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Two Little Things Making The Ohio State Passing Attack So Dangerous · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Friday, September twelfth, I'm
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  Speaker 1: final preparations for the Bobcats, Friday will be best Fridays
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  Speaker 1: in football, So really the work week is already kind
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  Speaker 1: of done for them as they sort of get ready
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  Speaker 1: for Saturday night's game against the Bobcats. Seven o'clock Peacock,
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  Speaker 1: you know the drill. In today's show, you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get to hear a little bit from Ohio State head
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  Speaker 1: coach Ryan Day some of his final thoughts before Saturday's
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  Speaker 1: game kicks off. One of the first questions he got
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  Speaker 1: was from our buddy Tony Gerderman, who was about Julian
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  Speaker 1: Satan's ball placement and how seeming like like a little thing,
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  Speaker 1: but it allows receivers to make some big plays and
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  Speaker 1: how it compares to some of his past quarterbacks at
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's one of the things we
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  Speaker 2: try to evaluate during their recruiting process and when we're
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  Speaker 2: evaluating quarterbacks is ball placement. It's just so important in
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  Speaker 2: terms of accuracy. It's one of those things that I've
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  Speaker 2: seen some guys develop it as time has gone on,
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  Speaker 2: but but it's it's one of those things. Usually it's
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  Speaker 2: something that people have. It's an eight and there's anticipation,
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  Speaker 2: there's timing, there's touch, there's understanding body language. You know,
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  Speaker 2: these are all the things that I think are hard
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  Speaker 2: to you know, quantify, and so that's one thing we
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  Speaker 2: look for in quarterbacks. And I think you know, you've
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  Speaker 2: seen some of the location and and you know another
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  Speaker 2: part of it is being able to do it even
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  Speaker 2: though when you see it, you know, can you mechanically
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  Speaker 2: make the throw when you need to? And you know
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  Speaker 2: Julian can. You've seen that, so you know there's more
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  Speaker 2: too than just that. But we we've seen him do
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  Speaker 2: that in practice time and time again, and that that's
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  Speaker 2: a good could sign for a young quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: Next up. Some overall thoughts on the running game how
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  Speaker 1: the guys upfront are doing and are they looking to
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  Speaker 1: continue maybe spreading the carriers around.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think there's physical play going on. We've
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  Speaker 2: got to keep building on that, and then you'll figure
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  Speaker 2: as we continue to move forward where we see ourselves
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  Speaker 2: and then as as the season goes on, how do
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  Speaker 2: we stay ahead of the trends and make sure we
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  Speaker 2: have enough things to give us explosives. And there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot that goes into the run game. Everybody's involved with it.
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  Speaker 2: The wide receivers are involved with it. Tight ends are
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  Speaker 2: very much involved with it. Obviously the offensive line, but
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  Speaker 2: the running backs are involved with it and making sure
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  Speaker 2: that timing and all those things are right. You know, again,
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  Speaker 2: I thought there was some physical runs in Week one,
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  Speaker 2: not explosive. We wanted to be more explosive, and so
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  Speaker 2: that's what we're going to continue to work on.
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  Speaker 1: One area where the offensive line has been really good
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  Speaker 1: so far is in pass protection. They have allowed zero
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  Speaker 1: sacks through two games. Can't do much better than that, So,
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  Speaker 1: all right, has Ryan Day been happy with the pass
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  Speaker 1: per so far? This is I'm going to just say,
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  Speaker 1: right now, this is a great answer. It's a detailed answer,
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  Speaker 1: and it goes some places you probably wouldn't expect.
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  Speaker 2: I think the ball's coming out on time, and I
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  Speaker 2: think that there's good timing there. And you know, we
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  Speaker 2: have to continue to figure out ways to get the ball,
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  Speaker 2: you know, out of the quarterback's hand, but also you know,
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  Speaker 2: push the ball down in the field without putting the
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  Speaker 2: quarterback at risk. But a big part of that is
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  Speaker 2: is the work we put in during the week challenging
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  Speaker 2: each other and some of the drills we just got
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  Speaker 2: out of where there's great pass rush and great protection
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  Speaker 2: and there's just there's a timing element to it. There's
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  Speaker 2: a lot that comes with it, and even you know,
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  Speaker 2: you wouldn't think about that. You know, the back end
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  Speaker 2: is involved in much in pass protection. But we say
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  Speaker 2: all the time that when you're running a route on
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  Speaker 2: third down, you're running the route against the defensive end,
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  Speaker 2: not against the not against the corner because of the
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  Speaker 2: timing of it all. So I think you'll hear me
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  Speaker 2: all the time if you're out of practice. You know,
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  Speaker 2: once it gets to about two two and a half seconds,
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying, ball, the ball has got to come out
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  Speaker 2: or it's got to get checked down. And the timing
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  Speaker 2: of all that is important. So those are all things
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  Speaker 2: we're working on. And and you know, guys are working
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  Speaker 2: up front to get better. You know, we know that
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  Speaker 2: there's all kinds of different things that can come in
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  Speaker 2: some terms of situations, twists, blitzes, you know, different ways
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  Speaker 2: to isolate guys in one on one matchups. There's just
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  Speaker 2: a lot that goes with it. So we have to
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  Speaker 2: continue to get better. And that's that's the focus, is
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  Speaker 2: getting better. I mentioned to the guys today that you know,
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  Speaker 2: when you when you see you know somebody young, whether
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  Speaker 2: it's a brother or you know a relative or just
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  Speaker 2: someone who's young, and you don't see him for six
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  Speaker 2: months or a year and you see them and you're like, wow,
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  Speaker 2: you've really grown up. And when you're when you're practicing
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  Speaker 2: every day, sometimes you don't. You don't see the growth,
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  Speaker 2: you don't see the progress, but it's it's there. As
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  Speaker 2: long as we continue to work and get better, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're making sure that the hardest day is today,
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  Speaker 2: and we keep getting better, then we'll have a chance
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  Speaker 2: to continue to grow even though sometimes we don't feel it.
