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Ohio State 45, Maryland 16: 3 Things We Learned From A Rainy Buckeyes Win · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Sunday, October 11th. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom, or the Indiana game in six days,
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  Speaker 1: the Michigan game being less than 50 days away. The
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  Speaker 1: season is flying by. That was Tony Gerderman of BuckeyeInsiders.com. Tony.
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  Speaker 1: Regular season, halfway done for the Buckeyes right now. They
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  Speaker 1: handle business against Maryland, 45-16. It was almost remarkable for
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  Speaker 1: how not remarkable it was in a whole lot of ways.
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  Speaker 1: This is also one of those games where, for the
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  Speaker 1: coaching staff and the players, I think you come out
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  Speaker 1: of this game and all you're focused on is the
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  Speaker 1: stuff that you didn't do right, the stuff you didn't
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  Speaker 1: do well, the stuff you need to improve because you
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  Speaker 1: know– that that Indiana game is just six days away.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and plenty to work on. You got the win,
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  Speaker 2: but also nobody leaves thrilled about it. And the lack
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  Speaker 2: of discipline in the first half, seven penalties for 50
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  Speaker 2: yards from the Buckeyes. They finished with eight for 65,
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  Speaker 2: that last one being a 15-yard penalty from Bo Atkinson
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  Speaker 2: late in the game. Like, you made it most of
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  Speaker 2: the second half because I'm sure there was a chewing
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  Speaker 2: out at half about knocking off with penalties.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 2: One of those touchdown drives from Maryland in the first
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  Speaker 2: half completely led by Ohio State penalties. Four penalties on
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  Speaker 2: that drive to get them down there. If you give
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  Speaker 2: Indiana a similar type of drive, that could be all
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  Speaker 2: it takes. I'm not saying it's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: 7-0 game, but Tom, it's going to be a four-quarter
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  Speaker 2: game next week, and you can't afford to be escorting
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  Speaker 2: the opponent down the field with your penalties, so They
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  Speaker 2: cleaned it up for the most part in the second half. But, man,
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  Speaker 2: just really, like, yeah. Did everybody want.
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  Speaker 1: To be here?
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  Speaker 2: You know, it was one of those just not going
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  Speaker 2: through the motions, but also they could have.
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  Speaker 1: Been more locked in. Well, I remember when I was
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  Speaker 1: in school, football players had– Illinois was extremely bad at
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  Speaker 1: that point. And the players called that Statter Day where–
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  Speaker 1: You know you're going to win, and it's just, okay,
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  Speaker 1: can I put up some fancy numbers? And I don't
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  Speaker 1: know that that was the case in this one, but
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  Speaker 1: I think also it's not, you know, the players talked
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  Speaker 1: after the game about how they're really locked in because
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  Speaker 1: they know Indiana is going, you know. I don't remember
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  Speaker 1: anyone using the phrase locked in last week. Listen, you're
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  Speaker 1: locked in because you know Maryland's coming to town, and
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  Speaker 1: that was not the case at all. This was, I think,
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  Speaker 1: a game that Ohio State was kind of like, all right,
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  Speaker 1: let's get through this and then on to the serious
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  Speaker 1: business next week.
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  Speaker 2: And Ryan Day did at the outset mention there were
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  Speaker 2: five new starters in this game because of injuries. So
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  Speaker 2: it's like that also plays into it. This won't be
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  Speaker 2: the same team that you see next week. You would
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  Speaker 2: assume Christian Allegro would be back. Ryan Day said not
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  Speaker 2: everybody on that list is going to be back next week,
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  Speaker 2: but a good portion of them will be.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and I think a lot of the conversation around
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  Speaker 1: this game centers on the offensive line because that's where
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  Speaker 1: you had a couple of the You had a couple
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  Speaker 1: of guys who were not people who were starting, entering
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  Speaker 1: the season. No Philip Daniels, which that just kind of
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  Speaker 1: continues to linger and sort of hang out there. They
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  Speaker 1: have said out loud that they thought they were going
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  Speaker 1: to have him back by now. So I think that's
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of a concern. No Austin Searveld, and
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  Speaker 1: that was real last minute. Sometimes something has happened and
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  Speaker 1: it just doesn't leak out. They found out on Saturday
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  Speaker 1: morning that they weren't going to have Austin Searveld, so
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  Speaker 1: That is a big loss for the offensive line. They
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  Speaker 1: had to shuffle some guys around. They have guys who
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  Speaker 1: they feel that they can trust. This was not, oh boy,
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  Speaker 1: you're pulling a name out of a hat and saying
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  Speaker 1: a prayer. This was guys who they trust, but also
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  Speaker 1: not Austin Zierfeld.
