Stories Inside the Man Cave
Stories Inside the Man Cave
Episode 495: From LBJ To Anderson: The Crenshaw Legacy And A Record-Breaking Run
A father, a son, and a city’s football legacy converge as Caleb Crenshaw becomes Austin ISD’s rushing king and commits to SFA. We trace the east side roots, the Anderson bond, and the brotherhood that turned a bold move into a record season.
• Caleb’s record-setting run and what it meant
• Shannon’s perspective on legacy and role models
• East side rivalries and Nelson Field memories
• Cedric Alexander’s influence and family ties
• Recruiting realities and the transfer portal
• Why SFA was the right fit
• Anderson’s culture shift and 7-on-7 bond
• Miami Riley’s impact on and off the field
• Confidence facing Barbers Hill and beyond
• A playful origin story: pacifier and 80-yard runs
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SPEAKER_03:Yes, sir. Got it on in the other room.
SPEAKER_00:Man, that looks good on you. That purple and white just looks much better on you guys than it does on me. I'm gonna be honest. Thank you. Hey, when you guys, we'll start with you, Kelly. When you see that video of the long run against Friendswood in the bi-district playoff game on that beautiful day last Saturday at House Park, your home field, and you you eclipse somebody that you know all too well, uh, and become the rushing king and the touchdown, rushing touchdown uh king. You did that a couple two or three weeks ago. Does tell me what goes through your mind when you say did you ever think, did I really did I really achieve that?
SPEAKER_05:I mean, so really I had been broke the record before that. Before that run, I had broken like somewhere between up in the second quarter and the first quarter. So I mean, I already knew I had broke the record, but they just announced it right after that touchdown. But I didn't really I didn't even hear them announce it. Somebody Miami had somebody announced it, but I couldn't hear it because I was just hearing the band and I was just hearing the crowd. But I mean, that was just the first play out of halftime. I mean, I just followed my blocks and then the hole just opened up and I just hit the hole and then all she wrote from there.
SPEAKER_00:All right, dad. I I I've I've I've known, I've seen, I've witnessed a lot of dads. You know, a lot of dads can't sit still during their during their sons or daughters' games and whatever. But this whole journey for you to where you are now and had watching him set a record that is very difficult anywhere. Well how have you handled all this?
SPEAKER_03:It's it's it's it's been a whirlwind. It's been really exciting. It's been it's it's been an expectation, it's been a goal for his been set for a while now. And just just first off, just the just the the person that had the goal itself, Cedric Alexander. Like we've been knowing him our whole life. Like we couldn't add, Caleb couldn't ask for a better role model, a better person to set the bar since day one. Cedric Alexander has been somebody that was hard-nosed, getting the game, physical back, vision, and we knew the talent that he had. So we gotta give props to him for even getting up there, setting the bar like that, and giving Caleb something to chase after. So I appreciate Lester for that. But just knowing the work that he's put in, the sacrifices he's made since day one. He's been playing football since he's been four years old. And the record just it means a lot to me because, like, you know, I I ran that rock pretty good back in the day, too. But like I just didn't leave my mark how I wanted to leave it, but to have my son to come in there and just pick up where I left off and go accomplish something that's gonna be in this family, and he put us, you know, he represented us well, and just I can't be more blessed and excited for him.
