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Ohio State Football Insider: How Does The New Helmet Communication Technology Work? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to buck Eyes tomorrow morning for Wednesday, September fourth,
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host tom Or the Western Michigan game in
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  Speaker 1: three days, the game against Michigan in eighty seven days.
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  Speaker 1: Get a chance on Tuesday to talk to some of
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeye coaches, Ryan Day, Chip Kelly. Going to get
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  Speaker 1: to hear from both of those guys on this show. Today,
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  Speaker 1: We're going to start with Ohio State head coach Ryan Day.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to get his thoughts on how the first
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  Speaker 1: game against Akron went. Yeah, they won fifty two to six,
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  Speaker 1: but how did it really go once they graded the film?
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  Speaker 1: This answer a good reminder that this season is not
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  Speaker 1: just start finished. This is going to be a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a process.
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  Speaker 2: After the game, we celebrated the champions, the guys who
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  Speaker 2: graded out, and you know, they were guys who who
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  Speaker 2: did and so those guys got to continue to enhance
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  Speaker 2: as you know, the challenges get bigger, and then there
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  Speaker 2: were guys who weren't. And you know, when that happens,
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  Speaker 2: you got to identify what it was that you know
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  Speaker 2: didn't allow you to become a champion. You know, why
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  Speaker 2: didn't you grade out? Was it, you know, somewhere in
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  Speaker 2: your process, feedback on how your week went, whether it
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  Speaker 2: was the preparation, whether it was the meetings, the walkthrough,
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  Speaker 2: the practice, you know, where you were, and in terms
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  Speaker 2: of understanding the game, being in the moment, not getting
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  Speaker 2: caught up in the moment. You know, there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things to identify what it was. And now in
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  Speaker 2: week two, the guys who didn't, you know, have to
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  Speaker 2: have to make those adjustments and grow. You know, the effort,
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  Speaker 2: you know across the board was was solid. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're we got a long way to go here and
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  Speaker 2: we want to keep pushing. And there certainly were some
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  Speaker 2: great clips. I think you guys saw some of that
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday. But we're nowhere where we need to be.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to keep building. It's a long season and
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  Speaker 2: so we'll get back to work today.
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  Speaker 1: There are a lot of new pieces of college football
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  Speaker 1: this year. One of those is the new helmet radios.
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  Speaker 1: So how did that first week of in helmet communication go.
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  Speaker 3: For the Buckeyes. It's different.
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  Speaker 2: You can see a lot more teams are huddling in
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  Speaker 2: week one, which you know I thought would be the case.
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  Speaker 3: It was.
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  Speaker 2: It was good, but there's still an element of the
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  Speaker 2: no huddle that everyone's using, so there's it's kind of
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  Speaker 2: a hybrid. I think of some people using it and
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  Speaker 2: some people still signaling and doing those things based on
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  Speaker 2: who you're playing. But I think it's a great thing
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  Speaker 2: for college football and we're all adapting. I thought it
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  Speaker 2: went well in Week one.
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  Speaker 1: If you're watching our post game show and why wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: you be right, you may have heard Ryan Day talk
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  Speaker 1: after the game about metrics that they need to hit
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  Speaker 1: for the College Football Playoff. This is really the first
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  Speaker 1: time we've heard him talk about that. So what is
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  Speaker 1: he looking for there? What is he talking about there?
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  Speaker 1: And is that different this year than it was last.
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  Speaker 2: When you look at you know, what you know the
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  Speaker 2: CFP looks at in terms of your ranking.
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  Speaker 3: Now, I think every little bit is going to matter.
