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thick like this the first three days of the week and and towards the end of last week. Like this is this is the the thickness I’m accustomed to this time. But it’s not as thick as it was a week and a half ago. No, no, no. It was thick and hot a week and a half ago. Right now it feels just Oh, it’s going to be hot. Oh god. It’s like 92. Okay, we’re back in the low 90s. Feels 92. I don’t know the answer to that. Okay, cuz it was it was 95 felt 110 or some nonsense like that two weeks ago. I believe it got up to feels like 11:15 at one point. Yes, very much so. Yeah. Um, looks like the feels like temperature at noon, it’s going to feel like 95. Oh, that’s not bad. How about at two? It’s going to feel like 98. That’s not bad. We’re just flirting with 100. That’s not bad. But it is a 48% humidity. That is the That’s that thickness. That’s how Oh, 51% humidity this morning. So, it goes down throughout the day. That’s why it was so thick when I stepped outside. Even when we walked the dogs late last night, I was like, “Oh, our nice reprieve is over.” Yeah, it was nice false fall for a little bit. That weekend was beautiful. We got another one coming. Don’t worry. Eventually. Yeah, probably. Then it’ll be real fall for a week and then it’ll be winter. So, we’ll we’ll get false fall about midepptember again and then real fall for that week in November and then it’ll just be cold. Yeah. Yeah, sounds about right. What was the song? What was the song? Did I even listen to a song? Did you ride in silence? That’s how I wrote. I think I did ride in silence. But if I was doing it right now, the song would be hit up style by Blue Canrell. I love that song. It’s not going anywhere. While they was I was beaming and the beam was [Laughter] [Music] Okay. Come on, man. Oh, Jessica. No. Oh, no. Hey, ladies, when your man want to get Buck Wild. Yeah, that’s it. Hit him up. Come on, man. But you love that song. Yes. It’s got a great beat, but not the words, not the lyrics. No. Da da da. Words are Da da. It’s all about the beat in my life. What’s up everybody? It is Thursday, August 7th. It is going to be a good day. Jessica Benson with you from the Grind City Media Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. CJ Hurt behind the glass. Coming up on today’s show, FedEx St. Jud Championship. Get started out at TPC Southwind this morning. CJ and I will be headed there after the show. Theresa Walker going to join us on today’s show. The NFL preseason starts tonight. We got four straight days of football ahead of us. Titans hit the road for two weeks. will get her thoughts from camp, thoughts on the latest on Cam Ward. It is Thursday. It is draft day and in honor of National Seaurppent Day, we are drafting mythical creatures. So, the best mythical creatures of all time. We’ll do some theater Thursday. Big movie release weekend with weapons coming out. I watched a great documentary and I will test CJ’s knowledge on culture with some of the winners from the inaugural Las Culturistas Culture Awards. It is a Thursday. You know what we say when your men want to get buckar Ah, got your hands on cash. [Music] [Music] You ready? I’ve been ready. What are we waiting for? You’ve seen the Grizz line jamming on the court and rocking out on Bill Street. And this is your chance to join the best drum line in the NBA. Grizzline entertains Grizz Nation at home games and events in the mids south through their impressive techniques and energetic shows. If you have experience in drumming and marching and love entertaining, Grizzline is the perfect opportunity for you to combine percussion and performance. Open auditions are Saturday, August 9th at FedEx Forum. Sign up today by visiting grizzlies.com/awuditions. Let’s go. Let’s go. Oh, John Moran just broke the rim with that finish. Defense break. Defense break. Jared with a rejection. Give me that. 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I want to let it all out. That’s what they all about. Cuz I deserve this feeling. I have it my way. I deserve this. Grind City Media presents The Jessica Benson Show with CJ Hurt live from the Grind City Media Studios on YouTube at Grind City Media and the official Grind City Media app. What’s up everybody? Happy Thursday. Happy almost Friday. Happy FedEx St. Jude Championship Day here in Memphis. First groups have already teed off out at TBC Southwind. CJ and I are heading out to the course after the show. CJ is dressed in his I’m going to be outside on a hot Memphis day attire. Shout out to your hat. Shout out to your shirt. You’re ready. And you got your towel most importantly. Of course I have the towel. The sweat towel is the most important thing to have on a day like today. Going to be out there most of the day, especially the hotter parts of the of the day. Um so yeah, got to got to have the hat, got to have the shirt, got to have the towel. I’m proud of you staying protected in the sun. Scotty Shuffler, he’s off at 12:45. Might follow him around for a bit. Justin Thomas goes off at 9:45. Might catch him on the back nine. But most importantly, I now have my sight set on something that I have to see today on day one, CJ, but I need your help because I have not watched Happy Gilmore 2. So, when I saw this, I didn’t 100% understand what it means, but they announced that they are having a Scotty’s Chicken Shack out at TBC Southwind for the FedEx Cup playoffs. And I think this will carry over into the other FedEx Cup playoff locations as well, but they’re having a Scotty’s Chicken Shack and they show this picture of Scotty Sheffller in a jail cell that you can do a photoshop with, or not photoshop, photo op with, and you can get chicken fingers and it is something to do with Happy Gilmore 2, which I still have not watched. Shame on me. One of the better jokes in the in the movie, and it’s a movie filled with a ton of jokes, but there’s there’s a joke there. Um, and I don’t want to ruin it because it’s, like I said, one of the one of the good jokes. Okay. Um, but it’s, you know, he has been arrested a time or two, hasn’t he? Wasn’t he the one who got arrested? Yes. Once. Okay. So, on his way to a tournament. Yeah. So, I think they’re they’re poking a little fun at that. And he has a good sense of humor about those types of things. Uh, so so yeah. Did he order the chicken tenders at the dinner? There’s a big dinner with all of them there. I do believe he he might have gotten chicken tenders. He’s a chicken finger guy. Yeah. And I think if I understand correctly, he asks for they say that they give him an option to leave jail in the movie and he asks what’s for dinner to that night and they say chicken fingers and then he’s like I’ll stay one more night. So the assumption is he loves his chicken fingers enough to stay in jail which I also love my chicken fingers enough as a unofficial chicken finger connoisseur hoping to get an official stamp at one point in the city. I will be looking for the chicken shack at TPC Southwind. I guess they have honey gold or honey hot. I hope it’s a honey hot opportunity, but that’s one of the flavors that they are bringing out at TBC Southwood. It’s fun. If you see us out there, be sure to say hello. I am excited to spend the weekend outside, but I’m excited to spend the weekend. Definitively excited to spend the weekend at the golf tournament. Excited to be outside. We have We have access to air conditioning. So, if you can get into the shade, there’s shade. There’s AC. Everyone can go into the hub. Everyone can go into the merch. Everybody can go into the hub. Go into the merch tent. Cool off. Stay hydrated. And again, when you’re on the golf course, if you want to bop about, that’s cool. There there will be trees. There will be shaded areas out there for you. So, you can just kick it in the shade, rest a little bit, watch a couple of golfers come through that particular hole, and then you can get back out there and bop about. We have football on TV tonight. Okay. Kind of. Hey, listen. So, we’re Joe Burrow’s playing. Yeah. And they’re going to played in watching that. They they should Joe Burrow. They started so slow. 0 and6 in week one and two. 0 one n one and nine his career as a starting quarterback in week one and two. They’re tired of starting slow and they need to start much much faster. So not just Joe Burrow, but all of the starters for the Bengals are going to be playing a lot this preseason. So they hit the ground running. They they were the way they ended the year last year was really really good. If they had have gotten into the playoffs, they would have definitely had a chance to to advance to the Super Bowl. They just didn’t get into the the playoffs because what they start the year last year like one and three, one and four, something like that. Was it two and three? I was going to say I think they started 0 and3. Okay. I just went through this. They lost to the Yeah, they lost to the Patriots, the Chiefs, and the Commanders to start the season. And then they beat the Panthers week four. And then they lost to the Ravens in that crazy overtime game. The thing with Joe Burrow specifically, and watching that quarterback documentary, if there was one like major takeaway to go into the following season with, it’s that Joe Burrow very much would have had a real opportunity to win MVP last year if the Bengals hadn’t started. so poorly in the season. Like, you don’t give MVP to a team that’s not winning their division, to a team that’s not clearly in the playoff picture, having to fight for their playoff lives and relying on other teams to win and lose along the way. But Joe Burrow was awesome last season, and a part of that is because Jamar Chase is awesome and T. Higgins is awesome, and they’re both back. like playing in spite of not the best offensive line in the league and certainly a pretty poor defense that took them out of some games, especially early last season, but like Joe Burrow was phenomenal. He’s We might not give Joe Burrow enough credit for how good he is. And you never want to overdo it because then it turns into like the mythologicalizing, that’s not a word, the mythologizing of a player before they’ve actually, but he has won something. Like that’s the thing, he has a Super Bowl. And so just to look at I mean appearance he’s been to a Super Bowl and to look at some of the plays that he made through last season, his stats by the end of the year, it’s remarkable. So yeah, I appreciate that he’s playing in the preseason for the Bengals tonight. I also appreciate it