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Cyrus Polu - 10-27-26 - Post Practice · ESPN 700 & 92.1 FM | Utah's #1 Sports Talk

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  Speaker 1: Cyrus, what stood out on tape from the last game?
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  Speaker 2: From the last game? I mean, I think it's just
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  Speaker 2: our whole team as a defense and as an offense
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  Speaker 2: just coming together and playing a full, complete game, so
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  Speaker 2: I think, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: For you, Cyrus, now that you've got more experience, what
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  Speaker 3: are things that you're recognizing now at the snap, prior
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  Speaker 3: to the snap, that.
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  Speaker 1: You weren't at the snap?
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  Speaker 2: It's just the tendency between the teams and formations and
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  Speaker 2: things like that. I mean, a lot of teams have
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  Speaker 2: carryover from each week, so certain formations is like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: this team runs this, and it's It's basically the same.
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  Speaker 2: There's universal things that everyone does, and so it's nice
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  Speaker 2: knowing this.
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  Speaker 1: How would you evaluate your performance as a pass rusher
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  Speaker 1: so far this year?
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  Speaker 2: It definitely could be better, but I feel like it's
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  Speaker 2: a role I've taken up and I take pride in,
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  Speaker 2: so I've been definitely trying my best.
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  Speaker 3: Cincinnati's also coming off a big win.
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  Speaker 1: What have you seen from them on film so far?
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  Speaker 2: They're a really big Temple team, so we've got to
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  Speaker 2: be prepared for that, and They're a great team all around,
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  Speaker 2: so we have to respect our opponent. This is our
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  Speaker 2: championship for this week, and so, yeah, we respect them,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to do our best to beat them.
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  Speaker 1: What stands out about JC French, the quarterback? The quarterback?
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  Speaker 2: He's a great quarterback. I mean, we have to be
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  Speaker 2: well prepared, and we just got to be prepared for
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  Speaker 2: every situation.
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  Speaker 4: How would you feel like you've developed beyond just seeing
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  Speaker 4: things better?
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  Speaker 1: How, like.
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  Speaker 4: How do you feel you've developed your technique?
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  Speaker 2: I think for the most part it's like being confident,
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  Speaker 2: transitioning from practice to the game, actually doing the things
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  Speaker 2: I do in practice. So being more confident during the
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  Speaker 2: games and, you know, not taking things too serious and
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  Speaker 2: calming down and doing what I do.
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  Speaker 1: What stands out about the way Trey and Jono have
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  Speaker 1: been playing so far this year? It's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, those are my guys, and I look up
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  Speaker 2: to them. So watching them perform how they're performing, it's
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  Speaker 2: been awesome.
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  Speaker 4: A different challenge this week. Houston kind of spread it out,
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  Speaker 4: like to throw the ball around. This week, Cincinnati, big-time
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  Speaker 4: run team with a good offensive line. What challenge does
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  Speaker 4: that present in terms of the preparation that you guys
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  Speaker 4: put in during the week?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we prep every week the same, do the
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  Speaker 2: same prep, respect the opponent the same. I mean, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to prepare the way we prepare every week.