Football - October 29, 2025

The Coaches Show returns after a fun-filled WeekdayCUSA month of October. Head Coach Ryan Carty talks about last week's win over Middle Tennessee and prepares to head down to Liberty. Steven Demboksi and Nate Reed also join the show, and we all give our takes on hot dog intake at Dollar Dog Night!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, welcome to the Klondike Cats Blue Hens Football Coaches Show,
presented my First State Orthopedics featuring head coach Ryan Carney
on ninety four to seven w DSD and iHeartRadio with
your host voice of the Delaware blue Hens, Scott Kladskin,
live from the heart of Main Street, Newark, Klondike Cats

(00:21):
Restaurant in Salone.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Good evening, everyone, and we'll welcome in to Klondike Kates
Restaurant on Main Street in Newark. We are back and
it's a live edition of the Blue Hens Football Coaches
Show because by First State Orthopedics. I'm Scott Katskin and
you're listening to ninety four to seven w DSDFM and iHeartRadio,
the home for Blue Hens Football. Tonight, we'll look back

(00:45):
at the month of midweek games and we'll get your
reprogrammed for college football Saturday, plus a captain for the
Blue Hens. Every play starts with this guy. Stephen Demboski
is here. Everybody. Good to see dem Bo and the
soon to be Jackson. We'll knock on Wood, soon to
be all time leader in touchbacks, the man that brought
the Yukon game to overtime, Nate Reid is in the building.

(01:08):
But first please give a big welcome to the man
with thirty wins now as a head coach of the
Blue Hens. Ryan Carty is here. Everybody, coach, congrats on that.
Feet appreciate you impressive stuff, did it rather quickly. Your
name is amongst some greats at the University of Delaware,
so keep it going. We're not stopping at thirty for sure,

(01:28):
but congrats on the last win, and it's good to
see you. It's strange to not be at a football
stadium on a Wednesday night. I feel out of rhythm.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
You know.

Speaker 4 (01:36):
We got to get back into the swing of things,
that's right, We got to kind of shift to oh yeah, right, right.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
College football is usually played on Saturdays, so we're going
to be back into that. But you know, it has
been you know, talk about rhythm, and it's been not
typical for a college football season or last several weeks.
So you're you're at FIU and then thirteen days later
you take on Western Kentucky that's on a Friday. Twelve

(02:03):
days after that, you're at Jacksonville State that's on a Wednesday,
and then seven days later your host Middle Tennessee that's
on a Wednesday ten days later, now we'll take on Liberty.
So how do you feel the team navigated that unique schedule?
And then, you know, how do you feel like you
got out of it and now we're kind of realigning
back to that Saturday the rest of the way.

Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, I hadn't really thought about it in a full
scope of all the games, and I think we've I
thought we navigated it well. I mean, obviously I thought
it was kind of fun, to be honest, minus a
couple of losses we had mixed in there. But I
did enjoy you know, I think, you know, being able
to plan some things, being able to figure out, you know,

(02:46):
how we could coordinate it well, and how our players
could you know, kind of maintain what their routines are
while also maybe adding some things. And then you know,
I think obviously there's also some things that as we
do and you know, introspective look on it for another
season in the future of how we do this, that
maybe we could do a little bit better too. So,

(03:06):
but I think overall, we're you know, we're coming out
of it, you know, in a in a pretty normal
week right now, ready to hit the ground running.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
For the last five Saturdays. But Elijah mentioned Elija SESSMS
was having a great season at Titan kind of mentioned
kind of the academic portion maybe was harder than the
actual football you're you're so locked in. We talked about
the locker room having what day of the week it
is and doing that. But you know, and I tried
this line with my wife, I know, on a Thursday,

(03:33):
saying like, well, actually, sweetie, this is my Sunday, so
I don't have to I don't think professor for you
that the line didn't work on professors either. I feel
like so the kids, maybe academically it was an adjustment
more so.

Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yeah, I think obviously, I think, you know, we might
be one of the schools in this league where that
that matters a little bit more. And it's certainly is
a challenge, but it's a challenge that again, you know,
we're student athletes and we have a duty to do
both of those things and we're going to figure out
ways to get it done. But there are certainly some
human aspects to it where you know, we just finished

(04:06):
a Wednesday practice and in your brain, we told you
it was a Wednesday for the last you know, five hours,
and the date of the night before this and then
all of a sudden, you have to go to a
Thursday class and you may have forgotten to do an
assignment that could certainly happen. And so, you know, it's
obviously something that we had to navigate and make sure
that we were on the same page with our academic
coordinators and in our student athletes. And we heard some
bad stories. Every once in a while there was like, oh,

(04:28):
you know, yeah, and some good ones. You wake up
you think you had a test that day and it
was really a Wednesday, but your test wasn't ntil tomorrow.
So there was also some good ones. So you know,
hopefully we can navigate those things a little bit better
in the future, you know, as we do this year
in and year out as well.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
I think ultimately a positive that the national landscape that
Delaware's brand was on. I know fans and friends that
come up to me that would say, well, now that
Delaware is a Division one and then they're watching the
game and there I was only I was slightly offended, like, hey,
you know, we've met football for for years, but he
had the attention now. The team is fantastic. So last

(05:02):
time out, you know, typically we had these shows only
a few days, you're already way past the game that
we review every week on a Wednesday, even more so now.
So I'm not going to dive too far into the
Middle Tennessee State contest because it was a week ago now,
but I do want to bring up Nick Minacouchi, the
quarterback who through four touchdown passes last game. Back to
back games now he has thrown for some type of

(05:24):
career high, whether it's four hundred and twenty two passing
yards against Jacksonville State four touchdown passing tying his career
high a last game against Middle Tennessee. Is this the
best and most in rhythm you have seen your quarterback
this season and in his career?

Speaker 4 (05:39):
Yeah, for sure, I mean, and I think again it
comes back to the same thing we said early about
Nick is the way he prepares hasn't changed from it
being exceptional, and he's an elite pre preparer. He knows
that in order for him to play really well on Saturday,
in order for him to feel really good about the
game plan going in, he needs to make sure he's

(05:59):
the one that watches more film than everybody else. He's
the one that asks more questions than everybody else. I mean,
you should see the notes that he takes in our meetings.
It's just you know, I just left a meeting with
him for an hour and a half on third downs
and it is just me and him talking about, you know,
the calls that are gonna come and why they're coming,
and what he likes and why we like what we like,
and what they're gonna do. And it turns into you know,

(06:20):
an hour and a half of note taking in conversations
so that we know each other. And then when we're
talking to each other during the game, we can have
that a little bit quicker shorthand when we.

Speaker 2 (06:30):
Get into the game.

Speaker 4 (06:31):
And so like, I think those things are so important
to him because he wants to be great, you know.
I mean, he wants to be the guy that everybody's saying, Wow,
look at the step he took from this game to
this game. Wow, Look how consistent he's been. That's something
that he wants and most competitors do, right, but not everybody,
even the most competitive guys, not everybody puts the work
in for it, and he really has.

Speaker 2 (06:51):
He's backed it up and it just continues to get
better and better. Statistically, is at the top of Conference
USA in many statistical category or his top to the nation.
If Dellawerre can't be ranked in the officially in the
NCAA rankings, which is silly because they're playing an FBS schedule,
but if he were, he'd be towards the top in
several statistical categories. I know by now on this show

(07:13):
to only ask injury adjacent questions, so I'm gonna float
his name out there. We did notice that he did
not finish the game a last time out where we're
hoping the best. If you want to touch on it,
you can. But I do want to educate our fans
on the quarterbacks that back up Nick and kind of
get to know them, because we did see Brydon Streeter
come into the ball game and he was out for

(07:33):
a little bit with an injury. Also, as I understand it,
Riley Truillo is an option as well, depending on the scenario.
What separates those two from being number two or three
on your depth try? Yeah, right now, both of them
in Street did get hurt during our by week. Unfortunately,
we've been fairly cursed when it comes to injuries this
year has been some frequents. He got hurt during our

(07:54):
bye week and has now since recovered, and I think
it was really good to be Hones missed for Riley
to get all those two reps throughout the course of it.
I think, you know, again, they both are really talented
in a little bit different ways, and I think that
those guys splitting those two reps has really helped both
of them kind of continue to progress. And so yeah,

(08:17):
different situations, you probably would see one or the other.
It's not necessarily one cut and dry, and obviously I
think if we had to play a full game with him,
I think you'd end up seeing both and see who
plays better and go with the hot hand.

Speaker 4 (08:28):
And you know, they both have such high potential, just
different ways.

Speaker 2 (08:32):
We saw Streeter at the end of the game and
unfortunately running the offense through an interception, so didn't win
the turnover battle against Middle Tennessee Stay at the end there,
but he did force too. We've been looking for getting
some turnovers, so I do want to bring up the
fumbles because there's been six of them this season, which
would rank one hundred and tenth in FBS. We talked
about fumbles a season ago because it was such a

(08:55):
great statistical category for you, and we talked about how
well you were doing it and not giving up the football.
We know it's a part of practice that you preach
and it is so important to your brand and the
culture of this this football team. So what are you seeing?
I guess, because not only are the the turnovers happen,
it's the way that they're happening. They're leading directly to
points over the last three games, which which is tough.

(09:16):
So what do you see and I guess from your
team in that category, and and and how are you
you're working on it?

Speaker 4 (09:20):
Yeah, same thing you're seeing. Very frustrating situation. And you know,
I it's tough. It's been ironically, not ironically unfortunately, maybe
six different people as well that have fumbled and maybe
easier if it was again, but now it's uh, you know,

(09:41):
it's been. It's been something that they've all been different
circumstances and some have been amazing plays on defense, and regardless,
all of them are unacceptable. And that's just how we
believe in things that at the University of Delaware. And
you know, I think the thing that we really have
to continue to preach is to just have the right
intent during and it's not like we don't practice every day.
It's like we don't preach it every day. And you know,

(10:03):
at what point does it fall on deaf ears? It
can't because that's not how you know, habits form, and
that's not how muscle memory works. And so we have
to make sure that we continue to put intent behind
all the drills that we do. And then we got
to put people in the right situations as coaches to
make sure that they're you know, they're doing what they
can to make sure that we're we're sound. And so

(10:23):
you know, the other thing is just to imagine what
we could be we didn't turn.

Speaker 2 (10:28):
The ball over. Yeah, I'll give the stats. I mean,
directly impacting fourteen points against Western Kentucky in a three
point game. There, directly leading to fourteen points against Jacksonville
State in a game you lost by thirteen. So, I mean,
you talk about turnovers and how important they are for
a reason, you're not just saying it. I mean they
directly impact Wednesday and losses. You know, luckily, and I'll

(10:50):
knock on wood again. I don't believe any of the
fumbles because of bad snaps this year. And we've got
your center here, and Steven Denboski is here, I'm excited
to talk with him. But a captain on your team,
and I'll say it to him when he's up here,
but I've said it to you and others. Your players
seem to light up when asked a question about him,

(11:11):
or they bring him up at the coaches show when
he's not here. What is it about your center that
makes him a great captain and so lovable by his peers?

Speaker 4 (11:19):
Well, it's true, you know, and I agree it's probably
not something he wants to sit here and listen to.
But he's first and foremost a great teammate, right And
to do that, you got to be a great person.

Speaker 2 (11:29):
You got to work hard on everybody else.

Speaker 4 (11:31):
You got to care about the team and put your
goals aligned with or behind the team's goals. And that's
not easy to do, and denbo does it. And then
you also have to be a really good player, and
he is. And so like you have all those things
put together, and you got, you know, the guy that
everybody looks toward when they're looking for, you know, either

(11:53):
motivation or the right way to do something, or somebody
to follow, because he's going to go in the right direction,
and I think that it's a rarity to find somebody
who's kind of the full package of really good person,
really good player, and really good leader.

Speaker 2 (12:07):
And he's got that in him. So well, it's fun.
We're looking forward to talking. So we'll take our first
time out. We come back, we'll talk with Steven Deboski, coach.
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now we are joined by one of the captains of
this football team, Steven Denbowski. Thank you so much for

(16:06):
being here, Thanks for having me absolutely ya as I
mentioned to coach and uh, I think I said to
an war maybe during oppresser earlier this this season, Like,
the guys just light up. They just like talking. You
weren't here a couple of weeks ago and they were
talking about dem Bo and and so they just they
enjoy being around you.

Speaker 14 (16:24):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (16:24):
What was the feeling like, I'll start, I'll go back
to kind of the beginning of the season. What was
the feeling like for you when you found out that
your peers had voted you as one of the captains
of this football team.

Speaker 15 (16:33):
Yeah, it surely meant a lot to me.

Speaker 16 (16:35):
When I saw my name on the board, it was
really Uh, it was really awesome, and I think I
really appreciate all my teammates are voting me and all
the coaches and believing in me to be a captain
definitely was a big milestone.

Speaker 2 (16:45):
Was there an on Velly say, you saw your name
on the board. How does it all get unveiled?

Speaker 16 (16:48):
We were in the meeting one day and then hear
your captains and they put it on the board and
then everyone's going crazy excited.

Speaker 2 (16:53):
That is great. So as a captain, maybe looking to
you know, Coach Cardi had mentioned some qualities, Well, what
qualities do you think that you have that you possess
that that make you such a great leader and teammate.

Speaker 15 (17:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 16 (17:07):
I think growing up my family has always been very
optimistic towards me, and I feel like that rubbed off
me at a young age. So I feel like whenever
I'm around everyone in the locker room, on the field,
off the field, I'm trying to be as much as
an optimistic person as I can be, trying to take
all the good and everything not really bring up all
the bad. So I think being optimistic brings a s
out a lot of people's faces.

Speaker 2 (17:26):
Yeah, we love that. There's enough negativity in the world.
We need you to guys like you that that bring
the positivity. How do you turn it off? Though you're
you're a nice guy, you're smiling, how do you how
do you kind of turn it off and play such
a violent physical position once the game starts.

Speaker 16 (17:39):
Yeah, you have to try to find a happy medium
of trying to play a very violent but also trying
to think when you're playing out there, I feel like
an offensive line. If you go out there and just
try to run everyone over, you're gonna fall in your
face and stuff. So try to find a happy medium,
having a good balance but also being very physical.

Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, and you are you are I don't want to
say a protege, but but you have been mentored by
a former captain of this the football team, Brocket gin Grek.
And he's still around as on the staff as an
offensive analyst. How is that helped you having him still
in the area. I know he's somebody that you're close with.

Speaker 16 (18:11):
Yeah, having coached G around is just awesome. I mean
he's a guy that when I came in here, he's
had the standard for me very high. I said, hey,
this how we do things around here, So I mean
I followed him all I could. When I was younger.
He'd take me watch film with him, showing me how
to do things. And I think having coached year round
for like the younger guys is really good too, even
though that they weren't there when he was playing. I
think having him in the building shows that we have

(18:32):
a lot of respect for him. And I think having
coached year around is just awesome. Like, he's just really
good have him around.

Speaker 2 (18:37):
Does that take him getting you s to calling him
coach G at the beginning?

Speaker 15 (18:39):
Yeah, but I mean he's just he's one of my
best friends. So he's the man.

Speaker 2 (18:43):
Now he has mentored you on the center position. Any
tips you've taken from him in terms of hairstyling or dying.
I know we had some cheetah prints at one point
for Brocker. You'll leave that to Brock.

Speaker 15 (18:52):
I think I believe that coach that was all. He
did a great job with that in the spring. But
that was pretty funny.

Speaker 2 (18:57):
Not only is Brock around, but you you play for
one of my very favorite people on this staff and
it is just a fantastic staff. But Chris Rogers is
genuine kind. He has a sense of humor and beyond that,
he is a heck of a football coach. So what
has he meant and how has he helped you kind
of improve through the years.

Speaker 16 (19:16):
Yeah, Coach Rogers, and he's an all around great person.
He's an awesome coach. Like you said, he's an awesome person.
I mean when we're in his meetings, like it's always
football football, but whenever there's a funny story, he knows
how to tell a really funny story. He be a
stand up comedian and he's hilarious. Him and coach Ferg
just do a great job mentoring us. I mean, played
coach one of those guys where Yeah, he's a football coach.
But his door's always open in his office. I mean

(19:37):
countless of times this guy's going there. Talk to him
after a game on a Sunday. You go in, stop
and say hello. You'll be in there for an hour,
maybe two hours, just talking about life, how the game win,
and all that stuff.

Speaker 15 (19:46):
So he really is truly an amazing person.

Speaker 2 (19:48):
Yeah, he's been on the show and then he's a
great guy. He's very funny as well. Talking with Steven Denboski,
captain of his football team. I had seen in another
interview that you did that your brothers played footb and
you kind of wanted to follow in their footsteps a
little bit. And you said your parents never forced you
to play football, but you're six one three oh five,

(20:10):
So like what else were you gonna do? I know
they didn't force it in there, but like football, you
were gonna be a football player.

Speaker 17 (20:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 15 (20:15):
I just love sports growing up.

Speaker 16 (20:16):
I mean, like you said before, I always followed my
brothers were playing sports when I was really young, just
being out there playing basketball with them, playing baseball, doing whatever.
Just roughhouse. And I mean I have two older brothers.
It was always crazy in my house. Yeah, but yeah.
My parents never really forced anything upon me. They always
wanted it was best for me. And I mean, obviously
I fell in love with sports at a young age,
playing with my brothers, being able to compete with them,
being the youngest of two older brothers, so it's a lot,

(20:38):
always getting constantly beat up on.

Speaker 15 (20:40):
So I really appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (20:41):
Where do you, and I know age wise you're the youngest.
Where are you in terms of size wise.

Speaker 16 (20:46):
With the two brothers right now? My oldest brother is
still taller than me. He's twenty six. He works for KPMG.
And then my middle brother, Andrew, my oldest brother named David.
My middle brother named Andrew. I'm a little taller than
but he's much stockier, is that right, yeah? Backer than
Back when he used to play football, he was very
strong e bench I think four thirty five at high school,
so he's really strong.

Speaker 2 (21:05):
Then, Bosky boys, they don't want to mess with them.
I don't want to mess with anybody on this offensive
line this season. You guys have done a fantastic job.
There's been multiple Conference USA Player of the Week awards
on the offensive line, but different combinations. We had three
different combos of starters on the offensive line. When Anoir returns,
it'll be four different lineups and we wish him a

(21:27):
quick return. But you guys haven't skipped a beat. So
what has been the key to success through all of
those changes with guys kind of moving around and playing
different roles.

Speaker 16 (21:35):
Yeah, I think the biggest thing is preparation. Coach Rogers
and all the guys in the room are just so
attentive to doing the right thing. Like, like I said before,
the standard in our room has been set so that
you can probably put anyone in our room ask him
what are you doing at right tackle on display?

Speaker 3 (21:49):
They'll know.

Speaker 16 (21:50):
So I think being able to know your responsibility and
being able to play that position is the biggest thing.
And like Coach Rogers, that we watched so much film,
like in camp, in spring, in the summer, in the fall. Now,
I mean it's just really showing off like what everyone's
capable of, even physically on the field and mentally.

Speaker 2 (22:06):
It's really impressive to have guys be able to do
all that. It's a lot of film study and you
guys are putting in the work and you can see
it on the field now. At the press conference earlier
this week, coach Cardi shared a story of Elijah Sessims
was in the room and he kind of talked about
some of the players that he inherited from a recruiting
class when he got here, and he talked about what

(22:27):
a bargain he got from you and Elijah Sesssims. You
were on half scholarship to start and then obviously put
on full scholarship. What was that moment like for you
when you learned that after year one you would be
a full scholarship player.

Speaker 3 (22:39):
Yeah, that was awesome.

Speaker 16 (22:40):
I mean the whole recruiting process, Like I remember, one
of the coaches texted me to come to Delaware camp
and I didn't really know too much about Dellar football all
the time. I remember I told my mom like, hey,
Deller coach reached out and then came here for camp
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remember then when they offered me on the phone, I
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Speaker 15 (22:55):
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say about this place.

Speaker 2 (23:01):
Well, we are we are so happy to have you here.
On campus and here as a blue head out. On
last Wednesday's game, there was promotion going on at the stadium,
a great crowd of but over ten thousand hot dogs
one dollar out of time were sold at that football game.
So I'm gonna start with you. I'm gonna ask everybody
you can. You can, Nate and coach card you can

(23:24):
think about your answers as well. We'll get your vegan
hot dogs, coach. But how many over the course of
a football game. Let's say you weren't playing, you're in
the stands, you're watching, and boy, that was a long
football game, so you'd have some extra time over the
course of a football game. How many dollar dogs could
you put down?

Speaker 16 (23:39):
I think over the course of the four hour game,
I can. I think if I was really trying to
go as hard as I came, maybe like twelve.

Speaker 15 (23:45):
Maybe twelve, That's what I'm trying to get.

Speaker 2 (23:48):
That's a number, and that's a respect, like, that's respect.
We didn't go too high like that. You would be
like it was not the fourth of July. If you're
just casually eating dogs. I think twelve is a that's
an impressive number, very impressive. Everything you've been doing the
offensive line, like I've said, has played so well. Big
challenge heading down to Liberty. They're gonna have a great crowd,
it's their homecoming. What's keys to the offensive success on Saturday?

Speaker 16 (24:10):
Definitely knowing what our keys are going into the game.
I mean, this week, we've done a great job with preparation.
We've watched so much film on these guys and they
are a really good team. They're very tough, physical and
they play fast, which is pretty good for them. But
we're really excited to go down there. I mean, like
you said, it's gonna be a great atmosphere, So definitely
taking advantage of that. Playing on CBS, I think someone
said this week, so that's also to be really cool.
But I think going down there, playing on national TV,

(24:31):
showing everyone what that where can do is gonna be
the biggest thing for this game.

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Well, thank you so much for coming on and we
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Speaker 1 (27:54):
If you're listening to the Klondike Cads. Blue Hens Football
Coaches Show present at my first date VNIX featuring the
head coach of Delaware Football Brian Carty and Voice of
the Blue Hens Scott Kleatskin. And now welcome in to
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Speaker 2 (28:18):
We're at Claude Knight Kates tonight for a live edition
of the Blue Hens Football Coaches Show. You can join
the Blue Hens Touchdown Club tomorrow for their weekly meeting.
Visit blue hentd Club dot com for all that info.
The speakers tomorrow will be defensive coordinator Manny Rojas and
men's lacrosse head coach Ben de Luca. The MVPs this
week are Shawn Wilson, Nate Evans, and one of our

(28:39):
guests tonight, Nate Reid. We'll hear from Nate in a
little bit. Right now, we're joined once again by head
coach Ryan Carty and coach I want to ask you
about one of the MVPs this week for the Touchdown Club,
Sean Wilson. He only scores his touchdowns and pairs, so yeah,
he had two against Middle Tennessee at two last season
against Sacred Heart. You know, Shawn's I know, showing promise

(29:00):
since he got here. Obviously, just a huge game as
a freshman and this year one of the top receivers.
But he had a tough night. I thought against Jacksonville State,
he on a fourth down play didn't quite get there,
and then there was a two point try that they
couldn't convert. A great design by by you and your
staff on that one. But how did the team how
do you rally around a guy and allow for and

(29:23):
how does he allow himself to just have such a
great bounce back game. Yeah, I think that.

Speaker 4 (29:27):
You know, the thing that is pretty special about Sewn
is his his natural ball skills and talent is is
pretty evident from the start, and I think when you
have that going for you, I think the confidence kind
of usually takes care of itself. I mean, knowing that
this is this is a small blip in in what
I can do and in my talent level, and I

(29:50):
think it shows a lot about our team. You know,
it was funny that when he when he did drop
that two point conversion, he came off the field and
I heard somebody walking in front of him and said
don't even talk to him.

Speaker 2 (30:01):
He knows who he's good.

Speaker 14 (30:02):
You know.

Speaker 4 (30:02):
It's one of those like, you know, like whoever it
was was came off like he's good. Like we're good.
We talked out there, We're good. And it's true. That's
the way his personality is. It's also he's also somebody
that expects to make every catch because he usually does.
And and so it's been really really fun watching his progression,
watching a lot of our young guys progression in an offense.

(30:23):
We you know, we were talking about it today Coach Goldbrich,
myself and Nick in our quarterback meeting today talking about
what you can do in an offense when people stay
in it, you know, like how good you can get
at something because of the nuances and the details and
the little things and the experience that you have, not
just in playing football, but him playing in something specific,

(30:44):
in playing in a system, in playing with each other.
You know, it's so different, you know, playing with different
quarterbacks and then in fall camp you're you're getting you know,
balls thrown to you by a bunch of different people,
and you're throwing to a bunch of different people as
a quarterback, and then all of a sudden when you
settle into a groove.

Speaker 2 (30:59):
You know, being able to go from year to year
to year.

Speaker 4 (31:01):
You know, in the old days when before everybody you
know came and left your teams twice a year, you know,
you had an ability to kind.

Speaker 2 (31:08):
Of build something special.

Speaker 4 (31:09):
And that's what's been so good about what we've had
here and the amount of people that we've had retained
in that we've been able to have people like Dembo
making the same calls for two years and now getting
his chance to be like the captain and the center
and the guy that's obviously making them all all the time.

Speaker 2 (31:25):
That's a big deal. And like he knows him like
the back of his hand.

Speaker 4 (31:28):
Now he can say all he wants about how great
you know, the coaches are and the guys around them are,
Like he knows them better than better than everybody else does,
and that's because he's been in the same system for
a long time. It speaks volumes to the actual amount
that you can play comfortably and how fast you can
cut it loose out there, and those are the things
when you're not thinking, you're just playing. That's the thing
that makes you special. And so like when you have

(31:50):
talent like somebody like Sean does, and some of our
young players do. The more comfortable they get with each other,
with their teammates and in the system, they can really
cut it loose, and then you can start to see
some real growth and people reaching their ceiling.

Speaker 2 (32:03):
There's another guy quickly. I wanted to ask you just
because I've noticed such growth from him and used that word,
which is a great transition into me asking you about
Donovan Lewis, who missed at the beginning of this season,
but eight targets last game, most on the team, tied
with the Kyrie Duplaci. He's had a twenty yard catch
in each of his three games nine catches, he's averaged
seventeen yards a catch. How has he turned himself into

(32:25):
a factor on this offense.

Speaker 4 (32:27):
Yeah, through sheer work, ethic and toughness and playmaking. I
mean he showed it from the minute he got there.
I'm gonna be honest with you. I mean, it's not
something that we entirely expected when he first came on
the scene, and then the every day in practice he
showed it, and then every day and the opportunity he

(32:47):
got in a scrimmage, he'd show it. And then anytime
it went to a live situation and people had to
tackle him.

Speaker 2 (32:52):
They didn't.

Speaker 4 (32:53):
And every time he had to go up and get
a ball, he got it. And it was one of
those things that the during particular man, he's becoming one
of our best players. And then he broke his collarbone.
And again we've been a little bit cursed. Uh, we've
had a tough, tough go of it with some some
season enders. And luckily he was you know, it was
the last scrimmage. Unfortunately too, so it was later in

(33:14):
camp and uh, you know specifically that I remember they
circled the Western Kentucky game by that and everybody was
a little bit hesitant to say that, Okay, that's that's good.

Speaker 2 (33:25):
And they did a great job. He did an unbelievable
job in rehab.

Speaker 4 (33:28):
Uh, those guys did a great job obviously in our
our sports medicine side, uh and athletic training and and
got him back ready to go and he's uh he
kind of again, we were still a little worried. I mean,
you hurt your you know, your shoulder and the collar
bone you worry about as a as a receiver going
up and getting the ball didn't stop him. The first
first ball that got thrown through him. He was up
there getting getting laid on and uh got an explosive

(33:50):
to play for us. So it's been really fun to
watch him kind of come back. He's also just a
great competitor, a great teammate. Everybody loves him, and so
it's great to have him, you know, out on the
practice field as a posted, just hanging around. And you know,
it's a little harder to be that leader and that
that guy that's that's set in the tone in practice
when you're on the sidelines.

Speaker 2 (34:07):
Yeah, and adds even more to that great wide receiver
room of yours. All Right, we are we are thirty
three minutes or so into the show, so I'm stopped
wasting time, and we'll talk about the real storyline of
last Wednesday's game. Dogs wet, we hit on hot Dogs.
We're you know, the real storyline that everyone was talking about.
It got, you know, such positive feedback. Actually is the

(34:29):
Midnight collection the uniforms social it blew up. You know,
the players love them, the recruits love them. I think
all the merch was sold out in minutes. I'm sure
you're focused on the playbook and the game and stuff.
But you know, what was your take on on changing
of the helmets? It was a big story for a

(34:49):
team with tradition like this.

Speaker 4 (34:51):
What did Michael Scott say, I want all the credit
and on the blade that's right, Yeah, No, I had
nothing to do with this, Like my hands cleaning this
one are. I think our our our administration, in our
our our equipment room just did an awesome job with
the design. My lord, did they look sleek and cool?

Speaker 2 (35:11):
I think that.

Speaker 4 (35:11):
You know, obviously, the audience for this, this change once
or twice a year is is the players that get
to wear them and the recruits that get to see them,
and and and we nailed it. I mean, that is
exactly what our guys wanted to wear. And it is
and you can see it on their faces when they
got a chance to reveal it to them, and then
you could feel it when they were warming up in them.

(35:31):
And then obviously it's it's gotten huge feedback on on
social media.

Speaker 2 (35:35):
As you know, again, what do we want from this
move in FBS football.

Speaker 4 (35:38):
It's more national presence in in what we're doing and
to be on the forefront of people's minds when they
think about college football and something that's uh. Maybe it's
innovative in a football way. Maybe it's innovative in a
uniform way. Maybe it's a hot you know, a dollar
dog night. Maybe it's whatever it is. And so I
think that was just an awesome, awesome job by our
marketing department. Also the way that they they they played

(36:02):
it out throughout the week, and and I just I
thought it was a home run. Obviously they looked sleek
and still undefeated in black uniforms.

Speaker 2 (36:11):
That's right, that's seven and oh, I mean it thumbs
up for ED seven and oh and in black uniforms
for Delaware, So very impressive stuff. And and it was
you know, and we're going it's not changing it forever.
But I will say when I saw the announcement, I
was like, oh, this this comments section, we can get ready.
And you know what, for the most part, it was
it was positive and people people really like him, So

(36:32):
it was exciting something for the fans and the players
enjoy as well. Let's talk about this week's game, going
back to the Blue and Gold on the road against Liberty.
You're first to visit to Liberty, I believe, but not
the first visit for your defensive coordinator Manny Rojas hundred
and two tackles as a senior at Liberty. He's got
to be excited to to show you guys around on

(36:53):
homecoming week.

Speaker 4 (36:53):
Absolutely, it's his homecoming for sure. And you know he's
had this one circle, dumb sure for a while. And
you know, I know what that's like. You know, played
against an old foe at times, and there's always a
little bit more juice and a little bit more you know,
motivation for yourself. But you know, I think that's such
a cool operation to be able to go back to
to where you came from and and where you had

(37:15):
a bunch of memories playing football and being part of
something and get a chance to go back. I'm sure
he still knows a ton of the people around there
and and in the support staffs and in the coaching staffs,
and it'll be great to go back there and hopefully
get them a victory in homecoming.

Speaker 2 (37:29):
That's right. And it's only fair because, uh, because Archer
got to go to Mammoth last year, right, so exactly
you gotta go. You gotta make make your rounds, all right,
It's come to your your portion of the hot Dog program. Now.
Now you are you're not eating regular hot No? No, no, no,
I certainly am you are.

Speaker 14 (37:43):
OK.

Speaker 2 (37:44):
I'm just I'm conscious, But I'll put a hot dog down,
all right? You got a four hour football game, you're
you're hanging out? Yeah, Denbo's got twelve. What's what's your
at the end of the game when your stomach is full?
What do you what is?

Speaker 4 (37:56):
This is not the first time I've thought about this.
We had full conversations about this as a staff.

Speaker 2 (37:59):
I love it.

Speaker 4 (38:00):
I think if I was doing this as a normal
human being and not attempting to eat a lot of
hot dogs, it'd be at least six. But I would
say if I was trying hard, I could. I could
certainly have twelve.

Speaker 2 (38:14):
I could. He looked at Dembo for radio listeners like
in a in a and he low balled himself. There's
no doubt that Denbo could more than.

Speaker 15 (38:24):
Twelve hot dogs.

Speaker 4 (38:25):
Almost a challenge. It was slightly a challenge to them. Yes,
there's no doubt. I've put down six hot dogs in
a day easily.

Speaker 2 (38:33):
I was. I was getting updates during the game from
Fritz Duber, who calls some action with the ESPN. I
was looking for big numbers. He said he hit a
wall at five, which was not a good show. Again,
I'd have to see what they look like.

Speaker 4 (38:46):
Are they normal hot dogs on a roller like you
know the little Oscar Myers or were they big?

Speaker 2 (38:50):
I think they were dollars? Yeah, then I'll eat. I mean,
I mean at least ten. Fritz probably had some some
other beverages mixed in between filling his fill and his belly.
But yes, all right, all right, so we're worre thought.

Speaker 3 (39:01):
Nate.

Speaker 2 (39:01):
You get ready for your question. We'll ask you as well,
Coach and enjoy talk with you. We'll talk liberty in
the final segment, but we'll take a time out we
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Listening to the Klondike Kate's Blue Hens Football Coaches Show,
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head coach of Delaware Football, Bryan Cardi and Voice of
the Blue Hens Scott Klatskan. Now, welcome in to your
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Speaker 2 (42:46):
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now joined by a veteran of the show and a
veteran on this team, kicker Nate Reid is here. You're
up for Nate. Everybody, Thank you, Thank you, Nate, Thank

(43:07):
you so much for being here. Once again, I led
the show with it. But you are a pair of
touchbacks away from the all time school a record, one
to tie, one to break. Will that motivation be worth
a few extra yards on the kickoffs next game again
against Liberty? But that's exciting stuff.

Speaker 3 (43:24):
Huh Yeah.

Speaker 14 (43:25):
Very fortunate to be in the position where I have
a chance to break it, especially with a lot of
games left. But I mean when you get the kickoff
a lot, when you score a lot, so that doesn't
go unoticed. I think we had seventy one kickoffs last year,
which is unbelievable amount. But yeah, I'm just very fortunate
that I have a shot to break it with a
high scoring offense.

Speaker 2 (43:41):
Yeah, well, that's a wise of you to say. I
guess that's a record that you do share with the offense.
You can't kick off without scores. And Pat Devlin I
was calling a game with him at Colorado. His teammate
Sean bainers All has the all time most amount of
kick You may have to be a lot of scoring
this year today to reach Sean, you're gonna get the
touch back record. But I don't know about all time

(44:02):
most kickoffs. And he said, you know, he deserved to
thank you for all that, all those touchdowns that were
being scored mentioned last year. You know Pat Devlin as
well from your your hometown, but you're also connected to
another Delaware quarterback legend, and that's Matt Nagy. Yep, and
and how so he's also from your area.

Speaker 14 (44:22):
Matt Nagy went to my high school, so he was
in alumni as a man, I'm Central Baron.

Speaker 3 (44:26):
And then he.

Speaker 14 (44:27):
Also does this scholarship out of high school. It's called
the b U Scholarship for Student Athletes and uh so
combination of you know, student success in the classroom and
then academic success. So I was a finalist for that,
got to be on a zoom interview with him, met
his family and met his kids, got to know him
there and I was actually fortunate enough to win a
little bit of the scholarship from him. So and then
I think he came to a spring practice last year

(44:49):
he got to meet him again. I'm still connected with
his son, Branden Naggy on Instagram and stuff. So it's
a great guy, a great family.

Speaker 2 (44:55):
Your your dad who is here and give it up
for robbery to everybody. UH fed me, fed me that information.
So I appreciate him. But it was also a test
to see just how good of a brother you are,
because I understand your your sister also won the scholarship,
and no mention of that in your in your answer,
you're keeping all seris. He wanted me to ask you

(45:16):
who won more scholarship money.

Speaker 3 (45:18):
I think she did.

Speaker 2 (45:19):
Yeah, I think the the smirk on your dad's face
says that that she did. But that very awesome stuff.
So a very cool you know. We talk about you,
you doing kickoffs and and blasting it through the end zone.
You have such a strong leg and all those touchbacks,
but rarely does an on side kick pick up as
much steam online and uh on Twitter and throughout Instagram

(45:40):
and wherever UH as yours the other I mean, one
of the most perfect, beautiful on side kicks that that
anyone has ever seen at Jacksonville State. I asked coach
about it and he said, you know, he sees it
all the time at practice, so you had confidence. So
walking up to that one, it wasn't unexpected to anyone
on the staff. But talk about tell us about the

(46:01):
on side kick and the execution.

Speaker 14 (46:02):
Yeah, onside kicks for me, it's just every time I
see a new one, I'm I want to try it out.
It's something I like. I have a bunch of onside
kicks I keep in my toolbox, but I think it's
like it's one of the most kind of critique like
kind of things you can do with kicking.

Speaker 3 (46:17):
So when we do practices on Fridays with our.

Speaker 14 (46:20):
Hands teams, I'm pulling out, you know, anything that the
other team could, you know, pull.

Speaker 3 (46:24):
Out of their sleeve too.

Speaker 14 (46:25):
So our hands team, I'm trying to prepare them as
well as get practicing for me. So Friday practices for
me are fun. I always turned to Coach car Into like,
this is my favorite part of practice.

Speaker 3 (46:36):
I hit the you know, the spanner kick everything.

Speaker 14 (46:38):
So with that kick at Jackson State, the kid, I
think he was a six eight wide receiver lined up
right where I was. You know, that was my line,
That's where I was going. And I knew the only
way that this was gonna work because if I get this,
bought a bounce over him. So I you know, kept
it low, prayed for the bounce, got it.

Speaker 2 (46:55):
So it was It was just a beautiful hot It
is a silly rule, by the way, you cannot advance
though things or it would have gone to this this
And you also you prepared Nick Laboy very well for
an on side kick last week against Middle Tennessee, so
really great stuff there. Obviously, the big moment, one of
the biggest moments in really in Delaware football history. You
got to put it up there. First win as an

(47:16):
FBS program as an FBS program was against Yukon, and
of course you sent that game into overtime with a
big kick. What was going through your mind as you
jog out and it's on you to to send so ot?

Speaker 14 (47:28):
Yeah, So I mean definitely the kick before that, I
had an opportunity before that side of the game and
it didn't go through. And one of the biggest things
for me was I came off the sideline. Everybody was like,
you're getting another one, and even I wasn't sure if
I was gonna get on everybody, You're getting other one.
You getting known, you got it, that we love you,
You're gonna get it. And sure enough we did get

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another chance and it was the same thing got sent
out again. You know, it's a one for one mentality
when you're kicking and you just got to snap back
and do the present moment, forget everything that happened before,
and just sees the opportunity, trust your training and just
go out and do it. So I think one of
the closet moments was coming off the field and just
kind of make an eye contact with coach Cardy and
just smiling at me.

Speaker 3 (48:08):
So I'll never forget.

Speaker 14 (48:10):
That, But yeah, it was probably the proudest moment of
micro There's a lot of people that won't forget that
kick from watching it.

Speaker 2 (48:17):
That day was going to be a special day either
way because you had some special guests at that game.
Retrieve your tea. Jackson and Cooper are people that you
know from your hometown. They have a very rare, rare
genetic these the Sault Wilson disease. There are two of
maybe twenty in the world that have this, it's characterized

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by short stature. And you've been close with those kids
as they retrieve your teas in high school. And then
they came down that game. I know that was a
special moment for you and them as well.

Speaker 14 (48:48):
Just two kids that absolutely light up any room there.
And I met them through football. They're actually our neighbors.
They live in our neighborhood, and you know, we're extremely
close family friends. I actually babysited them before. To me,
I don't there a babysitting. I consider hanging out because
we played video games.

Speaker 3 (49:02):
They do everything.

Speaker 14 (49:04):
Two smart kids just there. You can't you can't speak enough,
you know, good words about them. They Jackson actually got
my team in high school and he's kind of outgrown
a little bit.

Speaker 3 (49:15):
He's he's a cool kid.

Speaker 14 (49:16):
He's in high school now. But Cooper now does it.
And I think one of the one of the things
I really wanted to do before I was finished playing
football was have them come back and kind of like
bring a full circle moment. So seeing them run out,
you know, after hitting touchback in Delaware Stadium, uh, just
full smiles.

Speaker 3 (49:32):
I was big.

Speaker 14 (49:33):
I was hoping somebody would get a picture of it
because I just need that. I need that for the
future to look back on it.

Speaker 2 (49:37):
Yeah, that's a lot of smiles that day for for
many different reasons. And when when you are a kicker,
there are there are these extreme highs like the Yukon moment,
that there are some lows as well, because it is
a very singular position. All eyes are on that one kicker.
You know, you think about over the course of a game,
and offensive lineman could cond miss a block and maybe
you would add a touchdown if he blocked it up right.

(49:58):
A wide receiver could run the wrong route and maybe
it leads her to an interception. But you don't know
theres the general fan doesn't know what the rat was
supposed to look like. You know, when you're kicking, it's
it's good or it's no good. How do you manage
kind of the ups and downs of the pressure that
that comes with being a kicker colash football?

Speaker 14 (50:15):
Yeah, I would say, like I said before, the one
for one mentality, if it doesn't go your way, you
cannot let that, you know, affect your next rep. And
I think something I do well is that I try
not to carry the last rep into the next one.
So you know, like you said the Yukon game, you
go from the hero and then the Western Kentucky the
zero like hopefully had a chance to send it overtime,
just couldn't get it to go. You know, obviously felt

(50:37):
that extremely hard, took that extremely hard, but use it
as an opportunity to kind of snap back into the
next week and again, like I said, my whole team,
you know, they came up to me after like we.

Speaker 3 (50:47):
Trust you, we love you, got it.

Speaker 14 (50:48):
It's it's words that you need to hear, especially as
a kicker, when all eyes are on you and you
know people see you miss and it's like you get
some attention from the public that you don't want. But
you know, trusting that when you go out there, you
train for every moment, whether it's like you know, you're
at home, you're by yourself, and then you go out
on the field. It's the same kick every time. You know,
we just hope the snap gets there, the whole gets there.

(51:10):
You trust your guys doing the operation. You know, Mannix
and Brendan lockeham been great for me and I just
kind of go from there.

Speaker 2 (51:16):
So, yeah, well we're gonna need you the rest of
the way for sure, and I'm sure one of the
things that helps out so much is that the family
support that you have. We mentioned your dad is here,
but parents go to all the games home in away.
That's got to feel good to have your parents to
support you.

Speaker 3 (51:32):
Yeah, it's definitely something that doesn't go unnoticed.

Speaker 11 (51:34):
You know.

Speaker 14 (51:34):
We text throughout the week and they'll tell me when
their flight departs, and sometimes I'm like, wow, like they're
getting on a plane to come wash me. Like I'm
a kicker, I don't. I get maybe eight to nine
kicks I know some games. But yeah, definitely doesn't go unnoticed.
Something I appreciate more than they know. You know, seeing
them out of the away games just brings like a
little comfort to like, looking up, you have.

Speaker 3 (51:54):
Your your parents. Look at it.

Speaker 14 (51:56):
If you're in a moment where maybe the pressure gets
a little high, look up, it's.

Speaker 2 (51:59):
A re So, yeah, it's great. Well, you'll see him
in Lynchburg, that's for sure, all right, I asked den Bow.
He's saying twelve. CARDI thinks twelve is low for him.
Even what are you thinking? Hot dogs? Over the course
of the game, I.

Speaker 14 (52:10):
Was thinking about this. I think I could do one
per four hour game. One per thirty minutes and pace myself.
It depends on the role though, those soft hot dog roles.
I think I could do, yes, maybe eight, okay, eight, yeah,
I think eight. To respect, I think I think I'm
around I think I think.

Speaker 2 (52:22):
I'm an eight guy. And that was the numbers, you know,
over under seven and a half for me, so uh yeah,
that's a good answer. None of you were ever gonna
have to do this, by the way, just a promotion
of the dollar Dog night though they did. Maybe they'll
do it again, who knows. But Nate, I know we're
gonna see you kick the ball again, and I'm excited
to see you hopefully break that record at some point
in time, and hopefully it's on Saturday. We're gonna need
your leg the rest of the season, that's for sure,

(52:43):
Nate read everybody, thank you so much for being here.
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Speaker 2 (56:21):
One more segment here on the Blue Hens Football Coaches
Show Live for klon A Cakes. Thanks for coming out,
great crowd. As always here at Kates thank you so
much for the support. Talking now with our head coach
once again, Oriyan Carty and coach Liberty on Saturday, we
talked a bit about them. It'll be a homecoming game
for this has been a program that has prienally been
at the top of Conference USA that they missed. You

(56:43):
know that we expanded the college football playoffs last season.
If it was two years ago, they probably would have
been a college football playoff team. A couple of years ago,
thirteen to zero, twenty twenty three played in the Fiesta Bowl.
You know, similar to Delaware in the CIA, James Madison
when they're in the CIA, there are certain teams that
andrans and programs that teams get up for that it's
a it's a notch, it's a circle on the schedule,

(57:05):
this is a this is a brand that wins in
Conference USA. So of course your team is up for
every game. But but this one is gonna be an
exciting a football game that that will make some noise
for Delaware. They can come out with a victory. Yes, certainly,
it's a it's a big one. It'll be fun.

Speaker 4 (57:20):
You know, I think that you know, any opportunity we
get to go out and play the game we love
is awesome. Anytime we get a chance to go take
the show on the road, is we should cherish and
uh to be able to do it in environments like
this and uh, you know, in front of a lot
of people on national TV against the team that you set,
like you said, is perennially really good in this league
and you know obviously has a brand name.

Speaker 2 (57:41):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (57:42):
At the at the group of five level is an
awesome opportunity for our guys and and for our team
to go showcase you know who we are and and and.

Speaker 2 (57:50):
What what we can play like. And then defensively, it
looks good statistically, I know, I know stats don't always
tell the full story, but they are sixteenth in the
FBS in past first in conference. US say, what do
they do well that you'll go over with Nick and
your quarterbacks to be aware of.

Speaker 4 (58:07):
Yeah, I mean I think you can see, you know, statistically,
they're just a good defense overall. I mean that you know,
the teams that they've played against, you know, are our
high scoring teams. I mean old Dominion they held the
twenty one one of the best offenses in the country,
jam one of the best offense in the country, you know,
held in the thirty I think those are you know,
uh in the back end, they're really they're really good.

Speaker 2 (58:26):
I think they do.

Speaker 4 (58:27):
Enough stuff that is a little bit a little bit
confusing to disguise you know, pre snap and what they
give you post snap, but they're also sound in what
they do, and so they give you enough looks and
their sound. And then obviously you know that they also
can get some pressure with with their with their front four,
but then also adding pressure. I think they do a

(58:48):
nice job with their third down package. And so I
think it's just a matter of you know, doing what
we know we're capable of. And you know, I just
as I'm sure they're having the same conversations about the
number one asking offense in the conference coming into town.
And so I think that, you know, hopefully we can
continue to you know, be sound and be balanced and
be able to you know, use everything in our arsenal

(59:10):
run game, pass, game, play, action game, you know, defense,
special team, so that we can keep everybody balanced and
keep them off balanced.

Speaker 2 (59:18):
What what stands out to you when you look at
them offensively? A veteran quarterback played at Kansas Coachal Carolina
More recently, but Ethan Basco is another veteran quarterback that
that you'll face.

Speaker 4 (59:28):
Yeah, I think, you know, patience is really what you see.
I mean, they know who they are, they know what
they want to do, and and they just do it.
I mean they're not they're not gonna You're not going
to get them out of who they want to be.
And I think that's that's you know, knowing who you
are and knowing what you want to do. I think
is h is pretty Uh, you know, it's something that
I always admire. And I think that they know who

(59:48):
they are on offense, they know what they want to do,
and then they're going to put pedal to the metal
to do it. And so you know, they have a
bunch of talented, skilled players. Think they're really good upfront,
and I think their quarterback is obviously somebody who's done
it high level for a long time. And so you know, uh,
you know, we got our work cut out for us
on all sides of the.

Speaker 2 (01:00:05):
Ball and in a tough environment.

Speaker 4 (01:00:07):
And you know, I think that's what makes it exciting, right,
It's it's a game that you know we're going into,
you know, uh as an underdog and on the road
and in front of a homecoming crowd, and we have
to play really clean, and uh, it's not something we've
we've done as as well as we should. And so
if we do, we're gonna be fine, and if we don't,

(01:00:28):
we're gonna.

Speaker 2 (01:00:28):
Have a long night.

Speaker 4 (01:00:29):
And so that's where, you know, we got to really
you know, mind our our our assignments and play with
each other and play for each other and be really clean.

Speaker 2 (01:00:36):
And on special teams, Nate Ree's gonna have to break
the touchback record because they've got a guy Julian Gray
back there transfer Vancy State, but he's eighth in FBS
and kickoff returning yards. He has a touchdown, so certainly
going to have to be aware of where he is
when Nate kicks that thing off. That'd be nice the
end zone return for a touchdown. You know, you mentioned

(01:00:57):
the atmosphere. You mentioned that the brand and and the
program that Liberty. I mean, it is gonna be homecoming.
They're the only team in Conference USA averaging over twenty
thousand fans per game. Gonna be a packed house, a
big game for them, great atmosphere. Only bus ride of
the season, but gives you some more time to watch
some film on the way down and get ready. It'll
be an exciting game, it will.

Speaker 4 (01:01:17):
We're we're really looking forward to it, and I know
our guys are itching to get out there on the
field again and go prove that. You know, we are
the team that we want to be. Always enjoy talking
with you, coach. Best of luck down there on Saturday.

Speaker 2 (01:01:27):
Appreciate you. Go Hens, all right, Thank you. Coach. Coverage
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