October 25, 2024 • 10 mins
Craig Way joins the program live from FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, TN as Texas prepares for Vanderbilt.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee. We have arrived on the premises
and in the broadcast booth here at First Bank Stadium
here in Nashville, Tennessee, our number two of the program
here on sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone. My
name is Craig wag Glad to be checking in as
planned from Nashville, the home of the Vanderbilt Commodore's, among
(00:21):
other things. In fact, my son right now is at
the Country Music Hall of Fame. He's checked out, and
Cameron Parker, the thing that has him most fired up
is he sent me pictures of the trans am from
Smokey and the Band. So he sent me that, So
he's pretty fired of with that.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
But I'm assuming that's going to be Andy Way and
not Jason Way. That's correct.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Jason whalill be coming in tomorrow morning and he'll be
on the sidelines with the parabolic microphone.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Microphone. Andy flew in last night.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
And he wanted to absorb and soak up a little
bit of Nashville. We did the same thing when Texas
played Michigan. You know, my deal is business. I gotta
I work so so I get I get to the
get to the site and do the show like we
did in Ann Arbor, and same story here.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
But you know, and he's having a good time, good
bustman's holidays out there hanging out there in uh in Nashville.
So anyway, we're glad to be here. We're at First
Bank Stadium. I guess the probably the first thing I
should do, Cam Barker, is to describe the scene a
little bit.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yes, please, all right, I will.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
I also want to let folks know coming up next segment,
we'll hear from Long Worton's head coach, Steve Sarkesian.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
It's the segment we always bring you on Friday afternoon
from the previous night's airing of Long Worn Weekly with
start from Pluckers. It's always the opposing team segment, so
where we talk about the opponent. So coming up next
next segment, you'll hear that from last night. It's some
pretty interesting things to say about this Vanderbilt team, about
(02:05):
Diego Pavia, the quarterback, Cedric Alexander, the LBJ product, all
of that, and the mindset this Vanderbilt team has, and
what the log Oorns will be encountering here tomorrow afternoon.
So that's coming up next segment in the four o'clock hour,
we're gonna hear a segment from Long Worn Weekly, but
not from Long Worn Weekly with Coach Sark. Last night,
(02:30):
yesterday evening at six o'clock, live at six, we did
a special basketball season preview show with longrng's head coach
Rodney Terry, and.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
There's a good overview.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
He gives on the work the team has put in
and where they are and what they have to look
forward to and things like that for the coming season.
So we're gonna bring that portion of it to you.
We did that show live last night from six to seven,
and of course we had the recorded air of Longhorn
Weekly with Coach Sark at seven o'clock. We always record
(03:05):
that program on Wednesdays at six and then it airs.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Thursdays at seven.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Longhorn Weekly with Rodney Terry will be a live show
at six o'clock. Now we're gonna do another one next Thursday,
Halloween Night, another basketball preview show. We will not do
a football show next week because it's the open date
on the schedule, but we will have a basketball another
basketball preview show. And last time we got a chance
to visit with a couple of brand new Longhorns, Jordan
(03:34):
Pope and also Jason Kent. A lot of fun to
visit with those. You're gonna like Jordan Pope, Cameron Parker.
I'm gonna go right now, well, Hey, you're gonna like
his game, but b you're gonna like his style. Uh.
The young man has fashion and and so you're you're
gonna like that.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And you'll find out more about that as he goes
for it. So anyway, we've got the segment with start
coming up. Next segment here from last night's show, and
then in the four o'clock hour, we'll hear from Rodney
Terry talking about his basketball team. Now to the description
of this place, well, I think probably the best way
(04:17):
to describe it might be, well, let me ask you this, Camerony,
because you're kind of you're young. I think you missed
out on you never did go to a game at
old Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Did you the old Baylor Stadium?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
No, I did not, Okay for folks who went to
games there, and they were in Floyd Casey up through
twenty thirteen. They had that famous last game where they
turned out the lights when they won the Big Twelve
conference championship or share of it, and they beat Texas.
It turned out to be Mac Brown's final regular season game,
(04:51):
and it was a on a just a cruelly frigid day.
There's a sheet of ice across the fields about ten
degrees and it was a ballgame in halftime I think
it was ten three of that. But they ended up winning.
Baylor won at like thirty to thirteen and won their
share of the Big Twelve title that ye or maybe
wanted outright. And then the next year was the year
(05:12):
they shared with TCU. But anyway, Floyd Casey Stadium was
a fifty thousand seat kind of oval stadium. It had
one end zone pretty much open. It kind of had that,
you know, the concrete motif that Colorado has cam where
it's just Colorado down way. They kind of had that
(05:33):
in one end and what would be I guess the
south end there Baylor, and then on the north end
they had athletic offices and suites and things like that.
Here at First Bank Stadium, the bleacher style grand stands
on both sides very much resemble the old Floyd Casey
(05:54):
Stadium in Waco, where it just kind of goes straight up,
and to be quite honest, really before they replaced a
lot of bleacher seating with permanent stadium kind of Jones
At and T Stadium in Lobbock. Uh, it was it
kind of had that look as well. But the one
fall semester that I was a student there way back,
(06:14):
and when I was back then it was kind of
like that. But then of course they've gone to more
permanent style seating in a lot of that stadium. Well anyway, Uh,
this this stadium grand stand wise up one side on
the on the east and the west sides go straight
(06:35):
up with bleacher seating. Now they do have some chair
backs they put in the clamp on the seats, uh.
And they do have some chairback bleacher seating on the
home side for some season ticket all. So they do
have some of that, but it would remind long worn
fans of the old Foyd Ksey Stadium. Now that's where
the comparison's in, because on the north end they have
(06:59):
athletic offices and suites and stadium club and stuff like
that like so many other places do. The south end
is a complete mess right now because it's under renovation.
The stadium is under renovation and so there's you know,
I was down on the field when we first walked
in a little while ago, Roger Wallace and I walked
(07:21):
in and Roger had to do a couple of stand
up shots, videos and some reports back for k x AN,
and I was more un happy to serve as his photographer.
And we were down there and while it was going on,
there was a whole lot of that pard in our
dust going on, a whole lot of those drills and
(07:42):
jackhammers and all kinds of stuff and saws and just y,
you know, a lot of that stuff. And it is
a hard hat area. There are guys doing it. It
looks like it'll be really nice when they get it done.
But right now you're just kind of looking at concrete.
The bleachers are concrete pillars right now now, but while
they're putting everything else together. So in the final analysis,
(08:06):
this stadium seats slightly under twenty nine thousand. That's what
it'll be. It'll be cozy tomorrow. And you know what,
the amazing thing, the most amazing thing about this is Cameron.
I'm sitting there looking at that and I'm thinking the
Tennessee oilers actually played here.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Before they had Is.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
It Nissan Stadium where the Titans play now downtown.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
I think that's what it was called.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
It was called that anyway, Okay, yeah, before that was built.
The Oilers when they moved from Houston. Remember they started
in Memphis. They played at the Liberty Bowl Stadium as
the Tennessee Oilers. Then they moved here and played into
what was then called Vanderbilt Stadium it's now First Bank Stadium,
(08:58):
and they actually played here or I think it was
at least a year. I know it was at least
one year, maybe two. I'll look it up during the break,
but that, yeah, look at around here thinking.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
An NFL team actually played here.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Okay, yeah, absolutely, but it'll be a cozy fit. Tomorrow's
Sark and you're gonna hear him say this in the
upcoming segment from the show from last night, that there's
not a lot of room on the sidelines, and that
is also that's a difference when I was talking about
the comparisons between this and Employee Casey Stadium in Waco,
(09:32):
because there was a little more room on the sideline.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
This is a little more.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Resembling Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater in terms of very
little space between the stands and the sideline, so there's
not a lot. Now, I don't think there'll be any
paddles out there with students banging the side of the
walls with the paddles.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
But the game is.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Sold out and the students are expected to in mass
in this thing, so it could be a pretty electric
atmosphere tomorrow. Now, what does it mean in terms of
how long Worns perform, Well, we'll see. They want to
bounce back. They want to give a much better account
of themselves following the first loss of the season last
Saturday night at home to the Georgia Bulldogs. So coming
(10:18):
up next, we're going to hear long WRNS head coach
Steve Sarkisian discuss this matchup with the Vanderbilt Commodores. We'll
do that when we continue from Nashville here on sports
Radio AM thirteen, under the Zone and on the iHeartRadio app.
Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee. We have arrived on the premises
and in the broadcast booth here at First Bank Stadium
here in Nashville, Tennessee, our number two of the program
here on sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone. My
name is Craig wag Glad to be checking in as
planned from Nashville, the home of the Vanderbilt Commodore's, among
(00:21):
other things. In fact, my son right now is at
the Country Music Hall of Fame. He's checked out, and
Cameron Parker, the thing that has him most fired up
is he sent me pictures of the trans am from
Smokey and the Band. So he sent me that, So
he's pretty fired of with that.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
But I'm assuming that's going to be Andy Way and
not Jason Way. That's correct.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Jason whalill be coming in tomorrow morning and he'll be
on the sidelines with the parabolic microphone.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Microphone. Andy flew in last night.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
And he wanted to absorb and soak up a little
bit of Nashville. We did the same thing when Texas
played Michigan. You know, my deal is business. I gotta
I work so so I get I get to the
get to the site and do the show like we
did in Ann Arbor, and same story here.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
But you know, and he's having a good time, good
bustman's holidays out there hanging out there in uh in Nashville.
So anyway, we're glad to be here. We're at First
Bank Stadium. I guess the probably the first thing I
should do, Cam Barker, is to describe the scene a
little bit.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yes, please, all right, I will.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
I also want to let folks know coming up next segment,
we'll hear from Long Worton's head coach, Steve Sarkesian.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
It's the segment we always bring you on Friday afternoon
from the previous night's airing of Long Worn Weekly with
start from Pluckers. It's always the opposing team segment, so
where we talk about the opponent. So coming up next
next segment, you'll hear that from last night. It's some
pretty interesting things to say about this Vanderbilt team, about
(02:05):
Diego Pavia, the quarterback, Cedric Alexander, the LBJ product, all
of that, and the mindset this Vanderbilt team has, and
what the log Oorns will be encountering here tomorrow afternoon.
So that's coming up next segment in the four o'clock hour,
we're gonna hear a segment from Long Worn Weekly, but
not from Long Worn Weekly with Coach Sark. Last night,
(02:30):
yesterday evening at six o'clock, live at six, we did
a special basketball season preview show with longrng's head coach
Rodney Terry, and.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
There's a good overview.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
He gives on the work the team has put in
and where they are and what they have to look
forward to and things like that for the coming season.
So we're gonna bring that portion of it to you.
We did that show live last night from six to seven,
and of course we had the recorded air of Longhorn
Weekly with Coach Sark at seven o'clock. We always record
(03:05):
that program on Wednesdays at six and then it airs.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Thursdays at seven.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Longhorn Weekly with Rodney Terry will be a live show
at six o'clock. Now we're gonna do another one next Thursday,
Halloween Night, another basketball preview show. We will not do
a football show next week because it's the open date
on the schedule, but we will have a basketball another
basketball preview show. And last time we got a chance
to visit with a couple of brand new Longhorns, Jordan
(03:34):
Pope and also Jason Kent. A lot of fun to
visit with those. You're gonna like Jordan Pope, Cameron Parker.
I'm gonna go right now, well, Hey, you're gonna like
his game, but b you're gonna like his style. Uh.
The young man has fashion and and so you're you're
gonna like that.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And you'll find out more about that as he goes
for it. So anyway, we've got the segment with start
coming up. Next segment here from last night's show, and
then in the four o'clock hour, we'll hear from Rodney
Terry talking about his basketball team. Now to the description
of this place, well, I think probably the best way
(04:17):
to describe it might be, well, let me ask you this, Camerony,
because you're kind of you're young. I think you missed
out on you never did go to a game at
old Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Did you the old Baylor Stadium?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
No, I did not, Okay for folks who went to
games there, and they were in Floyd Casey up through
twenty thirteen. They had that famous last game where they
turned out the lights when they won the Big Twelve
conference championship or share of it, and they beat Texas.
It turned out to be Mac Brown's final regular season game,
(04:51):
and it was a on a just a cruelly frigid day.
There's a sheet of ice across the fields about ten
degrees and it was a ballgame in halftime I think
it was ten three of that. But they ended up winning.
