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Jonah Gambill cautiously folds his immense 6-foot, 3-inch frame into a small conference room chair, before cracking a huge smile.
The sophomore offensive lineman’s size is only surpassed by his immense personality, especially when he breaks into his favorite impression of his position coach, Jim Bridge.
“We're trained seals, men, (we run) straight down the line, like a seal,” Gambill says in his Coach Bridge voice, followed by several seal barks.
But when the conversation shifts to his expectations for the Tiger’s 2022 season, all the jokes stop.
“I just want to go out there and people hate us,” Gambill says. “I just want to have a mindset that nobody can beat us.
“You come to our field, we go to your field — it doesn't matter. We're going to beat the crap out of you wherever we go. And I just want people to hate Memphis because of how much we talk, how much we back it up and how much we hit you in the mouth, every play.”
“You come to our field, we go to your field — it doesn't matter. We're going to beat the crap out of you wherever we go. And I just want people to hate Memphis because of how much we talk, how much we back it up and how much we hit you in the mouth, every play.”