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USF RB DJ Crowther Joins 4th AND BULL · 4th AND BULL

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  Speaker 1: What's up, DJ?
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  Speaker 2: How are you? Oh, no, I'm doing good. How about yourself?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing all right. Welcome to 4th and Bowl. My
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  Speaker 1: bad for all the struggles we had in the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of all the technical difficulties. How did you enjoy the
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  Speaker 1: day off yesterday after a hell of a performance on Saturday?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it for real.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't necessarily a day off. You know, it's off
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  Speaker 2: of practice, but, you know, we're still in the facilities
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  Speaker 2: watching film, getting your bodies right and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: Do you enjoy the days where you don't have to
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  Speaker 1: be outside and can be in the film room a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more? Well, I guess now it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: getting a little bit nicer.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, today's been pretty nice. I feel like today was
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  Speaker 2: one of the coolest practice. But, yeah, man, that Tampa heat, man,
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  Speaker 2: that'd be no joke.
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  Speaker 1: It is no joke. I know you're from California. Did
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  Speaker 1: you guys have to deal with the humidity out there?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know some places. California's kind of different
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  Speaker 1: everywhere you go. Where you're from, was it super hot
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  Speaker 1: and humid like it is here?
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  Speaker 2: So, it was super hot, but it wasn't humid. So, like,
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  Speaker 2: it would be... especially high school for summer practice and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that, it would probably be like 100, 105,
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  Speaker 2: but it's just dry heat. Don't get me wrong, it's
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  Speaker 2: still hot, but the humidity, man, it's different because it
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  Speaker 2: could be like 80 degrees at practice, but it could
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  Speaker 2: be really humid and you're drenched.
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  Speaker 1: Do you guys kind of prefer, though, when it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of hot? Gives you a little bit of a home
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  Speaker 1: field advantage?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I do.
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  Speaker 1: Next Saturday, I'm assuming you want it to be a
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  Speaker 1: little bit warmer for Temple coming down here from Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 1: They don't know what that's like.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, exactly. I do feel like It does get
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  Speaker 2: us in shape because, you know, it makes game days
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  Speaker 2: easy because we don't have to deal with the heat
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  Speaker 2: for real and stuff like that. So, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me about Saturday. So you had a hell of
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  Speaker 1: a fourth quarter. I mean, the entire game. I want
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  Speaker 1: to go through questions that people sent me for you.
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  Speaker 1: Some of them were just writing thank you, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for Saturday. You had a great performance. I know overall
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  Speaker 1: as a team you guys probably weren't super happy with it,
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  Speaker 1: but you get out of Bowling Green with a win,
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  Speaker 1: which is most important. What was the message like in
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  Speaker 1: the locker room from Coach Hartline after that tough battle, 14-6,
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  Speaker 1: and coming out with a victory?
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, we had some things to clean up on, but
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  Speaker 2: most importantly, what Hartline spoke on was we got the dub.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to win. By the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: we've got to do whatever it takes to win. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we're unsatisfied with our performance, knowing we can play to
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  Speaker 2: a higher potential, but that's what the film is for,
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  Speaker 2: clean it up, get back, and get prepared for this week.
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  Speaker 1: As a running back, when a team struggles up front,
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  Speaker 1: what is the conversation in the huddle? Like that kid
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  Speaker 1: Miles Bradley, which I'm sure you guys were aware of
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  Speaker 1: before the game, he started off the game pretty strong
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  Speaker 1: and forced those fumbles. What are the conversations like in
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  Speaker 1: the huddle with the offense? Is there frustration? What are
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  Speaker 1: the conversations like in the huddle when you get up
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  Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage and you're going against a
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  Speaker 1: guy who just had a hell of a first quarter
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  Speaker 1: against you guys?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Yeah, so I think obviously you're frustrated, but
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  Speaker 2: you don't want to be too frustrated because you can't
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  Speaker 2: dwell on the next play. I feel like the mindset,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you've got to have a next play mentality
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  Speaker 2: and obviously just picking up your teammates to encourage them
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  Speaker 2: to do better.
