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We have Mason Hosa on the program.
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He's six three to two thirty-seven, who as a true freshman for the Wisconsin Badgers, if I have my stats right, had fifty-eight tackles, four sacks, two fum force fumbles, and one fumble recovery.
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And he was named uh freshman all American.
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So welcome to the channel, Mason.
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Yeah, thank you for having me.
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I appreciate it.
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Excited to be on.
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Yeah, man.
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It it's awesome to finally get to talk to you, man.
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Uh appreciate you.
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I know you're you're busy and I appreciate you making time uh for all of us, man.
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It's awesome to have you on.
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Yeah, yeah.
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But uh anyway, uh to get into the questions, you you played your high school football at La Cueva High School in New Mexico, right?
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And uh your senior year, you led La Cueva to the state championship in in 2024, uh posting a hundred and thirty-three tackles, which is hard to do, guys, as you know, nine sacks, twenty-one tackles for loss, uh if if my sources are right, two interceptions, three force fumbles, and three defensive TDs.
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So, Mason, what was it like playing football at that level at La Cueva?
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Yeah, you know, um extremely a blessing.
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You know, I feel like La Cueva's produced some top top-tier athletes.
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And um, yeah, you know, our our senior year, um, we could have gone back to back, but you know, it's uh kind of had uh trouble with uh, you know, Cam Dyer, Terry's ACL uh and the SEMI's so like we didn't have really a good enough offense, you know, like produced out there.
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So it was kind of rough our senior year, but uh no, junior year was something very special with me, Cam and a bunch of other guys, Mark, Andy, who's uh over there in Minnesota right now.
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And uh it was yeah, that that junior year group was a very special group.
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And I grew up with all the senior guys too, as well.
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And and uh yeah, it was definitely a fantastic year.
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Yeah, and as you you probably know, uh I think in us talking and uh maybe you looking at the channel, but but Cam as a friend of of the program and uh I love that guy, man.
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Uh uh in fact, I I almost put his jersey back here.
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I got his jersey and nice.
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Yeah, he was nice enough to sign it and uh send it back to me.
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And and uh I just appreciate that guy, man.
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He's he's a a good guy and and a great leader, uh uh a lot like you, you know.
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Um he did it on the offensive side of the ball.
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And and you may have done it on the offensive side too, but you definitely did it on the defensive side.
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Yeah, I I played offense a little bit my senior year, but not as much.
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Yeah, but uh yeah, I know Cam's uh he's a really good kid.
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You know, he's one of my best friends from back home.
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We still talk to each other, and you know, he's right now in a position battle, so hopefully uh this year's his year and he can uh you know go out and field for the first time.
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So it'd be really spectacular.
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Yeah, I I I I pray that every day, man.
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I uh I know they brought somebody in from Kentucky, Cutter Bowley.
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Pretty good quarterback, but but Cam, as we all know, and to the audience out there, Cam Dyer, that dude is a phenom.
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He he can fling it and uh and he can run uh like the wind.
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So I hope that he he beats out cutter.
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Uh no disrespect to Cutter or anybody else, but but that he wins that job and uh helps helps lead Arizona State.
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But uh I wanted to ask you uh or kind of tell the the audience about you being a wrestler too, man.
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You you wrestled there in high school at La Cueva and were a four-time New Mexico State Champion wrestler.
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So let that soak in, guys.
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So this dude was winning state as a freshman, man.
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That's amazing.
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Freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year, and you ended up 129 and three in your matches.
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Is that is that right?
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Yeah, yes, sir.
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Yeah, he has spot on, yeah.
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So so what did it feel like to dominate at football and wrestling at at that level, man?
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Uh, you know, it was just an amazing feeling.
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You know, I'm extremely blessed.
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You know, I I give God all the glory, you know, very religious man myself.
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And um, yeah, I mean, I I feel like it's truly his plan for me in this life.
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But um, yeah, no, it's just really a lot of hard work and dedication, especially the hours I put in, you know, waking up at five in the morning in sixth grade to go lift in a garage.
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And then uh, you know, in high school, waking up five in the morning again to go run the the dirt hills out at Mesa del Sol.
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So um those big, those big hills, man, I hate them.
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I bet uh yeah, no, but uh it was it was just all hard work, you know.