SPEAKER_00:You know, before we move on, I definitely want to encourage everybody just uh shoot us a follow like on each of our social media platforms, and you can subscribe for free. Not many things are free anymore, but uh our YouTube page. But you kind of alluded to it, and we're gonna talk about Cedric Alexander a little more, but the Crenshaw legacy. Um, me being an ATX native, and I then I left for 20 years. I knew the Crenshaw name on the east side. We I I grew up watching the old LBJ Reagan rivalry, and we would sneak off to Nelson Field back in those days, and that was a full house, eight to ten thousand people. And the tell me a little bit about that, Shannon. Uh the Crenshaw legacy and and and the big family tree that you guys are a part of, a legendary name in Austin, Texas.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, it's I mean, it's it's it first of all, the uh the robbery was just it was it was amazing. It was like you said, it was a packed house. Dancing field was sold out, and that was your opportunity to go out there in front of everybody, showcase your skills and your talents, and just represent yourself for the city in front of everybody. I mean, it was crosstown, both teams was good all the time. You never know what was gonna happen. You just have to show up on Friday night and just see what was gonna go on, and it was always a show, crowded, packed house. But yes, um we spoke earlier about you know, just like some crenshaws coming through that like we we talked about, uh Robert Crenshaw that came through that played over there at UT. He was a big time safety over there at LBJ, and then you know, like myself, I came through there, did what I had to do, and I mean it was just exciting back then to just know that that robbery was coming, and everybody was involved in this in the community.
SPEAKER_00:How about you, Taylor? You growing up carrying this name, but the stories I would love to hear the stories you must have been told growing up. And and I don't know if how big your family reunions are, if you have those, but during the holidays, during the football seasons growing up, what was that like for you to grow up around all these stories and hearing those about those great games at Nelson Field?
SPEAKER_05:I mean, everywhere I go, I mean, everybody knows that I'm his son. Like, if you see me, like if a random person just walked up to me, you they'd be like, You share this button, and they'll tell me my dad had just like how he was just an awesome running back back in the day. So, I mean, it's only right that it was it was passed down to me. Like, I even I had to work for it, but it was passed down to me thanks to him. But everywhere I go, like growing up, like they would always tell me about how my dad was just awesome, like he was energetic, not energetic, but electric. Yeah, I'll say that right there because I used to I see some of his clips sometimes, and man, he was fast, like he'll hit the hole and he'll go just like me. So, I mean, I'm glad I picked up where he left off.
SPEAKER_00:Well, speaking of, you said clips, you guys must must know how this is gonna go. Uh, I I was texting uh Shannon last night, and uh I found a clip, and this was three years after I graduated, and the it is it's not as blurry as I thought it would be, but this is a touchdown that your dad scored in that big game against Reagan, which is now known as Northeast. Yeah, Crenshaw makes the picture, looks for crenshaw, paddle.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, no, he has the late now.
SPEAKER_00:Man, was that did you you've been what you were watching Deion Sanders a little bit on that celebration when he went in the end zone?
SPEAKER_03:I'm gonna tell you just like this. I'm so thankful my son don't take after me because I'm gonna let you have it. I'm gonna have to go. Hey, that was me. That's what me. That was me. They called me show time back then. Hey, you better not let me get in that end zone because you're gonna know about it. The whole stadium, I talked noise through the whole game, but especially in that game, we were losing that game, we were losing that game up until that point. We were inside of two minutes. My quarterback, Jamal Davis, love it. Best quarterback from LBJ. He lined it up. We are we we always had eye contact and we knew what it was. We knew what it was every time. They lined me up on the linebacker. We knew off the ball at the snap. I'm finna burn him, give me the rock, and we're finna win this game, baby. That's just that's just how it was. We did that multiple times, we did that multiple times. So um the linebacker, I mean the uh DB coach over there at the time, it was Andrew Jackson. You know, he got some ties with LBJ as well. Me and him, we just went back and forth, we just argued, argued, cussed each other out. May he rest in peace through the whole game. And I promise, if he was here right now, right before that play, I told him I was like, Coach, keep talking. Watch this. I'm gonna scold y'all, and I'm telling you, he hey, they threw that rock up there, and that's how she wrote. We won that game.
SPEAKER_00:Man, that was those were good times, and rest in peace, Coach Jack did a phenomenal job, LBJ. Here's some photos that uh you you helped me with. I mean, look at number one right there. It looked like Reagan, somebody from Reagan's trying to rip your jersey off, trying to keep you out of the end zone.
