind Garden there’s obviously a willow
    tree my youngest daughter I’m Different
    willow trees different Willow plants
    which Steve was telling about there’s
    like a bajillion type of different
    plants I am going to have a world class
    Garden three to five years and I took
    action on it this weekend bookmark that
    bookmark that shout out no free shout
    out taking action yep shout out no free
    shout out taking action shout out to uh
    you said Steve shout out to Steve that’s
    I know that’s a gritty move it’s a
    gritty move by no one knows it yet I
    need to build my portfolio let me use
    your land because I can really deck this
    thing out for real and then use that to
    Market and showcase my skills he is
    um I don’t want to sing his Praises too
    much I do like Steve early in the game
    it’s early in the game first quarter he
    came out said a lot of good things and
    I’ll tell you what first couple minutes
    of the game he’s been doing great okay
    he’s been doing great but I I three to
    five years is a long time yeah yeah you
    know eventually fatigue will set in I
    fatigue mix cowards out of all of us
    yeah great quote I’m gonna pee Mitch do
    your shout
    out uh my shout out and every shout out
    this week goes to uh Supercross um shout
    out Super Cross so uh we when do you
    ever not talk about Super Cross I’m
    sorry it’s like you at Nebraska I I’m a
    fan of something I’m gonna talk about it
    and every time I do talk about in the
    team meetings other meetings with you
    guys asking you guys if you’re going to
    show up here we go again here talking
    about Supercross
    just tell me to shut up making me feel
    bad okay time out time out time out I’m
    teasing I’m teasing a little true to it
    for sure but I apologize I apologize I
    know you love Supercross it’s very near
    and dear to your heart yeah my yeah and
    I’m I won’t go into the whole story but
    I want to shout out to Sean Brennan
    Dustin pipes those were the two guys and
    uh Chris Elliot from team
    soliter we have a dirt bike now it was a
    very very long process in getting it we
    fin like a year and a half no year
    we were yeah but the the talk of getting
    something from Twisted te dirt bike wise
    was last year Supercross and that was a
    year ago but it’s that that conversation
    of that bike started you started that
    conversation with them a little before
    that I didn’t think we were going to be
    able to get a bike from him we got but
    then we were going to get a bike and you
    promised it for a year it’s been a year
    yeah and that’s we have it now we do and
    it is beautiful it is so sick and and
    just the the like Sean and Dustin and
    Chris like DD were super accommodating
    accommodating for the guys for my family
    Taylor Delaney like got us tickets had a
    really good seat um but they’re just
    great dudes great people and can’t thank
    him enough for getting us a dirt bike
    and we Taylor could only be at the the
    thing for an hour anniversary but yeah
    first day back anniversary and that’s
    I’m no I’m happy he even gave me like
    gave us an hour like he didn’t have to
    do that but and Sean was like okay we
    got this this and this and then you’re
    out you’re fine and we made it happen
    like and we’re I’m stoked about it I
    know you’re stoked remember when we were
    talking about your approach to
    Taylor yeah you’re like did he ever let
    you know that we talked what he he
    texted me he’s like Mitch I know you’re
    going to ask me something just ask it no
    no no I said when you’re ready to ask me
    the question I have an answer yeah and
    he would you text back do you want to go
    no you said what’s your answer I said
    you have to ask the question for yeah
    yeah and Taylor at first we were we were
    both
    like I’m not a super cross guy like I’m
    not a dirt bike guy yeah and Mitch being
    like hey Supercross this year and again
    he D I mean he didn’t drop the ball we
    went we had a great time at Supercross
    but we were supposed to have this dirt
    bike and Mitch is just all Supercross
    247 365 that’s not that’s not that every
    time you’re like hey I got another
    Supercross topic to talk about we’re
    like all right Mitch we’re like all
    right where’s the uh where’s the bike
    from last year that you were said that
    you wore up and down we were going to
    have well now it’s here and you can’t
    bring that up anymore no doubt but we it
    took a year Taylor was getting back on
    the 19th and Super Cross was on the 20th
    on 420 shout out 420 and uh we are both
    kind of out on Supercross because again
    he’s just getting back and his
    anniversary is on 420 and so Taylor had
    already previously said like we weren’t
    going to do this and so Mitch was like
    hey I think we’re going to get the dirt
    bike I was like [ __ ] here you go
    again [ __ ]
    and I was like listen I’ve never R I’ve
    never ridden a dirt bike I can’t like
    he’s like they want you to ride it out
    you know ride the dirt bike around stuff
    like that I was like I listen I’m out I
    politely decline he’s like you think we
    get Taylor because I was like Taylor
    that’d be something that he would like
    like he would want to do like you love
    dirt bikes I love dirt bikes and uh but
    knowing that Taylor said no I’m like
    it’s all you’re gonna have to just frame
    it well because he’s out there in Mexico
    right now boys we obviously were taking
    the heat we’re kind of Taken you’re
    about to come back around and ask him
    something about Supercross which in the
    middle of spring tour we’re doing all
    these other things I’m like you’re just
    going to have to it’s going to be about
    how you frame it and then I was telling
    Mitch I was like just we’ll text later
    and I’ll help you craft your text
    message you literally said I’ll text
    this message I will text what you should
    try and say to him cuz I was like you’re
    going to have to go on whatever he says
    if he says no then don’t bug him about
    it like it’s gonna be a no and I was
    like I’ll write your text and you can
    send it Taylor and I that is crazy
    manipulation by the way I know I know it
    is but I could see Mitch it seemed like
    he was like I know we’re getting the
    bike and in my brain I’m thinking you
    would enjoy doing it but again
    completely understand that and we talk L
    you know how much I was missing my
    family too yeah yeah yeah exactly I was
    hurting and so I was trying to think of
    a way that it could see you know that
    obviously get you to say yeah like
    you’re going to have to know if he does
    it within an hour then he’s gone within
    the hour like all this stuff to like try
    to get the boy a win as well Taylor and
    I end up talking on the phone I was like
    hey I’m just going to tell you Mitch
    want to ask you a question I forget how
    I lobed it up for you I was like going
    to ask something and Taylor was like
    here we [ __ ] go and I was like um I
    said whatever it was the Super Cross
    thing they’re by I was like listen you
    say no it’s truly all good I told him
    I’ve already prepped him for you
    basically saying no yeah I didn’t but if
    you want to do it there I thought there
    was no shot you were going to go yeah
    yeah I I literally told will I was like
    it is dope I was like but it’s my
    anniversary yeah and I need to obviously
    I have to ask Tay and if I even get a
    hint that she might feel some type of
    way about it the answer is without a
    doubt no zero % so I called T literally
    when we hung up and I was like guess
    what like which even then you got to
    kind of craft I know you got to you
    can’t just be like they’re giving us a
    dirt bike on 420 we got to go do
    it you got you got to have some I was
    like some Savvy you want to know good
    news or the bad news she goes she goes
    she goes what’s the bad news I go
    there’s something that people want me to
    do on our
    annivers and she said what’s the good
    news I was like I’m getting a dirt
    bike and she goes uh that’s she L goes
    there’s like a pause there she goes dude
    that’s [ __ ] sick I was like oh for
    real yeah I thought so too but it’s our
    anniversary dude I will not do this I
    will not like I swear to God I will not
    do it if blah blah blah she’s like no
    how long do you need I was like I told
    them I will tell them one hour she’s
    like perfect yeah let’s go do it
    boom and then I had to wait and even
    then I had to wait like two three days
    and I was like I have to text Mitch
    about having an
    answer what you scared for I was nervous
    the entire time what are you talking
    about do you know where you like when
    did you see me mad no no no not that you
    were mad like it’s not that it’s just
