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Ohio State Football: How Jeremiah Smith Taught Max Klare To Step Up His Game · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Friday, October tenth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host Tom Moore. The Illinois game in one day,
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  Speaker 1: All right, on today show, you get a tear from
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day and a little bit from Jeremiah Smith as
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  Speaker 1: well as we preview the Old House at Illinois game.
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  Speaker 1: Tony gerderv and I will be headed out there on
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  Speaker 1: Friday to cover that whole game, give you the team arrival,
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  Speaker 1: all the stuff you've come to know and expect from
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  Speaker 1: us on the road. Be out in Champagne. I've read
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  Speaker 1: all for you this weekend. So all right, let's start
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  Speaker 1: with Ryan Day. And one of the things that Julian
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  Speaker 1: Sayin had talked about recently was the importance of Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: and Wednesday practices in terms of really number one being
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  Speaker 1: prepared for the game, but number two really earning trust
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  Speaker 1: from your teammates. So what are the importance of Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: and Wednesday for a quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's extremely important what you what you learn
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  Speaker 2: is again I use this term all the time, but
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  Speaker 2: I believe in it. Is you build trust. You build
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  Speaker 2: trust in the coaches, you build trust in your teammates,
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  Speaker 2: and then you build confidence. And I think that the
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  Speaker 2: more you know you prepare and the better you prepare,
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  Speaker 2: the more confidence that you can play with on game day.
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  Speaker 2: And a big part of that is practice and how
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  Speaker 2: you practice, so you know, when you're out there, we're
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  Speaker 2: trying to simulate the game the best we can. We're
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  Speaker 2: trying to recognize the things that we feel like each
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  Speaker 2: guy can do based on a game plan, and then
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  Speaker 2: as coaches we try to put them in the situation
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  Speaker 2: to be successful. And then but the guys who are
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  Speaker 2: on the field, who are you know, showing that you
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  Speaker 2: know they can do their job and are practicing, are
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  Speaker 2: the ones that you know we're gonna call that personnel
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  Speaker 2: grouping or call that defense or call that play because
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  Speaker 2: that's what we see. So you know, it's like an
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  Speaker 2: audition to see what it's going to be like on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: So and practice is very very important, and everybody has
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  Speaker 2: to be on their stuff. Coaches have to be organized,
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  Speaker 2: the meetings have to be on point, the scout teams
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  Speaker 2: have to be on point. I mean, everybody has to
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  Speaker 2: do their part into practice to make sure it's run
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  Speaker 2: correctly and efficiently. And as the season goes on, we
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  Speaker 2: have to be more and more efficient with our time.
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  Speaker 2: So it's really important. But Jules has seen what it's
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  Speaker 2: supposed to look like and has continued with that, with
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  Speaker 2: the preparation, with the meetings, with the walkthroughs on the field,
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  Speaker 2: taking command taking, coaching, making corrections, all that stuff is
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  Speaker 2: important earning a game week.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, he's going to be talking a little bit
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  Speaker 1: about tight end Max Clayer. He has come a long
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  Speaker 1: way since he got to Ohio State. Obviously, he was
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  Speaker 1: a very impactful player for Purdue last year, but at
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of the year, his blocking was really keeping
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  Speaker 1: him off the field to a certain degree in the
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State offense. So how far has he come along?
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  Speaker 1: You're going to hear from Ryan Day. Then you're going
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  Speaker 1: to hear a little bit from Jeremiah Smith, who sounds
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  Speaker 1: like he maybe played a role in how far Max
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  Speaker 1: Clayer has come.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Max is getting better and better. I think there
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  Speaker 2: was a little bit of an adjustment based on how
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  Speaker 2: we practiced in the preseason, and I think you're really
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  Speaker 2: seeing him start to really take off now. We see
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  Speaker 2: that happening a lot when when you know we have
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  Speaker 2: newcomers coming to the program. But his attitude has been
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  Speaker 2: great and you're seeing the talent come coming forward now
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  Speaker 2: and he's building some chemistry with Julian and the offensive line,
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  Speaker 2: the tight ends room in general. So good to see
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  Speaker 2: him making plays because he certainly has the ability to.
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  Speaker 3: Mats has been doing a great job when he first
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  Speaker 3: got here. Uh No, just working out with him in
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  Speaker 3: the off season. He don't really know have it in him,
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  Speaker 3: I should say, but now he does. Coach Mike put
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  Speaker 3: me with him, so you know, have to take care
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  Speaker 3: of him. But Mats has definitely taken that step on
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  Speaker 3: and off the field, and I'm very proud of him
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  Speaker 3: at the things he's doing in his offense this year. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: what is that? Uh? I don't want to say he
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  Speaker 3: wasn't a dog, but you know, because Mike put me,
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  Speaker 3: put him with me, so I mean he trust me
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  Speaker 3: to get him right and make them a dog. So
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  Speaker 3: that's what happens for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, one of the benefits of last week's big win
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  Speaker 1: over Minnesota forty two to three. With it, the Buckeyes
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  Speaker 1: got to play a whole bunch of depth. Now, you
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  Speaker 1: prefer not to have gotten Zion Grady on the field
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  Speaker 1: as early as he did the way it happened, which
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  Speaker 1: was Kenye out to Jackson getting hurt. But once he
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  Speaker 1: was out there, he got a lot of really good snaps,
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  Speaker 1: got a lot of good, really good reps, put some
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  Speaker 1: good film together. Guys like Lee Roy Roker, young safety,
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  Speaker 1: got a chance to play quite a bit in that game.
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  Speaker 1: So how is the depth on this team, especially the
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  Speaker 1: young guys kind of coming along.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, what a great opportunity for them to get on
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  Speaker 2: the field. And Zion flashed and LeRoy's had some good snaps,
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  Speaker 2: So you know, you just never know how it's all
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  Speaker 2: going to shake. But what a great chance for them
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  Speaker 2: to get on the field and get quality reps. And
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  Speaker 2: we continue to build depth at those positions that we
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  Speaker 2: know we're gonna need late in the season. So again,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you just never know when your opportunity is
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  Speaker 2: gonna come. And here we go, these guys are going
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  Speaker 2: to be in there and good to see them now.
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  Speaker 2: I think sometimes we and you're on the scale team
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  Speaker 2: and you feel like sometimes you're buried in the depth.
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  Speaker 2: When you have this opportunity, you almost find yourself with
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  Speaker 2: a new life. You know. Think about like last year
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  Speaker 2: when Luke Montgomery really stepped up late in the season.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he changed his whole demeanor. So good to
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  Speaker 2: see them kind of bouncing around with a hop in
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  Speaker 2: their step. But when we put them in a game,
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  Speaker 2: we expect them to do their job. That's part of
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  Speaker 2: the deal in terms of, you know, getting the unit
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  Speaker 2: where it needs to be.
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  Speaker 1: Randy was asked about Luke Altmeyer, the quarterback for the
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  Speaker 1: Illinois fighting a line I. He has not thrown an
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  Speaker 1: interception at home since twenty twenty three. If you listen
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  Speaker 1: to the Bold Prediction Show, you know that Tony Gerderman
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  Speaker 1: found that stat and has a Bold prediction all about
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  Speaker 1: it for this weekend's game. But in addition to no
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  Speaker 1: interceptions at home since twenty twenty three, Luke Oltmeyer has
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  Speaker 1: also not thrown a single interception this year. So what
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  Speaker 1: kind of a challenge to someone with that kind of
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  Speaker 1: record who also can move a little bit kind of
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  Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback as well. What kind of challenges he present.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the Big Ten right now has some
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  Speaker 2: great quarterbacks and he's exactly one of them. Like you said,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's one of the top guys in the
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  Speaker 2: in the conference. And not onlys they make great decisions.
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  Speaker 2: It gets the ball out quick. He's accurate. He knows
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  Speaker 2: exactly how they're trying to attack a defense in terms of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the plan that Brett his coaching staff puts
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  Speaker 2: together with RPO's quick game are play action pass and
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  Speaker 2: he also can art you with his feed. He's got
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  Speaker 2: good quickness. But like you said, you know, those experienced
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  Speaker 2: guys who have seen it before, there's there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: they can recall. He's won some big games before and
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  Speaker 2: he's a really good quarterback. So another really good challenge
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  Speaker 2: for us. You know, we've gone against good quarterbacks already
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  Speaker 2: this year, but he presents some different challenges and so
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  Speaker 2: we need need to finish off the week in our preparation.
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  Speaker 1: There's been a bunch of talk this week. We've mentioned
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  Speaker 1: on a couple of shows already this week the conversations
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  Speaker 1: around red shirting Cee Jay Hicks. He's already played in
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  Speaker 1: four games. So the plan, well maybe plan we'll see
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  Speaker 1: the conversation right now is maybe he doesn't play again
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  Speaker 1: in the regular season and then can maintain that year
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  Speaker 1: of eligibility. So how did those conversations go. And you're
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  Speaker 1: going to hear an interesting angles here towards it's the
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  Speaker 1: end of this answer that Ran Day hasn't I don't
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  Speaker 1: think talked about publicly before, which is the five for
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  Speaker 1: five role, which is sort of a proposed rule from
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  Speaker 1: the NC double A that basically you would have five
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  Speaker 1: years to play five years and no more red shirt.
