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BONUS: Ryan Day Breaks Down What Went Wrong At USC · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: This is the first of a couple of bonus shows
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  Speaker 1: from the Tuesday Ryan Day press conference. Man, he had
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  Speaker 1: a lot of interesting stuff to say. There were a
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  Speaker 1: lot of interesting questions. He gave some really insightful answers.
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  Speaker 1: I think you guys will enjoy this one as much
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  Speaker 1: as anyone's going to enjoy a show talking about a
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  Speaker 1: loss to USC. So we're going to have two different shows.
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  Speaker 1: This one is going to be sort of backward facing,
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  Speaker 1: looking specifically at that USC game, what went wrong there.
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  Speaker 1: And then we'll have another one that's a little more
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  Speaker 1: forward facing and big picture, looking at some of the
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  Speaker 1: stuff with the Oregon game coming up and some bigger
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  Speaker 1: picture stuff with the program. So let's start with the
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  Speaker 1: USC game. And one of the big questions that a
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  Speaker 1: lot of people had, why not use more tempo when
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  Speaker 1: they were down 15 in the fourth quarter?
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  Speaker 2: We did speed it up.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I think we probably could have gone faster,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, um, Looking back, was it 13 plays?
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  Speaker 3: And so we ended up kind of taking some underneath stuff.
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  Speaker 3: And then as we got closer down in there, it
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  Speaker 3: took us a while to score. I think we ate
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  Speaker 3: up a couple minutes there inside the 20-yard line. Up
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  Speaker 3: until then, I thought we were moving it decent. But
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  Speaker 3: we did get bogged down a little bit once we
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  Speaker 3: got inside the 20-yard line and needed to move faster.
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  Speaker 3: So we were kind of sugar-huddling in there, making sure
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  Speaker 3: everybody was on the same page and going.
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  Speaker 2: But we certainly would have wanted to move faster there.
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  Speaker 1: Here's another question a lot of people had. You just
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  Speaker 1: had a sneak to get down to first and goal
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  Speaker 1: with the one. In fact, it looked like the ball
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  Speaker 1: might have even gotten into the end zone and they
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  Speaker 1: overturned that on replay. But then why not just get
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  Speaker 1: right back under center and sneak it again from the
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  Speaker 1: one yard line after you just had a successful sneak
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  Speaker 1: on the previous play?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, yeah, you can as you get closer and
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  Speaker 3: closer in there. It's on the one yard line. They're
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  Speaker 3: kind of submarine in there and you know, you got
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  Speaker 3: to make a decision. You feel like you can move
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  Speaker 3: a guy, you know, who's summering, you know, with a
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  Speaker 3: young quarterback on the, you know, half yard line. You know,
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  Speaker 3: on the one before, it's not gaps defense where guys
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  Speaker 3: are kind of in that, you know, we call root
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  Speaker 3: hog where they're, you know, knocking the guys back. And so,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we wanted to kind of put in the
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  Speaker 3: running back's hands in that spot and we didn't get in.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we kept a couple of receivers on the
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  Speaker 3: field and, you know, got hit off the edge there. So,
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  Speaker 3: but at the end of the day, like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we're still in the half yard line. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the penalty is really what set us back there. And
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  Speaker 3: that was completely unacceptable.
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  Speaker 1: After the game on Saturday night, Jalen McLean said there
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  Speaker 1: were plays where he thought there was a lack of
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  Speaker 1: effort from the defense. Is that what Ryan Day saw?
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  Speaker 3: I felt like there were some plays early in the
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  Speaker 3: game where that happened. I think as the game went on,
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  Speaker 3: we started playing much faster, but there was missed tackles
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  Speaker 3: and giant plays.
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  Speaker 2: And that was the tale of the tape.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you look at The two massive 70-yarders, you
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  Speaker 3: look at the third and 19, you look at some
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  Speaker 3: of that stuff, it's completely unacceptable. We all have to
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  Speaker 3: look in the mirror and figure out why exactly that happened.
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  Speaker 3: It happens again this week, we're in trouble.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day was asked to evaluate how first-time starter, true
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  Speaker 1: freshman Luke Fahey played and where he can continue to grow.
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  Speaker 3: I think, like we said going into it, we all
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  Speaker 3: got to help this guy out and I don't think
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  Speaker 3: we did. I thought he had the right approach. It
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  Speaker 3: was not all perfect. There were certainly things that happened
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  Speaker 3: operationally that you know, for a young quarterback, it was
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  Speaker 3: a lot on him and he was working through it.
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  Speaker 3: You know, there were some, you know, misthrows, but we
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  Speaker 3: expected all that to happen. He also made a lot
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  Speaker 3: of plays. He also had command of the huddle. He
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  Speaker 3: also showed some grit out there and toughness. And so,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I go to the players, you know, the
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  Speaker 3: offensive line, I go to the wide receivers and just say, man,
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  Speaker 3: what was it like in there? And I mean, they
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  Speaker 3: were very positive about his approach out there. And I
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  Speaker 3: think you saw Him extend some plays. I thought you
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  Speaker 3: saw him make some plays. He kept playing all the
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  Speaker 3: way to the end. I thought his attitude was good
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  Speaker 3: on the sideline, even though we couldn't quite get in
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  Speaker 3: at some of these red zone opportunities. So there's things
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  Speaker 3: to build on there for sure. But we got to
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  Speaker 3: do a better job around him, helping him out as
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  Speaker 3: a young player.
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  Speaker 1: Among the many areas where Ohio State was pretty sloppy
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  Speaker 1: against USC, three more penalties on special teams. Is that
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  Speaker 1: just sort of an is-what-it-is situation at this point?
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, no. We have to clean
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  Speaker 2: them up. Yeah, no, it's not is what it is.
