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HI, EVERYBODY. WELCOME IN JEFF DUBROF ALONGSIDE SHANNON EARHART. LIVE IN IOWA CITY, IOWA. FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS. THAT FEELS LIKE THE START OF THE NEW FOOTBALL SEASON. IT FEELS LIKE FOOTBALL SEASON. WE’RE REALLY EXCITED. EVERYONE KNOWS HOW GOOD THIS DEFENSE IS GOING TO BE. NOT A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS THERE. THE TOPIC EVERYONE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE OFFENSE OF COURSE, THAT’S GOING TO BE A MYSTERY. IT’S A TOPIC THIS SEASON, A NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND TIM LESTER COMING IN FOR BRIAN FERENTZ AND TIM LESTER IS OFFENSIVE. SCHEME WAS TALKED ABOUT. BUT NARROWING IT DOWN FROM THERE. THE QUARTERBACKS OF COURSE YOU HAVE CADE MCNAMARA RETURNING AFTER HE TORE HIS ACL LAST SEASON. BUT THE HAWKEYES ALSO BROUGHT IN ANOTHER QUARTERBACK IN BRENDAN SULLIVAN, A STARTER FOR NORTHWESTERN LAST SEASON. HERE’S THE THING. ALL WE’VE HEARD THIS OFFSEASON AND TODAY IS THAT THIS SCHEME TIM LESTER RUNS IS COMPLICATED. THE MAN BEHIND THE SCHEME SAYS THAT HIS QUARTERBACKS ARE STARTING TO LEARN IT DAY BY DAY. CADE, IT’S BEEN FUN WATCHING HIM, YOU KNOW, BATTLE THROUGH GETTING BACK TO PLAYING FOOTBALL. YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE DONE IT. EVERYONE’S DONE IT. AND, UH, AND HE’S HAD SOME REALLY GOOD DAYS WHERE HE’S CONFIDENT EARLY ON. YOU KNOW, HE WAS A LITTLE, LITTLE SHAKY IN THE POCKET. HE’S CALMED DOWN NOW. HE’S MOVING IN THE POCKET REALLY WELL. LIKE HE’S DONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. NOW. EVERYTHING FOR SULLY’S REP ONE. YOU KNOW. SO THE MORE REPS WE CAN GET WE’VE REALLY CHALLENGED THEM. AND WALKTHROUGHS. UH, SO WE’RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY REPS AS WE CAN. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MUSCLE MEMORY IS A REAL THING. AND, UH, TO WATCH THEM CONTINUE TO GET BETTER EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE THEY’RE COMMITTED TO IT. AND IT’S BEEN FUN TO WATCH THEM BATTLE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, BRENDAN SULLIVAN AND RECEIVER JACOB GILL WERE ACTUALLY ROOMMATES AT NORTHWESTERN, AND NOW THEY’RE ROOMMATES ONCE AGAIN HERE AT IOWA. SPEAKING OF THE RECEIVERS, THE RECEIVING CORPS REALLY HAS A LOT OF UNKNOWN WITH THAT NEW SYSTEM THAT TIM LESTER HAS IMPLEMENTED. THAT MEANS THAT THE RECEIVERS ARE DOING A LOT MORE BLOCKING, WHICH OPENS UP THAT RUN OPTION, WHICH INEVITABLY OPENS UP THE PASS GAME. THIS IS WHAT THAT NEW PRO-STYLE OFFENSE SHOWCASES. THE BEST CHANCE YOU’LL GET TO SEE IT IS JUST ON A SATURDAY. HONESTLY, UH, EVERYBODY’S COMING IN THERE. WE’RE NOT DROPPING BALLS. WE’RE NOT. WE’RE NOT RUNNING, YOU KNOW, BAD ROUTES. WE’RE WE’RE OUT HERE FOR ON THE FIELD. WE’RE GOING TO WORK. UH, COACH LESTER SAYS RESPECT THE GAME. AND I THINK ALL THE RECEIVERS RESPECT IT. I KIND OF FELT FOR HIM AT FIRST BECAUSE I’M LIKE BEING THROWN INTO A NEW SYSTEM. IT’S HARD. IT’S CHALLENGING. BUT, UH, THOSE GUYS HAVE REALLY ATTACKED IT. UH, THEY BONDED TOGETHER AND SHOOT. JUST DURING THIS FALL CAMP. THEY’VE JUST EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY’RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. AND, UH, IT’S JUST IT’S A TOUGH OFFENSE TO PLAY AGAINST. I MEAN, THEY DO PRESENT A LOT OF NEW THINGS. RECEIVERS COACH JOHN BUDIMIR TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVEN’T DECIDED THE ONES YET, BUT THEY WILL BE DECIDED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF FROM TODAY. YEAH, I DON’T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. IT’S GOING TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AUGUST 31ST IOWA KICKS OFF THE SEASON. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ON THIS OFFENSE TONIGHT AT TEN. WE’LL HEAR FROM CADE MCNAMARA AND KIRK FERENTZ. AND WE’LL HAVE A LOT MORE COMING FROM THIS TEAM AS WE INCH CLOSER AND CLOSER TO GAME DAY. LIVE IN IOWA CITY FO