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Steve Ryan

Head football coach at Morningside University (Sioux City, IA) since 2002, three-time NAIA national champion and NAIA Hall of Fame inductee.

Sep 29, 2026

0:58
What is it that you're happy with on the defense? I know it seemed like you clamped a lot better when you went to that four-man front, and it seemed to free up Brickhouse quite a bit.
1:11
Yeah, I think, well, you know, credit to those guys and to our defensive staff that, you know, after the Northwestern game, just saying, hey, this three-man front is not working.
1:23
Let's go to the four-man front.
1:24
You know, here's the changes we're going to make.
1:27
Obviously, you know, when you change a defense like that, some guys are not playing as much.
1:33
Other guys are playing more, which can create some tension on the team, but I think everybody's responded really well.
1:42
I think Jason Bowker, Caleb Sabota, they were rotating times at nose.

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11:09
And, and then you suited up Kasdorf just, just for a decoy wise on the next game.
12:44
Remember when you, when you got, um, Trent, I, I remember talking to you, with you about it and you're like, "Yeah," uh, yeah, you were pretty happy 'cause it- 'cause I think, uh, Connor helped, helped the cause a little, didn't he?
12:57
Um, yeah.
12:59
I, I think getting, you know, getting both of those together, those two guys together, um, you know, was really, really special.
13:06
And, you know, um, and, and I don't know if kids always realize it, but they, they had an amazing career at Heelan.
13:15
They came to Morningside, they had an amazing career here.
13:18
Um, and I think they had an incredible time playing football.
13:22
Um, and you know, you saw it, you know, you know, we've played three games this year.
14:31
Yeah.

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