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Where Does Julian Sayin Still Need To Improve? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Monday, November seventeenth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom or the Rutgers game in five days,
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  Speaker 1: All right, we're gonna be talking a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State buckeyes forty eight to ten win over
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  Speaker 1: the UCLA Bruins on Saturday night inside Ohio Stadium. I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna let you hear a little bit from Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: and his postgame press conference because I know it was
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  Speaker 1: once that game ended, I think it was probably bedtime
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  Speaker 1: for a lot of people. So you're going to get
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  Speaker 1: you caught up on some of the stuff you may
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  Speaker 1: have missed in the postgamet, Ryan Day's thoughts on the game,
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  Speaker 1: as well as a little bit from Julian sand and
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  Speaker 1: even a little bit from UCLA interim head coach Tim Skipper.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll just start with some overall thoughts from Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day on a game that was just kind of a
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  Speaker 1: little weird, a little disjointed, but ended up kind of
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  Speaker 1: with exactly the kind of game that everyone was expecting.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, pretty workman like I think had the right approach
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  Speaker 2: coming in. You know, we found out kind of, I
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  Speaker 2: guess this morning or today that you know, Nico may
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  Speaker 2: be out and sort of that that sort of changed
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  Speaker 2: things a little bit just in terms of our approach
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  Speaker 2: and you know, our game planning, but but but not
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  Speaker 2: in terms of our mindset and mentality. And that's the
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  Speaker 2: the thing that you know, we want to make sure,
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  Speaker 2: as we've talked about before, and to bring it every
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  Speaker 2: day and we have to you know, have that look
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  Speaker 2: in her eye. And I thought we did that again tonight.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we ended up Jeremiah, you know, had a
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  Speaker 2: certain amount of plays. We felt like, you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: just gonna hold them, you know, make sure that you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's at one hundred percent here over the next you know,
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  Speaker 2: next week, and you know, decided to hold Carneal this
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  Speaker 2: week as well, and and so you know, give us
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to play some of the younger guys. And
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  Speaker 2: I thought Brandon had a lot of nice like third
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  Speaker 2: down catches in there, and and then we got able
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  Speaker 2: to get the run game going, so defense played strong
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  Speaker 2: and then the kickoff return was was great to get
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  Speaker 2: you know, on the field. A lot of hard work
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  Speaker 2: was good was done there to get that on the
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  Speaker 2: field and executed, So that was good. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think it was business like, workman like. I thought
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  Speaker 2: we had the right approach to it. Certainly not perfect,
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  Speaker 2: but but that's who we need to get to because
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  Speaker 2: the precision and the execution that needs to happen here,
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  Speaker 2: you know, over the next couple of weeks is going
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  Speaker 2: to be very important.
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  Speaker 1: In a game where the Buckeyes were playing without Carnell
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  Speaker 1: Tait and really only had Jeremiah Smith for about half
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  Speaker 1: of it. What does a player like Brandon Innis mean
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  Speaker 1: to the team?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Brandon is a captain and he's has a
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  Speaker 2: big voice. He's a very competitive guy and you know
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  Speaker 2: sort of has you know, heart and soul that you
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  Speaker 2: want as a captain. And I think he's a very
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  Speaker 2: good football player, is a competitive guy. He can do
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things and great to see him. I
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  Speaker 2: guess he had six catches tonight and and but those
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  Speaker 2: are those are big catches. A lot of them were,
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  Speaker 2: you know, so that that was great to see him
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  Speaker 2: do that and in this game. And yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah was just having a little bit of a nagging
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  Speaker 2: issue there that you know, we just wanted to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that we're being really smart with him as we
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  Speaker 2: know what's coming down the road here.
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  Speaker 1: So this is a game where the buck Eyes were
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  Speaker 1: also playing without running back CJ. Donaldson, who's been really
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  Speaker 1: their goal line and short yardage back a lot this year.
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  Speaker 1: But they had three other running backs who really stepped
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  Speaker 1: up and put up some big numbers on this day.
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  Speaker 1: So all right, so what was working for the buck
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  Speaker 1: Eyes on Saturday night?
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  Speaker 2: I thought the running backs ran hard. I think, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was on thirty three carries for two twenty two
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  Speaker 2: and it looked like just about all those guys averaged
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  Speaker 2: over seven yards of carry. But there were there was
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  Speaker 2: a lot of runs that I saw in there where
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  Speaker 2: we were making guys miss on the first level and
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  Speaker 2: a second level in particular James. But you know, it
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  Speaker 2: starts with the offensive line, and you know, every every
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  Speaker 2: play sort of looks the same to start with, but
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  Speaker 2: like how are you finishing the place? And so we're
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  Speaker 2: going to get on in the film and make sure
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  Speaker 2: we're finishing plays downfield. Guys are finishing their guy downfield.
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  Speaker 2: The blocking on the perimeter's got to be strong and
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  Speaker 2: and that that comes down to effort and mindset. Everybody's
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  Speaker 2: involved with the run game, and it starts with the
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  Speaker 2: offensive line tight ends. But you know, Julian's evolve. But
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the day, it seemed to me
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  Speaker 2: like the running backs were getting downhill and running physical.
