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Purdue vs. Ohio State: Boilermakers Lose Star Player For The Season · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow morning for Wednesday, November fifth, Im'm
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  Speaker 1: All Right, on Yesterday show, you get to hear a
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  Speaker 1: little bit from Ryan Day, the state head coach, talking
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  Speaker 1: about his big takeaways from the win over Penn State.
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  Speaker 1: Today you're going to hear a little bit from the
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  Speaker 1: head coach of the Buckeyes' upcoming opponent, Perdue head coach
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  Speaker 1: Barry odom.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: He shared some thoughts on his team's closer than expected
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  Speaker 1: loss twenty won sixteen at Michigan last weekend. They were
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  Speaker 1: about a three touchdown underdog and really made it a
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  Speaker 1: sixty minute game. So can let you hear a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about this. This is just kind of a good
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  Speaker 1: overview of Purdue's team in general. Some names to know,
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  Speaker 1: and a little bit on their mindset heading into this
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  Speaker 1: weekend's game against Ohio State.
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  Speaker 3: Excited about the way our team competed and fought for
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  Speaker 3: four quarters. I thought there are a number of things
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  Speaker 3: that we went now executed and the game plan on
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  Speaker 3: how we were trying to play the game in all
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  Speaker 3: three phases, being complimentary, getting looked back and evaluate or
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  Speaker 3: second guess a number of things throughout the game.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 3: The defensively, it starts to me that we gave up
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  Speaker 3: one drive and you know, I think it.
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  Speaker 2: Was a three play drive.
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  Speaker 3: They they scored the other two times were off off
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  Speaker 3: a bad punt and then a decision I made on
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  Speaker 3: fourth and two yard and a half to two yards
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  Speaker 3: to go for it and we didn't execute and get it. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, defensively, you know, short field twice and then
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  Speaker 3: and then one drive and then we couldn't get off
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  Speaker 3: the field. At the end, we're getting uh pushed around
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  Speaker 3: up front of the box in the front seven and
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  Speaker 3: weren't able to get off the box and make a
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  Speaker 3: play there.
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  Speaker 2: They wore us down a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: And then offensively, you know, I think, you know, there's
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  Speaker 3: there's still times that the man we can if we'll
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  Speaker 3: just take what they're going to give us, we can
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  Speaker 3: execute at a pretty high level. We've got a number
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  Speaker 3: of guys that are stepping up. You look at Malachai Singleton,
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  Speaker 3: Malachai Thomas, Antonio Harris, the job that they did. I
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  Speaker 3: thought we caught the ball better well and over the
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  Speaker 3: course of the game. And then I thought, offensive line wise,
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  Speaker 3: to be able to run the ball with some efficiency,
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  Speaker 3: that was really key to going into the game. And
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  Speaker 3: I thought, I thought our kids did a really good
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  Speaker 3: job of competing. Didn't have any noise or false start
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  Speaker 3: issues with the crowd of one hundred and ten thousand,
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  Speaker 3: which was really good to see, great poise, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: again we came up short, but also.
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  Speaker 2: Had a lot of fun coaching that group for four
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  Speaker 2: quarters the other night.
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  Speaker 3: And we're in an environment that our guys embraced it
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  Speaker 3: and they attacked it, and we came up short unfortunately.
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  Speaker 3: So onto the next opportunity that we have, I think,
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  Speaker 3: you you know, the challenge, your mind and your belief
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  Speaker 3: is stronger than anything else. When you're in a situation
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  Speaker 3: like we are, you can either look at setback or obstacles,
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  Speaker 3: or you can look at find a way to put
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  Speaker 3: a plan together and have solutions. So we're leaning towards
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  Speaker 3: that area, and I know we'll have a great week
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  Speaker 3: of preparation. Our guys will be excited to play at
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  Speaker 3: home against what I think is one of the one
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  Speaker 3: of the top playing teams right now in college football.
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  Speaker 3: And I think coach Day certainly have a lot of
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  Speaker 3: respect for him and all the work that he has done,
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  Speaker 3: the teams that he's built, the way that they play.
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  Speaker 3: They've got terrific coaches, they've got outstanding players, and what
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  Speaker 3: a great opportunity for us to go play against a
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  Speaker 3: great opponent in our stadium, and our team will be
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  Speaker 3: excited to go play.
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  Speaker 1: One of the big picture things to know about Purdue. Listen,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to sugarcoat things. They have not been
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  Speaker 1: very good this year. They are seventy fifth in the
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  Speaker 1: nation in sp plus, which is sort of an opponent
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  Speaker 1: adjusted tempo free should of measure how you are as
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  Speaker 1: a team. Very clearly not one of the nation's better teams.
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  Speaker 1: They have ranked seventy fifth in the country on offense.
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  Speaker 1: They have ranked seventy fifth in the country on defense. However,
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  Speaker 1: they are a top twenty team on special teams on
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  Speaker 1: sp plus, so they actually partially blocked a punt against Michigan.
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  Speaker 1: They had some big plays over the course of the year.
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  Speaker 1: So why is that a point of emphasis from Barry
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  Speaker 1: otom and this year's perdue team.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, when you look at it, I think Kachibas does
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  Speaker 3: a terrific job on instilling belief in our team on
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  Speaker 3: the fundamentals of how you're supposed to play in that
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  Speaker 3: phase of the game. Look at the number of plays
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  Speaker 3: that are played impactful, you know, the field position yardage
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  Speaker 3: with each punt or with each kickoff or kickoff return
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  Speaker 3: or punt return.
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  Speaker 2: How impactful that is.
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  Speaker 3: And when you can get a team that embraces that,
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  Speaker 3: which we're starting to finally move that direction of what
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  Speaker 3: an equalizer it can be. And our margin of era
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  Speaker 3: is zero and I've said for a long time that
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  Speaker 3: we need to win the turnover margin, we need to
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  Speaker 3: win the average starting field position, and we need to
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  Speaker 3: win in special teams. And I think the last couple
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  Speaker 3: of weeks that part of it has really shown to
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  Speaker 3: be truthful. So you also look like Charles Kray as
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  Speaker 3: a starting linebacker, he's also starter on punt he started
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  Speaker 3: on kickoff coverage and he's a starter on kickoff return.
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  Speaker 3: Could say the same thing for Anny Powell, could say
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  Speaker 3: the same thing for Alex Sandford, the number of snaps
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  Speaker 3: he's playing. But then also you look at Antonio'harris started
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  Speaker 3: on punt for us the other night. He also started
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  Speaker 3: on kickoff coverage and was a starting running back. And
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  Speaker 3: then Malachi Thomas is the off returner. It goes on
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  Speaker 3: and on and on, and we got a couple guys
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  Speaker 3: that have stepped up. Jackson Ott got his finger on
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  Speaker 3: a punt the other night which affected the punter, and
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  Speaker 3: then Winston Bergland had a big time play. And those
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  Speaker 3: fundamentals that showed up on Saturday night and how we
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  Speaker 3: made those plays are exactly what we've trained from the
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  Speaker 3: first time we had a chance to walk through special
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  Speaker 3: teams in February, and that will continue to will create
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  Speaker 3: that that it becomes a big time advantage for our organization,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, I think we're starting to see some
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  Speaker 3: of those things come true. I think Mike jack did
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  Speaker 3: a really good job in the return game. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we were about a half a block away from really
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  Speaker 3: breaking one on a kickoff return, which is good to see.
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  Speaker 3: Corey Smith is playing Summit receiver, but also he's starting
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  Speaker 3: at left tackle on kickoff return and is doing an
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  Speaker 3: outstanding job. So there's a number of those guys that understand,
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  Speaker 3: you know, if you're a starter on kickoff coverage, on
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  Speaker 3: kickoff return, on punt return, and on punt you're going
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  Speaker 3: to play over thirty snaps a game, and how important
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  Speaker 3: that is that we continue to make that part of
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  Speaker 3: our DNA on how important it is it can be
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  Speaker 3: an X factor for US.
