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The Buckeye Scoop — OSU Insider-Generational 5 Star Phenom To Ohio State?. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
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Busy sports weekend and you know, I know you got some stuff coming out. What's going on? Yeah, just kind of sad that Ohio State to make the sweet 16. Yeah. But hey, we're in the spring football. Lots of great things going on. And some recruiting stuff really starting to pick up for the buckais as well. And the Ohio State brands never been hotter. And they announced today, Jackson's fifth in Jigba is now the highest paid wide receiver in the history of the NFL. I think it was like 120, 130 million guaranteed, 42 million a year. This is a point of reference. Justin Jefferson's at 35 million a year. So that's 20% higher than Justin Jefferson for the great Jackson Smith and Jigba, you know, unbelievable accomplishment. And obviously all those things, whatever that happens, my first thought is always, how does that help Ohio State? And the answer is, you know, considerably, because you know, all these guys want to get paid. They want to develop.
They want to go on to NFL riches. And, you know, it looks like, I mean, what's Jackson's fifth in Jigba going to make in the NFL? You're not $500 million for something before he's gone. I mean, that's what you want. That's the eye on the prize as opposed to an extra 100,000 here, an extra 100,000 there in N.A. All money, you know, developed your culture over cash. And great day for the buckais with Jackson's fifth in Jigba. And a great calling card for Ohio State recruiting in general. Yep, reaching the agreement with Seattle on a four year 168.6 million contract extension that now makes it in the highest paid receiver in NFL history. Like Nevada said, the deal of averages, excuse me, 42.15 million per year and includes over 120 million guaranteed both setting records for any wide receiver. So yeah, listen, this is what we do. We do this, man. And so for those who thought that, you know, bright heart line leaving would just,
because there have been some hot takes, Nevada, of, oh man, you know, we're about to fall off. Now, I don't, I ignore scum fans. They always, you know, try to cast our doom. They've been cast in our doom since, you know, Tressel was here, but even just some non-hater fans, like, oh, well, it's over. Not so fast, my friend. Not so fast. We talked about this, Brian Heartline has, has had the power of the black hole behind him. And remember, the ride receiver coach before him was a pretty good recruiter too. I mean, we've been wide receiver, you, we've been duking it out with LSU and other schools for wide receiver, you for a long time. So don't think things are just going to stop because Heartline is gone, especially when you got stuff like this happening, which is a good transition. And I will pull this up, Nevada, into the generational five-star phenom that we are referring to. And who is that, Nevada, you want to get into that?
That be a jet Harrison, which, first of all, jet Harrison is one of the great football names of all time, you know, I'm sorry about that. It'd be like, if your name wasn't, it wasn't brand-in, but it was like, be hops, Moses or something like that, or. Holy Moses, holy Moses, oh yeah, what I heard. I mean, like, hey, mom and dad, you shouldn't name me holy, that'd be great. But yeah, jet Harrison is an absolute fabulous name. Obviously, the son of the great wide receiver, Marvin and Harrison senior and the brother of the great buckeye, Marvin and Harrison junior. So, you know, the early word from Ohio State, I mean, this has been kind of a continuing thing, but the word from Ohio State is that they, you know, confidence is high that jet Harrison's going to be a buckeye, the word that we've gotten over the weekend from jet Harrison's camp is that's the way that, that's turning it as well. So, this is, you know, a very familiar name for Ohio State fans, but this is a player that's come in, probably much more heralded than brother Marvin.
