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Bothell Football Coaches Show Ep 14 · Bothell Football Coaches Show

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  Speaker 1: Greetings and welcome into the Baffle Football Coaches Show. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Ryland Spencer, along with me, as always the
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  Speaker 1: head coach of the Baffle Cougars, Tom Baker coach.
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  Speaker 2: How are we doing doing great? Ryland? How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing awesome good. This is a Week one podcast
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  Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty five season. Will be taking a
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  Speaker 1: look at last week's games, including the Kennedy Catholic win
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  Speaker 1: JV sophomore games from Monday night. Attention Alumni. Homecoming is
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  Speaker 1: set for Friday, September twenty seventh, seven pm kickoff against
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  Speaker 1: the Skyline Spartans. We'd love to see everyone out there
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  Speaker 1: wearing blue and celebrating. Baffle Football. Coach. Let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: the subvarsity games from Monday night. We'll start with the softs.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of a lopsided loss to Kennedy. I thought there
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  Speaker 1: were some encouraging things from both sides the ball, especially
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  Speaker 1: you know, specifically, I would say how hard the team played,
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  Speaker 1: even in the lopside of defeat. You were out there.
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  Speaker 1: One of some of the things you saw.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, I'll preface it by saying that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we have four teams and that's you know, our numbers
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  Speaker 3: aren't huge for four teams. We we sent fourteen to
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  Speaker 3: the JV game, and we had twenty at the sophomore game,
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  Speaker 3: so that's not normal. But before the season started and
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  Speaker 3: I looked at her numbers, we had enough. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: then we had some kids not show up for football
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  Speaker 3: and decide not to play, and and and so I'll
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  Speaker 3: tell you, I'm very proud of both those units who
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  Speaker 3: went out there. There's gonna be no whining about playing
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  Speaker 3: time at those levels. They both fought hard. So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: the Kennedy game, you know, Kennedy had a couple of
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  Speaker 3: kids who we saw on the weekend game and and
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  Speaker 3: big kids.
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  Speaker 2: They were good.
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  Speaker 3: And our kids fought hard and just got outmatched a
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  Speaker 3: little bit. And but you know, better second half than first.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm proud of the way they fought. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: that's that's that's the theme we're trying to get to,
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  Speaker 3: you know, gritty and finishing and and no matter what,
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  Speaker 3: just doing your best.
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  Speaker 2: And so we saw some of that last night. JV.
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  Speaker 1: They go on the road, you mentioned, fourteen players head
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  Speaker 1: up to excuse me, Meadowdale High School. They get a
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  Speaker 1: forty two to six win, did you get a report
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  Speaker 1: anything from the from the coaches or anybody up there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I heard the kids again. They all played,
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  Speaker 3: They played both sides of the ball, and they had
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  Speaker 3: a blast. We have a new player who used to
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  Speaker 3: be a manager for us, and his parents finally let
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  Speaker 3: him play and he got a pick six and that
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  Speaker 3: was kind of the highlight. I heard texts and stories
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  Speaker 3: and all kinds of things about that. So that sure
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  Speaker 3: was fun. This sounded like our kids played really well
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  Speaker 3: and had a blast. And you know, that's what football
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  Speaker 3: is all about. It's a game and let's have some fun.
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  Speaker 3: And they did that.
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  Speaker 1: I heard he even spiked the football when he got
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  Speaker 1: to the end zone. Talk about excitement. That's it right there.
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  Speaker 1: Later today, our freshmen take the field. That's Wednesday, September tenth,
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  Speaker 1: as they host the East Lake Wolves. Kickoff seven pm
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  Speaker 1: at Baffel High School itself. Mission is Freeconcessions will be
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  Speaker 1: available to come out and support the freshman Kogs.
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  Speaker 2: Coach.
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  Speaker 1: Let's move on and talk about the varsity game on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday after noon game down at Highland Memorial Stadium in
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  Speaker 1: a place you are very familiar with. Coug's come away
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  Speaker 1: thirty three twenty eight win over Kennedy Catholic. So many
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  Speaker 1: new starters this year. I think there was kind of
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  Speaker 1: almost a let's see what we got type feeling walking
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  Speaker 1: into the game. But I'll tell you what it felt like.