    that he’s bringing up another Super CA
    question and we ball bust him we
    obviously ball time CU he comes up he’s
    like hey so another brand wants you to
    do this and it’s like bro I mean
    remember the private we been rocking
    with Twisted te yeah yeah he brought up
    a private jet opportunity [ __ ] didn’t
    work out so every idea brings up for
    Miami sitting in the meting like all
    right yeah all right Mitch no call back
    no call back every idea like he’ll come
    up with you’re just like [ __ ] when’s
    this one g to blow up and work out oh my
    God yo but I I think I was maybe the
    second most excited person there your
    dad was number one oh yeah my dad was
    just he was just talking to like the
    behind the scenes people just about the
    engines and stuff just trying to like
    learn more about it cuz he’s been doing
    it for like 30 years and but they were
    my parents kept saying like four or five
    times they the coolest thing was seeing
    how excited you were because you had
    like that little kid like energy like
    holy [ __ ] like it’s here we got it you
    be got a derp dude I was in your
    excitement and nerves to get on and be
    like oh [ __ ] I knew I was gonna do that
    too oh I knew it and Delan was like you
    can’t do it like the whole time Del’s
    like in my ear like don’t he can’t [ __ ]
    up I’m like dude I’m so nervous and I
    was like just like did one of those and
    I was like oh my God and all the pro
    guys even look that didn’t even you did
    that just from my eye it didn’t seem
    like anything had happened the pro guys
    came up to me were like doing the hey it
    happens to us too like don’t worry about
    do mean that thing it made me actually
    feel worse I was like please stop I
    understand I [ __ ] up I know you’re
    trying to make me feel good but the
    second out or did you did you almost
    lose no no no no like I like I let the
    clutch out and I I put the throttle down
    a little bit and I kind of just puttered
    out on me the second one that was kind
    of weird cuz I had the clutch in still
    and I pressed I put it in the first and
    then just turned off and I just I put my
    hands was like I’m very nervous right
    now everyone please and the guy came
    over and like tweaked the clutch for me
    I’m like it’s perfect that’s that’s
    going to do it it did actually so I was
    really happy about it but even then you
    hear me driving off and it sounds like
    the bike can stall it any second I was
    so nervous bogging down yeah before too
    they were like this is a race engine
    can’t like on this road be very careful
    slips very easily so like then I started
    getting my head a little bit like man
    what if I just tip this thing and I get
    how long how long that it been been
    since you’ve been on a dirt bikee since
    I’ve like driven an actual dirt bike I’m
    probably 16 years old is 16 when you
    broke your foot or earlier than that no
    I was 12 when I broke this foot got you
    your boy I no joke I put a little thing
    on this on Twitter but like I would get
    up in the morning before like middle
    school and high school like 6:00 a.m.
    and go ride my dirt bike in the state
    land for like an hour and then I would
    come home and get ready for school and I
    would get home and I would get on my
    dirt bike and I would drive to the gas
    station I I would drive on the roads and
    then the police would get behind me and
    put the lights on I would just go into
    the desert I literally was I like I felt
    Invincible with the dirt bike it was
    insane that’s cool I would drive to my
    friend hous dude I I truly thought I
    would go to the Super pumper gas station
    on the corner of dynamite and Tatum and
    I’d get a microwave burrito and I’d fill
    my gas tank up and it’ cost like $150
    and I’d bring change I put on the
    counter like pump
    three like 12 years old got
    Tris p on the bus I know yeah that’d be
    so sick Vlog with him get him on the bus
    I know dude it l literally like that was
    when I saw that dir bike when I saw the
    bus with the boys on the sides and
    everything I was like this is that is
    probably the coolest gift I I feel weird
    saying that cuz I feel like there’s a
    cool gift I’ve been given out there but
    still from a Nostalgia standpoint little
    kid the little kid in you and everything
    else first loves the coolest thing ever
    and it was cool that Mitch made it
    happen and Mitch eats sleeps and
    breathes only thinks about dirt bikes
    and we just ball bust him we ball bust
    him for this last year it was it TR
    truly dude it was the coolest thing ever
    like I I was at home be like hey T we
    got a dirt bik like we just left it
    there too like Delaney Delaney drove it
    here because I had to go my I was five
    minutes late to win soccer game pulled
    up I was a parent that pulled up and was
    like all right get out there she’s like
    changing in the car on the way over got
    her out there playing soccer she kicked
    she’s gotten better at soccer by the way
    that’s good yeah she’s gotten better
    shout out win shout out win Rebel she’s
    having fun now that’s all it matters
    shout out Supercross yeah nice thanks
    for the dirt bike um my shout out no
    shout out goes to I guess taking a shot
    or a chance because this dude dm’ me on
    Instagram and you’re going to be fired
    about this this is something that maybe
    we can do as a group and maybe for like
    a little under the hood or um bus scenes
    but he’s like been a huge F of busting
    for years just open up a new Philly
    cheese steak spot in the Nations here in
    Nashville would love if you guys came
    out for a cheese steak on the house free
    shout outs brotherly love cheese steaks
    look us up so Lance
    Harris maybe the I I went and looked it
    up and they look very promising so if
    that’s something like with you know slow
    content week a little bus scenes action
    we run out there for lunch or something
    next week um or this week when we get
    back yeah we go today [ __ ] who know
    next week would honestly be a great week
    everything’s we get a slower week next
    week maybe hit it on Tuesday next week
    yeah damn we’ll be be out there Tuesday
    next week what is it brotherly love Yeah
    brotherly love cheese stakes in the
    nation so official review coming soon
    but yeah you got to appreciate a guy
    just taking a shot especially one of the
    lower level guys here it’s like probably
    can’t get Willard Taylor to respond
    maybe we can see if this other guy will
    so everybody if you trying to get our
    attention everybody DM Jack mcferson
    don’t do this but follow him first
    follow him first on the note of DMS
    though I did get another one on Twitter
    just from a guy saying that they bought
    13 of the boys hats for his Bachelor
    party they’re going out to That
    Celebrity Golf Tournament they do every
    year with like Pat and um oh let’s
    [ __ ] go and he said he bought 13 of
    them for all the homies and he’s like
    I’m just fired up we’re all gonna be
    like strapped up and I was like let’s go
    yeah let’s go hey but for real everybody
    DM Jack mcferson on Instagram right now
    and just ask him a ridiculous question
    Twisted questions yeah no no Twisted
    question ask give ask for a ridiculous
    ask speak twied
    question they don’t even they don’t
    uh brotherly love cheese steaks DM do
    you no
    um Lance Harris I guess he’s the owner
    he’s just saying it’s called brotherly
    love cheese Stakes oh yeah yeah local
    boy yeah Hometown cheese steak got to
    take care of the local boys yeah got we
    got to get Mitch’s review on him even
    though I I highly question his uh you
    have no idea what a Philly cheese steak
    is you think [ __ ] mushrooms go on all
    right Mitch I watch the toone a little
    bit that is your B [ __ ] mushrooms
    onions crazy peppers for sure Peppers
    it’s onions
    with or without here you [ __ ] go you
    don’t know what you’re talking about we
    had the one in Columbus Ohio that was a
    banger it was then what do you say I
    don’t know what a cheese steak tastes
    like I didn’t say you you think all
    these extra go ahead read the question
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    Mitch been a big week for you let’s keep
    it up with your Twisted question all
    right this one comes from Aaron F on
    Instagram nervous you get four inches to
    divvy up between your height and your
    piece you can also substitute an inch to
    for 10 pounds of muscle or to lose 10
    pounds of fat how are you diving up your
    4 inches starting with what we have now
    yeah 4 inches us right now yep so I can
    take four inches off my height and put
    it on my piece no you just get a four
    you just get four extra inches oh we’re
