November 21, 2025 • 38 mins
A father, a son, and a city’s football legacy converge as Caleb Crenshaw becomes Austin ISD’s rushing king and commits to SFA. We trace the east side roots, the Anderson bond, and the brotherhood that turned a bold move into a record season.
• Caleb’s record-setting run and what it meant
• Shannon’s perspective on legacy and role models
• East side rivalries and Nelson Field memories
• Cedric Alexander’s influence and family ties
• Recruiting realities and the transfer portal
• Why SFA was the right fit
• Anderson’s culture shift and 7-on-7 bond
• Miami Riley’s impact on and off the field
• Confidence facing Barbers Hill and beyond
• A playful origin story: pacifier and 80-yard runs
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SPEAKER_00 (00:27):
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(00:50):
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I'm not gonna lie, that was ashameless plug.
I think everyone who knows me,very loyal to my college alma
mater, very proud to be an SFAlumberjack, and uh Caleb
Crenshaw, the running back atAnderson High School here in
(01:10):
Austin, Texas, has committed andcommitted to be an early
enrollee to the Stephen F.
Austin, the Southland ConferenceChampion, SFA Lumberjacks
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(01:32):
So get your heaters checked,maintenance before it truly gets
cold, because it will.
And I don't want you to bewithout heat.
So on this episode 495, uh CalebCrenshaw, it's a special,
special time for him and hisfamily.
He has accomplished somethingthat is so hard, very difficult,
(01:58):
and he gets to share somethingspecial with his father, Shannon
Crenshaw, who was also a star atLBJ High School where Caleb
transferred from.
But the Crenshaw name is deeplyrooted to the east side of
Austin, Texas, and there havebeen some amazing, amazing
(02:19):
stories, and so many of them areuntold.
But we're gonna tell it tonighton this episode 495.
The Crenshaws.
(03:02):
Gentlemen, welcome, man.
This is a pretty big deal.
And look at this.
Hey, I'm gonna join you.
Let's put this on, man.
I I didn't wear my pullovertonight.
Or uh it looks you guys lookgood.
You're rocking it.
Father, son, big smiles.
As we're recording this, they'retrying to win their Stephen F
trying to win their 10thstraight game.
SPEAKER_03 (03:22):
Yes, sir.
Got it on in the other room.
SPEAKER_00 (03:26):
Man, that looks good on you.
That purple and white just looksmuch better on you guys than it
does on me.
I'm gonna be honest.
Thank you.
Hey, when you guys, we'll startwith you, Kelly.
When you see that video of thelong run against Friendswood in
the bi-district playoff game onthat beautiful day last Saturday
(03:49):
at House Park, your home field,and you you eclipse somebody
that you know all too well, uh,and become the rushing king and
the touchdown, rushing touchdownuh king.
You did that a couple two orthree weeks ago.
Does tell me what goes throughyour mind when you say did you
(04:10):
ever think, did I really did Ireally achieve that?
SPEAKER_05 (04:15):
I mean, so really I had been broke the record before
that.
Before that run, I had brokenlike somewhere between up in the
second quarter and the firstquarter.
So I mean, I already knew I hadbroke the record, but they just
announced it right after thattouchdown.
But I didn't really I didn'teven hear them announce it.
Somebody Miami had somebodyannounced it, but I couldn't
(04:36):
hear it because I was justhearing the band and I was just
hearing the crowd.
But I mean, that was just thefirst play out of halftime.
I mean, I just followed myblocks and then the hole just
opened up and I just hit thehole and then all she wrote from
there.
SPEAKER_00 (04:50):
All right, dad.
I I I've I've I've known, I'veseen, I've witnessed a lot of
dads.
You know, a lot of dads can'tsit still during their during
their sons or daughters' gamesand whatever.
But this whole journey for youto where you are now and had
watching him set a record thatis very difficult anywhere.
(05:13):
Well how have you handled allthis?
SPEAKER_03 (05:16):
It's it's it's it's been a whirlwind.
It's been really exciting.
It's been it's it's been anexpectation, it's been a goal
for his been set for a whilenow.
And just just first off, justthe just the the person that had
the goal itself, CedricAlexander.
Like we've been knowing him ourwhole life.
(05:37):
Like we couldn't add, Calebcouldn't ask for a better role
model, a better person to setthe bar since day one.
Cedric Alexander has beensomebody that was hard-nosed,
getting the game, physical back,vision, and we knew the talent
that he had.
So we gotta give props to himfor even getting up there,
(05:59):
setting the bar like that, andgiving Caleb something to chase
after.
So I appreciate Lester for that.
But just knowing the work thathe's put in, the sacrifices he's
made since day one.
He's been playing football sincehe's been four years old.
And the record just it means alot to me because, like, you
(06:20):
know, I I ran that rock prettygood back in the day, too.
But like I just didn't leave mymark how I wanted to leave it,
but to have my son to come inthere and just pick up where I
left off and go accomplishsomething that's gonna be in
this family, and he put us, youknow, he represented us well,
and just I can't be more blessedand excited for him.
SPEAKER_00 (06:41):
You know, before we move on, I definitely want to
encourage everybody just uhshoot us a follow like on each
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Not many things are freeanymore, but uh our YouTube
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But you kind of alluded to it,and we're gonna talk about
Cedric Alexander a little more,but the Crenshaw legacy.
Um, me being an ATX native, andI then I left for 20 years.
(07:06):
I knew the Crenshaw name on theeast side.
We I I grew up watching the oldLBJ Reagan rivalry, and we would
sneak off to Nelson Field backin those days, and that was a
full house, eight to tenthousand people.
And the tell me a little bitabout that, Shannon.
(07:27):
Uh the Crenshaw legacy and andand the big family tree that you
guys are a part of, a legendaryname in Austin, Texas.
SPEAKER_03 (07:37):
Yeah, it's I mean, it's it's it first of all, the
uh the robbery was just it wasit was amazing.
It was like you said, it was apacked house.
Dancing field was sold out, andthat was your opportunity to go
out there in front of everybody,showcase your skills and your
talents, and just representyourself for the city in front
(07:58):
of everybody.
I mean, it was crosstown, bothteams was good all the time.
You never know what was gonnahappen.
You just have to show up onFriday night and just see what
was gonna go on, and it wasalways a show, crowded, packed
house.
But yes, um we spoke earlierabout you know, just like some
(08:18):
crenshaws coming through thatlike we we talked about, uh
Robert Crenshaw that camethrough that played over there
at UT.
He was a big time safety overthere at LBJ, and then you know,
like myself, I came throughthere, did what I had to do, and
I mean it was just exciting backthen to just know that that
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robbery was coming, andeverybody was involved in this
in the community.
SPEAKER_00 (08:43):
How about you, Taylor?
You growing up carrying thisname, but the stories I would
love to hear the stories youmust have been told growing up.
And and I don't know if how bigyour family reunions are, if you
have those, but during theholidays, during the football
seasons growing up, what wasthat like for you to grow up
(09:04):
around all these stories andhearing those about those great
games at Nelson Field?
SPEAKER_05 (09:10):
I mean, everywhere I go, I mean, everybody knows that
I'm his son.
Like, if you see me, like if arandom person just walked up to
me, you they'd be like, Youshare this button, and they'll
tell me my dad had just like howhe was just an awesome running
back back in the day.
So, I mean, it's only right thatit was it was passed down to me.
Like, I even I had to work forit, but it was passed down to me
(09:31):
thanks to him.
But everywhere I go, likegrowing up, like they would
always tell me about how my dadwas just awesome, like he was
energetic, not energetic, butelectric.
Yeah, I'll say that right therebecause I used to I see some of
his clips sometimes, and man, hewas fast, like he'll hit the
hole and he'll go just like me.
So, I mean, I'm glad I picked upwhere he left off.
SPEAKER_00 (09:52):
Well, speaking of, you said clips, you guys must
must know how this is gonna go.
Uh, I I was texting uh Shannonlast night, and uh I found a
clip, and this was three yearsafter I graduated, and the it is
it's not as blurry as I thoughtit would be, but this is a
(10:13):
touchdown that your dad scoredin that big game against Reagan,
which is now known as Northeast.
