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Conference Chaos, Rivalry Energy & Pumpkin Muffins · The BIG LIFE

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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Big Life Podcast. I'm Leah Klinke.
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And I'm Kate Phillips, and we're so excited to be here today for Episode 9 of The Big Life.
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Yes, this week we have so much to catch up on.
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This week was the first week of conference games, so like all the teams played
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in their conferences now, so we've got a lot of catch up on.
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But first, Kate, how'd your game go this past week?
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It went really well. We played Texas and we won 3-1.
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We scored a lot of really, really good goals.
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We just played well as a team. Obviously, there was a lot to take away from that game.
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We defensively we did all
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right like we have a lot to take away from more I
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would say defensively than offensively offensively though
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I mean we scored three goals one of them
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was like I mean it was like one of our
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players she literally scored a diving header like oh
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wow her body on the line like awesome yes
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it was awesome so I think that that game
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was like a huge step for our team just because
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we've been in like we've played
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slew memphis and illinois who are all like
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ranked pretty high and we lost all
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those games by slew and memphis by one
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goal and illinois by two and then we come into
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texas which is obviously a really good team and
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we pull out a three to one win probably should have been 3-0 i'm
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still kind of mad about their goal but we didn't like back off at all and we
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just I don't know stuck with our game plan and it worked really well for us
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how did your guys's game go this week pretty well so we flew to North Carolina State we played them.
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And we won two to one it was a very it was honestly a tough game for us but
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we came out with the win so that's why I said pretty good but they scored first
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so we definitely faced some adversity, had to lock in, and we got an equalizing goal.
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And then it was one-to-one for forever until the very end of the second half.
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I think there was like four minutes left or something.
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And we were just fighting and battling, and we never gave up.
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And then we scored a goal with four minutes left.
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So that was great. It was a good cross from our wing back, and then our forward.
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Kind of slid and got the ball in the back of the net. So that was great.
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I think we definitely learned a lot as a team too. Our coaches were really proud
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of us for how we were able to not give up and we came back from a deficit to win the game.
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So I think we just had full belief in ourselves and full confidence that we
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could go in and win that game. So after they scored, we just stayed calm and were like,
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It's no big deal. We got it. And although we didn't play the best,
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like, we just got the result. So, I mean, that's all that matters.
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Like, three points versus one point is huge.
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Like, a win versus a tie. So, we're definitely glad to score in the 86th minute
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and fly back to South Bend, Indiana with a win.
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Who do you guys play next week? We play Tennessee on Thursday,
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and then we go to Kentucky on Sunday. How about you guys?
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Awesome. Those are going to be good games. I know, yeah. good team
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so definitely we'll have to be on the lookout for those
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so we play duke we only have one game versus duke and
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i think right now they're number two and we're
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number six i think something like that so it's gonna
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be such a good game we're ready we're fired up for
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this game i mean both of our teams we
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kind of have a similar style of play we like to pass it we
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like to like use into our individual qualities but
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also just really play together as a team and we'll both
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be organized teams defensively offensively we kind
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of each have our own like built-in system so we'll have to see how we match
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up against each other but I'm sure it's just going to be a battle till the very
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end so I mean the team that will win will be the team that comes in the most
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ready with the most energy and then also the most sharpest technically so really
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anyone's game but we're so excited and.
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Duke better watch out that's all I'm saying you guys are you guys home or away
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we're home So we played one, too, yeah, in front of our crowd Thursday night under the lights.
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So make sure to tune into that one because it's going to be a good one. And go Irish.
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Yes, that'll be a really fun game. I had, like, put that down for games this week.
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So that'll be fun. I mean, they've kind of had a little bit of a rough start.
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So it'll be interesting to see you guys come out on the front foot. I think you'll do well.
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Yeah, right. Right. I think last week they lost to Virginia,
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which is another very good team. And that was 3-1.
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And then they beat Miami. Duke ended up beating Miami 1-0.
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So definitely, I feel like they're going to have a fire under their belt.
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And I mean, that was their first loss, I think, of the season.
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So, I mean, they're going to be ready. But we just, we're ready too.
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And all respect, but hopefully they'll have their second loss by the end of the week.
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Yeah. They're going to be great. It's going to be good. How, like...
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Hard do you think it is going into like a week
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after playing two games like a thursday sunday week
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and then playing like i guess you guys play acc
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it seems like you guys are playing like if you have a one week it's
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on thursday yeah i mean
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yeah for us like it just depends like the next week we
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play unc on like a wednesday we have like a friday game it's
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like weird but switching from one games to
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two games it's definitely different this year because in the
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past years i think the season has been like one or two weeks
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shorter but I remember like as a freshman and sophomore
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we would play like two game weekends every weekend so you.
