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Speaker 1: Hey joining us now in the nicolay lot dot com talking texts.
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Speaker 2: I've been talking about him all morning because we talk about iron Jack and football and love it Badger's commit. Isaac Miller joins the program. Isaac, good morning, Thanks for hitting us up before school.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, good morning, hey man.
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Speaker 4: Congratulations on the commitment and being able to now go into the full the rest of the offseason and into your senior year with the with the the decision out of the way. How long and how many sleepless nights have been there? Because there's been a lot of interest, There have been a lot of calls, but I know this has got to be a burden to get off your shoulders.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's been so many you know, long days, soopers nights of everything, and I'm glad it's over just because it took them atlet of time. But I'm very grateful for the actual process to happen to me.
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Speaker 2: It the fact that you're going in and there's some other commits, including a teammate of yours and dus Roach. I'm wondering was that the pull was it like everybody else had to knock Wisconsin out of the way. Were you gonna you know, Billy saw you on a couple of your visits, I think hanging out of games.
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Speaker 4: The so was was Wisconsin always in the lead or was that did you toy with the idea of leaving the state?
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Speaker 1: What was the mechanics for you?
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Speaker 3: I mean it changed so much, and I wouldn't say they were always at the front, but I would say they were always near the top, and then like recently, they really shot up, and just.
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Speaker 5: I just that was it.
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Speaker 4: You know, it always helps too when there's some other guys in the state. It feels like there's a core four of you and maybe a few more coming in. How much talk has there been between you guys who are all in the state and the early commits in this class.
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Speaker 3: There's been a lot of talk. I'd say, I think there's like great, great people. You know, they're I mean, the other guys are all cool guys. They're all really down to earth and we're all looking for the same goal. And I think we can aceive this.
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Speaker 4: Were any of those other guys there at the at those last games in November, because listen, Isaac, those were some pretty good atmospheres and to be able to see those games on a visit a lot better than the October games. Who out of the group were you there with, because seemed like everybody in that recruit section was having a lot of fun in those games.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd say too many people to even count, but I mean most of them are you know, most of them are you know gager recruits that are around this area.
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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Yeah, just having some fun.
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Speaker 2: Isaac Miller joining us all right, So this is where obviously Coach Fickle and his status people have been paying a lot of attention. But this is the season and for guys in your situation where it's the assistant coach, a lot of times are the guys building the relationship and and making this this this process happen. So for you, was that coach Mitchell who was most.
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Speaker 1: Heavily involved, Yes, it was. And what kind of relationship did you guys have? What was it about him that you bonded.
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Speaker 3: With I'd say we. I mean, like he really was interested and he kept calling me tech to be every time I'd come on campus. We'd sit down and watch film, we talk, and I think it was a genuine good relationship that I want to like be around.
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Speaker 4: Isaac Miller joining us here he's locked in. He's gonna be verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin. Uh And and Isaac, is there any idea have you talked about maybe what your next step? I'm like, where you're gonna play? Because listen, this is we're talking iron jock. I got to assume this is throwing weight season around and just abusing dumbbell season and barbells for you in the weight room.
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Speaker 1: Is there any idea as to where what's next?
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Speaker 4: Are you gonna maybe put on a couple more pounds and they play a little more inside? Is that all waiting until you get there or just seeing how you develop? Because I got a feeling. I got a feeling the weight room is going to get a workout from you this year.
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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean I had surgery two months ago on my shoulder, so I'm still coming back. But the vision for them is to have me an outside linebacker like guys, but you never know. I want to play EDGs, but I mean, you don't know how big you're gonna get.
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Speaker 4: Well, I like that, And when they throw the ball to you in high school, you don't necessarily know if you want to keep throwing them in Some of those highlights like, hey, I can't run with it?
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Speaker 1: Yes, indeed, are you how close are you to two fifty? You're listed weight right now?
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Speaker 3: I think I'm up to sixty right now.
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Speaker 2: Okay, I figured I figured that's already out of date because you're putting on you, You're putting on the way.
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Speaker 1: But uh, the idea is just play standing up. That's what you like.
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Speaker 2: Because last time we spoke, Isaac, we had talked about how you love watching Michael Parsons and there's a guy to pattern your game after, right, I mean, it's hard not to having him right in the state and be able to watch his downs.
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Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, who else do you watch? Who else?
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Speaker 4: Are some of your favorite favorite guys to watch and kind of model some of your game after?
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Speaker 3: I mean, there's so many guys in college and NFL. I'd say Mason Rieger, He's he's.
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Speaker 5: He's right, right, Mason.
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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, him, great guy, He's we're about the same size. So I like to see what he can do, and he puts them out of work, so it's great to see, like how far he came, and I'd say him definitely. And then Anthony Schmid that Minnesota, he's super lengthy, big guy. I like to watch him, and then I mean Max Crosby in the NFL. Honestly, like a lot of people.
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Speaker 2: You're just absorbing all the football you can like a sponge. So you mentioned you just you had surgery and Dustin had surgery as well, and here you both are signing and and rehabbing together.
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Speaker 1: What's that?
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Speaker 2: What's that gonna be like having another crusader from Catholic Memorial head to head to Madison with you.
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Speaker 3: That's gonna be fun. We're both excited. I think we're both hoping to be roommates. And it's like, it's good that we're both doing this because it's gonna help, you know, really push each other this summer and you know, rehab harder, just trying to get back faster. Well.
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Speaker 4: And and I know Coach Young has always had a couple of he drops some bars. Coach Coach Young has been dropping bars for a long time. But but I assume that there's a some some good conversation. It's it's gotta be fun. We talked about it to start to put this behind you. Now, how is it rehabbing won? But knowing that your senior year is on the horizon. You get to just enjoy it with all of your boys. How excited are you for that? Because I know it's gonna be here sooner than you even can fathom.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's it's it's moving quick. And by the time I know, it's gonna be August and it's it's gonna go by very fast, which is exciting. But at the same time, it's like you don't get to play with your guys. You don't get to, you know, hang out with them after games before games anymore. But we're definitely very excited because our team is mostly going to be seniors.
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Speaker 5: Now and and juniors, and we're all very experienced on the field, and I think we're all we're all ready for it.
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Speaker 2: Are you ready to switch your your iron jackear and getting all the red stuff now you're when you're going to the gym? Has that already been Is that already in the works? I mean, obviously CMH. I'm wearing the CMH colors right now.
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Speaker 1: We're right there.
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Speaker 6: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I got the Royal Blue on today and the iron Jack hoodie. But Isaac, are you getting ready to switch over.
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Speaker 1: To the red gear?
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Speaker 3: Yeah? I've been beginning with the tens this and I've been trying to buy some more right gear. I don't have much right now.
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Speaker 4: No, wat, you gotta get some more reds. You didn't want to You didn't want to let the cat out of the bay. You couldn't let anybody know what he was wearing wearing red doing some squats last night. I think I think there might be a difference. Uh.
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Speaker 1: You mentioned that your.
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Speaker 4: Team experience got to be motivated the way last year ended too, that that's a cool way for you to roll into your senior year. Are you also excited to be the guy now, Isaac that has to give the speech to all the freshmen and sophomores and letting them all know how quickly it goes by, because when you're when you're fifteen, it's a lot different than when you're eighteen, and all of a sudden you're like, dang, it did really go bike pretty quick.
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Speaker 1: Are are you already giving the uh?
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Speaker 4: Enjoy it every moment while you can speeches to the youngsters on the team.
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Speaker 3: Uh. I mean, I don't. I don't think I'm that's a guy. But I tell them, guys just to have fun and make the most of it.
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Speaker 4: Absolutely good advice, because all of a sudden, you know that every single time during camp you're gonna have somebody thirty forty year old guys.
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Speaker 1: You're never gonna forget these days. That's right, right, let's get Grampa off off, all right, let's go.
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Speaker 6: Yes, it just makes I know it's gonna be ten things when it gets hot this summer. Man, But don't cut the hair man. That that's the trademarket. Don't cut the hair man. I love I love the head of hair you got flowing there. You're not gonna cut it, are you? Is that your trademark?
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Speaker 3: No, I'm I'm gonna trim it down a little bit, but nothing nothing crazy.
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Speaker 1: Nothing, drat that's a good flow. Yeah, I need that trademark. Isaac. Thanks for joining us. Get yourself to school.
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Speaker 2: We appreciate congratulations, and uh we're excited for what you're gonna do on the next level.
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Speaker 1: Excited to watch you this year too.
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Speaker 3: Thank you.
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Speaker 1: All right, man, talk to you again. Isaac Miller Catholic Memorial Badger commit
Speaker 1: Hey joining us now in the nicolay lot dot com talking texts.
00:00:02
Speaker 2: I've been talking about him all morning because we talk about iron Jack and football and love it Badger's commit. Isaac Miller joins the program. Isaac, good morning, Thanks for hitting us up before school.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, good morning, hey man.
