Latest / Houston County Football Coach's Show Jeremy Edwards / 2026 | Ep. 9 | Bears Bounce Back With Win Over Tift County, Thomas County Central Up Next

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2026 | Ep. 9 | Bears Bounce Back With Win Over Tift County, Thomas County Central Up Next · Houston County Football Coach's Show Jeremy Edwards

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  Speaker 1: Welcome in, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Time once again to talk a little ho-co football as
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  Speaker 2: we sit down.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean that literally. We sit down with the
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  Speaker 1: head coach of.
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  Speaker 2: The Houston County Bears.
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  Speaker 1: It is none other than Jeremy Edwards.
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  Speaker 2: With the man who is on the screen, you see him,
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  Speaker 2: it's Jeremy Edwards, his coach, coming off a big win.
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  Speaker 1: First of all, good morning. How are you? And congratulations.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Phil. I'm great. I appreciate it. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we enjoyed getting back on the win column, played a
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  Speaker 3: really good football team, and we're fortunate enough to come
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  Speaker 3: out with a victory, and we don't take winning for
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  Speaker 3: granted here, and so we enjoyed it, but now back
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  Speaker 3: to work.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so, yeah, because you've got a big one coming up,
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  Speaker 2: but let's talk about the Tiff County game. I know
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  Speaker 2: that once again there was all kind of weather issues
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  Speaker 2: in the southern part of the state. Did you guys
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  Speaker 2: run into weather in your game? No.
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  Speaker 3: No, sir, not at all. A sprinkle here or there,
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  Speaker 3: but for the most part, we thought we were going
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  Speaker 3: to get hit. We kept looking at the radar, but
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  Speaker 3: it worked out really well for us, and we had
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  Speaker 3: a good crowd. You know, I thought they'd bring more
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  Speaker 3: than they did. They did not travel a lot of fans,
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  Speaker 3: but maybe it had something to do with the weather.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: But, yeah, it turned out to be really good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was definitely pouring in southern Georgia Friday, I
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  Speaker 2: can tell you that. And that may have had something
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  Speaker 2: to do with it, not sure. But, nevertheless, the opponent
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  Speaker 2: was Tiff County, region opponent. And it looked like there
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  Speaker 2: in the beginning things were tight. I know you guys
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  Speaker 2: get a pick six from a defensive lineman, I think,
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  Speaker 2: to start things off.
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  Speaker 1: Tiff County is able to come back and tie the
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  Speaker 1: game tight. kind of fill us in there on the beginning.
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  Speaker 3: Of the game yeah defensively i thought we played really
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  Speaker 3: really well uh you know the off week we obviously
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  Speaker 3: had some uh opportunities to uh go in and some
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  Speaker 3: sure some things up and i thought our coaches did
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  Speaker 3: a heck of a job of doing that and carson
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  Speaker 3: mack like you mentioned he uh was in the right
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  Speaker 3: place um something we had talked about something we'd seen
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  Speaker 3: on film and um you know, he was able to
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  Speaker 3: bat that ball up in the air and then pick
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  Speaker 3: it off and then return it for a touchdown. So
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  Speaker 3: that was huge to get on the board. Took us
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  Speaker 3: a couple drives to get going, but once we got going,
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  Speaker 3: you know, in the second quarter, we were able to
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  Speaker 3: score 21 and kind of go into half with a,
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  Speaker 3: you know, 28-7 lead and You know, credit Tiff, they
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  Speaker 3: were able to come back and score 14 unanswered in
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  Speaker 3: the second half, to start the second half. And then
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  Speaker 3: we were able to kind of pull away in the
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  Speaker 3: fourth quarter, scoring 21 in the fourth quarter. So defense
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  Speaker 3: played great. Special teams was excellent. It has been all year.
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  Speaker 3: It was a good win against a scrappy team. Really
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  Speaker 3: tough quarterback they got at Tiff. Hats off to that kid.
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  Speaker 3: Got a lot of respect for him. He got knocked
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  Speaker 3: around pretty good and kept getting back up. It was
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  Speaker 3: a good battle for us. First region game. Fortunate and
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  Speaker 3: blessed to be able to get a victory.
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  Speaker 1: 56-28.
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  Speaker 2: You mentioned the defensive play.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, we've talked about it.
