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

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  Speaker 1: Pose your message after they took the league.
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  Speaker 2: I think I'm good a good role. All Right, here
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  Speaker 2: we go questions everybody, what.
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  Speaker 1: Was the message to the offense they take the league.
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  Speaker 1: You got through it right down, kind of a rough
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  Speaker 1: day offense, and you clicked on that draw.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I just said, We've been in this situation hundreds
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  Speaker 2: of times at practice. I mean you got to always
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  Speaker 2: resort back to your training, resort back to your practice.
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  Speaker 2: And there was zero flinch from those guys, great look
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  Speaker 2: in their eye. They went out there with confidence and
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  Speaker 2: executed like they should, just.
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  Speaker 3: To get rhythm going, just maybe even with the penalties obviously,
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  Speaker 3: and then obviously the run game.
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  Speaker 2: Just kind of being up and down today. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you want to establish the line of scribbage, you want
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  Speaker 2: to run the ball, and like I've said before, there's
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  Speaker 2: a million different things that really go into running the football.
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  Speaker 2: But I was really proud of how hard those guys
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  Speaker 2: played up front, the tight ends, the running backs, the
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  Speaker 2: receivers all. I think they all played really really hard
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  Speaker 2: and whenever whenever we needed to in crunch time, we
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  Speaker 2: got the job done. And so that's ultimately all that
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  Speaker 2: really matters. So really proud of those guys' effort today
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  Speaker 2: and I think John.
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  Speaker 3: Was sixteen or seventeen to finish the game there passing.
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  Speaker 2: Just how good was he down the stretch for you
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  Speaker 2: guys and putting your trust in him in that final
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  Speaker 2: driving Yeah, I mean you said it right there. I
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  Speaker 2: have all the trust in the world and John Mattier
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  Speaker 2: And there's a few things in the first half he
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  Speaker 2: wishes he could have back, but it was just a good,
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  Speaker 2: uh subtle reminder at halftime to relax everything. Everything we
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  Speaker 2: want is there. Just relaxed, deliver the ball like you
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  Speaker 2: have all week in practice and h and that's what
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  Speaker 2: he did, and he was. He was great there in
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  Speaker 2: the second half for us, and uh, as was at
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  Speaker 2: a lot of different people made. There's some big catches
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  Speaker 2: being made, and uh again it's just the guys trust
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  Speaker 2: and everything, going back on their training and making the
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  Speaker 2: play when they can came their way.
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  Speaker 3: Advertiser look like he was about the sub.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of uncovered the Yeah, I mean it was we
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  Speaker 2: ran the ball to play before. He just quick motioned
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  Speaker 2: over there and it was a it was a temple call.
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  Speaker 2: He got lined up. He pointed to the official. He
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  Speaker 2: was never out of bounds or anything like that, and
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  Speaker 2: he just they didn't cover him. So it was good
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  Speaker 2: awareness by John to see him with nobody on him
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  Speaker 2: and he just ran and you know, does a great
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  Speaker 2: job by him.
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  Speaker 3: A total line there between some you know what that
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  Speaker 3: was and psept plays that they that they looked for.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I don't know how much tone in
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  Speaker 2: the line there was. It was a tempo play and
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  Speaker 2: he pointed to the ref and the ref nodded his
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  Speaker 2: head and said he was in right there, So I
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  Speaker 2: don't know how much deception went on there. It was
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  Speaker 2: just a ballplay that we executed on.
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  Speaker 1: Can you talk about.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean really proud of Isaiah. Uh made some
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  Speaker 2: big time plays for us, especially whenever we needed it.
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  Speaker 2: Just a consistent kid who brings it every single day.
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  Speaker 2: Really talented kid, UH, smart high football IQ and someone
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  Speaker 2: that Number ten trusts, I trust, Coach Jones, trust BV trusts,
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  Speaker 2: everybody trusts him. So just proud of the work that
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  Speaker 2: he's been putting in and uh awesome to see him
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  Speaker 2: get to go out there and uh make some big
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  Speaker 2: time plays. Hang up Sharon tonight, Yeah, Jaring, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: same thing came up in some big situations, especially on
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  Speaker 2: third down, making some big time plays. Uh, proud of him,
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  Speaker 2: proud of his process, proud of the player he is,
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  Speaker 2: and uh proud of the response that he always shows.
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  Speaker 2: So he's he's a stud in.
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  Speaker 3: A game like this.
