Bussin' With The Boys - Will Levis Talks Mike Vrabel vs Brian Callahan + The Titans Rebuilding for 2024

Episode Date: August 27, 2024

Recorded: AUG 08 2024 Ladies.. Gents.. Tier 1's, We have an extremely special guest on today's episode of Bussin' With The Boys. For the first time in this show's history, we have been graced with a Titans QB1. Will Levis: Penn State transfer, Kentucky legend, 33rd overall pick, former third stringer, and now the STARTER for the Tennessee Titans. His career has been filled with opportunities for Will to prove the doubters wrong. In 2024, he faces his tallest task yet—leading the Titans into a new era for the franchise. Will and his team are locked and loaded for a pass-heavy attack with some dangerous weapons out wide. Will talks ball with The Boys and shares how he's approaching his second year in the NFL. Leadership, discipline, mastering his craft, and topping it all off with a little bit of mayo and authenticity. Will has a clear vision on how to avoid the sophomore slump and build on his promising performances from 2023. The boys also break down JP's wedding week with the man himself! Taylor and Will throw down some CFB bets #DKPartners and finish the episode with a little mayonnaise tier talk. Buckle up, strap in—we've got Levis and The Boys, we've got Episode #291.. WE'VE GOT BUSSIN' WITH THE BOYS! If you read this entire description, hit us with a "Tier 1's only" in the comments below. Really, really, really big hugs.. and then *pause*.. *deep inhale*.. *whisper* tiny kisses. Enjoy, boys! For you timestamp warriors out there.. look below.. it's here.. it's fresh.. and I swear to God it is accurate cause I'm literally watching Mitch curate them perfectly to your liking as I type this out.. Eat your heart out.. 0:00 Intro 0:54 Support The Boys 4:14 Introducing "The Locker Room" 4:49 Wedding Shenanigans 24:20 New Look On The Bus 29:11 Taylor’s Gift 33:26 The Boys Give Out Their Week 1 CFB Picks 49:19 WILL LEVIS INTERVIEW STARTS 49:28 First Titans QB On The Bus 50:58 Vrabel vs Callahan 53:54 Improvement Of The Offensive Line 57:03 Starting As A Rookie 1:01:34 Draft Night 1:09:26 College Journey 1:13:36 Jack vs Will Beef 1:18:00 His First Start For The Titans 1:21:03 Will Has Weapons Now 1:23:14 Becoming A Leader 1:27:45 Big Stoolie 1:29:11 A Family Of Athletes 1:32:44 Coffee And Mayo 1:41:10 Shoutouts OTW 1:49:45 TV Show Talks 1:54:25 Tier Talk - Best Mayo Combinations 2:04:14 Twisted Question OTW 2:08:17 Biggest Misconception Of WillFor more, visit barstool.link/bussinwtbSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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JPM's back. JPM's back from his honeymoon. The man, oh, he got the ring. He's seen the field, hit a full body cramp this morning. He's seen the field as clear as he ever has, I think in my opinion. JP, would that be a fair assessment? Fair assessment. everything to everybody is thinking is true.

Yes. Let's go. Let's go, J.P. Should we hit on? Should we touch on recap in the wedding? I know when we were at the wedding, you're like, hey, try to hold off for a week so we can talk about when I get back. Oh, that's right. Should we hit some wedding shenanigans?

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We will be doing that. So where should we start, fellas? Let's start at J.P.'s wedding. I want to talk about that. Okay. I want to talk about your experience, JP. How was it? How'd you feel?

Man, so on the rehearsal dinner day was pretty stressful. The caterers got there like two, three hours late. How was your old man? He was hot. Y'all saw him. He was holding it together for the people for the most part, but I think he found himself by himself for a little while where he got to let off some steam to a few people. If a dog was by him, it would have been bad to be the dog.

Exactly. Shout out Kai. but once the food once we sat down did the speeches had the food the food was incredible my parents did an awesome job my mom she has three boys we've never the biggest party we've thrown is probably one of my birthday parties at the pool and the biggest coordinating is like getting enough popsicles in pizza and so they did a great job they were stressed out i cannot say thank you enough to my parents and then the pool party after y'all two people three people on here got to experience the pool party and that was that was peak i don't know if y'all talked about it but we talked about it a little bit

yeah yeah yeah i mean it's just like if if you're wondering like who i am like that's me man it was it was awesome yeah the relays the relays the relays contest the boys in the beginning because i didn't get in the water first because i saw some of your friends they were playing physical fighting just over the volleyball. And they're like, well, why are you not getting out? Like, yeah, it's a little too rough for me out there right now. I got to warm up a little bit.

Then the storm came. And even though everybody scattered, like, the moment the storm was happening, like just that little short video where your boy catches the ball off. Right. I think Evan caught it. I don't know who threw it. You see the wind happening so hard that you kind of see the water moving. It was a dream.

Dude, it was a dream. And yeah, your five second video captured like the perfect essence of it. I wish we had the video of the relays, smoked Will twice. But Jack and I, we came away with the dub and one of them. My brother. We came away with the second one. You were on a team with my brother?

Yeah, the second one. When he first came in, we took him on our team. Yeah, we'll fall started in that one. Okay. What's a false start? You went before, yeah, you went before the. What I was trying to do is tie me hitting the water on go. Smart.

You know what I mean? Yeah, that's using the rules to your advantage. It's a smart move. Yeah. And what the rumors are, here is the phrase used. If JP even beat me, it was, that was a photo finish. After you got a head start. From Aquaman himself, the guy who claims that he's a fastest swimmer of all time. That's not true. Jack is faster than me. I don't think JP ever said that.

Yeah. You guys never did race. There's part of me that thinks like maybe you don't want to know who would win. I have said Jack is faster than me. He did just say that a second before you said. I was trying to get something going. I know. It's tough. It's not about that.

It's a great time. I do feel like, you know, we found out. I got to find out like how competent I was, like swimming against like, I mean, you, you had some swimmers there. Yeah, we did. Tyler, Joe, Alan, Jack, my brother, Alex. He made the final. He was one of the four that's like, hey, let's just do a one race, good on good, down and back, which is 50 meters. Jack was holding his own until probably the last 15 meters.

Yeah. And I will say from the Camp Barstall stuff, it's like I was about to catch a full body cramp. I was in, I could not get comfortable because my quads are so on fire. And I will say, just to clear the air, I was laying on the table, Garrett can attest to this. And I was being very serious too, because I was hurting like my arms, my triceps, my back, and my quads more than anything. And I was like, hey, I just want to take back. I said some things about Michael Phelps a couple weeks ago. and I'll be honest,

I found out a little bit more about the swimming, the swimming physicality of it all. Best full body workout. It was tough to see Will, in that position. I was hurt, wasn't I,

bro? You had a full week of like going through stuff. You had the toe the first day and the next day was the swimming. The toes getting a little better. Yeah,

but it's, do you want to see it? Yeah, I do. Because Will jammed this toe we were playing softball, White Sox day. It's got a lot better. Oh,

it's got a lot better. Yeah, maybe just a jam then. I was putting the, I was putting in the, little foot spa that I got at home. Yeah. Some Eps and salt in there.

Nice, nice. Throwing some ice every now and then there. Trying to just move it. The thing that surprised me the most about this toe is that it didn't bother you sleeping at night because toe pain. Yeah. And the blood flowed of toes and we feel your heartbeat. Yes.

He didn't have it. Yeah, it really wasn't that bad. Dude, it was kind of fun sleeping in those bunks. It was. I was comfortable. I don't know about you. I know you're a big cat. You're a big guy.

I was so tired at the end of each day that it was fine. But like it was the first weekend that. actually like my back was hurting all weekend yeah my knee was swollen all weekend I was like that was a good time but taylor almost slept like 12 hours one night yeah yeah after the first day i like went and just the problem was i got too high when we were fishing and that was like so i was let me go look at my phone for a little bit i was at my phone and i was like i'm not getting up i got up to brush my teeth and then i went to bed that was it man i was i was cooked absolutely cook but can barso was it absolutely blessed let's talk about um

after the wedding. Winners and losers of the wedding. Because I got a couple for JP. Losers? I got a loser. Let's hear him. I got a loser too. What's your loser?

I don't know the lady. She was wearing a whiteish dress, like a pearl-colored dress, and she had a little purse with her. That's really all the I got for a blonde-haired lady. Wearing white, yes. But love the idea of open seating. however it was a little bit of a chaotic deal.

Me, Will, Charo went and got our food and there was a table and I sit down and the lady in the dress is like, you're sitting in my seat. I was like, oh, I'm sorry. And then I walked over to the other side where Charo was and there was her purse right there. And I noticed there was a purse later

because she was holding it later. And so I noticed that she was taking a couple of seats and then you ended up getting up and they moved into your seat. So I ended up just walking away. That's really my only loser of the wedding. That's my loser of the wedding. I love how you identified a person

because my loser is going to be the open seating concept. The standing, the, I think a winner is the buffet. Phenomenal food. Huge, incredible food. The finger foods were unbelievable. Man, I'm so mad. I didn't get it. Hunters out there just trying to get food everywhere.

I got like a little plate, but I saw photos of the spread after. I said, oh my God. Bro, even my wedding, when I didn't get to have like the appetizers that were going around because we had to go take photos and everything and they were all kind of gone when I was back. I was like, fuck, man. I feel you on that. The sushi. God.

Hey, yeah. The sushi was good, too. I was mad, bro. And you had a shrimp and grit. I mean, you had so much good food. The Chipotle Aoli and the eel sauce in tubes, which is great because that's a great little thing that you always get someone in the sushi and you wish there was a little bit more of and you feel kind of weird asking for those things.

Yeah. You get drenched that shit. No problem. It was so good. Another, a winner. The priest, the pastor. Yes. Crush, bro.

David. He did a great job storytelling. That pissed me off. but it was really good. He did a really good job. The camaraderie at the, toward the end of the night, like when you got to kind of,

you know, you were saying hi to everybody, but we get to enjoy your moments with the boys. You guys are having a great time throwing you up the A-A-O. That's a winner, but my loser was the open seating because a couple reasons. One, the one Taylor mentioned,

like, if you don't know a lot of people, like I knew our crew, and I'm sure other people from other parts of your life are like kind of trying to figure it out who's who and everything else. but when you don't know where to go, it's almost better to be told, hey, this is where you're sitting,

this is where you're going, because then it kind of takes the pressure off of a situation where it's like, there wasn't a whole lot of tables. You had a few standing tables, so you're trying to figure out, man, how can I sit down and eat all this? Because it was good grub,

like every different station. And you're getting multiple plates too, so the whole standing area is not. You had like three different buffets going on. It was great. It was all time. Shrimp of greats, crab cakes.

And it's a rib. And another reason it was a loser is because I could not hear Sitton's dead giving the speech. and I was low-key getting a little fired up that because the back half, if you're sitting down at your table, you kind of know when somebody's talking and everybody's quiet and watching, but everybody really knew that it was speech time. And you couldn't get to, you couldn't hear anything because the back half of the room, they were like partying and mingling and everything else. So that was the only thing. That was the only loser that I was really bummed about.

If we're not identifying individuals, I have one more loser of the wedding. I don't want to feel like piling on. It's a great wedding. It was a great wedding. It was a phenomenal wedding. It was a great wedding. but because I knew how excited you were for your walkout song I was bummed out for you that was my loser that people there wasn't like one individual

like the party planner going hey everybody they're going to they're walking in right stand over here because I didn't really know you were walking in because I the one was my news I saw you yeah it's up like hey we're about to walk out so I walked over and it was like our little crew and then maybe like you know 15 20 other people but the rest of the the way the room was set up was like L shaped right And on the other side, there was like more than half the party grabbing drinks and getting their food going to where the walkout didn't get the love it should have gotten. Right. It didn't go very long either.

You didn't go very long. I was hoping they keep it going. My name was hope. So you guys walked out. You guys walked out and then I went to grab more food, came back and the dad was in the middle of the speech. I was like, damn, I want to hear these things. It's also an issue with a bigger wedding. I think there was like 350 there.

Yeah. Fun wedding. Winner, the people. Yeah. People at the wedding. Like all your friends, the parents, everybody was awesome, bro. Yeah. Got to meet Wonderboy.

He was all time. Dude, yeah. Hit me with this. A gracious. A gracious. A gracious. A gracious. He goes great to meet you as well.

Yeah. Just, dude, so awesome to meet you and he's like this. Yeah. Just a gracious cat, man. Truly the nicest guy. His post. Yeah. Like when he, because his brother texted me like on Wednesday because I was helping one of my other friends

who's in the UFC that was there. I was trying to coordinate a practice. to session for them to. And then his brother hit me up like, hey, what's the details for Saturday? Because back when we were in Miami, I went to go see them. And I was like, just kind of messing around a little bit like, hey, y'all need to come to the wedding. Like, it would be awesome. And then his brother hits me up in that same text, I was like, hey, what's the details for Saturday? We want to come by, but we don't want to like, you know, take food away from whatever since we're not, like on the official list. I was like, oh, snap, like they're really coming. So the

Thompson's are the best, man. And without the Thompson's, like, I wouldn't have got a lot of the opportunities I got in Florida because they opened up their gym to me. So I was able to shoot some stuff with Stephen. And then I was able to go back down to Florida and tell these other gyms like, hey, tell them like Mike's gym, hey, I've done stuff with Wonderboy. So like, you know, I had some like legitness to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so like, it was such a small act from them, but truly changed like the trajectory of my life probably.