    just getting GI at four inches right now
    we can put it make it harder what you’re
    saying might make it a better question
    is if you give an inch to your piece it
    takes away yeah it takes an inch from
    your height I think but hang on what’s
    the muscle and fat thing again you can
    you can substitute an inch you can
    substitute an inch and you can either
    dock an inch to G to lose fat so you can
    like say you had four you take away an
    inch you can either use that to get 10
    extra pounds of uh of like muscle or
    lose 10 pounds of fat but now you only
    have three inches left if that makes
    sense okay I’m ready so basically
    you I’m going to use uh one of my inches
    to gain 10 pounds of muscle one of my
    inches to take 10 pounds of fat off one
    inch brother you I don’t think you can
    take much more like what do
    you what you mean bro you’re a lean mean
    fighting machine what are you trying to
    you trying to look sick Bro 10 pounds of
    muscle I’m balancing I wonder what your
    body fat is right now uh it’s probably
    High Teens mid teens I bet it’s around
    like 10 or 11 no [ __ ] way I think so
    I appreciate you by the way you’re
    making me blush even though you kind of
    don’t mean as a compliment um I will
    take one inch to my penis and I’ll
    subtract one inch from my
    height giving me another
    inch no so the way the way will
    described it Jack or no yeah me I’m
    taking one inch losing 10 pounds of fat
    I’m putting one inch on my piece and I’m
    putting the other two to my height
    that’s how I dealt with that’s that’s
    that’s a twisted question right yeah I
    just but but didn’t you say if you jack
    I said something and Jack was like I
    think that could be a a hard like if if
    you if you add an inch to your piece you
    lose a an inch to your height yeah but
    then if you add an inch to your height
    you lose an inch on your
    piece
    right I’ll take two inches off my
    height if yeah if we were doing that I
    would probably just add 20 pounds of mus
    and lose 10 pound of
    fat yed yeah keep my height keep my pece
    how tall are you
    6’2
    about come on kid what are we for real
    though about about 6’2 about 62 and if
    you want to go off like my pro day and
    everything else I’m flirting around like
    that I think
    61 no I’ll give you 61 and a half I’ll
    give you 6’2 but that’s what I’m saying
    that
    obviously yeah I’m just saying like I’ll
    keep my height yeah 61 we can say 61 so
    if I lose 2 inches off my
    height where do that LE what do I get if
    you lose two inches off your height you
    can go two inches to your piece
    okay oh just a Monster yeah yeah no well
    now average no now we got a no remember
    now we got something that I’m not afraid
    to wear shorts I’m talking this is a
    pipe like when we were remember when we
    were going to Notre Dame you said you
    could barely fit your piece in
    a a white
    say that’s not how I meant to say that
    is definitely how you meant to say not
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    delivery it was a delivery I would yeah
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    yeah I’m kind of too I am too tall I
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    people go when you walk by all I’m
    saying is that’d be a great usage of
    your whatever it is your Four Points
    yeah because it seems like it’s either
    you use your point as an inch or gaining
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    of
    fat is that what you guys are doing what
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    you just took five points no four take
    one point add it to my height so that’s
    you just that’s one point take one my
    second point and add 10 pounds of muscle
    my third and fourth Point 20 pounds of
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    the uh Berman because I did one with him
    as well he like came out to Nashville we
    sat down and uh I was listening to your
    on bamman and learning about miss being
    a Missouri boy and everything else like
    are are we rolling yeah we’re good now
    we’re good to go I was listening to uh
    Adam brenman’s interview with you and it
    was juicy bro like thinking number one
    both Missouri boys so everybody
    listening right now
    yeah the state Miss boys and being a
    high school coach at Park South and
    driving [ __ ] 13 hours off of a
    coach’s Clinic connection yeah there was
    uh I mean I wanted coach CU those those
    things are chaotic yeah they didn’t
    really know me it was one of those like
    I I’d gotten a phone call I’d sent
    letters everywhere I’d gotten a phone
    call and I just told my wife I like this
    is the first time anybody’s even called
    me back and then it kind of came and
    went I said I got to go drive there I
    got to go you know take a chance yeah
    but like my brother he’s a high school
    coach and he kind of came out to one of
    the coaching conventions I they hold him
    at na there’s one in Nashville at the
    oery or whatever and they’re just like
    it’s just like a zoo I mean the who who
    they’re there they’re out there they’re
    having a good time or whatever just you
    know you go to Nashville and then a lot
    of guys I’m assuming like yourself at
    that time you’re sending emails letters
    and everything you’re just literally
    trying to get hand shake a hand have a
    conversation I want to I want to pour
    coffee like whatever just to get in the
    building you where did that where did
    that come from for you is it that
    linebacker mentality you know that and
    um just never want to live with regret
    and and early on realizing okay like I
    have a greater passion for this you know
    parent teacher conferences those are
    cool and all and but I want to coach
    ball I want to be somewhere where it’s
    about ball more often than not and uh
    even that’s changed in college football
    you know but uh to the the aspiration
    just to get to the highest level and and
    not sit here and say man maybe I could
    have if I would have sacrificed
    something so has it always been that way
    have you always wanted to be a head
    coach uh I don’t know Chas the dream Co
    yeah I always wanted to see you know
    where and um you know what what the end
    all goal could be you know what what you
    could achieve and some of that reset you
    know I I’ve told people this before but
    when my wife got sick you know it kind
    of made you say okay like step back who
    really cares about this other stuff it’s
    about your family it’s about taking care
    of your three boys um and I probably I
    was probably really selfish early on in
    my career right like how can I move up
    the ladder you know there’s only one o
    line coach or one linebacker coach in
    each town so if you’re going to continue
    to advance you got to you got to leave
    town you got to go somewhere else and
    and and you’re and you’re literally 12
    hours a day I sometimes more than that
    way more than that yeah yeah way more I
    mean you sleep in the office especially
    you know early on in your career there
    probably hasn’t been a place that I’ve
    worked where I haven’t slept in the
    office at some point you know wherever
    I’m at and uh that’s some sometimes
    that’s required sometimes you know I’ve
    learned how to be a little bit more
    efficient there and balance it but um
    you have to be willing to do more when
    you’re at the bottom of the totem pole
    right to advance and if uh for any ga’s
    young coaches out there listening like
    what what are those gritty things that
    you would be more willing to do than the
    next guy because cuz there’s so many of
    G there’s so many of those guys just
    trying to get their foot in the door you
    obviously you know you’re driving 13
    hours just for an interview at pit just
    to the I think I believe I heard right
    the coaches were at Penn State that day
    so it didn’t even happen that day you’re
    changing into a suit at the gas station
    and you’re talking about you’re alluding
    to things like not everybody’s willing
    to pour a cup of coffee make sure the
    guy ahead of you his call sheet looks
    the way he wants it because if he gets
    promoted I could be a guy that you know
    I was joking with JP I know how to run
    the computer I know how to run the
    technology uh what what are what are
    some bits of advice you would give to
    those young coaches yeah I just I think
    every coach has aspirations of being the
    offensive coordinator the defensive
    coordinator the head coach and the
    reality is you got to go find all the
    jobs that nobody wants to do and become
    the best at them right like like making
    a call sheet and um you know making
    yourself to where when this guy leaves
