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Ohio State vs. Oregon: "You Shake A Little More" In A Game This Big · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, we've got another bonus show for you guys
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  Speaker 1: right now. There's more content than we can possibly fit
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  Speaker 1: into the normal content schedule. A lot of stuff to
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  Speaker 1: talk about this week as the number two Buck guys
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  Speaker 1: head west, basically number three Oregon Ducks. Apologize in advance
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  Speaker 1: if you hear a lot of background noise. We're at
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  Speaker 1: the Phoenix Airport. It is not the quietest place in
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  Speaker 1: the world, so plenty of background noise for you. Just
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  Speaker 1: consider it fun, ambiance and a chance to capture the
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  Speaker 1: mood of our trip out west. So today you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: be hearing from the Buckeyes. We got a chance to
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  Speaker 1: talk to them Wednesday night just before we left. We're
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  Speaker 1: gonna start with Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, who
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  Speaker 1: was asked about the challenge of facing a lefty quarterback
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  Speaker 1: like Dylan Gabriel and whether they were using their lefty
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  Speaker 1: quarterback Aaron Nolan to sort of give them a look
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  Speaker 1: at that during practice this week.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, you know, the ball comes out, so
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  Speaker 2: I think it's probably more you know, catching a lefty
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  Speaker 2: or getting a snap, you know, when a lefty quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, he's been over there and doing a great job.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, he's got a great arm and he's
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  Speaker 2: also really athletic, so that that part's good and he
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  Speaker 2: but you know, so, yeah, he'sen. He's been over there
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  Speaker 2: getting work and doing a good job for us.
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  Speaker 1: This is not exactly the first big game the Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State football team has been a part of. They played
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  Speaker 1: Michigan every year, they play ten State every year, they
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  Speaker 1: play top five out of conference opponents. From time to time,
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  Speaker 1: they've played in a bunch of college football playoff games.
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  Speaker 1: You get the picture. You know, this is not a
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  Speaker 1: new thing for the buck Eyes. But still, this is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a very big test. Number two versus
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  Speaker 1: number three across country trip, one of the toughest road
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  Speaker 1: venues in all of college football. How do you get
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  Speaker 1: ready for this type.
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  Speaker 2: Of game what we see every day in practice, and
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  Speaker 2: like you said, it is a big challenge. Is a
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  Speaker 2: big challenge for all of us, which is great. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we've been looking forward to it. In preparation has been
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  Speaker 2: has been good, and so we'll keep working at it.
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  Speaker 2: But but yeah, you know, biggest challenge to date, and
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  Speaker 2: that's what these guys have been working towards.
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  Speaker 1: One thing that might help the buck Eyes this weekend
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  Speaker 1: is they're going to get Carnell Tape back in the
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  Speaker 1: passing game. Really dynamic receiver who kind of gets lost
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  Speaker 1: behind Jeremiah Smith and Mecha Abuka sometimes in the narrative
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  Speaker 1: around the team. But just listen to Ryan Day talk
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  Speaker 1: about what he brings and you know he is an
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  Speaker 1: important part to get back this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Carnell is certainly very very talented. But to me again,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's he's very intelligent. He works really hard.
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  Speaker 2: He's a really good blocker. When the ball is not
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  Speaker 2: in his hands, he does a great job. But he's
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  Speaker 2: a very good route runner, a good downfield, good underneath
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  Speaker 2: right after catch has been excellent. So you know, first off,
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  Speaker 2: it's the production. Second thing, it's it's you know, is
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  Speaker 2: his leadership. He's a leader, even for a young player,
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  Speaker 2: and so it's great to have him back.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Carnell Tait was at last week. His spot was
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  Speaker 1: ablely filled in for by Brandon Innes. He made a
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  Speaker 1: big catch on fourth down. What does it do for
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  Speaker 1: a young guy like Brandon in this who's still kind
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  Speaker 1: of working to establish himself to have a catch like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's confidence and how do you build confidence you
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  Speaker 2: do it, and every day is an opportunity to build
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  Speaker 2: confidence in coaches and your teammates and then yourself. And
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  Speaker 2: I think when you make a play like that in
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  Speaker 2: a conference game, it does all three of those things.
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  Speaker 2: So great to see him make that play, but when
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  Speaker 2: when you see him do it in practice every day,
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  Speaker 2: you know, no one was surprised when he made that catch.
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  Speaker 2: And you know he's very, very competitive and tough, and
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  Speaker 2: so you know he's good to have him in there,
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  Speaker 2: Good to have another guy that we can count on.
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  Speaker 1: Game week has a certain rhythm around the Ohio State program.
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  Speaker 1: They'll practice a bunch during the week with the big practices,
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  Speaker 1: the really hard practices that's Tuesday and then to a
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  Speaker 1: slightly lesser extent Wednesday. So how did those two practices
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  Speaker 1: go this week? Because how those practices go is often
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  Speaker 1: a sign of how will the game's going to go
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday night?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good, good spirited. You know, guys, you know it's
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  Speaker 2: about us. We always say that. So even you know,
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  Speaker 2: when you know we're playing, you know, an excellent opponent
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  Speaker 2: like we're playing, you know, it's still about us. We
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  Speaker 2: want to know our opponent as well. But it's about
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  Speaker 2: the standard we set. And we've had good, you know,
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  Speaker 2: two days right here, and guys have been guys have
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  Speaker 2: been edgy, which is what you want, and coaches have
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  Speaker 2: been edgy. And so that's good. We're gonna get back
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  Speaker 2: on a film here and figure out what corrections we
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  Speaker 2: need to make and where we need to enhance the
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  Speaker 2: things we did well and uh and keep grinding and
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  Speaker 2: keep preparing. As you know, we head into Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: There are a million storylines for this weekend's game. One
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  Speaker 1: of them is how the hio State offensive line is
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  Speaker 1: going to hold up against the Borg and defensive ends
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  Speaker 1: especially let's talk about right tackle Josh Bryer. It's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be a very big game for him and it'd beg
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  Speaker 1: a challenge for him. So, so, how was Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: seeing Josh Fryer and the rest of the offensive line
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  Speaker 1: improved this season?
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it's it's it's something that we all knew
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  Speaker 2: going into this this offseason needed to get done. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, and and and you're seeing some improvements for sure,
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  Speaker 2: and and but it's you know, it's all of us.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're all continually working to get better. And
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  Speaker 2: so as we know, we got a big challenge this week,
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  Speaker 2: and but we're seeing him improve again because he's practicing well.
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  Speaker 2: And so I know I sound like a broken record,
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  Speaker 2: but it's just true, you know. I mean, how you
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  Speaker 2: practice every day is how you're going to get better.
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  Speaker 2: It's just the way football works. And and he's doing that,
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  Speaker 2: and he gets to go against Jack and JT every
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  Speaker 2: day is a barometer to see where he's at. So
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  Speaker 2: we'll need him to play well this this game.
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  Speaker 1: Talked earlier about some of the young receivers getting a
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  Speaker 1: chance to maybe make it, make a play, make make
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  Speaker 1: an impact on the game. One of the guys who
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  Speaker 1: did that last week was Bryson Rogers. He had a
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  Speaker 1: big catch on a crucial early third down play against Iowa.
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  Speaker 1: What does that mean in terms of his continued development?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought to catch the first down catch early
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  Speaker 2: in the game. To make a play like that contested
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  Speaker 2: early in the game is a good sign. Yeah, because
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  Speaker 2: you know, usually the progression for a young player is
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  Speaker 2: they make a catch, you know, later in the game
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  Speaker 2: when they're comfortable or you know, when they're open. That
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  Speaker 2: was a contested, tech contested catch early in a game.
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  Speaker 2: When a third down that you know we needed to
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  Speaker 2: keep the drive going, so that was encouraging. And I
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  Speaker 2: think again, building confidence and you know, will to throw
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  Speaker 2: him the ball, but also builds confidence in a coach
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  Speaker 2: is to know we can put him in the game
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  Speaker 2: and builds confidence in himself.
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  Speaker 1: Now you're going to get to hear from Josh Fryer himself.
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  Speaker 1: He's asked about the loud environment. He's one of the
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  Speaker 1: key Buck guys who have seen a game inside Audsin
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  Speaker 1: Stadium and the importance of being able to use that
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  Speaker 1: silent count this weekend.
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  Speaker 3: It'll be important. I mean Austin's I've been there before
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  Speaker 3: on my official visit. It's a big stadium. It only
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  Speaker 3: holds fifty four thousand, but I can bet in my
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  Speaker 3: gut that it'll get pretty loud. So yeah, silent Count's
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  Speaker 3: going to be helpful during that game.
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  Speaker 1: Frier is going to be in store for a big test.
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  Speaker 1: We may get hold on to block. Jordan Birch, big
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  Speaker 1: defensive end for Oregon, massive, very athletic, two and a
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  Speaker 1: half sacks last weekend against Michigan State. What kind of
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  Speaker 1: a challenge is that for that?
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  Speaker 3: He's a really good player, powerful, super strong. When he's
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  Speaker 3: six six two ninety and he moves like that. It's
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  Speaker 3: kind of scary. But at the same time, I think
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  Speaker 3: for us as offense line, we got.
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  Speaker 1: To do our job.
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  Speaker 3: Both tackles do their job, and I don't know, I
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  Speaker 3: think I think it'll be a good game.
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  Speaker 1: Offense has made big strides in terms of their ability
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  Speaker 1: to run the ball, which is in turn helped them
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  Speaker 1: out in terms of figuring third downs, staying on the field,
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  Speaker 1: scoring touchdowns, being efficient in the red zone, all of
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  Speaker 1: those things. And it all stems from running the ball
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  Speaker 1: better than they did last year. So why is the
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  Speaker 1: offensive offense able to run the ball so much better
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  Speaker 1: this year?
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  Speaker 3: Experience I'd say that. I'd say experience my second year,
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  Speaker 3: Josh's second year playing at Ohio State, Donovan's third year, Tegra,
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  Speaker 3: But I think Tigra Seth's experience too. But Tiger has
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  Speaker 3: that I don't know, he leans on me and Seth.
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  Speaker 3: But at the same time, you see some things when
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  Speaker 3: Tiger goes on on tape, you're like, oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 3: like that guy's pretty good. Yeah, I think just the
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  Speaker 3: experience of us upfront, and like I said in past pro,
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  Speaker 3: it'll be a good test. It'll be a good test
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  Speaker 3: when we go against this really good defense.
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  Speaker 1: And one more from Josh Bryer. This is a big stage.
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  Speaker 1: And again we've said this on a bunch of shows.
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  Speaker 1: This is not a brand new thing for the Buck
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  Speaker 1: guys to play in a big game, but this is
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  Speaker 1: still top three matchup national TV. What is it like
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  Speaker 1: to play on that kind of a big stage.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a test for us. I'm not a big
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  Speaker 3: I don't like it on national television because you just
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  Speaker 3: get if you get messed up, everybody knows, the reporters,
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  Speaker 3: the announcers, everybody. But at the same time, you got
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  Speaker 3: to embrace it too. I think last year personally, when
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  Speaker 3: it was a big game, I would kind of shy
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  Speaker 3: away from it. But now I feel more experienced and
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  Speaker 3: just ready to play the game. And it's a cool
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  Speaker 3: environment because you don't you never get experienced anything like
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  Speaker 3: this ever again in your life.
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  Speaker 1: So the way we always call him the most honest
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  Speaker 1: man on the Ohio State football team, cornerback Denzel Burke
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  Speaker 1: will tell you what he thinks. He was a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of subtext this this week where he was crying
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  Speaker 1: very hard to not say stuff. You got the sense
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  Speaker 1: that you maybe pick up the vibes of what he
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  Speaker 1: was thinking at times. Here's one he's asked. But going
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  Speaker 1: up against the Oregon wide receivers and the challenge that
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  Speaker 1: would present.
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  Speaker 4: Oh yeah, there, It's gonna be a great matchup. Man.
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  Speaker 4: This is something I always wish for. You know, I'll
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  Speaker 4: go against the best receivers every day in practice, but
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  Speaker 4: to be able to go against good on good man,
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  Speaker 4: it's really exciting for me. You know, I'm a really
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  Speaker 4: big competitor, So it's gonna be really fun. They got
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  Speaker 4: a good group of guys over there, and this see.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Burke was one of the few players who was
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  Speaker 1: on this year's team who was also playing on that
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty one Ohio State team. He was actually a
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  Speaker 1: starter very early in his Ohio State career. What happened
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  Speaker 1: in that game and what happens what's different now.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, we couldn't stop the run that game three
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  Speaker 4: years ago, and I feel like we're a lot we're
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  Speaker 4: a different team from then. And you know, they play fast,
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  Speaker 4: they play out a really good tempo. So it's just
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  Speaker 4: really just you know, again, making sure we're getting our
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  Speaker 4: calls lining up and you know, playing with our best effort.
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  Speaker 1: One of the many interesting storylines about this week's game
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  Speaker 1: is the buck Guy's going up against a lefty quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: or against Dylan Gabriel is not something that has faced
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  Speaker 1: a whole heck of a lot of over the last
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  Speaker 1: few years. So does that make this a more challenging game?
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  Speaker 1: In some way?
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  Speaker 4: It's gonna be my first time actually playing a lefty,
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  Speaker 4: so it might be a little different feel. You know,
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  Speaker 4: he's a good quarterback, pretty accurate, good throws, and we
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  Speaker 4: were just really ready to challenge him, and you know,
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  Speaker 4: we're going to be the first, good, good, great set
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  Speaker 4: of dbs that he's going to see, So really excited
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  Speaker 4: for this matchup Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Being a lefty, of course, not the only thing that's
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  Speaker 1: a little unusual about Dylan Gabriel. He is a six
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  Speaker 1: year player at his third school who to set the
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  Speaker 1: NCAA all time passing record this year. Depending on how
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  Speaker 1: long the Ducks play and how well Dylan Gabriel plays,
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  Speaker 1: what kind of challenge does he presents?
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  Speaker 4: Oh yeah, he's he's good with his feet, he can
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  Speaker 4: extend play, he's good rolling out to his left. So
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  Speaker 4: we're really just just happy. We're happy to see what
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  Speaker 4: we're what we're gonna see on Saturday. He's a good player,
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  Speaker 4: and he's a leader. You know, I'm pretty sure he's
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  Speaker 4: a six year right, so he's he's experienced, he's a vet.
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  Speaker 4: So it's gonna be a great challenge for us.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, this is number two in the nation versus
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  Speaker 1: number three in the nation. The winner could end up
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  Speaker 1: number one in the nation. Does a game this big
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  Speaker 1: feel any different one?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, man, you shake a little more, especially in the
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  Speaker 4: big time games. But those are the moments I'm built for,
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  Speaker 4: and those are the moments I'm really ready for. And
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  Speaker 4: I've been playing in big games my entire life. And
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  Speaker 4: really just go out there and play football, man, and
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  Speaker 4: do what we gotta do, and you know, be the
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  Speaker 4: best version of myself Saturday night.
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