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Ohio State Transfer Portal: Will The Buckeyes Have To Face Any Former Teammates? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to buck Eyes tomorrow morning for Friday, January ninth.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Tom Or the ball State game in
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  Speaker 1: have been doing an absolute tsunami of shows of Hey,
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  Speaker 1: here's guys who are leaving Ohio State. Hey, here's guys
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  Speaker 1: who are visiting Ohio State from other schools that might
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  Speaker 1: end up being transfer portal additions. Hey, here are guys
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  Speaker 1: who are committing to Ohio State. So we're going to
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  Speaker 1: do a real quick show just to give you an
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  Speaker 1: update on some of the guys who are leaving Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State and where they have ended up deciding to go.
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  Speaker 1: I was trying to count up how many guys have
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  Speaker 1: left and just ended up throwing up my hands because
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  Speaker 1: it's a bunch. But six of them have already found
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  Speaker 1: new homes in some including some of the highest profile
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  Speaker 1: members of the class. Uh Speaking of high profile members
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  Speaker 1: of the class, Tony Gardaman joins me from bucke huddle
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  Speaker 1: dot com. It was nice ish, it wasn't It wasn't
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  Speaker 1: derogatory certainly, So uh so you should you should go
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  Speaker 1: ahead and accept that, Tony, And uh so we're going
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  Speaker 1: to start on the offensive side of the ball. Lincoln Keenhols.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I all season thought, well, this is someone
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  Speaker 1: who's absolutely going to go end up at Iowa or
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  Speaker 1: Wisconsin or Minnesota or Nebraska and just absolutely kill it
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  Speaker 1: at a former Big Ten West school. And Nope, I took.
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  Speaker 1: I took a lot of swings there and I did
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  Speaker 1: not pick the correct spot. But I do think where
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  Speaker 1: he ended up, he's probably gonna do quite well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with that. I'm when I saw that
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  Speaker 2: he landed at Louisville. That was very intriguing to me,
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  Speaker 2: being there with Jeff Brohm, a noted quarterback guru and
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  Speaker 2: a guy that will let his quarterbacks throw the ball
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  Speaker 2: no moss this past year through the ball over thirty
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  Speaker 2: times a game. I think it's safe to say that
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  Speaker 2: Lincoln Kenots will probably throw the ball more in the
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  Speaker 2: regular season than Julian Sane should he win the job.
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  Speaker 2: But then you also have the running aspect of it.
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  Speaker 2: So I think there's a pretty good chance here for
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  Speaker 2: Lincoln Keynot's put up some pretty good numbers in his
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  Speaker 2: first year at Louisville, and I know they've continued to
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  Speaker 2: continue to add help around him as well. They've brought
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  Speaker 2: in some players from Kentucky and some other players I
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  Speaker 2: know Miami defensive lineman. I think they're trying to get
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  Speaker 2: him some receivers, and they brought in Marquise Davis are
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  Speaker 2: running back from Missouri from originally from I believe Cincinnati area,
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  Speaker 2: certainly from the state of Ohio. So they're working around
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  Speaker 2: him as well, which he has to love.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you would sort of expect that it would
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  Speaker 1: be a little bit self selecting where if you're going
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  Speaker 1: to take the portal seriously enough to bring in someone
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  Speaker 1: who was as high profile or recruit as Lincoln Keenhlson,
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  Speaker 1: who was playing it as a high profile a place
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  Speaker 1: as Lincoln keen Holes, you're probably one of the schools
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be investing pretty heavily. They certainly are, So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's Lincoln Keyholes off to Louisville in the ACC someone
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  Speaker 1: staying in the Big Ten Ohio State former Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: running back James Peoples. He was someone who you know
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  Speaker 1: sometimes you look at these guys and it's like, boy,
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  Speaker 1: how what conference are you going to have to drop to?
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  Speaker 1: Are you gonna be in the Sun Belt? Are you
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  Speaker 1: going to be in the Conference USA? You're gonna be
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  Speaker 1: in the Gateway Conference? Like where where are you going
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  Speaker 1: to land? James Peoples was one of those guys you
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  Speaker 1: knew he was going to find a good spot, and
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  Speaker 1: he did find a very good spot, going to play
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  Speaker 1: for Matt Campbell and the Penn State Nittney Allons. But
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  Speaker 1: not on the schedule next year for the Buckeyes. So
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  Speaker 1: unless they face off in the in the Indianapolis, in
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  Speaker 1: the Big Ten Championship game, or in the College Football Playoff,
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  Speaker 1: there will probably not be a reunion with James Peoples.
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  Speaker 1: But another guy where Man, this feels like a great
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  Speaker 1: landing spot for him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. New backfield for Penn State looking like and I'm
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  Speaker 2: with you, because they lose k Tron Allen, they lose
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  Speaker 2: Nicholas Singleton. Looking at the returning running back production Quentin
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  Speaker 2: Martin rushed for one hundred and three yards as a
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  Speaker 2: freshman this year, another freshman rush for thirty yards, sophomore
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  Speaker 2: rush for twenty three. There's there's not a lot there
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  Speaker 2: and so he could step in immediately and be the
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  Speaker 2: marquee running back at the Marquee place. And so this
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  Speaker 2: feels like a big win for Penn State. And I
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  Speaker 2: do wonder how the fans, the Penn State fans feel
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  Speaker 2: about it, because they need bodies and he's a darn
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  Speaker 2: good one. So it'll be interesting to see how he
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  Speaker 2: does there, presumably as the number one option, which is
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  Speaker 2: something that he's been looking forward to.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I would imagine at this point that it is
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  Speaker 1: going to be such a just an absolute sea change
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  Speaker 1: there where Matt Campbell's brought in I think something like
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  Speaker 1: north of fifteen Iowa State transfers, and so it is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a very very different look to that
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  Speaker 1: Penn State team. And considering how this Penn State season went,
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  Speaker 1: I think new is probably going to be welcome in
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  Speaker 1: Happy Valley after with an entirely almost entirely new coaching
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  Speaker 1: staff and a largely new roster there as well. One
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  Speaker 1: o the name on the offensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah Kma who was a true freshman offensive lineman who
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  Speaker 1: played sort of some we saw him every once in
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  Speaker 1: a while, sort of with the third string playing center.
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  Speaker 1: He is transferring to Utah. So now those are the
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  Speaker 1: three guys on the offensive side of the ball who
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  Speaker 1: have have found their landing spots. There's a gonna be
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  Speaker 1: a familiar face, familiar name. C J. Hicks, a guy
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  Speaker 1: who've talked about a bunch over the years. He went
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  Speaker 1: in the portal and you wondered, Okay, where is he
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  Speaker 1: going to go to Cincinnati? Is he going to stay
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  Speaker 1: somewhere in the state, you know? And well, he's he's
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  Speaker 1: going to stay somewhere where there's going to be some
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  Speaker 1: some familiar faces.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he will be joining Brian Hartline USF. And this
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  Speaker 2: one is interesting because you assume, without looking at the roster,
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  Speaker 2: knowing much about USF, wherever he was going to land up,
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  Speaker 2: it was going to be somewhere the coach is going
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  Speaker 2: to be like, yes, you will play, just come on down,
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  Speaker 2: you will play. And there's at least some familiarity for
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  Speaker 2: both Brian Hartline and c. J. Hicks, and Brian Harline
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  Speaker 2: can vouch for CJ. Hicks. And you know, as I
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  Speaker 2: just scanned through the USF Tackle for Lost Leaders, lots
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  Speaker 2: of seniors on that list, and so certainly an ability
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  Speaker 2: and an opportunity for some playing time and really and
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  Speaker 2: a step down in competition for CJ. Hicks could be
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  Speaker 2: the difference between excelling and not seeing the field. And
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  Speaker 2: so I think this is an exciting move for him.
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  Speaker 2: Nice weather fresh start, which I think is also a key,
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  Speaker 2: but playing one level down in terms of just the
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  Speaker 2: day to day week Saturday to Saturday grind. I think
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  Speaker 2: it'll be interesting to see what he does there and
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  Speaker 2: see if all of that athleticism and speed finally takes
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  Speaker 2: hold in year two of being a defensive end.
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  Speaker 1: And I think the other thing that's really encouraging from
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  Speaker 1: his end is you're going to a place where the
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  Speaker 1: coach has seen you in practice every day for your
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  Speaker 1: whole career. So not going to be a real mystery
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  Speaker 1: to Brian Hartline what he's getting. He knows exactly who
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  Speaker 1: he's getting, and he's saying, yes, please come for me.
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  Speaker 1: So that's probably a pretty good indication that CJ. Hicks
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  Speaker 1: is going to have a real good opportunity at USF.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's another person that Ohio State fans are
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  Speaker 1: going to find it very easy to root for next season. CJ.
