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BONUS: Are Ohio State's Transfer Portal Additions Starting To Pay Off? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Another week, another week of bonus episodes, because there is
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  Speaker 1: a whole lot to talk about around the Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: football program right now, as well as the Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: basketball program, as well as a whole bunch of other stuff.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking today about just some general stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Normally we start with the first one of these every
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  Speaker 1: week being the.
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  Speaker 2: Offense or defense.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna start with sort of a general thing this week,
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  Speaker 1: and then we'll get into some of the other stuff.
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  Speaker 1: And there's gonna be a whole separate special team show
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  Speaker 1: as well, because boy oh boy is there a lot
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  Speaker 1: to talk about there as well. So We're going to
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  Speaker 1: start with some more just broad stroke stuff on the
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State program and a few other things. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to start with the transfer portal class. It feels like
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  Speaker 1: they've had some hits earlier in the season. You kind
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  Speaker 1: of knew Earl Little was going to be an impact
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  Speaker 1: player this spring, but you're starting to see guys like
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  Speaker 1: Jacoby Jackson, John Walker, Quay Russo, Devin McEwen starting to
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  Speaker 1: see some results there as well. Has that been an
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  Speaker 1: encouraging thing for Ryan Day?
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  Speaker 3: I think in this game, you start to see that.
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  Speaker 3: And I think they're starting to build confidence now. That
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  Speaker 3: was sort of what we talked about last week, trying
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  Speaker 3: to build momentum for each person individually, but then also collectively.
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  Speaker 3: And for each of those guys, while they had success
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  Speaker 3: at their previous place, you're trying to prove yourself to
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  Speaker 3: your coaches and your teammates here. And some of these
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  Speaker 3: guys are now starting to show up and in a
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  Speaker 3: road environment like that to see some key plays. Like
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  Speaker 3: you said, John Walker's hurry that created the turnover.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, Jacoby, the way he ran. Christian Allegro.
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  Speaker 3: You start to look at the guys who just came
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  Speaker 3: into the program. So that's going to be an important part.
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  Speaker 3: But we were counting on these guys to be those
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  Speaker 3: players that filled the roles of guys that left. And
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  Speaker 3: that doesn't just happen. There's a lot that goes with it.
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  Speaker 3: So that's a step in the right direction. But now
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  Speaker 3: we've got to continue to get better. And this is
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  Speaker 3: the next step this week.
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  Speaker 1: The Buckeyes have several young players who came in and
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  Speaker 1: have been immediate impact guys, guys like Jay Timmons, Chris
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  Speaker 1: Henry Jr., Brock Boyd. Those guys are playing a bunch
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  Speaker 1: as true freshmen.
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  Speaker 2: But there are other.
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  Speaker 1: Guys who came into the season with some big expectations,
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  Speaker 1: guys like Kari Wilder, Legend Bay, who maybe are not
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  Speaker 1: playing as much as they would have expected or would
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  Speaker 1: have hoped. Those guys did not play at all last
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  Speaker 1: weekend at Iowa. So when you're managing young players who
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  Speaker 1: might not be playing as much as they expect to
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  Speaker 1: based on what they came into the season thinking they
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  Speaker 1: were going to be doing. And maybe that's just based
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  Speaker 1: on expectations not being met on the player's end in
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  Speaker 1: one area or another. How do you manage that when
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  Speaker 1: you're in the era of the transfer portal and guys
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  Speaker 1: who aren't happy don't necessarily have to stick around?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's all about communication and making sure
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  Speaker 3: that you sit down with the player and explain exactly
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  Speaker 3: what's going on. And if there's any type of issue,
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  Speaker 3: then you get to, hey, is there anything that's going
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  Speaker 3: on here that's unfair? please speak up if that's the case,
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  Speaker 3: because here's exactly what the expectations are. And if you
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  Speaker 3: fulfill the expectations, then, then we're good. Uh, if you don't,
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  Speaker 3: then we won't. Um, and I think that that's the
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  Speaker 3: key is communication and all of this. Um, I think
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  Speaker 3: if you just blindside people or, um, you know, not
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  Speaker 3: on the, not on the same page, then, then for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Um, that's the case.
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  Speaker 3: I think there's, there's certainly any risk in any of that. However, um,
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  Speaker 3: If you compromise your culture and your values and the
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  Speaker 3: requirements it takes to be a player in this program,
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  Speaker 3: then we're going to lose our culture. And that cannot happen.
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  Speaker 3: So I would say that everything that we do in
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  Speaker 3: this program is fair. It's very transparent. And sometimes it
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  Speaker 3: just takes a little bit of time. But it ultimately
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  Speaker 3: comes down to communication. And then, again, as coaches, we
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  Speaker 3: have to bring these guys along. It's like, if this
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  Speaker 3: is your son, how would you talk to him?
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  Speaker 2: How would you explain? This is it, man. I love you.
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  Speaker 3: But this is what needs to get done in order
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  Speaker 3: for you to have these opportunities. And that's really how
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  Speaker 3: you do it. That's the approach that we've taken. That's
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  Speaker 3: the approach we'll continue to take. Because ultimately, this is
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  Speaker 3: bigger than any of us. It's bigger than me. It's
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  Speaker 3: bigger than the players. It's bigger than any one person.
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  Speaker 3: And so we have to understand what we're here for.
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  Speaker 3: And the minute we start to compromise that, there's a
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  Speaker 3: bigger problem. And we can't do that.
