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Ohio State Transfer Portal: Former Buckeyes Staying In The Big Ten · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to buck Guys tomorrow morning for Friday, January thirtieth.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Tom Or the ball State game in
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  Speaker 1: on today's show, talking about the transfer portal. And while
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  Speaker 1: we've done a lot of shows on the guys coming
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  Speaker 1: into Ohio State, and we've done a bunch of shows
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  Speaker 1: on the guys who have decided to leave Ohio State,
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  Speaker 1: we're now trying to sort of get things buttoned up
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  Speaker 1: on the guys who have left Ohio State and where
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  Speaker 1: they've actually ended up. Most of those guys have now
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  Speaker 1: found their new homes, and so now we're going to
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  Speaker 1: be kind of give you an update on where some
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  Speaker 1: former buck Eyes are headed, because you know, looking through
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  Speaker 1: this list, this feels like a list of a lot
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  Speaker 1: of players at Ohio State fans are going to be
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  Speaker 1: rooting for in their new homes. No one, No One's
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  Speaker 1: going to Michigan at least so far. So I think
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be pretty easy for people to root
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  Speaker 1: for most of these guys in their new locations. Always
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  Speaker 1: easy to root for our buddy, Tony Gurdaman if fucky
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  Speaker 1: Huddle dot com joinin us, Tony, we're talking. I've got
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  Speaker 1: six names here that there are seven names here that
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  Speaker 1: have been I think the seven names the most of
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  Speaker 1: most recent names that we have not talked about on
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  Speaker 1: one of these shows yet. And we're starting with three
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  Speaker 1: defensive linemen. The first one Trajan Odam going to Arkansas,
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  Speaker 1: Dominic Kirks going to Northwestern, and Josh Mickens going to Yukon.
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  Speaker 1: You know, those are three guys who none of them
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  Speaker 1: felt like they were particularly close to the top of
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  Speaker 1: the depth chart at Ohio State. So taking, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of a step down in competition feels
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  Speaker 1: like that maybe create a better path to the playing
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  Speaker 1: field for all three of those guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. And with Odom, when I talked to
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  Speaker 2: Larry Johnson about him a year ago, he mentioned he's
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  Speaker 2: more of the project of the three defensive tackles that
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  Speaker 2: they brought in, and so now he can head back
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  Speaker 2: east from North Carolina, head back to you I would
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  Speaker 2: say the southeast, but you know, you know, well, you know,
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  Speaker 2: sort of head back to the south east conference where
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  Speaker 2: he's not really from.
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  Speaker 1: But.
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  Speaker 2: Get there and see what he can do. And Mickenson
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  Speaker 2: tried for what three years to make it happen at
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State, So clearly I think a step down for
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  Speaker 2: him at Yukon is good. He's athletic, We'll see what
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  Speaker 2: he can do. Finally get an opportunity where there are
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  Speaker 2: like five guys in front of you who are keeping
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  Speaker 2: you from the field and you're just it's just not
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  Speaker 2: going to happen. And then with Kirks, I mean, he's
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  Speaker 2: a big guy, he does some versatility. I'm interested to
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  Speaker 2: see how it works out for him where he's headed.
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  Speaker 2: And this is they're all headed to places where they
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  Speaker 2: can be patient with guys, So I think that's good,
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  Speaker 2: but also headed to places where, like I said, you're
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  Speaker 2: not locked behind five other guys presumably, and so the sunlight,
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity for playing time I think is much better
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  Speaker 2: where they've gone.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Kirk's going to Northwestern. I had it sort of
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  Speaker 1: penciled in that dominic Kirks is going to go to
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  Speaker 1: another Big Ten school that where's the color purple. And
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  Speaker 1: I was mostly correct, except I was thinking Washington not Northwestern,
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  Speaker 1: because of course Kirk's was originally committed to Washington and
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  Speaker 1: then was a late flip in his signing class to
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State. But yeah, even you know, Yukon is an
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  Speaker 1: interesting interesting landing spot because that's where Jason Kandell, the
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  Speaker 1: former Toledo head coach, is now the new head coach
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  Speaker 1: at Yukon. So that's someone who has some ties to
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  Speaker 1: Ohio and has probably you know, has seen Josh Mickens
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  Speaker 1: at least a little bit when Toledo played Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: a few years ago. And Kirk's going to Northwestern, well
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  Speaker 1: he will where he will come back to Columbus later
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  Speaker 1: this fall. Bod Pin Miller, he is in fact going
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  Speaker 1: to the other Big Ten school that wears purple. He
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  Speaker 1: is going to join the Washington Huskies. Washington has brought
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  Speaker 1: in a couple of guys from Ohio State and another
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  Speaker 1: brought in Logan George, a defensive end earlier in the cycle.
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  Speaker 1: Miller is such an interesting choice, an interesting player. I
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  Speaker 1: was really fascinated to see where he would end up
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  Speaker 1: because he's just he's all projection right now. He was
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  Speaker 1: someone who came into Ohio State and Brian Hartline basically said, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see in a year or two more or less
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  Speaker 1: that it was just he had. He was all athleticism
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  Speaker 1: and promise and possibility, but no real track record of
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  Speaker 1: having done it. He played quarterback for his high school team.
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  Speaker 1: So it was all sort of projection and development. So
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  Speaker 1: now going out to Washington, he's someone where you could
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  Speaker 1: have any outcome there and it wouldn't really surprise me.
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  Speaker 1: He could spend another couple of years and you don't
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  Speaker 1: really hear anything from him, or he could turn into
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  Speaker 1: a really, really notable player. The thing about Bob Miller,
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  Speaker 1: the surest thing about Bod Miller to me is he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be someone who whatever ends up happening, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's going to be someone who a lot of
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  Speaker 1: folks back in Columbus are going to be rooting for.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, his story is one that you can't
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  Speaker 2: help but rooting, you know, root for being adopted and
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  Speaker 2: coming over from Ethiopia and living in Ohio and doing
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  Speaker 2: this quarterback to wide receiver change and then going from
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  Speaker 2: Ohio to Washington because you figure maybe just stay closer
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  Speaker 2: to home. You know, Brian Hartline leaves this this is
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily what you were looking for anymore. And then
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  Speaker 2: it's like, no, I'm still very interested in playing big
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  Speaker 2: time college football and I'm going to find a place
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  Speaker 2: that works for me. And you know, he saw a
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  Speaker 2: very similar type of body in Denzel Boston doing well
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  Speaker 2: at Washington. So I think it's interesting going out there
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  Speaker 2: and you know, doing that and just thinking like of all,
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  Speaker 2: like the six or four corners that they had last year,
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  Speaker 2: six four receiver they had this this this past year
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  Speaker 2: as well. It's like, yeah, his frame, his body type,
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  Speaker 2: it just fits Washington and what they've been doing there
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  Speaker 2: with Jeff Fish.
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  Speaker 1: So he'll be someone that you might see this year.
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  Speaker 1: You might not see till twenty twenty seven or twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight, but it'll be interesting to see how that
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  Speaker 1: one at. You know, where that story ends. Another guy
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  Speaker 1: who is leaving after just once season, Javon McFadden, the
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  Speaker 1: offensive lineman. He is going to Colorado and Colorado is boy.
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  Speaker 1: You want to talk about a broad spectrum of possible
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  Speaker 1: outcomes Colorado football in general, you've kind of gotten a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of everything over the years, and you have
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  Speaker 1: seen Ohio State players go out there and not you know,
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  Speaker 1: Sam Hart went out there and just kind of disappeared
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  Speaker 1: and was never heard from again. McFadden he's someone where
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Colorado is always looking for offensive linemen.
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  Speaker 1: That has been sort of one of the places where
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  Speaker 1: they're perpetually looking for talent. McFadden is someone who could
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  Speaker 1: potentially make an impact out there.
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  Speaker 2: Dallan Hayden too went out there and really did not
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  Speaker 2: ever do anything. And you know mc mcfadd at least
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  Speaker 2: he's young and can get continue to build and grow
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  Speaker 2: and find a spot somewhere on the interior there. Perhaps.
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  Speaker 2: I think the one thing you do know is don't
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  Speaker 2: be late for class, don't be late for workouts or whatever.
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  Speaker 2: Now that Deon Sanders is finding people, So just if
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  Speaker 2: you're going to be there, be on time, do what
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  Speaker 2: the coach says. One, your wallet will be heavier, and
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  Speaker 2: also maybe you'll get some playing time.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, being at Colorado, I'm guessing your wallet
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  Speaker 1: is going to be heavier than if you're going somewhere
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  Speaker 1: in the MAC. But you mentioned earlier bod Miller, the
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  Speaker 1: possibility of staying close to home for an Ohio kid.
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  Speaker 1: There are a couple Ohio kids who are choosing to
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  Speaker 1: stay closer to home. Wide receiver Tomorrow and Whitton, offensive
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  Speaker 1: lineman Davante Armstrong. They're both transferring to Miami University down
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  Speaker 1: in Oxford, Ohio. Those are guys that these transfers are
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  Speaker 1: always the ones that feel to me like you're going
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  Speaker 1: to see some impressive stats. You're going to see a
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  Speaker 1: first team All Mac kind of on these guys who
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  Speaker 1: tend to go down to the Mac. For whatever reason,
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  Speaker 1: it just seems to translate really well. I always go
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  Speaker 1: back to Sam Wiglos, who was a walk on at
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State and then turned into a really impactful player
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  Speaker 1: for the Ohio Bobcats. You've seen that happen a bunch
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  Speaker 1: for different players over the years. Chip Trainam just did
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  Speaker 1: that where they stop at Kentucky in the middle, went
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  Speaker 1: up to Toledo and had a nice season there. But
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  Speaker 1: you know this is Damorrow and Witt and Defonte Armstrong.
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  Speaker 1: Those feel like names that we are going to be
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  Speaker 1: doing a college football Playoff rankings reveal show on a
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday evening at some point this fall, and then you'll
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  Speaker 1: flip over from ESPN to ESPN two, and you'll see
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  Speaker 1: those two guys and it'll be like, oh, look, there
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  Speaker 1: they are and probably doing doing something pretty notable.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and neither one of them really, I don't think
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  Speaker 2: neither neither one of them played a snap in the
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  Speaker 2: first two seasons. So to me, that's a good sign
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  Speaker 2: to take a step down and do something there, and
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  Speaker 2: you're going to step in onto the field and be
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  Speaker 2: some of the more talented players on the team. Let
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  Speaker 2: that talent gets you, it's gotten you a leg up.
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  Speaker 2: Now you use that coaching and this opportunity, this renewed
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to do something, and yeah, I'm looking hopefully both
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  Speaker 2: of those guys do well. They're certainly gonna have an opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: And again, as we've talked about with a lot of
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  Speaker 2: these players, so much more so, much closer to playing
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  Speaker 2: time than they ever would have been at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 1: So a total of thirty four players have hit the portal.
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  Speaker 1: I think about twenty eight or so have found new
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  Speaker 1: homes already from Ohio State. So we may have one
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  Speaker 1: more of these shows at some point to update you
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  Speaker 1: on the last few guys, but we do have a
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  Speaker 1: show coming up on the Buckeye Weekly podcast feed where
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  Speaker 1: someone asked us, has the transfer portal been a net
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  Speaker 1: positive or a net negative for Ohio State, And so
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna have a conversation about that. You can look
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  Speaker 1: for that in the next day or so on the
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  Speaker 1: Buckeye Weekly podcast feed and of course on our YouTube
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  Speaker 1: channel as well YouTube dot com slash Buckeye Huddle. That
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  Speaker 1: will do it for today. Thank you guys all for
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  Speaker 1: joining us. Have a great day. We'll talk to you tomorrow.