WEBVTT - Colts Kicker Blake Grupe joins JMV!

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<v Speaker 1>The ride with JMV.

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<v Speaker 2>Say, man, you got a joint uh noe?

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<v Speaker 3>Not on me, Man, It'd be a lot cooler if

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<v Speaker 3>you did.

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<v Speaker 1>Ninety three five and one oh seven five the Fan.

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<v Speaker 3>Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia, Texas, Notre Dame, and IU. According

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<v Speaker 3>to the coaches, Phil Steele's gonna join us coming up

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<v Speaker 3>on Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>Right talk to Phil about IU.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure the scheduling, the scheduling and the Kaitlin Clark

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<v Speaker 3>stuff which is absolutely ridiculous, which is normally as nine

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<v Speaker 3>either side.

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<v Speaker 1>Just keep it right here.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll talk hoop and won't have to jack with the

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<v Speaker 3>other crap you have to jack with Brian Nubert, the

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<v Speaker 3>new ad at Purdue. We'll talk to Brian about that

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<v Speaker 3>coming up at the top of the hour. Aces and

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<v Speaker 3>Fever coming up on Thursday. That's at seven o'clock. Tidrose

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<v Speaker 3>got you six thirty right here on Thursday. Ninety three

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<v Speaker 3>five and one oh seven five f on the Andy

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<v Speaker 3>Moore Automotive Group Potline joining us now in a kicking

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<v Speaker 3>battle with Spincter Sraider and he was fantastic at the

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<v Speaker 3>end of last season for sure. Blake Groupie joins us

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<v Speaker 3>now again. On the Andy Moore Automotive Group potline. Hey, Blake,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you for the time. How are you can't complain?

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<v Speaker 2>We're fresh out to practice fields out here. I think

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<v Speaker 2>we're on day six. I think, so everything's going well

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<v Speaker 2>and join the energy and I'm ready to keep building.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, knock on some wood here? Are you still perfect?

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<v Speaker 2>I believe so?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, Well, hopefully this conversation doesn't ruin that for you.

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<v Speaker 3>But because I don't know if I'm the luckiest dude

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<v Speaker 3>around anyway, Hey, I want to talk about your situation.

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<v Speaker 1>It is rather interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>You came in late last season and just absolutely caught

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<v Speaker 3>fire a franchise record sixty yarder that could have been

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<v Speaker 3>good even further. I think in Seattle, if you go

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<v Speaker 3>back and watch the tape on that. What's your feeling

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<v Speaker 3>right now going into a competition, Blake, and especially a

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<v Speaker 3>competition with somebody you know so well?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's uh, you know, I feel like my mindset

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<v Speaker 2>is uh, I feel like I have a good mindset,

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<v Speaker 2>like my you know, I'm in a good spot here.

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<v Speaker 2>I Uh, I really enjoyed, you know, building with these

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<v Speaker 2>guys and with Luke and Rigo and the whole rest

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<v Speaker 2>of the team. I mean, that's what it's all about

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<v Speaker 2>here at training camp, you know, but I would say

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, just you know, going into the competition, it's,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we know the nature of it. I guess

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<v Speaker 2>as a as a kicker, and and uh, how slim

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<v Speaker 2>the margins are. So it's you know, you got to

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<v Speaker 2>go out and put your best foot forward every day. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you got five weeks of camp and only a handful

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<v Speaker 2>of practices and preseason games to make your mark. So

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<v Speaker 2>you uh feel like I go out there and show

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<v Speaker 2>you can.

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<v Speaker 1>Do That's just Blake groupy with us.

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<v Speaker 3>There are not a lot of career circumstances in which

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<v Speaker 3>you feel you have to be perfect. This is certainly

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<v Speaker 3>your career choice is one of those.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no doubt. It's a uh you know, we all

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<v Speaker 2>know what we're signing up for when it when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to the kicking in the National Football League. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's you know, that's the standards, the standard, and guys

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<v Speaker 2>are only getting better around here. So we're gonna you know,

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<v Speaker 2>keep putting them through the uprights and and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>keep preparing for the season.

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<v Speaker 3>I got to ask you this, in your opinion, is

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<v Speaker 3>there any run nor reason to why you can be

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<v Speaker 3>perfect as of right now, how you can look so

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<v Speaker 3>good at the end of last year but also go

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<v Speaker 3>into with your final season in New Orleans a funk.

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<v Speaker 3>Because here's what I'm considering, and you can correct me

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<v Speaker 3>if I'm wrong. You're getting used to operationally speaking your

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<v Speaker 3>guys and being out there, but you were thrust into

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<v Speaker 3>it late in the season to where you were getting

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<v Speaker 3>used to things on the fly. And I'm assuming you

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<v Speaker 3>were also used to the folks around you late in.

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<v Speaker 1>Your stance in New Orleans.

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<v Speaker 3>So is there any run nor reason as to why

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<v Speaker 3>you can get into and then out of a funk

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<v Speaker 3>or be nearly perfect, if not perfect, so easily in

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<v Speaker 3>the game of place kicking.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, here's a lot that goes into it,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, being being with a you know, a better

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<v Speaker 2>operation here with Luke and Rego and and guys that

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<v Speaker 2>I really, you know, truly worked well together and and

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<v Speaker 2>you know are going to make it for as easy

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<v Speaker 2>as me, as as easy on me as possible. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've always felt that, you know, I go out of

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<v Speaker 2>here and do my thing, and when I can, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I can control and I can do what I can do.

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<v Speaker 2>Control what I can control and and the rest will

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<v Speaker 2>you know, take care of itself. So you know, I've

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<v Speaker 2>been in a good little groove, you know, when I

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<v Speaker 2>was in the kod groove and in training camp last

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<v Speaker 2>year as well, And there's just there's so much that

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<v Speaker 2>goes into it at our position, and so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I really you know, stuck to my stuck to my

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<v Speaker 2>guns and trusted myself and my routine and and uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know it paid off last year. But every years

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<v Speaker 2>of New Year, you got to go out and put

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<v Speaker 2>the work in and and you know, earn it every

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<v Speaker 2>single year.

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<v Speaker 3>How's your relationship with Spencer? Given the fact you guys

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<v Speaker 3>know one another so well, yet you're competing for the

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<v Speaker 3>same professional gig here, it's been it's been.

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<v Speaker 2>Doing good that you can't can't ask for anything, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I better got to go against you got to. You

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<v Speaker 2>got a guy that I've known for you know, two

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<v Speaker 2>or three years now. Unfortunately you know we're little Irish

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<v Speaker 2>on Irish action out here in Indianapolis here, but uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know State, he's a great guy. I couldn't ask

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<v Speaker 2>for anybody better do against. And and I know it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a high level competition and I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to bring my best every single day.

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<v Speaker 1>That is Blake Groopy with us.

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<v Speaker 3>He joins us via the Andy More Automative Group hotline

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<v Speaker 3>perfect so far in camp and Westfield?

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<v Speaker 1>What's your operation? Like? What are the dues and the

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<v Speaker 1>don'ts for you? Pre kick, pre snap?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>You know you don't really worry about the don'ts. You

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<v Speaker 2>just worry about the dudes. I think that's the first one.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, you know, I have a routine, whether you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all the way from whether it's you know, in a

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<v Speaker 2>practice setting my warm up and then working yourself into

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<v Speaker 2>the getting ready for practice, or whether it's coming from

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<v Speaker 2>the sideline on a game. You know, it's all it's

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<v Speaker 2>all different. Everybody has a set of routines that kind

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<v Speaker 2>of works for them. So I just kind of, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>go one, check the boxes off, work through my routine,

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<v Speaker 2>and and I know when I'm coomfortable and I've worked

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<v Speaker 2>through that routine that you know, usually good things happen.

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<v Speaker 3>Not a lot of five seven one fifty six dudes

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<v Speaker 3>of the NFL roaming around, are there?

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<v Speaker 2>No, there's not too many. But I'll hold it down

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of them.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to I have nicknamed you the Ponykeg because

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of, yeah, well, I know it's weird, but

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<v Speaker 3>uh so, powder Keg is what you are as a

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<v Speaker 3>kicker because I don't know where you find it, brother,

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<v Speaker 3>but you find it, you find the power. So that's

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<v Speaker 3>part of the powder Keg and the culture of the

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<v Speaker 3>pony part of it too. I would guess this. You

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<v Speaker 3>come from a not so huge community in Missouri. To me,

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<v Speaker 3>you've probably been proving it to everybody either that questions,

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<v Speaker 3>your stature, your abilities are all the way around your

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<v Speaker 3>entire life, and this is probably just right another step

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<v Speaker 3>in that process.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I I honestly agree. I you know, nothing

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<v Speaker 2>about the position I'm in is new to me. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've just kind of the way I've I've found my

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<v Speaker 2>way throughout the years is kind of working through it

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<v Speaker 2>and and find my way.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just I guess kind of tied it into what

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<v Speaker 2>what Carly's messages this year is everything's about finding way.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, going from a walk on and to

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<v Speaker 2>Arkansas State to you know, playing starting there for four

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<v Speaker 2>years and transfer another dame, going undrafted. I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of part of my story is is kind

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<v Speaker 2>of going against the odds. And so that's just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of the position I found myself in. And and if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to have some success, you don't really you

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<v Speaker 2>don't really have a choice. So it's part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>You're out here, you know, trying to make it happen

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to help the team.

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<v Speaker 3>I would I would guess that this is just how

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<v Speaker 3>your bill once you found when did you find out

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<v Speaker 3>at what point of what age that you were built

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<v Speaker 3>to prove people wrong like this? When did you discover that?

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<v Speaker 3>You know?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I would say twenty twenty nineteen in college

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<v Speaker 2>is kind of my first year of having some success

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<v Speaker 2>and seeing it kind of payoff. But I mean, I've

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<v Speaker 2>along the way, I've I've messed it up just as

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<v Speaker 2>many times as I've done right. And and that's part

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<v Speaker 2>of the learning process. So as long as you're you know,

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<v Speaker 2>continuing to uh to you know, add your add your

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<v Speaker 2>repertoire and continue to get better and work through those

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<v Speaker 2>situations you know, just still make the same mistake twice

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<v Speaker 2>and and uh you know, continue to build, continue to

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<v Speaker 2>better yourself and and try to set yourself up for

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<v Speaker 2>it to uh, you know, have success.

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<v Speaker 3>Blake Groupie joins us. He's on the Andy Morro Auto

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<v Speaker 3>Motive Group hotline. So when you joined the team last year,

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<v Speaker 3>and especially when you found that success, I became I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know, this can't be original.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a I'm a groupie groupie. Have you had those before? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard it.

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard that a couple of times.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, groupie groupie. That is me and a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>the listeners right here, because you look at the effect

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<v Speaker 3>you had on this team that was searching late in

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<v Speaker 3>the season. Situationally speaking, it was it was profound and

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<v Speaker 3>as you mentioned, you were just kind of thrust right

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<v Speaker 3>into it, but got the job done and got the

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<v Speaker 3>job done right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Yeah, it was Uh, you know, I was excited,

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<v Speaker 2>uh coming up here and coming to a team that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we were well we were building to or

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<v Speaker 2>trying to make the playoffs, trying to trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>it rolling. So I was just trying to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>do my part and uh and at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the day, just set up the team for success. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we we have a big role, but you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>also a small one at the same time. So anything

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<v Speaker 2>that I can do to help anybody else, regardless if

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<v Speaker 2>it's on the field off the field, you just try

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<v Speaker 2>to come in and and uh, you know, do your

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<v Speaker 2>thing and and uh be there for the team.

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<v Speaker 3>Does the game slow down for you when you go

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<v Speaker 3>out there and kick? Does it do do you try

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<v Speaker 3>to slow it down yourself? At least your mindset your

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<v Speaker 3>frame of mind to slow it down, to make sure

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<v Speaker 3>you're as comfortable as possible during that process.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, yeah, you can. There's there's things you can

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<v Speaker 2>do to prepare it. So it's all in preparation. So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you just go into it. You you you know,

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<v Speaker 2>work throughout the week and and familiarize yourself with everything

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<v Speaker 2>and the conditions and the stadium. There's everything. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of little stuff that goes into kicking and so

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<v Speaker 2>but that's our job to take you know, take uh

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<v Speaker 2>you know, advantage of opportunities and and uh you know,

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<v Speaker 2>account for all that stuff. So it's uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just in the job description. You come up and

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<v Speaker 2>get comfortable in the in situations where nobody else is

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<v Speaker 2>so part of it.

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<v Speaker 3>Is there any place where you would rather not kick,

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<v Speaker 3>just the place you don't like or have never liked.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, there's definitely a few out there that are

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<v Speaker 2>more difficult than others. But at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>you only got a choice, so you should to go

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<v Speaker 2>out there and uh and and make it happen.

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<v Speaker 3>When you were in high school, were you better football,

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<v Speaker 3>baseball or soccer?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh? Definitely not baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh Uh what positions? What positions?

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<v Speaker 2>Second baseman?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, okay, we were.

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<v Speaker 2>We were a role player there, but uh, soccer soccer wise,

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<v Speaker 2>in Missouri, soccer football balls both in the fall. So

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<v Speaker 2>I would go to soccer practice and play throughout the

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<v Speaker 2>week and they'll kick a couple of balls on Thursday

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<v Speaker 2>afternoon and play on Fridays. So it Uh we made

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<v Speaker 2>all state and balls, so it's hard to pick it too.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh, you know, we decided to go to football route,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'd say it's paid off.

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<v Speaker 1>What choices did you have collegiately and soccer, Blake.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, honestly, it was mostly a bunch of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>smaller schools, you know, some P two s and some

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<v Speaker 2>you know, not not big schools. Definitely not Division one

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<v Speaker 2>for soccer. But I took that one Division on one, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>walk on offer and and uh ran with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you enjoy the World Cup? I did?

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<v Speaker 2>It was it was fun, you know, connecting with you know,

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<v Speaker 2>watching your friends and your family that are I guess

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<v Speaker 2>not as a fan, more friends but that you know

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<v Speaker 2>aren't aren't digging to soccer, watching them kind of get

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<v Speaker 2>around on it and uh and and really starts to

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<v Speaker 2>pay attention. That's always fun.

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<v Speaker 1>This is yeah, this is I was good to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Blake griffing with us.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, I'm gonna let you run here in a second,

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<v Speaker 3>but I want to ask you about Sedalia, Missouri.

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<v Speaker 1>That is your hometown, correct? Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>The ragtime music? Is that what it's most noted for?

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<v Speaker 3>Did I looked that up accurately?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's some Yeah, I remember learning about that. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>rag Time it started Scott jopp One all that and

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<v Speaker 2>so yeah, that's that's one of the that's one of

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<v Speaker 2>the prizes to.

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<v Speaker 1>So did you grow up a Missouri fan?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, my.

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<v Speaker 2>Home sounds about an hour from Columbia, So I grew

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<v Speaker 2>up from the Zoo fan and and uh cheering on

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs. So but those days are over?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Well let me yeah, no, well yeah, big time over.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me say this though, I believe I saw this

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<v Speaker 3>that there is a former wrestler that I absolutely loved

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<v Speaker 3>back in the day that is from your hometown. His

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<v Speaker 3>name is Ox Baker. You ever hear that name from

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<v Speaker 3>your hometown? The wrestling Ox that was. And let me

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<v Speaker 3>tell you this, Blake Mabe, you're much younger than I am,

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<v Speaker 3>but he was a big deal around here in Indianapolis.

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<v Speaker 3>He was a big deal wrestling wise, back when, back

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<v Speaker 3>when I was growing up. But no, that's that's cool

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<v Speaker 3>as hell to see that. Hey, congratulations. Now, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>want to mention, but I also had Matt gay On

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of years ago, uh, during training camp. So

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<v Speaker 3>that's why I want you to knock on wood when

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<v Speaker 3>you're done with this conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't mean that you're superstitious. Maybe you are, maybe

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<v Speaker 3>you aren't, but make sure you cover We want to

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<v Speaker 3>cover our asses here, Okay, So knock on some wood

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<v Speaker 3>when you're done with this.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I'll be just I'll be just good.

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<v Speaker 2>Fine, I'll control it.

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<v Speaker 1>I can, so I'll be all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Had a guy.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, we appreciate you, We really like watching you your

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<v Speaker 3>fun and certainly congratulations on what you've accomplished so far

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<v Speaker 3>and keep on keeping.

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<v Speaker 2>On brother, Yes, sir, we'll be really craciure to happening.

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<v Speaker 3>You got it's play groupie right there, the Anymore Automotive

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<v Speaker 3>group hootline five six five seven one fifty six.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, it's something that we had talked about.

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<v Speaker 3>And obviously the groupie groupie and the nickname stuff is

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<v Speaker 3>is all kind of silliness by me. But you could

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<v Speaker 3>tell one thing and one thing about that. Actually two

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<v Speaker 3>things you can tell you guys are ready. You could

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<v Speaker 3>tell that there haven't been a lot of in depth

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<v Speaker 3>conversations about him in his life, which is fine, but

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<v Speaker 3>you can also tell with that that's all business. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's how it has to be in a competition. In

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<v Speaker 3>a situation like that, it has to be all business.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not even a member of the team. This is

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<v Speaker 3>not even competition against the opposition as it was at

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<v Speaker 3>the end of last year. This is competition against the

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<v Speaker 3>guy that you've known and kicking for a special teams

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<v Speaker 3>coach and Brian Mason that you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So that is all business and that's.

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<v Speaker 3>The approach, honestly, that is the approach that is necessary

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<v Speaker 3>across the board for the colts that are trying to

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<v Speaker 3>accomplish some things that simply put, they have not accomplished.

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<v Speaker 1>The results have not been there. That's the TAC to

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<v Speaker 1>take