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Gonna be here Saturday morning for

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our pre-spring game coverage. We say

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hi to Hall of Famer and

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coach Gary Barnett, Colorado Northwestern. Coach

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tis the season, right? You're winding

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down spring action for a lot

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of college football programs. How are

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you? Oh, I'm doing well. Just

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trying to keep track of a little bit of a

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spring action. Going home, going back

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to Boulder this week and do the spring

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practice, last spring practice. I think we're gonna

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get rain though. So

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we've got so many new players and

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trying to keep up with the ones that

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are still there. Seems like there's a trend,

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at least as I'm watching it, that guys

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are staying for about 10 or 11 days

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of spring and then putting themselves in a

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portal. And I

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think a lot of that has to do with

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their agents, with their representatives. So

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it's, you know, any more. Usbe

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spring was pretty important now. I don't know that

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it is. You

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know, and that's what we're anxious to

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see in Lincoln

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is just what kind of

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show slash

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improvement. What little glimmer of hope

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can you take with you going

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into the fall? I want to

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ask you, because his name's been mentioned

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about Nebraska being a landing

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spot. What's your take on Dylan Edwards?

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You got to see this kid as

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a true freshman, game in, game

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out. Well,

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he's really dynamic. You know, he

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had a great opening game and

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he never really got on track after

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that. He's very

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versatile. He's not

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even bigger than a minute,

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but he's quick and

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he's got really good balls. He

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seems to have instincts. He's

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a good player. He was

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going to be a really important player,

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I think, to Colorado this year because they

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were going to use him in so

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many different ways. And he's

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fast, so he's a good

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player. He's undersized, but any

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more with the wide-open

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offenses and the spread

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offenses, just having a guy like

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that in space, guys like that

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can play in these offenses, and he's a player.

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There's no question about it. I

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hate to even ask the shocked term, but are you

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surprised, or does nothing

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surprise you anymore that he left because the

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kid came in and performed? You know,

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Chris, I used to be deathly

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afraid of snakes, and

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now I live in Arizona. I see them

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every day. And

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so I've become desensitized to it. So

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that's sort of the way it is now. The

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question was good. Was I surprised? I'm

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not surprised with anything anymore. I think

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there's more disappointment when

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something like this happens than

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there is surprise. But, you

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know, I was at practice on Monday,

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or excuse me, Tuesday. And,

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you know, it was a different vibe because that

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was the day that he wasn't

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showing up for practice. So it

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was a little different vibe, I think. And,

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you know, it could take the... Unless

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he's been a problem within your locker room,

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and you lose a guy like that, it just sort of

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takes the wind out of your sails. And

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so we'll see how Colorado responds to it.

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He's a good player, and, you know, you

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just come to where these things just seem

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to be the norm now. I

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was flying back with a

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donor, actually, and he just said, tired

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of all this you

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know and really it's

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only it's not gonna stop until fans

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say hey we're not doing this anymore

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and and I don't see that

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happening anytime soon but that's that's how

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it that's how it gets stopped. Gary

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Barnett's with us Hale varsity radio what

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did you take away from from Colorado

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as you were watching practice? You

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know I I've got I just

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got access to all the practice

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films and I was watching it

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on the film on the game on the plane

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coming back and I really wanted to

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see more of the offensive line so I just pretty

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much concentrate on the offensive line they're gonna be better

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in the offensive line the big kid

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they got from that's a

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freshman is gonna be a really good

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player he's got really good skills and

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you know they they're gonna they're gonna be a

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very skilled offensive

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team at

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least at the receiver spot in the

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quarterback spot they're gonna be really skilled

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in the secondary and then

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after that they just they'll be

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better than they were in both sides of the

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ball up front but

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I haven't been able to assess all of that yet.

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Coach what do you think

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Nebraska has in Dylan Riola?

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Coach Rule has been very

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matter-of-fact about the the

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progress all three quarterbacks

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have made I believe it I'm anxious to see what

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they do but I think it's gonna be

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a celebration

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with a lot of veterans that

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have earned time away guys

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that have a thousand snaps already at the

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practice level they're not gonna be playing

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their upperclassmen but the young guys will

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have a chance to thrive and Dylan's one of

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those what do you think Nebraska has

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it sounds like he's really separated or that's

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the read anyway you may have separated in this

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race. Well, you

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know, if he has, you know,

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Coach Rule and the other coaches

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don't want to make that announcement.

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You know, they want everybody to feel like

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everybody's in it. And I think this

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spring, this game, and especially you guys have

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a lot of young players that you're

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going to be able to play, and you've got enough players that

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you can play a game. And so

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that's a real fortunate thing for the

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fan base because we're

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only going to have a practice. And

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while we're going to have

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about 27,000 people, it's just going

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to be a practice, a two-hour practice is all it's going

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to be with some activities. There's going

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to be a lot of fun and big concert

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afterwards and a sort of a

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party going on during the spring practice.

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And so it'll be happening. Unfortunately,

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I think we're going to have rain. So

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we'll see how that survives, all

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that stuff. But

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yeah, it's great that you guys can have so

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many young players that you can have a game

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and actually get enthused about

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and see what the future looks like

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a little bit. Who's

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the concert? Who's playing afterwards? Well, Lil Wayne. Oh,

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nice. I can't believe he didn't know

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that. Well,

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Lil Wayne was supposed to be in Lincoln like two or

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three weeks ago, and the show got canceled. Oh, yeah? Yeah.

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That's because he doesn't want to be a Husker. He

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wants to be a Buffalo. For

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now, he may transfer out. Yeah,

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he went to Portal and we picked him up. Coach,

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let's talk a little NFL draft. Do

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you get excited for the

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draft in all your years with

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kids going? And how do

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you treat this time of year? You

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know, because

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I really do watch all these guys

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and get a pretty good feel for them. It's

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sort of like, to me, the draft

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is anticlimactic. It's just a matter, I'm

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pretty Sure, unless there's a real support. Is it?

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Did. I ever seen are anticipated.

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It pretty much always falls.

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Of our along the lines that

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you know throughout the year. the

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mock drafts in the desert guys

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talk about different players and what

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you observe don't do under his

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shows and stuff that it's sort

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of pretty. You

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know it's It's like it's already done.

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But. There's always something that pops

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in there in. You. Know last

8:28

minute trailer watch that makes it exciting?

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I don't really watch it but I

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do stay. I watched the

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ticker. No one underneath. And.

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In i am incident where everybody

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goes but. I'm not

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try to intuit. Do

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you like this Quarterback class with

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has been we're talking few years

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back about twenty one twenty twenty

8:49

one draft class and for foreigners

8:51

kids have already been trading away.

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Now you fast forward Mccarthy

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May of course Caleb Williams's

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the the top guy I

9:01

have panicked you have next.

9:03

If. Jaden Daniels mean you've got

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some dunes? In. It's all. Conjecture:

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Do they translate to the next level? Do

9:11

you love this quarterback room? I.

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Do Love! I do like just Quarterback or

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my ice age. Probably

9:18

the guy who hangs around the long

9:20

as the drake may. Just. Because

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he's. He's. Not gonna be

9:25

a mobile quarterback and subject themselves

9:27

to a lot of shots. Than.

9:29

Injuries. But. I

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like the old draft I like to receive

9:34

group. And. He

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knows I think there's twenty three or

9:39

thirty two. Guys are often. Some players

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in the and the ones are decent

9:43

are either corners or edge players and

9:45

so edge rusher. so it's sure that

9:47

sort of shows where they were the

9:49

games go on the Nfl game, but.

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The as I just the great

9:55

quarterback glass class loquacious. Where.

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are you out with denver do you think

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I mean, they traded for Zach Wilson. Great.

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Do you think Peyton

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tries to make a move at quarterback?

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Or do you think they go

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all in on Wilson, the other Wilson? I

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can't imagine them going all in

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on Zach Wilson. Now,

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I thought I really liked Zach Wilson when

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he was playing and coming out. And I

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really thought he was going to be the

10:26

guy in New York. But it's a

10:30

guy coming out of Utah going to New York

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City. That's a

10:34

challenge in itself. But I

10:36

can't imagine. I

10:39

mean, Zach Wilson does have really good skill. And

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I really did like him. But I can't

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imagine Denver selling a house

10:47

for him. There's got to

10:49

be somebody that's around that

10:51

they can play with. So I

10:54

sort of think that's good backup.

10:56

But I'm not sure. I don't

10:58

know the situation well enough. But

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I just can't imagine them hitching their

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wagon to Zach Wilson. What

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do you believe about McCarthy? He's been the big

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name this week. Does he get people trade up

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to get him? Does Harbaugh get

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crazy and take him and move Herbert?

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I mean, there's so many different things floating out

11:16

there today. Yeah,

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I don't know how to take all that. But I'll tell you

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this. If Harbaugh does

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take him, that tells you a lot. OK.

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It really tells you. Because I mean, Harbaugh's in

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a different position now than he was before, than

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he was a year ago. Because he now has

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to have the best quarterback that he can possibly

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get his hands on. And

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he trades up for McCarthy. And

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he's got to have a lot of confidence in

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JJ McCarthy as a pro-level quarterback.

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So it'll be interesting to watch.

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Gary Barnett's with us. Coach, we'll say goodbye.

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Reaction to Reggie Bush getting his

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Heisman back. Well,

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you know, things change. Chris

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and I in favor of.

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Him. Being penalised. The. Way

12:05

was and I'm also now in favor

12:07

and getting it back given. The

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fact that. The

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world does what rules like that

12:14

anymore. So. They,

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you know, and I'm good with it.

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Either way, happy for him probably, but

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at the same time. And. I

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was breaking rules. They broke big

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rules and at the time those

12:27

rules were losing the all. Now

12:29

those rules. Nobody wants him anymore.

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Sully at room. And.

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He gets his trophy bag and I'm happy for hims of.

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Go. To join your spring game weekend

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and will get caught up again soon.

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Thanks for the time. I

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chris great infrared images.