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Morgan Scalley Weekly Press Conference - Week 10 vs BYU · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 1: Grateful to have everyone here. First off, I was made
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  Speaker 1: aware of the young man in Cincinnati in the stands
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  Speaker 1: and the medical situation there. I was made aware of
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  Speaker 1: that after the game. I didn't know quite much hearing
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  Speaker 1: that he's in stable condition, but our thoughts are with
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  Speaker 1: everyone involved there. Our time in Cincinnati... was awesome. Fans
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  Speaker 1: were very accepting and Coach Satterfield and that crew do
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  Speaker 1: a heck of a job. Very good team. So we're
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  Speaker 1: hoping for the best in that situation. But they were
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  Speaker 1: great hosts to us on that trip. State of the U,
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  Speaker 1: congrats to Erin Vringer. Vringer! From cross country. She was
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  Speaker 1: named all Big 12 for her performance at the Big
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  Speaker 1: 12 Championships. This past weekend, the Utes finished fifth in
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  Speaker 1: team standings. Eric, congrats. Happy basketball season starts tonight. Let's go.
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  Speaker 1: Utes coach Jensen and the crew taking on Long Beach
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  Speaker 1: State tonight. Packed the Huntsman Center for the Utes. Coach
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  Speaker 1: Peterson also and the women will open up tomorrow night
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  Speaker 1: at Huntsman Center against Eastern Washington. So good luck to
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  Speaker 1: everyone involved. Volleyball heads out on the road for a
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  Speaker 1: swing through the Arizona schools. And then, I mean, a
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  Speaker 1: lot's happening on campus this week outside of the basketball
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  Speaker 1: that's going on soccer's got their final game of the
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  Speaker 1: season Thursday night. Be great for, for you fans to
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  Speaker 1: show up and support their, um, swim and dive, have
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  Speaker 1: home meets as well on Thursday and Friday. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's a great time of year. Everyone's competing.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone's doing good things in terms of the youths at Cincinnati,
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  Speaker 1: really pleased with the way our guys started, uh, very focused,
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  Speaker 1: concentrated work throughout the week. Um, I thought, in particular,
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  Speaker 1: Devin was really good decision-making. Some different guys stepped up.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel Bray had another solid performance. I thought Hunter Andrews,
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  Speaker 1: as much as he's done in blocking and team football,
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  Speaker 1: for him to get kind of a standout performance was fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: The O-line play in general was really good. Defensive side
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  Speaker 1: of the ball, Scooby Davis, I believe it's been announced,
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  Speaker 1: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. I thought he
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  Speaker 1: had his best game as a U. Tackling, you watch
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  Speaker 1: him in pursuit as well as obviously the pick six.
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  Speaker 1: So a really good game by him. Rabbit, Evans, Ethan
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  Speaker 1: Day also with a solid performance. I thought Ryan Phillips,
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  Speaker 1: two huge punts. One almost pinning him inside the 10,
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  Speaker 1: but also one that inside our own 20 and you
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  Speaker 1: flip the field and they start near their 20. So
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  Speaker 1: fantastic punt by Ryan flipping the field in special teams.
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  Speaker 1: There's some Things special team-wise, I don't think we're doing
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  Speaker 1: a good enough job in kickoff return and have to
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  Speaker 1: clean some things up there. Overall, pleased with the performance
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  Speaker 1: the second half. Run fits, not good enough. Second half, turnovers,
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  Speaker 1: giving the ball away, not good enough. To go into
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  Speaker 1: that stadium against a team that just knocked off the
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  Speaker 1: top 10 team and to play the way we did,
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  Speaker 1: I was very pleased. By way of announcement on the
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  Speaker 1: injury front, Kelvin Obot is out for the season. Lower
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  Speaker 1: leg deal. Not going to get into specifics there, but
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  Speaker 1: he'll be done for the year. And then we've got
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  Speaker 1: BYU coming up. Huge matchup. I believe it's the first
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  Speaker 1: time that we've both been in the top ten going
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  Speaker 1: up against each other. That's awesome. Awesome for the state.
