OSU Insider-Massive Changes To The Ohio State Offense For 2026

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1:01To get our content going to be talking about some massive changes to the Ohio State offense man I've been loving these updates and just Looking forward to seeing this offense in 2026 Also when you see those wonderful super chat you guys always send Helps to go towards the pay it forward which is our military and our first responders We're gonna look out for them Because they always look out for us and guess who we got back in the house Nevada buck He is back from his journey We've missed you Nevada. I know you've been busy doing your thing man. Welcome back first of all. How was your trip? What's up on everything? Trip was was your fun trip a week in Buffalo, New York With for anybody who has never been to Buffalo. I hardly recommend I went and saw Niagara Falls and I did all the touristy stuff and hit some like some I kind of Eating places there and in Buffalo and the people were great and and had a great time

2:01But it's definitely good to be back But yeah a week week is a long time to be gone and so I'm I'm I'm I'm still tired from the trip man It's uh, it's it's just grueling to be on the road that long Yeah, that's the only downside We're traveling It's like if you could just Snap your fingers and be at your destination and enjoy yourself and snap and be back I mean that will be you talk about when people ask what kind of superpower you would have you remember that movie jumper Nevada buck it has Sam Jackson and in it and big like if you could just be a jumper. That would be great But yeah, the travel can be grueling and then of course, it's not being in a comfort of your own home But anyway, so on the trip Tell us a little bit about the daughter and the performance and and catches up on the hockey games Well, I'll just I'll give you the quick version. There's so much to talk about But this was the national championships for hockey for the United States Um, uh, you know, you have to play six games to get there So they went through the preliminary round went you went to find got to the quarter finals

3:05um, and I'll just give you guys a quick thing But this was just kind of interesting. They play their it's zero zero With five minutes to go in the game and Uh, my daughter's team scores And they score and they dog pile on top of each other And as they dog pile the ref rules no goal And the girl a girl then grabs the puck and goes breaks away To the other end of the ice while they had thought that they had scored And my daughter was actually turning around drinking out of her water bottle And had to readjust as the girl came in on her and the girl scored To go ahead one and it was the the darnedest sequence that I've ever seen In mind a puck that was clearly in that in and out the refs blew it off And so now we're sitting down one nothing with five minutes to go in the game

4:08And we're like oh my gosh, we're gonna go out in the quarter finals and I was having a heart attack And with two minutes to go we scored a tie it up one to one and then with four seconds to go We scored a win it two to one So that so that was the court that was Friday night So then we go to saturday night against our big right like the big bishop currently is the big rival jadek And this was like you know thousands of people every college coach in the thing And um my daughter's goalie partner is going to Ohio's that committed to Ohio state So I thought they'd play her this game, but they went to my daughter again They went to her back to back nights. You have to play in the semis and um game tied two to two With two minutes to go in the game and they give a penalty shot to the other team And the other team had their players the best partner were getting Nella Luscapova going to Wisconsin best pair in the world MVP of the world's all-time league squad the world's comes in my daughter stops from the penalty shot

5:12With two minutes to go They go over time they go to the penalty shootout Um They're up one not the penalty shootup that Luscapova is the last shooter She comes in again on my daughter my daughter stops her again on a penalty shot And they win in over time in a shootout on the semis finals night To go to the font did dance to the finals So like we like yeah like we're so we're having a heart attack We go to the finals play a team The other team from Minnesota that we played you know eight times this year Got nine national team players on it the game goes over time We give up a two-on-one and they score and we lose an over time to lose the national championship And so my daughter was just just just gutted I mean absolutely Just just cancel it would not come out of the locker room. I just would not just like it was it was terrible So to say it was a range of emotions But um that's great anyway. Yeah, so I appreciate you guys and told you me listen to my little story

