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BONUS: How Does Jeremiah Smith Handle Teams Throwing The Kitchen Sink At Him? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: It's time for another bonus episode. This one is going
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  Speaker 1: to be from Ryan Day's interview on Wednesday night following
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes practice. There's always a good time to sort
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  Speaker 1: of check in. You get a little bit of an update.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like you talk to him Tuesday at lunchtime.
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  Speaker 1: How much could be new by Wednesday evening? But the
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  Speaker 1: answer is a lot because Tuesday and Wednesday, those two
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  Speaker 1: practices are often the most physical practice. practices of the
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  Speaker 1: week for the Buckeyes. So lots of news that could
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  Speaker 1: be coming out of that and some interesting stuff this
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  Speaker 1: week on Wednesday night as the Buckeyes get ready to
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  Speaker 1: take on Iowa. So one of the questions he got
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  Speaker 1: asked about was Julian Sane. He obviously made a good
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  Speaker 1: impression running the ball last week, but where does Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day think he is in terms of the quarterback sneak?
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  Speaker 1: Because it felt like Julian Sane was able to pick
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  Speaker 1: up some yards, pick up some crucial first downs out
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  Speaker 1: of the pocket, out of structure. But the quarterback sneak,
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  Speaker 1: that's something that there have been a couple times over
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  Speaker 1: the last few years where that hasn't necessarily panned out.
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  Speaker 1: So where does Ryan Day think that Julian Sane is
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  Speaker 1: with that right now?
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  Speaker 2: For the most part, he's done a decent job with it. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we always want to get better. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there's different styles of sneaks. You know, there's the kind
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  Speaker 2: of the assault one or, you know, the one where,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you go fast. Then there's other ones where,
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  Speaker 2: you know, everyone at the stadium knows you're going to
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  Speaker 2: run it. And so each one has a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a different feel to it. But, um, yeah, there, there's, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the offensive line has to get leverage on it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the team, um, we're playing Iowa. They do,
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  Speaker 2: they do a good job of it as well. So
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  Speaker 2: it takes work, uh, technique wise for the guys up front,
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  Speaker 2: but then as the quarterback, you know, there, there's a,
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  Speaker 2: there's a feel for it. And then you got to
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  Speaker 2: drive your legs and, um, and find a way to
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  Speaker 2: get that first down. You know, it's, it's, um, it's,
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  Speaker 2: it's a real weapon when you can convert in those,
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  Speaker 2: those opportunities. So, um, obviously we saw what the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: did with their run that year, a lot of conversions
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  Speaker 2: on that play. Um, It's a tool and something that
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  Speaker 2: we've got to continue to refine.
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  Speaker 1: When you are a player like Jeremiah Smith, you are
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  Speaker 1: used to being at the center of attention, and that
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  Speaker 1: can be a good thing, and that can mean a
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  Speaker 1: lot of NIL deals and all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But it can also mean, well, the opposing defense knows
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  Speaker 1: where you are, you are the first person they're looking for,
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  Speaker 1: and they're going to throw a lot of attention your way,
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  Speaker 1: and that may not be quite as welcome. They've thrown
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  Speaker 1: all sorts of stuff at Jeremiah Smith over the years
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  Speaker 1: at Ohio State. So what has Ryan Day seen from
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith in terms of how he handles that? when
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  Speaker 1: teams make taking him away from the offense their number
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  Speaker 1: one goal.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's extremely competitive, but he's also not a selfish person.
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  Speaker 2: He cares about the team and he wants to win.
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  Speaker 2: He puts a lot of work in, so he wants
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  Speaker 2: to touch the ball. I think anybody would. He wants
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  Speaker 2: to make an impact on the game, but he also
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  Speaker 2: understands it's a team. And if we're not running the ball,
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  Speaker 2: if the other guys on the field aren't doing their part,
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  Speaker 2: then it puts more stress on him. But I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's times where he's double covered, there's times wherever, and
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  Speaker 2: the ball still goes his way. I mean, he just
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  Speaker 2: has that kind of an impact. So he's just an
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  Speaker 2: ultra competitor. It's our job to try to figure that out.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, in terms of his attitude, he just wants
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  Speaker 2: to win, but he wants to make an impact on
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  Speaker 2: the game, as you can imagine. So, but yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's receivers out there, you know, that I've been around,
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  Speaker 2: not many here, but just in general, where You know,
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  Speaker 2: they just, it's all about them and all about the touches.
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  Speaker 2: That's not the way Jeremiah is. He wants, his number
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  Speaker 2: one goal is to win and he's a team player.
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  Speaker 1: This next one was a great question from Bill Landis
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  Speaker 1: of the Bill and Doug show. It's about Arthur Smith
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  Speaker 1: and how he was more outside zone based in the
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  Speaker 1: run game in the NFL. This year, not as much
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  Speaker 1: with the Buckeyes. So, okay, why the change? And then, man,
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  Speaker 1: this is a great and very detailed answer to a
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  Speaker 1: very good question from Ryan Day.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think it's a different game. The NFL
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  Speaker 2: and the college is two different things. So there's certain
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  Speaker 2: things that do carry over and fit, and there's things that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you have to adapt to the game. But also,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when you look at the college game, I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he and I have talked about this a
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  Speaker 2: lot now, and so you just, I think everybody can
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  Speaker 2: recognize it, but we talk about it a lot. You know,
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL, you see three, four, five maybe styles
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  Speaker 2: of defense all year, you know. In college, it's a
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  Speaker 2: brand new defense every week. Completely different. Very few times
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  Speaker 2: do you see much carry over from one defense to
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  Speaker 2: the other. This defense that we're going to play here
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  Speaker 2: is to the test of time for decades. They do
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  Speaker 2: such a great job and they're very unique in what
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  Speaker 2: they do. Think about the defense we played last week
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  Speaker 2: and how different that was. Each week, it's a new challenge.
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  Speaker 2: That's different than the NFL. Then, there's styles that fit
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  Speaker 2: the players that we have right now that we have
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  Speaker 2: to adapt. So, And, you know, Arthur's run stretch. He's
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  Speaker 2: run gap. He's run, you know, the duo play tight zone. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a lot of it has to do with
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  Speaker 2: your personnel. A lot of it has to do with
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  Speaker 2: what you're going up against each week on defense. And
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  Speaker 2: it's been good for him to kind of get his,
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  Speaker 2: like we talked about, I think, on Tuesday. Now that we're,
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  Speaker 2: you know, getting towards the middle of the season, I
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  Speaker 2: think he's understanding how we've done things, how the college
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  Speaker 2: game is going, and he's a quick study on that.
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  Speaker 1: Last week, there was a lot of conversation about the
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  Speaker 1: fact that the Buckeyes allowed almost 200 yards rushing to Illinois,
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  Speaker 1: but they also allowed 260 yards passing as well. So
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  Speaker 1: is that just sort of a byproduct of them just
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  Speaker 1: playing more man, putting more guys kind of out on
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  Speaker 1: the island? What were the takeaways from that, and what
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  Speaker 1: has Ryan Day seen from those guys in the secondary
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  Speaker 1: this week?
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  Speaker 2: Um, yeah, I think when, when you do, like you said,
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  Speaker 2: when you, when you're playing man, um, one of them
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  Speaker 2: was a breakdown on that wheel route. Um, a couple
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  Speaker 2: other ones, um, you know, there was a catch and runaway. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: so sometimes, you know, the percentages aren't maybe as high.
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  Speaker 2: I forget exactly what the percentages were in that game, but,
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  Speaker 2: but the, the yards can be a lot higher. So
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  Speaker 2: we got to recognize that and we got to own it. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: and that means like, you know, The answer isn't to
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  Speaker 2: go change coverages or change styles. Whatever it is, we've
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  Speaker 2: got to own that, and the guys want that. So
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  Speaker 2: to answer your question about this week, I think that
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  Speaker 2: they've had a good week. They had a good practice today,
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  Speaker 2: but all that matters is what we go put on
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  Speaker 2: the field on Saturday. Iowa's doing a very good job, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: of running the ball, but they're also doing a good
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  Speaker 2: job throwing the ball. They're a balanced offense, so it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a challenge up front, but also in
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  Speaker 2: the secondary.
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  Speaker 1: It seems hard to believe, but this is Ohio State's
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  Speaker 1: first trip to Iowa since 2017. Now, that's almost a
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  Speaker 1: decade ago, and it was long enough ago that that
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  Speaker 1: was Ryan Day's first year in Columbus. He was just
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback's coach back then. It is his very first
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  Speaker 1: year on Urban Meyer staff. How did that game go?