SPEAKER_03:Well, if you just notice both of those poses in the pitches, I run through people, I run through people, those are run throughs, both pitches, both of them, they run throughs. So, yeah. I I mean, if I my jersey was tight, like that Anderson number one right there, he never he touched me.
SPEAKER_00:Caleb, has there ever been any con? Has there been many or any convos between you and dad about who would win a one-on-one battle?
SPEAKER_04:On the know what's up, though. That's all I gotta say.
SPEAKER_03:I'm gonna just I'm gonna just sum it up like this. I'm gonna just sum it up like this. We we gonna we can make one complete back. I got the loose, I got the speed, he got the power, he got the statue. We both got hands and can catch that thing. Got the back bill, he got the vision, and like I said, shoes. Did you see him out there looking out good? He's swole. I was every bit about 150. What what we both bring to the table made one hell of a bet.
SPEAKER_00:There is no doubt about it. You know, you're part of that uh that crenshaw DNA. Um, you mentioned Cedric Alexander, and for those who are wondering who that is, uh Cedric Alexander eclipsed the Austin Isd rushing record before he went on to Vanderbilt University, and he has been a part of uh a culture change at Vanderbilt. He and that group, Diego Papia, have not just turned Vanderbilt into a winning program, yes, sir. They're a CFP contending program, and Cedric is a big, big part of what they're doing now. Um, you know, Caleb, I want to pull up some photos of Cedric. One's of him at LBJ, and then I think this was his uh freshman year at Vanderbilt. When you you two are related. It's just part of this family tree, right?
SPEAKER_05:Yes, sir.
SPEAKER_00:Well, and he's how many, he's how many years, two or three years older than you?
SPEAKER_05:I say four.
SPEAKER_00:Four, okay. Was he was he like a little a big brother to you kind of?
SPEAKER_05:Basically, like my whole life, you just like my role, my like I always look up to him after football practice. We played on the same little league team. I used to stay after my practice and watch him practice. I used to stay after my games and watch his games. I mean, yeah, like my whole life he just always been that role model, that big brother figure to me that I never had.
SPEAKER_00:That's amazing because Shannon, you said it. For him to break his record. I mean, think about this story, guys. I mean, think about this. That's that's universal alignment and a God thing. It's gotta be for you to break your family members' record, which you know was he held it for what three years. And I know you got the bulk of your yards at LBJ, but if you guys just sit here and think about this for a minute, whoa, not only did Caleb do this, but he he eclipsed his family members. I mean, that's wild. I've never heard of that before.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, that's awesome because like it's just it's just that it it just speaks to the amount of work that these young men put in. I mean, it's just no mistake in it. From day one, Cedric's fall, Cedric's father pushed him all the way from I'm talking two years old. Soon when it was time to walk, it was time to go run the football. He pushed him. Cedric worked, he worked his butt off, he was also good in the books, but it was just like there's no mistake about why he is where he is right now. But then you just look at it like Caleb followed the same thing. They both grew up young with the same trainer. Eric Flores, the best trainer in the Austin in this state, I think, because he keeps their bodies right. He got them together, they did everything he did, went to the same trainer, played in the same football organization, ended up at the same school. And after all that work they put in, I mean, just look at it. Between them two, they racked up over 10,000 yards in AISD. The only two backs in AISD history to go over 5,000 yards in a career. And it's just no mistaking about it. The work that they put in, it's where they come from. They got that Austin Stiller DNA in them. That's where they started at. Cedric set the bar, Caleb followed it. So that once again, I'm eternally grateful for everything that's said and done because hey, if he wasn't the best and couldn't set the ball and be up at the top, it was nowhere for Caleb to go climb and reach for. So shout out to uh 28. That's my point.
