OPENING WEEK: Previewing Colorado at Georgia Tech (Adam Munsterteiger's BuffStampede Radio Live)

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[singing] My Colorado swag. My Colorado swag. Swag. My Colorado swag. I think they like my Colorado swag.
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'Cause when I'm in that place, I don't really, I don't really know just how to act. And when I'm in it cold, you know I'm acting bad. Holler at little Brooks with my Colorado swag. My Colorado swag. My Colorado swag.
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I think they like, I think they like my Colorado swag. My Colorado swag. My Colorado swag. Might not square, I think they like my Colorado swag Ooh, we're here. Yeah, it's finally game week, my friend.
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No, no more, uh, waiting, waiting till next week to see what's going on. Now we got to talk about what do we got, what do they got, and what's gonna happen on Thursday, my friend. How you doing? You know what?
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I am doing great, but I think the chat needs to be aware and made aware of, uh, a big birthday we have in the house. The- Yeah. Oh, oh... OG William Gardner He's 21.
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[laughs] You know, OG William Gardner here is turning big, uh, 40, right? Big 40? Yeah. Big 42? Yeah, plus, plus another third, yeah. [laughs] Big 62.
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Big 62 here for William Gardner, and he's here putting to work, um, for Adam Munster Tigers Buff Stampede Radio. So welcome in everybody. Um, happy birthday to you, William. How you doing today?
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I'm doing not too bad, you know, just, uh, gonna get a little rest after this, but, uh, you know, uh, uh, the best present at this age is, is y- you woke up this morning, you know? So- Oh, yeah... so. 100%.
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Uh, my goal is another 30 years, so we'll see how that goes. Yeah, and, you know, I'm hoping we can do the show for another 30 years too. That'd be great.
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[laughs] But, um, anyways, like you mentioned, William, it is game week finally.
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It's been so dang long since we've had, you know, a game week to talk about, and it's gonna be Thursday night kicking off the season for the Buffaloes in Atlanta, Georgia, Bobby Todd Stadium. Wow.
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What were your impressions of last week? Well, I think every, uh, you know, it's kind of it, it, it gets a little bit r- uh, redundant at, at some point, you know? Yeah. It's just the same week after week.
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I think, uh, [clears throat] I don't know. It's one of the best camps I can remember seeing, um, you know?
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I hate saying even the word, the lack of injuries and, and the development of players and, and the, the, the two coordinators. I love how the two c- two coordinators go after each other.
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[laughs] I, I saw, I saw you got career advice from one of the coaches, so that's good. Yeah, for sure. AJ Smith w- uh, one of the new young quarterback coaches who's, or young, right? Relative term.
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Um, coming in this season, he was in the UFL as offensive coordinator, uh, gave me some good advice, and he just seems like another great mind on that staff.
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Man, I don't think people realize just how deep Colorado's coaching staff really is this season.
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You know, when you look at just the two big coordinators as the big names, but the staff and the people they brought around them too, man. It's a lot of good dudes in that room. Oh, yeah.
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It, it's a quality staff up and down or up and down the line, and I think that, uh, people, people, CU fans in particular are gonna start to see this year how much coaching really matters, and I think Coach Prime got serious in his hiring this year and, um, you know, got, got, uh, some people in here that really know how to, how to coach the college game, and I think it's gonna make a big damn difference.
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Yeah, and li- and like you said, right?
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Uh, that chemistry and that character, that's one thing, um, Oliver and I got to sit in on the luncheon on Friday, and the two coordinators came up and said, "This team really has bonded together, and they've become stronger."
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And that time in Colorado Springs, spending that first week of fall camp over there with no phones really did a lot, and this team is starting to gel.
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I know someone in the comments talked about, you know, it's got the chemistry like that '24 team, and it really does. It really does feel like these guys like each other off the field. They do so much different things.
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We heard about, you know, uh, Damien Greaves, the punter who's, who's out and doing hiking with Gideon Lampert.
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So you got a punter and you got a linebacker who are out here, you know, building bonds off the field, and I think that goes to show the kind of character you have in the room as well.
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Yeah, and I think people, uh, I, I think, I think sometimes people don't really take that, don't believe that. You know?
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It's like they're like, "Well, that's just a talking point people talk about," but it really does matter when teams come together and they play together and, you know, it's the same as the military and, and, and sports is that if you're, if you're playing with the guy next to you instead of against him or trying to get your own thing, it just doesn't work out as well.
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And so, so I don't know. You know, it's funny.
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We, in that first year under Coach Prime, you know, they, they, they didn't have that chemistry, and he made a big, big deal of getting that chemistry in the transfer portal for the next season. Yeah.
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And it worked great. You know? And then I'm not gonna say he, he didn't learn the lesson, but he got cancer, I think, as part of the deal, you know? Mm-hmm.
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Uh, I'm gonna keep repeating that to all the dumbasses out there who, who want to tear down Coach Prime. We're gonna get into something about that. But, um, you know, and I think he r- had to learn the lesson again.
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You know, you gotta go out and re- you gotta recruit transfers and players who, who wanna be there and have the right mentality and are leaders and everything else like that.
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So I think they brought in a bunch of guys, I think they brought in a bunch of dogs, you know? And, and, and all these guys, you know, uh, and, and it's not just a bunch of stray damn dogs.
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It's a, it, it, it's, it's either a bunch of junkyard dogs from the same junkyard or maybe it be a pack of wolves. I don't know. [laughs] Yeah, I'm not sure. Maybe it's some lobos.
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Call them pack of lobos, considering you got a few coming over from New Mexico State. Yeah. Especially on that defensive side.
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But again, for those of you guys just joining us, it is OG William Gardner's birthday, so make sure you continue to give him some birthday shout-outs in the comments. Show him some love.
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Um, he's out here working for y'all and bringing you some updates this week talking about Georgia Tech. But, um, speaking of them, let's keep talking about Coach Prime. Oh, yeah. Might as well, William.
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Well, I, um- What have you seen from him? I, I'll throw out there that, uh, I'm, I'm accepting cash gifts if anybody wants to give them. Just saying. Yeah, no pressure. [laughs] You know?
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A dollar for each year I've been alive. [laughs] CapitalINE. Yeah. Love it. Love it But yeah, you're, you're, you, you know, you're right around, you know, Coach Prime's time.
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You gu- you guys have seen a lot of football together. Yeah.
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Speaking of that guy, um, coming to his fourth season in the program, what have you seen from this kind of fall camp or these weeks leading up to the season that maybe have been different from years past?
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Well, I think, you know, um, it's the second year, uh, wi- without, uh, without Shilo and Shador, and, and I think, um, he learned a lot. He, you know he, you know he... I don't know.
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You know, it's, it's hard to take anything from last year because the, the guy was trying to survive for Christ sakes, you know? Mm-hmm. You know, I understand how that is sometimes, especially, you know, I, you know...
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It's hard enough for me to get through the damn day sometimes without cancer and everything else, so, uh- Totally... I, I think, I think...
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I, I have been saying for, for three years now that Coach Prime is a very smart man who learns from his mistakes. And, and what I hear from people that don't really pay attention is, is about his arrogance.
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And, and there's a lot of humility in Coach Prime if you listen, you listen- Yeah... to what he says and, and, and, and look at how he reaches out and helps people, you know, and, and, and all those kinds of things.
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So, uh, I think he learned a lot from last year. I think he learned about hiring a good, a, a professional staff last year. I think he learned about the quality of the players that you gotta bring in.
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You know, again, back in 2024, before that season, they had the retreat for, um, uh, the leaders. The leaders. And they did it again this year, and I think that kind of stuff makes a big damn difference, you know?
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It, it makes a huge difference, especially when you talk about, again, having to come out and execute with two new coordinators, learning an entire offense and defense.
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You gotta make sure that you have trust within your teammates that they're gonna do their job, and it's gonna allow you to do yours more freely.
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But, uh, one thing, you know, Oliver has on the schedule here he kinda wanted to talk about, and I think you might have a great story on this, is, uh, what's the kind of most notable opener that you remember, William?