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Gotta get in your routine but at the same time it's exhausting
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and for the players who play a lot a lot of minutes
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they're definitely very tired and just
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exhausting I mean everyone pushes through but I think it's
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better now that I mean the season's a little bit longer but
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it's nice to have these one game weeks except it does
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kind of throw off like the dynamic like you're not in much of
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a routine like depending on when your game is if it's on
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a third sunday or even a friday or wednesday there's
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some random time so if you do
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have thursday sunday then it's like a nice weekly schedule that
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you're kind of used to but it's i like one
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game weeks better just because you can just focus on one thing
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and all your energy into that and of course
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you want to take it one game at a time even if you do have like two
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games a week but it's just such a quick turnaround like Thursday
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you play a game and then Friday you have to forget about
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that and move on to the next game so yeah yeah but
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it's definitely a little bit of a mentality switch for sure
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definitely yeah our for SEC it's like
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I think this year it's kind of like a flipped so
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it's like you'll play two games one game two games
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Thursday Sunday and then one game on Friday it's
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like I think it's like every other week somewhat yeah but
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i think i really like that just because that's nice the
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two games like two game two game two two game
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weeks back to back is a lot yes like
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just a lot on your body you don't really get like practices in when you have.
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Those at least on like for fridays you'll have like two pretty hard practices
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or be able to get like two hard practices in before and prepare for that team, like you were saying,
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only preparing for that team, so it does help a lot.
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But yeah, the two game weeks are tough, but.
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I mean, we're kind of used to it at this point. Yeah, exactly.
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Yeah, and everyone does it, so it's not that bad. Yeah, that's kind of interesting.
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I mean, honestly, maybe our schedule's like that too, where we have like one
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game, then two, and I have not even looked that far ahead yet. So I don't know.
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I don't think it's like as structured as you guys' is, though.
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Ours are kind of random. Like, we've never played a Wednesday night game.
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Like, I don't know. And we don't really play on Fridays either,
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but I think we have some this year.
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What would you say, like, how's it been? And I mean,
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also we'll go over, we need to go over like some scores from this week,
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but there's been a lot of upsets and a lot of just like craziness in this first
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week of conference games. Like, how would you relate or why?
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Why do you think so? Like conference games versus non-conference games.
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Like, what do you think about that? I mean
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conference games they mean everything like especially
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for us in the ACC SEC like those games
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that you're winning like are your ticket to
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the NCAA tournament your ticket to the ACC SEC tournament
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it's like we were talking about this a little bit before but that like once
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you start conference it's like a new season like non-conference obviously is
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preparing you for these really hard games that you're going into because every
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single team you play every week.
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It's they're good like every single you can't
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you don't have one game where you're just like oh we know
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we can come out with a win every single game is
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like a battle from start to
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finish you guys said you guys scored in the last four minutes like a
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lot of some of these some of these games that we were talking that we're
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going to talk about like teams are scoring the last couple
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like the last couple seconds like they
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are just a battle compared to non-conference I
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think it just these games just mean a lot more I
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think teams just know what's on
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the line so I mean it's not that we're you're not playing for something during
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non-conference but I think during conference people just know what's on the
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line that you have I mean we have nine games guaranteed for for us We have nine games guaranteed left.
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So we're playing for more because we want more games. We want to keep playing.
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Yeah. Especially for you seniors.
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You're playing for minutes of college soccer.
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So I think people see that and know it and just put everything out there compared
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to non-conference a little bit more.
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Yeah. Yeah. I would agree. I mean, I feel like everything is just more on the
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line. There's more pressure for teams to do well, to get into these tournaments.
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And yeah, like you said, it's kind of like a season start over.
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Like, I would completely agree. If you're a team that's maybe didn't do so well
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in their non-conference games, and it's like, okay, now we're starting conference,
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starts completely over.
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And then if you do well in conference, then you have a good chance to go to
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the NCAA tournament and go to your conference tournaments too,
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which those two tournaments are the tournaments that really matter.
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So, yeah, I feel like it's definitely a turning point in the season.
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Yeah, I think some teams also, I mean, looking at the Tennessee-Mississippi
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State game, conference,
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you can play all these teams that are ranked higher than you,
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you do well, and then you come into conference and teams come in and just are ready.
