WEBVTT - 10-21-25 The Scott Satterfield Show 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:11.800 Very pleasant, good evening, everybody. Greetings from the original montgomery In, 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:14.920 home of the world's greatest ribs. Welcome to the Scott 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:18.279 Satderfield Radio Show. I'm Dan Horde, along with the head 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:21.920 coach of the twenty first ranked tied for first place 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:25.520 in the Big twelve uce Bearcats. Let's here for Scott Saderfield. 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:31.080 As you can tell by the noise in the background, 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.920 we have a tremendous crowd tonight here at the original 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:37.519 montgomery In. We greatly appreciate it. Many of the people 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:43.320 in attendance were in attendance on Sunday at Jim Kelly's 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:47.360 visitation or at his funeral service yesterday. I told Jim's 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:50.159 wife Sarah on Sunday that the crowd for his visitation 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:52.640 was bigger than five of the bowl games that we 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:56.680 did together. So that's how many people came out to 0:00:56.720 --> 0:01:02.640 pay tribute to Jim. The service yesterday was beautiful. Jim's sons, 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:06.280 Kevin and Brian did a wonderful job of paying tribute 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:08.960 to your to their dad and coach. I just want 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:12.480 to thank you in the football program for the fantastic 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.839 helmet sticker that you guys will wear for the rest 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:20.560 of this year. For anybody that hasn't seen it yet, 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:24.920 it's the number seven inside of a microphone. So Jim 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:28.120 wore the number seven as a wide receiver at Cincinnati 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:31.720 and obviously was behind the mic for more than three decades. 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:33.240 So it was a really nice touch. 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:36.080 Yeah, absolutely, I mean, you know what that's it's I 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:37.160 mentioned this earlier. 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:39.000 You know, Jeremiah Kelly. 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:40.959 You know, we're wearing a remembrance for him as well, 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.640 and our guys wanted to to wear the shirt. We're 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.640 wearing his shirt every game day, and so our whole 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.040 team puts that shirt on and remembrance of him and 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:52.440 of course Jim number seven with the microphones a great tribute. 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.040 To him, and I want to honor him the rest 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:54.640 of the season. 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.760 You know, he loved by everybody, and you know, like 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:00.680 I said, I mean, he's a very through and through 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.920 and I'm glad you know we're playing like we are 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.320 right now. That's what I told his family on Sunday 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.639 when I went by there too. And I know he's 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:09.840 looking down as proud right. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.840 Now, no doubt about it. I suspected Jim Senior and 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.040 Jim Junior talking about the Bearcats being twenty first in 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:19.080 the country. Looking ahead to the upcoming of five games 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.440 left in the regular season and the goal of getting 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.600 to Dallas and playing for a Big twelve championship. Got 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:26.919 a big game coming up on Saturday. It's homecoming in 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:31.440 different stadium, a four o'clock kickoff against Baylor. I was 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.720 on a Baylor show today and the host asked me, 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.560 if you were Dave Randa, the Baylor coach, you know 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:41.000 what weaknesses do the offense have that the defense should 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.120 be exploiting. And I said, I really don't know, to 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.360 tell you the truth. You have done a fantastic job 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.919 of putting together an offense this year that can really 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:53.760 attack just about any defense that you see. 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.160 Yeah, I mean we've been a very efficient offense. 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:58.560 I mean the negative for us this year probably is 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:00.960 just not having the ball. I mean, you know, we're 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:04.280 toward the bottom of the really the country in time 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.520 of possession and number of players that are run. 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:08.440 But part of that is the fact that we are 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:09.160 scoring fast. 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:12.160 You know, we're moving the football and just like last game, 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.280 we had the ball four possessions in the first half. 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.560 That's not very many, but when you're scoring touchdowns and 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:18.280 all four possesions. That's twenty eight points, so I mean, 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:19.560 obviously we'll take that. 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:21.760 You know. And I think, you know, I think we 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:22.480 get sometimes. 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:24.440 I think all of us get a little frustrated when 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:26.799 we don't go score because we think we're going to 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:28.160 go score. You know, it came out in a third 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:29.680 quarter and we went three and nut, and I'm like, man, 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:30.560 what the world's going on? 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:31.560 You know? 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:33.320 You know, I think we get a little s falled. 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:36.560 I think, you know, coaches and players too. But that 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:38.320 is a good thing. I mean, we were very efficient. 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:42.160 I was talking to someone today about how it's maybe 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:44.560 my the first time that in my career that we've 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.080 had so many players that we don't mind if any 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:48.880 of them get the ball. You know, I think usually 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:51.240 over over time you have there's always been you know, 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:53.440 maybe one running back or a couple of wide receivers 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:54.720 that hey, we really need to get the ball to 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.560 these guys. We really haven't thought that way. We really 0:03:57.840 --> 0:03:59.800 really didn't care who gets the ball. 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:00.360 You know. 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.240 One of the great examples was Cyrus Allen had one 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.280 catch two weeks ago, and then he gets three touchdowns 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.520 this week. I mean, you look up, Noah's catching the 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.040 ball or Jeff Carwell's catching the ball, like it really 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:11.640 doesn't matter. 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.920 You got two running backs that are very effective when 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.400 they're in the game. You know, our tight end room 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:18.200 is an exceptional tight end room. 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:20.159 I mean, Joe had I don't know, five catches I 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:23.039 think in a touchdown, you know, in the game Saturday. 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.479 So I mean, we just have so many weapons and 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:27.119 then it all starts, and you guys know it starts 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:28.840 up front. I mean, our offensive line is playing out 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.839 standing this season. They're giving uh, you know, Brendan a 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:33.440 lot of time to throw the football and they're opened 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.440 up some great holes running it, so you know it's running. 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:37.239 It's very efficient. 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.440 I would say the offensive line gave up one sack 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:44.480 this past week, doubling their season total. They have all 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:47.800 two in seven games. Had the opportunity to visit with 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:50.640 Joe Cotton earlier today, your left tackle, and he was like, 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:54.200 in the huddle, they were just crestfalling. Ah, we gave 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:56.680 up a sack, which is a wonderful thing when you're 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:00.880 playing at such a high level that allowing one is 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:02.360 considered heartbreaking. 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:04.480 Yeah, you know, and that was Brendan. I was on him. 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:05.560 What he went on the old line. 