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Bonus: How Ohio State QB Julian Sayin Made Big Changes For The 2026 Season · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: bit of a bonus show for you. This is one
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  Speaker 1: of these good weeks where we have more content than
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  Speaker 1: we have days in the week. So I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: give you some extra shows this week. This is one
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  Speaker 1: of them. Get to get a chance to hear a
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  Speaker 1: little bit from Julian sayin Ohio State starting quarterback. He's
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  Speaker 1: back for year two, big, big, big things are expected
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  Speaker 1: from Julian saying, and Julian saying himself, well, he's bigger
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  Speaker 1: than he was a year as well, a year ago
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  Speaker 1: as well. Two. So what was that A It was
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  Speaker 1: an intentional thing that Julian saying bulked up a little
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  Speaker 1: bit and what does that help him with?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm about two fifteen now, so so a little
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  Speaker 2: bit heavier than last year, and you know it was
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  Speaker 2: it was very helpful in the off season. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Coach Mex pushed me pretty hard and I think the
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  Speaker 2: extra weight has helped me in you know, throwing the
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  Speaker 2: ball and running the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Julian Saying bulked up to two fifteen by working out
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  Speaker 1: a whole bunch, and his workout partner for a lot
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  Speaker 1: of that summer was Jeremiah Smith. Jeremiah Smith actually called
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  Speaker 1: Julian Saying the toughest guy on the team at one point.
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  Speaker 1: They have been working out together. They have been intentionally
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  Speaker 1: put together as workout buddies. So what does that mean
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  Speaker 1: to have Jeremiah Smith call you the toughest guy in
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  Speaker 1: the team.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's pretty cool to hear that Jeremiah is a
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  Speaker 2: pretty tough guy too, So I know, I know it's
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  Speaker 2: it's it's cool coming from coach mec But you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's just the culture that we have here is it's about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, fighting to be the best version of yourself
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  Speaker 2: and you know, how top can we be.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that I always like during fall
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  Speaker 1: camp is, you know, you can ask the offensive guys
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  Speaker 1: about the other offensive guys and you'll get answers and
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  Speaker 1: they obviously know them very well and have some insight there.
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  Speaker 1: But I always like to hear from guys on one
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball talking about players on the other
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball. So in this case, it's quarterback
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  Speaker 1: Julian saying talking about cornerback Jay Timmins. He is a
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  Speaker 1: true freshman who has been a surprise starter. I guess
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  Speaker 1: we've been with the ones quite a bit during the
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  Speaker 1: first couple practices of the fall at that nickel position.
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  Speaker 1: It is, you know, a true freshman that's normally someone
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  Speaker 1: you would kind of go after as a quarterback, you're
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  Speaker 1: looking for the fish, right, find the fish, find the
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  Speaker 1: weak link, and go right after him. Saying says, that's
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  Speaker 1: not the case here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know you always kind of look for as
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  Speaker 2: a quarterback, you kind of look for like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: who can we go after? And you know, our secondary
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  Speaker 2: there's not there's not many guys that you can pick
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  Speaker 2: out they're like, oh, that's that's the guy I want
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  Speaker 2: to go after. So it's a It definitely makes it
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  Speaker 2: tough on our offense. But you know, like like coach
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  Speaker 2: Day always says, it's it's iron sharpens iron, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: we play against the great defense and it prepares us
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  Speaker 2: for the for saturdays.
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  Speaker 1: As you watch practice, Jeremiah Smith and Julian Saying are
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  Speaker 1: talking a lot during practice. They talk all the time
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  Speaker 1: about different stuff. So when they're out there in chatting,
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  Speaker 1: what are they talking about?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just you know, how can we improve our timing
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  Speaker 2: and get you know, on on the same page on everything.
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  Speaker 2: And you know a lot of that work was done
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  Speaker 2: in the off season and you know it's communication is
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  Speaker 2: is the best thing for our offense, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: how can we you know, get to the point where
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  Speaker 2: we know what each other is thinking and you know,
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  Speaker 2: being able to take the points from coach Day, you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously an elite developer of quarterbacks and somebody who knows
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  Speaker 2: the past game really well, and as somebody who you
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  Speaker 2: know gives us great points. I mean, Jeremiah always come
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  Speaker 2: together and kind of talk, talk through whether it's a
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  Speaker 2: certain route or certain coverage, what can we do to
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  Speaker 2: beat this week?
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  Speaker 1: One of fall camp is in the books. And yes
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  Speaker 1: it is only three days season just under four weeks
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  Speaker 1: away right now. So with the understanding yes it is
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  Speaker 1: just three days, we're just where do things stand overall
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  Speaker 1: for the Buckeyes right now after the first week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's been. It's been fun. You know, just
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  Speaker 2: getting started really you know, uh and put the pads
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  Speaker 2: on today and you know, just getting on the same
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  Speaker 2: page with the offense and you know, being able to
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  Speaker 2: continue to develop our trust and our growth. It's been.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a goo group to work with.
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  Speaker 1: One of the storylines on Saturday was the return of
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  Speaker 1: running back Legend Bay to the practice field. He missed
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  Speaker 1: the first couple days of practice disciplinary reasons. He was
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  Speaker 1: back out there on Saturday, had a couple of wow plays,
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  Speaker 1: so definitely someone to still keep your eye on. Here's
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  Speaker 1: some thoughts from Julian saying on Bay and some other
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  Speaker 1: guys as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, we've got some talented guys on the
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  Speaker 2: opposite side of the ball. You know. Legend did some
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  Speaker 2: did some good things today. He's obviously a dangerous player
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  Speaker 2: with the all in his hands, so you know, and
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  Speaker 2: Devin made some great plays today, yesterday, the did before.
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  Speaker 2: He's been consistent.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that a bunch of us are
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  Speaker 1: talking about is we were watching practice this week, was
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  Speaker 1: the fact that it is it is a little more
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  Speaker 1: physical and high energy than it feels like it often
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  Speaker 1: is this time of year. Is is that sort of normal?
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  Speaker 1: Is that an insane's mind? Is that a good thing? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I think you definitely, you know, encourage it because you
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  Speaker 2: know it's it really it brings the best out of
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  Speaker 2: both sides. You know, we like you love the chippiness.
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  Speaker 2: You love You don't obviously wanted to get excessive, to
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  Speaker 2: get into fights or get anything like that and waste time,
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  Speaker 2: but you love the chippiness because you know that's what
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be like on Saturdays, and we're making each
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  Speaker 2: other better.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that keeps the energy up around
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  Speaker 1: practice is trash talk. And we know players like to
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  Speaker 1: trash talk. We know, especially the defensive players love to
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  Speaker 1: trash talk. So all right, Julian saying, who are the
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  Speaker 1: biggest trash talkers on the defensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I'm I'm close with Peyton Pierce, so I
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  Speaker 2: think you know me and him we can we can uh.
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  Speaker 2: And then also the corners and the safeties like like
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  Speaker 2: your like Jermaineal Jermaine will talk to you, Earl will
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  Speaker 2: talk to you. Jalen won't won't won't talk as much
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  Speaker 2: to the quarterback. But Earl and Germaine and and Devin,
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  Speaker 2: I'll talk to you.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned earlier that Julian saying had put on some additional weight,
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  Speaker 1: put on some additional muscle, and and had really intentionally
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  Speaker 1: be trying to get bigger. One of the areas where
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  Speaker 1: that can show up is in your velocity. Maybe just
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  Speaker 1: get a little more zip on your ball. Is he
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  Speaker 1: seeing velocity gains after the offseason work he put in, being.
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  Speaker 2: Able to add some weight and improve strength in the
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  Speaker 2: off season, and you know, have a have a stronger
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  Speaker 2: base and have you know a little bit stronger legs
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  Speaker 2: is able to help, you know, increase that pace. And
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  Speaker 2: you know there's coach that always says there's nobody open
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  Speaker 2: in the red zone. It's every every window is going
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  Speaker 2: to be tight, and you gotta throw a ton of
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  Speaker 2: pace and we gotta make great catches, so that it
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  Speaker 2: comes from comes from that.
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  Speaker 1: One of the players we were talking a bunch about
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  Speaker 1: during fall camp is running back Isaiah West Drew, sophomore
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  Speaker 1: running back. He was limited by injuries last year, missed
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  Speaker 1: spring ball again this year after having some injury clean
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  Speaker 1: up surgery. But he is back and he looks really
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  Speaker 1: good this fall. So what are Julian sayin's impressions of
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah West.
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  Speaker 2: He's done some great things. You know, he's somebody who
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  Speaker 2: had had a really good offseason, had a really good summer,
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  Speaker 2: and is you know, somebody who the offense trusts a lot,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, the whole building trusts a lot. We
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  Speaker 2: have a great running back room, you know, Isaiah bo
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  Speaker 2: Jacoby Legend, all those guys that they're they're they're they're
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  Speaker 2: very good players, and you know it's it's it's a
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  Speaker 2: great room. So we're excited about that.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, depending on who you ask, the most powerful
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  Speaker 1: people in the state of Ohio are the governor of Ohio,
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  Speaker 1: the head coach of Ohio State, and the quarterback of
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State in some order. And it's usually one of
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  Speaker 1: those three guys is one of the is going to
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  Speaker 1: be either the gold, silver, or bronze medalist in that
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  Speaker 1: particular area. And it just sort of depends on the
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  Speaker 1: year and who you want to ask. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: being the quarterback in Ohio State at the age of
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  Speaker 1: nineteen or twenty or twenty one, I mean, that's that's
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  Speaker 1: a lot to put on a guy's shoulder. So how
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  Speaker 1: does he do with handling the off field stuff and
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  Speaker 1: being as celebrity as an Ohio State quarterback?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I think you know, I was able to kind
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  Speaker 2: of see at my freshman year with Will and see
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  Speaker 2: how to kind of deal with that. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: our fans are great here. They are super respectful, super supportive,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we appreciate.
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  Speaker 1: Them all right, So there you go, a little bit
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  Speaker 1: from Julian saying after practice on Saturday that your guys
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  Speaker 1: might enjoy hearing a little bit from him. We will
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  Speaker 1: of the stuff he saw what he thinks it might mean.
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