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Speaker 1: When you think about the broadcast for the National Championship

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Speaker 1: hear by the way on our sister station ninety three WIBC,

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Speaker 1: and the Hurricanes of Miami, there is also a version

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Speaker 1: that will be down the ACC network. In my opinion,

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Speaker 1: that should be your primary viewing experience. Taylor Tannabaum joins

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Speaker 1: kind enough to preview for us this matchup. Taylor, first

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Speaker 1: we say, welcome back to Indianapolis.

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Speaker 2: How are you great?

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Speaker 3: It's always good to be with you, friend.

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Speaker 2: I want to begin. Okay, we're going to start here.

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Speaker 4: Are you ready ready?

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Speaker 1: I'd like to know last night I went to MJ

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Speaker 1: Taylor tannabomb a Michael Jackson fan.

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Speaker 3: No, I wasn't not a fan, but I wasn't actively

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Speaker 3: a fan. My parents were never big MJ people, so

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Speaker 3: I never really got into it, but I'm sure it

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Speaker 3: was awesome.

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Speaker 2: Prince, Were you a Prince fan?

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Speaker 3: No? I can't see I was, but I'm not opposed,

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Speaker 3: you know, what I mean.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I thought you were going to say you're not

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Speaker 2: So here's why I ask.

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Speaker 1: So, ten year old Taylor, though, when you were ten

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Speaker 3: Where in Plantation, Florida, so suburb before Lauderdale.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so you're living in the greater Miami area correct

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Speaker 1: at the age of ten? Yes, yes, So if you

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Speaker 1: were ten year old Taylor, would you have been more

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Speaker 1: surprised by which of the following? A That you would

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Speaker 1: be part of the ACC network alternate broadcast of the

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Speaker 1: National Championship game. That fairly hard to believe, considering that

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Speaker 1: network did not exist when you were ten. B That

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Speaker 1: said game would involve the Miami Hurricanes probably not totally

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Speaker 1: outlandish considering their history, or c. That Miami would be

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Speaker 1: the underdog going into said National Championship game in your

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Speaker 1: home area, taking on the illustrious, powerful, long time power

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Speaker 4: This is an easy answer.

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Speaker 3: It would be See, while the ACC Network did not

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Speaker 3: exist when I was ten.

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Speaker 2: Years old, neither did Indiana football.

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Speaker 3: I had a dream to be doing this, so I

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Speaker 3: because Indiana respectfully has no history when it comes to

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Speaker 3: championships and lore, you can imagine, seems extremely outlandish that

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Speaker 3: this would be the situation today. But that's the beauty

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Speaker 1: Football, right well, And listen, in today's world, Taylor's and

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Speaker 1: I've made a lot about this. You know, the Indiana

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Speaker 1: gets all the credit in the world, and Kurt Signetty

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Speaker 1: opportunity there, and with the NIL and the portal. It's

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Speaker 1: Sam Whitch era, you know what I mean. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's just the reality. But let me ask you this.

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Speaker 1: You have covered within the ACC. You have seen all

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Speaker 3: That's tough, because Indiana feels like they're head and shoulders

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Speaker 3: But Miami's packed to get here has certainly not been easy.

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Speaker 3: it's going to be a battle. But maybe I would

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Speaker 1: Okay the reason and you know Miami SMU got the

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, Taylor, the other question would

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Miami has certainly changed since their two losses to

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Speaker 3: the problem wasn't the opponent, it was Miami. Like in

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Speaker 3: Still after Carson Beck threw three interceptions and then he

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Speaker 3: They were in position to win, but they turned the ball.

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Speaker 4: Over four times.

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Speaker 3: The fact that they were even still in position to

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Speaker 3: What you've seen in this seven game win streak is

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Speaker 1: Taylor, You spent time in Taylor, tan Obama is my

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Speaker 1: You obviously spent time in India. You know this market, well,

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Speaker 2: Representation Indiana basketball. Okay, so it is that big.

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Speaker 1: The reason I ask is because you know, I realize,

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Speaker 2: On Monday Night. Right.

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Speaker 3: So here's the thing about Miami. And I can say

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Speaker 3: But you do have the community that rallies around the

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Speaker 3: So while the alumni base is small compared to Indiana's

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Speaker 2: That is correct.

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Speaker 3: That is a stark contrast for sure, But the community itself,

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Speaker 3: You know, school pride is everything. This is why you

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Speaker 3: I do think Miami fans are going to show up.

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Speaker 3: People are underestimating what they will do and the fact

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Speaker 3: So you never know.

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Speaker 4: So I think it could.

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Speaker 3: Be a fifty to fifty split. I wouldn't be surprised

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Speaker 2: How many people have reached out to you?

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Speaker 1: You know, hey, Taylor, you know, I know you work

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Speaker 2: Know each other from AU. Do you have any tickets?

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Speaker 1: Do you have access to tickets? Do you know anywhere?

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Speaker 4: But that's okay.

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Speaker 3: Listen, you got to shoot your shy or you'll never

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Speaker 3: make it. I wish I had more to give. I

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Speaker 1: Joba House Peel and poor guest line. So you're let's

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Speaker 1: You're sitting there and you close your eyes and you're like,

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Speaker 3: This is easy because I know you can relate to

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Speaker 2: I get to be here.

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Speaker 4: This is cool.

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Speaker 5: But this isn't kidding bad.

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Speaker 3: So there you go, you would, And I'm happy for

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Speaker 1: It will be there will be plenty I can tell

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Speaker 1: I'm joining us ACC network and native of again the

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Speaker 4: Oh this is tough, and my mother in law never

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Speaker 4: It's a lot, you know the sometimes you get, sometimes

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So therefore we'll see what happens. But let's begin

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Speaker 1: with this. Look, this is obviously an incredible run and

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Speaker 1: Good kind of work, Jeremy, this particular, all of it,

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of things that factor in. Kurt

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Speaker 4: he was really supportive of it, and we had, you know,

443
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Speaker 4: a series of goofy videos to reveal the mascot, and

444
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Speaker 4: he had one that he was supposed to do where

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Speaker 4: he was going to act scared of it turned around

446
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Speaker 4: in his office while watching film. So we went and

447
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Speaker 4: we went and shot it and I'm I'm standing there

448
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Speaker 4: as we're breaking down the equipment and this is in

449
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Speaker 4: the middle of May, at like ten am in the

450
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Speaker 4: middle of May that we're filming this, and I go, coach,

451
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Speaker 4: that's a standard definition. What are you watching? He's like

452
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Speaker 4: red zone plays? I go from what game? And like,

453
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Speaker 4: even the score bug looks super dated, and he's like

454
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Speaker 4: Illinois versus Northern Illinois two thousand and seven, and I go,

455
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Speaker 4: are we playing anybody who coaches either of those teams?

456
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Speaker 4: And he's like nope. I go, well, why are you

457
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Speaker 4: watching it? And he goes, Jeremy, we were number one

458
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Speaker 4: in the country in red zone offense last year and

459
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Speaker 4: it's not an accident. I just like watching red zone plays.

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Speaker 4: And it led me to believe that not only is

461
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Speaker 4: he great at breaking down film, he actually loves looking

462
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Speaker 4: at film. And so he's watching eighteen year old red

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Speaker 4: zone plays in May from two nondescriptive opponents in a

464
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Speaker 4: nondescript game. And then you watch the last play of

465
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Speaker 4: the first half against Alabama and we run a perfect

466
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Speaker 4: red zone play. So I think that's an indication of

467
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Speaker 4: what he is. And then one time in the hall,

468
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Speaker 4: we're playing an opponent that I won't talk about, and

469
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Speaker 4: a coworker said, well, what do you see out of

470
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Speaker 4: this team? And he's like, well, they're super athletic on

471
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Speaker 4: the edges, but they're dumb in the secondary, and if

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Speaker 4: you run crossing routes, you're going to be open all

473
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Speaker 4: game long. I watch the game and Elijah Surratt, I

474
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Speaker 4: don't know, has like one hundred and fifty five yards

475
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Speaker 4: receiving just running across the crafts all game long. So

476
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Speaker 4: he sees things that other people do not, and he

477
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Speaker 4: understands athletes that work in his system. If you do

478
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Speaker 4: not block down field as a wide receiver, you do

479
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,360
Speaker 4: not get to play. And there's just no negotiation on

480
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Speaker 4: that fact, no matter how talent. Like if Rainy Moss

481
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Speaker 4: didn't blockdown field, well maybe that would be an exception.

482
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Speaker 4: But if Reggie Wayne did not block down field, Reggie

483
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Speaker 4: Wayne wouldn't get to play. So that he would block downfield.

484
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Speaker 4: And so he has standards and he breaks down film,

485
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Speaker 4: I think in a unique way, and I think he

486
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Speaker 4: ingests more film than any other coach in America.

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Speaker 1: We think of college football athletics Jeremy Jeremy Gray, my guess,

488
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Speaker 1: Java House Peel and poor guest line. The stereotypical football

489
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Speaker 1: coach is the guy that's got the whistle around his

490
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Speaker 1: neck and he's wearing the bike shorts and he's got

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Speaker 1: guys out doing two days getting a drink of water

492
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Speaker 1: from the host. I mean a little bit old school here,

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Speaker 1: I realize, but and things have changed and progressed a

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Speaker 1: little bit here. But it seems to me like Kurt

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Speaker 1: Signetti is not caught up in the overbearingly breaking guys

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Speaker 1: down and then building them back up, and rather simply saying,

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Speaker 1: I trust that you're going to know how to do

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Speaker 1: this job that I'm going to give you, and this

499
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Speaker 1: is your job, and check back with me tomorrow to

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Speaker 1: make sure you have it done. Is that a fair assessment?

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Speaker 4: They work really, really hard, but his practices are an

502
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Speaker 4: hour and a half for a couple of reasons. He

503
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Speaker 4: doesn't like wasting time. I think he has an acute

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Speaker 4: understanding of what the attentions may is of a male

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Speaker 4: between the ages of eighteen and twenty three. And there's

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Speaker 4: a reason why their classes are an hour an hour

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Speaker 4: and a half. So he doesn't overwork them, and he

508
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Speaker 4: likes them fresh and healthy. And I think it plays

509
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Speaker 4: out on Saturdays that he did not overwork them and

510
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Speaker 4: then grind them down. And he also didn't keep him

511
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Speaker 4: out there to a point where they're not paying attention

512
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Speaker 4: to what he says. So I think that's the case.

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Speaker 4: I also think he is a master delegator and he

514
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Speaker 4: is supremely intelligent, and the people who work for him

515
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Speaker 4: are intelligent as well, and I think they're just really

516
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Speaker 4: strategic about it. And yeah, he doesn't grind him down.

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Speaker 4: And you know a lot of people, you know, talk

518
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Speaker 4: about Bob Knight yelling at people. Calbert anyways, told the

519
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Speaker 4: stories that every February we would get kicked out of

520
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Speaker 4: practice forty five minutes in and he acted like he

521
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Speaker 4: was mad at us, but really he just wanted us

522
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Speaker 4: off of our feet. So without the mind games kurchying

523
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Speaker 4: that he does the same thing. He gets them off

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Speaker 4: their feet and they're fresh to play on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: One of the things speaking of that, Jeremy Jeremy Gray

526
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Speaker 1: is my guest from Indiana Athletics. I was just talking

527
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Speaker 1: the other day with somebody that played for Bob Knight

528
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Speaker 1: and they were telling me exactly that, right like that.

529
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Speaker 1: They but one of the things that they knew is

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Speaker 1: when they arrived on campus, an older player in this

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Speaker 1: case it would have been Eric Anderson, who was already

532
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Speaker 1: on campus, said like, hey, guys, just so you know, like,

533
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Speaker 1: here's how it's going to go down. Like we start

534
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Speaker 1: getting towards January February, you'll be able to tell five

535
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Speaker 1: minutes in whether or not coach is going to kick

536
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Speaker 1: us out and it's going to be a short day.

