OSU Insider-Inside The Buckeyes Defensive Scheme For The 2026 Season

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3:01The non-Apple folks like me go to spreeker.com and save us there. We're going to be talking about some inside the defensive scheme for 2026, really good nugget on the Buckeye Scoop board from the second wise men today. We're going to dig into that amongst a few other things, but also remember when you send those wonderful super chats, helps to go towards the pay afford, which are military in our first responders, we're going to look out for them because they always look out for us. As I bring Nevada in, we're going to just going to get straight to it and say, rest in peace to the legend, Lou Holtz, Lou Holtz, he's a heck of a guy. Over the years, we've experienced a lot with him. He was a Buckeye assistant, obviously legendary Notre Dame head coach, been in television for years. You had the Ryan Day, back and forth stuff, hilarity, pat McAfee, whatever you got to say about Lou Holtz, he's a legend, and so we say RIP to Lou Holtz and Nevada.

4:06Yeah, I like Lou Holtz, I like Lou Holtz, he was a guilty pleasure of mine and back to, I remember when he got fired and they were looking for a placement and I was just praying it was going to be Holtz, because he'd been so good at Arkansas and I thought he would just be perfect for our state and he just didn't want to replace the legend. He just thought that was going to be too hard, which I totally get. Yeah, in the later years, he got a little goofy and it's kind of, we live in the goofy era. We live in this goofy era of social media where the goofy you are, the more attention you get, and all attention is good. There's no such thing as bad attention anymore and I think he kind of took that to heart and kind of went over the top of some of this stuff. But I like Lou Holtz, Rest and Peach coach and I always thought he was just an absolutely fantastic college coach and an integrated interview and a guy that really answered interesting things to sign. He was an excellent interview, I mean, he was a troll, Lou Holtz was a troll and he was

5:12funny. Like he had me crack it up like at times. Now remember, y'all, he used to go hard for a house state with Mark May. Remember him and Mark May show and Mark May would do his usual house state hate and here come Lou Holtz hitting him with bars for a house state. I don't, I don't, I'll never forget that. That was always great. And yeah, I wonder what Pat McAfee is going to do on his show now with the late Lou Holtz will they continue that skit? I mean, he was such a hit for him. You know what I'm saying? What do you do now? But yeah, Lou Holtz, Rest and Peach, man, I mean, he's college football, all my life, Lou Holtz. He's been around, he's been a staple. So definitely a tough loss for the college football today, Nirvana. Yeah, no doubt, you know, it's one of those things where you just, it reminds you to how deep the house state coaching tree is with you look at that 1968 staff and look at all

6:15the guys on that, that staff and all the guys that have come here through the years. And, you know, that's why Ohio State's top of the, the football, you know, certainly top of the football world now and has been there for a long time. And it's just great part of the tradition of Ohio State is these great coaches that, that once coached your youngins. Definitely, let me, let me do this because you know how they, on TV, they say RIP to the person and they showed a picture, I got to show a picture, RIP Lou Holtz, 1937 to 2026. There you have it, man, lived a long life, all right, all right. So listen, let's get into this delicious nugget we, we dined on today on Buckeye Scoop involving the 2026 defensive scheme. And Nevada, I really want you to kick it off as from the second wiseman, talking about Patricia, what he learned from this one season, college football and what we're looking

7:18to implement in 2026 after really, you know, having a year to assess himself and self-scout and to see what mistakes he made and what he could have did better and things like that. Man, I thought that was an excellent nugget, Nevada, what you got? Well, yeah, I mean, Patricia obviously is a guy that is very pleased with how they did, you know, in year one, you know, historically good type of performance, but, you know, you're always looking for improvement and the one thing that was notable, him coming into the season last year and the one of the cracks against someone, he'd never coach at the college level and college football is different than the NFL and, you know, as he did kind of his end-of-year assessment of, you know, what he did well, what he could do differently, what he wants to improve upon. One of the things that really kind of stuck out to him was the fact that he didn't feel like they pressured enough last year. He felt like they spent too much time on simulated pressures and, you know, given the appearance of pressure and doing a really

