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Sam Brooks & Meet Ottis Philllips

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Sam Brooks meets with local business leader, and former Cookeville High School and Tennessee Tech University football player, Ottis Phillips. They discuss his time growing up in Cookeville, how the town has changed over the years, his time playing football at CHS, as well as what local athletics programs mean to him, and why he supports those programs to this day.

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