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#225: Fabien Lovett · North Florida Sports Network Podcast

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  Speaker 1: the North Florida sports.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back.
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: This is North Florida Sports Network.
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  Speaker 1: I have a pleasure to be joined by defensive tackle Number zero Gosh, what a baller man.
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  Speaker 1: Number zero came back 13 and 0.
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: Fabian Love.
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  Speaker 1: It joins the North Florida Sports Network.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: What's the number one thing that's going on, fabian?
• 0:32
  Speaker 2: What's going on, my man?
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: How's it going, man?
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: How are you doing ever since December 3rd?
• 0:43
  Speaker 2: I've been good Getting ready to prepare for the next steps of life, get ready for the next challenge.
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what you got a.
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: It's tough, you know, because, like I would say, you look back at this team or that team and nobody, because it's never happened before.
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: Can you take me there?
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: Let me start back a year ago, because you know I was.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: You could have gone and played in the NFL last year.
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: What made you want to come back this season?
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  Speaker 2: Because this is going to be the last chance to team like this together and for me to be a part of it, and then they would do some special and for us to be able to be remembered for a long time well, forever.
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: Now, you know.
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that actually.
• 1:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think anybody will ever forget this team and what was so great to watch.
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: You know you've been here since.
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: You know it was not that it wasn't like it was now.
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: Can you describe, you know, the process that that's been when, once Mike came in?
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: Can you kind of take me through that, through your perspective?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, it was a crazy process, but it was like tough but like at the same time it made us who we are and made us.
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: It made us able to be able to do what we did this year and dominate.
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  Speaker 2: It took us four years to be able to get this 13, and no record Like this didn't just happen overnight.
• 2:11
  Speaker 2: It started from when he first got here, and what a lot of people don't know is the same stuff we was doing back then.
• 2:17
  Speaker 2: We was losing, is the same stuff we're doing now.
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  Speaker 2: It just took time for it to all fall in play.
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  Speaker 1: Man, that's, that's exactly what I thought man it looks like.
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: You know, mike is a man of.
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: He practices what he preaches, does he have, what does he do for fun?
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: Do you know I?
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  Speaker 2: don't really know.
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  Speaker 1: Sprints around, man runs up hills.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of working out.
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  Speaker 2: I know that.
• 2:43
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 2:43
  Speaker 1: Well, man, he, he did a great job and you guys worked your butts off.
• 2:47
  Speaker 1: And I will say, man, I don't think any.
• 2:50
  Speaker 1: I think FSU, every FSU fan out there, is probably just hurt because they saw how much work, how much was invested over the four years.
• 3:01
  Speaker 1: You know like to.
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  Speaker 1: Just what would you say to it to come down into a board room?
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  Speaker 1: What would you say to those people in that room If you were there, like right after they announced it?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, I wouldn't say nothing because at the end of the day, I can't control that.
• 3:19
  Speaker 2: I don't have no say so over that.
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  Speaker 2: At the end of the day, we did our best.
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  Speaker 2: We did what we could do.
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  Speaker 2: Like it hurts, don't get me wrong.
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  Speaker 2: It hurts, but like it ain't really nothing I can do about that.
• 3:31
  Speaker 2: That's how they feel.
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  Speaker 1: That's true, man.
• 3:35
  Speaker 1: That's such a good lesson.
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  Speaker 1: And I tell you what this team's never going to be forgot when it comes down to Seminoles.
• 3:42
  Speaker 1: There's no, there's no fan that's never going to forget.
• 3:45
  Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about that.
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  Speaker 1: But talk about the brotherhood that you gained here at Florida State, the memories that you'll never.
• 3:53
  Speaker 1: That will always be remembered.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of teams that won championships that were remembered.
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: This team is going to remember for not getting that opportunity to play for it, but what is something that would you want people to remember about this team?
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  Speaker 2: It was all in it to win it, man.
• 4:12
  Speaker 2: It was all in it together, Like it was all in it together.
• 4:17
  Speaker 1: Yep, you could tell I would take me.
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  Speaker 1: Can you take me to that defensive mindset after the injury to Jordan Travis?
• 4:25
  Speaker 1: What, what?
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: Because I'll tell you what man.
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  Speaker 1: You guys took it up another level, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But like it just made us like I want to say it made us lock in more, but it does like be more stiff on doing our jobs, Yep.
• 4:46
  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, sir, that's exactly what coach K was talking about.
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  Speaker 1: He had, he was, he spoke on it and he was.
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: He said the decision was wrong, because what does he know, though?
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  Speaker 1: You know right, but he was talking about how a team can define itself in many ways and sometimes, when you lose a part of it, it, the brotherhood can shine through, and I thought you guys did exactly that, and he showed it each week.
• 5:11
  Speaker 1: He showed it against Florida with a backup, and then more, more stuff came your way, and all you did was just show how to win, and what a great example that is.
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: To just remember the good things of it.
• 5:23
  Speaker 1: If you had to go back, I'll ask you this if I, if you had to go back to last year and I told you you guys are going to go 13 and 0 and they're not going to give you a chance to win the playoff, what would you have done?
• 5:37
  Speaker 2: I think I would have still came back because, at the end of the day, I never get the malicious impact and the bars back that I built with my brothers.
• 5:44
  Speaker 2: Like it's different, like it's different, like.
• 5:47
  Speaker 2: I think I would have still came because, at the end of the day, the bars with my brothers, man and playing on the field is not like it's not like it.
• 5:54
  Speaker 2: So I think I would have still came, just just because of that.
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: Man.
• 5:58
  Speaker 2: People don't like.
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  Speaker 2: It's never.
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  Speaker 2: Never about doing.
• 6:02
  Speaker 2: I ain't going to say it's never about like what all other people think it is.
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  Speaker 1: Like it's more.
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  Speaker 2: For us, it's more of the brotherhood.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever seen that movie?
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  Speaker 1: Along came Pauly.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so.
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  Speaker 1: All right?
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  Speaker 1: Well, if you do, there's a part at the end where the guy's dad comes over and never says anything, the whole movie.
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  Speaker 1: But he talks to his like it's about the ride you know and the journey you take.
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  Speaker 1: That's what life's about and that's so.
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  Speaker 1: That's what you kind of saying, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, basically.
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  Speaker 1: And you'll have that forever.
• 6:32
  Speaker 1: Man.
• 6:32
  Speaker 1: You know I've been hearing some talking heads around saying you know that they're devastated for you guys and everyone's sad.
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  Speaker 1: You know, and it's just like well, you know that you'll always have this memory to come back, 25 years from now.
• 6:47
  Speaker 1: Like you guys aren't going to talk about getting snubbed, it's going to be.
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  Speaker 1: Do you remember that?
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  Speaker 1: That the memories you created, right?
• 6:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And you created some fond ones.
• 6:57
  Speaker 1: There are fans out there going to remember the times.
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: You know, I don't like, I don't want to explain to my son like it was funny.
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  Speaker 1: I was watching the unveiling you know with and he's like some of my my mom was like I mean his mom, my wife, was like hey, what's?
• 7:12
  Speaker 1: He was asking what was I doing and he's like watching football and he's like this doesn't look like football and it wasn't what they did.
• 7:19
  Speaker 1: What they did hurt the sport man and you guys did everything you could.
• 7:24
  Speaker 1: I think we should throw a parade for you, because you're never going to see this team again and they took that apart.
• 7:33
  Speaker 1: We'll never know now.
• 7:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah, because why the hell would you play in a game?
• 7:39
  Speaker 1: No offense to the Orange Bowl.
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: Why would you play down there?
• 7:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, so is it.
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: Is that team that we saw in the field.
• 7:51
  Speaker 1: Pretty much that's it.
• 7:52
  Speaker 1: We're not going to see that defense ever.
• 7:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, for them was not.
• 7:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but this year.
• 7:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a.
• 7:59
  Speaker 1: That was a great defense.
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: What would you say to recruits out there about Florida State and what?
• 8:07
  Speaker 1: What can it do for you?
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  Speaker 2: It could do a lot for you, but being ready to work, don't come.
• 8:14
  Speaker 1: I like it.
• 8:14
  Speaker 1: I like it when you were you know you're from Mississippi, right, you, the Mississippi Mauler when you you transferred in, when you were in that portal, what stood out about Florida State?
• 8:35
  Speaker 2: Honestly, I had New York.
• 8:36
  Speaker 2: I really didn't know too much about Florida State when I came out.
• 8:42
  Speaker 1: So you were just attracted to the coach.
• 8:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I had already do help in Odell.
• 8:48
  Speaker 2: I already put guys on the lead, so right.
• 8:53
  Speaker 1: What's it like playing for Odell?
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  Speaker 2: Oh it's good, you learn a lot.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great experience.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been here forever.