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  Speaker 2: Even I think on one of the touchdown runs by
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  Speaker 2: Bo there was maybe a free hat in the hole.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, that's the running game, and sometimes you
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  Speaker 2: got to bring be your own blocker, run guys over,
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  Speaker 2: make a miss, that's how it works. But it was good.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, so, I guess now looking at the last
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  Speaker 2: two weeks, we've had, yeah, just under maybe eighty eighty
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  Speaker 2: runs because we had what do we have last week,
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  Speaker 2: like forty somewhere around there. So over seventy carries the
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  Speaker 2: last two weeks, which is great. And I think the
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  Speaker 2: more these young backs carry the ball, the better they're
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  Speaker 2: going to be. Said that all along, so we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: need them, man. But the teams were about to play.
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  Speaker 1: One of the big highlights of the game and the
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  Speaker 1: thing that everyone will sort of remember about this game
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  Speaker 1: in a year, two years, five years, whatever it is.
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes returned a kickoff for a touchdown for the first
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  Speaker 1: time since Jordan holded it against Michigan in two thousand
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  Speaker 1: and ten. It took nearly fifteen full seasons, but Lorenzo
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  Speaker 1: Styles returned to kickoff for a touchdown right at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the third quarter of this one. So what
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  Speaker 1: does that mean for the team to have that on
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  Speaker 1: film now, just to you know, just to sort of
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  Speaker 1: give opposing teams something else to worry about.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Lorenzo you could see the speed. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he was rolling. But it takes buy in from everybody,
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  Speaker 2: and we assign each special teams unit to a coach
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  Speaker 2: and Nate Ebner has that group. But I thought he
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  Speaker 2: did a great job. First off, you have to get
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  Speaker 2: buy in from the players. They have to believe that
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  Speaker 2: it's going to go. We haven't had many opportunities this year.
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  Speaker 2: We put that return in this week and we knew
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  Speaker 2: we may not get that many opportunities at it, and
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  Speaker 2: they'd say, I really want to take a shot at
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  Speaker 2: this thing. And so when it was taken out a
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  Speaker 2: yard or two in the end zone. You know, Lorenzo said,
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  Speaker 2: once I took it out, I knew I had to
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  Speaker 2: return it for a touchdown, so I better get running.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't have a choice. I agreed with him. But
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  Speaker 2: but but it just to buy in from everybody. That's
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  Speaker 2: how it works, because all it takes is one guy.
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  Speaker 2: How many times have you heard a return with if
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  Speaker 2: we just made one more block, it would have gone.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what it takes. So it's a mindset of
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  Speaker 2: guys doing their job. And when special teams can flip
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  Speaker 2: a game like that, certainly it makes a big difference.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, you're gonna get a quick one here from
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  Speaker 1: UCLA head coach Tim skipp Er. I was over in
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  Speaker 1: that press conference and I just asked him, okay, from
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  Speaker 1: the UCLA side of things, what went wrong there?
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  Speaker 2: Good question.
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  Speaker 1: So we kind of kicked it in the corner, they
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  Speaker 1: returned it back to the field and our guys got
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  Speaker 1: pinned over there in the corner and then it was
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  Speaker 1: just free races.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it was a no DNA touchdown. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think anybody touched them, So we just had to
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  Speaker 2: get it corrected on the sideline. We have to recognize
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  Speaker 2: the blocks and counter on. We didn't do a good
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  Speaker 2: job of that, and it was eighty eight and out
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  Speaker 2: the gate.
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  Speaker 1: And after the game, obviously a lot of the conversation
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  Speaker 1: was about the injuries and Carnell Tate not playing and
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith only playing for our half and sort of
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  Speaker 1: leaving the game, just limping sort of out of the stadium.
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  Speaker 1: We had a video of that on that game show
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday night as well. So what is the process
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  Speaker 1: to determine who can play and who is going to
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  Speaker 1: play and when?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we just we rely on our medical staff, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and just you know, go with the other doctors. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they're the ones who know best. And and then certainly
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  Speaker 2: the feedback that you get from the players is important
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  Speaker 2: as well, and just make the best decisions we can.
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  Speaker 1: As he was sort of wrapping things up, ran Day
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  Speaker 1: reiterated at you know, after all that that they are
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  Speaker 1: not at all concerned long term with anything with Jeremiah Smith,
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  Speaker 1: anything with Carnell Tate. So there you go. You can
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  Speaker 1: breathe a sigh of relief there. Julian Saying also said
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  Speaker 1: he had no concerns with his ankle he went into
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  Speaker 1: the injury ten at one point on Saturday night and
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  Speaker 1: then came back, just wrapped his ankle a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: and he seemed like he was fine. He said, he
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  Speaker 1: just kind of took a weird step. So there you go.
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  Speaker 1: So now you're gonna get to hear a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more from Juliansay, and he was asked about whether that
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  Speaker 1: ankle injury impacted his ability to step into throws at all.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't. I don't think it did.