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  Speaker 2: And and that's with everybody and including the passing game.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, a quick one on the punters. Do aguire
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  Speaker 1: was the punter, the starter for the first game. Only
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  Speaker 1: one punt in last week's game that went to Nick McLarty.
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  Speaker 1: So does that mean there's an ongoing battle for that
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  Speaker 1: punting job.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Joey's the starter, but Nick is making progress
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  Speaker 2: and it's amazing when you get out there and you
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  Speaker 2: get a live punt, and then you came and he
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  Speaker 2: hit some bombs yesterday. So you know, we'll keep a
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  Speaker 2: close eye on it. But right now, Joey's our punter.
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  Speaker 1: I thought this was an interesting question to ask. This
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  Speaker 1: is the great Tim May. He was asked. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day has coached a bunch of places other than
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  Speaker 1: Ohio Stadium. He coached in the NFL, but he also
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  Speaker 1: coached at smaller colleges like Boston College and even at
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  Speaker 1: Temple where they played as a non Power conference team.
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  Speaker 1: They played some pretty big Power Conference teams during his
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  Speaker 1: time there. So when you're on the other side of
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  Speaker 1: one of these power conference versus non power conference team matchups,
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  Speaker 1: and you're the one who's going into the game as
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  Speaker 1: a big underdog, what's the approach or the goal?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you play at one play at a time. I
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  Speaker 2: think you look at as at an opportunity to build confidence.
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  Speaker 2: To know that you know, you're going up against a
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  Speaker 2: really good opponent, That is an opportunity to build confidence
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  Speaker 2: knowing that you know, sort of like us in Week
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  Speaker 2: one playing Texas, you know what an opportunity for us
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  Speaker 2: to build confidence knowing that you know we can play
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  Speaker 2: with at the time was the best number one team
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  Speaker 2: in the country. You know, where are we right now?
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  Speaker 2: And you know, this is a team that went toe
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  Speaker 2: to toe with with Rutgers when to toe obviously with
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  Speaker 2: West Virginia won the game, So they're going to come
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  Speaker 2: in here with a lot of confidence. You know they're
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  Speaker 2: gonna I'm sure, take it one play at a time,
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  Speaker 2: try to get the game in the fourth quarter and
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  Speaker 2: then go from there. But it's it's an opportunity more
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  Speaker 2: than anything to uh, you know, again, build confidence for
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  Speaker 2: the rest of the season. So you know, and they're
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  Speaker 2: they're well coached and have a good team, so we
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  Speaker 2: know that these guys are going to come in and
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  Speaker 2: play real hard.
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  Speaker 1: This is one I just want to get on the record.
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  Speaker 1: I was not the one who asked it, but the
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  Speaker 1: question that was asked was there were no pass interference
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  Speaker 1: calls for Davis and in mid Ocean so far this year. Listen,
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  Speaker 1: you can knock on whatever surface you want to if
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  Speaker 1: you're a superstitious type, but nope, pass entference on Davis
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  Speaker 1: Enigmunos and so far in two games this year. So
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  Speaker 1: how much work went into that for Davis in this offseason.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to happen again, I'm sure, but we certainly
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  Speaker 2: don't want as many as we had last year. And
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  Speaker 2: that's been the focus. And I think even on that
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  Speaker 2: fourth down play that he made the end zone week one,
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  Speaker 2: I mean you could see there was a concernered effort
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  Speaker 2: for him to not make contact there. But he's still
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  Speaker 2: going to be aggressive. That's how that's who he is.
