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Seg 4 FB Show w Jason Candle Oct 6 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the UConn Football Coaches Show. A few
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  Speaker 1: more minutes with Jason Candle. We're going to talk to
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  Speaker 1: Sincere Bowers. Interesting guy, Bowers coach. He went to Iowa
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  Speaker 1: Central Community College, then West Virginia.
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  Speaker 2: There's something about football.
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  Speaker 1: Players want to play, obviously. They'll go anywhere and they'll
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  Speaker 1: do whatever they have to do to keep their pads on.
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  Speaker 1: And he seems like a good example of that because
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  Speaker 1: he's been through a few things to get to where
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  Speaker 1: he is today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that kid has just showed up here
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  Speaker 2: in January and worked.
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  Speaker 3: He's not looked back and, you know, never cried the victim,
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  Speaker 3: played the victim card, never. You know, he just goes
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  Speaker 3: to practice and runs really hard and runs really fast
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  Speaker 3: and does what he's supposed to do. And there's a
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  Speaker 3: lot to be said for that. And, you know, in sports,
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  Speaker 3: we can. You know, we can go a lot of
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  Speaker 3: places with our energy and our mind and we can
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  Speaker 3: pick up our phone and, you know, we type something
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  Speaker 3: on the phone, somebody will listen and somebody will like
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  Speaker 3: it and somebody will, you know, give us the attention necessary.
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  Speaker 3: But he's not that type of guy. He just goes
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  Speaker 3: and plays and kind of throwback in that sense. And
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  Speaker 3: I get a lot of appreciation for guys like that.
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  Speaker 2: Glad to see that his work was on display Saturday
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  Speaker 2: for everybody to see.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, can't get enough of those guys. A quick note,
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  Speaker 1: Kai Wilson got to play. four catches, 52 yards. That
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  Speaker 1: was good. And he had 27 after the catch. So
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  Speaker 1: he might be a factor. It looks like from the
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver group.
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  Speaker 3: There's a guy that tears his ACL in the second
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  Speaker 3: spring practice. And, and I'm not, like I said, today,
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  Speaker 3: my press conference, I'm not trying to challenge anybody's medical
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  Speaker 3: knowledge here, but for that guy, even to be having
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  Speaker 3: pads on and running.
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  Speaker 2: Is a miracle.
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  Speaker 3: You know, so credit our medical team and his ability
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  Speaker 3: to persevere through tough moments and, brings a competitive energy
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  Speaker 3: to practice every day. And, you know, a guy that
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  Speaker 3: our team really roots for, and that's obvious. And he's
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  Speaker 3: got a little spark. He's got juice in his legs.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's a guy that, you know, that can
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  Speaker 3: score a long touchdown as well.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to.
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  Speaker 3: Continue to be smart with him and bring him back
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  Speaker 3: the way we need to.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, when it's time to get to his
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  Speaker 2: moments to cut him loose, we've got to cut him
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  Speaker 2: loose too.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you face Casey Keeler, the head coach of Temple Sports.
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  Speaker 1: this week. He coached Joe Flacco back in 2005 to 2007.
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  Speaker 1: He's seen some stuff. He was at Sam Houston State.
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  Speaker 1: He was at Delaware back then with Joe Flacco. His
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  Speaker 1: team seems run-oriented. I mean, looking at it statistically, how
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  Speaker 1: do you view them as you face the Owls?
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  Speaker 2: Tough opponent. Not going to beat themselves. Very physical.
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  Speaker 3: I would go back to his days at Rowan University
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  Speaker 3: when I was a mountain unit. You know, Division III
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  Speaker 3: national championships, both teams. You know, so I think.
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  Speaker 2: That, you know, I mean, he's won a billion games.
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  Speaker 3: I think that, you know, he's a very good coach
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  Speaker 3: and he's done a really good job building and sustaining
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  Speaker 3: programs wherever he's been. And it's like I said, a
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  Speaker 3: game that you have to go win.
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  Speaker 2: They're not going to give you anything. So we're going
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  Speaker 2: to have to get our best. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: They played some tough opponents. They played Penn state, played
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  Speaker 1: army tight. They lost an overtime game themselves and, But
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  Speaker 1: this past week, and I'm sure you're starting to look
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  Speaker 1: at this, they went to South Florida and beat an
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  Speaker 1: undefeated team. It seemed like it was a defensive battle,
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  Speaker 1: so their defense has to be pretty good, too.
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  Speaker 3: Good in the interior, very good size at safety and linebacker,
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  Speaker 3: and they run fairly well at every position. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's a tough move to move the ball against, and,
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  Speaker 3: you know, this will be a, You've got to win
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  Speaker 3: the situational battle, and you've got to make sure you
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  Speaker 3: take care of the football and offense if you're going
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  Speaker 3: to produce the points you want to produce.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, playing in that big stadium where the Eagles are,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be different in a way. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you don't often play in a 70,000-seat stadium on the
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  Speaker 1: road against Temple.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it'd be a cool experience for our guys.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's something I'm sure, you know, the guys
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  Speaker 3: that haven't done that before are really looking forward to.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's a different environment. It's, you know, sometimes
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  Speaker 3: it lacks an environment just because of the size of it.
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  Speaker 3: But you've got to kind of make sure that your
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  Speaker 3: mind is prepared for that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, quick final note on Caleb Osborne, a young quarterback
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  Speaker 1: for the Huskies. And this came to mind last night.
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  Speaker 1: I was watching Bryce Young, the Alabama guy that won
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  Speaker 1: the Heisman and then went to Carolina and struggled early on.
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  Speaker 1: Young guys learning that position and trying to figure it
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  Speaker 1: out and be successful. Do you really know when they're
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  Speaker 1: going to get to the stage where they get it?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Bryce Young, he was like buried almost in Carolina,
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  Speaker 1: his first pro stop. And now he looks like he's
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  Speaker 1: understanding what's going on with that position more and more,
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  Speaker 1: and he looks dangerous. So, I mean, I think that
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  Speaker 1: bodes well for a guy like Caleb Osborne.
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  Speaker 3: It's the most scrutinized position in sport. Pressures there are
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  Speaker 3: greater than anywhere else in the program, other than maybe
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  Speaker 3: the head coach. You know, you– everybody wants results now.
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  Speaker 2: They don't want to wait. They want to win. They
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  Speaker 2: want touchdowns. And, you know, Sam Darnold's a great example.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Trying to run that guy out of the NFL and
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  Speaker 3: he wins a Super Bowl. Baker Mayfield's another one. Can't
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  Speaker 3: play for this organization. We wasted a draft pick and
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  Speaker 3: he's got his team in the playoffs the last couple
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  Speaker 3: of years playing really good football. I mean, there's, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Bryce Young's another example. It takes time, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: we're an impatient society. We're an impatient on a lot
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  Speaker 3: of things, but, you know, If I can help it,
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  Speaker 3: I'm not going to be impatient with this guy. We're
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  Speaker 3: going to grow this guy the right way, develop the
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  Speaker 3: way he needs to develop. And, you know, we're going
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  Speaker 3: to keep pouring into the good and keep hammering home
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  Speaker 3: the bad and make sure he knows what a real
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  Speaker 3: authentic growth path looks like so he can play his
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  Speaker 3: best football and our team can be our best.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned the most scrutinized position, you know, from
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  Speaker 1: the outside looking in. But inside for you, you got
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  Speaker 1: to know, right, when you see him make an incremental
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  Speaker 1: jump in his ability and his understanding of the position,
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  Speaker 1: that's kind of what you're looking for, I would think.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you pay close attention to everything right there. It's
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  Speaker 3: body language. It's pre-snap operation. It's how he communicates to
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  Speaker 3: his teammates. It's, you know, and to his credit, he's
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  Speaker 3: done really well on a lot of things, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and we just we can't use youth as a crutch.
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  Speaker 2: But we also, too, we can't, you know, put it
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  Speaker 2: not not act like that.
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  Speaker 3: That's not a real variable here on, you know, success
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  Speaker 3: and failure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, his teammates love him. That's what I hear, Coach.
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Good luck this weekend. Let's get the 3-3.
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  Speaker 1: That's where you'd like to be as we get to
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  Speaker 1: that second half of the season. Thanks again.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Go Huskies.
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  Speaker 1: That's Jason Candle back with more of the UConn Football
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  Speaker 1: Coaches Show coming up next on Learfield.