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Which Uncommitted Prospect Is Most Likely To Commit To The Buckeyes? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning. From Monday May nineteenth, irom
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  Speaker 1: your host Tom or the Texas game in one hundred
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  Speaker 1: long Southern Swing trip is now over. Mark Givler and
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Noon wrap that up right at the end of
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  Speaker 1: last week. Three solid weeks on the road talking to
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  Speaker 1: some of the top high school football players in the country.
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  Speaker 1: Get a little bit of insight, more than a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of analysis. All that and much more. This is
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  Speaker 1: why they spend all that time on the road. Kevin Noon,
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  Speaker 1: back home in Lovely, Ohio, joins me. Kevin, first of all,
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  Speaker 1: give us a rundown. How many miles you know, if
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  Speaker 1: it's not the exact number, that's okay. How many days,
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  Speaker 1: how many miles, how many high schools? I mean, what
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  Speaker 1: give people a sense for exactly how you guys did
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  Speaker 1: on the road.
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  Speaker 2: I know the miles more than I know anything else,
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  Speaker 2: and it was just a little bit more than fifty
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  Speaker 2: three hundred. And it was a little bit of a
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  Speaker 2: different journey because we skipped Houston. There were players in Houston,
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  Speaker 2: but there was more in Dallas, and we got toward
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  Speaker 2: we had a firm cap on this trip. We knew
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  Speaker 2: we wanted to be done by end of day Friday,
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  Speaker 2: and we had to make some tough decisions. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: there were a lot of players that I'm like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: I think we really should go see this. And it's
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  Speaker 2: never you know, necessarily worked out players. I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: it really was. It was a lot. I mean we
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  Speaker 2: went to a lot of high schools. I think we
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  Speaker 2: saw players in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana,
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  Speaker 2: and Texas. And then there were six other states that
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  Speaker 2: we drove through, including South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky as
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  Speaker 2: part of our round trip. So yeah, it was a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Was it our longest in terms of mileage trip that
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  Speaker 2: we've done. No, but I felt that we maximized the
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  Speaker 2: time we were out there is just shy of three weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that is a long time on the road, and
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  Speaker 1: May is typically a time when it's a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a slow period for college football time when if
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  Speaker 1: college football coaches are not on the road recruiting, this
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  Speaker 1: is often a time when they're maybe taking a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a vacation. So this is one of those
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  Speaker 1: things it really makes turns a quiet time in the
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  Speaker 1: college football calendar into a very very busy and productive
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  Speaker 1: time for all of us at bucke Huddle dot com.
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  Speaker 1: So glad you guys spent all that time in the car,
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  Speaker 1: and there is still plenty more content still to come
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  Speaker 1: from that trip. There are shows that have not an
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  Speaker 1: interviews that have not been released yet, so you can
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  Speaker 1: find a bunch of that on our YouTube channel right
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  Speaker 1: now at YouTube dot com slash Buckey Huddle. There is
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  Speaker 1: still more to come in the coming day, so make
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  Speaker 1: sure you keep checking back, and of course check back
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  Speaker 1: at bucke Huddle dot com as well, where I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: they'll have a lot to talk about there. But what
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna do on today's show is just kind of
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  Speaker 1: give you a little bit of a this is a
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  Speaker 1: graduation time of years, We're going to give you kind
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  Speaker 1: of like some senior superlatives, you know, the guy who
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  Speaker 1: is the most of this or the you know, the
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  Speaker 1: most surprising or the most you know, the biggest change
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  Speaker 1: or whatever. We're just going to run through some of
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  Speaker 1: those sort of superlatives from this trip because we're not
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  Speaker 1: gonna be able to touch on everyone, so just want to
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  Speaker 1: give you some sort of highlights here. Let's start with
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  Speaker 1: maybe the most impressive offensive player that you met with
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  Speaker 1: or you know, maybe heard about from, because you guys
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  Speaker 1: are not just talking to players, You're talking to coaches,
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  Speaker 1: You're talking to folks at the school, so you're getting
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  Speaker 1: some real insight and analysis and all these kind of guys.
