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Ohio State Recruiting: Have The Buckeyes Zeroed In On Their Top Quarterback Targets? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning for Wednesday, June eighteenth, time
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  Speaker 1: at gratefulbriddeoh dot com, joined by Mark Gibler. Here inside
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  Speaker 1: the Woody Hayes Athletics Center, the final summer camp of
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  Speaker 1: the season, as finally it just ended got there were
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  Speaker 1: a ton of very very impressive players to see. We're
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  Speaker 1: gonna have multiple shows about just this camp coming up
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  Speaker 1: before you this week, so.
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  Speaker 2: There's gonna be a lot to talk about. There's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a whole skull session of recruiting podcast episode as well,
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  Speaker 2: so tons of recruiting to talk about.
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  Speaker 1: On this show. We are just talking quarterbacks. So there
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  Speaker 1: have been two different quarterbacks that I think are kind
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  Speaker 1: of towards the top of Ohio States Board for twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight. Right now, Chat Bonds and Niemon Lawrence. Both
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  Speaker 1: of them were here in the last two days. Mons
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  Speaker 1: was here on Monday. He was there for a seven
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  Speaker 1: on seven. Lawrence was here for a camp on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: So before we get in to the actual players, how
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  Speaker 1: different What are different things you've learned watching someone in
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  Speaker 1: seven on seven versus watching someone in a camp setting.
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  Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing is processing. When you're doing
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  Speaker 2: one on ones or just drills on air, they don't
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  Speaker 2: have to cross like they know exactly where the ball's going.
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  Speaker 2: I know exactly. You know. It's it's robotic, it's muscle
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  Speaker 2: memory when you're in the seven on seven, which I
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  Speaker 2: know is imperfect. I'm not sitting here trying to tell
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  Speaker 2: everyone that it's like the MLB all evaluation, but you
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  Speaker 2: do have some level of processing. There's a clock that
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  Speaker 2: you're not to get the ball out. So I was
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  Speaker 2: able to get a little more kind of from Champ
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  Speaker 2: of just his ability to put the process.
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  Speaker 1: But outside of that, you're closes on this point, all right,
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  Speaker 1: So let's start with Champ Bonds. He was here on
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  Speaker 1: Monday for that seven on seven. Give us a little
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  Speaker 1: scouting report on him. Whereas from what stands out about
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  Speaker 1: his game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Barra Beach, Florida. Freshman starter at Vera Beach, So
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  Speaker 2: that's a pretty big school to be a freshman starter, correct.
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  Speaker 2: So he is a he's a big time player, big kid.
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  Speaker 2: Brought orders, you know, six three six four, very solid,
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  Speaker 2: kind of your prototypical, you know, kind of classic quarterback build,
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  Speaker 2: great arm. He's extremely accurate. I was kind of joking
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  Speaker 2: with someone we were watching him and toward the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day he overthrew a ball. I'm like, I
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  Speaker 2: think that's the first incompletion he threw and it was
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  Speaker 2: like his fourth game that I had watched. So very accurate.
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  Speaker 2: And what was super impressive about his performance was he
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  Speaker 2: was on the house team, and so this is just
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  Speaker 2: a mix and mash of like all different like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: twenty different kids have never played together in their lives,
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  Speaker 2: and so the timing and the chemistry and just putting
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  Speaker 2: installing quickly installing some type of offense before the camp
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  Speaker 2: was all sorts of interesting. So but he he really
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  Speaker 2: put on a clinic and we have video of that
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  Speaker 2: on the YouTube channel that you guys can watch as well,
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  Speaker 2: and we got an interview with him that'll be up
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  Speaker 2: on the YouTube channel. As well by now, so you
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  Speaker 2: can get to learn more about him, you know, as
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  Speaker 2: a player and a person. Very mature kid.
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  Speaker 1: So where do things stand with him in Ohios? What
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  Speaker 1: were his thoughts on being at Ohio State. Everyone seems
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  Speaker 1: to enjoy working with Ryan Day and Billy Fessler and
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  Speaker 1: the whole coaching staff. What were his thoughts on Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State And where do things maybe stand with him in
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  Speaker 1: his recruitment?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so super early, He's not he's not given any
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  Speaker 2: hints on that. They're very methodical. His dad and grandfather
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  Speaker 2: were both professional athletes. His dad played Major League Baseball,
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  Speaker 2: his grandfather played football, played in the NFL. So they're
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  Speaker 2: gonna take their time and be very thorough with the process.
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  Speaker 2: But he really does enjoy Ohigo State. It's one of
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  Speaker 2: those situations where he's not gonna tell you, like theah
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State's right on the top of my list, But
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  Speaker 2: look where he's visiting. This was the first place he
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  Speaker 2: visited almost he's been there twice. He's been here twice
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  Speaker 2: now since April. So he's visiting Ohio State as much
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  Speaker 2: as he's visiting any other school in Ohio State is
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  Speaker 2: you know, however, many miles from Vera Beach. We are,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's it's a hall. So I think that
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  Speaker 2: tells you a lot about his early impressions of Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: And he has nothing but good things to say about
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  Speaker 2: kind of the environment here, and he likes the family
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  Speaker 2: atomsphere obviously TJ All it's kind of a big brothers
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  Speaker 2: for him, high seat freessional linebackers, So he's getting some
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  Speaker 2: feedback there as well. So I think Ohio State is
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  Speaker 2: going to be very much in that in that race
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  Speaker 2: as long as as long as they want to be.