8:22good job of disguising their intentions there, but in college football, you're less apt to get burnt by bringing pressure than you are in the NFL because the NFL, you get burned over the top and you also get burned a lot, excuse me, with the screen game a lot. In college football, not so much. So I think for Ohio State, you know, one of the things they want to do in 2026 is they want to bring more pressure and they want to, they want to try to, you know, create more turnovers and they want to create more negative plays because, you know, last year we, you know, for a defense that was as good as we were, we didn't create a lot of turnovers. You know, I'm saying you look where a turnover ranking was, it wasn't, you know, top of the thing like, like we were in yards and, you know, possessions and points and things like that. So I think he's just looking to kind of fine-tune that and one of the, so that's kind of the overall strategy and one of the tactics that they're going to be doing to kind of implement that is implementing kind of a stand-up defense event scheme. And, you know, people say why stand-up defense event? What's the difference in

9:26you stand-up defense event? And, you know, hand in the dirt defense event. And the idea is that, you know, while what you give up is a little stoutness against the run because clearly it's easier to take on a blocker when you've hit your hand in the dirt. If you're looking to, yeah, attack, you know, going forward, attack, going back, attack, laterally, describe the better attack angles to the quarterback. It's a heck of a lot easier to stand it up. So I think those are the couple of things that you're going to be seeing from Ohio State is, you know, an emphasis on pressure and, you know, a increased relevance of stand-up defense events as they kind of go into the 20-26 season with a lot of new bodies. They feel like they can get stuff going from the inside with Edward Custin, with James Smith, with John Walker. They can get, you know, some push from the inside, but from the outside, I think you're going to look at those stand-up defense events and more jailhouse break-type of pressures to kind of put the heat on the quarterback. So,

10:27thought it was interesting and certainly something that's going to be a slight change from, for 20-26 and the continued evolution for the Ohio State Bucket defense. Yeah, I'm glad you brought up the stand-up. It was in my notes, actually. I had a buddy of mine who reached out and said, hey, B, like, did you hear Patricia's last comment on his interview with a good morning football? And he mentioned he was talking to the guy about his son. He said he was his new thing of stand-up defense events. So he hit me up and said, do you think we're moving to a 3-4 now? And I went back and listen to the comment. I said, first of all, no, I don't think we're going to fundamentally change from a 4-3-2-3-4. We've been 4-3, you know, 4-2-5, you know, base defense for years. I don't see that changing. However, you can still have stand-up defensive ends and different looks and different packages with your 4-3 still being the base. You don't have to change the 3-4. Now, understanding the 3-4, you know, it's it's complimentary to what you like to do in the 3-4, you know, with the outside linebacker and

11:32or being able to do things fluidly schematically from a 3-4 standpoint with the stand-up defensive end. I get that. But that doesn't mean you have to fundamentally change from a 4-3. So I don't see that happening. Before I even go on, I got more to say, but do you agree Nevada that we're not changing to a 3-4, just based off of that? Correct. No, I absolutely do not believe that we're changing from, you know, but I think we're going to be doing things differently. I think they are going to try to attack differently, but it will not be a 3-4. It will still be a traditional 4-3. Because you may have one guy with a stand-up on the other side too, you know what I'm saying? So like, there's a lot of different variations of that. But I think our base is going to be 4-3 for sure. Yeah, and I mean, Shu, even think back when Chase Young was here, we were doing some funky things on a pre-snap. We had guys, we had like three guys, three or four guys standing and roaming the line. You know what I mean? Like, which was confusing was against Penn State. And so it wasn't only

12:34against Penn State. I think we did it against a couple teams. The point is, there's things you can do to really diversify your front without changing fundamentally what your base is. And that's kind of the point I wanted to bring home. Did you want to say something else? No, no, I think that's I think that's spot on. And I think for Ohio State, you know, look, they did such a great job of disguising coverage. I think they're going to be trying to do more of that with this kind of delay disguise, kind of the dark looks that the Seattle sea ox have been doing. But I think that for Patricia, it's been a big deal that he realizes that, hey, it's one thing to bring, you know, to bring pressure 20 percent, 30 percent time. But you can probably get away with it a higher to clip in the in the college football than you can. The NFL and he's got a justice game to reflect that. Yeah. And I'm looking at the nugget again. You know what, when I was reading this Nevada, you know what got me excited. Hey there, it's Ryan Seacrest for Safeway. Are you looking for a refresh this spring? Make sure you take some time for self-care with

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15:40And the live before that mentions Kenyatta Jackson. Like, I don't know about it. I don't think people understand. First of all, Andrew Euston is really good. I think Andrew Euston is going to have. This is just my opinion. Remember, Tyler Lee Williams, we heard about him having flashes. But he wasn't quite full goal because he couldn't. His conditioning wasn't right. His mindset wasn't right early coming in to be able to really be consistent with his conditioning. Hence why he couldn't really be as consistent on the field. But we had heard he was flashing. Andrew Euston, I think he's a great kid, has some rough spots going here and there coming in. I think he's about to break out and have his tie leak breakout year. Like what this dude is a dog. Consistency is what we're going to see this year. But James Smith and John Walker, both of them are very good. Imagine them on the line together with Kenyatta. I'm just imagine that line up in the front four. To me, I think that's pretty lethal, man. Are you as excited? That's not

16:47all we have. But that combination to me, I think, could be really brutal, especially before what Matt Patricia does. Because as you see in the nugget, they're very versatile. Look at their tape. They can all do a lot of different things. So Nevada, what's your thoughts on that? Well, I think we're probably not as excited about Kenyatta Jackson as we should be. You know what I'm saying? I think that the him coming back was a really big deal. That was a really, that was a really big deal. Because he was a good player last year. But he kind of like Caden Curry was a good player in 2024. But then he became a great player in 2025. I really think Kenyatta Jackson is going to take us as a similar trajectory and can make a similar impact. And I think to have two, because I look at that as like having two starters back because anyway, they look at it evercuse him is a starting capability. You know what I'm saying? He's a starter. And when you get that and Kenyatta now, it's like you've got two or four guys back. And I think you've got, you know, potential to have a really good defensive line. And yeah, no, I'm excited

17:51about Kenyatta Jackson. And John Walker, John Walker's a guy that wanted to come to Ohio State in the beginning had some issues with homesickness or whatever it was that couldn't make the thing work. But, you know, he really, I mean, he's a load. He's a, he's some big two. Everybody and talk to us like, that's a big man down there, down their thing. And, you know, Ohio State doesn't, you know, other teams have got good defensive linemen as well. And he's certainly one of those guys that looks the part and certainly I expect them to have a nice impact on Ohio State in 2026. Let me go over the depth chart for the defensive line, just to kind of give people a visual of what we're working with. So you got Kenyatta Jackson starter, both, uh, Bo Ackinson and Cory Wilder. Um, now listen, let's go back to Bo Ackinson real quick. So Bo Ackinson did not make the impact that we were hoping he would make last year. We saw him flash at times. It was times where he did make plays like, okay, that was a good play, but it wasn't like, oh, he's an impact clear. He was

18:54really good at North Carolina. And we know that the transition from North Carolina with his physicality, his strength, I should say, had, you know, needed to increase. So we got a whole season and a whole off season for Bo Ackinson to really step up because I think Nevada, and I'll park right here before I keep going. I want to keep going through the depth chart, but I want your thoughts. I have not given up on Bo Ackinson. I think he still has a chance to be a very good contributor, um, in this, uh, in this too deep. What do you think about Bo? I completely agree. I, I, I completely, I mean, he just needed to get stronger. You know what, he's bigger and stronger this year than he was last year. And, you know, he's always been bendy. He's always had a nice first off the line. Great kid. Oh, how state believes in him. You know, we talked about this before. If they didn't, they would have run him off. He's around for a reason. And again, if you look at what he's, you know, again, I hate to keep going back to Caden Curry, but it's a very recent example of a guy that had been okay and then went from okay to,

19:58wow, really, really freaking good. Um, I mean, Bo Ackinson certainly has had more success at the cause of on the Caden Curry did coming into last year. So, you know, why, why not? Why couldn't he make a jump? Why couldn't he be an impact player? Um, he's a guy that, you know, certainly could, uh, you know, it could be a favorable surprise for the buck guys this year. Uh, definitely. So yeah, we agree on that real quick chose and what's up, homie. This is a young lady I went to church with years ago, like old school. I know I just randomly just brought that out, but it's great to see you. Just wanted to shout you out real quick. All right, let's get back to this depth chart. So, um, the other names here, because again, when you think about Nevada, people kind of forget guys, if they don't see them, they forget them. All right. Now, I mentioned Cory Wilder that's an incoming freshman that everyone's raven about already turned in heads. I think he's going to work his way into the lineup on third down and rush the passer. I think

21:00they're he's going to earn plan time. But on the flip side, you got Zion Grady. Zion Grady made plays last year. He flashed and looked good as a true freshman. And so, and I know Larry Johnson loves him. And so I'm excited about Zion Grady. And then you got quay. I always want to call him Kwaw, because it's spelled Q a Kwaw Rasaugh. Actually, Kwaw Rasaugh flows better than quay Rasaugh, but it's not my name. So let me stop. But anyway, another kid from Alabama, um, who has some talent watch film. I think James Smith is, um, is, uh, probably the higher the, the, how can I put it? The short bet, the more short of a bet to make an impact, but quay has talent. And then you got Epi Epi K. Um, great kid. I had the pleasure of helping Devon interview him last year. Just great kid, great family and talent it. And so he actually has a, I mean, if you, if you look

22:01at him quickly, he kind of looks like, uh, JT, uh, Tui Malo out there with the hair out the helmet and even the size and everything. But, um, but yeah, that's for the defensive ends. I wanted to, to call them out. What do you think about that depth right there at defensive end, Nevada? Yeah, well, I think it's, you know, you know, it's, it's some of it's young, some of it's untested, some of it's new, you know, we got, but it's, it's a lot of guys. And I think we're going to find out a lot in spring ball. And I, I see, I, I'm, I'm of the opinion that if we utilize these guys correctly, like everybody doesn't need to be Will Smith or everybody doesn't need to be chased under the boat. I think if you use guys, you know, correctly, I mean, heck, I feel like CJ Hicks could have been of great impact on us that had these hung around, you know, our, our release, I thought it was underutilized and potentially, you know, potentially, you're potentially great pass pressure on our state. So I think you can get guys and you can get, you know, pass fresh in a lot of different ways. There's probably some other linebackers that we haven't even talked about that could slide down that defensive end position and, and, and provide,

23:05you know, you know, right, Riley Pettit, you can stand Riley Pettit John on the outside. Yeah. And I don't, I don't doubt that he could do good things. So I think there's a lot of different ways that you can do it. I think there's a lot of good things that you can do with the defensive end position. But the last few recruiting classes that Larry Johnson have been in have been top notch. These, these, we have gotten, you know, and lots of them. So it's been, it's not only been quality, it's been quantity as well. And I just have no doubt that they're going to, they're going to step up. There's a wide open opportunity for some guys to step up in spring ball. And I think we'll, we'll see it in spring. I think I think these guys will make it an immediate impact and, and, and it'll, it'll be noticeable. Yep. And then of course, the nugget also talks about rolling linebackers up to the edge to bring pressure. And so I love that because guys like Petty John are big and fast and then Alfred, don't sleep on Alfred. Like to me, Alfred reminds me of Jerome Baker. This as far as his speed, his size, the way he moves,

24:07it reminds me of Jerome Baker. And so we got some talent. And I'm not even mentioning to Wisconsin Ali Egro, who's a really good seasoned linebacker. I mean, like he's a proven good linebacker in the big 10 from Wisconsin. And then of course, Peyton Pierce. And you know, we got guys, they just need to step up and produce. But let me get to these D ends. And so I'm sorry, the detacles. So I mentioned James Smith, Edward Houston, Jason Moore. We've been talking about him. And the fact that that that he's still here is proof that they still believe in him. And then of course, John Walker mentioned him. Will Smith, Jr., just mentioned in the manual roughen who Devon brought up the other day. And I was like, Oh, yeah, I kind of forgot about him. Kit out of Alabama. Is it Alabama? Yeah, he's for Alabama. Like a big boy. I mean, I think we got some good young talent and some good experience talent. I think this D line can be really good. Because again, Will Smith, Jr. made some plays last year when he had opportunities. So we got guys

25:15that are either going to really show why they should be at first from pick, like Ken Yada Jackson, Andrew Houston, even James Smith. And they'll be got some guys who are looking to make a move to say, Hey, I belong in this too deep. Or you need to put me in critical moments on third, now to get to the quarterback because I'm that impactful type kids. And so very curious. I just wanted to go through the defensive line because that nugget got me excited about the combinations of these kids that we're bringing it from the portal and that what we got coming back in Ken Yada, Jackson, Nevada. Hey, there. It's Ryan Seacrest for safe way cold weather can wreak havoc on your skin. You don't want to miss out on this month's great savings on all your favorite skincare essentials. Now through March 31st, earn four times points when you purchase participating skincare items like dub soap, dub body wash, dub beauty bar, soft soap body wash and Irish spring body wash points can be redeemed later for discounts on groceries or gas off her ends.

26:18March 31st, restrictions apply. Promotions may vary. Visit safeway.com for more details. You're having a good time. You're out drinking with the boys. Now it's time to pay the tab. $11,352.47. Wait, what? Well, there are court costs, attorney fees, higher insurance costs, damage to your car, do you why fines? Not to mention the damage to your social life, plan a sober ride or pay the price. Drinking and driving costs more than your drinks. It could cost a life. Learn more at what's the damage.org brought to you by Virginia DMV. The average cost of a D wine Virginia is $11,352.47. Drinking and driving costs more than your drinks. Learn more at what's the damage.org brought to you by Virginia DMV. Well, yeah. There's a lot of what you need to create pressure in modern football in 2026 is you need to describe your scheme and you need athleticism. That's the one thing.

27:22If we've learned anything from the combine, from everything else that's going on in our Ohio State, we have athleticism to burn. That's why I kid like Travis Alford. He's going to have a chance because he's so athletic. He's so fast. He's so explosive that I think that in the right scheme with Patricia doing the right types of things, I think we can do it. I don't think you don't just need to have the great past pressure moves. Now, we're blessed because you've got a guy like Carter Wilder who's got the great past pressure moves. He could be elite simply on his own, but you surround him with good scheme on top of that. Yeah, I mean, I think I can tell you that Patricia is telling people he does not believe there's going to be a big fall off of this defense in 2026. And, you know, I remember last year, I would have I would have bet anything. It's only said, hey, is the defense going to be statistically better than 2024? I would have said, not a chance in heck. You heard him say. So I would have bet against that heavily,

28:26and I would I would have lost, you know, because they actually improved. They improved by every metric in 2025 or 2024. Now, I'm not saying they're going to improve again over 9.3 points again or whatever the heck it was, but he doesn't believe that the fall off needs to be precipitous. He really likes the untaught. He's excited about the guys in the room and he's really excited about the scheme that they're going to be presenting. So that makes me very excited. Me too. Mark Swick posted in your comment. Anyone else besides me in Dev excited to see the kicker? No, I'm excited. Nevada, I want to see in the spring game, you know how we stop. Okay, stop. Now, kick it again or whatever. I want to see him go out there and just effortlessly nail 50 yard field goals, like with 10 yards of spare. You know what I'm saying? Just one of those like just confidence. Like, man, we got us one. That's what I want to see because we just haven't been confident in our kicking game. It seems like for years in Nevada. Yeah, no, I mean, what I can say this year is

