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- My guest today on
Sports Files is Coby Cotton,

part of the Internet sensation
sports entertainment group,

Dude Perfect.

[theme music]

Six years ago
in College Station,

Texas, attending Texas A&M, twin
brothers Coby and Cory Cotton,

Garrett Hilbert, Cody
Jones and Tyler Toney,

all former high
school basketball players,

began filming trick shots and
started posting them on YouTube.

As Coby would tell me, they were
just college roommates having a

little fun.

Well that little fun has
turned into a phenomenon.

The group, Dude Perfect,
is now a huge

sports entertainment group.

They have appeared on shows
like Good Morning America,

they have worked with stars from
the sports world such as Russell

Wilson, and stage and screen,
and they have been viewed over a

billion times on YouTube.

A billion times!

Now the guys from Dude Perfect,
are about to embark on their own

television show on CMT.

27-year-old Coby
Cotton, one of the twins,

took some time out of a hectic
schedule to chat with me at a

recent appearance in Memphis
at the Bass Pro Shop Pyramid.

The crowds to see
Dude Perfect were huge,

with most of their fan
base being children.

Today Coby Cotton joins me to
talk about the rise of Dude

Perfect, their
allegiance of fans,

and how they develop those
jaw dropping trick shots.

And it's next on Sports Files.

[country music]

Coby, it's great to
have you on the show.

- Thank you very much.

Appreciate it.

Glad to be here.

- Thank you so much.

This is unbelievable.

First of all, you're here
in Memphis at Bass Pro Shop.

The kids and kids and
parents and parents,

they were waiting in line to get
autographs and to get selfies

and all that.

It's absolutely amazing.

You have to pinch
yourself sometimes?

- We are very honored.

It's really cool to show up at
this and obviously Dale Jr. was

here which is awesome.

But I mean, we had so many kids
and families and high school

students and college
students come out.

I mean, truly, truly humbling.

Really, really cool.

It was a blast for
us to meet them.

- Six years now, right,
since you've started.

How many views?

- We just crossed
a billion views.

- A billion views!

- Pretty insane.

- It really is.

Did it start on a whim?

You just wanted to
have a little fun.

How did y'all
start at Texas A&M?

- So, we were all
roommates at Texas A&M.

We all met through a
Bible Study there.

We had a grass
backyard, you know, typical.

And we had a
  basketball goal back there.

So, we were just playing horse.

And one of the guys,
  Tyler, told Garrett,

"Hey man, I bet you a Jimmy
  Johns sandwich I can make a hook

shot from behind the tree."

And he nailed it.

And all of a sudden we're
  trying to top each other.

We're videoing each other.

We put a little video together
  and launched it and it took off.

(Greg)
  Yeah, the video end
  of it because first of all,

the trick shots are hard enough.

But to make sure
  the video is right,

that you get the shot,
  that you don't miss the shot.

How tough was that?

(Coby)
  Yeah, it's an
  important piece of it.

We tell people a lot
  of times, you know,

we're videographers as much as
  we are entertainers or athletes.

You know, it's definitely
  important to make sure to video

it the right way or else it's
  not that interesting for people.

(Greg)
  Alright, so you
  do the first one.

You post it.

Do you get immediate reaction?

(Coby)
  So, we posted it
  and shared it on Facebook.

Post it on YouTube and
share it on Facebook.

And all of our friends seemed
to really get a kick out of it.

I don't know what it was.

It grew from there.

And two mornings later, my
brother woke up to a call at

6:30 in the morning
from Good Morning America.

And they wanted to
show it that morning.

And we, of course, were just
running through the college

house freaking out.

You know, thinking, oh, it'll
never get better than this.

And that video
just kept growing.

And so, we made another one.

And low and behold,
people continue to enjoy them.

- Did you think it was a real
call from Good Morning America

or a prankster?

- We definitely thought it
was a prank call at first,

for sure.

- That is amazing.

And your brother,
by the way, a twin, right?

- Twin brother, Cory.

- There was originally six
of you and now there's five.

- Correct.

