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Episode 7- Recap of Win Against Tri West with Special Guest Alec Burress · Friday Night's At The Creek

• 0:13
  Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Friday
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: Nights at the Creek with Coach Gooden. Coach, first of all,
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  Speaker 1: welcome back to the episode, but more importantly, congratulations on
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  Speaker 1: that win Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a wild one. Awesome crowd. Really just
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  Speaker 2: a special homecoming night and one to remember. There's no
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  Speaker 2: doubt about that.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Victory 1912 over Tri-West. Put your 5-0 overall, 3-0
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  Speaker 1: in the conference, and that's going to be a good
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  Speaker 1: feeling for you going into week six.
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  Speaker 2: Great feeling to win a close game as well. We
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  Speaker 2: have not trailed yet this year, but it was good
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  Speaker 2: to face some adversity. I don't know if it was
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  Speaker 2: a super ugly game, but there were moments of it
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  Speaker 2: that were, I guess, ugly. Just had to gut out
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  Speaker 2: a tough win, and it's good to be able to
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  Speaker 2: get that done.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Coach, what do you think was the biggest
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  Speaker 1: turning point in that game, that 19-12 victory?
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  Speaker 2: That's the goal line stand on the one with under
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  Speaker 2: a minute left. Basically, they had their Wisconsin quarterback driving
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  Speaker 2: down the field with two minutes and that's a scenario
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  Speaker 2: you'd never want to be in where it's just like, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we're going up tempo, we're going two minutes. They get
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  Speaker 2: the ball all the way down to the one yard
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  Speaker 2: line and they've missed a couple PATs and you start
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  Speaker 2: thinking about your two-point defense. And that's not because we
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  Speaker 2: didn't believe that we could stop them. You just have
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  Speaker 2: to be prepared for that next thing and kind of
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  Speaker 2: what the situation was. They went QB sneak on the
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  Speaker 2: first play. We stopped them. I believe they did the
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  Speaker 2: same thing on the second play. Stopped them again. Crazy
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  Speaker 2: scramble play that what we now look at the film
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  Speaker 2: was supposed to be QB sneak. He took off running
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  Speaker 2: and He threw a pass to a guy that was
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  Speaker 2: wide open and it went through his hands. Then all
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  Speaker 2: of a sudden it's fourth down and the place is
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  Speaker 2: going crazy and we get a pass breakup and that's
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  Speaker 2: all she wrote. So super proud of our kids, just
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  Speaker 2: the resiliency. The defense was incredible all night. They had
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  Speaker 2: 300 yards passing, but they don't put yards on the scoreboard.
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  Speaker 2: So to hold them to 12 with 300 yards passing
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  Speaker 2: and be able to do what we did and ended
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  Speaker 2: on that goal line stand was really pretty incredible.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that probably had to be a long two minutes, too.
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  Speaker 2: Man, they got the ball in the 50, and we
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  Speaker 2: had really controlled field position in the second half, which
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  Speaker 2: was awesome. Went for it on a fourth down around
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  Speaker 2: the 50. I mean, we were in our own territory,
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  Speaker 2: but we made the decision like, hey, we're going to
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  Speaker 2: go for it. Had a touchdown called back in the
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  Speaker 2: second half that would have– really kind of put us
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  Speaker 2: up three scores and been a difference maker. There was
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  Speaker 2: a holding call that I don't necessarily agree with, but
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  Speaker 2: they called it. So it is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: And I think, you know, we feel a little differently
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  Speaker 2: about our offense performance in the second half that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: get called back. But to start the game in the
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  Speaker 2: first half up 19 to six, our offense was rolling
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  Speaker 2: in the first half and the defense just continued all night.
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  Speaker 2: So it was a good night. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. So with a close win like this, what do
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  Speaker 1: you think this says about your team's toughness?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we made it a huge point of emphasis. We
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  Speaker 2: lost three games last year in those three games in
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  Speaker 2: the regular season. the combined margin was 13 total points.