SPEAKER_00:Absolutely, absolutely, and there's been some really good running backs that have come through AISD. Uh from Bowie, Reagan, Johnson, old Johnston, um, LBJ, of course. Uh Crockett, you know, you got one at uh Texas Tech right now. Uh Dickey, yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Dickey, he hey Dickey doing his thing. Dickey doing his thing. Caleb had the opportunity last year to play with his little brother. So, like, yeah, so like that's that's good. Like, Dickey, he's doing his thing. I couldn't be more proud of than Dickie either. But like I said, it's that list. I just can't I just can't wait to just see how really long it is and see package sitting at the top of it, baby man.
SPEAKER_00:Man, it's beautiful. Hey, I gotta ask you real quick before uh not that I'll forget because it's in my face and I got reminders all around me. You you commit to SFA. Um, what was it? I mean, I know the recruiting process and what I'm starting to figure out for running backs, it's tougher. Am I off base on that? Well, what's how does it because it is now because you got the transfer portal, which I think it really hurts high school prospects. And and tell me if I'm wrong. It's just my perception after three years of trying to figure this all out.
SPEAKER_05:No, you're right. I mean, coaches, I mean, they want a guy that's experienced. I get it. They want a guy that's been in college, they want a guy that's older, they want a guy that they know they can trust, that's going to go out there and produce. But me, I know what I can do, I know I know what I'm capable of, I know what I can do on the field, in and off the field in the classroom as well. So, I mean, I know that I'm a I'm a good back, so I mean, whoever came and got me got me, and they they blessed. They got they got a good back, they got a good person, not just on the field, but off the field as well.
SPEAKER_00:Did you see? I guess you guys saw uh Coach Kobe Karthell after they won the share of the conference title. He he's pretty animated, he's like that all the time. It was have you guys experienced the the the the Carthell uh personality yet?
SPEAKER_05:I mean, yes, Coach Hatcher is just like that. I mean, when I see that video, he instantly reminded me of Coach Hatcher. I mean, Coach Hatcher, he's one of the most energetic guys I know, especially for like his age. Like, he really gets energetic. Like, he he more energetic than some of the guys on the team. Like, he he keeps the energy high, he keeps the energy like flowing. Even when we're down, he puts our he picks our chin right back up and he gets the energy flowing.
SPEAKER_00:Well, this is funny, you know. You you mentioned that. Um, you know, Donald Hatcher, there's a whole story to hear. You you leave at LBJ to go to Anderson, a team that was a program which was developing like this through the Little Trojans program, a lot of committed dads and families, and then uh coach Hatcher, Donald Hatcher, you guys had a connection to him. Uh Shannon, you coached with him at LBJ, correct?
SPEAKER_03:Yes, sir. Yes, I was over there back in um, I think 06-07 under Coach uh Claude Mathis, the great Claude Matthis. And uh yeah, we won't we were fortunate enough to be on the same staff together. So I guess that's when this story just really began. That's when we uh first met each other. Our wives was uh pregnant with our sons that's on this varsity team together at that time, and it's just like it's just it's crazy just how everything has come full circle. Couldn't be couldn't be uh part of a program with a better guy that's leading.
SPEAKER_00:Caleb, I know I I saw you guys out at your pep rally uh a week ago. Um how's your experience been um at Anderson and this team? Which is you guys are one win away from being the best team ever. I mean, you could argue this this is the best team ever.