Yeah, Crenshaw makes thepicture, looks for crenshaw,
paddle.
SPEAKER_02 (10:26):
Oh, no, he has the late now.
SPEAKER_00 (10:34):
Man, was that did you you've been what you were
watching Deion Sanders a littlebit on that celebration when he
went in the end zone?
SPEAKER_03 (10:42):
I'm gonna tell you just like this.
I'm so thankful my son don'ttake after me because I'm gonna
let you have it.
I'm gonna have to go.
Hey, that was me.
That's what me.
That was me.
They called me show time backthen.
Hey, you better not let me getin that end zone because you're
gonna know about it.
The whole stadium, I talkednoise through the whole game,
but especially in that game, wewere losing that game, we were
(11:02):
losing that game up until thatpoint.
We were inside of two minutes.
My quarterback, Jamal Davis,love it.
Best quarterback from LBJ.
He lined it up.
We are we we always had eyecontact and we knew what it was.
We knew what it was every time.
They lined me up on thelinebacker.
We knew off the ball at thesnap.
(11:23):
I'm finna burn him, give me therock, and we're finna win this
game, baby.
That's just that's just how itwas.
We did that multiple times, wedid that multiple times.
So um the linebacker, I mean theuh DB coach over there at the
time, it was Andrew Jackson.
You know, he got some ties withLBJ as well.
Me and him, we just went backand forth, we just argued,
(11:44):
argued, cussed each other out.
May he rest in peace through thewhole game.
And I promise, if he was hereright now, right before that
play, I told him I was like,Coach, keep talking.
Watch this.
I'm gonna scold y'all, and I'mtelling you, he hey, they threw
that rock up there, and that'show she wrote.
We won that game.
SPEAKER_00 (12:02):
Man, that was those were good times, and rest in
peace, Coach Jack did aphenomenal job, LBJ.
Here's some photos that uh youyou helped me with.
I mean, look at number one rightthere.
It looked like Reagan, somebodyfrom Reagan's trying to rip your
jersey off, trying to keep youout of the end zone.
SPEAKER_03 (12:22):
Well, if you just notice both of those poses in
the pitches, I run throughpeople, I run through people,
those are run throughs, bothpitches, both of them, they run
throughs.
So, yeah.
I I mean, if I my jersey wastight, like that Anderson number
one right there, he never hetouched me.
SPEAKER_00 (12:44):
Caleb, has there ever been any con?
Has there been many or anyconvos between you and dad about
who would win a one-on-onebattle?
SPEAKER_04 (12:53):
On the know what's up, though.
That's all I gotta say.
SPEAKER_03 (12:59):
I'm gonna just I'm gonna just sum it up like this.
I'm gonna just sum it up likethis.
We we gonna we can make onecomplete back.
I got the loose, I got thespeed, he got the power, he got
the statue.
We both got hands and can catchthat thing.
Got the back bill, he got thevision, and like I said, shoes.
(13:21):
Did you see him out therelooking out good?
He's swole.
I was every bit about 150.
What what we both bring to thetable made one hell of a bet.
SPEAKER_00 (13:34):
There is no doubt about it.
You know, you're part of that uhthat crenshaw DNA.
Um, you mentioned CedricAlexander, and for those who are
wondering who that is, uh CedricAlexander eclipsed the Austin
Isd rushing record before hewent on to Vanderbilt
University, and he has been apart of uh a culture change at
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Vanderbilt.
He and that group, Diego Papia,have not just turned Vanderbilt
into a winning program, yes,sir.
They're a CFP contendingprogram, and Cedric is a big,
big part of what they're doingnow.
Um, you know, Caleb, I want topull up some photos of Cedric.
(14:23):
One's of him at LBJ, and then Ithink this was his uh freshman
year at Vanderbilt.
When you you two are related.
It's just part of this familytree, right?
SPEAKER_05 (14:37):
Yes, sir.
SPEAKER_00 (14:39):
Well, and he's how many, he's how many years, two
or three years older than you?
SPEAKER_05 (14:44):
I say four.
SPEAKER_00 (14:45):
Four, okay.
Was he was he like a little abig brother to you kind of?
SPEAKER_05 (14:50):
Basically, like my whole life, you just like my
role, my like I always look upto him after football practice.
We played on the same littleleague team.
I used to stay after my practiceand watch him practice.
I used to stay after my gamesand watch his games.
I mean, yeah, like my whole lifehe just always been that role
model, that big brother figureto me that I never had.
SPEAKER_00 (15:09):
That's amazing because Shannon, you said it.
For him to break his record.
I mean, think about this story,guys.
I mean, think about this.
That's that's universalalignment and a God thing.
It's gotta be for you to breakyour family members' record,
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which you know was he held itfor what three years.
And I know you got the bulk ofyour yards at LBJ, but if you
guys just sit here and thinkabout this for a minute, whoa,
not only did Caleb do this, buthe he eclipsed his family
members.
I mean, that's wild.
I've never heard of that before.
SPEAKER_03 (15:52):
Yeah, that's awesome because like it's just it's just
that it it just speaks to theamount of work that these young
men put in.
I mean, it's just no mistake init.
From day one, Cedric's fall,Cedric's father pushed him all
the way from I'm talking twoyears old.
Soon when it was time to walk,it was time to go run the
football.
He pushed him.
Cedric worked, he worked hisbutt off, he was also good in
(16:15):
the books, but it was just likethere's no mistake about why he
is where he is right now.
But then you just look at itlike Caleb followed the same
thing.
They both grew up young with thesame trainer.
Eric Flores, the best trainer inthe Austin in this state, I
think, because he keeps theirbodies right.
He got them together, they dideverything he did, went to the
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same trainer, played in the samefootball organization, ended up
at the same school.
And after all that work they putin, I mean, just look at it.
Between them two, they racked upover 10,000 yards in AISD.
The only two backs in AISDhistory to go over 5,000 yards
in a career.
And it's just no mistaking aboutit.
The work that they put in, it'swhere they come from.
(16:58):
They got that Austin Stiller DNAin them.
That's where they started at.
Cedric set the bar, Calebfollowed it.
So that once again, I'meternally grateful for
everything that's said and donebecause hey, if he wasn't the
best and couldn't set the balland be up at the top, it was
nowhere for Caleb to go climband reach for.
So shout out to uh 28.
(17:19):
That's my point.
SPEAKER_00 (17:20):
Absolutely, absolutely, and there's been
some really good running backsthat have come through AISD.
Uh from Bowie, Reagan, Johnson,old Johnston, um, LBJ, of
course.
Uh Crockett, you know, you gotone at uh Texas Tech right now.
Uh Dickey, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (17:36):
Dickey, he hey Dickey doing his thing.
Dickey doing his thing.
Caleb had the opportunity lastyear to play with his little
brother.
So, like, yeah, so like that'sthat's good.
Like, Dickey, he's doing histhing.
I couldn't be more proud of thanDickie either.
But like I said, it's that list.
I just can't I just can't waitto just see how really long it
is and see package sitting atthe top of it, baby man.
SPEAKER_00 (17:58):
Man, it's beautiful.
Hey, I gotta ask you real quickbefore uh not that I'll forget
because it's in my face and Igot reminders all around me.
You you commit to SFA.
Um, what was it?
I mean, I know the recruitingprocess and what I'm starting to
figure out for running backs,it's tougher.
(18:18):
Am I off base on that?
Well, what's how does it becauseit is now because you got the
transfer portal, which I thinkit really hurts high school
prospects.
And and tell me if I'm wrong.
It's just my perception afterthree years of trying to figure
this all out.
SPEAKER_05 (18:36):
No, you're right.
I mean, coaches, I mean, theywant a guy that's experienced.
I get it.
They want a guy that's been incollege, they want a guy that's
older, they want a guy that theyknow they can trust, that's
going to go out there andproduce.
But me, I know what I can do, Iknow I know what I'm capable of,
I know what I can do on thefield, in and off the field in
the classroom as well.
So, I mean, I know that I'm aI'm a good back, so I mean,
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whoever came and got me got me,and they they blessed.
They got they got a good back,they got a good person, not just
on the field, but off the fieldas well.
