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Why Didn't Khary Wilder and Legend Bey Play More Against Kent State? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning from Monday, September 21st. I'm
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  Speaker 1: you're going to get to hear a little bit from
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State head coach Ryan Day. Buckeyes obviously won 59-3
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  Speaker 1: over Kent State on Saturday. And yet, the post-game press conference,
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  Speaker 1: there were a lot of questions about things that didn't
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  Speaker 1: happen or maybe didn't happen as well as they possibly
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  Speaker 1: could have. That is the nature of beating a team
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  Speaker 1: you're expected to beat by 50 points when you do that.
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't really move the needle that much. So, all right,
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  Speaker 1: let's start with the first one other than, you know,
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  Speaker 1: parking fees and ticket price, ticket spend and concession spend
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  Speaker 1: and that kind of stuff. And a nice day out
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  Speaker 1: in the stadium. What do you actually get out of
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  Speaker 1: a game like that?
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  Speaker 2: You're looking for a response out of a group of guys, um,
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  Speaker 2: coming off of last week, which I thought we did. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: regardless of the opponent, you want, you know, clean execution. Um,
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  Speaker 2: And you want a bunch of running and hitting on
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  Speaker 2: defense and energy and passion and violence running around, which
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  Speaker 2: I thought we did. And even just at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the half, we stuttered or stumbled around those two
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  Speaker 2: drives in the red zone and then in the short yardage.
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  Speaker 2: But then they kept fighting, and then we get the
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  Speaker 2: Hail Mary pass. So just that part of it, to me,
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  Speaker 2: was encouraging. Like you said, there's issues that are going
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  Speaker 2: to get on the film. We're going to get on
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  Speaker 2: the film tomorrow and get fixed. But I also think
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  Speaker 2: maybe for some of the younger players, another opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: get on the field and build some confidence going into
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  Speaker 2: conference play.
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  Speaker 1: One of the guys who I think Ohio State fans
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  Speaker 1: were hoping to see and expecting to see a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of on Saturday and then didn't was Legend Bay. He
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  Speaker 1: was back there for a kickoff return early. He got
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  Speaker 1: one carry for zero yards, and that was it for
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  Speaker 1: him for the day. So what happened with Legend Bay?
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  Speaker 2: No, he tweaked his ankle early, and hopefully we'll get
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  Speaker 2: him back this week. We'll get him evaluated and see.
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  Speaker 2: He was trying to get back in there, but wasn't cleared.
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  Speaker 1: One thing Ohio State fans did see a bunch on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday is the so-called bison package. That's something they've had
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  Speaker 1: sort of on and off for probably at least five
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  Speaker 1: years now, where basically they pull a tight end or
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  Speaker 1: a wide receiver off the field and put an offensive
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  Speaker 1: lineman out there. In previous years, it was someone like
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  Speaker 1: Donovan Jackson or Josh Fryer. This year, today, or on Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: it was Jake Cook. So what does that bison package
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  Speaker 1: offer them putting an extra offensive lineman out on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah it um you see different teams do it um
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  Speaker 2: it's a little bit of a different change up it's
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  Speaker 2: a bigger body at at the y position um and
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  Speaker 2: you know every time you put a personnel grouping in
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  Speaker 2: the in the game there's a give and take it
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  Speaker 2: and all um but you know jake has been practicing
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  Speaker 2: well and and We thought that he gave us some
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  Speaker 2: strength in there. We'll see where the package goes from here.
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  Speaker 2: Moving forward, we'll evaluate it and see if it fits
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  Speaker 2: in the upcoming weeks. But it does give us a
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  Speaker 2: different grouping with a little bit of strength there in
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  Speaker 2: the C-gap.
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  Speaker 1: By the time the third quarter wrapped up, a whole
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  Speaker 1: lot of the fans that had packed Ohio Stadium in
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  Speaker 1: the earlier parts of the games had headed home to
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  Speaker 1: the parking lots or to their houses to enjoy the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the afternoon with the game's outcome sort of
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  Speaker 1: safely in hand. But for the people that were still there,
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  Speaker 1: You may have noticed Ryan Day getting the whole team
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  Speaker 1: together on the sideline and talking to them.
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  Speaker 3: Between the third and fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: So what was that all about?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we know how important that these fourth quarters.
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  Speaker 3: Are going to be.
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  Speaker 2: And it doesn't matter what the score is. It doesn't
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  Speaker 2: matter what the game is or who the opponent is. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we just have to make sure that everybody rebites,
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  Speaker 2: refocuses and finishes in the fourth quarter. Now, in this situation,
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  Speaker 2: we had the backups in there, but that doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we want everybody up together, recognizing where we're at.
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  Speaker 2: and everybody looking each other in the eye and you
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  Speaker 2: understand what's at stake and know that like we're playing
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  Speaker 2: for each other. And that, that's something I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: continue to hammer with these guys because it's, it's about
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  Speaker 2: the team. It's about our tribe. It's about us coming together,
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  Speaker 2: playing for each other. And, and what, what are you
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  Speaker 2: willing to sacrifice for your teammate? I know that sounds
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  Speaker 2: like coach, you know, talking cliche, but it is more
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  Speaker 2: important to me now than ever. And, and so that's
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity for us to do that, uh, in a
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  Speaker 2: big moment. Um, we try to find as many ways
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  Speaker 2: as we can to emphasize how important that is. And
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  Speaker 2: that's something that we've talked about that we want to
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  Speaker 2: make sure we're doing to make sure you're looking coaches
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  Speaker 2: in the eye, looking at the players in the eye, offense,
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  Speaker 2: defense come together as one to go finish games.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that came out of that Texas
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  Speaker 1: game was that Julian Sane needed to sort of spread
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  Speaker 1: the ball around a little bit more. Throwing the ball
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  Speaker 1: to Jeremiah Smith, it is seemingly always a good idea,
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  Speaker 1: but you do need to get some of the other
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  Speaker 1: guys involved as well in the passing game. So How
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  Speaker 1: did Ryan Day feel like Julian Sane did in spreading
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  Speaker 1: the ball around?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, like you said, you know, a lot of the
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  Speaker 2: stuff the week before, you know, kind of started with
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah and then went from there. This was a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more of a just full field progression game. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I thought overall the ball came out on time.
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  Speaker 2: There's still some things in there that we're going to
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  Speaker 2: look at that we got to get better from.
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  Speaker 3: Eyes, feet, timing.
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  Speaker 2: So I thought overall it was solid. It was good
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  Speaker 2: to get other guys involved. You know, you saw, you know, Brandon,
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  Speaker 2: Had four catches. I guess Brock had seven. Good to
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  Speaker 2: see Chris get that ball and take off. I think
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  Speaker 2: that'll build on his confidence as well.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned earlier that Legend Bay was someone that Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: fans were hoping to see more of and didn't see
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  Speaker 1: as much as they maybe were thinking or expecting. Kari
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  Speaker 1: Wilder may have sort of been in that group as
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  Speaker 1: well for Ohio State fans, where defensive end, very, very
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  Speaker 1: talented player and true freshman. And you sort of thought, OK, well,
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  Speaker 1: Kent State, certainly they'll play.
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  Speaker 3: Him a whole bunch.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, you saw him on a couple snaps early,
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  Speaker 1: but Then it was kind of more later in the
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  Speaker 1: second half and early in the fourth quarter when you
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  Speaker 1: saw more of Curry Wilder. So what went into that decision?
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean, for the third down packages, we feel
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  Speaker 2: like he's a really that's a really good option for
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  Speaker 2: him to get as we get into conference play and
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  Speaker 2: some of the more matchup games right now. That's like
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  Speaker 2: where his first step is, you know, get in the packages,
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  Speaker 2: third down, go get the quarterback, put that in and
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  Speaker 2: really allow him to own that right now. Then when
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  Speaker 2: we started getting into some of the third down stuff
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  Speaker 2: against this opponent, A lot of times on third down,
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  Speaker 2: they were almost playing it like second where they were
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  Speaker 2: kind of running it. So we didn't find ourselves in
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  Speaker 2: some of that packaging. But then later in the game,
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  Speaker 2: he was able to play on first and second down
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  Speaker 2: just based on what was going in on.
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  Speaker 3: First and second down.
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  Speaker 2: So to answer your question, he's sort of a starter
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  Speaker 2: in some of that third down stuff, but a backup
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  Speaker 2: in the other packages.
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  Speaker 3: So that's why it sort of looked the way it did.
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  Speaker 1: Back in fall camp, Ryan day sort of challenged that
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  Speaker 1: tight end room and said they needed to get more
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  Speaker 1: out of those guys. So now three games into the
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  Speaker 1: season with the start of the big 10 schedule on deck,
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  Speaker 1: are they getting what they need to out of the
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  Speaker 1: tight ends in that 12 personnel grouping?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's solid.
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  Speaker 2: Um, but you know, I can't sit here and tell
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  Speaker 2: you that anything's exactly where we want it right now. Um,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll keep adding on it. We'll, we'll use this
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  Speaker 2: game and get on the film and evaluate it. Um,
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  Speaker 2: We evaluated last week's game and made some decisions and
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  Speaker 2: looked at different groupings.
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  Speaker 3: We'll look at this film and.
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  Speaker 2: See how these guys grade out and continue to build
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  Speaker 2: from there.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to need them all. It's a long season.
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  Speaker 2: Each guy brings a different skill set to the table,
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  Speaker 2: and we have to do a good job as coaches
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  Speaker 2: putting them in those situations, as we've talked about before.
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  Speaker 1: One of the highlights of Saturday's game was Jeremiah Smith
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  Speaker 1: breaking Michael Jenkins' career yardage receiving record. for Ohio State.
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  Speaker 1: It only took him two years and three games. That
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  Speaker 1: is pretty remarkable that he has almost a full another
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  Speaker 1: season to go. And then we'll be off to the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: presumably after just three years, but still already the record
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  Speaker 1: holder for career receiving yardage, just two seasons and three
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  Speaker 1: games into his career. So where does Jeremiah Smith rank
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  Speaker 1: in Ryan Day's mind among all the great receivers that
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  Speaker 1: he's had?
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  Speaker 3: Boy, it's hard to put anybody above him.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 3: It's hard.
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  Speaker 2: 33 games to break the all-time leading receiving record at
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State. I think that speaks more than anything to
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  Speaker 2: just him, his mindset, his discipline, what he does every day.
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  Speaker 2: I told the team we celebrated him, gave him the
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  Speaker 2: game ball.
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  Speaker 3: Again, he's a great.
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  Speaker 2: Example for everybody, all those young receivers, and just the
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  Speaker 2: way he works every day. He's somebody that shows up
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  Speaker 2: and just loves to compete loves the big moments, but
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  Speaker 2: it's because of how hard he trains, how serious he is.
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  Speaker 2: He loves his teammates. And so, you know, I know
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  Speaker 2: his teammates appreciate who he is, and certainly we do
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  Speaker 2: as coaches. And, you know, as fans, I think they do,
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  Speaker 2: but I hope they all recognize just not only what
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  Speaker 2: you see on the field, but who he is as
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  Speaker 2: a person, how much he loves Ohio State and this program.
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  Speaker 1: There were a lot of highlights in Saturday's game, but
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  Speaker 1: the biggest highlight, well, that had to be Jameer Perez,
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  Speaker 1: the 349-pound true freshman defensive tackle out of Glenville. He
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  Speaker 1: had a scoop and score touchdown. Definitely one of the
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  Speaker 1: more memorable late game sort of garbage time plays that
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  Speaker 1: you can remember in recent Ohio State history. What did
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day think of that play and Jameer Perez maybe
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  Speaker 1: getting a bigger role later this season?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not really in a joking mood right now,
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  Speaker 2: but is he the heaviest guy to ever score a
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  Speaker 2: touchdown in Ohio State history?
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  Speaker 3: He might be, right? He might be, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Terrible ball security, but you can see the sideline. And
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  Speaker 2: to me, that's what I'm looking for, is the whole sideline,
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  Speaker 2: just going out on the field and celebrating as a
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  Speaker 2: team i think you saw some of that today you
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  Speaker 2: know we have to do that we have to celebrate
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  Speaker 2: as brothers um and and you know when when you
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  Speaker 2: get excited um for someone else's accomplishments almost more than
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  Speaker 2: yourself then we have something going and to me that
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  Speaker 2: was most important there um But even on that play,
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  Speaker 2: Braxton Rambert came up and really, I mean, had a
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  Speaker 2: great hit on the quarterback. It was kind of a
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  Speaker 2: broken play. But to see those guys celebrating with each
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  Speaker 2: other after that, that's the key. But yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll have to get JJ under control after this one.
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  Speaker 3: He'll be happy.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what the dance was in the end zone, too.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll have to get that organized.
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  Speaker 1: All right, there you go. There's Ryan Day's thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State win over Kent State, 59-3 on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: We did a whole postgame instant reaction show about that.
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  Speaker 1: You can find that on the Buckeye Weekly podcast feed.
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  Speaker 1: We did Juck Mileti from the Juck on Bucs podcast
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  Speaker 1: and the Buckeyeinsiders.com staff. He did a separate instant reaction show.
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  Speaker 1: You can find that. on the Buckeye Weekly Podcast feed
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  Speaker 1: and the Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning Podcast feed. You can also
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  Speaker 1: find that on our YouTube channel, youtube.com slash at Buckeye Insiders.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to have much more coverage coming up this week,
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  Speaker 1: looking back at that Kent State game and looking ahead
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  Speaker 1: to the start of Big Ten play. Buckeyes taking on
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  Speaker 1: Brett Bielema and the Illinois Fighting Illini this Saturday at
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  Speaker 1: noon inside Ohio Stadium. It is a big noon kickoff,
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  Speaker 1: a little bigger of a big noon kickoff than it
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  Speaker 1: was last week. So we'll have coverage all week long
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  Speaker 1: previewing that game. Going back, re-watching the Ohio State-Kent State game,
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  Speaker 1: letting you know what we thought we maybe learned with
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  Speaker 1: a second viewing of that. We'll have a Michigan Monday
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  Speaker 1: Weekly podcast feed, what we learned from watching Michigan against UTEP.
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  Speaker 1: it for today. Thank you guys all for joining us.
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  Speaker 3: Have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.