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Or maybe a, a good story or two you have from your time or a great game you remember. Yeah, I don't know, man. It's, it's, it's hard to go back, you know, to, to... I, I pull out games out, out of so...
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I, I, I think, you know, uh, man, 1989. Okay. When Sal had cancer. Hmm. And he would sit up there, uh, in the press box. Um,
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and that first game we came out and it was Sa- it was Darren Hagen's first game as a starter 'cause, you know, he, he had expected from the previous year to come in and be Sal's backup.
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And, um, I'm blanking on who the quarterback coach was at the time and, and offense coordinator, but I, I just think I remember he took him aside and said, "Look, son, it's your car now, man. You gotta drive it." Yeah.
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"There ain't no choice."
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And, uh, first, I think it was the first play, first play off the bat we, we ran the triple option out of wishbone and Darren went like 89 yards and, uh, get, and got tackled at the one yard line against Texas, and it was just on after that.
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Yeah. You know? That was one and then, um, oh my gosh. [laughs] I, I gotta think about it. O- o- other openers I, I, I... It, it's, it... They don't really stick out to me as the openers. They don't really go that way.
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[laughs] No, that's fair. [laughs] Totally. And I think, you know, bringing that up, um, i- is meaningful especially when you're talking about the chemistry of this team, right?
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And when you have a team like this who had to, you know, go through the tragedy of losing Dom Ponder in the spring, um, and his presence still felt.
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And of course we lost our guy, Adam Munster Tiger, this past May as well. So there's been some loss in this program, right?
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There's some hur- there's some hardships that, you know, we're, we're going through but the players are as well.
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And so, you know, there's some holes that have been left this kinda summer and spring in the program, and I think that is a rallying point for a lot of these players. And, you know, there's more.
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There's more to just football. There's, you know, people outside of it. There's life, and when you w- have something to play for- Yeah... it really makes you go harder. And I, and w- we got a comment.
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Is that that, is that that... Where'd you get that, Oliver, for God's sakes? That, that's, that's the year they went out of the wishbone and went to the I bone. [laughs] Um. Yeah. I ju- I just pulled it up on YouTube.
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Yeah. When I went up and found it. Yeah. Uploaded a few years ago, so I figured why not, why not take a look? Yeah. The, the... Well, actually it's probably the second play. It probably doesn't play. There he goes.
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There he goes. Gets vertical. [laughs] Yeah. So it was the second play of the, of the game. I think somebody catches it right down here. Yeah. [laughs] All the way down to the two. Yeah. Holy cow. Look at that.
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Oliver in the back room with the play, man. [laughs] Yeah. G- great pulls, Oliver. We'll just spend a h- we'll just spend an hour watching this. [laughs] No doubt. We could break down that play. That's crazy.
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We could break down that play and talk about the, the, the zone blocking and, uh, uh, oh my goodness. I mean, yeah, it's just triple option scheme again, right? Yeah.
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Pull in, doesn't give the, give to the full back and he just becomes an elite blocker. Yeah. He gets out. And look at the cutting. Downfield cut blocks? Yeah. I mean, they don't even have that in the game anymore.
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That's crazy. [laughs] 63 was a unanimous All-American that year with Joe Garden. Oh, that's, that's awesome. And that, that's Jade Nelson. And there's the touch. Is it? Eric. Yep. Oh.
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No, I think Eric fumbled on that one. Okay. Well, let's get back to modern day. I could watch that all damn day. [laughs] Let's, um, we got a couple more comments.
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One I wanna talk about asking, uh, after seeing these other teams enjoy winning, I hope CU can have a special celly after Georgia Tech. Are you ready for the season, William? How you feeling?
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Oh, I'm always ready, man, you know? But it, my, my readiness has nothing to do with how things go, you know?
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[laughs] Uh, um, you know, as somebody talked about, um, CU Buffs 35 there talked about how some of the players quit on them last year. I, I, I think some of the damn coaches did too, man. I think- Hmm...
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you know, when, when the head man's away you need some guys to step up and do the damn job. I don't think they did. I don't think they h- li- lived up to what, what their man, um, needed.
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But, uh, certainly they brought in guys, and their s- their s- their stories I, I don't feel, because of the sources I've got them from I don't feel I can share some of these, but, like, it started in game one.
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It started in game one against Georgia Tech. Hmm. Um, and I'm not gonna name names and everything. Pe- some people out there know some of these things, and if they wanna talk about it, that's up to them.
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But, uh, yeah, some of that, some of that stuff was started as early as game one, and I think, uh, you, you saw it in the second half against Georgia Tech a little bit.
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But, um, uh, I, I think that, uh, you look at this team, um, we're gonna take a look at Georgia Tech here in a little bit, but, uh, this team is significantly better at every position than last year.
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Um, and we're significantly better at every, uh, uh, coaching position than last year.
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You know, well, I mean, the offensive line coach is the same dude, but, uh, I think they're better working together and everything else 'cause they really get- Yeah... they really got after it this, this fall.
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So I am ready. I'm excited about this team. You know, I spent the last several days looking at Georgia Tech, um, and I think, I think we're the better team, you know? So. Totally. You know?
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It, it's, it's g- it's gonna be interesting to see, especially when, uh, R- Rubber has to make the road, um, for Thursday. But like you said, it's completely, you know, revamped. It's a new team. It's new players.
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I mean, the guys who are returning back are guys who wanna be Buffs, right? You got Joseph Williams who come back. He talked about his relationship with Coach Rashad- Yeah...
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um, Davis and that conversation he had about coming back and setting the standard. Guys like Da'Quan Taylor, Track Hawk, Michael Welch too. I mean, people do not give Michael Welch enough credit.
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He's kind of, you know, I would say just overlooked the past three seasons, but he's a guy who's been here for three years, and he's bought into the, the program, and he's a guy who's had to overcome a lot in his life, right?
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Uh, he lost his mother very young. He told Oliver and I, Dia, Oliver and I that at his first media day.
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So he's a guy who runs, um, pissed off, and you know, he's another one of those good character dudes in the locker room who love football and they wanna be Buffaloes.
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Yeah, I think, um, a- and I just thought of another opener that, that, that's, uh, w- I will talk about in a minute.
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But I think Michael Welch is, is a running back who does a, does everything well, but he doesn't do any of those spectacularly. So he's a very solid running back. Now, you know- Yeah...
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you, you watch the other guys, like, like y- you, you watch Damian Henderson, you're gonna see some spectacular stuff, you know? You watch, you watch, uh, uh, Jaquail Smith and, and, and Da'Quan Taylor.
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And, and, a- as the running back coach said in one of his interviews, he said, "Anytime, anytime," I think it was, I think that's who it was. He said, "Anytime Jaquail Smith gets the ball, everybody wants to stand up."
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[laughs] Because anything could happen. [laughs] Yeah. Anything can. And, and he said could be, you know, that could be a, you know, a touchdown, uh, anytime this kid touches the ball, so, so.
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Whereas, um, I, I guess I refer to, um, Michael Welch as, as more of a lunch pail kind of a guy, and that's not a bad thing. No, it's a great thing to have. That's, that's, that's an honorable thing to me, you know?
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Uh, like a workhorse versus a show horse, you know? And I think- Great point... Michael Welch, to me, is a guy you can count on, you know?
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I don't think he's gonna go 80 yards for you, but he, he'd get you that three or four yards, and he'll fight like a, fight like a dog to get it and run over people.
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And, uh, unfortunately, you know, I think [laughs] I think he's sometimes just so physical he hurt, gets hurt a little more, but, uh. Definitely.
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I, I, I think that, I think that, I think that running back room is loaded, man, you know?
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Uh, a- and I, you know, you, you can, and, and, and, and as another view, um, another, another as I've said many, many times is, is coaches to have options. And, and you'll find this, man.
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The more options you got, the better coach you are. [laughs] Totally. I mean, the players make the scheme, right? You could have the greatest offense in the world.
