Stories Inside the Man Cave
Stories Inside the Man Cave
The Pass Rush with Stevie, Clynch, & Adams: Arch "I think the concussion helped" in Vandy win & Marc Pena pays tribute to the late, Scott Wilson
A charged win reveals Texas’ ceiling and flaws, as Arch Manning steadies the offense, the defense hunts, and a murky two-point review fuels debate. We share why Georgia feels like a playoff game and honor superfan Scott Wilson’s unmatched legacy across Texas sports.
• Arch’s poise, confidence, and QB1 ownership
• Offensive line combination finally clicking
• Defensive surge with six sacks and TFLs
• Ethan Burke’s technique and growth
• Controversial two-point review and replay transparency
• Bye-week timing and Georgia’s playoff stakes
• CFP scenarios, polls, and rivalry traps
• Honoring Scott Wilson’s life and impact
• Community stories: Super Cooper Foundation and giving back
• Shoutouts to high school programs and alumni support
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Stevie Lee, I don't like that version of Arch Manning. He's got a little swagger, he's got a little attitude, and he's aware of the cameras. He was taught well by his grandfather, his dad, brothers. If anybody questions that that young man's ability, his fire, his personality, his will, I mean, now it's all coming together, man. You cannot question him right now.
SPEAKER_03:Absolutely not, man. He felt really comfortable being back in the effing crib. That was fun, man. It was fun to watch that first half.
SPEAKER_06:Oh man.
SPEAKER_03:Those three quarters. Three and three and a half quarters. Let's say that.
SPEAKER_06:Three and a half quarters. Yep. And that was impressive coming back home. I mean, they were gone for 42 days from Planet DKR. I thought for 11 a.m. that was about as good as you can get the day after or morning after Halloween. There were a lot of uh hangovers in the building from the night before because Halloween means something to adults now. It's just not for children anymore. We all celebrate the right way.
SPEAKER_03:Absolutely.
SPEAKER_06:Right. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:The right way? What is the right way?
SPEAKER_06:That is for interpretation by every individual, every viewer, everyone. It's different. I can't answer for everybody. It's just different. How do you interpret it? How did you and Summer, how did you guys make Halloween fun at from an adult point of view?
SPEAKER_03:Oh, we just hang out with the neighbors, man. I didn't have any kids at home. Oh, that's right.
SPEAKER_06:You're you're going you're almost empty now. So you guys had, I'm assuming some type of um beverage cocktail was consumed.
SPEAKER_03:I had a little bit of bourbon, but that was about it.
SPEAKER_06:That's okay. And if you ever need any of those cocktails, I can tell you where to go. Uh, it's our guy Dave Ramirez up on Far West Boulevard. Stogie in his mouth, but uh he will treat you like a guest, not a customer. Uh man, we've got a lot to talk about. We've got to honor one of the best uh Longhorn fans ever, great human being. He's a graduate of McCallum High School here in Austin, Texas, the great Scott Wilson, and we've got a special former, well, VIP of the Man Cave for Life. He's coming back in to visit with us along with our guy, Playmaker83. We've got a big show, man. Nine shows remaining until we hit half a thousand Stevie. Man, that's unreal. Um, what do you think, man? Is it no better time than to get it rolling, right?
SPEAKER_03:Let's ride.
SPEAKER_06:Let's ride, baby.
SPEAKER_01:Offense is starting to click a little bit. We got to continue to press and finish games, but um, probably the way we play today. Maybe the concussion helps.
SPEAKER_06:Stevie, I never thought I would put these words or that sentence. Maybe a concussion helped. Uh, and he smiles. I love how he humors it all. He that all of them don't listen to the media, but they do, they are aware of what's being said. But your thoughts on that when he said that and then having the performance. I mean, because all of us, all of those who are Longhorn fans or any fan base who has had a key player or quarterback, anyone on concussion protocol, you're on pins and needles throughout the week because you're being evaluated on what you can and can't handle. And then he was definitely a game time decision.
SPEAKER_03:Man, what it's funny that I haven't heard him say that until just now. But what's funny is one of my seatmates next to my season tickets actually looked over and he said, Have you ever seen a concussion help somebody? So yeah, man. So that's that's the talk right now. But man, he he came out on fire. Uh, I said though, it wasn't the concussion that helped. It is these guys here was going on in the media, and people was talking about um uh Caldwell a lot. So um he knew that he had to uh do something to silence that talk because um maybe he was like, you know what, I'm QB1 and I need to act like it.
SPEAKER_06:That's it. I like that. That's exactly. And then then you had the we're at nine games in, they finally got the right offensive line combination. Cole Hudson, the right guard, Connor Robinson, the center. I mean, I don't think people realize how hard that is when you're rebuilding an old line and try to mix and match and find out who's gonna respond. And they have, and now, you know, this is that November part where they literally have to win every game to get into the CFP. And up next is Georgia, but a bye-week now, and that's what we're gonna talk about as we have this bye week. Uh, all the great things that were accomplished despite uh the near collapse in the fourth quarter, Texas dominated. But hey, before we move forward and bring in the playmaker83, follow us on each of our social media platforms. And Stevie, we love all of our sponsors and our partnerships we have. But for this series, man, one of the best people, the Hargrove family out of Shreveport, your hometown. They've migrated westward and they have great, they are deeply rooted here in Austin. Hargrove Roofing, and and you're one of the faces, including Mason Shipley. But I think I gotta give you the edge over Mason.
SPEAKER_03:Only because I've been here a little bit longer, man.
SPEAKER_06:Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03:I joke about how I how did I get an NIL deal 20 years out of college? Those are my guys, man. They are the most pro-burnt orange roofing company around here, man. So shout out to Hargrove and uh Billy Hargrove uh and the family over there. Hargrove Roofing, know who's on your roof.
SPEAKER_06:Man, that's a great transition, you know. And uh Mike Adams, he's got a lot to live up to to even uh to get up to Stevie. I want to hear Mike Adams say that. Let's bring him in. Mike Adams, what's up, gentlemen? I don't know why it's taken me this long to even ask, but how would you, what's your version? How would you give a shout out to Hardgrove Roofing? Man, Hardgrove Roofy, know who's on your roof. That is really nice. That's really just like that. Just like that. Hey, 34-31. At one point, Texas was rolling you knew Pavia in that group, both sides of the ball. They have uh a really good team, but I I didn't think that they would storm back. I don't think anyone did to make it interesting on an onside kick with about a minute left. What's your you know, wrap it up in like three bullet points? What were your thoughts?
SPEAKER_05:You know, I think uh I it started out pretty good. I mean, touchdown first play of the game, and uh you know, Arch is looking more and more, you know, like like he's supposed to be looking, and you know, the O line look good, and defense actually, I mean I thought they were gonna pitch a shutout, but I I think Vanderbilt may have learned something about themselves because I really haven't seen them play with with such an urgency like they did this past game. And obviously it had a lot to do with the score and they were fighting back, but I think they've seen now, man, maybe we don't have to be a three yards in a cloud of dust, you know, dominate the time of possession. Man, because Paddy put up some numbers. Like, like, like he actually put up some numbers to match, you know, the the the Heisman, you know, the the stats that are associated with being in the Heisman conversation. I mean, I guess we can talk it up to us being maybe a little relaxed. I don't want to think that. You know, I I'd rather think that you know they made a run, you know, we made some stops and and got the unsized kick, or at least it went out of bounds, and that just kind of ended it. I don't I don't want to think that we were just sloppy for a whole half of football.
SPEAKER_06:Yeah, yeah. I I I have to give you know, swing the direction of the conversation uh to Stevie's side. Uh Mike Adams, to your point, to your side, because you were the receiver great. Eight receivers for Texas had multiple receptions, but Stevie, uh, the six sacks of Diego Pavia um and 10 tackles for loss, and he and no one's really talking about enough, but Ethan Burke. And I cannot believe he's a senior out of Westlake. This one right here, I just watch him get through the line and what he's doing now later in his career. Amazing. Stevie, I'll give you the honors being the defensive guy. What are we seeing here? I mean, we have there's so many playmakers on that defense, but what are we seeing right there to allow a guy nothing against Ethan, but there's so many guys getting in on the act of either tackles for losses and QB rushes or sacks.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, so on that particular play, I did watch um, he was very violent on contact, right? So the offensive line tried to put his their his hands on him, and he shot you can't really see it from that shot, but he uh he shot their hands off of him and was able to get separation from them and then shoot that gap for him to uh get back there. And he he did it a couple times in the game where he actually missed the sack, and Pavia is just his feet got him out of that sack. But um he he's um he's violent to the man. Um and then um get under control and get back there to the quarterback. I I like the way he's evolving. Um he's going to be a like he his game is it hasn't plateaued. He's still learning and um and learning how to pass rush. I I love the way he was he would get off the ball, get to the man, and fight that man and got off of him and then got into the backfield. Uh that was really cool to me.
SPEAKER_06:I mean, and it helps the offense with field position. Um Mike, I wanted to ask you this there that controversial two-point conversion. Everyone, no one likes officials, but I don't know. I I think the quality of officiating across the country, I don't think it's SEC. We said the same thing about Big 12, but there were four perspectives or angles of this. And and uh everyone's seen this, but I want Mike to get your take on this. I don't think we there we go. Well, I mean, I don't think any of us can say there's any info or anything that we see with our naked eyes could that could say that was definitely a two-point conversion. The overhead view, the nose of the ball may have scathed the bottom of the white line, the goal line, the plane. What what are what what were we what do you think they were looking at to determine that?
SPEAKER_05:Man, I don't know. I mean that that was I and that's a play that I missed, but when I saw the replays, I'm like, how how in the world did they let this happen? And then it just feeds into all the conspiracy theorists of referees being in on the game and betting and all the scandalous things that are out there, man. It's it it was weird, it was weird, and you know, maybe it's just one that they missed. You know, I I don't want to be the negative guy again. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, but man, that was sketchy.
