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De Bonza, Rob right the third in Canard Davis Junior.

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Loan p Colum. You know you're you're a big fan

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of trios. We may have to get rid of this

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of a curse surrounding it because there's been so many

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injuries and attrition and scandals around it. But maybe this

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Big three is gonna be a little bit different. I'm

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hoping figures crossed as they went their way through the

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NCAA tournament. For those that don't know what I'm talking about,

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once upon a time there's the lone Peak three, and

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and Nick Emery. Those guys were balls in Like the

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fourth that is unheralded. He's in my ward, Talent Shumway.

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He was a baller and injury kind of derailed his,

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uh his football career from reaching its highest ties. But

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he was still a very He was a wide receiver

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one for DYU. I mean, this guy's really really good

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football player. Anyway, talent was underrated as a basketball player

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as well. Shout out to talent Shumway. Elder Shumway brother

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Shumway in the Creek Side War. But you know, I'm

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wondering how confidence, how swaggy, how good this new big

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three will be in the NC Doualea Tournament. So we're

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gonna get into your cougar byten as we prep for

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the Texas game not too far away, just about an

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hour away, and we're gonna get to know the foe

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as well per their eyes, and get to know what

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this team has done to prepare for the NC double Turn.

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get to it. AJ the Bob So, Canard David Junior,

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and Rob Right the Third.

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Speaker 3: Your patients, everyone joining us now our by your student athletes.

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AJ Demonza, Robert Right the Third and Canard Davis Junior.

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If you have a question, please raise your hand and

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Speaker 4: Groom's open for questions. Start out right over here.

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Speaker 5: Darnell Dixon, Pro Daily Herald for all the players. With

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the kind of challenges you guys have faced the season,

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with injuries and things like that. What things do you

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think you guys have done in order to still arrive

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in the NCAA Tournament.

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Speaker 6: I think we just persevered.

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Speaker 7: A lot of teams deal with injuries, a lot of teams,

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there were a lot of things, but you know, we

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had about four seasoned injuries. We still persevere, still show

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that we're resilient. We still made it this far.

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Speaker 4: Others of me, Yeah, it's like.

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Speaker 9: Uh, I was just saying, uh, alright, this one be

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just like a wa AJ was saying, Uh, we just

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didn't give up on each other and uh we just

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stayed together. I think it brought us a lot closer

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Speaker 10: What they said is th sticking together, sticking to the

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game plan, and just going together as a family.

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Speaker 11: What you when'd you just the athletic AJ? I know

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you and Robert are not that far apart in age,

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but I was just curious playing with someone who has

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Speaker 6: Especially him coming from the Big twelve.

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Speaker 7: He kind of told me what I was gonna be

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like entering you know, the Bag twelve Gauntlet and what

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tips on the physicality, on the pace of the game.

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successful in the league, cause I had guys like her

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another bet on my team to give me some knowledge.

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Speaker 4: In the back.

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Speaker 12: Robbie McCombs think or stuff of Canard?

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Speaker 13: How much do you think your role has changed since

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Speaker 12: How much do you think since Richie's gone out.

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Speaker 4: Do you think your role has evolved?

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of a quiet guy, so I had to start being

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Speaker 4: Pad a raise hand in the back.

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Speaker 6: Here.

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Speaker 14: J Drew from the Desert News in Salt Lake City

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questions for all three of you, guys, did you watch

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we actually watched him uh while we had our team dinner.

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they got that big guy. Uh he's really dominant down low.

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Speaker 6: It's some big shots. I mean, yeah, we know, like

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you said, we all watched it impressed. I was impressed.

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Speaker 7: They played super fastest SEC team, so you know, the

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the places of the game might be a little faster tomorrow,

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but super impressive individual performances by guys, but it should

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Speaker 10: You're like all the guys are saying they're very impressive. Obviously,

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girl Separ's team play fast, play, fast paced, and like

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coached it, everything's gonna be a harder shot, harder pass.

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Speaker 1: So yeah.

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Speaker 4: In the back Jackson Payne does it right.

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Speaker 14: News in Salt Lake City, How did the Big Twelfth

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Tournament maybe help your confidence going into the NCAA tournament

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to have, you know, one hundred point game against Kansas State,

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great defensive game against West Virginia and.

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Speaker 4: Then go to head, go toe to toe with Houston.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it just it just gave us some extra motivation

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playing those extra two games and kind of, you know,

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live practice, but I guess some live bodies what we

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come up with the win, but we were not connect

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defensive performance against West Virginia, so you know it helped

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Speaker 15: Greg gru Bell with the BAU Sports Network for AJ

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your recollections of the games you've played in this building,

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on this floor at that high level.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, So I played here twice last year and the

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year before that for Hoop Summit to NIKEE Hoop Summit.

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First year on the World team, we lost, but you

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know if you see that that that USA team was

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kind of tough to win that game. But last year

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we ended up winning some one on one here, try

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to be three on one here. By in the weekend, Nick.

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Speaker 16: Nixt Train with The Oregonian talking about the AJ talking

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about the NIKET Hoop Summit, did you have any highlights,

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you know from your time here in Portland while you

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Speaker 6: Smith definitely some highlights. I think I was a.

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Speaker 7: I think I was a leading scorer for both games

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I was just winning.

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Speaker 6: Last year was a good one. I think.

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Speaker 7: I think Arkansas plays in Portland, so I was with

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was just fun to be able to play an nbfour

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Speaker 16: Hey, go ahead, Nick, Nick chang with Orgoni again. Aj,

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in the city that you were able to to visit

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that you really liked in Portland?

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Speaker 6: Nah, I'm been in a hotel that the whole time.

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Speaker 1: What did that?

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Speaker 12: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: We went to Nikes. Yeah, we had to practice there.

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Speaker 4: Lindsay over you to Lyndchay channel please Lindsay channel.

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Speaker 11: The athletic guys earlier Texas was in here and uh,

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players and coaches were talking about NIL and just this

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world we live in and how BYU is you know,

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in the mix for a lot of top recruits because

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you have the money to pay players. What I wondered is,

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Speaker 17: And get me to the NBA.

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Speaker 6: It depends on the situation of the player.

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Speaker 7: In my opinion, a guy like me, You know, I

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money going up. So for me, my altmann goes to

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the NBA. So I picked BYU because they had the

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resources to develop me. Of some most NBA ready to

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get to the NBA. But there's a lot of people

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like that, so other people might, you know, choose the money.

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But if you're talking for me personally, I choose YU

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because of development process and it wasn't really for the money.

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Speaker 1: All right, A you're buying or selling that, you buy

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in or selling the rhetoric.

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Speaker 15: Personally, I'm gonna I'm gonna buy that. And because here's

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the thing, in my opinion, the people who are saying

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that BYU is only getting athletes because they're throwing bags

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The reality is, yes BYU has money, and yes we

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pay pretty well. I don't have the exact figures, but

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really well. And so it's not that money isn't a factor,

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but it's just not the deciding factor because by BYU's

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putting themselves on the same level as big time programs.

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program to sell to to out recruit them to get

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Speaker 6: De Bonsas or the Bruce branches.

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Speaker 15: Because so, in my opinion, BYU's money does play a

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Speaker 1: That's what's been the deciding factors for me. I don't

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back to what we were talking about before, like, look,

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we never wanted for money. Money was never a sticky

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point for us. I didn't come from poverty, right Like.

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I thought that was pretty powerful. He had never said

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that before. Yeah, and so money wasn't his number one

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priority because it wasn't like, you know, the money's gonna come,

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he's gonna make you know, he's gonna make thirteen fourteen

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million next year as a rookie if if he goes,

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if he goes, yeah, yeah, if he goes, goes right.

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Speaker 12: Anyway.

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Speaker 1: So I don't think there's the people that want to

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believe what he said are gonna believe it. Those that

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don't want to believe what he said, they're not gonna

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believe it. And that's just the way it is. I

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don't think anyone's you know, until there's like some sort

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of you know, you know, some sort of transparency as

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to what he actually was making at b YU and

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you compare the offer sheets to others. As you mentioned,

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BA has to be competitive, they were competitive, and a

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Ace uh, I believe Ace has gone on record multiple

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times he said, look like you know, b YU was competitive,

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but they weren't the biggest offer. He went on I

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think Stephen A. Smith and said that as much he's like,

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b YU wasn't the biggest offer. So they were competitive though,

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no doubt about it.

