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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, let's bring Brandon chrisal up from training camp. Okabka.
I don't know what the problem was, but here we are.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I don't either. I was slapping out chords. I'm stealing
courts from Shannon. There's still finishing up prep conferences that
should have been done by now. So I had the
court that I normally use is over there plugged into
a recorder as Julia McLoughlin, the young running backs talking.
But this works. You can hear me and I can
hear you.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
There you go. So how was it? Is this the
first time you've ever gotten to go to the Hall
of Fame induction ceremony?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
No, thankfully I was able to go when Champ Bailey
and mister Bowling got in, and that was so much fun.
The Broncos played in the Hall of Fame Game, which
actually was cool, but it made the season extra long
and I think maybe took its sole on the team,
but still make for a fun few days. And then
Steve Atwater invited me and my wife to go when
he was inducted in twenty twenty one. But because he
(00:47):
was class at twenty twenty with COVID, they did the
double weekend ceremony. So you had Peyton Manning and John
Lynch coming in that weekend as well, and so it
was like a you know, it was basically two days
of speeches and three at party. So both of those
were really really fun experiences. This I wasn't sure if
I was going to get to cover or not, and
then our higher ups said, hey, we've got the budget,
(01:10):
We're sending you out there. It's going to be great,
and it was, and thankfully I got to go. You know,
KOA was one of only two outlets that were there.
The Gazette also sent one reporter. But I got to
walk in the parade with Randy and Tom Jackson, who
had never been in a parade they do Saturday morning.
It was really cool, especially so Randy's from Champion, Ohio,
forty miles away. They had the Champion High School marching
(01:31):
band march in front of Randy's vehicle, which having to
be a cool red corvette. Don't know, I couldn't find
him an orange of a blue one, but read from
Ohio State, I guess, and so he had a million
Ohio state bands up and down the parade route. And
my favorite part was every time Randy saw anyone wearing
not a Bronco shirt. He's like a Cowboys brown. He's like, oh,
wrong jersey, wrong, wrong shirt, wrong shirt, and he's he says, yelling,
(01:52):
go Broncos, Go buck guy. So that was like a
fun way to start Saturday morning. Then you had end
of days kind of rain on Saturday that delayed the
enshrinement and they had to stop letting people in. And
like after the ceremony when I got home and was
watching the news in my hotel, and like Canton set
a record for rainfall, Like it's not even five o'clock yet,
(02:14):
like a record for the day it rains anymore, they're
gonna shatter it. But it was just a great weekend.
It was so great to see the members of the
Orange Crush that made it back, as well as former Broncos.
You know, Terrell Davis was there on Friday, and DeMarcus
Ware who got in last year, and Peyton Manning made
it back Saturday as well, and Gary Zimmerman and Steve Attwater.
(02:36):
Of course, I think Shannon Sharp and John Away may
have been at a funeral and so that's why they
weren't there. But it was just it was awesome to
see so many Broncos fans and Ohio State fans there
to support Randy, who's you know, like you said, it's
been thirty five years in waiting, and that's way too
long because he was too good of a player and
too good of a defense. But at least he's finally
in where he belongs.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
You know, when you get to go this and you
get to be around around sports figures all the time. BKA.
So is there a difference in the field when you
are at the Hall of Fame induction than it is
when you're like at a super Bowl party before the
Super Bowl with a bunch of athletes. Does it have
a different air?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
It really does. And so I've been lucky enough doing
what we do to really become friends with a handful
of Hall of Famers. They don't even have ties to Denver,
but you meet them along the way and just kind
of click. And so guys like Andre Reid and John
Randall and Willie Rowe who I've just struck up friendships
with getting to see those guys and they do this
really cool event now on Friday nights where all the
(03:35):
Hall of Famers at their Hall of Fame hotel. They
have just a party after the gold Jacket dinner. So
it's their families and friends and the new class brings,
you know, their inner circle, and so they just get
it forces them to kind of be in the same
room beyond the Hall of Famer. You get to do
a luncheon on Friday, just Hall of Famers only and
(03:55):
the President of the Hall of Fame and nobody else,
which is its own cool thing. But then just be
in that room around all that greatness as somebody who
loves football as much as I do. You know, my
reverence for that place every time I go there. It's
really special. And because of just how my travel schedule
broke down, I was able to just kind of walk
around the museum yesterday and not focus on taking pictures
or video and just enjoy to the exhibits. And I
(04:17):
sat in two different you know, like a cool hologram
thing with Joe Namanth that he hosts and Warren Moon's
in it. Then I see Warren Moon outside and I'm like,
how does nobody see that? Warren Moon's here? Like two
hundred people and I was talking to Warren. Nobody came
up to asking for an autograph. I think they didn't
realize it was him because they wasn't wear a gold jacket.