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  Speaker 1: Not great, Bob. Buckeyes lost 55-24, one of the most incredible,
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  Speaker 1: bizarre results you can possibly remember. So what does Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day remember from that game? And then there's kind of
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  Speaker 1: a quick follow-up that you'll maybe sort of be able
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  Speaker 1: to hear about whether Ryan Day thinks he might coach
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  Speaker 1: at Ohio State as long as Kirk Ferentz has at Iowa.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember coming off an emotional win against Penn
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  Speaker 2: State and then going there and Um, it was an
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  Speaker 2: early turnover, uh, pick six. And from then on, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it just, uh, we, we did not play well that day. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: and they did, um, I think the environment is one
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  Speaker 2: of the best in the conference and, um, and then,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've had an opportunity to play them since, but,
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  Speaker 2: but not there. Um, so it's a great road environment, um,
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  Speaker 2: and they do a good job playing at home, but,
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  Speaker 2: It's more about the football on the field and who
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  Speaker 2: they are as a team. And like we talk about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they feed off turnovers. They play great field position.
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  Speaker 2: They're very sound at what they do. They have an
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  Speaker 2: excellent identity. So, you know, obviously for somebody who's coached
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  Speaker 2: as long as Coach Ferenc has coached, I think we
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  Speaker 2: all can recognize what a great coach he's been. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, very, very unique in today's day and age
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  Speaker 2: that you'd be somewhere for this long. And to go
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  Speaker 2: through all the different changes that college football has gone
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  Speaker 2: through And he's still doing great. And I got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of respect for him and how his team plays.
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  Speaker 2: And so to me, it's more about that than it
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  Speaker 2: was about the place. But it is a loud environment
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  Speaker 2: and a great opportunity for us to go get a
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  Speaker 2: road win at a place like Iowa, which is a
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  Speaker 2: difficult place to win. 30 years, yeah. I'm just getting
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  Speaker 2: through this game. We got to win this game. That's
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  Speaker 2: all I'm thinking about right now.
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  Speaker 1: And the last one for Ryan this week. What is
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  Speaker 1: the call to action for this week? Last week, he
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  Speaker 1: was talking about the running backs really needed to run angry.
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  Speaker 1: So what is it this week? Now, there was people
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  Speaker 1: who got very upset about Ryan Day talking about this
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  Speaker 1: being a four-quarter game during his press conference on Tuesday. Here,
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  Speaker 1: he takes a second to explain what that actually means.
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  Speaker 2: Well, when you're playing against a team like this, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you got to show up and you got to swing
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  Speaker 2: from the first punch and you got to play all
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  Speaker 2: the way for four quarters, you know? And again, I
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  Speaker 2: think some people think, well, you know, It means we
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  Speaker 2: have to win the game in the fourth quarter. Well,
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  Speaker 2: we have to win the game throughout the game, but
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  Speaker 2: we have to play really good in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 2: Whether we're down two scores or up by three scores,
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  Speaker 2: like we've been in other games, we have to finish
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  Speaker 2: the game. We can't all of a sudden think that
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  Speaker 2: we're playing anything other than four quarters. And these guys
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  Speaker 2: keep coming. They'll come after you every play. So what
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  Speaker 2: are we looking for? We're looking for a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: guys that are going to go on the road, that
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  Speaker 2: are going to play as hard as they possibly can,
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  Speaker 2: as tough as they possibly can, and execute at a
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  Speaker 2: high level with great focus for 60 minutes. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we can get back on that plane with a win
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  Speaker 2: and come back here. It's going to build a lot
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  Speaker 2: of momentum for this season. So, you know, I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've tried to do a great job of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, even for some of the guys who came
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  Speaker 2: in from other programs, they played at Iowa. So they
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  Speaker 2: know what this team's all about and they know what
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  Speaker 2: a challenge it's going to be. And I think obviously,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the win that they had last week has
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  Speaker 2: got them playing with a lot of confidence. Our team
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  Speaker 2: knows that. They know what the challenge is. Right now,
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  Speaker 2: they've been locked in, but all that matters is how
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  Speaker 2: we play on Saturday. We've got to do a really
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  Speaker 2: good job from here until 3.30, preparing and be ready
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  Speaker 2: to play our best football in all three phases.
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  Speaker 1: All right, there you go. A little update from Ryan Day.
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