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Bonus Episode: What Still Has Ryan Day Concerned About Ohio State's Offense? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to a special bonus episode. We've got so much
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  Speaker 1: to talk about right now and not that much time,
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  Speaker 1: so you are getting a whole bunch of extra shows
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  Speaker 1: right now. I didn't think you would complain, but just
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  Speaker 1: letting you know. Today we're going to be hearing from
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State head coach Ryan Day. You're going to get
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  Speaker 1: three separate shows because we got a good, long interview
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  Speaker 1: with him. This one's going to be focused on what
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  Speaker 1: he had to say about the offense, and there was
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  Speaker 1: a lot to talk about with the offense. So let's
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  Speaker 1: start with the running backs. That was an area that
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  Speaker 1: he had sort of mentioned before fall camp that he
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  Speaker 1: was going to be watching particularly closely. What is he
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  Speaker 1: seen out of that group so far in fall camp?
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  Speaker 2: When you know you're not tackling, it's hard. We did
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  Speaker 2: do some of that today. I thought there was some
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  Speaker 2: really good runs in there, and I think that that
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  Speaker 2: room is building depth.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we'll see where it goes.
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  Speaker 2: But certainly bo has had a very good start to
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  Speaker 2: camp first week and a half, and you know, Jacoby's
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  Speaker 2: right there and so is Isaiah, and then then we're
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  Speaker 2: building depth behind that. But I think coach Locke's plan
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  Speaker 2: is to make sure that we have three guys available.
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  Speaker 2: But so far, you know, bo has has certainly stood out,
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  Speaker 2: and Jacoby and Isaiah right there and then and then
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  Speaker 2: behind them legends learning how to play the position. But
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  Speaker 2: you certainly can see the talent he hits had some
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  Speaker 2: big plays and explosive plays today. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if he continues to grow and get better and all
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  Speaker 2: those things take care of the football, you know, you
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  Speaker 2: can see what a weapon you know he'll become for us.
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  Speaker 2: So excited about the room again, not not where they
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  Speaker 2: need to be. Well, you know, we still got a
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  Speaker 2: couple more weeks to get there, but it's good to
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  Speaker 2: have a group that you know has experience. And Jacoby
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  Speaker 2: doesn't have experience at Ohio State, but the other two do.
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  Speaker 2: And he's played a lot of football and I think
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  Speaker 2: he had a good scrimmage today.
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  Speaker 1: Another storyline that was a big, big one entering fall
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  Speaker 1: camp was the offensive line. Who is going to be
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  Speaker 1: that five? The best five on the offensive line. If
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  Speaker 1: you remember of Buckeye Insiders dot com, you saw a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of chatter on our board last week. We were
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  Speaker 1: told you Austin Saraveld was out with a minor injury,
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  Speaker 1: nothing to freak out about, but he was missing some time,
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  Speaker 1: so he's going to be back. It sounds like early
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  Speaker 1: this week. So where do things stand with the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line right now? You're going to hear Ryan Day answer
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  Speaker 1: that question, and then a quick follow up from Steven
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  Speaker 1: Means of Cleveland dot com.
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  Speaker 2: I think maybe some of you guys you know, may
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  Speaker 2: have heard. You know, Austin Soto was out for a
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  Speaker 2: couple of days. So it didn't make it as you know,
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  Speaker 2: streamline as we would like to have been in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the evaluation. But but those guys are battling right now,
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  Speaker 2: and we'll get Austin back here this week and and continue.
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  Speaker 3: To work through it.
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  Speaker 2: The good news is, you know we have depth, and
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  Speaker 2: you know there's multiple guys that you know, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to feel good about putting in the game. But we're
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  Speaker 2: still not exactly we need to be in terms of
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  Speaker 2: where everybody's going to be at.
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  Speaker 4: How much of ask Tyler this list, just how much
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  Speaker 4: of trying to figure out the offensive line, how it's
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  Speaker 4: best for Austin Saraveld in terms of maximizing him versus
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  Speaker 4: maybe the other three piece digit and evaluate as well.
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  Speaker 2: I think we have to do it's best for Ohio
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  Speaker 2: State and then we go from there. Now it's our
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  Speaker 2: job to put them in a position to be successful.
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  Speaker 2: But when you're looking at that, it's you take a
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  Speaker 2: lot of things into consideration, take into consideration and run game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, obviously the passing game experience, how that move
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  Speaker 2: affects the other four guys on the line, the communication.
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  Speaker 2: I will say this, I think they're playing a lot
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  Speaker 2: of confidence right now. They just came off that field
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  Speaker 2: feeling really good just about where they're at, the work
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  Speaker 2: that they're putting in, the communicating at a high level,
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  Speaker 2: and so you know that that part is good. And
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  Speaker 2: you know who ultimately and where in the first game
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  Speaker 2: you know are going to be the five guys and
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  Speaker 2: where they're going to be.
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  Speaker 3: I think we still have to sort through that this week.
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  Speaker 2: But I think we all uh you know, go to
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  Speaker 2: bed at night knowing that we're going to have enough.
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  Speaker 3: It's just how it all shakes.
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  Speaker 1: Another guy, we've been talking to our members about a bunch,
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  Speaker 1: and you heard about a bunch about if you were
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  Speaker 1: in our thread about the what we're hearing from inside
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  Speaker 1: the scrimmage over the weekend on our board. Well he
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  Speaker 1: went you heard a bunch but about Chris Henry junior.
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  Speaker 1: So what is Ryan Day see out of him during
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  Speaker 1: preseason camp.
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  Speaker 3: I've been very encouraged.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he came in even it took significant strides
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  Speaker 2: in the uh, you know, in the summer, and then
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  Speaker 2: came in with a different approach even than the spring.
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  Speaker 3: I thought he did a nice job in the spring.
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  Speaker 2: But when you go through fifteen practices the winter program,
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  Speaker 2: you're coming off.
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  Speaker 3: Of your you know, senior year. You know he's supposed
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  Speaker 3: to be going to the prom.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot going on there, and then to go
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  Speaker 2: through the summer, it's like, now he's not a freshman anymore,
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  Speaker 2: and he doesn't look that way. He's made a lot
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  Speaker 2: of plays, he's learning the offense well, he's buying into
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  Speaker 2: special teams, he's playing physical.
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  Speaker 3: Now. I'm excited to see where this goes for him.
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  Speaker 1: When you have a young quarterback like Julian saying he
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  Speaker 1: is going to be you would expect a little bit
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  Speaker 1: better year two than year one, a lot more experience,
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  Speaker 1: a lot more reps, just a little bit bigger, a
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  Speaker 1: little bit older, a little older, a little more experienced,
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  Speaker 1: how he also experience benefited from having Arthur Smith at
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State. And how does he look different in year
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  Speaker 1: two as a starter.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he's He's had a good offseason in terms of
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  Speaker 2: really found his voice.
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  Speaker 3: He's very much more assertive even at.
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  Speaker 2: This time last year, and that combined with his knowledge
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  Speaker 2: for what we're doing on offense. You know, he and
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  Speaker 2: Billy spent a lot of time together, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: so does a Julian and Arthur and and so you know,
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  Speaker 2: they are having a lot of fun together, I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and the fact that you know, Arthur's going
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  Speaker 2: from Aaron Rodgers to Julian saying, and I think Julian
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  Speaker 2: sees like what a great way to like learn the game,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when one of the best all time quarterbacks
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  Speaker 2: was working with Arthur last year and vice versa, and
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  Speaker 2: now like there's just things that you know, they get
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  Speaker 2: to share and experiences and I think it's been great.
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  Speaker 3: But to me, it's more about, you know, how that.
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  Speaker 2: Offense aligned, and those receivers and those tight ends running
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  Speaker 2: backs are going to play for him. At the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day, he's the leader and he's going to
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  Speaker 2: be the one that's gonna have to make the play
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  Speaker 2: when when the money's down in these big matchup games
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  Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter. And a big part of it,
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  Speaker 2: like a big part of being a quarterback is you know,
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  Speaker 2: those guys have to want to make the player get
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  Speaker 2: that first down because of the quarterback. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's doing a really good job of that. I think
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  Speaker 2: that you know, they believe in him now, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've still got a lot of work to do. And
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  Speaker 2: but that's that's what the preseadons all about, is earning
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  Speaker 2: that and trying to put him in situations as a
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  Speaker 2: coach to see where they can continue to learn and
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  Speaker 2: grow in those areas.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier, you heard Ryan Day talking about bo Jackson and
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  Speaker 1: just really in glowing terms and we could you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's been some various reporting on different things with the
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  Speaker 1: running back room and who's maybe going ahead, who's taking
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  Speaker 1: a step back, all that kind of stuff. This fall,
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day was really really adamant about how good bo
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  Speaker 1: Jackson has been. So what are some specifics, like what
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  Speaker 1: is he specifically seen from bo Jackson in fall camp
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  Speaker 1: that has him so encouraged there?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the first thing is, you know, his
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  Speaker 2: reads and the way he's hitting. The hole has has
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  Speaker 2: really shown up. But I think he's doing much better
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  Speaker 2: job at the second level. And we've talked about it before.
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  Speaker 2: He either running over him or he running around and
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  Speaker 2: making a miss, and you're seeing that it's showing up
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  Speaker 2: on film.
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  Speaker 3: It did not show up on film last year. We
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  Speaker 3: all know it.
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  Speaker 2: He knows he's been challenged. Coach Locke has been challenged,
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  Speaker 2: and so you know, based on the habits he's creating,
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  Speaker 2: I think we're going to see that this year.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 2: Again, it's just practice, so it doesn't matter until he
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  Speaker 2: puts it in a game. But if he continues to
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  Speaker 2: keep building and practicing and stacking these practices the way
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  Speaker 2: he's doing it, it's going to show up in a game,
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  Speaker 2: and that's going to be a big part of who
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  Speaker 2: we are this year. You know, we felt like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot of good there last year, but
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  Speaker 2: there was also a lot of football that we left
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  Speaker 2: on the field, and so a big point of emphasis
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  Speaker 2: that so far he's been responding to.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of optimism room around Julian saying and
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  Speaker 1: what he could be in year two as a starter
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  Speaker 1: at Ohio s date, But what about the guys behind
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  Speaker 1: Julian saying the backup quarterbacks. It sounds like that may
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  Speaker 1: be turning into a little bit more of a competition
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  Speaker 1: than you might have expected. Luke fahey, he lost his
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  Speaker 1: black stripe on Saturday. She'll hear Ryan day mention here,
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  Speaker 1: and he is maybe really pushing to try and get
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  Speaker 1: that number two job away from tav in Saint Clair.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Luke, he got his black stripe off today.
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  Speaker 2: He's been really doing a great job. He's putting a
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  Speaker 2: lot of pressure on Tavian.
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  Speaker 3: He really is.
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  Speaker 2: He's been competing. Uh, he's been making plays. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll see how he grades out Coach professor grades everything.
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  Speaker 2: So you know that that's been exciting to see him,
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  Speaker 2: you know, come in with a certain work ethic, run
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  Speaker 2: the offense, you know, at pretty high level. So we'll
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  Speaker 2: kind of see how the rest of the camp plays out.
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  Speaker 2: But good to see him kind of step in and
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  Speaker 2: push Davian.
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  Speaker 1: We've talked about a whole bunch of different positions, but
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  Speaker 1: not a lot about the tight end, at least so
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  Speaker 1: far this week. So all right, let's get an update
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  Speaker 1: from Ryan Day on the tight end possession. How is
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  Speaker 1: he feeling about that position group sounds like there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of depth, but really there's not a lot of
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  Speaker 1: guys who have done it at Ohio State in that
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  Speaker 1: room before depth.
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  Speaker 2: Like you said, I think it's been a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a you know MGA like some good, some bad,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, when you're playing that position and you're
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  Speaker 2: in camp, it is death march. I mean you're banging
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  Speaker 2: in there like an offensive line, and you're running routes
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  Speaker 2: like a receiver, you're protecting like, you're doing a lot
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  Speaker 2: of stuff, and there's a lot thrown the tight ends,
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  Speaker 2: like you have to handle high levels of information. You
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  Speaker 2: get the center, you get the quarterback, and then probably
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  Speaker 2: the tight end. You know, I mean that those guys
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  Speaker 2: have to be on top of their stuff, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's easy to get worn down, but that can't happen,
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  Speaker 2: and they're going to come out the back end of
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  Speaker 2: this thing stronger as a group. But I think the
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  Speaker 2: question still remains who would be going to be the
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  Speaker 2: guys that we can count on to make the plays
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  Speaker 2: and do the job. Like I think that's maybe another
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  Speaker 2: thing about the defense. It's like you have some good
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  Speaker 2: depth there, but like who's going to make the play.
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  Speaker 3: Who's going to be the guy that would count on
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  Speaker 3: when it matters the most.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't think we're there yet, But the good
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  Speaker 2: news is we have some some different guys that are,
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  Speaker 2: you know, competing for those for those opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: Back to the offensive line and mentioned that Austin Seyerveld
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  Speaker 1: had missed a little at a time, and again just
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  Speaker 1: a reminder, nothing big. He's expected to be back earlier
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  Speaker 1: and early this week, so nothing to get too concerned about.
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  Speaker 1: But a couple of years ago, Austin Sireveald actually benefited
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  Speaker 1: from the fact that there were a bunch of other
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  Speaker 1: guys out. Remember they had that like weird virus going
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  Speaker 1: around the offensive line room and it was just sort
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  Speaker 1: of chaos for the month of August. You never knew
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  Speaker 1: who was going to be there, who wasn't going to
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  Speaker 1: be there, So you had guys repping all sorts of
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  Speaker 1: different places and all sorts of different combinations. Austin Seerveld
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  Speaker 1: was one of the big beneficiaries of that. Really showed
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff, hey, he was maybe more ready to
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  Speaker 1: play in a lot of different places than they might
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  Speaker 1: have thought beforehand. So okay, now that Austin siriveld is
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  Speaker 1: out has been out for the last few days. Has
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  Speaker 1: that maybe provided a similar opportunity for other young guys
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  Speaker 1: to play more this month.
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  Speaker 2: It's not like it was that year with an illness
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  Speaker 2: where it was like just wild every day, you know,
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  Speaker 2: but it has allowed more opportunity for guys to get
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  Speaker 2: reps and move guys around and see guys play multiple positions,
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  Speaker 2: so that's always good.
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  Speaker 3: And then they have to step up. You know.
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  Speaker 2: We had to see you know, at times Carter Low
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  Speaker 2: had to you know, play with the ones and now
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  Speaker 2: he's blocking Kenyata coming off the edge and you know
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  Speaker 2: Bow coming off the edge, and so you know, that
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  Speaker 2: forces you to grow up quickly and figure out what
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  Speaker 2: you have. So yeah, there's been some of that going on.
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  Speaker 2: And but you know, I think we're gonna get Austin
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  Speaker 2: back here soon and get get back to.
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