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If your guys don't know where they're going or you can't block up front, it ain't gonna matter. It ain't, it just doesn't matter. Well, but I, see, I would turn that back.
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If they don't know how to block the damn thing, that's your fault. That's your fault. That's your failure, brother, 'cause that's what you're supposed to- That's true. That's true... you know?
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And that's what I've said year, year, year after year at, at, at this, uh, on this program is that, uh, about this program and on this program is, is if the, the...
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Kids don't come into college knowing how to play football. You have to teach them that, right? And, and so- Yeah...
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uh, if, if you're not doing that in terms of the little details, and that's one of the thing you asked me what, what, what stood out to me in this fall camp is, man, every damn coach on this team is teaching every little detail of fundamentals, and they are holding these dudes responsible, you know?
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So. Yeah. Uh, I, I, it's more than I've seen in, in a long damn time in CU football. And that kind of stuff pays off, you know? That kind of stuff pays off, you know? Y- and pe- people don't know.
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Like, you know, you and I know offense or defensive line, you know? You- Yeah... get those hands in the right place, and you move those feet in the right place and magical things happen, you know? Right? 100%. Once...
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It's all technique based, right? You could literally teach anyone to play offensive line. Yeah. It's just a mindset. It's a mentality. Yeah. And it's, it's just, you know, you gotta be a dog up front.
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You gotta want to move people, and you will. And I, and I, and I also think we're not gonna see a lot of the dumb false starts.
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I, I think Brendan Marion will put a boot as, as, as, as, uh, trying to think what, uh, uh, um, Ezra Washington said. And, "Man, break my, break my boot off in your John Brown hind parts if you jump offsides."
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[laughs] You know? You know, it's funny you mention that 'cause I asked him about that, um, during the, on Thursday's press conference. I was like, "Hey, Coach." I'm like, "There may be some hiccups throughout the games.
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Um, like how do you go about, you know, navigating those kind of, those hiccups?" You know, hiccups? Nah, this team is gonna be ready to fire. They're gonna be ready to go. They're gonna be disciplined.
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So I thought that was just interesting- Yeah... uh, seeing his confidence in the, the little aspects, right? Yeah.
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I'm hoping, you know, obviously we can't, we don't know what's gonna happen on Thursday, but I'm hoping it's not gonna be Colorado's offense shooting themselves in the foot causing the issues if there are any.
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Well, I would be really shocked given the professionalism of this, this coordinator and, and the, and the quality of the, of the coaches that he has on his staff. I would be very shocked. I, I, I...
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And, and we're gonna... I don't know. We'll get into the new coordinators at Georgia Tech, and, and, and I, I'm just gonna say this right now, man. Uh,
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that defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, man, Brendan Marion gonna carve his name in that dude's chest. It's gonna be interesting to see.
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Um, I think we got one more question I wanna ask, uh, or answer before we go to our first break, and it's, uh, from Brian. He's asking about, you know, the energy in Atlanta and that kind of thing.
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I think it's gonna be exciting, right? Anytime you get a home opener on the road, you're, you're the team that's hated, right? The, the crowd's gonna be against you.
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You gotta embrace some of that villainous I think, especially on the road for Coach Prime and the Buffalo. So, um, am I gonna celly? Probably not.
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You know, always, you know, upholding journalistic integrity in the press box. None of that celebrating chair and stuff. But, uh, uh, it's gonna be exciting. I'm just really looking forward to it.
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From a football fan, from a non-biased perspective, it's gonna be great. Coach, Coach McCartney used to tell the team, "Fellas, everywhere we play is our home field." Hmm. That's our mentality. That's how we do.
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We're gonna go in there and we don't give a damn. We, we're gonna take... We're gonna come into your house, put our feet up on your table, and take what we want. Yeah.
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And then again, like, you know, the comments are alluding to, Coach Prime's, you know, that's his hometown, baby. Played there. First spot in the NFL. His MOB success.
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Like, there is a lot of Coach Prime fans specifically in Atlanta, and a lot of players too. Don't overestimate the amount of Georgian guys on this football team who are gonna have fans in the stands. Yeah.
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My uncle actually is coming out to the game. He's, uh, lives in North Carolina. He's driving down to come check out the Buffs, and my aunt as well. So it's just gonna be a, a great time.
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There's gonna be a, a, a lot of, lot of, uh, excitement in, in Georgia and, uh, it's, it's gonna be cool to watch. And I, uh, and then w- we're gonna move on to our next thing, but do you...
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I, I thought of another season opener that was a really standout, and it was- Yeah... it was 1999, um, after the, after the undefeated season.
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We lost in the Orange Bowl and, and we were ranked, I think we were, I think we were ranked first or second in the nation. And they, they, they brought this new game in.
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It was a pre-season bowl game and, and it was t- us and Tennessee. We were top two ranked teams in the nation, right?
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And Eric Bieniemy got sus- suspended for the game, and Mike Pritchard lined up a tailback, man, and ran for 200 yards. [laughs] It's just like... And it ended up in a tie, uh, unfortunately.
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But, uh, it, it just really stood out to me, the talent on that team that the, you know, our best player sat out and, and our best wide receiver said, "Okay, I'll do it. I got it." Love it.
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And, uh, that's just that old school mentality, right? Whatever you gotta do for the football team to win, you gotta do it.
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And I think if more players a- adopted that mindset in today's game, you'd see a lot more tougher football.
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But we're, we're gonna get to some, you know, preview and predictions about Colorado versus Georgia Tech right after this short break. What's up, everybody?
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I am Lyrri Rivera outside of Folsom Field, and I'm here with my man Asher, who's a student at CU, Pia here, who's a sophomore at the University of Colorado. Yes. What grade are you in, and what's your major?
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I'm a freshman. I'm majoring in communications. What is the Folsom game day experience like for you? Ooh, Folsom game day experience. Folsom game day experience is Ralphie running. That's my favorite part of game day.
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Hanging out with all my friends and honestly, like, the social part of it with a side of football. [laughs] I love that. Well, we got a side of football for you today.
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Our sponsors at Taco Bell are giving away some gift cards for students today if you can answer this trivia question. Yeah. So our first question here.
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One of our players on the Buff Box, running back Decalon Taylor, known for his speed. They call him Trackhawk. Okay. We're gonna give you four answers. You have to guess what was his 40-yard dash time in high school?
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Okay. So answer one, 5.2 seconds. Okay. Answer two, 4.4 seconds. Okay. Answer three, 4.2 seconds. Okay. And answer four is four seconds. I'm gonna go with 4.2.
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4.2. You are correct. All right. That is a bang. Congratulations, Asher. Awesome. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Absolutely. Do you have any message to Buffs fans at home? Uh, let's go Buffs.
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We'll see you at the football games. All right. Thank you so much, Asher. Thank you, Lyrri. Congratulations. Thank you. Good job. Okay. So Julian Lewis is the quarterback of our football team. You know him.
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He's been around since last season. Yes. Coming to this year, how many Instagram followers does he have? And we got a question bank for you. Answer one, 204,000 followers. Okay. Answer two, 2.2 million followers.
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Answer three, 10,000 followers. And answer four is 107,000 followers. I wanna say 107,000 followers. So close. It was actually answer one, which was 204,000 followers for our star quarterback.
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Wow, highly followed. But, but for your participation here today, we're still gonna give you a Taco Bell gift card. Okay, thank you. [laughs] So thank you so much. Thanks, guys. That's all we have. Thank you.
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Thank you so much, Pia. Nice meeting you guys. Yep, great meeting you. [upbeat music] [laughs] I know I got a bone to pick, man.
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I know there's re- uh, well, there's probably a damn good reason why you didn't have me out there. [laughs] But, uh- Oh yeah, I was just, I was just on campus just right a- right before class. Yeah.
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I had to do that right before we split into class. So student life. Yeah. Oh my goodness. Yeah. [laughs] Well, that was fun. That's a, that's a nice way to, to advertise our sponsor, but, uh, did you get a phone number?
