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Speaker 1: Peel and poor guest line, Hello, my friend, how are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm great, Greg, good to be with you. Hope all

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Speaker 1: I know that I've experienced jet lag, not so much

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Speaker 3: Your body clock is ready to go to bed. So

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Speaker 1: Because of now having done this and now having traveled

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the thing that I'm still not used

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Speaker 3: You got you know that the tight quarters of the airplane,

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Speaker 2: I think that the word to use is eerie.

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Speaker 3: And obviously there's a lot of reverence for the the

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Speaker 2: They knew their stuff, Like they were talking you.

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Speaker 1: AGA, maybe now is the time. Much like coaches can

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Speaker 1: His twenty twenty one season was special. This one has

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Speaker 1: What are you seeing from Jonathan Taylor now that maybe

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Speaker 2: You know what, I think that's a really good question.

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Speaker 3: Success in twenty twenty five, do something big and substantial.

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Speaker 3: What is more important for this team on offense? Is

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Speaker 3: He was the offense. This year, he's not the offense.

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Speaker 2: And I think because the passing game is.

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Speaker 2: And if they do, Greg.

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Speaker 3: The Colts will just kill you in the passing game,

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Speaker 2: If that makes sense.

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Speaker 1: Listen, I know how this works. I have a Sunday

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Speaker 3: Well, that's what I'm excited to to actually do because

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Speaker 2: Watch a little Sunday night football. I'm really excited for it.

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Speaker 1: About to be beverage thirty. In other words, for Matt

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Speaker 1: I appreciate the time. I'll see it practice at some

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Speaker 2: All I appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: Greg again, Matt Taylor. Obviously normally it's he then me

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Speaker 1: the Java House Peel and poor guest line Jake, what

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Speaker 6: That would be the longest school fight song in the nation.

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Speaker 1: You've got a son that's a backup quarterback for you

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Speaker 1: was to be potentially the head coach at Wabash College.

441
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Speaker 1: You were the coach in waiting last year don Morrell retires,

442
00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,320
Speaker 1: you become the head coach this season. We're begin to

443
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Speaker 1: describe why this was the job you were going to

444
00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:45,879
Speaker 1: leave Westfield for.

445
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Speaker 6: Well, you know, part of it's just out of this

446
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:55,640
Speaker 6: love and my love for the college and just gratitude. Frankly,

447
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,159
Speaker 6: I just feel like this place changed the trajectory of

448
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 6: my entire life, and I don't know how better I

449
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,520
Speaker 6: can give back than to coach the football team, because

450
00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,280
Speaker 6: that's what I do. Not that I'm the answer for

451
00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,440
Speaker 6: all things that. Man, I am passionate about Walbash football,

452
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,640
Speaker 6: and I will give everything I possibly can to help

453
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Speaker 6: our program and help our school. And I think it's

454
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,159
Speaker 6: just such a you know, obviously a great opportunity for

455
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:27,000
Speaker 6: me individually, but it's more though too. You know, I'm

456
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Speaker 6: motivated to serve. I think I help. I believe that

457
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 6: we can be great here. I've been a part of

458
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,720
Speaker 6: great football programs here and teams, and I think we

459
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,879
Speaker 6: can restore all of that. So I mean this works

460
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Speaker 6: out for me individually at a major level because I've

461
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,199
Speaker 6: got the best job there is in college football. So

462
00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,240
Speaker 6: you know, there's that, But I do think I can

463
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Speaker 6: help and help grow us into becoming a national power

464
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Speaker 6: again again.

465
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Speaker 1: Jake Gilbert Whilebash College head coach, one hundred and thirty

466
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Speaker 1: first monon Bell Classic. It's a sellout, folks, if you know,

467
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Speaker 1: if your ticket, you're stuck watching me on the i

468
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Speaker 1: C Sports Network. Coming up Saturday afternoon one A Clack

469
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,560
Speaker 1: kickoff will be at one o seven. It is tough

470
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,920
Speaker 1: for any freshman to come in and make an impact,

471
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 1: and maybe even more so now because frankly, guys, you know,

472
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,840
Speaker 1: you have to up the transfer portal as much at

473
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 1: your place, but still because guys are a little bit

474
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Speaker 1: older that are playing, et cetera. But at a place

475
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 1: like Wahbash. How much of an adjustment period do you

476
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: kind of have to give freshmen because of the unique

477
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,760
Speaker 1: nature of the school, all the traditions there asked to

478
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,159
Speaker 1: be a part of How does that change kind of

479
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,439
Speaker 1: the curve for freshmen that you have at your school.

480
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:41,399
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I think there's usually we felt like

481
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 6: in high school with a young guy, they're not ready

482
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,440
Speaker 6: at the beginning, but you kind of know by say

483
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,359
Speaker 6: week two or three, is this guy going to make

484
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,120
Speaker 6: a jump and help you the rest of the way.

485
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 6: Is he going to be mature enough and things like that. Well,

486
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,560
Speaker 6: we have that still here. People have to adapt to college,

487
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,320
Speaker 6: adapt to playing against twenty two year olds, adapt to

488
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 6: all the things that we're demanding from them. But in

489
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 6: addition to that, the rigors of the school, our fraternity

490
00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 6: system where they pledge right away and it's pretty tough.

491
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,560
Speaker 6: All of those things can kind of be like a

492
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Speaker 6: wall at the end of the experience, and so sometimes

493
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,360
Speaker 6: maybe a freshman gets off to a pretty hot start,

494
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 6: but they level off because just a cumulative total of

495
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 6: the rigor of the school and what's demanded out of them,

496
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 6: where they live and they're living unit, all of that

497
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 6: adds up and there's just so much, so much capacity

498
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 6: for them, and so I think we do see that

499
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,479
Speaker 6: sometimes their freshman year they're not quite as good as

500
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Speaker 6: they are the next three years because they just have

501
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 6: so much underplate and they're not used to it yet.

502
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Speaker 1: You and I, again, I have talked about this before,

503
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Speaker 1: and I've been lucky that this would be the third

504
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Speaker 1: game on your campus. I have had the honor of

505
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,240
Speaker 1: calling from the monon Bell broadcast, and you know, your office.

506
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,480
Speaker 1: You may look different, because what is a great stadium

507
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 1: when there's not temporary bleachers have a lot more seats

508
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 1: in them now because you're preparing for ten thousand plus

509
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 1: to invade Crawfordsville over the course of the weekend and

510
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: on Saturday morning and afternoon into the evening. What is

511
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:17,200
Speaker 1: Bell Week like when you are hosting at Wabash.

512
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Speaker 6: Well, A little crazy, a lot more demands on your time,

513
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,640
Speaker 6: and that's not always just say media interviews. I mean

514
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,200
Speaker 6: just well wishing right. I mean, so the honest truth

515
00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 6: is the alumni base really only care about this one game.

516
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,679
Speaker 6: They care about more than that, not really. So you

517
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 6: know the amount of people that would reach out and

518
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 6: say good luck, for example, send you an email, send

519
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,399
Speaker 6: you a text, give you a call. Well, they're not

520
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 6: calling when we're playing Ohio Wedland. They're not sending me

521
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,440
Speaker 6: an email when we play Kenyon. I mean, but they

522
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,000
Speaker 6: all reach out this week because they want to be

523
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 6: a part of it, including they generally, So that takes

524
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,880
Speaker 6: a lot of your time. And then there's alumni engagements

525
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,159
Speaker 6: that are positive that sometimes I try to get out of.

526
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,679
Speaker 6: And then you know, we have a monon belt chapel,

527
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 6: which is a big tradition here, so the head coach

528
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,199
Speaker 6: and the captains have to give a speech. There's just

529
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,239
Speaker 6: a lot going on basically, and it's all positive. It's

530
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 6: all great, but you know, it's a lot, especially when

531
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Speaker 6: you're playing the most important game.

532
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Speaker 1: I know, you have a world of respect for the

533
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 1: guy on the opposite sideline in Brett Dates and you

534
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 1: know that A's a heck of a football team. Just

535
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,879
Speaker 1: kind of quick thoughts on what the depaud Tigers are

536
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,640
Speaker 1: bringing to you on Saturday afternoon.

537
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Speaker 6: Well, those guys deserve a math amount of credit. We're

538
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 6: just building a great program. I mean, Brett has done

539
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:48,439
Speaker 6: a phenomenal job. I mean pretty amazing four years I

540
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,119
Speaker 6: can say that. So they they have become the leader

541
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 6: in this conference. We could set aside maybe our hatred

542
00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,159
Speaker 6: for each other, but just respectfully speaking, like they have

543
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,120
Speaker 6: done what I'm out to do. You know what we

544
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 6: are out to do here, they've accomplished it. So they've

545
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 6: been tremendous. They've done a great job coaching, developing their guys.

546
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 6: You know, they just graduated some stud defensive players and

547
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 6: here what they are the next year, reloaded. They're leading

548
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 6: the nation and rush defense again. Right, So obviously coach Eve,

549
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 6: coach mcwaine. You know, they've got a new quarterback and

550
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 6: yet they're still averaging, you know, the second most points

551
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 6: in our conference. So kudos to their staff. They've really

552
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 6: done a great job.

553
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 1: Final thing before I let you go again, we've talked

554
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,680
Speaker 1: about the uniqueness, the greatness, that the specialness of Wabash College,

555
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 1: but when it comes to this game, because you have

556
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: now lived as a player, you have lived it as

557
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,679
Speaker 1: an assistant coach, you're up in the booth of me

558
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: as a fan a couple of times, but of course

559
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: of the last few years when somebody asks you, why

560
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: is this thing seemingly unmatch almost anywhere else in college football?

561
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 1: If I said, what makes the monon bell so great?

562
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,159
Speaker 1: What's your answer to that?

563
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 6: Well, I think there's a genuine and authentic passion to

564
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 6: uphold your own culture and prevent the other side from

565
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 6: imposing on that. So it's more than just this trophy,

566
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 6: this bell. I think the people involved in a rivalry

567
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 6: truly believe that this is a lifestyle, and choices were

568
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,720
Speaker 6: made to pick one school over the other because generally,

569
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,840
Speaker 6: if you're recruited by one school, you're recruited by the other.

570
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 6: So you chose, and so for everyone they do, well,

571
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 6: I made this choice, and they made their own choice. Well,

572
00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:00,239
Speaker 6: guess what, we're going to defend the traditions. We're going

573
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 6: to defend the choices we made. We're going to defend

574
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 6: our lifestyle. And they also are smart enough to understand

575
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 6: this is about this season, but it shapes this entire

576
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 6: school year. We win this game or not, and that

577
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 6: in turn shapes your entire four year experience. But then

578
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 6: they also know at these schools, you know, well that

579
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 6: I say, isn't four years, it's four life. And once

580
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 6: you sign up for this thing, the alumni, I mean,

581
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 6: it's kind of in your blood like it is mine.

582
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 6: And so you were fighting not only just to win

583
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 6: on that Saturday, like if you zoom out a little bit,

584
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 6: you're fighting for relevance over the course of your entire

585
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 6: adult alumni life to be able to say, oh, yeah, hey,

586
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 6: we were four and zero in ABO game, or we

587
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 6: were three and one in a BO game, or we

588
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 6: were two and two or sure as heck, don't want

589
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 6: to say you were one and three or one.

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Speaker 1: Four, right, understand, So body wants that understood? My friend,

591
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: I know you're busy. I'll let you go. I'll see

592
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,720
Speaker 1: you Saturday morning. Good luck on Saturday afternoon.

593
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 6: Thanks for everything you do for football in our state.

594
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: You got it, my friend, be good. Jake Gilbert again,

595
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: he is the football coach at Wabash College.

596
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 3: Again.

597
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: He appears on the Java House Peel and Poor Guest line.

598
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 1: You know, I have used the word steward or Steward's

599
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: ship with the role that I have with the monon

600
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: Bell Classic. I'm not a wabashal amount of to Paulum,

601
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: but it is my job to make sure the presentation

602
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 1: of the broadcast is up to the standards of those

603
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: that are so passionate for this game and have lived

604
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: this either for a year or frankly, for generation. I'll

605
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: try out another fancy word that would that would raise

606
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: eyebrows at both to Paul and Wabash on the on Budsman,

607
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 1: I'm trying to make sure that I give the exact

608
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 1: same amount of time to Brett Deets in this conversation

609
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 1: as I did to Jake Gilbert in the previous conversation

610
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 1: getting the ball up again in the second half, representing

611
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: the Depaud Tigers their head coach, and Brett Deetch joins us. Now,

612
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: good afternoon, my friend.

613
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 5: How are you great? Got we doing?

614
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: I'm good? How is Bell Week when it's not at

615
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: your place as it was a season ago.

616
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 4: It's just a little bit quieter around here without a

617
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 4: lot of bleachers going up and things like that. But

618
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 4: there's still a healthy buzz on campus, that's for sure.

619
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Speaker 1: Something that is rarely done during Bell Week is to

620
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 1: divert attention away from Bell Week, But I think it's

621
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: important to bring up here. Last time you and I

622
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 1: saw each other those before the Oberlin game. But back

623
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 1: in October the fourth and a couple of days later,

624
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: you guys are announcing a major stadium change. Blackstock Stadium

625
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: has been there in some formre fashion since nineteen forty one.

626
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 1: It will soon be coming down at some point in

627
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: time in twenty twenty six, if you will. What will

628
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: a new facility look like at DePaul University a couple

629
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: of years from now.

