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Ohio State Football: 4 Buckeyes On Defense Whose Stock Is Up · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Friday, April twenty fourth.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Tom Moore. The ball State game in
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty four days, the game against Michigan
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  Speaker 1: out Grateful Griddle oh dot com for more. On yesterday' show,
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  Speaker 1: we talked about four buck eyes on offense who stock
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  Speaker 1: was up following spring ball? Today bringing back Tony Gerdaman,
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  Speaker 1: who just wrote about this, talk about four buck guys
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  Speaker 1: on defense, who's stock is up following spring ball?
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  Speaker 2: Tony.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to start in the secondary. We're featuring three
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  Speaker 1: players from the secondary on this show. The first one, though,
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  Speaker 1: someone who really was a surprising early contributor last year
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  Speaker 1: and who just continued to have a bigger role last
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  Speaker 1: year and who really seems like it took a big
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  Speaker 1: step this year. That is cornerback Devin Sanchez.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the last time we saw him, he was having
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  Speaker 2: some struggles as a true freshman against the likes of
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  Speaker 2: Indiana and Miami, and yet those are all good reps
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  Speaker 2: in terms of the experience. And he came into the
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  Speaker 2: Spring knowing that this is your starting job, this is
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  Speaker 2: your job to lose, basically, but he didn't approach it
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  Speaker 2: like it's my job to lose. It's his job to win.
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  Speaker 2: And he went out and he put everything out there,
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  Speaker 2: and I was impressed with him all along the way.
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  Speaker 2: He showed showed the physicality that I was wondering if
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  Speaker 2: there would be it would be there. We've talked about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they need to replace Igb's physicality, and I
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  Speaker 2: think he did that and we saw him never backing
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  Speaker 2: down from Jeremiah Smith. They went at it and he
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  Speaker 2: got he got just as good as he gave it,
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  Speaker 2: and he knocked plenty of passes down. And we know
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  Speaker 2: he's he's the prototype at the position, and he's got
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  Speaker 2: the size, he's got the speed, athleticism and all of that.
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  Speaker 2: And that spring we saw the production when we got
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  Speaker 2: to see him, and we saw him in coverage. I
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  Speaker 2: don't recall ever seeing him get beaten deep, and not
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  Speaker 2: that we saw a bunch of deep passes, but he
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  Speaker 2: was he was where he was supposed to be when
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  Speaker 2: he was supposed to be there and is a very
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  Speaker 2: good sign because because they need him to be that guy,
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  Speaker 2: and he looked if he's going to be that guy,
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  Speaker 2: That's what it would have looked like this Sprague what
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  Speaker 2: he did.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, if you don't notice a cornerback, that's generally a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good sign. And the only time I can really
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  Speaker 1: think of noticing him during the spring game was on
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  Speaker 1: that opening drive. He's covering Jeremiah Smith and he breaks
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  Speaker 1: up a pass for Jeremiah Smith, which if you can
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  Speaker 1: do that, if you can cover Jeremiah Smith, you have
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  Speaker 1: probably a fairly bright future. Feels like that's where he is,
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  Speaker 1: and as you said, that's kind of what they needed
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  Speaker 1: to see. They needed him to take that next step
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  Speaker 1: to show, okay, he is ready to be one of
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  Speaker 1: those top two corners. You also knew they needed a
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  Speaker 1: third corner and it sure looked a lot to me
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  Speaker 1: during spring ball like they found one of those as
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  Speaker 1: well in Dominic Kelly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he was really impressive as well. And not going
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  Speaker 2: to spoil anything, but Jermy Matthews is not on this list,
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  Speaker 2: and that's nothing against like his play or anything, but
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  Speaker 2: it's like, well, if you've got Devin Sanchez a Dominic
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  Speaker 2: Kelly on this list. Shouldn't that be your starting too?
