Mark Fletcher Jr on Notre Dame, Offensive Adjustments and Miami Record

All right, Adam, you'll get us started. Hey, Mark, how's it going? Doing good, and yourself? Doing well. So just first off, you know, obviously the offensive line has been kind of a work in progress for the year. Guys have been improving throughout the year. Seemed like last week's game was probably their best performance of the season so far. Just how have you seen them get better as the season's gone on? With Coach Mario Cristobal. Coach Marabal, just coaching those guys relentlessly, it's only going to get better, and that's what I've been seeing day by day. They're the hardest-working group from top to bottom, so they're going to just continue to improve. Proud of them. And then just one more from me. From a personal standpoint, how would you say your four years at Miami has helped you grow or change as a person? What do you think is the biggest thing you learned about yourself or about just anything in general? I'll definitely say just the normal things, you know, going to being a businessman. I'll say things like time management, you know, becoming more disciplined, just having just a greater sense of urgency to just get things done. So it definitely helped me being here with on and off the field stuff and that nature. All right, next we'll go to Matt. Hey, Mark. Can you talk to how important it is in a game like this to sort of establish that line of scrimmage presence on offense, to be able to run the ball first. Just, um... You know, because I know everyone's talking about Miami's passing game, right? But I think maybe they're overlooking the importance of that. Can you just talk about, you know, how you guys need to do that in a game like this? Oh, yeah, no, that's every game. We want to try to run the ball efficiently, right? To win any game, it's definitely going to be on the big guys. The trench is going, you know, both ways, offense and defensively. So, yeah, it's a big role. All right, next we'll go to Mike. Hey, Fletch. It's Mikey Pasquale, Channel 7. How are you? I'm doing good. And yourself? Good. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Let me ask you this. You talked about a sense of urgency. I want to go to the situation you guys are in right now. And Coach Mario always says 1-0, and you guys echo that. But now with the college football playoff rankings coming out, you're number one in the country as well as in AP polls. Does it just feel like you guys have more of a target on your back right now? No, sir. We just go one and oh. We believe we're the hunters, hunting for everyone. And that's our motto. That's how we train. That's how we work. So just focus on one and oh each and every week. That's how you said it. That's just instilled in us. If I could follow up, if you don't mind. Is that something that Mario instilled in you? Because he tries to keep you guys humble. He always says after the win so far, we have more work to do. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. He definitely does. Because it's very true. We are always trying to, you know, be better. Our motto is offensively play the next play. If it's good or bad, we're going to play the next play. And that definitely keeps us humble and just keeps us, you know, ready to work. Always room to improve. Thanks, Fletch. Good luck this weekend. Thank you. Thank you. All right, Anthony, you'll wrap us up. Hey, Mark, sort of jumping off on that CFP question where Notre Dame stands, it seems like they really need this game. Do you is there any maybe preparation and about facing maybe a different sense of desperation on that side from them? No, honestly, that's not how we operate. It's not how I operate, at least how I'm thinking. They're a great team. They're going to give us their best either way it goes. So we're just excited for the challenge. All right, Mark, appreciate you taking the time.