WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.599 Coming up this week on the Mark Cast, Well, is it true? 2 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:12.119 Is it actually true? Is the XFL actually thinking about moving on and pivoting? 3 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:19.399 Shut up? Shut up? From Vegas reports coming out say the XFL 4 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:24.079 is thinking about moving the Vegas Vipers to Arizona or Nashville. What is going 5 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.719 on? We break it all down, crazy news week, Then big time 6 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.679 interview guests already scheduled before all the craziness. This week Randy Ambrosi, now 7 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:37.399 friend of the podcast, CFL Commissioner coming back on the show for a third 8 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:41.880 time. We talk CFL plus in America. We talked about Randy Ambrosi's legacy, 9 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:45.479 the Edmonton alex picture. QUI am Moore. I try to get up. 10 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:49.920 I try to serve our governors in the most honorable way I can. 11 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:56.039 I try to be someone who the fans would have respect for in that I'm 12 00:00:56.039 --> 00:01:00.399 clearly working hard to make our league as big and powerful as can be and 13 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:06.439 do all of that in a way that brings, you know, brings credibility 14 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.760 to who I am as a person. Then Paraffino joins us, not only 15 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:15.480 talking about the XFL Vegas vibrus news, but we have XFL and USFL to 16 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.439 the NFL watch list, which players stuck on rosters and practice squads after the 17 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.079 final cuts. This week we have you covered. It was good to see 18 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:27.400 that there wasn't a lot as much can cannibalization on that front. That a 19 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:34.000 lot of these coaches and player personnel people value the experience of these guys, 20 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:38.040 you know, not only playing in a game, but also being in football 21 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.799 shape. So if they are air quote coming in to be a camp body, 22 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:44.560 they can provide that good look and there's more values to give you your 23 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:49.000 time and effort versus this guy versus a college kid who might have been a 24 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.000 seventh round, sixth round pick, got his head all big because he got 25 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.359 his seventy thousand dollars signing bonus and then didn't put in the rest of the 26 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:59.159 work for two and a half months. And then two outstanding and CFL player 27 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.000 interviews this week, Lady for Gerardo now friend of the show, Montreal Alouette's 28 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:06.959 quarterback and joining us for a fun chat. And then Stephen Dunbar, junior 29 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.400 of your now no longer winless at home and you know, and then Eternity 30 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:15.479 the Edmonton O Stephen Dubbar joining US wide receiver. There should be a good 31 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:30.800 show. I hope you guys enjoy liking subscribe. Hey guys, welcome to 32 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:35.319 the Mark ass read here at crazy newsweek, busy week and both with work 33 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.479 and the XFL stuff, watching you the waiver wires, players getting signed, 34 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:44.719 all that stuff. Thanks for joining us. Hey guys, future read here 35 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:47.039 with a little breaking news update. Just have this video put to bed, 36 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:51.879 edited, ready to upload. Got done running on the treadmill. Found out 37 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:55.479 the XFL had sent out a letter today photoed here just because you don't want 38 00:02:55.479 --> 00:03:00.719 to see me right now on camera from Jason Gannella, the senior president of 39 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:06.159 ticket sales for the XFL. The letter states, quote, following feedback from 40 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:09.080 you, our fans, players, and local partners, the XFL has determined 41 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.560 that the team will not return to play at Cashman Field for the twenty twenty 42 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.080 fourth season. We appreciate your support and patients. As the league reviews all 43 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:20.879 of our options, we will provide information on a new home for the Vipers 44 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.840 as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please call. So 45 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.919 Obviously, Pat and I recorded our conversation earlier today. All of that still 46 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:32.319 stands. Talking about the potential national relocation or the Arizona relocation, but certainly 47 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:38.240 more smoke now with this fire about Vegas. Whether they play somewhere else in 48 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:40.840 Las Vegas the Vipers do, which obviously we went through all of that last 49 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:45.360 year with why they can't play at UNLV and White Legion Stadium and all of 50 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:49.439 that. This really speaks to me that the Vipers are done in Vegas. 51 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:53.360 I thought it was odd that they option to start selling season ticket pre sales 52 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.719 back in April. I believe like they did. Seemed weird timing. Mike 53 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.319 has also Mike Mitchell, who obviously has been report reading all this all along, 54 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:05.000 he put out on his Twitter feed a very similar message that was sent 55 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:09.919 to the actual XRAFL team members themselves that you know, the rest of the 56 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:14.800 staff. They're basically letting people know we have informed the public today that they 57 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:16.759 we are not returning. Let me see if I can pull that up and 58 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:20.759 says team today, we inform cashman Field we will not return to the building 59 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:25.759 for the twenty twenty four season. Following feedback from fans, players and local 60 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.839 partners, we have determined that it is in the league's best interest to find 61 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.160 a new home for the Vipers. My other takeaway with this, and I'll 62 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:34.199 put the screenshots of all of this, but obviously give Mike Mitchell lots of 63 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:40.720 credit for his fantastic reporting. They're keeping the viper's name in here, so 64 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:45.000 obviously that that speaks to you know, Pat and I talk in our conversation, 65 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:46.680 you'll hear coming up, you know, do we have the National Vipers? 66 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.720 We have anything else like that? But interesting, like I said, 67 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:54.279 a lot more smoke here. Certainly seems like the Viper's time is done. 68 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:58.240 Check out Pat and I's conversation. I've posted a shot as well on the 69 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.959 YouTube channel, but just obviously wanted the date this here late in the day 70 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.240 on Thursday, about six o'clock Pacific. Getting this all to bed here for 71 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:08.000 you guys, Hope you enjoy the rest of the episode. Hope you enjoy 72 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:11.680 Randy Ambrosie and I's chat and then Pat and I deep dive on the Vegas 73 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:15.759 situation and then talking all of the XFL and USFL signings to NFL rosters and 74 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:21.079 thanks guys, have our big time interview. Randy Ambrosie, commissioner of the 75 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.920 CFL, recorded that late last week we had pushed out the episode early before 76 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.120 you know, the CFL games last weekend, so it should be good fresh. 77 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.439 I know Randy's been making the rounds this week, curious to see which 78 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:39.399 publications write up certain podcast episodes and which one's done. We'll see. I 79 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:43.160 think Randy was really good. I hope you guys enjoy. I think getting 80 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.439 a little familiarity with Randy at this point third time on the show, I 81 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:48.839 think it's fun. I think Randy had some good answers talking about his legacy, 82 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.879 what he hopes that, you know, to be remembered as as a 83 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:55.839 you know, the CFL commissioner. All of that should be good. I 84 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:59.680 guess I really appreciate Pat joining. We were already kind of tracking the whole 85 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:03.240 XFL and USFL player signings to the NFL, and then all the Vegas Vipers 86 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.519 stuff came down, which, like I talked about with Pat in the episode 87 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:12.079 or in our interview, just weird timing with the report coming out from the 88 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:15.399 CBS reporter and then it was like Mark had the article ready to go, 89 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:17.839 but Mike's been talking about it forever, so I don't know. I've had 90 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:23.319 messages set my way to something is certainly awry with the Vegas Vipers. We 91 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:27.360 will see what comes out of that. And they really appreciate the Montreal Alouettes 92 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.279 and the Edmonton Elks making players available this week. Super appreciate Cody Bijard coming 93 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:33.360 back on. I said, it's good, you know, Cody and I 94 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:38.519 kind of got through all that stuff last time with the blocking and everything on 95 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:41.839 Twitter, so it's great just to be able to sit chat football, chat 96 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:45.199 Cody's life and kind of all that stuff. Really appreciate that. And then 97 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.240 that Stephen Dunbar is joining from the Edmonton Elks, you know, big time 98 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.519 a couple of weeks for them, and he's doing good and trays looking good. 99 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:55.279 So lots of excitement there. I hope you guys like and subscribe. 100 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:59.160 Still trying to get to three hundred subscribers. I think as the rain begins 101 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:02.720 to follow behind me here, I think we're slowly quickly transitioning out of the 102 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.360 summer season for the mark Ass. I think we'll be moving inside at some 103 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:10.480 of the interviews inside this week and some out. But as the rain is 104 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:14.399 following, I think I was needless to say the summer season has ended here 105 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:15.800 for the mark Ass. We'll get back inside the home studio. Hope you 106 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.720 guys enjoyed the episode. Lots of work this week, no, you know, 107 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:24.519 no NFL this weekend, last kind of weekend, So maybe we'll get 108 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:27.639 to get a little viewership bump here before I kick off next week. Still 109 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.079 trying to figure out what we're gonna do next week with the big NFL kickoff 110 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:38.480 on Thursday, So I guess subscribe. We'll see you next time. Well, 111 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:41.560 here we are back for the third time now on the podcast. We 112 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.639 have the commission of the CFI mister Randy and Rosie. Is it fair to 113 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:46.639 call you friend of the show now? Three times? End of the show? 114 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:50.759 Yeah, Brett, surely I thought were I thought we already decided that. 115 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:56.519 Well that's good. I'm excited to have you here mid season checkpoint. 116 00:07:57.240 --> 00:08:00.639 You know, we had you on after kind of the post with the other 117 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:03.240 leagues and then the cbastad last year. A little more smooth sailing right now. 118 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:07.279 How are you feeling here halfway through the season, Well, you know, 119 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:11.040 candidly, really excited. It's been a great, great year so far. 120 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:15.079 Look if we kind of go back to, you know, before the 121 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:20.920 season started, new ownership in Montreal, Pierre Carl Palado and the excitement that 122 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.480 he's brought to that market. Uh, you know, we've we've got the 123 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:28.639 season up and running that the football has been incredible. You know. One 124 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:33.559 of the things that we often forget that it isn't just three down, but 125 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.200 it's all three phases of the game, and one of those phases that's been 126 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:41.480 firing on all cylinders for us as our kicking game. And you know, 127 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:45.360 we've had a lot of we've had a lot of scoring on our on our 128 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:50.360 special teams. The special teams element of our game, and that's one of 129 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:52.559 the things that makes us fun, fast and exciting is something we're very, 130 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:58.679 very proud of. Something. You know, we've talked about quarterback concerns, 131 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.879 right and obviously we have league here in the States now that we're talking about 132 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:05.360 a lot of injuries, everything going down. We've had a lot of kind 133 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.320 of crazy scenarios. We had crumbsanity and everything else. Are you surprised with 134 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:11.559 you know how much these guys have been able to step up now, I 135 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:16.679 mean, it's it could have been a far worse situation. Well, you 136 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:20.840 know, it's it is part of the reality of sports. You know that 137 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:26.240 injuries happen, and injuries the negative side, as you take a young young 138 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:31.600 athlete and somebody that's performing at a high level and they get knocked out, 139 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:33.039 and of course you never want to see that, and we want to get 140 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.480 them back as quickly as we can and get them back healthy. But the 141 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:41.200 flip side of that has always been that it gives somebody an opportunity and your 142 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:46.080 next stars begin to emerge. And and really that's what we've been seeing is 143 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:50.720 these young players who have been given a chance now and uh, and they 144 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:54.679 start to perform, you know, and this has gone this cycle, it's 145 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:56.519 it's I'm not going to sing you the theme song from the Lion King, 146 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:01.360 but the cycle of life here. I feel like there's maybe we should have 147 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:03.799 Taman and Pumba on and have them, have them sing along with us. 148 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.759 But this is how it works. And and you don't know where your next 149 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:13.440 superstar comes from, but it often, always, it almost always, maybe 150 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:18.360 all too often comes when somebody gets hurt and somebody gets a chance. And 151 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:22.360 and look, a famous example of that that we all you know talk about 152 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:26.679 is what happened with Tom Brady, right. It was an injury that resulted 153 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:28.840 in him getting his shot, and he went on to having I understand a 154 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.519 pretty good career, pretty good for this thing you talk, you know, 155 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:37.600 kicking and all that, you know, exciting play. What are you most 156 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:39.240 proud of this season? You know, I got the email and all the 157 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:43.919 demographics raup and did your impressions all that. What are you because you know 158 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.720 it was a rocky couple of years, or just kind of getting through everything 159 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:50.440 that had to happen. Well, I think what I'm most proud of is 160 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:56.120 our board of governors and our presidents and how they've all we've all rallied together 161 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:58.960 around you know, really making investments in the league and you know, build 162 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:03.519 holding a foundation for the league's future. I think when you come through a 163 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.679 difficult time, you know you can you can argue you can go one of 164 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.440 two different ways. You can pull back or you can move forward. I'm 165 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.159 