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So we're back at it on the jock to jock podcast here on rock108.com.
Brian Marshall,
my featured guest,
Tory Taylor.
Hello.
Thanks very much for having me on, Brian.
Looking forward to it.
So big 10 special teams player of the week.
Let's get it out of the way.
I mean, how does that feel for you?
Oh, I mean, I don't really worry about that stuff too much.
It was honestly, I'm really not just saying that.
I really don't worry about it at all.
It's obviously cool to get some recognition and whatnot, but I'm just glad that we got the win on the weekend and just looking forward to playing our state.
But in terms of the whole, I guess, individual accolades and that, it's all a bit of a, yeah, it's all a bit of a jake, if you ask me, because there's 11 guys out there on the pun unit doing their job.
So it shouldn't just be me, but it is obviously cool to get some sort of recognition, but I don't really worry about it.
North Focus on it.
So you were talking the last time you were talking about Gunners and such like that.
Why is Cooper so good?
Why do you guys work together so well?
Well, yeah, Cooper and Terry, they're both just really good at what they do, but it really just goes back to practice during the week.
And that's been something we've been doing for months now and really fortunate enough that those guys really enjoy being on the podium and really enjoy making plays.
And I don't know, they're just extremely
um, good athletes that, that go down there and if it calls a fair catch or make tackles or, um, down the bowl, um, wherever it is.
And yeah, fortunate enough that they're there on the pungent.
And they did the thing about those guys is that they're really good football players.
They're not just cornerbacks or defensive backs or anything like that.
They're, they're football players.
They, they, they can do it all.
So when you're facing like a South Dakota state versus Iowa state who's coming up, Iowa state's rush is a little bit different than South Dakota state.
And your, your game planning for that this week, right?
Yeah I think I try not to worry about that too much like I kind of get a pretty good understanding of what it's going to be like I look at the film Sunday and Monday and then don't really look at it much more after that just so I get a bit of a feel of what it's like heading into the week with what sort of looks of scouts and that are going to give and what could be coming up the following weekend but I don't want to speak like too highly of myself or anything like that but obviously having a pretty decent game on Saturday.
They're probably going to have a plan for me or something like that.
And that's one, we're going to have a plan for them too.
But yeah, truly it was, both teams really only played the one game, so it's going to be hard to tell what each team brings.
There was something interesting that I noticed, and I think it was like your second or third punt, where you kind of stopped for a second, kind of took a little bit of a hesitation and it looked like you were kind of just
pausing
for a second.
You didn't just go one, two, three, go.
You kind of paused and
It looked like you were kind of scanning a little bit.
Is that what
I'm saying?
Yeah.
Yeah, you pretty much bang on there.
I just kind of knew that in that territory, they're not going to rush too much.
So I kind of had a little bit more time.
And in my peripheral vision, I could kind of say they weren't really coming.
So yeah, I just waited for the gunners to get down there, had a look and see where they were.
And I just punted it to the base because it was almost just a pass.
You've experienced it at Jack Trice Stadium with fans, but never experienced Iowa State inside Kennet, correct?
Yeah, it's it's quite funny that you asked that because it's been four years.
So the majority of the team hasn't actually experienced a home game against Iowa State.
So it's really just not me.
It's probably the guys in the last that have come in the last three or four years or even a little bit longer.
None of them have experienced the home game against Iowa State.
So that's even that's another thing that's going to be new for us.
But I mean, the Hawkeye Faith will they bring in every week and really fortunate enough that they're
as passionate as they are and yeah they'll be bringing it Saturday for sure.
We really enjoy having them there and we're all excited.
I've
got your,
I appreciate
it.
Plunting is winning sticker and I've got the shirt back at the house already, I wore it.
It's my new Hawkeye shirt this year.
Tell me about your ties in with Ray Gunn and Plunting is winning and everything that's going on with that please.
Yeah, so what it mean about a year ago Ray Gunn reached out and had a couple ideas in terms of
First and foremost, they asked if I was interested in doing any NIL stuff, and I just said, oh, no, I can't, sorry.
And they said, oh, what if we can send the money to charity?
And I said, well, yeah, if you want to, like, I'll look into it.
And if you've got any ideas, let me know.
And they mentioned the hospital and Count the Kicks.
And I thought, well, there's obviously so many donations that already go to the hospital, but I kind of wanted to go with something a little bit smaller.
So, yeah, decided to go with...
count the kicks and yeah the the t-shirt design hunting is winning it really took off it was kind of one of those things that um and i really not just saying this i thought if we can make like a few hundred bucks by the time the season's done and we sell 10 or 15 shirts and that's awesome like great um but yeah it just it it was kind of going crazy everyone was tagging me stuff on twitter and instagram and people were sending me photos and
and all that and yeah just it meant a lot to me and it certainly meant a lot to the ladies at Count the Kicks and I've become really close to them.
I actually had all five ladies at the game last week so they certainly enjoyed that and it was really nice to have them there as well but yeah so all the money raised from the t-shirts goes to the Count the Kicks organization which is a stillbirth prevention organization that basically teaches
pregnant ladies to essentially count their kicks.
So it's an app whereby it tells you, oh, you should have this many kicks in this trimester, or this should be happening in that trimester, et cetera.
And yeah, like I said, the ladies that started that, they're all ladies that have either lost a child or nearly lost a child.
So, and they really just came about that they didn't want that to happen to anyone else.
And they educated themselves on it.
And they thought, well, we don't want this to happen to anyone else.
what can we do about it and that's when they found a yeah count the kicks and yeah just i know they're very grateful for what i do and and all things like that but really grateful for the support they've given me too and um five really nice ladies that come from um five really nice families and yeah fortunate i thought i'd keep in contact with most of them quite regularly and um yeah so while i'm on here if everyone can go out and purchase a t-shirt and i'm also running another campaign called uh every kick counts
So yeah, if everyone wants to go out there and make a donation to every kid council or make a pledge Yeah, it's it's greatly appreciated by me and Yeah, they'll and the ladies account the kicks because It really it really does go a long way and I Think I really kind of educated myself on that sort of stuff as well Like you kind of seal these non-profit things and all these charities and things like that But I never really I knew I knew what they were kind of about but
I really gained a greater understanding of what that money can do and how far it really does go.
I was fortunate enough to meet a little boy that was saved by Countin' the Kicks back in December.
So that kind of made me really realize that, wow, what I'm doing and what others are doing.
And just by going out and purchasing a t-shirt, I can really go a long way.
And it's really, it's saving lives.
So yeah, like I've said to...
New University amount of time.
I'm really grateful for people going out there and purchasing a t-shirt.
I'm thankful for the guys at Raygun for donating the necessary proceeds towards the organization.
I know you said here just a few minutes ago that you're like, oh, we'll sell 15, 20 shirts.
I don't think it's going to be that little.
I think there's a few more that'll go out.
Yeah.
Since we started making the t-shirts about a year ago.
We've raised over $20,000.
Yes Yeah, $15,000 of has gone Towards the every kick counts Initiative to and campaign for myself.
So yeah at about just over $35,000 roughly And yeah, I think well my biggest goal for the season is to Obviously keep performing and raise $50,000 by the time the season is done.
So
Whether we get there or we don't, it doesn't really matter too much.
But yeah, again, if everyone can go out and purchase a t-shirt or make a donation and whether it's $500 or it's $1, it really doesn't matter.
I'm grateful just for everyone getting on board and doing what they can to help our families save lives.
We had talked about on the last episode that your family is going to be in town and as we're recording right now You're just a couple hours away from your family.
Yeah
in flight now or where they at.
Yeah, they're in flight from Vegas to Chicago and then Yeah, they lay over there a couple of hours.
I think and then yeah, they'll be on their way So yeah, see them in a few hours and really excited for that Yeah, looking for them getting here and they'll be here for a few weeks and they'll see a few games Which is yeah really exciting for them.
I've kind of experienced it now
So now now it's their time.
Yeah, so yeah, I'm sure they're they're going to enjoy that.
What's the time difference again between Melbourne and
15 their 15 hours ahead Yeah, so how do you adjust?
I've done the trip a few times now, so I'm kind of used to it actually Whereas the key is not napping during the day.
That's the hardest part but going back to Australia.
It's easier because you get a night flight here
Then you get there in the morning.
So it's almost kind of there's a little bit of normality to it.
Mm-hmm.
Whereas Coming here to the u.s.
It's a day flight.
So you fly the whole day and then you basically arrive in the morning So yeah, you almost got to stay up the whole day again.
That's the hardest part really got to try and stay up for probably a good 40 hours or so
and so while it's always your mom and dad and then
Are your brothers coming or how's
that?
Two of my two of my brothers and one of their girlfriends and then my grandparents.
So yeah, there'll be seven of them sitting in the stands this week.
So yeah, pretty excited for that.
That's incredible.
And I appreciate you taking a few minutes, you know, with your family coming into town.
I thought about that as you were performing last week in what you did.
And then coming into this week, it only feels like you have maybe more motivation.
I don't know.
I mean,
Sometimes you're a hard read, my friend, in the fact that you talk about consistency, but I try to figure out what rattles you, what motivates you sometimes.
Maybe I don't need to know that.
I think the best thing is obviously making my family and that proud of me, but my biggest motivation is really just my teammates and doing the best for them.
I think I just really don't ever want to let them down.
I think that's really something that I really focus on because we're the ones out there working hard, not even just on three hours on a Saturday.
All this starts back in the middle of January because we really only get two weeks off in January and then a couple weeks off in May and the rest of the time we're in the facility doing what we need to do to get ready.
So yeah, that's the biggest motivating factor for me is just first and foremost, just being with my teammates and doing everything I can for them and just help us win.
I'm a pretty competitive person.
I just love winning as well.
Do you know what I mean?
It's just fun.
But winning is fun.
I know it all sounds pretty cliche, but that's just really the truth.
What's your go-to meal during Game Week?
Oh, that's a good question, actually.
Okay.
Because I usually eat at football Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then Thursday.
And then
Peter's specialty, right?
Is that how they work?
Yeah.
Yeah, they cater everything.
So usually like steaks and chicken and things like that.
But yeah, it really depends.
And then on the Friday, we're obviously in the hotel.
So I'll have two pieces of steak, two pieces of bread and then some vegetables or and whatnot.
And yeah, that's about it, really.
But with with your parents coming in for the next couple of weeks, you had mentioned that you had some dishes from home.
Can those dishes be prepared here in the States properly?
Oh, I'm sure they could, but I'm not going to ask that of my mom or anything like that.
Yeah, I'm not a fussy eater at all, to be honest.
She's bringing me a lot of candy, and that's all I care about.
So what kind of Australian candy is there?
Because I'm sure that there's some of them that aren't over here.
I'm a big licorice and chocolate person, and it's just licorice and chocolate is so much better in Australia.
I feel like it might
drive people nuts when i say that but it really just is like i've experienced both and like i said i'm not a fussy eater i don't think i'm biased or anything like that but right really if you just put an australian piece of chocolate and an american piece of chocolate i just enjoy the australian one more
is it a u.s version sweeter is it
i really couldn't tell it's just they're selling about it that's just it's yeah it's not as good but
Incidentally, there's American stuff here that I thoroughly enjoy a lot more than Australian stuff.
It really just depends.
For example, cereals.
Cereals here are way better here in America than Australia.
I'm a big cereal person, so yeah, I love my cereal.
You got Quaker and General Mills sitting essentially in your backyard right now.
Are you a fan of any of the Captain Crunch or Crunch Berries, anything like that?
It's funny.
It's funny.
You asked that because I was telling my little brother about that.
He's like, should I get some Captain Crunch?
And I said, I don't really like that.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'm not the biggest Captain Crunch guy.
I'm more a Cinnamon Toast Crunch guy.
Okay.
I'm good with that too.
I mean, that's good stuff, man.
Any other serials that you're into?
Frosted flakes.
See, it's these hard-hitting questions.
I've got to make sure that we cover them.
Yeah.
Ross Krispies.
Um, the chocolate rice crispy.
They're good too.
Yeah, pretty simple, not too complex cereals, but yeah, simple cereals for a simple man, I suppose.
There's the tagline for the episode, simple cereals for a simple man.
So in the last episode at the Marshall exchange program, I asked if I got off the flight, I'm in Australia.
What's one thing that you would teach me right away?
He said, don't be afraid of the snakes and spiders.
What I thought this time,
is, let's say we go out and we're gonna go grab a drink.
Is there a particular beer?
Is there a particular place?
Where's some good spots to go hang out in Australia?
Well, first and foremost, we call it the pub.
So I would take you to the pub.
Gotcha.
Let's go to the pub for a few beers.
And I feel like while you're in Australia, you gotta have some of the local stuff.
Okay.
So where I'm from, there's a beer called Victoria Bitter.
So I'm from Melbourne, Victoria.
So I really feel like you'd have to have a Victoria bitter.
So we call it a VB.
A VB,
okay.
Yeah.
If you can get it in a can, a glass bottle or just in a glass, we call it a pot.
Do you guys serve it at room temperature like they do in Europe?
No, no.
No, they do that here.
But in Europe, they serve it at some of the room temperature.
Do you know that?
No.
Yeah, that's moronic.
No, you got to have it cold.
have to have a cold.
All right.
That makes me sick that people have it that way.
You haven't been out on the tailgate site where people, you know, sometimes their cooler runs out of ice and they'll drink whatever.
You know, I kind of get that.
But I mean, geez, if a restaurant or hotel or pub or something, the restaurant is is offering mildly warm beer, like pull your head in.
I'm not paying I'm not paying for that.
I'll tell you that right now.
That's right.
Victoria better.
I like this.
Yeah.
Yeah, VB got it.
Yeah, you gotta have a VB.
Um, I feel like there's a couple of that like pale ale.
I'm a, I like my pale ale.
I like my ale.
So, uh, God.
Yeah, I would say you got to have a VB.
You're probably going to have a, um, coach Woods, my strategy coordinator.
He's had a, he's had a VB, I think he may have tried one.
I'm not too sure.
It's quite, it's a bit more of an acquired taste.
I was about to say you almost got to grow up, grow up with it, but it's probably not good growing up drinking.
So.
You're probably going to have it a few times to see whether you like it or not.
But there's also another beer called Carlton Draft.
Is that local to Melbourne then?
Yes.
Carlton Draft can be found nationwide, but Victoria bit of baby majority family and found in Melbourne.
What about mixed drinks in Australia at the pub?
Does that exist or no?
Like what?
Like vodkas and...
Oh, right, sorry.
Yeah, yeah like a rum and coke or a bourbon and coke like if I was to go out I would get like a rum and coke or something like that.
Okay,
but I'm not if I'm really People aren't gonna believe me when I say this till I'm talking about alcohol, but I'm actually not a big drinker at all So I'm probably the wrong person to ask
no Give me what I needed for this right now now.
I'm not gonna say, you know, let's go get completely hammered out at a location Yeah, something good to know at least for this edition of the Marshall exchange program
Hey, as we're wrapping up, let's go back to the every kick counts one more time.
You said you're looking for people to donate to that.
What's the best way for P1 Nation and those that are listening to donate to every kick counts?
Yeah, so really probably the easiest way is I've posted a couple of times on Twitter, or if you literally just type in every kick counts, Tori Taylor, the campaign website will come up and people will be able to make donations to my page.
And yeah, again, if I can really just push people to
yeah just make his small little donation have a big or small they want to it really just does go a long way and I'm honestly really really grateful for it because like I said we're just over $35,000 since when we got it last year and if we can get the $50,000 here to be such a great achievement yeah I'm really hoping that comes to fruition
and as we mentioned here earlier in the episode you can get your punting is winning stickers
Your punting is winning shirts.
Those are available at Raygun locations and online through Raygun.
And that also benefits the Count the Kicks program, correct?
Yes.
Yes.
Every kick counts.
All the money from that goes to the Count the Kicks organization as well.
So they're all all in sync and they're all linked up.
So yeah, if we can get to 50,000 those by the end of the year, it'll be such a great achievement.
Tori Taylor, he's our featured guest here on the jock to jock podcast.
Anything else you want to tell the fans before you
Go off against Iowa State this week.
Yeah, just know that obviously last week we won.
Obviously it wasn't our best game, but yeah, this week it's, um, we're really just going to go out there and, um, try hardest, battle hard.
And I'm really excited for a great game.
And, uh, instead, wherever you really can't go wrong.
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