So, we had another friend.

Great guy, Sean.

He actually decided
to become a doctor.

So, highly
encourage what he did.

Great decision.

And he still lives in Dallas,
still a good buddy of ours.

Don't get to see him
as much as I'd like to.

- Alright, so it takes off.

People are starting
to view this thing.

You go on Good Morning America.

Now what happens?

- So, they aired it on
Good Morning America.

Then we made the ranch
video was our next video.

People really enjoyed that one.

[upbeat instrumental music]

And then the video
  that really took

off was the world's
  longest shot at Kyle Field,

which is Texas
  A&M's football stadium.

And Tyler just went
  up to the third deck.

Of course, we had to
ask them permission.

But A&M let us in,
which is awesome.

And Tyler went up there.

And after a few
tries, nailed the shot,

which became the world's
longest basketball shot.

- Coby, I've got to be honest
with you because I remember

seeing that video.

People here in Memphis..

I'm in the local media so people
  were looking at this going,

"What are you thinking?"

I'm skeptical.

I said there's no
way this is real.

Trick photography.

I'm always skeptical
of things on YouTube.

I shouldn't be maybe.

Obviously this was real.

And it's amazing that you
did it in a few attempts.

It wasn't a thousand attempts.

- It took us about a half
hour to make that shot.

We had four basketballs.

So, it took a little bit of
time to get them back up

to the third deck.

- What's been the biggest
challenge that you guys have had

as far as doing
one of these tricks?

- We did one out of a slingshot.

So, we had a tree
that was at our ranch

or Tyler's family's ranch.

We cut down a tree.

We planted another one.

But we cut down a
  tree and built it.

It had the natural Y shape.

And so we used elastic cords and
  built a slingshot with a duct

tape pouch.

And it was so hard to get it all
  right because the ball came out

of the pouch differently.

It was just crazy
  how tough it was.

But we stuck with it.

Determination and
finally got it done.

So, it was neat.

Pays off!

- It really does in
more ways than one.

But how do you come up with
the ideas and is it all of you

coming up with the ideas?

- So, I've got to give Tyler
a lot of credit on the ideas.

So, he comes up with
quite a few of them.

His mind is a strange place.

I don't know how he
comes up with these ideas.

But he says he can play an idea
through his YouTube mind and see

if it'll be entertaining or not.

So, we have a whiteboard now
where we write them all down and

hang on to the good ones.

- How often do you try one out?

Do you try tape one
and then post it?

- I'd say we're filming
videos most days of the week.

Probably three
days out of the week,

we're filming right now.

And the other days,
you know, we're planning

for the next video.

- Or you're coming to Memphis.

- Or we're traveling to Memphis.

- So, you do the longest
shot, the world's longest shot,

Kyle Field.

Now it just completely blows up.

Is that the point that you
  realized that you can make

something out of it not only
  where people watch videos but

you can make a very
  handsome living out of it?

- We had no idea that anybody
could get paid anything from

making a YouTube video.

And so, as soon as
people started watching,

we found out that you can make
a little bit of money doing it.

And so then, we just
kept making the videos.

And at some point, it took..

We've been doing it
for six years now.

It took four years to where we
were able to do it full time.

But now for the last two years
we've been able to do it full

time, which is
really, really cool.

And it was a lot of hard
work to get to that point.

- So, you never heard of
the Gangnam Style guy?

- In that nice one
video and there he is,

two billion views.

- So, now you go out
there and you perform

and talk to celebrities.

Give me some of the folks
that you've had a chance,

some of the athletes, maybe
other celebs from other walks of

life that you've had.

- As of here in Memphis, one of
the reasons that we're here is

because we've got a
relationship with Bass Pro.

And we got to work with
Nascar and Dale Jr. on a video.

So, we make a series
called Stereotypes.

We started with trick shots and
now one of our favorite series,

video series, is
called Stereotypes.

- Tell me about that.

- So, we did driving
stereotypes is what it's called.

So, it's just kind of poking fun
  at all of the different type of

people that you see on the road.

So, you have the mom arm and she
  sticks the arm out to keep the

son back.

Or the worthless co-pilot who's
  always falling asleep at night

when he's supposed to be
  helping you stay awake

as you're driving.

So, Dale Jr. was so
  cool to work with.

We got to have him and he
  did some hilarious ones.

You'll have to check it out.

- Alright, so what other celebs?

- So, we did with Dale
Jr., Russell Wilson,

Johnny Football.

Did some stuff with a
guy named Johnny Hekker,

who's a punter for the Rams.

Gosh, Tim McGraw,
did a video with him.

Yeah.

We got a lot of
fun stuff coming up.

We can't tell you
about those just yet.

But we got a few in the pipeline
that should be pretty fun.

- Are these celebs now
asking to do a video with you?

Are you going to their people?

How does that work?

- It's not always the case.

But because our videos
have become really popular,

we've been fortunate enough
for a few of them to reach out.

So, depending on what
they're involved in,

if they have a charity
that they're looking to,

you know, help promote or some
type of product that they're

working with, a lot of times
their agencies or people will

reach out to us,
which is super fun.

I mean, obviously we love that.

- Coby, we see a lot of
dirt unfortunately on YouTube,

on the internet.

And the kids, you want
them to stay away from that.

The parents have to
certainly watch over them.

What you guys are
doing is good, wholesome,

clean fun.

It's sports.

It's being active.

It's a benefit for these kids.

And that's why you have so
many of these parents wanting to

bring their kids by
to get an autograph.

- It's very interesting.

You know, when we first started,
I think the videos are just a

reflection of who we
are as a group of guys.

You know, I mentioned
earlier we met in a Bible study.

Jesus is the most important
part of all of our lives.

And so, we wanted our videos to
be a reflection of the type of

people that we were and the type
of people that we want to be.

And so, it's very important to
us that they're family friendly

and stuff the entire family can
enjoy from the toddlers up to

the grandparents to
watch it with them.

- Well said.

Craziest stunt that
you guys have tried?

- Oh, gosh.

I mean, the
slingshot one was nuts.

There was one that Tyler
ended up being successful at.

It's called the boom stick.

You can look that one up.

It's a baseball shot.

So, we used a baseball bat with
a basketball on a baseball tee

and hit it off really
fall into a basketball goal.

And that was popular.

It was so cool.

And Tyler is genuinely
excited at the end of that shot.

- Anything that you've done
that was deemed dangerous?

- We do some shots off the roof,
some out of moving vehicles.

So, definitely we say that our
stuff is family friendly but not

everybody should try what we do.

We have a lot of stunt people
who are with us and always under

professional supervision
when it's anything

that could be dangerous.

Oh, wow.

So, you lean on people that know
exactly that they're doing and

make sure of the safety.

- For sure.

- You just told me
a few moments ago,

there's things that you can't
really say that's coming out.

But what are some things maybe
down the road that you would

like to do?

- Well, one really exciting
project that we're working on

right now is we just recently
announced that we have a TV show

coming out.

- Isn't that amazing?

- So, we're starting
to film it next week.

It'll be launched
early next year.

It's going to be
on CMT, probably called

the Dude Perfect Show.

So, we're really excited about
that and about to be working

real hard on it here
for the next little bit.

- So you guys are gonna probably
go up another level because it's

going to be TV stardom.

And one thing is the
internet and YouTube.

Now you're going
to be on the tube.

Are you ready for this?

You're ready for
all this notoriety?

- I think one thing that's been
nice is it has been slow growth

over this time.

It's not an overnight success.

So, it's definitely been a
little bit of us being able to

get used to that.

And also, you know, we're just
grateful for the opportunities

that we've had so far and the
ones we continue to be handed.

So, it's been really neat.

- It's also neat to
watch it with your fans.

You give them time.

You appreciate them because if
they're not viewing your videos,

you guys aren't
where you are today.

And I see that.

The way you interact,
especially with the kids.

And it's very
important to you guys.

- Appreciate it.

Yeah, no doubt.

It's interesting on
YouTube because they have

that view counter.

You know, and as you put out
a video and it has 100,000 or

200,000 or three million
views, 30 million views,

it's easy to just see the
numbers and forget that there's

somebody behind in the TV or
the computer screen or the phone

watching it every time.

And when we get to come
to an event like this,

it's a great reminder.

- As we
mentioned, you're a twin.

Give me a crazy story from
having a brother who's a twin.

- When we were really
young -- I don't know how old,

you'd have to ask my parents --
but we crawled out of the crib

and we got in the fireplace
and we got all the soot and we

covered the entire room in
the soot from the fireplace.

And our parents..

I don't think they were able to
leave us alone in the room for

that much time after that again.

- What's the reaction you've
gotten from students that you

went to school with at
Texas A&M that knew you,

that went to class with
you, maybe in the same dorm?

And all of a sudden they're
like what's going on here.

And now you've ballooned.

- Well, I'm sure that the ones
that were telling us we should

have been studying more that
week that we made the video have

questioned that a little bit.

But the truth is we could
never have expected this.

And it's definitely God paying.

They're probably better off
doing their career than we are.

- What about family reaction and
how supportive the families are?

- Our families..

We've been very
blessed, very grateful.

We have incredible
families across the board.

The five of us, the four
families because of my brother.

But really awesome families
and they've been incredibly

supportive throughout.

- I do something at the end of
my show with my interviewees and

it's interesting
  because it's not..

It's a little bit different
  but it's not unlike

what you guys do.

Tell me about that concept
  of what you do

with the deserted island.

(Coby)
  Well, I've got
  to give Tyler credit.

Tyler's a funny guy and he
  really enjoys doing interviews.

So, when we get a chance
  to work with athletes,

and so we'll sit down in some
  funny place where we're filming.

And Tyler will just
  ask them questions.

We have a goofy microphone and
  a bunch of silly questions that

we'll ask.

And so Tyler interviews the
  athletes or the celebrities or

really anybody that
  we're working with.

And we typically get
  some fun stuff out of that.

- And do you ask them the
three things you would bring?

- Yeah, one of the
questions he'll ask,

and I'll ask you, is the three
things that you would bring to a

desert island.

What are three things you
would bring to a desert island?

- Okay, we're
talking about an island.

So, there's water around it.

So, can I bring a boat?

- That's a great
answer to the question.

- I'm bringing a boat and I
don't really need the other two

things because I'm getting
out of there with the boat.

Alright, let me ask
you five for the road.

This is what we do
on Sports Files.

And these are sports questions
but we have a little bit

something different at the end.

Very simple.

Favorite
professional sports team.

- Oh, gosh.

I'm gonna say Dallas Mavericks.

- Dallas Mavs.

- We're hoping to do a
video with Dirk this year.

- Have you ever met Mark Cuban?

- No, I have not.

Huge fan of Shark Tank though.

Would love to meet Mark.

- Favorite pro
athlete of all time.

- Well, as of recently,
I'm gonna say Steph Curry.

We've had a chance to meet him
on a couple of occasions and

just a class act.

Really high on our list
of somebody we'd like

to do a video with.

So, we've been talking,
trying to figure out the timing.

That's something
we'd really love to do.

He's a great guy.

- This is not a part of the five
questions but what athlete who

you have not had
a chance to meet

with would you like to meet?

- Jordan Spieth is somebody
we would really like to do

something with.

- Texan like you.

- Yeah, he is.

Even though he went to
UT and we're A&M guys.

We'll forgive him for that.

But we'd love to do a
video with Jordan Spieth.

- Alright, Coby.

Your favorite
music, genre of music,

musician, band?

What do you like to listen to?

- Man, that's a great one.

You know, I got to be
honest, I'm a T Swift fan.

You know, I'm a big T Swift fan.

I love country.

So, as an Aggie, I think
we all like country music.

But we've always said we'd love
to be in a T Swift music video.

- It may happen the
way you guys are going.

And you mentioned you did
something with Tim McGraw,

right?

