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Ohio State Spring Football: What's The Plan For The Offensive Line? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to buck Eyes tomorrow morning for Thursday, March twelfth time,
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  Speaker 1: Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Thursday morning for the Buckeyes
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  Speaker 1: second practice of spring ball. Same basic deal as Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be there for about the first hour or so
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  Speaker 1: of practice. We'll have photos, we'll have videos, we will
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  Speaker 1: have probably some sort of instant practice report. Then afterwards
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  Speaker 1: we will have interviews with Ohis Date, quarterback, Julian Sane, Ohistdate,
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  Speaker 1: defensive end Kenyada Jackson Junior. So we'll have all that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: We'll plan to stream that live for you as well.
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  Speaker 1: Sort of tentatively plan on a ten AM instant reaction
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  Speaker 1: show from practice and an eleven AM interview stream with
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  Speaker 1: Julian and Kenyata. So it should be another big day
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  Speaker 1: of content for you at Buckeye Hudle dot com and
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  Speaker 1: at YouTube dot com slash Bucke Huddle. On today's show,
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  Speaker 1: want to let you hear a little bit from Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State head coach Ryan Day. We get a chance to
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  Speaker 1: talk to him after Tuesday's practice. He had a lot
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  Speaker 1: of really interesting stuff to say. I might end up
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  Speaker 1: dividing this into three different shows because there was just
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  Speaker 1: so much good stuff for him. This first one, though,
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna let you hear just about some specific players,
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  Speaker 1: specific position groups, really kind of an on field kind
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  Speaker 1: of conversation. We'll have a whole separate show later about
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  Speaker 1: some of the assistant coaches, about some of the bigger
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  Speaker 1: themes in college football right now, all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But we're going to start on the field, and we're
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  Speaker 1: going to start with legend Bay. He is a true
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  Speaker 1: freshman running back, the subject of some signing day drama,
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  Speaker 1: as you may remember, involving the Tennessee volunteers. He ended
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  Speaker 1: up in Ohio State. Buckeye and the Ohio State coaching
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  Speaker 1: staff is very, very very happy that he did. He
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  Speaker 1: is one of those names that you were hearing from
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  Speaker 1: a whole lot of people around the team right now
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  Speaker 1: in terms of someone who could make an impact as
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  Speaker 1: a freshman year. So, okay, how does Ryan Day envision
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  Speaker 1: Legends bay role. Legend Bay's role this season.
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  Speaker 2: We'll have to see just day one out there. He's
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  Speaker 2: starting a running back. You know, he played quarterback in
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  Speaker 2: high school, so he has a tremendous skill set and
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  Speaker 2: he's dynamic when the ball's in his hands. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we see him as somebody that could play running back
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  Speaker 2: and also move out to wide receiver, sort of like
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  Speaker 2: you know, I wasn't here with Curtis Samuel, but I
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  Speaker 2: watched a lot of film when he was here. He
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  Speaker 2: kind of reminds me of that style of player. Remember
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  Speaker 2: when Xavier Johnson was here, You know, he could play
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  Speaker 2: running back or move out to wide receiver. I think
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  Speaker 2: we're trying to get a feel for that now because
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  Speaker 2: really he played a lot of quarterback in high school,
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  Speaker 2: so we're trying to see what best fits him when
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  Speaker 2: he gets moving. So today was just a start. You
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  Speaker 2: can see him flash, but he's got a lot of
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  Speaker 2: football to learn. But it was good to get these
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  Speaker 2: guys out here, fifty one new faces, so we had
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  Speaker 2: a lot of film to watch and get to work on.
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  Speaker 1: The offensive line has been another storyline we've been talking
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  Speaker 1: about a bunch going into the spring. Are they looking
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  Speaker 1: at shuffling guys around to some different spots and sort
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  Speaker 1: of mixing and matching and seeing what they have and
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  Speaker 1: some potential combinations there this spring, and you know, trying
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  Speaker 1: guys out of tackle and guard something like that. One
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  Speaker 1: thing he said in a separate answer, is that Philip Daniels,
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  Speaker 1: he is going to start the spring at tackle at
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  Speaker 1: right tackle, but you know they're willing to look about
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  Speaker 1: look at maybe moving him to guard as well. So
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  Speaker 1: how about some of the other guys who are in
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  Speaker 1: that conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're trying to get as many reps as we
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  Speaker 2: can right now. I think there was over one hundred
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  Speaker 2: and ten guys on the field today. And when you're
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  Speaker 2: doing that, that's typically like a preseason practice. So there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be times where you know, we want to
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  Speaker 2: get a couple of fields going and get as many
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  Speaker 2: reps as we can. When that's the case, then we
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  Speaker 2: can move some guys and interchangeable pieces, which is something
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  Speaker 2: philosophically we felt was always important to be able to
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  Speaker 2: do that. You see Josh badieco play guard or center.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you've seen Carson play multiple positions, but you
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  Speaker 2: know it's something that we want to see if we
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  Speaker 2: can get the best five out there. But then six,
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  Speaker 2: seven and eight typically have some versatility in there, so yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we want to get you know, get Ian, you know,
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  Speaker 2: some guard work and some tackle work. You know, Austin
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  Speaker 2: will mostly be a tackle, though we've seen him play
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  Speaker 2: guard before. You know, Gabe will mostly be a guard.
