Nfl Network Anchor Reporter Taylor Bisciotti On Super Bowl Storylines Patrick Mahomes Legacy And Sec

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What's up you guys? I'm Rachel Demita and welcome to the Courtside Club.

Today I am joined by an NFL Network anchor and reporter, the beautiful Taylor Bishotti.

Thank you for having me.

Taylor, welcome to the Courtside Club.

Thanks. How are you?

I'm good. I'm so excited to have you on because Courtside Club, you know, we talk a lot about basketball,

but we do dabble in the NFL world and I know that's your expertise.

And we have a very special time coming up with Super Bowl on the way.

Yeah.

So I wanted to do a little preview, if you wouldn't mind.

If you could run down these two teams and tell us what you were most excited about

and what you've been most impressed by with them this season.

Okay, let's start off with the Eagles.

The big X factor for this Eagles team in the playoffs was that Jalen Hurts had gotten injured.

He didn't seem like he was going to be 100%.

I didn't really know what his shoulder was going to look like.

Right.

Legs. I mean, he had a few injuries that he was dealing with.

So I think that was what the big question mark.

It was coming into the playoffs, but as we've seen, he has not missed a beat.

So we actually went to the game versus the Cowboys on Christmas Eve where he did not play.

Yeah.

But even my boyfriend's family are diehard Cowboys fans.

We had a suite.

We were on the field and they were even disappointed that he wasn't playing.

And, you know, it's that rivalry.

And obviously the Cowboys won the game.

Yeah.

But they wanted Hurts in because that's the true test.

And I was actually.

Kind of hoping for that rematch.

Yeah.

What a tough year for the Cowboys.

I feel like Dak had his absolute best performance of his career in that first playoff game.

It was like, I feel like he finally got that off his back where he was able to, you know,

win a playoff game.

And I thought they were going to play a little bit better.

It's hard to.

It's hard.

It's hard to.

I will say, well, a lot of us fans, we dwell on that last play of the game of any game.

That's a close game.

If the last play doesn't go the way that we want it to.

That we think it should go.

If he throws to somebody that we weren't expecting or whatever it may be, someone misses a field goal.

Obviously that happened with Ohio State.

Oh, gosh.

Oh, my gosh.

That poor kicker.

Right.

And that's what I'm saying.

We all as fans look at that final play and me being an athlete and just being around sports as much as as I have.

Obviously, the person in that moment is going to feel so bad.

I know.

I felt for him.

And it's even Dak in that moment.

I mean, people are still going on.

Like, we need Dak out of here.

He's not this and that.

And then you forget about how they did succeed this whole season.

And like, he's he is there for a reason.

So I don't like to for anybody to come down as hard as they do.

No, I agree.

But I do think that there is something to be said for the fact that it was against the 49ers again.

Yeah.

They had some issues with clock management at the end of last year's playoff game as well.

So it was just kind of back to back.

I think Dan Quinn has done a phenomenal job.

I think Mike McCarthy is a great coach.

I think he's has a little bit more of an old school way of coaching, I would say.

And we saw that when he was in Green Bay, too.

So I really think that Dan Quinn was the big difference maker this year for what attributed to how successful they were.

I know that the Cowboys are far out of this Super Bowl situation.

But one last question on that regard.

Do you think OBJ will end up there?

Gosh, I don't know.

I think he could.

It was interesting.

Somebody was somebody made a point that if the Cowboys signed him, but then let him go, they would be granted this like compensatory pick for letting a former first rounder go.

I don't know exactly how it works.

But yeah, but like his knee, I don't think is 100%.

So that's the reason why he did not get signed yet.

I mean, it's hard to be able to really come back from multiple ACL MCLs.

I don't know how well there's speculation as to whether or not the surgery was performed.

I don't know properly what's going on there, because I think that the only reason why he did not get signed by a team is because his knee just is not ready to go yet.

But what about next season?

I feel like that would be a great situation for him, too.

I mean, yeah, it's a big stage who wouldn't want to go play for the Cowboys.

I feel like he would fit in.

Obviously, in L.A., he was thriving there.

Yeah.

Like he needs kind of that big city, big atmosphere, big fan base.

Yeah.

If I were him, I would be great for him.

I think it's a perfect fit.

Yeah.

If I were him, I'd only want to go to a fan base that's like that in a city that's like that, which he was already with the Giants.

So it's like Cowboys seem to fit the bill.

We shall see.

The Chiefs.

The Chiefs.

What do we think about the Chiefs?

Love the Chiefs.

I don't see any weakness on their team.

Patrick Mahomes makes Patrick Mahomes-like plays every single week that you're just like, how the heck did you make that?

