Latest / Houston County Football Coach's Show Jeremy Edwards / 2026 | Ep. 11 | Missed Opportunities Against Coffee, Putting It All Together, and Veterans Up Next

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2026 | Ep. 11 | Missed Opportunities Against Coffee, Putting It All Together, and Veterans Up Next · Houston County Football Coach's Show Jeremy Edwards

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  Speaker 1: All right guys welcome in to another monday we always
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  Speaker 1: start our week off with a conversation with jeremy edwards
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  Speaker 1: he's the first coach that i talked to and there's
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  Speaker 1: no better way to start the week off than talking
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  Speaker 1: with the leader of the bears the hoko bears and
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  Speaker 1: let's welcome him in right now it's jeremy edwards joining
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  Speaker 1: me coach how are you brother.
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  Speaker 2: I'm good i'm good good morning happy monday It is
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  Speaker 2: a happy Monday.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you, I love it. Got so much to
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  Speaker 1: be grateful for. You've got so much to be grateful for. Coach,
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  Speaker 1: you've got a good football team. Couldn't quite find all
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  Speaker 1: the answers. This past Friday, went up to play a
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  Speaker 1: good coffee team. Let's talk about the trip to Douglas.
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  Speaker 1: How long does that take you guys to get down there?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, gosh. It took us close to two. Seemed like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we stopped. we stopped in Wilcox to break
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  Speaker 2: it up and had a little walkthrough pregame meal and
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  Speaker 2: then finished off the rest of the rides. It was
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  Speaker 2: about an hour or so to Wilcox and another hour
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  Speaker 2: again to Douglas. You know, not an easy, not an
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  Speaker 2: easy travel, but most of the games that we played, not,
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  Speaker 2: you know, not counting the North sides and the veterans
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  Speaker 2: of the world, you know, we're going to have to
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  Speaker 2: go on a little bit of a, of a road trip. So, um,
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  Speaker 2: this year we go to, we went to coffee and
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  Speaker 2: we'll go to leave.
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  Speaker 3: Um, we, we dodged.
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  Speaker 2: The, the trip to Thomasville this year. Obviously they came
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  Speaker 2: to us. We, we've already talked about that one.
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  Speaker 3: Right. Right. Right.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: But, uh, nevertheless, coach, you're right. Not only are the,
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  Speaker 1: the trips long, the games are tough. Uh, we found
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  Speaker 1: that out. Of course, it ain't really that we discovered it,
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  Speaker 1: That's not my point. But, again, had a tough one
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  Speaker 1: against Coffey. But before we get started, I do want
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  Speaker 1: to say a big thank you, Jeremy. And I know, Coach,
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  Speaker 1: you joined me in saying this. A big thank you,
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  Speaker 1: heartfelt thanks, to Ryan Lyons, State Farm agent Ryan Lyons,
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  Speaker 1: for sponsoring our weekly conversation with you, Coach. And Ryan
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  Speaker 1: has done a lot, does a lot, I know, for
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  Speaker 1: Hoco Athletics. And we appreciate him here sponsoring this. the
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  Speaker 1: Houston County coaches show with you. So a big shout
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  Speaker 1: out to Ryan lines, safe farm agent. Remember www.protectedbyryan.com.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I'd love to mention, uh, I mean the, the
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  Speaker 2: amount of support that Ryan gives to, uh, to our program.
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  Speaker 3: Um, you know, I've joked with people before.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if he knows the, uh, what no means,
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  Speaker 2: you know, sometimes I feel like he's just always just a,
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  Speaker 2: Just a servant leader in our community, always willing to
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  Speaker 2: support us in any way that we ask. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just been really good. Does a really good job, like
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  Speaker 2: you said, with the insurance. You know, he got two locations.
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  Speaker 2: He's got one in Macon and he's got one here.
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  Speaker 3: In Warner Robins. He expanded Macon.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: But the one locally in Warner Robins.
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  Speaker 2: So he's a great guy and definitely very grateful for
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  Speaker 2: his support.
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  Speaker 4: No doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: So two locations to serve you guys, as Coach Edwards
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  Speaker 1: just mentioned. So we want to thank him. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: we also want to thank downtown Ronnie Brown, super fan
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  Speaker 1: Ronnie Brown, for his support as well. So, Coach, let's
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  Speaker 1: talk about the game at coffee. You knew it was
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  Speaker 1: going to be a tough go.
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  Speaker 4: It was. Kind of talk about the game and how
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  Speaker 4: it started.
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  Speaker 2: Well, hats off to, uh, to coffee and coach co,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I've gotten to the point where it's not
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  Speaker 2: a lot of fun when you play your friends, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and I think of coach co as a friend, he's
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  Speaker 2: a really, really super guy. And he is always, um,
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  Speaker 2: you just, just always been a good guy to, to,
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  Speaker 2: to bounce ideas off with and talk to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: during the season. But, you know, Friday night, obviously we
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  Speaker 2: had to compete against each other and, you know, he's
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  Speaker 2: got a good ball team, you know, they're coming off
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  Speaker 2: a four and seven season last year and have really
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  Speaker 2: turned it around or got it back on track. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they were, they've always been solid and you know, they're really,
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  Speaker 2: really good defensively as advertised offensively, you know, they, they,
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  Speaker 2: they try to bloody your nose and just try to
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  Speaker 2: run it right at you. And they're good at that,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, certainly had our opportunities in the game,
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  Speaker 2: did not make the most of those opportunities and it
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  Speaker 2: usually boils down to a handful of plays and unfortunately
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  Speaker 2: in our case and the losses that we've had this year,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with the exception of the game two weeks
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  Speaker 2: ago with Central, you know, we had our opportunities for
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  Speaker 2: it to go either way and in this game it.
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  Speaker 3: Was no different.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we received the first kickoff and we go
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  Speaker 2: three and out and, uh, punt it and they returned
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  Speaker 2: the punt for a touchdown. So instantly, and that's two
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  Speaker 2: weeks in a row that that's happened to us. So
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  Speaker 2: we've obviously got to sure that up really, really good teams, um,
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  Speaker 2: really good. And, but, you know, we kicked it and, uh,
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  Speaker 2: right to the kid and, uh, he made a great
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  Speaker 2: return and, uh, they were able to go up six
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  Speaker 2: to nothing, miss the extra point. And, um, You know,
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  Speaker 2: we had another opportunity to make a stop and was
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  Speaker 2: right there, just didn't wrap him up. And he bounces off,
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  Speaker 2: gets a touchdown. And, you know, we got two field goals.
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  Speaker 2: It was, you know, 13-6. And then after half, we score.
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  Speaker 2: We tied up, actually. It's 13-13 in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 2: They go down and make a score to get it
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  Speaker 2: to 20-13. we had an opportunity to, we got it
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  Speaker 2: down to the red zone. You know, we were kind of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got killed with some penalties, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and I was leaving it at that. I mean, it
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  Speaker 2: is what it is part of the game. Those guys
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  Speaker 2: are doing the best job they can, but a couple
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  Speaker 2: of ones that, you know, we obviously didn't agree with and,
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  Speaker 2: but it's part of the game and, but we had
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  Speaker 2: our opportunity there to tie it up in the fourth quarter. um,
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  Speaker 2: got in the red zone and, uh, didn't do a
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  Speaker 2: great job protecting the football. And on a third down
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  Speaker 2: and long after a penalty, um, you know, they were
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  Speaker 2: able to make an interception and, uh, and then they
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  Speaker 2: went down after a couple other penalties and, and got
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  Speaker 2: a short field and, uh, were able to kind of
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  Speaker 2: put the, uh, final touchdown on the board, which made
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  Speaker 2: it unreachable. But, um, we were right there, Phil. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and that, that's something that we can build on,
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  Speaker 2: you know. But they're, I think, number four in the
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  Speaker 2: state right now. I think they're number three or four
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  Speaker 2: in the PSR rating. So, you know, hats off to them.
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  Speaker 3: They earned it.
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  Speaker 2: They made the plays. Being at home, I think, helped them.
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  Speaker 2: And we've just got to keep trying to get better
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  Speaker 2: in practice, which, you know, we're trending in the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: We've improved some things. And there's a lot of football
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  Speaker 2: left to be played.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, 27-13, the final, as you said, Coach, you know,
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  Speaker 1: going to the halftime, it's a touchdown game.
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  Speaker 4: Then you guys come out in the third, get the tie.
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  Speaker 4: But just couldn't.
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  Speaker 1: Get the offense going, you know, like you needed. Anything
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  Speaker 1: you guys are doing, maybe try to shore that up?
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  Speaker 1: It seems like the offense is kind of chugging a
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  Speaker 1: little bit right now.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I think that the two opponents we've
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  Speaker 2: played have had a lot to do with it.
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  Speaker 3: I got you, Coach.
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  Speaker 2: Thomas County Central and coffee. I mean, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: started off the season pretty hot offensively. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they were just– you know, it really– I mean, they're good.
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  Speaker 3: They're good.
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  Speaker 2: And really good defensively. But, you know, we watched a
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  Speaker 2: film this morning with the quarterbacks. And I don't feel
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  Speaker 2: like we were taking advantage of opportunities that we had Uh,
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  Speaker 2: being the RPO game or, um, you know, we really
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  Speaker 2: couldn't get the run game going.
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  Speaker 3: They're pretty stout and.
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  Speaker 2: They got a couple of really, really good players that,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're all really good players on their defense,
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  Speaker 2: but they got a couple of really standout kids that
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  Speaker 2: did a really nice job and kind of erase some
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  Speaker 2: plays that we felt like we had and we've been
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  Speaker 2: able to get. Um, but no, I mean, I, I
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  Speaker 2: think it's just one of those deals where you're playing
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  Speaker 2: a tough team and, um, You know, we sustained some
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  Speaker 2: injuries in the game to one of our offensive linemen,
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  Speaker 2: which were already pretty thin anyways. And, you know, so
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  Speaker 2: that didn't help the cause. But, you know, next guy's
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  Speaker 2: got to step up. And, you know, we got to
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  Speaker 2: do a better job. And ultimately, you know, it's my
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  Speaker 2: responsibility to make sure that this team gets on the
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  Speaker 2: right track. You know, I am proud of our defense.
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  Speaker 2: I thought they played really well. You know, and we
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  Speaker 2: did enough. You know, defensively, you know, we did enough,
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  Speaker 2: I felt like, to win the game. We just, we
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  Speaker 2: got to put it all together. You know, we got
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  Speaker 2: to put all three phases together, you know, and hopefully
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  Speaker 2: we'll start peaking at the right time.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, as far as, and again, I know
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  Speaker 1: it's early, and I know you don't want to look
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  Speaker 1: too far ahead by any stretch, but, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: guys are looking very good as far as the postseason
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  Speaker 1: ranking goes, the formula, which, you know, hey, That's.
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  Speaker 4: The goal, right? You want to get– obviously, you want
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  Speaker 4: to win the region. If you can't win the region,
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  Speaker 4: you want to get to the playoffs. And right now,
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  Speaker 4: you guys are in pretty good shape.
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  Speaker 1: Looks like pretty much every team in the region is
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  Speaker 1: right now looking fairly good as far as the playoffs go.
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  Speaker 4: So, that's kind of the light at the end of
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  Speaker 4: the tunnel.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think it was a comment that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when I was talking with Coach Coe– a
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  Speaker 2: lot of teams don't want to see our region in
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs, you know, it is. And, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we play a tough schedule and we know we knew that. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, again, the goal is to get better each
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  Speaker 2: week to continue to fix any problems that we have and, and,
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  Speaker 2: and work really hard in practice. And, you know, our
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  Speaker 2: kids will bounce back from it. You know, it's again, it's,
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  Speaker 2: it's not, uh, what you want. I mean, you want
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  Speaker 2: to win the games, but, we competed, played.
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  Speaker 3: Hard, man. It was a, that was a good football game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, obviously we didn't put up any, any monster
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  Speaker 2: numbers or anything like that. And they, they did their part,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, they lean heavy on being a great
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  Speaker 2: defensive team and run the ball and, and kind of
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  Speaker 2: play keep away, you know, if you will, a little
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  Speaker 2: bit on, on offense and, you know, their, their plan
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  Speaker 2: was good. You know, we got the best of them
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  Speaker 2: last year.
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  Speaker 3: They got the best of us this year.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, again, it, there's a lot of, um,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of learning that can go on when you lose.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you just go back to this, this region
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  Speaker 2: in itself is, uh, it just makes you better as a,
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  Speaker 2: not only for our players, but every week gives you
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to, to take the after action review and
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  Speaker 2: just kind of figure out what went good, what went
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  Speaker 2: wrong and what can we fix. And, uh, I think
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  Speaker 2: that's what makes it fun, makes it challenging. And, Um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's what we like to do as coaches.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I, I don't know if it's, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I say that, but it's, I don't know if it'd
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  Speaker 2: be much fun to just roll in every week and
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  Speaker 2: just beat everybody to death. I'm sure that is fun.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure that is fun. Ask coach Rogers.