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Speaker 15: Yeah, like b's paying him, Like, let's be real, they're

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paying m pretty.

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Speaker 1: Well, their donors, their donors are paying them. Yeah. Yeah.

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And and now with the rev share that that will

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trickle down to the athletes as well. Yeah.

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Speaker 15: So I think we're to the point on this issue

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where it's like, like you said earlier, earlier, you're either

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gonna believe him or you're not. And I don't know

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that there's really any swaying of opinions at this point.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're not gonna sway someone one way or the

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other until there's like some investigatory journalists that gets some

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validated numbers of offers and what BYU offered. And but

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even then it's like, okay, yeah they paid them, they

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paid them, all right, But he's still declaring like I

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wanted to go to an NBA program and I felt

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that k Why and his staff gave me that best

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opportunity to develop. So you either believe him or you

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don't on that. All right, let's get back to the

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agent the bonds of Rob Right the third and Canard

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Davis Junior commentary from yesterday.

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Speaker 6: Five seconds. It wasn't really for the money.

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Speaker 1: Get this queued up again. We'll give us a moment

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here as we read right here rewarded this question for

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affiliations just about an hour away before tip off. Let's

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get to it.

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Speaker 13: Okay, you said repeatedly that Kevin Durant your favorite player

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of all time, and you just broke his.

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Speaker 6: NC sorry, his big twelve tournament scoring record.

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Speaker 13: You're definitely one of the top prospects for the NBA,

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whether you enter this year or in another in another year.

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But who are some of your other favorite players whom

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you've kind of modeled your game after and studied closely.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, so definitely all time Chase McGrady, But recently I've

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been into a lot of Kawhi Leonard, a lot of

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Shay Joe Alexander, a lot of Anthony Edwards.

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Speaker 6: I would say it's the film watching the most.

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Speaker 11: Wendy Shelly athletic. AJ to follow up on what you

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said about that you felt like the way you had

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the resources to develop you. How do you think you're

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a better player now than when you first came in? Like,

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how are you more regardless.

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Speaker 6: Of when you go NBA?

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Speaker 4: Ready?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, So in high school I definitely had a lot

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of bad habits. Obviously it probably didn't look like that

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my senior year, but you know, I was a lot bigger,

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a lot stronger than guys, just a lot more athletic,

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So I was able to get away with a lot

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of you know, mistakes. Uh, But when I came to college,

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I was kind of getting beat up a little bit.

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Thank god it wasn't on camera for the most part.

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But I was getting beat up a little bit. But

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you know, can White is kind of you know, came

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on me in a fair room along with other guys.

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But we have Wiz who's a buck strength coach. We

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have Danielle who's a great nutrition there. So I'm trying

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to get my body right stuff like that. But I'm

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just way more prepared. I'm just way more you know,

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quick minded and a little stronger, just a little better.

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Speaker 4: Huh.

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Speaker 7: Some of my bad habits, uh just like off the dome,

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just taking the offensive possessions off, Like I'll just sit there,

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just walk a little bit.

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Speaker 11: Uh s.

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Speaker 7: On the ball, I wasn't my strong suit. I think

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I kind of improved that this year on ball defense.

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Speaker 4: Get back, uh Rob. A couple of questions. Name and

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affiliation please uh J Drew dees Rett, Salt Lake City.

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Speaker 18: Rob.

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Speaker 14: I can't help but think about that tooth that you

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almost lost. How's your mouth feeling? Have you recovered from that?

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Speaker 12: Right now?

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Speaker 9: I got a wire on my tooth right now, so

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I think I'm gonna have it for like another month

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or two. I guess I got wait to see what

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the dennist says. But it was really painful in Kansas

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City in the Big twelve tournament, and it's kind of

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died down a little bit, but here and there it's

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still super just feels a little crazy.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, And I wanted to ask you, having played with

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Baylor last year in the tournament, is there anything to

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this kind of getting your feet wet, getting the rust off,

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getting the jitters out of the way, which Texas was

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able to do yesterday.

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Speaker 12: Is there anything to that giving them an advantage now?

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Speaker 9: I don't think so, because I think in March every

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team's hungry and just wants to win. So I think

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it just ultimately comes down to who wants it more

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in these type of tournaments.

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Speaker 4: We have time for one last question and scene none.

