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I'm Brian Marshall from the Rockaway morning show.
I'll get the punters perspective on Iowa football from Tory Taylor right after this.
Thanks for joining us this week.
In our last episode, Taylor Swift all over the chief's TV broadcast and I asked Tory if he had any celebrity crushes.
If Travis
Kelsey hadn't have done this,
and let's say Taylor Swift took a shine in to Tori Taylor and let's say things progressed you realized she could change her name to Taylor Taylor
yeah that would be pretty cool wouldn't it
or you could be Tori
Swift I don't I wouldn't really want to date someone that that's more popular than me
oh okay
that came off wrong I wouldn't want to date someone that's in the spotlight if that makes sense
distraction
yeah that and
I just don't want them to be better than me.
We're back at it again this week to prove that he is better than me.
Iowa punter Tori Taylor, welcome to the show.
As always thank you for having me.
How'd you feel about the performance in the game against Michigan State?
From an overall team point of view probably wasn't our best game but you know we kind of just did what we needed to do to get the win so that's at the end of the day that's really all that matters but
there's kind of one of those games you walk away like where we've still got a lot to work on and that's the same every week you know we could have won by 70 to 0 and you still got plenty of things to work on the dolphins I'm for example they win last week 70 to 20 and then the next week they get they get rolled by the bill so you can never really get too far ahead of yourself not saying that they did or anything like that I'm sure they did at all but yeah you can never get to a head of yourself and as coach Frun says the hay's never in the barn but yeah it was a bit of a strange game
in the sense that we kind of started off okay, but it really only led to a field goal.
And then, yeah, I thought, I thought their punter did really well.
I thought their kicker was good, which I always enjoy a little bit.
That kind of gets me off a bit, you know, seeing kickers make 58 yards and punters hit bombs.
I love that sort of stuff.
So even when it's the other team, so.
Fun game.
Good to get the win though.
you alluded to one of the the battles on special teams you and ryan eckley ryan gets a uh sixty seven yarder
yeah that's why i'm like oh that's nice that's pretty
but then he shanks one into the audience and you're probably at that point also laughing a little bit
oh i'm not really because i i felt a little sorry for the kid you know it was his first it's obviously his first season and i kind of went up to him after the game and i said look i know you hit that one out of bounds but then i know you had that one
that Cooper returned, obviously the one out of Bansal was a bad ball, but the one that Cooper returned for a touch in was a good ball.
I kind of just told him, you know, sometimes you hit good balls and they get returned, and then sometimes you hit bad balls and bounce the right way for it.
I said, just keep doing what you're doing because you're hitting good balls.
And yeah, it wasn't wasn't your fault that ran past you.
So it's always interesting, you know, sometimes you can hit like a really like my biggest ball this year has been returned.
You know, like it was a 50 off 51 yard bottom one, which is
Most of the time in college, it's caught nine times out of ten, but that one time it was returned.
So sometimes you can hit great balls.
Location might be slightly off or something like that.
And yeah, I kind of just went and said to him, I said, I mean, look, you had a great game.
Keep your head up.
Don't let this effect get to you or anything like that.
How often are you meeting with the opposing team's punter and the special teams
unit?
Well, if it's an Australian dude, I'll kind of chat with him for probably five, 10 minutes before the game.
Just kind of see what's going on blah blah blah.
But if it's someone I've never really met, I just chat to them after the game.
And just I was like, who's your coach?
Where are you from blah blah blah.
But you kind of already know a little bit about them leading up to the game.
But yeah, they had a really good pun, a good kicker as well.
So it's always good to see other good specialists perform at a whole level.
Is there any particular team that you would rather just not talk to the opposing side at all?
Nebraska.
which is always interesting because it's always interesting in the sense that you play a lot of teams right and a lot of guys think it's like the driving range and it's a bit of a pissing contest in the warm-up and it's like yeah you see all these punters smoke balls and you know kickers will go back to 60 yards and they'll make one out of five and they think they're golden's gift but sometimes I just want to go to them and just like let's wait until the game when it really counts you know what i mean because so many guys shudder around
thinking they're the best thing ever in the warm-up, and then they get to the game, they absolutely hit the bed.
That sort of stuff that I'm just like, yeah, I'm really lucky in the sense that I work a lot with Jason Baker, and he says, well, what's the warm-up for?
And I said, oh, I don't know, it's like, make sure that I'm ready for the game.
And he said, no, it's literally just a warm-up.
You warm your body up, you hit a few balls and you warm up.
So you're ready to go.
Whereas a lot of guys think it's like a driving range.
It's like anyone's good on the driving range, but how good are you out on the course?
And that's kind of what it's like.
It's the same with the Nebraska guys and I don't really care saying this, I'll say it to their face.
They're just not nice people.
They think they're the best thing ever and football's a stats game and some of them go to them.
So check this stat sheet, your knucklehead, you're down the bottom.
So it's really one of those things that, and you
know,
like Drew and I and like Luke, we just go about a business like we don't get in anyone's way that as I say every now and then you look, we might talk a talk here or there, but you know what, like we're going to back it up.
So.
Um, but we, we just let our football do the talking most of the time, but you know, we played Nebraska last year and few of the receivers and linebackers from Nebraska came out and they literally just picked up our bowls.
Like a kid, you know, looks about the staff of ball team for field goal, picked up our bowl and just kicked it 30 yards away.
And it's just, yeah, especially the special teams coach was the one with the hardest and things like that.
It was just ridiculous.
So hopefully they've cleaned a few things up there, but not, not to worry.
The team had already lost your friend Titan Luke Lachata injury.
Now QB won, Cade McNamara has injured and reported to be out for the season.
How did the team feel in the moment when Cade went down?
Oh, in the moment, it's always a little strange.
You're kind of like, oh, that didn't look too good.
But you're playing a game and as bad as this might sound, you just got to move on.
You know, it's like if someone went and got hit by a car tomorrow, like you really just you don't really have a choice.
You got to move on the same in a game.
You know, you don't really.
You don't really have time to kind of sit around and have a sulk about things because you really just got to move on and it was kind of interesting.
I think it was third and I would have been third and seven or whatever it was.
And I backed up on the goal line.
It was probably like third and 10.
And that's when Dix went out there and I said, oh, you got to do Dix's BU, nothing else.
So yeah, I think, I think you did a really good job stepping up, stepping in.
And yeah, he's the man from now on.
As far as we all know
yeah, so deacon hill of sophomore.
There's been a few places where is number 10 So he has a locker next to you doesn't he
he's one of my good buddies big I actually used to live with him too.
He used to live here With me so live with him for about four or five months.
Yeah, really really good guy We got along well and I got most Saturday night with him
Just myself, him, you know, Nick Jackson, a couple of the other guys, we all like to go because he's kind of like me just likes to chill, maybe have a few drinks and go home.
Nothing, nothing too crazy.
So I said to him on Saturday, like, all you got to do is just be you and the rest will take care of itself.
And I think you did a good job.
What did Deacon say after the game, after the win?
That's his first win with Iowa.
How did he feel at least talking to you?
Well, I said, oh, how was it?
And he said, yeah, it was it was good fun.
But
You
know, like
he knows he's got plenty of things to work on.
He would have learnt so much from that game.
He said he's like, yeah, I know, like it was just a lot quicker than practice and things like that.
And I said, yeah, yeah, it is not that I've ever thrown a ball.
Well, I have thrown a ball in a game, but I've never been, you know, in the center with the big fellas running out here.
But yeah, he'll learn a lot from the game and he looked good in practice today.
So yeah, we'll see what he comes up with on Saturday, which I'm sure will be fine.
Looking ahead to Purdue, you had mentioned in an earlier episode that you specifically were looking forward to this particular game, and why is that?
Well, first and foremost, it's my birthday, and then I've got a few buddies come back to watch this one, which will be fun.
But yeah, I'll turn 26 on Saturday, which is kind of crazy because, you know, when you're 25, they're like, oh, I'm at 20, like I'm close to 20, but 26, he closer to 30 now.
So it's kind of, yeah, it's a little, a little crazy that
I'm not gonna be so old and But yeah, and I'm looking forward to it should be a fun day.
I'm sure you'll call a fair catch on this question But what does Tori Taylor want for his birthday?
God nothing really, you know, I dropped my mom off at the airport yesterday And she gave me a card and whatnot.
That's all I really need to be honest Yeah, I'm not you know, I'm not 16 17-year-old kid anymore.
I don't need gifts.
She's like, what do you want for your birthday?
I said, oh mom
If I want something, I'll just go out and buy it, but I'm a pretty simple man, you know.
One of my friends said, oh, what do you want for your birthday?
And I said, oh, I don't really want anything.
And he said, you know, I'd be happy with a book.
So I
didn't say what I'd get.
You're just that simple.
You're easy to buy for.
A card makes you happy.
Hawkeye Wind might, on your birthday, might not be such a bad thing.
A few puns would be nice, too.
Yeah.
Going in an opposite direction, something I know you don't really want to do.
Dumbass or Drongo.
You ready to go?
Let's do it.
You guys have heard this on the episode before.
One of these is going to be based in the States.
One of these based in Australia.
The one in the States is going to be the dumbass.
The Drongo would be based in Australia.
And we're going to have bonus points available to Tori.
Right now, as he comes into this one, he's got 11 points out of an available 20.
Could pick up an additional four today.
Tori, two stories.
First one.
I just want to get something out in the open.
You have to give me, like, clues.
I'm going to.
I
promise.
Especially when it comes to America, because it's like, we'll guess the state.
It's like, well, there's 50% of the state, tell my men to know.
But you're 26 and you spent some time in the states, but that's fine.
Yeah.
That's okay.
Anyway, continue.
A man has sued the Royal Women's Hospital where he watched his wife deliver a baby via cesarean section.
The man declared
that it led to a breakdown of his marriage after he saw his wife's internal organs during surgery.
He is now seeking $1 billion in damages.
Story two.
A 35-year-old teacher was arrested after she allegedly was caught bringing meth to a school event hidden in their hair scrunchie.
The woman was an eighth grade teacher and her daughter was a student at Hellfrich Park Stem Academy where the event was held.
Which one is the dumbass?
Which one is the drongo based upon the headlines right now?
I feel like the latter is Drongo.
Because I don't know if there's a Royal Women's Hospital in Australia.
I know there's obviously the Royal Children's Hospital.
Actually, you know what?
I'm going to go to the Women's Hospital one with Australia.
Drongo.
And the dumb ass is the 35 year old teacher?
Yes.
I'm not confident.
No
final answer
Yeah,
you're correct Yes, let's go to the bonus point Since that's Australia.
What state or city would this be based in
give me a clue?
I mean women's hospital
royal women's hospital
I'm gonna go Melbourne.
That is correct Let's go Brian.
Let's go
Tori.
I've had the hardest time finding anything from Perth Adelaide Darwin
Good
On the second one your clue is the word Hoosiers
Oh Indiana, that's correct There you go four from four, baby.
So 15 from 24 15
out of 24 look at that You're coming back back to back.
Are you like this game now?
Yeah, okay growing on me.
It's growing
Yeah, let's just say that
And I didn't I don't think I gift wrap those for you like in a birthday gift or anything I think you know there was a little bit of challenge there.
Yeah, not Yeah, that was good.
The Hoosest one was a little easy.
Well, it was a bonus point too though.
Yeah You have 15 out of 24 as we continue into episode 7 next week Tori I wish you the best on your birthday.
Happy 26th to you in advance and Thank you
very much.
I won't encourage too many people to flood your Instagram
at Tori Taylor 09 with happy birthday greetings.
Thank you.
Appreciate
it.
That will do it for this week's jock to jock podcast.
On our next show, we'll recap the Purdue game and see what feels different for a 26-year-old Tori Taylor.
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