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Speaker 1: Matthew, how are you today? I'm doing well, Mike, how

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Speaker 1: are you doing well?

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Speaker 2: Thanks for taking the time for us, No problem, And

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Speaker 2: I ask you, up to this point in the season,

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Speaker 2: reward that you had yesterday, how would you describe what

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Speaker 2: that means to the team.

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Speaker 3: It means a lot, Mike. I think sometimes you lose

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Speaker 3: sight of how hard it is to win in this league,

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Speaker 3: and you don't appreciate what it means to win, you know.

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Speaker 3: And I think for us, we've had a reminder of

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Speaker 3: how hard it is to win this year, and certainly

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Speaker 3: yesterday we took the time to appreciate winning, especially against

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Speaker 1: So I think for us it really gave us.

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Speaker 3: A boost, boosted the morale, boosted belief obviously, and our

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Speaker 3: I certainly think we needed a reminder of that, especially

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Speaker 3: the way things have been going.

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Speaker 1: So it was it was.

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Speaker 3: A great reminder. And again it's uh, you know, you

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Speaker 3: There are a lot of good players, a lot of

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Speaker 2: And and a quick follow up. You know, it's the

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Speaker 2: ultimate team game. It's never about one person. At the

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Speaker 2: same time, you quarterbacks tend to take more, get more

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Speaker 2: of the praise, tend to get more of the blame,

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Speaker 2: however things go. And with that in mind, I'm curious

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Speaker 2: accomplished yesterday in terms of where everything he had been through.

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Speaker 2: I guess up to that point, you know, come through

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think our entire football team is happy for

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Speaker 1: But it says a lot.

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Speaker 3: About who he is as a young man to be

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Speaker 3: he plays well, it gives our whole football team a boost,

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Speaker 3: and I thought he you know, he brought great energy. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: And you know, we look, we look to continue that

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Speaker 1: Next question, Bob.

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Speaker 5: Hey, Matthew, congrats on the win yesterday. Thank you, Thanks

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Speaker 5: boll Hey. I wanted to ask you speaking of young

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Speaker 5: men and handling circumstances. You know, from uh not ideal

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Speaker 5: What has that rookie kicker shown you, especially yesterday making

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm glad you have said about Really, you know,

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Speaker 3: And look, honestly it was those were very tough conditions

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Speaker 3: You know, his perspective is one we all could learn from.

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Speaker 3: And as I said about the quarterback and everybody else,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, another follow up regarding rookies from yesterday's performance, he

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Speaker 3: And you know, Bryce, I think he hit about one

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Speaker 3: Complimentary football that we've been talking about. We've been looking

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Speaker 5: Matthew really appreciate it. Taking enough of your time, I

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Speaker 1: Next question Chris Ryan, Hey, Matt, how are you? I'm well, Chris,

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Speaker 6: Kind of building upon you know, Bob's question there, it

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Speaker 1: So good start, good, good place to be right now,

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Speaker 6: I also want to ask you about messaging, and I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Chris, I mean, I mean to answer that without

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Speaker 3: You know, we're we're trying to cut back on all

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Speaker 1: Group and the way we've responded to adversity. And we'll

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Speaker 1: see what it looks like moving forward. Thank you.

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Speaker 4: And next question, Zach Coox, Hey, Matthew, Bob touched on it,

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Speaker 4: but what was it like for you and Schooler to

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Speaker 1: It was fun, I mean like that.

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Speaker 3: Those are situations that we prepare for throughout training camp

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Speaker 1: We're ready to go and execute what we're asked to do.

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Speaker 3: Schools goes in there and finds the football like he

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Speaker 1: So it was, you know, fun to be a part

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Speaker 4: because it feels like we've seen hail Mary type situations

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well for us, that wasn't a hill Mary situation.

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Speaker 3: Range, and it'll be different pagage out there. If it's not,

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Speaker 3: then Schools and Iron the game. So you know, I

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Speaker 1: They had us ready to.

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Speaker 3: Go before the situation came up, and you know when

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Speaker 3: you know, they gave us.

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Speaker 4: The nod to go in there and just real quickly

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Speaker 4: on Schooler, I know that's not the type of player

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Speaker 4: you seen him even take his play to an additional level. Obviously,

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Speaker 4: he was a very impactful guy for you guys last year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, I think he's been so consistent since he

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 3: I said it last year and I've said it earlier

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Speaker 3: this year. He's he's a young guy who has really

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Speaker 1: He belongs at this level since he got here.

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Speaker 3: You know, And he'll only continue to get better as

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Speaker 3: he understands the game and as he sees more looks

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Speaker 3: he'll he'll just get better and better. Been so impressed

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Speaker 3: with him, maybe as impressive as any young player I've

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Speaker 3: he's he's looking to make plays, and he has a

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Speaker 1: So look, hopefully we can keep keep riding him around

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Speaker 4: Awesome and final question here from Tyler Barnski. Hey, Matthew,

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Speaker 4: I was just curious to know what it was like

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Speaker 4: for you to see Mike and Dante ged recognized this

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Speaker 3: Oh, Tyler, I'm glad you asked that for me personally.

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Speaker 3: You know, I can't think of two more deserving guys

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Speaker 3: You know, you talk about the culture that we have here,

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Speaker 3: the runs that had around here, the championships that we won,

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Speaker 1: It's just playing as that.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Dante has been so important and molding young

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Speaker 1: But young men.

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Speaker 3: Our offensive line has historically been the most dependable group

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Speaker 3: and I think they were.

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Speaker 1: Always a reflection of their coach.

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Speaker 3: And I said it last week, Dante he coached harder

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Speaker 1: He was yelling at his guys, getting on.

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Speaker 3: His guys, but I think he loved his players more

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Speaker 3: watching that from afar. You know, some of my closest

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Speaker 3: football field. And then when it comes to Mike, I

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Speaker 3: just thing when you think about championship DNA, when you

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Speaker 3: think about being a professional, being a patriot, doing things

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Speaker 3: he showed me what it looked like to be a

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Speaker 1: A championship caliber level.

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Speaker 3: His commitment to the team, his selflessness, his leadership, his accountability,

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Speaker 3: his toughness really unmatched. And you know, as a young player,

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Speaker 3: I don't think I understood that, and I don't think

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Speaker 3: I appreciated it. But now that I'm about his age

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Speaker 3: when I got here, I understand why he was the

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Speaker 3: way he was, why he pushed certain buttons, why he

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Speaker 1: The way that he did.

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Speaker 3: There was intentionality with everything Mike did, and the intention

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Speaker 3: behind it was to be a champion, and certainly he

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Speaker 3: is a champion. He was champion, and this place wouldn't

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Speaker 3: be what it is and wouldn't have those six Super

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Speaker 3: Bowl trophies without Mike Rabel.

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Speaker 4: Thanks Matthew, appreciate it all right, Thanks guys

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Matthew