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Ohio State Football Insider: Buckeyes' Spring Game Reaction · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buck Guys tomorrow morning for Tuesday, April twenty.
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  Speaker 1: the page following the Ohio State spring game, I want
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  Speaker 1: to let you hear a little bit from the guys
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  Speaker 1: that we got to talk to after that spring game
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  Speaker 1: at a press conference with Ryan Day defensive end kicking
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  Speaker 1: out of Jackson, and quarterback Julian saying, you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get to hear from all three of those guys on
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  Speaker 1: this show, and we're going to start with Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: just some of his overall thoughts on the spring game.
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  Speaker 2: First off, I just want to say thank you to
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  Speaker 2: the fans for coming out. I know the forecast wasn't
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  Speaker 2: great and they started random sideways at one point, but
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  Speaker 2: you know a lot of them stayed out there and
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  Speaker 2: just goes to show you the support that that we
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  Speaker 2: have means a lot to us, and so that was great.
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  Speaker 2: I know, you know, spring games across the country, you know,
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  Speaker 2: have been kind of you know, dwindling. We wanted to
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  Speaker 2: make sure we did that. We have, you know, more
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  Speaker 2: players this spring that we've ever had, so it was
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  Speaker 2: great to see some of those guys get out there
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  Speaker 2: and see how they respond and like typically what happens
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  Speaker 2: when they're out there for the first time, you see
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  Speaker 2: some wild things and then they kind of settled down
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. But we were down some bodies obviously
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  Speaker 2: at running back and some of the offensive line, so
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  Speaker 2: you know, and we wanted to get obviously Jeremiah and
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  Speaker 2: Brandon out of there pretty early. So you know, it
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  Speaker 2: was good to get out there. We'll look at the
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  Speaker 2: film and it'll be another piece of the evaluation going
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  Speaker 2: into the summer.
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  Speaker 1: One of the big stories coming out of that spring
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  Speaker 1: game was the playoff backup quarterback Tavan Saint Clair. Now
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  Speaker 1: this was not a case where Julian san was bad
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  Speaker 1: by any means, but Tavian Saint Clair was a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a mystery. Had not had a tremendous practice
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  Speaker 1: on the day before the spring game, so then when
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  Speaker 1: the lights turned on and the big ten TV network
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  Speaker 1: cameras came on and he made some pretty impressive throws. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to turn some heads. So where does Tavian
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  Speaker 1: Saint Clair stand now coming out of spring? Are they
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  Speaker 1: kind of comfortable with him being the backup this year?
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  Speaker 2: Well? Being you know, a quarterback at Ohio State is
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  Speaker 2: not easy, as you know, and he's he's battling every day.
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  Speaker 2: I think you can see the talent for sure through
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  Speaker 2: some really nice balls down the field and then obviously
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  Speaker 2: you know miss some as well, and you know some
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  Speaker 2: of the drives you know, got steinmied. But but that's
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  Speaker 2: part of it and he's got to learn from those
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  Speaker 2: things and can continue to grow. He's been showing up
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  Speaker 2: every day with a good attitude and that's important. So
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  Speaker 2: I think we all can see the talent. That's why
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  Speaker 2: he was recruited here, and he's got to continue to
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  Speaker 2: grind to learn how to run the offense at a
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  Speaker 2: high level because he's going to be important part of
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  Speaker 2: this team. You know, you need to build depth at
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  Speaker 2: every position, and so we all know how important quarterback is.
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  Speaker 1: One guy who we heard a lot about all spring
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  Speaker 1: and who we talked about a lot all spring, but
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  Speaker 1: then we didn't get to see on the practices fourteen
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  Speaker 1: or fifteen this spring was Earl little. So what's going
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  Speaker 1: on with him because he is expected to play a
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  Speaker 1: big role this fall at the nickel position.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, more to the other guys. You know, he had
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  Speaker 2: a procedure on his knee cleaning something up, and so
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  Speaker 2: he'll be back here in a few weeks. But again,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just some of these things that you know,
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  Speaker 2: this time of year, it's the right time to get
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  Speaker 2: them done so that they get put behind us. As
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  Speaker 2: much as we'd love to see him continue to you know,
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  Speaker 2: evolve with the with the defense, but you know, he
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  Speaker 2: certainly flashed early, but then you know, had a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of a setback, and we wanted to make sure
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  Speaker 2: we took care of that so that we has a
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  Speaker 2: full summer.
