Any repercussions or lingering injury issues after he came back and played last week?

No, not at all.

His arm felt great after the game and his shoulder felt great.

I just think he's continuing to heal and continuing to get better.

If I would have had to make that decision all by myself, he wouldn't have played last week just because I would have been that cautious in dealing with him.

His future is right around the corner because he'll be in camp with LSU, you know, showing what he's got, uh, just in a couple of months.

And so I, uh, you know, I would have been reticent to make a decision like that.

What is it about Haughton that is the biggest concern for you and Evangel?

So how does the opponent determine at all, if any, who gets the action tonight? Or is it just depending on if Pop can go, he's going to go?

I think it would be the latter.

It wouldn't matter who we were playing.

If Pop was ready to go, then he's going to want to play.

And kudos to our quarterback and to his wonderful family because this is important to them.

And I can tell you that I really believe, honestly, that any other five-star, four-star quarterback player in the country would at this point have already packed it in and just they would have been looking forward to January to be able to compete for a position on the next level.

But not these guys.

Has it reached its potential yet? I mean, I know that there's always room to grow, but how close, I guess, are you guys to hitting all cylinders?

And I guess the main thing, Coach, is how in the world is Peyton Pop Houston doing? What's the prognosis and all that good stuff? If you can share, whatever you can share, we'd like to find out the most we can about the young man.

You bet.

Well, he has a type 2 disease.

uh, separation, which means no surgery.

Thank God for that.

And of course he's just, uh, preparing every single day through his therapy to, you know, return to the field.

That's all that's on his mind.

What's your expectations of freshman Briggs Berlin for tonight's game at Bird, the homecoming for the Bird Yellow Jackets? What's your expectations for Briggs?

What is it about this story that you think has really just connected with so many Americans as they watch it on Fox Nation?

Well, I- I think the story is about values.

Number one is the value of faith.

The fact that we rally around our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

And we're not all from the same churches on Sunday morning or the same doctrinal or religious background, but we believe in the word of God and we believe in Jesus Christ, and it draws us together.

I get an opportunity to use this as a platform, which I've actually used for 45 years.

A platform to be able to see these kids really find out who they are and perhaps solve some of the riddles and questions of life before it really counts.

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