Student-athletes and their coaches take away so much more from a season than the memories of scored touchdowns or buzzer-beating wins. Among the life lessons are the opportunities to boost confidence levels, develop a sense of resiliency, and make friendships that will last long after the Friday Night Lights dim at the stadium for another year.
These are just a few of the takeaways from Connect Canyons’ second-annual Super Bowl-themed podcast. This week, join some of the state’s top prep football coaches and former collegiate and professional athletes with CSD ties for an insider’s look at this Sunday’s matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
The all-star roster: Canyons Superintendent Dr. Rick Robins, a four-year quarterback for Southern Utah University; Corner Canyon High’s head football coach Eric Kjar; Brighton’s head coach Casey Sutera, and Bengal graduate and former NFL player Bryan Kehl.
“I think no matter how many years go by,” says Sutera, “you forget about the scores and even your records, but you don’t forget the relationships — and those carry on.”
Episode Chapters
01:53 The Impact of Football
Our resident football experts share how being a part of a team at young ages impacted them in various ways and how they hope it is positively affecting students today.
08:38 Advice to Young Athletes
They say hindsight is 20/20. Our guests look back on their own time as football players and whether they would change anything if they could go back in time
12:02 Super Bowl 59 Preview and the Chiefs Dynasty
Will the Chiefs enter a category all their own with a third straight Super Bowl win? Can Saquon Barkley push past the Chiefs defense and lead the Eagles to their first Lombardi trophy in seven years? Our guests predict the winner of Sunday’s Big Game.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to Connect Canyons, a podcast sponsored by
Canyons School District.
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Speaker 2 (00:34):
Welcome everybody.
This is Connect Canyons and I'myour host today.
This is Canyon SuperintendentRick Robbins, and last year we
did a Super Bowl podcast and itwent so well.
We had lots of hits on thepodcast and people were really
interested in it and so wedecided to do it again.
And this year we're gearing upfor Super Bowl 59, where the
reigning champions, the KansasCity Chiefs, take on the
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Philadelphia Eagles coming up onFebruary 9th.
So this year I'm just soexcited to be here with
everybody.
We've got quite a star-studdedteam today joining us for the
podcast.
And I'm joined today by acouple of our coaches in Canyon
School District, Brighton headcoach Casey Cetera, who led our
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Bengals to the semifinals in 5A,as well as our Corner Canyon
Chargers head coach Eric Kerr,who led our Chargers to another
6A state championship.
So we're excited to have bothof them here with us.
And then we have a very specialguest today, former BYU and NFL
star Brian Kill, who's with ustoday and we're honored.
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Not only is he a great championon the gridiron and we're
honored.
Not only is he a great championon the gridiron, but also an
alumni of Canyon School Districtand a former Brighton Bengal
himself.
So we're very excited to havehim with us.
Before we get into the game,guys, I want to just talk a
little bit about football ingeneral.
A few years back I don't knowif you're familiar with a video
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put out by former Alabama headcoach Bill Curry called the
Huddle, and in the Huddle CoachCurry talks a lot about the
impact of football and what itdid for him on his life, and
just the point about crossingthe lines onto the field and
that brotherhood.
And we all know, you know, thegame of football brings us
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together, no matter what ourbackgrounds are.
It does so much for us, and Iknow today we've got hundreds,
if not thousands, of kids thatparticipate not in not just in
football but in sports ingeneral in our high schools,
especially in Canyon SchoolDistrict, that really look up to
all of you, and I just want youto reflect a little bit about
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that impact football's had onyour life and maybe some
experiences that you might wantto share in a couple of minutes
to get this thing started, Coach, we'll start with you.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Yeah, we're good.
I think that part's always thespecial part about it when we
talk about our kids is theregoing to move on or is there
going to play high schoolfootball?
The best part of high schoolfootball or football in general,
is being around your teammatesand being associated with them
and the memories you have.
Even you know back when I playedI don't remember necessarily
touchdowns or successes andthings like that.
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I mean that stuff was importantbut just the bond you have with
your guys, your teammates, theplayers around you and then
continuing to coach now and wetalk to our kids.
We bring all of our seniors inafter our last game and we talk
quite a bit about that and spendsome time discussing that with
them and what they've built andhow close they've come together.
And the cool part is you get towatch it as a coach and see the
growth that they all have andto see them kind of bond and
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then also create like goodhabits, hopefully, that are
going to carry them through, andjust how much it teaches you.
There's a lot of hard parts offootball too that that teach you
and after you've worked throughthose, and the success you have
after you work through those,you kind of build off of that
and create some good successesand build confidence.
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It's it's a fun, tough game andand I think that's why I
continue to do it now, and I'msure you know coach is the same
way, coach is there.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
So we so appreciate that.
Coach.
We were talking a little bitbefore the podcast about the
challenges that society isfacing and our communities are
facing and all of those skillsthat you're talking about really
, you know, are building youngpeople that are really going to
be the next generation that youknow.
If we want to maintain our wayof life, those are the types of
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skills that we need our youngpeople to develop.
Coach, the terror, any, anythoughts?
Speaker 4 (04:36):
yeah, like coach said , I think the biggest thing is
the life lessons you learnthrough playing athletics or
football.
Particularly for for me, likeI'm a individual that had a
pretty cush life as far as, likeI didn't have a ton of
adversity of great parents, youknow, I always knew I was going
to have food on the table, but Ilearned a lot of adversity
through through football andathletics.
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So, like for me, when I knowthere's a lot of kids that maybe
it's the other way that they're, that's their place where they
have some stability right, andyou know it's really important
just the work ethic side, right,the training and the work that
you have to put in throughoutthe year to be, to be good and
successful on the field.
That's what they think at thetime.
That's really important, butit's actually what you're
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getting out of it and learningfrom that work that you put in
up until that point.
And just friendships and thingslike coach care I worked with
for nine years at Jordan and atcorner and we're still great
friends and all my teammatesBrian I coach with, he our boys
play on the same team in littleleague and we coach together.
It's just like the camaraderiethat you have and the people
that you meet throughout itteammates I have from college
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and high school just stillstaying in contact with them.
It's pretty amazing.
Like I said, I'm partial,obviously, and we're partial
here, but I think it's thegreatest game around.
I think it's a sport where it'sthe ultimate team game, where
there's something for everybody,there's a role for everybody,
no matter what your athleticability, status are or stature.
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There's something for everybodyand it takes everybody to work
together to achieve that.
And I think that's anotherthing that you can learn,
because that's ultimately, whenyou have a job, one day you're
gonna have to work together withsomeone and have a boss and
have to be able to do thosethings so, yeah, that's great
advice, I think.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
No matter how many years go by, as coach care
mentioned, you forget about thescores and whatnot, and even
your records, but you don't everforget the relationships and
those.
Carry on, brian.
What's your thoughts?
Speaker 5 (06:29):
I think Casey hit it on the head.
All sports are great.
They're all phenomenalfantastic.
We're biased.
Football's the greatest.
It's a fact.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I'm sorry, no disagreement here, it's just the
greatest thing in the world.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
You know, I used to say when, when I played, I would
, there was this phrase that Iwould say I'm not a football
player, it's just what I do, notwho I am, and it's kind of
funny.
I I kind of took pride in thatwhile I was playing.
And it's funny.
Now it's been 12 years thatI've been done playing, 11 years
, something like that anyway,and it's just fun.
I still have dreams, vividdreams, real dreams, that I'm
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playing again and I'm so excited, I just, and then I wake up and
I and it's a dream and I'm allsad.
I'm like, oh man, so real thistime.
Um, it just, it's just insideof me and it's one I never knew
how much I would miss it andthat's like a lot of things in
life you don't, you appreciateit and you really appreciate
something when it's taken awayfrom you.
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And football is unique.
It's different than all thesports.
I still, I still play pickupbasketball all the time.
There's no pickup football.
There's like when you're done,you're done and it's just it's,
it's a short window.
It's the greatest thing in theworld and all the things that
these fine coaches talked aboutjust the camaraderie, the life
lessons, the discipline, theadversity, the brotherhood, just
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everything, and it reallyshapes you and forms you and,
like I said just back to thestart, it's just the greatest
thing.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, I couldn't agree more.
It reminds me of just to all ofyour points, how finite
football is.
That, and I think that's whatbrings our communities together
every Friday, saturday andSunday is it is limited, it only
happens once a week.
Like other sports it's usuallymultiple times a week, but with
football it really is acommunity event every weekend
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that we get together andcelebrate.
We get together and celebrateand we get to see all kinds of
students perform and reallydemonstrate their passions,
whether it's football orcheerleading, or the band or
drill team or the studentsection.
I mean all of it just bringsour culture together.
To wrap that up, just for all ofour young people out there
listening, if you had to giveyourself advice at age 14, 15
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and thinking about your future,what would that advice be to
yourself?
If you could go back and sayhey, here's a little bit of
advice that I'd give you at thistime in your life, now that you
know what you know about lifeexperience and going forward in
your, in your, with yourfamilies and your life and your
careers, what would that advicebe?
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Probably the uh.
What comes to mind is, firstand foremost, just being
confident in yourself, believingin yourself being your own best
ally or best advocate.
I think that when I was youngand even not young, like as an
adult I think sometimes you, Ithink you see where you doubt
yourself at times and justallowing that to creep in, just
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trying to eliminate that as muchas you can, and especially
young kids, that you see it withthem too.
Some of them don't hurt forconfidence.
There's others plenty that do,and I think just truly believing
in yourself I think is verypowerful and I wish I would have
learned that a little earlier.
Yeah, great advice, coachZatara.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Wish I would have learned that a little earlier.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
Yeah, great advice, coach Zatara.
Yeah, like Coach said, I thinkthat's one thing that I, you
know, as a young kid maybelacked a little confidence as
you go through and I think, likeyou said, football's helped me
with that and coaching'sdefinitely helped me with just
developing that.
But I remember trying to just.
You know you want to impresspeople and you want to do things
, but it's just like be true toyourself and the hard work pays
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off, for sure that you put thework in day to day and good
things will happen.
And it's not always perfect anddays aren't always perfect and
you're going to have good daysand bad days, but that
consistency and that work ethicpays off in the end, so awesome.
Speaker 5 (10:19):
Right, that's tough.
There are so many things that Iwould have done differently,
and it's funny that people are,as I have no regrets there's
that phrase that people use andI'm the opposite.
Tell me what I don't regret.
There's so many things I woulddo differently, you know,
hindsight, 2020.
And so it's hard to narrow justone.
But honestly, I was a reallyhard worker and always had been,
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but if I could go back, I wouldwork even harder.
I think, at the end of the day,I don't think there's any person
that would be like, well, Iwork too hard, like I just don't
think you can do it, like youcould always do more.
I could have done more filmstudy.
I could have, could have hadbetter nutrition.
I mean, there's just so manyareas and, like we've talked
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about, that window is so shortand when it's closed, it's
closed, there's no opening.
So I look back at like theplayer I was as a high school
football player and a collegefootball player and a pro
football player, and in each ofthose arenas I did a lot and I
didn't even scratch the surface.
There's so much more that Icould have done, and so that's
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what I would say to young kidsis like, if you're passionate
and this is anything it's, youknow, the violin, whatever,
anything that people arepassionate about I don't think
you'll ever regret working toohard.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Well, just this is so inspiring and humbling for me
to to hear those of you outthere that are searching for
purpose or wondering what doeseach day bring.
I hope you'll take this greatadvice from these amazing men
that have achieved at such ahigh level.
But I think it shows us allthat you really do have to trust
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the process, right.
You got to focus on day to dayin the process of getting to
where you want to be, so reallyappreciate you guys taking the
time to share those thoughts.
I want to get to the game.
Super Bowl Sunday is coming upand first off, there's so many
storylines to the Super Bowl,right.
I mean and I just wrote down afew off the top of my head the
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fact that the game's in NewOrleans coming off of such a
tragic, you know, situation kindof shows us all a little bit
about the resilience of ourcountry and going forward and
the city of New Orleans hostingthe Super Bowl.
Saquon Barkley, you know,chasing Eric Dickerson's single
season rushing record and thewhole thing in the playoffs and
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he sat out, didn't get therecord and really putting team
before himself.
We understand he made thedecision to do that Says a lot
about his character.
There's that storyline, ofcourse.
All the Swifties in the worldare excited because Taylor
Swift's going to be at the SuperBowl.
The NFL's definitelycapitalized on that.
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You know the referee conspiracy.
Do the Chiefs actually, youknow, get breaks?
Brian says, yes, you know, doesthe Michael Jordan rules apply
with Pat Mahomes?
And, being a former NFL player,brian can probably attest to
that, and so you can talk to anyof those.
The one that really intrigues me, though, is weighing the Chiefs
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dynasty.
If the Chiefs pull this off, athree P, that's never been done
before.
This is their seventhappearance in the Superbowl.
They're going for number four.
This is the Chiefs or theEagles fifth appearance.
They've got one Superbowl win,but where does the Chiefs
dynasty?
I'm a Raiders fan, so this isreally, really hard for me to
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you know, say, and the fact thatthey won the Super Bowl last
year in Allegiant Stadium iseven more painful.
But I think we got to give themtheir due credit.
Coach Reed, you know the Chiefsorganization, their leadership,
their owners, the Hunts, I mean.
You know they've really figuredthis out right, and especially
when Andy Reid has a week toprepare, we know how difficult
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they are to beat.
But if they pull this off,where does that stack them up
against the legacy and thedynasty of the Patriots, the
49ers, the Cowboys, the Steelersthe list goes on of NFL
dynasties.
Where does that, where do theChiefs stack up in your mind?
Or you can talk about some ofthese other storylines.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
that's a lot I something, just I'll just throw
this out there um, what they'vedone is incredible and I'm sick
of it.
I would I would like to see thechiefs lose, but just because
I'm like that guy that doesn'tlike to see the same, I'm so
sick of alabama winning nationalchampionships.
If I was a high school footballcoach, I'd be so sick of
Alabama winning nationalchampionships.
If I was a high school footballcoach, I'd be so sick of care
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If I didn't live in QuarterCounty batteries, which I do.
If I was somewhere else, Iwould be so sick of this guy
just winning every single.
I'd be sick of it.
Right, what the Chiefs havedone is incredible.
So this is just the thing thatI wanted to say.
During the championship games,they posted a stat where eagles
franchise had been total toeight nfc championship games in
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their existence and then, whenyou think about that, the chiefs
have now been to seven afcchampionships in a row.