630
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 5: Oh man, we're really excited about this.

631
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 4: Uh, you know, just an unbelievable amount of money to

632
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 4: give a gift to not just you know, upgrade to

633
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 4: Paul football, but but all of the Paw athletics. And

634
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 4: so yeah, it's going to replace Blacktoc Stadium where it

635
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 4: is now, So that entire building will come down and

636
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 4: we'll resurrect something that that is much larger and frankly,

637
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 4: you know it's it's going to be much more student

638
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 4: athlete friendly. And so the donor and and us in

639
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 4: this project is want to direct all fastests towards the

640
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 4: student athlete. So you know, we're going to have new

641
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:38,280
Speaker 4: locker rooms for for baseball, softball, football, track, and field.

642
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 4: We're going to redo the training room, make it up

643
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 4: to Division one standards as far as what's in there,

644
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 4: the equipment, the space, you know, and that'll be you know,

645
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 4: not just one for football and track, but it'll be

646
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 4: for for all of the paw athletics. We're going to

647
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 4: put a student athlete weight room in there. There's gonna

648
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 4: be plenty of study spaces in there and social spaces

649
00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 4: in there for the players.

650
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 5: And so it's not just it' going to be a stadium.

651
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 5: It's going to be a.

652
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 4: Sports performance center. So it's going to be something that

653
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 4: is going to benefit all the DePaul student athletes and

654
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 4: it's going to be something truly special. And Greg, I

655
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 4: know you've spent some time on our campus. When we

656
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 4: do a building, when we redo something here at De Paul,

657
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 4: we don't just do it halfway.

658
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 5: We do it all the way.

659
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 4: So if you look at our new library, I mean

660
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 4: it's awesome, Right, we did the dining hall about nine

661
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 4: years ago, that's tremendous. If we're going to do something,

662
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 4: we're going to do it all the way, and we're

663
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 4: going to do it here at De Paul and really

664
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 4: kind of give the outdoor sports it to Paul a

665
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 4: really big facelift, and so we're incredibly grateful for the gift.

666
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: And again, the plan is is that you will have

667
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 1: temporary stands, temporary press box, et cetera for the next

668
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 1: couple of years. But the plan is that you're not

669
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: going to play the Bell game on campus, and that's

670
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 1: going to be at a site TBD at this time

671
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six.

672
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 5: Correct, That is something I.

673
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 4: Don't even know that I am focusing on.

674
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 5: This season enough.

675
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 4: And when this season's over, we'll we'll we'll turn the

676
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 4: page and get to get to all that other stuff.

677
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 1: All right, So we'll get the focus back to the

678
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 1: next forty eight hours for you. Obviously, I should say,

679
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: obviously I know the background. Other people don't. Brett was

680
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: a fantastic player at Hanover College, good enough to play

681
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,920
Speaker 1: professionally in Europe, good enough to play in an ArenaBowl.

682
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: Frankly in his playing days as well. You have now

683
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: been on the depause staff in some form more fashion

684
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: for the last fifteen years. When did the difference of

685
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: this game compared to any other game? Really kind of

686
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: smacky in the chest as you were experiencing this for

687
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 1: the first time.

688
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,240
Speaker 4: I think it's the very first one, you know, when

689
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 4: you come running in and you know, I was just

690
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 4: a part time receiver coach at the time back in

691
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 4: twenty ten, and you know that game happened to be

692
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,360
Speaker 4: up at Wabash and just to drive in on the

693
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,279
Speaker 4: bus to see the amount of people, both the Paul

694
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 4: fans and Wabash fans, and just the amount of shenanigans

695
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,240
Speaker 4: around the game leading up to the game, and obviously

696
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 4: the stuff, the pregame stuff, and you know, I think

697
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 4: it's different when you play it. You and then you

698
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 4: go to the Michigan Big House. Yes, that's some more

699
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 4: people in the Big House, but they're used to playing

700
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 4: in front of big crowds, and so for us, you know,

701
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 4: we're used to playing in front of two or three

702
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 4: thousand people, and all of a sudden, there's ten thousand people,

703
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 4: or there's maybe fifteen thousand people on campus.

704
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 5: It is like two to.

705
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 4: Three time amount of people that are around that. And

706
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,279
Speaker 4: so a lot of people ask like, well, who are

707
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 4: these extra people that come to this stuff?

708
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:22,919
Speaker 5: Right?

709
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 2: And it's all.

710
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 4: Alumni, right, It's alumni, it's friends, it's family, it's people

711
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 4: that have had this game on their bucket lists that

712
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 4: have lived in me for a long time and they

713
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 4: had to find a way to get in. Here's the problem,

714
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,919
Speaker 4: it's really hard to get in. Yes, the last two

715
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 4: seasons both are our game at home last year and

716
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,479
Speaker 4: this game. You know, on the DePaul side, we've sold

717
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 4: out in under forty minutes in both games, and so

718
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 4: we had an All American tight end who gave Quigley

719
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 4: who you remember, so DePaul people, you know he's an

720
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 4: All American tight end for us. Last year he got

721
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 4: into queue I think maybe fifteen minutes before the thing opened,

722
00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 4: and he never got out a queue, so he never

723
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 4: got a ticket. So even if you signed, you know,

724
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 4: you logged on when you're supposed to log on, not

725
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,439
Speaker 4: everybody ended up getting a ticket. So that's how much

726
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 4: this this you know, game means to the Paul people.

727
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 4: You know, just because you played in that doesn't mean

728
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 4: you want to get away from it. It means you

729
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 4: want to come back even more so. It is is

730
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 4: a pretty special rivalry that you know, and everybody's got

731
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:25,360
Speaker 4: rivalry games, but there's just something about this game. You know,

732
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 4: Bill Lynch is samous for saying, you know, he's played

733
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 4: and I you produe old oaken bucket game, and he's like,

734
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 4: you know, that doesn't hold a candle to this right.

735
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 4: And I have I have friends that coach another division one,

736
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 4: you know, contests that have been involved in this game

737
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 4: one way or another, and you know, playing at Auburn

738
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 4: or playing you know at Alabama, Like it just doesn't

739
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,239
Speaker 4: compare to the what this game means to both programs.

740
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: You know, I have done the social media thing, haven't

741
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: been on the call the last four years and say hey,

742
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: send us a picture your watch party. Where are you

743
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 1: watching the game from where you follow the action? I

744
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,919
Speaker 1: remember one year I got a photo from a guy

745
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 1: that was doing game hunting in South Africa and he

746
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: was watching the game on his phone. So yeah, I

747
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: think they got somebody interact with me from Indonesia three

748
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: or four years ago watching this game. And so yeah,

749
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 1: that that resonates with me as well. It's unique in

750
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: terms of you coaching against Jake Gilbert because obviously you

751
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 1: worked with Jake as the head coach at Westfield in

752
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: terms of his role with the IFCA recruiting kids from

753
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: Westfield historically to come to De Paul. And now he's

754
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 1: on the opposite sideline of you. And again he was

755
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 1: last year as assistant coach, but now as the head

756
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: coach is your thoughts about the school and the coach

757
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 1: you'd be going up against a couple of days from now.

758
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, And I always got a enough close, you know,

759
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 4: view of Jake because you know, he was a big

760
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 4: Bishop Dellahan guy, you know, dating back to his Dick

761
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 4: Delahan days, and you know, and Bill Lynch ended up

762
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 4: taking that camp over, and so Jake always brought their

763
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 4: team to team camp at Bishop Dellahann Camp and.

764
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 5: We hosted it right here at the Paul. So I

765
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 5: got to know.

766
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 4: A Jake a lot, you know, during those three or

767
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 4: four days at camp, you know. So I feel like

768
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 4: I know him better than a lot of other high

769
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 4: school coaches just because of how much time I spent

770
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,839
Speaker 4: with them, you know, on our campus through the team

771
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 4: camp type stuff. So but yeah, he's a great coach,

772
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 4: a great person, and we're going to have a battle

773
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 4: on Saturday, that's for sure, all right.

774
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 1: If there are two last names that I will say

775
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,719
Speaker 1: the most, I'll take these one at a time. There's

776
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: a couple of sets of brothers that we will talk

777
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: about during the course of the broadcast, and one of

778
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: those is Ballentine. There is Robby the receiver, there is

779
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: Scott the quarterback. For the young man that is the receiver.

780
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 1: We can talk about the jaw dropping numbers he has

781
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,359
Speaker 1: put up for his career for this season, but how

782
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,720
Speaker 1: about this one. He is the only Division three player

783
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 1: that is up for the Campbell Award, which is basically

784
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: the equivalent of the academic Heisman. Tell me about this

785
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: young man that is playing in his final Bell game

786
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: for you on Saturday.

787
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 5: I mean Robbie Special.

788
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 4: I mean, he's just one of those guys that you know,

789
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 4: you want your it's still aspired to be right. He's

790
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 4: he's a guy that that truly gets it done on

791
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 4: the field and off the field. And a lot of

792
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 4: people do it to a certain degree. You know, guys

793
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 4: get good grades, this, that and the other, but but

794
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,319
Speaker 4: to the level that he gets it. I mean, he's

795
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 4: got the highest GPA on our team. He's also a

796
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 4: best football player, right, So to to get the best

797
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 4: out of the best out of you know, a really

798
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 4: good school like the Paul and as good as a

799
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 4: football program as we've been, you know that it's it's

800
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 4: very rare to have it to be the exact same guy.

801
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 4: And so when you get to know Robbie, he's extremely humble.

802
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 4: He's not a look at me guy, and he really

803
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 4: works hard off the field. I mean he he's over

804
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 4: a three point nine student.

805
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 5: He's pre med.

806
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:40,320
Speaker 4: He's going to go to you know, he's going to

807
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,720
Speaker 4: go to dentist school afterwards and become a dentist. And

808
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 4: and uh, he's just as driven and as humble as

809
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,760
Speaker 4: a guy as you can imagine. He's the hardest worker.

810
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 4: He's not a big talker, so he doesn't talk much.

811
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 4: He doesn't lead by yelling and screaming. When when he talks,

812
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 4: obviously people will listen to him and they hang on

813
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 4: to every word. But he's a guy that you just

814
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 4: watch him, right, And so he's great for young guys,

815
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,799
Speaker 4: great for young receivers to be able to watch the

816
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 4: way he works because he practices every day, right. He

817
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 4: wants to be out there even if he's banged up.

818
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,359
Speaker 4: He wants to make sure he's out there practicing every

819
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,520
Speaker 4: single day. And so he gets it done. And so

820
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 4: obviously know the parents really well. His brother is a

821
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 4: is a guy that that very much is in the

822
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 4: same mold as Robbie. I mean, Scotti's a sophomore quarterback

823
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 4: for us. But I don't know if anybody puts more

824
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,799
Speaker 4: hours into the Paul football, into the game, study into

825
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 4: how much he cares about the Paul football than Scotti Valentine,

826
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 4: and he gets it done in the classroom as well.

827
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 4: So just a very driven family of everybody that you're

828
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 4: looking to get. If we could get a team full

829
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 4: of those people, we would never lose. So but but

830
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 4: for the Paul in our program to have a Campbell

831
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,280
Speaker 4: Trophy finalist is and be the only Division three school

832
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 4: is pretty remarkable. It's a it's a pretty Robbie has

833
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,959
Speaker 4: put a great feather into Paul's cap, kind of drawing

834
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 4: attention to us in that way, because it truly is

835
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:58,399
Speaker 4: a list of.

836
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 5: Who's who on who's won that you know, Peyton.

837
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 4: Manning and Tim Tebow and these guys that have been

838
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 4: finalists and have won. This is a pretty incredible list

839
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 4: to be included on. And so I know Robbie's very

840
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 4: honored and we're very honored to have him on that list.

841
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: And by the way, while Bash folks, yeah, Liam Thompson

842
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: was in that group two years ago to it. It's

843
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:19,839
Speaker 1: the unique nature of these two wonderful institutions. You want

844
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 1: your team to be a brotherhood. Well you literally have

845
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: the brother to brother combination quarterback to wide receiver. What

846
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 1: has that dynamic been to You mentioned Manning almost Peyton

847
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,439
Speaker 1: to Cooper from back from their high school days. What's

848
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: it like to watch little brother throw the ball to

849
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: big brother during the course of a game.

850
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:40,040
Speaker 5: It's really cool.

851
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 4: I mean, it's also one of those things that I

852
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 4: never thought would we would have happen again. You know,

853
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 4: we had the Hunt brother right, you know, back in

854
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,560
Speaker 4: twenty sixteen was Matt's senior year, and you know how

855
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 4: fortunate we were to have those guys, and they were

856
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,239
Speaker 4: two of our best players as well, and to say,

857
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 4: oh man, this probably never happened again, and then you

858
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 4: know less than you know, almost about ten years later,

859
00:41:59,239 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 4: you know.

860
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 5: The same thing happened. So it's been cool.

861
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 4: And that wasn't something that we forced on Scotty. It

862
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 4: wasn't like, hey, Robbie is a senior, like, let let's

863
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 4: let's force Scotty into being the starting quarterback. No, he

864
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 4: earned that job. He earned it through his play through,

865
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 4: being consistent and uh, so that wasn't given to him.

866
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 4: That was definitely earned.

867
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 2: And so.

868
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 4: But obviously when you're when you're when your best player

869
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 4: has his brother throwing it to him, you know that

870
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 4: they have.

871
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 5: Just uh don't even have to say much to each other.