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  Speaker 2: It's nothing. It is what it is. We got to
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  Speaker 2: get it fixed.
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  Speaker 3: The holding play on Miles was a play where he
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  Speaker 3: was kind of getting knocked back and he grabbed the
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  Speaker 3: back of his pads. He can't do that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and that's, you know, based on technique. Bowe's penalty on
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  Speaker 3: the sideline. That's the second time that's happened. We, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we get near there. You know, I think it was close.
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  Speaker 2: We turned it in.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not going to get into that conversation, but still
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  Speaker 3: we can't leave it to be a close. That's, those
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  Speaker 3: are big time decisions, 15 yards. And then the delay
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  Speaker 3: game that that's on, that's on coaching. You know, we
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  Speaker 3: got the thing in late, we made a check and
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  Speaker 3: instead of taking a timeout in that situation, we decided
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  Speaker 3: to take a delay game. I didn't want to lose
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  Speaker 3: a timeout and you know, as much as I don't
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  Speaker 3: want to lose five yards, I also don't want to
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  Speaker 3: lose a timeout or get the, get the thing blocked. So,
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  Speaker 3: so one of them was coaching and then the two
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  Speaker 3: other one was the technique and then the other one
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  Speaker 3: was controlling the emotion.
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  Speaker 2: So what is the common thread?
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  Speaker 3: It's, You know, because to me, the penalties are killer.
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  Speaker 3: And I got to tell you, you know, at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the day, as a coach, you know, you
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  Speaker 3: got to look yourself in the mirror and figure out
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  Speaker 3: why that's happening. So if there are guys that it's
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  Speaker 3: continually happening, we got to make a change. And then
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  Speaker 3: holding guys accountable in practice the best we possibly can
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  Speaker 3: and teaching better technique.
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  Speaker 1: It was not hard to see that Jeremiah Smith was
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  Speaker 1: pretty frustrated on the sidelines at time against USC. How
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  Speaker 1: do you deal with having your very best player be
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  Speaker 1: pretty frustrated with how things are going?
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  Speaker 2: He's unbelievable.
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  Speaker 3: Like, he wants to win. And when he doesn't win,
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  Speaker 3: he gets frustrated. It's not about, you know, I need touches. Now,
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  Speaker 3: he also knows that when he touches the ball, good
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  Speaker 3: things happen. He wants to have an impact on the game.
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  Speaker 3: He also knows sometimes when there's, you know, three guys
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  Speaker 3: covering him or whatever they do to take him away,
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  Speaker 3: the other guys need to step up. And so, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's not pointing. He's not blaming fingers. He just gets
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  Speaker 3: frustrated like we all do. And he's the ultimate competitor.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, he's not somebody that's like saying, you know,
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  Speaker 3: give me the ball.
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  Speaker 2: I need the ball.
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  Speaker 3: Although that's his mentality. And so when there are opportunities
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  Speaker 3: to get him the ball and find ways to get
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  Speaker 3: him the ball, we have to do that and need
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  Speaker 3: to do that. And I think that's where Cortez, myself
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  Speaker 3: and Arthur, going into the game plan, we'll try to
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  Speaker 3: explain to him, hey, here's our plan of attack.
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  Speaker 2: Here's how we're doing. So we're all on the same page.
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  Speaker 3: So when we get in there, but hey, listen, you know,
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  Speaker 3: if there's, you know, double coverage here, it's going to
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  Speaker 3: be really hard for us.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, Here's what we need to do.
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  Speaker 3: We need to run the ball over here or someone
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  Speaker 3: needs to step up in terms of one-on-one situation. And
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  Speaker 3: that's the plan going in. So we're on the same page.
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  Speaker 3: And then we just try to find ways, regardless of
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  Speaker 3: what they're doing, to get them the ball. And then
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  Speaker 3: you have to find out, are you trying to force.
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  Speaker 2: That too much?
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  Speaker 3: And then that's the balance that we try to find.
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  Speaker 3: But no, when it comes to that, he's the ultimate competitor.
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  Speaker 3: He loves this team. He loves Ohio State. And he
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  Speaker 3: just hates to lose.
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  Speaker 1: On a show filled with not very good news, there
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  Speaker 1: is a little bit of good news. Edward Houston defensive
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  Speaker 1: tackle expected to practice this week, as of what Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day said on Tuesday night, after suffering what looked like
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  Speaker 1: an ankle injury against USC. All right, so there's a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of positive news. Now, back with the bad vibes.
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  Speaker 1: Third and 19, there was a play where it seemed
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  Speaker 1: like there was a ton of confusion on the field,
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  Speaker 1: led to a total breakdown, and USC converting a third
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  Speaker 1: and 19. What the heck happened there?
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  Speaker 2: So there was the penalty on the play that was assessed.
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  Speaker 2: Call got changed. and didn't get communicated. And then, so
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  Speaker 2: there was a misalignment. And that's all it takes.
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  Speaker 3: So again, you know, the communication, the coaching, the, you know, everybody,
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  Speaker 3: everybody involved, you know, and that's all it takes.
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  Speaker 2: It just takes one guy to be out of a
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  Speaker 2: gap and we're out of it. And so that's a
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  Speaker 2: great example.
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  Speaker 3: And so these are the types of things that if,
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  Speaker 3: you know, if we do them here again this week, then,
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  Speaker 3: you know, things aren't going to get any better.
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  Speaker 2: So we got to get them fixed.
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  Speaker 1: All right, that'll do it for this episode. We'll have
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  Speaker 1: And in the lead up to the Oregon game, still
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  Speaker 1: a very, very consequential game for Ohio State as they
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  Speaker 1: try to position themselves for a college football playoff berth.
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