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

0:00Oh Happy as of Wednesday evenings to you all God bless your book ice-coo family book I nation. What's up? We are almost there y'all look look where 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

1:00God bless you Demetrius Stanley and the family but three days until a house state plays again Listen do me a favor hit the like button then that subscribe button and Then hit the bell notification so you're notified whenever we go live all right. We're gonna be talking about How this or how state team feels different in 2026 we're gonna 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 gonna 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 Spreaker.com is the platform you should go to like us save us download us all of that good stuff All right, and then remember when you send those wonderful super chats helps to go towards the pay it forward

2:02Which is our military and our first responders? We're gonna look out for them because they always look out for us now. Vada Bac what's up, man? How you feeling happy? When's the evening? I was feeling good until I just Realized and remember that the major Stanley's no longer with us. Man that makes me sad I mean, it really makes me sad. I mean he was a a terrific player and always such a nice guy and I'm such fond memories of them, you know playing out there and That does remind you're you know to never take anything from granted enjoy every day Hug your loved ones and yes, you know rest and peace though the measures you're great 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

3:04But how you feeling initially right now Nevada 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 ordinary You don't want you just want boring. I just want boring and Nothing of ed full and this fall camp's been nothing amazing. You know, no For a standpoint of no big injuries knock on wood You know no big crash outs no big You know Issues with players and so man It's it's been about a smooth sailing as you could possibly hope heading into 2020 It's probably more so than you can hope so that's been nothing but great things all the way around I would agree and

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6:19It's right now. It's supposed to rain on Saturday now. I'm hoping it moves out. I don't want nothing to turn from this offense You know scoring scoring points, but right now It's looking to rain all this heat and humidity Obviously, you know rain is gonna come so we'll see Things may change, but it is blazing hot here in Columbus today Nevada Well, man if rain comes And it's been this hot it could be like real rain like it could be serious rain man Yeah, I'm sad. Yeah, yeah That'll be interesting where you're you're doctor boy. You're supposed to be all over this stuff You know what I'm saying like that I depend upon you for for dependable weather reporting So what what are you calling for for game dance? I don't think that's that's the report like I'm telling you What I was looking right now Oh, no, I'm gonna look at the prediction on what's going to happen? Oh, well, yeah Are you calling for rain just be Moses calling for rain on Saturday? I'm saying right now

7:21It looks like there's gonna be rain, but I'm listen. 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 or how much rain at night? It could rain Saturday night, right? Yeah, that's too, just not during the game. You know what 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, those beautiful new uniforms with the stripes, that's what I want. So we gonna see, we gonna 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 pose, the helping technician, talking about how this OSU team feels different in 2026. And we've kind of been, that's a summary

8:24of 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 wanna 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. 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 gonna have. And that doesn't necessarily foot to good, bad, successful, not 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 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.

9:24And 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 had to ever play at Ohio State. 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 huge personality. So this is not a team that's really defined by its star players. And, you know, for Ohio State, I don't have a state known for having a lot of star power, you know, it's Ohio State 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. 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? And, 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

10:28between 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 on Ohio State team that a lot of people are picking them in the national championship and certainly 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, you know, he moved on to how close the group is and how tight the group is, you know, people asked about the 2024 group. And, you know, the 2024 group of Clinton and HG was, you know, like great kids, you know, the guys that came back, the 15, 16 guys that came back for one last swing, were an incredibly tightening group, but had never really connected with a younger one. You know, I'd say there was kind of two camps. And again, not necessarily a bad thing, just a thing.

11:28That'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 freshmen have come and you talked about Jay Timman's coming in, saying, I'm gonna start off the rip. Chris Hanna Jr., I'm gonna be a player right off the rock board. I'm gonna 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, it's palpable how close this group is and I can feel that. And that's the kind of stuff that's,

12:29it's gonna, you know, it's gonna 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 shying away from the fact that they've got a difficult schedule. You know, not going into the old, you know, coach, we're gonna play it one game at a time and we're gonna do one week at a time. We're not gonna 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, you know, smooth out some rough spots and can really help you kind of overcome and, you know, lead you to some 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.

13:31And Ryan Day 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. Cause 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 run in his offensive and he's got a special teams coach for the first time in every, 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. 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 and technician? Yeah. I mean, it's funny when I read it, not, not long after I

14:35saw the interview today with Ryan Day, when 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 you're relaxed because 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.

15:35Coach Day, have we, have we seen Coach Day be this calm, relaxed 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, 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, it's, look, when you've got, when you, when you, when you know you're holding aces, man, you can be really cool at the table, you know, and you're sitting like, he knows he's holding aces. He can sit back and do it. And I have never seen him like this. But 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,

16:37but definitely kind of high strung kind of tents kind of hurt kind of, you know, surly kind of edgy kind of guy. He ain't that guy this year, man. Yeah. And, you know, and, and a 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 worried 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, 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 gonna 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 with that kind of pressure, man.

17:38Nobody needs to be operating under that kind of pressure. You know yourself, when you're working, you don't need to be working thinking, oh, if I don't do good, today I'm gonna get fired. You know what 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 we're observing, I just can't like 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. And 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.

18:38Well, I know that was an open item of debate. They had talked about this for a long time, going back and forth, and 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 booth. I personally do not understand any off of the coordinator, to 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 whatever it is, and you've got to go out there 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. You know what I'm saying?

19:39I 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 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 quarter back 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. And I'm going to pull up a little visual.

20:42But the punt returners and kick returners have been announced 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. But I'm going to have to alter my prediction slightly based off this breaking news. So Brandon and his at punt return. That's no surprise. We knew that was going to happen. Devon McEwen at punt return and then Phillip 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 hat. 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 with the punt return and kick return?

21:43Line up. Well, the punt return, obviously, 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 with these high kicks that everybody does, make sure you 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 when 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 a little bit of a cool against those guys. But now I'm kick returns. Look, we've been telling you guys how dangerous Legend Bay is and how fun Legend Bay is with us. So now on a team of alphas, on a team of fast guys, high school, five stars, great play, whatever,

22:44they're putting Legend Bay on the kickoff. And kickoff, 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'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 game breaking ability, when we talk about his open field ability, no, it's not just hype or it's not just home VM or whatever, 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. Like you said, we hope we only see him back there one time, but when we do, it's gonna be fine. He'll take it back to you. If Adam Kierge is five yards deep in the end zone, he's taking that thing back, you watch. Oh, yeah, for sure. 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,

23:46but I'm gonna 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 all these comparisons and descriptions about Legend Bay, right? This whole off season, we heard, you know, Coach Lockland say it was like art watching him run. Ryan Day caught him of poor man's Thai Ric Williams, Thai Ric Hill, what do I think about? And then Luke Montgomery today said he saw Antonio Brown in person in NFL camp. And he said he compared Legend Bay's speed to Antonio Brown. Now, I'll listen, Antonio Brown is a crazy person, okay? But on the field, that dude 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.

24:47And now he's at kick return and not only kick return, he's going to get some snaps into game on some level. I'm not exactly sure what they're gonna 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 gonna get a lot of 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, man. That's like, I'm like, man, this guy's just, he's just an 18 year old kid there being, you know, even though he's a, you can pull back. It's crazy as Antonio Brown, not too many. That camp is, yeah, he's out there, but he was a dog on that field. There's no denying that. Yeah, you can't deny his talent. There's no crushing about that.

25:47Now, Legend's gonna be so much, he's gonna be so much fun, you know, where we've talked about what we're looking forward to most. And him getting the, him with the ball in his hands is gonna be something that's gonna be so much fun to watch. I can't wait to see it. Yeah, so let me ask before he move off from Legend Bay. So let's put it out there and kind of guess and predict. Outside of kick return, what is the first snap or how is he going to be used? Is he going to get a handoff from the back field? Is he going to get a, like a jet sweep? Is he going to get like a screen? Are they gonna motion him out from the back field to the slot and throw it to him? What is your prediction chat? I want you all to predict what is Legend Bay's first touch gonna be outside of kick return? What you got Nevada? I'm gonna play screen pass. I'm saying it's gonna be a screen pass. Okay, so I'm gonna go with jet sweep or into round.

