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Ohio State vs. Iowa Preview: Can The Buckeyes Contain Kaleb Johnson? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Saturday, October fifth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom Moore. The Iowa game is today, the
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  Speaker 1: game against Michigan in fifty six days. Youo hoastate Puckeyes obviously,
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  Speaker 1: as I just said, playing the Iowa Hawkeyes a little
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  Speaker 1: later on today. That will be a three point thirty
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  Speaker 1: kick on CBS. We will have all of our usual
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  Speaker 1: pregame in postgame coverage for you at YouTube dot com,
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  Speaker 1: slash bucke Huddle and of course at buckeyehuddle dot com
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  Speaker 1: as well. It's gonna be a lot of stuff to
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  Speaker 1: talk about. Probably should be the sternest test the Buckeyes
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  Speaker 1: have faced so far in the twenty twenty four college
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  Speaker 1: football season. And yes, we know who's got who's on
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  Speaker 1: the schedule next week, but there's another There's a tough
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  Speaker 1: test still ahead for the Buckeyes. Later on today, we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna get a chance to talk a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: that game on today's show. Let you hear a little
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  Speaker 1: bit from the Buckeye some of the interviews we got
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  Speaker 1: to do in the middle of this week. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: start with Ohio State head coach Ryan Day. We've been
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  Speaker 1: talking a lot on these shows with Ross Fulton and
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  Speaker 1: others about Chip Kelly's innovative mind and how he draws
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  Speaker 1: stuff up for on the offense and how everything just
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  Speaker 1: sort of works together well when he when chip Kelly
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  Speaker 1: is sort of at work, the mad scientist in the lab,
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  Speaker 1: is he just throwing stuff up on the board and
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  Speaker 1: meeting rooms and having you wonder how he came up
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  Speaker 1: with all this stuff?
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, But I think that's where some great
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  Speaker 2: ideas come from, you know, is you you throw things
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  Speaker 2: out there and some things, you know, stick, and then
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  Speaker 2: other things, you know, you just got to move on from.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I think that's all healthy and I
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  Speaker 2: think but that that's the part you got to really
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  Speaker 2: do a good job of is figuring out what are
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  Speaker 2: the things that are good change ups that can give us,
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  Speaker 2: you know, something, and one of the things that you know,
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  Speaker 2: can get too water down and then before you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're having a hard time executing things. So that's the
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  Speaker 2: constant conversation and we're always trying to chase that on offense.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, we're not short on ideas and creativity,
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  Speaker 2: and that's a good thing.
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  Speaker 1: We've talked a bunch on this show about the fact
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  Speaker 1: that Ryan Day has been talking to analytics folks and
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  Speaker 1: getting some advice on how to handle certain game situations,
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  Speaker 1: forth down decisions, that kind of stuff. And he has
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  Speaker 1: definitely been more a great of this year than he
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  Speaker 1: has in previous years. So is it that the team
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  Speaker 1: is really talented? Is it that they know that there's
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  Speaker 1: no margin for her and they've really got to kind
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  Speaker 1: of let it rip this year? What has it led
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  Speaker 1: him to being more aggressive?
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  Speaker 2: No, Every decision that's made is made based on winning
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  Speaker 2: the game, you know, and so you know what we're
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  Speaker 2: going to do that and and that's it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, and you do everything you can to make
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  Speaker 2: sure you're putting your guys in the best position to
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  Speaker 2: win the game based on all the different criteria that
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  Speaker 2: are in play. That's it, you know. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what else to say, you know. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's there's certain times where you know, you go for
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  Speaker 2: it and you make it and it's a great decision
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  Speaker 2: you go for it doesn't work out, it's a bad decision,
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  Speaker 2: you know. I Mean, that's kind of how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: And I see that happen across the board. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: we do want to be aggressive and you know, put
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  Speaker 2: our guys in a situation to go win games and
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  Speaker 2: make sure we're you know, we're attacking and have that mindset.
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  Speaker 1: Those fourth down decisions can be kind of make or
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  Speaker 1: break in a lot of cases. So with the potential
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  Speaker 1: pay pay off being so big in in some instances,
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  Speaker 1: are those plays a real point of emphasis for the team.
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  Speaker 2: You know, And that's you know, you know, our guys,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we work hard on those situations, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and I think you know, it's our job to make sure,
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  Speaker 2: you know, everyone in the program knows, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: this certain situation, we've got to be ready for this.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the play that we're going to run, you know,
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  Speaker 2: here's what we can expect, and then we got to
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  Speaker 2: go execute it. But and ends up coming down to
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  Speaker 2: the guys on the field and then whether they're you know,
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  Speaker 2: they execute it or not, and they're the ones that
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  Speaker 2: deserve all the credit.
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  Speaker 1: The buck Eyes have not played against Iowa since twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two, but their quarterback, well, he's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a familiar face, that is Cade Nacnamara. The buck Eyes
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  Speaker 1: have not faced him as a Hawk Eye, but did
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  Speaker 1: when he played at Michigan in twenty twenty one. So
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  Speaker 1: what is Ryan Day's impression of Iowa's Cad Nacnamara.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a veteran quarterback who has played a lot of football,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, you coming into environment like this is
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  Speaker 2: something he's used to, and you know he's he's you know,
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  Speaker 2: playing good football right now and made some really good
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  Speaker 2: throws this year. So you know, a veteran quarterback, you know,
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  Speaker 2: can go a long way in this this conference, especially
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  Speaker 2: on the road.
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  Speaker 1: The Iowa passing game is not exactly the thing that
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  Speaker 1: makes the Iowa offense go. That's much more a ground
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  Speaker 1: based attack. And that ground based attack starts with Caleb Johnson.
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  Speaker 1: He is a Hamilton, Ohio native. Buckeyes didn't really recruit
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  Speaker 1: him coming out of high school. So this week he said, quote,
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  Speaker 1: even if they offered me, I wouldn't have gone. I
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  Speaker 1: want to beat them, that's my goal. Ryan Day was
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  Speaker 1: asked about what he remembered about Caleb Johnson's recruitment and
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  Speaker 1: his comments this week.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, no, I didn't see any of those, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, followed his career and he's done great. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's developed into a really, really good football player. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, we always want to recruit Ohio players and
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  Speaker 2: so we certainly, you know, love to see Ohio players
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  Speaker 2: do well. We don't like what we're playing against them,
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  Speaker 2: for sure, but you know, you know that we can't
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  Speaker 2: we can't sign everybody, and you know we're we're proud
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  Speaker 2: of guys that lead the state and do well. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's he's done a great job as a
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  Speaker 2: running back and you know he's playing really good football
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 1: It's never easy to come in cold off the bench
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  Speaker 1: and be thrown into a big situation. But that's what
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  Speaker 1: happened to Devin Brown last week. He had to come
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  Speaker 1: in off the bench with the Buckeyes driving in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone, right after Will Howard took a helmet to
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  Speaker 1: the sternum and had to leave the game. What did
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  Speaker 1: Devin Brown do? Well, he just threw a touchdown pass
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  Speaker 1: to Jeremiah Smith. Not too bad. So how does that
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  Speaker 1: touchdown pass and having to come in off the bench
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  Speaker 1: and being able to execute like that help Devin Brown
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  Speaker 1: move forward? Here's Ryan Day's answer.
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  Speaker 2: No, I think it's a confidence thing. And we talk
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  Speaker 2: about confidence all the time, Like what is real confidence?
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's there's state confidence, and then there's real confidence.
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  Speaker 2: Real confidence means you know you've actually done it. You
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  Speaker 2: look somebody eye and you know I'm gonna I'm gonna
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  Speaker 2: go do it again. And so you know, when you
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  Speaker 2: actually physically do it, I think it builds real confidence
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  Speaker 2: in you. And so it's hard to do that unless
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  Speaker 2: you've actually put it on the field. So for him
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  Speaker 2: to step up in that moment in a big spot,
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  Speaker 2: not only was it a two minute drill, but it
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  Speaker 2: was also in the red zone at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the half, two big situations to win right there, and
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  Speaker 2: and so you know, it's got to give him a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of juice this week. I feel like it has.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's had a good week of practice.
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  Speaker 1: This is one where the question doesn't really match the answer,
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  Speaker 1: but the answer is really interesting. So I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: set it up with what the question that was asked,
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  Speaker 1: which was how would Ryan Day the college quarterback fit
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  Speaker 1: into the Chip Kelly twenty twenty four offense? And the
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  Speaker 1: answer goes kind of an interesting direction.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the thing that Chip would tell you is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when you say like you know offense, like
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  Speaker 2: you know his offense or you know the offense is
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  Speaker 2: that he's been in or our offense or anybody's offense,
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  Speaker 2: Like you know, what is somebody's offense, it's it's putting
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  Speaker 2: our players in the best position to be successful. What
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  Speaker 2: does that look like this year? It looks different than
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  Speaker 2: maybe it did when he was at UCLA, when he
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  Speaker 2: was at Oregon, when he was in Philly. When you know,
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  Speaker 2: every year it changes. So you know, just you know,
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  Speaker 2: making the adjustments to put the guys in a right
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  Speaker 2: position based on who you have, and that's really what
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  Speaker 2: we're trying to do constantly. So you know, when you
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  Speaker 2: say the offense, now, I wouldn't be playing at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't know how to answer that part of it.
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  Speaker 1: This time. Last week, Ohios Day head coach Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: said that Tyler Williams was available to play, and everyone said, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: he's going to play, and it was no, not necessarily
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  Speaker 1: available to play and going to play not the same
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  Speaker 1: thing in the Ohio State football language. So he did
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  Speaker 1: not play last weekend. This week, Ryan Day said he
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  Speaker 1: expects Tyler Williams to play. That means he expects Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Williams to play, not just that he's available. So there
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  Speaker 1: you go. Now you've got your decoding Ryan Day segment
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  Speaker 1: out of the way for the day. So when Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Williams is back this weekend as expected, what kind of
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  Speaker 1: impact is going to have on the field, and also
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  Speaker 1: in terms of his leadership I I you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, Ti Leerg's a great player, but like you said,
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  Speaker 2: he's he's a leader and you know he there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of communication there. One thing about Ti league he
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  Speaker 2: has got a very very high football IQ and so
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  Speaker 2: you know there were times where you know, we did
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  Speaker 2: miss him, but it was good to see other guys
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  Speaker 2: step up too, you know, and we need to continue
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  Speaker 2: to see that. But but there's no question that you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's a very very strong player, makes a lot of plays.
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  Speaker 2: But also as leadership, he's been in the program for
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  Speaker 2: a while and you know, has strong relationships with everybody
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  Speaker 2: on the team, but in particular the guys upfront helps
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  Speaker 2: them that part of it for sure, So good to
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  Speaker 2: have him back this week.
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  Speaker 1: The Ohio State running back room has had a really
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  Speaker 1: good season so far that Buck Eyes have gotten plenty
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  Speaker 1: of production on the ground out of Trevon Henderson and
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  Speaker 1: quin Shawn Jack Kiddins and even James Peoples. They've guys
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  Speaker 1: have been made an impact in the passing game. If
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  Speaker 1: you haven't made an impact in terms of pass pro
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  Speaker 1: let's pick up all the little stuff that running backs
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  Speaker 1: have to do. So with all the great play that
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  Speaker 1: they've got out of the running backs this year, is
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  Speaker 1: that the influence of New Ohio State running backs coach
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  Speaker 1: Carlos Laughlin.
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  Speaker 2: He works hard at it. You can feel him, you
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  Speaker 2: can actually hear him before you see him. He just
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  Speaker 2: he's got a lot of energy and you know he
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  Speaker 2: wants that room to reflect who he is as a person.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he said that the minute he got in here,
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  Speaker 2: when he first talked to the team. And but it
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  Speaker 2: isn't just the running backs. You know, he has an
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  Speaker 2: impact on a lot of guys on his team, and
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  Speaker 2: there's an energy, there's a toughness, there's a mindset that
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  Speaker 2: he likes to bring, and you know it's been contagious.
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  Speaker 1: The Buck guys have a real challenge coming up for
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  Speaker 1: their defense this week in Caleb Johnson, the running back
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  Speaker 1: for Iowa not only among the nation's leaders in terms
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  Speaker 1: of total rushing yards but also in yards after contact.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of a challenge is that going to pose
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  Speaker 1: for the defense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's running hard and like you said, breaking tackles,
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  Speaker 2: and so you know, you got to you got to
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  Speaker 2: do a good job in practice a thudding people up
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  Speaker 2: and making sure that there's an extra emphasis on that.
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  Speaker 2: And then you gotta run the ball and get multiple
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  Speaker 2: people to the ball. But you know, the guys who
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  Speaker 2: you know, you know are right at the point of attack,
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  Speaker 2: got to do a great job wrapping up and run
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  Speaker 2: their feet and be strong and be powerful and be
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  Speaker 2: you know, really decisive and you know, and get them
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  Speaker 2: on the ground. But we know the challenge. He's a
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  Speaker 2: very good back and so you know, we got to
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  Speaker 2: prepare at a high level. And I feel like the
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  Speaker 2: last two days, you know, we've got everybody's attention, and
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  Speaker 2: so now we got to put on the field.