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We're, okay, we're moving on. [laughs] Where are we going next? Uh, strictly business, but uh, we're gonna hop right into this, uh, Georgia Tech preview, right? Okay. Um, i- we've been talking about it.
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We've been building up to this, but it's finally game week. It's finally here. Thursday in Atlanta. Let's hop right into, you know, um, I guess recapping the game from a year ago, William.
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Week one, it's a repeat of last season. Hey, let, let's real quick, uh, you know, I, I, I think might, might be interesting to people, you're in the press conference and, and Oliver may have this, but, um,
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you talked a little bit about this, about the advice. What was the advice that, that Coach Smith gave you? Oh, yeah. Uh, let's, let's roll that clip I guess before we hop into some Georgia Tech.
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Uh, Coach AJ Smith, who's coming over from the UFL this past spring, he was the offense coordinator for the Battle Hawks.
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He actually started, uh, coordinating offenses when he was 21 years old, and he's the pioneer of the VAR, you know, VR system technology for quarterbacks to basically put on a headset and they see the defense out in front of them.
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They can make their reads and passes and just learn the game from a digital aspect. So he's been a huge pioneer of this, and the Colorado has signed him, you know, to be an assistant this past season.
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He's gonna be joining the team. But, uh, I asked him, you know, just for, for some advice for play calling and, uh, this is kind of what he gave me if Oliver wants to run this clip. Secondly, I know you started-...
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plays this year for my first time at 21. I was kinda curious- Yeah... how, what's your, like, advice for, like, development or, like, learning as a young coach? Get Air Raid certified.
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[laughs] Uh, no, uh, you know, just know I wish I could've grabbed myself when I was 21 and say, "Hey, just 'cause you're 21 and calling plays, and you're the o- youngest offensive coordinator in the state, that means you're the least experienced."
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So take everything you can as a learning experience. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Find out how other coordinators are scripting, okay? And here's, here's a challenge for you.
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90% of coordinators in high school run the same offense they ran in high school, 'cause that's what they know. So I challenge you to go out there and study, and then you determine, "No, this is me."
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Not because someone just told me this is this all I know. I went out and looked at, I studied Air Raid or the Go2, West Coast offense, split back veer. There's so many, Wing T.
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There's so many great offenses, and then you be true to you. Yeah, that, that was pretty sweet just because, uh, you know, it's good to hear from a different voice.
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And, uh, speaking of Air Raids, Air Raid certified, I'm gonna, I'm gonna look into that. I wanna start doing my studying, you know, get more involved on Air Raid. But shout out Liz Munzertuger, the Go.
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She got me a copy of the Go2 book, so I was able to, been reading that all week. I'm like 90% through it.
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I've gotten through, I've learned so much more about the Go2 offense, so I'm about to lend that to you, um, to read as well, William. But I appreciated his, his kind words. Yeah, and that's good advice.
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You know, uh, get out in, in, in any career field that you're after, you know, go, go find people with more experience and ask them how they do it. Find, find other way- Mm-hmm... because don't get stuck in your own r-
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uh, especially, especially when you're calling plays, man. You get in a routine, and everybody else is gonna figure out what the hell it is and stop it. So, you know. Yeah. But, so- It, it's exciting.
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But let's talk about the Buffs now. Get a little bit off me. [laughs] Uh, a week ago, or a year ago, William, you know, Colorado lost s- tragic game at home.
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Wasn't able to go down and, uh, you know, finish, and that kinda was the start of a really long season. This season, you know, they are more optimistic coming in. Two new quarterbacks for both teams.
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Four new coordinators all together. It's completely different on both sides. All that's left is the head people. Yeah, and it, and you know, it leads to a lot of question marks about what's going on.
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But, um, you know, we'll, we'll talk a little bit about what they got.
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You look back at the game last year, and as bad, as, as big a problems as we had, and we had huge problems, uh, last year, honest to God, I think was the worst offense I have ever seen, uh, from CU, maybe from a college football team.
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Um, and, and, and I put 95% of that on, um, uh, the OC, the offensive coordinator last year. Um, the other part of it being that the quarterback just didn't work out.
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But, um, uh, it, it was, it was, you know, even at that, we still got 20 points on these guys, and we're in it to the last play. Um, but, uh,
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as the, as it happened for Georgia Tech all through the season, Haynes King put on his Superman cape and, and got that big play at the end and got the, got the win. So, uh, I don't know.
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It's, it's hard to l- sometimes it's hard to know how to, uh, evaluate a game. You look at last year and, um, uh, can you really take a lesson from last year when so much has changed for both teams? It's hard to say.
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I think we're better. I think they're not as good. Um, you know, I look back, took a long look at, at, at their season last year, and they won- Yeah...
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nine games, but only three of their wins came against teams with winning records. So, you know, it wasn't exactly a murderer's row they played, and, and the whole damn thing hung on Haynes King.
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You know, they had a first round draft pick on the offensive line. They had a sixth round draft pick on the defensive line.
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Um, and so that was really the majority of, of, of everything came from, from those three dudes, you know? And so I, I've seen, I've seen people
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on some of these CU boards talk about, discredit Coach Prime's nine-win season, say, "Well, he had Shedeur and, and Travis." Uh, and yet they'll look at, they'll look at Brent Key and his only nine-win season
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under the same damn circumstances, and, and all of a sudden he's, he's, he's Nick Saban, you know? And to me, this is TCU back in 2024, and I, and I, and I guarantee to win- '23. 2020, no, '23, yeah.
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And I, and I guarantee they win in that game because, because they were not the team that was in the playoffs, you know? And Georgia Tech is not the team that won nine games last season, you know? They're not. Yeah.
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So, uh, I, I think, I think, I think, I think we're the better team. Um, and there's, there's... Go ahead. We'll, we'll, we'll talk, yeah, we'll, we'll get into it kinda like, uh, position by position.
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But when you look about losing Haynes King, he had three touchdowns in that game against Colorado a year ago. He was literally their entire offense, and he was, his ability to make plays is gone now, right?
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And so you had a quarterback competition this fall where you're rotating, you know, three or four guys, trying to figure out who's gonna be your starter, who's gonna be your backup.
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They've, seems like they've landed on, um, Alberto Mendoza, you know, the, the younger brother of, you know, Fernando. Yeah.
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He's transferred over this season, and it seems like he's kind of fo- found his footing as the starter. But still, that's a, that's a fresh quarterback and a new system who's had to learn everything too.
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And people talk about Colorado's offense being changed. Well, look at Georgia Tech. They've done completely a revamp of their entire team as well. Yeah. And, and, and they've done that.
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You know, and I, I took a long look at their transfer portal, and, you know, they lost 16, brought in 19. Um, and I don't know.
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You know, the, the, the big name was Justice Haynes from, from Michigan and from Alabama- Yeah... Brett, who, who legitimately is probably one of the better running backs in the country this year.
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But they're rebuilding their offensive line. You know, like I said, they had a first round draft pick off it, had a couple others transferred out, so they're rebuilding an offensive line.
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Well, we are probably too, but I think we got better talent, um, across the board, both l- both the guys we had returning and the guys we brought in.
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Um, but more, more important to me is, is, um, you know- Uh, they're, they, they hired a guy named George Godsey, okay? And I looked at his, his history- Offensive coordinator. What's that?
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His other- Offensive coordinator. Yeah, I'm just telling them. And, and he's been the Baltimore Ravens tight ends coach for the last four seasons, okay? His almost entire, entire career is as a tight end coach.
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Um, he was a play caller for the, for the Texans in t- in 2015 and '16, and he was a play caller for the Dolphins in 2021. And yet that didn't play out to any offensive coordinator offers, right?
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And only damn reason they hired this guy as their offensive coordinator, um, is because he played quarterback at Georgia Tech. Now, that to me is John Embree at CU, man, you know? And that didn't work out so well.
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Um, and I don't see that this guy has a philosophy. They're gonna have to run the ball because they don't really ha- have... You know, they didn't bring back any receivers.
