WEBVTT - 10-14-25 The Scott Satterfield Show 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.120 From the original Montgomery and it's the Scott Saderfield Radio 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:08.799 Show on seven hundred W looking for a six consecutive 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:12.200 victory eight o'clock on Saturday evening. It is great to 0:00:12.240 --> 0:00:14.640 be here at the original Montgomery and coach, It's awesome 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:16.360 to get a chance to sit down with you and 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.280 talk about your team. The only thing that would make 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:22.200 tonight better would be if you were sitting between myself 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:26.840 and Jim Kelly. And we were all so incredibly heartbroken 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:30.400 yesterday morning to find out that, for my money, somebody 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:34.280 who is more synonymous with University of Cincinnati football and 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:39.080 quite frankly, University of Cincinnati Athletics passed away. We've talked 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:41.320 a lot in recent weeks about Jim stepping away from 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:45.040 his broadcast duties. A few weeks ago we were hoping 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:48.080 beyond hope that maybe he could join us for Saturday's 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:52.479 game in some capacity. We lost an absolute titan. You 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:54.440 were very let tell you what, you were very classic. 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:56.440 You talked about him after the Kansas game in Lawrence, 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.280 when Jim was not with us. You had some comments today. 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:01.960 Obviously somebody you got to know during the course of 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:05.280 your now three seasons at Cincinnati, and uh, just an 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:07.800 amazing loss, an amazing person, but a tremendous loss. 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:09.720 Yeah, I mean, obviously a huge loss. 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.000 I feel, man, this this year we were I was 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.280 talking about this today in the office with Man, there's 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:16.840 been some losses this year of people that have been 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.760 close to me, you know. And I guess as you 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:22.479 get older, you're gonna that's gonna happen more and more. 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.240 But it but it was certainly heartbreaking to get. 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:28.040 That news, you know, because it was I felt like 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:29.240 it was just a couple of weeks ago. You know, 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.800 Jim is sitting right here, Yeah, and you know when 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.800 he's interviewing me after the games, and you know, but. 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:35.920 I tell you I said this today. 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.160 I mean, the most positive guy, one of the most 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.240 positive guys I've been around, you know, and our you know, 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.160 our first year we're not very good, and he always 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.440 find something that was positive. And I always really appreciate 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:47.680 that as a coach, because not many people in your 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.120 corner when you're going through stuff like that. And but 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.160 always felt like Jim was and uh, and just a 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:56.720 it's a great heart, great soul, you know, And yeah, 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:58.760 I mean, what a what a tragedy for us to 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.640 lose him and not to be able to you know, 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:02.360 be around him. 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.240 But I do think, I mean, that was one positive. 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:06.880 I mean, just to be on this winn a streak 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:08.760 and now for this weekend and get the big win 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.880 and then to get ranked you know, Monday, and you know, 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.480 I'm pretty sure he found that out, you know, hopefully, 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.480 and that brought it, you know, a smile to him. 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.520 But but yeah, what a loss. Jim Kelly. 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.359 I talked to his son Dave on Monday morning and 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.919 he told me he goes well. On Saturday, I watched 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.359 the game with Dad. He had plenty of analysis and 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:33.320 so I know this sounds hokey, but if you were 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:36.400 to say to Jim Kelly, your last full day on Earth, what. 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:36.920 Do you want to do? 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:38.560 He would say, I want to do two things. I 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:40.639 want to be with my family because Jim was the 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.200 ultimate family man. And I want to spend it watching 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.080 the UC Bearcats get a victory. And I said that 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.600 to my wife on yesterday morning. I said, at the 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.000 very least, I'm gonna take some solace in the fact 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.640 that Jim's last full day on Earth he was with 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.240 his family and he was watching the Bearcats gena win. 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.200 Yeah, yeah, no, no, exactly right. 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.160 I mean, you know, it's uh, you know, none of 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:02.440 us are all of us are going to be going. 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:03.520 We're going at some point, you know. 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.000 But to be able to to be doing what you 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.120 want to do in that moment when that happens, I 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.040 mean that that if I when it's my time, that's 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:11.480 what I want to be doing too, being with my 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:12.959 family and doing something that you love. 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:15.960 And he was loved and. 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.040 I think and I know he felt that, you know, 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.720 and you know, but yeah, what a loss and certainly 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:23.720 going to be missed. 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:24.480 No question about it. 