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How Many Starters Will Be Back For Ohio State vs Indiana? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning. For Monday, October 12th, I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom, or the Indiana game in five days,
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  Speaker 1: to get to hear a little bit from Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: head coach Ryan Day. some of his thoughts after the
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes' 45-16 win over Maryland on Saturday in the Horseshoe.
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  Speaker 1: He starts with his overall thoughts on the game. He
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  Speaker 1: was very clearly frustrated at time on the sidelines, so
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  Speaker 1: this is not necessarily quite as upbeat as you would
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  Speaker 1: normally expect for a 29-point win over a Big Ten opponent.
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  Speaker 2: I think the first thing is going into the game,
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  Speaker 2: there were some things that popped up late in the week.
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  Speaker 2: And then some things that we decided before the game
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  Speaker 2: that we're going to hold some guys. So really, there
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  Speaker 2: was five guys in there who are starters that didn't
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  Speaker 2: play in the game. So it was an opportunity for
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  Speaker 2: some guys to step up, which I thought there was
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  Speaker 2: some really good play out there. I thought the energy,
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  Speaker 2: I thought the physicality was really there.
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  Speaker 3: And there was a lot of good things there.
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  Speaker 2: But some of the penalties on the one drive, I
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  Speaker 2: think there was four penalties on defense. And so when
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  Speaker 2: you do that, you know, that's about us and our discipline.
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  Speaker 2: And then there were other things that popped up in
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  Speaker 2: terms of penalties. So when you have eight penalties like that,
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  Speaker 2: that's not the sign of a good team. So we've
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  Speaker 2: got to make sure that we're getting that fixed and
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  Speaker 2: being more focused in that area. And then obviously the
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  Speaker 2: turnovers can't happen. So now that being said, you take
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  Speaker 2: a lot of that out of there.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of good.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we scored at the end of the half
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  Speaker 2: again for, I think, six straight game in a row.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if that's ever been done before. It's
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  Speaker 2: pretty remarkable. Um, you know, he was able to hit
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  Speaker 2: some big throws to Jeremiah early on and they really
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  Speaker 2: get the run game going again in the, in the
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  Speaker 2: fourth quarter. So there's a lot of good there. The
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  Speaker 2: other thing, you know, someone like Gabe Van Sickle who, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, in short notice had to move out the
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  Speaker 2: tackle and then move Jake in there against a very
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  Speaker 2: talented front. That's a big, strong front that, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it took a little time to wear down, but, but
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  Speaker 2: they were playing hard and did a nice job. So, um,
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  Speaker 2: some good there, but we know, you know, what it's
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  Speaker 2: going to take next week. And, um, So we got
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  Speaker 2: to keep working for perfection, you know, and knowing that
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  Speaker 2: it's not always going to be perfect, but that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're looking for. And so, yeah, we're competing every day
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  Speaker 2: to be the best version of ourselves. That's the bottom line.
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  Speaker 2: And when we don't come up short, like we got
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  Speaker 2: to hold each other accountable. And that starts with coaching
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  Speaker 2: and go from there.
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  Speaker 1: One of the big storylines during the game was the
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  Speaker 1: sort of last minute shuffle that they had to do
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  Speaker 1: on the offensive line. Austin Searveld was out very unexpectedly
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday morning, and that meant they had to slide
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  Speaker 1: right guard Gabe Van Sickle over to right tackle. Jake
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  Speaker 1: Cook in at right guard, because of course, Phillip Daniels,
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  Speaker 1: he was not back yet either. So what went into
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  Speaker 1: that being the lineup with Searveld and Daniels out?
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  Speaker 3: Phil wasn't quite ready.
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  Speaker 2: So we decided to hold him and then we had
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  Speaker 2: to make a decision on who we put in there.
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  Speaker 2: We feel confident having to put Deion or Carter in there,
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  Speaker 2: but with Gabe's experience and as much as Jake had
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  Speaker 2: been playing, we felt like that was probably the right decision.
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  Speaker 3: We could always move Luke out there if we needed.
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  Speaker 2: To, but Um, that, that all kind of came down, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, hours before the game. So we would have
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  Speaker 2: loved to have a couple of days of kind of
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  Speaker 2: working it like that. But I, I thought, uh, that's,
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  Speaker 2: that's a tough ask for Gabe, but he was able
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  Speaker 2: to handle it.
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  Speaker 3: That's a good sign for him. I don't know how
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  Speaker 3: it will grade out.
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  Speaker 2: Um, but you know, that was kind of the decision
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  Speaker 2: between Arthur, um, Tyler and myself that we decided to
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  Speaker 2: go with.
