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BONUS: Julian Sayin Is Locked In For 2026 · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to a special bonus episode. We have a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of player interviews that I want to get through this
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  Speaker 1: week to let you hear from all seven of Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State's team captains, or at least we'll let you hear
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  Speaker 1: from as many of them as we have time for.
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  Speaker 1: We are running out of time before the start of
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  Speaker 1: the season. There's a lot to talk about, but we
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  Speaker 1: will start with the guy who is probably going to
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  Speaker 1: be one of the biggest keys to exactly how good
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  Speaker 1: this Ohio State season is, and that is quarterback Julian Sayen.
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  Speaker 1: He's just a redshirt sophomore. third year as a Buckeye,
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  Speaker 1: second year as a starter. And he feels like he just,
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  Speaker 1: he looks different this year. He sounds different this year.
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  Speaker 1: Guys talk about him like he is a very different
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  Speaker 1: player than he was last year. So we'll let you
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  Speaker 1: hear and see a little bit from Julian saying, you
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  Speaker 1: can judge for yourself. But one of the things that
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  Speaker 1: is different about Julian saying this year is that he
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  Speaker 1: is a team captain, one of seven captains on this
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  Speaker 1: year's Ohio State Buckeyes. He's been really focused on taking
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  Speaker 1: on a bigger leadership role as well. That's leading by example,
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  Speaker 1: being a vocal leader. You're going to hear about a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of that stuff coming up a little later on
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  Speaker 1: in the show. And, you know, when you're trying to
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  Speaker 1: take on a leadership role, a lot like just trying
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  Speaker 1: to be a good quarterback, is that a little bit
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  Speaker 1: easier with a year of starting experience under your belt?
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, it is a little bit easier
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  Speaker 2: just to have experience, you know, and, you know, having
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  Speaker 2: a veteran group around me, having a veteran offensive line that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we know each other very well, the receiver room,
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  Speaker 2: you know, having an offensive group that we know each
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  Speaker 2: other very well, it is a little bit easier, but
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  Speaker 2: you still have to you know, get out of your
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  Speaker 2: comfort zone and, you know, what can I do more
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  Speaker 2: to improve as a leader?
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  Speaker 1: This is Julian Sands' second season as Ohio State's starting quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: but it is his first season working with new offensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 1: Arthur Smith. So obviously when you go from year one
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  Speaker 1: to year two, if you stay in the same offense,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to have a much better grasp of things,
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  Speaker 1: but Arthur Smith bringing in a bunch of new stuff
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  Speaker 1: this year. This is not just purely last year's offense
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  Speaker 1: with a different guy calling it. Arthur Smith is going
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  Speaker 1: to have his own terminology and, He's going to have
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  Speaker 1: some his own twists on things. So it's a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a new thing as well. So where is
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  Speaker 1: Julian saying right now in terms of understanding the offense
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  Speaker 1: now compared to last year or maybe even this spring
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  Speaker 1: when Arthur Smith was still relatively new?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think definitely just, you know, having the experience
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  Speaker 2: of last season, but then also having, you know, having
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  Speaker 2: the offseason to work with with Coach Smith and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just me in spring compared to me and now with,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the understanding of the offense has grown so much.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so. Preseason camp is so valuable for
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  Speaker 2: that type of thing, to get a better understanding of
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  Speaker 2: the offense with the players that we have. So it's
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  Speaker 2: been great.
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  Speaker 1: Up to the line of scrimmage, he's going to have
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  Speaker 1: two plays called in the huddle, going to go up
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  Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage, and he's going to be
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  Speaker 1: able to make a decision at the line of scrimmage
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  Speaker 1: based on what he's seeing from the defense about which
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  Speaker 1: play that they want to do. So is that going
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  Speaker 1: to be something that he's going to be able to
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  Speaker 1: do all the time? Is that going to be a
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  Speaker 1: frequent thing this year?