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Yeah. They are just like hungry. Also, just because you play against these teams
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every year and you have a little bit of like, you want to beat them.
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Like, there's just, I don't know, there's a rivalry.
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Yeah, rivalries. Every year, like, just looking at like a head,
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you're excited for those games.
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Like when you're looking at your season, you're like, oh my gosh, I can't wait to play.
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Like you guys, Duke, like you can't wait to play them.
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You play every year, you know, but it's going to be a good battle.
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Yeah. So I think those, like, the little, like, rivalries also just,
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like, put a little fire under teams. Yes, for sure.
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Yeah, especially because you play them every year. Like, I always look at a
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team, I'm like, ooh, I remember her. Like, I played against her.
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Like, dang, not to defend that girl. Or, like, yeah.
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So it definitely, there's a bunch of rivalries.
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And, yeah, that game, let's talk about that game for a second.
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So Mississippi State beat number one Tennessee 3-2.
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So, Tennessee had no goals scored against them until that game.
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I know. And then they get...
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Like three scored against them I mean that's crazy I mean
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well done Mississippi State but I think especially for
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Tennessee being like number one or like any of the top teams
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really like you have such a huge target on your back when the
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teams play you they're like oh like they're not number one like
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we're gonna go out and beat them and like anything
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can happen but I think that game was that was crazy I was watching
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that like on the edge of my seat and they kept scoring I was like oh
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my gosh well also we've
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talked about this a couple of times going in in playing
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at mississippi state that atmosphere is a hard place to play at like they have
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the cowbells the people is like in a bowl so people are on top of you yeah they're
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with the cowbells there's people behind your goal screaming at you yes it's
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a hard place to play at and they.
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Do it on purpose for sure yeah well and
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i think tennessee just going there and like in playing
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and playing mississippi state for a first game that's
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that is a tough game to win especially how mississippi
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how well mississippi state did last year yeah yes
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the crowd definitely plays a big role especially there in at any other school
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really like the crowd really can help the home team for sure i was like watching
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that game and i like heard the cowbells i was like oh yep i remember this place
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like yeah yeah but yeah the crowd definitely plays a role and definitely helps Mississippi State.
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Like, I remember after the game was over, their coach was, like,
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going over the crowd and, like, hyping them.
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Like, so, I mean, they live for that. And obviously he was.
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Like, praising the crowd. Like, he really liked them. So, they definitely helped.
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The crowd definitely helped Mississippi State win that game.
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And shout out to Zoe Main, who's one of my teammates from club.
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And she's at Mississippi State, and she scored. So, proud of her. But, yeah.
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That game was good. That was so good. Oh, my gosh.
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It was great. I haven't gotten to watch it. I mean, we play Tennessee on Thursday,
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so probably watch some film on that game.
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But they were they were playing when we were playing I
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remember after our game we always I don't know
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people would be like talking about scores and we were all like what like
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you you hear the scores from some of the games and you're
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just like yeah yeah uh-huh yeah
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it's also fun like on Thursdays like right
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after your game is over then like you can see just like
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all the scores at once because everyone's like kind of playing at the same time or
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you can see like I'll watch some of the games in like california because
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that's like hours back but yeah it's fun to just like see
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all the scores after i'm like oh my gosh this happened this happened and like
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right after your game's over you're like wow everyone's played
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and it's fun to look at the results definitely yeah why don't we talk about
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then some of the games from last week we talked about virginia beating duke
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on virginia was ranked fifth and duke was ranked second so it'll be interesting
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how that ranking stuff shakes up a little bit.
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Clemson tied in number three, Stanford, two to two.
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Yeah. Again, it's just like Stanford's Stanford before who they play, UCLA and lost.
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Yeah. Yes. UCLA and lost, I'm pretty sure. They've, I mean, they were doing so well.
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They were like, their goal differential was like through the roof and then people
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play, like, Clemson scored what, I'm pretty sure the last couple of minutes
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as well yeah I think so I didn't get that but yeah,
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So it's just like, again, one of those games where you're just like, anything can happen.
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Yeah, literally, anything can happen. And I also feel like it's difficult for,
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it's honestly difficult if you are in one of those teams that's ranked like
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first through 10 or first through five.
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Like, because it's almost easier to go into a game as the underdog or thinking
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you're the underdog. Like, oh, I have something to prove.
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But if you're already at the top, then it's like, it's more difficult,
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I feel like. Like, our coaches try to encourage us always to,
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like, just think of yourselves as, like, we're the underdog.