It's just insane, just likethis, this little run that
they're on with all those otherfranchises that you mentioned.
It's, it's and if they win thegame, I think they'll be in
their own class and you know youcould make whatever argument
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you want, but obviously nobody'sdone three in a row, so it's
their own class.
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
I hope it was someone familiar with championship runs
, coach care that understandsthat kind of pressure.
How many of you, how many ofyou won five at corner and then
one at Jordan Incredible coach,amazing radio over here so you
understand you understand thispressure a little bit.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
It's tough for sure, Like as a coach like it weighs
on you for sure, like definitelyand I think we've talked about
it like with our kids when we gointo those games, about kind of
embracing the pressure of doingit, which I'm sure those NFL
guys like they have a ton ofresources sports like guys that
are talking to them all aboutthat and they've been in it so
many times.
I think you learn to workthrough a lot of that or
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expectations that go into that.
But I would put them probablyright up there, like especially
if they win it with anybody.
I don't know if they're quitelongevity wise to where the
Patriots were over a long periodof time, same with the Niners
through the 80s and some of the90s, but they're close now and
if they win it they're probablycould make you could make a
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strong statement, just likeBrian said, I think, where they
have done something nobody elsehas done so which separates them
for sure a little bit.
I think a lot of it is just andI'm always biased towards
quarterbacks but quarterbackplay, having a super special guy
back there that's going to berunning the show and making
plays, and from a leadershipstandpoint I think everybody
looks to that person naturallyanyway, I mean, even though you
know maybe you have somebodydifferent defensively.
But they have such an advantagethere.
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I think that everybodyoverlooks.
I know they think it's the refs, but I mean all those big time
franchises that have done wellover over a long time.
I've had a good quarterback.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
That's really special and going to be a hall of famer
.
So it's, it's fun, it's thegame's just great.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
It's like you get all excited, it's like it's the
best holiday of the of the yearas a football family, so it's
it's pretty fun going into it.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Yeah, that's awesome, coach zaterra so I'm gonna
first of all shout out thebuffalo bills, because I have my
my son, my son cj, at home is ahuge bills fan.
I'm going to tell you a littlestory about that.
So brian coaches my son cj inlittle league football and he
actually plays at corner in thelittle league over there and, uh
, he compared cj to bruce smithabout three years ago at their
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banquet and cj has loved thebills ever since.
Awesome, my, he's really sadright now.
Okay, okay, we were bummed athome.
I grew up a Broncos fan but Iam cheering for you know I was
cheering for the Bills prettyheavily, so had to shout that
out first.
And again I was bummed.
I wanted to see them in it, butI think, like these guys said,
I think you have to put theChiefs in it right in that talk
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with those other teams that youtalked about is, especially if
they win, and I think right upthere with those teams.
I'm a defensive guy, so I'mgonna shout out like their
defensive coordinator.
It just seems like and andy reedas well as a play caller
offense.
It seems like every big momentthose guys have the perfect call
.
You saw it in buffalo.
You know you can say all thecalls and everything, but he
dialed up that one on fourthdown that you know.
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Josh Allen gave him a chance,just no, not many quarterbacks
were even it gave you a chanceand that dials up that corner
pressure and then seems likeAndy Reid has every great call
and a big down and that's.
You know.
That's where I'm going to shoutthose guys out.
But yeah, I definitely thinkyou got to put the Chiefs up
there.
If they win, I think anyway,they're right there with all
those teams.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
So okay, just speaking to that and just a
couple of stats to throw as weget a little deeper.
Talk a little bit more aboutthe, the preparation for big
games and getting ready, and allof you have been part of that
process.
As a coach, just talk.
And as a player Brian taught,taught and coach, talk a little
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bit about your mindset andpreparation, about how you go
about one getting your playersready, but really dissecting the
X's and O's and figuring outwhat's the game plan going to be
.
How are we going to go about it?
Cause I think, to your point,coach Saterra, big Red and the
Chiefs, for some reason it'slike they have the answers to
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the test.
They get in the games and itseems like all the right play
calls and on the Eagles side, atthe right moments, right, and
you got to give Coach Sirianniand the Eagles a lot of credit.
I mean, early in the season,all I heard was from Eagles fans
is we got to fire the guy onhow quickly football fans
flip-flop, but their offense andtheir ability to to move the
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ball and run the ball andcontrol the line of scrimmage.
So, going into the game, I meanjust looking at a couple of
stats.
It's interesting to me.
The Chiefs really have not hadthat great a season.
Offensively overall, they'reonly averaging 290 per game.
That's 16th in the league.
They just barely scored theirfirst 30 points Right, and so
it's been subpar compared toother seasons.
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And then you have the Eaglesdefense, number one in passing
yards allowed at only 174 pergame.
And then the Eagles offense,averaging 366 per game on
offense, and Chiefs defenseoverall giving up 320.
So something has to give there.
But going into the game, whatare the types of things that
you're thinking about?
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Preparing X's and O's wise andgetting your players motivated.
Maybe it doesn't take anythingto motivate players to play in
the Super Bowl, but it's a longseason, right, and they're still
human beings and and your bodytakes a beating.
You play that many games, brian.
You've experienced that likegetting ready for one more week
to get yourself up, even thoughit's a Super Bowl.
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As coaches and players, how doyou go about getting ready for
such a game like this?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Absolutely, what's the champ answer, I think
probably for us, what we havetried to do and I think most
coaches do is try not to make ittoo different than what you've
already done.
I think your preparation isgoing to be really similar to
what you've done previously foryour other big games, because
even to get to that point you'vehad to put a ton of work, film
wise, game planning, wisepreparation, wise, looking at
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personnel, seeing where you cantake advantage of things, going
into those type of games.
So there's a lot of stuff thatI'm sure that they've looked at
and that they prepare for.
And then, I think, handlingthose situations where there's
going to be high emotions, highpressure, and being able to
control that a little bit andwith the Chiefs have a ton of
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experience doing that I thinkthe more you play in those
situations, you become better atthem, which was probably why
they've continued, or some ofthese dynasties with especially
some of these good quarterbacks,they're able to kind of get
into those good calls maybe, aswe've talked about, or they see
certain looks and and you knowthey've played in enough
situations where they playreally good situational football
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and and they're able to, youknow, manage and get through
some of those things where theycan keep having success and I
think it stacks up on top ofeach other with experience, the
more that they've done that andit's it's.
You know it's a big week, but Ithink those guys are obviously
professionals and they preparepretty close to the same way, I
would think, no matter what thegame situation is, and try to
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not make it any different thanwhat they normally do.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah, yeah, you look at the Chiefs.
I'm sure they have thisprobably a script heading into
Super Bowl week.
They're very familiar with thisterritory, right, brian?
What's your take on that?
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Well, so you guys mentioned.
I like to give credit whereit's due.
So the DC for the Chiefs isSteve Spagnola Spags.
I had him for a year as our DCin New York and my rookie year,
and then he was the head coachat the Rams.
For two years that I was thereI hated him Wow, he did not like
me either.
It was a hate hate relationshipthat we had.
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Anyway, that being said, I willgive him his flowers because he
is absolutely dialed in the wayhe has that defense playing and
this is a couple of years now.
So the first couplechampionships that defense
playing and this is a coupleyears now.