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Speaker 2: Whatever else you got to.

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Speaker 1: And so you had players that were able to determine

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Speaker 1: for them or lay out for them what the blueprint

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Speaker 1: or what the roadmap looked like. And to me, Jeremy,

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Speaker 1: I wanted you to elaborate on this. How important have

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Speaker 1: Aiden Fisher, Elijah Surratt, D'Angelo ponds, you know, the players

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Speaker 1: that came with him from JMU, not just in the

544
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Speaker 1: on field productive category, how important have those guys been

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Speaker 1: to be able to serve as the bridge between Kurt

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Speaker 1: Signetti and the players that he was inheriting from Indiana

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Speaker 1: at Indiana to be able to say, guys, listen, there

548
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Speaker 1: is a method to the way that we're going to

549
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,119
Speaker 1: do things, and the results are there. Just get in line.

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Speaker 1: How important is it for him to bring those guys

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Speaker 1: with him.

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Speaker 4: I think extraordinarily important. You look at Omar Cooper. I

553
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 4: don't think Omar Cooper's as good as he is. If

554
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 4: Elijah Sarat didn't kind of show him the way. And

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00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 4: Omar Cooper blocks down the field because that's Kurt Signetti's expectation.

556
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Speaker 4: And Elijah Sarrat is an excellent wide receiver, blocks downfield,

557
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 4: and so they all fall in line. Lou Moore played here,

558
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,919
Speaker 4: transferred to Ole Myth transferred back, and he's knocking the

559
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,040
Speaker 4: hell out of everybody in the secondary, and he's always

560
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Speaker 4: in the right spot and doesn't misstackles, and he stands

561
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Speaker 4: next to D'Angelo Pond's as the ball snapped every single game.

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Speaker 4: So I think it's extraordinarily important. And then I do

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Speaker 4: think that Kurt has you know, with Pat Cougan and

564
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Speaker 4: Fernanda Mendoza, he understands the type of people who can

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Speaker 4: work for him. He needs a film junkie to be

566
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Speaker 4: his quarterback because he's a film junkie, and it works.

567
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Speaker 4: He has had four straight quarterbacks and four straight years

568
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 4: at two different institutions who have all been All conference quarterbacks.

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Speaker 4: So he understands what he's looking for, and he finds

570
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Speaker 4: really intelligent ones. And he's going to find one in

571
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Speaker 4: purchis for work that you're going to be talking talking

572
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 4: to in a bit. So when he even brings people on.

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Speaker 4: He understands whether or not they'll fit in his culture,

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Speaker 4: and I think that's why he's gets such a high

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Speaker 4: batting average on transfers.

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Speaker 2: By the way, Jeremy, I got a couple of messages

577
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Speaker 2: here to pass along. Okay, okay.

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Speaker 1: First off, our mutual middle school math teacher, in my case,

579
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Speaker 1: basketball coach. I don't know if you played basketball. Bruce

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Speaker 1: Bowling says, hello, by the way, one of the all times.

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Speaker 2: Hello good Man, one of the best.

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Speaker 1: Somebody says, hey, can you please ask Jeremy if Chuck

583
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: Krabb will be attending the National championship game.

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Speaker 4: You know what. Chuck does. Live in South Florida. He

585
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 4: is definitely active on social media, liking all the content.

586
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 4: I would not be shocked if the og of public

587
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 4: address announcers makes his way over there.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Now, someone also sent me this the Indiana University

589
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: Alumni Association sent out and it's awesome pictures of people

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00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the year with a sign that

591
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 1: says why not. I you now you know I've trademarked

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00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: why not Indiana. I'd like for you as an associate

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Speaker 1: athletic director. I'm not asking you to speak on behalf

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Speaker 1: of the university. We don't have an official business partnership

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00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 1: here with the trademark, But will you at least acknowledge

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00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: the catchiness of the phrase why not Indiana.

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Speaker 4: I will acknowledge the catchiness of the phrase. I have

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Speaker 4: a moderate amount of influence on things that occur north

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Speaker 4: of seventeenth Street in Bloomington. I have no influence, including

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Speaker 4: on admissions people or what dorm your kids can live in,

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Speaker 4: on things south of seventeenth Street. But I will pass

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Speaker 4: along that I find it catchy and that you are

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Speaker 4: the og on that.

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Speaker 1: That's two ogs, by the way, just say you know Jeremy,

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Speaker 1: and you know this. We have all kinds of areas

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Speaker 1: in which I'm the og, right of course, of course,

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Speaker 1: Jeremy Gray joining us. All right, Jeremy. Lastly, let's get

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Speaker 1: to this. Everybody's asking about towels in different things. For

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Speaker 1: Indiana fans that and you can answer it in two parts.

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Speaker 1: Those that are fortunate enough to go to the game,

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Speaker 1: is there anything of note they need to know in

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Speaker 1: terms of activity? And those that are staying back in

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Speaker 1: Bloomington or in Indianapolis that they need to know.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, So if you're sitting in the designated IU section.

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00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 4: Our three hundred and fifty band members are actually going

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Speaker 4: to be laying them on seats. We also have pep

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Speaker 4: rallies and events, so we're going to be passing them

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Speaker 4: out down there as well. If you are coming to

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Speaker 4: the watch party at Assembly Hall on Monday night, we'll

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Speaker 4: have ten thousand towels there, and then we're passing out

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Speaker 4: fifteen thousand towels at Assembly Hall in about three hours.

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Speaker 4: And the lines are already starting to form there. There

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Speaker 4: is maybe talk that down the line people can purchase

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00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 4: some of the towels from the big Game that we

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00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 4: might produce more. I'm frankly stunned that it as a

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00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 4: tradition has taken off the way that it has. But

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00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 4: people will fight you over one of these towels. Man,

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Speaker 4: it's a significant item.

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Speaker 1: If you make towels that say why not Indiana, I

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00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: might release the trademark just so you know. But you know, hey,

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Speaker 1: we'll see hey, you know, you know, Jeremy, I appreciate

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00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: the time as always, certainly enjoy it and we will

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00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: talk to you soon.