872
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 4: They can just nod and look at each other and

873
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 4: kind of know what each other's talking thinking about.

874
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 5: And so, but he's not the only one.

875
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 4: We got some really good players around around Robbie too,

876
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 4: because if he was.

877
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 5: The only good player, then be.

878
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 4: Pretty easy to stop him and we wouldn't win very

879
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,959
Speaker 4: many games. But we got weapons all over the field.

880
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 4: And I think that's what makes Robbie as good as

881
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 4: he is because when he does get those one on

882
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 4: one matchups, so he does get that that that you know,

883
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 4: double team matchup we can still take advantage of. You know,

884
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 4: they better do a great job over there, because if

885
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 4: we can we can throw it to him and throw

886
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,240
Speaker 4: it to everybody else, then we're gonna be pretty dangerous.

887
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 1: I may not say the last name held brand as

888
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 1: often as you do Balantine in the course of the

889
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: game on Saturday, but it's still of note. It is

890
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 1: two separate players. Hunt wears eighteen and plays offense. Halt

891
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 1: wears forty one and plays defense. How do you get

892
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:16,800
Speaker 1: two kids that have obviously the same last name from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

893
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: How did they end up in Greencastle, Indiana.

894
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 4: Well, they went to Holland Hall and dad is the

895
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,439
Speaker 4: athletic director at Holland Hall High School YEP. And that's

896
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,439
Speaker 4: an awesome private school there in Tulsa, and he sent

897
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 4: athletes here before. And so those athletes have come to

898
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 4: the Paul and they've they've had such a good time

899
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,359
Speaker 4: and they've had such a great experience at the Paul

900
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 4: that when they go back home. You know that those

901
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 4: families talk about Paul a lot, and one of them

902
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 4: is the White family. They send a pair of brothers

903
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,239
Speaker 4: here and done track and football and stuff, and so

904
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:48,439
Speaker 4: you know, I think that's a testament to the Paul.

905
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 4: And they kind of experience those guys are having, and

906
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,720
Speaker 4: then they go back and they speak so positively about

907
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 4: the program and about the school that you know, the

908
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 4: Hilda Brands, you know, the dad's the AD's like, I.

909
00:43:58,480 --> 00:43:59,919
Speaker 5: Got we got to go check this place out.

910
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 4: So he grot one of the twins hopped in the

911
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 4: car and they drove over and one of the twins

912
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 4: holet and Dad just fell in love with it, and

913
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 4: he's like, well, we're going to have to bring older

914
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 4: brother or the twin here, and we'll bring the rest

915
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,399
Speaker 4: of the family here. And sure enough, about ten days

916
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 4: later they all hoped in the car and brought the

917
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 4: whole family because there's another one behind them too, who

918
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 4: I think since seventh the eighth grade, And and so

919
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,720
Speaker 4: they brought Hunt over and it was pretty quickly there

920
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:25,840
Speaker 4: after that the whole family fell in love with the place.

921
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 4: And so there we go. We end up with twins

922
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:29,879
Speaker 4: from from False Oklahoma.

923
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,960
Speaker 1: All right again Brett dees Well the ball head coach

924
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 1: joining us here again, Greg Reikstraw filling in for Jay Query.

925
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 1: Ninety three to five and one o seven The Fan

926
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,360
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty first mo Non Bell Classic Saturday

927
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 1: at one oh seven. Catch it on the ISC Sports Network.

928
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 1: A lot of defenses think they have a great day

929
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: if they hold their opponent to one hundred yards rushing. Collectively,

930
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 1: teams against you have run the football for ninety one

931
00:44:55,560 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: yards all season long, and that is with having some

932
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 1: significant graduation losses on both sides of the ball last year.

933
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,279
Speaker 1: How have you built a defense that has been this

934
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 1: stingy now for a pretty long period of time.

935
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 4: Well, we've always said that we're going to have a

936
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,400
Speaker 4: defense that is built on stop of the run first,

937
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:19,320
Speaker 4: because if you can make a team, you know, one sided,

938
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 4: then then that's going to be a big advantage to you.

939
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 4: And if you can run the ball, man, you can

940
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,280
Speaker 4: control a football game. You can control it with the clock,

941
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 4: We control it in a lot of different ways. It

942
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 4: kind of opens up to play action. So our three

943
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:33,319
Speaker 4: four scheme was brought to us, you know, several years

944
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 4: ago by by coach Hood. Jay Hood and I just

945
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 4: fell in love with the scheme, and so we've had

946
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 4: several different coordinators run run this type of scheme. But

947
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 4: it's a three four scheme. We're not the only team

948
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 4: that runs it. But you know, we've freighted ourselves and

949
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,959
Speaker 4: taken away the run right and so you know, even

950
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,400
Speaker 4: when the game we lost, John Carroll thought we controlled

951
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 4: the run pretty good. But it puts a little bit

952
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 4: more pressure on the secondary right. And so if you

953
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 4: look at teams gaining in yards on us, it's been

954
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,439
Speaker 4: through the air, not through the ground. But but we've

955
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 4: had a you know, several weeks. We're a little bend

956
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 4: but not break on the defensive side, and it really

957
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,680
Speaker 4: works for us. So obviously we know Walbash is going

958
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 4: to try to run it. That's that's part of their

959
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 4: m They're not just going to chuck at a bunch

960
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,439
Speaker 4: of times. But we got to be able to spend uh,

961
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 4: you know, stop both the run in the past. But

962
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,000
Speaker 4: if we can shut down the run and make them

963
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 4: one sided, we think that's going to be to our advantage.

964
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:23,880
Speaker 4: And that's really kind of our our philosophy with the

965
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 4: defensive side. And so we've been putting up some crazy

966
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 4: video game like numbers this year stopping the run. And

967
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,200
Speaker 4: you know, once we shut down teams base runs, they

968
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:33,880
Speaker 4: just stop trying to run it on us and and

969
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,400
Speaker 4: they just start, you know, trying to find ways to

970
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 4: get it through the air. So you know, it's it's

971
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 4: been it's been fun to see the numbers. But obviously

972
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 4: we understand that every game is a new a new game,

973
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 4: right and it doesn't matter what the stats are when

974
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,800
Speaker 4: the first quarter hits. Man, you got to play football,

975
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 4: and you got to play good fundamental football, and uh,

976
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 4: you know, you've got to be ready for for everybody's

977
00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:55,760
Speaker 4: best punch.

978
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:57,320
Speaker 5: And that's what we talked about.

979
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 4: All year, you know, and we come off the pass

980
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 4: four seeds of winning four straight conference championships. You know

981
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:04,799
Speaker 4: you're gonna get everybody's best punch, right, You're gonna get

982
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 4: everybody's best effort.

983
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 5: And we're gonna be ready for that on Saturday as well.

984
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 1: I think before we let you go, every win, you celebrate.

