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Did Julian Sayin Take A Major Step In Ohio State's Win Over Grambling? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to buck Eyes tomorrow morning from Monday, September eighth,
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, tom Or. The Ohio game is in
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  Speaker 1: five days, the game against Michigan in eighty two days.
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  Speaker 1: The Buckeyes have had some pretty good vibes coming out
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  Speaker 1: of that seventy two zero win over the Grambling Tigers
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday inside Ohio Stadium. Obviously not exactly the caliber
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  Speaker 1: of team you're going to face in the college football
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  Speaker 1: Playoff coming on January or December whenever that is, but
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  Speaker 1: still always good to get a good win, Always good
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  Speaker 1: to get a shoutout. Today, you're going to get to
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  Speaker 1: hear a little bit about Ryan Day's thoughts from the game.
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  Speaker 1: He is a pretty good sense for what this win means,
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  Speaker 1: what this win doesn't mean, and what it might mean
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  Speaker 1: moving forward for the Buckeye So we'll start with just
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day's overall thoughts on the game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we wanted to like we talked about be more explosive.
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  Speaker 2: You saw us play with tempo. That was good. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the issues are always going to be there, just a
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  Speaker 2: matter of identifying what they are. You know, there's no secret.
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  Speaker 2: This was not a matchup game. And I had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of respect for coach and and I thought, you know,
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  Speaker 2: their team played hard in this game. You know, they
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  Speaker 2: were outmatched, you know, talent wise for sure, and I
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  Speaker 2: think he expressed that. And but I give them a
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  Speaker 2: lot of respect for playing hard and playing for four
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  Speaker 2: quarters all the way to the end, you know, And
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  Speaker 2: so a lot of a lot of credit to how
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  Speaker 2: hard they played. But I thought early in the game
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  Speaker 2: it was good to get to put the ball pushed
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  Speaker 2: down the field. I thought Julian really had some accurate throws.
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  Speaker 2: The ball came out on time, The spacing and timing
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  Speaker 2: was good, the protection was good. Good to see the
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  Speaker 2: defense get some turnovers because that was an emphasis point
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  Speaker 2: for us to attack the ball. So we'll take a
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  Speaker 2: look at the film, and we've still got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of work to do. We're in a race to get better,
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  Speaker 2: and then that's it. So but I do think coming
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  Speaker 2: out of it, there was a lot of good things
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  Speaker 2: coming off of last week just you know, it was heavy,
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  Speaker 2: you know, big groupings and running and huddling. This was
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more spread out and tempo, which it's
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  Speaker 2: good to know that we can do both.
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  Speaker 1: Now, how about Julian saying he was certainly one of
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  Speaker 1: the big stories going into the game and one of
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  Speaker 1: the big stories coming out of the game as well.
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  Speaker 1: Eighteen for nineteen, three hundred and six yards, four touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: and that one incompletion was actually an interception, So all
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  Speaker 1: that taken into account, and yes it was just grambling,
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  Speaker 1: But did this represent a step forward for Julian Zan?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it is what when you watch the plays,
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  Speaker 2: you know, there were some plays where I felt like
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  Speaker 2: we had guys you know, pretty open, and there was
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  Speaker 2: other throws that, you know, it was pretty pretty contested
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  Speaker 2: throws that I thought he put put it on the money.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's one place certainly he wants to have back.
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  Speaker 2: But we were, as you as you could tell, we
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  Speaker 2: were pushing the envelope a little bit to see how
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  Speaker 2: he would respond and throw those because this is all
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  Speaker 2: for the first time for him and no time for
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  Speaker 2: really learning on the job. We got to go, so
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  Speaker 2: we pushed the envelope, throwing the ball early and playing faster.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll look at it. But but I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean you watch it. You watch how quick the
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  Speaker 2: ball comes out of his hand, and you watch how accurate.
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  Speaker 2: You know, those were all positives for him.