6:13But it was it was a three crazy hockey. If I ever seen back to back to back and um Yeah, so I yeah, it's just it's hard to do man it to be that literally went over time again back to back nights and they lose and Heartbreaking so but I'm back and and the sports is cruel. You know that be I'm sure you play the million games And I'm sure there's some that still haunt you This is gonna be one that's gonna haunt me for a while because it was just we were better than the other team And should have won and just didn't and um, but life happens right It does that's a heck of a ride and you you did a great job of narrate net like I could see it I was picturing your daughter Drinking the water. I was picturing your state down They literally yelled at the elder they're doing Morgan And she literally turns around as the girls coming in on her It's like what in the world Yeah, it's a reenactment Oh crazy. No, that's crazy though. That is that is insane and yes, that is a heartbreaker

7:13And yes, I mean, I've had like we've talked about before I've had my uh share of victories and triumphant moments and gain winning shots and and plays and I've had my moments of dang like Man, I wish I could have that back Man, I was like you know gut-riching or we blew a team out In spectacular fashion and we got blown out in spectacular fashion. It just happens And it's just it's tough man sports sports is one of the most rewarding things That you can participate in especially as a young person coming up But it really shakes character. Oh my god your daughter that you know Nevada that is going to That's going to do something for her You know what I mean? And so because she's a competitor Clearly and she's going to use that but man my heart hurts for her Now because I know how it feels just to come up short when you put so much into something On the court feel the ice whatever. So thank you for sharing that man because

8:15Oh boy, that's crazy. So But you are back. You are back great to have you back There's been some things going on some you know some updates and stuff You know Buckeye football has been great to talk about And so we're going to dive right back into it man and Really great nugget from my helping technician today Talked about the pace of play and bring it up Arthur Smith again, man, and All this stuff is very very intriguing and exciting and I and Nevada. I think Little by little The people who hated the Arthur Smith higher Even if they're not vocally repenting I can tell I can fill a shifting Little by little people are just starting to open up a little more like hey, this you know This might be good Nevada, but anyway, tell us about this. Let's get started with this nugget Well, you know, Arthur Smith basically you know was talking You know about The whole plans for going faster and you can say well, you know, what does that mean? And you know

9:17How do you implement that they talked about terminology changes Going to more one word calls to get plays in to Julian saying quicker so Julian saying can you know get them to the line faster A changing conditioning for the the offensive lines so they could play more plays You know be be able to get the line without making Personnel changes in personal grouping changes so the defense can't change But one of the things that was the most interesting thing in and this is something that I I knew Kind of notionally, but I didn't really know until I read this in the nugget And you just got it really kind of focused on it was How Arthur Smith this seems like such a subtle change, but you're human so profound one is the difference of the size of the hash marks From the NFL to the college game and in the NFL the hash marks are lined up directly with the width of the goalposts of the You know the goal of the goalpost so it's 18 feet six inches

10:21From hash mark to hash mark in college The hash marks are 40 feet apart and so what that means is when you have a you talk about always talking about a field side and a boundary side The field side is the wider side of the field whatever the widest side of the field and the boundaries side would be This the field that's closer to the sideline. They're just so we're not getting caught in this deep terminology But when you're at one hash mark as with the other you have got such a gigantic amount of space on one side of the field You took you to do exotic formations for you to put four wide receivers for you to put extra line I mean, there's all sorts of things that you could you could never do in the NFL because they're simply not enough room To do it And I think Arthur Smith is he's really enjoying what he's doing because what they want to do is they want to make JJ Smith The fulcrum of the offense they want the offense to revolve Around Through by whatever you want to say through JJ Smith much like in Tennessee

11:27The offensive fulcrum was Derek Henry And that's how they use it and they obviously it seems more simplistic to use it through a running But if you get creative and you take advantage of these gigantic spaces that you have in the side and what you can do I mean there look there's so many things that you can do to run other Because when you have other guys out there and they're running patterns They can basically pick For JJ Smith, you know, I'm saying like you you can block without blocking or you can actually You know block for JJ Smith or you can run him out of the backfield or you can run him out of the slot Or you can run him out of bunch formations Or you can isolate him and put guys on the other side and you know get him set up in one on one I mean there's so many things that you can do because of these wider hash marks And I just found that really really fascinating in terms of that a guy like Arthur Smith would really pick up and And he's really hammering on that in terms of what to do because you know You're just you're hamstrung and the NFL just because of field You know

