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BONUS: How Is Jay Timmons Able To Be A Day One Starter At Nickel? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right. We got one more bonus show for you.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is going to be the last one.
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  Speaker 1: No more interviews later this week. So I think this
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  Speaker 1: is going to be the last bonus show you get.
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  Speaker 1: But we'll see. We'll try and dig up some more
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  Speaker 1: content for you because I know everyone is sort of
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  Speaker 1: counting the hours to kick off at this point. This episode,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to get here from true sophomore corner, Devin Sanchez.
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  Speaker 1: He is a native of Houston, Texas. That will become
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  Speaker 1: relevant later in the show. He also played starting game
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  Speaker 1: one last season. He played as the Dimes. against Texas
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  Speaker 1: in the season opener last year and played a whole
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  Speaker 1: bunch over the course of the season. That also will
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  Speaker 1: become relevant a little later on.
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  Speaker 2: In the season.
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  Speaker 1: But for Devin Sanchez, what is his level of excitement
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  Speaker 1: going into the season just to finally be getting back
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  Speaker 1: out there on the field for a real game?
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  Speaker 2: I'm very excited. I can't talk too much no more.
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  Speaker 2: He's here now.
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  Speaker 3: So it's just going out there competing, doing what I
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  Speaker 3: do best, and just getting ready for this long season.
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  Speaker 1: As mentioned earlier, Devin Sanchez is a native of Texas,
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  Speaker 1: and he, don't worry, he is well aware of who
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  Speaker 1: they have on deck week two, but he also knows
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  Speaker 1: they can't worry about that just yet.
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  Speaker 2: It's just going game by game.
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  Speaker 3: You know, like you said, no, I have next week,
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  Speaker 3: but it's just, we're this week now. So it's just
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  Speaker 3: who I got boss state, you know, just going out
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  Speaker 3: there competing, not just for me, just, you know, for
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  Speaker 3: the whole DB group. I feel like, you know, it's
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  Speaker 3: not worrying about who's out there in front of us.
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  Speaker 3: It's just going out there competing for, for each other. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just, Get out the field. We've got to
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  Speaker 3: get out the field and make plays. We've got to
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  Speaker 3: make plays.
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  Speaker 1: Devin Sanchez played a lot last season. He actually played
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  Speaker 1: more than 320 snaps on defense, which that's an enormous
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  Speaker 1: number for a true freshman, including playing against Top Rec
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  Speaker 1: Texas in the season opener. So what did that mean
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  Speaker 1: to him? And then what does that mean for the
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  Speaker 1: young guys like Jay Timmons, who's projected to start at nickel?
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  Speaker 1: Simeon Caldwell, who's projected to have a role. Someone like
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Thomas, who's already lost his black stripe and who
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  Speaker 1: is certainly going to get some snaps on Saturday as well.
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  Speaker 1: What does that mean for those guys who are going
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  Speaker 1: to get a chance to finally get out on the
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  Speaker 1: field and start making their reputations as Buckeyes this weekend?
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  Speaker 2: It means a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Just going into, obviously, a top-ranked game like that, you've
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  Speaker 3: got to have a lot of confidence going out there. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: I was kind of nervous, first-ever college game, but it
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  Speaker 3: just pushed me along in the season knowing that this
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  Speaker 3: is something.
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  Speaker 2: I can do.
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  Speaker 3: I'm supposed to be out there, especially in Ohio State,
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  Speaker 3: so it's just For them, it's just going out there,
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  Speaker 3: like I'm just telling them, going out there competing. I
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  Speaker 3: was just telling Jay that. Going out there competing, bro,
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  Speaker 3: just don't be afraid to make mistakes. You're going to
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  Speaker 3: make mistakes, bro. It's your first college game. You may
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  Speaker 3: be nervous, but, you know, just go out there. Just play,
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  Speaker 3: have fun.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're going to have you back.
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  Speaker 3: For whatever you do. If you mess up, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to be there. We're probably going to mess up.
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  Speaker 3: So it's just, you know, just going out there and
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  Speaker 3: making the least amount of mistakes and just going out
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  Speaker 3: there having fun.
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  Speaker 1: One of the biggest stories of fall camp is the
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  Speaker 1: play of true freshman nickel Jay Timmons. He kind of
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  Speaker 1: came in and just seized that starting role at nickel
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  Speaker 1: and has never let it go. There really hasn't been
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  Speaker 1: any question who the starting nickel was going to be,
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  Speaker 1: and it's a true freshman. That is really not usual.
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  Speaker 1: That is not normal. That says a lot about Jay
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  Speaker 1: Timmons as a player. So what did he do to
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  Speaker 1: be so impressive during fall camp?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Jay's done a lot to impress everybody, not just us.
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  Speaker 3: but also the offensive coaches too. You know, he's felt
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  Speaker 3: out there, you know, physicality-wise, you know, he's physical. You know,
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  Speaker 3: just going out there and touching the ball, making plays
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  Speaker 3: on the ball. You know, it's just, as a freshman,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that's what you got to do to be felt.
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  Speaker 3: You know, and if you want to be on the field,
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  Speaker 3: that's what you got to do. That's what he's done.
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  Speaker 3: He's making it known that, you know, that he's going
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  Speaker 3: to be on the field. And, you know, we got
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  Speaker 3: a lot of trust in him. You know, we count
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  Speaker 3: on him a lot. You know, he got to come
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  Speaker 3: up and make some big plays, along with myself, along
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  Speaker 3: with Jermaine. So it's just going out there and just competing.
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  Speaker 1: How early was it that Devin Sanchez sort of figured
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  Speaker 1: out that, yeah, Jay Timmons is maybe going to make
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  Speaker 1: an early impact for the Buckeyes?
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  Speaker 3: I knew when I was his host on his recruiting
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  Speaker 3: visit that he was going to come here and make
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  Speaker 3: a difference.
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  Speaker 2: He also told me. When he was a recruit, he
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  Speaker 2: was like, hey, Dev.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm going to start Ohio State my freshman year.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, bro, it's hard, but, you know, you
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  Speaker 3: can come here and do it. And that's what he's doing.
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  Speaker 3: He's making it known. I just told him that like
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  Speaker 3: last week. I'm like, remember you told me that when
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  Speaker 3: you was a recruit?
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  Speaker 2: He was like, yeah. And I'm like, it's true now.
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  Speaker 2: So it's like, let's go out here and do it.
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  Speaker 1: What was it that made Devin Sanchez feel like Jay
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  Speaker 1: Timmons really could do that? Because it's an easy thing
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  Speaker 1: to say. It's a lot harder to actually do.
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  Speaker 3: I kind of see myself in him when I was
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  Speaker 3: coming here. You know, just that confidence. Because, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of guys just walk in and say, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to play at a college like this. But
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  Speaker 3: it's just the tone and how he says it. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just the look in his eyes and how
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  Speaker 3: he says, like, I'm going to play here. I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to start here. Like, I'm dead serious. And that's what
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  Speaker 3: he's doing. He's going to play here. He's going to
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  Speaker 3: be a big factor in our defense. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I have a lot of trust in him. I believe
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  Speaker 3: in him. And, you know, I'm just counting on him.
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  Speaker 1: One of the other true freshman corners in that room
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  Speaker 1: is Jordan Thomas. And if you saw the video of
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  Speaker 1: him losing his black stripe on social media, you know
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  Speaker 1: he is a very high-energy guy. Is he like that
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  Speaker 1: all the time? You're going to hear that answer from
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  Speaker 1: Devin Sanchez. And then a quick follow-up from Spencer Holbrook
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  Speaker 1: of Letterman Row.
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  Speaker 2: He's always like that. Like that with everything.
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  Speaker 3: On the field, whatever we're doing, he's like that. A
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  Speaker 3: lot of energy, you know, loud guy. You're going to
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  Speaker 3: hear Jordan in the room. And that's what makes him
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  Speaker 3: Jordan Thomas.
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  Speaker 2: Is he one of the trash talkers on the second half?
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  Speaker 3: He don't really trash talk, but he is very loud
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  Speaker 3: and vocal. He's going to make it known when he
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  Speaker 3: makes a play. But I wouldn't say he's a trash talker.
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Thomas is one of those true freshmen who we
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  Speaker 1: were expecting to see, not necessarily in the first half
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  Speaker 1: against Ball State, but almost certainly in the second half.
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  Speaker 1: So what has he done to earn playing time this early?
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  Speaker 3: Playing hard, playing very physical, you know, being a corner,
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  Speaker 3: you know, obviously some things that he can fix. There's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of things that I can fix, a lot
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  Speaker 3: of things that we all can fix. But, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's just going out there, he's playing, he's not complaining.
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  Speaker 3: He's taking the coaching, he's playing very hard, you know,
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  Speaker 3: knocking the ball down. And that's how you get, that's
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  Speaker 3: why you got to start with.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, we know they can't overlook Ball State, yada, yada, yada.
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  Speaker 1: We get it. We understand. Devin Sanchez understands too. Here's
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  Speaker 1: how the media thing works. When we get these guys
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  Speaker 1: from Texas, doesn't mean we're necessarily going to get them
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  Speaker 1: next week. So if you want to ask them about Texas,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes you got to ask them a little early and
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  Speaker 1: the players kind of get that too. Like we all understand,
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  Speaker 1: everyone sort of understands how this works. So is Devin
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  Speaker 1: Sanchez already hearing from friends and family about next week?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, bro.
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  Speaker 3: My whole family texts me about next week. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm not really, you know, I'm not really like kind
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  Speaker 3: of getting into it. I'm like, my mom's kind of
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  Speaker 3: handled it. Uh, but you know, it's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: people hitting her up, you know, trying to get tickets, bro.
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  Speaker 3: But I'm like, I'm like, mom, worry about this week.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, next week I told her, I'm like,
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  Speaker 3: I don't care who asked, you know, you, my dad,
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  Speaker 3: my brother, sister, y'all gonna have tickets for sure.
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  Speaker 2: So it's like, y'all don't gotta worry about that.
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  Speaker 1: What is that going to be like for Devin Sanchez
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  Speaker 1: to be back in his home state of Texas? and
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  Speaker 1: playing the in-state Texas Longhorns.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to be great. Great environment, playing close to home.
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  Speaker 3: So it's just, you know, hoping that I can get
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  Speaker 3: a lot of family there. But, you know, regardless, it's
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  Speaker 3: just having my mom and dad there, you know, seeing
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  Speaker 3: me play back in my home state.
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  Speaker 1: Did he have much of a relationship with Texas during
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  Speaker 1: the recruiting process?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was kind of on and off. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I was going to Texas when I was in eighth grade. But,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it didn't really, it wasn't like this, even
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  Speaker 3: though they're two hours away from me. They tried to
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  Speaker 3: come on late, like a couple days before signing day,
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  Speaker 3: but it was kind of already locked in.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, it wasn't like a hate relationship, but
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't nothing strong.
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  Speaker 1: Another name from the state of Texas, Devin McEwen. He
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  Speaker 1: played at UTSA last year, for the last several years, actually.
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  Speaker 1: Now he is a transfer wide receiver at Ohio State,
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  Speaker 1: and he's going to be starting outside opposite Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 1: And he got some big praise this week from Ryan Day.
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  Speaker 1: So what has Devin Sanchez seen out of Devin McEwen
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  Speaker 1: this year? You're going to hear a quick follow-up as
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  Speaker 1: well from our buddy Tony Gerdeman.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, he's a great receiver.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I feel like he's going to be under
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  Speaker 3: the radar guy. I feel like he's going to shock
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  Speaker 3: a lot of teams. He's quick off the line. He's
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  Speaker 3: very fast. Just people say JJ's fast. I think he's
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  Speaker 3: just as fast. He makes the contested catches. He grew
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  Speaker 3: up a high-pointed ball. I feel like, you know, since
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  Speaker 3: the spring and now, Devin has came, and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he is what he is. He's the guy we're looking for.
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  Speaker 3: He's going to be our star receiver. We're going to
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  Speaker 3: kind of make a lot of plays.
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  Speaker 2: I love him.
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  Speaker 3: I like competing against him because he's different. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you've got Dizzy on the other side, and then you've
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  Speaker 3: got him, those two different receivers. So it's just going
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  Speaker 3: out there competing, I'm going to get something.
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  Speaker 2: Different with him every time. That high point, he's 6'0.
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  Speaker 2: Does he play taller than that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he plays a little bit taller. You know, he
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  Speaker 3: can go get the ball down the field. You know,
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  Speaker 3: those glance drops that come, you know, intermediate passes, if
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  Speaker 3: they're kind of high, you can jump up and get them.
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  Speaker 3: So it's just, you know, just him being a shorter receiver, but,
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  Speaker 3: you know, playing big.
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  Speaker 1: We keep talking about all these freshmen who are playing early.
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  Speaker 1: Why are freshmen able to make an immediate impact now,
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  Speaker 1: guys like Jay Timmons or Legend Bay this year or
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  Speaker 1: Devin Sanchez last year, in a way that you didn't
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  Speaker 1: tend to see more than a few years ago?
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  Speaker 3: Like you said, in this day and age, everybody come in.
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  Speaker 3: Especially here, being a guy, coaches bring you in, they
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  Speaker 3: bring you in to play. They don't bring you in
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  Speaker 3: to sit a couple years. They bring you in to
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  Speaker 3: play right away. And if you can show that on
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  Speaker 3: the field, then that's what they're going to do. They're
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  Speaker 3: going to put you on the field regardless of how
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  Speaker 3: old you are.
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  Speaker 2: You know, with me last year, I was 18 out there.
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  Speaker 2: So it was just, it don't matter how old you are,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to be out there.
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  Speaker 1: When we were in camp earlier this month, it seemed
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  Speaker 1: kind of chippy and physical early on, which is, that's
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  Speaker 1: not a bad thing necessarily. It just was maybe a
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  Speaker 1: little more intense than we had seen at times in
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  Speaker 1: previous years. So what has that been like now in
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  Speaker 1: the recent weeks in the lead up to the season?
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  Speaker 2: It's been good.
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  Speaker 3: You know, just going back and forth with the receivers
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  Speaker 3: on six. You know, there's been no fights out there,
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  Speaker 3: but it's just been, you know, going back and forth.
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  Speaker 3: you know, knocking the ball out for them. They're catching
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  Speaker 3: the ball on us. It's just going out there competing
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  Speaker 3: every day. And then, you know, now we get to
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  Speaker 3: showcase that with another team. And then, you know, just
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  Speaker 3: go out there and just watch our brothers win.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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