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Ohio State Football Insider: 10 Things We Learned From Brian Hartline · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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Speaker 1: to between now and then, as well as the Buckeyes
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Speaker 1: continue with their fall camp. They had three practices Thursday, Friday,
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Speaker 1: Saturday last week. We got to see all of those.
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Speaker 1: Got a chance to talk to Brian day after the
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Speaker 1: first one, got a chance to talk to Matt Patricia
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Speaker 1: and Brian Heartline after the second one on yesterday. Sure
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Speaker 1: you get to hear from Matt Patricia today and to
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Speaker 1: get to hear from Brian Heartline about a bunch of
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Speaker 1: different stuff. We're going to start with just some real
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Speaker 1: basic ones, just some first impressions from fall camp.
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Speaker 2: Opening impressions.
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Speaker 3: I would say that, you know, I think we don't
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Speaker 3: really ever have a day one anymore. We do so
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Speaker 3: much in the offseason, so it's just a continuation of
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Speaker 3: spring in the summer. And and really I think, if anything,
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Speaker 3: we've had a great summer. You know, I think the
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Speaker 3: guys I've gotten bigger, stronger, faster.
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Speaker 2: Now their job is to apply that to the game.
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Speaker 3: You know, take those new either acquired skills or exposed
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Speaker 3: talent like to say, and and now implement it to
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Speaker 3: to your production on the field. So we've had a
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Speaker 3: good summer, and now we're just making sure we're getting
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Speaker 3: locked in on not just lifting weights, but maintaining our
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Speaker 3: bodies and and really getting really good at execution competition
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Speaker 3: and and you know, develop in the uh the foundation
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Speaker 3: for for a great offense.
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Speaker 1: Partland was the offensive coordinator a couple of years ago,
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Speaker 1: but didn't actually call plays this year. Now he is
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Speaker 1: calling plays as well, and that's really kind of a
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Speaker 1: change for him. He obviously was a wide receiver at
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Speaker 1: Ohio State and then has been the wide receiver coach
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Speaker 1: at Ohio State, so he's been mostly focused on that room.
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Speaker 1: Now that he's calling plays, well, he's got to focus
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Speaker 1: on the rest of the offense as well, including the quarterbacks.
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Speaker 1: How his really has really his relationship with that quarterback
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Speaker 1: room changed since he took on his new role.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been great.
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Speaker 3: I think the uh, the dialogue that all started, you know,
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Speaker 3: really more in the spring to uh to continue that
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Speaker 3: into the summer a good amount, but then uh, to
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Speaker 3: get into fall camp and and really be more hands on,
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Speaker 3: it has been been enjoyable. Uh, having opportunity to play
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Speaker 3: some you know, pool basketball with some of these guys,
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Speaker 3: let him get competitive and they can feel me get competitive.
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Speaker 3: I think, Uh, again, I'm not in a world of
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Speaker 3: trying to force anything, just let it happen organically. But
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Speaker 3: I think, you know, it's been really positive so far.
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Speaker 3: I'd like to think that, uh, but uh never going
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Speaker 3: to assume and uh, we've got a great room, you know,
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Speaker 3: So it's an easy it's an easy process to be
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Speaker 3: involved with those guys.
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Speaker 1: Most of the freshmen and new faces on Ohio State's
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Speaker 1: team we're here in the spring. But there are a
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Speaker 1: few exceptions. One of those is Turbo Rogers. He's the
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Speaker 1: running back out of Alabama. He showed up over the
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Speaker 1: summer and he's already made quite an impression on some folks.
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Speaker 1: Pretty impressive in some limited opportunities to see him last week. Now,
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Speaker 1: it is hard to evaluate running backs when no one
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Speaker 1: is tackling. But what are Brian Hartline's early impressions of
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Speaker 1: Turbo Rogers so far?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Turbo he's learning right now.
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Speaker 3: I mean he's got he's learning, you know, number one,
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Speaker 3: who we are and how we operate. I mean not
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Speaker 3: that he's defiant by any means, but just there's a
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Speaker 3: time aspect that that has to take place. And anytime
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Speaker 3: you kind of come in this summer, there's always just
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Speaker 3: a curveball. It takes a little bit of time that
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Speaker 3: the winner in the spring can help you get acclimated
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Speaker 3: to that you don't get exposed to. But no, he's
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Speaker 3: very willing, he's hard working. I'm sure he's studying at
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Speaker 3: a high level. But he's getting acclimated so first you
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Speaker 3: know how we do things. Before he'd really knows kind
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Speaker 3: of what he's doing right. So, but great personality, good energy.
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Speaker 3: I'm excited to have him here.
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Speaker 1: This is the third season for Brandon Innos at Ohio State.
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Speaker 1: He came in with the five star wide receiver hype
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Speaker 1: and was sort of broadly expected to take over for
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Speaker 1: a Mecca Abuca last year. When a Mecca Abuka left
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Speaker 1: following the twenty twenty three season for the Pros, well,
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Speaker 1: small problem. But Meccha Buka came back last year for
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Speaker 1: one more year, and yeah, that worked out just fine
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Speaker 1: for the Buckeyes as they won the national championship, But
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Speaker 1: it did mean Brandon Innis had another year in a
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Speaker 1: backup role. Now a Mecca Abuka is officially off to
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Speaker 1: the NFL and it is Brandon nis time in the
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Speaker 1: slot for Ohio State. So what is Brian Hartline expecting
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Speaker 1: from Brandon Innis this year?
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Speaker 2: Yeah?
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Speaker 3: I think, you know, like everybody the ceilings knows the clouds,
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Speaker 3: it really is no ceiling. It's only what he limits
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Speaker 3: himself to. Uh, But I expect to see a great leader.
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Speaker 3: I expect a guy that Uh, did everything he did
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Speaker 3: last year, but then some you know, add more to it.
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Speaker 2: Uh.
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Speaker 3: He's definitely a guy that can carry a lot of
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Speaker 3: roles and do a lot of things. Uh, but you
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Speaker 3: can't let the execution slip because you can do a
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Speaker 3: lot of things. I wouldn't say an average way, but
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Speaker 3: we do too many things and you're not an expert
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Speaker 3: at something, so it's got to make sure that we
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Speaker 3: stay sharp that way. But I expect him to be
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Speaker 3: a leader. I expect him to be, you know, really
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Speaker 3: a person that pushes our culture and and uh and
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Speaker 3: and and allows our culture to grow and and bring
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Speaker 3: guys along. You know, some guys take care of themselves.
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Speaker 3: Some guys who take the care of themselves and bring
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Speaker 3: guys along. I expect Brain to be one of those guys.
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Speaker 3: And he's shown so far that not only does he
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Speaker 3: is he capable, but he really wants to do that guy. So,
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Speaker 3: but body of work over time will ultimately tell us.
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Speaker 1: Another player who is taking on a bigger role this
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Speaker 1: year is Austin Seerveld. He obviously was playing in sort
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Speaker 1: of a rotational role as they were sort of shuffling
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Speaker 1: three different guards around on last year's offensive line during
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Speaker 1: the playoff, But now he has added a couple new
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Speaker 1: honors to his trophy case, his personal trophy case since then.
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Speaker 1: He was named in Iron Buckeye during the winter workouts.
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Speaker 1: Who's named in Iron Buckeye during the summer workouts? So
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Speaker 1: that's usually a pretty good poortender of success on the
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Speaker 1: field in the fall. So what can Austin Seerveld bring
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Speaker 1: to the team this season?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Austin's always had a good demeanor about him,
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Speaker 3: and he's I think he's elevated that even more. I
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Speaker 3: think it feels like there's been a lot of belief
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Speaker 3: that he's he's instilled in himself to seeing himself do that,
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Speaker 3: you know, over time, and you know, really he's just
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Speaker 3: been really impressive. You know, he's one of those guys
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Speaker 3: in my opinion, that you just don't talk about a
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Speaker 3: lot because he does everything right, you know. And when
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Speaker 3: you're you're playing on the line, you're always at the
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Speaker 3: point of attack, so it's easy to get exposed and
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Speaker 3: people are talking about you a lot, and it's usually
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Speaker 3: not a good thing, and Austin is the complete opposite.
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Speaker 3: So we'll make sure to identify all these great things
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Speaker 3: he's doing, but he just continuously continually does his job
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Speaker 3: at a high level, and you know, I expect that
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Speaker 3: to continue. I expect that to develop more and more
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Speaker 3: into a leadership role, which we already feel and you know,
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Speaker 3: be a mainstay and and bringing along that O line group,
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Speaker 3: which we're excited about.
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Speaker 2: So also is a big part of that.
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Speaker 1: Talked about Brandon Innis earlier in terms of his on
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Speaker 1: field impact on what he could bring to the Buckeyes
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Speaker 1: this year, But what about off the field. He's already
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Speaker 1: sort of been a little bit of a leader in
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Speaker 1: that wide receiver room even before he was playing starter minutes.
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Speaker 1: So what is his off field impact going to be
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Speaker 1: like this fall?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Brandon has always been a big part of our
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Speaker 3: room receiver wise. Culturally, he drives it, he helps run it.
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Speaker 3: Carnell has taking a big role in that as well.
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Speaker 2: This year.
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Speaker 3: Frankly, all those guys are stepping up. I mean, Carnell, JJ,
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Speaker 3: David Adolph. You know, these guys are all had made progressions,
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Speaker 3: but from a leadership standpoint, those guys are really trying
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Speaker 3: to take over with with b I being you know,
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Speaker 3: at the forefront of that. So I expect that and
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Speaker 3: that's good, and he he olds himself to a high standard,
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Speaker 3: but I want him to start bringing even more and
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Speaker 3: more guys along in that same fashion.
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Speaker 1: I think we all have a pretty good sense what
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Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith can do when the football is in his hands.
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Speaker 1: That generally involves lots of catches, lots of yards, and
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Speaker 1: lots of touchdowns. But what about when he doesn't have
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Speaker 1: the ball in the hand in his hands? How can
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Speaker 1: he impact the game and maybe even change the game
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Speaker 1: without having the football?
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Speaker 3: You know, I think that the best thing Jeremiah does
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Speaker 3: and is just he just always wants to learn. So,
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Speaker 3: you know, as a coach, you can't you can't, you know,
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Speaker 3: baby him, You can't like put him on a pedestal.
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Speaker 2: He does not want that. So he being held accountable.
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Speaker 3: You know, there have been opportunities to maybe finish more
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Speaker 3: without the ball in your hands. Turn up field, I
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Speaker 3: identify it and he applies it like so, I'm not
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Speaker 3: going to.
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Speaker 2: Say there's one individual thing when the ball is not
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Speaker 2: in his hands.
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Speaker 3: I just I think this overall for him, he's always
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Speaker 3: trying to learn, He's always trying to contribute.
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Speaker 2: Whether he's a you know, he knows there's.
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Speaker 3: A decoy ish mentality or a blocking mentality because he's
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Speaker 3: a big guy.
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Speaker 2: Or whatever that role is.
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Speaker 3: He just loves learning the why and then uh and
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Speaker 3: then applying it in that role in that play.
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Speaker 1: All Right, we've talked about Brandon in this We've talked
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Speaker 1: about Jeremiah Smith. Let's talk about the third starting wide receiver,
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Speaker 1: Carnell Tate. He has taken some big steps to be
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Speaker 1: a leader this offseason. That's something that Ryan Day talked
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Speaker 1: about late last week. Is that something that Carnell Tait
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Speaker 1: maybe had to get pushed into doing a little bit
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Speaker 1: by the coaching staff.
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Speaker 2: No, it's more him, for sure.
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Speaker 3: There's probably a conversation that we've had obviously that you know,
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Speaker 3: we know you're capable of this, why not be this guy?
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Speaker 2: Whatever?
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Speaker 3: Those conversations are between myself and coach Mick and coach Day,
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Speaker 3: and but uh, you know, ultimately, you know, players apply,
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Speaker 3: players choose to do things. We can recommend it suggest
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Speaker 3: all we want, but uh, ultimately the players are responsible
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Speaker 3: for making plays and making changes. So yeah, I would
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Speaker 3: agree with coach I mean, he's made a huge strides.
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Speaker 3: You know, I love him for it. He's the right
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Speaker 3: kind of guy for it. He's the right kind of role,
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Speaker 3: you know, rolling, you know, bs kind of guy. A
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Speaker 3: lot of guys have a lot of respect for him.
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Speaker 3: So doing a great job. Absolutely love it. I'm glad
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Speaker 3: those conversations that had were received, and I'm glad of
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Speaker 3: see's really taking the uh, taking the reins of it
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Speaker 3: and uh and ran with it.
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Speaker 1: All Right, we have checked the boxes for the three
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Speaker 1: starting wide receivers. Now let's talk about some of the
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Speaker 1: other wide receivers on the team, Guys like maybe Bryson Rogers,
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Speaker 1: Milon Graham, that second group of wide receivers not necessarily starters,
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Speaker 1: but guys who maybe have a chance to make an
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Speaker 1: impact this fall. Is there maybe an opportunity for those
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Speaker 1: guys to get into the rotation at wide receiver this year.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's always a chance.
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Speaker 3: I mean, there's so many reps being had in practice
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Speaker 3: and you're either you know, playing at the level of
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Speaker 3: the guys that are starting, or you're not. Ultimately, that's
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Speaker 3: what it comes down to, right, So if you can
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Speaker 3: match you know, the execution.
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Speaker 2: Level and or better or whatever.
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Speaker 3: I mean that Ultimately the film tells you who should
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Speaker 3: be on the field on Saturdays, and at what point
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Speaker 3: in the game, you know, and whether it be situationally
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Speaker 3: or not. And guys maximizing those rep opportunities ultimately dictates
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Speaker 3: how that looks.
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Speaker 2: Right. So we've got lots.
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Speaker 3: Of reps early in spring, I mean, we got two
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Speaker 3: fields going, We got tons of reps happening, and more
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Speaker 3: times than not, it kind of, you know, shows itself.
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Speaker 3: But uh yeah, I view that frankly, every years it's
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Speaker 3: the same opportunity.
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Speaker 2: But those guys just have to do it.
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Speaker 3: And you know, we love defining roles, but guys define
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Speaker 3: roles and they earn roles, and if you keep it
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Speaker 3: that way, ultimately the respect in your room and in
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Speaker 3: your position room on your team should should stay true.
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Speaker 3: And so a lot of competition right now, a lot
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Speaker 3: of good stuff happening. We're just gonna try to see
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Speaker 3: who does it more consistently over time.
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Speaker 1: It feels like every time we talk about mile and
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Speaker 1: and we talk about one of two things. Number one, boy,
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Speaker 1: the potential boy, he's flashing you know what he could
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Speaker 1: be ultimately, And then the second thing is, well, you
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Speaker 1: got to remember he showed up last summer and really
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Speaker 1: was sort of a little behind the eight ball. Last
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Speaker 1: year really didn't play a lot, but a lot of
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Speaker 1: that had to do with the fact that he wasn't there,
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Speaker 1: didn't until the summer. So Okay, now he's got a
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Speaker 1: whole year under his belt at this point. How much
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Speaker 1: did he that cost him last year?
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Speaker 2: Did that?
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Speaker 1: Has he caught up now? You know, having gone through
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Speaker 1: now a winter, having gone through a spring at Ohio State?
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Speaker 1: Is that you know, having shown up last summer? Is
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Speaker 1: that sort of behind him now? And maybe where has
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Speaker 1: Mylin Graham grown the most this year?
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Speaker 2: Yeah?
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Speaker 3: I think him going through his first spring really helped him.
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Speaker 3: First winter really helped him. Being grounded for his first
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Speaker 3: for a summer, you know, instead of like showing up
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Speaker 3: and having acclamation for a month before you actually get
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Speaker 3: into it. I mean all of those things, you know,
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Speaker 3: almost makes you feel like you're in your third year,
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Speaker 3: like for Jeremi or these young guys that came in this.