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  Speaker 2: So whether you're you know, a top four team or five, six,
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  Speaker 2: seven or eight, you know you want to do everything
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  Speaker 2: you can to put yourself in best position possible and forward.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, there's there's things that come into play there,
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  Speaker 2: and so there's going to be a lot more discussion
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  Speaker 2: I think around you know, one through twelve than maybe
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  Speaker 2: there was one through four when there was you know,
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  Speaker 2: only four teams that made it. Now when you're talking
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  Speaker 2: about one through twelve, there's a lot more conversation. And
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, certainly we you know, control our
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  Speaker 2: own destiny in terms of, you know, every game that
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  Speaker 2: we play, and we're going to do that. But I
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  Speaker 2: just want to make sure that guys know that when
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  Speaker 2: they're going in towards the end of the game, like
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  Speaker 2: every rep matters, why, Well here's an example of why.
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  Speaker 2: And so that's why we're going to approach every game.
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  Speaker 1: One of the big topics online during and after the
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  Speaker 1: game was the blocking, the run blocking, especially for the
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  Speaker 1: buck Eyes. Now that Ryan Day has gotten a chance
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  Speaker 1: to go back and watch the film and look at
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  Speaker 1: the blocking, how did that all look and where the
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  Speaker 1: blocks on the perimeter really an issue?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it definitely plays into it. There was there was
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  Speaker 2: good STAPs. There was some some plays that you know,
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  Speaker 2: we we got to the perimeter, we didn't quite make
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  Speaker 2: that guy miss a couple of times, and there was
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  Speaker 2: some other times where you know, there was you know,
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  Speaker 2: went in particular into the boundary we pulled around, we
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  Speaker 2: didn't quite identify the backer that we had. There was
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  Speaker 2: a handful of things there. So yeah, We're looking to
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  Speaker 2: be more explosive and everybody's got to own it. Everyone's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a part of it. There were some
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  Speaker 2: good things as the game went on, but I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to see more improvement than Week two.
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  Speaker 1: This season is a new era of special teams for
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes. They no longer have a dedicated special teams coordinator,
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  Speaker 1: but now that that responsibility is being spread between a
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  Speaker 1: number of different people, and you're starting to see some
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  Speaker 1: early results, including on the punt return team. They made
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  Speaker 1: some big plays and returns on Saturday and some punts
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  Speaker 1: fielded that may have saved some yardage as well. So
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  Speaker 1: what has Brian Day seen from Brandon Ennis and the
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  Speaker 1: punt rotiner turn team early on this year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we worked hard in this offseason on special teams.
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  Speaker 2: I think I shared with you that, you know, each
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  Speaker 2: of the coaches now own it and you know Rob
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  Speaker 2: Keys is overseeing it and I'm a big part of
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  Speaker 2: it on a daily basis now. And one of the
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  Speaker 2: studies that we did was, you know, every time the
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  Speaker 2: ball hits the ground on a turf field, you know
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  Speaker 2: there's you know, an average of like ten yards a
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  Speaker 2: roll there. So you know, we want to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that we're aggressive and fielding those punts. At the same time,
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  Speaker 2: we can't be foolish because some of those punts, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you just you put yourself at risk of a of
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  Speaker 2: a fumble.
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  Speaker 3: So the first thing we got to do is get
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  Speaker 3: the ball back. That's number one.
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  Speaker 2: Second thing we're trying to do is field it again,
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  Speaker 2: especially on a turf field when that ball can really roll.
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  Speaker 2: You've seen some really poor punts just kind of take
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  Speaker 2: off on the turf, and so we tried to eliminate those.
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  Speaker 2: We think that those are well. Brandon Innis's example a
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  Speaker 2: couple a couple of those on Saturday, in particular, the
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  Speaker 2: one that he returned it was rolling down probably inside
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  Speaker 2: the ten yard line. He stopped it and then returned
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  Speaker 2: it back. That was probably three or four first downs
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  Speaker 2: on offense. It's a big deal. So we're trying to
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  Speaker 2: educate our guys. We're also going to be sound to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that we get the ball back and win
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  Speaker 2: the turnover battle.