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  Speaker 2: How big is it to avoid? How hard is it?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: How important is it? Yeah? I mean negative plays are
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  Speaker 2: drive killers. The biggest thing about you know, succeeding on
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  Speaker 2: offenses is being efficient, right, and you know negative plays
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  Speaker 2: as are killer and so nobody, nobody likes them. They
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  Speaker 2: get you off schedule. But whenever they happen, you got
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  Speaker 2: to figure out a way to get back on schedule.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, negative plays are killers. And what does it
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  Speaker 2: say about the last drive they score?
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  Speaker 3: You've got to have something on this next drive. You
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  Speaker 3: guys came through the flying Colors.
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  Speaker 1: What does that say about your offense and what you
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  Speaker 1: guys have.
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  Speaker 2: Going on now? Believe in trust in the process. Those kids,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, there's just they don't flinch. There's no
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  Speaker 2: fear in them at all. They they trust their training,
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  Speaker 2: they trust the rules that we talk about a meeting
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  Speaker 2: that we walked through and practice and they went out
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  Speaker 2: there and they executed really, really well. So they were
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  Speaker 2: ready for that moment, and that was awesome to see
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  Speaker 2: that a bunch of kids who've been working their tail
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  Speaker 2: off are ready for that moment. So that was fun.
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  Speaker 4: Why do you think that was really your only flawless drive?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I think it's five plays, maybe six, and
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  Speaker 4: ring everything worked the way it was supposed to every play.
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  Speaker 2: Why did it work that way?
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  Speaker 4: Is every other drive, even if you scored or moved
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  Speaker 4: the ball, it was sputtering hit and miss, no hitting
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  Speaker 4: miss on the last drive.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just those kids stepping up in
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  Speaker 2: that moment, right. And again, like I said, there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of stuff in that game, that moments that some
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  Speaker 2: of those kids wish they could have back. There's a
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  Speaker 2: few plays that I wish I could have back that
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  Speaker 2: I called. But at the end of the day, you
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  Speaker 2: can't win the game in the first, second or third quarter,
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  Speaker 2: Guys like, the game's not won there. You win the
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  Speaker 2: game in the fourth quarter, and that's ultimately all that matters.
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  Speaker 2: So we talk about finishing. We have our winning edge
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  Speaker 2: on offense and finish win the fourth quarter is the
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  Speaker 2: is the last one that we leave every every time
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  Speaker 2: we leave a Saturday unit, meeting, it says finish exclamation point,
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  Speaker 2: win the fourth quarter, because the first, second and third
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  Speaker 2: quarter really a moot point if you don't win the fourth.
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  Speaker 2: So they were ready for that moment.
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  Speaker 1: But to have particular kind of tough that hours.
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  Speaker 2: That tell you about that, Yeah, tough, tough kids, uh,
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  Speaker 2: who are selfless and they want to play, they want
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  Speaker 2: to be there for their teammates and uh and they were.
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  Speaker 2: They played their their butt off all all night and
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  Speaker 2: so huge shout out to those guys up front. I'm
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  Speaker 2: so proud of them. Uh, just what the process took
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  Speaker 2: this week to you know, get them ready to play
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  Speaker 2: and then them going out there and playing their butt
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  Speaker 2: off all night. I couldn't be more proud of those
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  Speaker 2: guys of that group in particular.
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  Speaker 1: Then you were obviously with John Matier at Washington State Olahoma.
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  Speaker 1: Now where are the emotions of watching him play succeeded
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  Speaker 1: his first SEC.
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  Speaker 2: Game, period of you, Oh, I think naturally he's, you know,
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  Speaker 2: someone that I've been around a long time, so naturally
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  Speaker 2: I care about him a lot, and so just seeing
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  Speaker 2: him have the time of his life with a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of great teammates and a bunch of great dudes in
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  Speaker 2: this building. You know that that that's priceless. And then
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  Speaker 2: everything he does on the field is just no surprise
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  Speaker 2: to me, again because of his consistency every single week
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  Speaker 2: and and how he prepares and how he gets ready. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's great to see John have the success. But John
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  Speaker 2: will be the first one to tell you too, there
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  Speaker 2: there's always room for growth, and his teammates are playing
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  Speaker 2: their butts off too, so but it's it's awesome to
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  Speaker 2: see him because I do care about him.
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  Speaker 3: What do you think nicknamed the money material.
