WEBVTT - JAN. 5: KEY WEST SUPERSTAR LINEMAN AND FSU COMMIT CHRISTOPHER ANDRE OTTO

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome everybody. It's 2023. There's so much going on and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna start this podcast with a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a rant. You know, I normally, I really have

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<v Speaker 1>never really talked about pro sports college sports or anything

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<v Speaker 1>like that, but I want to talk about the Miami

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins and the more things change, the more things stay

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<v Speaker 1>the same. I'm sure if you're listening to this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're living in the Florida Keys, if you lived

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<v Speaker 1>in the Florida Keys, you probably have some relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>the Miami Dolphins. I know I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been a Dolphin fan. I before moving down here

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<v Speaker 1>in 1997 I grew up in Miami. I've been a

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphin fan ever since I could remember. I could remember

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<v Speaker 1>the heartbreak in 1982 with Joe Theismann. I can remember

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<v Speaker 1>the heartbreak in 1985 and Marino lost to the 49ers and,

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<v Speaker 1>and the 49ers just beat the Dolphins so bad. And

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<v Speaker 1>I remember thinking obviously in 1985 well, I guess Marino

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<v Speaker 1>will be back to the Super Bowl at some point

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<v Speaker 1>and

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<v Speaker 1>he never was. And then you have the Post Marino years,

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<v Speaker 1>all of those years, you know, pretty much ending the

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<v Speaker 1>same way, nine and 78 and 87 and nine, something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. And I just got the biggest kick because

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<v Speaker 1>I realized, you know, last weekend when the Dolphins lost

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<v Speaker 1>to the Patriots, it becomes, hey, if the Dolphins beat

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<v Speaker 1>the Jets and the Bills beat the Patriots and the

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins are gonna be in the playoffs and I just

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<v Speaker 1>laughed because

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<v Speaker 1>I can't count how many times it seems like all

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<v Speaker 1>the Dolphins had to do was beat the Jets at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the year to go to the playoffs

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<v Speaker 1>and the Jets never had anything to play for. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't have anything to play for today or, or this

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<v Speaker 1>weekend and I'm sure the Jets are gonna beat the Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's just crazy to me in 2023

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<v Speaker 1>the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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<v Speaker 1>The Dolphins did your classic thing that the Miami Dolphins

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<v Speaker 1>always do and that's give you hope at the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>of the year, that win at the beginning of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>Um against Buffalo was the most excited. I've been as

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<v Speaker 1>a dolphin fan, you know, in the last 30 years.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely true. I really thought that it had finally changed

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<v Speaker 1>and

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<v Speaker 1>it's just, I guess it's a little bit reassuring that

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<v Speaker 1>the more things change, the more they stay the same. And,

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<v Speaker 1>and here we go again with the Miami Dolphins. So

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast is coming out on Thursday, the Dolphins play

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend against the Jets. And

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<v Speaker 1>obviously I'm gonna be watching, I'm gonna be rooting for

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<v Speaker 1>the dolphins, but I could just remember the days of old,

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<v Speaker 1>all the dolphins have to do is to beat the Jets.

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<v Speaker 1>The Jets are six and nine. They're not playing for anything.

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<v Speaker 1>And then all of a sudden, Freeman mcneill and Wesley

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<v Speaker 1>Walker have their best games of the season and end

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<v Speaker 1>up beating the Dolphins. So I'm hoping for the Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the Dolphins. I always will. But, man, oh, man,

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<v Speaker 1>it just seems funny.

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<v Speaker 1>So, a lot of things going on in Monroe County,

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<v Speaker 1>we've sort of, I guess we would say with our

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<v Speaker 1>prep sports, we've been hibernating a little bit. Everybody has,

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<v Speaker 1>uh been, you know, practicing or not practicing or a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit inactive during the Christmas break. I know that

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<v Speaker 1>boys basketball at Key West boys basketball at Coral Shores

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<v Speaker 1>were both pretty active. They played, uh, some out of

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<v Speaker 1>the area teams, you know, Key West

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<v Speaker 1>played Gig Harbor from Washington State. They also played against

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<v Speaker 1>Coral Shores. Gig Harbor. Come from the great state of Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess they decided where's the farthest place we could go?

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<v Speaker 1>Where is it? And, oh, I guess it's Key West

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<v Speaker 1>from the state of Washington and they made the trip

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<v Speaker 1>and they ended up, uh, beating Key West 75 39

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<v Speaker 1>at Key West. And, uh, they also ended up beating

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<v Speaker 1>Coral Shores at Coral Shores and

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<v Speaker 1>that, uh, score was 69 37. So Gay Harbor comes

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<v Speaker 1>with a loaded team to the Keys and comes away

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<v Speaker 1>with two wins. And, uh, congratulations to those guys. If

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<v Speaker 1>you are checking for your Keys weekly this week in

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<v Speaker 1>the Keys weekly sports wrap, you're going to have the

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<v Speaker 1>All Keys team for golf. This is the spot where

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to recognize the best call, the best golfers

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<v Speaker 1>in the Keys. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you check out the Keys weekly today or tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna see that exact keys weekly team. You're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>see some pictures. You're gonna see some quotes from their coaches. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna find out who the M V P of

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<v Speaker 1>Boys golf and the M V P of girls golf.

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<v Speaker 1>Who are they in the Florida Keys in order to

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<v Speaker 1>that out. And I hope you guys enjoyed our All

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<v Speaker 1>Keys football team that came out. I think all Keys

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<v Speaker 1>volleyball is coming out soon. You know, we want to

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<v Speaker 1>honor all of the prep sports in the Keys by

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<v Speaker 1>having our all-star teams. I hope you're enjoying them. If

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<v Speaker 1>you have any feedback on them,

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<v Speaker 1>this year on the podcast. I, I wanna keep it going.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to talk to a lot of people that

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<v Speaker 1>have impacted the Florida Keys in sport. I have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people contacting me wanting to come on. If

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to come on the podcast, you feel like

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<v Speaker 1>you have something to add, then you could hit us

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<v Speaker 1>up at sports at Keys weekly dot com. Send me

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<v Speaker 1>an email. I'll get it. I'd love to have you on, um,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a full schedule coming up. I know on

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<v Speaker 1>today's podcast the real big news is Andre Otto. He

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<v Speaker 1>is a football player, a heavyweight wrestler and a track

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<v Speaker 1>athlete here at Key West High School and he just

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<v Speaker 1>signed a full scholarship at Florida. State University to play football.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations to him. We're gonna have an interview with him

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<v Speaker 1>later on in the show where he talks about his

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<v Speaker 1>process for how, why and exactly

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<v Speaker 1>the, all the information about why he picked Florida State

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<v Speaker 1>as a place for him and it's not what you

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<v Speaker 1>think it is. Everybody, I'm gonna tell you right now,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna be shocked to find out the real reason

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<v Speaker 1>behind the selection.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations to him.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's just really big, I think for Monroe County,

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<v Speaker 1>whenever we get a division one athlete in any sport

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<v Speaker 1>signed and congratulations to him. All of the other athletes

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<v Speaker 1>that finished up their football season this year in 2022.

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<v Speaker 1>I know Corl Shores, there's a couple of guys looking

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<v Speaker 1>to play at that next level and hopefully marathon has some,

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<v Speaker 1>there's some more guys at Key West that are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>sign

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<v Speaker 1>during the traditional signing period, which happens in about a month.

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<v Speaker 1>This was the early signing period where Andre uh and

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<v Speaker 1>Florida State came to an agreement. So congratulations to him.

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<v Speaker 1>You could hear that interview coming up in a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of minutes and now we have uh the schedule coming

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<v Speaker 1>up for this week

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<v Speaker 1>now on January 5th, which is, um, actually the day

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<v Speaker 1>that this podcast is coming out, right? 234. Yep, Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>January 5th, Coral Shores boys basketballs at Oxbridge Academy

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<v Speaker 1>also on, um, also on Thursday, the fifth Marathon girls

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<v Speaker 1>soccer at Westwood marathon boys basketball on the sixth is

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<v Speaker 1>at Boca Raton. Key West girls soccer at South Florida

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<v Speaker 1>heat on the six. Also on the six Coral Shores

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<v Speaker 1>girls basketball is at marathon at four on the sixth marathon.

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<v Speaker 1>Girls soccer, Coral Shores home six PM.

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<v Speaker 1>Um, also at Key West on the six boys basketball,

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<v Speaker 1>South Broward coming into town that's a 7 30 start

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<v Speaker 1>at marathon boys soccer country day at four on the sixth.

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<v Speaker 1>And wrestling we have Key West high school has a

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<v Speaker 1>wrestling team. Carl Shores has a wrestling team. They're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>come together at the Somerset scuffle at three PM on

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<v Speaker 1>the sixth and the seventh,

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<v Speaker 1>Key West uh, girls soccer is at Gulliver on the seventh.

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<v Speaker 1>Key West boys soccer is Jacksonville Bowls at home one PM.

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<v Speaker 1>Key West boys basketball is home against Boca Raton Marathon.

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<v Speaker 1>Girls basketball is at Keys Gate on the eighth Coral Shores.

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<v Speaker 1>Girls basketball is at Keys Gate on the ninth marathon.

