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BONUS: Does Arch Manning's Strong Start Mean He's Ready For Ohio State? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: A very happy Labor Day to everyone. We have another
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  Speaker 1: bonus episode for you, and this is the first in
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  Speaker 1: what is going to be a very, very, very busy
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  Speaker 1: week of keeping you up to date on everything that's
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  Speaker 1: going on with the Ohio State Buckeyes and everything that
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  Speaker 1: is going on with the Texas Longhorns as we get
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  Speaker 1: ready to count down to that top five matchup in
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  Speaker 1: DKR on Saturday night. This is the first of two
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  Speaker 1: bonus shows where you're going to get to hear a
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  Speaker 1: little bit from Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian. He had
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  Speaker 1: a lot of interesting things to say in the wake
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  Speaker 1: of his team's 59-7 win over Texas State in Week 1. Honestly,
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  Speaker 1: it was a very similar game to Ohio State's. They
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  Speaker 1: kind of had their way. There was some stuff they
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  Speaker 1: could kind of nitpick after the game. Worth noting, Texas State,
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  Speaker 1: probably a better team than Ball State, but the end
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  Speaker 1: result of the games was kind of very similar. They
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  Speaker 1: both played a ton of players in the first halves
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  Speaker 1: of the games, both teams did. It was also the
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  Speaker 1: weather in Texas on Saturday. I don't know if you
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  Speaker 1: saw that. There were fans that were having all sorts
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  Speaker 1: of heat issues. The heat index in Texas was 105
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  Speaker 1: for the game. The temperature on the field was 150
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  Speaker 1: for the game. And they're forecasting hot temperatures this weekend
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  Speaker 1: as well. So if you are going to the game,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to want to stay hydrated. We'll get to that,
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  Speaker 1: all that stuff, a little later on in the week.
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  Speaker 1: But on this show, you're going to hear a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about Steve Sarkazian's thoughts on the Texas offense. And
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  Speaker 1: we're going to start with quarterback Arch Manning. He was
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  Speaker 1: 20 of 27 for 305 yards, four touchdowns, one interception.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty good numbers. Not quite as good as Julian Sainz's numbers,
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  Speaker 1: but again, got to kind of adjust for the opponent
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  Speaker 1: quality a little bit there. Just some thoughts from Steve
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  Speaker 1: Sarkisian on Arch Manning's performance, especially with Ohio State on deck.
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  Speaker 1: And he is going to reference Ryan in this answer.
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  Speaker 1: That is wide receiver Ryan Wingo. And Cam is wide
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  Speaker 1: receiver Cam Coleman.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought he played well.
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  Speaker 3: I think early on that first half, you could see
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  Speaker 3: the rapport with he and Ryan. There was a definite
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  Speaker 3: connection happening there, which was great to see. A beautiful
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  Speaker 3: deep ball. I know he threw the pick later in
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  Speaker 3: that drive, but a beautiful deep ball to Ryan down
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  Speaker 3: the far sideline. It was a little unfortunate on the pick.
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  Speaker 3: We had kind of a double move with Emmitt on.
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  Speaker 3: they didn't really guard the first move. And so I
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  Speaker 3: think Arch was, you know, there's a little feel in there.
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  Speaker 3: He was almost like, just turn around, let me throw
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  Speaker 3: it to you. By the time Emmitt double moves, Arch
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  Speaker 3: has been staring at him, the backside safety gets the pick.
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  Speaker 3: So something to learn from on the play. But all
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  Speaker 3: in all, I thought he was really efficient. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I thought there was a couple, you know, like anything,
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  Speaker 3: he's human. There's a couple misreads, but geez, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's over 300 yards, four touchdowns, you know, and managed
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  Speaker 3: the game really well and was very efficient and There
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  Speaker 3: weren't a bunch of long foul balls. He throws a
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  Speaker 3: deep ball to Cam, we complete it. He throws a
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  Speaker 3: deep ball to Ryan Wingo, we complete it. He gave
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  Speaker 3: him chances to go make plays. Obviously, when you convert
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  Speaker 3: like that on third down, the quarterback's playing at a
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  Speaker 3: high level. It was a good first outing for him.
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  Speaker 1: We just set you up with Ryan Wingo and Cam
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  Speaker 1: Coleman in that last answer. Now he's going to get
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  Speaker 1: asked about Ryan Wingo and Cam Coleman. Wingo had seven
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  Speaker 1: catches for 121 yards and a touchdown. Coleman Three catches
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  Speaker 1: for 70 yards and two touchdowns. Not a bad day
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  Speaker 1: of work for either of those guys. So what did
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  Speaker 1: they get out of those pair of guys? And is
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  Speaker 1: this what they envisioned when they brought Coleman in in
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  Speaker 1: the portal to help Wingo out?
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I just felt like, you know, Ryan got
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  Speaker 3: so much attention last year and there were so many
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  Speaker 3: ways that we felt like we had to try to
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  Speaker 3: move him around to create opportunities for him. And now
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  Speaker 3: with Cam on the other side and the attention that
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  Speaker 3: he garners, it allows Ryan for a few more one-on-one opportunities,
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  Speaker 3: especially with the run game. But on the same token,
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  Speaker 3: being creative with Ryan because of the speed and because
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  Speaker 3: of his ability with the ball in his hands, as
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  Speaker 3: simple as a jet sweep down there in the low
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  Speaker 3: red for a touchdown is a way to utilize his strengths.
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  Speaker 3: But I thought he made a beautiful catch on the sidelines,
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  Speaker 3: on our sidelines, which was not an easy catch.
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  Speaker 2: I believe that was on third down, third and three,
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  Speaker 2: something like that. The deep ball.
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  Speaker 3: So this guy's been working hard. I think I said
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  Speaker 3: it to you guys Thursday. People forget this guy was
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  Speaker 3: a second-team All-SEC receiver last year. Take nothing away from Cam.
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  Speaker 3: Cam's a fantastic player too, but Ryan Wingo's pretty good,
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  Speaker 3: and I think he probably reminded a few people.
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  Speaker 2: Of that today.
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  Speaker 1: One of the very big stories in training camp for
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  Speaker 1: Texas was an injury to starting left tackle Trevor Goosby.
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  Speaker 1: He had a bone bruise in his knee. There was
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  Speaker 1: some real concern that he might miss the Ohio State game.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't even miss the Texas State game. He played.
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  Speaker 1: He did miss a couple weeks, missed a week or two,
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  Speaker 1: but was back for the Texas State game. So how
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  Speaker 1: did he look and what does he mean to the line? Now,
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  Speaker 1: in this answer, you're going to hear him mention Hollywood.
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  Speaker 1: That would be Hollywood Smothers. They transfer running back from
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina State. He will also, in the end of
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  Speaker 1: this answer, throw in an update on Derek Cooper, their
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  Speaker 1: freshman running back who also got hurt during the game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think it was indicative.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the first play of the game, we ran
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  Speaker 3: right behind Trevor, you know, and obviously a nice job
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  Speaker 3: of kind of caving in the left side and giving
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  Speaker 3: Hollywood the ability to spit. Again, Ryan Wingo goes and
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  Speaker 3: blocks a safety. We get Hollywood one-on-one with the corner.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think for Trevor, one thing was just conditioning.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he didn't get the scrimmages that the other
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  Speaker 3: guys got. And so we felt like we needed him
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  Speaker 3: this week to play and play kind of into the
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  Speaker 3: second half because of the conditioning factor of it.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Because we know what's coming. So in the end, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I got to look at the tape on some of it.
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  Speaker 3: You know, some of it looked good and some of
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  Speaker 3: it looked a little sloppy. I thought the pass protection
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  Speaker 3: was actually really good in the game. You know, I
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  Speaker 3: know we took the one sack there. um i think
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  Speaker 3: it was near the end of the first half might
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  Speaker 3: have been on like first and one it was like
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  Speaker 3: a really weird scenario after the hold on emmett i
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  Speaker 3: think we we end up taking a sack but i
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  Speaker 3: would argue that might have been on the quarterback an
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to throw that away so uh but again the
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  Speaker 3: the run game we got to look at and we'll
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  Speaker 3: find ways to make it even cleaner um i'm sure
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  Speaker 3: there was some stuff that was good and some that
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  Speaker 3: wasn't and we just got to look at the tape
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  Speaker 3: and figure that out uh cooper's got an ankle um
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  Speaker 3: We'll just monitor that thing and see what that looks
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  Speaker 3: like moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: This next answer, he's asked about the impact of new faces.
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  Speaker 1: And Texas brought in a lot of new faces on
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  Speaker 1: this year's team. One of them that he's going to
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  Speaker 1: mention here is a freshman. That's running back Relique Brown.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty much everyone else he mentions here is a transfer.
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  Speaker 1: So he's going to talk about running back Hollywood Smothers,
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver Cam Coleman. You already heard about both of
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  Speaker 1: those guys. Linebacker Raheem Biles. And then after that, he
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  Speaker 1: uses mostly full names so you can sort of figure
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  Speaker 1: those guys out. But take note, there are a whole
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  Speaker 1: lot of new faces that he's going to be mentioning here.
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  Speaker 3: It's easy to point out the guys like Cam Coleman, Hollywood, Relique,
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  Speaker 3: and they're scoring touchdowns and Raheem's.
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  Speaker 2: Causing a turnover.
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  Speaker 3: But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Justin Cryer
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  Speaker 3: and the way he played and what he did for us,
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  Speaker 3: or Melvin Ciani and what he did, or Dylan Sikorski,
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  Speaker 3: or Lawrence Seymour, you know, Bo Masco. There's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of guys out there from other places playing for us.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think from afar and as a coach,
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  Speaker 3: you're trying to watch everything. I think they all did
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  Speaker 3: pretty well. I know there's stuff that they all can
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  Speaker 3: do better. I mean, I have stuff in my head
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  Speaker 3: where I'm like, hey, he could do this better or
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  Speaker 3: do that better. But I think for the first time,
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  Speaker 3: you know, running out of the tunnel at DKR and
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  Speaker 3: putting this jersey on and understanding what you're playing for,
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  Speaker 3: I thought they did a nice job, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: I think that the veterans and the leaders on our
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  Speaker 3: team have done a good job of prepping them for that.
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  Speaker 3: It didn't feel like for any of them it was
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  Speaker 3: too big, but it is, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, let's call it like it is.
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  Speaker 3: It's a big deal to play football at the University
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  Speaker 3: of Texas, and they recognize that, and I thought they
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  Speaker 3: handled it well.
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  Speaker 1: A little like the Ohio State game, the backup quarterback
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  Speaker 1: position was a little bit of a topic of conversation
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  Speaker 1: after the game. He was asked about his impressions of
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  Speaker 1: backup quarterback KJ Lacey. Now, that's a name that might
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  Speaker 1: not matter at all this weekend. Or, as we all know,
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  Speaker 1: it could be one snap away from mattering a whole lot.
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  Speaker 1: So here's Sark's thoughts on his backup quarterback, KJ Lacey.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I mean, I just think there's a
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  Speaker 3: level of consistency and comfort in the system. He definitely
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  Speaker 3: has playmaking ability. I think we saw that today. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: just the first play he's in. rolling to his left,
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  Speaker 3: getting his hips around and hitting Jermaine Bishop on a
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  Speaker 3: corner route. I mean, that's not easy. That's a tough
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  Speaker 3: play to make. It was a little hard because of
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  Speaker 3: the score. I was trying to get him some throws
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  Speaker 3: and not just hand the ball off, but also be
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  Speaker 3: respectful of G.J.
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  Speaker 2: And their team.
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  Speaker 3: But I think we saw enough. He made a nice
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  Speaker 3: throw on a fade route to Sterling Bulkholter. There were
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  Speaker 3: some throws in there that he made. You could see
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  Speaker 3: his feet working for him I think there was a
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  Speaker 3: third down in there. If he could have back, he'd
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  Speaker 3: probably use his legs and run, which is what he's
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  Speaker 3: capable of doing. And we settled for the field goal.
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  Speaker 3: But all in all, you know, I think KJ is
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  Speaker 3: a really good player. I think he knows our system
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  Speaker 3: and I think we can, we can tailor it to
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  Speaker 3: his strengths when he gets in the game and he's.
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  Speaker 2: A good player for us.
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  Speaker 1: The Longhorns scored on all but one drive in the game.
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  Speaker 1: They were 11 of 15 on third down, two of
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  Speaker 1: two on fourth down. That's a pretty good day of
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  Speaker 1: work for the Texas offense. So KJ, Where do they
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  Speaker 1: still have room to improve over there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think ultimately.
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  Speaker 3: We know when we have the threat of running the football,
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  Speaker 3: that's when we're at our best as an offensive football team.
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  Speaker 3: And I think there were too many times today where
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  Speaker 3: it was gain of one, gain of none, gain of two.
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  Speaker 3: And so how do we find that consistency that a
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  Speaker 3: bad run is four yards or three yards?
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  Speaker 2: Yards?
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  Speaker 3: Second and seven is a heck of a lot better
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  Speaker 3: than second and ten. And so I think just finding
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  Speaker 3: that rhythm and some of that is the line, some
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  Speaker 3: of that is the runners. I felt like at times
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  Speaker 3: we were dancing a little too much with the ball
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  Speaker 3: in our hands.
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  Speaker 2: And taking four yards because second and six is great.
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  Speaker 3: Um, but finding that consistency in the run game and
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  Speaker 3: not be so big, little, I think will benefit the
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  Speaker 3: entire offense. And that again, you know, forces defenses hands
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  Speaker 3: to say, maybe I get a guy out of this,
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  Speaker 3: you know, two safety shell and bring a guy into
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  Speaker 3: a box.
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  Speaker 2: And we see the value.
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  Speaker 3: And when you leave those, those two guys on the outside, one-on-one,
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  Speaker 3: how they can hurt you down the field. All right.
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  Speaker 1: So there you go. Sark's thoughts on the offense and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Sark and offense go together like peanut butter
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  Speaker 1: and jelly. He is known as one of the offensive
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  Speaker 1: gurus among head coaches in college football. It should be
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  Speaker 1: a great matchup between him and Matt Patricia this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: That is going to be one of many, many, many
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  Speaker 1: storylines we're going to be talking about all week long
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  Speaker 1: at BuckeyeInsiders.com. What a week this is going to be.
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  Speaker 1: for the Ohio State football season to kind of get rolling.
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