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Tim McGraw’s NFL Loyalties Lean To Tennessee

Like nearly all Americans, Tim McGraw eagerly looks forward to the start of the NFL season. A huge football fans — he once owned Nashville’s arena football team the Nashville…

Tim McGraw's NFL Loyalties Leans To Tennessee
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Like nearly all Americans, Tim McGraw eagerly looks forward to the start of the NFL season. A huge football fans -- he once owned Nashville's arena football team the Nashville Kats --  McGraw sticks with his beloved Tennessee when it comes to the NFL.

Tim shares, "My favorite team is of course the Titans. I live in Tennessee. I mean my home town is in Nashville now. My kids grew up in Nashville. Titans are my team. I think we have a pretty good shot. I think we look pretty good. It’s early in the season yet so we’ll have to see how it unfolds. And, if we can keep Mariota healthy I think we’ll have a good shot at competing this year."

Originally from Louisiana, McGraw also has a soft spot for New Orleans football. He says, "I’m also a Saints fan. I mean I grew up in Louisiana and lived and died by the Saints growing up so I’m still a huge Saints fan. And boy, who doesn’t love Drew Brees.’

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.