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BONUS: Why Chris Henry, Jr. and Brock Boyd Are Freshman Standouts · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, we got another bonus show for you. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to let you hear from as many of Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State's team captains as we can over the next few
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  Speaker 1: days because there's a lot to go through. Seven captains
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  Speaker 1: this year. We got to talk to all of them
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of the week. And there is a lot,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of good stuff. Some of the best stuff
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  Speaker 1: was with Brandon Innes. He is not necessarily the guy
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  Speaker 1: who is the biggest star among the seven captains, but
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  Speaker 1: he is probably one of the most respected among those
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  Speaker 1: seven captains. It's one of the reasons that he was
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  Speaker 1: awarded the Block O jersey. That is, and I think
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  Speaker 1: was a pretty easy choice for the Blocko jersey this year.
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  Speaker 1: Tony Gerderman and I did a show before they announced
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  Speaker 1: it and we're trying to figure out, okay, who's he
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  Speaker 1: going to be? And we kind of kept coming back to, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it feels like it's probably going to be Brandon Ennis.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like that is the most logical decision that
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  Speaker 1: they could make. And that is the decision that they made. So,
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  Speaker 1: all right, he got the Blocko jersey. What does that mean?
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  Speaker 1: And was it maybe a little difficult to give up
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  Speaker 1: the number one jersey that he had before?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of, I wore number one for a
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  Speaker 2: lot of my football career. It just felt like, it
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  Speaker 2: felt like me. So when I first like thought about it,
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  Speaker 2: I was kind of like iffy on it, if I'm
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  Speaker 2: being honest. And then I thought about it more as
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  Speaker 2: we got closer and then I kind of knew who
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  Speaker 2: like who was between. So then I'm like, okay, I
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  Speaker 2: probably got a pretty good chance of getting it. And
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  Speaker 2: then when I got it, it was like, I just
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  Speaker 2: kept like hearing a voice in the back of my
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  Speaker 2: head was Coach Day saying we have core values on
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  Speaker 2: our team. And one of them is unselfishness and For
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  Speaker 2: me to carry this, it's an honor, of course, like
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  Speaker 2: all the great people who have worked before, leaders, tremendous leaders.
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  Speaker 2: But to be unselfish, to give the number that it
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  Speaker 2: means so much to me, number one, and to come
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  Speaker 2: in this number zero, the block O, and just have
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  Speaker 2: that honor is just something that I wanted to do,
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  Speaker 2: not only for me, but for Buckeye Nation and for
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  Speaker 2: my teammates who all wanted me to have this number
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  Speaker 2: and for my coaches as well.
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  Speaker 1: Being a leader in the wide receiver room, it can
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  Speaker 1: mean leading, you know, and trying to pick guys up
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  Speaker 1: when they're having a tough time, but it can also
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  Speaker 1: mean a little bit of tough love. That's a phrase
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  Speaker 1: that Ryan Day uses in the program. You're not always
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  Speaker 1: going to get told that you're wonderful. Sometimes it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be, here's what you're doing wrong and you better
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  Speaker 1: fix it. And so when you're a leader, how can
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  Speaker 1: you be critical of younger guys in your room without
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  Speaker 1: being mean? You know, you're being tough, but doing it
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  Speaker 1: in a way that they know that you're really, it's tough.
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  Speaker 1: It seems mean, but it's being done in a supportive way.
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  Speaker 2: I think our room is, we know the standard in
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  Speaker 2: the wideout room, and we make a lot of plays.
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  Speaker 2: So I think a lot of guys listen to our room.
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  Speaker 2: They kind of know where our standard is, and we
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  Speaker 2: hold ourselves to that standard. So they see if me
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  Speaker 2: and JJ can hold ourselves to that standard, other guys
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  Speaker 2: are going to listen to us. They see how hard
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  Speaker 2: we work, or they see that we're not just picking
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  Speaker 2: young guys, but we're also holding each other accountable. So
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  Speaker 2: I think, yeah, that's what it is.