SPEAKER_00 (19:06):
Did you see?
I guess you guys saw uh CoachKobe Karthell after they won the
share of the conference title.
He he's pretty animated, he'slike that all the time.
It was have you guys experiencedthe the the the Carthell uh
personality yet?
SPEAKER_05 (19:22):
I mean, yes, Coach Hatcher is just like that.
I mean, when I see that video,he instantly reminded me of
Coach Hatcher.
I mean, Coach Hatcher, he's oneof the most energetic guys I
know, especially for like hisage.
Like, he really gets energetic.
Like, he he more energetic thansome of the guys on the team.
Like, he he keeps the energyhigh, he keeps the energy like
flowing.
Even when we're down, he putsour he picks our chin right back
(19:44):
up and he gets the energyflowing.
SPEAKER_00 (19:46):
Well, this is funny, you know.
You you mentioned that.
Um, you know, Donald Hatcher,there's a whole story to hear.
You you leave at LBJ to go toAnderson, a team that was a
program which was developinglike this through the Little
Trojans program, a lot ofcommitted dads and families, and
(20:06):
then uh coach Hatcher, DonaldHatcher, you guys had a
connection to him.
Uh Shannon, you coached with himat LBJ, correct?
SPEAKER_03 (20:17):
Yes, sir.
Yes, I was over there back inum, I think 06-07 under Coach uh
Claude Mathis, the great ClaudeMatthis.
And uh yeah, we won't we werefortunate enough to be on the
same staff together.
So I guess that's when thisstory just really began.
That's when we uh first met eachother.
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Our wives was uh pregnant withour sons that's on this varsity
team together at that time, andit's just like it's just it's
crazy just how everything hascome full circle.
Couldn't be couldn't be uh partof a program with a better guy
that's leading.
SPEAKER_00 (20:52):
Caleb, I know I I saw you guys out at your pep
rally uh a week ago.
Um how's your experience been umat Anderson and this team?
Which is you guys are one winaway from being the best team
ever.
I mean, you could argue thisthis is the best team ever.
SPEAKER_05 (21:15):
I mean, like it's been crazy, like it's been a
long, it's been a long, crazyseason, it's been a long hectic
season.
I mean, everything's just been aroller coaster ride ever since I
stepped foot in Anderson becausecoming from LBJ with 600 kids,
with kids that I grew up withmostly my whole life, then
stepping in, stepping intoAnderson, it's like it was like
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a whole new ball game, a wholenew world.
I mean, I didn't know nobody.
I'm shy, so I mean, uh it washard to get to know people.
So I mean, it was it was hard,it was a hard little month, but
then after that month, I metsome of the football guys.
707 started, then that's when Istarted getting locked in with
some of my guys on the team.
Like we started going to throwafter school, we started to go
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lifting the weight room.
So then that's when the bondstarted from right there.
Then when 707 season came andspringball came, going through
spring ball, I knew we hadsomething special.
I knew we were cooking upsomething great at Anderson.
So I mean, after going throughSpringball, it was time for
summer, summer camp, summer, uhsummer ball.
Going through summer ball, Imean, I just felt the energy
(22:21):
skyrocketing through the team.
I just felt the brotherhoodgoing up, like the relationships
was getting tight, everybody wasgetting close with each other.
So, I mean, the way the bombsbonds was formed forming, I knew
we had something special.
Then when it came time for FallCamp before our first scrimmage,
I mean, we was flowing like atmidnight madness, everything was
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flowing, like we looked greatoutside uh at midnight madness.
Midnight Madness, that was ourfirst day in pass.
I mean, the scrimmage went well,and that was just our first day
in pass.
But then next the week afterthat, we went out to Kaleen and
then we kicked butt.
Like our deep our defense didn'teven let up a yard that day, and
then our offense was justflowing.
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So, like after that day, I waslike, man, we really got
something special.
And like when I first when Ifirst met Coach Hatchet, I told
him we was gonna be AMConsidered, we was gonna beat
Kyle Station.
I told him the first time I methim, I told him that we were
gonna do those things and weaccomplished those things.
We did, we did some unspeakablethings that nobody thought that
we could do.
SPEAKER_00 (23:22):
Five over time.
So was it six?
You almost played two footballgames in one night when you beat
AM consolidated.
That's it's unreal.
It's been, I want to tell youguys, it has been really fun to
watch because when you step offthe football field, this
community, uh the Andersoncommunity, I I've never seen it
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this bonded, ever.
I I don't leave it's been aprideful area, been good at uh a
lot of different things, but Ifeel like you and your group
that I've witnessed, these arethis is a whole new era.
It's unreal.
And it's but here's the otherpart.
You got to come over with one ofyour your uh fellow teammates,
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and for those who don't know,his nickname's Miami, but Yahem
Riley, you guys in this lastplayoff game against
Friendswood, this was thetouchdown.
He's known for his DB skills,but you know, an athlete's an
athlete.
This was the touchdown that heit was a critical touchdown.
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Yahim Riley, Miami's whateveryone's gonna call him,
because he's from Miami, is thatright?
Yeah, he's from Florida.
Yep.
Florida.
Tell me, that just adds to this.
You you come over with a guythat you know all too well, and
you guys are experiencing this.
We'll begin with you, Shannon,from the parent side.
(25:05):
Tell us what that's been like.
SPEAKER_03 (25:08):
It's it's it's man, it's words.
I don't even have the words tojust, you know, explain the
experience that this has beenfor these boys.
They both super talented, theyjust both just needed to be
unleashed.
They needed to just be part ofsomething that was just gonna
get the best out of them, thethat and put them in the
(25:29):
situations that's gonna utilizethat talented.
They still had football tolearn, they still had a lot of
things to do.
And the bone that they had justto go, I mean, you know, it's
for one thing to go by yourselfis one thing.
But to just step out on the limbwith somebody who got faith in
you that trusts the process thesame way you trust the process,
(25:50):
is just it's a good thingbecause we know, like, hey, they
got each other's back, they goteach other's shoulder to lean
on, they can help each other getthrough, and it's just man, it's
just the came out so perfect.
Miami was already talented, youknow.
Miami, he was ready to roll.
A Texas commit, you know, it washe was comfortable, he was
situated, you know, and thenwith Caleb coming along, he's
(26:14):
always been there to supporthim.
It's a real brotherhood betweenthem two, and it's just like I'm
glad to see that this has workedout so well for both of them.
SPEAKER_00 (26:24):
Caleb, we see what you guys do on the field.
What's uh Miami like off thefield?
You know, I've I only got thechance to meet him a couple of
times, but uh he seems he seemslike a a character to say the
least.
SPEAKER_05 (26:37):
I mean, I first met Miami.
We we was in eighth grade, hewas at Bedichek, I was at
Keelan, and we we actually meton the football field.
So it was Keelan versusBedichek.
I mean, you know, Keelan got thebest that day.
I got the best out of Miami thatday.
Uh, I had three touchdownsagainst them, but um my dad just
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seen Miami and Miami just keptmaking plays that whole game.
Like, and then my dad just mydad just talked to Miami's mom
that day and just told him tolduh his mom that she needs to
bring Miami to LBJ.
So I mean that that's from fromright there.
I mean, that's that's when itall started.
I mean, ever since then when uhMiami started first coming
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around me.
Uh I say that spring, we weplayed under the LBJ's Little
League 7017.
So then that's when I firstactually started getting around
Miami, starting to hang withMiami.
Then like ever since then, likehe's just been the brother that
I never had.
Like he I'm always with him,he's always with me.
You see him, you're gonna see meas well.
So I mean, Miami is just likehe's a he's a character, like
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he's like he's a funny guy, he'sa he's a great guy to be around.
Like I say, without him, I neverwould have came to Anderson.
I couldn't, I couldn't have didit without him.
So I mean, I like I just want tothank him for everything.
Like, I'm so grateful to havehim in my life.
SPEAKER_00 (27:58):
Man, that's beautiful.
That you know, that's a that's abond that won't ever, I promise
you, it won't ever be broken.
And you and Miami and all ofyour Anderson teammates.
