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Ohio State Buckeyes MESSAGE You CAN'T MISS Before Maryland Terrapins Game! · College Football Addiction: A Show About All Things College Football

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  Speaker 1: of The Power 2 on with us today to talk
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  Speaker 1: a little Ohio State football. Ohio State and Maryland this week.
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  Speaker 1: And Tom, not a matchup that maybe screams off the page,
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  Speaker 1: but Maryland gave Nebraska all they wanted for a half.
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  Speaker 1: They played Virginia Tech fairly well this year. I know
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  Speaker 1: the vibes are not super high in Loxley land right now,
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  Speaker 1: but a team that's been at least capable of competing
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  Speaker 1: at times. Now, UCLA absolutely drug them through the mud.
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  Speaker 1: And so that was, you know, kind of the, the
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  Speaker 1: one that makes you think this one could get ugly.
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  Speaker 1: But if you're Ohio state, is there any danger with
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  Speaker 1: a Maryland game knowing that that trip to Bloomington is
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  Speaker 1: just a week away?
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  Speaker 2: Like, I know we're going to pick Ohio state here.
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  Speaker 1: I know we think that that's certainly what's going to happen,
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  Speaker 1: but is there any kind of worry about that from
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  Speaker 1: their perspective?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you always worry about the look-ahead game. I think
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  Speaker 3: that's fair for any program. I'm kind of looking at
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  Speaker 3: Ohio State in the same ballpark as I am Notre Dame,
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  Speaker 3: considering what Notre Dame did to UNC this past weekend,
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  Speaker 3: is that it's kind of maintenance in that we know
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  Speaker 3: what Ohio State is good at, and we know what
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  Speaker 3: Maryland is not great at. So this is leaning in
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  Speaker 3: the favor of the Buckeyes. That's completely understandable. But if
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  Speaker 3: you're Ohio State, you're trying to work on the little things.
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  Speaker 3: You're trying to build off of what you did at
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  Speaker 3: Kinnick against the Iowa Hawkeyes this past weekend. I think,
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  Speaker 3: if anything, you're going to look at the defense from
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  Speaker 3: Ryan Day, and I think Ryan Day and Matt Patricia
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  Speaker 3: are probably going to huddle up and be a little
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  Speaker 3: frustrated by what they allowed get on the board in
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  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter against Iowa when a backup quarterback came in,
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  Speaker 3: marched him down the field to a touchdown. That's going
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  Speaker 3: to be the ultra-perfectionist mentality, I think, from Ryan Day.
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  Speaker 3: And this coaching staff, when you approach this Maryland game, is, hey,
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  Speaker 3: let's shore things up. Let's make sure we're cleaner and
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  Speaker 3: we're not just allowing these lapses. While Ohio State finished
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  Speaker 3: and got the win against Iowa, you want to have
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  Speaker 3: no doubt. They use the terminology that Marcus Freeman has
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  Speaker 3: used with his team this year. You want to leave
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  Speaker 3: no doubt. So I think you're going to see Ohio
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  Speaker 3: State come out and do what they do offensively. They're
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  Speaker 3: going to feed number four, Julian Sand. If you can't
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  Speaker 3: get pressure on him, he will be able to pick
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  Speaker 3: you apart. I want to see the continuation of the
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  Speaker 3: success they had in the running game against Iowa. It
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  Speaker 3: was something you and I talked about with Colt Thompson
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  Speaker 3: on the Power 2 live on College Football Addiction is
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  Speaker 3: that the running game looked better. You had two tailbacks,
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  Speaker 3: Jacoby and Bo Jackson, both with about 70 yards rushing.
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  Speaker 3: And they were running the ball to the tune of
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  Speaker 3: about five yards per carry. It's a nice clip. You
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  Speaker 3: feel really good about that. You did that against an
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  Speaker 3: Iowa team that doesn't have a tremendous front four. Maryland's
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  Speaker 3: going to be a similar circumstance. But to your point,
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  Speaker 3: when you run into Indiana, that will be a challenge
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  Speaker 3: in terms of the front four and the defense overall
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  Speaker 3: from the Hoosiers. So for Ohio State, I look at
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  Speaker 3: this as a maintenance game. This is making sure you
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  Speaker 3: correct the things you have to correct. tighten up a
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  Speaker 3: little bit on defense, make sure the running game is
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  Speaker 3: going to be something that's sustainable for them to rely
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  Speaker 3: on for the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 1: When you look at this Ohio State team and you
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  Speaker 1: also look within the context of college football right now,
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  Speaker 1: there are a few teams that I'd say look really
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  Speaker 1: complete right now.
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  Speaker 2: Georgia's up there.
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  Speaker 1: I think Bama is up there, though they've had some
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  Speaker 1: shaky halves recently. Um, Texas is probably up there close,
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  Speaker 1: but their offense is, has struggled.
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  Speaker 2: Miami's probably up there. Uh, Ohio state's absolutely up there.
