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Will Brandon Inniss Grab A Bigger Role In The Ohio State Passing Offense? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Sunday, September twenty. First,
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  Speaker 1: All right, on the last two shows, you've gotten to
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  Speaker 1: hear from Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State defensive coordinator Matt Patricia. You will never guess what
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  Speaker 1: today's show is about. Okay, maybe you can. It is
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline. Get a chance to
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  Speaker 1: talk to him last week at a lot of interesting
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  Speaker 1: things to say during the Buckeyes week off. You're going
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  Speaker 1: to start with the tight ends. I'm going to have
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  Speaker 1: this running joke that is the Year of the tight
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  Speaker 1: end every year. This year it might actually really be
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  Speaker 1: the year of the tight end. They have been running
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  Speaker 1: a really really deep tight end rotation, including true freshman
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  Speaker 1: Nate Roberts, but a very very deep and talented room
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  Speaker 1: there as a wide receivers guy, as former wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: himself and wide receivers coach, you would think, Brian hart Line,
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  Speaker 1: we'd want to have as many wide receivers out there
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  Speaker 1: as you can. But how have the tight ends, especially
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  Speaker 1: in some of those multiple tight end formations help keep
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  Speaker 1: that offense unpredictable.
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  Speaker 2: I think anytime you know you can be multiple in personnel,
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  Speaker 2: you'll probably ask or demand different reactions by a defense. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think us having so many different guys
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  Speaker 2: available offensively, we want to try to use as many
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  Speaker 2: guys as possible.
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  Speaker 3: I think the tight end room has done a really
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  Speaker 3: good job.
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  Speaker 2: I mean there asked to do a lot of things, right,
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  Speaker 2: I mean they have to run routes like a wide out.
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  Speaker 3: They got to block like an offensive tackle. They have
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  Speaker 3: to get all.
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  Speaker 2: The run IDs, but then also be elite in the
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  Speaker 2: past game if they want to play. So their job
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  Speaker 2: description is really vast and they'd spend a lot of time,
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  Speaker 2: you know, trying to do everything correct and everything at
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  Speaker 2: a high level. So I think, rightfully, so those guys
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  Speaker 2: are mismatches potentially, right, I mean, what kind of opportunity
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  Speaker 2: do you have the run a route versus a linebacker
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  Speaker 2: or are you just blocking a safety? Right, So putting
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  Speaker 2: those guys in the right position can be a bonus
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  Speaker 2: for the offense.
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  Speaker 3: But you got to use them properly. But they've done
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  Speaker 3: a really good job.
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  Speaker 2: They do a great, great job at practice, So ultimately
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  Speaker 2: form them to be worked in the game I think
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  Speaker 2: is really really important. Again, they can do everything, you
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  Speaker 2: got to make sure you're targeted on what they do
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  Speaker 2: and then it makes it hard for the defense to
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  Speaker 2: play them just one type of way.
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  Speaker 3: They got to count from it. In all facets three
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  Speaker 3: games end of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith has the status you would sort of expect.
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  Speaker 1: Carnell Tate has the status would sort of expect. Brandon
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  Speaker 1: Innis the starting slot guy, team captain. Five catches, thirty
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  Speaker 1: seven yards in three games. So what's the deal there, Well,
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  Speaker 1: the answer is the impact that Brandon Innis has goes
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  Speaker 1: well beyond the statue.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Brand's done a great job.
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  Speaker 2: I think he was a guy that whatever his job
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  Speaker 2: description is is done at a high level. So again,
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  Speaker 2: as we're being multiple, as we talk about the tight ends,
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  Speaker 2: as we talk about Brandon, I mean he's able to
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  Speaker 2: do a lot of different things, so his role is
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  Speaker 2: going to change constantly based on defenses and what they do.
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  Speaker 2: But anything we asked him to do, he does at
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  Speaker 2: a high level. So I'm not really concerned about the
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  Speaker 2: job description as it is, just you know, where does
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  Speaker 2: he fit this week in weeks moving forward, and then
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  Speaker 2: how defenses want to account for him.
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  Speaker 3: So the tool sets are vast. How we want to use.
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  Speaker 2: Them is probably what's going to change the most, you know,
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  Speaker 2: week to week, but it's done a great job.
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  Speaker 1: One of the big storylines coming out of the win
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  Speaker 1: over Ohio was the Buckeye struggles in the red zone.
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  Speaker 1: You heard a little bit from Ryan Day about that
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  Speaker 1: earlier in the week, and it sounds like there's just
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  Speaker 1: not one significant issue. There's not one consistent issue. It's
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of different stuff that added up to that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think combination of everything that coach already hit
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  Speaker 2: on right. So execution is part of it, but putting
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  Speaker 2: guys in right positions to make plays is another part
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  Speaker 2: of it. So we all own it as a group.
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  Speaker 2: We definitely want to score every time we get down there,
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  Speaker 2: it's for sure, but there was learning opportunities too. I
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  Speaker 2: think there was different opportunities for the quarterback to see
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  Speaker 2: things a little different, different things for our us to
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  Speaker 2: make plays on the perimeter, but also even in protection.
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  Speaker 2: So everyone had their own little growth opportunity, and myself too,
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  Speaker 2: putting those guys in the right spots to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that we can execute a high level. Obviously, every time
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  Speaker 2: we'll be in the red zone, the expectation is to
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  Speaker 2: score touchdowns, both from the outside world and this building,
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  Speaker 2: So anytime we're not doing that, we're always looking for
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  Speaker 2: ways to enhance and and do it at a more
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  Speaker 2: consistent level. So that was probably one of our first
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  Speaker 2: opportunities where it didn't go the way we wanted it
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  Speaker 2: to go, and that's a great chance to get a
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  Speaker 2: little better.
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  Speaker 1: This is not Brian Hartline's first time as Ohio State's
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  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, but it is his first time actually calling
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  Speaker 1: the plays. So, all right, how are things going on
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  Speaker 1: that front?
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  Speaker 3: So far? It's been awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I think I've really enjoyed it. I think I love
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  Speaker 2: the connection with the guys. I love the interaction I
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  Speaker 2: have across the board with the personnel. I think that
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  Speaker 2: you know, every chance you're in that situation or you're
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  Speaker 2: you're an opportunity to call a game.
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  Speaker 3: There's an opportunity to.
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  Speaker 2: Learn and grow and and and frankly, I do it
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  Speaker 2: daily with coach day, but to be out there doing
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  Speaker 2: it live, there's nothing like those kind of reps. So
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  Speaker 2: I think that again, going into the buy, I think
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  Speaker 2: there's been an opportunity to grow offensively, which really checks
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  Speaker 2: the box. If you were to go back a month
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  Speaker 2: and be like, what's your initial goal for the first
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  Speaker 2: three weeks, you know one is going to find a
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  Speaker 2: way to win Week one. The next couple of goals
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  Speaker 2: would be like, you know, we're seeing growth, We're seeing
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  Speaker 2: development both as players and as as coaches. To that
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  Speaker 2: first buy, all right, let's do a good job of
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  Speaker 2: being organized through that buy and then come out of
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  Speaker 2: the buy ready to haul until that next kind of
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  Speaker 2: break we had and have you had a broken up
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  Speaker 2: in sections? That's what I would have said a month ago.
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  Speaker 2: So I think looking back, we've done a lot of
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  Speaker 2: those things, but still trying to press can be better,
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  Speaker 2: more consistent, and continue to put the guys in the
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  Speaker 2: right spots.
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  Speaker 1: We're a quarter of the way through the regular season
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  Speaker 1: and through the non conference portion of the regular season,
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  Speaker 1: and with it being a week off, this feels like
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  Speaker 1: a great time to sort of take a look back
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  Speaker 1: at just sort of where things stand with some of
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  Speaker 1: the storylines entering the season. One of those was the
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  Speaker 1: true the red sure at freshman Julian saying, first time
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  Speaker 1: starter at quarterback. So all right through three games, where
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  Speaker 1: do things stand with him? Him now? In terms of
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  Speaker 1: what Brian Hartline feels like they can run.
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  Speaker 2: He's done a great job. I think that you know,
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  Speaker 2: you don't ever make assumptions. I don't think you're ever
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  Speaker 2: in a spot we're like, Okay, we can just do
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  Speaker 2: whatever we want. Now, we're very targeted with everything we do.
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  Speaker 2: We'll never make that assumption. I think he's grown and
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  Speaker 2: done a really good job. Definitely had some learning opportunities
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  Speaker 2: every week, so his ability to take that information and
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  Speaker 2: apply it will ultimately continue that growth. I would say
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  Speaker 2: that I'm really proud of him. I think he's doing
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  Speaker 2: a great job. But we're never gonna take that assumption
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  Speaker 2: that we can just do whatever we want and put
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  Speaker 2: him in every situation we want. So always going to
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  Speaker 2: be targeted, always gonna continue to make sure the game
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  Speaker 2: plan is very clear and concise and not maybe not easy,
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  Speaker 2: but maybe simple, which is good, so we can play
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  Speaker 2: at a very very high level. But yeah, I think
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  Speaker 2: I think we're taking the right steps. But again a
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  Speaker 2: long row ahead. Again we take rechel respective maybe where
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  Speaker 2: we were week three last year, where we finished, we
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  Speaker 2: just want to continue to stay on pace, continue to grow.
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  Speaker 3: And I think Julian's doing a great job individually.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned earlier that Brian Hartline, of course a former wide receiver,
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  Speaker 1: former wide receivers coach. He's got a head coach, Ryan
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  Speaker 1: d who was a former quarterback, former back quarterbacks coach.
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  Speaker 1: So this sort of natural assumption is, okay, if these
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  Speaker 1: two guys are in charge of the offense, they're going
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  Speaker 1: to be really pass happy and heartline, especially as a
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  Speaker 1: play caller. So that hasn't necessarily played out, And part
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  Speaker 1: of that is the fact that Brian Hartline over the
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  Speaker 1: years has come to really appreciate the importance of the
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  Speaker 1: run game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's a lot of guys on the
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  Speaker 2: field at one time. It's not just quarterback and wideouts.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean I think talked for a while
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  Speaker 2: on this. Well, I would say that you know, we
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  Speaker 2: talked about Julian Jullians the first year starter, right, so
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  Speaker 2: his best friend should be a good run game.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: We have a a greade O line that's doing a
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  Speaker 2: really good job of progressing in their own and their
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  Speaker 2: own path. So I think again, we got to where
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  Speaker 2: we were allowed year because of the run game.
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  Speaker 3: It wasn't just because of the pass game.
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  Speaker 2: A great pass game it is complimented by a great
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  Speaker 2: run game and vice versa. So to have play action passes,
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  Speaker 2: it's not great if you don't have a great run
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  Speaker 2: game and you don't have great tight ends. I can
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  Speaker 2: do all those kinds of things, so being very balanced
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  Speaker 2: makes it a little more difficult. I think for the
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  Speaker 2: defense is that gonybe pinion down a certain way. But
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  Speaker 2: I've always believed, you know, I'm a big fan of
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  Speaker 2: play action pass I love the art of selling something
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  Speaker 2: you're not doing, and so yeah, I mean that assumption
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  Speaker 2: would be a little two surface for.
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  Speaker 3: Me for the run game, but I appreciate you asking.
