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BONUS: Julian Sayin Showing Major Growth In Year Two · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, we have another bonus show for you. And
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  Speaker 1: this one, you're going to get to hear a little
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  Speaker 1: bit from Julian Sayen, Ohio State's Heisman contender quarterback. Finished
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  Speaker 1: the first game of the regular season 21 of 25
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  Speaker 1: for 320 yards, three touchdowns, zero interceptions. And maybe most impressively,
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  Speaker 1: of the four incompletions he threw, two of them were
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  Speaker 1: on the first two passes he threw on that opening drive.
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  Speaker 1: He had an incompletion to Jeremiah Smith on second down,
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  Speaker 1: an incompletion to Devin McEwen on third down. After that,
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  Speaker 1: he was 21 of 23 for 320 yards, three touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: no interceptions, a little north of 90% completions once he
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  Speaker 1: got kind of into the swing of things on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: So pretty good start to the season for Julian Sane.
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  Speaker 1: And that start came with a long touchdown on that
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  Speaker 1: second drive, long touchdown pass to Jeremiah Smith. What did
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  Speaker 1: Julian Sane see on that play that made him let
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  Speaker 1: it go?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he had leverage on him, and I felt like
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  Speaker 2: he was kind of flat-footed, and we were going to
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  Speaker 2: be able to run by him. Jeremiah made a great
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  Speaker 2: catch and ran a great route. The offensive line did
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  Speaker 2: a great job in protection, so it was fun to
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  Speaker 2: see all 11 kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of make that play happen. You knew coming into the
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  Speaker 1: season that Jeremiah Smith was going to be a sure-shot
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  Speaker 1: number one wide receiver for Ohio State. He has been
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  Speaker 1: for two years already. That's not a big surprise that, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he is wide receiver one this year. The big question
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  Speaker 1: this year was, okay, who else is going to be
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  Speaker 1: among the starting wide receivers who could be the second
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver target he's looking for. Cause Cardinal Tate no
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  Speaker 1: longer plays for the Buckeyes. He is off to the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: So who was going to replace Cardinal Tate as one
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  Speaker 1: of those other outside receivers? And the answer seems like
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  Speaker 1: it's Devin McEwen, six catches, 97 yards and a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: What's the chemistry like between Julian saying and Devin McEwen?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just continuing to grow. Um, You know,
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  Speaker 2: we've been building it a lot this offseason and through camp. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think he creates a lot of confidence,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of trust in, you know, the whole offense
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  Speaker 2: as a unit. And we know he's going to be
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  Speaker 2: in the right spot and make him plays. I think
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  Speaker 2: he did some good things today. And, you know, it
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  Speaker 2: was awesome to see him, you know, score a touchdown
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  Speaker 2: and make some really big catches down the stretch. And
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  Speaker 2: so I think he had a really good day.
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  Speaker 1: Felt like everyone got asked about Legend Bay on Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: and with good reason. He had six catches, six rushes
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  Speaker 1: for 37 yards, two catches for 37 yards receiving, but
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  Speaker 1: an electric touchdown reception as well. What is it like
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  Speaker 1: throwing to Legend Bay?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's obviously electric with the ball in his hands.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that touchdown pass that he had was fun
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  Speaker 2: to watch. And, you know, he's only going to continue
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  Speaker 2: to get better and continue to learn. So it was
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  Speaker 2: fun to see him play today.
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  Speaker 1: This is the second season for Julian Sane and Jeremiah
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  Speaker 1: Smith to be starting. Is their connection maybe a little
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  Speaker 1: bit stronger this year now that they have a year
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  Speaker 1: under their belts? Definitely.
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  Speaker 2: I think we worked on a lot this offseason and
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  Speaker 2: continue to prove it. I think you saw on the
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  Speaker 2: second touchdown today, we kind of knew what each other
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  Speaker 2: was thinking to kind of go back shoulder like that.
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  Speaker 2: We're just going to continue to grow that.
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  Speaker 1: Week one, not a lot of drama there. The Buckeyes
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  Speaker 1: were 50 points favorites and they covered that spread. 56-3
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  Speaker 1: was the final score there. So now things get a
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  Speaker 1: little more interesting, a little more difficult. They have the
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  Speaker 1: Texas Longhorns on deck. How's Julian saying feeling about the offense,
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  Speaker 1: knowing that that's where they're headed next?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a fun game today. We did some
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  Speaker 2: good things offensively. But like Coach always says, the issues
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  Speaker 2: are always going to be there. So we got to
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  Speaker 2: get on the film and see what we made mistakes
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  Speaker 2: on and see what we can get better at. Because
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  Speaker 2: obviously a big matchup going next week and we're fired
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  Speaker 2: up about it.
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  Speaker 1: One of the big storylines this offseason was Julian Sane,
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  Speaker 1: and boy, he really needs to run more. And that
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  Speaker 1: was something that Ryan Day kind of talked about at
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  Speaker 1: one point. And Julian Sane put a lot of work
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  Speaker 1: in in the weight room to make sure he was
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  Speaker 1: ready to take the physical toll that that's probably going
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  Speaker 1: to take as you're running the ball a little bit
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  Speaker 1: and taking the few more hits as a result of that.
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  Speaker 1: And then on Saturday, boom, first rushing touchdown of his career.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't get touched on that one. You're going to
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  Speaker 1: get hit at some point, but always nice to... be
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  Speaker 1: able to score that first touchdown without getting hit. So
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  Speaker 1: what did he see on that play that led him
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  Speaker 1: to take off to score?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they ended up playing a zone where we weren't
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  Speaker 2: really going to have much open. So, you know, go
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  Speaker 2: take off, pick up with your legs. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: offensive line did a good job of protection where I
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  Speaker 2: was able to have time to do that.
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  Speaker 1: Julian Sayen is a returning starter for Ohio State at quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: but his offensive coordinator, that is a new face this year,
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  Speaker 1: Arthur Smith. So what was it like in game one
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  Speaker 1: working with him? How did that go?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think our communication was very clean, and it
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  Speaker 2: was super smooth in terms of communication. It was fun
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  Speaker 2: today to have him on the sidelines. It's kind of
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  Speaker 2: a different experience than I've had the past two years.
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  Speaker 2: We're usually play callers in the booth, so it was
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  Speaker 2: a different experience today, but it was a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 2: Just continuing to grow our relationship has been awesome.
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  Speaker 1: This is a little bit of a different situation for
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  Speaker 1: Julian saying going into the Texas game last year, not
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  Speaker 1: only was he a first time starter, he was also,
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  Speaker 1: that was his first game. He did not have one
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  Speaker 1: game to sort of get a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: warmup in against the lower level team before going to pay,
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  Speaker 1: take on the Texas Longhorn. So now they've gotten their
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  Speaker 1: warmup game in. Now they've got Texas week two. Is
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  Speaker 1: there a difference there in terms of how you prepare
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  Speaker 1: and how you feel going into that game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, all summer, you know, this,
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  Speaker 2: this is the one you're thinking about. Um, You know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you know, we had this big time matchup
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  Speaker 2: coming up in week two. And it was I think
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  Speaker 2: it was nice. You know, we had a we have
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  Speaker 2: a veteran group. It was nice to kind of have
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  Speaker 2: a game to get our feet back and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: get back into the and, you know, like kind of
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  Speaker 2: the swing of things. But, you know, it's it's full
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  Speaker 2: throttle on to on to Texas. And, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: can't wait for the matchup.
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  Speaker 1: Felt like there were several wow plays for Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday. Bo Jackson's touchdown broke some tackles. Long run,
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  Speaker 1: some really good downfield blocking. Jacoby Jackson had a really
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  Speaker 1: nice touchdown run. And, of course, Legend Bay's touchdown reception.
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith's touchdown reception. There was a couple that really
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  Speaker 1: were kind of wow plays. Are those plays where even
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  Speaker 1: the other guys in the field, like Julian Sane, really
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  Speaker 1: just find themselves saying wow?
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  Speaker 2: You know what? I think a lot of those, I
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  Speaker 2: think both the one Bo had and the one Jacoby had,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I hand it off and carry out my fake. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'm kind of peeking around, see what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm like, oh, all right, he's getting tackled for 10. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: he splits it, you know. So it's awesome to see.
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  Speaker 2: And it gets, I know it gets me fired up
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  Speaker 2: and it gets the opposite line fired up. And so
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  Speaker 2: I think they did a great job today. Legend did
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  Speaker 2: some great things today. I mean, that touchdown pass he
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  Speaker 2: had was, I mean, awesome. The one he scored on,
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  Speaker 2: it was awesome. He made a couple guys miss and
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  Speaker 2: took up the distance, so it was cool.
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  Speaker 1: And then we're going to let you finish up here
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  Speaker 1: with a couple other guys talking about Legend Bay. First
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  Speaker 1: one is Jacoby Jackson. He had a nice day on
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  Speaker 1: his own, but he is a veteran. He knows what
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  Speaker 1: a truly talented, true freshman Legend Bay is. What does
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  Speaker 1: Legend Bay bring to this team that no one else
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  Speaker 1: on the roster can do?
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  Speaker 3: Like Coach said, he's like a lightning in a bottle.
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  Speaker 3: Anytime you get the ball, on the air or anything,
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  Speaker 3: he can go. juke three defenders and go straight to
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  Speaker 3: the crib, to the touchdown. So I'm kind of saying
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  Speaker 3: like very explosive for his size and his age right now.
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  Speaker 3: And hope he just continues to grow and get better.
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  Speaker 1: And then Jacoby Jackson asked also about what he's seen from,
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  Speaker 1: from Legend Bay over the last few months. Cause that
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  Speaker 1: was really the Ohio State fan base's first chance to
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  Speaker 1: see Legend Bay on Saturday, but it's kind of old
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  Speaker 1: hat you would think. for the veterans and the other
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  Speaker 1: members of the team. You see him in practice, but,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in practice, usually when you see guys do
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  Speaker 1: something amazing, you hear guys kind of hooting and hollering
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  Speaker 1: if someone does something remarkable. So how often does that
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  Speaker 1: happen with the guys and Legend Bay?
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  Speaker 3: You have those all the time, you know. I think
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  Speaker 3: that's just kind of his game. If you don't hear
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  Speaker 3: a lot of hooting and hollering when he's running the ball,
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  Speaker 3: then I don't think he's not himself at that moment
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  Speaker 3: because he's going to make a lot of people hooting
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  Speaker 3: and hollering when he runs the ball.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, we're going to go to the defensive side
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  Speaker 1: of the ball, let you hear a little bit from
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  Speaker 1: TJ Alford, the linebacker. Had a whole separate show with
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  Speaker 1: him this week already. But if you are looking at
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  Speaker 1: Legend Bay on Saturday, juking guys out of their shoes
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  Speaker 1: and whatever other garments you've juked them out of, how
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  Speaker 1: happy is someone like TJ Alford to see Legend Bay
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  Speaker 1: doing that to someone else's defense for a change after
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  Speaker 1: having to go up against him in practice for the
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  Speaker 1: last month?
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  Speaker 3: You know, Legend Bay has been special since spring ball,
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  Speaker 3: since it came in.
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  Speaker 1: Making guys miss and things like that. So to see
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  Speaker 1: him doing that against another defense is great. He's a
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  Speaker 1: young guy. He's going to be a big player for us.
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