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Morgan Scalley Weekly Press Conference - Week 11 at Arizona · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 1: First of all, both got dubs. Nice job.
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  Speaker 2: Got more coming up. Women are home against Bethune-Cookman. And
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  Speaker 2: the guys got Weber State home tomorrow. So let's keep
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  Speaker 2: that going. Nice showing for men's and women's swim and
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  Speaker 2: dive teams on Friday night. Coach Marzullo's crew swept all
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  Speaker 2: four relay events combined for 21 victories.
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  Speaker 1: Man! Awesome. Awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Wishing the best to our Coach Kepler cross-country crew headed
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  Speaker 2: to NCAA regionals. It'll be Friday in Albuquerque, and the
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  Speaker 2: mountain region I'm hearing is loaded with good competition, so
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  Speaker 2: good luck. Volleyball back at home Thursday against Texas Tech.
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  Speaker 2: I know Coach Dorico and squad are wanting to finish.
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  Speaker 1: Strong this month. And then November, it's just.
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  Speaker 2: Packed with a lot of awesome stuff here at the U,
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  Speaker 2: so go Utes. Wrapping up the BYU game, incredible atmosphere,
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  Speaker 2: great job by Our fans, particularly the musts that showed
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  Speaker 2: up as early as they did, getting up early, getting
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  Speaker 2: some caffeine probably in their system.
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  Speaker 1: But awesome atmosphere. Offensively, great start to the game.
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  Speaker 3: 14-0.
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  Speaker 1: We were rocking.
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  Speaker 2: Some drop passes, some good defensive play by BYU is
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  Speaker 2: what kept us from Really keeping the momentum going early
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  Speaker 2: and then turning the ball over is obviously what allowed
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  Speaker 2: them to take the momentum and take the lead. Great
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  Speaker 2: job by our defense really not letting that get out
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  Speaker 2: of control, which it could have done at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the first half. Second half, the offense started to click.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't have a three and out, put us in scoring
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  Speaker 2: position every series, had a missed field goal. But in
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  Speaker 2: scoring position every series except the last four-minute drive, which
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  Speaker 2: we're just trying to.
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  Speaker 1: Drain the clock. Devin's leg's really the biggest weapon in
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  Speaker 1: the second half.
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  Speaker 2: And another great performance by him making people pay. And
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  Speaker 2: really proud of him and how he's competing defensively. Some
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  Speaker 2: alignment issues early. Nice job running the ball by the
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  Speaker 2: boys creating havoc. Bobo Chenault's interception was huge at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the first half. They're sitting there at 20-14
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  Speaker 2: at our 20-yard line. And two plays later, Bobo gets
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  Speaker 2: that interception, which allows us to head on a two-minute drive.
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  Speaker 2: We don't end up doing anything with it, but really
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  Speaker 2: kept them from scoring, which was huge. Second half is
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  Speaker 2: where the rest of the interceptions came. Lance Holtzclaw had
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  Speaker 2: a clutch interception. They're entering our territory on the 40-yard line,
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  Speaker 2: and his own pressure, he gets one, really changes the momentum.
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  Speaker 2: Swan started to heat things up, and we were able
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  Speaker 2: to get some shots get out of some third downs.
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  Speaker 2: Trey Reynolds' interception at third and two at the two
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  Speaker 2: was obviously what allowed us to go for the four-minute
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  Speaker 2: drive and Richie to seal the game. Special teams is
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  Speaker 2: where we need the most improvement.
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  Speaker 1: Did some good things in punt coverage.
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  Speaker 2: Dylan Curtis continues to be money at kicking the ball
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  Speaker 2: through the end zone on kickoff, but overall.
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  Speaker 1: Special teams did disappointment.
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  Speaker 2: Had the missed field goal, which really is a snap
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  Speaker 2: hold uh, exchange issue offsides on a kickoff unit, which
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  Speaker 2: costs us five yards. The last punt almost gets blocked,
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  Speaker 2: sets them up for great field position on the last drive.
