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Bothell Football Coaches Show Ep 36 · Bothell Football Coaches Show

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  Speaker 1: Greetings and welcome to the Bothell Football Coaches Show. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Ryland Spencer. Along with me, as always, is
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  Speaker 1: the head coach of the Bothell Cougars, Tom Bainter.
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  Speaker 2: Coach, how are we doing? Doing great. It's playoff time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it doesn't get much better than this. The Coach's
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  Speaker 1: Show is brought to you by Passion Tequila Family Mexican
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  Speaker 1: seven days a week. Passion Tequila is the perfect pre-
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  Speaker 1: or post-game spot for any event at Popkini. Coach, as always,
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  Speaker 1: we'll start with the freshman and JV games. Last week,
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  Speaker 1: freshman 49-0 over Lake Washington finishes off a program sweep
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  Speaker 1: of the Kangaroos. This game was up at L-Dub, and
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't there.
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  Speaker 2: You weren't there.
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  Speaker 1: But you did talk to Coach Legault about how things went.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, what did Coach Legault have to say?
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  Speaker 2: He had a lot of positives, obviously, when he went
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  Speaker 2: 45 to nothing. His team's playing really well. Our team's
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  Speaker 2: playing really well, I should say. He's got them going.
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  Speaker 2: Their offense moved the ball well. They played very stout defense.
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  Speaker 2: And so really proud of those guys and the way
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  Speaker 2: they're coming along and the joy that they have. I
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  Speaker 2: have a few of them in my health classes. And
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  Speaker 2: They just come in with smiles after games and on
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  Speaker 2: game day. And it's kind of a fun thing to see.
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  Speaker 2: And so really proud of those young men.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's pretty cool to watch the freshmen. And they
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  Speaker 1: were up at practice, obviously, on Monday. And I went
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  Speaker 1: down there for a little bit and kind of looked
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  Speaker 1: around and watched what was going on. And man, those
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  Speaker 1: coaches are not only coaching their butts off, but you
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  Speaker 1: can tell the kids are just having a great time
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  Speaker 1: and really enjoying their time with each other. And this week,
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  Speaker 1: they play their final game of the season. It'll be
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  Speaker 1: at home against Eastlake on Wednesday night. So, yeah, one
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  Speaker 1: last chance to support the freshmen. If you get an opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: come on out. Actually, that would be later today as
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  Speaker 1: we do this. So, yeah, it's cool to see the
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  Speaker 1: freshman team just kind of chugging along right now. Monday night,
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  Speaker 1: the JV Cougs fell in their final game, 26-14, on
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  Speaker 1: the road at Eastlake. Touchdowns from Tyler Wells. And Evan
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  Speaker 1: Terry on a very long screen pass. It was pretty
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  Speaker 1: cool to see him get out on the edge and
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  Speaker 1: just kind of turn on the Jets. And then Tillman
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  Speaker 1: Hutton ran in a two point conversion. But yeah, I mean, overall,
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  Speaker 1: JV finishes six and three on the season after starting 0-2,
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  Speaker 1: rolled off a really nice six game winning streak. So
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  Speaker 1: the JV life, the season comes to an end. Yeah, overall,
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  Speaker 1: pretty encouraging from the JV side.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I watched that game a little bit
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  Speaker 2: on my TV from the, you know, mostly second half,
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  Speaker 2: and so we did have a drive right at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the game. We threw an incompletion right at
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  Speaker 2: the goal line. It could have made it a closer score,
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  Speaker 2: but we were down 26-0 at one point, and our
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  Speaker 2: players never quit. They fought. They kept playing. They got
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  Speaker 2: back into it and just came up short, so again,
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  Speaker 2: great job by that staff and that group of kids,
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  Speaker 2: and You know, that six game winning streak was fun.
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  Speaker 2: And I like the term JV life. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's super hard to be a sophomore football player, I believe.
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  Speaker 2: And here's why we used to have a sophomore football team. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, now when you're when you're a sophomore, because
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  Speaker 2: our numbers, excuse me, are not like they used to be.