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  Speaker 1: Three games into his starting career, has Julian Saying exceeded
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  Speaker 1: Brian Hartline's expectations in terms of what he's been able
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  Speaker 1: to do this early in his first season as a starter.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say as a coach, you always want
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  Speaker 2: to be in that position where you, oh, we probably
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  Speaker 2: could have done a little more and say it being like,
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  Speaker 2: oh man, we did too much.
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  Speaker 3: Right, So I think we've done a good job of that.
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  Speaker 2: Coach Fessler has done a really good job with that
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  Speaker 2: coach day and making sure we're really clean on what
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  Speaker 2: we put on his plate. He is continuing to do
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  Speaker 2: a good job with accepting more week to week and
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  Speaker 2: then me some checks last week, and you know, so, uh,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna keep progressing that without being too much. Right,
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  Speaker 2: It's all based on what fits week to week. It's
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  Speaker 2: not about always hey, this is what we're going to
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  Speaker 2: do this week. Well, we're gonna do what fit's right
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  Speaker 2: for the team, for the personnel, for for jewels, for
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  Speaker 2: the running backs, for the whiteouts, and we try to
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  Speaker 2: make sure we focus it that way, not make assumptions.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, but.
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  Speaker 2: Again I think that Joey in again week in and
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  Speaker 2: week out, is taking strides. I think he has a
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  Speaker 2: a I'm sure he has a lofty go out. Never
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  Speaker 2: asked him, frankly, but I'm sure he's not where he
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  Speaker 2: wants to be. And uh, you know, again week three
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  Speaker 2: into at least twelve.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you know, and hopefully more from there. There's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of football that he played.
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  Speaker 1: When you have a head coach who specializes in your
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball, there's always a question you kind
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  Speaker 1: of have to look over your shoulder. Is he always
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  Speaker 1: going to peeking over your shoulder and wondering what you're
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  Speaker 1: gonna do? You always kind of had that question with
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  Speaker 1: Nick Saban on defense at Alabama and Ryan Day, of
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  Speaker 1: course quite an offensive guru at Ohio State. So does
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  Speaker 1: Brian Hartlin feel free to do what he wants as
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  Speaker 1: a play caller or does he feel like you need
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  Speaker 1: to do what Ryan Day wants you to do? And
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  Speaker 1: you're going to hear that answer and then a quick
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  Speaker 1: follow up from the great Clay Hall.
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  Speaker 3: No, I think it's definitely.
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  Speaker 2: It's not one way or the other. But I think
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  Speaker 2: any any person under a great.
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  Speaker 3: Head coach would feel the exact same way.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think that if you if you weren't
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  Speaker 2: that way, that'd be kind of reckless for anybody as
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  Speaker 2: a as a play caller. I think so, But no,
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  Speaker 2: I mean I stand by what I believe in. I also,
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  Speaker 2: if you, if we bring things up, we don't like it.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say I don't like it. I mean it's it's
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  Speaker 2: always it's been very transparent, and then when I'm wrong,
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  Speaker 2: I'm wrong and this is what it is or whatever.
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  Speaker 2: So I think the relationship and the thickness of skin
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  Speaker 2: is good and so we just kind of keep growing.
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  Speaker 2: And again, ultimately we all have the same thing at heart.
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  Speaker 2: You want to make sure we're putting our players in
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  Speaker 2: the best position to be successful, and if not, then
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  Speaker 2: it's on us, right If if they are and we're
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  Speaker 2: not executing, then that's a different conversation.
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  Speaker 3: But uh, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, I think again, I'm not I don't like to
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  Speaker 2: think I'm gun shy, and the coach day is definitely
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  Speaker 2: not gun shy.
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  Speaker 3: So uh but no, it's I think it's a good
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  Speaker 3: balance hands off for the most part. Or I mean coaches, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: coach has been great.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I think that, uh yeah, let's be let's
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  Speaker 2: me kind of do my thing and then you know,
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  Speaker 2: if there's something he wants to get done, he echoes
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  Speaker 2: it and we keep pushing. So uh but I've a
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  Speaker 2: I haven't really, I've I've been Uh I'm trying.
