OSU Insider-How This Ohio State Team Feels Different In 2026

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2:07where we are. We are three RIP Demetrius Stanley and Michael Thomas Days until a house they place football again. Man, but for real, let's just say one quick word about Demetrius Stanley. Underrated receiver here, great personality. He was on the local sports channels here with Anthony Rothman making me laugh every week because he would always get under Anthony Rothman's skin. I met him in person, great dude. He passed away three years ago. Number three, go watch the Rose Bowl against Arizona State. He made some great plays. God bless you, Demetrius Stanley and the family. But three days until a house they place again. Listen, do me a favor, hit the like button, then that subscribe button, and then hit the bell notification. So you'll notify whenever we go live. All right, we're going to be talking about how this or how a state team feels different in 2026. We're going to talk about that

3:08examining that also coach day, hit the mic again tonight along with a few players, got some quotes, got some updates and some confirmations about Saturday, which is very exciting. We're going to get into that. All right, and then also for you Apple people, if you're still having feed issues on your podcast, unfollow, and then follow us back, that should fix it. If you don't do Apple like me, spreeker.com is the platform you should go to like us, save us, download us, all of that good stuff. All right, and remember when you send those wonderful super chats, helps to go towards the pay it forward, which is our military and our first responders. We're going to look out for them because they always look out for us. Navada Bak, what's up, man? How you feeling? Happy Wednesday evening. I was feeling good until I just realized and remember that the Meteor Stanley is no longer with us. Man, that makes me sad. I mean, that really makes me sad. I mean, he was a terrific player and always such a nice guy and

4:11I have such fond memories of them, you know, playing out there and that does remind you to never take anything from granted, enjoy every day, hug your loved ones and yeah, rest in peace though, the Meteor is your great bike time. Absolutely. Big smile. He was just, he was just a fun dude and a really good player. So yeah, definitely wanted to shout him out. Obviously, Michael Thomas was really good here, but wanted to show him some love. But yeah, man, so how are you feeling? More player interviews today, some interesting quotes, updates, all that good stuff. You know, we'll get into to the depths of that in a moment, but how you feel in initially right now, Navada, about everything. Well, you know, this week's been smooth. You know, it's been a smooth week and you know, it's always nice to hear in these interviews confirmation of what we've been told and what we've been saying. And yeah, I think, you know, not not a lot of surprises. I think this time of year, you don't want surprises. You don't want anything out of the blue. You don't want anything out of the

5:14ordinary. You don't want you just want boring. I just want boring and nothing eventful. And this fall camp's been nothing amazing. You know, no, for standpoint of no big injuries knock on wood, you know, no big crash outs, no big, you know, issues with players. And so, yeah, it's been about a smooth sailing as you could possibly hope heading into 2020. So he's probably more so than you can hope. So that's been nothing but great things all the way around. I would agree. And something else that's pretty smooth is this apparel from our great partner, backer. Look at this clean quarter zip jacket. The young lady is rocking and this young man, backer. I even like the hoodie. I like the like to me, let me just go on a 10 second rant. I'm a hoodie person. Y'all, I love hoodies. But sometimes depending on the company, the hoodie

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8:21rain is going to come. So we'll see things may change, but it is blazing hot here in Columbus today. Nevada. Well, man, if rain comes at like, and it's been this hot, it could be like real rain. Like it could be serious rain. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, that'll be interesting. Well, you're, you're Doppler boy. You're supposed to be all over this stuff. You know, I'm saying like that. I depend upon you for, for dependable weather reporting. So what, what are you calling for for game dance Saturday? That's, that's the report. Like I'm telling you what I was looking right now. So you want me to make a prediction on what's going to happen? Oh, are you calling for rain? Is being Moses calling for rain on Saturday? I'm saying right now, it looks like there's going to be rain. But I'm listening. I'm Moses. I'm lifting my staff in the air. Okay. And I'm asking the good Lord to part the clouds. So there's no rain on Saturday or at least let it rain in the morning and then move out in the afternoon.

9:22Or how about rain at night? It could rain Saturday night, right? Yeah, that's too. Just not during the game. You know, I'm saying like, you know, it's opening weeks week one. I want a beautiful pristine day and a shoe with that beautiful new turf. Those beautiful new uniforms with the, you know, stripes. That's what I want. So we're going to see, we're going to see, man. Friday, I'll make a final call on the show. How about that? I'll be looking forward to that. All right. So let's get into the topic at hand, Nevada. We got HT with another great post to helping technician talking about how this OSU team feels different in 2026. And we've kind of been that's a summary of what we've kind of been alluding to based off of what we've been hearing and what we've been seeing with this team after this point. And it just feels special. So Nevada, you want to kick this off HT when he was talking about and we can just kind of discuss it. Well, yeah, he was