29:27we probably have more competition at the kicker spot. We've got more viable options for both place kickers and for punters than we've ever had at Ohio State. And you know, typically you have like the one guy and maybe a young guy behind him, but we've got three capable kickers. And obviously the Beto guy is, you know, he's got the swagger. He seems to have the inside track is kicking something you can do year-round. You can kind of tell who's got the live leg and things like that. But yeah, I mean, we'll see. But, you know, I like the fact that there's an increased emphasis on special teams at Ohio State. But, you know, by virtue of the fact that they've actually hired a special team's coach, they've gone out and, you know, in the portal, some of our big exact, not your first acquisitions or special teams players down to long snappers and think, you know what I'm saying? So we're really going after special teams, you know, in earnest. And we'll see if it pays off. I've always maintained that not paying attention to special teams,

30:30results in your special teams not being special. And I think now we're putting the emphasis in. We've got the coaches there. We've got the emphasis on it. Now let's see if we can notice the difference. I think we will, but let it check to be seen. Yep. And once again, the natural, it seems almost impossible to be better three years straight. Like I'm highlighting this comment because Nevada is so true. Like to me, it would have been perfectly logical and reasonable to say, because I know what I said, I said, we're still going to be good. We're not going to be as good, but we're still going to be good. And statistically, we were better or just as good. So with this year, again, with Matt Patricia, the rocket scientists and the talent we have and what we brought in, it's just, it's hard for me to bet against this defense still not being in the same spot. But we'll see. But I'm regardless, this defense will be, it will be very good. I have no doubt Nevada.

31:30Well, I mean, when you look at the trajectory from where we were in 2022, you know, defensively, 2023, 2024, 2025. Yeah. And we've strong some unbelievable seasons together. And you know, in today's football, with the transfer power, like guys leaving and guys, you know, saying two different coordinators. I mean, we've had a lot of, you know, different changes, but we've maintained excellence on the defensive side of the ball. And yeah, I just, I don't see a way we can improve on what we did last year. But I'll say I didn't see a way we can improve a lot. Now, again, I don't want to get caught in Nevada. I said, we're going to be better and defense tonight. I'm not saying that. But I don't think we're going to be bad. I don't think we're going to, we got some, we got some views. I don't think we're going to be bad. Now, we'll see. I know we've got a lot of talented guys to, you know, a lot of high NFL draft picks to replace, but a lot of young talent, a lot of guys in the portals. I mean, let's put it, we're over on defensive

32:30show. We were last year. You know, we're going to, we're going to be a more veteran team. Now, will that, you know, equate to good play? Yeah, we'll find out. I mean, I would say even if we're top 10, even if, to me, even if we're top 10, I still think that's a phenomenal losing all the guys who've lost back to back years. And we're still a top 10 defense. Like to me, that's like, yo, that's excellent. Do you feel like that's too low of a bar or is that fair? No, I think it's the right bar. I think top 10 is the right thing. I think, you know, what, I thought last year, frankly, if we stayed top 20, it would have been good. You know, I mean, but I think this year, top 10, with just the, just with the sheer number of kids we got in the portal. And, you know, we need to get, you know, we're going to need to get lucky on some of those portal kids to get better than that. And we're going to need to get unlucky on some of those portal kids to be worse than that. So I think that's going to be the test is going to be our, how are these kids or some of these kids? Are they back from injury? Are they, they've been, you

33:33know, how's the level of competition? How, how can they do? But it's, it's certainly going to be fun to watch because we are, we're an old team. We're a veteran team and I love having in college football. I love having an older team. Definitely. And we've seen that over the years, even last year, obviously, and then, of course, you know, with us, I mean, it's, it matters, it matters. So I wanted to ask you something before we get to these super chats because I was thinking about this in the NFL combine, you know, the people gushing over sunny styles, they kept saying, and he was a green dot, and he was a green dot. My question is, who is going to be the green dot on defense this year? And I was going back and forth about it because you got, and I know Leronitis once he cross trains all his linebackers, I mean, there can be a guy that you think might not be a mic, but he's, he's a mic because of how he's handling a position. So obviously, Peyton Pierce has been making noise in the all season. We got that recent nugget,

