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Will Matthews exclusive interview with Jaydon Blue · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: We continue on here on this Wednesday afternoon, We obviously
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  Speaker 1: had the chance to talk some football with Andrew Alligretta,
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  Speaker 1: the voice of the Vanderbilt Commodore's The log warns, get
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  Speaker 1: ready to take on this Vanderbilt team. As as you heard,
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  Speaker 1: that's feeling pretty good about themselves at five and two,
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  Speaker 1: and you know they've got the running back. We talked
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  Speaker 1: about Cedric Alexander that Cam and I both had a
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  Speaker 1: chance to call games involving Cedric playing for LBJ, and
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  Speaker 1: while he was playing at LBJ, uh he he had
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  Speaker 1: a tremendous career and became the aisd's all time leading rusher,
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of his feats and accomplishments were kind
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  Speaker 1: of overlooked. There were other running backs who across the
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  Speaker 1: state were having huge freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years
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  Speaker 1: except for Jane Blue, because Jane Blue skipped his senior
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  Speaker 1: year of high school to go on to Texas and
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  Speaker 1: but he had really loaded a lot of hay in
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  Speaker 1: the bar and his freshman, sophomore, and junior years. And
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  Speaker 1: Jayden started off the season really really good and had
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  Speaker 1: had a couple of big performances, certainly against Michigan and
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  Speaker 1: had a couple of other big games. Then of course
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  Speaker 1: had the two fumbles you know in the game against
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi States last week, caught a touchdown pass, caught targets
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  Speaker 1: out of the backfield, did not carry the ball. But
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  Speaker 1: sark could mentioned this press conference there's going to be
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  Speaker 1: more of a concerted effort to get him the football. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: as he processed all of his his things, good and
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  Speaker 1: bad and getting ready for another week, he had the
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to sit down with our man, Will Matthews are
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  Speaker 1: sideline reported on the Long Horn Radio Network. Gets a
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  Speaker 1: chance to sit down and visit with these guys.
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  Speaker 2: We know what happened, we know how things went.
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  Speaker 3: How do you bounce back? What does that look like
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  Speaker 3: for you?
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  Speaker 4: Just no reverting back to our preparation and leaning on
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  Speaker 4: each other. We know this team has a lot of
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  Speaker 4: a lot of fight, and you know, we we trust
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  Speaker 4: each other and we trusting the coaching staff. So it's
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  Speaker 4: just a matter of us getting back, getting back to
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  Speaker 4: work and focusing on uh a task of hand, which
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  Speaker 4: is vander built.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, RB Rooms, It's it's been difficult. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys have gone down. I mean there's been
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  Speaker 2: some nix and bruises all around with everybody. What's the
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  Speaker 2: vibe in there right now? You guys have been so
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  Speaker 2: strong throughout the season in the last couple of years
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Man, the injuries definitely have gotten us a lot closer,
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  Speaker 4: Especially me. I have to take a lot of took
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  Speaker 4: out on the leadership role a lot more since I'm
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  Speaker 4: older guy in the room. But you know, we we
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  Speaker 4: have a lot of guys that could play in that room,
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  Speaker 4: and it's just you know, me trying to lead, do
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  Speaker 4: things the right way and bring the younger guys along.
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  Speaker 4: And you know, I know, I know those guys could play,
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  Speaker 4: but you know, it's just us staying on top of
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  Speaker 4: our game, you know, to make sure that you know
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  Speaker 4: when someone do go down that the next the next
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  Speaker 4: man up doesn't have a big drop off.
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  Speaker 2: And when you you're walking into these next I mean
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  Speaker 2: like no matter what happens, the lost comes. Uh, well
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  Speaker 2: we all did the next one. And that's just with football.
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  Speaker 2: Tell us about the mentality moving on to this next one.
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  Speaker 4: Just going on and know every week. We know we
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  Speaker 4: lost the old U last year, you know, and after
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  Speaker 4: that we went on to win the conference and we
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  Speaker 4: went to the playoffs, so you know, we know that
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  Speaker 4: we're capable, capable of you know, going to the playoffs.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, like we said, just take one week
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  Speaker 4: at a time and you know, just focus on, you
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  Speaker 4: know what what we're doing that week.
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  Speaker 2: Then when you talk about focusing on the things that
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  Speaker 2: you have to do as a team, let's let's zoom
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  Speaker 2: into you what what are some things that you're working
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  Speaker 2: on for this week to get ready for this game.
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  Speaker 4: Mainly just making sure I play fast, you know, being
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  Speaker 4: more detailed of my game, uh, not taking plays off.
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  Speaker 4: That's that's really the main theme. So you know, I
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  Speaker 4: feel like when I'm you know, very detailed and I
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  Speaker 4: and I play fast, that you know I play pretty well.
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  Speaker 4: So you know, those are the main things that I'm
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  Speaker 4: focusing on as you know, each day to get better.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been just he's real upfront, matter of fact
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  Speaker 1: about what he needs to do to be better. I
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  Speaker 1: mean there was all that attention and focus on him
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  Speaker 1: after the two fumbles, and Sark has said it was
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  Speaker 1: not a purposeful move, not to have him run the ball,
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  Speaker 1: but to throw the ball to him. It's just that
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  Speaker 1: one of his better gifts is being able to catch
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  Speaker 1: the ball out of the backfield, which he did for
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  Speaker 1: the touchdown for the long worn touchdown, but the second one.
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  Speaker 1: But I agree with Sark's statement that they have to
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  Speaker 1: do more with him to not make it look like
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  Speaker 1: he is only in the game to catch the ball
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  Speaker 1: out of the backfield. There has to be a versatility
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  Speaker 1: element there. And he ran the ball, and we were
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  Speaker 1: told before the season he would run the ball some
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  Speaker 1: between the tackles, and he has done that a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: You know, losing CJ. Baxter made a big difference there.
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  Speaker 1: But we've seen you know, not only not only Blue
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  Speaker 1: run the ball between the tackles, but obviously Trey Wisner
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  Speaker 1: and we know Jared Gibson's going to do so as well.
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  Speaker 1: And this Saturday against Vanderbilt, that has to be one
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  Speaker 1: of the key things is going to be ball controlled.
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  Speaker 1: Because Vanderbilt proved in its win over Alabama they can
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  Speaker 1: control the clock keep the ball out of the hands
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  Speaker 1: of the Texas offense.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to be difficult for the long run to
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  Speaker 3: do things. I mean, it was like.
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  Speaker 1: What forty two minutes of possession time or something like
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  Speaker 1: that for Vanderbilt and that win over Alabama.
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  Speaker 3: So the long words can't allow that to happen.
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  Speaker 1: They've got to be on.
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  Speaker 3: The mark in terms of ball control.
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  Speaker 1: Now, They're never going to turn down an easy, quick
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  Speaker 1: touchdown if they can get it. But the point is
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  Speaker 1: get the ball back in the hands of the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Don't to have the defense not allow the Vanderbilt offense
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  Speaker 1: to get into a rhythm of being able to run
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  Speaker 1: and pass and run the clock. Get it back to
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  Speaker 1: the offense, and then the offense move the ball down
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  Speaker 1: the field however long it takes, long drive, short drive, whatever,
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  Speaker 1: and have it in the end zone for points. So
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  Speaker 1: there's some thoughts on that as we draw a little
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  Speaker 1: bit closer. You know, it's interesting in discussing the injury thing.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how many folks have heard about this.
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  Speaker 1: The quarterback for Indiana, Curtis Rorke, got hurt in the
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  Speaker 1: second half of the game against Nebraska and hurt his thumb,
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  Speaker 1: and of course Indiana is seven to zero.
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  Speaker 3: They've drawn a lot of attention.
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  Speaker 1: ESPN College Game Day is going to be there. But
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  Speaker 1: Rourke injured his thumb. He had surgery on the thumb
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  Speaker 1: on his right thumb on Monday, so I thought normally,
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  Speaker 1: if you have end season surgery like that.
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  Speaker 3: You're going to be done. Well. Not only is he
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  Speaker 3: not done, he's listed as being.
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  Speaker 1: Possibly probable or possibly at the very least questionable for
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  Speaker 1: the game next Saturday at Michigan State for Indiana, and
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  Speaker 1: even is still kept on the injury report as doubtful
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  Speaker 1: for this week's game against Washington, not completely out of
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  Speaker 1: the conversation. He was listed as being out indefinitely after
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  Speaker 1: injuring the thumb, but they said they expect him back
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  Speaker 1: at some point during the season. That's pretty remarkable stuff
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  Speaker 1: there for a quarterback who's having a really good season
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  Speaker 1: on what has become a pretty remarkable football team. So
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  Speaker 1: there's some things there. He's a transfer from Ohio six
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  Speaker 1: year college football, has completed seventy five percent of his
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  Speaker 1: passes at IU, fifteen touchdowns, three interceptions. The Indiana offense
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  Speaker 1: is number one in the nation, scoring offense just under
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  Speaker 1: forty nine points per game. That's the guy, that's the team.
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  Speaker 1: He's coached by, the guy that came in from James Madison,
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  Speaker 1: Kurt Signetti, and Rourke was one of twenty seven transfers
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven transfers to Indiana. That's amazing to consider that
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  Speaker 1: you could cobble together the culture and the chemistry that
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  Speaker 1: quickly with twenty seven transfers. Pretty impressed by it anyway,
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  Speaker 1: all right, coming up, we'll get ready to wrap up
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