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Ryan Day Reacts To Ohio State's Blowout Loss To Oregon · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Monday, November 9th. I'm
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  Speaker 1: talk a little bit about Ohio State's 41-28 loss to
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  Speaker 1: the Oregon Ducks on Saturday. And I know a number
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  Speaker 1: of Ohio State fans probably turned the TVs off even
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  Speaker 1: before the game was over. Certainly turned them off in
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  Speaker 1: disgust when the clock hit zero or at least maybe
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  Speaker 1: changed the channel at the very least. So you might
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  Speaker 1: not have heard from Ohio State head coach Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: after the game. He got asked some very pointed questions,
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  Speaker 1: as you might expect, following a second consecutive loss like this.
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  Speaker 1: Third loss of the season for the Buckeyes. First time
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  Speaker 1: that's happened under Day's tenure. And remember, he started as
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  Speaker 1: the head coach in 2019 and had been here a
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  Speaker 1: couple of years before that. So kind of new territory
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  Speaker 1: here for Ohio State and not necessarily welcome new territory.
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  Speaker 1: So we're going to get to hear a little bit
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  Speaker 1: from Day, his comments after the game. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: start with what went wrong? Why could they not get
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  Speaker 1: the ball to their very best player, Jeremiah Smith, for
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  Speaker 1: more than two quarters of the game? stretching from the
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  Speaker 1: end of the first quarter till almost the very end
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  Speaker 1: of the third quarter, did not touch the ball for
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  Speaker 1: more than 30 minutes of game action. Now this answer
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  Speaker 1: kind of goes all over the place, but addresses some
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  Speaker 1: of the bigger issues from the game.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think really where the game, I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: anyone could see where the game changed was, you know, we,
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  Speaker 2: we lost those two possessions there in the second quarter and, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they, they hit the fake punt on us. Um,
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  Speaker 2: which is extremely disappointing on our end. Then coming out
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  Speaker 2: in that two-minute drill with Luke, we decided to be
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  Speaker 2: aggressive with it. In hindsight, probably should have maybe run
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  Speaker 2: the ball there and just got out of the half
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  Speaker 2: and got ourselves into the third quarter. That, to me,
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  Speaker 2: was a huge turning point in the game. Then coming
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  Speaker 2: out in the third quarter there, we had you know,
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  Speaker 2: the snap go over Luke's head and then, you know,
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  Speaker 2: weren't able to convert on some of those fourth, two
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  Speaker 2: fourth and twos and then the one backed up. And
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  Speaker 2: so we're able to get no rhythm on offense. And
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  Speaker 2: so to me that, you know, put the defense in
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  Speaker 2: some tough situations.
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  Speaker 1: Every week during interviews, it is very clear what the
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  Speaker 1: message to the team is because we hear whatever that
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  Speaker 1: phrase is from pretty much every player we talk to.
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  Speaker 1: And then you take that phrase and that message and
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  Speaker 1: And you try and bring it to the field on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday and it feels like it's just not really connecting
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  Speaker 1: this year. And that's been the case several weeks this
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  Speaker 1: season already. So what isn't connecting there between the messaging
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  Speaker 1: from the coaches during the week and the play on
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  Speaker 1: the field on Saturday?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that we have to evaluate everything and
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  Speaker 2: the things that we felt like we needed to do
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  Speaker 2: in this game, in particular on offense, you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: not met, like you said, and I think trying to
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  Speaker 2: figure out how to move the ball down the field
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  Speaker 2: with a freshman quarterback and how that all works is
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  Speaker 2: something that we're all working hard to get done, but
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  Speaker 2: haven't been able to get done. And I think on defense,
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  Speaker 2: we've given up some explosive plays. We put them in
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  Speaker 2: a tough spot a few times. I thought getting off
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  Speaker 2: the field there before the fake punt would have been
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  Speaker 2: a huge stop and enabled for us to get the
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  Speaker 2: ball on offense and eat up some more clock there
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  Speaker 2: in the second quarter, but it didn't happen. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I got to evaluate everything and then try to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: come in tomorrow and figure out, you know, with the staff,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the things that we're just coming up short
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  Speaker 2: on and figure out how to adjust those things. And
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, it all starts with the staff
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  Speaker 2: and then it goes to the players. So there needs
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  Speaker 2: to be accountability for all of it. And then we,
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  Speaker 2: we go from there.
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State made some history on Saturday, and it was
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  Speaker 1: not the kind they were hoping to. They gave up
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  Speaker 1: 38 straight points to the Oregon Ducks after taking an
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  Speaker 1: early 14-0 lead. That is the first time they have
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  Speaker 1: given up that many consecutive points in a game since 1999.