    he’s like hey how do I open up this file
    you know how do I create this how can I
    make this cut up when the film shuts
    down yeah find all that I mean I
    remember going to Men’s Warehouse to
    pick up a coach’s socks you know and
    certainly wasn’t what I wanted to do at
    the time right but if that you know got
    gave me favor with that coach for an
    opportunity to you know be his guy that
    he trusted then you got do whatever it
    is is uh the head coaching gig
    everything you thought it be you know I
    love uh a lot of pieces of it I love the
    fact that you get to interact with more
    position groups um than just one side of
    the ball um there’s certainly a lot of
    headaches but every job has headaches I
    mean it’s it’s a ton of fun and it’s a
    lot of fun in this place um it’s just
    you know fun being a place where you
    have great support and where you have
    players that are really good if the
    let’s just hypothetically say the
    cameras are turned off what’s one thing
    you
    yeah what’s one thing you [ __ ] about
    with the job oh let’s just say complain
    yeah I’ll be honest I don’t I don’t
    [ __ ] a lot because I realize how lucky
    and and fortunate I am I mean I think
    the landscape of college football is
    changing drastically and everybody
    everybody speaks to that do you love
    every piece of that no but you better be
    willing to adapt I think the more time
    you spend complaining um you know the
    less you are focusing on getting better
    and I don’t take a lot of those problems
    home one of the benefits for me is my
    wife never really asked me about work
    which I don’t want her to right I spend
    all my time talking about work at work
    so when I get home it’s that chance to
    uh you know kind of kind of check out
    after you get done making your
    recruiting calls and stuff right well
    you were uh talking earlier about how
    your perspective shifted like when your
    wife had gotten sick and everything else
    how do you I guess work on that work
    life balance when you know CU especially
    in the you know really any industry if
    you’re somebody who’s ambitious to do
    anything great you got to be a little
    cynical you got to be a little obsessive
    you got to like like you said like
    you’re you’re selfish because you’re
    trying to go after your thing talk about
    how you worked on that work life balance
    as your perspective shifted well one
    thing I’ll say is that there isn’t
    balance you know there is no balance in
    this profession there’s no balance in
    your profession if you want to be great
    right so there’s going to be sacrificed
    we talk to the same thing with our
    players like if you want to be great at
    something you got to be willing to
    sacrifice something that’s valuable
    right and one of those things we
    sacrifice is time with our family so
    that that’s not going to come back for
    me to be the best coach I can be here at
    Oregon I’m going to be eliminating some
    of that time that I spend with my crew
    and what it means is when I do have that
    time it’s got to be important it’s got
    to be intentional um you got to figure
    out way way to incorporate what you got
    to do with work uh with what you got to
    do at home so like last night the entire
    team’s over at my house right hanging
    out with my wife and kids so I get to be
    with my family but they get to be there
    too the extended family
    um when when your wife was sick was
    there ever a moment to where you thought
    okay maybe I need to shift maybe this
    isn’t what I I need to go after maybe I
    need to uh do something else like talk
    about those moments where there I would
    assume that there were some lows and
    even some hard conversations would
    assume yeah there were there were
    certainly some lows you know I don’t
    think I ever wavered in what I wanted to
    be able to do uh I just probably became
    a man of Faith a lot more and got on my
    knees a little bit more um you know
    speaking to a greater power I say hey I
    can’t do this alone I need this lady
    here with me and uh I always knew that I
    was going to continue coach I don’t
    think that ever that ever shifted but
    you got to solve problems you know you
    have to get a a sitter you have to get
    somebody that can kind of help out with
    the kids and um you know it more than
    anything it probably shifts your
    aspirations and your focus yeah I’m uh
    again fascinated listening to uh to
    brenman’s interview with you but we got
    to sit with Coach norell a couple weeks
    ago and something that really stood out
    talking to him is when he’s sitting
    there he’s just preaching gospel about
    you know his how he worked and very
    similar to your style of of coming
    through it all but one thing that stood
    out was like never working for the job
    that you currently have always working
    for the next job that was something
    walking away from was like oh that’s
    like you know that’s something juicy you
    love to hear um you seem very much Cut
    From the Same Cloth what are some things
    that you learned from coach norell
    getting to work under him yeah I mean
    Mike has uh a crazy passion for the game
    when it comes to like it his intensity
    you you want to see that start at the
    top right you want a head coach that you
    know he’s not going to ask you to do
    anything that he’s not willing to do he
    put in the work he put in the time um he
    looked at things outside the box right
    and that’s that’s what I hope people see
    here is one you see the details cuz all
    the details matter uh especially at this
    level um but but a guy that’s willing to
    put in and everything that they have to
    for us to be successful and willing to
    adapt and change I think that’s where a
    lot of coaches mess up I know you’ve
    said that there are too many moments too
    many like you know breakthrough moments
    but is there one job shift that you made
    and one decision that you made that
    really kind of put you in the right spot
    to where you knew some things might come
    together sooner rather than later
    because of a choice that you made I
    don’t know it’s something I can
    appreciate now more than I did probably
    at the moment um I was a a full-time
    coach at Sam Houston State as a DB coach
    I was finally making a little bit of
    money we had three kids um and kind of
    living under our means and I got an
    opportunity to be a graduate assistant
    at Alabama and if you go back and look
    at that staff now as an All-Star staff
    you crazy staff you know coach Sabin uh
    coach smart uh you know Lane keif and
    Mario christall Mel Tucker Billy Napier
    um I mean the list kind of just goes on
    and on of the guys that are on that
    staff and I I learned more in football
    that year in 2015 than I’d ever learned
    in my career what was that interview
    like going out to going out to interview
    with uh with Alabama know uh nothing
    that I’d ever been prepared for you know
    I I kind of assumed I’d be a fly on the
    wall and this is a ga job it’s not like
    it’s the most important role in the
    building um but to sit there with Coach
    sa he’s asking you questions about your
    philosophy on pump protection that’s not
    something I had dialed up ready you know
    I I had my thoughts and I shared them
    but um you got to meet with everybody in
    the organization you know from uh
    position coaches to administrative staff
    you know I thought they did a really
    good job of being meticulous in that
    process getting feedback from everybody
    in the building what’ you think of this
    guy um so it’s a lot of fun I still got
    the voicemail saved on my phone today of
    Coach sain calling and you know saying
    hey give me a call back it was him
    offering me the job oh that’s [ __ ]
    awesome not not deleting that yeah did
    you did you walk away from that
    interview being like damn I wasn’t
    prepared like no I felt good about the
    interview but the process took a while
    right there was some other guys they
    interviewed and I didn’t know that I was
    going to get the job but you know the
    big difference there is you go take that
    job I’m I’m making decent money not
    great money you go take that job you’re
    making 1,200 bucks a month you have
    three kids and you’re don’t have
    insurance again all of a sudden you’re
    on EBT I mean it doesn’t make sense
    right like you’re just cutting up tape
    for all the cut ups for all the
    personnels and formations yeah you’re
    doing a little bit of everything doing a
    little bit of everything so it’s uh you
    know you take a step backwards
    financially to take a step forwards from
    a professional standpoint yeah you got
    any good uh King stories I got some good