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  Speaker 1: Hicks playing with the USF Bowls On Wednesday, no Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: Thursday morning, Ohio State landed ay transfer from Wisconsin linebacker
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  Speaker 1: Christian Allegro. Why am I mentioning that, Well, basically the
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  Speaker 1: conclusion of a trade the player to be named later
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  Speaker 1: in the Bryce West to Wisconsin trade. The defensive back
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  Speaker 1: Bryce West went in the portal. I think it was
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of a surprise because he felt like
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  Speaker 1: someone who might be able to earn a a bigger
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  Speaker 1: role this upcoming season. But man, this is a Wisconsin
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  Speaker 1: team where they ended up hanging on to Luke Fickel
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  Speaker 1: and said, look, we're going to give you if they're
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  Speaker 1: going to try and do the Lincoln Riley thing, where
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  Speaker 1: all right, we're going to give you the resources you
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  Speaker 1: need to compete. And Bryce West feels like that would
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  Speaker 1: be a real, real potential improvement for Wisconsin secondary that
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  Speaker 1: was a little leaky at times in twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and Bryce West playing in the Nickel at Ohio
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  Speaker 2: State and that was the hope that would be that
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  Speaker 2: he would be the guy there next year or compete
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  Speaker 2: for the guy to be the guy there this year
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  Speaker 2: next year. But when we did see him a little
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  Speaker 2: bit in camp at outside corner, I thought he played
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  Speaker 2: very very well, and I sort of assume that's what
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  Speaker 2: he wants to do at Wisconsin and have that ability
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  Speaker 2: to be a starting outside corner. That's what all corners
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  Speaker 2: want to be. They don't necessarily want to be relegated
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  Speaker 2: to nicol and things like that. And so can he
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  Speaker 2: go there, can he win a job? Can he be
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  Speaker 2: the guy as that number one corner? And they just
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  Speaker 2: they they had two senior corners this year. I assume
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  Speaker 2: presume they're both gone if they're seniors. And so again
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  Speaker 2: there's that opportunity where this is one of these deals
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  Speaker 2: where not only do you have the agent looking for
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  Speaker 2: landing places, but you also have the schools that need
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  Speaker 2: players saying, yeah, we need to go find a corner. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: there's there's some immediately into the portal from Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: Let's let's make that connection. And you know, there's there's
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  Speaker 2: familiarity between Glenville and Wisconsin as well. That's been a
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  Speaker 2: place that the former Glenville players have gone before, of
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  Speaker 2: which Bryce West is now the latest. Supremely athletic and
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  Speaker 2: also versatile, played all over the secondary in high school,
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  Speaker 2: and they'll see what they can do with them at Wisconsin.
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  Speaker 2: I assume he's going to get outside corner first, look.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I would. I would assume that's where he's going
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  Speaker 1: to start. And I would imagine that might be someone
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  Speaker 1: who popped up when they were watching film in preparation
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  Speaker 1: for this past season's Ohio State Wisconsin game. You probably
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  Speaker 1: saw a little bit of Bryce West on film there.
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  Speaker 1: I think he may have played some in that game
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  Speaker 1: up there as well. So you know, again got a
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  Speaker 1: good look for look at him and liked what you saw.
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  Speaker 1: And so there you go. That is where Bryce West
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  Speaker 1: is headed. We're going to wrap it up with special teams.
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  Speaker 1: Nick McLarty, internet legend Australian punter once again a trade.
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  Speaker 1: It's funny how these these sort of position and school
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  Speaker 1: matches are sort of coming up. Ohio State got John
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  Speaker 1: Ferlman their long snapper for the last few years. They
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  Speaker 1: got him from Arizona State, and now they are sending
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  Speaker 1: a special teamer back to Arizona State. Nick McLarty headed
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  Speaker 1: down to Tempei.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, punting in the dry air only one point this
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  Speaker 2: past season, two points as a true freshman, so they'll
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  Speaker 2: have three years eligibility with Arizona. Stage just never never
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  Speaker 2: worked out, never gained the consistency that they wanted. And
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  Speaker 2: it's interesting because Tom, I'm sure you remember, like what
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  Speaker 2: a week before the first game of twenty twenty four,
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  Speaker 2: Ryan Day said, yeah, right now, it's looking like Nick
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  Speaker 2: McCarty is going to be our starter. And then first
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  Speaker 2: came out it was it was not, and so it
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  Speaker 2: was that was Joe maguire and and it just it
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  Speaker 2: just never never ever happened for Nick McCarty. We know
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  Speaker 2: he's got a big leg again, another guy where it's
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  Speaker 2: just like I would like to see what he can
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  Speaker 2: do with an opportunity, which is basically everybody that we've
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  Speaker 2: talked about so far, what can they do? Can they excel?
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  Speaker 2: And we know everybody's seen I assume that the ninety
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  Speaker 2: yard punt on his on his YouTube page or whatever,
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  Speaker 2: and now we'll see how many ninety yard punts in
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  Speaker 2: Sun Devil Stadium. Tom, I'm going to set the over
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  Speaker 2: under at zero point five and I'm going to take
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  Speaker 2: the under.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, probably under on ninety yard punts, but the seventy
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  Speaker 1: yarder you might see him on corc A seventy yard
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  Speaker 1: or next year. I don't remember who Arizona State has
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  Speaker 1: brought in at quarterback in the transfer portal. Undoubtedly someone,
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  Speaker 1: and that will probably impact how many opportunities he gets
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  Speaker 1: to punt. But there you go. There's your update. I
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  Speaker 1: was just checking Twitter just to make sure that no
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  Speaker 1: news has happened since we started recording, because that has
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  Speaker 1: been how it has been going the last couple of days.
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  Speaker 1: But no news. No further news on guys coming in,
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  Speaker 1: guys going out, NFL Draft declarations, all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But we will have money when that happens. Don't worry.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be back to tell you all about it on
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeye Weekly podcast feed Buckeyees tomorrow morning, and at
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  Speaker 1: Buckeye Huddle dot com. So that'll do it for today.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you guys all for joining us. Have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow