September 5, 2024 • 17 mins
Mo is live from the Anthony Munouz Foundation TopGolf Tailgate and is joined by the Hall of Famer himself! They discuss the 7th year of the event, The work that his foundation is doing, the Bengals O-line and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Kick off their season against the Patriots. Coverage begins Sunday
morning at nine on.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
ESPN fifteen thirty, the official home of the Bengals. All right,
I'm Saspy that for free ESPN fifteen to thirty.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Muegger here, Thank you so much for joining us. Hopefully
you're having an unbelievable Thursday. It is the first day
of the NFL season. Bengals are practicing. Jamar Chase was there.
More on that coming up a little bit later on.
We are out and about. We are at one of
our absolute favorite events. Our seventh year doing this. We're
a top golf in Westchester, an awesome spot and a
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great host for the Anthony Munhios Foundation Top Golf Tailgate,
our seventh year. The Hall of Famer is with me
kicking off this broadcast as he does every single year.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
It is always an honor.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Well, mo yous that don't see you but once or
twice a year here and then maybe when I come
in the studio to cut some spots.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Yeah, we hung out a couple weeks ago, Cold GoF
we did off. Yeah, where we did golf course. We
don't have to tell everybody how much we're not. We
don't have to do that. We just had fun, had
fun and it's a great dait. But no, it's great
as you mentioned the seventh Daniel, which is amazing, and
the fact that you've taken the time, you and the
radio station to be here do your show here.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
We really thank you for that.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
I know as we go through your show, you'll get
some of the former players to come and chat with you,
which I'm always excited to have them be part of
what I do. But you know, and listen to them.
I love listening to them too on air with you.
But appreciate you being here.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
It's great.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
We wouldn't miss it. You guys are very gracious to us.
You know, you talk about it. I say this to
you every year, but it's always so striking to me
your events. When you ask your former teammates, when you ask,
you know, other people in the Bengals universe to show up,
it feels like they say yes without any hesitation.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Well, that's the thing that I'm thankful for. I'm grateful
that they're willing to support what we do. You know,
first and foremost, the opportunity to hopefully impact some young
people in this great community. Our staff, which is amazing.
Our interns, our board, our volunteers, and you know it
has my name on it, and that's great, but that's
kind of where it ends. We're just a team. And
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to have you know, former teammates and you know, during
my golf tournament, you know, coaches and have guys come
in town.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
To support what we do means a lot.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
It means that they believe in what we're doing and
they want to be part of the impact that we
have with the young people in this community. So you know,
tonight we'll have five or six of my former teammates
you're here, yeah, you know, which is great. So you know,
it really is a good feeling to know you put
something together and the guys believe in what you're doing.
And I'm just talking you know, my former teammates and
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individuals like you. But then that the corporate partners believe
in what we're doing and they step on board and
they help us because you know, we can put together
some great programs as we have, but if we don't
have our corporate partners to fund what we do, we
can't do it. And we have eight programs and we
will not run a program if it's not funded.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And in twenty three years we did not do one.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Program because lack of funds, and then the following year
I got a partner. So you figure one program one
year out of twenty three years that we haven't run.
That speaks volumes about the corporate, the community, the engagement,
and how much they care and believe in what we're
doing well.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
And it's it says a lot about what you guys
do because it's one thing to invest once, but you
want to see, Okay, is there going to be returned
on my investment? Are they doing the right thing? Are
they impacting the kids in the right way? And so
it's a testament to you and the folks who work
for your foundation. Your interns are volunteers, and that the
folks who are you know, throwing money in and making
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it possible financially, they're seeing the work getting done and
that's that's the most important thing.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
That's huge.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
It's huge when especially when you have you know, twenty
three years old. We've had individuals that we've seen at
our youth camp as junior high kids and then they
receive scholarships, then they do interns with some of our
corporate partners, then our corporate partners partners hire them and
that's the exciting thing to see, is that cycle. And
then all of a sudden, those individuals get hired by
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local companies, are at our camps speaking to the kids
or coaching the kids, and that, to me, is what
it's all about. And you know, it's just not one
or two young people, but we could spend all night
talking about the stories of young people that have gone
through our programs and as a team, we've been able
to impact and be a small part of what they're
doing and to see them giving back in the community.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Yeah, I brought that up to you. You came on
with me three weeks ago.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
We were talking about this event and I said that
the cool thing when you've been at it for as
long as you have.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Is you could see you could see.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
You know, some of those kids are adults now and
they're giving back and they're contributing, and they're passing along
a lot of the same lessons, and they're working in
some cases hand in hand with your group, and that
I can't imagine how rewarding that must be.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
It really is, you know, especially about four years ago,
I took a trip to New York and I think
I might have shared on the air last time. Took
a trip to New York to do a boomer sisin show,
and as I was getting ready to leave, my staff
informed that one of our scholarship young men was working
like two blocks from the hotel at a big heads
firm A So I called Sam Becker, and I flew
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in the morning. I took him to dinner that night,
so we had a chance to reconnect after we'd given
him a scholarship probably you know, six seven years prior
to us going out to dinner to see him get
through college, to see him be very productive. And at
the time he was talking about how much he loved
working in New York, but how much he missed Cincinnati
and really getting involved in a non for profit. I
don't if I'm correct, I don't believe Sam has moved
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back to Cincinnati, but I think he just took a
board position for a non for profit in Cincinnati, lending
his name and his resources and you know, his talents
to the non for profit.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
So you know, it is and that's just one.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Of many many stories of young people that I've seen,
is you know, either in our mentoring program or our
youth campus as junior high young men and women and uh,
and all of a sudden, now they're productive citizens in
this great country.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
It's it's got to be.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
It's got to be very easy for you to sort
of in part the lessons and the wisdom you want
to win part when you have those sorts of success
stories that you can reference well, and.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
You know, not only for us to talk about it,
but now they say, he weh, you went to one
of our programs on don't you come speak to our border,
come to one of our dinners and then share your story,
And all of a sudden, it's one thing to read
a story. It's another thing to see a young man
or a young woman up there sharing their story. And
what they had a chance to do is they were
involved with one of our programs and now what they're
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doing so, you know, and the great thing about it
is when we contact those young men and women that
are now out of college and that are working now,
very few of them hesitate to come back and share
their story. And if they don't, if they can't, it's
because they're very busy doing what they're doing.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So, which is awesome. Yeah, that's what you want exactly.
So you have this event every single year and just
we talk about it. People know Top Golf by now,
it's been here for years. If you love golf, this
is a great place.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
If you kind of like golf, it's a great place.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
And I know you know you have your your golf
outing every single year, but this is sort of an
offshoot of it. So for maybe the uninitiated and perhaps
folks who want to join us next next year, give
us an idea of everything that's happening today and tonight.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Well, first of all, this is this is the opening
night of the season, so we we have it every
Thursday night that the season opens up. Just like the
golf tournament you talked about in June. We always have
our golf tournament the second Monday of June, so already
we know it's June ninth, of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
And the dinner of the night before.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
So what we have, you know, we'll have a lot
of food. Top Golf does a great job with food.
We'll have giveaways, we have auction raffles. As you can
see the staff setting up with some amazing raffle items.
I don't know about this number seventy eight Bengals jersey.
Not many people there here tonight. We'll remember I'm not
going to make much money off that. You know, you
got to remember who wore before you can buy it.
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You know, all these young people here like seventy eight,
I don't know. But and then we'll have could you
fit in that? Yeah, that's pretty big compared to how
it used to. Yeah, you know, I tell people we
would buy or you know, the Bengals would buy the
jerseys at fifty two extra long, and by the time
we put them on our pads and put them on,
I think they're like forty two or forty four. You
had to you know, really stretch the straps out on
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your pads and able to be able to breathe. But yeah,
that's I have it some at home, and I'm glad
to say that not only.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Fit with their little bag. Take that that's where you
want to be. But yeah, then we'll have competition.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
I mean, we'll have at the end of the night,
we give you know, the winning team awards out, we
give the individual awards out, and uh, I don't know
if we're still going to give the worst out, but well,
you know, we like to kind of arasp people, And
I say it a golf tournam. If you're going to
give a last place the word out, you give them either,
you know, a nice certificate for tennis lessons or or
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something like that. And you know, a few years ago,
maybe even now, I think that's what they would give
me if I took last place.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Maybe some tennis lesson, but yees. So it'll be a
lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
And the great thing about it unlike golf you have
a fource some theme on one hole, you might run
across another one waiting to tee off.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Here. I mean, every group is like, you know, just
right next to each other.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Soon for me, I can walk up and down the
bay here or the level here and say hi to everyone.
And then if there's groups that no other groups, I
don't have to go to whole number six and they're
all on whole number seventeen, they can just come up
and down here the aisle and say hi to everyone.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
So it's just a fun time. And you're right.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
You can be an avid golfer and you know, very
competitive and you want to win it, that's fine, and
you can also just come for some camaraderie and maybe
some fellowship and some good food and drinks and have
a blast and really establish some great memories, some fun memories,
some stories you can talk about on how way the
boss supposed to go.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Forward and mine went backwards. There wasn't any wind. That's right,
all right.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Anthony Munho is with his hangout for another segment if
you don't mind. We're at Top Golf the Munios Foundation
Top Golf Tailgate. Learn more about the Anthony Munhos Foundation
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Hall of Famer. Joins me for another segment. When we
come back, it's a quarter after three on ESPN fifteen
thirty Cincinnati Sports.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Station Cincinnati's fifteen thirty.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
By Wager broadcasting today from the Bunyo's Foundation Top Golf Tailgate.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
We are here six o'clock and Top Golf in Westchester.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
The Great Anthony guindyos with me for another segment. So
I can't talk to you and not ask about the
offensive line. You called two of the three preseason games,
and you know, here's what I was looking for going
in because the Bengals had such great health up front
last year. All the offensive linemen stayed healthy. That's probably
not going to be the case this year. So when
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their depth gets tested, do they answer the bell? And
what I saw in the preseason in that regard was
very encouraging.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Well, it's interesting, Yes, you asked them about the offensive
line to analyze us. That can analyze the backups and
the guys that's all they played. Yeah, and we saw
the starters for wins series and they look pretty good.
But I feel good about their backups. Now, let's take
the Chicago game for instance. It was all backups, guys
that are going to be backing up and some guys
that might might not make the team, and the Bears
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played entire half their starters played.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
The Bears had eight sacks the previous week. I don't
know if it was as.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Starters or who, but they had eight sacks against the
Bills until they brought an extra man. They didn't get
any pressure on our quarterback on Logan with it. So
I was impressed the way not only they passed block,
but the way they ran. I thought they did a
phenomenal job for being backups and facing the starting defense,
which the Bears defense is pretty good. I mean they
showed they're pretty good. So I was happy with that.
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I was happy the way you know, the center from Miami,
I mean Matt Lee, phenomenal job. I thought, you know,
the big guy Kirkland from playing tackle, I thought he
did a really good job. So no, I was excited
about the way those guys played. And I feel good
about the backups the same way.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
The defense.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
I mean they played against even though it was a
rookie quarterback with Caleb Williams, he made some plays, but
you think about their wide receivers with Keenan Allen, then
you know Rome Madonze and they're time, I mean, pretty
good offense. And I thought, you know, it broke out
a little bit and shut out of hand. Sure, I
think for the most part, initially both sides of the
football with backups, played extremely well, and I was happy
with that. And again the offensive line, I think if
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we can stay healthy, you know, for most of the year,
like you said last year, I think we have a
chance to be a pretty good offensive line. You know,
right tackle, we got some you know, a veteran plus
a young kid and hopefully a mens' chess will come along.
And with Trent Brown, you know, he didn't practice a
lot at the beginning, but he showed he can still play.
I like the middle of the offensive line with Kampa
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and Keras and you know, Volson and then Orlando Brown.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
So I think I.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
Really believe we have the making him a pretty good
offensive line. I've always liked Frank Pollack, what he teaches,
his intensity and how he works the guys. So you know,
I hate to always say, well, you know, back in
the day, but back in the day, when we carried
eight nine linemen, the sixth, seventh, and eighth guy could
probably start and play anywhere else, so that there wasn't
such a big drop off talent. Of course, now with
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the money difference and usually a lot of there's a
talent drop off too, But I don't see, you know,
there's a drop off in talent, but it's not so
bad that we can't. I think we can do what
we did, what was and we went up to Buffalo
with that patch, that line we kind of put together
and dominated Buffalo when Buffalo is pretty good defensively. I
think I'm liking what we see with the backups of
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the offensive line. So you know, to me, that's the
key is keeping Joe upright, keeping them healthy and giving
him plenty of time to throw to his weapons.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Would you have liked.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
To have seen, whether it be on the offensive line
or with the team as a whole, would you have
liked to see the starters more?
