Your boys Curtis and Brian talk Coach Fu's first post camp press conference which highlighted where the position battles stand as they prepare for UVA on 9/19 & that playing through COVID requires an adaptive mindset from coaches, players, & administration. We also discuss updates to the '21 recruiting cycle after the commitments of Kenji Christian and Jared Gibble, as well as the high profile miss on Tyleik Williams.
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Welcome back to the boundary
Corner podcast two times in one
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week.
Brian how are you?
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I'm good, buddy.
How you feeling?
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I'm doing good man.
Two times in one week.
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Just tells me that we are
getting closer and closer to the
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season.
How was your evening tonight?
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It was pretty chill man.
Just Wife still full bore into
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this starting up school.
So, hanging out with the boy,
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did a little little takeout for
dinner and nothing too major.
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How about you man?
Similar similar wife texted me
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today, she was like, I'm sore I
need an afternoon so I'm like,
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why don't you just come home
early, take a nap.
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I'll go get the kids.
Give you a good hour.
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So we did some Chinese here at
the house and And chilled out
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early this week.
Last few baseball games until
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the fall.
So it's been a busy week so, you
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know, definitely here.
But man, we've got a lot to jump
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into today, poke headlines
coming up and then another food
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processor.
So with a lot of information
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that me and you as we listen to
We were like oh boy, I'm taking
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notes and kind of divulging some
stuff and hypothesizing some
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stuff in our mind.
So let's start with Hokey
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headlines real quick.
Braun got a couple commits this
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week.
Yeah, we did.
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Yes, we did candy.
Christensen six-foot-two,
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200-pound 87, rated 3 star at a
penson Alabama way.
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You think Brian?
That's a big boy to be a senior.
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Yeah, he's a big boy and he
plays a way.
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I mean looking at his tape he's
kind of your typical one cut
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tight back but he is Ursula.
They did line him up in the wing
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and he was running.
You know some go routes they
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would flare them out a little
bit, catching some balls out of
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the backfield so he's definitely
got some versatility there but
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in terms of his running style
definitely a kind of a one cut
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and go type back.
Oh yeah man, he actually played
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a game, had a couple could runs
in the Highlight tapes on last
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Friday so he is one of the guys
that are coming to this class of
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his playing this fall.
Maybe that helps get the bump up
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a little bit above to a for,
we'll see, hopefully, that'll
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that'll help the class if
nothing else.
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Absolutely now also, actually
really good offer.
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Let's 22 total offers including
offers from Georgia, Kansas
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State, Nebraska, Arkansas, and
UVA.
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So, you know, chocolate one for
the guys against the guys, up
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the road here, I like him.
You know, I just like that
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sighs.
Sighs it, you know, regardless
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of where he is mentally, he
walks on the campus, whether it
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be in January, or whether it be
in June of next year.
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And yeah, you probably have to
cut them up a little bit but
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you're not having to add weight
which makes me think potential
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early contributor.
Maybe maybe yeah, I definitely
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could see that it probably of
the three backs.
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He's probably the one that
probably will end up getting
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back field carriers, the
soonest.
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Yeah.
And I think The other two guys
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you might get involved in other
ways, but I like his chances of
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getting in the backfield getting
those, those big time carries a
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little bit sooner there.
But really I like, you know, all
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three of the backs we've gotten
have, kind of bring something
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different to the table.
But, you know, really, again, we
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talked about it already a lot,
but skill, guys being versatile.
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I mean, that's what we're
bringing in here.
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Were either getting guys that
have complementary defined roles
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or guys that can do a little bit
every verything.
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Yep.
And you gotta love that weren't
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done yet in the commitment
category, Jared Gibble at a
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Winston-Salem three-star. 84
rank 6 foot 4 225 tight end.
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He had been committed to
Charlotte before we flip them.
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You know, looks like I haven't
seen this tape.
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Did you get a quick chance to
look at it?
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Brian.
Yeah, I picked out a little bit.
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So seeing this commitment and
seeing when it happened I think
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that kind of tells me, we're not
sure about probably, one of our,
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one of our two, tier 1 guys were
looking at whether it's dangle
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or routes out of South Carolina,
South Carolina and a rock kids.
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So sounds like to me, we release
shaky on one of those guys
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wanted to make sure that we get
Giblin the boat here.
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So we go ahead and get that
offer.
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It also looked like there may be
some other power five schools
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that were about to send him a
committable.
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I'll offer to.
So we got out ahead of that,
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went ahead and got him in the
boat.
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So I think that's that was a
good move by us and looking at
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his tape.
He's a willing blocker.
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He's a guy that can block pretty
well and good job of High Point
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in the ball on some of the same
routes that I saw him run.
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So I think he's going to be able
to complement us a little bit in
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the in the Run game and in the
past game.
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So I think it's a good grab.
I mean, nothing stands out.
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He's not a guy that the take
really jumps off that you but
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Solid in All Phases.
You always want to hear about a
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tight end because I was getting
ready to ask.
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You will see a joker?
Was he an inline guy?
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Well, what you're telling me is,
he probably can do it all, which
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kind of want from a tight end at
least what what we do.
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Because when you have the guy
that can do it all, you really
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can, you can really create bad
matchups.
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Regardless, if he's a burner, or
if he's a great blocker, if you
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can do it all, they just put
them out there.
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Let them figure out what we're
going to do with.
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And whether, you know, 12th
position runs a wheel route was
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getting up to the second level
as part of some blocking.
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So, yeah, not the biggest offer.
Let's again, flip them out of
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Charlotte.
But again, add one more to the
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class and to your point.
Probably on Shaky Ground.
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Somebody, let's go ahead and get
a solid player in boat.
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Let's move on to the next one.
All right, run it all wooden.
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Good news this week.
Four hours ago.
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Luckily we me you saw the
writing on the wall between the
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crystal balls and some other
conversations elsewhere,
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probably the number one target
for the Hokies in this
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recruiting cycle from definitely
the last of the big ones in
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terms of in-state, for sure.
Definitely lies in state for
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sure.
Shuts us out in the top tenth.
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I leaked Williams committed to
Ohio State.
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He is their 14th rated recruit
out of like 16.
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So the rich get even richer, you
know?
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we've said it before run and you
know, just just just just All
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right, so we're going to say,
we're going to say a few things
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here.
We're going to start with
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traditionally.
And recently, we have struggled
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with pulling top in-state
Talent, guys.
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Look at us as well.
If I don't get a committable
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offer from that blue blood power
5, there's always Virginia Tech.
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And I feel like we were it was
kind of that way with the Quan
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Brown earlier this cycle and
unfortunately I think we were
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another victim here with with
tie Lake Williams where it
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looked like both of those guys?
We're going to go to Virginia
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Tech if they didn't get the
offer they were looking for and
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they got the offer they were
looking for.
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You know I mean there there's
several factors here.
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I mean the big one is that We've
got two brand new coaches on the
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defensive line, which is, is
both a help and a hinderence at
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this point.
I think they have really brought
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a lot of energy and they've got
Bona fides that I think play
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well on the recruiting Trail but
right now they haven't seen what
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they can do in terms of one feel
product.
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And they haven't seen what they
can do.
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In terms of getting guys into
the NFL and until they start
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showing that we're still going
to have a hard time.
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Winning these battles heads up
against the big, boys.
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Eyes.
Yeah.
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And and the whole covid, this
year sucks even more because we
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miss the opportunities.
Spring ball to potentially show
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some of these guys.
This is what we're doing in the
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future regardless to 23 years
down the road.
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But when you miss Spring ball,
if you're doing new technique
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showing you know, new not new
formations.
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But new techniques on the
defensive line, how we're going
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to rotate your going to get
looks early in our system, it's
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gone.
I'm also you don't get a chance
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for the guys.
Seeing him to essentially get
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him face-to-face.
And I mean, face-to-face, I mean
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face-to-face in Blacksburg, you
know, and one of those things
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where it's like, if when you
don't get that it hurts, because
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that's one of the big things we
have, is those two
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personalities, really three.
Don't put Justin Hamilton in
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there to those three
personalities, but if you sit in
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a room with And you see some of
their interviews, you feel like
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you could create an energy and
some sort of dynamic with a
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young player to wear
potentially, maybe Ohio, State
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comes in the room and offers and
he's like, no, I'm good.
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No, I'm good.
They didn't know me from the
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beginning.
Yep, this is a new coaching
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staff, but I'm feeling the same
Vibes you missed that, but do me
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wrong because staff has to get
better at this and can winning
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fix it.
Yes, but you've got to go in
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last two seasons.
We've not done that clearly they
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are targeting the state of
Virginia, so it's not one of
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these.
Or they're not trying to get
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anyone.
We have multiple kids from
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in-state highest-ranked.
Is 14th, you know, and when you
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look at like, who are they
getting out recruited by this,
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this is the current top 10 and
this is where they're going.
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To or a little bit body but the
other ones you kind of get
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Oklahoma Louisiana Monroe which
just baffles me with James,
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Gillespie Trend Magazines, going
to West Virginia, that's Western
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Far, Western part of the state
does that shock.
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If nope, Taylor's going to UVA
and well, let's form a commit
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Tennessee.
George Wilson's.
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Going to South Carolina, Gilliam
Oklahoma.
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Kylieqq Ohio, State treyvion,
Ohio, State and Tristan pretty
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much people thinking, they're
down to Clemson and unless you
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take the less be out and then
the Logan Taylor thing, you know
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what, that's the thing about
recruiting and state, do you
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know your your Bravo can go, get
those guys and they did and for
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them, they need that help.
I mean I guarantee if Logan
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Taylor is not starting next
year, that is a with for them.
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A big wealth because that
offensive line you've already
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discussed in the past day or
thin, but then you look at the
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other ones.
It's the George Wilson's.
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The only one you can say what
South Carolina's, their nests DC
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school.
He wasn't getting recruited hard
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by a lot of teens because the
expectation he's probably going
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to like basketball.
So yeah.
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So it sucks.
They need to do better again.
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Hopefully great season this
season piggybacking on going
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into next year.
Having normal recruiting cycle
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or ham tap till we can all get
on the trail changes that if it
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doesn't, you know.
It doesn't matter.
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Yes, but if we're winning nine
to 11 games a year, all right.
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You don't want come here.
That's your prerogative.
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We're running Leslie, and it
becomes a bigger issue.
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It becomes more of a you, it
might be the end of this
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coaching staff.
Sure.
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And yeah, I think the big thing
that we need to focus on is the
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closing because can't do it yet.
I feel like we're we get there
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and then, Don't close.
And I feel like that's been kind
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of the theme of this cycle even
more so than some of the last
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couple and you know, I'm not
sure what has changed a little
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bit.
I obviously having a stacking 26
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win season and a twin season
isn't exactly blowing people's
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skirts up and then you can kind
of - recruit off that especially
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after some of the things that
were coming out in the 2018.
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But I think now that we've got
More of a veteran team.
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We should be able to improve
that product and hopefully that
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improves the ability to close on
these guys.
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But right now, that's the
problem and the staff just has
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to get better at it.
Even if you know the winds come
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because it's still going to be a
fight especially against those
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Blue Bloods.
We got to start winning even if
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we only win 25% of those
battles, we got to start doing
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that.
Yep, 100% man. 100% gotta start
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getting.
Some of them one.
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Well, let's go back to some
happier news earlier this week.
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Yesterday to be exact 26, can
Phillips get signed by the
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Panthers big time.
Big Time, good for him.
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As everybody knows, we were
covering them earlier this year,
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you know, led the XFL in
receiving yards with 455 and
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five games.
So adding nine touchdowns
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including their week 3, where he
went eight 194 which is just
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nuts.
Good, just good for him, good
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with the rock, buying the XFL,
this right here, shows what it
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can be guys, who are unsigned or
lower.
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Drafted go there, develop show
you can play then your
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opportunities arise.
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And I think that's it's good for
cam, I'm surprised it took this
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long I thought he would have
been on a roster before Kim
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started, but I'm glad to see
that he's on there now that
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they're starting to see, you
know, some attrition and maybe
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some of the guys they thought B
paying not painting.
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So, I'm glad that he's in there
and it sounds like, you know,
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he's going to make some noise in
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everywhere.
He's been, he's been, he's
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making plays and I think he's
going to do well here.
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I mean, we started this podcast
is when they actually fell was
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Is just starting out as well.
So a lot of our early episodes,
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you know, we're devoting time to
hyping up Cam and I'm glad to
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see him finally get on an NFL
roster here.
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Absolutely man.
And you know something that if
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you remember, Joe Brady who's
that?
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Let's use offensive coordinator
went with rule down the Panthers
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and Lula said, he probably wants
to keep seven wideouts.
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going to be on fastest, why the
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potentially H DJ more Curtis and
me Robbie Anderson are going
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nowhere on that team.
They are locked.
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In.
So at least him kind of in a
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battle with with five other guys
for four spot but really he's 60
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64 for so hopefully can can go
kill is worth, make the
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practice, make the squad and I
continue his career I Braun lets
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go buddy.
We got a lot to cover the foo
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press conference.
We want to kick it off with
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Let's start with what it seemed
every reporter was asking about,
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which was, what are some of the
effects of covid on practicing
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and camp, and everything else
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start the season.
Well, yeah, I mean, and I mean,
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some of the stuff with
repetitive listening to the
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press conference, which you
almost want to be like you guys
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want quarters, right?
You guys take notes write like
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me and Brian or what we do.
If we do a fan podcast we have a
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lot of fun.
We like here it is.
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Is this question?
Well, why are you asking it
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again?
But a couple of the bigger
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things that came out of that
Brian.
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He kind of mentioned about the
way guys are coming in.
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They're coming in at different
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It wasn't like everybody got
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Same time, check-in, do this, do
this, because of kind of the
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awkwardness of having to bring
in, you know, probably over a
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hundred guys and get them
adapted to of the big pieces,
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were changa, finally Shanghai,
just finally participating in
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limited session, And they're
still waiting on Devin Taylor to
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get with the team.
Are we shocked by that?
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I'm not.
No, not in, you know, you
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already talked about it, but
it's he kind of broke down the
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stages.
It's like, okay.
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Well, you get to campus, you
know, your kind of sequestered
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for a fixed amount of time.
Once you get your test back and,
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you know, you have that that
amount of time then, you know,
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they start working in gradually
into small group film sessions
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and then small group practice
sessions and then they go full
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group as as you get more more
time with the team there.
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So that's kind of the protocol
that they're following sounds
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like changa Hodges is in kind of
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Preparing for phase three and
Devin Taylor's kind of Right On
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The Fringe of moving from Phase
1 to phase 2.
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So he's still kind of waiting to
get with the team and start
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doing some of those team
activities versus probably what
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he's doing now which is mostly
trying to digest The Playbook
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and states to You're into
wherever they have a
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sequestered, get yourself into
condition shape, look over the
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Playbook.
What we're doing.
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I mean, it all makes sense.
So, you know, but it's got to be
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that way this year and there's
no way around it.
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At least you feel comfortable,
how they're doing the protocols
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and they're not taking risk of
infecting, a whole team.
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He also mentioned no additional
opt-outs.
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Yeah.
But let's go to something, you
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we've mentioned it.
He kind of mentioned about doing
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a contact tracing and how it
could remove several players
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from team at a time.
And it, we have not been
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affected yet, but you saw the
two big stories in the last
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couple days.
The Lincoln Riley thing.
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That came out basically saying,
we essentially lost an entire
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group that has to play on the
field.
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The same time, but one person.
Yep.
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And then in LSU comes out and
says, we essentially I lost four
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guys.
They said it from our offensive
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line, yeah, offensive line.
And the question is is, are they
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infected or are they simply
contact tracing where backup
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left guard?
Got it.
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He's always around those guys,
which sucks.
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But I'm sure I think I sent you
the link yesterday.
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The new test that came out.
I think that's the that's a game
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changer with that test.
Yeah, it literally, if they're
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able to get that going, that's
going to make things a whole lot
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easier because, you know, no
longer are you having to
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precautionary really quarantine
quarantine in entire group of
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folks, because of one positive
test positive, then now, they're
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gonna have to call Team for a
couple of days.
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Yes, but but, but not not an
extended period of time, which
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is going to make between that
test the saliva test.
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It is something to worry about.
You wonder a we breaking up.
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We're we're splitting guys up or
maybe certain guys just aren't
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playing with one another.
I would hope so but if not maybe
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it's a we trust the guys to do
the right thing but that would.
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So I mentioned today, what if a
team raises their hand?
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You know, this isn't West the
show today, team raising a, we
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can't play this week.
How many guys you got?
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We got a cluster me.
How many you got?
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Yeah, 50, what they're not
telling you, is we got three
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starting offensive linemen out.
I started running back in our
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best corner.
We ain't playing this week.
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We got cluster here versus
somebody tells you 10 like yeah,
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yeah, yeah, yeah.
You definitely can't play.
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You're missing ten guys,
regardless.
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So yeah.
Any 10 guys off of a travel
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Squad is going to be a big deal
for guys.
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That's only maybe slightly
higher in one week than what you
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what a typical injury reporter
be.
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So there's a there's manageable
and there's not many as well and
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I get what you're saying is that
it depends on who those
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manageable.
Players are exactly couple other
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things, he mentioned and I want
to ask you about this.
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The sideline game day changes,
there's going to be bigger areas
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for the players.
The Shield Walter we solve the
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Tweet, which was, it looks
awesome from the sound of it.
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They're getting more used to it.
Give me your take on both of
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those because a More on the
sidelines.
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I'm sure some guys like that's
great.
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I'm sure some guys I would think
offensive lineman like no we
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need to be near each other so we
can be talking and fucking
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communicating.
Yeah I mean this is really big
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for in terms of just sideline
after a series of offensive
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lineman and really the entire
defense is usually pulling
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themselves to the side and
talking through things as a
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unit.
So that's going to be a big
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thing that there need to work
around and figure out a way to
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do that.
That's safe.
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And at least, you know,
arms-length apart if nothing
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else, you know, it's good that
they're going to have bigger
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area for that to happen on the
sidelines because space, it can
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be an issue.