Yeah, because then you end up in Nashville. Yeah, exactly. Hey, which brings me to one more loser of the wedding. Michael Chandler Oh Michael Chandler Had the invite Had the invite

Talked about it And didn't go Bad look for Mike Standup guy Great individual Amazing family Didn't go to the wedding I told him too

I'm driving there and back Same day I'll drive you I got stuff I do need to defend The seating for There could have been more tables But I'm a huge

I hate sit down dinners That's what I heard Because I think they kill the vibe I think you lose We had a really good crew at the wedding So it probably wouldn't have But almost every wedding I've been to that sit down There's like a good 25 to 30%

That don't get up and like Get to the dance floor And the energy just falls off quick Right I don't disagree with you But I think the people that you had there You would have never had to worry about Because you got people who are just so excited Yeah ready to do it

They're fun So the dance floor would have never, because I heard I was like, that was one of J.P.'s calls. Yeah. That's probably the only one that if you had, if I had his ear before the, before the wedding. I wouldn't, I wouldn't listen to you at all because I feel good about it, sitting liked it. I wish there was more tables. It's a bad. Actually, the wedding was bad.

You did it again. You wouldn't do that. There could have been more tables for people. Could have been more tables, but it's all good. Pro move, like a random move at this last wedding that we went to. they had sit down and usually it really is like people just kind of trickle onto the dance floor

you don't get too much action they were like hey everybody get up from your dinner we're doing a group photo everybody at the wedding brought them onto the dance floor took the photo and then it was turned down for a while

and light shut down that's a fire at that's a great idea shirm didn't you get a last minute invite I got a very friendly invite from JP because I was at Losers list. I was at a day party at Mitch's house.

And the save the date was on the fridge. And I sent it to JP and I said, dude, I can't wait. I'm excited to come. And it was a complete joke. And he sent a really friendly text message back and was like, hey, bro, but seriously, if you and Jill want to come through. So I appreciate you saying that. But I would never put the pressure on the guy like that.

But I should have showed up. I should show up. That's a look I'm getting right now. I think your thought process was in the best intention for JP. Yeah. But obviously slug's a good vibe. This big slug. You would have a great time.

Yeah. You'd had a good time. And you heard the whole thing with Wonderboy like he still came through. That's true. I did hear that. But Wonderboy brings an energy that I could never, that I could never matter. Everybody's a calmness. Yeah, yeah.

It was a fun wedding, bro. And Greenville, a winner, Greenville. Greenville is beautiful. A lot of winner. Yes. Y'all see why I'm standing on the table for it each week. 8, six, four. Even just driving in that little downtown area before we went anywhere, it's like,

yo, we're going to have a solid little time here. There was stuff to do, the street market that was going on in the morning. The spots to eat, I'm talking Yelp Haven, bro. What's crazy is like, Yelp Haven. In even middle school, there was a curfew downtown. So, like, if you were under 18, you had to be home, like, by nine because it was dangerous. And the developers that built the city, like, they crushed. Oh, yeah, man.

That's awesome. What is it? Falls Park. Yeah. Great little spot. It was fun, man. I'm glad everybody had a good time. I will say.

Another loser. No, no, no, no, no. I was trying to figure out before I say it if it's going to be like an emotional thing. Like if I'm reacting to it. I don't think I will experience another welcome party the way you had your welcome party. There's nobody that's going to go out of the box like that and do a pool party. And you're almost curious if it's going to hit or not. Yeah.

You know what I mean? And it was so good because the people that, like, didn't bring their swimsuits, a ton of them came up to me. They were like, man, like, I can't believe I didn't. Didn't bring my swimsuit. Like, it raining was, they were like, it raining literally felt like God was just like laughing at me. Like, look at you dumb in your little suit, collared shirt, not in the pool right now. Yeah. Your dad tried coming out there and saying, hey, lighting might be here in like 15 minutes, so we're going to have to get out.

Obviously, it didn't happen. We should have to tell you. We'll die before we get out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, man, it truly was like the greatest weekend ever. Best weekend of my life. The honeymoon was awesome. Like, I was just so thankful.

Everybody that showed up, it was so cool to see everybody from all different walks of life. And it was special. How was it sitting while here those church doors? I was crying. Oh, son. Bro. It was bad, man. Before what even happened, you just, you know, building by Doven.

So you just immediately look. at JP because you can already see that he's emotional kind of before it even starts. Leg shaking, leg moving back and forth. He does one of these. I was like, oh, not the shoulders, bro. Well, it was my friend, my friend Michael, because he was one of the last ones to walk down. And I've known Michael since I was like three, maybe even two. And like Michael has been through a lot of things. And so like we've just, I don't know, seeing him come down. and kind of like sparked it. I was already emotional, but I was just like, man, because I was in his wedding,

he's the one whose photo I dressed up as the bride for his first look. And so, like, seeing him and just somebody that I've known since I was two or three years old and we just, like, have experience of a lot of things together, mainly him going through a lot of hardships. It was just like, oh, man, like, I have photos with him from kindergarten graduation. Now I have photos of him at my wedding. And sit and wrote me the nicest letter of all time. and like another little gift from before

that I was just like, God, dang. So. At what point during it were you like, all right, this is going to be horror than I thought emotionally? Probably like 15 minutes before I went out there.

Late. Well, she sent me the letter and there's like this song from a movie. The movie is called 10 years. It's a great little like fun watch. The cast is crazy. Oscar Isaac, Chaining Tatum,

Anthony Mackie, Chris Pratt. And it's like a high school 10 year reunion. And there's a song in it called Never Had. and it's basically Oscar Isaac singing to the girl, like she was the best thing he never had. And because they had like a little fling. And so Sitton rewrote some of the lyrics

and had our friend Hannah Klein sing it and she sent me the song. And it was like so sweet. And just like means a lot. And sitting and I love that song anyways. And so I'm listening to the song and I'm just like, I mean, I was a mess in the morning. And then I like, that feeling sort of subsided

as we the day got ready and then like I was like I listened to the song one more time and I was like I should not have done this oh but you the mental yeah it's just sweet I mean like sitting and I were best friends for a long time uh so it's just like it's just cool I think like her and I have a really special relationship that's awesome yeah I love I love the passion for you boys too another winner of the wedding the phone that you pick up I can't wait we haven't listened to it dog I can't wait it's I did it and then And once it was like, please leave a message, I was like, oh, fuck. I was like nervous for a second.

Wait, what was there? So there's obviously, you know the book. You can write like notes. There's like pictures and you can write notes. And but on the next to it, there was a phone, like an old school phone that you pick up and it would ring. And then I would say, please leave a message for the bride and groom after the beep. So now they have all these messages from people from the wedding. Oh, that is awesome.

It's a great idea. It was a great idea. I love two. One at the beginning, one at the end. Did you? Yeah. The one at the end, I was like, I'm back. I was like, I'm fucking drunk guys, but I love you.

There's like an old lady behind me. She's like, I'm like, hold on one second. I got to, I got to get this off my heart. I love that, though. Small break from the wedding part. People are probably sitting here watching this episode wondering what's changed in the bus. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, because we get into it with Will, let us. But we got some new chairs. New chairs. And so Will, we. A little upgrade, little upgrade, little upgrade. this was talked about on Thursday and I get to the bus today and we're like I pulled the trigger. We're doing it. It's like, all right, fuck it.

And I think I personally like it. Do you like the round table as well? Yes, because there's just more room. And I love the swivel. Yeah. Having the swivel is nice. I think it helps with the guest suit because he can face us a little bit more. And then also in the back, you can kind of swivel and look back.

Yeah. We'll have to figure out if there's like a fourth at some point. But that usually, like you were saying when we were like talking through it last week at, uh, at the, restoration hardware. Like, hey, but that's like few and far in between. Yeah, having multiple guests on. And once we tried it, it's like, yeah, let's just rock with this. As long as they felt comfortable.

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crown is yours. Let's get back to the episode. You guys know that I hate bringing up like anything that could be a little too, could create drama, you know, but I do feel like we have to just throw, just put it out there, just reporting. This isn't me wanting to cause anything whatsoever. Did you feel any type of way about Taylor's supposed to be driving and then he left that night? Again, I, and I do want to say this too. If you do feel some type of way, I completely understand. I don't hold grudges. So like, I haven't carried it with me once, you know, once the wedding day was over. But I was, I was taken aback. when you came and broke the news to me

because I also heard the wedding planners came and spoke to you. And then they locked it in with you. Yeah. So I think it was the fact that it was locked in. And I was excited. I told people. I was like, man, I'm stoked.

Like Taylor is taking us off. The photos are going to be hilarious. Yeah. He wanted to do officiate. Yeah. Yeah. I would have probably done just as good of a job. Well, I guess like how do we know you would have showed?

You wouldn't have knocked out. No, yeah, I get that. Here was my whole thing. is I was traveling a lot the two days before that I get back and I drove that day and my head Taylor had been gone

her flight was like bumped around a lot because there was like weather in Toronto so she was pushed and so I was being able to see the weekend before but ended up I had to leave and then they were getting back they didn't get back until we were actually in Wisconsin for

for KM Barstool so but at the time I thought they were getting back in town at like 9 a.m. 10 a.m. So I was selfishly thinking to myself, man, like, Will's not drinking. I would love to get back on the road and just be a home so I can, my family and see them

because it's been like a week or something like that. And then, you know, karma's a bitch because I end up leaving. I get a call from Tana at like three in the morning. I've been to sick for like two hours. She's like, our flight got canceled. So, you know, if you do it all over again, I would have absolutely done it.

But I wasn't necessarily being as present-minded for you as I should have been. I should have stayed and just powered through that drive late at night. I appreciate you making the trip from Arizona to Greenville. I appreciate that. And I should have, I should have drove. I'll make it up to you. I'll figure out a way to make up to you. You got me one of the best wedding gifts ever.

But you see, so two weeks ago, you were like, this is the best gift. And I was like, bro, I'm telling you, there's someone's going to come out of nowhere. Someone's going to come out of nowhere. And at the wedding, I was like, hey, is it still? stand you're like unfortunately no shout out grammy shout shout shout out grammy but it was a good gift yeah gift you could have been on i have one form coming yeah same was my birthday gift you'll get that that's your five year wedding anniversary you guys still sit here's wedding gift that's still sitting in the truck i had i had that for your birthday it's in the truck outside right now yeah don't give it to me until

you do you want to run on get it right now no no no no no i'll we'll exchange gifts on September 5th Okay, I'm just saying I can go grab it. No, I don't want to go. You're going to love it. Go grab it. You're going to love it. Love it. I always feel uncomfortable receiving gifts in front of people.

So get it. All right. Let's go. What do you think it would be? I don't know. Originally, I felt like it was going to be a book. It'll probably be the Daily Dad, which he thinks I don't read, but I've sent him multiple photos of me reading it.

Also, Michigan favored by 21 and a half against Fresno State. Take that. run with it. Set the tone. Tennessee's favorite by 39 and a half. The, what, they get GTC? Yeah. Well, I can't fill time.

Can't fill time. The title of the state. The wrapping is incredible. It's a dish of some sort. Just open it up. I will. Hearts pounded. Check for $1 million.

That would be something. That's a good gift. Yeah? That's a good gift. Yeah. Show everybody. The best revenge is massive success. Frank Sinatra.

It's a little key dish. It's a key dish. Put your keys on. Yeah. Losing stuff in the past. That is nice. Pivotal for my life. Hey, that's a great gift.

That's a great gift, dude. Thank you. Thank you. Best gift ever? Ever. I've never received a gift like that. Best gift you've ever received on August 26th and 2024? Yes.

No doubt about it. That's all I needed. Make sure you take that home. I will. I'm going to sit at a spot. I'll. I don't know. And I expect you.

I don't even know what I put that. I expect you to send me a photo of it being used. Okay. So there's some. Here's why. Okay. Because then I know you'll start utilizing it. It won't be a gift that just like,

well not a gift, but it won't be a thing that's just like thrown on the side because that will benefit your life. As men, we do a bad job of leaving stuff in our pockets. Then we're, we're chilling. I'll remember where I put this.

Then you're looking everywhere for them and you never find it. Just the spot that you come in at every day. Have it setting somewhere so that way you can put your stuff on it. And you just stick to it. It'll change your life. And it's not like you can just buy those anywhere. Yeah, you can't just get these anywhere. No, yeah, yeah, yeah.

As you were saying. That's like what? That's a top three quote of yours, I know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's an awesome quote. Yeah. I'll have that in my neon sign in my recovery room. I saw it.

I was like, Taylor. Birthday. This is going to be. Birthday. It's a great gift. And as like, I always thought to myself, like, where am I going to put this? I can't, I don't have like a table stand by my door. I know.

I'm trying to work through your house as well. But as you were saying that, I was like, oh, yeah, I'm going to put that in my bathroom. Because at night I have this little shelf where I put my wall up, my keys and everything on. But now I'm just going to put that in there. I think it's so funny that it's like the bathroom is a spot where you're back on. I'll put my wall in keys. But it makes sense. Yeah, because you get up and brush your teeth.