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  Speaker 1: The Buck guys did the bench early and went deep, deep,
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  Speaker 1: deep into their two deep and their three deep, and
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  Speaker 1: maybe even deeper than that at times during the game.
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  Speaker 1: So who was someone who played this week who didn't
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  Speaker 1: play last week against Texas that impressed Ryan Day?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there was a lot of guys that
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  Speaker 2: got in there. On defense, Riley Pettit, John seemed to
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  Speaker 2: seem to pop for sure. You know, that was a
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  Speaker 2: big play in the backfield, which was great. Aaron Scott
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  Speaker 2: drove on a ball. I know they overturned it, but
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  Speaker 2: that was still a great play. You have to look
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  Speaker 2: and watch the film some more. On offense, it was
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  Speaker 2: good to see some of the tight ends get in there,
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  Speaker 2: but also see the young running backs run. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I thought Bo and Isaiah both ran hard and it
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  Speaker 2: was good to see them, you know, break some tackles
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  Speaker 2: and get some positive runs out there. And it was
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  Speaker 2: also good, you know, to get Lincoln out there. I
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  Speaker 2: thought he looked good out there, He looked poised. He
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  Speaker 2: made some nice throws, made a couple of runs, and
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  Speaker 2: Bryson Rodgers made a couple of nice plays. I thought,
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  Speaker 2: you know, catching the ball and hanging on to it,
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  Speaker 2: which great Milin had a nice catch. So it was
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  Speaker 2: good to see a lot of those guys get on
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  Speaker 2: the field. And there'll be a lot of things that
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  Speaker 2: you know, the coaches will look at to look to improve,
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  Speaker 2: but they deserve a chance to play and it's good
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  Speaker 2: to get them out there. And the more depth we
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  Speaker 2: can build, as we know it's going to be important.
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  Speaker 2: It's a long run this season.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned Julian Sayin's eighteen for nineteen Day where the one
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  Speaker 1: incompletion was actually an interception. You know, coaches love to
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  Speaker 1: have mistakes to teach off of, So is there maybe
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  Speaker 1: a part of Ryan Day that was just kind of
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  Speaker 1: a little bit okay with that interception, just to see
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  Speaker 1: maybe even how Julian sand would respond to throwing a pick.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you never want to see an interception, but it's
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  Speaker 2: just it's good to have some of these learning moments
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  Speaker 2: to understand, you know, just how it all works and
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  Speaker 2: when you can get some of these like first time
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  Speaker 2: things you know behind you, it is good, but that's it.
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  Speaker 2: No more interceptions not allowed.
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  Speaker 1: The Owhis State offense bogged down on the ground quite
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  Speaker 1: a bit against Texas. There was plenty more room to
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  Speaker 1: run against Brambling. So what did Brian feel like? James
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  Speaker 1: Peoples and c J. Donaldson showed in the first half
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  Speaker 1: of that game on the ground.
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  Speaker 2: You know, again, I have to look at the film
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  Speaker 2: to see. I thought everyone's running hard, but you know
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  Speaker 2: what we want to see is we want to see
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  Speaker 2: guys breaking tackles and then you know, creating explosive runs.
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  Speaker 2: And I think there were some in there, and I
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  Speaker 2: think there's some other ones that maybe we can we
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  Speaker 2: can look at to say, okay, how can we do
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  Speaker 2: this a little bit better? How can we you know,
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  Speaker 2: break some of these tackles as we're getting to the
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  Speaker 2: second level. But when you're when you're running back, you
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  Speaker 2: know you're not tackled the whole bunch of preseasons. So
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  Speaker 2: you know CJ is probably the most experienced out of
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  Speaker 2: the group, well he is, and then James, you know,
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  Speaker 2: hasn't run a ton in a game. And Bowen and Isaiah.
