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How Are Curt Cignetti And Indiana Preparing For Ohio State? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow morning for Tuesday, December second, I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom Moore. The Big Ten Championship game against
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  Speaker 1: you're going to get to hear a little bit from
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  Speaker 1: Indiana head coach Kurt Signetti. He is one of the
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  Speaker 1: more interesting folks in all of college football. Has done
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  Speaker 1: some incredible things pretty much everywhere he's gone in Indiana obviously,
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  Speaker 1: no exception has the what was when he took it
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  Speaker 1: over the single losing his team in the entire FBS
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  Speaker 1: now number two in the nation, headed to the Big
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  Speaker 1: Ten Championship game with a chance to win their first
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  Speaker 1: conference championship in more than forty years and their first
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  Speaker 1: to be number one in the nation heading into the
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  Speaker 1: college football playoff. That probably not completely unprecedented, but pretty
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  Speaker 1: wild for Indiana football. To be in this position. So
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  Speaker 1: what are the keys to what Kurt Signetti has been
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  Speaker 1: able to do in his time in Bloomington?
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  Speaker 2: People and a plan. Was able to bring most of
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  Speaker 2: my staff with me, uh from James Madison. We've been
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  Speaker 2: together a long time. Briant Haynes eleven years, Mike Shanahan
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  Speaker 2: ten years, my special teams coordinator Grant Kine I believe
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  Speaker 2: seven uh, strength and conditioning, you know, probably six other
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  Speaker 2: guys on staff five plus and then you know, obviously
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  Speaker 2: it's all about recruiting and development and retention. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've done a good job of filling in the pieces
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  Speaker 2: and developing and uh, you know, it's translated to results
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  Speaker 2: on the field, and you've got to have a blueprint
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  Speaker 2: and a plan and standards and expectations accountability. So we've
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of high character guys that are good
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  Speaker 2: football players and they've taken the message to heart and
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  Speaker 2: we've been fairly consistent this year.
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  Speaker 1: Signetti and his staff started their journey at IUP in
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  Speaker 1: Indiana Division two school, then Elon, then James Madison and
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  Speaker 1: now Indiana and twelve and oh and number two in
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  Speaker 1: the country. So what has this journey been like for
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  Speaker 1: him and that staff.
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  Speaker 2: These coordinators I hired as part time coaches at the
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  Speaker 2: D two level for under ten thousand dollars, So you know,
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  Speaker 2: for those guys, it's been quite a ride. So, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we've had success. You know what's in this business. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's a result oriented business. Uh, And we believe in
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  Speaker 2: what we're doing and it's translated up every level to
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  Speaker 2: every level. And this is just a bigger stage I
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  Speaker 2: think where people are taking notice. So we go about
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  Speaker 2: things pretty much the same way we did ten years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Now you're always trying to improve, and believe me, we
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  Speaker 2: have organizationally, but you know, it's been quite a ride.
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  Speaker 1: What is Signette trying to do on offense? Where are
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  Speaker 1: his philosophies on offense? Because they've been very very effective,
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  Speaker 1: But what are they trying to do especially in the
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  Speaker 1: passing game?
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  Speaker 2: You know, offensively and you know, I believe we've led
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  Speaker 2: the conference in scoring about the last seven to eight years.
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  Speaker 2: It's all about balance. You got to be able to
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  Speaker 2: run it and throw it, in particular the passing game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're our po based and then from there
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  Speaker 2: you're into your you know, your quick game and your
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  Speaker 2: play action, your drop back game. And I mean, you
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  Speaker 2: got fifty two yards of field and you've got to
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  Speaker 2: use all fifty two plus of them. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the day, defenses all have tendencies
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  Speaker 2: and schematics things they do, and so you've got to
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  Speaker 2: have concepts obviously to attack everything. But more importantly, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've had great quarterback success. Uh you know, all of
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  Speaker 2: our quarterbacks really since nineteen have been player of the
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  Speaker 2: Year in the league on offense except last year Rourke
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  Speaker 2: was a second team All Conference to the Heisman Trophy
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  Speaker 2: winner led the country and QBR. So it's all about
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback and what he can do. They've all been different.
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  Speaker 2: We've had dual guys, pocket guys, et cetera. And you
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  Speaker 2: build around him and your offensive personnel and you try
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  Speaker 2: to play your strengths. And then you got a certain
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  Speaker 2: way you know that you coach and things you believe in,
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  Speaker 2: and you preach certain things and you want to play
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  Speaker 2: a certain way, and you know those guys take it
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  Speaker 2: to heart and then you see the end result on
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  Speaker 2: the field.
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  Speaker 1: Going into a game like this where you didn't have
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  Speaker 1: a known opponent until Saturday afternoon, what is his process,
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  Speaker 1: like to break down a potential opponent for a game
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  Speaker 1: like this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the weekly process is the same. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the deeper you go into the season, the more tape
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  Speaker 2: you have from twenty twenty five. So you know, the
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  Speaker 2: quality control guys always work in advance and they've got
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  Speaker 2: the opponent tape broken down the week prior. So on Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: when you come in and you clean up the quality
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  Speaker 2: control of your past game, you know you're into now.
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  Speaker 2: Your offense and defensive preparation for the upcoming opponent usually
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  Speaker 2: starts with a personnel page and a general tendency page,
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  Speaker 2: and then what we like to do offensively is maybe
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  Speaker 2: go through the last four games or so, make sure
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  Speaker 2: the cutups are done right, you know, the fronts and
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  Speaker 2: coverages and blitzes and and go from there. You know. Monday,
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  Speaker 2: I like to watch the explosive passes, explosive runs. We
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  Speaker 2: watch those together, sort them by game. Monday is kind
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  Speaker 2: of a walkthrough day for us. Normal down in distance
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  Speaker 2: P ten first and ten second, one to six, so
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  Speaker 2: that's our focus. Tuesday we add second and seven plus
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  Speaker 2: to the mix. Wednesday third down, and on Thursday, you
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  Speaker 2: know we're ready area go line, two point plays two minutes.
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  Speaker 2: So you know that's it's pretty organized, pretty structured. I
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  Speaker 2: don't require guys to stay late at night. They're on
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  Speaker 2: their own, get done what you got to get done,
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  Speaker 2: and you know a lot of them will stay prepare
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  Speaker 2: for what's coming up the next day. And that's the
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  Speaker 2: way we do it.
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  Speaker 1: Indiana is number two in the country and has done
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  Speaker 1: that without being one of the top two or three
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  Speaker 1: recruiters in the nation. Indiana the key has seemingly been
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  Speaker 1: to develop guys more than just a recruiting finished product.
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  Speaker 1: So why have they been so successful in developing players.
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  Speaker 2: In terms of development? You know, this business is all
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  Speaker 2: about recruiting and development, and development to me takes place
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  Speaker 2: in the weight room, the off season program. There's certain
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  Speaker 2: things you believe in as a program. You got to
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  Speaker 2: have high standards and expectations, accountability. You know, how you
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  Speaker 2: do something's how you do everything. And you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: a certain kind of guy we're going to bring into
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  Speaker 2: the program, a certain kind of guy that we're not
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  Speaker 2: going to bring into the program. Lessons I've learned a
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  Speaker 2: long time ago, you know, seventeen years as a recruiting
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  Speaker 2: coordinator and a coach, and you develop them also on
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  Speaker 2: the practice field, in the meeting room and philosophically in
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  Speaker 2: terms of your style of play offensively, defensively and special teams.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, there's certain things you want to see
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  Speaker 2: on the game field in terms of effort. And we're
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  Speaker 2: very process driven. So you know, we're big into one
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  Speaker 2: play at the time, six seconds of play. Every play
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  Speaker 2: got life in the history of its own. You know,
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  Speaker 2: our monstrous, fast, physical, relentless smart, discipline, poise, not affected
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  Speaker 2: by success or failure, and never ever satisfied. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: so that way, you're not playing to the circumstances of
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  Speaker 2: the game, and at the end of the game, when
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  Speaker 2: games on the line, you're just doing your thing, one
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  Speaker 2: play at a time, not affected by the previous play.
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  Speaker 1: This is already the biggest game in Indiana football history,
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  Speaker 1: number one versus number two, chance to win the Big
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  Speaker 1: Ten Championship for the first time. Sin's nineteen sixty seven.
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  Speaker 1: What does this game mean to his fan base to
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  Speaker 1: have this big of a game so close to home
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  Speaker 1: in Indianapolis.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm sure it means a lot to them, and
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  Speaker 2: they're excited because I believe it's India's first appearance in
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  Speaker 2: the Big Ten championship game. So, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: the fan base has really jumped on board once we
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  Speaker 2: started our early success my first year. You know, we've
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  Speaker 2: been selling the stadium out. It's been over the top.
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  Speaker 2: We have the largest alumni base in America, over eight
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  Speaker 2: hundred thousand, and you know, the support for the football
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  Speaker 2: program has really been coming in strong. So I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: it'll be a great environment Saturday night. They'll be all
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  Speaker 2: jacked up. There actually is a basketball game in Indianapolis
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  Speaker 2: at two pm. The basketball team is playing Louisville, so
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  Speaker 2: some of those people are going to get doubleheader, and
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  Speaker 2: you know it'll be a great thing for them.
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  Speaker 1: The buck Eys and Hoosiers did not play during the
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  Speaker 1: regular season. So how much of Ohio State has Signetti
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  Speaker 1: actually watched this year? And based on what he's seen,
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  Speaker 1: how similar or different are they from the team that
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  Speaker 1: they played last year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've seen a little bit. I'm on some crossover
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  Speaker 2: games and obviously today spend a little bit of time on.
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  Speaker 2: We'll spend a lot more when we're done here. You know,
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  Speaker 2: had a chance to watch them a little bit in
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  Speaker 2: the off week two you know we're before the Purdue game,
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  Speaker 2: where you know, we were focused a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: on rest and recovery for our football team. So they're
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  Speaker 2: a great football team. Obviously won national championship last season.
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  Speaker 2: I've won multiple national championships. Ryan Days a great coach.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's he'll be one of the legends of
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  Speaker 2: the game someday. They're dominant really everywhere, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: great players, very explosive on offense. Got the number one
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  Speaker 2: rated defense in America. Special teams are really good. You know,
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  Speaker 2: new coordinator obviously, Matt Patricia. So they're you know, they're
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  Speaker 2: a little different than they were last year, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: they're giving up the fewest amount of points in the country.
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  Speaker 2: People were rushing for about seventy yards on them. They're
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  Speaker 2: only giving up two hundred yards a game. They're given
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  Speaker 2: up one hundred and thirty yards passing. The number one
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  Speaker 2: red area defense in the country. Really good on third down,
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  Speaker 2: fourth down, multiple looks. A lot of really good players
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  Speaker 2: put them in position to make plays. And you know
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  Speaker 2: the thing about a high state, you know, they play fast,
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  Speaker 2: they play physical, nasty, with an edge, and they really
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  Speaker 2: haven't been challenged this year. I mean the Texas game
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  Speaker 2: was fourteen to nothing. Texas scored three minutes going the game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Michigan did have some success early and then
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  Speaker 2: a high state took control of the game. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think other than the Texas game, eighteen points is
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  Speaker 2: the closest point deferential in all their games.
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  Speaker 1: Last year, the College Football Playoff Committee basically said, all right,
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  Speaker 1: we're not going to punish anyone for losing a conference
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  Speaker 1: championship game. So all right, with these teams being one
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  Speaker 1: versus two, should both teams be more or less guaranteed
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  Speaker 1: a first round by regardless of what happens Saturday night.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think this is a one verse
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  Speaker 2: two matchup, which is a great matchup. And I had
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to be part of a couple of those
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  Speaker 2: at Alabama, and we played Florida and t Bow and
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  Speaker 2: Urban one verse two two years in a row. So
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be a great atmosphere. I think. No, I
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  Speaker 2: think you know you're playing this game for a reason.
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  Speaker 2: A Big Ten championship means an awful lot, and I
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  Speaker 2: think the way you play should mean something. You know,
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  Speaker 2: because it's a game. It'll be the last thing you
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  Speaker 2: put on the field, and I don't expect any handouts.
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  Speaker 2: We've earned everything up to this point and we've got
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  Speaker 2: to earn it on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, Signetty was eleven and one last season in
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  Speaker 1: the regular season, only loss was at Ohio State. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't particularly closed. So what did they learn in that
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  Speaker 1: game at Ohio State last season and where have they
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  Speaker 1: grown since that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I think while that was not an enjoyable experience,
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  Speaker 2: it was an experience that was necessary for our growth
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  Speaker 2: and development to go into a hostile environment like a
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  Speaker 2: High State and play a team of that quality. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we got off to a decent start, but then after
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  Speaker 2: that it was pretty much all High State, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: we were able to add some key pieces to this
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  Speaker 2: year's team, some veterans that had played a lot of
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  Speaker 2: football been in those environments, and I think the guys
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  Speaker 2: that returned, you know, from last year's team learned a
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  Speaker 2: lot from O High State and Notre Dame, which helped us.
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  Speaker 2: So after you know, we were able to when we
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  Speaker 2: played Illinois they were nine in the country playment home,
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  Speaker 2: played really well, one decisively, but then went to Iowa,
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  Speaker 2: really difficult place to play, and I think a very
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  Speaker 2: underrated football team, and that game went down to the wire,
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  Speaker 2: pulled it out the end. Obviously, Oregon was two or
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  Speaker 2: three in the country at the time. We played Airplane
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  Speaker 2: as well as anybody in America, and that was a
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  Speaker 2: big moment. We had to prove we could go on
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  Speaker 2: the road and beat a team of that caliber. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, we played fairly well and it was a
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  Speaker 2: good win. You know, even Penn State. I realized they
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  Speaker 2: were having a down year, but since Terry took over,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they were playing with kind of a renewed
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  Speaker 2: energy and they took control of the second half when
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  Speaker 2: we failed to put him away when we had the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity and had all the momentum in the world, and
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  Speaker 2: to come back and win like that on a two
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  Speaker 2: minute drive was a great thing for I think our
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  Speaker 2: football team. So I think we've learned a lot since
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  Speaker 2: the last time we played. We respect the highest state.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're a great football team. What they've done
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  Speaker 2: speaks for itself, and we understand that we're going to
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  Speaker 2: have played really well Saturday night.
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  Speaker 1: We will be talking to Ryan Day on Tuesday previewing
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  Speaker 1: this week's Ohio State Indiana showdown in Bloomington. That'll be
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  Speaker 1: the live press conference at noon on Tuesday, and it
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  Speaker 1: actually talked to him again on Wednesday twice, once for
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  Speaker 1: the early signing day press conference that'll also be at noon,
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  Speaker 1: and then we'll be talking to the Buckeyes players in
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  Speaker 1: the evening coming up typical post practice times we'll have
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  Speaker 1: that as well. And then Saturday in Indianapolis, number one
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  Speaker 1: versus number two, Buckeyes and Hoosiers, we will be there.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have all our usual pregame coverage, post game coverage,
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  Speaker 1: all of the stuff you've come to know what expect
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  Speaker 1: from us at buckeyehuddle dot com and at YouTube dot
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  Speaker 1: com slash Buckeye Huddle. That'll do it for today. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you guys all for joining us. Have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.