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  Speaker 2: So kind of the slogan this year was margin 13
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  Speaker 2: and Hey, we want to win close games. We want
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  Speaker 2: this to be a point of emphasis. We want to
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  Speaker 2: be on the details. So if we are in close
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  Speaker 2: ball games, we can win them. And I really felt
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  Speaker 2: like for the most part, we were on those small details.
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  Speaker 2: A few areas we need to clean up here and there,
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  Speaker 2: but I think it just says like for me as
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  Speaker 2: the head coach, they're listening. They're buying into the message
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  Speaker 2: and taking it seriously.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Well, and that's important, right? Especially this late in
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  Speaker 1: the season, getting ready to go. I mean, before you
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  Speaker 1: know it, we're going to be talking about sectionals and playoffs,
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  Speaker 1: and that's got to be a good feeling that you
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  Speaker 1: feel like the players are listening and buying in and
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  Speaker 1: ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we hear our own voices a lot as head coaches,
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes you just need that validation. You know, it's like,
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  Speaker 2: holy cow, we've We just did exactly what we've been
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  Speaker 2: preaching all offseason. And to act like that's not a
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  Speaker 2: big deal, that would be underselling it. So to be
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  Speaker 2: able to go out and win a game like that
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  Speaker 2: and one that we've had circled just because we lost
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  Speaker 2: to them last year and it came down to the
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  Speaker 2: last play just like this year, it's a great feeling
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  Speaker 2: to go out and win that and to have a
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  Speaker 2: great defensive performance.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. On defense, what were some of the adjustments that
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  Speaker 1: you made during the game that you thought really paid
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  Speaker 1: off long term?
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  Speaker 2: So the biggest thing that I would tell you that
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  Speaker 2: we kind of decided going into this game was that we.
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  Speaker 1: I.
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  Speaker 2: Would tell you, like lighten the box a little bit
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  Speaker 2: for the people that don't necessarily know what that means.
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  Speaker 2: It just means we didn't really have as many linebackers
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  Speaker 2: stacked in there or, or other positions really was an
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  Speaker 2: emphasis on, on the coverage and, They are elite in
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  Speaker 2: the pass game, almost to the point that it feels
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  Speaker 2: like he's calling his own plays. I don't know that
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  Speaker 2: that's true. It just feels that way. And we just
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  Speaker 2: wanted to see if we could get pressure with three
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  Speaker 2: and drop everyone else to try and make it harder
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  Speaker 2: on him. But man, he made some, their quarterback, Jack Sorge,
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  Speaker 2: he just made some incredible throws off platform, scrambling, and
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  Speaker 2: he's the real deal. And kind of our game plan was, hey, listen,
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  Speaker 2: we know he's going to make some of those really
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  Speaker 2: nice throws, but we wanted to see them sustainable. long drives. Um,
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  Speaker 2: that's hard to do in high school football and, uh,
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  Speaker 2: just see if they could do it and how well
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  Speaker 2: they could do it. And they did it at times. Um,
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  Speaker 2: but sustaining long drives is a big thing. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: we felt like we could still wind up the way
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  Speaker 2: we did and have success against the run. Um, but
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  Speaker 2: we just really tried to get as many bodies, uh,
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  Speaker 2: and coverage as we could because man, he could fit
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  Speaker 2: it into a mailbox if you wanted to.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and he's going to the Big Ten, Wisconsin. So
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  Speaker 1: you don't get an offer like that unless you can play.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and his dad was Peyton Manning's backup for
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  Speaker 2: how many years? It's not like it's– and you can
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  Speaker 2: see it, man. The dude was going through his progressions,
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  Speaker 2: and it's not– I don't want to say that that's
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  Speaker 2: super unnormal, but you could just see the processing happening there,
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  Speaker 2: and it was like, It's high-level stuff, so hats off
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  Speaker 2: to him and what they do because it's hard to defend.
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  Speaker 2: Hats off to our kids for never flinching.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to talk about that. Who were
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  Speaker 1: some players who you thought really stepped up on the
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  Speaker 1: defensive line or defensively?
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  Speaker 2: Really felt like our secondary players. Truly stood out this week.
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  Speaker 2: I've actually got.