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Thank you very much for your time. Appreciated. Miss luck

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tomorrow big.

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Speaker 1: All right, there's your Cougar Bytes for the day as

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we prep get ready for the BYU Texas match at

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BYU going to the NCAA Tournament, looking to survive and advance.

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This is a good men's basketball team, maybe even a

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great men's basketball team. Bi He makes his thirty third

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appearance in the NCAA Tournament and it's a sixth seed

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taking on the eleven seed five to twenty five pm

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tip off Mountain Time, and BYU is seventeen and thirty

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five all time in the NCAA Tournament, including a five

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and four record as the sixth seed. They're making their

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third straight appearance at the Big Dance, which is Bul's

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longest street since making the tournament six straight seasons under

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the Goat Dave Rose. From two thousand and seven to

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twenty twelve, the Big Twelve had a conference record tying

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eight team selected the NCAA Tournament, matching the number from

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twenty twenty four March. The fourth consecutive season the Big

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Twelve has had at least seven selections to the Big Dance.

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So hopefully they continue to show up, show out. They've

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already done such with the TCU win. Loved that and

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I can't wait to see what BYU can do in

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this field of opportunity, Baby, This Tournament of Opportunity. Twenty

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twenty six also marks the first time in Big twelve history,

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all eight quarterfinals in the Big Twelve Tournament made the

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NCAA Tournament field. It is the only occurrence of the

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feed from any league since nineteen ninety seven. You believe

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in in this Big twelve basketball roster in the NCAA tournament,

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how far do you think these teams go? Do they

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all survive that first round? Ap?

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Speaker 6: How far is this team going? I think no?

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Speaker 1: No, sorry? In the Big twelve, the Big twelve teams,

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the eight teams, do they all survive the first round?

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I don't know.

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Speaker 15: Like I feel pretty good about most of them. The

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one that I was really questioning, honestly was TCU, and

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they did make it. They look at all their matchups

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here really quickly.

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Speaker 1: No, no, you you know so? Yeah, I was also

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concerned about that TCU matchup. I was not bought in.

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I was not all in on that matchup. Whatsoever? Texas

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Tech has taken on Akron Arizona versus Went Along Island, right,

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Iowa State versus Tennessee State. Yeah, so, uh that's just

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a few UCF versus UCLA. That's a that's a coin

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toss for me, that one.

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Speaker 15: I in my six to seven brackets, I had half

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of them picking UCF, half of them picking UCLA.

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Speaker 1: Kansas cal Baptist and uh so I'm definitely I'm definitely

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leaning the uh the the Kansas way there.

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Speaker 15: So cal Baptist has one. He they do have a

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three point shooter that can get hot. He was at

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one point time in the season beating AJ for leading score.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, leading score.

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Speaker 11: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: He's really he's a bucket. He's super fast, super nimble. Yeah,

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he's very explosive. I know you're talking about. Yeah, he's

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he's a baller, no doubt about it. Yeah, all right,

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today and book your staycation today. All right, let's get

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caught up with Evan Johnson from springball with Ronald the

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three Man Weaver pitching him the questions here with bau cornerback.

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Speaker 12: Evan Johnson simeev let's just start with practice. How they

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go today?

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Speaker 6: We're good.

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Speaker 17: I feel like we had a lot of good learning moments.

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Speaker 18: A lot of opportunities to get better get the ball,

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and so it's been fun to go out there and compete.

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I mean, I've seen a lot of good things from

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the defense, a lot of good things from the offense,

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so I feel it's a lot of battery going back

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and forth.

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Speaker 17: So it's been fun.

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Speaker 12: We were just talking to coach for Pinky. He says

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that you guys have to disguise a little bit more

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now with Bear because he sees things way differently. How

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has it been seen his progress in year two?

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Speaker 18: Yeah, it's super cool to see because you know, even

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when we're off the field, I like talk to Bear

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a lot in my hard time, but you know, he

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likes to really battle against us, test us. Like we

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had one day where I knew he's thrown, but he's

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still throwing and that's like, all right, cool. So now

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I know he's willing to compete against me and willing

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to take those chances. And that's what you want to

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see in your quarterback because that's gonna.

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Speaker 17: Make your team thrive.

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Speaker 12: Where have you seen the biggest growth from here from

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year one year two? It could be on the field

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maturity wise, you know, you know, system wise, where have

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you seen Big Brouh.

