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Everything Ryan Day Said About The Texas Longhorns · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Wednesday, September 9th. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom, or the Texas game in three days,
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  Speaker 1: All right, on today's show, you're going to hear from
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State head coach Ryan Day from his Tuesday press
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  Speaker 1: conference and Going to give you everything he had to
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  Speaker 1: say about the Texas Longhorns, the magnitude of this game,
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  Speaker 1: what's on the line, all that kind of fun stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I know Ohio State fans are going to be interested
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  Speaker 1: in this. I know Texas fans are probably going to
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  Speaker 1: be a little bit interested as well. So we're going
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  Speaker 1: to start with just the magnitude of the game. The
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  Speaker 1: AP poll is out. Ohio State number one, Texas number four.
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  Speaker 1: This time last year, Texas was number one. Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: was number three, I believe, last year. So does Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day like playing in games this big in the non-conference?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we've played in– I guess this will be kind
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  Speaker 3: of our, I don't know, maybe fourth or fifth one
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  Speaker 3: that we've played like this. And, you know, it certainly
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  Speaker 3: gives you some early feedback on where you are. And
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  Speaker 3: I think it's great for college football. I mean, this
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  Speaker 3: is going to be an unbelievable atmosphere down there against
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  Speaker 3: a great opponent. Everybody in the country will be watching. So,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, this is why you come to Ohio State.
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  Speaker 3: This is why you go to Texas to play in
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  Speaker 3: games like this. So, you know, good thing is it
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  Speaker 3: will give us a great– you know, again, data point
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  Speaker 3: on where we are and early feedback on things. But
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  Speaker 3: more importantly, just the experience of playing in a game
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  Speaker 3: like this early in the season is, you know, again,
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  Speaker 3: one of the reasons why you recruit great players to
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  Speaker 3: come here. These are the types of games, and this
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  Speaker 3: is why we're here. You know, we come to Ohio
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  Speaker 3: State to play in games like this, and I'm sure
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  Speaker 3: Sark would say the same thing to the guys at Texas.
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  Speaker 1: This is the third time Texas and Ohio State are
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  Speaker 1: going to play in the span of three years, and
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  Speaker 1: In the first two games, Texas has done a phenomenal
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  Speaker 1: job limiting Jeremiah Smith. He's had only seven catches for
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  Speaker 1: 46 yards combined in those two games. So what have
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  Speaker 1: the conversations been like this week as the Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: staff tries to figure out how to get the ball
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  Speaker 1: in number four's hands?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it's no mystery that when the ball
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  Speaker 3: is in his hands, good things happen. And so he'll
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  Speaker 3: always be a part of how we game plan. And
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  Speaker 3: what we do, we do have other guys certainly on
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  Speaker 3: the field, and there's a balance that we're striking, but
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  Speaker 3: we all know the impact he can have on games.
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  Speaker 3: And when he has the impact like he's done in
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  Speaker 3: other games, you see what happens to the rest of
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  Speaker 3: the guys on the field. But I've said it before,
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  Speaker 3: what makes a great player great, he makes everybody on
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  Speaker 3: the field better. And certainly Jeremiah does that. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to work hard to make sure that he
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  Speaker 3: has a major impact on the game.
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  Speaker 1: This is kind of a follow-up on that question on
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith. How do you balance the fact that you
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  Speaker 1: want to get the ball in his hands, but also
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to force it? You don't want to
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  Speaker 1: overdo it if that's something that Texas is absolutely, the
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  Speaker 1: hill they're going to die on is taking that away.
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  Speaker 2: How do you balance that?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think, yeah, you're trying to figure out how
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  Speaker 3: it all comes together, how the game plan comes together,
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  Speaker 3: how the defense is going to react. There's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of unknown here. Coach Muschamp's a great coach, and we
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  Speaker 3: all have a lot of respect for him, but he
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  Speaker 3: really hasn't called a game in a while, so There's
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  Speaker 3: unknown here on how it's going to play out, what
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  Speaker 3: they're going to do defensively. So we have to be
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  Speaker 3: able to respond to that in game and figure that
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  Speaker 3: part of it out. But we know that there'll be
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  Speaker 3: a plan to stop Jeremiah and trying to identify what
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  Speaker 3: that is and then have the contingency plans in place
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  Speaker 3: for what that looks like is important. And Julian is
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  Speaker 3: going to be a big part of that because he's
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  Speaker 3: got to recognize what's going on and then respond from there.