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.039 I mean, he'll he'll be the first to tell you 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.000 we had a play call and he got stuck on one 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.440 of the receivers, but the primary receiver. Actually it was 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.680 the first touchdown pass to Cyrus Allen. It's basically the 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:15.880 same play and Cyrus is opened again. You know, he 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.800 just didn't come down quick enough. But that happens. I mean, 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.039 Brenda's gotten us out of a lot of opportunities for 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.400 sacks where he's throwing the ball away or you know, 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:25.919 got rid of the football early or scrambled, you know, 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:27.919 and so that but that particularly one, you know, we 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.479 didn't overcome that, but I do think the next play 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.120 we were able to get a first down. You know, 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:35.039 even though we lost yards on that play, we got 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.839 a first down. So we did overcome that sack and 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.560 then ultimately went down and scored again. So they take 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.280 a lot of pride in it. I remember in a 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:44.080 game when it happened, Coach car Walls and somebody he said, 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.120 oh my gosh, a sack. You know, he was hurt bad, 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:49.680 which you know, and so were the guys. I mean, 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:52.280 they take a lot of pride in that because they 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.279 want to be the best you know, and and right 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.160 now they're getting talked about like they're one of the 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:59.440 best offensive lines in the country, rightfully, so, so it 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.320 really pains them when when they give up a play 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:01.640 like that. 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:05.360 I thought Joe Flacco threw some good passes on Thursday night, 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.640 and then I saw the one that Sores be through 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.560 to begin the fourth quarter on third down and sixteen. 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:14.039 I haven't seen many throws better than that in my life. 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.720 That was an incredible throw that play, because you're right, 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.400 it was. That was the start of the fourth quarter. 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.839 So we had time so you know, TV timehouse last forever. 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.360 So we're sitting there about four minutes and talking about, 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:25.800 all right, what do we want to run on this 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:27.279 third and long play. 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:29.000 It's hard to pick up third and eighteen. 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:31.240 So there's a lot of thoughts that were going through 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:32.359 our heads. 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:32.880 You know. 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:36.080 The play we had called was a was a three by. 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:38.799 One play, was a dig route to the field, about 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:40.839 a fifteen yard dig. We thought that could pick picked 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.200 it up and they're like, well what if they play man, Well, well, 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.440 just want to double move on the single side, which 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.120 was Jeff Calwell, well, they came out and played cover two, 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.480 which cover two normally you'd hit that dig route. Soresby 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:53.520 just happened to look over there to callwell, he said, 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:54.719 I saw some grass. 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.039 There wasn't a whole lot of grass, quite honestly. 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.680 There there was about four defenders and he kind of 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.799 thread the needle right in between all four and Jeff 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:04.640 being six to five, you know, did a great job 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.120 of going up and getting that and getting a huge play. 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.640 That was a point in the game too, where momentum 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:13.000 was shifting. The crowd was into it, their players were 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.760 on their side, it was into it, and that just 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:17.840 hushed them once we got that, and then we ultimately 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:18.559 went and scored again. 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.240 Thirty eight yard gain on third down and sixteen and 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:25.040 an absolutely gorgeous throw to Jeff Caldwell. We don't have 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:30.040 to talk about not having any interceptions anymore. Matthew McDoom 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.160 with a pick and a school record a one hundred 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.920 yard a run back for a touchdown. The old school 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.320 record was ninety six yards by Bob del Rosa in 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:42.320 nineteen fifty eight. Oddly enough, also against Oklahoma State, which 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:46.480 is pretty incredible. But we saw Matthew mczoom think that 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:48.040 pick back one hundred yards. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.240 Yeah, that was We've been talking about this all year. 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.440 Can we get an interception, you know, and then challenging 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.680 the guys every single week and also trying to get 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.680 a touchdown outside of offense, you know, offensive touchdown, you know. 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.280 So this is our first touchdown that we had by 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:03.520 the defense and to our special team. 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:05.040 So that was exciting as well. 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.960 With the interception, great job our guys getting some blocks 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:10.200 there and once he hit the. 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.440 Sideline, we knew he was going. He's one of the 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.160 faster players we have on our football team. 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.800 And you know, hopefully that that just you know, that 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:18.240 burst the bubble so we can get a lot more 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:19.080 of these interceptions. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.200 All right. One negative, you gave up more than two 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:23.680 hundred rushing yards for the first time this season. And 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.120 I think it's either three straight or four straight games 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.440 where you've given up one fifty plus. If there's something 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.240 that you have to shore up on defense, that would 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:33.800 seem to me to be at the top of the list. 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:35.839 Yeah, you know, And we go went back and looked 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.000 at the film. There's about four plays where they got 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:39.679 loose on us. Then one of them went for forty 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:43.320 one yards on they cracked the safety in our corners 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.679 got a replace right there. We didn't replace fast enough 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:47.720 and they hit the sideline on that one. There was 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:51.000 a couple of up up the middle where we've got 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:52.840 to spill it. You know, we played on the wrong 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:54.280 side and they hit it up the middle. I mean 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.400 that was just some bad fits. And yeah, we got 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:58.880 to sure that up. I mean certainly. You know, even 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.560 though we're playing a passing two this week, they want 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.520 to run the football. They feel like they're you know, 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:05.920 coach Randa came on this week and said, hey, we 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.640 feel we're our best when we can run as well 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:10.439 as throw, and so we have to make sure they 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:11.920 have some good running backs. We have to make sure 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.320 we can sure up the running game for sure. And 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:16.679 it's all about fits and then where we're supposed to 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.240 be and then getting a lot of hats to the football. 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.800 Their quarterback, Sawyer Robertson, leads the nation in passing yards. 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.440 He's typed for first and touchdown passes. What impresses you 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:26.000 about him, Well. 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:27.400 Yeah, I mean he's you know, he's a guy who 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.800 came in transferred in i think for Mississippi State, and 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:33.840 you know, didn't play right away, but then once he 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:36.760 got the starting role, there really just took off and 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.200 they won their last six games last year to finish 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:43.199 the season, all conference games obviously, and did a nice job. 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.360 And this year and they're scoring a lot of points. 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:47.360 You know, the record I think is four and three, 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:48.960 but they're scoring a lot of points. If the games 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:51.160 they have lost or are really really close there, they're 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:54.600 one possession games. He's a big kid, he's six or five. 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:55.400 He's not a runner. 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:55.680 You know. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:57.760 The last two weeks, you guys know, we've played two 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:01.080 running quarterbacks that can can go get extend plays, but 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:01.920 he's really not that. 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:03.880 He's more of a sit in the pocket and make 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.000 the throws. He's got some dynamic. 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:08.319 Weapons on the outside of number thirty four is a 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:11.360 six three, two hundred and twenty pound wide receiver that 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:14.120 can really run. They have one of the best catching 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.280 tight ends in the country, number one, I think Michael 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:19.480 Triggs his name, and he's a two hundred and forty pound. 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:20.000 Guy that can run. 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.040 And then they got a couple of little slot guys 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.199 that can fly. So they're gonna put a lot of 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.600 pressure on our defensive backs with the way they can 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:28.800 throw the football. You know, we certainly have to do 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.040 some things to try to slow that down, and you know, 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.760 knock on them. This year they have turned the ball over, 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:35.319 you know, so again we have to be able to 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.120 you know, create turnovers and and or get stops on 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:39.920 fourth down. I mean, I think that's gonna be critical 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.200 as we play this team. They're gonna get some yards, 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:44.839 They're gonna get some chunk plays. I mean, that's gonna happen. 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:46.679 The big thing we have to try to do is 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:48.800 keep them out of the end zone, you know. But again, 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:50.200 they have scored a lot of points. I mean, one 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:51.720 of the higher scoring teams in our league. 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.760 So the Bearcats and Bears Saturday at four o'clock or 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:57.520 pregame cover Gun Saturday will start at three o'clock. We're 0:10:57.520 --> 0:10:59.360 going to take a time out when we come back. 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:03.840 Question from the audience here at the original Montgomery In 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.400 home of the world's greatest Ribs. It's the Scott Sanderfield 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:14.439 Radio Show on seven hundred WLW. Throw crossing route caught 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:15.760 Cyrus Allen. 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:25.000 Ten five touchdown Bearcats twenty six Cyrus Allen. 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.559 That was the first of his three touchdowns and they 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.640 were all different. That was on a crossing route. Then 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:32.520 there was one on an option pitch where he came 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:35.319 behind Brendan Soresby, caught the ball as a running back 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.600 essentially and scored and then going in motion for a 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:40.439 pass close to the line of scrimmage and running in 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.720 for his third touchdown of the game. We are at 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:46.400 the original Montgomery In home of the world's greatest ribs 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.240 for the Scott Saderfield Radio Show. We'll be back here 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.560 tomorrow night, by the way, for the first Wes Miller 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.960 show of this season. So we talk about the Bearcats 0:11:55.000 --> 0:12:01.160 after that exciting victory over starting my thoughts exactly, we'll 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.040 be talking about the exciting exhibition when they had over 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:06.360 Michigan on Friday. All right, Brian, you're up first with 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:07.319 a question for the coach. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:12.720 Coach, you've talked about the amount of weapons you have 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.719 and how it's one guy one week, it's another guy 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.920 next week. What does that do for the playbook knowing 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:23.160 that you have so many different players that can do 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:25.040 so many different things. 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:28.440 On every play, Like, how big can the playbook get? 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.160 Yeah, we don't want to get it too big, you know. 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.520 I think the one thing about our guys right now 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:35.720 are playing at a high level. 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.400 They're playing fast, because it's not extensive. 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.559 I think the plays that we have run the best 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:43.240 are the plays that we run every week, you know, 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.040 so there's a lot of similar plays that we run 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:45.920 each and every week, and. 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:48.040 We've had great success on those plays. 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:50.640 You know, a lot of the stuff that we are 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:52.880 doing now that's a little bit different than last year. 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:55.760 Obviously we're going faster, no huddle, a little bit higher 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.400 tempo and higher pace, but more of the run pass 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.040 option plays, and so we can want to play and 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:05.040 it may look completely different four straight times you run it. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:06.880 You know, one may be a handoff, one maybe a 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.240 quarterback poll and he's running it, or there may be 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.160 three receivers that we can hit in that same plate. 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.120 So a lot of the plays are very very similar 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.240 in the same that we're running. I think that's why 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.120 we were playing at a very efficient level. 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:23.400 Gary, Yeah, coach, you're talking about all the rushing. 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:27.199 Yards of people are getting. 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:29.600 Against us on the three five three. 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.720 It seems like most teams I see to play that 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:37.599 one of the five will become a fourth down or 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:41.080 a rusher or whatever. But seems like we sit back 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.320 and to me, it gives up three, four five yards 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.200 before our guys were able to come up and get it. 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:48.840 Yeah, No, you're right. 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.840 There's certain probably just our base defense where our guys 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:54.839 are off probably seven or eight yards and by the 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:56.720 time running back gets it, it's coming up. You know, 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:58.560 now he's already got two or three yards on that, 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.080 especially if we're in a especially if it's a first 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:02.840 and tent where you know, you're maybe back at a 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:06.960 normal position. Obviously, when it's a short yardage, everything gets 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:08.720 tightened down, you know, and then now. 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.160 You're you're right there to be able to stop that. 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:11.319 You know. It's it's a. 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:13.880 Fine line there between not wanting to give up a 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.040 big play as opposed to you know, giving up a 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:19.000 yard or two yards. I mean, and I think, you know, 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:21.200 and then it's all all about what defense you're into, 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:23.080 you know. So it's at times we got to switch 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.440 it up and bring more guys. I think this year 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.160 we have done more for down where we take a 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:29.960 player and we walk him on the edge of the defense. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:31.560 We've done more of that than we did last year, 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:33.560 and I think that's a good thing. I think we've 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:34.880 got to be able to continue to do that and 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.600 then and to mix up the coverages as well, because 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:40.200 these teams nowadays with with the run pass option, you know, 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:42.280 if you do bring them all up, there's an opportunity 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:43.880 for that quarterback to pull it and throw it back 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.440 behind you. And so that's just a balance that we're 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.080 trying to trying to get better at. 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:48.520 Obviously. 