So the first couplechampionships that the Chiefs
won was Pat Mahomes just makingit happen.
Just you know, mvp points, justunstoppable offense.
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Tyree, kill all that stuffright, starting last year with
their run last year and then nowcarrying this whole season.
So the win that they had lastyear in this whole season, it's
the defense that has won it forthem.
Mahomes makes the plays that heneeds to on third down and
nobody's better in the game onthird down or scrambling or
creating, but they're notputting up the numbers.
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They're not, they're justgetting by and the defense is
just suffocating and, like Caseymentioned that pressure that
they called on the must have itplay, I play.
I mean it was just phenomenaland it confused Josh Allen and
it won the game for him and he'sjust anyway.
So Spags will give him hisflowers, he's got it dialed in
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and it's been impressive towatch the way that that defense
just plays and defense winschampionships.
I think these are two defensivecoaches here.
I think they would agree withthat.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Yeah, I love your comments and I think to me what
it shows is that you know and Ihope our young people are
listening to this is that you'vegot to prepare for the moment.
Right, and I know you guys as astaff, as coaches, as players,
you prepare yourself physicallyand mentally so that when that
opportunity comes, you're readyto go full.
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Go right, coach Zaterra.
Thoughts on that.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
Just like Coach Kerr said and I coached in, you know,
championship games with coachas a D coordinator the biggest
thing that's hard as a coach isto try to keep things the same
and keep your emotions and beeven killed.
For me'm a pretty, you know,get after type of guy, high
energy and for me I get excitedabout those games too.
So keeping your players thatway and you know you noticed it
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when we were, when I wascoaching at corner was we would.
Our kids didn't treat it anydifferent.
You know, this year we atBrighton and our kids did a
great job with the process allthe way through, but you could
tell they were a little bit moreoverhyped when we got into that
moment because they hadn't beenthere.
So it was tough.
You have to think that's thebiggest thing.
That gives a team that's beenthere that advantage because
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they've just been there.
They know it's just anotherweek of prep.
If you make it too muchdifferent than it, I think you
play out of yourself a littlebit and you don't want to do
that.
As far as like the game plan,for like those guys right now, I
think and I'm kind of likecheering the Eagles on I want to
see them do it.
I'm going to go back and coachthis outnumber with these
defensive guys over here, butI'm going to say, like both
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defenses I think, like Fangioand Spags, like that's the
matchup I want to see.
I'm interested to see whatFangio does to like kind limit
Mahomes, but also, I think,offensively, the Eagles running
the ball and keeping the Chiefsoffense off the field and not
letting him make those playsbecause he's not on the field
will be a huge one too.
So I think in the game plan, ifyou're the Eagles, you have to
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do a good job of running thefootball and controlling the
clock and they don't have aslouch at quarterback either
yeah different.
But like I think they got to doa good job of that and then I'm
just interested to see, like onthe eagle side, what what
they're going to do to limitthings offensively for the
chiefs we can't wrap up ourpodcast without doing some picks
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right.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
So, uh, vegas has kansas city as the favorite,
which I think probably everyonewould probably agree.
But let's go around the roomand just give us your final
thoughts on the game, and maybewhere you're going to watch the
game, what that's going to belike and who you're going to go
with.
Where am I watching the?
Speaker 3 (26:40):
game.
I don't even know where I'mgoing.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
I think in my house I might be in my in-laws.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
We'll see, I haven't decided yet.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
I could be at a friend's house too.
We haven't decided that yet butthe Eagles have a their run
game, I think, with SaquonBarkley is just different than
what they've been previous yearsand what maybe teams have faced
, and just it's been funwatching him kind of have a big
breakout year and they have, youknow, two really good receivers
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and they're still really goodup front.
Their defense has obviouslybeen great.
They're really good against thepass.
They have a lot of things thatare, you know, going in the
right direction for them.
It's just going to be, I think,for me tough for them to kind of
overcome what the Chiefs have,their experience, and they're
just a team the way they've beenwinning games this year.
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They haven't been great onoffense, but they have a guy
that knows how to win aquarterback and, and I think
that they'll probably continueto do that it'll.
It'll be a fun game, though,and I do think Saquon Barkley's
kind of that piece that couldmake that game a little bit
different, depending on how wellthey can contain him.
But yeah, it'll definitely beinteresting for sure.
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But I I think I've always donethis whenever I make like super
bowl picks, I always go withlike the best quarterback,
pretty definitely who I feel isbetter out of the two and I
think it's pretty easy to followthat nfl's definitely a
quarterback game, but saquoncould be an x factor for sure.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Okay, coach satara so we'll be uh watching the game
at my parents' house and my wife, my kids and my brothers, so my
son will probably be in hisBills gear actually.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
He said I'm wearing my Bills gear.
The old Mafia will be proud.
Speaker 4 (28:15):
Yeah, bills Mafia, he's going to stick with that.
That's funny.
My brother, frankie, and CoachLopez are linebacker coach that
work with Coach as well.
They're big time eagles guys,like they're big time eagles
fans, so I'm taking that intoaccount too.
They'll probably be there aswell.
But, um, I'm gonna say, um,like I said, it's hard to go
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against the chiefs just becauseof their play callers, their
quarterback.
Like I said, I think theirdefense is right up there with
the with the eagles, you know,as far as the way they're
playing.
I'm saying, though, like thatwhole line for the eagles is
really impressive and saquon,like with the Eagles, you know,
as far as the way they'replaying.
I'm saying, though, like thatwhole line for the Eagles is
really impressive and Saquon,like I'm thinking they're going
to control the clock enough andplay good enough defense that
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the Eagles are going to get itdone All right picking the upset
.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
I love it.
All right, Brian, you're aboutto clean up.
What do you got?
Speaker 5 (29:03):
I'm just almost dittoing my partner here.
I'll also be watching it at ourparents' house.
We always watch it over there.
It's a big crowd, it's fun.
And then also I'm going to pickthe Eagles, but I'm going to
caveat it.
Okay, mahomes is the X factor.
He is one of the most specialtalents that the NFL has seen
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ever and you could make anargument that he's the most
talented quarterback ever.
You could make that argument.
He's that good, he's thatspecial and because of that,
that's why they've won 16 orwhatever it is one score games
in a row.
If you give that guy an inch,like he is, he's just going to
get it done.
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So my caveat is if there's acircumstance where the chiefs
have the ball at the end of thegame, like they're going to win
the game, so the only wayphilly's winning is they've got
to establish a run, which Ithink they and this is why I'm
picking philly, because I thinkthey will I think that they will
be ahead and and they'll holdon and grind out the clock and
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keep my homes off the field.
Sa Saquon is so dangerous andall he needs is an inch and it's
a home run and they're all.
They've got the best line inthe league, the best line in
football.
I mean, they're road gradersand so, as good as Spaggs is at
stopping the pass, it'll beinteresting to see how they stop
that run.
I'm going to pick the Eagles.
It's going to be a great game.
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That's awesome.
Yeah, if Saquon gets loose,like they'll win.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Yeah, you know, all of those points are well said
and I was reading a stat and Ithink it's still true, going
through the entire playoff run,mahomes has yet to commit a
turnover.
So that's huge.
I mean, you think about theturnover margin for the season
Chiefs are plus six, eagles areplus 11.
