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BONUS: Updates On Austin Siereveld, Kenyatta Jackson, And Other Injured Buckeyes · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Time for another bonus episode. We're going to talk about
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State Buckeyes heading out to take on the
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  Speaker 1: USC Trojans this week. Two coaches with sort of similar
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  Speaker 1: paths to their head coaching job, but in very different
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  Speaker 1: places right now. Ryan Day has his Buckeyes number two
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  Speaker 1: in the nation, feeling pretty good about life, other than
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  Speaker 1: the fact that they have to break in a new
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  Speaker 1: starting quarterback on the road this weekend. Lincoln Riley, well,
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  Speaker 1: he's got two losses on his resume already this year,
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  Speaker 1: a 24-7 loss at Wisconsin and the Buckeyes coming to town,
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  Speaker 1: and a really big roster payroll this year, what I
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  Speaker 1: think Trojans fans and boosters were expecting a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more from. So has Brian Day followed Lincoln Riley's career
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  Speaker 1: at all? Because they did, as I mentioned, come up
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  Speaker 1: in sort of similar ways. Quarterback gurus came up through
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  Speaker 1: the assistant coaching ranks and then took over for absolute
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  Speaker 1: legends at major national powerhouses. Riley for Bob Stoops at
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  Speaker 1: Oklahoma and Ryan Day for Urban Meyer with the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I know that when, uh, coach Stoops, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: transitioned similar to the way that coach Meyer did, um,
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  Speaker 2: it was similar in terms of, uh, how that all
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  Speaker 2: played out. And then, um, I know there was communication
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  Speaker 2: at the time just about, you know, how all that
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  Speaker 2: went down. And, um, but then as, as followed his career,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's obviously, um, got a tremendous mind, really
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  Speaker 2: good coach, and they've done a very good job recruiting, um,
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  Speaker 2: We're not going to have to explain to our players
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  Speaker 2: what we're up against. They know. They know who these
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  Speaker 2: guys are. They either competed against them, they were at
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  Speaker 2: camps together with them, they recognize the recruiting rankings, they
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  Speaker 2: have a lot of speed, a lot of size. I
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  Speaker 2: think he and his staff have done a great job recruiting.
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  Speaker 2: I have really good young talent in that program. We've
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  Speaker 2: got to do our do our best this week to
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  Speaker 2: stay focused, prepare. We're going to leave on Thursday night,
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  Speaker 2: get out there, and go get a win on the
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  Speaker 2: West Coast. But yeah, going back to Coach Riley and
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  Speaker 2: his staff, I think they do a really, really good job.
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  Speaker 2: And they're as good as anybody in the country, not
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  Speaker 2: only on the field, but also in recruiting.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day's football program is not the only juggernaut football
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  Speaker 1: program on the Ohio State campus. James Griega's club football team, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they're a little bit of a dynasty as well. They
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  Speaker 1: have won more than one national championship over the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of years. They also just beat Wayne State 105-0.
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  Speaker 1: So there was actually an ESPN reporter at the interviews
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  Speaker 1: on Tuesday who asked Ryan Day about the club football
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  Speaker 1: team and if whether the Ohio State varsity football team
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  Speaker 1: sees any benefits from that.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, with the club, we've been able to get
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  Speaker 2: a couple guys on the team, which has been great.
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  Speaker 2: I can't sit here and say it's been a lifeblood
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  Speaker 2: of the program, but it is an opportunity for some
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  Speaker 2: guys to get in the program and be part of
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  Speaker 2: what we do here. So yeah, you just never know.
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  Speaker 2: And maybe there's a way to even build it stronger
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  Speaker 2: in the future.
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  Speaker 1: Phillip Bell has been really good in the punt return
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  Speaker 1: game so far this year. He was also a high
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  Speaker 1: school teammate of Luke Fahey. So does that maybe make
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  Speaker 1: him a bigger part of the offense moving forward, that
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  Speaker 1: connection between those two?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that ties into it too much, but
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  Speaker 2: I will say that I think Phil is getting better
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  Speaker 2: each week. You're starting to see him make plays. Like
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  Speaker 2: you said, in the kicking game, he made a really
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  Speaker 2: nice catch against Indiana on a third down spot. So
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  Speaker 2: he's earning more and more playing time every, every week. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: another opportunity this week to go ahead and do that. But, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think his ability to, you know, help
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  Speaker 2: on special teams has a lot of more opportunities on
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  Speaker 2: the field and that's typically how it goes here at
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  Speaker 2: Ohio state. So, um, you know, when he gets his
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  Speaker 2: opportunities in this game right here, we're going to need
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  Speaker 2: them as well.
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  Speaker 1: Things seem like they're trending in a good direction for
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  Speaker 1: Ohio state in terms of getting offensive lineman, Austin Cirovel back.
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  Speaker 1: this weekend. So how much would him getting him back
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  Speaker 1: help the offensive line? And how much is the line
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  Speaker 1: going to be leaned on to help the new quarterback succeed?
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  Speaker 2: It certainly will. So this is everybody, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: I think that's an important message for everybody on the team.
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  Speaker 2: Like we all have to step up, coaches, players. And
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  Speaker 2: what does that mean? Well, just we got to be
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  Speaker 2: on our game more and more. I mean, the margin
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  Speaker 2: for error certainly has has tightened up, there's no question.
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  Speaker 2: And the offensive line has a direct impact on how
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  Speaker 2: that's going to go. So it's the quarterback's job to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that they're earning the trust of the guys
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  Speaker 2: up front, but it's also those guys' job to protect them,
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  Speaker 2: to encourage them, to make sure that when he's in
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  Speaker 2: the huddle, they're there because they played a lot of football.
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  Speaker 2: It's the quarterback's job when he steps in that huddle
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  Speaker 2: to run the huddle, though. So it goes hand in hand.
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  Speaker 2: But I think if you get around the guys and
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  Speaker 2: you ask about our quarterbacks, You know, they're excited about
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity. Obviously, they're disappointed that Julian got hurt. But
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  Speaker 2: that's behind us now. And it's all about moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: And I think this is a great opportunity for all
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  Speaker 2: those guys to prove themselves that, hey, man, like I
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  Speaker 2: can pull my end of the bargain on this thing and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, put it on my shoulders. You know, and
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  Speaker 2: I think that has to be the approach of everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone's got to do their part and take the responsibility
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  Speaker 2: of going to win this game.
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  Speaker 1: Right after Julian Sane went down during that post-game interview
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  Speaker 1: at Indiana, Jeremiah Smith talked about the fact that it
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  Speaker 1: was not going to be instant for him to build
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  Speaker 1: a connection with Luke Fahey in sort of the way
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  Speaker 1: that he had one with Julian Sane. So have those
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  Speaker 1: two basically been attached at the hip over the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of weeks?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he said it was going to take time. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and it does. It takes time, but he's been on
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  Speaker 2: the field and he's thrown to him before, but I
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  Speaker 2: think it's clear that, you know, he and Julian spent
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  Speaker 2: a lot of time together. And so this is new,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, it's, you know, Jeremiah is a tremendous talent and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he can adjust quickly. And the good thing about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he and Luke is, you know, Luke, you
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  Speaker 2: just got to get it somewhere in the neighborhood of
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  Speaker 2: number four and he's going to pull it down. So,
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  Speaker 2: but that goes back to the same thing as we
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  Speaker 2: said about the offensive line. Like, all right, Jeremiah, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if he puts it on you, let's go make a play.
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  Speaker 2: But if he's a little bit off, you got to,
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  Speaker 2: you got to, you got to pick them up a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. And that's going to be how it goes
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  Speaker 2: until these guys get their confidence and get their feet
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  Speaker 2: underneath them. Which again, one of the great messages for
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  Speaker 2: a young player at any position is that every day
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  Speaker 2: in practice, you're going against a really good unit on
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  Speaker 2: the other side of the ball. So again, whether I'm
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  Speaker 2: a young DB, you're guarding some of the best receivers
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  Speaker 2: in the country every day or whatever the position comparison is.
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  Speaker 2: It's the same thing at quarterback. We have a good
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  Speaker 2: defense here. So Just know that every day you're going
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  Speaker 2: against really good defenses, and you're going to go against
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  Speaker 2: a really good defense this week, but you've been preparing
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  Speaker 2: for this moment. So just prepare at a high level,
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  Speaker 2: do a great job focusing, and then just trust your
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  Speaker 2: training at the end of the day and find the
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  Speaker 2: speed of the game.
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  Speaker 1: In a separate answer and a very brief answer, Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day said that Austin Sierveld would probably be playing tackle
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  Speaker 1: this week if and when he plays. So assuming he
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  Speaker 1: can play, we know he's going to play tackle, so
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  Speaker 1: what does that mean the offensive line looks like?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just going to depend on how much,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Austin's available to play. If he can play
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  Speaker 2: a full game or not, we'll have to figure that
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  Speaker 2: out as the week goes on and see how he does.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he was not available even last week to practice.
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  Speaker 2: This will be his first full week of practice. So
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  Speaker 2: we'll have to see how he is coming back and
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  Speaker 2: then kind of go from there. You know, when both
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  Speaker 2: guys are healthy, I think they both help us. And
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  Speaker 2: I think we have to assess that as the week
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  Speaker 2: goes on. Like, all right, how much is he able
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  Speaker 2: to play this week? And then What gives us the
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  Speaker 2: best chance to win? And so that's something we've got
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  Speaker 2: to kind of assess over the next.
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  Speaker 1: Couple of days. If Julian Sane had not gotten hurt,
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  Speaker 1: I'm guessing this would have been a much bigger story
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  Speaker 1: coming out of that Indiana game. But they ran a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of 14 personnel, 13 personnel. You're pulling wide receivers
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  Speaker 1: off the field. You're throwing extra tight ends on the field.
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  Speaker 1: Now that they had some time to sort of evaluate
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  Speaker 1: things over the week off, Are they still seeing benefits
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  Speaker 1: from all those multiple tight end looks that they're running
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  Speaker 1: out there? Or with some of the young receivers maybe
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  Speaker 1: coming along, could that mix potentially change?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's strengths and weaknesses to the multiple
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  Speaker 2: personnel groupings that we use. I think they're both, or
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  Speaker 2: all three and four, and you see multiple guys come
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  Speaker 2: in the game. And sometimes it's three receivers, but which
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  Speaker 2: three receivers? Or there's two tight ends, and then there's Jake,
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  Speaker 2: So there's a bunch of different ways to look at it.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes you put legend in there. So there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of different personnel groupings. And I think you try to
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  Speaker 2: put the guys in the best position to be successful,
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  Speaker 2: but you identify who gives you the best chance to win.
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  Speaker 2: I think the good news is we do have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys that can bring different things to the table.
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  Speaker 2: I think when you're just exclusively one thing, it's a
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  Speaker 2: little easier to get narrowed down on. So we try
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  Speaker 2: to keep it moving, knowing that we're probably not just
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  Speaker 2: going to be in one or two groupings. We're going
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  Speaker 2: to kind of try to keep it going. We think
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  Speaker 2: that puts the most stress on the defense. But to
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  Speaker 2: your point, we have to evaluate and make sure that
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  Speaker 2: we're putting the guys on the field that give us
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  Speaker 2: the best chance to win based on who we're playing to.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes it's a matchup situation based on the scheme, based
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  Speaker 2: on what they're going to do in terms of matching
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  Speaker 2: their personnel. So it's kind of that back and forth game.
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  Speaker 2: But no, when you go into a bye week, you
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  Speaker 2: evaluate everything. You evaluate, obviously, the personnel, you know, the scheme,
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  Speaker 2: and then are we coaching it right? And so somewhere
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  Speaker 2: in there is where you make these big decisions that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, ultimately, you'll get, you know, get tested on
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  Speaker 2: game day. And so this, this is all the decisions.
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  Speaker 2: And we talk a lot about as coaches, like the
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  Speaker 2: decisions that are made in that room are typically what happens,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the outcome gets affected on Saturday. So we
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  Speaker 2: take that very, very seriously and it's our job to
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  Speaker 2: put them in a situation to be successful.
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  Speaker 1: Julian Sane has been the big injury story and the
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  Speaker 1: big injury news around the Ohio State football program over
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. But there are other guys
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  Speaker 1: who've been banged up as well. Mentioned Austin Searveld earlier.
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  Speaker 1: He sounds, seems like he's trending in a good direction.
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  Speaker 1: What about Kenyatta Jackson and Jay Timmons? Have they been
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  Speaker 1: able to practice over the last week and where do
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  Speaker 1: things stand with those guys?
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  Speaker 2: We, last week was a great opportunity to get a
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  Speaker 2: bunch of guys, sort of some rest. Um, some of
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  Speaker 2: them could have practiced. Some of them, we just kind
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  Speaker 2: of held back. Um, we'll see how, how this week goes. Um,
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  Speaker 2: I think we'll get a good portion of them back,
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  Speaker 2: but probably not all of them. And we'll kind of
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  Speaker 2: just see some of them. Most of the ones that
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  Speaker 2: I think you're talking about are ones that will probably
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  Speaker 2: go throughout the end of the week. And as we
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  Speaker 2: get closer to the game, we'll get an idea. But
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  Speaker 2: we'll be able to get them a couple days off,
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  Speaker 2: come back on Sunday, get them to move around a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. But today will be the real test.
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