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NFL Combine: Jack Sawyer & JT Tuimoloau On Who's Next At Ohio State · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buck Eyes Tomorrow Morning for Thursday, February twenty seventh.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Tom Or the Texas game in one
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  Speaker 1: dot com. The NFL Combine has officially started in Indianapolis.
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  Speaker 1: We've got a whole team of guys over there covering it.
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  Speaker 1: Mark Gifler, Tody Gerdaman, and Kevin Noon all in Indy
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  Speaker 1: to cover that for you. Mark and Kevin at Mark
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  Speaker 1: and Tony did an episode of the Buckeye WILLI podcast
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  Speaker 1: if you want to hear those guys discussing what they
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  Speaker 1: saw and what they heard on day one over there.
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  Speaker 1: But in this episode you're going to get to hear
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  Speaker 1: from a couple of the buck Eyes who talked on Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: Jack Sawyer and JT. Twoe Moloau, a couple guys that
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  Speaker 1: it's really a lot of fun stuff in this in
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  Speaker 1: those interviews, a lot of stuff we've never really got
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  Speaker 1: a chance to hear from them much since the National
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  Speaker 1: Championship game. So a little bit of looking back at
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  Speaker 1: the season, looking back at the National Championship, all that
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  Speaker 1: kind of stuff, and then of course a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of looking ahead at life in the NFL and the
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  Speaker 1: whole draft process and all that kind of stuff. So
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  Speaker 1: some really interesting stuff getting to hear directly from both
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  Speaker 1: of those guys. We're gonna start with one about the
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  Speaker 1: roommate process for the NFL combine. You're not guaranteed anyone
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  Speaker 1: you don't you might get room stuck rooming with someone
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  Speaker 1: you don't know from a different school, maybe even someone
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  Speaker 1: you've ever met. Well, Jack Sawyer, he showed up in
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  Speaker 1: his room. You'll hear him first talk about this first,
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  Speaker 1: and then J T. Twoey moloaw. As it turns out,
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  Speaker 1: Jack Sawyer's roommate for the NFL combine is J T
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  Speaker 1: two Moow. You're gonna hear from those guys back to back.
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  Speaker 1: If you are just listening on a podcast, if you
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  Speaker 1: hear two guys back talking back to back, we're always
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  Speaker 1: just going to have Jack Sawyer be the first one
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  Speaker 1: and JT second, just to make it easy on you
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  Speaker 1: to figure out who's who.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, it's funny. You know, we're getting out
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  Speaker 2: here and he's out here, out there training with Man
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  Speaker 2: California too. So we got told that, you know, your
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  Speaker 2: roommates out here could be random, and so I checked
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  Speaker 2: in first, and you know, the bags didn't have names
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  Speaker 2: on him, so I had no idea who it was.
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  Speaker 2: And then here comes j T walking down the hallway.
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  Speaker 2: So we started laughing. It was good to be ruining
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  Speaker 2: with him again. Uh So it's been fun.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, I have it Jack there.
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  Speaker 3: It's just you know, a s extended family. So just
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  Speaker 3: having him there, we talk about everything and just what
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  Speaker 3: you know, what this we're going through, this process means
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  Speaker 3: for the both of us and how we dreamed about
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  Speaker 3: it as we were little kids, and it's crazy that
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  Speaker 3: time flies were already here.
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  Speaker 1: One of the common things that guys will get asked
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  Speaker 1: about at the combine is about their teammates who are
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  Speaker 1: also at the combine. So Jack and JT were both
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  Speaker 1: asked to weigh in about what makes Tylee Williams such
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  Speaker 1: a unique prospect.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Tyleek is one of the biggest freaks
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  Speaker 2: in his draft class. I mean he's you know, six'
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  Speaker 2: three and can. Move big. BOY i call him The
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  Speaker 2: Kong Fu panda because he can move so well for
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  Speaker 2: being so. Big. Uh but, yeah he's he's one of
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  Speaker 2: the most unique Guys i've been around ever, seen just
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  Speaker 2: with a size and the speed athletic ability for being
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  Speaker 2: so big and so.
