1 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: The analyst at pe Versage analyst for the Vikings Audio 2 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: network at pee VERSI via Twitter, and we were happy 3 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: that and very very fortunate and gracious that Sue Cup 4 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: Manufacturing sponsors this every week. Uh suit cup dot com, 5 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: sue cup dot com. Before we go to the analyst, 6 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: uh Nordo. Yeah, stop stop smiling and and I'm gonna 7 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: try to make you laugh here, okay? 8 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: Perfect. 9 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: Another text from Johnny the Mouse Nicholson, captain of the 10 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: eighty three Wise at a club hockey team, Paul, if 11 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: I do decide to be the cow and play with 12 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: my sensitive teeth, I would at least be grass fed. 13 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: One organic angus beeped to make Nordo happy. I always 14 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: loved that. Boy, that's well done. That's just well done. 15 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: Hey hey Pete, what's going on a much? How are 16 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: you awful? But Nordo has something he wants to play. 17 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was driving. I was driving into the studio. 18 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 3: Everything's negative yesterday, we all know that. But I'm listening 19 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 3: to the call as I'm getting in to eventually do 20 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 3: fan line. I think this was this was. 21 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: Early third quarter, mid third quarter, we'll call it that. 22 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 3: But there was a penalty somebody was trying to rough 23 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 3: up our guy, Justin Jefferson. Here's how it sounded like 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 3: on your home for Vikings football. 25 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 2: The fan gets away from pressure, throws left. 26 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: It's pought by Jefferson behind the line of scrimmage. 27 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 4: He's thrown down so violently throw the flat I mean. 28 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: What are you doing, Nicki min Worri. 29 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: That's a rookie move by a rookie and he's going 30 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: to be penalized for it. 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, that was kind of ridiculous. I mean he had 32 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 5: taken him back at least seven yards, whistles were blowing, 33 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 5: and then he's picked him up and threw him on 34 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 5: the ground. So Justin Jefferson getting his first reception, it 35 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 5: was a blitz. Seattle does a great job. They're disguise 36 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 5: in picking their spots here at the play personal. 37 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 4: Foul and this sy roughness defense continuen number first tell. 38 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: Say number three feet, So everybody dream and thank you 39 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: who knows who made that foolish plus. 40 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 2: Say his name so everyone at lubid could hear it. 41 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: Hey, Pete, I'm going to bring him behind the scenes 42 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: for a second if you don't mind. So there, I'm 43 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: just going to say, somebody with the Seattle staff who 44 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: knows me through others who are on the Seattle staff. 45 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: Who I've known for years. 46 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: And the individual walked by the box box and kind 47 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: of smirked at me at halftime, and Pete knows what 48 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: I said. We had to close the door. The announcer 49 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: was apoplectic. Spearfish comes in and basically is like, you 50 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: need to calm down. Okay a box. I was like, 51 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: he couldn't handle Flores defense when he was here, and 52 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: you can bleeping have him. And we had to close 53 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: the door. Oh ye, people was right next to me 54 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: when I did that. 55 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 2: It was the day. 56 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 1: It was just loud, and you got you got these 57 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: you were talking to hockey, you got these food and beverage, 58 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: These nicest ladies in the world looking at me, just terrified, just. 59 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 2: Trying to put more water bottles in the bucket. 60 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: Eye I read my face was when this guy snickered 61 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: at me at halftime, and I'm like, you can have him, okay, 62 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: how about rams game? Okay anyway, So anyway, Sue Cup Manufacturing, 63 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: Pete suecup dot Com, be nice to manufacture a victory 64 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: and maybe against Washington to begin, teams lost four in 65 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: a row. How do we manufacture a victory just really 66 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: against anybody. 67 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 5: It's not it's not complicated that side of it, right, 68 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 5: It's it's a matter of quick turning the damn ball over. 69 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 2: It's it's really that's that part of it's that simple. 70 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 5: Maybe maybe stop killing our field position with penalties and 71 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 5: special teams, that would help too, But that's that's it. 72 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 5: That's where you start. I mean, what else you're giving 73 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 5: up extra possessions. I mean you look at you look 74 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 5: at the numbers, and if I had if I told 75 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 5: you before the game that Brozmann was going to throw 76 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 5: for two less yards than Sam Donald, you would probably 77 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 5: have been like, Wow, the kid's gonna light it up, 78 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 5: or the kid's gonna look great. Right, you know, thirty 79 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 5: passing attempts, we only you know, we ran the ball 80 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 5: sixteen times. But again that total number forty six, right, 81 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 5: it's only forty four forty five. You know, we're just 82 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 5: not running plays. So the ability to just move the 83 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 5: chains is important, stay on the field the time. I mean, 84 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 5: it's all the problem is is everything's such a chain reaction, right, 85 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 5: You just one thing goes here and another thing goes 86 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 5: over there, and then all of a sudden, all these 87 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 5: other things start, you know, rearing their ugly heads. But 88 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 5: if you can just stay on the field and keep moving, 89 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 5: keep moving, the chains and other things are kinda they're 90 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 5: going to show up on the good side. So it's 91 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 5: a it's an avalanche effect, and uh, you have to 92 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 5: start somewhere. And I think you know, obviously, turning the 93 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 5: football over is the biggest thing, because that's just putting 94 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 5: our defense on the field more. It's killing momentum offensively, 95 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 5: field position. Blah blah blah blah blah. I mean, there's 96 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 5: no way that Seattle Seahawks walked away from Looming Field 97 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 5: yesterday happy with their offensive performance. Really, there's no way, 98 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 5: right right, this is a this is the the number what, 99 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 5: number four passing team in the league, number one per play, 100 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 5: smoking marriage and yeah, and they had two hundred and 101 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 5: what two hundred and some odd yards of offense. I mean, 102 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 5: it's it's like they can't be thrilled with that either. 