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Ohio State Spring Football Preview: Jeremiah Smith & The Wide Receivers · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckey's Tomorrow Morning for Saturday, February fourteenth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: All right, on today's show, we're continuing our series looking
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  Speaker 1: at the Ohio state depth chart, and we're going to
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  Speaker 1: do that. But the person who was always first string
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  Speaker 1: on our depth chart, Tony Gerderman of Buckeye Huddle dot com. Tony,
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  Speaker 1: don't let the positive comment for you. I wanted. I
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  Speaker 1: do want to get into the depth the content of
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  Speaker 1: today's show. Yesterday we talked about the quarterbacks and the
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  Speaker 1: running backs and the tight ends, and those were all
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  Speaker 1: fairly straightforward. Today we're getting into wide receivers and this
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  Speaker 1: is where this is going to get a little more complicated.
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  Speaker 1: There's one or two spots that you kind of go, yeah, okay,
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  Speaker 1: I know what's going on there, and then behind them
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of question mark. So we're gonna start
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  Speaker 1: with the easiest of the positions, the X wide receiver position.
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  Speaker 1: That's kind of the you know, the possession wide receiver,
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  Speaker 1: not you know, not the real speedy downfield guy, not
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  Speaker 1: the little short slot guy. This sort of the you know,
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  Speaker 1: the big receiver. This is the David Boston receiver. Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State has I don't know, the rich Man's David Boston
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  Speaker 1: currently playing the X first string. Not a big question there.
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  Speaker 1: But what are you viewing as the depth chart, the order,
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  Speaker 1: the running order there at X heading into the spring.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, go ahead, and with ink and fire and laser cutting,
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and put Jeremiah Smith there, as we know
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  Speaker 2: for his final season, likely with the buck eyes, and
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  Speaker 2: then behind him, you know it would have been Quincy
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  Speaker 2: Porter most likely, right, but he is off to Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 2: You look at the roster and for for what you
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  Speaker 2: assume the nil cost, you'd want to put Chris Henry
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  Speaker 2: in there, and and at that he's He's an X type,
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  Speaker 2: you know, six', five two hundred and fifteen pounds or.
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  Speaker 2: So that makes sense at that. Position now we know
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  Speaker 2: they'll move. Around but in terms of the too deep,
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  Speaker 2: there and you, know we'll see what happens With Philip
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  Speaker 2: bell as, well a recherd freshman who is you, know
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  Speaker 2: six one two hundred can play played last year, inside
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  Speaker 2: can play. Outside we'll see how much he has developed
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  Speaker 2: the outside part of his game and how much that
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  Speaker 2: continues to. Develop but AT X i think it begins
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  Speaker 2: With Jeremiah smith and then you, go, well you know,
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  Speaker 2: what we almost almost Forgot David adolph in there as.
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  Speaker 2: Well so that's one that you you, know you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to keep an eye on. HIM i think everybody
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  Speaker 2: saw him last year a lot of. Times they were
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  Speaker 2: surprised how much they saw. Him you, know depending on
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  Speaker 2: How Chris henry, does you may see him more this year.
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  Speaker 1: Too, yeah that's one of those things Where Chris henry
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  Speaker 1: is going to be Behind David adolph in. Line well
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  Speaker 1: when we're at that first. Practice that's going to be
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  Speaker 1: one of those very very interesting things to track throughout
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  Speaker 1: the course of the. Spring at what point does that?
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  Speaker 1: Change does that? Change you would you would, assume just
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  Speaker 1: based on pure, potential that that will change at some.
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  Speaker 1: Point but we Saw David adolph playing real significant snaps
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  Speaker 1: ahead of a lot of people who you probably would
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  Speaker 1: have looked at last year and, said, well certainly he'll
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  Speaker 1: be behind this. Person and THEN i think it was
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  Speaker 1: THE ucla game he had an inordinately large number of.
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  Speaker 1: Snaps so, yeah he will definitely be part of that
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  Speaker 1: part of that story one way or the. Other but,
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  Speaker 1: yeah first first and second online first and second in
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  Speaker 1: line THERE i WOULD i would Assume Jeremiah smith And
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  Speaker 1: Chris Henry. Jr that's where it's going to end, up
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  Speaker 1: probably before the start of the, season and you, know
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  Speaker 1: we'll see at what point that that actually. Happens we're
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  Speaker 1: going to move to the other side on the outside
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  Speaker 1: with the wide. Receivers this is THE z. Position if
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  Speaker 1: you are trying to picture In Ohio STATE z receiver
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  Speaker 1: in your, Head Devin smith is always a good one
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  Speaker 1: to go. To just go run the nine route and
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  Speaker 1: Let Cardial jones three the ball about fifty yards. Downfield
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  Speaker 1: Jamison williams was A z, receiver so you're talking about
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  Speaker 1: the you, know the speedy guy who can go way
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  Speaker 1: downfield and go get. It last year that Was Carnel.
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  Speaker 1: Tate last, Year Milon graham was kind of in that.
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  Speaker 1: Mix both of those guys are Gone tate off to
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  Speaker 1: THE nfl Mileon graham off the. Game so all, right
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  Speaker 1: what is THAT z position looking? Like heading into?
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  Speaker 2: Spring you, know you you Saw Ohio state go into
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  Speaker 2: the portal and grab two Guys devin McEwan From Texas
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  Speaker 2: San antonio And Kyle parker FROM. LSU i think both
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  Speaker 2: guys will see some time. There but the guy That
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  Speaker 2: i'm expecting to be there full time Is devin, McEwan
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  Speaker 2: who last year as a junior AT utsa sixty five,
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  Speaker 2: catches seven and twenty six yards eight, touchdowns can be
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  Speaker 2: a downfield, threat be a quick screen threat as. Well
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  Speaker 2: the thing that it will be interesting to see is
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  Speaker 2: can he be that guy Like Carnel tate on third
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  Speaker 2: and whatever on the sideline was able to, come you,
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  Speaker 2: know get his feet down and was a nice bailout
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  Speaker 2: For julian, SAYING i don't think you can Expect devin
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  Speaker 2: McEwen to Be Carnel. Tate what they need him to
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  Speaker 2: be is just a, reliable explosive at times receiver Opposite
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah smith who can handle one side of the field
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  Speaker 2: and not be a liability and not be somebody that
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  Speaker 2: just the defense doesn't have to worry about the defense
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  Speaker 2: needs to be concerned about everybody out running routes in
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  Speaker 2: order to Make Jeremiah smith a full reach his full
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  Speaker 2: potential in this. Offense so you, know McEwen has been
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  Speaker 2: explosive in the, past but he's also just been productive
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  Speaker 2: always forty two cats is a true, freshman forty five
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  Speaker 2: and eight games as a sophomore and then sixty five
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  Speaker 2: and twelve games last. Year he's always just been. There
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  Speaker 2: they're number one guy, basically and now we'll see what
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  Speaker 2: he can do At Ohio. State we'll see how that.
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  Speaker 2: Translates but he's the GUY i expect to be number.
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  Speaker 2: One will he be number one right out of the.
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  Speaker 2: Gate that's another thing where you know he is a.
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  Speaker 2: Veteran sure he's brand, new but you look at who
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  Speaker 2: Else Ohio state has at that position that has experience
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  Speaker 2: In Brandon. Innis but he's your slot receiver, guy, Right
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  Speaker 2: so you look and it's, like, well you, know true
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  Speaker 2: freshman's your Quadon, guildford you probably expect him to play.
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  Speaker 2: There Brock boyd another true, Freshman Jaden, Ricketts like those
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  Speaker 2: guys are ALL z, types but they're not going to
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  Speaker 2: be at the front of the. Line they're not going
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  Speaker 2: to be running first in the depth, chart So i'm
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  Speaker 2: going to assume It's devin McEwan and Then Kyle. PARKER
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  Speaker 2: i don't even know where to put him right. Now
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna be floating back and, FORTH i would. Assume
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  Speaker 2: but you, know is this Where Philip bell? IS i
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  Speaker 2: guess a good problem to have when you're not sure
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  Speaker 2: where everybody will fit, in but you know that they
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  Speaker 2: have the skill sets to fit. In But i'll be
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  Speaker 2: Watching Jack Quentin gilford And Brock, boyd those two true
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  Speaker 2: freshmen to, see if you, know how much they can
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  Speaker 2: rise at that.
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  Speaker 1: Position, yeah that's another spot where you we'll see what
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  Speaker 1: it is on day one of spring, ball and then
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  Speaker 1: it'll be real interesting to see what it looks like
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  Speaker 1: on practice twelve or thirteen of spring ball and where
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  Speaker 1: guys are at that point going inside to THE h,
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  Speaker 1: position the slot receiver that, is as you, Mentioned Brandon
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  Speaker 1: ennis is, there and Then Kle. PARKER i mean, You Philip,
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  Speaker 1: bell it's a whole lot of NAMES i think you've
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  Speaker 1: probably already said on this, show and it's just a
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  Speaker 1: matter of, okay and which one of them are inside
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  Speaker 1: instead of.
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  Speaker 2: Outside, yeah and the one name we haven't yet said
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  Speaker 2: Is Does, jones who red shirted last, year who Was
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  Speaker 2: Malachai tony on the scout team and, playoffs so you
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  Speaker 2: know he's quick and he's. Explosive but, Yeah i'm this
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  Speaker 2: almost feels for as confused as we are about what
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  Speaker 2: Exactly Kyle parker will be, DOING i feel like it'll
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  Speaker 2: Be Brandon innis with the ones And parker behind, him Then,
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  Speaker 2: bell then Does. Jones theoretically throughout, spring you know who
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  Speaker 2: of these true, Freshmen LIKE i, said you've got THREE z,
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  Speaker 2: types somebody's gonna be playing in the, SPOT i would.
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  Speaker 2: Assume so do they Like Brock boyd, there who was
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  Speaker 2: outstanding as an outside receiver in high? School do they
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  Speaker 2: Like Dr Qudon guilford to be, like you know, what
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  Speaker 2: let's make you like in A Mecca? Abuka is that
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  Speaker 2: a bad? Thing certainly. Not so it'd be interesting to
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  Speaker 2: see what shakes out with the true freshmen and how
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  Speaker 2: they want them to be. There but when you've Got
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  Speaker 2: Brandon innis and you've Got Kyle parker probably one, two,
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  Speaker 2: ONE a ONE b there because both guys had over
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  Speaker 2: thirty catches last, year it's it'll be interesting to see
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  Speaker 2: how much time there is for a number three inside.
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  Speaker 1: Receiver and the other complicating factor, here of, course is
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  Speaker 1: that no More Brian hartline and now It's Cortez. Hankton
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  Speaker 1: and how Does Cortez hankton like to rotate his wide
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  Speaker 1: receivers and how you know how much is he going
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  Speaker 1: To is he going to just really play his three
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  Speaker 1: guys or is he going to go five or six?
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  Speaker 1: Deep depends Don't we don't know a lot about this
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  Speaker 1: particular group of wide receivers. Yet we don't know exactly
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  Speaker 1: How Cortez hankin is going to view this particular group
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  Speaker 1: of wide receivers, yet so a lot to get sorted
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  Speaker 1: out in the. Spring, fortunately we'll be there for all of,
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  Speaker 1: It tony AND i And kevin covering all of spring
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  Speaker 1: ball for you At Buckeye huddle dot com where you
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  Speaker 1: or of, course if it's a little more in. Depth
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk about it on one of these shows coming up.
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  Speaker 1: Soon so that'll 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