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So it comes down those fewplays that make the difference.
So I'm going to go with theChiefs.
Unfortunately, being a Raidersfan, that's hard to admit, but I
agree as well.
I think it's going to be a heckof a game and excited to watch
as well as you guys.
Thank you so much for beinghere on Connect Canyons today,
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gentlemen.
It's been an absolute pleasureand I hope all of you out there
listening get to enjoy the gameand a little bit of expertise
from these guys.
They're all loved and respectedin Canyon School District and
we're just honored to have youguys join us today.
So thank you and wishing youall a happy Super Bowl Sunday
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with your families and peopleyou love.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
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Speaker 2 (00:34):
Welcome everybody.
This is Connect Canyons and I'myour host today.
This is Canyon SuperintendentRick Robbins, and last year we
did a Super Bowl podcast and itwent so well.
We had lots of hits on thepodcast and people were really
interested in it and so wedecided to do it again.
And this year we're gearing upfor Super Bowl 59, where the
reigning champions, the KansasCity Chiefs, take on the
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Philadelphia Eagles coming up onFebruary 9th.
So this year I'm just soexcited to be here with
everybody.
We've got quite a star-studdedteam today joining us for the
podcast.
And I'm joined today by acouple of our coaches in Canyon
School District, Brighton headcoach Casey Cetera, who led our
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Bengals to the semifinals in 5A,as well as our Corner Canyon
Chargers head coach Eric Kerr,who led our Chargers to another
6A state championship.
So we're excited to have bothof them here with us.
And then we have a very specialguest today, former BYU and NFL
star Brian Kill, who's with ustoday and we're honored.
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Not only is he a great championon the gridiron and we're
honored.
Not only is he a great championon the gridiron, but also an
alumni of Canyon School Districtand a former Brighton Bengal
himself.
So we're very excited to havehim with us.
Before we get into the game,guys, I want to just talk a
little bit about football ingeneral.
A few years back I don't knowif you're familiar with a video
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put out by former Alabama headcoach Bill Curry called the
Huddle, and in the Huddle CoachCurry talks a lot about the
impact of football and what itdid for him on his life, and
just the point about crossingthe lines onto the field and
that brotherhood.
And we all know, you know, thegame of football brings us
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together, no matter what ourbackgrounds are.
It does so much for us, and Iknow today we've got hundreds,
if not thousands, of kids thatparticipate not in not just in
football but in sports ingeneral in our high schools,
especially in Canyon SchoolDistrict, that really look up to
all of you, and I just want youto reflect a little bit about
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that impact football's had onyour life and maybe some
experiences that you might wantto share in a couple of minutes
to get this thing started, Coach, we'll start with you.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Yeah, we're good.
I think that part's always thespecial part about it when we
talk about our kids is theregoing to move on or is there
going to play high schoolfootball?
The best part of high schoolfootball or football in general,
is being around your teammatesand being associated with them
and the memories you have.
Even you know back when I playedI don't remember necessarily
touchdowns or successes andthings like that.
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I mean that stuff was importantbut just the bond you have with
your guys, your teammates, theplayers around you and then
continuing to coach now and wetalk to our kids.
We bring all of our seniors inafter our last game and we talk
quite a bit about that and spendsome time discussing that with
them and what they've built andhow close they've come together.
And the cool part is you get towatch it as a coach and see the
growth that they all have andto see them kind of bond and
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then also create like goodhabits, hopefully, that are
going to carry them through, andjust how much it teaches you.
There's a lot of hard parts offootball too that that teach you
and after you've worked throughthose, and the success you have
after you work through those,you kind of build off of that
and create some good successesand build confidence.
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It's it's a fun, tough game andand I think that's why I
continue to do it now, and I'msure you know coach is the same
way, coach is there.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
So we so appreciate that.
Coach.
We were talking a little bitbefore the podcast about the
challenges that society isfacing and our communities are
facing and all of those skillsthat you're talking about really
, you know, are building youngpeople that are really going to
be the next generation that youknow.
If we want to maintain our wayof life, those are the types of
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skills that we need our youngpeople to develop.
Coach, the terror, any, anythoughts?
Speaker 4 (04:36):
yeah, like coach said , I think the biggest thing is
the life lessons you learnthrough playing athletics or
football.
Particularly for for me, likeI'm a individual that had a
pretty cush life as far as, likeI didn't have a ton of
adversity of great parents, youknow, I always knew I was going
to have food on the table, but Ilearned a lot of adversity
through through football andathletics.
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So, like for me, when I knowthere's a lot of kids that maybe
it's the other way that they're, that's their place where they
have some stability right, andyou know it's really important
just the work ethic side, right,the training and the work that
you have to put in throughoutthe year to be, to be good and
successful on the field.
That's what they think at thetime.
That's really important, butit's actually what you're
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getting out of it and learningfrom that work that you put in
up until that point.
And just friendships and thingslike coach care I worked with
for nine years at Jordan and atcorner and we're still great
friends and all my teammatesBrian I coach with, he our boys
play on the same team in littleleague and we coach together.
It's just like the camaraderiethat you have and the people
that you meet throughout itteammates I have from college
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and high school just stillstaying in contact with them.
It's pretty amazing.
Like I said, I'm partial,obviously, and we're partial
here, but I think it's thegreatest game around.
I think it's a sport where it'sthe ultimate team game, where
there's something for everybody,there's a role for everybody,
no matter what your athleticability, status are or stature.
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There's something for everybodyand it takes everybody to work
together to achieve that.
And I think that's anotherthing that you can learn,
because that's ultimately, whenyou have a job, one day you're
gonna have to work together withsomeone and have a boss and
have to be able to do thosethings so, yeah, that's great
advice, I think.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
No matter how many years go by, as coach care
mentioned, you forget about thescores and whatnot, and even
your records, but you don't everforget the relationships and
those.
Carry on, brian.
What's your thoughts?
Speaker 5 (06:29):
I think Casey hit it on the head.
All sports are great.
They're all phenomenalfantastic.
We're biased.
Football's the greatest.
It's a fact.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I'm sorry, no disagreement here, it's just the
greatest thing in the world.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
You know, I used to say when, when I played, I would
, there was this phrase that Iwould say I'm not a football
player, it's just what I do, notwho I am, and it's kind of
funny.
I I kind of took pride in thatwhile I was playing.
And it's funny.
Now it's been 12 years thatI've been done playing, 11 years
, something like that anyway,and it's just fun.
I still have dreams, vividdreams, real dreams, that I'm
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playing again and I'm so excited, I just, and then I wake up and
I and it's a dream and I'm allsad.
I'm like, oh man, so real thistime.
Um, it just, it's just insideof me and it's one I never knew
how much I would miss it andthat's like a lot of things in
life you don't, you appreciateit and you really appreciate
something when it's taken awayfrom you.
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And football is unique.
It's different than all thesports.
I still, I still play pickupbasketball all the time.
There's no pickup football.
There's like when you're done,you're done and it's just it's,
it's a short window.
It's the greatest thing in theworld and all the things that
these fine coaches talked aboutjust the camaraderie, the life
lessons, the discipline, theadversity, the brotherhood, just
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everything, and it reallyshapes you and forms you and,
like I said just back to thestart, it's just the greatest
thing.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, I couldn't agree more.
It reminds me of just to all ofyour points, how finite
football is.
That, and I think that's whatbrings our communities together
every Friday, saturday andSunday is it is limited, it only
happens once a week.
Like other sports it's usuallymultiple times a week, but with
football it really is acommunity event every weekend
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that we get together andcelebrate.
We get together and celebrateand we get to see all kinds of
students perform and reallydemonstrate their passions,
whether it's football orcheerleading, or the band or
drill team or the studentsection.
I mean all of it just bringsour culture together.
To wrap that up, just for all ofour young people out there
listening, if you had to giveyourself advice at age 14, 15
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and thinking about your future,what would that advice be to
yourself?
If you could go back and sayhey, here's a little bit of
advice that I'd give you at thistime in your life, now that you
know what you know about lifeexperience and going forward in
your, in your, with yourfamilies and your life and your
careers, what would that advicebe?
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Probably the uh.
What comes to mind is, firstand foremost, just being
confident in yourself, believingin yourself being your own best
ally or best advocate.
I think that when I was youngand even not young, like as an
adult I think sometimes you, Ithink you see where you doubt
yourself at times and justallowing that to creep in, just
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trying to eliminate that as muchas you can, and especially
young kids, that you see it withthem too.
Some of them don't hurt forconfidence.
There's others plenty that do,and I think just truly believing
in yourself I think is verypowerful and I wish I would have
learned that a little earlier.
Yeah, great advice, coachZatara.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Wish I would have learned that a little earlier.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
Yeah, great advice, coach Zatara.
Yeah, like Coach said, I thinkthat's one thing that I, you
know, as a young kid maybelacked a little confidence as
you go through and I think, likeyou said, football's helped me
with that and coaching'sdefinitely helped me with just
developing that.
But I remember trying to just.
You know you want to impresspeople and you want to do things
, but it's just like be true toyourself and the hard work pays
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off, for sure that you put thework in day to day and good
things will happen.
And it's not always perfect anddays aren't always perfect and
you're going to have good daysand bad days, but that
consistency and that work ethicpays off in the end, so awesome.
Speaker 5 (10:19):
Right, that's tough.
There are so many things that Iwould have done differently,
and it's funny that people are,as I have no regrets there's
that phrase that people use andI'm the opposite.
Tell me what I don't regret.
There's so many things I woulddo differently, you know,
hindsight, 2020.
And so it's hard to narrow justone.
But honestly, I was a reallyhard worker and always had been,
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but if I could go back, I wouldwork even harder.
I think, at the end of the day,I don't think there's any person
that would be like, well, Iwork too hard, like I just don't
think you can do it, like youcould always do more.
I could have done more filmstudy.
I could have, could have hadbetter nutrition.
I mean, there's just so manyareas and, like we've talked
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about, that window is so shortand when it's closed, it's
closed, there's no opening.
So I look back at like theplayer I was as a high school
football player and a collegefootball player and a pro
football player, and in each ofthose arenas I did a lot and I
didn't even scratch the surface.
There's so much more that Icould have done, and so that's
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what I would say to young kidsis like, if you're passionate
and this is anything it's, youknow, the violin, whatever,
anything that people arepassionate about I don't think
you'll ever regret working toohard.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Well, just this is so inspiring and humbling for me
to to hear those of you outthere that are searching for
purpose or wondering what doeseach day bring.
I hope you'll take this greatadvice from these amazing men
that have achieved at such ahigh level.
But I think it shows us allthat you really do have to trust
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the process, right.
You got to focus on day to dayin the process of getting to
where you want to be, so reallyappreciate you guys taking the
time to share those thoughts.
I want to get to the game.
Super Bowl Sunday is coming upand first off, there's so many
storylines to the Super Bowl,right.
I mean and I just wrote down afew off the top of my head the
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fact that the game's in NewOrleans coming off of such a
tragic, you know, situation kindof shows us all a little bit
about the resilience of ourcountry and going forward and
the city of New Orleans hostingthe Super Bowl.
Saquon Barkley, you know,chasing Eric Dickerson's single
season rushing record and thewhole thing in the playoffs and
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he sat out, didn't get therecord and really putting team
before himself.
We understand he made thedecision to do that Says a lot
about his character.
There's that storyline, ofcourse.
All the Swifties in the worldare excited because Taylor
Swift's going to be at the SuperBowl.
The NFL's definitelycapitalized on that.
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You know the referee conspiracy.
Do the Chiefs actually, youknow, get breaks?
Brian says, yes, you know, doesthe Michael Jordan rules apply
with Pat Mahomes?
And, being a former NFL player,brian can probably attest to
that, and so you can talk to anyof those.
The one that really intrigues me, though, is weighing the Chiefs
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dynasty.
If the Chiefs pull this off, athree P, that's never been done
before.
This is their seventhappearance in the Superbowl.
They're going for number four.
This is the Chiefs or theEagles fifth appearance.
They've got one Superbowl win,but where does the Chiefs
dynasty?
I'm a Raiders fan, so this isreally, really hard for me to
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you know, say, and the fact thatthey won the Super Bowl last
year in Allegiant Stadium iseven more painful.
But I think we got to give themtheir due credit.
Coach Reed, you know the Chiefsorganization, their leadership,
their owners, the Hunts, I mean.
You know they've really figuredthis out right, and especially
when Andy Reid has a week toprepare, we know how difficult
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they are to beat.
But if they pull this off,where does that stack them up
against the legacy and thedynasty of the Patriots, the
49ers, the Cowboys, the Steelersthe list goes on of NFL
dynasties.
Where does that, where do theChiefs stack up in your mind?
Or you can talk about some ofthese other storylines.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
that's a lot I something, just I'll just throw
this out there um, what they'vedone is incredible and I'm sick
of it.
I would I would like to see thechiefs lose, but just because
I'm like that guy that doesn'tlike to see the same, I'm so
sick of alabama winning nationalchampionships.
If I was a high school footballcoach, I'd be so sick of
Alabama winning nationalchampionships.
If I was a high school footballcoach, I'd be so sick of care
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If I didn't live in QuarterCounty batteries, which I do.
If I was somewhere else, Iwould be so sick of this guy
just winning every single.
I'd be sick of it.
Right, what the Chiefs havedone is incredible.
So this is just the thing thatI wanted to say.
During the championship games,they posted a stat where eagles
franchise had been total toeight nfc championship games in
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their existence and then, whenyou think about that, the chiefs
have now been to seven afcchampionships in a row.
It's just insane, just likethis, this little run that
they're on with all those otherfranchises that you mentioned.
It's, it's and if they win thegame, I think they'll be in
their own class and you know youcould make whatever argument
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you want, but obviously nobody'sdone three in a row, so it's
their own class.
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
I hope it was someone familiar with championship runs
, coach care that understandsthat kind of pressure.
How many of you, how many ofyou won five at corner and then
one at Jordan Incredible coach,amazing radio over here so you
understand you understand thispressure a little bit.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
It's tough for sure, Like as a coach like it weighs
on you for sure, like definitelyand I think we've talked about
it like with our kids when we gointo those games, about kind of
embracing the pressure of doingit, which I'm sure those NFL
guys like they have a ton ofresources sports like guys that
are talking to them all aboutthat and they've been in it so
many times.
I think you learn to workthrough a lot of that or
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expectations that go into that.
But I would put them probablyright up there, like especially
if they win it with anybody.
I don't know if they're quitelongevity wise to where the
Patriots were over a long periodof time, same with the Niners
through the 80s and some of the90s, but they're close now and
if they win it they're probablycould make you could make a
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strong statement, just likeBrian said, I think, where they
have done something nobody elsehas done so which separates them
for sure a little bit.
I think a lot of it is just andI'm always biased towards
quarterbacks but quarterbackplay, having a super special guy
back there that's going to berunning the show and making
plays, and from a leadershipstandpoint I think everybody
looks to that person naturallyanyway, I mean, even though you
know maybe you have somebodydifferent defensively.
But they have such an advantagethere.
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I think that everybodyoverlooks.
I know they think it's the refs, but I mean all those big time
franchises that have done wellover over a long time.
I've had a good quarterback.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
That's really special and going to be a hall of famer
.
So it's, it's fun, it's thegame's just great.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
It's like you get all excited, it's like it's the
best holiday of the of the yearas a football family, so it's
it's pretty fun going into it.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Yeah, that's awesome, coach zaterra so I'm gonna
first of all shout out thebuffalo bills, because I have my
my son, my son cj, at home is ahuge bills fan.
I'm going to tell you a littlestory about that.
So brian coaches my son cj inlittle league football and he
actually plays at corner in thelittle league over there and, uh
, he compared cj to bruce smithabout three years ago at their
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banquet and cj has loved thebills ever since.
Awesome, my, he's really sadright now.
Okay, okay, we were bummed athome.
I grew up a Broncos fan but Iam cheering for you know I was
cheering for the Bills prettyheavily, so had to shout that
out first.
And again I was bummed.
I wanted to see them in it, butI think, like these guys said,
I think you have to put theChiefs in it right in that talk
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with those other teams that youtalked about is, especially if
they win, and I think right upthere with those teams.
I'm a defensive guy, so I'mgonna shout out like their
defensive coordinator.
It just seems like and andy reedas well as a play caller
offense.
It seems like every big momentthose guys have the perfect call
.
You saw it in buffalo.
You know you can say all thecalls and everything, but he
dialed up that one on fourthdown that you know.
(18:30):
Josh Allen gave him a chance,just no, not many quarterbacks
were even it gave you a chanceand that dials up that corner
pressure and then seems likeAndy Reid has every great call
and a big down and that's.
You know.
That's where I'm going to shoutthose guys out.
But yeah, I definitely thinkyou got to put the Chiefs up
there.
If they win, I think anyway,they're right there with all
those teams.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
So okay, just speaking to that and just a
couple of stats to throw as weget a little deeper.
Talk a little bit more aboutthe, the preparation for big
games and getting ready, and allof you have been part of that
process.
As a coach, just talk.
And as a player Brian taught,taught and coach, talk a little
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bit about your mindset andpreparation, about how you go
about one getting your playersready, but really dissecting the
X's and O's and figuring outwhat's the game plan going to be
.
How are we going to go about it?
Cause I think, to your point,coach Saterra, big Red and the
Chiefs, for some reason it'slike they have the answers to
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the test.
They get in the games and itseems like all the right play
calls and on the Eagles side, atthe right moments, right, and
you got to give Coach Sirianniand the Eagles a lot of credit.
I mean, early in the season,all I heard was from Eagles fans
is we got to fire the guy onhow quickly football fans
flip-flop, but their offense andtheir ability to to move the
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ball and run the ball andcontrol the line of scrimmage.
So, going into the game, I meanjust looking at a couple of
stats.
It's interesting to me.
The Chiefs really have not hadthat great a season.
Offensively overall, they'reonly averaging 290 per game.
That's 16th in the league.
They just barely scored theirfirst 30 points Right, and so
it's been subpar compared toother seasons.
(20:14):
And then you have the Eaglesdefense, number one in passing
yards allowed at only 174 pergame.
And then the Eagles offense,averaging 366 per game on
offense, and Chiefs defenseoverall giving up 320.
So something has to give there.
But going into the game, whatare the types of things that
you're thinking about?
(20:35):
Preparing X's and O's wise andgetting your players motivated.
Maybe it doesn't take anythingto motivate players to play in
the Super Bowl, but it's a longseason, right, and they're still
human beings and and your bodytakes a beating.
You play that many games, brian.
You've experienced that likegetting ready for one more week
to get yourself up, even thoughit's a Super Bowl.
(20:56):
As coaches and players, how doyou go about getting ready for
such a game like this?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Absolutely, what's the champ answer, I think
probably for us, what we havetried to do and I think most
coaches do is try not to make ittoo different than what you've
already done.
I think your preparation isgoing to be really similar to
what you've done previously foryour other big games, because
even to get to that point you'vehad to put a ton of work, film
wise, game planning, wisepreparation, wise, looking at
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personnel, seeing where you cantake advantage of things, going
into those type of games.
So there's a lot of stuff thatI'm sure that they've looked at
and that they prepare for.
And then, I think, handlingthose situations where there's
going to be high emotions, highpressure, and being able to
control that a little bit andwith the Chiefs have a ton of
(21:41):
experience doing that I thinkthe more you play in those
situations, you become better atthem, which was probably why
they've continued, or some ofthese dynasties with especially
some of these good quarterbacks,they're able to kind of get
into those good calls maybe, aswe've talked about, or they see
certain looks and and you knowthey've played in enough
situations where they playreally good situational football
(22:02):
and and they're able to, youknow, manage and get through
some of those things where theycan keep having success and I
think it stacks up on top ofeach other with experience, the
more that they've done that andit's it's.
You know it's a big week, but Ithink those guys are obviously
professionals and they preparepretty close to the same way, I
would think, no matter what thegame situation is, and try to
(22:23):
not make it any different thanwhat they normally do.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah, yeah, you look at the Chiefs.
I'm sure they have thisprobably a script heading into
Super Bowl week.
They're very familiar with thisterritory, right, brian?
What's your take on that?
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Well, so you guys mentioned.
I like to give credit whereit's due.
So the DC for the Chiefs isSteve Spagnola Spags.
I had him for a year as our DCin New York and my rookie year,
and then he was the head coachat the Rams.
For two years that I was thereI hated him Wow, he did not like
me either.
It was a hate hate relationshipthat we had.
(22:57):
Anyway, that being said, I willgive him his flowers because he
is absolutely dialed in the wayhe has that defense playing and
this is a couple of years now.
So the first couplechampionships that defense
playing and this is a coupleyears now.
So the first couplechampionships that the Chiefs
won was Pat Mahomes just makingit happen.
Just you know, mvp points, justunstoppable offense.
(23:17):
Tyree, kill all that stuffright, starting last year with
their run last year and then nowcarrying this whole season.
So the win that they had lastyear in this whole season, it's
the defense that has won it forthem.
Mahomes makes the plays that heneeds to on third down and
nobody's better in the game onthird down or scrambling or
creating, but they're notputting up the numbers.
(23:39):
They're not, they're justgetting by and the defense is
just suffocating and, like Caseymentioned that pressure that
they called on the must have itplay, I play.
I mean it was just phenomenaland it confused Josh Allen and
it won the game for him and he'sjust anyway.
So Spags will give him hisflowers, he's got it dialed in
(24:02):
and it's been impressive towatch the way that that defense
just plays and defense winschampionships.