Uh it gets the it gets tougherand tougher every week, but you
want to be a part of what'sgoing on, you want to be in this
tournament, the the road toJerry World, so to speak, in the
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class 5A Division I stateplayoffs, round two area, you're
facing Barbers Hill, uh Saturdayearly evening, uh in Cypress,
Texas, outside of Houston.
What uh is there anything youcan tell what are you guys
discussing about Barbers Hill?
What is it about them that givesyou not only gives you hope, but
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what is it about playing themthat you know, regardless, maybe
it's just you guys, you have theutmost confidence.
SPEAKER_05 (28:50):
I mean, like you just said, we got the utmost
confidence.
I know that we're gonna go outthere and we're gonna dominate.
I know we got we we got faith.
We we're a Christian team, wepray before every game.
We pray, we prayed togetherbefore the day before the game
with with our pastor.
We're we're very passionate,we're very in faith.
So as long as we got God on ourside, we're very confident as a
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team.
We know we can go out there andwe know that we can do what we
go and do on that field, on thatgrid iron, then we we don't got
no words.
And that we know our coach isgonna do their part.
They we know our coach is gonnacall the right plays to put us
in the perfect position to win,and we just gonna go out there
and execute the plays that theycall.
So, I mean, I'm overly confidentthat we can take home this dub
and just stamp our name inhistory and just keep on going.
SPEAKER_00 (29:35):
If Anderson wins, you'll be the winningest single
season team in the history ofthis program.
And for those who are not fromhere or may not know, um
Anderson, uh, before it openedat its location and uh off of
Mesa, uh, you talk abouthistory, old Anderson.
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The old Yellow Jackets in thePrairie View Interscholastic.
You talk about great stories,great talent.
Um talk about hard hitting.
I've I've I have not studied butmet curiosity, met people since
I was nine years old.
Always wanted to go back in timeand see the Yellow Jackets for
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you, Shannon, as you areapproaching going to watch this
modern day Anderson play.
What do you remember maybe?
Because there is there is aconnection now.
We've done a great job ofmerging the two communities, old
Anderson and the new.
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How did have you thought aboutthat?
Has anything from old school andnew school coming together?
SPEAKER_03 (30:57):
It's just not like you said, the talent, the amount
of talent that they had backthen and just you know, just
being real dominant.
And then for Anderson, you know,they going to, you know,
opposite side of town, you know,they getting different players,
and then, you know, even whenKotacher got there, they it's
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been in spurts, like, oh, it'sbeen since then since they did
this.
It's been since then since theydid that.
If I'm not mistaken, they was hewas he was saying the kids was
in diapers the last timeAnderson won a playoff game.
SPEAKER_02 (31:31):
That's true.
SPEAKER_03 (31:31):
2011.
I mean, he was like, like godly.
I mean, like everything is justover like now, just to put this
team together like this.
It's a testament to, like hesaid, they faith.
It's a testament to how badthese kids want it.
It's a testament to how thesecoaches is getting out there and
preparing them.
And just the Northwest Hillsarea, the mate of mafia, just
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it's just no better support thanthose people out there, man.
It's a blessing.
They get they they there foreverything that you need.
Like the support is just is issecond to none.
And with everything justtogether and just clicking how
it is, like it's it's it's nomistake where this team is.
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And I think they just scratchingthe surface and they're not
done.
SPEAKER_00 (32:18):
Man, it's I'll tell you what, man, very tight-knit
community, very similar to thatLBJ community, was and always
has been.
Hey, I can't let you guys getout of here without taking part
in uh stories inside the mancave tradition.
(32:44):
All right, we've had talk aboutlegendary.
I know that word's tossed aroundtoo frequently or too often, but
uh the man cave stories havebeen phenomenal.
A lot a lot of people don't usefilters, but it's usually
something that is as comical nowas it was when it happened.
Do you guys share any momentthat maybe you guys can tell
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that you love to tell the masseshere?
SPEAKER_03 (33:12):
I don't know.
We got so many stories, it'sjust but like me and him, we
were we were thinking about it,and like just the only I mean
the only thing that I couldthink of just really funny is
just that like a lot of what alot of people don't know.
Caleb started playing footballreal early, yeah.
He just he had just turned fouryears old.
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He had just turned four yearsold, and I used to always tell
my wife, I'd be like, Nah, he henot gonna be ready to play, he's
not gonna be a football player.
Like, he's just the way he usedto walk around the house, it was
just crazy.
Like Caleb was walking aroundthe house, he was like to like
six years old, he was on thebottle with it, Binky with the
pacifier.
So it was like he had itforever, but we put him out
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there on the football field.
When I tell you now, the firsttime he touched the football,
four years old.
We had this like this mighty miclevel.
His coach Tim called his numberfirst play.
Boom, he goes 80 yards.
I'm I'm setting up the field andeverything.
Okay, he goes 80 yards, come allthe way back, get the ball, get
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my attention, boom, he does itagain.
But that was just on the mightymic.
This boy went from mighty might.
Nobody knew he was out theredominating these games and
coming home drinking bottleslike this big.
He said he drink like a gallonof milk every other day.
Big pacifier, like this dominantrunning back.
He was just out there, he was onthat bottle clean through
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tackle.
SPEAKER_00 (34:44):
Hey Caleb, do you remember the Binky and the big
and the big bottles of milk?
SPEAKER_05 (34:49):
I mean, I ain't gonna lie.
I used to love that littlepacifier.
I mean, I ain't gonna fight fiveor six years old.
So, I mean, that pacifier, Iain't gonna lie.
I used to love that right there.
SPEAKER_03 (35:03):
Man, that's in a PlayStation with that pacifier.
SPEAKER_00 (35:06):
Oh man, maybe we we gotta start a new trend like
that.
We just all of us do it.
It's kind of like uh here's whatI noticed.
I gotta ask you this though.
Uh, I noticed your Stephen F.
Austin sticker on your helmet.
I noticed uh Yahem has thelonghorn.
That's the first time I've seenthat on players' helmets that
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they're schools or programsthey're committed to.
Yeah, that's gotta catch on.
I'm all about things that arenew, new trends.
Is that uh have you seen thatbefore?
I've seen it at college all-stargames, but that's about it.
SPEAKER_05 (35:44):
I mean, yeah, I mean, kids, kid, other kids
around the nation do that.
I mean, not not a lot of kidsaround Texas I've seen do that,
but I've seen like kids like inFlorida and Georgia do that.
So, I mean, me and Miami justdecided that we're just gonna
throw our little college onthere, just show that you know
we locked in, we commit, weready to go.
SPEAKER_00 (36:05):
Man, I love it.
I I he caught my eye real fastbecause you walked right in
front of me.
I did a double take because Iyou know I can't see anyway.
I'm nearsighted, and if you getfive feet away from me, I'm
doing this.
And uh well, I got a littleexcited because I'm biased, but
uh, because I saw that logo.
But man, for everyone looking,if you see the sign behind it,
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you know, our guy Will Smith, Ithink he coined it, uh CC1.
Uh, we could have a wholepodcast episode of all the
coined phrases by Wills uh on onthe broadcast for Anderson
Trojan football, guys.
I appreciate it, and this is agreat story.
(36:46):
I wish you guys well and goodluck on Saturday.
And hopefully, we're talkingabout you guys playing uh uh
Lufkin or a rematch withPflugerville Weiss.
Is there any preference?
SPEAKER_03 (37:00):
Definitely, we're ready to line that back up.
We definitely ready.
SPEAKER_00 (37:05):
I knew you were gonna say that.
Hey, you guys, phenomenal.
I love these types of stories, Ilove these types of
relationships.
Great dad, great family, andCaleb, man.
You you you represent yourself,your family name, and and you're
both these high schools thatyou're a part of.
Yeah, man, you couldn't youcould not represent either
(37:25):
better than you have.
Thank you, thank you.
SPEAKER_05 (37:27):
Thanks for that.
SPEAKER_00 (37:28):
Appreciate you.
Yeah, man.
I appreciate you guys.
Well virtual fist bump.
So anytime, anytime you get anopportunity to talk about the
Crenshaw name in the great cityof Austin, Texas, and Russian
Kings, and this team still alivein the high school football
playoffs.
You know what?
It's always good talking aboutit.
