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Ohio State vs. Michigan: "Fun Is Kicking Ass" And Other Things We Learned From Ryan Day · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: This is a special bonus episode of the Buckeyes Tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: Morning Podcast. Got a chance to talk to Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: a bunch on Tuesday. Boy, it was a fascinating press conference.
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  Speaker 1: You can get the interview and you get the information
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  Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff, But half of what
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  Speaker 1: I was really interested to see when we walked into
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  Speaker 1: that room was what's his demeanor? Height, is worried? Is
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  Speaker 1: he loose? Is he funny? We've kind of gotten to
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  Speaker 1: see every possible kind of Ryan Day press conference over
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  Speaker 1: the years, so it's really interested to see what he
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  Speaker 1: would look like on the Tuesday of Michigan week. I
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  Speaker 1: gotta tell you, looked like he was pretty loose. They
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  Speaker 1: have made a point of trying to keep things about
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  Speaker 1: as normal as they possibly can. This week, he certainly
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  Speaker 1: looked like he was at a just regular, normal Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: press conference. Whether it was use Tola or Rutgers or
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  Speaker 1: Ohio University, was very much sort of the same relaxed
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day on a Tuesday demeanor. So, all right, is
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  Speaker 1: that going to translate to Saturday? They have talked a
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  Speaker 1: bunch about having to play louse in big games. Is
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  Speaker 1: that something that is harder than people think?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I think it comes down to you, your confidence
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  Speaker 2: and your preparation, you know, and that's what we have
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  Speaker 2: to focus on. And it's easy to start to get
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  Speaker 2: distracted at the end of the day. Like the more
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  Speaker 2: prepared you are, then the more confident you go into games.
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  Speaker 2: And that's, you know, something that we focused all season
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  Speaker 2: on and prepared each week the same way and focused
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  Speaker 2: on the things that you know, we have to make
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  Speaker 2: sure we master in order to win this game. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's important to go in with confidence,
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  Speaker 2: and a big part of that is how you prepare.
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  Speaker 2: It's like when you go into a test and you
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  Speaker 2: know what the answers are, you come in and you
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  Speaker 2: walk in like you you know, And that's just the
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  Speaker 2: way it is in any game, and it includes this one.
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  Speaker 1: He was asked right off the top of the of
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  Speaker 1: the press conference about a update on the health of
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Taate if kind of a non
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  Speaker 1: answer on that, but he also was asked about Lorenzo Styles.
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  Speaker 1: Now he mentioned real quickly that Lorenzo Styles is going
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  Speaker 1: to practice, so that would be probably a decent tip
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  Speaker 1: off as to whether he would be available on Saturday
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  Speaker 1: or not. But how important is Lorenzo Styles Junior in
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  Speaker 1: this defense?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Lorenzo is somebody who has played a lot
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  Speaker 2: of football now, and you know, I think when he
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  Speaker 2: made the transition from wide receiver to the defense, started
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  Speaker 2: at corner and then moved into nickel. You know, he's
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  Speaker 2: a guy who is a student of the game, works hard,
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  Speaker 2: has a great mindset, lives a life of discipline, and
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  Speaker 2: you're seeing him play his best football now. And when
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  Speaker 2: he's out there, you know, he makes an impact on
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  Speaker 2: our defense. Communicates well, covers well, can tackle, you know,
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  Speaker 2: And so you know, we've worked hard to build depth
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  Speaker 2: at all positions. And you know, that's not the first
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  Speaker 2: time that you know, we've had to go and finish
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  Speaker 2: a game without Lorenzo. So if that were to come
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  Speaker 2: up again, we're confident that when we put the guys
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  Speaker 2: in a game, we have the right personnel to get
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  Speaker 2: the job done.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit of news broke in the NFL on
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  Speaker 1: Monday night. That would be that former Ohio State defensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 1: longtime mentor for Ryan Day and now former Oakland rat
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  Speaker 1: you know, sorry, Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly
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  Speaker 1: is no longer the Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator. He
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  Speaker 1: was let go after something of a disappointing season. So
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  Speaker 1: obviously there's a lot going on this week right now.
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  Speaker 1: But is it possible that Chip Kelly could end up
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  Speaker 1: back in the building in some form or another.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say, not thinking about that right now. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just too much going on, you know, I do think
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  Speaker 2: right now. You know, we have great chemistry, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: we got to be on our game as a coaching
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  Speaker 2: staff this week. We've got to be clean, we got
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  Speaker 2: to be great with our meetings. We've got a great
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  Speaker 2: be great on the field, and you know, allow the
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  Speaker 2: guys to play really, really fast. So you know, all
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  Speaker 2: of that has been working up to this moment here.
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  Speaker 2: So that's not something I thought about right now. We're
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  Speaker 2: gonna We're gonna stick with what we got.
