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your college team at Miami was just
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ridiculous. And I just want to go over
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some of the some of the talent of this
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team because I love those early 2000s
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Kanees teams on your 03 team. That was
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your first year in Coral Gables. Frank
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Shawn Taylor, DJ Williams, Sonoris Moss,
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all were on this team and they all made
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the NFL. And that's not even all of the
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NFL players that you played with. I
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mean, you're talking about an NFL Pro
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Bowl team. Do you think that Miami team
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you were on had more talent than some of
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the NFL teams you were on?
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Most definitely. If we would have kept
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in our prime, we would have been a top
0:52
team to beat. You got to think about it.
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You mentioned guys that you didn't
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mention guys like what about Vince
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I was going to say play on that 03 team.
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Yes, he was on that team.
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What about Jonathan Vilma?
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Brandon Merryweather,
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right? The these are standout NFL
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players. Some of the Pro Bowls every
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single year and that was just on your
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Correct. You know what I mean? So yeah,
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it was it was crazy. Craig Olsen.
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I mean, so [laughter] like this is what
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is amazing about those early 2000s
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Canades teams. You come from college and
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you have an NFL Pro Bowl team. You go to
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the NFL, you don't have that many Pro
1:32
Bowlers on an NFL roster. Like if you
1:35
had four NFL Pro Bowlers on a roster,
1:38
you had a really good season in the NFL.
1:41
When you played at in Miami, you might
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have had eight or nine NFL Pro Bowlers
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My rookie year when I played in the Pro
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Bowl, it was like eight of us.
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It was like eight. It was like eight of
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us. My second year, it was like like
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another eight or 10 of us. Like every
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year I went to the Pro Bowl, we had at
2:04
least a guaranteed eight players from
2:06
the University of M at the Pro Bowl.
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It was an alumni game, the Pro Bowl.
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Even Even the coach, the receiver coach
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was a coach from the University of Miami
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that coached us. [laughter]
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So, it it it wasn't a joke, man.
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And remember how that old Orange Bowl
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and it was old, but it was loud and it
2:31
was awesome. I loved going to games with
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the Orange Bowl. You must have loved
2:35
playing there. I I that that is a when
2:38
you think about the Gladiators, that's a
2:40
stadium that would would be like one of
2:43
the biggest most popular coliseums. Like
2:46
it's no other stadium. Like when you
2:48
think about all the gladiator all the
2:50
legends that played on [snorts] that
2:53
a lot of battles were fought in that
2:55
stadium, man. A lot of legends was
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played on that stadium.
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Got that right. And Super Bowls were
3:01
played on that stadium and great college
3:02
games and great Orange Bowls. Yeah,
3:04
you're absolutely right. Must have been
3:06
heartbreaking to watch your Canes lose
3:08
in the national championship game. How
3:10
It was most definitely I was right there
3:12
on the sideline when it happened. Um, it
3:14
was tough. You know, like you say when
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you mentioned special teams, we had a
3:20
Scoop and score for a touchdown. You
3:24
special teams when we talk about this
3:25
situation is like a real key factor and
3:28
could determine the game. And to sit
3:31
there and watch that man come down to
3:33
the wire like that, man. Is it, like I
3:35
say, give I tip my hats off to those
3:37
guys. Indiana, they played a great game.
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They have a great team. You know, no
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take no disrespect to a guy. Those guys
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played a hell of a game. Um, but when a
3:46
game is close like that, you always feel
3:48
like you had the opportunity to win it.
3:49
And so, unfortunately, I think we uh
3:53
we're in the process of rebuilding right
3:55
now. Uh, we seeing what we're capable of
3:57
having right now. And I do honestly feel
3:59
like Mario Crystal ball is doing special
4:02
right now for the University of