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Speaker 2: But best of luck to the Hoosiers Monday night.

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Speaker 4: Hey, thanks so much. Tell Bruce pulling. I'm sorry, didn't

636
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 4: study harder. It's pretty sad that I got an eighty

637
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 4: three percent in the middle school math class. Had nothing

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00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 4: to do with his teaching.

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00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: That's exactly correct, all right. Jeremy Gray joining US Clinton

640
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: portis joining us now on the program. He needs no introduction,

641
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 1: but I'll give him one on the Java House Peel

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00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: and Port guest line. Nonetheless, of course, a native of Gainesville, Florida,

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00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 1: but known for the you and he probably doesn't even

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00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 1: like Gainesville being mentioned with his name, even though it

645
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 1: is his hometown. He was the two thousand and two

646
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and a national champion

647
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: at the U. Clinton Ports joining US Clinton, How are

648
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: you thanks for joining the show?

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Speaker 6: I'm good man, how are you all? Thanks for having me?

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Speaker 2: You know what?

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Speaker 1: People here excited man, and listen. I know the U

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00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: speaks for itself in terms of the football tradition, but

653
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: I wanted to begin with this kid. And I don't

654
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Speaker 1: know how much I know that you are now coaching

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00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: running backs at Delaware State, right You're on staff there,

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00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: so you're in the mix of college football. But are

657
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: you as stunned as the rest of us over the

658
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: fact that Indiana's in the National Championship Game.

659
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 6: I just think the landscape of college football is wide opening.

660
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 6: I think coach Signetti is doing a great job at IU,

661
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 6: and he's brought something a belief for the Bears, the

662
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 6: coaches and everyone is bought in. So it is wonderful

663
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 6: to see because for so long, big thing it was

664
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 6: just Highest State or Michigan, and now all of a sudden,

665
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 6: Indiana has popped on the scene and dominant and Ball

666
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 6: into his ways like it's spectacular to see, So it's

667
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 6: good for college football.

668
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 2: Does he look like a guy you would have wanted

669
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:12,479
Speaker 2: to play for.

670
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 6: I think I would have loved playing for coach Signati,

671
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 6: you know, but the luxury of going to the U

672
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:19,719
Speaker 6: and playing at the U.

673
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 4: I could have played for coach.

674
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 6: Signetti, but he needed to be at the you where

675
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 6: I think where coach Cristal Ball is doing that at

676
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,800
Speaker 6: the University of Miami has been great for college football

677
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 6: as well because he's just restored something that's been missing

678
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 6: from college football and coming downhill and attacking and bringing

679
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 6: back the running back position, bringing back the whole line.

680
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 6: You know, we had got so used to seeing whole

681
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 6: line in past set and now it's like, hey, man,

682
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 6: you know what we're doing. This is not We're not

683
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 6: trying to fool you. This is no trick duration like

684
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 6: lineup and Manu and Manu and Manu.

685
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: You know, when you think Miami in general, Clinton Portus

686
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: is my guest, former Miami Hurricane. I guess you say

687
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: former Clinton. The reality is for you guys, once a hurricane,

688
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: always a hurricane. I mean that's pretty obvious, right. What

689
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 1: is it about the culture of the you you know

690
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 1: I did a show with Reggie Wayne.

691
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 2: I know what Miami met to Reggie Wayne.

692
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 1: What is it about Miami and the university and that

693
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: program that leads you guys to be so tight with

694
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: one another both going into it and then after.

695
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 6: Now, I think Green Tree creates a brotherhood like none others.

696
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:34,240
Speaker 6: You know, if you go out and you survive Green Tree,

697
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 6: whether you a household name or a Pro Bowl player

698
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:43,919
Speaker 6: or NFL player or draft pick, I think that brotherhood

699
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 6: just goes so much further. You know, It's like we

700
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,439
Speaker 6: did it on Green Tree and forever for the work

701
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 6: that we put in. You know, now in this society,

702
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 6: you see the transfer portal bringing guys who don't really

703
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:03,359
Speaker 6: get to experience four years at Green Tree. But if

704
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 6: you look at a guy like Cam Moored, it's like

705
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,320
Speaker 6: he's bought in. No one knows Cam Moore for anything

706
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 6: outside of the University of Miami, uh at this point,

707
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 6: you know, because that was his that was his his year,

708
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 6: that was him lifting the program. So I think it's

709
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 6: just orange and Green man, It's something about Green Tree.

710
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 6: It is something that's instilled in coming out of Miami.

711
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 6: The culture, the fan base, just the brotherhood is like

712
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 6: none other, you know. And for you all, you had

713
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 6: the luxury of Egrin James, reggu Wayne.

714
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 4: Like, how lucky do you get?

715
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 6: You know, you get you get two of the greatest

716
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 6: players out of the University of Miami up at Indian

717
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 6: Indianapolis to do something special, Like they're not just saying

718
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 6: pay Man, Reggy Wayne's played here. Now you got two

719
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 6: legends from one school that played there.

720
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 2: Clinton, you know the in Green Tree.

721
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: By the way, for those that are unfamiliar, the name

722
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: of the practice fields that Miami plays on in the

723
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: football facility of these at the University of Miami, you

724
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: know edand's an interesting one. Clinton Clinton poored us. My

725
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 1: guest because I think that and a lot's been made

726
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: of this, and Edrond's open about it that there was

727
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 1: the misperception about Edrind James of like, here's this guy

728
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: from Florida that comes here and you know, just went

729
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: to this football factory. And we've since learned not only

730
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: the intelligence of Edwin James, which is like off the charts,

731
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: but the unbelievable work ethic. Now, when you look at

732
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,359
Speaker 1: Miami football, do guys play at Miami because they had

733
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,959
Speaker 1: the work ethic to get there, or do guys learn

734
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: the work ethic once at Miami.

735
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 4: Well, I think it's both.

