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Seg 1 - FB Show w Jim Mora Nov 18 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Walk on board. It's the Yukon Football Coaches Show. We
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  Speaker 1: get together with Jim Mora each and every week we
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  Speaker 1: recap what happened on the weekend. We look ahead to
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming tilt with FAU. Florida Atlantic University's Owls will
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  Speaker 1: be hosting the Huskies this Saturday, three point thirty kick
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  Speaker 1: down in Boca Ratone. Coach, another good win for the Huskies.
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  Speaker 1: Eight and three. Now you've won nineteen of your last
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  Speaker 1: twenty six and we don't look back much on this show,
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  Speaker 1: but got to say the Yukon Nation, Husky Nation, is
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  Speaker 1: starting to really pay attention to what's going on on
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  Speaker 1: the football and on the gridiron side of things for
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  Speaker 1: Yukon with the kind of success you're having. And first
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  Speaker 1: of all, congrats on that. And we're going to talk
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  Speaker 1: about this air Force game, because even though I was
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  Speaker 1: en route to Boston to do the basketball game, I
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  Speaker 1: was listening the whole way. And let's go to the
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  Speaker 1: first half. First, it sounded like air Force was commanding
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  Speaker 1: the game. I was starting to worry.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I understand that worry. I was a little worried too,
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  Speaker 2: But you know, they run the style of offense where
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  Speaker 2: they just play keep away. You know, they came out,
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  Speaker 2: we got them three and out. We went down and scored,
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  Speaker 2: and we struggled there a little bit with getting the
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  Speaker 2: extra point made, and then they just took the ball
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  Speaker 2: and they just decided, Hey, we're gonna we're gonna be
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  Speaker 2: who we are. We're gonna take our time, we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have multiple shifts in motions, we're gonna get ourselves in
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  Speaker 2: the best play, and we're gonna just try to grind
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  Speaker 2: this thing out. And they did, and they went down
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  Speaker 2: the field, took a ton of time off the clock,
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  Speaker 2: and scored, went up seven to six. Put a couple
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  Speaker 2: other drives together, but our guys were able to rise
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  Speaker 2: up on fourth down and get stops, and those are
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  Speaker 2: just key stops for us. And when you're playing offense
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  Speaker 2: like that, you're gonna have to hang in there a
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  Speaker 2: little bit and play a little rope adope at times,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and and then you're you know, set yourself
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  Speaker 2: up to the land and knockout blow, which we were
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  Speaker 2: able to do. But I was just really proud of
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  Speaker 2: our team and first half, our defense for hanging in
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  Speaker 2: there the way they did and getting the stops when
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  Speaker 2: we needed to and then I thought, you know, our
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  Speaker 2: offense going down there at the end of the first
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  Speaker 2: half and getting us a nine to seven lead was huge.
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  Speaker 2: We went into the locker room knowing that we were
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  Speaker 2: going to get the ball to start the second half
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  Speaker 2: and we needed to establish, you know, that we could
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  Speaker 2: run the football, and we came out and broke a
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  Speaker 2: good one on the first play the second half with Cam,
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  Speaker 2: And as you know, Cam had a great second half,
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  Speaker 2: which means our offensive line and our receivers and our
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  Speaker 2: tight ends blocking had an outstanding second half and we
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  Speaker 2: were able to get it done. But it was little
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  Speaker 2: hairy at the start.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's for sure. And when games end up being
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  Speaker 1: you know, a ten point differential and you look back
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  Speaker 1: and just say, well you can handle them. But at
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  Speaker 1: a given point in a game, sometimes one play can
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  Speaker 1: be a turning point, is my thought. Because on that
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  Speaker 1: fourth down play for air Force, they had two yards
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  Speaker 1: to get, Yukon's d comes up big, their quarterback gets hurt.
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  Speaker 1: All of a sudden, the picture just totally changed, I thought,
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  Speaker 1: because I mean air Force goes in and scores there,
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  Speaker 1: they're up a score and and they're still in command
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  Speaker 1: and they're they're getting towards the end of the first half,
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  Speaker 1: so that one stop, to me, might have been one
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  Speaker 1: of the biggest plays we've seen all season.