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  Speaker 3: And I think it was the right move after, after
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  Speaker 3: going through the game.
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  Speaker 1: This was something that I could see from down on
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  Speaker 1: the field. And then going back and rewatching the TV copy,
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  Speaker 1: they talked about it and showed it a whole lot
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  Speaker 1: on the broadcast. Ryan Day was not happy for long
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  Speaker 1: stretches of that game. What made him so outspoken and
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  Speaker 1: so demonstrative on the sidelines?
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  Speaker 2: No, you can't accept that as a coach. And if
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  Speaker 2: the training is strictly enforced, then there's going to be discipline.
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  Speaker 2: If it's not, then there's going to be undiscipline. So
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  Speaker 2: We all got to own it, you know, and I
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  Speaker 2: got to hold the coaches accountable. It's my responsibility because
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  Speaker 2: when that's happening, it's a direct reflection of coaching. And
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  Speaker 2: so to just sit there and say it's okay, that's
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  Speaker 2: not okay, you know. And, you know, when you have
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  Speaker 2: the ability to address it ahead of time, knowing that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're going to challenge people, it just goes
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  Speaker 2: to show you that, you know, listen, I care more
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  Speaker 2: about you or we care more about the team than
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  Speaker 2: we do having to sit after a loss because of
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  Speaker 2: decisions like this, you know?
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  Speaker 3: And so we've got to get this stuff fixed.
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  Speaker 2: And some of these penalties don't always come up in practice,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the late hits on the quarterback and things
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  Speaker 2: like this. So they have to be addressed and they
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  Speaker 2: have to understand how important those are. It can't just be, Hey,
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  Speaker 2: get them again next time. That's not how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's too much at stake here. And it's
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  Speaker 2: my job as the coach to make sure that I
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  Speaker 2: can challenge those guys, but there has to be a
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  Speaker 2: certain level of trust within the program to challenge guys
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  Speaker 2: that hard. I think there is, I think they know
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  Speaker 2: where I'm coming from and ultimately it's my responsibility. And so, um,
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  Speaker 2: I got to make sure the guys feel that. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm not trying to embarrass anybody, but at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: we can't let that happen. So that's where that came from.
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  Speaker 2: And then the turnovers, again, can't happen. So ultimately, it
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  Speaker 2: comes back down to the coaches. And it starts with me.
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  Speaker 2: And so we got to do a better job of
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  Speaker 2: holding everybody accountable and making sure that doesn't happen again.
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  Speaker 1: Here's a quick two-parter. The first one is a question
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  Speaker 1: on the timetable on the Austin Searveld issue. When did
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  Speaker 1: that actually crop up? When did they find out, oops,
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  Speaker 1: we don't have the guy we think is going to
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  Speaker 1: start at right tackle later on today. And then also progress.
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  Speaker 1: It felt like there was some actual progress on special
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  Speaker 1: teams for the Buckeyes in that game. Is that what
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  Speaker 1: Ryan day saw?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Um, so yeah, it was hours before the game. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: they did a test and, and, um, so that'll be
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  Speaker 2: day to day right now, as far as I know. Um,
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  Speaker 2: And then in terms of special teams, so I thought
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  Speaker 2: the return was really set up well. I thought we
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  Speaker 2: had a good plan on how we wanted to do that.
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  Speaker 2: And I thought it was fairly executed pretty well. And
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  Speaker 2: it kind of got us going early on, which we
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  Speaker 2: put a lot of work into it this week.
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  Speaker 3: So that was good. When we went after the punt,
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  Speaker 3: it was fourth and I think eight.
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  Speaker 2: But for sure, it was more than five because I
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  Speaker 2: knew we were going to be aggressive on it. And
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  Speaker 2: with Jordan doing it for the first time as a freshman, Um,
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  Speaker 2: I was concerned they would be running into the punter. Um,
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  Speaker 2: there was, so it was a five yard penalty, not
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  Speaker 2: a 15 yarder. It was a 15 yarder. I, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I probably would have, you know, had an aneurysm, but, um,
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  Speaker 2: we took, if it was fourth and four, we would
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  Speaker 2: have not gone after it, but felt like it was
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  Speaker 2: time to go after it. We missed it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: by about this much. Um, and so, you know, if
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  Speaker 2: we can, you know, take a little bit better, you know,
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  Speaker 2: direct to the ball and we got a chance, but, um,
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  Speaker 2: I thought the effort was there on that. Um, You know, overall,
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  Speaker 2: I thought it was sort of solid.
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  Speaker 3: You know, take away the.
