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<v Speaker 1>This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports fourteen fifty powered by Nova

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<v Speaker 2>By Good afternoon, everybody, Welcome to Iron the Ball here

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<v Speaker 2>on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, you're Jay Gonzalez.

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<v Speaker 2>You have our guy Ryan with us today. It's three o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know where your children are?

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<v Speaker 3>I just wanted to say that it should be on

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<v Speaker 3>the way home school, right, it should be or somewhere

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<v Speaker 3>around there maybe.

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<v Speaker 2>But we're glad you're listening to us. Three o'clock Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>two days away, about forty eight to fifty three hours,

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<v Speaker 2>fifty four hours away from a tip off for tip

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<v Speaker 2>off KICKOFFICA. I'm thinking basketball.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you're already thinking basketball. Well, you don't care

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<v Speaker 3>about fall.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you see did you see the Uy's meme about

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<v Speaker 2>the roster yesterday? Did you see it yet?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 2>There's like a one hundre people on the bench, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred people on the bench, twenty actually twenty people. They

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<v Speaker 2>have nine walk ons, nine walk ons. Give me, I

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<v Speaker 2>bet you can't name three of them. Three walk on Yeah, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>they're kind of it's kind of a trick question. Wait, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>wait a minute, what are we talking about? Basketball?

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<v Speaker 3>Basketball? They got nine walk basketball walk on. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know anything. Oh no, Whiteman left right, he went to

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<v Speaker 3>like I had a host state in Montana.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, right, wrong, he's on the team, he's on his stay.

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<v Speaker 2>He thought he was leaving me too. I saw the name.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, I think he owns a seat there. So

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<v Speaker 2>they're just gonna kind of keep on the which is fine.

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<v Speaker 2>I was surprised to see his name on the this. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's one I guess, giving you. I don't have I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have three. I don't have the walk on Desiree's son. Okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>what's his name? No, No, I think it's Noah huh

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<v Speaker 2>Jackson Jackson from Jackson something or you have the thing

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<v Speaker 2>in front of you. Okay, Jackson read first, Okay Jackson Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But then there's another one that you probably won't guess,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's kind of maybe obvious. Tommy Light's kid, Tommy

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<v Speaker 2>Lloyd's kid.

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<v Speaker 3>Ah ah. So he came down from Grand Canyon.

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<v Speaker 2>No, he was at Northern nau I think he au

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<v Speaker 2>that's right, that's right, man. Well, if Tommy was looking

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<v Speaker 2>for depth, he's got at it.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got four teams. He's got four teams.

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<v Speaker 3>I hadn't I hadn't seen that. I saw yesterday the

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<v Speaker 3>twenty guys. Okay, I just called it up twenty guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Because somebody he'll play how many you need? Eight and

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<v Speaker 2>he'll play eight.

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<v Speaker 3>How many of those guys do you?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, come on, they gotta.

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<v Speaker 3>Eat Liam Liam Lloyd that must be him. Yeah, Liam

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<v Speaker 3>Jackson Francois played at Missouri before he was at Missouri,

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<v Speaker 3>So why came I think? Uh So, Now they got

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of dudes, a lot of practices are going

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<v Speaker 3>to be either borne, boring or.

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<v Speaker 2>H with the you know, he's gonna go to a

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<v Speaker 2>deep so twelve dudes are going to actually plays. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>we got to you got to. Bradley is a number zero, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to Bradley, Caleb one, who's go down that list?

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<v Speaker 2>Tayl Love is number one, Anderson Arnold does he walk

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<v Speaker 2>on a scholarship? I think he's Anthony del Orso. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Trey Townsend, he's a he's a he's a transfer portal.

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<v Speaker 2>Guy kJ Lewis is five, Carter Bryant.

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<v Speaker 3>Between there and between there's Jackson Francois, but Carter Bryant

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<v Speaker 3>is nine, Francoise eight, Carter Bryant is nine. Leam Lloyd

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<v Speaker 3>is eleven. Will Kaikendahle. I'm guessing that's a walk on.

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<v Speaker 3>He's twelve. Henry Vassar Scholarship.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at it. Look at it, Henry shoulder. What's the

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<v Speaker 2>first thing you noticed?

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<v Speaker 3>He's got a beard.

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<v Speaker 2>He's sticker, he's sticker.

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<v Speaker 3>He looks like he got shoulders.

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<v Speaker 2>He was like, like, mister Tim, actually.

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<v Speaker 3>Looks a little thicker than than than creep.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so he looks good. I think. Let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you something I screwed up last year and thinking my

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<v Speaker 2>guy was going to be the star with a star, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the guy who school. Yeah, Philip, I'm gonna put my money.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna kick.

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<v Speaker 3>Henry okay, and your Vassar. And then there's white Man,

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<v Speaker 3>Jackson Cook, Luke Champion, I'll walk ons right, Toby o' waka,

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<v Speaker 3>he's not a walk on. No, Okay, Wilman a walk on.

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<v Speaker 3>Emmanuel Steven No, he's a he's a freshman. Okay, Siny

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<v Speaker 3>when Joe or something like that. And then Conrad Martinez, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Rudy, the Rudy of the Minute, he's gonna play sometime.

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<v Speaker 3>I bet you he plays it. But yeah, yeah, Tommy's

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<v Speaker 3>been talking him up for a while now.

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<v Speaker 2>So hey, Tony, they're gonna have to expand the bottom because.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm guessing some of those guys are sitting in the

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<v Speaker 3>back row of course. Yeah, and then you still look

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<v Speaker 3>an travel twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the entourage, what about don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Where they gonna put them all?

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<v Speaker 2>They're gonna take score with you hearing.

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<v Speaker 3>Some rumblings about certain things that are going to be

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<v Speaker 3>going on on that side of the floor.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you mean to say that you're hearing anything?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh well, hmm, I just gotta throw that out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you bribe? Okay, I'm just gonna throw This is

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<v Speaker 2>a news organization, you know, but I'm trying.

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<v Speaker 3>To balance being a news guy and being a uh,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, being on somebody who works at these games.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to keep getting me stuff, so I'll get it.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I told you they've asked me to go

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<v Speaker 3>work the Phoenix, the Red and Blue game. I'm very happy.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't screw that up. Yeah, okay, I was gonna

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<v Speaker 2>tell you so you were doing a little double duty today,

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<v Speaker 2>look at you. Yeah, he went to the press cards.

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<v Speaker 3>I went. I did go to the press conference. They

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<v Speaker 3>were all shot surprised to see me.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's the new kid you registered for this class?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I go walking in, Jeff Bugles, where are you being?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, I've been busy.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they were all there. They were like a couple

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<v Speaker 3>of eyebrows raised that I walked in the or but

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<v Speaker 3>then you didn't walk in, so there was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>things are normal as far as that goes. I hadn't

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<v Speaker 3>been there, you know. And we did get some clips

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<v Speaker 3>and maybe we got to get to those because we

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<v Speaker 3>got to we got a loaded show, right, We got

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<v Speaker 3>guests the whole the whole day.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell people who we have and then we'll go to

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<v Speaker 2>your clips.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, Well, Joe Tofoy is going to join us. Guy

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<v Speaker 3>from played in the Lake the late two thousands, towards

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<v Speaker 3>the tail end of the Dick Tomy era, uh played

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<v Speaker 3>in the NFL. Who's the Cardinals the Seahawks? So we

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<v Speaker 3>weren't gonna have Joe and he was, you know, very

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<v Speaker 3>vocal when Jed Fish got hired to see what he

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<v Speaker 3>what he thinks about Brent Brennan. I think Brendan was here, right,

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<v Speaker 3>went too was here? Wasn't bred b Brenton grad? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>So that to Foy was your ninety seventy two thousand.

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<v Speaker 3>So we'll talk to him about the season getting started.

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<v Speaker 3>Same with Jake Fisher. We'll get him today instead of

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<v Speaker 3>tomorrow because we're loaded up with our guests tomorrow and

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<v Speaker 3>then uh, and then we're gonna have Aeron Taurres from

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<v Speaker 3>Fox Sports Radio. He's got the tours, he's got the

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<v Speaker 3>national podcasts, he can speak to things from a national perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>And we'll talk to him in the in the final

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<v Speaker 3>segment of the show.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's still heavy on Arizona stuff. He always has

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<v Speaker 2>his interns do some stuff. So we'll talk to him

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<v Speaker 2>about that. So let's go I want to know what

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<v Speaker 2>the heck you asked?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, let's go that. Let's go that one first. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I just I just asked him. Uh, well, you know

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<v Speaker 3>you'll hear the question, but it's basically, okay, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>do you get nervous and are you is your nervousness

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<v Speaker 3>different you know, in your first game in Arizona versus

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<v Speaker 3>you know, your your time at San Jose State. And

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<v Speaker 3>here's here's what he had to here's his answer to that.

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<v Speaker 4>But just you know, after so many months of grinding,

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't mean to finally gets to the point where you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course the beam mad that you start to get nervous.

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<v Speaker 2>And that.

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<v Speaker 5>Last year exactly say, I think it'll be I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>I think it has to be different. Right, this is

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<v Speaker 5>the first game here, so it's gonna be and and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, I have different connections to the University of

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<v Speaker 5>Arizona that I had to San Jose.

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<v Speaker 2>Both places really special to me. So like that part

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<v Speaker 2>of it's cool.

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<v Speaker 5>But I think there's always a little bit of nervous

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<v Speaker 5>enthusiasm for and and also for the start of the season,

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<v Speaker 5>so like just to get started. There's been so much work,

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<v Speaker 5>so much time put into the last seven months. We

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<v Speaker 5>finally get to play football. And so that part is

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<v Speaker 5>I'm excited.

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<v Speaker 2>About, yeah, you know, standardized, Yeah, yeah, but I kind

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<v Speaker 2>of I was kind of dry to him.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, this is a big deal, sure right, sure,

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<v Speaker 3>And and you know he's gonna he obviously doesn't want

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<v Speaker 3>to bad mouth San Jose State. But this has got

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<v Speaker 3>to be a huge deal for you, right, and and what.

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<v Speaker 2>They ask you, So you're asking the question, what were

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<v Speaker 2>you hoping for?

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<v Speaker 3>I was hoping for him to say, yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm here, I'm in Arizona. I'm excited with you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I mean, I'm in the Power five, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>in Power for School. Uh, you know, we're playing for

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<v Speaker 3>big stuff. We've got an incredible team. Yeah, I'm nervous.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, he didn't want to say. Yeah, Sam

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<v Speaker 3>State kind of become old hat for him.

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<v Speaker 2>So but he's he's he might be a low.

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<v Speaker 3>Key not even Keel, not low key even Keel.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah it's not coach speak, but even Keel is a good.

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<v Speaker 3>He He he got asked about the camaraderie of this team, right,

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<v Speaker 3>because you don't have to talk. You and I have

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<v Speaker 3>talk a million, But the locker room's got to be

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<v Speaker 3>a bad locker room. You have a better chance of

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<v Speaker 3>having a bad tea. Here's what he had to say

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<v Speaker 3>talking about the togetherness of this team.

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<v Speaker 4>Dino Vaders talked about how the chemistry and the camaraderie

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<v Speaker 4>is probably the best that he's seen out of all

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<v Speaker 4>the teams that he's coached. From your perspective, what can

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<v Speaker 4>say about the guys.

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<v Speaker 5>I would agree it's fantastic, And I think it's led

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<v Speaker 5>by those leadership group, you know, those guys that.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you know, some of those guys were here for or.

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<v Speaker 5>Like the long haul, so that you know that kind

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<v Speaker 5>of that was forged through the fire, so to speak

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<v Speaker 5>of like not having success and struggling and working together

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<v Speaker 5>and keep pushing and.

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<v Speaker 2>Then having the success they had last year.

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<v Speaker 5>And then I also think it has a lot to

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<v Speaker 5>or our highest profile players are also like kind of

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<v Speaker 5>about Fafita or Gunn or Stukes or you know Jacomanu

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<v Speaker 5>or Team Ac, you know, like that's you know, Baker,

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<v Speaker 2>Do you believe, maybe both of you, Do you believe

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<v Speaker 2>that teams take on the personality.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the coach often they do?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay, great, good, thank you. What type of personality

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<v Speaker 2>do you think they're going to have given what you

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<v Speaker 2>know or what we know about Brendan.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I think I think it's going to be well.

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<v Speaker 3>First of all, we don't know how things are behind

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<v Speaker 3>the scenes, right, Is he more fiery than he hears

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<v Speaker 3>like in a press conference or whatever. But then when

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<v Speaker 3>you also think of the assistant coaches that he have,

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<v Speaker 3>as like Duyne a Quina, right, I feel like the

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<v Speaker 3>defense will really take on doing a keenness personality and right,

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<v Speaker 3>and he wants that. It's different because I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>in in comparison to Jed Fish, Brennan is more of

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<v Speaker 3>a you know, kind of on the side kind of guy.

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<v Speaker 3>He's letting in his coaches, coach. You know, Deno baber

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<v Speaker 3>is going to call the plays. You know that Deno

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<v Speaker 3>Babers is leading the offense, whereas you know Jed Fish

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<v Speaker 3>was in the middle of it. So in some case

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<v Speaker 3>that's why I said, in some cases they do. I

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<v Speaker 3>think I think maybe a thing that we might see

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<v Speaker 3>is that this he might have a calmness about it

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<v Speaker 3>even when things are you know, crazy, right, or they

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<v Speaker 3>might not get too high and they might not get

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<v Speaker 3>too low, because that's what Brennan seems to do. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you know, when you talked about a team

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<v Speaker 3>taking on the personality of their coach. I think I

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<v Speaker 3>think of the Walt Hazzard U c l A basketball

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<v Speaker 3>teams that Walt Hazard was a big giant piece of

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<v Speaker 2>Says what Arizona fans. You know, they they were you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they they took on that personality, you know, Reggie Miller

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<v Speaker 2>and and that group they were just they were just

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of big giant turns and because Walt was Yeah, and.

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<v Speaker 3>So so that that's an extreme example. But you think

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<v Speaker 3>about think about Dick's teams, right, they were you know,

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<v Speaker 3>blue collar guys, hard workers, over achieving, you know, right,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, so it depends but not just depends, right,

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<v Speaker 3>it depends how forceful or strong a personality a coach.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's Having covered Loot for twenty years, I totally

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<v Speaker 2>agree that they do take on the personality Arizona was Loot. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they prepared, they played, they prepared, they played.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes they didn't, they didn't. They were too A loof

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes maybe they were a little more calm than they

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<v Speaker 3>should have been maybe had some more urgency.

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<v Speaker 2>They needed more urgency. Well I saw that a few times.

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<v Speaker 2>Was it in March?

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe, Steve, you're so mean?

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<v Speaker 2>No, okay, maybe mean, but.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm glad. I'm glad this room doesn't take on your personality.

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<v Speaker 3>What are you talking about? The place is a disaster.

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<v Speaker 3>We got to get out of here.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, cool. So who's our first guy.

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<v Speaker 3>We're gonna have. You don't want one of the top

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<v Speaker 3>defensive players to show very insightful the guy we haven't

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<v Speaker 3>talked to him since they got Brandon, right because he

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<v Speaker 3>was a big jed guy about he was in the meetings.

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<v Speaker 3>Well he was, he was. He was initially uncertain about

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<v Speaker 3>Jed like everybody else was, but he bought in to

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<v Speaker 3>him and so I don't know, I think that might

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<v Speaker 3>have been the last time we talked to him. So, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we'll see his thoughts on Brent Brannan and his thoughts

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<v Speaker 3>on what do you expect from this team coming out?

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<v Speaker 3>All right?

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, welcome back to Eye the Ball here on Fox

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<v Speaker 2>Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve rivera Hez Chicken Sauce. Now

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<v Speaker 2>on the phone, we have Joe Dafoya, formerly a former

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<v Speaker 2>u A football player from nineteen eighty seven to two thousand.

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<v Speaker 7>Joe, how are you, hey, guys doing well?

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<v Speaker 2>We don't do it fine? Thank you? You up in Seattle?

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, i am.

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<v Speaker 2>How are things up in the specific Northwest? Have you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure you've run into Jet at the old mall there. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>We hang out at the same places.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, we'll do that later.

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<v Speaker 7>I like to go out and I like to steal

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<v Speaker 7>his friends and think his drinks the same way.

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<v Speaker 2>Came over and did us. Yeah, you're not bitter, that's cool. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>So so tell us excited about the year coming up?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I mean there are a lot of things to

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<v Speaker 7>be excited about, aren't there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>Friends, new coach, new look, new kids on the team.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm not really sure what to think about this whole

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<v Speaker 7>nil thing, but yeah, if that truly fact, there's not

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<v Speaker 7>a lot of a lot of things to be excited about,

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<v Speaker 7>you guys.

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<v Speaker 3>When you well, when you saw how how how uh

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<v Speaker 3>they were able to keep the team together whether it

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<v Speaker 3>was how much of it was Brennan's doing or how

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<v Speaker 3>much of it was the players, you know, deciding to

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<v Speaker 3>was worried, Okay, Jed's gone, everybody's going to follow him

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<v Speaker 3>or whatever, and that didn't happen. What does that tell

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<v Speaker 7>That goes, What that shows me is that there's a

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<v Speaker 2>So let me ask you. I asked Jay this earlier.

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<v Speaker 2>Do teams take on the personality of coaches? If so,

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<v Speaker 2>what type of team will this be if they do

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<v Speaker 2>take the personality of Brennan? Well, and maybe here's another question,

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<v Speaker 2>So did your teams take on the personality of Dick Tomy.

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<v Speaker 7>influence and as a huge, huge influence on you as

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<v Speaker 7>a human being and as a football player, and you

422
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<v Speaker 7>really start to adopt a lot of his ideologies and

423
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<v Speaker 7>his methods and the way that he you know, he

424
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<v Speaker 7>was he spoke with language he would use and eventually

425
00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:43.440
<v Speaker 7>that would turn into play on the football field, you know,

426
00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:47.160
<v Speaker 7>like hard work, ticking together, you really start to trust

427
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<v Speaker 7>in each other. When I got into the NFL, guys

428
00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:55.559
<v Speaker 7>like Mike Homgrin, we didn't spend that much time around

429
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<v Speaker 7>him as a human you know, you spend a little

430
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<v Speaker 7>bit of time on the field and some time and meetings.

431
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<v Speaker 7>So I have to imagine that over there in Tucson

432
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<v Speaker 7>with with coach Brennan. I think he's really trying to

433
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<v Speaker 7>build the culture right now and really trying to go

434
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<v Speaker 7>backwards and adopt some of those same ideologies, you know,

435
00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:21.519
<v Speaker 7>with some of the old coaching staff. And you know,

436
00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:23.839
<v Speaker 7>I love seeing all the pictures on the wall. Makes

437
00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:26.279
<v Speaker 7>me feel really old when I go there and see

438
00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:31.599
<v Speaker 7>legendary players and legendary moments and they were like back

439
00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:38.039
<v Speaker 7>in time, back in the nineteen hundreds. But bringing that

440
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<v Speaker 7>forward into this day and age, I think it can

441
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<v Speaker 7>be a special time right now for Tucson, And it

442
00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:47.279
<v Speaker 7>could be a special time for you know, Coach Brennan

443
00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:52.039
<v Speaker 7>and his team if they can stay together and play

444
00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:54.759
<v Speaker 7>the way that that he's trying to get them to play.

445
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<v Speaker 3>But let me ask you when when when when you're look,

446
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<v Speaker 3>and we were coming about the fact that Brent Brennan

447
00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:03.200
<v Speaker 3>seems to be kind of a I don't want to

448
00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:05.920
<v Speaker 3>say low key, but sort of an even keeled kind

449
00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:08.759
<v Speaker 3>of guy. Right, He doesn't seem to get you know,

450
00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:10.680
<v Speaker 3>super fired up and not at the same time, he

451
00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:13.880
<v Speaker 3>doesn't get you know, really low Does a coach have

452
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<v Speaker 3>to have sort of a be on one end or

453
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<v Speaker 3>the other for teams to you know, as you say,

454
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<v Speaker 3>get their personality or can it be somebody who's kind

455
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<v Speaker 3>of always calm and that kind of stuff? You know?

456
00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:29.480
<v Speaker 3>I mean because that like, look, we all we all

457
00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:32.480
<v Speaker 3>love Dick Tomy, but we saw him get fired up,

458
00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:35.839
<v Speaker 3>you know, more than a time or two. So, you know,

459
00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.079
<v Speaker 3>does a coach have to have sort of a very

460
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<v Speaker 3>outgoing persona like that for for for players to get

461
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<v Speaker 3>behind them.

462
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<v Speaker 7>Not for them to get behind them, but if you're

463
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<v Speaker 7>looking for a team to be fiery and for them

464
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<v Speaker 7>to adopt the personality of their head coach, I would

465
00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:59.079
<v Speaker 7>say that Brennan is a guy who is going to

466
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<v Speaker 7>keep things together. He's going to appear calm. He's going

467
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<v Speaker 7>to But I don't know if you guys know him

468
00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:08.920
<v Speaker 7>the way that some other guys we don't don't. Don't

469
00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.720
<v Speaker 7>you know, he may not necessarily be the guy that

470
00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:14.359
<v Speaker 7>you think he is. You haven't seen him behind close

471
00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:17.400
<v Speaker 7>doors and you haven't seen him, you know, get really

472
00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:21.319
<v Speaker 7>spired up and get angry throw remote controls. There's a

473
00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:25.839
<v Speaker 7>tendency to do that in all competitive people, and I

474
00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.960
<v Speaker 7>don't think we've seen it come out yet. You know,

475
00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:31.119
<v Speaker 7>there were coaches in the past that all of a

476
00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:33.960
<v Speaker 7>sudden you saw them change in the middle of the

477
00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:36.839
<v Speaker 7>middle of the game, middle of the season. I don't

478
00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:39.440
<v Speaker 7>think we've seen that out of him yet. But to

479
00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:43.599
<v Speaker 7>answer your question, I think that truly where the personality

480
00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:46.640
<v Speaker 7>of the team comes from is that nucleus, sort of

481
00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:50.960
<v Speaker 7>the core of players who have been there, not necessarily

482
00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:53.559
<v Speaker 7>the longest, but the ones that are working the hardest

483
00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.079
<v Speaker 7>and the ones that are the most respected on the team,

484
00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:58.720
<v Speaker 7>the ones that show up the practice every single day

485
00:24:58.839 --> 00:25:03.880
<v Speaker 7>hurt or not, the ones that are providing leadership roles

486
00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:08.000
<v Speaker 7>inside of the team. That's where the personality comes from.

487
00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:11.240
<v Speaker 7>And then the coach has an opportunity to influence just

488
00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:15.279
<v Speaker 7>a handful of guys. You know, so Joe usually works.

489
00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:17.640
<v Speaker 2>So, Joe, you were here at one of the best

490
00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:20.480
<v Speaker 2>times in school history for football, right, you do really

491
00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.759
<v Speaker 2>well at ninety eight. I think you're probably going into

492
00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:26.440
<v Speaker 2>your junior year in ninety nine something like that. So

493
00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:28.559
<v Speaker 2>we talk about this all the time. You know, they

494
00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:30.400
<v Speaker 2>have really good success and all of a sudden something

495
00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:32.960
<v Speaker 2>happens and the next year they don't. So what would

496
00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:36.920
<v Speaker 2>you suggest to this team to guard against this year

497
00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.319
<v Speaker 2>after last year's very good year.