Andy Reid's play calling is the best.

I mean, especially if you look at his record after a bye.

He like has not ever lost a game because I think he's maybe lost one.

And that was maybe this year or last year, but it just shows how good of a coach he is, how like great of schemes he comes up with.

I would say that Andy Reid and Kyle Shanahan are probably two of the best schemer, like schemers, like the way they come up with different players.

Yeah.

Their play calling is so is just next level.

So what do you see for Patrick Mahomes moving forward?

Like in his career?

Do you see him?

Do you see him as becoming one of these greats?

We talk about Peyton Manning.

We talk about Tom Brady.

We talk about Aaron Rodgers.

No doubt.

He's, I mean, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen.

It was interesting when it was Brady and Rodgers.

They did a golf tournament this past summer.

Brady and Rodgers against Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes.

And it was, it just like literally felt like those are like the old timers.

Not that they're old, but you know, older.

And then Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, they're going to be like coming up and like taking those, taking that role.

I feel like we're living in this time across a lot of different sports.

Like if you look at basketball, we have LeBron.

Yeah.

Who is getting older and everybody's talking about, wait, when is he going to retire?

Because we're not going to have him another 10 years.

Right.

Or if we do that, I mean, that's wild.

What would he be like 48 years old?

Well, Tom Brady is going to be like 47 this offseason.

People have kind of even gotten tired of talking about his age because it's like he's just a freak of nature.

He treats his body like a temple.

Whatever like doctors, whatever athletic greens, whatever juice he's drinking.

Like sign me up because he looks younger and younger every year.

Right.

He hasn't really regressed at all.

So it's like I would love.

Trust me, I was a Ravens fan when Brady was on the Patriots.

So they were probably their biggest like arch rival outside of their division, the Ravens division.

So there was a period of time where, you know, I hated Brady, but only not.

I only hated them just because I was jealous of just how successful they were.

Right.

Didn't actually hate him.

It was just like, wow.

I mean, they're impossible to beat.

He's the best.

And I think that the game NFL game is better with him being in it.

So I would love, love, love to see him play one more year.

Go to a team that set up because the Bucs this year were just he didn't have any weapons around him.

He wasn't on a team that was ready to go to the Super Bowl.

And you saw that frustration with him so many times throughout the season.

And the spotlight was on him even more than ever because he did retire and then decided to come back.

And then stuff in his personal life.

It became news, whether you like that or not.

It just was what it was.

So the spotlight was on him.

Any weird reaction he was making on the field, any interaction he had with his teammates,

if he was frustrated or visibly upset or losing games like it was such a spotlight on him,

which was unfortunate in that sense, because it was almost like people were looking for him to fail.

Yeah, I can see you should have.

You should have just just stayed away.

But I agree.

Like, what is that team that you think he goes to?

Where it does make sense and it might be a better infrastructure to where Brady's at in his career.

I think the Raiders are a team that would be so fun.

And he'd be reuniting with Josh McDaniels, who they he was a coach in New England on the Patriots.

So I think you go to the Raiders.

I think he could go to Miami.

I mean, they already got doctor first round pick for tampering.

So might as well go get your quarterback now.

Yeah.

So Raiders, Miami.

Wasn't he looking at schools in Miami for his kids?

I think so.

I mean, I know that they have their property in Miami there.

I don't know whose house.

But we can always speculate.

There's also a football team.

Yeah.

I mean, look, I think that that team is set up to win.

And we know there's a lot of unknowns with what to are they going to, you know, going to have to maybe to will be the backup.

But I don't know if he's a quarterback that you can 100 percent rely on just because of the amount of concussion.

That he's had.

So, yeah, I think that could be really, yeah, a really fun team for him to go to really quick.

You brought it up for a second.

The Ravens.

Yeah.

Your family is involved with the Ravens, correct?

Yes.

Your uncle.

My uncle.

OK.

Majority owner.

And I do my research.

You did.

So what was that like growing up?

Is that just a staple in your family?

Got to be a Ravens fan.

Yeah.

I don't really think I had much of a choice.

Yeah.

But I did.

I was born and raised in Atlanta.

So it was funny.

Growing up, I would always get really excited if the Falcons were good because that just

meant that especially my girlfriends, I didn't have that many girlfriends that were really

into NFL football.

Yeah.

I had a lot that were into SEC football.

But NFL was just kind of a different.

You have a great college team, too.

Yeah.

Go Dawgs.

Yeah.

But I always loved when the Falcons were good because then more people got invested and

interested in NFL football.

Of course.

Yeah.

Because growing up, like it was me, my brother, and all my family.

All my brother's friends that would, and my family that would watch.

On Sunday, would watch the games.

Yeah.

So what is the best game that you've ever been to?

Best NFL game?

I'm biased for this one because I'm a Ravens fan, but I would say Super Bowl in New Orleans.

Okay.

Yeah.

2013, 2012 season.

But it was the Beyonce halftime show.

All the lights went out.

But it was crazy because the Ravens were-

Yeah, the blackout game.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The Ravens were ahead.

And then all of a sudden, Beyonce, what an epic performance.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But she blew the lights out.

Right.

And then everybody's like, oh my gosh, there was such a momentum swing.

Yeah.

And Ravens still pulled it out in the end, but it ended up being a really close game.

Yeah.

There's a lot of conspiracies around that game as well.

What do you think?

I don't believe in any of the conspiracies, but-

It's fun to think about though, right?

Maybe if they lost, I would.

I'd be all in on those conspiracies.

No, I thought about that because I was like, hmm.

Because it was a solid like 30 minutes that the lights were out.

Yeah.

Oh, I remember it very well.

It was bizarre.

Mm-hmm.

And at that time-

Nobody really knew what to think and like scary thoughts were going through people's

mind too.

Right.

Like is this potentially terror, you know?

Yeah.

Being there, I think it would be scarier than watching from home and being like, huh?

I think Oreo, whoever was in charge of Oreos, like marketing or social media, they put out

the best tweet of all time.

It was like, you can still dunk in the dark at that moment.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So you can still dunk your Oreos in during the dark.

Another conspiracy too.

There was a show.

There was a show coming out on some network because I was reading about this.

I don't even know why I found this one article that was like sports conspiracy.

So I started reading into it and there was some show that was coming out on some network

and it was a premise around, but I think it was kind of like a doomsday-ish type of show

where it was a blackout.

Okay.

But their show was coming out.

So then some people thought it was like a massive PR stunt for this television show.

I need to go back-

And fact check what that show is.

I wish I had, like, you know how Joe Rogan has a show?

He has a, like, Jamie guy and he's like, Jamie, look at him.

I need a Jamie to look up what that show was.

I wish I had one with me all the time.

I mean, I have Alexa at home.

Right.

I talk to her even in places where she is not, like, at a hotel room.

I'm like, Alexa, what's the temperature outside?

Oh, my God, I'm in a hotel.

It's like not home, yeah.

But yeah, I also think it's funny that Rihanna, because obviously Rihanna is a massive performer.

I'm so excited for that.

Crazy.

I love the merch that she came out with.

Talk about marketing.

It said, there's a football.

There's a football game going on during my concert.

Like, weird, but whatever.

Oh, wait, I haven't even seen that yet.

You haven't seen that?

That is great.

It's so good.

And then if you flip the shirt up, it's basically like if you put the shirt over your head,

then her face in a football helmet kind of covers where your face would be.

Oh, wait, that's awesome.

I don't, I would hope that people are going to wear things under the shirt.

Yeah.

So it doesn't turn into.

Please, for all of us.

Yeah.

She hasn't released music in a decade.

And she's performing at Super Bowl.

Like, that's how iconic she is.

Yeah.

It's going to be good.

I'm excited for it.

Speaking of halftime, on the Courtside Club, we like to play a halftime game.

Oh, gosh, I'm scared.

Are you down?

Yeah, let's do it.

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Today, we are playing two-trade.

Two-truths and a lie.

So, I have two NFL truths and one NFL lie.

Okay.

You have to see if you can spot the lie.

Okay.

Cool.

Ready?

Mm-hmm.

An NFL commissioner once died in the stands during a game.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, or the New York Jets have never beaten the Philadelphia Eagles.

Which one is the lie?

The Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame is in Canton, Ohio.

Yes, you're right.

Ding, ding, ding.

That was the lie.

Did you hear about the NFL commissioner dying in the stands during a game?

No, it's not horrible.

No, I had no idea.

It's wild, right?

What was this?

Okay, so October 11th, 1959, at Philadelphia's Franklin Field, NFL commissioner Burt Bell suffered a fatal heart attack.

Oh, my gosh.

That's awful.

I had no idea.

It's awful.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

Fun fact of the day.

It started kind of a morbid fun fact.

A little bit morbid, yeah.

Sorry.

But I thought that was wild.

And obviously, the Jets have never beaten the Eagles, which is tough.

That is crazy.

I feel like that would never happen in the NBA.

There's just too many games.

Yeah.

There can't be one team that's never beaten another team.

But that is rare.

I mean, the Jets have never beaten the Eagles.

That's crazy.