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  Speaker 3: Alec Burris with me right here.
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  Speaker 2: But Grayson Green, Jackson Green, Reece Shannon, Alec Burris, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of really good games. I know we spent a
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  Speaker 2: lot of time talking about the front seven with how
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  Speaker 2: many wing tee teams we've played in the first handful
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  Speaker 2: of weeks. But it was really an opportunity for our
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  Speaker 2: secondary to shine, and I thought these guys did a
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  Speaker 2: really good job.
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  Speaker 1: Alex, welcome to the podcast.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, appreciate you having me on.
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  Speaker 1: What did you think about Friday night's game?
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  Speaker 5: I mean, of course you can't complain about a win.
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  Speaker 5: Our group as DBs, we're all really tight, and we
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  Speaker 5: were just fired up to go against Jack Sorge. I mean,
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  Speaker 5: he's a four-star Big Ten commit. You're not going to
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  Speaker 5: get this in a competition anywhere else. We were just
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  Speaker 5: fired up, and we remembered last year.
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  Speaker 1: I remember....
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  Speaker 5: Going home and like seeing operation football and like seeing
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  Speaker 5: a touchdown caught on me. And I'm like, all right,
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  Speaker 5: I'm like that game circled next year. And we kind
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  Speaker 5: of took it personal.
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  Speaker 2: Sure. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, maybe tell the audience a little bit about yourself
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  Speaker 1: before we get too far into, uh, the discussion with you.
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  Speaker 4: Um, I'm a senior. I play safety and receiver.
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  Speaker 2: Um, Four-year starter, 4.18 GPA, third in his class.
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  Speaker 3: I'll help him out a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go.
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  Speaker 2: He's the quarterback of the secondary in the pass game, man,
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  Speaker 2: on the defensive side. So he's being a little modest
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  Speaker 2: right now, in my opinion. He was all-conference last year, too.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations. That's really a big honor to be able to
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  Speaker 1: be all-conference and with your GPA, four-year starter. That's no
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  Speaker 1: small feat. a task right there.
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  Speaker 2: He's a two-year captain as well, and just his leadership
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  Speaker 2: for our team goes such a long way. He's not
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  Speaker 2: someone who's going to be necessarily a rah-rah guy, but
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  Speaker 2: he plays with a lot of passion and does a great.
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  Speaker 1: Job for us. Alex, maybe talk a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: your experience of being a four-year starter and what the
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  Speaker 1: program means to you.
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  Speaker 4: I mean... I.
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  Speaker 5: Feel like I can only describe our team and like,
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  Speaker 5: this program as a brotherhood. Like, we spend a lot
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  Speaker 5: of time with each other on and off the field.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, you always look back at interview camp when
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  Speaker 5: you're kind of forced to live.
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  Speaker 3: With your team.
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 5: And, like, you enjoy that, like, experience. but like we
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  Speaker 5: choose to be with each other and like we were friends.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, we all played football together our whole lives.
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  Speaker 5: So it's really nice to like play with people. You
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  Speaker 5: kind of know, like, like legit brothers, like none of
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  Speaker 5: our whole lives. And like, it's amazing to have, be
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  Speaker 5: able to play with kids like that.
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  Speaker 1: No, in Alex and coach, I would assume that, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you can talk to a little bit about this, but, uh,
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  Speaker 1: that means a lot when you have that, um, Not
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  Speaker 1: only the friendship, but that tight brotherhood, as you described it,
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  Speaker 1: that really helps on the field on Friday nights, right?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, just knowing with maybe some nonverbal commands, the
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  Speaker 1: way somebody's playing or that look that they give you
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  Speaker 1: gives you an advantage on Friday nights.
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  Speaker 2: I would argue it's the most important thing. I mean, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: you've got to be talented.
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 3: But talent only takes you so far.
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  Speaker 2: Like, the goal line stand on Friday night, to me,
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  Speaker 2: is because we care.
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  Speaker 3: About each other.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: That's where talent, you know, only takes you so far
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  Speaker 2: because if you don't trust each other and you're not, like,
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  Speaker 2: about it, those things don't happen.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: That's a cultural thing.