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  Speaker 1: You know, big rivalry game. Kalani, respect the heck out
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  Speaker 1: of him. And that staff have a lot of guys
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  Speaker 1: that I know over there that either we coached with
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  Speaker 1: or we just have known for a long time. Respect
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  Speaker 1: them and what they do. Very good on both sides
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  Speaker 1: of the ball, really. And expect nothing but the best
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  Speaker 1: from them. Defensive side of the ball, various fronts. They
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  Speaker 1: run to the ball. They're active. They play with really
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  Speaker 1: good technique up front. Secondary is very solid in coverage.
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  Speaker 1: On the offensive side of the ball, obviously Bear, it
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  Speaker 1: all runs through him. We expect LJ probably to be back,
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  Speaker 1: but don't know, but we're planning for it. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to be a heck of a matchup. Early 10 a.m.,
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  Speaker 1: but I know our fans are juiced and fired up,
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  Speaker 1: and they'll be there early. and excited for this one
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  Speaker 1: we expect a huge crowd and a huge viewing audience
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  Speaker 1: as well um this is a big one it's not
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  Speaker 1: the big one it's a big one just like last
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  Speaker 1: week was a big one uh there's only the big
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  Speaker 1: one i keep hearing people say this is the big
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  Speaker 1: one nope the big one only two teams playing so
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  Speaker 1: uh it is a big one and we're excited for
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  Speaker 1: it so with that we'll we'll turn it over for
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  Speaker 1: questions oh we have uh My guy Justin's first. That's right.
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  Speaker 1: It's a long one for you.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Buckle up. Great win on Saturday, all but the
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  Speaker 2: second half. Rivalry week is upon us with you being
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  Speaker 2: a player and now a coach. What makes the Holy
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  Speaker 2: War so special and on the top rivalries?
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  Speaker 1: What makes it one of the top rivalries in the country?
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  Speaker 2: And is there pursuant pressure because the University of Utah hasn't.
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  Speaker 1: Won the Holy War since 2018? Oh, thank you, Justin,
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  Speaker 1: for reminding me of that. Like I didn't know. It's
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  Speaker 1: a great rivalry. It's great because of the proximity to
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  Speaker 1: each other. um you know the the history of of
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  Speaker 1: the back and forth i think also it's unique that
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  Speaker 1: on both staffs you really have staffs that know each
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  Speaker 1: other that have coached together coached against each other for
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  Speaker 1: so long um and uh i mean shoot i ever
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  Speaker 1: since i was a kid growing up and you've there's
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  Speaker 1: i know there it's probably going on the internet right
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  Speaker 1: now what i said my you know my senior year
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  Speaker 1: and You know, at the end of the day, it's
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  Speaker 1: mine and Kalani's hope that this thing can be more civil.
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  Speaker 1: The hatred, the toxicity that is spewed from both sides,
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  Speaker 1: to me it's not good for the rival. What makes
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  Speaker 1: it great is it's competitive, is the back and forth,
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  Speaker 1: is the fact that, look at us, in one state
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  Speaker 1: within 30 minutes of each other, And you're sitting here
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  Speaker 1: ranked in the top 10. That's awesome. No other state
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  Speaker 1: can say that. So much respect for Kalani and that crew.
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  Speaker 1: And we expect a great matchup. But that's, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: those things are what make the rivalry great is that
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  Speaker 1: it's been competitive throughout the years. People that know each other.
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  Speaker 1: And anyway. Oh, sorry. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone understands that when they get their shot, you're not
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  Speaker 2: in there just to go through the motions.
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  Speaker 1: You're in there to perform.
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  Speaker 2: And....
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  Speaker 1: It does. It's a, I mean, we know he's a competitor. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: otherwise he wouldn't be in half the packages that we
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  Speaker 1: put him in doing what we do with, with a quarterback. Right. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: I love that young man for who he is, the
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  Speaker 1: team player that he is, the passion that he has
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  Speaker 1: for football, for competing at the highest level. And, um,
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  Speaker 1: you look throughout that film, there's plenty of opportunities to say, okay,
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  Speaker 1: that's good team football right there. Um, you know, our
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  Speaker 1: offensive lineman turning way Sean away from, uh, potential confrontation
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  Speaker 1: to Nate Ritchie going and grabbing Nick Brown after a play,
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  Speaker 1: turning him away. I mean, that's what you want to see.
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  Speaker 1: There's plenty of things that happen in college football where
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  Speaker 1: you're saying, Oh man, that's a penalty that costs them dearly.