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  Speaker 2: It was a big play for sure, Mike. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the ebb and flow of a game, the momentum swings,
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  Speaker 2: the ups and the downs are really remarkable. You know,
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  Speaker 2: what it demands of me is that I try to
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  Speaker 2: stay a series or two ahead. Am I thinking? You know,
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  Speaker 2: what does a field goal versus a touchdown mean at
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  Speaker 2: this point? And what does it mean a drive down?
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  Speaker 2: A drive down the game? Two drives down the game,
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  Speaker 2: which I love the strategical part of it, but I just,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, you know, our defense being able to
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  Speaker 2: make those stops and in particular that stop, and then
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  Speaker 2: certainly you never want to see an opponent get injured,
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  Speaker 2: you know. I mean, you know, suffer a little pain,
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  Speaker 2: that's part of the game, but you know, getting injured,
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  Speaker 2: that's not what we're looking for. But you know, you
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  Speaker 2: can't deny that him not being on the field in
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  Speaker 2: the second half didn't help us. It did help us.
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  Speaker 1: Air force on that drive. By the way, Coach, nineteen plays,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, how many times you see a nineteen play
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  Speaker 1: drive they went ninety yards. They had the ball for
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  Speaker 1: almost twelve minutes. And we talk about time of possession sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: but in this game, you have to talk about it.
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  Speaker 1: Air Force had the ball the entire first half, it
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  Speaker 1: felt like, yet they don't get in the end zone.
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  Speaker 1: Yukon comes back, gets a field goal and gets in
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  Speaker 1: that locker room with the lead. How important was that?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think? Huge?
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  Speaker 2: Especially because we had the ball to start the second half.
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  Speaker 2: You know, our original thought was we were going to
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  Speaker 2: take the ball to start the game to keep it
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  Speaker 2: out of their hands so that you know, we didn't
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  Speaker 2: sit there and get cold on the bench. But we
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  Speaker 2: ended up kicking off and fortunately got the three and
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  Speaker 2: out and was able to go get the points. And
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  Speaker 2: then once that happened, like my mindset shifted to okay,
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  Speaker 2: worked out, well, we get to start the second half
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  Speaker 2: with the ball. Let's see if we can double them up,
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  Speaker 2: which means can we find a way to get the
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  Speaker 2: ball to end the first half and start the second half.
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  Speaker 2: And now they got the ball with I think thirty
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  Speaker 2: four seconds left at the end of the first half
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  Speaker 2: of condenting with it, so we were able to capitalize
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  Speaker 2: with points on two consecutive drives, one at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the first half and when to start the second half,
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  Speaker 2: and so those are important moments in the game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we talked about special teams. Chris Freeman with a
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  Speaker 1: forty seven yard or that's not a ship shot, okay,
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight seconds left and the half that's a big
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  Speaker 1: field goal. And when you're getting kicks like that, boy,
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  Speaker 1: that really provides a lift, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Chris is a good one. You know, he's very dependable,
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  Speaker 2: he works hard at it, as players respect him. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I just think he's a great person. I'm really happy
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  Speaker 2: to see him have the success on an individual basis
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  Speaker 2: and that leads to our team success and that's what
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  Speaker 2: it's all about. So really great to have a guy
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  Speaker 2: that you know you can put out there and you
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  Speaker 2: have a high degree of confidence that he's going to
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  Speaker 2: make the kick for you. And you know, it's not
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  Speaker 2: just Chris, but it's the operation between the snapper, the
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  Speaker 2: holder and the kicker and then the protection up front
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  Speaker 2: and you know, knock on wood and we'll keep doing
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  Speaker 2: it well. And it's been something that we work hard
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  Speaker 2: at and we'll continue to work hard at.
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  Speaker 1: Yep. Chris Freeman's got a game winner at Buffalo and
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  Speaker 1: he had a big kick against Air Force on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Back with more, we're going to talk defense, then offense,
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  Speaker 1: and we talked to yukon football with Jim Moore here
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  Speaker 1: on Learfield.