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  Speaker 3: To not be happy.
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  Speaker 2: Hold on a second, because I know he's not happy,
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  Speaker 2: so I I am. I guess, okay, with the way
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  Speaker 2: it's been so far, I was gonna be better. I'm never
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  Speaker 2: gonna be satisfied. But uh, you know, I think that
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  Speaker 2: there's been a lot of growth and I'm learning a
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  Speaker 2: lot of them on the way, and coaches keep me posted.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Hartline going to Washington next weekend as Ohio State's
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  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. Last time the buck Eyes played out in
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  Speaker 1: Husky Stadium was two thousand and seven and that was
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  Speaker 1: when Brian Hartline was an Ohio State wide receiver. So
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  Speaker 1: what are his memories of that game? And you know,
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  Speaker 1: in a place is known for being a very loud environment, Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean we definitely had the same thing I remember
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  Speaker 2: and not being as loud. I remember catching a fish
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  Speaker 2: in the market right before the I think the friday
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  Speaker 2: before the game, which is pretty cool. Todd Beckman threw
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  Speaker 2: me a touchdown, which was awesome. I laying on somebody's
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  Speaker 2: foot hurt the heck out of my back. But no,
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  Speaker 2: it's known to being loud, right, so if you give
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  Speaker 2: them the opportunity to be loud, it will be loud.
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  Speaker 2: And but we we did a good job that game,
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  Speaker 2: and we didn't really have much exposure to that. We
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  Speaker 2: will operate like we won't be able to hear ourselves,
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  Speaker 2: that's for sure, because that place is known for it
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  Speaker 2: and it's a great environment. I mean, I think that's
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  Speaker 2: one of the one of the best environments in the
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  Speaker 2: West Coast that you can find. So, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: first time we were there was in O. Was that eight,
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  Speaker 2: I believe or O seven And the to getting back.
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  Speaker 1: When Brian Hartlin was thinking about being a play caller,
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  Speaker 1: was he thinking about how much he wanted so many
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  Speaker 1: great tight ends to be able to run a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of twelve and thirteen personnel, And of course is a
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  Speaker 1: question from our buddy Tony Gerdaman with a uniquely Tony
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  Speaker 1: Gerdaman spin on it. You're actually going to hear a
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  Speaker 1: follow up from Tony after the answer. That first question.
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  Speaker 3: Probably wasn't on my on my checklist.
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  Speaker 2: I was probably trying to see how many wideouts I
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  Speaker 2: could storm on the field at one time. But there's growth,
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  Speaker 2: there's growth, right, I got out of my own little world.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, we have a heck of a room.
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  Speaker 2: We've kind of talked about that and ultimately, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's got to progress.
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  Speaker 3: You know, where do we go from there?
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  Speaker 2: We can't just we're not going to be in a
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  Speaker 2: world where we live in thirteen and fourteen personnel.
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  Speaker 3: But when it's an advantage, we're going to use that advantage.
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  Speaker 2: And we feel really confident about our groups, both up
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  Speaker 2: front and the tight end group. So but yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: mean we just kind of I think the more you
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  Speaker 2: can do, the more you got to plan on, right,
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  Speaker 2: the more you do week to week, the more they
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  Speaker 2: have to prep for it, and as long as there's
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  Speaker 2: no fall off from group to group advantage of the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 2: As a player, when did you as your as the
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver you were, when did you fully appreciate.
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  Speaker 3: The tight end division?
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  Speaker 2: I mean I've always appreciated it. I always understood their
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  Speaker 2: their job description versus my job description.
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  Speaker 3: I don't.
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  Speaker 2: I never thought I lived in a box per se.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I would say that as a coach
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  Speaker 2: you see it even more because you don't realize as
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: a player what you don't know, what you don't know, right,
• 14:24
  Speaker 2: So but I would say that you know, the coaching
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: they're getting, the execution that we have with them.