Honest is a strong word, and we all need honesty
when it comes to plumbing and afactory.
Somebody who will take care ofthe repairs efficiently and with
quality.
Honest plumbing in air is who Itrust, and they take pride in
that word.
Honest plumbing in air, where ahandshake still means something.
(00:50):
Man, let's get a big old Axe andJacks here.
Axel, yes, sir.
I'm not gonna lie, that was ashameless plug.
I think everyone who knows me,very loyal to my college alma
mater, very proud to be an SFAlumberjack, and uh Caleb
Crenshaw, the running back atAnderson High School here in
(01:10):
Austin, Texas, has committed andcommitted to be an early
enrollee to the Stephen F.
Austin, the Southland ConferenceChampion, SFA Lumberjacks
football program.
I am Sean Clint, the host ofStories Inside the Man K
podcast, and a big shout out toHonest Plumbing in Air, where a
handshake does mean something.
(01:32):
So get your heaters checked,maintenance before it truly gets
cold, because it will.
And I don't want you to bewithout heat.
So on this episode 495, uh CalebCrenshaw, it's a special,
special time for him and hisfamily.
He has accomplished somethingthat is so hard, very difficult,
(01:58):
and he gets to share somethingspecial with his father, Shannon
Crenshaw, who was also a star atLBJ High School where Caleb
transferred from.
But the Crenshaw name is deeplyrooted to the east side of
Austin, Texas, and there havebeen some amazing, amazing
(02:19):
stories, and so many of them areuntold.
But we're gonna tell it tonighton this episode 495.
The Crenshaws.
(03:02):
Gentlemen, welcome, man.
This is a pretty big deal.
And look at this.
Hey, I'm gonna join you.
Let's put this on, man.
I I didn't wear my pullovertonight.
Or uh it looks you guys lookgood.
You're rocking it.
Father, son, big smiles.
As we're recording this, they'retrying to win their Stephen F
trying to win their 10thstraight game.
SPEAKER_03 (03:22):
Yes, sir.
Got it on in the other room.
SPEAKER_00 (03:26):
Man, that looks good on you.
That purple and white just looksmuch better on you guys than it
does on me.
I'm gonna be honest.
Thank you.
Hey, when you guys, we'll startwith you, Kelly.
When you see that video of thelong run against Friendswood in
the bi-district playoff game onthat beautiful day last Saturday
(03:49):
at House Park, your home field,and you you eclipse somebody
that you know all too well, uh,and become the rushing king and
the touchdown, rushing touchdownuh king.
You did that a couple two orthree weeks ago.
Does tell me what goes throughyour mind when you say did you
(04:10):
ever think, did I really did Ireally achieve that?
SPEAKER_05 (04:15):
I mean, so really I had been broke the record before
that.
Before that run, I had brokenlike somewhere between up in the
second quarter and the firstquarter.
So I mean, I already knew I hadbroke the record, but they just
announced it right after thattouchdown.
But I didn't really I didn'teven hear them announce it.
Somebody Miami had somebodyannounced it, but I couldn't
(04:36):
hear it because I was justhearing the band and I was just
hearing the crowd.
But I mean, that was just thefirst play out of halftime.
I mean, I just followed myblocks and then the hole just
opened up and I just hit thehole and then all she wrote from
there.
SPEAKER_00 (04:50):
All right, dad.
I I I've I've I've known, I'veseen, I've witnessed a lot of
dads.
You know, a lot of dads can'tsit still during their during
their sons or daughters' gamesand whatever.
But this whole journey for youto where you are now and had
watching him set a record thatis very difficult anywhere.
(05:13):
Well how have you handled allthis?
SPEAKER_03 (05:16):
It's it's it's it's been a whirlwind.
It's been really exciting.
It's been it's it's been anexpectation, it's been a goal
for his been set for a whilenow.
And just just first off, justthe just the the person that had
the goal itself, CedricAlexander.
Like we've been knowing him ourwhole life.
(05:37):
Like we couldn't add, Calebcouldn't ask for a better role
model, a better person to setthe bar since day one.
Cedric Alexander has beensomebody that was hard-nosed,
getting the game, physical back,vision, and we knew the talent
that he had.
So we gotta give props to himfor even getting up there,
(05:59):
setting the bar like that, andgiving Caleb something to chase
after.
So I appreciate Lester for that.
But just knowing the work thathe's put in, the sacrifices he's
made since day one.
He's been playing football sincehe's been four years old.
And the record just it means alot to me because, like, you
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know, I I ran that rock prettygood back in the day, too.
But like I just didn't leave mymark how I wanted to leave it,
but to have my son to come inthere and just pick up where I
left off and go accomplishsomething that's gonna be in
this family, and he put us, youknow, he represented us well,
and just I can't be more blessedand excited for him.
SPEAKER_00 (06:41):
You know, before we move on, I definitely want to
encourage everybody just uhshoot us a follow like on each
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But you kind of alluded to it,and we're gonna talk about
Cedric Alexander a little more,but the Crenshaw legacy.
Um, me being an ATX native, andI then I left for 20 years.
(07:06):
I knew the Crenshaw name on theeast side.
We I I grew up watching the oldLBJ Reagan rivalry, and we would
sneak off to Nelson Field backin those days, and that was a
full house, eight to tenthousand people.
And the tell me a little bitabout that, Shannon.
(07:27):
Uh the Crenshaw legacy and andand the big family tree that you
guys are a part of, a legendaryname in Austin, Texas.
SPEAKER_03 (07:37):
Yeah, it's I mean, it's it's it first of all, the
uh the robbery was just it wasit was amazing.
It was like you said, it was apacked house.
Dancing field was sold out, andthat was your opportunity to go
out there in front of everybody,showcase your skills and your
talents, and just representyourself for the city in front
(07:58):
of everybody.
I mean, it was crosstown, bothteams was good all the time.
You never know what was gonnahappen.
You just have to show up onFriday night and just see what
was gonna go on, and it wasalways a show, crowded, packed
house.
But yes, um we spoke earlierabout you know, just like some
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crenshaws coming through thatlike we we talked about, uh
Robert Crenshaw that camethrough that played over there
at UT.
He was a big time safety overthere at LBJ, and then you know,
like myself, I came throughthere, did what I had to do, and
I mean it was just exciting backthen to just know that that
(08:38):
robbery was coming, andeverybody was involved in this
in the community.
SPEAKER_00 (08:43):
How about you, Taylor?
You growing up carrying thisname, but the stories I would
love to hear the stories youmust have been told growing up.
And and I don't know if how bigyour family reunions are, if you
have those, but during theholidays, during the football
seasons growing up, what wasthat like for you to grow up
(09:04):
around all these stories andhearing those about those great
games at Nelson Field?
SPEAKER_05 (09:10):
I mean, everywhere I go, I mean, everybody knows that
I'm his son.
Like, if you see me, like if arandom person just walked up to
me, you they'd be like, Youshare this button, and they'll
tell me my dad had just like howhe was just an awesome running
back back in the day.
So, I mean, it's only right thatit was it was passed down to me.
Like, I even I had to work forit, but it was passed down to me
(09:31):
thanks to him.
But everywhere I go, likegrowing up, like they would
always tell me about how my dadwas just awesome, like he was
energetic, not energetic, butelectric.
Yeah, I'll say that right therebecause I used to I see some of
his clips sometimes, and man, hewas fast, like he'll hit the
hole and he'll go just like me.
So, I mean, I'm glad I picked upwhere he left off.
SPEAKER_00 (09:52):
Well, speaking of, you said clips, you guys must
must know how this is gonna go.
Uh, I I was texting uh Shannonlast night, and uh I found a
clip, and this was three yearsafter I graduated, and the it is
it's not as blurry as I thoughtit would be, but this is a
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touchdown that your dad scoredin that big game against Reagan,
which is now known as Northeast.
Yeah, Crenshaw makes thepicture, looks for crenshaw,
paddle.
SPEAKER_02 (10:26):
Oh, no, he has the late now.
SPEAKER_00 (10:34):
Man, was that did you you've been what you were
watching Deion Sanders a littlebit on that celebration when he
went in the end zone?
SPEAKER_03 (10:42):
I'm gonna tell you just like this.
