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Ohio State Football Insider: Updates On 4 Positional Battles · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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Speaker 1: Welcome to buck Eyes tomorrow morning for Friday, August sixteenth,
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Speaker 1: IM your host Tom Moore. The Akron game in fifteen days,
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Speaker 1: the Gammika's Michigan in one hundred and six days. The
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Speaker 1: buck Eyes are now done with thirteen of their twenty
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Speaker 1: five fall practices. Yes, a little more than halfway through
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Speaker 1: fall camp. Now after practice on Thursday, get a chance
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Speaker 1: to talk to Ryan Day, Chip Kelly, and Jim Knowles
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Speaker 1: just today on today's show, we're just gonna be focusing
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Speaker 1: on what we learned from Ryan Day. There was a
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Speaker 1: ton of information out, including yes, some significant personnel news.
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Speaker 1: Ryan Day, do you have a starting quarterback now?
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Speaker 3: We do?
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Speaker 2: You know? Will Howard will start the first game against Akron.
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Speaker 2: He is our starting quarterback. I think that you know,
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Speaker 2: Chip has done a great job of rolling the quarterbacks
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Speaker 2: from the first day of spring all the way to now.
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Speaker 2: I think I think we're twelve or thirteen practices in here,
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Speaker 2: so you're talking almost twenty seven twenty eight practices. And
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Speaker 2: when you take the aggregate of all the numbers, you
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Speaker 2: know Will grade it out significantly ahead of the other
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Speaker 2: guys and the team work, and you.
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Speaker 3: Know, Devin right now would be the number two.
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Speaker 2: You know, we still have a big scrimmage on Saturday,
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Speaker 2: So these guys are going to continue to work Julian
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Speaker 2: Lincoln Air. You know, they're all gonna you know, compete.
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Speaker 2: You know, we're going to try to get as many
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Speaker 2: reps as can. We are currently still rolling three groups,
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Speaker 2: so there's a lot of reps to go around. But
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Speaker 2: but we're excited about Will being the starter. Will has
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Speaker 2: really taken a command of the offense. I believe you
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Speaker 2: feel him in the huddle, you feel his experience. I
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Speaker 2: think he did a really good job, as we talked
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Speaker 2: about it, changing his body in the off season, so
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Speaker 2: he's become a threat both with his legs and with
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Speaker 2: his arm. And the more he understands what he's doing
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Speaker 2: out there, and when he does.
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Speaker 3: He's really executing very well.
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Speaker 2: I think the guys are excited, you know, when he
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Speaker 2: gets in the huddle, not to say that they're not
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Speaker 2: excited when the other quarterbacks are in there. What they
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Speaker 2: do feel Will and you know, I know he's excited
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Speaker 2: about leading.
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Speaker 1: To During that answer, Brian Day talked about Will Howard
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Speaker 1: really significantly separating himself from the rest of the pack
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Speaker 1: in that race for the starting quarterback job. So what
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Speaker 1: did that separation look like on the field.
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Speaker 2: I think coming off the spring, everything was very new.
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Speaker 2: It was a significant change in terms of scheme and
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Speaker 2: what we ask the quarterback to do. Once he kind
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Speaker 2: of went through the off season, he changed his body
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Speaker 2: and then came in with a much better knowledge of
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Speaker 2: what was going on.
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Speaker 3: You could see him playing faster his feet, removing.
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Speaker 2: The balls, coming out with more pace, and then I
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Speaker 2: think after the first week you just start to see
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Speaker 2: him take control, make good decisions, and that's the biggest thing.
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Speaker 2: I mean, we have a good defense this year, so
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Speaker 2: we don't need, you know, extraordinary play. I did say
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Speaker 2: this at this time last year. You know, we need
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Speaker 2: someone who's going to take care of football, make good decisions,
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Speaker 2: make the routine plays routinely. He's got to play well
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Speaker 2: on third down, he's got to play well on a
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Speaker 2: red zone and win the game in a two minute trail.