because it gives legitimate things to take away from the preseason night one. We got four straight days of football. Uh the Raider Seahawks play tonight as well on NFL Network. I guess I’m excited to see Ashton Genty, if you’re asking me to pull deep into the preseason excitement bag. I mean, Pete Carol’s playing or coaching against his old team. Um, Gino playing against his old team also. So, revenge like preseason, whatever. Or Gino’s probably not playing. It’s in Seattle. Okay. Yeah, go. I wonder if they’ll do something to to honor Pete uh pregame or during the break or something like that. I did just see the Bengals Eagles game of all games. is the game not on NFL Network tonight. So maybe I won’t be watching Joe Burrow in the preseason. Not that I would be actively seeking this out. The first preseason game, they’re not going to be doing anything. You think of of note from a from a scheme standpoint is just run out there, get you some reps in, and then come back and and chill. for the Bengals and Joe Burrow. It won’t necessarily be, okay, I’m taking away actual things that they’re trying to implement come regular season time. It is, okay, they’re in a rhythm. It took them so long to get into a rhythm that it it left them well behind the the eightball. And when you’re in a division that has the Ravens and the Steelers, those teams are going to be competent. And at least one of those teams is going to be pretty good. So, you mess around and lose three games, four games that you uh uh shouldn’t be losing, you’ll find yourself fighting for a wild card spot at that point. So, listen, I don’t even care about the rhythm. I’ve just realized this week I am thirsty for football. I am wandering through the desert and I am dying of thirst. So much so, I am actively watching the SEC propaganda any given Saturday show on Netflix. Are you really? I am four episodes in. I dragged Chris through three episodes last night. We got through the last one, which was the uh the weekend where Vanderbilt beat Alabama, okay, and Arkansas beat Tennessee. Hell of a weekend. And Chris just looks at me, he goes, “Enough, enough.” But he even he admitted it was it was very entertaining from the standpoint of I like how they’ve done it. The first episode is a bounce between LSU and South Carolina. And I did appreciate like the knowledge of how last season went that they finally do this all access all access. It’s you know it’s a propaganda puff piece at the end of the day but spotlight on the SEC the lore of the SEC and you know that at the end of last season an SEC team does not win a national championship. So they’re building it up and the fact that it starts with an SEC team losing to a vaunted Big 10 team in USC beating LSU in Las Vegas last season the rest of the USC season. Don’t worry about it. But in that moment in time, uh, an SEC team faltered in a big non-conference game to start the year. It was fun to see that take off. You then get into a Florida dedicated episode where they’re essentially using one episode to tell the entire Florida season, and they sure jump around a lot, but the Graham Mertz injury leading to DJ Lagway getting a lot of run and basically Billy Napier saving his job. Like remember when Billy Napier they were raising $27 million to fire him? Like there was fundraising efforts getting upwards of 30 mil. Last year I said before the season Billy Napier was going to be gone by October. And if he lost to Kentucky they would have when when was the Kentucky game? Was that before or after Tennessee? When whenever the the my thought was they give they get rid of him right after the Tennessee loss. Yeah. Um and Billy Napier. Did they lose to Tennessee last year? They lost to Tennessee, but they beat Kentucky and then they lo they skip it entirely in the dock series, but Lagway got hurt and then they lose to Georgia and Texas and then he comes back and they end up getting bowl eligible and they beat two lane in a bowl. Who cares? They beat Miss. They beat Kentucky. Yeah, they beat LSU which was the big one. They what? Yeah, they didn’t cover the miss game in the show again. They bounce around in a very odd way. But the bigger takeaway is Billy Napier saved his job last year. Sam Pitman probably saved his job at Arkansas with the Tennessee win almost by itself. That episode was very fun. I know a lot of people have made a lot out of Diego Pavia’s comments and he’s rubbing some people the wrong way. He’s getting on some people’s nerves. I don’t care. Like, isn’t that what you want in your Vanderbilt quarterback? Of course he is. He’s the epitome of something you hate. Someone who is a show. You hate showmanship. You hate anything outside of give me a win and don’t do anything else. You can do that if you can get me wins. He beat Al when’s the last time Vanderbilt beat Alabama. Hey, listen. So, he’s fine. He’s fine if he wants to pop off a little bit. I have never seen Vanderbilt before last year. I had never seen Vanderbilt with my eyes. No one hadn’t. God himself had God herself had not seen Vanderbilt beat Alabama. Beat Alabama in like 1960 or something like that. I don’t think so. I think they have. They had never beaten a number one team. Oh, was Alabama number one at the time? Well, then listen, nobody has seen that was insane. I understand. But he’s popping off like Vanderbilt is going to be like nine 10 wins. It’s like, oh, Diego, give it to me. That man in the gym at 3:00 a.m. They had the they had the the gym locked at 3:00 a.m. and he like figured out how to wrangle the door to prop it open. Chris was Chris was watching and he was like, “It’s a father’s dream.” Like, “Dad, I broke into the gym at some extra lift. How many gyms I broke into to get extra reps in? You could be the quarterback. That’s not enough. You have to be talented and have talent around you. Goodness gracious. Diego’s going to get them dudes walloped this year. Shut the hell up and and sneak up on people. Bullseye in the middle. Nobody’s overlooking Vanderbilt. was a little upset that they didn’t go back and use one of our clips from the show because if anybody told you that Vanderbilt was going to be relevant last season, it was mwah. Paul Finebomb’s on there making jokes. Nick Sabin was cracking his jokes. Everybody’s cracking jokes. And then what happened last season? Vanderbilt beat Alabama. And as I was sitting there watching that episode last night, I was like, “Oh my god, this is why I love college football.” Because nobody would have predicted that. Not even I, Diego Pavia Truther, is is great. Now, I want to take nothing away from that moment because that moment is one that I will remember forever. Vanderbilt beating Alabama and then the shenanigans with the goalpost, right? Like, I’ll remember that forever. But what was Vanderbilt’s record? Were they seven and five? Didn’t they go to a bowl game? Hey, listen. At Vanderbilt, that’s big deal. Yes, they was. What were they? Hold on. What were they? They they seven and five. Seven and six. Seven and six. So they they went to a bowl game, lost a bowl game, but seven and six at Vanderbilt. Hey, hand clap for you. All right. Now, they actually won their bowl game. So they were six and six. They were six and six in one of those teams that got in. Okay, calm down. Calm down. It’s about more than just Alabama. Their SEC wins were Alabama, Kentucky, and of course Auburn because because that’s all Diego Pavia does is beat which honestly if all I need is one single legacy from a player to have respect, it is oh that’s the player who beat Hugh Freeze every year both at New Mexico State and at Vanderbilt. Like give it to me. I’m all for the next episode that was teased was an Auburn featured episode which I am kind of shocked that Huarees gave that level of access because it feels as if he would be one of the coaches who would have opted out from this. But whatever, that’s where it’s going next. I’m enjoying the series. I will finish the series, but I did realize that a big piece of it is because I am so thirsty for football. And right now, that docu series is like a nice little bust of Gatorade every time I uh turn an episode on and I’m reminded of some of the beautiful moments from last season. Those moments are coming. I of course and you live through those moments last year. Yeah, but I like going back wait to the propaganda machine, Jessica. Well, trust me, it’s propaganda and it feels a little dirty. I’m well aware of what it is. I know, but I also mad the Big 10 doesn’t have it. And at this point, I I also don’t know if the Big 10 could do it in the same way. The SEC has just means more. They It wouldn’t be It wouldn’t be what the SEC is, cuz those are different fan bases. Um, it would be a bit more pretentious. Lot bit more a whole hell of a lot more pretentious. Can you imagine getting a behind the scenes look at the the Indiana side of things as they’re making their run, the Illinois side of things as it’s like, okay, what the hell is Illinois doing? All of a sudden, they’ve got nine wins now. The Penn State drama saga that’s playing out where it is, oh my gosh, they’re losers. James Franklin will never win the big one and then they win a game in the playoffs. What about Ohio State coming off of an an Oregon loss and then a Michigan loss and sort of backing their way into the playoffs and then they go out there and beat one of those SEC teams and all the joy and excitement in Columbus on their way to doing things whatever the hell they ended up doing. Um, can you imagine following Michigan as they try and figure out who the hell is the damn quarterback? What about USC as it’s like, oh, are you you guys going to get any bigger? Oregon was number one if I remember correctly the entire season last year, weren’t they? So like what about following them around? Dan Lanning seems to be a character. Last year wasn’t the we played they played for Clicks game, was it? That was two years ago. Okay. But you still get some some goofy moments from them as well. The Big 10 could all of these conferences could do some type of propaganda uh show to get you ready for the college football season. out. Would somebody want all of the conferences? I don’t know. Somebody would want the Big 10 like Peacock, Amazon, CB. Somebody would want uh the Big 10. Would somebody want the ACC? Would somebody want the Big 12? That part becomes a character-driven. I think the SEC is a character in of itself in college football in a way that allows this kind of show to work. I my one last takeaway. I appreciate hearing from coaches in these documentaries, even when it’s full of coach speak, but there is like an there’s an authenticity or maybe a better word is a sincerity with every coach but one. Like when I’m watching Clark Lee talk, I’m like, “Oh, he’s sincere in his efforts.” Like, it means something to him. He’s on the verge of tears and it’s not like cringey. It it means something. Billy Napier obviously has a pretty deep connection with his players. CJ’s rolling his eyes, but I’m just telling you like there these are coaches who seem to have a connectivity with the job, with the players. Obviously, they’re getting paid millions and millions of dollars. All that to say, there is one coach, Shane Beamer, another one who looks good in this docky series. There is one coach who does not seem that way and it is so evident and it is Brian Kelly. Brian Kelly just seems like a ball of a coach. Not a coach, of a of how he presents himself. That’s not a fair way to put it, but just like somebody who is not real and it all goes back to the family and leaving Notre Dame for LSU. And I already saw a Reddit thread this week that said, “If LSU loses to Clemson week one, are they going to fire Brian Kelly?” And I was like, “Oh, we are so back. We are so back some week one. Some LSU lore for you.” Yeah. Opening game of the season, LSU since 2020. 