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USF Bulls Offensive Linemen Thomas Shrader Joins The Show · 4th AND BULL

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  Speaker 1: Offensive lineman, USF Bulls, joining me on fourth and bowl
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  Speaker 1: right now. First off, I just want to say congrats.
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  Speaker 1: 19-9 victory over FIU. First one is in the books.
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  Speaker 3: How are you feeling?
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  Speaker 4: I'm happy that we won.
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  Speaker 2: Wish we could have played a little cleaner up front,
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  Speaker 2: but it's to be expected. First game, all playing together.
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  Speaker 2: We're just going to keep growing on that, though, and
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  Speaker 2: hopefully put on a better performance this coming weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I was going to ask you about that.
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  Speaker 3: You guys got the win.
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  Speaker 1: After watching the film, though, what was the biggest thing
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line learned about itself after week number one?
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  Speaker 4: We're close.
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  Speaker 2: We just got to do our job consistently and just
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  Speaker 2: work on being the hardest and toughest playing offensive line
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  Speaker 2: unit in the country.
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  Speaker 4: And I think if we keep continuing.
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  Speaker 2: To do that, then runs will start to bounce and
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  Speaker 2: you'll see some numbers up on that scoreboard.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like the expectation for this offense is,
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  Speaker 1: the vibe that I got from Brian Hartline and you
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  Speaker 1: guys on Saturday night is you want to run the football,
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  Speaker 1: and even when it wasn't working on Saturday night, you
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  Speaker 1: guys kept with.
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  Speaker 3: The run over and over and over again.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you guys have a lot of transfers in
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  Speaker 1: that room, and I know they're all very experienced, including yourself,
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  Speaker 1: but does it take actual game time to kind of
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  Speaker 1: get in sync with each other, or do you think
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  Speaker 1: that you guys had enough time over camp to do so?
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  Speaker 2: I think we've had enough time to gel. We just
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  Speaker 2: got to play all as one when it comes out. Like,
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  Speaker 2: we've done it in practice a million times. Like, coaches
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  Speaker 2: said that we've done these reps consistently in practice.
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  Speaker 4: We just have to bring it to the game field.
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  Speaker 2: And I think a lot of people were juiced up
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  Speaker 2: and we're trying to kill people, and we just got
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  Speaker 2: to work on.
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  Speaker 4: Doing our job.
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  Speaker 1: That is what we want you guys to do up front.
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  Speaker 1: We want you to kill people. That is the job.
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Schrader joining us here on 4th and Bowl. By
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  Speaker 1: the way, I do appreciate your time today. Thanks for
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  Speaker 1: taking a couple minutes and hopping on.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 1: When you watch the tape, do you think these are
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  Speaker 1: things that you can clean up before this weekend, or
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  Speaker 1: are these some things that, with the offensive line, that'll
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  Speaker 1: take a little bit of time and a couple weeks
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  Speaker 1: to really get to your full potential?
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  Speaker 2: I think it can be cleaned up by this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the mistakes on there were very minuscule, but
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  Speaker 2: obviously big enough that it hurt.
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  Speaker 4: Us on game day.
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  Speaker 2: But I think with the coaching we received on Sunday afternoon,
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  Speaker 2: I think that those mistakes are behind us now and
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  Speaker 2: that we're looking forward to putting on a better performance
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  Speaker 2: this coming week.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of practice was it on Sunday? Was it
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  Speaker 1: a go-hard-we're-not-satisfied type of practice, or was it just a normal,
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  Speaker 1: typical Sunday practice?
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  Speaker 2: The vibe was that nobody was satisfied, but we needed
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  Speaker 2: to put that game into our past, and we needed
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  Speaker 2: to start focusing on our army after that practice got over.
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  Speaker 4: But we do go hard on Sundays.
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  Speaker 1: When you guys got back into the locker room, and
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  Speaker 1: I can tell just by talking to you for the
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  Speaker 1: couple minutes you've been on so far, the team's not
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  Speaker 1: super satisfied today. With the performance, you got the win,
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  Speaker 1: which is most important.
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  Speaker 3: You're undefeated. Obviously, there's a little bit of concern for
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  Speaker 3: you guys.
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  Speaker 1: But when you got into the locker room, what was
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  Speaker 1: the locker room like after the game? Was it a celebratory, like, hey,
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  Speaker 1: we got a victory? Or was it just a lot
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  Speaker 1: of unsatisfactory? And what was the message from Coach Hartline
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  Speaker 1: in that moment?
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of– it's hard to win college
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  Speaker 2: football games, so we had to take a win as
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  Speaker 2: a win. But there's a lot of people that were, like,
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  Speaker 2: unsatisfied with how we performed and how we won.