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<v Speaker 1>Girls basketball is at Key West at 5 30 on

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<v Speaker 1>the ninth Coral Shores boys basketball is at Palm Glads

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<v Speaker 1>on the ninth

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<v Speaker 1>Marathon. Boys basketball is home at Redlands Christian on the

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<v Speaker 1>10th Coral Shores. Girls soccer is at um, Key West

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<v Speaker 1>is going up there at four marathon girls and boys

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<v Speaker 1>soccer is at Cushman on the 10th. Key West girls

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<v Speaker 1>and boys basketball is going to be at, uh, home

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<v Speaker 1>against Coral Shores at four and seven on the 10th.

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<v Speaker 1>So mark your calendars for that one January 10th is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be Key West and Coral Shores at Key West.

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<v Speaker 1>All the key schools on the 11th, girls weightlifting at

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<v Speaker 1>marathon at four and on the 12th, marathon, boys basketball

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<v Speaker 1>are home against Hab Christian at 5 30 marathon. Girls

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<v Speaker 1>basketball is home against Gulliver at four PM. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>your

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<v Speaker 1>basketball schedule for this week. We really don't have too

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<v Speaker 1>many results because it has been Christmas break and New

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<v Speaker 1>Year's and all that great stuff. So I was talking

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<v Speaker 1>about 2023. I want to talk about 2023 a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more. I really want to thank everyone at the

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<v Speaker 1>Keys Weekly for allowing myself and Mrs mcdonald to host

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<v Speaker 1>the Keys weekly sports wrap. You could find

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<v Speaker 1>the newspaper articles in the Keys Weekly that are written

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<v Speaker 1>by my wife Tracy mcdonald. She does a great job

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<v Speaker 1>on all that stuff and I do the podcast. So

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<v Speaker 1>we're really trying to shine a light on the prep

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<v Speaker 1>sports in Monroe County through the Keys Weekly. And thank

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<v Speaker 1>to thanks to the Keys Week

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<v Speaker 1>for all the support that they provide and just to

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<v Speaker 1>give a little breakdown at the halfway point, boys basketball

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<v Speaker 1>is going very strong, um, marathon basketball goes to the

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<v Speaker 1>halfway point at two and five. This year, Kevin's Freeman's

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<v Speaker 1>squad is

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<v Speaker 1>starting to come together. They look good against Key West

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<v Speaker 1>High School against Carl Shores and they're gonna open up

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<v Speaker 1>after the New Year with old time rival Palmer Trinity

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<v Speaker 1>who is two and seven, they're playing at home. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>they played yesterday actually, and I don't have a score

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<v Speaker 1>on that yet. Then tomorrow they are home against Boca

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<v Speaker 1>Raton Marathon. Then they play Palm Glade Prep Academy. So

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<v Speaker 1>Marathon. And Kevin Freeman, who you've heard on this podcast

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<v Speaker 1>is ready to get 2023. Started with a Bang Corl

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<v Speaker 1>Shores High School is played Oxbridge Academy yesterday, Palm Glade

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<v Speaker 1>prep Academy on the ninth. And like I said before

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<v Speaker 1>the 10th of January is gonna be the big matchup.

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<v Speaker 1>Key West High vs Coral Shores. Now, it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>interesting because as I recall last year Coral Shores went

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<v Speaker 1>down to Key West and got the victory in basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the first time that I could remember.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only Corl Shores beating Key West. Now that's happened before,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it happened the last time in the early

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<v Speaker 1>two thousands, but that's the first time I could remember

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<v Speaker 1>Corl Shores getting a victory in Key West. So new

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<v Speaker 1>coach at the helm at Key West High School, Dexter Butler.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure that he has that on his schedule marked

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<v Speaker 1>because K Shores is good this year. Coach Mando, who's

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<v Speaker 1>been on this podcast has done a great job at

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<v Speaker 1>Coral Shores over the last four or five years building

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<v Speaker 1>that boys program

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<v Speaker 1>into something that's really looking like they're gonna make a

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<v Speaker 1>run this year. And Key West high school when they

0:12:21.950 --> 0:12:24.478
<v Speaker 1>came to the marathon, I saw them play. They looked really,

0:12:24.489 --> 0:12:27.959
<v Speaker 1>really good too. Coach Butler's done a great job down

0:12:27.969 --> 0:12:30.630
<v Speaker 1>there so far. This season they have, they have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of freshmen firepower. They have their captain as a freshman.

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<v Speaker 1>They have a lot of talent. They have a lot

0:12:37.030 --> 0:12:39.510
<v Speaker 1>of young talent. So it's gonna be an interesting battle

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<v Speaker 1>on the 10th with Coral Shores

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<v Speaker 1>and Key West High School because you're gonna have an

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<v Speaker 1>experienced Coral Shores basketball team

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<v Speaker 1>that has some size and they have some ability going

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<v Speaker 1>down to Key West playing in Key West against a

0:12:54.400 --> 0:13:00.039
<v Speaker 1>Key West, very, very talented but young team. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a good one. I think everyone should get

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<v Speaker 1>down to Key West to watch that game again. That

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<v Speaker 1>is on January 10th at 6 30 PM. So let's

0:13:10.330 --> 0:13:13.489
<v Speaker 1>go to Key West High School. The last time they

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<v Speaker 1>played

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<v Speaker 1>was uh on the 29th when they played Gig Harbor.

0:13:19.700 --> 0:13:23.299
<v Speaker 1>They play on the seventh against Boga Raton at home.

0:13:23.390 --> 0:13:25.809
<v Speaker 1>They have Coral Shores on the 10th. They have Miami

0:13:25.820 --> 0:13:30.098
<v Speaker 1>Brito on the 13th. Um Wrestling in Key West, I

0:13:30.109 --> 0:13:32.299
<v Speaker 1>know I talked about on the last podcast I was

0:13:32.309 --> 0:13:35.950
<v Speaker 1>at the tournament that uh coach Jimenez at Key West

0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.010
<v Speaker 1>High School that he put together and there were schools

0:13:39.020 --> 0:13:41.228
<v Speaker 1>from all over the place down there. I know wrestling

0:13:41.239 --> 0:13:42.330
<v Speaker 1>is in full swing.

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<v Speaker 1>If you saw the Keys Weekly. A week or two ago,

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about boys and girls soccer teams. All the

0:13:47.359 --> 0:13:50.989
<v Speaker 1>boys and girls soccer teams have winning records going into

0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:54.409
<v Speaker 1>Christmas break. So that's going to be a great end

0:13:54.419 --> 0:13:57.640
<v Speaker 1>of the season for both. And really, you know, girls

0:13:57.650 --> 0:14:01.119
<v Speaker 1>and boys soccer, they usually run, um, the districts and

0:14:01.130 --> 0:14:04.940
<v Speaker 1>stuff happen towards the end of January. So, I mean,

0:14:04.950 --> 0:14:08.640
<v Speaker 1>it's the years flying by already in 2023 just started

0:14:08.650 --> 0:14:10.119
<v Speaker 1>a couple of days ago, but

0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:13.260
<v Speaker 1>you have soccer is gonna be ending. Basketball is gonna

0:14:13.270 --> 0:14:15.280
<v Speaker 1>be ending in the next month and then we're gonna

0:14:15.289 --> 0:14:18.309
<v Speaker 1>go into spring sports. So I hope you guys are

0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.309
<v Speaker 1>all ready for that and I hope you guys are

0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:25.659
<v Speaker 1>ready for our interview. Congratulations to Christopher Andre Otto, one

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<v Speaker 1>of our first guests on the podcast at the beginning

0:14:28.989 --> 0:14:31.349
<v Speaker 1>of football season. You know, we sort of had him

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<v Speaker 1>on and you can go back and listen to that

0:14:33.450 --> 0:14:37.250
<v Speaker 1>and he talks about growing up in Key West. You know,

0:14:37.260 --> 0:14:39.309
<v Speaker 1>I think he was in New Orleans before that

0:14:39.619 --> 0:14:43.070
<v Speaker 1>and what it was like playing football through middle school

0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.489
<v Speaker 1>and in high school. And we also get to talking

0:14:46.500 --> 0:14:51.210
<v Speaker 1>about his recruitment process. What's it like? This gentleman was

0:14:51.219 --> 0:14:58.289
<v Speaker 1>recruited by Stanford Penn State, Harvard, Yale Vanderbilt, Florida State.

0:14:58.299 --> 0:14:58.849
<v Speaker 1>I mean,

0:14:59.190 --> 0:15:00.809
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't get much better than that. If you're a,

0:15:00.820 --> 0:15:03.099
<v Speaker 1>if you're a high school football player, you would love

0:15:03.109 --> 0:15:05.700
<v Speaker 1>to be recruited by all those schools and he talks

0:15:05.710 --> 0:15:07.969
<v Speaker 1>about why he goes to Florida State and he talks

0:15:07.979 --> 0:15:11.270
<v Speaker 1>about um, the impact that wrestling and track had on

0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.799
<v Speaker 1>his football career. So everybody, I hope you guys enjoy

0:15:13.809 --> 0:15:17.799
<v Speaker 1>this again. Congratulations to Mr Otto. And here's the interview,

0:15:18.799 --> 0:15:21.619
<v Speaker 1>as I said, it's a very big moment here at

0:15:21.630 --> 0:15:25.190
<v Speaker 1>the Keys weekly sports wrap with coach mcdonald. Uh, we

0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:29.559
<v Speaker 1>have on our very own aspiring, not even no longer aspiring.

0:15:29.570 --> 0:15:33.369
<v Speaker 1>He's going to be a division one scholarship football player,

0:15:33.559 --> 0:15:36.940
<v Speaker 1>uh Christopher Andre Otto and he just signed with Florida

0:15:36.950 --> 0:15:40.349
<v Speaker 1>State University in Tallahassee. Congratulations.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Um What was it? So for our listeners, you've had

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<v Speaker 1>a very successful career so far in high school playing football,

0:15:50.710 --> 0:15:55.429
<v Speaker 1>wrestling and running track. And fortunately, you were noticed as

0:15:55.440 --> 0:16:00.559
<v Speaker 1>an outstanding um offensive tackle and defensive linemen, you were

0:16:00.570 --> 0:16:03.940
<v Speaker 1>recruited and you received over 20 offers from some of

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest institutions in our country. Um Harvard Vanderbilt, Stanford,

0:16:09.380 --> 0:16:11.200
<v Speaker 1>Penn State, Florida State.

0:16:11.510 --> 0:16:15.940
<v Speaker 1>Uh F I U many, many other schools, all was

0:16:15.950 --> 0:16:19.390
<v Speaker 1>all were very interested in your services. What made you

0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.080
<v Speaker 1>pick Florida State University?

0:16:21.890 --> 0:16:25.280
<v Speaker 2>So I want to pursue a film like a film career.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanna become a cinematographer, a director when I'm older

0:16:28.049 --> 0:16:31.229
<v Speaker 2>and Florida State has a very, very good film school

0:16:31.239 --> 0:16:33.559
<v Speaker 2>and I love the staff. I love the people. I

0:16:33.570 --> 0:16:35.969
<v Speaker 2>love the family there and my gut just told me

0:16:35.979 --> 0:16:37.700
<v Speaker 2>that it was great and that I should go

0:16:37.710 --> 0:16:41.270
<v Speaker 1>there. So I remember we talked earlier in the year,

0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:43.770
<v Speaker 1>you know, when you were undecided and you talked about

0:16:43.780 --> 0:16:45.190
<v Speaker 1>your interest in film and,

0:16:45.510 --> 0:16:48.070
<v Speaker 1>and how you wanted to make film. You were already

0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:52.059
<v Speaker 1>currently making films and, and you have won uh many

0:16:52.070 --> 0:16:55.609
<v Speaker 1>a contest. So that's something that you wanna continue at

0:16:55.619 --> 0:16:58.130
<v Speaker 1>Florida State. Uh So do you plan on majoring in

0:16:58.140 --> 0:16:59.039
<v Speaker 1>film when you're there?

0:16:59.820 --> 0:17:02.700
<v Speaker 2>Um I am planning on that. Yes, sir. I'm gonna

0:17:02.710 --> 0:17:05.020
<v Speaker 2>go into the D MP program and then probably get

0:17:05.030 --> 0:17:07.839
<v Speaker 2>my master's in the film school after that.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh for our listeners and myself, what is the D

0:17:10.430 --> 0:17:11.609
<v Speaker 1>N P program?

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<v Speaker 2>So that's kind of like the broadcasting action sports, like

0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:17.469
<v Speaker 2>all that type of stuff.

0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:25.959
<v Speaker 1>So that, that's fascinating. So, um now what, when was

0:17:25.969 --> 0:17:29.300
<v Speaker 1>the moment that you decided that, that you wanted to

0:17:29.310 --> 0:17:32.189
<v Speaker 1>go to Florida State? I'm sure that there were so

0:17:32.199 --> 0:17:36.020
<v Speaker 1>many people telling you so many different things, but when

0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:38.770
<v Speaker 1>was the moment? And how did that happen?

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<v Speaker 2>So I've always had Florida State in mind and then

0:17:43.599 --> 0:17:46.339
<v Speaker 2>I just didn't want to make any rash decisions. So

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<v Speaker 2>I waited until my official visit, which happened right before

0:17:49.260 --> 0:17:52.069
<v Speaker 2>Christmas break. And once I went up there, I kind

0:17:52.079 --> 0:17:53.478
<v Speaker 2>of knew it was right for me and I was like,

0:17:53.489 --> 0:17:56.339
<v Speaker 2>this is definitely the school. So I kind of knew

0:17:56.349 --> 0:17:59.329
<v Speaker 2>as I got up on the official visit for Florida State.

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<v Speaker 1>So what was it about the official visit that caused

0:18:02.479 --> 0:18:05.369
<v Speaker 1>you to decide because prior to that you, you were

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<v Speaker 1>at Stanford, correct?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, sir. You were at Vanderbilt. Where else did you

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<v Speaker 1>take official visits to?

0:18:11.479 --> 0:18:15.399
<v Speaker 2>My official visits? Were at Princeton, Stanford, Syracuse and F

0:18:15.410 --> 0:18:15.909
<v Speaker 2>S U.

0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:19.530
<v Speaker 1>And then so were there any other moments? Was there

0:18:19.540 --> 0:18:21.489
<v Speaker 1>a moment when you were at Syracuse? And you said

0:18:21.500 --> 0:18:24.089
<v Speaker 1>I could see myself doing this or perhaps Princeton I

0:18:24.099 --> 0:18:26.060
<v Speaker 1>could do this. Did you have any of those moments

0:18:26.069 --> 0:18:26.409
<v Speaker 1>anywhere

0:18:26.420 --> 0:18:29.448
<v Speaker 2>else? I've had those moments from all the schools that

0:18:29.459 --> 0:18:31.849
<v Speaker 2>I went to and then I realized that like, I

0:18:31.859 --> 0:18:34.910
<v Speaker 2>could see myself basically anywhere that I put myself, I

0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:38.219
<v Speaker 2>feel like I can adapt to wherever I go. But

0:18:38.229 --> 0:18:39.880
<v Speaker 2>I try to, I try, I try to like, think

0:18:39.890 --> 0:18:41.599
<v Speaker 2>about it. I was like, but where do I wanna

0:18:41.609 --> 0:18:42.589
<v Speaker 2>go to where I could

0:18:42.724 --> 0:18:45.504
<v Speaker 2>myself fit best because I feel like I fit everywhere

0:18:45.515 --> 0:18:47.954
<v Speaker 2>pretty well though. You know what I mean? Because as

0:18:47.964 --> 0:18:50.444
<v Speaker 2>I went on those official visits, I realized that like

0:18:50.694 --> 0:18:52.555
<v Speaker 2>all those places I felt like I could have fit

0:18:52.564 --> 0:18:54.795
<v Speaker 2>in there like Syracuse was awesome. It felt like a

0:18:54.805 --> 0:18:57.244
<v Speaker 2>home there too. And same with Stanford and Princeton, they

0:18:57.255 --> 0:18:58.114
<v Speaker 2>all felt great.

0:18:59.329 --> 0:19:04.250
<v Speaker 1>Now, how, how instrumental were the coaches at Florida State

0:19:04.270 --> 0:19:06.939
<v Speaker 1>as far as making you feel at home and making

0:19:06.949 --> 0:19:07.939
<v Speaker 1>you want to attend there?

0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:10.369
<v Speaker 1>Uh The, the coaches

0:19:10.380 --> 0:19:12.790
<v Speaker 2>there are awesome. The staff like, I try to look

0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:15.930
<v Speaker 2>around the staff and just at the school, but F

0:19:15.939 --> 0:19:17.479
<v Speaker 2>S U definitely had the cherry on top when it

0:19:17.489 --> 0:19:19.399
<v Speaker 2>came to staff. I really love their staff and how

0:19:19.410 --> 0:19:21.919
<v Speaker 2>they handle things. All of them. They're like a great family.

0:19:22.510 --> 0:19:24.949
<v Speaker 1>Now, I was doing a little research, uh, prior to

0:19:24.959 --> 0:19:28.550
<v Speaker 1>this and there were a few instances where some of

0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:30.909
<v Speaker 1>the people, the quote unquote people on the internet,

0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:34.760
<v Speaker 1>they were discussing whether you were going to play offensive

0:19:34.770 --> 0:19:37.869
<v Speaker 1>tackle at the college level or defensive line. Now, do

0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.379
<v Speaker 1>they give you an indication of where they want you

0:19:40.390 --> 0:19:42.329
<v Speaker 1>to play? Well, at Florida State,

0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:44.968
<v Speaker 2>I think it's gonna be an offense, probably be an

0:19:45.020 --> 0:19:46.569
<v Speaker 2>offensive tackle to start off with.

0:19:47.250 --> 0:19:48.979
<v Speaker 1>And then what's your feelings about that?

0:19:49.869 --> 0:19:50.790
<v Speaker 1>I don't mind that. I

0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:54.650
<v Speaker 2>mean, I prefer offense over defense anyways, but I'll play

0:19:54.660 --> 0:19:55.819
<v Speaker 2>wherever they want me to play. You know

0:19:55.829 --> 0:19:59.089
<v Speaker 1>what I mean? 100%. Yeah. And then, you know, and

0:19:59.099 --> 0:20:01.770
<v Speaker 1>then to, like, I don't know that much about the

0:20:01.780 --> 0:20:05.420
<v Speaker 1>recruiting process and stuff like that, but I do know

0:20:05.430 --> 0:20:11.000
<v Speaker 1>a little bit about, um, offensive line and I'm sure that,

0:20:11.010 --> 0:20:13.359
<v Speaker 1>and to me in my mind, this is a ridiculous

0:20:13.369 --> 0:20:14.469
<v Speaker 1>question because I

0:20:14.574 --> 0:20:17.354
<v Speaker 1>know the answer to it. But you're coming from Key

0:20:17.364 --> 0:20:20.244
<v Speaker 1>West High School and like, coach, you said you're one

0:20:20.255 --> 0:20:23.165
<v Speaker 1>of the best drive blockers he's ever seen. So you've

0:20:23.175 --> 0:20:27.734
<v Speaker 1>had so much experience being a run blocker because that's

0:20:27.744 --> 0:20:33.344
<v Speaker 1>what the offense dictated you to do. Now, for me personally,

0:20:33.354 --> 0:20:35.774
<v Speaker 1>I played offensive line a long time ago and to

0:20:35.785 --> 0:20:39.405
<v Speaker 1>me it always seemed like pass blocking was so much

0:20:39.415 --> 0:20:40.843
<v Speaker 1>easier than run blocking.

0:20:41.060 --> 0:20:44.420
<v Speaker 1>And do you, how confident do you feel in your

0:20:44.430 --> 0:20:48.430
<v Speaker 1>past protection? And are you, do you feel like you're

0:20:48.439 --> 0:20:52.489
<v Speaker 1>ready to go and compete pretty early? Uh, considering your

0:20:52.500 --> 0:20:55.468
<v Speaker 1>lack of past blocking in your career?

0:20:56.380 --> 0:20:58.949
<v Speaker 2>I think that it's gonna take me a little time

0:20:58.959 --> 0:21:00.760
<v Speaker 2>to get into it, but I feel like after a

0:21:00.770 --> 0:21:02.449
<v Speaker 2>few months of training I'll be able to get up

0:21:02.459 --> 0:21:02.869
<v Speaker 2>to there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I agree with you. And you're gonna have literally

0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:10.349
<v Speaker 1>the greatest teachers in the world because like those college

0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:14.050
<v Speaker 1>football coaches that's their profession and they're, and they're paid

0:21:14.060 --> 0:21:17.630
<v Speaker 1>well and they're highly thought of as far as their

0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:21.810
<v Speaker 1>ability to teach concepts. And in my mind, if you're

0:21:21.819 --> 0:21:24.780
<v Speaker 1>a great drive blocker, you're going to be able to

0:21:24.790 --> 0:21:28.989
<v Speaker 1>pass block easily and you're gonna love it because in

0:21:29.000 --> 0:21:29.948
<v Speaker 1>my mind,

0:21:30.239 --> 0:21:33.839
<v Speaker 1>as far as blocking wise goes, it's always easier to

0:21:33.849 --> 0:21:36.389
<v Speaker 1>pass block than it is to run block and especially

0:21:36.400 --> 0:21:39.300
<v Speaker 1>a player like you where you're so fast and agile,

0:21:39.310 --> 0:21:42.790
<v Speaker 1>I think you're, you're going to take to it immediately. So, um,

0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:47.439
<v Speaker 1>congratulations to you on that. And then I had another question, um,

0:21:47.449 --> 0:21:49.810
<v Speaker 1>are you and I, I'm clueless to as the, uh,

0:21:49.819 --> 0:21:53.589
<v Speaker 1>how this goes. Are you going to be an early enrollee.

0:21:54.339 --> 0:21:57.170
<v Speaker 2>I thought about it. But after talking with my family,

0:21:57.439 --> 0:21:58.089
<v Speaker 2>um

0:21:58.670 --> 0:22:01.459
<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's not the best, just family wise.

0:22:01.609 --> 0:22:05.349
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I agree. So let me explain that to our listeners. OK.

0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:09.520
<v Speaker 1>Um Andre So what happens sometimes, especially with someone like you, you, I,

0:22:09.530 --> 0:22:12.379
<v Speaker 1>I dare say you're like a high profile recruit

0:22:12.660 --> 0:22:17.290
<v Speaker 1>is sometimes the schools will have those players start this

0:22:17.300 --> 0:22:20.339
<v Speaker 1>semester after Christmas. So there's a lot of people that

0:22:20.349 --> 0:22:22.899
<v Speaker 1>probably signed to Florida State that are gonna be enrolling

0:22:22.910 --> 0:22:26.819
<v Speaker 1>at Florida State this January. So they graduate high school early,

0:22:26.829 --> 0:22:29.369
<v Speaker 1>they go to their college, it gives them a scholarship

0:22:29.380 --> 0:22:30.629
<v Speaker 1>that allows them to lift away.

0:22:30.939 --> 0:22:35.130
<v Speaker 1>You know, January, February March participate in spring football and

0:22:35.140 --> 0:22:39.060
<v Speaker 1>then they start now what happens is, and I think

0:22:39.069 --> 0:22:43.910
<v Speaker 1>you made the right choice is those players are literally, they're,

0:22:43.920 --> 0:22:46.560
<v Speaker 1>they're saying goodbye to high school this semester early. So

0:22:46.569 --> 0:22:50.129
<v Speaker 1>you would be missing wrestling. You would be uh missing track,

0:22:50.140 --> 0:22:52.739
<v Speaker 1>you would be missing your prom, you would be missing graduation,

0:22:52.750 --> 0:22:54.569
<v Speaker 1>you would be missing all of those things.

0:22:54.900 --> 0:22:58.469
<v Speaker 1>And you know, you're gonna probably be be in Tallahassee

0:22:58.479 --> 0:23:02.119
<v Speaker 1>for the following five years after you graduate. So, what's

0:23:02.130 --> 0:23:04.359
<v Speaker 1>the rush? So that was something that you talked about

0:23:04.369 --> 0:23:07.209
<v Speaker 1>with your family and you decided that you were not

0:23:07.219 --> 0:23:09.949
<v Speaker 1>gonna leave early and that you were just going to

0:23:09.959 --> 0:23:12.560
<v Speaker 1>be a senior, correct? Yes, sir.

0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:17.589
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that that's a, that's a fantastic, fantastic pick. Now,

0:23:17.719 --> 0:23:19.849
<v Speaker 1>I had another question for you. If, if you were,

0:23:19.859 --> 0:23:22.310
<v Speaker 1>if you were going to be a guy that left

0:23:22.319 --> 0:23:26.729
<v Speaker 1>in December, how quickly would you have to act? Is that,

0:23:26.739 --> 0:23:29.020
<v Speaker 1>is that a decision that you make in August? Like,

0:23:29.030 --> 0:23:31.260
<v Speaker 1>did you guys talk about that in August or because

0:23:31.270 --> 0:23:34.510
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna have to take some classes online to graduate early? Correct?

0:23:35.290 --> 0:23:38.500
<v Speaker 1>What did you say? I said, when did you make

0:23:38.510 --> 0:23:40.890
<v Speaker 1>that decision not to be an early enrollee?

0:23:41.449 --> 0:23:43.819
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I made that decision when I talked to

0:23:43.829 --> 0:23:45.819
<v Speaker 2>my mom about it, she kind of opened up my

0:23:45.829 --> 0:23:48.380
<v Speaker 2>eyes on like, why we can't do it. But before

0:23:48.390 --> 0:23:51.780
<v Speaker 2>that I have all the credits besides one English class

0:23:52.050 --> 0:23:54.209
<v Speaker 2>to be able to earlier enroll, I got my schedule

0:23:54.219 --> 0:23:57.030
<v Speaker 2>set up too early enroll actually. So I should be

0:23:57.040 --> 0:23:59.530
<v Speaker 2>able to early enroll unless if I do like one

0:23:59.540 --> 0:24:01.079
<v Speaker 2>English class and I should be good. You know what

0:24:01.089 --> 0:24:03.910
<v Speaker 1>I mean? Yeah, absolutely. I do. That's fascinating. And that's,

0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:07.599
<v Speaker 1>and how was, how much did other schools did the

0:24:07.609 --> 0:24:11.140
<v Speaker 1>other schools? Did Stanford, did Vanderbilt, did Florida State? Was

0:24:11.150 --> 0:24:13.290
<v Speaker 1>that a big issue for them as far as we

0:24:13.300 --> 0:24:15.050
<v Speaker 1>want you to be an early enrollee or if you

0:24:15.060 --> 0:24:16.319
<v Speaker 1>don't want to? That's fine.

0:24:17.010 --> 0:24:20.060
<v Speaker 2>They're, they're not too worried about it. They, they mentioned

0:24:20.069 --> 0:24:22.459
<v Speaker 2>it but they said that I will be fine without it,

0:24:22.469 --> 0:24:22.859
<v Speaker 2>you know.

0:24:23.390 --> 0:24:24.619
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. And I, and I

0:24:24.630 --> 0:24:28.889
<v Speaker 2>beneficial because it's like an extra six months of adapting

0:24:28.900 --> 0:24:32.050
<v Speaker 2>to college, getting college coaching, getting in the, like the

0:24:32.060 --> 0:24:33.939
<v Speaker 2>weight room, all of it. You know what I mean?

0:24:34.459 --> 0:24:37.160
<v Speaker 1>Right. And, and I think that sometimes, and, and what

0:24:37.170 --> 0:24:39.349
<v Speaker 1>do you think about this too? I mean, sometimes that's,

0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:42.718
<v Speaker 1>that's position specific, specific and I think that

0:24:42.989 --> 0:24:47.520
<v Speaker 1>there's some positions that usually play earlier, you know what

0:24:47.530 --> 0:24:49.569
<v Speaker 1>I mean? Like if you're a great wide receiver, you

0:24:49.579 --> 0:24:51.579
<v Speaker 1>got a great chance of being a great wide receiver

0:24:51.589 --> 0:24:54.239
<v Speaker 1>as a freshman, but it always seems that offensive linemen

0:24:54.250 --> 0:24:56.359
<v Speaker 1>in college that you're gonna need a year or two

0:24:56.369 --> 0:24:59.270
<v Speaker 1>to develop, you're probably gonna put on weight, you're gonna

0:24:59.280 --> 0:25:03.310
<v Speaker 1>get stronger, you're gonna learn the offense and, and it's not,

0:25:03.479 --> 0:25:05.698
<v Speaker 1>I think it's not as common for an offensive lineman

0:25:05.939 --> 0:25:09.630
<v Speaker 1>to really play as a freshman. So with that in mind,

0:25:09.640 --> 0:25:12.438
<v Speaker 1>enjoy your senior year, especially at a place like Key

0:25:12.449 --> 0:25:15.369
<v Speaker 1>West High school where you guys have so many traditions

0:25:15.380 --> 0:25:17.609
<v Speaker 1>and so many fun things that, that you're going to

0:25:17.619 --> 0:25:21.099
<v Speaker 1>get to experience graduate high school and then you're gonna

0:25:21.109 --> 0:25:23.660
<v Speaker 1>be at Florida State for pro hopefully, you know, for

0:25:23.670 --> 0:25:29.469
<v Speaker 1>four or five years. Um, so talking about these other

0:25:29.479 --> 0:25:33.609
<v Speaker 1>schools andre, what, what was it like for you like

0:25:33.619 --> 0:25:34.569
<v Speaker 1>to me,

0:25:34.790 --> 0:25:36.839
<v Speaker 1>what sort of blew me away is when I saw

0:25:36.849 --> 0:25:40.560
<v Speaker 1>on social media that you had, not only you mean

0:25:40.569 --> 0:25:43.300
<v Speaker 1>you had interest from Stanford, I wasn't surprised but you

0:25:43.310 --> 0:25:46.359
<v Speaker 1>took a visit out there? What was it like over

0:25:46.369 --> 0:25:49.709
<v Speaker 1>there at Stanford University? What was it like in California?

0:25:49.719 --> 0:25:52.099
<v Speaker 1>How much different was it than Key West?

0:25:52.689 --> 0:25:56.229
<v Speaker 2>It was awesome. I, I, I truly loved it in California. Like,

0:25:56.560 --> 0:25:58.379
<v Speaker 2>I just believe that it was the right fit for

0:25:58.390 --> 0:26:01.609
<v Speaker 2>me and I could see myself after college living in

0:26:01.619 --> 0:26:03.949
<v Speaker 2>the west coast. For sure. Now, because of that, it was,

0:26:03.959 --> 0:26:05.579
<v Speaker 2>it was perfect. Yeah, I loved it up there.

0:26:06.390 --> 0:26:11.250
<v Speaker 1>So obviously, if you do have a future in filmmaking,

0:26:11.390 --> 0:26:13.300
<v Speaker 1>there's a very good possibility that you could end up

0:26:13.310 --> 0:26:16.879
<v Speaker 1>in California. So when you see yourself as someone who

0:26:16.890 --> 0:26:19.839
<v Speaker 1>makes film and what kind of, of film do you

0:26:19.849 --> 0:26:20.839
<v Speaker 1>see yourself making?

0:26:21.689 --> 0:26:24.140
<v Speaker 2>I kind of like more of the fantasy look of film.

0:26:24.150 --> 0:26:26.698
<v Speaker 2>I kind of like all genres though. Like, I like horror,

0:26:26.859 --> 0:26:30.280
<v Speaker 2>I like drama. I like action. I, I like all

0:26:30.290 --> 0:26:32.859
<v Speaker 2>of them, so I'm fine with any of them.

0:26:33.630 --> 0:26:36.109
<v Speaker 1>So what are your, what are the, the movies? What

0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:38.359
<v Speaker 1>are a couple of movies that really inspired you to

0:26:38.369 --> 0:26:38.958
<v Speaker 1>make film?

0:26:40.130 --> 0:26:42.050
<v Speaker 2>Uh Some of my favorite, of course, you can't go

0:26:42.060 --> 0:26:44.619
<v Speaker 2>wrong with like Star Wars, Harry Potter and Marvel. But

0:26:44.630 --> 0:26:47.079
<v Speaker 2>my favorite movie of all time right now is Shawshank

0:26:47.089 --> 0:26:50.010
<v Speaker 2>Red or not? Yeah, Shawshank. Yeah, I love that movie.

0:26:50.449 --> 0:26:51.198
<v Speaker 1>Um Yeah,

0:26:52.540 --> 0:26:54.890
<v Speaker 1>so you would say something like watching a film like

0:26:54.900 --> 0:26:57.839
<v Speaker 1>Shawshank Redemption, you're watching that film and you're like, OK,

0:26:57.849 --> 0:26:59.349
<v Speaker 1>this is what I wanna do. I want to tell

0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:04.229
<v Speaker 1>these kinds of stories. Yeah. And, and I think the

0:27:04.239 --> 0:27:06.829
<v Speaker 1>most fascinating thing about you is the fact that you're

0:27:06.839 --> 0:27:10.290
<v Speaker 1>already making film now. So what is, do you have

0:27:10.300 --> 0:27:12.510
<v Speaker 1>a current project going on right now? And what is it?

0:27:13.079 --> 0:27:13.459
<v Speaker 1>I'm

0:27:13.469 --> 0:27:15.689
<v Speaker 2>working on a comedy short film right now for a

0:27:15.699 --> 0:27:16.979
<v Speaker 2>film competition. Yes, sir.

0:27:17.550 --> 0:27:19.130
<v Speaker 1>Really? And how's that going?

0:27:19.719 --> 0:27:21.958
<v Speaker 2>I just finished writing the scripts and now I have

0:27:21.969 --> 0:27:23.530
<v Speaker 2>to work on the shot list and then I'm gonna

0:27:23.540 --> 0:27:26.390
<v Speaker 2>get the crew together and start shooting it after Christmas break.

0:27:26.660 --> 0:27:29.708
<v Speaker 1>Well, let me ask you something else, you know, going

0:27:29.719 --> 0:27:33.729
<v Speaker 1>through this whole process, uh, you almost graduated high school.

0:27:33.739 --> 0:27:37.369
<v Speaker 1>You have one more semester, uh starting off, you know,

0:27:37.380 --> 0:27:39.660
<v Speaker 1>I saw one, a coach, I used to work with,

0:27:39.670 --> 0:27:42.410
<v Speaker 1>uh Danny Jimenez at Key West High School. He posted,

0:27:42.420 --> 0:27:45.979
<v Speaker 1>he posted a picture of you, uh, playing football at

0:27:45.989 --> 0:27:46.550
<v Speaker 1>H O B

0:27:47.010 --> 0:27:48.989
<v Speaker 1>and I, and I thought to myself, you come through

0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:51.680
<v Speaker 1>this system of, of playing football at H O B

0:27:51.689 --> 0:27:55.140
<v Speaker 1>and then going to Key West High School. What advice

0:27:55.150 --> 0:27:58.180
<v Speaker 1>would you have to like younger players, maybe an eighth

0:27:58.189 --> 0:28:00.959
<v Speaker 1>or ninth grader? As what are the things that you

0:28:00.969 --> 0:28:03.659
<v Speaker 1>learned from this process that you could pass on to

0:28:03.670 --> 0:28:05.079
<v Speaker 1>other kids in Monroe County?

0:28:05.930 --> 0:28:09.400
<v Speaker 2>Uh Honestly, you could talk to any senior that plays

0:28:09.410 --> 0:28:11.280
<v Speaker 2>football and they'll give you the same advice. But this

0:28:11.290 --> 0:28:15.819
<v Speaker 2>is so true. It's definitely keep your grades up starting

0:28:15.829 --> 0:28:18.400
<v Speaker 2>young and keep it going and pushing. So you don't

0:28:18.410 --> 0:28:20.149
<v Speaker 2>have to worry about that stress of picking up your

0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:22.540
<v Speaker 2>grades at the end. Keep your grades up for sure.

0:28:22.550 --> 0:28:25.310
<v Speaker 2>And then not only that, but stay true to the

0:28:25.319 --> 0:28:27.510
<v Speaker 2>coach and stick in the weight room. Get bigger because

0:28:27.640 --> 0:28:29.709
<v Speaker 2>you might have that mentality that you're the best. But

0:28:29.719 --> 0:28:31.680
<v Speaker 2>there's someone out there that can work harder than you.

0:28:32.939 --> 0:28:35.180
<v Speaker 1>And then I thought a another question I wanted to

0:28:35.189 --> 0:28:39.829
<v Speaker 1>ask you was, was this, when did you realize that

0:28:39.839 --> 0:28:43.790
<v Speaker 1>you were going to be a division one football player?

0:28:43.800 --> 0:28:46.290
<v Speaker 1>That's a guy that's going to get a scholarship? Like,

0:28:46.459 --> 0:28:49.829
<v Speaker 1>like when did you realize this is gonna happen for me?

0:28:49.839 --> 0:28:52.349
<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure where I'm going yet and I'm not

0:28:52.359 --> 0:28:54.869
<v Speaker 1>sure what team I'm gonna play for, what position I'm

0:28:54.880 --> 0:28:58.130
<v Speaker 1>going to play for. But I have this interest and

0:28:58.140 --> 0:29:00.750
<v Speaker 1>someone's gonna give me a scholarship. When did you realize that?

0:29:01.680 --> 0:29:05.380
<v Speaker 2>So at first I, I was questioning myself a lot,

0:29:05.390 --> 0:29:08.329
<v Speaker 2>I questioned like, how I was doing things because I

0:29:08.339 --> 0:29:11.599
<v Speaker 2>didn't get my first division one offer until after my

0:29:11.609 --> 0:29:15.199
<v Speaker 2>junior year. So I was kind of like questioning like

0:29:15.209 --> 0:29:17.630
<v Speaker 2>if I was good enough to be division one and like,

0:29:18.160 --> 0:29:20.770
<v Speaker 2>I'd always get those like little camp invites from like

0:29:20.780 --> 0:29:23.390
<v Speaker 2>the division two, division three school. So I was like,

0:29:23.410 --> 0:29:26.170
<v Speaker 2>maybe that's the level I'm at and then one day

0:29:26.180 --> 0:29:28.530
<v Speaker 2>coach Hugh called me and said that I got an

0:29:28.540 --> 0:29:30.650
<v Speaker 2>offer and I talked to the coaches and they gave

0:29:30.660 --> 0:29:33.959
<v Speaker 2>me an offer from Eastern, uh, Kent. Yeah, Eastern Kentucky.

0:29:34.189 --> 0:29:36.319
<v Speaker 2>And I, that was the point when I realized, like

0:29:36.329 --> 0:29:37.989
<v Speaker 2>I could actually do something, you know.

0:29:39.400 --> 0:29:42.989
<v Speaker 1>So, uh, yeah, obviously, yeah, that, that has to be

0:29:43.000 --> 0:29:45.969
<v Speaker 1>a fantastic feeling to realize. Ok, I don't have to worry.

0:29:45.979 --> 0:29:48.680
<v Speaker 1>Eastern Kentucky has offered me a scholarship. I'm going to

0:29:48.689 --> 0:29:51.250
<v Speaker 1>be a division one football player and then, and then

0:29:51.260 --> 0:29:54.010
<v Speaker 1>it builds from there. And then let me ask you this,

0:29:54.020 --> 0:29:57.489
<v Speaker 1>was there any part of you that was like and

0:29:57.500 --> 0:29:59.839
<v Speaker 1>like you had answered this before saying you saw you

0:29:59.849 --> 0:30:02.849
<v Speaker 1>see yourself fitting in wherever you went. But was there

0:30:02.859 --> 0:30:06.500
<v Speaker 1>ever a pull towards the Ivy Leagues because of the

0:30:06.510 --> 0:30:08.089
<v Speaker 1>reputation those schools have?

0:30:08.910 --> 0:30:11.400
<v Speaker 2>Oh, yes, sir. There definitely was, I mean, there were

0:30:11.410 --> 0:30:15.270
<v Speaker 2>some of my first offers also. So I had three

0:30:15.280 --> 0:30:17.900
<v Speaker 2>offers before the Ivy League started pulling in and giving

0:30:17.910 --> 0:30:20.810
<v Speaker 2>me offers. And that was one of my serious picks

0:30:20.819 --> 0:30:23.719
<v Speaker 2>was Princeton, I really, really considered Princeton. I love the place.

0:30:23.729 --> 0:30:25.900
<v Speaker 2>It was an awesome like experience at Princeton.

0:30:27.050 --> 0:30:29.500
<v Speaker 1>So it was the Ivy League schools that offered you

0:30:29.510 --> 0:30:32.599
<v Speaker 1>were uh Princeton Yale and where else

0:30:33.310 --> 0:30:39.390
<v Speaker 2>I had Princeton Yale, Harvard. Um Who else I wanna

0:30:39.400 --> 0:30:41.560
<v Speaker 2>say there was U Penn and then

0:30:42.030 --> 0:30:43.949
<v Speaker 2>at the end I started talking to Cornell

0:30:44.880 --> 0:30:49.459
<v Speaker 1>Cornell. Yeah. What, what what a fantastic experience that you

0:30:49.469 --> 0:30:52.109
<v Speaker 1>have and, and here you are, you're just, you're just

0:30:52.119 --> 0:30:55.199
<v Speaker 1>like a kid that grew up in Key West. Um,

0:30:55.219 --> 0:30:59.939
<v Speaker 1>made fantastic grades. You played three sports and this goes

0:30:59.949 --> 0:31:04.020
<v Speaker 1>into my next question. How important do you think it

0:31:04.030 --> 0:31:05.890
<v Speaker 1>was in your development

0:31:06.140 --> 0:31:10.380
<v Speaker 1>that you did participate in three sports, football, wrestling and

0:31:10.390 --> 0:31:13.579
<v Speaker 1>track and not just what a lot of players want

0:31:13.589 --> 0:31:15.290
<v Speaker 1>to do? Focus on one sport.

0:31:16.180 --> 0:31:17.790
<v Speaker 2>Can you repeat that one more time? I'm so sorry.

0:31:17.849 --> 0:31:18.050
<v Speaker 2>No

0:31:18.060 --> 0:31:21.050
<v Speaker 1>problem, no problem. How important do you think it was

0:31:21.060 --> 0:31:24.819
<v Speaker 1>to your development that you did three different sports instead

0:31:24.829 --> 0:31:27.030
<v Speaker 1>of just concentrating on football the whole time?

0:31:28.209 --> 0:31:32.079
<v Speaker 2>Um Honestly, I feel like the sports really helped me, like,

0:31:32.089 --> 0:31:34.589
<v Speaker 2>because they kind of prioritize stuff, especially with wrestling and

0:31:34.599 --> 0:31:37.680
<v Speaker 2>track wrestling, helped me as a lineman and track, made

0:31:37.689 --> 0:31:41.729
<v Speaker 2>me faster and more agile and flexible. So they really

0:31:41.739 --> 0:31:44.020
<v Speaker 2>helped me, but also just sticking in the weight room

0:31:44.030 --> 0:31:46.079
<v Speaker 2>after season really, really helps

0:31:46.145 --> 0:31:49.435
<v Speaker 2>like my sophomore year, well, going into my junior year,

0:31:49.444 --> 0:31:52.314
<v Speaker 2>I didn't do anything but football and track and I

0:31:52.324 --> 0:31:53.755
<v Speaker 2>stayed in the weight room the whole time. And I

0:31:53.765 --> 0:31:56.954
<v Speaker 2>feel like that's what changed me, like physically a lot,

0:31:57.074 --> 0:31:58.094
<v Speaker 2>that one, that one really

0:31:58.104 --> 0:32:00.954
<v Speaker 1>helped. So, like, honestly, because I have a lot of,

0:32:00.964 --> 0:32:04.055
<v Speaker 1>of uh athletes in Monroe County, listen to this podcast

0:32:04.435 --> 0:32:06.635
<v Speaker 1>and I deal with a lot of athletes in Monroe

0:32:06.645 --> 0:32:09.594
<v Speaker 1>County and the biggest thing that we find as coaches

0:32:09.604 --> 0:32:12.515
<v Speaker 1>is trying to get these, these players into the weight

0:32:12.525 --> 0:32:13.895
<v Speaker 1>room to get stronger because,

0:32:14.180 --> 0:32:17.140
<v Speaker 1>you know, you have, you, you have Xavier Arrington who

0:32:17.150 --> 0:32:20.069
<v Speaker 1>won the state championship last year in weight lifting and

0:32:20.079 --> 0:32:23.170
<v Speaker 1>you guys are the two, probably the two most dominant

0:32:23.180 --> 0:32:25.650
<v Speaker 1>linemen in Monroe County and both, you guys spend a

0:32:25.660 --> 0:32:29.170
<v Speaker 1>lot of time in the weight room. Now, how, how

0:32:29.180 --> 0:32:32.410
<v Speaker 1>often are you lifting weights in the offseason

0:32:33.329 --> 0:32:35.920
<v Speaker 2>this season? I haven't really been able to lift weights

0:32:35.930 --> 0:32:38.400
<v Speaker 2>as much. I've been in wrestling trying to lose weight,

0:32:38.410 --> 0:32:41.050
<v Speaker 2>but last year or the year before I was in

0:32:41.060 --> 0:32:42.979
<v Speaker 2>the weight room almost every day.

0:32:44.349 --> 0:32:46.729
<v Speaker 2>So that's like Saturday and Sunday were kind of like

0:32:46.739 --> 0:32:49.199
<v Speaker 2>my rest is, but Monday through Friday, I was in

0:32:49.209 --> 0:32:49.290
<v Speaker 2>the

0:32:49.300 --> 0:32:52.599
<v Speaker 1>white room. So, how is wrestling going for you this year?

0:32:53.599 --> 0:32:55.689
<v Speaker 2>It's going pretty well. I still gotta lose some more weight.

0:32:55.699 --> 0:33:00.109
<v Speaker 2>I'm working on that. But, um, otherwise, like practicing wise,

0:33:00.119 --> 0:33:01.219
<v Speaker 2>I'm just becoming better.

0:33:02.319 --> 0:33:05.560
<v Speaker 1>So, um, let me ask you this when you talk

0:33:05.569 --> 0:33:08.869
<v Speaker 1>about when you talk about. So you want to wrestle heavyweight, correct?

0:33:09.920 --> 0:33:12.650
<v Speaker 1>And what's the limit on that now? Is it 2 85?

0:33:13.089 --> 0:33:15.750
<v Speaker 1>Yes, sir. All right. So you, you, you know, like

0:33:15.760 --> 0:33:17.699
<v Speaker 1>all wrestlers, you have to cut weight to make your

0:33:17.709 --> 0:33:21.880
<v Speaker 1>weight and then, um, the, who's wrestling, the current heavyweight?

0:33:21.890 --> 0:33:23.839
<v Speaker 1>My wife who writes for the paper was telling me

0:33:23.849 --> 0:33:25.920
<v Speaker 1>all about him. Who's the heavyweight right now,

0:33:26.050 --> 0:33:30.270
<v Speaker 2>Ralph Richie, he's also an offensive lineman. He's going down

0:33:30.280 --> 0:33:33.119
<v Speaker 2>to 2 25 but right now he's about 2 40

0:33:33.130 --> 0:33:37.040
<v Speaker 2>maybe 2 30 working down. But for now he's in heavyweight. Now,

0:33:37.050 --> 0:33:39.400
<v Speaker 1>let me ask you this because this sort of parlays

0:33:39.410 --> 0:33:41.459
<v Speaker 1>with the film. Have you ever seen the wrestling film?

0:33:41.469 --> 0:33:42.699
<v Speaker 1>Vision Quest?

0:33:43.550 --> 0:33:46.800
<v Speaker 1>No. All right. You gotta watch this movie. It's fantastic.

0:33:46.810 --> 0:33:49.869
<v Speaker 1>It's a movie from the eighties, but it's about a wrestler, uh,

0:33:49.880 --> 0:33:53.900
<v Speaker 1>Matthew Modine who he wants to drop a bunch of

0:33:53.910 --> 0:33:58.359
<v Speaker 1>weight because he wants to wrestle this guy who was

0:33:58.369 --> 0:33:58.449
<v Speaker 1>a

0:33:58.650 --> 0:34:01.310
<v Speaker 1>three time state champion going into his senior year. So

0:34:01.319 --> 0:34:03.160
<v Speaker 1>he's tries to drop all this weight and that's what

0:34:03.170 --> 0:34:07.010
<v Speaker 1>got me thinking about it. But as far as wrestling goes,

0:34:07.020 --> 0:34:09.659
<v Speaker 1>so you're gonna, you're gonna accomplish your goal. You're gonna

0:34:09.669 --> 0:34:11.699
<v Speaker 1>be wrestling heavyweight and then Ralph Ritchie is gonna be

0:34:11.709 --> 0:34:14.979
<v Speaker 1>able to cut weight and move down to 2 20. And, uh,

0:34:14.989 --> 0:34:18.169
<v Speaker 1>I think I saw Richie wrestling at the tournament when

0:34:18.179 --> 0:34:19.179
<v Speaker 1>you were,

0:34:19.408 --> 0:34:21.538
<v Speaker 1>you were on a, on a visit and I went

0:34:21.549 --> 0:34:23.518
<v Speaker 1>down to the Key West tournament with my wife and

0:34:23.529 --> 0:34:26.759
<v Speaker 1>we were watching everybody and man, Ralph Richie look good. Now,

0:34:26.768 --> 0:34:29.739
<v Speaker 1>I can't imagine he drops down. What is it? Is

0:34:29.748 --> 0:34:33.229
<v Speaker 1>it 2 20? So he drops down to 2 20.

0:34:33.239 --> 0:34:36.148
<v Speaker 1>He's gonna be a force, you know, and then where

0:34:36.158 --> 0:34:39.279
<v Speaker 1>do you see yourself finishing? What is your goal for

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<v Speaker 1>wrestling this year.

0:34:41.770 --> 0:34:44.179
<v Speaker 2>Uh, my goal is definitely becoming the state champion.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fantastic. And, and how instrumental has, um, has, um,

0:34:51.239 --> 0:34:53.989
<v Speaker 1>coach Jazz been to you as far as wrestling?

0:34:54.870 --> 0:34:57.419
<v Speaker 2>Oh, he's definitely one of the best coaches I've ever had.

0:34:57.429 --> 0:35:00.840
<v Speaker 2>He's like a father figure to me honestly. But, um, just,

0:35:00.850 --> 0:35:03.830
<v Speaker 2>he's done a lot to help me, like, physically and

0:35:03.840 --> 0:35:05.889
<v Speaker 2>mentally to, like, get me up to that point. You know.

0:35:06.280 --> 0:35:08.089
<v Speaker 1>So what are the, because we talk a lot about

0:35:08.100 --> 0:35:10.729
<v Speaker 1>coaching on this podcast too. What would you say as

0:35:10.739 --> 0:35:15.229
<v Speaker 1>far as a, a player's perspective? What makes him such

0:35:15.239 --> 0:35:16.040
<v Speaker 1>a good coach?

0:35:17.330 --> 0:35:18.179
<v Speaker 2>I feel like

0:35:18.879 --> 0:35:20.969
<v Speaker 2>he has, he, he like,

0:35:21.699 --> 0:35:24.689
<v Speaker 2>has a mindset that not many people can see and

0:35:24.860 --> 0:35:27.209
<v Speaker 2>he's really, really hard on most people. And when he

0:35:27.219 --> 0:35:29.199
<v Speaker 2>does that it shows that like he wants you to

0:35:29.209 --> 0:35:29.750
<v Speaker 2>be better.

0:35:32.120 --> 0:35:35.399
<v Speaker 1>Ok. So I think what you're trying to say is

0:35:35.409 --> 0:35:36.729
<v Speaker 1>that he's very demanding.

0:35:37.479 --> 0:35:42.659
<v Speaker 1>Absolutely. Yes. Ok. All right. So, because he sets a

0:35:42.669 --> 0:35:46.839
<v Speaker 1>high standard as a coach, you feel like this is

0:35:46.850 --> 0:35:50.810
<v Speaker 1>something that you can attain and then also it pushes

0:35:50.820 --> 0:35:53.370
<v Speaker 1>you to reach the standard that he has set for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, sir. All right. So as far as wrestling goes too, like,

0:35:59.270 --> 0:36:03.139
<v Speaker 1>what would you say? Like the biggest differences are for

0:36:03.149 --> 0:36:06.750
<v Speaker 1>you mindset wise when it comes to you, wrestling, someone

0:36:06.919 --> 0:36:10.780
<v Speaker 1>versus you're playing against your team is playing against another team.

0:36:11.409 --> 0:36:11.979
<v Speaker 1>Well,

0:36:12.189 --> 0:36:15.419
<v Speaker 2>wrestling is definitely one of the hardest sports I've ever done.

0:36:15.429 --> 0:36:20.439
<v Speaker 2>It's really physically demanding, mentally demanding also. But with wrestling,

0:36:20.679 --> 0:36:22.870
<v Speaker 2>it's a one on one sport. Football, you have a

0:36:22.879 --> 0:36:25.259
<v Speaker 2>whole other team to be with and if you go

0:36:25.270 --> 0:36:28.159
<v Speaker 2>wrong it's completely on you. Like, there's no one else

0:36:28.169 --> 0:36:29.360
<v Speaker 2>that you can blame for that.

0:36:29.659 --> 0:36:34.009
<v Speaker 2>And with wrestling, unlike football, football has about 6 to

0:36:34.020 --> 0:36:37.219
<v Speaker 2>12 minute or like second plays and then there's a

0:36:37.229 --> 0:36:41.209
<v Speaker 2>break in between wrestling is two minute rounds for three rounds,

0:36:41.219 --> 0:36:44.250
<v Speaker 2>if not overtime. So that's six to maybe even eight

0:36:44.260 --> 0:36:49.350
<v Speaker 2>minutes of straight wrestling. That's, that's so physically draining as,

0:36:49.360 --> 0:36:52.409
<v Speaker 2>especially as a bigger person to keep that type of endurance.