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Speaker 2: Year to come in January.
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Speaker 3: By the time you get to your second year, you
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Speaker 3: almost feel like it's your third year because you've you know,
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Speaker 3: worked with coach Mick, You've.
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Speaker 2: Had a spring, you've had a summer, you've had a
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Speaker 2: fall camp, you've.
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Speaker 3: Had a you know, a fall season and you're like, gosh,
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Speaker 3: it's my second year. I would say when you come
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Speaker 3: in June, it's still all new until you get back
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Speaker 3: to June.
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Speaker 2: And so that's what you know. Milin experienced Milond Now, I.
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Speaker 3: Mean he fully understands, Like when you're there, you don't
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Speaker 3: understand it.
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Speaker 2: I'm good, I'm good, I'm good. Well you don't realize it.
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Speaker 3: So but yes, I mean to answer your question long
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Speaker 3: windedly and say that, Uh, Malin's in a really good spot. Uh.
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Speaker 3: He's put himself in a position to compete for getting
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Speaker 3: on the field, whether it be offensively or special teams.
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Speaker 3: I expect him to earn roles in special teams even
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Speaker 3: before you even get on offense. That's how we're built here, right,
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Speaker 3: defensively and offensively. You can't get on special teams. I
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Speaker 3: don't know how you expect to play offensive defense. So uh,
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Speaker 3: you know, the guy's on special team are the best
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Speaker 3: football players period. So those guys out to see Mound
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Speaker 3: in that light. But obviously he had a great spring.
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Speaker 3: He's growing and I want to see him keep building
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Speaker 3: on what he's doing. You know, we don't want to
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Speaker 3: have step backs. I know he's not going to. I'm
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Speaker 3: just saying the progression he's on is really good.
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Speaker 1: Brian Hartline, of course, was a wide receiver as a
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Speaker 1: player at Ohio State and as a player in the NFL,
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Speaker 1: and he was a wide receiver coach at Ohio State
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Speaker 1: when he started his career there as well, still is,
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Speaker 1: but now he's the offensive coordinator. So you would assume, Okay,
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Speaker 1: a wide receiver, he's going to sort of be predisposed
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Speaker 1: to sort of favor the pass, get the ball in
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Speaker 1: the hands of those wide receivers. Obviously has a lot
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Speaker 1: of talent there, but you got to remember you got
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Speaker 1: to run a little bit of a balanced offense there
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Speaker 1: as well. Well. Tyler Bowen is someone who came in
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Speaker 1: and may be able to be a sort of help
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Speaker 1: with that. Tyler Bowen the offensive line coach, former play
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Speaker 1: caller at Virginia Tech. He's also has the title of
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Speaker 1: the run game coordinator. So what is Tyler Bowen brought
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Speaker 1: to the Ohio State coaching staff. In Brian Hartline's eyes, Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I love, really enjoyed going to know Tyler.
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Speaker 3: I think really highly of his football IQ and his
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Speaker 3: personality and how he you know, commands with his room
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Speaker 3: and his guys, and how how he builds relationships. The overall, uh,
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Speaker 3: you know, having Tyler in the building has been really
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Speaker 3: you know, a great, a great honor, a great, great situation.
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Speaker 1: If you want to try and get an Ohio State
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Speaker 1: coach to tell you who they think is a head
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Speaker 1: in the quarterback battle, I wish you the very best
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Speaker 1: of luck. That has not been able something that anyone
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Speaker 1: has been able to really get out of a coach
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Speaker 1: on the record this fall. But you can get them
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Speaker 1: to tell you what they're looking for out of the
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks who, you know what, what's going to determine who
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Speaker 1: wins that job, even if they're not willing to tell
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Speaker 1: you who they think is going to win that job. So,
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Speaker 1: all right, what is the coaching staff looking for out
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Speaker 1: of quarterbacks in camp this year?
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Speaker 3: Consistency? What you do most often is exactly who you are.
