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BONUS: Ryan Day Breaks Down Freshman Phenom Legend Bey's Debut · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, welcome to another special bonus episode. Now that
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  Speaker 1: we are in season mode, there is so much to
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  Speaker 1: talk about. Get a chance to look back a little
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  Speaker 1: bit at the Buckeyes' 56-3 win over Ball State. And yes,
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  Speaker 1: even to look ahead now to the game against the
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  Speaker 1: Texas Longhorns this Saturday. Ohio State players and coaches no
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  Speaker 1: longer need to feel like they haven't even thought about it.
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  Speaker 1: They got to just focus on Ball State. Okay, that's
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  Speaker 1: all in the past. Now they can talk a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about Texas as well. So this special bonus episode,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to hear a little bit from Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: head coach Ryan Day, some of his postgame comments, especially
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  Speaker 1: those focused on the offensive side of the ball. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to get a little Texas at the end
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  Speaker 1: of this, too. So we'll start with Jeremiah Smith. He
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  Speaker 1: got that long touchdown early to start the season, start
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  Speaker 1: the game, second drive of the game, long touchdown pass.
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  Speaker 1: good start to the season for him, good start to
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  Speaker 1: the season for the Buckeyes. Was it sort of part
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  Speaker 1: of the plan to kind of get him in, get
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  Speaker 1: him his touches and then get him out so he
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  Speaker 1: could sort of rest up and stay healthy for Texas?
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  Speaker 2: As you can imagine, you know, when the game plans
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  Speaker 2: are being put together, I mean, he's very much in
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  Speaker 2: the front of Arthur and the offensive staff's mind. So
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  Speaker 2: not everything is designed that way. But I thought, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the game plan was suited to make sure he touched
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  Speaker 2: the ball and He did a great job making some plays.
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  Speaker 2: And Julian did a good job of getting him the ball.
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  Speaker 2: And we decided to hold him in the second half, which,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for Jeremiah, you know, he understands, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what's coming here. And he was great. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: think somebody who is a little bit more selfish or
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  Speaker 2: worried about different stats or anything like that would feel
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  Speaker 2: a certain way. And he was great. He's like, let
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  Speaker 2: the young guys play. And, you know, put that decision
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  Speaker 2: in the coach's hands and trusted what we did. So
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  Speaker 2: we decided to hold him in the second half because
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  Speaker 2: he understands that, you know, we've got a monster game
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  Speaker 2: here coming up.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the passing game was flying high early. The run game,
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  Speaker 1: not so much. It was not great early. Broken open
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  Speaker 1: later in the game, the second half, it looked like
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  Speaker 1: a very different thing. So what went into that, both
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  Speaker 1: the bad in the first half and some of the
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  Speaker 1: good that you saw in the second?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, coming into halftime, I don't think anybody said the
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  Speaker 2: run game looked great. But that's why you play a
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  Speaker 2: whole game of football. And those first two drives in
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  Speaker 2: the second half, we were able to hit some of
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  Speaker 2: those things. But we're going to get on the film
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  Speaker 2: and recognize– the things that we, you know, did well, but,
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  Speaker 2: and build confidence on that, because there was a lot
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  Speaker 2: in this game to build confidence on, but then the areas,
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  Speaker 2: excuse me, where, you know, we didn't do as good, and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, there was a couple things early on that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they did movement-wise that we finally got identified.
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  Speaker 2: I think Arthur and Tyler did a good job of
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  Speaker 2: recognizing that at half, making a few adjustments on some
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  Speaker 2: of the schemes, and then the offensive line did a
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  Speaker 2: really good job there as well, so we know that
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  Speaker 2: as the competition increases, you know, those things are going
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  Speaker 2: to get magnified, and that's what tomorrow's all about, but
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned to the guys in the locker room, there'll
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  Speaker 2: be times we enjoy this through the night and then
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  Speaker 2: wake up tomorrow and move on to the next opponent.
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  Speaker 2: Not this one. The minute we leave the locker room,
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  Speaker 2: it's on to Texas. So we gave them about 15
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  Speaker 2: minutes to enjoy in the locker room, and then it's
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  Speaker 2: on to Texas. But we still need to get on
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  Speaker 2: the film and make those corrections.
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  Speaker 1: One thing that was very surprising to a number of
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  Speaker 1: us was that Luke Fahey was the first quarterback off
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  Speaker 1: the bench once Julian Sands' workday was done. Obviously, we
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  Speaker 1: knew and had been talking about for weeks now, The
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  Speaker 1: fact that Luke Fahey and Tavian St. Clair were in
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  Speaker 1: a legitimate battle for that QB2 position. I think everyone
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  Speaker 1: sort of assumed that the default answer was going to
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  Speaker 1: be that Tavian St. Clair would sort of be that
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  Speaker 1: first guy off the bench because it was going to
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  Speaker 1: be a little bit newsworthy if Luke Fahey took that job. Well,
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  Speaker 1: and then Luke Fahey was the first guy off the bench.
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  Speaker 1: So where does that all stand after game one?
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  Speaker 2: I thought they both came in and played well. We
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  Speaker 2: were hoping to split the series with with them. And
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  Speaker 2: that's what happened. I think we were able to get
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  Speaker 2: a sample size and go from there and see where
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  Speaker 2: that goes. We decided to put Luke in first, but
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  Speaker 2: we'll continue to evaluate and let those guys continue to
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  Speaker 2: work to get better.
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  Speaker 1: One of the guys who was one of the biggest
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  Speaker 1: stories of the spring, even before the spring started, and
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  Speaker 1: then one of the guys who was the biggest stories
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  Speaker 1: of fall camp, and then one of the guys who
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  Speaker 1: was the biggest stories of day one and game one
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  Speaker 1: of the season for the Buckeyes is Legend Bay. True
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  Speaker 1: freshman running back. He had some good... You saw that
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  Speaker 1: touchdown run on that reception at the end of the game.
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  Speaker 1: And man, you saw all the stuff that we've been
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  Speaker 1: telling you about and all the stuff we've been hearing about.
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  Speaker 1: You saw that all on that one play. But also,
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  Speaker 1: he returned two kickoffs. Both of them he probably should
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  Speaker 1: not have returned. So you got some good, you got
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  Speaker 1: some bad. So what was Legend Bay's day? What did
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day have to think about that?
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  Speaker 2: The more disappointing thing is the second time it happened again.
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  Speaker 2: So there are things that are going to happen as
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  Speaker 2: freshmen that, you know, I told Chris Henry, I think
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  Speaker 2: the first play, maybe Jeremiah's career was a drop. And
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  Speaker 2: I said, just keep playing through it, which he did.
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  Speaker 2: So it's good to see him get that ball at
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  Speaker 2: the end. But what we can do is make the
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  Speaker 2: same mistake twice. So nobody felt worse than legend on that. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, those are trust things that we're going to
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  Speaker 2: have to continue to work on to build trust within
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  Speaker 2: the coaches and the teammates and the team. So, but
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  Speaker 2: you can see the talent.
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  Speaker 1: You can.
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  Speaker 2: And he's got a good attitude when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: being corrected. I think he has the right mindset when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to it. So we want to work with
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  Speaker 2: him to get better. And I think you obviously see
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  Speaker 2: what the talent is and certainly what he can do
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  Speaker 2: when the ball's in his hand. So it's his job
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  Speaker 2: to continue to work to get better, build discipline and
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  Speaker 2: trust in the coaching staff. And it's our job as
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  Speaker 2: coaches to find ways to utilize his talents.
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  Speaker 1: Guys like Legend Bay, but also guys like Bo Jackson,
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  Speaker 1: guys like Jacoby Jackson, guys like Jeremiah Smith. Does Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day find himself just saying wow during a game at
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  Speaker 1: what some of these guys can do?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's definitely times for sure. But I also know
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  Speaker 2: what's coming down the road and they're going to have
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  Speaker 2: teams that we play are going to have those type
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  Speaker 2: of players as well. And we're going to have to
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  Speaker 2: make those plays. But nonetheless, it's still good to build
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  Speaker 2: confidence and to see that, to see the connection with
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  Speaker 2: Julian and Jeremiah today to see Bo break a tackle
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  Speaker 2: then break another tackle see the effort of Brock Boyd
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  Speaker 2: running downfield the block that Chris Henry had on that
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  Speaker 2: when you see the replay was excellent that type of
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  Speaker 2: effort we can build on so that that's exciting to
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  Speaker 2: grow from I thought the offensive line did a great
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  Speaker 2: job on that play but but yeah there's no quite
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  Speaker 2: there are times where you know I say the talent
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  Speaker 2: in the players sometimes overcome some of the coaching that's
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  Speaker 2: kind of how that works but we know in matchup
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  Speaker 2: games that's not going to work so you know as
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  Speaker 2: you watch it you're you're Always looking at it through
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  Speaker 2: that type of lens to make sure that we're doing
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  Speaker 2: what's right that's going to translate to success down the road.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I'm going to tell you the question in a minute,
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  Speaker 1: and then I want you to hear the answer, and
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  Speaker 1: I want you to listen to what you don't hear
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day sort of answer in this one. So the
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  Speaker 1: question was, was it the plan to shuffle the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line in the first half? Because you saw at one
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  Speaker 1: point they pulled starting right tackle Phillip Daniels. brought in
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  Speaker 1: Gabe Van Sickle at right guard and moved to Austin
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  Speaker 1: Sirvel from right guard to right tackle. And things had
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  Speaker 1: not been going great before then. So was that sort
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  Speaker 1: of the plan all along or was that something that
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  Speaker 1: was a result of what they saw on the field?
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  Speaker 1: And then sort of the second part of the question
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  Speaker 1: was about the conversations that they're having on the sidelines
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  Speaker 1: as they're on those iPads reviewing plays with the players.
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  Speaker 2: That is the flexibility that we have. And the competition
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  Speaker 2: continues and they're pushing each other. but that's typical of
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  Speaker 2: a normal game of going over and watching the iPad
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  Speaker 2: and trying to identify what's coming and the type of
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  Speaker 2: stunts that they're bringing and how they're bringing it and
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  Speaker 2: some different things that, you know, in a first game,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to see some things that maybe you hadn't
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  Speaker 2: seen before. So identifying what those are, making sure the
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  Speaker 2: communication is good, and then trusting your training. You know,
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  Speaker 2: as we know, when you get into the stadium in
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  Speaker 2: the first game of the year, you know, even like
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  Speaker 2: that first few plays in the first drive was a
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  Speaker 2: little off, you know, and And then you see, you know,
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  Speaker 2: somebody new come in the game and you see a
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  Speaker 2: couple of things that are off. And that's why it
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  Speaker 2: was good to play this game before we went down
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  Speaker 2: to Texas. So, you know, but I thought it was
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  Speaker 2: great to see them come out in the second half
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  Speaker 2: and rock off the ball the way that we've seen
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  Speaker 2: them all preseason camp.
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  Speaker 1: Last one on this show. Yeah, we're going to take
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of a look ahead to the Texas Longhorns.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day sharing his first thoughts on Texas and the
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  Speaker 1: challenge ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously a great opponent. Um, they have, you know,
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  Speaker 2: really good talent across, across the, um, the board. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: going down there is, is something that we've obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 2: been working towards all summer looking forward to, um, they
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  Speaker 2: have a great program and a great team. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be a great environment, but this is
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  Speaker 2: what we're going to have to do this year. When
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  Speaker 2: you look at our schedule, we're gonna have to be
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  Speaker 2: able to go on the road and win games like this. So, uh, preseason,
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  Speaker 2: our off season was all designed around this. So, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's here time to go prepare for these guys.
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