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  Speaker 2: I think we'll do a good amount of stuff in
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  Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage. Coach Smith, he's obviously a very
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  Speaker 2: bright office of mind and somebody who puts a lot
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  Speaker 2: on the quarterback's plate, so it's been fun to work
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  Speaker 2: with him. Yeah, I think as a quarterback, you want
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  Speaker 2: to be in charge. You want to be able to
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  Speaker 2: make the checks and get us in the right play,
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  Speaker 2: and so it's been a ton of fun.
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  Speaker 1: We talk all the time about the importance of chemistry
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  Speaker 1: on a football team, the offensive line having to work together,
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  Speaker 1: or the guys in the secondary really knowing where the
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  Speaker 1: other guys are going to be. Or in the case
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  Speaker 1: of a quarterback, knowing exactly what to expect from the
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  Speaker 1: wide receivers, where they're going to be, when they're going
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  Speaker 1: to be, because it has to be really, really precise.
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  Speaker 1: And his second year as a starter, where does Julian
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  Speaker 1: Sane feel like he has the most chemistry with his receivers?
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  Speaker 1: This is one of these questions where it's always interesting
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  Speaker 1: to hear which names he says and in which order.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, me and Jeremiah and Brandon
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  Speaker 2: have always, you know, had a lot of chemistry just
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  Speaker 2: because of last season playing together. And, you know, those
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  Speaker 2: guys get a ton of targets last season. Um, so
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, building that, building that chemistry with,
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  Speaker 2: with Devin and then with, with Chris and Brock has been,
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  Speaker 2: has been great to kind of build that. And then
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  Speaker 2: with the tight end room, it's, it's been a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fun. I mean, you know, haven't, I've known Bennett
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  Speaker 2: for a long time, you know, Bennett, me and Bennett,
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  Speaker 2: but having like the new guys like Mason, Hunter, have
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  Speaker 2: those guys come in at tight end and build that
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  Speaker 2: chemistry has been great too.
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  Speaker 1: One of the names you heard there in that answer
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  Speaker 1: was Brock. That is me, Brock Boyd, true freshman out
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  Speaker 1: of Texas. He was the first true freshman to lose
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  Speaker 1: his black stripe this spring. He is going to be
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  Speaker 1: one of the true freshmen who is playing pretty much
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  Speaker 1: from day one this fall. So You look at Chris
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  Speaker 1: Henry Jr., and Chris Henry Jr. is freakish size and speed.
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  Speaker 1: You look at Brock Boyd, and he does not look
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  Speaker 1: like someone who has freakish size and speed. So, okay,
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  Speaker 1: what makes Brock Boyd someone that quarterbacks love throwing to
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  Speaker 1: so much?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's somebody who knows the ins and
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  Speaker 2: outs of the zone, can win versus man coverage, and
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  Speaker 2: just the guy that he's always seeming to find himself
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  Speaker 2: to be open.
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  Speaker 1: Quarterbacks have to have great chemistry with their wide receivers,
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  Speaker 1: but it doesn't hurt if they have good chemistry with
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  Speaker 1: their center as well. And Julian Sands seems like he
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  Speaker 1: has great chemistry with his center, Carson Hinsman. Hinsman is
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  Speaker 1: a veteran, 50-year player, one of only three 50-year Buckeyes
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  Speaker 1: who have gone all the way through their careers at
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State, and this is their fifth year. What does
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  Speaker 1: it mean to have a veteran center like Carson Hinsman
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  Speaker 1: to work again with this season?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I definitely... appreciated it a ton last year.
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  Speaker 2: You know, being my first year as a starter, having
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  Speaker 2: a veteran at center like that was amazing to have.
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  Speaker 2: And then to have me and Carson back this year,
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  Speaker 2: just the chemistry that we have, it's, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: kind of know what each other is thinking up the
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  Speaker 2: line of scrimmaging and can get on the same page
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  Speaker 2: very quickly. And there's not, there doesn't need to be
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  Speaker 2: a ton of communication because, you know, we're very in sync.
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