103 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 5: So we just got to keep up with them, and 104 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 5: we got to find a way. But it's it's getting 105 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 5: it's getting tough because you have all these pretty things, 106 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 5: you have all these wide receivers and you know you 107 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 5: can't just you just can't get them the football, and 108 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 5: that that could be a recipe for disaster. 109 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 2: In that regard, go ahead, unhappy people, this. 110 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: Is a feewa fairness and will family act. In case 111 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: all of them are listening, go ahead and pause there 112 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: for a second. Let that sin again. It's bad ball. 113 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: It's just bad ball. And don't listen to me. Listen 114 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: to what Harrison Smith said. 115 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 2: After the game. 116 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: I'm looking at a tweet from young Alec at alec underscore. 117 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: Lewis question was, what's the frustration level? Harrison, I don't know. 118 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's a frustration level at this point. 119 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: It's just bad ball now, I mean that's harsh, and 120 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: the defense did play winning football and majority of the game. 121 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: But when potential hof and Viking's immortality says it's just 122 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: bad ball, what do you think about all that? 123 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 4: Uh? 124 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 5: I Harrison's been around long enough where he's gonna give 125 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 5: you some brute honesty. He's gonna he has a certain 126 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 5: level of expectation where he wants to be. He's played 127 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 5: winning football, He's been on a lot of winning football teams, 128 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 5: and when it's not there, it's. 129 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: He has a lot more. 130 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 5: I guess if you take a look at his catalog 131 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 5: of games to compare it to as opposed to I 132 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 5: don't know, Dallas Turner right or Jalen Redmond right. He's 133 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 5: been around a long time, he's seen a lot of 134 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 5: good football, and you know he's saying we're just not 135 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 5: good enough, and he's honest enough about it. 136 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 2: So I I those kinds of things, those postgame. 137 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 5: Interviews when guys say stuff, Yeah, you're emotional, you should 138 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 5: be pissed off, you shouldn't be happy about what just happened. 139 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 5: So you know, he wasn't calling anybody in particular out, 140 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 5: but I mean, it's it's honesty, right, It's bad foot 141 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 5: it's bad football. 142 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 2: Well that's that's what it was. 143 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 5: So now you just have to go about fixing it 144 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 5: and have the discipline and the wherewithal than want to 145 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 5: to do what you have to do to fix it, 146 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 5: and the extra time whatever it takes to turn this 147 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 5: thing around and beat the Commanders when they come into 148 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 5: town on Sunday. That's all you should be thinking about 149 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 5: for the next five days, six days. 150 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 3: How realistic is it at this point in time for 151 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 3: this team to quote unquote turn it around or you know, 152 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: maintain that focus, whether it's the potential hof safety saying 153 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 3: what he said, I think the stud wide receiver said 154 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 3: a lot by simply just kind of not going to 155 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 3: talk to reporters today. I'm just gonna, you know, chill 156 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 3: out a little bit and I'm going to head back 157 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 3: to Minnesota. 158 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 2: Like how how realistic is it? 159 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 3: You know, for some stark contrast to emerge to what 160 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 3: we've seen the last four. 161 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: It can happen. 162 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 5: I guess it's a matter of the right person has 163 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 5: to lead this team out of this. The quarterback position 164 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 5: needs to lead this team out of this, meaning get 165 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 5: out on the field, have a couple of good drives, 166 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 5: protect the football, do better on third down, and it 167 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 5: doesn't have to be a total one to eighty, but 168 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,599 Speaker 5: at least show some progress, right, throw some throw some 169 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 5: balls where the receiver has to go up and make 170 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 5: a great play and move the chains and get that 171 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 5: good feeling again. 172 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 2: I mean, that's I think offensively, that's that. 173 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 5: Position that spot really really needs to whoever it is 174 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 5: a quarterback, they need to try. They need to turn 175 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 5: this thing around and just show some light at the 176 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 5: end of the tunnel. Show some progress and then everybody, 177 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 5: I think everybody around them will respond. Right, you'd like 178 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 5: to say the defense for theoretically, I mean, you sit 179 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 5: down as a defense and you say, you can only 180 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:44,559 Speaker 5: worry about what you can control. You can't control when 181 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 5: you take the field if it's turnover or after the 182 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 5: offense scores a touchdown. Either way, whenever you step on 183 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 5: the field, you got to play at a certain level. 184 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 5: So but still they'll get a boost out of it too, right, 185 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,599 Speaker 5: defense will get a boost out of it too. I 186 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 5: can't imagine how much these the guys on defense would 187 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 5: love to step on the field with a two score 188 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 5: lead now, or with a ten point lead, yeah right, 189 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 5: or you know whatever, eight point lead and just have fun, 190 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 5: you know, trying to stop an offense that needs to 191 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 5: throw the football to catch up. It's been a while, 192 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 5: so they're facing teams that just you know, hand the 193 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 5: ball off, run the ball, run the ball, run the 194 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 5: ball short, you know, third and five on a short pass. Okay, 195 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 5: it's I think that if the quarterback position comes out, 196 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 5: gets us up and down the field, just to get 197 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 5: on a couple series early in the game. Whatever, that'll 198 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 5: spark this team and it'll help with a lot of 199 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 5: a lot of the woes and everything that we're seeing. 