736
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 6: I think you have to go to the universe of

737
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 6: Miami knowing you're gonna have to work, You're gonna have

738
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 6: to outwork the next guy. And who you know who

739
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 6: thinks of, hey man, I'm going to have a luxury

740
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 6: of replacing Edren James soon. We're not Davenport, Frank Gore,

741
00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 6: Willis McGahee, DJ Williams in the room in the backfield

742
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 6: with me and I gotta make it out. You know,

743
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 6: if you tell most kids that they're they're gonna duck uh,

744
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 6: They're gonna duckt the smoke. They're gonna run away from

745
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 6: uh that challenge. But guys that go to University of

746
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 6: Miami embrace that challenge. You know, you get a Ed

747
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 6: Reed and Sean Taylor in the same room. You know,

748
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 6: you get a Philip you can and then trail Row uh,

749
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 6: Kelly Jennings in the same room. You get a Jeremy

750
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:30,839
Speaker 6: Shockey uh uh bubba frames. You know, like, you don't

751
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 6: get this this luxury anywhere else. You know, you look

752
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 6: at Ohio staying, You look at Alabama, Georgia where they've

753
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 6: been stacked out of position. You know, Georgia dominating D

754
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 6: line LSU kind of wire receiver you up late. But

755
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 6: to have a team full of stacked players and like

756
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,879
Speaker 6: you can't identify who's the best on this team. It's

757
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 6: just a competition, you know. I think the mindset is

758
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 6: you have to buy in to these beliefs and once

759
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 6: you get there, it's just right.

760
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 5: Man.

761
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 6: I see Santano Mass working this hard watch chain. I

762
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 6: you know, I'm not gonna let him embarrass me. I

763
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 6: had to step my game up, and that's everywhere with

764
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,959
Speaker 6: every position throughout the team.

765
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: Did you get to meet two live crew in you

766
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,719
Speaker 1: I mean obviously did like how much. How much were

767
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: you around Two Live Crew in Miami because growing up

768
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis, I thought it would have been the coolest

769
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: thing ever to just hang out with Two Live Crew.

770
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 6: Well, you got to think when I came in, it

771
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 6: was Trick had took over, so Luke was Luke in

772
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 6: Two Live Crew was kind of banned, and you know,

773
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 6: we had just got off of probation in ninety nine

774
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 6: behind that, so by the time I got there, it

775
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 6: was it was Trick Daddy starting to take over in

776
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,800
Speaker 6: buzz through South Florida. So we had a good time.

777
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 5: Man.

778
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 6: You know, I think everyone looks at at the landscape

779
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 6: and they don't understand the culture, you know, like they

780
00:38:54,200 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 6: don't understand what local. Remember at that time, Miami wasn't

781
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 6: wasn't big on the hip hop scene, but so many

782
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 6: of these guys came from the same community. So you know,

783
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 6: we're going we're going to a house sport that we're

784
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 6: going to hang out, and these guys are they're on

785
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:13,439
Speaker 6: their grind as well.

786
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 4: So you never know it.

787
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,240
Speaker 6: And just to your statements saying you could never h

788
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 6: you could never judge how EJ shocked the world and

789
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 6: became Hall of Fame thirty three six. You know, I

790
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 6: think if you look at the guys, everyone expected something

791
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 6: different with these guys coming out and never took the

792
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 6: chance to realize. Like, bro, those dudes are on top

793
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 6: of their stuff. Like, those dudes are smart. We had

794
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:43,359
Speaker 6: the class, we're educated. You know, we've taken losses and

795
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 6: we've been down, but we're getting back up, you know, Like,

796
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 6: and that's a part of life. You know, you're gonna

797
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 6: get knocked down, get back up up, like dust off,

798
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 6: do it again.

799
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 5: You know.

800
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 6: It was something instilled in us as kids. And I

801
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 6: think in life we get to the point of we

802
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 6: go so hard and and it's like, oh, he's down,

803
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 6: Well what about when he gets back up? You know, like, uh,

804
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 6: and for me especially, this is my get back up.

805
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 2: You know.

806
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 6: You talked about coaching and having the opportunity to mentor

807
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 6: young kids and help them chase their dream Like, I

808
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 6: don't think anything has been this exciting or dispassionate in

809
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,800
Speaker 6: a long time for me, since losing the love of

810
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 6: the game and walking away from you know, retiring early,

811
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,760
Speaker 6: so now to be back involved, like and then seeing

812
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 6: the landscape of college football and having the kids, having

813
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 6: the kids just in college football, it's been like you

814
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 6: couldn't write a bad story.

815
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 1: Were you guys unfairly labeled because of some of the

816
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: indiscretions that took place at Miami long before you were there?

817
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 4: I think so?

818
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 6: But you know that the beauty of it is nobody

819
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 6: gave a damn Nobody cared. We like we did embrace that,

820
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 6: you know, like, nobody cared. It wasn't a hey man,

821
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 6: they think we're this, they think we're that, and we're

822
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 6: going out here to play football, and we did everything

823
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,280
Speaker 6: our way, you know, like, and we're going to continue

824
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,359
Speaker 6: to do it our way. You see Michael Irvin on

825
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 6: the sideline doing it his way, and I don't think

826
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 6: that would be done in college college football fandom in

827
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 6: the next fifty years or the next hundred years, you know.

828
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 6: So it's just always been trendsetters, do it our way,

829
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 6: take it however it comes, like that's just the universal Land.

830
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: Clinton ports my guest Java House peeling poor guest line.

831
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,720
Speaker 1: All right, Clinton, do you have a prediction for Monday

832
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,719
Speaker 1: night or something that you're going to look for to

833
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: see that Miami gets it going early and if it

834
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: doesn't happen that way, that you're going to say, man,

835
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: they might be in trouble here.

836
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 2: How do you forecast the game itself?

837
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 6: Well, I think just the place that Miami plays at,

838
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 6: you know, I think IU is really good and interrupting

839
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 6: your game plan, and that's early disruption. They come out

840
00:41:56,800 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 6: and score, get behind, you're down seven zero, when now

841
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 6: it's like okay, man, we're panicking.