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  Speaker 2: Money materir, Yeah, I don't know. I call him Johnny Boy,
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think anything of money MATERII. I call
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  Speaker 2: him Johnny Boy.
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  Speaker 1: And you went to the short passing game, particularly like
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  Speaker 1: the short cross is a lot more than the second alfter.
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  Speaker 1: Is that an adjustment to counter whatever Auburn was doing
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  Speaker 1: or is that just the way it turned out?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean is adjustment made in game. It's all
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  Speaker 2: something that we could take advantage of, and uh, that's
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  Speaker 2: what we did. The guys took the adjustments well and
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  Speaker 2: went out there and executed.
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  Speaker 3: As much as you and John know each other, he
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  Speaker 3: knows your system. You have other parts that are now
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  Speaker 3: part of this offense. How much is a game like
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  Speaker 3: this just help you guys grow overall?
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  Speaker 2: It's huge because winning football games is not easy. And
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  Speaker 2: being in those those tough moments and crunch time whenever,
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  Speaker 2: whenever you have to do it, and you you rally
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  Speaker 2: together as teammates and you execute the plan out there,
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  Speaker 2: I think it just builds a lot of a lot
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  Speaker 2: of growth, a lot of you know, the words, probably
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  Speaker 2: validation to themselves that we can go out here and
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  Speaker 2: we can do this and so. But you know, now
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  Speaker 2: we're just onto the next one, and that's really all
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  Speaker 2: that matters. Our goal is not to be four and
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  Speaker 2: oh that's never been our goal. Our goal is to
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  Speaker 2: take care of business the next week and so. But
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  Speaker 2: being in those moments and having those opportunities to grow
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  Speaker 2: and seizing those moments, I think it's huge for the
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  Speaker 2: development of these guys in this offense and this team
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  Speaker 2: as a whole.
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  Speaker 1: What for you would be making the most of this
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  Speaker 1: bye week as an offense?
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  Speaker 2: What would make the most of this bye week?
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  Speaker 4: What would you coming out.
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  Speaker 1: Of bye week say, Okay, we made the most set.
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  Speaker 2: That we got. I mean, there's a lot of different
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  Speaker 2: things that happened in a bye week. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: think you can always get back to the basics. I
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  Speaker 2: think that's huge, getting back to the basics, getting getting
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  Speaker 2: your body right everybody, whether you are a little deemed
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  Speaker 2: up or you're not, just maintaining your body and getting
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  Speaker 2: ready from whenever we do get back to a game.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, there's also game prep that goes on
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  Speaker 2: because we do have an opponent. We just have a
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  Speaker 2: bye week, but we do have an opponent coming up,
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  Speaker 2: so we always need to make sure that we're on
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  Speaker 2: top of that. There's a lot of different things that
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  Speaker 2: you can get out of a bye week. You just
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  Speaker 2: have to take advantage of the time and the resources
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  Speaker 2: that you have. Yeah, the fans were incredible, like deafening,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know they they help us out. Uh
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  Speaker 2: they help our defense out and uh they they torment
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  Speaker 2: the other team. So, uh, the environment was awesome. The
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  Speaker 2: fans brought it today. The fans are just as much
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  Speaker 2: a part of that win as anybody in this building.
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  Speaker 2: And so shout out to them. Shout out to you know,
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  Speaker 2: they've been there all year and we're gonna keep needing
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  Speaker 2: them to show up. And uh, you know, be passionate
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  Speaker 2: about Oklahoma football.
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  Speaker 4: So twice you went to kind of a funky set
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  Speaker 4: with you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, two down mine men kind of caught them off guard.
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  Speaker 2: Is that something that you've sort of toyed with in
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  Speaker 2: the past or something you're just putting in here. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I've toyed with that in the past. I think there's
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  Speaker 2: there's about a hundred different ways you can do kind
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  Speaker 2: of that, uh, same thing, And so it's always just
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  Speaker 2: a numbers in space game at the end of the day.
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  Speaker 2: That's all football is a numbered space game and and
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  Speaker 2: trying to execute in those moments. But yeah, just something
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  Speaker 2: that we were able to do to try and to
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  Speaker 2: get an advantage on the defense. I think the general
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  Speaker 2: term in football is called a polecat formation. I don't
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  Speaker 2: call it pole cat, but in reference to everyone everything else,
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  Speaker 2: I call it pole cat. So I don't know why
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  Speaker 2: it's called that, but yeah, Boomer