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  Speaker 1: Not a great season in Ohio State football history and
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  Speaker 1: a season that happened quite a while ago. So is
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  Speaker 1: that kind of collapse a reflection of the leadership of
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  Speaker 1: this team?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Um, No, we didn't expect any of this to happen.
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  Speaker 2: I thought the way that we came out was how
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  Speaker 2: we thought we would play in this game. And then
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  Speaker 2: once the momentum swung, we weren't able to stop that
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  Speaker 2: and then swing it. And I talk all the time
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  Speaker 2: about if you have momentum, then you've got to keep it.
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  Speaker 2: If you don't, you've got to go get it, and
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  Speaker 2: you go get it with making one play. And we
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  Speaker 2: weren't able to do that. And so, no, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to sit here and say, you know,
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  Speaker 2: point fingers at, you know, one group of guys that
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  Speaker 2: are coming up short because, you know, we're all coming
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  Speaker 2: up short. And again, it starts, you always have to
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  Speaker 2: look at yourself in the mirror and figure out what is, uh,
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  Speaker 2: what is going wrong here, you know, two weeks in
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  Speaker 2: a row to get this type of result. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's just, there's something that, you know, needs to change
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  Speaker 2: and needs to get fixed. And so, uh, we've got
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  Speaker 2: to look at all those things and, and figure out
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  Speaker 2: what that is, knowing that, you know, um, we do
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  Speaker 2: have a young quarterback here and how does that all
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  Speaker 2: play into everything that we're doing?
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  Speaker 3: So, um, you know, that's what we'll do.
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  Speaker 1: During the off season, they made a real point to
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  Speaker 1: bring in veteran experience in the portal. They've got experienced coordinators,
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  Speaker 1: guys who have not only called defenses and offenses in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, but been head coaches there. And yet they
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  Speaker 1: still can't seem to keep things from snowballing this season.
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  Speaker 1: So what isn't connecting? What isn't happening there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, if, if, if I was out there
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  Speaker 2: and I saw guys not giving effort and, and, um,
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  Speaker 2: didn't have a, you know, a good look in their eye.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think that that's the case.
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  Speaker 2: It's, um, you know, but, but we're not able to
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  Speaker 2: make that play to kind of stop it and change it. And, um, I,
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  Speaker 2: I think on, on offense, it's really just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: finding ourselves getting into a rhythm. I think there's two
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  Speaker 2: games in a row. There's just really been no rhythm
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  Speaker 2: on offense, you know, positive runs, completions, you know, you can,
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  Speaker 2: you connect on some third downs and you keep the
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  Speaker 2: thing moving. We were able to do that, I think
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  Speaker 2: on the first couple of drives and, and that was
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  Speaker 2: good but but other than that it's just there's there's
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  Speaker 2: really been no rhythm there and so we haven't been
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  Speaker 2: able to sustain anything there's just been too many mistakes
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  Speaker 2: and and I think that's that's led to a lot
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  Speaker 2: of it and then I think if you combine you
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  Speaker 2: know the last couple games on defense you know the
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  Speaker 2: number of explosive plays is really has hurt us and
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  Speaker 2: so you know that that is ultimately from where I
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  Speaker 2: am right now, just evaluating it from right here, because
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  Speaker 2: obviously I've got to go back and continue to look
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  Speaker 2: at it. But that's how I feel right now, that
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  Speaker 2: those things have not gotten fixed.
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  Speaker 1: One of the biggest plays of the game on Saturday
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  Speaker 1: was that fake punt that Oregon ran on 4th and 9,
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  Speaker 1: deep in their own territory, very clever play design. and
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  Speaker 1: really kind of swung the game, gave Oregon a continuation
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  Speaker 1: of a possession that they ended up cashing in for
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  Speaker 1: a touchdown to cut the lead to 14, 10. And
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  Speaker 1: it just kind of spiraled on Ohio state from there.
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  Speaker 1: So you look at a team like Oregon doing creative
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  Speaker 1: things like that. What is the Ohio state coaching staff
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  Speaker 1: do that in that sort of area, in that realm
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  Speaker 1: of creativity to help their team?
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  Speaker 2: No, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta give credit where
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  Speaker 2: it's due.
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  Speaker 3: I thought they, they did some good things there. And, um,
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  Speaker 3: It is.
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  Speaker 2: It's our job to figure out how we can put
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  Speaker 2: our guys in a situation to be successful. Creativity is
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  Speaker 2: one of them. I can't sit here coming out of
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  Speaker 2: these last two games and say we've done a good
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  Speaker 2: enough job in those areas.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, a lot of stuff went wrong with the defense
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday. Ryan Day loves to say it's always scheme
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  Speaker 1: and coaching and personality. You've got to figure out what
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  Speaker 1: the problem.
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  Speaker 3: Is with each of those.
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  Speaker 1: Which one was the biggest issue with the defense on Saturday?
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  Speaker 3: I I mean, probably all three. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But again, you know, sometimes you just you come off
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  Speaker 2: the field and, you know, you're emotional about what you
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  Speaker 2: say and then you get on a film and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you realize that maybe it's a little bit different than
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  Speaker 2: your perception when you walk off the field. So before
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  Speaker 2: I dive into that, I kind of like to step
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  Speaker 2: away for a quick second and then look at it
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  Speaker 2: on the film and figure out what exactly, you know, where,
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  Speaker 2: you know, where the focus in those three areas needs
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  Speaker 2: to be put.
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  Speaker 1: So technically, Ohio State is still alive for the Big
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  Speaker 1: Ten championship. They would need a certain series of outcomes,
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  Speaker 1: starting with winning the next three games and some other
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  Speaker 1: stuff falling their way. But theoretically, they could still win
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  Speaker 1: the Big Ten championship and make the college football playoff.
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  Speaker 1: But those things both, they look like a long shot
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  Speaker 1: at this point. So, OK, with those goals kind of
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  Speaker 1: more or less gone, like where does this team go
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  Speaker 1: from here?
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  Speaker 3: Not someplace we thought we'd be beyond disappointed. Understand what
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  Speaker 3: the expectations are. It's like the first thing.
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  Speaker 2: When you walk into the, what do you, you join
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  Speaker 2: our program is you understand what the expectations are. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: your expectation to win every game here. So to win
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  Speaker 2: or to lose three games is unacceptable.
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  Speaker 3: And I own that.
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  Speaker 2: And that's never going to change from my point of view.
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  Speaker 2: And so it doesn't matter what the situation is. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter what the scenario is. That's just what it is.
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  Speaker 2: So I just told the team in the locker room that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, now we've got to weather the storm. It'll
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  Speaker 2: be a storm here, something that none of us are
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  Speaker 2: used to at Ohio State. And we're going to come
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  Speaker 2: together tomorrow. We'll have a team meeting and.
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  Speaker 1: We'll figure out what's next. And finally, true freshman quarterback
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  Speaker 1: Luke Fahey made his second career start, second loss for
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  Speaker 1: him as well, but it wasn't really all on him.
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  Speaker 1: He definitely did not play phenomenally, but also was not
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  Speaker 1: necessarily helped out by his teammates in some situations. So
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  Speaker 1: what do they need to do to put Luke Fahey
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  Speaker 1: in a position to succeed? Cause it's really kind of
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  Speaker 1: been a little bit up and down so far.
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  Speaker 3: It's spotty.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Um, I think, I think the kid's trying his tail off.
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  Speaker 2: Um, it's a tough spot to be in for a
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  Speaker 2: true freshman, but, um, you know, the expectation is to
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  Speaker 2: come in and play and win. So, um, but, but again, I,
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  Speaker 2: I still don't, I still think we put them in
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  Speaker 2: some tough spots again. That's just, you know, my, my
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  Speaker 2: feeling right now is that we got to do a
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  Speaker 2: better job of not putting them in those two games
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  Speaker 2: in a row where he's out there battling. Um, and,
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  Speaker 2: and he missed throws. He made some mistakes for sure. Um,
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  Speaker 2: but that's his second, second start ever against, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a really good team. And, you know, they, that team
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  Speaker 2: right there is as much talent as there is in
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  Speaker 2: the country. And, you know, if we're not going to
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  Speaker 2: run the ball consistently and give him easier throws and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, again, put him in better situations, then things
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  Speaker 2: like this can come up. But, you know, I feel like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we know how to, you know, bring a
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  Speaker 2: young guy along, but these last couple games have been,
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  Speaker 2: has been frustrating for sure. And I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: ultimately it comes back on us, you know, that is
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  Speaker 2: surrounding him. I think he's trying like heck.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we'll be back talking to Ryan Day on Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: at noon. That should be a very lively press conference.
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  Speaker 1: You will have had a chance to watch that film,
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  Speaker 1: give you some better evaluation of what happened and what
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  Speaker 1: went wrong there. And we're also going to get a
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  Speaker 1: chance to talk to offensive coordinator Arthur Smith, defensive coordinator
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  Speaker 1: Matt Patricia. rest assured there will be a lot to
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  Speaker 1: talk about. And man, oh man, that might be the
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  Speaker 1: defensive coordinators as to what the heck is going on
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  Speaker 1: in that locker room right now and why can they
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