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Ohio State TE Will Kacmarek Ready To Face Former Ohio Bobcats Teammates · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow morning for Saturday, September thirteenth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom Or. The Ohio game is today, the
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  Speaker 1: game against Michigan in seventy seven days. Yeah, just eleven
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  Speaker 1: weeks away from the game against Michigan. Football season already
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  Speaker 1: starting to fly by. On today's show, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: be talking about tonight's game against the Ohio Bobcats. Going
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  Speaker 1: to get to hear from Ohio State tight end Will Kasmerrick,
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  Speaker 1: who I guess most relevant to today, is also former
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  Speaker 1: Ohio tight end Will kasmeric He played three seasons with
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  Speaker 1: the Bobcats before transferring up Route thirty three to Columbus,
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  Speaker 1: Ohio to play for the buck Eyes. It was a
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  Speaker 1: real impact player for the Bobcats and has really found
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  Speaker 1: himself a nice role with the Buckeyes as well. So
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  Speaker 1: you need to hear from him about his time in
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  Speaker 1: Athens as well as his time in Columbus. It is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a busy day for us at bucke
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  Speaker 1: Huddle dot com. We got our full team covering that
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  Speaker 1: game tonight, kick off at seven o'clock. It is on Peacock,
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  Speaker 1: So make sure you have your streaming stuff worked out
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  Speaker 1: Before then, we'll have our usual pregame coverage around five,
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  Speaker 1: as well as our live postgame show after the game
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  Speaker 1: to break down everything we saw, everything we learned heading
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  Speaker 1: into the Buckeyes first week off of the season, it'd
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  Speaker 1: be a lot to talk about there. Also before you
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  Speaker 1: before you get ready for that game, I want to
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  Speaker 1: make sure you also are checking out some of the
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  Speaker 1: other great content we've had this week. We have a
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  Speaker 1: couple of great shows with Ross Fulton on the Morning
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  Speaker 1: show feed also on our YouTube channel. We'll generally find
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  Speaker 1: it more interesting to watch those on YouTube because you
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  Speaker 1: can see the plays he's talking about. To make sure
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  Speaker 1: you check those out. We also did a multi camera
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  Speaker 1: shoot of last week's pregame show for the Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: University Marching Band as well as the alumni band, Tony
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  Speaker 1: Kevin and I. We're all out there giving you some
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  Speaker 1: multi angle looks well behind the scenes look as well
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  Speaker 1: at the Ohio State Marching Band pregame show. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: guys will enjoy that, So make sure you check that
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  Speaker 1: out on our YouTube channel as well. All Right, so
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  Speaker 1: that out of the way, let's get on with the show.
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  Speaker 1: Let's look to hear from Will Kasmeric of course, I
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  Speaker 1: mentioned three seasons at Ohio. Now, in his second season
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  Speaker 1: at Ohio State, chance to play his former team, what
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  Speaker 1: does that mean for him?
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  Speaker 2: That's pretty cool. I mean I knew this game on
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  Speaker 2: our schedule is going to come up quick, so I
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  Speaker 2: mean it's gonna be cool. I know a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the guys on the team, still a lot of the coaches,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll worry about that after the game, but it'll
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  Speaker 2: be cool for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Has Mark really developed into an impact player at Ohio
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  Speaker 1: He was known for his blocking and that was one
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  Speaker 1: of the things that really attracted Ohio State to him
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  Speaker 1: when he entered the portal, but he also was someone
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  Speaker 1: who was a receiving threat down there as well. Really
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  Speaker 1: developed his game during his time at ATH. And so
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  Speaker 1: what did he get out of his time with the
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  Speaker 1: Bobcats to help prepare him for now playing with the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think I was a surrounded by a
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  Speaker 2: lot of good coaches. A former coach, coach Mets, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like he's a really really the coach that
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  Speaker 2: got me up to speed in college ball and just
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  Speaker 2: that unit in general.
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  Speaker 1: So you heard him shout out as coach there. What's
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  Speaker 1: something that that coach has helped taught him there in
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  Speaker 1: f that has helped him now with the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 2: I think just getting the speed of college football and
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  Speaker 2: just overall technique because coming out of high school, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: no one's polished. So he was definitely the first person
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  Speaker 2: that really got me into that position and you know,
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  Speaker 2: actually doing what you're supposed to do.
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  Speaker 1: Kas Merik was really really under recruited coming out of
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  Speaker 1: high school in Saint Louis, The Bobcats his only FBS offer,
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  Speaker 1: as hard as that maybe to believe, So when did
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  Speaker 1: he start to think that maybe he might not be
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  Speaker 1: just be FBS good, but he might actually be able
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  Speaker 1: to play at a place like Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: I think towards the end of my twenty twenty three season,
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  Speaker 2: I really felt like I was, you know, dominating the
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  Speaker 2: role I had at that level and was I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I was trying to maximize my potential as best as possible,
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  Speaker 2: and then this opportunity came and then we ran with it.
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  Speaker 1: So mentioned he had three seasons down in Ohio playing
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  Speaker 1: at the MAC level, did he feel like he had
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  Speaker 1: to move up to the Big ten level to play
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  Speaker 1: with the Buckeyes? Really maximize his potential.
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  Speaker 2: I mean yes and no. I mean I just just
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  Speaker 2: the overall competition. I mean nothing like the MAC had
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  Speaker 2: a great competition all around, but just like the depth here,
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  Speaker 2: like everything, like the Big Ten. We play SEC all
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  Speaker 2: the time, So just playing those big games, I really think,
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  Speaker 2: could you know, improve your overall.
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  Speaker 1: Abilities as Americas someone who was definitely just kind of
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  Speaker 1: fell through the cracks in recruiting coming out of high school.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously he's perfectly capable of playing at a very very
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  Speaker 1: high level. He's playing tight end for the number one
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  Speaker 1: team in the nation, getting starter reps there. So how
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  Speaker 1: significant is it for someone like him, who really was
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  Speaker 1: kind of a little bit just forgotten or missed overlooked
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  Speaker 1: coming out of high school to have the opportunity that
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  Speaker 1: the portal presents, who maybe developed quite a bit at
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  Speaker 1: the college level and turned into a player who could
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  Speaker 1: be an impact player at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's really important just because like out of
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  Speaker 2: high school, I really didn't have too many opportunities, and
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  Speaker 2: I was blessed to get one from like Ohio. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, going through there, taking my time there again
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  Speaker 2: with coach Mets and the staff there, it really kind
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  Speaker 2: of elevated my game and then you know, down the
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  Speaker 2: road it opened up this opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: So Kasmerk has a sort of unique perspective on tonight's
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  Speaker 1: game because, of course now he comes at it from
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  Speaker 1: the perspective of Ohio State and Goliath, coming at this
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  Speaker 1: game as a multiple touchdown favorite, but he also has
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  Speaker 1: the perspective of having played in a game like this
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  Speaker 1: at Ohio when he was with the Bobcats. They went
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  Speaker 1: into a big, Big ten stadium to take on a
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  Speaker 1: highly ranked Big ten team. So what is it like
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  Speaker 1: for the guys who were in the place that the
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  Speaker 1: Bobcats are today to have the opportunity to play in
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  Speaker 1: a game and in a stadium and in the spotlight
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  Speaker 1: like this.
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  Speaker 2: So I played a game at Penn State, my first
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  Speaker 2: big away game, and that was like a crazy experience.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you can imagine like the biggest base and
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  Speaker 2: are the stadium in college football. So I mean, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: like the first two games of the season, they played
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  Speaker 2: Rutgers in West Virginia. So it's not it's not the
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  Speaker 2: matt like they're gonna be ready for like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: whatever we throw out them. But I think just that stage,
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  Speaker 2: could you know affect some players.
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  Speaker 1: So how grateful is Will Kasmerk to the Ohio Bobcats
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  Speaker 1: for finding him first of all and developing him and
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  Speaker 1: then giving him the opportunity to play at the FBS
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  Speaker 1: level everything.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I still talk to the coaches to this day.
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  Speaker 2: I mean some of my best friends are still on
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  Speaker 2: that team. I talked to them and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean, just the opportunity opened up the whole
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  Speaker 2: world for me and the football since, so forever grateful.
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  Speaker 1: One of the players for Ohio that you've heard a
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  Speaker 1: lot about this week is quarterback Parker Navarro. He is
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  Speaker 1: a big play threat with both his arms and his legs,
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  Speaker 1: quite a dangerous weapon. He helped them obviously beat the
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  Speaker 1: West Virginia Mountaineers last week seventeen to ten, and nearly
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  Speaker 1: pulled off an upset win at Rutgers during Week one.
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  Speaker 1: So when Will Kasmeric was playing with Parker Navarrow, he
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  Speaker 1: was just the backup Navarro was. But what was he
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  Speaker 1: like to play with?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, we were good buddies. I mean he was
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  Speaker 2: still you know, thrown to us every day at practice.
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  Speaker 2: So it's not like I didn't, you know, get to
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  Speaker 2: play with him. But you know, he's a great guy.
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  Speaker 2: He's a I mean obviously a dual threat. He's got
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  Speaker 2: a really good arm and he will make people miss.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean a talented guy. But I mean it's
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  Speaker 2: one of my better friends.
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  Speaker 1: What is it about Parker Navarro's ability in Parker Navarro's
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  Speaker 1: game that makes him such a dangerous weapon for the
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  Speaker 1: Ohio offense?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, just his ability to run an offense and
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  Speaker 2: you know scramble the scramble skills are and saying like
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  Speaker 2: he'll make people miss and he'll you know, put a
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  Speaker 2: shoulder down and get that stra.
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  Speaker 1: Yard pas Merek, going back to his time in Athens,
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  Speaker 1: has always gotten a lot of attention for his blocking.
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  Speaker 1: That is not necessarily the flashy part of the tight
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  Speaker 1: end job, but it is maybe the most important part
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  Speaker 1: of the tyn job in many cases. And it was
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  Speaker 1: certainly the thing that drew him to Ohio State and
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  Speaker 1: drew Ohio State to him in the first place when
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  Speaker 1: he was in the transfer portal. So as someone who
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  Speaker 1: was really known as a blocking tight end and a
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  Speaker 1: fantastic blocker, what was it like to then get recognized
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  Speaker 1: last week for his receiving He had the first touchdown
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  Speaker 1: of the game against Grambling, long reception right down the scene,
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  Speaker 1: nice catch, nice run after the catch. What was it
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  Speaker 1: like to get recognized for his receiving and not his blocking? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, I mean, like I said, it felt great, But
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we all have a job and we're just
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  Speaker 2: put out there to execute. So, like I said, we
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  Speaker 2: knew that was gonna be open all week, and the
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  Speaker 2: look showed and we just took advantage of it.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, he was asked about his quarterback, Julian saying
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  Speaker 1: his growth this year, his development as a player, where
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  Speaker 1: he's seen Julian saying, sort of excelling this year.
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  Speaker 2: I mean just the way he practice is so like
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  Speaker 2: it's pretty much a game every time. So I think
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  Speaker 2: just getting those reps against the best defense in the
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  Speaker 2: country every day just puts you in that mind front,
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  Speaker 2: like that mindset of just going against like a real
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  Speaker 2: opponent every day. So those reps just add up and
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  Speaker 2: you play with a lot of confidence.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Will Kasmerica will certainly certainly be one of the
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  Speaker 1: big stories tonight as the Buckeyes take on the Bobcats
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  Speaker 1: seven o'clock on Peacock. If you want to hear more
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  Speaker 1: about the Ohio side of things with the Bobcats, Sony
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  Speaker 1: Gerdaman and I did a look at five Ohio players
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  Speaker 1: to know to watch during the game. Really impressive players
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  Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball for the Bobcats. So
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  Speaker 1: you'll want to check that one out to be ready
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  Speaker 1: for tonight's game. You can find that in the Buckeye
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  Speaker 1: Weekly Podcast Beat or of course on our YouTube channel,
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  Speaker 1: YouTube dot com slash bucke Huddle. We'll have plenty of
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  Speaker 1: coverage coming up for you throughout the day. To be
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  Speaker 1: a lovely evening in Ohio Stadium. Weather looks good, another
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  Speaker 1: nice day for football, and yes you finally get a
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  Speaker 1: primetime kick no noon kicked off here. Nice long day
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  Speaker 1: for tailgating enjoying all the festivities. Could be a great
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  Speaker 1: game tonight as well, and once that game is over,
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  Speaker 1: that postgame coverage sometimes gets a little loose, gets a
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  Speaker 1: and then heading into the Buckeyes week off as they
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  Speaker 1: get ready two weeks from now to take on the
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  Speaker 1: Washington Huskies. But we ought to take it one game
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  Speaker 1: at a time. The Bobcats tonight, seven o'clock on Peacock.
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  Speaker 1: We will be there. We'll hope you there with us
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyehuddle dot com. That will do it for today. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you guys all for joining us. Have a great day,
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  Speaker 1: enjoy the game. We'll talk to you later on