10:26talking, you know, he's talking about, you know, how every team has a unique feel to it. How every team, you know, when you've been around on how's their football for, you know, as long as he has, you get kind of a sense for what kind of a squad you're going to have. And that doesn't necessarily foot to good, bad, successful, not successful, but each team has its own identity as it were. And he used to talk about how unique the feeling has been around this camp and how he's putting his fingers on, you know, he's like, it's been a number of different things. But one of the first things that he had identified is how this isn't a team of stars in 2026. And he talked about how JJ Smith, you know, JJ, you know, while in our opinion is one of the finest fighters he was ever played the game, maybe the best fighters he ever played on a high estate. Never want to bullet in the cough, not really a holler guy doesn't really say a lot. You know, it doesn't have a

11:28huge personality. So this is not a team that's really defined by its star players. And, you know, for a high estate, no, for having a lot of star power, you know, it's a high estate football. But this team as good as it is, as number one is it is, it's really kind of devoid of a lot of stars, you know, it's just got a lot of really, really good players. And that's kind of a unique item. And I think that's why you end up in a situation where you have as many captains as they have, you know what I'm saying, you know, you've got it's a bunch of different guys kind of representing. We've talked about in the past how you've got so many new faces between the transfer portal guys in the transfer portal kids that went out, the new freshmen that are coming in, you know, such a game ready bunch of freshmen. So it's really just a unique feel in terms of you've got this number one

12:28on a high estate team that a lot of people are picking them in the national championship and sort of make noise and in concept, but it really it's really devoid of stars. And I found I just found that a really kind of interesting observation. And then he moved on to how close the group is. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to skyrizzy, risen chism abrisa. Skyrizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe. And many were even 100% plaque free. People also saw significant improvement in psoriasis symptoms of pain, redness, itching, and burning. Don't use if allergic to skyrizzy, serious allergic reactions, increased infections or lower ability to fight that may occur. Before treatment, get checked for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines.

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15:38You know what I'm saying? There was kind of two camps. And again, not necessarily a bad thing, just a thing. That's just kind of what it was. You had a situation where you had, you know, not competing things for the intention, but it was just two different groups. And he's just talking about how tight this group is and how it's kind of a seamless integration between everybody. And I think it is a tribute to the fact that the freshman of Cummins, you talked about Jay Tim and it's coming in saying, I'm going to start off the rip. Chris Hanna, Jr. I'm going to be a player right off the rock board. I'm going to play, you know what I'm saying? Like I think it's these guys are also game ready. I think they've kind of garnered the respect of the older guys. And you know, they've really made a point to kind of embrace these transfer portal guys as well. And what you've ended up with is just an incredibly tight knit group that's really about the team. And I think, you know, he used to be said, it's palpable how close this group is

16:41and I can feel that. And that's the kind of stuff that's, it's going to, you know, it's going to sustain you and carry you through such a difficult schedule that they seem to really be embracing and leaning in the fact that they've got, you know, they're not shying away from the fact that they've got a difficult schedule. You know, they're not going into the old coach peak. We're going to play it one game at a time and we're going to did one week at a time. We're not going to look at they know they've got tough schedule and they're leaning into it. And I think when you've got such a tight group, you know, when you face some adversity, which you inevitably will play in a schedule as hard as this, that this it can get you through and that tightness can, you know, it can smooth out some rough spots and can really help you kind of overcome and, you know, lead you just from great success. But he just talked about how tight the group is and, you know, he talked about how different it is to have two NFL coaches that have complete control of their groups because it really thrust Ryan Day into a CEO role, which is he's really most comfortable in that. Ryan

17:47Day does at this point in his career does not want to be coaching quarterbacks. He doesn't want to be the offensive coordinator. Not that he's not capable. He doesn't want to be doing that. And right now Ryan is, you can tell this is one relaxed dude. I mean, if you can be sitting or sipping him a mosa during these interviews, he would do it because like he is just he's relaxed. And he's kind of really, you know, it's soaking in the fact that he's got these two, you know, former NFL head coaches running his offensive. He's got a special teams coach for the first time and ever, you know what I'm saying? So he had to worry about it. He can sit back and just be, you know, the big dog. And it just, you know, again, different feelings all the way. Now I feel like I'm talking so much. So I'm going to throw it to you for a little bit and I'll go back for more. But what do you think about that that be when you read it for the first time for the help of Technician? Yeah, I mean, it's funny when I read it, not not long after I saw the interview today with Ryan