SPEAKER_03:That that that was that was pretty sketchy, but yeah, and you're supposed to have definitive evidence, correct? And I didn't see definitive evidence on that. Um I I don't I didn't like that call at all uh as I watched it, you know, um afterwards. And I know what you're talking about, Sean. I didn't see it. People thought that people they may have thought it grazed the line, but I wouldn't have called that grazing the line. I that just did not be in and it and it feels icky, you know what it feels like? It feels like waking up on um Monday morning and and watching NFL football and somebody tied, you know. Icky that that didn't feel right to me, and so that giving them that two-point conversion without a definitive answer of yes, he got that ball over the line. That felt icky to me. And in my mind, I was like, he went to the headset. What are they talking about? You may have asked, What's the line of this game? All right, let's just give them that two points.
SPEAKER_05:Hey, they they it's time for the SEC and all the other conferences to go to the uh the the the openness of the ACC when they're uh replay booth. I mean they they got it broadcast, telecasted right there in front of the nation to see, so you can hear everything. So, whatever underlying motive or agenda that we think may be there, they they can't do it when we all are privy to those conversations. Absolutely, right?
SPEAKER_06:Well, unrelated, and and when I discovered it, this was kind of a late ad to the show. But I I think Stevie, uh Diego Pavia, I love watching him play. Um, certain people like, dislike, kind of like Johnny Manzel, but you can't question his ability. But I think in your section, you were sitting near his brother, right?
SPEAKER_03:Yes, I was.
SPEAKER_06:So I saw the video. Can you confirm or deny was he what how was he acting? What did he instigate all that?
SPEAKER_03:100% obnoxious, man. Even before the game, he had the flag turning around to the crowd, throwing up his the the Vandy with Pavia flag, yelling at everybody. And you know, in my section where I sit in section 31, playmaker, I don't know where your your seats are, but uh alumni seats are typically right there 31 and 30. We're all and uh he's right down in front of us, and you know, we're kind of looking around like, man, you know, celebrate your brother, just turn around and shut up. You know what I mean? And so eventually he and the family goes down towards the 50-yard line. So we're right there on the goal line. So they go down towards the 50-yard line, and dude, they were just obnoxious the entire game. His brother, uh, I guess someone said that there was his mother also there. And um, it was golly, I don't, I don't, I don't like talking about people that's not between the lines, but they were man, just to put it frankly, they were just classless. It was just classless. You were in somebody else's house, uh, acting a fool like that. No one was in their face, they were in our face, you know, and it was it was not it was not cool. It wasn't cool at all. And that that's all I really want to say about it, but um back in my younger days, I'd have probably gone down there and it's like shut the health up, you know. But it was bad. Like it was it was actually making me upset that you don't you don't you're not celebrating your team, you're you're just around here taunting us, trying to taunt us. So it felt good to whoop whoop up on them a little bit.
SPEAKER_06:You wouldn't miss Pavia's mother, though. I just want to give her that compliment, by the way. I wasn't gonna say it. So Texas moves on. We got a a bye week this week at Georgia, Athens. That is one of the most beautiful stadiums uh atmospheres I've you know seen in person. I've never been as a fan just for word purposes. But I'm just gonna be short-lived on this topic. I think next week will be a better opportunity to revisit this because there are three games remaining on most of the SP program schedule. But I think with this confidence and this Texas is developing, this Texas and AM game the night after Thanksgiving, I think is gonna have significant implications on a lot. CFP and who plays in the SEC Championship. And I don't, I'm not trying to jinx it. Could there be an opportunity that if X or Y being Texas or AM wins or loses, whoever wins or loses, it could be a rematch the following week in the SEC title game. This is all in play. Um I don't know if you guys want to talk about it or just wait till next week.
SPEAKER_03:Well, let's um let's get past, let's, let's uh man, let's get past Georgia first. Let's just let's let's try to get Georgia on the schedule or Georgia game in and see where we are after that. Like that I think it may be a little bit premature to talk about the Aggies right now.
SPEAKER_06:I gotcha.
SPEAKER_05:Yeah, only I will say though, um and man, that's a crazy scenario. I hadn't really thought about that one. Yeah, I I think AM is a lot for the CFP. Um that may be a game when we play them, we we may need to win that game to to to be in the mix for the CFP. So and obviously, like you're saying, man, we we still got Georgia, still got Arkansas. So man, we got we got a lot of work to do. We we can't afford to look ahead.
SPEAKER_03:We do got a lot of work to do because that's uh going into Athens in between the hedges, which is a beautiful place. I went there as a recruit. Um but um then you got back-to-back rivalry games. Yeah, because believe it or not, Arkansas is a rival of ours. They they hate us more than they like themselves. And and um and they could they're coming in our house, and then we gotta come back to play the Aggies who's on fire right now, too. So we got a tough road ahead, and they need we need to um play what's in front of us right now and not think about anything else.
SPEAKER_05:Yeah, this this this Georgia game coming up, it's essentially a playoff game. Yeah, 100%. Like we we that's how we gotta look at it, that's the approach we gotta take. And because uh, you know, if we if we were to lose that game, man, that that puts us on the outside looking in for real. We we would need a lot of help.
SPEAKER_06:A lot of help. And it's you know, with OU beating Tennessee and Knoxville, um that that that they're right there, and then the polls they have OU above Texas now, right? That went on the road, uh, and Texas Tech, who uh I don't know a lot of people realize Kansas, they had had trouble historically beating Kansas State, they beat them on the road. Uh, I'm gonna post a video their field goal kicker. It Mr. Field Goal hit the upright, the loudest doink. I mean, it was I'm sure you could have heard it outside the stadium, somewhat amusing, but my my sense of humor is a little awkward. I find things amusing that most people don't. Uh, but but uh you don't have to go far. I think the biggest upset, in my opinion, occurred in Dallas. So Miami's done. Done. CFP hopes is done. First home win versus a top 10 team at home for SMU since 1974. Unbelievable. Awesome. Yeah, that's awesome.
SPEAKER_05:Major mile, man, that was huge. Big win. And big win, you know, talking about the ACC, man. I mean, you know, Miami, their margin for error was already kind of small, and with them losing that game, man, that that just sets up uh SMU's a threat. They've only lost once, man, and in Congress played the last couple years. I mean, they're pretty proven. And you know, Louisville has to go down there in a couple of weeks, you know, after coming off a Clemson game that that you know we have to play. So SMU's right in the thick of it, man, along with like four other ACC teams.
SPEAKER_06:Margin for error is very small, and we'll see that just in case you're not aware. Uh MA Sons, they both play for the Louisville Cardinals. Uh Deuce playing at quarterback. And speaking of Louisville, where are they in this uh our own version of we have power rankings, not ratings, power rankings, so to speak. Power twelve. What's it look like now?
SPEAKER_05:You should be in that top twelve, I know.
SPEAKER_06:Well, let's go, let's check it out. Don't hate on me. They're right there. They're right there.
SPEAKER_05:Kick his ass, I I I would actually take OU out. I would take Texas might be in the top 12, but I would place both of those teams below Louisville with the one loss. That's fair. That is fair. And and and Virginia's there. I Vanderbilt, I'm moving them down. I mean, if it weren't for a late second half slide, they might be ranked in the 20s or something like that. It's like they they battle late. But I think uh that that that close for that that poll is pretty close to the AP. The AP poll has uh you know, OU in Texas ranked in front of Louisville. Um, I think Virginia's ranked in front of those guys. I I think the bye week, I was thinking about this. I think the bye week might hurt us this week, Texas. You know, I've seen that in the past. If a team didn't play, uh you know, other teams so so it wouldn't it wouldn't site me to see Texas fall a spot next week, just just for the fact that they're not even playing this week.
SPEAKER_06:It doesn't matter. Uh, but the only poll that really matters is the CFP, and that'll be revealed on Tuesday, that tomorrow as I cover up's face. Um guys, one of the one of the everyone's favorite human beings who's been around the program a long time. Um, I thought what UT did was pure class. Uh Scott Wilson, uh, when Texas was on their way to the Florida game, uh, as soon as he got off the plane, had a massive heart attack, stroke. I I've I've heard both. And he he's been at the he was at the University of Florida Medical Center for all this time. And I believe it was Halloween. He he passed away, and it's affected a lot of people because this guy has been around, um, especially baseball for me growing up. Uh the the original Wild Bunch. Um Scott was one of their ringleaders and just a good human being, and then truly devoted to the University of Texas, uh, a lawyer, and he's a native Austinite. And I don't know, I'm 74 years old, he passed away, and this is how he was honored at UT.
SPEAKER_00:All home and away. He is Scott Music with an incredible legacy of that.
SPEAKER_06:We show my second Scott's favorite song, the eyes of and we bring in Mark Pina, uh, also alias, occupy left field, the king of, the CEO of brother. Thanks for coming back in. It's been a while.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah, absolutely. I appreciate you having me back on, Clinch.
SPEAKER_06:Absolutely, brother. Anything for you. Um, the reason why obviously your relationship with the Texas baseball program and who you are, and just a just a solid human being, but you also had a great relationship, and you have a great way of communicating things such as this and what he meant to not only baseball, but to this community, and also just remembering the great human being he was.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah, Scott was uh he was one of one, Sean, and there's there's never gonna be another Scott Wilson again. Uh I would venture to guess he may be the most deep diehard college sports fan anywhere in the country, right? I mean, you talk about his streaks going to how many baseball games? Almost 1,600 baseball games in a row. 1600 baseball games 2,000. Yeah, it's insane, man. Just the the streaks are incredible. His uh his dedication to UT and all of the various programs uh was just second to none. And on top of it, he was just such a fantastic person, man. He knew everybody, everybody knew him, he remembered everybody's names. Uh, I think, you know, especially with the baseball program, there isn't a mom, a dad, a brother, a sister, an athletic trainer that Scott Wilson didn't know, man. He was just a very special person uh that that tried to do everything he could to support the program, to support the teams, and uh he's gonna be missed.
SPEAKER_06:Um, Mike, Stevie, just to give you an idea, well, I mentioned his age, but uh this is a guy that attended baseball games at the old Clark Field where they would skip class, and that's over there by the Bass Concert Hall, or it was. But even before that streak of baseball games, there were several in which he traveled to. He was at the College World Series dating back to the 80s, all of them tailgating, and then it's unbelievable. And if I remember correctly, and Mark, uh, you may be able to correct me and tell me I'm wrong, but I think he's been to every football game since Earl Campbell played.
SPEAKER_04:Yep.
SPEAKER_06:Wow.
SPEAKER_04:That is absolutely true, has not missed one, man. So uh he uh he went out doing what he loves for sure, you know, and and being out on a trip. Uh, I think, you know, Sean, biggest biggest regret for us and and for his friends is that you know he passed away in Florida so far away from from all his friends and and people who would have loved to bit uh be there to support him. But uh again, man, he he went out doing what he loved. And and then I think if you would have asked him how he would have gone out, it would have been getting off a plane to go watch the horns play football. So special too. Yep.
SPEAKER_06:Well Stevie or Mike, do you guys remember Scott at all? Did you from your day?
SPEAKER_05:I I mean I I I've never had a pleasure of meeting him, but I but definitely seeing his presence, you know, all social media and just knowing that name. I mean, I I've seen that name, and I wish I could have could have met him. I mean, he's you know, like like Mark said, probably the the the best. I'm gonna call him super fan of any alumni you know in the country. I with you know Scott and the guy from Ohio State comes to mind. The guy you know that we always you know those two, man. But just the vehicle with the horns on it and him traveling to Omaha. I think that's when I first like really uh started kind of paying attention. It may have been like the O5 World Series or or one of those series, but but man, he's uh yeah, certainly had a great impact. On Texas sports. And yeah, he's gonna be missed, man. Gonna miss seeing his presence at those games and them just showing him whenever there's a big game and all that sort of thing.
SPEAKER_06:Stevie, I think that orange that burnt orange caddy may be up your alley.
SPEAKER_03:It might be, man. It might be. I don't know if that's not the older one that I want. I want the 64, so it's a little bit longer. But yeah, I remember uh the car and uh I'd never had a pleasure of meeting him like him, but um knew of him. Um and and knew I knew that record of uh not missing a football game. I did not know about basket, I mean uh um baseball, but I knew I knew it was about football. Um but yeah, man, it it's so real, it's really cool, and that's the spirit of college football. Um uh fans like that. Um hopefully we don't lose that in this new NIL and revenue sharing um um uh what era that we're in. So um, you know, it's it's hats off to him, you know. Prayers go out to the family and just praying for healing energy, man, because uh um that is pretty cool. Like he's known for following his horns and uh you know passed away following his horns. That's that's that's pretty neat.
SPEAKER_05:And and to be honest, man, there's not a lot of you know no schools that have uh these types of representatives. I I mean UT is is one of those schools. I mean, um, you know, besides Scott, and and there's tons of them that that probably don't have the the recognition that he does, but man, they're faithfully again, right? You know, each and every week. I mean, they travel. I mean, you look at our teams when we go to the NCAA tournament or or the College World Series or whatever, our fans are there, man. They're there. That that's one of the reasons why you know it'd be hard for any any player to come out of high school, you know, even if it is the nil there. I mean, I mean, it's just some things are gonna be constants, and the support that UT has, you know, and different alumni, man, that's always gonna be a constant.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah, and then Clinch and Mike, one of the the great things about Scott, right, is he gets that recognition for football baseball. But right, dude, it was crazy the way he supported every program on campus. Uh one of my funniest stories about Wilson is I called him about 10 years ago. I don't even remember what time of year it was, but it wasn't during baseball season. I just called him to check on him to see how he was doing. And I go, hey man, what are you up to, Wilson? He's in Minnesota. And I go, what are you doing up in Minnesota? He was at a University of Texas women's golf tournament. He drove to Minnesota by himself to go watch women's college golf. That's just how much of a fan of the University of Texas as he was. And anytime he had an opportunity to get in his car and you know, drive across the country to go support a program, he was gonna do it. So it's not just the the big sports. He was there for everybody, never missed a volleyball game, never missed a softball game. I mean, he was everywhere. Uh so uh truly one of a kind.
SPEAKER_06:One of a kind. I it just I just realized one of my favorite stories, and this may be the first time that he really left a mark on me. And I I think I tweeted about it, but I must have been 88 or 89. Um, I was a young guy, I had a lot of hair then. Um I'm entering ditch fog from before the renovations on the third base side, and that was I think the week or two after OU and Oklahoma State were both in the big eight. And they got it's called Vedlam, they got into a brawl. I mean, OU, the Sooners Cowboys were they were benches clearing brawl. And when OU came to Austin, it was either for a non-conference series or maybe it was a regional game. I can't remember. Scott Wilson and the Wild Bunch started from the third base side. He had a full boxer's robe on, boxing gloves, uh, the two Wild Bunch members with water pels, and he's walking around like this around the concourse before the first pitch of the game, and they were rising off because they mark it, just like you guys do out in left field. Um you guys study, and you guys know who your uh the opponent is, especially the left fielder. The beautiful thing here, occupy left field is an extension of the it's the modern day uh wild bunch, and that's what's cool about it things evolve. And do you did you ever hear that story, Mark?
