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“Totally,” he said. “They gave me a lot of money while I was here. How could I hate someone? I don’t feel ill will toward anybody. It’s such a dumb thing to even think about or do. Yeah, you could be mad at how certain situations are handled. But I got to put on the Cubs uniform basically any day I wanted. If I wanted to play every day, they would’ve let me play every single day.
“I was lost, I had no clue where I was going, and all these cameras in my face, I was trying to play it off like I knew what I was doing it,” said Bryant, smiling. “It’s still so new too, it feels like I was just here, but just sitting in another dugout, in a different uniform and actually facing the guys that I’ve played with for so long.”
The decision to extend the leave through the rest of the season had been expected, given that Bauer had not pitched since June 29 and was running out of time to get back in shape to return while games remained. The regular season is scheduled to end Oct. 3, and the minimum ramp-up time for pitchers is generally regarded as three weeks.
“It’s been our base offense, probably, for 15 years,” he declared. “It’s where we always start. As we progress, whether we use two or three (tight ends), we have quality people there. We also have really quality receivers, so it’s all about finding the right mismatches.”
“My freshman year, which was in 2016, I did not play varsity,” Kirtz said. “But my sophomore year, I did play varsity. Hunter was my quarterback. … He helped me adjust to that. He made me feel way more comfortable out there, just kinda telling me ‘you got it,’ giving me confidence out there, definitely. The best memory I have with Hunter is just him kinda teaching me how to play football out there at the higher level and then now here in college.”
“I thought about as a coach in transition here, I had to endure that on Saturday,” Bielema said. “And as much as I didn’t like it. You don’t appreciate it. Don’t understand it. Don’t want to accept it. It’s real. It happened. And if I ignore it like it never happened, it’s never going to be something you can learn from.”
Kelly said senior WR Lawrence Keys III has decided to leave the team and finish his degree. Kelly also announced surgeries for freshman OT Blake Fisher (meniscus repair, 8 weeks), LB Paul Moala (torn Achilles tendon, season), LB Shayne Simon (torn labrum, season) and TE Keith Bauman (fibula fracture, 6 weeks). DE Jordan Botelho and RB C’Bo Flemister will sit out for a second straight week.
The belief in Fields, who will start his career in a backup role, hasn’t dissipated. To fans, coaches and players alike, the rookie’s performance through training camp and in three preseason games only strengthened the belief that he has all the talent, poise and drive to be a damn good starting quarterback in the NFL. For a long time. That, obviously, is a promising step forward at the most important position in the sport.
Chris Godwin, Rob Gronkowski and Antonio Brown caught first-half touchdown passes for the Bucs, who extended their winning streak to nine games dating to December. Brady’s second touchdown pass of the night to Gronkowski put the champs up 28-19. Succop’s field goal came after Greg Zuerlein put the Cowboys ahead with a 48-yarder with 1:24 to go.
“I executed the first one perfectly,” López said through an interpreter. “The second one I tried to be quicker with my move, I tried to do too much, tried to get Starling there and that’s when I made a mistake. When I tried to rush, that was bad.”