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  Speaker 1: You can just play five years no matter what. That's
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  Speaker 1: a proposal. You're going to hear Ryan Day mentioned that
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  Speaker 1: kind of at the end of this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly haven't made any decisions. We're going to go
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  Speaker 2: week to week. We'll see if maybe he decides to
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  Speaker 2: play this or if we decide that we're going to
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  Speaker 2: play this week based on depth chart, and then we'll
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  Speaker 2: see where we're at. Maybe next week, maybe he'll play
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  Speaker 2: next week. But what we don't want to do is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, waste a year of red shirt just on
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  Speaker 2: special teams and a few reps here and there on defense.
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  Speaker 2: So but he's ready to go, you know, when needed,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, we also want to do it right
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  Speaker 2: by him. So, you know, if if we find ourselves
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  Speaker 2: in a situation where he's going to get closer to
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  Speaker 2: fifteen to twenty reps in a game and going to
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  Speaker 2: play a lot more special teams and now you're looking
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  Speaker 2: about thirty forty reps and then he's going to play
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  Speaker 2: So I think you know he also and we're all
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  Speaker 2: so you're still trying to figure out if we think
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  Speaker 2: that you know, they're going to pass the rule of
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  Speaker 2: five for five, because if that's the case, then you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's wasting some opportunities. And you know, if they feel
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  Speaker 2: like there's a good chance that this is going to pass,
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  Speaker 2: I wish they would just kind of give us a
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  Speaker 2: heads up so guys like CJ could.
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  Speaker 1: Play next up. This is a question from Spencer Hulbrook
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  Speaker 1: of on three, and he had a great stat that
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  Speaker 1: he dug up. Ohio State has faced forty eight third
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  Speaker 1: downs by the offense this year. That ties for Cincinnati
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  Speaker 1: for the fewest third downs faced this season out of
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  Speaker 1: any team in the country. By guys are twelveth nationally
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  Speaker 1: in converting those, making it over fifty four percent of
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  Speaker 1: the time. That's not bad. So Ryan, how is Ryan
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  Speaker 1: day feeling about things on third down right now?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, third downs are huge, as you know, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, we have to you know, be on our
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  Speaker 2: stuff on third downs. Wednesday is a huge third down
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  Speaker 2: day for us. Yeah, I mean, the more we play,
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  Speaker 2: the more we're learning about it. But we want to
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  Speaker 2: be on schedule so that we're not on you know,
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  Speaker 2: in third and long situations and then you know, converting
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  Speaker 2: on those. But you know, I think for us, the
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  Speaker 2: ability to you know, spread the field with multiple you know,
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  Speaker 2: weapons gives us an advantage. But you know what, we'll
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  Speaker 2: know as we continue to get more and more opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: But our conversion rate has been solid, but we always
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  Speaker 2: want to be better.
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  Speaker 1: And finally got a question about bo Jackson. Buck guys
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  Speaker 1: true freshman who has taken on a much bigger role
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  Speaker 1: throughout the course of the season, not only taking on
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  Speaker 1: a bigger role, really become the starter for the buck
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  Speaker 1: Eyes the last couple of weeks. So all right, with
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  Speaker 1: that kind of progression, what's the next step?
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  Speaker 2: I think you probably know? Yeah, I think when you
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  Speaker 2: when you go from being a role player or a
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  Speaker 2: backup to being the guy. It's it's just a workload
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  Speaker 2: and the number of carries and the expectation and then
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  Speaker 2: what comes with that for an entire season. So I know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're all excited about bo I think you know,
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  Speaker 2: his teammates see it, We see it. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: he is still a freshman. So it's our job to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that you know, we're bringing him along the
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  Speaker 2: right way and that you know, we're recognizing, you know,
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  Speaker 2: his ability to sustain a certain level of play for
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  Speaker 2: an entire year. But the talent's there, the work ethics there,
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  Speaker 2: the way he practices is you know, indicative of how
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  Speaker 2: he's playing in the game. So and I still think
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  Speaker 2: there's a huge ceiling here and the more he plays,
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  Speaker 2: the better he's going to get.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, that'll do it for Ryan Day and his thoughts
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  Speaker 1: in the game. Next time we get a chance to
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  Speaker 1: talk to him will be after the game on Saturday,
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