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  Speaker 2: Don't really want to beat it to death, but you
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  Speaker 2: guys have have scored plenty of points, just haven't really
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  Speaker 2: been able to, at times, play a lot of defense.
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  Speaker 1: But you were able to do that Friday night, Coach.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, as you mentioned, you allowed Tiff Kennedy to
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  Speaker 2: come out and tighten things up to begin the third
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  Speaker 2: quarter at 28-21. But your defense pretty much put the
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  Speaker 2: clamps on from that point, and I know you mentioned it,
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  Speaker 2: but again, that's something you've got to be pleased with.
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  Speaker 3: Very much so. That was good for You know, because
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  Speaker 3: those guys, they've taken some some criticism, which, you know,
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  Speaker 3: people forget the caliber of opponents that we played. You know,
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  Speaker 3: Westlake went toe to toe with Newton, almost really won,
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  Speaker 3: should have won probably in the end.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, but yeah, we we've we've revisited it
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  Speaker 3: several times. I mean, it's football. You put the ball
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  Speaker 3: down and you got to make adjustments and you got to.
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  Speaker 3: you got to put the best product that you got
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  Speaker 3: on the field. And, um, you know, we were able
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  Speaker 3: to get some guys healthy. I mentioned, you know, our
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  Speaker 3: nose guard, uh, was able to get back and, and played, um,
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  Speaker 3: that was a starter for us and other guys that
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  Speaker 3: stepped up in, in his absence. But, um, you know, with,
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  Speaker 3: when it comes to being successful in high school football,
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  Speaker 3: you know, a lot of it has to do with
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  Speaker 3: staying healthy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Able to get some guys back and, um, obviously
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  Speaker 3: made a difference for us. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Just ask Roswell how important it is to not have
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  Speaker 2: all your players. But we're not here to talk about Roswell.
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  Speaker 2: We're here to talk about Houston County. And so a
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  Speaker 2: big win over Tift County. Good that you got the win.
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  Speaker 2: Good that the defense played well. Because, Coach, obviously you've
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  Speaker 2: got a biggie coming up this Friday night.
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  Speaker 1: Tell the fans who we're talking about.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we play Thomas County Central. They'll come to Freedom Field, 7.30
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  Speaker 3: on Friday night. You know, we're super excited. You know,
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  Speaker 3: those guys are, you know, they're not only good, they're
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  Speaker 3: well coached in all three phases. Got a lot of
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  Speaker 3: respect for what they've been able to do over the past,
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  Speaker 3: you know, five years, four and a half years with
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  Speaker 3: Coach Rogers being there. And, you know, we know what
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  Speaker 3: we've got in front of us. I mean, they're a
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  Speaker 3: nationally ranked team. You know, top team in the state
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  Speaker 3: of Georgia in 6A, and rightfully so. They've earned that right, and,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we need to have a great week of
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  Speaker 3: practice and put the plan into play on Friday night,
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  Speaker 3: and we'll see what happens.
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  Speaker 2: So, obviously, there's so many things that I'm sure that
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  Speaker 2: you guys have got to prepare for, and I'm not
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  Speaker 2: going to ask you to give away any nuggets.
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  Speaker 1: I know you wouldn't do that anyway because this show
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  Speaker 1: is available to everybody.
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  Speaker 2: But there's also no secret as far as what Thomas
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  Speaker 2: County Central is able to do, which is, again, play
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  Speaker 2: well in all three phases of the game. Having said that, though,
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  Speaker 2: what is it when you look at how Thomas County
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  Speaker 2: Central coach that really impresses you, concerns you, as far
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  Speaker 2: as your team having to prepare to try to stop them?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, defensively, they're able to, you know, keep
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  Speaker 3: it relatively simple in their scheme, but they, they, they're
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  Speaker 3: not tricked by anything. They're able to trade things off, uh,
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  Speaker 3: on the back end, you know, um, you know, they've obviously,
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  Speaker 3: they've obviously got, you know, uh, uh, uh, dynamic, uh,
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  Speaker 3: four guys up front on their defensive line. Three of them, um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, are returning starters. Um, you know, they got
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  Speaker 3: a five-star on the D-line. And so, you know, not
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  Speaker 3: a lot of guys can say they got a five-star,
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  Speaker 3: you know, on their team at all. Talking about Prince Che,
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  Speaker 3: he's a really good player. You know, the linebackers got
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  Speaker 3: some experience as well. I know they've moved the Pringle
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  Speaker 3: kid over from offense to defense, and I think they
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  Speaker 3: do a good job of fitting guys where they can
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  Speaker 3: best help the team. And they obviously got a good
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  Speaker 3: culture to guys buy into that. You know, offensively, obviously they,
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  Speaker 3: you know, they lost some guys to graduation up front
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  Speaker 3: and they're, they're running back. You know, Jabari Watkins is
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  Speaker 3: back at receiver. He's a really good receiver. I know
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  Speaker 3: he didn't play against veterans, sustained an injury against Lee
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  Speaker 3: and the quarterback, you know, is, it kind of makes
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  Speaker 3: it go. I mean, he's a difference maker. We, We're
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  Speaker 3: familiar with him. We played him when he was at
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  Speaker 3: Rome last year. You know, he's dynamic and he's gotten better,
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  Speaker 3: even better this year, which is kind of scary. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we got to keep him in check. We
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  Speaker 3: got to make sure we know where he is at
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  Speaker 3: all times. And, you know, so we'll have a good plan.