0:36:52.419 --> 0:36:52.770
<v Speaker 2>You know,

0:36:54.189 --> 0:36:55.689
<v Speaker 1>when did you start wrestling?

0:36:56.979 --> 0:37:00.659
<v Speaker 2>I wrestled a little in 7th and 8th grade for like,

0:37:00.790 --> 0:37:03.909
<v Speaker 2>maybe like two practices a week but like, didn't really

0:37:03.919 --> 0:37:07.790
<v Speaker 2>do much and then I wrestled my freshman year and

0:37:07.800 --> 0:37:10.100
<v Speaker 2>then COVID year hit and I didn't wrestle and then

0:37:10.110 --> 0:37:11.790
<v Speaker 2>I wrestled my so or junior year. And now I'm

0:37:11.800 --> 0:37:12.500
<v Speaker 2>wrestling now.

0:37:13.129 --> 0:37:16.070
<v Speaker 1>So how far did you get last year as a junior,

0:37:16.080 --> 0:37:18.080
<v Speaker 1>as far as the state championship goes?

0:37:18.739 --> 0:37:20.510
<v Speaker 2>I had played seventh in state.

0:37:21.590 --> 0:37:25.560
<v Speaker 1>Right? And so now how much of the season do

0:37:25.570 --> 0:37:26.399
<v Speaker 1>you have left?

0:37:27.550 --> 0:37:31.580
<v Speaker 2>We probably have, I mean, state championships are in March,

0:37:31.590 --> 0:37:35.639
<v Speaker 2>it's like March 16th or something around there. But so

0:37:35.649 --> 0:37:37.379
<v Speaker 2>I have about three months until then

0:37:37.709 --> 0:37:39.840
<v Speaker 1>and then is there a minimum amount of matches you

0:37:39.850 --> 0:37:40.839
<v Speaker 1>need to qualify?

0:37:41.899 --> 0:37:45.149
<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty sure you just have to win the district and, uh,

0:37:45.159 --> 0:37:48.729
<v Speaker 2>if you go to the district, um, or if you

0:37:48.739 --> 0:37:51.729
<v Speaker 2>wrestle in districts and then you win that and then

0:37:51.739 --> 0:37:54.199
<v Speaker 2>you wrestle in regionals and you get at least third

0:37:54.209 --> 0:37:57.770
<v Speaker 2>or fourth in that, then you're able to go to, uh, states.

0:37:58.110 --> 0:38:01.139
<v Speaker 1>So let's, let's talk about the most important thing that

0:38:01.149 --> 0:38:03.090
<v Speaker 1>everybody wants to know. Um,

0:38:03.959 --> 0:38:07.459
<v Speaker 1>so you're, you're cutting weight, what, what's the diet you're on?

0:38:07.469 --> 0:38:09.350
<v Speaker 1>What are you doing to, to make this happen

0:38:10.070 --> 0:38:12.639
<v Speaker 2>right now? I'm doing a lot of low carbs. You're

0:38:12.649 --> 0:38:15.199
<v Speaker 2>supposed to drink a lot of water and you eat

0:38:15.209 --> 0:38:16.989
<v Speaker 2>about six meals a day, but they're really

0:38:17.000 --> 0:38:20.639
<v Speaker 1>small meals and all of them low carb. Yes, sir.

0:38:20.729 --> 0:38:22.879
<v Speaker 1>How's that? What's your favorite low carb meal?

0:38:23.790 --> 0:38:27.659
<v Speaker 2>My, well, my mom introduced me to cauliflower rice. So

0:38:27.669 --> 0:38:30.879
<v Speaker 2>we make like cauliflower fried rice, which is really good.

0:38:31.810 --> 0:38:34.969
<v Speaker 1>Ok. And then, so then besides that, it's just your

0:38:34.979 --> 0:38:38.479
<v Speaker 1>regular fare, like eggs and bacon and, and different types

0:38:38.489 --> 0:38:42.419
<v Speaker 1>of meats and those kind of low carb type of things. That's,

0:38:42.429 --> 0:38:45.139
<v Speaker 1>that's fascinating. I'm, I'm always trying to lose weight and

0:38:45.149 --> 0:38:46.770
<v Speaker 1>I'm always trying to get tips from everybody on how

0:38:46.780 --> 0:38:49.429
<v Speaker 1>to do it because I'm trying to get smaller as

0:38:49.439 --> 0:38:55.370
<v Speaker 1>I get older. So, so Florida State University. Now, here's

0:38:55.379 --> 0:38:56.360
<v Speaker 1>my next question.

0:38:56.689 --> 0:39:00.030
<v Speaker 1>Did they give you a report date yet? Like, are

0:39:00.040 --> 0:39:02.350
<v Speaker 1>you going a couple of weeks after you graduate high

0:39:02.360 --> 0:39:04.620
<v Speaker 1>school or are you going to have a full summer

0:39:04.629 --> 0:39:05.939
<v Speaker 1>and report in the fall?

0:39:06.639 --> 0:39:10.169
<v Speaker 2>I should be reporting, like, almost right after graduation. So,

0:39:10.179 --> 0:39:11.419
<v Speaker 2>or May or June, you

0:39:11.870 --> 0:39:15.239
<v Speaker 1>see, and then as, as far as, like, my opinion goes,

0:39:15.250 --> 0:39:18.330
<v Speaker 1>you know, like with, with, um, my oldest son, you know,

0:39:18.340 --> 0:39:21.260
<v Speaker 1>he plays football at F I U and after he

0:39:21.270 --> 0:39:24.699
<v Speaker 1>graduated he went up there about a week or two

0:39:24.879 --> 0:39:27.659
<v Speaker 1>a week or two later after he graduated and he

0:39:27.669 --> 0:39:29.729
<v Speaker 1>was there for the summer and that was a great

0:39:29.739 --> 0:39:31.370
<v Speaker 1>time and I'm sure it'll be a great time for

0:39:31.379 --> 0:39:35.439
<v Speaker 1>you too to get yourself acclimatized to the university, get

0:39:35.449 --> 0:39:35.929
<v Speaker 1>yourself a

0:39:36.360 --> 0:39:40.209
<v Speaker 1>to the coaches, to the workouts, to how everything works.

0:39:40.409 --> 0:39:43.330
<v Speaker 1>And then like you, when camp opens and you're gonna

0:39:43.340 --> 0:39:45.610
<v Speaker 1>feel very comfortable with everything. When school opens, you're gonna

0:39:45.620 --> 0:39:49.080
<v Speaker 1>feel very comfortable with everything. What are your goals as

0:39:49.090 --> 0:39:51.500
<v Speaker 1>far as your freshman year there?

0:39:52.729 --> 0:39:56.060
<v Speaker 2>I just wanna get as big and as strong and

0:39:56.070 --> 0:39:59.500
<v Speaker 2>learn everything. I, I just wanna get as much material

0:39:59.510 --> 0:39:59.629
<v Speaker 2>as

0:39:59.639 --> 0:40:00.340
<v Speaker 1>possible.

0:40:01.929 --> 0:40:05.279
<v Speaker 1>So your, your goals are just to go there and

0:40:05.290 --> 0:40:09.649
<v Speaker 1>just figure everything out year one and then to put

0:40:09.659 --> 0:40:13.719
<v Speaker 1>on as much muscle as you can. Well, I mean,

0:40:13.729 --> 0:40:16.699
<v Speaker 1>I'm sure with the work ethic that you've displayed here

0:40:16.709 --> 0:40:18.909
<v Speaker 1>in Monroe County the last four years, I'm sure you're

0:40:18.919 --> 0:40:21.899
<v Speaker 1>gonna be able to achieve those goals. Um, is there

0:40:21.909 --> 0:40:25.529
<v Speaker 1>anyone right now, you know, out there that that you

0:40:25.540 --> 0:40:28.029
<v Speaker 1>feel helped contribute to your success that you would like

0:40:28.040 --> 0:40:28.560
<v Speaker 1>to thank.

0:40:29.939 --> 0:40:32.500
<v Speaker 2>Um, I don't, of course, I want to thank all

0:40:32.510 --> 0:40:34.290
<v Speaker 2>my coaches and my parents for helping me and I

0:40:34.300 --> 0:40:36.590
<v Speaker 2>definitely want to thank the universities for giving me the

0:40:36.600 --> 0:40:37.909
<v Speaker 2>chance to be able to go there.

0:40:38.899 --> 0:40:41.750
<v Speaker 1>Well, I'd like to tell you one more time. Congratulations and,

0:40:41.760 --> 0:40:44.929
<v Speaker 1>and thank you for coming on the podcast again and

0:40:45.040 --> 0:40:47.850
<v Speaker 1>I know everyone up and down the Keys is excited

0:40:47.860 --> 0:40:49.870
<v Speaker 1>for you and gonna be rooting for you in the

0:40:49.879 --> 0:40:53.139
<v Speaker 1>next four or five years and, and good luck and

0:40:53.149 --> 0:40:56.699
<v Speaker 1>hopefully you win a couple of national championships. Thank you.

0:40:56.770 --> 0:40:58.030
<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for coming on.

0:40:58.850 --> 0:40:59.830
<v Speaker 2>You too. Have a good

0:40:59.840 --> 0:41:00.540
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