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Julian Sayin, Lincoln Kienholz, Billy Fessler, And The Future Of Ohio State Quarterbacks · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Another thing that's wrapping up today is the NFL combine. Tony,
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  Speaker 1: Kevin and Mark have been in Indianapolis all week. We've
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  Speaker 1: had all sorts of coverage for you at bucke huddle
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  Speaker 1: dot com and YouTube dot com slash bucke Huddle. On Friday,
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State quarterback Will Howard got a chance to meet
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  Speaker 1: with the media, but they were interviews with all sorts
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  Speaker 1: of guys. Will Howard had a lot of interesting to say,
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  Speaker 1: so honestly, today you're just gonna get to hear a
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  Speaker 1: who whole bunch of stuff from Will Howard. He had
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  Speaker 1: interesting stuff to say about last year's national championship, the
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  Speaker 1: guy's coming up next, what he learned during his year
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  Speaker 1: at Ohio State, and much more so. How about this
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  Speaker 1: first one? What about the chance to potentially reunite with
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  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, who is now at the Las
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  Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders.
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  Speaker 2: That'd be awesome, man, And you know seeing that, you
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  Speaker 2: know that move from coach Kelly. I'm so happy for
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  Speaker 2: him and he's, uh, you know, he's one of the
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  Speaker 2: one of the best coaches I've had, man, and one
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  Speaker 2: of my favorite people I've been around.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, we've.
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  Speaker 2: Stayed in contact, and you know, I I hope, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it'd be amazing to get the opportunity to play for
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  Speaker 2: him again. Really anyone, you know, I'd be happy to
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  Speaker 2: go anywhere, man. But you know, he's he's a great dude,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm just so happy that he got the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: that he did. And I think that's a really good,
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  Speaker 2: really good place.
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  Speaker 1: Just a little over twelve months ago, Will Howard was
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback at Kansas State and he had the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to turn pro. He thought about it and ended up
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  Speaker 1: deciding no, he was going to go hit the transfer
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  Speaker 1: portal and see where he ended up and give himself
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  Speaker 1: another year to sort of learn and develop as a
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  Speaker 1: college player before he entered the NFL draft. Well, I
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  Speaker 1: think that worked out pretty darn well for him after
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  Speaker 1: transferring to Ohio State. How different does Will Howard feel
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  Speaker 1: now after just one season with the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 2: I feel a ton more prepared, for sure, Like without
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  Speaker 2: a doubt I am. You know, this year at Ohio State,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I wanted it to be a step up,
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  Speaker 2: and I talked about, you know, the two things that
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  Speaker 2: I was looking for in a school were developing as
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  Speaker 2: a prospect and developing you know, my draft stock and
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  Speaker 2: competing for a national championship. You know, those boxes checked
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  Speaker 2: and uh you know now, I you know, going into
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  Speaker 2: this process, like you know, the things that we went
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  Speaker 2: through this year, what I've learned, going into a new
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  Speaker 2: locker room, having to win over a locker room, like
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  Speaker 2: all those different things really truly taught me so much.
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  Speaker 2: And I feel really well prepared.
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  Speaker 3: You know. I think my consistency.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely improved, you know, I you know, being able to
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  Speaker 2: you know, up my completion percentage from what a fifty
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  Speaker 2: nine or whatever it was my career at k State
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  Speaker 2: to you know seventy three this year. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I was more accurate. You know, I think I was
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  Speaker 2: able to show more arm strength. You know, I definitely
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  Speaker 2: probably didn't run the ball as much as I you know,
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  Speaker 2: normally did at Kansas State this past year, but really
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  Speaker 2: didn't need to. You know, we had some some dudes
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  Speaker 2: you know back there to to carry the carry the
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  Speaker 2: load for me. But you know, I just I feel
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  Speaker 2: like I just developed in every asp to my game,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, it's it was just a blessing to
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  Speaker 2: come to Ohio State. Man, it was the best decision
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  Speaker 2: I've ever made.
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  Speaker 1: Now that Will Howard has gone at, Julian Say and
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  Speaker 1: Lincoln Keenhols and Tavie and Saint Clair are up next
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  Speaker 1: in that quarterback room for the buck Eyes. So what
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  Speaker 1: did Will Howard see from those guys and what is
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  Speaker 1: he sort of expecting this year?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, man, I think you know, we just had a
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  Speaker 2: great vibe in that room and we had a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fun together, you know, and I'm excited for them
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  Speaker 2: to you know, kind of take over and be the
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  Speaker 2: guys going forward, because you know, Julian coming in, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's a little soft spoken guy. He's quiet, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: now it's his time. Now it's you know, now it's
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  Speaker 2: Lincoln and Tavian and those guys, And I'm excited for them.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 2: I hope that I could have had, you know a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of an impact on them, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: gave some some of the things that I've learned from
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  Speaker 2: some of the guys that were, you know, above me
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  Speaker 2: when I was at Kansas State, like Adrian and Skyler
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  Speaker 2: and some of the guys that I learned from there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I hope I could have left some nuggets
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  Speaker 2: with them and showed them, you know, at the very least,
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  Speaker 2: how to treat people and you know how to you
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  Speaker 2: know how to work hard, and you know all those
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  Speaker 2: different things. And I mean, I'm rooting for those guys. Man,
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  Speaker 2: I'm pulling for him. We still stay in contact, so
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  Speaker 2: I'm I'm you know, I'm I'm gonna be be pulling
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  Speaker 2: for the Buckey's big time next year.
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  Speaker 1: Here's a loaded question. Are there any NFL receivers that
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  Speaker 1: Will Howard would really like to play with?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're all unbelievable, you know. I of course,
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  Speaker 2: you know, being the Ohio State guy, I'd love to
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  Speaker 2: throw to like Garrett and Chris and and JSN and
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  Speaker 2: and Marv. You know, but I mean there's I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you could go, you could go down the line. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I've always I've always really loved uh DeVante Adams game.
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  Speaker 2: I thought his game was really awesome. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: think you know, the the two LSU guys with Jamar
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  Speaker 2: and justin are unbelievable. I mean, you go down the list,
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  Speaker 2: I mean there's there's a ton I couldn't pick one.
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  Speaker 1: When Will Howard is looking at NFL quarterbacks, maybe watching
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks to learn something, who are some of the top
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks he likes to watch.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I got to say Patrick Mahomes because he's
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's he's a dog. Josh Allen. I love
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  Speaker 2: watching Josh. I think he's you know, obviously deserve it
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  Speaker 2: of the MVP Award and did a great job. But
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  Speaker 2: I think that third guy, I'd probably have to say Lamar.
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  Speaker 3: I just love watching Lamar play.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's developed a lot as a as a quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I think, you know a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people were saying he was just a running back coming
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  Speaker 2: into the coming into it, man, but like he truly,
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  Speaker 2: you know, has turned into an elite thrower. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that's that's a that's a cool part. And those
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  Speaker 2: three guys. Love watching those three guys.
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  Speaker 1: There was a bunch that was sort of new for
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  Speaker 1: Will Howard over the last year. One of those things
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  Speaker 1: was a playoff run to the National Championship. So what
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  Speaker 1: did Will Howard learn during that last month or so
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  Speaker 1: as the Buck guys made that run to the national title.
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  Speaker 3: Shoot, what didn't I learn?
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  Speaker 1: Man?
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  Speaker 2: I learned a lot from this past year. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: you're you're never out of it, man. And and you know,
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  Speaker 2: it felt like the world, you know, was was caving
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  Speaker 2: in on us after that last game of the year.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, a lot of people wanted to say that,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, we still had to cling to hope
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  Speaker 2: that you know, that we still win a national championship.
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  Speaker 3: And we did that.
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  Speaker 2: We banded together and said, you know, no matter what,
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  Speaker 2: no matter how hard this feels right now, you know,
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  Speaker 2: no matter what adversity we go to through, we got
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  Speaker 2: to stick together. And I think you know that the
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  Speaker 2: power of team and the power of God and the
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  Speaker 2: power of belief man like was shown throughout that whole
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  Speaker 2: playoff run and we were able to really just uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, impose our will on some teams.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of funny to listen to players talk about
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  Speaker 1: their NFL draft stock now, because that's always very hush hush,
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  Speaker 1: and no one wants to talk about it. Well, they're
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  Speaker 1: a college player, But how much did that playoff run
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  Speaker 1: maybe change Will Howard's draft stock?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that was huge for me.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I you know a lot of people were
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  Speaker 2: telling me, you know, different things about where my draft
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  Speaker 2: stock was after the year, and wasn't really sure going
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  Speaker 2: into the playoffs, but they said, you know, hey, you
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  Speaker 2: could really help yourself out if you, you know, have
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  Speaker 2: a strong showing in the playoffs. So you know, I said,
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  Speaker 2: all right, deal, you know, let's let's let's see how
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  Speaker 2: this thing goes, and you know, try and put my
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  Speaker 2: best foot forward. And I think, you know, the thing
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  Speaker 2: that is important about that is, you know, I played
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  Speaker 2: my best ball in the lights for the brightest and
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  Speaker 2: I think I proved to people that you know, I
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  Speaker 2: am best when you know the pressure's on, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: when you know, when the playoffs came along, like, I
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  Speaker 2: think that was one of the best things. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I was able to really just let it rip, man,
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  Speaker 2: and I was you know, I was just being confident.
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  Speaker 2: I was, you know, throwing the deep ball. Well, I
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  Speaker 2: was being accurate. I mean, being able to go thirteen
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  Speaker 2: for thirteen to start the National Championship was you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of the one of the better starts I've had
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  Speaker 2: to a game. So you know, I think you know,
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  Speaker 2: I learned a lot, and I was able to push
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  Speaker 2: myself and able to show teams that, you know, hopefully
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  Speaker 2: I can, I can be that face of the franchise
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  Speaker 2: and I can you know, I can be a starting
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  Speaker 2: quarterback in the NFL for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Here's one of these questions that get to asked, you know, like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: he's not going to answer that one, and he didn't,
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  Speaker 1: but he did have some interesting things to say here
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  Speaker 1: about his own game. So where does Will Howard think
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  Speaker 1: he stacks up in this NFL draft class?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think there's unbelievable quarterback talent in
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  Speaker 2: this whole in this whole draft class. You know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not going to talk about anybody else, man, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: I believe myself and I think, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: I can, I can be that guy for a team,
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  Speaker 2: and I I truly believe that. You know, I think
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  Speaker 2: I showed it as the season went on this year.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's not always going to be perfect, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think I was able to show, you know,
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  Speaker 2: through the times of adversity and bouncing back from that,
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  Speaker 2: that you know, I was able to, you know, not
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  Speaker 2: let things get to me and you know I was
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  Speaker 2: able to make the lead throws and make you know,
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  Speaker 2: make decisions when the when the lights are the brightest,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I think, you know, I just hope
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  Speaker 2: that there's a team out there that you know, falls
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  Speaker 2: in love with me. And you know, I still have
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  Speaker 2: that chip on my shoulder. Man, I'm always going to
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  Speaker 2: have that.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I love being kind of the underdog and kind of
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  Speaker 2: coming from behind, and I think that's, you know, that's
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  Speaker 2: where I thrive and where I want to be.
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  Speaker 1: One of the longest and most detailed answers that Howard
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  Speaker 1: gave was to this next question. It's about new Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State quarterbacks coach Billy Fessler. He was in a lower
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  Speaker 1: level but still working with the quarterbacks for the Buckeyes
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  Speaker 1: last year. What was it like to work with Billy
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  Speaker 1: Fessler and what did he learn?
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  Speaker 2: Billy man my dog like. I'm so happy for him,
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  Speaker 2: and you know I was. If Coach DA didn't hire
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  Speaker 2: him as the quarterback coach, I would I would add
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  Speaker 2: a problem with it. But man, he's he taught me
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  Speaker 2: so much this year. He was integral to my to
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  Speaker 2: my development, and he is absolutely, without a doubt, one
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  Speaker 2: percent best man for that job, and I think he's
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  Speaker 2: going to be great for that room. You know, he
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  Speaker 2: brings a human element to it where he's you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's not that much older than us, you know, so
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  Speaker 2: he's able to relate to us on you know, kind
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  Speaker 2: of a you know, guide to guye level. But he's
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  Speaker 2: also you know, able to lock in and like he
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  Speaker 2: taught me more than a lot of you know, guys
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  Speaker 2: in that role ever could have. And you know, he
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  Speaker 2: really was kind of the mouthpiece from coach Day to me,
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  Speaker 2: Coach Kelly to me at a lot of times if
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  Speaker 2: they were doing anything else. Like he was really like
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  Speaker 2: my personal one on one QB coach at times, and
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  Speaker 2: he was he was great man, And I got all
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  Speaker 2: the praise in the world for that dude. He helped
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  Speaker 2: me so much. The things that we did on Thursdays,
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  Speaker 2: going on our walks, talking about every play in the
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  Speaker 2: game plan. You know what is each pass play, you
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  Speaker 2: know what's it best against, what it's good against, what
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  Speaker 2: we have to manage it against. I felt so prepared
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  Speaker 2: going into every single game, and a big part of
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  Speaker 2: that was because of Billy.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of intrigue around the young quarterbacks that
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  Speaker 1: are going to be potentially replacing Will Howard this year.
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  Speaker 1: But Will Howard he's seen more of them than just
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  Speaker 1: about anyone else. So what did he see out of
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  Speaker 1: Julian Saying during Saying's true freshman season.
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  Speaker 2: Julian's one of the most accurate quarterbacks I've been around.
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  Speaker 2: And the ball just looks so pretty coming out of
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  Speaker 2: his hand, like it spins like prettier than I've seen
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  Speaker 2: a lot of balls come, you know, come out of
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks hands. And and he you know, he's he's got
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  Speaker 2: a real chance to be elite.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited for him. You know, he definitely is stepping
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  Speaker 2: into that leadership position and I'm excited for him to
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  Speaker 2: take on that new role. And you know, he was
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  Speaker 2: a little soft spoken at first, but now like this
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  Speaker 2: is sophomore year. Man, I'm excited for him to take
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  Speaker 2: that step really be that leader for the team. And
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the talent is there, man, And he's put
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  Speaker 2: on some weight, he's he's done good things, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think I'm just excited for him.
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  Speaker 1: When you have a young quarterback like Saying or Lincoln
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  Speaker 1: Keenholtz or Tavi in Saint Clair or anyone else, developing
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  Speaker 1: as a leader. Is that something that you can learn.
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  Speaker 1: Is that something that's just in you? What's the How
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  Speaker 1: does that process work?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a little bit of both, Man's that's
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  Speaker 2: a really good question, you know. I think some of
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  Speaker 2: that is innately in you, and I think you know
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  Speaker 2: me personally. I'm an outgoing guy, you know. I like
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  Speaker 2: to keep things like crack jokes, whatever, and part of
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  Speaker 2: that is just in you and I. But the thing is,
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't perfect when I got to k State, Like
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  Speaker 2: you know, I was maybe a little different in how
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  Speaker 2: I approached things. And I learned a lot from the
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  Speaker 2: people in front of me. Man, I learned a lot
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  Speaker 2: from my coaches at k State, you know, my parents,
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  Speaker 2: the people in front of me at k State, just
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  Speaker 2: looking at other guys, you know, at the college and
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  Speaker 2: NFL levels, trying to emulate their games and emulate their
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  Speaker 2: leadership styles. I think a lot of that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I learned, but some of it is innately in you.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a little bit of a balance of both.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, this next one, I'm gonna be honest. I
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  Speaker 1: couldn't actually make out the question that there was a
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  Speaker 1: ton of background noise so I kind of got the
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  Speaker 1: gist of it, but it was something like how did
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  Speaker 1: how he does breaking down film like how he does
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  Speaker 1: on the chalkboard. And honestly, I am just including this
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  Speaker 1: question because it's really interesting to hear him talk about
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  Speaker 1: the first touchdown from the National title game.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think you could you could look at
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  Speaker 2: a lot of different things he turned on the film,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I think, you know, I could talk
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  Speaker 2: through pretty much any play. You know, you want to
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  Speaker 2: bring up a play, I'll tell you know why I
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  Speaker 2: did what I did, What the read was, what the
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  Speaker 2: play call was, what the protection was, I know pretty
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  Speaker 2: much all that stuff. I mean, you know, like looking
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  Speaker 2: out there in the National Championship game, like on that
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  Speaker 2: on that first touchdown, I mean, we we went, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and did the little ghost motion with with JJ and
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  Speaker 2: you know, we had the the why come in motion
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  Speaker 2: before the play. A lot of people don't even notice
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  Speaker 2: that he came in motion to kind of give a
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  Speaker 2: man zone indicator. I could tell they were communicating, they
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: were in man and you know, I knew that if
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: I got my eyes back on that guy that was
• 13:41
  Speaker 2: man on Jeremiah and found him where he was at
• 13:44
  Speaker 2: then the answers to the tests are right there. And
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: obviously he was like on the other side of the
• 13:49
  Speaker 2: field because he thought he was running around. I don't
• 13:51
  Speaker 2: blame him. He had had to beat him over the top.
• 13:53
  Speaker 2: But you know, there's examples of that everywhere. I think
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: that's one of the best parts of my game. I
• 13:57
  Speaker 2: believe I'm an elite processor. You know, I can recall
• 14:01
  Speaker 2: things like like nothing.
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: There's been all sorts of talk about how the lost
• 14:04
  Speaker 1: to Michigan was with this big turning point for the season,
• 14:07
  Speaker 1: and how the team meeting and how the team sort
• 14:10
  Speaker 1: of got together and really sort of redoubled their efforts
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: to make that run to the national title following that
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: loss to Michigan. What does it say about a head
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: coach like Ryan Day that he let the team sit down,
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: have a player's only meeting and sort of hash things
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: out as a group after that Michigan game.
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, man, he's a players coach, you know, And a
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: lot of that was you know, it was him, but
• 14:30
  Speaker 2: it was also us, and it was you know, the
• 14:33
  Speaker 2: leaders and the group of guys in the locker room
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: that were able to kind of sit down and say, man, like,
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: we still have something to play for. And you know,
• 14:39
  Speaker 2: we had a leadership meeting before we even had that
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: players meeting, and we kind of got together and we're like,
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: how are we going to attack this? And I think,
• 14:46
  Speaker 2: you know, the quality of people in that room is
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: a big reason why we did what we did. And
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: you know, there could have been a tough reaction to that.
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: I mean people were called out, people were and we
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: hashed things out. Man. It was it was a It
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: was the best thing for us because we have mature
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: people in that room that were able to take criticism,
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: to give it out, and to understand what we needed
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: to do to go on that run and win a
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: national championship.
• 15:10
  Speaker 3: And we did what we had to do.
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: And finally, this is probably not someone you're expecting to
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: hear Will Howard talk about, But all right, let's talk
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: about safety. Jalen McClain. He was with the twos most
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: of last year, but has a chance to win that
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: starting job opposite Caleb Downs at the safety position this
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: year with Lathan Ransom off to the NFL. So what
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: was it like going up against Jalen McClain in practice?
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: Jalen's a dude, man. He was my eighteen partner man,
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: and I honestly didn't go against him much on the
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: scout team. He was on the second team most of
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: the year, but we would go against him, you know,
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: in fall camp and stuff. And he's instinctive, man, And
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: when you're a safety, you know, you kind of have
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: to be.
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: A ballhawk a little bit. He had great ball skills.
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: I remember him going and picking a ball off on
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: like the other side of the field when he was
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: on the other hash. I was like, man, I thought
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: I could get away with that throw. Like he's a
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: true freshman, you know, and he's he's going to be
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: special man. He's he's he flies around, you know, he
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: likes to hit stuff, and he's an instinctive in a
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: ball hawk for sure.
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: All Right, I'm just going to say it. I'm going
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: to miss having Will Howard around the Ohio State football program.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: Lots of really interesting, thoughtful answers from him, between him
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: and denzel Berg, who man, there's some great interviews interview
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: skills headed off to the NFL. But we'll have plenty
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: more of more interesting guys to talk about this year
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: with the Buckeyees team. And we'll have plenty of interesting
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: stuff to talk about today as well. NFL Combine wrapping up,
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: so there are three guys in Indianapolis, will be headed
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: home soon, and of course the Stadium Series game at
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: Ohio Stadium Columbus Bluejackets Detroit Red Wings. Man, it's gonna
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: be a busy and very exciting day. We hope to
• 16:44
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• 16:47
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• 16:49
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• 16:51
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• 16:54
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• 16:56
  Speaker 1: That'll do it for today. Thank you guys all for
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: joining us. Have a great day. We talk to you tomorrow.