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Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel: The Opportunity Vs. Ohio State, Challenge Of The OSU Defense · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: a little bit different. We're gonna give you a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of the side from the Oregon Ducks, the opposing side.
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  Speaker 1: Their press conference from after their win over Michigan State.
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  Speaker 1: There were some interesting stuff to take away from there.
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  Speaker 1: You can hear about a bunch of different stuff, some
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  Speaker 1: player names that you're going to want to get to
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  Speaker 1: know over the next week, as well as looking ahead
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  Speaker 1: a little bit the organ Ducks looking ahead to their
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  Speaker 1: game against Ohio State. We're going to start with just
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  Speaker 1: a couple sound bites from Dan Lanning, organ head coach.
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  Speaker 1: Dan Lanning is what we in the business. It's an
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  Speaker 1: industry term. Not a great interview. Not a great interview subject.
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  Speaker 1: Dan Landing a lot of very short answers. We found
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  Speaker 1: that at Big ten Media Days it was true in
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  Speaker 1: the aftermath of the Michigan they win over Michigan State
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  Speaker 1: as well. They're just going to give you a couple
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  Speaker 1: of answers from Dan Lanning, just you sort of get
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  Speaker 1: to see and hear him a little bit, and then
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  Speaker 1: we'll move on to Dylan Gabriel, who is a much
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  Speaker 1: better interview subject. So Dan Lanning his thoughts on what
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  Speaker 1: was a dominant defensive performance by the Oregon Ducks, especially
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  Speaker 1: by Jordan Birch two and a half sacks, huge, huge
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  Speaker 1: pass rusher off the edge for the Ducks.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he's playing with great violence, and he's the kind
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  Speaker 2: of person that shouldn't be blocked one on one, you know,
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  Speaker 2: And we're doing a good job defensively of creating one
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  Speaker 2: on one opportunities for him, and he's doing a good
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  Speaker 2: job of taking advantage of those. He'd be the first
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  Speaker 2: one to tell you that, you know, great rush starts
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  Speaker 2: with great coverage. It starts with other guys on the front,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that do a great job rushing. That makes
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  Speaker 2: him have one on one. So he's been able to
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  Speaker 2: take advantage of those and that's that's what we expect
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  Speaker 2: from Jordan.
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  Speaker 1: One of the names to know on offense for Oregon
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  Speaker 1: is Tees Johnson. They move him around a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: plays a lot in the slot as a receiver, had
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  Speaker 1: ten catches against Michigan State. Not huge downfield numbers or
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  Speaker 1: anything like that, just a very consistent target for them,
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  Speaker 1: someone that really keeps the chains moving. So what makes
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  Speaker 1: him such a consistent threat for that Oregon offense?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think one our offensive staff does an unbelieable
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  Speaker 2: job of moving him around, so it's hard to get
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  Speaker 2: a beat on more tests is going to be out
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  Speaker 2: on any given play, you know, with the movements and
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  Speaker 2: motions that we use. And then he's just an elusive player.
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  Speaker 2: He's hard to cover, he's got great bursts, and he's
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  Speaker 2: very consistent.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: From that, he's become, you know, a safety net you
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  Speaker 2: know in a lot of ways for our offense and
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  Speaker 2: the way he's able to get open.
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  Speaker 1: There are not a lot of obvious gaping holes on
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  Speaker 1: the Oregon team. One of the things that was a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a question before last week was, well,
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  Speaker 1: what happens that they have to kick a long field goal?
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  Speaker 1: Atticus Sappington, there's a name for you. Their kicker had
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  Speaker 1: been was six and six inside fifty, but had missed
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  Speaker 1: his only long attempt, and then so they trotted out
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Boyle for his first field goal attempt of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Nailed the fifty yard against Michigan State. So how big
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  Speaker 1: is it have Andrew Boyle filling that hole for the
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  Speaker 1: organ done? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I told him after the play.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't want to tell him before, but this is
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  Speaker 2: exactly what we did. We do this period we call
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  Speaker 2: red zone lockout and almost created the exact same kit
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  Speaker 2: earlier in practice this week and he nailed it. So
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  Speaker 2: for him to have the opportunity to be able to
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  Speaker 2: attack that, you know, he's got a big leg. I
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  Speaker 2: thought that was really a big positive for him and
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  Speaker 2: when he's healthy, he can definitely be a guy that
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  Speaker 2: helps our team.
