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UNC defensive back Gavin Gibson and quarterback Gio Lopez
Sep 7, 2025
UNC defensive back Gavin Gibson and quarterback Gio Lopez
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a little bit different.
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Uh, you know, my back feels all right.
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It feels better now. But, uh, you know,
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just throughout the week, my our
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trainers were amazing. Just really
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helped me throughout the week. I was
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with them probably probably like five to
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six hours a day. And, you know,
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throughout the week, it just started
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feeling good and coach decided that it
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was going to be okay for me to play.
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Uh, David, like, how would you guys
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describe the right here? How would you
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guys describe the the mood of the team
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coming off of Monday nights? And, uh,
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what were you guys feeling coming
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against?
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I feel like the mood was, you know,
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down. Of course, we we didn't play our
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best ball at all. We weren't even, you
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know, we didn't play anything to what we
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should have. So, you know, this week it
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was good to have a short week almost.
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You know, usually you want to have a
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full week of recovery, but I think for
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us it was a positive to have a short
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week and, you know, get that taste out
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of our mouth. We still didn't play our
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best ball at all. We play we can play a
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lot better, but just overall to get a
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win, it felt good.
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Kevin, what were some of the points of
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emphasis defensively that you guys did
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not do well the other night that you had
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to do differently better tonight? What
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was that teaching like in such a short
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period of time in the turnaround? Uh,
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you know, I feel like after we broke
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down the film and we just looked at the
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situational side of the football game,
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you know, it was a whole bunch of
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situations where we just didn't compete
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as good as we could. You know, we got to
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be better fundamentally, of course, and
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then just tackling, you know, and that
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was really really the emphasis
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throughout the whole week was just lock
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in on the fundamentals. We got to make
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tackles and just play our game. Like, we
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don't got to go above and beyond. We
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just got to do what we do.
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If I can ask a quick followup, you said
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competing. Was that something you
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coached as well? Coaching work?
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Yes. 100% 100%. Uh throughout all the
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drills in practice, like the indie
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drills, it was a whole bunch uh more
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competing, you know, just flying around
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to the ball and an emphasis on 11 halves
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to the ball, you know, just flying
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around.
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I have a question for Gio. Um so Gio,
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you know, how comfortable were you out
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out there compared to on Monday? And
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then also, how much does having the
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running game help you kind of, you know,
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be more comfortable and make the right
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decisions and everything like that?
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Uh you know, just for me, I don't feel
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like it was maybe a comfort standpoint.
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I feel like it was more just, you know,
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getting out there and playing. I think
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we all I think we all played it way
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better today than we did, you know,
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Monday. But overall, I just think it was
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good for us to get a win.
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Adam Smith with Inside Carolina. Gio,
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were you able to practice fully this
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week?
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I was able to practice. Yes, sir.
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And how did the the weather affect you
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guys early on? Obviously couldn't get
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out there and warm up at the at the
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normal time. Like what was going on?
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What were you guys trying to do to I
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guess stay locked in? And you know,
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obviously it didn't affect you too much.
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Just came out and scored in three plays.
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Like did it sort of take us through the
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pregame weirdness?
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You know, for us, you know, you
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essentially you would think that would
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be a negative, but I think it was a
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positive for us. We were just all
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sitting in the locker room. You know, it
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was just this a lot of chatter, a lot of
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positive chatter. Just want to go out
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there and start fast and play a, you
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know, good game for us, a tough, smart,
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dependable game. And our trainers and
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our strength staff did a great job
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making sure we didn't get stiff or, you
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know, not warm during, you know, during
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the delay.
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Uh, this could be for either of you
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guys. as Taylor H with ESPN, I guess, a
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sort of historic moment in a first
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college win for for Bill Bich. Uh, one,
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what's it like for you guys to be a part
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of this? And two, did you actually see
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any real emotion from him after the game
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or was he just saying same guy we always
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see him?
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Nah, for Bill, you know, this is just a
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small step of the way, you know,
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building on this season that we were
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doing. You know, this is the first win
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for him, first win for us as a team, but
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we know that there's still a lot of
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growing to do. We still got a whole lot
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of building to do. So, we're not trying
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to get too high. We don't want to get
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too low. So, we just trying to keep
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tunnel vision and keep the path going.
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Yeah. You know, the first possession of
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both these games been has been awesome
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for you guys. Is there something you
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guys are scripting on that first series
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or something that's happening before
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maybe the other team can make some
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adjustments, but seems like the first
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drive has been great for both games.
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Yeah, I just feel like our staff does a
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great job, you know, preparing for the
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game, you know, preparing throughout the
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week for our openers. And overall, I
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just think both weeks just shows that we
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had a good, you know, start to the game.
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We had time for two more. We're going to
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go to Jeremiah, then Michael. The
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microphone's coming to you right now.
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So, we got Jeremiah here in the front
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and then we'll end with Michael.
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Yeah. Uh, this one's for Gavin. Gavin,
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what did you like particularly today
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about the I guess drive to drive
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consistently consistency from a
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defensive standpoint. There weren't as
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many, I guess, kind of, you know, lapses
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and coverage, you know, fair laps. What
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did you like more about the drive and
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drive consistency? Um, just I feel like
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everything that we worked on, the
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preparation throughout the week, like I
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said before, being better situationally
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on third down, we got to get off the
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field on third down, you know, being
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more fundamentally sound whenever it
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comes to our man-to-man techniques or
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our zone techniques, making sure that we
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are doing what we got to do when we're
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on the field. So, I feel like just
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bringing that throughout the week,
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everybody was locked in and then just
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bringing it to the game today.
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And last one for Michael.
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Uh, this one is for either of y'all.
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last or on Monday, you guys were in
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front of a huge crowd at home against
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TCU. This time you guys were on the
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reverse side of that. Charlotte's the
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biggest crowd ever at this stadium and
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you guys were spoiling the party this
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time. Did it feel almost freeing to be
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in front of a hostile environment like
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that and get to, you know, play opposite
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side of what happened on Monday?
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Well, um, I'll take that one. This is
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actually my third time playing in
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Charlotte. I was at Maryland for my
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first year whenever we played here and
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then ECU last year. So, I was trying to
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tell the guys about what it was going to
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be like. You know, the student section
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right behind us, don't think that just
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cuz we're going to Charlotte, a small
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school, they're not going to be right in
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our ear the same way that they would be.
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But honestly, I feel like not being too
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much worried about the crowd noise. And
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like honestly, whenever you're on the
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field, you want to be as locked in as
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you can on what your assignment is, what
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your alignment is, and what your
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techniques got to be. So, just trying to
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tell those guys and everybody on the
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sideline like tune that out. It doesn't
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really matter. You know, we we came here
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to play ball, so we don't need to get
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affected in any of that.
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All right, that's all we have time for.
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Thanks so much everybody.
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