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  Speaker 2: So not clean enough on special teams at all.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I thought.
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  Speaker 2: Mana is doing a really nice job of saving us
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  Speaker 2: hidden yardage in the punt return game, fielding stuff that
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  Speaker 2: could be difficult to field, um, but need to improve
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  Speaker 2: on special teams. Um, so yeah, we're heading to Arizona.
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  Speaker 2: There are seven and two. There are two losses are to, um,
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech and BYU, they're a very good football team.
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  Speaker 2: So much respect for Coach Brennan, who's hilarious, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: if you've ever met the guy. Great personality, really good coach.
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  Speaker 2: I know Danny Gonzalez, just from doing development around about,
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  Speaker 2: he's a great defensive coordinator. They're doing some really good things.
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  Speaker 2: And Noah Fafita's had our number for the last two
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  Speaker 2: times that we've played him. So our guys understand this
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  Speaker 2: is going to be a huge battle. In Tucson, 19th
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  Speaker 2: total offense in the country, 6th in passing offense. Noah
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  Speaker 2: Fafita's doing a great job. His efficiency numbers are through
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  Speaker 2: the roof. 27th in scoring defense, so they're also doing
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  Speaker 2: it on the defensive side of the ball. They're 10th
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  Speaker 2: in sacks and 13th in tackles for loss. This is
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  Speaker 2: a disruptive defense. They do a lot of stunts, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of pressure, similar to us, and they're not afraid
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  Speaker 2: to go zero coverage and create havoc. So really got
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  Speaker 2: to be good on the offensive line and in our protection.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to be an awesome battle. Okay, questions?
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  Speaker 1: All right, I got the Justin question.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 1: It's a two-parter. You get one part. You get one question.
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  Speaker 1: No one gave you two. I'll let slide for now.
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  Speaker 3: Great win on Saturday. With the win over BYU and
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  Speaker 3: three games to go, what are you doing to prepare
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  Speaker 3: for the CFP?
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  Speaker 5: Even if you lost one of the three remaining games,
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  Speaker 5: you'll still make the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: And why did we not get any tackles for loss
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  Speaker 3: this game?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, your first one's bogus. Second one, tackles for loss?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Tackles for loss.
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  Speaker 2: Probably not as aggressive in the run game stunts. just
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  Speaker 2: because of of the ability of the quarterback yet I
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  Speaker 2: think you see that you saw that in the second
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  Speaker 2: half we send a six-man pressure across back or cross
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  Speaker 2: stunt and and bear sees it and splits it and
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  Speaker 2: so when when you do that you kind of open
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  Speaker 2: yourself up for big gains and and he took advantage
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  Speaker 2: of it so we were thinking throw there and he
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  Speaker 2: took advantage of it but We just wanted to be
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  Speaker 2: much more sound in our base defense in terms of
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  Speaker 2: the run fits, and I think we did a really
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  Speaker 2: nice job. When it comes to yards per carry from
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  Speaker 2: running backs, I thought we did a really nice job.
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  Speaker 1: Bear got his. We knew he was going to get his,
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  Speaker 1: but for the most part, really pleased with run defense,
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  Speaker 1: the rush defense in the game.
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  Speaker 2: You've known Noah Fafita for a long time, whether it
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  Speaker 2: be the Pac-12.
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  Speaker 3: Big 12, whatever it's been.
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  Speaker 5: What has been the biggest challenge going against Noah Fafita,
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  Speaker 5: and how does How does he kind of change.
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  Speaker 1: The game for Arizona?
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  Speaker 2: Well, he's a dual threat. He can run and throw. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's very competitive, uh, and he's super smart. He's a
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  Speaker 2: lot like our Devin Dampier. And so everyone knows how
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  Speaker 2: difficult it is to face Devin.
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  Speaker 1: He's, he's no different. Very competitive.
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  Speaker 2: I love the fact that he has stayed at Arizona and, and, um,
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  Speaker 2: been loyal to that program at university and the things
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  Speaker 2: he's done I only respect.