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  Speaker 2: And it's something we emphasize this whole offseason of, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we've got to get better in these tight games. And
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  Speaker 2: these dudes really grew together as a team and made
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  Speaker 2: it a huge point of emphasis.
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  Speaker 1: No, I totally agree. And, you know, by hanging out
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  Speaker 1: and it's the little things that add up to make
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  Speaker 1: big things, like you said, on Friday nights with that
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  Speaker 1: goal line stance.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Alex, thoughts about going in against Shelbyville this coming Friday night?
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  Speaker 1: I know that's a home game.
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  Speaker 4: I'm excited.
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  Speaker 5: It's another spread team, which has been kind of rare
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  Speaker 5: this season.
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  Speaker 4: I like her odds.
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  Speaker 5: I like playing against spread teams just because the picture
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  Speaker 5: is clearer. You get more time to read and then react.
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  Speaker 5: And as a DB, I just love when the ball
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  Speaker 5: is in the air and being able to go to play.
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  Speaker 5: I feel like I'm speaking for all the DBs here.
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  Speaker 5: We just want to get after it.
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  Speaker 4: Sure.
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  Speaker 5: We've only had one interception this year, which is kind
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  Speaker 5: of crazy. But we really want another one and a
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  Speaker 5: couple more, hopefully, this game.
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  Speaker 1: Which is, like you said, you're already 5-0, and only
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  Speaker 1: to have one interception seems a little low.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, especially when you're giving up nine points per game.
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  Speaker 2: But on top of that, part of the reason we're
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  Speaker 2: excited is because Shelbyville's good, man.
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  Speaker 3: They're playing well. They're throwing the ball well.
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  Speaker 2: Around and doing a really good job. I mean, they
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  Speaker 2: threw for nearly 300 yards on Tri-West. They played really
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  Speaker 2: well against Triton Central.
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  Speaker 3: They've turned a corner. I think they've struggled the last
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  Speaker 3: few years.
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  Speaker 2: They made a step in the right direction last year,
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  Speaker 2: and they're playing good football right now. You and I
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  Speaker 2: have discussed how talented our conference is, and I It's
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  Speaker 2: a challenge every week. They're playing good football right now.
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  Speaker 2: I've been impressed by them. I think they're a well-coached team.
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  Speaker 2: I think that they play to their strengths really well.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to make sure that we hopefully can try
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  Speaker 2: to take some of those strengths away from them.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Alex, we were talking a little bit about Friday night.
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  Speaker 1: From a player's standpoint, what is your goals or keys
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  Speaker 1: do you think is important to win come Friday night?
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  Speaker 1: What are some of the key goals?
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  Speaker 5: I think the most important thing ever is to always
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  Speaker 5: have the mindset, last play didn't matter.
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  Speaker 4: You make a mistake, it's bound to happen.
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  Speaker 1: You just got to keep going.
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  Speaker 5: You can't let down your other brother's playing just because
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  Speaker 5: you made one mistake. You got to be the best
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  Speaker 5: you can for the team always. And I think that's
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  Speaker 5: something we really embody. Yeah, we might jump off sides.
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  Speaker 5: We might make a mistake here and there, but they
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  Speaker 5: might get to the goal line.
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  Speaker 4: But we know that's in the past. We've got to
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  Speaker 4: stop them here, and that's something that we're really good at.
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  Speaker 2: I'd agree on that in the sense of, hey, we
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  Speaker 2: gave up 300 yards passing on Friday night, and they
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  Speaker 2: scored 12 points.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: They're going to make plays. Whether it's Tri-West, Kelbyville, we're
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  Speaker 2: in a good conference. They're going to make plays, and
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  Speaker 2: you've got to be okay with that sometimes. The idea
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  Speaker 2: isn't to be perfect. The idea is to chase perfection.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and I'm glad you said that, Coach. It's not
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  Speaker 1: about being perfect because there's no perfect game out there.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure as a coach you've thought about things after
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  Speaker 1: the game, driving home, and wish you had done something different.
