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Speaker 1: Spring seasons are shut down, but the Pack twelve is

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Speaker 1: not shut down. Conference leadership is still meeting. What should

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Speaker 1: their priorities be? And we have an interview with four

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Speaker 1: star Oregon quarterback commit Ty Thompson. I'm George Rice Stir

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Speaker 1: with Ralph Ampton and this is the Pack twelve Apostles.

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Speaker 1: at I am am a d at Unafraid show dot

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Speaker 1: com route. How you doing man, How are you in

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Speaker 1: the family? How's your prepping going? Uh, We're good, We're good.

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Speaker 1: I had a little moment yesterday that was that. That

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Speaker 1: you know, having to work from home, same as you know,

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Speaker 1: really hit me how absurd a time that we're living in.

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Speaker 1: And I think I think the only upside that I

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Speaker 1: Nothing you can do about it. Oh, you would bring

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Speaker 1: optimistic about it. However, I do understand that if we

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Speaker 1: get back to work and this thing pops off, it

433
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Speaker 1: could be that that the that the lukewarm approach to

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Speaker 1: it would would not be good. I mean, like that,

435
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Speaker 1: like that sometimes you just have to instead of just

436
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Speaker 1: you know, kind of just easing into things. No, just

437
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 1: you just drop a hammer down and say, nope, there

438
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 1: there is a force field here. If we are going

439
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 1: to block everything, and then once you get it under control, boom,

440
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: you go back to work. That's easy work. I just

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Speaker 1: I want to have faith in humanity that we're learning

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Speaker 1: some of these lessons right, Like, I don't think Rudy

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Speaker 1: Gobert is going to be touching anybody's microphones anytime soon.

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Speaker 1: But Kentucky Senator Ran Paul, who is a doctor. I mean,

445
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: he's a he's an optimologist, he's an eye doctor or what.

446
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: Everybody's still a doctor. That dude took a test and

447
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 1: while he was waiting for the results, he went to

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Speaker 1: the gym the Senate Jim old people like, what what

449
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: an asshole? Like he's worse than Rudy Gobert. He's That's

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I'm like, well, that's a dude that's

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Speaker 1: really entrenched in doing what he's gonna do. His arrogance

452
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Speaker 1: is what got him sick in the first place. It's

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Speaker 1: what endangered other people. I don't think he's gonna learn

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Speaker 1: any lessons. And I just wonder what percentage of America

455
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Speaker 1: is actually going to learn anything from from from what

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Speaker 1: went on. So I'm worried about that too, that we

457
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Speaker 1: come back too early, that we because we have asked

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Speaker 1: that that there is a giant breakout, that a bunch

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Speaker 1: of the people that were like but the economy, but

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Speaker 1: the economy that they're the ones that end up getting sick.

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Speaker 1: You know what then then what? Then? You know then

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Speaker 1: what happens? And so I I just I'm trying as

463
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Speaker 1: hard as I can to imagine that people will still

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Speaker 1: be somewhat responsible social distance themselves through the summer so

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Speaker 1: that we can have football. Can we please have football? Yes?

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Speaker 1: Can we please have football back? I mean, like that's

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Speaker 1: the thing. I would say, I am so excited about

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Speaker 1: the NBA Finals because I believe that this is the

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Speaker 1: Lakers year that like I would sacrifice the NBA finals

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Speaker 1: and MLB most of the MLB season. I would sacrifice

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Speaker 1: all of that just to make sure that football. Like

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Speaker 1: if if I had to give up like a blood sacrifice,

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Speaker 1: I would give up that. I would give up all

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Speaker 1: of that. I would give up the entire summer just

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Speaker 1: to insure the football is back. Well. As an Oregon alum,

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Speaker 1: I would think that you would be excited if we

477
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Speaker 1: do get football back. Because there's a young man out

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Speaker 1: of Gilbert, Arizona not too far from me, named Ki Thompson.

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Speaker 1: He's a He's a big, broad shouldered six ft four

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Speaker 1: guy with great arm, talent, awesome poise in the pocket

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Speaker 1: and he is Oregon's latest commit and I actually had

482
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Speaker 1: an opportunity to have a chat with him earlier today.

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Speaker 1: And I gotta ask you, Georgie, are you excited for

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Speaker 1: the addition of of thy Thompson to the Ducks family. Yes, dude,

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Speaker 1: anytime you add in a quarterback who's also an athlete,

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Speaker 1: who can make who can run, like make plays with

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Speaker 1: his legs, I mean, that's the new age quarterback position.

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Speaker 1: Look at Trevor Lawrence. He can throw it, he can move, uh,

489
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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, throw and move. Patrick Mahomes throw and move

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Speaker 1: a right to a tag below er, throw and move.

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert throw it, throw and run, even though they

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Speaker 1: didn't let him run until into the season. That's the

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Speaker 1: new way that Joe Burrow, That's the way the new

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Speaker 1: quarterbacking position is. Statues don't win anymore. So I am

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Speaker 1: excited about that. And I think let's hear what you

496
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Speaker 1: guys have to talk about. Ralph Ralph Amston Packed Twelve

497
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Speaker 1: Apostles podcast. I am here with quarterback Ty Thompson out

498
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Speaker 1: of Gilbert, Arizona just gave his verbal commitment to the

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Speaker 1: University of Oregon. How you doing thy not bad man.

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Speaker 1: You you you provided I guess what was a nice

501
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Speaker 1: little break in a cascade of terrible terrible news. Uh,

502
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 1: day in and day out. Things are pretty crazy out there,

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Speaker 1: but you know you you were able to, uh to

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Speaker 1: kind of close out your recruiting. And I think football

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Speaker 1: fans are really thankful just for the the short break

506
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Speaker 1: from all the all the bad news, all the virus

507
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 1: related news too. To celebrate, at least Oregon fans anyway,

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Speaker 1: to celebrate somebody given a commitment. What was it like

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Speaker 1: to just kind of get that over with amidst every

510
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Speaker 1: crazy thing that's going on out there. Yeah, it was

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Speaker 1: really you know, believe it, just getting getting off USh

512
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Speaker 1: on this, getting getting the whole process. It kind of

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Speaker 1: shut down. Um so I can kind of focus on

514
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Speaker 1: my senior year and doing on winning football games. So,

515
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 1: you know, getting getting this offituation. Take care of Hi.

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Speaker 1: It's been really realnything. Now you are the third Arizona

517
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Speaker 1: based quarterback to commit to Oregon. I think in the

518
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: last four years. Ryan Kelly's commitment didn't stick. He ended

519
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Speaker 1: up flipping too a s U. But Oregan has done

520
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: a really good job coming into the state of Arizona

521
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Speaker 1: getting kids to want to go out to Eugene. What

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Speaker 1: stood out for you about that school in particular? Uh

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Speaker 1: see what I didn't stick out this first and almost

524
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Speaker 1: love it. Uh Like the effort that Couches attempted to

525
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Speaker 1: making show you know it's really really really good that

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Speaker 1: much do Um. The facilities are amazing. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: the offense is awesome. But everything you know that I

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Speaker 1: that I lamed about, everything that they talked about is this.

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Speaker 1: It's super appealing to me the way after it to

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Speaker 1: the team. Um, it's just really it's just it was

531
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Speaker 1: the perfect shit on the way around. So that's why

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Speaker 1: I like about it. And you've got an in out there, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean you were out working out with Tyler Chuck recently,

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Speaker 1: who is projected to probably be their starting quarterback. He

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Speaker 1: was out here at Hamilton High a couple of years back,

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Speaker 1: and UM, you know, it's got to be helpful to

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Speaker 1: have somebody out there who you know and trust, who

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Speaker 1: can kind of give you the lowdown on what exactly

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Speaker 1: is going on at the schools that are recruiting you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that is really nice. Tyler is a really good kid

541
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Speaker 1: to do a good quarterback. He came from he said,

542
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Speaker 1: with the three years years back. So usually get a

543
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Speaker 1: kid and that's really good housing out there. Like you said,

544
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Speaker 1: to trust to kind of nick By and make sure

545
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Speaker 1: you know, have a quarterback as well. You know, you

546
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: can questions by him about the offense because he's kind

547
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Speaker 1: of a more veteran guy. So would be really good

548
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Speaker 1: for me to get there. I have a little kind

549
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Speaker 1: of mentor Tyler. It's been an ongoing thing on this

550
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Speaker 1: show that I do with with George Rice, who used

551
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Speaker 1: to play for Oregon. UM, where I see all these

552
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: rankings of Pack twelve quarterbacks going into next year coming out,

553
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Speaker 1: Tyler is always like six or seventh, and I think

554
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Speaker 1: a big reason is just a lot of people haven't

555
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: actually seen what he can do, haven't seen him play.

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Speaker 1: I personally feel like he's the most slept on player

557
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Speaker 1: heading into next year. What do you think of Tyler's game?

558
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Speaker 1: I agree with you, and he's a really good quarterback.

559
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: You know the uh Sunday into Yeah, really really good quarterback.

560
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,359
Speaker 1: I feel like good things that you could do, Um,

561
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,359
Speaker 1: really special. Uman, He's definitely a time like he said, Um,

562
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Speaker 1: he's probably it's not number one, Top three quarterbacks or

563
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: Um and he's gonna do such a thing seat offense.

564
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Speaker 1: So I'm excited for Tyler Um. So what you're gonna

565
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Speaker 1: do this year? Now, I've been watching you since you

566
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Speaker 1: were a sophomore. I came out to your the scrimmage

567
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: you guys actually had against Hamilton UM prior to your

568
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,359
Speaker 1: your sophomore year. That was the first time I got

569
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 1: to see you play. You've been tall for a while,

570
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 1: but you're starting to You're starting to fill out, You're

571
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: starting to get big. Even my guy Blair Angelo over

572
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: at at seven, he was saying that out at one

573
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: of the camps recently that parents were asking if you

574
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Speaker 1: were a college football player, what is it? What has

575
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Speaker 1: it been like just to kind of I mean you

576
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,879
Speaker 1: were you're kind of like a wiry six foot four

577
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Speaker 1: sophomore kid. You've been filling out over over time. Do

578
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: you feel like you're you're kind of in a place where, uh,

579
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Speaker 1: physically you're able to hold up and hold your own

580
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: um in that four A division because it's it's kind

581
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: of a it's you play in kind of an interesting

582
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: division where you know, there's not like a ton of

583
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,439
Speaker 1: D one level kids, but you do get a lot

584
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: of really good football players that you get to go

585
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: up against. And I would say, just at first glance,

586
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Speaker 1: even any parent in the stands or anybody on the

587
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,320
Speaker 1: sideline would say that you have kind of a physical

588
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:33,320
Speaker 1: advantage over the last year of just kind of getting bigger, Yeah,

589
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 1: getting biggers coming. I like, I like working out in the

590
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 1: the rest of getting biggest chance to a product and

591
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: all that. Um, but I'm also trying to give a

592
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: fit on the next how um getting in coming in

593
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 1: freshman year out of one everything? Um, you know, I

594
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: don't all the all the pressures you know, Um, one

595
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: of those things you know that fresh pressures you have

596
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: to come in put on twenty pounds. I don't want

597
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,439
Speaker 1: to do. Me. I'm just getting one of those things

598
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: that have to worry about the way so I can

599
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 1: focus on right the playbook and I'm getting another guys

600
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: starting to leave the guys, um will be it will

601
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: be very important to me. So you you want you

602
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: want you want to be like the rest of the

603
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,799
Speaker 1: college students trying to avoid putting on weight instead of

604
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: the football players that have to go in and pack

605
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:26,479
Speaker 1: a bunch on right away. Um. So from watching you play,

606
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 1: probably my favorite thing about watching you is you know,

607
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,360
Speaker 1: you got hit quite a bit in a couple of

608
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: the games that I went to last year, and it

609
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 1: seemed like you had a really short memory. Once the

610
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: sack was over, you moved on to the next play.

611
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: You know, you didn't. You weren't barking at your offensive line.

612
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: You weren't dejected because you had a receiver that was

613
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: gonna come open and you weren't able to hit him

614
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: because the protection broke down or anything like that. It

615
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 1: was just next play, let's go and uh And I

616
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: think you have to have kind of a short memory

617
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Speaker 1: like that if if you're you're a quarter back. Where

618
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 1: where does that mentality come from of just you know,

619
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Speaker 1: having that short memory being able to move on to

620
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: the next play. It's just kind of the part of

621
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 1: the advice that I've I've always had um Putting your

622
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: teammates down is never gonna make it feel any better

623
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: because they knows that's not helping anything. So just really

624
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 1: on the next play or continuing to play that you're

625
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 1: stuff mr protection breaks down and you have to make

626
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 1: a play, make a play. It's not there for the team.

627
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: If you get sacked. You need to make a play.

628
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 1: Of two. So I feel like that that mentality is

629
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: just really just beneficial for the whole team, for the

630
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 1: whole offense, just so you can continue making plays and

631
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: see yourline and anyone else just continues to feel competent.

632
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 1: Now before your playoff run last year, you guys ended

633
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 1: up winning the for a state championship. I went on

634
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: Sports through sixty a Z, I went on television, and

635
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Speaker 1: I'll regret this forever. It might be the dumbest thing

636
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: I ever said. Um Where I said that, like, I

637
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: love Mesquite and I love their players, but they only

638
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: have kids and at some point, like that lack of

639
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:08,959
Speaker 1: depth is gonna it's it's gonna be an issue. And

640
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 1: you know, not only did you guys prove me wrong,

641
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 1: you had like two thrilling comeback victories and then you

642
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 1: held on to win um the state championship. What made

643
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 1: the group that you were playing with so special last

644
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,320
Speaker 1: year that you were able to overcome sort of a

645
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 1: lack of depth, a lack of numbers and and and

646
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: ultimately succeed. Yeah, it's really the mental toughness that we

647
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,959
Speaker 1: had going into this season and in the playoffs. Coach

648
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: has a really good job shaking the team. We're really

649
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:41,399
Speaker 1: confident in each other and in the process that we're

650
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: you know, gonna e've actually make it to the state

651
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,800
Speaker 1: championshipd we were thinking about going to the state championship

652
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 1: and play against as at this time last year. So

653
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:53,840
Speaker 1: and and it games to fruition and then um, however, many,

654
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: however many guys you walked up to. That's there's many

655
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 1: guys that we do as. There was a weapon we're

656
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 1: playing so well, we were gonna watched championship, so I'll

657
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 1: cheef you like you and all the other guys. UM.

658
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: Kind of thinking up the underdog going you everything kind

659
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: of also fuel the fire a little bit. So it

660
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: was just a combination of a bunch of Oh, well

661
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: you're welcome. I guess uh so you have UM you

662
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: you had kind of an interesting recruitment. I think this

663
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: is probably everybody in today's day and age. Where you

664
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: had some offers come in. There were definitely some offers

665
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 1: you were excited about. And then all of a sudden

666
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 1: that coaching carousel hits and every offensive coordinator is taking

667
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: a new job somewhere else, every position coach is taking

668
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: a new job somewhere else. How did your recruitment evolved

669
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: just from watching that whole coaching carousel go down and

670
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:45,479
Speaker 1: the people that extended you offers moving on to different schools. Yeah,

671
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:50,000
Speaker 1: it was kind of interesting. Okay, very much love here, here, here,

672
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: and then they say okay, now here, Okay, he's another offer.

673
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 1: You still want to jump here, and we love this place.

