Miami's Mo Toure Embraces the Challenge Nate Sheppard and Duke Have to Offer For Miami's Defense

On film and how much do you and especially the other guys in the front, you know, the front seven kind of relish the opportunity to go up against, you know, someone who's doing so well. Oh, we do. We look forward to every opportunity every week. But this is like you said, it's one of the best running backs in the country. You know, he has an elite group. He's an elite running back. He's very explosive. He knows how to hit the gas. You know, he knows how to be patient, you know, and they got a good quarterback. Good. So definitely preparing for the battle. All right. Next, we're going to Jordan. Hey, Mo, thanks for taking the time. Two questions for you. First off, just how have you seen the teams respond in practice over these last few days after the Notre Dame loss as you guys try to get back on track? Oh, I want to know mentality, you know, like when that game was over, we gave ourselves a day, you know, to be sad and all that, you know, but on to the next one, you know, we can't, can't be in our feelings. You can't be sad, correct what we need to correct and on to the next team. I want to know mentality every single day, just attacking every single day, honestly, staying in the moment and just preparing every hour, every second we can. What were some of those things that you felt like needed to be corrected after Notre Dame? Oh, everything, the swarm, tackling, communication. We just got to be better overall as a team. All right, next we'll go to Tim. Thanks. Good morning, Mo. I wanted to ask you, I know you're focused on Duke because that's the next game, but are you at the point where you're kind of just taking some stock of this incredible college journey, this incredible story that you've had with all the ups and downs and all of that? Are you, as one of the leaders and obviously one of the more experienced guys, are you at that point where you're starting to think of it in those terms too? Could you repeat that question? You know, you've had, your college story is, you know, kind of rare, you know, the amount. So, you know, there's only a few games left for you. You know, there's the three regular season games and whatever happens in the postseason. Are you at the point where you're starting to reflect on what an extraordinary, what an unusual journey you've had? I reflect every single day. Every day I wake up, I thank God, you know, because I think back on my journey every single day and I look at the things I've overcome, look on the things that I get the opportunity to do every single day to still play football, you know? So I don't, I don't, I wouldn't say I look at it like that. I just try to attack every single day and stay in the moment, you know? Enjoy it while I can. But I understand what you're saying, but I wouldn't, I wouldn't say that now. Just stay in the moment. Do you think that having that sort of perspective, though, I mean, not a lot of guys have it. So do you think that having that perspective just to be thankful for whatever the next opportunity is, whether it's, you know, a practice game, whatever it is, do you think that helps you? Yeah, for sure. It helps me to stay sane, for sure. You know, just being grateful for everything that comes my way, you know, and everything that God puts in front of me, being able to come out here and be a hurricane every single day, being able to motivate my guys, being able to practice on game tree today, you know, having elite practice, just go out there, swim, play violin. It definitely helps me a lot. Stay sane. I like that, Mo. Thank you. All right, Andrea, you wrap us up. Hey, Mo, how are you doing? I'm good. How are you doing today? I'm doing great. Thanks. I wanted to ask you something else about Nate Shepard. Just when you've watched him on tape, number one, does he remind you of anybody that you guys have played this year? And then number two, what makes him so effective, particularly his ability to break tackles? Uh, low center of gravity, you know, when, when he makes contact with a, uh, with a defender, he likes to drop his pad level and just play low and stay low. And it helps him stay up. You know, he's even, he's good catching the ball out the backfield too. You know, they like to get in the ball out of the backfield as well, but you're not just good at running the ball. He's good at catching the ball, you know, getting the ball in open field. He's great in open field. He's great in open field. He's great between the tackles, you know, it's definitely going to be a challenge for us, but like I said, we looking forward to it. And what is the biggest key for somebody who who has all those attributes to wrap and bring him down. I just swarmed. Swarmed. Just keep swarming like a pack of piranhas. Like you smell blood in the water. Just go. Everybody.