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Ohio State Football Recruiting: Elite Safety Simeon Caldwell Commits To Buckeyes · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Friday, April fourth, I'm
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  Speaker 1: They're all yeah, they're all around here somewhere here inside
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  Speaker 1: the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The vibes very good today
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  Speaker 1: inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes just landed
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  Speaker 1: another commitment for the second time this week. They've landed
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  Speaker 1: the commitment who could plausibly play safety for the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Simeon Caldwell out of the Bowls School in Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 3: their second commitment out of that school for this current class,
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  Speaker 3: joining the tight end Corbin Fordham and Corbin Fordham. There
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  Speaker 3: you go. I was thinking too quickly there uh six'
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  Speaker 3: three buck ninety five in that. Range people may sit
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  Speaker 3: there and say is he a? Safety is he a
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  Speaker 3: corner that's up for. Debate what's not up for debate
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  Speaker 3: is he is ken folk To Tim walton and you
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  Speaker 3: know we always have, oh you know he's family or.
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  Speaker 3: Whatever this is actual. Family he is actually. Family we
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  Speaker 3: had a chance to speak to him last year On
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  Speaker 3: Southern swing about what family reunions would be like if
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  Speaker 3: he didn't go To Ohio state at least at this
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  Speaker 3: point until he signs and everything. Else it sounds like crisis. Averted,
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  Speaker 3: yeah he is the.
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  Speaker 1: Family the family strife has been pushed aside for at
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  Speaker 1: least a little.
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  Speaker 2: Bit he.
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  Speaker 1: Is he has an interesting recruiting profile because he's listed
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  Speaker 1: as a, safety ranked as a, linebacker and Then.
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  Speaker 2: Tim, walton who for obvious, reasons who.
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  Speaker 1: Is the cornerbacks, coach was one of his recruiters along
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  Speaker 1: With Matt, greary the safety's.
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  Speaker 2: Coach so you, know my assumption is he at.
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  Speaker 1: Least starts at safety and then you sort of see
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  Speaker 1: where he goes from. There but this is one WHERE
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  Speaker 1: i don't know that they know the answer yet on
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  Speaker 1: where he's ultimately going to end up.
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  Speaker 3: Well and that's the. Thing you bring guys in and
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  Speaker 3: you think you know where you're going to put, them
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  Speaker 3: and then their body decides where you're ultimately going to put.
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  Speaker 3: Them and you, can you can put somebody on a
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  Speaker 3: weight program to gain weight or to lose, weight but
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  Speaker 3: you know what you can't alter is his actual. BODY
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  Speaker 3: i mean he's going to be six. THREE i mean
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  Speaker 3: he would be a big corner. REGARDLESS i mean he
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  Speaker 3: hasn't filled out yet, still you, know still talking about
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  Speaker 3: a seventeen year old kid at this. Point so you,
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  Speaker 3: know we'll we'll see at that. Point and you, KNOW
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  Speaker 3: i think there's also a big concern about, what you,
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  Speaker 3: know not to get ahead just. NUMBERS i, mean when
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  Speaker 3: we're not as concerned about the eighty five number, anymore
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  Speaker 3: we will have to be more concerned about the one
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  Speaker 3: ozho five. Number but you, know what does this mean
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  Speaker 3: in terms of the trickle down For Ohio? State suddenly
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  Speaker 3: hot recruiting at the safety.
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  Speaker 1: Position, yeah and you, know if you can file that
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  Speaker 1: under good problems to. Have but this is now three,
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  Speaker 1: commits assuming you lump him in with the. Safeties this
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  Speaker 1: is two safety commits.
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  Speaker 2: Along with the Corner Jacob, weatherspoon, Well Jacob wetherspoon as.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, so and then Blame, bradford the safety who
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  Speaker 1: we talked about on a similar show just a few days.
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  Speaker 1: Ago this is a spot where you would Think Ohio
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  Speaker 1: state's probably going to be looking to load up a
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  Speaker 1: little bit this. Year it's not you, know offensive line
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  Speaker 1: where it's, like, boy they better take six. Guys but
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  Speaker 1: the way you're recruiting right, now and with the turnover
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  Speaker 1: you get in the portal and all that kind of,
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  Speaker 1: stuff too many guys is not a. Problem too many
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  Speaker 1: guys is a problem that solves.
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  Speaker 2: Itself it feels like it really.
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  Speaker 3: DOES i, mean creminal rise to the top and you're
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  Speaker 3: at the portal and everything else. THERE i, mean for
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  Speaker 3: a hot, minute we were talking about how this is
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  Speaker 3: a safety driven. Defense they're playing three. Safeties well now
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  Speaker 3: that's turned to three corners with you, know with a
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  Speaker 3: nickel being more of a. Corner BUT i think a
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  Speaker 3: lot of that is determined based on the personnel that you.
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  Speaker 3: Have And i'm not saying that either you, know Either
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  Speaker 3: bradford Or caldwell is a. Nickel but you can sit
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  Speaker 3: there and load Up Ohio state had a REAL i,
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  Speaker 3: mean and obviously Naim offer did not end up signing
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  Speaker 3: With Ohio, state but you seem to have more guys
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  Speaker 3: in the class than you had necessarily starting. Positions it,
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  Speaker 3: happened SO i wouldn't be concerned About Braylon willmack out Of.
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  Speaker 3: MISSISSIPPI i Think Ohio state still is sitting in a good.
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  Speaker 1: WHILE i think he just didn't want to over promise
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  Speaker 1: an underdeliver on that, front you, know in terms of
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  Speaker 1: where you, know how excited Should Ohio state fans be
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  Speaker 1: in terms of The Simian caldwell.
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  Speaker 2: Commitment he is a four star.
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  Speaker 1: Prospect he's a top one hundred ish guy depending on you,
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  Speaker 1: know which service you want to look. At they Beat
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  Speaker 1: Georgia michigan for him. SERVICES i, mean this is this
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  Speaker 1: is a guy who is you, know had his choice
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  Speaker 1: of a number of top programs, nationally and you put
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  Speaker 1: him next To Blaine, bradford and, boy all of a,
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  Speaker 1: Sudden Matt greary is, like, boy that's quite quite a
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  Speaker 1: good safety.
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  Speaker 3: Class you sit there and you look at some of
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  Speaker 3: the other pieces that they, have you, know just this
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  Speaker 3: year With Devin sanchez at, CORNER i, mean we're really
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  Speaker 3: seeing what the next wave OF bia or maybe the
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  Speaker 3: wave after just depends how long it takes some of
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  Speaker 3: these guys to get to the field twenty five or
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  Speaker 3: the twenty six is to actually. Enroll but there have
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  Speaker 3: been so much talk warranted of, course Of Brian hartline's.
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  Speaker 3: Recruiting BUT i think the the two man tandem and
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  Speaker 3: the secondary For Ohio state have done a great. JOB
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  Speaker 3: i mean it, was, oh it's all it's All Coach.
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  Speaker 3: WALT i don't know if it's all Coach. WALT i
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  Speaker 3: think That Ohio state is a very hot product to
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  Speaker 3: sell right, now and the kids.
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  Speaker 1: Are Respons, yeah and this is when you typically you,
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  Speaker 1: know you'll you'll typically see the bump from a national
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  Speaker 1: championship coming a year or two. Later it's not you,
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  Speaker 1: know you weren't going to see that in the twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Class you're gonna see that twenty, six twenty. Seven as
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  Speaker 1: these guys are sort of working through their through their
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  Speaker 1: own recruiting process and their own recruiting. Cycles this is
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  Speaker 1: also this is also a week When Ohio state got
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  Speaker 1: some other very very good news in, recruiting and that
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  Speaker 1: was from a guy who's already, Committed Chris Henry. Jr
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  Speaker 1: who has been traveling the country and seeing the world
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  Speaker 1: and spending a lot of time In, Eugene. Oregon and
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  Speaker 1: it sounds like maybe that whole thing is done.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah he has gone to social media to say he's
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  Speaker 3: shut it. DOWN I i've had the opportunity to Doalk
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  Speaker 3: Christianry junior on multiple. Occasions i've never felt he was
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  Speaker 3: a game. PLAYER i felt he was going to be
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  Speaker 3: somebody who was always going to be above. Board he
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  Speaker 3: never snuck off to take a visit without alerting the
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  Speaker 3: staff At Ohio state or. Whatever but you want to
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  Speaker 3: have your you want to have all of your comitment
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  Speaker 3: not visiting other, schools and that's What Ohio state has
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  Speaker 3: now With Chris Henry. Junior it's just going to be,
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  Speaker 3: scary especially just the one year that they're going to
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  Speaker 3: Have Jeremiah smith And Chris Henry junior potentially out there
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  Speaker 3: at the same time oln some other really talented players.
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  Speaker 3: Too let's not make it The land of The giants
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  Speaker 3: and Throw Quincy porter out there as. Well but let
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  Speaker 3: me tell, you it's an exciting time For Ohio state.
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  Speaker 3: RECRUITING i know people were a little concerned that they
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  Speaker 3: were in a quote unquote. LULL i think we're going
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  Speaker 3: to see business really picking up over the next couple of,
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  Speaker 3: weeks going through the spring.
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  Speaker 1: Game, yeah you do tend to see a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a bump through the spring as guys are making.
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  Speaker 1: Visits and then you'll have a bunch of guys visiting
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  Speaker 1: for the spring, game and you typically see a couple
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  Speaker 1: of commits after, that and then you'll have camp season
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  Speaker 1: and you'll typically see some commits During june for.
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  Speaker 2: That so you, know you're going to, have you're going
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  Speaker 2: to if you have a flurry of.
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  Speaker 1: Commitments you can't just have a twelve month flurry of
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  Speaker 1: commitments otherwise you run into one hundred and five guy
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  Speaker 1: kind of limit.
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  Speaker 2: Issues so you were going to have some lulls. Between
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  Speaker 2: but it seems like you, know as you said, earlier like,
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  Speaker 2: yeah business is picking.
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  Speaker 1: Up this has been at a pretty good and pretty
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  Speaker 1: pretty solid week overall For Ohio state on the recruiting
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