- We did.

He was great.

What a great guy.

- Who would you like to do
something with as far as videos

are concerned?

- That's tough.

- Put you on the spot.

- Yeah, no, it's good.

Um, I'm sure I'm forgetting
somebody really great that we've

all talked about.

Tyler loves Keith Urban.

Tyler is a big guitar guy.

He can play really, really well.

He's always wanted to do
something with Keith Urban and

have Keith do a shot with us
and Tyler play the guitar.

- There you go.

Favorite movie of all time?

- Probably Remember the Titans.

It's just tough to beat.

- Favorite
television show of all time?

- You know, I got hooked on
Parks and Rec and watched the

entire season -- I mean,
the entire set of seasons

this last year.

So, that or The Office.

- Is Parks and Rec off
now or is it still going?

- I think they finally finished.

They had their last
season this last year I think.

- Alright, so what takes
over for Parks and Rec?

You've got to find
a new favorite now.

- I'm watching Blacklist right
now and I really like it a lot.

It's a great show.

It's got me hooked.

- You got a great smile.

It's always there.

I love that.

Keep that going.

I know you guys are
sensations on YouTube.

You're going to be on
television as well.

It's an absolute pleasure.

- I really appreciate it.

- Thank you so much.

We'll take a break.

Overtime is coming up next.

[country music]

I have to admit seeing
Dude Perfect at the Bass

Pro Shop Pyramid was a
bit of a surprise to me,

but watching the Big
Cypress Open National

Duck Calling
Championships?

Well, not so much.

That's right in
their sweet spot.

And so, competitors from
as far away as Colorado,

Louisiana and Minnesota
converged on Memphis to show off

their goods in an
event open to everyone.

And for all you duck
hunters out there,

this will be
something up your alley.

For the rest of you, this will
be an educational experience.

So hold on to your ducks, some
calling is about to go down.

[quacks]

(off screen male)
  So for those of us
  that have never

experienced duck calling either
  professionally or just out

hunting ducks, what are
  these guys doing here today?

- Well, this is a duck
call blowing contest.

Not so much a duck
calling of wild ducks contest.

This is about more playing the
tune than it is actually calling

the ducks.

However it's rooted
in calling ducks.

These guys are
required to blow a hail call,

feed call, come back
  call, lonesome hen.

And the fifth thing
  they're judged on is

the overall routine.

How well they paint the picture
  to the judges' eyes of calling a

flock of ducks from
  way in the distance.

Calling to them, lose
  them, call them back.

(off screen male)
  How does this compare?

You know, you mentioned the five
  different types of calls they're

going to do.

For somebody that's
  actually out there,

you know, with a gun in his
  hand trying to hunt ducks,

what's the difference?

- Well, you kind of..

What we're doing is we're
condensing calling a flock of

ducks into a minute
and thirty seconds.

You've got a time limit of a
minute and thirty seconds here.

You'll notice there's a
red clock that comes on.

That red light comes on
at a minute and twenty.

That gives you ten
seconds to shut down.

But to get back to
your original question,

the idea here is if you see a
bunch of ducks on a distance,

you're going to blow a hail
or a long distance call

to get your attention.

It's like high ducks coming
across the woods or ducks out

over the river.

You're blowing loud and long
trying to get their attention.

So, that's kind of..

That's the Hail Call part of it.

Now that takes sometimes longer
than a minute and thirty seconds

to get them started.

So, the next part might be a
feed call or the stuff that you

do in between there that is
more duck like or sounding like

several different ducks.

You know, instead of the
loud hail call it's like the

baa-baa-baa.

Now we're going to
start sounding like this.

[various quacking imitations]

And then the feed call.

So, that's what you're
doing to try to entice them.

You're really trying to tell
them that them decoys are alive

and there's cold beer and
hot pecans for everybody.

You know, that's kind
of what the whole deal is

all about there.

And then kind of
with the comeback call.

So, the hunting situation,
you've got this bunch

of ducks started.

And now they're
starting to leave.

They seen something
they didn't like.

