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Ohio State Transfer Portal: One Final Buckeye Leaving Columbus · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Thursday, January twenty second,
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State transfer portal, and I think it is
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  Speaker 1: finally safe to go back in the water. The transfer
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  Speaker 1: portal closed on the sixteenth, but then there's a couple
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  Speaker 1: of days to get the paperwork in, and then you
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  Speaker 1: had the holiday weekend that push things back back. And
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  Speaker 1: I think, Tony Gerderman, we only have one more transfer
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  Speaker 1: portal departure for Ohio State to talk about. We saw
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  Speaker 1: this late last week and then thought maybe we should
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  Speaker 1: wait and just make sure it's really really safe. So, Tony,
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  Speaker 1: is it safe to say that Cody had added as
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  Speaker 1: the last Ohio State Buckeyes who entered the transfer portal
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  Speaker 1: this offseason?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. Just because there's a couple hours
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  Speaker 2: left in the business day, and I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: be the one that sends I don't know Julian's saying
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  Speaker 2: into the portal. You know, I'm not gonna be that,
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  Speaker 2: but mostly safe, Like, what are the chances the one
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  Speaker 2: shark out there in the ocean is gonna attack you?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's safe to go in the water. Just
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  Speaker 2: make sure you're not.
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  Speaker 1: Bleeding, Yeah, make sure, yes, go ahead and put those
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  Speaker 1: band aids on. And let's talk for a minute about
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  Speaker 1: Cody had Had. He is a guy who came in
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  Speaker 1: as a true freshman last year, really didn't play, was
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  Speaker 1: not someone who was pushing for playing time. It felt
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  Speaker 1: like it was interesting to me how late he went
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  Speaker 1: into the portal. But it's also interesting where he's going
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  Speaker 1: because I think you would say true freshman didn't play obviously,
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  Speaker 1: was never going to play anywhere close to High State.
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  Speaker 1: And then he's visiting Iowa, which is a place that's
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  Speaker 1: like Man that is a place that knows pretty good
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  Speaker 1: safety play. So that to me was a pretty interesting
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't expecting him necessarily to go in the portal,
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  Speaker 1: and then I was pretty surprised where he ended ended
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  Speaker 1: up going and you know the caliber of schools that
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  Speaker 1: he's potentially looking at well.
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  Speaker 2: And you know that's the case for a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the guys where it's not a huge step down for
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  Speaker 2: most of these guys. In some cases it's maybe even
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  Speaker 2: a lateral move. But with codya dad like, I'm not
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  Speaker 2: going to doubt Iowa's eye for talent, it's just he
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  Speaker 2: never he didn't. He didn't get on the field last
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  Speaker 2: year for Ohio State and the And it's not like
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  Speaker 2: the room was super deep with proven talent because we
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  Speaker 2: saw Lee Roy, Roker Richard freshman and Fiend Delaying true
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  Speaker 2: freshman playing in the too deep at times. So this
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  Speaker 2: was a situation where just didn't quite have the year
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  Speaker 2: in practice basically to get on the field. But as
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  Speaker 2: long as he has patients and in a place like
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  Speaker 2: Iowa or anywhere in the Big ten, you know he's
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  Speaker 2: he's a ballfinder. He's a physical guy. He's not the
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  Speaker 2: biggest guy, but he is. He's a tough, tough defender
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  Speaker 2: and hopefully ends up somewhere that can appreciate those skills.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's one of those people where I didn't really
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  Speaker 1: have an opinion on him because I didn't get a
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  Speaker 1: chance to really see him. We saw him a little
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  Speaker 1: bit in springball, but that was kind of it and
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  Speaker 1: a true freshmen and springball you kind of go, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, we'll see and you will see in
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  Speaker 1: the fall. And then we didn't really see him in
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  Speaker 1: the fall. So hard to have a real firm opinion there.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, that'll be interesting to see where he lands.
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  Speaker 1: And then now the question is where does Ohio State land,
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  Speaker 1: because right now the roster limit is one hundred and five.
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  Speaker 1: You can have one hundred and five players, and Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State Brian Day last year talked about not necessarily having
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  Speaker 1: all of those guys sort of quote unquote on scholarship,
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  Speaker 1: which means something different I think than it did a
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  Speaker 1: few years ago. But Tony, you have been tracking where
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State is numbers wise right now, and there is
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  Speaker 1: certainly space to bring in some more guys between now
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  Speaker 1: and the start of the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and my number, whenever I put it out there,
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  Speaker 2: somebody will be like, well, you're missing this guy, you're
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  Speaker 2: missing that guy. Roughly right now, eighty seven guys on
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  Speaker 2: scholarship and that's including the incoming guys. And when you look,
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  Speaker 2: and funnily enough, I'm gonna say, maybe bring somebody in
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  Speaker 2: on the offensive line kind of maybe like they did
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  Speaker 2: with Justin Terry last year, because right now they've got
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  Speaker 2: fifteen guys. Five of those are true freshmen, so I
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  Speaker 2: know they like to be more around sixteen or seventeen,
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  Speaker 2: and maybe adding to that room with some veteran presence
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  Speaker 2: I think would not be a terrible idea. I think
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  Speaker 2: help on the interior of the defensive line really, maybe
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  Speaker 2: anywhere on the defensive line just for some added depth
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  Speaker 2: as well, could be beneficial. How are you feeling after
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  Speaker 2: at cornerback now? Do we feel better about things after
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  Speaker 2: what they've done in the portal? Is that an area
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  Speaker 2: where I think maybe they have to feel better than
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  Speaker 2: they did?
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  Speaker 1: Oh? Yeah, for sure. I mean at corner you've got
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  Speaker 1: your two guys, who Devin Sanchez. I'm just sort of
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  Speaker 1: projecting in there as a starting caliber player in year two.
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  Speaker 1: You know what you got with Jermaine Matthews. They brought
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  Speaker 1: in Cam Calhoun as a veteran just to have some
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  Speaker 1: sort of quality, you know, some depth there in terms
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  Speaker 1: of just veteran depth. You brought in Dominic Kelly out
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  Speaker 1: of Georgia. I think he's someone who probably can be
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  Speaker 1: at least you know what Devin Chanchez was last year,
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  Speaker 1: I would guess. And then you've got a couple of
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  Speaker 1: really talented true freshmen coming in as well in Timmins
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  Speaker 1: and Thomas. Six guys there. That feels like you've kind
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  Speaker 1: of I think you've sort of checked all your boxes
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  Speaker 1: there where you have your two returning guys, you've got
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  Speaker 1: your next man up in Kelly, You've got your veteran
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  Speaker 1: just in case guy in Calhoun, and you got the
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  Speaker 1: two freshmen who you don't need them to play, but
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  Speaker 1: if they can, there's opportunities there. So there, I feel, okay,
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  Speaker 1: I agree with you. Offensive line. I don't think they
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  Speaker 1: need to you know, I've seen a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: saying Jordan's seat and Jordan's seat, and they don't need
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  Speaker 1: to get Jordan's seaton. They're fine. The top, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the top level of the offensive line I think is fine.
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  Speaker 2: Right now.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you, though, I think you want to get
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  Speaker 1: a couple more more depth kind of guys. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: Justin Terry, who they brought in from West Virginia last
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  Speaker 1: year and he was only here for one year, but
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  Speaker 1: he was a guy who had played before, you know,
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  Speaker 1: had a little bit of college experience. They brought in
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah Keema, who was a true freshman last year out
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  Speaker 1: of Lubbock, Texas, and he was sort of the third
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  Speaker 1: string center, but he was a sort of late addition
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  Speaker 1: to the class. I wonder if maybe you're looking at
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  Speaker 1: another high school offensive lineman, or you know, another not
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  Speaker 1: top tier kind of offensive lineman or even defensive lineman
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  Speaker 1: as you mentioned out of the portal, but just at
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  Speaker 1: least some depth guys, some more veteran depth kind of
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  Speaker 1: guys where if someone gets hurt, if you're you know,
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  Speaker 1: you can run through lineman pretty quickly. And I think
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  Speaker 1: everyone every Ohio State fan over the age of about
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  Speaker 1: thirty or so can probably remember some of those late
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  Speaker 1: two thousand's early twenty tens depth charts where the starting
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  Speaker 1: left guard was also the backup right guard, and the
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  Speaker 1: starting right tackle is also the backup center in the
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  Speaker 1: backup center is also and he was like, oh boy,
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  Speaker 1: as long as no one touches anything in this Jenga tower,
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  Speaker 1: it's all going to be fine. Keep everyone in bubble
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  Speaker 1: wrap and it'll be okay.
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  Speaker 2: And we also remember at that time and even later,
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  Speaker 2: guys moving from offensive line to defensive line, back and forth,
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  Speaker 2: as you're looking to fill those spots out and robbing
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  Speaker 2: Peter to pay Paul. You don't have to do that anymore.
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  Speaker 2: You can just go rob Duke. Basically, I think at
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  Speaker 2: this point though, we're talking late round draft picks and
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  Speaker 2: undrafted free agents. To use the NFL terminology there in
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  Speaker 2: terms of finding help, because I think I don't think
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  Speaker 2: a starter is going to suddenly his paperwork finally gets
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  Speaker 2: put in by the school here in the next couple
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  Speaker 2: of hours in Ohio states, like, that's our guy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not expecting any real boom headline making additions,
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  Speaker 1: but I am expecting additions. The other spot we really
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  Speaker 1: do need to talk about is special teams, because they
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  Speaker 1: brought in a kicker. I think they're feeling pretty good
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  Speaker 1: about and and they've got Joe McGuire back, and so
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  Speaker 1: you have a punter back. But I don't you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's not a second kicker there right now, and there's
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  Speaker 1: not necessarily a second punter right now. And that could
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  Speaker 1: be a high school edition, that's certainly a possibility. It
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  Speaker 1: could be a portal edition. You bring someone in and say,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you can compete for the job in spring ball.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know that the punting fer ole House
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  Speaker 1: date had been so spectacular that it's like, well, obviously
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  Speaker 1: that's just a you know, that's not a real competition.
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  Speaker 1: I think that those are a couple spots where you
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  Speaker 1: could potentially see them bring someone in else, someone else
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  Speaker 1: in as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree with that, and Frank they will.
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  Speaker 2: That's you can go ahead and mark that down and
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  Speaker 2: inc there will be more than one kicker and more
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  Speaker 2: than one punter on the team and that's just going
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  Speaker 2: to have to happen. And that's something that generally we'll
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  Speaker 2: see anytime now where somebody just tweets out I'm committed,
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  Speaker 2: blessed to commit to Ohio State and whatever, and it's like, well,
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  Speaker 2: who is this guy. I've never heard of him before,
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  Speaker 2: and it's like, well, he's a four star Chris Sailor
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  Speaker 2: Camp kicker from twenty twenty four. And then you go
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  Speaker 2: read about it, it's like, oh, okay, he was you know,
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  Speaker 2: Louisville's second team kicker or whatever, and he's walking on
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  Speaker 2: or whatever, and so yes, they will add a couple
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  Speaker 2: more kicking specialists.
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  Speaker 1: All right, So there you go, a quick update on
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  Speaker 1: where things stand with the portal now closed, and we're
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  Speaker 1: pretty sure done, almost certainly done, and if not, well,
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  Speaker 1: don't worry. We'll be back with another show very soon.
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  Speaker 1: Either way, we'll be back with another show very soon.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see if it's about the transfer portal next time.
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  Speaker 1: But that will do it for today. Thank you guys
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  Speaker 1: all for joining us. Have a great day. We'll talk
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  Speaker 1: to you tomorrow.