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Like, no one thinks we're good. Like, no one believes us. And even though,
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I mean, we've been playing pretty well and we're, I mean, obviously super grateful
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to be ranked pretty high.
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Like, we just really try to go in with the underdog mentality because we know
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that teams probably see our ranking and are like, oh, no, Notre Dame's not that good.
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And, like, they just want to come in and crush us. So we have to have that mentality
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and that energy right back at them in order for it to be competitive.
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Also, Kentucky beat number 20, Oklahoma. That was a good game.
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That score was 2-1. And then the last game that caught my attention kind of
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was Northwestern tied number 11, Iowa, 1-1. So that was also a good game.
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Yeah, I want to give a shout-out also to Purdue beat Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin was number 23. They beat them 2-1. But my friend, it's a goalkeeper
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on Purdue, Emily Edwards, she had like...
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Eight saves or nine saves or something really high
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so she did really well and they come up came
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out with a win there wisconsin i'm pretty sure it's had a pretty good season
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so far so yeah they're always a good team yeah okay
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so also the last game
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that i was thinking of is st mary's beat
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georgetown two to zero so that's part of the big east and
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georgetown was ranked like 16 or something like that and that's a big upset
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so yeah georgetown's always a really good team coming out of the big east i
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feel like they always do pretty well yeah and they'll make it they always make
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it in the tournament i feel like every year so that's yeah i mean big upset there too yeah.
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Yeah the big east has got some good teams they do yeah it's always good yeah
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like creighton's doing pretty well this year they've got some other other good
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teams too they they all they do You always have some pretty good teams.
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I'm from Indiana. Butler always does really well. Yeah.
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Me too. They always have some good players. And Xavier too. I know a lot of
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people that go play at Xavier. They always have a good team.
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Those teams are like sneaky good. Like you wouldn't. Yeah. Those teams maybe
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you wouldn't expect to be good, but they're very good. Yeah, definitely.
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What games are you looking forward to next week? I mean, there's going to be
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so many good games next week. I can't wait to watch and also play.
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So on Wednesday, number 7 FSU plays number 19 UNC.
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That game's going to be super interesting, especially for my team.
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So we play in Notre Dame's. We're six. We played number two Duke on Thursday as well.
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But we play Duke, and then the next week we play UNC, and then our next game after that is FSU.
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So I definitely need to go back and watch.
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No, their game's on Wednesday. So I'll be able to watch their game on Wednesday and then...
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That'll definitely be good for us to see because we play both of them after we play Duke.
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So we definitely got a tough set of games ahead of us, but we're ready.
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And we're ready to make a statement and prove everyone wrong. He doesn't believe us.
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That game's always a really big rivalry too.
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For years has been. So that'll be fun.
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And also I think FSU, I don't know if both those teams have been like,
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I haven't really watched, but I don't know if they've been playing their best
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soccer that they want to be playing.
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So it'll be interesting to see how things shake out with them.
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Yeah, yeah. No, I agree. I think they would probably agree with that too.
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They probably both want to be playing a little bit better. I feel like maybe
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they've been, both of those teams, a little bit inconsistent this season,
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kind of up and down a little bit.
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But this game's definitely going to be big, and it'll be a fun one to watch.
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I'm sure it's going to get a little chippy.
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Both those teams are very good they have very very good players on them,
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but it can get intense so i mean i'm really
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excited to watch that game yeah again another and
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it's also like a rivalry that's we were saying
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for years like in going into conference
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play like what we were talking about earlier like
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those are the games that like you look forward to you
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see it and you're like oh my gosh i can't wait for this game
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yeah so i mean i can't wait to watch
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it definitely watching yeah do you
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know if it's at fsu or unc i don't
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know i'll check back on that let's know
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yeah wherever it is i'm sure the crowd's gonna play a big role on that too both
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those teams can kind of pull out some good crowds and then we also have number
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23 wisconsin who plays number 22 ohio state which those two teams are generally
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like good teams wisconsin's I feel like always decent. They're pretty consistent.
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Ohio State did really well last year. Yeah.
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So, I mean, that's going to be a very good game as well for the Big Ten.
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Yes. And then number nine, Arkansas versus Vanderbilt, who's unranked right now.
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But that game, I think, will be interesting because Arkansas and Vanderbilt
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are two completely different styles of soccer.
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We say that often. But I think that'll be a really fun game.
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Arkansas actually was, I was
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watching, I kept going back and forth between your guys' game on Thursday.
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I think it was on Thursday.
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Thursday, going back between the Arkansas game and your guys' game,
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because Arkansas was up 3-0 at half against Florida.