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They brought in one guy a- and, um, so I think they're gonna have to run the ball, uh, and, and hope Justice Haynes works out. Um- Yeah.
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Well, they, they also got another back too, Malachi Hosley, who's been on their team last season. He, you know, had, you know, just under 700, hundred yards and seven touchdowns.
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So they really do have a, a dual threat, you know, in that backfield, which kinda matches up with CU. It's kinda interesting.
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I think, you know, Georgia Tech's strengths are in the running back room and their linebacking room, and I think, you know, Colorado is very similar as well. But we don't know, you know, we're, we're not...
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I, I, I don't know. There, there's, you know... What, the plays he was calling in 2021 are not gonna be relevant to what he's doing now, you know? Yeah.
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So it's really no, there's really no way to know what the hell this guy, what his philosophy is, you know, 'cause y- just saying, "We're gonna run the ball," covers a lot of ground, man.
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Okay, we're gonna go straight- It does... we're gonna go into veer, we're gonna go to, you know...
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I, I, whereas I think, um, Brenden Marion's got a, got a full freaking program that he has worked out to the, to the last detail, um, and has all kinds of different wrinkles and things in it.
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And, and h- and, and hi- his is gonna include significant amount of passing, both short and long. So, uh, I think we have a significant advantage at offensive coordinator.
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Um, you know, I think they may be fairly one-dimensional, you know? Yeah.
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And, and it's a big difference too when you go from coaching NFL and professional guys for the last, you know, half a decade, and now you're making the transition back down to college and trying to readjust to figure out that offense.
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Whereas a guy as Brenden Marion, he's been doing this. He's a s- traditional, you know, college coach. He's been around college football. He's installed the go-go in high school players. He's ran it at a high school.
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So he's got, you know, varying experiences of installing his offense and matching it up at the college level. And we've also shown, you know, and, and shout out to Nicole, always great to see you.
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Um, but, uh, you know, we've shown plays and broken them down about how every single play he has has four options in it, and then has a com- and, and, and then has a, a complimentary play.
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You know, so if you start trying to stop this- Yeah... we'll run another play and go back the other way. So he has a fully developed program. And you know, I'll, I, you know, I, I'll be, you know, um, uh, uh...
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I think in, in all honesty, Justice Haynes is the best running back in the game this week. But, uh- That's fair... after that, but I, but I, but I think everybody else in our room is, is better than Hosley.
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You know, so, uh, I think we got a big advantage there. So we, we shut down one guy, I think, you know, the strength of our defense is gonna be those linebackers.
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And if they're gonna be a one-dimensional team and easy to read, you know, w- and, and we can't really answer that question 'cause, uh, we don't know what the hell this guy Godsey's gonna do.
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Yeah, and that's the thing, right? There's a lot of questions with just not being able to prepare.
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But the nice thing about, you know, Colorado's defense, and the linebackers talked about it to me this week, is that they've seen so many exotic looks and wacky formations and weird things from the go-go all month long, that by the time they get to a, you know, traditional offense, it's gonna be a lot, you know, easier to understand and kinda process what's happening there.
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Well, and I would also take into account that the, that the, that the level, the level of physicality of this camp has been off the charts, man, which- Yeah...
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kinda blows my mind that we haven't had injuries, because they've just been letting them get after it. You know, and the offensive and defensive line have been beating the hell out of each other.
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Um, and I think that's gonna pay off for us big time when we get down to game time, because it's gonna... You know,
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I just, I remember, you know, guys used to say w- when Coach Mac was the coach and, you know, once we got things rolling was like, "Hell, our practices are tougher than these games."
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[laughs] Uh, I think that's gonna be true. You know, it's like if you're a defensive lineman, if [laughs], if, if you gotta go up against Chauncey Gooden every damn day, you ain't gonna be worried about it- [laughs]...
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the AA guy. You know? [laughs] So. Certainly. Certainly. But you know, again, at the end of the day though, Georgia Tech, you know, coached by Brent Key, historically they're a program that's gonna be physical.
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They're gonna be tough regardless of, you know, who their offensive coordinator is, who is that quarterback.
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Foundationally and as a program they've done a great job of setting that standard of wanting to establish the ball.
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On the flip side though, I think, you know, like you mentioned, William, Colorado has embraced that mindset too. They're coming in with a smash-mouth football- Yeah...
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you know, run the ball downhill mindset under Brenden Marion, and he said that straight up at the, the kickoff luncheon on Friday too. He stood up and says, "People wanna know what this offense is gonna be about.
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We're a run first team. We are going to be a run first team. Regardless of the talent they have at wide receiver, it starts up front with the run game."
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Yeah, and I think one of the things that, that, uh, I, I was gonna mention earlier that's been exciting to you asked about what's, what's been exciting to me about camp, one of the things- Yeah...
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talking, talking to us, uh, when you guys were interviewing, um, Chris Marve and he was talking about every single day it's a competition between him and Brenden Marion. Marion. Yeah.
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And, and, and it was in a respectful way, you know, as they like- Yeah... but, but n- they don't, they don't... These are dudes that don't like to lose, man, you know?
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And so every single day they go out there and they're knocking heads and it, and, and Marion's trying to, trying to fool him and beat him with something, and he's trying to make sure his guys win that, those battles, you know?
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And so I think that that, that competitiveness bet- That, that, that sort of friendly competitiveness between those two guys is gonna pay off big time for us on both ends. Yeah. Certainly.
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And you know, again, looking at that Georgia Tech offense, it's gonna be, you know, kinda be, uh, what you get when you walk out and see it on Thursday. Much like Colorado's defense, right?
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Although there's been some clips and footage from both these teams throughout camp and that kind of thing, they know what they're putting out there and what's being seen. They're being very smart about it.
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We're not seeing anyone's full, you know, cards. No one's hands are being shown yet, until Thursday. That's what makes it so exciting about this matchup, is there's a lot of question marks, and that's what makes it fun.
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Well, and the, the, you know, the other thing about the Georgia Tech offense last year, uh, is that the, the, the leading rusher by a great margin was Haynes King. He had 1,000 yards- Yeah...
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the next dude was 700 something, right? So their, their offense wasn't even a running back oriented run offense. It, it was built around one unicorn of a dude, right? Yeah, plus one. Right. You know?
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And, and, uh, uh, what will they do this year? I don't think they can do that with Mendoza, but I don't think he's that quarterback, you know? So who knows, and we'll see. But you know, they, they...
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I don't know whether they can try and... Uh, you know, we really don't know. I think they're gonna try and hand it off to those running backs and, and beat us up with it, but we'll see.
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If that, if that, if they don't have any kind of thing on the backside, man, you know, they're gonna see a lot of Randall Fontenette up in their mouth. [laughs] They are. They are.
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And you know, he's a guy who wants to come down and play and- Right... he's a big SEC safety at 6'0"... I'm gonna call him 6'3" or 6'2 and a half at the least. I mean, he's ginormous.
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And, uh, I'm, I'm excited to see, you know, the defense line up.
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Again, you talk about the strength of this Colorado being in that linebacking core on their defensive side, and allowing the kind of, you know, defensive front to go out and, you know, take up double teams and let them eat free.
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One question that's gonna be interesting is seeing the conditioning of that front unit. You know, that defensive line room.
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We've talked about, you know, losing Ezra Christenson, still haven't seen Malachi Brown throughout practice. They're gonna be a little thin up front.
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That's a question Coach Pun has acknowledged, but, uh, do you have any thoughts about that, William? Well, yeah.
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You know, um, uh, Brian and I did a podcast last week where we talked about this specific issue and, and he- Yeah... had gone back and done all the homework on it and put a post on his board about,
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uh, looking back over, over the, all the Coach Prime years. We never did have any more defensive tackles than we do now. Yeah. I'm curious.
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And, and, and each one of those years it was only about three or four dudes that played, so there's no shortage. We're not any thinner really than we were those, those other years.
