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BONUS: What We Learned From Ryan Day After The Win Over Indiana · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to another bonus episode and oh boy is there
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  Speaker 1: a lot to talk about after Ohio State's 19-15 win
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  Speaker 1: over the Indiana Hoosiers. In this episode you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get to hear from Ohio State head coach Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: and I think one of the most interesting things that
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  Speaker 1: you're going to hear from him is not any of
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  Speaker 1: the words he's saying but how he's saying them and
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  Speaker 1: how upbeat he was after the game. Obviously It was
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  Speaker 1: a very narrow win. Obviously, it was a revenge game. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: it was a win over the defending national champions. It
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  Speaker 1: was a top five road win. So there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: to be excited about. But also, you're going to hear
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  Speaker 1: an update on Julian Sane, and that is not a
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  Speaker 1: particularly encouraging one. So there is a lot of different
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  Speaker 1: dynamics at work here during this press conference. I did
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  Speaker 1: think it was very interesting exactly how upbeat Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: was in that moment, especially given how I think some
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State fans were trying to look bigger picture and
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  Speaker 1: thinking not quite as positive thoughts. So you'll get to
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  Speaker 1: hear a whole bunch from Ryan Day about Julian Sane,
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  Speaker 1: about the win, about what it means, and a little
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  Speaker 1: bit looking forward as well. This is probably a good
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  Speaker 1: week for Ohio State to have a bye week, not
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  Speaker 1: only so that they can start working in new starting
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  Speaker 1: quarterback Luke Fahey, but also so we have a little
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  Speaker 1: more time to talk about all of these different storylines.
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  Speaker 2: Let's start.
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  Speaker 1: With a twofer here. Uh, the question was an update
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  Speaker 1: on Julian saying, and then also what was Ryan day
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  Speaker 1: thinking as the ball was in the air on that
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  Speaker 1: last pass for Indiana?
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  Speaker 2: Boy, that was a lot of questions. I mean, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of stuff to go over and two quick questions.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 3: First, Julian, um, you know, I don't have a ton
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  Speaker 3: of details, but he'll probably be out for, for several weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Um, so, you know, we'll have to, um, they'll come
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  Speaker 2: up with a plan there.
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  Speaker 3: Um, and then when the ball was in the air
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  Speaker 3: yeah I was starting to think about.
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  Speaker 2: You know getting getting a two minute drill ready to
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  Speaker 2: roll but we talked about.
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  Speaker 3: Going you know into that drive as the drive was
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  Speaker 3: going on on the headset like you know we got
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  Speaker 3: to go in this game on defense and you got
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  Speaker 3: to give our staff credit you got to give the
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  Speaker 3: players credit you got to give Matt credit you know
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  Speaker 3: we were aggressive in that moment and it worked out
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  Speaker 3: for us and so Um, I thought the defense, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just grinded all, all game was resilient and got to
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  Speaker 3: give Indiana, Indiana, a lot of credits, a very good team,
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  Speaker 3: you know, uh, to win 22 straight games with those players.
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  Speaker 3: Charlie Becker was, uh, you know, just played out of
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  Speaker 3: his mind today and, um, and defensively, you know, they,
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  Speaker 3: they keep coming at you. Um, but, but obviously the
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  Speaker 3: big points in the game were some of the turnovers
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  Speaker 3: we created. Um, you know, we had an opportunity on offense. We,
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  Speaker 3: I felt like to kind of separate a little bit and, um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we didn't finish that one drive. We, we
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  Speaker 3: had to pick, um, But the fourth down, obviously, conversion
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  Speaker 3: with Jeremiah was a giant play in the game. And
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  Speaker 3: at the end of the half, finding a way and
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  Speaker 3: being resilient at the last play to score there. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that was it. It was a hard-fought game,
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  Speaker 3: and the guys never gave up. You know, we wanted
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  Speaker 3: to be able to win a game like this in
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  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter. And the last couple weeks, I felt
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  Speaker 3: like we were able to do that on offense, the
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  Speaker 3: run game. And this game, it came down to the defense.
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  Speaker 1: When Julian saying first goes down and then Luke Fahey
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  Speaker 1: has to go in the game on the road, fourth quarter, loud,
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  Speaker 1: hostile atmosphere, top five opponent, how much changes when Luke
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  Speaker 1: Fahey goes in there?