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  Speaker 1: One of the storylines we talked about a bunch over
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  Speaker 1: the course of the spring, in which Ryan Day talked
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  Speaker 1: about a bunch over the course of the spring, and
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  Speaker 1: we heard a little bit about from Arthur Smith and
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  Speaker 1: from Julian saying himself was Julian saying as a runner,
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  Speaker 1: he actually made a couple of plays with his legs
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday. So what did Ryan Day think about Julian
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  Speaker 1: as a runner and making and extending plays with his legs.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's hard when he's not live, and we were
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  Speaker 2: not going to make him live today, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's been an emphasis point and you can see that
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  Speaker 2: you know he's aware of that and looking to do
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  Speaker 2: some of that. And we did have a bad ball
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  Speaker 2: for you know, a turnover, and so that's that could
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  Speaker 2: ruin your whole day. All it takes is one play,
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  Speaker 2: so you know he knows how important that is. But
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  Speaker 2: it was good to see him move around out there
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  Speaker 2: and you know, makes them. I don't know what would
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  Speaker 2: have happened on the first drive. It would have been
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  Speaker 2: a pretty big collision right there between I and Peyton,
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  Speaker 2: I think. But he was moving well, and he's moved
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  Speaker 2: well the spring, but certainly it's a lot different when
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  Speaker 2: you're live, and so that's going to be the challenge
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  Speaker 2: for him all summer to continue to work on pocket
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  Speaker 2: presence and then making plays with his legs.
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  Speaker 1: Now, kind of a big picture question about the defense
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  Speaker 1: just sort of where things stand right now. They obviously
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  Speaker 1: lost a ton of really really talented players, but have
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  Speaker 1: a ton of talented players back, also have Matt Patricia
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  Speaker 1: back the year this year. That also helps. So where
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  Speaker 1: do things stand with the defense now coming out of
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  Speaker 1: the spring.
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  Speaker 2: I think we're still a work in progress in all
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  Speaker 2: three phases, and this summer we all need to really
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  Speaker 2: focus on getting better individually. And that's what comes after
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  Speaker 2: the spring is identifying the things we did well that
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  Speaker 2: we have to get better at, but the things we
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  Speaker 2: need to get better at that starts individually. Each guy
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  Speaker 2: is in a race to get better. I just told
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  Speaker 2: the team that. Then also we need to build the
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  Speaker 2: chemistry in all three phases offense, defense, special team. Then
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  Speaker 2: the last piece is everybody coming together as a team
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  Speaker 2: for one common purpose. So this is a big summer
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  Speaker 2: for us. I think, you know, we're off to a good,
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  Speaker 2: solid start, but with fifty new players, you know we
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of work to do. That's not I
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  Speaker 2: don't think we're behind where I thought we'd be right now,
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  Speaker 2: but we all know that where we are with some
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  Speaker 2: of these new players and some of the guys we
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  Speaker 2: had to replace, it's going to be a process, and
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  Speaker 2: so we're a race against time.
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  Speaker 1: Now onto Kenyata Jackson. He was another guy who was
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  Speaker 1: pretty impressive this spring. Really seemed to take a step
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  Speaker 1: forward in the practices that we got to watch and
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  Speaker 1: in the spring game as well. But on the other
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  Speaker 1: defensive end spot, there's a little bit of a question
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  Speaker 1: who's going to be lining up opposite Kenyatta Jackson when
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes take on ball State. One of the names
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  Speaker 1: that I think maybe has worked his way into that
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  Speaker 1: conversation a little more than you would have thought earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the spring is bo Atkins. A year ago, bo
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  Speaker 1: Atkinson was just getting to Columbus, He was a post
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  Speaker 1: spring transfer from North Carolina and didn't really contribute as
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  Speaker 1: much as people maybe were hoping or thinking he would
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  Speaker 1: last year. This spring, he's looked a little bit different,
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  Speaker 1: had a little more flexibility. It seemed like Larry Johnson
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  Speaker 1: talked about that. Just seemed like he kind of took
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  Speaker 1: a big step forward this spring. So what ken Yata
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  Speaker 1: Jackson's thoughts on bo Atkinson.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he took his mobility and his flexibility serious over
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  Speaker 3: the offseason. Dan just his you know, I believe my
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  Speaker 3: opinion he was overthinking a lot when he got in
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  Speaker 3: last year, and I don't think he's overthinking. Now he's
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  Speaker 3: playing much faster and more explosive, So that's one aspect
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  Speaker 3: of his game that he don't grow from.
