Brad Jackson
Brad Jackson
Bradley Michael Jacksonis a former linebacker in the National Football League. He grew up in Anaheim, California and Akron, Ohio. He played six seasons in the NFL, from 1998–2003, for the Baltimore Ravens and the Carolina Panthers. He played high school football for the Firestone Falcons in Akron, OH...
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This one goes beyond just the game and in some ways it's great and in some ways I hate it. It's like a social event. Everyone wants to go to the Central game. I can't quite understand why everybody doesn't want to go to every game, but it is a lot of fun.
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We're going to be prepared for anything. The slate's been wiped clean for everyone at this point. It's been proven in our conference that anyone can beat anyone and we have to be ready for anything.
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It was another typical Western-Central game. Both teams played with a great deal of heart. We just fought and fought, and had guys come up with some huge plays at critical times. I told the guys, those are games champions are made of.
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Preston gave us a spark and played very well. We had some guys in foul trouble and Brett Weisner and Darrell Visser did a good job coming off the bench.
good played saint
Saint Martin's played very good defense. But we were impatient.
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Sometimes with a talented team, especially offensively, it just comes so easily that you can lose focus. In the first half we really got it going, and when things are flowing like that it can be easy to relax mentally a bit.
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Every game is a little different. Certainly, this one is different because it's at Central and not at a neutral site or our gym.
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He's a great competitor and loves to play in the tough games. He was big tonight.
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He's 6-10 and growing. He's got size 18 shoes. He's lean, but he has wide shoulders. He can get bigger and he has good basketball sense.
defense last minutes soft start
We were soft on defense to start the game. The last 10 minutes of the game, we really started to get after it.
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One thing about Tyler and I've known him for a long time is that he's always been a guy who wants his team to do well. I think you can look at his history and see that. ... He's conscious of his contribution and wants to do well individually, but his main goal is team success.
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Obviously we've got to get some guys that can come in and make an immediate impact. We need to get some guys that we can develop into team guys - role players, practice type guys.
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We've got a bunch of guys that want to go and run. The pace of the game they (NNU) used was different and it definitely affected us.