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

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  Speaker 1: Let's just go straight to questions, guys, Let's let it rip.
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  Speaker 1: He's pregame warm up, gets getting closer to get him
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  Speaker 1: back to action. What's it been like keeping him engaged
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  Speaker 1: and trying to make sure that he's ready for this
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  Speaker 1: type of moment. Giovanni's self motivated and he loves football
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  Speaker 1: and he's ready to play football. So really keeping him engaged,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hadn't been that much of a challenge. He
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  Speaker 1: sits back there every day with practice, with the practice
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  Speaker 1: script in his hand, getting the mental reps that he needs,
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  Speaker 1: really attentive, ask good questions in his position meetings, and
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  Speaker 1: so with the kid like Giovanni, you know, you don't
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  Speaker 1: really have to get him going that much. Kind of
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  Speaker 1: does it on his own. Uh, done a great job,
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  Speaker 1: you know with his rehabit, staying on schedule and doing
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  Speaker 1: what he what he needs to do. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: whenever the moment comes for him to be back, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think he'll be. I think he'll be ready for it,
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  Speaker 1: just for the way that he's gone about this whole process.
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  Speaker 1: Bob Davis, we got the.
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  Speaker 2: Updated depth chart at the top. What what has he
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  Speaker 2: done to earn that spot being the starting running back.
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  Speaker 1: For y'all, shown up every day, been ultra consistent, done
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  Speaker 1: what's asked of him, have an unbelievable mindset, had a
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  Speaker 1: white belt mindset, you know, and karate terms, always trying
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  Speaker 1: to learn and and and build upon what he's learned.
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  Speaker 1: He's been awesome in that regard, as has the entire
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  Speaker 1: running back room. But you know, Tory has just done
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  Speaker 1: a great job being consistent and uh running hard, making
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  Speaker 1: the plays being assignment sound in his protection. So uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, proudatory, Yeah, Ben.
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  Speaker 3: I heard Brent mentioned on his studio show on Sunday
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  Speaker 3: that defenses are oftentimes susceptible over the middle of the field.
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  Speaker 3: And when you look at what John's done last year
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  Speaker 3: as a starter and then this year, a lot of
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  Speaker 3: his production is between the numbers. What is it about
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  Speaker 3: him that's just made him so effective in that area
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  Speaker 3: of the field.
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  Speaker 1: M Sometimes it's just what the defense gives you, what
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  Speaker 1: you see in a game plan, you know, it's I
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  Speaker 1: don't think we ever just go into the game saying
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna just attack the middle of the field. We'd
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  Speaker 1: like to attack all aspects of the field. But sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it's just what they give you. Sometimes the play takes
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  Speaker 1: him there. But you know, he he does a great
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  Speaker 1: job keeping his eyes downfield, getting h getting off his
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  Speaker 1: reads whenever he needs to, and delivering the ball and
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  Speaker 1: in moments and places where he needs to. So but
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think a lot of times it's just
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  Speaker 1: flow the game, what the defense has given you you
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  Speaker 1: trying to you try and take, whether it's the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the field outside, you know, out in the flats,
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  Speaker 1: whatever it is, you just try and take those those areas.
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  Speaker 2: I guess.
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  Speaker 3: And when you took the job here, you probably had
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  Speaker 3: a pretty good feeling that John was coming with you.
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  Speaker 1: But how much of it all did you get to
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  Speaker 1: know Jackson Arnold before he got in the portal in
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  Speaker 1: the Winner?
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  Speaker 3: And what were those conversations made?
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  Speaker 1: Like, uh, I had one conversation with Jackson. He was great,
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  Speaker 1: He's super respectful. But that's really about kind of where
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  Speaker 1: it ended. You know. It's just one of those deals
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  Speaker 1: where you know, he felt like he needed a change
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  Speaker 1: for whatever reason it was. And all I've heard from
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  Speaker 1: everybody is that he's a great young man. And so
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  Speaker 1: you know, besides this week, I hope nothing but the
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  Speaker 1: best for him. I like rooting for good people, and
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  Speaker 1: everyone I've talked to says he's a great young man.
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  Speaker 1: But as far as our communication, we really had one
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  Speaker 1: conversation I was about it.
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  Speaker 3: Just how much do you trust with these other guys
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  Speaker 3: you started playing a little bit more like I have
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  Speaker 3: been Zion with some of these other receivers.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I trust our receiver room. You know. I think
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  Speaker 1: Zion Kearney has you know, shown that he can go
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  Speaker 1: in the game and make an impact I and carry on,
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  Speaker 1: just like throughout all fall camp, was maybe the most
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  Speaker 1: consistent guy out there. So, you know, with or without Kantes,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I feel great about our UH room as
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  Speaker 1: a whole.
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  Speaker 2: So sure, yeah, with Troy possibly missing some time and centers,
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  Speaker 2: how do you feel about that room and the depth
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  Speaker 2: you have there with Jake and obviously true Freshman and
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  Speaker 2: Owen and Gunner Allen.
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  Speaker 1: Something that we talked about all through camp that we
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  Speaker 1: felt really good about the depth of our old line room,
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  Speaker 1: especially on the interior, and so, you know, feel great
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  Speaker 1: about those guys, feel great about the work that they've
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  Speaker 1: put in. It's been awesome to see Coach Beingbow develop
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  Speaker 1: all those guys, especially on the interior for different positions
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  Speaker 1: where they could play, so I feel really good about.
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  Speaker 3: Him with Michael Susie not planned last week. Have you
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  Speaker 3: seen him be able to handle like the mental aspect
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  Speaker 3: of that, but kind of the boot on his ankle
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  Speaker 3: to continue developing despite not like getting into the game
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  Speaker 3: on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean the same way that he does in practice.
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  Speaker 1: Whenever he plays, he's he's laser focused.