Football - September 11, 2024

Legends Night: Thyrick Pitts, Leon Clarke, Dave Raymond, Terence Archer

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, if you are listening to the Blue Hens Football
Coaches Show presented by First DAID or The PDX featuring
head coach Ryan Cardy on ninety four seven WDSD and
iHeartRadio with your host voice of the Delaware Blue Hens,
Scott Klatskin, and now welcome to Lacasa Pasta Restaurant in
new Ark.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
We missed Delaware football on Saturday, but it's game week
once again and we're here at the Blue Hens Football
Coaches Show from Lacasa Pasta Restaurant to get you ready Tonight.
Show is read by First Date Orthopedics and can be
heard statewide on ninety four to seven w DSDFM and
nationwide on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Scott Klatskin, so excited

(00:39):
for this special edition of the Coaches Show. It's Legends
Night here in Newark. Tonight you'll hear from Delaware Sports
Hall of Fame member class of twenty twenty four and
son of the legendary Tubby Raymond. Give it up. Dave
Raymond is here. Plus a two thousand and three National
champion defensive back Leon Clark is here. Give it up

(01:01):
for Leon. Welcome to the show, and a former Wide
receiver that has spent the last two seasons with the
NFL's Bears, Patriots, and Packers. Tyrick Pitts is here as well,
looking forward to talking to all of them. But first,
a man that has coached Tyrick at the wide receiver
position and is the assistant head coach of the Blue Hens,
Terrence Archer, is here. Thank you so much, coach, appreciate

(01:22):
being here. I got here on Legends night. I got it. Well,
it's it's a legend. It's every every day is Legends day.
When when you're here, I got I gotta say, you know,
Coach Carty spends sixty minutes with me and now he
needs a break from the show. I don't know, I
mean got bye. We I'm very we got it. I'm
a very offended, but but I'm glad that you are
here and sharing a little bit about the open date.

(01:44):
The bye week. They say the team improves the most
from week one to week two? Is that, coach Speaker?
Is there some some truth to that? And if so,
how did you all get better in the open date?

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:55):
No, I don't think that's Coach.

Speaker 4 (01:57):
I think there's a lot to it, just you know,
getting that first game under your belt is important being
so long since you played a game, you know. So
it is a big jump from week one to week two,
and we had some extra practice time.

Speaker 5 (02:09):
It was a little strange.

Speaker 4 (02:10):
I mean, you know, we've been practicing basically for six
weeks and we played one game. So the guys are excited,
they're ready to go against somebody else. We had a really,
really great practice this morning. I think our preparation has
been good, and we're excited to get on the plane
on Friday and get down to Greensborough.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
We're gonna talk about North Carolina and see at the
end of the Legends night as we get back to
business and get ready for that. The Aggie's on on Saturday,
coming up. But I get more questions probably about players
that aren't on the team than I than I do
about players that are on the team. Everyone wants to
know the recruitment and and then then who's gonna be next,
And without giving names or anything that you can't talk about,

(02:48):
did this allow some early season getting out to guys
on the road at all?

Speaker 6 (02:52):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (02:52):
Yeah, it did, you know. I was I went down
to Georgia to see some kids down there. We had
coaches in Florida and North Carolina and also up here
in the northeast in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It did
give us an opportunity to get out early and get
on the road. You know, I think our recruiting is
going really well. You know, the announcement obviously of going
to Conference USA and going FBS has sped up the process,

(03:15):
which is good, and we were ready for that, and
it's you know, given us the chance, we feel to
recruit a higher level of athlete and recruit against some
really good programs. And it's going well. And you know
the fact that we can go out and recruit and
tell people that you know, we had over seventeen thousand
people at our first game is huge and we've been
getting that out. So the recruiting trail has been good.

(03:37):
You know, it was a little weird getting out so early,
but it was good. We made the most of it,
and you know, coaches were on the road kind of
Wednesday Thursday last week around our practice times and we're
getting good responses. We feel like we'll have some really
good players on campus this fall taking visits and seeing games.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
We love to hear that you talk about the attendance
and I think I saw a stat somewhere where had
Delaware already been in Conference USA, it would have been
one of the highly attended games in Conference USA. So
already on that tier in terms of the fan base,
And we can look at just the cost of pots
tonight and know we have some dedicated, outstanding of fans.
You are the wide receivers coach, so we have a

(04:12):
wide receiver here that we're going to talk to a
former wide receiver. But in the first game going back
against Bryant, nine different players caught passes, twelve different players
were targeted. Speak to the depth at the wide receiver
position this season. Yeah, it's it's different for me.

Speaker 4 (04:28):
I mean, we played nine receivers in the first half,
which I don't know if I've ever done as a coach.
But you know, it's a really new group at receiver.
We lost a big chunk of our productivity from last
year with you know, Chandler and Josh Youngblood and Jordan
towsand who's coaching with us now and Kim Wimberley. So
a bunch of new guys. But we're really excited about it.

(04:50):
And you know, I think depth is a strength for
us at the position. You know, we don't just have
one or two guys that we're gonna target. We feel
good about playing eight or nine guys. And you know,
guys that have been in the program like Phil Lutz
and Jalen Witcher have really come along and become leaders
for us. And then you know, the new guys we've
brought in have fit in really well. You know, Jake

(05:12):
Thaw and uh, you know the Boy and Max Patterson all.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
Played really well.

Speaker 4 (05:17):
So we were excited about it, and we're just kind
of going to develop that group as the season goes
on and kind of see where everybody's role is. But
it's a good problem to have as a coach. You
got a bunch of guys that you feel confident in
and you feel can make plays for you.

Speaker 2 (05:30):
So I'm excited about it. It was exciting to see
you mentioned all that happened in the first half. I
don't know what happened in the second half. That was
a blurred half. It was zooming. It was felt like
a sandlock game, which is just have no commercial ricks.

Speaker 5 (05:41):
Were trying to get.

Speaker 4 (05:42):
It done before you came in.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
We are going to talk to you about North Carolina
A and T at the end of the show. But
but before I let you go, for this opening segment,
Tyrek Pitts is here, one of the all time greats
at the University of Delaware playing wide receiver, and you
were able to coach him when you got here. What
was it like for you to come into a new
experience and to have.

Speaker 5 (05:59):
A like that.

Speaker 6 (06:00):
It was great.