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  Speaker 3: What's that?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, there's certainly rolling through everybody right now. And I
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  Speaker 5: don't see anybody stopping them to be honest with you. But, uh, Well, Coach,
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  Speaker 5: we've got to flip the page on this one, obviously.
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  Speaker 5: Good to see that your spirits are good. I know
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  Speaker 5: that's the only way. You're absolutely right, 100%.
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  Speaker 1: And I know the kids, you know, reflect off of that.
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  Speaker 1: But we turned the page. You got a couple of– well,
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  Speaker 1: you actually got a few region games. We got three
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  Speaker 1: region games left in the regular season. Then come the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: But talk about your next opponent. It's a team that
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  Speaker 1: really seems to be finding their groove right now under
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  Speaker 1: Coach Steve Dvorakny.
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  Speaker 4: And I'm talking about veterans.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we got veterans Friday night. It'll be– you know,
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  Speaker 2: we share the stadium with them, but we're the home
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  Speaker 2: team at senior night. good opportunity to honor our seniors
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  Speaker 2: for senior night. There'll be a lot of festivities for
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  Speaker 2: them this week and had the moms in the locker
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  Speaker 2: room yesterday, you know, while we were meeting, decorating their lockers,
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  Speaker 2: you know, such a cool thing for those guys just
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  Speaker 2: to kind of honor them and the time they put
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  Speaker 2: in and dedication to our program. But yeah, certainly again,
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  Speaker 2: it's playing a friend, you know, a guy that I
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  Speaker 2: worked for at Cairo for three years that I got
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  Speaker 2: a ton of respect for that, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: of as a friend and, um, you know, it's not
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  Speaker 2: a whole lot of fun playing your friends. Of course, I, uh, we,
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  Speaker 2: we kind of brushed shoulders yesterday at church. I saw
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  Speaker 2: him at church, um, you know, such a great guy and, uh,
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  Speaker 2: has done a really good job with that team. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're going to get their best shot.
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  Speaker 3: We better be ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: Um, but they've certainly, uh, they're certainly improved, um, over
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  Speaker 2: the past two years with him being there. There's no
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  Speaker 2: doubt about that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, 100%.
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  Speaker 1: So, veterans, and like you said, it's technically a road game,
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  Speaker 1: a way game. But as you said, they share the
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  Speaker 1: same stadium as y'all.
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  Speaker 2: A way game for them, yeah. We're home, so we
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  Speaker 2: get to stand on that side, you know.
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  Speaker 3: It's weird, man. It's weird sharing a schedule. It's not ideal. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I got you.
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  Speaker 1: So coach, I know that, uh, again, got a busy,
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  Speaker 1: busy day ahead of you. Uh, but again, I know
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  Speaker 1: it's back.
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  Speaker 4: To the drawing board coach fingers crossed.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to get a win this week and come
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  Speaker 1: back next Monday and we'll be fired up talking about
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  Speaker 1: another bears win.
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  Speaker 2: That sounds like a plan. Either way, we're going to
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  Speaker 2: be fired up. You know, there's a lot of things
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  Speaker 2: to be grateful for. Um, you know, and, uh, we're
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  Speaker 2: just going to keep impacting lives and, uh, and having
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  Speaker 2: fun and, you know, winning is a byproduct of all that.
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  Speaker 1: Coach Edwards, Jeremy Edwards, head coach of the Houston County Bears,
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  Speaker 1: I really appreciate you. You always come with a great attitude,
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  Speaker 1: so positive, uplifting, win, lose, or draw.
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  Speaker 4: And that reflects with your team. And, again, I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 1: As I do appreciate, again, Ryan Lyons, State Farm agent,
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  Speaker 1: with two locations to serve you. in, of course, Warner
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  Speaker 1: Robins and now in Macon.
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  Speaker 4: Coach Edwards, I hope you have a great day, my friend.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Phil. You too, man. All right.
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  Speaker 4: Have a good one. Bye-bye.
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  Speaker 3: There he is.
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  Speaker 1: That's Jeremy Edwards, head coach of the Houston County Bears,
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  Speaker 1: checking in with us. And, again, big shout-out to downtown
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  Speaker 1: Ronnie Brown, super fan, and Ryan Lyons. We'll come back
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  Speaker 1: next week and talk about the veterans, Warhawks, one of
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: the more interesting names in high school football, right here
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  Speaker 1: at ITG Next.