They might have
decided to go on.

So now we've got
to call 'em back.

So, you have a comeback sequence
to try to call these ducks into

coming back.

So, you get them called back.

Okay, this is going to
be the done deal here.

You get them with the decoys.

So, that's kind of how it is.

We're just shortening it into a
minute thirty second routine.

[quacks]

(off screen male)
  How does a guy
  go around selecting

the duck call?

Because there's
  lots of manufacturers.

Are they breed specific?

- To some degree
they're breed specific.

You know, pretty much when
you talk about a duck calling

contest or duck hunters,
you're talking about calling the

mallard ducks.

They're the most vocal ducks.

They're the most popular
duck we hunt in North America.

And that's what most people as
far as blowing duck calls is all

about, is calling mallard ducks.

However there are
calls made for wood ducks,

pin tails, for all the
different species of ducks.

The good Lord gave them
a voice for a reason,

to communicate.

So, they make sounds and
communicate back and forth.

Fortunately most of them
will somewhat respond

to a mallard call.

- Now I looked at a map online
  here and Memphis sits right in

the middle of the
  migratory patterns.

- We're right dead
center in the middle

of the Lower
Mississippi flyaway.

This is where
everything comes together.

If you look at a migration map
and think of the Mississippi

River as a main funnel
tha's all coming right here.

East Arkansas, West
Tennessee, this is..

Winter is more continental
mallards in this part of the

world than anywhere
in North America.

- Good duck hunting area.

- Most of the time.

- Now this
  competition, is it a big deal?

I thought it was just
  maybe like an exhibition.

- No, this is a real deal.

Although it's run cooperatively
  between Bass Pro Shops

supporting it and it's being
  administrated by the World's

Championship Duck
Calling Contest Committee.

The World's Championship,
you have to qualify to blow

in the World's.

However, this contest in some
ways is going to be bigger and

overshadow the World's
Championship as the first place

trophy, first place prize
package is going to be $20,000.

They're paying the top ten.

I don't remember the exact
  prizes but I think if you make

tenth place, you get
like a $500 gift card.

So, if you just blow pretty
good and make the final round,

it's been worth your time.

The winner's going to walk away
with a check for $10,000 and a

new four-wheeler.

So, it is unprecedented in what
Bass Pro Shop has done here in

supporting the calling sport.

- So, can any of these guys
  sitting out here just jump up on

stage and take this thing?

- That's the cool
thing about it.

Whereas the World's Championship
  you'd have to qualify to blow in

the World's Championship, in
  this contest anybody who wants

to pay their entry fee
  and sign up and blow in it.

(off-screen male)
  How long does
  it take to get good at it?

- Some folks are lucky and
get good at it in six months.

But typically it takes
  about ten or twelve years.

At least that's
  what they told me.

And they were right.

- So, it's not like you
  said you're from Arkansas.

It's not
  [pig calling sound].

- No, that don't work.

That don't get it done.

But sometimes if you're
out of corn in a bucket,

that'll help you out.

[quacks]

- So, tell us how
  you got started calling ducks.

- My daddy took me
when I was six years old.

And like I said, I've still got
the same duck call in the drawer

in my office that I
got that Christmas.

- So, what tips do you have for
  guys out llthere calling today?

- It's just like it always was.

It's call control.

You'll hear the guys that are
blowing today but you can tell

they control their call, every
note from the very top top and

the loudest to the very lowest
  and softest things they do.

And they make it
  all fit together.

[quacks]

- The winner of this
open championship was a guy

named David St. John,
who walked away

with a cool ten
thousand dollars.

Yeah, it's hip to
do some duck calls,

isn't it?

And that will do it for now.

We certainly hope you had a
great Thanksgiving and will

enjoy the rest of your
Thanksgiving weekend.

Remember, as we
did this weekend,

we will not air Sports Files
next Saturday in it's usual 4:30

time slot because of Special
Programming in association with

our pledge drive.

The other scheduled airings
will take place as usual.

Have yourselves a great week,
and we'll see you next time.

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