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September 15, 2026 (Hour 1) · Zone 1150 - Chip Howard's SportsTalk

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Speaker 1: Glad to have you with us on a Tuesday edition.
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Speaker 1: We are full up today. We're going to hear from
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Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin on returning to Oxford. We've got a high
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Speaker 1: school report. We're going to hear from Aggie defensive lineman T.J. Searcy.
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Speaker 1: Mike Elko in the second hour. Mallory is here with
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Speaker 1: our review of the Emmys last night. I know you've
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Speaker 1: all been waiting for that, and we shall give that
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Speaker 1: to you. The Rangers and Astros begin the final push
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Speaker 1: tonight in the AL West. The Astros lead is one game.
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Speaker 1: It's effectively two because they have a tiebreaker on the
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Speaker 1: Rangers who are 74 and 76. I know. And they're
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Speaker 1: still only a game out. The Astros are 75 up
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Speaker 1: and 75 down. It is Roberto Clemente day today in
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Speaker 1: the MLB. Um, Jacob DeGrom is on the mound. The
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Speaker 1: last time he was on the mound, he was darn
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Speaker 1: near perfect, literally. Struck out 12 and set all kinds
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Speaker 1: of records for futility because the Rangers lost that game.
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Speaker 1: The Red Sox and Rangers, we say eight of their
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Speaker 1: last 12, nine of their last 12 are at home.
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Speaker 1: The Rangers have been good at home. They have the
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Speaker 1: fourth Best record in the American League at home. Patrick
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Speaker 1: Sandoval on the mound for the Red Sox. We will
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Speaker 1: see what happens. The Rangers need to win a lot.
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Speaker 1: And guess what? Aggie Michael Wacca can prevent the Astros
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Speaker 1: from winning a lot. He is on the mound for
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Speaker 1: the Royals tonight at the Icebox. We will have that
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Speaker 1: game for you beginning at 640 right here on The Zone.
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Speaker 1: Hunter Brown for the enemy against Michael Wacca tonight in Houston.
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Speaker 1: So we got that going on for us. Yes, September
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Speaker 1: baseball that actually counts. I know, it's strange. A &
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Speaker 1: M Safety Marcus Ratcliffe has been named a semifinalist for
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Speaker 1: the Werfel Award. Ratcliffe, one of 22, and one honorary coach.
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Speaker 1: The final roster chosen from 162 nominees. Ratcliffe serves as
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Speaker 1: an ambassador for Mission 312, a charitable initiative for World
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Speaker 1: War II veterans. And he pledges $ 312 today. For every
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Speaker 1: turnover recovered by the Aggie defense, he had a really
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Speaker 1: good day and an expensive day this past Saturday. Of course,
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Speaker 1: the Aggies have their SEC opener Saturday afternoon at 2.30
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Speaker 1: against Kentucky. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said the late
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Speaker 1: collapse against the Longhorns is going to force us to
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Speaker 1: make some hard decisions. Day said we had an opportunity
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Speaker 1: to finish the game and knock them out in the
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Speaker 1: third quarter. It didn't happen. We lost momentum, couldn't get
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Speaker 1: it back. Ohio State became the first No. 1 team
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Speaker 1: since 2004. to lose after leading by at least 20
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Speaker 1: points in the fourth quarter. They had won 115 straight
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Speaker 1: games when having a 20-point lead. They fell to number
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Speaker 1: six in the poll. Day said it's extremely frustrating. It's maddening.
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Speaker 1: We're excited to get back on the field and get
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Speaker 1: going because the last couple of days haven't been fun
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Speaker 1: around here. We have to win in the fourth quarter.
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Speaker 1: Vanderbilt freshman quarterback Jared Curtis will get the start against
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Speaker 1: North Carolina State Saturday. Curtis, a five-star recruit, has played
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Speaker 1: in both games operating behind Blaze. Berlowitz, a 6'3, drop-back
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Speaker 1: passer from Nashville, takes over because he accounted for three
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Speaker 1: of the four touchdowns. Would Vanderbilt struggle to beat Delaware
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Speaker 1: this last year? We'll see what happens there. The five
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Speaker 1: largest American pro sports leagues and their unions are urging
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Speaker 1: state gambling regulators to combat escalating harassment and violent threats
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Speaker 1: from sports bettors. the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Major League Soccer.
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Speaker 1: Does anybody watch Major League Soccer? And their respective players'
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Speaker 1: unions sent a... If you're gambling on Major League Soccer,
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Speaker 1: you have a really bad, serious gambling issue. They sent
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Speaker 1: a letter to gambling regulators in 35 states and the
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Speaker 1: District of Columbia saying, proposing a lifetime ban from legal
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Speaker 1: sports books for individuals who harass or threaten professional or
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Speaker 1: amateur athletes, coaches, officials, team personnel, and their family. Last year,
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Speaker 1: if you'll remember, Lance McCullers, who's with the Astros, said
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Speaker 1: he received threats on social media to, quote, find my
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Speaker 1: kids and murder them against a rough outing against the Reds.
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Speaker 1: An investigation by Houston police determined a drunk better overseas
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Speaker 1: was behind those threats. You know, this is the. I
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Speaker 1: don't know. This is so disingenuous. Because four of these
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Speaker 1: leagues take a lot of money from sports betting companies.
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Speaker 1: I mean, a lot. And now it's, ooh, these drunk
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Speaker 1: bettors are calling and threatening our athletes. What do you expect?