Especially once you talk about
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some of the things that you
know, I think the reason we're
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opening things up here is that
some of the things that you're
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used to having on the sidelines
are now going to be taken out of
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play because there's going to be
limited or no fan environment
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here at the games.
So I think there's going to be
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less of the kind of extra stuff
going on there but it's still
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going to be hard for them to
them to make that work in terms
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of The Shield alterations.
I mean, that's honestly the a
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Big Boy's dream because I'm sure
all of those big boys were
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balking early on about wearing
the full face shield.
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We tend to suck wind after a
while.
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The Shield's make that a little
bit harder to do so I imagine
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that's definitely news to the
ears of the offensive linemen
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and some of the guys on the
defensive side of the ball as
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well.
So I like what they're doing, I
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like that.
They're not just saying well
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here's what you got you either
wear it or you don't they're
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trying to make it work for
everybody and still do it safely
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so I like that they're taking
those steps.
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Yeah, absolutely.
And in there.
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Trying to make it where the
protecting them.
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But at the same time as you
mentioned, trying to make it
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breathe because clearly
300-pound, guys out there
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sucking wind you need to get
them are and especially
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sometimes we run those Tempo
plays where we hit a big one
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word lining up to go quick like
got a little breathe.
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So it's all try to pass out
after I sprinted, 50 yards to
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get the next play off so we can
get in the end zone.
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Nobody is nobody is.
All right, so not all Good news
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the last couple days from the
ACC as a whole.
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You know we had the UNC cluster
outbreaks Notre Dame had their
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cluster outbreaks Notre Dame
looks like they're getting back
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on track pretty quick.
Yes.
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And then we have the NC State
outbreak best part of this news.
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Brian.
The plug was not pulled, not by
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the team's, not by the ACCC.
Nope.
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Thank That with those happening
and there are other places to
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your hearing it at other
campuses and other conferences.
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I don't think anybody's pulling
the plug.
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I think they feel like it's we
know it's going to happen.
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We're trying to protect our guys
best we can.
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We're trying to put them in good
situations.
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We've got the test.
The whole myocarditis thing
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which now is nobody's talked
about anymore.
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When all these clusters broke
out.
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I wonder why?
Yeah, a because doctors were
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looking at it saying because now
it's like, it's even rarer than
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initially.
Thought I think I read that the
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other day, so yeah, but What was
gonna be the best way to stay
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with all this happening?
There's going to be, there's
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going to be a week, you're
expected to play an opponent.
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You're not going to play that
opponent, probably.
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Yeah.
So, you know, And everything we
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talked about it during the press
conference.
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You know, being able to adapt is
going to be the key this year.
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If you're not able to the team
that can adapt well or at least
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adapt, as well as can be
expected is going to be the
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team.
One of the one of the team's is
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going to be there at the end
whether that end is earlier than
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we expect or not.
But you know it's good that they
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didn't pull the plug and it
sounds like at least four in the
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Notre Dame cases.
Is that hey Protocols are
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working but we had an outbreak.
We kept it contained and we're
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moving forward.
So I think that's a good thing.
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It sounds like their Protocols
are working UNC and NC State.
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I don't know.
It sounds like the greater RDU
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area.
There is struggling with some
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cases right now in general, not
just on these campuses but in
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general who would have thought
that one of the most populous
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areas in the country and all of
a sudden, A bunch of students
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descend on it at one time that
there would be a problem who saw
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that coming.
Well, then the whole thing we
446
00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:46,900
said, we're not testing the kids
as they come in regardless.
447
00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:52,100
If it takes, you know, 5 days,
10 days, you know, it's one of
448
00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:56,700
those things where it's just
idiotic, it's really idiotic to
449
00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:59,200
not say you're going to test
these kids as they come in.
450
00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,000
Because if you do have one, you
can quickly identify them.
451
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:09,600
Say, you have it, you need to To
stay in 14 days, you know,
452
00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:12,400
because how do you think that
probably the big outbreaks
453
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:13,600
happen?
They were all partying in
454
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,200
Raleigh?
He'll probably people who he's
455
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,600
going to Matic.
Yeah, didn't test them.
456
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,800
Go out there and do whatever you
going to do so, you know.
457
00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:24,500
Yep.
So, I mean, that's a problem in
458
00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:26,900
that brings us to.
The other thing that happened as
459
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:31,500
a result of this, is that NC
state has because of that
460
00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:34,600
cluster, we've now moved that
game from the 12th of the 26th.
461
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,900
So You know, we lose our opener
and now because we lose our
462
00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:40,800
opener.
We also lose our by week here,
463
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,500
and that creates its own set of
problems here.
464
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:48,400
I mean, we had talked about
different scenarios.
465
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,100
We would have liked to seen if
we probably had more time.
466
00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:56,400
Yeah, to do it.
I think of the options moving,
467
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,500
Liberty to, that date was
probably the most palatable.
468
00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:03,400
Yeah.
Because we would, at least have
469
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,400
a closer by week then, After
week, 10.
470
00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:11,000
So I think that would have been
at least a little more palpable,
471
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,900
I think, would have been what we
Kate would have been the other
472
00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:17,700
by or week 9 but I think the
reason they're not doing it, I
473
00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:21,300
think and this is just something
I've been thinking about the dad
474
00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:23,700
and mention it to you yesterday.
I don't think they've moved
475
00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:28,400
anything to that date because
for example, we pull up ACC
476
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:33,900
schedule here for example,
Boston College Boston College is
477
00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:37,400
playing Duke on the 19th,
correct.
478
00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:40,100
Yes.
All right.
479
00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:43,500
Let's say something funky
happens and they can't the week
480
00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:46,500
before Boston.
Cop comes down with some.
481
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:51,200
They can't play well, hold on.
Well, let's do this.
482
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:55,100
Why don't we play Boston
College?
483
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,000
I don't think what's in stone is
what's installed?
484
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,600
Yeah.
As things start changing is when
485
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,700
they're going to start moving.
I think the out of conference
486
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:07,100
Gates they're essentially going
to look at them and say, listen,
487
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,300
You're not going to change that
because if it's something funky
488
00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,500
happens and you know you miss
this game.
489
00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:15,600
Yep, Equity goodbye.
Hey, we're dropping you guys
490
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,900
here to save them.
That's my thought.
491
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:22,000
At least, I think it's set
because I think there's somebody
492
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,400
in the ACC headquarters that is
figured out some, you know, some
493
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,300
scenarios.
If things are breaking in like
494
00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:30,000
the NC State.
We, well, we leave them both
495
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,700
here.
We can both play them here and
496
00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:34,900
you have their open here?
Well, what if we move the
497
00:30:34,908 --> 00:30:36,200
liberty?
No, no, don't move.
498
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,700
Liberty game up because if
Something happens to one of your
499
00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:40,200
other teams you're going to
play.
500
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,000
We can move them into your slot
here.
501
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,100
Take that one up and move some
other things around.
502
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:47,300
I think it's going to be wild
because I think at the beginning
503
00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:50,300
of some weeks we're going to be
told oh yeah we're playing wait.
504
00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:52,900
Partially no you're not your
plant it now, huh.
505
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,300
Okay.
Let's go to it.
506
00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:56,900
So, to your point coach one
table, discussing about the
507
00:30:56,900 --> 00:31:00,000
adapting is going to be a really
big thing.
508
00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:05,600
Now, Brian.
We're not playing them 12
509
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,500
anymore.
Playing in the 26th but we're
510
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:08,900
not feeling the game on the
12th.
511
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:12,200
So what does that mean?
That's our opening game begins
512
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:18,500
now now so game one will be for
the Common Road half weeks,
513
00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:22,200
baby.
It all the hate out there.
514
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,700
You want and a half weeks till
the cup comes back home opening
515
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:30,900
game for both teams.
I I kind of Wonder If Heaven has
516
00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:34,000
either team ever.
I opened the season with one
517
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:39,700
another, for the cup.
And opre ACC days they would
518
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:43,300
sometimes play in earlier parts
of the Year based on depending
519
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:47,200
on the schedules.
But we are going to definitely
520
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,100
in a few weeks start getting
into that.
521
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:55,200
But hate week starts now and
throw it out there.
522
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,700
Grayson, did you Bowser
quarterback?
523
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:00,800
Yeah, they officially announced
today.
524
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:05,500
Ginger Tebow, Brennan Armstrong
will be the starting quarterback
525
00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:11,500
for UVA.
I think if of the to I had to
526
00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:14,200
pick, I think I would have
rather have him.
527
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:19,000
Yes, just because not only do we
have a little bit of tape on him
528
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,600
already in terms of what he does
in this offense.
529
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:24,400
Uh-huh.
But I think his skill set is a
530
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,400
little bit easier to prepare for
because it's not just based on
531
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,800
athleticism.
Yeah, sometimes you you know,
532
00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:35,100
when you know okay well I need
to cover these routes.
533
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:39,100
He's going to throw the ball at
Sometimes that's a little easier
534
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:43,200
to prepare for than you know, we
get a good pass rush but all of
535
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,900
a sudden he escapes the pocket
and there's a 50 yard gain.
536
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:49,300
That's a little bit harder to
prepare for because if your
537
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:54,200
initial object of keeping him in
the pocket fails you know,
538
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:59,500
everything goes to pot, it does.
And we're going to definitely
539
00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:02,100
dive deeper into that because we
re going to have more time to
540
00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:05,700
dive deeper into that not just a
week more of like two weeks.
541
00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:08,400
So it will be fun to break down.
Those games.
542
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:13,100
But get you hate Jean, keep it
strong out there.
543
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,800
And just every time you walk by
UVA fans, just say, um, get to
544
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:23,700
hold it here, baby.
All right, Brian we look here.
545
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,900
Coach talked about some key
position battles and storylines.
546
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,700
And we'll start with this one,
and it caught me in your here.
547
00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:34,300
We paused it when he said it.
Yep.
548
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,700
Tomorrow has been working with
Coach am a little bit.
549
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,400
We were like, what?
Pause, Brian.
550
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:48,200
What do you think that means?
Well, he alluded to it even a
551
00:33:48,208 --> 00:33:52,400
little bit more later but from
what it sounds like, it sounds
552
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,600
like Tamar, he's playing some
boundary safety in some
553
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,900
situations.
Boundary about your safety as
554
00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:01,400
the artist formerly known as
Rover.
555
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:06,400
Yeah.
Actually, you need to, we need
556
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,300
to put that somewhere boundary
safety.
557
00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:11,300
The artist formerly known as
Rover.
558
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,100
Yeah, so you start hearing that,
Tamar skillset definitely fits,
559
00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:20,600
can play a strong safety from
Devin hunter from the way it
560
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,400
looks.
He is going to be our base,
561
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:23,900
strong safety.
Heck, you might even play some
562
00:34:23,900 --> 00:34:29,900
strong safety in nickel
packages, but But we know we
563
00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:32,500
know Tamara skillset Jamar
doesn't recover skills.
564
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:39,300
He is a hard hitter.
He can play some Zone and it
565
00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:43,699
tells we discussed and I kind of
rolled through with you Bryan as
566
00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:46,000
we were talking about it.
It tells me we might have for
567
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,400
the first time, you know, maybe
a long time.
568
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,600
Maybe I feel like I feel like
ever we might have a true nickel
569
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,400
this year.
True nickel package versus
570
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,800
playing our base all game and
just changing some of the
571
00:35:00,808 --> 00:35:02,200
coverage alignments for the
whip.
572
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,600
What do you think?
Yeah, that's what it sounds like
573
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:05,900
to me.
And I'm not sure if this is
574
00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:09,700
going to be something that's
going to be you know, that we're
575
00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:12,800
going to go to in any long,
third down yardage situation
576
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,100
where we feel like we can sub.
I'm not sure if it's going to be
577
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:19,800
that but it sounds like at least
situationally we might go to
578
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,500
that.
So, Example here, I mean there's
579
00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:27,500
some teams that, you know, don't
go three and four wide on on
580
00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:30,900
Third and long.
Probably not a necessity to
581
00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,100
throw out your nickel package
there, but the teams that
582
00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:37,300
consistently do and you have an
opportunity to sub and match up,
583
00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:40,100
better with that more than
likely, we're going to do that
584
00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:44,100
with, you know, either, you
know, Marie Taylor or Chapman
585
00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:48,100
out there playing, you know, a
true nickel corner and tamari
586
00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:51,200
counter-rotating to boundary
safety artist.
587
00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:54,400
Lena is Rover.
I could definitely see that
588
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,300
happening with some of the
things that jam is shaking up
589
00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:59,500
here.
So I really like the idea.
590
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:03,400
Like I said I'm not sure if it's
something that we deploy all the
591
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,700
time but I think we would at
least do it when the situation
592
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:08,500
works and we have the
opportunity to sub.
593
00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:14,900
Yeah, absolutely.
And when you have those guys on
594
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:18,800
at corner that can play it,
you've got to take advantage of.
595
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,800
You've got to take advantage of
Tomorrow skill and doing that
596
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,800
coach of a couple of the great
things about tomorrow about you
597
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,700
know obviously great player
talked about how he's become
598
00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:33,700
more of a leader this year
really physical and we saw that
599
00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:39,000
last year at playing whip man he
like to hit people Jesus and
600
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,000
then You know, just again that
talking about working with J
601
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,200
Hamm.
I think.
602
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:49,700
That's again a thing that J Hamm
can offer, whoever plays whip in
603
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:51,300
the future.
If we continue again they're
604
00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:54,900
still calling it well but is
that going to be a new product
605
00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:57,900
of the J Hamm system, where if
you play whip linebacker, you're
606
00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:00,900
going to get some looks at
strong safety, that helps
607
00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:03,700
selling that position where it
says, Hey, when we go to Nickel,
608
00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:06,300
you're going to play.
You're going to play safe.
609
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,700
Now, what that's going to do for
you is as you Start developing.
610
00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:14,100
Now, you get your opportunities
to show what you can do,
611
00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:17,800
potentially for the NFL and I
really like that.
612
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,500
Yeah.
And I think it might be another,
613
00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:23,300
you know, call specific type
situation where if we're going
614
00:37:23,300 --> 00:37:28,900
more of a Zone on Third and
long, you might leave Devin
615
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:32,400
hunter in but if we're going
man, if you have the opportunity
616
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:37,800
to sub, you might do it.
So I think I think it could be
617
00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:40,600
deployed that way.
And I, again, like you said,
618
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:45,400
working with J Hamm and the line
was J, Hamm doing things that
619
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,400
help play to Jamari Connors
strengths.
620
00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:53,100
And I think, when we talk about
overall versatility on the
621
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:56,400
defense, especially in the
secondary tamari, Connor is the
622
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:02,200
most versatile player we have
because he does a lot of things.
623
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,800
Damn.
Well, you know, he's not, he's
624
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,800
not quite Elite level coverage
but he's damn good.
625
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,500
He's not quite Elite level. well
in zone, but he's damn good and
626
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:16,500
I think because of that and the
physicality that he brings, you
627
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:21,800
know, that's why they're using
him as kind of like, A joker
628
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:25,400
type role on defense, where he
can kind of do multiple things.
629
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:31,900
The last thing I would ask Brian
is even some of the crimes when
630
00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:35,600
you're going to leave him until
you leave her on the field,
631
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,900
could you see him playing them
like nipple linebacker to?
632
00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:40,500
Where you're almost going to
leave?
633
00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:45,000
Richard in straight middle, you
take Dax off the field.
634
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:50,400
In this case, leave Richard to
play Mike and let him go, you
635
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,500
know?
Whatever weeks that is stay in
636
00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,800
there.
It gives more looks.
637
00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,600
Yeah, I could happen or is a, my
pipe dreaming that I think that
638
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:05,200
could happen.
And, you know, some of that
639
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:10,400
could end up playing into why
we're seeing, you know, a guy
640
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,400
like a maribor know, working at
defensive end being able to
641
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:19,000
slide back into Zone coverage.
If if the situation called for
642
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,500
for, you know, in a Zone Blitz
and You're there.
643
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,500
So there's a lot of things that
could play in there, so I'm
644
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,700
interested to see what J Hamm
does with those.
645
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,600
Those guys, because he's got
athletes all over the field.
646
00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:31,800
I mean, you've got a defensive
end.
647
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,000
Now that's that played Safety
and high school and has been a
648
00:39:35,008 --> 00:39:37,100
linebacker is entire collegiate
career.
649
00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,500
Now, with his hand in the dirt,
so it's going to be interesting
650
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,600
to see how he deploys all these
versatile weapons.
651
00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:45,900
Absolutely.
Now, speaking of Versatility
652
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,700
coach was asked by running
backs, he said I'm going to, you
653
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:53,900
know, Omit routine Blackshear,
but you've always mentioned,
654
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:55,800
reading, black shoes.
Going to be all over the place.
655
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,100
So saying, he's going to be with
the just two running backs is
656
00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:03,400
kind of a service billing, but
he mentioned Khalil Devon
657
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,500
Holston Keyshawn Keener, getting
most of the reps with the ones,
658
00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:12,200
any shock with that or is that
kind of the way you see it.
659
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,800
If we took Blackshear out of the
picture that's what I figured
660
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,000
was going to happen, you know,
more or less.
661
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,200
I figured Khalil was going to be
getting You know, the one a
662
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:28,700
carries and Jalen probably one
be with Keyshawn having kind of
663
00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:32,400
some either spell packages or
packages that are specified to
664
00:40:32,408 --> 00:40:35,700
his strength since I think he's
still coming along there and
665
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:38,000
then they're you know they also
talked about Marco League
666
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,300
getting in there as well.
I like him and definitely like
667
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:44,600
him in terms of what he brings
to a short yardage package so I
668
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,400
could probably see him having
that role for us.
669
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,900
I'm looking him in jail and
they're built like when you good
670
00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:53,800
lord they're just they're just
Just big human beings and it's
671
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:57,300
good to again, we talked about
the way we recruited the running
672
00:40:57,300 --> 00:41:02,000
backs and you're seeing kenji's
your power Malachi, more your
673
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:07,200
all around and you know black
more of these will be in the
674
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,800
slot.
