First off just you're so proud of our football team. You know the work they put in the

journey we've been on you know the ups and downs the adversity as we faced.

You know tonight's you know starting a true freshman quarterback in the ACC Championship game.

You're not necessarily how we how we envisioned it, you know, as we've been through, you know,

going through these last 13 games, but you know, it was a football team that responded together and that's what we have.

We have a real team.

No matter how you've got to do it, no matter what it needs to look like, we find ways to win

games.

We got the most power five wins, you know, over bowl eligible teams in the

country. This is a team that has just been, you know, been resilient in the way

that they've had to overcome and it shows up in how they play. Defense had to show up big tonight and they did.

I mean that was a really good Louisville offense that's been playing.

I think I scored 30 points in the last hour, five or six games that they played and

they had to be a be holding to six points was

awesome and you know just you know we made the plays necessary and that's what this

team is all about and you know there's times that times that you know you face you face challenges and you got to you got to get yourself up and

we've been through that we've been through that the last four years and so

I'm grateful for all those challenges to allow this team to go up and to show up in times just like this.

And I mean, I knew it was going to take everybody and absolutely did.

And you know, to be able to finish up 13 to know you know conference champions to

the schedule which we played and how and how we've had to had to work through it you

know it's a special group and I'm just honored for the opportunity to

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