You get my stuff. Boom. It's about it making it there when I get home. God has to make. That's why I need the photo. Now, we'll cut this part. We'll cut this part right here, Mitch. So make sure you cut this part.

I just leave my keys in my vehicle. yeah I don't even you do yeah I had my truck right now I was same yeah but when I get home yeah I just I just leave I've gotten better bringing my keys in and putting them on the thing but I'm I was the same way

yeah even when my car got stolen twice and I still get my car back I'm like that's what my key goes on yeah yeah all right um as you were grabbing my gift I did just lightly put out there that Michigan's favored by 21 and a half and they should take that bet.

21 and a half against who? President of President. Let me scroll through. Yeah, since we don't have the gambling show this week is probably... We should let people... We should let people know where our heads are at. A wild parlay by the slug. Presented by the slugs.

Now, let's start with this game first. We'll just start with this. We'll start with this. We are traveling to Texas A&M for Texas NNM versus Notre Dame. A&M is favored by three points right now. There's a twisted tea tailgate happening from 3 to 6 p.m. that the boys will be at. So come look us up outside of Kyle Field.

Right. Just to let you guys know. Outside of Kyle Field. I think I'm going A&M. Are you really? A&M's favored by three, but there's just something in the air that makes me think like maybe they'll be tough this year

because they have some insane recruiting classes. Obviously have a new staff. They're going to come out fired up. Especially Kyle Field, like that place is one of the loudest places in college. I heard. Actually, I can't wait to hear. Dude, you're going to love it, man. We got, you know, we got ref screwed us over in our game at Kyle Field.

And that's legit. Woo. That's legit. Uh, Sherm had a couple of good points about Notre Dame. I like you to say those before I make my pick. Okay. You want me to tee it up for you? Yeah.

Okay. Sherman does not like Notre Dame. He's not a fan of it. At all. But he's got receipts behind it. It's not just because, oh, I don't like their colors. Like me personally growing up, I was never a fan of Notre Dame just because of, I just, as a kid as a kid when you look at schools you're like oh that school is cool to me for x y and z

like when we were in high school is like Oregon is cool look at all the uniforms they have this you know Alabama was cool because they're winning all the time when i look at nutter dame i never really had that like fire of like oh sick yeah i loved them yeah you look at nondame and i thought like college football yeah yeah okay so shirm okay so growing up as a i grew up in fort worth texas my entire family they're all horn frogs so i was grown up a huge fan of TCU. We would have these teams like the Rose Bowl team that beat JJ Watts, Wisconsin team. Great TCU teams come through.

They don't get the BCS bid. They don't get to go to the ship. But these Notre Dame suspect Notre Dame teams, every single time in the media, they're the media darlings. They're always making the big games. They're over in every single New Year 6, BCS and CFP game. They are over. And I believe it's like over six.

And that's what drives me crazy is looking at, if you look at their schedule this year, this A&M game is it. It is really it. Like week one, if they beat A&M, I would not be surprised if they went undefeated. They play nobody. They don't have to play in a conference championship, which is a huge loss for like Georgia, that Georgia team that didn't get to play in the CFP last year. would you have want your Michigan Wolverines to line up against that Georgia team last year? You wouldn't feel comfortable about it.

But you wouldn't feel comfortable about it. Yeah, but you don't feel good when you're in the dance, brother, every team's good. Well, would Notre Dame scare you in the dance? Or would you go, thank God we get to play Notre Dame? I think the team I was able to support last year, I would be like, thank God I have this team. Oh, for sure.

Yeah, yeah. But you would rather see a draw of Notre Dame than Bama. I think at the point, yes. I think at the point we were with the SEC. Now the SD's kind of been decrowned. Dehroned. Dehroned. Thank you.

It's like at that point, it's like, you know, Alabama, Georgia, you look at any of those teams. You're like, oh, fuck. That's a big bad wolf. Now it's like, that's just the second best conference. They've also been outscored by like 47 combined points in their CFP games. Like, they just don't perform. So you're saying Notre Dame's a fraudulent school.

I just think they're fraudulent. And I think they'll probably get the win this weekend. And I think they'll probably go undefeated. for the rest of the season. It really drives me nuts. So you're taking Notre Dame and you're going to go money line? I would take Notre Dame with the new. Texas A&M is really hard to beat at Kyle Field, but with their new coach, a lot of things moving around. I haven't seen anything promising from quarterback play from A&M in a while.

I would take Notre Dame. They have a really good transfer quarterback. I don't remember his name. Yeah. Dude was solid before he got hurt at Duke. he was so solid. If he's playing like he did it, Duke, they get out there with the W.

See, I think you take the minus three with A&M, but what I will be doing, I'll be using my heart because I know Shane, he will be there. He will be in attendance this weekend. I can't just sit there and ride against, I can't sit there and ride against my guy. I'll be going Notre Dame Money Line on the Drive Kings app.

But I do think A&M minus three is a... That's the play. would be the play. Are you wearing Notre Dame stuff too? No, I can't do that. A&M's allowing us to come and be on the sideline. Like,

I wouldn't disres, I wouldn't do that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's either neutral colors or A&M stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Have to.

For sure. Have to. But that's kind of my thought. I love that thought. Where are you going? It's hard because I really thought watching FSU versus Georgia Tech. I was like,

oh, FSU is going to wipe the floor. But not realizing that new season, new people, getting the rust off and all that. I think the edge is going to go to the home team in this situation. I think there's a lot more pressure. Like, listen to Utah, Notre Dame, this is their one big game this year. And even if they lose this game, they could win out the rest of their games and still

make the college football playoff, like you like to say, because ND gets that, like, college football privilege. So, and M is 20. They're on the outside looking and know that they're going to have to work their way into the top 12. So I'm going to take A&M. I'm going to have to take A&M. Boys? I haven't too much information backing. I don't follow A&M and Notre Dame too well, but I am curious outside of the gambling perspective to see the yell leaders in person. And I'm not going to say anything nasty because A&M's been gracious enough to host us. But I'm, I'm interested to see this cult mentality that they

have building at A&M. I think that's going to be fun. But if I have to have, to pick a winner. I've heard that Kyle Field is extremely loud being the first game of the season, shaking the rusts of everything. I think they could get a good home dub. And I'd like to see A&M win for the sake of our experience. So I think I'll be not rooting for A&M, but rooting for a good environment, which usually ends with a home team win.

So hopefully it's the Aggies. It's a good thought process to have. That's a good thought process. So we'll see. But the Yale leaders still in question. Always happens. That's all right. Yeah, it's okay.

Well, it's all right. And then there's nothing wrong with asking questions. Yeah. Curiosity. I'm most excited to see the dog. They got a, they got a, they got a, yeah, like a border collie, maybe, or reverly. Can't wait to meet you. Seen a lot of great things about you.

With that being said, I did grow up Catholic. So I do have to, I have to rock with Notre Dame. And I didn't know Shane was going to be there. So I'll be rocking. I'll be on the Shane train. I'm also on the Shane Train with the Gamecocks will also win this week. Yeah, I'm going Notre Dame. All right.

I like Georgia minus 13 and a half over Clemson. Yes. I think Georgia will wipe the floor with them. In Atlanta. And I always feel like, especially the last few years, JP correct me if I'm wrong, but Clemson doesn't usually start off that well or they have in years, in recent years.

Yeah, I mean, they never have any hard games in the beginning. So. I like Georgia minus 13 and a half. half. They're going to be pissed off. They're going to be pissed off. They're going to be pissed off. Really the marriage between Davo and I think the current college football.

Because he doesn't like the portal. He doesn't like NIL. Obviously they're paying guys. But he like is out there like we don't need to go to the portal. Like our recruiting class is our portal. Like you weren't good enough to come here in the first. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. And I think you're both like grad guys. You like Georgia? Yeah. I think Georgia's. I think Georgia is a tough ball club this year. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

I think they're going to. You can even bump those numbers up a little bit. This is a team that's one that's went like 30 something and won in the last few years. Yes. This is more of a hope than anything, but I hope Colorado covers against North Dakota State. They're a favorite at nine and a half. That is a game, I'm telling you. And it's not because Colorado is going into Nebraska the next week.

I just think you cannot sleep on North Dakota State. Like, they're like a legacy team in the D1AA world. Yeah. And I really just think about us and our experience, if Nebraska and Colorado are both undefeated, Michigan and Texas are both undefeated going to those two schools next week, it's just going to make it more fun. Now, if Colorado lays an egg against North Dakota, it's like, well, fuck, man. Not really. I don't want them to be pissed off going into Lincoln.

Yeah, but I think that just the storylines play up more. Like good, I'm with you. A solid rivalry. Colorado can win, but I'm taking the nine and a half with North Dakota State. Dude, I don't know. Those teams, it's like they usually have a non-conference game that's just like their Super Bowl. And I'm telling you, they're going to be a well-coached team. Montana State this last weekend.

Yeah. They came to play. I do have that five-leg parlay dialed up here. Yeah, yeah. Let's hear that. Hang on. Let me go one more. Okay.

Miami minus two and a half at Florida. I like Miami. I think Miami can win the. the ACC this year. And I think Miami can be in the college football playoff. Man, I'm kind of wanting to buy Virginia Tech too. But Miami minus two and a half at Florida. I also like LSU. Minus four and a half at USC. I like LSU. Those are my picks. I went the opposite direction as you on both VOTEC and Miami. I got Florida Money Line, West Virginia Money Line, and Vanderbilt money line.

Who's Vandy plan? VALTEC. Oh, yeah. I got TCU to cover and Oklahoma State to cover. Is that your parlay? That's my parlay. Van derbyte. Say it again.

Van derbyt money lines plus 400 that I bought a lot. What are the odds on that? Oh, they're high. The odds are high. We're looking at plus 14,000. $10 to win $1,400. There ain't no way Vandis beat Virginia Tech. I hope you're wrong

because I took Baderbilt money line Come on I like I like North Dakota State with the points I like again Heart Notre Dame money line I like LSU at USC

covering and I like Miami covering at Florida and I like Georgia covering at home against Clemson those are mine I like Georgia I don't think Georgia's just gonna cover

and you want a futures bet we already know that I'm all about this, but the over under for Nebraska's win total seven and a half, over. You're minus 27 and a half against each set this weekend. We're not going to touch that. If there's anything I've learned, it's just not bet on Nebraska games. Because if I bet the cover there and Nebraska wins, I'm like going to be bummed if they

don't cover. You know what I mean? I don't like being in that spins off. It's a massive line too. I'll probably take the money line just in the parlay or something. And these early games where like good teams are playing really bad teams, like Ohio State's favored by 50 and a half versus Akron. I think you get to a point where you're pulling your starters at halftime

and it doesn't get to a 50 point deficit. So I would take Akron in that. But imagine even the second, imagine the third team Alabama against. Alabama? Ohio State. Ohio State. Oh, Ohio State. Imagine third team Ohio State playing against Akron.

Yeah. They're covering that if it was 18 and a half. South Carolina's favorite by 20 and a half against Old Dominion. South Carolina could be scrappy this year Now one team that I like that has a big Number attached to them is Tennessee They're 38 and a half And remember the argument last year

When Jack and I were going toes on Michigan and Tennessee And like good teams always covered Tennessee always happened to cover these types of games So I would lead in Tennessee And they got a lot of firepower Yeah they got a lot of firepower Everyone Be everyone saying that kids the truth could be

They're still like by Jack right now yeah he's got to stand calm you know it's game week it's game week it's got to reel it in slow burn and well I don't know if we're talking about it what we're doing today we're going to Tennessee today

yeah we're driving to Tennessee today to Knoxville give the full details but yeah we're going a little sneak peek we got a white whale joining us for an interview next week can we give one hint white whale I'm gonna give massive hint massive hit bingo

there it is he's an officer of the law yeah yeah we can get that if that's too I mean that's too much

are we gonna post about it later today like where it would even matter or are we going to save that that's true yeah we'll probably post about later today say it pay manning let's fucking go

let's go let's go boys he doesn't do it a lot of interviews either. I know. He texted us over his flipbone. He did. Texas with the PM at the end. He said, he, like, thanked us for coming on the Manning cast.

Oh, and I think he sent us the photo at the end of the year where he's like, Eli did most of the drawings. I don't remember that. He said something like that, and then it was PM. But it's going to be awesome. One thing I want to know about, you heard the story McAfee tells us about roulette, ready team? I want to know if that's true.

Ready, Gene. I think it is, right? I mean, you got to assume it is. I think that they've told often. Has he told him? He was on the, they were on the Magnet Show talking about it. Well, there it is. I guess I got my answer.

Oh, we got, speaking of, we got to be impacting for Knoxville. Yeah. Let's get into Will Levis. People are here for Will Levis. Let's dive into Will Levis. He was an incredible guest. This is an awesome interview. We, of course, obviously talk about Mayo.

What else? And yeah, it's great. show. Yeah. You're gonna enjoy it. We literally just did it five minutes ago. If you've lasted this long and you're not subscribed just press the button. Yeah. Just press the button. In Gambling Show, the locker room will be debuting next

Thursday. So that's where a lot of our football talk and picks will be happening with the one and only Delaney Walker. And a revolving fourth chair a little bit this year. It'll be fun. Get some guess on. Before we get an episode, we'll love us. This episode is brought to you by Body Armor Zero Sugar. The brand

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who should we give a round of applause to you right now? Give a round of applause to the boy. I will say this. We've been asking him for years. First Titans quarterback. Really? First Titans quarterback on the bus. Yeah, you're right.