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Now, you know, those, those years we had, well, you know, like in '24, um, you know, uh, uh, Block Willie and, and, um, uh, Omarion, um, Omari McNeil stood up, you know, big time. Big time. Right.
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Um, so we need- Certainly... some of the guys to do that. I, I, I can't wait to see what Asamoah does, you know, against some dudes.
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But, uh, I think, you know, last year we had nine defensive tackles and like five of them got hurt in the first four weeks. There ain't a, there ain't a team in the country [laughs] can handle- Yeah...
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with me about that, you know? So knock on wood, if we stay healthy, I think we're solid up on, up on the defensive line, and I think we got some guys that can do some stuff.
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But, uh- Well, and- That, that being said, it's also been my experience in, in... I hate to say this, uh, you know, going on half a century of football, that success in the run game is l- is largely linebackers, man.
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You know? As long, as long as the defensive tackles are... and as long as the defensive line is not getting pushed back into them- Yeah... you gotta have linebackers that read, react, and flow, and I think we got that.
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Yeah. And talk about Chris Marr being a former linebacker himself, originally coming to Colorado to coach the linebackers. This team's gonna be coached with those three guys in front in mind.
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You know, Tyler Martinez, Gideon Lampron, and, uh, Liyanga Lufail coming over from Texas. It's gonna be an exciting unit who wants to fly around and make plays.
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But, uh, is there any final thoughts about, you know, Colorado's defense matching up against Georgia Tech's offense before we kinda move on? Yeah. Well, I...
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You know, somebody just put up on the board they gotta have a spy to, to watch the, the running quarterback.
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I, I don't think that's gonna be an issue because the deal l- l- again, like I said, you know, Haynes King is a unicorn, man. That dude put up 1,100 yards rushing last year.
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There ain't many quarterbacks like that, right? And- Yeah...
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I don't think, you know, watching Indiana, I didn't see that they ran the ball a whole lot with the quarterback, you know, so I don't see how B- uh, Loaf- uh, Mendoza is gonna be a real running threat.
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And, uh, you know, again, and then Colorado's defense also has the advantage is they've been going up against a run game that's been plus one all camp. Yeah. Yep. You know?
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Colorado's offense is built on option and using that q- quarterback as a threat in the run game. So they've seen it.
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Their eyes have been trained to, you know, learning how to read quarterback and option and that kind of thing.
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So they're gonna be prepared for it maybe more than they have in the past three seasons just considering the type of offense they've been going against and the guys- Well-... with the experience that they have.
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And the oth- the other thing about it is in, you know, take into account the linebackers we got, and, and I'm including the, the two big freshman kids too, man. Yeah.
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You're not allowed to put a face mask in the chest of the quarterback at practice, boy. But, uh, when the time comes, Mr.
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Mendoza better find out where, what, what he's got packing downstairs because when he gets a face mask in the chest from one of those linebackers, it's gonna be a whole different ballgame. Hmm. Hmm. Yeah. So. It, it is.
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It's gonna be interesting to see the physicality and, uh, how these teams match up. Yeah. Yeah.
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Well, I think, uh, we're gonna take one more ad break before we go into our third block, then we'll come back and talk about Colorado's offense matching up against Georgia Tech's defense and some of the key players on Georgia Tech's defense.
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But, uh, Mr. Oliver Hayes, why don't you please come in and take it away? Yeah. They, uh, we have a ad read, and, and I know that may be hard for you too, so, uh, that's why I'm in here.
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But, uh, Taco Bell ad, another one. So cue the music. I, I, I- Go ahead No, no, no. What'd you, what'd you, what'd you- I, I, I, I believe the man just said we don't know how to read [laughs]
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He, he seems like he's trying to say something like that. I don't know what these basketball guys- Well, now I just raised the expectations for myself. I can't mess up now. [laughs] I can't stutter. All right. Let's go.
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I can't, I can't stumble. I gotta be perfect, so- Take it away, Mr. H Let's get to it. Cue the, cue my theme music. [upbeat music] Buffs Nation, football season is back, and so is another great Buffs tradition.
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I like that. [bell dings] You got a, you got a future in advertising, my friend. [laughs] I don't know, that's on, that's only if I want it. Um- Yeah. Well, nice to have options, whether it's football or life, so.
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[laughs] L- l- let's turn this thing around. Let's talk about our offense and, and Georgia Tech's defense. And I think I... Yeah?
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The one thing I do wanna say is, uh, is Liz, um, she, uh, has been putting in work on the, uh, Buff Stampede website.
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Um, and, uh, she has, like, a whole, a whole game day, um, guide set up to the, um, for, uh, fans and whatnot. So let me put this on the screen right here. But for anybody- Yeah, for Bobby Dodd...
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for anybody who's going to the game, she also has one for, uh, Northwestern set up, and she's doing this for all away games, and, uh, she's making one for Folsom as well.
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But, uh, if you go to the website, um, I'll put the link in the description after, um, the live stream is up, but you can go to, you can go to the website and see all these different things about Bobby Dodd, about Atlanta, the campus at Georgia Tech, uh, literally everything.
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Um- Yeah... and, uh, yeah, we hope that that's helpful to anybody going to the game. Um, it helps people find fellow Buffs fans, uh, um, alumni- There's tailgates... that. Yeah, tailgates.
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Uh, you can find events, so all types of stuff.
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And, uh, you know, we just encourage, uh, everyone coming, uh, to the website to, you know, focus on CU, the community, and all that good stuff 'cause, 'cause this is why we do it. So wanted to shout that out real quick.
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Go to buffstampede.com. We got a message board there. We'd love to hear your thoughts on whatever. You can start, uh, you can start new, new topics and anything else, and, uh,
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we'll be on there and chat, chat with people, but, uh, hope to see you guys on there. And then, um, let's get back and, and talk a little bit about, um, uh, our offense versus their defense.
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And I was just looking at, somebody had a comment- Definitely... um, um- About the VR? Yeah, about, uh, yeah, teaching the quarterbacks how to read the field and the VR training.
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Now, in this particular offense, it's, it's, it's... The reads are very different than if you're in a drop back offense.
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In a drop back offense, your quarterback's reading the secondary and the linebackers, and so y- you gotta look at a maybe five, seven guys, you know. Whereas in this offense, it's pretty much
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y- the design of the offense puts, puts the read onto one guy here and one guy there, you know, and so you make quick decisions based on what they're doing.
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But being able to, to do that in the virtual reality, uh, really helps them get ahead of the game. Yeah. And so I'll touch on this more, like I said earlier, so A.J.
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Smith is the name of the quarterbacks coach who's just come over. We heard from his clip right before we got back of our first break. He kinda has pioneered this.
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He, he was a graduate assistant at SMU when he kinda first, uh, was able to start selling out his program, the VAR system.
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And, uh, one thing that he talked about specifically that they do is they'll turn up the game speed by, like, 1 1/2 of what the defense is doing.
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So his quarterbacks are used to reading the field faster than they typically would in game, so then when you turn that speed down and play it at a, you know, a normal level of what they're actually gonna see game footage, they're able to process it much quicker, and the game feels slowed down to them.
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So that's one thing that Coach described about this VR system of why it's helpful, and he's had Julian Lewis, um, using it this off season as well. Well, and that's fun...
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You know, it's interesting because that's always the term that they use for when a quarterback starts to f- to s- understand, is, like, the game slows down, right? And- Yeah... you start to see what's happening.
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You hear that in basketball, you hear that in football, um, and pro- probably more so at, at quarterback than any other thing I can think of. You know, and the game slows down, and, and you can sorta figure stuff out.
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But, um, I think we saw a lot of good things from, from all of our quarterbacks this fall or camp so far.
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And I do think that, uh, um, this, this offense m- is a quarterback friendly offense and makes things a little bit easier and, and, um, so I don't know. Let, let's look a little bit real quick. Um, so,
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uh, Georgia Tech also hired a new defensive coordinator and- Yeah... um, and his name is Jason Seymour.
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And one of the things to me is that this is his first time ever as a defensive coordinator at this level of football. Um, uh, and his record, his hi- his, um, resume to me is not that impressive. I mean, you know, he...
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I know you have some connection with him. His first, his first, his first coordinator position was at Adams State College here, and then he was at the School of Mines, and then he was at Montana,
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uh, Valdosta State, Marshall, and Southern Miss. Um, and, and in between those, there was a, a couple stints where he was a position coach at Georgia Tech.
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Um, and his only ever time at, at the Power Four level was those two stints at Georgia Tech, and now he's up here.
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And I was doing some research and, and looking at some predictions for this year's, uh, uh, Georgia Tech team, and one of their writers,
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not me, one of their writers said last year's Golden Eagle defense under Seymour wasn't anything special, though they did create a lot of turnovers.
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Now, again- This guy gets hired by Coach Prime and people coming with torches and pitchforks, man, you know? Whereas we got a guy who- who's been a power forward coordinator, um, and, and a pretty good one, you know?
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Uh, so I think again, we- we've got, uh, the advantage on that one, although you really kind of match up your offensive defensive coordinators.
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But one of the things that really stood out to me in the interview with, uh, uh, um, Coach Marion last week was, uh, he, he...
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I can't remember his exact wording, but he, he said something about, about, "I'm gonna have every single play that you ever ran-" [laughs] "... as a coordinator.
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I'm gonna know what you do, and I'm gonna know how you do it," you know? Um, so he'll have, he'll probably have films of this guy coaching out of state back in [laughs] 2009.
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[laughs] Um, and Brendon Marion's a no, he- he's a no bullshit dude, man. I mean, that- that guy, he, he, he, he gets into the details like no one I've ever seen in this, in this profession. Certainly.
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Yeah, and he talked about, I think the, the, the term he used is stock. He says, "You gotta stock your opponent. You gotta know everything about them."
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And he even talked about, you know, last season feeling a little unprepared in kind of the home opener, and being able to learn from that. Mm-hmm.
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And he's like, "Hey, I've been in so many home openers before, and I've typically been successful.
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And when I'm not, it's 'cause I'm not in kind of my rhythm or my mindset, and, uh, my play calling's not, you know, up to where it should be." But right now he's dialed in.
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It feels like Brendon Marion's locked in, and he's excited. I mean, he's been talking probably the most of any coach on this entire offense, whether it's on podcasts or on social media.
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He wants to, you know, showcase his go-go offense on the power forward level to the world. Well, and, and I think, you know, there- there's two things that come to immediately to my mind.
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First of all, he was a head coach last year, and that puts a whole lot of other stuff on your plate, man. You know? Yeah.
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That's why I don't believe in head coaches being coordinators, because you've got too much other crap to deal with, and you gotta focus in like, like, like Marion does.
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And, and, um, the other thing I've heard him say is, is how excited he is to, to... You know, he's, he's run this at, at other levels, you know, where he didn't have the kind of talent that they have here.
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Um, you know, he, he talked about how he- he'd have a really good receiver one year, or he'd have a really good running back one year, and he had a really good running quarterback one year.
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He said- Yeah..."I got all those tools here, boy. I'm, I'm gonna do things people can't even imagine." And I was like- Yeah... "That's what I'm talking about," you know?
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So if, when, you know, when he's talking about they, they wanna make adjustments and, and, uh, I hope they do, man. You know? Yeah. And hey, like, you know, Coach Seymour too is stocking his opponent as well.
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Like you said- Yeah...
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uh, his defense is really known for, you know, turning the ball over, so they're gonna be trying to look for, you know, any chance they get in that go-go offense, whether it's pitch, whether it's a pass, to stay disciplined and find the opportunity.
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Well, and I gotta say, you know, like, like, like I, I hear this every year. People say, "Well, every team, every team getting, trying to get better every year." Yeah, but every team doesn't, you know? Mm-hmm.
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So maybe he... I'm sure he's looking at film of the go-go and trying to figure out what's going on with it or not. I, you know, I, I don't know how professional he is or how, how deep he gets into it, but I don't know.
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There's gotta be a reason to me, quite frankly, why he hasn't got a power forward op- op- opportunity before this, you know? And,
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uh, the only one that he got is the place where he was a position coach for a couple years. So I don't know.
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I just, I, I, I spent the last 20 years looking at pieces of evidence and trying to figure out, put them together and figure out what they mean, you know?
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Um, so that, that's what I try to do in these situations, and I wonder, you know, why, why he, why he picked these two particular guys. It seems to be like- Yeah... guys he's comfortable with, you know? Yeah.
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Well, let's talk about a couple players on Georgia Tech's, uh, defense real quickly before we kind of wrap up. We're getting towards the top of the hour here, William.
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Um, they do have one guy who played, um, in this matchup a year ago, Kyle Effert at middle linebacker. He's been their leading tackler the past couple, um, seasons.
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A fifth year, they return him, so he's gonna be a, you know, a vital piece of their success on the defensive side of the ball. Yeah, and I think, um...
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Well, they have their top two leading tacklers back, but then after that there's only two other guys in the top 10 that are returning.
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Like, they have the top two returning tacklers and the next four guys are gone, either by- Yeah... graduation or, or transfer out. And then they got, uh, two other guys. Um, and, and then they brought in a couple...
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They brought in... Uh, uh, curiously enough, they got three dudes on their defense that used to play for CU. Uh, Taze McCoy, um, uh, uh, Safie- Safie Thomas Safie Thomas and Savion Riley at, at, at safety, you know?
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And- Yeah... so we have a little familiarity with those cats. But, um, uh, it, it, it's again, I'm sure, I, I, I didn't go back and look at any Southern Miss film to see what kind of defense he's running, but, uh,
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I don't think you can line up in a s- in a traditional defense of any kind against this offense, you know? And, and, and, um, I think some people are gonna try and do that
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early in the year because they don't know what to do, you know? And I think they're gonna get torched and they get, get their pants set on fire, you know?
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And, and then all of a sudden people are gonna be going, "Oh, shit. We better figure out a... We gotta do something hybrid. We gotta do something different," you know? It's like, you know, [laughs]
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like somebody, somebody said earlier, Mike Pritchard's a hell of an athlete. Mike Pritchard was one of the best. He was a first round draft pick as a wide receiver coming out of a run offense, man, you know?
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And, and Coach Mack used to be like, you know,
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"We'll s- we'll, we're gonna run a triple option and then when you try, you try to pull those safeties up to stop, stop Darien, he's gonna stop and, and he's gonna throw the ball down to, uh, Mike Pritchard, who's gonna be five yards behind your best guy."
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[laughs] You know? Um, so- It's tough. It's tough. Yeah. It's r- it's, it's rough. And so I don't know what Mr. Seymour brings to the table. I'm sure he's, he works hard like everybody else. Um- Yeah...
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and I, I, I don't really know why he hasn't got a better, uh, any, any better options, but it suggests to me that maybe he, he, I don't know, you know, the, he's not that good. I don't know, you know?
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But I- Uh, you know, I think, I think he's a, a Colorado guy who stood home for a long time, right?
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Wanted to stay close and, you know, the opportunity is, you know- Coach, coach, coaching, everyone's coaching path's a little different, right? Opportunities come from different people.
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A lot of times it's who you know, and when you're at, you know, a- Yeah... division two Adam State and Colorado School of Mines, those connections may not necessarily branch out as much.
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But, you know, he's got his opportunity now, and he's got a huge task ahead of him with the GoGo offense.
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Yeah, I mean, you mean he was at Valdosta State, which is in Georgia, and he was at Marshall, which is in West Virginia, I wanna say or, or- Yeah... and in southern Mississippi, obviously. Guess what state that one's in?
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I'm gonna give you one chance. [laughs] See what do to trivia. Yeah. But I don't know. I, I think, I think, I think he's got a hell of a task for his first- Yeah... or for, uh, a coordinator position.
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And, and I think that, uh, Coach Marion's got his guys really fine-tuned and ready to roll. I don't think they're gonna make mistakes. Um, we didn't see, I, you know, we didn't see a whole lot of fumbling, um,
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during camp that I recall. But- Yeah. They're also not gonna show that much either, so. [laughs] Well, that's true.
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Uh, but um, you know, what, what we, what we did see was a lot of fundamentally sound guys at, at a lot of variety of positions. So I, I, I'm, I would be shocked if we're not close to 40 points on the scoreboard.
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I mean, that's a huge, huge, uh, you know, prediction. I guess we can hop into that right here- Well-... before we get out. Do you wanna- Bren- Bren-... have a score?
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Brendan Marion's never had a team that averaged less than 28 a game, right? Yeah. And, and, and that was one time, and every other team has been 30 points or more in a game. 30 plus.
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38 points to Brendan Marion is, that, that's par for the course. That's standard. That's what he does, you know? And it's not gonna change up here. You know, people say, "Well, uh, Power Four will change that."
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In what way, man? You know, our athletes are similar to their athletes. And so the, the principles are gonna be the same for this offense as they were at a lower level.
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So, uh, I would be surprised if he's not mid-30s or, or, you know, more against Georgia Tech. Um, again, I think they're rebuilding, uh, a, a lot of their defense.
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Um, I think, um, you know, I, I as I was, as I was doing my research, I, I was looking at various different writers. And so, um, uh, one of them said, um, "Georgia Tech put together a fantastic," and again, not me. Yeah.
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exact right. "Georgia Tech put together a fantastic season with a whole slew of things working out right." Okay, and I would add against a weak schedule.
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And then another guy said, "This year's team might need a little time." Okay, you ain't gonna have time. [laughs] If they need a little time, that's great.
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You know, um, he said, he said, "This year's team might need a little time for, for one thing, you don't just replace a quarterback like Haynes King." And that's true. Okay? Look at us last year, right?
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We, we, we didn't just... We tried to replace Udoer, and it didn't work out. So, and then another guy said, "The best c- best case scenario is win the ACC championship."
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He said, "The worst case scenario is struggle to get bowl eligible." He said, "That's how unknown this team is to me." Hmm. So, you know, there, there's question marks about Georgia Tech, there's question marks about us.
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But, uh, watching this camp, you know, I came in, remember it was, like, four or five weeks ago we were talking about what are we gonna look for in camp? We had all kinds of question marks, man. Yeah.
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I got none remaining. I got none remaining. Honestly. No, I think, I think the only question is now is, uh, spot the ball. You know- Yeah... September 3rd, Atlanta, Bobby Dodd Stadium, Colorado- Yes...
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versus Georgia Tech. Do you have a final score prediction before we, you know, get out of here? 38-21. 38-21. I'm actually very similar. I was gonna say 31-21. Um, so I'll stick with that as well.
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I think, you know, Georgia Tech's offense will be able to find the end zone, but hey, they're gonna have a, a long night keeping up with the GoGo, and, uh, I'm predicting a win as well. Yeah.
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I think, you know, this team's gonna come in ready, prepared, and, uh, I think they're better, you know, just positioning wise. I think they're better coaching staff wise, and it's gonna be an exciting game.
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I think Damian Henderson will be the leading rusher in the game, including Justice Haynes. Yeah. You know, I'll say this. I think, uh, Zach Atkins gets the first touchdown of the season. That's my bold prediction.
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That, that wouldn't, wouldn't surprise me. They try to cover all those wide receivers.
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They're trying to, they're trying to come up and stop that, that option and, uh, uh, uh, you know, uh, Zach gets, gets open behind there and he can run. Yeah, definitely.
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Go, go everybody, go on our website and go on our board and make your predictions. And damn, Mr. Maurice says 50 to 17. I like the way you think, brother. Damn, you and I got to get a salad or something or [laughs]
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You know what? If it's 50-17, I think there's gonna be a lot of concerned coaches in the Big 12. Yeah. If Colorado's offense comes up and puts 50 on the road against Georgia Tech, that would be ridiculous.
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Regard- even 31, I think 31 on the road's im- impressive. You know, you talk about 38, you talk about 40.
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Anything above, you know, that 28 points, like you say, William, on the road for week one with a new coach, new, you know, offense would be impressive.
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You know, and, and, and, um, somebody on the board said he's not sold on the defensive tackles, um, in the run game yet. But,
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uh, my response to that is, you know, you look at last year when they had a, when they had a guy who, who really was in a Heisman voting at quarterback, and they still only put 27 on us, and we didn't have great defensive tackle play last year either.
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And, and we had absolute garbage linebacker play. So I don't know. I don't know how much one year, uh, spills over to another, but I'm very e- excited about this, this team. Yeah.
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Well, uh, bottom line, I think Colorado got better. I don't think Georgia Tech's as good as they were a season ago. But we're gonna find out Thursday. At the end of the day, rubber's gotta meet the road.
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But again, all of you guys, make sure to wish William Gardner, the OG, a happy, happy 62nd birthday. We love you, my brother. We appreciate you for getting on and doing a show on your special day.
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But I hope this was a special podcast, and I hope next Sunday when we're back here, it- we're talking about a huge win. Yeah. Uh, that'd be a lot of fun, my brother. And I thank you, and thank everybody out there.
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Thank you all for joining us every week. And, uh, uh, ne- next week Uh, I think after we win, I think we're gonna have a lot bigger crowd on this live podcast. [laughs] Yeah.
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And you know, again, this wouldn't be possible without the great Liz MunsterTiger and of course our man Adam. Um, wish he was here, man.
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I think he, he was super excited to cover this team this season and talked a lot about these guys. But, uh, we're gonna continue doing it for him.
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This is Adam MunsterTiger's Buff Stampede Radio Live with another episode. And, uh, and Oliver. Let's not forget our man behind the scenes. Of course, and Oliver Hayes.
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Oh, I've been smiling all day 'cause it's been your birthday, William. [laughs] I've been looking forward to it. [laughs] Love it. Surely. Love it. Love it. All right, gentlemen.
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All right, you guys have a great rest of your day. You as well. You too, fellas. And see you guys in the chat. Goodbye. Thank you, chat, for joining us.
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[upbeat music] Well, in case you haven't heard, CU Athletics is teaming up with Taco Bell this season launching the first ever $7 Buffs Box, which is available at participating Colorado Taco Bell locations.
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What's in the Buffs Box? You're gonna get four Taco Bell classics, a cheesy gordita crunch, a beefy five-layer burrito, a Doritos Locos Taco, and cinnamon twists.
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And that meal comes with a signature Buffs collectible cup featuring either Julian Lewis, Jordan Seaton, Dralon Miller, or Quentin Gibson. And this isn't just about the food.
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Every single CU touchdown this year means more than points. Taco Bell will donate 1,000 for every Buffs touchdown to the Golden Buffalo Scholarship Fund.
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So when Caden Salter found Dekejon Taylor in the end zone and, and, uh, then later r- reached the end zone with his own legs, uh, that was two grand donated to the Golden Buffalo Scholarship Fund on Friday evening.
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Nothing better than crushing a Buffs Box while watching the Buffs light up the scoreboard live Mas. Uh- One, uh- They're, they're not, they're not...
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Th- they need to light up the scoreboard a little bit more, but, uh, uh, [laughs] Well, one, one of the highlights of watching the TV replay was seeing that commercial.
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I, I don't think any four of those guys are gonna be going into acting, but it was fun to see. [laughs] It was good. It was good. Yeah. I ac- we actually, uh, had Taco Bell... What day was that? Wednesday, I think.
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And, uh, our middle son got the Buffs Box and he got, uh, Quentin Gibson. Our oldest has gotten two Jordan Seaton cups so far. So, uh, we're, we're doing our part to support this cause. And, uh,
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yeah, it's, it's a great partnership. It's gonna continue through the season. And so, uh, thank Taco Bell, uh, for creating this great deal for fans and for, uh, you know, supporting our podcast as well.