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AUDIO: Oklahoma Offensive Coordinator Ben Arbuckle Temple Week Press Conference · Sooner or Later Sports

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  Speaker 1: Like a good Alright, that's a good hat Huh alright,
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  Speaker 1: exciting win last week, really uh really proud of proud
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  Speaker 1: of our guys. How they came out, executed, played with
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  Speaker 1: a lot of urgency, and uh found a way uh
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  Speaker 1: to get the job done. But uh onward to the
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  Speaker 1: uh Temple ows. Uh, good team, good defense. They've had
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  Speaker 1: an impressive start to their season with two decisive wins.
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  Speaker 1: And it doesn't matter what level you're playing at, who
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  Speaker 1: you're playing, winning is really really hard, and these guys
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  Speaker 1: have made it look really dang easy. Uh the l
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  Speaker 1: these first two weeks, they've they've played well on the
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  Speaker 1: uh defensive side. They they fly around, they're well coached,
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  Speaker 1: they got a lot of respect for their head coach
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  Speaker 1: and their defensive coordinator, and they they've had their guys
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  Speaker 1: ready to go. So uh excited for this week. And
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  Speaker 1: with that will take some questions, Georg.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, did literally when you were at Washington State, we
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  Speaker 2: need you realize that Sean had the way he does.
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  Speaker 2: How much does that mean you spend more?
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  Speaker 1: Probably our first scrimmage in the spring my first year there,
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  Speaker 1: whenever he was the backup, we went live, uh with
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  Speaker 1: some of the quarterbacks and uh, he made two guys miss.
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  Speaker 1: I can just remember it made two guys miss and
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  Speaker 1: he looked.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of twitchy doing it.
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  Speaker 1: And so you know, from that moment on us, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: this guy's got thatt a little juice to him with
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  Speaker 1: the ball in his hands.
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  Speaker 2: So probably then how does that make spand more?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, whenever you have a guy who who has
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  Speaker 1: the ability to do that and he's a willing runner
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  Speaker 1: to do that and understands moments and situations and what
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  Speaker 1: it takes to win, I think it just it broadens
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  Speaker 1: what you can can call in certain situations, uh, to
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  Speaker 1: try and put stress on a defense any which way.
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  Speaker 1: And so yeah, like that, I mean it kind of
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  Speaker 1: expands it that way.
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  Speaker 2: Down the line. That one you call your approach of
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  Speaker 2: the upper run the game.
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  Speaker 1: You'd like to have like a primary carrier by.
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  Speaker 2: A certain time of the season, and you kind of
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  Speaker 2: like to buy any approach the got to Jim on
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  Speaker 2: take touris uh.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if if you have a guy who's you know,
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  Speaker 1: like Reggie Bush or Adrian Peterson or something, yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean that's awesome, But you have to have a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of guys that I think you trust a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: guys who will run behind their pads and not be
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  Speaker 1: you know, not not be timid and run behind their
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  Speaker 1: pads and get a extra hard yards whenever it needs to.
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  Speaker 1: But also at in the same token, Uh, you have
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  Speaker 1: to have guys who are willing to pass protect, who
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  Speaker 1: were able to get out on their on their relief
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  Speaker 1: throws and and make something happen with the ball in
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  Speaker 1: their hands. So you know, there's a lot of different
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  Speaker 1: aspects that really kind of go into that position then
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  Speaker 1: just primarily carrying the football, and so you have to
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  Speaker 1: take that stuff into account. Also got about greis what'd
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  Speaker 1: you see from them working back from injuries and can't
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  Speaker 1: how do you feel up the Vision they.
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  Speaker 2: Played against Vision?
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  Speaker 1: Uh really professional, the way they came back from injury
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  Speaker 1: and how they were in last week's preparation, just as
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  Speaker 1: far as being locked in, being uh dialed into what
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  Speaker 1: their assignment was. And I think they played with a
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  Speaker 1: certain level of uh physicality that that allowed them to
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  Speaker 1: be uh.
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  Speaker 2: Successful in certain situations.
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  Speaker 1: So uh they go, those guys put the work in,
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  Speaker 1: they were locked into their assignment and uh, I'm proud.
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  Speaker 2: I'm proud of the way that they came out and competed.
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  Speaker 2: Then you see some quarterbacks that have speed. You see
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  Speaker 2: some quarterbacks that want to run over guys. But the
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  Speaker 2: vision that John has shown, I'm curious with him if
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  Speaker 2: you feel like that's watching so much film he has
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  Speaker 2: a sense of what defenders can do? Is that innate?
