WEBVTT 1 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:22.679 The following is a presentation of Playfly Sports properties in Michigan State Sports Properties. 2 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:03.399 Well, hello and good evening everyone. It is Thursday. Look at that, 3 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:08.680 June twenty nine three. Don't forget about it. We're the only show 4 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:14.439 about Spartan Dogs hosted by Spartan Dogs. This is Sparta Yes you, I 5 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.159 had all the faith in the world and you, Oh, we love you. 6 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:21.079 I'm your host. Jason Straehorn played back in the parlas of saving Eras 7 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:25.280 as center team captain. Couldn't do this without my dogs in the fight. 8 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:33.799 Otis the Boss Wiley, the hard hitting and intercepting safety from the John L. 9 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:40.760 Smith and the d'antonian eras, as well as Jayu choot shoot colchrit. 10 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:46.760 I mean need to be anything else said, just the running back that happened 11 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:51.480 to hold a single season touchdown record for Michigan State. Look, if this 12 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.560 is your first time to the show seeing us, we welcome you. If 13 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:59.719 this is not your first time, thank you so much. Please click the 14 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:05.319 light and subscribe button. She was pointing to him. You know we're getting 15 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:08.280 there so we can show you the graphic of that. But yeah, please 16 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:13.240 click that and don't forget to follow us. On all of ours social media's 17 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.280 at. This is part of ms U let the stuf where you're calling from 18 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:21.240 or where you're watching from, and don't forget to tell us, you know, 19 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:25.840 look how you doing in the live chat. That's where the party's at. 20 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.680 CHEW is going to be very responsible to everyone's needs today because if you 21 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:36.719 can tell, he came ready to play, He's got the chain, he's 22 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:43.120 got the shirt, the hair is ready. Talk to me you. I'm 23 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:51.680 just reading the comments about the shirt and like that. Seventies so trained. 24 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:04.400 Hey, ohis you've been out at the golf at the Rocket Classic today. 25 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:07.960 You look like you are buttoned up, ready to go. You ran into 26 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:15.319 this guy. You now the unmute yoursell phone? Tell yeah, tell us 27 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:20.360 how just this? Sorry? Can you hear me out? Yes? Came 28 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:24.360 in with the start listen listen, listen, Linda, listen, lin listen. 29 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:30.319 So I get there right, I get there and was like, hey, 30 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:34.000 where are you at? I'm like I just got I had to First 31 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.120 of all, I pulled up and I was talking to EU straight. I 32 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:40.240 pulled up like I was putting this, pulling up the country club like I'm 33 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:46.759 about to park the country club. I pulled up like, hey, you 34 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:50.599 need to go to Wayne State University and then catch the shuttle to come back. 35 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.800 And I'm like and just pulled out in front of the golf club, 36 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:59.599 thinking for eg a golf event. He's just gonna pull up in like the 37 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:05.280 dry through area and clubs. Yeah, yeah, yeah, drop baby, 38 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:09.759 And I'm like, I'm like, you know what, I'm about to pull 39 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.800 up. I'm about to pull his truck up, put up up on the 40 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.399 curb on the grass. But then I started seeing some boots on some cars. 41 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:17.519 I was like, no, no, no, I'm about to go 42 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:21.319 ahead, go du Wayne State. So and I told hey, I'm just 43 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:25.480 I'm just getting on the bus. Get there. And I was like, 44 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.279 hey, I'm on the fifteenth hole. Come in, come on, come 45 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:31.560 to come to the cabana. The cabana. So I'm walking that way and 46 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:34.839 I tis you No, he comes around the corner and it's like in too 47 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:43.480 fashion, I go, I go, I see you with that floral and 48 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:48.560 he's I saw. I was like he would he would absolutely where what he 49 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:56.399 wore today. But there it is da there it is man picture to too 50 00:04:56.600 --> 00:05:00.839 man. But no, it was a great man. Listen Marking mortgage is 51 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.920 obviously one of our partners and they man, they do an outstanding job. 52 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:10.120 Man. We met some of we met some of some of loves local guys 53 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:15.120 who just wanted to obviously meet with It looks like you guys are having a 54 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:20.759 good time out there. That look, that's that right there is because we 55 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:25.600 were talking to loud. So everyone's on the green and all the guys in 56 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:30.439 the red shirts are like quiet please, and so we chose. So this 57 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.600 is what happened, right, This is this is what happened. We're in 58 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:40.480 a cabana right in front of the fifteenth Green. These guys are playing for 59 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:45.480 months, you know, like their livelihood is on the line, and here's 60 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:54.439 Otis yelling and then okay, okay, sotis otis otis yes or no, 61 00:05:54.920 --> 00:06:01.399 Yes or no? Get the guy that now, look, did he not 62 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:05.360 make eye contact with you yes or no? To tell you to come sunglasses 63 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.839 on? But I will make eye contact with him, and then I will 64 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:11.560 put it up because people are talking around me. When I put my hands 65 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:15.199 up, people were starting before before did he not make eye contact with you, 66 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:16.519 like, hey, doc, you're gonna need to kill it? Was? 67 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:20.800 Yes? One time? Absolutely? Okay, your honor the defense rests. 68 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:29.160 I was like, I'm just happy to be here. I'm just happy 69 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:31.399 to be here. Man. I was out here and mingling with people, 70 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:35.199 having people. If you win this tournament, you get one point five million 71 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:43.720 dollars. And here Otis is yapping it up on the that, you know, 72 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:49.000 like just the guy hits a shot and he's watching what's happening, you 73 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:54.240 know, and like Joe looks ats like, hey, bro, we're gonna 74 00:06:55.079 --> 00:07:00.000 a little bit straight straight He's like, he's like and then so it became 75 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:02.600 a fun thing, you know, going back and forth and everything like that. 76 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:05.800 And we took a picture with him with all our hands up, and 77 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:14.680 Joe was ended up being a really cool dude. Is that right? First 78 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:17.160 of all, he just like somebody was under the bus. And then yeah, 79 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:20.399 he flipped the script on me because he was the one talking loud too. 80 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:24.040 And then he goes, absolutely, I got caught. He was like, 81 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:28.360 yeah, you were, you were talking a little bit loud. He 82 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:31.079 got caught. Like he just said, you telling me about you. I 83 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:35.560 think everybody knows about you. About this man, I'm like said, he 84 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:40.600 just said, as soon as I got caught, Yeah, I did not 85 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:44.680 get caught. It's all good. AnyWho. We had a good any who, 86 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:46.759 man, we did have a good time. We had a really good 87 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:50.959 time. You guys looked like you had a great time there. You guys 88 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:56.160 go you know, it looks like a lot of smiles. Yeah, man, 89 00:07:56.360 --> 00:08:01.800 you know times out there it was a look if you do that crazy 90 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:07.240 you know Canada fire smoke. Uh. It was. It was a great 91 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:09.800 time, man, it was. It was you know, you get a 92 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:15.600 deeper appreciation for obviously the golf you know game and like it's a it's a 93 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:18.920 high pressure like event, you know what I mean from a standpoint of there's 94 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:22.879 a lot of people looking at you swinging and you already know like obviously you 95 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:26.639 want to be a perfect shot every time, and then it's just pressure in 96 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.040 an amount of times you want to make that cut. You know. I 97 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.759 was more enamored about like how the whole operation was being ran. But the 98 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:37.799 best part is, like you there's a lot of Michigan State people, you 99 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:41.519 know when you walk in saying go green, go white, and you're talking 100 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.639 with people. You know, it was just very like very good event. 