Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdown.

On this football Thursday, August 14th, 2025, this program begins now.

Football!

It is magical, and there's a lot to talk about around the entire NFL, and we'll do that in just a matter of a few moments with an Emmy award winner a man who's been all over the television all morning and obviously a

member of the Emmy award winning NFL live crew at ESPN and a guy that we are

big fans of these gentlemen swagger will be joining us a 10 15 minutes big 1050

now I don't know how everybody reacts around the people that watch and listen to this show every single day, how the circles do, whenever that name is dropped. Just know that in this particular office, when Swagu is talked about, it is in very high regard. We are big fans of his. We think he goes about his business in a fun way, good way, great energy way, and I think he has great takes. Not only that, he's obviously clearly a great father. Yes. He is the father of the number one Hooper in the country for the 2027 class. Now, it is an ESPN ranking, so you know, you've got to assume that there is a little bit of a potential thing going on. Nonetheless, number one, number two, number three, number four, number five, whatever it is, obviously very present, which is why we don't see him on TV as much. I think he's trying to be super dad. Then not only him, I think he has a daughter to play volleyball, who's also not one of the top in the country. It's like, I really respect Swagu a a lot and we can't wait to catch up with him

and also ask him, what hell's going on, Don Dallas? And is this Jerry Jones, the same Jerry

Jones, the draft you with the number 20th overall pick back in the day? Because it feels like he

maybe has lost his fastball or has he. He was at the Netflix premiere of the Cowboys Dock that's coming out in August 19. Just a few days or whatever. And he said, you know, when it's quiet, you know, Dallas Cowboys will be there for you. I'll stir some shit up. It's wild to say that. Very much so. Just like, hey, listen, yeah, we are an attention-grabbing business. This is a money-making operation here. And We are trying. If the rest of the world wants to sleep, we will be awake for them. We will let the Cowboys be the topic of conversation no matter what it is, just as long as they're talking Cabos, Cowboys, Cowboys, Cowboys. Yeah, I'll do the draft from a yacht. You know why? What's everybody else do? That's stupid as little war rooms?

Yeah.

I'll do it a damn yacht. On water. Yeah, people are going to talk with you. They're going to say, Jerry Jones, y'all. This is sophistication. This is class personified. This is the Dallas Cowboys. Him just admitting that that's how he views it. I cannot wait to see what this documentary also showcases.

But also, I think if you're playing for him or a fan of them,

you have to wonder, are we trying to win football games? admitting that that's how he views it. I cannot wait to see what this documentary also showcases.

But also, I think if you're playing for him or a fan of them, you have to wonder, are we trying to win football games at all the time? Or we're just trying to start up shit. Oh, damn time. You know, that's naturally going to be a reaction. We'll ask Swagoo about that. I think he's already talked about it a couple different times. But I think from the tours around the facility to the being able to lease apartments outside your practice facility I mean there's just a lot of things that happen down there

that don't happen anywhere else but it's also a place that is the highest

valued franchise in the history of sports so they're doing something right

down there is it for football or not we shall see we're also gonna be talking to

a guy that we became friends with, Ty. That's right.

That's Talk stable at Boston Connor, at Ty Schmidt.

Great shirt, con man.

Ty Schmidt, whenever we were at the home run derby when you made your first MLB All-Star game.

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