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Jim Mora Postgame Interview FIU · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 3: Coach.
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  Speaker 1: When we talked to you at halftime, you had a
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  Speaker 1: checklist of what you wanted to see out of your group,
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  Speaker 1: especially some things on the defensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: What did you see over the final thirty minutes.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I was.
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  Speaker 2: Really impressed with our ability to take the ball away
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  Speaker 2: and continue to play hard with a lot of enthusiasm.
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  Speaker 2: I think you and I talked we wanted to see it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, run the ball better. We ran the ball better,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, finish with points in the red zone,
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  Speaker 2: which we did.
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  Speaker 3: So just really proud of these guys.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they we challenged them this week, I mean
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  Speaker 2: at a different level than we have in a long time,
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  Speaker 2: and they really responded.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm very proud of this football team.
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  Speaker 1: Five takeaways today. Did you have a sense that the
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  Speaker 1: floodgates were going to open up at some point for
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  Speaker 1: this group?
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  Speaker 3: At some point I was hopeful that they would. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And then, you know, and really, interceptions and takeaways are
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  Speaker 2: just a result of you're just doing your job at
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  Speaker 2: a consistently high level, you know, and counting on each
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  Speaker 2: other and playing with great effort, and that's what happened.
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  Speaker 2: And listen, you know, hopefully there's many more to come.
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  Speaker 1: Imir Renwick's a guy that he had two tackles on
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  Speaker 1: the season, and yet you were mentioning him this week
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  Speaker 1: in the Coaches Show. You had a premonition that something
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  Speaker 1: like today was coming for him.
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  Speaker 2: Because he works so hard, because he's so selfless, and
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  Speaker 2: because he's overcome so much in his life to get
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  Speaker 2: where he is, and because this is so important to him,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, you put all those things together, and
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  Speaker 2: you've got the perseverance that a kid like that has. Eventually,
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  Speaker 2: something good's got to happen. And it's happening for him,
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  Speaker 2: and I just appreciate the hell out of him and
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  Speaker 2: love him to death and lucky that he's on our team.
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  Speaker 1: A massive day for Joe Finiano, and we were talking
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  Speaker 1: about it. We believe he's the only quarterback in the
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  Speaker 1: country right now. Fifteen hundred yards, ten touchdowns, no interceptions.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, talk about a seventh year guy doing what
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  Speaker 1: you want.
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  Speaker 3: Him to do.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's just taking advantage of this opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: play another year in football of college football, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and he worked so hard in the offseason and we
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  Speaker 2: saw we could do last year, and now he's taken
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  Speaker 2: it to another level, and we've got to keep supporting him,
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  Speaker 2: and we've got to do a better job of protecting him.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we gave up three sacks today, which is
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  Speaker 2: not characteristic of us, but it's you know, you're seeing
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  Speaker 2: another side of Joan, his willingness to run the ball
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  Speaker 2: and get first downs that way.
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  Speaker 3: So just really proud of the way he's playing.
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  Speaker 1: And lastly, out on the field after the game, one
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  Speaker 1: hundred wins. But more than that, it's the video montage
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  Speaker 1: of players and people that you worked alongside that have
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  Speaker 1: gotten you to that number. What's it like standing out
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  Speaker 1: there and just seeing those faces and names pop up?
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  Speaker 3: Humbling, very humbling.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'm very fortunate to be able to do
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  Speaker 2: what I do and have been surrounded by great people,
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  Speaker 2: you know, starting with my dad, but those are people
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  Speaker 2: that have had an influence on my life in what
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  Speaker 2: I do and coaching. And just to see them, you know,
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  Speaker 2: say what they said was felt good, you know, But
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  Speaker 2: it's still it's about this team.
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  Speaker 3: I'm so proud of this team. Probably guys guys like that.
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  Speaker 1: Congratsland win number one hundred and yeah, enjoy the off week.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Thank you.