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Speaker 17: I mean he's kind of grown on everything. You know,

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he's just a player, so he was already a player.

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Speaker 18: I've just seen him mature and just really trust himself

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when he's throwing the ball and stuff like that.

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Speaker 12: Kelly said that you've gotten bigger, faster, stronger. What are

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you wearing at now? Did you put on any muscle

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sounds like everybody in the off season, you know, was

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able to up their maxes.

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Speaker 18: Yeah.

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Speaker 17: I put on a little weight, nothing crazy, but yeah,

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I just been lifting.

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Speaker 18: You know, the strength staff has done a great job

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getting us fast, getting us strong, and so just continue

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to do that, continue to put a low weight on

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and then just go from there.

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Speaker 12: This is your you know, last season, last spring ball.

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What the goals that you want to accomplish?

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Speaker 18: Not really any goals. I'm kind of just attacking everything

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one by one, day by day. You know, I come

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out with a goal every day to really just one

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thing on my technique rather than you know, coming out

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and saying I'm gonna get X amount of picks the

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spring or x amount of the just come out here

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day by day and making sure that I'm working on

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something and getting better and something in my crack.

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Speaker 17: So that's how I've been Know.

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Speaker 12: How many picks I've got in the spring ball?

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Speaker 17: They got three?

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Speaker 11: Three?

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Speaker 12: Noway some light? Are you leading the team or is

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it someone else?

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Speaker 17: I don't know.

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Speaker 12: I feel that talk about you know, coming back to

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b what you was there any doubt when the coaching

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change happened? You know, how did you evaluate that process?

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Speaker 17: Now there's no doubt either where I wanted to be

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and I do that too, so no doubt.

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Speaker 12: What was it like when you took your time off?

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You know, all the fans on social media? Ev Schmith

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come back? What was that like?

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Speaker 18: You know, it's cool to see just to know that

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you're wanted out of place. I mean that's a one

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of a kind feeling. And I feel like I really

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felt the love from Cougernation, and that's why I chose

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to come back and stay here, just because the love

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of the community has, the team has, and the people

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around me.

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Speaker 12: I know he'll never highlight himself even if I ask him,

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But what is it like to see what's get that promotion?

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Speaker 17: I mean it's super cool.

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Speaker 18: I mean I see you first hand just how much

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Wessy works and the whole team season, you know, and

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so when when you see someone earn that spot, it's

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super cool. And it's super cool to see my brother

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get that opportunity just for him to be out here

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and just to work with.

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Speaker 17: Us, and i mean nobody works harder in the West.

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So I'm super happy home.

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Speaker 12: I want you to give me, you know, personal insight obviously,

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and this is paying attention to the game, the atmosphere.

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You're always coming out last one of the last jogging

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and then you and your brother, he's always waiting for

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you before like any of the festivities happen. You guys

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have a moment together. Take me through that.

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Speaker 18: I mean we've been doing this, Sentiers, my coach of

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high school. You know, it's just telling me to do

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this sac say prayer, and you know.

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Speaker 17: It's special to me.

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Speaker 18: You know, not a lot of people get the opportunity

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to come out at D one level and to have

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the brother coaching and get those opportunities just to pray

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and to praise the Lord, and so in those moments,

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I mean, it's super cool, you know, one of them kind.

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And I always just say, as God's playing and my

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brother's here, and that I'm able to do that stuff.

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Speaker 12: What is it like having Javin Williams added to the

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cornerback room.

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Speaker 18: Yeah, He's had a lot of depth and experience. He's

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just a player at ball player. You know, he knows

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where the bees are in the right spot, and it's

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cool to see him make plays and just learn and

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take notes and and all the little things.

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Speaker 12: What has been the changes A lot of defense obviously,

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you know you had j Hill. What has it been

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like learning on the Kelly now?

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Speaker 17: I mean, nothing, nothing much different.

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Speaker 18: You know, they're both they're both pretty hard on us

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and making sure that we're doing things like to our

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max speed or to our max potential.

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Speaker 17: So I feel like the change hasn't been, you.

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Speaker 18: Know, very drastic, and I feel like the defense has

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been really open to change and and like I was

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talking to my mom the other day about the changes

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or something that's gonna happen. So we kind of got

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to adapt to it and just do our best to

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progressing that in our system.