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  Speaker 3: As you can imagine, tough spot for him to come,
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  Speaker 3: come into. Um, I think it was moving fast for
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  Speaker 3: him there. And, um, and so, you know, we're trying
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  Speaker 3: to find some things that kind of calm them down
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  Speaker 3: a little bit. We only hit a couple of runs, but, um,
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  Speaker 3: we weren't consistent enough. And then, you know, we had
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  Speaker 3: the false start and I was concerned about that. Just
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  Speaker 3: when you have somebody new come in with the change
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  Speaker 3: of cadence, it just, it just takes a little bit
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  Speaker 3: to be off. And, you know, we, we had again,
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  Speaker 3: too many penalties here. Um, but, um, but yeah, I mean, it's,
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  Speaker 3: it's not the same when you come in as, as,
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  Speaker 3: you know, a young freshman like that in that spot. But, um,
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  Speaker 3: but one thing about Luke and you can see on
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  Speaker 3: that scramble that he made, I mean, he stepped right up,
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  Speaker 3: he's got confidence, he's got athletic ability, uh, he's a
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  Speaker 3: competitive kid. So, um, I don't think the moment was
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  Speaker 3: too big for him. He was just moving fast for him.
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  Speaker 3: And if he had a few more drives, I think
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  Speaker 3: he would have found the speed of the game.
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith finished the game with four catches for 68
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  Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown. Touchdown was a pretty darn big
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  Speaker 1: one on a fourth down, sort of a holy Buckeye
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  Speaker 1: 2 kind of moment. But what did Indiana do to
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  Speaker 1: defend Jeremiah Smith? And what did Brian Day think of
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  Speaker 1: that catch that Jeremiah Smith made in the end zone?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, unbelievable catch. He's in a.
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  Speaker 3: In a unique situation where when he's, even when he
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  Speaker 3: has guys around him downfield, he's so, he's so tall
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  Speaker 3: that if you give him a chance, um, he's going
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  Speaker 3: to make some plays.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that was a good example of that.
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  Speaker 3: Um, man, you know, wanted to be aggressive in that
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  Speaker 3: moment and, um, man, what a great play he made. But, uh, well, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I think that, They certainly had a good plan for
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  Speaker 3: how they want to do that. And then when we
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  Speaker 3: were able to move the ball, especially at the end
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  Speaker 3: of the first half, Chris Henry came up with a
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  Speaker 3: couple of big catches because he found himself in some
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  Speaker 3: one-on-one situations, hit some tight ends as time went on.
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  Speaker 3: But we just need to be a little more consistent
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  Speaker 3: with some of the other stuff that when he's getting
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  Speaker 3: doubled or he's getting more attention, that we're able to
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  Speaker 3: do that. So when you go against good defenses like this,
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  Speaker 3: that's going to come up. But I think we'll come
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  Speaker 3: out of this game and recognize that there's more areas
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  Speaker 3: to be, you know, more exact in terms of our execution.
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  Speaker 1: You heard him say earlier that they were going to
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  Speaker 1: be without Julian Zane for at least several weeks. So
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  Speaker 1: how does he feel looking ahead without knowing that Julian
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  Speaker 1: Zane has been there?
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  Speaker 3: You know, when, when, when someone goes down, someone's got
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  Speaker 3: to step up. Jacoby Jackson went down, Austin Saraville went down,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we've had some guys go down. So guys
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  Speaker 3: got to step up. The quarterback position obviously is different,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, we'll, we'll, you know, regroup. We've got
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  Speaker 3: a bye week to kind of figure that out. And,
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  Speaker 3: we got a good team. And, and, and so, you know,
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  Speaker 3: this is all bigger than just one person. Certainly, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we don't want to see him get hurt and we,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we need them, but at the same time,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we'll, we'll come together and.
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  Speaker 2: Figure this out. And we, we got a good team.
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  Speaker 3: We just, you know, if Luke's in there, we just
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  Speaker 3: may need to, you know, do things just a little
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  Speaker 3: bit differently. But the bi-week gives us a chance to
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  Speaker 3: regroup on that and kind of put our heads together.
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  Speaker 1: The Buckeyes obviously started their season with a road loss
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  Speaker 1: against Texas in their first road game. And it was
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  Speaker 1: kind of a similar game where they were up a
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  Speaker 1: little bit and then the opponent came back and it
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  Speaker 1: got real close at the end and that one could
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  Speaker 1: have gone either way and this one could have gone
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  Speaker 1: either way. So what does it mean to pull out
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  Speaker 1: a game like this on the road after not being
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  Speaker 1: able to do it against Texas?
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  Speaker 3: You know, when I think back on some of the
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  Speaker 3: years we've had here where we didn't find ourselves in
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  Speaker 3: games like this, you don't always know as much about
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  Speaker 3: your team as I think we do right now.
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  Speaker 2: And they're challenged.
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  Speaker 3: They feel much more comfortable right now playing in the
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  Speaker 3: fourth quarter than I think they did to start the season.
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  Speaker 3: But I also think half the guys on the team
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  Speaker 3: weren't here last year. So I think every week we're
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  Speaker 3: getting more cemented as a team and the brotherhood's getting stronger.
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  Speaker 3: In years past when guys are here three, four, five years,
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  Speaker 3: they spent a lot of time together.
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  Speaker 2: They have experiences together.
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  Speaker 3: Games like this, losses like we had early in the season,
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  Speaker 3: they bring you together in a shorter period of time.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think now more than ever, you've got
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  Speaker 3: to have a team that plays for each other, that
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  Speaker 3: plays with heart, that plays with passion.
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  Speaker 2: I think you saw that today.
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  Speaker 3: I think these guys at the end of the fourth
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  Speaker 3: quarter came together. They just had a great look in
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  Speaker 3: their eye. They played with great emotion. They played with
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  Speaker 3: great purpose today. And I think they saw this as
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  Speaker 3: an opportunity to come together. So I think to your question,
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  Speaker 3: we've learned more about this group than maybe we have
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  Speaker 3: at this point in years past.
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  Speaker 1: After that bye week, there are bigger games ahead. The
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  Speaker 1: challenge gets deeper. They go to USC. They get Oregon
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  Speaker 1: at home. They get Nebraska on the road, but you
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  Speaker 1: get Northwestern at home before that, and then you finish
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  Speaker 1: with Michigan. What is the confidence level of them to
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  Speaker 1: get through the next month of the schedule, however much
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  Speaker 1: of that is, without Julian saying that they can still
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  Speaker 1: be in a position to win the national championship?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I mean, we'll kind of cross that bridge
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  Speaker 3: as it comes up, but if that happens.
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  Speaker 2: What an unbelievable opportunity, right?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, if Um, I mean, it's always an opportunity,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like, and that, that's what, um, I think,
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  Speaker 3: you know, when we have an opportunity to come to
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  Speaker 3: Ohio state, you know, people always say, well, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you follow up urban Meyer.
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  Speaker 2: What if this, what if.
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  Speaker 3: This, what if this, I mean, I've heard so many
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  Speaker 3: people ask me that question, you know, what if we don't,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and it's the same thing, like, Hey man, Like,
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  Speaker 3: what an unbelievable opportunity to come in and lead this
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  Speaker 3: team right here with these type of players, throwing the
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  Speaker 3: ball to Jeremiah Smith and Devin McEwen and Chris Henry
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  Speaker 3: and having Bo Jackson in this offensive line. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: with the defense coming together like this, I mean, this
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  Speaker 3: is the stuff that stories are made of, you know?
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  Speaker 2: And so, you know, we'll see.
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  Speaker 3: It's just fresh off the game, so we'll kind of
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  Speaker 3: enjoy this game for at least 24 hours, but then
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  Speaker 3: we'll figure that out. But we got a lot of
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  Speaker 3: great pieces and a lot of really good teams, so
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  Speaker 3: we may have to look a little different, but that's okay.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of teams doing it a
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  Speaker 2: lot of different ways.
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  Speaker 1: The Indiana Hoosiers were coming in on a 22-game winning streak.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of those games had been close wins, and
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  Speaker 1: they'd found a way to win all of them.
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  Speaker 2: Just last week, you saw them.
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  Speaker 1: Come back from a 17-6 fourth-quarter deficit to beat Nebraska.
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  Speaker 1: Knowing that and knowing that Indiana was going to fight
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  Speaker 1: until the very end, what was Ryan Day thinking as
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  Speaker 1: he was watching that fourth quarter?
