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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.
Welcome to the show.
On our last episode, I asked Tori about Cooper DeGene's late punt return against Minnesota and the drama that unfolded afterward.
Yeah, the offense just started walking back and I was kind of like, what's going on?
He was in gowns by a mile.
Everyone can see it.
It's one of those things, you know, at the end of the day, did we really probably play the way we wanted to play and deserve to win?
Probably not.
But it's still one of those games.
Sometimes you don't play well and you can still win.
And I think one of the more frustrating things was that
It probably stopped or prevented one of the greatest players in college football history, you know, at that stage of the game, to be able to do what he didn't get past every single player that was there.
And it wasn't as if it was in the middle of the field.
It was literally like seven or eight guys on the sideline tackling him, and he managed to squirt through them all.
Just grow a touchdown and
the jock to jock podcast football edition, because in the month of November, what's exciting is that not only do we have our guest on this particular show, but you can also listen for the jock to jock podcast featuring Patrick McCaffrey from the Iowa basketball team.
Joining me right now, providing a punters perspective on the Iowa football team, Tori Taylor.
Welcome back.
What's going on, Brian?
Thank you.
Can you believe this is episode 10 already?
Yeah, no, it's crazy.
It goes by pretty quickly.
The season has been flying past just so quickly.
And I know
this is
your senior season.
What are some things that you're kind of prepping yourself for as you wrap up your academic life at University of Iowa?
Oh, well, I won't graduate until May.
I've still got one more class to do, which I'll be doing.
But try not to look too far ahead at the moment, really just trying to close out the season.
But yeah, it's going to be a little strange.
It is kind of, you know, hit me pretty hard the last couple of weeks.
Like, man, I'm done.
Like I'm never going to put on the Iowa jersey again.
And well, I mean, we'll have the bowl game.
But, you know, in three weeks time, I'll be done like the regular season.
Hopefully we'll have one more.
But yeah, the regular season will be over in just over two and a half weeks now.
So it goes by pretty quickly for sure.
Are you excited to take that next step and live in the States for a little bit longer?
Are you going to return back home?
What are your thoughts on that?
Yeah, so I guess if I'm in America, it's probably a good thing.
You know, I want to be playing football for as long as I can.
And whenever football finishes kind of post career, it really depends, you know, when I first left Australia, I had it like my little brother was like pretty young and I always felt
Guess a little bit not guilt, but it was kind of upset me that I was gonna miss a lot of his childhood and things like that But you know, he's kind of grown up now Everyone's off kind of doing their thing and whenever it's interesting whenever I go back home Nothing changes.
So that's always gonna be there Probably like a long-term thing like where do I want to be in in 20 years time probably back home in Australia?
You know if I decide that I want to have kids and things like that.
I'll kind of want them to have the same upbringing as me and
You know, I always said that if I found a love in my life and she wanted to stay in America, I would consider it.
But you know, that's yet to happen.
But at the same time, they would also have to be willing to make the transition across to Australia.
But I'll kind of cross that bridge when I get to it.
But long, long term, you know, like 20, 30 years down the track, I'll hope to be back in Australia.
But for the meantime, I love being in the US.
And yeah, it's one of those things that
Being an oil football player you kind of you're at the one place where everything is basically given to you and it's just what you do with it Whereas that next step it's gonna be it's gonna be a little bit bizarre because it's gonna be all on me and what I want to do
Do you know what you want to do outside of athletics at this moment as far as?
professionally
well not not really to be honest, you know, I used to work in construction back home and One of my good friends over here is he runs like a
consulting business and they do a bit of construction and things like that so maybe that's something when I'll go down and um otherwise yeah I'm I'm not really too sure kind of just trying to take it one day at a time you know there's probably wrong of me to say this but I've kind of put all my eggs in the one basket for football just because I want to give that everything I can and um you know I've always thought people say oh you've got to have a backup plan but you know to me that's kind of just an excuse um whereas
Yeah, I've kind of put all my energy to go towards football.
And if that doesn't work out, then I'll worry about what's next.
Is that an American thing or was that something that you'd hear in Australia too?
No, that's someone I think, Coach Jones mentioned it one time.
I reckon it was, yeah, he was kind of just alerting this to the fact that a lot of people, they don't give their energy towards one thing.
And then it's like, oh, well, I've got a backup plan.
It's okay.
You know what I mean?
It's not, they're not really willing to give it, give their all for the one thing that they really want.
And the one thing that I really want is to, is to play football.
You know, I love punting.
I love being a part of the team.
So yeah, we'll kind of just wait and see what happens.
How was the trip to Wrigley Field?
It was good fun.
You know, it was certainly an interesting game from a team perspective and, and personally as well.
Yeah.
I mean, the whole novelty of playing in Wrigley Field wasn't really that special to me.
I like baseball.
But, you know, I didn't grow up a club fan or anything like that.
Like some of the boys, they must have thought it was the best thing ever.
Obviously, it was a good win.
From a personal point of view, didn't really perform the way I wanted to.
In fact, it's probably one of the worst games I've had.
But, you know, you kind of just dig deep and move on.
Do you attribute the performance in the game personally to the conditions, to the field itself?
Just, yeah, I think it was more so I just had an off day, you know?
It was one of those things where I was hitting like decent balls in the warm-up and then, yeah, it kind of got to the game and, yeah, it just didn't execute the balls that I wanted to hit.
But, yeah, the one good thing that I kind of took away from the game and I was saying that to Coach Woods today at practice, I was happy that I just kind of went back out there and continued to just try and hit balls that I wanted to hit.
And whereas in the past, I'd probably give you a little bit more detail.
I kind of went out there and wanted to hit as many spirals as I could, right?
Whereas in the past, they probably would have just reverted back to hitting end over end punts because it's easier.
But I was just like, you know what?
Like, I know I'm not having a day, but this is a good learning opportunity.
I'm just going to keep going out there and doing everything I can.
Like, I really want to be able to execute a good spoil.
And I didn't, unfortunately, I didn't put the team in some, I guess, poor situations.
But at the end of the day is
I kind of just took away, you know, it was one of the, it was just a bad game.
There's nothing else to it.
And you have those.
And yeah, like I said, you kind of just move on.
There was a stat that wasn't really associated necessarily with the on the field play, but across the street from Murphy's bleachers outside of Wrigley, that they sold out a beer.
Yeah, I saw that.
It was sent to me and I, yeah, I sent that off to one of my good friends from Chicago.
And I said, you guys are a bit soft out there.
What is it about the traveling Iowa faithful that can drain them of ale at their local establishment?
Well, I think the one thing that I've noticed since I've been here that there's not much to do in Ohio.
So what else are they going to do that may as well drink?
I think that's really the one thing, isn't it?
And I don't even mean that in a disrespectful way.
It's true.
Yeah.
One of your social circles on the field is Drew and Luke.
Obviously,
you
guys worked together for
field goals and such like that.
Do you guys hang out or exist together as a unit off the field?
Not necessarily.
We don't go out together.
We're all really close.
We might get a meal or something like that every now and then together.
But I'm also close with a lot of older guys, like Nick Jackson.
He's probably one of my best friends on the team.
It was Halloween weekend a couple of weekends ago, so we run amuck that weekend together.
So that was good fun.
Yeah, I kind of just like to hang out with a few of the older guys.
I've always been close with Nick since he got here.
I enjoy going out with Big Deakin and Big A and Large.
Yeah, so we're all close-knit group of guys.
We've got a really close room in general, like all six of us, you know, we all get along really well.
And this is probably been the most enjoyable year I've had since being here, just because of those guys in the room, to be honest.
And, you know, the first year I was here, I was with guys like...
I was kind of still just finding my feet a little bit.
But yeah, this year I really enjoyed it.
We've got six guys that really care about one another and just really want to win just as much as one another.
And, you know, me, Luke and Drew, we're the ones that get all the credit.
But, you know, buddy time, Martial Day, deserve it just as much.
Because I think when you're in a group with a group of guys, like I said, there's six of us and you can just be who you are.
I really think that goes a long way.
And yeah, Coach Woods really emphasizes that.
I'm really grateful to him for letting me be who I am.
And he kind of just said that to me after the game on Saturday.
He just said, look, it wasn't your day today, but taking this as a learning opportunity and moving forward, all you've got to be is Tori Taylor.
And that's all that matters.
Don't try and be someone you're not.
So yeah, he's really helped me a lot.
this year, Coach Woods.
Speaking of somebody who had to be somebody that they weren't, did you read the story or hear the story about the running back from the Houston Texans who was called in?
I did, yeah.
It's quite impressive.
Tell me, as somebody who is a specialist, and you're finding out that someone from a different position is called up in an emergency situation to kick a field goal because their kicker had a quad injury, I believe in the first quarter, so they had no kicker from the game.
Usually the punner will go back and kick.
Like, I'm just trying to think, for example, for us, I'm trying to think if Drew and Marshall both went down, I'm like, I would probably be the one that's kicking.
And then I'm like, well, who's going to be holding?
And it'd probably be the third string holder or something like that.
So it's usually surprising when a different position goes into kick.
But yeah, it was pretty cool.
I'm seeing the big running back go back there and a lot of field going to keep a couple of touchbacks too.
In an alternate universe with your skill set,
Could you kick field goals if you were called upon?
Yeah, I couldn't I won't go into too much detail, but a few weeks ago.
I actually did at practice Just you know because it's one thing that I really just wanted to add something to the resume to kind of just be able to know that I could do it So I did kick one in practice and it was it was one and done because yeah coach parents wasn't too pleased.
Oh,
he saw it went in Yeah, when it was not it was in an actual period.
Okay
Um, yeah, that was that was quite the quite the experience.
Um, I loved it.
It was a, it was a close range run.
It went in.
What, what are the differences in how the ball strikes your foot?
Um, as kicking
of Brian, I got no idea.
I was like, you know what?
There it is.
I'm going to try and get it through the goals.
No, there's no technique or anything like that.
I would have said it drew like, Oh, how many steps should I take back and how many to the side?
And then I'm just like, right, there it
is.
There's the goals.
I'm going to put it in.
Rutgers is at home has to feel good coming back with a win and you got to it Kinnick What does that mean to you going into the Rutgers game?
You know Rutgers from a special teams point of view like they're gonna bring the heat It's one of those teams that I feel like they're really flying under the radar You know, I didn't realize how good they were though six and two and up until last week I believe all five and two head into the high state game and they did really well against them I don't really watch too many of their games really just seen the the special teams film
this year, this week, sorry, from this year.
Yeah, they're gonna bring a lot of challenges, staffs of teams, and offense and defense.
You know, they caught it back pretty good.
So, defense is gonna have to be seen as well as the offense.
So, yeah, it would be another tough game, but every game's tough in the Big Ten, and all our fans should be used to that.
So, another game at home, and now, Dumbass or Drongo.
Airport Edition, there's a theme in this one today.
You're coming into this 24 out of 34 after episode 9.
And in the jock to jock basketball podcast, we're doing a similar type of contest with Patrick McCaffrey.
That is the double-double dumbass.
And unfortunately, in his first episode, he got the right schools, but then he had them flipped around.
So he's already starting 0 and 2 on his particular thing.
Good.
Well, I can't talk too much because I said it all.
I didn't start very well either.
OK.
First story.
Woman tried to sneak some marijuana past airport security Checkpoint scanner flagged her groin area Agents did a patdown and discovered baggies of marijuana tucked inside her adult diaper The airport is named after the former mayor of the large city across the river Second story a woman was arrested after allegedly running on to the tarmac She was trying to stop a flight from leaving without her
AFP or Federal Police arrested the woman as she was under the plane waving at the pilot to let her on the flight.
The airport is named after the capital city and is the ninth busiest airport in the country.
Which one's dumbass?
Which one's Drongo?
Walk me through it.
Well the second one's Drongo because you said AFP and that's Australian Federal Police.
So you let that one go pretty easily there, Bond.
Okay.
So maybe you're a drongo if you're doing that
Final answer on that Yes, you got two there now is the fun
north
busiest airport in the world And no, no, let me read that
again.
Sorry in the country
in the country Yes, the airport is named after the capital city and is the ninth busiest airport in the country.
This is the drongo we're talking
about That's tough actually
I'm gonna go you say the capital city of this the state or the country of Australia
this would be
Actually, it's trying to replace it's got to be Canberra in New South Wales
final answer Yeah, correct Let's go to get the fourth point today and go four for four This one the airport is named after the former mayor of the large city across the
room.
I
need something I
need something more than that
I've given you quite a bit on
this one.
No, I don't.
Mayer and across the river.
That could be of
the large city across the river.
I know that you have flown into this airport.
The large city across the river for a game or a vacation.
I believe both.
Unless the plane was routed differently, I am not made aware of how the Iowa team travels to locations.
Oh, well, it's got to be out across the river.
Man, this has got me... I've only been to Vegas and San Diego for a vacation.
Well, Vegas, you're not going to have the river.
No, that's out.
San Diego, no, there's no river.
Nope, no river there.
So it must have been somewhere where I've played.
It's got to be out east.
Okay, keep walking me through.
Can you give me like one small little clue?
Let's see here.
Airport starts with the letter L.
That's not, is it?
No, that's in London.
Is it LaGuardia or whatever it is?
Keep working on that.
Is it out in New York way?
Final answer?
Yeah.
Correct.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Is it LaGuardia?
LaGuardia, yeah.
Yes, fear of fear yellow lo guardia was the mayor of New York
Got wicks in London.
Yeah, which would be across the river, correct?
Hey, right when I went there anyway, so I'm not sure
all right four for four on the dumb-ass or drongo today Which bomb back, baby, which brings you to?
28 out of 38 That's not
bad 70 some percent probably
You didn't tell me there was going to be math today,
was there?
No.
Episode 10 of the jock to jock podcast, and then we've covered this a couple of times, and the punting is winning shirts.
I mean, season's winding down.
This benefits the Count the Kicks program.
Where can they find those punting is winning t-shirts?
Right now, online or in store.
Would you ever have a Tory Taylor row where just everybody's wearing a punting is winning shirt?
Or is that something you're like, nah, I don't need that kind of attention?
Well, there was about five or six of my family was here, but that's not really a row.
When's your dad arrive?
Next Thursday.
Yeah.
So nine days away.
That's awesome.
It'll be nice.
Is he going to watch the remainder of this season then?
Yeah.
He's going to watch the Illinois game, then Nebraska game, and then hopefully if you make the big 10 championship, he'll be there too.
That's got to make you feel pretty good to have him over here.
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah.
Very excited.
Looking forward to seeing him.
You're going to take him out to the bars too?
Yeah, I think so.
There it is.
Yeah.
Tori, thanks for the time on this episode.
Absolutely, Bron.
Always a pleasure.
Thank you.
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We'll catch you next week.