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.320 The only thing that would make the five game and 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:29.560 soon to be six game winning streak better would be 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:31.320 to have a chance to talk about it with Jim. 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:32.359 Let's talk about your team. 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.440 We were talking about this on the air right after 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.360 the game on Saturday. You use the same verbiage in 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.600 your your press conference today. That's a weird game on Saturday, 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:43.320 twenty to eleven victory over UC. 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.040 I felt like you guys never had the ball in 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:45.680 the second half. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.600 I didn't feel like the game was ever necessarily in danger, 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.440 but just a kind of a bizarre afternoon. 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.240 Yeah, I mean it was I felt the same. 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.480 Once we got up seventeen nothing, I felt like, Okay, 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.480 we got a good chance, good opportunity to win this game. 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.520 And you know, when the second half came out, I 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.080 felt like, you know a. 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.240 Little bit similar to the Iowa State game, and the 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.680 fact that you know, they occupied the ball a lot, 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:10.320 you know, right there when he came out, they had 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.800 it seven minutes in the second half, third quarter, these 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.920 guys had the ball first coming out as well. And 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:17.560 then in the second half, you know, they had two 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:21.640 drives that were very abnormal. A seventeen play drive that 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.240 resulted in a punt. I mean, you're occupying the ball 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.720 a long time just to punt the football. And then 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.520 a nineteen play drive that resulted it, you know, in 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:33.240 the touchdown. But you know, I felt like, you know, 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:34.840 in a way, I was just kind of sitting over 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.800 there like watching paint drive, you know, because I mean 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:40.719 it's just like, you know, five yards here, here's a 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:42.520 four yard play. Well, then we get them to third 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:44.760 long and they pick up you know, about half of 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:46.120 her a little bit more. Now is fourth down, They're 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:47.840 gonna go for it, right, you know, and then here 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:49.320 comes a flag and you know and then it's the 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:50.920 first thing and it starts over again. I mean, it's 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.760 just like it felt like that. It was pretty you know, exhausting. 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:56.320 I told Tyson Bite our defensive corner. I was like, 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.599 my god, are he goes, yeah, I'm exhausted. This is 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:00.560 in the middle of the nineteen play drive. I mean, 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.359 because he's trying to come up with another defense to 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:04.080 try to get to get off the field at some point, 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:06.400 you know, and meanwhile, you know, I want to hit 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.039 the offense back out there so we can get an 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.320 opportunity to go. And so in the second half we 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.200 ran sixteen plays, you know, and it just not never 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.200 could get any kind of rhythm really, and you know, 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.080 we got a field goal at some point there in 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.520 the third quarter. But but yeah, it was just a 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.600 very very unusual game. But I mean, obviously we're glad 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:25.159 we were on top, and you know, we had to 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.880 control the game pretty much the whole time. And again 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.039 fast start though, I really, you know, they had not 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:31.640 given up a point in the first quarter, you know, 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:32.719 and we were able to go out and get a 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:34.960 touchdown early in the game and continue and we built 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.280 that seventeen lead, and I felt obviously felt good about it. 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:38.840 But yeah, we just got to be able to finish better. 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.520 It didn't feel like during those two long drives the 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.520 defense was necessarily playing poorly. 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:44.880 Yeah, but you don't want you know, you want to 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:45.520 get off the field. 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.520 No, I agree with that. You know you do want 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.120 to get off the field. And there was three in 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:52.760 the ninth Peo play. There's three plays in a row 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:54.760 where our linebacker's right there to make the tackle and 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:56.719 we did not make it three three times in a row, 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.800 including fourth and twelve when gold a arguably are best player, 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.560 had him wrapped up. Somehow, he gets out, runs to 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.360 the sideline, blindly throws it up. It hits Christian Harrison 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.800 right in the five. He bounces up right to their 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:11.159 guy running toward their goal line. 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:11.680 He catches it. 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:15.160 I'm what, this is unbelievable. Yes, I wake up Sunday morning. 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.359 I was like the number one play every day on Saturday. 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:20.080 So that's not good. But uh, you know, it was 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.359 just that kind of drive and you know, in the 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:24.680 second half and then and then it's fourth down again 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:26.000 and then you call the penalty and the end zone 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:26.760 and the ultimate end. 