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Speaker 2: You know, I think that we've worked really hard. Obviously

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Speaker 1: The stakes at this level are so high. I mean,

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Speaker 2: adjust to the things that are happening right now in

434
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Speaker 2: college football. I'd love to say on a yearly basis.

435
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Speaker 2: I'd love to say on a monthly basis, it feels

436
00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,720
Speaker 2: like on a weekly basis, something news coming, a rule change,

437
00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,359
Speaker 2: it's this, it's that, and if you don't adapt to it,

438
00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,600
Speaker 2: the game will pass us by. And I think that

439
00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,960
Speaker 2: that's something we're really been really proud of around here,

440
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,760
Speaker 2: that we've adapted to the changes of college football that

441
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Speaker 2: have allowed us to grow the way that we have

442
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Speaker 2: as a program.

443
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Speaker 1: It's hard, man, It's same thing in the media industry.

444
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,320
Speaker 1: It's happening in the football industry. It's just rapid evolution

445
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,359
Speaker 1: and everything's changing over a twelve twenty four thirty six

446
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:14,000
Speaker 1: month period where three years ago nothing looked like it

447
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,879
Speaker 1: does now. Similarly, in your walk of life, it's human nature, though,

448
00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,560
Speaker 1: to desire comfortability and to have structure in a set

449
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,719
Speaker 1: way that things are working. And when you're saying what

450
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,280
Speaker 1: you're saying, you're not saying I don't have that in me.

451
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Speaker 1: You're saying you got to kind of push that to

452
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Speaker 1: the side sometimes and get with the idea that even

453
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Speaker 1: if this thing's changing in a way I may not

454
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Speaker 1: necessarily love, it's changing regardless, So my personal preferences have

455
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Speaker 1: to go to the side.

456
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Speaker 3: And I got to stay at the forefront of this wave.

457
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Speaker 1: And not only do you have to have that mentality

458
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Speaker 1: you're talking about it permeating down through your building and

459
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Speaker 1: through your organization where that's made up of humans too.

460
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Speaker 1: So you have to convince every human you got to

461
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Speaker 1: think this way. Even if you don't love this direction,

462
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Speaker 1: we got to go this direction.

463
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Speaker 2: We all love routine. Yes, routine is comfortable, it's safe,

464
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Speaker 2: but we try to prechround here is we need to

465
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,919
Speaker 2: be comfortable being uncomfortable because it's gonna be uncomfortable. A

466
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Speaker 2: season's gonna be uncomfortable. I can't tell you what the

467
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 2: weather's gonna be in Week one and Columbus, I can't

468
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Speaker 2: tell you what the weather's gonna be here week two

469
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,399
Speaker 2: against San Jose State, I don't know what time the

470
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Speaker 2: kickoff times. Half the times, I don't know what time

471
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Speaker 2: we're kicking off till six days before the game. Is

472
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Speaker 2: that a day game is a night game? You know,

473
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Speaker 2: some cities you go to, they got great hotels. Some

474
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Speaker 2: places go to they got small hotels. Those are what

475
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Speaker 2: they are. But if they might make us uncomfortable, the

476
00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,040
Speaker 2: plane might have an issue. We got to take off

477
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Speaker 2: three hours of what we're gonna do. They're not gonna

478
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Speaker 2: call off the game, So we better get comfortable being uncomfortable.

479
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 2: And that's in college football in general right now. To

480
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Speaker 2: sit around and complain about rule changes and things and

481
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,680
Speaker 2: settlements that are coming down the pipe, that does us

482
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Speaker 2: no good. Let's look at the situation we're in, and

483
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Speaker 2: then how can we make the best of the situation

484
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Speaker 2: that we're in and look at from an open mind.

485
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Speaker 2: And you know, one of the worst answers anybody can

486
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Speaker 2: ever can ever give me in any space is well,

487
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 2: that's just what we've always done there, or we've never

488
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,200
Speaker 2: done it that way before. I don't want to hear that.

