Episode 001:
Experience Matters with Eric Newton: Navigating the Draft with TD13 Tyler Davis – 001

Hello everyone. My name is Eric Newton. This is our new podcast, Experience Matters with Eric Newton. Today we have TD13 Tyler Davis, who’s about to head into the NFL draft coming up in April. Is that right? So we’re excited to have him here with us today and get to interview him. He lives with us in one of our communities, Tiger Properties communities out at Tiger Station.

So we were fortunate enough to be able to do an NIL deal with him there at that, at that property. And, so really excited to have you here with us today and, get to interview you and talk to you a little bit about, your experience as a Clemson athlete and, your expen – experience with the NFL combine, a few weeks ago. Yes. Thank you for having me. So TD, I want you to watch this video and you tell me what you think.

Yeah, watch that video real quick.

That’s nice right there. That’s my, that’s my 13 year old Grayson playing soccer this weekend in Columbia. okay. Yep. I was pretty smooth. My wife just sent that to me. She, she knows we got pretty good soccer team. I know, I know. That’s what, that’s what we’re working on. Okay. That’s what we’re working on. That’s great. Yep. Yep. So, both my younger daughters play on the, cost of soccer team.

Is it like a travel team? Yeah, it’s a club, premier club soccer team. Clemson Anderson Soccer Academy. So, yeah, they have fun with it. But we were doing a lot of traveling these days. My wife does most of the traveling, but we go, I mean, we go all over the Southeast, really. I know like, you know, I think soccer is kind of different because, you know, you’re trying to go overseas, right? You know, I got somebody.

got somebody close when he got something he’s in soccer. He’s on the soccer team overseas. I think he won in the club teams. really? Yeah. Yeah. He talks about his journey. Just, you know, going to the academies overseas and stuff and it’s different than coming and playing football here. Yeah, it’s, it’s, it’s different. It’s, you know, to get, to get recognized, you got to play, you got to play in a lot of tournaments. Yeah.

It’s a little different from football, say the least. Yeah. Of course, a lot of sports are getting that way. I’ve got, my, that, that daughter, Grayson, her boyfriend is, coach, coach Gross, John Gross, Jace, you know, Jace. So Jace is a quarterback. He’s been playing in the seven on seven stuff. And I guess that’s gotten a lot popular. I don’t know that that wasn’t a thing when I was growing up. Yeah. Yeah. But.

pretty cool. They’ve been traveling every weekend. It’s kind of like AAU for football. It is. Definitely is. I would say it’s not real football. Well, it doesn’t involve you, does it? It doesn’t involve me. It’s real football. It’s different. But it’s definitely something that you’ll flash and you can get.

It’s definitely like some of these, you know, first hell guys, it helps them a lot because it’s training without like all the taxing on your body and stuff like that, but you still getting like football work in. Yeah. So tell me a little bit about when you were growing up. So you’re from Florida, right? Yeah. What part of Florida? Popco, Florida. Popco, okay. What was it like growing up down there? It was great, I would say. You know, a lot of football.

It’s definitely something that you’re going to have to get into coming from there. If you want to be seen and stuff like that, it’s a great place to play football at. A lot of football leagues. Growing up, my dad really pushed me into it. I started playing when I was six years old, playing on a 10 -year -old team. So I was the youngest.

I was also one of the biggest kids. You’re always one of the bigger ones. Yeah, I was always one of the biggest kids, but I really didn’t know. And then, but by the time I was eight years old, I kind of, I kind of figured it out and start playing more. Did you always play on the D line or did you play? Yeah, I was always, I played D in. did you? Played D in, tight end, little bit of running back. you played tight end. You catch the ball? Yeah. You got some hands.

Yeah, so I guess you did the combine here recently. Yes. So what was your 40 time? It was a five foot. Wow. That’s moving. Yeah. And how much you weigh? 300. 300. Five flat. That’s that’s moving. Were you pleased with your combine? Yeah, I was pleased with it. You know, I think, you know, being a parent of a guy, I think I could have done a little bit better. yeah. Were you nervous? Yeah, a little bit.