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And then Florida came back and it was 3-2. Oh, wow.
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And then literally in the last couple of minutes, Florida almost scored on Arkansas and tied it up.
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Oh, wow. All in the second half. It was crazy.
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Their goalkeeper, the Arkansas goalkeeper made a great save. but
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oh I saw that back and forth and it's
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like you're up 3-0 at half and then like Florida completely
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flips it yeah like wow comes back so
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yeah Arkansas is I mean they've
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had some up and down with I think injuries this
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season so I think they've been
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kind of struggling a little bit I mean they've
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been still doing well but I think dealing with that has
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been a little bit difficult for that team but yeah I mean they're still
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getting great results yeah yeah no they've been
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doing well but I'm pretty sure yeah they've had some injuries and
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yeah Vanderbilt is like pretty good too
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they have two girls who I know from Houston my hometown used to go to Texas
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A&M and they both transferred to Vanderbilt very good players so I think they've
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gotten some other transfers as well and they've been doing pretty good so I
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think that's gonna be a good game Vanderbilt's definitely going to give Arkansas a run for their money.
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And, I mean, another tough SEC matchup. It's going to be a great game.
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It's going to be a battle. All these games are battles now.
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Okay, so, I mean, I think that's it for all the...
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Upcoming games that I'm excited to watch this week. I mean, there's obviously
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way more, but I mean, all those games are going to be super exciting to watch.
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And yeah, I can't wait to see how the results shake out. And we'll talk about this next week for sure.
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Let's talk a little bit about just, we're all soccer, soccer,
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soccer, but life outside of soccer now, how does that look in season,
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especially now in a conference games? Like, how's life?
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Yeah, I mean, busy with soccer we this past week we had the one game and so
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we had practice on Saturday and then,
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we were supposed to have practice on Sunday and their coaches actually gave
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us a day off which was so nice because always like
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hard to be on top of like homework for
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the next week we obviously had a home game so it was nice
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we weren't traveling or anything but I was able to
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get like lots of homework done just like in
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season it's just hard to get like things that
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you need to do like done like it's just like your
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life is like revolving like you're saying you never know
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what the next week's gonna look like just with games practice travel
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so it's just nice having like some type of downtime even like two weeks ago
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we had we had the we had a game on Thursday we did a Thursday Sunday game and
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we were able to go to our KU Mizzou football game which is a huge rivalry,
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and we just went for a half but it was just like so fun to be able to just like be a student.
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Because obviously when you're in season you can't
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really you don't really get to do those things so it's nice
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whenever like our coaches let us do that even
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if it was for a half like it was fun
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to be to be able to be a student for a little bit how about
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you yeah like yeah yeah I think
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it's important like the balance is just so important too
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and it actually makes you like a better in my opinion better soccer
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player and just a better well-rounded person but like
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when you do take breaks from soccer and do other fun things
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and go hang out with friends and do normal student things
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like get your mind off of soccer and that like in
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my opinion obviously that like
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helps you on the field too because then when you're on the field you're super
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focused you're having fun you're fresh like you're not burnt out so
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yeah I think that's important life is good for me too
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I mean I'm so busy but I'm like there's so many things
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that I've done that are fun so we were
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able to go to our football game too on Saturday we played
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actually I don't even I want to talk about the football game we lost Texas A&M
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but nevertheless it was a fun game very fun game to go to just like dress ups
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yell our friends I had a couple friends visit and my boyfriend came up and visited
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too so that was super fun to see all of them. And I'm from Houston. So I was like,
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Like, I knew so many people there. My parents came too, all my parents' friends,
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most of them cheering for Texas A&M, boo.
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But it was super fun, and it's such a good game, except the fact that we ended up losing.
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I also have been baking. I made some—Trader Joe's is the best, by the way.
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I made some pumpkin muffins. I made some banana bread this weekend.
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What else? I've been doing my teen Bible study. We had that today, so that was fun.
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And then last thing fun I've been doing is my friend took me to a Pilates class this morning.
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Ooh. It was actually so fun. So one of my best friends here,
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she's on the rowing team at Notre Dame.
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So I didn't know anything about rowing before, but I roomed with her my freshman
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year over the summer for when we were here for summer classes.
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Anyway, she's my best friend. She's awesome. And she did Pilates this whole
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summer. Like she was working an internship and then she would like do Pilates
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on top of her rowing workouts and stuff.
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But so she took me to this place and it was so much fun.
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Like we got up early, like got dressed in cute little like yoga fits.
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And then we we did it. It's different. It's like so slow, but like your muscles
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burn. Like it's a good like core workout, though, too.
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It was really fun. I actually activation, too.
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Yes. Yeah, for sure. It's like right up. I don't know. When I'm,
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like, older, I am for sure going to be, like, a Pilates mom and stuff like that.
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But it wasn't really fun. I felt, like, aesthetic, like, that whole bike.
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Yeah. Yeah, it was good. And it's nice to just, like, slow down because,
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like, soccer's, like, go, go, go, like, and you're, like, puffing, puffing.
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But it's nice to just, like, slow down but still work out at the same time.
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So, yeah, that's, like, outside of soccer, that's what I've been doing.
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But and then also school, of course. School is, like, it's hard now.
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We have a bunch of assignments and everything in between.
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And Notre Dame is like a very hard academic school. So definitely have a lot
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of work. But we make the best of it.
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And I'm making sure to have a good balance of everything for sure.
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Yeah. Just enjoying my last semester here.
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So, yeah. How have your, like, academics been? Good. Yeah, I am taking a lot
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more classes than I, like, normally.
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I usually take, like, 12 credits during season, but this year I'm taking 15.
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So it's a little bit more than I'm, like, used to, but it's been fine.
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Just trying to stay on top of stuff before it's, like, all at once,
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trying to not put it off till Sunday or something.
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Right. But yeah, this week was so nice because we obviously had the off day.
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So I went to a coffee shop and was just grinding all day.
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That's like my favorite thing to do. Like, listen to some music,
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get a good coffee and just do all of my work.
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But I try to stay like super organized and like on top of it just because if not like.
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Like we said like there's a thousand things going on then it's
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just like I don't know give yourself anxiety so
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much anxiety because of you're not
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on top of work but yeah I know I really
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like all my classes too and my professors have
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been really good even one of my professors actually he was like I really want
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he's like I'm gonna try to come out to a game like oh I'm I've
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never had a professor I think come out to a game but he
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was like he was like that's like awesome that
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you're on the team like I really want to come out to a game oh that's cool
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but yeah yeah yeah I'm enjoying my
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classes yeah good good good I mean
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I would second your point on the staying
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organized and like not procrastinating I think that's I mean
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if it's a skill you don't already have you'll learn
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it in college yeah like for example I keep this planner
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that I have and I write down every
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single thing and then it looks like this after I do it all I like
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viciously cross it out but it
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helps me to stay organized and I think that's just very
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important and yeah I I
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was wondering what was your coffee order at the coffee shop I
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got a caramel latte oh nice.
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Caramel latte nice I'm always looking
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for like new ideas I've been like testing I've been
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like trying not to spend money sometimes that doesn't work on coffee that
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is but I got I have this like pumpkin butter stuff I've got this like vanilla
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bean stuff that I've been like adding to my coffees at home to try to spice
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it up a little bit so I just saw some TikTok actually of somebody doing I literally
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just was talking to my roommates about it before we got it was like a pumpkin butter from.
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Yeah i think it was pumpkin butter from trader joe's yes that's
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what i'm used yeah no it's
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really good i definitely recommend it yeah i love
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coffee it's it's bad it's to the point where it's
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bad no idea yeah especially
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yeah i don't know as an athlete i'm like oh like
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i have so much going on in a day i can't take a nap
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so yeah exactly i'm like i need it's not good don't
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yeah your people listening don't uh but i
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mean it's okay you gotta do what you gotta do there's way worse things
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and i'm like coffee's not that bad i just like both my
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parents drink a lot of coffee and they'll have like three cups a day
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so i'm like okay i'm fine like they're doing it i'm fine
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yeah you're like it's equivalent to what i'm
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drinking i guess yeah i'm just trying to like justify my
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decisions okay is there anything else no
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i'm just excited for these games this week we get
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to play Tennessee I'm so excited I literally can't look I've
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been looking forward to this game I think my whole team has been for
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a while so I've started doing well I'm excited
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for you guys yeah these are fired up yeah and it's a home game so yeah feeling
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good yeah yeah yeah both of us you guys play number one and we play number two
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this week it's a good week for Missouri and Notre Dame soccer I mean we're gonna
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cause some upsets this week yes,
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excited to come back on yeah yes talk about how we both just won.
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But no it'll be a fun week excited to watch our guys's game but yeah good catching up too,
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yeah y'all's too i mean all these games this week
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are gonna be so much fun to watch so make sure
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to tune back in next episode to hear all
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about the scores from the games well thank you guys
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