498
00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:45.799
<v Speaker 7>Well, I think one of the problems is getting distracted

499
00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:49.599
<v Speaker 7>in the offseason looking at those numbers, buying into what

500
00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:52.759
<v Speaker 7>people are talking about, you know, buying into the fluff, fine,

501
00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:55.480
<v Speaker 7>into everybody's slapping you on the back saying you guys

502
00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:57.920
<v Speaker 7>are looking good. I don't think that's going to happen

503
00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:02.119
<v Speaker 7>this year. There's a couple of reasons. A. We're in

504
00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:05.000
<v Speaker 7>a brand new conference and there's a lot of unknowns,

505
00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:08.200
<v Speaker 7>things that you don't expect. You don't know what teams

506
00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:11.079
<v Speaker 7>are playing, you don't know them, you're not familiar with them.

507
00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:14.960
<v Speaker 7>I mean, b you've got a new head coach and

508
00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:21.039
<v Speaker 7>a new mentality, and I just feel like this is

509
00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:25.039
<v Speaker 7>going to be a unique situation for the Wildcats because

510
00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:28.640
<v Speaker 7>back then we were slapping ourselves on the back. Everybody

511
00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:32.720
<v Speaker 7>was congratulating us. I remember going into the Penn State game,

512
00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:37.400
<v Speaker 7>We're ranked number four in the nation, and we would

513
00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:42.880
<v Speaker 7>have terrible practices, terrible where I could see coaches getting upset,

514
00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:45.599
<v Speaker 7>but nobody really wants to say anything. And then we

515
00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.960
<v Speaker 7>brought that out onto the field and just got murdered.

516
00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:52.480
<v Speaker 7>I don't see that happening. There's a Yuleman type attitude

517
00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.640
<v Speaker 7>on this team right now that if they can continue

518
00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:59.160
<v Speaker 7>to work this hard. I was just talking to Bobby

519
00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:02.440
<v Speaker 7>Wade the other day. These guys are hungry, they want

520
00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:07.000
<v Speaker 7>to play, and they're ready to do They're ready to

521
00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:09.920
<v Speaker 7>go out and play football against someone other than themselves.

522
00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:13.279
<v Speaker 7>And I know that said a lot, but I mean,

523
00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:17.759
<v Speaker 7>these first two games against New Mexico and who were

524
00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:22.920
<v Speaker 7>playing Northern Arizona, those to me, they look like preseason

525
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.279
<v Speaker 7>games warm up. You know, you want to you want

526
00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:27.119
<v Speaker 7>to get a lot of your guys extra reps in there.

527
00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:31.079
<v Speaker 7>But we're we're not really going to see who this

528
00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:35.400
<v Speaker 7>team is until we face Utah. And I think, you know,

529
00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:41.079
<v Speaker 7>if I'm reading the scene correctly right now, I think

530
00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:45.319
<v Speaker 7>that we're going to be super competitive this year. Rare

531
00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:47.400
<v Speaker 7>to have that happen when a new coach comes in

532
00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:50.039
<v Speaker 7>with the new staff, but I just really feel like

533
00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.759
<v Speaker 7>this team will be competitive.

534
00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:55.640
<v Speaker 3>Tell us a little bit about your you know, the

535
00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:58.640
<v Speaker 3>start of the season and maybe your freshman year, did

536
00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:00.680
<v Speaker 3>did you did you have did you shirt a year

537
00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.519
<v Speaker 3>or did you play? I didn't think you're okay. So

538
00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.920
<v Speaker 3>the first year that you thought you were going to

539
00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:08.200
<v Speaker 3>play and you're going into the first you know, practice

540
00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:10.839
<v Speaker 3>week that week, you know games coming up, you might

541
00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:13.079
<v Speaker 3>get you know, you might see some action. What's going

542
00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:14.839
<v Speaker 3>through your head as a you know, as a brand

543
00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:19.559
<v Speaker 3>new player in the program.

544
00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:22.440
<v Speaker 7>There's a lot of excitement but also a lot of nerves.

545
00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:25.759
<v Speaker 7>And when I look back on those days, I mean,

546
00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:30.119
<v Speaker 7>that was a long time ago. Now, guys, right, I played.

547
00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:34.559
<v Speaker 7>I played on that team back in nineteen ninety seven.

548
00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:39.319
<v Speaker 7>I think about just how young I was and how

549
00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:45.079
<v Speaker 7>inexperienced I was, and you can't there's there's no way

550
00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:50.480
<v Speaker 7>to make up for those game scenarios and the game experience.

551
00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:53.480
<v Speaker 7>So you got to You got some young guys who

552
00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:58.319
<v Speaker 7>have shown traumise in high school and maybe are looking

553
00:28:58.319 --> 00:29:00.960
<v Speaker 7>good in the red shirt season. You're gonna put them

554
00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:04.680
<v Speaker 7>on the field for the first time. They're gonna make mistakes.

555
00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:08.599
<v Speaker 7>I just remember making a ton of mistakes my first year.

556
00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:13.359
<v Speaker 7>We had a guy named coach Rich Ellerson who told

557
00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:15.039
<v Speaker 7>me that if this was the NFL, he would have

558
00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:19.079
<v Speaker 7>cut me. They're going to make a lot of mistakes.

559
00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:24.960
<v Speaker 7>I'm excited because a lot of times, especially in the

560
00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:30.039
<v Speaker 7>early games and in college, you can make up a

561
00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:36.839
<v Speaker 7>lot with athleticism, but there's really no substitute for experience.

562
00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:39.319
<v Speaker 7>And so that's why I was saying, maybe it's a

563
00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:41.920
<v Speaker 7>good idea to get some of these younger guys reps

564
00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:45.319
<v Speaker 7>early on. In these first two games the long season,

565
00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.440
<v Speaker 7>a lot of injuries happened.

566
00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:48.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, get.

567
00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:50.759
<v Speaker 7>Them some reps, get that experience under their belt. And

568
00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:57.119
<v Speaker 7>really try and build momentum moving towards that first conference game.

569
00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:59.079
<v Speaker 2>You know, let me kind of talk about of the

570
00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:03.119
<v Speaker 2>subject a little. So Joe Tafoya comes to Arizona twenty

571
00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:07.200
<v Speaker 2>twenty three, twenty two to twenty three, it struggles, like

572
00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.839
<v Speaker 2>you said, in the first first year and probably has

573
00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:13.000
<v Speaker 2>you know, he's told that he's not any good or

574
00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:14.599
<v Speaker 2>he's not gonna he would have been cut or whatever.

575
00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:19.039
<v Speaker 2>Would you would Joe Tafoya transfer Now, given the transfer

576
00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:23.240
<v Speaker 2>situation these days, I think.

577
00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:27.160
<v Speaker 7>A lot of that has to do with the influence

578
00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:31.680
<v Speaker 7>that's around you, your parents, specifically, if your parents are

579
00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:39.839
<v Speaker 7>inexperienced and you're surrounded by other influential people cousins, coaches,

580
00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:45.279
<v Speaker 7>maybe some outside people like an agent type guy, or

581
00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:48.599
<v Speaker 7>you know, they can easily influence you to go one

582
00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:52.319
<v Speaker 7>way or the other. Joe Tafoya back in nineteen ninety

583
00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:55.319
<v Speaker 7>six when I graduated high school, I'm the type of

584
00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:57.240
<v Speaker 7>guy that I leave the dance with the same girl

585
00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:59.359
<v Speaker 7>that I go to the dance. I ain't going nowhere.

586
00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.000
<v Speaker 7>You got to start somewhere right right, in my opinion,

587
00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:07.359
<v Speaker 7>if you don't show who you are in the program

588
00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:13.160
<v Speaker 7>early on and really like showcase your talent in the

589
00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:15.599
<v Speaker 7>weight rooms, in the practice field, then you shouldn't get

590
00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:18.480
<v Speaker 7>an opportunity to play. And the guys that want to

591
00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:22.839
<v Speaker 7>switch over and go play for other teams. I don't know. Hey,

592
00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:25.680
<v Speaker 7>I'm old school, so I don't I don't like that.

593
00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:28.480
<v Speaker 7>I like the idea of, you know, sticking with it

594
00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:32.599
<v Speaker 7>and fighting for your shot. Yeah, there's gonna be a

595
00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:34.720
<v Speaker 7>guy that you Yeah, you're always going to be a pupetition.

596
00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:38.079
<v Speaker 2>But it's like that everywhere, right, No, I think that's Joe.

597
00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:41.160
<v Speaker 2>We don't usually have pragmatic people on our phone. Thank you,

598
00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:44.200
<v Speaker 2>thank you, because today that's not the way it is.

599
00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh someone beat me out. I'm going to go to

600
00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:47.920
<v Speaker 2>another place. And what's for them to think that they're

601
00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.279
<v Speaker 2>going to have it easier somewhere else?

602
00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:53.160
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I mean the devil you know, o versus the

603
00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:56.000
<v Speaker 7>one you don't. The grass is greener on the other side.

604
00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:58.400
<v Speaker 7>It always looks better when you're looking at it through

605
00:31:58.440 --> 00:32:03.160
<v Speaker 7>that lens. They're on this team for a reason. Somebody

606
00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:07.839
<v Speaker 7>wanted them there, right, you got recruited or you know,

607
00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:10.559
<v Speaker 7>they have a whole scouting department. Somebody looked at you

608
00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:13.279
<v Speaker 7>and they said, hey, I want this guy. When you

609
00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:15.440
<v Speaker 7>go and you put yourself on the wire and you're

610
00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:18.799
<v Speaker 7>going out to a new situation, there's just so many

611
00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:22.160
<v Speaker 7>unknowns and there's not as many people in your corner

612
00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:26.279
<v Speaker 7>as there are when you have been recruited by a team. Yes,

613
00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:30.640
<v Speaker 7>I think about free agency in the NFL. Guys that

614
00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:33.720
<v Speaker 7>are unrestricted free agents, they get picked up by a team,

615
00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.720
<v Speaker 7>They were scouted by that team, somebody wanted them on

616
00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:39.720
<v Speaker 7>that team. Just because they didn't have a spot to

617
00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:43.359
<v Speaker 7>pick them and they didn't have, you know, enough draft

618
00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.440
<v Speaker 7>picks to get them, doesn't mean that they weren't wanted.

619
00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.839
<v Speaker 7>If you take your chance and you go somewhere else,

620
00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:53.599
<v Speaker 7>you know, through the portal or wherever, then you're taking

621
00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:56.480
<v Speaker 7>a chance that you know they're you're not going to

622
00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:59.519
<v Speaker 7>have as much support. So bid in the dead horse here.

623
00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:02.559
<v Speaker 7>But I really in this day and age, you find

624
00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:06.200
<v Speaker 7>the kid that commits and sticks with it. Yeah, for

625
00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:08.200
<v Speaker 7>all four years, it's rare now.

626
00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:12.119
<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, So let me ask you. Let me go

627
00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:14.119
<v Speaker 2>back again in the back of the day. So did

628
00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:18.039
<v Speaker 2>how long was your NFL career? Eight years? Eight years?

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<v Speaker 2>So did Joe Tafoya get every last moment of the

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<v Speaker 2>NFL career he should have had, could have had. And

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<v Speaker 2>I asked that because you always probably want more. But

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day, you got what you got.

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<v Speaker 2>Could there have been more.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't think anyone ever just walks away from the NFL.

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<v Speaker 7>I think it's very, very rare. I mean you, even

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<v Speaker 7>way back when Joe Montana was playing, one of the

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<v Speaker 7>greatest quarterbacks of all time, he still wanted to play,

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<v Speaker 7>and he got released and got picked up by Kansas City,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, and then you know, Tom Brady still wants

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<v Speaker 7>to play. Guess what, you can't be a Patriot forever.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't think there's a guy out there who would

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<v Speaker 7>say that he got everything that he wanted out of

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<v Speaker 7>the NFL, even the very best of the best. So no,

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<v Speaker 7>I didn't. The difference is when you get injured while

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<v Speaker 7>you're playing football, the decisions made for you. So that's

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<v Speaker 7>what happened. I got injured. I broke my foot towards

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<v Speaker 7>some ligaments, and I came out of surgery and the

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<v Speaker 7>doctor said, that's it.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all you got.

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<v Speaker 7>When that doesn't happen, and you have the option to

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<v Speaker 7>keep playing, and you keep trying, and you keep trying

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<v Speaker 7>out and trying out and trying out that leaves you

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<v Speaker 7>with a really bitter taste in your mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, makes sense?

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<v Speaker 3>So you know you mentioned these two games are like

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<v Speaker 3>these first two games. You know, Arizona should win their

657
00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:44.920
<v Speaker 3>favored they're ranked all that kind of stuff. But how

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<v Speaker 3>do you keep your focus in that? Right? Because New

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<v Speaker 3>Mexico is New Mexico. I mean, you should beat them,

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<v Speaker 3>but there's still a Division I program.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you style points? Yeah, how do you.

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<v Speaker 3>Keep everything straight so that you don't go into that

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<v Speaker 3>game and have something bad happen to you?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, that's coaching there. So coaches have to get the

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<v Speaker 7>team prepared. They have to have a good game plan

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<v Speaker 7>for multiple scenarios scenario. As you know, we execute, We're

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<v Speaker 7>fundamentally sound. We look good. I've got everything that I

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<v Speaker 7>need to see on film. Now I can start switching

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<v Speaker 7>guys out. Yes, we're starting to make mistakes. You know,

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<v Speaker 7>you have to make adjustments on the fly. And I

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<v Speaker 7>think the biggest thing that really factors into those early

672
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<v Speaker 7>games making mistakes is just the preparation that goes into

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<v Speaker 7>it in the off season. You know, you practice so

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<v Speaker 7>hard and you train so hard all year long, all

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<v Speaker 7>off season, to get to this first game. There's no

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<v Speaker 7>need to overdo it. You go to the fundamentals. You know.

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<v Speaker 7>If we're a running team, we run the ball. If

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<v Speaker 7>we're a passing team, you know, we find a way

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<v Speaker 7>to block for that quarterback. If we're a blitzing team,

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<v Speaker 7>we bring the package. Do what you do best and

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<v Speaker 7>then let the chips fall where they may. If you're

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<v Speaker 7>if your tendency is to be one of the scheme

683
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<v Speaker 7>guys and make all the kinds of you know different

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<v Speaker 7>you know, running sleep flickers and all that. That that

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<v Speaker 7>to me, I don't like that, But do that, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>whatever you do the best, right, do that?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, thank you Joe. Always good to talk to him.

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<v Speaker 2>Appreciate you, good luck, enjoy the game on Saturday, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>be well, okay, so see I never asked him about

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<v Speaker 2>the sales stuff, so it's just fine. But we'll come

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<v Speaker 2>back on those good stuff. He's very thoughtful, right.

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<v Speaker 3>He really is. You know, he's a guy who clearly,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, really smart dude who you know, one had

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<v Speaker 3>a career, enjoyed the career. Feels like you got the

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<v Speaker 3>most out of it, but like everybody else you know,

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<v Speaker 3>would have liked to have gotten more done more.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I agree with him. Who doesn't want more, especially

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<v Speaker 2>when you're getting paid.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly to do it exactly. All right, we're gonna take

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<v Speaker 3>a break. We'll be back and give us a call

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<v Speaker 3>if you want zero er one six seventy four to forty.

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<v Speaker 1>This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Gonzalez Son Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Subscribe now to

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<v Speaker 1>the Ball.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, welcome back to Eying the Ball here Fox Sports

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera. He's jagins awas you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>die riding with us. We got fifteen minutes. If you

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<v Speaker 2>want to call five two zero four one six seven

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<v Speaker 2>four four zero, I'd like to hear from you. Good

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<v Speaker 2>talk to Joe.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know I liked I like talking to these

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<v Speaker 3>guys because you know, right they got to play and

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<v Speaker 3>we didn't. So I like having some I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>trying to get some understanding of you know, what these

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<v Speaker 3>guys go through. I know we talked to Jake about

747
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<v Speaker 3>that stuff all the time. Jake Fisher, you know what

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<v Speaker 3>was it like? Right? Because we didn't get to experience that,

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<v Speaker 3>And that's why I wanted to say, what was it

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<v Speaker 3>like for you going into this first week? You know,

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<v Speaker 3>your first game, you're going to play college football, You've

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<v Speaker 3>been dreaming of playing college football for years and now

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<v Speaker 3>you're here. How nerve wracking is it? Does that take

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<v Speaker 3>over you know? All those things? Right?