But it's just it's a really cool place to go.
And if you're a football fan, I mean all those
(04:37):
museums and Cooperstown, which is in part from where my
wife grew up, and a Rod was just there and
I wish I could have gone Todd Helton's enshrinement because
I got to cover him for so long and he's
such a good dude. But Cooper's sounds amazing. The Basketball
Hall of Fame and Springfield end of the Hockey Hall
of Fame in toronto's great. But if you like football
and they're doing all this extra stuffy're building a hotel
with a water park and the Hall of Fame village,
(04:57):
it's worth going. And so when Mike Shanahan gets or
certainly Von Miller, and hopefully some more Broncos along the way,
guys like Dennis Smith, Rod Smith, other guys from the
Orange Crush like Louis Wright or Billy Thompson or Tom Jackson.
Hopefully when they get in, Broncos fans, if you haven't gone,
make a point of trying to get there for Hall
of Fame weekend.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I want to ask you one more question before I
let you go. This is a quick one because we're
almost out of time. Gratishar's Hall of Fame speech says,
this Texter was largely a testimony on his strong faith
in God. It was refreshing to see an organization let
him express himself like that and hear the numerous applause
rounds from the audience. Did you get that as well?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, I certainly know how much his church means to
him and how much his faith means to him. Didn't
really know the origins of it. But with two time
Hall of Famer Archie Griffin sitting there, you find out
that Archie invited him to do an FCA thing back
when they were at Ohio State, and that just became
kind of his identity and how much it means to him.
And so I think you just want the speech is
to be genuine. So whether it's guys talking about their
(05:56):
rough upbringing or a great upbringer or whatever, right, however
they got to football that they're true to themselves. And
so Champ Bailey gave a speech about social justice and
I thought that that was really moving, and so certainly
for folks who have faith at the forefront of how
they live their life, regardless of you know, the actual religion.
I think you can appreciate when it's obvious how much
(06:19):
their faith means to them. You know, I don't think
he's trying to beat anybody over the head with hey,
you need to live your life. I do, just this
is how I live my life. And so I appreciated
that genuine, you know, that genuine touch that he put
on his speech beyond obviously thinking the people that meant
so much to him.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
All Right, that's Bkay from training camp. It's good to
hear from you and my friend. I'll talk to again soon.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Okay, sounds good man, you said, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Thank you, b Kay. We'll be right back.
All right, let's bring Brandon chrisal up from training camp. Okabka.
I don't know what the problem was, but here we are.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I don't either. I was slapping out chords. I'm stealing
courts from Shannon. There's still finishing up prep conferences that
should have been done by now. So I had the
court that I normally use is over there plugged into
a recorder as Julia McLoughlin, the young running backs talking.
But this works. You can hear me and I can
hear you.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
There you go. So how was it? Is this the
first time you've ever gotten to go to the Hall
of Fame induction ceremony?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
No, thankfully I was able to go when Champ Bailey
and mister Bowling got in, and that was so much fun.
The Broncos played in the Hall of Fame Game, which
actually was cool, but it made the season extra long
and I think maybe took its sole on the team,
but still make for a fun few days. And then
Steve Atwater invited me and my wife to go when
he was inducted in twenty twenty one. But because he
(00:47):
was class at twenty twenty with COVID, they did the
double weekend ceremony. So you had Peyton Manning and John
Lynch coming in that weekend as well, and so it
was like a you know, it was basically two days
of speeches and three at party. So both of those
were really really fun experiences. This I wasn't sure if
I was going to get to cover or not, and
then our higher ups said, hey, we've got the budget,
(01:10):
We're sending you out there. It's going to be great,
and it was, and thankfully I got to go. You know,
KOA was one of only two outlets that were there.
The Gazette also sent one reporter. But I got to
walk in the parade with Randy and Tom Jackson, who
had never been in a parade they do Saturday morning.
It was really cool, especially so Randy's from Champion, Ohio,
forty miles away. They had the Champion High School marching
(01:31):
band march in front of Randy's vehicle, which having to
be a cool red corvette. Don't know, I couldn't find
him an orange of a blue one, but read from
Ohio State, I guess, and so he had a million
Ohio state bands up and down the parade route. And
my favorite part was every time Randy saw anyone wearing
not a Bronco shirt. He's like a Cowboys brown. He's like, oh,
wrong jersey, wrong, wrong shirt, wrong shirt, and he's he says, yelling,
(01:52):
go Broncos, Go buck guy. So that was like a
fun way to start Saturday morning. Then you had end
of days kind of rain on Saturday that delayed the
enshrinement and they had to stop letting people in. And
like after the ceremony when I got home and was
watching the news in my hotel, and like Canton set
a record for rainfall, Like it's not even five o'clock yet,
(02:14):
like a record for the day it rains anymore, they're
gonna shatter it. But it was just a great weekend.