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  Speaker 2: Certainly haven't college have it in college games. So it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be great to get on this film and
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  Speaker 2: and use this as a learning experience.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, you're getting graded on a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: curve when you're playing Brambling versus Texas. You're not looking
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  Speaker 1: for exactly the same kind of things. So does Rian
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  Speaker 1: they maybe find himself nitpicking a little more in a
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  Speaker 1: game that's an obvious miss like that one was, then
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  Speaker 1: he gets compared to maybe a closer game.
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  Speaker 2: The issues are always there and it's not about the result.
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  Speaker 2: So if we're looking at the scoreboard, we're looking at
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  Speaker 2: the wrong thing. I mean, this is about like if
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  Speaker 2: we have a discipline issue, or if we have a
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  Speaker 2: lack of execution, or we have an assignment issue or
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  Speaker 2: a ball security issue or a lack of execution that
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  Speaker 2: that that could in a matchup game, it comes down
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  Speaker 2: to one play. And so if we're going to look
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  Speaker 2: at the scoreboard after a game like this, then then
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  Speaker 2: we're setting ourselves up for failure. That that that's really bad.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that's the way our guys are. I
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  Speaker 2: think they know and so yeah, when you're not in
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  Speaker 2: a matchup game, you're going to get graded very critically
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  Speaker 2: because you know, when you are in matchup games, one
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  Speaker 2: play could could cost you. Now, the good thing is
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  Speaker 2: we played a game like that already, so it's not
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  Speaker 2: like we haven't done that. We're in past. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you get to about midway through the season, you haven't
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  Speaker 2: played a game like that. I think our guys understand that,
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  Speaker 2: especially the guys who have been around. I mean, you
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  Speaker 2: think about how we ended last year and how we
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  Speaker 2: started this year. I mean, these guys know. But all
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  Speaker 2: that being said, when you come out of games like this,
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  Speaker 2: you can't get a false sense of security because the
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  Speaker 2: issues are always there and it's our job to identify
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  Speaker 2: them and get them fixed.
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  Speaker 1: Coming out of that Texas game, it would have been
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  Speaker 1: very natural for Ohio State to kind of sleep walk
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  Speaker 1: through the game, go off with a slow start. You've
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  Speaker 1: seen that years and years and years in a row,
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  Speaker 1: various teams coming out real slow against a wildly overmatched team.
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  Speaker 1: Penn State was up i think seven to nothing at
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  Speaker 1: one point, very close to halftime against Florida International yesterday
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  Speaker 1: for one example. But was it encouraging for Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: to see the Ohio State team come right out of
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  Speaker 1: the gates, go right down the field for a touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: and then really keep the pedal down, especially with that
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  Speaker 1: being such a potential letdown spot after Texas.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I was looking to see if we had a
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  Speaker 2: letdown in practice. I think Tuesday there was a general
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  Speaker 2: exhale I was a little concerned about, but I think
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  Speaker 2: it was more the physicality of the game than it
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  Speaker 2: was guys feeling like we've arrived. I think they know
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  Speaker 2: that this is a long, long season. I think our
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  Speaker 2: guys look at last year and know that this is
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's a long road all the way to
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  Speaker 2: December and January, so or nowhere we need to be.
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  Speaker 2: I thought Wednesday, we came back at an excellent practice.
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  Speaker 2: There was good Christmas to it, there was energy to it.
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  Speaker 2: And then I thought, you know, our forty eight hours
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  Speaker 2: leading up to the game was pretty business like, So
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  Speaker 2: that was a good sign. But like you said, you
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  Speaker 2: got to go put it on the field, and regardless
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  Speaker 2: of your opponent, you know, you can see good execution.
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  Speaker 2: You know, whether it's you know, penalties or you know, assignments, spacing, timing.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there's a Christmas to anybody you play. I
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  Speaker 2: thought it looked right on the field. We'll have to
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  Speaker 2: watch the film and confirm that, though you.
