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Everything The Texas Longhorns Said About Jeremiah Smith And Ohio State · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Thursday, July seventeenth, I'm
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  Speaker 1: We are counting down the days till Big ten media
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  Speaker 1: Days go start next Tuesday. We'll be out in Las
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  Speaker 1: Vegas for all three days of the action. It'd be
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  Speaker 1: plenty to talk about there, But that's not the first
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  Speaker 1: media days on the calendar for college football SEC media
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  Speaker 1: days going on this week, and that of course includes
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  Speaker 1: the Texas Longhorns. Ohio States season opening opponent, and the
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  Speaker 1: Texas Longhorns had a few things to say about that
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  Speaker 1: game against Ohio State, what it could mean, and much
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  Speaker 1: much more. So we're going to be letting you hear
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  Speaker 1: all the stuff that they had to say about Ohio State,
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  Speaker 1: as well as a couple other interesting interesting sound bites
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  Speaker 1: of note I guess from the week. So let's start
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  Speaker 1: with Texas head coach Steve Sarki. They have a chance
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  Speaker 1: to play Ohio State again in Week one after ending
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  Speaker 1: their season against the buck Eyes in the Cotton Bowl
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  Speaker 1: last year. What does that mean to the law?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know the competitor and you loves
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity because it's like, well, that that's the next chance.
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  Speaker 2: Is the same sting that you felt. The reality of
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  Speaker 2: it is when you really dive deep into it, we're
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  Speaker 2: different teams again.
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  Speaker 3: That we're a different team.
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  Speaker 2: They're a different team, a lot of new faces, transfers,
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  Speaker 2: different players, different coaches, different coordinators, And so once you
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  Speaker 2: get over the emotion of being excited to play that
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  Speaker 2: same team again and you drill down to the tactical
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  Speaker 2: part of it all, which is, man, we got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of work to do. You know, this is a
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  Speaker 2: very talented team. They got you know, new offensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 2: new defensive coordinator. We've got some new coaches that we're
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  Speaker 2: getting acclimated to what we're doing. We've got new faces,
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  Speaker 2: new players that we're going to be counting on, some
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  Speaker 2: transfers and things. You start to shift the focus away
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  Speaker 2: from the emotional side and you start drilling in, so
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  Speaker 2: you know this is going to be a good team.
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  Speaker 3: You know it's gonna be a tough environment.
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  Speaker 2: You know we're gonna need to play good football that
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  Speaker 2: day to come out on top. And so that's where
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  Speaker 2: our focus goes to. And I think our players in
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  Speaker 2: the same vein the competitor he is easy. Yeah, we
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  Speaker 2: want to go win that game, we want to go
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  Speaker 2: avenge the loss. But the reality is this is a
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  Speaker 2: whole new year and and different set of circumstances obviously
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  Speaker 2: on the table, but obviously recognizing and respecting that this
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  Speaker 2: is a heck of an opponent.
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  Speaker 3: It's gonna be a great challenge.
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  Speaker 1: Next up is Texas safety Michael taff. He was asked
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  Speaker 1: where Jeremiah Smith ranks among all of the athletes that
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  Speaker 1: he's competed against over the years.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I can't even rank him yet because I got
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  Speaker 4: to play him again. But he man, what he does
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  Speaker 4: on that football field, it doesn't seem like a real
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  Speaker 4: humans doing that because he's just so unique. He's inspirational
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  Speaker 4: on all the talent and he's still only nineteen years old,
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  Speaker 4: and so it's gonna be really fun going against him
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  Speaker 4: because he's a freaking nature. I've watched a lot of
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  Speaker 4: his routes, almost all of them, dang near from last year,
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  Speaker 4: and seeing how he gets out in and out of break,
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  Speaker 4: seeing how he runs full speed, seeing how he stacks DB's,
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  Speaker 4: and then obviously the best thing about him in one
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  Speaker 4: of his attributes is going up and getting the football.
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  Speaker 4: So you can put three dbs on him, but if
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  Speaker 4: you give it up up in there, he's gonna go
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  Speaker 4: get it, which is really really cool.
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  Speaker 1: Now A quick one from linebacker Anthony Hill just about
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  Speaker 1: the chance to face Ohio State again after losing to
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  Speaker 1: the buck Eyes in the College Football Playoffs semi finals
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  Speaker 1: last year.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, it was a tough loss, but now his
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  Speaker 5: last season, we have a whole new team, so we
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  Speaker 5: just want to go out there and be one to
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  Speaker 5: know next year, and that's all we're going to focus on,
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  Speaker 5: just being one to o and then we're going to
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  Speaker 5: handle everything else when the time comes.
