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Jahdae Barron on win over Arizona State, facing Ohio State in CFP Semifinal · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 2: All right, thanks again to Paul Keels, play by play
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  Speaker 2: voice of the Ohio State Buckeye's joining us here on
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  Speaker 2: the program. Let's go back here in from some long worts.
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  Speaker 2: We'll hear some more from Sark next hour. But I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to get to some players sound And this is
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  Speaker 2: Jade baron the long Orange Jim Thorpe Award winner and
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  Speaker 2: defensive Captain Jada visiting with the media on the media soon.
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  Speaker 3: Going back to the COVID year, you and Macouba and
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  Speaker 3: Taff obviously working out all the time together. He comes
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  Speaker 3: in this year, you win the Thorpe, You have the
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  Speaker 3: number one pass defense in the country. Is what sort
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  Speaker 3: of like magic power did the three of you have together?
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  Speaker 3: And what does what is the Andrew mccooba that we
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  Speaker 3: don't see like, I mean, for one, you know.
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  Speaker 4: It all starts off well, God, you know, God just
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  Speaker 4: placing us here all together at the same exact time, uh,
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  Speaker 4: for a purpose that that means a lot greater than
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  Speaker 4: us and any individual on a team.
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  Speaker 1: So I mean that's for starters.
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  Speaker 4: And then second, you know, we all we all work
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  Speaker 4: hard and we push each other. And then the level
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  Speaker 4: of bond and the level of trust that we have,
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I wouldn't want to say, you know, we
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  Speaker 4: have a better trust level with everybody else on the team,
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  Speaker 4: but we we've obviously been known each other for over
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  Speaker 4: a decade and things like that, so it's kind of
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  Speaker 4: a little bit stronger and just a strong connection when
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  Speaker 4: we're out there. And then Andrew mccoob, but you know,
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  Speaker 4: he's always working to be better. It starts off with
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  Speaker 4: his practice, happens the way, the way he goes throughout
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  Speaker 4: the week.
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  Speaker 1: So when the game comes, he could just let it
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  Speaker 1: loose today, good afternoon, afternoon.
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  Speaker 5: Uh what do you recall from playing Will Howard when
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  Speaker 5: he was playing with K State And what have you
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  Speaker 5: guys learned last couple of games playing these mobile quarterbacks?
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  Speaker 4: Uh, that's a veteran quarterback there, you know, a lot
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  Speaker 4: of all a lot of experience on him.
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  Speaker 1: Hats off to him.
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  Speaker 4: And then you know then too, you know, not downgrade
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  Speaker 4: his receivers that can stay, but he has a better
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  Speaker 4: group of receivers here better, better people he can work
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  Speaker 4: with to get the ball to. And then that's a
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  Speaker 4: strong kid. You know, he's a fighter. He'll run the
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  Speaker 4: ball if he has to and things like that. So
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  Speaker 4: it's gonna be a great challenge for us.
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  Speaker 6: Hey Jada, you guys gave up some trump plays in
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  Speaker 6: the second half, which is uncharacteristic. What's the concerned level
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  Speaker 6: going in against Ohio State and offenses playing as well
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  Speaker 6: as any in the CFP.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, again, you know it's not it's not some
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  Speaker 4: matter of the opponent. Just being in there with us,
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  Speaker 4: paying attention and being dowed very detailed to PK's plan
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  Speaker 4: and what he has for us, and just executing it
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  Speaker 4: at the highest level we can, which we know how
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  Speaker 4: to do and which we're capable of doing. So, I
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  Speaker 4: would say, just executing his plan to the best of
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  Speaker 4: our ability.
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  Speaker 7: Hey j today, you've obviously shown a lot of love
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  Speaker 7: for Michael and Andrew throughout to see them. I'm kind
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  Speaker 7: of wondering about the other guys in your room, specifically
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  Speaker 7: Manny Gavin. Just what have you seen from them this season?
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  Speaker 1: Just growth?
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  Speaker 4: You know, uh, you know, they'll keep making plays, but
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  Speaker 4: just growthing and being willing to learn from coach Joseph
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  Speaker 4: and and take the learning. But they're all coming along
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  Speaker 4: and also they're creating theirselves value for special teams and
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  Speaker 4: things like that. But just growth and just and always
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  Speaker 4: being engaged on team and you know, always helping me
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  Speaker 4: to be better for myself and pushing me.
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  Speaker 1: Ajon what stands out to you and watching Jeremiah Smith
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  Speaker 1: and how exciting is it for you to have that
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to go head to head with him.
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  Speaker 4: That's gonna be amazing opportunity to go against him. You
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  Speaker 4: know that kick and ball. He can ball. He's a
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  Speaker 4: big baller, strong, strong ability. You know, he's a deep threat,
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  Speaker 4: you know, and they love to get him the ball
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  Speaker 4: and they love to create opportunities to get him the ball.