0-12 or something.

Wasn't it that Trevor Lawrence had never lost on a Saturday?

That's because they don't really play on Saturdays.

I know.

But in college, he never lost on a Saturday.

That's fair.

That was cool.

That is cool.

Yeah.

And I was kind of bummed that he lost on a Saturday.

I know.

That was also another really fun storyline this year, though, was the Jags.

Because they started off, people thought that it was just going to be another season like

the Jags usually have.

And then they came on so strong.

And I thought they were a really fun team to watch.

I loved seeing it for Trevor Lawrence.

Can I just say, I think that they have the coolest uniforms of any team.

The Jags?

The all black?

Sometimes.

But sometimes they're like that teal color.

Okay.

The all black ones are so dope.

Yeah.

I love it.

I love it.

Every time it's like with the little like hint of teal.

Yeah.

Anyway.

Okay.

Next up.

An NFL kicker once won MVP.

The first player to catch an NFL pass from Brett Favre was in fact Brett Favre.

Or the Patriots and the 49ers are tied for the record of most Super Bowls won.

The Patriots and the Niners are tied for the record for the most Super Bowls.

The lie?

Yeah.

Yes.

That is the lie.

That is the lie.

There is two teams tied for the most Super Bowl wins.

The Steelers and the Patriots.

Yeah.

Look at you.

Okay.

Yes.

With six, right?

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

And the 49ers are right behind.

Yeah.

So the Brett Favre pass.

1992.

And he potted himself?

So he threw the pass.

So Giselle Benchon is wrong.

She said, my husband can't throw and catch the ball after that Patriots loss.

Yes.

Brett Favre.

Favre somehow managed to do it.

He was throwing it to the receiver, but it bounced off a Tampa Bay Buccaneer helmet and

back into his hands, but it was a seven yard loss, but technically like he caught the ball.

I don't know.

I would kind of like that as my little claim to fame.

Yeah.

My first passes to myself.

Selfish.

And yeah.

And then the kicker who won MVP, it was 1982.

It was Mark Mosley.

Okay.

Which is wild.

I can't see that ever happening.

Again, I could see Justin Tucker doing it.

He's like a freak of nature.

True.

He had a few misses this year, which were surprising, but like he's had so many, like

65, 60 plus yard winning field goals.

Like it's, it's crazy.

But MVP.

That's of all the league.

Yeah, that's true.

Quarterbacks have to be just like chilling at that point.

Yeah.

I don't know.

We'll see.

I think my homes, my homes takes home MVP this year.

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The original football was smaller and skinnier than the current one.

And the Houston Oilers have won their division more recently than the Cleveland Browns.

The Houston Oilers have won their division more recently because they're no longer in the league.

That's the truth.

Can you believe that?

Okay.

So the lie was that the original football was smaller and skinnier.

It was actually bigger and more round than the current one.

Okay.

The shape has changed.

I wouldn't expect you to know this because in 1934, the ball was changed to be longer and skinnier.

It was originally more round.

What they wanted to do was make football more of a passing game.

And so the round.

Now it is.

The bigger rounder ball just wasn't conducive.

They saw the future.

Yeah, exactly.

But no, listen to this.

The Browns last won the AFC Central in 1988.

And since then, the Houston Oilers won the division twice in 1991.

And.

1993.

And then they moved.

Then why were their fans like wearing paper bags over their head?

Like what?

What gives, you know?

What do you mean?

They're like notorious for like the Oilers fans.

Like they were embarrassed.

They put like paper bags over their heads.

Yeah.

So maybe us Browns fans need to start doing that.

The Browns like weren't.

It'll be interesting to see what the Browns look like next year, though.

They weren't bad this year.

It was just they went through a lot like publicly.

Whether or not you agree or disagree with the decision.

To pay that much guaranteed money to Deshaun Watson, whether you think that they should have.

But why does it end up being whether you think these people are misfits or not?

Like Johnny Menzel was also a Brown.

It's guys who.

Yeah, I see what you're saying.

Are great.

And then it's it's not even always what they're doing on the field.

They have had an issue with their drafting with them.

Some decision making.

I don't know.

So that's why I don't know if it's bad luck.

I don't know if if we.

Are I mean, Baker Mayfield, they got rid of him and they he took them to the playoffs for the first time.

And what was it like 13 years?

Something crazy like that.

To me, it doesn't seem like we haven't had the building blocks at some point.

I think you have.

Yeah, we have.

But either they're not lined up correctly or something happened.

Something happens like the coach wasn't right.

And Deshaun Watson, I don't think any of us were expecting what transpired.

I'm still very confused as to why they went and paid all that guaranteed.