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  Speaker 2: You just can't teach stuff like that? What where? Where
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  Speaker 2: does his vision kind of walk me through what you
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  Speaker 2: see in a regard?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he he sees the field really well, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's in the ah, in the passing game, or or
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  Speaker 1: whenever he pulls it down to run. But yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: think I've been on a record saying I personally think
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  Speaker 1: John Mittier's a football player before he's a quarterback, and
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  Speaker 1: special one too whenever he pulls the ball down to run. So,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there are certain things that I wish I
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  Speaker 1: could sider and tell you all. I taught him everything
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  Speaker 1: he knows in the run game. Now, if you look
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  Speaker 1: me up, I was not a runner, all right. That
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  Speaker 1: was a very slow, stiff statue Division two quarterback, all right.
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  Speaker 2: So I definitely did not teach him that. He's just
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  Speaker 2: a special.
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  Speaker 1: Kid, a special athlete who who the more he plays,
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  Speaker 1: he learns from certain moments and situations of how defenders
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  Speaker 1: may try to tackle or pursue. But he has such
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  Speaker 1: a great feel for the space out there on the.
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  Speaker 2: Field, and it's really instinctual. So he's special. It's second
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  Speaker 2: right side of mind draft you've seen Counta's name is
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  Speaker 2: really physical. Down to the blocker in the run game,
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  Speaker 2: think job, very similar nations. How far did that is
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  Speaker 2: in your running game and when did that become there?
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  Speaker 2: As simol, just like those guys that go down out
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  Speaker 2: of the way and you one per.
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  Speaker 1: Series of block, you feld so the day I got here,
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  Speaker 1: you preach physicality, especially especially to those skill kids, because
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  Speaker 1: I'm there's a saying in football it's kind of cliche.
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  Speaker 2: No block, no rock, like like if if.
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  Speaker 1: You're not a willing blocker, then the ball is usually
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  Speaker 1: not gonna find you too. It's just kind of like
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  Speaker 1: some weird, uh weird thing in nature or something.
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  Speaker 2: I have no idea, but uh, I.
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  Speaker 1: Really think how you block whenever you don't have the
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  Speaker 1: ball in your hand, especially at the skill position, shows
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  Speaker 1: how much you love your teammates because you want to
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  Speaker 1: see their success.
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  Speaker 2: You want to see the team's success, and.
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  Speaker 1: Doing your job and understanding that that's your job in
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  Speaker 1: that moment, is to execute a block to the best
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  Speaker 1: of your ability, as physical.
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  Speaker 2: As you can do it.
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  Speaker 1: I think that shows how much you love your teammates,
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  Speaker 1: and Chants and Javon Teger, you know, prime examples of that.
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  Speaker 2: They're great kids who.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone on the team loves, great personality, and they're kids
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  Speaker 1: that bring it every day of practice too. They have
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  Speaker 1: a great mindset towards everything that we're doing at all times.
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  Speaker 1: And uh, yeah, his kids are awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know you mentioned that he's kind
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  Speaker 2: of exceeded expectations early on the first two games.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything about or Locker that's just kind of.
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  Speaker 2: Surprise to you? Yeah, I'm glad you pointed out the hat.
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  Speaker 1: He actually dropped us off in my office seventeen minutes ago. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: he walked in. I was like, perfect timing, man, this
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  Speaker 1: is awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Again. I'll continue to say it about Jared.
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  Speaker 1: He he's he has a special skill set just with
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  Speaker 1: how athletic he is, how how how how fast he is.
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  Speaker 1: I mean to put it plainly, but he he's really
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  Speaker 1: understood the position of how to see space, open in space,
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  Speaker 1: navigate his body to be successful, and I think I
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  Speaker 1: think him playing defense.
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  Speaker 2: For three years really helped with a lot of that.
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  Speaker 1: Understands defensive structures, can understand where holes in the defense
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  Speaker 1: might be.
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  Speaker 2: But with all of that set aside, he puts in
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  Speaker 2: the work.
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  Speaker 1: He puts in the work playing and simple in the
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  Speaker 1: position room, out at practice, really consistent, so he every
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  Speaker 1: everything that you know.
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  Speaker 2: Jaren does well on the field. I mean it's not
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  Speaker 2: just by luck.
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  Speaker 1: He's really persistent in how he prepares, in his process.
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  Speaker 2: So proud of him. I think it was on him. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: then I also have one of Jaron.
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  Speaker 1: Have you coached a guy that four who has moved
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  Speaker 1: from one side of the ball to another.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, it up quickly successful? Heck yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Washington State Cooper Mayther's number twenty four was a walk
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  Speaker 1: on linebacker at Washington State. Moved a tight end. They're
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  Speaker 1: actually very very similar. I love my man Coop to death.