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  Speaker 2: What happens is as a sophomore, you're you're on yellow hats,
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  Speaker 2: you know, scout team. And You're going up against physiologically
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  Speaker 2: bigger people, especially at the line positions. It's tough. You
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  Speaker 2: service a team. Your role is extremely important, but it's
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  Speaker 2: not one of those glamorous roles and not every kid
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  Speaker 2: loves it. You get your game on Monday, which is
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  Speaker 2: the reward for all of your efforts. If you stick
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  Speaker 2: through it, you become a junior. Physiologically, you're a little
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  Speaker 2: bit bigger. Another year in the weight room. It pays off,
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  Speaker 2: I believe. Many of our senior starters and were scout
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  Speaker 2: team players. And it's just part of the process. And
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  Speaker 2: so proud of those guys. When they get their chance,
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  Speaker 2: they perform well. And we had a great JV season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's a great point about that, kind of
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  Speaker 1: the sophomore side of things, where you need to get
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  Speaker 1: as many reps as you can get. But you've also
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  Speaker 1: got older guys that are there kind of getting some reps.
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  Speaker 1: And you need to reward these guys for their hard
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  Speaker 1: work as well. And the seniors that we have right
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  Speaker 1: now went seven and two as sophomores. on a sophomore
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  Speaker 1: only team that played nothing but JV squads all year. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: that was playing as you, as you say, you know,
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  Speaker 1: teams that are bigger and, and, you know, maybe more physical,
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  Speaker 1: but they went out there and they competed their butts off,
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  Speaker 1: ended up going seven and two. And, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe that's what we're seeing now. The rewards of that
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  Speaker 1: is kind of a Kinko championship. I mean, obviously there's
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  Speaker 1: more to it. There's, you know, a, a, a junior
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  Speaker 1: class of guys that were freshmen at the time, but again,
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  Speaker 1: they're playing freshman ball. So, The ability to play freshman
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  Speaker 1: and sophomore like that is truly, you know, something that
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  Speaker 1: you kind of need in this day and age. But, yeah, again,
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  Speaker 1: JV finishes 6-3 on the season. Yeah, congratulations to those guys.
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  Speaker 1: It's a heck of a season that they had. Let's
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  Speaker 1: talk about Mount Sai. Obviously, Friday night out in Snoqualmie. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Kinko champions, Coach. 31-20 win over Mount Sai. I thought
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  Speaker 1: it was just a tremendous all-around football game. Very physical
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  Speaker 1: from start to finish. Yeah, you know, start with the atmosphere.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they have a group of students that are
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  Speaker 1: there an hour before the game, and their band comes in.
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  Speaker 2: They are loud, too. They are, and they got a little,
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  Speaker 2: you know, bass music and guitar stuff going on with it.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of cool. They're playing Metallica, and the atmosphere
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  Speaker 2: was awesome. With the mountain in the background, it was cloudy,
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  Speaker 2: and the clouds would fly by, and it was a
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  Speaker 2: little cool that night, so Just super fun. We knew
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  Speaker 2: it was going to be physical. We were talking about
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  Speaker 2: the physicality part, and our kids stepped up, and I
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  Speaker 2: thought we battled really well. They're well coached, and they
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  Speaker 2: were missing a couple of their key players, which is
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  Speaker 2: a significant loss, as anybody would. But those kids fought hard,
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  Speaker 2: the guys who replaced them and the rest of them.
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  Speaker 2: It was a battle. It was a battle all night long,
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  Speaker 2: and it was fun to come out on top of
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  Speaker 2: that one.
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  Speaker 1: Overall, offensively, we've talked about balance a lot this year,
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  Speaker 1: and this week was one of those games where you
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  Speaker 1: kind of need to lean on the run game a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. 11 pass attempts to 43 rushing attempts overall.
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  Speaker 1: 43 carries for 268 yards and all four touchdowns in
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  Speaker 1: the game coming on the ground.
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  Speaker 2: So is it something.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't even know how to say this,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, is like maybe you didn't go in thinking
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  Speaker 1: this is what it was going to be, and then
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  Speaker 1: it just kind of turns that way. At what point,
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  Speaker 1: you know, was there a point where you kind of
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  Speaker 1: just go, hey, let's just lean on the offensive line
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  Speaker 1: and our backs and let's just go to town?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, that's a great question. Every game is different.
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  Speaker 2: The talent and the size and the speed of an
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  Speaker 2: opponent dictates a lot what you believe you can and
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  Speaker 2: cannot do. And so our game plan was not to
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  Speaker 2: throw the ball quick and short. We just thought they
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  Speaker 2: drop eight a lot. Their outside backers are large and
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  Speaker 2: fast human beings. And we didn't like the blocking matchups
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  Speaker 2: on the outside. So the shot, the plan was to
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  Speaker 2: see if we can establish a run game and then
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  Speaker 2: sprinkle in some shot plays and throw the ball down
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  Speaker 2: the field. We were very successful with run. We have
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  Speaker 2: multiple gaps to cover. And when we trade and move,
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  Speaker 2: it can be a tough thing on defenses. And so
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  Speaker 2: we were successful early. I think our first drive was
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  Speaker 2: all runs. And we scored. And that gives you confidence.
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  Speaker 2: And then when we did take our shots, we just
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  Speaker 2: weren't quite on. We just missed a little bit here
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  Speaker 2: and there, a little bit late, a little bit over.
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  Speaker 2: You got to do what's working. And then the clock
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  Speaker 2: became our friend. And so when the clock's your friend,
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  Speaker 2: you have to run it and use it. And we did.
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  Speaker 2: And we executed that part of our plan very well.
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  Speaker 2: So super excited for our O-line. We challenged them to
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  Speaker 2: be physical, and they were. Our backs always run hard.
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  Speaker 2: Our tight ends, to me, are part of that blocking scheme.
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  Speaker 2: And they do an excellent job and had excellent games.
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  Speaker 2: And so that part was probably the best we've done
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  Speaker 2: all year.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'm glad you mentioned the tight ends, too.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, in this day and age with
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  Speaker 1: the Travis Kelseys and even A.J. Barner, you know what
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  Speaker 1: I mean, catching quite a few balls now for the Seahawks,
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  Speaker 1: it's fancy, you know, it looks good to get out
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  Speaker 1: and catch a lot of balls. Our tight ends, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they get their opportunities here or there, but the abilities
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  Speaker 1: that they have in the run game were, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: evident on Friday night. One of the first plays of
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  Speaker 1: the game, I see Colton Bryan running a guy downfield
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  Speaker 1: and out of bounds. Later in the game, I see
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  Speaker 1: Caden Justin running a guy and planting him and then
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  Speaker 1: rolling over.
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  Speaker 2: The top of him.
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  Speaker 1: I see Matt Hackenmiller getting out on the edge and
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  Speaker 1: securing that edge and then Colton folding around him and
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  Speaker 1: taking out an outside backer and then we pound it
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  Speaker 1: into the end zone. I mean, it's one of those
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  Speaker 1: things that there's no statistics for that spot with the
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  Speaker 1: tight ends, but my goodness, have they become just crucial
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  Speaker 1: in the run game.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. You know, you forgot the part where they also
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  Speaker 2: lead up and hit the inside linebacker too and And
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  Speaker 2: we just come at you a lot of ways. And
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  Speaker 2: now you add the fact that our outside receivers are
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  Speaker 2: sprinting to get the far side. safety in case there's
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  Speaker 2: a need for a touchdown block. And the physicality and
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  Speaker 2: body position and effort of our receivers are phenomenal as well.
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  Speaker 2: And so, you know, that's what I'm starting to love.
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  Speaker 2: We're caring less and less about me individually and more
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  Speaker 2: about the we and When you do that, special things happen.
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  Speaker 2: There'll be different games. There'll be games when we need
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  Speaker 2: to rely on the passing game. I love it that
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  Speaker 2: everybody's just doing their role to the best of their ability.
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  Speaker 2: When called upon, they're giving their shot. I'm very proud
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  Speaker 2: of them.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of the day, all winning celebrations are
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  Speaker 1: the same. It doesn't matter who or how you get there. Defensively,
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  Speaker 1: it's becoming one of those things where the ability to
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  Speaker 1: adjust to a different game plan almost every week. I
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  Speaker 1: would say this is three weeks in a row, maybe
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  Speaker 1: even four. I can't remember back that far. But three
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  Speaker 1: weeks in a row where there's been, you know, still
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  Speaker 1: in the base setting and doing the things. But having
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  Speaker 1: to adjust the game plan, and I think the defensive line,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's funny because people in the stands are
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  Speaker 1: probably watching it going, why aren't they trying to get
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  Speaker 1: after that quarterback? They're just kind of, well, keep him
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  Speaker 1: in the pocket. Then you watch the couple times where
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  Speaker 1: he did break off You know, you've got to give
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  Speaker 1: him credit. I mean, his athletic ability to run is
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  Speaker 1: truly tremendous. And the defensive line, I don't know exactly
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  Speaker 1: what Coach Stevens was presenting yesterday, but getting some Gatorades
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  Speaker 1: or something for guys because of what they did in
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  Speaker 1: terms of opening things up for other guys, and that's
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  Speaker 1: kind of what was going on there on Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the plan was to drop eight, which
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  Speaker 2: is always tough because you know you're going to give
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback time. And to rush three. And you say,
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  Speaker 2: why would you do that then? And this quarterback was
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  Speaker 2: different than any of them we faced. First of all,
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  Speaker 2: he's the fastest kid on the team. On the field,
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  Speaker 2: I should say. He's got incredible speed. And his arm
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  Speaker 2: strength was longer than most of the kids we played
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  Speaker 2: so far. And so if you bring four or if
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  Speaker 2: you bring five and you get an end gets upfield
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  Speaker 2: too far and a tackle doesn't get upfield enough because
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  Speaker 2: maybe he's doubled. that becomes a five yard escape route.
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  Speaker 2: And now your pressure that's coming from the other side is,
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  Speaker 2: is just canceled because he's now coming through this, this
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  Speaker 2: gap now. And now he's got a run pass option. If,
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  Speaker 2: if you send a backer at him to contain the run,
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  Speaker 2: he throws it to the guy, the backer was covering.
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  Speaker 2: If he, if you keep covering the backer, then he
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  Speaker 2: runs forever. Uh, and, and so, um, our plan was
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  Speaker 2: to give him time and allow him to see if
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  Speaker 2: he could make decisions. And, If that internal clock in
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  Speaker 2: his head would cause him to throw the ball early or,
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  Speaker 2: you know, there's so much that goes into it that
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  Speaker 2: the fan doesn't get. And that's cool. That's great about football. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, at the end of three and a half seconds,
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  Speaker 2: the route combinations have ended what they're supposed to be.
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  Speaker 2: The reception mark is passed. And so that was our
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  Speaker 2: plan to see if they could, you know, we could
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  Speaker 2: keep them in, we could fluster them, we could make
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  Speaker 2: them throw a bad ball, or we could make it
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  Speaker 2: turn into a backyard game, which at times it did
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  Speaker 2: and they executed. And so I'm really proud of our defense.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a typical way to plan. Our D linemen
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  Speaker 2: did exactly what we were asking them to do. And that,
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  Speaker 2: and that's, that shows you their, their selflessness. It's just,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'm going to do my job and we're
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  Speaker 2: all going to get in this together. We found out
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  Speaker 2: we needed to send some pressure at times. We needed
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  Speaker 2: to spy a backer at times. And, you know, hats
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  Speaker 2: off to them, too. Their quarterback did a great job of,
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  Speaker 2: I think, patience and using his athleticism. And he had
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  Speaker 2: a couple of balls that were a little errant, and
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  Speaker 2: he had a couple of drops, too. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's what we were kind of banking on at times
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  Speaker 2: as well. So we held them to 20 points. And
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  Speaker 2: they're a good football team, and they've scored lots of
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  Speaker 2: points this year. So, again, I thought the plan worked well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's, you know, it's one of those things
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  Speaker 1: that You know, if you're sitting in the stands and
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  Speaker 1: you don't understand something, well, maybe there's a reason why
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  Speaker 1: they're doing that. And, you know, Colton Stiles up there,
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  Speaker 1: his speed is special, man. That guy can absolutely run.
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  Speaker 1: There was one play that actually got called back where,
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  Speaker 1: if you watch it from the end zone, he bounces,
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  Speaker 1: and then he bounces again, and then he bounces again.
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  Speaker 1: He might even bounce a fourth time. And by the
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  Speaker 1: time he does, he's in the end zone, and you're
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  Speaker 1: just sitting there going, I don't know what you do
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  Speaker 1: about that.
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  Speaker 2: And on that play? he climbed the pocket and escaped right.
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  Speaker 2: And there are times when he beat us outside and
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  Speaker 2: we chased him and he had to run all the
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  Speaker 2: way to the sideline hard for a gain of six
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  Speaker 2: or seven or eight. And we are fine with that.
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  Speaker 2: It was the big plays. And so, yeah, it's all different.
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  Speaker 2: And we, you know, it's like we all sit and
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  Speaker 2: second guess the Seahawks and they're watching film that we
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  Speaker 2: don't understand and going against players that we don't really know.
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  Speaker 2: And Same thing at every level. It's part of the
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  Speaker 2: funness of football. Everybody can second guess everybody else, but
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  Speaker 2: it sure is fun to compete.
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  Speaker 1: in this as each athlete Well, it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a little different this week, but each athlete will get
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  Speaker 1: a gift card from Alexis Cafe or Passion Tequila, two
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  Speaker 1: of Bothell's best restaurants. Offensively, it's going to be Myles
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  Speaker 1: Welch again, second week in a row, because this time
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  Speaker 1: he managed it. Last week it was 17 carries for,
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  Speaker 1: I think, 165 and a touchdown. This week, 32 carries,
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  Speaker 1: 207 yards, three touchdowns.
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  Speaker 2: He also had.
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  Speaker 1: One kickoff return for 84 yards it's not often you
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  Speaker 1: return a kickoff 84 yards and don't score a touchdown
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  Speaker 1: but um there was i don't know how but there
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  Speaker 1: was like six miles high players down there to tackle
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  Speaker 1: him uh at about the i want to say it
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  Speaker 1: was like the 11 9 13 yeah yeah something like
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  Speaker 1: that exactly um but yeah miles welch again just kind
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  Speaker 1: of becoming that workhorse and maybe not even becoming. I
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  Speaker 1: guess we've kind of seen this now for a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: but 32 carries is maybe the most I've seen from
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  Speaker 1: a back in the four years I've been here.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, this is the hard part about, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Kinko Championship games. You should give to everybody, right? But
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  Speaker 2: that's not how the certificate works. So, you know, we contemplated,
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  Speaker 2: you know, talking about would it be our O-line, but
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  Speaker 2: then you've got to add your tight ends and your receivers, right?
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  Speaker 2: That gift certificate's not going very far amongst all those guys.
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  Speaker 2: They all deserved it. They played well, but when you
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: just look statistically, what a game. Both our running backs
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: ran hard and were physical, broke tackles and extended plays
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  Speaker 2: and drives. Congrats to Miles for an outstanding game. That
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: kick return was huge. It led to a two-play drive.
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: We had two two-play drives set up on special teams,
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: and so you know, the special teams played a huge
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: role as well.
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: Um, another thing I'll mention is first downs in the game.
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  Speaker 1: I have it listed as a 14 rushing first downs,
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: two passing and two on penalties, 14 rushing first downs
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  Speaker 1: is that's a lot. And, uh, I mean, normally in
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: a game, we're maybe getting to 14. Um, but to
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: have 14 just on the ground is pretty impressive. And
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: you mentioned it, it's offensive line, it's tight ends. It's,
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: it's the receivers, uh, I mean, everybody as a whole,
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: and like you said, you take one gift card and
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: split it up 11 ways.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: Nobody's even getting a soda over at Alexis Cafe. So, yeah,
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: congratulations to Miles. On the defensive side, and this is
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: where it gets interesting, and, you know, you talked about
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: it with the defense, everybody doing their jobs, and it's
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: funny because I do the stats, you know, the coaches
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: give me the stats, and I kind of assemble everything.
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: For a few years there, it was Kingston getting 11, 12,
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: 13 tackles in a game. Now we're not even really
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: maybe every week one or two guys getting four or
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: five tackles in a game, but it's more names being listed.
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: So it's hard defensively every week to come up with somebody.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: So this week kind of went with two special teams
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: players because these two guys were phenomenal in huge parts
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: of Of the win, and the first one is Colin Dunn.
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: Colin was 4 of 4 on extra points and had
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: a 24-yard field goal. I don't have his punting numbers
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: in front of me.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: One punt, 44 yards.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and he put one up there that the ball
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: was moving around and the returner fumbles it. And who's
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: there to pick it up? Tyler Wells. The other one
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: that's going to get mentioned here, who he also had
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: a couple of tackles on, on kickoff coverage. You know,
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: a young man that's a sophomore that, you know, we
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: don't hear his name every week, but he is doing
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: some special things on special teams.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I'll start with Colin. You know, he
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: works at his craft very, very, you know, diligently. You know,
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: he can punt the ball different ways like they do
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: at college and in the NFL, and that was kind
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: of an end-over-end kick that had a little bit of
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: a side spin to it, and he was... It makes
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: it more difficult to catch, and if it lands because
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: you let it go, it's more likely to check up. And,
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: you know, he's been working, you know, very hard on
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: different types of punting techniques. And, you know, he's been awesome.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: You know, you mentioned his extra points in his field goal,
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: but you didn't talk about putting the ball deep and
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: in the corner. And, you know, their average starting position
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: was without the one kick that went out of bounds
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: was inside the 20. It's difficult to go 80-plus yards
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: every drive to score. Statistically speaking, you won't do it
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: that often. And so it's a weapon that nobody really
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: talks about or knows, but we certainly have it, and
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: it's wonderful. Tyler Wells is a kid who's got one speed.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: He's the fastest guy down on the field. He gets
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: down there first. He only knows how to run through
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: you or hit you. He breaks down and makes two
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: great tackles. He's down there, somehow comes up with that
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: football on the muff punt, and special teams were huge,
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: and he was a big part of that, and so
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: congratulations to those two guys.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: And again, thanks to Steve and Dave for their continued
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: support of Bothell Athletics. Let's move and talk about West Valley.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: It's Week 10, officially playoff time. Sunday it was announced
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: that we'll be taking on the West Valley Rams of Yakima.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Bothell and West Valley have never met for a football game,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: so much like Week 10 of last year against Battleground,
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: kind of an unknown opponent when matchups are announced.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, and I've coached at other places too.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: Never played this team. I think I scouted them once
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: or watched a game that they were in once. But yeah,
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: you know, they're an athletic team. They spread you on offense.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: They'll go empty a lot. They'll go quads. They have
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: a really good fullback. Their line's really solid. They have
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: a receiver DB. A couple of them who are spectacular athletes.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: They've got good speed. They've got some physicalness. It'll be
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: a wonderful challenge for us and You know, everybody's good now.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: There's not anybody that you just go, huh, wish we
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: were playing them. So, you know, it'll be a fun game.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: It's at Popkini at 7 o'clock on a Friday night.
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: It doesn't get any better than that. And so we're
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: excited for the challenge, and, you know, we're preparing to
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: be the best we can be. So, like I said,
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: we're excited.
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and just to let people know, this round of
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: 32– it was, you know, there is what looks to
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: be brackets online, but really it's not a bracket. These
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: are games that, uh, after this week, the, uh, the
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: committee will meet again and see the 16 team tournament bracket,
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: which at that point they're set in stone. And then
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: you just kind of move on through from there. And, um,
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: that'll be announced relatively the same time next week, um, somewhere,
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: you know, 11 noon kind of in that range. Um,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: so yeah, I mean, you gotta get through this week and,
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: Last year, Battleground was tough, so there's no reason to
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: think West Valley won't be tough either.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and within that, what you're saying about the round
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: of 32, there's some rules in there. You can't play
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: a team you've already played. You don't want to play
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: anybody in your own league. And then they take transportation
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: into consideration. And I know it seems like, well, why
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: wouldn't they change that? But there are other further opponents
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: that West Valley could have matched up with that were...
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: a further trip than coming to Bothell. So lots of
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: things to consider. And, and so like you said, you're right.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: Next week will be the one where it's in brackets. Yeah.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: And you have to, it's, it's, it's so much harder
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: than people think. They think that you can just go
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: one through 32, match them up, away you go. That's
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: just not how it goes. I mean, there's, there's plenty
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: of times where the one and the 32 are from
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: the same, you know, conference.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Well, okay.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: That's, that's pretty easy. Maybe you can just flip 31
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: and 32 and away you go. And, Sometimes it is
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: that way. Sometimes it's not. I mean, especially in like,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: you know, Kinko gets seven teams. The SPSL gets seven teams. Well,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: there's opportunities, especially once you get towards that 16-17 game
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: where it's like, oh, shoot, we've got a bunch of
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: teams that are kind of together, and a lot of
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: them can't play each other. So it's a tough thing
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: with these committees. It's tougher than people probably realize. It's
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: not as easy as just, oh, throw the teams in,
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: away we go. Yeah, kickoff Friday, set for 7 p.m.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: at Pop Keeney Parade. We'll begin right around 5.30 or so.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: So get out there, line the streets on the way
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: down to the Pop. Coach, that's all I got. Yeah,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: congratulations on the Kinko Championship. Time to move on and
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: get ready for West Valley.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you very much, Rylan.
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: The freshmen finish their season tonight at home against Eastlake.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: Kickoff is 7 p.m. Admission is free. Concession stand is open.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: So come on out. Last chance to support the sub-varsity
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: team here at West Valley. Bothell High School. I'm Rylan Spencer.
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: He's Tom Bainter. You've been listening to episode 36 of
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: the Bothell Football Coaches Show. We will talk to you
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: next week. And as always, go Cougs!