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  Speaker 1: So when you guys are going through that game, you're
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  Speaker 1: held scoreless for the first three quarters. What's the mindset
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  Speaker 1: going in the fourth quarter? What is it like for
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  Speaker 1: you on the sidelines of that game? Because I would
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  Speaker 1: imagine that's probably a frustrating one for you up until
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  Speaker 1: you guys really just took over. What is it like
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  Speaker 1: on the sidelines? What's Coach Tim Beck saying to you?
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  Speaker 1: What's Heartline saying to you? What is just the mood
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  Speaker 1: and the vibe on the sidelines of a game like that?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. So, yeah, like you said, you know, obviously
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  Speaker 2: there's frustration because we know the potential we have. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you definitely don't want to go all four quarters without scoring. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, at the end of the day, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we just dwell on the leaders, you know, keeping our
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  Speaker 2: teammates up, keeping our heads up, and just thinking like,
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  Speaker 2: all right, like we got to continue making the routine
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  Speaker 2: plays routine. And at the end of the day, that's
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  Speaker 2: going to lead to the score. So, yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: Who's the leader on the offense that, you know, keeps
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  Speaker 1: you guys fired up on the sidelines, making sure, hey,
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  Speaker 1: you guys, we're still in this at 6-0. Let's get going. Like,
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  Speaker 1: who is that guy?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would definitely say Mike Van Buren. He definitely
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  Speaker 2: does a good job of that. Caleb Cook as well,
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  Speaker 2: and then me and myself as well, you know, just
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  Speaker 2: trying to get the guy's head right, make sure nobody,
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  Speaker 2: you know, has slumped faces and heads down.
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  Speaker 1: So what would you say changed at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the game where you guys just started finding your groove
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  Speaker 1: and just having some success and, Of course, the running
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  Speaker 1: game got going. I know you guys want to be
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  Speaker 1: a running team, which I'm sure that excites you as
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  Speaker 1: a running back. That's what you like to do. What
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  Speaker 1: changed in the fourth quarter from the first three quarters
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  Speaker 1: that led to so much success?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the biggest thing that changed, it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: we preach a lot about us. Like, you know, they
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  Speaker 2: got to play us. I think a lot of times
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  Speaker 2: early on in the game, you know, we were making
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  Speaker 2: simple mistakes that was costing us a drive, harming us.
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  Speaker 2: So at the end of the day, I think we
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  Speaker 2: were just doing a good job, you know, executing our
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  Speaker 2: job assignment and just making the routine plays routine, which
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  Speaker 2: we do all the time.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel like you guys learned a lot because
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  Speaker 1: you had, you had FIU, then you have the dramatic
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  Speaker 1: game against army, right? And then you guys play a
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  Speaker 1: really good game against Delaware state. Uh, and then, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of struggles, but you come away with
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  Speaker 1: a victory. And at the end of the day, you're four. No,
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  Speaker 1: would you say getting into conference play coming out this
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  Speaker 1: week against temple? I mean, You can take everything from
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  Speaker 1: these four games. I would imagine you guys learned quite
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  Speaker 1: a bit going into the season. What have you found
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  Speaker 1: out about this team that's going to help you guys
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  Speaker 1: going forward?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's a couple things that I found
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  Speaker 2: out about this team. A lot is what happens when
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  Speaker 2: we face adversity. A lot of times throughout these four games,
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  Speaker 2: adversity hits. It's not inevitable, but it's about how you respond.
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  Speaker 2: Another thing I also learned, too, was being the toughest
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  Speaker 2: and hardest playing team in the country. We always talked
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  Speaker 2: about that. Going back to January, Matt Drew, spring ball,
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  Speaker 2: fall camp, just dwelling on our discipline. We've got to
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  Speaker 2: be disciplined, and the toughest, hardest-playing team in the country.
