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Ohio State Football Adds 2 Players In Transfer Portal · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning. From Monday, January fifth, I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom or the ball State game in two
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  Speaker 1: door Dash. All right, we have two got a two
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  Speaker 1: for one here. Buck Guy's adding two separate players in
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  Speaker 1: the transfer portal this weekend. We're going to start with one,
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  Speaker 1: Mason Williams. He is a tight end from Ohio University.
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  Speaker 2: Tony.
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  Speaker 1: I'm joined by Toty Garddruck dot com, Huddle dot com.
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  Speaker 2: But you probably know that already, Tony.
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  Speaker 1: You know, sometimes they add a player and it's like, hm,
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  Speaker 1: who would be a good comp for this player that
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  Speaker 1: they're bringing in. But let's see Tony, a blocking tight
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  Speaker 1: end coming in with some okay receiving stats, but mostly,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a reputation being kind of a physical blocking
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  Speaker 1: tight end from Ohio University. Can you think of anyone
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  Speaker 1: maybe the Ohio State fans might be familiar with that
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  Speaker 1: might be a good comp here for Mason Williams.
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  Speaker 3: Perhaps a Will Chasmeric type. And apparently Don in Athens
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  Speaker 3: they have like a three D printer of this tight
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  Speaker 3: end and Ohio stated every couple of years just orders one,
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  Speaker 3: like yeah, maybe they should just get a subscription to
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  Speaker 3: it now. But yes, Mason Williams, I think six five,
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  Speaker 3: two fifty eight. I think maybe the only difference is
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  Speaker 3: they wear different numbers and we'll see how how it goes.
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  Speaker 3: But it's a it's a good fit for what Ohio
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  Speaker 3: State needs. Losing Will Chasmeric and losing Jelanie Thurman and
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  Speaker 3: still don't know exactly what Max Claire is going to
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  Speaker 3: do with his NFL decision. So to get this one
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  Speaker 3: sewn up and then be able to move on to
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  Speaker 3: the next step is pretty good. And like you said,
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  Speaker 3: he's been involved with the passing game thirty catches or
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  Speaker 3: so and three touchdowns. I think this past season you
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  Speaker 3: may remember him from the one catch for three yards
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  Speaker 3: against Ohio State. I know that's where he caught in
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  Speaker 3: my eye. I was like, Wow, that guy would look
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  Speaker 3: good in Scarlett and Gray and lo and behold here
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  Speaker 3: they are. But you know, one of the interesting things
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  Speaker 3: is like Keenan Bailey and Ohio's tight end coach have
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  Speaker 3: a really good relationship. I don't know if that's been
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  Speaker 3: strained by by all of this, but a good get
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  Speaker 3: a good start, and obviously this is just the beginning,
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  Speaker 3: but not a splashy or flashy kind of thing, that
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  Speaker 3: Ohio State fantasy, you know, I'm seeing it seeing on Twitter,
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  Speaker 3: like what an Ohio tight end and it's like, well,
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  Speaker 3: there's a lot that goes into playing football, and I
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  Speaker 3: think we maybe people just get lost on the ball
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  Speaker 3: and he's a guy that can help off the ball
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  Speaker 3: but also catching the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I mean Ohio State has added over the course of
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  Speaker 1: the last couple off seasons guys like Caleb Downs Yes Crew,
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  Speaker 1: guys like Julian saying yes Prew but Will kasmeric has
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  Speaker 1: played a pretty significant role in the last couple of
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State teams. So you know, adding another guy who
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  Speaker 1: is extremely the Wil Kasmerica type feels like that could
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  Speaker 1: be an impactful addition. As you mentioned, you know, solid
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  Speaker 1: numbers in the passing game, twenty six catches, two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and seventy six yards, three touchdowns. It feels very similar
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  Speaker 1: to the numbers that Kasmeric put up in his final
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  Speaker 1: season down in Athens, but graded out reasonably well as
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  Speaker 1: a blocker across by PFF's grades. And then you sort
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  Speaker 1: of look at the tight end you mentioned it earlier,
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  Speaker 1: question number one in there, what's Max Clair going to do?
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  Speaker 1: Can they get Max Claire back? If they get Max
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  Speaker 1: Claire back, certainly that adds a you know, that sort
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  Speaker 1: of gives.
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  Speaker 2: You the big receiving threat that you'd want there.
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  Speaker 1: Then Bennett Christian, you got Max LeBlanc, you get Nate Roberts,
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  Speaker 1: you got Brody Lenny, you get Nick Laud the tight
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  Speaker 1: end who's coming in the twenty two sixth class.
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  Speaker 2: But it just feels like, you know, how many of
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  Speaker 2: those guys are gonna be back?
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  Speaker 1: Portal windows still open a couple of weeks, you got
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  Speaker 1: an NFL draft decision still to be made. So you
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  Speaker 1: know that you had the deepest tight end room in
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  Speaker 1: probably Ohio state history last year. But Julannie Thurman entered
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  Speaker 1: the portal that was one one crucial player gone, well,
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  Speaker 1: Casmerica gone, So now you're bringing in another player to
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  Speaker 1: sort of fill that out. And you know, at this
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  Speaker 1: point I keep looking at these rooms and go with
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  Speaker 1: as much uncertainty as there is. It feels like you
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  Speaker 1: almost you know, you're at the store and your wife's like, Eh,
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  Speaker 1: well you're there, why didn't you pick up a Like
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  Speaker 1: this feels a little like, you know, you can never
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  Speaker 1: have too many good tight ends. That doesn't feel like
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  Speaker 1: a problem that you ever hear about people having no I.
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  Speaker 3: Was thinking the same thing in terms of, if you can,
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  Speaker 3: you don't need another guy that's not played yet. But
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  Speaker 3: if you're there and you see a guy, oh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: this guy has been playing a lot and he's on clearance,
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  Speaker 3: not necessarily clearance, but you know he's got that experience
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  Speaker 3: and that's hard to say no to. And if you
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  Speaker 3: can bring in two guys this is assuming you lose
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  Speaker 3: a Max Claire or something like that. But because if
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  Speaker 3: you do lose him, the only guy with you know,
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  Speaker 3: more than a couple of catches is Mason Williams, and
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  Speaker 3: the rest of the room is very very young. Nate
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  Speaker 3: Roberts has played more fullback than tight end for Ohio State.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Bennett Christian has done this, this and that
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  Speaker 3: over his time, Brody Lennon, Max LeBlanc, Nick claud Or.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously Nick hasn't done anything, but Brody Lennon and Max
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  Speaker 3: LeBlanc have seen maybe three games combined in their career.
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  Speaker 3: And so, to you, tight end is a developmental position.
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  Speaker 3: So we're always like, you know, you got to give
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  Speaker 3: them time, you got to give them time, which is true,
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  Speaker 3: but then you don't. You don't just suddenly go be like, Okay,
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  Speaker 3: now we rely on you, Like, well, there's this build
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  Speaker 3: up where you know, there's the development and then there's
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of reliance and then there's a whole
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  Speaker 3: bunch of reliance. Don't just go from developmental a whole
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  Speaker 3: bunch of reliance, because that's how that's disasters waiting to
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  Speaker 3: happen in that regard.
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  Speaker 1: All right, And the second edition for the Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes in the transfer portal, this is very much in
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  Speaker 1: the similar end of the excitement I'm sure on the
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  Speaker 1: broad spectrum of the Ohio State fan base. But guys
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  Speaker 1: bringing in a long snapper. John Furlman had a multi
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  Speaker 1: year career with the Buckeyes after transferring in through Arizona State,
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  Speaker 1: he is now out of eligibility, so he needed to
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  Speaker 1: fill that spot, and they went into the portal and
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  Speaker 1: pulled a guy out of UCF.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, a long snapper Dalton Riggs out of UCF. Gives
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  Speaker 3: them a guy that has experienced doing this, so that
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  Speaker 3: you're not just throwing in somebody cold for the first time.
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  Speaker 3: And maybe the person doing it for the first time
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  Speaker 3: wins the job, but it's always good to have somebody
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  Speaker 3: in that battery position doing it not for the first time,
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  Speaker 3: and somebody that you've and you've seen and has done
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  Speaker 3: it in games and big games and big conferences. So
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  Speaker 3: this is one where makes complete sense to bring in competition.
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  Speaker 3: And perhaps you've just landed your starter, and if you have,
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  Speaker 3: it's somebody that's done it before and somebody else that
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  Speaker 3: can you know, maybe push somebody that's currently on the
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  Speaker 3: roster and you'll get the best of both worlds there.
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  Speaker 3: But somebody that you have to have, somebody that can
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  Speaker 3: do this and do it well, and you know they
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  Speaker 3: can do it well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And it feels like John Furlman is a name
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  Speaker 1: that most Ohio State fans would probably not have been
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  Speaker 1: able to come up with off the top of their heads.
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  Speaker 1: Which if you're a long snapper, that's a good thing.
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  Speaker 1: If you hear about a long snapper, it's generally not
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  Speaker 1: for anything outstanding. And if you're looking for, okay, give
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  Speaker 1: give me a long snapper stat that is exciting. This
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  Speaker 1: is from the UCF bio of Dalton Riggs. He had
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  Speaker 1: over one hundred snaps zero percent marked as inaccurate on
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  Speaker 1: field goals and extra points in twenty twenty five, one
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  Speaker 1: of just three long snappers in the Big twelve to
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  Speaker 1: have that distinction. So there you go, get hype to
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State has added a long snapper to its roster.
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  Speaker 1: Two editions for the Buckeyes on Sunday. Undoubtedly many many
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  Speaker 1: more still to come as they start to fill out
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  Speaker 1: their roster for the twenty twenty sixth season.
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  Speaker 2: At A couple of guys go into the portal as well,
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  Speaker 2: some more some bigger names there. We're gonna be.
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  Speaker 1: Talking about those on a couple episodes of the Buckeye
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  Speaker 1: Weekly podcast. I'll be dropping on Sunday. We get more
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  Speaker 1: coming up on Monday in terms of guys who are
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  Speaker 1: coming in to visit. Some names to know potentially in
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  Speaker 1: terms of potential editions for the buck Eyes. So there's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a lot to talk about the next couple
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  Speaker 1: of days, next couple weeks, as we go through transfer
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  Speaker 1: portal season, NFL Draft declaration season, and more. All at
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  Speaker 2: So thank you guys all for joining us. Have a
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  Speaker 2: great day. We will talk to tomorrow.