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  Speaker 1: Who is maybe the offensive player from this trip who
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  Speaker 1: jumps out the most to you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're making me really do with Sophie's choice here
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  Speaker 2: because you know, we're not talking to two star players
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  Speaker 2: because Ohio State's not recruiting two star players, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about four and five star players. Maybe there's
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  Speaker 2: a bit of a recency bias, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: say a Texas offensive lineman Felix Ojo. You know, he
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  Speaker 2: is a major target for Ohio State. He just you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's somebody that just carries his weight so well as
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  Speaker 2: somebody who doesn't carry their weight. Well, I can I
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  Speaker 2: can appreciate somebody who carries their weight well. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: there were so many talented offensive players. But I think
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  Speaker 2: that you know, for whatever reason, that Felix Ojo in
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  Speaker 2: terms of just being first one off the bus, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's not going to play it this weight.
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  Speaker 2: You know, a strength and conditioning program, it's going to
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  Speaker 2: do a lot of work with him. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think that he probably when when Tom presented me
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  Speaker 2: the questions beforehand, it's like, this is what we're talking about.
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  Speaker 2: Don't look stupid. That was the first name that came
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  Speaker 2: to mind.
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  Speaker 1: I was very careful not to say don't look stupid.
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  Speaker 1: It was implied, but it didn't say it out loud.
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  Speaker 1: That's what makes me a professional. All right, let's move
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  Speaker 1: to the other side of the ball. Talk about defense.
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  Speaker 1: Is there a guy on the defensive side of the
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  Speaker 1: ball who maybe jumped out to you the most?
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  Speaker 2: You know, for the amount of time that we we've
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  Speaker 2: been talking to Tyler Atkinson and we've been talking to
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  Speaker 2: Deuce Gerald's, I think people would think that would be
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  Speaker 2: the first place that I would go, and I think
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  Speaker 2: that was those were the first names that came to
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  Speaker 2: my mind. The PJ. Dean is going to be kind
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  Speaker 2: of my guy there. I think that PJ. Dean really impressive.
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  Speaker 2: I think that he's somebody that's not being talked about enough.
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  Speaker 2: Whether or not he ends up Ohio State, I guess
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  Speaker 2: we'll find out here pretty soon as he goes through
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  Speaker 2: his visits. But again, you know, there were so many
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  Speaker 2: talented guys. I could just go through, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: could go through the list of players that we saw,
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  Speaker 2: and again, it truly is a Sophie's choice type of
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  Speaker 2: situation of you know, don't don't make me pick a favorite,
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  Speaker 2: but I know that's what that's what the people want,
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  Speaker 2: so that's what we're going to do. But that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: mean just because somebody didn't make my little short list
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  Speaker 2: doesn't mean that they weren't impressive. I think that the
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  Speaker 2: quality of player that we talked to from from day
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  Speaker 2: one to day nineteen or twenty or whatever it ended
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  Speaker 2: up being, you know, it was just ridiculously high. And
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State really does a good job of just vetting
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  Speaker 2: these kids that it really goes all in on.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know if you actually said pjdan is
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  Speaker 1: a four star defensive end from North Carolina when it
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  Speaker 1: went into a lot of the specifics of item. But
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if we actually said that out liked.
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  Speaker 1: You may have, so if you did, I apologize. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so that is that is who PJ. Dean is. How
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  Speaker 1: about the guy who is the currently uncommitted because I
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  Speaker 1: initially had this as the person you talk to who's
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  Speaker 1: the most likely to end up a buck Guys like, well,
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  Speaker 1: you have guys who are currently committed to Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: who are probably at the top of that list, and
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  Speaker 1: that wouldn't exactly be news. So how about the guy
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  Speaker 1: who's currently uncommitted, who you think is maybe the most
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  Speaker 1: likely to end up in an Ohio State recruiting class
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  Speaker 1: in the coming years.
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  Speaker 2: Juce Gerald's I think that the defensive lineman from the
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  Speaker 2: state of Georgia is the most likely, and that you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's still a long way of committed to signed. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't mean that if you get that commitment that it's over.