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  Speaker 3: Has been very encouraging.
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  Speaker 2: Again, so you know, we're gonna keep building out our
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: personnel packages to do different, vastly different things, so you
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: don't get to beat on things. But it ultimately comes
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: down to the players that make the things go. So, uh,
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: they've done a really good job of that. I've always
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: had great appreciation for them. Uh, they've kind of been
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: like wideouts, but they have to block the ends. We
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: don't have, so a lot of respect for their job description.
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: And finally, another quest should about Brandon Innis mentioned that
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: he didn't have a catch against the Ohio Bobcatz, but still,
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: you know, did he have a good game? Can you
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: have a good game without even having a catch as
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: a wide receiver? You're going to hear that answer, and
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: then a follow up from Steven Means of Cleveland dot Com.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean it's kind of like you whether
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: you still play a really good basketball game even though
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: maybe you didn't score. You know, it's like it was
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: elite basketball players talk about, you know, to take a shot,
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: you know, it takes what a one or two seconds,
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: So to let ten seconds, ten five miss shots impact
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: thirty minutes of play, it's just a small, mined approach.
• 15:35
  Speaker 3: So even though there may not be a catch.
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: I mean the impact of getting the right blocks and
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: being in the right spots and everything that we do
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: ultimately dictates whether you have a good game or not.
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: And when you have one hundred and ten yards and
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: on five catches, but you had a lot of m age,
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: you did not have a good football game, even though
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: everybody wants to praise you, but that's not that's not
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: how this is built. Like ultimately, you know, we are
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: judged by at least individually, right.
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: We are judged on doing things others don't do.
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: Right, I mean, if you're able to do it, and
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: so is he, then you're replaceable, right, So ultimately you're
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: trying to do things that the other guys can't do
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: or won't do, or haven't done. And that's what sports
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: is all about, the individual being different than his peer,
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: being elevated in his peer, and then the collective as
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: a group being a different than the other team than
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: you know, our team be versus their team. So Brandon,
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: to answer your question long winningly, uh Brand has done
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: a great job and his job description regardless of where
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: the targets have been, and that's got to continue.
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: And obviously that's gonna change over time. It's just it's
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: the Ohio States offense. It's always gonna be the Oposites offense. So, uh,
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: the slot is always a big part of what we do.
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: I think, what's where your wide receiver depth is outside
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: of those three right now? Yeah, I think pretty really happy.
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: I think, frankly, you know, in my mind, got to
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: continue to look for other opportunities to get more kind
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: of rolling in there. I think I'd like to have
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: more guys and there are playing on Saturdays, you know,
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: just and.
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: Then Nasby worked onto the week.
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: You know, when you get the game time, especially being
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: up top, it's a little more difficult. I could felt
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: that a little bit of getting guys going because I'm
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: upstairs a little bit. Got I get that fixed, and
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: we'll get that fixed. But that's probably one thing of
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: air of growth. The guys are doing a good job.
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: We can get more of those guys in the game.
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: That will do it. For today's show, we are getting
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: ready to head out to Seattle for what should be
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: a great weekend of college football. A great weekend just
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: of travel and of the college football season, and should
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: be a lot of stuff to talk about. Should be
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: a lot of stuff to cover for you. We're gonna
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: have all of that for you at Buckey Huddle dot com,
• 17:42
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• 17:45
  Speaker 1: this trip. This is supposed to be one of the
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: great venues in college football. Really looking forward to seeing
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: it and really looking forward to seeing what should be
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: a pretty good game between the Buckeyes and the Huskies Saturday,
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: three thirty Eastern on CBS, and not wait for that one.
• 18:00
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• 18:02
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• 18:05
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• 18:06
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• 18:08
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• 18:12
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• 18:15
  Speaker 1: That'll do it for today. Thank you guys all for
• 18:17
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• 18:19
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