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Speaker 3: I mean, that's what we ask our quarterbacks to do.
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Speaker 2: And you know, we have a good surrounding cast around him,
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Speaker 2: and so taking care of the ball is very very important.
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Speaker 2: But then also scoring touchdowns, and I think all of
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Speaker 2: our quarterbacks this year.
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Speaker 3: Bring skill set that they.
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Speaker 2: Can beat you with their feet, they can beat you
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Speaker 2: with their arm, but they got to beat you with
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Speaker 2: their brain too, and that's that's a big part of it.
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Speaker 2: And it's going to be a long season. So you know,
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Speaker 2: we're gonna have to get really good at our fastball.
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Speaker 2: We're gonna have to be able to change things up
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Speaker 2: as times time goes on.
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Speaker 1: This is now two years in a row that Devin
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Speaker 1: Brown has come up just short of the Ohio State
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Speaker 1: starting quarterback job. Obviously after coming back following last season,
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Speaker 1: that has to be a little bit disappointing. So what
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Speaker 1: was that meeting like with Devin Brown and the rest
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Speaker 1: of the quarterbacks let them know that Will Howard was
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Speaker 1: going to be the guy this year.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I met with them this morning, all of them together.
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Speaker 2: You had, you know, coach Kelly in there and Riley
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Speaker 2: and Billy and we were all in there, and I
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Speaker 2: just kind of shared with the group that we're going
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Speaker 2: to name Will the starter. And you know, like he
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Speaker 2: you know, has separated himself in particular in the last
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Speaker 2: week to ten days, that you know right now that
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Speaker 2: that Devin would be the number two, but that that
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Speaker 2: is you know, going to continue to you know, be
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Speaker 2: a competition, especially into camp because we're not done camp yet.
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Speaker 3: We have big scrimmage on Saturday, so we'll continue to
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Speaker 3: do that.
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Speaker 2: But Devin, you know, has shown the ability to do
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Speaker 2: just about everything we ask him to do. It's the
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Speaker 2: consistency part and and taking care of the football part
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Speaker 2: that he's just got to make sure that he does
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Speaker 2: a great job of moving forward and if he can
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Speaker 2: do that, then then he can play and be a
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Speaker 2: contributor for her. Because I reminded him again, we all
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Speaker 2: know the story of you know, with Cardel and JT
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Speaker 2: and Braxton. So I also shared with him that Max Duggan,
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Speaker 2: you know, was a backup the year he went to the.
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Speaker 3: Heisman Trophy in the first couple of weeks.
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Speaker 2: So, you know, a big part of being a quarterback
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Speaker 2: is resilience and continuing to work. The minute you faced
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Speaker 2: a little bit of you know, an obstacle or resistance
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Speaker 2: along the way, you just got keep pushing. And you know,
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Speaker 2: we all know the stories of some of the great
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Speaker 2: quarterbacks that have worked through different versions of adversity. So,
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Speaker 2: you know what, he had a really good practice today, Devin.
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Speaker 2: You know, same with the rest of those guys. So
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Speaker 2: they got to keep pushing and you know, we all
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Speaker 2: know that we're going to need them along the way,
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Speaker 2: and you know we're going to look to try to
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Speaker 2: get them in the game, you know, early in the
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Speaker 2: season when we can.
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Speaker 1: You heard earlier in one of those answers that the
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Speaker 1: battle for the backup quarterback job still going on, and
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Speaker 1: Brian Day said in a separate and sort of shorter
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Speaker 1: answer that Julian saying was still very much part of
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Speaker 1: the picture in that battle to be QB two this year.
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Speaker 1: So what would Julian say and bring if he ends
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Speaker 1: up winning.
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Speaker 3: That backup job.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, he has a tremendous ability to locate the football.
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Speaker 2: The ball comes out quick, his mind moves quick. You
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Speaker 2: guys have all seen the talent.
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Speaker 3: You know.
