WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conference 12/13/24

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into the Raves Presspass podcast. The Raves are heading

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<v Speaker 1>up to MetLife Stadium for a matchup against the Giants

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday at one o'clock. For that game, we had

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, appreciate everybody being here. Have the coach of

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<v Speaker 2>the year winners from the season. The high school football

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<v Speaker 2>coaches of the year, both the tackle football and the

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<v Speaker 2>flag football coaches are here. So we're excited about that.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be naming the coach of the year here, uh

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<v Speaker 2>for the season. All are very very qualified for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course. It's an awesome Coaches are the best coaches

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<v Speaker 2>to you guys. You guys are the best because what

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<v Speaker 2>you do to me, you're on the front lines of

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<v Speaker 2>our youth, you know, and and teaching them the lessons

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<v Speaker 2>and the values that you can only really learn through,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, team environment, team endeavor, especially something like football.

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<v Speaker 2>It's challenging and toughest football. And so thanks for what

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<v Speaker 2>you do. It's the best tribution that anybody could make

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<v Speaker 2>being a coach. What questions you guys have.

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<v Speaker 3>Done, you know, three games eleven days that you're about

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<v Speaker 3>park on. What's kind of the final. I know you're

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<v Speaker 3>focused on Sunday obviously, but what's kind of the final

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<v Speaker 3>What is the message about getting through that?

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<v Speaker 2>And really the messages, The message is one day at

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<v Speaker 2>a time and one game at a time, one play

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<v Speaker 2>at a time, one series at a time. That is

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<v Speaker 2>the final message, you know. That is the process, is

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<v Speaker 2>the message. We've mapped it all out, like we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about earlier in the week. We have a plan as

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<v Speaker 2>far as all the different practices and reps and loading

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<v Speaker 2>and all that to be ready to be at our

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<v Speaker 2>best physically in all three games. But that's up to

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<v Speaker 2>us as coaches, the players and really the coaches in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of the scheming and the teaching. Is we have

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<v Speaker 2>our biggest challenge Sunday, and we've got to be at

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<v Speaker 2>our best on Sunday and then tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll worry

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<v Speaker 2>about itself.

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<v Speaker 3>John, it looks like ben Noy's on track to play

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<v Speaker 3>his practice fully all week.

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<v Speaker 4>In a general sense, how important has he been for

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<v Speaker 4>that group.

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<v Speaker 3>With his experience, his performance and also knowing the rest

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<v Speaker 3>of those that dressers aren't pretty young.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I just think it's always good to have Kyle

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<v Speaker 2>out there. You know, he's healthy. Uh, he's played a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of plays, a lot a lot of a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of plays all year, played very well. Uh, definitely the

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<v Speaker 2>week that off and then the bye, I think has

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<v Speaker 2>really probably helped him in terms of being being fully

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<v Speaker 2>raided a role. So he's ready to go.

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<v Speaker 5>I know that Michael Pierce has been a full go

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<v Speaker 5>all week. I mean, have you seen what you wanted

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<v Speaker 5>to see from him in terms of being physically ready?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Michael looks good.

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<v Speaker 3>Is a justice?

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<v Speaker 6>How's justin looking out there?

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<v Speaker 2>Justin looking good? Yeah, very good. Yeah, he's uh practicing well,

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<v Speaker 2>hitting the ball great. He has been, you know, doing

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<v Speaker 2>a good job of that. So he's ready to go too.

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<v Speaker 3>We didn't have to be better on Wednesday because it

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't firm yet. But what are your thoughts like seeing

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<v Speaker 3>Bill Belichick go taking my job in college?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that. Yeah, I'm really happy for coach. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's just a it's a it's a really

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<v Speaker 2>cool thing. I read. I texted him. I haven't heard

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<v Speaker 2>back yet. Game of rat so he's get a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit busy. And uh, and I just just and I

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<v Speaker 2>know Bubba Cunningham, you know the A D there from

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<v Speaker 2>way back. He's he's a great, great athletic director, great

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<v Speaker 2>great person. But h I saw where it was something

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<v Speaker 2>he's always said he's always dreamed of, you know, which

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<v Speaker 2>is really something to read that. It's like, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he's won how many Super Bowls? You know, he's got

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<v Speaker 2>all those rings. Arguably the greatest NFL coach in the

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<v Speaker 2>history of the game and certainly the most successful. And

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<v Speaker 2>to say, you know, I always dream of this, You

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<v Speaker 2>know that that that speaks and that says something that's

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<v Speaker 2>something he's always thought about wanting to do. Now he

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<v Speaker 2>gets a chance to do it, He'll be amazing. He'll

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<v Speaker 2>do a great job. He'll have great players. One thing

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<v Speaker 2>about coach Belichick, Uh, he's gonna have a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>guys that like football. He's gonna have a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>guys that that that that want to be great, that

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<v Speaker 2>want to work hard, that think about football, think about

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<v Speaker 2>football going home, think about football coming into coming into work.

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<v Speaker 2>They're gonna think about classes a little bit now too

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<v Speaker 2>proudly you know, I'd be part of it. But uh uh,

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<v Speaker 2>if you if you're interested in football and you want

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<v Speaker 2>to be great, and what you do, you know North

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina's going to be a destination for those guys.

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<v Speaker 5>Have you ever thought about what it would be like

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<v Speaker 5>to go back to college after being in the NFL

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<v Speaker 5>for a very long time, and obviously your brother has

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<v Speaker 5>kind of gone back and forth. I mean, what how

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<v Speaker 5>big a difference would it be.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's too big a difference. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>coaches coach, you know, coach at any level. He coach

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<v Speaker 2>a high school and there's great coaches at every level.