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Speaker 12: But has it been like having uh, you know, the

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newcomers long the defensive side Katie joins the team.

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Speaker 18: Yeah, I mean it's super great to have him at

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the back of you know, he's one of those guys

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who has a lot of experience and has a lot

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of film and and speed, and he has all those things.

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So you know, when you add him with the debt

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we already have, it just really improves our whole defense.

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Speaker 12: You see your your former teammates performing proay on Friday, so.

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Speaker 17: I cannot wait.

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Speaker 18: I'm like, I'm most excited Marie Bomba, Jayden Duneld Okay,

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okay too, I'm excited for those.

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Speaker 12: Oh you know, what is it about? You know Mori?

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It seems like I think it was around the Arizona game.

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He just took off after that.

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Speaker 18: I mean, Maury just a player, you know, and he's

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one of those yes freakabilities, So it's really cool when

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you get to see him put those on the show.

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And I mean, I feel like whatever team picks up Maury,

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they're gonna get a steal. And he's one of those

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guys who I trust my life with, you know, when

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we're out there on the field.

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Speaker 17: So I wish him all her best and I know.

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Speaker 12: He's gonna kill it.

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Speaker 1: So what is it not?

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Speaker 11: What is like?

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Speaker 12: H Trey Alexander? Where have you seen Trey making make improvements?

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It seems like you guys are cornerback, cornerback two, going

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to screen up.

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Speaker 18: Yeah, we've made improvements everywhere. I mean Trey has been

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bought in just on this technique and doing the little

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things right. So it's cool to see him progress. He's

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been great in the secondary with me, you know, being

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able to trust him. We have a lot more communication

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and trust now, so I mean we're just able to

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make plays and be on the same page or out there.

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Speaker 12: Talk about the leadership role you've grown into the coaching

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staff is you know mention you a handful of times.

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What's that been like for you?

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I definitely been a little awkward, you know, stepping

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under the leadership bro.

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Speaker 18: I'm a pretty quiet guy if you ask my teammates,

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like on the field, but I've definitely been trying to

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step in and just lead a little more.

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Speaker 17: It's hard for me, but step it out of my

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shell and we're making things happen.

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Speaker 12: What is it about, you know, just your attitude, Like

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you're always positive. Like I remember after the Arizona game,

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you're just all smiles. The team is the dabbio, but

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you're just embracing like the entire moment of that victory.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean, i'd be like I've always been a

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happy person, like I think of myself like Eddie, Eddie,

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don't get mad.

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Speaker 18: I'd be like something you've got to have as a corner,

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you know, you got to be able to not be

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mad about that last play.

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Speaker 17: Take Georgia Tech for example.

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Speaker 18: You know, when I got beat, you know, I'm not thinking,

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oh man, I'm terrible, like I'm mad. I'm not this

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mad that it's just all right, the plays over, what

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can I do about it? And then I can do

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about it now, So I got to move to the

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next play. And I feel like the way I carry

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myself in life is the way I carry myself.

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Speaker 6: On the field.

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Speaker 12: That's a bar right there. We need to we need

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to cut that. Have you gone back to watch that

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Georgia Tech clip over and over again yet? And did

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you hear Mark Jones's call?

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Speaker 16: Yeah?

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Speaker 12: I did.

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Speaker 14: I did.

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Speaker 17: It was super cool to hear. I don't watch it

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that much.

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Speaker 18: You know, every once in a while, I'm scoring on

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my answer. I told her my mom this as well, like,

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I mean it's over now.

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Speaker 17: I mean, it's time to move on.

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Speaker 18: And so now I'm kind of just looking into the

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future and doing what I can to get better and

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just improve my craft.

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Speaker 12: What is the future? First time there expectations for this

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team going into the season. I don't know, just saying

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what is the Yeah, you're just like, you know, humble, hungry,

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like what you know? What is the future hold for you?

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Speaker 1: Guys?

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Speaker 17: You know is win win winning.

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Speaker 12: Well, you did a lot of winning last year, but

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she got twelve wins, no doubt about that. You know.

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I know it's way too early, But what do you

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like about the schedule so far?

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Speaker 18: I don't really look at the schedule a lot one

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of those I really don't like people ask me who

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we playing.

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Speaker 12: I don't know who we playing.

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Speaker 17: I mean, I'm not really thinking too deep about the schedule,

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do you.

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Speaker 12: I always ask us about players you have a superstition

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of game day at all? Or you just I go

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with the vibey taking nap rat of the moon. He

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says he's not a nap guy.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I definitely think a nap I gotta have a

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year enlightenment.

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Speaker 18: Okay, Okay, my drink, my parents, my mom and know

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she But I'm always having when you guys about teammates,

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I always have one on me.

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Speaker 17: That's pretty much.

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Speaker 12: My only one just last music in my ears, what's

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the what's the I guess the walking song or what

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are you guying to?

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Speaker 17: I don't know, it's just the whole playlist.

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Speaker 12: That's fair. Last thing for me. Freshmen that are coming in,

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who's impressed you from the entire defense inside of the ball? Yeah?

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Speaker 18: I think Seth She has been one. He's been working

714
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really hard just on his craft outside of you know,

715
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everything we do here. I would say another one is Justice,

716
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Matthias Leech, and Kevin Dough. Those four in our room

717
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has specifically been standing out to me. And then Tommy Process.

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I mean, people know Tommy, but people don't see how

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much work he puts in, how much filming studies, all

720
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the little things he does that really prove to people

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that he's one of those guys. And I feel like

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you're definitely going to see that this year as as

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he goes out there and makes plays, and I'm excited

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to see what those young guys can do.

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Speaker 12: Well. Be training with Robb Daniel again in the off season, Yeah, well,

726
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of course I always have to ask. They got to

727
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give a plug for Robbi. He's a goodude front of

728
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the program. Offensive side who's impressed you the most, saying

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one of the newcomers for sure.

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Speaker 18: Yeah, I think Roger has been one that's really impressed me.

731
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Kylera Casper as well. Yeah, those two have really impressed

732
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me and just been giving us a good competition as a.

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Speaker 17: Team and then one on one.

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Speaker 12: What is it like Kevin Back he wasn't able to

735
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play last year, coach says elg Just coaching from the sideline.

736
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I think a little bit.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean, I mean, you know, he's one of those.

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Speaker 18: He's one of the ones, you know, so when you

739
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see him out there, I mean, it's great to see

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him out there and we know he's going to go

741
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out there and make play. We've seen it in the

742
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Kansas State game, and it's just a matter of time

743
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till he gets his opportunity to go out there and shine.

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Speaker 12: I know you don't like to talk about yourself, but

745
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I'm going to ask you, what is it about your

746
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skill set just makes you so great at what you're

747
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able to.

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Speaker 1: Do on the field.

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Speaker 17: I don't know.

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Speaker 18: One of the biggest things I truly believe is that

751
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it's robbed. I mean, I mean, I just I've been

752
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able to really put my trust in him, and I've

753
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been able to see myself just succeed. And so I've

754
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just been put of my trust in him, and he's

755
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really steering me in the right way, whether that's mentally physically,

756
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no matter what we're doing, I feel like I can trust.

757
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Speaker 17: Him and he's just gonna steer me in the right path.

758
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So he's been a big piece of just my whole

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mature maturing journey.

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Speaker 12: And I'm just, yeah, what is it like learning under

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your new cornerbacks coach?

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Speaker 17: Yeah, Coach Walker.

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Speaker 18: He brings a great I love when people come from

764
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the outside because you know, we get to see things

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we may not have seen, changed things up that we

766
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may not have noticed because we're just always under the

767
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same coaching.

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Speaker 17: So it's cool to hear what he's got to say.

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And he's been able to just teach us things that

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we may not have known. And he's great to our own.

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Speaker 12: If you could give some insight, what is something new

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he's at.

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Speaker 18: It so far as its stuck out, just like the

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way we're rotating our safeties, like they're talking about the

775
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guy disguises.

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Speaker 17: And just some other things.

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Speaker 12: And then you know, the final thing for me, I'll

778
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get you out of here on this one. Just you know,

779
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when you look at everything that's been a comp said,

780
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hey shit, Qulane because of your like is it sky

781
00:34:02,839 --> 00:34:05,079
blue like? Yes? Yes, yes. When you see stuff like

782
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that and you see just him won of these awards

783
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and everything, why should people come to bey you.