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  Speaker 1: For that dude but yeah really competitive.
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  Speaker 2: Dual threat can beat you throwing can beat you running
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  Speaker 2: and man what more can you ask for in a player.
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  Speaker 4: Morgan you kind of already talked about you know snapping
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  Speaker 4: and holding issues on field goals what are you trying
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  Speaker 4: to do to mitigate it so that Dylan isn't in
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  Speaker 4: those you know bad positions going forward in the last
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  Speaker 4: few games Practice?
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  Speaker 1: Threaten? No, we don't threaten. No, we just, it is.
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  Speaker 2: It's a technique deal, and we've got to continue to
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  Speaker 2: improve in that area. We're just not good enough, and
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  Speaker 2: it's not for a lack of working, but we're very capable,
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  Speaker 2: and we just need to be more consistent.
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  Speaker 5: Coach, on that Trey Reynolds interception, Kyler Casper, got loose,
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  Speaker 5: what happened in the coverage responsibilities there?
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  Speaker 1: So in the red zone, you're going to take chances.
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  Speaker 2: And some of those chances are going to be, okay,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to be aggressive and we're going to stack
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  Speaker 2: the box and we're going to try and play on
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  Speaker 2: their side of scrimmage, but we're also going.
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  Speaker 1: To try and play with zone eyes.
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  Speaker 2: So you may not match up with people in man coverage,
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  Speaker 2: But what you're hoping to do is gain eyes to
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  Speaker 2: coverage in case you get those RPOs. So in that scenario, RPO,
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  Speaker 2: we bite on the run, and the zone eyes from Trey,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, everyone, as soon as they.
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  Speaker 1: Do a great job of jumping, doesn't jump, it's a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: And so these are some of the things that you
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  Speaker 2: have to weigh in the red zone is when do
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  Speaker 2: I take a chance, when do I, try and play
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  Speaker 2: it safe. Usually playing safe, they're going to score anyway.
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  Speaker 2: You're taking a chance for sure. Should have gained a
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  Speaker 2: safety in terms of his eyes over to that RPO.
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  Speaker 2: Probably did too much of loose coverage from the corner.
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  Speaker 2: He needed to squeeze the route before letting it go,
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  Speaker 2: which is why it looked so wide open. At that point,
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  Speaker 2: you're playing with zone eyes looking like man, just so
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  Speaker 2: you can gain a little bit more in the run fits.
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  Speaker 2: College football playoff is expanding to 24 teams and they're.
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  Speaker 1: Eliminating conference championship games.
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  Speaker 3: What do you think about the changes and do you
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  Speaker 3: think this will be a benefit.
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  Speaker 1: For your program?
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  Speaker 2: I'm all about competition on the field to prove who's
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  Speaker 2: the best. I've always thought that more representation needs to happen.
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  Speaker 1: Whether you focus on the power four.
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  Speaker 2: Exclusively competing against each other and then your G4 competing
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  Speaker 2: against each other. I just want to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: there's much more opportunity. You you get near the end
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  Speaker 2: of the season, injuries happen, teams get hot late, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just you, like I said, in the NFL, you've got
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  Speaker 2: 14 teams that make the playoffs, you know, close to
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  Speaker 2: a 50% representation of the NFL. And I get, people
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  Speaker 2: are going to say, well, each team is, is good. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I think once you focus on the power for you,
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  Speaker 2: you can get, a very good mix of parity and
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  Speaker 2: proving it on the field needs to be the main
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  Speaker 2: way of doing it.
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  Speaker 5: Coach, it seems like the defense is struggling to get
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  Speaker 5: set before the ball snapped.
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  Speaker 3: A couple times a game now. How do you mitigate
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  Speaker 3: those problems, and how do.
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  Speaker 2: You get the call in sooner? Yeah, that happens everywhere
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  Speaker 2: in college football, I'm here to tell you. Was it
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  Speaker 2: more of a problem in the first half?
