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Episode 4- Big Wins in Week 2! · Friday Night's At The Creek

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  Speaker 1: Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of Friday
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  Speaker 1: Nights at the Creek with Coach Gooden. Coach, first of all,
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  Speaker 1: before we really get into a lot of things, I
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  Speaker 1: just want to say congratulations on the win Friday night
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  Speaker 1: against Heritage Christian, 49-13. It must feel great to be
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  Speaker 1: starting the season 2-0.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it really is a great start to the season.
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  Speaker 2: But on top of that, I'm really proud of our
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  Speaker 2: freshman and JV teams for also starting the season 2-0.
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  Speaker 2: It's a cool feeling to be two weeks into the
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  Speaker 2: season and be undefeated at all three levels.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to go 2-0 and just one, but to
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  Speaker 1: think all three of them are 2-0 is pretty special.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's a testament to the kids that we have.
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  Speaker 2: It's a testament to the coaches. community support, just the
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  Speaker 2: whole deal. We've talked about having the biggest roster we've
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  Speaker 2: ever had. We've got a lot of people that are
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  Speaker 2: coaching these kids and taking extra time to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that they're getting developed and everything. Really proud, just in general,
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  Speaker 2: of all three of those groups.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Just real quick, JV, as the time of this recording
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  Speaker 1: on Monday night, just got done with the victory 24-20
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  Speaker 1: and then on Saturday, the freshman won 30-26. Looks from
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  Speaker 1: the score, kind of close games, but at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day, I'm sure it's all about getting reps,
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  Speaker 1: getting some playing time, and of course, the W is
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  Speaker 1: always a nice icing on the cake.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and you know, just a couple, to name a
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  Speaker 2: couple of guys from each game, you know, Jaden Smith
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  Speaker 2: came back from a torn ACL last year as a freshman,
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  Speaker 2: and he's Did a spectacular job at quarterback tonight. Zane
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  Speaker 2: Wilkerson is a junior, and he's had a great, you know,
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  Speaker 2: last couple months. Really kind of stepped into his role
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  Speaker 2: at a high level. Doing a great job on the
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  Speaker 2: JV being a leader. And then at the freshman level,
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  Speaker 2: Luke Smith had a heck of a game. He started
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  Speaker 2: off the year fast. He played some running back on Saturday. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and then another kid that really stepped up for us
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday was Caleb Wiseman. Um, he, uh, we didn't
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  Speaker 2: have our starting center due to illness. Um, he played
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  Speaker 2: center for the first time and stepped into the role
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  Speaker 2: and played a lot of meaningful downs on defense as well. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and those are just a couple of names. There's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys that are contributing and doing a great job. Um,
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  Speaker 2: but just really want to talk, you know, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: show those freshmen and JV group some love and, just
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  Speaker 2: shine some light on how great of a.
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  Speaker 3: Job they're doing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and hats off for somebody to step up, who's
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  Speaker 1: maybe not the starting center, to be able to step.
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  Speaker 3: Up and fill that void on a short notice.
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  Speaker 1: Every position's tough, but I personally think the center is
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  Speaker 1: one of the more tougher positions because it's not only
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  Speaker 1: getting the ball, but you're talking to your line, you're
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  Speaker 1: making sure that the quarterback and you are on the
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  Speaker 1: same page, and to be able to step up. for
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  Speaker 1: somebody with illness, says a lot in my book.
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  Speaker 3: 100%.
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  Speaker 2: And in the JV game tonight, too, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: had a lot of people playing out of position and
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  Speaker 2: had to figure it out. And it was really hot.
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  Speaker 2: But just both groups got down in both games and
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  Speaker 2: handled adversity and just did a phenomenal job.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, that's hopefully going to be paying big dividends
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  Speaker 1: for you on Friday nights here in the future as
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  Speaker 1: you move along.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. Looking forward to it, too.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's great.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Coach, let's kind of maybe shift gears just a
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  Speaker 1: little bit and talk about Friday night's game, Heritage Christian.
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  Speaker 1: Like we said, 49-13 victory starting the season 2-0. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: give us your thoughts of the game on Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you and I talked about Heritage Christian
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  Speaker 2: having a tough week one against, you know, you kind
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  Speaker 2: of shed light on, hey, you know, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people are probably going to think that you're going to
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  Speaker 2: win the game and, you know, And Harris Christian came
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  Speaker 2: out and competed. We did a nice job on offense.
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  Speaker 2: We went on the opening drive and scored. But they
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  Speaker 2: stopped us on a drive. They went down on their
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  Speaker 2: first drive on offense and ripped off a 59-yard run
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  Speaker 2: or whatever it was. And then the very next play,
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  Speaker 2: another 20 for a touchdown. So they came out and competed.
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  Speaker 2: I thought their kids played really hard. But ultimately, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we were able to get the running clock in the first.
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  Speaker 1: Half Well, that's got to be, again, kind of that
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  Speaker 1: bittersweet situation. You're happy that you got the W, you
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  Speaker 1: got the running clock, but maybe, again, getting the kids
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  Speaker 1: in is always great, but also making sure that your
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  Speaker 1: starters get enough reps in so later in the season
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  Speaker 1: when maybe you're not in that situation, they're able to
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  Speaker 1: compete for four quarters.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, and we talked about a lot about
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  Speaker 2: the balancing act of, hey, we've got to get reps,
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  Speaker 2: we've got to get better, but, you know, we can
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  Speaker 2: get some other guys in.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know, is it a balancing act? Yes. But I
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  Speaker 2: felt like we also executed at a high level in
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  Speaker 2: the first half. You know, offensively, we got stopped in
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  Speaker 2: the red zone.
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  Speaker 3: Once.
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  Speaker 2: And outside of that, you know, we scored on almost
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  Speaker 2: every possession. And then defensively, after that opening drive, they
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  Speaker 2: did not do much after that.
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  Speaker 3: So.
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  Speaker 2: So really proud of our kids. A little bit of
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  Speaker 2: adversity there, but, you know, got under the tent, made
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  Speaker 2: some adjustments, and got better. So kind of the first
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  Speaker 2: real taste of that adversity this season. I thought we
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  Speaker 2: handled it well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. No, that's great.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, like you said, it's always great when
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  Speaker 1: you can get a running clock in the first half.
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  Speaker 1: They kind of put you in the driver's seat for
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  Speaker 1: the second half. And, again, Coach, we hope everybody got
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  Speaker 1: out of there injury-free.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, nothing new on that end. We've played a tough
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  Speaker 2: football game. Obviously, everyone's dealing with boo-boos and different things
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  Speaker 2: right now, but that's just.
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  Speaker 3: High school football.
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  Speaker 1: I was going to say, if you don't have a
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  Speaker 1: boo-boo coming out of a Friday night game, did you
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  Speaker 1: really play hard enough?
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  Speaker 3: Could be the question, right? Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: That's just part of the game in terms of that. Coach,
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  Speaker 1: before we start talking about Greenwood, I know this coming
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  Speaker 1: Friday night, I believe it's a home game, 7 o'clock
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  Speaker 1: kickoff against Greenwood this coming week. But one thing I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to talk to you about, you know, how are
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  Speaker 1: you going to handle practice this week with the weather
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  Speaker 1: supposed to be getting hot? Does that change the way
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  Speaker 1: you practice and prep for the week?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. So, Tomorrow, Tuesday morning, we're going to practice varsity
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  Speaker 2: guys at 6.30 a.m. And the other dynamic that is
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  Speaker 2: difficult about that is we played a JV game just now. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, kind of looking at those JV kids, obviously
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  Speaker 2: we're not going to bring our freshmen in, get in
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  Speaker 2: rides in the morning and different things.
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  Speaker 3: It's difficult.
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  Speaker 2: But with those JV kids, like, hey, guys, like, just
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  Speaker 2: ask you to play a football game and it's 90
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  Speaker 2: degrees outside, I feel like as a coach I've got
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  Speaker 2: to make that practice for them. Like, hey, if you
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  Speaker 2: feel up to it, go. But if you're beat up
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  Speaker 2: from a football game, like you don't need to come
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  Speaker 2: into practice, you know, less than 12 hours later. So
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  Speaker 2: that's a unique balancing act. But we talked about it
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  Speaker 2: in leadership council on Monday, and I made the decision
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday that, hey, we're going to do this and
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  Speaker 2: we're going to practice it in the morning on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: tuesday and that may be our only um because of
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  Speaker 2: the heat right so it's a it's a unique balancing
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  Speaker 2: act but i think we talked about another time it's
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  Speaker 2: your job as the head coach to say hey here's
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  Speaker 2: our circumstances we've got to handle it and we've got
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  Speaker 2: to make.
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  Speaker 1: The most of it right so well and the other
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  Speaker 1: nice thing is everybody else in the state's pretty much
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  Speaker 1: uh handling the same issue so it's not.
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  Speaker 3: Unique just to one school yeah There's no question. Well,
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  Speaker 3: and when you practice in the morning, you've got to emphasize, like, hey, listen.
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  Speaker 1: And the good news is that our spring practices are
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  Speaker 1: in the morning, just like we're talking about now. But, hey,
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  Speaker 1: you need to lean on each other to set your alarms.
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  Speaker 2: In the group chat and like hey maybe we're sending
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  Speaker 2: pictures to each other of like hey i.
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  Speaker 3: Set my alarm right.
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  Speaker 2: You know i remember doing that in college where it's
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  Speaker 2: like how do we hold each other accountable to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that we're at practice at 6 30 in the
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  Speaker 2: morning and.
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  Speaker 1: Doing what we need to do yeah uh does it
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  Speaker 1: bother the routine when you go morning versus uh afternoon
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  Speaker 1: or after school um which Obviously, you're not going to
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  Speaker 1: be playing a game at 6.30 in the morning on
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  Speaker 1: a Friday, Saturday, or any.
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  Speaker 3: Day of the week.
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  Speaker 1: Does it kind of get you out of the routine
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  Speaker 1: a little bit when you don't go in afternoons?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it gets you out of the routine.
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  Speaker 2: But what I told the kids is there's nothing routine
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  Speaker 2: about a Friday.
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  Speaker 3: Good point. Excellent point.
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  Speaker 2: When the ball is kicked, you know, if you can't
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  Speaker 2: handle the adversity of not having your routine like what
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  Speaker 2: are you going to do on a Friday when you
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  Speaker 2: know you drop a pass or you miss an assignment
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  Speaker 2: or you know you do everything perfectly and they still
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  Speaker 2: make the play it's just not it's not an acceptable
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  Speaker 2: excuse we've just got to figure it out and you
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  Speaker 2: know we can't feel sorry for ourselves because it's our
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  Speaker 2: job to manage it, and we've got to be able
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  Speaker 2: to say, hey, this is what it is, and have
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  Speaker 2: an even-if mindset. Even if we have to practice in
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  Speaker 2: the morning, we're going to get better. Even if, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we have to practice without pads the rest of the week,
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  Speaker 2: or even if, you know, we've got to go inside,
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  Speaker 2: we've got no reason to not get better.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a great point and a great attitude to
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  Speaker 1: have in terms of that.
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  Speaker 3: And like I said, this is not unique to Indian Creek.
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  Speaker 1: This is something that every high school football coach in
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  Speaker 1: Indiana is going to be struggling with this week.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and it's our job to figure it out.
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: No one feels sorry for us.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: Coach, come up and figure it out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, as they say, that's why you guys get paid
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  Speaker 1: the big bucks, right?
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  Speaker 3: 100%. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Coach, like we said, Friday night is going to
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  Speaker 1: be versus Greenwood. It's a home game, 7 o'clock. I
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  Speaker 1: know they are 1-1, and they just are coming off
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  Speaker 1: of a loss to Franklin Community Schools, 34-48. Some quick
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  Speaker 1: thoughts you have on Greenwood at this moment.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought they played incredibly hard on Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Franklin's a 5A school. That's a rivalry game. Obviously, they're
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  Speaker 2: going into another conference opener with us, county rivals. And
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  Speaker 2: I thought they played really hard. I thought they competed
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  Speaker 2: with Franklin. I thought they put some good stuff on tape.
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  Speaker 2: Like we said, you start to see what a team
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  Speaker 2: is capable of after the first couple of weeks. However,
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  Speaker 2: you are also starting to wonder for yourself what's coming next.
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  Speaker 2: What's the next step in the evolution? But you get
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  Speaker 2: to this point in the season, and I think you
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  Speaker 2: start to know what a team is trying to accomplish
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  Speaker 2: and who they are. And, man, I thought they played hard.