Speaker 1 (13:24):
I always do.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
I mean I always, especially for an offensive line. But
I understand the health thing too. But to me, I
believe you have to see certain things live. You have
to see and I'm always watching closely at the beginning
of the season when guys don't play a whole lot
to see the things that I believe you need live
action to be able to pick up. And you know,
I know they say, well, we had, you know, practice
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against the Colts, we had practice against the Bears were
up there, but still practices practice. To me, it's not
the same level as regular season speed. And you know,
guys will do this and they usually don't finish like
they do. But I think the stunts, and not only
the defensive line stunts, but stunts that involve linebackers, I think.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
You have to see those kind of things live.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Let me ask you. I stay on the offensive line.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Ted Carris, So here's a guy comes into town and
he's a good player, but there haven't been many athletes
who have wrapped their arms around the city and the
community the way he has.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
And it's I don't say this because you're here, I've
said this publicly.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
It reminds me of you.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Have you had a chance to spend much time with
Ted and what's it been like getting to know him?
If the answer is yes, yes, I've had a chance
to talk to him, not just hang out with them,
but I've had a chance to communicate with them, and
the guy is amazing. What you see is what you get. Yeah,
he truly loves what he's doing. He truly loves what
he's doing in the community, has a passion for it.
I mean, before I even asked him to be a
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part of what we're doing, he offered, Hey, if there's
anything And here's the thing. He didn't say if there's
anything I can do. He said, if there's anything we
and I'll get the offensive line involved.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
He said there's anything we can do. We're in Wow.
And I was like, okay, Wow, And that's him.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
And to be able to see him work and what
he's doing in the community and to be able to
be on the field when he was presented you know,
the one of the finalists of the NFL Out of
the Year and he had the group from Indy here
and his parents. To me, that's that's enough when you
see a group like that that are just in love
with not only the person but what he's doing in
the community. So you know, to me, he's wrapped this
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around the community. He's doing it, but he's got a
passion not only for that, but he's got a passion
on the field.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Well, it's what I've always sad. That's what I've always
said about what would you do?
Speaker 3 (15:34):
I mean, it's it's real, right, Like you roll your
sleeves up and you get involved, and you know, it's
one thing and a lot of athletes do and they're
well intended. They put their name on something, but they're
not as as you know, they don't dive into the
weeds as much.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
And was ted.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
It reminds me of the same thing I've always said
about you is is he really gets involved. He does
and really cares and on top of being a good player,
and he's been a terrific addition to the team. But
as a fan, it's always more fun when the guys
are easy to root for. As people and Ted fits
the bill well.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
And I think that's what's happened in the last you know,
several years that Zach's been here. I mean, all you
have to do is look at the draft. Was it
two drafts to go? I mean every one of the
draft picks was a captain. There's a couple that were
two year captains. There's guys that played for their dad
in high school. There's I mean, you had coaches, sons,
you had captains, you have you bring guys in a
cap on Carris, they won Super Bowls, you bring Orlando
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in Super Bowl. I mean, you bring guys on the
you know, defensive side of the ball. And they played
with teams that were contenders.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
All the time.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
So it's it's a culture change, and that to me,
and I think Lapp says the best. Dave Lapham always says,
when your best players are your best guys, those are
the guys that are gonna give everything they have and
that's when you literally become a team. I tell people,
I'd rather have a group of guys that are team
than a group of very talented guys that aren't a team, right,
because you know, the team, they got each other's back,
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they're going to work with each other, and they're not
afraid to help each other, even if you're if I'm
one tackle and you know tackle, we're gonna help each other.
And that's what it sounds like is happening down in,
you know, in the practice field, inside the facility.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
And to me, that's why they're doing so well.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Awesome to have you, Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Thank you, Bob.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Already can't wait for next year.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
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Speaker 3 (00:12):
Muegger here, Thank you so much for joining us. Hopefully
you're having an unbelievable Thursday. It is the first day
of the NFL season. Bengals are practicing. Jamar Chase was there.
More on that coming up a little bit later on.
We are out and about. We are at one of
our absolute favorite events. Our seventh year doing this. We're
a top golf in Westchester, an awesome spot and a
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great host for the Anthony Munhios Foundation Top Golf Tailgate,
our seventh year. The Hall of Famer is with me
kicking off this broadcast as he does every single year.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
It is always an honor.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Well, mo yous that don't see you but once or
twice a year here and then maybe when I come
in the studio to cut some spots.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Yeah, we hung out a couple weeks ago, Cold GoF
we did off. Yeah, where we did golf course. We
don't have to tell everybody how much we're not. We
don't have to do that. We just had fun, had
fun and it's a great dait. But no, it's great
as you mentioned the seventh Daniel, which is amazing, and
the fact that you've taken the time, you and the
radio station to be here do your show here.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
We really thank you for that.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
I know as we go through your show, you'll get
some of the former players to come and chat with you,
which I'm always excited to have them be part of
what I do. But you know, and listen to them.
I love listening to them too on air with you.
But appreciate you being here.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
It's great.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
We wouldn't miss it. You guys are very gracious to us.
You know, you talk about it. I say this to
you every year, but it's always so striking to me
your events. When you ask your former teammates, when you ask,
you know, other people in the Bengals universe to show up,
it feels like they say yes without any hesitation.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Well, that's the thing that I'm thankful for. I'm grateful
that they're willing to support what we do. You know,
first and foremost, the opportunity to hopefully impact some young
people in this great community. Our staff, which is amazing.
Our interns, our board, our volunteers, and you know it
has my name on it, and that's great, but that's
kind of where it ends. We're just a team. And
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to have you know, former teammates and you know, during
my golf tournament, you know, coaches and have guys come
in town.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
To support what we do means a lot.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
It means that they believe in what we're doing and
they want to be part of the impact that we
have with the young people in this community. So you know,
tonight we'll have five or six of my former teammates
you're here, yeah, you know, which is great. So you know,
it really is a good feeling to know you put
something together and the guys believe in what you're doing.
And I'm just talking you know, my former teammates and
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individuals like you. But then that the corporate partners believe
in what we're doing and they step on board and
they help us because you know, we can put together
some great programs as we have, but if we don't
have our corporate partners to fund what we do, we
can't do it. And we have eight programs and we
will not run a program if it's not funded.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And in twenty three years we did not do one.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Program because lack of funds, and then the following year
I got a partner. So you figure one program one
year out of twenty three years that we haven't run.
That speaks volumes about the corporate, the community, the engagement,
and how much they care and believe in what we're
doing well.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
And it's it says a lot about what you guys
do because it's one thing to invest once, but you
want to see, Okay, is there going to be returned
on my investment? Are they doing the right thing? Are
they impacting the kids in the right way? And so
it's a testament to you and the folks who work
for your foundation. Your interns are volunteers, and that the
folks who are you know, throwing money in and making
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it possible financially, they're seeing the work getting done and
that's that's the most important thing.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
That's huge.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
It's huge when especially when you have you know, twenty
three years old. We've had individuals that we've seen at
our youth camp as junior high kids and then they
receive scholarships, then they do interns with some of our
corporate partners, then our corporate partners partners hire them and
that's the exciting thing to see, is that cycle. And
then all of a sudden, those individuals get hired by
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local companies, are at our camps speaking to the kids
or coaching the kids, and that, to me, is what
it's all about. And you know, it's just not one
or two young people, but we could spend all night
talking about the stories of young people that have gone
through our programs and as a team, we've been able
to impact and be a small part of what they're
doing and to see them giving back in the community.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Yeah, I brought that up to you. You came on
with me three weeks ago.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
We were talking about this event and I said that
the cool thing when you've been at it for as
long as you have.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Is you could see you could see.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
You know, some of those kids are adults now and
they're giving back and they're contributing, and they're passing along
a lot of the same lessons, and they're working in
some cases hand in hand with your group, and that
I can't imagine how rewarding that must be.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
It really is, you know, especially about four years ago,
I took a trip to New York and I think
I might have shared on the air last time. Took
a trip to New York to do a boomer sisin show,
and as I was getting ready to leave, my staff
informed that one of our scholarship young men was working
like two blocks from the hotel at a big heads
firm A So I called Sam Becker, and I flew
(05:03):
in the morning. I took him to dinner that night,
so we had a chance to reconnect after we'd given
him a scholarship probably you know, six seven years prior
to us going out to dinner to see him get
through college, to see him be very productive. And at
the time he was talking about how much he loved
working in New York, but how much he missed Cincinnati
and really getting involved in a non for profit. I
don't if I'm correct, I don't believe Sam has moved
(05:24):
back to Cincinnati, but I think he just took a
board position for a non for profit in Cincinnati, lending
his name and his resources and you know, his talents
to the non for profit.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
So you know, it is and that's just one.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Of many many stories of young people that I've seen,
is you know, either in our mentoring program or our
youth campus as junior high young men and women and uh,
and all of a sudden, now they're productive citizens in
this great country.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
It's it's got to be.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
It's got to be very easy for you to sort
of in part the lessons and the wisdom you want
to win part when you have those sorts of success
stories that you can reference well, and.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
You know, not only for us to talk about it,
but now they say, he weh, you went to one
of our programs on don't you come speak to our border,
come to one of our dinners and then share your story,
And all of a sudden, it's one thing to read
a story. It's another thing to see a young man
or a young woman up there sharing their story. And
what they had a chance to do is they were
involved with one of our programs and now what they're
(06:20):
doing so, you know, and the great thing about it
is when we contact those young men and women that
are now out of college and that are working now,
very few of them hesitate to come back and share
their story. And if they don't, if they can't, it's
because they're very busy doing what they're doing.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So, which is awesome. Yeah, that's what you want exactly.
So you have this event every single year and just
we talk about it. People know Top Golf by now,
it's been here for years. If you love golf, this
is a great place.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
If you kind of like golf, it's a great place.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
And I know you know you have your your golf
outing every single year, but this is sort of an
offshoot of it. So for maybe the uninitiated and perhaps
folks who want to join us next next year, give
us an idea of everything that's happening today and tonight.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Well, first of all, this is this is the opening
night of the season, so we we have it every
Thursday night that the season opens up. Just like the
golf tournament you talked about in June. We always have
our golf tournament the second Monday of June, so already
we know it's June ninth, of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
And the dinner of the night before.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
So what we have, you know, we'll have a lot
of food. Top Golf does a great job with food.
We'll have giveaways, we have auction raffles. As you can
see the staff setting up with some amazing raffle items.
I don't know about this number seventy eight Bengals jersey.
Not many people there here tonight. We'll remember I'm not
going to make much money off that. You know, you
got to remember who wore before you can buy it.
(07:39):
You know, all these young people here like seventy eight,
I don't know. But and then we'll have could you
fit in that? Yeah, that's pretty big compared to how
it used to. Yeah, you know, I tell people we
would buy or you know, the Bengals would buy the
jerseys at fifty two extra long, and by the time
we put them on our pads and put them on,
I think they're like forty two or forty four. You
had to you know, really stretch the straps out on
(08:01):
your pads and able to be able to breathe. But yeah,
that's I have it some at home, and I'm glad
to say that not only.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Fit with their little bag. Take that that's where you
want to be. But yeah, then we'll have competition.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
I mean, we'll have at the end of the night,
we give you know, the winning team awards out, we
give the individual awards out, and uh, I don't know
if we're still going to give the worst out, but well,
you know, we like to kind of arasp people, And
I say it a golf tournam. If you're going to
give a last place the word out, you give them either,
you know, a nice certificate for tennis lessons or or
(08:34):
something like that. And you know, a few years ago,
maybe even now, I think that's what they would give
me if I took last place.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Maybe some tennis lesson, but yees. So it'll be a
lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
And the great thing about it unlike golf you have
a fource some theme on one hole, you might run
across another one waiting to tee off.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Here. I mean, every group is like, you know, just
right next to each other.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Soon for me, I can walk up and down the
bay here or the level here and say hi to everyone.
And then if there's groups that no other groups, I
don't have to go to whole number six and they're
all on whole number seventeen, they can just come up
and down here the aisle and say hi to everyone.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
So it's just a fun time. And you're right.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
You can be an avid golfer and you know, very
competitive and you want to win it, that's fine, and
you can also just come for some camaraderie and maybe
some fellowship and some good food and drinks and have
a blast and really establish some great memories, some fun memories,
some stories you can talk about on how way the
boss supposed to go.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Forward and mine went backwards. There wasn't any wind. That's right,
all right.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Anthony Munho is with his hangout for another segment if
you don't mind. We're at Top Golf the Munios Foundation
Top Golf Tailgate. Learn more about the Anthony Munhos Foundation
at Munios Foundation dot org. We are here till six
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Hall of Famer. Joins me for another segment. When we
come back, it's a quarter after three on ESPN fifteen
thirty Cincinnati Sports.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Station Cincinnati's fifteen thirty.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
By Wager broadcasting today from the Bunyo's Foundation Top Golf Tailgate.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
We are here six o'clock and Top Golf in Westchester.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
The Great Anthony guindyos with me for another segment. So
I can't talk to you and not ask about the
offensive line. You called two of the three preseason games,
and you know, here's what I was looking for going
in because the Bengals had such great health up front
last year. All the offensive linemen stayed healthy. That's probably
not going to be the case this year. So when
(10:23):
their depth gets tested, do they answer the bell? And
what I saw in the preseason in that regard was
very encouraging.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Well, it's interesting, Yes, you asked them about the offensive
line to analyze us. That can analyze the backups and
the guys that's all they played. Yeah, and we saw
the starters for wins series and they look pretty good.
But I feel good about their backups. Now, let's take
the Chicago game for instance. It was all backups, guys
that are going to be backing up and some guys
that might might not make the team, and the Bears
(10:52):
played entire half their starters played.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
The Bears had eight sacks the previous week. I don't
know if it was as.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Starters or who, but they had eight sacks against the
Bills until they brought an extra man. They didn't get
any pressure on our quarterback on Logan with it. So
I was impressed the way not only they passed block,
but the way they ran. I thought they did a
phenomenal job for being backups and facing the starting defense,
which the Bears defense is pretty good. I mean they
showed they're pretty good. So I was happy with that.
(11:21):
I was happy the way you know, the center from Miami,
I mean Matt Lee, phenomenal job. I thought, you know,
the big guy Kirkland from playing tackle, I thought he
did a really good job. So no, I was excited
about the way those guys played. And I feel good
about the backups the same way.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
The defense.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
I mean they played against even though it was a
rookie quarterback with Caleb Williams, he made some plays, but
you think about their wide receivers with Keenan Allen, then
you know Rome Madonze and they're time, I mean, pretty
good offense. And I thought, you know, it broke out
a little bit and shut out of hand. Sure, I
think for the most part, initially both sides of the
football with backups, played extremely well, and I was happy
with that. And again the offensive line, I think if
(12:00):
we can stay healthy, you know, for most of the year,
like you said last year, I think we have a
chance to be a pretty good offensive line. You know,
right tackle, we got some you know, a veteran plus
a young kid and hopefully a mens' chess will come along.
And with Trent Brown, you know, he didn't practice a
lot at the beginning, but he showed he can still play.
I like the middle of the offensive line with Kampa
(12:21):
and Keras and you know, Volson and then Orlando Brown.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
So I think I.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
Really believe we have the making him a pretty good
offensive line. I've always liked Frank Pollack, what he teaches,
his intensity and how he works the guys. So you know,
I hate to always say, well, you know, back in
the day, but back in the day, when we carried
eight nine linemen, the sixth, seventh, and eighth guy could
probably start and play anywhere else, so that there wasn't
such a big drop off talent. Of course, now with
(12:49):
the money difference and usually a lot of there's a
talent drop off too, But I don't see, you know,
there's a drop off in talent, but it's not so
bad that we can't. I think we can do what
we did, what was and we went up to Buffalo
with that patch, that line we kind of put together
and dominated Buffalo when Buffalo is pretty good defensively. I
think I'm liking what we see with the backups of
(13:11):
the offensive line. So you know, to me, that's the
key is keeping Joe upright, keeping them healthy and giving
him plenty of time to throw to his weapons.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Would you have liked.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
To have seen, whether it be on the offensive line
or with the team as a whole, would you have
liked to see the starters more?
