thespaniard
August-9th-2006, 07:30 AM
Titans get surprise wakeup by 101st Airborne Division
By Gary Glenn
Titans Online
CLARKSVILLE, TN, Aug. 7, 2006 -- As Titans players went to bed Sunday evening, they had no idea what was about to transpire only a few hours later.
With only a single practice scheduled for Monday afternoon, they figured Monday morning would be a piece of cake.
That turned out to be far from the truth.
They were awakened at 4:30 a.m. by fists pounding on their doors from soldiers of the 101st Airborne, Jeff Fisher, strength and conditioning coach Steve Watterson, and director of security Steve Berk for a team outing the head coach had been secretly planning for months.
Boom, boom, boom…”Wake up sunshine,” Watterson said as he opened the bedroom doors of the groggy and confused players.
Cameras flashed, and a crew from NFL Films was there to record the players’ initial reactions.
“Tennis shoes, shorts, t-shirt. You’ve got 30 seconds to get downstairs,” barked out Fisher.
As players made their way out of Sevier Hall, they soon realized this was no joke.
“At first I thought I had overslept,” said cornerback Pacman Jones.
“Somebody about blew my door down, but I’m not sure who it was,” punter Craig Hentrich said.
“I don’t know man, all I know is Steve Berk was banging on my door and I asked him what was wrong and he wouldn’t answer me, and then they just tried to force their way in,” linebacker Keith Bulluck said. “That was the best sleep I was having since we came here.”
“It was just total confusion at first. I didn’t know what was going on,” added center Kevin Mawae. “But apparently Jeff has something planned for us today.”
Indeed, he did.
http://www.titansonline.com/news/newsmain_detail.php?PRKey=3923
By Gary Glenn
Titans Online
CLARKSVILLE, TN, Aug. 7, 2006 -- As Titans players went to bed Sunday evening, they had no idea what was about to transpire only a few hours later.
With only a single practice scheduled for Monday afternoon, they figured Monday morning would be a piece of cake.
That turned out to be far from the truth.
They were awakened at 4:30 a.m. by fists pounding on their doors from soldiers of the 101st Airborne, Jeff Fisher, strength and conditioning coach Steve Watterson, and director of security Steve Berk for a team outing the head coach had been secretly planning for months.
Boom, boom, boom…”Wake up sunshine,” Watterson said as he opened the bedroom doors of the groggy and confused players.
Cameras flashed, and a crew from NFL Films was there to record the players’ initial reactions.
“Tennis shoes, shorts, t-shirt. You’ve got 30 seconds to get downstairs,” barked out Fisher.
As players made their way out of Sevier Hall, they soon realized this was no joke.
“At first I thought I had overslept,” said cornerback Pacman Jones.
“Somebody about blew my door down, but I’m not sure who it was,” punter Craig Hentrich said.
“I don’t know man, all I know is Steve Berk was banging on my door and I asked him what was wrong and he wouldn’t answer me, and then they just tried to force their way in,” linebacker Keith Bulluck said. “That was the best sleep I was having since we came here.”
“It was just total confusion at first. I didn’t know what was going on,” added center Kevin Mawae. “But apparently Jeff has something planned for us today.”
Indeed, he did.
http://www.titansonline.com/news/newsmain_detail.php?PRKey=3923