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Speaker 1: those guys are really in a in a position to

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Speaker 1: the challenge. But Kobe's, you know, a smart player that

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Speaker 1: you know has worked hard and really has taken a

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Speaker 1: you know, real credit to him in his work ethic.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Billy. I apologize to those I don't get too,

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Speaker 1: but we'll make Mike reas the final question for him.

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Speaker 1: Mike okay, um Bill, When when you guys took the

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Speaker 1: se and team the way that fourth quarter unfolded, how

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Speaker 1: much did the game strategy for you sort of shift

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Speaker 1: even more toward field position? Um and and I don't

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Speaker 1: know how much the weather conditions were part of that,

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Speaker 1: it was Jake Bailey, you know, and just his ability

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Speaker 1: to execute what he needed to do UM significant in

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Speaker 1: Jake did a great job for us, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: as he has all year of his his ball handling

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Speaker 1: you're asking about punts here because they're wearing field goals

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Speaker 1: in a fourth quarter, but um, but his ball handling

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Speaker 1: his ability to um change field position with length and

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Speaker 1: a chance to get down there really eliminated the returns

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Speaker 1: done a great job for us all year, last year

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Speaker 1: and a half really in all those areas. And you know,

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Speaker 1: you're right. I think as the elements last night deteriorated,

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Speaker 1: it's trying to go on a long field. And in

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Speaker 1: that situations it's hard anyway, but it was it's harder.

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Speaker 1: It was harder in the conditions that you know the

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Speaker 1: game ended up in. Thank you, coach, Thanks everyone great.

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Speaker 1: Thank you