You know, just, I think my first four days I was just thinking like, dang, I’m really running the 40 yard dash on the NFL combine. So, but it was crazy. It was crazy experience. I know you’ve been around a lot of famous people being on the team, but was there anybody there that you hadn’t met or that was that kind of starstruck by? I saw a true Polomalu. really? Yeah. And I thought it was so crazy. Did he have the long hair? Yeah, he still got the long hair. So that was, that was cool to see.

just see a bunch of guys, a bunch of legends out there just watching it, you know, like somebody like John Randall, that’s undersized, played my position, but you know, he’s a legend and just seeing him, it’s kind of soft -struck about that too. Were there a lot of people there? Yes, there was a lot of people, a lot of scouts, a lot of, you know, people that, you know, commentate and stuff like that. There’s a lot of reporters.

Definitely a lot of people there. You feeling good about things? Yeah, I feel good. I feel good. Where you think you’re gonna go? I don’t know yet. I really don’t. It just you never know. I heard stories like, you know, people last year that, you know, people they bet or I barely talked to this team and they drafted me. People have a feeling like, yeah, they gonna get me and then they pass on you a lot. A lot. So I’m sitting there waiting thinking you can get the call. Yeah. Yeah.

Where are you going to be for the draft? I’m going to be back home. I’m probably going to chill. I’m not a big, like, you know, a big, like, celebrating guy. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’ll probably have something small to celebrate, but I’m going to be, I like to chill. So I don’t want to have all that stress on me, too. Yeah, I don’t blame you. I don’t blame you. So what made you decide to come to Clemson?

I would say the people, starting with Coach Sweeney, just the type of man he is, God -fearing man. I know that if I came here, I was going to be a better man than a football player. I feel like that’s what happened. I feel like I really grew as a man, then as a football player, for real. I know I was going to grow as a football player anywhere I go, but that’s the difference. I was going to grow as a man. That’s why I chose here.

What do you say to those people that think that all that’s just the front? Like, you know how people say, that’s not real. No, that is real. Definitely real. Yes. He’s most genuine guy. What he wants for you is just not going to use you as a pawn. You know, you know, he always say he’d rather lose. That’s one of his. Yeah. Yeah. He’d rather lose doing the right way than win doing the wrong way. Yeah. Yeah. I agree completely.

What’s been one of your favorite experiences? I got a lot. You know, we have, you know, of course, my freshman year, we rode on the, you know, the legendary jet ski video. yeah. So that was my favorite. I just wanted to get on a jet ski and just ride. I really wanted to drive a boat, but they didn’t let you do that. They didn’t let me do that. They let me get on a jet ski. So doing that and then,

Also my freshman year just going out to Arizona, winning the Fiesta Bowl, being a part of that crazy gang. Just a lot. COVID was his own experience. I say COVID, but it was probably one of the funniest years, I would say. Just a lot of lives during COVID. Yeah. Because it was definitely just different. But I would say there was a lot of laughs during that year. And then in 2021, I got hurt. But that was a lot of growth during that year.

And then I would say 2022, that was fun too. That was a fun year. And then 23 just put it all together. So that was my last one. And then I would say my last game, just all the scoring, that was the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of for real, against Kentucky. So going back and forth during that last quarter. And then we finally went in and that was the right way to go out. So I would say that. For sure. For sure.

Who is the most impactful person that you’ve come across besides Dabo in your time here? I got a big three. So I would say first off, Jeff Davis. He runs our PAW Journey program. So PAW Journey is about just a leadership initiative to help people become world -class men and world -class leaders.

So he just impacted me because he really helped me spiritually grow as a God fearing man and just giving me tips about my relationship. I have a girlfriend and he’s been married for 30 plus years. So he’s been helping me with that and just anything, he’s just somebody I can call on, just talk to. And then I’ll say the second one is D -Love. He’s our strength coach.