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My dad did a really good job just you know being disciplined with me and um you know not ever pushing me to the point where like I just didn't want to do it to like make me hate it, you know what I mean?
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Kind of like he was a very good, you know, father, just like very guided guided me in a lot of places.
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And you know, he was my head wrestling coach and he was our D-line uh coach for football.
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So he was with me every step of the way there.
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So I I definitely give him a lot of thanks as well.
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That's awesome, man.
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And for all the listeners out there, man, uh there's a theme usually with guys like Mason who dominate at uh not only the high school level, but then you know, take it to that next level and dominate and it's uh putting in the work.
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And for any anybody out there that you know is wondering why maybe you're not getting very far on your varsity team, or you know, you can't make it from the JV to the varsity, uh try staying 30 minutes or an hour after practice every day, or go in 30 minutes or an hour before everybody gets there and run routes if you're a receiver.
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Um, you know, uh go to the gym when nobody else is at the gym and work out with the weights and get stronger and faster.
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Um do things that put yourself in a position to be successful and don't just lean back on your your athletic abilities and uh you know that makes sense, man.
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You have athletic ability that God put into you, but you didn't just sit back and sit on the couch.
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You went out and you worked, and that's how you become 129 and three.
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Yeah.
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State champion champion wrestler, man.
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That's pretty awesome.
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Thank you.
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So yeah, you bet, man.
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That's that's uh and I'm proud of uh for those of of you guys um uh that have heard this, you're probably tired of hearing it, but but Mason represents the the 505.
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Uh we used to be in the 505 and down in the south part of the state, but when it got too big, they had to to create the 575 and they gave it to us down in the southern part of the state.
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But he represents the 505, which I I appreciate because that's that's the state of New Mexico, and um he's he's representing so um but we kind of talked about this, but uh La Cueva, you played with Cam, uh a friend of the program, and uh if he could just expand a little bit on what that was like, uh if you would.
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Yeah, yeah, I mean it was uh very competitive, you know, every practice.
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Like we'd always be at each other's throats.
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Um, you know, I mean we've gone in several fights actually.
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I remember one time, like, you know, I was just talking so much uh crap to him and he was getting sick of it.
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And like usually when I do it, he never like fights back.
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But one day he just snapped and uh started to fight back.
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And uh I was very impressed with Cam that day too.
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I'm shocked because I never thought he would.
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But um, yeah, no, me and Cam, we uh we had that like you know, brother relationship, you know, kind of just like we love each other, but like, you know, we want to do better, we want to like, you know, like push each other harder, you know what I mean?
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So we always look out for each other's backs, you know.
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I call him like, you know, every week, really just check up on him, see how he's doing, and talk about his family and stuff like that.
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But yeah, Cam's a good great kid, and yeah, I I I pray and I hope he does very well this year for Arizona State.
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Well, that's that's that's being brothers and that's being competitors too, man.
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That's not wanting to lose even to your own teammates, you know.
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And so uh for those of you guys out there that are trying to compete, uh, and maybe you're trying to compete at a high level, whether it be high school, you know, or whether it be at a D1 school, man, you if you're not competitive, man, you're probably gonna be uh out the door pretty pretty quick.
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So you gotta you gotta be able to, even if you're not that way off the field, I'm sure Mason can attest to this.
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You gotta be able to turn that switch on when you get on the field, uh whether it's a practice field or or games, you got you gotta or matches, you know, you got to to to flip that switch and and be able to go out there and uh compete every day.
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Yeah, yes, sir.
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Yeah.
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So um obviously you were a four-star recruit for football, but out of all of the offers that you received, man, what made Wisconsin the choice for you?
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Yeah, you know, I I'd I'd really say the people here, you know, I just that was kind of like my deciding factor is just what what type of guys like am I gonna go into like with the locker room with?
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You know, I want to like enjoy, you know, these guys are gonna be in my wedding, they're gonna be my best man, you know, they're gonna be my lifelong brothers.
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So, you know, I want to go to a place where like I I feel that right away.
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And I felt like Wisconsin was one of those places.
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And then also just Coach Fick, you know, um, we've had a couple bad years, you know, just been unlucky with injured quarterbacks and stuff like that.
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You know, it's really hard to go with a second string quarterback, but I feel like Coach Vick has a a plan here.
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And uh, you know, I just I definitely believe in his philosophy and uh what he's picking up here.
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And I I definitely think this next year is gonna be a lot different.
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And also just the tradition here as well.
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You know, Wisconsin has a really strong tradition of just like, you know, players, TJ Watt, Melvin Gordon, Jonathan Taylor, you know, uh JJ Watt as well.
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Like they got got some big time.
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Oh yeah, Russell Wilson as well, you know, just huge Hall of Fame type of players.
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And that's just something I kind of want to be a part of.
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And then just the alumni base and like how connected the University of Wisconsin is to everything is just also what amazed me here as well.
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Yeah, I had a good buddy that I played baseball with in college, and he grew up in in uh Wisconsin, and uh he he would always talk about how all the people in the state were just die hard football fans, you know, whether it's Wisconsin football or Green Bay Packer football.
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Oh yeah.
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Uh they just lived and died for uh for you guys, and so I have no doubt that uh the support, you know, from the fans and stuff like that is phenomenal.
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And it does sound like you guys are moving in the right direction and stuff.
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So um I'm happy to hear that you made that choice, even though it was you know kind of far from from New Mexico.
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It was the best choice for you, and it was where God God wanted you, and that's most important, obviously.
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Um with you having the season that you had, which in my mind was pretty phenomenal, and uh I mean it was really off the charts, Matt.
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But what made it so easy for you to to not transfer?
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And you kind of mentioned some of those things, but what what made you want to stay loyal to the Badgers program?
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Yeah.
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Um, you know, I I'm a very loyal guy.
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I feel like, you know, I don't really believe in the transfer portal unless, you know, your coach gets fired or you're just truly like never gonna play at that program.
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Yeah.
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But um, you know, I I definitely like just look at people who like differently when they leave the program, when the program's just like going down or had a really bad year, you know, it kind of just reflects what kind of person that is.
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So I kind of just, you know, like I'm I'm a little guy, you know, and I want to build this place from the ground up.
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I truly love Wisconsin football.
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I love it here in Madison.
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And um, I just the friendships and the guys here, like I truly believe in.
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And, you know, the my one of my roommates, Cooper Catalano, but alongside he I played alongside him, a linebacker.
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So he uh he's like one of my best friends here.
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So, you know, it's just um I I didn't want to leave these guys and also it's just yeah, I mean I had a I had a boatload of teams, you know, hitting my dad up and everything like that, calling him and every day.
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But like it's just, you know, I I didn't have no reason to transfer, you know.
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I was playing, you know, I had a great season last year and and uh I was gonna be the starter this year here, so why leave?
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Yeah.
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Well think about that guys, man.
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In a in a in a age where guys are leaving uh in a heartbeat, you know, the second some other program is like tickling their ear or just telling them what they want to hear.
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I mean, this dude is is staying put and is staying loyal to to the Wisconsin Badgers and is wanting to help uh change the program and turn it back into the program that it once was, you know, at that uh and and they're already at a at a good level, but he wants to take it back to those years when it was at the elite levels and what a dude, man.
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I appreciate appreciate you sharing that with our subscribers, man.
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Yeah.
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What do you what are you looking forward to most, man, as a sophomore starting at at Wisconsin?
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Um I'm definitely looking forward to playing uh the full season.
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You know, I I started a week eight or week seven, I think.
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And uh it's kind of it's it's gonna be excited to see how you know playing 12 games looks like for me.
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So uh I'm definitely excited for that.
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And then just also the game up like the stadium opportunities we get to play in this year.
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You know, we get to play at Lambo week one, which is uh that's gonna be electric and it's another game too, so it'll be fun.
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Oh and then um we go play at Penn State and then we play at UCLA, the Rose Bowls.
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So I'm definitely excited for this schedule, and then we play at Iowa, which I heard is pretty electric stadium as well.
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So definitely excited to play those guys for sure.
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Yeah, that's another thing to to share with my audience is that you guys gotta understand that Mason didn't start out the year uh starting for the Badgers.
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So the stats that I gave you at the beginning, those were like he said, in what eight games?
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Uh I think those were like a five game span.
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Five game span.
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So that's even sicker than you know just a regular season, you know, as a true freshman, right?
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So I mean you're coming in and and and doing things that I I can't imagine what uh you're gonna do your your sophomore year, and uh all I all I have to say is that CFB 27th better get it right and uh put the right overall ratings on you.
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Yeah, hopefully I get a good rating.
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I think I I was a 73 last year and then I got bumped up to an 81.
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Oh, did you?
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So I don't know.
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So they knew enough to update you on the updates.
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Oh yeah.
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So they should know enough to start you out at a pretty high level.
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That's good to hear, man.
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I I haven't checked that out yet, but uh that's good to know, man.
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I have to do a badger's uh dynasty, but I won't have to do much, you know, because I mean you guys are kind of rebuilt already.
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Usually I do programs that are kind of down in the dumps, but uh be a little bit easier and quicker to do you guys.
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But yeah, it'd be fun to uh have you uh leading the defense, you know, for sure.
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But uh if if you don't mind, man, the last last question for the most part that I think I have for you, do you mind sharing with us a little bit about your faith?
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Yeah, so um, you know, I'm a I'm a Catholic.
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Um, you know, and I I've I've been a Catholic since growing up.
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My parents are Catholic.
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And um, you know, I I definitely truly believe that the Holy Trinity, you know, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, um, and I believe Christ is King.
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And I definitely, you know, use take that into my life and consideration of like my daily thoughts and what I do throughout throughout my day.
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Um, you know, I I always try to get better and uh I always try to uh you know I've I've been trying to take guys in from my team to church with me.
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And uh I actually had a very big group go with me to Ash Wednesday.
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Oh that's nice.
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And um, yeah, it was just a really special uh moment for us.
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And yeah, I I really try to like, you know, express my faith as much as I can and just show that the only way you can possibly reach your goals is through Jesus Christ Himself.
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Yeah.
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So I I'm I'm definitely very big into my faith.
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That's awesome, man.
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Uh if I could just for the next minute or so just share with my viewers, but uh to anybody out there that uh maybe you don't have uh a relationship with with God or with Jesus, um and say you walk the hallways and uh nobody says hi to you, and uh maybe you think that you don't have a purpose on this uh in this world.
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Well know that that is a a hundred percent complete lie and that you do have a purpose.
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And maybe maybe it's not to be the best athlete in the high school, maybe it's not to be the most popular kid in the high school, but maybe God is preparing you to be the best teacher that there ever could be, best coach, best accountant, best speaker, you know.
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You never know what God has in store for you, but don't let people that look down on you uh dictate or change that there is a God out there that loves you and has a hope and a purpose for each one of your lives.
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And uh for you for some of you guys, maybe it is sports, but never forget like who gave you that talent, who who decided to give you that ability, and and uh when when you have that kind of ability, work hard and honor God with with the abilities that you've been given, whatever that might be, whether it's sports or something else, maybe you're great at math or you know, English or something like that.
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Well, thrive in those things and give glory and honor to God and and uh just never never get down too low and think that you're not worthy because you are worthy, because uh God thought enough of you guys to perfectly design each and every one of you.
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So know that there is a purpose for your life, and uh Mason kind of summed it up, man.
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I mean, I couldn't say it much better than him, man.
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And uh I just uh want you guys to know that there is purpose and a plan for your life, and if you'll just seek out the Lord, uh He will show you that plan and that purpose, and He has great things in store for you.
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And Mason, I just uh I know you're a busy dude, and uh like I told you off air, uh you don't uh become uh what you are uh in your freshman season by by sitting back and just doing every interview possible.
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So I am grateful to you for doing this interview and uh just thank you for your time, man.
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Yeah, I appreciate it.
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Thank you, and God bless you and uh thank you.
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God bless you too, man.
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And I know uh I don't know if it'll be 25,000, but uh because there's we got a lot of guys that are already fans of programs, but maybe when their team's not playing, uh you guys can root for Mason Posa uh playing linebacker for the Badgers uh when you're watching them on TV and uh be praying for him too that uh God's best is in store for him and uh just uh thanks again, man.
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I appreciate you being on.
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Yeah, of course.
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Thank you for having me.
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You bet, man.
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Take care.
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We have Mason Hosa on the program.
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He's six three to two thirty-seven, who as a true freshman for the Wisconsin Badgers, if I have my stats right, had fifty-eight tackles, four sacks, two fum force fumbles, and one fumble recovery.
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And he was named uh freshman all American.
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So welcome to the channel, Mason.
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Yeah, thank you for having me.
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I appreciate it.
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Excited to be on.
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Yeah, man.
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It it's awesome to finally get to talk to you, man.
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Uh appreciate you.
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I know you're you're busy and I appreciate you making time uh for all of us, man.
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It's awesome to have you on.
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Yeah, yeah.
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But uh anyway, uh to get into the questions, you you played your high school football at La Cueva High School in New Mexico, right?
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And uh your senior year, you led La Cueva to the state championship in in 2024, uh posting a hundred and thirty-three tackles, which is hard to do, guys, as you know, nine sacks, twenty-one tackles for loss, uh if if my sources are right, two interceptions, three force fumbles, and three defensive TDs.
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So, Mason, what was it like playing football at that level at La Cueva?
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Yeah, you know, um extremely a blessing.
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You know, I feel like La Cueva's produced some top top-tier athletes.
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And um, yeah, you know, our our senior year, um, we could have gone back to back, but you know, it's uh kind of had uh trouble with uh, you know, Cam Dyer, Terry's ACL uh and the SEMI's so like we didn't have really a good enough offense, you know, like produced out there.
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So it was kind of rough our senior year, but uh no, junior year was something very special with me, Cam and a bunch of other guys, Mark, Andy, who's uh over there in Minnesota right now.
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And uh it was yeah, that that junior year group was a very special group.
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And I grew up with all the senior guys too, as well.
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And and uh yeah, it was definitely a fantastic year.
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Yeah, and as you you probably know, uh I think in us talking and uh maybe you looking at the channel, but but Cam as a friend of of the program and uh I love that guy, man.
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Uh uh in fact, I I almost put his jersey back here.
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I got his jersey and nice.
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Yeah, he was nice enough to sign it and uh send it back to me.
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And and uh I just appreciate that guy, man.
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He's he's a a good guy and and a great leader, uh uh a lot like you, you know.
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Um he did it on the offensive side of the ball.
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And and you may have done it on the offensive side too, but you definitely did it on the defensive side.
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Yeah, I I played offense a little bit my senior year, but not as much.
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Yeah, but uh yeah, I know Cam's uh he's a really good kid.
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You know, he's one of my best friends from back home.
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We still talk to each other, and you know, he's right now in a position battle, so hopefully uh this year's his year and he can uh you know go out and field for the first time.
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So it'd be really spectacular.
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Yeah, I I I I pray that every day, man.
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I uh I know they brought somebody in from Kentucky, Cutter Bowley.
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Pretty good quarterback, but but Cam, as we all know, and to the audience out there, Cam Dyer, that dude is a phenom.
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He he can fling it and uh and he can run uh like the wind.
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So I hope that he he beats out cutter.
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Uh no disrespect to Cutter or anybody else, but but that he wins that job and uh helps helps lead Arizona State.
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But uh I wanted to ask you uh or kind of tell the the audience about you being a wrestler too, man.
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You you wrestled there in high school at La Cueva and were a four-time New Mexico State Champion wrestler.
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So let that soak in, guys.
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So this dude was winning state as a freshman, man.
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That's amazing.
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Freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year, and you ended up 129 and three in your matches.
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Is that is that right?
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Yeah, yes, sir.
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Yeah, he has spot on, yeah.
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So so what did it feel like to dominate at football and wrestling at at that level, man?
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Uh, you know, it was just an amazing feeling.
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You know, I'm extremely blessed.
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You know, I I give God all the glory, you know, very religious man myself.
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And um, yeah, I mean, I I feel like it's truly his plan for me in this life.
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But um, yeah, no, it's just really a lot of hard work and dedication, especially the hours I put in, you know, waking up at five in the morning in sixth grade to go lift in a garage.
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And then uh, you know, in high school, waking up five in the morning again to go run the the dirt hills out at Mesa del Sol.
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So um those big, those big hills, man, I hate them.
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I bet uh yeah, no, but uh it was it was just all hard work, you know.
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My dad did a really good job just you know being disciplined with me and um you know not ever pushing me to the point where like I just didn't want to do it to like make me hate it, you know what I mean?
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Kind of like he was a very good, you know, father, just like very guided guided me in a lot of places.
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And you know, he was my head wrestling coach and he was our D-line uh coach for football.
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So he was with me every step of the way there.
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So I I definitely give him a lot of thanks as well.
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That's awesome, man.
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And for all the listeners out there, man, uh there's a theme usually with guys like Mason who dominate at uh not only the high school level, but then you know, take it to that next level and dominate and it's uh putting in the work.
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And for any anybody out there that you know is wondering why maybe you're not getting very far on your varsity team, or you know, you can't make it from the JV to the varsity, uh try staying 30 minutes or an hour after practice every day, or go in 30 minutes or an hour before everybody gets there and run routes if you're a receiver.
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Um, you know, uh go to the gym when nobody else is at the gym and work out with the weights and get stronger and faster.
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Um do things that put yourself in a position to be successful and don't just lean back on your your athletic abilities and uh you know that makes sense, man.
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You have athletic ability that God put into you, but you didn't just sit back and sit on the couch.
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You went out and you worked, and that's how you become 129 and three.
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Yeah.
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State champion champion wrestler, man.
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That's pretty awesome.
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Thank you.
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So yeah, you bet, man.
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That's that's uh and I'm proud of uh for those of of you guys um uh that have heard this, you're probably tired of hearing it, but but Mason represents the the 505.
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Uh we used to be in the 505 and down in the south part of the state, but when it got too big, they had to to create the 575 and they gave it to us down in the southern part of the state.
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But he represents the 505, which I I appreciate because that's that's the state of New Mexico, and um he's he's representing so um but we kind of talked about this, but uh La Cueva, you played with Cam, uh a friend of the program, and uh if he could just expand a little bit on what that was like, uh if you would.
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Yeah, yeah, I mean it was uh very competitive, you know, every practice.
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Like we'd always be at each other's throats.
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Um, you know, I mean we've gone in several fights actually.
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I remember one time, like, you know, I was just talking so much uh crap to him and he was getting sick of it.
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And like usually when I do it, he never like fights back.
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But one day he just snapped and uh started to fight back.
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And uh I was very impressed with Cam that day too.
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I'm shocked because I never thought he would.
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But um, yeah, no, me and Cam, we uh we had that like you know, brother relationship, you know, kind of just like we love each other, but like, you know, we want to do better, we want to like, you know, like push each other harder, you know what I mean?
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So we always look out for each other's backs, you know.
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I call him like, you know, every week, really just check up on him, see how he's doing, and talk about his family and stuff like that.
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But yeah, Cam's a good great kid, and yeah, I I I pray and I hope he does very well this year for Arizona State.
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Well, that's that's that's being brothers and that's being competitors too, man.
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That's not wanting to lose even to your own teammates, you know.
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And so uh for those of you guys out there that are trying to compete, uh, and maybe you're trying to compete at a high level, whether it be high school, you know, or whether it be at a D1 school, man, you if you're not competitive, man, you're probably gonna be uh out the door pretty pretty quick.
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So you gotta you gotta be able to, even if you're not that way off the field, I'm sure Mason can attest to this.
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You gotta be able to turn that switch on when you get on the field, uh whether it's a practice field or or games, you got you gotta or matches, you know, you got to to to flip that switch and and be able to go out there and uh compete every day.
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Yeah, yes, sir.
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Yeah.
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So um obviously you were a four-star recruit for football, but out of all of the offers that you received, man, what made Wisconsin the choice for you?
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Yeah, you know, I I'd I'd really say the people here, you know, I just that was kind of like my deciding factor is just what what type of guys like am I gonna go into like with the locker room with?
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You know, I want to like enjoy, you know, these guys are gonna be in my wedding, they're gonna be my best man, you know, they're gonna be my lifelong brothers.
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So, you know, I want to go to a place where like I I feel that right away.
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And I felt like Wisconsin was one of those places.
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And then also just Coach Fick, you know, um, we've had a couple bad years, you know, just been unlucky with injured quarterbacks and stuff like that.
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You know, it's really hard to go with a second string quarterback, but I feel like Coach Vick has a a plan here.
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And uh, you know, I just I definitely believe in his philosophy and uh what he's picking up here.
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And I I definitely think this next year is gonna be a lot different.
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And also just the tradition here as well.
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You know, Wisconsin has a really strong tradition of just like, you know, players, TJ Watt, Melvin Gordon, Jonathan Taylor, you know, uh JJ Watt as well.
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Like they got got some big time.
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Oh yeah, Russell Wilson as well, you know, just huge Hall of Fame type of players.
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And that's just something I kind of want to be a part of.
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And then just the alumni base and like how connected the University of Wisconsin is to everything is just also what amazed me here as well.
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Yeah, I had a good buddy that I played baseball with in college, and he grew up in in uh Wisconsin, and uh he he would always talk about how all the people in the state were just die hard football fans, you know, whether it's Wisconsin football or Green Bay Packer football.
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Oh yeah.
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Uh they just lived and died for uh for you guys, and so I have no doubt that uh the support, you know, from the fans and stuff like that is phenomenal.
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And it does sound like you guys are moving in the right direction and stuff.
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So um I'm happy to hear that you made that choice, even though it was you know kind of far from from New Mexico.
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It was the best choice for you, and it was where God God wanted you, and that's most important, obviously.
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Um with you having the season that you had, which in my mind was pretty phenomenal, and uh I mean it was really off the charts, Matt.
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But what made it so easy for you to to not transfer?
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And you kind of mentioned some of those things, but what what made you want to stay loyal to the Badgers program?
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Yeah.
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Um, you know, I I'm a very loyal guy.
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I feel like, you know, I don't really believe in the transfer portal unless, you know, your coach gets fired or you're just truly like never gonna play at that program.
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Yeah.
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But um, you know, I I definitely like just look at people who like differently when they leave the program, when the program's just like going down or had a really bad year, you know, it kind of just reflects what kind of person that is.
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So I kind of just, you know, like I'm I'm a little guy, you know, and I want to build this place from the ground up.
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I truly love Wisconsin football.
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I love it here in Madison.
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And um, I just the friendships and the guys here, like I truly believe in.
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And, you know, the my one of my roommates, Cooper Catalano, but alongside he I played alongside him, a linebacker.
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So he uh he's like one of my best friends here.
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So, you know, it's just um I I didn't want to leave these guys and also it's just yeah, I mean I had a I had a boatload of teams, you know, hitting my dad up and everything like that, calling him and every day.
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But like it's just, you know, I I didn't have no reason to transfer, you know.
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I was playing, you know, I had a great season last year and and uh I was gonna be the starter this year here, so why leave?
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Yeah.
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Well think about that guys, man.
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In a in a in a age where guys are leaving uh in a heartbeat, you know, the second some other program is like tickling their ear or just telling them what they want to hear.
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I mean, this dude is is staying put and is staying loyal to to the Wisconsin Badgers and is wanting to help uh change the program and turn it back into the program that it once was, you know, at that uh and and they're already at a at a good level, but he wants to take it back to those years when it was at the elite levels and what a dude, man.
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I appreciate appreciate you sharing that with our subscribers, man.
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Yeah.
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What do you what are you looking forward to most, man, as a sophomore starting at at Wisconsin?
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Um I'm definitely looking forward to playing uh the full season.
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You know, I I started a week eight or week seven, I think.
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And uh it's kind of it's it's gonna be excited to see how you know playing 12 games looks like for me.
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So uh I'm definitely excited for that.
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And then just also the game up like the stadium opportunities we get to play in this year.
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You know, we get to play at Lambo week one, which is uh that's gonna be electric and it's another game too, so it'll be fun.
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Oh and then um we go play at Penn State and then we play at UCLA, the Rose Bowls.
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So I'm definitely excited for this schedule, and then we play at Iowa, which I heard is pretty electric stadium as well.
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So definitely excited to play those guys for sure.
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Yeah, that's another thing to to share with my audience is that you guys gotta understand that Mason didn't start out the year uh starting for the Badgers.
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So the stats that I gave you at the beginning, those were like he said, in what eight games?
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Uh I think those were like a five game span.