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  Speaker 2: It was more about us.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, certainly when you watch, you know, Becker
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  Speaker 3: out there, he's a tremendous player. And, you know, he's
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  Speaker 3: making these catches on the sideline. We've got guys hanging
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  Speaker 3: all over him. You know, we see the same thing
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  Speaker 3: with Jeremiah. But I just, our guys never flinched. They
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  Speaker 3: had a different look in their eye. And now listen,
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  Speaker 3: if you catch the ball in the corner of the
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  Speaker 3: end zone and his foot's, you know, a yard in,
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  Speaker 3: we're all sitting here in a different spot. When you
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  Speaker 3: think about the Texas game, I can name about seven
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  Speaker 3: things where it came.
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  Speaker 2: Down to one play. We were able to find a
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  Speaker 2: way to win the game in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 3: That's the bottom line. And so It was more about
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  Speaker 3: us um and when i think back on that game
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  Speaker 3: you know we learned lessons and as you saw matt
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  Speaker 3: you know and our defensive staff and all of us
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  Speaker 3: you know we made some decisions to be more aggressive
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  Speaker 3: in those moments um especially when julian went down we
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  Speaker 3: wanted to win the game on defense um you know
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  Speaker 3: if julian was there and it was a different situation
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  Speaker 3: maybe we would have said hey you know let's Let's
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  Speaker 3: think about it.
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  Speaker 2: But we knew we had to go win the game
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  Speaker 2: on defense.
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  Speaker 3: So again, you got to give everybody involved a lot
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  Speaker 3: of credit for this win.
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  Speaker 1: There was that goal line set of downs right before
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  Speaker 1: halftime where they took Jeremiah Smith off the field, put
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  Speaker 1: in 14 personnel, tried to run it in three times,
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  Speaker 1: didn't get anywhere. And then on fourth down, they went,
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  Speaker 1: spread it out through the pass to Bo Jackson and
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  Speaker 1: scored on fourth down. So what was the thinking there?
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  Speaker 1: behind the 14 personnel, and behind spreading it out and
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  Speaker 1: throwing it to Bo.
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  Speaker 3: Well, getting in 14 wasn't working. And they do a
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  Speaker 3: good job. I mean, they're stout. They crouch in the
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  Speaker 3: inside gaps and then get vertical. And I thought we
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  Speaker 3: had a crease a couple of times and we didn't.
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  Speaker 2: And so.
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  Speaker 3: What was not an option was kicking a field goal
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  Speaker 3: at that point. We're just not going to let that happen.
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  Speaker 3: And so at that point, I said, well, this clearly
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  Speaker 3: isn't working out. We had when we got the first down,
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  Speaker 3: I said to myself, we at least have three downs
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  Speaker 3: to try to hammer this in there.
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  Speaker 2: And then the fourth down, we'll, we'll, we'll.
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  Speaker 3: Try to, uh, spread them out a little bit, but, um,
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  Speaker 3: we'll go back to the drawing board and see, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we gotta be able to hammer that in when we
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  Speaker 3: get down in there in those big spots. But, um,
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  Speaker 3: give Jules a lot of credit, you know, finding Bo
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  Speaker 3: and I thought Bo made a nice catch cause it was,
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  Speaker 3: it was kind of high in a way right there.
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  Speaker 3: So that, that was big for us. And they've been
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  Speaker 3: a huge, what is that? Seven games in a row.
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  Speaker 3: We scored a touchdown at the end of the first
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  Speaker 3: half that, yeah, that's, that's pretty amazing. Um, But resilient,
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  Speaker 3: resilient against a good defense.
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  Speaker 1: All right. That is the first of what is probably
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  Speaker 1: going to be a number of bonus episodes this week. Man, oh, man,
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  Speaker 1: is there a lot to talk about around this team,
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  Speaker 1: around the injury to Julian Sane and what that could mean.
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  Speaker 1: The new starting quarterback, Luke Fahey, around the scheme stuff
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  Speaker 1: from the Indiana game, around the scheme stuff for what
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  Speaker 1: they might try and do moving forward with Luke Fahey
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  Speaker 1: at quarterback. Man, oh man, is there going to be
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  Speaker 1: a lot to talk about? We would love to talk
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