674
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: It's kind of interesting just shift fluid, I give a

675
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: process I can cover just like flusist like that be

676
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:13,800
Speaker 1: somewhere else, a completely different area. So it's hard for that,

677
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 1: but it was really cool cover um, seeing how all

678
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,239
Speaker 1: that works and figured out, okay, this this process, this

679
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 1: fluid on each either people around names so so, but

680
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 1: I really like that place could be gone tomorrow, so

681
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,840
Speaker 1: kind of opatize the fluidity of the whole process. You

682
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: can't you can't like ignore anybody or dismiss anybody either,

683
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,840
Speaker 1: because today's grad assistant at some school you might not

684
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 1: be interested in might end up being your position coach

685
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 1: at the school you do end up at. So you

686
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,879
Speaker 1: kind of have to give everybody the time of day

687
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: and and and be respectful of of everybody because you

688
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: you literally never know what could happen. There was a

689
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 1: time when I thought that. I was like, oh, l

690
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:55,319
Speaker 1: s us coming after tie hard like that might be

691
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: ultimately where he ends up. And then I think coach

692
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: O is like the only person you know, maybe they

693
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,800
Speaker 1: have two other coaches that stuck around. Everybody else was

694
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 1: able to build on that success and take those opportunities. Um.

695
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 1: And then you're in a situation where you stay on

696
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 1: the West Coast. In the Pact twelve, you're in Arizona.

697
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: You see all these talented quarterbacks. You've done these camps

698
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 1: in California. You see all the California quarterbacks. We've got

699
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 1: a lot of guys leaving for the Midwest, like Jack

700
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: Miller did last year. We got guys living leaving for

701
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:31,800
Speaker 1: the Atlantic coast. Um like Finley did. Um, Why stay?

702
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,359
Speaker 1: Why stay out West when the world is kind of

703
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 1: your oyster? Um? As as a quarterback, especially West Coast quarterback,

704
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 1: everybody wants you, guys. This is just the best bit

705
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 1: for me. The people in the room, the locker room

706
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 1: where we're really to meet, the coaches were all some

707
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 1: are similar. People are teaching good offense, the whole team,

708
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 1: they're picking up they well, so I feel like organ

709
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: West Coast see different just because those just because kids

710
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,759
Speaker 1: and last sun stuff, um, and Midwest is the same thing.

711
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 1: So I feel like it was just the best shiff

712
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: for me. Not necessarily saying that the East Coast are

713
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 1: Midwest would be have a good ships for me, but

714
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: I feel like organ was just a perfect with the

715
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: people in the coaches and everyone in the buildings and

716
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: lot of stuff. Who are you most excited to play

717
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: alongside when you get up there? Um, I'm kind of

718
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: family right now. But let's see Michael Pittman. He's pretty cool.

719
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: He he so Tylers so I brought him cast for him,

720
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:35,800
Speaker 1: um so Dan and I kind of him alas stuff

721
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 1: with people. I watched his brothers YouTube videos. Um, I

722
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: watched him playing the rose bowing on and then I

723
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:45,120
Speaker 1: go be his teammate. That's pretty cool. Um, Let's see

724
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 1: who else tyler cy would be a good good team

725
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 1: into how I just God to do this kid, um?

726
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: And then I'm sure there's some other really really good

727
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,800
Speaker 1: prospects um, and other classes that I can't think of

728
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: just those two. Huh, and you've got I mean, you've

729
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,760
Speaker 1: gotten to throw with everybody um on the West coast

730
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 1: who could blow up that we're not really paying much

731
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 1: attention to Uh right now, it doesn't even have to

732
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 1: be your class, just somebody that you you throw with

733
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 1: that you feel like has a bright future ahead of him.

734
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: Um in Arizona, I think um J London, Uh he

735
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 1: have Blue Rich. Yes he's a really good quarterback. Come

736
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,359
Speaker 1: but he's very sometime all right. I can't wait first

737
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,040
Speaker 1: to take off because he is really good. He plays

738
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 1: some linebacker too, Yes, any of the master you're talking about,

739
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: how you get talking it like six six ton dune

740
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. But it really nice kid too.