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  Speaker 4: So I think that was mainly the energy in the
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  Speaker 4: locker room.
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  Speaker 2: And one of our offensive line assistants, Coach Hiller, was like, Coach,
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  Speaker 2: why are you so mad?
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  Speaker 4: It's hard to win college football games.
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  Speaker 2: And I think we have to take our wins as
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  Speaker 2: they come, and we've got to improve from them, but
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to win.
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  Speaker 1: No, it is hard to win, and that's why when
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  Speaker 1: you win in this sport, 19-9, even if it was
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  Speaker 1: an ugly game, you guys grinded.
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  Speaker 3: It out and you got the victory. I think that's
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  Speaker 3: most important.
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  Speaker 1: I would say the most common question that I've gotten
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  Speaker 1: from the fan base is, It's obviously a lot of
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  Speaker 1: questions about the offense. It seemed a little bit conservative
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday night. Was that kind of the game plan
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  Speaker 1: was to kind of roll a little bit more conservative?
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  Speaker 1: Is it just, you know, things were struggling to kind
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  Speaker 1: of get going? I think a lot of the fan
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  Speaker 1: base believes that you guys were saving stuff and didn't
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  Speaker 1: want to put a lot on film. Or was it
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  Speaker 1: just the play calling kind of a result of what
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  Speaker 1: was happening on the field in that moment? It just
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  Speaker 1: seemed like we were kind of, like I said, the
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  Speaker 1: offensive line wasn't fully in sync with each other. I
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  Speaker 1: know you guys are capable of more, and I think
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  Speaker 1: you would say that too. Was it really just you
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  Speaker 1: guys struggling to kind of get in rhythm, or was
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  Speaker 1: it the plan to be conservative and try not to
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  Speaker 1: show next week's opponent too much on tape?
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  Speaker 4: It was a struggle just to get in rhythm, I think.
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  Speaker 2: I think we wanted to really establish a run game,
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  Speaker 2: and like I said, there was a few plays that's
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  Speaker 2: one person away from springing for a 60-yard touchdown.
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  Speaker 4: So we just up front have to be better, and
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  Speaker 4: I think that's all that was.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you guys would have kind of noticed,
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  Speaker 1: and tell me if I'm wrong, I think when people
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  Speaker 1: think of Brian Hartline, they think wide receivers and passing.
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  Speaker 1: You guys really want to be a ground-and-pound team, it
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  Speaker 1: kind of seems like, because, again, even when things weren't
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  Speaker 1: going well, you guys kind of stuck with it as
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  Speaker 1: an offensive lineman. I would assume you like to run
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  Speaker 1: block more than pass block, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: When you start running the ball, the passing lane started
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  Speaker 2: opening up, because then they've got to defend the run more.
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  Speaker 1: Now, You're a captain of this team and a leader
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  Speaker 1: in that locker room. What was kind of your message
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  Speaker 1: to your guys up front from you?
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  Speaker 2: We just got to perform to the standard that we can,
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  Speaker 2: and that's all you have to do. Do your job
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  Speaker 2: and do it at the best of your ability every
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  Speaker 2: play after play, and the preceded outcome that you want
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  Speaker 2: will come.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you were on the team last year with Alex
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  Speaker 1: Golish and the offense.
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  Speaker 3: A lot faster last year. Is that something you noticed
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  Speaker 3: on the field?
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  Speaker 1: Was that something that you got to get used to
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  Speaker 1: as a little bit of a slower pace? And is
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  Speaker 1: the tempo a difference maker for the offensive line?
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  Speaker 4: Not too much for me.
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  Speaker 2: I came from App State. We were a big huddle
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  Speaker 2: team there. Similar offensive style. So it's not too big
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  Speaker 2: of a difference going back to that style. But I
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  Speaker 2: don't really care. Either tempo or huddle, it doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 4: I just want to play ball.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, we're some of the, you know, look, everyone's
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  Speaker 1: kind of focused on the negative. And again, you guys
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  Speaker 1: got the win. That's most importantly. When you look back
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  Speaker 1: at week number one, were there some things that you
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  Speaker 1: were happy with and satisfied with as far as the
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  Speaker 1: offense goes and the offensive line?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's plays out there that show you our capabilities
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  Speaker 2: that coach was excited about, that the people in the
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  Speaker 2: building were excited about.
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  Speaker 4: We just have to clean up the mistakes.
