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We say hello to the head football coach of your
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Houston Cougar's. Cougar's taking on Kansas this Saturday at Arrow
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Head Standing, Willie Fritz with us here, brought to you
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by the Joint Chiropractor, the official chiropractor of Houston Cougar Athletics. Welly,
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thanks for the time. It's always it's been a nice
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week off. I know you didn't get much downtime, but
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what did the kids do over the last couple of weeks.
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Well, we went last week, We lifted and watched all
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the film week on Monday, and then we practiced Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
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getting Friday, Saturday, Sunday off and coaches actually had Saturday off,
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so they're excited about that. And we came back to
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work on Sunday. And one of the things I just
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wanted to make sure we did a great job of
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is getting that game plan and repping it over and
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over and over again. And I told him Kansas wouldn't
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play in a game this last weekend, and neither were we.
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So you know, sometimes coaches wait, you know, a couple
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of days and they modify or change our game plan
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a little bit. I said, let's have it on Ready
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Go on Monday, and the coaches did a great job
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of that.
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You're at the halfway point. What have you loved from
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your team so far and what has disappointed you?
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Oh, there's been some good things. You know. I think
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we're playing good defensively, you know, other than one game,
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and on that game, some of it had to do
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it just a momentum back and forth. But I thought
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we played good defensively. We tackled pretty good, you know
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against TCU we didn't tackle that great. Is the first
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game that we had double digit miss tackles. I think
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we had nineteen miss tackles. But overall, I think our
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defenses has played very well, and you know, and you
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see some good things on the other two sides of
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the ball. You know, there's been some good things in
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the kicking game, but the bad thing is we just
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had way too many penalties. Had zero against TCU. That
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was something to build upon because it hurts you more
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in the kicking game any other phase. And then you know, offensively,
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we just we were having a tough time or really
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kind of find our legs a little bit against TCU
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and ran the ball well, and we're very accurate throwing
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the ball, and you know we need to continue to
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keep building on that.
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You have been looking for a guy and look, you
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started with Donovan, then you want with xe On a
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little bit, and you've been mixing and matching. And obviously
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Zion did a good zand did a good enough job
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to inherit the spot off, especially if that long touchdown run.
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So beyond what we just saw, were there other things
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that made decide to make the quarterback change and go
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was on this week against Kansas?
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Well, yeah, some of his injuries, you know, some guys
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being banged up, and uh it, Zion has been banged
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up a little bit here early in the season, and
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uh as I've finally gotten healthy, and you know, we
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just wanted to get a spark. We'd you know, as
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I've said, you know many times before, the quarterback gets
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too much credit when things go well, too much blame
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things don't don't go well. And you know, I think
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it really helped us, uh you know against tcu Is.
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You know, we were very accurate early throwing the ball.
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Kind of a lot of guys involved, you know, carrying
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the ball. I think we have fourteen guys that touched
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the ball quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs, tight ends, and
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when that happens, you know, it kind of opens up
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the whole offense. And I thought we played better on
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the offensive line, did a better job protecting and giving
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the quarterbacks some time to throw the football. Had some
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good scenes increases not only for the quarterback, for the
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running backs as well. We call run plays. Coach Barbay
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did a really good job, especially early in the game,
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you know, giving us confidence.
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Willie Fritz with us getting ready for the game against
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the Kansas Jayhawks. A little strange that the Kougz and
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we're playing this game in Arrowhead Stadium, so and there
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are a lot of young men that have watched a
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lot of Chiefs games over the years. Are any of
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the kids a little extra fired up of playing in
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a pro stadium? Is Saturday coming up?
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Oh? I think they are. I talked a little bit
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about that early. Kansas is entered gooing renovations to their stadium,
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so they're having to play I think they played a
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couple games at the soccer stadium they're in Kansas City,
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and then they're gonna play I think three or four
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games at Arrowhead and uh, you know, it's been a
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busy two weeks for me. I'm from Kansas City, so
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I'm getting inundated with ticket requests and all sorts of stuff.
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So unfortunately, when I go to these games and I
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get a lot of family and friends come, I don't
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get to really see anybody. But yeah, it's I've been
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quite a few games out of Arrowhead, and I think
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it'll be a great venue to play. Gonna be you know,
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we've kind of had a little bit of a change
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in weather and and it's probably gonna be about the
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same type of weather up there in Kansas City.
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Can't you just text your family back and say, I'm
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busy talk to you in the offseason. I mean, that
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doesn't seem fair. They're bothering you for this right now.
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They uh, you know sometimes think, you know, they sometimes
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think about their job that you know, oh yeah, I
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got time. People are doing stuff, and you know, we
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only got twelve of these opportunities obviously Saturday, but a
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little bit busy, but uh uh, it'll be fun. I
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try to help everybody out as best I can.
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And in reality, you're taking on a Kansas team that
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has been beset by a lot of injuries, especially on
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the offensive side. They played a lot of one score games,
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so I would think you, as part of your rallying
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cry this week, is you fully expect this thing to
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be a game into the fourth quarter.
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Yeah. You know, they're not a real fast paced team.
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We're not playing in a real fast pace either, and
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we just got to do what we did. You know,
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the last game, I've preached it over and over and
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over again. We need to be plus one turnover takeaway
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against TCU or plus four. You know, we got to
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do a good job in the run game. And we
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did a very good job in the run game stopping
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them from running and us run the ball effectively. And
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you know, time of possession is going to be critical.
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There's probably only gonna be nine or ten series in
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this game between the two teams, so you got to
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take advantage of every single one throughout the ball game.
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I believe it at that, Willie. Thank you for the time,
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congratulations of the impressive win. I hope you got a
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little bit of downtime while we were out and look
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forward to seeing you in the squad Saturday at Arrowhood Stadium.
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Thanks for the visitors always.
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Thank you Koo.
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We got it, Willie, Fritz with us here on The
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Matt Thomas Show with Ross. It's brought to you again
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by our friends at the Joint Chiropractice, the official chiropractor
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of University of Houston Athletics
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We say hello to the head football coach of your
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Houston Cougar's. Cougar's taking on Kansas this Saturday at Arrow
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Head Standing, Willie Fritz with us here, brought to you
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by the Joint Chiropractor, the official chiropractor of Houston Cougar Athletics. Welly,
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thanks for the time. It's always it's been a nice
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week off. I know you didn't get much downtime, but
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what did the kids do over the last couple of weeks.
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Well, we went last week, We lifted and watched all
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the film week on Monday, and then we practiced Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
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getting Friday, Saturday, Sunday off and coaches actually had Saturday off,
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so they're excited about that. And we came back to
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work on Sunday. And one of the things I just
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wanted to make sure we did a great job of
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is getting that game plan and repping it over and
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over and over again. And I told him Kansas wouldn't
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play in a game this last weekend, and neither were we.
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So you know, sometimes coaches wait, you know, a couple
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of days and they modify or change our game plan
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a little bit. I said, let's have it on Ready
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Go on Monday, and the coaches did a great job
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of that.
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You're at the halfway point. What have you loved from
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your team so far and what has disappointed you?
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Oh, there's been some good things. You know. I think
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we're playing good defensively, you know, other than one game,
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and on that game, some of it had to do
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it just a momentum back and forth. But I thought
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we played good defensively. We tackled pretty good, you know
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against TCU we didn't tackle that great. Is the first
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game that we had double digit miss tackles. I think
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we had nineteen miss tackles. But overall, I think our
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defenses has played very well, and you know, and you
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see some good things on the other two sides of
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the ball. You know, there's been some good things in
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the kicking game, but the bad thing is we just
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had way too many penalties. Had zero against TCU. That
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was something to build upon because it hurts you more
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in the kicking game any other phase. And then you know, offensively,
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we just we were having a tough time or really
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kind of find our legs a little bit against TCU
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and ran the ball well, and we're very accurate throwing
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the ball, and you know we need to continue to
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keep building on that.