I mean, Marvin came in and, I mean, I'm not saying he wasn't regarded a good wide receiver, but it wasn't like, oh wow, like this guy's the next, you know, the next big thing. Franky Cowell McCord was considered a higher recruit than Marvin Harrison was. It was almost like, hey, this guy's almost like a package deal with his quarterback and this and that, the other thing like that, you know, funny how those things turn out, but yeah, jet Harrison, the next great Harrison wide receiver, now a five star wide receiver, and definitely a guy that I could see Ohio State adding to their wide receiver hall here, you know, coming up relatively shortly. So, definitely good news coming on the recruiting front. For sure, let me go out and go back into these highlights, but yes, jet Harrison is an incredible name. That's just stupid, like stupid, like fire, like that's a video game name. You know, when you're like playing Madden or something you make in a creative player, that's a creative player name. And so, I'm gonna pull those highlights up,
but you're right, people forget, Marvin Harrison was like a four star, four star kid, good prospect, but you know, is he overhyped because of his name? I mean, you were getting stuff like that, throw in, we'll call him a court, all that, but let me ask you, Nevada, because I know you watch jet, and I'm gonna pull him up now, but I want your thoughts on the differences. I know the differences, some of the differences I see, and also see some similarities with him, with Marvin, but there's some things that I feel like he is just low key better at jet is over Marvin. And so I wanted to get your thoughts on jet, and then I'll jump in. Well, I mean, to me, you know, I mean, the one knock that I would have on Marvin, if you can possibly make a knock on a guy as great as Marvin Harrison was at Ohio State, I mean, sure, he hasn't gone to the NFL and completely, you know, torn it up, but you know, 12 or 14 TDs in two years,
you know, 14 high yard, you know, 686 yards, you're despite only playing 12 games, but I never felt like he was a big speed kind of guy, you know, like a guy that could kind of blow the top off there. And I just, you know, you know, you know, jet just looks twitchier, and faster, and more fluid than Marvin did. And you know, Marvin was a great tactician, you know, great catch radius, really strong guy, but I think jet's more explosive, and I think he's a guy that could play in a number of different positions, and I think he could play in that slot, that Jackson Smith and Jigba spot, but I also think he's a type of guy that could take the top off on the defense. So to me, just a little bit more athletic Harrison, which that just sounds kind of crazy saying that, but that's how I see him, and be interested to hear what your perspectives are on jet Harrison. No, I agree. I think he's clearly more explosive, but he also high points the ball just as well
as Marvin Harrison was, because Marvin Harrison in his high school film, he did a good job with 50-50 balls, but also look at the route. Let me go back here to about right here. Look at this route coming up. Hold on to the next clip. All right, here we go. Check out this route right here, at the bottom of the screen. Boom, and he gets hailed. Like stuff like that, to me, is just like, okay. Yeah, because Marvin Harrison was very fundamental, very solid. He's bigger than jet. Jet is only 6-1. Let me see, 6-1-1-1-75. Marvin was like 16 and a half, 6-3, you know, in high school, taller, but his brother is high point in the ball just as well. His route running looks great, but he does look twitchier and more explosive. And so obviously with the smaller size,
that might lead to that, but still, I mean, he might end up having a higher ceiling than Marvin Harrison. And clearly, he's a five star. The rivals has him as the number one player, right? So, I mean, look at this, boom. I mean, he's just, he's running east and west to get north with great speed. He doesn't drop balls. I mean, to get him to come here, because, you know, a lot of times you'll see, not a lot of times, but sometimes, you'll see some legacies or brothers say, I'm gonna, you know, I'm gonna do my own thing. I mean, if jet does come here, it kind of, to me, Nevada, you can tell what you think. It kind of confirms, like, you know what? Like, my brother was treated very well at that school on and off the field. It's a great program. How to have fun anytime, anywhere. Step one, go to chumbacaceno.com. chumbacaceno.com, got it. Step two, collect your welcome bonus. Come to papa, welcome bonus.