101 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.879 Man. So kudos to Rocky Mortgage is one of our partners to inviting us 102 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.960 out there, and I know we were at Trying Solutions as one of our 103 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.679 partners, So it was good to be out there hanging out, you know, 104 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:01.480 seeing some good golf. Well good stuff. Man. Let's let's go 105 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:05.480 on to some some other Michigan state news. When you see the Red Wings 106 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:11.919 have now drafted Michigan State goalie Trey Augustine in the second round of the n 107 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:22.440 h L draft, that's another you know, Steve Eiserman, he's building this 108 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.080 Red Wings team and he talked about it going you know, he said, 109 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:31.039 we're gonna build through the draft. And I actually talked to someone, Frank 110 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:39.240 Souris, he has another podcast out there called Champagne Athletics, and he I 111 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:45.399 said, at what point is enough enough? You know, like, as 112 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:48.639 Red Wings fans, do you be like, hey, we want to you 113 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:50.279 know, win, and we want to win now. But he's like, 114 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:54.360 you know, I give it another two years. Because Steve Eiserman, you 115 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.759 know, he's he was a captain here in Detroit, he won some titles 116 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.559 in Detroit. He knows what he's doing. He's building this organization and he 117 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:05.960 said it outright, He's going to build through the draft and then having a 118 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:07.759 guy from Michigan State. We know what Michigan State goalies can do. You 119 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.120 know, you're going to look at a guy like Ryan Miller, you got 120 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:16.440 Jeff Lurgh, you know, all those guys that played goalie at Michigan State 121 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.039 and went on to have some successful careers in the NHL. So, you 122 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:24.919 know, congratulations to Trey for being you know, you know, drafted by 123 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:31.799 the Red Wings and you know, drafted in the second round. I mean, 124 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.600 it's phenom noticed. I mean like this, look, I know that 125 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:39.080 you talk to a lot of people on campus about what's going on in the 126 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.559 athletic department on a daily basis. What is the feeling about Trey Augustine and 127 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:48.799 what this means for the program as they had a phenomenal season last year. 128 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:54.360 Yeah, I think that's a true testament to coach Nightingale and what he did 129 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.000 in the short time that he's had the program back. You know, we 130 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:03.919 everyone you know a year in being your you know, as a leader. 131 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:09.559 As for our coach, you know's it was shocking from a standpoint of like 132 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.360 how quickly the success we had, but the amount of recruiting and the amount 133 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:18.159 of you know, evaluation coming from bringing in some top talent. It's a 134 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:22.000 true testament to you know, we have some some some guys that came in. 135 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:26.360 Now you know, Trey was a transfer and so like it was, 136 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.960 you know, this is one of those positive transfer portal guys, right, 137 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:33.840 Like you know, the portal helps in every sport. But you know, 138 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.960 from a standpoint Coach Gale and the staff he put together and the development that 139 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:41.519 he's put for our guys to be prepared for the next level, true testament 140 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.039 to the program. Is exciting to to kind of get back into that swing 141 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:50.720 of our guys being in NHL from college to to to pro. Gotta love 142 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.240 it. I mean, look, it's always good to see, you know, 143 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.480 misign state athletes excelling in anything. And anytime you see somebody's name get 144 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:05.639 called and in a professional draft, that's a great thing. So definitely spartan 145 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:07.960 dog for life, that's what that guy is. We'll talk about that another 146 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:13.720 day. Guys, we have to bring this up. I will be remiss 147 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:18.240 if we didn't do this. We love you know, Malik Carr Peggy, 148 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:24.960 you know, like doctor Peggy and what had occurred a day ago. Jeremiah 149 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:31.639 Beasley, this is Malik's brother, has committed to the University of Michigan. 150 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:37.080 Let's discuss this and then talk about like our feelings and like what do you 151 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:41.879 think about this, gentlemen. He's four star linebacker out of Belleville. Uh. 152 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:48.440 It blew up the internet yesterday. So let's talk about Jeremiah committed to 153 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:58.519 the University of Michigan. I'm torn, man, I'm torn. It's one 154 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:05.440 of those things like family affair where you know, if he chooses Michigan, 155 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.519 it's like to your point where you talked about this behind the curtain here. 156 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:16.159 Now it's like they're trying to like, you know, not stablished, but 157 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:20.720 like they're they're they're they're putting us in a situation of like they know what 158 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:22.600 they did right. Like it's one of those things of we have an in 159 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:30.559 state talent and you know, a brother of like it's it's just it's hot 160 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.320 right now, and I don't even know my clear thoughts on it because like 161 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.120 in the family, like how is it going right, Like it's a situation 162 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:41.080 where you know, yeah, now you've got a really house divided in you 163 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.679 know, from a standards now it's going to be a true like rival. 164 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.919 You know, it's tough man, because like, especially what happened last season, 165 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.000 right, like what happened last season, and I don't bring up past 166 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:58.759 bad news, but what happened last season at the Big House. Then coming 167 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:03.759 over to here, it's like, obviously he's a top talent, so why 168 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:07.080 haven't we stepped up to get him in the door? And I know our 169 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.399 linebacker room is full filled and packed, and we may have eyes on certain 170 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:16.279 other guys, but from an in state talent standpoint, this is a guy 171 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.000 that you really wanted to secure, like you wanted to get a commitment and 172 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.600 bring into the house of Michigan State. And obviously he's going back to the 173 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:26.960 team down the road. So any I mean, you celebrate it clearly because 174 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.039 he's committed and that's an opportunity for him to go play at the next level. 175 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:35.399 But it hurts a little bit because it is a family affair and you 176 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:39.720 thought we would, you know, be more motivated to get him secured. 177 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:50.639 That's all I could say to you. Put turn that frown upside down, 178 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:58.840 put that dome and gloom away. He's not gonna go play at University of 179 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:03.519 Michigan. This is a thing. It's a knee jerk reaction. We're all 180 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:07.879 in our fields right now. He committed to Michigan and everything like, he's 181 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:13.440 not gonna go play there. Michigan fans are in the dms, in the 182 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:22.120 tweets, in the igs, in the facebooks, in the tiktoks, whatever 183 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:28.919 social media is there is nowadays that oh, you know, your brother goes 184 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:31.320 to Michigan State and he won't even go there. He's coming to us. 185 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:35.559 He's not going to University of Michigan. It's like, relax, people, 186 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:41.799 or relax. He still has time and it's gonna hurt a lot more when 187 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:46.559 he changes his commitment back to Michigan State, you know when it comes signing 188 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.960 day. So just everyone needs to relax right now. He's not going to 189 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:56.639 University of Michigan. He committed there right now. Knee jerk reaction and everything 190 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:03.879 like that. He's saying this, You're saying this was so much confidence to 191 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:10.159 like, what makes you think that his commitment it doesn't mean anything because revenge 192 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:21.519 is a meal best served cold. Listen man, oh man, I just 193 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:25.200 want to I don't want to get in the debate because what's today's day, 194 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:30.559 what's to's day? He still he still needs to sign right June twenty ninth, 195 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:36.879 twenty twenty three, when we play this back in February on signing day, 196 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:41.320 and this kid flips his commitment because he sees the body of work of 197 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:45.879 the Spartans this season. His brother gets in his ear, his mom Dukes 198 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:51.320 gets in his ear, We see that body of work that comes on after 199 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:55.480 the on field play and everything like that. And this kid flips his commitment 200 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:57.240 and say, hey, you know what, I'm going to East Lanson. 201 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.799 I'm going to Michigan State. It's gonna shot those uf M people up. 202 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.400 And it's gonna, like I said, it's gonna hurt them more than it's 203 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:07.519 hurting us right now, So everyone needs to calm down a little bit. 204 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.039 We still have time. Who's gonna get in his ear? Mom Dukes? 205 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:21.839 And who brother? His brother? What about Ben? It's fine, we'll 206 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:26.519 be all right, We'll be all right. Okay, listen, shoo Shoe 207 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:30.440 has sources you know too. I mean, that's a very bold statement right 208 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:37.319 there. Say it ain't happen. It's twenty nine, twenty twenty three, 209 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:44.480 Officers Agent and thirty. Listen, listen, listen, what what you know? 210 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:48.720 Notice? Listen? I just want to revert back to the Killer Bees. 211 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:53.519 Just I just want to revert back because you were so confident then, 212 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:59.319 and I understand it. It ain't gonna it's nothing. It's nothing, solid 213 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:03.000 concrete until you sign thenother line. I get it. Maybe he's using it 214 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:07.440 as clout to get more in like a state competition. I get it. 215 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:15.519 But you go back to back CNP like and you are committed to that program. 