Big, big, big time fans of Eddie George here on the SoBros Network (I even reviewed his performance in Topdog/Underdog), and guys, if you haven’t already, you HAVE to go check out the latest episode of Bussin’ With The Boys. Especially if you’re a Tennessee Titans fan that has nostalgic memories of those early 2000s Titans team, this show’s going to hit you right square in the feels.
Not to mention, #27 is just one of those rare Renaissance men who is multi-talented, successful at what he does, and is generally inspiring to listen to. I mean, I checked that shit out and was ready to run through a brick wall.
But, for me, nothing hit harder (except for George convincing Will Compton that coronavirus shrinks your dick) than hearing him talking about those early days of the Titans’ move to Tennessee. You think NFL, and the assumption is usually that these guys are traveling in luxury and staying at all of the most lavish hotels in town. That wasn’t the case in those days, when the Titans were traveling to Memphis to play their “home” games and staying at a fucking Motel 6.
“Just to prove that the rooms were being cleaned every week, we would leave a piece of gum or an old sandwich underneath the blanket where the extra blanket is to see if it would be there when we got back, and lo and behold, it was there the entire year.”
Ready to run through a brick wall? You bet your ass. Ready to eat an old sandwich that has sat under a blanket at a Motel 6 in Memphis for an entire football season? Hard pass. Even Eddie George can’t get me motivated enough for that.
That shit is gross, and I have to at least question…just a little bit….why did the bit go on for so long? I mean, after a couple of weeks, don’t you have your answer? Can’t someone remove the sandwich or the gum at that point?
I don’t know – it’s a weird way to get inspired, but here we are.
“It was gutter, but it developed a toughness to us.”
“We went from nomads to kings”
You can see that in the way that Titans team played back in those days. They hit motherfuckers DIE-rectly in the mouth for 60 minutes and only the strong would survive. They hit people like they had to sleep in a Motel 6 with a three-month old sandwich under the blanket the night before.
And, wouldn’t you? That shit would piss me off and have me ready to fight the world. It would be like The Waterboy – I’d look at Ray Lewis and just see that old ass sandwich staring back at me. You wanna put me in a Motel 6? I’m comin’ to that game with some Mike Tyson “eat his children” kinda energy.
Can’t fuck with that, and that’s what made those Titans teams so special back in those days. Who knew Motel 6 had a hand in that?
Check out the full episode of Bussin’ With The Boys here. Follow that crew on Twitter: @BussinWTB
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