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  Speaker 2: I thought they flew around on defense. And I thought
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  Speaker 2: they threw some unique looks at Franklin that made Franklin
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  Speaker 2: kind of have to get back to the drawing board. And, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: they pulled away in the second half or scored some
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  Speaker 2: points in the second half. But, man, it was a
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  Speaker 2: heck of a football game to watch on film.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like it's 34-48 in terms of that. What
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  Speaker 1: do you think are some of the keys of the
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  Speaker 1: game for victory come Friday night?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we have the same four keys. And there's a
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  Speaker 2: million things that we talk about. But I try to
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  Speaker 2: keep the main thing the main thing. Number one is
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  Speaker 2: be a team. Number two is do your job. Number
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  Speaker 2: three is be the most physical team. And number four
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  Speaker 2: is being the most excited team to play. Got it
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  Speaker 2: on a poster. say it every Monday. It's not, you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously we can sit here and say, don't turn the
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  Speaker 2: ball over.
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  Speaker 3: We can sit here and say, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, establish, you can say a million things, but we
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  Speaker 2: got to stay together as a team. We've got to
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  Speaker 2: be in the physical team to play. If we check
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  Speaker 2: those four boxes, good things are going to happen.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: There's a good chance you're going to come out with
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  Speaker 1: a victory on Friday night. Like you said, if those four, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Boxes are checked in terms of that. Weather may or
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  Speaker 1: may not be a factor come Friday night. I think
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  Speaker 1: there may be some storms coming in on Friday night,
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  Speaker 1: but the heat hopefully will kind of go away and
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  Speaker 1: be a little bit more tolerable. I know the last
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  Speaker 1: couple weeks, I think we've been spoiled.
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  Speaker 2: We've been incredibly spoiled, and, you know... The dynamic or
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  Speaker 2: the variable, you know, as we sit here on Monday night,
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  Speaker 2: is the game going.
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  Speaker 3: To get moved back to 8 p.m.? Right, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But what I told our kids in Monday's scouting report was, look,
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  Speaker 2: you've got to be mentally prepared for that. We can't go, oh,
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  Speaker 2: my gosh, like, the game's going to move back an hour.
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  Speaker 2: What are we going to do? It's another variable that
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  Speaker 2: could be a part of this equation and something that
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  Speaker 2: we're looking at weather-wise because, Player safety is always going.
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  Speaker 3: To be priority number one.
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  Speaker 2: And the athletic directors are going to do whatever is
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  Speaker 2: best for, safest for both teams. So for me, as
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  Speaker 2: of right now, I think the heat is probably going
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  Speaker 2: to be the biggest impact. But if it's weather, then,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've got to figure it out and adjust accordingly.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Coach, you know, you're coming 2-0 into the game. Greenwood's
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  Speaker 1: coming one-on-one after a tough loss to Franklin community. You know,
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  Speaker 1: any concerns about that? Obviously, I think Greenwood's going to
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  Speaker 1: be coming out wanting to be hungry. How do you
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  Speaker 1: keep your guys focused and ready to go?
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  Speaker 2: Pretty, you know, a rivalry game or a Johnson County rival,
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  Speaker 2: however you want to phrase it.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: You know, usually both teams don't need them. a whole
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  Speaker 2: lot of motivation to compete against their neighbor. But it's
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  Speaker 2: the conference opener, too. And we view this as the
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  Speaker 2: start of season number two or trophy season number one, where, hey,
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  Speaker 2: if your goal is to win a conference championship, you're
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  Speaker 2: technically playing for a trophy every single week.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, from here on out.
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  Speaker 2: And you try to break that season up for them.
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  Speaker 2: and say, hey, look, you know, these are the things
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  Speaker 2: that we're focusing on right now. And it's your conference, though,
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  Speaker 2: and the team that you've played in the non-conference. That's exciting.
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  Speaker 2: So as far as momentum, like, yeah, we beat Greenwood
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  Speaker 2: last year, and they're coming off a loss. They're going
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  Speaker 2: to be really motivated. But I don't feel like on
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  Speaker 2: this one that I've got to really dig too deep
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  Speaker 2: and be like, hey, like, we need to get going. Like, no,
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  Speaker 2: that's not an issue.
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  Speaker 3: That's great. You don't have to light the match.
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  Speaker 2: No. Kids are anxious to play. I think anyone with
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  Speaker 2: two eyeballs would know that Greenwood is a better opponent
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  Speaker 2: than what we've seen the first two weeks. That's not
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  Speaker 2: a knock on Western or Heritage Christian, but we're taking
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  Speaker 2: a step up as well.
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  Speaker 3: That's exciting for our kids.
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  Speaker 1: If you knock off Greenwood, that puts you in a
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  Speaker 1: better position, like you said, for the conference in terms
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  Speaker 1: of that. And then I assume as a coach, you're
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  Speaker 1: looking at that, reading that, and saying, you know, that's
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  Speaker 1: going to be a momentum booster for our team moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. And Indian Creek historically has not had a
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  Speaker 2: ton of success against Greenwood. I want to say we're
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  Speaker 2: somewhere around, like, 4-16 all the time against Greenwood.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 2: And so, yeah, like... We've been in a situation where
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  Speaker 2: it's been hard to come by wins against Greenwood.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: And trying to challenge our kids to, you know, win
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  Speaker 2: that game. But if you think their coach isn't sitting
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  Speaker 2: over there saying, hey, we need to take this game back,
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  Speaker 2: you're out of your mind. And that's what makes, you know,
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  Speaker 2: local games so much fun.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's what makes Friday night so much fun
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  Speaker 1: because you never know.
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  Speaker 3: There's no guarantee.
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  Speaker 1: And if we were going to just look at stats–
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: then there'd be no reason to play the game. But, uh,
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: that's why we play the game on Friday nights is
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: because you, you never know what's going to happen. And
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: there's that belief that, you know, there are upsets or
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: there's just, just great football.
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: That's going to be played.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And, you know, even, even nicer part of it
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: is like, we're just down the road from each other.
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: And it's, it's a, it, Going to also be a
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: big weekend, Labor Day weekend coming in. So, you know,
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: you may have some more people coming in, want to
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: watch the game because of that as well.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And, you know, to throw the conference affiliation, Greenwood
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: joined our conference for the first time this year. Just
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: adds a little bit more flavor to it. And that's exciting, man.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: So I just think it's really good for our conference.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: I think it's good for our community and just adds
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: a fun element to it.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: And it doesn't hurt that you're at home.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: Right?
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: On Friday night.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: No, we got them at home two years in a
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: row because of them joining our conference. And, you know,
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: we'll take it.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: No, you know, I've always thought that, you know, when
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: you're playing a home game, that's usually good for about
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: seven points. Not that you're going to get a seven points,
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: but there's nothing like being at home.
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: You don't have to travel. You don't have to ride
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: a bus.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: Even if it's just 30 minutes down the road, there's
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: a lot of things that just are great about playing
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: at home.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's called home for a reason.
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: That's exactly, yeah.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: It's where you're comfortable and all those, but, you know,
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: you've got to be able to go win on the road, too.
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: It's not a it's not a safety blanket.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: No.
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: Obviously got to go do it.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: And that's like we said, that's why we want to
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: play the games on Friday night. Coach, any final thoughts,
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: any final words? I'll kind of give you the final
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: word going into Friday night's game.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, like I said, very excited to get to compete
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: with two communities that are so close together. Very excited
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: for Greenwood to join the Hoosier Legends Conference and get
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: to see them and, you know, compete against them for
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: a conference championship. So, like I said, you know, should
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: be a great night in Trafalgar. The place should be rocking.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: Greenwood will have a ton of fans there. We'll have
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: a ton of fans and... It should be another great
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: night of high school football.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's going to be a great night starting
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: the conference. Like you said, the non-conference games are over now.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: You're getting down to business. You're starting that second phase
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: of the season, which is conference. And like you said,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: every night you're going for a trophy basically from here
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: on out for the rest of the season.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know what? That's why you lift all
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: those weights. That's why, you know, we, we talk about
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: it as a practice sport, man. And you do all
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: that weightlifting and you do all that training in the
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: off season. And it's like, all right, you make all
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: those deposits. Now it's time to freaking make a withdrawal.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: Go spend some money.
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: Go, you make the investment, go spend it.
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: Well, coach, we wish you nothing but the very best this, uh,
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: coming Friday night, home game versus Greenwood, 7 p.m.
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: Kickoff.
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: Uh, it should be an exciting night. Um, We wish you, obviously,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: nothing but the very best. Hopefully, you'll be bringing home
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: that W. But more importantly, we hope everybody is safe
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: and the weather will cooperate for the players.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And thank you for hosting us, man. And it's
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: always great hopping on the.
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: Podcast with you.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: It's a pleasure talking to you each and every week.
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: And I'm looking forward to talking to you next week
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: and getting the rundown from Greenwood and then looking for
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: week four.
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: Awesome.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: Thanks, Doug.
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: Go Braves.