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BONUS: Ryan Day Weighs In On Linebackers, Defensive Tackles · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: We got one more bonus show for you coming out
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  Speaker 1: of the Ryan Day press conference on Tuesday. This one's
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  Speaker 1: going to focus on defense, special teams, and maybe some
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  Speaker 1: other stuff, some little loose stuff here and there that
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  Speaker 1: kind of slipped through the cracks on the other shows
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  Speaker 1: that we've already done, but that was still very interesting.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to start on special teams. And this was
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  Speaker 1: a question about Chris Henry Jr. and his ability to
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  Speaker 1: block a punt. And he's one of those guys who
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  Speaker 1: is just an athletic freak, just size, speed, the whole package.
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  Speaker 1: He's the kind of guy where... with some of the
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  Speaker 1: new rules about punt alignment, and we'll probably try and
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  Speaker 1: get into some of that at some point, because it's
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  Speaker 1: really kind of complicated. But the moral of the story is,
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  Speaker 1: it might actually be easier to block punts in some
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  Speaker 1: ways this year than it has been in the past.
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  Speaker 1: So will a guy like Chris Henry have the ability
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  Speaker 1: to do that on special teams this year?
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  Speaker 2: He certainly has the ability to, yeah. And We showed
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  Speaker 2: the film probably about a week or two ago of
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  Speaker 2: Chris Olave and told the story. I think it's important
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  Speaker 2: for these guys to understand the stories, the traditions of
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State. Chris Olave came in. He's from San Diego.
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  Speaker 2: He was having a difficult time, but midway through his
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  Speaker 2: freshman year was really struggling. Terry McLaurin and Paris Campbell
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  Speaker 2: put their arm around him like big brothers do, kind
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  Speaker 2: of helped them work through that. He blocks a punt,
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  Speaker 2: and we showed the punt block in the rivalry game.
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  Speaker 2: He catches two touchdown passes there, goes on, has a
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  Speaker 2: great championship game, and then becomes a first-round draft pick.
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  Speaker 2: And so that started on special teams. So to your point, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: these guys know the stories. They know how important it is.
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  Speaker 2: And that's something that everybody has to believe in in
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  Speaker 2: the program. And that starts with their position coaches. And
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  Speaker 2: I know Cortez is a part of every special teams meeting,
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  Speaker 2: and he's driving to make sure those guys are on
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  Speaker 2: the field.
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  Speaker 1: This is kind of interesting. They love to talk about
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  Speaker 1: Iron Buckeyes. These are guys who were really the workout
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  Speaker 1: warriors of really people who set the example, set the
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  Speaker 1: standard in the weight room. That was something that you
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  Speaker 1: heard Jeremiah Smith won a couple of times, but it
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  Speaker 1: was interesting to hear some of the other guys who
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  Speaker 1: won that over the years. Sometimes it was star players.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes it wasn't, but guys who ended up being leaders
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  Speaker 1: on the team in one way or another. So they
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  Speaker 1: haven't announced iron Buckeyes yet this summer. They did it
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  Speaker 1: in the winter workouts. They hadn't announced it over the summer.
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  Speaker 1: So Ryan Day was asked, are they planning to announce that?
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  Speaker 2: Well, Uh, I've thought a lot, a lot about this
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  Speaker 2: and it's the same thing with the champions, uh, on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: There's so much about our program that sort of is public.
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  Speaker 2: That's just sort of what comes with Ohio state. There's
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  Speaker 2: certain things that I think, um, we'd like to keep in,
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  Speaker 2: in house, um, for a lot of different reasons. So
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  Speaker 2: we're going to try to keep that in house. It's
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  Speaker 2: probably not going to be easy. Um, and it'll probably
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  Speaker 2: be the same thing on Sundays. We'll probably recognize the
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  Speaker 2: player of the game on offense, defense and special teams,
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  Speaker 2: but we're probably going to keep the champions, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just in-house. And it's going to do the same thing
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  Speaker 2: with the Iron Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 1: There are plenty of questions on the defensive side of
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  Speaker 1: the ball. It feels like everyone's.
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  Speaker 3: Excited about the offense and the defense.
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  Speaker 1: There's some more questions there than there are really true answers.
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  Speaker 1: So one of the areas where there's certainly some questions
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  Speaker 1: is how the linebacker rotation is going to shake out
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  Speaker 1: this year. You've got very talented Peyton Pierce. Christian Allegro
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  Speaker 1: feels like those guys are going to be starters.
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  Speaker 3: What about Riley Pettyjohn? What about TJ Alford? Who else
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  Speaker 3: is in that mix?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Peyton and Christian are right there. They'll probably
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  Speaker 2: roll out for the first snap. But you're going to
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  Speaker 2: see Riley and TJ in there really quickly. And you
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  Speaker 2: can see Stove in there as well. But I think
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  Speaker 2: James feels good with Peyton and Christian out there, with
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  Speaker 2: Riley and TJ playing a lot of football as well,
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  Speaker 2: based on who's in the game, if it's base or
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  Speaker 2: if it's nickel personnel. But that's a good group. It's
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  Speaker 2: a solid group. A little bit different skill sets in there.
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  Speaker 2: but we need those guys to do a great job
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  Speaker 2: of communicating. That's the thing that all great, whether it's
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  Speaker 2: Cody Simon, Sonny Stiles, those guys communicated. They tied in
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  Speaker 2: the front with the back end, and I know that's
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  Speaker 2: something James is really hammering with those guys.
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  Speaker 1: Taking a look at the interior of the defensive line,
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  Speaker 1: and how is Ryan Day feeling about that area? That's
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  Speaker 1: another area where I think there's some questions right now
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  Speaker 1: about exactly how talented they are, and is there anyone
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  Speaker 1: that can fill Caden McDonald's shoes?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think we're deeper than we've been in a
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  Speaker 2: long time. I think when you look at Edrick James, John,
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  Speaker 2: Jason Moore, Will Smith, I mean, we're going to be
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  Speaker 2: able to roll some guys this year, which is great.
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  Speaker 2: But I also think they're continually working to get better
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  Speaker 2: every day. I think they want to get out there,
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  Speaker 2: excuse me, get on the field and start to you know,
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  Speaker 2: put some of this stuff on film. And they put
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  Speaker 2: a lot of hard work in, you know, they really
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  Speaker 2: haven't missed anything this preseason.
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  Speaker 3: I think all those guys have gotten better.
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  Speaker 2: So they've had an opportunity to kind of catch their
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  Speaker 2: breath over the weekend, like defensive linemen do, offensive linemen do.
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  Speaker 2: Today will be a really physical Tuesday. Should be really hot,
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  Speaker 2: which is great, really hard, and then continue to go
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  Speaker 2: from there. But The number one thing when you're a
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  Speaker 2: lineman is you've got to build up that calisthenic preseason.
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  Speaker 2: I think they've done that. I think they've been out
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  Speaker 2: there every day. They put the work in. They're grinding
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  Speaker 2: at it to get better because they know the games
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  Speaker 2: are going to be one of the trenches, especially these
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  Speaker 2: matchup games.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I hope you guys enjoyed that.
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  Speaker 1: We are going to be cranking out some of these
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  Speaker 1: bonus shows for you pretty much all week long because
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  Speaker 1: we've got plenty of coverage, plenty of interviews. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to get to talk to Ryan Day again on Wednesday evening.
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  Speaker 1: Had a great interview with Carson Hinsman on Tuesday. Going
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  Speaker 1: to talk to some more players on Wednesday. We'll try
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  Speaker 1: and get you as many bonus episodes as we can
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