Baylor won at like thirty to thirteen and won their
share of the Big Twelve title that ye or maybe
wanted outright. And then the next year was the year
(05:12):
they shared with TCU. But anyway, Floyd Casey Stadium was
a fifty thousand seat kind of oval stadium. It had
one end zone pretty much open. It kind of had that,
you know, the concrete motif that Colorado has cam where
it's just Colorado down way. They kind of had that
(05:33):
in one end and what would be I guess the
south end there Baylor, and then on the north end
they had athletic offices and suites and things like that.
Here at First Bank Stadium, the bleacher style grand stands
on both sides very much resemble the old Floyd Casey
(05:54):
Stadium in Waco, where it just kind of goes straight up,
and to be quite honest, really before they replaced a
lot of bleacher seating with permanent stadium kind of Jones
At and T Stadium in Lobbock. Uh, it was it
kind of had that look as well. But the one
fall semester that I was a student there way back,
(06:14):
and when I was back then it was kind of
like that. But then of course they've gone to more
permanent style seating in a lot of that stadium. Well anyway, Uh,
this this stadium grand stand wise up one side on
the on the east and the west sides go straight
(06:35):
up with bleacher seating. Now they do have some chair
backs they put in the clamp on the seats, uh.
And they do have some chairback bleacher seating on the
home side for some season ticket all. So they do
have some of that, but it would remind long worn
fans of the old Foyd Ksey Stadium. Now that's where
the comparison's in, because on the north end they have
(06:59):
athletic offices and suites and stadium club and stuff like
that like so many other places do. The south end
is a complete mess right now because it's under renovation.
The stadium is under renovation and so there's you know,
I was down on the field when we first walked
in a little while ago, Roger Wallace and I walked
(07:21):
in and Roger had to do a couple of stand
up shots, videos and some reports back for k x AN,
and I was more un happy to serve as his photographer.
And we were down there and while it was going on,
there was a whole lot of that pard in our
dust going on, a whole lot of those drills and
(07:42):
jackhammers and all kinds of stuff and saws and just y,
you know, a lot of that stuff. And it is
a hard hat area. There are guys doing it. It
looks like it'll be really nice when they get it done.
But right now you're just kind of looking at concrete.
The bleachers are concrete pillars right now now, but while
they're putting everything else together. So in the final analysis,
(08:06):
this stadium seats slightly under twenty nine thousand. That's what
it'll be. It'll be cozy tomorrow. And you know what,
the amazing thing, the most amazing thing about this is Cameron.
I'm sitting there looking at that and I'm thinking the
Tennessee oilers actually played here.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Before they had Is.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
It Nissan Stadium where the Titans play now downtown.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
I think that's what it was called.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
It was called that anyway, Okay, yeah, before that was built.
The Oilers when they moved from Houston. Remember they started
in Memphis. They played at the Liberty Bowl Stadium as
the Tennessee Oilers. Then they moved here and played into
what was then called Vanderbilt Stadium it's now First Bank Stadium,
(08:58):
and they actually played here or I think it was
at least a year. I know it was at least
one year, maybe two. I'll look it up during the break,
but that, yeah, look at around here thinking.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
An NFL team actually played here.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Okay, yeah, absolutely, but it'll be a cozy fit. Tomorrow's
Sark and you're gonna hear him say this in the
upcoming segment from the show from last night, that there's
not a lot of room on the sidelines, and that
is also that's a difference when I was talking about
the comparisons between this and Employee Casey Stadium in Waco,
(09:32):
because there was a little more room on the sideline.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
This is a little more.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Resembling Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater in terms of very
little space between the stands and the sideline, so there's
not a lot. Now, I don't think there'll be any
paddles out there with students banging the side of the
walls with the paddles.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
But the game is.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Sold out and the students are expected to in mass
in this thing, so it could be a pretty electric
atmosphere tomorrow. Now, what does it mean in terms of
how long Worns perform, Well, we'll see. They want to
bounce back. They want to give a much better account
of themselves following the first loss of the season last
Saturday night at home to the Georgia Bulldogs. So coming
(10:18):
up next, we're going to hear long WRNS head coach
Steve Sarkisian discuss this matchup with the Vanderbilt Commodores. We'll
do that when we continue from Nashville here on sports
Radio AM thirteen, under the Zone and on the iHeartRadio app.
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
24/7 News: The Latest
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.