200 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 5: So that's where I personally think that that's going to 201 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 5: come from. Hey, I, it has to come from that 202 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:51,599 Speaker 5: spot into the Washington game. Sunday noon, KFAM with with 203 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 5: I in the Sky at YouTube. Pete Bursige five to 204 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 5: six for your search. 205 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: Bar pleasure, maybe you do an extensive breakdown on the 206 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: maturation and progress of one Dallas Turner. 207 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 2: Doesn't that sound fun? It does, Dallas. 208 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 5: It's like the light bulbs coming on in the regard 209 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 5: of playing in this system, right, it's because it's a 210 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 5: different system under Flores. He didn't play that position in college, 211 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 5: so he's kind of learning how to walk in that regard. 212 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 5: The injuries to Van Ginkle and and Grenard, I think 213 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 5: have helped him in that he's been out there steadily 214 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 5: week after week after week. 215 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 2: Uh, because it's hard. 216 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 5: It's hard to you know, it's hard to take either 217 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 5: Gernard or Van Ginkle off the field. 218 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 2: So it's just been kind of it's been. 219 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 5: Tough for outside outside of situationally for Garnard. I'm sorry 220 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 5: for Turner to be out there week in and week out. 221 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 5: He has been now for a lot of this season, 222 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 5: and we're finally starting to see the instinct of the 223 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 5: position and it matters. He's not just a d lineman anymore. 224 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 5: He's playing outside linebacker, which is a very nuanced position. 225 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 5: We see Andrew van Ginkle do what he does when 226 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 5: the quarterback has to pump fake a quick screen on 227 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 5: the outside because Van Ginkle is in the throwing lane, right, 228 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 5: That's that's the Those are the little things, the effects 229 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 5: that you can have, and he's picking up on it. 230 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,439 Speaker 5: So we all know the athleticism is there. We know 231 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 5: the explosiveness is there. And maybe you know, you look 232 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,839 Speaker 5: back that fifteen yard penalty that he got earlier this 233 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 5: year on the sack that we all thought was garbage, 234 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 5: Well maybe that's why against you know, yesterday he batted 235 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 5: that football and and and you know, knocked it out 236 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 5: of Darnold's hands instead of just lighten them up. 237 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 2: Right. 238 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 5: So it's it's a it's cool to see the evolution 239 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 5: of him and see him grow up right in front 240 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 5: of our eyes. And it's a he's not done yet though. 241 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 5: That's the main thing, right, You're not done, You just 242 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 5: you're just getting started. So every week needs to needs 243 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 5: to be a step forward, and you have to do 244 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 5: what you have to do to continue to improve because 245 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 5: you're not there yet, but you're you're you're showing us 246 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 5: that you could be a game changing outside linebacker. 247 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 4: Hmm. 248 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: With I in the sky, what do you think of 249 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: this idea? Perhaps you contact Greg Coleman, he zooms in 250 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: from Jacksonville and you guys break down Ryan Wright having 251 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: the best season of his career. 252 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 2: What do you think about that? That's something? Right? 253 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 5: The kicker, the kicking game is at least the kickers 254 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 5: are doing great. Right, Yeah, we didn't. We didn't see 255 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 5: any of our field goalk We didn't see any record yesterday, do. 256 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: Me no, But you know what I mean seriously speaking, though, 257 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: when you haven't scored a touchdown in like seven quarters 258 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: and everything is so tightly congested with just trying to 259 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: win the time of possession or at least push it 260 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: you're your punter all of a sudden is very important. 261 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: And this this young man is coming through with flying colors, 262 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 1: isn't he. 263 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: Pete. 264 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, he's doing well. I mean as he's doing his 265 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 5: job is what he's supposed to do. So, I mean, 266 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 5: you know, like I said, both the kickers. I think 267 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 5: doing a good job out terrific as far as that goes. 268 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 5: I mean, when you're two and eight, what do we two? 269 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 5: Will we two for eight on third down? 270 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, something like that. We're gonna be putting the ball 271 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: a lot, So. 272 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 3: I gotta be games like that. I don't spend a 273 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 3: ton of time in the box score after a game 274 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 3: like that, but I know I'm not. 275 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 5: Arguing wow, right, And that's kind of I think the problem, 276 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 5: not the problem, but the challenge of this whole thing 277 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 5: is just because it went that way, you still need 278 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 5: to look at the numbers, right, You still need to 279 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 5: look at the numbers. And when you do, you're you're 280 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 5: you're amazed that that that what we what we were 281 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 5: able to do. I mean, yeah, there were two attacks. 282 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 5: We held the Seahawks to under one hundred yards passing. 283 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 5: I mean, honest to god, they're averaging two fifty a game. 284 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 5: Were they two forty eight point five right under one hundred? 285 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 5: It's pretty damn remarkable. Part of it's like, oh, yeah, well, 286 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 5: we just running the ball because it didn't well, no, 287 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 5: they it's still they they weren't able to get vertical 288 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 5: Jackson Smith, the Jigba broke a eleven game, ye had 289 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 5: it was the first player in NFL history with seventy 290 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 5: five receiving yards in the first eleven games. Right, that's 291 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 5: it third most by a player in eleven games in 292 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 5: the Super Bowl era. 293 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 2: And what do you get yesterday? Twenty something? 294 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 5: Right, So there's so many good things that if you 295 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 5: just ignore the numbers, you won't see it. Plus and 296 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 5: the defense was forced to go out there what four 297 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 5: extra times? 