    I’ve seen some you got one that you can
    tell H I don’t know that I got I’ll say
    this I’ve seen Lane and he can take a an
    ass chein you know for with the and i’
    I’ve seen that happen before um you know
    multiple times you know something he was
    he he became privy to there at Alabama
    um but he was able to dust it off pretty
    well you know it never really affected
    him yeah that’s awesome well I think we
    had a body armor question do we just got
    to say body armor do I need to do like a
    little read yeah but we should wait
    afterwards okay doie okay cuz I do want
    to ask I want to ask
    your your biggest uh ass chewing story
    that you took personally that just had
    you beaten down from a certain coach or
    any coach from a any let’s do both let’s
    both well I mean did you ever have one
    did you ever have one sa uh yeah and
    it’s the craziest deal because you know
    the best position to be at an Alabama
    with Coach saan is to really be in the
    Outfield right you got the infield
    that’s all the full-time coaches but to
    be in the Outfield you’re kind of safe
    like you’re the guys that laugh at all
    the head coaches jokes and you see other
    guys get their ass ripped but you’re
    kind of kind the outside it’s not your
    position it’s not so I was in the
    Outfield I was a ga um but I remember we
    ran a kids camp and uh we must have been
    working with like seven eight years old
    kids right but he ran Kids Camp like
    we’re running Alabama like fa training
    camp and uh this is I I get there kind
    of late and I’m kind of just learning
    the process I’m a little bit of a fly on
    the wall and one of our strength coaches
    is running bag drills and he leaves
    right so he leaves the bag drills he’s
    got to go work out our guys so I just
    started doing bag drills like I did at
    Park Hill South or like I did at Sam
    Houston State and I was not doing bag
    drills right coach Sav came over and it
    happened to be a day that Paul fine bomb
    was falling around and he let into me he
    let me know what bag drills were
    supposed to look like um you know and it
    it was a great example of how everything
    mattered to him it didn’t matter we were
    coaching 8-year-olds it mattered that
    you were doing the drill right so I
    stayed up that night and watched every
    drill to make sure I had a master just
    in case I got thrown in the fire now how
    about any coach the biggest man I’ve had
    a lot of them right I had a lot of them
    Curry Smart’s you know a grade a
    professional at giving those um you know
    Todd Graham is the best um G but usually
    once you once you take a few you’re kind
    of like and then you see the new guy get
    it you’re like hey this it’s part of the
    gig what was one that really put you
    like say early as a coach um you know
    Todd Graham probably prepared me for a
    lot of future ASU right so early as a
    coach I was uh running the scout team
    you know as was a ga at this time you
    only had one GA on offense one GA on
    defense I was kind of coaching all 11 on
    offense um after practice one day coach
    Graham goes man I’m sorry I you know I
    apologize we have the worst scout team
    in the nation and it’s not your fault
    it’s my fault cuz I hired the guy he
    runs the Scout he points to me right
    after he runs the scout team and he is
    the worst and I was I couldn’t have been
    smaller in that moment I’d just been
    coaching high school ball the year
    before and uh let’s say just say this
    the scout team got better but it was a
    good humbling moment for me oh [ __ ] man
    I’m just trying to just trying to
    imagine in in that moment are you
    thinking you’re probably thinking maybe
    of a couple players like if you guys
    would have just [ __ ] look at the card
    oh no in that moment you’re thinking
    about should I stay at a high school
    coach I should I go back to Missouri
    right now and go coach high school ball
    so uh no it humbling experience right
    but you can’t cry and spill milk man got
    to keep rolling talk about uh your
    process of of being the the head coach
    of the University of Oregon and how that
    panned out for you yeah it’s been great
    and it it really goes back to the guys
    that I got to work with before I got to
    see some great coaches do this you know
    whe and every one of them was different
    Kirby’s different than Nick you know
    Nick’s different than Mike Mike’s
    different than Casey Keeler and Todd so
    the you know I’m I’m relatively young in
    this position but I got to see a lot of
    really great coaches do it in this seat
    and I think the biggest thing I learned
    is I got to be me right but there is a
    process that you believe in uh and I’ve
    probably stolen something kind of from
    guy um the other piece is figuring out
    what the weakness is on your team and
    saying okay how are we attacking that
    rather than just rolling with the script
    or the practice face that existed 365
    days ago because it is changing so um
    I’m continuing to grow I’m not there yet
    right I got a lot of growth uh to make
    but that’s the same thing I challenge
    our players with and if you want to grow
    you got to get uncomfortable when you
    were in the interview process with
    becoming the head coach of Oregon was it
    a time where uh and I apologize for
    being unfamiliar with all the interview
    process and everything else but was it
    uh was it one of those situations where
    you’re hitting the interview circuit and
    thinking like okay maybe I’ll be a year
    involved and kind of hit this and kind
    of have it for the resume and then maybe
    the next year or you got in the room and
    they’re like hey we can’t let this man
    leave like a story a story that I’m
    thinking of is McVey when he went to the
    Rams right when he was the OC at
    Washington you know he was going in the
    interview circuit and I remember having
    uh sitting down having lunch with him
    and he was like you know this is usually
    where you know you’ll go around you’ll
    get in the interview circuit because
    I’ve always been fascinated with being
    getting in coaching as well and he was
    like you know I’ll do this for a year
    kind of get in the conversations and
    everything else and usually it becomes
    after that I remember when he went to
    the Rams coach Phillips was like yeah I
    don’t think they’re letting him leave
    the building without a contract talk
    about the interview process and that
    experience being uh a DC yeah college is
    a little bit different um you know but
    there were some there were some
    opportunities to interview for head
    coaching jobs before so it wasn’t my my
    first interview but they they kind of
    come to you you don’t know when it’s
    going to come I mean on this one I’m I’m
    actually flying on a trip to Miami to do
    official visits so I’m I’m recruiting
    for Georgia and at the time really
    really satisfied with my you know
    situation at Georgia we just lost the
    SEC Championship I’m kind of focused on
    the rose uh excuse me the Orange Bowl um
    but I’m going down here to recruit a kid
    and I get a call saying hey these guys
    want to hop on a zoom so I do a zoom you
    know in an airport uh FBO throwing kind
    of a a suit coat and uh that was just
    kind of the start of it and it really
    escalated really fast after that night
    after that initial Zoom with some more
    phone calls and um goes quick you know
    you never know when it’s going to come
    there were times where I thought I’d get
    for a head coaching job and I didn’t and
    then this one is probably one that I
    didn’t think was NE I didn’t have a
    connection to Oregon I’d never been to
    Oregon until I got off the plane here as
    the head coach so I knew what it was uh
    somewhere I wanted to be but I wasn’t as
    familiar you know with it or had any
    ties to it so going through that process
    every one of them’s different and this
    one uh it just it you could tell that
    there was a really unique vision and you
    know it was all in sync it all align
    with what you want as a head coach did
    uh was it with with Oregon was it one of
    those things when you’re interviewing to
    be a head man to where you’re kind of
    wanting to be a little choosier or pick
    the right situation like had you know
    anybody whether it’s Norville Sabin any
    of these guys before you coach smart
    kind of giving you any advice on Hey
    whenever you do get an opportunity to
    make sure it’s the right one well I knew
    I could be picky because I knew I had a
    really good job right I really enjoyed
    being the decator at Georgia got to
    coach some really good players you know
    we were competing for championships
    there um got to win a National
    Championship that last year so I knew I
    had a good job and I wasn’t going to
    leave for a bad job you know I always
    think the job you take has to align with
    your goals like where are you going to
    grow it’s not about how much you’re
    going to make cares about that like I
    got to win right I knew I could win here
    right that was really important um I I
    had to know that there was support so
    yeah there definitely had to be some
    things in theine but Oregon checked
    every one of those boxes and then you
    know you have a couple successful years
    the Alabama Job opens up
    how how real could that opportunity have
    been had you sought that out because
    obviously you know I saw your video when
    you ever you were saying very juicy by
    the way that was a phenomenal job by you
    guys
    four who has goals and aspirations raise
    your hand
    up all right everybody got goals and
    aspirations you know how you get those
    you be the best where you’re at and
    that’s how you reach goals and
    aspirations that’s how great things
    happen it’s not about worrying about the
    next thing it’s about worrying what’s
    right in front of you 6 in right in
    front of your face I want to remind you
    guys what that means you guys just got
    here don’t know them right but it means
    something to be an organ d Everybody
    Makes what they they all make
    commitments to things that they’re going
    to do a lot of starters the world
    doesn’t have a lot of what finishers
    we’re finishing I want to be here in
    Eugene for as long as Eugene will have
    me this place has everything that I
    could possibly ever want there’s a
    little bit of a problem in society today
    with people looking for what’s next and
    where where there’s an opportunity and
    the reality is you know the grass is not
    always greener in fact the grass is damn
    green and
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    Eugene um but obviously you want to stay
    here and have your roots and everything
    here and be here for a long time but how
    real was that potential to be the
    Alabama’s head coach or be in the mix
    for the conversation yeah I don’t know I
    mean I think there’s there’s been a lot
    of opportunities that were real but if
    you we’re never going to let it get real
    here I’m exactly where I want to be
    right um I’ve said it a lot but you know
    I’ve got right now I have an 11y old a
    12-y old and a 14-y old I’m committed to
    those guys finishing school here right
    and for me to do that we got to win
    right so uh are there I’m not interested
    in the other opportunity one of the
    reasons we released the video is I’m
    talking to a recruit’s mom the night
    before and uh she’s saying I’m seeing
    all over you know the internet that
    you’re leaving 100% no I’m not I targets
    were on you like he’s going to be the
    priority right I need I need this DET
    tackle and so we actually were talking
    on the phone I was like what would make
    you feel comfortable I’m telling you I’m
    not going anywhere what would make you
    feel comfortable are you going to make
    an announcement I said how about I make
    a video so we make we make a video and I
    send it to her first before I ever
    before we ever released this and cuz she
    had just gone through the same
    experience with another coach telling
    her she wasn’t he wasn’t going to leave
    and apparently a lot of coaches say one
    thing and then do another so I I I just
    wanted to make sure that we got this kid
    and uh you know we’re building something
    here and you know I think a lot of
    people leave before they ever get to see
    what what they could accomplish and
    what’s finished you’ve uh you’ve talked
    about alluding to the book good to great
    and you know what is it walking walking
    20 miles yeah 20 mile March the 20- mile
    March what are some things you take out
    of that book outside of the 20m March
    and and also are you making are these
    guys reading this are these guys reading
    the book too you kind of going over it
    yeah they don’t they don’t necessarily
    read the whole book uh you know I’ve had
    one player after I get up here and and
    talk through a book that asked me
    afterwards hey what was that book and
    they come grab Christian Gonzalez first
    round pick for the Patriots he’s like
    that was really good can can I read that
    book so I wasn’t a big book reader but
    I’m looking for ways to grow right now
    we’re really studying uh the book Art of
    War Miss sunu and then hidden potential
    by Adam Grant you know I think those are
    both some great books that you know
    allude to growth right so we’re always
    trying to look for something and it’s
    different every year but probably the
    biggest thing out of good to Great was
    what I can do different not so much
    about what the team can do different but
    if you want to have a you know great
    organization you got to have level five
    leadership and what’s that look like you
    got to be humble you got to be willing
    to grow you can’t be the guy that’s
    always pointing out what everybody else
    is doing wrong you got to be a thumb
    pointer and uh you you pick up on a lot
    of pieces like that um is there anything
    with the head coaching job that was a
    surprise for okay I anticipated a little
    bit differently being a coordinator
    being a position coach that you learn
    about becoming the head coach like any
    any
    you know harder situ harder situations
    with players are instilling all of this
    philosophy and getting it amongst the
    entire group yeah I mean one understand
    that you don’t want a coaching staff
    that has a bunch of use right you want a
    coaching staff that’s diverse that can
    relate to players in different ways and
    you know what you define as a good head
    or as a good position coach isn’t always
    the exact mirror of you you want some
    other pieces to that I think the other
    thing that you find out really quick as
    a head coach is your time’s not your
    time anymore you might think you can get
    up here early and watch some film but
    soon as you walk in somebody’s not going
    your door you you start to learn to
    appreciate people that can solve
    problems right like if they can figure
    it out and you can tell them later hey
    you did it wrong but this is what we’re
    going to do and then you can’t be afraid
    of conf Confrontation right that’s
    that’s part of the role you got to be
    willing to tell people when it doesn’t
    look the way you want it to look and
    you’re not you’re not here to make
    France right you’re you’re here to run
    an organization and do it the right way
    but you can do that uh with respect and
    the way that you do it yeah cuz that
    right it’s so much easier said than done
    especially with the confrontational
    people avoid confrontation and it’s
    necessary to grow right if you never
    identify what what’s not going right
    you’re never going to get it right yeah
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    sorry this is what my brain does that’s
    right yeah it all down Dave Porto is on
    his show this morning he’s like will he
    just can’t help it his brain is filled
    with rocks he’ll continue you trouble
    before Kelsey’s not going to this yeah
    bro keep up yeah yeah yeah so we had we
    had this beer we have this annual Beer
    Olympics that we do and with the NFL
    schedules we got one similar with my
    buddies oh yeah yeah I can’t wait to ask
    about that I know you I know you’re kind
    of you’re the you’re the head man in the
    group chat I’ll get to that uh but yeah
    we have this beer lmics that we set up
    and we tailored around the schedules of
    the NFL guys and we always do it the
    last week of June because when uh when
    mini camp is done guys have like six
    weeks to kind of do their thing well the
    first week after mini camp is over is
    tight U and George he’s our boy so we
    kind of we go to tight and you we do
    tight and you get some interview there
    so we do it the week after we do it the
    last week in June because in July
    everybody’s going to be they’re going to
    be in it they’re going to be in the
    trenches they’re going to be trying to
    get better they’re going to be ready to
    go for training camp so we set it up the
    very last week we’ve done it for three
    years in a row and all of a sudden bar
    still has something the same week Dave
    and them they’re making it about that we
    changed up all the barcel scheduling to
    tailored around the football guys and
    then we exclusively tailored it around
    the Kelsey Brothers we I sat uh we sat
    with Jason at the Super Bowl and they
    were like man we don’t know if we could
    make this work Travis is really adamant
    about doing it we’re we’re going to like
