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I I think you look at the the the room
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as a whole, I feel like we did get
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better.
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And I feel like we got better with with
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with guys that are at different age
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groups, right? I feel like last year we
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we went all in with one guy, and this
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year we kind of went Billy Edwards and
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Miles O'Neal and even Travis Burgess,
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and you brought three guys in the room.
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And I've always said this, and I would
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and look when I coached at FIU with
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Butch Davis, you know, I was coaching
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quarterbacks and and was director of
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recruiting.
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He always wanted two-year age gap in
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between because he felt like it was the
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NFL. Hey, look, let's get a veteran and
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and if the if the second-year guy has to
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play, then we have a chance. And then
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even if we have to go to the freshman,
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we're going to have a room that's
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developed. And I think I think you look
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at the continuity that you could bring
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in. Billy Edwards has played a ton of
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football. We just haven't seen it yet.
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He was at He was at Wake Forest first.
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He He went to Maryland and had a great
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2024 season and and played in the ACC.
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And then he got hurt, and he was a
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starter at Wisconsin, which they had a
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really good team coming back. And if he
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doesn't, you know, get injured,
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then, you know, we no one knows how good
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of a season he could have had. And I'm
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really I was close with Billy even
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growing up as a kid.
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And and and kind of, you know, I've
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known him for since he was a little kid
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in high school. He's actually from my
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same hometown. We went to rival high
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schools. I went to West Springfield, he
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went to Lake Braddock. Our dads coached
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against each other, and so I've known
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Billy for a long time. I know what it
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makes him tick. I know his competitive
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level. I know his is attention to
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detail, and I compare him to a Kirk
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Cousins type of player. And I think you
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have, you know, you have a Miles Miles
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O'Neal who I've seen throw the football,
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and he can absolutely spin it.
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Very strong arm. He has familiarity with
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Coach Petrino.
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And then I think you look at Travis
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Burgess who's coming off an ACL. I think
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that kid has a ton of upside. I think
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what Matt Lombardi's done to turn that
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room around and get three kids for the
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price of one is is what I'm impressed
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with.
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