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AUDIO: Oklahoma OC Ben Arbuckle Post Michigan Press Conference · Sooner or Later Sports

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  Speaker 1: Mm hmmm. Is everybody doing were good? Beautiful straight to questions, everybody,
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  Speaker 1: let's rock and the going out.
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  Speaker 2: And working with that offensive line. Was there any kind
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  Speaker 2: of hesitation by you, like what that would look like
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  Speaker 2: and how do.
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  Speaker 3: You feel now that you play the game with a
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  Speaker 3: lot of those.
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  Speaker 2: Guys, and how it were no hesitation?
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  Speaker 1: You know, we got a few guys back from just
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  Speaker 1: being a little bit deemed up, but no hesitation because
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  Speaker 1: I saw the way they they worked all week. I
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  Speaker 1: saw the way coach beating Bow and Coach Woods got those.
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  Speaker 2: Guys ready to play.
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  Speaker 1: Really proud of how they accepted a challenge and attacked
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  Speaker 1: it this week.
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  Speaker 2: So really happy for those guys. I wouldn't come out Michael, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean kind of what I I think I said
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  Speaker 1: a few days ago. You know, he's a he is
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  Speaker 1: a big time talented kid. And over and over again
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  Speaker 1: throughout camp and throughout practice, there was zero fear in
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  Speaker 1: his eyes going against our defense and our defensive line,
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  Speaker 1: who were pretty dang good, pretty dang good, and he
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  Speaker 1: had zero fear, never blinked once, just constantly trying to
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  Speaker 1: get better. And he went out there today and at
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  Speaker 1: the moment wasn't too big.
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  Speaker 2: Was it perfect?
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  Speaker 1: No, I don't think anybody played perfect today, but he
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  Speaker 1: was urgent and everything that he did and gave great effort,
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  Speaker 1: and uh yeah one scared one bit. So really proud
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  Speaker 1: of him.
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  Speaker 2: Did you plan to run John so much? Or was
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  Speaker 2: just kind of other?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm just trying to win the ball game. And
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  Speaker 1: John's a willing runner. He understands what it takes to win,
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  Speaker 1: and so there was definitely designed QB runs in the game.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, at the end of the day, you're
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  Speaker 1: just trying to win the football game. And John mattiars willing,
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  Speaker 1: he knows how to protect himself. Probably took a big
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  Speaker 1: hit or two tonight, but uh, all for all, for
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  Speaker 1: the good of the team and what you hard about
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  Speaker 1: for when the Gamson Allen's and they put together and
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  Speaker 1: drive to basically see it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we reached finish all week.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we have a winning edge on offense, and
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  Speaker 1: the bullet bullet point number five is finished win the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter. And so whenever the clock struck zero in
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  Speaker 1: the third quarter and our fours went up in the
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  Speaker 1: air and you just see the look in their eye.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't have any doubts that we were going to
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  Speaker 1: close that game out. Now, I know we were gonna
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  Speaker 1: go on a nine and a half minute driving. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't exactly know that, but it was awesome to watch
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  Speaker 1: them just put the ball down over and over and
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  Speaker 1: over again on that last drive and get it done.
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  Speaker 1: So really proud of the way those guys competed and
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  Speaker 1: they finished.
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  Speaker 2: How do you think you know what's here.
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  Speaker 1: Has changed or proved upond just from your days.
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  Speaker 3: At Washington States that way, you saw the niceness I.
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  Speaker 4: Think stands out at these highest you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the more and more you play, the
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  Speaker 1: more and more you start understanding situations in the game.
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  Speaker 2: And he's seen a lot.
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  Speaker 1: You know, last season, we saw a lot of different
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  Speaker 1: situations that popped up, and so there's not really a
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  Speaker 1: lot of moments that he hasn't been introduced too, and
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  Speaker 1: he understands how to navigate them and put us in
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  Speaker 1: the best position to be successful. I loved his response
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  Speaker 1: tonight after you know, good series or good plays or
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  Speaker 1: bad series and bad plays. I loved how he responded
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  Speaker 1: every step of the way, just bringing confidence to everybody
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  Speaker 1: on the team there on the sideline. H But again,
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  Speaker 1: I'll continue to say it about him his leadership just
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  Speaker 1: keeps growing and growing and growing.
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  Speaker 2: And so yeah, he's he's he's a special kid, really special.
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  Speaker 2: You compare what you saw for Misio's defense on the film,
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  Speaker 2: I mean that pretty true to who they were.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they did a few things to try and
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  Speaker 1: counter what we were doing to them, you know, as
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  Speaker 1: any good defense and defensive coordinator will do. We didn't
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  Speaker 1: know exactly how they would react to certain things that
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  Speaker 1: we were doing, so it was good to see their
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  Speaker 1: their adjustments and we were able to talk about them
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  Speaker 1: on the sideline.
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  Speaker 2: But one thing rang true.
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  Speaker 1: They were they were they were big, they're fast, they're physical,
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  Speaker 1: and they're well coached, and so that rang true right there.
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  Speaker 1: So it doesn't really matter what scheme you run on defense.
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  Speaker 1: If you got that recipe, you got a pretty good,
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  Speaker 1: pretty good squad over there. You learn about to play Lock,
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  Speaker 1: maybe not just about his ability, but also maybe his toughness. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you took my word. That's one tough dude, one tough dude.
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  Speaker 1: And he ain't a freshman. He's he's mature beyond his ears.
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  Speaker 1: Understands how to practice, understands, how to prepare, understands that
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  Speaker 1: especially in college football, you're never going to feel one
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  Speaker 1: hundred percent. You're never going to feel that way. And
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  Speaker 1: he just keeps on stepping up to the plate and
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  Speaker 1: answering every call that gets thrown at him. Not just
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  Speaker 1: for him the act we saw him take the shoulder and.
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  Speaker 2: Go the log through and have back outlay.
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  Speaker 1: But obviously he can imagine he probably went through sings
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  Speaker 1: toward us.
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  Speaker 2: It's probably.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he cares about his teammates and he cares about
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  Speaker 1: being great, and so if there's a chance for him
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  Speaker 1: to play, is going to do it.
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  Speaker 2: And he was. He was awesome all week in practice.
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  Speaker 2: So great kid.
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  Speaker 4: And Brent was saying, how difficult to just to put
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  Speaker 4: together a nine minute drive against the scouts?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean bring careers play cards, should call how
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  Speaker 2: many of those have driving?
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  Speaker 1: Oh Man, Wisconsin, twenty and twenty three. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if it was nine and a half minutes, but it
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  Speaker 1: was seven it was. I mean, I can still, I
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  Speaker 1: think recite every play call. So four minute situations don't
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  Speaker 1: just happen a whole bunch, but that one turned into
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  Speaker 1: a nine and a half minute situation.
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  Speaker 2: But coach Venables is right, it's hard to do.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to do and I just want to shout
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  Speaker 1: out you said scout team, but like I really want
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  Speaker 1: to shout out our scout team. This week they were
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  Speaker 1: there were a few moments in practice I was like,
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  Speaker 1: we ain't gonna move the ball one time against the Wolverines.
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  Speaker 1: Our scouts are getting after us. But that's just the
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  Speaker 1: effort that they bring every day. They know their role
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  Speaker 1: on the team, and those guys have just been off
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  Speaker 1: throughout these first two weeks and I love being able
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  Speaker 1: to highlight them because they're big time ballplayers over there too,
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  Speaker 1: and they did their part in this week this week
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  Speaker 1: and going want to know.
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  Speaker 4: Last year just to struggle the offen you guys played
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  Speaker 4: last week obviously was coming against a program like this
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  Speaker 4: game and perform the way that Jill did. Is there
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  Speaker 4: any sort of the game? Was there any sort of
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  Speaker 4: validation with those that were around.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of I guess maybe helped them to that valid
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  Speaker 2: there for.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, I think there was a little bit of validation.