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Speaker 3: So will you consistently make the play exist? Is the
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Speaker 3: communicate excely loud because instantly have energy, consistently prepare well?
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Speaker 2: Whatever that is.
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Speaker 3: The consistency level of anybody ultimately dictates your identity. So
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Speaker 3: we're chasing that. It's too early right now to speak
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Speaker 3: past that. But like, we're gonna keep building.
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Speaker 1: One of the things that the wide receivers talked about
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Speaker 1: earlier last week was the fact that some of the
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Speaker 1: wide receivers and quarterbacks got together out in California to
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Speaker 1: throw the just throw, spend some time together, get to
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Speaker 1: know each other, all that kind of stuff. So how
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Speaker 1: much does that help, being able to just spend time together. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: you're working on timing, but you're also sort of building relationships.
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Speaker 1: How much does that actually help when you get on
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Speaker 1: the field for fall camp.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think anytime you can work together, guys are
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Speaker 3: getting a feel for each other, not only just oh,
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Speaker 3: he throws the ball like this. It's more about the camaraderie.
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Speaker 3: He has my back more than anything. You can't you
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Speaker 3: can't challenge a relationship if you don't have a relationship.
16:53
Speaker 3: So you can't challenge a guy, you can't be out
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Speaker 3: a guy, You can't get you know, push a guy
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Speaker 3: unless the relationship is built first. So the faster you
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Speaker 3: get the relationship built, the quicker you can get to
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Speaker 3: uncomfortable conversations, and then ultimately you grow. So building the
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Speaker 3: foundation is still number one. And those guys doing that
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Speaker 3: on their own is a good sign.
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Speaker 1: Earlier in the show, you heard Brian Hartline kind of
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Speaker 1: mentioned in passing pool basketball playing pool basketball with the
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks and the wide receivers in his pool at his house.
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Speaker 1: So what can you learn about a guy in a
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Speaker 1: setting like that? Yeah, it's not even real basketball, but
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Speaker 1: what can you learn about a guy and his competitiveness
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Speaker 1: maybe playing some pool basketball against him?
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Speaker 2: Oh? It lots.
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Speaker 3: It was awesome, Like we're, you know, playing pool basketball,
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Speaker 3: and like we're literally trying to drown each other to win.
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Speaker 2: Like we didn't care, right, I mean, there was no fouls.
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Speaker 3: We just want to know who could execute and fight
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Speaker 3: the plays coaches included and literally, when I say like
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Speaker 3: nothing was off limits, there was nothing off limits. So
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Speaker 3: one of the guys kind of who show up the
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Speaker 3: guys that compete the guys all right? I mean, my
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Speaker 3: poor son, he gets evaluated on everything he does. It
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Speaker 3: doesn't matter, you know, and every coach is probably that way.
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Speaker 2: But anytime you're around.
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Speaker 3: People, man, it's just just human nature if you're wired
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Speaker 3: that right.
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Speaker 1: But it was a lot of fun and just because
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Speaker 1: I'm sure everyone wants to know, Brian Hartline said, a
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Speaker 1: team of Carnel Tate Brandon Innoc and Lincoln keen Holes
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Speaker 1: really kind of ran things in that pool basketball competition,
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Speaker 1: and they said they won something like seven games in
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Speaker 1: a row before Brian Hartline and Jeremiah Smith and a
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Speaker 1: team with those guys on it helped finally unseat them.
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Speaker 1: He said, they may have been a little tired after
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Speaker 1: so many games in a row. So there you go.
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Speaker 1: If you happen to have Carnel Tate and Brandon Innis
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Speaker 1: and Lincoln king Holes challenge you to pool basketball, just
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Speaker 1: know probably in for a little bit of a challenge.
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Speaker 1: So there you go. Something else that may be a
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Speaker 1: little bit of a challenge. Waiting for that Texas game
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Speaker 1: mentioned earlier twenty five days one versus two, There's going
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Speaker 1: to be so much to talk about, so much anticipation
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Speaker 1: for that game. We are looking forward to it. Here
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