He's going to be back here, he's
675
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,400
gonna play some wite-out.
We're going to do some funky
676
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,000
things with him and you kind of
see it here with each of those
677
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:18,000
guys and it's good to hear.
Just hope we get that Blackshear
678
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:20,200
stuff going on.
I know we're going to talk about
679
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,300
it.
In a few minutes here.
680
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,600
Now he also jumped in the
Special Teams.
681
00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:28,700
The first one were heavy on the
punt.
682
00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:31,700
Returner is the punt return?
Yep.
683
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,300
That doesn't surprise me, you
know, his numbers at the end of
684
00:41:37,300 --> 00:41:43,000
life, when he took over, he was
very high in the NCAA punt
685
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,800
return, you know, yards per
punt.
686
00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:48,500
Anyways, I'm loving them.
No, he went on them, it should
687
00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:55,100
also mention that Herbert and
Rahim has also been back there
688
00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:57,700
as punt returners with those
guys being older.
689
00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:00,200
I think for me and you we know
they've done it in the past, it
690
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,500
it can as they did at Rutgers.
You feel like punt, return
691
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:07,200
finally took three years, g zp
z.
692
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:12,500
But finally we're good on pain.
Returns, we have dangerous lies
693
00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:15,100
back there and we're not going
to screw it up.
694
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,600
Yep.
And I mean, he talked about that
695
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:23,100
he talked about right now we got
King and Jalen Holston as kind
696
00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:27,000
of the, the 1A and 1B for the
for the kick return.
697
00:42:27,500 --> 00:42:29,900
And King doesn't Shock Me
Holston.
698
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,600
A little bit of a shock but when
you think about it a little bit
699
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,000
you know, having a guy out there
that's a running back, good
700
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:42,300
athleticism but big enough to
deliver a block and be out there
701
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:45,100
leading for a guy like King who
is more of the athlete.
702
00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:49,900
And then they also talked about,
you know, if eligible Raheem
703
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,400
black she would be one of the
guys back there as well.
704
00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:55,800
He didn't say whether he would
be in there instead of king or
705
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,700
instead of Holston.
But I think he would work in
706
00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:04,700
either either position there.
So I really like what I return
707
00:43:04,700 --> 00:43:07,600
game can look like especially if
you know a guy like black sugar
708
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:11,200
is healthy because you're
talking about probably you know
709
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,200
too deep at both return
positions of guys that are
710
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,100
really dangerous.
And that's a great feeling when
711
00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:22,200
you're that deep in it, again,
it puts pressure on the other
712
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,400
team.
How you got to get it out of the
713
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,200
end zone?
Well, as we've seen, sometimes
714
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,400
when guys try to get how the
enzyme they put it off the
715
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,900
sidelines and you get
unbelievable field position.
716
00:43:32,300 --> 00:43:35,500
But when he mentioned the Rahim
thing, as well as king and
717
00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:41,500
Holston, the one thing I kind of
thought of it might be, we get
718
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:43,600
to go in.
We can see how this team is
719
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,200
kicking this team.
Always tries to kick short, So
720
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,200
in this situation we're going to
keep Jalen out there.
721
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,900
Yeah he's on a rahim's.
Going to go to it, Jaden's going
722
00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:55,300
to start setting up block, if
this team's put it in the end
723
00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:56,300
zone.
Every time, we're going to keep
724
00:43:56,300 --> 00:44:01,200
her team, we're going to keep
Keshawn on the field because if
725
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:05,300
they miss one we want one of our
to faster guys back.
726
00:44:05,300 --> 00:44:07,200
So maybe that's what they're
looking at.
727
00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:10,200
But again you look think a Joel,
Jalen Holton sighs.
728
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:13,000
He can get it out of the end
zone but he also can deliver
729
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,700
that crushing blow man.
Braun.
730
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:20,700
You got some stuff on the
defensive end especially kind of
731
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:23,600
two new guys.
Yeah, so Fuente was talking
732
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:27,300
about he has the question about
the too kind of newer guys that
733
00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:31,900
have gotten some buzz from all
the camp practices, that being
734
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:35,500
Justice, Reed.
And Amari bar, no, talked first
735
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:39,600
about bar, no said he could
really run and he's getting
736
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,000
better every day at, you know,
learning the position.
737
00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:44,700
But it's going to be a process,
which, I mean, doesn't really
738
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:47,800
surprise.
Probably anyone listening here.
739
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:52,600
I mean, as we stated earlier,
you know, High School Safety,
740
00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:54,600
been playing linebacker for a
long time.
741
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,100
This is first time, really
putting his hand in the dirt, it
742
00:44:57,100 --> 00:45:00,200
sounds like he's taking to it
very well, which doesn't
743
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,600
surprise me based on his size
and athleticism but it's still
744
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:08,100
going to take him time to work
through some of those pass.
745
00:45:08,100 --> 00:45:12,500
Rush moves engaging, you know
much bigger guy on a Down by
746
00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:16,800
down basis and you know being
able to Kind of learn the
747
00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:21,800
specifics of pursuit and things
of that nature.
748
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,200
So, I think the still going to
probably be learning those
749
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:25,800
things, but it sounds like he's
coming along.
750
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:31,600
Great Justice Reed.
He told us the obvious thing.
751
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:37,100
There he is a big strong player.
Is it ready?
752
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:41,000
Buddy seeing the photo
circulating on Twitter and other
753
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:47,100
social media Avenues and the
circumference of this Dudes arm
754
00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:52,500
you got no doubt in your mind.
This is a big dude, but he
755
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,400
brings maturity to the team as
well as what he's what Fuente
756
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,000
talked about.
And that he's full grown up
757
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:03,200
here, talented player and like
right now, the only shortcoming
758
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,200
that he mentioned that he still
learning the scheme a little bit
759
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:10,000
so that may be hindering him in
practice, some but it sounds
760
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,100
like he's going to get that that
ironed out and should be ready
761
00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:19,900
to go by the time.
September 19th rolls around a
762
00:46:19,908 --> 00:46:24,100
about Justice, I think probably
hopefully they are letting him
763
00:46:24,100 --> 00:46:26,000
do.
The talk about adversity, you
764
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,300
know, Justice really high rate
of recruitment down, the
765
00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:34,400
Florida, had the injuries did
not quit kept work, kept
766
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,200
working, transfer to Youngstown
State kept working at hurt.
767
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,300
Again, goes that has a good
season keeps working stiff
768
00:46:40,300 --> 00:46:43,500
looking for opportunities at
perseverance and stuff.
769
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:49,500
You know, I'm sure sometimes
hearing it from a teammate about
770
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:53,200
certain issues and certain
things can definitely motivate
771
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,500
guys, maybe even more so than
the coaches.
772
00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:57,800
So I really like having them
here.
773
00:46:57,900 --> 00:47:00,600
They will have a next year to
you can be the first 18 year,
774
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,400
senior, something like that,
something like that.
775
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,200
Yeah.
I mean like I said he's a guy
776
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:12,300
that, you know, he had A lot
thrown at him coming out of high
777
00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:15,900
school being a really high
recruit and then was handed some
778
00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:21,300
some pretty rough hands but he's
kept at it yet he didn't let
779
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:25,200
those those downsides.
You know Define his career he
780
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,500
kept coming back at it so it's
nice to see him get an
781
00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:31,900
opportunity to play some power 5
ball, after all these years.
782
00:47:31,900 --> 00:47:34,800
After those, you know, a couple
big injuries for him.
783
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:40,700
You know, the last thing that
went a discussed One of the last
784
00:47:40,700 --> 00:47:44,700
things he discussed with some of
the quarterback situation that
785
00:47:44,700 --> 00:47:48,400
we've had for several years now.
And, you know, we talked about
786
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:54,400
before we think to, to a lesser
extent, some of this is is lip
787
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,300
service to motivate Hendon
hooker to to improve his game,
788
00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:00,600
and take it to the next level.
But I mean, I think there is a
789
00:48:00,607 --> 00:48:03,400
true competition out there as
well.
790
00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:07,400
And he talked about the all the
guys in the room and you know,
791
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,900
will reiterate here.
We think it's the best
792
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,900
quarterback room at least in the
conference and in one of the
793
00:48:13,908 --> 00:48:17,500
best in the country.
So he talked first about knocks
794
00:48:17,500 --> 00:48:19,700
and and I'll let you roll with
that one Curtis.
795
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:22,500
Yeah, just talking about Knox is
improving it.
796
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,400
The biggest thing he seemed with
Knox is just in the last year
797
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:28,300
how physically stronger he's
gotten and that makes sense.
798
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,200
You know I think knock came in
at like he's six foot three is
799
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:37,000
180 pounds coming in and now
he's had that full year to get
800
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:39,500
the nutrition program to be in
the weight room too.
801
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:43,800
Yeah, out there running and that
shocked me know, do I do?
802
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,300
I do I know where Knox is going
to be in a couple years from?
803
00:48:46,300 --> 00:48:50,300
No, it's the way we're
recruiting quarterbacks and the
804
00:48:50,300 --> 00:48:52,700
room right now.
What it shot me if you like,
805
00:48:52,700 --> 00:48:55,700
nope, but when you hear that, it
tells you, they've got a
806
00:48:55,707 --> 00:49:00,800
motivated to get better.
Now, something we have talked
807
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:03,300
about and it made us feel good,
listening.
808
00:49:03,300 --> 00:49:06,800
The Press there will be for real
man.
809
00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:10,100
Yeah, Hendon.
Quincy and Braxton they're all
810
00:49:10,100 --> 00:49:12,500
different styles, we can all do
different things with them,
811
00:49:12,500 --> 00:49:17,100
depending on who goes if we talk
about that Brian, it's one
812
00:49:17,100 --> 00:49:19,300
reason why the quarterback room
is so good.
813
00:49:19,500 --> 00:49:23,200
Exactly, we talked about that
and we talked about how you have
814
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,300
one guy goes down.
You know, you can adjust your
815
00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:28,600
playbook in play to the
strengths of these guys, because
816
00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:32,800
all of them do to, you know, at
least two things really well and
817
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:35,900
you can kind of just run your
offering offense through those
818
00:49:35,900 --> 00:49:39,400
things.
And, you know, just looking at
819
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,900
the way they have played, I
think, you know hindon in terms
820
00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:44,200
of all the things he brings to
the table.
821
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:49,000
Specifically The leadership and
the the way he handles a huddle
822
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:51,500
are going to be what puts it
over the top for him.
823
00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:54,000
In terms of you know maintaining
the starting role and starting
824
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:58,700
the season Hazard qb1 here but
he talked other things about
825
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,100
Quincy and Braxton as well it
sounds like Braxton has had a
826
00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:03,300
really good camp.
Yep.
827
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:08,100
It sounds like he's picked up
his accuracy but it does sound
828
00:50:08,100 --> 00:50:11,300
like he does.
Take some more risk with the
829
00:50:11,300 --> 00:50:17,400
ball I want but apparently Those
risks have paid off for him in
830
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,700
Camp.
So I'm not sure how that's being
831
00:50:19,700 --> 00:50:24,200
how that's playing but he's
definitely, I think you hitting
832
00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,800
is definitely a guy that he
protects the ball and I know
833
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,100
Fuente has always preached
projecting the ball.
834
00:50:29,700 --> 00:50:31,500
So I think that's another thing
that we'll look at.
835
00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:35,800
I don't know if the things Brax
is doing well or looked at as a
836
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,500
good thing or a neutral thing,
depending on how much risk he's
837
00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:42,800
taking in order to do them.
You know, we know where we're
838
00:50:42,808 --> 00:50:45,100
getting with Quincy and it
sounds like Quincy has.
839
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:49,300
Can some steps forward in his
accuracy in the short passing
840
00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:51,300
game?
Which is what we wanted to see
841
00:50:51,300 --> 00:50:54,500
because we knew he could throw
the Deep ball and we knew he was
842
00:50:54,500 --> 00:50:56,300
a big dude that would run you
over.
843
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,600
And if he can put that
intermediate passing game into
844
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:03,500
play, he's going to be a lot of
a lot of a lot of trouble for
845
00:51:03,500 --> 00:51:05,900
guys.
So on the trouble.
846
00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:09,100
Again again the room it was like
to make any improvements.
847
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:16,200
I still think hens the man.
You know, c-13 touchdown passes
848
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:19,100
two interceptions last year.
I mean, literally had us in
849
00:51:19,100 --> 00:51:22,500
every game.
Averaged almost 37 points a
850
00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:25,100
game.
You don't backtrack that, you
851
00:51:25,100 --> 00:51:26,800
know.
And again, I think he's what
852
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,700
you're saying is Coaches.
Trying to keep him motivated to
853
00:51:30,700 --> 00:51:32,400
continue to push and be the
best.
854
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:36,000
He can be not take your eyes off
the prize and that's why he's
855
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:40,800
not named anybody yet.
I'm going to say this.
856
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,000
What?
Today is the 27th tomorrow be
857
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:49,400
the 28th.
When we drop this I think I
858
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:55,300
think coach Fuente on roughly
the 9th or 10th will drop to the
859
00:51:55,300 --> 00:51:58,500
starter.
Is he did that similar every
860
00:51:58,500 --> 00:52:01,100
year?
You know, he usually gives it a
861
00:52:01,107 --> 00:52:05,500
battle week out, maybe he goes a
little bit closer with the UVA
862
00:52:05,500 --> 00:52:08,400
game, but, you know, it is what
it is, man.
863
00:52:08,900 --> 00:52:13,300
All right, Brian we look.
He mentioned to specific
864
00:52:13,300 --> 00:52:18,000
freshman one guy.
I think.
865
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:22,800
Maybe a little bit shocking.
The other guy not at all the
866
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:26,300
Shocker can't Jinkins.
What do you think?
867
00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:28,800
When he kind of mentioned
Kiante, which Jacksonville kid?
868
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:30,500
Florida kid.
They're different.
869
00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:33,800
We know that.
But when you hear him kind of
870
00:52:33,808 --> 00:52:38,900
getting praise this early, yeah,
that jumped off for me because
871
00:52:38,900 --> 00:52:42,300
he wasn't one that I necessarily
had right on my radar is being a
872
00:52:42,300 --> 00:52:47,300
guy that would pop this quick.
It shows me that he's quick and
873
00:52:47,308 --> 00:52:50,700
picking things up.
Because you don't come in and
874
00:52:50,700 --> 00:52:52,600
make an impression like that, if
you're not good at picking
875
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:56,900
things up pretty quickly,
especially that position,
876
00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,300
especially that that position.
So I really like that that
877
00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:04,300
definitely gives me hope that we
might be able to see him if we
878
00:53:04,300 --> 00:53:08,200
don't see him on the field of
decent amount outside of special
879
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:12,900
teams, obviously this fall look
forward to seeing him next year,
880
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:18,000
potentially Make some noise and
that that's big news for me.
881
00:53:18,100 --> 00:53:20,500
Me because I like I said he
wasn't on my radar as I got to
882
00:53:20,508 --> 00:53:25,000
look out for when Camp started.
Another guy that I wasn't
883
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,300
shocked to hear, was that Robert
Wooten has been shown good
884
00:53:29,300 --> 00:53:33,700
flashes in Camp so far.
He came along with Ali, Brian.
885
00:53:33,700 --> 00:53:36,100
I said, we're probably two guys
that you would want to look for
886
00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:39,900
is, you know, being able to make
an impact, you know, usually
887
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:43,400
d-line guys, especially guys
with their size.
888
00:53:44,300 --> 00:53:46,800
Tend to tend to pop quick if
they've got the goods, so
889
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:49,000
hearing his His name mentioned
in there.
890
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:52,100
Doesn't surprise me.
Yeah it's and you hear him
891
00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:55,200
having the goods.
You talked about him, you have
892
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:57,800
mentioned him and Alec Bryant.
They already have the bodies,
893
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:01,100
they can come in and contribute
to a one helps with defensive
894
00:54:01,100 --> 00:54:05,600
line depth and, you know, goes
right into the flight and do the
895
00:54:05,607 --> 00:54:08,600
next thing we're talking about
red shirts.
896
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,200
Feel me.
No, stinking red shirts.
897
00:54:12,300 --> 00:54:16,500
Not the issue, baby.
The basically, the NCAA
898
00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:18,500
eligibility rule.
We discussed that earlier this
899
00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:22,600
week in coaches, just straight
up, it was hilarious.
900
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,200
He was like all hands on deck
everybody.
901
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,300
Basically, if you give, you can
show something, you are going to
902
00:54:29,300 --> 00:54:35,500
play this fall is awesome.
But then we had talked about it.
903
00:54:35,500 --> 00:54:38,200
We said that's going to be a
really big thing for special
904
00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:42,100
teams, right?
Because And while some of these
905
00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:46,000
freshmen might not be Frontline
Talent guys that are ready to
906
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,100
play every down or play a
significant number of steps a
907
00:54:49,100 --> 00:54:51,400
game.
They are guys that can get out
908
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,600
on special teams.
Make some plays for you.
909
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:59,600
And potentially, if nothing else
give some of these guys that are
910
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,800
every down players a breather,
you know, all things being
911
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,000
equal.
You want the, you know, you want
912
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:09,900
the younger guy out there.
So you're not wasting the guy,
913
00:55:09,900 --> 00:55:13,000
that's Get every down on the
Special Teams unit.
914
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:17,400
Now obviously if there's a clear
advantage to a veteran then you
915
00:55:17,408 --> 00:55:22,600
go with him but you know, if
there's mostly a even swap their
916
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,800
get the young guy out there on
special teams, no doubt, get
917
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:30,000
them out there and then he kind
of mentioned like it was kind of
918
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,800
it was one of the funnier
pieces, you know, and it's all
919
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:35,300
of us no clue what's going to
happen after this, how the
920
00:55:35,300 --> 00:55:38,000
management of The rosters going
to happen basically.
921
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:40,200
He's saying damn the torpedoes.
Yeah.
922
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:42,900
You have the talent you are
going to play.
923
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:46,100
And me and you kind of talk
about well.
924
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:49,500
This also gives an opportunity
to to maybe saving some of your
925
00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:53,400
starters because we only have 14
guys.