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  Speaker 1: During his post-game press conference on Saturday, Kirk Ferentz comped
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith to Saquon Barkley in terms of how much
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  Speaker 1: time they had to spend, time and energy preparing for
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  Speaker 1: him and just him in particular. So are there other
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  Speaker 1: guys that Ryan Day can think of that have been
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  Speaker 1: like that on the other side where Ohio State has
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  Speaker 1: had to deal with prepping and so much time prepping
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  Speaker 1: for other guys?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was probably that 2020 game against Devontae Smith.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he was just unbelievable that year.
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  Speaker 3: Heisman Trophy winner and um well he had a day
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  Speaker 3: against us that's for sure you know he was one
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  Speaker 3: hell of a player.
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  Speaker 2: Um on defense um I'm trying to think I mean in.
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  Speaker 3: Year two Micah Parsons was really the dominant you know
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  Speaker 3: and then obviously didn't play in that that COVID year
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  Speaker 3: um I'm trying to think if there's anybody else so
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  Speaker 3: they kind of caught me off guard a little bit
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  Speaker 3: but I would say offensively he's probably the one I
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  Speaker 3: mean Saquon too I mean that was in in 18
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  Speaker 3: you know but Yeah, what a great player he was.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure I'm forgetting some really good players.
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State has had a lot of success in the
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  Speaker 1: transfer portal over the last few seasons, and most of
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  Speaker 1: the guys they brought in this year, many of the
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  Speaker 1: guys they brought in this year, have been impactful, whether
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  Speaker 1: on offense or defense or special teams. But how much
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  Speaker 1: of a challenge is it to get those guys who
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  Speaker 1: come in from another program comfortable in the program, comfortable
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  Speaker 1: in the system, and ready to contribute relatively early?
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  Speaker 3: I don't think anybody wants to really hear that. But
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  Speaker 3: when you do have guys coming into your program that
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  Speaker 3: haven't been in the program before, you'd like to think
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  Speaker 3: it just takes a few months, but it doesn't. But
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  Speaker 3: that being said, we have no time, so we got
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  Speaker 3: to go. So it's a different challenge than it was
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  Speaker 3: five to six years ago. You just didn't have this
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  Speaker 3: much turnover. So for those guys to step up, I
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  Speaker 3: think they're understanding it now. Just from everything to how
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  Speaker 3: preseason goes here to how things go when you win,
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  Speaker 3: how things go when you lose. There's a huge responsibility
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  Speaker 3: for everybody to do their job at a high level.
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  Speaker 2: I think.
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  Speaker 3: The guys are starting to embrace that. You can just
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  Speaker 3: see in their demeanor and the guys making plays on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: Here we go.
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  Speaker 3: This is week three of the conference play and we've
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  Speaker 3: got to take the next step now. Some really good
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  Speaker 3: encouraging things, but man, there's so many areas we've got
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  Speaker 3: to get better at. Those guys that have experience, that
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  Speaker 3: are replacing some guys we lost, like you said, are
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  Speaker 3: guys that we're certainly counting on.
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  Speaker 2: And that's going to dictate the success of our season.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, Ryan Day was inducted into the University of
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  Speaker 1: New Hampshire Athletics Hall of Fame over the weekend. He,
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  Speaker 1: of course, was a quarterback for the Wildcats in the
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  Speaker 1: late 90s, early 2000s. And not only was Day inducted,
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  Speaker 1: his legendary head coach, Sean McDonald, he was the head
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  Speaker 1: coach for 23 seasons from 1999 to 2021. He was
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  Speaker 1: inducted as well. So what would, what did Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: think about that? What did that mean to Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: to get inducted into the New Hampshire Hall of Fame?
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  Speaker 1: And did he make the trip for the induction on Sunday?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I was able to have some family members go.
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  Speaker 3: My brother accepted it on my behalf. I was able
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  Speaker 3: to film a video.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, really the.
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  Speaker 3: Message was how much I just appreciated how many people
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  Speaker 3: poured into me now being a coach and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: being a father just Those are formidable years of your life,
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  Speaker 3: and I don't think I would ever want to be
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  Speaker 3: a coach if I didn't have great people in my life.
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  Speaker 3: And the fact that Coach McDonald was inducted the same
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  Speaker 3: year that I was meant a lot to me. But
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  Speaker 3: Coach Bowes made a decision to sign me. Coach Kelly
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  Speaker 3: recruited me and really talked me into going there and
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  Speaker 3: then really put his arm around me and helped me
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  Speaker 3: learn what it means to be a coach and then
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  Speaker 3: made it my profession and my life. I think my
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  Speaker 3: family loves it and wouldn't want to have it any
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  Speaker 3: other way. But there's some days where I look them
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  Speaker 3: all in the eye and say, sorry, I chose this profession,
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  Speaker 3: you know, because you guys have to live with it.
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  Speaker 3: We say that, you know, kiddingly, but it's true. Like
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  Speaker 3: it becomes your life. And if it wasn't for the
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  Speaker 3: people that poured into me there, I wouldn't have this opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: That's why we can't forget about that as coaches. Like
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  Speaker 3: we're pouring into these young men and there's life lessons
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  Speaker 3: going on here that are going to, you know, chase
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  Speaker 3: them the rest.
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  Speaker 2: Of their life. And it's changed a lot.
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  Speaker 3: The dynamics have changed, but that hasn't because, I say
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  Speaker 3: it to all recruits and their family members. I want
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  Speaker 3: to see you successful in 20 years. I want to
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  Speaker 3: see you have a great success on the field, but
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  Speaker 3: where are you going to be at in 20 years?
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  Speaker 3: This is no good if you go in and have
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  Speaker 3: a successful career at Ohio State, and then you're a
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  Speaker 3: mess when you leave here. I was fortunate enough to
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  Speaker 3: have great people poured into me, and so it's one
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  Speaker 3: of the reasons why I'm a coach today.
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  Speaker 1: All right, there you go. Another bonus episode for you.
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