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  Speaker 1: I think I think it's really good for the kids
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  Speaker 1: to see the work that they've put in over the
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  Speaker 1: last nine months and the things that uh me, myself
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  Speaker 1: and and coach Venables have been preaching to them kind
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  Speaker 1: of come to fruition in a moment, uh and and
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  Speaker 1: and go one to oh this week, but the way
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  Speaker 1: they did it and the way they played, yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: absolutely think there's a some validation there. But just got
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  Speaker 1: to start all over again tomorrow, so you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's awesome, it's fun, but the process begins again. And
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  Speaker 1: I think the kids know the process, understand the process,
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  Speaker 1: believe in the process, and so that's rock drive.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a second place, second to ten. They
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  Speaker 3: rush a tear pretty good. He scrambles away, look like
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  Speaker 3: he's either going to throw away or run. Instead he
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  Speaker 3: throws into coverage and it throws a strike right to Cannic. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: when you saw that play, did you think, well, you're
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  Speaker 3: saying run or throw it away? Was it in your mind, Hey,
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  Speaker 3: don't throw the ball when he did.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing with John is I trust that kid
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  Speaker 1: to like no end, and so he understands moments and situations.
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  Speaker 1: He knows when to take a chance, when not to
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  Speaker 1: take a chance. And so whenever he lets one rip
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  Speaker 1: and puts the ball, maybe someone may say in a
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  Speaker 1: risky situation, sure, but whenever he does that, I have
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  Speaker 1: the utmost confidence that he's making the right decision.
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  Speaker 2: Again, I told him right before the game, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I said something to him.
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  Speaker 1: I said, Uh, I said something before it, and then
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  Speaker 1: I said, hey, I got your back on anything. And
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  Speaker 1: so I think just that confidence him knowing that that
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  Speaker 1: I have that trust and that belief in him that
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  Speaker 1: if he goes out there and makes a play or
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  Speaker 1: puts the ball in some sort of situation, I got
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  Speaker 1: his back regardless.
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  Speaker 2: And so I no fear, no fear for me. Whenever
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  Speaker 2: John Mattier does this thing, it's kind of your.
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  Speaker 1: Reaction to ditch point when he spun out of that
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  Speaker 1: sack and hit Sitana inside of five.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, one great job by Isaiah Santagnia working scramble drill,
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  Speaker 1: something that we work in practice.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: He turned and looked and saw that he wasn't capped
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  Speaker 1: over the top, and he just kept on going. John,
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  Speaker 1: great job of eluding the UH would be tackler and
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  Speaker 1: making an accurate throw downfield. You know, it's it's plays
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  Speaker 1: like that, moments like that that UH can propel you
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  Speaker 1: to a to a big win. And those are two
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  Speaker 1: really good ballplayers who took their training from practice and
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  Speaker 1: and UH when made it happen.
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  Speaker 2: This game personal for him. Did you see that from
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  Speaker 2: him in the build up of the week and higher stams.
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  Speaker 1: Night, Yeah, laser focused, laser focus from walkthroughs to practice
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  Speaker 1: to unit meetings, just laser focused. He was.
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  Speaker 2: He was ready to go, and that was evident with
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  Speaker 2: how he started the game. He was ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: He was dialed in.
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  Speaker 1: And my favorite thing about Dion is, you know, kind
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  Speaker 1: of it kind of got a little quiet just for
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  Speaker 1: him in the third quarter with some of the stuff
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  Speaker 1: they were doing. The ball was finding him and then
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  Speaker 1: makes a big, big catch there in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: So laser focus, laser locked in. Uh, proud of Dion
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  Speaker 1: and uh, you know, he came up to me after
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  Speaker 1: the game, gave me a hug and said, let's just
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  Speaker 1: keep getting better. And I was like, you've got to
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  Speaker 1: figure it out, man, Let's just keep getting better.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think it'll be in the film room tomorrow,
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  Speaker 2: I said, now with.
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  Speaker 1: John Hills, Yeah, I mean it won't be perfect. There
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  Speaker 1: will be some like what are you doing here, dude?
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  Speaker 2: Like moments.
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  Speaker 1: But the good thing is a lot of times that's
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  Speaker 1: already out of the way because we have the tablets
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  Speaker 1: on the sideline like I can sit there next soon
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  Speaker 1: and be like, come on, doe ahead, what are you
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  Speaker 1: doing dude?
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  Speaker 2: Like so, no, it'll be good. A lot of a
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  Speaker 2: lot of unbelievable learns will come from this tape.
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  Speaker 1: And the best part about him is that he owns
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  Speaker 1: everything good and bad, owns it and is ready to
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  Speaker 1: get better from it and uh not make the same
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  Speaker 1: mistakes twice.
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  Speaker 4: That one of the more exciting things as a coach
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  Speaker 4: is that being able to win a game like this
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  Speaker 4: and knowing you feel like you're going to get better.
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  Speaker 1: If you can't get better, that's the goal, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's the goal. That's what you strive for. You know,
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  Speaker 1: our goal wasn't Our goal wasn't to win this football game.
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  Speaker 1: It was the next football game. Our goal was to
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  Speaker 1: go when I say when this win this exact football game,
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  Speaker 1: oh it's Michigan and in game day like that wasn't
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  Speaker 1: our goal. Our goal was to go one to know
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  Speaker 1: and how do you do that? Incrementally get better? You
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  Speaker 1: find something each week that maybe you struggled at and
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  Speaker 1: you focus on it and try to make it a
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  Speaker 1: strength of yours. And that's the exciting thing. That's the
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  Speaker 1: fun thing about coaching. That's the fun thing about going
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  Speaker 1: to practice every day is finding those things that maybe
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  Speaker 1: you struggle with and flipping it to become a strength
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  Speaker 1: of yours.
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  Speaker 2: It's still kind of more of a Jared's transformation what
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  Speaker 2: he's been able to do in such a short time.
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  Speaker 1: Ye consistent, great kid, great personality, finds his finds himself
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  Speaker 1: in good situations because of the way he prepares. So again,
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  Speaker 1: really proud of Jaron.
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  Speaker 2: He's awesome.
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  Speaker 3: The guys seemed to know more about your players than
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  Speaker 3: we do. Hence you relied on Javonte and he came
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  Speaker 3: to several times in a big way. What did you
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  Speaker 3: see to say, Hey, this guy is somebody we really
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  Speaker 3: need to use.
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  Speaker 1: That's I think trust is just built up over time.
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  Speaker 1: And Javante is an older guy who's played a lot
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  Speaker 1: of ball, been in a lot of really big moments
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  Speaker 1: and stuff, and at that point in time was doing
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  Speaker 1: really really well in pass protection and running hard behind
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  Speaker 1: his pads while running hard behind his pads.
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  Speaker 2: And so.
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  Speaker 1: It's a good feeling whenever you have multiple guys that
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  Speaker 1: you feel like you can put in there and good
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  Speaker 1: things happen that you trust because not everybody has that
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  Speaker 1: and so uh proud of proud of him, proud of
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  Speaker 1: that entire room. Coach Murray has done an awesome job,
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  Speaker 1: and Coach d Will has done a great job of
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  Speaker 1: getting those guys ready, prepared, laser locked into everything that
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  Speaker 1: we have in the game plan. So uh, proud of Javante,
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  Speaker 1: proud of the backs.
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  Speaker 2: I was Jayden doing and has been working his way back. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he was in it a little bit. How's he doing? Hey,
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  Speaker 2: great week of practice.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, you know, whenever, whenever he was called upon, he
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  Speaker 1: was ready for the moments and everything. And so again
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  Speaker 1: it's just gonna take another great week of practice. But
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  Speaker 1: Jayden's been great. Jayden's awesome. Jayden is a great football player,
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  Speaker 1: intelligent football player, and I can't wait to see what
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  Speaker 1: all he does this season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate you'll booming