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Speaker 5: Come on.
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Speaker 1: So hypocritical. So hypocritical. You want to do something. Quit
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Speaker 1: taking money from these people and publicizing how easy it
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Speaker 1: is to place a bet on every single sport. just
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Speaker 1: saying it's ridiculous they're still going to be cashing those
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Speaker 1: checks the pga tour has announced its membership eligibility requirements
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Speaker 1: for the 2028 season which will be the first to
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Speaker 1: feature the new two-track model that separates players into the
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Speaker 1: championship series and the challenger series uh The 2027 season
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Speaker 1: this coming year will feature eligibility guidelines before permanent criteria
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Speaker 1: are introduced. The two series will run concurrently with players
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Speaker 1: able to move between the competitions based on performance. The
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Speaker 1: restructured system promotes upward mobility along with relegation to keep members,
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Speaker 1: they say, fresh and competitive. It will feature fields of
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Speaker 1: top performers, accomplished veterans, while the Challenger Series will feature
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Speaker 1: fields of accomplished players fighting their way back into the
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Speaker 1: upper echelon. It's a mess. It's just, in my mind, ridiculous.
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Speaker 1: Rylan Griffin, we talked about this a little bit yesterday,
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Speaker 1: and Travis Brown of KPTX is following this story. I
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Speaker 1: want to give him credit. has gotten a temporary restraining
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Speaker 1: order that prohibits the NCAA from enforcing roster limit rules.
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Speaker 1: It includes the SEC. The injunction hearing is scheduled for
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Speaker 1: September 28th. The NCAA is restrained and enjoined from enforcing, applying,
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Speaker 1: or attempting to enforce or apply the five-for-five rule. I mean,
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Speaker 1: I thought that that was agreed upon, that players would
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Speaker 1: be able to play five years with five years of eligibility.
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Speaker 1: If they wanted to, right? They can't bar Rylan Griffin
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Speaker 1: from practicing, training, conditioning, traveling, dressing, or otherwise participating in
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Speaker 1: men's basketball at TAMU. Hey, TAMU, how do you feel
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Speaker 1: about all of these court stuff that we were railing
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Speaker 1: about last week with Lane Kiffin? I know it's not safe.
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Speaker 1: He was trying to get guys who had already participated
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Speaker 1: in pro workouts. And remember the outrage last year when
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Speaker 1: Alabama signed Betty Yaco, right? He had been in the
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Speaker 1: G League, I believe, if I'm not mistaken. But it's
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Speaker 1: okay now because Rylan Griffin is going to get to play.
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Speaker 1: And by the way, I'm a big fan of his.
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Speaker 2: Right?
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's great for A & M, but let's
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Speaker 1: not hear any more of this outrage about all the
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Speaker 1: courts being involved with all these athletes. Had a pretty
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Speaker 1: good basketball player last year as a result of court order.
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Speaker 1: And as of right now, going to get another one.
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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens with the hearing on the 28th.
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Speaker 1: By the way, on Monday, I'm going to be visiting
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Speaker 1: with author Frank Abrams. He has written a book called
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Speaker 1: The Slander of Billy the Kid and the Abrams Ten Types.
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Speaker 1: It is a remarkable story that may or may not
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Speaker 1: change your mind about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
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Speaker 1: We're going to visit with him on Monday. On Tuesday,
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Speaker 1: as it stands right now, I'm going to be visiting
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Speaker 1: with author Jeff Apter, who has written a book on
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Speaker 1: Roy Orbison called Roy Orbison, King of Hearts. Huge Roy
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Speaker 1: Orbison fan, and I kind of think we'll be playing
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Speaker 1: his music next Tuesday, didn't know that he was just
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Speaker 1: the king of Australia. Jeff Apter lives in Australia. So
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Speaker 1: we're having to work out the 15-hour difference on the
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Speaker 1: interview with Zooms and all of that. But if everything
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Speaker 1: works out, we'll have him on next Tuesday afternoon, a
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Speaker 1: week from today. which will be Wednesday his time. Okay,
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Speaker 1: we're going to take a break. We're going to hear
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Speaker 1: from the aforementioned Lane Kiffin when we come back after
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Speaker 1: this for Chad Jones Law.
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have myself a real good time. I feel alive.
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Speaker 1: Is that Freddie Mercury? How did I guess that? The
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Speaker 1: morning show on WTAW this morning was talking about songs
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Speaker 1: that You just can't sing in karaoke. There are certain songs. Now,
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Speaker 1: they mentioned Bohemian Rhapsody. You can't duplicate Freddie Mercury, but
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Speaker 1: there are some parts in there that are kind of sing-alongs.
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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? I mean, we all know
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Speaker 1: that some people just shouldn't do karaoke at all. But hey,
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Speaker 1: if they have enough drinks in them and they're having
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Speaker 1: a good time, fine. But there are some people you can't,
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Speaker 1: you know, sing. I would argue that Roy Orbison is
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Speaker 1: one of those. Now, you can sing some of his songs.
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Speaker 1: It won't be in the octave that Roy sang in
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Speaker 1: because he had every octave. Really cool book and story.
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Speaker 1: So we hope to talk to Jeff after the author
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Speaker 1: next Tuesday on the show. Okay. As promised, the lane
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Speaker 1: train returns to Oxford. And by the way, I had
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Speaker 1: a story, and I don't know what happened to it,
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Speaker 1: but I read it. They're going to have mounted horsemen,
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Speaker 1: and they're calling in enforcements for the game Saturday night.
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Speaker 1: And we talked about this. Pete Golding has.
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Speaker 1: Beseeched his fans to act properly. Now, as we mentioned yesterday,
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Speaker 1: with all day drinking at the Grove, I don't know
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Speaker 1: how proper fans are going to be with Lane Kiffin's
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Speaker 1: return on Saturday night. I'm sure there will be security,
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Speaker 1: extra security, I hope they are removing people before, during,
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Speaker 1: and after the game. The best security would be for
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Speaker 1: Ole Miss to win the football game, but that may
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Speaker 1: not happen. It's going to be interesting. It's just a game.
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Speaker 1: It's only a game. Here is Lane Kiffin.
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Speaker 9: Lane, we can get this out of the way early,
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Speaker 9: I guess. Everybody's waiting for this one, right?
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Speaker 1: This week three.
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Speaker 9: Going back to Oxford, what's the sticky point for you?
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Speaker 9: Is it memories, seeing your old coaches, facing the team
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Speaker 9: that you built? What stands out to you?
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Speaker 10: Well, I think it is unusual. Like you said, one
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Speaker 10: team you built and then now a new team that
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Speaker 10: you're building. Probably a really unusual situation that way, but
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Speaker 10: I know obviously a lot's going to be made about me,
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Speaker 10: but this is about the players being prepared really well
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Speaker 10: and playing really well. Pete's not going to tackle anybody.
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Speaker 10: I'm not going to throw any touchdowns. I used to
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Speaker 10: say the same thing when we played Coach Saban. He
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Speaker 10: joked that he wouldn't do very well in coverage at
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Speaker 10: his age. This is about our guys like I talked
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Speaker 10: to him today. This is the first SEC game. Both
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Speaker 10: teams are 2-0. We've got to prepare really well, and
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Speaker 10: it won't be about all the other stuff and all
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Speaker 10: the noise and everything. It'll be about how well did
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Speaker 10: we practice, how well did we prepare, so how well
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Speaker 10: did we play on game day, going into a place
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Speaker 10: that has had a lot of success there. You're going
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Speaker 10: to play to a team that has the second longest
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Speaker 10: win streak in the country, second long home streak in
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Speaker 10: the country, has phenomenal players. As you look at last
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Speaker 10: year at the end of the season, you're talking about
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Speaker 10: the best playing quarterback, running back, and kicker in the
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Speaker 10: country coming back. That's going to put you in a
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Speaker 10: position to win a lot of games. So we're going
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Speaker 10: to have to prepare really well and play really well
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Speaker 10: in all areas.
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Speaker 11: Coach, on the right, Prince Will has five sacks in
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Speaker 11: two games, like six quarters of football. He had nine
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Speaker 11: last year. That was top three in the SEC. Twelve's
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Speaker 11: the record here. I mean, he's on pace for 30,
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Speaker 11: which is ridiculous. It's not going to happen. But just
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Speaker 11: what does that do for your defense? It's already clearly–
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Speaker 11: borderline elite as they go through this schedule, what does
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Speaker 11: a guy like Prince will do for it?
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Speaker 10: I'm glad he's on our side. You know, because obviously
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Speaker 10: we're watching cut-ups throughout the week and we're installing things
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Speaker 10: with the players, all those things, and it's a very unusual,
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Speaker 10: like we talked about, situation because I'm sure over time
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Speaker 10: coaches have gone back to the same place the next year,
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Speaker 10: but rarely are some of the players on the team
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Speaker 10: that were on the team the year before. So He
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Speaker 10: did a great job a year ago there. He's really
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Speaker 10: one of those guys in that portal. That was a
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Speaker 10: great class. I know a lot of times people think, well,
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Speaker 10: we just go and get the top of the market
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Speaker 10: and outpay people. That's not the case. You've got a
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Speaker 10: lot of examples like that. I think he had one
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Speaker 10: sack in Nebraska the year before he came to us.
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Speaker 10: You all know Trinidad's story from Division II. I think
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Speaker 10: he was going to go to us or temple and
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Speaker 10: key one had a hundred yards the year before. So, um,
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Speaker 10: I really enjoy as we find these guys seeing their production,
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Speaker 10: especially a lot of times the jump from year one
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Speaker 10: to year two in his instance. And, um, and he's
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Speaker 10: really played really hard and, uh, it's been great to see.
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Speaker 12: Lane, your offense is averaging 7.8 yards on first down.
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Speaker 9: Um, That success, what does it mean to what you
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Speaker 9: want to do offensively, and is there any yeah buts
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Speaker 9: with that?
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Speaker 10: Yeah, I didn't know that stat. Didn't feel like that Saturday. But, yeah,
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Speaker 10: we still have been. The one thing we have done
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Speaker 10: consistently is a lot of explosive plays in our plus-minus
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Speaker 10: right now. Explosive plays through two games is off the charts,
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Speaker 10: and I showed them that today. We obviously didn't do
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Speaker 10: well taking care of the ball in the turnover margin,
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Speaker 10: but there's an explosive play plus-minus that I show them um,
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Speaker 10: that we're doing great through two, through two games. And,
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Speaker 10: you know, over time, you know, we've been the most
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Speaker 10: explosive play offense in the country. And a lot of
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Speaker 10: that's first down and that's a big, big part of it.
