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

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2:03We are almost there, y'all. Look, look where we are. We are three. All right, P Dimitrius Stanley and Michael Thomas days until a house they place football again. Man, but for real, let's just say one quick word about Dimitri 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, Dimitrius 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.

3:06We're going to talk about that, examine 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, speaker.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. Nevada, Bach, what's up, man? How you feeling? Happy Wednesday evening. Well, I was feeling good until I just realized and remember that the major Stan was no longer with us. And 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 I have such fond memories of them, you know, playing out there and.

4:15That does remind you to never take anything for granted. Enjoy every day. Hug your loved ones and. Yeah, rest in peace. Those are the measures you're very by 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 Nevada about everything? Well, you know, this week's been smooth. You know, it's been a smooth week and it's always nice to hear. And these interviews confirmation of what we've been told and what we've been saying and. Yeah, I think 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 ordinary. You don't want you just want.

5:16Born. I just want boring and nothing eventful and this fall camp's been nothing amazing. You know, I, for a first standpoint of no big injuries knock on wood. No big crash outs. No big. You know, issues with players. And so, man, it's been about a smooth sailing as you could possibly hope heading into 2026. He's probably more so than going to hope. So that's been nothing but great means 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 hood, like to me, let me just go on a 10 second rant. I love hoodies. But sometimes depending on the company, the hoodie can mess it up. The actual hood. I like this hood. It's like shaped to your head.

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8:28Well, man, if rain comes in and it's been this hot, it could be like real rain like it could be serious rain. Yeah, so yeah, that'll be interesting. Where you're you're doctor 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 happens 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 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. Or how about rain at night? It could rain Saturday night, right? Yeah, that's who 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 in a shoe with that beautiful new turf.

9:36Those 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 it. All right. So let's get into the topic at hand. Nevada. We got ht with another great post the helping technician talking about how this OSU feel. Team feels different and 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. And we've been hearing about what's this team after this point. And it just feels special. So Nevada, you want to kick this off. Ht what he was talking about. And we can just kind of discuss it. Well, yeah, he was talking. You know, he's talking about. You know how every team has a unique feel to it. Now every team. You know, when you've been around on how's their football for, you know, as long as he has you, you get kind of a sense.

10:42And that doesn't necessarily foot to good, bad, successful, not successful, but each team has a it's own identity as it were. And he used to talk about how, how unique the feeling has been around this camp and how he was 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 J. J Smith, you know, J. J. You know, while in our opinion is one of the finest fighters he's ever played the game, maybe the best fighters he would have ever played on his day. Never want to bullet in the cough, not really a holler guy doesn't really say a lot. You know, doesn't have a huge personality. So this is not a team that's really defined by its star players. And you know, for a high state, don't have states, don't for having a lot of star power. You know, it's a high state football. And this team as good as it is as number one is it is.

11:44It'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. I think that's, you know, that's why you end up in a situation where you have as many captains as they have, you know what I'm saying, that, 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 freshman that are coming in, you know, such a game ready bunch of a freshman. So it's really just a unique feel in terms of you've got this number one on how state team. But a lot of people are picking them in the national championship and sort of make noise and in concept ball, 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.

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14:10Visit your Southern California four dealers today or visit for dot com slash local. How tight the group is, you know, people asked about the 2024 group and, you know, the 2024 group or current HG was, you know, like great kids. The guys that came back the 15 16 guys that came back for one last swing were incredibly tightening group, but had never really connected with a younger one, you know, and there was kind of two camps. And again, not necessarily 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 talking about how tight this group is and how it's kind of a sort of a seamless integration between everybody. And I think it is a tribute to the fact that the freshman have come and you talked about Jay Tim is coming in saying, I'm going to start off the rip.

15:10Chris Henry Jr. I'm going to be a player right off the rock board. I'm going to play, you know, right? 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 these that it's palpable how close this group is and 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 the fact that they've got, you know, they're not shy and away from the fact that they've got a difficult schedule. You know, not going into the old coach, we're going to play it long game at a time and we're going to do 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 plan as scheduled 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, and you know, lead you some great success.

