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BONUS: Jeremiah Smith & Julian Sayin On Another Record-Breaking Day · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Got another bonus show for you. This one focusing on
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State offense. Going to let you hear from
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith and Julian Sayen following the Buckeyes win over
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  Speaker 1: Iowa 31-14. We'll start with Jeremiah Smith because, boy, it
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  Speaker 1: all seems to start with Jeremiah Smith these days, doesn't it?
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  Speaker 1: He is the first player in Ohio State history to
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  Speaker 1: have back-to-back 200-yard games. You may have seen him hit
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  Speaker 1: the Heisman pose after his second touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: Man, Jeremiah Smith. What is it like to be Jeremiah Smith?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, first, yeah, I was surprised I had 200 yards.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't know I had that much. But, yeah, you
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  Speaker 3: just got to, you know, keep the Heisman voters or
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  Speaker 3: whoever it is, know that I'm the best player in
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  Speaker 3: the country. So I got to be there.
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  Speaker 1: So after you do the back-to-back 200-yard games for the
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  Speaker 1: first time in Ohio State history, and you set the
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  Speaker 1: career receiving record in terms of receptions, the career receiving
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  Speaker 1: record in terms of yards, the career receiving record in
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  Speaker 1: terms of touchdowns, What can you possibly do next?
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  Speaker 2: Just want more, really.
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  Speaker 3: Never satisfied, but always worried about the team. Like Coach
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  Speaker 3: Day said, the motto today was go out here and
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  Speaker 3: win the game. Didn't have plans on having 20 yards
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  Speaker 3: or two touchdowns, just focused on getting a win in
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  Speaker 3: a crazy environment today.
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  Speaker 1: There was that long touchdown in the third quarter when
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes really started to pull away.
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  Speaker 2: What happened on that play?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think back to Tuesday and Wednesday during this week,
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  Speaker 3: like Coach Arthur Smith, he said, that's what happened. And
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  Speaker 3: so I know just, you know, all week building up
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  Speaker 3: to the game that, you know, just to play Coach
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  Speaker 3: Arthur Smith won it and we had executed it.
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  Speaker 4: So, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like you could take any of a number
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  Speaker 1: of plays from several different games this season from Jeremiah
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  Speaker 1: Smith and say, boy, that was really a signature play.
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  Speaker 1: But man, The play where he was triple covered over
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  Speaker 1: the middle and still went up and got it and
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  Speaker 1: then evaded the defenders and turned it into a huge gain.
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  Speaker 1: That feels like that might be on that list as
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  Speaker 1: well of signature plays. He was asked about that play
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  Speaker 1: as well as his relationship with Ohio State fans where
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  Speaker 1: after the game, he stayed out on the field for
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  Speaker 1: quite a while, signing autographs, taking pictures, just thanking the
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  Speaker 1: fans for being in Iowa City.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that throw, I didn't expect Julian to throw that one.
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  Speaker 3: I was surprised he threw it, but It just shows
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  Speaker 3: that we have trust in each other, and he expects
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  Speaker 3: me to make the play. That's exactly what I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to do. But like you said, the fans, I love
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  Speaker 3: the fans. This is why I play this game. This
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  Speaker 3: is why I come out every day and go hard
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  Speaker 3: for the fans. They hard-earned money to come watch us play,
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  Speaker 3: so it's only right that the team give them all.
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  Speaker 1: I give them all to myself.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 1: A couple questions ago, you heard him mention that Arthur
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  Speaker 1: Smith liked the play they had drawn up on his
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  Speaker 1: second touchdown, the one where he broke Chris Olave's career
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  Speaker 1: touchdown record.
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  Speaker 2: So What was it about that play that made it appealing?
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  Speaker 1: Now, this is a very concise answer, but he leaves
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  Speaker 1: zero doubt about why.
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  Speaker 3: Because I was in one-on-one with a safety.
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  Speaker 1: That's why we liked it.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely. Now on to Julian Sayen.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned that throw to Jeremiah Smith in triple coverage for
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 2: It was an incredible play for Julian Sayen.
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  Speaker 1: There's probably some questions about the decision-making on that. It
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  Speaker 1: all worked out fine, but What did Ryan Day say
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  Speaker 1: to him after he came over to the sideline where
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  Speaker 1: he threw it into triple coverage?
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  Speaker 4: Which one? Which one are we talking about?
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  Speaker 2: The one where J.J.
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  Speaker 4: Then took it 54 yards. Yeah, you know, it was
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  Speaker 4: a great catch, and we probably shouldn't have gone there,
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  Speaker 4: but he ended up making it right and made a
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  Speaker 4: great play.
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  Speaker 1: What is it like to have a wide receiver like
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith on your team? What is it like to
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  Speaker 1: play with him and just know that he can do
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  Speaker 1: everything that he can do?
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  Speaker 4: You know, extremely talented, but somebody who's a great worker,
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  Speaker 4: a really hard worker, and somebody who represents our program
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  Speaker 4: the right way and is a great leader for the
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  Speaker 4: younger players in his room and the younger players on
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  Speaker 4: our team. And so he's a great representation of our
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  Speaker 4: program and a great captain.
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  Speaker 1: This is the fifth game in a row where the
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes have scored in the final 15 seconds of the
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  Speaker 1: first half. That is an incredible streak. That has to
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  Speaker 1: be the longest streak in Ohio State football history. So
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  Speaker 1: what is working in those two-minute drill situations?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's just everyone doing their job and clicking.
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  Speaker 4: We work that in practice, especially on Sundays. We just
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  Speaker 4: keep trying to get better and keep improving it. How
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  Speaker 4: can we just keep getting better? Because those are big
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  Speaker 4: spots in the game, big situations that we want to
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  Speaker 4: get points for the half.
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  Speaker 1: It was a pretty good day for the Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: offense on the whole, but Julian Sane definitely took some
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  Speaker 1: big hits. So what did he see from the Iowa
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  Speaker 1: defensive line and the defense on the whole?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they're a good opponent. A lot of respect to them.
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  Speaker 4: And so You know, they made it tough on me,
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  Speaker 4: whether it was, you know, getting their hands up in
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  Speaker 4: the passing lane or, you know, sending pressure. So they
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  Speaker 4: did a good job. But I think our offense line
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  Speaker 4: played well. You know, they did a really good job
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  Speaker 4: up front and keeping me clean.
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  Speaker 1: One of the impressive parts of that two-minute drill for
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes right before halftime was that a lot of
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  Speaker 1: it was done without Jeremiah Smith on the field. How
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  Speaker 1: important is that to know that there are other guys
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  Speaker 1: in that wide receiver room and on that offense that
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  Speaker 1: can step up?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, just the energy, the confidence, just bring in, you know,
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  Speaker 4: the juice that, you know, you see other guys making
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  Speaker 4: plays and people get excited for them. You know, you
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  Speaker 4: see Devin on the, on the dig route early in
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  Speaker 4: that drive. That was a huge play in that drive.
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  Speaker 4: And then you see, you know, Brandon making a big
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  Speaker 4: catch and, you know, just guys making plays.
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith got a lot of the headlines, but the
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  Speaker 1: running game, the running backs, they had a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: day as well. They were able to kind of squeeze
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  Speaker 1: the life out of that game in the second half
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  Speaker 1: when they had the lead, just keep the clock moving,
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  Speaker 1: keep the chains moving and get the heck out of Dodge.
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  Speaker 1: So One of the guys who was a big part
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  Speaker 1: of that was Jacoby Jackson. He's certainly been a very
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  Speaker 1: pleasant surprise for this year's team. He got the start.
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  Speaker 1: He ran hard, finished with 14 carries for 72 yards
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  Speaker 1: and a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: What does he bring to this year's team?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, you know, the backs had a great day,
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  Speaker 4: and he had a great day. I mean, he's running
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  Speaker 4: through contact. Those guys are, you know, they were, like
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  Speaker 4: Coach said, you know, he wanted them to run angry.
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  Speaker 4: I think they did, and they're, you know, physical backs,
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  Speaker 4: and it was cool to see them today.
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  Speaker 1: Every Batman needs his Robin, and it feels like Devin
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  Speaker 1: McEwen is turning into a pretty good sidekick for Jeremiah
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  Speaker 1: Smith this year. Four catches, 80 yards, and a touchdown
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  Speaker 1: against Iowa. And when you're on a team with Jeremiah Smith,
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  Speaker 1: it's hard to stand out, but it felt like he
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  Speaker 1: played a really key role on Saturday.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think Devin had a good day. He hit
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  Speaker 4: the big pass on the sideline on the right side,
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  Speaker 4: and there was actually another opportunity where I could have
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  Speaker 4: thrown it to him deep, and so there was another opportunity,
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  Speaker 4: but I think him and Brandon and all the other
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  Speaker 4: guys in the room are just continuing to show what
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  Speaker 4: they can do. It was cool to see the targets
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  Speaker 4: go their way, and that makes some plays today.
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