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Ohio State Football: Are Starting Jobs About To Change For Buckeye Linemen? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Friday, September nineteenth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom Moore. The Washington game in eight days,
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  Speaker 1: this episode, you're going to hear directly from Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: head coach Ryan Day. He had a press conference earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the week, had a lot of interesting things to
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  Speaker 1: say on a whole bunch of topics. One thing, we'll
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  Speaker 1: just get knocked out real quickly. This was a very
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  Speaker 1: short answer, so I'm not going to make this a
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  Speaker 1: separate clip. He was asked about the status of tight
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  Speaker 1: end Bennett Christian, who sat out the Ohio University game.
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  Speaker 1: He was on the availability report as out to his
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  Speaker 1: status for the Washington game. He should be back full
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  Speaker 1: go for Washington. So there you go, one clip already down.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't even need to listen to it. So now
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  Speaker 1: let's get on to some of the stuff that Ryan
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  Speaker 1: Day had to say that was a little more interesting
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  Speaker 1: and detailed. How about this one after watching the film,
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  Speaker 1: what were the issues in the red zone against Ohio?
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  Speaker 2: Well, there was quite a few plays in the red zone.
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  Speaker 2: The first time we went down there, we had a
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  Speaker 2: power play that I feel like, you know, we got
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  Speaker 2: the right look that we were looking for.
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  Speaker 3: We didn't.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't execute that very well. And quite honestly, on
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  Speaker 2: the second one, on the third you know past there,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was a kind of a fifty to
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  Speaker 2: fifty ball and man the man. I thought the protection
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  Speaker 2: was good, but that's playing in the red zone.
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  Speaker 3: And then on the last.
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  Speaker 2: One, you know, they did a good job sort of
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  Speaker 2: matching in if you if you watch the play, you'll
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  Speaker 2: see c J kind of a league for free in
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  Speaker 2: the flat and if we can just keep our feet
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  Speaker 2: and keep our eyes up maybe maybe you know, we
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  Speaker 2: see him there. And then as we got into the
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  Speaker 2: red zone a couple other times we had a penalty,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, quite honestly that there was one where
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  Speaker 2: we wouldn't motion the guy over. So to me, I
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  Speaker 2: thought schematically we were in decent shape. You know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: critical of that. I just think we need to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that we're doing a better job as coaches emphasizing
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  Speaker 2: the details to make sure it's actuted better because ultimately
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  Speaker 2: it's always the coach's responsibility.
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  Speaker 1: Feels like three games in we have a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: sense for where everyone is going to fit in terms
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  Speaker 1: of the starting lineup. One place where it feels like
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  Speaker 1: there might be still a little bit of a question
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  Speaker 1: is it right guard taker? Shibola got pulled off the
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  Speaker 1: field a couple times after committing a couple of penalties,
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  Speaker 1: and Ethan Oneon was so it seemed like he filled
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  Speaker 1: in quite capably when Shabola was off the field. So
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  Speaker 1: is that something that's maybe getting closer to being an
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  Speaker 1: even battle or maybe even having oneon will take over
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  Speaker 1: as a starter.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I thought Tegret did some better things on Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: but he did have the two penalties. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: we want, you know, really high level of play from everybody,
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  Speaker 2: and it's good to have competition and know that you
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  Speaker 2: know there's there's guys that you know are fighting to
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  Speaker 2: get on the field. You know, Teker's played a lot
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  Speaker 2: of football around here. I do think he got better
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  Speaker 2: in this past game, but we all know what the
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  Speaker 2: expectation is, so we're going to keep pushing him to get.
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  Speaker 3: To that level.
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  Speaker 1: Another spot where there was a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: shuffle in the lineup was Taiwan Malone started on the
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  Speaker 1: interior the defensive line in place of Edrick Houston. So
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  Speaker 1: what went into that decision?
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  Speaker 2: As you saw, we rolled. We'll continue to roll guys.
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  Speaker 2: But I thought Taiwan took a step in the game.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he played well. He still has some things
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  Speaker 2: that I know Coach Johnson's working on to get him
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  Speaker 2: to play better, but he's done. He did some nice
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  Speaker 2: things in the game. I think he grated out so
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  Speaker 2: that that's big, as you know, we need that position,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to continue to build depth and play at
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  Speaker 2: a high level. So but you know, Ederck still played
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  Speaker 2: and Will still played, So we didn't have a ton
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  Speaker 2: of snaps on defense. We'll have a lot more here
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  Speaker 2: moving forward. So we're gonna need everybody.
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  Speaker 1: There are always pros and cons to when you have
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  Speaker 1: your off week, and the Buckeyes have two of them
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  Speaker 1: this week this season, just like everyone else in the
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  Speaker 1: country because of the way the schedule fall. So is
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  Speaker 1: this a good time for a week off that they
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  Speaker 1: can sort of look at their first three games, evaluate,
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  Speaker 1: make some changes before the head on the road, and
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  Speaker 1: then what's the what was the plan for this week,
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  Speaker 1: and then what's the plan for this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know when's a good time, bad time.
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  Speaker 2: But today, we'll practice today, Tomorrow and Thursday, take take
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  Speaker 2: Friday and Saturday off and then and then come back
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  Speaker 2: in Sunday, have our practice and do a normal game week.
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  Speaker 2: That's something that I think is important to make sure
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  Speaker 2: we still continually stay on that schedule. We're gonna work
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  Speaker 2: hard on fundamentals on the areas that we need to
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  Speaker 2: get better at. You know, we we know the next
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  Speaker 2: four games are going to be a challenge. This will
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  Speaker 2: be our first conference game here, this will be our
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  Speaker 2: first road game, and three of the next four will
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  Speaker 2: be conference road games. So you know, we have to prepare,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to go on the road and play really
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  Speaker 2: really good football. So we're going to look at the
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  Speaker 2: first three game, figure out the areas that we've done
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  Speaker 2: things well where we need to.
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  Speaker 3: Get better at, take a look at ourself, scout.
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  Speaker 2: Tendencies that you know the opponents will be looking at
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  Speaker 2: on our end, and then I do think it's good,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for these guys to get their legs back
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  Speaker 2: underneath them. August was a pretty physical month for us
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  Speaker 2: because we had to get ready in week one, So
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  Speaker 2: it's accommodation all those things.
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  Speaker 1: The offense, with new starting quarterback Julian Sane, has had
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  Speaker 1: a lot of success taking shots downfield. You've seen that
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  Speaker 1: a couple times this season and really the only complaint
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  Speaker 1: against Texas was they didn't take more. So with the
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  Speaker 1: success they've had taking shots downfield, does it get tempting
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  Speaker 1: to maybe do that more often.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I love taking shots more than anybody, but
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  Speaker 2: it's you know, it's not always there. Sometimes they're going
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  Speaker 2: to say, you know, we're going to take away the shots.
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  Speaker 2: So when they're there, you know, we'll be aggressive down
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  Speaker 2: the field. But that's why balance is so critical, identifying
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  Speaker 2: what a defense is doing and then being able to
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  Speaker 2: take advantage of that, and you know, more looking to
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  Speaker 2: establish that. You know, we're looking to establish how to
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  Speaker 2: you know, win the line of scrimmage, get the ball
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  Speaker 2: to our players in space, stretch the field horizontally and vertically,
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  Speaker 2: and you know you can't just you know, break the
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  Speaker 2: huddle and look to launch.
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  Speaker 3: It every play doesn't work that way.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of good coaches across the country and
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  Speaker 2: they know who some of our skill players are, so
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  Speaker 2: we work hard on trying to you know, find those
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  Speaker 2: situations and find creative ways to do that.
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  Speaker 3: I thought we did that a decent.
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  Speaker 2: Job of that with one of the play designs, the
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  Speaker 2: one in particular to Jeremiah, where we brought Carnell in
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  Speaker 2: the backfield. The safety spun so the middlefield safety kind
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  Speaker 2: of found himself towards the line of scrimmage, tried to
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  Speaker 2: fight his way to get back. Brandon caught his attention
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  Speaker 2: and we got behind him on that play. I thought
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  Speaker 2: the route to Carnell, you know, was was well executed.
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  Speaker 2: It was a really good route. We got the look
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  Speaker 2: we were looking for, so you don't always get that,
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  Speaker 2: you know. And I think it's important for the quarterbacks
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  Speaker 2: to understand when we are trying to call a shot
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  Speaker 2: if it's there, because there's a lot of other shots
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  Speaker 2: that were called that you know, they were in a
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  Speaker 2: shell and you know you got to check the ball
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  Speaker 2: down and that's where you know, we'll keep calling shots.
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  Speaker 2: If Julian or if Lincoln's in there can say, hey,
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  Speaker 2: if it's there, we're.
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  Speaker 3: Going to take it. If not, we're going to take
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  Speaker 3: the underneath stuff.
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  Speaker 2: And we called the shot and it was a check
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  Speaker 2: down to Bo Jackson for eleven yards.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, that's good football right there.
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  Speaker 2: So we do have the speed to stretch it vertically,
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  Speaker 2: and we can do that and make good decisions to
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  Speaker 2: stay on schedule, then then we've got a chance. So
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  Speaker 2: but at the end of the day, the balance is
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  Speaker 2: what we're looking for to identify what a defense is
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  Speaker 2: doing and then how we take advantage of that.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that has sort of changed in
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  Speaker 1: college football is the length of the season over the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of years. Last year, the Buckeyes played sixteen games.
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  Speaker 1: They could play as many as sixteen or even seventeen
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  Speaker 1: this year depending on how things go. So you have
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  Speaker 1: this week off, Now, what is the challenge of keeping
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  Speaker 1: guys fresh through that very long season that's potentially four
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  Speaker 1: games longer than the season used to be. With also
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  Speaker 1: balancing that with trying to get guys prepared. You get
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  Speaker 1: the cross country trip coming up next week, got to
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  Speaker 1: get guys practice reps. What kind of a challenge is
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  Speaker 1: that to balance all of those different factors.
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  Speaker 3: I think it all adds up.
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  Speaker 2: I think everything matters, and to your point, you know
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  Speaker 2: how you handle these things. And we looked very closely
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  Speaker 2: at last year. Mick and I went through it yesterday
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  Speaker 2: through every single day over the last or over these
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  Speaker 2: two weeks last year, during this week, what we did
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  Speaker 2: on each day, how much in terms of total yards,
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  Speaker 2: high speed yards, the workload, where we were coming into
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  Speaker 2: it at this point last year, where we were at
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  Speaker 2: this point, where we are at this point this year,
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  Speaker 2: and then individually some of the guys as well, and
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  Speaker 2: so you know, that's the science of it. And then
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  Speaker 2: there's also just the coach and the common sense and
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  Speaker 2: just to see your team and what you need and
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  Speaker 2: where you feel like you're going, what the schedule looks
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  Speaker 2: like moving forward, the opponents, the travel. So we take
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  Speaker 2: all those things into consideration and want to make sure
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  Speaker 2: we have a fresh team. That's why I think when
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  Speaker 2: you look at you know how hard we practiced in August.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the Texas game early on, I think it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be good here to get some good work in,
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  Speaker 2: but also have some of these days where you can
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  Speaker 2: get off their feet and be ready to go for
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  Speaker 2: a great four game run here.
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  Speaker 1: One of the very popular topics among Ohio State fans
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  Speaker 1: on the internet and in person, is Bo Jackson the
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  Speaker 1: true freshman running back start of the year as running
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  Speaker 1: back three. Feels like he's worked his way somewhere into
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  Speaker 1: the rotation of three guys at the very least. You've
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  Speaker 1: certainly seen plenty of explosiveness from him through his first
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  Speaker 1: couple of games as a buck Eye. So obviously just
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  Speaker 1: a true freshman. So what kind of a role could
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  Speaker 1: Bo Jackson have this season?
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  Speaker 2: We were just talking about that, and is that offensive staff.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't take a veteran coach to recognize talent when
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  Speaker 2: you see it, and Bo has talent, and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to keep bringing him along. It's a long season, and
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  Speaker 2: so you know, we're going to continue to give him
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  Speaker 2: the opportunities to prove that we can try him with.
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  Speaker 3: The ball in his hands. So far he's done that.
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  Speaker 2: You can see his vision, you can see his ability
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  Speaker 2: to catch the ball.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's got a lot of different skills.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to keep bringing him along and the more
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  Speaker 2: he can take, the more we're going to give him.
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  Speaker 2: But but I also think there's, just like any other position,
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  Speaker 2: there's a way you bring guys along. And the number
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  Speaker 2: one thing is is ball security taking care of that football,
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  Speaker 2: and then there's pass protection, and then there's you know,
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  Speaker 2: all those things. And he sees checked these boxes. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's he's doing a nice job. So we're gonna need
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  Speaker 2: everybody in that room. I think they're a little bit different,
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  Speaker 2: which is unique. So it's our job to put them
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  Speaker 2: in a situation to be successful. But he's gonna get
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  Speaker 2: plenty of carries this year, all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, And this last one, I'm not even gonna tell
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  Speaker 1: you the question. I'm just gonna let the question play
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  Speaker 1: out because Ryan Day has a great reaction in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the question, and if you're just listening on
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  Speaker 1: the podcast and not watching on YouTube, he kind of
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  Speaker 1: knocks on the wooden podium and kind of has this
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  Speaker 1: really kind of over the top rear action as the
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  Speaker 1: question is asked.
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  Speaker 4: Last question, Joe Boer, Right, when you have taken this
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  Speaker 4: those downfield shots with Julian he hasn't missed in any
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  Speaker 4: of those options on the god, what has he done
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  Speaker 4: well to be accurate in those situations?
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  Speaker 2: Well, he you know, first off, you have to trust
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  Speaker 2: your footwork, and I think that is important when you're
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  Speaker 2: when you're dealing with certain throws, you have to understand
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  Speaker 2: that there's a there's a footwork that comes with it.
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  Speaker 2: Especially when we're launching the ball so far down the field,
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  Speaker 2: there's a timing. And when you look at guys like
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  Speaker 2: Carnal and Jeremiah and some of the receivers we have,
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  Speaker 2: they can cover, you know, such you know, so much
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  Speaker 2: distance in a short period of time. I think he
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  Speaker 2: does a nice job with the trajectory of the ball
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  Speaker 2: because the more trajectory you have in a ball, the
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  Speaker 2: more marginal error you have.
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  Speaker 3: So actually the first goal ball to Jeremiah, we.
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  Speaker 2: Usually like to throw that about forty two yards what
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  Speaker 2: we call him the red line, which is an imaginary line.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you know, four yards from the boundary, and
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  Speaker 2: you know on the red line, you know when you
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  Speaker 2: you know, throw that ball's it's the wide receiver's job
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  Speaker 2: to make sure he's shielding off the defender and catching
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  Speaker 2: over his outside shoulder. When you throw the ball with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of air, you have the ability to maybe
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  Speaker 2: come back for it and things like that. So I
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  Speaker 2: think that was well done on the two post rows.
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  Speaker 2: I thought both guys set angles set on those angles
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  Speaker 2: and he found the angle. But I think when you
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  Speaker 2: have such you know, you know fast guys, you have
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  Speaker 2: to be able to get that ball out there, and
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  Speaker 2: you've got to put a lot of height on it
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  Speaker 2: and let them adjust to it. And even the one
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  Speaker 2: to Jeremiah, like when you put that ball in the
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  Speaker 2: air for him and he jumps up and he's so
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  Speaker 2: big and strong he can kind of shield the defender
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  Speaker 2: with his body, which is what he did. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like the one to Carnal, he kind of dropped that
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  Speaker 2: one right in the basket. But a big part of
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  Speaker 2: it is your footwork, because when you're throwing it that far,
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  Speaker 2: you know, think about when you're throwing the ball from
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  Speaker 2: one hash mark all the way to the red line.
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  Speaker 2: Let's just say it's forty two yards. We also have
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  Speaker 2: to take the distance of where it is on the field.
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  Speaker 2: So you may be throwing a sixty yard ball with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of air, and that takes everything you have.
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  Speaker 3: So you have to have your feet in the ground
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  Speaker 3: to throw those balls.
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  Speaker 2: And a big part of that is how your footwork is,
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  Speaker 2: where you're hitching, how you're hitching, and that certainly helps.
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  Speaker 2: And then the last part is you never want to
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  Speaker 2: be late. If you're late throwing the ball down the field,
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  Speaker 2: you know it's going to be it's going to be different.
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  Speaker 2: The other thing I would say, too, is when you're
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  Speaker 2: throwing a deep ball into the boundary as opposed to
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  Speaker 2: the field, they're two different throws because the one of
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  Speaker 2: the boundary is a lot closer than the one of
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  Speaker 2: the field. So there's a lot of things to take
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  Speaker 2: into consideration. We spend a lot of time talking about them,
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  Speaker 2: working them and making sure that we're on point because
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  Speaker 2: we always say around here, when you take your shots,
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  Speaker 2: we've got to hit them, and that separates, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the success of an offense. We try to be north
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  Speaker 2: of fifty to fifty on deep balls, but we take them.
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  Speaker 2: We got to hit them, all right. Well, that'll do
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  Speaker 2: it for today. We're going to have more of these
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  Speaker 2: shows coming up the next couple of days. Defensive coordinator
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  Speaker 2: Matt Patricia offensive coordinator Brian Hartline. You're gonna get to
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  Speaker 2: hear from both of those guys, because we got a
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  Speaker 2: little chance to hear from them quite a bit this week.
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  Speaker 2: They both had some really interesting stuff to say, So
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna to hear those in the coming days. But
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  Speaker 2: we're going to have a whole bunch of content coming
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  Speaker 2: for you over the next week as we count down
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  Speaker 2: to that Washington game, that trip coming up next week.
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  Speaker 2: We will be out there on the ground all day
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  Speaker 2: Friday and then of course all day Saturday for that game.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm gonna have lots of content coming for you
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  Speaker 2: around the campus of the University of Washington, around the
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  Speaker 2: city of Seattle, and of course around Husky Stadium as
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  Speaker 2: the Buckeyes and Dogs get ready to kick off next Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: three point thirty pm on CBS. Really looking forward to
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  Speaker 2: that trip, really looking forward to that game, and really
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  Speaker 1: That'll do it for today. Thank you guys all for
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: joining us. Have a great day. We will talk to
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: you tomorrow
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: At