34:34and then sunny styles confirmed it by shouting Peyton Pierce out. But also, don't sleep on all the Edgar from Wisconsin as a guy that can come in as a leader. Petty John, of course, who do you think is the leader in the clubhouse for the green dot, Nevada? I, I think Peyton Pierce has got to be the leader in the clubhouse, you know, I think he's a guy, you know, I'd love to come up with another name or somebody you're like, wow, I never heard of it, but I think Peyton Pierce really, that's the guy they, let's put this, that's the guy they want it to be. It's his job to lose. They want him to be the guy. And there was a reason they were putting him out there, you know, so much last year. But, you know, and I think for a guy like Aliega, it's going to be, you've got to learn the whole defense, you know what I'm saying? And that's a, it's a little tougher for a guy coming in than I got like Peyton Pierce, who's, you know, been there and, you know, been around. But if anybody could do it, Christian, I like your smart kid, really, really smart kid and could do it. But I would, I would hand you cap it at probably Peyton Pierce as the, at the pole position. I put Riley Petty John right behind

35:38that. I put Christian later right behind that. So that's my, that's my three man board. Yeah, that makes sense learning the defense. That's very important. Because I do think of Aliega, I think I'm saying I write has the leadership and experience coming from Wisconsin. But that's coming from Wisconsin. Peyton Pierce has been here, knows the system. Definitely, I can see him stepping into that role. And so I think that's a great pick for sure. But yeah, let's, let's get on these super chats. Stilly Matt. Thanks for the one and I, RIP, Lou Holtz, Buckeye Nation Morns. Yep, yep. I've said a lot already, but I'll reiterate, you know, I rock with Lou Holtz, man. I rock with Lou Holtz. He was funny. He was brilliant. He was a great coach. And he was a Buckeye. Despite, you know, his little late years, you know, trolling, he was a Buckeye, y'all. And he rocked with us, especially with that, that clown Mark May, Nevada. Yeah, now he used to, you're

36:45exactly right. I mean, he used to chill for a Ohio State all the time against Mark May, because that was their stick. Mark May was the anti-higher state guy. He was, so just, I always was amused when he would go off on this toughness thing and Ryan Day. Because I knew it was a stick. I agree with you. He was a, he was a master troll. He was a troll before trolling was a thing. And you go back and read some of his stuff from the 70s. I mean, he was just, he was a brilliant guy. And yeah, you know, I, I, I'm sad that he's gone. I know he's older. I know, not unexpected, but yeah, he reminds me of a time back there when football, it was just, yeah, everything in my life was college football. And Lou Holtz was about as good as it gets when it comes to coach in it. Yeah, he's, I mean, again, he's been around my entire college life, Nevada, like memories from a little kid. Lou Holtz was always there. Yeah. I mean, just think about, I mean, I'm thinking about the Notre Dame game with Regis Filman, the classic Terry Glenn Touchdown,

37:48as he's getting interviewed. I mean, you see Lou Holtz pacing and looking sad or, or just whatever, like I just memories of college football start with Lou Holtz all the way through. Well, well, there was a famous game. And I, I, I, I think I, I hope I'm not missed remembering this because I haven't had time to go to the Google machine and refresh my memory. But I, I pretty sure he was coaching Arkansas and they were playing, like, Oklahoma and the Orange Bowl. And there was a disciplinary issue. And he'd like suspended, like his three top players for the game. And everybody's like, oh, they're, they're done. They're toast. You know what I'm saying? And then they went up and upset them in the Orange one. I have to see if I, I may be completely butchering this. But I, I, that's what I remember, um, and thinking, wow, that was, that, I just remember him being like, he was a great coach. I'm using the national championship winning coach. And that, you know, it's, there's not a lot of guys that can do that. And, um, and he, and he did it. So I, he's got my internal respect. Yep. Absolutely. All right. Um, still he met once again.

38:54Thanks for the one and nine shout out. Be Moses for hookin up Patrick Green. First of all, uh, once again, Patrick, our condolences, Patrick lost his mother. And so, um, he's doing something great, which I thought I didn't get a chance to tell you, Patrick, when we were talking, um, you know, he's passing out buckais, uh, in the, in the funeral. Looks like we lost the bottle. We'll get him back in a second. And I thought that was great. I thought that was a great idea. And so he, uh, what, uh, still he Matt's talking about is he reached out to me to see if I could get him some buckais. And listen, remember, um, weeks ago, actually months ago, I went to Brian Fogel's crib. Um, y'all know Brian Fogel, okay? Brian Fogel was a great buckai. Great dude. He's the one that you see all over the internet and all over the facility. He makes the little, you know, uh, like, I don't want to say figurines, but he makes all the players and coaches like their own figurine of themselves. Like he does a great job. He makes buckai necklaces. And he's just a great dude.

39:57And uh, he allowed me and my son to tour his crib because it's a bit, it's basically in a high state shrine. One of the most remarkable things I've ever seen as far as all the memorabilia he has. And I remember he showed me this big bag of buckais he had. And so when Patrick asked about that, I thought about that. And I was like, yo, let me hit up Brian. So really, shout out to Brian Fogel for coming through with the hook up on the buckais for real. I was just the guy that hit him up. You feel me? So it just wanted to kind of tell the backstory about that. But either way, God bless you, Patrick and your family, um, prayers and condolences for you this weekend as you look to say goodbye to your mother. Nevada, you got anything? Yeah, God bless you, man. Prayer prayers for you and always tough, but prayers just don't worry. We're all around and we're all here for you. Yeah, definitely. Absolutely, man. Um, buckai scoop is a family. So, you know, it's the least that we can do, uh, you know, to look out for each other. So real quick,

40:59we're about to hop off here. We know the Buckeye basketball team is playing right now. I got my, my jersey, got my, um, my B Moses jersey. You know what I'm saying? And, um, I don't even know. Let me see what the score is in Nevada because I told Nevada before it's 12 and 9 on how state was 1226 11 to 1st half. I was telling Nevada. They stormed the court. They had an emotional win against number eight Purdue, which really put them into projected tournament. And I'm just hoping they didn't go on the road and just get too comfortable and, and not play well. Um, close game right now. So hopefully they can pull it out and, uh, and get this win. Penn State B Iowa, Penn State is a scrappy team that will play you close and they're at home. So I noticed this is not an easy game, although the record is not great. So I'm hoping they, they pull it out in Nevada and then finish strong. I might take my son to the Indiana game at the shot Saturday.

42:01We'll see last home game Bruce Thornton's, um, senior day, all that. But just want them to finish, man, get in this tournament. You're right there. Handle business Nevada. Any last words? Yeah. No, they got it. They got a win tonight. We'll, we'll all be watching it rudiment. And, and I just want to shout out me for having a great memory. It was the 78 Orange Bowl. Arkansas suspended, uh, Ben Cowan's Donnie Bobo and Michael Forrest, uh, big three star. They were 24 point underdogs to Oklahoma. And they won 31 to six. Wow. Yeah. 24 point dogs are win 21 to six. I mean, that was it guys. Yeah, well, that's pretty top plate. That just, that stayed with, that always was like, man, that's a heck of a coaching job there by, by, uh, Lou Holt. So yeah, people remember that, the kind of clowny guy and everything like that. I remember that, the great coach of the cause level, we could get his guys to, uh, to rise up. Hopefully like the black guys rise up tonight and win and, win and basketball. Yep. That is the hope, man. Handle business. Do it for

43:03Bruce. Do it for Bruce. Um, but yeah, listen, listen, always a pleasure, always a pleasure to, to come before you guys and, and do what we love. Talk about our buck eyes. And, you know, so I don't take it for granted. But listen, until next time, we will see y'all then. Oh, Dev is going at 8.30 p.m. He's doing a show at 8.30 p.m. Make sure you check him out, uh, which isn't about 40 minutes. So time to chill, get a sandwich, relax, whatever, and then meet him at 8.30. All right. Until then, we will see y'all next time. Go bucks and beat Penn State. Peace. You you

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