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  Speaker 2: You can just sit there and everybody can high five
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  Speaker 2: and a little libation could be had and then it's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on to the next one. You're gonna have
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  Speaker 2: to keep recruiting him. But I think of everybody that
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  Speaker 2: we talked to, and honestly, for me, it's got to
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  Speaker 2: be somebody who's class of twenty six, because if we
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  Speaker 2: get to twenty seven and everything else, I mean, we're
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  Speaker 2: getting so far down the line and so much stuff
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  Speaker 2: can change. So let's, you know, let's narrow the field
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  Speaker 2: a little bit by making it the rising seniors. And
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  Speaker 2: I think that I have Gerald's at top.
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  Speaker 1: Of my all Right, that's an interesting answer. How about
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  Speaker 1: the guy who changed your opinion? You know, maybe your
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  Speaker 1: opinion of him or his game, or where he might
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  Speaker 1: play on the field, whatever it is, the guy who
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  Speaker 1: you who changed your opinion or your thought on him
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  Speaker 1: maybe the most on that.
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  Speaker 2: Trip you see. And that question is so broad that
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  Speaker 2: it could be taken so many ways. I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: say the player that comes to my mind is Braylen Womack,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm going to go even more so than I
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  Speaker 2: already knew he's an impressive player. I've already watched this tape.
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  Speaker 2: I already know he truly is a five star. I
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  Speaker 2: really think that now that I've had an opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: talk to him, for twelve minutes, fourteen minutes on air
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  Speaker 2: plus another twenty minutes off air and talk to his
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  Speaker 2: mom and everything else. I think there's a really good
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  Speaker 2: connection with the Ohio State there. I always was a
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  Speaker 2: little skeptical, maybe more skeptical than a lot of other
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  Speaker 2: experts in this market about will Mac's chances of ending
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  Speaker 2: up at Ohio State, and I feel pretty strongly now
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  Speaker 2: I really see everything. He He mentioned Caleb Downs multiple times,
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  Speaker 2: and he truly is kind of the next Caleb Downs
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  Speaker 2: in a lot of ways. And Ohio State's certainly hoping
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  Speaker 2: that they get him out of high school instead of
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  Speaker 2: through the portal or whatever, so you can get a
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  Speaker 2: three full years of him, because let's be honest, that
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  Speaker 2: is certainly the goal of the players now.
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  Speaker 1: Brilyn Willmack a five star safety out of Mississippi again.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, that would That's why if you're wondering Caleb Downs, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's why, because he could be literally the next scale
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  Speaker 1: of Downs if he does end up at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 1: And he was someone who people on our board, watching
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  Speaker 1: the interview guys did with him, came away very very
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  Speaker 1: impressed with him. Not you know, the film is one
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  Speaker 1: thing but just as an individual and just the intelligence
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  Speaker 1: and the maturity and all that kind of stuff. He
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  Speaker 1: was someone who people on our board were really really
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  Speaker 1: blown away by. And so that was actually going to
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  Speaker 1: lead me into your next question. And I will not
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  Speaker 1: allow you to choose Braylen Willmack again for this one,
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  Speaker 1: so we can set him to the side. But maybe
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  Speaker 1: the most impressive player off the field in terms of
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the stuff I just said about Breylen Wimack, maturity, intelligence, poise,
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  Speaker 1: you know, looking for the right things in terms of
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  Speaker 1: a college, whatever it is. Who is maybe the most
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  Speaker 1: impressive off the field person for you on this trip.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to take a twenty seven on this case,
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  Speaker 2: because this one doesn't have to necessarily be limited into
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  Speaker 2: somebody who's supposed to commit in the next seven to
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  Speaker 2: nine months, and that's going to be running back a
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  Speaker 2: mere brand. I really liked him. He was somebody that
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  Speaker 2: Mark had a chance to talk to at a camp recently,
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  Speaker 2: and Mark told me going into the interview, oh wait,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to be really impressed with this kid. I
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  Speaker 2: didn't know a whole heck of a lot about him,
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  Speaker 2: but a lot of James peoples in him, and it's
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily body type to body type. There is some
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  Speaker 2: of that. I mean, James People's kind of physically a
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  Speaker 2: freak and people have not seen that yet because there
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  Speaker 2: were two guys ahead of him and Quinchohn Judkins and
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  Speaker 2: Trevion Henderson, but very much in their personality. So it's
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  Speaker 2: just it was just almost it was uncanny. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: even if I didn't have that bug planted in my
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  Speaker 2: head go on like any of that stuff, it was
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  Speaker 2: it was all right. I mean talking to him for
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  Speaker 2: five minutes, I'm like, this is James People's two point zero.
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  Speaker 2: So I was really impressed in talking to him. And again,
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  Speaker 2: I'd be remiss if I didn't say twenty other players,
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  Speaker 2: but that's not what Tom asked, So I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: just say the one. And there was a Meyer Brown.
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  Speaker 1: All right, we'll do a show later in the way
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  Speaker 1: where I ask you who was the second most impressive
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  Speaker 1: in all of these questions, and.
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  Speaker 2: You can't be on the big meat. I'm just sorry
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  Speaker 2: I got to save something from my own show.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Well, then let's wrap up the football talk
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  Speaker 1: and let's get to what people are really here for. Kevin,
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  Speaker 1: you were on the road for basically three full weeks.
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  Speaker 1: That means twenty one lunches, twenty one dinners, probably a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of hotel breakfasts. But what was the best meal
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  Speaker 1: you ate on the road? You were in a part
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  Speaker 1: of the country that is known for I mean, you
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of defensive linemen and a lot of
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  Speaker 1: offensive linemen down there, and that is because the food
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  Speaker 1: is quite good and not necessarily always the most heart healthy.
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  Speaker 1: What was the best meal you had on the road?
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  Speaker 2: No hotel breakfast. Zero on the entire trip. I took
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  Speaker 2: every minute that I could sleep, and there were a
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  Speaker 2: lot of times we were out of the hotel by
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  Speaker 2: like quarter after seven to get to a school. Ultimately,
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  Speaker 2: we did a lot of fast foods. So getting it
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  Speaker 2: narrowed down to just the actual sit down meals is
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  Speaker 2: not as bad as you think. There are two meals
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  Speaker 2: that come to mind, and I will mention the runner
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  Speaker 2: up first, and that was the place in Jackson, Mississippi.
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  Speaker 2: It was kind of just a country type of place
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  Speaker 2: that's been in business for ninety plus years. I had chicken,
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  Speaker 2: fried steak and rice and gravy and it was amazing,
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  Speaker 2: and it still came up short to the meal I
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  Speaker 2: had in Baton Rouge and this place is called Elsie's
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  Speaker 2: Plate and Pie or pie and play whatever it was.
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  Speaker 2: It was fantastic and I went with my friend who
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  Speaker 2: runs an LSU site, and this place was recently featured
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  Speaker 2: not only on Diners, drive ins and dives, but if
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  Speaker 2: you somebody who hangs out online, there's these two British dudes,
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  Speaker 2: Jason somebody. They were just there as well. And what
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  Speaker 2: did I have? I had fried chicken and red beans
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  Speaker 2: and rice and slice of key lime pie. And I've
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  Speaker 2: had some nice steak dinners along the way, but it
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  Speaker 2: was amazing. And there's a third meal I want to
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  Speaker 2: jump in. And it was with one of our members
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  Speaker 2: on the site, over a Buckeye huddle with Florida Buckeye.
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  Speaker 2: He went to his house. He prepared brisket and a
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  Speaker 2: warm potato salad and the sweet heat baked beans that
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  Speaker 2: were fantastic. And I know he will text me and
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  Speaker 2: email me and call me if he finds out that
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  Speaker 2: I didn't mention him. So he absolutely won the home
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  Speaker 2: division of the meals. But Elsie's Playton Pie was maybe
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  Speaker 2: the best meal I've had on Southern Swing.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, we are not in the business of docksing anyone.
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  Speaker 1: But I can now apparently confirm to you Florida Buckeye
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  Speaker 1: is not Lincoln Riley. So there you go. Good brisket
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  Speaker 1: for Kevin, good brisket for Mark, Great content for you
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  Speaker 1: and as I said, still more potentially to come from
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