    we want to try to make this work if you
    could do it Monday Tuesday instead of
    Wednesday Thursday same last week then
    we’ll be able to do it so we tailored it
    around Kelsey Brothers Travis gives a
    call the other day and it was not good
    news he was like Hey I’m
    so must be going with yeah it must be
    something with Taylor yeah yeah yeah
    something you know when you’re a
    superstar and then you’re dating like
    the most popular person in the world
    schedules you got to kind of line him up
    so I understood but it made for a bad
    everything kind of fell out for your boy
    this week yeah I’m out here just taking
    bullets happens man so you guys have you
    guys have an annual little we got a trip
    we go every year we have a you know one
    of my buddies is a linebacker coach for
    the Giants he’s getting married this
    year in Miami so we’re taking a little a
    little trip to Miami right before the
    wedding right it’s it I hope it doesn’t
    end up like you know hangover I hope we
    all make it to the wedding on time uh
    but it should be a fun trip are you the
    glue that holds the group chat together
    I’m not the glue I mean I’m are you I’m
    a piece of the puzzle I’m a piece of
    puzzle there’s this committee that
    exists that’s kind of this but nobody
    really knows about you got you got a
    committee within the group this is this
    is deep yeah this is big so guys play
    different roles in the group chat nobody
    really knows who the committee is so
    may yeah nobody really knows who the
    committee is it just but they make a lot
    of decisions and and things get done
    what’s been the best trip that you guys
    have been on oh man we’ve done Tahoe
    Tahoe was a lot of fun um we we’ve gone
    deep sea fishing a couple times uh you
    know there’s been there’s been some good
    trips and it’s gotten better as my job’s
    gotten better the trips have gotten a
    little bit better too so yeah I bet
    everybody’s getting a little bit better
    budget hey let’s do it up a little bit
    more this time not a lot like where you
    guys are you’re back in the ga days
    where you’re all cramming in a hotel no
    we got we we normally can find a good
    spot to stay in dude it’ be like uh we’
    go to you got an invite if you’re
    interested just we’ll talk that’d be
    great we’re going to say no cameras
    that’s fine I yeah I’ll do trust me but
    the these guys would get excited if they
    knew that you could come you know for
    this trip all right when do are we able
    to say give dates I’ll give dates okay
    okay we’ll talk we’ll talk we’ll talk
    off camer offline I’ll mess with that I
    appreciate that what um now I kind of
    now I kind of remember instilling all
    your stuff with the guys right like
    again going back and I’m using McVey as
    as another example because again I I
    would just always pick his brain about
    coaching and everything else and he was
    like comp you know he came to me before
    practice uh before training C Camp
    practice one day and he was like comp
    the the biggest thing that you’ll have
    that you have that you’ll have a problem
    with that all coaches do especially if
    you’re a ball guy like you play you do
    all the stuff preparation won’t be an
    issue all these these things won’t be an
    issue what’ll be an issue is trying to
    teach people to think the same way that
    you’re thinking has that has there been
    a learning curve with that and coming
    across guys and be like bro you have so
    much [ __ ] Talent right if you just
    listen if you just trust the process is
    was that a learning curve for you
    getting into the coaching coaching guys
    the way you were at William juel being a
    linebacker being just hungry about the
    game yeah I think you know the piece I
    always say is if I could go back and do
    it all over again I would have got a
    psychology degree because it’s really
    about figuring out how do you get that
    guy to believe in what you’re trying to
    teach them or trying to grow him it
    could be the same with a coach um the
    other piece is just having an onboarding
    process when somebody shows up like
    nobody knows how you want it done unless
    you explain it to them and that takes
    time right you got you got to sit there
    and try to create and make coaches talk
    through why they’re making this call in
    this situation right and what your
    philosophy is and we talk about playing
    the game before we play the game as much
    as possible we do a coaches meeting
    where we put on a TV copy I’m like all
    right what are we calling here what’s
    the situation what are we thinking about
    with timeouts and try to play the game
    out with our offensive coordinate our
    defensive coord you know B knck would
    sit in that meeting with us last year
    but you try to get everybody on the same
    page and you know that’s probably where
    most valuable the most valuable time for
    you is how quickly can you get everybody
    in your organization believing the same
    way seeing it the same way you see it or
    or challenging yourself to see it
    differently yeah um and we spent a lot
    of time on that Bo Nicks I at the
    Heisman Ceremony you talked about him
    babysitting your kids yeah was that a PR
    move or is he actually a good real talk
    that story is real I literally came home
    one day and Bo’s there I mean uh bo and
    his wife Izzy and really uh Casey Rogers
    um and his wife Maya they they they
    would come over to our place quite a bit
    and uh every once in a while Sophia
    would put them in charge of watching the
    boys and she’d have a girls night out so
    uh unbelievable kid unbelievable family
    I’m really excited to see what he does
    next are there players that you watch
    have success whether in the NFL or that
    you look back on that you have a a an
    entertaining recruiting story
    about okay good question trying to think
    entertaining recruit I mean we’ve all
    been in the situ where you go do a home
    visit and you eat one meal and you’re
    full and then you got to go to the next
    home visit and you do another meal I
    mean uh they can wear you out cuz you’re
    going to eat it when you walk in the
    door if Mom you got to eat it you got to
    eat it and you got to pretend you love
    it um even if you don’t um but but
    interesting recruiting stories I mean
    somebody that that you guys never
    probably would have heard of but he’s
    actually playing right now in the league
    his name’s JJ Russell you know I
    remember going when I’m at Memphis I’m
    going to recruit JJ and I swing by the
    bank first cuz his mom works at the bank
    I a note in the bank teller and it
    shoots up the teller pole comes to his
    mom go play pool with his dad right um
    you know at the local pool spot and
    we’re playing pool and then go over to
    the school hang out with JJ at the
    school for a little bit after school we
    get on the game we’re playing Madden
    against each other last game we play for
    a commitment right get his get his
    commitment playing for a Comm for a
    commitment it’s once I’ve built some
    confidence that okay I can handle this
    guy play for commitment and that that
    night finished off with Coach Norville
    pulling up this big Memphis bus outside
    of his house and we did the home visit
    meeting right there in front of his
    house so it was a uh yeah it was that’s
    kind of a fun story where I felt like
    there’s no way anybody did more than we
    did right right right did you prep and
    now were you preparing ahead of time
    like okay I’m going to have to play this
    kid in the game and I I got to well no I
    didn’t know that and I wouldn’t have I
    wouldn’t have said hey this one’s for a
    commitment unless I felt good about
    where we were at cuz I I haven’t played
    a lot of games since then during Co I
    got the sticks out a little bit you know
    cuz I tell my wife hey I’m going to work
    I go downstairs and play What’s it of
    Duty yeah I suck at that there playing
    war zone with the boys honey shut up I’m
    playing Call of Duty it’s I’m doing my
    job you take the headset off yeah she
    figured that out pretty quick so uh yeah
    I haven’t played I haven’t been on the
    game for a long time but you try to
    you’re always trying to find something
    that’s going to separate you from every
    other coach they’re talking to about hey
    this is what a three technique looks
    like I mean there’s a little bit more to
    that in the relationship how how was it
    like getting to learn the whole
    recruiting aspect of college ball like
    you I would assume you being a lower guy
    at first and then you kind of get an
    area you might go into some dicey
    situations some dicey areas like okay I
    got to kind of I got to get crafty here