I think these are two defensivecoaches here.
I think they would agree withthat.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Yeah, I love your comments and I think to me what
it shows is that you know and Ihope our young people are
listening to this is that you'vegot to prepare for the moment.
Right, and I know you guys as astaff, as coaches, as players,
you prepare yourself physicallyand mentally so that when that
opportunity comes, you're readyto go full.
(24:31):
Go right, coach Zaterra.
Thoughts on that.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
Just like Coach Kerr said and I coached in, you know,
championship games with coachas a D coordinator the biggest
thing that's hard as a coach isto try to keep things the same
and keep your emotions and beeven killed.
For me'm a pretty, you know,get after type of guy, high
energy and for me I get excitedabout those games too.
So keeping your players thatway and you know you noticed it
(24:55):
when we were, when I wascoaching at corner was we would.
Our kids didn't treat it anydifferent.
You know, this year we atBrighton and our kids did a
great job with the process allthe way through, but you could
tell they were a little bit moreoverhyped when we got into that
moment because they hadn't beenthere.
So it was tough.
You have to think that's thebiggest thing.
That gives a team that's beenthere that advantage because
(25:16):
they've just been there.
They know it's just anotherweek of prep.
If you make it too muchdifferent than it, I think you
play out of yourself a littlebit and you don't want to do
that.
As far as like the game plan,for like those guys right now, I
think and I'm kind of likecheering the Eagles on I want to
see them do it.
I'm going to go back and coachthis outnumber with these
defensive guys over here, butI'm going to say, like both
(25:37):
defenses I think, like Fangioand Spags, like that's the
matchup I want to see.
I'm interested to see whatFangio does to like kind limit
Mahomes, but also, I think,offensively, the Eagles running
the ball and keeping the Chiefsoffense off the field and not
letting him make those playsbecause he's not on the field
will be a huge one too.
So I think in the game plan, ifyou're the Eagles, you have to
(26:00):
do a good job of running thefootball and controlling the
clock and they don't have aslouch at quarterback either
yeah different.
But like I think they got to doa good job of that and then I'm
just interested to see, like onthe eagle side, what what
they're going to do to limitthings offensively for the
chiefs we can't wrap up ourpodcast without doing some picks
(26:22):
right.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
So, uh, vegas has kansas city as the favorite,
which I think probably everyonewould probably agree.
But let's go around the roomand just give us your final
thoughts on the game, and maybewhere you're going to watch the
game, what that's going to belike and who you're going to go
with.
Where am I watching the?
Speaker 3 (26:40):
game.
I don't even know where I'mgoing.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
I think in my house I might be in my in-laws.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
We'll see, I haven't decided yet.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
I could be at a friend's house too.
We haven't decided that yet butthe Eagles have a their run
game, I think, with SaquonBarkley is just different than
what they've been previous yearsand what maybe teams have faced
, and just it's been funwatching him kind of have a big
breakout year and they have, youknow, two really good receivers
(27:06):
and they're still really goodup front.
Their defense has obviouslybeen great.
They're really good against thepass.
They have a lot of things thatare, you know, going in the
right direction for them.
It's just going to be, I think,for me tough for them to kind of
overcome what the Chiefs have,their experience, and they're
just a team the way they've beenwinning games this year.
(27:26):
They haven't been great onoffense, but they have a guy
that knows how to win aquarterback and, and I think
that they'll probably continueto do that it'll.
It'll be a fun game, though,and I do think Saquon Barkley's
kind of that piece that couldmake that game a little bit
different, depending on how wellthey can contain him.
But yeah, it'll definitely beinteresting for sure.
(27:47):
But I I think I've always donethis whenever I make like super
bowl picks, I always go withlike the best quarterback,
pretty definitely who I feel isbetter out of the two and I
think it's pretty easy to followthat nfl's definitely a
quarterback game, but saquoncould be an x factor for sure.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Okay, coach satara so we'll be uh watching the game
at my parents' house and my wife, my kids and my brothers, so my
son will probably be in hisBills gear actually.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
He said I'm wearing my Bills gear.
The old Mafia will be proud.
Speaker 4 (28:15):
Yeah, bills Mafia, he's going to stick with that.
That's funny.
My brother, frankie, and CoachLopez are linebacker coach that
work with Coach as well.
They're big time eagles guys,like they're big time eagles
fans, so I'm taking that intoaccount too.
They'll probably be there aswell.
But, um, I'm gonna say, um,like I said, it's hard to go
(28:36):
against the chiefs just becauseof their play callers, their
quarterback.
Like I said, I think theirdefense is right up there with
the with the eagles, you know,as far as the way they're
playing.
I'm saying, though, like thatwhole line for the eagles is
really impressive and saquon,like with the Eagles, you know,
as far as the way they'replaying.
I'm saying, though, like thatwhole line for the Eagles is
really impressive and Saquon,like I'm thinking they're going
to control the clock enough andplay good enough defense that
(28:57):
the Eagles are going to get itdone All right picking the upset
.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
I love it.
All right, Brian, you're aboutto clean up.
What do you got?
Speaker 5 (29:03):
I'm just almost dittoing my partner here.
I'll also be watching it at ourparents' house.
We always watch it over there.
It's a big crowd, it's fun.
And then also I'm going to pickthe Eagles, but I'm going to
caveat it.
Okay, mahomes is the X factor.
He is one of the most specialtalents that the NFL has seen
(29:25):
ever and you could make anargument that he's the most
talented quarterback ever.
You could make that argument.
He's that good, he's thatspecial and because of that,
that's why they've won 16 orwhatever it is one score games
in a row.
If you give that guy an inch,like he is, he's just going to
get it done.
(29:45):
So my caveat is if there's acircumstance where the chiefs
have the ball at the end of thegame, like they're going to win
the game, so the only wayphilly's winning is they've got
to establish a run, which Ithink they and this is why I'm
picking philly, because I thinkthey will I think that they will
be ahead and and they'll holdon and grind out the clock and
(30:05):
keep my homes off the field.
Sa Saquon is so dangerous andall he needs is an inch and it's
a home run and they're all.
They've got the best line inthe league, the best line in
football.
I mean, they're road gradersand so, as good as Spaggs is at
stopping the pass, it'll beinteresting to see how they stop
that run.
I'm going to pick the Eagles.
It's going to be a great game.
(30:26):
That's awesome.
Yeah, if Saquon gets loose,like they'll win.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Yeah, you know, all of those points are well said
and I was reading a stat and Ithink it's still true, going
through the entire playoff run,mahomes has yet to commit a
turnover.
So that's huge.
I mean, you think about theturnover margin for the season
Chiefs are plus six, eagles areplus 11.
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So it comes down those fewplays that make the difference.
So I'm going to go with theChiefs.
Unfortunately, being a Raidersfan, that's hard to admit, but I
agree as well.
I think it's going to be a heckof a game and excited to watch
as well as you guys.
Thank you so much for beinghere on Connect Canyons today,
(31:12):
gentlemen.
It's been an absolute pleasureand I hope all of you out there
listening get to enjoy the gameand a little bit of expertise
from these guys.
They're all loved and respectedin Canyon School District and
we're just honored to have youguys join us today.
So thank you and wishing youall a happy Super Bowl Sunday
(31:34):
with your families and peopleyou love.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Thanks for listening to this episode of Connect
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