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Ennis is not the only wide receiver this year
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  Speaker 1: who is a captain on the team. Jeremiah Smith, he
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  Speaker 1: is too. What was really interesting was Brandon Innes talking
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  Speaker 1: about Jeremiah Smith, finding out he was a team captain.
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  Speaker 1: This sounds like this is something that really meant a
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  Speaker 1: lot to Jeremiah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So I was thinking about it the day we
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  Speaker 2: voted and JJ sits next to me in the team
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  Speaker 2: room and, um, I'm not going to get in how
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  Speaker 2: the voting works and stuff, but I was just like
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  Speaker 2: thinking about who I'm going to vote for. And I'm like, okay,
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  Speaker 2: there's a pretty good chance he's going to win this,
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  Speaker 2: but I didn't say nothing to him because I knew
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  Speaker 2: he wasn't going to expect it. And then, uh, at
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  Speaker 2: the end of practice Saturday, I was sitting, I was
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  Speaker 2: taking a knee next to him. And I'm like, I
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  Speaker 2: feel like I have a pretty good feeling. He's going
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  Speaker 2: to get the, um, to be a captain. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: when he got caught up, I just seen tears of joy.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, that's, uh, that comes growing up together.
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  Speaker 2: It's great to see that. And anybody who knows JJ,
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  Speaker 2: he's a quiet, he quiet, he's quiet. So it was just,
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  Speaker 2: it's great to see that he's came out of his
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  Speaker 2: shell a lot and being a leader for this team.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody knows they're going to listen to him just because
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  Speaker 2: of what he does on the field. And, The fact
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  Speaker 2: that he could use his voice off the field and
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  Speaker 2: when we're in practice in the weight room and things
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  Speaker 2: like that is I knew that was big for him.
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  Speaker 2: I knew he wanted to be a captain before he
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  Speaker 2: left here. And that's kind of why Tears of Joy
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  Speaker 2: came out.
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  Speaker 1: This is the time of year when every player is
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  Speaker 1: trying to figure out what they can do to get
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  Speaker 1: the best out of themselves. And all the coaches are
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  Speaker 1: trying to figure out what they can do to get
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  Speaker 1: the best out of each of the players. So how
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  Speaker 1: can the offense maximize what Brandon Innes can do this
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  Speaker 1: season and when he's watching film with Arthur Smith and
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  Speaker 1: Arthur Smith is showing him what he thinks he wants
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Innes to be, who is he showing him?
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  Speaker 2: I think this office can maximize my skillset in many ways,
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  Speaker 2: not just one, but the things that coach Smith has
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  Speaker 2: shown to me in just one-on-one film sessions is just,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like he really trusts me. He really didn't
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  Speaker 2: get the ball in my hands and he knows what
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  Speaker 2: I could do. I mean, we just been studying a
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  Speaker 2: lot of NFL clips and what he's done in the
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  Speaker 2: past and kind of just things that, um, he sees
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  Speaker 2: that I can bring to this offense. Um, Yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: feel really good about it. We watch a lot of
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  Speaker 2: Jackson just because he played here as well, but just
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  Speaker 2: how the Seahawks use their offense this year, outside slot
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  Speaker 2: in the backfield, all type of ways. We watch a
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  Speaker 2: lot of Jackson. There's other guys, but primarily Jackson.
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  Speaker 1: I assume you guys know when he says Jackson, he's
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  Speaker 1: talking about Jackson, Smith, and Jigba. Just wanted to make
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  Speaker 1: sure we spelled that out. I'm sure most people picked
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  Speaker 1: that up. I just want to make sure. So, You
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  Speaker 1: hear this year lots of guys talking about being confident
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  Speaker 1: that they're going to get the ball in their hands.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe more so. Maybe that's been more of a consistent
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  Speaker 1: thing with guys this season than it has in previous years. So,
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  Speaker 1: all right, why is that?
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  Speaker 2: Because I think Coach Smith does a great job of
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  Speaker 2: pulling guys in one-on-one and having genuine conversations with them,
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  Speaker 2: showing them how he's going to use them, not just
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  Speaker 2: telling them. And then when we go out to the
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  Speaker 2: practice field and we actually do it and we see
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  Speaker 2: what he's saying in the one-on-one conversation. So it's just
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  Speaker 2: not just blowing smoke in our ear, just telling us
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  Speaker 2: one thing just so we can feel good about it.
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  Speaker 2: But now go put it on the field.
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  Speaker 1: The guy who was in charge of getting the ball
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  Speaker 1: into those receivers' hands is Julian Sane, the quarterback. And
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  Speaker 1: we did a show with him a little earlier. You
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  Speaker 1: get a chance, you can go back, you can find
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  Speaker 1: that one a little earlier in this feed. But He's
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  Speaker 1: been a lot more vocal this year. It sounds like
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  Speaker 1: we've heard from a lot of guys he's been a
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  Speaker 1: lot more take charge in the huddle and just a
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  Speaker 1: little more aggressive just in general out there on the field.
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  Speaker 1: So what has that been like? And then you're going
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  Speaker 1: to hear a follow-up with someone asking him for an
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  Speaker 1: example of Julian saying be a little bit more aggressive
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  Speaker 1: out there.
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  Speaker 2: I think he was hesitant at times to speak up.
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  Speaker 2: I think as the year went on, he got more comfortable.
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  Speaker 2: But this year is way different. You can see how
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  Speaker 2: he talks, how he walks, how he carries himself inside
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  Speaker 2: the facility. Yeah, there was a couple times in camp.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he got the offense right, said what needed
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  Speaker 2: to be said. And then Saturday, I mean, he didn't
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  Speaker 2: like a call that was had. And then the play before,
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  Speaker 2: like where they spotted the ball or whatever, so then
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  Speaker 2: it became four down. Coach Day went for it. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if I'm supposed to be saying this, but sorry,
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  Speaker 2: Coach Day. We went for it. And Julian made a
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  Speaker 2: great pass. Receiver caught it, and you could see the
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  Speaker 2: emotion he had, screaming. I'm like, oh, yeah, he got
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  Speaker 2: that dog in him. I like it.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, Brandon Innes. He is the veteran wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: in that room. They call him the old head. He's
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  Speaker 1: the guy who's the proven veteran there. But they've got
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  Speaker 1: some really talented young guys in that room this year
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  Speaker 1: as well, guys like Brock Boyd, Chris Henry Jr., two
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  Speaker 1: guys who are true freshmen who are, it sure seems like,
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  Speaker 1: ready to contribute day one for this Ohio State team.
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  Speaker 1: So what separated them from where most freshmen typically are
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  Speaker 1: at this point in their careers to have them ready
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  Speaker 1: to go and be contributors this early in their careers?
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  Speaker 2: Brock, but just because how smart he is. I would
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  Speaker 2: say Brock knows every position. And as a freshman, that's
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  Speaker 2: very hard to do. But he took the offense and
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  Speaker 2: ran with it from spring, from day one. He asked
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  Speaker 2: the right questions. You see in the wide receiver room,
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  Speaker 2: he asked the right questions. And the skill set matches
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  Speaker 2: his smartness. He's an overall great receiver. He can do
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things. And I'm excited for his career.
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  Speaker 2: And then Chris, just the physical abilities that he brings
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  Speaker 2: to being a receiver. Every day, you're not going to
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  Speaker 2: see a 6'6 receiver that can run and move the
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  Speaker 2: way he moves. And if I'm being honest, guys didn't
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  Speaker 2: know in here, OK, he's 6'6. But some of the
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  Speaker 2: corners were telling me, OK, how can he move? And
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  Speaker 2: now they've seen how he can move. So I think
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  Speaker 2: that's what makes him special.
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