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Ohio State 31, Iowa 14: 5 Things We Learned From Ryan Day · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning. For Monday, October 5th, I'm
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  Speaker 1: to get to hear a little bit From Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: head coach Ryan Day, some of his post-game thoughts following
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes' 31-14 win over Iowa. We're going to start
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  Speaker 1: with his thoughts on Jeremiah Smith. And at this point,
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  Speaker 1: it feels like people are kind of running out of
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  Speaker 1: ways to say, wow, that guy's pretty good at football.
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  Speaker 2: I think the first thing is, you know, every coach
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  Speaker 2: in America is going to say, we've got to take
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  Speaker 2: this guy away. So the challenge is trying to figure
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  Speaker 2: out ways to get to him. What I didn't... figure
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  Speaker 2: was that Julian was going to throw the ball into
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  Speaker 2: triple coverage and he was still going to catch it
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  Speaker 2: for a big play. That was not a great read,
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  Speaker 2: but a ridiculous throw and a ridiculous catch. Then there
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  Speaker 2: was another one by the sideline, again, where unbelievable throw,
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  Speaker 2: unbelievable catch. I think we need to progress through a
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  Speaker 2: little bit better. I guess my point is there's times
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  Speaker 2: where he's covered and we make the throw and catch,
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  Speaker 2: which is just speaks to his ability and um and
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  Speaker 2: julian you know his trust with him but there's other
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  Speaker 2: plays where he you know he was open and and
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  Speaker 2: you know we work hard on designing those plays and
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  Speaker 2: trying to give him an opportunity especially the ones you
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  Speaker 2: know down the field and then touches underneath and um
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  Speaker 2: and the only way that that works is if he
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  Speaker 2: practices the way he does to work through all the
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  Speaker 2: issues and the timing that comes with it on a
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  Speaker 2: week-to-week basis so um yeah i can't say enough about
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  Speaker 2: who he is as a person you guys have heard
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  Speaker 2: me say that a million times but yeah i mean
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  Speaker 2: how about some of the plays he made and um
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  Speaker 2: And I thought overall some of the guys stepped up
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  Speaker 2: as well. Devin early in the game on that red
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  Speaker 2: zone catch and run was big. We actually had an
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  Speaker 2: opportunity with him down the field later in the game.
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  Speaker 2: Some protection broke down. But I thought he was strong overall.
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  Speaker 2: Nate Roberts had a big catch there in the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 2: which was good to see. I thought he blocked well.
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  Speaker 2: And I thought the offensive line was strong up front,
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  Speaker 2: just knocking people off the ball and finishing the game
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  Speaker 2: the right way.
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  Speaker 1: This was a day when not only did Jeremiah Smith
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  Speaker 1: put up a couple hundred yards receiving and score a
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  Speaker 1: couple of very important touchdowns for the Buckeyes, he also
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  Speaker 1: broke the career receptions record. He broke the career touchdown
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  Speaker 1: receptions record. And then after the game, you saw him
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  Speaker 1: go over to the fans, signing autographs, taking pictures, taking
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  Speaker 1: time to sort of thank the fans for making the
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  Speaker 1: trip to Iowa City. What does that mean to Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day to see Jeremiah Smith doing all of those things?
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  Speaker 2: That's what this is all about. In a day and
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  Speaker 2: age where there's a lot of transferring going on, we
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  Speaker 2: deal with it with turnover. Somebody who's been in the
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  Speaker 2: program for multiple years, like Jeremiah has, three years in
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  Speaker 2: the program, he's a national champ. He's got a pair
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  Speaker 2: of gold pants. He's had a lot of success. But
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  Speaker 2: he's also had some losses, too, some losses that weren't
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  Speaker 2: a lot of fun. But that's what life's all about.
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  Speaker 2: And I think he appreciates the support that he's received
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  Speaker 2: from the fan base. I think he loves his team.
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  Speaker 2: He loves his teammates. And he works really, really hard
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  Speaker 2: every day for them. And this is somebody that is
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  Speaker 2: not selfish, but he's very, very competitive. But all he
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  Speaker 2: cares about is winning. And he's a man of few words,
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  Speaker 2: but I can tell you he feels strongly about this
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  Speaker 2: fan base. And that's what we try to preach to
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  Speaker 2: all these players, is that it's bigger than just you
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  Speaker 2: going out and playing and then going through it. This
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  Speaker 2: is not a pass-through at Ohio State. There's been a
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  Speaker 2: lot of great teams. There's been a lot of great coaches.