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You know what I'm saying? I mean, because all these, these days are not stupid. They're looking at and kind of going, okay, Jackson Smith and Jig, Garrett Wilson, Chris Alavie, Margaret Harris, and Noah Brown. I mean, just go on and on and on and on down the list. And you got the best one, up literally the best one of the bunch in J.J. Smith is the next one. So I don't, I mean, you never like to say that anything's immortal lock when it comes to recruiting because there's a lot of elements in there. But why on earth would you gamble with your future? Because Camadilla has to, it's a sure thing. You know, bar and injury, you're gonna have a great career, you're gonna go on to NFL riches. And that's what these guys wanna do. You go anywhere else and it's, I'm not saying there's no chance, I mean, that means ridiculous, but it's less of a, there's a greater chance that it doesn't turn out the way that you want it to be. And, you know, Marvin Harrison Senior was obviously a very cerebral guy, Hall of Famer. You know, you know, Marvin Harrison,
you know, Junior certainly has out surpassed his high school recruiting ranking in terms of where he was draft, the NFL draft, and the kind of situation he's put himself in there. So I would, you know, it'd be shocking for Jeff to go, you're short of, you know, they're being just one of the things where you just don't wanna go into brother's foot steps. You just don't wanna go the same place you're brother, but we're not hearing any of that. And I think that's really the big story. We're not hearing any of the, hey, you know, I just wanna go blaze my own trail. Hey, I don't really wanna go to Ohio State. Hey, Marvin didn't really have the best time. You know, contrary to what you think, he didn't really have a great time at Ohio State. We're hearing none of those things. And that, again, you know, that gives me that much more confidence that, that Jet Harrison's gonna end up as a bucket. Yeah, and so let me ask you, I was gonna kind of go into a spill, but I wanna tee it up for you. What is the common denominator, Nevada? What is the, and I'm gonna touch on really quickly in a second, another receiver we got coming in,
who could have left, who could have whatever, but, you know, they seem to be doing things to double down on being a Buckeye even more. I'll touch on that briefly. What's the common denominator for a Jet Harrison and his family to wanna stick and stay, even though the all world, you know, why receiver coach is gone? You know, Nevada. Well, I mean, to me, it's Ryan Day. You know, I'm saying to me, it's Ryan Day. And, you know, the fact that Ryan Day, you know, if you think about what could screw up a wide receiver, and what could screw up a wide receiver's development, and that is, you know, don't play in a system that throws the ball, or don't play in a system that is really effective at throwing the ball and it gets the best quarterbacks. And you know that Ryan Day is gonna have the best quarterbacks, and that's, you know, I think that's just kind of that extra security blanket that you have there, and, you know, as a wide receiver, that's why, you know, the quarterback position in college football is overpowered, because when you get the good quarterbacks,
well, you get all the other good players, because then everybody else wants to come there, and you most certainly get the best wide receivers, because the best wide receivers wanna come, where they're gonna be throwing the ball to, and, you know, when you've got, you know, the list of quarterbacks that we've had in the recent past, and then a current roster, where you've got Julian Sain, you've got Taving St. Clair, you know, you're getting the ball, it's gonna get thrown to you, it's gonna get thrown to you often, and Ryan Day is certainly the, he's the competent nominator, he's the one thing that's there that's not changed about Ohio State, and another reason why I think Jed Harrison ends up a butt guy. I agree, you said it, I didn't even have to say that, that was not rehearsed, I knew he was gonna say that, because it's the truth, and so, you know, he just, he knows how to, not only that, but the off the field stuff. I've heard Marvin Harrison and interviews just praise Ryan Day, because even Ryan Day and interviews talking about his son, he wants him to go somewhere where he know
he's gonna be taken care of on and off the field, because that's what he does, and so, I mean, all these relationships and things like that with Ryan Day at the helm, just being a legit, like there's nobody, Nevada, I know your contact, your people, people I know, you know, that no Ryan Day, like really no Ryan Day, nobody be like, man, he's really a deback behind the scenes, don't get it twisted, like he sucks, we hate him. Nobody, I mean, every now and then, there might be a disgruntled parent whose kid didn't play, but like Ryan Day is that dude, he's the common denominator for sure, and so, that's just, I mean, as long as we have him, I think the players and parents know, regardless of who leaves, we're going to replace them with somebody just as good if not better, which is powerful because a lot of schools, Nevada, would crumble lose in a heart line. Like, do you think that real quick, and I'm gonna pull up a quick clip of something,