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  Speaker 1: He was a little slower than Jared though, but he
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  Speaker 1: was savvy, had great hands, was smart. I mean, they're
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  Speaker 1: they're very similar. Jared's a little more outgoing, but Coop
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  Speaker 1: had They have the same sense of humor, same kind
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  Speaker 1: of personality.
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  Speaker 2: Jared's just more outgoing.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, my tight end last year at Washington State,
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  Speaker 1: Cooper made the saying almost the same story.
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  Speaker 2: Played linebacker for the.
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  Speaker 1: First I think it was year was before I got there,
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  Speaker 1: But same kind of deal. He had such a feel
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  Speaker 1: for space and and had soft hands and you know,
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  Speaker 1: he just if he would have had a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more burners on him. I mean, he probably was scored
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  Speaker 1: like thirteen touchdowns or something last year.
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  Speaker 2: It was funny.
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  Speaker 1: I think he scored seven last year. And if you
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  Speaker 1: know anything of the history of Washington State, that was
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  Speaker 1: the school record for tight end touchdowns at Washington State
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  Speaker 1: was seven. But yeah, Cooper made the same kind of story.
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  Speaker 2: Really, Cooper.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think Jared and Coop they message each
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  Speaker 1: other on on Instagram. Uh, I'm pretty sure. I talked
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  Speaker 1: to Coop actually a week ago. He's a great kid.
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  Speaker 1: Dad owns like one of those fish markets in uh
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  Speaker 1: Pike's place there in Seattle, so he's chucking fish right now.
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  Speaker 1: But uh uh I talked to him last week actually,
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  Speaker 1: and he said that him and Jared had like d
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  Speaker 1: m back and forth, especially early on whenever we got here,
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  Speaker 1: because they're you know, Coop made plays last year and
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  Speaker 1: Jared would see it, uh, whenever we were doing like
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  Speaker 1: install cutups.
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  Speaker 2: Or something, and and I could him up.
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  Speaker 1: And be like, dude, you're you're You're awesome, or maybe
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  Speaker 1: ask him a question of like if he wasn't getting
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  Speaker 1: something at the time, because Coop was really smart, asked
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  Speaker 1: him a question of Okay, hey, whenever our buckle says this,
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  Speaker 1: what exactly does he mean?
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  Speaker 2: Stuff like that? So, yeah, two great kids right there. Jack,
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  Speaker 2: who you talked about Michigan last week in front Sivil
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  Speaker 2: was kind of like the Pope? What did you notice
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  Speaker 2: about him in terms of what there he just to
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  Speaker 2: bring to you all over that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Again, their defensive coordinator does a great job there,
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  Speaker 1: insanely sound. They they'll present a bunch of different pictures
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  Speaker 1: and bring pressures from different places, and they do a
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  Speaker 1: really good job in that regard just.
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  Speaker 2: Off you know, the initial game planning.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, they do a good job of cycling out in
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  Speaker 1: and out their defensive lineman. Again, which what I said
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  Speaker 1: last week about Michigan, that just tells me that they
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  Speaker 1: feel good about the guys that they have, and so
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  Speaker 1: they feel like they can take people in and out
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  Speaker 1: and not lose a step on anything, but they have
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  Speaker 1: a defensive end. I'm blanking on his name, number twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's a really talented player. Showed up in
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  Speaker 1: the first two games, was really disruptive, and so I
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  Speaker 1: think there. I think their defensive line does a lot
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  Speaker 1: of really really good stuff. But as a whole, their defense,
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  Speaker 1: their they're physical, they fly around. Their coordinator puts them
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  Speaker 1: in really good positions to be successful. So it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be a really good challenge for US. Cameron Stewart, I
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  Speaker 1: thought you were yeah, yeah. All of a sudden, I
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  Speaker 1: was like, I don't know that guy. Yeah, no, that
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  Speaker 1: is the names. He's a good ball player.
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  Speaker 2: So just yeah, I want to ask about at about it.
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  Speaker 2: But I know he said out a lot in fall camp.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure with a true freshmen you don't really know
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  Speaker 1: what to expectively see it on the field. But through
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  Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks, what has stood out the
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  Speaker 1: bus what he has shown up for consistency, toughness, getting
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  Speaker 1: extra yards on runs. You know, I think we ran
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  Speaker 1: an option play and the safety screamed down really really
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  Speaker 1: hard and he found a way to split.
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  Speaker 2: The uh, the corner and the.
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  Speaker 1: Safety and ended up getting seven yards on what probably
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  Speaker 1: would have been a two yard game.
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  Speaker 2: Like it's stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: It's just it's consistently finding ways to get a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more than maybe you're supposed to. But again, the
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  Speaker 1: kid's tough, as he's been consistent. He's his jaws set
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  Speaker 1: every single day we go out to practice like he's
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  Speaker 1: ready to work. And so I think all of that stuff,
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  Speaker 1: put together with him being a great kid and being talented,
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  Speaker 1: has put him in a position to have moments of
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  Speaker 1: success and so really proud of him.
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  Speaker 2: Vision of the remutation, there's a long when that goes
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  Speaker 2: into it than just carrying the ball. Maybe even outside
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  Speaker 2: of his ability with the ball, what.
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  Speaker 1: Has stood out about his growth and mavis of his
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  Speaker 1: other area. Yeah, especially with like a young running back,
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  Speaker 1: I think something you always worry about is just pass
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  Speaker 1: protection because there's a lot that kind of goes into it,
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  Speaker 1: all the different looks that defense can present, all the
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  Speaker 1: different calls that you might make on offensive line, and
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  Speaker 1: understanding where you're supposed to be, and he's been nails
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  Speaker 1: on it. I mean, he's he understands the game plan
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  Speaker 1: whenever we go in there, he understands his assignment and
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  Speaker 1: those moments in those situations, and I think that's really
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  Speaker 1: really good for a kid who, I mean this time
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  Speaker 1: a year ago, is playing high school football.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, that's been impressive.
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  Speaker 1: What about Javonte Barnes, are you think of his ability
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  Speaker 1: to blog run a lot? Yeah, the extremely selfless, extremely tough,
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  Speaker 1: really high football like you, a smart kid, and the
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  Speaker 1: same kind of thing that I was just saying.
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  Speaker 2: About Tori.
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  Speaker 1: He understands where he needs to be and he understands how.
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  Speaker 2: He needs to do it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, whether it's a linebacker blitzing in the a gap,
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  Speaker 1: he does a great job of meeting that guy at
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  Speaker 1: the point of attack, and not just meeting him there,
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  Speaker 1: but having great body position and technique and a good
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  Speaker 1: sense of physicality about him too, so the pocket doesn't
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  Speaker 1: collapse back.
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  Speaker 2: But then you see him on.
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  Speaker 1: Dion's first touchdown, you know he made probably the touchdown
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  Speaker 1: him and Fionte has really probably made the touchdown blocks
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  Speaker 1: on those plays. And again that linebacker was screaming over
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  Speaker 1: the top, and I mean he he struck him well,
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  Speaker 1: struck him well, didn't fly back, and ultimately propelled Dean
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  Speaker 1: to get into the end zone. And so again that's
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  Speaker 1: just Uh, to me, that just shows how much you
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  Speaker 1: love your teammates.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, cause it's really easy not to do that.
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  Speaker 1: It's even harder to do that and really proud of them.
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  Speaker 2: Or I'm curious I having to get two games into this.
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  Speaker 1: You've had an off fault camp and everything, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure you've learned.
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  Speaker 2: A lot about your personnel and what works what doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: How much do you allow yourself for Hurricane You evolve
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  Speaker 1: what you do off these I think we all got
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  Speaker 1: a whole vandalytics during the summer and said, Okay, he
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  Speaker 1: runs eleven this much, twelve this much.
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  Speaker 2: Too long in a year. But that's your personnel of
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  Speaker 2: Watchington scene. How does that change now that you're at
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  Speaker 2: a different places. I think you see different personnel.
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  Speaker 1: For that well, I think it changes week to week
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  Speaker 1: two just based on the team that you're playing, Cause ultimately,
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  Speaker 1: our biggest goal on the offensive side is to get
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  Speaker 1: into whatever personnel formation motions that ultimately give our guys
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  Speaker 1: operational space to be successful. And so that can come
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  Speaker 1: in a multitude of different ways. You can be eleven personnel,
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  Speaker 1: twelve personnel, twenty twenty one, ten personnel, one personnel. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: like there's so many different ways that you can get
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  Speaker 1: to it, but it ultimately just comes down to how
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  Speaker 1: are we going to put these kids in the best
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  Speaker 1: position to be successful.
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  Speaker 2: That's my challenge every single week.
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  Speaker 1: Because these kids, they they they they work too hard,
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  Speaker 1: they're too bought in, and they're so willing for me
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  Speaker 1: not to put them in the best position to be successful.
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  Speaker 1: So that's my challenge at the beginning of every week,
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  Speaker 1: is how can I make sure these guys have the
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  Speaker 1: best chance.
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  Speaker 2: To go out there and get the job done. Appreciate y'all.
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  Speaker 2: Boomerang