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Is The Ohio State Run Game Where It Needs To Be For The Michigan Game? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning for Monday, November twenty fourth.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Tom Moore. The game against Michigan is
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  Speaker 1: talking quite a bit about the game against Michigan all
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  Speaker 1: week long. Right now, we're going to let you hear
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  Speaker 1: a little bit from Ohio State head coach Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: some of his comments after Saturday's forty two to nine
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  Speaker 1: win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. We're gonna start with
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  Speaker 1: the story du jour that is Parnell Tate, Jeremiah Smith
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  Speaker 1: their status moving forward. Obviously neither of them played against Rutgers.
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  Speaker 1: Day said, both of those guys are day to day,
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  Speaker 1: which is sort of an answer in all so not
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  Speaker 1: at all an answer, but what kind of a challenge
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  Speaker 1: was it playing without those guys against Rutgers.
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  Speaker 2: I felt like, you know, the guys had a really
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  Speaker 2: good week of work in terms of focus, and it
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  Speaker 2: was an opportunity for guys to step up in different ways.
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  Speaker 2: And so, you know, whether it was defense, special teams,
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  Speaker 2: or on offense, you know, nobody really flinched. Everyone was like,
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  Speaker 2: come on, let's go play. And I think that's that's
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  Speaker 2: been sort of the approach of this team and this
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  Speaker 2: coaching staff. So you know, it'll be the same way
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  Speaker 2: this week, and those guys are gonna fight like heck
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  Speaker 2: to get back on the field. But but now, I
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  Speaker 2: thought the guys played hard today. I thought, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think the running game average just under seven yards
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  Speaker 2: of carry, and then I think on you know, thirty
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  Speaker 2: five rushing attempts, you know, we held in the sixty
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  Speaker 2: six yards. So you know, that was that was that
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  Speaker 2: was really well done. And you know, they you know,
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  Speaker 2: they came out, you know, fresh, and they had a
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  Speaker 2: couple of things for us that were a little bit different,
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  Speaker 2: you know, coming off of the bye week. But I
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  Speaker 2: thought our guys handled it again sort of businesslike. So
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  Speaker 2: so overall, you know that was that was well done.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's obviously things that you know, if we
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  Speaker 2: think we're gonna get away with fumbling the ball in
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  Speaker 2: the one yard line or putting the ball on the turf,
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  Speaker 2: that's going to cost us a game. We know that
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  Speaker 2: can't happen. But but overall, there was there was a
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  Speaker 2: physicality in the game that I thought, you know, was
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  Speaker 2: set from the jump. And again for the seniors, you know,
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  Speaker 2: can't thank them enough publicly. I've done it before, but
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  Speaker 2: I want to do it again. You know, the true
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  Speaker 2: warriors on the field and everything they've done, because you know,
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  Speaker 2: they put it on the field, they're the ones and
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  Speaker 2: so on, behalf of everybody at Ohio State. You know,
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  Speaker 2: these seniors deserve to be thanked for what they've done.
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  Speaker 2: I certainly what they've done for me and my family
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  Speaker 2: and all the coaches and and for for the brothers.
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  Speaker 2: And that's why, you know, it was our obligation to
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  Speaker 2: make sure we did our best for them, to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that their last game on the field was special.
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  Speaker 2: And I think they had a great game and they
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  Speaker 2: played hard, and you know, guys like kayten Curry. It
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  Speaker 2: what a great play he had. So great to see them,
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  Speaker 2: you know, finish out, you know, a senior day with
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  Speaker 2: with a win like this.
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  Speaker 1: How is Ryan Day feeling right now? But his depth
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  Speaker 1: at wide receiver if he has to play without those guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I thought overall that there was some good
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  Speaker 2: things there. I thought David had a really big third
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  Speaker 2: down catch. You know, Brandon had a really big week
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  Speaker 2: last week. And I thought Max, you know, stepped up
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  Speaker 2: in a big way. So it's a great opportunity for
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  Speaker 2: those guys. You know, Brandon Nis is a leader, he's
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  Speaker 2: a captain of our team. And you know Bryson, Rodgers, Mylin, David,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they've you know, really had an opportunity here
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  Speaker 2: to step up. I think there's some good things that
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  Speaker 2: they did. There's some things they'll get on film and
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  Speaker 2: get better. But we need to play depth. Everyone knows that,
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  Speaker 2: and this is their opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Well, they've made it a little easier for Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: to play without Carnel Tait and Jeremiah Smith. Was the
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  Speaker 1: fact that they really got the running game going against Rutgers,
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  Speaker 1: and they've got going quite a bit over the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of weeks. So is the running game where Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day wants it to be going into the Michigan game.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we always wanted to be better. But you know, again,
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  Speaker 2: when you when you rush the ball thirty eight times
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  Speaker 2: for two fifty four, I mean, that's that's good coming out.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get on the film and figure out, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what's what like. You know, it's got to sort through
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  Speaker 2: everything and figure out what the efficiency of each run was,
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  Speaker 2: because that's a part of it too. You can hit
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  Speaker 2: some big runs and maybe get fooled. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: exactly what our efficiency was and what went well and
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  Speaker 2: what didn't. But but but I thought guys ran hard.