most proud of the fact that our governors and our presidents have really chosen to 166 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.480 move this league forward. And you only have to look at, you know, 167 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:22.440 the investments we're making in this social digital platform, the work that's that's 168 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:28.039 going on and and and having that kind of set us on a path to 169 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.440 creating a new generation of fans. And then you know the results of that 170 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.919 our twenty five to fifty four demographic, you know, up twenty nine percent 171 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:41.399 year over year. Well, that doesn't just happen. That happens when you 172 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:45.559 do all the heavy lifting in the background. You know, I'm really I 173 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:50.080 am really excited to be part of the league and and a part of a 174 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:54.000 group of governors who are committed to the future. That's to me, that's 175 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:58.879 the thing that makes me most excited. Reading through the comments of the CFL 176 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:01.600 article that had all the kind of the press release stuff, I understand, 177 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:05.240 you know, TSN necessary partner right pays, you know, covers a lot 178 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:09.360 of the expenses for the league. People still upset about, you know, 179 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:11.960 like the broadcasts are dated or we want to see you know, we were 180 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.279 tired of the panel. We just had Milk Stegel on this week. So 181 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:18.000 I'm not you know, I'm not tired in the panel, But what do 182 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.000 you you know, in terms of like changes of that to kind of revamp 183 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:22.440 that, because I do agree with you know, the waggle and all of 184 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.519 that. You guys are making strides, So how can the TV broadcast kind 185 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:31.679 of mirror that? Well, look, there's always a conversation going on with 186 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.080 our partner at TSN about how do we take that next step together? And 187 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.399 we do you know, I think, look, I have to say they 188 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:41.720 have been a great partner for the league and there's not a there's not even 189 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:46.600 a part of me that isn't proud of our relationship with them. You know, 190 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:50.799 I think this is what we do. We we work at getting better. 191 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:54.159 This is what this is what the whole world of sports is. You 192 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:58.679 work at your craft and you look for opportunities to get better. You know. 193 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:01.519 One of the things that I think we can be proud of is that 194 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.799 we're doing. You know, it's one thing to it's one thing to kind 195 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:09.519 of poke somebody and say, you know, do more, but it's better 196 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:13.919 to do more yourself, and then, you know, and then create an 197 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:20.159 environment where everyone wants to raise their game because what they're seeing is so positive 198 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:24.519 and so encouraging. Look, this is what's happening around our ownership table. 199 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:30.679 You know what we have Amar doman joint and Amar kind of just creates such 200 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:35.360 a level of energy and we all feel it when when Amar enters the room. 201 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.639 But it's not just Amar, it's so what's going on in Toronto and 202 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:45.080 what Bill Manning and Chris Schufeld and Michael Clements and the whole organization are doing. 203 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.000 There's a lot of momentum in Toronto. It's what Pierre Carl Palado. 204 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:52.279 But then you have to say it's John Ruddy and Roger Greenberg and Ottawan what 205 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:56.279 they're doing. And then you think of Bob Bob Young and Stelco and Scott 206 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:01.519 Mitchell and matt Ethnick and what they're doing. It's contagious what Winnipeg is doing. 207 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:05.679 What Wade Miller and Mike Pile their board of their board chair are doing. 208 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.919 What's always been going on in Saskatchewan, you know, with Greg Yule 209 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:16.080 and Craig Reynolds and their board and their team looking at you know, John 210 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:22.559 Bean in Calgary and Calgary Sports and Entertainment. We we're pulling each other forward. 211 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.519 So what that does is it creates It creates an environment of excellence. 212 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.200 And nobody's going to say that we got it all figured out. I'm not 213 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.600 making us I'm not making a case for perfection. I'm making a case for 214 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:39.879 a group of people that have committed to the future. And I think when 215 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:46.879 you do that, everybody around us will seek ways to do to improve their 216 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:50.919 craft. So I've got nothing, but I've got nothing but compliments. I 217 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:56.279 think we're all in this together, and that's what I love about a partnership, 218 00:14:56.279 --> 00:15:00.200 and what I love about the partnership with TSN. We are with them 219 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.279 and they are with us. Obviously the elephant in the room here you are 220 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:07.879 listing off and people working on all the different teams. Obviously Victor quee and 221 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.440 kind of that departure, and he'd been on the show bunch, friend of 222 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:13.840 the show, how big of a you know, Edmonton struggling with momentum this 223 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:16.840 year. Obviously they got their first win and we look here for the home 224 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:22.360 win against Ottawa, but what kind of what kind of gap of the departure 225 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.639 of his because it seemed like there was at least some momentum going energy in 226 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:30.720 Edmonton. Yeah. Look, you can't get me to say anything but great 227 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:35.320 things about Victor. My experience with him was just so positive. But look, 228 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:39.679 I think they're board led by Tom Richards. You know, they felt 229 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.440 like they needed to make a change and I respect that. Look, there's 230 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:46.159 work to be done there, There's work to be done everywhere, but in 231 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.720 Edmonton. The one thing I'm not going to bet against is I'm not going 232 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.960 to get bet against that organization. I'm not going to get a bet against 233 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.399 that city. You know we can with it is the city of Champion and 234 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.120 it had it had that title. It has that title, it has that 235 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:07.720 reputation for many good reasons, and I know what that city is capable of. 236 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:10.799 So they'll do the work. They'll they'll and as you said, there's 237 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.960 some momentum there. They've got to win, you know, they've got to 238 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:17.279 win under their belt. Now. They brought Rick Lawlisher in, and Rick 239 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:22.559 is a this I think it's an understatement to to say that Rick is a 240 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:26.519 highly highly regarded season season veteran. And Rick will do a lot there and 241 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:30.480 then they'll set themselves on a path for long term success. So, you 242 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.960 know, Edmonton is having a bit of a down moment, but that down 243 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:40.759 moment is on the heels of a generations of remarkable success. What would be 244 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:45.320 your message to the Edmonton tam base. I'd say, you know, you've 245 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:48.480 been they have been a family. That city has supported the you know, 246 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:53.360 the Edmonton Football Club for generations, and I'd say, you know, stick 247 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:57.679 with them, support them because that city's brought a lot of it's brought a 248 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:02.679 lot of great It's brought a lot of joy, a lot of joy to 249 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:06.920 that city over the years, and you can just go back and chronicle all 250 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:11.759 the amazing players that have added value, how much that team is added to 251 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:15.799 the community. I just say stand by that team because they're not very far 252 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:22.359 away from coming back and they'll continue to make that city proud. In terms 253 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.519 of Trey Forward, his performance not only just as a Canadian, but as 254 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.960 someone that's you know, worked well last year coming into this year, seeing 255 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.759 his success in Edmonton really curious your thoughts on that. Yeah, it's exciting. 256 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.079 You know. Look, I was asked earlier about our you know, 257 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:40.799 about the Canadian talent in our league, and I don't think the Canadians have 258 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:44.160 ever been better. In fact, I know they've never been better as much 259 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:48.240 as you know, every generation thinks they're the best generation to play the game. 260 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.279 But this generation of Canadians are truly remarkable. And he's an example of, 261 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.279 you know, the development of the Canadian talent in the game of football 262 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.160 is quite fantastic. And look, we got a lot of Canadians playing in 263 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:04.400 the NFL. A young man named Nathan Rourke who put on quite a show 264 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:07.960 for all of us last year, you know, is putting on quite a 265 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:11.960 show in the NFL. And what it is, it's just evidence. It's 266 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:15.799 just evidence of a football It's a football country. Okay, we're knowing for 267 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:21.039 hockey, but it's a football country. Got a lot of great athletes that 268 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:23.759 are playing the game. And these great athletes are now are now you know, 269 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:29.559 on the CFL stage, not just as great Canadian players, but as 270 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:33.440 great football players. And that's the thing that really excites me. And we 271 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:38.079 continue to see developments in our you know, junior football, in our college 272 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:42.960 football, and certainly in our amateur football ranks around the country. That's really 273 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:48.680 exciting in terms of, you know, growing the game in America. I 274 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:52.440 live in Seattle here, I've been utilized in the CFL plus this year. 275 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.039 I want to know a feedback. Have you gotten positive feedback? I know 276 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:57.920 the numbers, we don't do all that with CBS Sports and all that, 277 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:00.920 but I'm curious as I speak with a lot of Canadians and they go, 278 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.640 well, on paper, this is a really great deal, right you get 279 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:07.160 all this, They go, I live through this every day. It's it's 280 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:10.640 challenging, right that you can't stop the games. It's not on demand. 281 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:12.240 You know that not all the games are available on there. What has been 282 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:15.279 your thought of the CFL Plus in America. Yeah, you know what, 283 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:19.480 I think it was the right first step. That that's what I like most 284 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:26.359 about it. It was the right first step. It was it was created. 285 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:30.279 The opportunity to do it was created because we have a great partner in 286 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:36.079 CBS Sports who showed us a pathway to working with them and doing something new 287 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:41.559 and innovative with with with CFL plus. You know, as we negotiated that 288 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:44.759 the terms of that deal, we see if with the CBS Sports, we 289 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:48.000 didn't have a lot of time to implement the full strategy. So we took 290 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:52.680 a really smart first step and where are many steps to take? In fact? 291 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:57.319 You know what, in some ways that's our story. It's it's it's 292 00:19:57.359 --> 00:20:02.119 that iterative, you know, take a step, improve it, take another 293 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.920 step improve it. I think that's going to be how this is going to 294 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:08.279 work. But you know, look, we're glad we've done it. It's 295 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:12.839 not the destination. It's a step in a long term process that we ultimately 296 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:17.799 believe will pay very handsome dividends for us. Look, in the end, 297 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:22.599 why watch us? Because our game is fun, fast, and entertaining. 298 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:26.880 And I don't think we should be shy to say that when you look at 299 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:32.119 all three phases of the game, that we have perhaps the funnest, fastest, 300 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:34.519 most entertaining brand of football in the world. We should be proud of 301 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:41.279 that. I'm not arguing best. I'm talking about entertainment. I'm talking about 302 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:44.920 athletes that perform. I'm talking about a game that is fun to watch. 303 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:48.920 That's what the CFL is all about. And we're just so excited about what 304 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.799 we've done and the future we have ahead of us. I just yeah, 305 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.799 in terms of, you know, utilizing more advertising on there. You know, 306 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.359 I'm sitting watching you know, generic hip hop rap video songs over like 307 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:03.240 Black Live. I just I think there's work to be done. A couple 308 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:06.680 here. I'll get you out of here. I promise. We've had obviously 309 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.640 the expansion talks the last two years, and both times you've been on the 310 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:12.440 show. Is there any reason to feel here at the middle end of August 311 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:15.960 that were any closer than we were two years ago and you were on here. 312 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:18.640 Yeah, you know, look, it's a great question, and I'll 313 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:22.160 answer it this way. I think for during my time, I think we've 314 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:26.799 been advancing towards this. We've certainly the board, the board you know, 315 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:32.480 has made a commitment to expansion as a priority. That's a formal you know, 316 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:37.039 that's a formal commitment. I think for a long time we were moving 317 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:40.599 the ball, you know, in the right direction. I feel like we're 318 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:44.079 in the red zone. I think there's an opportunity to do this now. 319 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:47.599 And there's a lot of things that are positive. But here's the thing about 320 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:51.319 the red zone. And you know this from your from your you know, 321 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:55.240 very seasoned perspective, just because you're in the red zone doesn't mean you score, 322 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:59.240 right. You tend to score more often when you're in the red zone, 323 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:02.359 but you don't always score. And this is the challenge we have in 324 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:04.680 front of us, is to take all the good all the good work that's 325 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:10.039 been done, all the momentum touchdown Atlantic this year was a blockbuster success. 326 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:14.920 It wasn't a little success. It was a blockbuster success. And to take 327 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:19.720 that now and find a way to cross the goal line and score. That's 328 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:23.240 what we have in mind. That's the mandate I have from my governors, 329 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:27.839 and that's what I'm working towards last question for me here, I promise you 330 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:30.319 know, in terms of expansion, this would aid to that. We were 331 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:33.559 talking on one of our pregame shows a couple of weeks ago. You know 332 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.960 the long history, all the commissioners, everyone that's been involved in this league, 333 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:40.880 and God William, the CFL exists for another one hundred and ten years. 