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BONUS: Is Ohio State Considering Changes On The O-Line? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: We are back with another bonus episode. You're going to
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  Speaker 1: get to hear a little bit from Ohio State head
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  Speaker 1: coach Ryan Day in this one, some of his thoughts
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  Speaker 1: on the Ohio State offense following their week one performance
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  Speaker 1: against Ball State and what it could mean looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to this weekend's game against the Texas Longhorns. And we'll
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  Speaker 1: start with the right tackle position and really kind of
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line on the whole. He was asked just
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  Speaker 1: his thoughts on right tackle Phillip Daniels. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they did a little bit of a shuffle there in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of the first half that did not sound
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  Speaker 1: like it was a planned thing, was sort of a
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  Speaker 1: results-based thing. Is there any chance of a personnel change
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  Speaker 1: on the line this week?
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  Speaker 2: Some good, but some other things we had to improve on.
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  Speaker 2: I think early on, we didn't run the ball the
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  Speaker 2: way we wanted to, and then it opened up better
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  Speaker 2: in the second half. We'll continue to evaluate that throughout
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  Speaker 2: the week and figure out if we have the right
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  Speaker 2: mix out there. The good news is we do have
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  Speaker 2: flexibility if we need to, but you know, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to evaluate the week and see how that goes.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day had stuff that he liked and stuff that
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  Speaker 1: he didn't like about the offensive line on that first
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  Speaker 1: game against Ball State. And I think that was probably
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  Speaker 1: true of Legend Bay's debut as well. Extremely talented, true freshman.
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  Speaker 1: They had a couple really impressive plays, a nice long run,
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  Speaker 1: had a phenomenal catch and run for a touchdown in
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  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, but also two kick returns that he
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  Speaker 1: took probably that he should not have out of the
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  Speaker 1: end zone today. Did not get to the 20-yard line
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  Speaker 1: on either one of those. So how would Ryan Day
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  Speaker 1: evaluate Legend Bay's debut, both the good and the bad?
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  Speaker 2: I think that was probably expected. I think you guys
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  Speaker 2: saw the talent, and then you saw some of the youth.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to continue to build on that. I
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  Speaker 2: think he has the right attitude. Coming in here every day,
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  Speaker 2: looking to get better. He's open to coaching. Locke has
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  Speaker 2: been working really hard defensively. But he's transitioning from being
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  Speaker 2: a quarterback really to playing these other positions. So we're
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  Speaker 2: going to continue to bring him along as fast as
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  Speaker 2: we can because I think we all see what can be.
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  Speaker 1: There were a bunch of questions about the offensive line
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  Speaker 1: for Ohio State coming out of that first game. And
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  Speaker 1: the answer on a lot of it was kind of
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  Speaker 1: we need to go back and watch the film. So okay,
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  Speaker 1: now that he's had the chance to go back and
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  Speaker 1: watch the film, how would he grade the performance of
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  Speaker 1: Ian Moore in terms of how he played against Ball State,
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  Speaker 1: but just sort of also with the understanding he knows
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  Speaker 1: what's coming next.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, solid, solid, you know, a lot of movement. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think we got some bigger challenges ahead, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: with Simmons and the guys that they have. So he
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  Speaker 2: knows that. But overall, I would I would say solid.
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  Speaker 1: The first half against ball state, the running game was
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  Speaker 1: honestly kind of a slog for Ohio state. And the
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  Speaker 1: second half though, things got a lot better. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: necessarily mean everything's fixed, but what changed there?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the second half is more what we
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  Speaker 2: expected from the jump. So, um, you know, we were
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  Speaker 2: a little frustrated early on, but, um, but then, you know,
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  Speaker 2: got some things organized and did a better job. So, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, saw some things that we liked, but also
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  Speaker 2: have things that we've got to get fixed. Um, We
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  Speaker 2: know that's going to be a huge part of this game.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to be able to run the ball and
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  Speaker 2: stop the run, especially when you're on the road. This
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  Speaker 2: is our first opportunity to show we can go win
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  Speaker 2: a game like this on the road. This is not
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  Speaker 2: a conference game, but it's obviously a huge game. That's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a big part of our season. When
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  Speaker 2: we tell the story of this season, it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be how we're able to win these games on a
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  Speaker 2: road like this, whether it's this one games in the
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  Speaker 2: conference that we have to play or in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: This is going to be it. In order to do that,
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  Speaker 2: we all know we've got to run the ball and
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  Speaker 2: stop the run.
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  Speaker 1: Last year, especially early in the season, I think the
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  Speaker 1: command to Julian Sane was just don't lose the game.
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  Speaker 1: Go out there, manage things, just don't lose it. Don't
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  Speaker 1: screw this up too much. This year, it feels like
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  Speaker 1: it's more of a go-win-it mode for Julian Sane. How
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  Speaker 1: has that changed over the last year?
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  Speaker 2: I think when you look back on the game, we
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  Speaker 2: had some really poor field position to start. So that
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  Speaker 2: played into it as well. But you have to be aggressive,
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  Speaker 2: but you also have to be smart. And that's the balance.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, we have to be on full attack mode
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  Speaker 2: at all times in all three phases.
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  Speaker 1: When does Ryan Day know that a quarterback has sort
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  Speaker 1: of crossed that threshold from just don't lose it to
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  Speaker 1: go win it?
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  Speaker 2: It usually happens during the offseason, into the preseason, and
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  Speaker 2: then as the season starts to play out, you start
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  Speaker 2: to recognize things and they start to make plays and
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  Speaker 2: they start to solidify themselves on the field. But there
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  Speaker 2: just becomes a trust. They just continually and consistently make
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  Speaker 2: the same plays over and over again. They have the
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  Speaker 2: answers before you ask them. Their preparation is on point.
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  Speaker 2: They take command of the huddle. I think all of
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  Speaker 2: those things kind of wrap together. You just get this
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  Speaker 2: feeling of, okay, I think now he's ready. And not
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  Speaker 2: every quarterback's the same that way. And sometimes they'll take
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  Speaker 2: a small step back, a couple steps forward, but that's
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  Speaker 2: all part of the journey. And I think a big
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  Speaker 2: part for quarterbacks is their ability to pick themselves up
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  Speaker 2: off the mat and get up and do it again.
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  Speaker 2: You think about all the different quarterbacks that make it
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL or become really successful in college. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of them have journeys along the way where they've
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  Speaker 2: been knocked down. So being able to handle adversity is
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  Speaker 2: a key component to the success of a quarterback and
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  Speaker 2: their journey.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes as you're watching a football game, you can kind
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  Speaker 1: of see something that's about to happen and everyone kind
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  Speaker 1: of in the stadium feels like, okay, I think I
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  Speaker 1: know what's about to happen. And in the end of
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  Speaker 1: the game, it sure felt like Ohio State was going
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  Speaker 1: to try and get Chris Henry the ball and try
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  Speaker 1: and get Chris Henry a touchdown after a couple of
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  Speaker 1: drops earlier in the game. So why was that important
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  Speaker 1: for them to do that and then to succeed in that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you flush out a couple of those mishaps, and then, hey, man,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to keep throwing it to you. I shared
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  Speaker 2: with Chris, hey, Jeremiah's first play was a drop, and
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  Speaker 2: just keep playing through it because we don't see that
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  Speaker 2: in practice. And then it happened in the game. So
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  Speaker 2: there's things that you see for young players that you
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  Speaker 2: just haven't seen in practice, and then it happens in
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  Speaker 2: a game. And so you kind of chalk it up
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  Speaker 2: to nerves in the first game. And so there's only
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  Speaker 2: one way to do that. You've got to play through it.
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  Speaker 2: But we just have to be smart right now going
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  Speaker 2: into this game, too, going back to the point, like
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  Speaker 2: it has to be about winning. So whatever gives us
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  Speaker 2: the best chance to win the game right now is
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  Speaker 2: what we have to do. And so those are the
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  Speaker 2: things we're talking about.
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes going to Texas this year. And they're one of
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  Speaker 1: their wide receivers is a guy who played his home
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  Speaker 1: state football in Texas last year. Devin McEwen played for
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  Speaker 1: UTSA last season and then transferred up to the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 1: Now there's a pretty big jump in competition from Texas,
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  Speaker 1: San Antonio to the big 10. So what did Ohio
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  Speaker 1: state think they were getting with him? Now, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to let you know Ryan Day is about to drop
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  Speaker 1: a comp. I'm sitting in the back of the room.
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  Speaker 1: I kind of raised my eyebrows when I heard him
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  Speaker 1: say this.
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  Speaker 2: When I watched him on film, I sort of thought
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  Speaker 2: to myself he could sort of be like a Chris
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  Speaker 2: Olave type. That was sort of the comp. We always
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  Speaker 2: try to look at comps, and that was sort of
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  Speaker 2: the one that I used. He has high end speed.
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  Speaker 2: He can change direction. He's got really strong hands, good quickness. Now,
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  Speaker 2: what I didn't know about him was just his makeup.
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  Speaker 2: And he's very intelligent, really good route runner. And he
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  Speaker 2: has experience. He has toughness. He sticks it in there
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  Speaker 2: in the run game. He's been great. And I think
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  Speaker 2: he really turned it on this summer. I think the
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  Speaker 2: spring he was solid, better than solid. He was good
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  Speaker 2: in the spring, but had a great summer with Mick
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  Speaker 2: in the weight room. And then it's just taken off
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  Speaker 2: from here. So all the things that we talked about
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  Speaker 2: in the preseason, you got a chance to see. But
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  Speaker 2: we brought him here to win games like this. So
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  Speaker 2: this will be a great challenge for him. But I
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  Speaker 2: know he'll be excited about it.
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  Speaker 1: You know you got Jeremiah Smith there. just talked about
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  Speaker 1: Devin McEwen and how good he can be. What is
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  Speaker 1: the importance of having another wide receiver there across from
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  Speaker 1: Devin McGee, across from Jeremiah Smith, who can maybe make
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  Speaker 1: the defense pay if the defense is paying a little
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  Speaker 1: too much attention to Jeremiah Smith?
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  Speaker 2: Very important. Yeah. Look at what Carnell did last year.
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  Speaker 2: And so it'll, it'll be important. He, he, um, really Carnell, um,
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  Speaker 2: in the Texas game two years ago, had a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of catches. I forget exactly how many he had. Obviously
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  Speaker 2: had the big touchdown catch. Um, last year to go
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  Speaker 2: up 14-7. So yeah, anytime someone's gathering as much attention
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  Speaker 2: as Jeremiah does, the other guys are going to have
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  Speaker 2: to step up. And so if they decide to do
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  Speaker 2: something like that, yeah, there'll be great opportunity for guys
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  Speaker 2: like Devin. And we put a lot of work into
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  Speaker 2: it and a lot of emphasis, like you said. So
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  Speaker 2: to see it happen was great. Now we've got to
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  Speaker 2: see it against an opponent like Texas. But the work's
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  Speaker 2: been put in, and you can see the excitement when
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  Speaker 2: we did score. You can see the effort downfield and
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  Speaker 2: how everybody's bought into that. I think everyone understands what
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  Speaker 2: a challenge that is and how much that can change
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  Speaker 2: the game, and everybody's bought into it, and that's everybody.
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  Speaker 2: It's the guys up front, obviously, a huge part of it.
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  Speaker 2: Julian's got to be a part of it, but then
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  Speaker 2: obviously the guys on the perimeter because it's one thing
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  Speaker 2: to get it to a safety. It's another thing to
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  Speaker 2: either make the guy miss or block him, and so
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  Speaker 2: it's a team effort, and there's nothing like hitting an
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  Speaker 2: explosive run as a team. And I think you should
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  Speaker 2: see how excited we were on the sideline because it's
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  Speaker 2: been so much of an emphasis. But we know that
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  Speaker 2: this group does not give up a lot of explosive runs.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got our hands full.
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  Speaker 1: All right. There you go. We are going to have
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  Speaker 1: Then we'll see what his mood is like at that
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