Isn't that crazy? I was thinking about that on my drive over here today. And Marcus has always said, yeah, I'll come on, but then something always comes up. Yeah. So the first Tennessee Titans quarterback to ever step on.

Let's give them one more. Let's give them one more. But you were asking as we getting on, what's changing the bus? And literally up until you still in this bus, not a whole lot. Maybe a couple of these pictures back here. But these chairs. The chairs are new. New.

Will and I, will, Compton. Don't be scared about this mic either. Yeah. I got you. I got you. Yeah.

Don't be scared of it. Thursday? Yeah. Tuesday? Thursday. One of those days. One of those days. And we were talking about doing chairs, all of that.

We're talking to a lady. She was very nice. Talking about a discount. We almost got there. We kind of got there. Then all of a sudden, they're like, hey, want you sleep on it. I get here today and was like, hey, I'm pulling the trigger. Now I'm on the bus and we're learning this for the first time.

There we go. Going from $70 Amazon chairs to some RH ones. Yeah, these are nice. Are these RH? No, these are like 500 to pop though. Are they really? Yeah. Contract to your, contract here.

I thought I'd upgrade a little bit. Yeah. Restration hardware is that's a different ballpark. I was about to say, that's a different. It's a game changer. It's a game changer. We're getting a few though For the gambling show

Yeah yeah yeah yeah That'll be a nice little deal Yeah the locker room Dude let's talk about First year you're with Rabel Second year year with Calhann It just seems like in these A couple of preseason games I've seen

It's the first time since I've been In the Tennessee Titans world That I can't guess what you guys are doing next Does it feel nice to have some variety in your playbook? I mean I love their offense to be at last year And Braves will always play a huge role In my development as a player and Callie's coming in and doing a great job with the identity he wants to establish with what we got going on.

And I love it. I mean, it's, I think it suits my traits. And it does a good job of focusing on the talent that we have across the board and distributing it evenly. So the additions we made in the offseason were awesome. And Callie's just done a great job of pulling everything you can out of the playbook to let guys go out and make plays and do them fast and easily. I feel like the biggest thing has just been completions have been out there. And then we've just been able to take them and move on. And the shots come.

And we understand that as we take more of those completions that are a little quicker and easier, then those shots will come and all the other stuff with the every single different run scheme we've put on tape already in the first three games of the preseason and our screen game and everything else, it's just a very complimentary offense. And I'm excited to see kind of how it's going to evolve throughout the year. As a quarterback, what do you feel like you've learned? What are a couple of tidbits you feel like you've learned the most? because obviously Cali, he comes from Cincinnati.

He's worked with somebody like Burrow. And then when Burrow went down last year, what was his name, Jake Browning? He ends up bowling as well. But you talk about the variety of offensive and everything else. Like what's something, what are a couple tidbits like in the film room that you feel like you picked up on that you've learned from Callie? I think just playing within the system and really understanding the intent of the play that he's putting out there. And like I said, I just feel like the concepts that are. we're majoring in are a little different actually than concepts that I've typically majored in the

straight dropback pass game in my previous offenses. And at first it's like just kind of weird because you're not, you haven't thrown a lot of those balls. You haven't read routes or concepts that way. But after doing it the first few times, it becomes more natural and you start to learn the intent of the plays and why and when the intent isn't there and why it's not there. And then what your next option is.

Like it's just been coming really naturally. And I really liked how it's developed. And then physically, too, I can't remember the last time I had a quarterback coach that helped me from the mechanics and just like physical throwing standpoint. He just kind of threw some suggestions out there with what he saw from me from the beginning of spring to the end of spring. And I'm always going to take anything any of my coach that says with an open mind. And I implemented a couple things into my game, one of which I really kind of did stick with. And that's been helping me a lot. So that's been cool, like playing with my base, playing with my mechanics, talking to a guy who's seen.

so many quarterbacks and worked so many to understand the different things that go into the position. That's cool to hear from a head coach. Talk about the, I want to talk about the hogs, dude, because obviously Brian Kallan comes in, he brings his dad and just watching in these couple preseason games.

It seems like the office line's playing with a whole lot of confidence. Obviously, you pay your center $50 million. You take a guy, J.C. Latham in the first round. You got Skronski, who was the first runner,

11th overall last year. But then Dylan Radins, who is going to a fourth year, I think. This is his fourth year and he's kind of been jumping. Was he a tackle? Is he a guard? And now he's like cemented himself as a starter. Like, are these boys, these boys seem like they've really putting it together? Have you seen a dramatic drum from your rookie year to now? There, there's been a big jump in confidence and I think just work ethic too. Like Bill has been on those guys to really make sure they're coming out there with, you know, their head on swivel and really knowing what they're looking for. And your head's on a swimble with old Bill Callahan. Oh, yeah, no doubt. He's just been such a pleasure in the building. And I think it's a tone that he's set from day one that they have ran along right with him. And every day after practice, the extra indie work, the constant, you know, the meetings and the terminology and I guess physical, like body positioning and hand placement stuff that he talks about with these guys. The attention to detail is something like I've never heard before in that position. So it's really cool to hear and to see these guys work to implement.

when we get out there in practice. And obviously in the game so far, they've done a really good job. So I felt comfortable back there. I feel like I have the time I need. You mentioned Dylan, him stepping up for, you know, Sadiq, something we didn't necessarily expect. And that was just a crazy situation. And we're wishing them the best. But Dylan has just taken that opportunity head on and it's done a really good job with it. So all those guys, you know, everyone that's competing up there, even our backups have been really impressed with how they've been able to work with with Bill and, you know, the mentality that Bill's established with that room. Oh, go ahead.

Did you have something? I was going to be a different. It was a different topic. I was going to see that talk about the level of protection. Last year, when you started, obviously the game against Atlanta was unbelievable. Then after that, a lot of people, it was like a sieve a little bit through the offensive line. No disrespect to them, but just statistically it was what it was. You took a lot of shots.

How did that, then affect your confidence at all last year and then seeing the kind of difference this year so far? Yeah, no, it's not like you take a couple of hits and you start playing the game differently. You can't really think of it that way. It's more of a reaction thing and you can't go into a drop-back pass without the confidence that you have the time to make the read that you need to. So it's not like I was going into anything differently, but I do feel like I'm more confident. And it's just a testament to how they've worked and the development that they've made throughout the offseason and just the good football they've put on tape throughout Canada. And it's been really big and I've just been trying to do my best to instill even more confidence in them. And Bill's continuing to push them as hard as he can.

And I know that they're nowhere near where they want to be yet. And I know as well as no one else is on the offense as well. So just looking forward to keep getting better and pushing these guys for when the real deal comes in a couple weeks. Dude, as a rookie, what was it like for you ultimately taking over the role of the starting quarterback? Tana Hill, he was down. He was injured. You come in, you play well. The job's basically yours when he comes back.

walk us through that, walk us through those couple weeks because that's always like, I mean, we've all been in the locker room when a position change happens or somebody takes over a starting spot. You're kind of wondering how, you know, the starter's feeling. Like you just know what it is. Ultimately, you have to suppress your emotion because we sacrifice for the team. So you have to put your own personal agenda aside to ultimately like, I'm sure Ryan was a good teammate, even though probably internally he might not have wanted to be. But for you and your spot, being a rookie and that moment happening. What was that like for you in that moment? It's tough because every quarterback I feel like they obviously want to be that guy so bad. No matter what your

position you're in, like one quarterback plays. It's such a tough position to be as a backup quarterback just because like you know unless barring an injury or something crazy happening, you're probably not getting a shot on that Sunday. So it's doing everything you can with your actions throughout the week and whatever other role that you're put in to be a leader in the other ways. But you're never going to get to that same kind of level or exposure that the starter is that you're going to be able to touch and affect the people that you might want to if you're a backup. So to be kind of thrown into that role, like suddenly halfway through the year and not having

that offseason of like knowing you're the guy to kind of just. put your kind of like fingerprints. Exactly. To mesh with the rest of the locker room. I know I didn't really have that. And being a rookie too, it's, uh, it just, it was, it was a lot more difficult. But, uh, it made me, it didn't really give me an excuse to not be the leader that I wanted to, but it just gave me time to, um, warm up to that and to, to use that year, that second half of that season to understand kind of what I feel like leadership should look like at the quarterback position, more looking from outside in, and just getting more comfortable growing in that role. And that was my biggest kind of goal for this offseason, too, was to continue

developing in that and to roll into this season with a better identity as a quarterback, as a leader, as a person, as a teammate. And that's really what I was focused on. But the beginning of that process was really, really hard because you're, you know, stepping in for a guy that has won a whole lot of games for this organization. We'll go down as one of the best quarterbacks this organization's ever had. And it's tough to just kind of flip the switch and be like, all right, now it's your turn. And you can't just try to pick off where Ryan left off and do the same thing that he was doing. You have to kind of find your own flair and find your own way of doing things.

So that process was difficult, but it was a lot of fun at the same time. And I've got to thank RT too for how he handled that process. Because anytime any guy loses a position like that, there's two ways you can go with it. You can kind of not give the guy any attention or you can be the best teammate you can be. And that's what Ryan did. And he helped me immensely throughout that whole process. So I got to thank him for that. That's awesome you say that because in the beginning when you first get drafted at 33,

Tana Hill has that press conference that was kind of going around. It's like, oh, it's not my job to essentially help you take Tana Hill's job. Which is true. Which is true. But it kind of starts the narrative, right, that everybody wants to do in the media cycle of like, oh, Tana Hill's not helping well. now there's a little bit of a rivalry going on there instead of like a you know older vet come uh is here young guy comes in help him up as much as possible was there a transition or was he helpful from the

beginning where he was kind of fighting it and then all of a sudden you become a starting job he's like i can do whatever i can to help you or was it pretty good from the from the start to finish i think what he meant by that was just like i'm not going to you know groom this guy to be the starting quarterback but he's still going to i mean he didn't say it but he's still answer anything I ever had to ask him. He wasn't going to go out of his way to do those things, but he was always open and very communicative with what he was seeing,

you know, how he saw things and how it could help me. And he was never, you know, he didn't avoid that at all ever. So now he, from day one, he was a great teammate and treated everybody and me and everybody in the quarterback room the right way. So, yeah, nothing really else to be said there. back to draft night how did you feel what was your emotion like like ultimately falling to 33 i know it was

like there's a range of where will levis could go but ultimately falling to 33 your emotion when you did get drafted juice me up but i'm sure there was a lot on your mind up until that point no doubt yeah it was a lot um long process you know going through uh that whole year throughout my whole senior season kind of hearing the things I was hearing from the people that I trusted about, you know, potential for the draft and stayed and stayed steady in that first round kind of grade, you know, the entire year. And it was cool to, to see that and hear those things. And, you know, despite the stressful season that I had, you know, not the greatest way that I wanted to end my college career, but still based on what I'd heard, had a really good shot there going in

first round, first half of the first round even. So pretty cool. What conversations are you having with teams too, like to where you're even, it's a mention even more into thinking, I don't know exactly where I'm going to go, but it seems like I could go in the first half of day won. Exactly. The top 30 visits I was taking, the interviews that I was having with these teams, you know, some teams at the end of the first round were kind of like not even telling me like, you know, you're probably not going to be there when we're there anyway.

So like, you know, nice to meet you. But, yeah. So it was. It had to be a great feeling when they said that too. Yeah, I was like, you probably won't be there, but you're looking at your career. And you're like, I might not be. there actually. No, I mean, but we got there and, you know, I was all ready.

I got my nice suit on. I rented, I think, like $100,000 paddock. I just sent it back the next day. I just sent it back. Didn't even get seen with it on. Finlayer. It's a smart move. Smart move.

Gosh, what else happened that day? We were on the red carpet in Kansas City. I got everyone at the draft on the red carpet that did this interview got a hundred inch television from a brand that i won't say because you know no free shots no free shot up smart smart but um you know they're expecting everyone in in in the draft to have first round money to be able to have a nice big house to put this 100 inch tv in right you know get a nice big wall meanwhile i'm over here you know second round money in my one bedroom apartment taking up the entire wall that might be even better actually it might be even better

there's mom and dad yeah that was that was fun though That was really cool. And then just sitting there in that room, we knew that if it got past really the Titans' first round pick, it might be a long night. Instead of it, or if someone didn't trade up for me towards the end of that first round, so we're kind of just waiting on that. Waiting on that, like waiting on maybe a phone call. And I think I'd pick 29, get a phone call from somebody. It was a prank call from somebody. You got a prank call.

Is somebody you knew? Yeah, no. Random number. Oh my God. I still have the number saved. I'll find them someday. Oh, your wheels up for vengeance.

Yeah. Hey, it was exactly the conversation. No, they just, they just like, snickered and like hung up, yeah.

Oh. They laughed. Yeah. God. And at 29, you got it, you're sitting there. How do the fuck do I get out of the room?

I literally got off the phone. I said, let's go, guys. Really? Yeah. You didn't save for the last three picks. No,

no, no, I think it was in between 30 and 31, maybe not 29. Yeah. Yeah. Because there's only 31 picks. Dude, what is the feeling like?

