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#UNC QB Billy Edwards Jr., RB Demon June and LB Peyton Seelmann
Sep 12, 2026
#UNC QB Billy Edwards Jr., RB Demon June and LB Peyton Seelmann
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today.
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>> Yeah, it felt really special. I mean,
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obviously it was really cool to see. I
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think we ran in on that naked there. I
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hit Galani. Uh Shamar did a great job
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blocking. CJ was coming over on the boot
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route and did a great job blocking. So,
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really just in calculating a a great,
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you know, full team effort play there.
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Um obviously when you have a great skill
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room like we do, whether it's the tight
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end's backs or receivers, you know, I
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think I threw the ball probably 5 yards
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and he took it 25 35 yards. Um so yeah,
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it was special. Um, obviously, you know,
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with my journey and my career, it's, you
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know, it's it's always, uh, good to get
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that first one under the belt and kind
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of get, you know, rolling, per se. Um,
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yeah, I thought overall, I thought, you
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know, we played well, we came out and
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won. There's obviously things that, you
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know, we can get better. And I think the
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biggest thing is, you know, they say you
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make the best improvements from week one
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to week two, and maybe that's true, but
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I think the mindset that all of us have
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in there, especially as an offense, is
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just we got to continue to improve every
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week, week in and week out. Uh, continue
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to get better. There's definitely plays
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that, you know, we're all going to want
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back, myself included, starting with
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myself, um there, especially in the
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beginning of the game. So, yeah. So, you
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know, good. We got the win. You know,
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we'll watch the tape um here tomorrow
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morning and and go over it and then
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correct the things we need to correct
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and continue to improve.
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>> AJ, last week against TCU, you guys
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going to play four receivers. You had
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eight completions, different receivers
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today, all the 10 or more yards. How
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important was to get connected to a lot
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more guys because you're going to need
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more receivers?
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>> Yeah, absolutely. very important I think
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just to build that depth um chemistry
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obviously between me and the quarterback
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the quarterback and the receiver whether
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whoever's out there but really to get
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confidence with all these guys because
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you never know with you know college
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football we're playing 12 games 12 plus
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games you know at some point you're
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going to need to to be able to tap into
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that depth a little bit um so the
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ability to throw you know you said eight
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so eight different guys out there how
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many ever it takes you know to go out
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there and play well and have a chance to
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win how many ever takes to throw out
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there the ability for me to have
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confidence in them means a lot um so I
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think you know I don't think there was
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any time today where I was like, "Oh, I
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don't, you know, I haven't worked that
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route with that guy in practice or maybe
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I don't feel comfortable." Like,
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whoever's out there, you know, we've
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repped it in practice. I feel
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comfortable. They feel comfortable with
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me. And, you know, we have that timing
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and and consistency to where we're both
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on the same page that we can go out
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there and have a chance to be
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successful.
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>> What's the success you guys have had
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getting?
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>> Yeah, I mean, our coach Patino and the
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offensive staff does a great job of, you
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know, game plan and stuff. Um, and then
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it's up to us to go out there and
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execute it. I think, you know, the the
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coaches do a really good job in terms of
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practice all week of trying to make it
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harder than the game of giving us the
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hardest looks. Um, you know, if there's
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a chance for rain, pouring water on, you
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know, on the the football to make it wet
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ball work. So, I think it just all goes
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back to, you know, as coach Belich talks
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about our process and practice being the
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most important thing we do. I think, you
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know, there's there's times in practice
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where we may get the hardest look and
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maybe we don't hit it, but we're able to
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come back, watch it take the next day,
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get it corrected so that that way when
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we come out here in practice or in a
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game, you know, practice kind of feels
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harder almost in terms of what we're
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going out there so that regardless of
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whatever look they throw us on the quick
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game, on the passing game in general,
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you know, we have answers for
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>> Billy, where did you see the most growth
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from game one game to this group?
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>> You know, it's tough. I think I think we
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did a really good job uh up front coming
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out and you know kind of establishing
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the run in the TCU game in terms of
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being physical and making them kind of
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match us. Um so I think there you know
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there's multiple different things that I
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can pinpoint but I don't think I can
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pinpoint one. I think when you look at
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the the advantages we were able to have
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in the run game today with some of the
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things that ETSU wanted to do um that
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was huge. I think we did a great job of
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of picking up on those. I think, you
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know, short and intermediate, I think we
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made great strides. And I think
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obviously, you know, starting with me, I
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think the the one thing that we all want
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to continue to improve on is the deep
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game, the ability to when you can run
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the ball like that, it obviously makes
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your job as a quarterback a lot easier
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to to have the play action and the deep
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shots off of that. Um, so I think we
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made a lot of improvements, but there's
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obviously going to be things that we can
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continue to improve on, continue to be
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more consistent in. Um, that way, you
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know, we're we're never getting
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complacent as an offense or as a team,
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>> right? Yeah. Um you you mentioned the
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shot early in the game. I don't know if
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you got to see some tape that first play
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the game or what coaches told you, but
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have you heard anything about that first
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play
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was kind of open. Is that one that when
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you see on yourself or have you respond?
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>> Yeah, I mean absolutely. I think uh I
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think with both those guys I think Ship
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both of them did a great job running the
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route. I think Ship didn't have a man
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over top of him, but he had the corner
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or the safety falling off underneath
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him. So that's one right there. That's a
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one-on-one opportunity. I think, you
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know, I took a shot at him on a similar
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play there in the second quarter. Um,
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and, you know, got to give him a little
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bit better of a ball, keep him flat,
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throw him to the sideline, let him run
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there and make a play. Uh, but really
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when, you know, when we take our shots,
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if guys were down there one-on-one, I
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feel confident in, you know, giving them
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a chance to go down there and make a
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play. Um, and those were things that,
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you know, definitely started with me
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from the first play of the game with
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that deep shot to CJ, the one to ship,
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um, coming towards, you know, Keenan
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today in the second quarter. Those will
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be things that, you know, I'll continue
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to improve on. I'll make sure, you know,
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I'm giving them a catchable ball, giving
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them an opportunity to go on there and
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make a play. And as you saw today, you
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know what? I threw a 35 yard touchdown
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pass, a 24 yard touchdown pass, whatever
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it was, I threw the ball 5 yards. So, if
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I can just give these guys a chance and,
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you know, put it within, you know, a
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hula hoop circle of them and give them a
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chance to go make a play, then, you
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know, they're going to do what they're,
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you know, able to do, which is be
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special and make plays.
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>> Jani, obviously, what does he mean for
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this offense? Obviously, you hit him in
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a variety of ways. I've seen, you know,
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the little the short pass. Yeah. Like
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he's kind of
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>> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he's he's really
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the, you know, he's shown to be have the
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ability to be a Swiss Army knife in
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terms of what we how we want to use him
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and how coach Petrino and the offensive
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staff kind of schemes it up for him. Um,
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so he's gonna, you know, I expect him to
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continue to get better and continue to
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kind of evolve as a tight end in this
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offense as we, you know, as as the
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coaches continue to come up with more
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ways to, you know, be creative and get
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him the ball and put him in great, you
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know, chances to be successful. But it's
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been really cool to see. Yeah. Last week
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we hit him on the seam. I hit him on the
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seam there today. Um, I think in the
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third quarter and, you know, the short
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stuff, he's he's a playmaker. That's
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another guy where you just got to get in
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the ball. You got to make sure you're
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you're doing, you know, certain things
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to get 45 touches and and when he gets
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going, I think, you know, we we have a
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really great opportunity to be dangerous
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as an offense.
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>> Spencer Belich said on Monday that he
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felt like you guys left a lot of points
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on off on the board or off on the field,
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whatever. Uh, how much of an emphasis
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was the red zone this week in practice
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and obviously you guys go out and punch
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in all three times. How how important is
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it for you guys to finish every draft
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with seven points and not
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>> huge. Huge. I mean, when you when you
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play in a conference like the ACC and
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you're going to play, you know, the
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teams that we play on our schedule, the
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that's that's how games are won and lost
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is red zone performance. Um, so the
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coaches do a great job whether it's a
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Sunday practice, a Tuesday, Wednesday,
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Thursday, all the way up even to to
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Friday. And, you know, we did a good job
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utilizing it over the by-week of just
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putting us in those, you know, critical
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moments in the game, the third downs,
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the red zones, uh, the two minutes, all
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that stuff. I mean, we we drill it like
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no other. Um, and I think it's important
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because that's, you know, he kind of
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talked about it yesterday in the team
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meeting a little bit of just, you know,
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the plays don't really define that
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moment. The situations define that
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moment and and ultimately those moments
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define those games. So, I think those
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are those are always going to be things
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that we're going to be consistently
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putting an emphasis on. And I don't
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think you can ever be too good. I think,
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you know, we'll all agree in there that,
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yeah, whatever we went three for three
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today. Well, that's got to be the
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expectation and we have to go out there
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Monday through Friday and, you know,
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earn the right to be able to go out
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there and do that in a game. Mike,
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>> Billy, with the level of competition
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leveling up uh next week going to
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Clemson, what was the most encouraging
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>> thing that you guys did today or the
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most encouraging part of the groundwork
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that you guys learned today for next
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week in Clemson?