489
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,919
Speaker 2: I want to hear about what's best for the situation

490
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 2: and think about our players first and then worry about us.

491
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Speaker 2: And so if we can go into every situation with

492
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Speaker 2: that kind of mindset, generally we're going to try to

493
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 2: get to a resolution that is pretty good. Not some

494
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 2: aer better than others, I understand that, but for the

495
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:30,520
Speaker 2: most part pretty good.

496
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Speaker 1: When you're looking at a player, whether you're recruiting about

497
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Speaker 1: a high school or you're looking at them in the portal,

498
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Speaker 1: there are different factors, both tangible and intangible that you're

499
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Speaker 1: probably looking for when you're adding guys to your staff, right,

500
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Speaker 1: when you're doing your due diligence. If you're thinking about

501
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Speaker 1: adding me as a defensive line coach, right, what do

502
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Speaker 1: you want to know about me? And before we ever speak,

503
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Speaker 1: what are you looking into? What are the few signifiers

504
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Speaker 1: that I maybe cut out to work for you?

505
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Speaker 2: Well, I think when you I like to talk to

506
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Speaker 2: people that you've worked with, and how do they talk

507
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 2: about you? You know, what are some of the first

508
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 2: things that come out of the mouth. Do they pause?

509
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,880
Speaker 2: Why do they pause? That means they're trying to decipher

510
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,159
Speaker 2: through some information, right, you know, what do they reference?

511
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 2: Do they reference how great of a coach you are?

512
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,680
Speaker 2: Do they reference how great of a guy you are? Okay?

513
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 2: Do they reference that the players like you? Do they

514
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,199
Speaker 2: reference that? You know, he has friction with his players,

515
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 2: but they perform good. None of it's bad, good and different.

516
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Speaker 2: But I'm taking in information of who you are, right,

517
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Speaker 2: of how people perceive you. And again, how people perceive

518
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,200
Speaker 2: you does not always define us, but at least gives

519
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Speaker 2: me a little bit of a snapshot. Then when I

520
00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 2: get to talking to you, a lot of what I

521
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Speaker 2: do is get to know you. Right, you wouldn't have

522
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Speaker 2: got to this level to where you're getting recommended for

523
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Speaker 2: a job at the University of Texas if you didn't

524
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Speaker 2: know some level of football, right, But what kind of

525
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,920
Speaker 2: person are you? Right? Are you going to enhance this building?

526
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Speaker 2: Because we've got a great thing going. We've got a

527
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Speaker 2: great building here, and the last thing, as I want

528
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,679
Speaker 2: to infect this building was something that could really hinder

529
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Speaker 2: us on the journey that we're on. So the person

530
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 2: matters for the coaches that we hire here, and that's

531
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,720
Speaker 2: on office defense, special teams, that's in our scouting and

532
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,480
Speaker 2: recruiting department, that's in every aspect of our organization. I

533
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 2: think if anybody you talk to, anybody around here, is

534
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 2: what we have going is the people, right, Because hey,

535
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 2: let me tell you something. Everybody's got great facilities nowadays,

536
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,159
Speaker 2: and if they don't have them, their building new ones. Okay.

537
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 2: Everybody's got a great stadium, all right. Everybody's got nineteen

538
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 2: uniforms that they put on week in and week out.

539
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 2: So what's gonna make us different? Okay? The people? And

540
00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 2: so if all I'm worried about is how smart you

541
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 2: are as a coach and neglect and maybe who you

542
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 2: are as a person. Sooner or later, I'm gonna fail

543
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,080
Speaker 2: in that hiring process, and so I try to learn

544
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Speaker 2: you as a person to make sure that you can

545
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 2: align with or where we're headed as a program from

546
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Speaker 2: a mentality standpoint.

547
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Speaker 1: The teams that we watch that win every year, one

548
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 1: of the commonalities is the group of guys is really

549
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 1: willing to go over the cliff because they believe in

550
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,880
Speaker 1: their leadership. They believe in the head coach. They're willing

551
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,800
Speaker 1: to play extremely hard for him. Same thing at the

552
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Speaker 1: positional level. But I'm talking about head coach for a second.

553
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Speaker 1: When you get guys here, when you talk to them,

554
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Speaker 1: I know you guys do like culture Wednesday for example,

555
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 1: and you're trying to open the hood beyond football. Just

556
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Speaker 1: talk about life you've lived.

557
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 2: One nohl yah.

558
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Speaker 1: How brutally open are you with your players just about

559
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: your past?

560
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 2: I'm very open, you know, because they all have an

561
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 2: idea and now especially some of the players that are

562
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,680
Speaker 2: in year three, right, they had a pretty good idea

563
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:47,080
Speaker 2: of the life that I've lived. And I wouldn't change

564
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 2: my life for anything if it weren't my life. I

565
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,639
Speaker 2: wouldn't be here today. But I want them to know

566
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,919
Speaker 2: what shaped me and how I got here, and so

567
00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 2: to do that, I have to be really honest with them.

568
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 2: I have to be and I have to share. I

569
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 2: have to talk about the adversity in my life, some

570
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 2: self inflicted wounds, some not self inflicted wounds. But the

571
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 2: reality of it is when they can actually get to

572
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 2: know my story and then why now I think I'm

573
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:20,160
Speaker 2: relatively successful, especially in this job, because I do believe this.

574
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,439
Speaker 2: I believe the really good teams, to your point, do

575
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 2: take on somewhat the personality of the head coach. And

576
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 2: I think about those years at Bama Coach Saban's the

577
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 2: most disciplined human being I've ever been around in my life.

578
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 2: I could tell you what the guy's gonna eat for

579
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 2: breakfast every day. I can almost predict what he's gonna

580
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 2: wear to work on a Wednesday in season, what he's

581
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 2: gonna have for lunch that day, what time he's watching

582
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 2: third downs, like he lives a regimented discipline life. Well,

583
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 2: what is Everyon's one of the first things that come

584
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 2: out of your mouth and you reference those Alabama football

585
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,400
Speaker 2: teams when when that played for Nick saban discipline.

586
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 3: Yeah.

587
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 2: Like, And so the point being is, Okay, I need

588
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 2: need them to know who I am and what I've

589
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,640
Speaker 2: been through, and because that's what I'm trying to instill

590
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 2: into them. This level of grit, this level of resiliency,

591
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,919
Speaker 2: this level of mental and physical toughness, the ability to

592
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 2: respond to the adversity that gets thrown at us, not

593
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 2: only in real life but on the football field. That's

594
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 2: kind of who I am, right, That's been my story,

595
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 2: That's been what I've had to do. And so how

596
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 2: do I what's my best way to instill that into

597
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 2: our team? Get to know me, get to know what

598
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 2: I'm about, all right, and then let me get to

599
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 2: know you, and then let's work on some of those things,

600
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 2: and let's create an avenue between each and every player

601
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 2: that they can share with me. They can get close

602
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 2: to me in a way where maybe it's unique, maybe

603
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 2: it's not, I don't know. It feels unique to me.

604
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 2: I feel like we have something special here that way

605
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 2: that allows me to tap into them in a way

606
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 2: that's differently than than maybe any other coach tapped into me.

607
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 2: That I can help them on this journey when adversity

608
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 2: does strike their response can be maybe a little different,

609
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 2: maybe better than before. That can help them not only

610
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 2: on the football field, but in real life.

611
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Speaker 1: There were a lot of critics that had a lot

612
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: to say about quinn Ewers this past draft cycle, right,

613
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: and how he falls to, what round he falls to

614
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: in the draft, and whether he should have stayed in college,

615
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: whether he should have portaled somewhere else.

616
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 3: I know, he made a big mistake.

617
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: I had my take on it, but I was really

618
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: interested how you sort of set off to the side

619
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,720
Speaker 1: and observed that whole ordeal.

620
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, first of all, quinn Ewers decided to

621
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 2: come to the University of Texas and we were a

622
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 2: five and seven football team, and we owe a ton

623
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 2: to Quinn because I think we all look at, Hey,

624
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 2: here's a guy that started for three years at quarterback

625
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 2: for us, you know, battled injuries all three years, leads

626
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 2: us to two college football playoffs, you know, leads us

627
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 2: to a big twelve championship, leads us to an SEC

628
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 2: championship game our first year in the conference. And that's

629
00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 2: his legacy at Texas. His legacy is way big to

630
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 2: me than just that, because if Quinn Viewers doesn't come,

631
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 2: I don't know if the next five guys are coming, right,

632
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 2: And if those next five guys don't come, I don't

633
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 2: know if the next ten guys are coming. And then

634
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 2: if those ten guys don't come, I don't know if

635
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 2: the next twenty guys are coming. So that was a

636
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 2: huge deal for him to want to come be part

637
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 2: of our program, that he could see the force through

638
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 2: the trees about where we were headed as a program.

639
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 2: And then obviously the impact that he had on the

640
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 2: field force. And I think it was your take, and

641
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 2: I may have stolen a little this, but I totally

642
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 2: agree with you in that you know, everybody is got

643
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 2: a comment about a kid who leaves the school and

644
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 2: goes to another school for more money. How could he

645
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 2: do that? This is college football? Now, what's going on

646
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 2: with college football? All of a sudden, here's Quinn Ewers

647
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 2: who decides not to go to another school to say,

648
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 2: you know what, I've left a legacy at the University

649
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 2: of Texas. I'm going to go chase my dreams and

650
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 2: fulfill my dreams of playing in the NFL. And now

651
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 2: those same critics, those same people are saying, how could

652
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 2: he not go take that money?

653
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 3: Are you suggesting hypocrisy.

654
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 2: I just, you know, sometimes I just I wonder, you know,

655
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 2: I wonder that you know, who are we to judge

656
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 2: and criticize a young man who's making a decision about

657
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 2: his future, who's only done things the right way to

658
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 2: the best of his ability, who gave everything he could

659
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 2: to our program and decided, you know what, now's my time.

660
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 2: It's time for me to go on the next journey

661
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 2: of life, and that's trying to go play quarterback in

662
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 2: the Nation Football League. And we're here to support him,

663
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 2: but to criticize him for not taking the money, Like

664
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 2: what are we talking about? Because every other conversation is

665
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 2: about how could he do that? How could you go

666
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 2: take the money bag chase? And which one is it?

667
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 1: Do you well the answer to this is yes, So

668
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 1: instead off phrase it how many times whether it's an

669
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: assistant coach that may have another opportunity, it's a player

670
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: that may have an opportunity. Do you sit across the

671
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 1: desk from a guy and he's laying out his situation

672
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: right and you know full well the public's going to

673
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: know about five percent of the details, where if you're

674
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: getting one hundred percent of the picture, and you just

675
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: got to sometimes sit there and keep your mouth shut

676
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 1: because if you open it, you're probably gonna say some

677
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 1: stuff you regret. But you just have to watch a guy,

678
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: kid or full grown adult get criticized for a decision

679
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 1: that you know in your heart made sense. Had the

680
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: public known the details, it would make sense to them,

681
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: but it's just not their business to know it.

682
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 3: How often does that happen?

683
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 2: Fair amount? Fair amount? And sometimes you don't agree with

684
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 2: the decision and you voice your opinion in that, but

685
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 2: then you never disclose that conversation that you have. You know,

686
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 2: I think something that like we're now in this space

687
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 2: of I try to try to lose sight of being

688
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 2: an assistant coach right, been a head coach for quite

689
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 2: some time, had a chance to go back and be

690
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 2: an assistant coach for about six years, and now back

691
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 2: being in this chair, I try not to lose sight

692
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 2: of how they view things, because an assisting coaches view

693
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 2: is different than the view that you have as a

694
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 2: head coach. And you know, a sign of a healthy

695
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 2: program is assistant coaches getting opportunities, right, And we've had

696
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 2: coaches go leave here and become head coaches. We've had

697
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 2: coaches leave here and go and become coordinators in college football.

698
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 2: We've had coaches leave here and go coach in the

699
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 2: National Football League and great, that's awesome for them, Like

700
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 2: that's a sign of a healthy, successful program, just like

701
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 2: we've had players leave early for the NFL Draft, Just

702
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 2: like we've had players in our program say, you know what,

703
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 2: I'm going to transfer a coach because I think what's

704
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 2: really happened is you've out recruited me. That's a sign

705
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 2: of a healthy program. And I'm okay with that, and

706
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 2: I continue to support everybody in those endeavors because that

707
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 2: just means that we've grown in a way as a

708
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 2: program in a space. That's a good thing. That's not

709
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 2: a bad thing. That's a good thing. It makes those

710
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 2: jobs more attractive for the next guy, thinking, Man, if

711
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 2: I go there, I might have an opportunity to go

712
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 2: do become a coordinator myself. Or you know what, as

713
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,239
Speaker 2: a player, if I go there, I might have an

714
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 2: opportunity to go play in the National Football League myself.

715
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,879
Speaker 2: So I look at it maybe from a little bit

716
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:13,240
Speaker 2: different lens that way, because we are in the business

717
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 2: of creating opportunity and trying to better the lives of

718
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 2: everybody around us if we can do so.

719
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,880
Speaker 1: Do you think in terms of coaching tree, like the

720
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 1: older established, longtime veteran head coaches who have done it

721
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 1: the right way, you start talking about their coaching tree,

722
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: the guys who coached under them that went on to

723
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:32,760
Speaker 1: do this and that, and then you start talking about

724
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: like certain coaching staffs that Saban had, for instance, that

725
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,399
Speaker 1: end up yielding all kinds of head coaching fruit down

726
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 1: the road. No, it's not going to impact you this

727
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: year whether a guy gets a job ten years from now.

728
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: But also you're talking about having an impact on someone's

729
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: life that, for all we know, is twenty four years

730
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 1: old walking these hallways right now. It's crazy, and twenty

731
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: years from now they're on camera talking about how man

732
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,760
Speaker 1: Start gave me an opportunity, and because of the opportunity,

733
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: you get him because he was good enough to earn it,

734
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: then he's given opportunities to like dozens of guys.

735
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 3: It's a way that you give back to the game.

736
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 3: But it's also happening in real time for you.

737
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 2: I'm listening to you twofold here. Okay. One is you're

738
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 2: exactly right, and it's so awesome. To think that that

739
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 2: I was just fast forwarding, like thinking about a few

740
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 2: people in our building right now, like you have an idea,

741
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 2: who's got a chance and what it might look like

742
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 2: down the road. But on the same token, I don't

743
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 2: want to get old. I want to stay as young

744
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 2: as I can. And this is life is so good,

745
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 2: you know, and like we're so blessed in what we

746
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 2: have going right now that I want to like freeze myself,

747
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 2: like because I think about I'm fifty one, you know,

748
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 2: and I always say, like I'm playing the second half

749
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 2: of my coaching career now, you know, obviously started young

750
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 2: and started early, but I hope I can do this

751
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,239
Speaker 2: for as long as I can, And so I never

752
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,520
Speaker 2: want to think about the end. I want to think

753
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 2: about like be in the moment and be where we're

754
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 2: at right now. But to your point, you know, the

755
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 2: opportunities that a lot of people are getting, not only

756
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 2: here but around the country, right, I mean, there's a

757
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,399
Speaker 2: lot of great programs that people get to be part

758
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 2: of and coaches to work for. But that's what's shaping

759
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 2: our future of the sport, right and that we have

760
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 2: a responsibility to that.

761
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 1: To your point, you know, you're talking about having a

762
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 1: sense of time. There's that quote from the office. I

763
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 1: wish I knew I was in the good old days

764
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: before I've left them. But the nature of the good

765
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: old days is most of the time you have to

766
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: be removed from them to reminisce on how great they were.

767
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: So there's a lot to be gained from knowing you're

768
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 1: there in the moment. You're talking about it in your

769
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: walk of life. I know I'm in a sweet spot

770
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: in my walk of life right now. Do you have

771
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: like an appreciation of a sense of time like that?

772
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: You can't slow it down, it's always marching, But do

773
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: you have an appreciation of time like that?

774
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,240
Speaker 3: Given how hectic your day to day is as a head.

775
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:54,720
Speaker 2: Coach, much better today than it was, you know, fifteen

776
00:36:54,800 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 2: years ago, much better you know now. It's look at this,

777
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 2: I'm the head coach at the University of Texas, right

778
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 2: and the people that I get to associate myself with

779
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 2: on a daily basis, you know, from players to staff,

780
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 2: to administrators to donors. I mean this the city of Austin.

781
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 2: There's so many great things going on. Fifteen years ago, man,

782
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,760
Speaker 2: I didn't think that way. I was thinking about what's next.

783
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 2: You know where we headed what's next, focusing on the

784
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 2: focusing on the end result rather than the process. But

785
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 2: now I'm much more equipped to slow down and to

786
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 2: take each day, each moment within the day, and give

787
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 2: it the appreciation that it deserves, because I don't think

788
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 2: I used to do that in my past, but I

789
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 2: definitely today feel comfortable in saying that and knowing that. Man,

790
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,839
Speaker 2: I appreciate this opportunity, right, you know, four years ago,

791
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 2: guys like you weren't coming here to interview me before

792
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 2: the season, and now here you are, right, very different way,

793
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 2: yeah here, And so like, I don't I don't lose

794
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,360
Speaker 2: sight of that, Like we've earned a lot of these things.

795
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,879
Speaker 2: Let's not let's let these things blow by. Let's let's

796
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 2: let's appreciate them for what they are and appreciate the

797
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 2: people that do want to be around our program for

798
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 2: all the right reasons.

799
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 1: You know, the concept of time both bigger picture but

800
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: then also in the micro sense in a game like

801
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:25,240
Speaker 1: you get really really dialed in during those four quarters

802
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:28,800
Speaker 1: on a Saturday, to the point where I'm not sure

803
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: most humans get that focused on a thing ever, But

804
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 1: you got to be because you're you're you're running a team,

805
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 1: but you're also calling plays. Can you in layman enough

806
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: terms for people to understand? Walk people through from the

807
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: time your alarm clock goes off on a game day

808
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,320
Speaker 1: to the time you're you're on team bus, you're getting

809
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: to the building, you're going through warm ups, you're back

810
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: in the locker room. Five minutes, four minutes, three minutes,

811
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: take the field, they give you the headset. You may

812
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: do a pregame interview, two questions, and you're out and

813
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: then it's boom and everything like, oh, and it's gotta

814
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,280
Speaker 1: it's got to clear the mechanism. And it's four quarters

815
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 1: and to us it's three and a half or four hours.

816
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 1: To you, what does that time even feel like?

817
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 2: Well, first of all, there's nothing better than game day.

818
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 2: Like I get up like it's Christmas morning. I'm so

819
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 2: excited on game day. But my mind is going. My

820
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 2: mind It's like you get up, turn turn the switch on,

821
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 2: and it's on. Your mind is going, and you're you're

822
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 2: constantly thinking about contingency plans. You know, because you have

823
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 2: the plan of offense, defense, special teams, and then the

824
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 2: nuances within the plan and it's nine then yeah, then

825
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 2: one of those things isn't going right. What's the contingency plan?

826
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 2: But when I when I step on the grass before

827
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 2: the game, I go out probably a little earlier than

828
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,799
Speaker 2: most head coaches, because there's, to your point, there's so

829
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 2: much other stuff. You got recruits there, you've got donors there,

830
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 2: you've got all you know that, the stuff. The music's playing,

831
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,240
Speaker 2: and sometimes I just want to get into my space,

832
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 2: into my zone. And so I get on the field

833
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 2: and I just walk around and do nothing. But I'm

834
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 2: out there earlier probably the most head coaches, because I'm

835
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 2: calling the plays too, and so I have to kind

836
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,319
Speaker 2: of get myself into this space. To your point, that

837
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 2: is almost a little bit of a silo to think

838
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 2: very clearly and to be clear minded and to be focused.

839
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 2: But then when the moment hits, right, when when that

840
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:24,279
Speaker 2: ball gets kicked off. To put it into perspective, think

841
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 2: about making a decision every thirty seconds. Imagine if you're

842
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 2: sitting at home and for the next four hours, your

843
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 2: wife asking you what you want to eat every thirty seconds, man,

844
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 2: and when you and when you say I don't know,

845
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,760
Speaker 2: that's called a delay. Again, every thirty seconds, you're making

846
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,800
Speaker 2: a decision every thirty seconds for the next four hours.

847
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,320
Speaker 2: And so what happens is when it's all said and done,

848
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 2: this this odd feeling of you're exhausted, but yet you're

849
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 2: still amped up, like it's you have to find a

850
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 2: way to get yourself to come back off that because

851
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:04,720
Speaker 2: you're on. You know, you're literally on for four straight hours.

852
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: Well that's why I told a buddy we were coming

853
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: out here. He sent me a clip. I don't even

854
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 1: know what game it was. It was Laura Rutledge though.

855
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 1: That was getting you for halftime, and you gave like

856
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,720
Speaker 1: a quick answer, and then you're off to the locker

857
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:19,320
Speaker 1: room and they're saying, man, look how different Sark sounds.

858
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 3: And I'm saying, well, he's in the middle of a.

859
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: Football game, like you probably look at you probably watch

860
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: your stuff.

861
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 2: In a football game.

862
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: And then if you're a Tuesday afternoon watching film of

863
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Speaker 1: yourself Saturday, you're saying, look at that dude.

864
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 2: He's me.

865
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 1: Look at that guy, he's locked in. But the level

866
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,719
Speaker 1: of focus, that's what's always fascinating me. Because I'm not

867
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: calling a game, I'm not coaching, but I'm in those

868
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: buildings on Saturday and I don't think until people attend

869
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 1: a college football game they can really fully appreciate what

870
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 1: I called sensory overload. The crowd, the colors, the sounds,

871
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 1: the sites. You don't experience that anywhere else until you're

872
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: in that building. You don't get it on the practice field. Now,

873
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: you don't get it anywhere else. And so to be

874
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,880
Speaker 1: in that environment and to focus on talking into a

875
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: microphone much less focus on calling plays the ones who

876
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 1: can do it like, it's always just blown my mind

877
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: that you're able to get to that level of focus.

878
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Speaker 2: Well, I think at that interview we weren't playing very

879
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 2: good in the first half either, So you know, I've

880
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 2: always hold on to a moment that I think helped

881
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 2: with that perspective for me. I don't know if you

882
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 2: remember when Villanova wins a national championship of years ago

883
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 2: and Jay Wright they hit they hit the shot to

884
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 2: win it. There was no emotion. He literally turned and

885
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 2: started just walk towards towards the opponent's head coach to

886
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,439
Speaker 2: shake his hand, like you can get all the way

887
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,280
Speaker 2: there to where you don't even feel the crowd anymore,

888
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 2: you don't even feel like you're you're in such a

889
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 2: your your mind is so focused on what do I

890
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,840
Speaker 2: need to do next, that sometimes you don't feel those emotions.

