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Coach Jason Candle Postgame Syracuse · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Coach, obviously a game, a loss in overtime. What was
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  Speaker 1: the message to the team after collecting them in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room and, you know, seeing the effort they put
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  Speaker 1: forth today?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, not that desired outcome that we wanted, you know,
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  Speaker 2: but I think, you know, multiple opportunities for our team
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  Speaker 2: to respond to really tough moments, you know, down a
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  Speaker 2: few scores multiple times and we kept fighting back and
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  Speaker 2: kept playing and, you know, we just you know, it
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  Speaker 2: didn't make a couple of plays in some tough moments
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  Speaker 2: when we needed to make them, you know, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: really proud of our football team. I mean, again, like
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  Speaker 2: I said, like I didn't think the response, I said
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  Speaker 2: it publicly last week, I didn't think the response to
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  Speaker 2: some tough moments really was in our favor last week,
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  Speaker 2: but it certainly was today, you know, in a lot
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  Speaker 2: of ways and, you know, some others it wasn't. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got to find a way to make
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  Speaker 2: the critical plays when it matters and, you know, knock
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  Speaker 2: the ball down at the end there. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: on the fourth down on offense and regulation, we got to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've got to get the ball to the,
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  Speaker 2: you know, get the protection right and get the ball
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  Speaker 2: to the right player. But, you know, um, I think that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, quarterback hung in there and did some really,
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  Speaker 2: really good stuff. He got hit a bunch today and
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  Speaker 2: hung in there and tough, toughed it out, fought like
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  Speaker 2: a warrior. And then there's a lot of other guys
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  Speaker 2: that fall in that boat too. So I'm proud of
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  Speaker 2: him for that. There's no moral victories in this sport.
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  Speaker 2: We all know that. And, um, you know, this one's
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  Speaker 2: going to hurt tonight, but we've got to shake back
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  Speaker 2: and we've got to find the positives and build off
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  Speaker 2: of it.
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  Speaker 1: There were a number of, uh, ebbs and flows in
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  Speaker 1: that second half emotionally for the team, um, obviously losing
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  Speaker 1: a teammate in the way that they did for the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the game. So what did you see about
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  Speaker 1: them in that moment, particularly on the sideline of moving forward,
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  Speaker 1: but then they were able to do through the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the game?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the emotions and the momentum of a college football
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  Speaker 2: game are hard enough and not alone to see one
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  Speaker 2: of your brothers go down like that. So praying for
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  Speaker 2: Javon and, um, hoping he's doing okay. Um, I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to get a shower here and get over the hospital
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  Speaker 2: and see him. But, um, Yeah, like I said, I'm
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  Speaker 2: proud of our response in a lot of ways. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I wish we would have came out with
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  Speaker 2: a win.
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  Speaker 1: And from that 27-7 point forward, was there something specifically
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  Speaker 1: X's and O's wise that you saw that helped stake
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  Speaker 1: that comeback that the team started executing differently on the field?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. I think there's just our guys
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  Speaker 2: played clean, you know, and executed. And that's what it
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  Speaker 2: comes down to. It doesn't come down to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: better coaching or faster players or, you know, it just
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  Speaker 2: comes down to who can execute the best in them
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  Speaker 2: tough moments. And, you know, and through that stretch where
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  Speaker 2: we were able to get it back to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: within striking distance, we did. We also had our moments
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  Speaker 2: a couple times to take the lead and we didn't. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, back to work tomorrow and, you know, tough
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  Speaker 2: opponent next week. I mean, I got to have a
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  Speaker 2: good week.
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  Speaker 1: Coach, thanks so much.