18:53Day, one of the reporters said, Hey, Ryan Day or Coach Day, you look, you seem to be so relaxed. But then he kind of changed his comment to, you know, because you know, coach, I'm not relaxed. I'm not happy, you know, but he said you look relaxed. And I thought about the HT nugget. But what Ryan Day said is he has more energy because as a coach, you know, even if you are relaxed, you don't want to say your relaxed because that's that's bad wording, right? That's not a good way of saying things because people are going to take that the wrong way. But he said, I've got, he said I certainly have more energy because I have these two head coaches at my disposal. I don't have to like, I'm not being poured on so much. I just need to just govern and make, you know, so that's just great to me. Again, we've been talking about yesterday. We talked about the glee. And I was I was chuckling when you said glee because I just I told you why yesterday, but it's so true. Coach day, have we have we seen Coach Day be this calm,

19:56relaxed and confident leading into a season opener? I can't I can't remember him being this cool. And that's not to mean that he's just like kind of just sitting back and just not doing what he's supposed to do. No, it's a lot different. You know, Nevada, you've said you've, you know, own restaurants and things like that. How confident and comfortable are you when you know, you got a great a staff managing your restaurant as opposed to a terrible staff. I don't know if that's a good comparison. But I mean, right? No, it is a great. It's it's, look, when you've got you, when you, when you, when you know you're holding aces, man, you can be really cool at the table, you know, Sam and you're sitting like he knows he's holding aces. He can sit back and do it in. I've never seen him like this. I'm that usually Ryan kind of gives off a kind of frenetic kind of, I'm not saying nervous energy because nervous energy would be like John Cooper, but definitely kind of high-strung kind of tents that has hurt kind of, you know, surly kind of edgy kind of guy.

21:02He ain't that guy this year, man. Yeah. And he ain't, you know, and and part of that's being the elder statesman part of that's being the fact he's got a national championship under his belt. He's not word about playing for his job everywhere. You know, but that's going to be a great comfort to him because the Ohio State is, you know, it's a tough place to coach. And the worst thing you can have is when you're insecure in any way about your standing, your future, the present, anything like that because, you know, you know, that if you go out there and you lose that, you know, people can start calling for your head. Well, Ryan's at the point in his life, professional life, whatever, where he's like, you know, you're not really, you're going to call for my head, like really, you know what I'm saying? Like he knows. And that's a good thing. That's not a bad thing. He doesn't need, nobody needs to be coaching me that kind of pressure, man. Nobody needs to be operating into that kind of pressure. You know yourself, you know, you're working, you don't need to be working, thinking, oh, if I don't do good, today, I'm going to get fired. You know what I'm saying? Like,

22:04who works well in that environment? Nobody. Yeah. No, for sure, for sure. And so, you know, I mean, we're a few days away from the hit in the field. And so all this build up, all these things we're observing, I just can't wait to see it in action. So which leads me to an update from today, which correlates with this nugget from HD, is that Arthur Smith, and I see some debate in the chat, will be on the sideline. He will be calling plays on the sideline, which begs the question, who will be in the booth? I have a few guesses who'll be in a booth. But Nevada, wish your thoughts on that. Now just caveat, he's an NFL coach. From my understanding, he's always been on the sidelines, calling plays. So wish your thoughts on Arthur Smith on the sidelines. Well, I know that was an open item of debate. They had talked about this for a long time, growing back and forth. And you know, you're right. You know, he's always been on the sidelines.

23:04He prefers to be on the sidelines. But, you know, they even tried it a couple of practices where he just doesn't like it up in the book. I personally do not understand any off its accordingly, or could not be in the booth first more. Because when I'm on the sideline at a football game, it looks like a mosh pit to me. It looks like I like you can't see the guys on the other end. You don't have the overhead view. So you better trust the people that do have that to get that information you quickly and, you know, completely so you can understand in real time what's going on. Because you've got to play call doing 15 seconds. So when it's like a whatever it is, and you got to go up and make this thing happen. So I've heard that I'm not sure I'm excited about that news. But at the end of the day, I don't care. I just want to put points to the board. I don't care how they do it. Put points on the board. But from my money, I prefer he be up in the box. So that's just my humble opinion. No, I feel you. To me, it's the safest bet. You know, you want the guy that's pulling a

24:11trigger on the plays to be the eye in the sky, right? I mean, that just makes sense. However, obviously they feel comfortable with him being on the field. Somebody in the chat said he can look his quarterback in the eye. That's a sage Ohio. He can talk to his QB face to face. He can get after that online along with Boeing. I mean, I get it. I definitely get it, especially if you were successful in the NFL doing that. But yes, I mean, from my money, I would want my old coordinator in the booth. But I'm fine with it. I'm sure they have a system. He's very experienced. So it doesn't matter to me either way. But there's some other updates I want to talk about from tonight. Okay. And I'm going to pull up a little, a little visual. But the punt returners and kick returners have been announced. Okay. At punt return. And you know what? It's funny. Two things. I didn't think about this person on punt return because I was just so fixated on another person.

