Appreciate being here. You're excited to be in, you know, ACC week, you know, open up your conference

schedule, you know, here this week against an extremely talented Virginia football team.

You know, this is a team that, you know, offensively, you know, one of the best in the country.

You know, defensively, you see the, you know, just the confidence of what they're playing with, you know,

continuing to get guys back.

You've had some early season injuries, but, you know, you really felt, you know, great speed

and physicality in their game there on Saturday night.

You know, going on the road Friday night, you know, national TV.

And it's an exciting, exciting opener for us.

You know, our guys, you know, think I've handled the short week and just the adjustment

of what we do.

You know, they've handled that well up to this point.

Today was highly spirited, fast practice.

I thought we came out with great intent and purpose

and really feel this team pushing and fighting to go get better.

And like I said, it's a big challenge in front of us,

everything we've done, you know, and through off-season fall camp and even in these,

your first three weeks with the by-week is to prepare for, you know, the uncomfortable situations.

And, you know, you go on the road, I mean, they're going to show up, you know,

for whether it's, you know, some of the opportunities of distraction, whether it's, you know,

long bus ride to the stadium,

whether it's the crowd being against you, whether it's, you know, the momentum swings that

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