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Speaker 18: I mean, that's just a testimony to our program. And

785
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I feel like Coach Klaney is he's the best at

786
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what he does. You know, he's gonna always be the

787
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perfect mentor I mean, in my eyes, he's a perfect

788
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mentor a perfect coach.

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Speaker 17: And so I feel like when you have that leader,

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your program is.

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Speaker 18: Going to allow you guys to be successful because you know,

792
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you want to follow the people who are in front

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of you. So I feel like having him as a

794
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leader is just that's really been part of our success.

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Speaker 12: And part of our team's brother day, your cornerback Evan Johnson.

796
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Everyone definitely.

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Speaker 1: That Schmev baby Schmevin, Evan Schmevin. Yes, indeed, CB one.

798
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I really liked what he had to say about Louis

799
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Walker's a It's a boon to have someone from the

800
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outside come in and let's just see what you Maybe

801
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,480
we're blinded by, right That's what it is, a little

802
00:34:57,599 --> 00:35:00,639
added value Louise Walker coming in. That was a nice

803
00:35:00,639 --> 00:35:05,559
addition for Killane and his crew and his staff. Considering

804
00:35:05,599 --> 00:35:09,840
you lost some really good coaches Jennarald Guildford and you know,

805
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,199
you know, Jay Hill and Gavin Fawller, you had to

806
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,679
make some big hires, and I think they they made

807
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:17,800
some really good hires. I think I don't think you

808
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,719
could have gone wrong with really retaining Gavin. That would

809
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:21,880
have been nice to have. That would have been a

810
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,760
boon for BAU as well. But they also went out

811
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and got Tomorrow Warren, a season tenured defensive back coach SUU.

812
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He's been a head coach as well as a coordinator,

813
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and at at Boise State, he's at that G six level,

814
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,079
pretty high profile program that's won a lot of football games,

815
00:35:41,159 --> 00:35:44,079
high pressure situations. So I think it's a really good

816
00:35:44,159 --> 00:35:46,519
crew and I can't wait to see what this defense

817
00:35:46,599 --> 00:35:48,760
can do and how good Schmith can be. He's going

818
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,559
to be an NFL draft pick, Mark my works. Evan

819
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Johnson is an NFL corner and he may end up

820
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becoming he He may end up becoming one of the

821
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higher draft picks, if not the highest draft pick. You know,

822
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I'm trying to think of who the highest cornerback draft

823
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pick was. It may have been Brian Mitchell.

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Speaker 15: It's like it's gonna be when's the last time, b

825
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,800
why you had a corner that was drafted?

826
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Speaker 1: Probably Brian Mitchell. It's been a while, Bryan. I think

827
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it was Brian Mitchell and my former defensive back coach.

828
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I think it would have been like the ninety one

829
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:29,760
draft NFL Draft. Yeah, I think it was when it

830
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was Pastor Gray drafted. He was a safety.

831
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Speaker 17: Okay, yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 1: Right, he's a safety, so he played that kind of

833
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:41,199
like I think he played mostly strong safety, h did

834
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dow we So, so you're you're telling me, I think

835
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,159
I think he's gonna be highest. I think he's gonna

836
00:36:46,199 --> 00:36:51,000
end up becoming maybe the highest ever draft pick in

837
00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:53,159
b what your football history at the cornerback spot?

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00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,679
Speaker 15: Well, well, also, it's a it's a huge thing we're

839
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:57,960
talking about. If he's the first one since Brian Miche

840
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,880
that's like thirty five years, that's a heck of a

841
00:37:02,039 --> 00:37:05,920
drought for for Evan Johnson to put to end here.

842
00:37:06,119 --> 00:37:07,599
Speaker 6: Should he get drafted next year?

843
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,800
Speaker 1: Mm hmm, Yeah, no, doubt, no doubt about it. Anyway

844
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,719
we can get into it. I'd have to pull the

845
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,199
numbers on that and the draft history, but I think

846
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,559
I think Evan can be that guy. He can be

847
00:37:20,679 --> 00:37:24,039
that good. All right, guys, let's take a time out.

848
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We'll come back with a little sports court That's right,

849
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,400
what is going on in the world of sports and law,

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Sports court pressing and Garrett Handy joining us next. But

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