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  Speaker 1: Saturday was a relatively quiet day on the stat sheet
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  Speaker 1: for the tight ends, but you still saw their impact
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  Speaker 1: and the run game and other places. So how would
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day assess the play of those tight ends. You're
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  Speaker 1: gonna do that answer, and then a quick follow up
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  Speaker 1: from Buddy Tony Gerdaman of fuckehaddle dot com.
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  Speaker 2: I thought they as a group blocked well and I
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  Speaker 2: think we had two champions there, and you know there's
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  Speaker 2: there's going to be more production coming out of the
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  Speaker 2: room moving forward. But but but they did a nice
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  Speaker 2: job and and so now you know we got to
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  Speaker 2: keep building on that as well. A couple of couple
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  Speaker 2: of really good effort clips, in particular Willcasmeric on one play,
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  Speaker 2: I mean blocked his man about seven yards downfield and
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  Speaker 2: pancaked them, and that sets what we're looking for. We're
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  Speaker 2: looking for that type of intensity, that type of finish,
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  Speaker 2: and you know they're going to be very much involved
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  Speaker 2: in the past game as well to just yeah, that
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  Speaker 2: was a big day for Jelani. You know, he needs
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  Speaker 2: to just play and play through you know, some of
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  Speaker 2: his inexperience.
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  Speaker 3: There's gonna be mistakes made.
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  Speaker 2: There was the penalty that we had where he wasn't
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  Speaker 2: on the ball, and there's a couple of things we
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  Speaker 2: have to play through. But I think it was good
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  Speaker 2: for him to get that game under his bell. There's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of potential there and the more he plays,
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  Speaker 2: the better off he's going to be.
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  Speaker 1: One of the fun things about these early season games
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  Speaker 1: where the Buckeyes might be out in front into a
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  Speaker 1: pretty big lead, is you get a chance to see
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  Speaker 1: some of the younger guys you maybe haven't seen so
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  Speaker 1: much in previous games. One of those guys, I guess
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  Speaker 1: Akron was Rvel Rees the linebacker had a really solid
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  Speaker 1: performance overall, So where is he fitting in right now
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  Speaker 1: with the linebackers.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the way that Arvel played, he deserves, you know,
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  Speaker 2: more reps. But I think it has to do with
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  Speaker 2: this preparation. And there was a moment last week where
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  Speaker 2: you know his preparation was just okay uh, and then
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  Speaker 2: you know there was there was a point in the
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  Speaker 2: week where he really dug in and did a really
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  Speaker 2: good job with his preparation.
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  Speaker 3: I think Jim and.
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  Speaker 2: James would tell you the same thing, and I think
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  Speaker 2: that allowed him to play fast. So that's a big
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  Speaker 2: part of playing linebacker. There's just a lot that comes
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  Speaker 2: with it. I mean, I review their their tips and
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  Speaker 2: their test every week and there's a lot in that packet.
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  Speaker 2: So he had to prepare at a high level and
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  Speaker 2: Once you do that, then the game can slow down
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  Speaker 2: for you. And so if he continues to do that,
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  Speaker 2: you see the athletic ability I mean, and the strain,
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  Speaker 2: that's what I like the most. I mean, some of
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  Speaker 2: those reps that he had. I mean, he's going as
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  Speaker 2: hard as he possibly can from point A to point B,
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  Speaker 2: and we can build what we can build on that.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, any coach in America would love to have
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  Speaker 2: somebody like that. So if he keeps going like that
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  Speaker 2: and keeps his preparation, then he's going to keep building.
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  Speaker 1: And in addition to the helmet communication, there was something
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  Speaker 1: new happening with the ohiosted offense on Saturday. That was
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  Speaker 1: number one, Chip Kelly's the offensive coordinator right now and
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  Speaker 1: number two Chip Kelly's up in the box. That's a
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  Speaker 1: new thing for Chip Kelly. How did Ryan Day think
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  Speaker 1: that whole thing went on Saturday?
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  Speaker 3: Again?
