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Mario Cristobal talks Indiana: "Best defense we've faced all year"

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Head coach Mario Cristobal met with the media to discuss the upcoming national championship game against Indiana. A transcript of the discussion is below:

On preparing for a national championship game at home
The routine honestly does not change. You still check into a team hotel at a specific time. You still have your meeting schedule, walk-throughs, meal times, curfews — all of it stays intact. The only real difference is that classes have started, and that actually helps us because...

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NE Canes said:
Yup!! Best team in the historry of football.

They could beat the 85 bears and the Bill Walsh 49ers mixed. Brady and the Patriots.

They could beat the 2001 Canes...Alright...Alright...not the 2001 Canes, but everyone else.
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Lock in. Cause Indiana not going to sleep.
 
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DMoney said:
Head coach Mario Cristobal met with the media to discuss the upcoming national championship game against Indiana. A transcript of the discussion is below:

On facing Fernando Mendoza, whose father he once played with
That’s what makes football special. It comes full circle. Fernando earned the Heisman. He’s had a dominant season. His brother will be just as good.
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Mali really broke #29 ankles with a subtle juke (added to collection) and then split 3 defenders. Great play to watch in slow motion.
 
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Mali really broke #29 ankles with a subtle juke (added to collection) and then split 3 defenders. Great play to watch in slow motion.
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This is a move only elite playmakers make. He set it up early, perfectly judged the angle and the timing while accelerating, while there is other traffic around, while setting up his blocks.

The best football players are the fastest processors, they see and dissect alot of information quickly almost instantly. He isn’t making these plays just off of talent, the game is in slow motion to him
 
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DMoney said:
Distractions only exist if you allow them. We get out in front of it. We communicate with families, we handle ticket issues early, and we make sure players are not dealing with outside noise. Once the week starts, we go into a hotel just like we do on road trips. We shut out the outside world and go to work.
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Glad to hear this, the distractions of the natty being in your home town shouldn’t be looked over. We need to be 10x more locked in then we can celebrate
 
E1k said:
This is a move only elite playmakers make. He set it up early, perfectly judged the angle and the timing while accelerating, while there is other traffic around, while setting up his blocks.

The best football players are the fastest processors, they see and dissect alot of information quickly almost instantly. He isn’t making these plays just off of talent, the game is in slow motion to him
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Toney has a mental awareness in his play that I have never seen before. He is so comfortable with chaotic and odd situations and can adjust and react in no time, it's honestly scary. And when you give him space and angles, every single time, it's effortless for him to make a play.

He picks up bouncing footballs in punt return with such comfortability and ease, commentators go crazy, I get tensed up and for him, it hardly stresses him. The fumble he had when Downs hit him, he just stabs the bouncing ball with one hand and runs in stride. Vs Ole Miss, the ball bounces in front of him on a punt and he just picks it up. Every ST coach wants you to stay away from these balls and he attacks it.

Not to mention that one handed grab. Not only did he make an completely absurd grab, he had the mental awareness of securing the ball and getting a foot down whilst flying through the air knowing the landing won't be soft. The fact that he caught the ball was insane in the first place, the follow-up of him almost completing the play is even more absurd.

He is so naturally gifted in every sense of the word, both physically and mentally, it stuns me every time I see it.
 
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