298 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: Yeah? 299 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 5: So yeah, I mean there's there's a lot third down 300 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 5: needs to get better offensively. That's what I'm talking about. 301 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 5: Stringing things together, starting with the quarterback position. Get some 302 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 5: momentum again in that regard, whether it's on the ground 303 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 5: or through whatever, but just string some first downs together 304 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 5: and I think that you know, you get that momentum, 305 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 5: and that's where you that's where you begin playing air 306 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 5: or free because those mistakes are going to kill you. 307 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 5: Were not good enough to overcome five yard penalties and 308 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 5: things like that. 309 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 2: So anyway, well, let me ask you this. 310 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 3: That quarterback position, and I just think I think it's 311 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 3: absolutely vital, not just for the mentality of whoever the 312 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 3: quarterback is this weekend and beyond, but for the team 313 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 3: in general when you talk about just needing to see something, 314 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 3: finding and feeling some form of success. So we know 315 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 3: Kevin O'Connell's offense can be super high end. We saw 316 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 3: it a year ago one fourteen games with that offense. 317 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 3: But this year, whether it's the six games with McCarthy, 318 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 3: the game you saw from Max yesterday, each of those 319 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 3: quarterbacks have in some ways, despite being a little bit 320 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 3: different in their style, have really suffered the same consequences 321 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 3: of this offense. At this stage with five games to go, 322 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 3: is there anything that the head coach can do that 323 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 3: the offensive staff can do to maybe take some pressure 324 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 3: off the kids whoever it is and manufacture some of 325 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 3: that success. Is there anything we can do to put 326 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 3: it any more dead center on a silver platter so 327 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 3: that these kids can find some success the final five 328 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 3: I I don't know. 329 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 2: I I really don't think. 330 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 5: So this offense has already changed a ton, just just 331 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 5: if you look at it from a schematic standpoint compared 332 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 5: to you look at what we ran as an offense 333 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 5: last year to what we're doing this year. It's all 334 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 5: it's already changed a ton, and they've tried to accommodate 335 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 5: I think as much as they can for the young 336 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 5: you know, for the younger quarterback. 337 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 2: And so it's just not our style. We're just that's 338 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 2: not us. We're not. 339 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 5: Play action and and you know drag and dig and 340 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 5: you know, dink and dunk and all those we don't. 341 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 5: We're just not that's not our offense. That's not our identity, 342 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 5: it's not who we are. We don't have a bunch 343 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 5: of road graders that like you know, offensive linemen that 344 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 5: just can run block, but they don't like the pass block. 345 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 5: So it's a different it's a completely I guess to 346 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 5: a keep to continue to accommodate it, to accommodate what 347 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 5: what the players that you have would require a paradigm shift. 348 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 5: That's that's beyond what they can accomplish, I think in 349 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 5: one year. So it's you know, you are who you are, 350 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 5: you have an identity as an offense, this is who 351 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 5: we are, this is what we do, and this is 352 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 5: what we aspire to. And they when the players got 353 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 5: to meet you halfway, the players have to elevate themselves 354 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 5: to that system. And that's the true essence of the 355 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 5: whole thing. Is how much of a push and pull 356 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 5: is it is the coach is asking too much, is 357 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 5: that the player is not responding, and those things we 358 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 5: really you really don't know unless you're sitting out there 359 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 5: at practice and in the meeting rooms and know exactly 360 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 5: what's going on. So we can only speculate from the outside. 361 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 5: But like I said, this is this isn't the offense 362 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 5: we ran a year ago. So I know the coaches 363 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 5: and the coaching staff are doing everything they can to 364 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 5: accommodate the young quarterback and young quarterbacks period. And you know, 365 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 5: that's a that's a tough spot because this is not 366 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,239 Speaker 5: what our offense is. It's not what's going to be right. 367 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 5: You know, this is a temporary window of developing a 368 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 5: kid quarterback, whether whichever one it is. But you're developing 369 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 5: a kid quarterback, so you you you you change to 370 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 5: accommodate that and then you know, and gradually grow out 371 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 5: of it. 372 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 3: So this is sort of too that kind of lends 373 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 3: to some pessimism in the short term then, Pete, right, 374 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 3: I mean, you know, of course, the identity of this team, sadly, 375 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 3: specifically offensive has become mistakes. Whether it's I mean they 376 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 3: have more they have more turnovers as an offense, right 377 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 3: now than they do have offensive touchdowns at this stage 378 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 3: of the season. So, you know, optimism for the future, 379 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 3: but maybe some pessimism kind of continues here in the 380 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 3: short term. If if, if there's nothing, if you're feeling 381 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 3: that that paradigm shift might be too tall a task, yeah, yeah, if. 382 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 5: It is, it's I guess you just have to You 383 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 5: have to you have to redo your your your your 384 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 5: what your wins are right and make them if you 385 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 5: have to make them smaller, you got to make them 386 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 5: smaller and then find out what those are, do it, 387 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 5: and then build on that as quickly as possible. But yeah, 388 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 5: like I said, it's you don't want to read You 389 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 5: don't want to redo the entire offense for where you 390 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 5: are right now because we're not. The one thing you 391 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 5: expect out of a young quarterback is improvement week in 392 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 5: and week out, to be able to build week in 393 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 5: and week out. So you can't you don't design your 394 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 5: entire offense on where the quarterback is right now. Now, 395 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 5: maybe if you have a veteran guy and you have 396 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 5: Kirk Cousins, Yeah, that's exactly what you do, right This 397 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 5: is our guy, this is what he can do, and 398 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 5: this is what we're going to build around, and this 399 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 5: is what our offense is going to look like based 400 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 5: on that skill set. Right now, it's such a that 401 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 5: that skill set is such a moving target. How much 402 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 5: do you, you know, yank everything off the table. 