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<v Speaker 7>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought you're gonna ask me the question that you

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<v Speaker 2>asked Brennan today. Do you get did you get nervous?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>You talk about that a lot. We've talked about in

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<v Speaker 2>the past, like and I say they don't, then I'll

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<v Speaker 2>use this as an example. At some point, they don't

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<v Speaker 2>for you. When you first got came on the show

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<v Speaker 2>with me, you were nervous, nervous as hell, But eventually

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<v Speaker 2>that wears off anymore. After time, it couldn't take it.

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<v Speaker 3>Nervous if you're going to show up, where you're going

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<v Speaker 3>to show up or not.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't ask question. But you know what I'm saying, I

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<v Speaker 2>do over time, over time.

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<v Speaker 3>It becomes right. It's what you do, right, like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's something you're you know. Let's say you start as

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<v Speaker 3>a freshman. Yeah, play twelve games as a freshman. Your

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<v Speaker 3>first game the next year, you're gonna be nervous because

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<v Speaker 3>it's the first first game. But once you start playing,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, now it's part of your routine.

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<v Speaker 2>It goes away.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't get nervous about that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Anymore, right, right. I think we talked to Glenn Parker

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<v Speaker 2>maybe John Pinau the Super Bowl, right because they were

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<v Speaker 2>in it a few times. Do you get nervous? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but it goes away to the first play, right, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you get hit, you hit somebody in right, and everybody

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<v Speaker 2>says that, yeah, you know you're moving. At some point

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<v Speaker 2>it just becomes another game, which I find hard to believe.

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<v Speaker 2>But okay, yeah that's what they want to say. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's like this, you know, you come here and

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<v Speaker 2>you do this. Oh really yeah, it's not easy whatever. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because people do ask me, you know, do you get

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<v Speaker 2>nervous at the show?

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<v Speaker 3>They said, not anymore?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, not anymore, not anymore because it's it's numbrain surgery.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not brain. It's far from brand. It's like far

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<v Speaker 3>from but we do it.

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<v Speaker 2>We couldn't do it otherwise, can't chase dogs? Why did

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<v Speaker 2>not do this?

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<v Speaker 3>But h no, so yeah, so sure, and and it

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<v Speaker 3>was kind of like Brandon's answer was, yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you know you always get some nervousness, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you know you've been doing this and so you just

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<v Speaker 3>you just do it and and it's it's part of

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<v Speaker 3>the gig.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I do think they'll okay, they have New Mexico

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<v Speaker 2>coming in uh and I'm you know, play psychologists on

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<v Speaker 2>the show. If it was not in New Mexico and

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<v Speaker 2>it was opening with Kansas States, Kansas State, you're thinking, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>now we've got to show up, right. And it's maybe

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<v Speaker 2>not even a nervousness, it's an anxiousness or whatever the word.

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<v Speaker 3>Is, because because you really hope that on Saturday that

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<v Speaker 3>they're confident they walk in there like we're here to

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<v Speaker 3>kick your ass, but they don't take it so for granted,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, throwing the proverbial uniforms on the field and

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<v Speaker 3>expecting to win. You know that, And and and that's

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<v Speaker 3>you know that that camaraderie answer that that we got

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<v Speaker 3>from from bread and about this team that he's got

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<v Speaker 3>guys on the team weren't gonna let that happen.

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<v Speaker 2>But by the way, do we have more?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we have a couple more.

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<v Speaker 2>Well we go there.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, let's uh I do following up on that

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<v Speaker 3>that uh one comment though, you know, he was asked

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<v Speaker 3>who are the captains? They haven't and now that gets

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<v Speaker 3>it going to do some big thing on social media

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<v Speaker 3>or whatever. So he didn't tell them who the captains are,

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<v Speaker 3>but they're there, the captains or captains for the season.

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<v Speaker 3>And then he did say that you know, the players vote.

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<v Speaker 3>He said it was a landslide. He said, you're not

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<v Speaker 3>You're not gonna be surprised, right, So that was interesting. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>let's talk about you know, first question out of the

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<v Speaker 3>box was okay, this first game you guys are about

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<v Speaker 3>ready to play. Tell us about you know, just you know,

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<v Speaker 3>what are your thoughts you know today as to where

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<v Speaker 3>your team is. Justin Spears asked that question.

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<v Speaker 4>But just you know, after so many months of grinding,

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<v Speaker 4>what does the inga finally get to the point where

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<v Speaker 4>you're one day off of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just exciting.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm so fired up for these players and for this

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<v Speaker 5>team and our fans, and it's just to to get

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<v Speaker 5>the game day. It's obviously been a lot the last

839
00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:06.039
<v Speaker 5>seven months, you know, in kind of the lives of

840
00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:06.920
<v Speaker 5>Arizona football.

841
00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:09.559
<v Speaker 2>So and we're just excited to play.

842
00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:12.840
<v Speaker 5>It's a lot of fun, great energy of practice this week,

843
00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:14.960
<v Speaker 5>So we're looking forward to it.

844
00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:18.480
<v Speaker 2>He said, seven much. It kind of flew by really fast.

845
00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.239
<v Speaker 3>No it didn't.

846
00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:22.920
<v Speaker 2>It dragged, No, because you were waiting. Yeah, maybe I

847
00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:25.840
<v Speaker 2>remember just two days ago we kind of we introduced himself.

848
00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:29.360
<v Speaker 2>He introduced him. A month or so later, it was

849
00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:31.280
<v Speaker 2>no longer. He key, Maybe I'm looking.

850
00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:35.199
<v Speaker 3>Maybe I'm just you know, after the fact, thinking that

851
00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:37.599
<v Speaker 3>was that seemed like a really long summer.

852
00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:40.559
<v Speaker 2>Yeah really not to you, No, not at all, very fast,

853
00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:43.679
<v Speaker 2>very fast. It seems to me, well because of what

854
00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.559
<v Speaker 2>because of.

855
00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:48.119
<v Speaker 3>Because it was hot and it was maybe part of it,

856
00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:51.239
<v Speaker 3>Steve is because of the anticipation of this. So, like

857
00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:53.880
<v Speaker 3>I told you, it was like Christmas Day is coming up,

858
00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:56.679
<v Speaker 3>right and we're going to open our presence. But you

859
00:43:56.679 --> 00:44:00.159
<v Speaker 3>know it's three days away and it's still like months away.

860
00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:02.719
<v Speaker 3>It's just been it's just been taking so long. I

861
00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:04.639
<v Speaker 3>want to get to the season and see what it's

862
00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.159
<v Speaker 3>gonna look like.

863
00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:06.840
<v Speaker 2>Can you exchange this if you don't like it? If

864
00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.400
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't fit?

865
00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:10.320
<v Speaker 3>No, I know, damn well, better fit, better fit.

866
00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:12.719
<v Speaker 2>I hope that shirt that you get tomorrow, that or

867
00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:14.760
<v Speaker 2>whatever you get fits Yeah.

868
00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:18.960
<v Speaker 3>Uh what One of the one of the storylines is

869
00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:24.400
<v Speaker 3>Cory krossky Merritt running back running back at New Mexico, Uh,

870
00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:28.400
<v Speaker 3>playing his former team tomorrow or Saturday.

871
00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:30.840
<v Speaker 2>Say you still wish?

872
00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:32.760
<v Speaker 3>Brandon was asked, you know what do you do as

873
00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:35.760
<v Speaker 3>far as in dealing with a player who's going through

874
00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:39.559
<v Speaker 3>that kind of situation. Here's what there's a Brandon had

875
00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:43.239
<v Speaker 3>to say in that. Is there any special conversation you

876
00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:45.039
<v Speaker 3>or though out with Cory?

