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BONUS: Ryan Day On Firing Robby Discher, Defensive Break Downs · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Got another bonus show for you here. And this is
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  Speaker 1: about these. We're going to start with the special teams.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to talk a little bit about the defense
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  Speaker 1: and some other stuff on this show as well. But
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  Speaker 1: special teams was a big story this week during the
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  Speaker 1: game with that fake punt that really kind of swung
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  Speaker 1: the game for Oregon. But then in the aftermath, when
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State fired Robbie Disher, the special teams coordinator, after
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  Speaker 1: the game, it was, I don't think anyone really thought, wow, why?
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  Speaker 1: I can't imagine why. Not necessarily something that's going to
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  Speaker 1: completely change the season, but also something that you could
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  Speaker 1: kind of say like, yeah, I kind of get it.
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  Speaker 1: So now that Robbie Disher is out the door, what
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  Speaker 1: is the plan for special teams for the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the season? And is Ryan Day going to give it
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  Speaker 1: another shot with another full-time special teams coordinator next season?
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  Speaker 1: Or is it going to kind of go back to
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  Speaker 1: a by-committee approach like they did in the previous couple
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  Speaker 1: of years? You will hear him in this answer mention
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  Speaker 1: the name Rob. That would be Rob Keys. He has
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  Speaker 1: been an assistant on the special team staff for several years.
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  Speaker 2: I'm definitely thinking about that now. I'm not deciding that
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  Speaker 2: right now. We'll decide that when the season concludes. As
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  Speaker 2: you know, there's just been too many detrimental plays this
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  Speaker 2: season that have really hurt the team. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: we've got a lot of people involved with it and
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  Speaker 2: we're going to need everybody involved with it moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Rob will be the one that will coordinate everything and
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  Speaker 2: organize everything, but we're going to split up the work.
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  Speaker 2: Matt Guerrero will take the punt. James will help with kickoff,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to have the whole staff involved with it.
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  Speaker 2: So there'll be multiple people, multiple voices to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that we're getting what we.
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  Speaker 3: Need done there.
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  Speaker 2: So it was a difficult decision, but something that had
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  Speaker 2: to be made. And I feel like we have plenty
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  Speaker 2: here to get it done.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I know that for a lot of Ohio State fans,
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  Speaker 1: this feels like a completely lost season, but they are
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  Speaker 1: still technically alive for the Big Ten title and the
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  Speaker 1: college football playoff. they need to win the next three
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  Speaker 1: games and they need a little bit of help. It
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  Speaker 1: is possible, but it would probably take a lot. So
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  Speaker 1: at this point, are they ready to just turn the
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  Speaker 1: page and look to the future or are they still
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  Speaker 1: focused entirely on 2026?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think the first thing is, you know,
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  Speaker 2: embracing our reality and just saying like, you're right. We
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  Speaker 2: have to win the next three games. We have to
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  Speaker 2: win this first game right here. When you're looking at
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  Speaker 2: this thing against Northwestern and then, and then go from there.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, this game's coming fast. So, That that's
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  Speaker 2: the first thing I think, you know, there's time to
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  Speaker 2: do both. But I got to make sure that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: this group right here, you know, finishes the season the
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  Speaker 2: right way.
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  Speaker 3: That's the most important thing. And that's the challenge.
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  Speaker 2: Like, how do we want this thing to be remembered by?
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  Speaker 2: What is how does this group want to be remembered?
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  Speaker 2: And and that's it. But whether whether we're in the
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  Speaker 2: situation we're in now or any other situation, as you know,
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  Speaker 2: you've got to multitask and there's plenty of people in
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  Speaker 2: the building that are doing that. And they'll be they'll
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  Speaker 2: be meeting set aside throughout the week to plan ahead.
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  Speaker 1: The momentum is all going in one direction for Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State right now, and it is not the direction they
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  Speaker 1: would want it to go. So does Ryan Day really
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  Speaker 1: have confidence that things can actually change moving forward?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 2: I think that that's going to happen. But to say
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  Speaker 2: there's not frustration, there's not anger, would not be accurate
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  Speaker 2: by players, coaches. And so we'll find out today. Today
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  Speaker 2: we'll be back on the field for a Tuesday practice.
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  Speaker 2: But we've had several meetings, as you can imagine, especially
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  Speaker 2: with the leadership, older guys, and just embracing the reality
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  Speaker 2: of this is where we are and how do we
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  Speaker 2: want to be remembered, knowing that we have these two
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  Speaker 2: games and the rivalry game at the end of the season.
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  Speaker 2: And so life is all about how you respond to
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  Speaker 2: things and what do we want the outcome to be
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  Speaker 2: to finish the regular season with these three games and
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  Speaker 2: walk off that field at the end of the regular
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  Speaker 2: season with that win, and then we'll figure out what
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  Speaker 2: goes on from there. But we have an obligation to
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  Speaker 2: do that. as a team and, and, and that's it.
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  Speaker 2: And I think, um, you know, while there is, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, frustration and, um, you know, everybody's.
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  Speaker 3: Angry about what's gone on. Um, that's it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, and, and we have to embrace that reality and,
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  Speaker 2: and go after this game right here and, and then
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  Speaker 2: go from there and finish this thing the right way. And, and,
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  Speaker 2: and I think, you know, the older guys want to
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  Speaker 2: do that. I mean, they've, they've verbalized that, um, but
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  Speaker 2: we've got to go do it on the field.
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  Speaker 1: There is plenty of why behind the issues this season,
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  Speaker 1: and injuries are certainly one of them. But is this
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  Speaker 1: a trend? Is this something systemic that's happening? Is this
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  Speaker 1: just sort of a weird one-off year? And how do
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  Speaker 1: you go about figuring out which of those is really
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  Speaker 1: the case?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the first thing you do is you
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  Speaker 2: look back on your process and you look back on
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  Speaker 2: your experience, things that you've done, the teams that you've
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  Speaker 2: had previously. and try to identify, okay, what are the
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  Speaker 2: things that are in common with this team, uh, with
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  Speaker 2: what's going on with the teams we're playing and then,
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  Speaker 2: and then figure out where the breakdowns are.
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  Speaker 3: And then you use the game as feedback.
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  Speaker 2: Um, but again, to say that, you know, uh, we
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  Speaker 2: were going to go into the USC game and play
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  Speaker 2: the way we did and then come back, um, and
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  Speaker 2: have the outcome that we had against Oregon is not
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  Speaker 2: something I expected. So, um, I know we have good
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  Speaker 2: players in the building, and I know we have good coaches.
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  Speaker 2: But coming off the last two games, I understand it,
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  Speaker 2: and nobody understands the expectation more than I do. And
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  Speaker 2: so I think when you lose, there's a lot that
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  Speaker 2: comes with losing. There's a lot of questioning. There's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of narratives that get set. And to me, there
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  Speaker 2: are certain things that need to get addressed, but we
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  Speaker 2: all just need to do better. We all need to
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  Speaker 2: do our job better. And to recognize exactly what went
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  Speaker 2: on in the field, get those things fixed, and do better.
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  Speaker 2: And make the changes that are appropriate. And that's how
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  Speaker 2: we're going to move forward and keep assessing it as
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  Speaker 2: time goes on.
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes went into the portal for a whole lot of additions.
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  Speaker 1: Those were the majority of the 51 new players on
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  Speaker 1: this year's team. Have they gotten what they expected and
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  Speaker 1: what they needed out of those portal additions this season?
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  Speaker 1: And if not, does the philosophy need to change there?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think when you start to assess sort of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the guys that left last year, I mean, between,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Sonny, Caleb, K-Mac, Carnell, I mean, they're all just,
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  Speaker 2: you know, K-Mac was like one of the first guys
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  Speaker 2: taken in the second round. I mean, those are high-end,
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  Speaker 2: you know, first-round guys. And so to say, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you're just going to replace that type of talent with
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  Speaker 2: just bringing in a transfer is a challenge. And I
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  Speaker 2: don't I don't think that's quite honestly fair to some
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  Speaker 2: of those guys to get grouped in with all that.
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  Speaker 2: I think each individual guy who came in has our
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  Speaker 2: own assessment. We've had some really good play of guys
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  Speaker 2: coming in and embracing the culture. When you bring in
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  Speaker 2: quite a few of those guys, there is a role
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  Speaker 2: for each of them. You're not bringing in everybody to
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  Speaker 2: have the same role and And then, you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: obviously some unknowns when you do that.
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  Speaker 3: But I feel like over the past few years, we've.