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:27.279 Up scoring again. 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.840 But you know, very weird weird, weird second half. To 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.200 say the least, first half was probably normal, but the second, 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:34.760 the second half was where it got kind. 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.560 Of weird and crazy. And you know, obviously, you know, 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:38.080 don't like that. 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:39.080 We want to be we want to be on the 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:40.360 other and we want to get more plays than the 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.080 other team. You know that that that that'd be a 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:42.720 good change. 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.920 How hard is it as a play caller when all right, 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.920 your offense takes the field. I think it was nearly 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:53.400 an hour before between snaps, and it's I have to 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.200 think as a player, it's difficult to kind of get 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.159 yourself back up and ready to go. Is it difficult 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:58.440 as a play caller to kind of get back in 0:06:58.440 --> 0:06:59.440 the frame of mind of oh. 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.360 Yeah, we're on all yeah, yes, I mean and then 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:04.400 wor right, because you're always thinking about the guys, you know, what, 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:04.960 what can we get? 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:06.040 What play do we need to get into? 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.120 They've been sitting over here forever, you know, and then 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.200 you know who needs to touch the ball like, and 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:13.080 how to what formation we need to get into? What 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:14.840 we haven't had any rhythms, So it's kind of hard, 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:17.240 you know. One of the drives I think we got 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:18.840 quite a bit on first down. I think we got 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.280 nine yards is second and one. We ran the ball, 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:23.760 we didn't get anything, and then we tempoed third down 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:25.720 to get it and it was a run pass option. 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.160 We ended up pulling it and throwing it away. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:29.160 And I'm like, oh my gosh, you know, we had 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:30.720 second and one third run, we don't we don't get 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:32.280 a first down, you know, and we're right back over 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.040 here watching again, you know, And that's why it felt weird, 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:36.720 because we just couldn't get anything going. 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:37.200 Now. 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:40.240 It was some poor execution on our part. Offensively, I think, uh, 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:41.800 you know, missed some blocks early in the game. It 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.800 had a couple of drops. Just not not not our 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.360 best game offensively. I think our offensive line has played 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.480 great all year, you know, not that time's not great there. 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.240 You know, they didn't play great either up front. But 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:53.760 but I do I want to get a credit Central Florid. 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:54.360 I thought they've did. 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.200 Defense was solid, they had some speed, They always kept 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:58.040 six people in the. 0:07:58.000 --> 0:07:59.880 Box, you know, which really kind of crowded that. 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:02.520 You know, I think, if you're looking back on it, 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.160 felt like, you know, probably probably should have spread it 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:05.560 out a little bit more in a second half. And 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:07.520 and you know, trying to get the passing game going. 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:08.040 A little bit better. 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.920 But you know, somebody asked the question today, you know, 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:12.559 once you get a lead, you know, and you're getting 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.440 into the fourth quarter, do you change a little bit? 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:15.640 You know? 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:16.800 And I think, well, you don't want to do any 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:18.000 Do you want to put your kids in a bund, You 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:19.520 don't want to lose yards, you don't want to turn 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:20.080 the ball over. 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:21.560 There's a fine line for trying. 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.840 To be overly aggressive right there, but probably hindsight, be 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:26.120 a little bit more aggresive than we were. 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:26.960 Yeah, you know, I. 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.520 Was waiting for what you had the week before, which 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.440 was the eighty two yard gast player right to kind 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:33.080 of just open things up a little bit of a 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:34.320 sire relief for the fans. 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:36.880 You know, you your back up by sixteen points. 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.640 And that sort of played never material that we almost 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:41.240 had it. We had we had Caleb Goodie on a 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.480 on a fade route on their sideline. The defender ended 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:45.920 up falling down and it went just right over his hand. 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.640 That would have been a sixty yard touchdown probably, But 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:50.600 that's really the only one that it comes to mind 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:52.319 like that, and that would have been huge to get 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.480 that maybe because you get some momentum right there. I man, 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.240 maybe you know, you get the kids get excited. Now 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:57.319 now we're now we're rolling. 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.920 I thought that game, you know, Max Fletcher four punts 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.560 inside the fifteen Big twelve Special Teams Player of the 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.720 Week Stephen Rusnak continues to be perfect. I thought that 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.720 game was the biggest example yet of how improved your 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.760 special teams units are. And it's everyone. It's punt return, 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:17.320 kick return, it's it's pat it's field goal, it's it's 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:20.400 every phase of special teams. I thought on Saturday, and 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.320 we talked about this in the postgame show as well, 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.000 that was the best example of how far you guys 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:25.440 have come. 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.360 From a special team's perspective. Yeah, it was great. 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.880 Then they've played really good all year and yeah, you 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.160 know you mentioned, you know, Max putting the ball like 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.079 that is flipping the field, putting the ball inside the 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.680 twenty four times, the one that got on. 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:38.240 The two yard line, incredible play. 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:41.320 You know, Manny coves down, grab the ball right before 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.280 the goal line, threw it behind his back to the teammate, 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:44.880 caught it on the two yard line to be able 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:46.960 to down it. I mean those guys are taking extreme 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:52.200 pride in playing you know, fundamentally sound special teams, leveraging 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:54.520 the ball like they supposed to. But you know, our 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.199 punter and our kicker are playing really really good as well. 0:09:57.600 --> 0:09:59.080 But you put that with the fact that guys away 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.000 they're covering. I think Stoke, Kyle Stokes on a kickoff 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.160 came down and tackled him on the ten yard line. 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:05.120 Like that's huge. 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:07.280 You know, we're one of the best kickoff teams because 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:08.560 of that. Steve has been a lot of them in 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:10.520 the end zone. But when they do bring it out, 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:12.960 our guys are right there to cover it, you know. 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.920 And being able to win the fifth field position battle, 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.439 I mean obviously huge. That is paying dividends for us 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:19.920 and winning these football games. 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.319 We are at the original Montgomery in We are getting 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:25.280 set for Saturday night, twenty fourth rated Cincinnati on the 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:26.760 road against Oklahoma State. 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:28.679 That game will kick off at eight o'clock. 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.520 We'll have it for you on seven hundred WLW Saturday 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.960 evening from Stillwater starting at seven am. More to come 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.840 seventeen minutes after eight o'clock. It's the Scott Saderfield Radio 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:51.240 Show on seven hundred WLW eighteen minutes after eight o'clock, 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.280 we're at the original Montgomery in for the Scott Satderfield 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:58.280 Radio show, Moegger filling in for Dan Horde as we 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:01.120 get set for Saturday night. Since looking for a six 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.160 consecutive victory, the Bearcats ranked in the top twenty five. 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.720 That's obviously not the end goal, but it does have 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:09.439 to be does have to feel good. 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.360 To see that number next to Cincinnati absolutely feels good, 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:15.080 you know, I think you know, obviously we're taking it 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:16.800 one game at a time and trying to do our 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:20.000 best this week versus Oklahoma State. But you know, anytime 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.120 you can get your school associated with a number right 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.079 there in the top twenty five, that means something. 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:26.080 I think you know. 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:28.600 Called about an hour and a half last night, I'm 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:30.800 talking to recruits and obviously we're talking about being in 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:32.680 the top twenty five. I mean like that that is 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:34.640 something that is very positive. I mean, you turn on 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.880 a TV and a clicker comes across. They put the 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:38.839 ones that are the top twenty five on there. Yes, 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:40.760 when you go to Espana look at the scores, they 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:42.360 pull up the top twenty five first. 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:43.720 I mean, so there is something to. 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:46.600 It and and what it means is you're playing good football, 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.040 you know, but we want to stay in the top 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.240 twenty five, you know, and then and obviously you want 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:51.319 to be there by the end of the season. 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.400 That's that's the ultimate goal, no question about that. 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.480 We have questions in the audience, our friend John Daniel 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.160 from the UC Athletic Department handling the microphone. 0:11:59.160 --> 0:11:59.720 Who do we have. 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:05.040 We've got Gary, Yeah, coach Oklahoma State. 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.920 I haven't had a chance to look at him. What's 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:13.800 their what they got offense? Defense? Yeah? Well they have 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.680 both those things. They do have both of those things. Yeah. 