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  Speaker 1: Heard Ryan mentioned earlier that they're trying to put more
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  Speaker 1: on Julian Sayan's plate this week. So what were the
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  Speaker 1: things they were putting on his plate and how did
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  Speaker 1: he handle those things?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we he saw a lot of more RPOs. You
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  Speaker 2: saw a lot of the things coming out of his hand.
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  Speaker 2: We actually started to drive. I think maybe we're inside
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  Speaker 2: the ten twenty yard line where we took a shot
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  Speaker 2: early and hit it, you know, down on the red zone.
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  Speaker 2: We were throwing it. We really forcing the issue down there,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, the more we're putting in his hands
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  Speaker 2: to manage the game. And I thought he did nice job.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there was one time where they had a
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  Speaker 2: nice did a nice job on defense of running to
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  Speaker 2: a coverage that there was nothing there, and he scrambled
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  Speaker 2: and made like three yards second and seven. That's good,
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  Speaker 2: that's good football. Didn't throw it into a crowd. I
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  Speaker 2: thought the first throw he made on for the touchdown
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  Speaker 2: to Will was it was a really good throw. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we talk all the time, if the defender's backs turn,
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  Speaker 2: he's wide open. He one inched it right over the
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  Speaker 2: top of him and Will made a great catch. But again,
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  Speaker 2: the timing, the spacing, all of that was was crisp,
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  Speaker 2: and so we can build off of that.
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  Speaker 1: It was a big day for the tight end room.
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  Speaker 1: Johnnie Thurman three catches forty four yards in a touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: Will Casmrick two catches for fifty five yards and a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: Max Clayer, Bennett Christian also had catches. What kind of
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  Speaker 1: of a weapon can that position group be?
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  Speaker 2: It can? It can be a weapon for us moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: It gives us a lot more flexibility, not only in
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  Speaker 2: the run game, but also in the passing game, spreading
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  Speaker 2: you out play action and in multiple groupings, which you know,
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  Speaker 2: we haven't done as much in the past. We've been
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  Speaker 2: mostly eleven. We've added twelve here, but now you're seeing
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  Speaker 2: us do a little thirteen and I think we did
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  Speaker 2: you know, twenty one today and so we have probably
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  Speaker 2: more flexibility than we've had in the past with these groupings.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, they're all athletic and they all can
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  Speaker 2: do multiple things, so that gives us, you know, again,
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  Speaker 2: more flexibility. So as we start to build what this
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  Speaker 2: team looks like on offense, the tight ends are going
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  Speaker 2: to be a big part of it, as you can see.
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  Speaker 1: And finally you heard bright Riley Petty John's name mentioned earlier,
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  Speaker 1: but our buddy Tony Gerderman asked Ryan about him specifically,
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  Speaker 1: just he obviously came into the game and made an
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  Speaker 1: immediate impact, had that scoop and score fumble recovery. How
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  Speaker 1: does that play and his overall impact on the game
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  Speaker 1: maybe change how Ryan Day views him and what he
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  Speaker 1: might be able to be moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to see how guys respond. Typically you
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  Speaker 2: fall back to the level of your training. We talk
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  Speaker 2: about that all the time, but you know we've seen
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  Speaker 2: Riley in practice do some really good things. But you
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  Speaker 2: want to put him in the game to see how
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  Speaker 2: he responds. And when you see him make plays like that,
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  Speaker 2: you know in his first time in the field, it's
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  Speaker 2: a great sign for young young player.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that'll do it for today. We will have much
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  Speaker 1: more coverage of the win over Grambling. We'll have for
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  Speaker 1: some of those Ross Fulton breakdown shows scheme breakdown shows
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  Speaker 1: for you this week. We'll also have a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a preview of this weekend's game against the Ohio Bobcats.
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  Speaker 1: A nice intrastate rivalry. Should be another fantastic matchup of
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  Speaker 1: the marching bands as well. Should be a really fun
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  Speaker 1: it for today. Thank you guys all for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: Have a great day. We will talk to you tomorrow