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  Speaker 1: Arch Manning was there at SEC media Days. He was
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  Speaker 1: not asked about the buck Eyes, so no Arch Manning here,
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  Speaker 1: but he was a topic of conversation. Arch of course,
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  Speaker 1: the new starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, taking over
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  Speaker 1: for Quinn viewers. Steve Sarcaushan was just asked about Manning
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  Speaker 1: taking over that starting role and what he's seen from
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  Speaker 1: his new starting quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I think that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, naturally for a player, especially like Arch. Arch
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  Speaker 2: is a great teammate and he's humble, he's got great
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  Speaker 2: work ethic, he's very relatable to the guys, and I
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  Speaker 2: felt like coming into this year and I think Arch
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  Speaker 2: would be the first one to tell you one of
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  Speaker 2: the more challenging things to do is when you're a
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  Speaker 2: great teammate and you're working hard, but you haven't been
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  Speaker 2: that frontline guy yet, is how do you take on
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  Speaker 2: that authoritative state when you haven't yet done it right?
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  Speaker 2: And what we've had to explain to him was you've
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  Speaker 2: earned it. You know, he's earned it. He's earned he's
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  Speaker 2: earned the respect of his teammates that way. So I
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  Speaker 2: think now more than ever there there hasn't been some
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  Speaker 2: you know, gigantic thing that he's had to do, but
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  Speaker 2: you feel his presence much more on a regular.
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  Speaker 3: Basis that way.
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  Speaker 2: But you feel it in a way where it's authentic
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  Speaker 2: to him and he's not trying to be something that
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  Speaker 2: he's not. And I think that that's probably the most
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  Speaker 2: key component in his growth.
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  Speaker 3: As we've been going through it.
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  Speaker 1: NIL, the House settlement, all that impact on recruiting. That's
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  Speaker 1: going to be a hot topic, I'm sure at college
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  Speaker 1: football media days across the country, including Big Ten media
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  Speaker 1: days next week. Texas is sort of in that same
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  Speaker 1: group with Ohio State, where they've maybe been a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more cautious to a certain degree, not throwing money
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  Speaker 1: around quite as much as the USC's of the world,
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  Speaker 1: at least in the early going. So Steve Sarcasian was asked,
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  Speaker 1: you know, with changes to NIL, how has his program
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  Speaker 1: handled things with regard to third party NIL deals under
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  Speaker 1: the new House settlement. I thought this was a really
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  Speaker 1: interesting answer.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that's unique because the changes are still
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  Speaker 2: going on, you know, and so we've tried to be
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  Speaker 2: forward thinking, you know. Naturally, what we've tried to do
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  Speaker 2: is submit as many third party NIL deals as we
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  Speaker 2: can to see what's getting passed and what is it.
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  Speaker 3: And we're starting to get some of those things back.
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  Speaker 2: And so the point being, I think it's a slippery
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  Speaker 2: slope when you rely upon third party NIL deals as
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  Speaker 2: part of a revenue share, as part of a publicity
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  Speaker 2: rights or as part of a contract with a player,
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  Speaker 2: because if those deals get denied, now that money is
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  Speaker 2: coming out of your cap. If you go over your cap,
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  Speaker 2: now me as the head coach, I get punished and
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to be suspended. They pay me pretty
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  Speaker 2: good money to stand on the sidelines and coach our guys,
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  Speaker 2: and so we have to be mindful of that. And
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  Speaker 2: so we're probably taking a little bit more of a
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  Speaker 2: conservative approach than maybe others, and that's okay. You know,
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  Speaker 2: everybody's going to attack this thing a little bit differently.
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  Speaker 2: But like I said, you know, we've got a really
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  Speaker 2: good roster today, and I think we're gonna have a
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  Speaker 2: really good roster the next year. And my goal is
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  Speaker 2: that we're going to continue to have really good rosters
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  Speaker 2: for years to come. And part of that is recruiting
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  Speaker 2: new players. Part of that is retaining the players that
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  Speaker 2: we do have. Part of that is recruiting players out
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  Speaker 2: of the portal. But to do that, we've got to
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  Speaker 2: be mindful of the resources that we have available and
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  Speaker 2: not overextend ourselves and to make promises and write and
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  Speaker 2: checks that can't be cashed.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, this is actually starks opening statement from his
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  Speaker 1: first portion. This is a separate interview than the one
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  Speaker 1: you saw earlier. This is when he was sort of
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  Speaker 1: up in front of the whole room, not in a
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  Speaker 1: breakout session, but just this is his opening statement where
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  Speaker 1: he just kind of goes through his overall thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: the team, the roster changes to know since last season,
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  Speaker 1: and I mean, I'm gonna be real honest, this is
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  Speaker 1: just kind of a laundry list of stuff. But it
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  Speaker 1: is kind of interesting because with Ohio State fans having
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  Speaker 1: some familiarity with Texas and that Texas roster, he does
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  Speaker 1: go through and talk pretty thoroughly about areas where they
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  Speaker 1: have guys back and names you're probably going to recognize,
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  Speaker 1: as well as where they brought some guys in through
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  Speaker 1: the transfer portal, and then areas where they have a
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  Speaker 1: lot of guys to replace that are probably going to
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  Speaker 1: be maybe somewhat areas of concern for the team this year.
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  Speaker 1: So again, it's a little bit of a long answer,
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  Speaker 1: but I think there's a lot of good information in
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  Speaker 1: here that you guys will probably enjoy.
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  Speaker 2: I do think we have a very hungry football team,
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  Speaker 2: one that is talented.
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  Speaker 3: I really like our roster.
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  Speaker 2: We've strung together now three really good recruiting classes of
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  Speaker 2: very talented people, but really good people that I think
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  Speaker 2: represent the University of Texas the right way. I really
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  Speaker 2: feel like we've navigated the portal well through three years,
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  Speaker 2: and this year was no different. I think we fill
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  Speaker 2: needs on our roster where players can have an impact
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  Speaker 2: on our team immediately, not just to fill roster spots,
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  Speaker 2: but I think this is a championship roster.
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  Speaker 3: Now we've got to play like a.
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  Speaker 2: Championship team, but I do think it's a championship roster.
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  Speaker 2: Starting on the defensive side of the ball, we brought
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  Speaker 2: Anthony Hill and Michael Taff with us today, both all
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  Speaker 2: American players for US, but it goes well beyond those two.
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  Speaker 2: We've got great depth on the defense side of the ball,
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  Speaker 2: Manny Muhammad, Colin Simmons, Mrod Watson, Trey Moore, Brad Spence,
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  Speaker 2: Ethan Burt, Travis Shaw, Cole Bervard, Jalen Gilbo, Jalani Jelani McDonald,
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  Speaker 2: Derek Williams, just to name a few, Leongo Lafal. So
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  Speaker 2: this is probably the deepest and most talented defense that
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  Speaker 2: we've had UH and we've made incremental growth on the
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  Speaker 2: defensive side of the ball now through four years, and
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna need to do that again. I think championships
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  Speaker 2: are won on the defensive side of the ball, and
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  Speaker 2: we've got a we've got a defensive football team that
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  Speaker 2: we're very excited about from a special team's perspective. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the one thing I love is that we've got all seniors.
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  Speaker 3: I've got a.
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  Speaker 2: Senior long snapper, a senior holder, senior punter, senior kicker,
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  Speaker 2: senior kickoff guy, and so the experiences that they've had
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  Speaker 2: and what they've been through I think is going to
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  Speaker 2: serve us well as this season goes on.
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  Speaker 3: So we're excited about that unit.
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  Speaker 2: And then obviously offensively is probably where we've had the
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  Speaker 2: most turnover. Got a new quarterback, Arch Manning. If you
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  Speaker 2: didn't know, he's replacing Quinn who had a great three
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  Speaker 2: years for us. But we're replacing a lot of offensive linemen,
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  Speaker 2: we're replacing receivers, tight ends.
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  Speaker 3: But that unit is really good.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're returning the leading rusher in the SEC
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  Speaker 2: and Trey Weisner, which some of you probably don't even
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  Speaker 2: know that, but bring that to your attention. We get
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  Speaker 2: Cedric Baxter back with the addition of Jared Gibson, who
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  Speaker 2: played a ton as a true freshman for US, to
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  Speaker 2: along with Christian Clark in that room.
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  Speaker 3: The receiving corps is one we're really excited about.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we've had receivers drafted in the first round
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  Speaker 2: in the last two years draft, but this group is
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  Speaker 2: really good. DeAndre Moore is kind of the leader of
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  Speaker 2: that group, who played a ton for us last year
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  Speaker 2: in the slot. Ryan Wingo was a true freshman last
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  Speaker 2: year who probably in a lot of other schools, probably
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  Speaker 2: had more opportunities, but when you had the room we had,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he was very efficient, had a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: catches and critical moments for us. We're excited about him.
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  Speaker 2: We brought in em At Moseley, a transfer from Stafford
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  Speaker 2: who had fifty catches there as a true freshman Stafford,
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  Speaker 2: who we're excited about to go along with a really
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  Speaker 2: good recruiting class and a group of young guys Parker
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  Speaker 2: Livingstone leading that charge of younger players in that room.
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  Speaker 2: And then at tight end we lost a really good
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  Speaker 2: player in Gunner Hilm. We brought in Jack Injuries from
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  Speaker 2: cal who was a great player there with an uptick
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  Speaker 2: of young players Jordan Washington, Spencer Shannon to go along
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  Speaker 2: with Lamar Winston and Nick Towns, and we're excited about
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  Speaker 2: that group. And on the offensive line, we're replacing four starters.
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  Speaker 2: DJ Camp will be in the one coming back, but
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  Speaker 2: Cole Hudson's played a ton of football for us. We
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  Speaker 2: found out a lot about Trevor Gooseby last year. He
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  Speaker 2: played in some big time games against some big time fronts.
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  Speaker 2: We're excited about him. But the beauty of when you
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  Speaker 2: have that group the way that we had it for
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  Speaker 2: the last few years, we had a chance to develop
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  Speaker 2: offensive lineman and that's one thing that you really love
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  Speaker 2: to do is develop those players throughout their time and
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  Speaker 2: not throw them into the fire. So we're really excited
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  Speaker 2: about that group and what they can do. Another continuity
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  Speaker 2: and quicker they can gel and grow together is going
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  Speaker 2: to be critical from a staff perspective. I think one
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  Speaker 2: of the keys for us is staff continuity. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we've had turnover it position coaches, but we've had the
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  Speaker 2: same offensive coordinator, the same defensive coordinator, same special teams coordinator,
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  Speaker 2: and same head coach now for five straight years, which
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  Speaker 2: I think has been big for us because we know
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  Speaker 2: our schedule is going to be really challenging. We've got
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  Speaker 2: road games out Ohio State, at Georgia, at Florida, at Kentucky,
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  Speaker 2: which are all going to be very difficult environments to
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  Speaker 2: play in, not to mention playing in the Red River
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  Speaker 2: rivalry in Dallas every year against Oklahoma, and then playing
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  Speaker 2: at home against a couple of traditional rivals again with
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  Speaker 2: Arkansas and A and M. So we'll be the most
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  Speaker 2: traveled team in the SEC this year, which is a
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  Speaker 2: great challenge for us.
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  Speaker 3: We're looking forward to it. Well.
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  Speaker 1: That is just sort of dipping a toe into what
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  Speaker 1: the College Football Media Days landscape looks like, sort of
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State focused end of the SEC media days.
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  Speaker 1: If you want more from SEC Media Days, the Saturday
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  Speaker 1: Glory YouTube channel that is sort of a partner of ours.
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  Speaker 1: That is, there's a ton of coverage. There are lots
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  Speaker 1: of interviews with players and coaches and SEC Commissioner Greg
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  Speaker 1: Sank and much much more. You can find that all
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  Speaker 1: on the Saturday Glory YouTube channel. We will have plenty
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  Speaker 1: of coverage from Big Ten Media Days there as well,
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  Speaker 1: but of course all the Ohio State coverage you have
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  Speaker 1: come to no inexpect Well, that'll all be on the
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  Speaker 1: Buckeye Huddle YouTube channel coming up next week. We will
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  Speaker 1: have plenty of coverage from Las Vegas about the buck Eys,
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  Speaker 1: with the buck Eys people talking about the buck Eyes,
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  Speaker 1: all that kind of fun stuff. We'll be out there
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  Speaker 1: for three days, going to get a chance to talk
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  Speaker 1: to everyone in the Big Ten, plus TV partners, plus officials,
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  Speaker 1: plus conference leadership, plus hopefully probably college football playoff leadership.
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  Speaker 1: We generally come away from those with an absolute boatload
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  Speaker 1: of information and all sorts of stuff that informs our
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  Speaker 1: views of college football for the coming year. So we
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  Speaker 1: will have plenty of coverage out there from Las Vegas
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  Speaker 1: all week long next week.
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  Speaker 5: That'll be at.
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  Speaker 1: YouTube dot com, slash Buckey Huddle, and of course at
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyhuddle dot com. Thank you guys all for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: Have a great day. We'll talk to you tomorrow.