And he came in and he really taught me how to be a pro. Him and Coach Easton, my third guy, I would say they both taught me how to be a pro and really take care of my body and just took my game to a whole nother level. I would say the both of them, Coach Easton. I would say lastly about Coach Easton, he just, he gave me his best so I wanted to give my best because he just, he,

He turned my mindset differently. For real. I would say that just turned into a pro. What about from a player perspective, like who’s been your… My guys? I got a lot of guys. So, I mean, but a lot of TVs. Start with your freshman year. Was there somebody that you just like, just absolutely, you learned a lot from, but just… So I had two guys come in with me. Well…

I had two older guys, Jordan Williams and Niles Peatney. They really showed me their ropes and really helped me out a lot during my freshman year. And then I had Rook, Aroro, he came in with me. So me and him were freshmen together. So we always used to push each other and we still do to this day. We’re my best friends. I got Jordan Mithatta. He plays O -line. He’s my college roommate.

I don’t even know how we like, sorry, just being friends, but he’s one of my best friends. And then Trey Williams, he came a year after me. So he was one of the guys I took under my wing and we just became close and stuff like that. So just those guys. And we got a couple more, KJ, Henry, and Miles Murphy, and Juice, Josiah Carlton.

So all those guys and Greg Williams. Greg is my guy though, Greg. Greg Williams, T -Dub. Who was the toughest person you ever went up against? Well, let’s say, let’s make that a two -part question. Toughest person you went up against in practice, and then who’s the toughest person you went up against in a game over another team?

I would say in practice, I would say, I would say Jordan. Jordan McFadden. He didn’t let up on you, did he? Nah, he used to go at it. And I would also say Travis Heaton. He was just somebody hard to tackle. He hit you hard? Nah, he was just hard to tackle. It was very hard for me to get him down. Yeah. He’s got tree trunks for bags, doesn’t he? Yeah. And then in the game.

I would say Jamar Gibbs. I played him against when he was at Georgia Tech. I played him and literally I think he’s the best running back. I played against besides my like, you know, my teammates. Definitely the best running best I’ve ever seen. And he ended up going to Alabama. Yeah, he went to Alabama and then got drafted by Detroit. He’s tough to bring down too. Yeah, he was. Yeah. Was there anybody?

during your tenure here that you were just scared of? Nah, never scared. Never scared? Anybody ever knock you down? Not like trip over or push you over tight, but I’m talking about somebody that just got underneath you and just pancake you? Well, my first year, I had a couple working on college football.

Yeah, you didn’t let you let that happen one time. Yeah. It’s usually a double team. Yeah, that was happening in my first few years. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No single block. Yeah. No way. Right? No. No way.

Let’s see.

I got lots of questions for you, man. This is the part they’re gonna edit out, because I’m trying to think of where I wanna go next. Yeah.

What’s it like running down that hill? It’s amazing. They let you know, spring game, if you’re a mid year, your spring game, you get a lot of you get that first run in. So you get some practice. So I would say it’s amazing feeling. You just don’t want to fall. Yeah. Yeah. So you see them people. You hit that. Yeah. You just, you know, the first time you run it, you just want to do a little glad up, get up.

Jaw down, jaw down, jaw down, then get a little hop. But you see, you notice how people get creative because they’ve been doing it so long. So they know what spot to hit when they do those jumps and get those cool pictures. So I was never that type of guy though. I just wanted to hurry up and get down here. I’m more like who’s Sweeney. Just get down here as fast as I can. Did you ever race him?

Nah, he can’t be, you know, he always get a head start. Yeah. Do you think you could beat him in a foot race? Yeah. Yeah.

what do you how fast do you think you can run the forty in right now? Coach Sweeney? I don’t know. I don’t know. I really don’t know. He runs every day though. He’s he’s more like a long distance runner. He can he can run for days. Maybe about a five two. Yeah. Five two. Yeah. Yeah. I can see that. He does look like he’s moving once he hits that. He is moving. He is moving. Yeah. He looks like he’s moving.

When I was in when I was in school, there was a there was a guy that was that filmed was a camera guy. We’ll probably edit this out of the of the of the podcast. But but he’s a he still does be a videography. He’s worked for a lot of radio, TV stations and different things. But he he was running down the hill.

This is before the smaller cameras, you know, now you got a smaller camera, but he had one of those big ones that he carried on his shoulder. and he was running down the hill and he hit the flat spot and, and just completely lost it. He went completely horizontal and fell down onto the, to the camera, like broke his nose and, and, and everything. And like, and then the crazy thing was he was part of the film crew for the, for the team and everything, but the.

security guards and everything thought he was, just somebody from the, you know, one of the fans. And so they picked him up and like tried to cuff him and everything. So not only did he like break his nose and like had a black eye and all this stuff, but they, they thought he was, they thought he was a regular fan trying to run down the hill. And so they, so they, so they grabbed him and cuffed him.

He had to go to jail. No, they finally figured it out, but like, it was just a, it was just a bad, bad luck deal. If you ever, if you ever get a chance, just, his name is Bobby Ruto, really good guy. when Jeff Hart was the, he, he wasn’t here yet. He hadn’t been the W Y F F, sports broadcaster for a while now, but he, he did a story on it and, it was pretty funny. Miss it’s, it’s on, it’s probably find it on, YouTube or something, but.

It’s pretty wild. It hurt him pretty bad. But yeah, that thing, that hill, you got to be careful. I always wonder if anybody, has anybody ever gotten hurt? No, we haven’t had hurt. We had a couple of people fall though, I think. I’ve never seen it, but I’ve never seen somebody fall, but I heard stories about people falling. It’s got to be one of the coolest experiences though, when you’ve got 80 plus thousand people in the stands. Yeah, definitely someone will miss.

Yeah. I’ve been going to games my whole life from the time I was like this tall and and every time I see you know players run down the hill, it gives me chills every single time. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. This is a real feeling. Definitely touch the rock. I remember the first time I know came down the hill during like a real game. Prime time game. It was against Jersey Tech.

I think we went in that and now we’re ready to be so loud. It’s crazy feeling. Yeah. Yeah. I wish, I wish we was, you know, I wish we still had the balloons though, you know? Yeah, that was fun. That was fun thing. We need to bring it back. Yeah. You got to come up with a biodegradable balloon. That would be really, really cool. Yeah. When I was a kid, they had, I think it was, I can’t remember if it was like 85 somewhere in there.

85, 86, we played Maryland. I think that was the game and they had the, I mean, they released, I think it was a record of some sort. I don’t, I can’t tell you what, but they released, I mean, it was, it was hundreds and hundreds of balloons. It was crazy. The whole sky was full of orange and white balloons. Yeah. It was wild. It was, it was really neat. Yeah. I wish, I wish that tradition had not died, but I guess all the environmentalists got.

Got a hold of it. Yeah. Yeah. You’re finding, orange balloons, you know, up in the mountains and yeah. So, let’s see. I got some notes. Yeah. So how, how do you, how do you think that’s a good question? So how do you, how do you think, what do you, how do you think things are going to be different transitioning from college to NFL?

I think first off, I don’t think we have to, I mean, as far as I know, I don’t think we have to like wear suits anymore to the game. So, I mean, you know, Coach Sweeney had us wearing suits no matter what. So I think, you know, just going there and just wearing some clothes would be definitely different. Just having all those, you know, photos, you know, against, you know, those photo shoots, basically like a photo shoot area now.

coming into the game for the NFL. So just dealing with all that. And now I would say it would be different. I think it would just be different. It wouldn’t be for like better or worse. I think it would just be different. This <|tl|> <|translate|> <|notimestamps|> into the NFL, of course, and playing in the NFL game is going to be crazy. I think it’s definitely going to be crazy. And do you have a team that you’re interested in? Like who did you grow up liking?

I like players. I really like teams. I was more of a player guy. So you weren’t you weren’t a fan of Jacksonville or Tampa or Dolphins? No, I just like I like just like I like just watching players. They have a necessary team. Yeah. Yeah. That’s that’s probably a good answer. Yeah. Yeah.

That’s a good diplomatic answer. I don’t blame. I grew up a Dolphins fan. yeah. Yeah. So, you still a Dolphin fan. I still am and I but you know for the longest time, I pull for players too. Yeah. The Clemson players. So, you know, and they got Christian Wilkins. You know, that was that was awesome. Now, he’s going to the Raiders and I, well, you know, the Raiders have had some some Clemson players as of as of recently. So, so that’s that’s all. I know Hunter’s leaving there but but.

So I become a Jaguars fan because of Travis and Trevor. Yeah, they definitely making it. Yeah. So.

I like, I like college sports better, but it is fun to follow. I love, I love being able to pull for, you know, former Clemson players. Yeah. I just usually pull for the team that has the most Clemson players or the Clemson players that I like. I love Christian Wilkins and he’s, he’s a, he’s funny, man. Yeah, he is. He, we train with him. I got some time to train with him this, last summer and it was just a great experience. Was it? Is he, is he a nut?

Yeah, he’s just, he’s just, he looks like he likes to cut up. Yeah, he liked to, he liked to have fun. Yeah. He does. Yeah. I love it when they mic him up because he always, he always has some funny things to say. Yeah. Yeah. so, tell me a little bit about like what besides outside of, of athletics, outside of football, what are some of the hobbies that you.

What were some hobbies that you have? I like watching movies, I would say. You know, big Netflix guy, big was watching a lot of movies and stuff like that. What’s your favorite movie? I got a lot. It just depends on what we’re in. I think I like Training Day. I like, you know, 300 movies like that.

Like Game of Thrones. So I’ve been watching. Can’t wait for House of Dragon to come out. So I’ve been watching that. You don’t like fishing or hunting? Yeah. I haven’t been fishing or hunting, but I like getting on the lake. Just getting on the lake and stuff like that. Yeah. What did the lakes like Heartwell and Kiwi, were they a part of what you liked about?

Yeah, so I didn’t I didn’t know that it was a thing until I got but especially on the team. really? I didn’t know like the cherry on top. Yeah, so yeah, we we had a whole late day. It’s usually during fall camp and it’s usually one of the toughest days, you know, because it’s usually a hard practice and then we’re going to get in the late so be fun. Definitely fun. Yeah. Yes, one of the I mean.

Forget about the athletic programs and the great university for a second. And you think about just, you set those things aside and there’s so many great things this area has to offer. I mean, you know, you’re centrally located between Charlotte and Atlanta. You know, you can get on the interstate pretty quickly. You’ll be in a lot of different places in a couple of hours and be on, you know, be…

on the coast being Charleston three, four hours. You can be in the mountains in 45 minutes to an hour. There’s a lot of, just the rolling hills. I mean, there’s so many beautiful things about the area besides the sports. The sports is like the cherry on top. Yeah. So what is your favorite restaurant in town?

Me, KJ, Miles, Josiah, Greg, Jordan, you all go to Tokyo. yeah? Yeah, get some hibachi and stuff like that. So that was our favorite place, just going to Tokyo. Did you ever eat Max while you were here, Max driving? No, I have not. you gotta go to Max before you leave. Yeah, okay. I definitely will. You gotta go to Max. Yeah.

What should I get there? Well, I always get a cheeseburger or a cheeseburger steak. You got to go to Max before you leave. Okay. That’s iconic. When you walk in there, there’s just a hole in the wall, typical drive -in, old school drive -in. I think I’ve seen it. Is it by 7 -Eleven? So, if you’re going Pendleton Road out towards Pendleton, it’s out there, it’s kind of by itself.

On the left go in there just got like the you know, the bar bar top the bar stools just pull up and grab a seat first come first serve and come take your order and Okay, they you know, they’re basically they’re making it right in front of you. It’s old school and you’ll see like all the I mean all these pictures of old former players and athletes in general that have come through there so

That’s a really cool place. You’ll have to try it out before you leave. Definitely. So you see yourself coming back a lot when you can? Yeah. I definitely think I’ve got some friends on the team. So I definitely catch a game during the season, see how they do. One thing that I’ve always thought was cool about Dabo was he’s able to get players to come back and come stand on the sidelines. Yeah.

whether they’re playing or not, I think, you know, whether they’re playing in the pros or not, it’s really cool to see, see guys come back and, and, support the team after, you know, after they’ve graduated. Yeah. I think that’s a just a great feeling. No matter who you are for real, just seeing that, you know, once you die, you’re not like, you know, it’s not like it’s over and stuff like that. They still going to treat you like family and you should, you know, do.

everything that you need. And one thing like Coach Phoenix do, he got a lot of former players on this staff. So just doing that and knowing that, you know, you, he kind of got a job where he come out, you would get in trouble finding stuff. So it’s pretty cool. So let’s say 10, 15 years from now, when you’re done playing pro ball, what do you see yourself doing?

what was your undergrad degree in? Business management. Business management. And then you got a, you got a master’s too, right? Are you working? No, I got an athletic leadership and coaching. okay. So I got that. I would say, I would say I’ll hopefully, you know, open up a business, hopefully like the gym of some sort. And then, well, growing up, my goddad used to take us on bus tours and stuff like that to college. College.

the college teams and see, you know, do that and go around college campuses. So I hope to do something like that also. So I was just having that with the gym for, you know, high schoolers and middle schoolers. So something like that. Can you see yourself back in Florida one day? Yes, I do see myself there, but we’ll see. I see myself a lot of places. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Any rings on fingers yet? Is your girlfriend engaged? No, I’m not engaged. Not yet. Yeah. So you see a lot of sports movies like a lot of football related movies. Are they realistic or they seem embellished? I mean, the movie safety, I’ve seen parts of it.

Yeah. I think they, it’s a little, it’s a little exaggerated, but I think for the most part it’s pretty, it’s okay, but it’s not what it really is. I mean, I think there’s one part in the movie where the, I think the brother pointed out that, you know, if he tugs his, if he tugs his jersey, he’s getting the ball and.

I mean, players do that, right? So the players, we do have tips on players and stuff like that, but I think it’s not that obvious. But yeah, it’s a little bit far -fetched. Some of it’s just Hollywood, you know, some of it. But I think for the most part, I think the ground base of it is pretty real. Yeah, I was…

I’m trying to remember when they filmed that, but I was at the game. Were you here? Yeah, I was there. So we played Charlotte. Yeah, we played Charlotte that day. It was my freshman year. Yeah, they filmed that during halftime. That was pretty neat watching that. Yeah, because they kind of told everybody what to do. And then like they did the play where he basically ran the guy over and then the whole stadium just went nuts. You know, that’s crazy. Yeah.

You were probably back in the. Yeah, we were doing halftime, so we didn’t see it. Yeah, that was pretty cool. It was it was neat seeing it like. When I when I was in high school, we we played state championship, I played football at Daniel High School and we played the state championship at Williams Bryce Stadium. And they had and I don’t remember the name of the movie. Guys, terrible. But they had all these cardboard cutouts.

in the, in the stands, because they filmed that, that, that movie in the, in Williams Bryce stadium. I’m trying to remember what it was, but it was just weird seeing all these like fake cardboard cutouts in the, in the stands. But so it was, it was neat to see them film, safety, but it was called safety. Yeah.

in our stadium with a full stadium. It was like real crowd, like really loud. So that part was legit, even if all the other stuff was embellished or whatever. Yeah, because I think they moved that back just because they needed to be like a nighttime game. So they moved the game back to the Southern. Yeah. So,

We’ll try to try to wrap this up.

What was your experience like living at Tiger Station? It was great. You know, just having the space for me and my family, you know, of course, having the extra bedroom for my family come in so they don’t have to get hotels and having my mom cook me a home cooked meal. Definitely. Yeah. Definitely very welcoming environment. You know, not a lot of parties going on. Just a quiet place.

Everybody’s so polite, but they’re to themselves and stuff like that. So it’s a great experience. How are your neighbors? Good? Good. Yeah. Very good. How did the tiger properties treat you? Pretty good. They treat me pretty good. Yeah. No, no problems with the inside the apartment for real. So none. Now we’re on my air conditioner. Never went out. No. Yeah. Or no leaking or water and stuff like that. So that’s good. Definitely great. That’s good.

That’s good.

Of all the places that you lived while you’ve been here, what was your favorite? Tiger state. Yes. All the space obviously, like sell people around. Okay. Good answer. Yeah. Do you, do you listen to, do you listen to the sports talk radio? No, I don’t. Probably good. Right? Yeah. You can’t, you can’t listen to that. Yeah.