26:54I think, I think they're gonna do something like line him up in the back field 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, I think he's gonna just kill it. He's gonna kill it, man. So they're gonna try to get him in space as much as possible to let him work, man. So we're gonna see, man. We're gonna see, look at Lacklund. It's like art when he runs. I mean, I'm like, all right, man. We gotta see this, man, because they pumped this kid up something crazy. But speaking of pumping up and I wanna kinda 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

27:54and Devon Sanchez, the corner, was talking about how Jay Timons was on his recruiting visit. And he made a prediction. I'm gonna pull it up, Nevada. But I want, as a matter of fact, let me pull it up and play it first. It's a short clip. So just the heads up, Nevada with the clips. I know sometimes the clips give you sound issues, but here it comes just a second. Here we go. Physicality wise, Jay's done a lot to the first, you know, everybody. Not just us, but I saw the officer coaches too. I mean, he's still out there, you know, physicality wise, you know, he's 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 what you got to do to be felt. You know, and if you want to go on a 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 a 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 compete.

28:55Did 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, it's like, hey, damn, you know, I'm going to start a high state, my first year. I'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, break up, you're telling me that, when he was recruiting, he's like, yeah, and I'm like, yeah, 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, you heard Devon Sanjay saying, on his visit, he hosted Jay Timins on his visit, and Jay Timins 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.

29:56And so dog mentality, and this is why I love the standard that Ryan Day has set. When he talked about, hey, and people took it the wrong way, he said, if you don't have a first round, 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 I have. And by the way, just to remind people, and shout out to Dev, the Jay Timins 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 Timins 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,

30:57you mean, like every position on the field requires a certain level of confidence, you know what I'm saying? But none more so than defensive back, you know what 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, 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 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 hold it back for a while. Hawking's the... He's a goodness. But don't touch him. Otherwise, that's a penalty. I mean, like, I don't know how these guys do it, but yeah, Jay is a guy. I don't think, just because the way his recruiting recruitment came down, I think people were kind of like, oh, yeah, okay, let's create, we got the JTM. 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

32:01and then you know, come over here, do his thing. 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, it calls his shot. And now, you know, whether he's starting first guys out, they're whatever it is. I mean, he's up there. You know, HT talked about how on defense, we have like 20 starters. You know, like, we have... 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? You know, 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 rare error of a freshman that can 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

33:02as 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. Now, I'll take a look at my notes, but we 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 gonna 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 or about to talk about. Because to me, it's just beyond ridiculous. But on the other hand, I kind of like it because now it's like, okay, he can have a real chip

34:05on his shoulder. I think his movement's been better, I think. This is Ryan Day on how Julian has gotten better. Chip in this play on the field. Where did you see him growing those? Man in a lot of areas. I think his movement's been better. I think his 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 is probably the best way to put it. Steve, chip in this. 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.

35:05And I'm just like, I was watching to do the backsup 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 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 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, your play calling needs to be... I call it your coaching, your coordination, your offensive line needs to protect you. Your receivers need to catch the ball and do all, I mean, there's a multitude of things that have to go right

36:08and they all have to go right and off the bat. Defense is just about blowing stuff up and causing havoc, but offense is about precision. Like all loving guys gotta 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 in short, it's not just on one thing to get an offense to be successful. Everyone has to work together, right? So 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 sit 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. 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

37:10filled with pressure in his face, which is a natural progression and growth of any quarterback. He was the 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 for an offense. They gave up 10 sacks in those last two games. 10 sacks, that is difficult for any quarterback to overcome.

38:14So this is how I see it. You've got a pie, right? And you've 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, but 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.

39:14Instead 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? 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. 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 the national championship. And then it's not. And he gets no credit for going up to Ann Arbor into shredding Michigan in a snowstorm, planned a fantastic game.

40:15But that just doesn't count. They 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. And 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. They didn't. And those guys really experienced really good players that went highly in the NFL. And Julian 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. And 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,

41:17when we win a game, be, then those don't count. That was, that team wasn't good, or it didn't matter or whatever it is. But if we lose, oh, that's the only game that, oh, that, have 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. And that 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 think we need to have some disrespect. I think we, right now, I hate the fact that we're number one. I rather we've been coming from behind, but we are. So it is what it is. But disrespect, JJ, disrespect, Julian, disrespect.

42:19I'm glad JJ didn't win the Blitnik off for the last couple of years. Let's have those guys ready to go and fire it up for 2026. And I think that can only help us. That's a good point about JJ and that Blitnik off. You get 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 Superchats, we want to talk about another one of our great partners. And it is ramble. Let me pull this up, Nevada. And you can kind of jump into this as I pull this up. Here we go right here, ramble. So anybody, first of all, in the chat, tell me in the chat, have you heard of ramble? And we're going to talk about it. Here's the page right here in Nevada. You want to kick it off and I can jump in.

43:19When you look, they came to us. We really looked at this long and hard. And we just thought that was a really cool idea. Basically what it is, is it's like a pinned group chat where you can do it with like content creators, entertainers. And in your case, a lot of Ohio State football players. And so whether it be boom, Aaron or Tarell Pryor or DeVir Poezy, or whatever it is, you can interact directly with those guys. And as part of this group chat. And the best thing about this, it's free. It's a free app, not charging any money. And if you want to help out the scoop, click the link and download the app. That's all we ask you to do. Click the link, download the app. Even if you just do that, that helps out the scoop. But it's a lot of fun. It's a really, like I said, it's a really unique way to connect with some of your people that you rooted for growing up, or earlier in life,

44:21or whatever it might be. I just think it's a really interesting chat platform. And yeah, Ramble, they came to us. And we're like, you know, this is really unique. I don't know if anybody else is doing something quite like this before, but we love the fact that it's free. We love the fact that it's easy. So just click on the link, join Ramble, and check it out. But what do you have to lose? It's got 15 seconds of your time. Takes no time at all. And it's in and it helps the scoop. Yeah, yeah, this is definitely very interesting when I heard about this. And 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, you know, 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.

45:21That'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. I already downloaded it at myself. So I'm going to join in and just kind of observe and just kind of have fun with it. You know, a couple of these cats, I know. I 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. 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, Nevada and Jessica Albuk for a pick. Keep doing your thing, my brothers. That's dope, man. That is great, Jim.

46:22I 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 in Saturday, we're going to be going out the route. Now the butt has to victory and I'm going to be taking B Moses to in and out burger and all sorts of great places. And it's a we're going to have big fun and we're going to have a great stake on front. So 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.

47:22I mean, I have to tell them, have they know how they announce who's televised in it? I don't even know. I was confused with the things and the bids and the changes. And it can't be a big noon out there because there would be nothing like in the morning, you know what 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. OK. OK. And that's what I'm 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. OK. 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 there are three hours behind us, right? Yeah. No, 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 30. 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 PM or something like that. A ramp up to the game in L.A. You know what I'm saying?

48:23But 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 out. Remember, thanks for the $9.99. 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. Hit me. Pray for fam. Oh, wow. Yeah. So that's definitely always hard to hear. It 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.

49:23Kent, 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 person for the family. We're a person 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. We 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 prayers for sure. Kent. 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.

50:25Wouldn't that be cool 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 to see you walking around with a six foot 11 block guy. That's B Moses right there. He's really seven one. He's seven one and the very handsome. 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 we're going to run because be your famous man. Your famous very handsome looking Billy D Williams, very handsome. And people are going to be coming up and saying, be kind of a photograph of your man. Listen, just don't call me Idris Elba anymore. I got nasty emails from women across the country. Just I got all types of strays and hateful comments. And I'm just like, dang, I thought I was at least decent looking. You're killing me. I know I'm not Idris, but I'm not. I'm not top liver, but you got me in a lot of trouble with that comparison about it. But I'm telling you, it's like looking in the mirror, man.

51:25I'm like, I get to look at you like an hour every night. I'm like, man, I look like Idris Elba every time I look at you. Oh my goodness. So handsome. Is Jabi in the chat? She was the first I used to it as she was like, I love BMOS. I don't know about it. I was like, dang, man. His dude's giving me all types of trouble. But anyway, anyway, anyway. So listen, we, like I said, we got three days, three days until the buck ice plague and then also reminder. Next week, we have confirmed once again, Nevada, Tate from Barstool. I know your guy. Our guy. That's the year. Oh, wow. And Friday to preview that at Texas Longhorn game, baby. We love that brother's content. He loves, he has 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 ice scoop car wash.

52:27Thursday 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 that just a great week for Ohio State Smooth Week of practice. 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 things are looking good. Bucket land. I expect a big effort. And hopefully B Moses can get on the Doppler and start, you know, rain, rain, go away. Be just none of that rain. It's just not a pick at. I've seen it's 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 a winter storm warning, Ryan Day scoting me, but the Swiss miss. I got a. 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.

53:28So we have a nice clear day for the book. I gave you all, but listen, listen, listen, as always, man, we love you. I'll be appreciate. So we have a ton of fun and clearly you're all due to in the chat. So we appreciate you all, but until next time, go bucks and peace.