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00:00 and Kinnick. Um, that was awesome. I mean, I can't I can't put in the words
00:04 and then everything and Hawks win. Can't go wrong there. So is this what you
00:08 envision when you decided to come here?
00:09 I mean, I think it's been better. Honestly, I think that just I didn't
00:15 really know what I was envisioning. I don't really know I was gonna get in
00:18 the transfer portal. I don't really know a lot of different things. So I just
00:20 felt like I don't really think I ever had like a straight up vision of like
00:24 what everything was gonna like turn out to really be. But I mean, everything is
00:28 has came out way better than I could have ever imagined. I'm really thankful
00:32 to be here and thankful for my teammates and everyone that's just like helped me
00:35 be here. What you see from Sean Lee in those first two games? What have you
00:40 seen from him? What you see from him last week? Sean Lee, what you see from
00:44 those first two games this season and then what you see from him last week?
00:46 Yeah, I just saw somebody who comes in and competes regardless of the
00:49 circumstance, regardless of something, anything that's going down. It's just
00:52 he's just a guy that comes in and he just makes plays. I mean, every single
00:56 day he's competing his tail off in practice. He's working and he just comes
01:00 in there and he just competes every single rep, every single play. He's going
01:04 up there trying to get some picks, everything. And it's just fun to see him
01:08 play. It's fun to see his growth and I'm glad he's on our team.
01:11 You guys prepping for Sims and Purdy or who do you guys prep for all three of
01:18 them for Nebraska? Yeah, man, we've seen them all on tape. We have. We're just
01:23 prepping for everybody. So, uh, I mean, we know they all present a lot of
01:28 different challenges, a lot of similar challenges and just within their scheme,
01:32 they're good football team, really good football team. So, uh, this will
01:35 honestly focusing on ourselves, trying to improve ourselves and our defensive
01:39 scheme and trying to get ready for all three of them. Nick Green, the guy in
01:43 the sack, the quarterback, where they called it back after the play. I'm just
01:47 curious. Was there a whistle that was heard? I guess we never got to really
01:49 ask you about that. Yeah, I mean, I think I kind of heard a faint whistle. I
01:55 heard one and then, uh, slowed up a little bit. But I mean, we'll see. I
02:02 mean, I don't know what I'm allowed to say there. Nico said, don't take a page.
02:09 No, I was just curious because I know there's a lot of conversation about
02:13 that at the time, too. But, you know, over the past couple of weeks, um,
02:17 very mature for his age. Um, it's calm, cool, collected. I think kind of plays
02:23 that way. Also plays a lot of passion, a lot of confidence, something that you
02:28 like to see in your corner. Any examples from the past two years? We've seen,
02:31 okay, this guy's mature for his age. Um, that's how he answers questions in the
02:36 meeting room. I answer questions. Coach Parker's questions in the meeting room,
02:39 but nothing that really stuck sticks out, right? Because that's how he is.
02:44 You know, he's just hard. How let's build guys come in, show up, do work,
02:48 get it done. Do you feel like that was one of your better games as a hot guy?
02:51 They really tested you. They had a really good receiver. I did. Um, yeah,
02:55 I feel as though it's one of my better games. Um, like I said earlier, I think
03:00 it is still been better. Some plays. I felt as though I left out on the field
03:05 looking for it. So capitalizing, make sure in practice, I'm getting better
03:10 each and every day. You almost had that pick on the sideline. It was side.
03:14 That was a little wider. Yeah, it wasn't 53 in the third 55. What do you see in
03:21 Nebraska's offense? The quarterback likes to run. Obviously, that's
03:24 probably gonna come into play for you as a cornerback as well. It definitely
03:27 is. Make sure we have the eyes on the quarterback. Keep him contained. Um,
03:31 also, they do some things that we haven't seen in a while. Really? Yeah.
03:35 So it's gonna be. It's gonna be interesting battle. It's always gonna
03:37 be a challenge. You know, in the big 10 west every game is a battle. Got
03:41 scratch your car to get the way like what? What? What? What? They do different.
03:44 You haven't seen. There's a lot of pro style. You know, the coach comes from
03:47 the NFL, a lot more pro style. Um,
03:50 the quarterback. I don't think we've seen a quarterback as athletic. Maybe
03:55 we have a 50 plus yard run against Wisconsin. That's pretty impressive. So
04:00 he has ability. You guys records quarterback with the bubble, but you
04:05 didn't let him do anything. Is that? Yeah, that's similar. He was. Um, yeah,
04:11 I would say they're similar. They're similar. I don't think records we tried
04:14 to run in quarterback as much as Nebraska tried to. But before it's
04:19 going on Saturday,
04:19 first time for you going to Lincoln. What have you been told about the
04:26 atmosphere and kind of obviously played in the game last year? We're part of
04:29 it. But what have you been told about going on the road? I heard it's really
04:31 crazy. I visited back in the recruiting process. It was a very loud stadium.
04:36 Very good fans up there. So excited actually have the opportunity to play
04:40 inside the stadium.
04:40 With the Big 10 West one. What are you guys playing for this week? We're
04:46 playing for our 10th win. Really just focus on finishing the season strong
04:49 and this momentum to this postseason. Just talking the outside of resting
04:53 guys and you know, things like that for this game. Since you have the Big 10
04:57 West, everybody we've talked to said that's not that's not the culture
05:01 here. What gets you guys up for a game like this where you've already won
05:07 the West? Really, this is an opportunity to play another game. You get a
05:11 guaranteed 12 games in a season. So we're really focused on going to win
05:14 that game and really just play together and have fun and finish the regular
05:19 season.
05:19 There's something to be said for momentum to another win that gives you
05:24 momentum going into the Big 10 championship and also, you know, a
05:29 chance to get better. Yeah, for sure. Definitely will give us more things to
05:32 critique going into the postseason and then we'll let us get in a better
05:35 ballgame as well. Not many teams around here have won 10 games in the regular
05:39 season. Obviously that's something to motivate the guys. Oh yeah, for sure.
05:43 Definitely just working like we have every day. Just focus on this game and
05:47 this week. Does Coach Ferenc bring that up? Like the 10, just what makes
05:51 winning 10 games special? Did you talk about stuff like that? Yeah, in the
05:54 team meeting, he's talked about it really just it's only happened four
05:57 times here. So it's a big day. We're gonna try to go out. How have you
06:01 played through the injury? Has it affected you much? It really hasn't
06:06 affected me too much. It's really going out there. Just trying to make plays
06:08 with the guys and just keep playing fast. Did it take a while to get used
06:11 to playing with like something on your hand? A little bit. It's kind of weird,
06:15 but just finishing the season and with this couple games behind my belt now,
06:20 so it's been going pretty well. Ball comes your way, you can pick it off
06:23 still. Yeah.
06:26 When does it come on? Is it gonna come off this week?
06:28 I don't really know exactly when it comes off. Hopefully sometime soon.
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