Willie Gault

Mm

... at Tennessee under Coach Johnny Majors, and, uh, I guess your standout, a name that a lot of folks will remember is Willie Gault was your, uh, was your man.

Absolutely.

We were known as the university of wide receivers-

That Bears team was a simulation overload.

It, it wasn't just the defensive tackle, the G.I. Joe figure, and Sweetness, and the punky QB, and Speedy Willie Gault, the track star.

I haven't even gotten to the sideline yet, wherein the mustache, and the aviators, and the sweater vest, and Buddy Ryan, and him, a defensive coordinator getting carried off the field after a game.

Like, uh, the great late Mongo McMichael, who eventually became a pro wrestler, is, like, 15th on the call sheet-

Walter Payton looks straight in the camera and says, "Running the ball is like making romance," which in mid-1980s, that is a very sultry thing to say coming from The Sweetness.

[laughs] Right.

I mean, I can do, uh, Willie Gault's.

I can do, um, "Mama's boy Otis, one of a kind.

He is the first since somebody did it in 1986.

Willie Gault.

Jerry Rice.

Oh.

[laughs]

I just remember Willie Gault had, like, a crazy, like, yards after the catch.

Mm-hmm.

He was a sprinter.

[laughs]

... uh, we were, uh, in a meeting, and, and, uh, uh, Willie Gault, loved Willie, thought, you know, fast, great wide receiver.

Willie didn't really like contact a lot.

[laughs]

But see, all you hear about is their defense.

They had Jim McMahon, Walter Peyton, Willie Gault, Dennis McKinnon.

Matt Suey, you had one of the dominant offensive lines in football history with Forts, Hilgenberg, Thayer.

I mean, these guys were monsters.