926
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:56,800
And I think, you know, you think
about a couple of the guys
927
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,200
transferring in like changa.
Like Devon, where, if they
928
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:02,100
aren't ready, you can say, hey
guys, you can Redshirt your
929
00:56:02,100 --> 00:56:05,000
seniors.
Redshirt senior this year, will
930
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,700
play next year.
Well, thank you, another bright.
931
00:56:07,700 --> 00:56:10,200
Hey transferring hey, sit the
bench for a year.
932
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:15,200
But I think what it says mean
you talked about was this is the
933
00:56:15,207 --> 00:56:19,500
way you can save some hits on
your best players in the special
934
00:56:19,500 --> 00:56:25,400
teams in certain situations
where hopefully in the long run.
935
00:56:25,900 --> 00:56:30,700
You're getting them more carries
on offense or more possess more
936
00:56:30,700 --> 00:56:34,000
possessions with their offense
or defense of units than a
937
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:36,300
special teams unit.
When they'll do that, which in
938
00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:40,400
the long term could really help
out you know, conditioning I'm
939
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:44,500
staying in shape, staying seeing
all the injury report?
940
00:56:44,900 --> 00:56:49,100
Yeah, no doubt, no doubt.
I mean you know it's nice having
941
00:56:49,100 --> 00:56:55,400
your your best talent on special
teams, but if I've got a guy
942
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,800
that in terms of their impact on
special teams isn't
943
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,600
significantly, more than what
James significantly, less than
944
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:03,000
what James Mitchell brings to
the table.
945
00:57:03,700 --> 00:57:04,900
I don't need James Mitchell out
there.
946
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,100
Let's save him for offense,
let's not hit him more than he
947
00:57:09,100 --> 00:57:12,200
needs to be hid.
Let's not get him gassed, so
948
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:13,400
he's ready for the fourth
quarter.
949
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:14,400
Thank you know, things like
that.
950
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:18,500
I mean, it probably isn't a
significant thing but it's
951
00:57:18,500 --> 00:57:21,200
definitely a little thing.
And I think you know you can
952
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:23,000
those can add up over the course
of a year.
953
00:57:23,900 --> 00:57:27,700
Absolutely.
All right, no word on Rahim
954
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:32,400
black shears waiver.
Now you know there were some
955
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:36,500
questions asked and you know, we
made some As we cannot ignore
956
00:57:36,500 --> 00:57:39,000
them because they we've heard
it.
957
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:43,100
We here we here we here.
But but for us it just seems
958
00:57:43,100 --> 00:57:47,800
like it's very inconsistent.
Yeah, it doesn't seem arbitrary
959
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:51,000
in the term who gets away with
who doesn't because it doesn't.
960
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,800
It's like the guy you know JT
Daniels came over from Southern
961
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:56,200
California.
Got an immediate waiver to play
962
00:57:56,200 --> 00:58:00,300
at Georgia.
He's from Southern California,
963
00:58:01,100 --> 00:58:04,500
pretty sure he is.
Yeah, look at that but that
964
00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:09,600
makes no sense whatsoever.
Like guy born and raised in
965
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:11,900
Santa Ana California.
Can get a waiver to go all the
966
00:58:11,900 --> 00:58:14,300
way across the country to play
this.
967
00:58:14,300 --> 00:58:18,800
Guys, coming from Rutgers down,
coach fired, new coach, all his
968
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:23,800
crap.
So, you know, it's irritating.
969
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:26,300
Coach was, you know, they don't
handle it.
970
00:58:26,300 --> 00:58:28,200
It's done by.
Science.
971
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:31,700
We all know that.
Any first of all, anybody out
972
00:58:31,700 --> 00:58:33,800
there, listening, that doesn't
know that.
973
00:58:34,300 --> 00:58:37,300
Please do a little research,
understand all.
974
00:58:37,300 --> 00:58:42,200
This isn't in the coaches hands
but he mentioned something about
975
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:46,200
for him.
He wants more clarity.
976
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,000
I think that every plant more
clarity like it's one of those
977
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:52,600
things where you almost want to
say, when a guy gets a transfer,
978
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:55,000
you need to say how he got it,
why he got it.
979
00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:58,100
And if you owe me that
transparent, because it might
980
00:58:58,100 --> 00:59:00,400
make your organization look bad,
to maybe you're doing something
981
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:02,400
wrong.
Yeah, I mean, that's the big
982
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:06,000
thing.
I think that is frustrating for
983
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,000
a lot of these schools, like
Virginia Tech.
984
00:59:08,500 --> 00:59:10,900
I know uva's had a couple.
I know some other schools in the
985
00:59:10,900 --> 00:59:13,700
ACC of had a couple that have
been turned down the fresh.
986
00:59:13,900 --> 00:59:16,100
Thing thing isn't that they're
turned down?
987
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:21,400
It's that the application of who
gets approved who doesn't seems
988
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:25,400
again like you said,
inconsistent and unclear, as to,
989
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:29,600
you know, what these other
schools are doing to get the
990
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:32,700
thumbs-up, when what we're not
doing, to get the thumbs down.
991
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:37,900
There definitely needs to be
some sort of training on this.
992
00:59:37,900 --> 00:59:40,200
And we spoke about this last
time on the podcast.
993
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,500
There's got to be a way that you
can train these compliance
994
00:59:43,500 --> 00:59:48,400
departments on why this is going
on, redact.
995
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:52,900
Whatever information is
necessary to keep whose whose
996
00:59:52,900 --> 00:59:58,200
application, you know,
confidential as much as you can,
997
00:59:58,700 --> 01:00:03,100
especially in areas where it's
more of a medical hardship or
998
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:04,400
something to do with with
family.
999
01:00:04,700 --> 01:00:09,800
Agencies versus a, just my coach
was fired or you know, for
1000
01:00:09,800 --> 01:00:12,600
football related item.
But I mean, we're seeing things
1001
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:16,500
that are purely football-related
in terms of what we see from the
1002
01:00:16,500 --> 01:00:20,600
outside and all of a sudden they
get approved and something that
1003
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:26,200
seems to be equivalent like a
coaches fired at Rutgers a
1004
01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:30,700
higher was pending and he
announces his transfer and then
1005
01:00:30,700 --> 01:00:36,000
that not get approved.
So I mean, it is what it is at
1006
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,200
this point at this point.
You know, there's nothing we can
1007
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:41,600
do other than wait for the
appeal, but going forward, it
1008
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:44,400
will be nice to get some of this
laid out a little bit more
1009
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:46,600
clear.
We need someone a lot of money
1010
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:52,600
to the NCAA.
Yeah, you got to share this like
1011
01:00:53,200 --> 01:01:12,500
an Amazon.
Basically it was earned it man,
1012
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:19,600
I think he's number 11 in the,
you know, kick off last year
1013
01:01:19,900 --> 01:01:22,600
essentially down inside the end
zone, which is a really good
1014
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:26,000
number.
So, you know, coach a lot of
1015
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:30,900
things to say about him being a
great teammate, and a lot of the
1016
01:01:30,908 --> 01:01:34,900
stuff like that, but Braun.
He's a senior.
1017
01:01:36,000 --> 01:02:19,400
And with this island.
He gave him the option.
1018
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:22,800
If he wanted to announce it they
didn't make a big Dam spectacle
1019
01:02:22,800 --> 01:02:24,600
of it.
It's like you've earned it your
1020
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:30,000
scholarship you don't have to
pay for your schooling anymore.
1021
01:02:30,300 --> 01:02:33,500
There's a little kerfuffle about
that on the timeline and in
1022
01:02:33,500 --> 01:02:39,100
Twitter about, hey you Be you
know, taking your video this and
1023
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:42,500
making a big deal or at least
announcing it on the team
1024
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:49,800
Twitter and you know, bow shot
back and said hey you know we
1025
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:52,800
don't need to beat our chest
every time we do something.
1026
01:02:53,100 --> 01:02:58,200
You know that looks good and we
gave him the opportunity to
1027
01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:00,000
share it if he wanted to and he
decided to.
1028
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:04,200
So that's where we are.
And you know, I agree with that.
1029
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:07,700
I mean I We see it.
Every year, we actually saw it
1030
01:03:08,300 --> 01:03:12,900
today, with, with UVA.
I'm going to go ahead and, you
1031
01:03:12,900 --> 01:03:15,000
know, I'm gonna throw some UVA
slander out here.
1032
01:03:16,300 --> 01:03:21,900
They did a bit quantity, they
did a bit with, please, somebody
1033
01:03:21,900 --> 01:03:26,700
driving up on a, on a scooter
with the mailbag, delivering, a
1034
01:03:26,700 --> 01:03:32,900
special delivery to Bronco and,
you know, it is up having the
1035
01:03:32,900 --> 01:03:38,100
the to scholarship offers Within
These These these things there
1036
01:03:38,100 --> 01:03:40,100
in like.
I mean it's nice to see the kids
1037
01:03:40,100 --> 01:03:43,300
get excited and the teammate
teammates rally around it, but
1038
01:03:44,100 --> 01:03:48,200
it seems like it's more of a
recruiting Point than anything.
1039
01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:51,300
That's genuine.
And I feel like if we know
1040
01:03:51,300 --> 01:03:56,400
anything about Coach Fuente and
what he's about, you know, he if
1041
01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:59,500
it doesn't feel genuine or
natural, he's probably not going
1042
01:03:59,500 --> 01:04:03,200
to do it, you know, I don't do
it at all, but great for John,
1043
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,600
Parker, Brian.
Let's hit this real Quick coach
1044
01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:09,900
mentioned, it numerous places
but you know we are out of fall
1045
01:04:09,900 --> 01:04:14,200
camp now and where you're more
into your preparation practices
1046
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:16,500
installations which is very
awkward.
1047
01:04:16,500 --> 01:04:18,600
You normally it's like, well
this makes sense.
1048
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:22,500
We are virtually 10 days out
makes perfect sense.
1049
01:04:23,100 --> 01:04:26,300
Well now it's a little different
because we're not truly 10 days
1050
01:04:26,300 --> 01:04:30,000
out, you know, we will be, we
would do it, be doing mock game,
1051
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:32,600
either this weekend, or next
weekend, in a normal season this
1052
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:35,500
weekend because next week would
have been playing Liberty on
1053
01:04:35,500 --> 01:04:36,300
Labor Day.
Weekend.
1054
01:04:36,300 --> 01:04:38,900
So, you're right.
You're right about might gain.
1055
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:42,900
I'm wondering, can they still do
my game with this going on?
1056
01:04:42,900 --> 01:04:45,600
Or they are going to take them
up the hotel rolling over on
1057
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:48,700
Friday night and stay and do all
the Walkers down there probably?
1058
01:04:48,700 --> 01:04:50,600
I don't know.
I don't I mean I would say I
1059
01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:53,500
would say probably not, I mean,
I think they probably have
1060
01:04:53,500 --> 01:04:57,700
something else.
Maybe closer to campus or on
1061
01:04:57,700 --> 01:05:01,300
campus, that isn't.
Yeah, Retreat into your normal
1062
01:05:01,300 --> 01:05:02,800
environment.
Yeah.
1063
01:05:02,800 --> 01:05:05,900
But I think they're, I don't
know if that's something that
1064
01:05:05,900 --> 01:05:08,900
they would do just because of,
you know, the increased exposure
1065
01:05:08,900 --> 01:05:12,600
that you're talking about, that
comes with going into another
1066
01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:15,800
city into a hotel, things of
that nature.
1067
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:18,300
So it'll be interesting with
that with that processes.
1068
01:05:18,300 --> 01:05:21,100
Like, that's definitely going to
be something that I think, as
1069
01:05:21,100 --> 01:05:22,900
you said is going to be a little
different this year than a
1070
01:05:22,908 --> 01:05:25,500
normal game.
But I mean as far as what
1071
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:29,700
Happens on the other parts of it
which you know, team meal the
1072
01:05:29,700 --> 01:05:34,200
night before team breakfast, the
morning of all the walkthroughs
1073
01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:37,200
and all that stuff.
All that's going to be the same.
1074
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:39,100
So you know, I think they'll
still do it.
1075
01:05:39,100 --> 01:05:43,000
I just don't know what the
actual between the hours of 9
1076
01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:47,300
and 7 where they're going to
pour into the morning is good
1077
01:05:47,300 --> 01:05:48,400
with where that's going to
happen.
1078
01:05:49,300 --> 01:05:51,800
Exactly.
And then again going into where
1079
01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:55,000
they're going to class.
Now, less time with the coaches,
1080
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:57,700
it's more.
Really like like, you know, like
1081
01:05:57,700 --> 01:06:01,500
normal game weeks.
So you know, they're there.
1082
01:06:01,500 --> 01:06:07,900
Now in the question is they're
going to have, you know, they're
1083
01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:11,800
going to have essentially 22
days of this.
1084
01:06:12,700 --> 01:06:15,200
You wonder the coaches again, he
mentioned it.
1085
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:17,500
You've got to adapt to it.
But what are they going to be
1086
01:06:17,500 --> 01:06:20,300
doing?
Or, you know, is next weekend?
1087
01:06:20,300 --> 01:06:22,100
Are they gonna run like a full
scrimmage?
1088
01:06:22,100 --> 01:06:25,000
Like it Lane to basically say,
you know, we're going to play in
1089
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:26,700
two weeks.
Laughs, let's get one where we
1090
01:06:26,700 --> 01:06:29,900
split the sides up.
Let's play one versus ones.
1091
01:06:29,900 --> 01:06:33,000
Let's get as in the booths where
they're calling plays and let's
1092
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:35,800
do it.
Not mention but again for me and
1093
01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:38,300
you would go through our heads.
Are we going to do these things
1094
01:06:38,500 --> 01:06:45,800
to get ready for the 19th?
So again a lot more questions to
1095
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:48,200
be answered and we'll probably
not find out.
1096
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:50,800
Unless you just want to go ride
around Blacksburg and stadium
1097
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:55,400
and look like creepers, it's was
the best one.
1098
01:06:55,600 --> 01:06:58,900
The thing about what happens if
we go virtual and he had a lot
1099
01:06:58,900 --> 01:07:00,600
of interesting stuff to say
Brian.
1100
01:07:01,500 --> 01:07:03,100
Yeah.
I mean and that's that's
1101
01:07:03,100 --> 01:07:07,100
definitely a concern number one
because you know, students are
1102
01:07:07,100 --> 01:07:11,000
now back on campus for going on
full two weeks at this point.
1103
01:07:12,700 --> 01:07:19,700
So things look different right
and I think the concern is, you
1104
01:07:19,707 --> 01:07:22,100
know, a lot of these other
campuses kind of week two is
1105
01:07:22,100 --> 01:07:24,700
when things started taking a
turn for the South and we're
1106
01:07:24,700 --> 01:07:27,300
hoping that Nothing similar,
doesn't happen in Blacksburg,
1107
01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:31,400
you know, to this point, the
numbers have been low and
1108
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:34,000
they've been consistently low.
So we haven't seen any sort of
1109
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:37,900
spikes or anything like that.
So that's been a good, a good
1110
01:07:37,900 --> 01:07:39,900
thing at this point.
I can't remember.
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But I think the percent positive
of what the, of the numbers that
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they've already test.
It was like .0025.
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Yeah, and that's a pretty darn
low percent positive rate
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testing before you actually,
when you get To campus actually
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works.
Yeah sorry yeah it's really low
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so you like to see that so I
think I think that's long as
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those numbers don't Spike.
I think they'll keep holding
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what they have, you know, but he
said if it does go virtual,
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that's not going to be his call
in terms of whether you know the
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players stay on campus or not.
you know, coaches can obviously
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make coach will approach that if
its decision is made by the, by
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the university, it's going to be
easier if they go virtual, but
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football players are allowed to
stay on campus.
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I think that is kind of an
obvious thing as well, because
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we've seen, you know, what type
of success they've had with the
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bubbles with the NBA and, and
things like that.
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So, we know the bubbles work and
if you can sequester your team
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away, From infected folks, for,
as many days as possible.
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And when the circumstance, it's
the likelihood of there being an
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outbreak in the team is going to
go down significantly.
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Yeah, and one of the last thing
you kind of wrap with was the
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players even had, the discipline
has to be there even more.
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So with people back on campus
now and it's on those guys like
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you've got 20 plus days says,
you know, where your mask
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Distance.
Stay away from tots person does.
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So they need to be more diligent
than your average student and so
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it's on them to do that and I
think it seems like, you know
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what we talked about last week
with Diablo and Mitchell, it
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sounds like those leaders on the
team have definitely impressed
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that on some of the young guys.
So hopefully that continues to
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stick and regardless of what's
happening in Blacksburg as a
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whole that the team is doing the
right thing.
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A all right.
Well that is going to wrap up
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this episode of The Boundary
Corner podcasts.
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My name is Curtis Wilson.
I'm Brian Sigler.
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As always.
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Let's go Okies.
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Welcome back to the boundary
Corner podcast two times in one
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week.
Brian how are you?
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I'm good, buddy.
How you feeling?
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I'm doing good man.
Two times in one week.
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Just tells me that we are
getting closer and closer to the
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season.
How was your evening tonight?
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It was pretty chill man.
Just Wife still full bore into
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this starting up school.
So, hanging out with the boy,
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did a little little takeout for
dinner and nothing too major.
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How about you man?
Similar similar wife texted me
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today, she was like, I'm sore I
need an afternoon so I'm like,
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why don't you just come home
early, take a nap.
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I'll go get the kids.
Give you a good hour.
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So we did some Chinese here at
the house and And chilled out
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early this week.
Last few baseball games until
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the fall.
So it's been a busy week so, you
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know, definitely here.
But man, we've got a lot to jump
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into today, poke headlines
coming up and then another food
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processor.
So with a lot of information
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that me and you as we listen to
We were like oh boy, I'm taking
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notes and kind of divulging some
stuff and hypothesizing some
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stuff in our mind.
So let's start with Hokey
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headlines real quick.
Braun got a couple commits this
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week.
Yeah, we did.
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Yes, we did candy.
Christensen six-foot-two,
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200-pound 87, rated 3 star at a
penson Alabama way.
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You think Brian?
That's a big boy to be a senior.
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Yeah, he's a big boy and he
plays a way.
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I mean looking at his tape he's
kind of your typical one cut
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tight back but he is Ursula.
They did line him up in the wing
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and he was running.
You know some go routes they
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would flare them out a little
bit, catching some balls out of
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the backfield so he's definitely
got some versatility there but
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in terms of his running style
definitely a kind of a one cut
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and go type back.
Oh yeah man, he actually played
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a game, had a couple could runs
in the Highlight tapes on last
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Friday so he is one of the guys
that are coming to this class of
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his playing this fall.
Maybe that helps get the bump up
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a little bit above to a for,
we'll see, hopefully, that'll
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that'll help the class if
nothing else.
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Absolutely now also, actually
really good offer.
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Let's 22 total offers including
offers from Georgia, Kansas
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State, Nebraska, Arkansas, and
UVA.
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So, you know, chocolate one for
the guys against the guys, up
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the road here, I like him.
You know, I just like that
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sighs.
Sighs it, you know, regardless
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of where he is mentally, he
walks on the campus, whether it
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be in January, or whether it be
in June of next year.
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And yeah, you probably have to
cut them up a little bit but
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you're not having to add weight
which makes me think potential
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early contributor.
Maybe maybe yeah, I definitely
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could see that it probably of
the three backs.
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He's probably the one that
probably will end up getting
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back field carriers, the
soonest.
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Yeah.
And I think The other two guys
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you might get involved in other
ways, but I like his chances of
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getting in the backfield getting
those, those big time carries a
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little bit sooner there.
But really I like, you know, all
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three of the backs we've gotten
have, kind of bring something
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different to the table.
But, you know, really, again, we
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talked about it already a lot,
but skill, guys being versatile.
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I mean, that's what we're
bringing in here.
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Were either getting guys that
have complementary defined roles
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or guys that can do a little bit
every verything.
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Yep.
And you gotta love that weren't
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done yet in the commitment
category, Jared Gibble at a
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Winston-Salem three-star. 84
rank 6 foot 4 225 tight end.
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He had been committed to
Charlotte before we flip them.
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You know, looks like I haven't
seen this tape.
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Did you get a quick chance to
look at it?
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Brian.
Yeah, I picked out a little bit.
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So seeing this commitment and
seeing when it happened I think
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that kind of tells me, we're not
sure about probably, one of our,
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one of our two, tier 1 guys were
looking at whether it's dangle
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or routes out of South Carolina,
South Carolina and a rock kids.
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So sounds like to me, we release
shaky on one of those guys
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wanted to make sure that we get
Giblin the boat here.
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So we go ahead and get that
offer.
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It also looked like there may be
some other power five schools
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that were about to send him a
committable.
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I'll offer to.
So we got out ahead of that,
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went ahead and got him in the
boat.
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So I think that's that was a
good move by us and looking at
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his tape.
He's a willing blocker.
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He's a guy that can block pretty
well and good job of High Point
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in the ball on some of the same
routes that I saw him run.
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So I think he's going to be able
to complement us a little bit in
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the in the Run game and in the
past game.
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So I think it's a good grab.
I mean, nothing stands out.
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He's not a guy that the take
really jumps off that you but
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Solid in All Phases.
You always want to hear about a
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tight end because I was getting
ready to ask.
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You will see a joker?
Was he an inline guy?
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Well, what you're telling me is,
he probably can do it all, which
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kind of want from a tight end at
least what what we do.
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Because when you have the guy
that can do it all, you really
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can, you can really create bad
matchups.
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Regardless, if he's a burner, or
if he's a great blocker, if you
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can do it all, they just put
them out there.
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Let them figure out what we're
going to do with.
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And whether, you know, 12th
position runs a wheel route was
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getting up to the second level
as part of some blocking.
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So, yeah, not the biggest offer.
Let's again, flip them out of
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Charlotte.
But again, add one more to the
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class and to your point.
Probably on Shaky Ground.
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Somebody, let's go ahead and get
a solid player in boat.
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Let's move on to the next one.
All right, run it all wooden.
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Good news this week.
Four hours ago.
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Luckily we me you saw the
writing on the wall between the
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crystal balls and some other
conversations elsewhere,
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probably the number one target
for the Hokies in this
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recruiting cycle from definitely
the last of the big ones in
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terms of in-state, for sure.
Definitely lies in state for
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sure.
Shuts us out in the top tenth.
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I leaked Williams committed to
Ohio State.
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He is their 14th rated recruit
out of like 16.
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So the rich get even richer, you
know?
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we've said it before run and you
know, just just just just All
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right, so we're going to say,
we're going to say a few things
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here.
We're going to start with
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traditionally.
And recently, we have struggled
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with pulling top in-state
Talent, guys.
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Look at us as well.
If I don't get a committable
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offer from that blue blood power
5, there's always Virginia Tech.
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And I feel like we were it was
kind of that way with the Quan
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Brown earlier this cycle and
unfortunately I think we were
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another victim here with with
tie Lake Williams where it
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looked like both of those guys?
We're going to go to Virginia
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Tech if they didn't get the
offer they were looking for and
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they got the offer they were
looking for.
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You know I mean there there's
several factors here.
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I mean the big one is that We've
got two brand new coaches on the
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defensive line, which is, is
both a help and a hinderence at
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this point.
I think they have really brought
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a lot of energy and they've got
Bona fides that I think play
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well on the recruiting Trail but
right now they haven't seen what
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they can do in terms of one feel
product.
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And they haven't seen what they
can do.
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In terms of getting guys into
the NFL and until they start
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showing that we're still going
to have a hard time.
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Winning these battles heads up
against the big, boys.
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Eyes.
Yeah.
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And and the whole covid, this
year sucks even more because we
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miss the opportunities.
Spring ball to potentially show
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some of these guys.
This is what we're doing in the
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future regardless to 23 years
down the road.
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But when you miss Spring ball,
if you're doing new technique
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showing you know, new not new
formations.
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But new techniques on the
defensive line, how we're going
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to rotate your going to get
looks early in our system, it's
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gone.
I'm also you don't get a chance
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for the guys.
Seeing him to essentially get
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him face-to-face.
And I mean, face-to-face, I mean
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face-to-face in Blacksburg, you
know, and one of those things
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where it's like, if when you
don't get that it hurts, because
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that's one of the big things we
have, is those two
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personalities, really three.
Don't put Justin Hamilton in
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there to those three
personalities, but if you sit in
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a room with And you see some of
their interviews, you feel like
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you could create an energy and
some sort of dynamic with a
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young player to wear
potentially, maybe Ohio, State
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comes in the room and offers and
he's like, no, I'm good.
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No, I'm good.
They didn't know me from the
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beginning.
Yep, this is a new coaching
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staff, but I'm feeling the same
Vibes you missed that, but do me
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wrong because staff has to get
better at this and can winning
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fix it.
Yes, but you've got to go in
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last two seasons.
We've not done that clearly they
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are targeting the state of
Virginia, so it's not one of
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these.
Or they're not trying to get
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anyone.
We have multiple kids from
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in-state highest-ranked.
Is 14th, you know, and when you
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look at like, who are they
getting out recruited by this,
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this is the current top 10 and
this is where they're going.
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To or a little bit body but the
other ones you kind of get
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Oklahoma Louisiana Monroe which
just baffles me with James,
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Gillespie Trend Magazines, going
to West Virginia, that's Western
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Far, Western part of the state
does that shock.
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If nope, Taylor's going to UVA
and well, let's form a commit
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Tennessee.
George Wilson's.
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Going to South Carolina, Gilliam
Oklahoma.
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Kylieqq Ohio, State treyvion,
Ohio, State and Tristan pretty
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much people thinking, they're
down to Clemson and unless you
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take the less be out and then
the Logan Taylor thing, you know
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what, that's the thing about
recruiting and state, do you
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know your your Bravo can go, get
those guys and they did and for
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them, they need that help.
I mean I guarantee if Logan
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Taylor is not starting next
year, that is a with for them.
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A big wealth because that
offensive line you've already
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discussed in the past day or
thin, but then you look at the
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other ones.
It's the George Wilson's.
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The only one you can say what
South Carolina's, their nests DC
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school.
He wasn't getting recruited hard
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by a lot of teens because the
expectation he's probably going
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to like basketball.
So yeah.
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So it sucks.
They need to do better again.
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Hopefully great season this
season piggybacking on going
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into next year.
Having normal recruiting cycle
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or ham tap till we can all get
on the trail changes that if it
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doesn't, you know.
It doesn't matter.
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Yes, but if we're winning nine
to 11 games a year, all right.
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You don't want come here.
That's your prerogative.
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We're running Leslie, and it
becomes a bigger issue.
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It becomes more of a you, it
might be the end of this
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coaching staff.
Sure.
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And yeah, I think the big thing
that we need to focus on is the
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closing because can't do it yet.
I feel like we're we get there
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and then, Don't close.
And I feel like that's been kind
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of the theme of this cycle even
more so than some of the last
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couple and you know, I'm not
sure what has changed a little
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bit.
I obviously having a stacking 26
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win season and a twin season
isn't exactly blowing people's
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skirts up and then you can kind
of - recruit off that especially
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after some of the things that
were coming out in the 2018.
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But I think now that we've got
More of a veteran team.
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We should be able to improve
that product and hopefully that
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improves the ability to close on
these guys.
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But right now, that's the
problem and the staff just has
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to get better at it.
Even if you know the winds come
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because it's still going to be a
fight especially against those
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Blue Bloods.
We got to start winning even if
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we only win 25% of those
battles, we got to start doing
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that.
Yep, 100% man. 100% gotta start
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getting.
Some of them one.
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Well, let's go back to some
happier news earlier this week.
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Yesterday to be exact 26, can
Phillips get signed by the
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Panthers big time.
Big Time, good for him.
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As everybody knows, we were
covering them earlier this year,
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you know, led the XFL in
receiving yards with 455 and
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five games.
So adding nine touchdowns
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including their week 3, where he
went eight 194 which is just
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nuts.
Good, just good for him, good
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with the rock, buying the XFL,
this right here, shows what it
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can be guys, who are unsigned or
lower.
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Drafted go there, develop show
you can play then your
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opportunities arise.
Yeah.
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And I think that's it's good for
cam, I'm surprised it took this
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long I thought he would have
been on a roster before Kim
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started, but I'm glad to see
that he's on there now that
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they're starting to see, you
know, some attrition and maybe
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some of the guys they thought B
paying not painting.
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So, I'm glad that he's in there
and it sounds like, you know,
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he's going to make some noise in
my opinion because he's
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everywhere.
He's been, he's been, he's
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making plays and I think he's
going to do well here.
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I mean, we started this podcast
is when they actually fell was
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Is just starting out as well.
So a lot of our early episodes,
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you know, we're devoting time to
hyping up Cam and I'm glad to
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see him finally get on an NFL
roster here.
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Absolutely man.
And you know something that if
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you remember, Joe Brady who's
that?
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Let's use offensive coordinator
went with rule down the Panthers
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and Lula said, he probably wants
to keep seven wideouts.
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So fantasy alert guys who were
going to be on fastest, why the
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potentially H DJ more Curtis and
me Robbie Anderson are going
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nowhere on that team.
They are locked.
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In.
So at least him kind of in a
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battle with with five other guys
for four spot but really he's 60
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64 for so hopefully can can go
kill is worth, make the
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practice, make the squad and I
continue his career I Braun lets
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go buddy.
We got a lot to cover the foo
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press conference.
We want to kick it off with
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Let's start with what it seemed
every reporter was asking about,
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which was, what are some of the
effects of covid on practicing
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and camp, and everything else
that's been going on thus far to
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start the season.
Well, yeah, I mean, and I mean,
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some of the stuff with
repetitive listening to the
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press conference, which you
almost want to be like you guys
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want quarters, right?
You guys take notes write like
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me and Brian or what we do.
If we do a fan podcast we have a
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lot of fun.
We like here it is.
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Is this question?
Well, why are you asking it
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again?
But a couple of the bigger
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things that came out of that
Brian.
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He kind of mentioned about the
way guys are coming in.
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They're coming in at different
stages.
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It wasn't like everybody got
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Same time, check-in, do this, do
this, because of kind of the
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awkwardness of having to bring
in, you know, probably over a
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hundred guys and get them
adapted to of the big pieces,
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were changa, finally Shanghai,
just finally participating in
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limited session, And they're
still waiting on Devin Taylor to
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get with the team.
Are we shocked by that?
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I'm not.
No, not in, you know, you
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already talked about it, but
it's he kind of broke down the
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stages.
It's like, okay.
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Well, you get to campus, you
know, your kind of sequestered
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for a fixed amount of time.
Once you get your test back and,
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you know, you have that that
amount of time then, you know,
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they start working in gradually
into small group film sessions
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and then small group practice
sessions and then they go full
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group as as you get more more
time with the team there.
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So that's kind of the protocol
that they're following sounds
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like changa Hodges is in kind of
phase 2.
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Preparing for phase three and
Devin Taylor's kind of Right On
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The Fringe of moving from Phase
1 to phase 2.
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So he's still kind of waiting to
get with the team and start
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doing some of those team
activities versus probably what
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he's doing now which is mostly
trying to digest The Playbook
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and states to You're into
wherever they have a
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sequestered, get yourself into
condition shape, look over the
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Playbook.
What we're doing.
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I mean, it all makes sense.
So, you know, but it's got to be
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that way this year and there's
no way around it.
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At least you feel comfortable,
how they're doing the protocols
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and they're not taking risk of
infecting, a whole team.
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He also mentioned no additional
opt-outs.
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Yeah.
But let's go to something, you
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we've mentioned it.
He kind of mentioned about doing
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a contact tracing and how it
could remove several players
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from team at a time.
And it, we have not been
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affected yet, but you saw the
two big stories in the last
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couple days.
The Lincoln Riley thing.
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That came out basically saying,
we essentially lost an entire
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group that has to play on the
field.
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The same time, but one person.
Yep.
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And then in LSU comes out and
says, we essentially I lost four
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guys.
They said it from our offensive
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line, yeah, offensive line.
And the question is is, are they
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infected or are they simply
contact tracing where backup
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left guard?
Got it.
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He's always around those guys,
which sucks.
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But I'm sure I think I sent you
the link yesterday.
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The new test that came out.
I think that's the that's a game
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changer with that test.
Yeah, it literally, if they're
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able to get that going, that's
going to make things a whole lot
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easier because, you know, no
longer are you having to
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precautionary really quarantine
quarantine in entire group of
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folks, because of one positive
test positive, then now, they're
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gonna have to call Team for a
couple of days.
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Yes, but but, but not not an
extended period of time, which
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is going to make between that
test the saliva test.
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It is something to worry about.
You wonder a we breaking up.
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We're we're splitting guys up or
maybe certain guys just aren't
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playing with one another.
I would hope so but if not maybe
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it's a we trust the guys to do
the right thing but that would.
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So I mentioned today, what if a
team raises their hand?
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You know, this isn't West the
show today, team raising a, we
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can't play this week.
How many guys you got?
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We got a cluster me.
How many you got?
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Yeah, 50, what they're not
telling you, is we got three
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starting offensive linemen out.
I started running back in our
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best corner.
We ain't playing this week.
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We got cluster here versus
somebody tells you 10 like yeah,
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yeah, yeah, yeah.
You definitely can't play.
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You're missing ten guys,
regardless.
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So yeah.
Any 10 guys off of a travel
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Squad is going to be a big deal
for guys.
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That's only maybe slightly
higher in one week than what you
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what a typical injury reporter
be.
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So there's a there's manageable
and there's not many as well and
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I get what you're saying is that
it depends on who those
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manageable.
Players are exactly couple other
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things, he mentioned and I want
to ask you about this.
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The sideline game day changes,
there's going to be bigger areas
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for the players.
The Shield Walter we solve the
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Tweet, which was, it looks
awesome from the sound of it.
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They're getting more used to it.
Give me your take on both of
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those because a More on the
sidelines.
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I'm sure some guys like that's
great.
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I'm sure some guys I would think
offensive lineman like no we
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need to be near each other so we
can be talking and fucking
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communicating.
Yeah I mean this is really big
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for in terms of just sideline
after a series of offensive
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lineman and really the entire
defense is usually pulling
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themselves to the side and
talking through things as a
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unit.
So that's going to be a big
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thing that there need to work
around and figure out a way to
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do that.
That's safe.
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And at least, you know,
arms-length apart if nothing
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else, you know, it's good that
they're going to have bigger
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area for that to happen on the
sidelines because space, it can
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be an issue.
Especially once you talk about
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some of the things that you
know, I think the reason we're
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opening things up here is that
some of the things that you're
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used to having on the sidelines
are now going to be taken out of
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play because there's going to be
limited or no fan environment
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here at the games.
So I think there's going to be
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less of the kind of extra stuff
going on there but it's still
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going to be hard for them to
them to make that work in terms
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of The Shield alterations.
I mean, that's honestly the a
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Big Boy's dream because I'm sure
all of those big boys were
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balking early on about wearing
the full face shield.
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We tend to suck wind after a
while.
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The Shield's make that a little
bit harder to do so I imagine
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that's definitely news to the
ears of the offensive linemen
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and some of the guys on the
defensive side of the ball as
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well.
So I like what they're doing, I
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like that.
They're not just saying well
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here's what you got you either
wear it or you don't they're
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trying to make it work for
everybody and still do it safely
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so I like that they're taking
those steps.
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Yeah, absolutely.
And in there.
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Trying to make it where the
protecting them.
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But at the same time as you
mentioned, trying to make it
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breathe because clearly
300-pound, guys out there
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sucking wind you need to get
them are and especially
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sometimes we run those Tempo
plays where we hit a big one
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word lining up to go quick like
got a little breathe.
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So it's all try to pass out
after I sprinted, 50 yards to
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get the next play off so we can
get in the end zone.
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Nobody is nobody is.
All right, so not all Good news
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the last couple days from the
ACC as a whole.
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You know we had the UNC cluster
outbreaks Notre Dame had their
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cluster outbreaks Notre Dame
looks like they're getting back
406
00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:19,600
on track pretty quick.
Yes.
407
00:25:20,300 --> 00:25:25,700
And then we have the NC State
outbreak best part of this news.
408
00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:30,400
Brian.
The plug was not pulled, not by
409
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,700
the team's, not by the ACCC.
Nope.
410
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,400
Thank That with those happening
and there are other places to
411
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,200
your hearing it at other
campuses and other conferences.
412
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:44,900
I don't think anybody's pulling
the plug.
413
00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:48,400
I think they feel like it's we
know it's going to happen.
414
00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,800
We're trying to protect our guys
best we can.
415
00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:53,300
We're trying to put them in good
situations.
416
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,500
We've got the test.
The whole myocarditis thing
417
00:25:57,500 --> 00:25:59,800
which now is nobody's talked
about anymore.
418
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,100
When all these clusters broke
out.
419
00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:06,400
I wonder why?
Yeah, a because doctors were
420
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,700
looking at it saying because now
it's like, it's even rarer than
421
00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:11,500
initially.
Thought I think I read that the
422
00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:21,800
other day, so yeah, but What was
gonna be the best way to stay
423
00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:26,800
with all this happening?
There's going to be, there's
424
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,700
going to be a week, you're
expected to play an opponent.
425
00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:30,400
You're not going to play that
opponent, probably.
426
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:36,800
Yeah.
So, you know, And everything we
427
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:38,100
talked about it during the press
conference.
428
00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:41,500
You know, being able to adapt is
going to be the key this year.
429
00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:45,600
If you're not able to the team
that can adapt well or at least
430
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,900
adapt, as well as can be
expected is going to be the
431
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:50,800
team.
One of the one of the team's is
432
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:56,200
going to be there at the end
whether that end is earlier than
433
00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,800
we expect or not.
But you know it's good that they
434
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,900
didn't pull the plug and it
sounds like at least four in the
435
00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:06,900
Notre Dame cases.
Is that hey Protocols are
436
00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:10,500
working but we had an outbreak.
We kept it contained and we're
437
00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:12,700
moving forward.
So I think that's a good thing.
438
00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:16,000
It sounds like their Protocols
are working UNC and NC State.
439
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:21,200
I don't know.
It sounds like the greater RDU
440
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:25,700
area.
There is struggling with some
441
00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:29,500
cases right now in general, not
just on these campuses but in
442
00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:32,500
general who would have thought
that one of the most populous
443
00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:36,400
areas in the country and all of
a sudden, A bunch of students
444
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,300
descend on it at one time that
there would be a problem who saw
445
00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:41,700
that coming.
Well, then the whole thing we
446
00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:46,900
said, we're not testing the kids
as they come in regardless.
447
00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:52,100
If it takes, you know, 5 days,
10 days, you know, it's one of
448
00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:56,700
those things where it's just
idiotic, it's really idiotic to
449
00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:59,200
not say you're going to test
these kids as they come in.
450
00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,000
Because if you do have one, you
can quickly identify them.
451
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:09,600
Say, you have it, you need to To
stay in 14 days, you know,
452
00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:12,400
because how do you think that
probably the big outbreaks
453
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:13,600
happen?
They were all partying in
454
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,200
Raleigh?
He'll probably people who he's
455
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,600
going to Matic.
Yeah, didn't test them.
456
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,800
Go out there and do whatever you
going to do so, you know.
457
00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:24,500
Yep.
So, I mean, that's a problem in
458
00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:26,900
that brings us to.
The other thing that happened as
459
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:31,500
a result of this, is that NC
state has because of that
460
00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:34,600
cluster, we've now moved that
game from the 12th of the 26th.
461
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,900
So You know, we lose our opener
and now because we lose our
462
00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:40,800
opener.
We also lose our by week here,
463
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,500
and that creates its own set of
problems here.
464
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:48,400
I mean, we had talked about
different scenarios.
465
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,100
We would have liked to seen if
we probably had more time.
466
00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:56,400
Yeah, to do it.
I think of the options moving,
467
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,500
Liberty to, that date was
probably the most palatable.
468
00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:03,400
Yeah.
Because we would, at least have
469
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,400
a closer by week then, After
week, 10.
470
00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:11,000
So I think that would have been
at least a little more palpable,
471
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,900
I think, would have been what we
Kate would have been the other
472
00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:17,700
by or week 9 but I think the
reason they're not doing it, I
473
00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:21,300
think and this is just something
I've been thinking about the dad
474
00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:23,700
and mention it to you yesterday.
I don't think they've moved
475
00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:28,400
anything to that date because
for example, we pull up ACC
476
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:33,900
schedule here for example,
Boston College Boston College is
477
00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:37,400
playing Duke on the 19th,
correct.
478
00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:40,100
Yes.
All right.
479
00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:43,500
Let's say something funky
happens and they can't the week
480
00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:46,500
before Boston.
Cop comes down with some.
481
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:51,200
They can't play well, hold on.
Well, let's do this.
482
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:55,100
Why don't we play Boston
College?
483
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,000
I don't think what's in stone is
what's installed?
484
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,600
Yeah.
As things start changing is when
485
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,700
they're going to start moving.
I think the out of conference
486
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:07,100
Gates they're essentially going
to look at them and say, listen,
487
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,300
You're not going to change that
because if it's something funky
488
00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,500
happens and you know you miss
this game.
489
00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:15,600
Yep, Equity goodbye.
Hey, we're dropping you guys
490
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,900
here to save them.
That's my thought.
491
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:22,000
At least, I think it's set
because I think there's somebody
492
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,400
in the ACC headquarters that is
figured out some, you know, some
493
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,300
scenarios.
If things are breaking in like
494
00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:30,000
the NC State.
We, well, we leave them both
495
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,700
here.
We can both play them here and
496
00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:34,900
you have their open here?
Well, what if we move the
497
00:30:34,908 --> 00:30:36,200
liberty?
No, no, don't move.
498
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,700
Liberty game up because if
Something happens to one of your
499
00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:40,200
other teams you're going to
play.
500
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,000
We can move them into your slot
here.
501
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,100
Take that one up and move some
other things around.
502
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:47,300
I think it's going to be wild
because I think at the beginning
503
00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:50,300
of some weeks we're going to be
told oh yeah we're playing wait.
504
00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:52,900
Partially no you're not your
plant it now, huh.
505
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,300
Okay.
Let's go to it.
506
00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:56,900
So, to your point coach one
table, discussing about the
507
00:30:56,900 --> 00:31:00,000
adapting is going to be a really
big thing.
508
00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:05,600
Now, Brian.
We're not playing them 12
509
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,500
anymore.
Playing in the 26th but we're
510
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:08,900
not feeling the game on the
12th.
511
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:12,200
So what does that mean?
That's our opening game begins
512
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:18,500
now now so game one will be for
the Common Road half weeks,
513
00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:22,200
baby.
It all the hate out there.
514
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,700
You want and a half weeks till
the cup comes back home opening
515
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:30,900
game for both teams.
I I kind of Wonder If Heaven has
516
00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:34,000
either team ever.
I opened the season with one
517
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:39,700
another, for the cup.
And opre ACC days they would
518
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:43,300
sometimes play in earlier parts
of the Year based on depending
519
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:47,200
on the schedules.
But we are going to definitely
520
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,100
in a few weeks start getting
into that.
521
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:55,200
But hate week starts now and
throw it out there.
522
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,700
Grayson, did you Bowser
quarterback?
523
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:00,800
Yeah, they officially announced
today.
524
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:05,500
Ginger Tebow, Brennan Armstrong
will be the starting quarterback
525
00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:11,500
for UVA.
I think if of the to I had to
526
00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:14,200
pick, I think I would have
rather have him.
527
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:19,000
Yes, just because not only do we
have a little bit of tape on him
528
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,600
already in terms of what he does
in this offense.
529
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:24,400
Uh-huh.
But I think his skill set is a
530
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,400
little bit easier to prepare for
because it's not just based on
531
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,800
athleticism.
Yeah, sometimes you you know,
532
00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:35,100
when you know okay well I need
to cover these routes.
533
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:39,100
He's going to throw the ball at
Sometimes that's a little easier
534
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:43,200
to prepare for than you know, we
get a good pass rush but all of
535
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,900
a sudden he escapes the pocket
and there's a 50 yard gain.
536
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:49,300
That's a little bit harder to
prepare for because if your
537
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:54,200
initial object of keeping him in
the pocket fails you know,
538
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:59,500
everything goes to pot, it does.
And we're going to definitely
539
00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:02,100
dive deeper into that because we
re going to have more time to
540
00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:05,700
dive deeper into that not just a
week more of like two weeks.
541
00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:08,400
So it will be fun to break down.
Those games.
542
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:13,100
But get you hate Jean, keep it
strong out there.
543
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,800
And just every time you walk by
UVA fans, just say, um, get to
544
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:23,700
hold it here, baby.
All right, Brian we look here.
545
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,900
Coach talked about some key
position battles and storylines.
546
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,700
And we'll start with this one,
and it caught me in your here.
547
00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:34,300
We paused it when he said it.
Yep.
548
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,700
Tomorrow has been working with
Coach am a little bit.
549
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,400
We were like, what?
Pause, Brian.
550
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:48,200
What do you think that means?
Well, he alluded to it even a
551
00:33:48,208 --> 00:33:52,400
little bit more later but from
what it sounds like, it sounds
552
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,600
like Tamar, he's playing some
boundary safety in some
553
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,900
situations.
Boundary about your safety as
554
00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:01,400
the artist formerly known as
Rover.
555
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:06,400
Yeah.
Actually, you need to, we need
556
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,300
to put that somewhere boundary
safety.
557
00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:11,300
The artist formerly known as
Rover.
558
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,100
Yeah, so you start hearing that,
Tamar skillset definitely fits,
559
00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:20,600
can play a strong safety from
Devin hunter from the way it
560
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,400
looks.
He is going to be our base,
561
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:23,900
strong safety.
Heck, you might even play some
562
00:34:23,900 --> 00:34:29,900
strong safety in nickel
packages, but But we know we
563
00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:32,500
know Tamara skillset Jamar
doesn't recover skills.
564
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:39,300
He is a hard hitter.
He can play some Zone and it
565
00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:43,699
tells we discussed and I kind of
rolled through with you Bryan as
566
00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:46,000
we were talking about it.
It tells me we might have for
567
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,400
the first time, you know, maybe
a long time.
568
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,600
Maybe I feel like I feel like
ever we might have a true nickel
569
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,400
this year.
True nickel package versus
570
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,800
playing our base all game and
just changing some of the
571
00:35:00,808 --> 00:35:02,200
coverage alignments for the
whip.
572
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,600
What do you think?
Yeah, that's what it sounds like
573
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:05,900
to me.
And I'm not sure if this is
574
00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:09,700
going to be something that's
going to be you know, that we're
575
00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:12,800
going to go to in any long,
third down yardage situation
576
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,100
where we feel like we can sub.
I'm not sure if it's going to be
577
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:19,800
that but it sounds like at least
situationally we might go to
578
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,500
that.
So, Example here, I mean there's
579
00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:27,500
some teams that, you know, don't
go three and four wide on on
580
00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:30,900
Third and long.
Probably not a necessity to
581
00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,100
throw out your nickel package
there, but the teams that
582
00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:37,300
consistently do and you have an
opportunity to sub and match up,
583
00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:40,100
better with that more than
likely, we're going to do that
584
00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:44,100
with, you know, either, you
know, Marie Taylor or Chapman
585
00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:48,100
out there playing, you know, a
true nickel corner and tamari
586
00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:51,200
counter-rotating to boundary
safety artist.
587
00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:54,400
Lena is Rover.
I could definitely see that
588
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,300
happening with some of the
things that jam is shaking up
589
00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:59,500
here.
So I really like the idea.
590
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:03,400
Like I said I'm not sure if it's
something that we deploy all the
591
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,700
time but I think we would at
least do it when the situation
592
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:08,500
works and we have the
opportunity to sub.
593
00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:14,900
Yeah, absolutely.
And when you have those guys on
594
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:18,800
at corner that can play it,
you've got to take advantage of.
595
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,800
You've got to take advantage of
Tomorrow skill and doing that
596
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,800
coach of a couple of the great
things about tomorrow about you
597
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,700
know obviously great player
talked about how he's become
598
00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:33,700
more of a leader this year
really physical and we saw that
599
00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:39,000
last year at playing whip man he
like to hit people Jesus and
600
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,000
then You know, just again that
talking about working with J
601
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,200
Hamm.
I think.
602
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:49,700
That's again a thing that J Hamm
can offer, whoever plays whip in
603
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:51,300
the future.
If we continue again they're
604
00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:54,900
still calling it well but is
that going to be a new product
605
00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:57,900
of the J Hamm system, where if
you play whip linebacker, you're
606
00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:00,900
going to get some looks at
strong safety, that helps
607
00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:03,700
selling that position where it
says, Hey, when we go to Nickel,
608
00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:06,300
you're going to play.
You're going to play safe.
609
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,700
Now, what that's going to do for
you is as you Start developing.
610
00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:14,100
Now, you get your opportunities
to show what you can do,
611
00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:17,800
potentially for the NFL and I
really like that.
612
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,500
Yeah.
And I think it might be another,
613
00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:23,300
you know, call specific type
situation where if we're going
614
00:37:23,300 --> 00:37:28,900
more of a Zone on Third and
long, you might leave Devin
615
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:32,400
hunter in but if we're going
man, if you have the opportunity
616
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:37,800
to sub, you might do it.
So I think I think it could be
617
00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:40,600
deployed that way.
And I, again, like you said,
618
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:45,400
working with J Hamm and the line
was J, Hamm doing things that
619
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,400
help play to Jamari Connors
strengths.
620
00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:53,100
And I think, when we talk about
overall versatility on the
621
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:56,400
defense, especially in the
secondary tamari, Connor is the
622
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:02,200
most versatile player we have
because he does a lot of things.
623
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,800
Damn.
Well, you know, he's not, he's
624
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,800
not quite Elite level coverage
but he's damn good.
625
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,500
He's not quite Elite level. well
in zone, but he's damn good and
626
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:16,500
I think because of that and the
physicality that he brings, you
627
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:21,800
know, that's why they're using
him as kind of like, A joker
628
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:25,400
type role on defense, where he
can kind of do multiple things.
629
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:31,900
The last thing I would ask Brian
is even some of the crimes when
630
00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:35,600
you're going to leave him until
you leave her on the field,
631
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,900
could you see him playing them
like nipple linebacker to?
632
00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:40,500
Where you're almost going to
leave?
633
00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:45,000
Richard in straight middle, you
take Dax off the field.
634
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:50,400
In this case, leave Richard to
play Mike and let him go, you
635
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,500
know?
Whatever weeks that is stay in
636
00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,800
there.
It gives more looks.
637
00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,600
Yeah, I could happen or is a, my
pipe dreaming that I think that
638
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:05,200
could happen.
And, you know, some of that
639
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:10,400
could end up playing into why
we're seeing, you know, a guy
640
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,400
like a maribor know, working at
defensive end being able to
641
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:19,000
slide back into Zone coverage.
If if the situation called for
642
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,500
for, you know, in a Zone Blitz
and You're there.
643
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,500
So there's a lot of things that
could play in there, so I'm
644
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,700
interested to see what J Hamm
does with those.
645
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,600
Those guys, because he's got
athletes all over the field.
646
00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:31,800
I mean, you've got a defensive
end.
647
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,000
Now that's that played Safety
and high school and has been a
648
00:39:35,008 --> 00:39:37,100
linebacker is entire collegiate
career.
649
00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,500
Now, with his hand in the dirt,
so it's going to be interesting
650
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,600
to see how he deploys all these
versatile weapons.
651
00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:45,900
Absolutely.
Now, speaking of Versatility
652
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,700
coach was asked by running
backs, he said I'm going to, you
653
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:53,900
know, Omit routine Blackshear,
but you've always mentioned,
654
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:55,800
reading, black shoes.
Going to be all over the place.
655
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,100
So saying, he's going to be with
the just two running backs is
656
00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:03,400
kind of a service billing, but
he mentioned Khalil Devon
657
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,500
Holston Keyshawn Keener, getting
most of the reps with the ones,
658
00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:12,200
any shock with that or is that
kind of the way you see it.
659
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,800
If we took Blackshear out of the
picture that's what I figured
660
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,000
was going to happen, you know,
more or less.
661
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,200
I figured Khalil was going to be
getting You know, the one a
662
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:28,700
carries and Jalen probably one
be with Keyshawn having kind of
663
00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:32,400
some either spell packages or
packages that are specified to
664
00:40:32,408 --> 00:40:35,700
his strength since I think he's
still coming along there and
665
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:38,000
then they're you know they also
talked about Marco League
666
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,300
getting in there as well.
I like him and definitely like
667
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:44,600
him in terms of what he brings
to a short yardage package so I
668
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,400
could probably see him having
that role for us.
669
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,900
I'm looking him in jail and
they're built like when you good
670
00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:53,800
lord they're just they're just
Just big human beings and it's
671
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:57,300
good to again, we talked about
the way we recruited the running
672
00:40:57,300 --> 00:41:02,000
backs and you're seeing kenji's
your power Malachi, more your
673
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:07,200
all around and you know black
more of these will be in the
674
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,800
slot.
He's going to be back here, he's
675
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,400
gonna play some wite-out.
We're going to do some funky
676
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,000
things with him and you kind of
see it here with each of those
677
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:18,000
guys and it's good to hear.
Just hope we get that Blackshear
678
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:20,200
stuff going on.
I know we're going to talk about
679
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,300
it.
In a few minutes here.
680
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,600
Now he also jumped in the
Special Teams.
681
00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:28,700
The first one were heavy on the
punt.
682
00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:31,700
Returner is the punt return?
Yep.
683
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,300
That doesn't surprise me, you
know, his numbers at the end of
684
00:41:37,300 --> 00:41:43,000
life, when he took over, he was
very high in the NCAA punt
685
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,800
return, you know, yards per
punt.