16:31And I 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 and that Ryan day does at this point in his career does not want to be coaching quarterbacks. And I think 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 offense is different. 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. And he can sit back and just be, you know, the big dog. And it just, you know, again, different feelings all right. 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.

17:47Yeah, I mean, it's funny when I read it, not not long after I saw the interview today with Ryan day one, one of the reporters said, hey, Ryan, they are coach day, you look, you seem to be so relaxed. And 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 relax because that 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, but 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 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, relaxed and confident leading into a season opener.

19:02I 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, you own restaurants and things like that. How confident and comfortable are you when you know you got a great 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 look when you've got you when you when you know you're holding ACEs, man, you can be really cool at the table, you know, and you're saying like he knows he's holding ACEs. He can sit back and do it. And I've never seen him like this. I'm usually Ryan kind of gives off a kind of for net it kind of I'm not saying nervous energy because nervous energy would be like John Cooper, but definitely kind of high strong kind of tents that has hurt kind of, you know, surely. Kind of edgy kind of guy. He ain't that guy this year, man. 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.

20:13He's not worried about playing for his job every week. 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 going to call for my head like really, you know, 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, 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 to them, you get fired. Right. And I'm saying like, who 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 were observing.

21:20I 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. We'll 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 going back and forth. And you know, you're right. You know, he's always been on the sidelines. He 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 into coordinator cannot be in the booth first more.

22:20Because 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 over a 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. When it's like whatever it is. And you got to go up there and make this thing happen. So I 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 on 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 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 trigger 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.

23:24That's a sage Ohio. He can talk to his QB face to face. He can get after that. Oh, line 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 part return because I was just so fixated on another person. But I'm going to have to alter my prediction slightly based off this breaking news. So Brandon NSF punt return. That's no surprise. We knew that was going to happen.

24:26Devon 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 if we defer or if we take the ball for whatever he'll have at least one opportunity to to return kicks. So what's your thoughts on that Nevada. You know, with the punt return a kick return lineup. So punt return, you know, obviously, like they've got a big cadre of wide receivers that can all catch the ball. And then clearly 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. And then you can catch the ball because nothing can flip a game quicker. As you remember, even 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 it on Clemson and the

25:38a little bit of a cool against those guys, but 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. So now on a team of alphas on a team of fast guys high school, five stars, great, 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 what 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 and who are they picking to put back there legend Bay. So when we tell you about his game breaking ability, when we talk about his open field ability, no, it's not just hype or it's not just home. You remember 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, you we hope we only see him back there one time, but when we do it's it's going to be fine.

26:44He'll take it back to what I'm curious 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 touchdown. Well, I have to alter my prediction to a kick return for 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. You know coach, locklin, say it was like art watching him run Ryan Day 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.

27:44And I 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. And so I'm 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. Jackson was my number one. But because he's going to get a lot of touches and he 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, man, that's like, I'm like, man, this guy's just he's just an 18 year old kid.

28:48I'm not even saying nobody is crazy as Antonio Brown, not too many. That can't is, is yeah, he's out there, but he was a dog in that field. There's no denying that. Yeah, you can't deny his town. There's no question about that. Now legend legend's going to be so much. He's going to be so much fun. You know, we're we're talking about what we're looking forward to most and. Yeah, him 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 you move off from legend Bay. So let's let's put it out there and kind of guess and predict. Hey, it's Andreath here back to schools here and that means getting back into routines and packing lunches at superior grocers. We make it easy with fresh fruits, crisp veggies and soft freshly break bread that makes every sandwich better. And don't forget a little treat. It cook your some panduce goes a long way at lunch time. Make morning simple and shopping smarter. Download the spear grocers app for weekly ads and digital deals.

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31:00Outside of kick return. What is the first. Snap or what how is he going to be used is he going to get a hand off from the backfield. Is he going to get a like a jet sleep. 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 Nevada. Mostly screen pass. It's going to be a stream pass. Okay. So I'm going to go with. Jet sweep or into round. I think 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 I cannot wait. If he gets one just any opening.