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  Speaker 3: So all those things are part of our conversation as
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  Speaker 3: we put our game plan together.
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State played a ton of young guys week one.
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  Speaker 1: They loaded up with a bunch of true freshmen on
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  Speaker 1: the field and redshirt freshmen and really just a ton
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  Speaker 1: of new faces out there. So obviously they want to
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  Speaker 1: keep playing as many of those guys as they can.
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  Speaker 1: But obviously you also need to have guys out there
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  Speaker 1: they can trust. So how do you balance wanting to
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  Speaker 1: play the young guys, but knowing you got to do
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  Speaker 1: everything you can to win this game?
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  Speaker 3: I think right now it's what gives us the best
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  Speaker 3: chance to win this game. And then we go from there.
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  Speaker 2: It's a long season.
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  Speaker 3: But if anything else is being considered right now, that
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  Speaker 3: doesn't make sense to me. Win the game, and then
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  Speaker 3: we go from there.
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  Speaker 1: Having played Texas a couple of years in a row,
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  Speaker 1: there are obviously going to be a number of familiar
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  Speaker 1: faces on the opposing sideline, but none more familiar than
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  Speaker 1: Hiro Kanu. He was a defensive tackle at Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: for a couple of years, then transferred to Texas before
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  Speaker 1: last year.
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  Speaker 2: So what has his time like been? What was his
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  Speaker 2: time like in Columbus?
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  Speaker 1: The memories that Ryan Day maybe has of Hiro, but also...
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  Speaker 1: how he's grown since he left. Cause he's turned into
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  Speaker 1: a pretty big impact player in the middle of Texas
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  Speaker 1: defensive line.
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  Speaker 3: A tremendous person. Somebody who has a unique, uh, journey,
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  Speaker 3: you know, started off in Germany and then, uh, Santa
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  Speaker 3: Margarita Catholic and then here. And when he was here, he,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he made a lot of great French friends, some,
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  Speaker 3: some guys that are still in the locker room. Um,
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  Speaker 3: and so, you know, he, and he, he did a
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  Speaker 3: lot in the community, um, you know, worked, you know,
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  Speaker 3: at a local restaurant here and, you know, he's, um,
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  Speaker 3: Somebody who has a lot of talent as well and
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  Speaker 3: a good football player for sure. But he's somebody that's
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  Speaker 3: well-respected in the locker room and certainly as a player.
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  Speaker 3: So it doesn't really matter when we're playing him, but
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  Speaker 3: everyone's kind of followed his career and proud of what
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  Speaker 3: he's done.
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  Speaker 1: This time last year, Arch Manning and Julian Sane were
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  Speaker 1: both about to be full-time starters for the first time
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  Speaker 1: when these teams met week one in 2025.
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  Speaker 3: Now....
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  Speaker 1: They're, they're not exactly crest crafty old veteran fifth year guys,
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  Speaker 1: but they're definitely more experienced, got a year of experience
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  Speaker 1: under the belt. They're both substantially better quarterbacks than they
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  Speaker 1: were a year ago. So as Brian day gets ready
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  Speaker 1: to face Arch Manning for the second time, how much
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  Speaker 1: has he grown over the last year? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You think about that game last year between Julian and Arch, um,
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  Speaker 3: really their first starts, um, And I know maybe Arch
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  Speaker 3: had played a little bit before, but that was really
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  Speaker 3: their first games. And to where they are now, two
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  Speaker 3: totally different players, in my opinion. You watched last year
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  Speaker 3: as Arch played, he got better and better and better.
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  Speaker 3: I thought he was playing some really good football at
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  Speaker 3: the end of the season and did some really good
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  Speaker 3: things in the first game of the year this past Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: He can beat you with his legs. He can beat
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  Speaker 3: you downfield. He can make the throws when he needs to.
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  Speaker 3: He's really improved and you know, give him a lot
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  Speaker 3: of credit for putting the work in and also give
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  Speaker 3: Sark and his staff credit for continuing to develop them,
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  Speaker 3: you know. And so, you know, he's going to have
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  Speaker 3: a great season and he's going to be a great
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  Speaker 3: challenge for our defense.
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  Speaker 1: This is the third year in a row that Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State has played Texas. So, I mean, this is basically,
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  Speaker 1: they see the Texas more than they see a lot
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  Speaker 1: of Big Ten teams at this point. But at the
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  Speaker 1: same time, Texas also has a new defensive coordinator this
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  Speaker 1: year in Will Muschamp. Ohio State has a new offensive
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  Speaker 1: coordinator this year in Arthur Smith. Both teams have added
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of new faces. So, Are these teams really
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  Speaker 1: kind of starting from scratch there in their preparation, given
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  Speaker 1: how many new faces there are?
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  Speaker 3: Well, you think about those games, you're right. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: those teams are very different. And, you know, we have
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  Speaker 3: different coordinators now. You know, they have a new defensive coordinator.
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  Speaker 3: When you look at the transfers that have come and
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  Speaker 3: gone on both teams, you know, different personnel and some
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  Speaker 3: different schemes. So, yeah, we've played each other three years
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  Speaker 3: now in a row, starting on Saturday. But But I
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  Speaker 3: agree with you. I think it's different. But we played
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame three years in a row, too, and they
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  Speaker 3: weren't in conference. And so I guess at least some
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  Speaker 3: of these guys have played them multiple times. You look
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  Speaker 3: at Jermaine Matthews. You look at Kenyatta Jackson. These guys
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  Speaker 3: have played them before. So they have a reference point,
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  Speaker 3: but that's probably about it.
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  Speaker 1: Normally, it's opposing defenses who are trying to figure out, okay,
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  Speaker 1: how the heck do you deal with three wide receivers
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  Speaker 1: this talented when they're getting ready to face Ohio State?
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  Speaker 1: And Texas is certainly asking themselves that question this week.
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  Speaker 1: But Ohio State, they have to ask themselves that question, too,
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  Speaker 1: because the Texas Longhorns wide receivers, man, man, man, they
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  Speaker 1: are good. What is it like to have to face
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  Speaker 1: a trio of wide receivers as good as the Longhorns have?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, they get a chance, I think, on both sides,
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  Speaker 3: you know. When you look at the receivers they have
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  Speaker 3: and how dynamic they are, I mean, and there's multiple receivers.
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  Speaker 3: Coleman's obviously dynamic, and so is Wingo and Mosley. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: these guys are really good, and their backs are the
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  Speaker 3: same way. So they get to go against that in
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  Speaker 3: practice every day. Well, our guys get to defend our
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  Speaker 3: wide receivers as well. So it's not going to be
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  Speaker 3: this huge jump of talent that you can't catch up
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  Speaker 3: to early in the game. They do have great team speed,
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  Speaker 3: and so we're going to have to play fast. But
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  Speaker 3: at the end of the day, guys are just going
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  Speaker 3: to have to win their one-on-one battles, and that's what
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  Speaker 3: it's going to come down to. And they're going to
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  Speaker 3: win some, and we're going to win some. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we just got to keep fighting throughout the game.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to be down on the field on Saturday
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  Speaker 1: taking photos, and I got to tell you, I was
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  Speaker 1: not that thrilled when earlier this week Sark mentioned it
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  Speaker 1: was 150 degrees, 150 on the field during Texas' opening
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  Speaker 1: week game against Texas State.
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  Speaker 2: And the forecast?
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  Speaker 1: For the whole Austin area, let alone the turf field,
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  Speaker 1: is north of 100 degrees on Saturday. So what are
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes expecting on Saturday in terms of the weather,
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  Speaker 1: and how do you prepare for that?
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  Speaker 2: It was hot last week.
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  Speaker 3: It'll be hot some this week. It won't be as
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  Speaker 3: hot as it is down there, but it's the same
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  Speaker 3: for both teams, and so we'll have a plan for
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  Speaker 3: what comes with it, just like if it was a
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  Speaker 3: cold game. But whether it's windy, raining, heat, cold, it's
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  Speaker 3: the same for both teams, and we'll be prepared for it.
