I am assuming that every game that we play in our division is pretty significant in terms of the kind of rivalry it represents, ... All of the lectures that I give are about thinking about this game this week and not the history of the series, who won in 1947 ... whether we go to Niagara Falls ... because all of that stuff doesn't matter.
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He is a bright guy. He has a pretty good understanding of what we're doing. It's just going to take some time to get him into football shape.
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