00:00:14
Speaker 4: Congratulations on the commitment and being able to now go into the full the rest of the offseason and into your senior year with the with the the decision out of the way. How long and how many sleepless nights have been there? Because there's been a lot of interest, There have been a lot of calls, but I know this has got to be a burden to get off your shoulders.
00:00:35
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's been so many you know, long days, soopers nights of everything, and I'm glad it's over just because it took them atlet of time. But I'm very grateful for the actual process to happen to me.
00:00:49
Speaker 2: It the fact that you're going in and there's some other commits, including a teammate of yours and dus Roach. I'm wondering was that the pull was it like everybody else had to knock Wisconsin out of the way. Were you gonna you know, Billy saw you on a couple of your visits, I think hanging out of games.
00:01:06
Speaker 4: The so was was Wisconsin always in the lead or was that did you toy with the idea of leaving the state?
00:01:14
Speaker 1: What was the mechanics for you?
00:01:17
Speaker 3: I mean it changed so much, and I wouldn't say they were always at the front, but I would say they were always near the top, and then like recently, they really shot up, and just.
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Speaker 5: I just that was it.
00:01:35
Speaker 4: You know, it always helps too when there's some other guys in the state. It feels like there's a core four of you and maybe a few more coming in. How much talk has there been between you guys who are all in the state and the early commits in this class.
00:01:51
Speaker 3: There's been a lot of talk. I'd say, I think there's like great, great people. You know, they're I mean, the other guys are all cool guys. They're all really down to earth and we're all looking for the same goal. And I think we can aceive this.
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Speaker 4: Were any of those other guys there at the at those last games in November, because listen, Isaac, those were some pretty good atmospheres and to be able to see those games on a visit a lot better than the October games. Who out of the group were you there with, because seemed like everybody in that recruit section was having a lot of fun in those games.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd say too many people to even count, but I mean most of them are you know, most of them are you know gager recruits that are around this area.
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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Yeah, just having some fun.
00:02:50
Speaker 2: Isaac Miller joining us all right, So this is where obviously Coach Fickle and his status people have been paying a lot of attention. But this is the season and for guys in your situation where it's the assistant coach, a lot of times are the guys building the relationship and and making this this this process happen. So for you, was that coach Mitchell who was most.
00:03:09
Speaker 1: Heavily involved, Yes, it was. And what kind of relationship did you guys have? What was it about him that you bonded.
00:03:16
Speaker 3: With I'd say we. I mean, like he really was interested and he kept calling me tech to be every time I'd come on campus. We'd sit down and watch film, we talk, and I think it was a genuine good relationship that I want to like be around.
00:03:43
Speaker 4: Isaac Miller joining us here he's locked in. He's gonna be verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin. Uh And and Isaac, is there any idea have you talked about maybe what your next step? I'm like, where you're gonna play? Because listen, this is we're talking iron jock. I got to assume this is throwing weight season around and just abusing dumbbell season and barbells for you in the weight room.
00:04:07
Speaker 1: Is there any idea as to where what's next?
00:04:08
Speaker 4: Are you gonna maybe put on a couple more pounds and they play a little more inside? Is that all waiting until you get there or just seeing how you develop? Because I got a feeling. I got a feeling the weight room is going to get a workout from you this year.
00:04:21
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean I had surgery two months ago on my shoulder, so I'm still coming back. But the vision for them is to have me an outside linebacker like guys, but you never know. I want to play EDGs, but I mean, you don't know how big you're gonna get.
00:04:43
Speaker 4: Well, I like that, And when they throw the ball to you in high school, you don't necessarily know if you want to keep throwing them in Some of those highlights like, hey, I can't run with it?
00:04:51
Speaker 1: Yes, indeed, are you how close are you to two fifty? You're listed weight right now?
00:04:58
Speaker 3: I think I'm up to sixty right now.
00:05:00
Speaker 2: Okay, I figured I figured that's already out of date because you're putting on you, You're putting on the way.
00:05:05
Speaker 1: But uh, the idea is just play standing up. That's what you like.
00:05:08
Speaker 2: Because last time we spoke, Isaac, we had talked about how you love watching Michael Parsons and there's a guy to pattern your game after, right, I mean, it's hard not to having him right in the state and be able to watch his downs.
00:05:18
Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, who else do you watch? Who else?
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Speaker 4: Are some of your favorite favorite guys to watch and kind of model some of your game after?
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Speaker 3: I mean, there's so many guys in college and NFL. I'd say Mason Rieger, He's he's.
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Speaker 5: He's right, right, Mason.
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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, him, great guy, He's we're about the same size. So I like to see what he can do, and he puts them out of work, so it's great to see, like how far he came, and I'd say him definitely. And then Anthony Schmid that Minnesota, he's super lengthy, big guy. I like to watch him, and then I mean Max Crosby in the NFL. Honestly, like a lot of people.
00:06:11
Speaker 2: You're just absorbing all the football you can like a sponge. So you mentioned you just you had surgery and Dustin had surgery as well, and here you both are signing and and rehabbing together.
00:06:21
Speaker 1: What's that?
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Speaker 2: What's that gonna be like having another crusader from Catholic Memorial head to head to Madison with you.
00:06:28
Speaker 3: That's gonna be fun. We're both excited. I think we're both hoping to be roommates. And it's like, it's good that we're both doing this because it's gonna help, you know, really push each other this summer and you know, rehab harder, just trying to get back faster. Well.
00:06:50
Speaker 4: And and I know Coach Young has always had a couple of he drops some bars. Coach Coach Young has been dropping bars for a long time. But but I assume that there's a some some good conversation. It's it's gotta be fun. We talked about it to start to put this behind you. Now, how is it rehabbing won? But knowing that your senior year is on the horizon. You get to just enjoy it with all of your boys. How excited are you for that? Because I know it's gonna be here sooner than you even can fathom.
00:07:20
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's it's it's moving quick. And by the time I know, it's gonna be August and it's it's gonna go by very fast, which is exciting. But at the same time, it's like you don't get to play with your guys. You don't get to, you know, hang out with them after games before games anymore. But we're definitely very excited because our team is mostly going to be seniors.
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Speaker 5: Now and and juniors, and we're all very experienced on the field, and I think we're all we're all ready for it.
00:08:01
Speaker 2: Are you ready to switch your your iron jackear and getting all the red stuff now you're when you're going to the gym? Has that already been Is that already in the works? I mean, obviously CMH. I'm wearing the CMH colors right now.
00:08:14
Speaker 1: We're right there.
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Speaker 6: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I got the Royal Blue on today and the iron Jack hoodie. But Isaac, are you getting ready to switch over.
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Speaker 1: To the red gear?
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Speaker 3: Yeah? I've been beginning with the tens this and I've been trying to buy some more right gear. I don't have much right now.
00:08:27
Speaker 4: No, wat, you gotta get some more reds. You didn't want to You didn't want to let the cat out of the bay. You couldn't let anybody know what he was wearing wearing red doing some squats last night. I think I think there might be a difference. Uh.
00:08:39
Speaker 1: You mentioned that your.
00:08:40
Speaker 4: Team experience got to be motivated the way last year ended too, that that's a cool way for you to roll into your senior year. Are you also excited to be the guy now, Isaac that has to give the speech to all the freshmen and sophomores and letting them all know how quickly it goes by, because when you're when you're fifteen, it's a lot different than when you're eighteen, and all of a sudden you're like, dang, it did really go bike pretty quick.
00:09:02
Speaker 1: Are are you already giving the uh?
00:09:04
Speaker 4: Enjoy it every moment while you can speeches to the youngsters on the team.
00:09:10
Speaker 3: Uh. I mean, I don't. I don't think I'm that's a guy. But I tell them, guys just to have fun and make the most of it.
00:09:18
Speaker 4: Absolutely good advice, because all of a sudden, you know that every single time during camp you're gonna have somebody thirty forty year old guys.
00:09:26
Speaker 1: You're never gonna forget these days. That's right, right, let's get Grampa off off, all right, let's go.
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Speaker 6: Yes, it just makes I know it's gonna be ten things when it gets hot this summer. Man, But don't cut the hair man. That that's the trademarket. Don't cut the hair man. I love I love the head of hair you got flowing there. You're not gonna cut it, are you? Is that your trademark?
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Speaker 3: No, I'm I'm gonna trim it down a little bit, but nothing nothing crazy.
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Speaker 1: Nothing, drat that's a good flow. Yeah, I need that trademark. Isaac. Thanks for joining us. Get yourself to school.
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Speaker 2: We appreciate congratulations, and uh we're excited for what you're gonna do on the next level.
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Speaker 1: Excited to watch you this year too.
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Speaker 3: Thank you.
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Speaker 1: All right, man, talk to you again. Isaac Miller Catholic Memorial Badger commit