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  Speaker 2: I thought there was some good things that there's certainly
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  Speaker 2: nothing's perfect, but that's what we're striving for.
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  Speaker 1: Coach has always preached the fact you've got to take
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  Speaker 1: things one game at a time. You never want to
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  Speaker 1: overlook an opponent. YadA, YadA, YadA. You've heard it all before,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not as easy to do as it is
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  Speaker 1: to say. So is Ryan Day kind of proud of
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  Speaker 1: his team for really taking things one game at a time,
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  Speaker 1: not overlooking the Rutgers team that they could have overlooked,
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  Speaker 1: and then with Michigan week, now here, where's the focus
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  Speaker 1: for this team? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I do. I give the guys a lot of credit
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  Speaker 2: for focusing, and I think, you know, not having both
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  Speaker 2: Carnell and Jeremiah allowed us to focus even a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more on the job at hand. You know, whether
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  Speaker 2: that really played into it or not, I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: but our guys have been pretty consistent that way. So
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  Speaker 2: now you know, this week has got to be the best.
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  Speaker 2: We've been working towards this all year, and you know
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  Speaker 2: we want it. We know that the opponent is different,
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  Speaker 2: we know what's at stake, we know we're playing for
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  Speaker 2: hardware now, but at the end of the day, it's
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  Speaker 2: still about us. We can't all of a sudden change things,
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  Speaker 2: and so we want to keep it as routine as
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  Speaker 2: we can, knowing that, you know, again now we're playing
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  Speaker 2: for for hardware and not only gold pants, but also
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to get to Indee.
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  Speaker 1: All right, you can be honest. There was probably a
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  Speaker 1: point in about the third quarter of World Highest It
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  Speaker 1: got It, maybe twenty eight three or so, when I
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  Speaker 1: think everyone sort of mentally turned the page from Okay,
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  Speaker 1: this game is now over to, hey, guess what's on deck?
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  Speaker 1: So did Ryan Day maybe start thinking about Michigan before
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  Speaker 1: the Rutgers game even ended.
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  Speaker 2: They're always you know, uh, in the back of our
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  Speaker 2: mind in terms of what we're working towards. We know
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  Speaker 2: this is the last game of the year and what
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  Speaker 2: it means to everybody here. So yeah, it doesn't take
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  Speaker 2: long in the fourth quarter once the game was in hand,
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  Speaker 2: you know, everybody start figuring out you know that you
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  Speaker 2: know this thing's coming fast, and it was just a
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  Speaker 2: good look and everybody's eye in the locker room. Man,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're excited about this one and just need
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  Speaker 2: to focus on you know what really and that's everybody
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  Speaker 2: just doing their job and going on the road and
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be a great environment and going to
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  Speaker 2: get it done. So that's that'll be the focus, and
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  Speaker 2: we'll continue to do what we've done all week, all year.
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  Speaker 2: That's it, and have a great week and focus on
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  Speaker 2: that day. And the coach's job, you know, is to
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  Speaker 2: give them a great plan, and we got to be
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  Speaker 2: at our best. Everybody has to be at their best
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  Speaker 2: and play really, really hard.
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  Speaker 1: The Ohio State football program has three goals every season.
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  Speaker 1: Number one beat Michigan, number two win, the Big Ten,
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  Speaker 1: number three win, the National championship. Those are the goals.
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  Speaker 1: They've been very consistently the goals the whole time that
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day has been the head coach. So is Ryana
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  Speaker 1: proud of the fact that with those three goals still
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  Speaker 1: ahead of them, this whole team and the senior class
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  Speaker 1: that was honored Saturday and the Horseshoe has been able
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  Speaker 1: to just stay focused and not get distracted and not
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  Speaker 1: look ahead and really stay on task all season to
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  Speaker 1: finish eleven and zero going into that Michigan game.
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  Speaker 2: Now, well, yeah, you've heard us talk about this, you know,
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  Speaker 2: really focusing on the process, because it's easy to just
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  Speaker 2: say I want to get to the last game of
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  Speaker 2: the year. But if that happens and you get distracted,
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  Speaker 2: you can get you can get upset, and then all
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  Speaker 2: of a sudden, your season can take a turn bad.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like we've we've we've focused on us. I
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  Speaker 2: felt like, you know, we've been consistent in our approach
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  Speaker 2: and so now it but that's all, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: preparation for this week, and so we have to continue
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  Speaker 2: to do that. That that very thing, and and that's
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  Speaker 2: that's what it's gonna be. But yeah, to your point,
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  Speaker 2: I think when we talked about, you know, chop a
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  Speaker 2: wooden carrying water from the jump, like that's what this
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  Speaker 2: was about, was to making sure that we weren't just saying, hey,
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  Speaker 2: let's just get to the end of the year and
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  Speaker 2: everything that comes with it. And and so now now
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  Speaker 2: we go. But along the way, when you think about
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  Speaker 2: how fast the season's gone, it seems like it's gone
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  Speaker 2: really really fast. But then again you think about that
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  Speaker 2: first game against Texas, and that seems like a year ago.
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  Speaker 2: You know, just how how different this team is now
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  Speaker 2: from when it first started. And and so you know,
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  Speaker 2: all the work that we've put in is now you know,
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  Speaker 2: got a got a show for us, and and that
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  Speaker 2: that'll be the focus this week.
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  Speaker 1: The running game has really gotten rolling the last few weeks,
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  Speaker 1: but of course they haven't really played great run defenses,
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  Speaker 1: which obviously helps you run the ball pretty well. So
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  Speaker 1: is this running game now ready for the better defenses
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  Speaker 1: they're going to play.
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  Speaker 2: I think you've seen a lot of progress throughout the year.
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  Speaker 2: I think you've seen guys get better, and I think
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  Speaker 2: every time these running backs touch the ball, they're they're
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  Speaker 2: getting better. So we've been working at it and you're
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  Speaker 2: seeing a lot of progress being made. And again now
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  Speaker 2: we've got to be at our best.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day has been talking about how they really need
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  Speaker 1: to see a home run in the Running game, and
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  Speaker 1: towards the end of that game they got one, a
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  Speaker 1: long touchdown for James Peoples near the end of the game.
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  Speaker 1: Is that the big one they've been looking for?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean a fifty yard run for a touchdown
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  Speaker 2: is a big hit. And yeah, when you get explosive
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  Speaker 2: runs like that, but it takes execution. I thought on
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  Speaker 2: that play, you know, our right tackle Justin Terry and
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  Speaker 2: Jelanie Thurman did an excellent job coming off for the
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  Speaker 2: second level, and then Nate Roberts did a really good
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  Speaker 2: job on the secondary guy and then we made a
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  Speaker 2: guy missing a hole. And that's how it works. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you need great execution, but you got to make a
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  Speaker 2: guy miss. So I thought our old line did a
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  Speaker 2: decent job. You know, for the most part of getting
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  Speaker 2: guys at a second level. There was some things that
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  Speaker 2: we got to you know, hit cleaner, but that's part
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  Speaker 2: of the run game as well. And when we get
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  Speaker 2: you know, positive plays in a run game and we
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  Speaker 2: stay on schedule, then you know, that's when we're at
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  Speaker 2: our best.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, there has been a lot of talk on this.
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  Speaker 1: The whole press conference basically was about the offense. It
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  Speaker 1: was about the wide receivers and the run game and
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  Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. Is it nice for them
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  Speaker 1: to just sort of know that the defense is just
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  Speaker 1: going to be there, The defense is just going to
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  Speaker 1: do its job. They're the first team since Oklahoma in
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  Speaker 1: the late eighties to go through their first eleven games
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  Speaker 1: without allowing more than seventeen points to any opponent, as
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  Speaker 1: a pretty remarkable stat Is it nice to go into
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  Speaker 1: a game when there's a little uncertainty on the offensive
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball to know the defense has got it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it's it's it's a team effort. And you
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  Speaker 2: know when you see you know, us executing special teams
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  Speaker 2: the way we've done the last weeks, we pin the
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  Speaker 2: ball in the one yard line on the pooch, you
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  Speaker 2: know that that that all matters. And and when you're
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  Speaker 2: playing team you know, team ball like that, Yeah, they
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  Speaker 2: work off of each other and and yeah, certainly as
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  Speaker 2: you know, when you get turnovers like that and the
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  Speaker 2: balls on a one yard line and even though we
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  Speaker 2: made that an adventure that you know that that's but
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  Speaker 2: that's that's team football, and you know it's offensive first
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  Speaker 2: job to take care of it, you know, and then
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  Speaker 2: and then run the ball and then become explosive and
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  Speaker 2: then you know, score touchdowns in a red zone. And
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  Speaker 2: when your defense is playing well, it certainly helps. But
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  Speaker 2: each game is its own story, and then we need
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  Speaker 2: to be at our best in our all three phases
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  Speaker 2: and and get a team win.
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  Speaker 1: All right, So there you go what Ryan Day had
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  Speaker 1: to say after the Ohio State win over Rutgers. We're
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