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  Speaker 1: And I know that was just like a fourth quarter
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  Speaker 1: from hell against Texas on the road. And I think
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people, I don't want to say forget
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  Speaker 1: about that, but a lot of people kind of brush
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  Speaker 1: that off. Cause when you have one really, really bad
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  Speaker 1: quarter out of what do they play now? Five, you know, 20,
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  Speaker 1: you know, like we'll forgive you a little bit. Texas
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  Speaker 1: does still have athletes at this point. And they're the
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  Speaker 1: number one team in the country, at least based on
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  Speaker 1: the polls. So when I look at Ohio State, I
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  Speaker 1: do wonder, is there a team in this conference that
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  Speaker 1: can slow them down, can stop them? Because right now
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  Speaker 3: I feel like Indiana.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: I agree with that. I feel like Oregon is still
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  Speaker 3: figuring things out defensively. They're giving up points. You know,
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  Speaker 3: the USC game was evidence that, you know, they're, they're
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  Speaker 3: still going to give up points. Ohio State, I feel like,
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  Speaker 3: would be able to take advantage of them, but I
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  Speaker 3: believe Dan Lanning's crew is steadily getting things together. Then
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  Speaker 3: I do look at Michigan, and I know people are
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  Speaker 3: knocking Michigan right now, and they just lost to Minnesota
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  Speaker 3: on the road, but the defense isn't the problem for
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  Speaker 3: the Michigan Wolverines. It's the offense. The Michigan defense held
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  Speaker 3: up as long as they could, and Minnesota eventually found
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  Speaker 3: answers at home. I think that Michigan-Ohio State game, shocker
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  Speaker 3: that the game is going to be competitive, but Michigan
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  Speaker 3: should make that competitive. At least for a little while,
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  Speaker 3: they should be able to challenge what Ohio State is
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  Speaker 3: able to do offensively. Now, is it enough that they
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  Speaker 3: drag Ohio State down into the muck and make it
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  Speaker 3: a real low-scoring fistfight? I don't know. But I think
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  Speaker 3: Michigan and Indiana defensively are the only two teams in
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  Speaker 3: their regular season slate that should give them trouble. I
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  Speaker 3: think Oregon will be formidable, but I would put Indiana
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  Speaker 3: and Michigan one and two.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything Maryland can do outside of like prey
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  Speaker 1: to like, I mean, realistically, like they were in that
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  Speaker 1: Nebraska and I think Nebraska and Ohio state are very
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  Speaker 1: different teams.
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  Speaker 2: I know that, you know, they're not the same caliber.
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  Speaker 1: Of opponent by any means, but they were in that
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  Speaker 1: Nebraska game for a half. In fact, they were leading.
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  Speaker 1: They were in that Virginia tech game for a while.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything they can do to just kind of
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  Speaker 1: stick around and make this a second half game? Or
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  Speaker 1: is it kind of, and if Ohio state goes out
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  Speaker 1: there and plays their a game there, there's just, it's
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  Speaker 1: what score do they want it to be?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the challenge for Maryland is keeping the score somewhat
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  Speaker 3: close late in the game. Right now, the spread is
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  Speaker 3: 34 and a half in favor of Ohio State with
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  Speaker 3: an over under 56 and a half. So there's a
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  Speaker 3: potential that Ohio State could hit that over almost by
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  Speaker 3: themselves with a little bit of help from Maryland in
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  Speaker 3: this one. The path to victory, and we've talked about
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  Speaker 3: it before on the show, if you're Maryland, you need
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  Speaker 3: to pressure the hell out of Julian Sane. I don't
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  Speaker 3: know if Maryland has the personnel to make him truly uncomfortable,
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  Speaker 3: but Is this a defense that truly sells out to
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  Speaker 3: defend Jeremiah Smith? Do you see press man with two
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  Speaker 3: different guys at the line of scrimmage? Or is it
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  Speaker 3: the press man consistently and a safety hanging out over
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  Speaker 3: the top? Do you really angle everything that way and
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  Speaker 3: you dare Julian Sayen to beat you with everybody else?
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  Speaker 3: He probably can. You would have to do some damage
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  Speaker 3: to the running game to make this all on Julian Sayen.
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  Speaker 3: But I don't think there's a lot of good answers
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  Speaker 3: defensively for Maryland against Ohio State. And on the flip side,
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  Speaker 3: Maryland's offense against Ohio State's defense, it's been shown so
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  Speaker 3: far this year that if you can run the football
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  Speaker 3: effectively against Ohio State, you have a chance. Maryland's 89th
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  Speaker 3: in the country right now running the football. So I
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  Speaker 3: just don't put a lot of stock in what they're
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  Speaker 3: going to be able to do in that department. Malik
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  Speaker 3: Washington is their best bet, and he would have to
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  Speaker 3: play Superman ball. And he's in a position right now
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  Speaker 3: where the supporting cast he had last year in his
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  Speaker 3: first campaign, really good freshman year, but he had better
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  Speaker 3: supporting talent. He had better weapons to work with. Right
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  Speaker 3: now he's been a little turnover prone to start this season,
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  Speaker 3: and you can feel like he's trying to go above
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  Speaker 3: and beyond and that it felt like almost like what
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  Speaker 3: Camario Taylor was dealing with for Mississippi State against Alabama
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  Speaker 3: is that, hey, Camario is going to have to be
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  Speaker 3: the reason that you guys overcome a far superior team.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if Malik Washington is prepared to do
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  Speaker 3: that for Maryland. I wonder if this is the last
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  Speaker 3: game for Mike Loxley as the head coach of Maryland football.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I can see it circling that way.
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  Speaker 1: You see a lot of times once a the two,
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  Speaker 1: the two reasons a coach gets fired in season are
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  Speaker 1: either an incredibly embarrassing loss or you reach a point
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  Speaker 1: where a bowl is no longer possible, you know, or
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  Speaker 1: whatever win threshold you were looking for.
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  Speaker 2: Seven, eight, nine wins is no longer possible.
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  Speaker 1: Once you cross that threshold or get publicly humiliated against it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: When we think about Florida state, you know, that's why
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  Speaker 1: everybody circled the Miami game, because if they lose that
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  Speaker 1: game by 30 or 40, That's probably.
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  Speaker 2: Enough embarrassment at 7 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: On ESPN on a Saturday night to say, all right, man,
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  Speaker 1: we got to move on from this. So certainly could
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  Speaker 1: see that this week. You talk about Ohio State cleaning
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  Speaker 1: up some of the little things. I do wonder how
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  Speaker 1: this game is treated by Ryan Day. How, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if you're up 28 and very, very comfortable at halftime,
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  Speaker 1: do you continue to keep the foot down or do
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  Speaker 1: you kind of look.
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  Speaker 2: Ahead to that?
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  Speaker 1: Um, not in a bad way, but look ahead to
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  Speaker 1: that Indiana game on the road next week and say,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to get some young guys, some reps, maybe
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  Speaker 1: this loss for Maryland isn't as embarrassing, but we all
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  Speaker 1: understand that we call the dogs off and we let
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  Speaker 1: our backups kind of slowly creep the score up as
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  Speaker 1: opposed to just throwing jump balls to Smith to, to
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  Speaker 1: make the score more impressive. So I'd me, that's, I
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  Speaker 1: hate to, my uncle is from Maryland and loves the
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  Speaker 1: Terps more than anything.
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  Speaker 2: So sorry, Yonk.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, that's the most interesting part of this to
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  Speaker 1: me is what does Ohio state do to get ready
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  Speaker 1: for next week?
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  Speaker 2: How do they treat this game with respect to their
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  Speaker 2: biggest game of the year?
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  Speaker 1: Outside of Michigan, obviously, for the rivalry purposes, but their
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  Speaker 1: biggest opponent of the year in Indiana next week. And
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  Speaker 1: when you go into a game and that's the biggest
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  Speaker 1: talking point is, how are you preparing for next week?
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  Speaker 1: It's not usually a good sign for the opponent.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Ohio State, to the points I was
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  Speaker 3: making before, I would expect Matt Patricia and this defense
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  Speaker 3: to try to button things up a little bit more
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  Speaker 3: and play maybe a little bit longer with the starters.
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  Speaker 3: Not that they were pulling guys left and right there
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  Speaker 3: against Iowa, but when Kalinsky came into the game and
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  Speaker 3: just marched Iowa right down for it, a touchdown off
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  Speaker 3: multiple passes on that drive. It felt like a letdown,
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  Speaker 3: and obviously the game was never in doubt. But if
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  Speaker 3: you're going to be a perfectionist, then you want that
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  Speaker 3: to be improved. So I wouldn't be shocked if you
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  Speaker 3: saw a lot of the primary guys on defense play
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  Speaker 3: a lot more reps deep into the game, even if
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  Speaker 3: this is out of hand. But I would expect kind
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  Speaker 3: of what I saw from Ohio State in the second
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  Speaker 3: half against Iowa, in that it was the Jackson and
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  Speaker 3: Jackson show. They were handing the ball off a lot more.
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  Speaker 3: If you decided to take Jeremiah off the field, you
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  Speaker 3: don't need Jeremiah Smith anymore. to win this game theoretically,
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  Speaker 3: you're going to play him, obviously.
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  Speaker 2: But I would.
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  Speaker 3: Expect Ohio State to continue to get more work done
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  Speaker 3: in the second half when it comes to running the
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  Speaker 3: football effectively. So that's what I'm looking out for. And
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  Speaker 3: to my point about Loxley before, granted, losing on the
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  Speaker 3: road to arguably the best team in college football, Ohio State,
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  Speaker 3: isn't a fireable offense. But if you, for instance, lose
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  Speaker 3: to Rutgers the following week at home, that could be
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  Speaker 3: a fireable offense. So I feel like it's a lame
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  Speaker 3: duck situation for Mike Loxley. I think he's a talented
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  Speaker 3: coach and has been a talented defensive coordinator in the past,
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  Speaker 3: but I think we're circling the drain here.
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  Speaker 4: Unfortunately, next week, the Shiano Loxley fire bowl, if they
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