877
00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:47.559
<v Speaker 2>Just thought the emotions of the Segon that could come out.

878
00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:49.760
<v Speaker 5>You know what, I've a I've had a couple of

879
00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:52.920
<v Speaker 5>players that I've coached that were kind of went through

880
00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:56.599
<v Speaker 5>the same situation, and I think the biggest thing for

881
00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:59.280
<v Speaker 5>them is just, you know, don't let it be about you.

882
00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:01.880
<v Speaker 5>Let it be a out this team and because that's

883
00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:03.000
<v Speaker 5>really what it's about anyway.

884
00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:03.599
<v Speaker 2>Right.

885
00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:06.440
<v Speaker 5>So I think Core is in a good headspace and

886
00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:08.079
<v Speaker 5>he's excited to play well.

887
00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:09.880
<v Speaker 2>I think that's perfect. And I'll give you the example

888
00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:15.079
<v Speaker 2>of of the quarterback before Noah. I'm just when he

889
00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:17.639
<v Speaker 2>played at Washington State. Yeah, and he kind of almost

890
00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:20.400
<v Speaker 2>did make it about himself. And maybe I'm overthinking this too,

891
00:45:20.639 --> 00:45:23.119
<v Speaker 2>but he got he got he had twenty interceptions or

892
00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:26.639
<v Speaker 2>whatever that it was like, you know me, he felt

893
00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:27.840
<v Speaker 2>like it was me against.

894
00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:31.480
<v Speaker 3>You and and that's the worst thing you can do, right, right,

895
00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:34.119
<v Speaker 3>And that's what and that's what Brendan said.

896
00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:34.840
<v Speaker 2>I think that's great.

897
00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:36.320
<v Speaker 3>You got to tell him to not make it about it.

898
00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:37.239
<v Speaker 2>Yes, and it's not.

899
00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:39.000
<v Speaker 3>But you're on this other team now, and go out

900
00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:42.519
<v Speaker 3>of play with that with that team and for that team,

901
00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:44.639
<v Speaker 3>and don't think about the the guys on the other.

902
00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:46.760
<v Speaker 2>Side, because the guys behind you are here for you,

903
00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:48.639
<v Speaker 2>right And you know, if you're good, You're good.

904
00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:53.320
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, no, early, I'm anxious to see him, right, oh yeah,

905
00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:55.800
<v Speaker 3>yeah right and all the things to see him. I

906
00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:58.360
<v Speaker 3>want to see what he looks like. You know, he

907
00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:59.719
<v Speaker 3>looks like a beast from.

908
00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:02.519
<v Speaker 2>I'll be happy. I'll be happy. To me, it'll be

909
00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:06.119
<v Speaker 2>like Jacob Cowing where he comes here you tap how

910
00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:08.119
<v Speaker 2>good can he be? Right? How could? And then he

911
00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:11.519
<v Speaker 2>turns out to be very good, very good. So my

912
00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:14.760
<v Speaker 2>point is everybody's it's like Brennan when when he first

913
00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:17.239
<v Speaker 2>got the jomb Brennan, he came from santase State. How

914
00:46:17.280 --> 00:46:17.840
<v Speaker 2>good can he be?

915
00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:18.519
<v Speaker 5>You know?

916
00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:19.920
<v Speaker 2>Oh, this kid from New Mexico.

917
00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:20.199
<v Speaker 5>Good?

918
00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:21.880
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes this works out.

919
00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:25.199
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, just what Just because you weren't good enough to

920
00:46:25.239 --> 00:46:27.480
<v Speaker 3>be there three years ago, it doesn't mean you're not

921
00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:30.480
<v Speaker 3>good enough to be here now. Sure, right, and and

922
00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:32.960
<v Speaker 3>you know, Brandon worked his way up and he and

923
00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:33.719
<v Speaker 3>now he's here.

924
00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:37.280
<v Speaker 2>Roy from from Roy Lopez who went to New Mexico State,

925
00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:40.360
<v Speaker 2>came here with Wallace did very well. Yeah, come on.

926
00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:43.440
<v Speaker 2>It's it's just competing against yourself and proving that you're

927
00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:44.320
<v Speaker 2>gonna bet on yourself.

928
00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:46.199
<v Speaker 3>And that's and that's really one of the good things

929
00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:49.400
<v Speaker 3>about the transfer portal is that these guys who maybe

930
00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:52.920
<v Speaker 3>didn't get the chance, the break, maybe they didn't get seen,

931
00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:57.639
<v Speaker 3>maybe uh, you know, the injury, or they were taking longer,

932
00:46:57.679 --> 00:47:00.360
<v Speaker 3>too mature than you know, some kid who's a five

933
00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:02.840
<v Speaker 3>star who's coming out of high school and he's already

934
00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:04.840
<v Speaker 3>got the size and the speed and all that kind

935
00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:07.119
<v Speaker 3>of stuff. Maybe takes them some you know, take some

936
00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:10.239
<v Speaker 3>of these guys sometime, you know. I mean I was

937
00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:12.440
<v Speaker 3>a way better baseball player at thirty than I was

938
00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:13.239
<v Speaker 3>at fifteen.

939
00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:17.719
<v Speaker 2>Right, I was gonna say, you probably didn't have good uniforms.

940
00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:20.400
<v Speaker 2>Then you look until you get older.

941
00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:23.400
<v Speaker 3>Let's take this call. Hi, you're on the aar and

942
00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:23.920
<v Speaker 3>eye and the ball.

943
00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.920
<v Speaker 15>My fellow is Jim.

944
00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:27.519
<v Speaker 3>What's up, Jim.

945
00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:34.320
<v Speaker 15>I really enjoyed Joe's interview with you folks. He made

946
00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:37.159
<v Speaker 15>a couple of made a couple of points that really

947
00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:41.400
<v Speaker 15>stuck out from my point of view, which were and

948
00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:46.519
<v Speaker 15>one was on a personal level that to the kid

949
00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:52.320
<v Speaker 15>that thinking thinking about moving around or he's not, you know,

950
00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:56.599
<v Speaker 15>in the right place, he made an excellent point. And

951
00:47:56.719 --> 00:48:04.280
<v Speaker 15>somebody there wanted you, somebody there recruited you, and that's

952
00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:05.679
<v Speaker 15>where that's where.

953
00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:06.199
<v Speaker 14>You should be.

954
00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:10.760
<v Speaker 15>And then the other one is right at the end

955
00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:14.800
<v Speaker 15>of his talk, he talks about you know what kind

956
00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:18.199
<v Speaker 15>of team you are And the point he made that

957
00:48:18.239 --> 00:48:22.880
<v Speaker 15>I thought was a great one is if you're gonna

958
00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:25.639
<v Speaker 15>get beat, get beat on your best pitch.

959
00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:32.880
<v Speaker 3>Yep, which is which which Brendan kind of said on

960
00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:36.480
<v Speaker 3>Tuesday or Monday Monday when he was asked, you know,

961
00:48:36.519 --> 00:48:39.960
<v Speaker 3>how how much of your playbook will you show against

962
00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:42.079
<v Speaker 3>New Mexico or you're going to try and keep some things,

963
00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:44.119
<v Speaker 3>and he said, We're to call the plays we need

964
00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:47.960
<v Speaker 3>to call to win. And that's as you say, He's

965
00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:51.079
<v Speaker 3>gonna call his best pitches, you know, to win the game,

966
00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:52.599
<v Speaker 3>and that's what matters more than anything.

967
00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:56.000
<v Speaker 15>Yeah, that's a crazy question. And he's like, we're going

968
00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:58.760
<v Speaker 15>to try and win the game, so whatever it takes, right,

969
00:48:59.639 --> 00:49:00.079
<v Speaker 15>I don't.

970
00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:02.360
<v Speaker 2>I never got into the playoffs. Well, you don't want

971
00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:04.800
<v Speaker 2>to show them this want to show them that. I guess.

972
00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:06.760
<v Speaker 2>I guess if I'm better and I've said this time,

973
00:49:06.800 --> 00:49:09.159
<v Speaker 2>if I'm better than you can see whatever I'm I'm

974
00:49:09.159 --> 00:49:10.880
<v Speaker 2>gonna show you. I'm still going to try to beat

975
00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:13.960
<v Speaker 2>your ass with whatever play you know, Jim. Jim used

976
00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:15.920
<v Speaker 2>to coach too. I mean, I don't care if you

977
00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:18.119
<v Speaker 2>run a double reverse. We probably have to look for it.

978
00:49:18.360 --> 00:49:20.199
<v Speaker 2>But guess what, Jim, if you've got a better team

979
00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:22.840
<v Speaker 2>than me, more power to you.

980
00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:25.239
<v Speaker 15>Well, it's part of part of being a better team

981
00:49:25.320 --> 00:49:26.519
<v Speaker 15>is doing what you do well.

982
00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:31.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, right, right, over and over and over, we've seen

983
00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:34.639
<v Speaker 2>that where teams say we run, try to stop us.

984
00:49:35.599 --> 00:49:40.599
<v Speaker 15>Exactly exactly what. I think we're going to see some

985
00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:43.639
<v Speaker 15>of that come first quarter on Saturday. Yeah, we're going

986
00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:47.159
<v Speaker 15>to going to see some bruisers it in the line.

987
00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:49.000
<v Speaker 3>All right, we're gonna ask you, like we're gonna ask

988
00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:51.000
<v Speaker 3>everybody else that calls it, how many wins this year?

989
00:49:52.079 --> 00:49:52.800
<v Speaker 2>I already told you.

990
00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:54.599
<v Speaker 3>Did you remember that?

991
00:49:54.960 --> 00:49:55.159
<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

992
00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:56.719
<v Speaker 3>I guess I don't remember what happened.

993
00:49:56.719 --> 00:49:58.840
<v Speaker 2>I think you were talking still about the Kansas State

994
00:49:58.920 --> 00:49:59.760
<v Speaker 2>Utah kind of thing.

995
00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:05.039
<v Speaker 15>Yeah, it'll be interesting if they win one of those

996
00:50:05.079 --> 00:50:06.559
<v Speaker 15>games and it might be nine games.

997
00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:08.519
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, we feel the same way, same way,

998
00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:10.800
<v Speaker 3>all right, Jim, pay thanks about man. I appreciate it.

999
00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:12.239
<v Speaker 15>You're welcome, bye bye.

1000
00:50:12.639 --> 00:50:14.440
<v Speaker 3>No, he may he makes a good point, though, you know,

1001
00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:17.360
<v Speaker 3>you win with your best pitch and I like that.

1002
00:50:18.199 --> 00:50:20.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, because you're not going to say that for later. No,

1003
00:50:21.559 --> 00:50:22.760
<v Speaker 2>what's the point. What's the point?

1004
00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:26.079
<v Speaker 3>So what So so you know Kansas State knows you

1005
00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:30.639
<v Speaker 3>run a reverse option pass. Yeah, well they just don't

1006
00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:33.079
<v Speaker 3>know when you're gonna run it exactly exactly. I don't

1007
00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:35.920
<v Speaker 3>get and give me something like that. Yeah, they're going

1008
00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:38.119
<v Speaker 3>to be aware that that that that plays there. But

1009
00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:40.199
<v Speaker 3>how much practice time are they you vote to a

1010
00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:42.559
<v Speaker 3>play that you that they might.

1011
00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:46.000
<v Speaker 2>Run, whether it's whether it's Speedy running it or somebody else,

1012
00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:48.960
<v Speaker 2>blah blah blah, because the circumstances changed from time to time.

1013
00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:51.760
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, I agree with you on that.

1014
00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:54.719
<v Speaker 2>Uh well, you know, you know, I don't coach. I

1015
00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:56.519
<v Speaker 2>just gotta write about it. But to me, it's like

1016
00:50:56.559 --> 00:50:59.639
<v Speaker 2>overthinking sometimes it is. And and you know, and coaches

1017
00:50:59.639 --> 00:51:02.400
<v Speaker 2>get kind up in that, oh yeah and they and

1018
00:51:02.480 --> 00:51:04.719
<v Speaker 2>well Chip Kelly on the line, what do you think

1019
00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:08.519
<v Speaker 2>with his little shades.

1020
00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:11.840
<v Speaker 3>And all that stuff, And who was the old coach

1021
00:51:11.880 --> 00:51:15.480
<v Speaker 3>with the with the crew cut of Asu Todd Graham,

1022
00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:18.719
<v Speaker 3>you know he hid the same thing at the curtains

1023
00:51:18.800 --> 00:51:21.519
<v Speaker 3>and all that stuff. Like you just could just go

1024
00:51:21.519 --> 00:51:21.880
<v Speaker 3>out there and.

1025
00:51:21.920 --> 00:51:24.320
<v Speaker 2>Playing just try to be well.

1026
00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:26.400
<v Speaker 3>You know, I was hearing I guess this. I haven't

1027
00:51:26.440 --> 00:51:30.480
<v Speaker 3>seen it, but the Connor Stallion's Netflix thing came out,

1028
00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:33.559
<v Speaker 3>and you know, the conversation I was hearing about it

1029
00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:38.559
<v Speaker 3>was okay, So how much does sign stealing really help?

1030
00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:41.480
<v Speaker 3>How much did it really help? Or does it?

1031
00:51:41.679 --> 00:51:42.599
<v Speaker 2>And what was there?

1032
00:51:42.679 --> 00:51:45.920
<v Speaker 3>Two arguments? One was it If it didn't help, they

1033
00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:49.480
<v Speaker 3>wouldn't do it. But on the other hand, how much

1034
00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:53.960
<v Speaker 3>can you do in the twenty seconds they have, you know,

1035
00:51:54.280 --> 00:51:57.159
<v Speaker 3>to decipher their signal and be able to get a

1036
00:51:57.199 --> 00:51:58.800
<v Speaker 3>defense in. How much can that help?

1037
00:51:58.920 --> 00:51:59.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

1038
00:51:59.400 --> 00:52:01.800
<v Speaker 3>Maybe it helped see one or two plays or something

1039
00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:04.480
<v Speaker 3>like that, But is it gonna you know, is it

1040
00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:06.760
<v Speaker 3>doesn't mean a touchdown in sure game? Or what?

1041
00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:09.559
<v Speaker 2>Sure? And if if I if I know what you think,

1042
00:52:09.880 --> 00:52:11.760
<v Speaker 2>if I know what I think you're gonna do? Uh,

1043
00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:14.639
<v Speaker 2>why not just kind of maybe changed the burbage a little? Yeah?

1044
00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:18.320
<v Speaker 2>And that wasn't that wasn't there they switches it up.

1045
00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:20.719
<v Speaker 2>Isn't this all about strategy and trying it out smart?

1046
00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:23.400
<v Speaker 2>The other day? I think it is, you know, in

1047
00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:24.880
<v Speaker 2>addition to trying to just to be therassed with.

1048
00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:28.320
<v Speaker 3>Look, Michigan was good last year. Yeah, they were really good.

1049
00:52:28.400 --> 00:52:31.199
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Did they need those things? Probably not, probably not.

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<v Speaker 3>But on the other hand, they went and got them

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<v Speaker 3>because maybe they thought they just kies in case. They

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<v Speaker 3>kind of thought they needed them, but they probably didn't

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<v Speaker 3>need need that that stuff to win those games, and

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<v Speaker 3>now they would be in trouble for it. That's another story. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>that's it was great. Thanks Joe to Foyer for joining us.

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<v Speaker 3>First half. First half of the show. We're gonna be back.

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<v Speaker 3>Jake Fisher coming on at four fifteen. Then Erin Tauris

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<v Speaker 3>National talk show Guy uh Talk, a podcaster from Fox Sports,

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<v Speaker 3>is gonna be on as well, so stick around.