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:53.680 Okay, hey, coach coach Shaven talks about the rat poison. 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:58.120 If you start to get a little more notoriety, how 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:01.120 real is that and how do you keep the guys grounded? 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.040 Yeah, I mean, I just think it's human nature. 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.280 Anytime you have success that you know, people are all 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.440 patting on your back and and telling you. 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:08.440 How good you are and all that. 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.440 I mean, uh, we've got we've got a very mature team. 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:13.040 You know, this team I feel like every time to 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.960 go on the field is trying to prove something, prove 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:16.640 that they belong. 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.880 I think, you know, we're not too far removed from 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:21.880 not having success. 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:23.400 I think we got a lot of players that went 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:27.320 through that that that is not forgotten and and like 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:29.440 you know, for us, you know, just like last week 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:30.880 going to going to Oklahoma State, I mean, there's a 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:32.360 lot of guys on our team that went through that 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:35.720 that game two years ago. It's a bad feeling, you know, 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:39.440 and I think the guys that did that express that 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:40.520 to the rest of the guys that. 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.920 Were not here and made that clear. You know. 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.640 And this team here, I mean I remember playing this 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:49.080 these this team two years ago have been different and 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:51.520 now we're playing them again, and you know, we got 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:55.160 a different team, we got a different mindset, and you know. 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:56.720 We were playing with a chip on our shoulder. And 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:57.840 I don't think we're gonna lose that. 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.120 I think these guys are trying to prove something every 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:01.880 day and it was that way at practice today. 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:08.240 Jeff Hey, sad Hey doing question for you. Well, by 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.320 the way, congratulations and going bowling. Very excited about that. 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:13.600 But how is the Godfather doing this? He gonna be 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.080 able to go full full war here pretty soon or 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:16.680 where's he at? 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:17.720 Yeah? 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:20.360 Yeah, you know, he's still battling the injury. Obviously, he's 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:22.120 good to get him back out there. He's but he's 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:23.720 not one hundred percent yet. But I think he is 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.920 getting better. You know, certainly Saturday night was not at 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.320 his best. His presence is great, you know for our 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.760 guys and then and to see him out there. I 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:36.200 do think each and every day. He's gonna get better 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.080 and better, and hopefully, you know, he's gonna be more 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:41.040 closer to one hundred percent this weekend, you know, because 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:42.800 when he is, he's hard to block, you know, and 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:46.000 I think obviously he's a weapon for us, and you know, 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.040 he's missed some games he hadn't been one hundred percent. 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.480 So you know what the good thing about is right now, 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:52.720 the other guys have had to step in and make plays, 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:54.840 and I think we've been able to see that, which 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.600 is getting them valuable experience. So that's a good thing. 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:59.960 That's a positive, you know. But hopefully as we get 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.080 to this stretch here, with these next five games, we'll 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:03.520 get a lot better with Dante. 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.640 All Right, phillisays her hand up, John gets her the mic. 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:13.080 Coach, What was the most pleasantly surprising. 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:17.560 To you besides the win for this past week? Yes, oh, man, 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:19.040 pleasantly surprised. 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:24.560 I don't know, I'm surprised about anything this weekend. I mean, 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:26.880 you know the fact that we only had the ball 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:30.080 four times, but we scored you know, four touchdowns. That 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.000 was that was really good. I mean, I don't know 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:33.720 if I've been a part of that. Usually if you 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:35.760 only get the ball four times. Usually you're playing an 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.280 option team, you know, who occupies the ball. You don't 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.480 get you get eight possessions in a game to only 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:42.479 have it four times. But the fact that we are 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.800 scoring touchdowns with, you know, with the limited opportunities, I 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:46.840 think that's certainly. 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:47.000 A good thing. 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.000 I keep waiting for one of these games where we 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:51.760 do have a lot of a lot of time possession, 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:54.760 we do have a lot more opportunities, you know, as 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:58.479 we continue to move along, you know, that's something that 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:00.600 that will be. That would be a pleasant surprise if 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:01.159 we could get that. 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:01.840 For sure. 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:04.679 I thought the most pleasant surprise might have been the 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:06.919 first time you'd ever seen a banana conga line. 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.640 You did take a little glance up there and saw 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.880 that during the game. That's pretty interesting, all. 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:16.080 Right, Next question, coach. 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:19.679 Something that is cool about college football and the changing 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:23.480 landscape is obviously the pageantry and passion of college football fans. 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.720 The Big Twelve has a ton of awesome fans. There's 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.399 always a little bit of conflict that goes on. We 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:31.480 want to know what your thoughts are on the tortillas 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:32.840 being banned at Texas Tech. 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:37.560 Yeah, I'm I'm in favor of that haven't played there 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:39.840 last year, and uh, you know, several of them are 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:41.000 almost hitting you on the field. 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.360 They're hitting the referees, they're hitting our players. 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:46.920 I realized it's a great It was a tradition for them, 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:48.760 and they were having some fun with it. But obviously 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:50.280 they took it a little bit too far, I think, 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:53.960 And uh, you know, it's everybody's got their little thing 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.320 they do, but I think when you're throwing things and 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:58.320 actually hitting people that that is taking a little bit 0:18:58.359 --> 0:18:58.640 too far. 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.639 So I'm actually glad they're bannon it quite honestly, Bob. 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:02.640 See. 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.000 I think I saw on the internet that someone in 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:06.720 this room is on the Coach Bear Bryant Coach of 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:07.560 the Year watch list. 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:09.280 Congratulations. 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:15.240 But I was I was pleased with the play of 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:17.480 our secondary because I think some of those sacks and 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:19.960 some of the problems are actually caused by our coverage 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:20.600 being so tight. 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:22.320 And I'm loving that. 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:25.800 Yeah, yeah, no, I think you know, certainly as we 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:28.960 go along, these guys have gotten better at it, you know, 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:31.600 and and some big opportunities and big plays when we 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.320 need those big plays, and and this certainly this weekend 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:35.880 is going to be a huge challenge for our guys 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.520 on the back end, as I mentioned earlier, with these 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:40.840 talented receivers they have, and you know, one of the 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:42.920 best passing team in the country you're coming in here. 