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  Speaker 2: Right, and it was interesting because when we find out
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  Speaker 2: that he's not going to go, then it's like, well,
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  Speaker 2: Who is going to start at right tackle? Is it
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  Speaker 2: Carter Lowe? Is it Luke Montgomery kicking outside? And Ryday
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  Speaker 2: said they did talk about Luke Montgomery as a possibility.
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  Speaker 2: But Gabe VanSickle, for the short amount of time that
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  Speaker 2: he had to prepare, did a good job. But also,
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  Speaker 2: we've talked about him playing tackle back in camp. When
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  Speaker 2: they're cross-training, everybody basically plays everywhere. And then you also
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  Speaker 2: saw Josh Padilla out there because he went in a
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  Speaker 2: couple times. He had to go in. One time, Luke
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  Speaker 2: Montgomery was slow getting up after a drive, I think
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  Speaker 2: after they ended up punting or whatever, but he went
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  Speaker 2: to the medical tent, and then he actually came back
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  Speaker 2: and played when he didn't necessarily need to, but it
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  Speaker 2: was interesting to see him back out there. And then
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  Speaker 2: by the end of the game, he was out again,
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  Speaker 2: not for anything new, but just because he had had
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  Speaker 2: enough probably. So even there, there's some guys that are
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  Speaker 2: banged up. And they're about to face a defensive line
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  Speaker 2: that is going to, full speed, come after them from
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  Speaker 2: many different directions. So they've got to get the knee
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  Speaker 2: braces on, get the heads on the swivel, get all
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  Speaker 2: that stuff ready for what they're going to see. And
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  Speaker 2: probably have to do it in the silent count.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. This is going to be a challenge
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  Speaker 1: next week. And after Indiana, you get the week off.
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  Speaker 1: And this is the time of year when coaches and
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  Speaker 1: players all say, this is a good time for a
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  Speaker 1: week off. Right. You need the week for everyone to
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  Speaker 1: kind of get rested up and kind of take a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a deep breath. But first, you've got
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  Speaker 1: to go to Bloomington. And that is not going to
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  Speaker 1: be easy. And that may have gotten a little more
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  Speaker 1: difficult on Saturday with the situation around the offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: That said, Julian Sane took a lot of hits. Some
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  Speaker 1: of it was on the offensive line. Some of it
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  Speaker 1: was not on the offensive line. Some of it was
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  Speaker 1: on the running backs. And that felt like... that has
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  Speaker 1: to get cleaned up. You cannot have that kind of
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  Speaker 1: stuff because they can't afford to lose Julian. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, and Isaiah West missed that one blitz pickup.
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  Speaker 2: I do wonder if he played more before that, was that,
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  Speaker 2: would that be easier for him to pick up?
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  Speaker 1: Or would it have happened earlier in the game?
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah. Or, you know, would Bo Jackson or Jacoby
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  Speaker 2: Jackson had picked that up? So these are all questions
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  Speaker 2: that coaches are going to ask themselves. And then you
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  Speaker 2: decide on the fact of like, well, let's just keep
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  Speaker 2: the guys that we can trust out there and, and
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  Speaker 2: go from there. So, yeah, it's going to take all
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  Speaker 2: hands on deck in terms of protecting Julian Tate, especially
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  Speaker 2: when they want to go downfield as much as they
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  Speaker 2: do against these defenses, and they're drawing stuff up to
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  Speaker 2: free up Jeremiah Smith. It can't all just be stuff
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  Speaker 2: behind the line of scrimmage for him. They want to
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  Speaker 2: get him downfield as well. Devin McEwen, too, assuming he's back,
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  Speaker 2: which we would assume he would be, it's tough to
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  Speaker 2: go five, six yards downfield for 14 plays against Indiana.