I'm so thankful my son don'ttake after me because I'm gonna
let you have it.
I'm gonna have to go.
Hey, that was me.
That's what me.
That was me.
They called me show time backthen.
Hey, you better not let me getin that end zone because you're
gonna know about it.
The whole stadium, I talkednoise through the whole game,
but especially in that game, wewere losing that game, we were
(11:02):
losing that game up until thatpoint.
We were inside of two minutes.
My quarterback, Jamal Davis,love it.
Best quarterback from LBJ.
He lined it up.
We are we we always had eyecontact and we knew what it was.
We knew what it was every time.
They lined me up on thelinebacker.
We knew off the ball at thesnap.
(11:23):
I'm finna burn him, give me therock, and we're finna win this
game, baby.
That's just that's just how itwas.
We did that multiple times, wedid that multiple times.
So um the linebacker, I mean theuh DB coach over there at the
time, it was Andrew Jackson.
You know, he got some ties withLBJ as well.
Me and him, we just went backand forth, we just argued,
(11:44):
argued, cussed each other out.
May he rest in peace through thewhole game.
And I promise, if he was hereright now, right before that
play, I told him I was like,Coach, keep talking.
Watch this.
I'm gonna scold y'all, and I'mtelling you, he hey, they threw
that rock up there, and that'show she wrote.
We won that game.
SPEAKER_00 (12:02):
Man, that was those were good times, and rest in
peace, Coach Jack did aphenomenal job, LBJ.
Here's some photos that uh youyou helped me with.
I mean, look at number one rightthere.
It looked like Reagan, somebodyfrom Reagan's trying to rip your
jersey off, trying to keep youout of the end zone.
SPEAKER_03 (12:22):
Well, if you just notice both of those poses in
the pitches, I run throughpeople, I run through people,
those are run throughs, bothpitches, both of them, they run
throughs.
So, yeah.
I I mean, if I my jersey wastight, like that Anderson number
one right there, he never hetouched me.
SPEAKER_00 (12:44):
Caleb, has there ever been any con?
Has there been many or anyconvos between you and dad about
who would win a one-on-onebattle?
SPEAKER_04 (12:53):
On the know what's up, though.
That's all I gotta say.
SPEAKER_03 (12:59):
I'm gonna just I'm gonna just sum it up like this.
I'm gonna just sum it up likethis.
We we gonna we can make onecomplete back.
I got the loose, I got thespeed, he got the power, he got
the statue.
We both got hands and can catchthat thing.
Got the back bill, he got thevision, and like I said, shoes.
(13:21):
Did you see him out therelooking out good?
He's swole.
I was every bit about 150.
What what we both bring to thetable made one hell of a bet.
SPEAKER_00 (13:34):
There is no doubt about it.
You know, you're part of that uhthat crenshaw DNA.
Um, you mentioned CedricAlexander, and for those who are
wondering who that is, uh CedricAlexander eclipsed the Austin
Isd rushing record before hewent on to Vanderbilt
University, and he has been apart of uh a culture change at
(13:59):
Vanderbilt.
He and that group, Diego Papia,have not just turned Vanderbilt
into a winning program, yes,sir.
They're a CFP contendingprogram, and Cedric is a big,
big part of what they're doingnow.
Um, you know, Caleb, I want topull up some photos of Cedric.
(14:23):
One's of him at LBJ, and then Ithink this was his uh freshman
year at Vanderbilt.
When you you two are related.
It's just part of this familytree, right?
SPEAKER_05 (14:37):
Yes, sir.
SPEAKER_00 (14:39):
Well, and he's how many, he's how many years, two
or three years older than you?
SPEAKER_05 (14:44):
I say four.
SPEAKER_00 (14:45):
Four, okay.
Was he was he like a little abig brother to you kind of?
SPEAKER_05 (14:50):
Basically, like my whole life, you just like my
role, my like I always look upto him after football practice.
We played on the same littleleague team.
I used to stay after my practiceand watch him practice.
I used to stay after my gamesand watch his games.
I mean, yeah, like my whole lifehe just always been that role
model, that big brother figureto me that I never had.
SPEAKER_00 (15:09):
That's amazing because Shannon, you said it.
For him to break his record.
I mean, think about this story,guys.
I mean, think about this.
That's that's universalalignment and a God thing.
It's gotta be for you to breakyour family members' record,
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which you know was he held itfor what three years.
And I know you got the bulk ofyour yards at LBJ, but if you
guys just sit here and thinkabout this for a minute, whoa,
not only did Caleb do this, buthe he eclipsed his family
members.
I mean, that's wild.
I've never heard of that before.
SPEAKER_03 (15:52):
Yeah, that's awesome because like it's just it's just
that it it just speaks to theamount of work that these young
men put in.
I mean, it's just no mistake init.
From day one, Cedric's fall,Cedric's father pushed him all
the way from I'm talking twoyears old.
Soon when it was time to walk,it was time to go run the
football.
He pushed him.
Cedric worked, he worked hisbutt off, he was also good in
(16:15):
the books, but it was just likethere's no mistake about why he
is where he is right now.
But then you just look at itlike Caleb followed the same
thing.
They both grew up young with thesame trainer.
Eric Flores, the best trainer inthe Austin in this state, I
think, because he keeps theirbodies right.
He got them together, they dideverything he did, went to the
(16:37):
same trainer, played in the samefootball organization, ended up
at the same school.
And after all that work they putin, I mean, just look at it.
Between them two, they racked upover 10,000 yards in AISD.
The only two backs in AISDhistory to go over 5,000 yards
in a career.
And it's just no mistaking aboutit.
The work that they put in, it'swhere they come from.
(16:58):
They got that Austin Stiller DNAin them.
That's where they started at.
Cedric set the bar, Calebfollowed it.
So that once again, I'meternally grateful for
everything that's said and donebecause hey, if he wasn't the
best and couldn't set the balland be up at the top, it was
nowhere for Caleb to go climband reach for.
So shout out to uh 28.
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That's my point.
SPEAKER_00 (17:20):
Absolutely, absolutely, and there's been
some really good running backsthat have come through AISD.
Uh from Bowie, Reagan, Johnson,old Johnston, um, LBJ, of
course.
Uh Crockett, you know, you gotone at uh Texas Tech right now.
Uh Dickey, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (17:36):
Dickey, he hey Dickey doing his thing.
Dickey doing his thing.
Caleb had the opportunity lastyear to play with his little
brother.
So, like, yeah, so like that'sthat's good.
Like, Dickey, he's doing histhing.
I couldn't be more proud of thanDickie either.
But like I said, it's that list.
I just can't I just can't waitto just see how really long it
is and see package sitting atthe top of it, baby man.
SPEAKER_00 (17:58):
Man, it's beautiful.
Hey, I gotta ask you real quickbefore uh not that I'll forget
because it's in my face and Igot reminders all around me.
You you commit to SFA.
Um, what was it?
I mean, I know the recruitingprocess and what I'm starting to
figure out for running backs,it's tougher.
(18:18):
Am I off base on that?
Well, what's how does it becauseit is now because you got the
transfer portal, which I thinkit really hurts high school
prospects.
And and tell me if I'm wrong.
It's just my perception afterthree years of trying to figure
this all out.
SPEAKER_05 (18:36):
No, you're right.
I mean, coaches, I mean, theywant a guy that's experienced.
I get it.
They want a guy that's been incollege, they want a guy that's
older, they want a guy that theyknow they can trust, that's
going to go out there andproduce.
But me, I know what I can do, Iknow I know what I'm capable of,
I know what I can do on thefield, in and off the field in
the classroom as well.
So, I mean, I know that I'm aI'm a good back, so I mean,
(18:58):
whoever came and got me got me,and they they blessed.
They got they got a good back,they got a good person, not just
on the field, but off the fieldas well.
SPEAKER_00 (19:06):
Did you see?
I guess you guys saw uh CoachKobe Karthell after they won the
share of the conference title.
He he's pretty animated, he'slike that all the time.
It was have you guys experiencedthe the the the Carthell uh
personality yet?
SPEAKER_05 (19:22):
I mean, yes, Coach Hatcher is just like that.