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  Speaker 2: Josh will play some center and some guard. He's probably
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  Speaker 2: gonna be limited for a decent amount of the spring,
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  Speaker 2: but but it's a good opportunity to get some young
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  Speaker 2: guys in there, get Carter going. We've got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of guys in there that are gonna be fighting for
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  Speaker 2: for reps, but there'll be enough to go around. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna try to find the right five that gives
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  Speaker 2: us the best chance to win and then build depth
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  Speaker 2: off of that. So to answer your question, there'll be
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  Speaker 2: a lot of interchanging of guys, especially, they'll be opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't do it today because we're inside, but we'll
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  Speaker 2: quickly go outside and start to get some two fields.
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  Speaker 2: Going to get as many reps as we can do
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  Speaker 2: a valueate what we have coming out of the spring.
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  Speaker 1: It's not exactly rare, but it's also not exactly really
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  Speaker 1: common for Ohio State to have a second year starting
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  Speaker 1: quarterback under Ryan Day. That just really hasn't happened all
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  Speaker 1: that often. So what is the plan now for Julian
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  Speaker 1: say and as he enters season number two as QB
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  Speaker 1: one for the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 2: So really it was justin and it was CJ. And
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  Speaker 2: now Julian's the only other one shoot that I've had
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  Speaker 2: again going back a long way. So you know, the
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  Speaker 2: one thing that you know, Arthur, the minute he spends
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  Speaker 2: some time with Julian, he just you know, boy, he's
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  Speaker 2: really intelligent. He can process a lot of high levels
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  Speaker 2: of information. And I think we've shared that before. It's
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  Speaker 2: one of the things that jumps out about Jewels to me.
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  Speaker 2: And so you know there's certain areas that now he's
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  Speaker 2: going to take the next step, like we say, level up.
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  Speaker 2: I was talking to actually Mad about this the other day.
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  Speaker 2: He was explaining, how, you know, growing up, we used
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  Speaker 2: to have Mario brothers, and you know there was like
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  Speaker 2: you would go through all the different levels and if
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  Speaker 2: you lost. You started back in level one, you had
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  Speaker 2: to figure out and solve what the problem was to
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  Speaker 2: get to the next level.
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  Speaker 1: Now with the.
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  Speaker 2: Video games, you have to level up. You know, you
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  Speaker 2: don't really go back to start, We just continue to
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  Speaker 2: level up. What's kind of the So I tried to
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  Speaker 2: hit that with these guys the other day, Like we
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  Speaker 2: all have to level up with our football i Q.
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  Speaker 2: So whether it's someone like Aaron Rodgers has been in
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  Speaker 2: the league for dec aids, or it's you know, tav
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  Speaker 2: and Saint Clair, you're near two of the program, or
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  Speaker 2: anybody within approgram, they have to level up in terms
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  Speaker 2: of their football IQ. And the more information you have,
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  Speaker 2: the slower the game goes. And so that's a big
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  Speaker 2: thing for him and finding the right things that we
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  Speaker 2: can do to help get us into the right play
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  Speaker 2: and all the things that come with that. And the
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  Speaker 2: other part, as we know is you know, just in
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  Speaker 2: terms of understanding where the ball comes out, his strength
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  Speaker 2: and as we all know that, you know the ball
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  Speaker 2: comes out accurately and throwing the football, but making an
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  Speaker 2: impact with his legs one appropriate. We know that that's
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  Speaker 2: the X factor that has to show up this year.
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  Speaker 2: And he's aware of that and been working hard in
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  Speaker 2: the off season.
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  Speaker 1: There are a whole lot of new faces on this team,
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  Speaker 1: between freshmen and rollies and transfers, a whole lot of
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  Speaker 1: guys who left. So what position groups is Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: kind of watching particularly closely with all these new guys
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  Speaker 1: on the roster. Now, this is a sneaky, great question,
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  Speaker 1: and it was Rob Aller of the Dispatch. I want
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  Speaker 1: to give him credit because it gets an incredibly dep
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  Speaker 1: hailed answer from Ryan Day. If you hear a first
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  Speaker 1: name in here and you're wondering, who is this, let
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  Speaker 1: us know, talk to us on the huddle board. We're
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  Speaker 1: happy to go through all this because he talks about
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  Speaker 1: a whole bunch of names and sometimes he's just using
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  Speaker 1: first names in here, all right. And finally, fifty one
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  Speaker 1: new guys in this spring, plus you got guys who
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  Speaker 1: are on the team who changed their jersey numbers. So
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  Speaker 1: there are a lot of times that Tony and I
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  Speaker 1: at practice on Tuesday founding we're looking at each other
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  Speaker 1: and going who's that again? Who is that? And is
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  Speaker 1: that even true? For Ryan Day? Did he find himself
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  Speaker 1: looking twice to figure out who someone is? And he
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  Speaker 1: will mention the name Riley here, that is sophomore linebacker
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  Speaker 1: Riley Pettyjohn. All Right, so there you go, some interesting
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  Speaker 1: thoughts from Ryan Day on some specific players and some
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  Speaker 1: overall thoughts on the roster. We'll have more from Day
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  Speaker 1: coming up, maybe over the weekend early next week. Buck
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  Speaker 1: guys are on spring break next week, so we'll have
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  Speaker 1: plenty of time to really explore the room on some
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  Speaker 1: of this stuff. But of course we're gonna have another
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  Speaker 1: very busy day of content coming for you on Thursday morning.
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  Speaker 1: Make sure you join us at Buckehudle dot com and
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  Speaker 1: YouTube dot com slash Buckeye Huddle. That'll do it for today.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you guys all for joining us. Have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow