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Coordinator's Corner: DC Colton Swan on increasing havoc plays on defense, 13 PBUs in Arkansas win, Utah St tomorrow night + more · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 1: Let's dive into this week's matchup in the Coordinator's Corner
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  Speaker 1: of the Sean O'Connell Show. OC chats with the coordinators
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  Speaker 1: every week of the Utah football season. On your home
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  Speaker 2: All right, welcome back to the Sean O'Connell Show. Welcome
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  Speaker 2: in for Coordinator's Corner. This year, we're checking in with
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  Speaker 2: the defense, Colton Swan, Utah, D.C., Coming off another big
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  Speaker 2: victory over Arkansas, getting ready for Utah State.
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  Speaker 3: Colton Swan, welcome to the show again. How are you, sir?
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  Speaker 4: Good, good. Thanks for having me, OC.
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  Speaker 2: All right, so, you know, first blush when you went
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  Speaker 2: back and you dug into the film against Arkansas.
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  Speaker 3: What'd you like? Maybe what didn't you like about your
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  Speaker 3: team's performance?
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  Speaker 4: Speaker 4 05, 06, 07, 08. Yeah. I thought that overall, um,
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  Speaker 4: we played really hard. I thought the kids, kids ran
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  Speaker 4: to the ball well. So the effort, you know, the
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  Speaker 4: relentless attitude that we talk about was, was there. Um,
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  Speaker 4: you know, we had the one turnover I would like
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  Speaker 4: to get gotten to, uh, we did get our hands
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  Speaker 4: on a lot of balls that we need to make
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  Speaker 4: sure that, you know, we come away with two or
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  Speaker 4: more turnovers. It's kind of our goal, uh, every game
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  Speaker 4: that we're looking at. Um, but I, I did like
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  Speaker 4: the production, you know, from the facts to the PBUs
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  Speaker 4: to the TFLs, um, our production board was way up
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  Speaker 4: from the first game. And, uh, so it kind of
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  Speaker 4: reiterates just, you know, our guys' ability to get to
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  Speaker 4: the ball and make plays and just have that kind
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  Speaker 4: of tenacious attitude.
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  Speaker 2: I'm glad you mentioned the plays where you got a
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  Speaker 2: hand on a ball. I, I was keeping count because
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  Speaker 2: that's what you do when you're nitpicking. It was like
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  Speaker 2: the one interception could have been four interceptions, maybe five
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  Speaker 2: interceptions in this game. The difference between making the play,
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  Speaker 2: we talked about this on the show this week, the
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  Speaker 2: difference between being in position and you're right there and
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  Speaker 2: the sack is almost there or the ball hits your
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  Speaker 2: hands and you intercept it or you don't, it's still
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  Speaker 2: a PBU. It's still a broken play for an offense,
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  Speaker 2: but obviously it's not the huge momentum swing. Can you
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  Speaker 2: coach up those differences, or is it just a guy's
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  Speaker 2: got to make a play when that opportunity's there?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I mean, that's a great question because sometimes it does.
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  Speaker 4: It falls into your lap. It just goes your way.
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  Speaker 4: Something just works out just perfectly. We do coach and
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  Speaker 4: really work on turnovers and PBUs and batting balls down
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  Speaker 4: and things like that. And so we're trying to up
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  Speaker 4: the amount of production when it comes to that. You know,
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  Speaker 4: are we constantly as defenders, you know, working ball drills
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  Speaker 4: and things like that? Some things that you would neglect,
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  Speaker 4: you know, as a defensive guy that can really show up,
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  Speaker 4: you know, in a time where, hey, we need to
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  Speaker 4: have ball skills. We need to be able to, you know,
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  Speaker 4: knock these balls down or how to get after a quarterback,
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  Speaker 4: strip sacks, you know, things like that. So there's a
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  Speaker 4: lot of techniques that actually we coach that goes into it.
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  Speaker 4: But at the same time, there are some things that
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  Speaker 4: just kind of fall your way. You know, some of
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  Speaker 4: those PBUs batted at the line of scrimmage by a
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  Speaker 4: defensive lineman will get deflected up in the air and
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  Speaker 4: land right in the lap of the linebacker. That happened,
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  Speaker 4: you know, in this last game and we weren't able
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  Speaker 4: to catch it. And so, you know, things like that
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  Speaker 4: that we continue to work on and you just keep
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  Speaker 4: putting yourself in those positions and they'll come your way eventually.
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  Speaker 2: The I'm working backwards here, I guess the first drive
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  Speaker 2: for Arkansas gobbled up about eight minutes of the first
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  Speaker 2: quarter and it was pretty methodical. And then when they
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  Speaker 2: got down close to scoring position, your team bowed up
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  Speaker 2: and forced the field goal instead. I know that a
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  Speaker 2: defensive coordinator probably drives you nuts when you see someone
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  Speaker 2: kind of building a drive like that, but ultimately they
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  Speaker 2: only came away with the three points and then they
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  Speaker 2: didn't score again for, you know, 48 minutes or whatever
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  Speaker 2: it was. So walk me through that first drive. What
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  Speaker 2: were you seeing? What did Arkansas do well? And maybe
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  Speaker 2: most importantly, what changed as you got down close to
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  Speaker 2: the red zone and your guys were able to keep
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  Speaker 2: them out of the end zone?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I think just to start off is, yeah, they,
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  Speaker 4: their openers who I thought were very good plays. Well,
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  Speaker 4: we'll design strategic plays that were hitting on the outsides,
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  Speaker 4: you know, the fake, the reverses, the speed options, the,
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  Speaker 4: you know, plays that were, were hitting outside. I think
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  Speaker 4: on the very first play, they tried to run an
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  Speaker 4: inside zone and got stuffed immediately. And so they kind
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  Speaker 4: of went to some other openers that I thought was well-designed. And,
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  Speaker 4: you know, as a defense coordinator, you're like, okay, we've
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  Speaker 4: got to handle these things, the fake reverses, the speed
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  Speaker 4: offs and keep everything in front of us, get, you know,
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  Speaker 4: tackle well, make sure that we're keeping stuff, you know,
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  Speaker 4: in front and cupped inside. And, and we did do that,
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  Speaker 4: you know, and when our backs got against the wall
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  Speaker 4: down there in the red zone, we were, you know,
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  Speaker 4: kind of, kind of made a stand there and, and
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  Speaker 4: it worked out for us. But I, I, As the
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  Speaker 4: defense coordinator and those plays are happening and it wasn't
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  Speaker 4: necessarily anything that we were giving up. It was just,
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  Speaker 4: you know, play that they were getting that, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we had, we had worked on and they did a
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  Speaker 4: good job of going back through and looking at things
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  Speaker 4: that are hurt us. in the past here at the
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  Speaker 4: University of Utah. And those are plays that were showing
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  Speaker 4: up in that first series. And so it was good
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  Speaker 4: to see that we were able to, you know, cope
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  Speaker 4: with them and make some plays there and nice to,
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  Speaker 4: in the red zone, have a step up, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and limit them to a field goal. And that's our
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  Speaker 4: whole deal is when we get in the red zone,
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  Speaker 4: I mean, zero touchdowns got to be, that has to
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  Speaker 4: be a field goal. And so it was good to
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  Speaker 4: see our defense kind of step up. I thought the
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  Speaker 4: guys were triggering really well to the ball and it
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  Speaker 4: showed up there late.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure that people have been talking about it, but
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  Speaker 2: we've been talking about it a lot this last week.
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  Speaker 2: Jaimo had a breakout game, and going back into camp,
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  Speaker 2: and everyone was talking about, hey, man, this guy's undersized,
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  Speaker 2: but watch what he does. You've talked about how the
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  Speaker 2: numbers tell us he's maybe a little small, but he's
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  Speaker 2: a great player regardless, and we got to see a
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  Speaker 2: really nice flash of that against a massive offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I was watching from the north end zone,
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  Speaker 2: on one series. And it was like, I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: wish it would have taken a picture because the right
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  Speaker 2: side of their offensive line is like six, four and six, six.
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  Speaker 2: And then you got Jai, however tall he really is five, 10,
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  Speaker 2: five 11. And yet he's, he's the dominant force there,
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  Speaker 2: but you got, you know, 700 pounds of hog Molly
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  Speaker 2: staring at him and he's still making plays. Uh, really,
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  Speaker 2: really nice to see him have that game. And I
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  Speaker 2: just want to give you an opportunity to speak to
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  Speaker 2: the work that he's put in to get there.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, and it's, you know, we took him
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  Speaker 4: out of the transfer portal. He comes out of San
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  Speaker 4: Jose in, in watching him, you know, I mean, I'm
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  Speaker 4: sure us and every coach in the country that was
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  Speaker 4: looking at him in the, in the transfer portal center going, okay,
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  Speaker 4: he's undersized. But then you look at the amount of
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  Speaker 4: production and the things that he was doing from a
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  Speaker 4: technical standpoint, it was like, Holy crap. This kid's a
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  Speaker 4: really good player. And, you know, you decide to go
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  Speaker 4: on them and, and when you get them here, you're like, okay,
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  Speaker 4: let's unwrap this present here and see what we got.
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  Speaker 4: And he's lightning in a bottle as, as you know,
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  Speaker 4: thousands of people saw on Saturday. And, um, you know,
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  Speaker 4: he didn't have the production in the first game against
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  Speaker 4: Idaho that he did obviously in this Arkansas game, but
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  Speaker 4: we we've known since he got here, how explosive and
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  Speaker 4: how productive he is. And he's going to continue that. He's,
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  Speaker 4: he's got a great mindset, obviously a great motor. You know,
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  Speaker 4: he wants, he wants to do everything right. And he,
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  Speaker 4: and he does a full speed and, and we couldn't
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  Speaker 4: be more happy with him and his production that he's
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  Speaker 4: doing on the defensive side.
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  Speaker 2: Um, as, since we're talking about D tackles D line, uh,
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  Speaker 2: We saw a really nice pass batted down at the
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  Speaker 2: line of scrimmage, which I guess we've got to be honest,
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  Speaker 2: that's going to be more of a Carson Kalfusi thing
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  Speaker 2: than a Jai thing because he's going to have a
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  Speaker 2: harder time getting up into those passing lanes. But how
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  Speaker 2: do you grade out that play? It's such an impactful thing.
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  Speaker 2: It's not quite a sack, but it's a dead play,
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  Speaker 2: and it's a momentum stealer from an offense. And when
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  Speaker 2: you guys are going through film and you're watching that,
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  Speaker 2: and I know you practice it, a ball batted at
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  Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage can be a big deal.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, big time. And we preach and coach it all
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  Speaker 4: the time. We tell our guys, hey, D-line, you know,
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  Speaker 4: you're obviously in a pass rush. You're thinking, okay, I'm
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  Speaker 4: going to disrupt the pass by getting to the quarterback, right? Well,
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  Speaker 4: there's times that you're not getting to the quarterback. And
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  Speaker 4: so your help in the pass coverage is to bat
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  Speaker 4: the ball down.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 4: And so we, we work on timing. We work on
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  Speaker 4: getting our hands up, you know, cause the quarterback rarely accounts.
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  Speaker 4: He'll account for, you know, pressure and moving in the
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  Speaker 4: pocket and escaping those types of things. Rarely does he
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  Speaker 4: account for D line, getting their hands up. It's not
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  Speaker 4: like you sit there saying, Oh, there's a D tackle there.
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  Speaker 4: I've got to make sure I slide over here to
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  Speaker 4: the side. Cause I know he's going to jump and
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  Speaker 4: bat my ball down. That doesn't happen at a quarterback's mind.
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  Speaker 4: And so we feel like that that's kind of a hidden,
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  Speaker 4: you know, coverage for us is being able to get these,
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  Speaker 4: you know, hands up and, And, you know, there was
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  Speaker 4: a couple of times you got to, you know, batted
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  Speaker 4: a ball down where a guy was open in the
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  Speaker 4: back end. And so it builds out the DBs in
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  Speaker 4: the back end and the coverage. So we work on
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  Speaker 4: a lot. We talk about it a lot. And obviously
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  Speaker 4: Carson Kifusi does an amazing job of it. He's got,
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  Speaker 4: you know, great impeccable timing when it comes to batting
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  Speaker 4: the ball down. And this really understands, you know, quarterback eyes.
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  Speaker 4: And there's a lot that goes into it, but he
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  Speaker 4: does a great job.
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  Speaker 2: Coach, what do you guys feed Nate Ritchie? It seems
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  Speaker 2: like he's a different player. Not that he was ever
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  Speaker 2: a bad player, but it seems like he's on a
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  Speaker 2: slightly different level this year.
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  Speaker 3: And to what do you attribute that?
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  Speaker 4: I first off, I think he's, he's always had that. Well,
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  Speaker 4: he had a hell of a game, but he's always
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  Speaker 4: had that competitive drive to be great. You know, has
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  Speaker 4: he been successful as he has in these first two games? No,
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  Speaker 4: but you know, he's always been very competitive and really
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  Speaker 4: wants to be great and everything that he does, not
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  Speaker 4: just football life. And so, you know, you stick with
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  Speaker 4: something along enough and you're that competitive, then you're going
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  Speaker 4: to start to see the results of that. And in
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  Speaker 4: these first two games, he's done a great job for us.
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  Speaker 4: Like I said, he's one of the older guys on
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  Speaker 4: the defense. He really understands football. The defensive knowledge and
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  Speaker 4: terminology and alignment and assignment from a mental standpoint and
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  Speaker 4: then now putting plays together from a physical standpoint, technical standpoint,
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  Speaker 4: the way he's tackling. And he does a really good
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  Speaker 4: job of understanding his opponent. He's dialed in on, you know,
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  Speaker 4: the three things that we talk about defensively that, you know,
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  Speaker 4: before the ball snaps, you know, you know, the formation
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  Speaker 4: down the distance of personnel, right? And you take those
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  Speaker 4: three things and what does it give me? And Nate
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  Speaker 4: really does a good job with kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 4: that little cheat sheet. And so it's nice to see
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  Speaker 4: him be successful.
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  Speaker 2: I had to ask Kevin McGibbon this question and I
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  Speaker 2: got to ask you the same thing because there's an
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  Speaker 2: expectation sometimes from a fan base that when you play
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  Speaker 2: a team like Idaho, it's going to be kind of
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  Speaker 2: a vanilla game plan offensively and defensively. And then it's
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  Speaker 2: going to ramp up more. against an opponent like Arkansas.
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  Speaker 2: And it seems to me, and you can correct me
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  Speaker 2: if I'm wrong here, that you didn't really keep too
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  Speaker 2: much in the, in the bag for Idaho. You were
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  Speaker 2: showing some stuff and that it didn't ramp up necessarily
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  Speaker 2: in a drastic amount for Arkansas.
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  Speaker 3: So the question is like, how deep in your bag
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  Speaker 3: are you?
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  Speaker 2: How, how much of the possibilities of this offense have
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  Speaker 2: you showed us so far, this defense, excuse me, have
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  Speaker 2: you showed us so far?
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's not how I look at it is it's,
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  Speaker 4: I don't really, look at the opponent of who they
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  Speaker 4: are necessarily of what they're doing. Um, I, I just
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  Speaker 4: try to make sure that what we're going to provide
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  Speaker 4: defense is they all, all about us and how we
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  Speaker 4: can be successful versus certain formations, certain plays. And, uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, I, I, it will continue to, you know,
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  Speaker 4: grow in different things and you'll see new things every week. Um,
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  Speaker 4: and I feel like we predicate our defense according to
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  Speaker 4: what we don't, we're, we're going to see versus an offense.
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  Speaker 4: you know, and what an offense provides and how we
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  Speaker 4: feel like we can attack it. And so I think
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  Speaker 4: we're very unique in that regard. I think you're going
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  Speaker 4: to always see new stuff every week and, and it's,
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  Speaker 4: it's going to continue to grow. And I'm sure by
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  Speaker 4: the end of the season, like, Holy crap, you got
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  Speaker 4: this entire defense that, you know, you've ran over 12
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  Speaker 4: weeks and it's like, it's just a package that's kind
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  Speaker 4: of keeps changing from week to week. If that makes sense.
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  Speaker 3: One more minute here with Colton Swan.
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  Speaker 2: Utah defensive coordinator on Coordinator's Corner on the Sean O'Connell Show.
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  Speaker 3: What are you seeing from Utah State? What are they offensively?
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  Speaker 4: They are a very dynamic. They've got a really good
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  Speaker 4: skill set with wide receivers, wide receivers that can run,
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  Speaker 4: that can catch the ball or get in and out
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  Speaker 4: of breaks on the routes. Do a great job at
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  Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage and in press and press man.
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  Speaker 4: Great job with those guys. The running backs, I think
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  Speaker 4: are very good. They've got a running back that's extremely
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  Speaker 4: athletic and, and he's backed up by another kid that
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  Speaker 4: you know, it was kind of a one, two punch
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  Speaker 4: and The quarterbacks are very athletic and have the ability
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  Speaker 4: to get out in space and make plays outside of pockets.
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  Speaker 4: They can run and do some creative stuff there. I
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  Speaker 4: think they use the tight ends very good, whether it's
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  Speaker 4: blocking or getting them down the field in the pass game.
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  Speaker 4: They do a nice job with formations. They do a
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  Speaker 4: nice job with motions and and really put a lot
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  Speaker 4: of stress on defense to make sure, you know, your
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  Speaker 4: rules are going to apply to everything that you see.
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  Speaker 4: And so I've been really impressed with Coach and I
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  Speaker 4: and what he does.
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  Speaker 2: How do you separate out or how do you process when,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a team through two games, because that's all
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  Speaker 2: you have to study from this year, is kind of bipolar, right?
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  Speaker 2: They have a pretty stinky first outing, and then they
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  Speaker 2: play really well against a much better opponent in Washington.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: How do you, when you're putting your game plan together, how.
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  Speaker 2: Do you study the film and say, all right, that's
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  Speaker 2: more representative of what they really are, or this is
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  Speaker 2: why it looked bad in the first game?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think in the first game they had a
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  Speaker 4: few things not go their way. Um, you know, there
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  Speaker 4: was some drops, there was some, uh, you know, it's
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  Speaker 4: what they'll stay kid leaving the game. You know, I
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  Speaker 4: know he threw some interceptions that were unexpected and, and
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  Speaker 4: stuff like that. Um, I think that the momentum in
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  Speaker 4: the second game really got them going. I think they
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  Speaker 4: were in a good fight and battling and that just
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  Speaker 4: kept them in the game. And, and this team, as
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  Speaker 4: you watch them, you're like, this is a very well-coached tough,
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  Speaker 4: mentally tough team. I mean, they play extremely hard. They
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  Speaker 4: are not going to back down from anybody, whether it's Washington, Utah,
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  Speaker 4: you know, Idaho state. And, and they, they play that way.
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  Speaker 4: They got a chip on their shoulder. So they do
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  Speaker 4: a good job there. I think this, the momentum in
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  Speaker 4: the second game kind of really helped them propel themselves
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  Speaker 4: throughout the game. And, you know, they, they kind of
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  Speaker 4: fell into some tough spots and, in the Idaho state game. And,
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  Speaker 4: and so I, you know, I think it's still the
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  Speaker 4: same team. It's just, just a matter of momentum. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Last thing before I let you go, take me inside
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  Speaker 2: the mind of a defensive coordinator. When they're trying to
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  Speaker 2: prep against Utah's offense, Mac G is a mad scientist.
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  Speaker 2: He's got two quarterback formations. I don't even know how
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  Speaker 2: do you identify that, right?
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  Speaker 3: Because we know 11 personnel, 12 personnel, 13 personnel.
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  Speaker 2: What do you call the personnel grouping when it's two
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: quarterbacks and a running back and two quarterbacks and two
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: tight ends?
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: What do you call that, Colton?
• 15:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's tough. I tell you what, because I've had
• 15:38
  Speaker 4: to go against it for, you know, throughout the winter
• 15:41
  Speaker 4: and into spring and fall camp. And so I don't
• 15:44
  Speaker 4: think there's going to be a personnel or a formation
• 15:47
  Speaker 4: that I wouldn't be used to. But that's for sure,
• 15:50
  Speaker 4: because I've pretty much seen it all with the different
• 15:54
  Speaker 4: sets that we've been getting from our offense, which it's awesome.
• 15:57
  Speaker 4: I mean, that's, you know, football's a lot about matchups and,
• 16:01
  Speaker 4: you know, putting guys in. you know, position to expose
• 16:05
  Speaker 4: one another, expose the defense. And, you know, Coach McGiven
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: does a really good job with that. He obviously has
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: two very good quarterbacks that he utilizes. And so, yeah,
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: as a defense coordinator, man, I know you're pulling your
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: hair out because there's all kinds of personnel formations and
• 16:21
  Speaker 4: different things that they do. So you've got to have
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: a well-rounded defense and be able to, you know, account
• 16:28
  Speaker 4: for a lot of different stuff.
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: All right, I lied. One more question. So far, no sacks.
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: From the defensive end position.
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: And I know we're getting nitpicky here because wins are
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: wins and that's all that really matters. But, you know,
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: that's something we've grown to expect to be accustomed to
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: with Utah defense, that that pass rushing position generates production there.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: What's it going to take for those guys to put
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: up numbers and not just, you know, not just affect
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: the quarterback in his pocket?
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, those guys will get going. They're a
• 16:59
  Speaker 4: talented group. Right now, I know the ball's getting out quick, which,
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: you know, that's why you're getting more of the PBUs
• 17:06
  Speaker 4: and things like that than you are right now at
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: the SACs. And I truly believe that they'll get going.
• 17:12
  Speaker 4: They just got to find their groove and, you know,
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: just us as coaches putting them in positions so they
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: have those opportunities and making sure that, you know, that
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: they have the ability to make those sacks. And so
• 17:27
  Speaker 4: I'm not worried about that at all. And like I said,
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: I mean, it's not that we're not getting sacks. It's just,
• 17:31
  Speaker 4: you know, maybe it's coming from a backer or from
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: a D tackle or whatever it may be. You know,
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: we're still putting pressure on that quarterback. That's the main thing.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: Well, congratulations on being 2-0. Let's see you go 3-0.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us, and we'll see you up there
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: on Saturday.
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: All right. You bet, OC. Take care.
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: That is Colton Swan, coordinator of corner here with the D.C.