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We are Arkansas State Football.
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Alright, what's going on, everybody?
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Welcome to another episode of Insider Damn with your host, Justin Parks.
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I'm here with two of our players, running back Kenyon Clay and offensive line Will Sexton, man.
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How y'all boys feeling, man, after coming off that big win against West Georgia last week?
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You know, feeling good.
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It was a good team win.
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Got to see what, you know, what our team really was about and see what, you know, Coach Jones talked about the jump from week one to G uh week two.
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So it was really awesome to see what we improved and we still have areas that we gotta get better, but I'm looking forward to the rest of the season.
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What about you, man?
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Yeah, I felt good.
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Um, you know, it felt good to win for sure, uh coming off a hard loss against Memphis.
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Uh, but it really showed what our team is capable of.
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Um show like how connected we are as a team, and I'm I'm really looking forward to, you know, more games come ahead.
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Yeah, I was um just talking about that Memphis game, you know, like obviously we didn't come out on the winning side of it, but just seeing, like, you know, for me, like we it was a lot, just the game of unknowns, you know, game one.
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We don't know, we know what they're gonna do because the OC and DC is there, but it's like you still don't know what they're really gonna do.
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And it's game of the unknowns, and for y'all boys to come out there and play like that, because we, you know, it's a whole new team, it's six new players.
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Like, obviously, you guys played last year, but you know, the mindset I feel like we played with, you know, there ain't no more victories in this game.
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We played to win, obviously, but you know, just seeing how compelled you guys were in the first half, and now it's just sustaining that, you know, level of intensity and violence, you know, I think that really shows that what y'all leadership is bringing.
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Because getting guys to buy into a whole new culture, you know what I'm saying, and playing like to that standard, uh, it being a 28-24 game and like I went the third, late third, early fourth quarter, you know.
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Like I'm really I'm real dear proud of y'all boys for real, because I know the preparation that y'all did, you know, to you know what I'm saying, play at that, you know, style of play.
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Like, what was your mindset going into that game, you know, that first week?
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Well, you know, uh, coach talked about it all week, you know, like we're the team, the team, the team.
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And I, you know, I really didn't think that that Memphis was, you know, better than us.
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I think we, you know, beat ourselves.
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And after watching the film, you go back and you see like little mistakes that we made, and it was just catastrophic that if we don't make that mistake, you know, that's a different ballgame, that's a different scoring ball game.
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But, you know, leading up to the week, I think everybody bought in and everybody knew that we could play with these guys and knew that we could beat these guys.
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It was all just a matter of, you know, putting it all together.
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And you know, we fell short, we didn't put it all together, but that's why we came the next week and we put a lot of those mistakes to bed that we made the first week.
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So it was really good to see.
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Right.
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Uh yeah, for me, um, you know, we always said, you know, the team, the team, the team.
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So um I really just felt like we we definitely played to standard.
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But and I when I say standard, I'm I mean physicality, uh, just playing with the mindset.
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And obviously the mindset was to, you know, go in and take something from someone else's house, you know, they had the new stadium and all that.
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So it it definitely was on my mind, uh, you know, to go in and really just handle business.
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And on top of that, um Memphis is a rival here.
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So, you know, not only doing it for the team, but you know, also doing it for the fans because, you know, um that's something they look forward to.
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It's it doesn't happen, you know, every year.
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So, you know, when you finally get the opportunity to play, you know, a bit rival, um, I I definitely feel like, you know, the execution is, you know, should it should be definitely on point.
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So for sure, for sure.
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It was crazy, you know.
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Like I was obviously under the tent getting the guys right, but uh just seeing like look up on Drummond, you know, you get that long touchdown pass.
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I know I thought it was a run at first, and then I looked at it and it was, you know, the sweet verts, but I'm like, dang, like this boy, I ain't know you was that fast, you know.
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I thought you was a little slow, man.
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Nah, I thought everybody hit 22 right there, huh?
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Hit 22, hit the little uh call guy right there.
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How'd that feel, man?
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Just like, you know, games like that, you know, probably like as a kid.
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I used, you know, I ain't played no offense to my senior high school, ain't played it since, but just like always visualize being in an environment like that, because it was a good environment.
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Like, how did it feel, you know, just scoring, hitting, you know, the celly, but just like, you know, like making that big of a play in that big time of a game?
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Honestly, uh it it felt it definitely felt good to score.
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Um, but I really didn't, it wasn't anything like, oh, I just scored against Memphis, or I scored in this loop.
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It was more like I scored for the team.
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Yeah, like I'm I'm a big team guy.
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Like, I like to win.
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I love no, I don't like to win, I love to win.
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So it's like all I did was give us another opportunity to win the game rather than, you know, I just scored in this stadium, like they just opened up the stadium.
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Like, I don't really care about that.
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It was like we we had the opportunity to beat these guys, and I gave another opportunity to help us get closer to that victory.
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So that was definitely the mindset the whole game.
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Shout out to the boys up front though, man.
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You know what I'm saying?
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The train have time to throw that ball.
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They're gonna give my utmost respect, man.
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That's why I love them the devil.
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Yeah.
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So obviously, you know, starting off this season a lot stronger, you know, last year, you know what I'm saying?
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You already got two touchdowns on the year, you know what I'm saying?
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Then, you know, you little bro solo got a touchdown last game, you know what I'm saying?
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Jolly doing his thing, James, you know, he gets a shot, do his thing.
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Tim, you know, big goal line, short yardage guy, boom, he hit he getting in his own last game.
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Like, how, you know, has that room kind of like changed last year?
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Feel like you can throw more pieces in there instead of getting like you and Dev or when Kree's heavy, healthy you, Dev, and you know, Jaquez.
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Now, how's deep is that room now?
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Uh it's definitely deep, you know.
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I think we understand that we all have roles.
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Um and you know, we we just want to be, you know, elite at our role.
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So, you know, um solo coming in, um and scoring, like that was big for him.
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First collegiate touchdown.
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Yeah, you know, JJ, he got in the game, but his his main role is kickoff.
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So, you know, just starting in your role.
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Um, as far as Jolly, you know, he comes in, um, you know, keep the train, you know, keep the train rolling and everything.
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And then Tim, he he gets in the goal line, he gets the dirty yards.
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So like I think the room has definitely grown just by us understanding what our role is, understanding what we have to do in order to help the team win rather than um, you know, personal success.
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So uh I think Coach Hill has definitely done a great job doing that.
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Um, not only in game, but in practice as well.
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So um they definitely I think that's where we took the step in our running back room of understanding, you know, starting in your role.
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Yeah.
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Definitely, you know, more of a different style of attack than last year, you know, at up tempo, you know, a lot of shotgun formation.
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You know, we still do shotgun here now, but a lot more under centered, you know what I'm saying, trying to establish running the ball.
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So like how, you know, how have you taken that challenge in y'all room?
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You know, that's that's what y'all boys want up front, you know.
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How how's that been?
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What's the mindset?
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What's the motor in that room with just playing like because you are it's on film, y'all playing that y'all was nasty last year, but now y'all playing like even more nasty style of football.
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So that's around football.
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Uh I'd say it just all comes back to, you know, just the want to.
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And you know, we talk about, we have a saying every day we that we talk about and it's building a bully and it's running off the ball and trying to create so much space for the running back to, you know, hit it.
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And it feels good when you come off the ball and you blow somebody up and your running back comes off your butt and you hit it for 60 yards, you know, it's a good feeling.
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But I just feel like the guys that that we have in this room are really special and they uh they work every day, they bring it every day, and they make me better every day.
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And uh, like I said, we have ten guys that I think that can play at any time.
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It was you know kind of a funny joke.
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Last week we played uh West Georgia or whatever, and after the game we were all making jokes, and one of the West Georgia defensive linemen was like, that was y'all's twos.
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And we were like, Yeah, like you know, our twos can play just as well as our ones can play, and that's you know, really good for an offensive line.
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You know, if somebody goes down or if somebody needs a break, there's always a guy that can come in behind you that you know that is gonna step up and play just as just the same.
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Right.
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That is crazy though that somebody came and said because we we say the same thing in practice.
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You know, you come in like you know what I'm saying, you get a Lebrita Landry comes in, obviously, then when I see anyone, Tank comes in.
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So I think you know that really shows, you know, the work.
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Like I said, they don't happen by chance.
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Leadership, you know what I'm saying, the way y'all boys push each other, like me witnessing firsthand, like when some man write, you know what I'm saying, Will saying something, you know what I'm saying?
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You know what I'm saying?
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You know, somebody write, obviously in your room, Clay saying something for DB's, somebody write AG saying something, you know, linebackers, you know, Joe saying something, Trey saying something.
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So I think, you know, I just say, man, keep building upon that leadership, boy.
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Y'all boys, we gonna be able to do anything we want for sure.
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So now we're going to Fort Worth hearing what tomorrow, getting on the flight, getting on that plane early in the morning, going in there with a mindset, you know.
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What is your what is you guys just give me some thoughts that you guys have for this game, you know what I'm saying?
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For us.
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Well, you know, for me, I just think it's no different than going to play Memphis.
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Or it's no different than playing West Georgia.
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We have to put our best style of play on film.
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And we're not gonna win the game if we don't go out there and play like we're supposed to play.
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If we go out there and make mistakes, then it's gonna, it's gonna be, you know, it's gonna be hard to win that game.
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Because these games that we're going to play like right now, you have to uh eliminate all the mistakes, and if we can go in and just play our style of play ball and do what we do best, then I feel like we have a really good shot winning this game.
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For sure.
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Absolutely.
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Um one thing CBJ always says when you go on the road is you already down 10 points.
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So what does that mean for me?
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Um obviously no mistakes.
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Like that's just honestly number one, like we can't go in making mistakes because you know, teams like this, you know, they they make um how how did he say it?
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It's like ray off our mistakes.
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Yeah, they ray off our mistakes, yeah.
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They capitalize off those mistakes.
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So it's like, you know, already going down ten, um, you know, they gave us a chance to win, as he say, you know.
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So you know, like, honestly, it it's just no different than the last week or the week before that.
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Like, at the end of the day, you we had to play to the Arkansas Stateway.
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Right.
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And I I mean, everyone knows that when we play like that, like we're a hard team to beat, no matter who you put it up, put us up against.
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So, I mean, I don't feel no different.
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I I just feel like this is another game.
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Right.
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You know, put your best perfor put your best performance out there and you know, just see what the end results be.
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Yeah.
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You know, don't look at the scoreboard, just play to the standard.
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Play to the standard.
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You know, it's so funny.
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I was just thinking about when you were saying that.
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Oh, yeah, also when you were saying about the mistakes, it's like, you know, kind of going to basketball.
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Basketball, you got marsh madness, you know, a lot more upsets happen in basketball and football, because you can have somebody go for 30, don't miss a three the whole game, you know, play okay defense, and now you just have a guy that can win doing one out of five because it ain't 11 on the field.
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Now, football, all 11 guys, for this game to go right, all 11 guys got to be on the same, you know, accord.
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So I think it's what you said.
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Like, you can't make any mistakes.
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You know, I played in games like this.
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I got blew out, you know, 7-3-0.
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I've also almost beat Michigan in 2018.
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Like, you know, I think the biggest thing for y'all boys, we were talking about it earlier, is just like going there with a mindset, you know, studying the night before, but don't make it bigger than what it is.
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You know, it's another game between the white lines and just playing physicality and details and discipline gonna win this game.
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So I said, just excited for y'all boys Saturday.
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Let's do it.
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Let's do the damn thing.
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Let's do it.
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Well, that's gonna bring you another episode of Inside the Den, you know, in season edition with Justin Park.
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Hey, what was up?
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Who's it up?
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We are Arkansas State Football.
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Alright, what's going on, everybody?
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Welcome to another episode of Insider Damn with your host, Justin Parks.
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I'm here with two of our players, running back Kenyon Clay and offensive line Will Sexton, man.
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How y'all boys feeling, man, after coming off that big win against West Georgia last week?
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You know, feeling good.
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It was a good team win.
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Got to see what, you know, what our team really was about and see what, you know, Coach Jones talked about the jump from week one to G uh week two.
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So it was really awesome to see what we improved and we still have areas that we gotta get better, but I'm looking forward to the rest of the season.
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What about you, man?
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Yeah, I felt good.
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Um, you know, it felt good to win for sure, uh coming off a hard loss against Memphis.
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Uh, but it really showed what our team is capable of.
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Um show like how connected we are as a team, and I'm I'm really looking forward to, you know, more games come ahead.
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Yeah, I was um just talking about that Memphis game, you know, like obviously we didn't come out on the winning side of it, but just seeing, like, you know, for me, like we it was a lot, just the game of unknowns, you know, game one.
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We don't know, we know what they're gonna do because the OC and DC is there, but it's like you still don't know what they're really gonna do.
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And it's game of the unknowns, and for y'all boys to come out there and play like that, because we, you know, it's a whole new team, it's six new players.
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Like, obviously, you guys played last year, but you know, the mindset I feel like we played with, you know, there ain't no more victories in this game.
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We played to win, obviously, but you know, just seeing how compelled you guys were in the first half, and now it's just sustaining that, you know, level of intensity and violence, you know, I think that really shows that what y'all leadership is bringing.
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Because getting guys to buy into a whole new culture, you know what I'm saying, and playing like to that standard, uh, it being a 28-24 game and like I went the third, late third, early fourth quarter, you know.
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Like I'm really I'm real dear proud of y'all boys for real, because I know the preparation that y'all did, you know, to you know what I'm saying, play at that, you know, style of play.
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Like, what was your mindset going into that game, you know, that first week?
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Well, you know, uh, coach talked about it all week, you know, like we're the team, the team, the team.
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And I, you know, I really didn't think that that Memphis was, you know, better than us.
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I think we, you know, beat ourselves.
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And after watching the film, you go back and you see like little mistakes that we made, and it was just catastrophic that if we don't make that mistake, you know, that's a different ballgame, that's a different scoring ball game.
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But, you know, leading up to the week, I think everybody bought in and everybody knew that we could play with these guys and knew that we could beat these guys.
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It was all just a matter of, you know, putting it all together.
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And you know, we fell short, we didn't put it all together, but that's why we came the next week and we put a lot of those mistakes to bed that we made the first week.
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So it was really good to see.
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Right.
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Uh yeah, for me, um, you know, we always said, you know, the team, the team, the team.
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So um I really just felt like we we definitely played to standard.
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But and I when I say standard, I'm I mean physicality, uh, just playing with the mindset.
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And obviously the mindset was to, you know, go in and take something from someone else's house, you know, they had the new stadium and all that.
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So it it definitely was on my mind, uh, you know, to go in and really just handle business.
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And on top of that, um Memphis is a rival here.
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So, you know, not only doing it for the team, but you know, also doing it for the fans because, you know, um that's something they look forward to.
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It's it doesn't happen, you know, every year.
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So, you know, when you finally get the opportunity to play, you know, a bit rival, um, I I definitely feel like, you know, the execution is, you know, should it should be definitely on point.
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So for sure, for sure.
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It was crazy, you know.
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Like I was obviously under the tent getting the guys right, but uh just seeing like look up on Drummond, you know, you get that long touchdown pass.
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I know I thought it was a run at first, and then I looked at it and it was, you know, the sweet verts, but I'm like, dang, like this boy, I ain't know you was that fast, you know.
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I thought you was a little slow, man.
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Nah, I thought everybody hit 22 right there, huh?
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Hit 22, hit the little uh call guy right there.
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How'd that feel, man?
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Just like, you know, games like that, you know, probably like as a kid.
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I used, you know, I ain't played no offense to my senior high school, ain't played it since, but just like always visualize being in an environment like that, because it was a good environment.
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Like, how did it feel, you know, just scoring, hitting, you know, the celly, but just like, you know, like making that big of a play in that big time of a game?
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Honestly, uh it it felt it definitely felt good to score.
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Um, but I really didn't, it wasn't anything like, oh, I just scored against Memphis, or I scored in this loop.
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It was more like I scored for the team.
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Yeah, like I'm I'm a big team guy.
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Like, I like to win.
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I love no, I don't like to win, I love to win.
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So it's like all I did was give us another opportunity to win the game rather than, you know, I just scored in this stadium, like they just opened up the stadium.
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Like, I don't really care about that.
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It was like we we had the opportunity to beat these guys, and I gave another opportunity to help us get closer to that victory.
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So that was definitely the mindset the whole game.
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Shout out to the boys up front though, man.
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You know what I'm saying?
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The train have time to throw that ball.
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They're gonna give my utmost respect, man.
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That's why I love them the devil.
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Yeah.
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So obviously, you know, starting off this season a lot stronger, you know, last year, you know what I'm saying?
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You already got two touchdowns on the year, you know what I'm saying?
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Then, you know, you little bro solo got a touchdown last game, you know what I'm saying?
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Jolly doing his thing, James, you know, he gets a shot, do his thing.
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Tim, you know, big goal line, short yardage guy, boom, he hit he getting in his own last game.
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Like, how, you know, has that room kind of like changed last year?
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Feel like you can throw more pieces in there instead of getting like you and Dev or when Kree's heavy, healthy you, Dev, and you know, Jaquez.
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Now, how's deep is that room now?
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Uh it's definitely deep, you know.
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I think we understand that we all have roles.
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Um and you know, we we just want to be, you know, elite at our role.
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So, you know, um solo coming in, um and scoring, like that was big for him.
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First collegiate touchdown.
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Yeah, you know, JJ, he got in the game, but his his main role is kickoff.
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So, you know, just starting in your role.
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Um, as far as Jolly, you know, he comes in, um, you know, keep the train, you know, keep the train rolling and everything.
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And then Tim, he he gets in the goal line, he gets the dirty yards.
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So like I think the room has definitely grown just by us understanding what our role is, understanding what we have to do in order to help the team win rather than um, you know, personal success.
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So uh I think Coach Hill has definitely done a great job doing that.
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Um, not only in game, but in practice as well.
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So um they definitely I think that's where we took the step in our running back room of understanding, you know, starting in your role.
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Yeah.
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Definitely, you know, more of a different style of attack than last year, you know, at up tempo, you know, a lot of shotgun formation.
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You know, we still do shotgun here now, but a lot more under centered, you know what I'm saying, trying to establish running the ball.
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So like how, you know, how have you taken that challenge in y'all room?
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You know, that's that's what y'all boys want up front, you know.
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How how's that been?
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What's the mindset?
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What's the motor in that room with just playing like because you are it's on film, y'all playing that y'all was nasty last year, but now y'all playing like even more nasty style of football.
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So that's around football.
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Uh I'd say it just all comes back to, you know, just the want to.
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And you know, we talk about, we have a saying every day we that we talk about and it's building a bully and it's running off the ball and trying to create so much space for the running back to, you know, hit it.
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And it feels good when you come off the ball and you blow somebody up and your running back comes off your butt and you hit it for 60 yards, you know, it's a good feeling.
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But I just feel like the guys that that we have in this room are really special and they uh they work every day, they bring it every day, and they make me better every day.
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And uh, like I said, we have ten guys that I think that can play at any time.
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It was you know kind of a funny joke.
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Last week we played uh West Georgia or whatever, and after the game we were all making jokes, and one of the West Georgia defensive linemen was like, that was y'all's twos.
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And we were like, Yeah, like you know, our twos can play just as well as our ones can play, and that's you know, really good for an offensive line.
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You know, if somebody goes down or if somebody needs a break, there's always a guy that can come in behind you that you know that is gonna step up and play just as just the same.
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Right.
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That is crazy though that somebody came and said because we we say the same thing in practice.
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You know, you come in like you know what I'm saying, you get a Lebrita Landry comes in, obviously, then when I see anyone, Tank comes in.
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So I think you know that really shows, you know, the work.
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Like I said, they don't happen by chance.
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Leadership, you know what I'm saying, the way y'all boys push each other, like me witnessing firsthand, like when some man write, you know what I'm saying, Will saying something, you know what I'm saying?
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You know what I'm saying?
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You know, somebody write, obviously in your room, Clay saying something for DB's, somebody write AG saying something, you know, linebackers, you know, Joe saying something, Trey saying something.
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So I think, you know, I just say, man, keep building upon that leadership, boy.
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Y'all boys, we gonna be able to do anything we want for sure.
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So now we're going to Fort Worth hearing what tomorrow, getting on the flight, getting on that plane early in the morning, going in there with a mindset, you know.
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What is your what is you guys just give me some thoughts that you guys have for this game, you know what I'm saying?
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For us.
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Well, you know, for me, I just think it's no different than going to play Memphis.
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Or it's no different than playing West Georgia.
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We have to put our best style of play on film.
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And we're not gonna win the game if we don't go out there and play like we're supposed to play.
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If we go out there and make mistakes, then it's gonna, it's gonna be, you know, it's gonna be hard to win that game.
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Because these games that we're going to play like right now, you have to uh eliminate all the mistakes, and if we can go in and just play our style of play ball and do what we do best, then I feel like we have a really good shot winning this game.
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For sure.
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Absolutely.
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Um one thing CBJ always says when you go on the road is you already down 10 points.
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So what does that mean for me?
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Um obviously no mistakes.
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Like that's just honestly number one, like we can't go in making mistakes because you know, teams like this, you know, they they make um how how did he say it?
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It's like ray off our mistakes.
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Yeah, they ray off our mistakes, yeah.
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They capitalize off those mistakes.
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So it's like, you know, already going down ten, um, you know, they gave us a chance to win, as he say, you know.
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So you know, like, honestly, it it's just no different than the last week or the week before that.
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Like, at the end of the day, you we had to play to the Arkansas Stateway.
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Right.
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And I I mean, everyone knows that when we play like that, like we're a hard team to beat, no matter who you put it up, put us up against.
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So, I mean, I don't feel no different.
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I I just feel like this is another game.
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Right.
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You know, put your best perfor put your best performance out there and you know, just see what the end results be.
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Yeah.
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You know, don't look at the scoreboard, just play to the standard.
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Play to the standard.
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You know, it's so funny.
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I was just thinking about when you were saying that.
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Oh, yeah, also when you were saying about the mistakes, it's like, you know, kind of going to basketball.
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Basketball, you got marsh madness, you know, a lot more upsets happen in basketball and football, because you can have somebody go for 30, don't miss a three the whole game, you know, play okay defense, and now you just have a guy that can win doing one out of five because it ain't 11 on the field.
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Now, football, all 11 guys, for this game to go right, all 11 guys got to be on the same, you know, accord.
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So I think it's what you said.
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Like, you can't make any mistakes.
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You know, I played in games like this.
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I got blew out, you know, 7-3-0.
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I've also almost beat Michigan in 2018.
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Like, you know, I think the biggest thing for y'all boys, we were talking about it earlier, is just like going there with a mindset, you know, studying the night before, but don't make it bigger than what it is.
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You know, it's another game between the white lines and just playing physicality and details and discipline gonna win this game.
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So I said, just excited for y'all boys Saturday.
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Let's do it.
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Let's do the damn thing.
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Let's do it.
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Well, that's gonna bring you another episode of Inside the Den, you know, in season edition with Justin Park.
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Now I really appreciate these guys taking their time out today.
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You know, they could be studying for school and also studying for what's gonna happen Saturday.
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