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>> I thought we played well as a unit um in
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terms of overall just playing. You know,
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there was a lot of times where I was
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making adjustments at the line of
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scrimmage, whether it was protections or
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getting us from run to pass, run to run,
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pass to run. Um so I think the the
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ability for us to do that I think will
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be big and I think that was really
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positive to see. um just the operation
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as a whole. Obviously, it starts with me
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and I'm going up there and verbalizing,
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but guys got to hold their water. I got
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to move guys. I gotta, you know, kind of
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do the whole show. Um so, I think that
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was really positive to see him just, you
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know, there's going to be times
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throughout the season where we have to
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be able to take advantage of, you know,
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things defensive defenses want to do to
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us and we were able to do that a few
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times today. So, I think we just have to
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continue to build on that. It
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>> was a pretty unique situation with Miles
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coming in, then the weather delay
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happened coming back out there. Yeah.
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>> What did you see from him um when he
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came in? Yeah, I think he was I think he
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was excited to go. I think he was
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excited to, you know, to get an
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opportunity. Obviously, you know, it's
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tough when I don't even know how long we
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were in the locker room if you guys have
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it, 45 minutes, an hour, whatever it
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was. You know, kind of throws a wrench
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in the middle of, you know, he was
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starting to get a groove there uh the
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first, you know, three, four, five
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plays, whatever he had. But I I'm I'm
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excited for for anybody in that
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quarterback room when they get an
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opportunity because, you know, obviously
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you guys see me the most and I'm coming
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out there first. Uh but I think as a
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room as a whole, you know, we all put
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the same amount of work in. We're all
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grinding. We're all in there together
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watching the tape. um you know really
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everybody preparing as if they were the
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starter which you know is really
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encouraging to see. I know when I was a
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younger guy I took a lot of pride in
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that and I think all those guys in there
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do the same thing. Um so when they get
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their opportunity to shine I mean shoot
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when he trucked that guy I know we got a
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holding call and it got called back but
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when he trucked that guy right in front
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of me I was like dude that was awesome
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like you you know came to got around the
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edge and I saw you kind of buck your
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shoulders up and I was like oh he's
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going to try for it. So it it was good
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to see and uh yeah I mean it's fun
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whenever whenever you know those guys
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get an opportunity to play whether it's
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in practice or in games. Um, so I think
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just, you know, my kind of mindset
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shifts of just being able to support
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them, cheer for them, whatever they need
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from me. Um, so they have the chance to
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go out there and be be successful. You
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know, I don't know how many weather days
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you've been in in your career, but what
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are some of the most important things
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from a player perspective to do in the
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locker room? It's an hour and 19 minutes
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today. What are some of the most
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important things to do in the locker
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room? And how does that affect just from
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a player perspective? Yeah, I mean it
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was I I think I maybe was had one other
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um in 2023 I believe when I was at
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Maryland against UNC Charlotte, but I
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don't think the game ever started. So,
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you know, that that time I think I just
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warmed up in our indoor and so it was a
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little bit different but today I mean it
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was tough cuz even, you know, for me
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obviously Miles had went in and started
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that drive and I knew I probably wasn't
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going back in the game. Um and I came
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in, you know, the weight room, we were
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all sitting there talking, had the iPad
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up and I sat for maybe like eight
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minutes and I stood up and I was like,
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"Oh my gosh." like you know like I was
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immediately felt the effect of you know
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having some sort of delay where I was
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just sitting you know on my butt for 10
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minutes so I think it was really
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important a lot of guys were in there
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biking moving around um I think the
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biggest thing is just mentally staying
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locked in right it's hard you know if we
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have
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if we have another delay obviously given
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the circumstances of this game it was 28
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nothing 35 nothing whatever it was but
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it throws a wrench in there so I think
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the biggest thing is mentally being able
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to stay locked into the game you know
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whether we were in the red area or
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whatever the the situation was when the
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game ended and then physically you You
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got to you got to stay moving. Um so
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that way you know your first time
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running isn't after an hour and 19
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sitting in there and you get a 4-minute
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warm-up and then you're rolling.