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  Speaker 1: Now onto Dylan Gabriel. He was a fantastic interview at
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  Speaker 1: Big ten media days over the summer and continues to
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  Speaker 1: be a fantastic interview now. He did have a couple
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  Speaker 1: of turnovers in the red zone against Michigan State. That
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  Speaker 1: was really the only thing that stopped the Ducks from
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  Speaker 1: turning that into a real big route on Friday night.
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  Speaker 1: So when you have turnovers like that, how do you
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  Speaker 1: bounce back from that to turn the game around?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, bout did everything in my career, and not saying everything,
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  Speaker 3: but something similar. I don't necessarily like it one bit,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, just was forcing things early and things
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  Speaker 3: that need to be corrected. But you know, we talked
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  Speaker 3: about playing the next play and having to respond. You know,
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  Speaker 3: there's there's no option. You go back out there and
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  Speaker 3: you got to keep swinging. So that's that's what kept doing.
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  Speaker 1: There were a few times that the Ducks got down
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  Speaker 1: into the red zone and failed to score six, settling
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  Speaker 1: for some threes even outside of those two interceptions, as
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  Speaker 1: we mentioned earlier. So what makes things tougher down there
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  Speaker 1: in the red zone for that offense?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? Just uh, I think some we need to continue
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  Speaker 3: to emphasize. I think at times where a block away
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  Speaker 3: or catching or throw away from from turning into points,
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  Speaker 3: I think a lot of it. You know, we we
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  Speaker 3: for sure get three in that situation, but would love
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  Speaker 3: to get seven. Just things we need to continue to
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  Speaker 3: look at and get better at. But uh, you know
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  Speaker 3: it starts with me. That's that's what I said, I
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  Speaker 3: touched up all every single play and got to put
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  Speaker 3: us in a better situation. So so we can you know,
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  Speaker 3: like that that one last drive, we were able to
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  Speaker 3: go for it on two fourth downs and go get it.
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  Speaker 3: But you know that's based on great ball security and
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  Speaker 3: having four opportunities really eight to go score.
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  Speaker 1: Those two red zone turnovers on Friday night, we're very
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  Speaker 1: out of character for Dylan Gabriel. He is someone who
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  Speaker 1: really takes care of the ball in the red zone,
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  Speaker 1: takes care of the ball all the time, but really
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  Speaker 1: especially in the red zone. Hadn't had it in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone turner for in a couple of years and
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  Speaker 1: then throws two picks on one night. Is he pressing
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  Speaker 1: down there? Is he really trying to do too much?
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  Speaker 3: You know, I would not say that. I just think
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  Speaker 3: that at times, you know, my eyes get bigger than
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  Speaker 3: my stomach, you know, in the red zone. And like
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  Speaker 3: I said, there's things that I've continued to learn, but
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  Speaker 3: obviously God's want to continue to teach me the lesson
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  Speaker 3: and I keep making that decision. So at a certain
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  Speaker 3: point there's just things you got to get better at
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  Speaker 3: and continue to emphasize. But you know you look at
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  Speaker 3: you know those two drives, how different of a game
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  Speaker 3: it'll be. And that's what we're striving for. You know
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  Speaker 3: that those five to ten plays that could be the
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  Speaker 3: difference of the game. Thank god we have a great defense.
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  Speaker 3: Thank god our whole line and o running backs were
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  Speaker 3: running really well. But like I said, in the type
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  Speaker 3: games and games that you need to be one hundred
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  Speaker 3: percent scoring in the red zone, you can't have things
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  Speaker 3: happen like that.
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  Speaker 1: There are a lot of similarities between the two quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: in this upcoming game. Will Howard and Dylan Gabriel, both
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  Speaker 1: veteran guys, both guys who hit the transfer portal, leaving
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  Speaker 1: Big twelve schools and then going to Big ten schools
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  Speaker 1: this year. Another similarity when they played Michigan State, both
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  Speaker 1: of those guys got knocked out by a big hit
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  Speaker 1: for a play or two and then came back and
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  Speaker 1: played reverally well. So very similar to Michigan State, they
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  Speaker 1: Will Howard Dylan Gabriel boom right back in and then
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  Speaker 1: just continue to dominate the game. So how do you
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  Speaker 1: do that? How do you come back from a big
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  Speaker 1: hit like that and just sort of put that aside
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  Speaker 1: and dominate the game.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Like I said, I've played a lot of football.
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  Speaker 3: You know, big hits are natural, and it's a physical
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  Speaker 3: game and things you go through. But like I said,
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  Speaker 3: you got to keep swinging, you know, it don't stop,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and the clocks continue to take. So I
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  Speaker 3: got a job to do, and that's playing quarterback for
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  Speaker 3: our guys and doing it the right way. But being aggressive,
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  Speaker 3: that's drawing it and running it aggressively. I think that's
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  Speaker 3: something you got to have in college football. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: that's belief and trust in one another and then you
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  Speaker 3: know me to finish, you know, in that situation.
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  Speaker 1: It was interesting how many storylines coming out of the
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State Iowa game were very similar to the storylines
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  Speaker 1: coming out of the Oregon Michigan State game. It was
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  Speaker 1: a dominant night for the offensive line and the ground
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  Speaker 1: game for the Oregon Duck. So what was working so
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  Speaker 1: well for them on the ground?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think schematically we had a lot of you know,
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  Speaker 3: good things that put us in a good advantage. But
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  Speaker 3: I think up front, you know, the knock back something
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  Speaker 3: I can see from behind, you know, in a really
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  Speaker 3: good way. But also just the five we have up there,
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  Speaker 3: that we have extreme trust in. I think they've continued
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  Speaker 3: to get better every single game and as we messed
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  Speaker 3: together as a whole. But like I said, I think
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  Speaker 3: the combination schematically and then the guys you know, just
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  Speaker 3: having that mentality, and I'd be wrong to forget you know,
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  Speaker 3: Jordan and Noah just run into really aggressive you know it.
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  Speaker 3: It really is a team effort. But you know, when
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  Speaker 3: it's clicking in all cylinders, you can see how how
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  Speaker 3: good it is. And you know, the five to ten
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  Speaker 3: plays is our strain to you know, continue to get
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  Speaker 3: better so that that'll never you know end.
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  Speaker 1: Once Oregon's game against Michigan State was done, they were
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  Speaker 1: free to turn their attention to one of the biggest
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  Speaker 1: games of the regular season, that upcoming game against the Buckeye.
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  Speaker 1: So what kind of opportunity does that game represent for Oregon?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, great opportunity. You know, I think it's a great
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  Speaker 3: opportunity because's the next and you know, you know two
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  Speaker 3: great programs that you know, I've I've been known for
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  Speaker 3: playing good football and it's things you uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: look to as a young man and playing the game
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  Speaker 3: is you know, it's big time moments and great atmosphere,
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  Speaker 3: So I'm super excited for it. You know, we'll put
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  Speaker 3: this one the rest here tomorrow and go through it
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  Speaker 3: and dive into it, see how we can get better,
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  Speaker 3: and then you know it's his full steamhead.
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  Speaker 1: Here's another name you're going to want to know as
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  Speaker 1: a Buckeye fan heading into the Oregon game. How about
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  Speaker 1: Jordan James, one of the running backs for the Ducks.
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  Speaker 1: He had a huge night against the Spartans, over one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards on the ground in the first half.
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  Speaker 1: What makes him such a special weapon.
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  Speaker 3: He's got a great vision. You know, the guy's special,
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  Speaker 3: and I think he would say the same. The guy's
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  Speaker 3: up front, you know, creating the alleyways for him to
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  Speaker 3: work with. But when you're able to give him that
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  Speaker 3: space and then work on a third level defender, then
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  Speaker 3: he's able to do his thing, you know, and make
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  Speaker 3: a move and get vertical. So that's just a testament
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  Speaker 3: to him and his work. But you see the one
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  Speaker 3: two punch with him and Noah just I think that's special.
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  Speaker 3: And then you know, whenever I can finagle my way
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  Speaker 3: into the wrong game, I try, but I'll leave that
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  Speaker 3: to them.
