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How Much Did Julian Sayin Improve In His Second Career Start? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes tomorrow morning for Tuesday, September ninth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, Tom Moore. The Ohio game in four days,
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  Speaker 1: Buck guys getting ready for their third game of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Their final non conference tune up for Buck Big Ten
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  Speaker 1: Play begins this weekend. Welcoming in the Ohio Bobcats. We're
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  Speaker 1: actually gonna have a bonus show for you a little
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  Speaker 1: later on with a bunch of clips from Ohio Bobcats
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  Speaker 1: head coach Brian Smith's press conference. He did that on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking to Ryan Day on Tuesday at noon,
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  Speaker 1: so we'll get the Ohio state side of things then,
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  Speaker 1: and then talking to Ryan Day again Wednesday evening as
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  Speaker 1: well as players. So lots of interviews, lots of coverage
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  Speaker 1: this week as the Buckeyes look turn the page from
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  Speaker 1: Grambling to the Ohio Bobcats. But before we do that officially,
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  Speaker 1: before we officially turn the page, why did I let
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  Speaker 1: you hear a little bit from a Heighstate quarterback Julian saying,
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  Speaker 1: he's one of those guys who is taking on obviously
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  Speaker 1: a much bigger role on this year's team. And I
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  Speaker 1: know people like to hear from guys to get to
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  Speaker 1: know You feel like you get to know the players
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  Speaker 1: more a little bit as individuals when you get to
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  Speaker 1: see him and get to hear him, whether they're not
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  Speaker 1: wearing a helmet or run around on the field. So
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  Speaker 1: I thought you guys might enjoy hearing a little bit
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  Speaker 1: from Julian saying, and he is, I will remind you
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  Speaker 1: just a red shirt freshman, just made his second start.
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  Speaker 1: And if when you listen to Will Howard last year,
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  Speaker 1: he would go on for two minutes or two and
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  Speaker 1: a half minutes answering our question. Was very comfortable behind
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  Speaker 1: the podium, just like he was very comfortable in the
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  Speaker 1: huddle for the buck Eyes, Julian saying, he is not
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  Speaker 1: a fifty year guy, just his second year, and really
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  Speaker 1: this is his first year really being in the national
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  Speaker 1: college football spotlight. So you're going to hear some shorter
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  Speaker 1: answers from him. I'm going to guess that that will
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  Speaker 1: sort of change as he gets a little more comfortable
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  Speaker 1: behind the microphone as well as getting more comfortable inside
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  Speaker 1: the huddle for the buck Eyes this season. So we'll
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  Speaker 1: just start with some just general overall thoughts on the
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  Speaker 1: game from Juliansane.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, we had a great scheme
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  Speaker 2: in our passing attack, and you know, the coaches did
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  Speaker 2: a great job of, you know, dialing up some great
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  Speaker 2: plays and oft the line block well, receivers called the
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  Speaker 2: ball well, running backs ran hard, and you know, we
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  Speaker 2: we had some great plays, but you know, a couple
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  Speaker 2: of mistakes we got to clean up.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, the competition was not quite up to the level
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  Speaker 1: of Texas week two against Grambling, and everyone sort of
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  Speaker 1: knew that coming in, so okay, but it was definitely
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  Speaker 1: a chance for Julian Saying to do a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more than he needed against Texas. Against Texas, in a
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  Speaker 1: lot of cases, it felt like the game plan was
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  Speaker 1: just don't lose the game. Against Grambling, they were a
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  Speaker 1: little more comfortable letting him come out of his shell
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more, do a little bit more, be
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more aggressive, So did this represent a
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  Speaker 1: step forward for him personally?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, the whole week we've kind
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  Speaker 2: of been talking about, you know, last week's done with
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  Speaker 2: and you know, how can we improve and how can
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  Speaker 2: we get better? And I think this week of practice
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  Speaker 2: was very important for us, and you know, showing up
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  Speaker 2: in this game, I think we took a step forward
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  Speaker 2: and just getting better.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, it's all about how can we.
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  Speaker 2: Improve from week one to week two to week three
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  Speaker 2: and just keep stacking days.
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  Speaker 1: For the second time in three games, and Owhio State
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  Speaker 1: quarterback completed his first sixteen passes of a game. Will
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  Speaker 1: Howard of course did it against Notre Dame in the
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  Speaker 1: National Championship game, and then Julian Sayan did it against Grambling.
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  Speaker 1: He finished eighteen for nineteen, three hundred and six yards,
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  Speaker 1: four touchdowns, in an interception. But starting with sixteen straight completions,
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  Speaker 1: is that something he'd ever done before?