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  Speaker 1: You look at the end of the, the, uh, Oklahoma state,
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  Speaker 1: Iowa state game, two personal fouls, one that, that gives, uh, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Oklahoma state, right. Uh, red zone, next play, touchdown, celebration, penalty,
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden now Iowa State benefits and they
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  Speaker 1: get in field goal range and win it. That stuff
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  Speaker 1: is so crucial. Those intolerable penalties and so really happy
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  Speaker 1: our guys, and we're not immune to it, but happy
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  Speaker 1: that our guys are handling those situations. In this game,
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  Speaker 1: this is going to be a game where emotions are
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  Speaker 1: high and you can't let The emotions rule you. It's
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  Speaker 1: all about execution. And that's it. So, anyway. I think,
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  Speaker 1: did you have one?
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: What stood out about Kalani to you when you guys
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  Speaker 3: were both on the same staff?
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  Speaker 1: And what's kind of that relationship like now that you're
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  Speaker 1: both head coaches? Kalani, much like Bert, the ultimate competitor.
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  Speaker 1: He and I are very alike in the sense that
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  Speaker 1: we love to have fun. We love to joke. But
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  Speaker 1: when it gets down to it and competing and you
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  Speaker 1: cross those lines, it's okay. It's time to win. And
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  Speaker 1: so respect him so much as a human for the
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  Speaker 1: good that he does, the good that he is. We, myself, Kalani,
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  Speaker 1: and Bronco Mendenhall all had dinner. before the season started,
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  Speaker 1: respect each other. Kalani's a dear friend, so I love
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  Speaker 1: him and am grateful for what he taught me and
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  Speaker 1: excited to go against him.
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  Speaker 2: Noah Benney, Brayden Pagan, Wayshon Parker, Ethan Day, we're all
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  Speaker 2: limited in some form on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have an update on those guys at all?
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  Speaker 1: All are fine and we'll be playing.
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  Speaker 3: Morgan, do you have a favorite rivalry moment either as
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  Speaker 3: a player or a assistant coach or a fan growing
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  Speaker 3: up in this?
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  Speaker 1: As a player, it's hard to beat the– because we'd
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  Speaker 1: never– done anything like it when we beat BYU to
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  Speaker 1: be able to go to the Fiesta Bowl you lose
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  Speaker 1: that game and all of a sudden your dreams are
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  Speaker 1: dashed to that and so that the fans rushing the
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  Speaker 1: field throwing Tostitos chips up in the air and my
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  Speaker 1: helmet was stolen you know no idea where it is
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  Speaker 1: but we were able to get another one it's not
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  Speaker 1: like it is today where everyone's got like five helmets
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  Speaker 1: that was my one helmet The 3-0 game down in Provo,
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  Speaker 1: that was neat because it was our first outright conference
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  Speaker 1: championship in 50 years that we had won. It was
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  Speaker 1: the coldest game I've ever experienced, either as a player
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  Speaker 1: or as a coach. It took everyone that was driving
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  Speaker 1: back to Salt Lake City two hours to get home
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  Speaker 1: because everyone was sliding off the road.
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  Speaker 2: I had.
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  Speaker 1: Torn my meniscus the week prior against Wyoming, had surgery
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  Speaker 1: on Monday, and then played Saturday. That's how much the rivalry,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it means a lot, you know. So that
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  Speaker 1: was neat. And then to be able to, I think
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  Speaker 1: they had the longest scoring streak in NCAA at that point,
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  Speaker 1: and then we were able to hold them to zero.
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  Speaker 1: What makes Bear Bachmeier just so unique in the linebacker's
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  Speaker 1: mentality as a quarterback? I'm going to be honest. When
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  Speaker 1: I first started watching Bear, I'm like, this guy cannot throw.
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  Speaker 1: He is not. He is a running back playing quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: I was wrong, dead wrong. I mean, Aaron Roderick has
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  Speaker 1: done such a great job developing him, and you can
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  Speaker 1: tell his work ethic also. You have to compliment him
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  Speaker 1: on that because he is an efficient thrower. He has
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  Speaker 1: zip on his ball. He makes great decisions. And add
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  Speaker 1: to that the fact that when he runs, it's like, okay,
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  Speaker 1: bring your lunch every time. He is thick. He's tough
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  Speaker 1: to bring down. Really good balance. So the dual threat
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  Speaker 1: is always going to be something that if a team's
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  Speaker 1: got that, then you really have to have answers and
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  Speaker 1: take your shots every once in a while. But can't
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  Speaker 1: say enough good things about him.
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  Speaker 3: So you've got this week, the rivalry week, is just
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  Speaker 3: an incredible, intense week on its own. You've already mentioned
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  Speaker 3: the two top ten. You guys ranked in the top five. Tomorrow,
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  Speaker 3: the playoff committee will rank their poll, and you guys,
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure, will be in there. So there will be
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  Speaker 3: a lot of attention.
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  Speaker 1: Given to the program.
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  Speaker 3: I'm wondering if you'll have a message to the team
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  Speaker 3: to make sure that they don't get caught up in
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  Speaker 3: that because the attention that they're going to receive is
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  Speaker 3: just going to probably be more than they've ever received.
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  Speaker 1: And as you know, as you told.
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  Speaker 3: Us, the neon lights are bright on Broadway.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, dear. They are bright on Broadway. That's a good one.
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  Speaker 1: I will not sing. But our guys are very aware
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  Speaker 1: that nothing's given to you.
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  Speaker 2: And....
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  Speaker 1: To say we're owed anything, owed a ranking, owed this,
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  Speaker 1: owed that. No, no one owes you anything. You go
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  Speaker 1: earn it every single day. Every game matters. And when
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  Speaker 1: you say, okay, well, this one, it really doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: How do you know? At the end of the season,
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  Speaker 1: that one loss could have ruined your entire chances. You
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  Speaker 1: had two losses last year. Who would have thought, okay, well,
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  Speaker 1: had you got one of those, you would have been
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  Speaker 1: playing in the Big 12 championship. Every game matters. And
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  Speaker 1: no one owes you anything. You go earn it every
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  Speaker 1: single day. And the minute you stop being hungry, there's
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  Speaker 1: the minute someone that's hungrier than you comes in and
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  Speaker 1: takes what you have. So that's not something that we
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  Speaker 1: sit here and we pat ourselves on the back every
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  Speaker 1: day about what our ranking is. The only ranking that
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  Speaker 1: matters is at the end of the season. You know,
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  Speaker 1: that's it. So control what we can control. The other
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  Speaker 1: thing is the film is going to show you if
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  Speaker 1: we can't look at that film and say we've got
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  Speaker 1: stuff to correct, we're blind. You know, poor run fits
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  Speaker 1: in the second half, not good enough special teams. There's
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  Speaker 1: stuff on that film that's like, okay, we let them
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  Speaker 1: come back. We let them score points. We turn the
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  Speaker 1: ball over. We can't turn the ball over. That's stuff
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  Speaker 1: that loses you football games. And so we're very aware of,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what we need to do to improve. And
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  Speaker 1: we have great leadership that understands we're here in this
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  Speaker 1: spot because we have focused each week on that opponent. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm, I'm, I'm pretty confident in our guys that
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  Speaker 1: they're not going to look beyond, beyond this week. You've
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  Speaker 1: seen a lot of starting quarterbacks from Utah go into
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  Speaker 1: this game.
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  Speaker 3: What's it like having a guy like Devin Demp here
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  Speaker 3: leading your team into this game?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, awesome. Cause I've gone into a game without a quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's like, I understand from a defensive coordinator perspective,
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  Speaker 1: it is so nice to be able to not only see,
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  Speaker 1: cause this, this is a guy that's making really good decisions,
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  Speaker 1: throwing the ball. Um, and he's also making people pay
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  Speaker 1: and running the ball when he, when he can run it.
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  Speaker 1: He's not a free, he does not shy away from
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  Speaker 1: called Q run game. He's tough. Um, He's competitive. He'll
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  Speaker 1: call his own number. And so I'll go to war
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  Speaker 1: any day with a guy like that. So very, very
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  Speaker 1: pleased with Devin, his progress, and also his leadership and
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  Speaker 1: how he's led throughout the season.
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  Speaker 2: Morgan, at Big 12 Media Days, Devin actually shared with
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  Speaker 2: the media that he knew he needed to perform better
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  Speaker 2: in bigger games. And for you as a head coach,
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  Speaker 2: how do you help him and players in general prepare
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  Speaker 2: for a big game like this?
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  Speaker 1: They're all big. They're all big. I think it's that.
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  Speaker 1: Don't overdo it. What are the keys? What do we
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  Speaker 1: need to do to win the game? And that's what
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  Speaker 1: we need to do. Study the film. Go to bed
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  Speaker 1: on time. Hydrate. Eat right. I think you can overdo it.
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  Speaker 1: But he's In my opinion, he's performed well in big games.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a team sport. And he can be down
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  Speaker 1: on himself because he's ultra. He does that. But there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot that goes into his performance, you know, protection and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, correct route adjustments based on coverage. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot that goes into it. But, again, that's
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  Speaker 1: just him. He's an ultra competitor and, you know, feels
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  Speaker 1: like he's got to improve there.
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  Speaker 2: Rabbit Evans has been making a lot of big plays.
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  Speaker 1: Can you go into the recruitment then? How did you
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  Speaker 1: get him? What did you see in him? What is
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  Speaker 1: he like?
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  Speaker 4: What has he got that he just seems to be
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  Speaker 4: turning up in the right spot for the team at
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  Speaker 4: the right time?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Rabbit was a young man that we've had a
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  Speaker 1: great relationship with Blinn College. A ton of kids come
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  Speaker 1: from Blinn in Brenham, Texas. I've had a great relationship
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  Speaker 1: with that coaching staff. They let me know about this
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  Speaker 1: young man. I went and watched him in person and
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  Speaker 1: just he moved like a safety. Very fluid, very quick.
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  Speaker 1: He's flexible. His first season with us, it was really
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  Speaker 1: the Colorado game where we put him on air against
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  Speaker 1: one of their top slot wide receivers and he was
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  Speaker 1: money in man coverage. Really good hips. We expected last
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  Speaker 1: year to be his breakout year and all of a
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  Speaker 1: sudden the injury happens. Comes back, he's a little... Most
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  Speaker 1: leg injuries, you're tentative, you're trying to feel it out.
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  Speaker 1: Once he got to 100%, you could just see it.
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  Speaker 1: You could see the difference, and it's like, okay, he's
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  Speaker 1: back to being himself. He's very instinctive. He's got great
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  Speaker 1: body control. He's not afraid to strike. He's a striker.
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  Speaker 1: When you have the ability to play man coverage and
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  Speaker 1: blitz and do all the versatility... that he has is
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  Speaker 1: what makes him so valuable.
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  Speaker 3: Morgan, going back to the game last year, just what
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  Speaker 3: did you maybe.
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  Speaker 2: Learn about, you know, bear and ways that you can combat,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that Q run game or limit him in
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  Speaker 2: some ability?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, He can hurdle you. That's one thing we learned.
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  Speaker 1: He's a competitor. He's athletic. Obviously, this is staffs that
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  Speaker 1: know each other and know our schemes, and it just
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  Speaker 1: comes down to execution. At the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: they execute it. in key moments, and we didn't. And
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  Speaker 1: that's why they won the game. Last question from Jason.
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  Speaker 4: Morgan, I want to ask you just about the cultural
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  Speaker 4: relevance of this rivalry.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of people go to church the next.
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  Speaker 4: Day, and they have BYU and Utah fans in the
• 20:22
  Speaker 4: same room.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: Some people have kids that go to BYU, and they
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: went to Utah.
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: I guess just knowing that relevance, just how special do
• 20:31
  Speaker 4: you think those connections make this rivalry with the religion,
• 20:35
  Speaker 4: with the culture, and just having... families intermingling at different places.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: At the two universities? Yeah, I think you can find
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: that in any rivalry. And yes, you have a predominant
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: religion as part of one school, but I think we
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: make too much of that. There are young men playing
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: on both teams that aren't LDS, and there are fans
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: that aren't LDS. We're fans, and we're players, and at
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: the end of the day, Does God care who wins
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: this game? No. Does he care about people? Yeah. And
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: so I think we can be better to each other
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: in that realm. But definitely, like I said, the proximity,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: how close we are, and family members having gone to
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: both schools, and just it does. The whole family draw
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: is what can make it so good.