12:27Configuration You have a lot more advantages and a lot more opportunities to do exciting things I'm the college fields because of the width of the hash marks I just found that really really fascinating and thought that was one of the more interesting parts of this very very interesting nugget today Yep, I agree and there's something that a lot of people don't talk about Because again, you're coming from the NFL down to the college game You're going up against elite minds every weekend in NFL And now you're coming out of college not saying there's not any elite minds in college, but Come on man. I mean Arthur Smith This is just another thing that he's salivating over to be able to take advantage of some of our NFL personnel And so I yeah, you're right. It's like the hash is like 20 yards from the sideline That's a lot of room. That's a lot of real estate to work with and so also with the you know It makes when when defender defense accordion to say make the um, I'm sorry Offends accordion to say make the defense, you know cover the whole 53 yards

13:29This is literally that And so Nevada with this nugget and with this hashtag hashtag hash mark I got my mind on social media with this hash mark um You know, I guess situation that we're going to take advantage of To me this couples really well with the emphasis we talked about Cortez Hankton and Jeremiah Smith Talking about yak yards and improving on yak yards and how they were not good as a wide receiver room And Jeremiah Smith specifically said he was not good and that's the number one thing. He's working on so Working to get JJ Smith scheme to open more Using the entire field with the emphasis on yak to me Sounds video game like because he Nevada I don't know if you heard the Hankton interviews somebody like taking hitches 60 yards Like that's what's that's the goal and they're not just talking about it. They're doing drills They're working on techniques specific things to help with this

14:31So to me, I thought about that yak stuff when you and when I read this nugget I'm like, ooh, that's a nice you know, I'm saying you could tell that there's a plan Jeremiah Smith wants to go out with a bang specifically Because this is for the whole offense, but Jeremiah Smith is the is linchpin here And so I'm excited about that combination Nevada Like with this hash mark Nugget with Jeremiah Smith in the yak Well, I think look Jeremiah Smith clearly is going to be a guy that's going to put up some gotty numbers It's just was finally year to high estate I think Ohio State wasn't happy with the fact that he didn't take a big jump forward Last year, you know, I'm saying like you've got a guy who's got a transcendent talent JJ had a great year by any measure, but was it You know, was it the kind of year you would expect to have it out of a year or two? JJ Smith that it really wasn't and I think Arthur Smith is bound and determined not to repeat the mistakes of the heart line Offensive quarter in experience

15:32But that doesn't mean the other guys aren't gonna aren't gonna feast that doesn't mean Parker isn't gonna feast That doesn't mean branded branded inus is a guy That could really feast and this offense as well, you know, I'm saying like Brandon in this for the first time is running Like he was running to see when he was a senior in high school That was a five star guy flew it up the number one guy and the number one wire receiver in the country You know just the you know dominant guy that was looked down to everybody's highly as JJ Smith is Been a little hamper. Been a little stiff. We've talked about that in the past and you know, maybe Maybe a little muscle bound Running a lot more fluid this year. I think he's poised for a breakout year For the black guys and I think in an offense like this for their featuring him where they're doing stuff with JJ Smith You're gonna have other guys like that. They're gonna really you can take advantage of those one-on-ones and When they're playing to the wide side of the field when they're scheming to you know to get stuff out on the On the open end of the field and play more in space I think the wide receivers as a group are really gonna do well