842
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 7: You know.

843
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,720
Speaker 6: For the University of Miami, I think as a team,

844
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:15,319
Speaker 6: they're so comfortable in slowing it down exequo and coming downhill.

845
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,839
Speaker 6: And if we to keep this game and we can

846
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:23,720
Speaker 6: play our game and not let IU jump out seven

847
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 6: oh or t and oh or fourteen zero like they've

848
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 6: done in every game that they've had, I think it

849
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 6: becomes a good game. You know, we have a good

850
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 6: defense as well. You know, you got to you got

851
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 6: to go through our d as well. So for me,

852
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 6: I'm just looking stay stay on course, stay the course

853
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,840
Speaker 6: of the game. We know if this game is close

854
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,360
Speaker 6: and tight in the end, which that's how it should

855
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,839
Speaker 6: be played, because that's how all of our games has

856
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 6: been played. The Ohio State, the Texas A and m

857
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 6: it doesn't matter like come out, play our game and win.

858
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 6: At the end all we gotta win by is one.

859
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: You did our job, Clinton Portis, I'll tell you what

860
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 1: you talked about. You know, when you're down, you got

861
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,720
Speaker 1: to get back up, and that's part of the mantra.

862
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 1: And that's part of what you learned just as a

863
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 1: football player. And you know, certainly I know that like

864
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:13,879
Speaker 1: a lot of players. I mean, it doesn't mean it's

865
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 1: not unique to you. When your playing career was over with,

866
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: you know, there are challenges sometimes that can come financially

867
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,360
Speaker 1: or from vultures and those kinds of things. And you

868
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: probably have had those times where you felt down. But

869
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,359
Speaker 1: now coaching at Delaware State and clearly can tell your

870
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 1: back up and certainly happy for that. And appreciate your

871
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,399
Speaker 1: time today and best of luck to your Hurricanes coming

872
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: up on Monday night.

873
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,919
Speaker 6: He appreciate it, man, Good luck to you all.

874
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 2: Appreciate it.

875
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 1: Clinton Portis joining us on the program.

876
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 2: Here's Curtis factor Throll going to the end zone for

877
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:45,800
Speaker 2: Omark Cooper.

878
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:51,400
Speaker 4: He made the tackwards of the end zone.

879
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 1: Curtis work wanting to throw has time this time roles

880
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 1: to his left, now throws it down the field.

881
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 2: He's got thurround to the art life. He may go

882
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 2: down to the twenty five down, to the fifteen five touchdown.

883
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:09,800
Speaker 4: M Rurke takes the snap, looks right, fires the football.

884
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 4: He's got a man Indiana touchdown.

885
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 5: Olver Cooper want to play.

886
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: Rook's passed on the money and he joins us now,

887
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 1: so let's get right to it. From the Bay Area,

888
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 1: Curtis work now with the San Francisco forty nine ers,

889
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 1: but a year ago over three thousand passing yards, twenty

890
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 1: nine touchdowns, five interceptions, leading Indiana into the College football

891
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 1: Playoff and doing all of it essentially on one leg,

892
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,359
Speaker 1: and he joins us now on the job of house

893
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 1: peel and poor guest line.

894
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 2: Curtis, how are you?

895
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:42,840
Speaker 5: I'm doing great. I'm doing great. Think that having me?

896
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 2: Hey?

897
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: I want to begin with this and I don't want

898
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:47,400
Speaker 1: to embarrass you. Are you like in the locker room

899
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: around teammates right now or do you have some solitude

900
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: around you?

901
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:52,440
Speaker 5: I got a little bit of dog.

902
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:52,919
Speaker 2: Yeah.

903
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 5: Can can we just.

904
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 2: Get before before I forget? Can we get?

905
00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 1: Because I mean, look, Indiana is the number one team

906
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 1: in the country. Indiana is going in for a national championship.

907
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 1: Hurt Signetti, the coach that you played for and the

908
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:07,400
Speaker 1: groundwork that you laid. Can I get your best whoo?

909
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: Who who's yours? Can I get you to do one

910
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:10,799
Speaker 1: of those right off the top?

911
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:15,359
Speaker 5: Hey, of course, of course, who who? Who's yours?

912
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to it. I know that you

913
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:21,399
Speaker 1: are busy with your time in San Francisco, you are

914
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:24,800
Speaker 1: making wagers that are forcing mac Jones to wear Indiana jerseys.

915
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 1: But how much have you been able to watch what

916
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 1: Indiana has been able to do?

917
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 7: Yeah, I've It's been an amazing season to watch, just

918
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 7: to build on what we were able to do last

919
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 7: year and Signetti just kind of reloading this year. It's

920
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 7: been awesome to see, especially with Fernando in the year

921
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 7: that he've had. I've watched as much game as we

922
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 7: you know, I pussy could and it's been awesome just

923
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 7: to see, you know, all phases working out the way

924
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,840
Speaker 7: they should be. And yeah, it's been a great trip

925
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 7: and using some bragging rights around the locker room for

926
00:45:57,719 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 7: sure as well.

927
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,440
Speaker 1: Let's go back to when you arrived at Indiana. You know,

928
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: you obviously had had a very successful career at Ohio.

929
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:07,680
Speaker 1: You come to Indiana and Kurt Signetti, is you know,

930
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: you're both new and you're looking around and you're getting

931
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:14,839
Speaker 1: the feel for it. Was there a moment that you

932
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 1: saw something in Kurt Signetti where you said to yourself,

933
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 1: this is going to be a privilege.

934
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,040
Speaker 2: This guy can flat out coach.

935
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, I would definitely say it was.

936
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 7: It was during springball when I kind of really felt

937
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:30,239
Speaker 7: like he was different than other coaches kind of thing, like,

938
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 7: you know, you can say as much as you can

939
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 7: and recruiting, you know, you can lay out the blueprint, which.

940
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 5: He did and I believe and I bought in. But

941
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 5: it wasn't until you know, you see him in that

942
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 5: coaching role, you.