but let me ask you, is that an overstatement to you that other schools, most other schools, would crumble losing a stud recruiter like Heartline? No, I don't think that's, I mean, look, Ohio State was concerned about it, so concerned that they gave Heartline, the offensive coordinator position, even though he wasn't really ready or qualified to do it, but no, you know, but, and again, I want to say this very carefully, that's why I'm enjoying every moment at Ryan Day's here, because look, I'm sure, you know, you can say, hey, the school's bigger than Ryan Day, and of course it is, you know, you've gone from Woody Hayes, and then Hooper, and Jim Trustle, and Urban Meyer, you've gone on both of the great coaches in Ohio State, but it's not guaranteed that next step is gonna be as good, you know what I'm saying? So, like, I wanna enjoy every moment at Ryan Day's here, because it's just, it's sureity, you know, it's sureity that your offensive scheme is gonna be first right, it's sureity that you're gonna be able to get great offensive
and defensive coaches to come work for you, it's sure that your academics are gonna be in order, that your, the quality of kids you're getting is gonna be great, that your recruiting's gonna be first right, that you're always gonna have great quarterbacks, you're always gonna have great winters here, I mean, there's just a lot that comes along with Ryan Day, and will we survive when he inevitably moves on, or whenever that is, of course, but I don't want that to be soon, because again, Ryan Day represents just a guarantee of greatness for Ohio State, and that you can't really say that about a lot of coaches and called football. Yep, preach, but you know, you'll still have people who want them fired, but it is what it is, that's just pretty much the world we live in, but I'm glad he's here too. This is Jameer Brown, I have on the screen, and they're seven on seven. Bringing him up, because he's another kid, he's in the 2027 class. He's the number one receiver in Ohio, top 15 national player, five star, a stud, stud stud,
very fast, I will call him a friend of the show, he's been interviewed by Dev, I lost count, he's been on the show. Great kid, a hard working kid, and an Ohio product, and I mentioned this as far as double, I said earlier, doubling down, he moved from a Uber Heights, Wayne, where Braxton Miller went, closer to my neck of the woods, here in Columbus area, to a high school called Big Warner. Now like I said, I said this before, I forgive you were on the show, Nevada, but you know, programs have like over the past 20 years, or so being in the Columbus area, there are some programs we have went down and some that have went up. Big Warner back, we scrimmaged him in basketball, we scrimmaged him, I can't, my junior year, senior year, anyway, we played at Big Warner, and they wasn't like that, like their program was cool, they were solid, but they weren't like a powerhouse. So I was surprised when I heard he moved to Big Warner,
but then some others told me they've been really good in recent years, and you know, they got a good program and stuff like that. So anyway, the point is Big Warner is not that far from Columbus. So he was interviewed and asked why he did that, and wanted to main things he said is so he can be closer to a house state. I know there were some who were concerned about visits he might take in Heartline leaving, but this kid Nevada doesn't seem to be wavering at all. In fact, he's putting his money where his mouth is by moving closer to a program so he can be closer to a house state. I mean, that's his words. So I mean, this is another five star stud that could have left and demanded top dollar with Heartline leaving. And so this is just more proof. Now listen, obviously there's time between now and signing day, but the evidence says he's not leaving, barring something crazy happening. And so then you got Jet and his family who's a stud
and we're still in on the milestones and the other guys. So I'm saying I have to say I'm laying it all out for you all. It's not over till it's over, but the evidence right now shows that we're still pointing in that trajectory of we ain't stopping this wild receiver with Cruton Train, Nevada. Well, yeah, no, it's, you know, I think for a house state, it's, you've got such a great reputation and, you know, it's a, it's a great place for anybody to develop. And I think Ohio State isn't, you know, you're not breaking the bank in LA, but they're not taking a back seat. You know, they've got their focused kids where they're, they're putting out real money. I mean, JD Smith is making real money that she's really saying that they're going to real money out of the belt. They'll pay guys for production and, you know, getting them in there and they'll develop the heck out of them. But for a kill at your beer brand, I was like, you know, how, how is he reacting with the other recruits? And he's the guy who's one of our lead recruiters. He's a guy that's, I'm going to believe a recruits. He's one of the guys, you know,
lead recruiting on Jet Harrison. So it's like, you know, I look at that and kind of go, well, you know, that's the kind of guy that I want as black guys and it gives you a pretty good indication of where they're, where they're parts at, where they're heads at in the sole process. But when they're out there trying to sell Ohio State to other people as well, to me that really speaks volumes. Yeah, man, I'm getting excited thinking about these future kids because I told you I'm a huge David Gabriel George's step into the world of power, loyalty and luck. I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. With family, conoles and spins mean everything. Now, you want to get mixed up in the family business. Introducing the Godfather at champacasino.com. Test your luck in the shadowy world of the Godfather slot someday. I will call upon you to do a service for me. Play the Godfather now at champacasino.com. Welcome to the family. No for just necessary VGW group void for prohibited by law, 21 plus terms and conditions apply. When you've got Omaha Stakes convenient everyday protein
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For real? You think so? Yeah, I don't think so. And that's no knock on heart line. It's just, we're not, we're going to do whatever we need to do to stay on top. You know what I'm saying? A higher, you know, whatever. And so just to appreciate it, I'm telling the Nevada, like we, I thought about a Jay Z song. It's called the Medley intro. And before he starts rapping and he's like mocking people asking like, will he ever fall off? And he comes in like no. And then he starts spitting, and he starts rapping his verse. For those who know, it's classic. You know what I'm talking about? That's Ohio State. It's like our haters is like, are they ever goal fall off? And we'd like no. And then we hit you with the bars. I mean, that's just how it is. And so appreciate what we got y'all in this football program, because we are on the heck of a run
as far as consistency and just being elite. And obviously we all want more natties, but three in my lifetime is more than a lot of programs can say Nevada. Yeah, and you sent me into David Gabriel, George. Like, that's a guy I've said this before, but I bear repeating. I know I say get excited about every recruit and then I don't get sad about any of it, but if we don't get him, I'm gonna be sad. Me too. He's really, really good. He's really, really good. If he could go somewhere else, will we survive? Yes, will football continue to be played most certainly. But we've led this recruitment for a long time. We've pulled out every stop on this one. I feel it's like right where we need it to be. And I really feel like we're getting him. And when we do, I'm gonna be, I'm excited about every recruit, but I'm gonna be really excited about that one, because I agree with you, I agree with you. I think that kid is a big time player.
And I feel like you need that. You need that at the running back position to really be, you know, like last year, if I had a criticism of our team last year, and you know, it's, and again, I know I'm spoiled from having Trey Henderson and Quintran Jackins year before, but I didn't feel like we were really explosive at the running back spot last year. And in Bo Jackson's good, and in a thousand year, and I know all those things, but was he, was he great? And we expect kind of great at Ohio State, you know, those guys that every time they touch the ball, you feel like they could take it to the house, you know, and that's how I felt Trey Henderson. Every time Trey Henderson touched the ball, I'm thinking he could house this, you know what I'm saying? Like, and if he gets a little cruised, he's gone. I didn't feel that way last year, and I want to feel that way again, about the Ohio State running back room. And frankly, I don't know if I'm gonna feel that way about the running back room this year, because, you know, I think Bo Jackson, Bo will most certainly be better, Isaiah West will be better. Jacob sent isn't really that kind of a back.
Now, maybe Legend Bay's that guy. You know, maybe Legend Bay is that guy that can kind of make those things happen, but David Gabriel George is most certainly that guy, and I want to see him in Scarlet Gray. You brought us some things that trigger some thoughts. I had a discussion with some buddies of mine about this, and we'll get to superchise. We're gonna have a harder stop tonight and a little bit, and we'll get to superchats. But Nevada, you brought us some things that we discussed. So, here's the deal. I think one thing that contributed to the lack of explosion in the running back room is James Peoples did not step up and do what we all hoped he would do, right? Running back out of Texas, we saw really good speed on film and planning against good competition. I mean, physically he looked apart early on in the spring. I mean, he was doing well. He was looking like he was going to be that guy,
and it just never came to pass. He made some progression throughout the year. You know, he leaped over a guy and he started to wake up a little bit and be solid, but he wasn't. We need it more than solid from him. James Peoples was supposed to be the guy, and then the other guy's chip in. So, with that said, Bo Jackson and True Freshman had to be the guy. And of course, CJ Donaldson was a short yardage guy, whatever past pro guy. But Bo Jackson was our best back, and he wasn't quite ready. He was coming off the injury. You know, like all of that takes time to get your legs under you. Now, with that said, Nevada, here's the other thing me and my guys were discussing. And I'm not saying he's equal to this person, but I saw similarities and what was lacking. JK Dobbins, his freshman year. He had a great freshman year. Remember, he was called Jump Cut Dobbins. I mean, he was, but his freshman year, he was getting walked from behind at times.