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  Speaker 2: Brought in some really good transfers that embrace the culture,
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  Speaker 2: that have been productive on the field. And there's been
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  Speaker 2: some other guys that, you know, haven't quite fulfilled what
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  Speaker 2: we thought would be the case. So we'll keep doing
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  Speaker 2: a good job and the best we can of identifying
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  Speaker 2: the talent and then making sure it's the right fit.
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State fans have not enjoyed watching their team, especially
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  Speaker 1: on defense for the last couple of weeks. And it's
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  Speaker 1: probably safe to say the coaching staff has not enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: watching that film either. So what does Ryan Day see
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  Speaker 1: when he puts on the film for the defense the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of weeks? And how involved is he on
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  Speaker 1: that side of the ball right now?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the first thing is the explosive plays to me
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  Speaker 2: are just the last two weeks have been.
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  Speaker 3: Glaring and it's put us in a bad spot.
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  Speaker 2: So The defense certainly there in the second half when
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  Speaker 2: we didn't convert on some fourth downs, got put in
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  Speaker 2: some short fields, but at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: to me, it comes down to some of the explosive plays,
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  Speaker 2: which I think there's several factors that have led to that.
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  Speaker 2: In terms of the involvement, meet with the guys several
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  Speaker 2: times a week, go through the plan, go through the personnel,
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  Speaker 2: make sure that everybody's on the same page for what
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  Speaker 2: the plan is that week, go through with the position groups,
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  Speaker 2: on what their keys to what the plan is for
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  Speaker 2: that week, and then obviously get a chance to spend
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  Speaker 2: more time with them in special teams meetings. Jump around
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  Speaker 2: every once in a while from meeting to meeting, connect
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  Speaker 2: with them on the field. But I've hired Matt to
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  Speaker 2: do a job, and he and I connect on every
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  Speaker 2: game plan, go through it on a daily basis, and
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  Speaker 2: then evaluate it obviously on Sunday and go through it
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  Speaker 2: and figure out where we're going next.
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  Speaker 1: When he's watching that film, it certainly seems to the
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  Speaker 1: lay person, like you're seeing a lack of a pass rush,
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  Speaker 1: but also open space and soft coverages. And that, that
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  Speaker 1: feels like stuff that should not all be possible at
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  Speaker 1: the same time. So is that what he's seeing when
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  Speaker 1: he's turns on the film?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I, I, um, I can't argue with much of
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  Speaker 2: your summary right there, because when you watch the film, that's,
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  Speaker 2: that's what it said. And, and, or that's what it
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  Speaker 2: looked like. Um, you know, I think there were times where,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we were looking to get out for the
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  Speaker 2: quarterback and didn't quite handle the screens very well. They
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  Speaker 2: really hurt us with some screens. Um, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: some of the coverage, um, you know, we, we weren't
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  Speaker 2: tight enough on. And then to your point, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're not getting enough of a pass rush. That's just
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  Speaker 2: the bottom line. So, um, that's, that's the challenge to
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  Speaker 2: the staff. You know, we've got to tighten up the coverage.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to get more of a pass rush. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: When you look at some of those explosive plays, several
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  Speaker 2: of them have been on third down, third and long.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, there's definitely a plan on how we're
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  Speaker 2: going to get those things addressed and fixed, but it's
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  Speaker 2: got to show up on the field. And right now,
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  Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks, it really hasn't.
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  Speaker 1: They've certainly had a bunch of mistakes on special teams,
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  Speaker 1: some physical mistakes, some mental mistakes as well. Is that
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  Speaker 1: a sign that maybe they need to go back to
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  Speaker 1: playing more starters on special teams?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, There are guys who are playing on the
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  Speaker 2: special teams who, you know, there are starters out there,
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  Speaker 2: and we try to.
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  Speaker 3: Bring in guys and give them a role as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I just think on, you know, the fake, there
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  Speaker 2: was an opportunity to be in a different call in
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  Speaker 2: that moment on fourth and ten, and we were not, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to get into all the details of
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  Speaker 2: it at this point, but to me that was a
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  Speaker 2: breakdown in a big way, and to me embarrassing, you know,
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  Speaker 2: so that has to get fixed, and so we will.
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  Speaker 1: They've already made one staff change, firing Robbie Disher, the
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  Speaker 1: special teams coordinator, in season. That is not something he's
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  Speaker 1: done a lot over the years, so what message does
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  Speaker 1: it send inside the building and also to the fan
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  Speaker 1: base when he's making changes like that in season?
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, just the fact that we have an expectation
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  Speaker 2: and everybody's got to lead their unit, and when that
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  Speaker 2: comes up short, I mean, there's consequences for that, and
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  Speaker 2: that's how it works, and We all got to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Each position group has got to feel that. Each position
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  Speaker 2: coach has got to go in and lead that group
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  Speaker 2: and then bring leaders along, bring production, bring alignment, all
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  Speaker 2: those things. That's really what it comes down to. Everyone's
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  Speaker 2: hired here to do a job. When the job doesn't
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  Speaker 2: get done, there is consequences for it.
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  Speaker 3: That's how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: That's something that we explain when we walk in a
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  Speaker 2: building and you have to own. I think guys understand that.
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  Speaker 2: I think if If something was unfair or if somebody
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  Speaker 2: came up to me and said, that guy doesn't deserve
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  Speaker 2: that type of treatment or whatever, but I haven't heard that.
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  Speaker 2: I think everybody understands what happened.
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  Speaker 3: They were there. So the decision was made.
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  Speaker 1: Could Robbie Disher just be the first of several people
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  Speaker 1: to lose their jobs in season? Could there be more
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  Speaker 1: changes coming before the end of the year?
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to just continue to evaluate it week to week.
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  Speaker 2: We know what the standard is. We know what needs
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  Speaker 2: to get done. And I believe right now that this
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  Speaker 2: is this is the best chance there. This is the
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  Speaker 2: best group of guys to give us a chance to
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  Speaker 2: beat Northwestern. And then we'll continue to go from there. But,
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  Speaker 2: but no, we're going to go with what we have
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 1: Is Brian Day happy with where things stand with the
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  Speaker 1: defense right now and with the job that Matt Patricia
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  Speaker 1: is doing as the defensive coordinator?
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  Speaker 2: I don't, I don't think Matt would say that, you know, he,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you have to talk to him about just
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  Speaker 2: in the last couple of weeks, you know, nobody's happy
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  Speaker 2: with what went on in the results. But, but I know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, type of coach Matt is and I know
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  Speaker 2: he's working his tail off to work with the staff
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  Speaker 2: to get this thing right I believe he can do
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  Speaker 2: it I've seen him do it before and and you
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  Speaker 2: know we'll just continue to go from there but you
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  Speaker 2: know I know what kind of a coach he is
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  Speaker 2: and you know just like all of us he has
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  Speaker 2: a challenge on his hand that he's working on harder
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  Speaker 2: than anybody so he's a really good coach we communicate
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  Speaker 2: a lot I understand what his plan is I understand
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  Speaker 2: the challenges and Um, you know, he understands that he's
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  Speaker 2: got to continue to look back at himself and figure out,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if there's things that he needs to change and,
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  Speaker 2: and that's a sign of a good coach.
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  Speaker 1: Does Ryan day have confidence that Matt Patricia has sufficiently
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  Speaker 1: adjusted to all the little, just the little schematic differences,
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  Speaker 1: the hash marks, all the little fine differences between college
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  Speaker 1: and the pros. Has he done enough to adjust to
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  Speaker 1: those well enough to avoid having, having that be one
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  Speaker 1: of the issues?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I do. I do.
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  Speaker 2: Um, And I know his background was more of the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: but I do. I mean, it's almost two years now
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  Speaker 2: of being in it and being around it. And there's
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  Speaker 2: other guys on the staff, too, who have been around
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  Speaker 2: college game before. So between Matt and James and Tim
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  Speaker 2: and Larry, I mean, they all work together on this thing.
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  Speaker 3: So I do think that. But I get it. When
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  Speaker 3: you're not having the success that we want, you've got
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  Speaker 3: to question everything. And you got my word. I'm doing
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  Speaker 3: the same thing.
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  Speaker 1: Have they reached a point in the schedule right now
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  Speaker 1: where it is time to maybe just start playing some
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  Speaker 1: of the young guys on the defensive front? Cause maybe
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  Speaker 1: it's worth seeing what they can do compared to the
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  Speaker 1: veterans who may not just be giving them what they
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  Speaker 1: need right now.
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  Speaker 2: They're not at the risk of, you know, um, what's
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  Speaker 2: best for the team right now. So if, if we can,
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  Speaker 2: the answer is yes. Um, but this is not like
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  Speaker 2: an open tryout. We're not doing that. Um, we got
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  Speaker 2: to win this game and, um, there's a locker room
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  Speaker 2: in there of older guys who have a lot of
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  Speaker 2: pride in this place and what they've done, and they're
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  Speaker 2: a Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 3: And so they want to make sure that this thing
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  Speaker 3: is done the right way. And so.
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  Speaker 2: Now, quite honestly, if it's all equal and we have
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to get a young guy in there and
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  Speaker 2: give him an opportunity and give him a chance, then
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  Speaker 2: I think we'll do that. But we're not all of
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  Speaker 2: a sudden just going to play a bunch of young guys.
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  Speaker 3: We're not going to do that.
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  Speaker 2: But, yeah. To answer your question, for guys that maybe
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  Speaker 2: have had opportunities and haven't quite shown us what we
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  Speaker 2: need to see, then yeah, this is a competitive environment,
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  Speaker 2: and those guys are going to give them the opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: This is one of these questions that I think some
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  Speaker 1: people will roll their eyes about, and Brian Day wasn't
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  Speaker 1: that interested in answering, but it is an interesting question.
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  Speaker 1: How are things right now for Brian Day, his family,
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  Speaker 1: and just for people in the building right now as
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  Speaker 1: they go through something that they haven't been through in
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  Speaker 1: Columbus before?
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  Speaker 2: As you can imagine, extremely disappointed and frustrated. This is
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  Speaker 2: something that I understand in terms of when you lose
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: a game, there's a lot that comes with it. It's
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: our job to solve the problems. When adversity hits, you've
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: got to stand in there and get things fixed. That's
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: exactly what I'm going to do, what we're going to do.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: I know we have good people here. I know what
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: these people are made of in the building. And the
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: last two weeks are not a reflection of that at all.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: And I get that and I got to own it.
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: But we're going to work and we're pushing forward.
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: And that's really what my focus is.
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: We have talked a bunch this season and this previous
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: offseason about how talent is just a little more spread
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: out around the country. You can't stockpile talent quite the
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: way you used to. Also talked about the 51 new
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: guys on the roster this year. Is all of that
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: kind of playing into how this season has played out?
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: I mean, for me to sit up, sit up here
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: and make excuses would be ridiculous. Um, and so what I'm,
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: what I'm trying to do is just, you know, deal
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: with what we have and win games. And what we're
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: not going to do is point to all of those
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: things as excuses that the standards of standard, the expectations
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: of the expectations. And that's not, I'm not going to, um,
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: waver off of that. That is what it is and
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: this is Ohio State. I understand the challenges you just
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: brought up and everything that is the reality of the
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: world we live in right now, but that's not going.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: To change how we do things.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: When we play the way we have played the last
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: two weeks, it's frustrating and disappointing. The bottom line is
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: nobody cares. There's nobody here that are victims. We've got
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: to get this thing fixed and we've got to get
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: on a field and be Northwestern and Nobody saw the
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: way that the season was going to play out like
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: this in.
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: Terms of the Woody. Nobody expected this. But here we are.
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: We have to embrace our situation right now and then
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: do everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: You get to this point in the calendar and you
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: kind of wonder how much you can really do. You
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: can't install a whole new offense or a whole new defense.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: But maybe is this just the time to get back
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: to basics, just to look at the offensive coach and say, hey,
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: Play Jeremiah Smith more. Throw him the ball more. Do
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: you need to put guys like Quay Rousseau, for example,
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: in the position they were brought in for, rushing the passer,
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: not dropping into coverage? You could say the same thing
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: about Kenyatta Jackson. You could say the same thing about
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: a lot of things. Is it time to just sort
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: of go back to basics, go back to square one,
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: and sort of evaluate everything from scratch? All right, a
• 18:18
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• 18:20
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• 18:22
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• 18:26
  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes get ready to take on Northwestern. That is
• 18:28
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• 18:31
  Speaker 1: find out the status of Northwestern quarterback Aiden Childs. He
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: was injured last week. If he is back, that is
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: one kind of challenge for Ohio State. If he's not,
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: that's a different kind of challenge for Ohio State. We
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: will see how that all shakes out. We'll have an
• 18:42
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• 18:45
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• 18:47
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• 18:48
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• 18:51
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• 18:56
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• 18:58
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• 19:01
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• 19:11
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• 19:13
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• 19:15
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• 19:18
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• 19:20
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