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Speaker 1: UM and we set ourselves back a little bit with

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Speaker 1: Nnalist there. Everybody for the week. We had positive, positive

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Speaker 1: contributions from from all three phases. Kicking game included UM. Defense,

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Speaker 1: UM and offense, we've found a way to finally score

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Speaker 1: And then we've seen it all along. I've I've watched

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Speaker 1: it's a victory. It's the first win in our little

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Speaker 1: We didn't have any injuries to speak of, which is good.

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Speaker 1: This is the first time I've really ever been around. UM.

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Speaker 1: We all we had all healthy scratches, so we're healthy

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Speaker 1: good as we move forward. So UM happy for our guys. UM,

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Speaker 1: it's always fun to win a game. And like I

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Speaker 1: hopefully we can go when this getting ready for Tampa.

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Speaker 1: I'll take a question. Do you think of the offensive

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Speaker 1: they're gonna always be hard fought, but this team fights

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Speaker 1: How important to think that was for Eli? I mean,

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Speaker 1: And they did that. You've talked all along in this

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Speaker 1: you know. And that's why we gotta keep the noise

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