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  Speaker 1: The team came out out of the gate with just
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  Speaker 1: so much energy enthusiasm and really carried it through the game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think as a head football coach, you
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  Speaker 3: always you see the glaring weaknesses or things we don't
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  Speaker 3: do well, I think, and one of my biggest concerns
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  Speaker 3: was will we fight and play hard and do it
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  Speaker 3: for four quarters? And you know, the biggest surprise to me,
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  Speaker 3: or you know, I shouldn't say surprise, but you don't
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  Speaker 3: always see it in practice was the ability to just
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  Speaker 3: relentlessly continue to fight and claw and scratch, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: they're big and physical and it was hot, and our
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  Speaker 3: kids just kept coming and I was really proud of
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  Speaker 3: them for that. And yeah, lots of surprises, lots of
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  Speaker 3: pleasant surprises, right, people who were getting their first chance
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  Speaker 3: to play football of varsity night, and man, it was
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  Speaker 3: fun to see and our kids played really well.
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  Speaker 2: So proud of them.
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  Speaker 1: You know, another thing I think we have to mention
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  Speaker 1: is how great the fans were. The student section was
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  Speaker 1: maybe bigger than you would expect for a week one
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  Speaker 1: game on the road, and they were in a white
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  Speaker 1: out and they were loud. I don't know how many
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  Speaker 1: cheerleaders we have exactly, but it feels like we have
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  Speaker 1: about one hundred and fifty of them, and they are
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  Speaker 1: loud and they get the fans going, and then the
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  Speaker 1: fans themselves. I mean it was packed full. There was
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  Speaker 1: people on the sides. There was people. I saw coach
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  Speaker 1: Hubbard from the basketball I saw him over standing off
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  Speaker 1: on the side because he couldn't find a seat. Really
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  Speaker 1: cool to see how well I guess you'd say Boffele
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  Speaker 1: traveled over the weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's it's wonderful to have that kind
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  Speaker 3: of support. I saw some old timers out there and
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  Speaker 3: people who just love baffle football. And you know, you
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  Speaker 3: talked about our cheerleaders. Our cheerleaders are I always, you know,
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  Speaker 3: say they're the hardest working group on campus. They they
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  Speaker 3: they get like a week off and then they then
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  Speaker 3: they you know, in the end of spring, and then
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  Speaker 3: they go ahead and try out again and get ready
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  Speaker 3: for for summer and all of that so they're always great.
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  Speaker 3: That's you know, that's a that's something you can always
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  Speaker 3: count on. Our fans were awesome. They were treated to
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  Speaker 3: a heck of a football game. We came out strong
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  Speaker 3: and and kind of kind of held on at the end,
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  Speaker 3: and so it was exciting.
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  Speaker 2: It was interesting.
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  Speaker 3: It was one of my buddies, Tim Burnham said, my
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  Speaker 3: heart's not strong enough for stuff like that, So you know,
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  Speaker 3: we'll try to help him out a little bit in
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  Speaker 3: the future. But it was it was sure was fun
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  Speaker 3: and in the whole atmosphere, the whole day is what
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  Speaker 3: high school football is all about.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned it a little bit there, kind of hung
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  Speaker 1: on at the end. One of the things we talked
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  Speaker 1: about this offseason was about finishing games, and it was
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  Speaker 1: great to see the defense really step up at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the game facing some adversity. It kind of
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  Speaker 1: got put in a bad spot a couple of times
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  Speaker 1: and before you know it, boom, nailing the Coffin game
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  Speaker 1: over thirty three, twenty eight win.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You know, with us, what we do talk about that
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't matter how many points you give up or
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  Speaker 3: how many points you score, if you're the last squad
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  Speaker 3: on the field and you need a touchdown, then you
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  Speaker 3: got to go finish the game. And if you need
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  Speaker 3: to stop, you got to finish the game. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: we really played well defensively, gave up a couple of
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  Speaker 3: big plays that will fix easy, easy fixes.
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  Speaker 2: But.
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  Speaker 3: At the end, when it mattered, we got off the field.
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  Speaker 3: And it's always wonderful to take a knee as your
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  Speaker 3: last play and victory formation. We did that, and like
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  Speaker 3: I said, just really proud of the effort of our
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  Speaker 3: kids and how many new kids played their first Friday
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  Speaker 3: night or in this case, Saturday afternoon game.
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  Speaker 1: Next week's game seven pm Friday at Popkini Stadium against Arlington. Coach,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about a new segment we got here, Players
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  Speaker 1: of the Week, kind of something we've never really done
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  Speaker 1: in this program, but I think it's a great idea
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  Speaker 1: of the way that we're going to do things here.
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  Speaker 1: lot of the guys on our coaching staff go to
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  Speaker 1: both of those places. But Steven Millan, they're the ones
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  Speaker 1: picking this. They said it was a real tough selection
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  Speaker 1: Week one, and I agree with him. There's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of great effort on both sides of the ball. Not
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  Speaker 1: an easy choice defensively, This player they thought was consistently
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  Speaker 1: around the ball all game long, and so many tackles.
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  Speaker 1: I think he ended up leading the team in tackles
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  Speaker 1: and had some really big solo tackles on the outside
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  Speaker 1: in space, which, as we know, is a tough thing
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  Speaker 1: to do.
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  Speaker 2: That.
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  Speaker 1: Senior linebacker Carson Anderson.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, he's been a big surprise for us.
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  Speaker 3: Played as a sophomore, decided not to play as a junior,
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  Speaker 3: came back out as a senior. We're so happy he did.
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  Speaker 3: He's he's slippery as a as a kid you have
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  Speaker 3: to block, and he's long and he's athletic, and he
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  Speaker 3: makes plays. He's got a toughness to him that you
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  Speaker 3: look at his frame and you might not think that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that type of frame should should be as
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  Speaker 3: tough as it is.
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  Speaker 2: And he does a great job.
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  Speaker 3: He's he's disciplined, he knows how to force the ball
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  Speaker 3: back inside, and when it goes outside, he makes plays.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think that was a good pick by them,
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  Speaker 3: although you know, there's there's so many guys that that
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  Speaker 3: could be, you know, considered, but good for him and
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  Speaker 3: in a great football game, and real proud of his effort.
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  Speaker 1: You know, last season it was almost like a theme
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  Speaker 1: where every week you were looking at Kingston Fleming Miley's
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  Speaker 1: numbers and he was leading the team with double digit tackles.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that that's going to be the case
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  Speaker 1: this year. With so many guys really flying to the ball,
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  Speaker 1: there's going to be probably a lot more different guys
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  Speaker 1: leading every week. So to see Carson Anderson step up
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  Speaker 1: week one and kind of be that guy is really cool.
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  Speaker 1: To see offensive side of the ball a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more challenging. They said they couldn't pick just one player
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  Speaker 1: given the opponent. Highly touted recruits on the defensive line.
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  Speaker 1: They thought the offensive line earned it this week zero sacks,
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  Speaker 1: zero tackles for a loss. The offensive line set the
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  Speaker 1: tone early. He found a way to grind out a
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  Speaker 1: win against a tough opponent. Steven Millen would like to
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  Speaker 1: add an extra gift card to this week's offensive line,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll just name the five starters. Is what they
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  Speaker 1: want to do here the mobile al Zach Foltz, Millanvien
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  Speaker 1: Cheeks and ok Pomala and Dom Dan Brosia coached offensive
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  Speaker 1: line doing a lot of heavy lifting on Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we had three returning starters in our right tackles,
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  Speaker 3: a three year starter, and so we knew that was
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  Speaker 3: the strength of our line or strength of our offensive
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  Speaker 3: Pardon me, but Kennedy's defense is big and physical, and
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  Speaker 3: they got the state's number one recruit out there, who
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  Speaker 3: they moved around a lot. They put them in the
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  Speaker 3: boundary and it's the field, and they put them at tackle,
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  Speaker 3: and I'll tell you we handled them. And the guys
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  Speaker 3: we were didn't know enough about were in Okay and
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  Speaker 3: Dom and those two kids played like men. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: that could have been a game where you give it
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  Speaker 3: to everybody. Our two young running backs ran hard. Our
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  Speaker 3: Q played a really solid football game for his first
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  Speaker 3: start ever. We threw a long touchdown pass or receivers
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  Speaker 3: did a great job. But yeah, there's no doubt against
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  Speaker 3: the team we played and their strength versus our strength,
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  Speaker 3: we came out ahead. And I'm so proud of our
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  Speaker 3: offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think we'd be wrong if we didn't
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  Speaker 1: mention the play of the tight ends and the whys
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  Speaker 1: as well. I mean, you know you've got Hunter Small.
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  Speaker 1: It's just kind of a and down their block. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: talk about a guy that had a tremendous offseason. He's
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  Speaker 1: so physical and big. Even caught a pass for twelve yards.