32:01I think he's going to just just he's going to 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. So we're going to see man. We're going to see look at look at lock. It's like art when he runs. I mean, I'm like, alright man. We got to see this man because they they pump this kid up something crazy. But speaking of pumping up. And I want to kind of move on to the next thing here. I mean, I think I'm going to do that. And I'm going to do that. As far as hype. And you know, superlatives. And just adoration. And that's Jay Timins. You mentioned earlier, Nevada. Because that we were talking backstage. And Devon Sanchez, the corner. Was talking about. How Jay Timins 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. And then I'm going to do it. So just just the heads up.

33:02Nevada with the clips. I know sometimes the clips give you. Give you a sound issues. But here it comes. Just a second. Here we go. Physicality wise. Yeah, Jay. Jay's done a lot to the first. You know, everybody. Not just us. But also the officer coaches too. He's he's still out there. You know, physicality wise. You know, physical. You know, just going out there and touching the ball, making plays on the ball. You know, just as a freshman, you know, that's that's what you got to do to be self. You know, and if you want to be on the field, that's what you got to do. That's what you're doing. He's making it known that, you know, that he's going to be on the field. And you know, we got a lot of trust in him. You know, 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 a 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. You know, he also told me when he was recruiting like, hey, damn, you know, I'm going to start a high state in my first year.

34:02I'm like, bro, it's hard, but you know, you 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, you're telling me that when you're recruiting, you're like, yeah, and I'm like, man, it's true now. So it's like, let's go out there 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, you're heard, Devon Sanjay is saying, on his visit, he hosted J. Timons on his visit. And J. Timons 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,

35:02this is not the place for you. And so that's the mentality I have. And by the way, just to remind people, and shout out to Dev, the J. Timons 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 J. Timons information. I 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 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 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 the defense of 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 frankly, I've talked about this before,

36:03but I don't know how anybody plays that position. Yeah. Okay, here you go cover, you go cover J. J. Smith. He's going to run a fourth three. He knows where he's going and you can't touch him. You know what I'm saying? Oh, okay, you know, good luck. And you got to order back the door. He's a goodness. But don't touch him. Otherwise, that's apparently, I mean, like, I don't know how these guys do it. But yeah, J 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 J. Yeah, you know, but like, I don't think I realized how big it was. I mean, this was a, he was the crown jewel of that force that recruiting class and the imprinted come over here, do his thing. Hey, it's Andreath here, back to school is here, and that means getting back into routines and packing lunches. At Superior Grocers, we make it easy with fresh fruits, crisp veggies, and soft freshly-brake bread that makes every sandwich better.

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38:07head to the family gathering with everyone in your Ford Explorer, or show up and show up in a Ford Mustang Mach E with thrilling performance. These limited-time deals at September 7th, visit your Southern California Ford dealers today, or visit Ford.com slash local. I mean, pretty exciting, and 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 whether he's starting first guys out there, whatever, 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 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

39:08the rare error 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. 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 we can always get to that. I wanted to before we get to a superchats, I wanted to mention something. We've been talking about this for weeks now, and it just seems like the drum, 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 about to play a short clip from Ryan Day to kind of set the tone for what I'm about to say

40:11or about to talk about because to me, it's just, it's just beyond ridiculous. But on the other hand, I kind of like it because now it's like, OK, 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. Man, in a lot of areas, I think it's movement's been better. I think it's accuracy is even improved. More of the balls coming out faster. His understanding of the offense, his ability in the huddle to communicate. His ability to communicate on a line of scrimmage. He's done a lot of good things for us. I think, you know, probably like if you just said, if there's one thing I'd say no, it's probably like incremental improvements across the board. It's 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. The level of the ball, I'm not going to say anything about the level of the ball.

41:15But 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 backs up that takes over for the hurt where he's out. Some people keep pointing back to the last two games and basically saying, well, 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 quick little question answer game. What all 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 Sands, the quarterback. That's important. What else is important for an offense to be successful in Nevada? Any other thoughts? Well, I mean, your play calling needs to be called in your coaching, your coordination, your offensive line needs to protect you.

42:20Your receivers need to catch the ball and do well. I mean, there's a multitude of things that have to go right. And they all have to go right and off. And defense is just about blowing stuff up and causing havoc. But offense is about precision. Like all loving guys got to be on the same page, doing exactly the thing for your play to have any chance to be successful. So there's a lot of things that are going to do it for sure. Yeah. So I agree. So you're in short, it's not just on one thing to get an offense to be successful. Everyone has to work together. Right? I'm asking this question because to me, it seems like the critics of Julian Sian are just laying all the blame or most of the blame at Julian Sian's feet. Now listen, we both said on here, me and Nevada, yes, Julian Sian needs to get better in this area or that area. He needs to use his feet more.

43:20He 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, feel with pressure in his face, which is a natural progression and growth of any quarterback. He was a first year starter last year. And 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 three, Julian Sian wins the Heisman. This is why this is just one data point of why this is so ridiculous with the Julian Sian's slander. So I just wanted to point this out because the offensive line, Nevada and everybody listening, because offensive line was one of the things mentioned as what you need to be successful

44:23for 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 a 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 Sian doesn't deserve the whole pie. He has a slice, but so does the offensive line. So does Brian Hartline, having one foot out the door in that whole situation. That was a problem. I mean, the opponent was very good. I get that. But go back and watch the games. Overall, Julian Sian 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 was not all on Julian. And I would even argue it's not on Julian based off of the design of the play.

45:27But I'm not going to get into that. So anyway, Nevada, I just wanted to touch on that because the Julian Sian slander is just crazy. Instead of asking, is he overrated? How about you ask, 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 is he not able to get better? Can he not progress from what year one and year two are? 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. Things 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 think it's funny that at one point in time, people talk about how the Michigan game is more important than winning a national championship. And then it's not.

46:28And he gets no credit for going up to Ann Arbor into shredding Michigan in a snowstorm. A fantastic game. But that just doesn't count. Just kind of go to the next two games. And look, he outperformed a fourth year for Nando Mendoza who went number one in the draft. He outperformed a six year Carson Beck who went in the third round of the NFL draft. So 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 Julian was a first year. He was a red shirt freshman starting his first season of 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.

47:30And then just, you know, 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 was that team wasn't good or didn't matter or whatever it is. 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 is like, come on. Let's at least be fair. Winning up an Ann Arbor. 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 on the road. That game excercised a lot of demons. And he was really good in that. And you threw the early pick came back and was flawless the 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, I, I, I hope the factor were number one.

48:31I, rather we'd be coming from behind, but we are. So it is what it is. But disrespect, JJ, disrespect Julian, disrespect. You know, I'm glad JJ didn't win the, the bulletinac off the last couple of years. Let's, let's have those guys ready to go and fire it up for a 2026. And I think that can only help us. That's a good point about JJ and that bulletinac off. Yeah, 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, and to remain focused. So that's good stuff. So before we get to super chats, we want to, hey, it's Andreath here, back to school is here and that means getting back into routines and packing lunches. At superior grocers, we make it easy with fresh fruits, crisp veggies and soft, freshly break bread that makes every sandwich better. And don't forget a little treat, a cookie or some pandoise goes a long way at lunchtime.

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52:42it helps the scoop. Yeah, this is definitely very interesting when I heard about this. I thought about for those for comparison, if you're on X or Twitter, it reminds me of spaces where basically you can respond via text. On spaces you have your favorite person you follow or your celebrity and you can join their spaces and listen along 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 Xbox I players 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 going to 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 don't have to say it, but it's just to have some fun. But anyway, anyway, anyway, good stuff. All right. So let's get to these wonderful super chats.

53:47All right. We got Jim Jackson, my guy, your guy, our guy. Love this brother. Good, dude. He says, be flight and air B and B secured for LA and about to buy these USC tickets tonight, looking forward to connecting with you, Dev, Nevada, and Jessica Albuq 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 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 going to have so much fun. It's going to be a great trip. We're going to be running around Manhattan Beach on Friday night before the game. And Saturday, we're going to be going out to the route now. The buck has to victory. And I'm going to be taking B Moses to in and out burger and all sorts of great places. And we're going to have big fun and we're going to have a great steak on Friday.