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  Speaker 3: That we have, so.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think trying to get those, you know, everyone's
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  Speaker 1: talking about the explosive plays, wanting more explosive plays, and
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  Speaker 1: it just felt like until the offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: Can kind of get in a rhythm.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't like saying just the offensive line, right,
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  Speaker 1: because it is a team. I know that you guys
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  Speaker 1: can be a strength of this team, and I think
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  Speaker 1: you guys feel that way. Would you say when all
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  Speaker 1: things are clicking, the identity of this team can be
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line and everything's going to go through you guys?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a team's only as good as his offensive line
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  Speaker 2: as I've learned throughout my years, and that's what we've
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  Speaker 2: got to be. We've got to be the backbone of
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  Speaker 2: this team, the strength of it. So, yeah, we've got
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  Speaker 2: to get our tails working and get going.
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  Speaker 1: So FIU, that is in the books. Army, you guys
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  Speaker 1: have coming up this weekend. What is just your mindset
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  Speaker 1: going into that game? It's going to be a little interesting.
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  Speaker 1: You're going up to West Point. That's got to be
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  Speaker 1: kind of exciting. You're taking on Army.
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  Speaker 3: Is it different going up against the military, the.
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  Speaker 1: Way that you look at a football game? Do you
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  Speaker 1: think of it differently? It's not your average kid on
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  Speaker 1: the other side. It's Army, and it's at their place,
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  Speaker 1: and it's the day after 9-11. Have you put any
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  Speaker 1: thought into what that's going to be like for you
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  Speaker 1: guys going up there? This is kind of, I would say,
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  Speaker 1: a different scenario than any other game you'll be in
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  Speaker 1: this year?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: They put their cleats on the same way we do,
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  Speaker 2: except they're going to defend our country after they're done.
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  Speaker 2: And I completely respect that. I respect our troops, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm glad that they protect us here at home. And
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  Speaker 2: we get to play this great game because they do
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  Speaker 2: what they do. But playing them after 9-11 is definitely
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  Speaker 2: going to be a big boost for them, I feel like,
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  Speaker 2: because they're right next to New York City.
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  Speaker 4: They're part of the military. That's a big, big thing
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  Speaker 4: for them.
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  Speaker 2: So we just got to be the hardest and toughest
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  Speaker 2: playing team on that– September 12th, then that's how we're
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  Speaker 2: going to come out on top.
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  Speaker 1: When you go up against Army and you're preparing for
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  Speaker 1: a team like that that plays college football way differently,
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  Speaker 1: is it weeks like this you're thankful to be on
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  Speaker 1: offense and not defense trying to figure out how to
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  Speaker 1: change your entire game plan going against an offense like Army's?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone's familiar with their offense being different. Is their defense,
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  Speaker 1: the way they play defense different or do they play
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  Speaker 1: defense pretty much similar to everybody else in college football?
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  Speaker 2: They run a pretty similar defense to everybody else in
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  Speaker 2: college football. I wouldn't say it's too different. They have
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  Speaker 2: some different kinks that they do, but that's every defense.
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  Speaker 4: Every defense has its own kinks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, with you guys trying to run the ball, and
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  Speaker 1: I would assume that's, and I'm not going to ask
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  Speaker 1: you what the game plan is, but I would assume
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  Speaker 1: you guys want to run the ball. I think we
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  Speaker 1: all saw that on Saturday night. We know Army's going
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  Speaker 1: to try to run the ball. I think there's going
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  Speaker 1: to be a lot of limited possessions on Saturday. Does
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  Speaker 1: that put a lot more pressure on the offense to
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  Speaker 1: do something with the football every time you guys get
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity? And do you think this is going to
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  Speaker 1: be a game of limited possessions for both sides?
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  Speaker 2: We know it's going to be limited possessions, and we're
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  Speaker 2: coming in knowing that we have to stay on track.
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  Speaker 2: We have to be second and sixth, third and two,
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  Speaker 2: instead of third and ten.
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  Speaker 4: And by us doing that will help us stay on
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  Speaker 4: track and keep the game going. in our hands that
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  Speaker 4: we want it to be, like we want it to be.
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  Speaker 1: So you've played a couple, you've played with a couple
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  Speaker 1: different programs, App State, Florida State, you're here with USF,
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  Speaker 1: and Golish was the coach last year, now Brian Harlan
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  Speaker 1: comes in, brings in Tim Beck. Your overall thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: playing for Tim Beck and the offense that he runs,
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  Speaker 1: what do you think of Coach Beck?
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, I think he's getting a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Of undeserved criticism right now for the offense, and it's overreaction, right?
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  Speaker 1: After week one, everybody's got their opinions and nothing can change.
