joined Now by a guy I've been waiting to interview probably since I met your running back from last year Max brosmer Minnesota quarterback transfer from New Hampshire so we met Dylan La at the Senior Bowl he had some very nice things to say about you now's your chance to say any nice things you need to say about him because that I can't like that guy's a quarterback's best friend a running back who you can hand it to him and you can throw it to him and he can do anything yeah yeah we uh we roomed together for uh three years I think wow we were roommates for three years we get some good memories together um both on and off the field um he's an outstanding individual I I I had a blast playing with him and and being his roommate and and going through college together and um you know I I can't think of enough for for what he did for the team and but also just just being friends outside of football and now you get Darius Taylor yeah that's a pretty good pretty good TR because Dylan's with the Raiders now so no no hope of getting him but we we talked to Darius earlier today and and he's a sophomore in college and he's talking about all the stuff he does to take care of his body is like it's like listening to an NFL like 10e veteran yeah and that's got to be exciting he's an extremely mature individual for for how young he is you forget he's a second year in college um you know he had an outstanding year last year as a freshman and he he comes in as a sophomore and he's he's talking like he's been here for five years yeah so it's cool to have that in the room and um it's cool to have him with such a unique you know skill set um in the back field so you're from Georgia right and and you brought the the skill guys down to Georgia how how important was it to to get to know them get let them get to know you yeah yeah we have we have very limited time um you I just got here in January so I've been here for six seven months I think I think it's been now yeah um so you know they're on the same page the fact that you know we we only have so long together in order you know to be successful this season and to train and build chemistry on and off the field um and so when I when I pitched the guide to them because I did it un the trip at UNH um so I brought it to Minnesota and I pitched it to them like hey what do you guys think about this they in and it's it was a blast we did Lake time we did on the field training um field and workouts um we did a Braves game that was a fun we did I took him to the aquarium that was oh that's a good one too yeah Atlanta aquarium still joke they got like whales in there and stuff I know I always wonder how they fit a whale in there like every time I walk by it it's like yeah hey there's a there's a whale in there right now the lake time like okay tuing weight boarding or what what we talking about no we we stayed away from the water sports okay we have a fan is that a PJ Fleck order no no thing we don't we don't really like to do that uh just because you can get hurt so easily sport so we just floated uh you know had some really good dinners together my dad and my mom um blessed them they were amazing you know 10 guys in the roof oh yeah um but cooking really good food and dinner for us and it was just the time off the field that we spent together that meant a lot that's going to really contribute to Our Success this year and that's the thing you have to do this in such an accelerated fashion you only have the one year here and so you got to make sure they they know you you know them and the chemistry is right totally yeah and yeah it's a it's learning about people from their backgrounds and outside of football that that really brings a team together yeah how hard is that you know because you you have you played four years at New Hampshire you know those guys so well to leave that and then embark on this this new Journey yeah it's it's it's not easy it's it's extremely difficult um number one just leaving in general from the team that you've been with for so long I would I was there for five years I had covid I had an injury um and so I was there for five years and this is my sixth year um so learning how to lead those guys you know it's you're always learning something new every single year and then you that kind of gets cut short because now I'm transitioning to a different school where I have to kind of restart um so I kind of took some tools that maybe I learned from New Hampshire that um I felt you know helped my success as a leader um and brought them here and you know I think the other side of it is the fact that people are buying into me yeah um and that means a lot because ultimately I can't do my job if if people don't Buy to me how did you make the decision to leave New Hampshire and then say I'm I'm I'm in the portal and let's let's try this at a different level yeah something about it just just felt like it was time it really did I think there's a a piece of me that you wanted to stay because it was home and it was family yeah um but I felt like I had to I had to challenge myself yeah and try something new I felt like I I needed to to to go play on a bigger platform um and I couldn't be more grateful for my coaches at New Hampshire because you know they they were supportive either way um they weren't you know obviously they wanted me to stay right um but there was a lot of it that said hey like if you go like we're gonna be 100% your supporters and your corner um because we know your goals and your aspirations and we want to see you succeed as well and when you narrow those down how do you decide on Minnesota as a place for you it was the culture um and the team and so you know meeting coach Fleck in person was pretty cool I heard about his his days at Western Michigan oh yeah um and how he kind of transition to Minnesota and you know brought his culture with him and it's such a unique culture um and I didn't know if I was going to very if I was going to blend in very well with it until I got there and you know I met the the Captain's Council um on one of my visits there and you know there was the older guys it was like fourth to fifth year guys and they were they were amazing I I I meshed with them like that yeah it was with a five minute meeting um and you could see the culture was so tangible in the building you know everyone um it's one big family it really is and that's what I look for in a school how does it and because you've been in the FCS for your whole career does it feel different when you get on the field I imagine it feels different when you're in the locker room or the facil because these big 10 schools have all this stuff right but is it different on the field I would say are you talking about like the in practices speed of play yeah yeah working with these teammates and yeah it's definitely a lot different I I think the Minnesota practice culture is is unique in it its own not just from FCS to power five or power four but in in every single you know part of those P4 teams you Minnesota's practices are are legit yeah and oh you guys actually hit oh yeah yeah and there it's it's for a reason everything everything has a reason behind it and um that's something that was definitely a big transition for me like practicing in the indoor which however million millions of dollars it takes to build that and New Hampshire you know we practice outside every day in New Hampshire even when it was snowing and you know Spring ball New Hampshire was awful cuz we did 6 a.m. practice and it was it was like maybe eight degrees out at a.m. um and you have to just go out and just dog it out and at Minnesota you know we get to walk in the indoor because we have it yeah um so there's a little bit of difference in that and you kind of have to realize that hey it's still football I'm here for a reason um you know we we're all practicing with the same goal in mind yeah speaking of that it is still football but it is different because you're in a video game now oh that's pretty cool yeah what was that like first time you saw yourself very cool seeing seeing uh my last name on The Jersey was very cool um did they get your face right I don't I think it's pretty automated like gener like AI generation oh it's not they they tried they they had your head shot okay I I went down there before they released it they were trying to explain to us like because the NFL guys they all get scanned at the combine so like they have the full body scan of those D there's too many of you guys so they have like they have like 200 hairstyles and 200 face shapes and 200 mustache combos yeah and so they try yeah but we'll now I got to go into the game and look and and see how close I'm I I would say I'm relatively close okay maybe um I know there's some guys on my team who aren't very happy oh like I think they made our kicker our righty but oh Noy they fly in an update he's an all big 10 kicker too like he's legit he's mad because he's a righty or sorry he's a lefty and they made him a righty um I know one of my guys like Philip Daniels one of my tackles yeah like they mess his face up so bad on the game and he's a little upset about that but um you I think the guys are just super grateful to be in the game attributes though do you feel good do do you feel like it looks like you yeah I would say generally the arm good enough the the accuracy good enough no comment everybody could be a little better even Donovan Edwards who's on the cover was like I could have been ra a little higher everyone everyone will say though could be a little higher um but I just like that fact the fact that I'm in the game well hey when you tear it up first couple weeks still still update yeah yeah hopefully yeah we'll see well good luck Max I appreciate it yeah thank you man thank you thank you so much for watching just a reminder subscribe to this channel right here so you never miss an episode of Andy Staples on 3 and oh 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