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  Speaker 3: I don't think I've done that before.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I think it's just you know, when
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  Speaker 2: you get those completions kind of racking up a builds
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  Speaker 2: confidence and then you know, the energy from the other
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  Speaker 2: players in the offense, you know, when when they start
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  Speaker 2: seeing we're moving the ball down the field like that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the other guys are bringing energy.
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  Speaker 1: Julian Sayan is obviously very fortunate to have plenty of
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  Speaker 1: very very talented weapons out there with him on offense.
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  Speaker 1: Ermiah Smith and Cardil Tate and Brandon Innis and James
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  Speaker 1: Peoples and CJ. Donaldson and Max Player and all those guys.
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  Speaker 1: We get it. We know, you know, all the talented
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  Speaker 1: players the Ohio State team. But the first touchdown of
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  Speaker 1: the game didn't go to any of those guys. Went
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  Speaker 1: to Will kas Merrick, who is a basically more known
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  Speaker 1: for his blocking than his receiving over his time in
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State, but obviously got opened down the scene, caught
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  Speaker 1: it long catch and run for a touchdown. So what
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  Speaker 1: kind of a weapon can someone like Wil kas Merrick
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  Speaker 1: be for the offense?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know Will, he's a great tight
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  Speaker 2: end and that was a great rap by him, great catch,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, our whole tight end room, we're very
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  Speaker 2: deep at tight end and you know they all have
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  Speaker 2: different skill sets, but they have a lot of impact
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  Speaker 2: on our offense.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, that was a great catch by him
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  Speaker 3: and love to see it from.
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  Speaker 1: Me Only one player scored multiple touchdowns for the Buckeyes
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday against Grambling, and that was Jeremiah Smith. The
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  Speaker 1: first one was the second longest play in Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: history from scrimmage. When you saw Jeremiah Smith, When Julian
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  Speaker 1: Saying saw Jeremiah Smith sort of breaking open behind the
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  Speaker 1: defense on that play, is that just sort of an
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  Speaker 1: automatic All right, Well, I'm just gonna wrote out there
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  Speaker 1: and let him go get it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: You know we had that one, you know, kind of
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  Speaker 2: backed up on our own twelve year line or something.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, we practiced that play all week, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was awesome to go see us execute it.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier mentioned all of the weapons that Julian Saying has
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  Speaker 1: to work with on the Ohio State offense. How much
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  Speaker 1: does it help him as a young quarterback just sort
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  Speaker 1: of figuring out who he is and sort of getting
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  Speaker 1: comfortable as a quarterback. How much does it help to
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  Speaker 1: have that supporting cast on offense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's a huge impact, you know, having having
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  Speaker 2: the receivers that we do here, having the off the
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  Speaker 2: line being able to protect for that long, and then
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  Speaker 2: having the running backs who not only protect but then
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  Speaker 2: also get out in the in the route tree. So
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  Speaker 2: it was it was awesome to see you know, those
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  Speaker 2: receivers today, I made some great plays and they were
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  Speaker 2: running great routes and you know they're always getting open.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Day mentioned on the throat of Will kasmeric what
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  Speaker 1: a great throw it was from juliansay in but the
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  Speaker 1: fact that he just he saw the back of the defender,
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  Speaker 1: so he knew, okay, open, good, ready to go. So
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  Speaker 1: all right on that first touchdown pass at Will Kasmerica,
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  Speaker 1: what with Julian saying thinking when he saw the back
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  Speaker 1: of the defender.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what we talk about in practice a lot.
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  Speaker 2: You know, a blind defender when he's you know, kind
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  Speaker 2: of trailing him and he's not looking at us as
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  Speaker 2: an open receiver. So you know, once once I saw him,
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  Speaker 2: had had a step or two on him. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he was ready to let it rip and he made
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  Speaker 2: a great catch and you know had some run after
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  Speaker 2: the catch for the touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, you don't want to draw any real huge deep
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  Speaker 1: conclusions from beating a team like Grambling seventy to nothing. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they did what they needed to do, but Grambling they're
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  Speaker 1: not going to play any more teams that are kind
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  Speaker 1: of the caliber of Grambling for the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 1: So with that understood, what kind of takeaways do you
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  Speaker 1: have for a game like that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, coach Day always says that
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  Speaker 2: the issues are always there, So you know, we made
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  Speaker 2: some great plays today, but you know there's a there's
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  Speaker 2: definitely stuff to clean up. You know, the turnover that
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  Speaker 2: I had in the red zone. Can't have that canceron
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  Speaker 2: the ball over as a quarterback. So definitely some stuff
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  Speaker 2: to clean up. And we'll watch the tape and you
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  Speaker 2: know we need to grow from it and be ready
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  Speaker 2: for next week.
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  Speaker 1: You go eighteen of nineteen on the day and what
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  Speaker 1: do want people want to talk about, Well, they want
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  Speaker 1: to ask about that nineteen throw. His only incompletion all
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  Speaker 1: day long was an interception at the goal line going
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  Speaker 1: for Carnel tape pass got picked off right or at
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  Speaker 1: the one. So what was the conversation on the sideline
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  Speaker 1: like after that throw?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know it was it was a bad decision
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  Speaker 2: on my part, and you know, we just got to
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  Speaker 2: watch the tape and move on and learn from it
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  Speaker 2: because I can't have those mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: Young quarterbacks talk about the game maybe slowing down a
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  Speaker 1: little bit for them as they get some more experience,
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  Speaker 1: get more reps out in the field, watch more film,
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  Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. Is Julian saying, feeling comfortable
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  Speaker 1: at this point with looking at what they've got out
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  Speaker 1: there before the snap and kind of knowing more or
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  Speaker 1: less what he wants to do or is it still
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  Speaker 1: kind of working through things after the snap.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's definitely some pre snap element to it, you know.
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  Speaker 2: That's and that's from the preparedness that my the coaches
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  Speaker 2: have for us. But you also have to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: let the let the defense kind of dictate where it
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  Speaker 2: goes based on their drops. So it's a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of pre snap identification and then post snap confirmations.
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  Speaker 3: What we say in the quarterback room.
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  Speaker 1: When you are a star quarterback in school, you were
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  Speaker 1: playing every game you're obviously as long as you're healthy,
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  Speaker 1: you are out there and you were the star of
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  Speaker 1: the show. Then last year, Julian Satan, he was QB
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  Speaker 1: three for Ohio State. So what was it like to
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  Speaker 1: be out there and finally able to let it rip
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  Speaker 1: at the college level for the first time after sitting
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  Speaker 1: last year and then having a pretty conservative game plan
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  Speaker 1: in Week one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was. It was awesome, had a lot of
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  Speaker 3: fun today.
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  Speaker 2: You know, can't say enough about the receiving room, the
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  Speaker 2: running backs, and the offi line just you know, everyone
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  Speaker 2: doing their part and I'm making the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Move all right. Well, hope you guys enjoyed that. Again,
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  Speaker 1: as I said, I think people tend to like to
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  Speaker 1: get to see and hear these guys a little bit
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  Speaker 1: when they're not on the football field, maybe start to
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  Speaker 1: feel like you get to know them a little bit more.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll try and do a few more of those
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  Speaker 1: shows throughout the course of the season. I'll try and
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  Speaker 1: get you like a Matt Patricia show at some point too,
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  Speaker 1: and a Brian Hartline show. You probably feel like you
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  Speaker 1: know Brian Hartlin at this point, but Matt Patrician, nude
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  Speaker 1: fit defensive coordinator, maybe some of the other new players
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  Speaker 1: on the team. Will try and get you a couple
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  Speaker 1: of those shows. You sort of get a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a sense for their personality as well. So and
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  Speaker 1: then we have plenty more coming for you all week
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  Speaker 1: Huddle got a chance to hear from Ohio head coach
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  Speaker 1: Brian Smith on Monday, Yeah, has some interesting stuff to
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  Speaker 1: say about the Buckeyes, about the bobcats seventeen to ten
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  Speaker 1: win over West Virginia, one of the biggest wins in
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  Speaker 1: program history in front of the biggest crowd in program history.
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  Speaker 1: And now you get a chance to follow that up
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  Speaker 1: by heading up for thirty three to Columbus take on
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  Speaker 1: the Buckeyes on Saturday. Really, really, it's some interesting stuff
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  Speaker 1: from Brian Smith. Ether to hear that on a bonus
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  Speaker 1: As I mentioned Tuesday at noon, we'll have the press
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  Speaker 1: conferences Brian Day, Wednesday evening talking to Brian Day and
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  Speaker 1: some of the players, and then the game Saturday at
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  Speaker 1: seven on Peacock. Should be a fun game, probably a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a house divided situation for plenty of
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  Speaker 1: folks around the state of Ohio. Those are always kind
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  Speaker 1: of fun as well well, and both teams coming in
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  Speaker 1: Bobcats a very very close loss to Rutgers and then
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  Speaker 1: the upset win over West Virginia last week. Bill and
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  Speaker 1: Have a great day. We will talk to tomorrow.