I mean, when I see that video,he instantly reminded me of
Coach Hatcher.
I mean, Coach Hatcher, he's oneof the most energetic guys I
know, especially for like hisage.
Like, he really gets energetic.
Like, he he more energetic thansome of the guys on the team.
Like, he he keeps the energyhigh, he keeps the energy like
flowing.
Even when we're down, he putsour he picks our chin right back
(19:44):
up and he gets the energyflowing.
SPEAKER_00 (19:46):
Well, this is funny, you know.
You you mentioned that.
Um, you know, Donald Hatcher,there's a whole story to hear.
You you leave at LBJ to go toAnderson, a team that was a
program which was developinglike this through the Little
Trojans program, a lot ofcommitted dads and families, and
(20:06):
then uh coach Hatcher, DonaldHatcher, you guys had a
connection to him.
Uh Shannon, you coached with himat LBJ, correct?
SPEAKER_03 (20:17):
Yes, sir.
Yes, I was over there back inum, I think 06-07 under Coach uh
Claude Mathis, the great ClaudeMatthis.
And uh yeah, we won't we werefortunate enough to be on the
same staff together.
So I guess that's when thisstory just really began.
That's when we uh first met eachother.
(20:37):
Our wives was uh pregnant withour sons that's on this varsity
team together at that time, andit's just like it's just it's
crazy just how everything hascome full circle.
Couldn't be couldn't be uh partof a program with a better guy
that's leading.
SPEAKER_00 (20:52):
Caleb, I know I I saw you guys out at your pep
rally uh a week ago.
Um how's your experience been umat Anderson and this team?
Which is you guys are one winaway from being the best team
ever.
I mean, you could argue thisthis is the best team ever.
SPEAKER_05 (21:15):
I mean, like it's been crazy, like it's been a
long, it's been a long, crazyseason, it's been a long hectic
season.
I mean, everything's just been aroller coaster ride ever since I
stepped foot in Anderson becausecoming from LBJ with 600 kids,
with kids that I grew up withmostly my whole life, then
stepping in, stepping intoAnderson, it's like it was like
(21:35):
a whole new ball game, a wholenew world.
I mean, I didn't know nobody.
I'm shy, so I mean, uh it washard to get to know people.
So I mean, it was it was hard,it was a hard little month, but
then after that month, I metsome of the football guys.
707 started, then that's when Istarted getting locked in with
some of my guys on the team.
Like we started going to throwafter school, we started to go
(21:58):
lifting the weight room.
So then that's when the bondstarted from right there.
Then when 707 season came andspringball came, going through
spring ball, I knew we hadsomething special.
I knew we were cooking upsomething great at Anderson.
So I mean, after going throughSpringball, it was time for
summer, summer camp, summer, uhsummer ball.
Going through summer ball, Imean, I just felt the energy
(22:21):
skyrocketing through the team.
I just felt the brotherhoodgoing up, like the relationships
was getting tight, everybody wasgetting close with each other.
So, I mean, the way the bombsbonds was formed forming, I knew
we had something special.
Then when it came time for FallCamp before our first scrimmage,
I mean, we was flowing like atmidnight madness, everything was
(22:42):
flowing, like we looked greatoutside uh at midnight madness.
Midnight Madness, that was ourfirst day in pass.
I mean, the scrimmage went well,and that was just our first day
in pass.
But then next the week afterthat, we went out to Kaleen and
then we kicked butt.
Like our deep our defense didn'teven let up a yard that day, and
then our offense was justflowing.
(23:02):
So, like after that day, I waslike, man, we really got
something special.
And like when I first when Ifirst met Coach Hatchet, I told
him we was gonna be AMConsidered, we was gonna beat
Kyle Station.
I told him the first time I methim, I told him that we were
gonna do those things and weaccomplished those things.
We did, we did some unspeakablethings that nobody thought that
we could do.
SPEAKER_00 (23:22):
Five over time.
So was it six?
You almost played two footballgames in one night when you beat
AM consolidated.
That's it's unreal.
It's been, I want to tell youguys, it has been really fun to
watch because when you step offthe football field, this
community, uh the Andersoncommunity, I I've never seen it
(23:46):
this bonded, ever.
I I don't leave it's been aprideful area, been good at uh a
lot of different things, but Ifeel like you and your group
that I've witnessed, these arethis is a whole new era.
It's unreal.
And it's but here's the otherpart.
You got to come over with one ofyour your uh fellow teammates,
(24:10):
and for those who don't know,his nickname's Miami, but Yahem
Riley, you guys in this lastplayoff game against
Friendswood, this was thetouchdown.
He's known for his DB skills,but you know, an athlete's an
athlete.
This was the touchdown that heit was a critical touchdown.
(24:42):
Yahim Riley, Miami's whateveryone's gonna call him,
because he's from Miami, is thatright?
Yeah, he's from Florida.
Yep.
Florida.
Tell me, that just adds to this.
You you come over with a guythat you know all too well, and
you guys are experiencing this.
We'll begin with you, Shannon,from the parent side.
(25:05):
Tell us what that's been like.
SPEAKER_03 (25:08):
It's it's it's man, it's words.
I don't even have the words tojust, you know, explain the
experience that this has beenfor these boys.
They both super talented, theyjust both just needed to be
unleashed.
They needed to just be part ofsomething that was just gonna
get the best out of them, thethat and put them in the
(25:29):
situations that's gonna utilizethat talented.
They still had football tolearn, they still had a lot of
things to do.
And the bone that they had justto go, I mean, you know, it's
for one thing to go by yourselfis one thing.
But to just step out on the limbwith somebody who got faith in
you that trusts the process thesame way you trust the process,
(25:50):
is just it's a good thingbecause we know, like, hey, they
got each other's back, they goteach other's shoulder to lean
on, they can help each other getthrough, and it's just man, it's
just the came out so perfect.
Miami was already talented, youknow.
Miami, he was ready to roll.
A Texas commit, you know, it washe was comfortable, he was
situated, you know, and thenwith Caleb coming along, he's
(26:14):
always been there to supporthim.
It's a real brotherhood betweenthem two, and it's just like I'm
glad to see that this has workedout so well for both of them.
SPEAKER_00 (26:24):
Caleb, we see what you guys do on the field.
What's uh Miami like off thefield?
You know, I've I only got thechance to meet him a couple of
times, but uh he seems he seemslike a a character to say the
least.
SPEAKER_05 (26:37):
I mean, I first met Miami.
We we was in eighth grade, hewas at Bedichek, I was at
Keelan, and we we actually meton the football field.
So it was Keelan versusBedichek.
I mean, you know, Keelan got thebest that day.
I got the best out of Miami thatday.
Uh, I had three touchdownsagainst them, but um my dad just
(26:57):
seen Miami and Miami just keptmaking plays that whole game.
Like, and then my dad just mydad just talked to Miami's mom
that day and just told him tolduh his mom that she needs to
bring Miami to LBJ.
So I mean that that's from fromright there.
I mean, that's that's when itall started.
I mean, ever since then when uhMiami started first coming
(27:21):
around me.
Uh I say that spring, we weplayed under the LBJ's Little
League 7017.
So then that's when I firstactually started getting around
Miami, starting to hang withMiami.
Then like ever since then, likehe's just been the brother that
I never had.
Like he I'm always with him,he's always with me.
You see him, you're gonna see meas well.
So I mean, Miami is just likehe's a he's a character, like
(27:44):
he's like he's a funny guy, he'sa he's a great guy to be around.
Like I say, without him, I neverwould have came to Anderson.
I couldn't, I couldn't have didit without him.
So I mean, I like I just want tothank him for everything.
Like, I'm so grateful to havehim in my life.
SPEAKER_00 (27:58):
Man, that's beautiful.
That you know, that's a that's abond that won't ever, I promise
you, it won't ever be broken.
And you and Miami and all ofyour Anderson teammates.
Uh it gets the it gets tougherand tougher every week, but you
want to be a part of what'sgoing on, you want to be in this
tournament, the the road toJerry World, so to speak, in the
(28:20):
class 5A Division I stateplayoffs, round two area, you're
facing Barbers Hill, uh Saturdayearly evening, uh in Cypress,
Texas, outside of Houston.
