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2026 | Ep. 12 | Veterans Shutout, Peaking at the Right Time, and Northside Ahead · Houston County Football Coach's Show Jeremy Edwards

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  Speaker 1: All right, guys, welcome in to another week of talking
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  Speaker 1: Hoco Bears football. Look at my man, Coach Jeremy Edwards.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's looking spiffy on this Monday. Coach, welcome in, brother.
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  Speaker 2: How you doing? Looking good there.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know about spiffy, but good morning, Phil. It's
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  Speaker 3: good to be here.
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  Speaker 2: Good to have you, man. Absolutely. Always good to talk
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  Speaker 2: to you.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, big thanks also to Ryan Lyons, State Farm Agent
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Lyons. Protectedbyryan.com is the website. Check him out, guys.
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  Speaker 1: You're needing insurance, all types of insurance. Uh, Ryan Lyons
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  Speaker 1: can help you out with that. You can go by
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  Speaker 1: and see him at his offices there in Warner Robins. And, uh, Jeremy,
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  Speaker 1: didn't you tell me that Ryan's got.
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  Speaker 2: A new office?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he's got two, uh, locations. He's got one in
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  Speaker 4: Warner Robins off of, um, uh, Russell Parkway. Uh, Russell
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  Speaker 4: in 41.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: And he's got another one in Macon.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Very good. So there you go, guys.
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  Speaker 1: Two locations to go check out. Ryan Lyons, I promise you,
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  Speaker 1: you owe it to yourself to try to get the
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  Speaker 1: best available insurance that you can for you and your family.
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  Speaker 1: And also, of course, I want to give a big
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  Speaker 1: shout out to downtown superfan Ronnie Brown. Without his support also,
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  Speaker 1: where would the Bears be?
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  Speaker 2: So. two good guys there and we appreciate their support coach.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, always good to be talking to you every day,
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  Speaker 1: especially after a win and especially when it comes against
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  Speaker 1: one of your crosstown rivals.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, and that was the case, uh, this past weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a good game.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, you know, veterans came to, uh, well, we share
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  Speaker 4: the stadium with them, but you know, we got, like
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  Speaker 4: we had mentioned last week, we were the home team.
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  Speaker 3: So it was senior night.
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  Speaker 4: Um, You know, great night to honor our seniors for
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  Speaker 4: all of the hard work and dedication to our program
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  Speaker 4: over the past four years and honor their families before
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  Speaker 4: the game.
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  Speaker 3: And just a special night.
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  Speaker 4: And to be able to get a victory and to
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  Speaker 4: get a shutout was really positive for our program and
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  Speaker 4: for our kids.
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  Speaker 3: And they worked hard and certainly deserved it.
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  Speaker 1: 42-0, the final score. That brings the Bears back even
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  Speaker 1: at 4-4. Obviously, it's been somewhat of a challenging season.
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  Speaker 1: You and I were talking a little bit about that
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  Speaker 1: before we went.
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  Speaker 2: On the air.
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  Speaker 1: There's still a lot of football left to be played.
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  Speaker 1: You've got two regular season games left, then the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: At this time of the year, here we are 4-4.
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  Speaker 2: You're 2-2 in the region play. It's kind of the
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  Speaker 2: region finish is still important.
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  Speaker 1: But it's not the biggest thing in the world like
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  Speaker 1: it used to be because now is there's more than
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  Speaker 1: just the top four teams to get in the playoffs
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  Speaker 1: it depends on your psr ranking talk a little bit
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  Speaker 1: about that with me if you.
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  Speaker 4: Will well you know you obviously you glance at it
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  Speaker 4: um now because of how it's you wonder how it
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  Speaker 4: works out with the formulas and um you know, where
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  Speaker 4: people stand in the top 32 and guys that will
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  Speaker 4: be able to go on and play it in the,
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  Speaker 4: in the playoffs. And, um, obviously right now we've got, uh,
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  Speaker 4: three of our, uh, teams in the region or in the, uh,
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  Speaker 4: the top four, I believe it was, uh, TCC Lee.
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  Speaker 4: I believe coffee is four. Uh, at one point I
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  Speaker 4: thought they were three. Um, all seven of our teams
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  Speaker 4: are in the, uh, right now in the playoffs, according
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  Speaker 4: to the PSR, which is wild.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 3: Tiff being at 32.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 4: So, you know, I mean, it's, it goes to show the, the,
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  Speaker 4: the way that the, you know, the formulas and all
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  Speaker 4: that stuff works out, they take into consideration the, you know,
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  Speaker 4: who you play and things like that. And for us
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  Speaker 4: to be, you know, four and four and sitting, I
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  Speaker 4: believe it's at 17. So, very close to potentially gaining
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  Speaker 4: not only a playoff hopes and a spot, but also
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  Speaker 4: possibly a home game.
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  Speaker 3: But we don't talk about a whole lot of that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, with our kids.
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  Speaker 2: No, I know you don't.
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  Speaker 4: Really as a staff, but we're just trying to go
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  Speaker 4: 1-0 this week. That's all we can control and certainly
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  Speaker 4: have a big task ahead of us on Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And just so you'll know, and for the viewers sake,
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  Speaker 1: I like to ask every coach kind of their opinions
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  Speaker 1: on it because, you know, here we are, we're getting
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  Speaker 1: down to the end of the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: Two games left. I can't believe I'm saying that.
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  Speaker 1: But, you know, and I know it's something you wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: want to talk to about with your team, but how
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  Speaker 1: do you feel about the way your team is playing
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  Speaker 1: right now? I mentioned earlier that it's been a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a challenge this year. But, again, you guys
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  Speaker 1: tend to, and pardon me for saying this, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't really mean this in a bad light, but I
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  Speaker 1: think you guys have shown a little bit of Jekyll
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  Speaker 1: and Hyde at times.
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  Speaker 2: Is that a fair statement?
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  Speaker 4: Well, you know, I mean, of the losses that we've
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  Speaker 4: had this year, they've come down to a few plays,
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  Speaker 4: and it could have went either way when you think
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  Speaker 4: about it. Obviously, it's been talked out, you know, between
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  Speaker 4: myself and you and other media outlets. But, you know,
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  Speaker 4: it just didn't go our way, and we were able
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  Speaker 4: to learn from those things. We really did a good
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  Speaker 4: job of continuing to trust the process and work towards
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  Speaker 4: getting better every day. And, you know, our defense is
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  Speaker 4: really– done a great job of kind of adapting and adjusting,
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  Speaker 4: you know, to, to, to the game. And obviously they're
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  Speaker 4: playing at a high level right now. We got back
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  Speaker 4: on track offensively. And so.
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  Speaker 2: And that's kind of where I'm going with that. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Some of it, you know, obviously the two, two games
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  Speaker 4: previous to the veterans game, we played against some really
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  Speaker 4: good teams and, you know, in order for us to
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  Speaker 4: be a top program that we want to be in
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  Speaker 4: the state of Georgia, then we, we've got to get
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  Speaker 4: to that level. And so it's, you know, we're working
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  Speaker 4: hard at it every day and evaluating the film and,
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  Speaker 4: and you know, try to put our best foot forward
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  Speaker 4: based on what we're seeing and what we need to
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  Speaker 4: improve weekly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And that's kind of where I was going with it.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you guys did, I mean, you can't do
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  Speaker 1: any better than, than a, than a shutout, obviously defensively.
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  Speaker 1: And that's kind of what I was talking about. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you guys will have the game and listen, and you're right.
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  Speaker 1: Let's give credit to the schedule.
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  Speaker 2: And the teams.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you guys have played some tough cookies this year,
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  Speaker 1: but all in all, if you had to bounce an hour, what,
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  Speaker 1: what kind of, you know, where, where is your team at?
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  Speaker 2: Is, is this, is it a, is it a team
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  Speaker 2: that you think.
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  Speaker 1: Can make a run once you got into the guys
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  Speaker 1: get into the state playoffs? Do you think there's some
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  Speaker 1: improvement that's going to have to happen in these next
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  Speaker 1: two games? I mean, what kind of, where do you
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  Speaker 1: feel like your team is at coach?
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  Speaker 4: Well, for, to finish off the year, you know, you'd
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  Speaker 4: love to, to be able to get some momentum going
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  Speaker 4: into the playoffs. Clearly, um, you know, playing North side
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  Speaker 4: this Friday, that's a game. So that's, uh, that's important
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  Speaker 4: to our kids, let alone, you know, anything else. So, uh,
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  Speaker 4: when it comes to that, you know, it doesn't take
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  Speaker 4: much to get them going and then finish off the
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  Speaker 4: year with Lee County. Um, who's one of the top
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  Speaker 4: teams in the state, well coached team.
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  Speaker 3: And so, um, You know, we're.
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  Speaker 4: Going to take one at a time, but obviously if
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  Speaker 4: you were able to finish the season strong going into
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs, that would bode well for our kids for
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  Speaker 4: confidence and things like that. But, you know, we choose
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  Speaker 4: to control what we can control.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned the fact that you've got Northside and Warner Robins,
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  Speaker 1: which I understand, by the way, they don't like to
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  Speaker 1: be calling Northside and Warner Robins the Northside.
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  Speaker 2: Anyway, you've got Northside coming up. Talk about for the
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  Speaker 2: people out there, because there are.
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  Speaker 1: People around the state that watch this show in addition
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  Speaker 1: to the Hoco fans. And by the way, we have
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  Speaker 1: a good bit of Hoco fans that watch this. So
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  Speaker 1: I want to extend my gratitude to all of you
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  Speaker 1: that watch this. If you are new to the show,
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  Speaker 1: please come back and watch it more because we have
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  Speaker 1: a great time talking to Coach Edwards. But my point being,
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  Speaker 1: what does it mean to, if there are people out
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  Speaker 1: there that aren't familiar with this game, this rivalry, Talk
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  Speaker 1: about what it means to play a team like Northside,
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  Speaker 1: who is kind of your next-door neighbor, same county.
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  Speaker 2: You're probably within, what, 10 minutes of each other or so.
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  Speaker 2: I may be off a little bit, but you get
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  Speaker 2: my point. What does it mean? Talk about what this
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  Speaker 2: week means to playing a team like Northside.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you know, right now we're kind of limited, you know,
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  Speaker 4: with the teams that we can play because we're those
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  Speaker 4: are the only two that we can, that we could
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  Speaker 4: schedule because, and that was just because they were in
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  Speaker 4: our region. You know, we, we liked the end County
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  Speaker 4: rival games. Our kids get up for it. They know
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  Speaker 4: all the kids on the other teams and, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we run into the coaches throughout the County, you know,
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  Speaker 4: whether we have, you know, school in service things, I mean,
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  Speaker 4: we're all in the same County. So, I mean, it's, um,
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  Speaker 4: same school system. And so it's, uh, you know, it
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  Speaker 4: makes it, uh, you know, it's a rival, um, And
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  Speaker 4: it's been going on for years. And so since the
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  Speaker 4: school has been, you know, started in 90. So, you know,
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's big. It's big for bragging rights. It's
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  Speaker 4: big for a lot of reasons. And, you know, like
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  Speaker 4: I said, it won't take much to get our kids
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  Speaker 4: fired up for this week.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, they're fired up every week.
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  Speaker 4: We've really just– I like the mindset of our team.
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  Speaker 4: I like the way they handle each week. Regardless of
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  Speaker 4: the outcome from the previous week, they just come to
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  Speaker 4: work every day. and and put in the work and practice.
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  Speaker 4: And they've really just amazed me with their resilience through
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  Speaker 4: it all. You know, some teams may have folded when
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  Speaker 4: they took some, you know, really, really tough losses. But
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  Speaker 4: it seems like our team continues to get a little
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  Speaker 4: bit better.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. you know, every single week.
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  Speaker 4: And this past week we were able to kind of
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  Speaker 4: put all three phases together, and.
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  Speaker 3: Hopefully we can keep that trend going.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Big win over veterans, 42 to nothing. What were the
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  Speaker 1: keys in this game, and what are going to be
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  Speaker 1: those same keys to get it done again Friday night?
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  Speaker 1: Talk about the similarities with what it took and what
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  Speaker 1: it's going to take.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I thought, I thought veterans came out and then they, they,
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  Speaker 4: they showed some different things that they haven't shown all year.
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  Speaker 4: We tend to get a lot of that from week
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  Speaker 4: to week defensively, you know, got people, you know, try
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  Speaker 4: new things that maybe they haven't showed on film. And,
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  Speaker 4: you know, we were able to kind of adjust and
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  Speaker 4: take what they gave us. And, you know, we're able
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  Speaker 4: to kind of establish our tempo, which is what.
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  Speaker 3: We want to do. You know, we want to be
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  Speaker 3: a tempo team.
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  Speaker 4: So we had good first down calls and, we're able
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  Speaker 4: to kind of move the ball on, uh.
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  Speaker 3: P and 10.
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  Speaker 4: And then defensively, we really just, um, did a great
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  Speaker 4: job of playing discipline, discipline football and, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 4: limited them in the run game and the pass game.
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  Speaker 3: Um, they tried some things, special teams.
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  Speaker 4: I knew they would, um, coach divorcee, I imagine is
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  Speaker 4: running that, that part of the, uh, his squad and
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  Speaker 4: has always done a great job, very creative in the
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  Speaker 4: things that he does.
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  Speaker 3: And, We were able to do some really good things.
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  Speaker 3: Our kickers playing lights out.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, he's if we punt and he's flipping the
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  Speaker 4: field when we kick off, he's making teams go 80
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  Speaker 4: because he's kicking it in the end zone. So that's
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  Speaker 4: been huge for us week in and week out. So
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  Speaker 4: Harrison Ludwig has been, you know, an MVP for us
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  Speaker 4: and was a captain Friday night.
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  Speaker 3: Our kicker, he's he's done a really nice job.
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  Speaker 2: Did he– by the way, be sure to send me
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  Speaker 2: his stats too. Don't want to forget the kickers.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're closing out with Jeremy Edwards.
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  Speaker 1: Head coach of the Hoco Bears, coming up on game–
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  Speaker 1: what is it?
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  Speaker 2: Nine, I believe it is, on the season. Four and four.
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  Speaker 1: Overall, where would you say your team is? Are you
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  Speaker 1: satisfied with where you guys are? Of course, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I get it. You want to be undefeated. Every coach does.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: Where are you at in terms.
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  Speaker 1: Of your expectations, I guess is the word I'm looking for,
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  Speaker 1: from where you thought your team would be to where
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  Speaker 1: you are? Yeah, kind of give me an idea, get
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  Speaker 1: the fans an idea of what you think.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, am I satisfied? Absolutely. I mean, I love.
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  Speaker 4: Being around these guys. I mean, they're a great group
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  Speaker 4: of kids. Love them. Love being around the coaches. Like,
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  Speaker 4: we have a lot of fun, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I think there's been a lot of teachable moments through
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  Speaker 4: this season, you know, and things that you wouldn't maybe
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  Speaker 4: experience had it just been an easy road. That might
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  Speaker 4: be a cop-out answer that some people may think.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great answer. Great answer.
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  Speaker 1: Keep going.
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  Speaker 4: To me, it's been– there's been a lot of– you know,
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I've been a head coach now. This will
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  Speaker 4: be my fifth season, so I'm no veteran when it
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  Speaker 4: comes to it. But I've learned a lot myself through
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  Speaker 4: this season. You know, just how do you handle some
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  Speaker 4: of the adversities and, you know, how do you approach
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  Speaker 4: the next week and, you know, after that?
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  Speaker 3: And so we've had a lot of firsts. You know,
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  Speaker 3: last year we had a lot of firsts.
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  Speaker 4: You know, we were 8-0 and first time in school
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  Speaker 4: history and things like that. And so we had a whole,
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  Speaker 4: you know, and we ended up dropping the second round
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  Speaker 4: of the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: And I felt like we would have been better.
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  Speaker 4: And so we've experienced some things now that I think
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  Speaker 4: have made us hungrier. Um, you know, because we don't
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  Speaker 4: take anything for granted and, um, I've just been real
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  Speaker 4: pleased with our kids attitude, despite some of the setbacks
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  Speaker 4: when in regards to records and, and the way in
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  Speaker 4: which we lost, you know, um, the central Carrollton game
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  Speaker 4: was kind of a heartbreaker. Um, we didn't play our
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  Speaker 4: best against Westlake, but we were still in the game.
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  Speaker 4: They're a really good football team. Um, you know, Thomas
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  Speaker 4: County central kind of got the best of us, but
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  Speaker 4: you know, we played a hard nose game with coffee
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  Speaker 4: and we just, we didn't make the plays when we
• 14:39
  Speaker 4: needed to make them.
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  Speaker 3: And so, um, we know what we need to work on.
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  Speaker 4: And I think that gives us kind of a, a
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  Speaker 4: blueprint for every single week of what we want to
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  Speaker 4: try to do and practice.
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  Speaker 3: And, uh, you know, it's been fun. It's, it's fun.
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  Speaker 3: That's what makes it challenging as a coach.
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  Speaker 4: And when you play in a league like this, you know, um,
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  Speaker 4: the margin of error is very small. Um, You know,
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  Speaker 4: and so the game could go either way on a
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  Speaker 4: few plays. And, you know, I think that kind of
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  Speaker 4: sharpens you when you get ready for the playoffs. And so,
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  Speaker 4: you know, and then it comes down to your draw.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, everybody knows that you get a good draw
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  Speaker 4: in the playoffs. You could get, you know, third round,
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  Speaker 4: fourth round, you know, possibly, you know, you got to
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  Speaker 4: have some luck.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we've, you know, been fortunate.