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  Speaker 2: You want some chunks out of it.
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  Speaker 1: Right, and there was no Devin McEwen, no Brandon Ennis,
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  Speaker 1: so it was Jeremiah Smith and a bunch of guys
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  Speaker 1: who have not been starters before. And Jeremiah Smith, four catches,
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  Speaker 1: 93 yards, a couple touchdowns, which that's a ho-hum day
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  Speaker 1: for him, and that's a career day for about 75%
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  Speaker 1: of college receivers. But other than him, second leading receiver,
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  Speaker 1: Jacoby Jackson. Mason Williams, who had two catches for two yards.
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  Speaker 1: Those two guys had combined four catches for ten yards,
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  Speaker 1: and those were the only guys who had more than
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  Speaker 1: one catch. Nate Roberts had a long touchdown reception, 68 yards.
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  Speaker 1: Chris Henry Jr. had a 46-yarder. Kyle Parker, one catch,
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  Speaker 1: 16 yards. Phillip Bell, one catch, six yards. Bo Jackson,
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  Speaker 1: one catch, three yards. There was just not a lot.
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  Speaker 1: There was not a lot there in the passing game.
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  Speaker 1: Julian's saying 13 for 21. 242 yards. So it's like
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  Speaker 1: the yards per attempt is phenomenal. The completion percentage, 62%, is, again,
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  Speaker 1: for a normal college quarterback. It's like, oh, what a
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  Speaker 1: good day at the office. Four touchdowns, one pick. But
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  Speaker 1: the pick was on the play with the failed blitz pickup.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the passing game was fine. The running game,
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  Speaker 1: it felt like they completed 13 passes. They ran the
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  Speaker 1: ball 48 times. This felt a little bit like a
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  Speaker 1: game where Ryan Day kind of wanted to establish it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and they did struggle a little bit in the
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  Speaker 2: first half. It felt like he was going to want
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  Speaker 2: to just work something out in the second half with
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  Speaker 2: the running game, and I think they did. And I
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  Speaker 2: think you could say they also missed Brandon Innes and
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  Speaker 2: Devin McEwen in the passing game because you saw it
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  Speaker 2: was a little bit tougher to just find– get things
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  Speaker 2: going and complete some of those passes. But, yeah, the
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  Speaker 2: running game, I think there was a message that wanted
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  Speaker 2: to be set. And I think they did. For the
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  Speaker 2: most part, they wore Maryland down.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they did. They definitely did. So now Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: turns the page. They head to Indiana to face– to
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  Speaker 1: Bloomington to face Indiana. Next week, that is a noon kickoff.
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  Speaker 1: That's one that Ohio State fans will probably not grumble about,
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  Speaker 1: having to go on the road. It would probably be
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  Speaker 1: a more raucous environment in Memorial Stadium for a 7.30
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  Speaker 1: NBC game than a noon Fox game. So they'll have
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  Speaker 1: that on their side. Man, it's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: fascinating week with who's available. What's going on? How are
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  Speaker 1: they solving the problems? Because there are a lot of
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  Speaker 1: potential mix and match. Hey, this guy's back. That guy's
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  Speaker 1: not back. This guy is maybe back. What's plan A?
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  Speaker 1: What's plan B? There's a lot of stuff that we're
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  Speaker 1: going to have to talk about this week. Also going
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  Speaker 1: to be a lot of fascinating stuff to talk about
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  Speaker 1: with our scheme guys coming out of this game. I'm
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  Speaker 1: fascinated to watch this game, but I'm even more excited
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  Speaker 1: to hear our scheme guys at Buckeye Insiders talk about
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  Speaker 1: that and sort of explain, okay, here's what happened. Here's
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