2024 favored by four, lost to USC outright. Favored by two in 2023 against Florida State, lost by two, favored by two, lost to Florida State. 2022, favored by 4 and a half against Florida State. Again, lost that game outright. 2021, one and a half point favorite against UCLA. They lost that one outright. 2020, 14 point favorite to Mississippi State. They lost that one outright. LSU has lost one, two, three, four, five games uh to open the season and they play Clemson who’s got a bunch of defensive talent coming back. They got bring back their entire passing unit. So like listen, they’re probably going to lose that game, too. And then unless she’s got the nusb, all you need is Garrett Nusmire and you have a chance. All right, we got to take a quick break. We’ll ask Teresa if she’s been watching the SEC show. Tennessee Titans head out on a two week preseason road trip. They got a message from Jelly Roll on their way out. We’ll get the latest from Titans camp and preseason thoughts with Terresa Walker after a quick break. Preseason box to row coaches poll has come out. Jackson State sits there at number one. 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The Gary Paris Show live on weekdays at 10 a.m. on YouTube at Grind City Media and the official Grind City Media app. What is the biggest uh summer league accomplishment so far for this Grizzlies team to Iselo filling out his coaching staff? The Ryan Saunders hiring was essential. It was big time. You have a veteran NBA voice there. Hey Grizzlies fans, be sure to tune in to Grisby where the panel and I break down all things Grizzlies and take a look at the rest of the NBA as well. The show is live every Wednesday 2 p.m. on YouTube at Grind City Media and the official Grind City Media app. Welcome back. It is Thursday. That means it’s time to catch up with one of our favorites, Teresa Walker from the Associated Press. She joins us every Thursday. She joins us now. Teresa, we were just chatting during the break and I had forgotten that you were at the MLB. What did we call it? Bristol Classic. Speedway Classic. MLB Speedway Classic. I think we’ll remember it as MLB. Oh no. What happened at Bristol? Rain Out, bunless hot dogs, cheeseless nachos, infinite weather delays. What was your experience like there? Uh, similar. I will say this one. Yeah. All of that. Uh, I mean, I spent Saturday night trying to keep my equipment dry, trying to get a connection so I could do my job to send what I was seeing and updating out to the world. And uh, you know, they had hard wires in the press box and that didn’t work because of all the rain. And when all 91,000 got inside, Wi-Fi didn’t work. Uh, so that’s where I was more concerned. I had to use my personal hotspot and I had one bar on my phone. So that was uh felt like I was stringing together 10 cans. But here’s the problem that to help people get there, encouraging them to get there, they threw this big party outside and then they opened the gates 2 hours before they were scheduled. So, you know, people had they opened them up at 2 to get them inside the speedway. And so they didn’t the concert was around 6:00 with Tim McGra and then later Pitbull and Jake Owen etc. and uh you know and then the first pitch was 7:24 the pro and then you had mother nature if if the rain delay of 2 hours and 17 minutes hadn’t come then maybe we don’t have those issues but when people are on the concourse standing trying not to get drenched they’re trying to eat. When they’re in there early they’re trying to eat. And uh you know I I never did get a full answer, but it felt like Major League Baseball was in charge and the Bristol people were trying to do everything possible because well it is their house. Think about it. You let somebody come over to your house, throw a party and you’re trying to tell them no, don’t do this, do that. How much were they listening to the Bristol people? Because they’re used to getting tens of thousands of people and the fe the people who complain about traffic or view. Hello. You were going to a baseball game at a speedway. Did you not look at the seat map when you bought your ticket? Uh, if you were over in a corner, uh, yeah, did you not realize you were going to be watching this game off of Colossus? It was one of those events like the NHL outdoor stadium series games that was here in Nashville with the Predators. Sometimes, the Battle of Bristol in 2016. Sometimes you were there to say you were there, not so much to see the game. You want to see a game, go to Truis Park to see the Braves. Go to Wrigleyfield. Go to Fenway. Go to, you know, the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati if you want to see a ball game. If you’re there for the event, that was what you were there for. And the one thing they got right on Sunday, you can bring your own snacks. Let’s go. Who needs a bunless hot dog when you can bring your own snacks? Thanks for the boots on the ground reporting, Teresa. We’re glad that you made it back because it is football seasonish. Football season light preseason in the NFL begins tonight. We get four straight days of preseason football. The Titans head out on the road for a two-eek preseason road trip. They have games against the Bucks and the Falcons. Did you see the jelly roll message to the team that they posted this morning? I saw the post. I have not watched the post. Uh I I know the reason why Callahan is doing this. You know, think about this. Through Sunday, 51 players out of the 91 in training camp have been brought in this off season. And they’re still making jelly roll message to the team. No, no, that’s true. So, uh I’ll say this. Hopefully, they don’t need a jelly roll message to the team to get them going. But, uh I mean, the Titans essentially have a sign out. Help wanted. help us try to win games. That’s That should be enough. Not a great um slogan going into an NFL season when there’s still a help wanted sign on the door, but I I see the vision. Hey, they were three of 14 last year. I mean, there’s a reason why they brought in so many people. I keep seeing the same sentiment over and over when it comes to Cam Ward. And this is the notion that he is the most slept on, most underrated number one pick that we have ever had, maybe. And at some point, when enough people are saying that, don’t you think it changes to the pressure begins to build a little bit for Cam Ward as that hype machine starts to grow through this preseason process? In a way, but the fact that the Titans did go, you know, three and 14 last year seems to help them. Uh because I’m I I’m seeing I’m starting to see though some people saying that, you know, the AC South is not overpowering. Just because the Houston Texans have won this division the last two years, it’s there for the taking. We have literally seen a team go worst to first most years. It didn’t happen in 24, but it happened in 23. We saw Jaden Daniels come in as, you know, the number one pick last year, take the Commanders to the playoffs. So, you know, a rookie quarterback coming in. The year before that it was CJ Strad with Houston. So, it can be done with a rookie quarterback. It can certainly be done in the AC South. Uh it and you’re right about a certain amount of pressure because people are starting to pay more attention. It’s like oh wait, I forgot Cam Ward was taken by the Titans. What is he doing down there? And the the reviews here are that he’s doing a good job. You know, the Titans defense, the defensive coordinator is throwing the kitchen sink at this young man trying to help him get ready. We’ll see. That’s what makes these joint practices today in Tampa, next week with Atlanta, h how you know the value of those and what somebody else throws at him, how he handles it. But then Sunday, the offense was so bad the coach was cussing them out. Um, you know, it was an ugly performance. They bounce back with what we saw yesterday, a good performance. He’s a rookie. It’s going to happen. So, but yeah, people are starting to pay attention and u you know, that’s the thing. I think that’s the biggest reason for this two-week road trip for the Titans is to see if he can help, you know, I mean, with the with the changes, it’s it’s it’s not as bad as college football, but you got to bring a team together quickly in an off season, and that’s what he’s trying to do with this road trip. What’s been the thing that you’ve liked the most from from Cam Ward out at practice? CJ, the way that he’s always talking to, you know, he’s always talking trash. uh you know he doesn’t back down from defenses but he’s always talking to his receivers. He’s trying to make sure that they are on the same wavelength that they’re seeing and and and you know it’s like why did you make this turning around? This is what I saw. This is why I threw the ball here. And you know I’m not going to be surprised if we see a lot of ELA manor and Shim DK out of Florida. the two receivers that were taken on the third day of the draft because those two I mean the the receiving court has got you know playing time up for grabs. Yes, you’ve got Calvin Ridley who’s become his best friend at Camward. You’ve got Tyler Lockett from Seattle who’s that wy veteran. You’ve got Van Jefferson who is trying to show that he’s at