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  Speaker 1: The last couple games between the Buckeyes and Longhorns have
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  Speaker 1: both been instant classics, had goal line situations that really
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  Speaker 1: came down to really help decide those two games. So
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  Speaker 1: what are the keys to winning in those big moments
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  Speaker 1: on the goal line?
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  Speaker 3: There's been some clutch moments, really. And when you look
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  Speaker 3: at these past two games, and so, you know, but
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  Speaker 3: that's winning in the situations. And I think anytime you're
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  Speaker 3: in a matchup game like this, you have to win
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  Speaker 3: in the situations, whether it's third down, red zone, goal line,
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  Speaker 3: two minute you know, whatever those, you know, that each
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  Speaker 3: team identifies as important areas to win. And, um, and so, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, some clutch plays, um, you know, guys defeating
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  Speaker 3: blocks and winning their one-on-ones, um, and they, they've won
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  Speaker 3: their share too. So that's sort of the back and
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  Speaker 3: forth that, that comes with it. But, um, yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you don't do anything extraordinary in those moments. You just
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  Speaker 3: literally go back to the level of your training and
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  Speaker 3: just play the next play. Um, I'd like to tell
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  Speaker 3: you there's some superhuman thing that goes on during that time,
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  Speaker 3: but we all know that that's not the truth. So
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  Speaker 3: it all goes back to our training and how we practice,
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  Speaker 3: which is, again, why we have to be so focused
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  Speaker 3: this week and have a great week of practice.
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  Speaker 2: And one more.
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  Speaker 1: The Buckeyes have a lot of players on this year's
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  Speaker 1: roster whose home state is Texas, and most of them
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  Speaker 1: are expected to play a potentially significant role in this
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  Speaker 1: week's game. You've got corner Devin Sanchez. You've got linebackers
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  Speaker 1: Peyton Pierce and Riley Pettyjohn. Even kicker Connor Hawkins could
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  Speaker 1: come down to a kick this weekend, and if so,
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  Speaker 1: Connor Hawkins will be kicking in his home state.
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  Speaker 2: True freshman running back Legend.
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  Speaker 1: Bay is someone who we've been talking about a bunch
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  Speaker 1: this offseason, and that's just a few of the guys.
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  Speaker 2: Brock Boyd, I mean, I could keep going and going.
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  Speaker 1: The point is, Ohio State has a lot of guys
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  Speaker 1: on this team who are from the state of Texas.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to guess that a lot of them are
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  Speaker 1: pretty excited to be going back to their home state
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  Speaker 1: to take on the Longhorns.
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  Speaker 2: What does Ryan Day have to say about that?
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  Speaker 3: I think, first off, everybody's extremely fired up to go
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  Speaker 3: play down there. We've been looking forward to this for
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  Speaker 3: a while, but I think for the Texas guys, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: you grow up in that state. It'll meet a little
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  Speaker 3: something extra, I guess, if that's possible.
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  Speaker 2: All right, there you go.
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  Speaker 1: We are going to have a ton more coming for
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  Speaker 1: you all week long at BuckeyeInsiders.com and at YouTube.com slash
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  Speaker 1: at Buckeye Insiders. Going to have some bonus shows, let
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  Speaker 1: you hear a little bit from Steve Sarkisian, the Texas
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  Speaker 1: head coach, some of the things he had to say
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  Speaker 1: this week. We will be back at Ohio State Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: night for Ryan Day's lightning round press conference, where then
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  Speaker 1: they've had their Tuesday physical practice. They've had their Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: physical practice. That's kind of the end of the hardest
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  Speaker 1: part of the work week. And then we get a
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  Speaker 1: chance to talk to Ryan Day then. We'll see what
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  Speaker 1: his mood is like at that point and how things
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  Speaker 1: are going. That's always an interesting press conference. Talk to
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  Speaker 1: some of the players as well. That'll start around 6.15 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: Eastern time tonight. YouTube.com slash at Buckeye Insiders. We'll do
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  Speaker 2: We'd love to see you there. That will do it
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  Speaker 2: for today. Thank you guys all for joining us. Have
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  Speaker 2: a great day. We'll talk to you tomorrow.