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BONUS: Are Young Defensive Linemen Ready To Roll Vs. Texas? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, we got one more bonus episode for you
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  Speaker 1: on Ryan Day's press conference on Tuesday. He had a
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  Speaker 1: ton of interesting stuff to talk about, and we're going
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  Speaker 1: to give you one more show with a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: just sort of a little bit on the defense, a
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  Speaker 1: little bit on some more general topics in college football.
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  Speaker 1: Was he asked about the Michigan clock thing? Oh, you
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  Speaker 1: bet he was. Did he want to answer it? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: you'll have to wait to find out. He was asked
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  Speaker 1: about sort of the first thing we're going to talk about, though,
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  Speaker 1: the NFL mindset in the program. That's something he's talked
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  Speaker 1: about a little bit this year and has two former
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  Speaker 1: NFL head coaches on his coaching staff as coordinators, defensive
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  Speaker 1: coordinator Matt Patricia, offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. What have those
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  Speaker 1: guys brought to the program already just one week into
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  Speaker 1: the season?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, both are different guys, but they both have
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  Speaker 2: a great experience of game planning, calling games, organizing a staff,
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  Speaker 2: pushing a staff. They've both been head coaches before, so
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  Speaker 2: they see it from that lens. Um, so, so that's
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  Speaker 2: been good. I mean, I think the communication, uh, throughout
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  Speaker 2: the week and then also during the game has been excellent. Um,
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  Speaker 2: the ability to recognize what's going on in between series,
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  Speaker 2: communicate that, uh, get the things addressed, uh, make adjustments
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  Speaker 2: has been good. Um, but I think at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day, it really comes down to, again, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the relationships that they're building in, in, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in the staff rooms and then also with the players, because, uh, ultimately,
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  Speaker 2: you know, these, this is not the NFL, this is college. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and the relationships and the motivation and all the things
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  Speaker 2: that come with it are critical with our success. So
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  Speaker 2: that's why they're here, because they have the combination of
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  Speaker 2: those things.
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  Speaker 1: One of the areas where you saw some very talented
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  Speaker 1: young guys playing was on the defensive line against Ball State.
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  Speaker 1: Zion Grady, second-year player, he was a starter. Kari Wilder,
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  Speaker 1: true freshman, he was contributing right away in the rushman package,
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  Speaker 1: that sort of third and long passing situation kind of package.
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  Speaker 1: He was rushing there from the middle of the line.
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  Speaker 1: So What did Ryan Day see from them after watching
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  Speaker 1: the film?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you could see the juice. You can see, uh,
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  Speaker 2: the athleticism. Um, you know, Kari's a hard charger. You
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  Speaker 2: can see that you can see the energy and the
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  Speaker 2: more he continues to show that the more he's going
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  Speaker 2: to opportunities going to have Zion's been, uh, two years
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  Speaker 2: in a program now and, uh, has shown really good
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  Speaker 2: versatility and consistency. Uh, somebody that's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: huge part of our defense, uh, on, in all three downs. Um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Kari will continue to try to build his packages.
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  Speaker 2: You saw he was in there on third down and, um,
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  Speaker 2: But the more opportunity that he has to show us
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  Speaker 2: that he can make plays, the more reps he's going
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  Speaker 2: to get. And we're going to have to play depth
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  Speaker 2: in this game as well. So excited to see where
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  Speaker 2: this week goes for him and what packages we have
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  Speaker 2: in for.
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  Speaker 1: Coaches always say they never quite know what to expect
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  Speaker 1: from a team until they go out on the field
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  Speaker 1: in week one. So, OK, what did Ryan Day and
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff learn about their team in week one?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if there was really a whole lot
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  Speaker 2: of things that we learned, I think that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there was, it was good to see, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: some of the throwing and catching early on. I think
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  Speaker 2: it was good to see the running game get going
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  Speaker 2: in the second half. I think it was good to
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  Speaker 2: see some young players get on the field for the
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  Speaker 2: first time, make some plays. I thought, um, the defense,
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  Speaker 2: you know, played physical, ran to the ball, um, established
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  Speaker 2: a certain level of like play in terms of how
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  Speaker 2: they're going to, um, you know, run to the football. Um,
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  Speaker 2: You know, obviously the kickoff returns were a disaster. So
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  Speaker 2: we got to get that fixed. So there was some
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  Speaker 2: things in there. But I think, you know, we were
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  Speaker 2: able to play some depth, which was good. And I
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  Speaker 2: think we've been in games, you know, you've seen them
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  Speaker 2: before where, you know, the starters come out and the
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  Speaker 2: level of play just falls off and it's like we
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  Speaker 2: just get grinded into the ground and it's just like
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  Speaker 2: a mess in the second half. I don't think that
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  Speaker 2: happened in the game, you know, this past week. You know,
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  Speaker 2: like I remember one of those games, I forget exactly
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  Speaker 2: who we were playing and it was just like really bad.
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  Speaker 2: And the second half, I remember we won big and
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  Speaker 2: my daughter came up. She's like, what was that in
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  Speaker 2: the second half? You know, and I was like, you're right.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what the hell it was. But we
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  Speaker 2: didn't have that in this game. It was, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there was consistent play across the board. So I think
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  Speaker 2: one of the things that we took away from it is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're gonna have to play depth in this game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think, you know, they play depth. You
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  Speaker 2: see the number of players they play. We're gonna have
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  Speaker 2: to play depth in this game. So it was good
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  Speaker 2: to have that game as a little bit of some
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  Speaker 2: information to say, all right, we feel good putting them
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  Speaker 2: into the game based on how they graded out.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, this is one of those questions that you
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  Speaker 1: have to ask, even if you know what the answer
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  Speaker 1: is likely to be. Randy was asked his thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: the ending of the Michigan-Michigan State game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I really haven't been focused on that at all.
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  Speaker 2: It's been all, as you can imagine, all about Texas.
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  Speaker 2: That's it. I mean, all of our time, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the minute we got done with that game, it was
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  Speaker 2: on to Texas. And so I obviously read about it
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  Speaker 2: and saw it, but really haven't really thought much about it.
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  Speaker 1: We saw just a little bit of almost everyone during
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  Speaker 1: that first game for the Buckeyes against Ball State. And
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  Speaker 1: we saw Connor Hawkins, their new kicker, the transfer from Baylor.
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  Speaker 1: We saw him kick PATs. Did not see him, though,
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  Speaker 1: kick a field goal. It was something that Texas did.
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  Speaker 1: Texas got their kicker out there, had him hit a
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  Speaker 1: field goal just to sort of settle everything down. I
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  Speaker 1: haven't seen that yet from Connor Hawkins. So What situations
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  Speaker 1: would Ryan Day feel comfortable sending Connor Hawkins out in
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  Speaker 1: this weekend?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, all situations that require a field goal or
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  Speaker 2: an extra point. If we need him to do some kickoffs,
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  Speaker 2: he could do that as well. What have I recognized?
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  Speaker 2: Somebody's very serious about his work. He comes in the building.
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  Speaker 2: There's no nonsense. I think the guys respect the way
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  Speaker 2: he handles his business. And then on the field, he's
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  Speaker 2: been consistent. So it would have been nice to see him.
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  Speaker 2: He had the extra points. It would have been nice
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  Speaker 2: to see him kick a field goal, but he has experience.
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  Speaker 2: He needs to kick some big field goals. We've tried
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  Speaker 2: to put him in as many of those situations as
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  Speaker 2: you can imagine as we could in preseason camp, and
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  Speaker 2: he's responded well.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, the Buckeyes had been talking all offseason about the
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  Speaker 1: fact they needed to pop some bigger plays in the
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  Speaker 1: run game, and they did in the second half against
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  Speaker 1: Ball State. One of the keys to that was really,
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  Speaker 1: really good blocking downfield. And man, this is one of
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  Speaker 1: these things coaches love to talk about. Wide receivers blocking downfield.
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  Speaker 1: So Ryan Day was asked about the importance of that
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  Speaker 1: downfield blocking in blowing up some of those big plays
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday. All right, there you go. We are going
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  Speaker 1: little bit from Steve Sarkisian, the Texas head coach, some
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  Speaker 1: of the things he had to say this week. We
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  Speaker 1: will be back at Ohio State Wednesday night for Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day's lightning round press conference, where then they've had their
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday physical practice. They've had their Wednesday physical practice. That's
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  Speaker 1: kind of the end of the hardest part of the
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  Speaker 1: work week. And then we get a chance to talk
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  Speaker 1: to Ryan Day then. We'll see what his mood is
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  Speaker 1: like at that point and how things are going. That's
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  Speaker 1: always an interesting press conference. Talk to some of the
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.