334 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:44.279 What would you want your legacy to be as is a commissioner here for 335 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:47.039 a long period of time. What would you be proud of to be known 336 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:49.960 as for being you know, you're whatever you've done for the CFL. Yeah, 337 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.440 you know what I mean. Honestly, I think it's a very interesting 338 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:56.359 question. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about that. You know 339 00:22:56.400 --> 00:23:00.960 what I what I want to do is I want to go to work for 340 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.599 the governors. I want to go to work for the fans. I want 341 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.960 to be somebody who is just works hard day in and day out and make 342 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:14.119 do everything humanly possible to take this league to where it to where I've always 343 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:18.680 believed it can be. And and it's a great game, it's a great 344 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:22.400 league. I still feel like we got another gear or two that we shift 345 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:25.079 them. We step on the clutch and we shift that. We can you 346 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:29.000 know, we can sling shot forward. Uh, you know, legacies and 347 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:33.440 talk about legacies. That's for other people. That's for other Maybe the pundits 348 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.839 can spend some time on that. For me, what I'm gonna do is 349 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:38.079 do what I do every day. I try to get up. I try 350 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:42.960 to serve our governors in the most honorable way I can. I try to 351 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:49.119 be someone who the fans would have respect for in that I'm clearly working hard 352 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:55.480 to make our league as big and powerful as it can be, and and 353 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:57.839 do all of that in a way that brings, you know, brings credibility 354 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:02.279 to to who I am as a person. I think if you do those 355 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:06.599 things, some days, somebody's going to talk about your legacy. I don't 356 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:10.839 expect it will be me, because by that point, what I'd like to 357 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:12.519 do is I'd like to just play a lot of golf at that stage and 358 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:17.880 have fun with my family and friends. Well, miss everybody, I really 359 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.559 appreciate it. We'll see you up in Hamilton. We have all of our 360 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:22.799 things books, so we'll see you up there. Gray Cup. Should be 361 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:26.000 fun. Yeah, we'll come again and watch, you know, watch our 362 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:30.000 games. Have fun again. Love the fact that you're following us and show 363 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:34.400 from the rooftops, funnest, fastest, most entertaining brand of football in the 364 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:37.960 world. As thank you so much, sir, take care by now, 365 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:42.599 thank you great to talk to you. Thanks, I appreciate it. Okay, 366 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:51.880 by now, Well, Pat, it's been a hot minute here since 367 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:56.559 the USFL days and we had you on talckeying what was that preseason staff? 368 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:59.839 We have Pat back here with Sarge. His dog might type in a little 369 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.960 bit. That's okay. We're keeping an eye that, Pat Raffina, How 370 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:04.519 are you doing. I'm doing well. I'm gonna try to mute my mic 371 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:07.799 as much as you can. I guess seventeen year old dog here and uh, 372 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:11.759 I mean he's he's kicking you know, he still thinks he's fourteen. 373 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:15.880 He still thinks he's four. But if you hear him in the background, 374 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:19.039 everyone, I apologize for that. That's okay. Living lives here, Welcome 375 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:22.200 back. Everyone XFL needs to talk about Obviously, we were gonna have pad 376 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:26.319 On to do the NFL cuts for the USFL and the XFL. We have 377 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:32.759 the XFL Vegas Pipers potentially relocating. Kind of weird situation this week. I 378 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:34.519 have thoughts about that. So we'll get that off the top and then welcome 379 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:38.720 back all the other XFL podcasts that are now talking XFL news here when you 380 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:42.480 know, we've been here every week. But this was a bizarre story. 381 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:48.880 And this came out the August what was that Tuesday. We're sitting there and 382 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:52.240 it was this guy, Dennis Dodd, who for some reason has blocked me 383 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:56.839 on Twitter. I don't I've never interacted with the man at all. He's 384 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.559 a way he works for CBS, tweeting out hearing more of us about the 385 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:04.240 XFL's Vegas Vipers relocating. And you know, we all have known and Mike's 386 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:07.079 talked about it in the group chat, and we've talked about it, you 387 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:11.079 know, for I mean even since the beginning of the season. Hey, 388 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:14.920 this isn't a good situation. Whether they're doing that, they're doing you know, 389 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:17.880 it's a season ticket pre sales. Now, that's kind of weird, 390 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:21.559 and it was weird to me that then like eighteen seconds later, Mark had 391 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:25.440 this article out, you know, exclusive whatever, talking and that they're looking 392 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:30.519 at Nashville, they're looking at Arizona, stay outher consideration and basically crediting Mike 393 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:33.559 because I don't think Mark has any firsthand knowledge of the situation at all. 394 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:36.079 What did you make of this? Because it really seems like it came out 395 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.799 of the blue here and just and then it was like here's info dump. 396 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:45.759 I mean, it's the only like parallel I can think about it is it's 397 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:49.039 kind of like the leak we had with like the Houston Stadium, where it's 398 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:53.000 like this something comes out and then we all like you know, we're all 399 00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:56.240 just kind of like talking in our circles about it, and then it becomes 400 00:26:56.240 --> 00:27:06.079 true. I don't like cashman Field. I don't think many people did you 401 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:08.640 know. I know there was the thing with the un the UNLV Stadium and 402 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:12.759 then Allegiance Allegiance Stadium about how that would have been the more appropriate venue. 403 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:18.319 But I mean, hindsight is twenty twenty and maybe things were said behind closed 404 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:22.200 doors that don't come to fruition. If you work in business, how many 405 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:29.640 deals starting to happen and then don't because reasons untold? But I mean going 406 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:33.039 to Nashville to me is just kind of a I don't know, man, 407 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:40.200 Nashville is getting pretty congested, and you know, someone who was recently in 408 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:44.839 Nashville a couple of months ago. I mean, it's semi locals to me, 409 00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:47.279 you know, a four hour drive for me, so I'd probably go 410 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.680 down there. But I just feel like the Vegas and I don't you know, 411 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:53.720 we hear all the sports betting that comes up every five minutes with the 412 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:57.359 XFL, it just kind of seemed like a match made in heaven. And 413 00:27:57.480 --> 00:28:03.000 re correct me if I'm wrong. I believe it was the Vegas franchise was 414 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:07.400 the like they all had a franchise, right, like the Rock had San 415 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:11.000 Antonio, Danny had to or I know, wasn't this Jerry Cardinals franchise from 416 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:15.839 what you know we talked to Yeah, Mike Mitchell had said back Jerry was 417 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:18.960 the one that really petitioned for that, but he was the one. And 418 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:23.079 to me, it's odd because you really lose your West Coast flavor then, 419 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:26.680 right, and we know that we know the USFL is in Memphis, right, 420 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.440 so that's odd as well, you know, getting like you said, 421 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:34.319 getting congested there. To me, we I had been hearing Vegas, you 422 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:38.440 know. Besides Mike, I had been getting messages back is whenever Andy and 423 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:42.160 I did that, Like the XFL's road Path to the off season. Whenever 424 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:45.759 we did that show, I woke up getting messages of like, hey, 425 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:51.079 hearing Vegas, hearing Rod Woodson's going to be out hearing kind of all of 426 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:53.039 these things, and I was like, oh, that's interesting. Okay, 427 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:57.039 you know, like what's kind of figure out what's going on here? Obviously 428 00:28:57.079 --> 00:29:00.480 the Rod Woodson thing came down, right, he's no longer there, and 429 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:03.680 Levin's is brought in as the coach. So you know, if if it's 430 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.200 one foot over the other, you know, when one shoe's fallen and now 431 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.839 the other one. What I what I don't like about this is like once 432 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:12.720 someone that's non XFL talks about it, like oh, Dennis Dodd talked about 433 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:15.880 it, like now okay, now we can talk about it. We're like 434 00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:21.599 Mike's been saying this for months, like literally for months. So I mean, 435 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.480 I'm glad that now it's it's a you know, it's out there and 436 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:27.200 people are talking about it and in Arizona State, and I don't know if 437 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:30.319 that's any better or worse. I've heard the facilities there maybe aren't this good. 438 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:33.640 I think Max's messaging me that that's what I don't like is like we 439 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:37.079 that's why I champion our own media. And then like Mark, you're like, 440 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.559 oh, Dennis talked about it. We can like this is a story 441 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:44.279 though, Yeah, I mean is it? But isn't that the case though? 442 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:48.039 Like you know, personal example, was I broke the thing about like 443 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:55.039 the AJ McCarron thing right like his passing yard or passing touchdowns and Denucie passing 444 00:29:55.079 --> 00:30:00.839 touchdowns and then you know, Florio's retweeted my thing or something, you know, 445 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:04.519 like everyone and then like even something more minor is like when XFL news 446 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:08.599 Hub did their MVP, which the XFL you know, proper did not do 447 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:12.920 an MVP, and you know, everyone's saying like it was funny because I 448 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:18.839 was I met someone new today earlier and they were they brought up the XFL 449 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:21.680 and I was like, yeah, you know, I do work with them, 450 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.559 and he's like, yeah, A J. Mccaron won the MVP, 451 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.000 and I was like he didn't, he didn't. He's like, what do 452 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:30.839 you mean? It was like that was like the website like I write for 453 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.359 I work with, we like named him the MVP and it grew legs and 454 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:37.359 you know, I'm pretty sure a lot of people think Bonn Hutchins is actually 455 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:44.519 is white because of the picture that got tweeted the round of the AI version 456 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:48.960 of Mike Mitchell, which I've talked to people in the league about, which 457 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:51.920 they thought that was kind of funny because they're all, like, you know, 458 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:55.400 they they they thought, you know, we got a lot of traction 459 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:57.640 up at that news hub, which you know, pretty I'm pretty proud of 460 00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:02.839 and whatnot. But yeah, I mean it's kind of just like, hey 461 00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:07.680 man, this thing's been going on, mister Dodd. I appreciate you, 462 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:11.279 you know, recognizing this. And you know, I'm not saying that like 463 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:18.359 the XFL is gonna petition the MLS as far as becoming that fifth cog and 464 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:22.680 like American National Sports, because I mean the MLS has been around god knows 465 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:26.599 how long. But if if if the XFL, or the USFL, or 466 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:30.839 if any spring football league we made the joke right, the QFL in twenty 467 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:36.240 and twenty thirty six, the Quality Football League. You know, if any 468 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:38.359 of these spring football leagues, you know, get their footing and like start 469 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:42.240 making some moves and whatnot, like you know, you're gonna have your air 470 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:45.119 quote grassroots movement, there's been doing this all the time, and like, 471 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:48.680 I just hope that those people, you know, don't get forgotten along the 472 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:52.279 way. Yeah, I mean, if you're gonna do it, do it 473 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:56.319 now. The national thing, like I said, feels odd just because of 474 00:31:56.319 --> 00:32:00.599 obviously USFL, you know, not only having a team there, but Hubbing 475 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.640 one, you know, having a hut there, and we don't know kind 476 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:06.759 of what that's gonna look like next year. The Tempie thing is interesting. 477 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:09.640 You know, we talked as well. Houston, right, the TDCU they're 478 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:13.839 doing renovations, so they're probably gonna have to move to Rice Stadium, right, 479 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:16.920 So like that's gonna change. I think it's fine to me. This 480 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:20.680 isn't the end of the world. I thought it was weird when they announced 481 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.839 it was like on April Fool's Day. Hey, we're doing preseasons for the 482 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:27.880 Veiggest Viverse for next year. And I'm like, do you guys know what 483 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.680 day it is? But I mean, if you're gonna do it, do 484 00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:31.880 it now. I can't imagine, you know, shout out the six three, 485 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:35.519 five hundred people in Vegas and went to those games. But I don't 486 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:38.319 think you're losing them massive more than just like, hey, this didn't work, 487 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:43.240 and we're we're adapting now. Yeah, And like I liked that the 488 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.720 USFL is in, you know, a separate market. I liked that the 489 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:51.839 XFL is in the separate market because something that we've talked about in nauseum with 490 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:54.880 the people of Birmingham is like, hey man, you're asking these people you 491 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:58.079 can make and they you know, they did in twenty and twenty two. 492 00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:00.200 They made a lot of those games very affordable, free for like you know, 493 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:05.839 all that stuff you're asking me to give you ten saturdays in the heat 494 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:09.160 in Birmingham. Like there, you know, Tennessee is a big stage. 