403 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 6: I do know this. 404 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 5: The better you run the football, the easier it's going 405 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 5: to be on the quarterback. That's I mean, that's just 406 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 5: the bottom. That's just so the emphasis on the run 407 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 5: and blocking the run and being positive and that you 408 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 5: don't have to be you know, Red Grange and all that. 409 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 5: You can just as long as you're efficient in the 410 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 5: running game, that is always going to help. And that's 411 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 5: usually kind that's that's kind of the you know, general 412 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 5: way you look at it. Run the football, then you 413 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,959 Speaker 5: can build the play action off it, and then the bootlegs, 414 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 5: and then after that you can say, all right, we'll 415 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 5: start dropping back and now you're comfortable and blah blah blah. 416 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 5: That's that's the old school way I guess of building up, 417 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 5: building up young quarterback. So that's where we are and 418 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 5: that's what it is, and it sucks, right, but it. 419 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 2: Is, But that's what I mean. These little wins. 420 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 5: You got to find a way to see some light 421 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,719 Speaker 5: at the end of the tunnel. You do, You're right 422 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 5: the last five weeks and I don't expect a total 423 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 5: flip of the record and all of a sudden, you know, 424 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 5: we're putting up to three hundred and some odd yards 425 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 5: through the air. But improvement weekend and week out, and 426 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 5: it starts with the turnovers. That's it, right there, you, 427 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 5: my friend, are and I look forward to seeing you 428 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 5: later this week. 429 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:03,239 Speaker 4: Right. 430 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 2: It's kind of like going to the dentist, isn't it. 431 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 2: What do you mean this? Just like okay, here we go. 432 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a verbal It's a verbal root canal without 433 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: nitrous oxide. 434 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 2: That's about the only way to put it. 435 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 5: It's like the one once you're talking about going to 436 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 5: the old Mattner's sleeping bag, which stops in it and everything. 437 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: It's like, oh the good old days. Don't be don't 438 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: be a cow, don't run away from the storm. Be 439 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: a bison and run right into it, endure it for 440 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: a shorter amount of time, and beat it exactly. 441 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 2: Let's not be a great, big fat cow. Tear the 442 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 2: band aid off quickly. You're you're the best, See you soon, 443 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 2: all right. PJ. 444 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: Fleck joins about thirteen minutes from now and nine to 445 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: Noon continues after this. 446 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 2: Another one bites the dust. 447 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: Hopefully teams don't look at the Minnesota Vikings playing that 448 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 1: little rift going. Another one bites the dust. This segment 449 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: is dedicated to a talk back, and then PJ. Flett, 450 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: coach of the Golden Gophers football team, joins nine minutes 451 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: from now and here they are. 452 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 7: Good morning, nine to noon. This is your friendly neighborhood 453 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 7: delivery driver venue from mons View. I just want to 454 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 7: shout out you guys this morning for making it a 455 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 7: wing it Monday. If I had to make a suggestion, 456 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 7: if we could do a wing it Monday at Buffalo 457 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 7: Wild Wings more, we can eat wings and wing it there, 458 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 7: that would be amazing. You guys, have a great day 459 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 7: and stay. 460 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: More appreciate you. And were that the case, I undoubtedly 461 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: would choke on the chicken. And I choke on the 462 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: chicken simply because I'm not a fan of fiena fairness 463 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: and nine to Noon act, sitting down for an hour 464 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: and fifteen minutes crafting four pages of fourteen font pros, 465 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: only to have it eliminated by the technological monsters that 466 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: are all part of the world, and we're in a 467 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: battle with all of the good of heaven kind before 468 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: the Earth was formed. 469 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 2: Talkbacks, let's play two, Pa Nordo. It's Ryan in Michigan. 470 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 5: I heard a lot of people saying Brozman is going 471 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 5: to do the impossible, and by golly, he did. 472 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 2: He made us all pine for the days of JJ McCarthy. 473 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 2: Oh that's me. 474 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 5: Yeah. 475 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: But we're handling talkbacks. Yeah, and the phone calls if 476 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 1: and or when we take them. I haven't looked at 477 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: the six four six eighty six since AOL was invented, 478 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: so you can handle that. We're handling all of that 479 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: with a plumb We're handling it with boise. We're handling 480 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: it with class, dignity, and respect. So even if unwarranted 481 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: strays are caught by people we have to we we 482 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: happen to enjoy h We on this wing of Monday 483 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: are just we're just gonna have to. 484 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 2: Let the old strays fly. Yes, we will cool with that. 485 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 2: I'm cool with that. Of course. You are you whooped 486 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 2: up on my fantasy basketball team. You're cool with anything. 487 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 2: Six to two felt good. I'll tell you that off 488 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 2: topic for a moment. APO Mike Arizona. Man, we got 489 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 2: the XP is good. 490 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 6: It's good the Minnesota. 491 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: The producer's playing fast. And how do I know that, Well, 492 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: because PJ Fleck joins next, and it's wonderful Radio t's 493 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,959 Speaker 1: three two. It's wonderful audio teas work to have somebody 494 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: celebrate taking the ax for the fourth time in the 495 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: last five years. And for us to say, hey, PJ. 496 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: Fleck is neck. Here's the last step. Its meal down 497 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: thirty five seconds. They will not need to snap again. 498 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: There's the dash to the end zone to the left. 499 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: Rushawn Lawrence is the first man there. The axe is 500 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: in hand. It stays where it belongs. 501 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 4: In Minneapolis, Minnesota snow Angels from the Gopher cheerleaders head 502 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 4: first times by the Gopher players, and Minnesota beats Wisconsin 503 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 4: seventeen to seven, and the axe stays here. 504 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 1: My Grima on the call on KFA N joining us 505 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: now is Golden gopherst head coach PJ. Fleck undefeated at 506 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: home with this portion of the season done, we got 507 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: a bowl game on the horizon, captured Paul Bunyan's axe, 508 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: which is becoming commonplace. And the head coach joins us now. 509 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: Everything I just said PG. That's all pretty cool. What 510 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: do you think about all that? 511 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 6: And good morning, Yeah, good morning to you, Paul, thanks 512 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 6: for having us on. Yeah, it was a great win 513 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 6: for us. I mean, anytime you can beat your rival, 514 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 6: especially at home in front of your fans and in 515 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 6: the snow globe, man, you're gonna take advantage of it, 516 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 6: and and you're really going to enjoy it. And I 517 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 6: told our team before we played, I said, this is 518 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 6: your moment memory. Robbery games are always about the players 519 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 6: and UH and our fans, and they get a chance 520 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 6: to create their own moment memory. And you got to 521 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 6: make your own. Just because we won last year, that 522 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 6: was last year's team's moment memory. And but at the 523 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 6: end of regular season with the victory, UH, with the 524 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 6: with the acts stay at home against Wisconsin was a 525 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 6: great bow on a season there could bear. There's some 526 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 6: really great moments. There's some really disappointing moments, but every 527 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 6: season has those, UH. And now we're gonna get ready 528 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 6: for our bull preface. We get going towards that and 529 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 6: find out who we go play and where we go play. 530 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 6: So it's exciting time of year. UH. Just really really 531 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 6: proud of our team and the resolved and the resiliency 532 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 6: all year, and to cap it off with the robbery 533 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 6: win is really big for the University of Minnesota. 534 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 2: So what got any sneaky intel on what bowl game 535 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 2: we're going to get? 536 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 6: I wish I did. I really don't, and I've heard 537 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 6: a gamut of them, so I mean heard four or 538 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 6: five of them. So right now it's all speculation. Everybody's 539 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 6: got of going somewhere else. Uh, just all depends on 540 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 6: what happens after this week. 541 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: Any any preferences, any like warm weather, destinations or anything. 542 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 6: I think all ball games are great, so I'm the 543 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 6: wrong person to ask. I think all ball experiences and 544 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 6: create an unbelievable moment memory for our players and create 545 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 6: something very unique in their own way. We'll go anywhere, 546 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 6: that's for sure. So just like we love to, you know, 547 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 6: got to continue to work on playing anywhere. Uh, but 548 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 6: we've uh, we'll go anywhere because they're all really lead experiences. 549 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 2: So what So, what do you guys do next? 550 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: I mean undefeated at home conference, don ballgame on horizon? 551 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 2: What do you guys do next? 552 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, Well, we definitely don't go on vacation. We're in 553 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 6: the office or meet with our players today, you know, 554 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 6: doing everything we can, uh, signing contracts with our players, 555 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 6: getting them locked in for next year, retention, having a 556 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 6: lot of conversations with players, you know, the end of 557 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 6: the season type meetings, Uh, getting our players some rest uh, 558 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 6: and then you know we'll be practicing Thursday, Friday. Uh, 559 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 6: So getting our bull preps. Starting to move forward. But 560 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 6: you know, December is dead and recruiting now, which last 561 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 6: year it wasn't. January is a big recruiting month coming 562 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 6: up for us. But this is really huge for us 563 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 6: in the retention piece, meeting with a lot of players, 564 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 6: meeting a lot of with a lot of agents, and 565 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 6: getting our roster at least for the retention piece hopefully 566 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 6: solidified in the next few weeks so that we can 567 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 6: move into the portal piece. As we continued moving to 568 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 6: the portal in January. 569 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: That on Darius Taylor's long touchdown run your right guard 570 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: and your center with the pin down double on the 571 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: defensive tackle for Wisconsin. 572 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 2: That was a work of art. How about all that? 573 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 6: Yeah, I say, Tony Nelson did a really good job 574 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 6: at right guard, and I love how he's playing, and 575 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 6: you know he's earned the opportunity to play a lot more, 576 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 6: and you know, I think aston Beer's on that play 577 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 6: did a great job. I think it was a good 578 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 6: play call. Here. We went on the quick where you know, 579 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 6: we were able to to get them in a certain defense, 580 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 6: get them to not check or try to check the check, 581 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 6: and we kind of caught him a little bit and 582 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 6: it was really good on the double team and Darius 583 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 6: took care of the rest a little bit of a 584 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 6: misfit that was the point of the of the cadence 585 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 6: and the play call and and worked in our advantage. 