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  Speaker 2: And and like I said, it was my first time
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  Speaker 2: see him throw in person. He's a he's a heck
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  Speaker 2: of a talent, and he got a lot of time
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  Speaker 2: in Billy Fessler was coaching the house team. So how
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  Speaker 2: nice that work? How convenient that Billy Fesser was coaching
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  Speaker 2: the house team. But so he was coaching the house
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  Speaker 2: team and then Ryan Day was out there working. Ryan Day,
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  Speaker 2: I think was a like voluntary offensive coordinator when he
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  Speaker 2: felt like it, and of course he would go back
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  Speaker 2: into the woody and do whatever he does. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so he got a lot of one on one attention
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  Speaker 2: from those two guys.
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  Speaker 1: It's funny I was looking for pictures at Billy Fesler
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  Speaker 1: a while ago, and one of the few I had
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  Speaker 1: from this time last year was him and Chip Kelly
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  Speaker 1: and Ryan Day altogether, and they were all watching one
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  Speaker 1: of these quarterbacks at a seven on seven. Like, when
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  Speaker 1: someone is in here that is a priority, it is
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  Speaker 1: not hard to figure out who the priorities. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we talk about kids watch what they do, not what
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  Speaker 1: they say. And Mons has been here twice since April,
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  Speaker 1: which he tells you a lot. Watch where the coaches
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  Speaker 1: are watching and you kind of know what Ohio State's
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  Speaker 1: thinking as well. There was a lot of attention today
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  Speaker 1: on Tuesday on Eamon Lawrence. What also tells you that, hey,
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  Speaker 1: they think quite a bit of him as well. What
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  Speaker 1: did you see out of Neman Lawrence? And what should
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  Speaker 1: people know about him?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so this isn't the first thing. This was the
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  Speaker 2: first time I saw Champ throw. I had seemed to
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  Speaker 2: be visited with Champ down in the spring, obviously, but
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  Speaker 2: this was not the first time I seeing Neman throw.
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  Speaker 2: But it just it's a show every time. He's not
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  Speaker 2: as big physically as Champ. But I don't know that
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  Speaker 2: that's possible to spin a football better than he does.
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  Speaker 2: It's just it's a beautiful thing to watch him throw
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  Speaker 2: from lance you. I mean, I'd like to get more
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  Speaker 2: technical than that, but just like the way the ball
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  Speaker 2: just comes out and just spins with the velocity he
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  Speaker 2: puts on it, it is a beautiful thing to watch
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  Speaker 2: him throw football.
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  Speaker 1: And he just wrapped up his freshman year as well.
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  Speaker 1: Where these are twenty twenty eighths we're talking about, so
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  Speaker 1: you know he he just wrapped up his freshman year
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  Speaker 1: as well. You know, where is he in his process
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  Speaker 1: because he's somewhat he's another guy who he's coming from
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  Speaker 1: further away than Vero Beach, and he's someone we've seen
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  Speaker 1: here four or five times probably, I mean at least
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  Speaker 1: you know, multiple games during you know you' see him
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  Speaker 1: coming down in the tunnel during the season. I think
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  Speaker 1: we saw him at camp last year here. This is
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  Speaker 1: not an easy trip. You see him here once again,
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  Speaker 1: it kind of tells you if you're here over and
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  Speaker 1: over and over again, you're you're at least seriously looking
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  Speaker 1: at Ohios. Did you have a sense for where his
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  Speaker 1: recruitment is right now?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's further along than Champ in terms
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  Speaker 2: of that. He's out on the radar a little bit earlier.
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  Speaker 2: He was when people made a big deal about him
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  Speaker 2: last year going into his ninth grade year. And so
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  Speaker 2: he's in the South Florida Express program, so he's tight
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  Speaker 2: with a lot of those guys. He's been able to
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  Speaker 2: go on a lot of those visits with those group
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  Speaker 2: with that group, so I think he's seen more to
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  Speaker 2: this point. Ohio State is definitely up there for him.
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  Speaker 2: I think Miami's wont to watch. But you know what,
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  Speaker 2: I take those two over the rest of the field
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  Speaker 2: this early. I don't notes because of the dominoes fall
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  Speaker 2: and one could affect the other. And who commits first
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  Speaker 2: at this school, And there's so many things that impact
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  Speaker 2: recruiting at a quarterback that you don't really think about it
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  Speaker 2: as far as like a lineman or a receiver or something.
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  Speaker 2: But I think those are two to really keep an
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  Speaker 2: eye on right now. And he can use cigarette throo
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  Speaker 2: on the High State and again the South Florida Express
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  Speaker 2: connection and has all we helped to Ohio State get
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  Speaker 2: him on campus a bunch.
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  Speaker 1: Of yeah, there are so you think through all the
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  Speaker 1: South Florida Express kids and they're just so many of
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  Speaker 1: them who have been here over the years. And you
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  Speaker 1: see Brian Hartline with his South Florida Express sweatshirt and
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  Speaker 1: his cigar every time there's a commitment, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: so there's obviously quite quite a connection there between those
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  Speaker 1: two programs and sounds like it could continue.
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  Speaker 2: We saw some really, really really top level receivers here
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  Speaker 2: that have some South Florida Express connections and shamanad Madonna.
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  Speaker 1: Which has produced a Ohio state wide receiver of some
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  Speaker 1: consequence in the past. So we'll have plenty more to
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  Speaker 1: talk about with those guys. You'll be able to hear
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  Speaker 1: that on the Skull Session Recruiting podcast. Mark Antonio have
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  Speaker 1: an episode of that dropping probably a little just a
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  Speaker 1: little later on after you watch this one, and then
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  Speaker 1: the linebacker out of out of Cleveland Glenville, making his
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