943
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,040
Speaker 7: Know, on the field in springball, you know, talking about

944
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,400
Speaker 7: all the different types of things and visions that he

945
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:48,839
Speaker 7: had to the team and seeing everybody every practice come

946
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,760
Speaker 7: together and start to start to feel like more of routine,

947
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 7: start to feel like more of the same goal that

948
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 7: that Signette has been preaching this whole time. And so

949
00:46:57,640 --> 00:46:59,840
Speaker 7: I really I really felt that, you know, starts to

950
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 7: go together in the spring for myself and I know

951
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 7: everyone else did as well.

952
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:07,000
Speaker 2: What was his I guess method of motivation?

953
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 7: I think one of the things he kept harping on,

954
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 7: especially during that spring period was the teams before, you know,

955
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 7: they lost a lot of close games, and so there

956
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 7: he was talking about that. You know, the talent's there,

957
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 7: it's just how do we get over that home? And basically,

958
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,279
Speaker 7: you know, he's going to do what he can with

959
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 7: the staff that he's brought in to help us get

960
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 7: over that home and become not just teams that win.

961
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 5: By a score instead of lose by a score, but

962
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,560
Speaker 5: more a team that dominates.

963
00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:37,840
Speaker 7: And the more we saw that, more we you know,

964
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 7: took out that plan that he had, the more we believed.

965
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 5: In that, and then we went on and do what

966
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 5: we did.

967
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,160
Speaker 1: So Curtis work is my guest on the job of

968
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: house Peel and poor guest line the San Francisco forty

969
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: nine or rookie now former Indiana quarterback Curtis feel free

970
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 1: to to push back on this and disagree with me. Okay,

971
00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:01,160
Speaker 1: I get in my mind this notion that great coaches

972
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:06,640
Speaker 1: and great players are able to figure out the eccentricities

973
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 1: and the details of a very complex game of football,

974
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: and then I start to step back and think to myself,

975
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: but maybe success is found in those that actually find

976
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 1: it to be very simple and just go with it simplistically,

977
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 1: and it seems to me that Kurt Signetti looks at

978
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 1: it and just says, guys, this ain't trigonometry, it's just

979
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: long division, and here's how we're going to tackle it.

980
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 1: Is that a fair assessment because I'm making that from

981
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:32,240
Speaker 1: very far away.

982
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think both are true. Obviously, he's one.

983
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 7: Of the smartest and brightest minds in coaching, and he's

984
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:44,360
Speaker 7: proven that in the way that he you know, carries

985
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:47,359
Speaker 7: himself into each game. But at the same time, he's

986
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 7: you know, you hear about it in the press conmerces,

987
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:51,800
Speaker 7: but also what he tells.

988
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:53,840
Speaker 5: Us in the teams. He's very consistent in you know,

989
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:55,840
Speaker 5: we got to go out, we got to prepare throughout

990
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:56,960
Speaker 5: the week, we got to.

991
00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:58,920
Speaker 7: Execute, and we got to be more physical, you know,

992
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 7: And those are the most basic things that you hear

993
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 7: from when you're playing you know, you know, pee wee

994
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 7: football all the way up until it took college football

995
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:10,799
Speaker 7: in NFL as well, you know, and so he takes

996
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:12,880
Speaker 7: he's very smart, but he also use the fundamentals and

997
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:16,280
Speaker 7: knowing that we are playing the same game we've always

998
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 7: played since we were younger, and we just got to

999
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 7: go out and execute and be more physical than their team,

1000
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,759
Speaker 7: and he really put that message across really well.

1001
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: In nineteen seventy five, Indiana's basketball team was unbeaten in

1002
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,840
Speaker 1: the regular season. They were defeated in the regional finals

1003
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,800
Speaker 1: by Kentucky, and there was a player for that team

1004
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:37,839
Speaker 1: allegedly that went back in the locker room well after

1005
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:40,799
Speaker 1: the game was over and kind of caught Bob Knight

1006
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,400
Speaker 1: in a private, private moment where the Indiana coach was

1007
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: sitting kind of looking down with his head in his hands,

1008
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:50,120
Speaker 1: and the defeat had kicked into Bob Knight and there

1009
00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:52,839
Speaker 1: was a despair. And Indiana came back a year later

1010
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:56,400
Speaker 1: and won the whole thing and was undefeated. Kurt Signetti

1011
00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: and that Notre Dame game a year ago, Curtis that

1012
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:02,800
Speaker 1: you were a part of. Did you see a rejection

1013
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 1: or a dejection from Kurt Signetti or a fire lit

1014
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,359
Speaker 1: under him? How did he handle that loss?

1015
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:13,319
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I thought he handled it well in

1016
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:15,719
Speaker 5: front of the team. I know he definitely took that

1017
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,759
Speaker 5: a little bit harder, just like all of us did.

1018
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:21,000
Speaker 7: It was a tough loss because it was there was

1019
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 7: a game that we felt like we deserve to be

1020
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 7: in and we would deserve to to to compete it

1021
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 7: better than we did. You know, myself included felt like

1022
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:31,520
Speaker 7: games should have gone.

1023
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 5: Differently, and so it hurt a lot.

1024
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 7: But the way that Signetti you know, spoke about it

1025
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:39,840
Speaker 7: in the in the coming days was I thought it

1026
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 7: handled really well. It was more like this is going

1027
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:45,719
Speaker 7: to be a building brought block for next year, you know,

1028
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:49,040
Speaker 7: And just as fast as that game ended, he thought

1029
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 7: about it, dwelled on.

1030
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:51,200
Speaker 5: It, and then got ready for this year.

1031
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 7: And you know, a lot of the reasons the successes happened,

1032
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:58,520
Speaker 7: uh this year is because you know, he's used it

1033
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 7: as fuel, like he said, and a building block of.

1034
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,480
Speaker 5: Last year to this year, and you know they've taken off.

1035
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:07,919
Speaker 1: How do scouting and or preparing for a game under

1036
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:14,400
Speaker 1: Kurt Signetti differ from doing it in the NFL, I

1037
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 1: mean it's I think every.

