Check out more exclusive coverage from the FBU National Championships with video here from the runner-up head coach, Mike Manno of the 7th grade Northwest Louisiana team. Hear what he was thinking before the start of the final four tournament. His team will be favored to come back out of the West bracket in 2014.
About Brandon Odoi
Brandon Odoi is a tenured journalist. He's covered youth football since 8th grade, high school football since 2009 and began covering college football in 2011 as a beat writer for the University of Miami Athletic programs. In 2011, he founded Football Hotbed a national multi-media platform for football across the country. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and spent his first five years as a professional working at ABC Television Network, ending his career as a producer in Miami. He's married with two sons and resides in South Florida.
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