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  Speaker 1: And finally gonna let you here from a couple guys
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  Speaker 1: who are new to the team this year, actually both
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  Speaker 1: Alabama transfers coincidentally enough. The first one is Seth McLaughlin
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  Speaker 1: who has stepped in and been a really really important
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  Speaker 1: part of that offensive line at the center position. He
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  Speaker 1: grew up in the South, did not watch a ton
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  Speaker 1: of Big ten football growing up, so as he starts
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  Speaker 1: to go through all these Big ten teams. He doesn't
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  Speaker 1: necessarily have the history that a lot of Midwestern kids
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  Speaker 1: might have in terms of understanding the programs and their identity.
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  Speaker 1: So has he had to sort of do his homework
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  Speaker 1: to catch up on these teams and what they're all about.
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna hear that answer, and then a follow up
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  Speaker 1: from Tim May.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I really had grown up in the SEC. I
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  Speaker 3: really had to do my research about the schools we
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  Speaker 3: play because I don't really coming from the SEC, I
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  Speaker 3: didn't really know what it means to play a team
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  Speaker 3: like Iowa. I know they're always top ranking defense, and
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  Speaker 3: they're always great on special teams. And so I've done
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  Speaker 3: my research and I've kind of understand what this game means.
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  Speaker 3: It's all about toughness. Who's gonna out tough who? And
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  Speaker 3: who's going to run the ball, who's going to stop
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  Speaker 3: the run? That's all this game comes down to.
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  Speaker 1: Do you like that?
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  Speaker 4: I mean as a player, I mean it's a lot
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  Speaker 4: of fun, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of straight up, right in your face, right.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it is. It's really just going to be a
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  Speaker 3: test to see how far along we've come and if
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  Speaker 3: we can run the ball, then that means where we
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  Speaker 3: need to be. And if we can't run the ball,
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  Speaker 3: and that means we have a lot of siptor gone.
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  Speaker 1: And finally going to let you hear a little bit
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  Speaker 1: from Caleb Downs, the safety also in Alabama transfer. Every
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  Speaker 1: time anyone talks about Caleb Downs, they talk about his
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  Speaker 1: preparation and how he's a coach on the field. It's
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  Speaker 1: just that's the free space on the Bengo card anytime
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  Speaker 1: you ask anything about Caleb Downs. So when you're hearing
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  Speaker 1: about his preparation, all the work he puts in, what
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  Speaker 1: is he actually looking for when he's watching film during
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  Speaker 1: the week.
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  Speaker 4: Tips on first down and second down in terms of
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  Speaker 4: what they do on second down after their first down
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  Speaker 4: play splits that can help me see plays between the
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  Speaker 4: tackle and the next receiver there or the tight end
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  Speaker 4: that's there. Quarterback progression in terms of where he goes
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  Speaker 4: pre snap, what he looks at pre snap, what signals
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  Speaker 4: he gives, other things like that that we'll go to to.
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  Speaker 4: It can help you play fast and having more confidence
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  Speaker 4: for the game.
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  Speaker 1: Looks like it should be a great day for football.
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  Speaker 1: Out in Columbus. We will be there at Ohio Stadium
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  Speaker 1: before the game have our usual pregame show. We will
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  Speaker 1: be there obviously covering the whole game, and then we'll
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  Speaker 1: be there after the game as well. For it should
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  Speaker 1: be a really fun and interesting postgame show. Should be
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  Speaker 1: a more competitive game this week, I'm guessing it should
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  Speaker 1: be a lot of stuff to talk about, and then
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  Speaker 1: as soon as that game ends. It is Oregon Week,
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  Speaker 1: one of the most anticipated games on the schedule this year,
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  Speaker 1: one of the most anticipated trips that the Buckeyes have
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  Speaker 1: made in a number of years, so there's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a whole lot to talk about following this Iowa game.
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  Speaker 1: We hope you will join us at YouTube dot com
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  Speaker 1: slash Buckeye Huddle for all of that coverage as well
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  Speaker 1: as Buckeyehuddle dot com. Should be a great day we
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  Speaker 1: hope to see there. That will do it for today.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you guys all for joining us. Have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.