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BONUS: 3 Veterans Could Dominate In The Interior Of Ohio State's O-Line · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Got another bonus show coming for you right now. And
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  Speaker 1: in this one, you get to hear from Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: left guard Luke Montgomery. He is a very popular player
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  Speaker 1: on the team, been a multi-year starter now, certainly a
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  Speaker 1: veteran on this team. Feels like his career has gone
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  Speaker 1: by very fast, but it's not over yet. He's got
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  Speaker 1: a whole senior year ahead of him. And he was
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  Speaker 1: asked about some of the other guys who he's been
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  Speaker 1: in that offensive line room with for quite a while.
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  Speaker 1: One of them was Austin Searveld. And we mentioned earlier,
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  Speaker 1: they're kind of doing this dance where they're not officially
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  Speaker 1: acknowledging where Austin Searveld's playing. So, okay, we're not going
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  Speaker 1: to officially acknowledge that, but safe to say that Luke
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  Speaker 1: Montgomery's confidence level in Austin Searveld is very high.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think, you know, whoever's on the field
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  Speaker 2: and wherever Austin's at, like for this, for the season,
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  Speaker 2: like I think we want to be Joe Moore winners.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we want to be five strong and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with the tight ends, make that six, seven, eight, however
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  Speaker 2: many guys are blocking. So, Um, you know, we, we
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  Speaker 2: have that goal in mind for sure, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: whatever we got to do to win games is what
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  Speaker 2: we're going to be doing.
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  Speaker 3: So.
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  Speaker 1: There are four returning starters on the offensive line this year.
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  Speaker 1: The fifth guy who is not a returning starter, that's
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  Speaker 1: Ian Moore. He is projected to be the starting left
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  Speaker 1: tackle for Ohio state this year. So what does he
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  Speaker 1: bring as the new face among four other returning starters?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Um, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm very confident in, uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's done a tremendous job this camp. Uh, he's, uh,
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  Speaker 2: He's vocal. He's turning into a leader. He has a
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  Speaker 2: lot of energy at every practice.
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  Speaker 3: He's awesome. So it's been great.
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  Speaker 1: The name Legend Bay is one that we've said a
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  Speaker 1: whole lot this month in a whole bunch of different
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  Speaker 1: contexts and which always inspires a lot of excitement. And
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  Speaker 1: you can tell there's excitement about Legend Bay within the
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  Speaker 1: program and within the players and the coaching staff as well.
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  Speaker 1: So Luke Montgomery seems like he is also someone who's
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  Speaker 1: pretty excited to see him finally get to take the
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  Speaker 1: field this Saturday in a real game.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's a young guy.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, you become experienced during camp, no matter
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  Speaker 2: what people say, like against the defense we go against
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  Speaker 2: every day and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 3: So he's learning a lot. He's a tremendous athlete.
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  Speaker 2: He's probably, man, I've seen Antonio Brown before at training camp.
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  Speaker 2: I'd say pretty similar to that from an aspect of
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  Speaker 2: how fast he is and how shifty he is. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's a guy that's going to do a
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  Speaker 2: lot of great things during Ohio State, during his career.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm super excited to see, you know, what he
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  Speaker 2: does against Ball State when he gets in and stuff
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 3: So, you know, sky's the limit for him.
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  Speaker 1: If you listen to the bonus show that we dropped
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  Speaker 1: with Ryan Day just a little bit earlier from this
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  Speaker 1: lightning round, you heard me tell the story about how
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  Speaker 1: Luke Montgomery had to get up from his seat because
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day had to come back and start mentioning Hunter Welsing.
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  Speaker 1: He had forgotten to mention during an earlier answer about
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  Speaker 1: the tight ends, which then sort of got people thinking
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  Speaker 1: about Luke Montgomery and tight end and Luke Montgomery's brief
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  Speaker 1: and somewhat undistinguished career. as a tight end in high school?
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  Speaker 3: Blocking. I catch one ball.
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  Speaker 2: I had one time during the COVID year against Springboro,
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  Speaker 2: I had a fourth and three as a fake punt.
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  Speaker 2: Punter threw it way behind me. I mean, I think
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  Speaker 2: I would have scored if I caught it, but that
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  Speaker 2: was it. One shining moment down.
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  Speaker 1: One thing that Ryan Day talked about this week is
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  Speaker 1: the fact that this offense is potentially going to be fun.
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  Speaker 1: So what makes this offense fun?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it comes down to Just a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of experienced players that have played a lot of times
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  Speaker 2: together and have built camaraderie over the years. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be super exciting with the schemes we're
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  Speaker 2: running on offense and just the level of expertise and
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  Speaker 2: how smart we have to be to run those plays.
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  Speaker 3: It's not for everyone.
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  Speaker 2: I really don't think other people at other colleges could
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  Speaker 2: run what we're running, especially the verbiage that Julian has
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  Speaker 2: to hear from Coach Smith and then recall to us
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  Speaker 2: in the huddle.
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  Speaker 3: It's a lot.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're super excited, and we're going to be
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  Speaker 2: in a very explosive offense. We're going to have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of fun doing that.
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  Speaker 1: Most of the offensive line, as we said, four returning starters,
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  Speaker 1: lots of guys who have long and distinguished college careers
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  Speaker 1: under their belts already. Ian Moore, first-time starter, at least
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  Speaker 1: regular starter for the full season, and he's playing the
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  Speaker 1: blind side. He's protecting Julian Sands' blind side at left tackle.
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  Speaker 1: So What has Luke Montgomery seen from Ian Moore that
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  Speaker 1: made him think, yeah, he can do this?
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  Speaker 2: I've seen guys live before that have played a long
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  Speaker 2: time in the NFL, and he has the intangibles to
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  Speaker 2: do so. It's a matter of just continuing to put
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  Speaker 2: it together every day. He's been bringing it, and it's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of fun to watch him. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I think we've got a lot of guys on the
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  Speaker 2: offensive line that are going to be NFL players, and
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  Speaker 2: Ian's definitely going to be one of those guys.
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  Speaker 3: I'm super excited to see what he does.
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  Speaker 1: For a first-time starter like Ian Moore, what is the
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  Speaker 1: process to get ready to play for someone like him?
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  Speaker 2: I think just being vocal leader and just taking it
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  Speaker 2: day by day. I think as a young guy, I
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  Speaker 2: was once there. Sometimes you can get in your own
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  Speaker 2: way and just think about the what-ifs. Now he's just going.
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  Speaker 2: He's trusting his instincts. He's trusting his technique and stuff,
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  Speaker 2: and he's just rolling off the ball, and it's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of fun to watch him. It's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: fun to play by him.
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  Speaker 1: You hear a lot about true freshmen playing earlier and
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  Speaker 1: earlier in their careers. You mentioned Devin Sanchez earlier in
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  Speaker 1: the show, Jay Timmons. legend bay those guys are expected
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  Speaker 1: to be regular contributors true freshmen jeremiah smith did it
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  Speaker 1: a few years ago but it takes a little while
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  Speaker 1: longer for offensive linemen for some reason why.
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  Speaker 2: Is that yeah i mean that took me until the
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  Speaker 2: going into the second year of the playoffs um usually
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  Speaker 2: you know it takes i think you know we always
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  Speaker 2: say it like you know offensive line is in a
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  Speaker 2: natural position like you can go out and throw a
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  Speaker 2: ball you can go out and run to catch a
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  Speaker 2: ball but when you got a guy coming straight down
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  Speaker 2: your face it's hard no no pause uh Sorry, but
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  Speaker 2: you get a guy that's 300 pounds and super athletic,
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  Speaker 2: and you're backpedaling, and your back's to the ball, and
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  Speaker 2: there's no other sport or any position that does that.
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  Speaker 2: So it just takes time, and it takes real reps
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  Speaker 2: to get better.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to have to come up with a nickname
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  Speaker 1: for the three guys in the middle of the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line for Ohio State. Luke Montgomery, Carson Hinsman, Austin Searveld,
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  Speaker 1: all very nice guys, very fun interviews. and also guys
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  Speaker 1: who've played together for a long time. What is it
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  Speaker 1: like with those three guys together in the, in the
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  Speaker 1: interior playing with guys who you've been with and you
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  Speaker 1: know so well?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it goes back to just, just game experience. Um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've played a lot of snaps together. Um,
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  Speaker 2: we have great camaraderie and, you know, wherever Austin's at
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  Speaker 2: guard tackle, like, you know, you know, he's going to
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  Speaker 2: get it done. So, um, And it's not only just
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  Speaker 2: us three guys. I think we really are like we
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  Speaker 2: could be up to 10 guys deep this year. I've
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  Speaker 2: seen a lot of great things from, you know, our
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  Speaker 2: young guys like Carter Lowe and Dion Armstrong's done a
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  Speaker 2: tremendous job. And then you've got the true freshmen in
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  Speaker 2: there like guys, guys, guys are rolling. It's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fun to watch. And, you know, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: the more repetition you get during spring ball and fall camp,
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  Speaker 2: the better you're going to be.
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  Speaker 3: And those guys are coming along. They're coming along.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't seem like that long ago that they finally
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  Speaker 1: got those three guys on the field together. That happened
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  Speaker 1: in the playoff run in 2024 when they finally started
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  Speaker 1: working together as starters. So how much has changed for
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  Speaker 1: the three of them since they first started playing with
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  Speaker 1: the ones together during that 2024 playoff run?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think it just goes back to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we played in the biggest moments, so there's not really
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  Speaker 2: a bigger moment than what we played in two years ago.
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  Speaker 2: So there's no reason to get out there and be
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  Speaker 2: anxious or stressed. And, you know, when you got guys
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  Speaker 2: around you that you can trust and you played a
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  Speaker 2: lot of reps with, like, the game becomes easier and
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  Speaker 2: it becomes, and it slows down.
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  Speaker 3: And then just, you know, just having, it's been two
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  Speaker 3: years since that moment. You know, we've grown a lot together.
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  Speaker 3: We've had a lot of snaps.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we've done a lot of things outside of
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  Speaker 2: the Woody together.
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  Speaker 3: So, you know, we're really close as friends. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: that helps as well.
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  Speaker 1: This is not exactly an old Ohio State team. They've
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  Speaker 1: only got three guys who have been at Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: for a full five seasons, but it's a veteran Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State team. It's an experienced Ohio State team. So, What
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  Speaker 1: kind of benefit is there to experience, both for the
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  Speaker 1: players and the coaching staff?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think we have a lot of,
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  Speaker 2: like Coach Bowen says, there's like levels to learning. I
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  Speaker 2: think we're always like, our conversations are always at a
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  Speaker 2: max level, like level 500. You know, we can understand
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  Speaker 2: we have a great IQ of ball.
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  Speaker 3: We've learned a lot.
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  Speaker 2: So we've been here. We've seen every front. We've seen
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  Speaker 2: every blitz. We've seen every pressure, every stunt. Like we've
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  Speaker 2: seen everything on the defensive side. So, you know, that
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  Speaker 2: helps us on an everyday basis. And then obviously, you know, having...
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  Speaker 2: It's crazy to think about it. Having Coach Smith and
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  Speaker 2: Coach Patricia, two guys that were head coaches of the
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  Speaker 2: NFL as our offense coordinator and defense coordinator and having
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  Speaker 2: Coach Day and having all these guys on staff here,
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  Speaker 2: it's crazy.
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  Speaker 3: We're so blessed.
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  Speaker 2: We have such an amazing staff here that cares about
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  Speaker 2: us so much. Carson and I would go to Coach
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  Speaker 2: P's office during the summer after workouts and just sit
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  Speaker 2: with him and watch some defensive stuff and learn how
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  Speaker 2: they learn the offense. Anything that we can do to
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  Speaker 2: get that edge, you know, we're doing right now and
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  Speaker 2: it's been a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 1: The experience on this year's team goes well beyond the
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  Speaker 1: three guys in the middle of that offensive line. Who else,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what are the other benefits of their experience
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  Speaker 1: in other areas?
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  Speaker 3: And like I said, you know, it's not just us three.
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  Speaker 2: I know Coach Day said that, but you know, we
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  Speaker 2: got Julian back there as a full-time starter. We got
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  Speaker 2: all these, all of our tight ends. We got, we
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  Speaker 2: got Phillip Daniels as well. We got Austin, Carson, You
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  Speaker 2: got Ian now, you got Padilla, you got Jake, like
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  Speaker 2: all these guys and all the running backs and stuff like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got experience everywhere. So we got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of leaders everywhere and we got a lot of
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  Speaker 2: guys coming back. And, you know, that's crucial in college
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  Speaker 2: football these days is having an experienced tight knit group
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  Speaker 2: like we have.
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  Speaker 1: And while it's going to be senior day on Saturday
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  Speaker 1: and people are going to be thinking about the older guys,
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  Speaker 1: it's also a chance for some of the younger guys
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  Speaker 1: to get their first reps, including a bunch of true
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  Speaker 1: freshmen who are going to step on the field for
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  Speaker 1: the first time. You mentioned some of the sort of
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  Speaker 1: higher profile guys who are going to play early, but
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  Speaker 1: a lot of times this is the first chance for
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  Speaker 1: younger guys who might not play a whole heck of
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  Speaker 1: a lot later in the season to get some game
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  Speaker 1: reps now. What is the value of those reps for
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  Speaker 1: younger guys in games like this?
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  Speaker 2: Super valuable because, you know, we talk about competitive excellence,
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  Speaker 2: making the number one. when your play is called and
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  Speaker 2: you know Carson had to do it Austin had to
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  Speaker 2: do it I had to do it someone's gonna have
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  Speaker 2: to do it this year whether it's O-line or not
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  Speaker 2: like someone's gonna have to step up that wasn't playing
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  Speaker 2: much early in the year and they're gonna have to
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  Speaker 2: step up in a big moment and make the play
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  Speaker 2: when the number's called so you know it's gonna happen
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  Speaker 2: and that's how football is and we're going to be
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  Speaker 2: leaning on those guys to do so when their number's called.
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