Speaker 1 (13:24):
I always do.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
I mean I always, especially for an offensive line. But
I understand the health thing too. But to me, I
believe you have to see certain things live. You have
to see and I'm always watching closely at the beginning
of the season when guys don't play a whole lot
to see the things that I believe you need live
action to be able to pick up. And you know,
I know they say, well, we had, you know, practice
(13:47):
against the Colts, we had practice against the Bears were
up there, but still practices practice. To me, it's not
the same level as regular season speed. And you know,
guys will do this and they usually don't finish like
they do. But I think the stunts, and not only
the defensive line stunts, but stunts that involve linebackers, I think.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
You have to see those kind of things live.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Let me ask you. I stay on the offensive line.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Ted Carris, So here's a guy comes into town and
he's a good player, but there haven't been many athletes
who have wrapped their arms around the city and the
community the way he has.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
And it's I don't say this because you're here, I've
said this publicly.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
It reminds me of you.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Have you had a chance to spend much time with
Ted and what's it been like getting to know him?
If the answer is yes, yes, I've had a chance
to talk to him, not just hang out with them,
but I've had a chance to communicate with them, and
the guy is amazing. What you see is what you get. Yeah,
he truly loves what he's doing. He truly loves what
he's doing in the community, has a passion for it.
I mean, before I even asked him to be a
(14:50):
part of what we're doing, he offered, Hey, if there's
anything And here's the thing. He didn't say if there's
anything I can do. He said, if there's anything we
and I'll get the offensive line involved.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
He said there's anything we can do. We're in Wow.
And I was like, okay, Wow, And that's him.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
And to be able to see him work and what
he's doing in the community and to be able to
be on the field when he was presented you know,
the one of the finalists of the NFL Out of
the Year and he had the group from Indy here
and his parents. To me, that's that's enough when you
see a group like that that are just in love
with not only the person but what he's doing in
the community. So you know, to me, he's wrapped this
(15:27):
around the community. He's doing it, but he's got a
passion not only for that, but he's got a passion
on the field.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Well, it's what I've always sad. That's what I've always
said about what would you do?
Speaker 3 (15:34):
I mean, it's it's real, right, Like you roll your
sleeves up and you get involved, and you know, it's
one thing and a lot of athletes do and they're
well intended. They put their name on something, but they're
not as as you know, they don't dive into the
weeds as much.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
And was ted.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
It reminds me of the same thing I've always said
about you is is he really gets involved. He does
and really cares and on top of being a good player,
and he's been a terrific addition to the team. But
as a fan, it's always more fun when the guys
are easy to root for. As people and Ted fits
the bill well.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
And I think that's what's happened in the last you know,
several years that Zach's been here. I mean, all you
have to do is look at the draft. Was it
two drafts to go? I mean every one of the
draft picks was a captain. There's a couple that were
two year captains. There's guys that played for their dad
in high school. There's I mean, you had coaches, sons,
you had captains, you have you bring guys in a
cap on Carris, they won Super Bowls, you bring Orlando
(16:27):
in Super Bowl. I mean, you bring guys on the
you know, defensive side of the ball. And they played
with teams that were contenders.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
All the time.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
So it's it's a culture change, and that to me,
and I think Lapp says the best. Dave Lapham always says,
when your best players are your best guys, those are
the guys that are gonna give everything they have and
that's when you literally become a team. I tell people,
I'd rather have a group of guys that are team
than a group of very talented guys that aren't a team, right,
because you know, the team, they got each other's back,
(16:55):
they're going to work with each other, and they're not
afraid to help each other, even if you're if I'm
one tackle and you know tackle, we're gonna help each other.
And that's what it sounds like is happening down in,
you know, in the practice field, inside the facility.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
And to me, that's why they're doing so well.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Awesome to have you, Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Thank you, Bob.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Already can't wait for next year.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
All right, man, the Great Anthony Munhos, the Munoz Foundation,
Top Golf Tailgate. We are here until six o'clock. Will
step away twenty eight after three o'clock on Moegar. This
is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station, Cincinnati's ESPN
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