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You have been looking for a guy and look, you
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started with Donovan, then you want with xe On a
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little bit, and you've been mixing and matching. And obviously
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Zion did a good zand did a good enough job
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to inherit the spot off, especially if that long touchdown run.
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So beyond what we just saw, were there other things
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that made decide to make the quarterback change and go
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was on this week against Kansas?
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Well, yeah, some of his injuries, you know, some guys
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being banged up, and uh it, Zion has been banged
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up a little bit here early in the season, and
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uh as I've finally gotten healthy, and you know, we
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just wanted to get a spark. We'd you know, as
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I've said, you know many times before, the quarterback gets
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too much credit when things go well, too much blame
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things don't don't go well. And you know, I think
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it really helped us, uh you know against tcu Is.
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You know, we were very accurate early throwing the ball.
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Kind of a lot of guys involved, you know, carrying
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the ball. I think we have fourteen guys that touched
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the ball quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs, tight ends, and
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when that happens, you know, it kind of opens up
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the whole offense. And I thought we played better on
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the offensive line, did a better job protecting and giving
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the quarterbacks some time to throw the football. Had some
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good scenes increases not only for the quarterback, for the
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running backs as well. We call run plays. Coach Barbay
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did a really good job, especially early in the game,
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you know, giving us confidence.
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Willie Fritz with us getting ready for the game against
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the Kansas Jayhawks. A little strange that the Kougz and
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we're playing this game in Arrowhead Stadium, so and there
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are a lot of young men that have watched a
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lot of Chiefs games over the years. Are any of
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the kids a little extra fired up of playing in
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a pro stadium? Is Saturday coming up?
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Oh? I think they are. I talked a little bit
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about that early. Kansas is entered gooing renovations to their stadium,
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so they're having to play I think they played a
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couple games at the soccer stadium they're in Kansas City,
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and then they're gonna play I think three or four
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games at Arrowhead and uh, you know, it's been a
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busy two weeks for me. I'm from Kansas City, so
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I'm getting inundated with ticket requests and all sorts of stuff.
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So unfortunately, when I go to these games and I
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get a lot of family and friends come, I don't
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get to really see anybody. But yeah, it's I've been
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quite a few games out of Arrowhead, and I think
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it'll be a great venue to play. Gonna be you know,
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we've kind of had a little bit of a change
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in weather and and it's probably gonna be about the
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same type of weather up there in Kansas City.
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Can't you just text your family back and say, I'm
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busy talk to you in the offseason. I mean, that
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doesn't seem fair. They're bothering you for this right now.
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They uh, you know sometimes think, you know, they sometimes
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think about their job that you know, oh yeah, I
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got time. People are doing stuff, and you know, we
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only got twelve of these opportunities obviously Saturday, but a
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little bit busy, but uh uh, it'll be fun. I
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try to help everybody out as best I can.
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And in reality, you're taking on a Kansas team that
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has been beset by a lot of injuries, especially on
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the offensive side. They played a lot of one score games,
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so I would think you, as part of your rallying
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cry this week, is you fully expect this thing to
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be a game into the fourth quarter.
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Yeah. You know, they're not a real fast paced team.
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We're not playing in a real fast pace either, and
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we just got to do what we did. You know,
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the last game, I've preached it over and over and
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over again. We need to be plus one turnover takeaway
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against TCU or plus four. You know, we got to
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do a good job in the run game. And we
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did a very good job in the run game stopping
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them from running and us run the ball effectively. And
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you know, time of possession is going to be critical.
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There's probably only gonna be nine or ten series in
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this game between the two teams, so you got to
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take advantage of every single one throughout the ball game.
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I believe it at that, Willie. Thank you for the time,
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congratulations of the impressive win. I hope you got a
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little bit of downtime while we were out and look
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forward to seeing you in the squad Saturday at Arrowhood Stadium.
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Thanks for the visitors always.
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Thank you Koo.
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