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:45.000 So it's we're looking forward to the challenge and the 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.760 opportunity to play a team like this, and we're very 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:48.520 excited about it. 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:53.800 All right, any more audience questions? Okay, Amy, I. 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:57.119 Just noticed every third quarter we're like a sleep What. 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:58.320 Can you do to wake us up? 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:01.280 Oh? 0:20:01.359 --> 0:20:01.600 Man? 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:07.080 We ask ourselves that every day in the office. You know, 0:20:07.320 --> 0:20:09.719 I don't I don't get it, don't understand, but I mean, 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:11.600 you know, like I said, we scored four straight possessions 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:12.080 in the first half. 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:13.399 We come out in the second half and we go 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:15.359 three and out, Like what in the world happened right there? 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:19.640 You know, sometimes the defense wins, you know, and they did. 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:21.160 I mean, we had I thought we had some good 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:23.280 calls in there, and they came out with a little 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:25.320 bit of a different defense and they just didn't match 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:26.480 up and it didn't work. 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:27.919 Against those particular calls. 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:31.879 That's unfortunate at times, but you know, we're able to 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:34.200 bounce back and go out there and score some more 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:35.040 and move the ball. 0:20:35.080 --> 0:20:37.920 But that's the cat and mouse game that goes on. 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:38.119 You know. 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:40.000 Obviously you love to score every time you get the 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:42.760 ball and be able to move it. It just doesn't 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:45.280 happen that way. There's good coaches on the other sideline. 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:48.040 They've had good, good players as well. Uh, you know, 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:49.960 and then you're just playing that little cat and mouse game, 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:52.120 and then ultimately you have to execute, you know, and 0:20:52.119 --> 0:20:53.280 and so that's a challenge. 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:55.639 But you're right, I mean, the third quarter has been. 0:20:55.920 --> 0:20:57.840 A little I thought this time would be a little 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:00.000 different because the last two weeks they got the ball 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:02.240 first coming out, so this time we got the balls. 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:03.600 All right, Yes, we're gonna get the ball and come 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:05.120 out and do some great stuff. And we go three 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:06.000 and out really quickly. 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:07.879 So that was not that that didn't work out like 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:09.960 we wanted it, all. 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:14.080 Right, any more audience questions, Okay on this side, John 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:18.679 John Daniel getting an excellent workout tonight. 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:22.120 Former high school coach, just asking about special team. 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:24.399 Seems to be a little better this year, yea, in 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:27.080 terms of where I plays in the talk about a 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:27.480 little bit. 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:29.560 Yeah, I mean it's been i'll say a lot better. 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:32.640 Quite honestly and went in the field of position battles. 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:36.040 You know, Max, our punter is done an unbelievable job. 0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:37.640 I don't have the stats in front of me, but 0:21:37.680 --> 0:21:40.119 how many I mean probably a little over half of 0:21:40.119 --> 0:21:42.520 his balls. He's kicked an inside the twenty yard line, 0:21:42.680 --> 0:21:44.880 which is pinning these teams back, which is incredible. 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:46.119 They have to drive the whole field. 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:49.320 You know, Steven's knocked down all our field goals, which 0:21:49.359 --> 0:21:52.919 is unbelievable, which is huge man in this and then 0:21:52.960 --> 0:21:54.720 in the way the margins are so tight in this league. 0:21:54.760 --> 0:21:56.920 I mean that is absolutely essential to get knocked down 0:21:56.920 --> 0:22:00.000 those field goals. And our guys are covering like I mean, 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:02.400 Kwava made a tackle I think on a twelve yard 0:22:02.440 --> 0:22:04.720 line or inside the fifteen yard line covering the kickoff 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:06.040 in this game last game. 0:22:06.760 --> 0:22:08.240 You know, our guys were taking a lot of pride 0:22:08.280 --> 0:22:10.080 in it. I think it were really close. 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:12.439 In a punt return, I mean many Covey had the 0:22:12.480 --> 0:22:14.440 punt return against Kansas, they call it back. I think 0:22:14.440 --> 0:22:16.520 we're really close to breaking one of those. We've had 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:19.800 some really good kickoff returns Logan Wilson, some of those 0:22:19.800 --> 0:22:21.720 guys getting some good blocks We've got a couple of 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:24.600 tight ends here tonight that were on that kickoff return team, 0:22:24.640 --> 0:22:26.040 so you get the guys to get to talk to them. 0:22:26.080 --> 0:22:28.119 But really excited about our teams. 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:30.440 I still think we can get better with the special teams, 0:22:30.440 --> 0:22:33.240 and I think as we continue to move on through this, 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:35.040 this last of these last five games, we have to 0:22:35.040 --> 0:22:35.280 do that. 0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:38.399 All right, let's squeeze in one more question. 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:43.320 Jim Kelly's family here and this is the niece's nephew brother, 0:22:43.400 --> 0:22:46.800 and I'm a sister in law. If Jim were here, 0:22:46.880 --> 0:22:49.040 what would be a one liner he'd use for this 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:50.160 Baylor upcoming game? 0:22:50.200 --> 0:22:50.920 What would you say? 0:22:52.240 --> 0:22:53.880 Or maybe whatbody screamed during the game? 0:22:55.920 --> 0:22:57.840 Well, you know he was fond of the word yes, 0:22:58.560 --> 0:23:03.800 with multiple exclamation points stated multiple times. Meg Ryan's style 0:23:04.200 --> 0:23:06.600 from when Harry met Sally, So that might it might 0:23:06.640 --> 0:23:10.400 be it. There might be some yes, yes, yes. After 0:23:10.440 --> 0:23:14.440 a few Brendan soarsby touchdown passes. All right, we'll take 0:23:14.480 --> 0:23:16.840 a time out. We will meet a far of Bearcat 0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:19.600 when we come back. This is the Scott Saderfield Radio Show, 0:23:19.840 --> 0:23:21.840 live from the original Montgomery in help of the world's 0:23:21.880 --> 0:23:32.119 Greatest Ribs on News Radio seven hundred WLW eight fifty 0:23:32.160 --> 0:23:34.399 one left in the half, Cincinnati looking to add to 0:23:34.440 --> 0:23:36.639 a four point lead. Fourteen to ten is the score, 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:38.920 Sores being the gun sends three receivers out to the 0:23:38.960 --> 0:23:41.720 wide side. Right quick pass caught by Royer makes the 0:23:41.760 --> 0:23:42.560 first man miss. 0:23:42.680 --> 0:23:50.639 He's at the ten for five touchdown. Bearcats unappropriate highlight 0:23:50.720 --> 0:23:53.240 to feature coming out of the commercial break because we 0:23:53.320 --> 0:23:55.919 have two Bearcat tight ends joining us on the Scott 0:23:56.000 --> 0:23:59.879 Saderfield Show tonight, and I'm delighted to introduce. 0:23:59.520 --> 0:24:02.320 Them to you. We'll start with the person directly to 0:24:02.440 --> 0:24:05.640 my right. He is a sophomore from Lewis Center, Ohio 0:24:05.720 --> 0:24:08.879 that is near Columbus. He wears the number eighty seven, 0:24:09.240 --> 0:24:15.720 let's hear it for Bearcat tight end Gavin Grover. And 0:24:16.000 --> 0:24:19.160 next to Gavin, we have a red shirt freshman from Berea, 0:24:19.240 --> 0:24:22.720 Ohio that is near Cleveland. He wears the number eighty three, 0:24:23.280 --> 0:24:31.240 Devon Zaharski. We just heard at Joe Royer highlight. Dudes 0:24:31.280 --> 0:24:33.639 having a phenomenal year. He's obviously going to be an 0:24:33.720 --> 0:24:37.000 NFL player. What have you guys learned from being in 0:24:37.040 --> 0:24:40.440 a room and practicing with Joe Royer? Gavin, you go first. 0:24:40.640 --> 0:24:42.919 I have just learned how to carry myself better. You know, 0:24:42.960 --> 0:24:45.880 he's a good dude. He's cool with everybody around the facility. 0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:48.080 I mean he works hard, whether it's the weight room 0:24:48.119 --> 0:24:49.560 or the field. So it's been cool to see how 0:24:49.560 --> 0:24:53.399 he carries himself at elite level, almostly a pro, and 0:24:53.520 --> 0:24:56.480 kind of like try to follow in his footsteps, Devin. 0:24:57.600 --> 0:24:59.479 I mean, Joe's a really good player, man. I mean 0:24:59.520 --> 0:25:03.080 you said it here yourself. Things he does off the field, 0:25:03.280 --> 0:25:06.119 like him being a leader, him him showing us us 0:25:06.160 --> 0:25:08.040 young guys like what to do. I mean, that's a 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:08.920 huge part for us. 0:25:09.119 --> 0:25:12.879 But yeah, and you guys have added another veteran to 0:25:12.920 --> 0:25:14.840 the room this year, and Patrick gurd who was part 0:25:14.840 --> 0:25:18.160 of a national championship team last year at Ohio State. 0:25:18.600 --> 0:25:22.040 Obviously he's primarily used it as a blocker at UC. 0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:25.200 But how about what you've learned from observing him, Devian, 0:25:25.240 --> 0:25:26.399 you can start first this. 0:25:26.320 --> 0:25:28.359 I mean as a blocker myself. I mean, he knows 0:25:28.359 --> 0:25:30.800 his stuff. He's very smarter on the playbook. He knows 0:25:30.800 --> 0:25:32.960 where to block, how to block, how to position block, 0:25:33.000 --> 0:25:36.760 and all this. So just taking stuff that he shows 0:25:37.200 --> 0:25:39.600 and using it for myself is just I mean, it's 0:25:39.640 --> 0:25:41.480 really important me personally. 0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.320 He's talked to me a lot about like mindset, like 0:25:43.400 --> 0:25:45.400 not getting down on myself after like a bad play 0:25:45.440 --> 0:25:47.800 because I'm strutting with like mentally like having a bad play, 0:25:47.880 --> 0:25:50.200 getting upset, But like he's really helped me like see, 0:25:50.280 --> 0:25:51.439 like it's not the end of the world. You just 0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:53.080 got to move on to the next plan and keep going. 0:25:53.400 --> 0:25:55.919 And having that those both those guys as a mature 0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:57.760 veteran presence has really been helpful for. 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:00.280 Us going into our second years. 0:26:00.320 --> 0:26:03.960 I mentioned you got you're both Ohio kids. Explain how 0:26:04.000 --> 0:26:06.480 you wound up at Cincinnati, Gavin, you go first. 0:26:07.280 --> 0:26:09.920 Honestly, I've always wanted to be close home. Big family guy. 0:26:10.040 --> 0:26:12.840 I have a big family of two brothers and a sister, 0:26:12.920 --> 0:26:15.040 So I've always wanted to be near them and their 0:26:15.080 --> 0:26:18.480 families now as they've gotten older, and Cincinnati was one 0:26:18.520 --> 0:26:20.240 of the places didn't really think of. Like I was 0:26:20.240 --> 0:26:23.200 a Columbus kid, like Ohio State was everything when I 0:26:23.240 --> 0:26:25.760 was growing up. And then I saw since I making 0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:27.480 the run to the college ball playofform, I was like 0:26:27.520 --> 0:26:29.320 I had to see it, and my first ever college 0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:32.360 football visit was here to Cincinnati at like the old 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:34.280 bubble in the old facility. 0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:36.000 And it's really cool to see them working. 0:26:35.960 --> 0:26:39.200 And I've talked to some other schools throughout the process, 0:26:39.200 --> 0:26:41.800 but since I was always home from the very start. 0:26:41.840 --> 0:26:44.399 Devin, A big thing for me was when I was 0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:47.640 getting recruited, was you know, the relationships you build with coaches, 0:26:47.800 --> 0:26:50.240 and I mean coach step was always you know, on me, 0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:54.000 on me, asking how I'm doing. And you know, as 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:55.600 I've gotten here and I've been here for a while, 0:26:55.680 --> 0:26:58.000 it's still the same old coach. Like you know, he's 0:26:58.040 --> 0:27:00.240 always checking on you, He's always taking care of was. 0:27:00.280 --> 0:27:02.119 He treats us like his own and I mean, I 0:27:02.119 --> 0:27:03.879 think that was really what sold it for me, was 0:27:04.040 --> 0:27:05.840 I mean him being a great recruiter. 0:27:06.440 --> 0:27:09.640 He's an interesting guy because he was an excellent quarterback 0:27:09.840 --> 0:27:12.920 as a player and now he is doing a tremendous 0:27:12.960 --> 0:27:14.760 job as a tight end coach. Do you think his 0:27:14.840 --> 0:27:19.040 experience from playing quarterback has helped him, you know, teach 0:27:19.119 --> 0:27:21.480 the tight end position in some way, Kevin. 0:27:21.160 --> 0:27:23.680 It definitely has. I mean, being quarterback, you got to 0:27:23.680 --> 0:27:25.080 know the whole offense and know everything. 0:27:25.160 --> 0:27:26.120 You know, knowing. 0:27:25.920 --> 0:27:28.000 What the tight end does and like you have to 0:27:28.040 --> 0:27:29.880 know what he does based on what other guys are doing. 0:27:30.240 --> 0:27:32.320 So I think having the knowledge of his quarterback and like, 0:27:32.400 --> 0:27:33.760 I feel like it helps. 0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:36.640 You know the game so well. Yeah, being a quarterback, 0:27:36.680 --> 0:27:38.960 you know, you know everything. But also him just being 0:27:38.960 --> 0:27:40.920 a people person. I think he could teach anybody on 0:27:40.960 --> 0:27:42.720 the on the field at all times. I mean, he 0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:44.720 knows his stuff, He knows the playbook like the back 0:27:44.760 --> 0:27:45.240 of his hand. 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:47.120 And as I said. 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:48.920 He's just really good with people. I mean, everybody loves 0:27:48.920 --> 0:27:49.400 coach Up. 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:52.080 So you two guys are part of the same recruiting class. 0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:54.480 Did you get to know each other in the recruiting 0:27:54.520 --> 0:27:56.240 process early on? 0:27:56.400 --> 0:27:59.000 We had we had a remember we had a visit 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:02.480 pit together Pittsburgh and we talked for like an hour 0:28:02.520 --> 0:28:02.920 on that visit. 0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:04.879 We were talking about since then I came up for 0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:05.359 both of us. 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:08.480 Oh yeah I really like Cincinnatiyeah, me too, stuff like that. 0:28:08.640 --> 0:28:11.560 So yeah, we've like known each other through that. I 0:28:11.600 --> 0:28:13.600 think we took a visit to Cincinnati together and like 0:28:13.640 --> 0:28:16.760 the the Winner the January when the coaching staff first 0:28:16.800 --> 0:28:19.679 got there with coach step coach Tyurfield, all that, and 0:28:20.240 --> 0:28:21.840 we've done to know each other a little bit now 0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:22.520 our roommates. 0:28:22.520 --> 0:28:24.560 So now there we go. So I'm gonna ask you 0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:27.640 guys to talk about each other. So Gavin, you go first. 0:28:27.720 --> 0:28:29.719 What you like and respect about Gavin. 0:28:30.600 --> 0:28:35.840 Gavin is a very very smart football player. He's fast, 0:28:35.960 --> 0:28:38.680 you know, he could run routes very well, and he's 0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:41.240 just a big target. And he's also just you know, 0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:43.520 like a good kid. And I've always gotten along with him. 0:28:43.560 --> 0:28:47.000 And yeah, and the same question for you about Devin. 0:28:47.200 --> 0:28:48.640 Well, first, I was a good roommate. 0:28:48.880 --> 0:28:52.479 No, I wasn't sure about it at first, but but well, 0:28:52.560 --> 0:28:54.959 I've enjoyed this company over time. I mean I've been 0:28:55.080 --> 0:28:57.360 lived with him since since I got here in January 0:28:57.440 --> 0:29:00.640 twenty twenty four. So he's been good. He's great on 0:29:00.640 --> 0:29:02.560 the field. You know, he played d line in high 0:29:02.560 --> 0:29:04.680 school and you could see it the physicality takes to 0:29:04.720 --> 0:29:06.760 the offensive side of the field. So I think he 0:29:06.800 --> 0:29:09.080 does a great job with that. And he's developed. He 0:29:09.080 --> 0:29:11.040 he's pretty quick too. I would say he's quicker than me. 0:29:11.200 --> 0:29:14.880 So he's definitely worked on speed and he's a pretty 0:29:15.040 --> 0:29:15.840 pretty strong guy. 0:29:16.320 --> 0:29:20.760 All right, So there's been one big highlight that you 0:29:20.800 --> 0:29:23.360 guys have provided so far this year. Gavin you were 0:29:23.360 --> 0:29:26.320 the person that provided it. It was the Kansas game. You 0:29:26.440 --> 0:29:31.160 caught a pass about thirty four yards away and ran 0:29:31.320 --> 0:29:35.360 thirty three yards in eleven inches. I mean it looked 0:29:35.400 --> 0:29:38.120 like a touchdown. You came down with the ball over 0:29:38.200 --> 0:29:43.360 the goal line, but I guess your knee touchdown just short. 0:29:43.400 --> 0:29:44.320 Did you think you were in? 0:29:45.360 --> 0:29:47.120 I was really close. I was really hoping we'd get 0:29:47.120 --> 0:29:49.560 a review. But I don't think Kansas wanted that to happen, 0:29:49.720 --> 0:29:50.880 so it didn't. 0:29:51.040 --> 0:29:52.560 But it was. 0:29:52.640 --> 0:29:54.840 It was a good experience for sure, first career reception. 0:29:54.960 --> 0:29:57.200 So I was kind of just I was going going 0:29:57.240 --> 0:29:59.320 as fast as I could to that goal line. 0:29:59.560 --> 0:30:01.960 Yeah. Good. And and Devin, you were ready to charge 0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:02.920 out there for the PA tea. 0:30:03.040 --> 0:30:04.680 I was running in there, and I was so happy 0:30:04.720 --> 0:30:07.040 for him, and I was like, ah, come on, like 0:30:07.320 --> 0:30:08.760 I thought he was in. I was halfway on the 0:30:08.800 --> 0:30:09.680 field when he called it. 0:30:10.880 --> 0:30:13.120 So let's talk about this season to date. You guys 0:30:13.160 --> 0:30:15.480 have won six straight, You've climbed at number twenty one 0:30:15.480 --> 0:30:18.400 in the country. You're focused on Baylor this week and 0:30:18.440 --> 0:30:24.360 trying to keep this rolling. Has it exceeded your expectations 0:30:24.440 --> 0:30:26.520 so far this year? Or is this really what you 0:30:26.560 --> 0:30:28.440 guys expected to do, Devin, you go first. 0:30:28.640 --> 0:30:30.880 I mean I think I could agree with everybody. I mean, 0:30:30.880 --> 0:30:32.800 I think this is what we expected to do. I 0:30:32.840 --> 0:30:35.720 mean most of us probably think we should be seven 0:30:35.760 --> 0:30:38.160 and zero. I mean that first one was tough. I 0:30:38.240 --> 0:30:40.520 just think they had a better day than us that day. 0:30:40.600 --> 0:30:42.480 But if we played him back, it wouldn't even be close. 0:30:43.760 --> 0:30:46.000 And I think we just need to keep it rolling. 0:30:46.040 --> 0:30:48.160 I mean, the offense looks great, our defense looks solid. 0:30:49.080 --> 0:30:50.600 We're going and it's a good team. But I think 0:30:50.600 --> 0:30:53.040 we got in the bag. How do you can tell 0:30:53.040 --> 0:30:53.960 from this offseason? 0:30:54.040 --> 0:30:55.960 You know, the new pieces we had and brought in 0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:59.080 those transfer guys that really fit the culture. Like they 0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:01.240 don't just go recruit, but they want guys that fit 0:31:01.280 --> 0:31:04.160 the mold that coach Syerfield and coach Niko have set. 0:31:04.360 --> 0:31:05.840 And I think they did a great job with that. 0:31:05.920 --> 0:31:09.680 And this offseting was transformational and it changes and I 0:31:09.720 --> 0:31:12.160 think we all knew that something special was coming this season, 0:31:12.440 --> 0:31:14.040 and now we see it coming to Fruish and its 0:31:14.080 --> 0:31:16.400 giving us even more confidence to keep this thing going. 0:31:17.160 --> 0:31:20.000 Cincinnati has a great legacy of tight ends that have 0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:23.000 gone on to play in the NFL. Obviously, most notably 0:31:23.000 --> 0:31:25.040 Travis Kelcey is gonna go down as one of the 0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:27.560 all time greats, but there are a bunch that have 0:31:27.880 --> 0:31:30.640 made it. Is that a thing in the tight end 0:31:30.720 --> 0:31:35.440 room trying to continue this legacy, Gavin, I'd. 0:31:35.280 --> 0:31:37.680 Say, yeah, I mean we've all chasing success. I mean 0:31:37.680 --> 0:31:41.520 we see the Josh Wiley, Travis Kelcey, Josiah Daguara like, 0:31:41.560 --> 0:31:45.120 those guys have precedent that we got to be elite 0:31:45.160 --> 0:31:47.800 and the elite tight ends come from this school. So 0:31:48.080 --> 0:31:52.320 I mean, I definitely say we're chasing those guys every 0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:52.800 single day. 0:31:52.880 --> 0:31:53.360 Yep, definitely. 0:31:53.680 --> 0:31:56.200 I mean it's a hard position to play and you 0:31:56.240 --> 0:31:57.840 have to be elite at it, and we've had a 0:31:57.840 --> 0:31:59.720 bunch of elite guys do it, so I mean that 0:31:59.880 --> 0:32:02.680 just sets the tone for us to keep being great 0:32:02.720 --> 0:32:05.080 like those guys were, and I think we're gonna get there. 0:32:05.680 --> 0:32:07.880 It is a unique position to play. You guys have 0:32:07.920 --> 0:32:09.520 to be able to do a little bit of everything. 