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  Speaker 4: Not here, but a previous stop, uh, to win a
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  Speaker 4: couple of state championships and you got to stay healthy.
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  Speaker 3: You got to have some luck. The ball's got to
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  Speaker 3: bounce away.
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  Speaker 4: And yeah, you know, um, I've never been on one
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  Speaker 4: of those teams where we're just completely dominant, you know, uh,
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  Speaker 4: from start to finish, we've had good teams, but, um, yeah, it's, it's,
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  Speaker 4: it's been really rewarding despite maybe what people on the
• 15:48
  Speaker 4: outside might think, um, based on our record.
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: Um, it's a one to no mentality around here. So,
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: We can't change the past.
• 15:56
  Speaker 4: We control what we can control and try to continue
• 15:59
  Speaker 4: to be just a.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: Little bit better. 1% every single day has kind of
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: been our deal.
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: Well, again, I think you would agree with me on this.
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: You know, you guys are obviously going to make the playoffs.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: I know you want to win these last two games.
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: By the way, we're not looking ahead by any stretch.
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: That's not what I'm doing, but, but just for the
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: viewer's sake, after Northside, you got Lee County to close
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: the season and, So two really good teams to finish
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: the season and then the playoffs. And again, I said
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: this earlier, you control your own destiny. So this will
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: be an opportunity to get past the first and the
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: second game and anything can happen. I think you guys
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: have got the team to make a run at it
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: this year.
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: And you know what? Sometimes that's how life works. That's
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: how the sport works.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: I've noticed that you get that second chance, so to speak,
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: in the second season, if you will.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: And you know where I'm going with that. I mean,
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: that's a chance for redemption.
• 16:54
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, shoot, what was it, two weeks ago,
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: all those top teams in college football getting knocked off?
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: What was it, four or five teams, you know?
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: You know, people got to stay healthy, you know? I mean,
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: that's a big deal.
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: This time of year, you got guys that are beat up, and,
• 17:12
  Speaker 4: you know, do they have the willpower and the discipline
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: to make themselves do stuff that they don't want to do? Maybe,
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: you know, uncomfortable things, like play a game when you're
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: dinged up, you know? You got to You know, your
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: shoulder hurts and, you know, whatever. Whatever it is, you know,
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: we just got to– you got to lay it on
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: the line for your teammates and for your program. And
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: wearing that H on your helmet has got to mean
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: something to you.
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: There it is, man. There it is right there.
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: There it is right there.
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: And here it is on the chest, man. See that?
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: I'm sporting– I got you, man. I got you back.
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: Love it. Love it.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: All right, Coach, we're going to dip out of here.
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: I really appreciate your great, great responses to the questions.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: I mean, that's exactly.
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: What I think the fans want to hear, and you
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: really do a great job of painting the picture, if
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: you will, about your football team, what has happened in
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: the past. What you said is really not that important
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: as it is what is going to happen and what.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: Your expectations are moving forward.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: So coach, you know, fans should be excited to have
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: a coach like you leading their young men.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: And, um, and I'm certainly glad that we've got you
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: with us every week.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: Well, thank you, Phil. I appreciate that.
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: You know, I think it just boils down to in
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: this game, uh, peaking at the right time. So, you know,
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: it's nice to start off a season red hot and
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: go on a run and maybe start off eight. No,
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: but What do you really find out? So if you
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: can peek at the right time, this is the time
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: to do it. And that's the intent. We're going to
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: try to go 1-0 this week.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: It's Houston County Northside this week. And we'll be back
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: next week right here at ITG Next, Houston County Coaches Show,
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: to talk all about it with the head football coach
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: of the Bears, Coach Jeremy Edwards.
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: Coach.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: Again, a big thank you for joining us, and a
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: big thanks to Ryan Lyons for sponsoring our show.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. Thanks, Phil. Thanks for having me. I look
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: forward to talking to you next week.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: Same here, Coach Edwards. Thanks a lot. Yes, sir. Bye-bye.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: There he is.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: That's Jeremy Edwards, head coach of the Hoco Bears, checking
• 19:34
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• 19:37
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• 19:39
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• 19:43
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• 19:47
  Speaker 1: next week to talk more Bears football right here at ITGN.