    do you have any of those oh I’ve been
    you know I’ve been in Baltimore where I
    was like okay I got to change I’m
    wearing these cool organ shoes it didn’t
    used to be something that was part of my
    game but I I pulled up the place where
    I’m like all right I got to put on my
    other set of shoes here I’ve been into a
    spot where I got to get patted down to
    go in you know that didn’t really
    necessarily make me nervous getting
    patted down to go in but what made me
    nervous is about the amount of people
    that were standing outside that weren’t
    going in you know I’m like hey will you
    you might walking me to my car like I
    try to be uncomfortable here but yeah
    you you find yourself in a lot of
    unsavory situations sometimes when
    you’re chasing the right guys dude I bet
    um this question came from came from
    JP looking back if you
    were what coach would you want to play
    for outside of yourself now that you’ve
    experienced all the coaching trees that
    you have who is a coach that you want to
    play for let’s say both position and and
    even coordinator obviously head coach
    you’d probably you know you’re probably
    going to say all of them there’s
    benefits to all no no I mean I I think I
    could um you know speak to each one of
    because they’re all different um but but
    ultimately like position coaches we got
    some great coaches on our staff here
    like TSH Leo is one of the best Co I was
    actually a ga at Alabama when Tosh was a
    position coach at Alabama before he
    became the d-coordinator and you know
    the amount of time and effort he puts in
    the details he puts in I think really
    separate him as a coach um you know
    Kirby and and Mike are two guys that
    really stood out to me as head coaches
    um you know and Kirby I’ll probably be
    drawn to a little bit more because he’s
    on the defensive side of the ball but
    the passion and energy that he coaches
    with you know the intelligence how much
    I felt like I learned in my time working
    for Coach smart um you know was
    certainly really appealing and you just
    always knew you were gonna get his best
    every single day as a backer what de
    Coordinator would you want to what you
    want to play for that’s a great question
    um you know Mel Tucker you know and uh
    know uh you know Mel was a guy that you
    always felt like was in your corner um
    you know he did things you know the
    right way he always had the players back
    he’s that coach that had the players
    back um he’s a good teacher um good
    communicator and uh was always looking
    out for you outside of the field too
    Yeah well yeah and then there’s one
    more okay we said we got that went all
    right this is our our Twisted question
    oh but it won’t be too twisted if you
    had a movie made about you what
    Hollywood actor would you want to
    portray you want to versus like what’s
    most likely right let’s do both let’s
    have fun we’ll do both um okay
    this a good question what’s the what
    who’s Batman uh Christian Bale I think
    that guy just hits it out the park in
    like almost every role yeah I’d probably
    say Christian Bale would be you know
    he’s a method actor I’ve seen him get
    fat I’ve seen him get skinny get ripped
    I mean he just does it all he’s all sell
    out for the role right Daniel D is
    another guy I think about like that just
    like goes all in on his roles um but I
    probably say like Ben afflac is somebody
    that probably look a little bit closer
    to I don’t know I mean he does a good
    job too who do you guys have anybody in
    mind for some reason I feel I think he
    could he could get a Leo oh man you Leo
    get some Scruff going kind of cut their
    hair like his Leo’s a different a big
    pull that’s a big pull yeah that’d be
    awesome oh Coach man we appreciate it
    this has been awesome I’ve I’ve enjoyed
    I knew I would enjoy this conversation
    again being a Missour board being a
    linebacker being just a young coach in
    the game um I think it speaks to a lot
    of like the cloth you were cut from and
    knowing the journey that you’ve been on
    because it is like the longest road
    travel being a high school coach and
    going to coaches clinics and trying to
    shake hands and I would almost I don’t
    even who knows how many emails you wrote
    and letters you sent that was just a
    fart in the wind and never got to
    anybody but to see you climb the ranks
    and be in the Spots You’re now it’s
    really cool it’s really cool I’m
    certainly lucky I’ve I’ve got I’ve got
    some great luck um and maybe created
    some of it but been around great people
    best thing I’ve had I’ve been around
    winning organizations and that’s that’s
    the that’s the the key to to moving
    forward so really appreciate it it’s
    been fun man for boys for the boys oh I
    got matter of fact I got one
    more how long did it take you to the
    speech before Colorado the Cinderella
    story is over man right they’re fighting
    for clicks we’re fighting for wins
    there’s a difference right there’s a
    difference right this game ain’t going
    to be played in Hollywood it’s going to
    be played on the grass right it’s going
    to be played on the grass it really not
    not not that was not off the top no no
    certain way I I write down my thoughts
    before every single one but I really do
    it kind of the hour leading up to that
    that meaning um and really it’s built
    off of a lot of the things we’ve already
    talked you know throughout the week so
    we have messaging every single week um
    trying to say what’s going to be the
    difference in the team that we’re gonna
    play you know and that one happened to
    um you know be public consumption but it
    didn’t play out the way I thought it
    would necessarily play out when it came
    to that you know so every week we have a
    message right that we try to you know
    piece together for the team that we’re
    playing what’s going to be the theme
    what are going to be the differences in
    us and the opponent what’s going to lead
    to wins and losses and those same things
    you heard in that speech were things
    that we had talked about kind of
    throughout the week what makes us
    different in this team how are we going
    to handle you know pregame Antics how
    are we going to handle some of the
    things that are going to show up so um
    you know it’s a fun part of the job but
    that that has very little to do with
    what the success of the game looks like
    yeah but well executed what you you got
    clicks wi oh that’s that’s a bar right
    there Hollywood gra the Hollywood grass
    oh man you crushed it bro but all to say
    I don’t want to get the game matters way
    more yeah yeah yeah the game matters way
    more but anyway hey we appreciate it man
    this has been [ __ ] awesome for the
    boys bro absolutely

    Recorded: April 18th 2024 | In this weeks episodes the man, the myth, the legend, Taylor Lewan is all the way back with the boys. Taylor recaps his time is Mexico and issues an apology to all the fans for not being with us this past month. Following the intro, Will sat down with head coach of the Oregon football team, Dan Lanning. The guys get into how Lanning got to the position he is at now, taking lower paying jobs because he knew that in doing so, it would help him long term. He talks about his different stops along the way, the coaches he has learned from, and why he decided on passing on the Alabama job. Coach Lanning is a fan of the pod and you can tell he gets the vibes of the boys. Enjoy fellas.

    TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS

    0:00 Intro
    0:49 Taylor is back
    17:12 Shane Gillis Hit Up The Boys
    34:11 Chandler Going Away BBQ
    34:42 Oregon Recap
    50:02 Potential Fall Tour Spots
    52:52 Kirk Cousins, Bad Guy?
    55:13 Hair Talk
    1:01:56 Shoutout Apps
    1:30:35 Inches or Pounds?
    1:36:36 Lanning Preview
    1:41:54 DAN LANNING INTERVIEW STARTS
    1:41:22 Driving 13 hours On A Whim
    1:44:42 Paying His Dues
    1:45:53 Is It Everything He Thought It Would Be?
    1:47:01 Getting Your Priorities Straight
    1:49:18 Being Under Coach Norvell
    1:49:57 One Job That Changed It All
    1:52:36 Biggest Ass Chewing He Has Received
    1:55:19 Learning Each Step Of The Way
    1:56:58 Interview Process For Becoming A Head Coach
    1:58:58 Alabama Opening
    2:01:29 Reading Books As A Team
    2:02:34 Surprises In Being A Head Coach?
    2:05:08 Coach Lanning’s Version Of The Beer Olympics
    2:08:43 Teaching Someone To Think The Way You Think
    2:10:03 Bo Nix, The Babysitter?
    2:10:30 Crazy Recruiting Stories
    2:13:22 What Coach Would He Want To Play For?
    2:14:56 What Actor Would Play Him?
    2:16:39 “They’re Fighting For Clicks, We’re Fighting For Wins”

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