The SoBros Mailbag 238: The Wild West, Blarney Stone, and Nashville in 10 Years

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Let’s face it – every day we are routinely bombarded with questions. When you’re an emerging media company in Nashville, people just want to know what your opinions are on everything. It’s only natural. And, since our duty is to serve the people, well, we have no choice but to be present. That’s the SoBro Way. Also, aren’t mailbags just a barrel of laughs anyway? Welcome to the newest weekly recurring feature up in this bitch: The SoBros Mailbag. As always, hit us with those mailbag questions @SoBrosNetwork on Twitter, email ’em to me anonymously at thesobrosnetwork@gmail.com. And, holy shit, I need to update this terrible intro paragraph that I’ve been using literally ever since I started writing this column…

Question:

Answer:

Man, it’s so funny you asked this because Rooster and I really dug into this question a bit on our most recent episode of Phone It In on Dodge City, Kansas. Personally, I think it’d be cool if you could go back in time and just tour the wild West. I know it was a harsh fucking life and no reasonable human being would ever choose to live that way. The life expectancy was 43 years old, for crying out loud! But, there’s something about the way the period was romanticized throughout the years that is still absolutely alluring to me. I think it was because of how shitty things were and yet people persevered that is so fascinating to me. I also grew up with a ton of cowboy stuff in my house. That probably has something to do with it, too. Anyway, I don’t think I’d last a week before getting shot, going hungry, or getting sick. What a shitty vacation that would be.

Question, from Oskar on Instagram:

Who’s winning the tourney?

Answer:

Man, I’ve got Alabama going the distance, but that’s honestly just my fandom showing. I haven’t watched a single second of college basketball all season long. I did call the Furman and Princeton upsets in my bracket challenge, though!

Question:

Answer:

As things stands right now, I’d venture a guess that that number is going to fall somewhere between 6 and 7.5 wins. The general public is going to see that number, and since the internet seems to have its hair on fire because the Titans still have Ryan Tannehill, let David Long Jr. go, and re-signed Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, they’ll bet that under like crazy.

Sports books will bathe in the blood of the betting public when the team goes on to win 8+ games. We lose sight of how competitive this team was when it was marred by injury, starting a very limited backup quarterback, and couldn’t block shit. A healthy Tannehill, and the Titans at least beat the Chiefs and the Texans…probably the Jags too. That gets them the AFC South crown, possibly a 10-win season, and we’re not even thinking about tanking. Fans can be dramatic, but I like what this team has done to fill holes in free agency. This is still going to be a competitive football team. It’s in its DNA. Give me the over on up to 7.5 wins.

Question, from Wes on Instagram:

Nashville in the next 10 years?

Answer:

Man, it’s hard to imagine. To help frame my mindset on this, I thought back to 2010 to think about how different Nashville was back then. It’s crazy. Then, I realized that “holy shit it’s 2023 not 2020.” Anyway, in the grand scheme of things, this commercialization of Nashville happened pretty rapidly. Sure, back in the early 2010s, we were starting to see the writing on the wall of what the city could become. But, I don’t think we saw that happening as quickly as it did. That June in 2017 when CMA Fest and the Stanley Cup Final packed like 100K people down on Broadway, THAT was when it set in for me that the city had arrived. And, that’s only seven years removed from the flood.

So, what do we know about the growth of Nashville? For one, it ain’t stopping. There are cranes all over the city. The traffic is a nightmare. New bars and restaurants are opening up seemingly every day. What’s going to stop the venture capitalists and the developers from smashing their foot on the gas with this city’s growth? For another, the writing is on the wall yet again with this whole East Bank vision. I’m totally obsessed with it, by the way, if you haven’t listened to recent episodes of the SoBros Power Hour. It’s going to end up being like our own version of Bourbon Street or the Vegas Strip or something like that. And ultimately, I think that could be Nashville’s destiny…an overpriced playground for the wealthy…a rhinestoned Las Vegas nearer to the East Coast.

The growth is going to flood into the suburbs and the next thing you know, I’m going to have to move from Mount Juliet to Watertown just to get some peace and fucking quiet.

Question, from Brittany on Instagram:

Would you kiss the Blarney Stone?

Answer:

Absolutely. It’s actually a bucket list item for me. So cool – what a great question, too! This gives us a great opportunity for a fun and festive little history lesson if you guys want to spend some time on Wikipedia. Or, you can just fire up the YouTube video below to see what Brittany is talking about here!

Question:

Answer:

Those are some giant frog legs if I’ve ever seen ’em.

Question, from McCash on Instagram:

Is Lana Del Rabies a real band?

Answer:

It looks like it, but honestly, I’m kind of afraid to push play on any of these songs…

Keep the questions coming – catch y’all next week!

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

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