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Steve Sarkisian on loss to Georiga and the benching of Quinn Ewers · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: Texas Longhorns in Hall of Fame broadcaster Craig Way. It's
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  Speaker 1: in this case, it was not desirable at least certainly
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  Speaker 1: from the Longhorn perspective. By the way, also, as as always,
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  Speaker 1: For example, one person textan said Texas took a dive
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  Speaker 1: last Saturday against Georgia.
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  Speaker 2: They will get.
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  Speaker 1: Killed by Vanderbilt this Saturday fifty eight to three. Their
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  Speaker 1: fans will resort the violence like they did against Alabama.
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  Speaker 1: The Vanderbilt fans will not be punished for throwing bottles
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  Speaker 1: on the field. Is an A and M fan or
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  Speaker 1: just somebody having fun with it. Yeah, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. It's okay, though, listen, it's probably good
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  Speaker 1: to have some human There were some humor in the
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  Speaker 1: press conference today.
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  Speaker 3: Good fives from I thought Sark and the players afterwards, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: there was not the sky is falling feeling that if
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  Speaker 3: you go on Jenny Master's board or read social media,
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  Speaker 3: it does appear that the sky is falling according to
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  Speaker 3: the Texas fan base. Did not get that vibe from
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  Speaker 3: the players and coaches.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, okay, anyway, and that by the way, that
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  Speaker 1: text was to the morning Kickoff crew this morning, to
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  Speaker 1: conference stuff itself. I'm gonna start off with some things
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  Speaker 1: that really get into some detail from Loghorn's head coach
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  Speaker 1: Deep Sarcasan.
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  Speaker 4: Alrighty, a couple of things to recap from this weekend.
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  Speaker 4: I think, first of all, Longhorn Nation, what support we
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  Speaker 4: got this weekend.
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  Speaker 5: It was incredible from from.
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  Speaker 4: All day long, from game day all the way through
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  Speaker 4: the final whistle.
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  Speaker 5: Can't thank y'all.
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  Speaker 4: You know, when you look at the game, there's a
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  Speaker 4: ton of things to look at in this game that
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  Speaker 4: contributed to us not winning the football game. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: you can really them converting those four turnovers into seventeen points.
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  Speaker 4: You can look at us generating three turnovers defensively, also
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  Speaker 4: only converting that into seven points. So so right away
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  Speaker 4: we're at we're at ten point deficit. Not to mention,
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  Speaker 4: it's the number one stat in football, and winning and
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  Speaker 4: losing is a turnover battle. I think four pre snap
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  Speaker 4: penalties offensively, two substitution airrors defensively to where we had
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  Speaker 4: to burn two timeouts in the first half, two holding
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  Speaker 4: penalties on special teams. I think all those types of
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  Speaker 4: things led to you look at the average drive start
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  Speaker 4: in the first half. You know, Georgia's average drive starting
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  Speaker 4: field position was the forty seven yard line for their
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  Speaker 4: nine possessions in the first half started in our end
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  Speaker 4: of the field. Our average drive start position was a
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  Speaker 4: twenty three yard line, and three of our first four
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  Speaker 4: and started inside of our own thirteen yard line. So
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  Speaker 4: it's a lot easier to score when you're closer to
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  Speaker 4: the end zone and we had a long way to go.
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  Speaker 4: They had a short way to go. I think that
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  Speaker 4: that contributed quite a bit to that. You know, I
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  Speaker 4: will say in the second half, I was really proud
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  Speaker 4: of our players. They played better football. We played hard,
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  Speaker 4: we played with great effort. But the key to the
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  Speaker 4: drill when you're playing in games with with quality people
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  Speaker 4: on both on both teams, effort is one piece of
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  Speaker 4: the ingredient. Execution is the other piece of the ingredient,
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  Speaker 4: and we just did not have great execution Saturday night.
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  Speaker 4: Most notably, we didn't have great execution at critical moments
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  Speaker 4: when you start thinking about third down and fourth down.
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  Speaker 4: I think we were two of fifteen on third down.
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  Speaker 4: We were one of five on fourth down when our
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  Speaker 4: execution was was needed.
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  Speaker 5: You know, in the red zone. Defensive We've been so
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  Speaker 5: good defensively.
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  Speaker 4: In the red area and then they had a lot
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  Speaker 4: of opportunities, but three of five for touchdowns in the
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  Speaker 4: red area when we needed that execution, it just wasn't
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  Speaker 4: quite as good as we needed it to be. So,
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  Speaker 4: you know, the turnovers definitely play a part. Uh the
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  Speaker 4: sacks play apart, and that's everybody. You know, that takes
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  Speaker 4: all eleven. That's the offensive line, the running backs, the
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  Speaker 4: tight end, the quarterback, and the receivers to understand the
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  Speaker 4: timing of the play. So as a whole, as a team,
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  Speaker 4: you know, we we expect better, We expect to play better,
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  Speaker 4: we expect to to play to the standard.
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  Speaker 5: Uh, and we will.
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  Speaker 4: And so you know this is uh, you know, as
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  Speaker 4: as I told the team, I'd much rather get knocked
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  Speaker 4: down in the sixth round than get knocked out in
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  Speaker 4: the twelfth round. And so we got to get up
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  Speaker 4: off the mat. We got to get back to work
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  Speaker 4: the way we know how to do it, which we
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  Speaker 4: will do. We'll fight like crazy and and we'll make
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  Speaker 4: this a twelve round fight for the season. And UH
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  Speaker 4: looking forward to the opportunity to go do that, uh,
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  Speaker 4: to prove what we're capable of. As far as this
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  Speaker 4: week's game, it's a very good Vanderbilt team. And uh,
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  Speaker 4: these guys are you know, Coach Lee's done a tremendous
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  Speaker 4: job building this program.
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  Speaker 5: He's in year four.
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  Speaker 4: They've done a nice job of one building within but
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  Speaker 4: also in the transfer portal. They're playing really stout run
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  Speaker 4: defense that they're they're committed. They're disciplined to defending the run,
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  Speaker 4: they create turnovers on the flip side. They run the football,
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  Speaker 4: they burn a lot of clock. They lead the conference
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  Speaker 4: in time of possession, they lead the conference in third
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  Speaker 4: down conversion rate. They only have two turnovers on the year,
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  Speaker 4: which leads the SEC. And you know, they're really efficient
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  Speaker 4: and so they play really, really good, complimentary football. And
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  Speaker 4: with that, you know, you've got to maximize your possessions offensively.
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  Speaker 4: You got to make your plays count. You can't count
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  Speaker 4: your plays. You know, we had seventy six plays the
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  Speaker 4: other night. When Alabama went to Vanderbilt a few weeks ago,
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  Speaker 4: they ran forty eight plays. I think their next opponent
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  Speaker 4: ran fifty two. I think ball State ran sixty. And
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  Speaker 4: so you've got it. You've got to be really efficient
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  Speaker 4: with your plays offensively. And we got a fight like
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  Speaker 4: crazy to stay on the field extending our drives on
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  Speaker 4: third down. And then we got to find a way
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  Speaker 4: defensively to get them off the field, which probably means
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  Speaker 4: we got to win on first down. We got to
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  Speaker 4: do a great job on third down and try to
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  Speaker 4: minimize the third and short opportunities that they get. So
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  Speaker 4: very good football team quarterbacks a heck of a player.
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  Speaker 4: He definitely is the straw that stirs the drink for
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  Speaker 4: them in the run game and in the past game.
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  Speaker 4: He's definitely infused a competitive, winning mentality into that team.
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  Speaker 4: And so we've got we've got to work cut out
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  Speaker 4: for him and defending him as well as their entire team.