• 9:01
  Speaker 1: He's more known than anyone.
• 9:03
  Speaker 1: Well, hey, Fabian, If there's when you're, when you're not playing football, what else interests you, Like what?
• 9:10
  Speaker 1: What do you like to do for fun?
• 9:14
  Speaker 2: Probably play.
• 9:14
  Speaker 1: Call of Duty.
• 9:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, man, that's.
• 9:17
  Speaker 1: I'm not good at those kind of games.
• 9:19
  Speaker 1: I'm still like a sports game, Is it?
• 9:20
  Speaker 1: Do you play like any sports games?
• 9:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I play probably.
• 9:25
  Speaker 2: Uh, I probably play uh Madden sometimes also, but more but lately I've done on Call of Duty.
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: Well, um, I want to add a couple other things.
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: All right, what would you say?
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: Your favorite sport movie is of all time.
• 9:47
  Speaker 2: Uh, that's a good question.
• 9:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know I should have gave you some choices to choose.
• 9:54
  Speaker 2: I probably have to say uh.
• 9:55
  Speaker 2: I probably have to say gridiron, game with the rock.
• 9:58
  Speaker 1: Oh man, I need to check that out again.
• 10:00
  Speaker 1: I like remember the Titans.
• 10:02
  Speaker 1: I'm a little bit older though.
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I like that too.
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: All right, pancakes or waffles.
• 10:10
  Speaker 2: It depends on where it's from, right.
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: It's all about the batter right.
• 10:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go, good answer.
• 10:17
  Speaker 2: If I'm getting waffles from Waffle House, then yeah, but if I'm getting pancakes from somewhere else, I don't know.
• 10:24
  Speaker 1: Well, what was your?
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: Um?
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: So you are.
• 10:27
  Speaker 1: You're not playing in the orange bowl, correct, correct?
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't blame you.
• 10:32
  Speaker 1: You know they took that away from you, but, man, we'll always remember the 13 and 0.
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: Um, right, and uh, what was it like?
• 10:41
  Speaker 1: Just real quick in that, in that room, you know?
• 10:45
  Speaker 1: After you know, the announcement was made.
• 10:50
  Speaker 2: It was a lot of silence, Like a lot of guys were hurt.
• 10:52
  Speaker 2: It demonstrated a lot of guys like it wasn't nothing you could just easily take because you'd work so hard, see, I mean.
• 10:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 10:59
  Speaker 2: You put in all that's worth just for what you took away from me.
• 11:02
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: Right and you know, man, to be able to it takes time.
• 11:07
  Speaker 1: I don't think you'll ever get over that.
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: There's fans that are struggling, man, that are upset, that are never really, that are having grips come with it, you know, and but just the sacrifice that I saw from from this team, from just observing, was pretty memorable.
• 11:23
  Speaker 1: Man, I've been here my whole life.
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: You guys were, you put the, you put team for the definition of it and, and I think to deny you a chance is just especially that defense man, wow, you know, like what did you think this season like when you added a guy like Brandon Fisk?
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: Brandon Fisk, you're like yes, sir.
• 11:47
  Speaker 2: That was a great add.
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: Right, you wanted just to be the best team you could be.
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: What a special group and I'm glad that you guys were able to come back and do something special that'll be remembered in Florida State forever.
• 11:59
  Speaker 1: And before I get to go, you know I see you at the Metro Deli.
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: Shout out to Metro Deli If you were going to get what's your favorite thing to eat up there.
• 12:12
  Speaker 2: I like roast turkey salad.
• 12:14
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's a good one man.
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: They got a lot of good specials.
• 12:16
  Speaker 1: Man, cheeseburger wrap, pulled pork If you're ever in the area, come by and get you some man Anytime.
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: And Fabian man, I really want.
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: Thank you again.
• 12:26
  Speaker 1: Good luck.
• 12:26
  Speaker 1: Are you going to be playing in the senior bowl or anything like that, or do you know?
• 12:31
  Speaker 2: I got the hula bowl invite right.
• 12:32
  Speaker 1: Hula oh my goodness, that'll be awesome.
• 12:35
  Speaker 1: Man We'll keep.
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: We'll be watching man We'll.
• 12:37
  Speaker 1: We'll be watching your career.
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: You got big things.
• 12:40
  Speaker 1: I appreciate you coming on and hopefully we'll talk to you in the future.
• 12:44
  Speaker 2: all right, yes, sir, see you later Thanks.
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: This is.