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  Speaker 1: I have a crazy stat here, and I know I
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  Speaker 1: can already tell just by talking to you. It's not
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  Speaker 1: something that you'll care about because I can tell you're
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  Speaker 1: a team guy. In fact, everybody I've talked to from
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  Speaker 1: you guys, you're like one of the closest teams I've
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  Speaker 1: ever seen, which is strange for this transfer portal era.
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  Speaker 1: But did you know that you accounted for– 69.1% of
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  Speaker 1: the net total offense. And that was number one in
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  Speaker 1: all of college football last weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Nah, I didn't even know that. That's crazy.
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  Speaker 1: You, uh, you were 69.1%. Number two was Mason McKenzie,
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback at Boston college, 61.7%. You were 69.1% of the,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, a day like that for you. I know
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  Speaker 1: overall as a team, you guys always want to get better,
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  Speaker 1: but I would hope that when you go home and
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  Speaker 1: you wake up Sunday that you feel good about yourself. Like,
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  Speaker 1: what was Sunday like for you, knowing you just, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you crushed it, man. It was awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I feel like it definitely felt good. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it just goes to show, like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I've been putting in the work for this moment. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it just felt good having all the hard
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  Speaker 2: work pay off. And, you know, I can't do without
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  Speaker 2: my O-line. Like, obviously, there are some things you got
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  Speaker 2: to clean up on. But at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: I can't execute my job without them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and the O-line, too, I feel like they've just
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  Speaker 1: kind of been shuffled around quite a bit. Maybe you
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  Speaker 1: can tell me from an offensive, from a running back perspective,
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  Speaker 1: but Schrader going from guard to tackle, that's not easy
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  Speaker 1: for a guy to just do, right?
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  Speaker 2: Mid-game? Yes, sir, exactly.
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  Speaker 1: But you guys got it together, and at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day, you came out with that victory, which
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  Speaker 1: was nice. What attracted to you What attracted you to USF? Like,
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  Speaker 1: what was your portal experience like leaving Dartmouth to come
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  Speaker 1: to USF?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I'll say the portal experience, it was hectic,
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  Speaker 2: you know, especially having, you know, a small window. You
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  Speaker 2: got to make a decision fast, but, you know, with God,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it all worked out. And, you know, USF
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  Speaker 2: attracted me was really Florida area. I've never been to
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  Speaker 2: Florida before, so, you know, being the first time out
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  Speaker 2: here in Florida. Yeah, it was definitely nice and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just the culture stack, you know. Brian Hartline, my own
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  Speaker 2: running back coach, Coach Brooks, Tim Beck, Mike Hartline, just
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  Speaker 2: all those like-minded people. They got a great experience. I
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  Speaker 2: was believing in what they were preaching, and at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the day, I left it up to God,
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  Speaker 2: prayed to him, and I made the right decisions.
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  Speaker 1: What's it like when you put your name in the portal?
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  Speaker 1: Do you put it in the portal and then you
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  Speaker 1: just wait for a call, or do you have a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good idea someone's going to call? What is that
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  Speaker 1: like for someone that doesn't know?
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of all up in the air, but my agent,
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  Speaker 2: I had an agent, so I was able to put
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  Speaker 2: my name in the portal. After that, they either contact
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  Speaker 2: him or contact me through Twitter and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: He's on the phone all day just talking with them,
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  Speaker 2: chopping it up, trying to get to know you, talking
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  Speaker 2: about your film, all that kind of things like that.
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  Speaker 2: But I would definitely say with a certain window, It's
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  Speaker 2: definitely a lot more hectic, you know, just receiving calls
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  Speaker 2: all throughout the day and having to get everything set up. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: It's got to be exciting, though, because you're like, all right,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to figure out where I'm going to live next.
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  Speaker 1: I got a new mission ahead of me. And then
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  Speaker 1: you realize it's USF. You come to Tampa. I would
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  Speaker 1: imagine you're probably, I mean, Tampa's a great city. You
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  Speaker 1: got to be loving this city, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir, it is.
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  Speaker 1: What are some things you like to do around Tampa
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  Speaker 1: when you're not playing football?
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  Speaker 2: When I'm playing football, yes. Definitely got to go to
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  Speaker 2: the beach, you know, check out the beach because you
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  Speaker 2: can't beat that. I did a lot of jet skis
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  Speaker 2: in the summertime with some of my teammates. That was
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  Speaker 2: definitely fun, get out there in the water, jet skis.
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  Speaker 2: And also, you know, got to get some good eats.
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  Speaker 2: That's definitely number one.
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  Speaker 1: You got a good favorite spot in Tampa you like
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  Speaker 1: to eat at?
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say favorite, but I do try to try, like,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of new food spots. So anybody put me on,
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  Speaker 2: I'll definitely tap into that.
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  Speaker 1: I always tell everybody here when we're talking about food, man,
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  Speaker 1: you guys got the best Mediterranean food over on campus. Like,
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  Speaker 1: I would probably eat that just about every single day.
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  Speaker 1: I was looking at your bio on the website. Fishing, camping,
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  Speaker 1: river rafting. I read that right?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of camping, though? Is this like camping with
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  Speaker 1: no electricity whatsoever, or is this like nice RV kind
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  Speaker 1: of camping, almost like a house?
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  Speaker 2: Growing up, me and my family, we would go camping.
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  Speaker 2: We're in the tents. We've got marshmallows. We've got our
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  Speaker 2: fishing poles, all that type of good stuff. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like the only electronics we really have is our phones.
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  Speaker 2: We just spend time with each other. with the cousins
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  Speaker 2: and it's a great time. Another thing we would do
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  Speaker 2: too is we would go out to the, it's this
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  Speaker 2: place called Clearwater in California. So they actually have houses
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  Speaker 2: or little apartments on the shore where Clearwater's at, Clearwater Lake.
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  Speaker 2: And we'll probably spend the weekend out there and stuff
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  Speaker 2: like that, just spending quality time barbecuing, fishing, stuff like that,
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  Speaker 2: playing games and whatnot.
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  Speaker 1: You guys competitive with games? Because I know you've got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of football players in your family.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we do. We do. Yeah, definitely competitive. Yeah, because
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  Speaker 2: my cousin, he actually plays on the Seahawks right now.
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  Speaker 2: He just got drafted there. So, yeah, we're definitely competitive.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so he's with the Seahawks. Do you guys communicate
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  Speaker 1: often throughout the season and talk to you about your game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we communicate pretty often, yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: Is that the same cousin that was at Fresno State?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. He played at Arkansas last year. He transferred
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  Speaker 2: to Arkansas last year.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, he transferred. Dude, it's so hard keeping up with
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  Speaker 1: all you guys.
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  Speaker 2: I'm already done.
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  Speaker 1: I'm trying. It's like I got to Bulls Fest before
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  Speaker 1: the season. There's like 61 new Bulls I'm trying to learn.
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  Speaker 1: It's exhausting. What's it like coming into a new team
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  Speaker 1: when there's so many new people? How did you guys
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  Speaker 1: end up just like gelling so fast? Because when I
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  Speaker 1: talked to Grayson Pop Howard, he's like, I got to
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  Speaker 1: have so many people at my wedding from this team
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  Speaker 1: because We're just all friends. I mean, how did this
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  Speaker 1: unit just click so fast?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the coaches did a good job with that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, like, as you said, like, there was a
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  Speaker 2: whole bunch of new faces on the team. But I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we talk about it, like, we're going through
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  Speaker 2: the crucible of training before the offseason. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we got winter workouts, mat drills and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: And at the end of the day, like, you're going
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  Speaker 2: to do it for the love of your brother because
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  Speaker 2: you've been through the hard with him. So stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: So I feel like that's what really, you know, molded
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  Speaker 2: us and gelled us together.