Money for a quarterback that hadn't played in that long.

And that's up for all these charges.

It's mind boggling.

I think there was a lot of people around the league that I mean, even you saw Russell Wilson do his deal.

Granted, he didn't play that well this year at all, but he didn't demand that much guaranteed money.

So like it was on the Browns for kind of course, you're going to take it.

If you're Deshaun Watson, why wouldn't you take as much money as you can?

But like it's I think it's on the Browns organization for paying that much money.

I just it's mind boggling.

I don't understand it.

And also it.

Really holds you back from signing other great players, right?

Because it like hurts the salary cap or even or even developing talent and even and taking it as a rebuild.

But getting a core that you can really trust and getting some good leaders, getting some good leaders.

I think that's a key part of it, too, is like, do you want that person to be the face of your franchise?

And are you willing to make that person kind of like the poster child for the most guaranteed money?

I don't.

I think that you are.

Do you want to Joe Burrows?

Yeah.

And a lot of these and if you look at it, a lot of the top quarterbacks around the league, the Patrick Mahomes, the Josh Allen, the Tom Brady's, they will restructure and take less money in order to build a team around them that's good enough to go and win a Super Bowl.

You know, they're not going to count every single dollar just to have the most guaranteed money, right?

They want to have enough money on their cap so they can go out and have the great receivers, have the great offensive linemen, have other weapons in order to go in.

Yeah, I think that's something that we see.

I think that's something that we see and talk about a lot more in the NBA because on the football field and on a team, there are so many more elements that are important.

And it's really hard.

You can't have a big three on a football team and it takes you to the Super Bowl.

Right.

You need all of these different parts.

You need the defensive side.

You need the offensive line.

You need a good receiver.

You need a good quarterback.

You need somebody facilitating.

And so we talk about it a lot in the NBA where you look at a team like the Warriors where some of these guys can go to other teams and get even more money than they are getting on the Warriors team.

But they know keeping that franchise together.

I mean, you've seen what they've done over the years.

So I'm sure that it's not as easy.

But it's a great point.

And I think that, like, for example, the 49ers this year, they were able to build every other aspect of their team.

And they've got Brock Purdy, who's a rookie, who was Mr. Irrelevant, last pick in the draft.

Like, nobody thought that he was going to turn into anything.

But they're able to continue the success that they have had because they built so many other key pieces around them.

And obviously he rose to the challenge as well.

Like, good on him for stepping up.

It was cute.

After, I think it was the first round of the playoffs, in the press conference room afterwards, they were asking him questions.

And somebody said, did you see LeBron's tweet?

And he's like, LeBron.

Nothing seems to faze him.

But all of a sudden, he's like, LeBron James tweeted about me?

Really?

And, like, a smile just broke out.

He's like, oh, yeah.

I mean, that's pretty cool.

Yeah, for sure.

So it's time for the second half.

I want to go back a little bit to Georgia.

I talked about it on my show last week.

Brutal loss from Ohio State.

I don't know if you were a little bit worried those last.

I felt like the Ohio State game should have been the national championship.

I mean, did you see the national championship?

Yeah, I did see that.

I mean, congratulations, but it was a terrible game.

It was just awful.

I mean, it was awful.

And it was pouring down rain here in LA.

Like, I actually had to work that night, which, story for a different time, which was not fun being at our NFL Network studios are directly across, like, adjacent to SoFi Stadium.

So, like, it's a stone's throw away.

So I'm sitting there doing night news with the pouring down rain, just, like, looking out at all my friends, like, waving.

Like, this is torture.

Yeah.

But, yeah, I mean, that game was over.

And people started leaving at halftime, like, just because it was such a blowout.

Like, it wasn't even a good game.

Yeah.

Were you at the game last year where they played Alabama?

No, I was not.

So I had just covered.

I was at that game.

Were you?

Oh, my gosh.

I had no ties at all.

I really didn't care who was going to win, but I was in a suite with a lot of Georgia fans.

And they did say I was actually really disappointed that security was so good at that game because everybody was like, listen, if Georgia wins, we're rushing the field.

I'm like, I'm down.

Like, I didn't even.

Go to colleges that had football teams.

Always wanted to rush a field.

Yes.

I was like, this is my moment.

Like, I'm so down because we were on the field.

We were in that suite.

And then the last, like, two minutes of the game, you see probably, like, 200 security people all coming out.

And they had a rope.

And they were just, like, circling the field.

And I was like, no.

Bummer.

This was my opportunity.

But then I was, like, telling the guy next to me, like, you go first.

You distract them.

You get tackled.

And we'll all, like, jump over you onto the field.

Anyway.

I would have done that for Georgia in that moment.

Well, thank you.

I appreciate that.

Relived my college I didn't have.

You're basically a true Georgia fan now.

Not on New Year's Eve I wasn't, though.

I was completely devastated.

That, I mean, it was a fairytale moment.

The clock struck midnight.

And they won.

For you.

For me.

Your team was already crying.

They thought it was over.

Are you sure it wasn't sweat?

No.

They were devastated.

Because I remember seeing it.

I was like, oh, we're good.

I stopped watching.

And then I see, like, 30 seconds later.

And Ohio State.

The state players are crying.

Wait a second.

What happened here?

What happened?

What is it?

What was it like?

You went to Georgia?

Yeah.

Yeah.

What was it like going there and being a part of that culture?

So fun.

Honestly, like, I could not imagine not going to an SEC school.

But I really can't compare it to anything else.

Like, even in the NFL, I don't feel like there is this hardcore of fans.

And there's a lot of hardcore fans in the NFL.

I mean, you see what they do in, like, Buffalo and, like, Philly.

Like, it's crazy.

But in, like, Georgia, Alabama, Ole Miss.

I mean, all of them.

Their town literally revolves around football.

It shuts down on Thursdays.

Streets already start getting closed off.

Like, there's no driving anywhere near around on campus.

The tailgates, like, the Ole Miss tailgates are things that I've never seen before.

Like, they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each week on these, like, elaborate tent tailgates.

Like, the towns eat, breathe, sleep football.

It's all that matters.

I mean, it's so much fun.

It really is.

It's a different way of life, though.

Is there any other college football team that you're like, okay, maybe I'll root for them a little bit?

Well, it's actually interesting because I went to Alabama my freshman year.

Oh.

And it was really cool because, I mean, just knowing, like, the history of Alabama history, like, Alabama football.

Like, it was really neat going there.

But I'm from Atlanta.

Always kind of wanted to go to Georgia.

So, as much as I liked Alabama, I love Georgia.

Yeah.

So, you are at NFL Network.

Now, obviously, hosting, doing some reporting.

Was this always your dream to get into football on the entertainment side of it?

No.

I was actually an accounting major, which is bizarre.

I was in my final, like, month.

I had a month left of school.

And sitting in those classes, like, the big four accounting firms come and talk to you.

And, like, you basically sign the next 10 years of your life away.

Sorry if you're an accountant.

It just was not for me.

I did not love it.

It was.

I think I viewed it in school as, like, a challenge.

And I thought it would be good for having a business, like, background.

It was, like, a good fundamental, like, degree for, like, the business world.

I'd come into college as a double major in journalism and business.

But Georgia makes it pretty hard.

You kind of have to decide between the two different schools, Grady and Terry.

And so, ultimately, I went the business route.

And I don't regret it.

But I just remember thinking, like, I had, like, a month left of school.

And I'm like, I don't even enjoy doing this.

What am I doing?

Right.

So, in that class.

Like, as the big four, they're, like, talking to us, like, trying to recruit, you know, for each one.

I applied for every internship in, like, journalism.

Oh, really?

Cool.

And I ended up getting an internship at the CBS affiliate in D.C.

But it was covering hard news, like, midnight.

Yeah.

And so, I was able to go up to the sports department during the day.

And I basically did, like, a double internship in, like, sports and news.

Ended up going back to school for broadcast journalism.

Oh, so you did go back.

I did go back.

Did you go back to Georgia for that?

Yeah.

That's awesome.

Yeah.

Because I feel like there's a lot of conversation now about, like, do you need.

And I just got asked this.

I was a guest on the Cool Kicks podcast.

And they asked me, because I studied broadcast journalism as well.

They were like, do you think that you need to go to school to do what you do?

And I was like, it is a skill.

It is a skill.

In itself.

And I don't think maybe a lot of fans or people on social media might recognize it as that.

But, like, there is a skill set that I learned in my broadcast journalism class.

I mean, you learn how, like, the process of, like, reporting, how to report, how to write, how to.

It's a different medium.

The writing is big.

Yeah.

The writing is really big.

Because especially even, like, when you're writing an on-camera script, it's totally different than, like, how you would write a paper.

Yeah.

You know?

Like, it's learning slugs, learning ENPS, learning those different nuances and things.

But it is different.

I think even learning from the back end, too, like, how it's all going to fit together.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So, when you're on camera, it's a lot easier if I know how they're going to package this

with what's coming next or what I'm going to throw to, how the production side.

And that's.

And it makes you appreciate everybody on, like, you know, the different sides.

For sure.

Because I was a one-man band for a while and I was doing, you know, shooting, producing,

editing.

And I am not a good editor.

So, please don't ever try and hire me for editing.

You will get your package in three and a half years.

It's so time consuming if you're not quick.

If you're not quick.

And then you see some people that are just, like, gurus.

So, it really makes you, like, understand and appreciate.

And appreciate every aspect of the business.

But I do think that social media and different platforms have allowed creators and I don't

know if you can call them, like, journalists or reporters, but it has opened the door for

creators.

For sure.

To create content without going to school.

Yeah.

And you're seeing more and more of that.

You can get more practice.

And I think, because that was another thing they were asked, too, like, how do you improve?

And to me, and I don't know if it's.

I don't know if it's the same for you.

It's just reps.

It's totally reps.

You just have to do it.

Yeah.

You have to find experience.

You have to do a lot of different things.

You have to do live stuff.

You have to do teleprompter stuff.

You have to do interviews to kind of find your footing and find what you like and what you're best at.

It's with anything in life.

Like, the more you do something, the more confident you're going to be, the more it's going to be, like, second nature.

Right.

But it's not something you can, like, study.

No.

I can't just watch other people doing it and take in that knowledge and it makes me better.

No.

You, like, have to do it.

Do it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I will say Georgia had a really good program for that.

Like, their, like, Grady Journalism School, like, they basically had their own news station.

Cool.

And it was for Northeast Georgia.

So it was covering all.

We did two for American University.

Okay.

That's where I went.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so, like, you were, it was reporting every day.

Like, you would go back and forth between, like, reporter, host, reporter, host.

We did the same thing.

Yeah.

But we all had a role.

It was, like, producer, executive producer.

Yeah.

Yeah.

One week you'd be the writer.

You'd be writing everybody's script.

There was one week you'd be the field reporter or you'd be the anchor.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And you just kind of rotated.

Yeah.

For the whole.

Yeah.

But it was good because, like, you had, like, deadlines.

Like, you were actually getting on air.

And so, like, if you didn't finish something in time.

And some jobs were harder, too.

Oh, yeah.

You'd be assigned a package and you had to go out and get that story.

Always.

Oh, my gosh.

I didn't even have a car when I was in D.C.

I'd be on the bus, like, lugging around this massive camera.

Because at the time, too, they were massive cameras.

Massive.

And, like, gosh, I'll never forget.

With the tripods and everything.

I, like, didn't.

I thought that I'd put the audio on for one package.

And, like, I got back to the newsroom, had done all the interviews.

And I, like, put my, like, SIM card in the computer completely.

Like, we're all there.

But there's no audio.

And there's no way to recover it.

Devastated.

What did you do?

VO it?

You couldn't.

I just had to, like, flunk that one.

You're in the mood for, like, changing your voice.

Trying to be, like, a man's voice.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It was bad.

But it did prepare me in different ways.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I feel like just doing YouTube or just doing social media might not have.

And we'll see how things evolve.

Because a lot of things are going digital.

Mm-hmm.

But I'm grateful for school.

I look at the crazy amount of, like, what TikTokers are making, though.

And I'm, like, gosh, maybe I did go the wrong path.

Yeah.

Like, money-wise.

Yes.

Yeah.

We'll see.

There's ebbs and flows in everything.

There's ebbs and flows.

But, yeah.

OK, Taylor, we are reaching the end of the game.

So I have some buzzer readers for you.

OK.

OK.

Are these hard?

No.

These are fine.

OK.

Break down your courtside fit.

Something comfortable.

I'm always, like, a sneakers, flat shoes, jeans, cute top, bodysuit, basics.

Like, I'm such, like, if I'm not in studio, I'm always, like, in jeans, a t-shirt, and,

like, a cute bag.

The bag always sets it off.

But the right size for an arena.

Yes.

That is tricky.

Not too big.

Who is one person?

Who is one person dead or alive that you would love to sit courtside with?

I'd love to sit courtside with LeBron.

I feel like he could explain any question that I ever had about the game.

That'd be fun.

Yeah.

It is fun with high-level NBA players watching them watch a game because they know what's

coming next.

They see things that you don't see.

And, like, I love doing it even during, like, the combine or, you know, draft when they're

looking at film and just, or watching a game with any of our analysts.

Like, you know, I love doing it even during, like, the combine or, you know, draft when they're looking at film and just, or watching a game with any of our analysts.

Like, you know, like, Kurt Warner, just, like, seeing what they're picking up on the field and just, like, it's, like, an inside look into their brain.

And, obviously, we don't see the game the same way that they do.

Right.