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 3: I was able to, you know, be able to step
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  Speaker 3: in all my throes of power, and you know, I
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  Speaker 3: had kind of a couple of misses tonight and you know,
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  Speaker 3: just mechanically wasn't wasn't super perfect with those, but you know,
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  Speaker 3: just was able to step in all my throws.
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  Speaker 1: Julian Sane is probably the guy on the team most
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  Speaker 1: directly impacted by Carnel Tate and Jeremiah Smith not being there.
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  Speaker 1: So what did he think of the young receivers who
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  Speaker 1: were sort of stepping in and stepping up with Carnell
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  Speaker 1: and Jeremiah out.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think those young guys stepped up in a
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  Speaker 3: in a big win, and they did a really good job,
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  Speaker 3: you know, they were able to go make the plays
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  Speaker 3: on the outside. You know, Milon had that big catch
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  Speaker 3: on the glance and then you know, those guys made
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  Speaker 3: some great plays for us.
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  Speaker 1: Right before halftime, there was a play where he was
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  Speaker 1: trying to connect Julian and Saye was trying to connect
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  Speaker 1: to Brandon Innis. Didn't connect on the play, and afterwards
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  Speaker 1: he saw him golfer the sideline and there was kind
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  Speaker 1: of a conversation between Julian saying and Ryan Day what
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  Speaker 1: was that all about?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he was you know, he was talking about a
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  Speaker 3: check that we have and you know I didn't end
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  Speaker 3: up checking that one. So I was a little bit
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  Speaker 3: off with Brandon. You know, I gotta I gotta be
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  Speaker 3: better and you know, get his eyes and let him,
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  Speaker 3: you know, kind of see the ball in the air.
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  Speaker 3: I threw it a little bit too early, so I
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  Speaker 3: gotta a little bit be are there and trying to
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  Speaker 3: get a touchedown before the half.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned earlier, the Buck guys were playing without C. J.
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  Speaker 1: Donaldson the running back, but they still had a big
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  Speaker 1: night on the ground. Is Julian San maybe seeing signs
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  Speaker 1: of progress from those young running backs.
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  Speaker 3: I think they're growing each week and I think we
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  Speaker 3: had what two hundred rushing yards tonight, and they all
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  Speaker 3: ran really hard and did a really good job. You know,
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  Speaker 3: James Washington hurdle that guy. It was awesome to see.
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  Speaker 3: I'm close with James and it was awesome to see.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, I think those guys do a really
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  Speaker 3: good job. And you know, they've been challenged to run
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  Speaker 3: angry and run tough, and they do a really good
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  Speaker 3: job of that. And I think they show that tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Does it change Julian Sayin's approach at all when he
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  Speaker 1: knows he doesn't have Carnell Tate and doesn't have Jeremiah
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  Speaker 1: Smith out there.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I don't think it changes my mindset. I
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  Speaker 3: have a lot of trust in the younger guys that
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  Speaker 3: we have on this in this receiver room, and they
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  Speaker 3: do a really good job. And we've we've practiced with
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  Speaker 3: those guys, and you know, they show up and practice
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  Speaker 3: and they make great plays. So I think we just
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  Speaker 3: have a lot of trust in them, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: we don't. We don't change our mindset. It's it's next
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  Speaker 3: man up.
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  Speaker 1: Juliansane is one of the front runners for the Heisman Trophy.
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  Speaker 1: His team's undefeated did. His team is rank number one
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  Speaker 1: in the nation, So all right, where does he still
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  Speaker 1: need to improve?
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  Speaker 3: I think all around that can be better. I can
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  Speaker 3: be you know, getting through my reads quicker, you know,
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  Speaker 3: helping us out in protection a little better, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just being helping us out in the run game more.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, all around, I'm just trying to
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  Speaker 3: improve and keep growing my game to the next level.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, one more on Brandon Innis. He was the
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  Speaker 1: lone remaining starter still standing at the end of that game.
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  Speaker 1: We played a big role, had six catches in the game,
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  Speaker 1: had another first down run, and it played put together
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  Speaker 1: a really nice night, not a splashy night, but a
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  Speaker 1: really solid night. What does he bring to the team.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Brendanis is a captain for us, and he shows
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  Speaker 3: up every day. So you know, we we know when
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  Speaker 3: we get you know, we had a we had to
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  Speaker 3: play design for today. We got a certain coverage and
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  Speaker 3: I know he's gonna win and I have a lot
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  Speaker 3: of faith in him. He made a great catch on
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  Speaker 3: that on that I think it was third or fourth down,
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  Speaker 3: so you know, and then they had another fourth down conversion,
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  Speaker 3: so I think, you know, we just this whole offense
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  Speaker 3: is a ton of believe and faith in him, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, he's a captain, he's a leader for us,
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  Speaker 3: and he brings a lot of juice to the offense.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, get you caught up on Ohio State football. There.
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  Speaker 1: win for them. That's a nice out of conference win
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  Speaker 1: this week as well about the football team. As you
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