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Speaker 1: You know, we remember it in in kind of a humble,

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Speaker 1: But two of note, you know, Cream Martin's that'll be

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Speaker 1: And UM, I know the head coach very well. We

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Speaker 1: or not. UM and you know, he's a tough, competitive guy.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not saying we've lost him. I mean, we'll

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Speaker 1: see what happened. We'll see what the week brings. UM

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Speaker 1: and UM. He's just a really good player and a

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Speaker 1: really good teammate. Is it for the mentality of this

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Speaker 1: team not to be O and two again? I know

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Speaker 1: you were there less maybe not fall into that same

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Speaker 1: kind of we're doing the math on this one game.

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Speaker 1: We're trying to be one to know this week and

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Speaker 1: I and I you know, we we don't focus on it.

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Speaker 1: I don't focus on it. It's not something we talk

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Speaker 1: about moving forward. We're putting all our focus on what

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Speaker 1: we're gonna do this week.