SPEAKER_04:But I have heard that story, I've heard so many stories, but that's one of the good ones that people like to tell. Absolutely.
SPEAKER_06:Oh my god. Well, Daniel, we got to figure out another excuse to get you on here because uh and because you you're part of another podcast, too, correct?
SPEAKER_04:Yeah, do uh with a couple of other guys, Zach Sim and uh Sean Redford, and we we do uh podcast during baseball season. So love talking about uh the Texas baseball program and keeping people informed about that. So baseball is just a couple months away. Hoping that uh the football team will keep us nice and occupied until uh late January, hopefully. We'll see how that goes.
SPEAKER_06:You got it occupied in there. I knew that was gonna happen somehow. Yeah, that's true. Hey, Pinya, we're gonna have you back. Um, Adam, stick with us. Pinha, we're gonna go to break and just a quick we're gonna show Wilson getting an opportunity because I have seen him at funerals, uh, church services, whatnot, and he got to do this at one of the baseball games a couple of times. He sings like a well-trained choir boy to these guys in Texas as we hit the break. Much love, Pina. Appreciate y'all for having me on. One of the we'll see you soon.
SPEAKER_07:How do you deliver it? What's your best delivery?
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SPEAKER_06:You baseball guys, you guys are bigger baseball guys than me. The Dodgers claim their ninth World Series in Clayton Kershaw, all 18 seasons in LA, 11-time All-Star. I think it was what two time Cy Young winner, but native of Highland Park in Dallas, Texas, man. What's your thoughts on the Dodgers?
SPEAKER_03:Uh hats off to him. I I was um I was rooting for them because I'm a Magic Johnson fan and he's part of the ownership group. Um, and you know, it's just um well I I learned a long time ago that baseball was America's best uh pastime, and you just can't let the American pennant go up to Canada, man. So we have people in America, man. So I'm I'm happy that the Dodgers uh pulled it out.
SPEAKER_05:Yeah, that's kind of why I changed my opinion. At first I was on the uh Drake and Kendrick Lamar angle, but then I came in my senses. I was like, nah, I want the Dodgers to win, and I'm a big Yankees fan, and yeah, the Dodgers and Yankees they have their own little little pass and rivalry going, but I I'd rather see the Dodgers win than the uh Blue Jays. Yeah.
SPEAKER_06:It was a great series, it was great for the game, and I I haven't seen the final numbers on ratings, it really doesn't matter. That was great baseball, great baseball for now that we're in November, it used to be the October classic, but and it was it was I'm sorry, let me uh say this, man.
SPEAKER_03:It was really fitting for a game seven World Series to go into extra innings. That was yes, it was a storybook um uh ending, you know.
SPEAKER_05:So yeah, the Dodgers were losing, yeah.
SPEAKER_03:They were losing and came back. And so for it did Kershaw announce retirement. Was that his retirement announcement when he was talking in the locker room?
SPEAKER_05:I I believe so. I think I think he already announced it like prior to okay. They knew that he was going to uh this is gonna be his last year.
SPEAKER_03:See, you can't even write that movie right there, man. That's one screens, you know. So that's that's perfect for him. Great for the Dodgers. Um, I know he's gone through ups and downs, being with her for 18 years. Uh new ownership, going through that, new GMs and coaches and things like that, but he was tried and true, and then in his career, in uh it was in Toronto, but with the Dodgers in extra innings in game seven. That's that's storybook.
SPEAKER_05:Yeah, he he's one of the most dominant pitchers, man, of his generation. Kershaw, like you said, three, four Cy Young's and um, you know, known as the greatest regular season pitcher we probably have. He kind of got a you know, gets a bun wrap for the postseason, but you know, postseason that's that's out of a lot of our control.
SPEAKER_06:Yeah, you know, uh I saw the interview. I love the post-game interviews in the locker room after they've had a little bit of uh champagne and beer. Um what's his name? Uh Kiki Hernandez.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_06:He uh the interview, I forgot they were interviewing him. He had you know part of the game winner uh in game seven. At the end of the interview, the enter the after the end of the end of the interview, he said, I love your nipples to the mail reporter.
SPEAKER_05:That champagne must have already been hidden to him.
SPEAKER_06:It was blowing, it was all out of humor. Oh my god. Hey, real quick, real quick, uh I haven't recorded it, cut it yet, but uh our week 10 high school football team of the week, Huddo Hippos, Eli Reinhardt in his first year after being an assistant up at uh North Corralie and Fort Worth, won a state championship. He led the Huddo Hippos to uh, I believe the district championship in a in a in a playoff spot. So shout out to the Huddo Hippos, man. Uh, and I know Mike, did you spend some time uh coaching in Huddo?
SPEAKER_05:Yeah, man, we lived in Huddo for 14, 15 years. The boys were freshman there in Huddo, and then I got a uh OC job in Maynard and went back to Maynor. And um, obviously I leave, they leave. So hey, you wouldn't you wouldn't believe it, but some some programs actually thought that no way you can just take the job and leave your kids here. Like, nah, that's not how that works, man.
SPEAKER_06:It's not how that works, but yeah. I forgot about that, man. I I just God, I'm having trouble remembering what I did yesterday, and sometimes I remember what happened 14 years ago out of the blue. Um hey, TikTok in the man cave, uh uh, everyone's favorite kicker, my fantasy kicker, Dicker the kicker, former Longhorn. Um, he dressed up as Hannah Montana for Halloween and had to play the role, and uh, it's all over. All over TikTok.
SPEAKER_05:Dressed up as Hannah Montana.
SPEAKER_06:Here we go.
SPEAKER_03:That had to be a lost bet. That had to be had to have to be like you have to do this. Uh that had to be a lost bet. I hope he didn't do that on his own.
SPEAKER_05:Got a lot of time in the offseason, I see.
SPEAKER_03:He must have been working on that for a minute.
SPEAKER_05:Yeah, I don't know about that one.
SPEAKER_06:Hannah Montana or whatever he's dressing up as. That that he is a character. He he is uh cool as a cucumber. He gets a lot of fantasy league points every year. Every game. Every game. Hey, let's end this thing on some positivity.
SPEAKER_07:Hey man, tell me something good.
SPEAKER_06:We'll start with our guy, MA, because we kept him past his bedtime. I'm just kidding, past the normal time. Uh MA, tell me something good, my brother.
SPEAKER_05:Man, um let me see here. You put me on the spot being first.
SPEAKER_03:Um, that's okay. Well, then I'll go. I'll I'll go, MA. Don't worry about it. Uh oh, okay, okay, okay. Yeah, man. Something good for me, man. Um uh spring, or not spring, but it's just fall is in the air, man. And uh, I'm having a really good time with my babies. Um my daughter, my oldest daughter in college just had a little, uh, not a little, but had a surgery to get a leg fixed, and she's oh she's um she's feeling positive now and ready to play volleyball next season. She got awarded her a red shirt, so she'll be fine. Um, and uh and so but she was dealing with that for a while. So something good is in my household, everything is looking up. Uh, my wife just came from um Missouri to take care of her. Now my mom is up there taking care of my daughter, and she caught what made me feel good is I had to I played a golf tournament today for a fundraiser, Super Cooper, where Sean Clitch was supposed to be there, but it wasn't able to make it. But I'm on a on a golf course and I get a FaceTime from my daughter, and I no matter what I'm doing, I'm answering my daughter's FaceTime, right? Yeah, um, and she gets a I get a FaceTime and I see her background. She's in a department store asking me for money, and that was the and it made me feel good because she's been laid up in a bed for a week, almost a week, and she's out now asking me for money. That was the the first time I was badly to give her money to uh go uh do a little bit of retail therapy because I saw her out out of the bed and actually moving around uh after uh having a major surgery on her tibia. So that's something good. It made me feel really good that she was out. So I was like, go ahead, use use the uh the emergency card, get what you need to get and get out of there.
SPEAKER_06:Emergency card. I never had one of those.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, so that's something good. It made me feel good that my daughter was out and about and not in a dark room laid up all day. So it's a little personal to me. I'm sorry, guys. If I got that is good, yeah. No, yeah, no, that's that's big. That's big, right?
SPEAKER_05:That's great. Yeah, definitely is. That's big. Yeah, man. I guess along those same lines, uh, yep, shout out to my daughter. Um, her and my uh I don't know if I should announce this, but I'll put it this way getting ready to be a grandpa again.
SPEAKER_07:So oh wow.
SPEAKER_05:Very excited about that. That that's that that's big. Um, Deuce got in the game again. Got in the game again. Let's go, dude. At a four down carry. Unfortunately, he did not get the first like he did against Miami. I think uh Virginia Tick was watching a little bit of film, and they said, Yeah, when this guy comes in, they're probably gonna try to run it. They were waiting. So that didn't go as well, but but it he did get in the game, man. I'm just uh excited for for him being able to travel, man. Taking taking you traveling, travel as a true freshman, traveled as a regular freshman now, and uh just just learning behind some some solid quarterbacks, you know, Tyler Shrug been a you know, second round pick and um Deuce just right there on Miller, man, just kind of you know making sure he he keeps his game where he should be. Um yeah, it's gonna it's gonna be exciting time for Louisville, man. That's uh we're looking forward to possibly going to a playoff game and uh hope hopefully they can win out. But other than that, man, shout out to my kids here at Conley. Students are doing well, man. They uh they're having a lot of fun with me these days. They're putting me on these uh you know, cheerleader run-out signs and posting signs around the school of me. They call me big brother around here because they said I get around a lot of them always in their business. Love it. So uh I'm I'm the current meme here for the last month or two at school, but I'm glad they're having fun, man. Glad they're having fun.
SPEAKER_03:So you're changing lives, man. Lives of important kids gonna be our uh our future, man. So keep doing what you're doing. You're obviously doing something great over there, man. So just keep it up.
SPEAKER_05:No doubt, appreciate it, Jalen.
SPEAKER_06:Oh man, much respect for EMA. Always have. Uh before I deliver mine, I gotta say what I think is good before I get to tell you something great. Uh, this is two games in a row where Texas has done their first offensive possession where they've gone with the swing pass to the right to wingo, and it has uh resulted in a huge chunk of real estate and a touchdown. I don't want to make a wager, but how much do you think that they do that against Georgia? But fake it and go up top the other side against Georgia because you know they're gonna be looking for it. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05:Oh yeah, oh yeah. Kirby's definitely gonna be he's watching film from two years ago when Worthy ran that play against OU. He he's definitely gonna be ready for it. You know, no, hopefully, uh you know, no shark comes out with something different.
SPEAKER_06:Uh uh Mosley to the other side, fake over here to the right. Let's go up top left to uh Mosley.
SPEAKER_03:Have we heard what Wingo is on the scalping report or the uh um injury report?
SPEAKER_05:I think he'll be good by next year. They're saying they're saying he's gonna be out, but he's gonna play his thumb. You know, I guess he had surgery on it or hurt it, sprained it real bad, something like that. But I can't imagine he'd miss that game.
SPEAKER_06:They got it. So I'll tell you something good or great, and it's off of what Stevie said. Uh, Super Cooper Golf Tournament. I have forgotten, I want to say this is the eighth or ninth, maybe um eighth super cooper golf tournament head out there in between Round Rock and Huddle at that golf course. John and uh Mindy Hernandez, his parents, and he has a brother and a sister, beautiful family, and I they're like family to me. Um, the story behind Super Cooper is, and this is to bring awareness to um pediatric osteosarcoma. I met Super Cooper at a Gerald football game. I happened to be there covering, I forgot who they were playing that night. This is back in my days at KVU, and I'm at the 50-yard line. It's cancer awareness, uh, honoring those cancer survivors. Everybody's wearing gold. Uh, I look over this young man, young man, which was Cooper, in a wheelchair. He had just had his leg amputated days prior. He was there for the coin toss, and we connected, met Mindy and John. I go have it all approved. I go to uh Dell Children's Hospital, interview him, his family there, and some physicians. And ever since we've been connected, and they hit their team of people from Gerald and Georgetown host that golf tournament. They do a phenomenal job. Stevie, that was their first time to be a part of it. This is now the second one that I missed, not on purpose, uh, but raising money for that foundation and to bring awareness and hopefully make medical advancements toward Australia.
SPEAKER_03:A little bit about that is I met his mom today, and um uh I hopefully, I mean, I'm I guess I'm not announcing anything, but he's uh he's a wheelchair basketball player. Yep, and he's being he's heavily recruited right now. And uh one of his schools is Alabama, they have a whole facility for um that's amazing differently abled kids, uh, and they offer scholarships. So uh he's being heavily recruited by different schools around the country to come play wheelchair basketball for them.
SPEAKER_06:That's awesome. That's awesome. I love it. Isn't that called adaptive sport, something like that? I believe so.
SPEAKER_03:I could be wrong on the terminology, and if I am, I'm sorry, but um uh I I'll I'll do better.
SPEAKER_06:But no, I'll do better. I should know. But hey, and just like his dad, John, um Cooper is a large human. He is large human.
SPEAKER_03:He is so when I I and I know he had gotten older and things like that, but I I heard the story, and when I walked in, and his mom wanted to wanted me to introduce him, wanted her to, he she wanted me to him to she wanted to introduce him to me, and he stood up and I was like, Oh, he's not a kid, he's he's a man. So it was fun. It was fun meeting him. We took a bunch of pictures and um and um and a bunch of good people out there, man. Uh Harbaugh Harge was out there, yeah, yeah, and um Baba Lou. Um yeah, a bunch of people out there, a lot of uh baseball players out there, man. It was it was a lot of fun. I saw um Jay, not James Thomas, uh basketball player, golly, I'm blanking his name, but it was basketball guys out there as well. So it was fun to be around old Longhorns, man. Yeah, gray beards.
SPEAKER_06:Yeah, that's the amusing thing. Uh Chris Clack is usually out there, and uh been a big supporter, but a lot of former UT athletes. But man, great show, gentlemen. Shout out to the Hernandez family and shout out to Hardgrove Roofing, the beautiful Shreeport, Louisiana, the home of Stevie Lee and the home of Hardgrove Roofing. They have a second home in Austin, Texas, and to Nacanoches, Texas, my college alma matter home, and to the beautiful city of Arlington, Texas, the home of Mike Adams. Yes, sir. Shout out to Arlington Sam Houston, where he is a Hall of Fame member of Last Check, if I remember correctly. Yeah, that's correct. That's correct. Much love to Mike Adams and his family, and to Stevie Lee and his beautiful family. He is the uh one male in the household other than his dog, and to all of the viewers, the viewers, thank you for tolerating us, welcoming in to your your cell phone, your home. Thanks for liking and sharing and supporting our podcast. Please keep it up. And to everyone, everyone enjoying this great football season. And to the and you mentioned one of them, Stevie, to the OG Man Cave boys, that being Harbaugh Hart, Big Mike, and Lee Coach Mo. What do we tell them, Stevie Lee?
SPEAKER_03:We out.