It was so great to see the members of the
Orange Crush that made it back, as well as former Broncos.
You know, Terrell Davis was there on Friday, and DeMarcus
Ware who got in last year, and Peyton Manning made
it back Saturday as well, and Gary Zimmerman and Steve Attwater.
(02:36):
Of course, I think Shannon Sharp and John Away may
have been at a funeral and so that's why they
weren't there. But it was just it was awesome to
see so many Broncos fans and Ohio State fans there
to support Randy, who's you know, like you said, it's
been thirty five years in waiting, and that's way too
long because he was too good of a player and
too good of a defense. But at least he's finally
in where he belongs.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
You know, when you get to go this and you
get to be around around sports figures all the time. BKA.
So is there a difference in the field when you
are at the Hall of Fame induction than it is
when you're like at a super Bowl party before the
Super Bowl with a bunch of athletes. Does it have
a different air?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
It really does. And so I've been lucky enough doing
what we do to really become friends with a handful
of Hall of Famers. They don't even have ties to Denver,
but you meet them along the way and just kind
of click. And so guys like Andre Reid and John
Randall and Willie Rowe who I've just struck up friendships
with getting to see those guys and they do this
really cool event now on Friday nights where all the
(03:35):
Hall of Famers at their Hall of Fame hotel. They
have just a party after the gold Jacket dinner. So
it's their families and friends and the new class brings,
you know, their inner circle, and so they just get
it forces them to kind of be in the same
room beyond the Hall of Famer. You get to do
a luncheon on Friday, just Hall of Famers only and
(03:55):
the President of the Hall of Fame and nobody else,
which is its own cool thing. But then just be
in that room around all that greatness as somebody who
loves football as much as I do. You know, my
reverence for that place every time I go there. It's
really special. And because of just how my travel schedule
broke down, I was able to just kind of walk
around the museum yesterday and not focus on taking pictures
or video and just enjoy to the exhibits. And I
(04:17):
sat in two different you know, like a cool hologram
thing with Joe Namanth that he hosts and Warren Moon's
in it. Then I see Warren Moon outside and I'm like,
how does nobody see that? Warren Moon's here? Like two
hundred people and I was talking to Warren. Nobody came
up to asking for an autograph. I think they didn't
realize it was him because they wasn't wear a gold jacket.
But it's just it's a really cool place to go.
And if you're a football fan, I mean all those
(04:37):
museums and Cooperstown, which is in part from where my
wife grew up, and a Rod was just there and
I wish I could have gone Todd Helton's enshrinement because
I got to cover him for so long and he's
such a good dude. But Cooper's sounds amazing. The Basketball
Hall of Fame and Springfield end of the Hockey Hall
of Fame in toronto's great. But if you like football
and they're doing all this extra stuffy're building a hotel
with a water park and the Hall of Fame village,
(04:57):
it's worth going. And so when Mike Shanahan gets or
certainly Von Miller, and hopefully some more Broncos along the way,
guys like Dennis Smith, Rod Smith, other guys from the
Orange Crush like Louis Wright or Billy Thompson or Tom Jackson.
Hopefully when they get in, Broncos fans, if you haven't gone,
make a point of trying to get there for Hall
of Fame weekend.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I want to ask you one more question before I
let you go. This is a quick one because we're
almost out of time. Gratishar's Hall of Fame speech says,
this Texter was largely a testimony on his strong faith
in God. It was refreshing to see an organization let
him express himself like that and hear the numerous applause
rounds from the audience. Did you get that as well?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, I certainly know how much his church means to
him and how much his faith means to him. Didn't
really know the origins of it. But with two time
Hall of Famer Archie Griffin sitting there, you find out
that Archie invited him to do an FCA thing back
when they were at Ohio State, and that just became
kind of his identity and how much it means to him.
And so I think you just want the speech is
to be genuine. So whether it's guys talking about their
(05:56):
rough upbringing or a great upbringer or whatever, right, however
they got to football that they're true to themselves. And
so Champ Bailey gave a speech about social justice and
I thought that that was really moving, and so certainly
for folks who have faith at the forefront of how
they live their life, regardless of you know, the actual religion.
I think you can appreciate when it's obvious how much
(06:19):
their faith means to them. You know, I don't think
he's trying to beat anybody over the head with hey,
you need to live your life. I do, just this
is how I live my life. And so I appreciated
that genuine, you know, that genuine touch that he put
on his speech beyond obviously thinking the people that meant
so much to him.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
All Right, that's Bkay from training camp. It's good to
hear from you and my friend. I'll talk to again soon.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Okay, sounds good man, you said, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Thank you, b Kay. We'll be right back.
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