25:14But I'm going to have to alter my prediction slightly based off this breaking news. So Brandon NSF punt returned. That's no surprise. We knew that was going to happen. Devin McEwen at punt return and then Philip Bell. So those are the three at punt return at kick return. Legend Bay, baby. Legend Bay will be back there kick return. How many opportunities will he have? Maybe just one after the has. If we defer or if we take the ball for whatever, he'll have at least one opportunity to return kicks. So what's your thoughts on that Nevada? You know with the punt return and kick return, light up. Well, you know, the punt return, you know, obviously, like they've got a big cadre of wide receivers that are going to catch the ball. And then totally they want somebody who can catch the ball back in a punt return. And that's the number one priority for them is, you know, with these high kicks that everybody does, make sure you catch the ball

26:19because nothing can flip a game quicker. As you remember, even for for your old heads, remember back the the Clemson bowl game and we lost when Philly Brown dropped that punt and when we were like we were just getting ready to put them on Clemson and the a little bit of a cool against those guys. But now, now I'm kick returns. You know, look, we've been telling you guys how dangerous legend Bay is, you know, we had how fun legend Bay is with us. So now on a team of alphas, on a team of fast guys, high school, fire stars, great play, whatever they're putting legend Bay on the kickoff. And kickoff, you know, that's the time when you actually have a chance to return it because you're back the other teams want 60, 70 yards away and you get the ball. But that that's as much open field as anybody gets in the entire game by design. You get on a kickoff front. And who are they picking to put back there? Legend Bay. So when we tell you about his

27:23game breaking ability, when we talk about his open field ability, no, it's not just hype or it's not just hope. You know, what are Ohio State sees it just the same way we do. And that's why they're putting him back there as the kick returner. It's great. He's like, like you said, we hope we only see him back there one time. But when we do, it's going to it's going to be fun. He'll take it back to why I don't care if he's five yards deep in the end zone. He's taking that thing back. You watch. Oh, yeah, for sure. So so yesterday, my prediction was for legend Bay to return a punt return for a touchdown. Well, I have to alter my prediction to a kick return for a touchdown slight alteration. But I'm going to stick with that. And I said 150 all purpose yards. And so there's that now also real quick about legend Bay. Luke Montgomery. Because we have we have all these comparisons and descriptions about legend Bay, right? This whole off season, we heard, you know, coach, Locklin say it was like art watching him run. Ryan

28:25Day caught him a poor man's Thai week Williams, a Thai re kill. What about think about? And then Luke Montgomery. Today said he saw Antonio Brown in person in like NFL camp. And he said he compared legend Bay speed to Antonio Brown. Now, listen, Antonio Brown is a crazy person. Okay, but on the field, that do was a dog. And he was fast, fast. And so all of these, you know, superlatives and descriptions of this young man has been to no end. And now he's at kick return and not only kick return, he's going to get some some snaps into game on some level. I'm not exactly sure what they're going to roll out on Saturday as far as any packages, but he's going to play. And so this is why he was my number two on our list of, you know, most excited to see play. This is why he was my number two. Bo Jackson was my number one. But because he's going to get a lot

29:31of touches and he's just getting slept on. But I'm excited about legend Bay, Nevada. And this just made me even more excited with this kick return news. I can't believe you said that he's a crazy person like Antonio Brown. And that's like, I'm like, man, this guy's just he's just an 18 year old kid. They're being. Nobody is crazy as Antonio Brown. Not too many. That can't is, yeah, he's out there, but he was a dog on that field. There's just no denying that. Yeah, you can't deny his talent. There's no question about that. No legend's going to be so much. He's going to be so much fun. You know, we're we're we've talked about what we're looking forward to most. And he him getting the pin with the ball in his hands is going to be something that's going to be so much fun to watch. I can't wait to see it. Yeah. So so let me ask before he move off from that you're bay. So let's let's put it out there and kind of guess and predict. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes

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32:38That's code almost famous at resortpass.com slash almost famous. Outside of kick return, what is the first snap or how is he going to be used? Is he going to get a hand off from the backfield? Is he going to get a jet sweep? Is he going to get like a screen? Are they going to motion him out from the backfield to the slot and throw it to him? What is your prediction? Chat, I want you all to predict what is legend based first touch going to be outside of kick return. What you got in about it? I'm going to play screen pass. I'm saying it's going to be a screen pass. Okay. So I'm going to go with jet sweep or end-around. I think they're going to do something like line him up in the backfield and then motion him to the slot and then bring him on a jet and give it to him around the edge. That is my prediction. But we'll see. But either way,

33:41I cannot wait. If he gets one, just any opening, I think he's going to just kill it. He's going to kill it, man. So they're going to try to get him in space as much as possible to let him work, man. So we're going to see, man. We're going to see. Look at Lacklund. It's like art when he runs. I mean, I'm like, all right, man. We've got to see this, man, because they pumped this kid up something crazy. But speaking of pumping up, and I want to kind of move on to the next thing here, as far as hype and you know, superlatives and just adoration. And that's Jay Timons. You mentioned earlier, Nevada, because we were talking backstage. And Devon Sanchez, the corner, was talking about how Jay Timons was on his recruiting visit. And he made a prediction. I'm going to pull it up, Nevada. But I want, matter of fact, let me pull it up and play it first. It's a short clip. So just the heads up,

34:44Nevada with the clips. I know sometimes the clips give you a sound issues. But here it comes. Just a second. Here we go. No physicality wise. Jay's done a lot to the first, you know, everybody. Not just us, but also the officer coaches too. He's still out there, physicality wise, physical. You know, just going out there and touching the ball, making plays on the ball. As a freshman, you know, that's what you got to do to be felt. If you want to go on the field, that's what you got to do. That's what you're doing. He's making it known that he's going to be on the field. And we got a lot of trust in him. We caught him in a lot. You know, he got to come up and make some big plays along with myself and always remain. So it's just go out there and just competing. Did you get the sense from him that he was going to do that right away, like when he got on the campus, did you realize this is a guy that's going to push the place? I knew when I was his host on his recruiting visit that, you know, he was going to come here, you know, make a difference. He also told me when he was on a cruise like, hey, damn, I'm going to start a high state. My first year, I'm like, it was hard, but you know,

35:47you can come here and do it. And that's what he's doing. He's making it known. I just told him that like last week, I'm like, baby, if you're telling me that, when you use a recruit, you're like, yeah, and I'm like, my, it's true now. So it's like, let's go out here and do it. See, that's what I'm talking about, man. That right there, Nevada, is a dog mentality. These are the type of kids that we attract. Okay, Yard heard Devon Sanjay saying on his visit, he hosted Jay Timon's on his visit, and Jay Timon's told him he was going to start as a freshman. And that's what he's about to do. Start as a freshman, which obviously is extremely hard to do, especially at that position. And so dog mentality, and this is why I love the standard that Ryan Day has set. When he talked about, hey, you know, and people took it the wrong way. He said, you know, if you don't have a first round, you know, basically he was saying, if you don't have a mentality of you want to be a first rounder, this is not the place for you. And so that's the mentality

36:49I have. And by the way, just to remind people and shout out to Dev, the Jay Timon's is going to start information we had that in the beginning a long time ago. I noticed some folks trying to know we had that Jay Timon's information. Before I saw anybody talking about him starting, just FYI for y'all. But anyway, yeah, he's a dog. I cannot wait to see him play. There's so much respect in Nevada from the players and coaches for this young man. It's just it's amazing how much respect he's commanding as a true freshman at that position. Nevada. Well, you just think about, you mean, like every position on the field requires a certain level of confidence, you know, I'm saying, but none more so than defensive back, you know, I'm saying, like you better have the swagger, you better have the aura, you better have the confidence when you're out there. Because I frankly, I've talked about this before, but I don't know how anybody plays that position. Like, okay, here you go cover, B, you go cover JJ Smith. He's going

37:53to run a four three. He knows where he's going. And you can't touch him. You know, I'm saying, oh, okay, you know, good luck. And you got to hold it back for a while. Goodness. But don't touch him. Otherwise, that's a family. I mean, like, I don't know how he's guys to do it. But yeah, Jay is a guy. I don't think you just because the way his recruiting recruitment came down, I think people were kind of like, oh, yeah, okay, let's create. We got you know, but like, I don't think I realized how big it was. I mean, this was a, he was the ground jewel of that force that recruiting class and the imprinted come over here, do his thing. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rises can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to Sky Rizzy, Riz and Kizmab Rizza. Sky Rizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or photo therapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe. And many

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40:00did something fun and spontaneous. We went to resortpass.com. There are hundreds of hotel resorts, pools and spots and private beaches that you can enjoy. You can spend the day at a luxury resort, pool spa massage without booking an overnight stay. Listen, I may have only been like 15 minutes from home but it felt like it was a whole different world and I'm thinking this is exactly what I needed. So just go to resortpass.com, choose your resort, choose your day, luxury resort day passes start at just $25. Once you post your daycation, people are going to ask where you are. Go to resortpass.com slash almost famous and use the promo code almost famous to get $20 off when you spend $100. That's code almost famous at resortpass.com slash almost famous. I mean pretty exciting and you know a guy that's going to come in as a freshman on a loaded team. A team that's preseason number one calls his shot and now you know whether he's starting

41:05first guys out there, whatever it is. I mean he's up there. You know, H.T. talked about how on defense we have like 20 starters. Depending on situationally, are we in the nickel? Are we in the big nickel? Are we in the three linebacker? Are we in the bear front? What are we in? We've literally got 20 kids who could be out there at the beginning when it was happening. So that's certainly unique and Jay has certainly put himself into the the rear of a freshman that could come in Ohio State and do it right away. And he's a special one. Yeah, definitely. You're right. I mean he definitely wasn't getting the praise and you know big old celebration as some others got when he committed but huge pickup for sure. So definitely exciting. And I'm trying to think there was some other little tidbits and things from the interviews and I'll take a look at my notes but

42:05we can always get to that. I wanted to before we get to super chats, I wanted to mention something. We've been talking about this for weeks now and it just seems like the drum beat is just getting louder with the Julian saying slander. Nevada. I just wanted to take a few moments to discuss this and you know what? Let me play. I'm going to play a clip. I'm going to play a short clip from Ryan Day to kind of set the tone for what I'm about to say or about to talk about because to me it's just it's just beyond ridiculous but on the on the other hand I kind of like it because now it's like okay he can have a real chip on his shoulder. I think it's movement's been better. I think this is Ryan Day on what's how Julian has got better. Jim in this play on the field. Where did you see him growing? Man in a lot of areas I think his movement's been better. I think his accuracy is even improve. More of the balls coming out faster. His understanding of the offense, his ability in the huddle to

43:11you know communicate, his ability to communicate on a lannish Kremage. He's done a lot of good things for us. I think you know probably like if you just said is if there's one thing I'd say no it's probably like make incremental improvements across the board is probably the best way to put it. All right so that's Ryan Day talking about Julian saying to say he's even more accurate as wild to me Nevada first of all but I'm bringing this up again because again there's I keep seeing more pundits and more lists and more is Julian saying overrated you know content and things like that and I'm just like I was watching to do the the backs up that takes over for the hurt when he's out. He was just you know down on them people keep pointing back to the last two games and basically saying well that's that's why he's overrated. So let me ask you let me ask something to you Nevada and everybody watching let's just kind of just do a little little quick little question answer game. What

44:15all goes into a offense being successful? Can we name a few things right obviously let's get the quarterback out of the way quarterback obviously Julian saying is a quarterback that's important. What else is important for an offense to be successful in Nevada any other thoughts? Well I mean you're you're play calling needs like you're coaching your coordination. Your offense of a line of the lines to needs to protect you your receivers need to catch the ball and do well I mean there's a there's a multitude of things that have to go right and and then they all have to go right and off the defense is just about blowing stuff up and causing you know havoc but offense is about precision like all loving guys gotta be on the same page do an exact thing for you play that any any chance to be successful so there's a lot of things that gonna do it for sure. Yeah so I agree so you're in short it's not just on one thing to get

45:20an offense to be successful that everyone has to work together right so I'm asking this question because to me it seems like the critics of Julian saying are just laying all the blame or most of the blame at Julian saying's feet now listen we both said on here me in Nevada yes Julian saying needs to get better in this area or that area he needs to use his feet more he needs to know when to take off his scramble to move the chains like Carson Beck did who's not known for running okay he needs to make sure he's keeping his eyes down filled with pressure in his face which is a natural progression and growth of any quarterback he was a first year starter last year and I you know even we've brought this up so many times and I've got it pulled up right now the Indiana versus Ohio State stats for the game Julian versus Mendoza almost identical stats almost identical and we've said this so many times if Ohio State wins that game by a few bounces of the ball lost by

46:24three Julian saying wins the Heisman this this is why this is just one data point of why this is so ridiculous with the Julian saying slander so I just wanted to point this out because the offensive line Nevada and everybody listening because he offensive line was one of the things mentioned as as what you need to be successful for an offense they gave up 10 sacks in those last two games 10 sacks that is difficult for any quarterback to overcome so this is how I see it you got to pie right and you got slices of the pie you can debate or argue who gets the bigger slice the bigger piece of the blame but Julian saying doesn't deserve the whole pie he has a slice but so does the offensive line so does Brian Hartline you having one foot out the door in that whole situation that was a problem I mean the the the opponent was very good I get that but go back and watch the games

47:30overall Julian saying was not terrible in those games he wasn't at his best he could have done some things better he showed his youth but those games were not all on Julian and then even specifically with the interception that that was not all on Julian and I would even argue it's not on Julian based off of the design of the play but I'm not going to get into that so anyway Nevada I just wanted to touch on that because the Julian saying slander is just crazy instead of asking is he overrated how about you ask is he is he underrated because at this point it seems like most of these people don't believe in him they're stuck in 2025 or early 2026 or whenever the game was no it was 2025 and there there is like is he not able to get better can he not progress from what year one year two or do you expect him to be that same guy and do you expect the old line to be that same online and do you expect our offensive coordinator to be freaking Brian Hartline it's not

48:34things have changed things have improved players get better so anyway Nevada just wanted to rant about that because it's just ridiculous your thoughts well I just you know I just think it's funny that you know one point in time people talk about how you know the Michigan game is more important than winning a national championship and now and he gets no credit for going up to Ann Arbor and to shredding Michigan in a snowstorm planet you know fantastic game but that just that just doesn't count this just kind of go to the next two games and and look he outperformed a fourth year for Nanda Mendoza who went number one in the draft and he outperformed a six year Carson Beck who went in the third round of the NFL draft so you know I know they didn't win the games but it's not like those guys played better than he did they didn't you know they didn't and those guys are really experienced really good players that went highly in the NFL and and Julian was a first year he was a red shirt freshman starting his first you know his first season

49:38of the playing quarterback and guys like that they get better it's scary to think that he could get better because he was so darn good last year but yeah I think cherry picking the games not giving him credit for the other big games and and then just you know it's a it's a really whether it be a pundit or an Ohio State fan thing but we do like to do that when we I've said this for years when we win a game be then those don't count that that was the team wasn't good it didn't matter or whatever it is right but if we lose oh that's the only game that oh that that game right there that's the game that matters the only game that matters it's like come on let's at least be fair winning up an anarbor I don't care for who is not easy it's never been easy it's never been easy especially coming off a time when we've lost three in a row to Michigan that game was huge last year yep that game was huge yeah on the road that game excercised a lot of demons and he was really good and that you through the early pick came back and was flawless

50:43the rest of the way so yeah I don't get it but frankly I love it I mean I think we need to have some disrespect I think we you know right now I I'm not gonna I hate the fact that we're number one I rather we'd be coming from behind but we are so it is but it is but disrespect J.J. disrespect Julian disrespect you know I'm glad J.J. didn't win the the bullet in the cough the last couple years let's let's have those guys ready to go and fire it up for for 2026 and I think that can only help us that's a good point about J.J. and that bullet in the cough you give him a chip all the success he's had he already has a natty that I love it and so that's the flip side of the annoying you know Julian saying slander as if he can't get better is that he can use that as motivation as a chip and to remain focused so that's good stuff so before we get to super chats we want to I love days like these are the pool but my moderate

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56:0215 seconds your time takes no time at all and it's and it helps the scoop yeah yeah this is a this is definitely very interesting when I heard about this and and I thought about for for those for comparison if you're on x or twitter it reminds me of spaces where it basically you can respond via text on spaces you have you know your favorite person you follow or your celebrity and you can join their spaces and listen along and and leave reactions but on this one you can actually respond and ask questions and comment that's pretty dope man especially for some of the x book eye players that we that we talked about so this is good man we got some really good partners man and this is really cool already downloaded to add myself so I'm a I'm a join in and just kind of observe and just kind of have fun with it you know couple of these cats I know you already got their number so you know I'm saying but it's just to have some fun but anyway anyway anyway good

57:03stuff all right so let's get to these wonderful super chats all right we got Jim Jackson my guy your guy our guy love this brother good dude he says be flight and air bnb secured for LA and about to buy these USC tickets tonight looking forward to connecting with you Dev Nafada and Jessica our book for a pick keep doing your thing my brothers that's dope man that is great Jim I cannot wait to get out to LA what is it September 2nd you know it's that's it's coming up it's coming up quick man so Nevada Jim Jackson man he got his stuff getting his stuff booked up man I'm excited we're gonna have so much fun to be a great trip we're gonna be we're gonna run around man hadn't beach on Friday night before the game and in Saturday we're gonna be going out the route now the butt has to victory and I'm gonna be taking b Moses to in and out burger and also I

58:07all sorts of great places and it's we're gonna have big fun and we're gonna have a great stake on front and say like I said I don't want you to eat for the next eight weeks in preparation for this thing so you're lean mean and hungry when you get there on Friday night oh yeah oh for sure I'm gonna be ready now here's my question what is the chances and I know uh uh funky believes it's not going to be but what are the chances this is a night game in USC at USC I mean I I have to tell them have they know how they announce who's televised in it I don't even know I always get confused with the things and the bids and the changes and you know it can't be a big new now there because there'll be nothing like in the morning you know what I'm saying like that so like I'm thinking it's gonna be like a five o'clock L.A. time like eight o'clock East for a game so okay okay and that's what I'm that's that's kind of what I've got in my head um don't know that

