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Oklahoma Offensive Coordinator Ben Arbuckle Ole Miss Post Game Press Conference · Sooner or Later Sports

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  Speaker 1: Then first, Yeah, what do you think that was what
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  Speaker 1: happened in the first half today?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I think in the second half, I thought the
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  Speaker 2: kids came out of halftime with some really good energy
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  Speaker 2: and good juice, and all it took was that one
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  Speaker 2: play for us to really you know, yeah, really get
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  Speaker 2: in a rhythm and get some confidence going moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you look in the in the first half,
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  Speaker 2: I thought we started off doing some really good things.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of hit a roll there in the second quarter
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  Speaker 2: for an assortment of different different reasons, could be execution,
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  Speaker 2: could be a play call, could just be a sortment
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  Speaker 2: of different reasons in that second quarter.
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  Speaker 3: But whenever you talk about the second half.
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  Speaker 2: The kids just came out with great energy and we're
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  Speaker 2: flying around and making plays.
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  Speaker 3: Then the fourth and two, I think it was the
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  Speaker 3: second quarter.
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  Speaker 4: You guys would under center had some different personnel in there.
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  Speaker 3: What went wrong on that play? What were you guys
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  Speaker 3: trying to get to on that play?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's just a high low into the
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  Speaker 2: boundary that you know, it's a pretty good short yardage play,
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  Speaker 2: not just against him, but against a lot of different people.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'd really have to go back and check
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  Speaker 2: out the film and dissect exactly why it didn't work.
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  Speaker 2: But we liked it all week, you know, we liked
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  Speaker 2: it from film study and right there they just made
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  Speaker 2: a good play.
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  Speaker 3: Seems like John's a much more comfort throwing the ball
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  Speaker 3: down the field today. But obviously seen this on a
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  Speaker 3: couple of How do you think he played today?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I thought there was moments in the
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  Speaker 2: game where he looked awesome.
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  Speaker 3: I thought there are moments.
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  Speaker 2: In the game where you know, he just for one
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  Speaker 2: reason or another just it wasn't as as smooth as
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  Speaker 2: you would like it to be, whether it was his
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  Speaker 2: eyes or ball placement. But you know, I really don't
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  Speaker 2: think his eyes were that bad all day. But there's
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  Speaker 2: just a few times here or there, whether it was
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  Speaker 2: ball placement or something, that you'd like it a little
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  Speaker 2: bit cleaner. But there's also times in the game where
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  Speaker 2: he was awesome, and so you know, just got to
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  Speaker 2: keep on holding them to standard of practice, got to
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  Speaker 2: keep on being consistent with it.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, yeah, would.
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  Speaker 1: More run had like nine rush the first half and
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  Speaker 1: the second half nineteen.
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  Speaker 4: You said the rushing, you wish you'd run it more.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, looking back on it again, I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: watch the whole game and and uh again and kind
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  Speaker 2: of dissect it. But you know, I thought there were
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  Speaker 2: things that in the run game were really good. There
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  Speaker 2: were things that little things a guy rolling off a
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  Speaker 2: block or a twist done or something that kind of
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  Speaker 2: got us. But you know, in the second half, whenever
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  Speaker 2: we needed it, you know, we were able to uh
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  Speaker 2: rely on it. And so it was good adjustments by
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  Speaker 2: the players and the coaches.
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  Speaker 3: And but you know, I'd have to watch the.
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  Speaker 2: Whole game and and give you a better answer for that.
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  Speaker 4: And what do you suppifically did you like about Xavier
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  Speaker 4: Robinson there? Obviously the Bay carry stand out, and it
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  Speaker 4: seems like he's beyond.
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  Speaker 2: The Yeah, I mean, he plays like he practices. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's tough to take down. He runs through a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Of junk, always keeping his feet moving. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: I've said it about him before.
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  Speaker 2: He's a talented kid and he uh has really special abilities.
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  Speaker 2: And so you know, he went out there and made
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  Speaker 2: a play whenever we needed one and created some good
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  Speaker 2: energy and juice in the entire building and for the
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  Speaker 2: entire for in the entire stadium and the entire team. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just a he's a really good ball player
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  Speaker 2: who's really consistent.
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  Speaker 3: Then less drive ended.
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  Speaker 4: If you guys go three and out forty six seconds
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  Speaker 4: and then you start to have second half with the
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  Speaker 4: ball and your drive is only minute eleven seconds, that's
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  Speaker 4: also three out.
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  Speaker 3: Just trying to make adjustments there. Obviously, he hits your momentum.
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  Speaker 4: How can you avoid that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know you got to come out. You gotta
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  Speaker 2: be ready to go out of halftime. That's one of
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  Speaker 2: ours is starting fast in the first half in the
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  Speaker 2: second half, and we didn't do that today. Whether it
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  Speaker 2: was a decision making thing or a play call thing,
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  Speaker 2: we didn't get it going.
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  Speaker 3: But we got to continue to.
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  Speaker 2: Emphasize starting fast, executing, doing your job, and that's everybody
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  Speaker 2: and that's how you get better at that.
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  Speaker 1: Then how much is it hurting you that you're having
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  Speaker 1: to adjust your offensive line every game?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Poe j who's been a guard all year, played tackle
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  Speaker 1: today and I'm sure you didn't find it. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: but how much is that hurting that unit getting it together?
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  Speaker 3: Ah?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've said it a lot that that unit is
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  Speaker 2: a it's a it's a unit of cohesion and chemistry.
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  Speaker 2: The good thing, though, is that all of these guys
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  Speaker 2: get a lot of reps with us, They get a
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  Speaker 2: lot of reps throughout practice. A lot of these guys
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  Speaker 2: have gotten game reps this year, and so you know,
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  Speaker 2: if someone goes down, it's next man up. You know,
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  Speaker 2: got to figure out a way. And so, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I was.
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  Speaker 3: Proud of those guys.
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  Speaker 2: I thought they did a lot of really good things
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  Speaker 2: today and I had to watch the film and be
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  Speaker 2: able to really peel it back. Yeah, yeah, I mean
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  Speaker 2: that's probably fair, probably fair to say, but uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I thought there was also some other things where we
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  Speaker 2: had to push the ball downfield because we had advantage there,
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  Speaker 2: and then the clock doesn't become your friend, and so
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  Speaker 2: you know, the way X was playing, absolutely probably deserve
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  Speaker 2: to have the ball too.
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  Speaker 3: But there are other parts of.
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  Speaker 2: The game too where you got to push it downfield
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  Speaker 2: and you got to try and get the ball down
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  Speaker 2: there and get into the end zone.
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  Speaker 4: Obviously a lot of downs at ships were.
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  Speaker 3: You talking to John throughout the game?
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  Speaker 4: That was his mentality and confidence, especially.
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  Speaker 3: Towards the end there good.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I told him, Hey, let's let's let's keep
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  Speaker 2: on getting these guys going, keep up the energy, keep
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  Speaker 2: up the juice and uh he was great throughout the
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  Speaker 2: entire game, never too high, never too low. There's just
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  Speaker 2: you know, again, it just comes down the moments where
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got to ask you better ever, buddy, Coaches,
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  Speaker 2: players like and so.
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  Speaker 3: But John's mentality throughout the whole game was really good.
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  Speaker 3: Here else all right, Appreciate y'all. Boomer H.