But guess what? He improved on that. He got faster and he wasn't getting walked no more. I mean, when he was gone, he was gone. I'm pictured the Clemson game. And that in that inside zone play, nobody was catching him. But his freshman year, he probably would have got walked maybe. Same thing with Bo Jackson. Bo Jackson to me is a really good back. He has good vision. He leans forward. He gets north very quick, but he got walked, okay? He needs to get what Mickey. I'm sure he is. This injury's not helping. But I think just like JK Dobbins, he can improve on that, Nevada, to where he is a breakaway back. Because he was almost there. I mean, who was it against? I forget the team, but it was a 60 yard play all the way down to like the three yard line. And he showed it was up the middle. It was, he squeezed through the hole and exploded down field. I'm like, ooh, but he got walked.
So if he can do like JK and just get to that level of speed and endurance and ability physically to go all the way, I think he can be that guy. Because we see that he has it. But he was only a freshman and every freshman is not going to be trade Henderson with the speed. But I have hopes for Bo Jackson to take it to another level of like where he can be really, really, really good for isn't about any thoughts on that. Well, you also remember that Bo was coming off a pretty significant injury from his senior year, you know what I'm saying? And so one year removed from that, you're not going to be as good as you're going to be two years from it from that. So to me, that's the big thing. So would have loved to see him in the spring, see how bouncing spring is. But again, you're nursing a little bit of injury unrelated to the high school one, should be back, you know, full going the summer and then the fall. But no, I think it's a great point. I think he absolutely got it. I mean, he was that way in high school and high school, man, he was crazy. You know, I mean, he was just running away from guy. So I absolutely believe he can do it.
No, I don't think I thought he was really close last year. And if he picks up even just a little bit of speed, a little bit of explosiveness, you know, a little bit back, you know, running a little bit sure, you know, again, last year, there's no way he's running the same reckless abandoned coming off an injury that he will be this year. You know, his confidence is going to be at a completely different spot. So no, I think it's a, it's a good thing that we certainly could see more out of them and hopefully we will. Yep. And then one other thing before we move to Superchats, the wild card within Nevada's explanation and criteria is Turbo Rodgers. Turbo Rodgers has plenty of speed. Is he ready? Does he have the vision? Can he protect the ball? You know, is he able to be relied upon? Because we haven't really seen Turbo play in a game. We just know he was highly rated, snatched him from Alabama. He's a twitchy fast, you know, fast guy. But he has the ability to take it to the house. But is he able to do that within the confines
of being a running back? You know what I'm saying? Because it's not like you just handed the ball and it's just a straight line with nobody to tackle you. You said I'm saying Nevada. So what about Turbo real quick? No, I look, I, I, you know, Turbo's one of those guys that it's hard to get too excited about him because we just haven't been able to see him on the field. But, you know, the players know who the players are. You know, they say he's twitchy, they say he's fast, you know, certainly he's high school film, you know, it's reflective of that as well. So he's like, he's absolutely a wild card. And again, it is, I mentioned before, Legend Bay. Another wild card of this thing, you know, what kind of guy like that do with the ball in his hands. But yeah, certainly, you know, Turbo would be one that would, that would be a nice surprise into 2026 if we get some amount of Turbo Rodgers. Oh man, it, I mean, to me, I feel like he needs to. I mean, like, listen, you didn't play last year, you've been in the, you're the most experienced Ohio State running back on the roster as far as that's available right now. Like, you know, cause you know, Isaiah and, um, and Boa are not, are not practicing.
So you got to step up and lead and do your thing and carve out some playing time. I mean, come on, man, let's do it. I want to see it. All right, real quick, uh, Keith Gordon, happy birthday. Said he's checking in live from Daytona Beach. Oh, that sounds nice. Nevada, it was 85 here in Columbus yesterday. Kids out riding their bikes. We're throwing the football around. I might even have white, white, the little bit of sweat. And then it was 30 this morning here in Columbus. Oh man, that's crazy. And it's supposed to be like 40s, 50s and then go back up. Listen, this is just Ohio weather. This is what it is. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing, another checkered flag for the books time to celebrate with Chamba jump in at chamba casino dot com. Let's chamba. No purchase necessary, BTW group. Boy, we're prohibited by law C T and C 21 plus sponsored by Chamba Casino. Finding great candidates to hire can be like, well, trying to find a needle in a haystack.
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I don't know if it's like that anywhere else other than the Midwest, where it just goes 85 to 30 the next day. Ridiculous. So I envy you, Keith Gordon. I hope you're having a great birthday and we appreciate you. Anything on that Nevada? Yeah, happy birthday, man. Enjoy Daytona Beach. Nevada buck is going, I'm going to be in Buffalo the rest of this week, starting tomorrow. I'll be in Buffalo. So what's the weather? I guess it's going to be cold. I haven't even checked the weather. I'm assuming if Columbus is going to be cold, a bit of Buffalo is going to be cold too. So yeah, Tuesday through Sunday for Nevada buck in Buffalo, New York. All right, so here we go. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. So tomorrow in Buffalo, New York, a high of 34. Wednesday, 48 is the high. Thursday goes up a little bit, a little rainy 57, Friday back down to 33 and then snow on Saturday, 34 degrees. Now, I don't know when you're banging out of there, Friday or Saturday, but it's not Saturday.
It's the national championships for hockey for high school and my daughter's playing. And so it depends on whether they win. If they keep winning, we'll be there at the Sunday. If they lose, I could be out of there earlier. So hopefully we're still playing on Sunday that would be, there would be good news. Yep, now it doesn't look like it's going to be like typical Buffalo crazy like when you look on TV at the bills, games like, man, this is crazy. It's not going to be snow like that, but still going to be little chilly, chilly up in Buffalo this week. But it's all good. You're there for a great, great cause. Stilly, Matt, member for three months, shout out to Scoot family, the Axe, Master B. Moses in Helsinki, Nova Scotia, Buck. That's right. I'll post it in my, go ahead. I'm Buffalo, I'm Buffalo Buck now. I'm Buffalo, Buffalo Buck. To be fair, he didn't, he posted this before you announced. You were going to Buffalo. Yeah, this is so, that's fair. So you know, you know, he'll be on it.
He would have been on it. And I'll meet you. You know what I'm saying? He probably on it right now. He probably sent it one right now. As we speak, our guy is stilly bat. It's funny. I was talking to my wife. I was like, I posted my ax video. And she's like, she's like, you tell him that I taught you how? I was like, yes, did I told him that I quickly passed you by after a round or two? Cause she did. She had, she went, she done an ax thrown before I did. So I'm like, okay. And she's like, well, you got to do this, put your arm up. My art cool, cool. And then I start getting it. But she's a little competitive as well. We got a competitive house. So, you know, when it comes to activities and sports and about it. Well, yeah, it's, I want to even ask your wife learn how to throw the ax before you did or whatever it is. But I just, I just can't get over the fact that like, I mean, I know axon is a thing and stuff. But like axon and drinking it, like, like, there's just got to be like so many accidents installed. And people get hurt bowling. If you can get hurt bowling, you can sure that get hurt accidentally, right?
Yeah. I just, I'm sorry. The play on words when you said accident, you know, just putting it together, you know, accident, but I'm here all week. No, but I mean, listen, I thought about that too, because the place we went is called Smash Park for you Columbus people. It's been Westerville. Bro, it's actually dope. Nevada, they got, like, they got pickleball courts, they've got shuffleboard. You ever heard of the duck pin bowling? You ever heard of that? Actually, actually, when I was in, when I was in Halifax, I was, I went duck pin bowling. That's where someone had ever done it. It was candle pin, candle pin bowling or duck pin bowling? Yeah. Oh, I guess duck pins different. Candle pins, like the thin pins and duck pins are those fatter pins. But I don't know, but they both have small like balls, but yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. Okay. So similar. It's similar. They had an arcade. A few other games and stuff like that. So it was cool. It was a nice little date night with the wife who was fun, but I thought the same thing about
it. I was like, man, you got these axed throwing lanes. You got the, you know, alcohol on tap, obviously, just, you know, people are goofy. And you just, you know, so I don't know. I don't know. We were fine, but I did think about that, like, man, who, they got like some secret security behind the door waiting to jump out or something or good, good, good insurance. And I tell you what, you got to do that, that duck pin bowling, those, those small bowling balls. Yeah. Kills your arm. Like your arm will be hanging down by the next thing of it, like, oh, man, that's really everything. That just wrecks retro. It can be deceptive because they're, they're heavier than they look, for sure. But yeah, it was fun, and it was good stuff. All right. Um, let me see what I tell you, still be back. Thanks. Okay. A little bug. See? He was, he was typing as soon as we were talking, typing. I love it, man. All right.
Geo did. Thanks for the five. Well, Jett Harrison wanting to be a buckeye with other elite Y receiver targets favoring us. It shows you how good a Y receiver coach Cortez Hankin says, kudos to Ryan Day. Now on, Geo did, we were told he was a bum, and he didn't develop people and bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep. That's what we heard from people. But anyway, no. Hankin's, again, Ryan Day and his receiver room, um, all was like, yeah, that's him. We'll take him. And so, um, great hire and so far so good. We keep getting more signs, Nevada. Again, it's early. Things can change, but I don't think they're going to change. I think he was a good hire and we keep seeing evidence towards that Nevada. Well, yeah, and if we get Jett Harrison, if he commits this week, B Moses and I are going to go over Niagara Falls in a in a barrel over there at the out of Buffalo, you know, it's like that in celebration of that thing. We'll do the thing. We'll film it.
I think you put on the YouTube channel and everything like that. What do you think? Be good. I think it would go viral. I mean, um, that's, it'll be our last video, you know, um, but it'll be, it'll be epic. We'll go out with a bang, you know. Do that. If he was like, you was like, what happened to be was I went over to the middle of the barrel with the battle buckle and the Niagara Falls? I've never seen Niagara Falls. Have you ever been in Niagara Falls before? I haven't. I haven't. I haven't. I've never seen it before. So I'm looking forward to seeing it. Yeah. I've heard me and my wife entertain going, you know, we're like, well, we're going to, we're going to go this year type stuff and we just didn't end up going. Um, I don't know. It's one of those things where I need something else to do. Like, I'm not going there just for that. I need something else. So if we do go up there, yeah, you know, I'm saying, if we, if we do go up, maybe we'll like go to Canada after that or like, uh, like into Canada, you know, I'm saying and, um, or whatever, but I'm curious to see it, but not that much. If I'm not doing something else, but yes, I'm sure you're going to have pictures of
video. So I hope you enjoy that for sure. But, um, speaking of enjoying, we always enjoy y'all, got a short night tonight, got a, got a, you know, hard stop tonight, got some things we got to bang out. But hey, great show. We'll take Jet Harrison. We'll, we'll take them another stuff. I received her. Come on down. Big fella. More Harrison's. Please. More styles. You know, kids. Please. More. JJ Smith. Angelo. Whoever. Come play. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, Jet Harrison's. That's, it's a good one. This is one. Yeah, definitely. We got him on commitment watching. We're going to be monitoring this one closely. But yeah, this would be a great, a great get for our state and, and a great indication that the, uh, the train keeps rolling along. Absolutely. All right. Man, I was just about to let y'all are silly. Um, everything, he said, everything I learned about Canada, I learned from South Park and that Blame Canada song popped in my head.
Y'all are crazy. Um, yes. Um, but that is hilarious. But anyway, until next time, book high school family book our nation. We love you all. Also check dev out tonight. I believe dev is going tonight in a little bit. So hop on with dev. In the meantime, peace and go bucks. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing, another checkered flag for the books. Time to celebrate with chamba. Jump in at chamba casino dot com. Let's chamba. No purchase necessary. BTW group. Boy, we're prohibited by mom. CT and C. 21 plus sponsored by chamba casino. Finding great candidates to hire can be like, well, trying to find a needle. In a haystack. Sure, you can post your job to some job board.
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