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  Speaker 5: So it should be a heck of a matchup for us.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Let's get to a couple of questions before
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  Speaker 1: we get to the break. First of all, it's peak
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  Speaker 1: at the quarterbacks. He was asked about Diego Pavia later,
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  Speaker 1: the Vanderbilt quarterback, and we have plenty of time to
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  Speaker 1: talk about that young man as the week goes forward.
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  Speaker 1: But a lot of folks are fixated, obviously on the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback play at Texas, and that includes Quentin Ewers, who,
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  Speaker 1: of course, was pulled out of the game in that
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  Speaker 1: second quarter when he was having struggles. As Sark told
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  Speaker 1: the television reporters and told us after afterwards on the
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  Speaker 1: post game, he wanted to settle him down a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: and having calmed down a little bit, and then he
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  Speaker 1: went back in and played better after that. So he
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  Speaker 1: was asked, is it a difficult situation. Is it delicate?
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  Speaker 1: How you handle that to keep a guy from losing confidence?
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  Speaker 1: In short, how you handle a situation like that A
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  Speaker 1: couple of things. I think Quinn definitely can play better.
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  Speaker 4: We've got to continue to work his pocket presence and
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  Speaker 4: making sure that he's capitalized, capitalizing on the premier looks
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  Speaker 4: when we get them. Why we're calling plays and we
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  Speaker 4: get those shots to take them.
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  Speaker 5: But I also think we need to play better around him.
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  Speaker 4: You know, our offense isn't about one player playing well.
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  Speaker 4: It's about all eleven playing well. And I don't think
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  Speaker 4: we've been at our best from a from a totality standpoint. So, yes,
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  Speaker 4: Quinn needs to needs to play better, and I believe
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  Speaker 4: that he will. I thought he played a better second half. Again,
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  Speaker 4: the game was a little bit out of whack, But
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  Speaker 4: I think we need to be better around him as well.
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  Speaker 4: Up Front, the run, game, receivers, creating separation, getting open
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  Speaker 4: all that needs to needs to needs to improve.
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  Speaker 2: All right, So that's about his performance. What about his
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  Speaker 2: coin confidence?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I think it's him understanding that we have confidence
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  Speaker 4: and belief in him. Again, we were very clear of
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  Speaker 4: why we made that move at the end of the
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  Speaker 4: second quarter of of him kind of recalibrating him, getting refocused,
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  Speaker 4: giving him a chance to get into the locker room
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  Speaker 4: so that we could visit.
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  Speaker 5: And again, I thought it was an effective.
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  Speaker 4: Move for for him, for us as a team. But
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  Speaker 4: we got we got a ton of respect for Quinn,
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  Speaker 4: a ton of confidence in Quinn.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 4: I think he's gonna come out and play really good
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  Speaker 4: football for us here the second half of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, And then I was asked for an
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  Speaker 1: update on injured guys, most notably Andrew mccoba.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he'll be uh, you know, he'll be questionable this week.
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  Speaker 4: Were Yeah, he'll be uh you know, he'll be questionable
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  Speaker 4: this week. We're gonna we're gonna have to monitor him.
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  Speaker 4: You know, we do have the buye after this game
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  Speaker 4: before we come back, and I think I believe we
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  Speaker 4: played Florida after that, so you we're just gonna to
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  Speaker 4: turn closely this week. But but again, I'm not going
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  Speaker 4: to put him back out there if he's not ready
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  Speaker 4: to go, knowing that I can have a couple more
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  Speaker 4: weeks after this to get him healthy. A little similar
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  Speaker 4: to the Quinn situation, I guess. So we'll look at it.
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  Speaker 4: We'll see what it looks like. But you know, again,
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  Speaker 4: it's nothing that is, you know, season ending, anything of
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  Speaker 4: that sort.
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  Speaker 2: So there's at least that part of it anyway, is
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  Speaker 2: good news.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, we'll hear more from Sark throughout the
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  Speaker 1: course of the program in all.
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  Speaker 2: Three hours this afternoon.
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