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Jackson Bennee 10-20-26 Post Practice Media Availability · ESPN 700 & 92.1 FM | Utah's #1 Sports Talk

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  Speaker 1: Jackson, how excited are you? Top 15 matchup to a
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  Speaker 1: chance of the Saturday night. Super excited, man. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to be, you know, it's going to be a great game. They're,
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  Speaker 1: they're a heck of a team and, uh, it'll be
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  Speaker 1: the best, best, uh, challenge we have so far. So, excited.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of problems does their offense create for, for
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  Speaker 1: defenses in the secondary especially? Um, you know, they got,
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  Speaker 1: they got a good tight end. Uh, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think that can create some problems with sometimes with matchups. Uh, Honestly,
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  Speaker 1: I feel confident with our secondary. I think they're just
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  Speaker 1: a good team all around. Their line's good. Running back, quarterback, receivers,
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  Speaker 1: they're just solid all around.
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  Speaker 2: What was the biggest lesson learned against Colorado?
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  Speaker 1: We just got to tighten a few things up within
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  Speaker 1: our group. Props to them. They did make some awesome plays,
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  Speaker 1: but I would say the majority of the points on
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  Speaker 1: the board and big plays that were made were our fault.
• 0:59
  Speaker 1: Lack of communication or undisciplined football so you know while
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  Speaker 1: they did do a good job i'd say mainly it
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  Speaker 1: was on us so yeah it's it's it's just a
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  Speaker 1: easy fix there um something we got to be more
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  Speaker 1: conscious of and aware of and you know we'll be.
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  Speaker 2: Fine you got to play a little bit more safety
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  Speaker 2: last week just how did it feel kind of playing
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  Speaker 2: middle field back there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah it was fun that was it was really fun
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  Speaker 1: played a lot of safety don't get enough uh reps
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  Speaker 1: back there so it's just fun i love being in
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  Speaker 1: the post i love trying to work my range and,
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  Speaker 1: and playing down in the box as well at strong.
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  Speaker 1: And so, um, yeah, it was a blast.
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  Speaker 2: Loved it. What'd you guys learn about yourself playing in
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  Speaker 2: a close game for the first time this season, knowing that, uh,
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  Speaker 2: second half of the season is probably giving me some
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  Speaker 2: more close games like that. What'd you guys learn about yourself?
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  Speaker 1: Um, you know, just to rally, rally together and, and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: really just trust the kind of defense and offense as
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  Speaker 1: well that, that we've been doing all year, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just stick to our game and own our 20 square
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  Speaker 1: feet and, because sometimes it's hard to get down on yourselves.
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  Speaker 1: It can be frustrating. There's a lot of emotion in
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  Speaker 1: the game, but just to try to stay level-headed and
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  Speaker 1: do your thing is kind of what we were talking
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  Speaker 1: about in those close points of the game.
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  Speaker 2: You kind of talked about it with the tight ends
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  Speaker 2: and matchups. You guys previously in years at Utah had 12,
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  Speaker 2: 13 personnel. Does it make it easier for the game
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  Speaker 2: plan knowing you guys somewhat know what to expect when
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  Speaker 2: you have two tight ends out there?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean, we'll watch their film a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more and see a little bit more what they're about. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they run a little bit of 11, 12, 13 even personnel.
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  Speaker 1: But we've seen it before, so it should be good.
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  Speaker 1: When Isaac Wilson did the forward pass in the last game,
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  Speaker 1: did you think it was lateral? What were you thinking? Nah,
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  Speaker 1: it was forward. Especially because of arms that we had.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it was the last game, I was like,
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  Speaker 1: If ours was forward, that was for sure forward. I
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  Speaker 1: will say, I think it's like tricky for them because
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  Speaker 1: it seems backwards. You know, like he's running and it
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  Speaker 1: looks like it's backwards because, you know, the guy catching
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  Speaker 1: it is behind him. But, you know, if you were
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  Speaker 1: to pitch it and stop, the ball would be going forward.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of tricky for them, but, yeah, I knew
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  Speaker 1: it was forward.