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>> Jack got us a little more CJ today. I
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just kind of curious what's been like
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working with him.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. It's it's been a lot of fun.
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I mean that kid um I've said it multiple
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times. I don't know what what I'll have
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him listed as height, but if he's 5'8,
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5'9, like he plays like he's 5'11. He
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plays bigger than he is. He plays
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physical. Um you know, we joke about it.
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He said he played quarterback in high
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school, which I'm not saying he didn't.
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I I believe him um in that aspect, but I
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think it shows, you know, it shows in
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flashes of him being a smart player and
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him having kind of just a knack for the
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game of football. Um and he's, you know,
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he has the ability to be explosive as as
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a lot of those guys in the receiver room
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and the tight end room do. Um you know,
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it's kind of my job and the coach's job
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to be able to get them touches. Um so it
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was good to see him kind of get some
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confidence in there. I think I only
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maybe tried to throw one pass or two
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passes to him at TCU, so to get him a
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few completions. Obviously, that
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scramble drill was big. um him getting
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friendly, coming down the sideline for
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me. And then that little, you know,
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touch pass we gave him on the sideline,
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like we got to get, you know, more
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opportunities for him and his confidence
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will continue to grow and his role in
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this offense will continue to grow grow.
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So, we just got to be there, you know,
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for him and and me as an older guy in
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the quarterback be able to to help him
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kind of through those growing pains so
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that, you know, he's he's going to be
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really good player for us as as
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everybody in that room is, but you know,
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you can never have too many weapons to
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to go out there and kind of, you know,
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make those plays that he has the the
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capability of making. All right. How
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does that feel after an afternoon like
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today?
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>> Uh it feels pretty good. You know, uh
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all the work you put in throughout the
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week, uh able to pay off at the end of
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the week. So, you know, it's just a good
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feeling, but you never get too high with
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the highs, too lows with the lows. So,
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just on to next week.
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>> Second, three touchups today. What's a
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game like this? What's it do for your
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confidence going out?
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>> Confidence was through the roof going
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into the season, but like you said,
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after a game like that, it just only
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would increase like you would expect.
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But uh yeah, like I just said, never get
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too high with the highs, never get too
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low at the lows, and focus on next week.
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>> Follow. What's your mindset around the
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goal line, man? Obviously, see green
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grassy end.
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What's your mindset down?
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>> Just knowing like you put in so much
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work to get down there, why settle? Go
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ahead, punch it in. And you get the
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opportunity to do that, take full
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advantage.
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>> I think it was 32 different guys
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offensively for you guys today in the
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end. Why is it important for all of
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those different guys to be on the field
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at some point to get your act?
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>> Just so you know, uh get your feet wet.
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Uh people that may not have played much
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before, it's uh super important to you
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know, get a feel for the game. So later
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down the stretch, maybe when you know,
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god forbid, but guys go down or we need
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a guy to step up, they uh it's not new
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to them. So just that rotation within um
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all the guys just everybody getting a
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chance to go out there and make a play
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is just uh all good and then
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>> Frank
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game seven touchdowns. How tough does it
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go from
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that many times
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>> to now
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the most of those limited carries?
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>> Yeah. Just uh being ready, you know, uh
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job got to get done no matter who's out
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there. So, uh, like I said, uh, make the
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most of your carries and just go out
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there and have fun. You know, all the
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work that you put in behind the scenes
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to just go out there and play your game.
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>> Giu, what was the in your mind? What's
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the most encouraging
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groundwork that you laid today or
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foundation that you laid today going
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into Clemson for next week?
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>> I think we all just did a good job uh,
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working hard all week and just knowing
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that we had to take care of business.
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So, uh, from tackle to tackle, just
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moving the ball and moving the pals and
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just getting good runs and in the pass
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game, being efficient, being smart, and
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just taking things that were available
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to us, just, uh, helps everybody all
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around. Yeah.
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>> Let's go to second here.
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>> Uh, can you just kind of talk about
14:36
offensive efficiency real quick? You
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guys have three drives that are under
14:40
182 minutes. How important is that to
14:44
the game play and how do you translate
14:46
into, you know, tougher games? Yeah,
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like I said, uh just knowing all week
14:51
like preparation is key. Like so much
14:54
goes into the preparation from uh the
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beginning of the week to game day. So
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just knowing that like I said before,
15:00
all the work that you've put in and you
15:02
finally get to go out there and showcase
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for what maybe an hour, two, two hours,
15:07
however long the game may be, just uh it
15:10
it feels good like the to let the hard
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work pay off.
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>> Hey Jake,
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>> what did you do during that hour and 19
15:16
minute delay? What did you personally
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do? We got on the film just uh guys
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stayed hydrated. Uh nobody wanted to get
15:22
complacent. Like we knew we still had a
15:24
long quarter to play. Uh didn't want to
15:26
get guys relaxed. So we're still in
15:28
there on the film hydrating and stuff,
15:30
making sure we're fueled up. So when we
15:32
did come back out, we were still able
15:33
to, you know, not have a drop off and
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still be able to play a good game.
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>> I assume to show him that.
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>> No.
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Yeah. No. No sir. Like I said, didn't
15:42
want to show him.
15:45
>> Yeah. And I just wanted to stay ready
15:47
and you know like I said not get
15:49
complacent. Wouldn't want to do anything
15:50
to let the focus slip. So pads on gloves
15:54
everything still tape cleats on just
15:56
ready to go. Hey de going back to like
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making the most of your opportunity
16:01
having a career day with three
16:02
touchdowns.
16:04
>> Spend that the efficiency three
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touchdowns on just seven carries.
16:10
>> How are you able to do that? I mean,
16:11
that's some of the most efficient
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football I've I've seen anywhere.
16:15
>> Relentless effort. Like when you have a
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group of guys that want to put points up
16:18
and like like I said, like I'm going to
16:21
keep repeating it, but like just knowing
16:23
the preparation and stuff that we work
16:25
like put in through the week and just be
16:28
out there and showcase it all. Like it
16:30
just feels so good. Like 1 through 11,
16:32
no matter who's putting the ball in the
16:34
end zone, like you know, you played a
16:35
part in the play to get it done. And
16:38
that's how it went today. So it just
16:40
felt good. Yeah.
16:40
>> Why going back two weeks ago to see an
16:43
open? You weren't super involved into
16:44
that last I guess. Like what what what's
16:47
come to your mind if you're not really
16:49
involved and like what how important was
16:52
that last drive to get you going into
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this two weeks preparation?
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>> Just uh staying positive. Uh being ready
16:58
to being ready when your numbers call
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like Yeah. Just um knowing that like
17:03
it's going to take everybody. Like it's
17:05
not going to be one guy who's going to
17:06
win the game for us all. It's going to
17:07
take everybody on the roster. So, no
17:10
matter if it's the first play or the
17:12
last play, like you going to play the
17:14
same, play hard, play relentlessly.
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>> Perfect. Good stuff.
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>> Yeah, I appreciate all y'all.
17:20
>> Hey, where do you guys see the most
17:22
growth from game one?
17:24
>> Uh, I feel like, you know, all phases
17:25
were clicking today. Look good offense,
17:27
defense, special teams. Just, you know,
17:29
we played really hard, really well, and,
17:31
you know, I feel like just clicking
17:33
well.
17:35
Uh Peyton, what kind of groundwork do
17:38
you feel like you guys have laid um in
17:40
during this game getting ready to go
17:42
into Clemson next week?
17:43
>> I just feel like we showed that we're
17:45
tough. You know, we're physical. We can
17:46
play. You know, like I said, we got all
17:50
three phases doing well and Yeah.
17:53
[snorts]
17:54
>> How two games, how would you assess your
17:55
own play on the field?
17:57
>> Uh feel like I've done well. You know,
17:59
some things I can clean up and fix, but
18:01
feel like I've done decent so far. What
18:04
has been the toughest adjustment would
18:05
you say for you future games if there's
18:07
if there hasn't been
18:10
>> um I don't know maybe just just getting
18:13
comfortable out there and you know
18:15
playing
18:18
>> uh you guys after this second drive
18:20
against TCU hadn't allowed a single
18:22
point until the final drive for ETSU
18:24
today.
18:25
>> Do you is there a certain amount of
18:27
pride in that defensive unit that you
18:29
know you take when you hear a stat like
18:31
that?
18:31
>> Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah, we got some
18:34
dogs on our defense, you know. Love
18:35
playing with those guys. Bunch of
18:38
physical dudes. We fly around, you know,
18:39
just glad to be a part of it.
18:41
>> And when ETSU scored that field goal,
18:43
they're also a part of you that's like
18:45
really frustrated that that, you know,
18:47
that streak is now.
18:48
>> Yeah, a little bit. A couple of the guys
18:50
are kind of upset about that, but you
18:53
know, it's football.
18:55
>> Second,
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>> ask
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obviously did really well against you as
19:01
well. What can you say about him playing
19:04
with him in the team?
19:06
>> Yeah, he's a stud. He He's, you know,
19:08
he's a humble dude. One of the nicest
19:10
guys on the team probably and just goes
19:13
to work every day and, you know, I've
19:14
never heard him complain or whine about
19:16
anything. Just really good dude, really,
19:18
really good player.
19:20
>> Hey, had a chance to meet your lovely
19:23
lady. What's it mean to have your family
19:25
experiencing you here at Carolina?
19:29
>> It means a lot to me. Yeah, that was one
19:30
of my deciding factors when coming here
19:33
is, you know, pretty close to home.
19:34
Family [snorts] come out, you know,
19:36
stuff like that means a lot to me.
19:38
>> Frank,
19:41
Jaylen Harvey, Xavier Lewis, feels like
19:44
enough on that defensive line to even
19:48
like
19:50
Yeah, it was cool. You know, I feel like
19:51
we got a lot a lot of good players, a
19:53
lot of good depth across the whole team.
19:55
You know, I feel like guys can step up
19:57
and make plays whenever whenever asked.
19:59
AJ
20:01
>> from your channel last week last week
20:04
got close a couple times. You got him a
20:06
couple times today. From your gameplay,
20:08
what are some things that kind of pop
20:09
about him on a player hasn't had
20:12
success?
20:13
>> He's really explosive. That dude's
20:15
probably one of the freakiest athletes
20:17
I've ever been around. He's just really
20:18
explosive and
20:20
you know, he just gets out to the
20:21
quarterback a bunch.
20:24
>> And let me ask you a lot. Some guys go
20:27
up and you don't want to get the
20:28
quarterback. He was unblockable on that
20:31
day. He get the quarterback because
20:32
you're like a different you've seen a
20:34
lot of guys.
20:36
>> Yeah, like I said, he's just super
20:38
explosive and really good athlete, good
20:40
ball player.
20:42
>> Hey, I know obviously like you you guys
20:45
have played really well offensively
20:46
today, but through through two games, it
20:48
really seems like defense is starting to
20:52
be the identity of this team. What are
20:54
the types of things you guys are doing
20:56
in game on defense to just create that
20:59
like dominance and like frustrated
21:01
audience the first two?
21:03
>> Uh I don't know. I guess feel like that
21:06
kind of starts with our leaders, you
21:07
know, like Derek McDonald,
21:10
uh, Zay Johnson, you know, those guys
21:12
are always getting us like in the right
21:15
like mindset, you know, hyping us up,
21:17
getting us ready to go play, you know,
21:18
just it's fun to play for those guys,
21:20
you know, they're older guys and
21:23
got some great dudes.
21:25
>> How quickly are the freshman?
21:29
>> The freshman
21:31
>> unlike the whole team, is that what
21:32
you're asking? or just line the D line.
21:35
>> Oh yeah, we got some great great
21:37
freshman on the D line like Calvin
21:39
Johnson, a couple other dudes. Like it's
21:42
really cool seeing them progress over
21:44
time from like the spring when they came
21:45
in to now and how much they've grown.
21:47
It's really cool.
21:50
>> Hey, your two games your defense has
21:52
only given up one touchdown. I believe
21:54
you're only giving them six and a half
21:56
points per game. What would you say the
21:57
identity of your defense through two
21:59
games uh starting the season and going
22:02
into Clinton this week?
22:04
>> Uh I just feel like we're like kind of
22:06
like a blue collar operation. You know,
22:07
we play hard, feel like we do things the
22:10
right way and you know, it's paying off.
22:15
>> Appreciate you.
22:16
>> Anything else for Ben?
22:18
>> Perfect. Thanks on us.
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