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[Music] Thank you All right guys we're back to season Seven of talking preps we're out here at The beautiful Jerry Richardson stadium In North Charlotte we're here with coach Bill poji who's the new football coach At Charlotte and Coach I'm looking this Beautiful Stadium I'm just wondering What you envisioned five years from now For a home game in Charlotte what's it Going to look like five years from now It'll be 46 000 almost 47 000 seat Capacity uh we have plans to expand and Um Will be an indoor facility and I expect Every seat to have a backside You expect to turn around this program Really really fast why do you feel so Bullish about how well you can do it in Year one even Well football games are never won by Coaches they're won by players yeah and We have really good players Really good players and so coach with This uh being you know in Charlotte it's Being a real hotbed for you know not Just local recruiting but National Recruiting how important is it to you as A head coach to really you know get in The local high schools and you know put Your name out there is you know hey you Know we're Charlotte and we're here to You know recruit you and that kind of

Thing well it's critical because before I took the job I had one of my young Friends up at the University of Michigan I asked him how many players in a 90-minute radius from Charlotte's campus In the last five years Played Power five football yeah it was over 200. yeah and we don't have any of those Guys on our roster we do now because We've gotten a lot of guys through the Portal so it's critical and Actually I didn't even go out on the Road uh when I when when I first got Here I just stayed in Charlotte Met Sam Griner and you know Chad and all Those guys what is it about Charlotte That Drew you to the job you know when You're coming from Michigan what was it About this place that said hey I want to Go there and do it there a couple things Um new football program so I like the Fact that it's new hadn't been very Successful yeah I like the fact that We're building something Um it wouldn't have been nearly as Enticing if you know you're taking over For a very successful coach that's Retired you know he's built the program I want to build a program here Um and it's a really good school it has A lot of great academic programs here And you come here you're going to get a Great degree and a lot of great graduate

Programs here too yeah the other thing Is interesting to me is um Charlotte is a city you know Charlotte Is the banking capital of the country no Matter what anybody says yeah chance Number two number two yeah that's number One and and de facto it's number one in The world right because we have the Biggest GDP in the world and my Background in business just seemed to Work there were so many possibilities to Get the Charlotte Community involved in Our program like internships with our Players financial literacy which we're Doing with our players it's just it just Made so much sense for somebody with my Background yeah now since a little bit Of frustration from you though since You've been here you're on the radio you Talked about lack of financial support With Charlotte you were the AAC media Day you were mad about the three Questions talk about the disrespect and The financial things you want to see Happen here well the financial things Are look Charlotte is a really really A wealthy City yeah and you know there Are more Fortune 500 and 1000 companies Moving here uh every day than any place On the planet why because financing is Here if you're a business you want to be Close to Banks right and financial Companies and there's a lot of very Successful people here in real estate

And other things and I just um you know Feel like having a successful division One football program at Charlotte is Critical because the city has everything Got a pro football team pro soccer team Pro basketball team Symphony and great Arts and this is our University this is Charlotte's University that has a Division one football program right and So I know how much having a division one Football program is successful means to The school yeah and means to the state And most importantly means the city and So it is a symbiotic relationship that I'd just like to see develop so you want To see more of the alumni giving back oh You want to see more businesses I want To see alumni I want to see businesses I Want to see Um Individuals who have you know who maybe Went to a different school right like Your alma mater Chapel Hill or NC State Or some of those places that live and Work in Charlotte and take an awful lot Of money out of Charlotte okay you Didn't go to Charlotte right fine but You're you're your career has been in Charlotte right so this is really Important for the school for the city Um and we haven't we have one chance to Do it So does winning help that you know

You're going to go seven eight we have To we have to win yeah and if we do I Think that that things will be Um People will be very excited look there Hasn't been a lot to be excited about Here and and I'm just another coach that Comes in and makes all kinds of promises And things but I think what as I said Players win games not coaches and people Will see right the proof's in the Pudding yeah I get a sense you're a Little bit frustrated though with the Perception of Charlotte football I know You guys are brand new in the AAC this Year but you were mad about those three Questions yeah well tell us I mean what Was it it kind of just hit you with that Well I mean Football teams are like Um they last for one year they're like The the in the in in in Dickens's great novel they're they're Like the ghost of uh Christmas Past Right uh sorry Christmas present they Last for a season So last year Charlotte team wasn't isn't This year it's like ridiculous comparing And if if people did their homework and Saw who we've brought you know who we've Brought in and the portal we brought in 52 guys many many most of them are power Five players like great great players Right and

I know I know respect has to be earned And I don't really care so much about Respect or disrespect I just like when I'm at a function where I play you can Disrespect me all you want I don't care But when we're to function with our Players right Come on and that's what ticked me off And so how are the players you know Using the motivation maybe that they've Gotten from the AAC meeting today with You only getting three questions and you You really almost standing up for them At the podium you know everybody's seen The social media videos by now but just How are they using that as motivation For this upcoming season They're bad company And every one of them knows how I feel About them every one of them knows what Happened in Dallas and Um we are a highly motivated football Team How would you describe your coaching Style who is Biff poji what I know you Talked about living close to the kids And you know getting texts early in the Morning obviously they love you but what Type of Coach are you how would you Describe your your coaching style I'm Here because of one raising the players I love the kids we have unbelievable Human beings on the team the ones we've Inherited and the ones we've brought in

Um and I remember what it was like to be A kid you know and I remember I think College football is a um It's a it is a great breaker of of young Youngsters they have goals they played For High School coaches that have loved Them and cared about them part of family And college football coaches you know on The Pinocchio scale they're if it's zero To ten there are ten right right they'll They know how to look at you and tell You in 30 seconds what you want to hear About what you need to hear absolutely And we haven't done that and so what We've done though is we've brought back A bunch of guys who are who are broken And and I was like that as a kid too you Know I was in eight schools before I was The 11th grade Um From the other side of the tracks in Baltimore so I tell them this I believe God made you all a masterpiece yeah and The world is tough on masterpieces College football is especially telephone Masterpieces so you have a chip in the Frame and a rip in the canvas and a Smudge and what my job is is to repair That Frame sew up the canvas clean up the Smudge and restore you back to what God Made you to be and we're going to show Everybody this is our Museum here okay Okay we're gonna let that all happen

Out on the field I have read several Places where you said if we don't win Charlotte should move on for me did you Really say that yeah I say it again why Would you have a football coach that Doesn't win I mean that's like that's like having a You know a dog that doesn't listen to You right or to bite you and not great To have so you know something about this Football team that nobody else knows I know a lot about this one no I mean in Terms of what they're going to do yeah What do you well tell me what do you Think they're going to do can you put a Number on it we're going to win Um I think we're going to win the league Wow What's it going to take to do that Because I mean first for a coach to come In year one and say that's a lofty very Lofty goal what's it take what did I say In the beginning I said coaches don't Win games players please do players we Got players All right okay the only thing that will Stop us from winning the league in my Opinion is if I screw it up and so if we Don't win that gets back to your Question I screwed it up And you know we have scoreboards on Campus Sports or Sports is like business you

Keep score yeah and so if the scores Aren't good you change the CEO And I'm the CEO and I shouldn't be here If we're not successful well Um how long do you see yourself being Here I mean coaches are coaching into Their 70s now on a regular basis how Long you see yourself I'd like to be Here for a long time but but I don't Want it to take a long time for us to be Good I don't think that's fair to the University I don't think it's fair the Students here I don't think it's fair The fans here it's not fair to the Players that we're recruiting Um so I'd love to be here for look I I'm One of those guys if I wasn't doing this I'd probably be sitting in a rocking Chair somewhere or somebody feeding me Oatmeal you know I wouldn't last long Right I'd be gone and I might not last Long as it is but I'd like to go out you Know Coaching and for the 49er fans watching Um you know who are some I know it's Still early still got Camp to go through But who are some of the standout players That have caught your eye right early on Here in the summer how much time do you Have uh give me uh give me a couple Couple seconds we'll start on defense Yeah I'll be an almost on handy that's Morgan Um katron Evans these are all guys in

The front Julius welshkoff uh Emmanuel Bulligan Um Mike Kelly I mean we're really deep Really deep John Wallace Um we've got we got a lot of really Really good football players and um and You know as you move to the linebackers We got some great linebackers you know Prince bema and oceto's a great player And um uh uh Boykins is a great player Transfer from the University of South Carolina the Cai Hill green was a Starter at Michigan Um you know we're We're very deep uh Reed williford's a Young really good player that was here Uh so loved that group and in the back You know we have some great players you Know Ali Ahi Ali is a great player Um uh Dante Balfour that came over from Chapel Hill great player Day Day Hollins Came over from Chapel Hill great player CJ Burton came from Boston College great Player Elijah kulp great player uh Isaiah Taylor we got a lot of good Football players you're leaving a lot of Power Five Guys to your point earlier You got a lot of power Five Guys here You talked about we were talking earlier You're going to play a lot of guys yeah You're going to take that Michigan Attitude over here kind of explain that To people what they're going to see well Players want to play if you're going to

Have a roster full of good players you Got to play them so you know You know if you play 40 or 50 plays here Uh on defense that's a lot of reps right Because we got really good players who Work really hard and the other thing is Is you want players on the field that Are fresh no player wants to play when They're really tired because you know What happens you get hurt or you don't Put down good film and all these kids Want to play in the NFL right so we want Them to have the opportunity to put Great film down and Um so we're gonna play We'll go we'll play 11 up front we'll Play six linebackers we'll play a bunch Of guys in the back uh offensive line we Go nine deep Which is really rare yeah we have three Quarterbacks we love we're gonna play Them all uh we have a great stable Running backs we have a tight end room That's totally loaded but we're going to Play a lot of you know we're gonna we're Gonna play a lot of those guys because They've earned it you know I know we Need to wrap it real quick but I wanted To ask you about nil before we get out Of here what's your thoughts in the nil How's it going to work here in Charlotte As you try to build this program and Compete with other schools are offering Pretty big in the L packages yeah well

Most of the time I tell the kids this Most time you get promised on big nil Package you've read in the in the news Where it doesn't happen yeah that's Right here's where nil happens it Happens for quarterbacks in college or a Heisman candidate running back right Really doesn't happen the way people Think that I think it happens for Everybody else right Um a lot of people don't like nil Especially older football guys they Don't like it right right but I say to Them this whether you like it or you Don't like it it's par it is a The NCAA was sued they lost empires have The right to uh to benefit from their Name their image and their likeness yeah All these schools are making millions Tens of millions hundreds of millions of Dollars on these young kids and most of The kids that play college football now Are from very disadvantaged backgrounds So I'm all for them doing well and we Have a collective and the way that Collective works is businesses put money And people put money at Collective it Goes through our exchange which is at The school and then it is a direct Contract with our players and we have a Lot of guys on nil now we haven't played A game yet And with a city like Charlotte we're Going to have a lot more so I expect

Those to be as competitive as anybody in The nil area now we're not going to do The dumb stuff we're like hey you know Some nil lawyer represents a quarterback And he calls me and says hey you know You got to give this guy 800 000 to sign in a business an apartment Forget it let's go someplace else we're Not doing that right right Um you talked about this being bad Company you know what is is there a Slogan around how you guys are going to Play is the bad companies hit that as Well well that is the slogan that's when We get in that rectangle right there 120 By 53 and a half it is all business All business all right well coach thanks For coming on with us man appreciate you Thanks for having me appreciate it all Right guys we're back with our panel now Got my man Cameron Williams back for Year two Chris Hughes the guru the number one Voice out of high school football North Carolina to start a show Sam grinder who Thinks he's going to win the Queen City Conference Championship win the Queen City College Championship yeah it is and Jonathan Grace number two Force High School football number one show in the State and just pleased to be working With these guys we got to start right With Chris uses rankings Chris you got Grimsy number one in 4A what else you

Got I got a lot of really good teams and And I tell people this all the time you Know 10 teams made the foray rankings Because these are 10 really Elite teams I think you could go 40 50 teams deep of Just really really solid football club In the foreign Fight Club you know he's 336 paid or 336 Made 704 pay well there's a lot of teams In the 336 are going to be really good Including some that's not even on this Ranking that I think the guru missed Already like seems like Mountain Tabor Uh she looked through there Huff I mean Obviously you know uh Grace knows a Little bit about about that program uh Coaching change Independence Butler you Know we'll get a chance to see them go After it later in the year Weddington You know I think weddington's a sneaky Little giant right there that could come Up there and could win any game they Play uh to the semifinals last year Coach Capone has just proved you're in I Don't even think coach Capone's lost Like eight games yet in his career you Know yeah that brought it was coming Um you know Colonel Gibbons East Forsyth The East Forsyth another one of those uh Seven uh 336 teams that is going to be Really good you know unlike in previous Years where they're really heavy on D1 Talent I think Easter scientists just Really solid at every spot and you know

They don't have that do one talent but They're going to be really good Um you know and you look here locally uh Chambers uh Mallard Creek uh Yeah that's okay I mean again I'm gonna Go back to my earlier statement the fact That they're in the top 10 shows that They're at that Elite level yeah so is Is this a year where for you I know You're not in for it listen year before He's wide open yes this is the one year That I would say Grimsley would be at The top but still it's like a lot of Teams got better and a lot of teams Dropped off from the significant like Power possibility I think you have legit 10 teams that can win the state Championship let's talk about what you Could let's talk about three and team Sounds familiar with Kim sorry Sam That's fine can you Smiles number one King's Mountain beat Sam in the playoffs Last year You know it's a team with a brand new Coach a coach straight Heron and we We've seen here locally what he's been Able to do in the parade the 3A ranks But it didn't matter who he played Nationally locally uh South Point uh in Rock Hill was just phenomenal yeah uh he Comes together he Sparty put together a Phenomenal coaching staff already had a Very uh talented cupboard full of talent Uh and that's a team that under Greg

Lloyd before he got there that was Averaging between 10 and 12 wins a year For the past decades I mean Kings Mountain's been no uh Stranger To Success uh let's look right there in Cleveland County we're gonna talk about A 4A Fight Club Cleveland County he's Got like a scuffle that we just can't Even accomplish all those teams in there Are really good uh Cleveland County Right there with them uh coach Jim sosby Uh rest I think they're really good of Course we've talked about the 336 teams Dudley are right there in the mix East Lincoln defended state champion Northern Nash who lost in the state championship Game they're still very much going to be In the mix uh if Coach Andrew Ferris can Replace a quarterback they could very Easily be enough yeah West Charlotte 10 Chris West Charlotte this man says Let's look at some of the teams in front Of him look at AC Reynolds drop down for 4A into 3A let's not forget AC Reynolds They took they took Butler to the Woodshed playoffs is really good yeah South Point North Brunswick Um Yeah and my team right here The pride of the West side I mean No One Believes In us I mean last year they Said we were going to get beat by 40 or Something by King's mountains Two acres two eggs do it uh 2A from top

To bottom may be one of the most Competitive you know these aren't things That necessarily could go up and play With the West Charlotte or a butler or Mallard Creek but from top to bottom They're really good Clinton uh has just Put together the darkness I don't I Don't want to use this is high school Football and you know I don't want to Get our different Alex bass into a tizzy Uh but Clinton has put together an Incredible roster you can read between The lines on that Clinton is going to be Really really really good Coach Corey Johnson and what he's done you know I Watched so is it over like four is wide Open it's two-way open I know boy Johnson spent together a great roster But look at 2A Wallace Rose Hill Reedsville Monroe right down the road Salisbury Forest Hills I just talked to Coach Jamie Deeks at Forest Hills They're loaded uh Wes Craven burn oh hey Another Cleveland County team burns the Best county in North Carolina is Probably Cleveland County times but yeah Talk about one day Chris got my area at The top uh same same old thing I mean Insert the teams right there you seem to Have year in and year out the same 1A Teams just go in there and dominate you Know a lot of that's just based off School size and enrollment but a lot of It's also just great school great

Coaches Great traditions and traditions Mount Airy defendant state champion Tarboro I mean well they lost like 10 Games in 20 years or something like that Robbinsville uh you know we've talked a Lot about uh our guy Cutler up there Everybody For like 13 000 yards it's like the Ninth grade or something like that I Mean And one of my Dark Horse picks Northampton County up there in the north Northern part of the state yeah uh their Team that I think could really come in And kind of stir some things up from the East maybe and he thinks that they're a Little closer than they've been they Might have something for Tarboro I've Heard all summer long the Providence day Is the best football team in North Carolina you're good friends with Chad Greer do you agree with that on a One-game day basis yes they're the best Team in the state I think that their Depth if they went through a 4A schedule Throughout I think it would be tough to Be an undefeated season because of the Death but if you have one game to play I think they're the best team in the State yet Raven Gap is going to be Really good they're always good every Year you can Raven Gap get them this Year I've almost got a shot they got

Almost got him last year took a heroic Performance I think Jay Davis had almost 400 yards them getting in Anthony Quinn From 71st they made a run I feel like The arms race is on in private school so I think they're building their identity They're going to run the ball they got That massive offensive line full of guys From you know good knows where that are Going to go in there everywhere and They're going to control the clock and Try to keep that Providence day offense Off the field they're playing already we Know is well established and they're Trying to go make a run Charlotte Christian beat Providence Day last year In the regular season can they do it Again got a new coach Bryce young going To Notre Dame they got talent over there They got two guys going to know they got Talent what do you think I I think Providence day is more talented I think They're more experienced this year I Think I mean maybe like you know they Said if they played a 4A schedule Through and through it might be tough Going Charlie Christian beat them in the Regular season I don't think so I think Probably this day goes undefeated all Right we're going to come back to Problems today we'll talk about some of The big games Chris you got y'all on 71st at Richmond is one of your big Games why is that going to be a big deal

Well we talked about Anthony Quinn you Know 71st was my number one team in the 3A until he left for Raven Gap uh it Never was West Charlotte right that's Because they were you're way down there Yeah they were yard they were yard away From going to the state championship Game last year 71st it was just a Phenomenal team uh what coach Darren McLaren has done down there is Phenomenal I know a little bit about Them coaching against uh Fayetteville And uh Richmond teams uh I've looked at What Brian Till's done you know Richmond's just been a little bit off And by Richmond standards they've been Way off you know so it's just not Acceptable but I've kind of been keeping My eyes on them from a distance looking At some of the talent looking at what They've been doing yeah I think Richmond Could be a team I'm not going to sit Here and say Richmond's back because Numbers are back though 4A is 50 deep Too but I do think North Carolina High School football is always good and we Get Ryan till on the show Closer to getting close to top 25 than They were and wow and you're right Richmond County is good North Carolina High School football's good big game Memorial Stadium Hudson Burns what do You think that I think it's going to be A phenomenal game you know it didn't

Make the cut for game of the week Because I think both of these teams are Great regardless no matter what happens In this game you can't tell me that both Of these teams aren't going to make a Major State win the storm it's going to Start I think I've got my money on game Too I think game two is but it's always game Two or if it's a two game slate Pushes it back so game two is my money We'll hopefully we don't get that Because I think this is going to be a Classic yeah Burns had a lot one of Their players passed away so you know Prayers community and definitely you Know I'm sure that game will be very Well attended more saves will be packed Out Shelby Kingsman Longest running or the oldest rivalry in The state of North Carolina obviously AO Brown and Concord is the longest Continuous there's a ticket line already Going right now it's probably going Around uh you know Shelby this is a make Or break here for Shelby uh they have Been they have one off season man come On they've won like 98 state Championships Seems to be real in high school sports These days We call it what it is and you know what They go to Chris

Don't get the people watch your show for A reason let's go all I'm saying Shelby Is still phenomenally well coached yeah They've got a lot of Pride and he's got A lot of talent they got a lot of things Week one I think they can compete I Don't think they're going to be favored I think Kings Mountain probably will Pull away and win but if we come back Here next week and find out that uh Shelby won that game you know it's not Gonna be surprised oh hold on hold on Let's just let's back this up for one Second he has Kings Mountain Range what In the 3A number one where do you have Shelby And you said you wouldn't be surprised That they'd be the king's Mound okay Well let me explain I've been I've been Around the game of high school football Since before you were born by the way I can still remember guys like Ethan Horton and Tracy Johnson and guys like That running all over football fields Back in the 70s and 80s games like this Sometimes uncommon men are common men Yeah common sayings okay rivalry games And you know what a first year sophomore That we know nothing about can come up In that game and he can play way up here In the rafters grimsy Mount tape Mount Well obviously we know grimsley's the Number one ranked team in the 4A but I'm Gonna say I think I've slept on Mount

Tabor I've been looking a lot of film Yeah we get a lot we get a lot of emails I saw Brown has really you know he got Some 4A Championship a couple years ago Uh Tyshawn Brown has done a great job at Mount Tabor in the last five years I Remember when he played on that great 98 Team gosh I'm dating myself uh Mount Tabor has done a great job in the 707s Which I still say it's fake football uh I think Mount Tabor is a team to keep Your eyes on they may not win early in The season but again they very well may They Memorial Stadium you go into the Game problems today is going to play Northwestern Sam thinks any one game Scenario they can win can they beat Northwestern which is number one in the Coaches polling 4A down there I think They can and I think they will I think It's gonna be a shootout type game both High-powered offenses got Jaden Davis on Providence day you know number one Quarterback in the state and you got Finley Pope who's a phenomenal Quarterback only a junior down there at Northwest turn so it's going to be fun To watch um which which defense is going To step up that's the main question all Right my favorite part one of my Favorite parts of the show we got Grice's breakdowns you're going to start Out with Molly Creek Independence I Think this is going to be one of the

Most intriguing games of week one and Again I think when we look back after The season's over kind of do our season Wrap up this game is going to kind of Give the direction to both teams um you Know my three kids always like to give Of this game we got to start with the Man here probably the biggest star in This game of Justin little he's got to Continue to show his Elite status I Think you know he emerged as probably The breakout player in 4A last year he's On a big scene here this is a night game Everybody is coming in the city on Thursday night for this game he's got to Show up and show up big I mean when you Talk about you know the the independence Offense versus the Mallet Creek defense I think those are the two Elite you know Sides of the ball as it pertains to this Game if he shows up big Lookout this Could be a major uh major big time win For for Independence uh second we got The quarterback on the the other side so You've got Evan rambert of course newly Stepping in as a junior uh played a Little bit last year started the playoff Game against Huff did a pretty good job Uh kept them kind of in the game last Year he's got to take a big step you Know he's got to take a big step in this Game you know versus an independence Defense that we know is you know we know Is starting to to grow you got the young

Dallas Brandon a D1 guy I think he's a Sophomore Quentin reddish we've all Talked about has 30 40 offers it feels Like he's getting a new offer every day These are some young hungry guys and I Think you know coach ranking on the Defensive side of the ball is going to Really expect those guys to be big time Players Evan remember it's got to be Smart with that ball in that ball Control offense from Allen Creek cannot Turn the ball over and if he does it's Going to be a long day for them and you Know finally that kind of staying on That same piece the Mallard Creek Offense has to find a spark I mean you Know we saw it last year with the game I Was I was on the field with Myers Park And we knew that Mars Park team wasn't Great but Mallard Creek really started Slowly I thought they while they did Control the game it was a lot closer Than it had to be and really that the Score indicated you can't do that this Year against Independence you start out Slow offensively Justin little is going To have those one or two bright moments Getting that ball out so they've really Got to find that spark on offense get Some big plays early and they actually Were able to do that you know last year I felt like had some big runs early uh But you know they've got to really get Some points on the board to keep their

Uh defense in check keep this score on Under Wraps who's winning I think independent Independence I think Independence wins that conference got a Big game in the Wake County area Butler Playing at Roseville yeah I like both of These cuts you look at the Non-conference for Rolesville you know You see them playing Cardinal Gibbons You know you have this game they are Really going out and testing themselves First year coach Rainier Rackley you Know taking over this program they're Going to be good we know you know we Know about Noah Rogers he burst on the Scene to us to the Charlotte area you Know with that big state championship Game Um even in in the defeat with that Performance to let everybody know Roseville continues to have you know Some quality guys in that area Butler The same way we look at that Non-conference schedule them going Playing uh Langston Hughes in Georgia You know them continuing the show we Know you know Brian Hills is not scared Of competition and I think that game That game is going to be a really good Game Roosevelt's got a show again last Year was the Eastern sight game which Was a massive victory for East Forsyth And showed pretty pretty early that we You know we talked about Easter side I

Know you were really big on them Guru um In our at our first uh first you know Meeting last year they showed very Quickly that they are a team to mess With but you know again I stay with the Quarterbacks I always say in high school Football Elite quarterbacks really show Themselves and show what they did can do Talk about another one Zach Lawrence uh He's got a ton of D1 you know Opportunities trying to D1 Talent when He's great Butler is Elite he's got to Be great got to show up early in this Game he's the first big game of a brutal I call it a brutal non-conference play There are very few teams say for Mallard Creek's uh continued Insanity with their Knowledge schedule there are very few Teams that played the schedule that Butler has but also I think that they're Priming for that state championship run So Zach Lawrence has got to be there to Help with Roseville I think you know you Got a lot of news you got a new head Coach there's you know probably a new Offense who's going to be really be the One to break you know to break on that Scene in the Noah Rogers They don't have that guy but as you know Even as Guru alluded to earlier who's Going to be the guy to emerged to be That go-to guy on that team so we're Excited to see what's going to happen There and then finally rosal's got to

Take that step if they're going to be Competitive there they've built their Schedule in such a way they've got Butler they've got Cardinal Gibbons Those are two you know two Non-conference games we're going to Learn a lot about Roseville I think with Coach rackley's first four game games And if they're a team that's going to be State championship Contender or are they A team that's going to kind of be and Also ran seven eight you know win team And maybe potentially be a tough out in The second third round so these two Games to me are very pivotal in Determining these teams future and I Know it's hard to say that about week One but they've set their schedule up in Such a way that we're going to know a Lot about them in the beginning and he Did all that in one take yeah that's Right if you think you're watching ESPN Or something yeah this guy he's unreal He's unreal well that's a wrap for week One of uh talking preps we'll be back After the first week of games we'll have Coach versus coach we'll have Sam taking On some kid that's going to beat him up In the game We got fresh faces all that stuff player Of the week all that stuff's coming back So please watch that's Cameron that's Chris the number one voice of high School football Sam Sam Grant who's

Going to win a 3A State title he says We're gonna win one there it is on Record there it is John the grace number Two voice High School football I'm Langston and we are talking Preps [Music] Thank you [Music]

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