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Speaker 2: The thing for Julian is just you know, getting more
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Speaker 2: and more reps. And you know, we say, like, when
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Speaker 2: you get out there, you know, you're either remembering what
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Speaker 2: you're doing.
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Speaker 3: You're learning what you're doing.
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Speaker 2: And you know, for him, a lot of times, you know,
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Speaker 2: he's still learning out there.
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Speaker 3: He's trying to figure it out.
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Speaker 2: And it's a little bit different than where he came,
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Speaker 2: you know, came from in terms of a jump from
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Speaker 2: high school to college.
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Speaker 3: But but you see.
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Speaker 2: The talent, and you know, the faster he learns, the
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Speaker 2: faster he's getting it on the field. He's gonna play
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Speaker 2: a lot of fotball at Ohio State, and you know
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Speaker 2: when he gets on the field is going to be
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Speaker 2: up to him.
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Speaker 1: The quarterback position obviously far from the only one where
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Speaker 1: Ohio State is still sort of sorting some things out
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Speaker 1: on the depth chart and the two deep heading into
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Speaker 1: the season. So now let's talk about the offensive line.
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Speaker 1: Where do things stand with finding a starting right guard,
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Speaker 1: maybe the third tackle, backup center. Where do things stand
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Speaker 1: with all those?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so.
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Speaker 2: We have finally gotten through some of this this funky
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Speaker 2: illness that's going on. So we're finally getting these guys
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Speaker 2: out there, but we're just a little bit behind there.
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Speaker 2: I will say that Tiger's been there the whole time
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Speaker 2: and has really showed improvement.
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Speaker 3: I got to watch the film from today.
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Speaker 2: Today was a physical practice, but I felt him, especially
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Speaker 2: in the last couple of drives.
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Speaker 3: I think he's taken a step forward for sure.
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Speaker 1: Uh.
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Speaker 2: Seth McLoughlin's been, you know, probably our most consistent offensive
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Speaker 2: lineman in the first couple of weeks of practice and
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Speaker 2: so you know, we'll kind of see where it goes,
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Speaker 2: you know, through the scrimmage. Carson, you know, uh, you know,
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Speaker 2: it was out there a little bit, and Donnie's been
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Speaker 2: out a little bit, you know, simming the same thing.
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Speaker 2: So it hasn't been easy because they've been kind of
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Speaker 2: a little bit in and out. George has missed some time,
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Speaker 2: so uh, you know, there's not enough of a body
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Speaker 2: of work to have a you know, real strong opinion
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Speaker 2: in that area. But I will say for the guys
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Speaker 2: that have been there, like Tiger's you know, stood out
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Speaker 2: as being able to play starting you know as a
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Speaker 2: starting uh level player in the quality that he's playing
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Speaker 2: at right now. Now, there's still things he needs to
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Speaker 2: improve and and Seth the same way. So we're get
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Speaker 2: to get Carson out there. We got to get him,
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Speaker 2: you know, back with his feet underneath him, and you know,
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Speaker 2: you know, I have to look at the film today,
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Speaker 2: but also Saturday will be a big evaluation for those guys.
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Speaker 1: Taker Schabola sounds like he has made the most of
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Speaker 1: his opportunities in Fall Camp, especially with other guys being
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Speaker 1: out quite a bit. So is it possible for taker
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Speaker 1: Schabol to end up as both the starting right guard
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Speaker 1: but also be the best option as that third tackle
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Speaker 1: on the roster.
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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, but we're trying to We're trying to keep
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Speaker 2: at guard right now and let him master that. I
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Speaker 2: think it is hard when you go, especially somebody doesn't
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Speaker 2: played a ton of football, you know, bouncing back and forth.
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Speaker 2: I will say that, you know, Zen has shown some signs,
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Speaker 2: he really has, and so you know, we're hoping, you know,
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Speaker 2: that we can find the third tackle from the tackles
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Speaker 2: that we have. George has been out for a while,
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Speaker 2: so it's been hard to get him going. One guy
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Speaker 2: that has flash that's kind of gone back and forth
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Speaker 2: and has played some tackle as Austin Saravelt. He's really
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Speaker 2: shown some good signs and hopefully you know this, this
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Speaker 2: moving from guard to tackle can pay off for him
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Speaker 2: down the road. But yeah, I mean, if we're in
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Speaker 2: the situation we have to move Tgger out, He's done
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Speaker 2: it before.
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Speaker 3: But we really want to keep.
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Speaker 2: Mcguard if possible, to make sure we solidify that because
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Speaker 2: sometimes you can get into the situation where you move
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Speaker 2: a guy and now you have two positions where you
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Speaker 2: don't feel great as opposed to solidifying that guard and
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Speaker 2: then then let's try to figure out where that guy
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Speaker 2: would be if that makes sense.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, now switching gears to special teams, and that's an
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Speaker 1: area where we have not gotten to see a ton
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Speaker 1: of buck eyes during practices during the last couple of
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Speaker 1: weeks when we have been in practices. So where would
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Speaker 1: things stand right now in terms of the team, starting
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Speaker 1: kick returner, starting punt returner, starting punter. Where would those
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Speaker 1: things stand right now if they had a game going
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Speaker 1: on today?
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Speaker 2: We have not decided on the punter yet. All three
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Speaker 2: of those guys are continuing to work. You know, we
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Speaker 2: do have to make a decision here pretty quick. I
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Speaker 2: will say that all three of them have you know,
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Speaker 2: been solid. You know. The first thing we want them
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Speaker 2: to do is be able to get the ball off
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Speaker 2: and under one to nine. The second thing we want
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Speaker 2: is them with over four second hang time. And then
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Speaker 2: the third thing is we want that ball to land
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Speaker 2: somewhere between forty and forty four yards. So if they
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Speaker 2: can do those three things consistently, then we feel like
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Speaker 2: they can be a starter for us. They all haven't
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Speaker 2: done it consistently. They've all shown they can and they
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Speaker 2: are getting better. You know, Anthony just got here, but
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Speaker 2: he's been able to jump in because he's had some experience.
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Speaker 2: Nick this is kind of new to him, but you
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Speaker 2: can see the talent. And Joe has been around enough
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Speaker 2: that he understands, you know, how we do things, and
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Speaker 2: as the elder states, been there, so you know, all
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Speaker 2: three of them are going to continue to work. We
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Speaker 2: had another punt period today that was live other than
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Speaker 2: bringing the returner to the ground. We'll take a look
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Speaker 2: at that and see how that was. But you know,
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Speaker 2: they all can do you know, both the rugby style
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Speaker 2: in the pocket punting.
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Speaker 3: So that's good. But we're not going to name somebody
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Speaker 3: just yet.
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Speaker 2: In terms of returners, you know, Meccha will still you
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Speaker 2: know be in the in the mix both as a
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Speaker 2: punt returner and as a kick returner. We we do
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Speaker 2: have Carnell as a kick returner. You know, Travion is
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Speaker 2: an option back there as well as punt returner. Brandon
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Speaker 2: Nis is an option for us. Jeremiah can do it.
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Speaker 2: We we do have quite a few guys, so we
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Speaker 2: are going to use multiple guys early in the season
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Speaker 2: and kind of see what that happens. It's hard to
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Speaker 2: do that live. You know, certainly Mecca has the most
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Speaker 2: experienced back there. Jayden Ballard has experience as well. So
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Speaker 2: early on, you know, you know, Brian's going to make
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Speaker 2: some decisions on who that would be get him in
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Speaker 2: the game and kind of evaluate it.
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Speaker 3: Over the first couple of games.
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Speaker 2: We feel like we do for the first time in
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Speaker 2: a while, have several guys that we can go to
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Speaker 2: in that area, and we'll use them, you know, probably
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Speaker 2: use them all early on and see how it goes.
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Speaker 2: But they all deserve an opportunity to have the ball
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Speaker 2: in their hands. They've got to be good decision makers.
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Speaker 2: I mean, that's a big part of it now.
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Speaker 1: As you know, earlier your heart heard Ryan Day talking
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Speaker 1: about Will Howard and how he played well during Saturday
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Speaker 1: scrimmage inside Ohio Stadium. Who else on the team great
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Speaker 1: out well on setday?
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Speaker 2: You know, on defense, r Vel Reese really played well.
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Speaker 2: He was the player of the game on defense. And
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Speaker 2: then on offense, Ave Mecca was the player of the
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Speaker 2: game at three really good touchdown catches.
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Speaker 3: The receivers played well in that game. I don't have
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Speaker 3: all the group, but we did.
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Speaker 2: We did do a kind of a mock champions meeting,
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Speaker 2: just to make sure that everybody understands what that means
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Speaker 2: and that that's the ultimate goal for each of our
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Speaker 2: guys to grade out a champion. It's the goal of
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Speaker 2: each position coach for their unit to grade out a champion.
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Speaker 2: And if that doesn't happen, they got to figure out
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Speaker 2: why that is. You to look yourself in a mirror.
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Speaker 2: You got to get to your position coach and figure
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Speaker 2: out why you didn't grade out over eighty percent in
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Speaker 2: that game. So we'll do that again on Saturday, and
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Speaker 2: then you know the next one would would obviously be
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Speaker 2: against Akron. But yeah, those are the guys who flashed.
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Speaker 2: There were other guys who graded out champions. I think
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Speaker 2: if I say one, I'm going to forget the rest
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Speaker 2: of them. So they were a handful. But you know,
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Speaker 2: I think some of the position coaches were going to
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Speaker 2: great difficult in this one to make sure they understand
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Speaker 2: that we all got along.
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Speaker 3: Win to go.
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Speaker 1: There are not all that many questions on the Ohio
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Speaker 1: state roster in terms of who might slot in where,
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Speaker 1: but there have been a couple spots where they've talked
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Speaker 1: about having some concerns. One of those is depth at
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Speaker 1: wide receiver. They feel pretty good about their starting three
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Speaker 1: of Colonel tad And and Mecca of Buga and Jeremiah Smith.
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Speaker 1: But beyond those guys, where do things stand Wide receivers
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Speaker 1: four or five, six, seven on that list.
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Speaker 2: Brandon's done a nice job, so is Bryson Rodgers. I've
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Speaker 2: been very impressed with Kojo Antwy in special teams. He's
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Speaker 2: run good routes, He's become very accountable. I just like
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Speaker 2: his work ethic. He's really changed his body, He's changed
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Speaker 2: his life, he's changed his habits. I'm proud of the
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Speaker 2: preseason that Cojo's had, and you know, we really need
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Speaker 2: him to be a guy that can help us this year.
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Speaker 2: You know, I see some things in him that that
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Speaker 2: are pretty special and I'm hoping that we can continue
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Speaker 2: to build on that. You know, Ballard has flashed, He's
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Speaker 2: done that in the past. We need him to be
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Speaker 2: more consistent. Milon Graham, for a young player, has really
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Speaker 2: had a good five days.
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Speaker 3: You know, he kind of got to the.
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Speaker 2: Point where he had that called you know, kind of
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Speaker 2: the doul drums of camp where he's right in that
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Speaker 2: you know, he can't really get any momentum, and then
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Speaker 2: the last five days he's built his own momentum, made plays.
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Speaker 2: I believe he grated out a champion in the game
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Speaker 2: on Saturday. So that's been encouraging to see from him.
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Speaker 3: Who else would I be forgetting? I think that's I
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Speaker 3: think that's the group.
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Speaker 2: You know, after the first three or four, you know
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Speaker 2: that those are the next guys, and they've all flashed,
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Speaker 2: and you know, I think they were buildings up there.
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Speaker 3: I feel better now than I did, certainly, you know
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Speaker 3: two weeks ago.
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Speaker 2: And if bryceon Rodgers can can continue to play strong
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Speaker 2: and physical and block in the run game and the
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Speaker 2: perimeter run game and catch the ball in contact. He's
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Speaker 2: got tremendous change direction. He can run routes underneath and
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Speaker 2: and you know he's working on making sure that he's
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Speaker 2: he's keeping that weight up. I think he wants to
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Speaker 2: be like north of one eighty seven, and you know
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Speaker 2: he's got to be because you know that that position is,
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Speaker 2: you know, as a physical position, and he's shown that
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Speaker 2: he can do it, and so that's that would be
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Speaker 2: encouraging to have him there as a weapon for us.
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Speaker 1: Another position where the Buckeyes feel pretty good about their
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Speaker 1: starting guys and then have a few questions. But behind
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Speaker 1: that is at running back. Of course, they're feeling very
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Speaker 1: good about having Trevon Henderson and Quinn Shawn Judkins there
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Speaker 1: as a one in one A and whatever order you
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Speaker 1: want to have those guys. But behind them, the only
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Speaker 1: two scholarship players on the roster are both true freshman
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Speaker 1: James Peoples and Sam Williams Dixon. James Peoples, of course
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Speaker 1: has lost his black stripe already, so it feels safe
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Speaker 1: to say he's probably the third running back on that roster.
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Speaker 1: How was he looked the last couple of weeks.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, another guy who I think has had his best
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Speaker 2: once he got that black stripe off the day before,
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Speaker 2: as you know, really put some.
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Speaker 3: Good practices together.
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Speaker 2: I think it's he's getting his rest and he's taking
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Speaker 2: care of himself and he understands what it takes to
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Speaker 2: recover at this level, and he's on his stuff. He's
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Speaker 2: got a great look in his eyes, got a great
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Speaker 2: energy when he walks in a building, and just seeing
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Speaker 2: that the way he runs, he's seeing it faster, doing
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Speaker 2: a better job and protection.
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Speaker 3: So I'm excited about what I've seen the last week
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Speaker 3: from from James.
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Speaker 1: And the Buck guys will be back inside Ohio Stadium
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Speaker 1: on Saturday for their second and final scrimmage of the fall.
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Speaker 1: What is the biggest question that Ryan Day still has
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Speaker 1: to answer on Saturday in that scrimmage.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't.
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Speaker 2: I don't know if we'll get anything quite you know,
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Speaker 2: like answered on Saturday. I think we'll learn more information
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Speaker 2: and continue to move forward. I mean, we know how
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Speaker 2: long this is going to be, and we're continually trying to,
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Speaker 2: you know, take the next step in certain areas and
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Speaker 2: build this foundation, and Saturday will be one more piece
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Speaker 2: of the puzzle.
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Speaker 3: You know.
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Speaker 2: Coming off the field today, I feel differently than when
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Speaker 2: I did when I when I woke up this morning
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Speaker 2: because we learned something about our team today. I think
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Speaker 2: it'll be the same thing on Saturday. Will there be
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Speaker 2: some positions one probably? Yeah, I don't know exactly who
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Speaker 2: and where and how that looks. But but again, it's
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Speaker 2: going to be a long year and we need death.
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Speaker 3: We're going to need everybody.
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Speaker 2: So you know, we're going to get three groups reps
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Speaker 2: on Saturday and let them all go and I try
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Speaker 2: to build as much depth as we can. But again,
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Speaker 2: it's not going to be anything revolutionary. I don't think
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Speaker 2: you know well.
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Speaker 1: The countdown to the start of the twenty twenty four
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Speaker 1: season now just two weeks and one day, getting very
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Speaker 1: very close at the Bucky's final scrimmage of the fall
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Speaker 1: inside Ohio Stadium this weekend, as they start counting down
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Speaker 1: the days to the Akron game fifteen days away, Game
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Speaker 1: week just eight days away. Boy boy, we are getting there.
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Speaker 3: We'll talk John Monday.