What uh is there anything youcan tell what are you guys
discussing about Barbers Hill?
What is it about them that givesyou not only gives you hope, but
(28:43):
what is it about playing themthat you know, regardless, maybe
it's just you guys, you have theutmost confidence.
SPEAKER_05 (28:50):
I mean, like you just said, we got the utmost
confidence.
I know that we're gonna go outthere and we're gonna dominate.
I know we got we we got faith.
We we're a Christian team, wepray before every game.
We pray, we prayed togetherbefore the day before the game
with with our pastor.
We're we're very passionate,we're very in faith.
So as long as we got God on ourside, we're very confident as a
(29:11):
team.
We know we can go out there andwe know that we can do what we
go and do on that field, on thatgrid iron, then we we don't got
no words.
And that we know our coach isgonna do their part.
They we know our coach is gonnacall the right plays to put us
in the perfect position to win,and we just gonna go out there
and execute the plays that theycall.
So, I mean, I'm overly confidentthat we can take home this dub
and just stamp our name inhistory and just keep on going.
SPEAKER_00 (29:35):
If Anderson wins, you'll be the winningest single
season team in the history ofthis program.
And for those who are not fromhere or may not know, um
Anderson, uh, before it openedat its location and uh off of
Mesa, uh, you talk abouthistory, old Anderson.
(29:57):
The old Yellow Jackets in thePrairie View Interscholastic.
You talk about great stories,great talent.
Um talk about hard hitting.
I've I've I have not studied butmet curiosity, met people since
I was nine years old.
Always wanted to go back in timeand see the Yellow Jackets for
(30:19):
you, Shannon, as you areapproaching going to watch this
modern day Anderson play.
What do you remember maybe?
Because there is there is aconnection now.
We've done a great job ofmerging the two communities, old
Anderson and the new.
(30:50):
How did have you thought aboutthat?
Has anything from old school andnew school coming together?
SPEAKER_03 (30:57):
It's just not like you said, the talent, the amount
of talent that they had backthen and just you know, just
being real dominant.
And then for Anderson, you know,they going to, you know,
opposite side of town, you know,they getting different players,
and then, you know, even whenKotacher got there, they it's
(31:17):
been in spurts, like, oh, it'sbeen since then since they did
this.
It's been since then since theydid that.
If I'm not mistaken, they was hewas he was saying the kids was
in diapers the last timeAnderson won a playoff game.
SPEAKER_02 (31:31):
That's true.
SPEAKER_03 (31:31):
2011.
I mean, he was like, like godly.
I mean, like everything is justover like now, just to put this
team together like this.
It's a testament to, like hesaid, they faith.
It's a testament to how badthese kids want it.
It's a testament to how thesecoaches is getting out there and
preparing them.
And just the Northwest Hillsarea, the mate of mafia, just
(31:55):
it's just no better support thanthose people out there, man.
It's a blessing.
They get they they there foreverything that you need.
Like the support is just is issecond to none.
And with everything justtogether and just clicking how
it is, like it's it's it's nomistake where this team is.
(32:15):
And I think they just scratchingthe surface and they're not
done.
SPEAKER_00 (32:18):
Man, it's I'll tell you what, man, very tight-knit
community, very similar to thatLBJ community, was and always
has been.
Hey, I can't let you guys getout of here without taking part
in uh stories inside the mancave tradition.
(32:44):
All right, we've had talk aboutlegendary.
I know that word's tossed aroundtoo frequently or too often, but
uh the man cave stories havebeen phenomenal.
A lot a lot of people don't usefilters, but it's usually
something that is as comical nowas it was when it happened.
Do you guys share any momentthat maybe you guys can tell
(33:08):
that you love to tell the masseshere?
SPEAKER_03 (33:12):
I don't know.
We got so many stories, it'sjust but like me and him, we
were we were thinking about it,and like just the only I mean
the only thing that I couldthink of just really funny is
just that like a lot of what alot of people don't know.
Caleb started playing footballreal early, yeah.
He just he had just turned fouryears old.
(33:32):
He had just turned four yearsold, and I used to always tell
my wife, I'd be like, Nah, he henot gonna be ready to play, he's
not gonna be a football player.
Like, he's just the way he usedto walk around the house, it was
just crazy.
Like Caleb was walking aroundthe house, he was like to like
six years old, he was on thebottle with it, Binky with the
pacifier.
So it was like he had itforever, but we put him out
(33:56):
there on the football field.
When I tell you now, the firsttime he touched the football,
four years old.
We had this like this mighty miclevel.
His coach Tim called his numberfirst play.
Boom, he goes 80 yards.
I'm I'm setting up the field andeverything.
Okay, he goes 80 yards, come allthe way back, get the ball, get
(34:18):
my attention, boom, he does itagain.
But that was just on the mightymic.
This boy went from mighty might.
Nobody knew he was out theredominating these games and
coming home drinking bottleslike this big.
He said he drink like a gallonof milk every other day.
Big pacifier, like this dominantrunning back.
He was just out there, he was onthat bottle clean through
(34:41):
tackle.
SPEAKER_00 (34:44):
Hey Caleb, do you remember the Binky and the big
and the big bottles of milk?
SPEAKER_05 (34:49):
I mean, I ain't gonna lie.
I used to love that littlepacifier.
I mean, I ain't gonna fight fiveor six years old.
So, I mean, that pacifier, Iain't gonna lie.
I used to love that right there.
SPEAKER_03 (35:03):
Man, that's in a PlayStation with that pacifier.
SPEAKER_00 (35:06):
Oh man, maybe we we gotta start a new trend like
that.
We just all of us do it.
It's kind of like uh here's whatI noticed.
I gotta ask you this though.
Uh, I noticed your Stephen F.
Austin sticker on your helmet.
I noticed uh Yahem has thelonghorn.
That's the first time I've seenthat on players' helmets that
(35:30):
they're schools or programsthey're committed to.
Yeah, that's gotta catch on.
I'm all about things that arenew, new trends.
Is that uh have you seen thatbefore?
I've seen it at college all-stargames, but that's about it.
SPEAKER_05 (35:44):
I mean, yeah, I mean, kids, kid, other kids
around the nation do that.
I mean, not not a lot of kidsaround Texas I've seen do that,
but I've seen like kids like inFlorida and Georgia do that.
So, I mean, me and Miami justdecided that we're just gonna
throw our little college onthere, just show that you know
we locked in, we commit, weready to go.
SPEAKER_00 (36:05):
Man, I love it.
I I he caught my eye real fastbecause you walked right in
front of me.
I did a double take because Iyou know I can't see anyway.
I'm nearsighted, and if you getfive feet away from me, I'm
doing this.
And uh well, I got a littleexcited because I'm biased, but
uh, because I saw that logo.
But man, for everyone looking,if you see the sign behind it,
(36:26):
you know, our guy Will Smith, Ithink he coined it, uh CC1.
Uh, we could have a wholepodcast episode of all the
coined phrases by Wills uh on onthe broadcast for Anderson
Trojan football, guys.
I appreciate it, and this is agreat story.
(36:46):
I wish you guys well and goodluck on Saturday.
And hopefully, we're talkingabout you guys playing uh uh
Lufkin or a rematch withPflugerville Weiss.
Is there any preference?
SPEAKER_03 (37:00):
Definitely, we're ready to line that back up.
We definitely ready.
SPEAKER_00 (37:05):
I knew you were gonna say that.
Hey, you guys, phenomenal.
I love these types of stories, Ilove these types of
relationships.
Great dad, great family, andCaleb, man.
You you you represent yourself,your family name, and and you're
both these high schools thatyou're a part of.
Yeah, man, you couldn't youcould not represent either
(37:25):
better than you have.
Thank you, thank you.
SPEAKER_05 (37:27):
Thanks for that.
SPEAKER_00 (37:28):
Appreciate you.
Yeah, man.
I appreciate you guys.
Well virtual fist bump.
So anytime, anytime you get anopportunity to talk about the
Crenshaw name in the great cityof Austin, Texas, and Russian
Kings, and this team still alivein the high school football
playoffs.
You know what?
It's always good talking aboutit.
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