Speaker 4 (06:01):
It was great. He's one of my favorite guys I've coached.
I mean, Thyrek was obviously a senior when I got here,
but just a super mature, you know, hard working in
that room, you know, from May one, and to set
the tone for everybody. I mean, just you know how
meticulous he was in his preparation and then how competitive

(06:21):
he was in practice and on game days.

Speaker 6 (06:23):
It was awesome.

Speaker 2 (06:24):
I love coaching him.

Speaker 4 (06:25):
I wish I could could have coached him for a
couple more years, but you know, it was a joy,
and I'm so proud of him for what he's doing now.
You know the opportunity he got in the NFL, and
now you know, I'm sure he'll talk about it more
of the opportunities he has as a UD graduate, and
what he's doing now with his career is unbelievable and
really proud of him.

Speaker 2 (06:41):
We're gonna talk to thyreck in it just a little bit,
but we're gonna take our first time up. Coming up
after a short break, we've got the original Philly Fanatic,
a man that has taken his talent as that mascot
and has created more than one hundred and thirty others
for schools, teams, and organizations. This spring, he was inducted
in the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame. But for Blue
Hens fans, he's probably known as Tubby's son. He's determined

(07:04):
to continue his father's legacy by helping the kids in
Delaware that need it the most. With the Tubby Raymond
Fund and golf tournament coming up, Dave Raymond will be here.
We'll talk to him after a short time out. You're
listening to Blue Hen's Football Coaches Show, a ninety four
to seven w DSD.

Speaker 7 (07:22):
Hi.

Speaker 8 (07:22):
Everyone's Dave Raymond here, the original Philly fanatic and a
lifelong Blue Hen. Did you know that young children in
Delaware are suffering? Whould you like to help those young
Delaware kids thrive in life? Then join me this September
twenty third at the Deerfield golf Course for the third
annual tub Club Golf Tournament. Bring your friends, have fun,

(07:42):
and help Delaware's most vulnerable children. Go to Tubby Raymond
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(08:42):
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Speaker 1 (10:22):
If you're listening to the Blue Hens Football Coaches Show
featuring Ryan Cardy on ninety four to seven WDSD and iHeartRadio,
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Speaker 2 (10:36):
And Welcome back into Lacasa Pasta great crowd on hand
as usual A Crik reminder that the Blue Hens Touchdown
Club will have their next meeting tomorrow inside the Bob
Carpenter Center's Carpenter Club. Doors open at eleven, Lunch is
served at eleven fifteen, and the program begins at nude.
You'll hear from Special Teams coordinator and safety's coach Artlink

(10:56):
as well as voyball coach Kim Lambert. Don't want to
miss that, and you won't want to miss this next
segment because we've got a guy that I wanted to
get into talking about so many things I had to
do to your intro before the break because I wanted
to get right into it. We're gonna talk mascots, Delaware football, golf,
outing the tubby Raymond, fun all within the next ten
twelve minutes or so. But thank you so much for

(11:18):
being here, Dave.

Speaker 5 (11:18):
Raymond, everybody, oh man, thank you, thank you everybody. And look,
we've been blessed.

Speaker 13 (11:24):
Over the years that you know, I've been a fan
for sixty eight years. I was born into it. Literally,
we've been blessed with some great broadcasters, but let me
tell you something, Scott is one of the best we've
ever had, and we are blessed to have him, and
I just want to make sure you know that because
it's not hyperbole.

Speaker 5 (11:41):
You know, I'm I never have to worry about down distance.

Speaker 13 (11:44):
I mean, you're there doing the job well and really
bringing Bluehen football to folks that aren't their lives.

Speaker 2 (11:49):
So I appreciate. I told Davey come on the show,
but this is what he had to say to start,
and then we can go on everything else. So you
read your pay me, you run at the table, you
read your script perfectly. Congratulations on being inducted into the
Delaware Sports Hall of Fame. A great honor and accomplishment.
As I mentioned prior to the break, you are the
original Philly fanatic, but you've taken that and that was

(12:12):
larger than life. You've taken that knowledge and that success
and created other mascots over one hundred and thirty for
other teams and organizations, and created the Mascot Hall of Fame.
What did it mean to you to be recognized by
your home state and inducted in the Hall of Fame.

Speaker 13 (12:25):
Well, I had to apologize to all the inductees before me.
That's the first thing I did. No, it really is wonderful.
I'm one of the few people that have two legitimate birthdays.
You know, that's a nice thing. And you know, we
created a personality that makes millions and millions of people
feel better just because it shows up.

Speaker 5 (12:45):
And you know, that's what I blessed with.

Speaker 13 (12:47):
And if everybody can imagine having a job where when
you get done, they run up and hug you and say
I love you, thank you very much. I mean constant gratitude,
tremendous weight on doing that right. And my boss, Bill
Giles told me when I had no one, no one
knew what we were doing.

Speaker 6 (13:03):
It was.

Speaker 13 (13:04):
They thought it was going to be a mistake. And
when I went to mister Jobs, said what do you
want me to do? The costume looks amazing. You know,
we had we had Jim Henson's people make it. And
because Bill believed in fun, and he said, you go
out and have a good time.

Speaker 12 (13:16):
Uh.

Speaker 13 (13:16):
And then I'm tearing out of his office, you know,
like blue Toe out of the Delta house because.

Speaker 5 (13:20):
I'm a professional idiot.

Speaker 13 (13:22):
I'm I'm a college student and he goes g rated fun,
David GeV rated area. So I had the direction in that.
You know, that's what created this amazing character that's been
forty seven years as still doing.

Speaker 2 (13:32):
And I think everyone know, or mostly most people know
about the Philly Fanatic, or maybe even that that Tubby
got you a job at the or suggested working at
the Philly didn't. I still get your job as a mascot.
But but you were, you were there in the building.
What some may not know is is you were so
instinctively good at communicating because your mother had was deaf

(13:54):
when you were three years old, so you had to
learn how to communicate and I'm sure learn how to
entertain nonverbally. How did that impact your role with the Fanatic?

Speaker 5 (14:03):
It's amazing. And Dad, you know, was the front person,
but mom was the front person behind the scenes.

Speaker 13 (14:08):
She was the glue. We stood on her giant shoulders.
And I was three when she went deaf. She went
from a hearing woman to a deaf moment like that,
And it took me years and years to really recognize
that this skill set that I had ingrained by being
in front of her learning how to communicate nonverbally, and
and recognizing that many years later, that that's the reason

(14:30):
why the Fanatic personality was so good.

Speaker 5 (14:33):
So if you look at.

Speaker 13 (14:35):
My mom being the architect of one of the greatest
characters that's ever been created. It's wonderful. There's not a
day that goes by that I don't miss my parents.
And let no one in this room think that Dad
couldn't have done what he did without Susie, because he
was the better man because of Susie, and we're better

(14:57):
people because of her. And I fell into a job
with no skill sets that I was aware of and
realized she was the one that provided it for me.

Speaker 2 (15:04):
Well, I can see, and I'll describe for those listening
on the radio, the smile on your face as you
light up getting to talk about your your parents. And
you know, you've been on HBO, You've been on Jimmy
Kimmel Live, You've been on Good Morning America talking about
mascots and what you've done in that industry in the
Philly fanatic. But you know, Jimmy Kimmel doesn't necessarily want
to sit down and talk to you about the memories

(15:25):
of your dad and Tubby Raymond. So it must be
nice for you to be in the with all that
you've accomplished on your own, still be within this community
and be Tubby's son.

Speaker 5 (15:35):
Oh my god, this is and I love all of you.
This is what I grew up with.

Speaker 13 (15:40):
We got a picture in the front lawn it you know,
in Windy Hills when Dad, you know, became the head
football coach of all of us at snapshot that I
love because it was the harbinger of living a beautiful life. This,
you know I had as I leave it to Beaver
was was not a good description of how great our
lives were, and it was because of what Dad was doing,

(16:04):
but it was the you know, the values we learned,
how to be loyal, to be on time, to be prepared.
And when I when Dad helped me get the job
of the phillage, he said, you prove your value. I
mean it's school stuff. But I know that there's parents
today that are still delivering that message, just smacking the

(16:24):
screen out of the way and then saying, you know,
pay attention. But yes, it's like being at home.

Speaker 2 (16:29):
Never did he imagine that do whatever they tell you
to do would end up in a green suit somewhere.
I don't know that that's what he envisioned, but it
all worked out. And with all of that, it brings
us to the tubby Raymond Fubb Fund and now the
Tub Club Golf Tour, not to be confused with Club Tub,
which is what the locker room turns into. Big roll
from Thiroch Pits. He knows about club time.

Speaker 5 (16:50):
Christy told me that when we first named it, she goes,
you sure you want to do that? I said, we're
all good.

Speaker 2 (16:54):
So this is the Tub Club Golf Tournament, and it's
honoring your father's legacy. Tell us about the tbe Raymond
find Well.

Speaker 13 (17:02):
When he got inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame,
Jack Markel came to me, who was not the governor
at the time, and said, hey, we got to throw
a dinner for your father. And we did a great
event down at the River Arts Center and we raised
about sixty thousand dollars. And Fred Sears, who was running
the community foundation Delaware Community Foundation, and said, just pull
ten thousand dollars back, let's start a fund. Your dad's busy,

(17:23):
he's not going to know what a great idea this
will be. And we raised a lot of money. We
weren't really sure what the focus would be. He was painting,
we were raising money. We were giving it to the
Death of Delaware and Eric Parsigan's fund because of Dad's
relationship with him, but we really didn't have a clear vision,
which was not great for a charity. So when Dad passed,
we started to look at it and we said, what

(17:45):
did Dad love about what he was doing. He hated
the referendum on Saturdays. This is you're good or you're bad.
That's what he didn't like that. Although he was a
beautiful tactician, he understood the game better anybody, a great
game day manager. But what he loved was seeing, you know,
folks go on to bigger things outside of the football field,
and he would always say, we got one of the

(18:06):
leadst leading retinal surgeons in the country, and that's what
he loves. So there are people in this world that
do not have that type of guidance. And so we
went in and said, well, it's going to be inside
the state of Delaware. There are so many great things
that you could find to give to all around this world.
But why wouldn't we help Delaware, which is what Dad
was Delaware? Delaware, Delaware. He could have been the head

(18:27):
football coach of Colorado. He could have gone up north
at Buffalo to coach in the NFL because of Marve Levy.
He chose to stay here because he loved it here.
So we said, inside the state of Delaware, we're helping
at risk children, So those vulnerable kids that some of
them some of the places we give to like kind
of kids. These kids get pulled out in the middle

(18:48):
of the night from a home that they only know
is their home, but they're getting abused in that home.
Sheriff comes in, rips them out and throws everything in
a trash bag for some dignity. Kind of Kids was
formed Caroline Jones and her family to give them.

Speaker 5 (19:01):
Some dig dignity.

Speaker 13 (19:02):
They build these duffel bags filled with stuffed animals, coloring books,
a blanket. It's just these simple things that really can
make a difference. And we're seeing all over Wilmington and
all over the state there are kids that would not
be able to thrive without this type of support. So
we've raised over fifty thousand dollars in the last two years,
and we're a fundraising fund inside a Delaware community foundation,

(19:24):
so we can identify the need and we give all
of that money away that we raised. This year looks
like we're breaking all records. It's wonderful. The kindness from
our connections has really helped us in. The golf tournament
is just about fun.

Speaker 2 (19:37):
Well, I want to to ask you about the golf
tournament as you raise funds for the Tubby Raymond Fund
and what a great cause it is and did a
great job of describing what it goes to. But there's
plenty of golf tournaments out there. There's plenty of golf events,
but I've got a feeling that one that you're associated
with will be just we'll turn the fund meter up

(19:59):
just a little bit. What could anyone expect if they
want to sign up.

Speaker 5 (20:02):
For this, Well, let's the anti scramble, And I just
came from my wife. When she designed our wedding.

Speaker 13 (20:07):
She got rid of all the things she hated about
weddings and so we had this huge party. So we've
adopted that. So you're off the golf course in four
and a half hours. You know, these these fun these scrambles,
they raise a lot of money. They're great, but you
get there at eight o'clock in the morning. You don't
leave until nine thirty at night. No long speeches. We've
got really wonderful food, but it's not a full dinner,
drinks hang out there. I mean when Scott you know

(20:29):
when Scott he's there with Tommy Demusio. They all stay
and talk until nine o'clock, but that's up to them,
and we give the prizes out right away. We do
Kamakazi putting contests that takes no time. Everybody stands around
the putting green five minutes for the t off and
everybody puts at once and the one ball that gets
the closest or goes in wins that prize. So and
we're having a DJ that's there when you check in.

(20:51):
We're because of anchor Buick GMC who's also a sponsor
for for Delaware Sports. They're bringing the first All Dric
Humphy there. The thing can crab walk, so after you
get a drink or heavy, walk out and watch how
it can turn the wheels and come out of a
parking space. So we're just trying to enjoy the time.
And you get one super ticket. You're not pulling out

(21:12):
your wall every five minutes. And we have a really
wonderful silent auction. We're giving away a great opportunity to
go to a Phillies game Hall of Fame parking. You
get to go down and meet the fanatic in his
room downstairs. Bryce Harper signed autographed item we're gonna do.
That's the first time we're going to do a live auction,
and we're only doing two live auction. I is because

(21:33):
those live auctions go on too long. I've had people
yell at me, see, you don't want to raise more money.
I said, We're gonna raise a ton of money because
people just say, I want to come there because it's fun.

Speaker 6 (21:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (21:42):
So well for those that do want to come there
because it is fun, whether your golf or not, or
just want to contribute to this amazing cause. Or if
you I know, there's only a few foursomes remaining, where
can they go? How can they sign up?

Speaker 13 (21:54):
You've got four foursomes available now. Go to tubby Raymond
dot org. Tubby Raymond dot org. That is the website
that's all about the tub Club. We're gonna start building
other events. The next event in our mind is a
is a pickleball contest, a pickleball tournament which I'm gonna
play in because I'm in a fifty five and up community.
That's all we do is put pickable so you know,

(22:17):
we we just go there and learn about it.

Speaker 5 (22:19):
You can make a donation there you can sign up
for golf. There's still some sponsorships.

Speaker 13 (22:23):
Available, but just learn about it because we're gonna be
doing it every September and it's a deer field, so
it's wherever we're playing golf, it's going to be in
Newmark that are in Delaware. That's that's our focus of
everything we're doing is in Delaware. All the money we're
giving away is for Delaware kids.

Speaker 2 (22:39):
Well, you are doing an amazing job honoring your father's legacy.
Tubby Raymond dot Org. Dave Raymond, thank you so much
for being here.

Speaker 5 (22:45):
Thanks Gootty appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (22:46):
We're gonna take a time out and we come back.
Tyrek Pitts will be here as legends. Night rolls Huh.

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His streak of forty three consecutive games with the catch
is the longest in Delaware football history, and no one
has ever put on the Blue Hens uniform more times
than our next guest. His fifty nine games played ranks
number one all time. After his illustrious career with the
Blue Hens, he spent time with the Chicago Bears, New
England Patriots, and most recently with the Green Bay Packers.

(26:52):
But tonight he is here with us. Please welcome back
to the show. Thyrec, Pitts, Thyrek, thank you so much
for being here.

Speaker 6 (26:59):
Thanks. Thanks, that's a lot of games, hey.

Speaker 2 (27:03):
And we wish there were more. You were one of
the all time greats and we appreciate you being here tonight.
It wasn't too long ago you were sitting here as
a player, Episode three, twenty twenty two, if you want
to archive it on iHeartRadio. I read off your accolades
there so long, and I could have gone on much longer.
You know, when you are sitting here as a player

(27:26):
and I ask you about that, or if you're a
catchaway from the record. You know, as a player, as
an active player, the response is what it needs to be,
which is, you know that that means a lot. But
we're on to Towson or onto, whoever it might be.
Now that you are not playing for the Blue Hens anymore,
are you, have you been able to kind of look
back and look upon and reflect about all that you

(27:46):
achieved here.

Speaker 6 (27:47):
Yeah, it was awesome. My experience here at the University
of Delaware was you know, bar none. You know, I
owe this university a lot. The type of things that
I was able to experience in my twenty five years
of life was pretty awesome. You know, being able to
go and play for the Green Bay Packers, go and
meet Bill Belichick, and being meetings with Bill Belichick, like
these are things that not a lot of people can

(28:08):
say they've done, you know, So it was cool for me,
and I just I owe all of that to the
University of Delaware, and you know, just so grateful to
be here. I mean, look at this room and all
these fans here, like this is awesome. All the support
that I've had and we've had over our career is awesome,
and it's nice to see you know, as the passage
of time goes on, as I leave, to look back
now and see them moving up to Conference USA and

(28:28):
see all the nice and and awesome things that are
happening here. It's just it's really cool for me, really
cool experience.

Speaker 2 (28:34):
It is fantastic. And as you skim through the record books,
you're you're at the top or towards the top of many.
There is one that I don't think will ever be broken.
It is a Kyle Ripkinesque record and the fifty nine games.
You got a red shirt your sophomore year, so you
plus five there, then you got the extra eight during COVID,

(28:54):
So I think that one will be unbeatable. I don't
think anybody's getting a fifty nine game, not nearly impossible now.
So yeah, you know you got one that will never
be beaten, that's for sure. You had an incredible career
with Delaware playoff wins, three touchdowns against Hampton. As you
think back at maybe some in game memories, are there
some ones that stand out?

Speaker 6 (29:15):
Yeah, definitely that Hampton game my senior year was pretty cool.
Beating Villanova at Villanova during that you know, spring season
was pretty awesome. Beating Navy at Navy was another one
that was was really cool. There's there's too many to count,
I think, but overall, you know, the experience was, like
I said, bar Nune across.

Speaker 2 (29:34):
The board, Well, how about the experience, as you talk about,
not many people get to experience what it's like to
play in the NFL. And you had camp with the Bears,
you had a great season preseason with the Patriots, you
had four catches. You had to catch it in all
three preseason games. You were with the Packers most recently.
So described for us the NFL experience.

Speaker 6 (29:55):
The NFL was a whirlwind. Man. I'll tell you what
like going from the Bears being the for about four
or five months and then getting cut and then you know,
everything just blows up. I get a call like, hey
the Raider. My agent says, Hey, the Raiders are picking
you up here, so get ready to go to Las Vegas.
I get a call from a Foxboro area code. They're like, hey,

(30:15):
we were ahead of the Raiders, and the they didn't
know the Raiders also made a claim at the time,
but they were ahead of the Raiders in the waiver.
So I had to pack my bags that and I
was like when's my flight? Oh you're leaving tonight at
six so and this was at three pm, right, so boom,
I pack up everything, I go to New England and
they hand me the playbook about you know, yea thick
or it really was in in in the iPad, but

(30:36):
you know, you can flip through it for hours. They're like, hey, yeah,
we have a game in seven days, be ready, you know,
and you're playing, you know, at least half the game.
So I was like, you know, and that's the but
that's the nature of the NFL, right It's so I crammed,
I studied, and I got in like it, was able
to make some plays and did enough to hang around
and make the practice squad there, which was pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (30:54):
So I think I think a lot of people listening
are learning in real time that their fantasy football waiver
wire is an actual real thing in the in the NFL.
I think most people thought that was just a fantasy thing.
What was I'm gonna ask you both sides of it.
What was underwhelming about the NFL in terms of like, oh,
that's not so bad, I can handle this. Were there

(31:16):
anything that you thought was going to be so difficult
that that maybe you had a grasp on.

Speaker 6 (31:21):
You know what I think the speed of the game,
and I wasn't slow, so I'm still not slow.

Speaker 2 (31:28):
You thought you could go play Oh.

Speaker 6 (31:30):
So I would say the speed of like the physical
speed of the game is not what I thought it
was going to be. The strength I had the strength
to kind of move people around and still be physical.
I think between the ears is where the difference is,
right where it slows down for you as you the
defenses are so much more complex, whether there show will
cover too and then creep to a to a sink
to one high, but then they'll come back to the
split safety. The quarterbacks, they're like, you got Miles Garrett

(31:53):
coming off the edge and you got to process all
this in like two seconds, right, So that's the part
that separates you know, College the NFL. But the physicality
and the speed, I don't know if it's changed over
now that you know. I've heard Tom Brady speak on
the fact, like how you know the game is softer
than what it used to be. It's fast physically, but
it's even faster mentally.

Speaker 2 (32:13):
Was there something that you had a real NFL moment
where you got there and it was overwhelming or you thought, wow, well,
welcome to Welcome to the league.

Speaker 5 (32:20):
I did.

Speaker 6 (32:20):
I don't want to say that. I think the first
day that I got to Chicago and my locker was
literally right next to DJ Moore and Justin Fields, I
just kind of had that like these guys were on
my fantasy team. You had them on the way You're
like what you know, like I'm here, like this is
pretty awesome, you know. So that was that was That
was probably my walk over to that film.

Speaker 2 (32:40):
And then as I understand, you know, bringing things all
the way back to Dela where you had a full
circle moment with the new England Patriots.

Speaker 6 (32:47):
Yes, I was. I was talking over here. Bill Belichick.
He would always he was a historian of football, right,
he knew everything there was to be about football, and
he would tell us about the first four past that
happened in Green Bay. And one of the segments he
brought in was describing the wing t offense and Tubby Raymond. Right.
So for me, I'm sitting in the back. I'm not
saying anything. I'm gonna undrafted rookie. You gotta stay quiet

(33:09):
and stand in the back. But I'm just sitting there
thinking like how awesome is this for me? Full circle
moment to be able to see Tubby on the screen
knowing that's my alma mater as well. Just just an
awesome experience for me.

Speaker 2 (33:21):
So very very very neat to have that experience. And
you were able to go on and play a few
seasons in the NFL, and now an amazing opportunity comes
about to advance your professional career off of the field
because you left Delaware with some great degrees and now
you're putting them to use in Delaware. Tell us what
you're up to now.

Speaker 6 (33:41):
Well, in those fifty nine games and all the seasons
I had, I was able to get my masters at Delaware. Right,
It'd be a shame if I didn't. But while I
was in between teams, in between the Patriots and the Packers,
I was the NFL has workouts every Tuesday, Right, So
I was one of those guys. Every tuesday'd fly to
a different team and work out, try to make the
squad in between this time, you know you can. You

(34:01):
can only work out so much in the day, four
or five hours. What am I doing with my other
twenty hours? Right? So I met with one of my mentors,
shout out to Steve Duncan, his name he helped donate
to build a whitney. Actually his names on the whitney.
I hope he's listening because hes gonna have a big
smile on other things. But you know, I always knew
him as Steve the baseball guy because he has a
couple of baseball facilities in Baron, Wilmington. One day he

(34:23):
comes up to me, he said, why don't you come
check out what I do? And I'm like, what do
you mean you're a baseball guy. I don't want to play.
He's like, no, no, no, you know that's what I do
as a passion project. But my day it's your planner. Like, okay,
I got my NBA and finance, let me come check
this out. I don't know if it's what I want
to do, but I got there. I was like, this
is pretty cool, this is awesome. Like I was telling

(34:43):
I was telling coach Archer here. We had a client
come in and just say, you know, break down in
tears and just we're like, what's wrong. He's like, you
guys helped me send my daughter to college, you know.
And it's it's moments like that where it's like it's
so much more impactful than anything I could have done
on a football field, and I I felt that, and
for the longest time, I was so afraid of like,
once that last snap is played, I'm you know, that's

(35:04):
all I've known stouts four years old. What is what
else am I going to be doing? But to have
another passion that kind of felt filled that place is
pretty awesome for me. So I'm just so thankful for Steve.
And we're based right here in Wilmington on the Wilmington
Greenville line.

Speaker 2 (35:21):
So yeah, and if somebody wants to get in touch
and work with you and how.

Speaker 6 (35:25):
They able to do that, Yeah, I mean I can
the company now. Yeah, I'm with amerapri I'm in Wilmington
with Ameror Prize Financial. I can hand out, you know,
my card or but you can email me at Thyrich
dot pits at a m p F dot com. And
like I said, we do financial planning, wealth managagement. We're
also actually every other Wednesday, so not tonight, but next Wednesday,

(35:47):
we're doing financial literacy sessions for the UD athletes at
the Whitney Athletic Center. So that's been cool for me
to kind of give back to the athletes, because I
know when I was in their shoes, I didn't know
I signed my contract, I got my signing bonus, and
I'm like, okay, you know what do I do with it?
So I'm trying to help these guys, like hey, once
for the for the ones that do make the NFL
and do play awesome, but everybody else, you know, we

(36:09):
have to be able to manage our money because once
those stipend chicks stuff, it's a rude awakening.

Speaker 2 (36:14):
You know, so well, it's fantastic that you're you're now
giving back to your alma mater that you gave so
much to as a player. Next time or next season,
when you watch your alma mater play, they'll be doing
so at the FBS level in Conference USA, and we'll
have a familiar team in our conference. For the Pitts

(36:35):
family FIU, I know there's a connection there.

Speaker 4 (36:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (36:38):
So my mom actually played at FIU back and I'm
not going to date her back in the day, but
my sister actually plays there now as well. So it's
gonna be cool the first time I see Delaware versus
f IU, I know we'll all get together and watch
that game. It'll be a cool moment for us.

Speaker 2 (36:51):
And I know you speak to your family. You are bilingual.
You speak to them in check.

Speaker 6 (36:56):
That's correct, Yes, yes, sir, yep, I speak Check. My
mom's host out of the family. Mom came here when
she was eighteen from the Czech Republic, and I speak
to my grandparents once a week at least to kind
of keep up with the language. And it's one of
those things where I don't remember when I learned it,
but it's like riding a bike. I speak it every
week and it just stays.

Speaker 2 (37:14):
In doing so, I'll put you on the spot. Can
you tell our listeners thanks for listening.

Speaker 6 (37:19):
Jek just just it just it zest to Shelley.

Speaker 2 (37:25):
What he said. We're gonna take a time out. Thank
you so much, Tyrek. It was a pleasure watching your
career and I really appreciate you.

Speaker 6 (37:32):
Thank you so much, and thank you everybody for being here.

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(41:17):
championship team, playing on a defense that allowed only twenty
three total points in four playoff victories on their way
to the title. They will be, in fact, the last
Delaware football team to win an FCS national championship. Since
his time with the Hens, he's been making an impact
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(41:39):
to join us on a school night. Please welcome in
Leon Clark, everybody. Leon Clark.

Speaker 24 (41:44):
Pleasure to be with you, guys. Pleasure to be with
you guys today.

Speaker 2 (41:47):
Thank you so much for being here. A lot to
talk about. I do want to share a story that
I didn't anticipate all but this morning I'm on a
doom call with Coach Carti and I tell him Leon
Clark is going to be on the show, and he says, oh, buddy, Lee,
he's the best, and so it's a zoom call. So
I thought maybe I'd broken up a little bit, and

(42:09):
so I thought, maybe you didn't hear me said Leon Clark,
He's going to be here, Buddy, Buddy's the best. And
I was like, what does he think I'm saying to
him because I had no idea. And your shirt says
that your national championship shirt. Right now, Buddy Lee, everybody
calls you that.

Speaker 24 (42:25):
Huh.

Speaker 2 (42:26):
Absolutely, I'm not in the circle, but hopefully I will
be after this. Tell us how the nickname started and
why it's stuck.

Speaker 24 (42:34):
Many moons ago.

Speaker 25 (42:35):
Summer of ninety nine, how about that as a freshman,
you know you're a scout team because coach Raymond said,
So we're going up against our first team offense, and
we're in a scrimmage and I come up and I
tackle Steve Rico. He's more of a bodybuilder than a
football player.

Speaker 6 (42:52):
Jack.

Speaker 24 (42:52):
Then this little skinny, little.

Speaker 25 (42:54):
Freshman come up and knock him out. So Steve goes
to the sideline and he's like, this little kid didn't
eat hurt. And then Joe Mondemon, another scener, said, oh,
that's Buddy Lee.

Speaker 6 (43:03):
Campus.

Speaker 25 (43:03):
I don't go back to the lead hungarye commercial Beard.
The little doll is knocking out everyone that's bigger than him.
So ever since then, there were little flyers off the lead.
Dungar reed, Buddy Leek flyers in my locker and spread
on campus, and I was Buddy Lee and it's stuck.

Speaker 2 (43:20):
How about that one? Obviously stuck because they all they
all called you that with great affection. Oh yeah, can
coach Coach card And was so happy that you were
going to be on the show. And he found out
you two played together in two thousand and three and
when he was a true freshman as well in two
thousand and two. That two thousand and three team, I
said a couple of stats of when on the intro
only twenty three total points allowed through the playoffs, to

(43:42):
shut out in the championship game. To be on a
defense like that, what stands out to you is you're
reminisced a little bit and think back to that championship, just.

Speaker 25 (43:50):
The journey and the brotherhood. I know they're listening because
I text our group it's fifty bless of us.

Speaker 24 (43:55):
We called it a virtual.

Speaker 25 (43:56):
Locker room that actually I created a some years ago
because we had groups of text messages here and there.

Speaker 24 (44:01):
So I said, okay, that's enough.

Speaker 2 (44:03):
Everybody.

Speaker 25 (44:03):
Bring everybody together except for Cardi. We don't distract Carti.
That's that's the golden rule.

Speaker 24 (44:08):
Hey, budd Lee, you gotta add Carti to the group.

Speaker 25 (44:10):
No, he needs to focus on the game. But just
the just the journey. You know, we came in about
twenty plus of us as freshmen, and we stayed together
like literally, we may have lost for if that many
guys up until freshman from freshman year up until our
senior year, so our bond was tight. We did everything together,

(44:31):
like literally training off season, in season, when we say
show up, we show up without the coaches, with the coaches,
and we just challenge each other every single day.

Speaker 2 (44:41):
It was a twenty year reunion last season on the championship.
It sounds like you guys are tight knit and stayed in.

Speaker 24 (44:47):
Touch out the year.

Speaker 2 (44:48):
What was that like though? To have everybody, uh, for
the most part, get together and and remember that those victories.

Speaker 24 (44:55):
It's phenomenal.

Speaker 6 (44:56):
You know.

Speaker 25 (44:56):
We, like like Rick said, we're you know, we're husbands
and fathers and businessmen, and you know, so when we
get to step away and get back to each other,
it's glorious. So it was an amazing experience to be
a part of that.

Speaker 2 (45:11):
Now, it was twenty years ago, but twenty one now,
but it might have been just yesterday because as people
found out that you were gonna be on the show,
and even tonight coming in and walking in, people are asking,
did you see the hit?

Speaker 4 (45:25):
Do you know?

Speaker 2 (45:26):
Do you know the hit? Have you seen the hit?

Speaker 6 (45:28):
Is there?

Speaker 2 (45:28):
There is a video to yourself a favor and I
don't know how you find it, but the name and
uh and probably just hit. We'll get you there. The
opening round will paint the picture. Opening round of the
playoffs two thousand and three at home Delaware Stadium, and
you put on a jarring hit on Joel Sambirski, the
quarterback of Southern Illinois. You end up on ESPN Sports Center.

(45:50):
What do you remember? Walk us through that play?

Speaker 25 (45:53):
So I'm gonna preference this right. So early in the game,
first drive, they have two running backs. They're a nickname
Thunder and Light. And then I tackled Thunder on the
first ride. I made the tackle, but I was on
my back. I played the entire rest of that game angry.
So when it was whatever down and distance, it was

(46:14):
on the goal line before halftime. Here I am covering
six three receiver quarterback rolled out. I come off the
quarterback and I roll up and it's me and him
and it's lights.

Speaker 2 (46:25):
Out and and lights out. It was, but it changed
the course of the game. I mean the energy in
the building. The quarterback he was okay, Yes he was not.
He was not okay that game, but he was all right.
But just what an amazing Do people still ask you
about that? About that hit?

Speaker 25 (46:44):
Oh yeah, so coach Quila nickname it like a nine
on one hit, he said, Usually after that hit, somebody
has to call nine on one because there needs to
be an ambulance. He jokes about going to the three
yard line and absorbing that energy all the time, like
this is where the energy started. This is where I
run started, you know, with that play and with that
that opening game to propel us into the rest of

(47:05):
the playoff.

Speaker 2 (47:06):
Talking with Leon Clark and Leon, you had such a
you were part of such a fantastic secondary yourself, Sidney Hoggerbrook,
Dave Camber, Kyle Campbell and of course one of the
greatest personalities ever at the University of Dela where Mike's
Mike Pops Adams. What was it like playing with them
and more specifically even to be alongside a guy like Pops.

Speaker 25 (47:28):
Man, So like I said, we were such a tight
knit group, just doing everything together, doing an extra mile
over the summer, we were doing seven on seven drills.
We were training when there wasn't any mandated training, right.
And one of the things that we took upon ourselves
as players before we went to camp. And obviously everyone

(47:48):
doesn't notice, but before we went into camp, we had
a player's only meeting, and to be honest with you,
no joke. We knew we were gonna win a national
championship because we spoke about it.

Speaker 24 (47:57):
At that players meeting.

Speaker 25 (47:58):
And when you see Pops ask them to say Chattanooga
because he doesn't say it, and we're like, we're going
to Chattanooga and we're gonna win a.

Speaker 2 (48:05):
National champion and he said that I have to follow up.
It's a Chackanooga, Chagauga. Hey, it was a championship city,
whatever you want to call it. You guys ended there, oh, with.

Speaker 25 (48:12):
A ring for sure, great experience, man, And you know,
we took nothing for granted. We definitely took nothing for granted.
And we played for each other because at the end
of the day, that's the most important thing.

Speaker 2 (48:23):
Well, since your your championship run and your time at
the University of Delaware. You've taken what you learned at
the school and you've given back to the state of
Delaware and worked as an educator in Delaware for the
past nineteen years. It's a career path, it's an admirable profession.
My dad is a lifelong principal and spent time with

(48:43):
the youth for for decades, and so I know just
the dedication to that job in tails. I've seen it firsthand.
What brought you into that career and what enjoyment have
you gotten about being a principal and an.

Speaker 25 (48:55):
Educator makes the whirler for difference. Even as a teenager,
I enjoyed working with children and youth. It was one
of those things where you sometimes don't pick or choose
your path, it chooses you. There was an article my
senior year in high school before I came to Delaware,
and Gail Rest, one of my mentors, reached out to
Bob's aable at a time. You know, I was a

(49:18):
kid who was a turnkey kid. You know my mom working,
and you know I pretty much spent myself in my
senior year in Brooklyn, and Gale said, the character of
this kid sounds like an educator. So my very first
day on campus, she met me at Chabont and from there,
you're gonna be an educator. You're gonna take these classes.
Kids are gonna love you. And every single time there

(49:38):
was something on campus with special Olympics, Jerry was like, buddy, Lee,
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a pa now, so you're gonna do this. You're gonna
be a frontrunner to make sure you welcome the kids
and make them feel welcome. So it just became a passion.

Speaker 2 (49:50):
And uh and and it's it's gone on from there
to now uh at Smyrna High School, where we've we've
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School kid can bring Nolan had Were you at Smart
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Speaker 24 (50:02):
References Absolutely so.

Speaker 25 (50:05):
Been been a mentor of Nolan since his sophomore year
and his very first snap. I witnessed that, so I
can say that there and throughout his high school career,
mentoring him, motivating him, just being there, you know, as
as as one of those guys, great relationship with his
dad and his family actually saw Nolan two days ago,
just catching up about you know, his time with the

(50:26):
Roughnecks and you know, looking forward to his journey back
and and and and going from there.

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Something about Elite Delaware defensive backs in education. Darrell Green
is superintendent in my kids school district in Red Clay,
but obviously you speak to him as as well.

Speaker 25 (50:41):
Absolutely absolutely so, Superintendent Red Clay School District. Him James
Simmons also working with the permanent of Education Dominic Banks,
working in the h hr and Apple School District.

Speaker 24 (50:52):
So we we are very tight kniped.

Speaker 25 (50:54):
I can go on and on about all the things
that we've done, but we make sure that we stay
in touch with each other and all. So we'll gift
back and come back to Universa, Delaware and this is home.

Speaker 2 (51:03):
You brought your amazing family.

Speaker 25 (51:04):
Absolutely absolutely befu. Wife Kelly Clark isn't a back. My
oldest Alisa Clark, and my youngest Marley Clark is back
there as well.

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Speaker 1 (54:02):
The Blue Hens Football Coaches Show with Delaware head coach
Ryan Cardy is presented by First State or The Beat X.
You are listening to ninety four seven WDSD and iHeartRadio
live from Lacasa Pasta Restaurant in New York.

Speaker 2 (54:16):
And welcome back in a Lacasa Pasta restaurant or wrapping
up the Legends night and now now we're kinda we
talked to some UD greats and now we're kind of
back to business. Right now, it's game week and now
we've got assistant head coach Terrence Archer back with us
to talk about the North Carolina A and t Aggie's
A game number two on the schedule for North Carolina

(54:37):
A and t This is a team that's coming off
in overtime victory against Winston Salem State. They hung pretty
tough with Wake Forest in the first half. It was
fourteen to ten with only seconds left in the first
half before Wake was able to run away with that one.
So just open it up. But generally speaking, I mean,
this is the first and last time you'll go down
to their building as a conference game. It is the

(54:58):
first conference game of the year that means anything or
not in the in the standings. But what are you
telling your team in terms of preparing for the Eggs.

