Episode Details

The Glacier Wolfpack enter fall camp with a state championship already in hand and a fourth straight title game appearance in sight. Keeping Score host Luke Schmit sits down with head coach Grady Bennett and senior leaders Cooper Pelc and Dylan Banzet to talk about what it takes to defend a title, how the quarterback room is shaking up after Jackson Presley's departure, and why character - not the scoreboard - is the standard this program is built on.

Bennett breaks down the challenge of replacing a four-year starter, the competition between his current quarterbacks, and the markers he looks for early in camp to gauge what kind of team he has. Pelc, a University of Montana commit, talks about staying locked into the present instead of what's next, while Banzet shares the team's singular focus heading into the season. Both seniors open up about the mentors who shaped how they lead - and what it's really like playing for a coach who cares more about building men than winning football games.

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Coach Bennett on defending the title and the target on their back
01:24 - Cooper Pelc on chasing a fourth straight title game
02:12 - Dylan Banzet on the standard heading into the season
02:28 - Cooper on stepping into a vocal leadership role
02:49 - Coach Bennett on watching his seniors grow up
03:30 - The quarterback battle after Jackson Presley
04:18 - Building chemistry with a first-year starter
04:55 - What Coach Bennett is seeing from this year's team
06:07 - Cooper on his Montana commitment and staying present
06:32 - Dylan on the team's one goal
06:52 - The mentor who shaped how they lead
07:42 - Fall camp intensity and early confidence
08:55 - What it's like playing for Coach Bennett

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