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<v Speaker 2>There are coaches in high school football that could coach

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<v Speaker 2>in the NFL like that. There are coaches in the

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<v Speaker 2>NFL that can coach it, you know, high school. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think coaching is coaching pretty much. It's different challenges,

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<v Speaker 2>for sure, and there's different you know, schemes and everything

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<v Speaker 2>are different. But the ability to kind of connect with guys,

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<v Speaker 2>to put the players first, their best interests at heart,

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<v Speaker 2>put together a team, build a team, all those things

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<v Speaker 2>are the same, all right, So coach, all right? With

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<v Speaker 2>that in mind, what did I segue? Child? That's good?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? So so twenty eight years, twenty eight years,

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<v Speaker 2>the Ravens have named high school Coach of the Year,

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<v Speaker 2>and this will be the first for girls flag to

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<v Speaker 2>be eligible, you've got to be aimed a coach of

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<v Speaker 2>the week throughout the week for what your team has

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<v Speaker 2>done and the job that you did. So here the two

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<v Speaker 2>coaches that have been named the Ravens Coach of the

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<v Speaker 2>Year all right and Arundel High School Jack Walsh, three

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<v Speaker 2>A state champs, Arundo's first title since nineteen seventy five.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on up here, man, graduation, graduation, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Sir for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, what do you want to say? Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta get up here and say.

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<v Speaker 6>This is really different for me. Thank you guys, and

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<v Speaker 6>thank you for the Ravens and Coach Harball for having

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<v Speaker 6>all of us out today. Let us tour the facility.

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<v Speaker 6>It's been fantastic. And thank you to Arundel. We've been

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<v Speaker 6>waiting forty nine years and we did it, so thank

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<v Speaker 6>you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Great questions. Come on, It was a quite tough question

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<v Speaker 2>after you've been there before, but you haven't quite gotten there.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's something we've been chipping away at for years

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<v Speaker 6>and it's just been out of our grasp, out of

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<v Speaker 6>our grasp. It was a very surreal aside from my

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<v Speaker 6>daughter being born and I have to say get married

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<v Speaker 6>to my wife holding that trophy up in front of

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<v Speaker 6>the home crowd was just second to none. So it

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<v Speaker 6>was a great feeling.

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<v Speaker 3>He think he could just take over.

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<v Speaker 2>His job, and he could.

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<v Speaker 6>He could definitely do my job. My line is his

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<v Speaker 6>His problems aren't my problems. I don't think I could

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<v Speaker 6>handle the stress of his job. So I'm perfectly happy

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<v Speaker 6>and content where I am. And we're good coaching on

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<v Speaker 6>teaching high school book kids.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard to follow up state championship pic shoes of

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<v Speaker 2>all right the Ravens flag Coach of the Year. First

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<v Speaker 2>year we've had this one be the first first time

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<v Speaker 2>ever award. Chad Hartman, Boonsboro High School. Chad, Hey, graduations.

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<v Speaker 4>Man, great, appreciate it, Thank you, congrats Hey, this is weird.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh again, thank you to the Ravens. This has been

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<v Speaker 4>amazing to be able to start girls football last year

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<v Speaker 4>Frederick County. I think it went really well, expanding into

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<v Speaker 4>Washington County and now across Maryland. It's it's been wonderful.

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<v Speaker 4>The girls have taken to it amazingly. It's it's crazy

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<v Speaker 4>to see some of the athletic ability of some of

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<v Speaker 4>the young ladies in the state of Maryland. Some of

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<v Speaker 4>the games we've played against some of the coaches out

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<v Speaker 4>here just unbelievable and I can't wait for it to grow.

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<v Speaker 4>We're short like thirty some teams to make it an

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<v Speaker 4>official state sport in Maryland. We're really hoping Baltimore County,

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<v Speaker 4>Carroll County, really hoping they jump on board and kind

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<v Speaker 4>of make this, uh something that's gonna last a long

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<v Speaker 4>time to come. So again, thank you guys very much.

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<v Speaker 2>I got questions. What is it about football?

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<v Speaker 5>Flag football?

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<v Speaker 2>Then something that the tracks tracks the girls to play?

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<v Speaker 5>And what are the benefits of it?

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<v Speaker 4>Why is it so great? It's it's different, right I have.

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<v Speaker 4>We have a lot of dual sport play on my team,

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<v Speaker 4>and I will say this, a lot of them they

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<v Speaker 4>love to come to football practice. I think it's it's

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<v Speaker 4>fun for them. They've seen it on TV for all

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<v Speaker 4>these years and now they get to actually go out

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<v Speaker 4>there and compete, and I think they appreciate that. As

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<v Speaker 4>a father, it's awesome to have daughters that are getting

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<v Speaker 4>into football now that I can sit on the couch

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<v Speaker 4>with and they're you know, they're understanding it because they're

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<v Speaker 4>sitting there and the coming to practice with me. All

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<v Speaker 4>the time. This is just it's great as a father,

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<v Speaker 4>it's great as a dad. It's great. As you know,

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<v Speaker 4>twenty three girls have all become my daughters now because

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<v Speaker 4>of this and what y'all helped me put together.

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<v Speaker 6>So it's awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast and again

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<v Speaker 1>kickoff on Sunday is at one pm for the Ravens

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<v Speaker 1>matchup against Giants. Thanks for listening and we'll see you

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday