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Speaker 1: Well, I mean, how you doing. First? What does it

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Speaker 1: mean Connecticut have the opportunity to play for the Patriots? Uh?

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Speaker 2: I mean it's unbelievable opportunity, unbelievable honor. I mean there's

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Speaker 2: a lot of history here. I grew up, you know,

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Speaker 2: rooting for uh, you know, Patriots, the Giants's New England team,

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Speaker 2: being comfort It's kind of hard packing the team, you know,

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Speaker 2: but I grew up with you know, unreal super bowls

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Speaker 2: between the Giants and the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: So it's a huge honor. You know, it's a lot

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Speaker 1: of history here.

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Speaker 2: I love being in New England and from New England,

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Speaker 2: and so I'm just working hard every day to stay

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Speaker 2: here and give you my best, best team in this program.

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Speaker 1: This organization and the coaches and the.

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Speaker 2: Players helped this football journey going to Michigan.

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Speaker 1: To the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Uh, it's getting better. I mean, Conneican football is getting

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Speaker 2: a lot better every year. I think we see more

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Speaker 2: and more people. You know, there's a lot of people

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Speaker 2: coming out of Connecticut, you know, Zach Allen and Lucy

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Speaker 2: and a bunch of guys like that are coming out

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Speaker 2: and it's getting better every day.

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Speaker 1: And so you know, we had a good team my

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Speaker 2: We want the state Championshi back to back, and so

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Speaker 2: it was it was really fun and it helped me

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Speaker 1: And he kind of transferred on to Michigan and ultimately

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Speaker 1: here too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's that's part of the job. You know,

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Speaker 2: your body is your money maker. So uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: it's definitely it's coach Belichick over here. First, a kind

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Speaker 2: of building a routine. Now, you know, what are you

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Speaker 2: gonna do post practice, pre practice? You know, any chance

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Speaker 2: you get to free time, what are you doing, whether

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Speaker 2: it be stretching, tubs, treatments or something like that. So

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Speaker 2: that's the biggest thing probably, And so they're building that

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Speaker 2: routine through campus. Someone that's part of kind of not

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Speaker 2: only practicing and playing football, but also building a good

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Speaker 2: football routine throughout the day. Yeah, all the good in

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Speaker 2: my family coming for week one. It should be fun

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Speaker 2: company to wing. I have a bunch of friends that

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Speaker 2: it definitely hits you, you know, I random times, definitely,

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Speaker 2: you know, when you're out here trying to just focus

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Speaker 1: Know, there are definitely some days where I think, I

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Speaker 2: I think, you know, it's incredible to be here, and

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Speaker 2: so I'm just I'm just working to keep that as

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Speaker 1: Obviously the majority of the season, yeah, trying to come

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Speaker 1: back and yeah, so it was a lot of hard work,

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Speaker 2: But uh, they have great trainers here, great trained coaches,

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Speaker 2: you know, great protocol. So it was you know, and

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Speaker 2: this one thing is gonna be You're gonna be a

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Speaker 2: you're gonna be in a good condition. So it was

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Speaker 2: a long, tough process, but I learned a lot and

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Speaker 2: I gained a lot of knowledge, and I gained a

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Speaker 2: lot of football too. You know, I was in meetings still,

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Speaker 2: I was learning the learning the game, learning the technique,

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Speaker 1: So it was a long process.

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Speaker 2: But being able to stay in it mentally, I think

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Speaker 2: definitely this year, I'm not taking anything granted, and it's

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Speaker 2: great to be out here. It's great to practice and

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Speaker 2: be with my teammates again, like you know, like m hm, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's definitely tough, but you know, I think you just

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Speaker 2: find you know, you find comfort with your teammates in

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Speaker 2: the game of football. You know, you have a love

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Speaker 2: staying mentally engaged. Like I said, it's a huge part

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Speaker 2: Helping anyway you can, whether it's making cut ups right

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Speaker 2: how they play and everything, watching the film. Knowing you're

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Speaker 2: contributing in some way is definitely huge. Yeah. Yeah, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's a great guy. He brings a lot of energy

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Speaker 2: and a lot of passion in the in the old

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Speaker 2: him and what he brings. He'saching good technique. He's he

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Speaker 2: you know, he's a great guy. He's very personable and

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Speaker 2: he's a guy that's you know, he's gonna get on

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Speaker 2: you if you do someone wrong. So it's it's very

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Speaker 2: important to kind of do the technique is teaching you.

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Speaker 2: But it's been great so far, I'm really happy with us.

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Speaker 1: You take me back to last year, just try to.

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Speaker 2: See, Yeah, well, you know the saying is not how

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Speaker 2: you get it, it's how you're staying. And so I

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Speaker 2: think that's the biggest thing is you know, you just

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Speaker 2: take it day by day.

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Speaker 1: You try and work as hard as you.

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Speaker 2: Can, learn the playbook, and then you know everyone's got

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Speaker 2: an eagal opportunity when you're out here.

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Speaker 1: You know, football is a tough game.

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Speaker 2: It's a hard game for sure, and you know you

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Speaker 2: just take it day by day. You get better every

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Speaker 2: single day, and you take the coaching you try to

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Speaker 2: apply it on the field. So you try not think about,

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Speaker 2: you know, when you got picked or anything like that,

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Speaker 2: because when you're out here, it's the eagle opportunity have

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Speaker 2: a single days. How do you think I think the

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Speaker 2: hardest old last year, missing the whole year was pretty

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Speaker 2: tough for me. But being out here now and you know,

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Speaker 2: game is different.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you're in college, you know there are

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Speaker 2: You know, some people are are younger and some people

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Speaker 2: are older, but out here everyone's the best of the best.

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Speaker 1: So you know, you got to beyond every single play,

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Speaker 2: Down, even though you're doing mentally, have your checklist, get

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Speaker 2: every single play.

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Speaker 1: Opportunity every day.

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Speaker 2: It seems like it doesn't matter here, small school, labor on,

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Speaker 2: pick whatever.

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Speaker 1: It seems like you know you.

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Speaker 2: Can exactly, Yeah, definitely. I mean, you know, anyone loves

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Speaker 2: a game of football is and I love it here.

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Speaker 2: And you know we're just coming out here every single

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Speaker 2: to do my job every day, get better every single

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Speaker 2: day and.

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Speaker 1: Put it all together in the end. Thank you. Appreciate

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Speaker 1: you guys. Than you