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  Speaker 1: I believe it was Carson Hopkins, Colton Bryan, some of
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  Speaker 1: the even the running backs have to block in the offense,
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  Speaker 1: you know, so kind of a full team effort. But
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line, my goodness, Like you said, a couple
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  Speaker 1: of guys really playing like men out there.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, I'll tell you. You go back to last
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  Speaker 3: year and you remember Hunter Small's first play and Bruce
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  Speaker 3: had just kind of pushed him back into the backfield,
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  Speaker 3: and it didn't happen this year, and Hunter welcomed the challenge,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, it's the no fear thing I love
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  Speaker 3: about our kids. They go out and they just fight,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, our tight ends, our f backs. Everybody
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  Speaker 3: played well. We were physical, We stood up to the challenge.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, I don't know if people know this.
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  Speaker 3: We only had the ball five times. We scored four touchdowns.
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  Speaker 3: Our first four possessions were long, grueling touchdown drives. Well,
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  Speaker 3: the second one was a long pass, but we out
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  Speaker 3: physicaled them, we out lasted them. Really proud of those
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  Speaker 3: guys up front.
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  Speaker 1: Let's move on to talk about this week's opponent. This
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  Speaker 2: Coach.
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  Speaker 1: This week's opponent is the Arlington Eagles, a team that
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  Speaker 1: beat Bothel last year fifty to forty nine in Arlington.
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  Speaker 1: This year, it's a first home game of the year
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  Speaker 1: at Popkini and I think there's a lot of similarities
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  Speaker 1: between these two teams. Bathel Arlington both having to replace
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  Speaker 1: tremendous senior classes from a year ago.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I would agree one hundred percent. You know, that
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  Speaker 3: was one of the worst feeling games in a long
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  Speaker 3: time up there. We score late to go up with
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  Speaker 3: a minute thirty five or so to go, and we
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  Speaker 3: couldn't get off the field like you know, like we
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  Speaker 3: talked about, and they drove down the field and then
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  Speaker 3: went for two and beat us fifty forty nine.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, on one.
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  Speaker 3: Side, you're proud of your kids for the effort the
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  Speaker 3: entire game, but you know, it's frustrating to give up
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  Speaker 3: fifty and and you know, to not be able to
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  Speaker 3: get off the field at the end. And so good
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  Speaker 3: football team up there, well coached, they graduated a lot
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  Speaker 3: of players, and they had a tough Week one opponent
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  Speaker 3: in Sidro woolly in and came out on the short end.
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  Speaker 3: But you know what with young teams, you see growth quickly.
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  Speaker 3: And so I know that coaching staff they're they're very good,
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  Speaker 3: their kids are determined. They have a wonderful football community
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  Speaker 3: up there. It was really fun to see Friday night
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  Speaker 3: lights up at their place, and you know it's it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be another challenge and and you know hopefully
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  Speaker 3: we slow them down a little bit more last year
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  Speaker 3: and continue to offensively move the ball, and you know
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  Speaker 3: that'll be our goal. But our focus is on us,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we're we got to look in the mirror
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  Speaker 3: and and we we did make some mistakes that we
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  Speaker 3: need to fix and and that we can get better
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  Speaker 3: at in all phases of the game. And I'm certain
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  Speaker 3: our kids will do that. We had a good start
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  Speaker 3: at the beginning of the week and I look forward
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  Speaker 3: to Friday night and our home crowd and playing at
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  Speaker 3: Pop Kiney.
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  Speaker 1: Kickoff for this week's game is set for seven pm
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  Speaker 1: at Pop Keeney Stadium. Parade will begin about five thirty
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  Speaker 1: or so, so be sure to get your place along
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  Speaker 1: ninety second Avenue or northeast one hundred and eighty eighth Street.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the team. As we walk down from the
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  Speaker 1: high school to the stadium. We've also will have the band,
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  Speaker 1: the cheerleaders, the students. I mean, there's a lot of people.
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  Speaker 1: Officer where is going to lead the way in his
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  Speaker 1: police vehicle. Lots of stuff going on, so be sure
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  Speaker 1: to get down there early. Find yourself a seat.
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  Speaker 2: Coach.
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  Speaker 1: That's all I got for this week's show. Best of
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  Speaker 1: luck this weekend, then we'll talk to you next week.
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  Speaker 2: Ron, and thank you. I appreciate you and what you do.
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  Speaker 1: A reminder of the freshman are home at Baffel High
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  Speaker 1: School to night seven pm against East Lake. Yeah. Other
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  Speaker 1: than that, I'm ronin Spencer. He's Tom Bahner. You've been
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  Speaker 1: listening to episode fourteen of the Baffel Football Coaches Show.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week and as always, go
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  Speaker 1: Koop's