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  Speaker 1: You bet.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and so it's just a matter of getting the
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  Speaker 2: call out sooner, and it was much cleaner in the
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  Speaker 2: second half, which is, I think we were much cleaner defensively,
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  Speaker 2: but definitely, yeah, that was an issue in the first half,
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  Speaker 2: and we weren't as good.
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  Speaker 1: I have two questions for you.
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  Speaker 5: I want to ask you about the origin story of RSV.
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  Speaker 5: When did you come up with that? Was it something
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  Speaker 5: you learned from different coaches? And the second question, Wayshawn
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  Speaker 5: obviously is dealing with the Heel Brewers. Do you expect
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  Speaker 5: to get maybe Steve Chavez-Soto or Marcus Bell more involved?
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  Speaker 1: So in terms of the... culture piece that you know
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  Speaker 1: i had listened to an hour-long.
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  Speaker 2: Podcast not podcast uh keynote address given by tim kite
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  Speaker 2: um he had worked with urban at ohio state you
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  Speaker 2: know really um he's since passed away um but unbelievable
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  Speaker 2: keynote address just filled with so much meat about culture
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  Speaker 2: about leadership and i just listened to it three or
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  Speaker 2: four times took notes on everything And, uh, this is
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  Speaker 2: after my first year as a coordinator and had all
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  Speaker 2: of our coaches listen to it, study it. I said,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to define for our defense, what the behaviors are.
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  Speaker 1: That we want from, from them.
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  Speaker 2: And we spent an entire week, we sat down and
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  Speaker 2: we put words up on the board and back and forth.
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  Speaker 2: What's the best, how do we, you know, and it's
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  Speaker 2: evolved a little bit over the years, but, um, Relentless
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  Speaker 2: Smart Nasty Ball Hawks has always been since 2017 what
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  Speaker 2: we decided to come up with. Went over it again
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  Speaker 2: at the beginning of this year with the entire staff
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  Speaker 2: to decide what we wanted to change. And it was
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  Speaker 2: just unanimous that we don't want to change anything.
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  Speaker 1: We want to make it team wide.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, it's defining the behaviors that you feel make
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  Speaker 2: elite men and football players unique. and holding them accountable
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  Speaker 2: to it and giving them all the support that we
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  Speaker 2: can give them. And then in terms of Weishan, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it happened at the very beginning of the game, and
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  Speaker 2: this is a guy.
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  Speaker 1: That is tough as nails and fought through stuff.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to be fine for the next game.
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  Speaker 1: That's not going to be an issue. But do we
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  Speaker 1: need to get more backs involved?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: That's something I also thought in the game that we
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  Speaker 2: didn't do enough of was hand the ball to the
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  Speaker 2: running backs.
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  Speaker 1: So we can be better there.
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  Speaker 3: Morgan, can you comment on just how much Braden Pagan
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  Speaker 3: has had an impact on this passing game, not only
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  Speaker 3: in the red zone, but downfield and having kind of
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  Speaker 3: a go-to guy for Devin to go to? And should
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  Speaker 3: we expect to see more of Bert Picklin.
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  Speaker 1: Down the line? Well, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Braden has shown up, and then you have
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  Speaker 2: all of a sudden Ricky Johnson has a game, and
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  Speaker 2: all of a sudden you have– Creed Whitmore has a
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  Speaker 2: game the beauty of the depth that we have is
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  Speaker 2: that they can't just hone in on one guy Braden
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  Speaker 2: had a great game did have a drop and a
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  Speaker 2: fumble too which he's not happy about but at the
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  Speaker 2: same time he is he's a large target he also
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  Speaker 2: has unbelievable ability in the air to go get it
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  Speaker 2: to high point of football big hands which allows you
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  Speaker 2: to grip that ball Um, that's why I wasn't a
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  Speaker 2: great receiver.
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  Speaker 1: Small hands. I'm joking. I was a great receiver. No,
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't. They moved me to running back and then
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  Speaker 1: to defense. That's why.
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  Speaker 2: But Braden's awesome. And we've got a bunch of them.
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  Speaker 2: Hunter Andrews has a game. It's not just Braden. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: but the, the different options that Devin has is what
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  Speaker 2: makes us potent in.
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  Speaker 1: Terms of bird.
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  Speaker 2: Um, you know, we want to use his best traits. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: but at the same time, we also don't want to
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  Speaker 2: dilute what's going on with way.
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  Speaker 1: Sean, what's good.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, everyone in this offense has to sacrifice something
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  Speaker 2: to be great as a team.
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  Speaker 1: And, and bird understands that. And he's so valuable to us.
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  Speaker 2: Um, and, and there's going to be games where it's like, man,
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  Speaker 2: we didn't really see bird. And, It's not because we
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  Speaker 2: don't value him or love him.
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  Speaker 1: He's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: It's just the game plan takes what it takes, and
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  Speaker 2: sometimes that means less for one guy or the other.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. You asked me to sing? I was going to
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  Speaker 1: go dance this time. Dance this time. I'll sing.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 6: There's a history of the college game of teams having
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  Speaker 6: a letdown after huge wins. We've seen it this year. Obviously,
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  Speaker 6: huge win, storm the field, Devin up on top doing
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  Speaker 6: all that stuff. Big-time game this coming week. What do
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  Speaker 6: you do to make sure that there isn't that letdown?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you have big games because of the way you
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  Speaker 2: behave leading up to it. BYU is a big game
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  Speaker 2: regardless because it's a rivalry game, and.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone's going to get up for that.
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  Speaker 2: But was it a big game? because we were also
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  Speaker 2: undefeated at that point. So we've dealt with that every week.
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  Speaker 2: It's like to get to really big games, guess what?
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  Speaker 2: You've got to stay focused, and you've got to focus
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  Speaker 2: on one game at a time. You beat Houston, and
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  Speaker 2: everyone says the same thing. Well, they're primed for a
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  Speaker 2: letdown versus.
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  Speaker 1: Cincinnati after that, right? And so.
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  Speaker 2: You have to prepare for each game, and they've got
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  Speaker 2: to see it from the coaches too, that each game
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  Speaker 2: means that much. And if all of a sudden the
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  Speaker 2: BYU game meant more than the game.
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  Speaker 1: Prior, what does that tell them, that we.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't give our all for the preparation and the game prior?
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  Speaker 1: Like every game matters.
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  Speaker 2: You don't know when someone is going to upset you,
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  Speaker 2: when one game matters versus the other.
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  Speaker 1: Every game matters.
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  Speaker 2: So the way we prepare our guys, the way we
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  Speaker 2: message it throughout the week, you know, it's, it's no
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  Speaker 2: different from week to week. And then in terms of
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  Speaker 2: things that they're going to see that, you know, we,
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  Speaker 2: we always are helping prepare them for guys.
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  Speaker 1: Pat on the back's not too far from a kick
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  Speaker 1: in the butt.
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  Speaker 2: And, uh, these same people that are praising you and,
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  Speaker 2: or it will be the same people that say, Hey,
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  Speaker 2: what the heck? What, you know, you're going to be
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  Speaker 2: mad at you, disappointed, you know, if you lose. So,
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  Speaker 2: Focus on what we can focus on. That's what the
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  Speaker 2: films say. The film says we need to improve on
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  Speaker 2: special teams. We can't turn the ball over in key situations.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to get better at lining up quicker on
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  Speaker 2: the defensive side of the ball. There are certain things
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  Speaker 2: that we're doing that can cost us in the future,
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  Speaker 2: and we've got to correct those things versus a very
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  Speaker 2: good Arizona team that's had our number. So I don't
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  Speaker 2: think it's very difficult to get our guys up for
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  Speaker 2: this one.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: The QB run game just keeps evolving. Nationwide, we see
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  Speaker 1: more and more of it.
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  Speaker 6: Utah BYU and Utah State, the quarterback was a leading
• 18:14
  Speaker 6: rusher for all three teams this past week.
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: That's crazy. For Dan Peer, it's been two out of
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: three weeks.
• 18:19
  Speaker 5: Given how much he means to the team, how comfortable
• 18:22
  Speaker 5: are you with that versus you needed to.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: Beat these ranked teams?
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: Where I think we've done a good job with Devin
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: is limiting the hits he takes in the Field of play,
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: you know, when it gets down to the red zone
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: and you're trying to score a touchdown and you're trying
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: to get in there, you know, sometimes they're going to
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: sacrifice their body.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: But there's times where you've got to be able to slide, brother.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: You've got to be able to dive, slide, get out
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: of bounds. I think he's doing a better job of that.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: But I also, you know, we need to.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: Be able to give more carries to the running backs,
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: and we've talked about that as an offense.
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: And, you know, that's a point of emphasis going forward.
• 19:06
  Speaker 5: Morgan, I'm going to ask you about culture again.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 19:09
  Speaker 5: Just walk me through from, I guess, off-season workouts to
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: middle of the season, how you've kind of instilled that
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: in players. Because it's one thing to get them bought in,
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: but also to have it throughout the season like you
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: guys have. I'm just curious about the process of that
• 19:23
  Speaker 5: as the head coach.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: So culture is what you believe. It's how you behave
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: based on that belief. Your behavior has to show it.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: And then it's the experience that's delivered.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: By that behavior.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: So if I'm asking someone to behave a certain way
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: in the experience, they're not winning. They're not seeing results.
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: They're not feeling like they're improving or getting better. Don't
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: expect them to stay. Don't expect them to keep doing
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: the things that you're asking them to do. So the
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: experience has to be awesome. I have to be seeing
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: myself getting better, improving, feeling better about my performance, my game.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: And then how you build it, it's what you practice
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: every day It's what you promote. So when you see
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: the behavior that you're asking for, promote it. Make them
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: feel like a million bucks, right? Why do people leave organizations?
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: They could say, well, money. No, it's because you don't
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: feel valued. You don't feel like what you do matters.
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: So every day, let's promote the behavior that we're asking for. Now,
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: it's not like, hey, here's a trophy, and oh, you know, whatever.
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: It's not like a multi-level marketing party where, yeah, you know.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: It's, no, it's genuine. This is what wins. This is
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: what winning teams do, and you promote it, right? So
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: it's what you practice, it's what you promote, and then
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: it's what you permit. Don't permit behavior that is counter
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: to your culture. I don't care if you're a first-year
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: walk-on freshman or a fifth-year senior that's about to get drafted.
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: The culture's the culture. The standard's the standard. You know...
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: We'll call that out if we see.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: That it's behavior counter to your culture. Otherwise, you're just
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: announcing to everyone, well, the culture matters, the behavior matters.
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: But if you're a star, we'll let you.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: Get away with some stuff.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: So it's an everyday deal. It's not just words on walls.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: It's an everyday deal that you've got to hold people
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: accountable to, but also help them understand this is awesome.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: What you're doing here, that's why we're winning.
• 21:35
  Speaker 7: Morgan, I'm curious your thoughts on just the play of
• 21:49
  Speaker 7: Jackson Benny this season.
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: We know that playing nickel in this defense is one
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: of the hardest roles on the field.
• 21:56
  Speaker 7: How would you assess his performance overall.
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: Throughout the season? I'd say pretty good.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Again, I would need to go back and watch, but
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: Jackson Benny, is making plays. He is forcing turnovers. You
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: put him in a very difficult position to play against Glasker.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: It's a technique deal, in my opinion. And obviously, he's
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: got a ton of speed, but Jackson's got speed. He's
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: a 4-4 guy that can jump out of the gym.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: But technically, we really didn't do anything at the line
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: of scrimmage to get a body on him.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: We didn't slide our feet. There's certain things technically that
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: we need to do better there in that situation. But
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: I love Jackson Benny. He's doing really well.