0:32:09.600 --> 0:32:12.640 You block, you catch, You've got all sorts of assignments 0:32:12.800 --> 0:32:16.160 on any given play. The Bengals tight end coach James 0:32:16.200 --> 0:32:18.400 Casey says all the time, if I was gonna hire 0:32:18.400 --> 0:32:20.600 somebody i'd hire a tight end because they have to 0:32:20.640 --> 0:32:23.800 do everything. How much do you enjoy all of the 0:32:23.840 --> 0:32:26.520 responsibilities that come with the position, Gavin. 0:32:26.560 --> 0:32:27.600 I enjoy it all. 0:32:27.640 --> 0:32:29.400 I mean I enjoy casting, passing down on them, but 0:32:29.440 --> 0:32:31.080 you also enjoy getting your nose in there and getting 0:32:31.080 --> 0:32:32.760 the dirty work with those on alignment, because I mean, 0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:35.480 they do a great job, and I try to replicate 0:32:35.480 --> 0:32:37.440 that as much. Obviously weren't as big as they are. 0:32:37.720 --> 0:32:38.880 But I like stick of my nose in there and 0:32:38.920 --> 0:32:41.080 getting something that's good. You get a little angry one 0:32:41.160 --> 0:32:43.920 day a can stick your nose in there and hit somebody. 0:32:44.760 --> 0:32:47.680 Yeah, I mean it's nice catching balls, it's nice. It's 0:32:47.760 --> 0:32:50.640 nice blocking. I like blocking a lot more than catching balls. 0:32:50.680 --> 0:32:51.680 But I mean that's just me. 0:32:52.920 --> 0:32:55.520 Yeah, all right, We're gonna take a time out when 0:32:55.520 --> 0:32:59.400 we come back. Questions from the audience for Gavin and Devin. 0:32:59.480 --> 0:33:02.120 This is the Scott Saderfield Radio Show. We're live at 0:33:02.120 --> 0:33:05.240 the original Montgomery In, Home of the World's Greatest Ribs 0:33:05.280 --> 0:33:27.080 on seven hundred WLW. We are back at the original 0:33:27.160 --> 0:33:29.880 Montgomery In, Home of the World's Greatest Ribs and the 0:33:29.880 --> 0:33:33.640 Scott Saderfield Radio Show. Tuesday nights eight to nine whenever 0:33:33.680 --> 0:33:36.160 the Bearcats have a game. They do have one more 0:33:36.200 --> 0:33:38.440 buy coming up in a few weeks. But how we've 0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:40.880 got the Wes Miller Show starting. We'll be here tomorrow 0:33:40.960 --> 0:33:43.920 night eight to nine to talk basketball with the coach. 0:33:44.040 --> 0:33:48.040 Time for questions from the audience for our Bearcat tight ends, 0:33:48.120 --> 0:33:50.840 Gavin and Devin take it away. 0:33:51.000 --> 0:33:55.320 We got Callen with a question, what's the biggest difference 0:33:55.360 --> 0:33:57.680 between high school and college? 0:33:58.000 --> 0:34:00.800 Devin go, first, biggest difference between high school in college? 0:34:00.880 --> 0:34:03.840 I mean, I would say the biggest difference is talent. 0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:06.280 There's a lot of difference in talent. And I mean 0:34:06.320 --> 0:34:08.120 the schedules are a lot different. I mean you wake 0:34:08.200 --> 0:34:13.960 up so much earlier, you lift more, you have practice 0:34:14.000 --> 0:34:16.480 a lot more. It's just like a totally different ball game. 0:34:18.360 --> 0:34:21.560 I would say that like at the high school level, 0:34:21.640 --> 0:34:23.200 like most of the guys who are playing on these 0:34:23.239 --> 0:34:25.359 college teams were the best or one of the best 0:34:25.360 --> 0:34:28.040 players on their high school team. And then now you 0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:30.160 go on to the team and everybody's the best player 0:34:30.160 --> 0:34:30.479 on their. 0:34:30.440 --> 0:34:31.040 High school team. 0:34:31.120 --> 0:34:33.080 So you got to compete with those those older guys 0:34:33.120 --> 0:34:34.919 who were the best in their team, and now they're 0:34:35.280 --> 0:34:37.440 getting the better on this team and so on and 0:34:37.440 --> 0:34:37.919 so forth. 0:34:38.120 --> 0:34:40.920 All right, very good question, Jeff. 0:34:41.239 --> 0:34:43.360 All right, so you said you were a defensive alignment 0:34:43.360 --> 0:34:43.920 of high school. 0:34:43.960 --> 0:34:44.480 Was that correct? 0:34:44.520 --> 0:34:44.920 Correct? 0:34:44.960 --> 0:34:48.160 So what was a transition like to go from defense 0:34:48.200 --> 0:34:50.799 to offense and how hard was it and did they 0:34:50.800 --> 0:34:52.600 have to talk you into it or did you always 0:34:52.640 --> 0:34:53.399 want to be a tight end? 0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:56.040 So I put my senior year of high school, I 0:34:56.080 --> 0:34:58.759 played defensive end and tight end. I played just a 0:34:58.800 --> 0:35:01.120 lot more defensive end because we kind of only let 0:35:01.160 --> 0:35:03.840 people play one side of the ball. So the transition 0:35:04.000 --> 0:35:06.680 wasn't incredibly hard, but it was. It was different. I mean, 0:35:07.040 --> 0:35:08.800 you know, going from one position of the ball to 0:35:09.160 --> 0:35:11.839 the other side, like it's a little confusing. You gotta 0:35:11.840 --> 0:35:14.719 have your head around things. But once you once you 0:35:14.760 --> 0:35:15.480 get it, you get it. 0:35:15.400 --> 0:35:17.680 You know what I mean. Did you play any defense, Kevin? 0:35:17.840 --> 0:35:19.960 I played defensive end as well in high school. I 0:35:20.360 --> 0:35:22.600 enjoyed defense because I don't know, you didn't really have 0:35:22.600 --> 0:35:24.040 to think as much as just going. 0:35:23.880 --> 0:35:27.120 Go get the ball, Go hit that guys, go ahead, exactly, 0:35:27.239 --> 0:35:27.799 go for the ball. 0:35:29.080 --> 0:35:32.600 All right, Gary, I played defensive and in middle school, 0:35:34.200 --> 0:35:37.120 I'm sure you terrorized the middle school kids. 0:35:37.200 --> 0:35:42.560 John Daniel Okay, guys, you're both Ohio guys. One Mid Ohio, 0:35:42.640 --> 0:35:46.200 one Northern Ohio. Let's go back a couple few years. 0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:50.440 Was always a big discussion in Ohio. Southwest Ohio is 0:35:50.440 --> 0:35:51.880 the best high school football? 0:35:52.000 --> 0:35:57.920 Is that true? Devin? Do you care to start? 0:35:58.160 --> 0:35:59.799 I mean, I'd have to disagree with that. I think 0:36:00.080 --> 0:36:01.799 North we got a lot of good got a lot 0:36:01.800 --> 0:36:03.680 of good teams, and I just, I just I just 0:36:03.680 --> 0:36:05.440 don't agree with you on that one. 0:36:05.600 --> 0:36:07.040 Respect Do you want to course, do you want to 0:36:07.040 --> 0:36:08.399 speak up for the Columbus area. 0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:12.080 I always hear about Cincinnati and Northeast Ohio, whatever, But 0:36:12.280 --> 0:36:14.120 I think I think Columbus got some of the most 0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:16.080 competitive football in the state of Ohio. You know, we 0:36:16.120 --> 0:36:18.040 got we got some good, good ball players come out 0:36:18.040 --> 0:36:18.640 of Columbus. 0:36:18.680 --> 0:36:19.479 Not the name many. 0:36:19.640 --> 0:36:24.959 Yeah, good respectful answers. You're both wrong, but but that's okay, Dave. 0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:28.760 Question for both of you, what's been your coolest moment 0:36:28.960 --> 0:36:31.760 here as a bear Cat in the last couple of years. 0:36:32.800 --> 0:36:35.520 I'd say just right now, honestly going through this now, 0:36:35.640 --> 0:36:38.239 you know last year wasn't didn't come out with wi Wan. 0:36:38.320 --> 0:36:40.080 You know, we wanted to have some more success but 0:36:40.120 --> 0:36:42.160 I think this year were really putting it together and 0:36:42.160 --> 0:36:43.200 it's been excited to watch. 0:36:43.200 --> 0:36:44.880 You know, it's good good to get on the field. 0:36:44.880 --> 0:36:45.040 Now. 0:36:45.040 --> 0:36:47.880 We're both figuring out our roles in this offense and 0:36:47.920 --> 0:36:49.960 trying to help the team best we can, whether it's 0:36:50.000 --> 0:36:52.400 offense or special team. So, I mean, I'm having a 0:36:52.440 --> 0:36:56.000 great time right now and I'm enjoying this team. 0:36:56.480 --> 0:36:58.840 I would definitely say getting my first catch in that 0:36:58.920 --> 0:37:01.279 game last year, I mean that was awesome. I Mean 0:37:01.320 --> 0:37:02.960 I don't think you could replicate a moment like that. 0:37:03.600 --> 0:37:04.520 So, yeah, what. 0:37:04.560 --> 0:37:08.280 Game was that for? Refresh our memory? Houston? 0:37:09.760 --> 0:37:13.279 All right, Brian, So you guys are both kind of 0:37:13.280 --> 0:37:14.200 like you're the next wave. 0:37:14.320 --> 0:37:15.520 You're the guys. 0:37:15.280 --> 0:37:17.359 Going to be who we're talking about the way we're 0:37:17.360 --> 0:37:20.279 talking about Joe Royer in a couple of years. So 0:37:20.480 --> 0:37:23.359 you're not having as many snaps yet, but you have 0:37:23.640 --> 0:37:26.320 roles that are important. How do you keep yourself mentally 0:37:26.360 --> 0:37:29.279 focused when you don't have as many opportunities but you 0:37:29.360 --> 0:37:30.600 have important opportunities. 0:37:31.480 --> 0:37:34.520 Yeah, So we we're always still in the playbook. We 0:37:34.560 --> 0:37:35.960 always still have to know what we're doing because we 0:37:36.000 --> 0:37:38.480 still get a ton of reps in practice. So you 0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:40.799 have to know what you're doing, and I mean being 0:37:40.800 --> 0:37:43.080 a we're both four core guys, like we're on every 0:37:43.080 --> 0:37:46.040 special teams unit, and I mean that's seriously a huge role. 0:37:46.160 --> 0:37:48.680 I mean you somebody here said of themselves, the special 0:37:48.719 --> 0:37:51.080 teams looks a lot better. I think we're taking a 0:37:51.160 --> 0:37:53.399 huge step and just you know, doing that as best 0:37:53.400 --> 0:37:55.080 as we can and being the best at that in 0:37:55.120 --> 0:37:55.640 the country. 0:37:56.320 --> 0:37:56.960 Yeah. 0:37:57.000 --> 0:37:59.120 One of my old coach from back home told me, like, 0:37:59.239 --> 0:38:01.319 just prepare every week like you're a starter, And I 0:38:01.360 --> 0:38:04.080 think that's it's definitely what we should be doing because 0:38:04.160 --> 0:38:06.560 I mean, be prepared whenever someone gets to bumps or 0:38:06.560 --> 0:38:08.120 bruise or like you have to go in and play 0:38:08.120 --> 0:38:10.399 a little more just because some of the other guys 0:38:10.400 --> 0:38:10.759 are tired. 0:38:10.800 --> 0:38:12.240 I mean, it's always ready to be prepared. 0:38:12.600 --> 0:38:14.879 And like he said, like figuring out specially special teams 0:38:14.960 --> 0:38:15.640 is a huge. 0:38:15.440 --> 0:38:16.080 Part of the game. 0:38:16.560 --> 0:38:18.760 And you know, with with our new special teams coordinator, 0:38:18.800 --> 0:38:20.960 and it's working out really well and our guys are 0:38:21.000 --> 0:38:23.959 really buying into what he's teaching us. And I think 0:38:24.000 --> 0:38:27.960 that is a huge role that this team is kind 0:38:27.960 --> 0:38:29.640 of taking on and gotten better at. 0:38:30.040 --> 0:38:31.960 We saw it in the Kansas game. Too. Joe Royer 0:38:32.000 --> 0:38:34.799 went into concussion protocol and you get thrown in there 0:38:34.800 --> 0:38:37.360 in a very close game going back and forth. You know, 0:38:37.480 --> 0:38:39.680 neither team ever led by more than one score, and 0:38:40.719 --> 0:38:43.160 Cincinnati didn't skip a beat. I mean you came right 0:38:43.160 --> 0:38:45.120 in and came through a big plays. 0:38:45.239 --> 0:38:47.000 Yeah, I just had to be ready to know Joe. 0:38:47.120 --> 0:38:49.320 Joe's a big playmaker on offense with the big shoes 0:38:49.360 --> 0:38:51.040 to fill. So I just did the best I could. 0:38:51.080 --> 0:38:54.280 You know, I prepared myself that week like I would 0:38:54.280 --> 0:38:56.319 have been the starter, even though Joe's obviously the starter. 0:38:56.440 --> 0:38:59.120 But I've been playing the best I could, and I 0:38:59.280 --> 0:39:01.359 like to said, I think made a good impact on them. 0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:03.120 Doubt absolutely, all right, Bob. 0:39:03.920 --> 0:39:06.520 So, I've heard a number of players described this past 0:39:06.560 --> 0:39:11.280 offseason as the toughest, most challenging offseason that they've ever faced. 