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Speaker 10: I think we had the most explosive plays in the
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Speaker 10: country last year. And so that just really sets everything
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Speaker 10: up when you're able to do that.
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Speaker 13: Yeah.
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Speaker 14: Coach, um, just another question about the defense. What have
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Speaker 14: you told them about playing, uh, Trinidad Shambles? I mean, obviously,
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Speaker 14: you know, I'm very well and, You got to see
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Speaker 14: him develop pretty rapidly in your system. But just what
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Speaker 14: is it that the defense needs to do, I guess,
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Speaker 14: to kind of help with that matchup?
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Speaker 10: Yeah, that's a big challenge for us. You know, I
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Speaker 10: broke it down and I said, okay, hey, here's the
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Speaker 10: best playing quarterback in the country last year when you look.
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Speaker 4: At how hot he was.
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Speaker 10: And you can say, okay, well, he's not that experienced
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Speaker 10: because it was his first year starting there. But he'd
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Speaker 10: already won a national championship. the best he could possibly
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Speaker 10: do at the level he was at and then he
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Speaker 10: took a team to the final four and he doesn't
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Speaker 10: make many mistakes you got to remember you're dealing with
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Speaker 10: a really mature quarterback that doesn't make many mistakes so
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Speaker 10: you're going to have to play really well for a
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Speaker 10: long period of time I mean Trinidad would be 24
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Speaker 10: years old now you know still playing college football that's
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Speaker 10: the same as Drake May and Caleb Williams so you're
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Speaker 10: dealing with someone that Everybody said, well, not that much
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Speaker 10: experience because last year was the first year starting at SEC.
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Speaker 10: He's got a lot of maturity in age and a
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Speaker 10: lot of plays in big-time games that you're going to
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Speaker 10: have to play really well for a long period of
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Speaker 10: time against him.
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Speaker 7: Problems in the red zone this past week against Louisiana Tech.
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Speaker 15: What have the conversations been like with Sam to kind
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Speaker 15: of rectify some of those problems, especially when you're getting
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Speaker 15: to an SEC defense this week?
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Speaker 10: Yeah, we showed a lot of that this morning. Anytime,
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Speaker 10: I always say, the head coach and the quarterback get
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Speaker 10: too much credit and too much blame. It's just how
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Speaker 10: it is. A lot of times on interception, it's someone
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Speaker 10: coming off because a lineman doesn't block the right guy
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Speaker 10: or a receiver's a little bit short on a route.
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Speaker 10: We show all that stuff. It's a whole offensive issue
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Speaker 10: when you turn the ball over and the way that
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Speaker 10: we played in the red zone. A lot of negative
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Speaker 10: runs and Really the inability, everybody doing things right, to
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Speaker 10: finish drives. One of those drives, I think it was
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Speaker 10: 20 plays. It's got to be a record to go
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Speaker 10: 20 plays and not get any points, but give the
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Speaker 10: other team seven on the 20th play. Then go back
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Speaker 10: on offense. We've had some really lopsided play counts in
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Speaker 10: the first half due to great defense. Then that situation,
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Speaker 10: I think the next one might be 28 straight plays
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Speaker 10: of offense. There's a lot of things doing right to
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Speaker 10: move the ball, as you see the yardage, whatever, second
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Speaker 10: in the country, but that doesn't matter. You've got to
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Speaker 10: finish the drives.
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Speaker 9: Lane, you spoke previously about Charlie in the past, but
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Speaker 9: when was it really that he earned your trust as
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Speaker 9: a play caller?
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Speaker 7: Because that's something you've done so long in your career.
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Speaker 7: When did you feel comfortable turning that.
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Speaker 10: Over to him? It's funny you say Charlie. He was
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Speaker 10: laughing today when I was talking about Trinidad's maturity and
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Speaker 10: how hard it is playing against them to the defensive coaches.
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Speaker 10: Charlie goes, hey coach, you realize when you hired me
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Speaker 10: in Alabama, I was three years younger than Trinidad is now.
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Speaker 10: It's kind of amazing to think of it that way.
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Speaker 10: Charlie's just so far ahead of time with how he thought.
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Speaker 10: He was a coach's kid that was always thinking about coaching.
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Speaker 10: His growth, just like a quarterback. You play more, you
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Speaker 10: get better. As you get older, you get more mature.
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Speaker 10: As a play caller, you get better, especially when you
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Speaker 10: learn from the experiences and stuff. So he's been awesome,
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Speaker 10: and he's done as well as anybody in the country
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Speaker 10: the last couple years.
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Speaker 15: Coach, I've had a lot of people ask how Coach
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Speaker 15: O is doing, and also have you two as friends
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Speaker 15: kind of joked about the fact that he was also
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Speaker 15: the head coach at Ole Miss and brought a team
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Speaker 15: back to LSU, brought a team to Oxford against him?
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Speaker 10: No, I hadn't. He's doing better. It was a little
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Speaker 10: bit scary. I'm not going to get into details with that.
25:03
Speaker 10: He's doing better. He's still not all the way back.
25:06
Speaker 10: He means a lot to me. We've just been through
25:10
Speaker 10: a lot. His passion and probably shouldn't have joked one day.
25:16
Speaker 10: You know, he said, Hey coach, you know, I'm never
25:17
Speaker 10: going to hospital, man. If I die, I'm dying on
25:19
Speaker 10: that field out there. So, um, that's who he is.