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  Speaker 2: You know, Chip had his mindset on what he wanted
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  Speaker 2: to get done in this game, and it was a start,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a long way Togo, but no overall calls
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  Speaker 2: came in quickly, and I thought overall that part was
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  Speaker 2: was good. We still want to be clean across the board.
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  Speaker 2: I think we can be cleaner across the board. You
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  Speaker 2: know a couple of little penalties here and there that
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  Speaker 2: we got to clean up. But you know, and again
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  Speaker 2: it's still same thing efficiency. I think we can get
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  Speaker 2: an out of huddle faster. We can get just sharper
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  Speaker 2: in everything that we're doing. But just in terms of
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  Speaker 2: the operation of calling a game and all that, it
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  Speaker 2: was clean in week one.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a smooth transition from that question to one
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  Speaker 1: that I was really interested to ask Jim Kelly. On Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: We hear all about the helmet communication piece of this game,
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  Speaker 1: then how it's all different this year, But we haven't
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  Speaker 1: actually heard anyone breakdown what is that like? Who is
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  Speaker 1: saying what?
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  Speaker 3: When?
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  Speaker 1: When does the helmet communication start? We know it cuts
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  Speaker 1: off at fifteen seconds, but when does that start? And
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  Speaker 1: how much are they communicating? Who is saying what? When?
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  Speaker 1: When are they being quiet? How does that all go?
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  Speaker 1: What is going on inside the speaker in Will Howard's helmet.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you have from when the previous play ended till
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  Speaker 4: up to fifteen seconds on the play clock, So but
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  Speaker 4: you're not talking for that entire time. You know, you're
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  Speaker 4: making decisions on what are we now we're second in five,
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  Speaker 4: where's the bolt on the left? Hash? What what player
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  Speaker 4: are we going to call? And then we're trying to
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  Speaker 4: get that information on Will as quick as possible so
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  Speaker 4: he can digest it. If we're huddling, and we've huddled,
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  Speaker 4: we huddled a few times on Saturday, then he needs
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  Speaker 4: to communicate that to our guys. If it's a signal system,
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  Speaker 4: we make sure we tell everybody that we're using a
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  Speaker 4: signal on this play. Then Phil then Will has an
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  Speaker 4: opportunity to maybe survey the defense a little bit longer
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  Speaker 4: and get a chance to see that, you know, then
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  Speaker 4: there could be a check within that call. So the
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  Speaker 4: play could have come in as one play, two plays,
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  Speaker 4: or three plays. There's some three play sets that come
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  Speaker 4: in and then we'll have to make a decision at
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  Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage what's the best play for us
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  Speaker 4: and get us into that right play. So Art and
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  Speaker 4: it's not a conversation because he can't talk back, but
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  Speaker 4: we try to be as brief as possible so that
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  Speaker 4: he gets as much information as he can and then
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  Speaker 4: he can operate. We didn't do any check with me
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  Speaker 4: is where we were making checks from the box and
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  Speaker 4: he was just listening and waiting for us. You know
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  Speaker 4: that didn't occur. We we have some plays in our
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  Speaker 4: system where we'll give him two or three plays at
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  Speaker 4: a time and then he selects the what the best
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  Speaker 4: play is in all.
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  Speaker 3: Of our checks.
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  Speaker 4: I think he did a really good job of that.
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  Speaker 4: But really it's just giving him that information so it's
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  Speaker 4: really not a conversation and then letting him go operate
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  Speaker 4: with it. And then we talked extensively between series of
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  Speaker 4: you know, what do you see here? Why did you
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  Speaker 4: go to that? And with the video you can kind
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  Speaker 4: of confirm that he saw what he saw and understands
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  Speaker 4: why he called what he called.
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  Speaker 1: Thought that was a really interesting answer from Chip Kelly.
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  Speaker 1: One of those things that just feels like, how did
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  Speaker 1: no one ask about that before? But it is kind
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