And they see our, like, our privy to stuff that we would have no idea what was going on or, like, why they change a play at the line of scrimmage or what they saw that made them do that.

Right.

And so, I just love getting that, like, inside.

Eli and Peyton are doing that as well with the Manicast.

Oh, my God.

It's fantastic.

I love seeing how excited Peyton gets for these plays.

Like, he's pacing around his house.

But he gets it.

He gets excited.

He's excited for some stuff that is unexpected, like you're talking about.

Yeah.

Or he's like, wait, they should have done this.

And sometimes I'm like, you lost me.

And I love how candid he is.

It got a little too granular.

He's so candid.

Like, he's like, oh, God, what is he doing here?

And you're like, it's rare to be able to see that.

Right.

They do a really good job with it on Inside the NBA.

They're always so candid, so fun, so loose.

Oh, yeah.

But you don't see that kind of setup all the time in, like, the NFL.

I feel like people are a little bit more, like, buttoned up, don't want to insult anyone, say anything wrong.

I feel like we're working on it, not we.

I'm not.

I say we.

But I guess in the media space, I can see them working on different ways to, like, integrate, like, a fun style in the NFL.

I feel like people want authenticity and transparency, and they don't really want that whole buttoned up, like, welcome to the new show.

Like, nobody wants to be talked to like that.

Come on.

RG3, like, ran off the field during that one broadcast because his wife was going into labor.

But then it was, like, a false alarm because she didn't end up going into labor.

But do you not remember that?

I don't remember that.

He was on the field with, maybe it was Pat McAfee as well.

Maybe it was McAfee's show.

Okay.

There was a bunch of guys.

They were reporting, kind of doing their thing on the field.

And it was, like, a more loose broadcast program.

But he got a text that his wife was going into labor.

And he was, like,

Peace out.

He miked himself, like, ran off the field, got on a flight.

And I think it was a false alarm.

So, but it was entertaining.

I don't know.

It's really sweet of him.

But that's, like, real life, you know?

Yeah.

It's great.

I love that.

Pat McAfee keeps it very real.

Yeah.

He's wild.

Yeah.

But fun.

I love it.

Yeah.

Okay.

Last question.

What is one event in history that you would have loved to have been courtside for?

It could be a sporting event or other.

Gosh, that's tough.

I'm going to be the most boring person alive and just say I have absolutely no idea of

what would I love to be alive for.

It could be something that you were alive for.

You just weren't at.

But we've had answers across the board.

We've had when they walked on the map.

We've had when they walked on the moon.

We've had Jordan's final game, the shot.

That's good.

We've had.

I'll just jump on that bandwagon.

The shot in Utah.

Yeah.

One of the most iconic sports moments ever.

Yeah.

We have this one.

This is probably our toughest question.

This is a tough one.

Now I'm going to go home and think about this.

I'll let you know if I come up with a better answer.

It's a fun one.

Yeah.

Anyway, Taylor, thank you so much for joining us on Courtside Club.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Where can our viewers find you on social media, and is there anything that we should be looking

out for?

You can find me.

I'm very boring, at Taylor Bishotti on everything.

I'm not cool enough to come up with a fun name.

What's the best way to find you?

Twitter, Instagram.

I'm trying the TikTok.

Okay.

It's a whole different world for me.

I'm not good at it, but it's fun.

I definitely go down like those.

You don't have to be good at TikTok.

You just post stuff.

The stuff I posted that has taken me like 10 seconds to make.

Is usually the best stuff.

Is the stuff that does better, and it's so hard for me to wrap my brain around it.

It's funny because the only video that I've ever posted on my own for a while, I had somebody

just take random clips and post them for me.

Then he was like, okay, this isn't working.

The only video I ever posted on my own was this random blooper, basically.

I was about to do an interview on the field after a Chargers game, and they have these

stupid cannons that go off, and they're so loud.

I'm getting ready.

I'm like in my head.

You can tell.

The camera guy's running.

I'm rolling, and then the cannon goes off, and I jump 10 feet high, and I'm like, oh

my God.

Well, I posted it because it was funny.

That's the only video that's done extremely well for me.

Of course, when I'm just getting shocked and scared and startled, I'm like, gosh, people

are sick.

You just need your producer to find all of your bloopers over the past however many years.

There's a whole heck of a lot of them.

That's for sure.

I would follow you for that.

Well, thank you.

Anyway, thank you so much for coming.

Thank you for having me.

Oh, this is yours too.

Oh, yay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Don't mess up your hair and makeup, but you can wear it courtside.

We'll wear it together somewhere.

Cool.

Thanks for watching, guys.

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Bye.