1038
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,080
Speaker 7: Every coach has their their different way of doing everything.

1039
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 5: I mean, he's he.

1040
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:23,439
Speaker 7: Looks a lot at the statistical stuff and he'll mention

1041
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,920
Speaker 7: it a lot to to all of us about you know,

1042
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:26,719
Speaker 7: what they're good at.

1043
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 5: And I think I really admired every week he would.

1044
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:34,520
Speaker 7: Come in with something new, something nuanced, that that team

1045
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:36,560
Speaker 7: that we were playing that week was really good at

1046
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 7: and that if we don't take advantage of we're not sharp,

1047
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 7: they're gonna they're gonna expose us kind of thing.

1048
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:43,800
Speaker 5: And it was always something to keep us readily motivated

1049
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:44,840
Speaker 5: no matter who we were playing.

1050
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 7: I always respected that, and but yeah, that was kind

1051
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:50,879
Speaker 7: of his thing that I really appreciated. And then every

1052
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:53,360
Speaker 7: coach kind of has their own thing as they go along.

1053
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,200
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on Bernanda Mendoza, both from maybe

1054
00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: what you've seen away from the field and then what

1055
00:51:58,160 --> 00:51:58,959
Speaker 1: he's done this year.

1056
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:02,680
Speaker 7: Uh, I mean, he's he's an amazing player. I mean,

1057
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 7: everything that he's.

1058
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 5: Accomplished this year has been rightly deserved.

1059
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:09,279
Speaker 7: He's an amazing person. I was able to meet him

1060
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:12,400
Speaker 7: on his official visit, you know, had dinner with him

1061
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:15,719
Speaker 7: in Berto as well, and so he was often to

1062
00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:18,920
Speaker 7: meet him now early and then just have the opportunity

1063
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,239
Speaker 7: to to watch him succeed at such a high level

1064
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:24,080
Speaker 7: this year. You know, one of the most accurate guys

1065
00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:27,319
Speaker 7: I've ever seen. He carries himself in a in an

1066
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:29,879
Speaker 7: amazing way. And we're all big fans of them here,

1067
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:31,640
Speaker 7: especially in the quarterback round.

1068
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:35,960
Speaker 1: So Elijah Surat catches everything back shoulder that is thrown

1069
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,680
Speaker 1: his way. He did with you as well. How much

1070
00:52:37,719 --> 00:52:40,600
Speaker 1: of that is Is that just trust and receiver or

1071
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:43,400
Speaker 1: is that a timing thing that is the result of

1072
00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:45,360
Speaker 1: hours of stuff that we don't see.

1073
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:48,879
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's definitely a little bit of both. I mean,

1074
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:51,480
Speaker 7: Elijah and I spent a ton of time together. He

1075
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 7: was always, you know, the first guy to to show

1076
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 7: up to just running some routes, you know, whenever we've

1077
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 7: got some extra time to get some work. I think

1078
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 7: he was always there, and so timing is a big

1079
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,239
Speaker 7: part of it. And then it's also understanding who he is.

1080
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:10,240
Speaker 7: You know, he's the best receiver that can catch anything

1081
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 7: thrown his way. You know, he's just like you said,

1082
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 7: he catches everything. And I know that Fernando and him

1083
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,760
Speaker 7: at that same connection because they work so much together,

1084
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:24,239
Speaker 7: and you kind of just the more you play with him,

1085
00:53:24,239 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 7: the more you realize you just throw in his area

1086
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:28,200
Speaker 7: and he's a good chance for coming.

1087
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:28,400
Speaker 5: Down with it.

1088
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 1: Okay, last thing, because I know you got to get

1089
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 1: back to work and you guys are still very much

1090
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Speaker 1: in the thick of things. The San Francisco forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers Curtis Work, my guest. I just wanted to give

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Speaker 1: you the opportunity for the folks that are listening, that

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Speaker 1: are fans of Indiana University, that are going down to

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Speaker 1: the game, that are caught up in the moment, if

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Speaker 1: you could, please, Curtis Work, tell me what it means

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Speaker 1: for you to be a part of this movement and

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Speaker 1: your level of excitement or messages you would like to

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Speaker 1: give to the fans or anybody else. Just about Indiana

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Speaker 1: being now in the cusp of a national championship.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, who's the nation. It's been amazing last

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Speaker 5: two years.

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Speaker 7: You guys have really shown up and been a big

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Speaker 7: part of the success that we've had the last couple

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Speaker 7: of years.

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Speaker 5: This year just being the support.

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Speaker 7: You know, I was able to fortunate enough to go

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Speaker 7: to the Big Tan Championship and it felt like it

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Speaker 7: was a home game again for Indiana. I know that

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Speaker 7: was the same last yeah, last week, And so you know,

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Speaker 7: your support means everything to the guys, you know, being

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Speaker 7: a player, when you hear the fans cheer as if

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Speaker 7: you're there at home, it makes you just feel more comfortable, confident,

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Speaker 7: and so you guys are as much as part of

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Speaker 7: this last two years, as as the players and coaches.

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Speaker 5: Have been so thank you, and we got one more

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Speaker 5: game to bring it home.

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Speaker 2: Now I'm looking here.

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Speaker 1: I don't think there are any Hurricanes on the Niners roster, right,

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Speaker 1: I'm overlooking somebody.

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Speaker 5: Not not that I know of either, unlessy're keeping quiet.

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Speaker 2: Well there you go. Listen, Curtis, we know this.

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Speaker 1: There is no hurricane that keeps quiet about that ever, right,

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Speaker 1: we know that much. That much we know, hey, listen,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Best of luck to you and continued success

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Speaker 1: for you guys, of course getting set for the NFC

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Speaker 1: playoffs continuing in Seattle, and then of course the Niners

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Speaker 1: will see where the chips fall for them the rest

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Speaker 1: of the way. But very much appreciate, and I know

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Speaker 1: you'll be watching on Monday night.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely goheo's go Niners.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Curtis work joining us on the Java House, Peel and

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Speaker 1: poor guest line