216 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:18.960 I think it's very solid. And that's just me saying that it's a 217 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:22.720 very solid commitment. And it's up to us now to go into the drawing 218 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.839 board and truly see like the value in what he brings to us and fits 219 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:30.480 into our program. So I think it's gonna be still a battle in competition, 220 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:34.279 but I think it's a solid commitment. We gotta do with a cigarette, 221 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:38.000 like like what the pulse of the team is, and like how guys 222 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:41.759 are currently feeling about something like this. It's a lot more. You know, 223 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:45.920 we have a special guest. Everybody knows that we got a special guest 224 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:49.279 coming up soon. Man, this is one of those guys that don't have 225 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:55.039 their hands in a dirt, like guys like me and Chu Chuo. Old 226 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:56.720 us never had his head of dirt either, but anyway we're gonna have I 227 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:03.200 never had my hand in the dirt the wisp bone. After this message from 228 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:18.000 my friends and I'll kick off. I was eye hoppy hour starting at six 229 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:22.599 dollars at three p m. Only for my home downloaded and join the rewards 230 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:30.240 program today. Well, guys, without further ado, we have to welcome 231 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:37.119 a quarterback, our quarterback, Spartan dog Katon Houser joins. This is Sparta 232 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:41.000 m s U. Welcome to the show. How you doing, kayten doing? 233 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.599 Good man? Thank you for having me. I appreciate it, oh 234 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:45.599 man, thank you for being here. I gotta say when you when you 235 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:49.319 when you choose ready for you. He loves quarterbacks. When you when you 236 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:53.240 paint the mold of a quarter if you say, hey, draw me what 237 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:56.839 a quarterback looks like? Is this guy here? You got the hair the 238 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:04.039 backwards, having the hairlone af like all American boy look and everything like that. 239 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:08.000 You know, I appreciate you, you know quick none and not you 240 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:11.960 know making it. Thank you for joining us here. Yeah, of course, 241 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:17.160 thank you for having me. I appreciate it. So you were just 242 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.839 out on the golf course today, Olgus and I we were on the golf 243 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:23.079 course to that we didn't play you played? What did you shoot today? 244 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:27.799 I didn't really keep scoring. We uh we did like whole score, so 245 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:30.319 if we won the whole we just get the point or whatever. If I 246 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:33.680 were to guess, I'd probably say I was like ten over maybe thre eighteen. 247 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:38.319 So okay, okay, you're the eighties, your low eighties guy. 248 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:42.839 Yeah, you super playing golf for six months and your low eighties guy. 249 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:48.039 Yeah, yeah, I'm pretty good today. I'm usually like eighty five to 250 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:51.920 ninety range. So okay, okay, look, I feel like we're gon. 251 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:57.039 We got to put that to two tests, right, absolutely, absolutely 252 00:20:57.119 --> 00:21:03.240 absolutely? Who did you go for? Scrambled partner Jake riland the quarterback assistant 253 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:07.039 coach and then we played against the other qbs and stuff, so it was 254 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:10.759 like a little event. It was nice who is terrible in that? Who's 255 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:15.519 the worst golfer out of all? Like, I mean, I ain't your 256 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:19.200 own plast, but you know, I don't want to shout out anybody out, 257 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:25.079 but we have a we have a we have a quarterback like assistant Quinn 258 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:27.359 Stoleman. I mean he just he had a rough day today. I mean 259 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.440 yeah, it was a good time. It was a good time. Of 260 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:38.880 course, what course you're going were you playing Jackson? You played at I 261 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:45.039 think it was called a Rone golf club for sure, Jackson. All right, 262 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.480 yeah, very nice man, Okay, talk about like okay, so 263 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:55.079 you you were originally from California, sir, When did you get your love 264 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:59.319 for the game of football? Well, actually, I grew up in Vegas, 265 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:02.000 so I grew most of my Vegas. My dad played football, he 266 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.839 played at utep D tackle, So I grew up loving football playing football. 267 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:10.400 So I started when I was like five or six, and I played a 268 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.640 bunch of sports growing up, but I just knew that football was going to 269 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:15.079 be the sport for me, and it kind of stuck with me throughout. 270 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.880 When I got to high school, I was like, yeah, this is 271 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:18.960 what I want to focus on. I feel like I have a future in 272 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:22.359 and over time I started playing quarterback and I just fell in love with the 273 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:25.759 game and it all kind of worked out. So I don't know if I 274 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:30.480 lost you guys, are you good? So when you started, when you 275 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.079 started out as a young young jit, we talked like the same Jit, 276 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.160 what other positions did you play? Because like, yeah, you probably started 277 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:41.880 evolving quarterback. What other positions do you play? Like Pop Warner little League, 278 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:45.200 I played everything. I played a running back, player, receiver, 279 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:47.599 and I played a little bit defense, dive. I played a little linebacker. 280 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:49.440 I love playing linebacker. Loved him, so yeah, I'll played that 281 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:56.599 younger. Yeah, I mean, man, look, I don't know if 282 00:22:56.599 --> 00:23:00.559 we lost. Did we lose? Oh? I was like I thought she 283 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:06.359 was free pros. You know, people are sending me questions to my tax 284 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:10.240 for houser here and I'm just trying to, you know, scroll through see 285 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:12.240 which one I like, which one I might ask which one? You know, 286 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:18.119 I want to make you do it in the live chat too, Yeah 287 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:26.079 right, obviously we talked about you from California or originally from Vegas, but 288 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:30.160 California, California. Way coming to Michigan State, right, Like you could 289 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:33.839 have went anywhere school wise, Like there's other schools that are out there that 290 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:37.200 you could have went to. But you know what truly kind of drawn you, 291 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:41.200 drew you to Michigan State. And uh, you know how has East 292 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:47.440 Lansing, Michigan treated you since you've been on campus? Man, it was 293 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.880 a crazy kind of turn of events. I mean, I was committed to 294 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.720 Boise State. I committed there without seeing it is during COVID and everything. 295 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:56.519 It was. It was tough, and that I expect is trying to find 296 00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:00.680 the right school and trying to commit early. And then as of late, 297 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:03.920 like Michigan State hit me up and started recruiting me. And I talked to 298 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:08.000 Tucker a little bit, talk to Jay Johnson, and they were showing me 299 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:10.640 a lot of interest, and I was like, I want to go see 300 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.359 it. I want to go see what Big ten football is like. I 301 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:15.079 want to see what the Midwest is like. So I took an ov I'm 302 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.519 pretty sure it was in July, and I went up and I looked at 303 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:22.960 the campus. I looked around, saw the facility, saw just saw the 304 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:26.799 vibe from the team and the coaches staff, and I saw the opportunity for 305 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:30.279 me to step in and be developed and be the best quarterback I can be 306 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.480 at the school. So with that, everything that went into that, I 307 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:37.480 just it felt right for me. So I made that move. I committed, 308 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:40.319 and since then, I mean, I love it up here. I 309 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:44.960 mean I didn't think that from being from West Coast southern California going to the 310 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.200 Midwest, how that would how that transition would affect me and how I enjoy 311 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:52.079 But so far it's been great. I love it up here, and I 312 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.079 found some really good friends on the team and stuff like that, and I'm 313 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:57.119 really enjoying just like the team and going around campus and East Lanting itself is 314 00:24:57.279 --> 00:25:00.160 it's a great place to be. So I'm I'm really happy right now. 315 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:06.799 Yeah, so you said you committed to Boise. What was it about Boise 316 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:14.240 that attracted you to There is the blue Field? Uh No, it was 317 00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.880 it just felt like the right place. I like the coaches there. I 318 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:18.400 felt like I could have been developed there too, But I wanted to play 319 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:21.200 in big time football. I want to play in big games. I want 320 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.880 to play with a bunch of fans in the stands. So I thought Michigan 321 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:27.000 State is a perfect place for that. Okay and uh okay. So the 322 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:30.240 big thing is this the elephant in the room. All right, let's let's 323 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:36.160 let's get down to brass tasks and everything like that. Peyton Thorne was the 324 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:41.680 start two year starter. He transferred out of there. Noah, Kim, 325 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:45.240 It's a guy who had a really good spring. You know, has a 326 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:53.160 big arm as fast elusive has made place. So now there's there isn't really 327 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:57.839 there has not been announced who the starting quarterback is going to the season. 328 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:02.200 It's gonna come down to camp. It's going to be, you know, 329 00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:06.720 the quarterback battle between you and Kim. You know, at the end of 330 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.559 the day, you both are going to push each other to make each other 331 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:12.000 better. You know. That's that's what Spartan dogs do. You know, 332 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:17.519 So like, what do you bring to the table? What what about your 333 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:19.599 game that you bring to the table that you know you can help you know, 334 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:22.880 the Spartans, you know, go in the right direction. I feel 335 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:25.799 like in my game, I just feel I feel like I bring a lot 336 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.400 of juice to the team. I feel like I'm I'm stepping in as a 337 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:33.319 leader. I'm trying to be a guy that can just lead this team and 338 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:37.279 taking to a good place, Big ten championships, all that kind of stuff. 339 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:41.759 So as far as my game, I feel like there's understanding the offense 340 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:44.559 and developing and growing. I feel like it's something that I'm trying to work 341 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:48.960 on right now now. But I'm just looking forward to the summer and fall 342 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:51.880 camp and just trying to adjust and learn and keep growing as much as I 343 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:57.039 can, Okay. So when when you think about what it takes to be 344 00:26:57.079 --> 00:27:00.960 a leader now that you've been in you know, big time college football for 345 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:07.000 a couple of years now, when you look at the quarterback position as you 346 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:12.799 happen to play obviously, what does it take to really gain the respect of 347 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:17.759 a locker room? Because I mean everyone looks to a quarterback. So what 348 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:19.799 do you think it takes. What's the marxi you have to have? I 349 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:22.400 feel like the biggest thing is just setting an example. I feel like showing 350 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:27.599 up early to meeting, showing up early to lifts, just working your butt 351 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:30.240 off, like and workouts and stuff like that, and showing guys that you 352 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:33.680 really care about the team and you really want to push yourself as something that 353 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:36.759 can get guys around behind you and really trust you. And I feel like 354 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.200 I've done a really good job of that my freshman year and even into the 355 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:41.279 spring ball and a little bit in summer. I feel like I've done a 356 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:45.839 real good job of that. Yeah, a lot of people, I mean 357 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:48.480 I want to know, is you know, from coming from high school, 358 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:53.640 coming to here and then Coach Johnson developing you, Like, what have you 359 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:59.640 done since high school to kind of prepare you for it if you were to 360 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:03.400 like win the job or could you know as an open quarterback competition, but 361 00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:08.680 like what has prepared you with coach Josh's toolage, tuolage in training? What 362 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:12.640 have you developed and the ways your growth from you know when you stepped on 363 00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:17.839 the campus. My growth is it's it's really exponential. I feel like I've 364 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:19.440 really made strides in the film and I feel like the mental aspect of my 365 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:22.839 game has really improved. He's meeting with him even like one on one stuff, 366 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.119 just going through film and his review and everything and finding little things in 367 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:29.720 my game I need to work on and improve, and then just going through 368 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:33.119 that every single day and every single week. I feel like it's just it 369 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.839 just keep stacking. I feel like I just keep getting better as far as 370 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:37.599 just like mental side, just trying to understand defense a little bit more and 371 00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:41.640 just try to keep expanding my game in that aspect. I feel like it's 372 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:47.079 really paid off so far. What do you think what are the strengths of 373 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:51.240 your game? Kayden? A couple of strengths. I feel like I can 374 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:53.920 I can read a defense really well. I feel like I can find the 375 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:57.839 keys and the different leverages and stuff and different defense looks. If I can 376 00:28:57.839 --> 00:29:02.319 command the offense really well as far as like ball and stuff, I feel 377 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.680 like I'm really accurate. I feel like I can put the ball anywhere on 378 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.680 the field, and I feel like I have a huge arm I can I 379 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:08.359 can launch it downfield if I need to. So I feel like all those 380 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:12.640 aspects are part of my game for sure, Kat, And who do you 381 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:17.599 model your game? After talking about the NFL quarterbacks that are you know everybody 382 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:21.640 looks at. Obviously big one is Tom Brady. For me, just growing 383 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:23.839 up watching him, just seeing all the successes had is something you want to 384 00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:29.759 emulate as a young kid. For sure. I got a couple kind of 385 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:33.640 I wouldn't say like comparisons, but a lot of people compare me to like 386 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:37.160 Justin Herbert. It's like a couple of guys on the team Sam Justin Herbert. 387 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:44.000 So I mean, yeah, growing up, So I mean watching him 388 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:47.799 and seeing just how how big his arm is and just the way he can 389 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:49.920 fit the ball is something I try to implement in my game. He's a 390 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:56.119 really good player, so so you know, being a defensive guy and then 391 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.920 obviously these guys are on the offensive side. Everyone knows that guys that are, 392 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:07.720 like, you know, behind the starting QB are really the signal callers, 393 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:11.519 right Like you're you're knowing the playbook better than most and like the starter 394 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:18.039 quarterback starting quarterback. But you know what about our playbook and you don't got 395 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:22.359 to give any trade secrets. But what's what's what's very like attractive to our 396 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:26.440 playbook that we're able to go ahead and be like, we're gonna have some 397 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:30.680 full confidence coming into next season knowing that we got kind of two fresh guys 398 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:34.200 in the quarterback position that's going to take the field. I feel like in 399 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:36.960 our playbook, I feel like we have it all. I feel like we 400 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:40.960 can we can use our athletes the best as possible. I feel like that 401 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:44.160 there's a bunch of different plays and different schemes and different motions and stuff that 402 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:47.079 we can do to get guys open and use every player we can on the 403 00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:49.799 field. So I'm really confident that we can use our backs, our tight 404 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:52.319 ends, our receivers, we can get anyone the ball with these. So 405 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:56.079 I feel like that's something I really enjoy and I feel like that we can 406 00:30:56.640 --> 00:31:03.680 keep going on and doing as we go into next season. Absolutely. Yeah. 407 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:11.599 So all right, so last year was a disappointing season. We everybody 408 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:15.960 on this call, on this video right now will admit to that. You 409 00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:19.119 know, that was a disappointing season. The year previous to that that, 410 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:22.920 you know that was a breakout season. It was the season that I don't 411 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:26.519 think a lot of people anticipated and expected. You know, so, how 412 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:30.880 can we move Like, what was the difference from the Peach Bowl year to 413 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:37.079 this past season not making a bull game? And what can we anticipate, 414 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:40.640 you know, in this year coming up for the team? That's all. 415 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:44.680 Yeah, I feel like the biggest thing is from the Peace Bowl of victory 416 00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.960 and then this past year. I feel like we had a bunch of high 417 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:49.559 expectations going into that season and we just didn't execute the way we wanted to. 418 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:52.480 We had a couple of close games we didn't end up winning, and 419 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:55.759 it was just it just got on to a bad start and it was just 420 00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:57.920 tough. I feel like going to this season, we have a lot more 421 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:01.240 depth as far as that, like all positions and stuff like that. I 422 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:04.680 feel like there's like a different energy in the building. I feel like we 423 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:06.920 have a chip on our shoulder going into this season. Compared to the after 424 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:09.279 the Peach Bowl. Like, we have this mentality where people are doubting us 425 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:13.359 and they're they're saying all these types of things on social media and stuff like 426 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.519 that. But I feel like we have a chip on our shoulder and we're 427 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.799 just gonna go prove everybody wrong. So there's a different vibe in the in 428 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:21.240 the facility and I really, I really have a good energy and good feel 429 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:24.920 for the season. So yeah, Ka, you're around the team all the 430 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:30.039 time right now doing the off season workouts and stuff like, is there a 431 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.759 person, is there a player? I'll be outside of the quarterback room. 432 00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:37.359 Let's say that you and your opinion says like this guy is gonna have a 433 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:42.559 breakout season. Hm hmm, I probably say. I probably say Nate Carter. 