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  Speaker 1: Then he got the question that everyone wants to ask,
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  Speaker 1: because it's always interesting when you just ask who took
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  Speaker 1: a big, bigger role this spring. It's interesting to hear
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  Speaker 1: which guys when it's not a question about a specific person,
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  Speaker 1: which guys he talks about, So you're gonna hear him
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  Speaker 1: mention a bunch of names. There are a few times
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  Speaker 1: he uses just first names, and so you will hear
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  Speaker 1: him mention John James and Q. It is John Walker,
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  Speaker 1: who is the transfer defensive tackle from UCF. James Smith
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  Speaker 1: who is the transfer defensive tackle from Alabama. And Q
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  Speaker 1: is Kway Russaw, the transferred edge from Alabama.
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  Speaker 3: I mean the guy that came back myself, Jermaine Peyton,
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  Speaker 3: Jaylen McLain, some other guys we took the leadership role.
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  Speaker 3: Some of that got the new transfers, I'll say John James, Q.
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  Speaker 3: Even some of the freshmen like Carry Wilder and you
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  Speaker 3: know you Mangleo Rough and all those guys. I mean
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  Speaker 3: they bought into the program. In the beginning, it was
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  Speaker 3: real rough. You know, fifty to one new players coming
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  Speaker 3: to the program. It was real rough. Try to you know,
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  Speaker 3: lead by example and teach the people, tease those guys
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  Speaker 3: the standard of Ohio State football. But I mean now
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  Speaker 3: in the springboard, I think we're in a good place now.
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  Speaker 3: Like I said before, just trying to put all those pieces,
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  Speaker 3: you know together.
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  Speaker 1: Now, this was obviously a patchwork offensive line for the
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  Speaker 1: buck Eyes this spring. They were missing Larreading, left tackle,
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  Speaker 1: Austin Siravel, starting right tackle Philip Daniels, or missing Josh Padilla,
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  Speaker 1: who's certainly in the mix for playing time this year.
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  Speaker 1: So we've been talking about that a bunch that sort
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  Speaker 1: of understood. So patchwork offensive line, But what did can
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  Speaker 1: Yana Jackson see from the rest of the guys who
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  Speaker 1: were out there as he was going against him in practice?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, obviously we had, you know, our two starting
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  Speaker 3: tackles and a couple of other guys out, but I
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  Speaker 3: mean those guys got dept too, card low, even the
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  Speaker 3: freshman stepping into the second group. I mean, we're going
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  Speaker 3: against good and good. When you came to o higher state,
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  Speaker 3: you're playing against the best. So it's good on good
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  Speaker 3: football each and every day and I think those guys
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  Speaker 3: took a step for it after.
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  Speaker 1: Spring and finally going to let you hear a little
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  Speaker 1: bit from starting quarterback Julian Saying, Chris Henry Junior, the
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  Speaker 1: true freshman wide receiver. He was kind of the star
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  Speaker 1: of the spring game. Put up nearly one hundred yards,
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  Speaker 1: scored a receiving touchdown as well. What were Julian Saying's
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  Speaker 1: impressions of Chris Henry this spring.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he's done a really good job. You know, he's
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  Speaker 4: a big, tall, fast receiver, can make great plays and you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, I think you saw a couple of today hit it.
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  Speaker 4: He has some great plays today and I think he's
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  Speaker 4: done a good job of developing in the program and
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  Speaker 4: I think he's got a right future.
