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Badgers Commit Isaac Miller Talks About His Decision To Join Wisconsin - 3/9/26 · The Huddle

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  Speaker 1: Hey joining us now in the nicolay lot dot com
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  Speaker 1: talking texts.
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  Speaker 2: I've been talking about him all morning because we talk
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  Speaker 2: about iron Jack and football and love it Badger's commit.
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  Speaker 2: Isaac Miller joins the program. Isaac, good morning, Thanks for
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  Speaker 2: hitting us up before school.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, good morning, hey man.
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  Speaker 4: Congratulations on the commitment and being able to now go
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  Speaker 4: into the full the rest of the offseason and into
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  Speaker 4: your senior year with the with the the decision out
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  Speaker 4: of the way. How long and how many sleepless nights
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  Speaker 4: have been there? Because there's been a lot of interest,
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  Speaker 4: There have been a lot of calls, but I know
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  Speaker 4: this has got to be a burden to get off
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  Speaker 4: your shoulders.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there's been so many you know, long days, soopers
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  Speaker 3: nights of everything, and I'm glad it's over just because
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  Speaker 3: it took them atlet of time. But I'm very grateful
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  Speaker 3: for the actual process to happen to me.
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  Speaker 2: It the fact that you're going in and there's some
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  Speaker 2: other commits, including a teammate of yours and dus Roach.
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  Speaker 2: I'm wondering was that the pull was it like everybody
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  Speaker 2: else had to knock Wisconsin out of the way. Were
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  Speaker 2: you gonna you know, Billy saw you on a couple
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  Speaker 2: of your visits, I think hanging out of games.
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  Speaker 4: The so was was Wisconsin always in the lead or
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  Speaker 4: was that did you toy with the idea of leaving
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  Speaker 4: the state?
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  Speaker 1: What was the mechanics for you?
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  Speaker 3: I mean it changed so much, and I wouldn't say
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  Speaker 3: they were always at the front, but I would say
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  Speaker 3: they were always near the top, and then like recently,
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  Speaker 3: they really shot up, and just.
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  Speaker 5: I just that was it.
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  Speaker 4: You know, it always helps too when there's some other
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  Speaker 4: guys in the state. It feels like there's a core
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  Speaker 4: four of you and maybe a few more coming in.
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  Speaker 4: How much talk has there been between you guys who
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  Speaker 4: are all in the state and the early commits in
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  Speaker 4: this class.
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  Speaker 3: There's been a lot of talk. I'd say, I think
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  Speaker 3: there's like great, great people. You know, they're I mean,
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  Speaker 3: the other guys are all cool guys. They're all really
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  Speaker 3: down to earth and we're all looking for the same goal.
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  Speaker 3: And I think we can aceive this.
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  Speaker 4: Were any of those other guys there at the at
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  Speaker 4: those last games in November, because listen, Isaac, those were
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  Speaker 4: some pretty good atmospheres and to be able to see
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  Speaker 4: those games on a visit a lot better than the
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  Speaker 4: October games. Who out of the group were you there with,
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  Speaker 4: because seemed like everybody in that recruit section was having
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  Speaker 4: a lot of fun in those games.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd say too many people to even count, but
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  Speaker 3: I mean most of them are you know, most of
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  Speaker 3: them are you know gager recruits that are around this area.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome. Yeah, just having some fun.
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  Speaker 2: Isaac Miller joining us all right, So this is where
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  Speaker 2: obviously Coach Fickle and his status people have been paying
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  Speaker 2: a lot of attention. But this is the season and
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  Speaker 2: for guys in your situation where it's the assistant coach,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of times are the guys building the relationship
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  Speaker 2: and and making this this this process happen. So for you,
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  Speaker 2: was that coach Mitchell who was most.
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  Speaker 1: Heavily involved, Yes, it was. And what kind of relationship
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  Speaker 1: did you guys have? What was it about him that
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  Speaker 1: you bonded.
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  Speaker 3: With I'd say we. I mean, like he really was
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  Speaker 3: interested and he kept calling me tech to be every
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  Speaker 3: time I'd come on campus. We'd sit down and watch film,
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  Speaker 3: we talk, and I think it was a genuine good
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  Speaker 3: relationship that I want to like be around.
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  Speaker 4: Isaac Miller joining us here he's locked in. He's gonna
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  Speaker 4: be verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin. Uh And
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  Speaker 4: and Isaac, is there any idea have you talked about
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  Speaker 4: maybe what your next step? I'm like, where you're gonna play?
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  Speaker 4: Because listen, this is we're talking iron jock. I got
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  Speaker 4: to assume this is throwing weight season around and just
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  Speaker 4: abusing dumbbell season and barbells for you in the weight room.
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  Speaker 1: Is there any idea as to where what's next?
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  Speaker 4: Are you gonna maybe put on a couple more pounds
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  Speaker 4: and they play a little more inside? Is that all
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  Speaker 4: waiting until you get there or just seeing how you develop?
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  Speaker 4: Because I got a feeling. I got a feeling the
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  Speaker 4: weight room is going to get a workout from you
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  Speaker 4: this year.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean I had surgery two months ago on
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  Speaker 3: my shoulder, so I'm still coming back. But the vision
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  Speaker 3: for them is to have me an outside linebacker like guys,
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  Speaker 3: but you never know. I want to play EDGs, but
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you don't know how big you're gonna get.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I like that, And when they throw the ball
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  Speaker 4: to you in high school, you don't necessarily know if
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  Speaker 4: you want to keep throwing them in Some of those
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  Speaker 4: highlights like, hey, I can't run with it?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, indeed, are you how close are you to two fifty?
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  Speaker 1: You're listed weight right now?
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  Speaker 3: I think I'm up to sixty right now.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I figured I figured that's already out of date
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  Speaker 2: because you're putting on you, You're putting on the way.
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  Speaker 1: But uh, the idea is just play standing up. That's
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  Speaker 1: what you like.
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  Speaker 2: Because last time we spoke, Isaac, we had talked about
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  Speaker 2: how you love watching Michael Parsons and there's a guy
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  Speaker 2: to pattern your game after, right, I mean, it's hard
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  Speaker 2: not to having him right in the state and be
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  Speaker 2: able to watch his downs.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, who else do you watch? Who else?
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  Speaker 4: Are some of your favorite favorite guys to watch and
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  Speaker 4: kind of model some of your game after?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there's so many guys in college and NFL.
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  Speaker 3: I'd say Mason Rieger, He's he's.
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  Speaker 5: He's right, right, Mason.
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  Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, him, great guy, He's we're about the same size.
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  Speaker 3: So I like to see what he can do, and
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  Speaker 3: he puts them out of work, so it's great to see,
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  Speaker 3: like how far he came, and I'd say him definitely.
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  Speaker 3: And then Anthony Schmid that Minnesota, he's super lengthy, big guy.
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  Speaker 3: I like to watch him, and then I mean Max
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  Speaker 3: Crosby in the NFL. Honestly, like a lot of people.
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  Speaker 2: You're just absorbing all the football you can like a sponge.
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  Speaker 2: So you mentioned you just you had surgery and Dustin
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  Speaker 2: had surgery as well, and here you both are signing
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  Speaker 2: and and rehabbing together.
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  Speaker 1: What's that?
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  Speaker 2: What's that gonna be like having another crusader from Catholic
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  Speaker 2: Memorial head to head to Madison with you.
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  Speaker 3: That's gonna be fun. We're both excited. I think we're
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  Speaker 3: both hoping to be roommates. And it's like, it's good
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  Speaker 3: that we're both doing this because it's gonna help, you know,
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  Speaker 3: really push each other this summer and you know, rehab harder,
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  Speaker 3: just trying to get back faster. Well.
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  Speaker 4: And and I know Coach Young has always had a
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  Speaker 4: couple of he drops some bars. Coach Coach Young has
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  Speaker 4: been dropping bars for a long time. But but I
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  Speaker 4: assume that there's a some some good conversation. It's it's
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  Speaker 4: gotta be fun. We talked about it to start to
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  Speaker 4: put this behind you. Now, how is it rehabbing won?
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  Speaker 4: But knowing that your senior year is on the horizon.
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  Speaker 4: You get to just enjoy it with all of your boys.
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  Speaker 4: How excited are you for that? Because I know it's
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  Speaker 4: gonna be here sooner than you even can fathom.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's it's it's moving quick. And
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  Speaker 3: by the time I know, it's gonna be August and
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  Speaker 3: it's it's gonna go by very fast, which is exciting.
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  Speaker 3: But at the same time, it's like you don't get
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  Speaker 3: to play with your guys. You don't get to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: hang out with them after games before games anymore. But
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  Speaker 3: we're definitely very excited because our team is mostly going
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  Speaker 3: to be seniors.
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  Speaker 5: Now and and juniors, and we're all very experienced on
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  Speaker 5: the field, and I think we're all we're all ready
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  Speaker 5: for it.
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  Speaker 2: Are you ready to switch your your iron jackear and
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  Speaker 2: getting all the red stuff now you're when you're going
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  Speaker 2: to the gym? Has that already been Is that already
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  Speaker 2: in the works? I mean, obviously CMH. I'm wearing the
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  Speaker 2: CMH colors right now.
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  Speaker 1: We're right there.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I got the Royal Blue on today and the iron
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  Speaker 2: Jack hoodie. But Isaac, are you getting ready to switch over.
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  Speaker 1: To the red gear?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? I've been beginning with the tens this and I've
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  Speaker 3: been trying to buy some more right gear. I don't
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  Speaker 3: have much right now.
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  Speaker 4: No, wat, you gotta get some more reds. You didn't
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  Speaker 4: want to You didn't want to let the cat out
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  Speaker 4: of the bay. You couldn't let anybody know what he
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  Speaker 4: was wearing wearing red doing some squats last night. I
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  Speaker 4: think I think there might be a difference. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned that your.
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  Speaker 4: Team experience got to be motivated the way last year
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  Speaker 4: ended too, that that's a cool way for you to
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  Speaker 4: roll into your senior year. Are you also excited to
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  Speaker 4: be the guy now, Isaac that has to give the
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  Speaker 4: speech to all the freshmen and sophomores and letting them
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  Speaker 4: all know how quickly it goes by, because when you're
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  Speaker 4: when you're fifteen, it's a lot different than when you're eighteen,
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  Speaker 4: and all of a sudden you're like, dang, it did
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  Speaker 4: really go bike pretty quick.
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  Speaker 1: Are are you already giving the uh?
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  Speaker 4: Enjoy it every moment while you can speeches to the
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  Speaker 4: youngsters on the team.
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  Speaker 3: Uh. I mean, I don't. I don't think I'm that's
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  Speaker 3: a guy. But I tell them, guys just to have
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  Speaker 3: fun and make the most of it.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely good advice, because all of a sudden, you know
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  Speaker 4: that every single time during camp you're gonna have somebody
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  Speaker 4: thirty forty year old guys.
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  Speaker 1: You're never gonna forget these days. That's right, right, let's
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  Speaker 1: get Grampa off off, all right, let's go.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, it just makes I know it's gonna be ten
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  Speaker 6: things when it gets hot this summer. Man, But don't
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  Speaker 6: cut the hair man. That that's the trademarket. Don't cut
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  Speaker 6: the hair man. I love I love the head of
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  Speaker 6: hair you got flowing there. You're not gonna cut it,
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  Speaker 6: are you? Is that your trademark?
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  Speaker 3: No, I'm I'm gonna trim it down a little bit,
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  Speaker 3: but nothing nothing crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing, drat that's a good flow. Yeah, I need that trademark. Isaac.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. Get yourself to school.
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  Speaker 2: We appreciate congratulations, and uh we're excited for what you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna do on the next level.
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  Speaker 1: Excited to watch you this year too.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: All right, man, talk to you again. Isaac Miller Catholic
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  Speaker 1: Memorial Badger commit