434 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:49.880 We just got a running back. Trans Is he reading the comments? 435 00:32:49.920 --> 00:33:00.480 Because I feel like the man's speaking thoughts. Go ahead, look like the 436 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:02.759 late Carter. This guy, this guy comes in every day, shows up 437 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:07.799 early, and he just dominates every every lift, every run. He just 438 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:10.920 is on top of everything. He does everything perfectly. So and we see 439 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:14.680 some glimpse of him and like even in like spring practice and stuff like that, 440 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.920 like not even full speed. Just how he moves and how he sees 441 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:19.519 things. Is this really impressive? And I feel like this is a guy 442 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:22.160 that's gonna it's gonna step up this year. So I'm really excited for his 443 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:24.839 future and what he can do. It's I'm like, I'm not a hater, 444 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:30.839 but like you, you did say, he did say that Nate will 445 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:36.359 be the guy. And he's there on the same town. You know, 446 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:47.440 it's New York. You know the card. It's ridiculous. You get the 447 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:52.960 whole stadium singing that you gotta get some houser noise going on, man, 448 00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:59.000 Kaden like, man like, look you you are a guy who played UH 449 00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:02.119 in one of the toughest leagues if you want to say, in the in 450 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:08.599 the country, the Trinity League out in UH Southern California, Saint John Bosco. 451 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:15.760 Look, man, would they win the national championship last year? It? 452 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:23.079 Okay, yeah, And there's been a laundry list of quarterbacks that come 453 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:28.119 out of there, Like, how do you think that your time in high 454 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:31.480 school has prepared you for the task you have right now and being a power 455 00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:36.360 five starting quarterback. I feel like it's prepared me in the sense that there's 456 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.519 been a lot of high pressure games. Like there's a lot of people in 457 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:42.000 the stands, especially in high school level, playing Modern Day playing survey, 458 00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:44.679 playing those types of schools once or twice a year, playing out of state, 459 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.079 just those high pressure games, a lot of fans in the stands. 460 00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:50.880 I feel like it's really prepared me to win these tough games. Like I've 461 00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.800 I've played these tough games and it's been close, and I've won time i 462 00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:55.039 lost them. But I know what it feels like to play in tough games 463 00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:59.239 and really battle it out. So I feel like that's something that's really prepared 464 00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:01.000 me in the high school level that that will translate to college for sure. 465 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:07.400 Good. Like I'm all about like I want to know, like just the 466 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:12.079 mind of the quarterback here. I just want to know, like fully when 467 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:15.199 you're out there dissecting those defense. But you said, is your strength is 468 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:20.159 dissecting and breaking down the defense. You know, based off of when you 469 00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:24.760 were watching what transpired last season, you know, what what were things that 470 00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:30.400 you felt like could have been done or that you were seeing that we may 471 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:35.800 have been missing or that we weren't capitalizing on. Like just talk bring spartanation 472 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:39.719 into the photo of a quarterback's mind of things that we could have done better 473 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:45.280 that you're going to probably expect for this season coming up. Yeah, that's 474 00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:46.559 that's tough. I feel like there's there's a lot of things that went into 475 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:49.840 it. I feel like execution was the biggest thing. I feel like we 476 00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:52.559 were doing the right things. It's just it wasn't like the perfect, like 477 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:55.480 the way we wanted it. I felt like in certain certain plays and certain 478 00:35:55.480 --> 00:36:00.199 aspects, and I feel like just the time I mean in the chemistry of 479 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:02.760 the team like wasn't all the way there. I feel like this year, 480 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:06.719 the chemistry and stuff throughout the whole team, I feel like it's gonna it's 481 00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:08.599 gonna improve and we get that chemistry and that timing down with the whole team. 482 00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:12.920 I feel like it's gonna improve. And the plays and stuff that's that's 483 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.320 it's all good, like running the right stuff. It's just we just got 484 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:17.039 to get the time in the chemistry with the team down. I feel like 485 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:22.360 that's what we're working on this year for sure. Absolutely, because I got 486 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:24.000 a lot more questions, but I like to get I like to share the 487 00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:30.639 question. Well, you know what you're trying to say, you know what 488 00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:36.599 I'm trying to say. They like to think that I always ask all the 489 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:43.639 questions and everything like that. They like to think, don't let the smooth 490 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:49.039 taste. It's not a conspiracy, right right, that's the question. Listen, 491 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:53.599 Like you're two minute drill right two minutes games online and we're playing that 492 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:57.840 team down a row, and you know exactly what happened last year? Yeah, 493 00:36:58.519 --> 00:37:00.679 what what are the what are the go two calls, pass plays, 494 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:05.480 et cetera? Like that you visioned yourself if you put your put you into 495 00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:08.679 that mode of a two minute drill, you know, how are you attacking 496 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:13.639 that and approaching that to win the game for Michigan State. I like to 497 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:15.800 play aggressive. I like to go right out of them. So I play 498 00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:17.960 I go like four verts, try to stretch them, do some drives, 499 00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:22.199 some little mess things, just try to get pick routes going. But I 500 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:23.679 feel like the biggest thing is in games like that, like it comes down 501 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:27.079 to matchups. Who's gonna win for you? Finding guys that are gonna step 502 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:29.880 up and make plays for you, Like that's the biggest thing in tough games 503 00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:31.920 like that. So just getting guys opportunities to go one on one is something 504 00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:38.000 that I feel like is huge in those types of games. Absolutely. So 505 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:42.719 let let's let's talk a little bit about this, Katon. You know, 506 00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:46.159 you're playing in the Big Ten Conference. Now you're here and you know at 507 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:50.920 in these lands and of Michigan State and twenty twenty four next year, the 508 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:54.760 Big Ten's expand and everything like that, and uh, the opportunity to go 509 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:59.840 back to your home state and play you know, U C, L a 510 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:02.719 USC and everything like that, Like what does that mean to you? And 511 00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:07.840 what does that mean for kids that are in California, you know, who 512 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:12.679 probably would not have chosen, you know, a team out in the Midwest 513 00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:15.679 or on the East coast to play, but now that they're in the Big 514 00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:19.760 Ten Conference and you know that you're gonna be able to go home and play 515 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.679 in your home state, what does that mean? It means a lot for 516 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:24.599 me. I mean, I haven't really thought about it a much because I'm 517 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:28.719 just trying to focus on this year, but just thinking ahead and something like 518 00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:31.079 that, it's really exciting because being having the opportunity to go home and play 519 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:34.880 in like my home state and stuff. Is this It's really exciting and something 520 00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:37.440 that I really wanted to do, but as far as that, I feel 521 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:42.400 like it's gonna help recruiting. I feel like it's gonna help our team a 522 00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:44.760 lot. More so, I feel like it's really exciting and I can't wait 523 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:49.960 to get an opportunity to go play down there for sure. Look, Kate, 524 00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:52.599 there's a couple of questions that have come up in the chat. Who 525 00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:58.599 is one player you not like throwing that so far on our defense this year? 526 00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:02.559 I got on our Uh, Jacoby Winman. He plays, He plays 527 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:07.559 the end. They put him out linebacker. He'll try to like duck under 528 00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:09.559 and try to disguise like he's rushing. They will pop up and he'll try 529 00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:12.360 to throw a ball and he's just all of a sudden there and he makes 530 00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:15.039 a play and it's like, oh my goodness, Like how do you make 531 00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:17.079 that play? It's Yeah, he's a tough player to go against, and 532 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:19.960 you always have to keep an eye on him. He's like in the corner 533 00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:22.679 your aisle at all times, just trying to find out where he's at because 534 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:27.599 he's he's a monster on defense. So I'd say number four. Wow, 535 00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:31.679 Okay, there's one more. What wide receiver do you have the most chemistry 536 00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:37.159 with? He's stepping up in that receiver room. This is a good question. 537 00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:43.039 I feel like there's a couple of guys I could say, but in 538 00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:46.480 my class, I probably say drum Glover. I feel like it's always always 539 00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:50.119 getting to team reps stuff with him. I feel I'm always connecting with him. 540 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:52.920 So I feel like that's a guy that's really stepping up and he's gonna 541 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:55.639 he's gonna be good. He just gotta keep working. Uh, just keep 542 00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:58.400 his set downs, keep working. So I feel like he's gonna be a 543 00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:05.000 good player. Okay, mm hmm. What else what I'm like, man, 544 00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:10.920 I'm like, okay, this is this is a Sparta family. They're 545 00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:15.599 asking some good questions here. I want to know what's happening in the chat 546 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:22.360 here. Yeah, so what what is what is the like home run past 547 00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:25.760 route for you? Like you know, for a fact, like and I'm 548 00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:29.679 not well, I'm not giving away Tracy. I'm just saying, like I 549 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:35.199 asked when well, we had Kean and we had other people on what's your 550 00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:38.000 favorite rite? You guys are you can't ask not because no, no, 551 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:40.960 no no no. Now you want this man to give a what give tip 552 00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:52.280 off his hand? Like you want hurt go to like, no, don't 553 00:40:52.280 --> 00:41:01.480 answer that question, don't you to? Scar Man Can like what the hell? 554 00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:07.920 Kayden? So, so what how do you think this summer has been 555 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:12.440 going as far as either preparation. You got a lot of teammates. You 556 00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:20.239 know, we've been hearing about this past year's construction affecting how the team has 557 00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:23.639 been able to interact together. And I know that things are, you know, 558 00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:27.760 getting to a point where they're gonna have the locker room ready. That's 559 00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:34.760 the goal right by by season start, is there has there been improvement as 560 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:37.920 far as you guys getting together on a daily or weekly basis as a team 561 00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:42.840 one hundred percent. I feel like there's I mean the weight room and stuff 562 00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:45.519 and having the construction. It is what it is. But I feel like 563 00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:51.239 last year compared to this year, it's it's night and day just with we're 564 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:54.000 taking real effort and taking like real time to like try to connect with the 565 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:58.159 team. So like, for example, like we had like a little bowling 566 00:41:58.199 --> 00:42:00.199 thing. We divided the whole offense and we we went out in like bowld 567 00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:02.280 for like an hour and a half or two hours, and it was just 568 00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:05.480 good to like connect with guys. And now we're like We're gonna go do 569 00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:08.280 mini golf next week. Like we're trying to find ways to to connect with 570 00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:10.360 our team and to get good chemistry. And I feel like it's working. 571 00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:14.880 I feel like we're going out and having a good time. Like the other 572 00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.840 day I played, we played kickball, like just the offensive defense. We 573 00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:20.320 just went out and we had teams. We played kickball on the fields like 574 00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:22.440 it was just it was like we're little kids like in on the playground. 575 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:25.760 It was it was awesome. It's just connected with guys and and going through 576 00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:29.960 different things other than football and working out, like doing other things with guys 577 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:31.119 on the team. It's just it's really paying off right now. I mean, 578 00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:34.719 we have people are really good. There's really good energy in the building 579 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:40.559 right now. So shoot, do you remember when where do we would play 580 00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:51.360 ultimate Frisbee? When we went to come on a game this so after like 581 00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:55.280 you know how after games you go and you get a workout in like Sunday 582 00:42:55.440 --> 00:43:00.559 Sunday, Sunday Sunday, you play Saturday Sunday, You'll go in, you 583 00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:04.840 have your team meetings, you have a you know, stretching stride and everything 584 00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:08.320 like that. But like if we won with John l we will play ultimate 585 00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:14.800 Frisbee, okay, And it was just someone like get that tooth knocked and 586 00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:20.960 it was bad Matt Trannon. Matt Trannon busted his chair wide up and like 587 00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:27.360 fifteen stitches like and we were like, we are here hurting each other because 588 00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:30.320 we're competitive. Like it was like wide receivers versus DBS, linebackers versus running 589 00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:37.119 backs, and like you're competing and we're like we're tired. Like so we're 590 00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:40.519 tired. You played a full game and now you're here peeding again. And 591 00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:43.639 yeah, all I'm trying to do is like, man, we got to 592 00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:46.039 hit this apple Bee's for that? Uh all? You can eat ribblets at 593 00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:53.280 before close, kat, you know, like those things like you know, 594 00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:55.760 just talked about and you know talking about, you know, going to apple 595 00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:59.199 Bee's doing it. Like what do you like to do for fun? Like, 596 00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:02.199 you know East Lands and it's a it's a really beautiful campus. For 597 00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:07.079 one, there's a lot that the campus offers. There's a lot that university 598 00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:10.079 offers. What do you like to do for fun outside of football? There 599 00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:13.440 is a couple of things. Somemer' is a good time to to do some 600 00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:15.840 other things outside football. You have a little more free time. I feel 601 00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:17.079 like one thing is golf for sure, just finding guys and go out and 602 00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:22.119 golfing is really fun. Going to pools, like we'll go to just different 603 00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:23.639 dorms and stuff and go chilling the pool and send the sun for a bit. 604 00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:27.519 And another thing is is going I am West and running five is running 605 00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:35.239 basketball. So get some hooping. Yeah that's okay. I talked about this. 606 00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:37.000 We talked about this the last time because I did I didn't play. 607 00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:40.639 I did not hoop im West because all fights started and everything like that. 608 00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:46.800 And I'll be one hundred still basketball. Yeah, Carl will go in there 609 00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:54.119 and piss everybody off. That's how kind of how it goes. How is 610 00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:58.320 your hoop game if it's solid. I mean I'm not like, I'm not 611 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:00.199 like strapping everybody down, but like, I mean, I can I got 612 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:04.480 a little little handle going. I can pass the ball a little bit, 613 00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:07.559 but I mean I can make some tough shots too, So I mean it's 614 00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:09.880 all right. I mean I'm not like I'm saying, but that's fun. 615 00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:21.840 The best best best food spot in eastlant Oh, good question, best food 616 00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:25.960 spot? Okay, I probably say just putting the canes there. I mean, 617 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:32.840 I like Canes. I like the Canes. Got you what's your major 618 00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:37.199 major? I'm an ECON major, so I'm gonna go into financial planning. 619 00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:42.199 So I'm gonna go into Econ and kind of do that route. Okay, 620 00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:45.280 very nice, all right? Pre game meal? What? What? What 621 00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:47.960 do you? What do you eat? Let's just say, let's just let's 622 00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:52.000 go to two folds. Here. Your kick off it's at twelve o'clock, 623 00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:55.000 so it's a noon game. What's your pre game meal? And then let's 624 00:45:55.039 --> 00:46:04.760 go with h five o'clock. That night game a seven thirty kickoff, So 625 00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:08.639 twelve noon kickoff, what's your pregame meal? And seven seven thirty kickoff? 