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  Speaker 2: And this means a lot to a lot of people.
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  Speaker 2: And I think he's embraced that and understands that, especially
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  Speaker 2: in year three.
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  Speaker 1: The moment at the end of the first quarter when
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  Speaker 1: all the fans in the stadium turn and wave to
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  Speaker 1: the patients in the children's hospital across the street. That
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  Speaker 1: is it is a really cool moment to be there
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  Speaker 1: for a little bit emotional, I think, for a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people in there. And it was something that Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day really kind of make a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: point of emphasis about this week. He actually sent a
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  Speaker 1: letter to all the patients in the hospital. Every patient
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  Speaker 1: in the hospital got a letter from Ryan Day and
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State football program this week saying, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're hoping, you know, we're supporting you. We hope, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're hoping for the best for you. And we're looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to waving to you at the end of the
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  Speaker 1: first quarter. So what did that mean to Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: to be a part of that hospital wave tradition?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I was on the ride home, I think Wednesday night,
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  Speaker 2: and I called Quinn Temple and said, what do you
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  Speaker 2: think about us writing a letter to the patients in
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  Speaker 2: the hospital? And so we talked about it for a while. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Kevin Reese and Austin Edwards are already here,
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  Speaker 2: so it felt like we could put something together pretty quickly.
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  Speaker 2: And it was just, you know, again, these are still
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  Speaker 2: college students, you know, in very formidable years. I know
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  Speaker 2: the way that things are nowadays, the structure is different.
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  Speaker 2: But these are life lessons. And one of the great
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  Speaker 2: traditions that we have at Ohio State is on Fridays
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  Speaker 2: of home games, we send a position group over to
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  Speaker 2: the hospital to do some visits and rounds with the patients.
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  Speaker 2: And it's one of the best things when they come back,
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  Speaker 2: they feel energized. And then the feedback you get from
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  Speaker 2: the nurses, from the doctors, from the patients, from the
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  Speaker 2: patient's families is, you know, you just, it's glowing. And so,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's important to us. And that's part of
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  Speaker 2: the experience that you just recognize it's bigger than just football.
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  Speaker 2: but then to watch what goes on here, this is
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  Speaker 2: one of the great traditions in all of, um, all
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  Speaker 2: of college football. And, um, as a parent, you know,
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  Speaker 2: not just for the patients, but even for the parents, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, these patients are fighting for their life, just
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  Speaker 2: little kids. And then you think about the parents having
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  Speaker 2: to go through that. There's just a lot. So it's
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  Speaker 2: the least we can do is just let them know that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, um, there's a lot of people pulling for
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  Speaker 2: them and supporting them. Um, and so, yeah, it's, it's,
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  Speaker 2: it's a little strange in game to do it quite honestly,
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  Speaker 2: when you're in the middle of it and then it's
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  Speaker 2: kind of the emotions, um, but it almost motivates you
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  Speaker 2: more to go out there and have a great second quarter.
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  Speaker 1: The first half of that Ohio State-Iowa game did not
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  Speaker 1: look like it was going to necessarily end in a
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  Speaker 1: real easy, comfortable win for Ohio State. It was 10-6
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  Speaker 1: late in the second quarter, and it looked like, oh boy,
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  Speaker 1: this might be another Kinnick Stadium classic. And then they
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  Speaker 1: scored a touchdown right before halftime. And then after halftime,
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  Speaker 1: the defense came out and really locked down Iowa and
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  Speaker 1: got a pair of three and outs to start the
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  Speaker 1: third quarter, then got an interception. How big was that
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  Speaker 1: in changing the momentum?
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  Speaker 2: That was it. I thought the end of the first
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  Speaker 2: half was huge. We got that stop, that third down
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  Speaker 2: stop on the third long, and then we went down
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  Speaker 2: the field again and scored late, which was huge. Didn't
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  Speaker 2: come out great on that first drive of the second half,
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  Speaker 2: but then we got some stops, got the turnover. The
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  Speaker 2: first turnover, by the way, was huge, just to set
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  Speaker 2: the tone of the game. But then to get that
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  Speaker 2: one with Jalen was really big. And so, yeah, we
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  Speaker 2: wanted to play really well in the second half and
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  Speaker 2: finish the game the right way. And so the combination
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  Speaker 2: of those three and outs, the turnover, and the way
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  Speaker 2: we were to keep some drives going there with the offense,
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  Speaker 2: I think, was what we were looking for. And I
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  Speaker 2: think this is an opportunity now for this group to
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  Speaker 2: grab onto something and build because when, again, these guys aren't,
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  Speaker 2: they're not new anymore, but they haven't been here for
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  Speaker 2: a while. And this collective group, this is an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to say, okay, we went on the road in a
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  Speaker 2: tough environment against a very good team, and we won
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  Speaker 2: with a certain style. And so that'll give this team
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  Speaker 2: confidence and something to build on as we head into
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  Speaker 2: next week.
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  Speaker 1: This is obviously a very different defense personnel-wise and sort
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  Speaker 1: of scheme-wise as well in some ways. We're hearing about
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  Speaker 1: that from our scheme guys every week at this point.
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  Speaker 1: But is this a defense that is kind of a
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  Speaker 1: little bit bend but don't break?
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  Speaker 2: Every day is.
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  Speaker 2: Is a process to get better and to identify what's
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  Speaker 2: right for this team. I think you saw our team
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  Speaker 2: play with great passion and energy and confidence today on
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  Speaker 2: the road in that type of environment. That was a
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  Speaker 2: huge step for this group in the right direction collectively.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's no question that replacing those guys doesn't
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  Speaker 2: just happen overnight. And so, you know, figuring out what's
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  Speaker 2: right for this group is part of the process. But
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  Speaker 2: I think watching the film will allow us an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to say a little bit more of a again, I
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  Speaker 2: use data point because I don't know, you know, quite what, what,
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  Speaker 2: what word to use, but like as information to say,
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  Speaker 2: all right, here's where we think we can go. And
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  Speaker 2: then we have to make the next best decision on
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  Speaker 2: what the next step for this group is. Cause we
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  Speaker 2: have to continue to upgrade and making sure that we're
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  Speaker 2: staying ahead of things. Um, but the good thing is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, in the first half of the season so far,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we played in two, you know, good, you know,
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  Speaker 2: road environments. We've, we've, you know, had some things that
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  Speaker 2: we got to get better at, but we, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think we answered some questions today. Um, The idea
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  Speaker 2: of bend but don't break, I don't know. I think
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  Speaker 2: there's times we have to apply pressure. I think we
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  Speaker 2: played some man early on, and they did a nice
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  Speaker 2: job with some of those man routes. But overall, I
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  Speaker 2: think the way that our defense played at creating turnovers
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  Speaker 2: was critical. Getting those three and outs was big. I
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  Speaker 2: know everybody on defense wanted to finish that last drive
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  Speaker 2: and get off the field. But overall, it was a
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  Speaker 2: good team win.
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  Speaker 1: We spent a lot of last week talking to you
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  Speaker 1: guys about the history in Kinnick Stadium for top 10 teams,
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  Speaker 1: and boy, it's very hard to get any separation from Iowa,
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  Speaker 1: and it's very hard to get out of there with
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  Speaker 1: a win at all, even if you're one of the
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  Speaker 1: best teams in the country. So how big was it
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  Speaker 1: to start the game with Kenyatta Jackson getting that strip
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  Speaker 1: sack on the opening drive of the game for Iowa,
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  Speaker 1: setting up a two-play 14-yard touchdown drive to give the
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes an early 7-0 lead?
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  Speaker 2: Well, that was the number one goal win. We talked
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  Speaker 2: about that as a team. drop the expectations and just
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  Speaker 2: go compete for four quarters. But part of that is
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  Speaker 2: setting the tone early in the game. And we've been
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  Speaker 2: able to do that in some of these games. We've
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  Speaker 2: come out strong early in the games, which is good
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  Speaker 2: to see, but the ability to stay focused and finish
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  Speaker 2: throughout four quarters was even more of a challenge for us.
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  Speaker 2: We wanted to play 60 minutes. I felt like we
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  Speaker 2: accomplished that goal and got the win. We'll look at
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  Speaker 2: the film and continue to get better because there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of stuff on film. The issues will be there
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  Speaker 2: and we've got to get better fast.
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  Speaker 1: So the Buckeyes now back home in Columbus, turning their
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  Speaker 1: attention to the Maryland Terrapins. The game will kick off 4.15 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday. We're going to have coverage all week long
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  Speaker 1: for you. Looking back at this Iowa game, lessons to
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