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  Speaker 1: After last year's thirteen to ten lost to Michigan, there
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  Speaker 1: was that very famous meeting inside the building where everyone
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  Speaker 1: just kind of cleared the air and it was generally
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  Speaker 1: credited afterwards but really swinging the season and really being
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  Speaker 1: the turning point of the season, allowing them to bounce
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  Speaker 1: back from that devastating loss to run off four wins
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  Speaker 1: in a row to win the national championship if now
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  Speaker 1: one fifteen in a row following that meeting, So were
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  Speaker 1: there any lessons that Ryan Day learned in that meeting
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  Speaker 1: in the days after that lost to Michigan that he
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  Speaker 1: may be able to apply now moving forward this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Well, every season is different, and then every game is different,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, you use, you know, your past experiences
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  Speaker 2: to do everything you can to put your team in
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  Speaker 2: a position to be successful. That's really what it comes
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  Speaker 2: down to. And so every year you learn, you grow.
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  Speaker 2: This is a different team, this is a different opponent
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  Speaker 2: in terms of their personnel, and so you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna do everything we can to win this game and
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  Speaker 2: focus on that because what's coming you know, tomorrow, or
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  Speaker 2: what's coming on Saturday, doesn't matter. What matters is right now,
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  Speaker 2: like having a great Tuesday. But what's happened in the
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  Speaker 2: past doesn't matter either. It doesn't you can learn from it,
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  Speaker 2: But let's just have a great Tuesday and prepare the
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  Speaker 2: best we can to go win this game on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: And that's where the focus has to be and we
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  Speaker 2: can't let anything else distract us.
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  Speaker 1: We have talked over and over about the fact that
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State is doing everything they can to make this
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  Speaker 1: week as normal as possible, keeping the media schedule the same,
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  Speaker 1: keeping everything the same as they do virtually every week.
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  Speaker 1: So obviously you can do that, but this is also
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  Speaker 1: the week where they no one says the name of
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  Speaker 1: the opposing team, so it's not quite the normal week.
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  Speaker 1: No one has the problem saying the word Rutgers out loud,
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  Speaker 1: or UCLA building is saying Michigan this week. So how
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  Speaker 1: do you balance keeping everything the same this week with
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  Speaker 1: also knowing this game isn't quite like the others? Now
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to warn you this answer starts with a cliche,
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  Speaker 1: do not tune out, hang in there. It's a cliche
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  Speaker 1: he's used before, we talk about it all the time
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  Speaker 1: on our shows. Then he goes into a new one
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  Speaker 1: we have not heard before.
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  Speaker 2: You have to play with emotion, but you can't let
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  Speaker 2: it play with you, and you have to learn to
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  Speaker 2: use it as nitrous not as a primary fuel source.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's where you know, our guys have
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  Speaker 2: to continue to just focus on the process of how
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  Speaker 2: they prepare for games, and you know they're going to
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  Speaker 2: have enough emotion when they get into the game We
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  Speaker 2: don't need to incite any more of that during the week.
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  Speaker 2: They know how important this is. They know that this
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  Speaker 2: is our number one goal every year to win this game.
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  Speaker 2: So that'll be our focus. And like you said, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you start to get you know, over emotional, then you
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  Speaker 2: can start getting distracted and get yourself out of whack
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  Speaker 2: and not do your job. So let's just focus on
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  Speaker 2: each individual guy making sure that at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day they've graded out a champion and that their
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  Speaker 2: positions have graded out a champion.
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  Speaker 1: All right, So, obviously Ohio State has been watching a
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  Speaker 1: lot of Michigan film over the course of the year,
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  Speaker 1: and funny this week obviously, So what do you see
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  Speaker 1: when you put on the film and watch Michigan talent?
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  Speaker 2: Talent all over the field. This starts on offense with
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback. He's a dangerous player. Running back Marshall is
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  Speaker 2: a very good player as well, runs downhill, he's physical.
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  Speaker 2: Offensive line and tight ends are good. Marsh and Collie
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  Speaker 2: are very good as well. So talent on defense, same
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  Speaker 2: thing you know, you see you know more and bar
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  Speaker 2: them off the edge. You know, these guys are some
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  Speaker 2: of the best pass rushers in a country. You know,
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  Speaker 2: and and certainly you know in the back end. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they've created a lot of turnovers. So special teams is
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  Speaker 2: very good. I mean, again what you'd expect in this
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  Speaker 2: type of a team. You know, talent in all three phases,
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  Speaker 2: well coached and and so yeah, you know, we got
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that we're paring at a high level
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  Speaker 2: this week and be at our best.
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  Speaker 1: Juliansane is about to make his first career start in
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State Michigan game. What's the priority for him
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  Speaker 1: this weekend?
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  Speaker 2: To continue to do what he's done and you know,
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  Speaker 2: lead the team to a victory. That's it at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the day. And what does that look like?
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  Speaker 2: You know, it depends on on how the game plays out.
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  Speaker 2: But he's got to do his job, make great decisions
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  Speaker 2: and ultimately, ultimately, you know, be the guy that leads
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  Speaker 2: a team to victory. And that's that's the number one goal.