626 00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:13.280 What's the pre game meal? Usually have breakfast for us like in the in 627 00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:15.760 the hotel or whatever, but usually get like I usuld get a couple of 628 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:21.199 carbs. I'll get like eggs, bacon, sausage, a little bit, 629 00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:23.159 and then usually have like business and gravy and that's like my go to, 630 00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:27.199 Like I'll get a little business and gravy going and yeah, that's good. 631 00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:29.480 I don't eat too much before the game if it's an early kickoff, but 632 00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:32.440 yeah, I'll get a little bit of that. Okay, fun fact, 633 00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:38.800 I've never had business and gravies in my life. That's crazy, right, 634 00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:45.039 seven thirty kickoff? What do you got that chicken breast though? What you 635 00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:47.519 got? Yeah, keep it pretty light. Chicken breast, maybe some some 636 00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:51.360 noodles maybe if they have some passa there, but yeah, it's pretty light. 637 00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:54.800 Okay. Favorite tradition about being a Spartan. What's the favorite tradition? 638 00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:58.800 You know, like the walk to the stadium? You know what, what's 639 00:46:58.840 --> 00:47:01.400 your favorite Spartan tradition? You probably just said it right there. The walk, 640 00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:05.280 I mean that was something that I've never really experienced before. And just 641 00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:08.360 walking through and seeing all the fans just go crazy and love for the Spartans 642 00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:10.960 is crazy. And see my family, like the family comes games too, 643 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:14.119 and just seeing them on the walk, it's just it's a real like full 644 00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:16.119 circle moment. Just all the time to put it and stuff in high school 645 00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:20.039 and just being able to see them walking like have you walk into the stadium 646 00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:23.400 and stuff is It's it's awesome. I love that that walk every time before 647 00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:28.519 you ask this question, before you ask the next question. So the walk 648 00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:32.840 has always been right like from the kelog, Yeah, walking from the stadium. 649 00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:37.039 Now I've changed that up a little bit and you get on the bus 650 00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:40.960 and you get you know, transported to the Spartan statue. He doesn't know 651 00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:45.960 anything different. Wait we no, no, this they this first. This 652 00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:47.639 is the first year. Last year was the first year. Yeah, so 653 00:47:47.679 --> 00:47:52.039 he knows it. They used to walk from the hotel. So is there 654 00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:59.199 a difference for you from a standpoint of preparation and just the the suspense right 655 00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:02.159 like the like, is there a difference for you when you walk from hotel 656 00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:07.480 or get on the bus walk from Sparts statue. I'm probably only gonna say 657 00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:09.440 this, but I wish we walked from the Kellogg like I want. I 658 00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:12.800 don't. I don't like getting the bus and trying to get on the bus 659 00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:15.119 and then get off and then walk like I want to do the whole walk 660 00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.920 and I want to experience the whole thing. Is I feel like that's something 661 00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:20.079 that is like tradition. I don't know why they changed it, but as 662 00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:23.000 far as that, I mean, I enjoy that walk. I don't really 663 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:25.039 listen to music, kind of just like in my head, just kind of 664 00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:28.760 just getting my mind ready just for the game and stuff. As I walk 665 00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:30.559 into the like you're kind of calm and neutral when you walk in, and 666 00:48:30.599 --> 00:48:34.519 once you get in the locker room, it's it's go time, so you 667 00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:38.360 kind of flip a switch for sure. So no no music even when you 668 00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:44.719 get into the stadium or we know in the stadium because we've got the speakers 669 00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:49.639 off. I mean that level. Oh yeah, well, yeah, I 670 00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:51.519 listen to music when we get in the locker room and stuff like that, 671 00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:54.760 but not on the walk. What you listen to? I listen to a 672 00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:58.599 bunch of different music. I'll listen to some rap to kind of get me 673 00:48:58.679 --> 00:49:00.159 going, but before the game, will listen like some calm, just like 674 00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:04.719 chill music to kind of just calm my mind down and get myself ready for 675 00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:10.840 the game. Like what I listened to a bunch of stuff mm hmm. 676 00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:17.079 I probably say like Drake or Kodak or Kendrick or something like that to get 677 00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:21.559 me ready for the game. And then okay, just some chill stuff before 678 00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:31.199 the game. Got Kodak and Kodak then don't want the entry? So do 679 00:49:31.280 --> 00:49:37.199 you? What's your favorite game? Like? I once in a while I 680 00:49:37.239 --> 00:49:43.440 loved night games, but not every single day. What's your favorite? Twelve 681 00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:53.760 twelve o'clock kickoff, three thirty kickoff or night kickoff, night kickoff, night 682 00:49:53.800 --> 00:49:57.360 game for sure, plan of the lights and a bunch of fans. I 683 00:49:57.400 --> 00:50:00.000 mean, you can't beat that. So I probably say night game for sure. 684 00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:04.760 Bat in a thousand with that one. It's all amazing night. So 685 00:50:04.800 --> 00:50:08.559 many people are against night games when like there's not one player in the history 686 00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:14.920 of the game that doesn't like night games. Okay, I'm just yeah saying, 687 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:19.519 what's what's your what's the pregame ritual before team comes out? Because you 688 00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:22.320 know, everyone has their their thing, Like, you know, it took 689 00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:25.519 me a while to find out I could go out to the stadium before we 690 00:50:25.599 --> 00:50:30.119 went out, So what is your ritual? Like as soon as you get 691 00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:32.440 there, you know, tape whatever the case may be, getting out on 692 00:50:32.440 --> 00:50:37.760 the field, what are you doing before you do your your organized instruction training, 693 00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:40.559 before you get ready. I kind of just take a second to take 694 00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:44.719 it all in, just look going on the field, kind of looking around, 695 00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:49.159 just like just kind of realizing where I came from and where I'm at 696 00:50:49.239 --> 00:50:52.119 right now, and just kind of just just getting my mind common ready. 697 00:50:52.119 --> 00:50:53.679 And then I'll go into like a series of like just get my arm ready 698 00:50:53.719 --> 00:50:57.960 to work out and stuff like that. But yeah, just trying to just 699 00:50:58.920 --> 00:51:00.599 take it slow, not trying to rush into my my warm up or anything. 700 00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:02.719 Just kind of take it slow and get my mind ready as much as 701 00:51:02.760 --> 00:51:08.239 possible. Definitely, So I want to know, like, what's can you 702 00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:15.519 do an impersonation like coach Tuch? I mean I probably wouldn't do it that 703 00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:19.679 well honestly, but I mean he's a good guy. I don't know. 704 00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:23.880 I don't know, man, I thought I had, I thought about to 705 00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:29.320 do something. No, I couldn't. Man, I couldn't. I couldn't 706 00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:31.960 reenact him. He's so unique. What's what's a coach toughanism? Like what 707 00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:36.440 does his go to sayings? Because like we know Coach d said some sayings 708 00:51:36.440 --> 00:51:39.280 and I know Nick Samon and everybody, but what is the saying that like 709 00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:43.400 he says all the time where he just beats in beside your head, like 710 00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:46.559 every time, what's those saying? I feel like one thing he always comes 711 00:51:46.559 --> 00:51:49.800 to me is like do you love football? And then it'll just catch up 712 00:51:50.199 --> 00:51:53.239 like what's up, man? Do you love football? I'm like yeah, 713 00:51:54.360 --> 00:51:58.360 and that's like an obvious question. He's like You'll be like good, good, 714 00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:04.480 it is like, all right, coach, speaking of that love for 715 00:52:04.559 --> 00:52:09.519 football. You know we had last year with that school down the road playing 716 00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:14.719 there. You know, you had everything that went on that transpired, the 717 00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:22.559 tunnel incident, the suspensions and everything. You know, how has the team 718 00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:29.119 digested that and what's the thought like going into this year. You know that 719 00:52:29.199 --> 00:52:32.000 game in October. Yeah, it was tough to process that. Everything happened 720 00:52:32.000 --> 00:52:35.559 really fast and we didn't really know what to think of it. But as 721 00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:37.960 far as now going to this season, it's in the river mirror, like, 722 00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:39.000 we're not even worried about that. Now, it's a new season, 723 00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:42.440 it's a new team, so we're not even focus on that anymore. That's 724 00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:46.760 in the past. Like that answer, it was, it was a great 725 00:52:46.760 --> 00:52:52.840 answer. You know, Kayton, Look, you were you're you are from 726 00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:55.679 you know obviously Las Vegas, but you played in southern California, as we 727 00:52:55.719 --> 00:53:02.199 talked about earlier, highly competitive air area that has a lot of parent involvement, 728 00:53:02.880 --> 00:53:07.679 uh, compared to a lot of other places around the country. I 729 00:53:07.719 --> 00:53:13.519 don't know if you've seen Baby Gronk or you know who he is. Yeah, 730 00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:19.800 yeah, okay, So like we have a video to see we want 731 00:53:19.800 --> 00:53:23.079 to talk about parents involvement and what's too much? If we have to cue 732 00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:27.920 the video of baby Gronck? Are you him? Is the real question? 733 00:53:28.639 --> 00:53:34.639 Yes? See a gamble? Say man, what kind of question is that 734 00:53:34.840 --> 00:53:38.559 you see my instagram? Say that ready a baby Gronk? Are you him? 735 00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:52.119 What kind of questions that look at my insta? Man? Those those 736 00:53:53.079 --> 00:54:00.320 podcasts should be fired like someone like ask him again? You know, like 737 00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:08.239 yeah, go lay down? Yes? So like that bit's the question when 738 00:54:08.320 --> 00:54:14.360 is too much too much? Right? Like? Is that something that you 739 00:54:14.400 --> 00:54:17.880 know? I know this is an extreme issue, but you've been around situations 740 00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:24.719 I'm sure where parents are pushing kids in your opinion, what works? You 741 00:54:24.760 --> 00:54:30.519 know? Did your parents push you to be the player that you are right 742 00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:32.559 now, Kaiten or is this something that had to come from within you? 743 00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:37.400 Yeah? I think that's a little bit of both. My parents definitely pushed 744 00:54:37.400 --> 00:54:39.400 me and they saw my goals and they were like, do you want to 745 00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:42.119 do this? Is this what you want to do for a future? And 746 00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:44.199 I kept telling them like, yes, this is what I want to do. 747 00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:45.280 So they're like, Okay, this is what it takes. My dad's 748 00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:49.840 been through it, so him and my mom they both pushed me to this 749 00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:52.119 everything I needed to do. They just kept me on. They helped me 750 00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:54.639 to like a standard of what I needed to do, and I felt like 751 00:54:54.719 --> 00:54:58.800 that's that really pushed me. But they were never like going out on social 752 00:54:58.840 --> 00:55:00.119 media like trying to flaunt and there, trying to show me off or anything 753 00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:02.320 like that. I think was kind of behind the scenes, just trying to 754 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:05.960 push me the best I can be. And I'm so thankful for them because 755 00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:08.239 they they got me to where I am today. So I wouldn't be here 756 00:55:08.280 --> 00:55:15.440 without them. It's one of those things that man like we get it. 757 00:55:15.519 --> 00:55:19.880 We call it helicopter parents, right, like, yeah, they are constantly 758 00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:24.159 hovering and not letting coaches train and and it's also about this social media like 759 00:55:24.719 --> 00:55:30.360 cloud where it's like you do one little highlight and then you try to get 760 00:55:30.519 --> 00:55:34.360 you know, go viral and knowing that like, yeah, you might have 761 00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:37.880 one great clip or a couple of clips, but what's the work ethic, 762 00:55:37.960 --> 00:55:40.519 right, like work in silence, like Joe Burrow was saying, like, 763 00:55:40.679 --> 00:55:45.079 just you don't got to highlight and videotape every time you're doing some training and 764 00:55:45.119 --> 00:55:49.039 working on your craft. And so, uh, you know, we did 765 00:55:49.079 --> 00:55:52.320 have you know kean On and when he was talking about your work ethic, 766 00:55:52.360 --> 00:55:55.599 where like you have put it in the work and going and doing the extra 767 00:55:55.639 --> 00:56:00.400 work inside the indoor facility. You know what, what what motivates you to 768 00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:04.920 do that? Right, because like you do have your required workouts and your 769 00:56:04.960 --> 00:56:07.639 practices, but what is motivating you to go and then just do the extra 770 00:56:07.679 --> 00:56:12.199 work and not saying, hey, look at me, I'm doing this versus 771 00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:15.719 like I truly need to perfect my craft. Yeah, I feel like the 772 00:56:15.719 --> 00:56:19.559 biggest thing is my parents. For sure. My parents they sacrifice a lot 773 00:56:19.599 --> 00:56:22.320 for me to make to get where I'm at. So my biggest thing is 774 00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:24.280 what gets me up in the morning is like making them proud. I feel 775 00:56:24.280 --> 00:56:27.519 like that's the biggest thing for me. And I know, I know my 776 00:56:27.559 --> 00:56:30.360 potential, I know where I can get and I'm not gonna sit and like 777 00:56:30.320 --> 00:56:35.800 just not get my best. So I'm gonna do everything I can to put 778 00:56:35.800 --> 00:56:37.559 myself in the best situation possible. And that's if that's getting extra work. 779 00:56:37.599 --> 00:56:40.280 And if I'm sitting down doing not, then like obviously I'm gonna go and 780 00:56:40.320 --> 00:56:43.480 try to perfect my game as much as they can, because I feel like 781 00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:46.440 it's that's important for me in my future. So I feel like that that's 782 00:56:46.440 --> 00:56:52.039 the biggest thing for sure. Yeah, so you you want you know, 783 00:56:52.119 --> 00:57:00.400 you committed a Boise State before and you switched your commitment. And so with 784 00:57:00.519 --> 00:57:05.440 today's you know day and age with you know, people committing early going to 785 00:57:05.599 --> 00:57:09.599 different schools and the transfer portal and everything, like, what are your thoughts 786 00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:15.079 on that? It's it's pretty crazy. I mean there's people moving all over 787 00:57:15.079 --> 00:57:16.880 the place and stuff. But I feel like the biggest thing is just looking 788 00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:20.519 internally and looking at our team, not trying to focus too much on who's 789 00:57:20.559 --> 00:57:22.599 going to where, who's going what, just focus on the guys that are 790 00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:24.760 in the building and just trying to improve that. So that's kind of how 791 00:57:24.800 --> 00:57:30.280 I look at it. Yeah, And so with and then also with that, 792 00:57:30.400 --> 00:57:36.960 you know there's nil and everything like that, in the perfect world you 793 00:57:37.000 --> 00:57:42.679 could have any nil deal, what would it be. That's a good question. 794 00:57:45.199 --> 00:57:47.840 I drink. I drink energy energy drinks in the morning. I drink 795 00:57:47.880 --> 00:57:51.880 like C four rains. So probably getting like an energy drink one where I 796 00:57:51.920 --> 00:57:53.559 can I can kind of get a sponsor from that'd be pretty cool. I 797 00:57:53.559 --> 00:57:55.320 don't I don't really have like a big one. Honestly, I haven't really 798 00:57:55.320 --> 00:58:04.920 thought about it. Say no, that's that's the next Who is your favorite 799 00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:12.000 breakfast place? That's what you screwed it up? But anyway, so for 800 00:58:12.079 --> 00:58:16.960 the record, Kate, who what is your favorite breakfast restaurant? Mm hmm, 801 00:58:19.000 --> 00:58:21.519 I said, I House pretty good. But there's a place called House 802 00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:30.719 on Ground too. Okay, okay, AMA's house pretty good. Fresh juice, 803 00:58:30.760 --> 00:58:36.440 they got that fresh squeeze juiced. It's golden Harvest. It's golden Harvest. 804 00:58:36.480 --> 00:58:40.599 Still there. No, used to take me there in that buffet on 805 00:58:40.679 --> 00:58:45.519 Sunday it's closed. Yeah no. And then Coral Gables to more Gables, 806 00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:50.920 core Gables. Yeah. See, people they don't know my Coral Gables. 807 00:58:51.159 --> 00:58:52.039 They used to take me there. I'm like, man, they got this 808 00:58:52.039 --> 00:58:58.119 buff favorite breakfast. Look, we were talking about like the crazy dads, 809 00:58:58.199 --> 00:59:00.000 but you know, like, let's talk about some dads that are doing it 810 00:59:00.000 --> 00:59:05.840 the right way. Let's look at this tweet from Barry Sanders, who said 811 00:59:05.840 --> 00:59:10.400 that his favorite job in the world is probably my fuser favorite thing to do 812 00:59:10.480 --> 00:59:16.199 in life. It's just being an ms U dad. Guys, what do 813 00:59:16.239 --> 00:59:21.840 you think about Barry Sanders? He's a legend of my book watching him growing 814 00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:24.159 up. So you know, it's great that he is a Green and White 815 00:59:24.199 --> 00:59:30.599 and we had that experience in sweet and basketball, right, so we already 816 00:59:30.599 --> 00:59:35.440 know it turns part in that sweet but you know him like him coming Steve 817 00:59:35.480 --> 00:59:40.199 Smiths Fall. Yeah, so just seeing a legend and the Hall of Famer 818 00:59:40.280 --> 00:59:45.400 come in and you know, just support his son like in his endeavors, 819 00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:49.239 like his son could have played elsewhere or you know, he was a decent 820 00:59:49.239 --> 00:59:52.599 football player too, could have played it somewhere football a little bit, but 821 00:59:52.119 --> 00:59:55.519 you know, yeah, you know, Kate, no, I don't, 822 00:59:55.519 --> 01:00:00.840 I gotta, I gotta hit him up. Absolutely, yeah, but you 823 01:00:00.880 --> 01:00:02.920 know, one he got some hops because he'd be dunking in warm up. 824 01:00:04.000 --> 01:00:07.960 So like that's crazy too, you know, being his son. But just 825 01:00:07.000 --> 01:00:13.960 to see a father support his dreams and efforts and and and just you know 826 01:00:14.440 --> 01:00:16.920 adapt as a Michigan state we know he's an Oklahoma state guy, right, 827 01:00:17.000 --> 01:00:22.039 so you know, to to absorb the Michigan state mantra. It's good to 828 01:00:22.039 --> 01:00:25.719 see Barry Sanders knowing that he's a legend in State of Missigan, legend worldwide. 829 01:00:25.719 --> 01:00:32.199 So I appreciate that he said legend worldwide world. Why perfect, Kayton. 830 01:00:32.360 --> 01:00:37.599 We appreciate you jumping on with us today. It's a lot of fun, 831 01:00:37.639 --> 01:00:43.000 a lot of good conversations, great questions. Uh, hey, let's 832 01:00:43.000 --> 01:00:45.159 get it done this year. You know, good luck this season to you. 833 01:00:45.360 --> 01:00:51.039 I know there's that quarterback battle. You know, keep competing and like 834 01:00:51.079 --> 01:00:54.239 we talked about, you and Noah are going to continue to you know, 835 01:00:55.199 --> 01:01:00.599 raise each other's game and you know, let the best person out there for 836 01:01:00.639 --> 01:01:04.840 the spartans, that's right, control what you can control, man, and 837 01:01:06.000 --> 01:01:08.760 the best man win and keep it going. Man. We're also also don't 838 01:01:08.760 --> 01:01:15.440 be a stranger because you'll see to You'll see straight, you'll see myself around. 839 01:01:15.039 --> 01:01:17.360 Definitely, don't be a stranger to come up, dapping up talk to 840 01:01:17.440 --> 01:01:22.679 us and we'll but you'll see them on the game day too. So definitely 841 01:01:22.400 --> 01:01:29.960 give cheat you some love on the sideline there. Appreciate, appreciated, Thank 842 01:01:29.960 --> 01:01:35.039 you, guys. Appreciate it. Kate and how's or everybody. I mean 843 01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:39.599 that, hey, great kid. I know that he's in direct competition with 844 01:01:39.800 --> 01:01:46.519 you, you son, but I like the guy got some good luck to 845 01:01:47.840 --> 01:01:52.920 you. Go crazy to say good luck Caten. Yeah, there's a lot 846 01:01:52.960 --> 01:01:58.199 of people don't personally listen always be ready. So I want to give a 847 01:01:58.199 --> 01:02:07.920 shout out to uh my boy Alex Jesse Kirsten, all the people say, 848 01:02:07.920 --> 01:02:14.280 oh boy, watching the boy. Uh back at the crib. You know, 849 01:02:14.480 --> 01:02:16.480 just send me a picture so, you know, just getting it out 850 01:02:16.480 --> 01:02:19.880 there. Want to give it you don't everyone a shout out for that? 851 01:02:21.199 --> 01:02:24.199 Absolutely, yeah, I love that. Listen. Look, this is the 852 01:02:24.199 --> 01:02:28.880 best part about today. So you know what to says, oh boy right 853 01:02:29.360 --> 01:02:34.159 when he doesn't know somebody's name. I guarantee, right, I guarantee you 854 01:02:34.159 --> 01:02:38.719 did. Like thirty times, I got caught up and I was I became 855 01:02:38.840 --> 01:02:51.039 self weird and hey you what are you talking about? It'll be good for 856 01:02:51.079 --> 01:03:00.159 you today. We love you too. Look, hey, we gotta stop. 857 01:03:01.280 --> 01:03:07.679 I'm drinking diet coke. I don't know, so okay, good all 858 01:03:07.800 --> 01:03:15.559 right, Silance, Silance Wiley, ju cul Corict. I'm Jasons Straorn. 859 01:03:15.639 --> 01:03:17.800 This is part of MSU. Have a good night, God bless you, 860 01:03:19.079 --> 01:03:22.880 and go green, Go whine cool. This is part of MSU is a 861 01:03:22.920 --> 01:03:29.760 combined presentation of play Flay Sports Properties and Michigan State Sports Properties. 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