741
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 1: I feel like where he goes to hotlanda hilum make

742
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 1: the route kid because he's just a nice kid who

743
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: bind heart the offense. Right on my last question, and

744
00:43:56,560 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: since it is the Pack twelve Apostles podcast, Uh, which

745
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 1: team are you most excited to play against when you

746
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 1: get out to Oregon? Um, let's see you just doesn't

747
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: help count men there or Usca Garcia talk to talk

748
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 1: some stuff to him, Um for me to again like

749
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,879
Speaker 1: you do this year. So he's the real deal. You're

750
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna find this out too, that like once

751
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,880
Speaker 1: you once you commit um, all of sort of like

752
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: the mystique around you kind of fades, and and you

753
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 1: see a lot of guys who commit early sort of

754
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: drop in the rankings. I've noticed sometimes because it's it's

755
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 1: one of those things we're like, Okay, well they're already committed,

756
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: so we're gonna pay attention to the guys that aren't.

757
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 1: For anybody that doesn't realize it, I just need you

758
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: to vouch me. Jake Garcia is the absolute real deal,

759
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: isn't he. Yeah, he's a good quarterback. You'll do well.

760
00:44:54,480 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 1: Here's a big year. So yeah, just I need people

761
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,399
Speaker 1: to not forget about him because he's, uh, he's he's

762
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,239
Speaker 1: gonna be real special. But I think those guys that

763
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:09,319
Speaker 1: commit really really early people kind of stopped talking about

764
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 1: him a little bit over over time. And he's he's

765
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: definitely ah, he's he's a good quarterback. And he's had

766
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 1: to he's had to bounce around a little bit in

767
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: high school just to overcome some adversity and stuff. So

768
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:24,080
Speaker 1: I think I can't wait to potentially see Ty Thompson

769
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 1: Jake Garcia matchup. Uh and who knows, maybe in a

770
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 1: in a Pactuel Championship game. Running man, Well, thank you

771
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: so much for your time. I appreciate it. Well, we

772
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 1: see that, uh that I was wondering how kids were

773
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 1: gonna handle this with working out and all of that,

774
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,240
Speaker 1: because they know they got to be ready for the season,

775
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 1: but they're still trying to social distance. This has to

776
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 1: be a hard time for them and their parents too,

777
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: it does. And I mean he actually, you know, you

778
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:58,800
Speaker 1: heard him talk about the fact that last Sunday he

779
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 1: still got together with a up of quarterbacks UM and

780
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 1: Tyler Schuck included, uh and and threw some balls out

781
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 1: there in Arizona. And so you know this can only Yeah,

782
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: some people are are are practicing the social distancing and

783
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: everything like that, but you know, he's still if he

784
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: wants to be successfully, has to find some way to

785
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,240
Speaker 1: get some work in. And so you know he's already

786
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:29,919
Speaker 1: out there training with future teammates UM and uh And yeah,

787
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: I mean he's somebody who really likes to put work in.

788
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 1: And he's somebody who I mean, he's almost maybe a

789
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 1: little bit better prepared for the reality of the world

790
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: right now, because first of all, young people are just

791
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:46,480
Speaker 1: more resilient period. Uh. And second of all, he all

792
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,200
Speaker 1: his life has been his uncertainty ever since when in

793
00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 1: the State championship down here. His recruiting process took off,

794
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:54,919
Speaker 1: but his recruiting process took off right in the middle

795
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,839
Speaker 1: of the coaching care sol, right, So he has all

796
00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:01,239
Speaker 1: these different coaches who want him to come, uh play

797
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: for their universities, and all of a sudden, their universities

798
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,680
Speaker 1: not their university one week later. And so you know,

799
00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 1: I think that that gives that gives Oregon a little

800
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 1: bit of an advantage in that your lead recruiter is

801
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:16,719
Speaker 1: Mario Cristo Ball, right, and he's the head coach, and

802
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: he's gonna be sticking around. And you and I have

803
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 1: talked about you know, there's a pretty good chance that

804
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 1: their o C situation is very temporary, and so you

805
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 1: want to have the head coach be the one that's

806
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 1: on board. You want to have the head coach kind

807
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,799
Speaker 1: of be your lead recruiter. But he he also likes

808
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 1: the area. He's got people that he knows that are

809
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: on the team right now. Um, and so I mean

810
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,080
Speaker 1: it sounds like he's pretty solid. You never know, uh

811
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: with with these kids, because you know, Ryan Kelly is

812
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:47,840
Speaker 1: somebody from out of Arizona who was committed to to

813
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,880
Speaker 1: Oregon and they were laser focused on him, and you know,

814
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: they probably could have had to if they weren't, and

815
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,359
Speaker 1: he ends up flipping at the last minute and going

816
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: to going to Arizona State and has since medically retired.

817
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 1: But you know that, so you never really know what's

818
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 1: gonna happen to these players. But I'd say that Thai

819
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,360
Speaker 1: sounds like he's happy to have his recruiting on the

820
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: way and excited to join Tyler shut up their tea. Yeah,

821
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,800
Speaker 1: I think that this is gonna that this coronavirus situation

822
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:14,319
Speaker 1: is going to impact recruiting, that kids are gonna want

823
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: to get locked in a little bit quicker because they

824
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: don't know. They're like, yeah, now I'll make a decision.

825
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna wait this whole thing out, especially if

826
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,359
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure about where I want to go. I'm

827
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:30,399
Speaker 1: gonna lock it in just to make sure that none

828
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: of this blows up and I end up out in

829
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:35,799
Speaker 1: the cold. If I'm not mistaken. Bream is already at

830
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:40,640
Speaker 1: like six commits forass. Yeah. Yeah, they're doing a They're

831
00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:44,360
Speaker 1: doing a good job, dude, Like um, They're they're trying

832
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 1: to get their entire one class wrapped up by the

833
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:53,520
Speaker 1: early signing period and then move on to twos for

834
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:57,320
Speaker 1: while everybody is still working on they're trying to have

835
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,879
Speaker 1: two sold up early to UH. We're doing a really

836
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 1: good job with that. But I love doll route. How

837
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:10,399
Speaker 1: how you had to, uh, how you had to own

838
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:13,840
Speaker 1: up to saying that Ty's team was gonna lose in

839
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 1: the championship? Oh my yeah, my dumbass went on TV

840
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 1: before the last season started and I said, I had

841
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:25,000
Speaker 1: a couple of times where I put my foot in

842
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 1: my mouth. I said, you know, the biggest question that

843
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:31,319
Speaker 1: I have, uh for the for the season down here

844
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 1: in Arizona was whether or not mikey Keene could fill

845
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 1: in for three times state champion UH Jacob Conover, who

846
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:41,600
Speaker 1: ended up committing to b y U was a quarterback

847
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,239
Speaker 1: out of Chandler High that kid led Chandler for their

848
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:48,080
Speaker 1: first ever undefeated season and a state championship. And then

849
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: I also said, you know, there's no way that thy

850
00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:54,479
Speaker 1: Thompson's and mesquite uh team with just twenty five kids

851
00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: on their roster or whatever absurdly low number it was.

852
00:49:57,719 --> 00:49:59,800
Speaker 1: You know, I I said that they weren't gonna be

853
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:01,839
Speaker 1: able compete with the big boys. And they went out

854
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:05,320
Speaker 1: and want to state championship as well. So I U,

855
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 1: I usually don't go out on a limb like that.

856
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: You motivated them, he should. Yeah, I was on a

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Speaker 1: he I think he just wanted me to be bold

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Speaker 1: in my predictions and I just I face planning on

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Speaker 1: both of them. Oh well, that's good. Well, um, I

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Speaker 1: hope you guys enjoyed the interview with Ty Thompson. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna have many many more guests on rough did a

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Speaker 1: great job getting that, and we want to thank you

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Speaker 1: guys as usual for listening to the pack twelve apostles.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate your time, appreciate your energy. Thank you for that.

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Speaker 1: Peace out, Catch you guys later.