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  Speaker 3: Our kids are fired up about it. So there won't
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  Speaker 3: be any extra motivation needed for these guys to get
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  Speaker 3: them going.
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  Speaker 1: Now, are y'all hosting the game?
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  Speaker 3: We are. We are, which is good for us as well.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, that's a tough place to play down there.
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  Speaker 3: I know they'll bring a crowd. I hope they do.
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  Speaker 3: So it'll be a really good night for high school
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  Speaker 3: football at Freedom Field, which is probably one of the
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  Speaker 3: best places, in my opinion, to play in the state.
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  Speaker 3: Our admin team does a great job getting that set up,
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  Speaker 3: and it'll be exciting. We're excited for it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I would say you should be. You know, things
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  Speaker 2: are going to be tough enough. And, again, that's no secret.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody knows that. They've got a great quarterback who, if
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  Speaker 2: you're not careful, can beat you single-handedly, as Lee County
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  Speaker 2: found out. Talk about what it takes to try to defend.
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  Speaker 2: I would say try to stop him, but I don't
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  Speaker 2: think that's possible.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: But talk about what it takes to really defend him
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  Speaker 2: and try to control, um, the explosiveness that he brings.
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  Speaker 3: Well, he just does so much, you know, he, he's
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  Speaker 3: not only a runner, but he's all, he can also
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  Speaker 3: throw it very well. I mean, he's committed to Duke.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's, he's a really good player. He's had
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  Speaker 3: a good career to this point. And, um, And I
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  Speaker 3: think with what they're doing offensively, it's really kind of
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  Speaker 3: utilized a lot more of his talents. You just got
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  Speaker 3: to make sure that, you know, in, in, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the quarterback run game, you know, they're trying to play
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  Speaker 3: 11 on 11 football, you know, they're trying to get,
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  Speaker 3: you know, make you defend all 11 when it comes
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  Speaker 3: to him running the ball, you know, and then they
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  Speaker 3: obviously have really good running backs. So then they can,
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  Speaker 3: they can tote it as well. So, I mean, I
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  Speaker 3: don't know that there's one thing that you can, that
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  Speaker 3: you can do. And I'm, I'm obviously on air and
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  Speaker 3: I got to talk to you about all that, Bill,
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  Speaker 3: but we could talk about that after we get off
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  Speaker 3: the air. I love it.
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  Speaker 1: I absolutely love it. I knew that was going to happen.
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  Speaker 1: I knew what you were.
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  Speaker 2: Going to be pretty coy and I don't blame you
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  Speaker 2: by the way. But about your team though, coach, how
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  Speaker 2: do you feel about your team, where they are, where
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  Speaker 2: you guys are at this point? It's technically a little
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  Speaker 2: over the halfway point, uh, in the regular season anyway,
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  Speaker 2: but how do you feel.
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  Speaker 1: Where you guys are?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I feel good about our team. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we got a good group of kids that come to
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  Speaker 3: work every day. They're, they're, they're awesome to be around. They, um, uh,
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  Speaker 3: they care about one another. They got each other's back. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, again, I mentioned a lot and it's kind
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  Speaker 3: of a buzzword in football these days, but I feel
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  Speaker 3: like we've got a really good culture here. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 3: our kids, uh, enjoy being around one another. Uh, we, we,
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  Speaker 3: we try to include our, the families here with breakfast
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  Speaker 3: with moms and hot dogs with dads and things that
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  Speaker 3: we do to kind of, um, make it a, uh,
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  Speaker 3: family friendly atmosphere for our kids. And, you know, we,
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  Speaker 3: we put the work in, but we also prioritize, um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, rest and, uh, recovery. And we're just always
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  Speaker 3: trying to find an edge when it comes to the
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  Speaker 3: things that we can do to try to get them prepared. Um,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, obviously, and it's, it's more than just football.
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  Speaker 3: It's about, you know, trying to make better men out
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  Speaker 3: of them, uh, holding them accountable. Um, there's a standard
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  Speaker 3: here and they understand that. And, uh, you know, it's
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  Speaker 3: just really, really fun when obviously more fun to win clearly. Um, but, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I feel like we've done a really good job.
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  Speaker 3: Our kids have done a good job of responding, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, uh, to lose two in a row in
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  Speaker 3: the fashion that we did, you know, it was, uh,
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  Speaker 3: it was a little bit of a, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: uncharted waters, I guess for them and for them to
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  Speaker 3: navigate through that and, um, show up Friday night, uh,
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  Speaker 3: last Friday night and do what they did. And then,
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  Speaker 3: you know, obviously it doesn't get any easier. We got
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  Speaker 3: TCC and then we got coffee back to back. We'll
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  Speaker 3: be two physical games. Um, but I think our kids
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  Speaker 3: are up for the challenge and, uh, you know, we're
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  Speaker 3: going to have fun.
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  Speaker 1: I know that much.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to have fun.
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  Speaker 1: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that's the biggest thing, you know, no
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  Speaker 2: need in trying to get all tight. No need to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I guess I'm trying to say, you know,
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  Speaker 2: let's just let it go.
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  Speaker 1: Let it flow.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and I'm sure that's one of the messages
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  Speaker 2: you've got for your team, right?
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. That's always, you know, last year, kind of our,
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  Speaker 3: our theme was play with house money. There you go.
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  Speaker 3: We revisit that from time to time. But, yeah, that's
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  Speaker 3: kind of a mentality. You know, we don't want them
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  Speaker 3: to be uptight. We want to try to make sure
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  Speaker 3: that we make practices hard so that, you know, games
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  Speaker 3: are easier. You know, give them the answers to the
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  Speaker 3: test before the test. You know, that's what we're trying
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  Speaker 3: to do, you know. I like that. We got to
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  Speaker 3: make sure that they feel confident and comfortable with our plan. And,
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  Speaker 3: and so we're always available to try to help these
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  Speaker 3: guys wherever they need post-practice before school, whatever we need
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  Speaker 3: to do, you know, and you know, it's not about
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  Speaker 3: what we know as coaches, it's about what they know.
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  Speaker 3: And I've seen it before, you know, you can, you know,
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  Speaker 3: football is a simple game complicated by coaches and you know,
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  Speaker 3: we try to make things complicated. We try to keep
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  Speaker 3: things relatively simple, do what we do and just, change
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  Speaker 3: what we do through a formation distortion.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. You are just coming out with some killer buzzwords
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  Speaker 2: this morning.
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  Speaker 1: I love it, man.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. It's just our, that's just our philosophy,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you know, I'm not real smart. I got
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  Speaker 3: to keep it real simple.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Don't, don't, don't be so hard on yourself. You're
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  Speaker 1: doing a great job. You're a great coach. You're, You're great.
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  Speaker 2: And I love how you prioritize these things with the family,
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: you know, keep it in mind that obviously football, you
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: got to win football games. That's what you and the
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: coaches get paid to do along with teach. So coach,
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  Speaker 2: you've got a really good balance that you have established
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  Speaker 2: there with the football program, the school. And, and I
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  Speaker 2: just want to tip my hat to you, Jeremy.
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  Speaker 1: I really do really mean that.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate that, Phil. It's a, you know, something we
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  Speaker 3: work hard at, you know, like I said, it's all
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  Speaker 3: about giving, giving these young men a great experience. And, um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, not to say that we're perfect by any means, but, um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I feel like, you know, when it comes
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  Speaker 3: to coaching a kid, you know, you, you, you gotta,
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  Speaker 3: you know, kids these days, um, I, I, they gotta
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  Speaker 3: be held to a standard, you know, there, there's gotta
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  Speaker 3: be some accountability and discipline that's taught. And, um, People
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  Speaker 3: say kids are different and all that. Kids are kids.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody loves to be patted on the back. We make
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  Speaker 3: sure that we do that. Having my own kids and
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  Speaker 3: experiences that they go through, I think it makes you
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  Speaker 3: step back and reflect as a coach and make sure
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  Speaker 3: that you're doing the right thing for kids to give
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  Speaker 3: them a great experience. At the end of the day,
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  Speaker 3: they'll remember the wins and things like that. But they'll
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  Speaker 3: remember the experiences that we shared together, riding on the bus,
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  Speaker 3: you know, going to dinner with them, things that we do.
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  Speaker 3: You know, like I said, the breakfast with moms that
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  Speaker 3: our moms do a great job on Thursday mornings after practice.
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  Speaker 3: It's like it's like a Thanksgiving meal. I mean, it's incredible.
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  Speaker 3: Usually when we get done with practice back when we
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  Speaker 3: went in the mornings, the kids, you know, just kind
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  Speaker 3: of ease on into the school, you know, and get
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  Speaker 3: showered up. But when we have Thursday morning breakfast with moms,
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  Speaker 3: it is an all out sprint to get inside so
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  Speaker 3: that they can get in there and eat. So it
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  Speaker 3: tells you what you need to know about that. So
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: hats off to the moms. And then, you know, we
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: get the dads involved as well on Wednesdays after practice,
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: we have them all come and eat with their sons
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: and with us as coaches and we have hot dogs
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: and it's this year we actually had striplings and it
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: kind of a plug for striplings, you know, down there in, Cordeal,
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: we have a location here. You know, they're part of
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: our sponsorship deal for Hot Dogs with Dads. We have
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: sausage dogs. So we took it a step up, and
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: it's been pretty good.
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: Man, nobody, and I'm sorry if we're stepping on any
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: toes here, but nobody does sausage better than Striplings.
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: I mean, nobody.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: And no, they're not a sponsor here. so I'm giving
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: them some free, some free match.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: And I don't care.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: They are the absolute best when it comes to sausage,
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: truly making the sausage.
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: So, well, coach, um, again, I gotta give.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: You the final word here. Great, uh, great win over Tift. Uh,
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: but now you got another home game. You guys play
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: well at home. Uh, and so this is going to
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: be a big one and I can't stress that enough.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: And I know you know that, uh, give you the
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: final word talking about, uh, again, this, uh, the magnitude
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: of this matchup coming up is all eyes in the
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: state and beyond are going to be on Houston County
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: freedom field Friday night.
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I just encourage our, uh, our fans to come
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: out and support these guys. You know, they're going to
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: put in a, uh, a great week of practice and, uh,
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: want to have a great home atmosphere for them. Um, with, uh,
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: you know, uh, uh, team, one of the best teams
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: in the country coming in to play us and, uh,
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: We'll be up for the challenge, and it's going to
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: be an exciting night for football. Hopefully the weather cooperates
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: and all that kind of stuff falls into place. But
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: we're going to go out there and play fast, play physical,
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: and have a whole lot of fun.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: Jeremy Edwards, thank you so much for joining us, Coach.
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: Great win Friday night. Best of luck this Friday night
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: against Thomas County Central.
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Phil. I appreciate it.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: You're welcome.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: And a big thanks again to downtown super fan Ronnie Brown.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: I know the Bears can't do it without him. Right, Coach? No.
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: Gosh, no. Yeah, I mean, Mr. Ronnie's great. We mention
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: him all the time. I'm sure he's listening right now
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: or when this will be. I know he listens and
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: I know he appreciates it, but he's earned that right.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: He certainly has.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: And so has Ryan Lyons, who is the sponsor of
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: our show, second year in a row. And we are
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: thankful to have Ryan Lyons. making this possible every week.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: That is the Houston County Football Coaches Show. All right, Jeremy,
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: best of luck Friday night. We'll come back next week
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: and talk all about it right here. Yes, sir.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: Look forward to it.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: See you, Coach. There he is. That is Jeremy Edwards,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: head coach of the Houston County Bears.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: Again, big thanks to Ryan Lyons, State Farm agent, for
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: sponsoring our show. You can see the show this week
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: and every week at ITG Next.