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  Speaker 2: The rest of it, you know, is is gravy. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's got to do it as good a
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  Speaker 2: job as anybody in the building. This week, I'll get
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  Speaker 2: out in front of it. He's got to communicate, you know,
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  Speaker 2: handle the environment and what comes with it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's shown composure this year, but again now he's got
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  Speaker 2: to be at his best.
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  Speaker 1: Here's another great answer. Is it fun to be Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State's head coach this week?
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  Speaker 2: Like I say, fun is kick an ass, and that's
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  Speaker 2: what we want to do on Saturday. So we're preparing
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  Speaker 2: to do that. And that's it. Like, there's nothing funny
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  Speaker 2: about this at all. There's not. But the fun part
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  Speaker 2: is winning. So we'll save the fun for being in
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  Speaker 2: the locker room and celebrating after the game. But but
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  Speaker 2: you know, the preparation is, like that's what you love.
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  Speaker 2: You love the competitive part of this and everything that
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  Speaker 2: comes with it. And our guys came in Sunday, you know,
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  Speaker 2: came in here yesterday, you know, got work on our
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  Speaker 2: own and even guys in a building today. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: they got a good bouncing their step and they look
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  Speaker 2: forward to this week.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Not gonna lie. That is probably going to
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  Speaker 1: be part of the show title, part of the show
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  Speaker 1: thumbnail for this one. He said that, and my head
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  Speaker 1: kind of whipped around, like, oh boy, that was a
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  Speaker 1: little a little spicy from Ryan Day. All right, So
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  Speaker 1: now on to the next one. The Bluck guys have
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  Speaker 1: not really gotten tested that much. Really since Week one.
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  Speaker 1: No one has had the ball in Ohio State territory
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  Speaker 1: all season with a chance to win the game in
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  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. So what is the level of confidence
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  Speaker 1: in his quarterback this year without you know, Julian saying
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  Speaker 1: has looked really good, but he hasn't really had to
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  Speaker 1: do it in pressure situations this season. And that's not
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  Speaker 1: a bad thing, it's just kind of the reality of
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  Speaker 1: the world. So what is his level of confidence in
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  Speaker 1: his quarterback coming in this week?
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  Speaker 2: Just win? Just win like that's it, you know, Just
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  Speaker 2: just lead the team to victory whatever that looks like
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  Speaker 2: and however that is. And that's that's the number one goal.
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  Speaker 2: So these guys are going to prepare all week and
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna put it, you know, put together a great
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  Speaker 2: game plan for them to be successful. And that's it,
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  Speaker 2: and they got to go put it on the field.
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  Speaker 2: And but it's not just a quarterback. It's everybody involved,
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  Speaker 2: you know, And that's what you know, we all need
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  Speaker 2: to understand. I think, you know, sometimes we look back,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we want to point the finger at one
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  Speaker 2: thing or another, but it's everybody. And that's why, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when we play a matchup games like this, it can
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  Speaker 2: come down to one place. So everybody in the entire
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  Speaker 2: building has got to be on point this week. And
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  Speaker 2: that's special teams and that's that's on offense and defense
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  Speaker 2: and everybody involved with it. So certainly the quarterback gets
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  Speaker 2: a lot of the attention, but we need everybody.
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  Speaker 1: And finally didn't really get an update on Jeremiah Smith
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  Speaker 1: and Carnell Tait directly from Ryan Day in this press conference,
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  Speaker 1: but he was asked about the guys who are behind
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  Speaker 1: those guys, guys who have gotten a chance to play
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  Speaker 1: a little more with those two leading wide receivers out
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  Speaker 1: and it obviously there's been a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: drop off there between the starters and the backup. So
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  Speaker 1: is there anything that's maybe holding those younger guys back
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  Speaker 1: right now?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I think they're getting more opportunity in games,
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  Speaker 2: and when they do, you know, you're seeing some improvement
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  Speaker 2: there and and so you know, this is this is
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  Speaker 2: great for them, and this is the challenge you know,
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  Speaker 2: this time of year. You know, last year it was
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  Speaker 2: with the offensive, you know, in this year now it's
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  Speaker 2: a wide receiver. So this is where you get tested
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  Speaker 2: and this is what you know, coaching is all about
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  Speaker 2: and making sure that guys are stepping up to do
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  Speaker 2: their job when it matters the most. And so again,
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  Speaker 2: you know, great opportunity for them now that they've played
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  Speaker 2: some games here, they played some conference games. They got
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  Speaker 2: to continue to grow and step up this week.
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  Speaker 1: All right. So that is just the first half of
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  Speaker 1: the Ryan Day Press Conference. We're gonna have another bonus
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  Speaker 1: show coming for you a little later on with the
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  Speaker 1: second half of the Ryan Day Press Conference, and we're
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  Speaker 1: I have a sneaking suspicion we will probably get a
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