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  Speaker 1: Here's another area where there were some similar storylines to
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  Speaker 1: the ohios Ate, Iowa game. How much does it help
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  Speaker 1: the op fence have the defense shutting out the opponent
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  Speaker 1: into the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they're they're special and they've been playing their butt
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  Speaker 3: off and thank god right because you know, I put
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  Speaker 3: them in two difficult situations. But you know, I wouldn't
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  Speaker 3: say it's it's less pressure. I think it's just more
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  Speaker 3: of a motivator for me to you know, play at
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  Speaker 3: a high level and not let those guys down. I think, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know that's the main thing for me, right, playing
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  Speaker 3: playing my game and trying to contribute the way I
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  Speaker 3: can so that you know, we're all gelling together all
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  Speaker 3: three phases. You know, it can be special. So, like
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  Speaker 3: I said, I think from every game there's a lot
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  Speaker 3: to look look at and learn from. But even more so,
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  Speaker 3: uh that the emphasis got to be, you know, on
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  Speaker 3: on those mistakes on my end.
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  Speaker 1: You heard Dan Lanning talk a little bit about Test
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  Speaker 1: Johnson earlier, but Test Johnson really a big piece of
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  Speaker 1: that Oregon offense. Someone who seems like Dylan Gabriel is
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  Speaker 1: looking for a lot out there. One of the one
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  Speaker 1: of the first breads for Dylan Gabriel a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a security blanket maybe, So what makes him such
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  Speaker 1: a difference maker for that offense?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? I love Tez, love everything he represents just as
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  Speaker 3: a person. So I can definitely get behind a guy
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  Speaker 3: like that. But you know, to second, you know, his
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  Speaker 3: playing ability is is special and he showed that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: for for many years. But I just think all the
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  Speaker 3: work we've put in together, you know, the throwing sessions
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  Speaker 3: where there's one to one as a group. You know,
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  Speaker 3: communication at a high level. A guy who's played a
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  Speaker 3: lot of ball as well, you know, only good things
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  Speaker 3: to say about him, and you know, we, you know,
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  Speaker 3: continue to find ways to you know, create solutions to problems.
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  Speaker 3: And he's a great problem solver. So glad, I'm glad
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  Speaker 3: he's on my team.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, anytime you ask a college football player about
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  Speaker 1: a team that's third or fourth or fifth on their schedule,
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  Speaker 1: they're always going to say, hey, listen, we got a first,
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  Speaker 1: we got to focus on Idaho, we got to focus
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  Speaker 1: on Accron. We're not looking ahead. Okay, so now we
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  Speaker 1: can dispense with that nonsense. Okay, Ohio State's on deck?
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  Speaker 1: Is this Ohio State defense among the best that Dylan
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  Speaker 1: Gabriel has seen in his long, long college football career.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, uh, you know, naturally, as a guy
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  Speaker 3: who's played college football, you watch at times, you know,
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  Speaker 3: whether it's in the hotel before the night before the
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  Speaker 3: game or whenever it's on, depending on your time of game.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, obviously a team that's extremely talented have
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  Speaker 3: have won in uh uh you know, a matter of dominance,
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  Speaker 3: and uh, you know, I think it'll be a great
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  Speaker 3: challenge and a great opportunity for us, you know, in
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  Speaker 3: front of our home crowd to play ball. But like
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  Speaker 3: I said, you you dream for moments like these and
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  Speaker 3: games like this, you know, and and I think everyone's
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  Speaker 3: excited for it. So uh, like I said, you just
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  Speaker 3: look at what you can get better at. Put this
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  Speaker 3: game to rest, and then you know, full steam head.
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  Speaker 1: So we will have much more coverage from the Ducks
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  Speaker 1: and the Bucks this week heading into the Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: Oregon game. Lots of stuff to talk about, lots of
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  Speaker 1: interesting storylines, lots of players to let you get to
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  Speaker 1: know on the Oregon team, the games you're gonna need
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  Speaker 1: to know. On Saturday, we'll get you up to speed
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  Speaker 1: on all that stuff. Do all sort of planning on
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  Speaker 1: all of our schematic stuff with Ross all the usual
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  Speaker 1: stuff this week, plus more lots of content this week
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