985
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:15,839
Speaker 1: Every win against Wabash, you really celebrate twenty twenty two.

986
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,839
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty four, they were, frankly the only non

987
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,839
Speaker 1: one score wins in the in there in the sixth

988
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 1: and the last eight meetings between the two teams was

989
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: the game at Wabash two years ago, the best football

990
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,319
Speaker 1: game you have ever been a part of.

991
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,839
Speaker 5: It doesn't feel like that when you're going through it.

992
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 5: I'll play you that fair enough.

993
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 4: It was not the whole game obviously, It's one of

994
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 4: the most memorable games I've played, for sure, But but yeah,

995
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,240
Speaker 4: the first the first overtime game in Mona on Bell history,

996
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 4: the first double overteam in Mona Bell Bell Hills history.

997
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:55,359
Speaker 4: With the Tigers winning like yes, for sure, especially at

998
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 4: their place, it's a little bit sweeter when you went

999
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:00,440
Speaker 4: up there and so yeah that that is by far

1000
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:01,560
Speaker 4: the best game I've.

1001
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 5: Ever been a part of.

1002
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: Understood, my friend. I'll see you on Saturday. Thanks the

1003
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: time you and I will have an off air versus

1004
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:07,400
Speaker 1: conversation tomorrow.

1005
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,840
Speaker 5: Thank you, coach awesome, talk to you soon. Thanks for

1006
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:10,399
Speaker 5: having me on.

1007
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 1: You got it bred dates again. He is the football

1008
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: coach at DePaul University. And one more time. The one

1009
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty first Monan Bell Classic kickoff is at

1010
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: one o seven at Little Giants Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

1011
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:26,040
Speaker 1: Catch all the action on the ISC Sports Network again.

1012
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:32,719
Speaker 1: Is Sportsnetwork dot Com, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, Apple TV, Roku.

1013
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: We're working on training the Carrier pigeons. It is free

1014
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: to view, and there will be watch parties all all

1015
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:44,879
Speaker 1: across literally the world, and hopefully we have figured out

1016
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,400
Speaker 1: a technology for us to be able to kind of

1017
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:48,200
Speaker 1: lock in on some of those watch parties and be

1018
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 1: as interactive on the broadcast as possible.

1019
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:53,239
Speaker 2: Welcome back.

1020
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,920
Speaker 1: It's Greg Rekstraw filling in for j Query. It's Query

1021
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,080
Speaker 1: and Company here on ninety three to five and one

1022
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 1: seven five the Fan. So it's been a minute since

1023
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:03,880
Speaker 1: I've done much in the way of interviews in terms

1024
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 1: of Indiana University football players. But obviously the story over

1025
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,359
Speaker 1: the last couple of years has been fascinating and it

1026
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 1: continues in a positive light. Given a remarkable drive, a

1027
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:17,440
Speaker 1: remarkable pair of toe taps, I'd have been a Sunday catch,

1028
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 1: just a Saturday catch made by Omar Cooper. But a

1029
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 1: big part of the Indiana Hoosiers success this season in

1030
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 1: his second year with the program. He's now finishing up

1031
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:29,799
Speaker 1: five years playing for Kurt Signetty three at JMU and

1032
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: now two in Bloomington. It is Kaylon Black that joins

1033
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:37,080
Speaker 1: us now Kaylon ten and zero man, congratulations, I know

1034
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:40,120
Speaker 1: all of us in Indiana are still just kind of

1035
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 1: jaw dropped at how successful this program has become. What

1036
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: has this fifteen to eighteen month ride been like for

1037
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:51,880
Speaker 1: you since get his stepping foot in Bloomington, It's.

1038
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 7: Definitely been great. Man, just from the beginning, just co

1039
00:49:55,239 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 7: Sieg establishing who he is as a coach and just

1040
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,200
Speaker 7: trying to get guys that buy into the system, his

1041
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:03,319
Speaker 7: winning culture and his winning ways and then just say

1042
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:05,799
Speaker 7: things change month by month.

1043
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:07,440
Speaker 2: Has been great to be a part of.

1044
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:09,879
Speaker 7: And just now we're at this point today where we're

1045
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,719
Speaker 7: just winning out the close games and clawing and fighting

1046
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 7: as a team.

1047
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:16,399
Speaker 1: Well, obviously we touched on this off the start. This

1048
00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 1: is not year two with coach said with you, this

1049
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 1: is year five. What drew you to him and James

1050
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 1: Madison back in twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, Definitely his.

1051
00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:30,560
Speaker 7: Winning ways, man, and just knowing that he has a

1052
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:33,279
Speaker 7: great staff around him, a lot of guys that are

1053
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:36,799
Speaker 7: bought in, everyone wants to win, and just you can

1054
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 7: learn from the players as well, a lot of great

1055
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 7: players those guys. That's where he helped me get to the

1056
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:42,200
Speaker 7: point that I'm at today.

1057
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:44,759
Speaker 1: By the way, does it sink in that you've now

1058
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 1: been doing this for I said five year, it's really

1059
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,719
Speaker 1: been six five and a half years that you've been

1060
00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:52,279
Speaker 1: playing college football. Does this seem like forever ago when

1061
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 1: you were making that decision?

1062
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:54,520
Speaker 6: Man?

1063
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:55,959
Speaker 2: Sometimes it does. Man.

1064
00:50:56,040 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 7: Then I realize I'm like, man, like, yeah, I don't

1065
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 7: even know what to say, Like sometimes I don't even

1066
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 7: really like understand how long I've really been playing football

1067
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:06,360
Speaker 7: in college?

1068
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 1: Well, Kaylon does that already have his bachelor's degree, so

1069
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,759
Speaker 1: he asked you taking that time and put it to

1070
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,320
Speaker 1: good years. When when you made the move from Virginia

1071
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:19,040
Speaker 1: to Indiana, did what sort of goals did you set

1072
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: for yourself? What sort of success did you think was

1073
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:24,799
Speaker 1: possibly out there for you and those other guys that

1074
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,120
Speaker 1: made the move from JMU to Bloomington.

1075
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:32,560
Speaker 7: Definitely our goals was to establish ourselves on this levels

1076
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:35,319
Speaker 7: because you know, coming from the G five and also

1077
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 7: FCS while Jamie was SCS, you know, you get looked

1078
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 7: at differently by the guys in the P fours sometimes,

1079
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,319
Speaker 7: So we just wanted to come in and like let

1080
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 7: people know, like, hey, we can play football regardless of

1081
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,640
Speaker 7: the level. Like we put in the same type of

1082
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 7: time that you do, and we also put in that

1083
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,680
Speaker 7: same grind and just coming from the program that coach

1084
00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 7: c built at James Madison, coming here kind of made

1085
00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:01,840
Speaker 7: it easier, just like in terms of just knowing the

1086
00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:04,880
Speaker 7: system and helping other people and get on the same page.

1087
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 7: So it's just it's just definitely been like a pleasure

1088
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:09,359
Speaker 7: just to even be here again.

1089
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:11,919
Speaker 1: Kaylin Black is our guest. Greg Raikes run for j Query.

1090
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,000
Speaker 1: It's only three to five and and one O seven

1091
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 1: to five. The fan, you know, almost all of us

1092
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:21,600
Speaker 1: just kind of expected almost a little bit of regression

1093
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 1: on the team this year, not because you guys are

1094
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,800
Speaker 1: gonna do wrong because we thought this is Indiana, it

1095
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 1: can't be this good again, and now seemingly it is

1096
00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:34,440
Speaker 1: even better. What was your guys mindset going into the

1097
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:38,799
Speaker 1: off season to make sure that twenty twenty five was

1098
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:40,799
Speaker 1: even better than twenty twenty four.

1099
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,879
Speaker 7: Definitely just learning from our mistakes from twenty twenty four,

1100
00:52:47,239 --> 00:52:50,279
Speaker 7: taking those and applying applying pressure to our team and

1101
00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:52,960
Speaker 7: just making sure like, hey, guys, like we have the

1102
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 7: talent and we have the needs to be able to

1103
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:57,080
Speaker 7: reach the goals that we want to reach, and we

1104
00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 7: just have to go out there and work hard every

1105
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:00,759
Speaker 7: single day to get to where we want to get to.

1106
00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 7: And Kosieka's done a great job of instilling that want

1107
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:07,319
Speaker 7: to with that fast, physical and relivelessness that we have.

1108
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:08,560
Speaker 2: To have to be great.

1109
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:10,480
Speaker 1: Well, the thing is, you didn't make them any mistakes

1110
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:12,000
Speaker 1: last year, just so you know, I mean, the two

1111
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:15,160
Speaker 1: teams you lost too played in the National Championship Game.

1112
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,960
Speaker 1: But kind of to that point, how do you feel

1113
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 1: you're a better football team this year than you were

1114
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 1: a year ago?

1115
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:26,399
Speaker 7: Pretty much in all phases, honestly, Like we just we

1116
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,480
Speaker 7: reloaded and we were able to, like like I said,

1117
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 7: learn from our mistakes from the year before, and we

1118
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:34,760
Speaker 7: just watched the film and make those corrections and practice

1119
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:37,000
Speaker 7: hard every single day, and we just have that high

1120
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:38,800
Speaker 7: expectation just to be great.

1121
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 1: One of the things that strikes me in watching the

1122
00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:45,520
Speaker 1: way you play on both sides of the football is

1123
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:48,960
Speaker 1: that it is such a physical brand of football, and

1124
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,439
Speaker 1: that is something that you feel that can travel whether

1125
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,440
Speaker 1: you're playing in front of fifty thousand of your fans

1126
00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: or playing in front of one hundred thousand of the

1127
00:53:56,560 --> 00:54:00,359
Speaker 1: other guys fans as you were on Saturday. That level

1128
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:04,239
Speaker 1: of physicality. What sort of work do you guys put in,

1129
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:07,720
Speaker 1: if not twenty four seven, three sixty five, then literally

1130
00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:10,399
Speaker 1: twelve months a year to ensure that you can go

1131
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 1: out and do that on a given Saturday afternoon.

1132
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:17,480
Speaker 7: We are blessed to have a great strengths coach and

1133
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:20,440
Speaker 7: a strength staff like we do with god leader being

1134
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,799
Speaker 7: Dereck Goins. Just the things that we do in the

1135
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:26,959
Speaker 7: off season, speed work and just different things that help

1136
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 7: us to stay physical in and get us stronger and

1137
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,839
Speaker 7: get us faster and help us be more ad job.

1138
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 7: It's just those things carry over over time, and he

1139
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:37,000
Speaker 7: also wants to make sure that we're also mobile at

1140
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:40,200
Speaker 7: the same time and never getting too stiff, And they

1141
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:41,680
Speaker 7: just do a great job with us and it just

1142
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 7: carries on over from months a month, and that's just

1143
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:45,280
Speaker 7: how we get.

1144
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 2: Physical, all right.

1145
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:50,080
Speaker 1: With that, what's going through your mind with a minute

1146
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,680
Speaker 1: fifty one left to go as you take to the field,

1147
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,400
Speaker 1: you're down four, You're trying to keep that perfect season going,

1148
00:54:56,920 --> 00:55:00,239
Speaker 1: and you're eighty yards away from the house. Kind Of

1149
00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:02,799
Speaker 1: where's your headspace at as that drives about to start.

1150
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:06,359
Speaker 7: Making sure that we're as calm as possible. These are

1151
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:08,279
Speaker 7: the things that we work on in practice all the time.

1152
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 7: The two minute drill that we always do different situations,

1153
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:15,240
Speaker 7: whether it's a minute left, forty five seconds, a minute twenty,

1154
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,239
Speaker 7: a minute fifty one, just making sure that we've been

1155
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 7: in these situations before and we felt like we were

1156
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:24,120
Speaker 7: prepared for the moment and we were able to see

1157
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:26,759
Speaker 7: the moment as we went out on the field and

1158
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:29,160
Speaker 7: put it all together again.

1159
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,759
Speaker 1: Obviously, you've got a different view than all of us

1160
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:35,160
Speaker 1: do in terms of having that sideline camera as to

1161
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,360
Speaker 1: see Omar make the play that he did to ensure

1162
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:42,960
Speaker 1: that that touchdown stood. What was it like watching that

1163
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 1: happen from field level and going, oh, my goodness, he

1164
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:47,240
Speaker 1: actually got both feet down.

1165
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:51,279
Speaker 7: Man, So I was actually blocking and the next thing,

1166
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:54,240
Speaker 7: you know, like I just see the ball get thrown

1167
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,440
Speaker 7: and I see him catch it, And at first I

1168
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,160
Speaker 7: didn't know if he had got his foot and balance,

1169
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:01,040
Speaker 7: but as I see the rev hold his hands up,

1170
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:05,600
Speaker 7: I'm like, yes, like we needed that, and in that

1171
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:09,120
Speaker 7: moment it was just like the biggest like sign of

1172
00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:10,319
Speaker 7: release because.

1173
00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 6: Like, of course, like it's a.

1174
00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 7: It's an intense situation, but at the same time, like

1175
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 7: that man just made a great catch and it was

1176
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:18,600
Speaker 7: just crazy to see.

1177
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:20,400
Speaker 1: I was gonna say when you back in, when you

1178
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:22,479
Speaker 1: went back and saw the footage, and obviously these days

1179
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:24,560
Speaker 1: that means when you're checking social media when you're on

1180
00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 1: your phone after the game, Then what was it like

1181
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:30,520
Speaker 1: watching the acrobatics he pulled off in mid air to

1182
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:31,240
Speaker 1: make that happen.

1183
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 7: It was amazing, Like every single page posted it, so

1184
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:38,759
Speaker 7: you couldn't scroll without seeing it. But it was just

1185
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:40,640
Speaker 7: like every time I've seen it, I just had to

1186
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 7: smile more and more out of amazement because it's just

1187
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:46,160
Speaker 7: like I don't think I've ever seen like with my

1188
00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:49,319
Speaker 7: two eyes on the same field anything like that in

1189
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:49,680
Speaker 7: my life.

1190
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:53,240
Speaker 1: All Right, you and rowand Hemy almost identical in terms

1191
00:56:53,239 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: of yards. He's had just a handful of more carries

1192
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,440
Speaker 1: than you. What's it been like sharing kind of the

1193
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 1: load with him this year for this football team?

1194
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:03,760
Speaker 7: And it's been great.

1195
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:03,960
Speaker 2: Man.

1196
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:07,319
Speaker 7: Me and Rome, like we're close, and we just push

1197
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:09,560
Speaker 7: each other to go hard east and every single day,

1198
00:57:09,719 --> 00:57:11,919
Speaker 7: and even with Kobe and Slim and we all push

1199
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:14,640
Speaker 7: each other to just be as best as we can

1200
00:57:14,719 --> 00:57:18,640
Speaker 7: for each other and for the team. Regardless of us

1201
00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 7: just splinning cares anything like that. We just go out

1202
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:22,400
Speaker 7: there and do what we can and make sure that

1203
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:24,440
Speaker 7: we were helping a team a.

1204
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,080
Speaker 1: Couple of quick things and then we'll let you go again.

1205
00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:28,320
Speaker 1: Kaylon Black is our guest. Greg Reichs run for Jay

1206
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:30,880
Speaker 1: Query ninety three to five and one oh seven to

1207
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:33,640
Speaker 1: five of the Fan. If you play your cards right,

1208
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 1: this Saturday at home against Wisconsin is the last time

1209
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:38,880
Speaker 1: that you get to play. In other words, if you

1210
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,800
Speaker 1: do your job, you know you're in the college football playoff,

1211
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:44,160
Speaker 1: but you're also kind of seated to a point where

1212
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:45,840
Speaker 1: you don't get a home game, You're gonna be playing

1213
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:48,400
Speaker 1: in a traditional bowl game come New Year's ever on

1214
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:51,680
Speaker 1: January the first. So if this weekend is the last

1215
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:54,320
Speaker 1: time after two years, you get to play a home

1216
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:57,720
Speaker 1: game in Bloomington, what has this temporary home meant to you?

1217
00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:01,760
Speaker 7: It means a lot, Like this is somewhere that has

1218
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:05,120
Speaker 7: helped me to elevate my game, the hypes that I

1219
00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:08,200
Speaker 7: needed to reach, and I feel like being on this level,

1220
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,640
Speaker 7: being at this program, it will never leave and it

1221
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:13,520
Speaker 7: will always have a place in my heart.

1222
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:18,240
Speaker 1: Again, Kaylon Black, our guests, all Right, so you're pretty

1223
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,440
Speaker 1: busy with what's coming up here in the immediate future

1224
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:23,960
Speaker 1: for your football team. Do you let your mind drift

1225
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:28,480
Speaker 1: towards playing Sunday football next year? Is that at all

1226
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: on your radar or will that kind of take care

1227
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:35,000
Speaker 1: of itself once whatever happens for you guys in January happens.

1228
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:38,960
Speaker 7: Right now is just all about just trying to win

1229
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:41,919
Speaker 7: this game on Saturday and then the game the following week.

1230
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:44,600
Speaker 7: But of course, like being a competitor that I am,

1231
00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:46,360
Speaker 7: you always have that thought in the back of your

1232
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,240
Speaker 7: mind of playing on Sundays. But you always have to

1233
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:53,760
Speaker 7: stay focused and pay attention to what's in front of

1234
00:58:53,760 --> 00:58:54,960
Speaker 7: you and the.

1235
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:57,120
Speaker 1: Fin being before we let you go. And again, you've

1236
00:58:57,120 --> 00:58:58,520
Speaker 1: now been here for the last year and a half

1237
00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:01,880
Speaker 1: two years, but Virginia be Virginia's is Where's home for Kaylon?

1238
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 1: In case you don't know, what has it been like

1239
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:06,720
Speaker 1: to kind of see reaction to people like me that

1240
00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:10,040
Speaker 1: are just like, we've never seen thism Indiana football. I'm

1241
00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 1: almost fifty years old. I remember when days were pretty

1242
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:16,400
Speaker 1: good in the late eighties, early nineties. It has never

1243
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:19,240
Speaker 1: been like this. And my guess is you hear stories

1244
00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:22,720
Speaker 1: from people like this all of the freaking time around tampus,

1245
00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:26,080
Speaker 1: around Bloomington, etc. So as a guy for kind of

1246
00:59:26,080 --> 00:59:28,840
Speaker 1: from the outside looking in, what's it like to hear

1247
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:31,680
Speaker 1: from so many Indiana people just want to say thank

1248
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:33,880
Speaker 1: you for doing this? What is it like kind of

1249
00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:35,840
Speaker 1: living life through that prism right now?

1250
00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:39,560
Speaker 7: Man, We appreciate it. We take it all in because,

1251
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:41,080
Speaker 7: like like you said, like.

1252
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:43,240
Speaker 5: If it was that.

1253
00:59:43,320 --> 00:59:47,240
Speaker 7: Long, I wouldn't have known beforehand. But I just love

1254
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:50,760
Speaker 7: the appreciation from the town. Bloomington is a great place

1255
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 7: to live and the support has going crazy. I know

1256
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:56,240
Speaker 7: it's always been a basketball school, but now that we've

1257
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,200
Speaker 7: turned the tide of the football program, everyone is coming

1258
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:01,080
Speaker 7: out and they're showing love and support for us.

1259
01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:02,919
Speaker 5: So it's great to be a part of again.

1260
01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:06,160
Speaker 1: It's been an amazing ride to watch. I can't I

1261
01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:07,600
Speaker 1: couldn't imagine what it would be like to be a

1262
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:09,320
Speaker 1: part of it, to be driving the roller coaster the

1263
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:12,040
Speaker 1: way that you are, keep it climbing up. We appreciate

1264
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,600
Speaker 1: your time, good luck on Saturday against Wisconsin.

1265
01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:15,280
Speaker 2: Thank you.

1266
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:18,280
Speaker 1: Really enjoyed my conversation with Kaylen Blackett. Again thanks to

1267
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:22,080
Speaker 1: Greg Campbell, Jeff Keg, the folks Maya media relations making

1268
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:24,600
Speaker 1: that happen so you could hear about this story.