What is the feeling like when the Titans one goes by so you and your pants are sitting there and you're like, it's probably going to be a long night. But now you're getting to the 20s and more and more cameras are coming towards you. Yeah. Essentially goes from, hey, the drag. Yeah. The pick is in. Oh, this is who it's picked. Now let's go to Will Levis and see what his facial expression is doing, which is buddy.

It's got to be. Like, what else are you going to do? You know, I mean, I feel like we did a good job. We just kept it. I don't know how you are. That's your mom right there. Yeah. I'm sure you're like,

mom, please, for the love of God, you're making it way worse. Just by sitting here. Straight. Just look. Just please,

just stare into the distance. There was one point where we were playing cards. I brought cards. They didn't want to film that. I don't know why, but that was fun. Yeah. It was like,

F this. It's like playing cards. Playing euchre. Just messing around. And so you at 30, you're like, I'm getting, I'm getting the hell out of here.

Uh, I think. I think it was just as the last pick was coming in, but in between the 30, 31st, I think that's when the call came and we're like, yeah, let's, let's pack this show up and go back to the hotel. I think there was a rack of shake shack burgers waiting for us. It was supposed to be celebratory.

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own selfish brain feel like okedoked you the most to where maybe you were excited to potentially go there and you felt like you were getting kind of the best vibe of going there and they didn't end up getting you to where maybe it's like you know you can't wait to get them back one day maybe you could be the Titans yeah yeah but it's like you all could have picked me at one or your in your first round pick at 11 what are you all doing yeah that's I mean that's true I'm sure there was a piece of you at first it was like fuck the Titans and then 33 came every day and try to show them that I should have been their first round pick.

Yeah. But no, I mean. Skoronsky every day like, you son of a bitch. Hey, they made a good pick with him. I love Pete. Yeah. But, um, no, I'm not going to give anybody any, you know, but there were definitely those few teams.

I think the ones that I thought I had a good shot at going to. There was actually murmurs. I think a lot of people were putting bets on me to go first overall, not a lot, but like some because like someone on Reddit had leaked that I had told like a family member or something that Carolina was going to pick me number one overall. That didn't happen. And I told my family the opposite. I said that they were not going to pick me.

They pretty much told me it was like a formality to invite me in. Yeah. It wasn't going to go for real now. Just like checking a box so they can throw them off the scent. I mean, it was just the vibe I got. But no, I knew I was pretty 99% confident. I wasn't going there. You know, I wasn't feeling great about Houston.

But Indy, I felt good about Atlanta. I felt decent about, I don't know, like Vegas. There was a few other teams. Tennessee and Indy were the two that I felt were really vibing with me most. So it's Indy you like to play against. I mean, I want to beat anybody in our division especially. But Indy. Yeah.

Really stand-up. And by the way, you're phenomenal at the politically correct media. Like, you've been well trained. No doubt. But we all know, it's Indy. It's indie. That's the cults. Anthony Richardson catches his shoulder, Will, was like, I'm kidding.

I'm kidding. Dude, you had an interesting journey in college, too. Like, you were with Penn State for what? Three years. Yeah, two and a half years, really. I got my undergrad there. And then I was right in the middle of the, there was a lot of big changes in the college landscape

during my college career because you had to be a graduate to be immediately eligible before the transfer portal. And then when I transferred, that was right when they established the transfer portal. So I didn't really have to be a graduate, but that's what I was like on track for. because I wanted to be able to play right away. So transferred to Kentucky and then had two seasons there and caught it for the last year of NIL too. So just a lot of weird changes.

But yeah, three years of Penn State, too, at Kentucky. Why transferred to Kentucky? Why Kentucky over the others that I'm sure? I just, I mean, ball. I wasn't getting the opportunities I wanted to, go at the quarterback position. Like I said, only one plays. The guy who was starting for me, Sean, who I'm really close with, he's with Green Bay now,

he was only one year above me. So it's one of those things like I was looking at it from, you know, most guys who go on to, you know, get selected in the draft and have a good professional career start for more than one year in college. And just to get that experience, I thought it was going to be important for me. So getting my undergrad and getting to Kentucky and starting for two years there was the plan from the jump and, you know, things worked out pretty well. Did, was there ever, like,

was there quarterback competitions going on at Penn State? A little bit, yeah. After my freshman year, my freshman year, spring training, we did, um, spring ball. We had a little bit of a competition, and I just came out, just got edged out. So Sean ended up getting the job, and then I was putting in kind of a wildcat,

third down, goal line, quarterback situation spot. And I just really wasn't getting the opportunities to throw the ball that I wanted to and needed to. So would you get told by the coaching staff that your opportunities would come and happen? And then when it wouldn't happen, it almost frustrates you more that would almost buy into like, hey, I think I'm going to take off after this year. Not in like a selfish way, but just in the way that every competitor wants, like you know how you have certain conversations with coaches at times. Do we feel like, hey, in this maybe we're up in the second half and I'll get in there more? Or maybe you'll get, whether it's garbage time, whatever, but hey, we're going to rotate you in.

we're looking at doing the plan this way this week and it usually, most of the time, it doesn't go that way? Were those things playing into your situation at all? Or was it just Sean was the guy, it never really changed from that? And then you're like, hey, I got to kind of think about my own future. Yeah, I just kind of saw the right and I feel like I wasn't, I just wasn't getting the opportunities as much as they tried to kind of involve me and give me different opportunities to even throw the ball a little bit.

It was mostly just stuff that I knew at the end of the day wasn't going to get me prepared and give me the experience I needed to to play quarterback at the NFL level. So, I mean, I loved it. It made me a better football player in general. Like, I think, you know, the stuff I did in the run game there and what we were doing with the different quarterbacks and what have you was a lot of fun. But I wasn't, for one, I wasn't good enough in the dropback passing game.

They didn't trust me that way. So I understand why they didn't play me. But I needed that experience to get better. So that's what I was really looking for. And Kentucky gave me that opportunity. So I ended up, you know, getting the reps. that I needed to to develop is that, you know, more pure passer and really benefited me. Did you ever doubt yourself?

Because it sounds like when you're going through the transfer portal, you're like, I needed an opportunity to show because I need to go to the NFL and do X, Y, and Z. Was there ever a point at Penn State where you're like, maybe I just can't do it? No. Did you ever doubt yourself at all? No. I always had, you know, pretty solid confidence in myself and my ability. I just, I knew that if I had the opportunities to get the experience that I needed, then, you know,

it'd be hard to stop me so I was excited for that and to get the chance to do that at Kentucky was fun and I just knew I had the attributes I just didn't have the opportunity to put them on display yet and I was glad I did

that photo reminds me of Miami Jack you didn't mess with Will Levis at first right don't do this don't do this you got the photo you got the photo of jumping over Tennessee and it was kind of making me think. I was like, wait a minute.

Jack was kind of before the draft happened. Will, I'm Jack. Nice to meet you. Tell him what happened. Lifelong Titans fam. All right. So when you were not selected in the first round, I put out a tweet and it was like when you don't select Will in the first round,

it's something like dumb dancing gif. And it was nothing against you. It was purely for the value play. The second round when we got you, I was like, this is awesome. Before that week, the on busing, you're like,

I hope we don't get one. Well, I'm a Tennessee guy. I'm a Tennessee fan. And so, you know, previous season, it was fun to go back and forth. So you have a rival quarterback coming into Tennessee and, you know, you want to have as much fun with it as possible. But when you got selecting the second round and then when you had your first breakout game with the Titans, when you and D. Hop had those like, Matt, what was it, three TD, something like that. I did my due diligence and in the parking lot afterwards.

I said, I was wrong. I was wrong. And I said, I'm fully on the levish train. And I want him to be as successful as he can, whether it's with the Titans or somebody else. I'm fucking stoked. I've been seeing your praises around town. I know you're going to be a dog out there. So,

but it takes a man to admit when he was wrong. April 27th, 2023. April 27, 2023. Anthony Richardson, greater sign, Will Levis.

Wait, Jack McPherson. Are you, or he's getting, remember. Yeah, I don't even remember that. But that,

uh, that obviously, again, I was wrong. Won't go, pull the video of me of me showing where I was, the video POV the Titans passed on Will Evis

Dude Yes And I was wrong Dude we're feeling A Super Bowl Contending team this time And I'll tell you And then

And then who was it Freezing Cold Takes The Twitter account They just repost Anybody who's fucked up When you got drafted Immediately I was in Florida

On a Bachelor trip And I started getting Notification Notification You'd been drafted And I'm just I'm catching a lot of heat everywhere. And I was like, this is fine.

We want somebody who wants the job. And I'm here to motivate him. That's my goal. It's a spin zone. And then when he came in, him and D.Hob had that game. It was a great first showing. And I couldn't be happier. I have a eight.

I want to find the tweet. I have a number eight Titans jersey. I have a number eight Titans jersey. So what's the name of that? Mac. I mean, that's my name, though. But it's still, you know. Another part just to go ally for Jack.

Listen, this is what you want. You want the day ones, the guys who grew up Titan fans, to be pissed off. Not just that. And then he turned around 180 and being like, this is our savior. He's also that much more heels on the ground because he's such a diehard Tennessee fan that basically any kind of quarterback in the SEC, he almost wants them to fail. Did Kentucky beat Tennessee that year? No, I was open to three against Tennessee in my career.

I didn't bring that up. I was going to say it would almost. I wasn't going to bring that up. That would all connected it, huh? That would all connected it. Yeah. I really am. I will, I'm a massive Levis fan now.

I'm really happy you're on the bus. And it takes a man to admit when he's wrong. And so I do apologize to you. I love, like, Jack, was there a piece of you that thought? I hope they don't bring it up the whole podcast.

I, I looked at the show notes and I was like, all right, they don't have my name on there. But I knew, I knew you motherfuckers are going to sneak it in at some point. I really, not until that Tennessee pick,

I was like, that's right. Jack didn't like you. Hey, I love how you keep doing in. I didn't like it. I love how you can. You hated Will Levin.

Yeah, you hated him. I'm talking about him like he's not here. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, like how he just sneaks in every time. Knowing Will for the short time, Will's like, he's your computing all this. You know, more, more of a chip on my shoulder. Good.

Good. Just know that it takes a man. It takes a man. Right, Will. Right. It takes a man. And I'll be wearing my A jersey every, every home game. I'll be in there.

Don't let him have that. Will tell you to never let him. That would be hilarious. That would be hilarious. If there's just a photo, a mugshot of you, you can't get in Titans games. You'd be wrecked. That would be good for us. That would hurt.

That would hurt me. But, you know, if that's what it means bringing a Super Bowl to Nashville, I'd be willing to do that for the city of Nashville. What a good transition to do? How were you received when you first got to Tennessee? How do you, like, were people excited about it? Oh, it was definitely like half and half, I'd say. Yeah. There were definitely people that were very excited and there were definitely people, you know, like you who were stuck in their college.

Roots. Stuck in their college roots. No. But I knew that it was going to take some convincing for some Tennessee fans. So I still got a lot to prove. But just trying to keep doing the right things to turn those people's opinions around, you know? Right. And so your camp goes by.

We don't hear a whole lot. A couple weeks go by. Now all of a sudden, the Tennessee Titans are wearing the Houston Oiler uniform. So the first time, Tanhill's got an ankle. He's got a little Anki issue. He's not been able to put the uniform on. It's your first time going out. What was it like going on Nissan Stadium for the first time?

So sick. I mean, first of all, I've been waiting to wear baby blue, light blue my entire life, just like the cool, swaggiest, coolest. The coolest uniforms. Those are the coolest uniforms in all the NFL. Exactly. And to be able to start my NFL career in those, you know, that gave me a little confidence boost. That was cool for sure.

But it was fun. And it was a pretty serendipitous situation. Oh, shit. Look that up. Google serendipitous. Yeah, Google serendipitous. No, like just with, you know, Ryan getting hurt, and then we had the buy the next week. So I really had two weeks to prepare for this first game of mine.

So that was nice. And just also coming back from a little bit of an injury from training camp. And it was perfectly kind of timed out with where I was finally feeling even just that week, like, healthy enough to play and confident enough to go out there and do my thing. So it worked out really well. And I just feel like everything came together that game and all the stuff we dialed up were there. I was seeing things clearly. You know, Hop was doing his thing and pulling everything down and finding his way to the end zone a few times.

And it was crazy. It was also like one of those things too where as well as it felt like it was going on offense and how everything was clicking, it was still a one score game like by the end of the game. And that was my first like, oh shit, this is the NFL. Like every game is going to come down to the wire. We're going to have to pull this out. And just what a great way to get your career off started and gave me a lot of confidence to finish.

Oh, yeah. It was fucking awesome. It seemed like D. Hop was in your ear all week. I'm like, yo, just throw me the ball. Which is, that's the receiver you want. You want your receivers to be like that. Yeah, I want my receivers to be, you know, dickheads about wanting the ball.

Yeah, you want them to be selfish. Yes. Like, hey, throw me the ball. Get frustrated when they're not getting the ball in the first three plays of the game. My boy, Colt McCoy, who was the backup for Arizona, who played some games last year a couple years ago. But when, oh, whenever D. Hop was on the Cardinals.

but he'd say he'd come to the sideline Diab, I'd be like, bro, just throw me the ball. And sometimes he said he would just make up a route on the fly and he would just throw it to him. Because he'd just be like, yeah, he'd be like, hey, just trust me. Like, just throw me the ball. Like, don't worry about what they keep calling. Like, just throw me the ball.

Don't worry about what they keep calling. Don't worry about with coach guys. Yeah. Yeah, you had Diov and now you've got, I mean, Ridley, you got two backs, Pollard and Spears. Like, you, at Chig, you have so many guys, so many tools. Like, do you feel like you've got everything you need? Yeah. And it's going to be, going to be tough because a lot of guys are, you know, deserve the ball

and are going to want the ball. So it's just going to be on me to, you know, just trust what I see and play with in the offense. But we have a, you know, a lot of fun players at our fingertips and, you know, the backs are going to be a lot of fun to play with and getting them in different formations, getting an empty, two backs in the game. They're both incredible catching the ball out of the backfield. They both do some amazing things, crazy things. You see Tai Jay trying to jump over that guy yesterday?

That was crazy. Antonio Brown someone yesterday. Kicked him in the head? Yeah. Oh, yeah. It was great. He fell from like nine and a half feet up. But that fired me up because, you know, not a lot of guys even think about doing stuff like that.

He was back in his home state. He was a little juiced up. Yeah, Leonidascing somebody and essentially kicking them in the face. But, dude, Miami game. Yeah. Putting your right shoulder into somebody. And everyone's getting hyped up. And I know, Braybill was like, listen, brother.

Don't ever fucking do that. No, that's tough. That hurt. I mean, I was. When I see Jalen next, I'll tell him that, you know, I probably got the shorter end of the stick on that one. But, no, that was cool. And that was a big play and a big game and probably our most fun win last year for sure. It has to be, man.

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Maybe they're not guys who really get down on themselves, but you know that the ball is going to have to get spread around. Our guys feed off, maybe touching the ball early in the game, touching them about more. Maybe they don't mind to fall back. But like, what do you do? Like, what are you conscious of when being a leader in those situations

when you have that many weapons? Yeah, no, I think it's just conscious of what you just said. It's conscious of how guys tick and how guys need to be, you know, motivated. And if guys do need to have that boost of confidence or moment to kind of get them going in a game or in practice or something. So it's, it's, there isn't a uniform way of leadership throughout the team. I feel like it's just a way of understanding people more so than having a strategy with how you, you go about it. But it's a tough job.

It's probably a harder job than the quarterback position itself, the leadership job, I'm saying. and I'm still growing in it. I'm getting better as the days go on. I think I wanted to go into camp and I feel like it's like one of those things too where you got to earn it with your actions. Like you got to earn how you play on the field. Like you can't just go out there and start talking. At least some guys feel like they can.

But I feel like I have to kind of prove it with my actions before I can back it up with how I talk or how I act in that way. So camp was great because, you know, being able to get some good reps in camp and to, you know, ingratiate myself with the guys and to just or ingrain myself with. the guys and show them that I am our guy and the leader for this team and that that there's just a great few weeks of progress for me to just keep you know climbing in that role how do you differentiate being the leader you want to be and not forcing it as opposed to letting it come to you exactly you got it's got to be natural like you can't you can't you can't just decide like hey I'm going to be the

rara guy today and I'm going to get guys fired up and you got to make sure that you're true to how you feel and and kind of what you want to get out of it and there there's It's not to say that you can't change. I think that that's a big misconception. Like guys think that they're this type of teammate and they have their whole life and they've just stayed that way because they might be afraid to walk in the next day and people would be like, wait, that's not who you are, you know? But it's not bad to consciously kind of try to change the way you are for the betterment

of yourself and the team. And I feel like I've done a few things and tweaked the kind of ways that I've just interacted with people and then just been around the building and it's helped me for the better. So I was stuck in that for a long time too. Like I didn't want to be inauthentic. I didn't want to be the guy that I'm not. But I realized it wasn't that. It's more so I have, you know, this vision for who I want to be.

What do I need to change and improve in my life and my actions and in my values to get me to that position? And when I got over the fear of being inauthentic in that pursuit, then it, you know, improve me a lot. I love that, dude. Do you listen to Brady a lot when he's on, whether he's doing interviews? Because as we're talking about leadership, there was something really fascinating that when he was breaking it down, it made, like talking about like knowing guys. He was talking like if you're the ex-receiver, if you're like one of the top receivers, but most of the time you're running out of the huddle every time out, usually outside the numbers, your route trees cut in half. Like these guys who got to do that playing and play out, and sometimes they're not touching the ball early. And he would talk about how he'd communicate, like, hey, we'll get you going because he's just aware of the fact that, you know,

even though they have this diva perception by everybody else he's like you got to understand these guys come to the huddle they run out they run outside the numbers everything's kind of everything is like halfway cut off for them by themselves yeah they're by themselves they're going as hard as possible and then the one uh one or two times they don't they get kind of like you know they get that stigma but he's like just understanding that even knowing how to try and communicate with those guys throughout the game if they're not touching the ball earlier or knowing you got to get it to them quick just to like keep them involved i always thought that that was real real real fascinating and I forget the question that I initially asked because now I'm thinking about

Tom Brady and if I'd oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah when you see him yeah when you see him yeah I guess having interviews are you is he somebody you like gravitate towards yeah I mean that's that's the guy I've looked up to my entire life and obviously being from where I'm from and being a Patriots fan and Boston sports fan like that was my idol like growing up like that's who I wanted to be the winner that I wanted to be um so yeah anytime I can listen to him and speak on whatever we can about, you know, the position or leadership. It's definitely something that I pay attention to. I forget that you're a Boston guy.

Stooley. Stooley, big stooly. Big stooley. Grew up on it. Yeah, I was telling them I was kind of that first generation of like Instagram. I think I was like more Facebook first, but I think I got Instagram and like seventh grade or something. And it was my buddy.

He was like, yo, you got to follow this page, Barstool Sports. It was like probably the one of my first follows after like just like my. just like my best friends and stuff was like barstool sports ESPN sports center yeah and no shit yeah so it's just funny um you're talking about that before and now look at who's your favorite barstow personality does yeah uh that's that's that i'm a big cat guy i love uh i love big cat so you're anti portanoe no no no i love i was gonna say dave because i think i knew dave first but i was uh i was p and part of my take i listened to them for years so i'm still a big fan of the show uh but they're uh they're great Dave's great. I've met Dave a couple times. They are Big Cat a couple of times as well.

They came to Lexington for the Breeders Cup a couple years ago. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. We were hanging out afterwards at some bar, so that was cool. We were in New York for the draft, and Big Cat was talking about you saying you're a stoolie guy. He was seeing your praises a little bit. He was about it. So you got a fan on the other side as well. Awesome. Yeah. Do you have? No. should we go mayo should we go i also want to you seem like you come from a family of athletes your old man played your mom was an all-american soccer player she was beast is she is she where

you get your genetics yeah yeah uh i think she had a frigging six-bag until she had her fourth kid so yeah she uh she is a beast and she was the you know tomboy did it all kid and as a kid growing up and um played baseball until high school i think and then I found soccer as your sport and ended up going to Yale was All-American there. And yeah, just a grinder. And both her and my dad were big athletes. My dad played D3 football at Denison University in Ohio. Your uncle played?

Yeah, at Yale. Running back. And then my mom and his dad, my mom and my uncle's dad was a coach at Yale for 25 years. I did read like Yale. I think I read Cornell somewhere. It makes sense. the, what was the word he said earlier? Super, superfluous?

Yeah, serpophilus. I don't believe that was the word. That was not the word. That was not the word. Serendipitous. Serendipitous. Serendiphypheus. Hell yes.

Supyphalus. Yeah, but a lot of, a lot of academic, I'm sure a lot of expectation in the household growing up. Yeah, a lot. I don't think it was like expectations more so than it was. I think me and my sisters realized that there were just a lot of, you know, impressive, like established people around us. us and we wanted to do our best to just live up to our family's name.

And I think our parents told us that from a young age, more so from a respect standpoint, not a performance standpoint, just everything that we do is going to reflect our family's name for the rest of our lives. And we took that very seriously. And all of us just went hard as shit and everything that we did. And me and all my sisters are, you know, I think we're all proud of the spot we put ourselves in. And the youngest one is going to be a junior in high school.

and she's going to start getting us getting some offers to play lacrosse in college. So she'll be the last one, but they did a heck of a job with us as kids growing up to, you know, put us in the position to succeed. That's awesome. So all athletes, your sisters. The one, the oldest one is not anymore. She was, she was an excellent athlete. The middle one just graduated from Central Connecticut.

She played lacrosse there. Just moved here, actually. She's going to school at Belmont for grad school. Nice. And the youngest is still in high school, but she's probably the best athlete of all this. Yeah. Just an entire family. Where is a family located now?

Connecticut. Connecticut. Gotcha. And then when everyone's out of the house, do you think your parents are going to move from Connecticut? Come down to Nashville? They've been talking about it. They've been talking,

not Nashville specifically, but just like getting somewhere further down south. But last time I talked to them, they said no. They're like in the New England living. When it's all set and done for you, you're thinking back up to the northeast? I don't know.

I think I definitely have like a dream vacation spot up there, like whether, you know, on Nantucket or like Martha's Vineyard or something like that and I think that would be a really cool second contract you know something to live in. Yeah, right next to Portnoy.

Yeah, yeah. But I don't know. My mind's not quite there yet but there's definitely some really nice areas of Northeast. Yeah, for sure. Always fun to dream. Always fun to dream

and also pros and cons of not going the first round. There's no fifth year option. Does somebody give you that conversation? Yes, yeah. And that's a huge win. So now after next year it's like, voice. You better pay the fuck up. You know, you know, you know what I'm saying? Right. You're

going to do it, right? Yeah. So the numbers got to be there. The first time I ever heard about you, you were at the SEC media days and you took a cup of coffee and some mayonnaise. Yeah, yeah. Put some mayonnaise in a cup of coffee. What, what are we doing? Okay. I'll give it. I'll give the whole rundown. So give me the rundown on that because I know we got a fragrance out now that is literally sold out. You can't even get your hands on it. Yeah. And you've really taken this. thing and put it to the moon. But it started with a cup of coffee and some mayonnaise. Yeah, it was, it was wild. In college, I was pretty active on social media, like just, you know, posting, you know, BS that I thought was funny on TikTok, whatever. If I thought it was funny, it was going up. And I thought

other people might get some laughs at it too. And, uh, and yeah, I was making a little cash on it, too. It was helping on the little, on the marketing deal with NIL and stuff being there. I was grinding grinding. I didn't have no collective to get, hand me any money. I made your thing. I didn't really make much, But I had to work for what I made in college. I'm proud of it. But it was a breakfast I was at. And we got our coffees and there was no cream or sugar on the table, just a bottle of mayo. And some of the person I was just like, hey, you should post a video of you drinking it or something.

And that must be how they drink their coffee down here or something like that. And I was like, you know what? I will. And so I poured the mayo in and stirred it up. So made a little stupid little video. And, you know, it was funny. People liked it. And then it got repicked up.

when I went to SEC Media Day and they asked me to do it again and then that kind of sparked it again and then it kind of picked up some more steam during the draft when everyone's trying to find all the dirt and shit to pick up about people like who's going to draft this

freaking idiot and this male lover stuff yeah so that was a weird process because I was like trying to convince people that I'm not this psychopath weirdo

with a weird sense of humor they want you to be the face of the franchise exactly right yeah um so dealing with that and I really like at first was like I don't want this to be a part of my personality you know I want to be known for the person that I am not like this silly antics that I might pull on camera and it didn't take long to kind of shift that thought process when I

talked to the Hellman's marketing team they're like no I think there's something here like you should lean into this like we could do a really funny campaign it was you know authentic in terms that I actually do really like man is and the specific Vigley Helmins, which was a staple in my family's fridge my entire life. So talking to them and it just made me realize like, hey, like, no, this is, this is funny. We can make this even more funny. And, you know, at the same time, I'm going to get a pretty sweet deal out of it, too. So we did a couple of things last year.

They extended me for a couple more years. And we did this crazy. Hey, you crushed the commercial. Cologne commercial, yeah. How long were you on set doing that bullshit over and over and over? This was at the Titans practice facility. It was the longest day of my summer, actually. I did the live proem at the Grove here in Nashville, which was an awesome weekend.

And then I did a radio show for an hour. And then I did that shoot from four to midnight. Four to midnight. Yeah. It was a long day. And I'm pumped with how it came out. And there should be something else coming out soon with them, which should be fun. I'm excited to show people.

You want to break it here? You want to see a sneak peek? We can see a sneak peek. Oh, I'll show you one still shot from it. That'll kill you guys. What kind of sneak peek are we getting? A still shot, it sounds like, of something coming out soon.

Yeah. When does the... Just backed by... I think it comes out tomorrow. Oh, well, then you can talk about it because this comes out tomorrow. We need to get you on helmet, big beans. Excuse me?

I'm a big bean. fan. Is that real? No. I didn't know. He's limbery, he's strong? Look at him. That comes out.

So that photo comes out tomorrow? It's a video. That's just a still shot from the video, but. Are you able to, are you able to say the rain? It's Helmins. It's Helmonds. It's Helmonds. Oh, it's a helmet.

Yeah. It's a helmet. It's amazing. It's amazing. The leg thing is so. He said, no, it reminds me of those old school old spice commercials. Yeah, that's what they remind me of. That's what this whole campaign reminds me of, like, kind of the old school old spice

because it's so tongue and cheek, like, it's, yeah. The old spice commercials were awesome. Yeah, they're unbelievable. So they're the biggest player as far as your marketing goes. Is there anybody else you have your eyes on? They're like, I love to be sponsored by. I've been saying it ever since I, I think the day N. And I'll became a thing.

I tweeted at Levi's jeans. I was like, let's do something here. So, I mean, it's been thrown out there. I'll keep poking them, but we'll get there eventually, I think. Let's talk about true classic. Dude, have you put a true classic t-shirt out before? I haven't, actually. I'll tell you what, your arms would look fantastic.

Brother, you've already got the physique going on, but you put a true classic t-shirt on and their jeans? Unstoppable. Yeah. You wouldn't be able to go out national. All the ladies would seriously be jumping at you. There's no question. I got to go back up to my one-bedroom apartment with my 100-inch screen TV. We'll hook you up with some true classic, and then you can think of it.

about it. Levi's, is good, but it's not the 70s anymore. It's not the yet, you know? It's time to move on and go to True Classic. I feel like we're confident enough to put our reputation on the line for True Classic. I think you'll love it. Yeah.

I would love some. I'd love to try some. I'm very specific with my jeans. Like, even with Levi's, like, I think it'd take a special cut for me to be like, right, let's do this the right way. That's all we needed. That's all we needed. That's all we needed.

That's all we need. Because there, I think, true classic came on with us. And I got these long legs. Yeah. And so they didn't even make. 36 length. They ended up making a 36 length for me and it's the best fitting gene I've ever had in my life. Yeah. It's phenomenal.

Yeah. Should we go shout out? No free shoutout? Should we get into some sense? I was about to say, how do you ask that question? And then how am I supposed to say something without there being a free shout out? I know. I was like, oh, man. It's kind of like a seat, though. You're putting a seat in the ground. Yeah, yeah. But also he's helping him try to get a new video. Right. Right. Yeah. Because there's no shoutouts. But if you want something, this is where you asked it. This is where you want something. Our shoutout, no free shoutout segment is brought to us by Duke Cannon.

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Oh, is this for the shower? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You put that in there. You put that in there, brother. You don't even have to take it out. This one. Trophy game. Trophy game.

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Yeah? I'm excited. I feel like I'm just a, you know, I raw dogg it with the bar soap usually. Yeah. Perfect. I need to add the lufit to the game. The loop of the game. You can hang it up to.

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Who was to start off? Shout on No Free Shoutout. Do you want to start a lot? Will, go ahead. I don't want to need to think about a couple. My shout on No Free Shoutout goes to Spooktober. 34 days away from the fall, finally hitting the breeze, cutting the heat and the leaves falling on the ground.

And 31 days of fright is just right around the corner. I'm fired up this weekend. My kids and I, we went back to Michaels for the third time in four days. just so they can look at all the Halloween stuff, get all excited. My daughter's now planning what she's going to put in there, what she's going to be for Halloween and stuff like that. And it just fires me up that you can truly brainwash your children,

ladies and gentlemen. If you give them an idea enough times, they're going to take it and they're going to run with it. Both my kids are so fired up. That's Halloween a couple years ago. Legs same size. My kids are just so fired up for Spooktober and I feel like a proud parent. I feel like a very proud parent.

So my shout out goes to Spooktober. That is great. they're more than a month away and they're already talking about. Yeah, oh, they're fired up. Yeah, yeah, we start decorating September 1st. Is the season? Look, going off the spirit of True Classic and looking over at Will Levis's arms,

but when you just wear that right shirt that just shows off the old trophy case you got on each side. Yeah. You know what I mean? Thunder and lightning. Yeah. Yeah. So that's my shout-out, no free shot-out,

is when that shirt fits you just right in their arms are looking good. Question for you, Will. And be honest. Please be honest. Just keep it a being with the boys How often Do you check out your arms

I feel like it's It's mandatory It's mandatory Like at the end If you're trying to get your buy And buys and tries in Like you gotta give yourself a little You know

We're good Yeah But no I wouldn't say it's like a I mean you're You're lying Well I just did So

Your game photos Gotta make you horny When you see those arms I don't know It's I'm My genetics are I got to thank my mom, I think, for giving me the, I don't know, vascularness. I don't know, but my body's always just been a little toned up.

Nothing like sitting the bus making a dude feel comfortable about how good he looks. I know, bro. You know, I don't know how to answer this question. Buddy, you check him out all the time. It's all good. Look at that, dude. Are you kidding me? That's a quarterback, not a linebacker.

You have to feel proud about that. I would kill one of my producers for your body. Like, I would stab them with a nine-inch blade. I think I would say, though, like, You can roast you over a fire Put an apple in your mouth Not slug Not slug

A big slug Just slowly let that Damn So yeah I remember like that one right there Like I posted like I think my progress From pre-draft

I was like This is just how my body The one to the left there Like how my body progressed The second row Second row And like I post back Because I was like

That's like good shit You know Like I worked hard to like Improve my body That's not uncommon, like, especially with athletes or people, like, tracking stuff like that. And then I, you know, that was put out there and I just got dogs. Yeah, dude, the fatdies are going to hate on that. But listen, you got to be proud of that.

I am. You got to be proud of that. For sure. I worked hard and. We've got a back that would compete with Compton. Yeah, he does look good. Compton's got a D1 back. You're trying to tell me you were just on creatine?

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I've never, I've never taken anything. Creatine and I think the only other subs that I took. were collagen. Yeah, creatine, collagen and protein, yeah. I mean, that top right photo, brother, you throw a tan on that?

Exactly. I was in California still looking like that somehow. That's crazy. The leg? I love how we're just looking at his photos. Like, look at that. Look at that. Good for you, man.

Good for you. Why don't you give us your shout out, no free. Shout out yourself. Yeah, I guess my shout-out. I was going to say, shout-out, no free shout-out. I'm a quarterback, not a linebacker, but I'm going to shout out that boy, 44 on Georgia Tech. Shout out. Yeah.

Shout out. That's a good shout out. Haddy was playing his ass off. Shout out. Shout out neck rolls and the old linebacker, no neck look. You know, that just brought a tear to my eye. It was like, we are so back. College football's back.

And it is a dying breed, but there are still some left apparently at the Georgia Tech Zoo. They were like, that player was like the first one they showed to in the first series. You're just like, oh, who is 44? 44 is fucking about that. It's like they had to custom make his jersey. No doubt. Right. It's like the biggest traps of all time on the boy.

Hey, Georgia Tech was scrappy now. Scrapping, they got a dub. Yeah. Okay, it's a number, top 10 ranked college football team. Yeah. Lost both my bets. You already know he's had like four ACs on each side.

Yeah. Guys not going to be able to move his neck when he's older. What a dog, dude. Georgia Tech. Yeah, George Tech. Team 2B. Maybe. Florida State, a bunch of frauds?

It's tough. I didn't even watch most of the game. I don't know. But you saw the result of a top 10 team losing to Georgia Tech. That's tough. That's tough. And they played in the college football playoff last year. Go to play against Georgia who should have been the college football playoff and get

donkey stomped. And now it's like, okay, we're a top 10 team. We should be in the playoff this year and they go and do something like that. That's tough. Georgia Tech's nice, though. Georgia Tech's nice, but it's all the antics, Florida State that they're like suing the NCA. They were getting all mad.

They got a few Bama-trained. Like, they got a talented roster. Just on their defense. A talented roster. And then that's, it was like, my God. Team of Piss and Vinegar, man. Gotcha. And they win nine times that 10.

Shutting on neck rolls is probably your top five shoutout we ever had in this bus. Yeah. From the hip, too. Like, that was incredible. And he's kept us in check with the no free shoutouts. Yeah. Yeah. Accountability.

You like that out of your starting QB1. need that idea you're starting keep you one gotta have it yeah good shout any boys

got shoutouts in the back shout out the Titans first undefeated preseason since 2003 shout

up shut up men who can admit that they're wrong men yeah man real man

it takes a real man takes a real man shout out to honeymoons no yeah horny hobie not anymore

the best part was the sea turtle so also shout out to sea turtles. Zero shout out to the people that make our oceans dirty because I don't know why you would mess with these beautiful creatures. We went our little sea turtle excursion and probably like it was a baby sea turtle and he comes swimming up like six inches to my face. The instructor

dude, Danny, shout out Danny. He was awesome. He was like, do not move. Like if you touch it, I'll get fired. Like you could go to jail. I'm just like sitting there underwater like this. sick that I don't have a GoPro on me. And it's just getting closer and closer. And it was one of like the coolest, most like wholesome, almost spiritual experiences. That's awesome, man. So it was cool. Yeah, it was crushed, bro.

Crush and Uguay and me in the ocean. I hit the Nashville Zoo last week for the first time. I'd like an hour and, like, an hour of 45 to spare. We're like kind of in the area and we saw the billboard. He just pulled off. I was so disappointed, though, because they're, they're advertising that red panda everywhere. Pump pumped. I'm a big red panda fan.

Speaking of Uguay, Master Shifu. Come on, bro, come on. Come on. He's not, he wasn't there. Bro. We make trek all the way through the zoo. That red panda they have on all the billboards. Yeah, all the billboards all over town.

Like, come visit Nashville Zoo. No. Wasn't there. That is disappointing, bro. Empty exhibit. Oh, my God. Did you ask anybody? did you ask a person selling popcorn in the corner

like what's where's the red panda i couldn't find like someone reliable enough to ask a question too we just went back to the lizard exhibit which was pretty cool but have you seen red panda the movie yeah i don't think i have i think you met the bowl girl do you guys know what i'm talking about yeah the half time performer who does the

unicycle and she kicks the ball no her name's red panda too that's no i was thinking the disney movie i was thinking the disney movie he's on my red Going Red. Oh, there is a Disney movie with the red panel. Solid movie.

Solid movie. Oh, I haven't seen that. What was the... Shout out, no free shout out. Go ahead. Movies were telling Will he's got to get on. How to Train Your Dragon? Yeah, how to train your dragon.

Have you popped that on for Rue yet? The Borns. The Born movies. Yeah. Yeah. Did you... We're talking about Disney movies. Oh, I thought we were saying movies that I got to get on.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, I guess so. That noir, that... I don't know what's talking about. A black and white 50s one? Yeah, but he said it's a... Nice guys. He said to nobody.

Nice guys. Saw nice guys. What did you think of nice guys? I was right next to you. It was great. Oh, I'll tell you. You watched it on the plane.

You watched it on the plane. Which one was that? No, nice guys is awesome. Kiss, Kis bang, as we need to watch too. Yeah,

yeah, yeah. I'm in the middle of your honor right now. Just finished the first season. Nuts. I got to finish it. That's the one of Jerry for you on, right? I think so. You see next guys?

People have been talking about it. Phenomenal movie. If you like Ryan Reynolds, you're going to like that movie. Do you watch House of Dragon or Game Thrones? I do. I actually I think I would finish three of the last season of House of Dragon so far. I gotta catch

out, but... So, where you had in House of Dragons? The last thing I saw was the Twins, the one that pretended to be the other to go try to kill. Oh, yeah. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Gotcha. Speak more vaguely.

Speak more vaguely. You're going to be so disappointed in the finale. God, don't say that. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. So disappointed It just goes to show You got to binge watch shows Instead of staying up the day

I just watched 100 foot wave You guys seen that documentary No Oh my gosh Our coaches were talking about it And then I threw that on Insane

What's it about Nashville? Yeah the biggest waves in the world In Portugal Surfing it Surfing it Ridiculous Didn't Edelman just do

A podcast With one of the guys that did that I think he did he did he did it he was one of the interviews in this yes yeah games and names yeah the boy yeah dude that is a fucking crazy thing why was out in Maui in 2015 during like Jaws when they had that big swell come in and we were on the small little boat watching these dudes get towed in and hit the like what hit those waves it was insane and potentially the boat guys like the guy you got driving the boats like hey if these guys fall they could basically just die It's how big and terrifying these waves are.

Would you laugh about it? During Jaws. Yeah, Jaws is what the area is called. Got you, got you. Yeah, yeah. Oh, that's my bad. That's my bad. During Jaws.

That's my bad. That's all good, bro. That's all. I see you trying to catch me. What are we looking at here? Have you seen presumed innocent? No. Great.

That's a great show too. Check that one out. That one's done. You can binge that. Yeah, I need to watch that show. I should have a hard time with shows, man. I have movies better than shows, I think. shows you literally

can they consume me eight seasons I know and that's where literally in the middle of it I was like man this is why I can't watch shows because my ADD I'll literally just take it

I can't stop watching it but you just argued for binging shows I know if you're going to watch a show binge a show instead of staying up to date with the show yeah you're like but how are you personally

with your two philosophies going to be able to enjoy a show if you're like my ADD I can't just wait for all the seasons I've essentially sit there and be like I got a month and then in the middle lose my life to a show for the

And then in the middle of it, you're like, see, that's why you got to binge it, man, so you don't have to stay up to date on it. The, the, the, the, the, the, the binging part was because of, if you're in season two, is it season two of Houser Dragons? No, season three just finished. Okay, so season three of Houser Dragons is just finished. Season two just finished. Let's say this thing goes six seasons. If you finish the finale of season three, but you can go watch season four episode one, then that finale is not as bad as you thought. It's just like, oh, I can't wait to see what's next.

You don't have a year to wait. Yeah, you don't have a year, two years, I heard, is the next production. for this for the so how long are you waiting before you start watching and then you're up to date it's tough because either way you're never having this conversation the other day you're going to tell end of a finale I know I know um I think when season four is going to come out is when I'll probably start watching house dragons because I still haven't even seen uh Game of Thrones thank you crazy I know I know it's just too many storylines and it's I don't know man I always fall back on the things I know like scrubs if I'm going to watch a show just easy

Watches you don't want to keep up with stuff Out the door just in time it's just I love that show Any heartbreak I ever had will Any sort of adversity I ever had Scrubs yes the first show to come on But yeah I heard this show's amazing And it's that just goes if you're gonna watch a show You should wait a couple seasons

Be out of the conversations a little bit And then you binge it and you're like oh shit Whatever man Yeah let's hit some tier talk to oh we got a good tier talk for you Do you know tier talk? Mm-hmm all right tier talk for those that don't know Who might be joining in Mr. and Mrs. Levis, who were probably tuned in.

Tier Talk, we're going to tier a system here, three all the way up to one. In that order, you give a little description of why you like your tier three, your tier two, your tier one. You can also have an honorable mention if they just missed the cut. The tier talk today will be mayo combinations. Mayo combinations. All right.

So whether it's the way you like to use mayo the most will be our tier talk. Okay. Taylor? Is it a draft? No, it's not a draft. You're going to start your three. So I don't know a whole lot about Mayo. No disrespect to your game, Will.

If you don't know Mayo, it's just disrespectful. It's a Mayo guy. So I didn't, I, when this tier talk was presented to me, I kind of, I jumped around a little bit. But my tier three, and it's going to take me back to Bourbon steak a little bit, or you go to those kind of fancy restaurants and they got the fries come out. It's not your basic sauce, but they bring on an aoli on you, specifically the garlic aoli. Anybody who's watched a show for a long time, but your boy loves to fight bad breath. Dirty too. With a lot of garlic.

And so tier three is going to go to garlic aoli, which is a combination with mayo. Have you tried to have like a flank steak or something like that with a garlic aoli? That was like our family, one of our staples is a family. Like my mom would be like a little fancy addition to the steak we had for that night. Yeah. Garlic aolet on the side. Which really good. You bring up a good point.

When you go to a steakhouse and it's like a faux pa to like ask for a sauce. Exactly. It's like that's dead. That's got to be completely dead. Like what are all the sauces you have? Okay, everything but the blue cheese bring it to me. And I want to dip and I want to try to take out all the sauces with this one steak and figure it out. So that's my tier three.

My tier two is a nostalgic tier two for me. And that is Chipotle Mayo. I think Chipotle Mayo is fantastic. You go to Subway as a child and you get this. sweet onion chicken terriaki. I would get the sweet onion chicken terriarchy sauce and then I would add the Chipotle Mayo which just added a little extra umph to it making one of the best sandwiches of my childhood.

And then I went a little rogue on my tier one. I want a little rogue. I find it when you combine mayonnaise with sour cream, buttermilk, dried dill weed, dried parsley, dried chives, onion powder, garlic powder, fine sea salt and finally crack pepper.

And you mix it all together. What do you get? ranch you get ranch so my tier one of mayo combination is going to go to ranch a ranch it's a great list that is that is my and what you brought the attention to a lot of people here today is is very important which is mayo is the base and used in so many other great sauces and dips that people always say they love even though they say they might hate mayonnaise 1,000 which is just a sig to my I've been trying to crush the last couple of years. So I'm just,

I'm starting to, we're doing your work out here, but thank you. We're doing it on the front lines and this podcast will back you. We, uh, now after it's your talk,

whoever went, we go around the room and we give one word. Will, we'll start with you. Tasty. Saucy. Yummy. Veteran.

Solid. Good. Hall of fame hyphenated. That went way better than I expected. Yes, sir. That led way better than I expected. Man. My tier three, and it shares with yours, but just aoli in general, I feel like any time you're going through a menu and you see aoli in the description for whatever reason, you might not even know if you like aoli, but it sounds nice.

It sounds interesting. It sounds unique. But any type of aoli where you're mixing mayo, I think is a, listen, I love fucking mayonnaise. I love mayonnaise. Did you guys read? Patty mayonnaise is where to love started. My tier two That's got to never come back

My tier two Is mixing mayo with ketchup Anytime I have fries Obviously if you're at your bourbons Or your nice steak houses Where they have an aole to come out with it That is great But anytime I have fries

I want mayo, I want ketchup I would say Two parts mayo, one part ketchup I think that's right Two parts mayo one part ketchup Do you know in Europe I think it's European but they bring out both ketchup and mayo together.

The little glass, I think America needs to adopt that. I think we need to take it on basically everywhere we go. My tier one, simply put sandwiches. Any sandwich, any sandwich. I can have mayo on the sandwich that's already on there, but I want extra mail that I can squeeze onto the sandwich. That's how horny I get for mayo. I'm telling you, I'm telling you.

That's my tear talk. Hey, listen, helmets. Wholesome. Horny. Yeah. That's what I wanted to hear. Overload. Cream.

Horny two times. All right. Patty. Iconic. That's a good little deal. I know that felt good. Got to feel tough. True to myself.

That was tough. I know I kind of jibolize everything. But I love it. Well, I mean, you took a couple of mine. I think the AOLI route's safe. And sandwiches in general, I've always been a believer. There's really no American sub that can go without mayo. I'm going to go, number three, I'm going to stick to my New England roots, even though I am a hot lobster roll guy.

But nice cold lobster roll is always made and tossed with some mayo. People forget that. You know, all you're like kind of kind of. chicken salads, all those kind of salads, but I'm going to do lobster salad. I'm going to go a lobster roll, tossed in mayo on a bun with some lettuce. Then all that's going to hit. That's good. Number two, I'm going buffalo chicken dip. I'm going buffalo chicken dip. Yeah, you know, there's always a big base of mayo that is included in a buffalo chicken dip. That is your Sunday, Saturday, you know, amazing dip appetizer. That's a staple at any kind of tailgate. You got to have that.

And at number one, I'm going to say a burger. I think my classic best burger, like all-American burger that, you know, you can't go wrong with is a bacon cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, mayo. And onion, if you like onion, I sometimes onion. Love onion. I do too, but sometimes, yes, sometimes no. But I feel like that is, that is the burger. You know, I grew up on my mom's, my mom's pregnant craving was a Wendy's baconator. and I would go into the drive-thru with her as an eight-year-old

and smack probably four or five junior bacon cheeseburgers. And that's, that is the junior bacon cheeseburger recipe. And that's how I've made my burgers and ordered them whenever I can my entire life. So that's my list. Great job. Elite. Great job.

I would take the bacon off the burger. I'm more of a purist, but you're so right about even the burger. Okay. Sorry, sorry. I love you. Oh, fantastic. Elite. Serendipitous.

Wow. Hyphenated my QB. OG. Mount Rushmore. Wow. Good tier talk. Of all bussing. Really?

All of our tear talks. That was really good. That's emotional. That's emotional, but let him feel it. Let it feel all the emotions. Let's slow down. Fett a lot of onions. Hey, that's a good question, though.

Raw or grilled? I like both. There's a place for both. There's a place for both. Raw. I think raw on burgers. More of a place for raw. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, raw is the move. More texture. It's better. And I love how you went with the colder lobster roll. Because a lot of people like the warm one with the butter and everything else. but I'm always second-guessing that pick

because mayo is on the fucking colder one. But I would say I do prefer the hot. I didn't know you loved mayo like this. I knew you liked mayo. But man, seeing this is wild. Yeah, mayo's my favorite condiment. All right. Mayo's my favorite condiment.

Even when we were at, what was it, Joey's oyster? Oh, yeah. The cold one. Lofster Roll. Mm-hmm. Flice is hot. Fire. God, great tier talk.

Great tier talk. Well, you've been phenomenal. Do we have any? I know we got to. get my man out of 10. You got one? What time is it right now? We got a twisted question.

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Grab a refreshing twist a tea. today. The twisted question comes from Mitch and the question is, you wake up in year 274. What is the first thing that you Google? And you only have like one Googleable thing. What's the one thing that you Google? One Googled thing. And this is, in my opinion, emotional. Maybe the best twisted question we've ever had. This is tough. Yeah. I'm going to go through my thought process here. I'm thinking, first I'm thinking family, you know, like who's still around for my family, like, who can I find, you know, whatever. I'm thinking sports, like recent champions. I'm thinking, like, you know, if my, you know, Kentucky, they won a national championship,

whatever, like Titans, like Super Bowl, like, we get a Super Bowl. And then I'm thinking financially, I'm thinking my stock portfolio and looking at, you know, what the, what the S&P is looking like. So what's your Bitcoin account looks like. Yeah, I'm going to go, 20074. So the, People that have died have died, like we're just frozen and we wake up and you get Google. Yeah. We're awesome powers. We go in the cryo chamber. We wake up.

Yeah, that's a good wrinkle in it. I like where Will was going with it. That like you're going to go back. Like you're not going to stay in. Oh, is that? Yeah. Are we going to go back? I think you're going to go back in time.

That's why you only have one Google search. Gotcha. So you can use that information to your advantage when you come back. Okay. Oh, man. Okay, done. I would Google. So if it's today, it's August, what, 26th?

I would look up. So I'm going, I'm getting at Google, I'm coming back. I would Google what were the lottery numbers for whatever, August 31st, 2024. Done. Send me back. I'm going to get a ticket. Could you remember them? Probably not.

I'll tell you what. Even that idea makes your stock won that much, that much nice. because you understand the few ticker symbols that you're like, oh, I'm right, I'm going literally all in on these motherfuckers. Yeah, 4-500 companies right now. But honestly, I just don't think I could not just sit at the laptop and just type in Nebraska Cornhuskers

National Championship in football. And then you see 2025 in there. Bro, what if you saw nothing? 2026? Like, we just three in a row? That's like, that's basically saying like winning. And then I get to come back on the bus. And then you're going to fuck it all up.

You're going to change the whole butterfly effect. Oh, no. Hey, y'all, I'd be so sick because then I'd be trying to tell you guys what I saw. And they'd be like, he's insanely delusional. We got to get him to a hospital. And then it would happen. But what if you, what if you Googled that? And it said Nebraska Cornhuskers National Championships.

And then you said the last one's 1997. Then you come back and you're going to be great this year. We're going to win the night. It's like, you know that's not true. That's like Googling like, that's like Googling. Drew, like go putting her name in there. And then you could find out if she's alive or not or what she's doing with her life, then you go back and you essentially know what she's doing.

And it's maybe something you don't want to know. I think I do want to know, though. You would want to know when you die, that type of situation? Yeah, I kind of want to know when I'm dying. That's very, I don't know, brave or? I don't know if that's brave. Courageous? Yeah.

That's courageous of you. I wouldn't. Just let me know, man. now. So I'm Googling the lottery tickets for the upcoming lottery. That's the right answer. I think I'll stick with my thought process and do the same thing with the stocks. Stocks and just look up Yahoo Finance, get the S&P 500.

Few stocks I've never heard of that probably aren't businesses that even exist yet that I know when they do exist, they're going to pop off. Just Google fast performing companies. Yeah. In the last. 50 years. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. Decky.

in the last year. All right. You go, biggest misconception of Will Levis. Biggest misconception of Will Levis. I don't know. I just wish more people got an opportunity to just meet me in person and get to know like kind of who I am as a dude. I'm not.

Outside of the body photos. Self-absorbed weirdo that I think a lot of people think I might be with, you know, that like that commercial, a crazy commercial. but this was an awesome piece that they put together. They did one for Tadje and one for me, but I think that gave a good look into kind of what my day-to-day's looking like right now, but yeah, I don't know. I don't really know what the public perception of me per se.

So I just hope to keep doing the right things to show people who I am. The good thing is, like you spoke about it, now you can almost lean into the weirdo stuff. Like everybody who knows you knows you, now you leave the world, you know, now you just start leaning into the bullshit. Yeah. In my opinion.

No, no, no. It's a great way because the people that will just follow you online will never, that'll never truly know you're like, who cares that their opinion is. Yeah. It's like, you can be as goofy and as weird as you want, play into it. And then everyone else is like, the right people know. People are like, yo, Will's a weirdo. It's like, no, man, if you knew him, he's actually to home.

If someone comes across you, it's like, you know, his real, will really weird like that? You're like, no, he kind of just fucks around. Yeah. Which is kind of the best compliment. Yeah. When someone says, ah, he kind of just fucks around. Really? Yeah.

I thought for sure he was fit for a straight jacket. It's tough when everyone's like, hey, is Will really love Nebraska that much? I have to be like, yeah. He really believes that. Dude, we're rooting for you this year, ma'am. Yeah, bro. Got the over under five and a half games to the Tennessee Titans, and I will be betting the over.

Don't say anything. I am betting the over on that. What's that? We need Will to sign our new helmet. We're getting signatures. Oh, that's right. Amazing. The first one here.

Oh, second. Second. Sorry, man. I just kind of went to touch it. Can't touch it unless you're a guest on the podcast. Hold it up for the camera, Will. Let's go. There we go.

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