25:22
Speaker 10: That's how he is, um, everything. And sometimes that's not
25:26
Speaker 10: always the best, best thing to follow.
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Speaker 13: Coach, you talked about what the players have to do
25:33
Speaker 13: to be able to stop Trinidad, but from a coach's perspective,
25:36
Speaker 13: what kind of, or how does the preparation change this week,
25:39
Speaker 13: if at all, with your familiarity with him and some
25:42
Speaker 13: of the other offensive players?
25:44
Speaker 10: Well, I think this is a really unusual thing when
25:46
Speaker 10: you talk about the familiarity with the offensive players, but
25:50
Speaker 10: there's so much familiarity. You know, when I worked for Saban,
25:57
Speaker 10: I think after I left, it benefited me as the coordinator,
26:01
Speaker 10: the opposite side of the head coach, much more than
26:03
Speaker 10: it benefited him, meaning we went to go play. Like
26:07
Speaker 10: when we first play, it's the COVID year or whatever,
26:10
Speaker 10: and it's 60 to 50 because we I had listened
26:13
Speaker 10: for three years to all the things he would teach
26:15
Speaker 10: us that he didn't like, you know, and then we
26:17
Speaker 10: ended up using. So I think in this way, you know,
26:21
Speaker 10: this benefits them more than us in the coaching way
26:24
Speaker 10: because Pete sat there and for the years we're together
26:28
Speaker 10: and hear me say what we don't like to play against. Um,
26:31
Speaker 10: cause as a head coach on that side of the ball,
26:34
Speaker 10: save and I are much more going to tell them
26:37
Speaker 10: what we should play, things that cause us problems. And
26:39
Speaker 10: the coordinator is going to tell the head coach if
26:41
Speaker 10: that makes sense. So, There's just a lot of familiarity
26:44
Speaker 10: that's probably never happened before when people play the next year,
26:48
Speaker 10: then half the coaches are split, and then they're the
26:52
Speaker 10: coaches at the previous place, and then a few of
26:54
Speaker 10: the players are split. But I'd say on that, I
27:01
Speaker 10: was thinking when I was talking to Michael right before this,
27:04
Speaker 10: I've told you guys before, in games there's winners and losers,
27:08
Speaker 10: but sometimes in decisions and things that go on, there's
27:10
Speaker 10: not always a winner and a loser. He gave me
27:13
Speaker 10: the stat today. If you think about it, they've been
27:16
Speaker 10: playing this matchup for a long time. This is the
27:19
Speaker 10: first time in the last 64 years that both teams
27:21
Speaker 10: are in the top 10. That says to me it's
27:25
Speaker 10: the most relevant matchup of these two teams in 64 years,
27:29
Speaker 10: both teams being that relevant. I think that's a really
27:34
Speaker 10: neat thing that we were able to be part of
27:35
Speaker 10: building a program there that Pete's doing a great job
27:37
Speaker 10: of continuing it as a top 10 program. When we
27:41
Speaker 10: got there, they'd won four games. When we got here
27:44
Speaker 10: eight months ago, they were 7-6. So I think it's
27:48
Speaker 10: a really, really good thing that I think a lot
27:51
Speaker 10: of people could look at it and say, hey, both
27:53
Speaker 10: sides are doing really well and both sides won.
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Speaker 16: Coach, what can you say about Weston Davis' status or
28:04
Speaker 16: starting jobs on the offensive line going to be a
28:06
Speaker 16: little more up in the air this week than normal?
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Speaker 5: No.
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Speaker 10: You know, there's always competition, how people play, and then
28:15
Speaker 10: able to get the backups in some. So we always
28:18
Speaker 10: evaluate that. But nothing's happened up there for any movement
28:23
Speaker 10: that way.
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28:41
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28:47
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Speaker 1: gone up. It's gone from one and a half to three. Okay. Interesting.
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Speaker 1: You know, Ole Miss played a good team to start
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29:20
Speaker 1: Not going to lie about that, but I think they
29:22
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29:24
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29:32
Speaker 1: won 22-7, I think, at home against maybe Georgia Southern.
29:35
Speaker 1: I think I saw that on Saturday. I mean. you know,
29:42
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29:49
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Speaker 1: I think Texas is going to struggle Saturday against UTSA personally,
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30:12
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30:48
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Speaker 20: and today we are jumping out to the Polaris Fun
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Speaker 20: Center phone line to visit with the head coach and
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Speaker 7: Sean Witherwax. Coach, thanks for joining me today.
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Speaker 21: Thank you for having me.
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Speaker 7: Absolutely.
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Speaker 20: So your Hornets have concluded the non-district schedule for the
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Speaker 20: 2026 football season, one and two so far this year.
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Speaker 7: Some highlights.
34:02
Speaker 20: Really tough opponents going up against Wallace Brazos, Somerville, and Lexington.
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Speaker 20: And like I said, coming out one and two. So
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Speaker 20: what are some of your takeaways from these non-district games?
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Speaker 21: Well, you know, we've been battling all year. And again,
34:16
Speaker 21: we played some really good football teams in Lexington and
34:20
Speaker 21: Wallace Brazos. And, you know, we've done some things that Well,
34:25
Speaker 21: and we've done some things that we've really got to
34:27
Speaker 21: work on. We've got some injuries. We're trying to get
34:29
Speaker 21: people healed up, and I think we're getting to a
34:31
Speaker 21: good spot. And so we're just trying to get ready
34:34
Speaker 21: for district and be healthy and be running on all cylinders.
