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Article: Badgers hoping Samuel stands up Sophomore QB must deliver

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September 5, 1996
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The privilege of captaincy also brings certain responsibilities, such as helping inexperienced football players ready themselves for their first collegiate start.

Talking might help but you know what they say about talk. So maybe that's why Wisconsin co-captain and tough-guy linebacker Pete Monty decided to take the unconventional route during training camp with new quarterback Mike Samuel.

"I'd give him little pokes here and there, a little jab in the ribs or a mental shot after I tackled him to see how he would react," said Monty, a 249-pound wrecking machine. Let's just say Monty elicited the desired effect. The neophyte barked back. "That's exactly what I was looking for," Monty said. ...

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