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  Speaker 2: But I'm still very positive. I'm one of the people
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  Speaker 2: who are still very positive about Jermaine Matthews. But back
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  Speaker 2: to Kelly again, good size, always around the ball, and
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  Speaker 2: he was attacked deep at times. But I didn't see
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  Speaker 2: him give him giving up any passes, any completions because
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  Speaker 2: he was right there. And now does it help that
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  Speaker 2: he's not going against Carnel Tay who can go up
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  Speaker 2: and get those, Yeah, I think so. But he was
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  Speaker 2: right where he needed to be, and you know, no
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  Speaker 2: plays were needed to be made on the ball because
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  Speaker 2: the receivers weren't making plays on the ball, which is
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  Speaker 2: a that's a subject for another time. But impressed, and
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  Speaker 2: he had some pass breakups. He's right there, He's physical,
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  Speaker 2: really really thought, really impressed by what I saw through
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  Speaker 2: him from him throughout and I leave Spring thicking he
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  Speaker 2: is definitely going to play this year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. He has. It feels like he has
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  Speaker 1: carved out a role for himself and we'll see if
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  Speaker 1: that's a true rotation or if that's just a he's
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  Speaker 1: the first guy who goes in behind Jermaine math Hughes,
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  Speaker 1: and Devin Sanchez. Either way, it feels like he is
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  Speaker 1: pretty clearly cornerback number three on this team one way
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  Speaker 1: or the other, someone else who carved out a really
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  Speaker 1: really impressive role for himself and did it in really
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  Speaker 1: quicker than you might expect. Earle Little, you didn't get
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  Speaker 1: a chance to see him at the end of spring.
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  Speaker 1: He had a knee procedure according to Ryan Day, so
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  Speaker 1: he missed practice number fourteen when we were in there,
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  Speaker 1: and then also the spring game, so we didn't get
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  Speaker 1: a chance to see his sort of final exam for
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  Speaker 1: the spring, but he had piled up a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: grade for the earlier parts of that spring schedule.
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  Speaker 2: Now, when they went and got a couple of safeties
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  Speaker 2: and still had Jalen Matthews, Jayleen McLain there and a
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  Speaker 2: safety as well. I mentioned to you that I wonder
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  Speaker 2: if Earl Little is going to be like the Keynte
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  Speaker 2: Scott for Ohio State, and he's the nickel from Miami
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  Speaker 2: who had double digit tackles for loss and like six
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  Speaker 2: stacks and forced fumbles and did all this crazy stuff.
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  Speaker 2: And then imagine my back paddedness when I saw Ross
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  Speaker 2: Fulton mentioned the same thing. On the buck I held
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  Speaker 2: a message board like this, how they're going to use him?
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  Speaker 2: It was like, good, I'm glad other people are as
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  Speaker 2: smart as me, Me and Ross and Matt Patricia. I
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  Speaker 2: think that's about it, just us three, and I know
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  Speaker 2: will appen like that. I don't know, But the way
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  Speaker 2: everybody talks about him, you know, with with Jeremiah Smith
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  Speaker 2: saying he'll hit you, and there's a bunch of stuff
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  Speaker 2: that you know he doesn't I don't want to get into.
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  Speaker 2: But the things that they can do with him, that
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  Speaker 2: they are doing with him, that they plan to do
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  Speaker 2: with him, that a lot of people have seen this spring,
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a bunch of reason for optimis not
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  Speaker 2: even optimism excitement. But again, let's see what it looks like.
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  Speaker 2: But right now, even having him be out the last
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  Speaker 2: two practices and having a what a procedure on his
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  Speaker 2: knee which he'll be fine for summary workouts, his stock
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  Speaker 2: is up because the way people talk about him, he's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a vital part of this Ohio state
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  Speaker 2: defense this year.
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  Speaker 1: You Ross and Matt Patricia, who are three people who
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  Speaker 1: have never been in my kitchen? You know, someone else
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  Speaker 1: who has not been in my kitchen. Tj Alford, However,
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  Speaker 1: he is the fourth player we're going to be talking
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  Speaker 1: about on this show, and that is because he really
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  Speaker 1: made the most of his opportunities. That is a crowded
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  Speaker 1: linebacker room, but Riley Petty John missed. He really didn't
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  Speaker 1: participate this spring, and tj Alford that meant he got
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  Speaker 1: maybe some more reps than he might have otherwise, and
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  Speaker 1: he certainly made the most of that opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: He did, and we saw him routinely with the ones
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  Speaker 2: and two's playing will playing on a line of scrimmage
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  Speaker 2: as a sam a little bit as well. I do
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  Speaker 2: wonder we know in the spring that's where the transfers
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  Speaker 2: kind of take a back seat a little bit, and
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  Speaker 2: so is that was Christian Legro taking more of a
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  Speaker 2: back seat because this was his first spring as a
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  Speaker 2: transfer or is this the way things are going to
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  Speaker 2: go in the fall as well? And then you throw
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  Speaker 2: Riley Petty John into the mix, and who knows what
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  Speaker 2: things are going to look like. There's some linebackers right
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  Speaker 2: now and they're still trying to figure out how to
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  Speaker 2: use these guys. But he was there, he was making
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  Speaker 2: plays James loren I have spoke very highly of him
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  Speaker 2: about the midway point in camp, which needs you to
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  Speaker 2: suspect he's only going to speak highly of more highly
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  Speaker 2: of him now going through there and staying in the lineup.
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  Speaker 2: So I do wonder how much of him playing with
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  Speaker 2: the ones is a product of absences and the transfer.
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  Speaker 2: But he stayed there as well, which is a good sign.
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  Speaker 2: But we'll find out more. But again, his stock is
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  Speaker 2: up because he was there, he was doing it, doing it,
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  Speaker 2: and he was in the lineup. And I think one
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  Speaker 2: of the things that we haven't really seen from any
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  Speaker 2: of the linebackers other than Eli Lee in the spring game. Frankly,
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  Speaker 2: it's just making plays, making tackles, and that's a product
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  Speaker 2: of us not getting to see much in terms of tackles.
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  Speaker 2: But I would have liked to have seen some of
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  Speaker 2: these guys make some of those plays. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: Eli Lee was a guy that jumped out for making plays.
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  Speaker 2: Take TJ. Alfred's a guy that jumped out because he's
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  Speaker 2: in the lineup and is there, and not just oh
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  Speaker 2: he's there, he's the default like he was. He stayed there,
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  Speaker 2: and the coaches spoke Kylie Ryan Day said he's going
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  Speaker 2: to play a lot this year. James Lord I have
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  Speaker 2: said those same things. And if you can start and
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  Speaker 2: be with the ones, or even you know one, be
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  Speaker 2: with Ohio State and a linebacker, you got to be
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  Speaker 2: pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, got to be pretty good. And if they're looking
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  Speaker 1: for a way to find a role for you, that
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  Speaker 1: is probably a pretty good indication. So there you go,
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  Speaker 1: four buck Eyes who really felt like they made a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a step, the big step stock up
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  Speaker 1: this spring on defense. If you missed yesterday's show, we
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  Speaker 1: talked about four buck Eyes on offense whose stock is
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  Speaker 1: up following spring ball. You can find that on the
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning podcast feed. You also find that at
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  Speaker 1: YouTube dot com slash Buckkeye Huddle. Just a little heads up.
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  Speaker 1: Now that spring ball is over, we are heading into
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  Speaker 1: off season mode. So now that means we're you're no
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  Speaker 1: longer going to get weekend buck Eyes tomorrow morning, at
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  Speaker 1: least for a little while.
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  Speaker 2: Don't worry.
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  Speaker 1: Big ten media days right around the corner in July.
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  Speaker 1: I know it doesn't sound that close. Believe me, this
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  Speaker 1: time flies by every year, So do not fret when
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  Speaker 1: you do not get a buck Eyes tomorrow morning podcast
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  Speaker 1: over the weekend. Hey, there's always breaking news. You never
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  Speaker 1: know you might get one even when we're not planning
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  Speaker 1: on it. But just so you know, we're sort of
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  Speaker 1: shifting into off season mode a little bit. You'll still
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  Speaker 1: get a bunch of shows every week here, and if
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  Speaker 1: you want, if you're missing hearing Tony and Me, you
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  Speaker 1: can always hear us on the Buckeye Weekly podcast Beat.
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  Speaker 1: You should subscribe to that one as well. That'll do
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  Speaker 1: it for today. Thank you guys all for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: Have a great day. We'll talk to you tomorrow. No,
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  Speaker 1: we won't. We'll talk to you on Monday.