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Segment 5 - UConn FB Show OFF 8-24 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: That we're live of the iHeartRadio Music Lone Live Studio
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  Speaker 1: audience with Jason Kandell, first of our twelve Coaches shows.
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  Speaker 1: We're kind of going through the roster trying to identify
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  Speaker 1: some guys that you all can see on Saturday the
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  Speaker 1: fifth when Lafayette comes in for the home opener. And
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  Speaker 1: you know a lot of guys that come from different
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  Speaker 1: places and they're getting used to you as a Yukon coach.
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  Speaker 3: And how much does it help?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that so many guys are coming from Toledo,
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  Speaker 1: they know each other, they practiced together, they played in
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  Speaker 1: some games together.
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  Speaker 2: I can't imagine the transition without them, to be honest
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  Speaker 2: with you, They're just a table setter for everything that
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  Speaker 2: you want to do. Culturally, it's a sounding board for
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  Speaker 2: the players and the meeting the new players in the
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  Speaker 2: meeting room. It takes away and a lot of the
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  Speaker 2: unknown from a you know, they're able to spread the
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  Speaker 2: message and they're you know, some of those guys have
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  Speaker 2: done much better than others have it doing that. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, there's there was a lot of luxury in
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  Speaker 2: the sense of having that many players that showed that
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  Speaker 2: you know that they came here in January with us.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Avery Dunn, where's number eleven? He's a d lineman
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  Speaker 1: sixty four but only two fifty. That seems like not
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  Speaker 1: a lot of weight for a guy that's going to
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  Speaker 1: be down on the trenches like that.
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  Speaker 3: Well, those guys are edge guys.
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  Speaker 2: I mean those you know, you're two hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 2: to two hundred and sixty pound guys. Those guys are
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  Speaker 2: playing on the edges and the three hundred pound guys
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  Speaker 2: in the middle there they have a different there's a
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  Speaker 2: different role there. But Avery's a good player and a
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  Speaker 2: great kid. You know, comes from a great family. You know,
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  Speaker 2: came to us to was Michigan State as a freshman
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  Speaker 2: and then transferred, you know to Toledo and uh did
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  Speaker 2: a great job there for us, and you know, wanted
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  Speaker 2: a place to play his fifth year. He's got a
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  Speaker 2: brother that goes to Brown, so he's got some family
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  Speaker 2: up this way and been a great fit and been
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  Speaker 2: a great leader for our team and just one of
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  Speaker 2: those really try hard, work hard guys that leads by example.
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  Speaker 3: And I think he's gonna have a really good year.
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  Speaker 1: Brad Moore is another guy who's coming over from Toledo.
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  Speaker 1: He's six' one to Eleven hamilton Oh. High so obviously
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  Speaker 1: a lot Of ohio guys play into At. Toledo uh
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  Speaker 1: does that make it easier in the sense you have
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  Speaker 1: so many people in your backyard there when you.
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  Speaker 2: Were, recruiting it was a different, dynamic right you have
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  Speaker 2: in a four hour radius from that, campus you can
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  Speaker 2: you can get a lot to a lot of. Cities
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  Speaker 2: you can get to a lot of good, football you,
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  Speaker 2: know in a short car ride and a short ride,
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  Speaker 2: home you know WHAT i. Mean and there was the
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  Speaker 2: difference there maybe between here and there is you, Know
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  Speaker 2: toledo's In america's, intersection AND i don't want to give you,
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  Speaker 2: KNOW i don't want a recruiting spill here For. Toledo
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  Speaker 2: but there's a lot of foot traffic and they can,
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  Speaker 2: go you, know in and out of your.
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  Speaker 3: Campus you can be. Seen so, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: There's a we really focused on that four hour, radius
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  Speaker 2: and a lot of those guys that you that have followed,
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  Speaker 2: us you, know other than maybe some of the guys
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  Speaker 2: From georgia And florida uh two here or from that
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  Speaker 2: four hour, radius so you, know AND i think that's you,
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  Speaker 2: know been one of the transitions to here is trying
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  Speaker 2: to get your foot on the ground and really grab you,
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  Speaker 2: know what is a real recruiting base and what does
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  Speaker 2: that look like and what is you, know recruiting in
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  Speaker 2: The northeast is a little bit different than The midwest.
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  Speaker 3: And trying to get our feet on the ground that way.
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  Speaker 1: Too all, right let's get to THE qbs. Here Jake
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  Speaker 1: merklinger comes From. Tennessee SO i mean to, me this
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  Speaker 1: is What yukon has done here in the last couple
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  Speaker 1: of years Under. Jimora now with You Jason kandel, HERE
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  Speaker 1: i think this place has become a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: of a destination for football. Players that's What i've seen
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  Speaker 1: players coming from The Big ten and other places coming
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  Speaker 1: To yukon to play. Football and maybe we weren't saying
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  Speaker 1: that five years, ago ten years, ago but it seems
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  Speaker 1: to me that's happening more and, more AND i think
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  Speaker 1: he's an example of.
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  Speaker 2: That there's only there's only so many starting. Quarterbacks it's
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  Speaker 2: not like you're a defensive end where you can go
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  Speaker 2: in and play on the fourth.
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  Speaker 3: Series and your coach can promise.
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  Speaker 2: You that every week that, hey you're going to get
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  Speaker 2: fifteen reps this week and you're going to play another
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  Speaker 2: six snaps on field goal and you're going to there's
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  Speaker 2: only one. Quarterback AND i think those guys they fully
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  Speaker 2: understand the competition that they're. In they play the most
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  Speaker 2: scrutinized position in all a. Sport they chill that this
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  Speaker 2: is what they, wanted and there's there's a great you,
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  Speaker 2: know there's great things that come along with, that and
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  Speaker 2: there's other things that you don't like about. That so you,
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  Speaker 2: know you you sometimes you have to. Move when you
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  Speaker 2: don't you're not the starter at the place you're. At
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  Speaker 2: AND i think In jake's, case and you, Know Caleb
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  Speaker 2: bosborne coming From, toledo and you, know Obviously tucker McDonald's
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  Speaker 2: stay and you, know stay and put right here where
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  Speaker 2: where he's he's laid his foundation. AT i, mean those
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  Speaker 2: guys are they have different. Stories BUT i think What
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  Speaker 2: i've really appreciated about them is they've got into a,
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  Speaker 2: room they've had this great, Competition they've become really. Close they,
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  Speaker 2: understand and they take care of one another on the
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  Speaker 2: practice field and they're you, know they're battling it out
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  Speaker 2: and it's been a, great you, know journey to go
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  Speaker 2: through with them guys Since, january so each one of
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  Speaker 2: them is kind of put their flag in place that
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  Speaker 2: they want to be the starting quarterback and that they
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  Speaker 2: have the opportunity to do. SO i feel really confident
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  Speaker 2: that we could put a playing together around any one
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  Speaker 2: of the three to go. Win you, know here in
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  Speaker 2: the next four or five, days we got to figure
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  Speaker 2: out who that guy is going to be and and
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  Speaker 2: activate that.
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  Speaker 1: Plan wait a, minute that's breaking. News three or four,
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  Speaker 1: days we're gonna know who's going to play.
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  Speaker 3: Quarterback we'll, see.
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  Speaker 1: All. Right, listen the wide receivers are pretty impressive. TODAY
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  Speaker 1: i got to say they were making some great. Catches
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  Speaker 1: Ryder treadway came from where you were. Coaching he's an interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Guy he's only a, sophomore and you were just saying
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  Speaker 1: during the break he didn't play a lot early in the.
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  Speaker 3: Season so what.
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  Speaker 1: Happened how did he all of a sudden become an
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  Speaker 1: impact guy for you last?
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  Speaker 2: Year, well it's a true freshman last, year AND i
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  Speaker 2: think that's really hard to crack a lineup on a good,
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  Speaker 2: team you, know as a, freshman and you know you're.
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  Speaker 2: Well Jeremiah smith played In Ohio state, well there's only
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  Speaker 2: One Jeremiah, smith, Right so you, know there's not many
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  Speaker 2: of those guys that can come and impact the game
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  Speaker 2: and impact the season right away right out of high.
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  Speaker 2: School you have to be physically ready to do. It
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  Speaker 2: you have to be a you, know you have to
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  Speaker 2: know the. Playbooks there's a mental piece of, this and most,
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  Speaker 2: importantly you have to be emotionally ready to go do.
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  Speaker 2: That and sometimes that that part of it has never
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  Speaker 2: really brought up or talked, About BUT i thought this
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  Speaker 2: guy had a really good demeanor to.
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  Speaker 3: Him he's very, poised he's very.
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  Speaker 2: Composed you, know he's got a great family and they're
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  Speaker 2: with him every step of the way at every, game
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  Speaker 2: and so he's got a great support system around, him
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  Speaker 2: and he just kind of outworked.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly he just was one of those guys where it's, like,
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  Speaker 2: man it's third and five and the. Quarterback it's obvious
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  Speaker 2: a practice who the quarterback trusts and the coaches better
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  Speaker 2: get on board pretty fast if you want to have
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  Speaker 2: a great. Season so he kind of molded himself into
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  Speaker 2: being that third down. Threat you, Know i'd go back
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  Speaker 2: to The Miami ohio game last. YEAR i, mean he
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  Speaker 2: had four third down catches and a touchdown that broke
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  Speaker 2: the game.
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  Speaker 3: Open and quite.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly there's a couple of guys that were ahead of
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  Speaker 2: him at the beginning of the year that are more
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  Speaker 2: talented than he. Is but you know that constant pressure
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  Speaker 2: of just doing the right thing over and over and
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  Speaker 2: over and over, again and how that pays dividends in.
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  Speaker 2: Life he's a perfect example of. That and not to
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  Speaker 2: say that he's not. Talented he's very. Talented but who
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  Speaker 2: this guy is and you, know this is a guy
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  Speaker 2: that's a president of a company.
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  Speaker 3: Someday this is this guy's got to bright.
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  Speaker 1: Future, yeah Writer, tredway where's number? Eleven he's a six,'
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  Speaker 1: three one. Ninety seven Comes, From, frisco texas which kind
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  Speaker 1: of a famous place for, football, Players.
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  Speaker 2: RIGHT yeah i mean he's he's state title in. HIGH
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  Speaker 2: school i mean he's he's from very good, high school very,
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  Speaker 2: well coached and a guy that's totally invested in.
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  Speaker 1: The game are going to work our way down the
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