Speaker 4 (55:06):
Yeah, it's important. I mean we are you know, it's
our first CAAA game and you know we're still a
CAA team this year and our plan is to win
the c AA. So it's important for our guys. You know,
first road trip is always exciting to get down there
and go play. But they're a solid team. You know,
they return nine starters on defense from a team we play.

(55:26):
We played them last year if you remember that, probably
our worst weather game of a couple bad weather games.
But they get nine guys back. They have a transfer
d lineman from app State who's a good player.

Speaker 20 (55:37):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (55:38):
Their secondary is probably the strength of their defense. They
have an All Conference corner number one, who I think
will be playing, you know, offensively, they have a new
offensive coordinator, a guy named Dave Marsh who actually I
know from Texas. He was down to Texas Southern for
a while, so they'll they'll be a little different on offense.
They ran the ball quite a bit the first two weeks,

(55:59):
so that's kind of what were preparing for. And we're
excited to get down there and play. Like I said,
it's been a little while since our first game, so
the guys are ready to go.

Speaker 6 (56:06):
It was.

Speaker 2 (56:07):
That's a great answer you gave, and it brings me
to just something I'm more curious about because you reference
what they did offensively as the wide receivers coach as
an offensive guy, and those guys on the offensive side
of the coaching staff. How much do you need to
know about what the other team does offensively really preparing
for that?

Speaker 5 (56:26):
Is it very little?

Speaker 2 (56:27):
Yeah? I was interesting to know.

Speaker 6 (56:30):
I don't really.

Speaker 4 (56:31):
I mean, sometimes if you have a little extra time,
I'll put the other team's offense on just to kind
of see. But like I said, I know Dave, their
offensive coordinator, so I have a little bit of an
idea of what they've done. So I've talked to the
defensive coaches about that, but usually week to week, I mean,
unless we know them personally. No, I'm more much more
focused on the defense defensive offensively.

Speaker 2 (56:52):
Your reference Karan Prunty, who's been All conference so wherever
he's gone, Big South actually started at Kansas was Big twelve,
all All Conference as a freshman. You don't want to
turn the ball over against North Kanye Te. We're talking
to coach Carty a week ago about plus two in
the turnover margin in week one. Since you guys have
gotten here in this staff and the team is seven

(57:13):
to zero. When you're plus two in the turnover margin,
how much can that help the offense get going? When
you see a guy like Kat say return one and
get things going, it really gets the juices going for
the offense.

Speaker 4 (57:23):
I would think it's the most important thing, you know,
And you know, if you talk to some of our players,
I think they would reiterate it.

Speaker 2 (57:29):
We talk about ball security.

Speaker 4 (57:31):
On offense NonStop, and we talk about creating chaos and
creating turnovers on defense NonStop. That's kind of what we're
trying to build the program. Around since we've been here
in the last two years. If we don't turn the
ball over in the game, we've won one hundred percent
of our games. So that's what we, you know, talk
to our kids about and they the great thing is
how much they've bought into it. Like at practice now

(57:54):
you'll hear guys, you know, yelling at other guys about
ball security and taking care of the football. You know,
we just feel like if we get if we don't
give away possessions on offense, we're going to score enough
points to win the game. If we don't give our
defense extra possessions that they have to defend, we're good
enough on defense that we're going to win the game.
You know, it might not be the most exciting thing

(58:15):
to say, ball security, ball security, ball security, but it's
a really important thing. It's the most important stat in
football when it comes to winning and losing.

Speaker 2 (58:23):
The most exciting part is when your team does have
the ball because you're able to put up some numbers,
big points. In Week one, forty eight of them against Brian.
It is the first travel date of the season, ali
that it is the first flight of the season as well,
new stadium, new locker room, all those things that come
with the travel. How do you limit those types of
distractions on week on the first travel date.

Speaker 4 (58:45):
Yeah, you know, you just talk to the guys about
it ahead of time. You know, we have a good
amount of veterans on both sides of the ball that
have traveled before. Now, I don't think anybody's been to
A and T coaches or players, so that'll be different.

Speaker 2 (58:57):
But you know, it's football.

Speaker 4 (58:59):
Once you get down there, kind of check things out,
check the locker room out, go jog around on the field,
and then you're ready to go. So, you know, with
all the new teams in the CIA, it's kind of
happened over the last couple of years going to different spots.
So it's always fun to go to a new place
and see what they have and you know, excited to get.

Speaker 6 (59:15):
On the road and get a victory.

Speaker 4 (59:16):
We're a really good road team last year, so hopefully
we can continue that.

Speaker 2 (59:20):
Give our fans just some keys to look into as
just a game unfolds on stout.

Speaker 4 (59:25):
If we do this, we should be able to win
the ball. If we don't turn the ball over, we
should be able to win now. But you know, I
think security ball, security ball security. You know, I think,
you know, obviously coming off a buy, you want to
get off to a good start, you know, and move
the ball offensively, get some first downs to get our
guys comfortable again, get some easy throws for OC so

(59:46):
we can kind of get a rhythm, and I think
it'd be important to get up early, you know, and
get a lead and play with a lead. This is
a team that you know lost week one, is coming
off a game, a rivalry game that went into overtime
that they probably didn't think should have went into overtime,
you know, a team that they probably thought they should

(01:00:06):
have beat by a lot more So, you know, I
think it's important to start fast and get out to
a lead and kind of hopefully establish who we are quickly.

Speaker 2 (01:00:16):
Well, Coach Arger, thank you for bookending the show, starting
us off and now talking about A and T on
the final segment, So we appreciate you being here. And
a big thank you for doing our halftime interviews with
Nick alson Trety No, thank you so much. Thank for
doing that. I know our fans love the insight that
you are able to give on your way to the
locker room, So thanks and best of luck on Saturday.
Thank you looking forward to it all right, Go hands.
As we travel down to North Carolina A and T

(01:00:38):
on Saturday, we'll have coverage for you beginning at noon
on ninety four to seven w DSD. Joining me will
be another Delaware legend in the broadcast booth. Pat Devlin
will be on the call as an analyst on Saturday.
We'll be back to the Costapasa next week for the
Coaches Show. If you want to listen to this show
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(01:00:58):
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the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks
again to Terrence Archer, Dave Raymond, Thyrick Pitts, Leon Clark,
and everyone that came out tonight in person. For our
producer Jay Hollahan back in the studio, I'm Scott Klatskin
Sain good night, thanks for listening, and as always, go hands.

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