495 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:14.240 I believe Memphis in Nashville an hour and a half, two hours from each 496 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.559 other, they're gonna be people in that middle ground. They're like people from 497 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:22.400 Nashville who moved to Memphis and vice versa, who just love football because you 498 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:27.000 know, they like football in the South. You're kind of expecting them to 499 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:30.200 hold that, you know, hold that back, like compete with that, 500 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:34.440 you know, bag and I know they don't really care about each other in 501 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:37.440 some senses. You know, obviously it's a competition, but you know, 502 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:40.519 I just feel like that dilutes your market, Like you want to be the 503 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:45.440 most the coolest team in Tennessee. Okay, great, Like instead of you 504 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:50.079 know, having sixty three hundred people go to your game in Vegas, now 505 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:53.079 you have forty six hundred people. Because like, you know, you got 506 00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:55.920 people who are in Memphis that want to go to Memphis games because they love 507 00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:00.160 five minutes away. But they're only going to Nashville games because they love you 508 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:02.799 know, they just happened to be national residents. I don't know, I 509 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:07.039 just I don't like that. Like competition is great, but I just feel 510 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:14.440 like it kind of it dilutes both both markets for them. So I mean 511 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:19.079 I think they both stay away from from New York or you know, until 512 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:23.679 the New Jersey Generals go there. But I mean, I'm not against Arizona. 513 00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:27.920 I know a lot of people want to want to bring back in a 514 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:31.119 West more West Coast team. I'm not against it. I don't think LA 515 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:35.360 is the right move right now. Maybe San Diego. Yeah, I was 516 00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:37.519 just looking on here, I was Google and just trying to figure out, 517 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:39.880 you know, because obviously they're not playing in Nissan Stadium, so I kind 518 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:43.920 of trying to figure out because right the as you mentioned in the article, 519 00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:52.199 that is, like you said that there's a weird Spring football like condescension where 520 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:54.840 like you live in the market, like you need to go support it because 521 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:57.639 you have it, Like you know what you were talking. We've had that 522 00:34:57.719 --> 00:35:00.280 the Birmingham and like Seattle got a lot of that this year where it's like 523 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:04.559 why like you people like you live in Seattle, like you need to like 524 00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:07.480 and people were even criticized even like I gotta work, I got a wedding. 525 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:12.800 I we have cracking tickets to cost three times as much as these tickets 526 00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:15.440 cost and they're in the Stanley Cup playoff run. Like people have obligations, 527 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:19.639 so it's hard. And it really is like you know, if Nashville or 528 00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:22.760 Arizona, you know, if you're getting this thing, then you do feel 529 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:27.079 like, okay, we were obligated. Now we got to really support that, 530 00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:30.199 and like we didn't decide that. It was like Birmingham, you know, 531 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:32.360 we're we're putting one in Detroit, like Detroit, you need to you 532 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:35.719 know, you need to go out of this support. Maybe Detroit was like 533 00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:37.440 hey, we didn't even want that, like maybe you know, And that's 534 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:42.440 why I always liked the idea of the US hubbing everyone and then like awarding 535 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:45.679 teams out of like maybe markets that felt like they deserved it more. Any 536 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:52.480 thoughts you are, are we higher or worse on the potential Nashville locations or 537 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:59.159 tempi with the ASU facilities. I'd like them to stay in Vegas, you 538 00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:01.719 know, kind of cleaning up a little bit. I think brand continuity is 539 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:07.840 very important. I I'd like that. You know, they brought back the 540 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:12.760 Air Quote Vegas franchise from two thousand and one, but I mean it'd be 541 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:15.800 it'd be a su like bring back the hot Shot. I think the hot 542 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:20.840 Shots did pretty well. Salt Lake is another market. I'd love to see 543 00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:22.920 one of these leagues going too, and then follow that up. You know, 544 00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:28.239 Nashville is kind of kicking down like to four. You know, I 545 00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:34.239 would almost rather see him go back to Tampa than Nashville. I've looked on 546 00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:36.599 here. I was just kind of curious about this because we did that. 547 00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:40.639 We didn't have a thought when they announced the Vegas Vipers. Arizona does in 548 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:45.280 fact have vipers. This is the home we're doing right now, and so 549 00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:51.599 does Tennessee. So they would find with either the Tennessee Vipers or the airstone 550 00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.480 the Vipers. At least we know that. I don't know the Arizona thing 551 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:58.360 is cool. I guess I think I don't like crowding the East coast there. 552 00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:00.079 I like having a little bit more West as presence in the US of 553 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:04.159 all. I think already really struggles with that. Yeah, I mean, 554 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:07.519 I think I think I want to say people are afraid of the West Coast. 555 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:14.480 I just think, you know, like like I think Andy said a 556 00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:17.199 couple of times, it's like la, like the Rams have trouble filling their 557 00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:22.719 tickets and they won a Super Bowl and whatnot. Like I just I think 558 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:27.159 San Diego would be the next like, you know, would be up there, 559 00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:30.400 San Diego, Salt Lake, Tempe. I mean I'm not I'm not 560 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:36.840 too giddy about Like, I'm not too giddy about like what's the word I'm 561 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:39.199 looking for about the East coast slowed up or the West coast slowed up. 562 00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:43.760 I mean, I'm in Saint Louis, so nothing really changes for me. 563 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:47.480 I might have to go to the Nashville Nashville game, which you know, 564 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:52.079 it's another area to look at them whatnot. But I mean I'm not I'm 565 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:54.519 not too giddy about it myself. Yeah, I think though does it does 566 00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:59.719 it? It would actually not really jerk around the conferences though, right, 567 00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:01.840 it would say, you know, they would stay in the north, Yeah, 568 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:06.039 if they kept the Arizona. Yeah, they gotta keep they gotta keep 569 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:08.280 Arizona for that. Otherwise things do get a little more convoluted. I think 570 00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:12.159 if you bring Nashville into that, I don't I would get rid of the 571 00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:15.920 divisions. We've talked about this and we were flamed, and then look how 572 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.760 the playoffs worked out, and now it's like, hey, you know, 573 00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:20.360 maybe we have the right idea all along. I mean, you're still a 574 00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:22.679 flight, right, I mean, so you're you're adding that in. It 575 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:25.840 really makes Seattle the outlier on the West coast if you do pull the Vegas 576 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:29.840 one, Like if you're just looking at the map of like the reach of 577 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:31.760 a league, it does really make Seattle's kind of the outlier, which we 578 00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:35.159 are already. I mean, I'm kind of used to that when we get 579 00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:37.880 to like concert tours and bands come to town and like we'll go to you 580 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:40.280 know, we'll go to la or we'll go to Portland. We don't necessarily 581 00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:45.159 always make it up to Seattle. So I get that, But it's interesting. 582 00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:46.679 It's just weird that this like just became news all of a sudden. 583 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:51.559 I guess, yeah, I mean, it is what it is. You 584 00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:55.000 know, Seattle is on the tippy tone of the of the country. You 585 00:38:55.000 --> 00:39:00.480 know, some people call it Southern Canada, you know, so no called 586 00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:09.239 it something can but I just did. And cool, right, I hear 587 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:13.760 my entire life that one for anyway, But let us know, you know, 588 00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:15.800 like I said, I think news is going to be coming out. 589 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:19.280 Like I said, we kind of I had had the whole Woodson thing kind 590 00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:21.519 of like, hey, I don't know if this is happening, and then 591 00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:24.639 that obviously came down the Vegas thing here. So this is exciting, good 592 00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:28.239 you know, good off season exit, all news to talk about here. 593 00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:30.599 You know, it's a good week too. There's no NFL football on this 594 00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:34.719 week's THEFL hasn't playing another weekends, so maybe we'll get a little a couple 595 00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:36.880 more a couple more hits on that. Do you have anything else on the 596 00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:42.480 Vegas viper situation? Not really. I mean hopefully hopefully this all just kind 597 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:46.039 of comes out and and you know just kind of you know, evens itself 598 00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:52.440 out and whatnot. I mean brand continuity goes a little bit of away with 599 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:54.559 me. You know, I think I talked about it at one point it 600 00:39:54.639 --> 00:40:00.599 was like I met people who were in the Ozarks who didn't go of Valhawks 601 00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:04.280 games in twenty twenty three because they were afraid they were gonna leave. It's 602 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:07.920 like, you know, like, you know, I think Vegas is obviously 603 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:12.239 more of a transient down. But are we gonna you know, do I 604 00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:15.320 want my heart broken again? You have something coming to Nashville, you know, 605 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:20.400 I don't know. I guess my last note on this would be I'm 606 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:23.320 surprised that San Diego wasn't in the mix, just because that kind of originally 607 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:29.320 that's been a floated out idea. They have the stadium there. Andy Murray 608 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:31.599 is kind of champion that with the MLS and they play rugby and kind of 609 00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:37.000 everything else. That right there, that steal steel Head or whatever that whatever 610 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:40.000 that's called there, that to me, that seems weird. And I saw 611 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:44.440 a lot of comments on there about it and about that not working out, 612 00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:46.880 So I about what people question, like, well, why didn't they want 613 00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:49.559 to go to that? I'm just trying to look up with the name of 614 00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:52.079 that stadium, snap Dragon stadium I knew was some of the nest So I 615 00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:57.119 don't know if that gives any pause as well, because that would keep to 616 00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:59.960 me, San Diego makes the most sense of anyone because you keep the wet, 617 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:02.280 because you don't have to worry about Arizona. We we keep the conversation. 618 00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:05.920 It's kind of all that stuff. Any thoughts on San Diego, I 619 00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:08.119 mean it's got a good pedigree with the fleet. You know, you can 620 00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:13.480 bring back the fleet, you know, San Diego Vipers has a nice little 621 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:15.480 coast to it. Maybe change up the color scheme, bring it back to 622 00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:20.800 that. You know. Something you could do if you want to get a 623 00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:27.360 real goofy is because there is marine aviation out there. They do have like 624 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:32.000 it's like the I think it's like a viper is like a helicopter nickname or 625 00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:36.800 something like that. I'm pretty sure it's like the a the ah one Zula 626 00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:38.639 viper or something like that. So that'd be pretty cool. You have a 627 00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:42.079 helicopter on the side, you keep the vipers, you know, and then 628 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:45.199 on the other side's a snake. We used to put vipers on our helicopters 629 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:47.719 when I was in Afghanistan. I thought that was pretty cool, so you 630 00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:52.960 could do you could yeah, there you go, Hey read I have in 631 00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:54.920 one of those, by the way, not high. I just did the 632 00:41:55.000 --> 00:42:00.079 thing actually around, but I have done that. It is terrifying. Yeah 633 00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:02.800 yeah, but I mean you could do that, you know, and then 634 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:07.039 that that's something you can do me or mare. A lot of the this 635 00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.239 is silly unrelated, but a lot of the testing in R and D for 636 00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:14.639 these helicopters was done in California. It's not a crazy thing at all. 637 00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:19.880 So yeah, I mean that's a some useless knowledge for you on that front. 638 00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:22.239 But I mean, you know, we'll see. I'd like to see 639 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:25.840 something come back to San Diego football wives for them. I don't think the 640 00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:30.960 Aztecs jazz as many people up as we think. You know, No, 641 00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:34.480 and I think too this would be funny because the vibr is because the battle 642 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:37.679 Hawk was originally that was that was a plane, and they put in more 643 00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:39.679 of the you know, the history is more of the battle Hawks into a 644 00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:44.320 bird like that was originally like a battlet like that was supposed to be kind 645 00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:46.320 of a military plane. So it would be interesting to have a both of 646 00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:50.039 these. But no, I mean, I think I think people deserve it. 647 00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:52.159 I think, you know, San Diego, like you said, I 648 00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:54.559 think deserves that, so it would be good for them, and like I 649 00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:58.000 said, kind of keeping that East Coast right. It's just weird to me 650 00:42:58.039 --> 00:43:01.199 that that wasn't brought up in the thing. To me, unless stadium negotiations 651 00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:05.760 there and Andy has sacked at nauseam like they're taking anything. You know, 652 00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:07.039 they're trying to book out that stadium, like I don't know if it's just 653 00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:10.239 full whatever. To me, that makes way more sense than Nashville. Nashville 654 00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:14.199 feels like the outlier. I like Arizona or San Diego, keep it West 655 00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:20.280 Coast, keep it, keep it all right, so original bringing on here, 656 00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:23.599 we're talking that we have the big cutdown days Tuesday and then the waivers 657 00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:28.199 and everything. Now we're finally I mean, this is still fluid and people 658 00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:30.639 are gonna get still get cut and brought on and throughout the year, but 659 00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:35.639 we kind of at least have a clear picture right now who is making it. 660 00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:38.840 Then XFL and USFL those keeping track. XFL had one player be signed 661 00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:44.360 a stick onto the roster. We had a couple on like the injury reserve, 662 00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:45.679 right, and then we had two from the USFL do on the rundown, 663 00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:51.840 who made the lawn for the practice quads and whatnot. We do main 664 00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:54.800 roster first, because there's Brandon Aubrey, right, you have Brandon Aubrey, 665 00:43:55.000 --> 00:44:01.400 You have Lebrin lebron Ray, and then you have Cavante's Hurban from last year. 666 00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:05.440 I couldn't find anyone else. I might be missing someone, so if 667 00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:09.360 I did, apologies on that. But this is going into twenty twenty, 668 00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:15.280 into twenty From the twenty twenty three class, this is who remained. They 669 00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:17.719 still have a decent amount of the us OF votes, still have a decent 670 00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:22.840 amount of guys. Uh, you know, continuing from last year. Mike 671 00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:28.039 Abban, athlete Abernathy who spend time with the Packers and Falcons. He's on 672 00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:32.519 the practice squad. You have DeMarcus Gates, he's on the practice squad still 673 00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:38.159 with the Bears after getting caught. Alex A. King Blulu he's on the 674 00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:44.119 practice squad for the Commanders. Dominique Davis he got to the practice squad for 675 00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:50.280 the Bengals. And these are guys who, outside of Vaking Bulu, all 676 00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:55.360 showed up in a regular season game. Zuber is kind of a weird one 677 00:44:55.519 --> 00:45:00.320 because he he's on the there's a couple of guys who got put to the 678 00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:05.760 injured reserve. Last night checked, Isaiah Zuber was still on the injured reserve. 679 00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:13.719 So, I mean last year, and I'm digging into my memory bank, 680 00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:21.559 I believe we had twenty eight total players who got signed onto an active 681 00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:24.840 roster or practice father. We're on the injured, we're on an NFL payroll. 682 00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:30.920 At one point at the season, I believe twenty four was the high 683 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:37.400 water mark. Usually we coasted around that nineteen to twenty one, like throughout 684 00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:40.159 the eighteen weeks and whatnot. Towards the end of the year, you had 685 00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:45.119 a lot of elevations. You had long snappers, you had like James Morgan, 686 00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:47.480 you know, did a quick cameo. You had you know, Case 687 00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:52.119 Cookis brock Miller. So there's still plenty of time for more guys to get 688 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:59.840 looks as injuries come up and whatnot as well. And then you add into 689 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:04.320 you know, obviously you have a new layer of competition. That number is 690 00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:08.320 gonna you know, it's gonna be cannibalization of both groups, which is pretty 691 00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:13.840 expected. Right, Like we saw over one hundred players around a hundred you 692 00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:17.039 know, one hundred, one hundred and two. Maybe because another guy who 693 00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:22.559 got signed was Devin Ross, who you know, played with the Michigan Panthers 694 00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:30.000 in twenty twenty two transfers over to the to the XFL, got drafted in 695 00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:34.840 the supplemental draft I believe by the Brahmas. Gets cut by the Brahmas late 696 00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:37.559 late training camp or you know, right when training camp, brought by the 697 00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:40.559 Panthers and then got put on injured reserve in like week three. I don't 698 00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:47.079 think he recorded a statistic and he just got signed by the Raiders to their 699 00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:51.599 practice squad after working out with them that Monday or something like that. Well, 700 00:46:52.239 --> 00:46:54.960 how does that happen? Who's the head coach of the Oakland or LA 701 00:46:55.519 --> 00:47:00.840 that Las Vegas Raiders, Shosh Daniel? Where did Devin Ross spend a lot 702 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:05.599 of practice squad? And you know NFL training camp was New England and like 703 00:47:05.719 --> 00:47:09.480 twenty nineteen. Does the USFL or XFL really make or break a guy like 704 00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:13.599 that? I don't know. Is it the relationship? Probably? You know, 705 00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:17.559 so you're gonna have guys like that who might be air quote lesser known 706 00:47:17.719 --> 00:47:21.519 players that you're like, oh, how did this guy get signed over that 707 00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:23.800 guy. It's like, well, he that's his college coach, that's probably 708 00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:28.840 why, or she's you know, college assistant was with that person. So 709 00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:32.519 that's something to keep keep tabs on as time goes on throughout the off season. 710 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:38.760 In my opinion, it's interesting to me, like I don't know, 711 00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:43.119 because I this is the point where we get kind of these questions of like, 712 00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:45.760 okay, so it's just worth it? Right? You know, one 713 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:49.320 guy from the exit Wheeland, right made it on and then obviously the two 714 00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:52.559 of the USFL like is it worth it? Was all of this and the 715 00:47:52.679 --> 00:47:54.079 numbers and the player forty four and kind of all that. Where do you 716 00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:57.880 stand with that? I mean, it's always going to be worth it for 717 00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:01.599 a specialist because it's pretty simil right, so like punters and kickers and all 718 00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:09.360 that stuff. I think it's always going to be pretty pretty similar as far 719 00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:15.480 as is it worth it. I can't answer that question because I'm not Tino 720 00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:20.519 Ellis, I'm not you know, Bend Nucci, I'm not any of these 721 00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:24.000 players. Right. You have like a guy like de Nucci, you know, 722 00:48:24.159 --> 00:48:28.079 chip on the shoulder, all that, you know, all that, 723 00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:31.800 you know, all that underdog stuff, right, the poor Man's Baker Mayfield, 724 00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:39.400 I think at this point, especially with the player fifty four Mantra or 725 00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:43.840 excuse me, well, actually yes, the player of fifty four Mantra with 726 00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:50.519 the show, I am willing to grasp that Bend Nucci's brand is pretty on 727 00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:54.599 point right now. I'm willing to bet that financially he is doing pretty well. 728 00:48:55.719 --> 00:49:00.800 So when you have the opportunity, in my opinion, and I think 729 00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:04.679 the XFL and the USFL, you know, are trying to do this a 730 00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:07.280 little bit more. And I think the USFL did a really good job in 731 00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:12.159 twenty twenty two, and then I feel like players took advantage of it in 732 00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:15.199 twenty twenty three, like Boogie Roberts and Scooby and whatnot. When these guys 733 00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:20.400 and and Magoo and Victor, you know, but when these guys have the 734 00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:23.559 ability to be on a platform and essentially becomes pseudo celebrities in some sort of 735 00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:28.000 sense, I always think it's worth it anything that derives more traffic to who 736 00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:31.320 you are, whether it be you know, brand deals, whether it be 737 00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:36.519 you know, playing opportunities. It's to me, it's more than football. 738 00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:37.719 And I don't mean it like, oh, it's just a game more than 739 00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:42.719 football. I mean, like it puts more eyeballs on you, so people 740 00:49:42.920 --> 00:49:45.480 know who you are, and like it allows them to have more opportunity, 741 00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:49.679 whether it be on the field or off the field. As far as getting 742 00:49:49.719 --> 00:49:54.440 more opportunities and jobs and whatnot, we've seen here like obviously Betty Ben getting 743 00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:59.440 cut then sticking around on the practice squad. Magoo as well here right with 744 00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:02.800 the pack. Do you see like I mean, you know immediately it's like, 745 00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:07.320 oh, like Benda Nucci back to the XFL and that Like I think 746 00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:10.239 Ben's gonna chill on the practice squad and be happy, Like I don't see. 747 00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:15.440 I I see Ben. The XFL was the one time, like I'm 748 00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:19.639 gonna I'm doing this once and I don't see Ben returning. And I think 749 00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:22.800 Ben doesn't. I don't want to say he doesn't get back to the NFL 750 00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:30.000 with without the XFL, but I I think he goes from being that workout 751 00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:32.599 guy to Okay, we have two quarterbacks on our roster. We signed Ben 752 00:50:32.679 --> 00:50:37.679 da Nucci. We're good, as you know, like I think Magoo obviously, 753 00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:40.239 I mean the USFL is what brought Magoo back to the NFL. He 754 00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:44.239 was just a cambody all that stuff, you know, spend some time on 755 00:50:44.360 --> 00:50:47.480 and off practice squads, elevate, you know, deactivate guys like that. 756 00:50:47.840 --> 00:50:52.639 You know, they're back, they're back in this bad boy, They're back 757 00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:57.039 in the fold. They are rearing to go, and they probably could do 758 00:50:57.079 --> 00:51:00.159 what Garrett Gilbert did and extend their career for another four years, which for 759 00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:04.599 a guy like Gilbert, he made about two point five million dollars doing that. 760 00:51:05.719 --> 00:51:09.599 With that being said, I could see, depending on what happens with 761 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:14.880 Alex that he would come back to the USFL for two reasons. One, 762 00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:19.719 if he goes to the NFL plays there for two seasons but is only on 763 00:51:19.800 --> 00:51:22.880 the practice squads, so he's making four hundred k over those two years, 764 00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:25.719 but doesn't get that shot, he's still going to be hungry. And he's 765 00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:30.039 also a celebrity in Birmingham at this point. You know, for Ben, 766 00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:35.519 someone who's played in regular season games, has you know, and Alex could 767 00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:39.079 have off the field you know, income coming in. But for Ben, 768 00:51:39.280 --> 00:51:44.400 who might be it's like I'm an NFL starter or bust. If he doesn't 769 00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:47.159 get an opportunity, he might see that football is on. You know, 770 00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:52.440 football is you know kind of done in that part, so you can either 771 00:51:52.480 --> 00:51:54.519 play in the XFL, and I think he's got a bit of an ego, 772 00:51:54.960 --> 00:51:59.800 you know, so I don't see him doing that. You know, 773 00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:02.480 you'll always get your one office in my opinion, like a j McCarron, 774 00:52:04.199 --> 00:52:07.760 maybe a Josh Johnson that just kind of want to play football because fiscally they're 775 00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:10.480 good and you know, like they can they can quote take that pay cut. 776 00:52:13.719 --> 00:52:15.159 But yeah, I mean those two, you know, those two guys 777 00:52:15.239 --> 00:52:20.880 being the poster children. As far as for the QB class, I think 778 00:52:21.039 --> 00:52:23.840 I think, you know, we would more likely see Alex McGoo back in 779 00:52:24.360 --> 00:52:29.920 you know, the XFL or the USFL versus Ben DiNucci on either one of 780 00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:32.840 those leaks. I you know, I always pay attention, like you know, 781 00:52:34.519 --> 00:52:37.760 this is for what it is. This is a large platform for the 782 00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:40.199 world that we are in here, you know, you know, peanuts compared 783 00:52:40.239 --> 00:52:43.920 the way the NFL and all that stuff. But like I always paid, 784 00:52:44.199 --> 00:52:45.920 like you know, Ben had been on the show, we'd interacted, I 785 00:52:46.119 --> 00:52:50.000 met him in think, you know, like if I try to like follow 786 00:52:50.079 --> 00:52:52.400 someone on Twitter, like kind of I pay attention to like who is following 787 00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:57.679 people back or who is he engaging with people like Ben was always like you 788 00:52:57.760 --> 00:53:00.079 know, this is me, like I'm not, I don't know. Then 789 00:53:00.199 --> 00:53:04.639 to me always felt like a half step above kind of like what was going 790 00:53:04.719 --> 00:53:07.760 on here where maybe you're getting a little bit more interaction with you know, 791 00:53:07.880 --> 00:53:10.360 a lot of your Birmingham Stallions players or breakers or you know, we're talking 792 00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:15.119 with the Vipers guys or whatever. That was always kind of my my view 793 00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:21.119 with that in terms of overall numbers, surprise, beet or worse. You 794 00:53:21.280 --> 00:53:23.840 know, we've had this the XFL is earlier and they have the upper hand 795 00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:27.840 or the usfls Like, did you make anything about the timelines and how the 796 00:53:27.920 --> 00:53:31.679 numbers panned up? I think the timeline definitely bodes well for the XFL something 797 00:53:32.679 --> 00:53:37.840 that and if anyone listening, could you know, kind of educate me on 798 00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:45.480 was that? I wish I kept more tabs on was were there XFL players 799 00:53:45.119 --> 00:53:50.440 released when the USFL ended? And I remember when we came on the show, 800 00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:53.400 when I came on the show before we went through to roster and we 801 00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:57.280 were like, okay, it's like and Mike did it as well. It 802 00:53:57.400 --> 00:54:00.320 was like twenty four available spots right, and then USFL guys once, like 803 00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:05.320 you know that last week in July, first week of August when the OTA 804 00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:09.239 injuries started coming, or like when we saw guys, for example, you 805 00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:15.280 know, Seattle have a couple of guys come in their uvfa's, you know, 806 00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:19.159 twenty twenty three guys uvfas, and then like as soon as you know, 807 00:54:19.239 --> 00:54:23.800 their OTAs were over, they signed Levi Bell of Michigan Panthers and Jordan 808 00:54:23.880 --> 00:54:29.159 Ferguson of the Memphis show Boats. Like immediately they cut these young kids and 809 00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:36.599 then brought up the you know ingranted Bell is a Bell is a is a 810 00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:39.000 excuse me, Bell is a true rookie. But now he's got five or 811 00:54:39.039 --> 00:54:43.599 six games under his belt. It's a little bit more season than you know, 812 00:54:43.760 --> 00:54:46.119 someone else and whatnot. So you know, it was cool, not 813 00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:50.039 cool because these are people's jobs. It was it was good to see that 814 00:54:50.079 --> 00:54:54.559 there wasn't a lot of candida as much candid cannibalization on that front. That 815 00:54:54.760 --> 00:55:00.440 a lot of these coaches and player personnel people value the experience of these guys, 816 00:55:01.199 --> 00:55:05.000 you know, not only playing in the game, but also being in 817 00:55:05.079 --> 00:55:07.960 football shape. So if they are air quote coming in to be a camp 818 00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:10.599 body, they can provide that good look and there's more values to give you 819 00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:15.400 your time and effort versus this guy versus a college kid who might have been 820 00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:19.199 a seventh round, sixth round pick, got his head all big because he 821 00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:22.719 got a seventy thousand dollars signing bonus and then didn't put in the rest of 822 00:55:22.760 --> 00:55:25.519 the work for two and a half months going in the training camp, which 823 00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:30.960 happens in terms of I was looking at the articles here, you know, 824 00:55:31.159 --> 00:55:35.079 and again this is fluid right now when this was supposed to you know, 825 00:55:35.199 --> 00:55:40.440 seventeen from the XFL, twelve from the USFL to the practice squads. To 826 00:55:40.559 --> 00:55:44.199 me, like you said, it's kind of negligible at this point, you 827 00:55:44.239 --> 00:55:46.400 know, it could just be who you know and the time. I think 828 00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:49.800 a lot has been made of and even on this show, you know these 829 00:55:49.880 --> 00:55:52.000 timelines, I don't know. To me, that feels like a negligible different 830 00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:55.000 seventeen verse twelve. A might making too little or too much of that. 831 00:55:58.039 --> 00:56:00.800 Yes, and no. The thing that the thing that the XFL has is 832 00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:05.880 one there's the body recovery. And two they can go too. They can 833 00:56:05.920 --> 00:56:07.400 go to a mini camp. They can go to those rookie mini camps. 834 00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:13.800 Like, you know, the bulk of these rookie mini camp workouts happened during 835 00:56:13.800 --> 00:56:17.039 the USFL season. That's, you know, from the xfl PR standpoint. 836 00:56:17.159 --> 00:56:21.880 Even though it doesn't really mean anything, it's a great tweet. It's a 837 00:56:21.960 --> 00:56:29.280 great content engagement. Anytime any player I've ever talked to, you know, 838 00:56:29.960 --> 00:56:32.960 it came to you know, like Lavert Hill goes to these two workouts. 839 00:56:34.159 --> 00:56:37.119 But then all of a sudden, I did an interview with Lavert Hill. 840 00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:39.840 I get a couple more views here and there. You know, my stuff 841 00:56:39.920 --> 00:56:45.559 spikes. They're stuff spikes. Like it's good for content engagement. So I'm 842 00:56:45.599 --> 00:56:49.679 not against them, like championing these workouts and whatnot. But at the same 843 00:56:49.719 --> 00:56:52.480 time, it does get you. Those workouts do get you in front of 844 00:56:52.519 --> 00:56:55.199 these coaches and whatnot, in players and all that goofy stuff. Then it 845 00:56:55.280 --> 00:56:58.480 keeps you, It keeps you in the cycle, It keeps you in the 846 00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:02.480 circuit as well. To me, and we talked about this, I guess 847 00:57:02.519 --> 00:57:07.800 it was last week when we were kind of getting ready for this and even 848 00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:10.840 Greg Parks was on here and he had an interesting because we've talked the whole 849 00:57:10.840 --> 00:57:14.960 time about like marketing in the league and like what should the league's vision be? 850 00:57:15.079 --> 00:57:16.880 And Greg had the good point of like, well up until now, 851 00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:20.280 right, the XFL doesn't have a lot of history, right, like the 852 00:57:20.400 --> 00:57:22.199 Vipers, you might not have any share after you know whatever, But like, 853 00:57:23.280 --> 00:57:27.960 you know, really relying on this player fifty four, you know, 854 00:57:28.039 --> 00:57:30.639 the Rocket, like hoping here in year two, three, four, five, 855 00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:35.840 you you start relying more on the history of these franchises versus just that. 856 00:57:36.719 --> 00:57:38.960 I think if they did not realize that now, I think now they 857 00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:43.239 do, right, I think for literally every interview of the Rocks done. 858 00:57:44.199 --> 00:57:45.960 Yes, you know, like opportunities are great and they can sick, and 859 00:57:46.039 --> 00:57:49.960 we gave these players the opportunity. That's all we can do. But you 860 00:57:50.079 --> 00:57:52.199 know, seventeen on the practice squad, which clearly is not nothing to see 861 00:57:52.239 --> 00:57:55.360 us that and that's a good income for those guys, but that one guy 862 00:57:55.480 --> 00:58:02.199 make it onto the roster like it just a puncher and he's a punch Yeah, 863 00:58:02.320 --> 00:58:07.800 yeah, you would be retweeting his punts like every Sunday. It's hard, 864 00:58:08.159 --> 00:58:12.280 you know, it's hard, And that's why I don't want to pooh 865 00:58:12.320 --> 00:58:15.800 pooh and opportunities, you know, that's all anyone can ask for. And 866 00:58:15.880 --> 00:58:19.159 that's all these players and obviously you're they're not playing in the XFL for free, 867 00:58:19.280 --> 00:58:21.239 so I mean, you know, they're getting paid, and they're getting 868 00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:24.239 exposure and table there's a many things. I just that's why ninety nine point 869 00:58:24.360 --> 00:58:29.920 nine nine percent of your marketing you can't all be about we get players in 870 00:58:29.960 --> 00:58:32.119 the NFL when it was one special team. As puncher, it's hard, 871 00:58:32.599 --> 00:58:37.880 yeah, and I believe they know that. But at the same time, 872 00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:43.760 like you know, it's kind of like I don't want I don't want to 873 00:58:43.800 --> 00:58:45.800 put this in a negative connotation, but when you're starting a business, sometimes 874 00:58:45.840 --> 00:58:49.400 you gotta work with clients you don't want to, right, And not that 875 00:58:49.559 --> 00:58:53.039 working with the NFL's a negative thing, but sometimes you gotta, you know. 876 00:58:53.199 --> 00:58:59.760 I I would think, in my opinion that I would be more pumped 877 00:59:00.519 --> 00:59:07.280 about Jordan TEAMU hitting ten thousand career passing yards in the XFL because that shows 878 00:59:07.519 --> 00:59:14.199 longevity and that show hey, we're here. You know, you know, 879 00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:16.480 you know we're here. We're here. Get used to it, right. 880 00:59:17.039 --> 00:59:22.440 I think some people can see that Montro was going off of but you know, 881 00:59:22.639 --> 00:59:27.239 and I think the USFL started doing that, especially once the lawsuit, 882 00:59:28.039 --> 00:59:31.039 like or the court case or whatever it is. And that's something I really 883 00:59:31.119 --> 00:59:35.800 liked, was like, you know, they were posting like granted, there's 884 00:59:35.880 --> 00:59:39.119 the connotation of the modern record and whatnot, and I appreciate the clarification at 885 00:59:39.199 --> 00:59:45.039 this time, but in three years, the USFL is still kicking those modern 886 00:59:45.119 --> 00:59:47.559 records. Jim Kelly, Like you put a stat board up there, and 887 00:59:47.599 --> 00:59:52.440 you're gonna have Case Cooks next to Jim Kelly and those are all that's great 888 00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:55.199 content. That's that to me means so much. And like thank you to 889 00:59:55.239 --> 01:00:00.719 Mark Thompson for scoring fourteen touchdowns in eight games, because now we have a 890 01:00:00.800 --> 01:00:05.960 graphic with guys who have career statistics and whatnot. Like I think a tweet 891 01:00:06.119 --> 01:00:10.360 of like, you know, Jim Kelly passes or Case Cooks passes Jim Kelly 892 01:00:10.440 --> 01:00:15.880 on the all time USFL passing thing, you get Jim Kelly to retweet that. 893 01:00:15.280 --> 01:00:20.039 I'm sure Herssel Walker will retweet something if he gets passed over. You 894 01:00:20.119 --> 01:00:22.679 know, he's active on the Twitter. If not, I'll go to his 895 01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:24.079 you know, I'll go see him when I see him at the gas station 896 01:00:24.199 --> 01:00:27.679 next time I'm in Atlanta. I'll make sure he knows I'll talk to his 897 01:00:27.760 --> 01:00:34.559 pa. But you know that being said, like I think the obviously the 898 01:00:34.679 --> 01:00:38.360 USFL has the extra season, they have three plus years. We didn't see 899 01:00:38.400 --> 01:00:42.840 a lot of that, like with the stuff I was tweeting out and I'm 900 01:00:42.920 --> 01:00:47.199 hoping now we get a little bit more, you know, like our league 901 01:00:47.480 --> 01:00:52.280 and for both of them, like our league, our players, our history, 902 01:00:52.719 --> 01:01:00.239 Papa John's yeah, better football, rail foot fall, real fan threal 903 01:01:00.320 --> 01:01:05.960 pro through all that stuff. Yeah, I just I hope because I you 904 01:01:06.079 --> 01:01:09.280 know, I don't know, and we obviously had had our friend you know, 905 01:01:09.360 --> 01:01:13.199 with the USFL last year, that was you know, people really pumped, 906 01:01:13.239 --> 01:01:15.280 like, oh man, we got fifty one players signed and all this 907 01:01:15.320 --> 01:01:17.800 stuff, and then you know, the death settles and it's Kamante Turpin's left, 908 01:01:17.880 --> 01:01:22.119 and you're like, what were your you know, as someone that was 909 01:01:22.239 --> 01:01:25.440 not familiar with the world before the USFL last year, like what was what 910 01:01:25.519 --> 01:01:29.840 were their expectations you know, going into like how many players were actually gonna 911 01:01:29.840 --> 01:01:31.639 make it? And with Gamante Turpin has left and by god, he had 912 01:01:31.639 --> 01:01:35.880 a phenomenal season and All Pro and kind of all that stuffle, like you 913 01:01:36.000 --> 01:01:39.119 know, you're it goes away very quick. That excitement, Yeah, and 914 01:01:39.519 --> 01:01:45.320 it does. And something I wish and this is me being very very petty, 915 01:01:45.800 --> 01:01:49.400 but something I wish they highlighted was a gentleman named Mitch for Brownie. 916 01:01:49.519 --> 01:01:52.519 He's a long snapper. He only played four games last year, but he 917 01:01:52.679 --> 01:01:59.400 had five tackles as a long snapper, which some long snappers don't get five 918 01:01:59.480 --> 01:02:02.679 and two years. He was like the top tackling along snapper in his four 919 01:02:02.800 --> 01:02:07.400 game stint. Does anyone care about that graphic? Probably not, but I 920 01:02:07.480 --> 01:02:12.880 think that's that's still content and still tweet. It's someone other than Kavante Turpin. 921 01:02:13.519 --> 01:02:19.320 Maurice Alexander had a reception last year. Maurice former Stars, you know, 922 01:02:19.440 --> 01:02:22.199 gets his first career reception, you know, like little stuff like that, 923 01:02:22.360 --> 01:02:25.039 and then the guy and then something. Because you know these back end 924 01:02:25.159 --> 01:02:29.400 roster guys, especially the ones I talked to, they follow these leagues. 925 01:02:29.880 --> 01:02:34.519 You know, they know that like football isn't coming up as much as they 926 01:02:34.599 --> 01:02:37.239 might want it to. So for them to get a few extra Twitter followers 927 01:02:37.320 --> 01:02:42.519 because you're showing them out their Instagram, they're they're millennium, they're you know, 928 01:02:42.559 --> 01:02:45.400 they're gen z. They care about that stuff. You know, the 929 01:02:45.480 --> 01:02:47.960 millennials are on their way out of this game. You know, we're pretty 930 01:02:49.039 --> 01:02:52.679 conceded and whatnot in social media, but this new one is a little bit 931 01:02:52.760 --> 01:02:57.760 more up there. I think that shows that this league is like championing these 932 01:02:57.840 --> 01:03:00.079 leagues or championing their players and whatnot, like you know, like, hey, 933 01:03:00.159 --> 01:03:02.880 you didn't forget about me, like I was an inaugural guy. You 934 01:03:02.960 --> 01:03:07.199 know, Like I think that's something to be taken into account personally. And 935 01:03:07.280 --> 01:03:10.440 maybe that's just me being really petty and whatnot, but that's something I wouldn't 936 01:03:10.440 --> 01:03:13.760 want to see. And I think it's good offseason content, you know, 937 01:03:13.920 --> 01:03:17.000 because like you know, you can only see like a graphic of like Nick 938 01:03:17.039 --> 01:03:21.760 Tiano works out for the Bills or like, hey we signed this player type 939 01:03:21.800 --> 01:03:24.960 thing, one last thing for me here. We'll wrap this up soon. 940 01:03:25.119 --> 01:03:30.480 I USFL has obviously put out and we showed that the random Aubrey graphic. 941 01:03:30.119 --> 01:03:35.639 You know, those with their Twitter feed XL hasn't tweeted out like congrats Dan. 942 01:03:35.760 --> 01:03:38.679 I'm making the you know, to the to the packers so interesting there. 943 01:03:38.719 --> 01:03:42.000 You know, they're tweeting that back to school stuff and Labor Day, 944 01:03:42.119 --> 01:03:45.719 so that's interesting. And again, like when it comes to kind of expectations 945 01:03:45.800 --> 01:03:47.599 of what this league. You know, we have a lot of like we're 946 01:03:47.599 --> 01:03:51.679 talking about the showcases that's coming up here, and we tweeted that out, 947 01:03:51.719 --> 01:03:53.840 I guess last week, you know. But it's interesting none of this like 948 01:03:53.960 --> 01:03:59.039 none congrats we got a player on, So that to me is interesting. 949 01:03:59.079 --> 01:04:00.760 This all because they just tweeted labor they sail here an hour ago. So 950 01:04:00.920 --> 01:04:04.599 interesting that the x bel hasn't you go? Was that number not as high 951 01:04:04.599 --> 01:04:09.400 as they thought? I would imagine? So yeah, I mean that's that's 952 01:04:10.559 --> 01:04:13.679 that's not like, I mean, they could be making the graphics now, 953 01:04:13.760 --> 01:04:16.440 I mean the USFL. I love the USFL graphics. Well, I mean 954 01:04:16.559 --> 01:04:19.880 both of them that like. To me, that's that's pretty on point. 955 01:04:20.440 --> 01:04:24.000 The Aubrey one I liked a lot. I mean, they did a lot 956 01:04:24.039 --> 01:04:27.960 of good stuff with Turpin. They're signing one were pretty cool as well. 957 01:04:28.320 --> 01:04:31.079 I wish they had the graphic where they it was like we've had ten twenty 958 01:04:31.239 --> 01:04:34.679 thirty because I like that a lot last year as well, especially during the 959 01:04:34.719 --> 01:04:38.760 summer. I'm usually pretty busy, so it's like, okay, I have 960 01:04:38.960 --> 01:04:42.480 nine guys they said to announce ten. What's going on? Type thing? 961 01:04:44.320 --> 01:04:46.800 I did like the XFL's graphics when guys were getting workouts as well. I 962 01:04:46.840 --> 01:04:50.880 thought that was kind of cool. Just really curious to see, you know, 963 01:04:50.920 --> 01:04:55.400 if they're going to do a graphic, what I would do if I 964 01:04:55.519 --> 01:04:59.559 was the XFL is, I would make like a team photo, you know, 965 01:04:59.639 --> 01:05:01.519 of them like sacked and whatnot, like they're players, and like I 966 01:05:01.559 --> 01:05:05.360 would put the number seventeen or whatever the number is. I'd probably do that 967 01:05:05.519 --> 01:05:10.719 next week before you know, before the game on Thursday, Week one kicks 968 01:05:10.760 --> 01:05:14.559 off, because these rosters are going to change a lot, and I would 969 01:05:14.559 --> 01:05:17.280 think that would be a pretty cool tweet if they did that, like seventeen 970 01:05:17.400 --> 01:05:21.199 players on practice squad going into week one, you know, like something groupy 971 01:05:21.360 --> 01:05:25.239 like that. Yeah, I'm just looking on here. I just don't see, 972 01:05:26.400 --> 01:05:29.159 you know, just a lot of like we we had to hear that 973 01:05:30.360 --> 01:05:32.280 switching about you know, fifty player or whatever. Yeah, I don't know, 974 01:05:32.360 --> 01:05:35.119 I would have done something there. Like I said, it could be 975 01:05:35.559 --> 01:05:39.840 at the point where it's not maybe what they expected. So I'll be curious 976 01:05:39.840 --> 01:05:41.800 to see. I wish I could be in those rooms, I really do. 977 01:05:42.360 --> 01:05:48.519 Yeah, And I mean like I mean, if you if you know 978 01:05:48.920 --> 01:05:53.840 numbers, don't liars don't figure or numbers don't lie. Liars figure right or 979 01:05:53.880 --> 01:05:59.000 whatever the thing is, so you can make statistics the say whatever you want. 980 01:05:59.199 --> 01:06:01.800 Right. So, Like one thing I like champions with the USFL last 981 01:06:01.840 --> 01:06:08.039 year was amount of money made. So like those twenty eight players made eight 982 01:06:08.159 --> 01:06:13.079 million, almost nine million dollars collectively. Right, So I'm like, okay, 983 01:06:13.159 --> 01:06:15.440 that's nine million dollars because of the USFL. Like you put it back 984 01:06:15.480 --> 01:06:19.159 in there, like that's something that like if one of these leagues is lesser, 985 01:06:19.400 --> 01:06:23.360 like as far as players signed, you kick it back. It's like, 986 01:06:23.480 --> 01:06:26.199 well our players, you know, you put the graphic out and you 987 01:06:26.280 --> 01:06:30.280 say, like twenty two million dollars made because you know, Turpin Turpin is 988 01:06:30.320 --> 01:06:33.360 gonna give you a little bit more. I wish I wish, I wish 989 01:06:33.440 --> 01:06:39.199 you brought it. They kind of embraced some of the twenty twenty stuff players 990 01:06:39.239 --> 01:06:43.480 a little bit more. I feel like it's been kind of infrequent. Have 991 01:06:43.599 --> 01:06:45.599 we seen like I mean, like Heineke could have got a couple of retweets. 992 01:06:45.639 --> 01:06:49.360 I feel like last year there was really nothing. I'd like, Yeah, 993 01:06:49.360 --> 01:06:53.480 I mean I'd like to believe moving forward where you know, because you 994 01:06:53.599 --> 01:06:56.400 got the people. I mean, I'm sure there's people in the XFLO didn't 995 01:06:56.400 --> 01:07:00.960 know Taylor Honeke even exist, like was on the battle Hawks. Well, 996 01:07:00.039 --> 01:07:03.199 and to your point at the beginning of the conversation, does Heineke get that 997 01:07:03.320 --> 01:07:08.239 shot with you know, with Washington because of the XFL or because he knew 998 01:07:08.320 --> 01:07:13.960 Rivera Backett with the Carolina and Scott Turner, Yah, Scott Turner was eoc 999 01:07:14.239 --> 01:07:18.119 which I mean, you gotta do what you gotta do. Like, I 1000 01:07:18.199 --> 01:07:21.639 don't think it's a bad thing to retweet Taylor Heineke if I'm about blocks, 1001 01:07:23.800 --> 01:07:27.280 because you got people in Atlanta caring because you work out a little a drug 1002 01:07:27.320 --> 01:07:30.360 deal with that and you say, hey, Atlanta Falcons, can you you 1003 01:07:30.480 --> 01:07:32.880 know, retweet that you could do what we have him first type thing and 1004 01:07:33.199 --> 01:07:36.039 him you know, chucking the beers and whatnot, especially if he does that 1005 01:07:36.159 --> 01:07:40.119 with the Falcons, they could be like, oh, we've seen this before 1006 01:07:41.239 --> 01:07:45.519 the marketing major over here, I do. Oh. The last thing I 1007 01:07:45.599 --> 01:07:49.320 was gonna say was when when they were showing those you liked, when they 1008 01:07:49.320 --> 01:07:51.920 were showing the numbers of those like ten players signed, because you might have 1009 01:07:53.079 --> 01:07:57.239 nine because otherwise than like you're driving to a gig and someone tweets at you 1010 01:07:57.320 --> 01:08:00.239 a question like how many players got signed? And you respond and then you 1011 01:08:00.280 --> 01:08:04.199 have people like actually, actually it was that whatever. I do my best 1012 01:08:04.199 --> 01:08:08.360 to keep track of this stuff. I don't always know. I try, 1013 01:08:08.760 --> 01:08:11.360 I try, I work, Pat works, but we got a lot going 1014 01:08:11.400 --> 01:08:14.960 on. But anything else Pat will get out of here. Nah. You 1015 01:08:15.079 --> 01:08:17.119 know, congrats, you know, I feel like I feel like we probably 1016 01:08:17.319 --> 01:08:21.520 of the hundred players would probably have four that probably will watch us, you 1017 01:08:21.600 --> 01:08:27.800 know, but if you you know, I congrats to everyone you know who 1018 01:08:28.479 --> 01:08:31.279 worked out for an NFL team that went to Showcase, that went to the 1019 01:08:31.359 --> 01:08:35.680 Great Camps. Congrats to all the players who are trying to make it happen. 1020 01:08:36.439 --> 01:08:41.760 You guys have had way more NFL workouts than anyone that news Hub combined. 1021 01:08:42.800 --> 01:08:46.079 That is very true where I like that. I was just watching this 1022 01:08:46.199 --> 01:08:50.560 morning Charles Barkley like hate talking about Skip Bayliss about people like you know, 1023 01:08:50.680 --> 01:08:55.000 Skip talks like he knows all this, he's never played anything. So there 1024 01:08:55.039 --> 01:08:57.960 you go. Yeah, congratulations, shout out. You have more more than 1025 01:08:58.039 --> 01:09:00.920 any of the news Hub and that probably that discord as well, probably more 1026 01:09:01.000 --> 01:09:04.479 tryouts than any of those players, so I appreciate it. Pat, Well, 1027 01:09:04.560 --> 01:09:08.840 we'll figure out a big episode this week with Randy Ambrosi and everything else, 1028 01:09:08.880 --> 01:09:10.680 so we'll figure out what we're gonna do next. But I hope you 1029 01:09:10.720 --> 01:09:17.239 guys are subscribed and we'll see you next time. Well, the man of 1030 01:09:17.319 --> 01:09:21.319 the hour here back on the show, Cody fjar Though we talked with you 1031 01:09:21.479 --> 01:09:24.960 kind of leading into the season. Now we've been the way through. How 1032 01:09:24.960 --> 01:09:27.800 are you doing, sir? Doing well? It's team six and four. 1033 01:09:28.000 --> 01:09:30.840 Can't complain. Yeah, I've been a lot of positives. Obviously a tough 1034 01:09:30.880 --> 01:09:33.600 game last week, but a lot of positives this year. For sure. 1035 01:09:34.359 --> 01:09:38.479 It's been Yeah, it's been weird watching you. You're you know, Montreal 1036 01:09:38.520 --> 01:09:40.840 Outlets, my team of the East. You're watching you, you know, 1037 01:09:41.199 --> 01:09:44.880 new colors, new kind of everything. What's it just personally? What's it 1038 01:09:44.960 --> 01:09:48.920 been like here halfway through the season? You know, honestly proved a lot 1039 01:09:49.000 --> 01:09:53.119 of things to myself that I can still win in this league because everyone knows 1040 01:09:53.159 --> 01:09:56.680 how it ended last year in sask and not winning a game our last seven 1041 01:09:56.800 --> 01:09:59.560 or eight games or whatever. It was so to be able to go out 1042 01:09:59.640 --> 01:10:02.760 into to lead our team to some victories and to be sitting in second place 1043 01:10:02.880 --> 01:10:06.079 in the East is a good feeling. Obviously, we want to be in 1044 01:10:06.159 --> 01:10:10.079 that first spot. Everybody does, and everyone wants that bye week. But 1045 01:10:11.079 --> 01:10:15.520 we've played some really good teams our roster. We haven't forgot that. A 1046 01:10:15.560 --> 01:10:17.880 lot of people picked us to be ninth in the CFL to start the year, 1047 01:10:18.039 --> 01:10:23.119 and so looking at our roster, we are young, pretty inexperienced, 1048 01:10:23.199 --> 01:10:26.319 but we're finding ways to win games, and I believe we haven't played our 1049 01:10:26.319 --> 01:10:29.640 best football yet and the best is kind of yet to come. And you 1050 01:10:29.680 --> 01:10:31.119 don't want to be on fire early on in the season. You want to 1051 01:10:31.119 --> 01:10:33.920 be fired on fire towards the end of the season. So that's that's what 1052 01:10:34.039 --> 01:10:38.560 excites me. It seems like it's you know, it takes time, and 1053 01:10:38.720 --> 01:10:42.159 obviously you know you have familiarity with coaching everything, but you know, coming 1054 01:10:42.239 --> 01:10:45.640 in kind of assembling all the pieces, has it come together better than you 1055 01:10:45.720 --> 01:10:50.680 had hoped? Absolutely? I think the culture that Danny and coach Moss are 1056 01:10:50.720 --> 01:10:56.359 building is the reason why we've won so many games early on in the season, 1057 01:10:56.479 --> 01:10:59.159 Because if you looked at us on paper, you would read a lot 1058 01:10:59.239 --> 01:11:01.000 of names and be like, who is that who is that. A lot 1059 01:11:01.039 --> 01:11:05.439 of first year players, a lot of guys that were kicked off their old 1060 01:11:05.479 --> 01:11:09.960 team or their old teams just didn't want them anymore anymore. So kind of 1061 01:11:10.079 --> 01:11:14.840 a band of misfit toys that are coming together and playing some collective football. 1062 01:11:14.920 --> 01:11:17.079 And uh, you know, we're playing some good football teams here these next 1063 01:11:17.119 --> 01:11:20.119 couple of weeks and we'll really have a good measure of what our team is 1064 01:11:20.239 --> 01:11:24.319 and where we need to go. But it's not going to happen overnight, 1065 01:11:24.680 --> 01:11:29.479 and it takes time to build a tradition, to build culture. But the 1066 01:11:29.560 --> 01:11:32.159 fact that we're here sitting second in the East with the team, just the 1067 01:11:32.319 --> 01:11:36.800 whole overhaul that we did in the offseason with this team makes you feel like 1068 01:11:38.199 --> 01:11:41.319 we're doing the right things here. Yeah. Tough, you know, tough 1069 01:11:41.399 --> 01:11:45.239 loss here last what was it Friday? You know, crazy there, Winnipeg 1070 01:11:45.399 --> 01:11:46.960 Loud. What's it like kind of playing that rabbid? You know, we 1071 01:11:47.159 --> 01:11:50.159 I saw the BC Lions going there a couple of weeks ago and not do 1072 01:11:50.680 --> 01:11:54.359 well either. It's a difficult place to win. What's it like playing there? 1073 01:11:54.960 --> 01:11:58.520 Yeah, it's just very difficult, and obviously the atmosphere is tough. 1074 01:11:58.600 --> 01:12:01.359 But that's been the best team in the CFL the last three years and dominance 1075 01:12:01.479 --> 01:12:04.239 in the CFL. You know, if you look at their record, I 1076 01:12:04.319 --> 01:12:08.840 think they're eight and two or nine and two right now, and they're playing 1077 01:12:08.840 --> 01:12:12.920 at a high level. Their defense is veteran, very experienced. Just a 1078 01:12:13.000 --> 01:12:15.520 tough place to go in there and win, and you know, no excuses, 1079 01:12:15.640 --> 01:12:18.800 but we obviously didn't. We had a short week, didn't have any 1080 01:12:18.840 --> 01:12:23.199 time to practice, and when you have a young roster, you need time 1081 01:12:23.319 --> 01:12:26.600 to work out some of those kinks, work out some of those things throughout 1082 01:12:26.640 --> 01:12:29.960 practice, especially when you're going against the three time. You know, they've 1083 01:12:29.960 --> 01:12:32.560 gone to three Great Cups in a row. So the scheduling didn't do us 1084 01:12:32.600 --> 01:12:36.279 any favors, but we also laid a goose egg. Personally, I think 1085 01:12:36.640 --> 01:12:40.319 I hold myself to a higher standard. I hold their offense to a hired 1086 01:12:40.359 --> 01:12:44.600 standard than what we've displayed last week. And so the good news is, 1087 01:12:44.640 --> 01:12:45.720 I know we're gonna be a ton better. We have a full week of 1088 01:12:45.760 --> 01:12:49.479 prep going into this BC game, and we're just excited to kind of watch 1089 01:12:49.600 --> 01:12:53.960 that bad taste out of our mouth and be back home in front of our 1090 01:12:54.000 --> 01:12:57.840 great fans. Well, it's because BC's had a couple you know not. 1091 01:12:58.000 --> 01:13:00.800 I think they're trying to get the taste out of there as well. Really 1092 01:13:00.880 --> 01:13:02.600 curious to see what the magic's going to look like because both of you guys, 1093 01:13:02.640 --> 01:13:05.319 I think have something to prove this weekend. Yeah, that's a great 1094 01:13:05.359 --> 01:13:09.479 point. I think they've lost their last two and so they're gonna be extremely 1095 01:13:09.560 --> 01:13:13.159 hungry for a win. Everyone knows that Vernon used to be here, and 1096 01:13:13.279 --> 01:13:15.239 so I know that might be a little bit bigger game for him just because 1097 01:13:15.319 --> 01:13:18.680 he's back in his old town. But but to tell you the truth, 1098 01:13:18.760 --> 01:13:21.399 if you look at the standings, you know they're second in the West and 1099 01:13:21.479 --> 01:13:25.640 we're second in the East, and this has a lot of implications moving forward. 1100 01:13:25.760 --> 01:13:29.159 And so we know that they're a great football team. We've played them 1101 01:13:29.159 --> 01:13:30.920 already at their place and they have got the best of us, and so 1102 01:13:31.319 --> 01:13:34.119 we want to defend home turf and we know that they're going to come in 1103 01:13:34.159 --> 01:13:39.399 here and give us everything they got and I hope that they understand that we're 1104 01:13:39.439 --> 01:13:42.840 going to do everything we can to protect our home turf and get a big 1105 01:13:42.920 --> 01:13:46.840 win in front of our incredible fans. How are you feeling coming back right 1106 01:13:46.960 --> 01:13:49.520 shoulder injury here the last couple of weeks. How are you feeling now? 1107 01:13:50.079 --> 01:13:55.560 Yeah, feeling great. After the game, there was no setbacks. I 1108 01:13:55.600 --> 01:13:58.279 think we did the right thing of resting me. Obviously I could have gutted 1109 01:13:58.359 --> 01:14:01.039 through it, but everything that we talked about last year with my knee injury 1110 01:14:01.119 --> 01:14:04.439 and talked with coach Moss, we didn't want to have the same thing something 1111 01:14:04.560 --> 01:14:06.960 linger the entire season. So the fact that I was able to go out 1112 01:14:08.000 --> 01:14:11.399 there and finish the game and not have any setbacks was huge, which makes 1113 01:14:11.479 --> 01:14:15.359 us make me think we made the right decision. But you know, going 1114 01:14:15.439 --> 01:14:18.680 off of two weeks no practice and then a full week of no practice going 1115 01:14:18.760 --> 01:14:23.239 into a Winnipeg place, it was just a tough thing. But as a 1116 01:14:23.319 --> 01:14:25.279 veteran quarterback, you have to go out there and you have to get it 1117 01:14:25.359 --> 01:14:28.680 done, and unfortunately I wasn't able to do that. So that's why I 1118 01:14:28.760 --> 01:14:30.920 know this week I'll be much better. I'll be more settled in. I 1119 01:14:30.960 --> 01:14:33.560 won't be thinking about the injury, whether it's going to hold up or not. 1120 01:14:33.680 --> 01:14:36.199 You know, all those uncertainties that you go into into the game. 1121 01:14:36.520 --> 01:14:40.000 You kind of have in that first game and then after you play that first 1122 01:14:40.039 --> 01:14:42.840 game, it's like, Okay, it's back to football, So I know 1123 01:14:42.920 --> 01:14:45.319 I'll be much better, And that's what I'm excited. I'm excited to just 1124 01:14:45.399 --> 01:14:48.640 sit the field again and just feel like myself and go out there and move 1125 01:14:48.720 --> 01:14:53.199 the offense down the field and finished with seven points in the red zone. 1126 01:14:54.439 --> 01:14:58.720 We've seen this year obviously injuries with you, and obviously you know it was 1127 01:14:58.800 --> 01:15:01.960 only going down in term of is everything else having a backup like halib Evans 1128 01:15:02.000 --> 01:15:03.880 for you, Like, how is important is it to kind of have that 1129 01:15:04.000 --> 01:15:08.479 cohesi quarterback room that you guys have. Well, I've been on the CFL 1130 01:15:08.600 --> 01:15:11.760 long enough to understand you have to have two great quarterbacks to win in this 1131 01:15:11.920 --> 01:15:15.319 league. Just about every year the starter goes down for at least a game, 1132 01:15:15.560 --> 01:15:17.000 and that's every team, and I've seen that the year after year after 1133 01:15:17.119 --> 01:15:20.119 years. So you have to have capable backups to come in and play. 1134 01:15:20.159 --> 01:15:25.560 And the fact that Caleb came in and played well in a short time and 1135 01:15:25.600 --> 01:15:29.159 won us two football games, so that we weren't looking on the bottom of 1136 01:15:29.199 --> 01:15:32.479 the standings looking up, you know, we maintained our position going into this 1137 01:15:32.600 --> 01:15:35.960 tough stretch. Of which was Winnipeg BC in Toronto back to back, so 1138 01:15:36.720 --> 01:15:40.920 being able to have to win the games that we believe that we can win 1139 01:15:41.039 --> 01:15:44.119 and then compete against the top teams in the league. But I'm so proud 1140 01:15:44.159 --> 01:15:45.600 of him and the work that he put in. It's not easy being a 1141 01:15:45.640 --> 01:15:48.680 backup quarterback in this league. And I've been a backup quarterback in this league. 1142 01:15:48.720 --> 01:15:51.000 You kind of sit around and sit around, and all of a sudden 1143 01:15:51.039 --> 01:15:54.960 you get called upon. You got to go do everything that the starter does. 1144 01:15:55.039 --> 01:15:58.439 And so I was very impressed with the way he handled himself and the 1145 01:15:58.520 --> 01:16:00.239 way he's worked all year. And I know he had a little bit of 1146 01:16:00.319 --> 01:16:03.840 a chip on his shoulder playing his old team in Ottawa, and sometimes you 1147 01:16:03.920 --> 01:16:06.760 need that little extra added motivation to go out there and perform well. And 1148 01:16:08.119 --> 01:16:10.560 that was the hell of a victory. And like I said, going to 1149 01:16:10.720 --> 01:16:13.760 and Oh, with all the injuries we've had, not only just me at 1150 01:16:13.760 --> 01:16:15.800 the quarterback, but just our entire team. We've had a lot of injuries 1151 01:16:15.800 --> 01:16:19.159 this year. I think we had somewhere around sixteen guys on the six games, 1152 01:16:19.239 --> 01:16:23.920 so we've had the injury bug a little bit, and we've found ways 1153 01:16:23.960 --> 01:16:28.119 to win games through it exciting here, you know, with Montreal new ownership 1154 01:16:28.199 --> 01:16:31.520 coming in, have you been able to kind of experience or kind of take 1155 01:16:31.600 --> 01:16:35.479 benefit of that just kind of fresh perspective coming in. Absolutely. I think 1156 01:16:35.760 --> 01:16:39.640 it's hard for me to compare because I obviously have never been a part of 1157 01:16:39.720 --> 01:16:42.800 this program. But from what I've talked to the veteran guys who've been around 1158 01:16:42.840 --> 01:16:45.800 this program, the team is really making the players feel like the emphasis and 1159 01:16:45.840 --> 01:16:49.199 the product. And anytime you get that, you feel wanted, you feel 1160 01:16:49.239 --> 01:16:51.960 rewarded, and you feel like you want to do everything you can to win 1161 01:16:53.000 --> 01:16:56.960 as many football games as you can. So they've done a tremendous job from 1162 01:16:56.960 --> 01:17:00.039 the top all the way down to making us players, you know, the 1163 01:17:00.119 --> 01:17:04.399 most important thing in the building, and you don't really get that everywhere in 1164 01:17:04.520 --> 01:17:10.600 professional football. And that's what I respect most about this organization is truly making 1165 01:17:10.680 --> 01:17:13.720 us And even when we have a bad game like we did last week about 1166 01:17:14.039 --> 01:17:16.800 with Winnipeg, nobody hit the panic button. The coaches didn't yell at us 1167 01:17:16.840 --> 01:17:20.960 any harder. Management didn't come down and clear the locker room out or try 1168 01:17:21.000 --> 01:17:25.119 to sign a bunch of guys they believe in us, and they keep telling 1169 01:17:25.239 --> 01:17:27.439 us that they believe in us, and they're they're really showing that. And 1170 01:17:27.600 --> 01:17:30.319 so when you have the backing of the management, it really makes you as 1171 01:17:30.359 --> 01:17:33.199 a player feel good and make you want to put in that extra work to 1172 01:17:33.319 --> 01:17:36.439 make sure we get it to where we need to go, which is winning 1173 01:17:36.479 --> 01:17:41.359 a great gun. And in terms of just you know, making the move 1174 01:17:41.520 --> 01:17:43.640 going into the season, you know, we had talked to when you were 1175 01:17:43.720 --> 01:17:45.800 on here before, you know, kind of not I'm happy, but wanting 1176 01:17:45.840 --> 01:17:48.800 to get out of kind of Saskatchewan and everything going on. How are you 1177 01:17:48.880 --> 01:17:53.119 feeling now, headspace and everything kind of you know, is it has it 1178 01:17:53.199 --> 01:17:57.319 worked out as you have anticipated? Absolutely? I mean just to be a 1179 01:17:57.399 --> 01:18:00.479 starting quarterback in this league. I told you guys, I think going into 1180 01:18:00.520 --> 01:18:02.560 this I didn't even know if I'd have an opportunity to be a starting quarterback 1181 01:18:02.600 --> 01:18:05.439 again, and so I'm just so grateful for that. I don't know how 1182 01:18:05.479 --> 01:18:10.720 many years I have left. Nobody really does in professional sports. So I'm 1183 01:18:10.720 --> 01:18:14.039 going to cherish every moment I have, and even through the butt whippings like 1184 01:18:14.159 --> 01:18:16.399 last week, just being able to be on the field with my guys. 1185 01:18:16.439 --> 01:18:19.239 You know, you sit out two weeks with an injury, and even the 1186 01:18:19.319 --> 01:18:23.000 losses, you know, they hurt, but the fact that you're on the 1187 01:18:23.079 --> 01:18:26.880 field again and you're playing a sport that you love is truly incredible. So 1188 01:18:27.720 --> 01:18:30.079 we're at the point in the season now that there's no bad blood, no 1189 01:18:30.920 --> 01:18:34.359 negativity towards SASK. You know, obviously throughout the offseason there's a lot of 1190 01:18:34.399 --> 01:18:36.479 media build up, there's a lot of hype, there's a lot of articles 1191 01:18:36.520 --> 01:18:40.239 that come out. We're at the point now where we're so entrenched in the 1192 01:18:40.279 --> 01:18:44.760 season that it's kind of gone our separate ways. It is unfortunate that I 1193 01:18:44.880 --> 01:18:46.960 was injured for that game, and it was actually my hundred CFL game as 1194 01:18:47.000 --> 01:18:50.039 well, so there was a lot of meaning behind that game. I was 1195 01:18:50.119 --> 01:18:54.520 SASK, but I wasn't able to play it, but happy the team got 1196 01:18:54.600 --> 01:18:57.439 to win, and a lot of guys came up to me after the game 1197 01:18:57.479 --> 01:19:00.119 and kind of gave me that one was for you. And so it just 1198 01:19:00.199 --> 01:19:03.199 makes you feel respected and appreciated from your brothers in the locker room. A 1199 01:19:03.279 --> 01:19:05.920 couple more, Harald, let you go. I appreciate your time. Are 1200 01:19:05.960 --> 01:19:10.079 you enjoying you know, Montreal and everything? I mean, New environment, 1201 01:19:10.119 --> 01:19:13.960 whether you like you know about where you're staying, not day difference from where 1202 01:19:13.960 --> 01:19:16.079 I was in sask And don't get me wrong, I love sask and I 1203 01:19:16.199 --> 01:19:19.319 love the football aspect of it, where it's football twenty four seven. But 1204 01:19:20.159 --> 01:19:25.159 sometimes being able to just be a normal human and not be that a list 1205 01:19:25.239 --> 01:19:28.600 celebrity is nice. Where you can go out to dinner and just kind of 1206 01:19:28.720 --> 01:19:32.239 lay low or you know, there's a lot of great food spots here in 1207 01:19:32.359 --> 01:19:35.760 Montreal, and I don't think I've even scraped the surface of how many food 1208 01:19:35.800 --> 01:19:40.600 places I can go and eat, but it seems like every place I've chosen 1209 01:19:40.680 --> 01:19:44.520 has been extremely good. And a lot of people talked about, you know, 1210 01:19:44.800 --> 01:19:46.960 the facilities or the fans here, and I haven't seen that, you 1211 01:19:47.039 --> 01:19:50.600 know, I feel like this is a professional atmosphere. I've felt the love 1212 01:19:50.680 --> 01:19:54.920 through our fans even when we've been winning, when we've been losing, our 1213 01:19:55.279 --> 01:19:59.279 game days have been rocking. So a lot of uncertainty that I've kind of 1214 01:19:59.359 --> 01:20:01.920 had going into the season just because I didn't know we're answered fairly quickly, 1215 01:20:02.039 --> 01:20:06.000 and so I'm extremely happy to be where I'm at and hopefully I can be 1216 01:20:06.159 --> 01:20:11.359 you know, the quarterback for this organization for the long haul and set ourselves 1217 01:20:11.439 --> 01:20:14.880 up nicely and win some playoff games and hopefully hoist that great cup over our 1218 01:20:14.920 --> 01:20:16.359 head. Yeah, that was gonna be my last question. You know, 1219 01:20:16.399 --> 01:20:19.800 obviously Saskatchewan known right, you know, rabbitous fans and all of that, 1220 01:20:19.920 --> 01:20:24.039 but yeah, Montreal is no slouch as well. And they show up and 1221 01:20:24.079 --> 01:20:27.000 they've got the horns and all that kind of stuff. What have you made 1222 01:20:27.039 --> 01:20:30.439 of that? And are you pro airhorn here in Montreal? I'm extremely pro 1223 01:20:30.560 --> 01:20:35.119 airhorn. I was definitely against it playing here because it was just annoying and 1224 01:20:35.239 --> 01:20:40.319 loud and it made it hard on opposing teams. But that's how we get 1225 01:20:40.520 --> 01:20:43.720 our fans to get involved and it makes it tough on the opposing team. 1226 01:20:43.800 --> 01:20:46.920 So any chance we can get And now I love the horns going because I'm 1227 01:20:46.960 --> 01:20:50.000 usually on the sideline when I hear them going crazy because our defenses out there, 1228 01:20:50.039 --> 01:20:56.000 and like I said, the fan base has been truly incredible and they've 1229 01:20:56.079 --> 01:21:00.399 came out to our games. We've had three games that have been delayed because 1230 01:21:00.439 --> 01:21:02.600 the lightning, and two of them are home games. Another two were in 1231 01:21:02.640 --> 01:21:06.119 the rain in home and our fans stuck around, made it loud for the 1232 01:21:06.199 --> 01:21:09.960 opposing team in the rain, and that just goes to show that there's a 1233 01:21:10.000 --> 01:21:13.760 lot of passionate football fans here in Montreal. It just kind of gets overlooked 1234 01:21:13.760 --> 01:21:16.399 because it's such a big city. But when you see those fans on game 1235 01:21:16.479 --> 01:21:20.279 day wearing jerseys, wearing Montreal gear, it truly makes you feel like, 1236 01:21:20.439 --> 01:21:24.800 yeah, this is professional football, and so I appreciate them very much. 1237 01:21:24.880 --> 01:21:28.760 They've been very welcoming to me, and nobody sit the panic button when we've 1238 01:21:28.800 --> 01:21:31.119 lost games. You know, sometimes you lose and sask and it's all about 1239 01:21:31.159 --> 01:21:34.079 football and you can kind of feel that pressure. You can feel that because 1240 01:21:34.279 --> 01:21:39.239 people start talking, people stop you and talk about the loss. But here 1241 01:21:39.319 --> 01:21:44.119 it's it's been a warm, welcoming and they've really opened up to my family 1242 01:21:44.199 --> 01:21:47.439 and so I'm extremely blessed and happy to be here. Well, Cody, 1243 01:21:47.520 --> 01:21:50.279 I appreciate your time. You're busy week here, my heart. They'll be 1244 01:21:50.359 --> 01:21:54.600 touring this weekend watching the Lions and the Aulettes, but means a lot. 1245 01:21:54.640 --> 01:21:57.239 You got a lot of people cheering for you, and I really appreciate your 1246 01:21:57.279 --> 01:22:00.039 time to them. Absolutely. Always great to catch up with you. And 1247 01:22:00.239 --> 01:22:02.520 appreciate chatting me on the show. Awesome, a bone chance and then we'll 1248 01:22:02.840 --> 01:22:05.039 have a good game this weekend. Thanks man, I appreciate it. Thank 1249 01:22:05.039 --> 01:22:14.600 you. Okay, Well here we are coming off a hot couple of weeks 1250 01:22:14.680 --> 01:22:16.600 now for the Edmonton football team. Stephen Dunbar, how are you doing, 1251 01:22:16.680 --> 01:22:21.479 sir? But I'm doing good man, blessed tank of player. What are 1252 01:22:21.520 --> 01:22:25.159 you doing today? That it was practice or what's going on? And headed 1253 01:22:25.199 --> 01:22:27.920 into the weekend? Yeah, man, yeah, yeah, I finished with 1254 01:22:28.000 --> 01:22:31.039 practice. Man, got back from the facility not too long ago. Probably 1255 01:22:31.079 --> 01:22:33.920 just kind of hang out right now, look over, look over the game 1256 01:22:34.000 --> 01:22:39.199 plan and just kind of, you know, contained to prepare for for this 1257 01:22:39.319 --> 01:22:43.680 big game we got coming up this week. Different vibe here the last couple 1258 01:22:43.680 --> 01:22:45.600 of weeks with everything going on, we finally got a couple of victories under 1259 01:22:45.600 --> 01:22:49.199 our belt. How are the guys. Man's morale is different, you know 1260 01:22:49.279 --> 01:22:51.199 around the building of course, you know, we got a couple of ways 1261 01:22:51.239 --> 01:22:55.479 and you know, it's just a good feeling. I think it was big 1262 01:22:55.560 --> 01:22:59.079 five teen to realize that you know, we can win, you know what 1263 01:22:59.159 --> 01:23:01.439 I mean, and you know and how that feels and what it looks like 1264 01:23:01.600 --> 01:23:06.239 to prepare to win. So yeah, the demarella is a greater around the 1265 01:23:06.319 --> 01:23:11.720 facility so far, and now as the challenge and not get complacent and continue 1266 01:23:11.760 --> 01:23:15.279 to keep working towards you know, getting better. Yeah, what was kind 1267 01:23:15.319 --> 01:23:16.920 of the messaging? Obviously you guys had the big you know when you get 1268 01:23:16.960 --> 01:23:19.600 Tamilton a couple of weeks back, but then having to win at home here 1269 01:23:19.640 --> 01:23:24.159 over the weekend. How was that? Man? That was great? You 1270 01:23:24.239 --> 01:23:28.039 know, actually we hadn't had a win there in the wild. Uh so 1271 01:23:28.119 --> 01:23:30.359 I think it was big for our organization. Uh, big for the city 1272 01:23:30.600 --> 01:23:32.520 to finally, you know, get a get a win in front of our 1273 01:23:32.560 --> 01:23:36.359 home crowd and uh, you know it's it's kind of a goal, I 1274 01:23:36.439 --> 01:23:40.359 think, I know, uh, as our team just to kind of get 1275 01:23:40.479 --> 01:23:45.039 you know, this this city behind us and understanding that we can be a 1276 01:23:45.119 --> 01:23:49.479 really good football team. What's it been like so far this season? Because 1277 01:23:49.880 --> 01:23:54.159 Rocky is to say the least, what's it been like for you here at 1278 01:23:54.159 --> 01:23:57.439 in Needmington? Man, it's been it's been rough. Man. You know 1279 01:23:57.760 --> 01:24:00.239 you're losing it. It's always kind of tough. But other than that, 1280 01:24:00.319 --> 01:24:02.840 man, we we we got a good group of guys on our team, 1281 01:24:02.920 --> 01:24:05.920 and you know, we stuck together throughout the whole, you know, the 1282 01:24:06.000 --> 01:24:12.119 whole adversity and of just losing and putting in work and I seeing the results. 1283 01:24:14.239 --> 01:24:15.880 So it's you know, it's like I said, it's been tough, 1284 01:24:15.000 --> 01:24:18.439 but you know, I like the guys I play with, and so it 1285 01:24:18.600 --> 01:24:23.000 kind of makes it, you know, easy to come to work. Yeah, 1286 01:24:23.079 --> 01:24:26.079 talking about that good camaraderie in the locker room even with everything going on. 1287 01:24:27.119 --> 01:24:28.880 Yeah, man, I think a lot of the guys, uh, 1288 01:24:29.560 --> 01:24:30.840 you know, Jay like each other. You know, we hang out, 1289 01:24:30.960 --> 01:24:34.560 you know, even when we were not going a football facility. We go 1290 01:24:34.720 --> 01:24:39.000 grab food, we hang out, we kick it all the time. So 1291 01:24:39.119 --> 01:24:43.279 we were rationally kind of friends on the side of football. So it kind 1292 01:24:43.319 --> 01:24:45.520 of makes it cool to you know, you know, come to work and 1293 01:24:45.840 --> 01:24:49.920 be all the work with guys that you actually like. Yeah. I think 1294 01:24:49.920 --> 01:24:53.640 a lot of the guys will say the same thing, you know, well, 1295 01:24:53.640 --> 01:24:56.159 because I mean, you know, a few years back Edmonton, you 1296 01:24:56.239 --> 01:24:58.720 know, and this was even probably before your time there, but was kind 1297 01:24:58.760 --> 01:25:00.920 of known wasn't quite the happiest place to come to work. So it's good 1298 01:25:00.960 --> 01:25:05.800 to hear morale and locker room and everything's good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 1299 01:25:05.960 --> 01:25:11.439 yeah, it's definitely. Uh the culture are definitely shifting. So uh 1300 01:25:11.600 --> 01:25:14.960 we had trade four Lon preseason. Was excited to you know, talk with 1301 01:25:15.119 --> 01:25:17.760 him obviously now he's getting you know, the tremendous success and start. What's 1302 01:25:17.800 --> 01:25:21.720 it likes having him kind of leading you guys down the field? Man? 1303 01:25:21.840 --> 01:25:25.399 Yeah, it's great, it's great, guys. He has a different type 1304 01:25:25.399 --> 01:25:29.439 of spark tour offense our team, and I'm just happy for him. And 1305 01:25:29.520 --> 01:25:31.720 he's been through a lot this year, a lot of ulson and nas throughout 1306 01:25:31.760 --> 01:25:35.640 his career basically just you know, trying to find itself. And I mean 1307 01:25:35.680 --> 01:25:39.319 it's cool to be a part of him kind of blossom into the player that 1308 01:25:39.359 --> 01:25:43.079 he's that he is and who is becoming. And I'm excited. I'm excited 1309 01:25:43.119 --> 01:25:45.479 for him. I'm excited to see kind of what he takes the rest of 1310 01:25:45.520 --> 01:25:50.720 the season and in his career moving forward. What do you view you how 1311 01:25:50.920 --> 01:25:55.680 how do you view what he adds to your guys' offense? I mean, 1312 01:25:55.720 --> 01:25:58.680 he's not having going to manas you know, it's it's I know, it 1313 01:25:58.760 --> 01:26:00.760 gives you know, defenses a lot of headaches of how they you know, 1314 01:26:00.840 --> 01:26:04.199 they find you know, how explosive we are on the outside in the perimeter, 1315 01:26:05.439 --> 01:26:10.760 and we got a great back and you bring the tray forward and now 1316 01:26:11.000 --> 01:26:15.279 it's like, okay, you know what we're gonna do. You know what 1317 01:26:15.279 --> 01:26:17.520 I mean. I think that's the element that's very kind of brains to our 1318 01:26:17.600 --> 01:26:20.520 offenses, Like, Okay, we got we gotta plan and stop with all 1319 01:26:20.520 --> 01:26:23.640 these guys. But then it's like, Okay, now we gotta figure out 1320 01:26:23.680 --> 01:26:28.199 a way to have a tray, you know. So I think just about 1321 01:26:28.279 --> 01:26:30.399 him being able to be in at the present, it opens up. It 1322 01:26:30.479 --> 01:26:32.720 opens up the door for you know, everybody to have, you know, 1323 01:26:33.199 --> 01:26:38.600 their opportunity to make plays as well. So yeah, he's dynamic man. 1324 01:26:38.680 --> 01:26:43.000 So it's you know, it opens up everything. You've had a good year, 1325 01:26:43.119 --> 01:26:45.319 you know, regardless of kind of the success of the team, and 1326 01:26:45.399 --> 01:26:48.159 now everything's kind of coming together. How have you stayed motivated to keep performing 1327 01:26:48.239 --> 01:26:51.920 here with everything going on? Uh? I just believe in consistency, man. 1328 01:26:51.960 --> 01:26:56.800 I'm not really too attached to the outcome of things. I'm a big 1329 01:26:56.840 --> 01:27:00.439 process guy. I just believe that, you know, if you stick through 1330 01:27:00.520 --> 01:27:02.000 to the to the things that you set out to do, you know, 1331 01:27:02.079 --> 01:27:05.760 when you started, and you kind of you know, a lot of essent 1332 01:27:05.800 --> 01:27:10.279 flows of things happening to go on, and you just stay consistent that againstally 1333 01:27:10.279 --> 01:27:12.880 you end up on the other side of it. And I just kind of 1334 01:27:12.920 --> 01:27:15.319 kept that mindset throughout the year, man, just standing assistant on my routine, 1335 01:27:15.399 --> 01:27:18.479 standing assistant with what I bring, you know, to the team, 1336 01:27:18.640 --> 01:27:23.720 and on a day to day basis, and just being who I am regardless 1337 01:27:23.720 --> 01:27:28.479 of what's going on. And yeah, it's helped me out. Man. 1338 01:27:28.560 --> 01:27:31.800 So in terms of you got the coaching staffer, you feel like they're taking 1339 01:27:31.800 --> 01:27:34.319 care of you guys. How do you feel like it works alongside kind of 1340 01:27:34.479 --> 01:27:38.359 players and coaching, Man, I think it's really good. I think, 1341 01:27:38.479 --> 01:27:40.680 uh, we gotta you know, we gotta really good players coaching. Uh 1342 01:27:40.760 --> 01:27:43.399 Chris Jones who likes to make sure that we feel good on game day. 1343 01:27:45.039 --> 01:27:47.319 We got a bunch of coaches, especially on the offensive side of the ball, 1344 01:27:47.359 --> 01:27:50.399 that deep this side of the ball, that really uh players or were 1345 01:27:50.439 --> 01:27:55.720 farmer players, So they really understand kind of the you know, the life, 1346 01:27:55.760 --> 01:27:59.199 the mentality, that mind set of things that we deal with on feel 1347 01:28:00.680 --> 01:28:01.920 and also kind of how we think, you know, while we're out there 1348 01:28:01.920 --> 01:28:05.479 on. The things that we're looking for is is individuals and as a as 1349 01:28:05.520 --> 01:28:10.159 a our friends and we connect you know in that way. You know, 1350 01:28:10.279 --> 01:28:15.479 even you know just even like just you know, just man and man person 1351 01:28:15.520 --> 01:28:18.960 a person. We actually have you know, conversations all the time between our 1352 01:28:18.960 --> 01:28:23.520 cools in the players and you know it's cool. Like I said, a 1353 01:28:23.600 --> 01:28:28.159 lot of those guys are former players, so you know, conversations are easy 1354 01:28:28.199 --> 01:28:30.800 when you're trying to you know, tell them what you're seeing out there on 1355 01:28:30.920 --> 01:28:32.600 game day or if you're in the meeting room and you're wondering, you know, 1356 01:28:32.600 --> 01:28:34.520 while we're doing a certain things, while we call it a certain thing, 1357 01:28:34.560 --> 01:28:39.199 it's easy for them to talk to us. So yeah, man, 1358 01:28:39.239 --> 01:28:42.760 it's it's it's it's a double environment in there. Man. In terms of 1359 01:28:42.920 --> 01:28:45.840 Edmonton is a whole you know, kind of historic CFL franchise. Does that 1360 01:28:46.720 --> 01:28:49.640 you think about that, you know, City of Champions and everything they call 1361 01:28:49.760 --> 01:28:53.640 it, or I mean, how do you want to kind of carry on 1362 01:28:53.800 --> 01:28:56.680 I guess that legacy up there? Yeah, yeah, definitely. I mean 1363 01:28:56.720 --> 01:29:00.520 how can you come here and look over the facility a little to stay in 1364 01:29:00.640 --> 01:29:02.960 and you heard up at all these great cups that they've won and all the 1365 01:29:03.039 --> 01:29:06.279 success they've had in the past, and you know, it's kind of like 1366 01:29:06.520 --> 01:29:09.479 you know, you you know, I first got up here and it's almost 1367 01:29:09.520 --> 01:29:14.880 like, you know, the city is almost looking for that, you know, 1368 01:29:15.199 --> 01:29:16.960 that team again. You know what I mean, that organization again to 1369 01:29:17.039 --> 01:29:21.600 get by it's the support like they did all those years before. So obviously, 1370 01:29:21.760 --> 01:29:27.319 you know, as as a player who's coming here and establishing a new 1371 01:29:27.359 --> 01:29:29.920 home here, you know, you obviously want to do that for it, 1372 01:29:30.039 --> 01:29:32.640 you know, for the community, for the fans, and you know, 1373 01:29:32.760 --> 01:29:36.199 be to be the person who you know, gets that train rolling. Do 1374 01:29:36.279 --> 01:29:39.760 you like Edmonton's you like Edmonton is a city? What do you like to 1375 01:29:39.840 --> 01:29:42.520 do there? Yeah, it's cool man. I always took peple ask me 1376 01:29:42.520 --> 01:29:44.800 all the time, like it's it's it's not like a big, crazy, 1377 01:29:44.920 --> 01:29:47.319 big city like I like, I from the Wallands. I went to school 1378 01:29:47.359 --> 01:29:50.960 in Houston, so I've done the whole big, big city thing. But 1379 01:29:51.039 --> 01:29:54.520 it's it's like I said, it's good enough. Man. You got places 1380 01:29:54.560 --> 01:29:57.520 to go out to eat. You know, it's a little couple of places 1381 01:29:57.600 --> 01:29:59.760 to you know, if you want to go out have a drink a field. 1382 01:30:00.319 --> 01:30:01.800 Definitely good for that. They have parties, festivals and all type of 1383 01:30:01.840 --> 01:30:05.359 stuff going on, so it's like it's kind of that happy meeting, you 1384 01:30:05.399 --> 01:30:10.079 know what I mean. Yeah, I spent that like a week and a 1385 01:30:10.079 --> 01:30:13.560 half in New Orleans years ago and that was probably five days too long. 1386 01:30:14.399 --> 01:30:18.680 Yeah, yeah, that did me. And there are too many trips on 1387 01:30:18.720 --> 01:30:25.159 Bourbon Street. Yeah you're looking for it. I mean we got you know, 1388 01:30:25.319 --> 01:30:28.680 Edmonton winner coming up here. It's one thing to be in augusta beautiful 1389 01:30:28.680 --> 01:30:30.159 summers. What's it like they're playing on the cold, But it comes around. 1390 01:30:30.960 --> 01:30:33.720 Man, I heard that this the one is said brutal Man. It's 1391 01:30:33.760 --> 01:30:39.560 gonna be my first time kind of experience in the firsthand. But I mean, 1392 01:30:39.840 --> 01:30:41.840 you know this is prime football. You know, this is kind of 1393 01:30:41.880 --> 01:30:45.199 where where you know, it's like that wall, you know what I mean, 1394 01:30:45.560 --> 01:30:49.159 coming into the winter after liber Day, it's when the season kind of 1395 01:30:49.199 --> 01:30:51.039 gets doll for it, you know what I mean. As far as a 1396 01:30:51.239 --> 01:30:55.479 competitor, you know, you look forward to it, you know what I 1397 01:30:55.560 --> 01:30:59.560 mean, you see whoa who's gonna who's gonna play well when it's you know, 1398 01:30:59.600 --> 01:31:01.680 when they are when when when they're not playing healthy, when it all 1399 01:31:01.760 --> 01:31:06.119 excited about the season. My things aren't really going they thought it would go. 1400 01:31:06.760 --> 01:31:09.920 You know, it kind of when those kind of people that came a 1401 01:31:09.960 --> 01:31:13.199 crowd kind of rise to the top. So just when a few years up 1402 01:31:13.239 --> 01:31:15.359 here, I've noticed, you know what I'm saying, after Labor Day, 1403 01:31:15.520 --> 01:31:18.720 it kind of you know, it's like when the real season it kind of 1404 01:31:18.840 --> 01:31:23.279 kind of kind of starts. Well, you guys are coming in your own 1405 01:31:23.359 --> 01:31:28.399 here going into Calgary kind of big divisional game, and obviously you guys are 1406 01:31:28.520 --> 01:31:31.119 not out of it really statistically here with everything and how the West is all 1407 01:31:31.199 --> 01:31:33.760 right? How are you guys? How are you getting up for the game 1408 01:31:33.840 --> 01:31:36.199 this weekend, because it really would be important for you guys to kind of 1409 01:31:36.319 --> 01:31:40.960 ride that momentum. Yeah, man, Like, I mean, it's obvious 1410 01:31:41.079 --> 01:31:44.439 that you know, our destiny, our destiny, isn't it kind of handsfield? 1411 01:31:44.560 --> 01:31:46.760 You know, we just gotta do we have to do and and we 1412 01:31:46.880 --> 01:31:49.880 can kind of we write the story of our season, you know what I 1413 01:31:49.960 --> 01:31:54.319 mean. So, I mean, obviously it's it's playing as day that the 1414 01:31:54.399 --> 01:31:58.479 opportunity is there. But I think the message is to take it one day 1415 01:31:58.520 --> 01:32:00.359 at the time. I'm play at the time, one game at a time 1416 01:32:01.079 --> 01:32:03.880 and just kind of be in a moment because if we get to ahead and 1417 01:32:04.079 --> 01:32:08.800 it's like, you know, it does no good for us, you know 1418 01:32:08.840 --> 01:32:11.119 what I mean? So I think the message five team is just to kind 1419 01:32:11.159 --> 01:32:14.560 of stay focusing on what we at, where we're at, you know what 1420 01:32:14.640 --> 01:32:17.239 I mean, and actually definitely right in this momentum. And I think, 1421 01:32:17.600 --> 01:32:20.600 uh, Chris Jones told us that after the first game, it really take 1422 01:32:20.680 --> 01:32:24.159 in how this feels, you know what I mean as far as just winning, 1423 01:32:25.000 --> 01:32:28.199 and you know, right, but this is this is how this feels. 1424 01:32:28.239 --> 01:32:30.239 This is what it feels like, like get used to it, Like, 1425 01:32:30.560 --> 01:32:33.520 know what it is that you did to prepare to do this and allow 1426 01:32:33.560 --> 01:32:38.920 yourself to continue to keep going it. And that's got to be the focused 1427 01:32:38.960 --> 01:32:42.640 five team, you know what I mean. So I guess my last question. 1428 01:32:42.920 --> 01:32:45.039 You know, you talk about coach Jones and you know there's been a 1429 01:32:45.119 --> 01:32:48.399 lot of media stuff lately with God, you know, you gotta get rid 1430 01:32:48.439 --> 01:32:53.000 of him or whatever, Like even through all the adversity you guys have been 1431 01:32:53.079 --> 01:32:56.000 through, has he been able to kind of keep you guys like all locked 1432 01:32:56.039 --> 01:32:58.880 in or you do you do you feel that or you like on board with 1433 01:32:59.000 --> 01:33:01.039 him and what's going on. Yeah, yeah, I'm yeah, one hundred 1434 01:33:01.039 --> 01:33:04.680 percent on board with him. I think everybody on our team, coaches and 1435 01:33:04.760 --> 01:33:09.920 players and support staff or or standing behind him one hundred percent. Uh. 1436 01:33:10.000 --> 01:33:12.920 I think I believe in him. I believe in the staff that he's that 1437 01:33:13.039 --> 01:33:15.600 he put around us. I believe in the team and he put together. 1438 01:33:15.680 --> 01:33:19.720 Uh. And like I said, it's just a matter of but coming together. 1439 01:33:19.760 --> 01:33:24.079 We had a really young team, a lot of guys the first year 1440 01:33:24.640 --> 01:33:30.000 see if for the first and your second year see players, And I just 1441 01:33:30.119 --> 01:33:31.439 think, you know, it was you know, it was a lot of 1442 01:33:32.600 --> 01:33:35.279 obstacles that we had to go through. We just was we just had to 1443 01:33:35.319 --> 01:33:39.119 really find a way to to to figure out how to win, you know 1444 01:33:39.159 --> 01:33:43.159 what I mean. I think guys are maturing, Guys are understanding, you 1445 01:33:43.279 --> 01:33:45.520 know, what it is or it looks like to win and how you win 1446 01:33:45.640 --> 01:33:49.720 up here. And yeah, and I think you know, obviously schematically and 1447 01:33:50.640 --> 01:33:55.800 and and and coaching and culture, all that stuff got a jail and work 1448 01:33:55.840 --> 01:33:59.199 in the same direction, you know what I mean. So it takes time 1449 01:33:59.319 --> 01:34:02.279 sometimes even get that, you know, right out of the gate. Sometimes 1450 01:34:02.359 --> 01:34:05.399 teams take time to kind of figure that out. And I think we just 1451 01:34:05.520 --> 01:34:09.119 had to take a time to kind of figure it out. I wasn't a 1452 01:34:09.279 --> 01:34:12.600 Christian, you know, Chris Jones actually see the head guys, he's on 1453 01:34:12.680 --> 01:34:15.920 to take the brunt of it. But you know, it's it's an organizational 1454 01:34:15.960 --> 01:34:17.720 thing. As a hope, you know what I'm saying. Everybody got to 1455 01:34:17.760 --> 01:34:21.880 buy and everybody like it. You know, you know, it's it's difficult 1456 01:34:21.920 --> 01:34:25.399 to get, you know, a whole organization. We're staying direction. So 1457 01:34:26.079 --> 01:34:29.399 oh, like I said, I'm excited to see what we're doing moving forward. 1458 01:34:29.479 --> 01:34:31.239 And like I said, you know how it goes when you when you're 1459 01:34:31.239 --> 01:34:34.399 losing, everybody got something bad to say, and then one it's like, 1460 01:34:34.640 --> 01:34:40.359 you know, I can never happen. Well, good luck. I lived 1461 01:34:40.399 --> 01:34:42.920 and died through the last couple of games you guys have had, and you 1462 01:34:43.079 --> 01:34:45.399 the Winnipeg that week and then everything over the weekend. So I wish you 1463 01:34:45.479 --> 01:34:47.680 guys luck. And I got a lot of friends up in Demonton, so 1464 01:34:47.760 --> 01:34:50.640 good luck whenever that. Yeah, I appreciate you having me on the show 1465 01:34:50.680 --> 01:34:59.600 Man. Thank you, huge, special thanks to you all the guys today. 1466 01:35:00.079 --> 01:35:02.640 One over the CFL offices, Lucas everyone for making that Randy and Brozie 1467 01:35:02.640 --> 01:35:06.479 available. Really appreciate that. Him taking time on the American podcast. I 1468 01:35:06.560 --> 01:35:10.399 remember the first time Randy came on, it was one of the three down 1469 01:35:10.760 --> 01:35:14.520 It was like the Rough Necks or the on the Rough Decks, the Red 1470 01:35:14.560 --> 01:35:18.359 Blacks podcast was like how like how could Randy Ambrosie go on in the American 1471 01:35:18.560 --> 01:35:21.800 XFL podcast. Well here we are, you know, three three guest appearances 1472 01:35:21.920 --> 01:35:25.880 later. Really appreciate that. Thanks, Lucas. Like I said, everyone 1473 01:35:25.960 --> 01:35:30.159 over the CFL offices commissioner and Brosie everything with that Pat you know, making 1474 01:35:30.239 --> 01:35:32.640 time tracking all the players and it was a busy week like our group chat, 1475 01:35:32.720 --> 01:35:35.079 which is crazy trying to keep up, but okay, who's signed. 1476 01:35:35.159 --> 01:35:38.880 Okay, they're like, you know, they're way, They're back on the 1477 01:35:38.920 --> 01:35:41.720 practice squad. So I hope we did good. I know that's still kind 1478 01:35:41.760 --> 01:35:44.720 of a fluid situation. I think Patton, I did as good enough job 1479 01:35:44.760 --> 01:35:47.439 as we could kind of getting you recapped on all of that special thanks because 1480 01:35:47.439 --> 01:35:50.760 I for Jardo Francis everyone over there, and then hernon over with the Elex 1481 01:35:50.840 --> 01:35:54.920 getting Stephen Dunbar and all of that. Super appreciate it. You guys, 1482 01:35:54.960 --> 01:35:58.279 Like I said, I can subscribe, enjoy the episode this weekend. Real 1483 01:35:58.760 --> 01:36:03.239 real football coming next weekend next Thursday. Very excited for that Mariners are in 1484 01:36:03.279 --> 01:36:06.239 the playoff, punt commanders are going to be playing. It really had time 1485 01:36:06.279 --> 01:36:10.279 to be alive here. Crack in preseason starting soon, so I hope you 1486 01:36:10.319 --> 01:36:12.399 guys enjoy a likeing. Subscribe Seed next time, Bex