686
00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:48,500
Anyways, I'm loving them.
No, he went on them, it should
687
00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:55,100
also mention that Herbert and
Rahim has also been back there
688
00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:57,700
as punt returners with those
guys being older.
689
00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:00,200
I think for me and you we know
they've done it in the past, it
690
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,500
it can as they did at Rutgers.
You feel like punt, return
691
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:07,200
finally took three years, g zp
z.
692
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:12,500
But finally we're good on pain.
Returns, we have dangerous lies
693
00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:15,100
back there and we're not going
to screw it up.
694
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,600
Yep.
And I mean, he talked about that
695
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:23,100
he talked about right now we got
King and Jalen Holston as kind
696
00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:27,000
of the, the 1A and 1B for the
for the kick return.
697
00:42:27,500 --> 00:42:29,900
And King doesn't Shock Me
Holston.
698
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,600
A little bit of a shock but when
you think about it a little bit
699
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,000
you know, having a guy out there
that's a running back, good
700
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:42,300
athleticism but big enough to
deliver a block and be out there
701
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:45,100
leading for a guy like King who
is more of the athlete.
702
00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:49,900
And then they also talked about,
you know, if eligible Raheem
703
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,400
black she would be one of the
guys back there as well.
704
00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:55,800
He didn't say whether he would
be in there instead of king or
705
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,700
instead of Holston.
But I think he would work in
706
00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:04,700
either either position there.
So I really like what I return
707
00:43:04,700 --> 00:43:07,600
game can look like especially if
you know a guy like black sugar
708
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:11,200
is healthy because you're
talking about probably you know
709
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,200
too deep at both return
positions of guys that are
710
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,100
really dangerous.
And that's a great feeling when
711
00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:22,200
you're that deep in it, again,
it puts pressure on the other
712
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,400
team.
How you got to get it out of the
713
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,200
end zone?
Well, as we've seen, sometimes
714
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,400
when guys try to get how the
enzyme they put it off the
715
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,900
sidelines and you get
unbelievable field position.
716
00:43:32,300 --> 00:43:35,500
But when he mentioned the Rahim
thing, as well as king and
717
00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:41,500
Holston, the one thing I kind of
thought of it might be, we get
718
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:43,600
to go in.
We can see how this team is
719
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,200
kicking this team.
Always tries to kick short, So
720
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,200
in this situation we're going to
keep Jalen out there.
721
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,900
Yeah he's on a rahim's.
Going to go to it, Jaden's going
722
00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:55,300
to start setting up block, if
this team's put it in the end
723
00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:56,300
zone.
Every time, we're going to keep
724
00:43:56,300 --> 00:44:01,200
her team, we're going to keep
Keshawn on the field because if
725
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:05,300
they miss one we want one of our
to faster guys back.
726
00:44:05,300 --> 00:44:07,200
So maybe that's what they're
looking at.
727
00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:10,200
But again you look think a Joel,
Jalen Holton sighs.
728
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:13,000
He can get it out of the end
zone but he also can deliver
729
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,700
that crushing blow man.
Braun.
730
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:20,700
You got some stuff on the
defensive end especially kind of
731
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:23,600
two new guys.
Yeah, so Fuente was talking
732
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:27,300
about he has the question about
the too kind of newer guys that
733
00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:31,900
have gotten some buzz from all
the camp practices, that being
734
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:35,500
Justice, Reed.
And Amari bar, no, talked first
735
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:39,600
about bar, no said he could
really run and he's getting
736
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,000
better every day at, you know,
learning the position.
737
00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:44,700
But it's going to be a process,
which, I mean, doesn't really
738
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:47,800
surprise.
Probably anyone listening here.
739
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:52,600
I mean, as we stated earlier,
you know, High School Safety,
740
00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:54,600
been playing linebacker for a
long time.
741
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,100
This is first time, really
putting his hand in the dirt, it
742
00:44:57,100 --> 00:45:00,200
sounds like he's taking to it
very well, which doesn't
743
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,600
surprise me based on his size
and athleticism but it's still
744
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:08,100
going to take him time to work
through some of those pass.
745
00:45:08,100 --> 00:45:12,500
Rush moves engaging, you know
much bigger guy on a Down by
746
00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:16,800
down basis and you know being
able to Kind of learn the
747
00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:21,800
specifics of pursuit and things
of that nature.
748
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,200
So, I think the still going to
probably be learning those
749
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:25,800
things, but it sounds like he's
coming along.
750
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:31,600
Great Justice Reed.
He told us the obvious thing.
751
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:37,100
There he is a big strong player.
Is it ready?
752
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:41,000
Buddy seeing the photo
circulating on Twitter and other
753
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:47,100
social media Avenues and the
circumference of this Dudes arm
754
00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:52,500
you got no doubt in your mind.
This is a big dude, but he
755
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,400
brings maturity to the team as
well as what he's what Fuente
756
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,000
talked about.
And that he's full grown up
757
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:03,200
here, talented player and like
right now, the only shortcoming
758
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,200
that he mentioned that he still
learning the scheme a little bit
759
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:10,000
so that may be hindering him in
practice, some but it sounds
760
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,100
like he's going to get that that
ironed out and should be ready
761
00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:19,900
to go by the time.
September 19th rolls around a
762
00:46:19,908 --> 00:46:24,100
about Justice, I think probably
hopefully they are letting him
763
00:46:24,100 --> 00:46:26,000
do.
The talk about adversity, you
764
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,300
know, Justice really high rate
of recruitment down, the
765
00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:34,400
Florida, had the injuries did
not quit kept work, kept
766
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,200
working, transfer to Youngstown
State kept working at hurt.
767
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:40,300
Again, goes that has a good
season keeps working stiff
768
00:46:40,300 --> 00:46:43,500
looking for opportunities at
perseverance and stuff.
769
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:49,500
You know, I'm sure sometimes
hearing it from a teammate about
770
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:53,200
certain issues and certain
things can definitely motivate
771
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,500
guys, maybe even more so than
the coaches.
772
00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:57,800
So I really like having them
here.
773
00:46:57,900 --> 00:47:00,600
They will have a next year to
you can be the first 18 year,
774
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,400
senior, something like that,
something like that.
775
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,200
Yeah.
I mean like I said he's a guy
776
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:12,300
that, you know, he had A lot
thrown at him coming out of high
777
00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:15,900
school being a really high
recruit and then was handed some
778
00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:21,300
some pretty rough hands but he's
kept at it yet he didn't let
779
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:25,200
those those downsides.
You know Define his career he
780
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,500
kept coming back at it so it's
nice to see him get an
781
00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:31,900
opportunity to play some power 5
ball, after all these years.
782
00:47:31,900 --> 00:47:34,800
After those, you know, a couple
big injuries for him.
783
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:40,700
You know, the last thing that
went a discussed One of the last
784
00:47:40,700 --> 00:47:44,700
things he discussed with some of
the quarterback situation that
785
00:47:44,700 --> 00:47:48,400
we've had for several years now.
And, you know, we talked about
786
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:54,400
before we think to, to a lesser
extent, some of this is is lip
787
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,300
service to motivate Hendon
hooker to to improve his game,
788
00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:00,600
and take it to the next level.
But I mean, I think there is a
789
00:48:00,607 --> 00:48:03,400
true competition out there as
well.
790
00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:07,400
And he talked about the all the
guys in the room and you know,
791
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,900
will reiterate here.
We think it's the best
792
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,900
quarterback room at least in the
conference and in one of the
793
00:48:13,908 --> 00:48:17,500
best in the country.
So he talked first about knocks
794
00:48:17,500 --> 00:48:19,700
and and I'll let you roll with
that one Curtis.
795
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:22,500
Yeah, just talking about Knox is
improving it.
796
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,400
The biggest thing he seemed with
Knox is just in the last year
797
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:28,300
how physically stronger he's
gotten and that makes sense.
798
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,200
You know I think knock came in
at like he's six foot three is
799
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:37,000
180 pounds coming in and now
he's had that full year to get
800
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:39,500
the nutrition program to be in
the weight room too.
801
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:43,800
Yeah, out there running and that
shocked me know, do I do?
802
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,300
I do I know where Knox is going
to be in a couple years from?
803
00:48:46,300 --> 00:48:50,300
No, it's the way we're
recruiting quarterbacks and the
804
00:48:50,300 --> 00:48:52,700
room right now.
What it shot me if you like,
805
00:48:52,700 --> 00:48:55,700
nope, but when you hear that, it
tells you, they've got a
806
00:48:55,707 --> 00:49:00,800
motivated to get better.
Now, something we have talked
807
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:03,300
about and it made us feel good,
listening.
808
00:49:03,300 --> 00:49:06,800
The Press there will be for real
man.
809
00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:10,100
Yeah, Hendon.
Quincy and Braxton they're all
810
00:49:10,100 --> 00:49:12,500
different styles, we can all do
different things with them,
811
00:49:12,500 --> 00:49:17,100
depending on who goes if we talk
about that Brian, it's one
812
00:49:17,100 --> 00:49:19,300
reason why the quarterback room
is so good.
813
00:49:19,500 --> 00:49:23,200
Exactly, we talked about that
and we talked about how you have
814
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,300
one guy goes down.
You know, you can adjust your
815
00:49:25,300 --> 00:49:28,600
playbook in play to the
strengths of these guys, because
816
00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:32,800
all of them do to, you know, at
least two things really well and
817
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:35,900
you can kind of just run your
offering offense through those
818
00:49:35,900 --> 00:49:39,400
things.
And, you know, just looking at
819
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,900
the way they have played, I
think, you know hindon in terms
820
00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:44,200
of all the things he brings to
the table.
821
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:49,000
Specifically The leadership and
the the way he handles a huddle
822
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:51,500
are going to be what puts it
over the top for him.
823
00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:54,000
In terms of you know maintaining
the starting role and starting
824
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:58,700
the season Hazard qb1 here but
he talked other things about
825
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,100
Quincy and Braxton as well it
sounds like Braxton has had a
826
00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:03,300
really good camp.
Yep.
827
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:08,100
It sounds like he's picked up
his accuracy but it does sound
828
00:50:08,100 --> 00:50:11,300
like he does.
Take some more risk with the
829
00:50:11,300 --> 00:50:17,400
ball I want but apparently Those
risks have paid off for him in
830
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,700
Camp.
So I'm not sure how that's being
831
00:50:19,700 --> 00:50:24,200
how that's playing but he's
definitely, I think you hitting
832
00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,800
is definitely a guy that he
protects the ball and I know
833
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,100
Fuente has always preached
projecting the ball.
834
00:50:29,700 --> 00:50:31,500
So I think that's another thing
that we'll look at.
835
00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:35,800
I don't know if the things Brax
is doing well or looked at as a
836
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,500
good thing or a neutral thing,
depending on how much risk he's
837
00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:42,800
taking in order to do them.
You know, we know where we're
838
00:50:42,808 --> 00:50:45,100
getting with Quincy and it
sounds like Quincy has.
839
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:49,300
Can some steps forward in his
accuracy in the short passing
840
00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:51,300
game?
Which is what we wanted to see
841
00:50:51,300 --> 00:50:54,500
because we knew he could throw
the Deep ball and we knew he was
842
00:50:54,500 --> 00:50:56,300
a big dude that would run you
over.
843
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,600
And if he can put that
intermediate passing game into
844
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:03,500
play, he's going to be a lot of
a lot of a lot of trouble for
845
00:51:03,500 --> 00:51:05,900
guys.
So on the trouble.
846
00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:09,100
Again again the room it was like
to make any improvements.
847
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:16,200
I still think hens the man.
You know, c-13 touchdown passes
848
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:19,100
two interceptions last year.
I mean, literally had us in
849
00:51:19,100 --> 00:51:22,500
every game.
Averaged almost 37 points a
850
00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:25,100
game.
You don't backtrack that, you
851
00:51:25,100 --> 00:51:26,800
know.
And again, I think he's what
852
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,700
you're saying is Coaches.
Trying to keep him motivated to
853
00:51:30,700 --> 00:51:32,400
continue to push and be the
best.
854
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:36,000
He can be not take your eyes off
the prize and that's why he's
855
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:40,800
not named anybody yet.
I'm going to say this.
856
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,000
What?
Today is the 27th tomorrow be
857
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:49,400
the 28th.
When we drop this I think I
858
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:55,300
think coach Fuente on roughly
the 9th or 10th will drop to the
859
00:51:55,300 --> 00:51:58,500
starter.
Is he did that similar every
860
00:51:58,500 --> 00:52:01,100
year?
You know, he usually gives it a
861
00:52:01,107 --> 00:52:05,500
battle week out, maybe he goes a
little bit closer with the UVA
862
00:52:05,500 --> 00:52:08,400
game, but, you know, it is what
it is, man.
863
00:52:08,900 --> 00:52:13,300
All right, Brian we look.
He mentioned to specific
864
00:52:13,300 --> 00:52:18,000
freshman one guy.
I think.
865
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:22,800
Maybe a little bit shocking.
The other guy not at all the
866
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:26,300
Shocker can't Jinkins.
What do you think?
867
00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:28,800
When he kind of mentioned
Kiante, which Jacksonville kid?
868
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:30,500
Florida kid.
They're different.
869
00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:33,800
We know that.
But when you hear him kind of
870
00:52:33,808 --> 00:52:38,900
getting praise this early, yeah,
that jumped off for me because
871
00:52:38,900 --> 00:52:42,300
he wasn't one that I necessarily
had right on my radar is being a
872
00:52:42,300 --> 00:52:47,300
guy that would pop this quick.
It shows me that he's quick and
873
00:52:47,308 --> 00:52:50,700
picking things up.
Because you don't come in and
874
00:52:50,700 --> 00:52:52,600
make an impression like that, if
you're not good at picking
875
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:56,900
things up pretty quickly,
especially that position,
876
00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,300
especially that that position.
So I really like that that
877
00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:04,300
definitely gives me hope that we
might be able to see him if we
878
00:53:04,300 --> 00:53:08,200
don't see him on the field of
decent amount outside of special
879
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:12,900
teams, obviously this fall look
forward to seeing him next year,
880
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:18,000
potentially Make some noise and
that that's big news for me.
881
00:53:18,100 --> 00:53:20,500
Me because I like I said he
wasn't on my radar as I got to
882
00:53:20,508 --> 00:53:25,000
look out for when Camp started.
Another guy that I wasn't
883
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,300
shocked to hear, was that Robert
Wooten has been shown good
884
00:53:29,300 --> 00:53:33,700
flashes in Camp so far.
He came along with Ali, Brian.
885
00:53:33,700 --> 00:53:36,100
I said, we're probably two guys
that you would want to look for
886
00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:39,900
is, you know, being able to make
an impact, you know, usually
887
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:43,400
d-line guys, especially guys
with their size.
888
00:53:44,300 --> 00:53:46,800
Tend to tend to pop quick if
they've got the goods, so
889
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:49,000
hearing his His name mentioned
in there.
890
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:52,100
Doesn't surprise me.
Yeah it's and you hear him
891
00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:55,200
having the goods.
You talked about him, you have
892
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:57,800
mentioned him and Alec Bryant.
They already have the bodies,
893
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:01,100
they can come in and contribute
to a one helps with defensive
894
00:54:01,100 --> 00:54:05,600
line depth and, you know, goes
right into the flight and do the
895
00:54:05,607 --> 00:54:08,600
next thing we're talking about
red shirts.
896
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,200
Feel me.
No, stinking red shirts.
897
00:54:12,300 --> 00:54:16,500
Not the issue, baby.
The basically, the NCAA
898
00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:18,500
eligibility rule.
We discussed that earlier this
899
00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:22,600
week in coaches, just straight
up, it was hilarious.
900
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,200
He was like all hands on deck
everybody.
901
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,300
Basically, if you give, you can
show something, you are going to
902
00:54:29,300 --> 00:54:35,500
play this fall is awesome.
But then we had talked about it.
903
00:54:35,500 --> 00:54:38,200
We said that's going to be a
really big thing for special
904
00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:42,100
teams, right?
Because And while some of these
905
00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:46,000
freshmen might not be Frontline
Talent guys that are ready to
906
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,100
play every down or play a
significant number of steps a
907
00:54:49,100 --> 00:54:51,400
game.
They are guys that can get out
908
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,600
on special teams.
Make some plays for you.
909
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:59,600
And potentially, if nothing else
give some of these guys that are
910
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,800
every down players a breather,
you know, all things being
911
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,000
equal.
You want the, you know, you want
912
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:09,900
the younger guy out there.
So you're not wasting the guy,
913
00:55:09,900 --> 00:55:13,000
that's Get every down on the
Special Teams unit.
914
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:17,400
Now obviously if there's a clear
advantage to a veteran then you
915
00:55:17,408 --> 00:55:22,600
go with him but you know, if
there's mostly a even swap their
916
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,800
get the young guy out there on
special teams, no doubt, get
917
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:30,000
them out there and then he kind
of mentioned like it was kind of
918
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,800
it was one of the funnier
pieces, you know, and it's all
919
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:35,300
of us no clue what's going to
happen after this, how the
920
00:55:35,300 --> 00:55:38,000
management of The rosters going
to happen basically.
921
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:40,200
He's saying damn the torpedoes.
Yeah.
922
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:42,900
You have the talent you are
going to play.
923
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:46,100
And me and you kind of talk
about well.
924
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:49,500
This also gives an opportunity
to to maybe saving some of your
925
00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:53,400
starters because we only have 14
guys.
926
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:56,800
And I think, you know, you think
about a couple of the guys
927
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,200
transferring in like changa.
Like Devon, where, if they
928
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:02,100
aren't ready, you can say, hey
guys, you can Redshirt your
929
00:56:02,100 --> 00:56:05,000
seniors.
Redshirt senior this year, will
930
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,700
play next year.
Well, thank you, another bright.
931
00:56:07,700 --> 00:56:10,200
Hey transferring hey, sit the
bench for a year.
932
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:15,200
But I think what it says mean
you talked about was this is the
933
00:56:15,207 --> 00:56:19,500
way you can save some hits on
your best players in the special
934
00:56:19,500 --> 00:56:25,400
teams in certain situations
where hopefully in the long run.
935
00:56:25,900 --> 00:56:30,700
You're getting them more carries
on offense or more possess more
936
00:56:30,700 --> 00:56:34,000
possessions with their offense
or defense of units than a
937
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:36,300
special teams unit.
When they'll do that, which in
938
00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:40,400
the long term could really help
out you know, conditioning I'm
939
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:44,500
staying in shape, staying seeing
all the injury report?
940
00:56:44,900 --> 00:56:49,100
Yeah, no doubt, no doubt.
I mean you know it's nice having
941
00:56:49,100 --> 00:56:55,400
your your best talent on special
teams, but if I've got a guy
942
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,800
that in terms of their impact on
special teams isn't
943
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,600
significantly, more than what
James significantly, less than
944
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:03,000
what James Mitchell brings to
the table.
945
00:57:03,700 --> 00:57:04,900
I don't need James Mitchell out
there.
946
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,100
Let's save him for offense,
let's not hit him more than he
947
00:57:09,100 --> 00:57:12,200
needs to be hid.
Let's not get him gassed, so
948
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:13,400
he's ready for the fourth
quarter.
949
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:14,400
Thank you know, things like
that.
950
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:18,500
I mean, it probably isn't a
significant thing but it's
951
00:57:18,500 --> 00:57:21,200
definitely a little thing.
And I think you know you can
952
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:23,000
those can add up over the course
of a year.
953
00:57:23,900 --> 00:57:27,700
Absolutely.
All right, no word on Rahim
954
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:32,400
black shears waiver.
Now you know there were some
955
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:36,500
questions asked and you know, we
made some As we cannot ignore
956
00:57:36,500 --> 00:57:39,000
them because they we've heard
it.
957
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:43,100
We here we here we here.
But but for us it just seems
958
00:57:43,100 --> 00:57:47,800
like it's very inconsistent.
Yeah, it doesn't seem arbitrary
959
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:51,000
in the term who gets away with
who doesn't because it doesn't.
960
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,800
It's like the guy you know JT
Daniels came over from Southern
961
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:56,200
California.
Got an immediate waiver to play
962
00:57:56,200 --> 00:58:00,300
at Georgia.
He's from Southern California,
963
00:58:01,100 --> 00:58:04,500
pretty sure he is.
Yeah, look at that but that
964
00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:09,600
makes no sense whatsoever.
Like guy born and raised in
965
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:11,900
Santa Ana California.
Can get a waiver to go all the
966
00:58:11,900 --> 00:58:14,300
way across the country to play
this.
967
00:58:14,300 --> 00:58:18,800
Guys, coming from Rutgers down,
coach fired, new coach, all his
968
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:23,800
crap.
So, you know, it's irritating.
969
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:26,300
Coach was, you know, they don't
handle it.
970
00:58:26,300 --> 00:58:28,200
It's done by.
Science.
971
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:31,700
We all know that.
Any first of all, anybody out
972
00:58:31,700 --> 00:58:33,800
there, listening, that doesn't
know that.
973
00:58:34,300 --> 00:58:37,300
Please do a little research,
understand all.
974
00:58:37,300 --> 00:58:42,200
This isn't in the coaches hands
but he mentioned something about
975
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:46,200
for him.
He wants more clarity.
976
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,000
I think that every plant more
clarity like it's one of those
977
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:52,600
things where you almost want to
say, when a guy gets a transfer,
978
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:55,000
you need to say how he got it,
why he got it.
979
00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:58,100
And if you owe me that
transparent, because it might
980
00:58:58,100 --> 00:59:00,400
make your organization look bad,
to maybe you're doing something
981
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:02,400
wrong.
Yeah, I mean, that's the big
982
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:06,000
thing.
I think that is frustrating for
983
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,000
a lot of these schools, like
Virginia Tech.
984
00:59:08,500 --> 00:59:10,900
I know uva's had a couple.
I know some other schools in the
985
00:59:10,900 --> 00:59:13,700
ACC of had a couple that have
been turned down the fresh.
986
00:59:13,900 --> 00:59:16,100
Thing thing isn't that they're
turned down?
987
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:21,400
It's that the application of who
gets approved who doesn't seems
988
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:25,400
again like you said,
inconsistent and unclear, as to,
989
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:29,600
you know, what these other
schools are doing to get the
990
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:32,700
thumbs-up, when what we're not
doing, to get the thumbs down.
991
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:37,900
There definitely needs to be
some sort of training on this.
992
00:59:37,900 --> 00:59:40,200
And we spoke about this last
time on the podcast.
993
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,500
There's got to be a way that you
can train these compliance
994
00:59:43,500 --> 00:59:48,400
departments on why this is going
on, redact.
995
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:52,900
Whatever information is
necessary to keep whose whose
996
00:59:52,900 --> 00:59:58,200
application, you know,
confidential as much as you can,
997
00:59:58,700 --> 01:00:03,100
especially in areas where it's
more of a medical hardship or
998
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:04,400
something to do with with
family.
999
01:00:04,700 --> 01:00:09,800
Agencies versus a, just my coach
was fired or you know, for
1000
01:00:09,800 --> 01:00:12,600
football related item.
But I mean, we're seeing things
1001
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:16,500
that are purely football-related
in terms of what we see from the
1002
01:00:16,500 --> 01:00:20,600
outside and all of a sudden they
get approved and something that
1003
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:26,200
seems to be equivalent like a
coaches fired at Rutgers a
1004
01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:30,700
higher was pending and he
announces his transfer and then
1005
01:00:30,700 --> 01:00:36,000
that not get approved.
So I mean, it is what it is at
1006
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,200
this point at this point.
You know, there's nothing we can
1007
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:41,600
do other than wait for the
appeal, but going forward, it
1008
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:44,400
will be nice to get some of this
laid out a little bit more
1009
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:46,600
clear.
We need someone a lot of money
1010
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:52,600
to the NCAA.
Yeah, you got to share this like
1011
01:00:53,200 --> 01:01:12,500
an Amazon.
Basically it was earned it man,
1012
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:19,600
I think he's number 11 in the,
you know, kick off last year
1013
01:01:19,900 --> 01:01:22,600
essentially down inside the end
zone, which is a really good
1014
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:26,000
number.
So, you know, coach a lot of
1015
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:30,900
things to say about him being a
great teammate, and a lot of the
1016
01:01:30,908 --> 01:01:34,900
stuff like that, but Braun.
He's a senior.
1017
01:01:36,000 --> 01:02:19,400
And with this island.
He gave him the option.
1018
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:22,800
If he wanted to announce it they
didn't make a big Dam spectacle
1019
01:02:22,800 --> 01:02:24,600
of it.
It's like you've earned it your
1020
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:30,000
scholarship you don't have to
pay for your schooling anymore.
1021
01:02:30,300 --> 01:02:33,500
There's a little kerfuffle about
that on the timeline and in
1022
01:02:33,500 --> 01:02:39,100
Twitter about, hey you Be you
know, taking your video this and
1023
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:42,500
making a big deal or at least
announcing it on the team
1024
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:49,800
Twitter and you know, bow shot
back and said hey you know we
1025
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:52,800
don't need to beat our chest
every time we do something.
1026
01:02:53,100 --> 01:02:58,200
You know that looks good and we
gave him the opportunity to
1027
01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:00,000
share it if he wanted to and he
decided to.
1028
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:04,200
So that's where we are.
And you know, I agree with that.
1029
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:07,700
I mean I We see it.
Every year, we actually saw it
1030
01:03:08,300 --> 01:03:12,900
today, with, with UVA.
I'm going to go ahead and, you
1031
01:03:12,900 --> 01:03:15,000
know, I'm gonna throw some UVA
slander out here.
1032
01:03:16,300 --> 01:03:21,900
They did a bit quantity, they
did a bit with, please, somebody
1033
01:03:21,900 --> 01:03:26,700
driving up on a, on a scooter
with the mailbag, delivering, a
1034
01:03:26,700 --> 01:03:32,900
special delivery to Bronco and,
you know, it is up having the
1035
01:03:32,900 --> 01:03:38,100
the to scholarship offers Within
These These these things there
1036
01:03:38,100 --> 01:03:40,100
in like.
I mean it's nice to see the kids
1037
01:03:40,100 --> 01:03:43,300
get excited and the teammate
teammates rally around it, but
1038
01:03:44,100 --> 01:03:48,200
it seems like it's more of a
recruiting Point than anything.
1039
01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:51,300
That's genuine.
And I feel like if we know
1040
01:03:51,300 --> 01:03:56,400
anything about Coach Fuente and
what he's about, you know, he if
1041
01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:59,500
it doesn't feel genuine or
natural, he's probably not going
1042
01:03:59,500 --> 01:04:03,200
to do it, you know, I don't do
it at all, but great for John,
1043
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,600
Parker, Brian.
Let's hit this real Quick coach
1044
01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:09,900
mentioned, it numerous places
but you know we are out of fall
1045
01:04:09,900 --> 01:04:14,200
camp now and where you're more
into your preparation practices
1046
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:16,500
installations which is very
awkward.
1047
01:04:16,500 --> 01:04:18,600
You normally it's like, well
this makes sense.
1048
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:22,500
We are virtually 10 days out
makes perfect sense.
1049
01:04:23,100 --> 01:04:26,300
Well now it's a little different
because we're not truly 10 days
1050
01:04:26,300 --> 01:04:30,000
out, you know, we will be, we
would do it, be doing mock game,
1051
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:32,600
either this weekend, or next
weekend, in a normal season this
1052
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:35,500
weekend because next week would
have been playing Liberty on
1053
01:04:35,500 --> 01:04:36,300
Labor Day.
Weekend.
1054
01:04:36,300 --> 01:04:38,900
So, you're right.
You're right about might gain.
1055
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:42,900
I'm wondering, can they still do
my game with this going on?
1056
01:04:42,900 --> 01:04:45,600
Or they are going to take them
up the hotel rolling over on
1057
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:48,700
Friday night and stay and do all
the Walkers down there probably?
1058
01:04:48,700 --> 01:04:50,600
I don't know.
I don't I mean I would say I
1059
01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:53,500
would say probably not, I mean,
I think they probably have
1060
01:04:53,500 --> 01:04:57,700
something else.
Maybe closer to campus or on
1061
01:04:57,700 --> 01:05:01,300
campus, that isn't.
Yeah, Retreat into your normal
1062
01:05:01,300 --> 01:05:02,800
environment.
Yeah.
1063
01:05:02,800 --> 01:05:05,900
But I think they're, I don't
know if that's something that
1064
01:05:05,900 --> 01:05:08,900
they would do just because of,
you know, the increased exposure
1065
01:05:08,900 --> 01:05:12,600
that you're talking about, that
comes with going into another
1066
01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:15,800
city into a hotel, things of
that nature.
1067
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:18,300
So it'll be interesting with
that with that processes.
1068
01:05:18,300 --> 01:05:21,100
Like, that's definitely going to
be something that I think, as
1069
01:05:21,100 --> 01:05:22,900
you said is going to be a little
different this year than a
1070
01:05:22,908 --> 01:05:25,500
normal game.
But I mean as far as what
1071
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:29,700
Happens on the other parts of it
which you know, team meal the
1072
01:05:29,700 --> 01:05:34,200
night before team breakfast, the
morning of all the walkthroughs
1073
01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:37,200
and all that stuff.
All that's going to be the same.
1074
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:39,100
So you know, I think they'll
still do it.
1075
01:05:39,100 --> 01:05:43,000
I just don't know what the
actual between the hours of 9
1076
01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:47,300
and 7 where they're going to
pour into the morning is good
1077
01:05:47,300 --> 01:05:48,400
with where that's going to
happen.
1078
01:05:49,300 --> 01:05:51,800
Exactly.
And then again going into where
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01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:55,000
they're going to class.
Now, less time with the coaches,
1080
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:57,700
it's more.
Really like like, you know, like
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01:05:57,700 --> 01:06:01,500
normal game weeks.
So you know, they're there.
1082
01:06:01,500 --> 01:06:07,900
Now in the question is they're
going to have, you know, they're
1083
01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:11,800
going to have essentially 22
days of this.
1084
01:06:12,700 --> 01:06:15,200
You wonder the coaches again, he
mentioned it.
1085
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:17,500
You've got to adapt to it.
But what are they going to be
1086
01:06:17,500 --> 01:06:20,300
doing?
Or, you know, is next weekend?
1087
01:06:20,300 --> 01:06:22,100
Are they gonna run like a full
scrimmage?
1088
01:06:22,100 --> 01:06:25,000
Like it Lane to basically say,
you know, we're going to play in
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01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:26,700
two weeks.
Laughs, let's get one where we
1090
01:06:26,700 --> 01:06:29,900
split the sides up.
Let's play one versus ones.
1091
01:06:29,900 --> 01:06:33,000
Let's get as in the booths where
they're calling plays and let's
1092
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:35,800
do it.
Not mention but again for me and
1093
01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:38,300
you would go through our heads.
Are we going to do these things
1094
01:06:38,500 --> 01:06:45,800
to get ready for the 19th?
So again a lot more questions to
1095
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:48,200
be answered and we'll probably
not find out.
1096
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:50,800
Unless you just want to go ride
around Blacksburg and stadium
1097
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:55,400
and look like creepers, it's was
the best one.
1098
01:06:55,600 --> 01:06:58,900
The thing about what happens if
we go virtual and he had a lot
1099
01:06:58,900 --> 01:07:00,600
of interesting stuff to say
Brian.
1100
01:07:01,500 --> 01:07:03,100
Yeah.
I mean and that's that's
1101
01:07:03,100 --> 01:07:07,100
definitely a concern number one
because you know, students are
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01:07:07,100 --> 01:07:11,000
now back on campus for going on
full two weeks at this point.
1103
01:07:12,700 --> 01:07:19,700
So things look different right
and I think the concern is, you
1104
01:07:19,707 --> 01:07:22,100
know, a lot of these other
campuses kind of week two is
1105
01:07:22,100 --> 01:07:24,700
when things started taking a
turn for the South and we're
1106
01:07:24,700 --> 01:07:27,300
hoping that Nothing similar,
doesn't happen in Blacksburg,
1107
01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:31,400
you know, to this point, the
numbers have been low and
1108
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:34,000
they've been consistently low.
So we haven't seen any sort of
1109
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:37,900
spikes or anything like that.
So that's been a good, a good
1110
01:07:37,900 --> 01:07:39,900
thing at this point.
I can't remember.
1111
01:07:39,900 --> 01:07:45,300
But I think the percent positive
of what the, of the numbers that
1112
01:07:45,308 --> 01:07:47,400
they've already test.
It was like .0025.
1113
01:07:47,400 --> 01:07:52,100
Yeah, and that's a pretty darn
low percent positive rate
1114
01:07:52,100 --> 01:07:56,500
testing before you actually,
when you get To campus actually
1115
01:07:56,500 --> 01:08:03,100
works.
Yeah sorry yeah it's really low
1116
01:08:03,900 --> 01:08:07,300
so you like to see that so I
think I think that's long as
1117
01:08:07,300 --> 01:08:09,300
those numbers don't Spike.
I think they'll keep holding
1118
01:08:09,300 --> 01:08:12,500
what they have, you know, but he
said if it does go virtual,
1119
01:08:12,500 --> 01:08:17,800
that's not going to be his call
in terms of whether you know the
1120
01:08:17,808 --> 01:08:22,800
players stay on campus or not.
you know, coaches can obviously
1121
01:08:22,800 --> 01:08:28,100
make coach will approach that if
its decision is made by the, by
1122
01:08:28,100 --> 01:08:35,600
the university, it's going to be
easier if they go virtual, but
1123
01:08:35,600 --> 01:08:37,800
football players are allowed to
stay on campus.
1124
01:08:38,800 --> 01:08:41,100
I think that is kind of an
obvious thing as well, because
1125
01:08:41,100 --> 01:08:45,500
we've seen, you know, what type
of success they've had with the
1126
01:08:45,500 --> 01:08:49,100
bubbles with the NBA and, and
things like that.
1127
01:08:49,100 --> 01:08:54,100
So, we know the bubbles work and
if you can sequester your team
1128
01:08:54,100 --> 01:08:59,200
away, From infected folks, for,
as many days as possible.
1129
01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:02,899
And when the circumstance, it's
the likelihood of there being an
1130
01:09:02,899 --> 01:09:05,300
outbreak in the team is going to
go down significantly.
1131
01:09:05,899 --> 01:09:08,800
Yeah, and one of the last thing
you kind of wrap with was the
1132
01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:11,200
players even had, the discipline
has to be there even more.
1133
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:18,899
So with people back on campus
now and it's on those guys like
1134
01:09:18,899 --> 01:09:24,399
you've got 20 plus days says,
you know, where your mask
1135
01:09:24,700 --> 01:09:38,800
Distance.
Stay away from tots person does.
1136
01:09:39,100 --> 01:09:43,100
So they need to be more diligent
than your average student and so
1137
01:09:43,100 --> 01:09:46,800
it's on them to do that and I
think it seems like, you know
1138
01:09:46,800 --> 01:09:52,200
what we talked about last week
with Diablo and Mitchell, it
1139
01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:54,900
sounds like those leaders on the
team have definitely impressed
1140
01:09:54,900 --> 01:09:58,200
that on some of the young guys.
So hopefully that continues to
1141
01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:01,900
stick and regardless of what's
happening in Blacksburg as a
1142
01:10:01,900 --> 01:10:03,900
whole that the team is doing the
right thing.
1143
01:10:04,500 --> 01:10:07,700
A all right.
Well that is going to wrap up
1144
01:10:07,700 --> 01:10:10,200
this episode of The Boundary
Corner podcasts.
1145
01:10:10,300 --> 01:10:12,900
My name is Curtis Wilson.
I'm Brian Sigler.
1146
01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:16,300
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01:10:19,700 --> 01:10:21,500
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01:10:21,500 --> 01:10:24,600
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1150
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:26,900
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1151
01:10:26,900 --> 01:10:29,300
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