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some broadcasting. I've had a couple of opportunities in sales. I think I could teach and coach but
there's a lot in the air right now."
Teaching doesn't appeal to him as much as coaching. "That's something that maybe I will test the waters with, maybe a grad assistant's job," he said. "I
want to maybe get a taste of it."
Upon reflection on the coaching profession, he
conceded, "Those guys' lives are really tough. I'd
like to have some normalcy down the road to have a
family and see my kids and stuff."
It might surprise some to learn that playing in the
NFL was not one of his early aspirations.
"I didn't play football until high school," Borland
said. "But when I was little, I knew that I wanted to
be a pro athlete. The sport changed, it seemed, by
the season.
"I used to want to be in the NBA, or Major League
Baseball. I used to want to play for our national soccer team. Once football took over as my favorite
sport, the NFL was a dream."
Still is.
"I have to perform well the rest of this year," Borland insisted. "A lot of times accolades and individual performance is predicated upon team success.
We're having a good year.
"But there's a lot of work left to be done."
Starting with Saturday night's game at Ohio State.
"Keeping our composure and staying the course is
going to be the secret," Borland repeated on what it
would take to win in Columbus. "We've faced adversity (at Arizona State).
"Anytime you're on the road, something is going
to go wrong. You don't know what, you don't know
when. But if we stay consistent and we play hard
and smart the whole game …"
The competitor in him knows how to complete
that thought.
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VARSITY September 26, 2013
JOHN FISHER
"IT'S CLICHÉ BUT IT'S REALLY LIKE
A BROTHERHOOD AND A FAMILY,"
BORLAND SAID. "YOU SPEND SO MUCH
TIME TOGETHER THAT I'M GLAD THAT
I GET TO DO IT WITH THE TYPE OF
GUYS WE HAVE."