34:38
Speaker 20: So the Hornets bring back seven starters on both sides
34:42
Speaker 20: of the ball, so fairly experienced team. How big of
34:46
Speaker 20: a strength is that for you as a coach?
34:49
Speaker 21: Oh, it's unbelievable. Just the things that our kids already
34:53
Speaker 21: know about what we're doing. It's been great up front
34:58
Speaker 21: on the offensive line. Having those guys back was unbelievable.
35:02
Speaker 21: But like I said, we have three injuries in the
35:04
Speaker 21: offensive line right now. So hopefully we'll have them back
35:07
Speaker 21: for next year. And defensively, we're putting in a new defense.
35:11
Speaker 21: And so we're still learning all around.
35:14
Speaker 20: So this is a new era for Caldwell, dropping down
35:18
Speaker 20: from 4A Division II to 3A Division I. So a
35:22
Speaker 20: very different district. after realignment in February. Much larger district
35:29
Speaker 20: than you had last year, coming in fifth place up
35:32
Speaker 20: in 4A, but now District 12, 3A Division I. Some really,
35:37
Speaker 20: you know, storied programs in Franklin, Marina, Rockdale, Cameron, Yo,
35:42
Speaker 20: just to name a few. So it's going to be,
35:45
Speaker 20: you know, a pretty tough schedule, but I'm sure your
35:49
Speaker 20: Hornets are ready for it. So what are your thoughts
35:51
Speaker 20: on your new district?
35:54
Speaker 21: You know, being in 4A was tough for us. We
35:58
Speaker 21: were the smallest team basically in 4A. We were going
36:01
Speaker 21: against Belleville and Seeley and Madisonville every week. Those are
36:07
Speaker 21: just teams that we didn't feel like we could really
36:09
Speaker 21: compete with. Moving down in 3A, it doesn't get a
36:13
Speaker 21: whole lot easier, but we do feel like numbers-wise and
36:16
Speaker 21: with the athletes we have, that we can compete a
36:18
Speaker 21: little bit better against these guys. And like you said,
36:22
Speaker 21: I just count the number of state championships and those
36:25
Speaker 21: teams that you just mentioned. It's a good group, and
36:28
Speaker 21: so it's going to be tough. But we feel good,
36:31
Speaker 21: and we just want to go into it and see
36:33
Speaker 21: what we can do.
36:34
Speaker 20: So since you've taken over as head coach, Caldwell has
36:39
Speaker 20: every year steadily improved a little bit and building on
36:42
Speaker 20: that momentum. How are you planning to get the Hornets
36:47
Speaker 20: back to the playoffs?
36:47
Speaker 7: What's it going to take?
36:48
Speaker 21: I think it's just consistent play. Up front on the
36:52
Speaker 21: offensive line, we've got to do a good job blocking.
36:54
Speaker 21: We've got to control the line of scrimmage and run
36:57
Speaker 21: the football to help our defense out. That's where our
37:00
Speaker 21: strength is. That's what I count on as a head coach.
37:05
Speaker 21: I've always been the offensive line coach, so I take
37:07
Speaker 21: pride in that. That's what I look for.
37:10
Speaker 20: We mentioned that it is a pretty experienced team this year,
37:14
Speaker 20: but In high school football, one of the things that
37:16
Speaker 20: every coach has to deal with is holes left.
37:19
Speaker 7: Over from seniors that graduated.
37:22
Speaker 20: But who are some young players that have stepped up
37:24
Speaker 20: in the absence of those players that left?
37:27
Speaker 21: I think the one that sticks out the most is
37:29
Speaker 21: number five, John Fryer. He is a two-year starter, but.
37:34
Speaker 16: He's a junior.
37:34
Speaker 21: He's played defense for us the last two years. This
37:37
Speaker 21: year he stepped up. He's our quarterback. He's done a
37:40
Speaker 21: great job. He's rushed for over a uh, 250 yards
37:44
Speaker 21: and he's thrown for about 250 yards. And so he's,
37:47
Speaker 21: he's doing some things well there. Um, crushed range is
37:51
Speaker 21: another one that I think of is just a good
37:54
Speaker 21: all around athlete that stepped up. He's playing defense every
37:57
Speaker 21: down for us and he's getting some, uh, carries in
37:59
Speaker 21: it running back as well. Uh, just doing a great job.
38:03
Speaker 21: Out at the wing, we've got Jaden Hagen that's a
38:06
Speaker 21: junior that can run by people, and he's made a
38:10
Speaker 21: couple of great catches, got a couple of touchdowns under
38:12
Speaker 21: his belt already this year. So we've got some guys
38:14
Speaker 21: that are making plays that have stepped up and trying
38:17
Speaker 21: to replace those shoes that have gone on. We've got
38:22
Speaker 21: all those kids that are playing in the college football
38:24
Speaker 21: right now.
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Speaker 7: So we are in the bye week for your Hornets.
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Speaker 20: Like I said, in between non-district and district play, and
38:32
Speaker 20: it's a much larger district than last year. But how
38:35
Speaker 20: are you handling this bye week? Do you use it
38:38
Speaker 20: to prepare for Lorena, your next game, or is it
38:42
Speaker 20: more of like a rest up and work on the
38:44
Speaker 20: things that you learned in non-district?
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Speaker 21: We're going to do a little bit of everything. We've
38:48
Speaker 21: already been looking at Lorena, and we're going to do
38:51
Speaker 21: some things that show some things that they're doing as
38:55
Speaker 21: we break down this week. We are going to try
38:58
Speaker 21: and get healthy and go back to the basics and
39:00
Speaker 21: do those things. but we're going to do all those
39:03
Speaker 21: things working around getting ready for Lorena. Taking it a
39:08
Speaker 21: little bit easier, working some of those guys that have
39:10
Speaker 21: been hurt back into practice and doing all that all
39:14
Speaker 21: while we're thinking about Lorena.
39:16
Speaker 20: While we're talking about the Lorena Leopards, like we mentioned,
39:20
Speaker 20: they're a very storied program. Last won a state championship
39:24
Speaker 20: back in 2021, if I remember correctly. But a couple
39:27
Speaker 20: of down seasons for them. But they are 2-1 in
39:31
Speaker 20: their non-district games. So what do you expect to see
39:33
Speaker 20: from them next Friday?
39:36
Speaker 21: Just from the little bit that I've seen on film,
39:39
Speaker 21: they're really good offensively. Their quarterback makes them go. He
39:42
Speaker 21: throws the ball. around the field, all over the field,
39:45
Speaker 21: could make all the tough throws. And so we're going
39:48
Speaker 21: to have to do a good job in our secondary
39:50
Speaker 21: stopping that. Other than that, you know, it's just we're
39:53
Speaker 21: going to have to do what we do. They're a
39:55
Speaker 21: football team. They're our next football team. And so that's
39:57
Speaker 21: what we're going to get ready for.
39:59
Speaker 20: And then just kind of more of a big-picture question here.
40:03
Speaker 20: We talked about how you've built on your success year
40:07
Speaker 20: after year, steadily improving. So what is– success look like for.
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Speaker 7: The Hornets this year? What is your end goal for 2026?
40:14
Speaker 21: You know, we have one goal, and that goal is
40:18
Speaker 21: to go 1-0 each week. And we've reached it a
40:21
Speaker 21: few times, and we haven't reached it a few times.
40:23
Speaker 21: And so we consistently stick to that, and then we
40:26
Speaker 21: build goals off of that. I think our kids are
40:29
Speaker 21: excited where we're at right now. I think we're going
40:32
Speaker 21: to be okay. Our district is tough. I'm not used
40:37
Speaker 21: to playing the seven games, and so we're going to
40:39
Speaker 21: have to get used to that. But, you know, I
40:41
Speaker 21: think every year in our minds we want to get
40:43
Speaker 21: back into the playoffs. And so that's definitely a goal
40:45
Speaker 21: that we have out there, and that would be a
40:47
Speaker 21: great one for our guys to accomplish this year.
40:49
Speaker 20: All right, Coach. Well, I appreciate your time today. Good
40:52
Speaker 20: luck the rest of this season.
40:53
Speaker 21: Yes, sir. Thank you very much.
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Speaker 25: Here come old flat top, here come grooving up slowly.
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Speaker 4: He got hair down.
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Speaker 5: To his knee.
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Speaker 25: Welcome back.
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Speaker 4: Thanks for being with us.
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Speaker 1: Coming up, we're going to hear from TJ Searcy. I
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Speaker 1: want to remind you that tonight is the premiere of
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Speaker 1: Season 9 for True South on the SEC Network at
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Speaker 1: 7 o'clock. If you missed our interview with John T.
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Speaker 1: Edge yesterday, you can catch it on our website at chiphower.com.
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Speaker 1: You can catch all of our shows there and our
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Speaker 1: interview highlights there. I don't know why you would miss
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Speaker 1: a show, but occasionally I will give you an excused
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Speaker 1: absence to do that. So you can go back and
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Speaker 1: listen to our interview with John T., TJ Searcy had
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Speaker 1: six tackles this last Saturday against Arizona State, including the
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Speaker 1: tip ball that led to the first pick six by
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Speaker 1: Marco Jones. And I thought that he was the best
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Speaker 1: player on the field on Saturday, personally. I mean, there
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Speaker 1: are other guys that, you know, showed up, showed out,
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Speaker 1: but I thought Searcy was really, really good on Saturday.
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Speaker 1: He met with some media types today. Let's listen in
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Speaker 1: to that. Why would you say that you've gotten off
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Speaker 1: such a fast start this year?
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Speaker 13: I think we understood that you were really good against
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Speaker 13: the run last year, but you're getting a lot more
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Speaker 13: pressure on you.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of focused on it a little bit
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Speaker 2: this offseason. That's one thing I was really trying to
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Speaker 2: improve on, just using my length and my power and
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Speaker 2: my pass rush.
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Speaker 22: Going up against Jay Payton, it's going to be like
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Speaker 22: a reunion almost.
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Speaker 8: What have you learned from him, and how is it going.
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Speaker 4: To feel against him?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Coach Bateman has taught me a lot since I
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Speaker 2: came into college. My freshman year at Florida, he kind
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Speaker 2: of taught me a lot about defense and scheme and
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Speaker 2: stuff like that. It'll be fun to see him again
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Speaker 2: for sure.
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Speaker 26: Okay, I told us yesterday he gets a little paranoid
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Speaker 26: when coaches leave and he has to face them. He
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Speaker 26: changes terminology. Have you kind of seen that maybe with
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Speaker 26: the change in terminology, facing a former coach like that?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely.
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Speaker 2: It's definitely not the exact same. We change pretty much
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Speaker 2: all our terminology.