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  Speaker 2: And I think he's learning to control that aggression. He's
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've had different things that coach Walton's done
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  Speaker 2: with box and gloves and things like that. I think
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  Speaker 2: that's all. That's all coaching, And we want guys who
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  Speaker 2: are aggressive, you know, it's our job as coaches to
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  Speaker 2: help coach them to to you know, you know, with
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  Speaker 2: the technique and those things. And so you know, he's
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  Speaker 2: worked really hard in the offseason he's one of our
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  Speaker 2: most competitive guys out there. I think when he came
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  Speaker 2: here he changed that room along with Tim Walton because
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  Speaker 2: of just the overall competitiveness of that group and the
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  Speaker 2: edginess of that group. And you know, he's he's not
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  Speaker 2: a man of many words, but he lets his play
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  Speaker 2: do the talking, and he's a he's a huge leader
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  Speaker 2: for us, and then we're going to need him here.
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  Speaker 1: If you listened to yesterday show with Ross Fulton, he
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  Speaker 1: broke down the play where Caleb Downs got an interception
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  Speaker 1: during that Grambling game. Really an incredible play by Downs
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  Speaker 1: and an example of the incredible stuff that Downs can do.
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  Speaker 1: So here are Ryan Day's thoughts on that play and
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  Speaker 1: whether that's maybe an example of what guys with really
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  Speaker 1: high football IQs like Downs and defensive coordinator Matt Patricia
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  Speaker 1: can do.
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  Speaker 2: And one of the things Matt said to me was,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got some smart guys here, you know,
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  Speaker 2: And I think he kind of said it with a
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  Speaker 2: smile on his face, because you know, he can do
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  Speaker 2: a lot of different things. But that doesn't necessarily mean
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  Speaker 2: that's the right thing to do. You know, just because
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  Speaker 2: guys can handle it doesn't mean we need to be
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  Speaker 2: all over the place. We need to do what we
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  Speaker 2: think is best to win the game. That being said,
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  Speaker 2: the thing to me about Caleb was after the play,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we talked and he verbalized everything that went
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  Speaker 2: on in that play. You know, he was anticipating everything
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  Speaker 2: about it. So that's who we is. And then his
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  Speaker 2: approach rubs off on others. You know, Sunny's that way,
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  Speaker 2: and you're seeing Jalen McLain and you know, you see Davison,
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  Speaker 2: you see Jermaine, you see all these guys, Lorenzo coming
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  Speaker 2: in early to get extra film work and put the
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  Speaker 2: work in with with Tim and Matt and and that's
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  Speaker 2: that's what winning football is. And if we can continue
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  Speaker 2: to build that as our routine and that can be
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  Speaker 2: who we are, it'll give us a chance to reach
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  Speaker 2: our goals. But like I said before, it's it's great
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  Speaker 2: when your your best players are your hardest workers and
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  Speaker 2: they're the most professional. It's probably the best way to
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  Speaker 2: put it when it comes to Caleb.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, this one, we're kind of going full circle
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  Speaker 1: on this one because the question is about Julian Sayin's
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  Speaker 1: quick release in the fact that that's not something that
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  Speaker 1: everyone else has and how valuable that is as you're
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  Speaker 1: adjusting to a new role and a new level as
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State started quarterback. But you'll hear the answer kind
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  Speaker 1: of goes full circle back to Tony's question at the
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  Speaker 1: beginning about ball placement.
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  Speaker 2: You know, every quarterback is different, like you're saying. You know,
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  Speaker 2: when you think about the quarterbacks we've had here, you
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  Speaker 2: go the different guys. Everybody's had different mechanics in a
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  Speaker 2: different style. And what you try to do is, as
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  Speaker 2: you know, as as you put together the offense, is
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  Speaker 2: figure out, all right, what what fits his skill set,
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  Speaker 2: and then you try to take the pieces and put
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  Speaker 2: it all together. We're still kind of in that process.
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  Speaker 2: But when you can get the ball out of your
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  Speaker 2: hand quickly and accurately as you as you know, it
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  Speaker 2: just makes the offense move faster. And you know, we
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  Speaker 2: say all the time, like those throws within about five
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  Speaker 2: yards when the line of scrimmagers is like long handoffs,
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  Speaker 2: and you know there's a lot there's a big difference.
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  Speaker 2: When I'm running full speed on let's just say a
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  Speaker 2: bubble or a drag route and that ball's right here
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  Speaker 2: and I can catch it in stride as opposed to
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  Speaker 2: having to stop my feet and have to catch it
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  Speaker 2: like those are all the hidden yards that we talk about,
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  Speaker 2: and you know that's a challenge for all quarterbacks. But
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  Speaker 2: but it's easy to see that. You know, he gets
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  Speaker 2: the ball out fast, and we'll continue to figure out
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  Speaker 2: what he what he does best. I think we're getting
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  Speaker 2: a good feel for that as he's getting on the
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  Speaker 2: field and playing more well.
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  Speaker 1: That will do it for today's show. We'll have much
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