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  Speaker 1: Players do the same thing. I know officials do the
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  Speaker 1: same thing. There's no perfect game out there, and I
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  Speaker 1: think sometimes teams, players can be too hard on themselves,
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  Speaker 1: and that turns it into a negative environment at that point.
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  Speaker 2: I think you get that more often when you are
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  Speaker 2: playing a team that's not very good.
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  Speaker 1: Good point.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, you know, here it is Christian scored on the
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  Speaker 2: first drive, and it was almost like, oh, my gosh,
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  Speaker 2: what happened? You know, why did that occur? The guys, like,
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  Speaker 2: they're allowed to have a good opening drive.
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  Speaker 3: It's okay.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: But you get into the meat of your conference schedule,
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  Speaker 2: and it's just, you know, hey, like, we understand.
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  Speaker 3: Like, we watch the film.
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  Speaker 2: We see that they're throwing 79-yard touchdown passes against Triton Central.
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  Speaker 2: We see that they're moving the ball in the running
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  Speaker 2: game and doing good things against solid opponents. Like, it's–
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  Speaker 2: It's good to see that, but it gets you prepared,
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  Speaker 2: like we talked about, those big game reps of, hey,
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  Speaker 2: this is what it's like facing a good team, and
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  Speaker 2: they're going to make plays, and you've got to have
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  Speaker 2: that next play mentality of, like, they've got good coaches,
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  Speaker 2: they've got some good players, and they're going to make plays,
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  Speaker 2: and that's okay.
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  Speaker 3: Now you don't want too many of them.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to have the mentality and mindset of, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to make adjustments as the game goes on
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  Speaker 2: and get better and learn and go through our process.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it would also be important to know,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, let it go, and then we'll address
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  Speaker 1: those issues during film or practice, and that's when you
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  Speaker 1: start kind of beating yourself up, if you will, for
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  Speaker 1: lack of a better word there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, we try not to beat ourselves up. You
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  Speaker 2: either win or you learn, and you sit down as
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  Speaker 2: a group, and I think this is where you talk
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  Speaker 2: about that unity and that cohesion of like, okay, let's
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  Speaker 2: not point fingers and scream and second guess each other.
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  Speaker 2: How do we fix it? Or if it's not broken,
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  Speaker 2: how do we make it better? I think us as
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  Speaker 2: coaches and players are doing a really good job of that.
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  Speaker 2: We talked about the offensive side of the ball where
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  Speaker 2: we scored 19 in the first.
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  Speaker 3: Half and then got shut out in the second half.
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  Speaker 2: I thought we did a nice job of not freaking out,
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  Speaker 2: not losing our minds. Even though we didn't get the
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: outcome that we wanted, we still are you know, constantly
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: trying to say, Hey, what could we have done better?
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: Um, and then on the defensive side, you know, you're
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: going against.
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: A big 10 quarterback who's making some nice throws and Hey,
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: we need to make these minor adjustments and get off
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: the field. Um, it's just ebb and flow and, and
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: just stay in the course and understanding that, Hey, like
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: we're all going to, we're all going to make adjustments
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: and get better and get through this thing together.
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Alex, maybe, uh, talk a little bit about, uh,
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: You know, the team, the locker room, if you will,
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: you're 5-0. How are you guys staying humble but yet
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: hungry at the same time?
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I feel like we're always hungry, especially
• 18:01
  Speaker 5: after last year.
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: Like, and we're all seniors. We all have one goal
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: in mind.
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: But it's important not to, like, only focus on that
• 18:09
  Speaker 5: end goal.
• 18:10
  Speaker 4: And every week is an important week. I mean, like
• 18:13
  Speaker 4: Coach said. Our conference is really good. There's no games off.
• 18:17
  Speaker 5: We could very well lose any of our games remaining,
• 18:21
  Speaker 5: but we all want to go get out there and play.
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: I feel like this year we don't just want to win.
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: We want to dominate games.
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: We want to be remembered as people remembered who come
• 18:31
  Speaker 5: watching us play. We want to put on a show
• 18:34
  Speaker 5: for our fans and our community.
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: Last Friday, it was insane.
• 18:39
  Speaker 5: After that full-on stand, I don't know if I've ever
• 18:41
  Speaker 5: heard Indian Creek feels so loud in my life.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: It was amazing. Yeah, it's got to make you guys
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: feel special and get that adrenaline rush going right there. Absolutely. Alex,
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: before we let you go, talk a little bit about
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: your future plans.
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: Well, it kind of depends. It's up in the air
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: right now.
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: I do have an offer for Chris Holman, so I
• 19:10
  Speaker 5: want to be an engineer, so that'd be an obvious choice.
• 19:14
  Speaker 4: But it depends how the football year goes.
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: If we make it to state and knock on wood
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: and everything, I might just have to hang it up there,
• 19:22
  Speaker 5: you know?
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: I feel like playing a.
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: Lot of football gaming at Lucas Oil would not suck.
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: It'd be a cool story to tell my kids someday.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: Oh, that's great.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: But if not, and.
• 19:34
  Speaker 5: God forbid something heartbreaking happens, I mean, I... would love
• 19:38
  Speaker 5: to keep playing. So, it's up in the air, really.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: That's great. Well, I tell you what, Rose-Hulman Institute of
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Technology is a great school. You can't say enough good
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: things about the institution. So obviously at some point football
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: passes everybody up, and that would be a heck of
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: a career to have as an engineer from a great institution.
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: Not that.
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: I'll just keep coaching football.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Even if you win state, you're still going to
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: come back, right?
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: I'll keep showing up.
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh, that's great. Again, Coach, this coming Friday night, Shelbyville,
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: 7 o'clock, home game, conference game, as we talked about.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: I know I kind of ask you this each and
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: every week, but any– Final points regarding the keys to
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: victory on Friday?
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't understate. I've been very impressed with Shelbyville.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: Sure.
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: Just a well-coached team.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: They're in their spots. They're going to make you earn stuff.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: You can tell that they're playing as a unit right now.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: And we've got to play a really good night of
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: football in order to have success. We've got to sustain
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: drives on offense. We can't get behind the canes. Defensively,
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: we've got to play our brand of football. When you've
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: got a passing attack like that that's having success, you've
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: got to give multiple looks. That could be on the
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: front end. That could be on the back end. We've
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: got to try to take the ball away. We've got
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: to try to make them sustain drives. We've got to
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: try to not give them gifts. On special teams, we've
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: got to make plays and create momentum on that side
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: of the ball.
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: We try to put our best playmaker in. a critical
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: phase of the game.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: And when you're in close football games, special teams many
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: times decide that. So we've got to be prepared in
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: all three phases. It's another big game. But on top
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: of that, you know, like Cal said, you know, we
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: had a big night. You know, it was homecoming. We
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: had all these people here. And, you know, on the.
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: Other side of that, you've got to move on. Word
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: of the week is.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: and we've got to be prepared for another big-time football game.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: And so far this week, I think our kids are
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: doing a great job of that. I think the mentality
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: is in the right spot.
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: And one thing.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: This group does a really nice job of is focusing
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: on the task at hand, giving respect to the opponent,
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: and knowing what it requires to be successful in this conference.
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And it looks like, knock on wood, the heat's
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: going to be gone and it's going to be a
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: little bit more normal football weather come Friday night I love.
• 22:25
  Speaker 4: Coaching football in a hoodie I love coaching football in
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: a hoodie it's.
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: An extra pocket and it's a it's a great feeling
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: to be out there it's football weather you get a
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: little steam coming off the head like it's it's freaking
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: it's go time man yeah meaningful football game when there's
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: frost on the pumpkin so.
• 22:41
  Speaker 6: Absolutely that time of year yeah and well you know
• 22:46
  Speaker 6: coach and Alex we wish you nothing but the very
• 22:49
  Speaker 6: best game is 7 o'clock against Shelbyville At home this
• 22:55
  Speaker 6: coming Friday night.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: We wish you guys nothing but the very best. And
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: as always, stay healthy out there.
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: Thank you and go Braves.