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  Speaker 3: STRONG i, Mean, tylee the way he, MOVES i mean
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  Speaker 3: he's light on his. FEET i, mean if you see,
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  Speaker 3: him you wouldn't think, that but you, know when you
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  Speaker 3: see him, move it's just it's just. UNREAL i mean
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  Speaker 3: he's a freaking. Nature he moves as if he's you,
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  Speaker 3: know two. Fifty but but, man that's a that's a
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  Speaker 3: that's a. Man that's a man amongst. Kids right.
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  Speaker 1: There The buck guys run to a national championship with
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  Speaker 1: the longest season in college football. History didn't end Until january,
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  Speaker 1: twentieth which did not leave a lot of time for combine.
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  Speaker 1: Prep so how did that compress timetable changed Both Jack
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  Speaker 1: sawyer AND. Jt Toya MOOLO i was approached to.
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  Speaker 2: Training, YEAH i mean we had a late, season, thankfully you,
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  Speaker 2: know Ended layton was able to win The National, championship
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  Speaker 2: so we didn't have a whole lot of, time you, know,
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  Speaker 2: training flew straight out To california to another the next
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  Speaker 2: week after the game to start. Training so really just
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  Speaker 2: taking care of your body and eating the right. Stuff
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  Speaker 2: AND i think we've done a really good job of.
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  Speaker 2: That you, know all the guys, too so we all
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  Speaker 2: feel pretty.
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  Speaker 3: Good so it really just tested me on, on you,
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  Speaker 3: know HOW i manage my time going, back like you,
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  Speaker 3: said getting your body right as well as, training and
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  Speaker 3: just for all the things that are coming. Up just understanding,
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  Speaker 3: that you, know this is how the league is going to.
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  Speaker 3: Be you're you, know have to spend your time very
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  Speaker 3: well and use, it use.
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  Speaker 1: It the correct.
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  Speaker 3: Way there's no time to just let things go to.
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  Speaker 3: Waste so you had to be very critical with your.
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  Speaker 3: Time and that's what it taught. Me And i'm blessed
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  Speaker 3: to go through, this and you, KNOW i Think i've
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  Speaker 3: been handing my time.
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  Speaker 1: Well in the aftermath of That national, championship everything is
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  Speaker 1: kind of a little bit of a. Blur they won
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  Speaker 1: the national, title came, home had that celebration In Ohios.
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  Speaker 1: Stadium the following weekend and then boom off the train
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  Speaker 1: for THE nfl. Combine so has it actually sunk in
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  Speaker 1: for these guys that they're national?
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  Speaker 2: Champions you, know we were just talking about that last.
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  Speaker 2: Night you, KNOW i don't think it's fully sunk in.
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  Speaker 2: YET i think it will once we get the, rings
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  Speaker 2: but you, know it's definitely starting to sink in a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. More you, know realized what we were able to.
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  Speaker 2: Do so it was really, cool and it's still a special.
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  Speaker 3: Moment was it hasn't hit, yet just how quick everything.
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  Speaker 3: Shifted But i'll probably say my favorite. MEMORY i, mean,
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  Speaker 3: yeah you got to go with The scooper score From.
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  Speaker 3: JACK i mean just just seeing, it just seeing where
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  Speaker 3: the game was at that, time and it was tied.
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  Speaker 3: Up it was a close, game and that kind of
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  Speaker 3: like changed the whole. Momentum AND i mean that that's
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  Speaker 3: one play THAT i, remember And i'm pretty sure everybody
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  Speaker 3: who remember for the rest of their.
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  Speaker 1: Lives speaking of That scoop and score. Play how many
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  Speaker 1: times Has Jack sawyer watched that? Play, yeah And i've
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  Speaker 1: seen it a few. Times but, yeah it's just, cool.
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  Speaker 2: MAN i was just happy to be able to make
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  Speaker 2: a play like that and ultimately helped my, team you,
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  Speaker 2: know win a national championship a week. Later so it
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  Speaker 2: was a special, moment you, know definitely Want i'll okay
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  Speaker 2: with the rest of my. Life but really it was
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  Speaker 2: all about you, know finishing off and getting the national championship.
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  Speaker 1: Done this one IS Jt Tooey molowell. Talking was that
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  Speaker 1: scoop and score Against texas kind of the moment that
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  Speaker 1: he felt that they really were going to win that national.
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  Speaker 3: Championship, YEAH i, mean y'all see me. RUNNING i was
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  Speaker 3: really running for excitement at that. Point but, MAN i
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  Speaker 3: think AFTER i was, like, man the way we fought
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  Speaker 3: through adversity and especially that, PLAY i was, like, man
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  Speaker 3: there's no. Doubt feel like we're going to go win this.
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  Speaker 1: Thing and those guys got asked a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: what coming next At Ohio. State first of, All Jack
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  Speaker 1: sawyer was asked specifically About Edrick. Houston, Yeah edriick.
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  Speaker 2: Can, be you, know as good as anybody else in the.
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  Speaker 2: Country you, know if he wants to. Be with his
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  Speaker 2: size and his speed and his athletic, ability how strong
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  Speaker 2: he is, too he could be he could be the
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  Speaker 2: best guy in the country's. Position SO i think you
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  Speaker 2: guys will see him take a big leap going into
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  Speaker 2: a sophomore year and be a really productive.
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  Speaker 1: Player, already all four Of Ohio states starting defensive lineman
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  Speaker 1: from last season are at THE Nfl, combine which means
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  Speaker 1: they if there are four open starting spots on that defensive.
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  Speaker 1: Line so what is next At Ohio? State jack AND
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  Speaker 1: jt both had thoughts on.
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  Speaker 2: That, Yeah i'd say what's next? Is you, know LIKE i, Said,
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  Speaker 2: edrick you know you Got caden, McDonald Kayden, Curry Kenyata.
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  Speaker 2: JACKSON i mean those four guys right there ARE nfl players,
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  Speaker 2: Too So i'm excited to see what they're going to,
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  Speaker 2: do you, know with their first year all as a
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  Speaker 2: group together. Playing sky's the limit for those guys, too you.
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  Speaker 2: KNOW i Know Coach johnson's gonna get those guys, right
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  Speaker 2: AND i look forward to having them having them all
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  Speaker 2: having a great.
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  Speaker 3: Season even though we're, young we have a lot of.
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  Speaker 3: Retalent you, know we Had Kenyatta, Jackson katy And, Curry kenny,
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  Speaker 3: McDonald Jason, Moore Edric. HOUSTON i can go down the
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  Speaker 3: line just everybody over. There you, know we're, young but
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  Speaker 3: we got a lot of talent over. There i'm pretty
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  Speaker 3: sure Coach jay is going to take care of, them
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  Speaker 3: put them through the ringer and through the coaching processes
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  Speaker 3: to get them. Better and you, Know i'm excited to
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  Speaker 3: see what my brothers, do and you, Know i'm praying
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  Speaker 3: over all of them and just just wish for a blessed.
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  Speaker 1: Season one of the common themes of a lot of
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  Speaker 1: these interview sessions with These buck guys is how that
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  Speaker 1: lost To michigan helped fuel that run to the national.
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  Speaker 1: Championship here WITH. Jg twumoloau's thoughts on.
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  Speaker 3: That it was a time we hit rock bottom for
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  Speaker 3: a little bit and we really had to. Decide you,
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  Speaker 3: know we really had to lean on our on our you,
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  Speaker 3: know on our, faith on our brotherhood and what we stand.
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  Speaker 3: For it could have been so easy for us to
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  Speaker 3: just spiral and, separate BUT i think once we come,
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  Speaker 3: together we regroup and understood what was still ahead of.
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  Speaker 3: US i, mean it was it was all it was
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  Speaker 3: all gas right. There we're gonna.
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  Speaker 1: Finish with, three just With Jack sawyer first of. Them
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  Speaker 1: first of, all who are some pros Who jack maybe
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  Speaker 1: models his game?
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  Speaker 2: After, YEAH i like to watch a handful of. Guys you,
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  Speaker 2: know Coach johnson's always bringing stuff in and chopping it
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  Speaker 2: up for us from the pro. Level SO i watched
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  Speaker 2: a lot OF Tj, watt a lot Of Miles, garrett you,
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  Speaker 2: Know Nick, bosa all those, Guys Max, crosby you, know
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  Speaker 2: all the guys are just the best of what they
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  Speaker 2: do right. Now so just taking a mixture of things
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  Speaker 2: from all those, guys you, know trying to emulate in your.
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  Speaker 1: Game Jack sawyer was viewed as one of the leaders
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  Speaker 1: in getting all those seniors to come back for one
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  Speaker 1: more shot at The national championship last. Year what does
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  Speaker 1: he look think now looking back at those conversations about
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  Speaker 1: maybe trying to run it back for one more, year
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  Speaker 1: especially now knowing how it all.
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  Speaker 2: Ended, yeah the off season with the conversations were, about you,
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  Speaker 2: know winning the national championship and winning the games on
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  Speaker 2: defense side of the ball and being the best defense
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  Speaker 2: in the, country you, know nothing. Else and you, know
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  Speaker 2: it's cool looking back on it now and realizing what we,
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  Speaker 2: did you, know really this time of the year last,
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  Speaker 2: year all coming back and deciding to running back and
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  Speaker 2: then being able to be the best defense in the
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  Speaker 2: country and winning the national. Championship you, Know it's just
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  Speaker 2: such a blessing From god to be able to do
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  Speaker 2: those things and do with that.
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  Speaker 1: Group and finally The buck guys run through the college Football,
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  Speaker 1: playoff it felt like really dominating things at the line
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  Speaker 1: of scrimmage was a big part of that whole. Run
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  Speaker 1: how important was physicality along those lines of, scrimmage coming
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  Speaker 1: straight From Jack sawyer or a guy who was right
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  Speaker 1: there on the front line.
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  Speaker 2: The games one up, front every game is one on
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  Speaker 2: the in the. Trenches you, know whether the team does
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  Speaker 2: for four hundred yards or. Not you, know can't do
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  Speaker 2: the jobs off the offensive line and defense same. Way so,
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  Speaker 2: YEAH i mean going into every, game we're always trying
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  Speaker 2: to be the most physical. Team you, know something that
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  Speaker 2: we preached going into every every year and every. Game
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  Speaker 2: Ty leek And Ty hamilton lead it off and do
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  Speaker 2: a great job in the, middle and then you know
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  Speaker 2: me AND jt hold down the edges and the guys
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  Speaker 2: behind us flying up making. Place you, know guys Like
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  Speaker 2: Lathan ransom coming up in the hole and knocking guys
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  Speaker 2: out on the. Run and you Know cody And sonny
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  Speaker 2: being all over the place. Too so playing physical and
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  Speaker 2: playing fast and violence like ourmo At Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: State, well that is just a tiny bit of what
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  Speaker 1: we got to hear from The buckeyes On wednesday at
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  Speaker 1: THE Nfl, combine and there's gonna be much more coming
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  Speaker 1: later on. Today you can find all of that stuff
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  Speaker 1: at Bucke huddle dot. Com we've had all sorts of
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  Speaker 1: conversation about it on the Huddle board presented By Jeff
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  Speaker 1: Ruby's Columbus but you can watch all these interviews in
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  Speaker 1: their full unedited portion unedited form on our YouTube channel
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  Speaker 1: YouTube dot com Slash Buckey Huddle. On AS i mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: Earlier Donny gerdaman And Mark givler have an episode in
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  Speaker 1: The Buckeye weekly podcast feed talking about some of the
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  Speaker 1: stuff that they saw and heard and experienced On wednesday
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  Speaker 1: at The. Combine we'll have more coverage of that for
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the week going Through, saturday and then
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  Speaker 1: once that wraps up On, saturday then we've got A
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  Speaker 1: Blue jackets And Detroit Red wings game coming up At
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  Speaker 1: Ohio Statium kevin, noon AND i will be there for
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  Speaker 1: that one as. Well quite a busy week for. Us,
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  Speaker 1: no there's no off season. Anymore quite a busy week
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  Speaker 1: for us all At buckeye huddle dot. Com we hope
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  Speaker 1: to see you. There that'll do it for. Today thank
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  Speaker 1: you guys all for joining. Us have a great. Day
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk to. Tomorrow