0:39:11.800 --> 0:39:14.200 Is that baked into the culture now because we see 0:39:14.239 --> 0:39:18.040 when you go through that, that toughness, when you when 0:39:18.080 --> 0:39:21.160 you're confronted with that, what the payoff is on the field. 0:39:21.640 --> 0:39:24.200 So expected to be tough next offseason. 0:39:24.520 --> 0:39:25.040 Oh yeah. 0:39:25.080 --> 0:39:26.919 So when I first got in here, I wasn't early 0:39:27.000 --> 0:39:29.600 enroll lye. So I came from you know, waking up 0:39:29.600 --> 0:39:34.400 at noon, eating bad breakfast and going to school for 0:39:34.440 --> 0:39:37.800 a couple of minutes, waking up at five thirty in 0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:40.319 the morning, lifting as much weight as I've ever have, 0:39:40.520 --> 0:39:42.600 and you know, and then running and all that. So 0:39:43.239 --> 0:39:44.799 that was when I first got here a lot. And 0:39:44.800 --> 0:39:47.239 then this season, this offseason was even worse than that. 0:39:47.280 --> 0:39:49.759 I mean, I don't even know, I know, Nico, Coach 0:39:49.840 --> 0:39:52.120 Nico's gonna find some way to make it even worse 0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:53.799 than that. So I'm looking forward to it. 0:39:54.760 --> 0:39:55.000 Coach. 0:39:56.239 --> 0:39:58.840 Oh, yeah, Coach Nico is a great guy and he 0:39:59.320 --> 0:40:01.760 really knows how give us a good workout. Just safe 0:40:01.760 --> 0:40:05.160 to say that, Yeah, definitely, the off season has been 0:40:05.200 --> 0:40:08.479 a huge infinis emphasis for those guys. Coach sat gives 0:40:08.600 --> 0:40:11.440 Nicos the rain, Nico the rains, and let's lets some 0:40:11.920 --> 0:40:12.839 work with us, and he does. 0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:13.680 He does a great job. 0:40:14.440 --> 0:40:17.880 I fear that the first description that you provided there, Devin, 0:40:18.040 --> 0:40:23.080 was my son's college experience, right, University of Colorado. 0:40:24.440 --> 0:40:28.719 All right, Phyllis, So you mentioned that you both went 0:40:28.800 --> 0:40:32.880 to pitt for a visit and Cincinnati then for a visit. 0:40:33.320 --> 0:40:36.719 Besides the fact that the Bengals beat Pittsburgh, which. 0:40:36.520 --> 0:40:38.680 Is awesome, Yes, it was glorious. 0:40:39.080 --> 0:40:43.800 What was the difference between the two schools that really 0:40:43.920 --> 0:40:48.000 just helped you both individually make a decision to come here, 0:40:48.520 --> 0:40:50.840 besides the fact that you're besties. 0:40:50.440 --> 0:40:54.000 Now oh yeah, oh yeah, I would think just you know, 0:40:54.080 --> 0:40:56.719 my relationship with coach sat was was huge, and my 0:40:56.760 --> 0:40:58.640 relationship with Coach step I don't think I've ever been 0:40:58.680 --> 0:41:01.440 as close to a position coach or coach in general 0:41:01.560 --> 0:41:03.799 than Coach Step and Coach Set, So I think that 0:41:03.960 --> 0:41:06.160 was just a huge thing for me, is why I 0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:06.680 came here. 0:41:09.680 --> 0:41:12.440 I'd say definitely Coach step in this coaching staff. I mean, 0:41:12.640 --> 0:41:14.200 it really felt like a family as soon as he 0:41:14.280 --> 0:41:15.839 came in here. And I know it's easy to say 0:41:15.840 --> 0:41:18.480 that with everything, but it really means that, Like he 0:41:18.480 --> 0:41:20.200 he checks up on it's like where his son. It's 0:41:20.239 --> 0:41:22.000 like he's a girl that and has four dollars. I 0:41:22.000 --> 0:41:23.880 feel like we're part of that family as well. I 0:41:23.920 --> 0:41:26.120 mean we've gone to eat at the other Montgomery in 0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:29.360 with that family like it's been. They've kept us really close, 0:41:29.400 --> 0:41:31.880 and I mean it feels good, like I feel you 0:41:31.920 --> 0:41:34.040 feel at home when you're here, And I think that 0:41:34.080 --> 0:41:37.560 was the biggest difference between here and Pitt fellas. 0:41:37.560 --> 0:41:40.000 You refer to them as besties, just so you know. 0:41:40.480 --> 0:41:43.960 They have different entrees that they've ordered tonight and they're splitting. 0:41:44.920 --> 0:41:47.720 It's my wife and I do you have two different 0:41:47.719 --> 0:41:50.520 things and split it? So I get the pork chops exactly, 0:41:50.560 --> 0:41:52.719 one pork chops, one rib. Split it up. You get 0:41:52.719 --> 0:41:54.960 to try up both, which is great. Oh yeah, all right. 0:41:55.000 --> 0:41:58.920 Next question, Hey guys, you've been obviously to a lot 0:41:58.920 --> 0:42:01.759 of stadiums. How do you feel about playing Knippert versus 0:42:01.840 --> 0:42:05.360 the other stadiums. Obviously I'm feeling it. 0:42:05.520 --> 0:42:06.480 Nipper's unique. 0:42:06.719 --> 0:42:08.239 I like to get your input on that. 0:42:09.080 --> 0:42:14.280 I think Nippert is something I've never experienced before before 0:42:14.400 --> 0:42:16.400 I stepped foot in Nippert. I think I went to 0:42:16.400 --> 0:42:20.040 the Indiana game as a recruit, but I mean from Columbus. 0:42:20.080 --> 0:42:22.520 I have playing the shoe holds like one hundred thousand, 0:42:22.560 --> 0:42:25.399 but there's nothing like that's place packed out with forty 0:42:25.440 --> 0:42:28.479 thousand people. It's rocking, Like you hear players talk about 0:42:28.480 --> 0:42:29.880 all the time, like how when they go and then 0:42:29.880 --> 0:42:31.560 they're like, I think if you guys from Oklahoma were 0:42:31.560 --> 0:42:34.359 talking like they were surprised when you step in foot 0:42:34.480 --> 0:42:37.160 Nippert because it's really loud, and the fans get you guys. 0:42:37.200 --> 0:42:39.600 You guys do a great job at the games on Saturdays. 0:42:39.640 --> 0:42:41.320 I mean I get juiced up. 0:42:41.200 --> 0:42:41.799 Just run out the. 0:42:41.760 --> 0:42:43.799 Tunnel at the beginning of the game. I'm ready to go. 0:42:43.920 --> 0:42:47.520 So it's it's unique. I think it's it's my favorite statem. 0:42:47.600 --> 0:42:50.000 I know, obviously we're biased, but it's my favorite stateum 0:42:50.040 --> 0:42:55.560 to playing. Just for the fans and the atmosphere Nippert Stadium. 0:42:55.600 --> 0:42:57.880 I love it there, man. I mean, the fans are insane. 0:42:58.040 --> 0:42:58.720 They're loud. 0:42:59.040 --> 0:43:00.799 I mean, you get out there and your hype just 0:43:00.840 --> 0:43:04.480 because like it's going crazy. We're starting that new striping 0:43:04.520 --> 0:43:07.640 thing that looks insane. The student sections wild. I mean, 0:43:07.840 --> 0:43:10.480 the storming of the field was amazing. I mean I've 0:43:10.520 --> 0:43:11.920 never been a part of something like that, but it 0:43:12.000 --> 0:43:13.719 was awesome and it was it was amazing. 0:43:13.800 --> 0:43:16.880 You know, did you linger when they stormed the field 0:43:17.040 --> 0:43:19.040 or did you get to the locker room quickly? 0:43:19.480 --> 0:43:22.080 I was out there and uh my dad actually found 0:43:22.080 --> 0:43:23.200 me and so did my mom, and I'm like, what 0:43:23.239 --> 0:43:24.239 are you guys doing out here? 0:43:24.600 --> 0:43:26.000 They charged the field. 0:43:26.840 --> 0:43:29.320 I I love it. That's awesome. 0:43:31.000 --> 0:43:31.920 How about you, gap? 0:43:32.239 --> 0:43:34.120 I I enjoyed the field storm as well. I was 0:43:34.160 --> 0:43:36.520 out there in the middle. It was a pretty warm 0:43:36.600 --> 0:43:38.759 day and this student's rushing. I was like a fella 0:43:38.840 --> 0:43:40.239 that's have a panic attack out there. 0:43:40.239 --> 0:43:42.279 There's a lot, there's people coming from everyone's way. 0:43:42.440 --> 0:43:49.160 You like grabbing, you like tug at your holl Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:43:49.239 --> 0:43:50.560 oh yeah yeah. 0:43:51.320 --> 0:43:51.520 Sorry. 0:43:51.520 --> 0:43:53.160 I got one more talking about Nipper City. Have you 0:43:53.239 --> 0:43:55.880 guys had a chance to enjoy nip at Night, because 0:43:55.960 --> 0:44:00.640 I think that is the greatest college atmosphere ever. I'll 0:44:00.880 --> 0:44:04.480 put that against anybody in the SEC anything. Nippet Knight 0:44:04.680 --> 0:44:05.160 is awesome. 0:44:05.200 --> 0:44:06.720 Have you guys got a chance to do that yet? 0:44:08.200 --> 0:44:14.040 So I went to the Miami Ohio game a few 0:44:14.120 --> 0:44:16.240 years ago. We don't want to talk about that anymore, 0:44:16.440 --> 0:44:18.480 flushed it, but I went to that as NIP and 0:44:18.560 --> 0:44:20.360 I is a cool atmosphere. I say, I enjoyed it 0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:22.840 a lot, but it kind of got deflated near the 0:44:22.920 --> 0:44:23.600 end of that game. 0:44:24.440 --> 0:44:25.480 I won't to speak about that. 0:44:25.560 --> 0:44:29.160 But we had the TCO game last year, but the 0:44:29.200 --> 0:44:32.480 student section really wasn't fully there. So we really want 0:44:32.680 --> 0:44:35.439 We're hoping the end of the year something comes through 0:44:35.520 --> 0:44:37.399 and we can get a nip at Knight this year. 0:44:37.640 --> 0:44:38.040 We need. 0:44:38.080 --> 0:44:44.440 It could be college game day if both teams continue winning. 0:44:45.080 --> 0:44:47.680 Any other audience questions, We've got a couple of minutes 0:44:47.719 --> 0:44:50.440 to go. If anybody else wants to put up their hand, otherwise, 0:44:51.160 --> 0:44:58.680 it looks like we've got one over here, John, real quick. 0:44:58.719 --> 0:45:01.239 What's your favorite part of the you indoor facility? I 0:45:01.239 --> 0:45:03.440 know it's beautiful. What what do you like best about it? 0:45:05.000 --> 0:45:05.120 Oh? 0:45:05.160 --> 0:45:07.799 The training room. The weight room's cool. The training room 0:45:07.840 --> 0:45:10.560 is top notch. I mean we got cold tubs, hot tubs, 0:45:10.719 --> 0:45:13.839 a cryo therapy chamber that I sit in all the time. 0:45:13.840 --> 0:45:16.960 That's amazing, steam sauna, sauna, I mean, you got everything, 0:45:17.000 --> 0:45:20.120 float tank, red bed therapy. I mean, I could go on. 0:45:20.200 --> 0:45:22.799 There's so much stuff in there. I really like, though, 0:45:22.840 --> 0:45:25.640 the transition from the weight room to where you could 0:45:26.120 --> 0:45:28.200 lift really quick and then you're on the field, Like 0:45:28.520 --> 0:45:31.600 we have a garage that opens up, then it connects 0:45:31.640 --> 0:45:33.319 to it so you could lift and then when we 0:45:33.400 --> 0:45:35.880 run in the summer, it's just a lift right to 0:45:35.960 --> 0:45:37.880 it and it's just like a really easy transition. 0:45:38.960 --> 0:45:40.560 It's literally perfect. 0:45:40.760 --> 0:45:42.680 Like there's not many things in this world that are perfect, 0:45:42.719 --> 0:45:45.399 but that facility is with the field, the weight room 0:45:45.480 --> 0:45:48.080 those are obviously nice, but the recovery modalities they've given 0:45:48.160 --> 0:45:50.640 us and that that facility are fantastic with as hot 0:45:50.680 --> 0:45:53.520 cold tub, there's an underwater treadmill for like rehab guys 0:45:53.520 --> 0:45:56.239 to get back. I mean, it's truly truly amazing. They 0:45:56.280 --> 0:45:58.319 have red light beds too. Those are super cool for 0:45:58.640 --> 0:46:01.400 covery that There's been a lot of re searched on that. 0:46:01.600 --> 0:46:03.360 That's a huge help for our guys. 0:46:03.680 --> 0:46:06.400 All right, we are just about out of time, gentlemen, 0:46:06.680 --> 0:46:10.200 enjoy your rib pork chop split. Oh yeah, thank you 0:46:10.239 --> 0:46:13.520 for being here tonight. Congratulation has been a great season today. 0:46:13.560 --> 0:46:16.000 We look forward to doing this again years to go. 0:46:16.960 --> 0:46:19.839 All right, Gavin Grober and Devin z A Hirski Again, 0:46:19.880 --> 0:46:22.880 it's the Bearcats and Baylor Saturday at four o'clock. Our 0:46:22.880 --> 0:46:25.560 pregame coverage on the radio will start at three. We've 0:46:25.600 --> 0:46:27.160 got a lot of stuff to give away for the 0:46:27.200 --> 0:46:29.400 folks who are with us here at the original Montgomery 0:46:29.400 --> 0:46:32.120 and tonight, but for the radio audience, we'll wrap it 0:46:32.200 --> 0:46:35.319 up here. Thanks so much for listening on seven hundred WLW.