54:49So 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 going to be ready. Now, here's my question. What is the chances? And I know a 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 have to tell them have they know have they announced it was televised in it? I don't even know. I was confused with the things and the bids and the changes and you know, it can't be a big new and out there because there would be nothing like in the morning, you know, and I'm saying like that. So like, I'm thinking it's going to be like a five o'clock L.A. time, like eight o'clock Eastern game. Okay. Okay. So that's kind of what I've got in my head. Don't know that for a fact, but that's kind of what I'm thinking. Okay. I mean, it is cool. I just don't want it.

55:50I 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 be. I mean, I guess it could be 1230 if it was a 330 Eastern game. It could be 1230. I don't want it to be that though. I want it to be to where we can have a ramp up. At least a 330 or 4 p.m. or something like that. I'll ramp up to the game in L.A. You know what I'm saying? But we'll see. We'll see. Either way, I'm definitely excited for sure. Mark from WC. Ramble 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. Remember, thanks for the 99 and I. He says, sorry guys, I can't stay. We'll finish watching it later. Say a prayer for David Taylor, 38 years old, a wildlife officer that took in a call to help a family escape and pay the ultimate price.

56:52Hit me. Pray for fam. Oh, wow. So, yeah, so that's definitely always hard to hear. And just especially in light of the fact that this man risked, basically gave his life for these people to save them. That's just sad, man. That's tough. I'm so sorry to hear that Kent. Definitely praying. 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. 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 yeah, be a prayer for the family. Pray for all involved. For sure. For sure. Yep. It's a constant reminder. We have fun here. Like Nevada says, we talk about different things and we talk about stuff like this. You know, we lift each other up.

57:52We support each other. Pray for each other. We got real lives. You know, I know this is a getaway and escape for us. But life is real. So, you know, we're definitely going to be having them in our hearts and in prayers for sure. Kent. But, but yeah, I see a few people in the chat. Who's, who's all talking about LA? 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 meet with a few of them, you know, before the game or something? I don't know. Like I said, Friday night, man, happy to see you walking around with a six foot 11 blocker. That's B Moses. Right there. He's really seven one. He's seven one and very. But very handsome. And, you know, we're going to be we're going to be moving around there and yeah, I think we're going to do a lot of scoop people. I think I think we're going to run because be your famous man. Your famous very handsome. Look at Billy D Williams, very handsome. And people are going to come up and say and be kind of get a photograph of you man. Listen, just don't call me Eager's elbow anymore.

58:53I got nasty emails from from women across the country. Just I got all types of strays and hateful comments. I don't just like dang I thought I was at least decent looking. You're killing me. I know I'm not Eager's, but I'm not I'm not top liver, but you got me in a lot of trouble. With that comparison, 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 yourself every time I look at you. Oh my goodness. So, so handsome. Is is job being the chat. She was the first I used to it as she was like, I love be most I don't know about. I was like, damn it is dudes give me all types of trouble. But anyway, anyway, anyway. So listen, we like I said, we got three days, three days until the buck eyes play. And then also reminder. Next week, we have confirmed once again, Nevada.

59:57Take from bar stool. Our guy, your guy, our guy. That's the first one. Oh, wow. Friday to preview the at Texas longhorn game, baby. We love that brother's content. He loves, 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 high scoop car wash. Thursday night to talk about a reaction from the offseason 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, and just a great week for Ohio State, smooth week of practice. Everything's kind of coming to a head now, man. It's all all these months and months and months of waiting. And now, like I said, with three days away, but things are looking good. Bucket land. I expect a big effort. And hopefully be Moses can get on the Doppler and start, you know, rain, rain, go away. I'm not going to be. Just meant to say rain.

1:00:58I've seen this earlier in the day, but it's only like a couple of hours, man. She's cutting it close on this thing, man. Okay, see, I got to update my pick, man. All I got is the winter storm warning. Ryan Day scoting me about the Swiss miss. I got to. I got to upload my Doppler pick or make a new one. So I got you. I'm on it, man. But we're going to park this guy's for Saturday. So we have a nice clear day for the book. I'll get it y'all. But listen, listen, listen, listen. As always, man, we love y'all. We appreciate you. 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. Bye.

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