59:07for a fact but that that's kind of what I'm thinking okay I mean it is cool I just don't want it I don't want it to be a noon L.A. time it wouldn't be a noon L.A. time because what they're three hours behind us right yeah no it couldn't it couldn't it couldn't I mean I guess it could be 12 30 if it was a 330 Eastern game it could be 12 3 I don't want it to be that though um I want it to be to where we can have a ramp up at least a 3 30 or 4 p.m. or something like that a ramp up to the game in L.A. you know what I'm saying um but we'll see we'll see either way I'm definitely excited for sure um Mark from W.C. Rambl is an awesome app joined today yep I'm just now getting hit to it but it's definitely a great idea and I downloaded it at myself so I'm definitely on it for sure all right and we got Kent Curry thanks for being a scoop out your remember thanks for the 999 he says sorry guys I can't stay we'll finish watching it later say a prayer for David Taylor

1:00:0838 years old a wildlife officer that took in a call to help a family escape and pay the ultimate price hit me pray for fam oh wow yeah so that's that's definitely always hard to hear um it just especially in light of the fact that this man risked basically gave his life for for these people to save them um that's that's just sad man that's tough I'm so sorry to hit here that can't definitely pray and I'm a praying man if you're a praying person out there please lift up David Taylor call the name out pray for the family um and we would appreciate that thank you Kent for doing that we're always game for that Nevada yeah I mean like we have a lot of fun here we talk about fun and games with that man that's real life and that's that's real stuff and um yeah be a prayer for the family prayers for all involved for sure for sure yep it's a constant reminder uh we have

1:01:10fun here like Nevada says we talk about different things and we talk about stuff like this you know we lift each other up we support each other pray for each other uh we got real lives you know I know this is a getaway and escape for us but life is real so uh you know we're definitely going to be having them in our hearts and in prayers for sure uh Kent but um but yeah I see a few people in the chat who's who's all talking about LA um never been to LA looking forward to I'm wondering how many scoop people will be out in LA Nevada wouldn't that be cool to uh to meet with a few of them you know before the game or something I don't know well like I said Friday night man happy you see me walking out with a six foot eleven block guy that's B Moses right there he's he's really seven one he's seven one and the very hands but very handsome and um yeah we're gonna be we're gonna be moving around there and yeah I think we're gonna run into a lot of scoop people I think we're gonna run because be your famous man your famous very handsome look at Billy D Williams very handsome and people are

1:02:11gonna be coming up and uh saying be kind of get a photograph of your man listen just don't call me Idris Elba anymore I got nasty emails um from from women across the country just I got I got all types of strays and hateful comments I don't just like dang I thought I was at least decent looking y'all killing me I know I'm not Idris but I'm I I'm not top liver but you got me in a lot of trouble that compares in Nevada but I'm telling you it's like looking in the mirror man I'm like I get to look at you like an hour every night I'm like man I look at you yourself every time I look at you oh my goodness so so so handsome is is job being the chat she was the first I used to that she was like I love be Moses I don't know the bottom I was like damn it is dude give me all types of trouble but anyway anyway anyway so listen um we like I said we got three days three days

1:03:12until the buck eyes play and then also reminder next week we have confirmed once again Nevada Tate from bar stool are guy your guy are guy this year oh wow on Friday to preview that at Texas Longhorn game baby um we love that brother's content he he loves uh he has is the mutual love and he's coming on the show he'll also be on Thursday with dev so it's going to be like a ESPN car wash a buck eyes scoop car wash Thursday night to talk about uh reaction from the off-season leading into ball state and then Friday night to preview the Texas game with me in Nevada I cannot wait so any final thoughts before we bang out of here in Nevada yeah now just a great week for Ohio State smooth week of practice um but everything's kind of coming to a head now man it's all all these months and months and months awaiting and now like I said with three days away but uh things are looking good but I land I expect a big effort and hopefully be Moses can uh get on the

1:04:15Doppler and start you know rain rain go away be just none of that rain I'm saying it's earlier in the day but it's only like a couple hours man you're cutting it close on this thing man okay see I got to update my pick man all I got is a winter storm warning Ryan Day scoting me about the Swiss miss I gotta I gotta upload uh my Doppler pick or make a new one so I got you I'm on it man but we're gonna park this guy's for Saturday so we have a nice clear day uh for the book I gained y'all but listen listen listen as always man we love y'all we appreciate y'all we have a ton of fun and clearly y'all do too in the chat so we appreciate y'all but until next time go bucks and peace

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