586 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 6: So that was a really good run, really good finished 587 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 6: by Darius. You know, he's he's kind of been beat 588 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 6: up all year, you know, and it's kind of been 589 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 6: one of those years for him. But when he's been 590 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 6: in there, he's made us a better football team. And 591 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 6: we had to get him continually to be healthy and 592 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 6: so we can have a great bowl game and see 593 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 6: what the future holds. 594 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: Paul Parker Fox has rolled into the studio to join 595 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 1: a PJ. Fleck, coach of the Golden Go First Football Team. 596 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: Good morning Barker, Good. 597 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 2: Morning, good morning Pj. 598 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 8: You know, congratulations on the big win going, you know, 599 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 8: protecting that home field is something that I know a 600 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 8: lot of fans value. There's there's one play in the 601 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 8: game that really just made me smile, highlighted kind of 602 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 8: just the energy and the culture you guys have created. 603 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 8: As a big third down stop late in the fourth quarter. 604 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 8: I think Aiden Gooseby made the tackle and then he's 605 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 8: celebrating about twenty yards down the field with John Nester, 606 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 8: and this is before Wisconsin's going to go for it 607 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 8: on fourth down. 608 00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 2: So but just a really fun play. 609 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 8: Can you talked about eating it would be a guy 610 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 8: that kind of goes underrated in your secondary. 611 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 2: He really does. You know. 612 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 6: We actually moved him the corner for this game, and 613 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 6: I think that just shows the type of versatility he 614 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 6: has at a safety position but also could play corner. 615 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 6: He is a team guy. He'll do whatever it takes 616 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 6: for the team. When you look at our secondary, at 617 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 6: least at the safety position, we're pretty deep. We got 618 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 6: a lot of really good players, but we're pretty thin 619 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 6: at the corner position, especially with Nester being out, my 620 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 6: Carold was being hurt in the last few weeks, and 621 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 6: Zakwan and kind of being hurt here and there, so 622 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 6: we've been kind of really thin back there and I 623 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 6: thought he did a great job stepping in, stepping up 624 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 6: and making some huge plays. And you know you mentioned 625 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 6: the seven to zero at home, and that has to 626 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 6: do with our fans. You know, this is nine years 627 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 6: into it where we want to create an environment where 628 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 6: it's really really difficult to play and our fans and 629 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 6: our student body. When you watch games all over the 630 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 6: country and you look at really bad weather and you 631 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 6: see a bunch of empty stans, that's not us. I mean, 632 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 6: it was a packed house. It was a rivalry game. 633 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 6: I think that just shows you know, what we're creating 634 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 6: and how great of an experience our fans, our student body, 635 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,479 Speaker 6: our band and create. And I can't thank them all 636 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 6: enough because that's why we were seven to oh at 637 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 6: home for the first time since the thirties at a 638 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 6: long tizs one hundred years where we've been seven and 639 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 6: oh at home, undefeated since sixty seven, was undefeated where 640 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 6: it was less games. 641 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 2: But. 642 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 6: Seven no at home for the first time since the 643 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 6: thirties almost a century has says a lot about this 644 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 6: era of Gopher football and this era of Gopher fans, 645 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 6: and we're so thankful. 646 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: For them, and I'm glad you said that because the 647 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: student section was packed. You know, like you're referencing and 648 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: that's a common thread that wasn't the case before you arrived. 649 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: I mean that really really makes a difference for the 650 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,479 Speaker 1: young man, the kids, however you want to describe them 651 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: when they're playing in games, to look up. 652 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 2: To the student section and be like, hey, they all 653 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 2: came to see us play. 654 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 6: Yeah. It's commitment. And it's not just commitment from a 655 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 6: head coach or a staff or players. It's commitment from 656 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 6: a community. It's rowing the boat together. It's understanding. It's 657 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 6: way bigger than just us. We need our fans, we 658 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 6: need our band, we need our student section and our jobs. 659 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 6: As you create the best moment and memories we can 660 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 6: for everyone because we're the ones that have to play. 661 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 6: But everybody got a moment memory again and that's two again, 662 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 6: field Storm. I love that people do that. I love 663 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 6: that our students come down, specially and Robert. We get 664 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 6: on the field and the snow making snow Angels. I mean, 665 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 6: we have a ranked win against Nebraska that they do 666 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 6: that with and then you beat your rival in the 667 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 6: snow globe and what a moment memory that those students 668 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 6: will have forever they come here. It worked really hard. 669 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 6: They pay their tuition, you know. They want to go 670 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 6: to the football games and be around winners and be 671 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 6: a part of those experiences in those games. That's what 672 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 6: college football is all about. You want to have that. 673 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 6: And same thing with our season ticket holders and our supporters. 674 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 6: And when we first got here, we said that we 675 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 6: want to be able to pack Hunting the Bank Stadium 676 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 6: at the time, TCS Bank Stadium with people who maybe 677 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 6: don't even care much about football, but they care because 678 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 6: of how we play and row the boat and our 679 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 6: players in the community and how we run our program. 680 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 6: And I think nine years later, are we where we 681 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 6: want to be? Not yet, but that the cultural sustainability 682 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 6: allows you to have the best chance to do it. 683 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,880 Speaker 6: And packing that stadium even on a night like that, 684 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 6: shows the progress we're making. And I can't thank our 685 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 6: fans at up. 686 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 1: John Nester, the Chicago Kid, seven solos, two picks and 687 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: two tackles for loss. 688 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 2: What do you love about all that? 689 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 6: I just love that he loves football. He's a competitor, 690 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 6: he's tough. He fits this program so well, you know, 691 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 6: and I think that that's what you can talk about 692 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 6: the transferport. All we want we can talk about, you know, 693 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,839 Speaker 6: the commitments, all we want we want to talk about 694 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,879 Speaker 6: and I all we want. That's fine, But there's still 695 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 6: got to be a fit, you know, for people to 696 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 6: have in teams, to have success, they've got to have 697 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 6: a bunch of players that fit fit the culture, fit 698 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 6: the scheme, fit the identity, fit the response, fit the 699 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 6: cultural standard when things don't go right, fit the cultural 700 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 6: standard when things are going right. And he does. And 701 00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 6: I think that's why he's been able to play so 702 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,399 Speaker 6: well from when he got here in January to where 703 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,759 Speaker 6: he is now. I think he's a more grown up person. 704 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 6: He's way more mature. He's a better football player. He's evolved, 705 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 6: he's grown, he's challenged himself, and I think he's in 706 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 6: a perfect fit for him as he continues to go 707 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:14,600 Speaker 6: through his career. 708 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: Amen PJ. Flat, coach of the Golden Gophers football team. 709 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 1: Couple more to close. Can't skip skip steps as you 710 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:26,520 Speaker 1: so adroit Lee detail. Max will learn from yesterday, but 711 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: probably wishes that step never happened. 712 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 2: Do you know what I mean? 713 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 8: Oh? 714 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 6: Absolutely? I mean that's really hard, right, I mean, no 715 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 6: matter what, losing is hard. But I do know that 716 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 6: he has a warrior spirit. He's an unbelievable leader, and 717 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,760 Speaker 6: that young man will respond whatever that looks like, he'll respond. 718 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 6: And I'm sure he's walking into that building this morning 719 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 6: doing everything he can to be the best leader he 720 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 6: can be, learn as much as he possibly can, and 721 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,759 Speaker 6: be willing to and able to respond in the next opportunity. 722 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:01,400 Speaker 6: So that's all you can do. Again, I love I 723 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 6: love that young man. 724 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:02,840 Speaker 2: I mean he is. 725 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 6: He's a phenomenal person. And even when you look back 726 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 6: at it and you look at like when North we 727 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 6: played North Carolina, it didn't go so well, but then 728 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,319 Speaker 6: everything from there was unbelievable. Well, yesterday didn't go so well, 729 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 6: but from there, never know what that could be. So 730 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 6: so sometimes that that failing is necessary to grow. And 731 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 6: but the NFL is a non forgiving league. That's what 732 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,880 Speaker 6: it stands for, and it's hard at that level. But 733 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,720 Speaker 6: I'm really really excited to see how he responds. 734 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 2: I had an extra field pass for you at Luminfield. 735 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:32,879 Speaker 1: I was hoping you were going to jet out there 736 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: for the game and like, surprise all those Golden Gophers 737 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: in the game. 738 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 6: Well, I was going to and then you know, we 739 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 6: celebrated our birthday, my birthday on Saturday, and we had 740 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 6: some stuff we were going to do on Sunday because 741 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 6: of the players and getting all the agent meetings set up, 742 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 6: so I was going to but I had a great seat, 743 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 6: that's for sure. I had a great seat watching it 744 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 6: on TV. 745 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 1: And Andy, I mean getting ready for the Turks and 746 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: kkos ball, I mean that requires every day you can 747 00:36:59,000 --> 00:36:59,400 Speaker 1: get right. 748 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,600 Speaker 6: Oh that teal blue water, you bet, man, you bet. 749 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,680 Speaker 2: The white sand. Oh you know what. 750 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,680 Speaker 1: Yesterday was boy A mafees twenty seventh birthday, and you know, 751 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 1: deep dive in the game up to the game. He's 752 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,480 Speaker 1: done really well for himself in the NFL. You guys 753 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:17,839 Speaker 1: did a good job getting him ready. But four years 754 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,440 Speaker 1: into it, twenty seven years of age, boy A Mafees 755 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 1: he belongs. 756 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 2: He really does. 757 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,719 Speaker 6: He's worked so hard, and you know, he was such 758 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,439 Speaker 6: a developmental player when he got here, and he'd grown 759 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 6: so much as a person and as a football player, 760 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 6: and then it's transferred that over into the National Football 761 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 6: League and I know they're ecstatic to have him. And 762 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:36,879 Speaker 6: I think Nick Callar have had a really good game 763 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,440 Speaker 6: as well for Seattle. And you've seen multiple Gophers on 764 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,200 Speaker 6: the field yesterday and that was really important for us 765 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,799 Speaker 6: and him. You shoot, this football team, we're seven and five, 766 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,160 Speaker 6: but you know we lost nine players that are in 767 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 6: NFL games yesterday from last year's football team, the twenty 768 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,800 Speaker 6: twenty five team. And to still be able to go 769 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,839 Speaker 6: to a bull game b seven and five and seven 770 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 6: and zero at home and beat Wisconsin just says a 771 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 6: lot about the program and where we're at and rowing 772 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 6: into the future here as we keep moving forward. 773 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 2: All Right, I know you have to go. 774 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,120 Speaker 1: You're busy getting those trick plays and gadgets ready for 775 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:08,279 Speaker 1: the Antigua ball. 776 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,919 Speaker 2: So enjoy December and we will call you soon. Okay, 777 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 2: I appreciate it. 778 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,839 Speaker 6: Brow the boat, sky Malgo Gophers the school bikes. Thanks. 779 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 1: See you about PJ. Flax, coach of the Golden Gophers 780 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: football team. Hey, it's Parker Foxy at Parker Fox two four. 781 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: Now he's going to join us for a Steve's Appliances 782 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: marathon around the corner. You're listening to nine to noon 783 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:30,120 Speaker 1: on KFAM.