least the number three if not number two receiver. But those two rookies are going to be huge. And Gunnar Helm, the tight end from Texas, he’s a guy that uh, you know, I tend to agree with some of my colleagues up here in the Nashville media court. He might be the number one tight end on this team right now. Uh, so they’ve said these young players are going to be the ones leading them, and there’s a young group on offense around Cam Ward ready to pick that up and go. How have you seen the relationship between Cam Ward and Jeffrey Simmons grow? I I saw a picture of the two of them fishing together and then there was a clip that circulated on one of the NFL Network interviews where Jeffrey Simmons was joking about how yeah sure Cam Ward’s dicing up the defense now but once he gets back in the mix like that’s a different story. It just feels as if in terms of having like a defensive vet that Cam Ward can lean on. That relationship has started to grow early. Oh absolutely. when Jeff Simmons came in in the mini camp at the end of the offseason program, he was talking so much smack at at uh Cam Ward and the rookie came right back. So, I think that there’s that one that respect that this rookie is not backing down and if he’s taking it from a teammate, a three-time Pro Bowler, and you know, Jeff Simmons is has lost a bunch of weight. He’s down to around 305, which is what he’s listed at. Uh but he is moving very very fast. Uh it’s one of those things that he’s helping him with the, you know, the pressure and the fire, the defenses he’s going to be facing. But, you know, Jeff Simmons is a Mississippi kid. Cam Ward is a Texas kid, you know. So, I think there’s something there as well that they do get along. And I I I think it’s only a win-win because, you know, if you’ve got that I mean, how many times we hear teams kind of met falling apart when there’s this division between offense and defense, but when your top defensive player and your quarterback have each other’s backs, I think that’s something that can only help throughout the locker room. Oh, and the Titans on Tuesday to help that situation brought in Cam Ward’s cousin, a 10-year veteran, a threetime pro bowler in Quandre Diggs who the Titans signed last year. He played eight games before a foot injury and he is back with the team to, you know, brings a lot of experience to that secondary room. But I’m really curious to see how long he sticks around because he looked good when he was playing last year. He just got hurt. So, and now he’s got a guy who, you know, Cam Ward walks into the locker room, not only is Jeff Simmons standing there, uh, his cousin Quandre Diggs does is right there as well. When the Titans play the Bucks this weekend, how much run do you expect for Cam Ward, has there been any indication they’re they’re playing for that? Yeah. Oh, yes. Uh, Brian Callahan said yesterday that, you know, Cam Ward will be playing with the starters at least a series or two. So, we’ll see how that goes. I mean, preseason games, we’ve seen starters go a series and then out. So, but Cam Ward, I mean, they understand they need him ready September 7th at Denver. So, uh, if he gets two series Saturday night, I won’t be surprised with the rest of the preeason. It’s the preseason, but at the end of the day, there are, you know, things that you can take away, things that people look forward to. Is there one storyline that you’re particularly interested in seeing play out as we get into the preseason action this coming weekend? Does Aaron Rogers play in Pittsburgh? How does Shador Sanders play for the Browns in a quarterback room that’s got six guys? Not, you know, and that counts all the injured guys. But I mean, yeah, he’s fourth on Exactly. He uh Shador Sanders is fourth on their quarterback list, the roster that that depth chart that they put out Monday, and yet he’s starting against Carolina. So, uh yeah, that that’s good. And Travis Hunter, I mean, he’s the kid that they’re working in at, you know, he’s starting at wide receiver opposite Brian Thomas for the Jaguars, but he’s also listed as a backup cornerback. Is he going to play two ways in the in the preseason or are they saving that for packages when they hit the the regular season? So, those are some of the things I’m keeping an eye out. Teresa, what what are some some things that Titans fans should be excited about going into the the season this year? Well, Cam Ward, I mean, you know, the fact outside of Cam Ward, right? I think everybody’s excited about Cam Cam. I mean, I literally just saw a tweet pop up that said, “Happy Cam Ward first official joint practice day to all who celebrate.” So, we’re just checking off everything on the list of what we can anticipate to see from Cam Ward this season. Well, the offensive line, I mean, let’s face it, it’s been a revolving door. Uh, the inability to protect quarterback going back, it’s been an ongoing issue. Uh there’s a reason why they spent, you know, consecutive first round picks on offensive line. Uh Dan Moore has kind of been invisible in training camp and for a left tackle, that’s a good thing, especially with their recent history. So, can they protect the quarterback? Uh can they do that through the, you know, through the second and third teams? Uh special teams, I mean, we’ve got a new kicker and Joey Sly. He hit that 66 yarder a couple weeks ago in in practice at the stadium. They’ve got Johnny Hecker who’s been a Pro Bowl punter. We’re still looking to see who will be the returner. Is it uh you know Prochay who’s wide receiver and I’m trying to think of the other uh uh Jaquan Jackson is also been getting a chance. So who steps up at returner and you know on defense I really want to see we’re you know Legious Sneeed is not quite back yet from the pup list. So, we’ll see when he gets back, but in the meantime, he hasn’t been very healthy since he came to Tennessee. So, who is going to step up? Right now, it’s it’s been Roger Mccuri, Jarvis Brownley, who’s in his second year really coming on. And remember last week, I mentioned James Williams at inside linebacker. That’s a kid that it’s like what? He just keeps finding a way. He’s he’s the starter at inside linebacker next to Cody Barton, the guy they went out and signed. So, yet another young player that the Titans are going to be leaning on heavily this season. So, uh there’s a lot to watch. Um and and you what receivers are, you know, how’s that receiver rotation going? Because that may be the the area with the most competition for jobs on the roster when the cuts are made August 26th. When you were talking about the Browns quarterback room having six quarterbacks, I was watching the SEC propaganda documentary any given Saturday on Netflix. Have you watched any of that yet, Teresa? Not yet. It is on the to-do list. Do you Do you plan to watch it? I I do because I mean, let’s face it. I I I it’s kind of like it feels like it’s must-see watching when you cover the SEC. I would agree with that. Um, it’s it’s very fun to go back for me and I think others too. We live in a world with so much content, so many games, so many shows, everything just comes rapid secession that it’s hard to remember some of the best moments of even just the season prior. So going into this next season, it’s nice to have a little reminder. But a part of it, we were talking in the first segment, the the Florida episode, they literally used the quote of if you have two quarterbacks, you have no quarterback when they were going through the Graham Mertz DJ Lagway situation. And I had forgotten that Billy Napier played both of them and then lucked out. I’ll put lucked out in quotes because Graham Mertz tore his ACL and forced him to go the way of DJ Lagway the rest of the season. But they’re using that in the documentary from the two quarterback way. And in my head I’m like, well, how about the Browns with six because they’re just really taking it the other direction. I know. It’s like uh and for everybody who are saying that they’re just going to take Arch Manning next year, they’re forgetting the fact that Eli and Pton, his uncles, all went four years in college. They did not hustle off to the NFL at the first moment that they had an opportunity. I want to, you know, it’s like, so Cleveland, you better find a quarterback now. There’s no guarantee that Arch Manning is your guy for 2026. There was just a fairly recent article in I think it was Texas Texas month some Texas magazine where Archie Manning was asked about the probability of Arch Manning still being at Texas after this season for another season and he said he’ll be at Texas. Like that’s the the plan. He he does not think that he’ll declare for the draft next year. So that’ll be an interesting thing to monitor as well. Well, uh, Cam Ward does make a brief appearance in that SEC dock series because Miami beat Florida. So, you see one Cam Ward touchdown pass within it. I was disappointed that you were not included in the uh the Alabama Vanderbilt coverage personally, but that’s okay. Their loss. I wrote so much on it. They should have at least used the AP news alert because I mean, let’s face it, Vanderbilt made history. They had been 0 and60 against top five AP teams until that night. I can’t tell you how many times I have written over the years Vanderbilt beat somebody only to have it yanked out of my hands as if Lucy was holding the ball for Charlie Brown. And uh I finally got to actually write and file that story last October. And you know, we’ve had had the reports Diego Pavia, you know, he had he played after that. He tore his hamstring uh not soon after that and that and that was the problem with their their fall, you know, through November. And you know, they finished up with a bull win. They’ve got rings to celebrate. Now, we’ll see if one can he stay healthy and what can he do with the road schedule they face this year. Uh think about it, Texas, Alabama, and Tennessee. And he’s talking up a lot. Hopefully his body allows him to be healthy and the rest of that team be healthy because I’d like to see those games when he’s that that shall we say I don’t want to say cocky but confident. He is a confident quarterback. I’ve got a problem with that. Cocky sob in the best of way. Complimentary for me antagonizing from CJ’s perspective. But I just will always appreciate because I out here recklessly speculating on what little team will upset a big team and I don’t always get tangible uh opportunities to hold on to like Vanderbilt beating Alabama and I will ride that one for a long time with little Diego little Diego Papia coming from New Mexico State and leading Vanderbilt to a win like that last season. Teresa, as always, we appreciate you. I hope you get a little bit of rest with the Titans on the road, but we will catch up with you next time. Consensual heart hands. That was Terresa Walker. 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Miss winning 10 can seem a bit of a stretch, but they can win nine. They’re going to lose at Kentucky week two. The odds couple live at 2 p.m. on YouTube at Grind City Media and the official Grind City Media app. Preseason box to row coaches bowl has come out. Jackson State sits there at number one. This is the third time in the poll’s history that Jackson State has been the preseason number one team in the nation. And then Tennessee State being at 5. That that really surprised me. Get all of your H.B.CU Sports and Culture news by tuning in to HB.CU Huddle with CJ Hurt and Mike Wallace. New episodes drop every Thursday on grindcdia.com, YouTube, and Spotify. [Music] Welcome back. Welcome back. We were trying to come up with something to draft today and we saw that it’s National Seaurppent Day. So naturally, we are drafting best best mythical creatures and that can include mythical monsters. So, it could be a category of a mythical creature or a specific thing that doesn’t fit within one of the other categories. Medusa is a Gorgon. Bigfoot is by itself. Does that make sense? Makes sense to me. Okay, great. Who gets the first pick? Bigfoot in a yeti? No, those are different. Those are different. Those are two different things. Okay. Okay. All right. Here we go. Oh. Oh, I’m Batman and I’m a pharmacist. Look at me. I didn’t flunk out twice. Oh, I don’t like where this is going. I promise you if your duck looks at me, I’m going to push it. Oh, boo. This is so exciting. I think there are two clear onetwos. I’ll be interested if you agree. Okay. With the number one pick in best mythological creatures, give me dragons. Yeah, number one pick dragons. Okay, great. I think it’s a very clear number one pick. You get all of the dragons. famous dragons from the dragons in Harry Potter to How to Train Your Dragon to Game of Thrones and Kisia and her dragons to the purple dragon to puff the magic the magic dragon all the dragons and you get the diverse assortment of dragons because dragons in eastern cultures are more helpers and blessed creatures and can symbolize good luck and then dragons in western culture are breathing fire and dangerous threats to human. You get the dragon and Shrek, maybe the most important dragon with those beautiful eyelashes. And if you get the dragon and Shrek, then you should get her partner and donkey. But we’re just getting crazy now. I think dragons are the clear number one pick. Just cuz you marry into something doesn’t mean you get to stay, Jessica. We’re we’re fighting that battle right now. Don’t you know? Give me unicorn. I think those are the onetwoss right there. Agreed. Unicorn, magical, mythological horses with one horn on their their forehead. You get all of them. Um, so yeah, I’ll rock with unicorn. So, let’s go. Okay. Uh, next up I’m going to take fairies. That is a good one. That is a good one. All the fairies with all of their unique characteristics. You can have kind helping fairies. You can have mischievous fairies who get in all sorts of trouble. Fairies as a young girl. Um, symbolic with Barbies and dolls and different fair. I had these fairies that you like pulled a string. They flew up into the sky and then they went around. Yes. And I loved them. And I ruined mine because I tried to wash her hair like I did with my Barbies with toothpaste. And you cannot wash your doll’s hair with toothpaste because then it just turns into a constant mohawk. Did the Did you not learn from the Barbies? No, I did them all at the same time. I like really thought I thought I was being nice. I was cleaning them, but it doesn’t work. Anyway, that fairy thing, they had mini ones in the McDonald’s. Yes, they were so If I had one of those today, I think I would give up social media because I could just sit at home, pull that damn string, and send my fairy into the abyss. Tinker Bell, I’m assuming if you’re doing these outside, you pull them. Do they Does the wind carry them also? Yes, it would. Oh, or like the fan would even carry them in your in your living room and fly them around the world. My mom hated them. I’d crash them into walls. I loved those things. Who do you think is the most famous fairy of all time? Got to be Tink. I think so. It’s got to be Tinker Bell or Fairy Godmother would be your other alternative. She’s technically a fairy. Is she? I mean, she’s a fairy godmother. I guess she is. I think your big three, Tinkerbell, Fairy Godmother, and the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio. I don’t think the Blue Fairy is up there anymore. Okay, so top two. So, it’s a two person. Have to think about it. It’s a twoerson tier. I’m partial to the fairies, the Fern Gully myself personally. Um, but yeah, those those are the top two. Fairy Godmother and Tinkerbell. Okay. Uh, give me I will go with the Cyclops. Giant oneeyed monster just boopping about. Real canankerous, real angry. Um, real relatable for somebody like me. I like Cyclopses. I enjoy all of them and their shenanigans. Most famously, uh, during the Odyssey, it was the Odyssey, right, where they were they were kicking it and then dude shows up and pokes him in the eye and now I was like, I can’t see. Yeah, give me the Cyclops. I think Hercules fights one of those two. Wait, Jacob, I think I think you’re spelling it wrong. Is it not C Y C L O P S? I I was gonna say that looks wrong. Say what, Jacob? What is it? Did we change the spelling of Cyclops? No, Cyclops with a C. Oh, you spelled it. He spelled it like the Marvel characters. I got confused there for a moment. Okay. Um H I’m going to take Yetis. I want the Yeti. Okay. I think Yeti is cooler than Bigfoot because Yeti is Yeti is the abominable snowman. A Yeti is like, is the difference just one is in the cold and one isn’t? Like, is that the difference? I think of yetis when I think of Everest, and I think it’s already crazy to climb Everest, but imagine if you were met with a yeti and that was your demise. I mean, it’s very much like a folklore creature. Giant monster emerging from the snow with like a fur and scary teeth and could absolutely shred you alive and just like related to the maybe a yeti is just the Bigfoot of the Himalayas. A big a cold big Big Bigfoot. I think yetis are so much scarier than Bigfoot. Okay, cuz Bigfoot seems like you could befriend him. Yeti is like Yeti’s like a polar bear. Like we don’t mess with them. Didn’t Rudolph and the dentist befriend a yeti? Sure. Okay. Am I Is Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer walking through the door with you when you’re going to the Himalayas? I don’t think so. You’re not guaranteed to have a friend. I always think of Okay. Honestly, like my I was so scared of yetis as a kid. I would not ride the Matterhorn. Have you ever been to Disneyland? No. Okay. So, Disney World doesn’t have the Matter Horn. Disneyland has the Matter Horn, which is essentially like a Himalayan mountain ride, and the Yeti would jump out at you at random points within the ride, and I could not ride it because I was so petrified of the Yeti. When I went to Disney World, they had a ride. They have Everest at Animal Kingdom that also used. So, they’re very Yeti obsessed in the Disney culture, which I’m fine with. Yeah. Okay, good pick. Give me a Phoenix. Give me Give me mythological bird. Get some Get some birds up in here. The The one with the flames and everything. Taking this one. Pokemon fan. Moltres reminds me of a phoenix. So, I’m I’mma roll with the the phoenix. Also, in the Harry Potter universe, Dumbledore kicks it with a phoenix. It’s the phoenix that brings Harry the sword to fight the bassilisk. Yeah, give me a phoenix. It’s cool. Dumbledore’s Petronis is a phoenix. And then they create the Order of the Phoenix and the idea of resurrection to fight Lord Voldemort. Phoenix would have been my next pick. So, good pick. Ah, I’m going to take a siren. Give me the upper body of a woman, the lower body of a bird, luring these sailors to their doom with their beautiful voices. They’re smart bird ladies. They get misidentified often. People think they’re mermaid. They’re not mermaids. They’re bird ladies. They’re They hold all the wisdom. They were supposed to be like the spirit between life and death and knowers of all of the world’s secrets. And that’s what they would lure these men in with. And then maybe they were a little cannibalistic. Maybe they ate them. Well, it’s not cannibalism if they’re if they’re eating a different species. They also predator meat on the bone. Yeah, they would like find poor like it’s not like they were eating the whole thing. Another Adysius not only fought Cyclopses, but he’s the only one. He’s the only one that listened to the sirens and sexy. He had to tie himself to a mast. He tied himself to the mast. Wax in his ears. Pit waxing everybody else’s ears. So, y’all tie me to the mask and then pit waxing your ears as we sail by. That’s a That’s a good one. I thought about that. I also thought about mermaids, but it’s something about them just eating dudes that I don’t know doesn’t sit right with me. Oh, see, it sits perfectly with me. I said I need them on my team. It’s not March. If it was March during her story, I’ I’d think about taking them. Um, what am I doing with a Nazi? Can I take a Nazi? What? A Nazi? No, I can’t take a Nazi. The Spider. Oh, a Nazi. What did you think I said? What did you think I said, Jacob? Did I say a bad word? Stop. No. Is a Nonzi. Can I if if if we could take Bigfoot and he is Okay, fine. Can Can I? Sure. If not, I can go someplace else. Yeah, you can take a nonsi. Just please pronounce it. What did I say with accurate pronunciation? I don’t even know what I said. Okay. All right. I really want to know. I’m turn the mics off and ask. Uh, but yeah, a mischievous mythological giant spider known for for causing mischief and one of those type situations where he can he’ll he has the ability to grant you whatever wish you want, but it’s always a twist on it at the end. A lot of good lessons learned from from a Nazi. Thank you. All right. Put the right empasis. I said a right salab. They’re in Harry Potter, too. Who? The spiders. But not a not a Nazi. I always thought it was like a Nonzi adjacent. Oh, okay. I’m going to take a sphinx. Ah, body