SPEAKER_05:I mean, like it's been crazy, like it's been a long, it's been a long, crazy season, it's been a long hectic season. I mean, everything's just been a roller coaster ride ever since I stepped foot in Anderson because coming from LBJ with 600 kids, with kids that I grew up with mostly my whole life, then stepping in, stepping into Anderson, it's like it was like a whole new ball game, a whole new world. I mean, I didn't know nobody. I'm shy, so I mean, uh it was hard to get to know people. So I mean, it was it was hard, it was a hard little month, but then after that month, I met some of the football guys. 707 started, then that's when I started getting locked in with some of my guys on the team. Like we started going to throw after school, we started to go lifting the weight room. So then that's when the bond started from right there. Then when 707 season came and springball came, going through spring ball, I knew we had something special. I knew we were cooking up something great at Anderson. So I mean, after going through Springball, it was time for summer, summer camp, summer, uh summer ball. Going through summer ball, I mean, I just felt the energy skyrocketing through the team. I just felt the brotherhood going up, like the relationships was getting tight, everybody was getting close with each other. So, I mean, the way the bombs bonds was formed forming, I knew we had something special. Then when it came time for Fall Camp before our first scrimmage, I mean, we was flowing like at midnight madness, everything was flowing, like we looked great outside uh at midnight madness. Midnight Madness, that was our first day in pass. I mean, the scrimmage went well, and that was just our first day in pass. But then next the week after that, we went out to Kaleen and then we kicked butt. Like our deep our defense didn't even let up a yard that day, and then our offense was just flowing. So, like after that day, I was like, man, we really got something special. And like when I first when I first met Coach Hatchet, I told him we was gonna be AM Considered, we was gonna beat Kyle Station. I told him the first time I met him, I told him that we were gonna do those things and we accomplished those things. We did, we did some unspeakable things that nobody thought that we could do.
SPEAKER_00:Five over time. So was it six? You almost played two football games in one night when you beat AM consolidated. That's it's unreal. It's been, I want to tell you guys, it has been really fun to watch because when you step off the football field, this community, uh the Anderson community, I I've never seen it this bonded, ever. I I don't leave it's been a prideful area, been good at uh a lot of different things, but I feel like you and your group that I've witnessed, these are this is a whole new era. It's unreal. And it's but here's the other part. You got to come over with one of your your uh fellow teammates, and for those who don't know, his nickname's Miami, but Yahem Riley, you guys in this last playoff game against Friendswood, this was the touchdown. He's known for his DB skills, but you know, an athlete's an athlete. This was the touchdown that he it was a critical touchdown. Yahim Riley, Miami's what everyone's gonna call him, because he's from Miami, is that right? Yeah, he's from Florida. Yep. Florida. Tell me, that just adds to this. You you come over with a guy that you know all too well, and you guys are experiencing this. We'll begin with you, Shannon, from the parent side. Tell us what that's been like.
SPEAKER_03:It's it's it's man, it's words. I don't even have the words to just, you know, explain the experience that this has been for these boys. They both super talented, they just both just needed to be unleashed. They needed to just be part of something that was just gonna get the best out of them, the that and put them in the situations that's gonna utilize that talented. They still had football to learn, they still had a lot of things to do. And the bone that they had just to go, I mean, you know, it's for one thing to go by yourself is one thing. But to just step out on the limb with somebody who got faith in you that trusts the process the same way you trust the process, is just it's a good thing because we know, like, hey, they got each other's back, they got each other's shoulder to lean on, they can help each other get through, and it's just man, it's just the came out so perfect. Miami was already talented, you know. Miami, he was ready to roll. A Texas commit, you know, it was he was comfortable, he was situated, you know, and then with Caleb coming along, he's always been there to support him. It's a real brotherhood between them two, and it's just like I'm glad to see that this has worked out so well for both of them.
SPEAKER_00:Caleb, we see what you guys do on the field. What's uh Miami like off the field? You know, I've I only got the chance to meet him a couple of times, but uh he seems he seems like a a character to say the least.
SPEAKER_05:I mean, I first met Miami. We we was in eighth grade, he was at Bedichek, I was at Keelan, and we we actually met on the football field. So it was Keelan versus Bedichek. I mean, you know, Keelan got the best that day. I got the best out of Miami that day. Uh, I had three touchdowns against them, but um my dad just seen Miami and Miami just kept making plays that whole game. Like, and then my dad just my dad just talked to Miami's mom that day and just told him told uh his mom that she needs to bring Miami to LBJ. So I mean that that's from from right there. I mean, that's that's when it all started. I mean, ever since then when uh Miami started first coming around me. Uh I say that spring, we we played under the LBJ's Little League 7017. So then that's when I first actually started getting around Miami, starting to hang with Miami. Then like ever since then, like he's just been the brother that I never had. Like he I'm always with him, he's always with me. You see him, you're gonna see me as well. So I mean, Miami is just like he's a he's a character, like he's like he's a funny guy, he's a he's a great guy to be around. Like I say, without him, I never would have came to Anderson. I couldn't, I couldn't have did it without him. So I mean, I like I just want to thank him for everything. Like, I'm so grateful to have him in my life.
SPEAKER_00:Man, that's beautiful. That you know, that's a that's a bond that won't ever, I promise you, it won't ever be broken. And you and Miami and all of your Anderson teammates. Uh it gets the it gets tougher and tougher every week, but you want to be a part of what's going on, you want to be in this tournament, the the road to Jerry World, so to speak, in the class 5A Division I state playoffs, round two area, you're facing Barbers Hill, uh Saturday early evening, uh in Cypress, Texas, outside of Houston. What uh is there anything you can tell what are you guys discussing about Barbers Hill? What is it about them that gives you not only gives you hope, but what is it about playing them that you know, regardless, maybe it's just you guys, you have the utmost confidence.
SPEAKER_05:I mean, like you just said, we got the utmost confidence. I know that we're gonna go out there and we're gonna dominate. I know we got we we got faith. We we're a Christian team, we pray before every game. We pray, we prayed together before the day before the game with with our pastor. We're we're very passionate, we're very in faith. So as long as we got God on our side, we're very confident as a team. We know we can go out there and we know that we can do what we go and do on that field, on that grid iron, then we we don't got no words. And that we know our coach is gonna do their part. They we know our coach is gonna call the right plays to put us in the perfect position to win, and we just gonna go out there and execute the plays that they call. So, I mean, I'm overly confident that we can take home this dub and just stamp our name in history and just keep on going.
SPEAKER_00:If Anderson wins, you'll be the winningest single season team in the history of this program. And for those who are not from here or may not know, um Anderson, uh, before it opened at its location and uh off of Mesa, uh, you talk about history, old Anderson. The old Yellow Jackets in the Prairie View Interscholastic. You talk about great stories, great talent. Um talk about hard hitting. I've I've I have not studied but met curiosity, met people since I was nine years old. Always wanted to go back in time and see the Yellow Jackets for you, Shannon, as you are approaching going to watch this modern day Anderson play. What do you remember maybe? Because there is there is a connection now. We've done a great job of merging the two communities, old Anderson and the new. How did have you thought about that? Has anything from old school and new school coming together?
SPEAKER_03:It's just not like you said, the talent, the amount of talent that they had back then and just you know, just being real dominant. And then for Anderson, you know, they going to, you know, opposite side of town, you know, they getting different players, and then, you know, even when Kotacher got there, they it's been in spurts, like, oh, it's been since then since they did this. It's been since then since they did that. If I'm not mistaken, they was he was he was saying the kids was in diapers the last time Anderson won a playoff game.
SPEAKER_02:That's true.
SPEAKER_03:2011. I mean, he was like, like godly. I mean, like everything is just over like now, just to put this team together like this. It's a testament to, like he said, they faith. It's a testament to how bad these kids want it. It's a testament to how these coaches is getting out there and preparing them. And just the Northwest Hills area, the mate of mafia, just it's just no better support than those people out there, man. It's a blessing. They get they they there for everything that you need. Like the support is just is is second to none. And with everything just together and just clicking how it is, like it's it's it's no mistake where this team is. And I think they just scratching the surface and they're not done.
SPEAKER_00:Man, it's I'll tell you what, man, very tight-knit community, very similar to that LBJ community, was and always has been. Hey, I can't let you guys get out of here without taking part in uh stories inside the man cave tradition. All right, we've had talk about legendary. I know that word's tossed around too frequently or too often, but uh the man cave stories have been phenomenal. A lot a lot of people don't use filters, but it's usually something that is as comical now as it was when it happened. Do you guys share any moment that maybe you guys can tell that you love to tell the masses here?
SPEAKER_03:I don't know. We got so many stories, it's just but like me and him, we were we were thinking about it, and like just the only I mean the only thing that I could think of just really funny is just that like a lot of what a lot of people don't know. Caleb started playing football real early, yeah. He just he had just turned four years old. He had just turned four years old, and I used to always tell my wife, I'd be like, Nah, he he not gonna be ready to play, he's not gonna be a football player. Like, he's just the way he used to walk around the house, it was just crazy. Like Caleb was walking around the house, he was like to like six years old, he was on the bottle with it, Binky with the pacifier. So it was like he had it forever, but we put him out there on the football field. When I tell you now, the first time he touched the football, four years old. We had this like this mighty mic level. His coach Tim called his number first play. Boom, he goes 80 yards. I'm I'm setting up the field and everything. Okay, he goes 80 yards, come all the way back, get the ball, get my attention, boom, he does it again. But that was just on the mighty mic. This boy went from mighty might. Nobody knew he was out there dominating these games and coming home drinking bottles like this big. He said he drink like a gallon of milk every other day. Big pacifier, like this dominant running back. He was just out there, he was on that bottle clean through tackle.
SPEAKER_00:Hey Caleb, do you remember the Binky and the big and the big bottles of milk?
SPEAKER_05:I mean, I ain't gonna lie. I used to love that little pacifier. I mean, I ain't gonna fight five or six years old. So, I mean, that pacifier, I ain't gonna lie. I used to love that right there.
SPEAKER_03:Man, that's in a PlayStation with that pacifier.
SPEAKER_00:Oh man, maybe we we gotta start a new trend like that. We just all of us do it. It's kind of like uh here's what I noticed. I gotta ask you this though. Uh, I noticed your Stephen F. Austin sticker on your helmet. I noticed uh Yahem has the longhorn. That's the first time I've seen that on players' helmets that they're schools or programs they're committed to. Yeah, that's gotta catch on. I'm all about things that are new, new trends. Is that uh have you seen that before? I've seen it at college all-star games, but that's about it.
SPEAKER_05:I mean, yeah, I mean, kids, kid, other kids around the nation do that. I mean, not not a lot of kids around Texas I've seen do that, but I've seen like kids like in Florida and Georgia do that. So, I mean, me and Miami just decided that we're just gonna throw our little college on there, just show that you know we locked in, we commit, we ready to go.
SPEAKER_00:Man, I love it. I I he caught my eye real fast because you walked right in front of me. I did a double take because I you know I can't see anyway. I'm nearsighted, and if you get five feet away from me, I'm doing this. And uh well, I got a little excited because I'm biased, but uh, because I saw that logo. But man, for everyone looking, if you see the sign behind it, you know, our guy Will Smith, I think he coined it, uh CC1. Uh, we could have a whole podcast episode of all the coined phrases by Wills uh on on the broadcast for Anderson Trojan football, guys. I appreciate it, and this is a great story. I wish you guys well and good luck on Saturday. And hopefully, we're talking about you guys playing uh uh Lufkin or a rematch with Pflugerville Weiss. Is there any preference?
SPEAKER_03:Definitely, we're ready to line that back up. We definitely ready.
SPEAKER_00:I knew you were gonna say that. Hey, you guys, phenomenal. I love these types of stories, I love these types of relationships. Great dad, great family, and Caleb, man. You you you represent yourself, your family name, and and you're both these high schools that you're a part of. Yeah, man, you couldn't you could not represent either better than you have. Thank you, thank you.
SPEAKER_05:Thanks for that.
SPEAKER_00:Appreciate you. Yeah, man. I appreciate you guys. Well virtual fist bump. So anytime, anytime you get an opportunity to talk about the Crenshaw name in the great city of Austin, Texas, and Russian Kings, and this team still alive in the high school football playoffs. You know what? It's always good talking about it.