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  Speaker 1: Purdue has for decades sort of had the nickname these
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  Speaker 1: spoiler makers, because while they have not necessarily had a
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  Speaker 1: whole lot of championship history, they sure have found a
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  Speaker 1: way to ruin a bunch of other people's seasons over
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  Speaker 1: the years. And Ohio State fans obviously are probably well
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  Speaker 1: aware of that history. So does Barry Odom who did
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  Speaker 1: not go to Purdue. Is he sort of gotten caught
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  Speaker 1: up on some of that history.
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  Speaker 3: Every every Sunday I get an email kind of a
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  Speaker 3: breakdown from Adam on the importance of you know, what
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  Speaker 3: goes into the rivalry of this game or a conference game.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm thankful for that because you you know, you
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  Speaker 2: jump into a.
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  Speaker 3: Job at a different conference, and obviously you know, because
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  Speaker 3: you've been in college athletics a number of years on.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the easy ones to look at, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the easy rival of the Indiana game and the Illinois
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  Speaker 3: game and all those But Kuff does a really good
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  Speaker 3: job and giving me information, providing the history, and then
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  Speaker 3: it's our job to continue to work to those things,
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  Speaker 3: teach our team. And you know, it's such a big
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  Speaker 3: game for for a number of reasons. And then historically
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  Speaker 3: you go back and you look at some of the
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  Speaker 3: successes that Purdue has had in this game, and you
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  Speaker 3: want it to use be used as many ways as
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  Speaker 3: you can for your program.
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  Speaker 1: For a team like Perdue that has only a couple
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  Speaker 1: of wins this year, this is obviously a game that
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  Speaker 1: is going to be a very very big challenge against
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  Speaker 1: the Buck Eye. So what kind of a challenge and
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  Speaker 1: what kind of an opportunity is there for Purdue this
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  Speaker 1: weekend facing the top ranked team in the nation.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think, you know, I've got a lot of
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  Speaker 3: respect for coach Day as I mentioned, I think they
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  Speaker 3: have great players, they've got a great scheme. You know,
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  Speaker 3: the more time that you would spend on their eight no,
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  Speaker 3: they're under few. You know, they've got all the different
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  Speaker 3: things the numbers by their school.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, and you know rankings and all those things.
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  Speaker 3: That's that's to me, respectfully, that's uh, that's wasted time.
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  Speaker 3: I think you try to look for advantages for your team. Again,
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  Speaker 3: I'll say it. You know, got a lot of respect
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  Speaker 3: for how they play the game and the players that
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  Speaker 3: they have and the coaches that they have, but it's about,
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  Speaker 3: you know, how good can we get this week to
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  Speaker 3: try to go execute the game plan?
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  Speaker 2: And if we worry about, you know, the colors of their.
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  Speaker 3: Uniform or the ranking, then that's that's wasted energy in
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  Speaker 3: my opinion.
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  Speaker 1: It was very funny going through the Phil Steel College
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  Speaker 1: Football magazine over the summer, get to the Purdue page
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  Speaker 1: and all the page they have pictures of two different players,
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  Speaker 1: kind of guys to know on the team and you know,
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  Speaker 1: sort of star players who are going to be familiar
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  Speaker 1: faces and names you're going to need to know. When
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  Speaker 1: you got to the Purdue page, there were two different pictures,
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  Speaker 1: both of running back Devin mcabe. Now, that probably doesn't
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  Speaker 1: say a lot about the rest of the talent on
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  Speaker 1: the produced team, but it certainly does say that Devin
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  Speaker 1: mackabee is a heck of a running back. Well, unfortunately
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  Speaker 1: for Purdue, he suffered an ankle injury against Rutgers, and
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  Speaker 1: as you're going to hear from the coach here, Devin
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  Speaker 1: Mackabee done for the season.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I wanted to address that, and.
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  Speaker 3: It's never the right time, but talk with Devon after
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  Speaker 3: practice today and unfortunately, you know, Friday, he had a procedure.
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  Speaker 3: We were hoping that we would get a little bit
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  Speaker 3: better news after that they did that procedure on his ankle,
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  Speaker 3: but unfortunately the injury sustained. He's played his last ball
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  Speaker 3: here and I sure hate that because he's such a
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  Speaker 3: wonderful young man, a great leader of this program, a
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  Speaker 3: great representative of Purdue University and the things that he's
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  Speaker 3: poured into our program in university since I've been here.
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  Speaker 2: He will go down as one of the one of.
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  Speaker 3: The really really enjoyable, great guys that I've had a
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  Speaker 3: chance to have a chance to coach. And we'll be
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  Speaker 3: connected forever, and I know that this place means a
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  Speaker 3: whole lot to him.
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  Speaker 1: And last up, this is going to be a story.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you're going to hear a bunch about this week.
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  Speaker 1: Max Claire, former Purdue Boilermaker tight end now Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: Buckeye tight end. He ended up entering a transfer portal
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  Speaker 1: during that transitional period where the Boilermakers had fired Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Walters had not yet brought in Max, had not yet
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  Speaker 1: brought in their new head coach, Barry Otom So what
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  Speaker 1: had did Bary Odam get a chance to talk to
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  Speaker 1: Max Clayer before he ended up leaving for Ohio.
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  Speaker 3: State met with the team first of all when I
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  Speaker 3: got here, you know, and there were there were some
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  Speaker 3: it was limited numbers in the team meeting. And then
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  Speaker 3: I had a meeting after that team meeting with a
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  Speaker 3: group of of guys that I think most of them
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  Speaker 3: at that point had already entered their name in the portal. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I believe Max was in there.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if he was in that meeting, but
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  Speaker 3: we had conversation and I tried to keep them all,
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  Speaker 3: but there was, you know, a certain point that they
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  Speaker 3: had already made up their mind. And and I'm happy
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  Speaker 3: for him that he continues to find success. You know,
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  Speaker 3: the window of being a college football players so short.
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  Speaker 3: You know, if guys decide that they're going to a
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  Speaker 3: different school, I wish them the best.
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  Speaker 2: Certainly would have loved to have a chance to coach
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  Speaker 2: everyone that.
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  Speaker 3: Wud get a chance to coach, but uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm everybody's got reasons for for why they make decisions.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: So they're just a little bit of a taste of
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  Speaker 1: what's going on at Purdue this week as they get
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  Speaker 1: ready to take on the buck Eyes. That's pretty good
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  Speaker 1: feedback on those I think people enjoy hearing a little
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  Speaker 1: bit from the other side of the ball.
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  Speaker 2: So there you go.
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  Speaker 1: You get the little taste of Barry Odom's press conference
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  Speaker 1: this week. We'll of course have his postgame press conference
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: We'll have that for you.
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  Speaker 1: That's always a popular feature on our YouTube channel as well.
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  Speaker 1: I'll get a chance to hear opposing coaches breakdown what
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  Speaker 1: they saw facing the Buckeyes, So you'll have that there.
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  Speaker 1: But man oh man, we get a lot coming up
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  Speaker 1: this week as well at Buckeye Huddle dot com and
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  Speaker 1: on the Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning podcast feet we'll have Fory
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  Speaker 1: Buddy Ross Fulton, the x's and o's guru from Buckeye
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  Speaker 1: Huddle on the next couple of days talking about the offense,
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  Speaker 1: talking about the defense, and then maybe giving you a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a look ahead at Purdue and sort
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  Speaker 1: of what to expect on Saturday from the boiler Makers.
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  Speaker 1: And then of course we will be there in West
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  Speaker 1: Lafayette for that game one o'clock kickoff on Big ten Network.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be there for the usual pregame show, live postgame show,
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  Speaker 1: all that fun stuff all at YouTube dot com slash
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  Speaker 1: Buckey Huddle. That'll do it for today. Thank you guys
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  Speaker 1: all for joining us. Have a great day. We'll talk
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  Speaker 1: to you tomorrow.