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  Speaker 2: Last play there when we, you know, kind of things
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  Speaker 2: got wild there on the sideline and we gave up
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  Speaker 2: a 15-yarder. But overall, I thought, you know, we got
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  Speaker 2: the kickoff past the 30 once. And so we'll be
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  Speaker 2: able to get that on film because we really haven't
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  Speaker 2: had many at-bats on the kickoff return. So we were
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  Speaker 2: able to get legend sort of going a little bit there.
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  Speaker 2: So that was good. So we'll get on a film
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  Speaker 2: and see individually how it went, but I thought we
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  Speaker 2: took a step in the right direction in terms of
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  Speaker 2: our mentality and our approach and our focus was better.
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  Speaker 1: Another two-parter, these two a little more closely linked. He
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  Speaker 1: starts with an update on Phillip Daniels. Could he be
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  Speaker 1: back next week for that game at Indiana? And then
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  Speaker 1: how Gabe VanSickle handled getting thrown into that spot, playing
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  Speaker 1: right tackle on almost no notice against what is a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good defensive front for Maryland.
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  Speaker 2: I think we can get Phil back. I think he'll
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  Speaker 2: have a full week of practice. That's the plan. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if he would have been able to, if
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  Speaker 2: he was forced to play today, if he would have
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  Speaker 2: had to, if he could have done it, if he
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  Speaker 2: had to, but it was close. I think we'll come
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  Speaker 2: in tomorrow, he'll be able to do everything tomorrow, hopefully
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  Speaker 2: have a full day Tuesday and be able to roll
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  Speaker 2: for next week. Yeah, talking to Tyler and just watching
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  Speaker 2: Gabe's demeanor, he handled it like a veteran.
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  Speaker 3: That's a good sign for him.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of guys having to move like that you
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  Speaker 2: know quickly it would be a lot and get a
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  Speaker 2: little bit overwhelmed he wasn't and now a lot of
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  Speaker 2: that has to goes back to the preseason we move
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  Speaker 2: guys around so that they get some of those reps
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  Speaker 2: which is what we've talked about previously and we've kind
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  Speaker 2: of learned our lesson on that but usually you know
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  Speaker 2: before you know a couple hours before the game that
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  Speaker 2: we're going to do that and we're able to walk
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  Speaker 2: through some things but you got to give Tyler credit
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  Speaker 2: and give the other guys up front credit you know
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  Speaker 2: everybody kind of on the same page and Jake you
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  Speaker 2: know Jake had to step in too and and Really
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  Speaker 2: big start for him. Again, not always perfect, but ran
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  Speaker 2: for 207 yards and did some good things in there.
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  Speaker 1: And one more two-parter here. The Buckeyes were missing five
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  Speaker 1: starters against Maryland. So is Ryan Day's expectation that some
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  Speaker 1: of those guys will be back, most of those guys
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  Speaker 1: will be back, all those guys will be back for Indiana?
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  Speaker 1: And then the rotation of the defensive line.
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  Speaker 3: They are.
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  Speaker 1: Feels like they're maybe not rotating guys as much as
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  Speaker 1: they did earlier in the season. Is this kind of
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  Speaker 1: like a basketball team where you have a 10-man rotation
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  Speaker 1: and then you sort of get down to a 7-man
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  Speaker 1: rotation when you get into Big Ten play? Is that
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  Speaker 1: rotation on the defensive line maybe getting a little shallower
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  Speaker 1: for them?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a little bit of a week-to-week thing,
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  Speaker 2: but I think we knew that they liked to play
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  Speaker 2: with tempo, so we sort of solidified a grouping and
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  Speaker 2: sort of let those guys play on the field, which
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  Speaker 2: I felt like had a little bit more rhythm to it,
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  Speaker 2: but it helps when you're getting off the field and
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  Speaker 2: making plays, too. so I don't know what the numbers
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  Speaker 2: ended up being, but we'll look at it and see.
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  Speaker 2: They only had 53 total plays, so I think those
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  Speaker 2: guys are fresh. They look fresh downstairs, even coming out
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  Speaker 2: of the game, which is good. We're going to need
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  Speaker 2: everybody for next week, but we'll decide what the right
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  Speaker 2: thing to do going into next week will be and
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  Speaker 2: who gives us the best chance to win based on
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  Speaker 2: the group that's in a game um and then what
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  Speaker 2: was the other question you had yeah so um i
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  Speaker 2: don't think we'll get all of those guys back that
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  Speaker 2: were on the list but um for sure we're going
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  Speaker 2: to get you know a good portion of them back
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  Speaker 2: for next week so that'll be good and then obviously
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  Speaker 2: got to have a good week of practice and stay
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  Speaker 2: healthy All right.
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  Speaker 1: Mike Loxley's thoughts after the game.
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