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Five game span.
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So that's even sicker than you know just a regular season, you know, as a true freshman, right?
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So I mean you're coming in and and and doing things that I I can't imagine what uh you're gonna do your your sophomore year, and uh all I all I have to say is that CFB 27th better get it right and uh put the right overall ratings on you.
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Yeah, hopefully I get a good rating.
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I think I I was a 73 last year and then I got bumped up to an 81.
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Oh, did you?
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So I don't know.
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So they knew enough to update you on the updates.
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Oh yeah.
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So they should know enough to start you out at a pretty high level.
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That's good to hear, man.
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I I haven't checked that out yet, but uh that's good to know, man.
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I have to do a badger's uh dynasty, but I won't have to do much, you know, because I mean you guys are kind of rebuilt already.
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Usually I do programs that are kind of down in the dumps, but uh be a little bit easier and quicker to do you guys.
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But yeah, it'd be fun to uh have you uh leading the defense, you know, for sure.
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But uh if if you don't mind, man, the last last question for the most part that I think I have for you, do you mind sharing with us a little bit about your faith?
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Yeah, so um, you know, I'm a I'm a Catholic.
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Um, you know, and I I've I've been a Catholic since growing up.
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My parents are Catholic.
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And um, you know, I I definitely truly believe that the Holy Trinity, you know, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, um, and I believe Christ is King.
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And I definitely, you know, use take that into my life and consideration of like my daily thoughts and what I do throughout throughout my day.
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Um, you know, I I always try to get better and uh I always try to uh you know I've I've been trying to take guys in from my team to church with me.
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And uh I actually had a very big group go with me to Ash Wednesday.
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Oh that's nice.
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And um, yeah, it was just a really special uh moment for us.
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And yeah, I I really try to like, you know, express my faith as much as I can and just show that the only way you can possibly reach your goals is through Jesus Christ Himself.
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Yeah.
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So I I'm I'm definitely very big into my faith.
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That's awesome, man.
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Uh if I could just for the next minute or so just share with my viewers, but uh to anybody out there that uh maybe you don't have uh a relationship with with God or with Jesus, um and say you walk the hallways and uh nobody says hi to you, and uh maybe you think that you don't have a purpose on this uh in this world.
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Well know that that is a a hundred percent complete lie and that you do have a purpose.
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And maybe maybe it's not to be the best athlete in the high school, maybe it's not to be the most popular kid in the high school, but maybe God is preparing you to be the best teacher that there ever could be, best coach, best accountant, best speaker, you know.
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You never know what God has in store for you, but don't let people that look down on you uh dictate or change that there is a God out there that loves you and has a hope and a purpose for each one of your lives.
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And uh for you for some of you guys, maybe it is sports, but never forget like who gave you that talent, who who decided to give you that ability, and and uh when when you have that kind of ability, work hard and honor God with with the abilities that you've been given, whatever that might be, whether it's sports or something else, maybe you're great at math or you know, English or something like that.
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Well, thrive in those things and give glory and honor to God and and uh just never never get down too low and think that you're not worthy because you are worthy, because uh God thought enough of you guys to perfectly design each and every one of you.
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So know that there is a purpose for your life, and uh Mason kind of summed it up, man.
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I mean, I couldn't say it much better than him, man.
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And uh I just uh want you guys to know that there is purpose and a plan for your life, and if you'll just seek out the Lord, uh He will show you that plan and that purpose, and He has great things in store for you.
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And Mason, I just uh I know you're a busy dude, and uh like I told you off air, uh you don't uh become uh what you are uh in your freshman season by by sitting back and just doing every interview possible.
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So I am grateful to you for doing this interview and uh just thank you for your time, man.
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Yeah, I appreciate it.
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Thank you, and God bless you and uh thank you.
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God bless you too, man.
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And I know uh I don't know if it'll be 25,000, but uh because there's we got a lot of guys that are already fans of programs, but maybe when their team's not playing, uh you guys can root for Mason Posa uh playing linebacker for the Badgers uh when you're watching them on TV and uh be praying for him too that uh God's best is in store for him and uh just uh thanks again, man.
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I appreciate you being on.
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Yeah, of course.
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Thank you for having me.
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You bet, man.
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Take care.