891
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 2: I honestly try not to go all the way there,

892
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 2: because I do think there's an advantage to feeling some

893
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 2: of that emotion, to having some of that that that

894
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:06,920
Speaker 2: is created in an environment, in an atmosphere. But but

895
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 2: I also think, you know, we've been a really good

896
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 2: road team, you know, we we've I think we currently

897
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 2: have the longest road winning streak in the country, and

898
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 2: we've played in some tough environments. But I think that again,

899
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 2: I think I'm able to take some of that that

900
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 2: I get and instill that into our team, that our

901
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 2: team can stay focused and not be distracted on some

902
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 2: of the things going on outside of them and focus

903
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:33,399
Speaker 2: on the task at hand. And it's so far, so good.

904
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,439
Speaker 2: It's worked out for us.

905
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 1: So I could talk to you for five hours about that,

906
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 1: but I do want to get you out of here

907
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,240
Speaker 1: on this. You guys, you had you've lost a ton

908
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 1: in the draft, which is a blessing.

909
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 3: Then you've also got to backfill it.

910
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,320
Speaker 1: And defensive line specifically, like that was an area everyone

911
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: knew when they looked at Texas and they said they're

912
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 1: probably gonna have to go to the portal to address this.

913
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: You guys did going through spring as you have now,

914
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: how comfortable are you lines of scrimmage and beyond? You

915
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 1: guys at least have the personnel you need to go

916
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:01,800
Speaker 1: attack your goals.

917
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think we're a finished product, and I've

918
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,359
Speaker 2: if I said we were, that'd probably be lying right.

919
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 2: You know. We We've had some young players that have

920
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 2: grown up in our program that we're excited about. On

921
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,759
Speaker 2: both sides of the line of scrimmage. We've brought in

922
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 2: some transfers, most notably on the defensive side of the

923
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 2: ball that helped us this spring. We brought in a

924
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Speaker 2: couple more in the spring portal window that I think

925
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,719
Speaker 2: are going to be great additions for us. But I

926
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 2: think for us as a program, this summer is going

927
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 2: to be huge. You know, June and July, our our

928
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 2: skilled development stuff that we work on, you know, the

929
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Speaker 2: team aspect of really bringing this team together, our culture

930
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Speaker 2: Wednesdays are going to be big. Their work with Tory

931
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 2: Beckton right in the weight room, running in the Austin

932
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 2: heat on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at four in the

933
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 2: afternoon where it feels like the hottest place on the earth.

934
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 2: But that's when we grow together as a team. And

935
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Speaker 2: then training camp is going to be a big thing,

936
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Speaker 2: and we've got to push these guys. We've got to

937
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Speaker 2: remain demanding of them of what the standard is around

938
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Speaker 2: here and instill it in them. And that's a responsibility

939
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,919
Speaker 2: on a lot of their teammates too to get that done.

940
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 2: When you bring in new faces, that what you we

941
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Speaker 2: always try to ensure is that they acclimate to us.

942
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Speaker 2: We don't acclimate to them, and so that's why we're

943
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 2: so strategic and we really take our time when it

944
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,319
Speaker 2: comes to the portal. We just don't bring anybody in here.

945
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 2: There's a lot of really good players out there. It's

946
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 2: not just about any of it might not always be

947
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 2: the best player, it's the best player that fits us.

948
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Speaker 2: And that's something that we've tried to do and hold

949
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Speaker 2: on to and so far it's worked out pretty good

950
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Speaker 2: for us.

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Speaker 3: This is awesome, man, We appreciate it. That was great.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, thanks man.

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