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Speaker 26: What do you know about Kentucky and just kind of
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Speaker 26: the offense you guys.
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Speaker 27: Are going to be facing this week?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think this will be my third time playing Kentucky.
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Speaker 2: So I know they like to try to establish a
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Speaker 2: run game. They like to kind of try to be physical.
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Speaker 2: So I feel like, you know what I'm saying, that'll
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Speaker 2: be the main thing I have to focus on this game.
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Speaker 26: Elko also mentioned how you probably don't get talked about
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Speaker 26: enough as far as NFL people, you know, the scouts
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Speaker 26: are asking about you.
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Speaker 4: When you hear a coach talk about you globally like that,
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Speaker 4: what kind of motivation is that for you?
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Speaker 2: I mean, it feels good to know that, you know
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Speaker 2: what I'm saying, my coach sees the work that I'm
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Speaker 2: putting in, but I don't really be focused on the
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Speaker 2: outside noise too much.
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Speaker 13: Do you feel like it's made you so effective this year?
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Speaker 2: Honestly, just working hard. Every day I work hard at practice,
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Speaker 2: and then when I get to the game, it's the
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Speaker 2: same thing.
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Speaker 9: How much did you enjoy that play where you hit
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Speaker 9: the quarterback and Marco picks it off?
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Speaker 4: What do you remember about that play?
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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, I remember Marco running fast, like too fast.
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Speaker 2: I was going to try to catch him at first.
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Speaker 2: I was like, oh, no, he's running too fast. But
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Speaker 2: it was good to see Marco make a play, you
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Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, turn up my team. And then,
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Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying, I think we really needed that.
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Speaker 27: When you're on a defensive line that has so many guys,
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Speaker 27: you know, Elko and I can't trade, you go 11 deep,
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Speaker 27: how do you balance wanting to play as much as
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Speaker 27: possible but also supporting your teammates when they have to
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Speaker 27: play too?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty much just when you get on the field,
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Speaker 2: give everything you got. Because, you know what I'm saying, like,
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Speaker 2: you know, as soon as you get a little bit tired,
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Speaker 2: there's somebody else who's fresh who can come in and
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Speaker 2: take you right out.
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Speaker 5: So, it is.
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Speaker 2: I think having that depth just allows you to play
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Speaker 2: as hard as you can every snap because you know,
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Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying, there'll be a dude in
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Speaker 2: there regardless.
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Speaker 27: Piggybacking off that, he also really attributed the fact that you.
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Speaker 9: Guys were able to have such a dominant fourth quarter.
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Speaker 1: Has that depth, did you guys.
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Speaker 6: Feel fresher out there.
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Speaker 1: Because you took so deep in rotation?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely felt fresh when the fourth quarter came around.
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Speaker 2: I wasn't too tired at all.
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Speaker 21: What does that say.
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Speaker 17: About the defense with, you know, already two games in
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Speaker 17: and having.
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Speaker 8: That growth already in one half?
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Speaker 4: What does that say about the defense.
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Speaker 11: And all the work you've done for them so far?
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Speaker 2: I mean, I feel like it's showing that we're going
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Speaker 2: in the right direction and we're taking the steps to
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Speaker 2: get to where we want to be.
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Speaker 26: Have you all had any discussion about this being a
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Speaker 26: nine-game SEC schedule and just maybe taking a little bit
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Speaker 26: of a different approach at that extra game?
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Speaker 2: Um, no, we haven't really talked too much about it. Like,
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Speaker 2: it's going to be a tougher schedule, like a long schedule,
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Speaker 2: but that's pretty much the main thing.
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Speaker 24: To that point, obviously, SEC this week, does it feel
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Speaker 24: like the energy kind of cranks up now that it's
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Speaker 24: conference play?
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Speaker 2: Um, honestly, we still preparing the same way. Like, it
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Speaker 2: hasn't really too much changed for us.
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Speaker 13: What has having head coach E-Rob back.
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Speaker 21: Done for the defensive line?
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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, I like coach E-Rob a lot. He bring
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Speaker 2: great culture, you know what I'm saying? And, uh, He
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Speaker 2: got experience in it. So, yeah, it's great to learn
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Speaker 2: a lot from E-Rock.
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Speaker 1: All right, that's T.J. Searcy. This is only the fourth
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Speaker 1: time that A & M and Kentucky have played. They
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Speaker 1: played in 2018.
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Speaker 2: And.
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Speaker 1: They played back in the early 50s here when Bear
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Speaker 1: Bryant was the head coach. Then he left and came
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Speaker 1: to Texas A & M. So, you know, there's a
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Speaker 1: little history here. And A & M came real close
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Speaker 1: to getting a second Kentucky coach. I mean, there's... There's
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Speaker 1: all kinds of stories of Mark Stoops and his jet
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Speaker 1: sitting on the tarback out at Easterwood, ready to be
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Speaker 1: introduced as the new head coach and getting a phone
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Speaker 1: call and saying, hey, you're not the new head coach.
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Speaker 1: Turn around and go back. So despite the fact that
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Speaker 1: these teams haven't played very much, very little, There is
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Speaker 1: kind of a deep history there. And they will play
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Speaker 1: at 2.30. I'm sure it will be nice and cool
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Speaker 1: Saturday afternoon. It was brutal this last week. But, hey, 107,000
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Speaker 1: We don't know what time that's going to be. We
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