And half of the time they don’t know what they’re talking about anyway. That’s true. So, I’m about to say, you ask them what’s a 4 -3 defense is, they probably don’t know. Yeah. Yeah. What is your favorite defense? A 4 -3? It don’t matter. I was saying, 4 -3, 3 -4, I just play. Yeah. Yeah. So, when Madden comes out and you’re in there, is that going to be weird? You’re going to…

And I don’t know much about video games. So like, I don’t know, like, can you like pick yourself and so you’re going to pick yourself to be like the running back and the, and play all the positions or what? I think the first thing I’m going to do is just make me a 99 overall. You know, I think that’s the first thing. You’re going to make your what? A 90, myself 99. 99. Yeah. I got it. you’re going to make your player rating 99. I got you. They don’t give.

I don’t get rookies much love, so I gotta make myself a 99 now, play with my team wherever I go. Yeah. That will have to be pretty surreal to be able to. Definitely. I’ve been playing Madden for most of my life, so just playing that. Yeah. You’re pretty good at it. Yeah, I’m pretty good. Yeah. When I was growing up, we had Nintendo Tecmo Bowl. yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I heard of that. Yeah.

You know what that is, don’t you? We had Atari and then Nintendo, Tecmo Bowl. It was pretty fun. I don’t know much about all these video games now. Do you stream? No, I don’t. I play with a couple guys. I also play 2K. Dexter, he be streaming. Dexter Lawrence, he be streaming. I’ll be honest. yeah? Yeah. It’s pretty fun.

I’m usually the guy he’s talking trash. Yeah, I’m usually the guy he’s yelling at because I’m honest. We play we play Wreck League. So I’m on his team. yeah. It’s probably me that he’s either laughing out or yelling at. Yeah. Probably messing up on 2k. Yeah. That’s funny. yeah. What do you what do you think about the glasses they had made for you? Yeah. Yeah. TD 13 with the Tiger Station logo on it. It’s pretty cool.

Well, we appreciate you being a part of Tiger Station and glad you were able to put this deal together for you. Yeah. I hope it was a good experience for you. It was a great experience. I appreciate y ‘all for having me. I know I hadn’t had a chance to meet you. You’ve dealt with the other team members and I’ve heard a lot of good things about you and I can tell you’re a good guy. I’m going to be rooting for you. Thank you. I’ll be wherever you go. That’s who I’m going to be pulling for. Okay.

Thank you so much. So excited for you. Really am. Hopefully it goes well and you get you get you get paid. Yeah. Yeah. So I like to see I want to see all the headlines. Let’s see that big money. Yeah. Yeah. what’s what’s what you get if you get if you get a big deal? What’s your what’s your first purchase going to be? First, I think I got to buy my dad. My dad. My dad wants a power plate. So I’m going to buy.

A power plate? Yeah, something that kind of like, you know, it’s an exercise machine that kind of works your body up. And we have one at the facility that we get on and before I think they were telling me about that. Yeah, he just shakes your body. So I think I’m gonna get my dad that. What’s the point? What’s the purpose of it? It just it just shakes your body out and helps you feel better. really? I’m gonna get him that. It vibrates you. It vibrates you. Yeah.

I’m very very much. Yeah. It’s good for you. It’s definitely good. So, yeah, I think I’m going to do that for my dad. Yeah. Yeah. Plus, plus, this is his birthday. It’s going to be his birthday though. Months after the drive. So, nice. We wish you all the all the luck, man. We really appreciate you. Thank you. We pulling for you. Thank you so much. So, TD, we got something for you. We got some little parting gift.

So you know, you mentioned being spiritual. So we’ve got a book of the devotional book she can take with you wherever you go. Yeah. So wish you the best Easter, obviously. Yeah. Got to get you a little chocolate duck there. So thank you. I don’t think that you think that that that blanket’s big enough for him. I think it’s still just still.

Yeah, I love taking naps. Yeah, definitely gonna use that. Yeah, you can cover up your feet. Yeah. Cover up the legs is all. So, no, we appreciate you very much. And this has been another segment of Experience Matters with Eric Newton. See you next time.