of a lion, head of a human. I just don’t know what the hell those things do. They pose riddles and then they Oh, they do pose riddles. They are riddlers. They are ridders. And if you get the riddle wrong, they kill you. Was that the one who got Edipus? Yes. Okay. Well, he didn’t get Edipus. Edipus. That was probably be the most famous Sphinx of all time. That’s a good one. Thank you. That’s a good one. They’re women, too. So, I’m taking people who mostly kill men. Well, they’re not people. They’re mythological creatures that Okay. Well, that’s cool. Give me uh know where you stand on on us as a gender. That’s great. Um, give me vampires. Let’s close this thing out. Give me all of them. Okay. Give me Dracula. Give me Edward. The Is he the shimmer and the shiny one? Yeah. Give me Edward. The whole Cullen family. You get them all. Give me Give me all of the Cullens. Let’s go. I love them. You love the the Cullens. I love all of them. I was team Jacob and team Edward. All right. I could see the good in both. Oh, of course I could. Of course you could. Yeah. Vampires running around drinking blood. Just call them general. Vampires are definitively better than werewolves. You picked them. So, I’m asking you to make your case. If I could have I I needed one of the two vampire, werewolf, witch, and I just I went with of vampire done a witch. Um, now if you’re asking me which one I think is is better if I have to, they’re all in the same tier for me. But which one is better in said tier? I would go vampire because of the immortal thing. Okay. Because they can they can kick it for forever. Um, also the werewolf stuff. When I was coming up, you needed a full moon to become a werewolf and you had nothing without said full moon. I don’t know what the hell happened. Underworld ended up coming out and some some other stories ended up coming out and now werewolves are just able to change into werewolves whenever the hell they they feel like it and that’s not what I was accustomed to as a kid. So if you need a full moon, you only get those what once every quarter? Once every is it once a month? Once a quarter. I I think we’re about to get one. A really close one last night. only get one every every so often. It’s like, “All right, I I can’t really roll with you.” And witches, uh, yeah, it takes too much to to grab the ingredients, to brew the potion. Like, you’re you’re a glorified chef at that point. You’re putting women back in the kitchen. You’re not really that. Whoever created witches was clearly a man putting us back in the kitchen, making us create potions. Yeah. Create potions. And in reality, there’s a witch inside every single one of us. I’m still waiting for the Boston coven. Oh, come on. Come on. Uh, ones I did not take. Minotaars. I had that on the list. The story of the Minotaur was one of the best of Greek mythology. Which god was it who I think it was Zeus punishing somebody for being obsessed with the minotaur. And then that person’s wife ended up fornicating with them with with a bull. Gave a gift of a bull. They like kept the bull. Zeus Zeus did it. Zeus turned himself into a bull. Oh. And went and got this. That’s right. Zeus is a uh and then he’s a little trickster. Well, you say trickster, I say serial rapist. Your wife your wife had sex with a bull and now a minotaur was born. No, Zeus is like, “Oh, your wife is sexy. Give me that.” You’re like, “No.” And then Zeus says, “Okay, watch this. I’mma transform myself into like rain.” He ended up transforming himself into golden rain, a bull, like crazy stuff. The hydra was overlooked. M the kraken griffins. Mhm. They’re like half cat, half raptor. I like those. When you say raptor, what do you mean? They fly. Okay. They’re basically like flying cats. I got you. Yeah, but in a raptor way. That was all on my list. Uh giant, but if I took Cyclops, giant would have been um this almost same thing. Just one got one eye, one got two. Gorgon, um Medusa them. Yeah. Although Medusa, I’m pretty sure Medusa is the only one who’ll turn you to stone. Um, speaking of creepy ass, if I wanted to really make a list full of women who punish men, um, Medusa scared the hell out of me. She shouldn’t. I mean, snake, like snake scared me, so like a hair of snake was scary to me. Uh, Bigfoot was on my list as as well. Lock monster. Good old Nessie. Nessie. Nessie was there, too. So, yeah. Yeah, not not a monster, but Bermuda Triangle. I was if I could have found an angle to get that then maybe. But yeah, you know, couldn’t figure it out. We’ll take a break. When we come back, theater Thursday, some movie news from the week. One movie has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The other has 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. That’s the dichotomy of Rotten Tomatoes. Who’s got a hundred weapons? Oh, I should have teased it, but you won’t tell you who has zero%. Also, the Lost Culture’s Culture Awards were this week and they premiered on Peacock yesterday. And I’m going to test CJ’s knowledge of culture. We’ll see how many he gets right after a quick break. 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The Chris Vernon Show live on weekdays at noon on YouTube at Grind City Media and the official Grind City Media app. What is the biggest uh summer league accomplishment so far for this Grizzlies team to Iselo filling out his coaching staff? The Ryan Saunders hiring was essential. It was big time. You have a veteran NBA voice there. Hey Grizzlies fans, be sure to tune in to Grisby where the panel and I break down all things Grizzlies and take a look at the rest of the NBA as well. The show is live every Wednesday, 2 p.m. on YouTube at Grind City Media and the official Grind City Media app. [Music] Welcome back. Welcome back. A little theater Thursday before we get out of here and into our pre-right festivities out at TPC Southwind. Uh, weapons comes out this weekend is out. Uh, the last time I looked, it still was out 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. I don’t know if that’s changed. I don’t always trust Rotten Tomatoes. It’s fine. It is what it is. However, critics who I trust who have seen Weapons have said that it does live up to the hype. and you get into that weird space where you don’t want to overhype it because then inevitably someone is disappointed because no movie is perfect and we are all subjective viewers of movies and you’ll or objective viewers of movies objective sub why can’t I get that right this morning um that said it’s supposed to be a banger of a movie I want to see it before I find out anything about it because if there’s one consistent through line in every review of people who have seen weapons it is know nothing about it going into it so do not ruin it for me I will not ruin it for you I will find a way to see it this weekend. On the flip side of that, they’re coming out with a new War of the Worlds movie and it has 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, CJ. And I would like to read you a couple reviews. Holy Slop of the Year. GH War of the Worlds 2025. Don’t even get me started. It’s like they tried to ruin a classic on purpose. Ice Cubes just yelling at a computer screen the whole time. It does star Ice Cube. Uh the movie was very campy. It was not a good idea to be made. This film was like an insult to Wells. I would give it zero stars, but Rotten Tomatoes does not do zero stars yet. It is a non-stop prime ad. But beyond that, if all military communications are down and satellites are falling from the sky, how are these people still texting and video chatting? Stupid. Please move on. Do not waste your time. I guess I won’t be going to see War of the Worlds. We We didn’t watch War of the Worlds. What did we watch the other day? We watched a bit of Signs, which was one of my all-time favorite mightyan movies. I wasn’t loving it as much as I loved it back in the day. Once you realize, and this is my issue with might, once you realize all his movies are is setting you up for the twist and you know, and once you know the twist, like the movies aren’t good. They aren’t good movies. Asking him which movie did he ruin? Did he ruin? He ruined Avatar the Last Air Bender. Is asking him to do those. Did he ruin Dragon Ball also? I can’t speak for He definitely ruined Avatar. It’s just like, yo, man, come on. Give me something other than a bunch of boring stuff happening. And then, oh, here’s a really cool twist. I figured it out during the village. Wherever the village is in his like cinematography is I think it was the one right after Six Sense. No. Was there something in between there? Signs is after Six Sense. Okay. Signs, then Village, maybe. I’m not sure. But Village, I was like, “Okay, I’m done with this cat.” All he is is a twist. The The Village pissed me off. Yeah, I’m I’m not I’m not doing this with him. That was like right when I was starting to really love movies and I was in my big horror movie era and I went and saw The Village in theaters when I was in LA for UCLA basketball camp when I was in like sixth grade. Saw The Village and I was just devastated by how bad it was. Terrible. Came after signs before Lady in the Water, before the happening, and before The Last. The Happening was when I was out. the happening. I came back for Split, Glass, and Old, which were the sequels, prequels to Unbreakable. Okay, but it’s fine. It is what it is. Have you watched movies? Is he the director for a War of the Worlds? Why Why are we on Might? How did we end up on him? Oh, well, because I thought that I was about to reference the old War of the Worlds movie from 2012, but I was actually referencing Signs that we watched like 30 minutes of the other night and then turned off. Oh, you got 30 minutes of hopped out. Um, no. I I can’t remember. I watched somebody’s standup special on Netflix uh yesterday. I’d have to figure it out what what what the name is. It’s escaping me right now. I watched a Barbara Walters documentary. Okay. That I did not anticipate watching. It’s on Hulu. I’m really enjoying it. I have about 20 minutes left. It’s nothing groundbreaking. I do appreciate I think I I have a kinship to Barbara Walters. That sounds bad because I don’t think her legacy ended up being particularly positive. Why not? People get really mad about how she treated various interview subjects, but watching this documentary back, it’s like this is how it was done. And she did such an incredible job of making interviewees comfortable and treating them like people more than just, you know, a subject to get ABCD EFG out of them. And then she would hit them with a tough question and force them into difficult things. Everyone always goes back to the Britney Spears interview, which yeah, did it age well? No. But did anything related to the coverage of Britney Spears age well? Also, no. Barbara Walters, what were you going to ask? What was the issue with the the Britney and I think it’s just specifically I think she asked really direct questions about Justin Timberlake about being cheated on, about having sex, I think, and like she was really young. She was just over 18 at the time. Okay. I I’d have to go back and get into the specities of it, but like that uh Corey Feldman who had some of the sexual abuse allegations, she downplayed those back in the day. So, there’s different pieces and even like B. Midler is interviewed in the documentary and she talks about how like she viewed Barbara as a friend, but she also viewed her as a journalist first and would never trust her because she was she was harsh and she was always looking for a good story and a good interview. Um, a lot of good talking head interviews in it. Oprah’s in it. Diane Sawyer’s in it. Katie Kurrick’s in it. Anne Curry’s in it. And you look at all of them and realize like none of those people necessarily exist without Barbara Walters. Like I know we’ve gotten to the point where we see women on talk shows and news shows and being interviewers all the time now, but before Barbara Walters, like it did not exist. Like it was a huge deal when she was co-host of the Today Show. And then it was an even bigger deal when ABC News hired her and she was on the Nightly News as a co-host and her co-anchor was like so horrific to her that she didn’t know if she was going to be able to continue. They eventually give her a million-dollar deal. She goes out, she does all this like on the- field reporting. She had a a big interview with the prime minister of Israel and the president of Egypt at the time and she stole it from not stole it but she got it over Walter Kronhite and that really kind of shot her into a different stratosphere of oh we’re going to take this woman seriously. I just I love how the documentary shows one just like what a trailblazer she was for the industry but also this idea of like why we don’t need a Barbara Walters today. Like back then that’s how you got news about celebrities was Barbara Walters asking a question that got them to open up and then that you know inserted itself into the pop culture sphere. But today everybody shares everything. Like Oprah has a really good point on it in the documentary. Like these days you have social media and people are sharing their own stories and so it kind of creates less of an importance for someone like a Barbara Walters, like an Oprah to do these big interviews because people just do it on their own. Um when’s the last time we got one of those? Was it not Oprah? It was Opra with Meghan Markle. Prince Harry. Yeah. Ex Prince Harry. We Wait, what happened to Prince Harry? Well, he’s no longer They like separated from the royal family. Gotcha. So, no longer Prince Harry. So, just Harry. Um, he’s just Harry. Just Harry. Uh, yeah, man. We talked about uh Barbara Walters. I can’t remember the day we were talking off air pre-show about it. Um, for for my money, one of the best interviewers of my my lifetime. might have put her um probably second behind Oprah um for for me. The two best interviewers of my lifetime were Oprah and um Walters. I remember it was appointment viewing when she sat down to to interview people. And I can recall being a kid at my grandma’s house and would see what the adults are doing. and they’re sitting around TV watching her on one of them them shows doing some some interviews and making me watch and trying to teach me through said interviews about hey this is what life is this is how you do these types of things lessons for me were learned from um interviews held by Barbara Walters. Yeah. You’ll never believe who she almost married. Who? Roy Conn. Who’s he? The lawyer for McCarthy back during McCarthyism and then he was Trump’s lawyer. They made the whole movie on like the relationship between Roy Conn and Donald Trump and essentially being like a New York fixer of sorts for a lot of the elite people that I was like what when that popped up. But ultimately it’s not like you learn very much new about Barbara Walters. It’s more just like a time capsule. This is why she was important. This is why timelinewise she had such an influence. Obviously the view has a big piece of it and putting that many women talking about things on TV was revolutionary at the time. You knew everything. Well, not everything. You didn’t learn anything. I learned a ton. I learned a ton. I just meant like people look at those things and want salaciousness and the most salacious thing that came out of it was that she almost married Roy Conn. Like that’s the only It didn’t go very hard on her kind of what I was discussing from a legacy standpoint of was she always appropriate? But I don’t care. I really don’t care about that. I’ve been I’ve been talking to you off air down the rabbit hole of like former late night hosts acting as a humiliation ritual for young women and older women in Hollywood for like my entire growing up like going back and watching clips of Letterman try to kiss Jennifer Aniston and asking Joy Roberts if she was wearing underwear every time she’d come on a show and Jay Leno has a number of those too and even like there’s this Anthony Anderson clip of him talking to Lindsay Lohan about what boys were going to come to her house and Lindsay Lohan is like oh I don’t know she was moving in with Raven Simone they roommates for a period and she was like, “Just a reminder, like we’re underage.” And Anthony Anderson literally goes, “Well, some people like him underage like me in the interview on camera.” Anyway, so all these people were gross. So if Barbara Walters was a little mean, sorry if I’m not going to get all up in an uproar over it because there was just that was a different time and I hate using that as a flippant, but we know we we know now like, “Hey, that’s don’t do it like this. she’s done a lot or they have in this case done some some good things some good interviews some good interview techniques do those don’t do this this is no longer acceptable or or allowed right and I think that’s the way you have to to look at it particularly in that that industry okay last but not least I figured out the movies oh I watched two of them because we do we count stand up as movies we do uh Netflix Nate Jackson super funny okay um not sure if you guys know Nate Jackson. Nate Jackson, he comes across my consciousness on I do believe the the tickity talky just doing crowd work. And so this is a comedy special. He’s pretty funny, real creative, just off the top of the dome doing crowd work. So this is a special with that. Dusty Slay’s Working Man was another one that I I watched. No, that was the one from last year. What’s the new Dusty Slay movie? Either way it goes. Dusty Slay. There it is. Wet Heat. Okay. Is the one that I recently watched. Uh it’s not as good as the first one, but it’s fine. There there are people who find um that uh will find that more relatable than I will. It’s not that it was bad, it’s just I couldn’t relate to to some of the jokes. Speaking of things I doubt you can relate to, and maybe I’m maybe I’m guarantee assuming and making an ass out of you and me. Are you familiar with the Lost Culturistas Culture Awards? Nope. I’m here to teach you. This is a Jess teaches CJ about big things in culture moment. How would you define culture? Huh? Define culture. I don’t I can’t. Well, I’ll tell you how Lost Culture Do you know what Lost Culturist is? I’ve told you about it before, but I’ll tell you about it again. It’s Bowen Yang’s podcast with his best friend Matt. Okay. And it has grown into one of You say the Bowen Yang podcast. It’s called Lost Culturistas, and we are the Lost Colts. Okay. Okay. Um, it’s grown in popularity to the point where they made a running joke of kind of these like rand just very random awards tangential to things that they care about in culture. Well, Bravo ends up picking it up and creates an entire award show where like Jamie Lee Curtis was there. Allison Janney got the cultural icon award. Kristen Wig, Quinta Brunson, like these big people came to this award show. It’s on Peacock now. who can stream it and it functions as a real award show. And it was fantastic. Like it was so creative. It was so funny. And all of my girl group chats, this was like the number one thing talked about in the girl group chats yesterday. Like did you watch the Lost Culture’s culture awards? If you haven’t, you have to watch this now. And at one point I said, I’m no longer going to trust anybody’s opinions if they do not know what Lost Culture does is. So I have to at least alert you of what Lost Culture is. No, no. You’re supposed to just not trust my opinion. No. I mean, a good working relationship in this standpoint, I occasionally have to trust your opinions. Not exclusively, but their definition of culture I will start with is culture is when a woman does something seriously, a gay guy does something as a joke, or a straight guy does something good by accident. That is their definition, their number one rule of culture. So, that’s where we’re starting. That’s the basis that we’re starting with. I just want to go through some of these and see if it means like if you even can draw a I know what that is. Okay, so that’s the that’s the criteria here. All right, I know who or what that is. All right, I’m confident because I I love Boeing. Okay, record of the year. Okay, I think you’ll get Abracadabra Lady Gaga. No way. Abracadabra. Abracadabra. You know that song? No. Yes, you do. No, it’s on commercials. I I didn’t know that was a song. I thought we were only going to start with a win. No, yeah. Do you watch basketball? Are you a sports fan? I don’t watch commercials, but they would use it as like the Dear March Madness, the intro music and the outro music. That song performed it on SNL. I know you don’t watch the musical acts on SNL. I definitely don’t watch those. That song came on twice, Jacob. I’m I promise you. And the third time it came on, I just started muting the TV. Okay. Okay. So that’s the song. March Madness. Album of the year. Mayhem. Lady Gaga. Were you aware Lady Gaga had an album come out this year? Even though we talked about it on We talked about it. I think I listened I tried to listen to it. No, I think you talked talked about it and you like, “Hey, don’t worry about it.” And I did. Okay. But there I’m not going to take it away from them. They love the Gaga. Finalist of the year. Megan Fehee. H. Do you know who Megan Fehee is? What is finalist of the year? Don’t ask the question of what is what. Just it’s the subject that matters. She’s an actress. Okay. Have you heard of the show The Hunting Wives? This like dirty pleasure show on Netflix. Yes. I’m watching it for research purposes so we can talk about it on the show next week. It’s crazy. Okay. Anyway, she’s on that. No, she’s not on that. I’m sorry. She was on The White Lotus. I thought she was on it, but it’s Meen Acherman and I get those two confused sometimes. Anyway, she’s their finalist of the year. Outfit of the year, Lisa Rena and whatever she wants. Do you know who Lisa Rena is? God, that’s insane. Lisa, Lisa Rena was a soap star turned Real Housewife. She’s big in the Real Housewives universe. Okay. Best new artist, Gabby Wendy. Who? Gabby Wendy was on The Bachelor and then she was on Traders and she’s one of the most popular people on social media now. No clue. Best picture. Literal picture. Probably Serena. Dylan Efron butt in the air. We showed the Dylan Efron but in the air. Zack Efron’s brother. Come on. It certainly made a WTF. Okay. I don’t think so. Jessica. Jessica. No. There’s no way we showed that. Okay. Allison Allison Williams Cool Girl Award. Do you know who Allison Williams is? First of all, Brian Williams daughter, Nepo Baby, but was on the show Girls. The the girlfriend in Get Out. That’s Allison Williams. The white girl and Get Out. Oh, yeah. I know her. I know her. Do you know who Paige Dorbo is? Gosh, Jessica the I’m working Google over here, dog. Paige who? Paige Dorbo. No. Okay, that’s okay. Massive influencer. She won the Allison Williams Cool Girl Award. Everybody loves Paige Dorbo. She has a podcast. I have honestly never seen this person in my life. Okay. Okay. Next up, the Santa Award for being unforgettable. Toad from Mario. You know Toad from Okay, great. That’s my guy. Most amazing impact in film, Jeff Goldblum’s chest in Jurassic Park. I know. I’m aware of Jeff Globoom. Yes. Uh, most iconic building or structure? Universal Helios Grand Hotel. Alo Hotel in Epic Universe. Have you seen those pictures from the Epic Universe Hotel? No, I failed you. Best vibe, hands down, Seth Myers. Okay. I’m aware, Seth. Okay. Best movie of all time was a tie between Tar and Nutty Professor. Three, the Clumps. Two. Two. The Clumps. Yeah, I’ve seen that one. I’m back in. I only saw the first one. I have no clue who Tar is. Best gay guy. Normal. Jared. It’s just a Jared. You don’t have to know him. Best gay guy. Famous Andy Cohen. Okay. You know Andy Cohen. I’m aware of Andy Cohen’s work. Best gay guy. Somewhere in between Fire Island Pines Bartender. Do you know what Fire Islands is? Is that where the gay people go to hang out? Sure. Okay. It’s a That’d be an acceptable answer. Okay. Next up, Titanic Award for Monoculture Rotisserie Chicken. Okay. Best word to whisper, never. Best word to scream, never. All right. Most uncommon accident? Knife falls on foot while running knife to your friend who asked if you could bring that knife over here. Okay. Best news we heard. Ben Platt is here to sing a record of the year nominee. And Ben Platt showed up to sing a Diet Pepsi song. Okay, it’s okay. You wouldn’t get that. Social change moment of the year. Gagaella. What the hell is Gagaella? It’s Lady Gaga’s Coachella. Like Beella was Beyonce’s Coachella. Okay. I I thought that was a different festival. I can’t keep up with this. The kindest greeting. We’ve met several times and I remember the most thrilling threat. If I ever see you again, I’m going to kill you. Turn up. Best breakfast. Crab cake Benedict. I don’t love a crab cake benedict. My wife loves crab cake. I don’t love a benedict. Okay. Best lunch? Free. We can all agree on that. Best dinner. You get home and you your new lover cooked for you again. So far they are amazing. Okay. Best beverage. A tie between Big airport essentia and Celsius. Okay. Moon Award for Shining Brightly. The DreamWorks Moon with a little boy on it who fishes. That’s a good one. The sun award for So Effing Hot. Do you know who Lucy Dakis is? Lucy. No, but tell me tell me who Lucy Dakis is. I gotta be honest. It says here it’s a American singer songwriter. This looks like a regular degular person. She sings the um I don’t know some Tik Tok song. I don’t know who she is either. Okay, next up the Eva Longoria Award for Tiny Human Huge Impact. Sabrina Carpenter. That’s got to be Sabrina. Oh, okay. Both both applicable. Maybe Sabrina Carpenter will get it next year because they are definitely going to do this. Has been so popular. This will happen again. That’s a dream to have a bit so popular. Bravo picks it up. Yes. Bravo, if you’re listening, we got bits over here. They did have like a hundred best podcasts of the year. We were not nominated. Oh, come on. Unfortunately. Maybe next year. Uh, father award, Andy Cohen. Okay. Daddy award. The men of the Four Seasons. Did you watch The Four Seasons? I did. Did you enjoy that show? Yeah, we talked about it. It’s a really recommended it. It’s on my list. Yeah. Circus Award for Stop being Weird. Airbnb host and the locks they choose. Got you. Filetman award for best beef. Bonito Skinner in overcompensating. I think I watched half of that show. Okay. No clue. Do you know who Bonito Skinner is? No. Do I need to? Not really. Canada award for Canadian delicacy. Maple syrup on a stick on ice. What? Worst sticky feeling when you touch a child’s hand and it’s like, what was that? Yes. Yes. A thousand times. Yes. Yeah. I’ve never seen Bonito. Sport. We would love to know more about volleyball. Bunch of guys in the park. Can’t tell how many are gay. How many are? That is the big question. Best gift for mom. Glow perfume by JLo from 2002. I still have my glow perfume by JLo bottle. Do you? Yeah, it was beautiful. It had a little charm around it. Best gift for dad book about war that he already owns. Okay. Best gift for sibling, cousin, onesie for a baby you’re almost positive they have. In this house we believe in award for best yard sign. No soliciting unless you have a big fat A and a great warm smile. There we go. Let me find some more for you. Okay. Best city up and coming. Oh, trust. Whatever city I’m in, I got all the boys up and coming. No, turn up. Best city established. Oh, trust. Whatever city I’m in, I’m establishing connection with the boys. Turn up. Best laughter. Rupaul. I can I can rock with that. Best crier, Demi Moore. Okay. Aka award for other way to say that. You freaked that. Aka you did well. Okay. So, that’s one of the the phrases you should becoming more and more familiar with. I would rather not. Walking home Alone award for what women have to do. Learn about toxic shock syndrome and then worry about it until you die. You have no idea. They scare us with TSS. Right-hand arm man award for nicknames. Silly rabbit. Okay, they should start saying that for anyone who throws things at the WNBA players. Stop being such a silly rabbit. They’re throwing rabbits. Um, the secret to life. Dance like everyone is watching and they’re simply obsessed. M best alternative to God bless you. Do not sneeze on me. I cannot get sick this week. I say that often. Next slide. Most beautiful name for a daughter you haven’t even thought of yet. Stevia. We don’t have enough stevia out there. Okay. Best note sung ever. Sometimes. Do you know that song? I’m unaware. God, I just want to rewind. No. Where were you for Brat Summer? No, I was not there. Song that they’re absolutely blasting in Trader Joe’s. Rich Girl Gwen Stefani, rich girl Howen Oats. Okay. Hunger Games award for best huge franchise. Yo Gaba Gaba. That doesn’t count as a as a franchise. It’s only one of the Yo Gaba Gabbas. They got to go do like a Yo Gaba Gaba 2 or something like that. Scariest moment in history. Hereditary. Do you ever see Hereditary? What happened in Hereditary? Little girl loses her head. No. Oh, People magazine sexiest man. Dylan Efron. He had a He had a year this year. Yeah. What was the thing that you said? We I’m pretty sure we didn’t talk about Dylan. Okay. Last page. The Cowboy Carter Award for best live outdoor performance goes to Cowboy Carter. The Wingdings Award for Excellence in Symbols was a tie between the little fire on a menu indicating spicy or the little peanut on a menu indicating peanut. The creatine award for straight male excellence went to Andy Samberg and the artist of the millennium went to Miss Piggy as well. She should be. And that is the latest in culture. The culturistas have spoken. Lost culturistas, excuse me. I had Chris listen to one episode of Lost Culturistas and he said, “I’m glad you found a podcast you like. Maybe in the future we can listen to something else on a road trip.” Anyway, the girls were happy. This is one of those days where I’m being messaged by a a girl. Oh, are you? Did she watch Lost Culture Reese’s? Half these culture awards. Half these li culturista people are too niche. That’s the point. Culture is niche. You don’t have Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Then she she hits me with the This is to make you feel better about knowing stuff, implying that she knows stuff. Oh, exactly. See, so I’m I’m the idiot who doesn’t know anything. No, you’re just a man. You’re just a straight man. Oh, okay. That’s And that’s okay. And that’s okay. Thank you for being so accepting, everybody. We don’t accept straight men enough. Don’t worry, we’re going out to the golf tournament. You can just wipe that last segment from your brain and go out to straight white man heaven. I didn’t mean to say that out loud. Everybody have a wonderful rest of your Thursday. We’ll see you later. If you come out to TPC Southwind, we’ll be out there. Be sure to say hi. Can’t wait to see everybody. I’ll be there today and Saturday. We will be back tomorrow on a Friday. We’ll see you later. Bye. [Music]
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8:00 NFL preseason action
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27:00 Teresa Walker
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45:00 DRAFT: Mythological Creatures
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– ‘Weapons’ excitement
– ‘WAR OF THE WORLDS’ has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes
– Barbara Walters documentary
– Is CJ cultured?
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