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“Alright, so Omaha was in the playbook. There was actually a sheet with Omaha at the top. Basically, Omaha was…maybe we changed the play, or maybe I had changed the protection, or maybe [Dave] Diehl had to tie his shoe and it was taking forever, and the play clock is running down, and Omaha just told everybody to put their hand in the ground, shut up, and the ball is about to be snapped.”
“So I’m going to say ‘Omaha,’ I’m going to say it again, and say ‘Set, Hut,’ and you do whatever you think you need to be doing, and let’s go play football. So there you go.”
“Alright, so Omaha was in the playbook. There was actually a sheet with Omaha at the top. Basically, Omaha was…maybe we changed the play, or maybe I had changed the protection, or maybe [Dave] Diehl had to tie his shoe and it was taking forever, and the play clock is running down, and Omaha just told everybody to put their hand in the ground, shut up, and the ball is about to be snapped.”
“So I’m going to say ‘Omaha,’ I’m going to say it again, and say ‘Set, Hut,’ and you do whatever you think you need to be doing, and let’s go play football. So there you go.”