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  Speaker 1: Back now to Julian Saying. As a runner, he had
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  Speaker 1: a scramble for a touchdown. As Ryan Day mentioned, Peyton Pierce,
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  Speaker 1: the linebacker, might have had something to say about that
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  Speaker 1: if Julian Sayan was live but he was safely encased
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  Speaker 1: in a black note contact jersey, but was using his
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  Speaker 1: legs a little bit more of a focus this spring.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, me and Peyton we're good buddes. So we've talked
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  Speaker 4: about that. For sure. But I think, uh, just you know,
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  Speaker 4: kind of like what coach said, you know, having the
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  Speaker 4: pocket presence of having the you know, the clock internal
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  Speaker 4: clock in your head of when to escape and you know,
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  Speaker 4: when do we need to extend plays with our legs. Hey,
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  Speaker 4: if it's a man coverage here, nobodys else get the quarterback,
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  Speaker 4: so take off and uh, go make the play. So
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  Speaker 4: I think just having that awareness and uh and and
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  Speaker 4: trying to keep developing that as something that I've worked
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  Speaker 4: on the spring.
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  Speaker 1: All right, this is one of these fun questions where
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  Speaker 1: there's no there's no alternative reality where you find out
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  Speaker 1: the answer. So Julian saying can safely give the answer
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  Speaker 1: he does. But but what would have happened if Juliansane
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  Speaker 1: was live on that play where he's raching for the
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  Speaker 1: goal line and Peyton Pierce is coming very hard, very fast,
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  Speaker 1: right at him.
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  Speaker 4: One hundred percent I'm scoring. As a you know, as
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  Speaker 4: as a quarterback, you have to you know, there's there's
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  Speaker 4: gonna be moments where you have to drop your shoulder
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  Speaker 4: and you know, go and you know, go get the
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  Speaker 4: first down, go get a touchdown for the team. And
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  Speaker 4: you know that's part of being the leader and that's
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  Speaker 4: part of being you know, uh, part of being a
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  Speaker 4: tough leader.
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  Speaker 1: Where does Julian Sane still need to improve his game
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  Speaker 1: or improve his overall performance before at the start of
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  Speaker 1: the season.
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  Speaker 4: I think, you know, I think I can prove on
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  Speaker 4: a lot. I think, you know, pocket presence and kind
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  Speaker 4: of that, still working that ability to escape and you know,
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  Speaker 4: just extending plays and you know, giving us, uh, giving
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  Speaker 4: us more chances on offense. And then you know, I think,
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  Speaker 4: uh still work on that leadership role too, I think,
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  Speaker 4: and grow there as well. You know, I think with
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  Speaker 4: the leadership, you know, there's no such thing as a
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  Speaker 4: vocal leader, so you really have to, you know, take
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  Speaker 4: control of those guys. And it starts with the connection.
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  Speaker 4: You have to be, you know, a great teammate and
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  Speaker 4: you have to get to know these guys. And so
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  Speaker 4: I think it's it's been fun this spring to get
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  Speaker 4: to know those.
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  Speaker 1: Guys and finally the starting quarterback on the backup quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: Julian Sane was asked about Tavian Saint Clair, how he's grown,
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  Speaker 1: and how Julian can helps mentor tav In Saint Clair
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  Speaker 1: as he gets ready for season number two as a
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  Speaker 1: buck Eye.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you know, the quarterback room we have
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  Speaker 4: right now, it's it's gotten very close over the past
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  Speaker 4: few months and it's been fun to see. And you know,
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  Speaker 4: I've been with Tavan, Yes, he was was here last
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  Speaker 4: year as well, so I've we have a really good
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  Speaker 4: connection and uh we uh you know, we watch film together,
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  Speaker 4: we do hang out outside. So it's been it's been great.
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  Speaker 4: I think he's done, you know, a good job this
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  Speaker 4: spring of you know, developing and uh, you know, taking
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  Speaker 4: that next step.
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  Speaker 1: All right, there you go a little bit from all
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  Speaker 1: three guys. We've got a chance to talk to after
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  Speaker 1: the spring game. We're hoping to have some more interviews shortly.
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  Speaker 1: We will see how that all goes. The media schedule
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  Speaker 1: this time of year can be a little sketchy. We
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  Speaker 1: will we will do our best to get back in
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  Speaker 1: there get a chance to talk to some folks. But man, Oman,
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  Speaker 1: is there a lot to talk about coming out of
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