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  Speaker 4: But it will be a great challenge for him and
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  Speaker 4: then also for the other receivers they have. You know,
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  Speaker 4: they have a great receiver group group of guys. So
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  Speaker 4: it just be a great challenge for us and and
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  Speaker 4: us DB's in the back end against to go against
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  Speaker 4: those guys.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Joday, just kind of following up on that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you don't go against six three guys? Is that often?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm just curious do you do you have to
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  Speaker 8: change how you approach that because this person is physically
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  Speaker 8: bigger than the norm.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, uh, I mean I think you know everybody
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  Speaker 4: once they go in the game, you gotta play your game,
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  Speaker 4: you know, you can't can't change your game, uh, based
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  Speaker 4: off somebody else to get out of your position on
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  Speaker 4: how you play and things like that. So just being
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  Speaker 4: a namor with my game and how I do things.
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  Speaker 4: And and also I mean, you know, game is a
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  Speaker 4: physical games. So he's a physical player and I'll have
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  Speaker 4: to be also physical. I'm a physical player myself. So
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  Speaker 4: just being physical and just going at it, you know.
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  Speaker 4: And I think that's the that's the great thing about football,
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  Speaker 4: having an opportunity to go against amazing players. So it
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  Speaker 4: will just be a fun opportunity to just go against
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  Speaker 4: those guys.
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  Speaker 1: What's up day?
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  Speaker 4: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: I just want to ask what I just wanted to
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  Speaker 1: ask about.
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  Speaker 9: You take a lot of pride in watching film, and
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  Speaker 9: I know you love to study film. Just curious to
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  Speaker 9: seeing what you've seen from Ohio State. What what has
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  Speaker 9: impressed you the most with this scheme that Chip, Kelly
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  Speaker 9: and Ryan they have the developed out themsively, especially since
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  Speaker 9: they kind of they.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of adapted it throughout the season this year.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, uh, they all they have all around great
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  Speaker 4: players everywhere. I mean, starting from a veteran quarterback, two
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  Speaker 4: amazing backs, and then the receiver group just just a
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  Speaker 4: veteran quarterback they have, and then uh, just they create
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  Speaker 4: opportunities for those guys to get the ball in space.
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  Speaker 4: They try to get those guys their touches to see
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  Speaker 4: what they can do. But you know, they love their
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  Speaker 4: explosive plays and things like that. So our job would
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  Speaker 4: be our job to eliminate those explosive plays and just
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  Speaker 4: to to play our game, you know, trust PK is playing,
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  Speaker 4: and then ultimately it'd be a good game.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, John Day, how important will the pass rush be
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  Speaker 8: in this game? Getting getting Howard you know, uncomfortable and
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  Speaker 8: not where you can just sit there and rows and
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  Speaker 8: and then what's the team's level of confidence in Burt
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  Speaker 8: Auburn after his recent struggles.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, we'll start off Bert Bert.
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  Speaker 4: You know, he's made a lot of and kicks for
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  Speaker 4: us in the past. He's always gonna come up big
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  Speaker 4: when we need him, so, you know, whatever, if he
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  Speaker 4: could just block out the noise, he know, we're riding him.
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  Speaker 1: We got his back through it all.
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  Speaker 4: You know, That's that's what the culture is here, no
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  Speaker 4: matter ups and downs, were always gonna pick somebody up.
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  Speaker 4: And then for our D line, you know, it's always
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  Speaker 4: good to create pressure, you know, mess up the timing
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  Speaker 4: of the routes and things like that. So I know,
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  Speaker 4: I know our D line and our guys they're going
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  Speaker 4: to get after it and just amazing opportunity across the
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  Speaker 4: board for eleven or eleven Jady.
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  Speaker 1: How you doing?
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  Speaker 8: Man?
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  Speaker 3: Uh So I keep saying you guys haven't played your
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  Speaker 3: best football?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's still ahead of you.
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  Speaker 3: Do you feel like y'all played y'all's a game as
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  Speaker 3: a team and the playoffs so far?
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  Speaker 1: And is that dangerous if you're not?
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  Speaker 4: Uh No, sir, I don't think we've played our best,
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  Speaker 4: you know, but you know that that's why that's that's
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  Speaker 4: what practice is for, you know, to to get to
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  Speaker 4: that point.
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  Speaker 1: But I think we can win in a lot of.
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  Speaker 4: Their ways from special teams often defense, So that's what
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  Speaker 4: makes us an amazing team. But you know, once once
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  Speaker 4: we have all three of those pieces together, we're a
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  Speaker 4: various dangerous teams. So you know that's the goal to
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  Speaker 4: get all those three together on board and we can
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  Speaker 4: just keep it rolling.
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  Speaker 3: Hey Joday, what has it been like working with PK
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  Speaker 3: these last four seasons and what is it about him
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  Speaker 3: that has helped his defense could consistently better year in
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  Speaker 3: year out.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's a genius.
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  Speaker 4: He's always putting people in position to make plays, and
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  Speaker 4: he puts us in the best position to make plays.
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  Speaker 4: And I think, honestly, you know, with the iPads having
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  Speaker 4: the IPASS this year, you know he's taken full advantage
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  Speaker 4: of it. He'll go down from each position groups from
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  Speaker 4: the d line to the backers and it come over
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  Speaker 4: to the DBS with coach Joseph with the iPad and
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  Speaker 4: just just to kind of help him and fill everybody in.
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  Speaker 4: But he's an amazing play caller. He's very patient and
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  Speaker 4: he tries to get exact on the money with well
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  Speaker 4: with the offense formation what they have going and what
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  Speaker 4: look they have in the alignments and things like that.
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  Speaker 4: But he's literally a genius and his plays are always
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  Speaker 4: putting in some position to make place.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, YadA, after the game, Andrew was talking about how
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  Speaker 5: this is your team. He talked about how he wanted
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  Speaker 5: you to make a speech for the second overtime to
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  Speaker 5: get everybody going. When you hear your teammates talk about
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  Speaker 5: you in a leadership sense and say this is your team,
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  Speaker 5: what kind of goes to your mind.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I wanted to honor.
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  Speaker 4: You know, it's an honor to have have that role
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  Speaker 4: and coming from my peers and teammates and things like
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  Speaker 4: that alongside of me, that that putt in the same
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  Speaker 4: amount of work I do. You know, we sweat, we
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  Speaker 4: sweat the practice together. We we do a lot of
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  Speaker 4: hard things together. But from coming from them, it means
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  Speaker 4: a lot and it's an honor just to take that role.
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  Speaker 4: But that was big of him just coming to me
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  Speaker 4: seeing things that I in the right place, and you know,
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  Speaker 4: I don't know where my mind was at, you know,
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  Speaker 4: long long game, but for him to just come up
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  Speaker 4: there and and talk to me and you know, give me,
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  Speaker 4: give me the motivation to go talk to everybody else
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  Speaker 4: that was that was needed at the time. But I mean,
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  Speaker 4: it's just an amazing opportunity to to have a role like that. Jaday,
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  Speaker 4: I appreciate your time. I guess I just have to
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  Speaker 4: follow up on that one. What did you say? What
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  Speaker 4: was the message I was just I was just telling guys.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's gonna be on us. You know, offense
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  Speaker 4: are gonna go score, and it's it's on us to
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  Speaker 4: just close it out.
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  Speaker 1: We gotta go ahad on the business. But it starts
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  Speaker 1: off with our energy level.
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  Speaker 4: I think everybody was just down throughout how the game
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  Speaker 4: was going and things like that, and we just needed
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  Speaker 4: a little bit of motivation and I think I think
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  Speaker 4: that's what it gave it to it and we went
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  Speaker 4: out there and we finished it.
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  Speaker 1: Jday.
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  Speaker 7: How would you describe Coach Joseph as a coach? And
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  Speaker 7: you know how vitle has he been to you since
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  Speaker 7: you got here?
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  Speaker 1: Man?
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  Speaker 4: Coach Coach Joseph, He's one of the biggest pieces for me, honestly, Uh,
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  Speaker 4: and everything, all the success that I'm having, I mean
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  Speaker 4: it's I would say eighty percent is because of him,
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  Speaker 4: you know, Uh, you know the other twenty obviously what
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  Speaker 4: I'm doing outside to take care of my body and
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  Speaker 4: things like that and then my own film. But he's
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  Speaker 4: changed my life. He's changed my game just to make
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  Speaker 4: me a smarter player. I'm a better person. Just how
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  Speaker 4: I handle business throughout the film room and how I
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  Speaker 4: watch film. You know, some people could just turn on
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  Speaker 4: taping and you're just watching it. But he's helped me
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  Speaker 4: to go through six seven different calls just with one
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  Speaker 4: plays and seeing alignments and splits and and and it
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  Speaker 4: just helps me play fast out there. You know, just
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  Speaker 4: trust my game and once I study so much, trust
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  Speaker 4: my instance. But I mean, he's changed my life completely.
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  Speaker 4: He's made me the person I am today.
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  Speaker 2: All Right, there's some thoughts for John A.
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  Speaker 1: Baron.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna hear some more from Sark. We're gonna hear
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  Speaker 2: some more long worn players and more on the NFL.
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