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“Mind On You” Singer Went To Same High School As Eagles Legend

Author Jeff Kurkjian

Jeff and Justin crashed the CMAs in early November, 2023 and met George Birge. The “Mind On You” singer is a Texas boy and a Dallas Cowboys fan (boo) but also has a strange Philadelphia sports connection that we didn’t see coming.

Big props to Justin for finding out this information!

“Mind On You” Singer Has Philly Sports Connection

Justin first started by pointing out that Birge had Eagles on his shirt. Later, the singer admitted he might need to change the shirt so he doesn’t show allegiance toward the Philadelphia team that just beat his Dallas Cowboys only two days prior to this interview.

“That’s the only time I rooted for the Eagles,” Birge explained when an alumni of high school was playing the Super Bowl for the birds.

2023 ACM Lifting Lives Topgolf Tee-Off And Rock On Fundraiser

THE COLONY, TEXAS – MAY 10: George Birge appears at the 2023 ACM Lifting Lives Topgolf Tee-Off And Rock On Fundraiser at Topgolf on May 10, 2023 in The Colony, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images)

More About George Birge

George Birge is a Texas-born, Nashville based singer that really gained some recognition from his song, “Beer, Beer, Truck, Truck” which was inspired by a viral TikTok that was posted by another creator. He ended up cutting the song and it went viral this past summer. Here’s more on George according to his website.

He credits his Austin upbringing with his gift for writing relatable lyrics and melodies. When he first formed a band and began playing bars in the city’s Sixth Street entertainment district, he sang his own originals, not covers.

He is relatively new to the country music scene and even though we don’t agree with his allegiance to football teams, we do really like his music. His debut single to radio, “Mind On You,” is storming up the charts as we write this article. It comes from an album with the same title which came out in May of 2023. Take a listen to the radio single right here.

Actually we found out a lot of artists at the CMAs wanted to talk about Philly sports!

Philly Sports Talk With Dan + Shay, Chris Young And More

  • Travis Denning

    We are deeming him a newly minted Eagles fan because he is very outspoken about his favorite college team, the Georgia Bulldogs. And the Eagles, as we all know well, are the basically Georgia 2.o with players like Jordan Davis, DeAndre Swift, Jalen Carter (to name a few) now playing for the Birds.

  • Chris Young

    We talked with Chris Young the day after the Week 9 matchup between the Eagles and Cowboys. Now obviously, we all remember that the Eagles beat the Cowboys in a close battle at Lincoln Financial Field. But Chris Young didn’t want to talk too much about the team, but loves one of our players.

  • Chris Lane

    Not necessarily Eagles but Phillies chat with Chris Lane. Justin got a little heat because Chris Lane is a know… wait for it… Atlanta Braves fan. Which, as we remember, the Phillies have knocked them out in back-to-back playoffs now. Let’s see how this one goes.

  • Parker McCollum

    We love us some Parker McCollum. He said he doesn’t love the thought of playing at Citizens Bank Park because his team has gotten beat there quite a bit BUT he does like a couple Philadelphia athletes a lot.

  • Dan + Shay

    We talked about the chairs from the show The Voice and how they are custom made, more on that here. But Justin also tried to get them to give us a “Go Birds” even though they are Steelers fans!

  • Matt Stell

    He loves the new pitch clock that MLB enforced this year. I feel like this is a widely unpopular opinion but towards the end of the season, there was not complaining, just at the beginning. Here’s more with Matt.

  • George Birge

    The connection here is that he went to the same high school as a PHILLY SPORTS LEGEND! He may not be a fan of the Eagles but he has to root for this guy. Find out who it is here!

Jeff Kurkjian is the morning show co-host on "The Andie Summers Show" on 92.5 XTU, Philly's Country Station. He's the nationally syndicated show host of "Jeff Kurkjian's Country Beat." As a content creator for 92.5 XTU he shares his perspective of being a dad, husband, country music and sports, specifically baseball.

This article was written by Jeff Kurkjian. He is the newest member of The Andie Summers Show on 92.5 XTU. You can follow him on Twitter or Instagram to get to know him a bit better!

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