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:21.000 Well, it's pretty interesting, you know, the fact that coach Gundy, 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.520 their head coach, have been there forever played there was there, 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.000 I mean, I don't know how many years, a long 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.480 time as the head coaching, very successful coach. They ended 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.040 up moving on from him a few weeks back. Doug 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:32.559 Meachum takes over, who just got there this year. He 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.560 was at TCU last year, so now he's taken over 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.640 the helm. He actually played there at Oklahoma State. So 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:41.600 you know, anytime you have a coach that changed, obviously 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:43.480 just from some things that were not going well for them, 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.640 and they've had some issues at quarterback. Their starting quarterback 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:48.520 that came in from TCU started at the beginning of 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:50.440 the year, broke a bone in his foot had to 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.439 have surgery, So they've had a little bit of a 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:56.560 revolving door at the quarterback position. Last week, they took 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.920 one of their receivers who in his early in his 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:00.000 career was a quarterback. 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:01.000 They put them at quarterback. 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.440 You know, so, but he actually threw the ball, you know, 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:06.439 really well. I've been watching the game last week. He 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:08.160 threw it pretty good. He can run, he can throw, 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.480 you know. And then defensively, after they've they got rid 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.840 of Gundy, they they made a change of defensive coordinator, 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:16.720 so a new coordinator as. 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:17.880 Well over the last two weeks. 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.200 So they've had a lot of change in the coaches 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.640 and what they've been trying to do offense and defense, 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:24.600 and so you know, they've struggled a little bit in 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.000 that room, both sides of the ball. So for us 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:29.440 as coaches, it's a little bit hard to game plan 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:31.920 because you don't really fully understand what you're gonna get. 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.040 Changes so many things offensively and defensively. Last week, they 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:39.600 threw a touchdown pass on a trick play so they've 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:41.200 been starting to run more of those things. So we 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:44.000 really got to defend the whole field. They've you know, 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:47.640 they've had eight players throwaway pass this year. Like that's 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:51.280 that's unusual stat right, you know. And I think that's 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.400 has to speak to the problems they've had at quarterback 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:53.880 right there. 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.280 But I think their defense, but I think they get 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.360 after on defense. I think they've pressured the quarterback. 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:00.160 I think they've got eight or nine sacks on the 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.360 season from the defensive side of the ball. Their special 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.720 teams are good. They're very solid on the teams, you know. 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:08.800 And and here's the other thing. We're going on the 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.480 road in the Big twelve, playing at night. It's homecoming, 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:13.720 like you know that in itself, they're gonna be inspired, 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:15.840 you know, bringing all their alumni back. That that'll be 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:18.160 they'll play Aspire football. We'll get their best shot. We 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:19.720 just got ranked. I mean, they're like, hey, what's what 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:21.600 the thing that we can do is knock them off 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.680 the pedestal, right, So, uh so we got to have 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:24.640 our guys ready to go. 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:27.840 Dave Hey coach. 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.200 Uh First of all, again, thoughts and prayers at to 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:34.760 Jim's family. I've always tried to have a question for him, 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.520 and uh, I'm gonna continue that. Yeah, so I saw 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:42.760 today that we landed a commit from Springboro and you 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:47.400 mentioned recruiting earlier. How do you guys balance recruiting during 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:48.840 the uh, during the season. 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:51.880 Yeah, it's difficult during the season, you know. We we 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:55.240 do have a great team of of people that that's 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.800 what they do, you know, Zach Grant's our GM who 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:01.080 heads up our recruiting department, our player person know, and 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:03.520 and several guys who are in that department. That's all 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.920 they do. They recruit, you know, and so they're they're 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.360 in contact with these guys. We're trying to get them 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.960 all to campus, the ones that we're interested in. You know, 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.040 each day we set aside time to watch film, so 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:15.560 we were gonna get updates on guys. 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:15.720 You know. 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:17.720 We certainly we have our committed players right now. We'll 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:19.920 go back and watch how they're doing this year their 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.280 senior season, but we're also looking at juniors, and then 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:24.280 we're also looking at you know, twenty twenty seven guys, 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:27.000 twenty twenty eight guys, and they're building that database out 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:27.840 to show the coaches. 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:31.280 You know. One of the things we do on Monday night, you. 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:32.800 Know, we set aside about an hour hour and a 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.000 half to do calls, and so we're inside the office 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.040 and we're on the phone. We're passing it around talking 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.680 to these recruits, and then we try to bring them 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.520 on campus, like you know, for Saturday, we had a 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.560 bunch of good recruits in here Saturday. You know, the 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.200