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  Speaker 1: All right, I want to get some of these questions
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  Speaker 1: I got here from people who are watching, listening to
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  Speaker 1: the show. South Florida Water Tower asked, what is life
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  Speaker 1: after football like for you? You got any plans? Have
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  Speaker 1: you thought about that?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, yes, that's something I definitely took into consideration,
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  Speaker 2: especially being able to have my undergrad degree in sociology.
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  Speaker 2: And right now I'm pursuing my master's. I'm interested in
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  Speaker 2: business and also kind of real estate, taking the avenue.
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  Speaker 2: Don't have a clear understanding, but those are some things
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  Speaker 2: I'm definitely interested in.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, man, especially here, real estate. I got my real
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  Speaker 1: estate license, and then I didn't use it, and I
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  Speaker 1: let it expire. What a waste of time that was.
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  Speaker 2: You got to resubmit to get it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's so many things that you got to do
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  Speaker 1: to keep up with it, but that's the business to
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  Speaker 1: be in, man. Tally Bull wants to know, what's your
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  Speaker 1: favorite uniform combination over at USF to wear?
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  Speaker 2: We ain't wore it yet, but I like the all black.
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  Speaker 2: All black look nice.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know when you guys are going to wear those?
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  Speaker 2: No clue.
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  Speaker 1: How do you find out what you're going to wear? Because,
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  Speaker 1: you know, social media nowadays, they love to show game
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  Speaker 1: day threads. How do you guys find out what you're
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  Speaker 1: going to wear? And then do you have someone that
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  Speaker 1: puts that out so, like, nobody wears the wrong socks
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  Speaker 1: or anything like that?
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, I mean, sometimes the equipment people, they'll tell us.
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  Speaker 2: And then, obviously, you know, they put us on social media.
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  Speaker 2: And then, yeah, they give us all the stuff on
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  Speaker 2: our loot. We all wear it to make sure we're
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  Speaker 2: all uniform and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: Most Valuable Bull wants to know, are there any running
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  Speaker 1: backs that you model your style after?
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  Speaker 2: Model, my style. I would say growing up, you know,
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  Speaker 2: being from California, grew up in the Bay Area, I did, like,
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  Speaker 2: watch a lot of Marshawn Lynch. And also, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I like Le'Veon Bell, Barry Sanders, all the great poems,
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a big Barry Sanders guy, man. I grew up
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  Speaker 1: on Barry, too. Just don't do a Marshawn Lynch after
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  Speaker 1: a victory, grab the golf cart, start driving around the field.
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  Speaker 1: And I appreciate you coming on here, not saying you're here,
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  Speaker 1: just so you don't get fined. I appreciate that. Coach
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  Speaker 1: Brian Hartline, fan club. As you can see, these guys
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  Speaker 1: are all USF fans because their Twitter names are all
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  Speaker 1: about you guys. He wants to know, do you feel
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  Speaker 1: you can be used more in the passing game? Is
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  Speaker 1: that something that interests you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that definitely sometimes interests me. I feel like we
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  Speaker 2: do a good job. Mike does a good job of
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  Speaker 2: checking down the ball like we did this past game,
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  Speaker 2: first play of the game, check the ball down to me.
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  Speaker 2: I think the previous game I had about two catches,
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  Speaker 2: like 40 yards. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Marco says, no question, just thank you. And then the
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  Speaker 1: last one, the Wizard of USF said, did you feel
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  Speaker 1: like the offense found something when you were forced into
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  Speaker 1: tempo down 14 against Army? He felt like those three
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  Speaker 1: minutes looked like you guys were the most comfortable and explosive.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think what it just came down to,
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  Speaker 2: we had to find a way to put the ball
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  Speaker 2: in the end zone, and we were just making the
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  Speaker 2: routine players routine like we would do every day at practice.
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  Speaker 1: Real quick, before I let you go, Temple this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: As you get prepared for them, what are some things
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  Speaker 1: Temple does really well?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like they do really well. The front seven,
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  Speaker 2: the D-line linebackers, they do really well. Swimming to the ball,
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  Speaker 2: things like that. They've got great athletes all over the field,
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  Speaker 2: so we've got to do a good job making the
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  Speaker 2: routine players routine. It's about us.
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  Speaker 1: What's practice been like this week? Sometimes coaches coach harder
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  Speaker 1: after a win. Sometimes they coach harder after a loss.
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  Speaker 1: What did Coach Harline do with you guys after the
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  Speaker 1: Bowling Green game? How was practice this week?
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  Speaker 2: Practice has been the same. I feel like he does
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  Speaker 2: a good job either after a win or after a loss.
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  Speaker 2: He says what he says. He'll have the same speech
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  Speaker 2: if we won. We'll have the same speech if we
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  Speaker 2: lost because at the end of the day, we've got
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  Speaker 2: the goals in our mind that we're looking forward to.
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  Speaker 2: That's what we're practicing for.
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  Speaker 1: You've got Temple this Saturday and then a short week,
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  Speaker 1: UTSA after that. What's a short week like for you guys?
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  Speaker 1: Those are tough turnarounds. I know There's always conversations with
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  Speaker 1: the NFL doing the Thursday night games. People are always
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  Speaker 1: talking about the short rest and it's hard. What is
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  Speaker 1: it like for a football player to turn around, play
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday, and then turn around and have to play
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  Speaker 1: on a Thursday night?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the biggest thing is just recovering. We've
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  Speaker 2: got to hydrate, eat the good foods and stuff like that,
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  Speaker 2: get nutrition in our body, and just recover as much
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  Speaker 2: as we can.
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  Speaker 1: And then if you play on a Thursday and you're
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  Speaker 1: off on Saturday, do you and the boys watch college
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  Speaker 1: football or what are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely got to watch college football, tap into college football.
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  Speaker 2: That's definitely up there for real.
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  Speaker 1: Do you watch on Sundays? Because I feel like, who
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: was I talking about? It was Xavier Hamilton I had
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  Speaker 1: on last week. He did not pay attention to NFL.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't really have a favorite NFL team. You follow
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  Speaker 1: the NFL?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I do follow the some. I feel like sometimes
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  Speaker 2: it's kind of tough on Sundays because we be in
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  Speaker 2: the facilities all day. We got to lift, practice, meetings,
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that. So I kind of keep up the scores. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: growing up as a kid, I always liked the 49ers.
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  Speaker 2: So that's my team.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, man, Mike Evans, the 49ers.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: You enjoy Mike Evans and the 49ers, man. That would
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  Speaker 1: be the hardest. Like, I'm not a college football player, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: but that would be the hardest part for me is
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  Speaker 1: trying to focus on a Sunday because I'd be wanting
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  Speaker 1: to know what's going on in the league.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Sundays, you know, because Mondays are all days. Sundays,
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  Speaker 2: we're busy, like, all day, you know, trying to have meetings, lift, practice,
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  Speaker 2: and stuff like that. So, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, look, man, great job Saturday. We look forward to
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  Speaker 1: watching you play against Temple this week. You're having a
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  Speaker 1: great year. I mean, two back-to-back games, over 100 yards.
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  Speaker 1: Keep doing what you're doing. I know the Bulls fans
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  Speaker 1: are appreciating your service right now, and just keep doing
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  Speaker 1: what you're doing. And good luck this weekend, and good
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  Speaker 1: luck the rest of the way, man. We're rooting for you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. I appreciate that. Have a good night.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you soon.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate you, dude. That is DJ Crowder joining us here
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  Speaker 1: on 4th and Bull, presented by... Blue Terra. So thank you, DJ,
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  Speaker 1: for coming on. We'll have another episode for you on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: We will preview the USF Bulls taking on Temple on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night.