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  Speaker 1: Tim Beck, it feels like the guy everyone's kind of
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  Speaker 1: on right now. And I try to tell everybody on
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  Speaker 1: the podcast on yesterday when I recorded, like, let's all
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  Speaker 1: relax a little bit. Tell us a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: Tim Beck and why you believe in him as an
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  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator and play caller for this team.
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  Speaker 2: I love Coach Tim Beck. He believes in the offensive
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  Speaker 2: line a ton. And that's why we kept trying to
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  Speaker 2: run the ball. And I think he's going to continue
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  Speaker 2: to lean on us throughout this year. Like, we're probably
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  Speaker 2: one of the oldest position groups on the team.
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  Speaker 4: And we've got to show that when we're out on
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  Speaker 4: the field as well, most experienced.
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  Speaker 2: And we have to have his back as well. So, like,
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  Speaker 2: when he calls a play, we have to make it work.
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  Speaker 2: And that's part of our job. That's why we're on scholarship.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what we've got to do. We have to
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  Speaker 2: do our job.
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  Speaker 1: Do you guys pay attention to stuff that's on social media?
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  Speaker 1: You guys have a very vocal fan base. Do you
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  Speaker 1: guys pay attention to any of that noise? Or are
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  Speaker 1: you good at blocking it out? Do you even have
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  Speaker 1: social media?
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  Speaker 2: I see it, but it goes– threw one ear out
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  Speaker 2: the other. Like, I don't give it any second thought.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, this guy doesn't know what he's talking about.
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  Speaker 2: He's a, he's a, he's a Twitter coach. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: what does he know?
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  Speaker 3: Dude, that's such a good skill to have in life.
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  Speaker 4: Me immediately.
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  Speaker 3: I'm like, oh yeah, let me tell you, buddy. It's
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  Speaker 3: so good. Keep that up.
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  Speaker 1: Um, Thomas Schrader, offensive lineman at, uh, USA. What does
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Schrader like to do outside of football?
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  Speaker 4: Uh, like, uh, I like to golf, but during, during
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  Speaker 4: the season, that's not much of a thing.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm just hanging out with friends. trying to just
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  Speaker 2: get as much rest as I can. I'm an old head,
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  Speaker 2: need as much rest.
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  Speaker 4: As possible, so that's what I'm doing during the season.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think, you know what, when I talked
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  Speaker 1: to you at Bulls Fest, I think you did mention
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  Speaker 1: the golf game. So, you know, that's kind of, and
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  Speaker 1: I get it because I have the same problem, although
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  Speaker 1: mine's watching football, yours is playing football. It's like our
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  Speaker 1: golf season is during football season, which makes it really
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  Speaker 1: hard to do. And then if you want to golf
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  Speaker 1: during the summertime, it's just, it's ridiculously hot. Do you
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  Speaker 1: golf in the heat or do you Do you prefer
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  Speaker 1: to kind of wait once the football season's over and
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  Speaker 1: then hit it in January and February?
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  Speaker 4: I usually wait.
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  Speaker 2: If we have a bye week or so and I
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  Speaker 2: have a day off, I might go. That's happened once
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  Speaker 2: in my seven years of college football. I've went out
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  Speaker 2: here in a bye week. So I'm not a big
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  Speaker 2: end-season golfer. I'm trying to focus on the game plan,
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  Speaker 2: working on getting better week after week and just trying
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  Speaker 2: to be the best player for our team. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: definitely in the offseason trying to hit the course as
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  Speaker 2: much as possible and A bunch of guys this offseason,
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  Speaker 2: we had about eight guys go every weekend, so we
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  Speaker 2: had some competition on the course this summer.
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  Speaker 3: What's the one club in the bag that gives you
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  Speaker 3: the most trouble?
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  Speaker 4: Any iron higher than a seven iron, so six, five, six, four.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't it crazy, man, how much you can golf? It's
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  Speaker 1: like the hardest sport in the world. I've been playing
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  Speaker 1: my whole life, still haven't mastered the game of golf. So, Army,
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  Speaker 1: this Saturday, you guys are going to take them on
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  Speaker 1: at noon up at their place. You feeling good about
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  Speaker 1: going into that game? You feel the little mistakes that
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  Speaker 1: were made on Saturday can be cleaned up pretty quickly,
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  Speaker 1: and you feel good about going into this game and
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  Speaker 1: where this team is at?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, sir, I do. I do. I think we got
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  Speaker 4: our head... That was eye-opening for all of us.
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  Speaker 2: I think we thought we had made it, and we haven't, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: and we got to... We humbled ourselves by performing the
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  Speaker 2: way we did, and I think that that is going
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  Speaker 2: to help us exceed in the future.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I was going to say, I felt kind of, cause look,
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  Speaker 1: the expectation is high. There's a lot of forward momentum
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  Speaker 1: with you guys at USF. And so, you know, fans
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  Speaker 1: are definitely expecting more than they did in the past
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  Speaker 1: with this program. And, and again, that's when you, when
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  Speaker 1: you face those kinds of expectations, even when you win,
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  Speaker 1: it's like people aren't completely satisfied. So you think the
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  Speaker 1: way that it went down on Saturday, that's a, that's
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  Speaker 1: a good thing going forward for the team.
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  Speaker 3: You guys can learn from all of that.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: I was going to open up the interview. I did
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: this with Grayson Pop Howard when I had him on
• 14:13
  Speaker 1: last week. Do you play– I can't do it with
• 14:16
  Speaker 1: you because I actually thought they did a good job.
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: Do you play NCAA 27 at all?
• 14:21
  Speaker 4: I do not. I have a– well, I have it downloaded.
• 14:24
  Speaker 4: I'll play.
• 14:25
  Speaker 3: You get it for free, I think, right? Players get
• 14:28
  Speaker 3: hooked up because they're in the game.
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: So I showed him his picture to see if he
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: thought they did a good job with his image, and.
• 14:34
  Speaker 3: He was happy.
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: He was like, that actually looks like me before I
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: cut my hair. So before you hopped on, I went
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: to pull up your picture. I felt like they had
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: you dead on. So I'm like, it's not even kind
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: of funny. So I'm not even going to bring it up.
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: But I thought they did a good job with Thomas Schrader.
• 14:48
  Speaker 4: Something they did this year. I don't know if they
• 14:49
  Speaker 4: even did years past. Maybe I just missed it.
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: But you were able to submit a headshot. So maybe
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: that will.
• 14:55
  Speaker 4: Make it more realistic.
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: And that's maybe why Pup, before he submitted a picture
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: with a different haircut or something.
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: I'll get you out of here in just a couple seconds.
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: You guys obviously played Saturday night. Sunday, Monday, college football's on.
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: Did you get a chance to catch any of the
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: games on Sunday and Monday and just kind of sit
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: back and enjoy it as a fan?
• 15:14
  Speaker 4: A little bit.
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: Tried to tune it into the FSU game because that's
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: my alma mater. The lights kind of screwed up me
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: watching the game. I watched it at halftime and turned
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: it off.
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: Watched the condensed version this morning. Have you ever seen
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: anything like that in a stadium? Have you ever been
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: in a game where it's something, maybe not to that level,
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: but something like that has ever happened and, and pause
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: the game for a couple hours.
• 15:38
  Speaker 4: Now we've been in rain delays before, but never a
• 15:41
  Speaker 4: power outage before.
• 15:42
  Speaker 3: So yeah.
• 15:43
  Speaker 4: Hope I never have to encounter that. No.
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: Is that something that like, does that disrupt kind of a, like,
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: cause I feel like you go out there with all
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: of that adrenaline, right. And then you have to sit
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: back for two hours and then all of a sudden
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: get up again. Is that, is that kind of hard
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: to go out and play in those situations that those
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: two teams had to do yesterday?
• 16:00
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Oh, for sure.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: I think for O-line, it's not as difficult because we're,
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: we're more of a, before the game, I feel like
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: we're more calm. We're not as juiced up as maybe
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: some of the skilled players and stuff like that. So
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: we just go back, throw, throw some music in the ears,
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: eat some food. Cause you have to eat two hour delay. You're,
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: you're burning calories. Even though you only did a warmup,
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: like you, you have to eat, you have to stay
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: focused though.
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: Like I know that a two hour delay is not ideal.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: But even if you let your mind slip a little bit,
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: your performance could be hindered very badly.
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: Appreciate you joining me, man, and good luck against Army
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: Week 2. We're definitely pulling for you guys, looking for
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: that 2-0 start, and I really appreciate your time. I
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: know you guys got the team dinner and all of that,
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: and I'll tell you what I told Grace and Pop
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: Howard last week. Enjoy that dinner where they make everything
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: for you, and you don't have to make any decisions
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: on what to eat because that is the biggest pain
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: in the butt.
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: In life after school. So, man, go enjoy that.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: And I really appreciate you taking a couple minutes to
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: sit down and let Bulls fans get to kind of
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: know you and get your thoughts on the game last
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: week and, of course, the game this week.
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: Thank you. Thank you so much for having me on.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: Anytime, Thomas. We'll talk to you soon, and good luck
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: on Saturday, all right?
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: Yes, sir. Go Bulls.
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: Go Bulls.