16:34But I think Brandon just in in particular is a guy you should be watching out for because I think he's gonna have a big year in Ohio state Yeah, I like it. I like how you're um and listen you know you always evolve when you get more information You know you you shift gears and depending on the information We all know you weren't that high on anise But yes, he we all agreed regardless of what we thought He needed to be a little more explosive a little more fluid And all that we saw some things last year He played really well against Wisconsin had a great catch in the back of the end zone He scored against the team up north Like we saw flashes of Brandon and his being like making plays It's like he's a good receiver He was just a five star. He hasn't lived up to the five star hype yet So yeah, I mean him being an ironbuck eye and and basically taking a leadership role even more significantly this year and Basically calling his shot He wants to be a first-rounder. He knows um would it would it's gonna take

17:37And so I just wouldn't bet against this dude. I mean, I just I love his leadership style. He's vocal He's a fellow Brandon be in this and he's a leader. I told you I went I went to practice his last year You his leadership on the field was real regardless of what fans thought about him the the players and the coaches respect that dude And so um yeah, I would not be surprised if he if he breaks out because if he steps up and eats like that I mean Nevada you know Kyle Parker while you was a in Buffalo losses a black stripe And McEwan has been uh been doing well too, and I mean we already know We got a really good receiver room and I believe Hank then um is going to Rotate more than heart line did and so I'm excited. I'm excited, but I'll just kind of dial it back and just say If Brandon in his let me see I don't know how many yards he has what do you think

18:41Will be sufficient realistically for Brandon in his yards and touchdowns for to say okay He had a great year for him because he's not Jay Jay. He's not the number one But what do you think off the top of the hit? Well, I think it's got to be I mean You know and maybe this is aggressive, but he's I think he's got to be carnal tape you know what I'm saying I think you know, I think that's who he's got to be. I mean, it's you know It's his time to step up and doing he's been there you've been there a bit Um, you know clearly he's a team leader clearly he's the guy. I mean why not have 600 you know yards receiving an eight touchdowns You know you know saying I mean you know be that guy. No, you're not going to be the bellcat now You're not going to be a thousand yard receiver like judgesmith, but there's no reason you can't be a six hundred Eight touchdown guy and uh, I think I think it's very I think it's realistic I think he's a guy that can do it. I think they want him to do it But let me tell you um, you know, we've talked about McCune. We've talked about Parker You know, helping take you should game out the talking about Brock Boyd. How much you like Brock Boyd

19:44You know, which I know we're all we're all excited to see him just to be like I think that guy was criminally underrated kind of I mean I saw that carol But I'll say you know while we're talking about the white receivers. I just want to have it all the transfers in general This is a really good I don't I haven't heard On anybody that anybody's like a bust you know in him saying like like there's nobody through going While we got that guy, but you know, can't play and then and that was kind of stuff that you know We've heard that in the past about guys When the guys have come in and you know, they're like, oh, I'm not sure this guy can play Victor cutler Victor cutler You know that kid that became that was very obvious really good and blessed. So um, yeah, you know, I'm not hearing that about anybody and That's a really good thing because I I think the story of our success in 2026 is really going to be how good were our portal evaluations how good were our portal acquisitions because there's such a big part of

20:45You know reloading this defense you know reloading and you know defense it lost so much great time We can see how much great talent. Um, here very shortly the NFL draft when we hear all these names called You know how much great time we lost off this Ohio State team Specifically on the defense aside, but I think I think they've reloaded really well with portal talent Obviously, we've recruited well in the past. So we've got guys That have you know been on the roster of the captain retained that have great as well, but It very very excited about this. I mean, I as excited as I was about Having Matt Patricia on the defense last year I'm not excited about Arthur Smith running the offense this year because I think it's gonna have a similar type of impact It's gonna be those little Changes where you know exactly how you can put your finger on it, but you know something's different I think that's what's gonna be like for the uh for the offenses here just like it was for the defense in the previous one Yeah, I agree and I was talking to a buddy of my earlier about the offense and how the offense may look

21:45This year and we know Arthur Smith wants to run the ball Um, so I guess now Nevada you tell me Do you think a power spread look is sort of the um Determinology you would use without going into all the weeds of of scum specifics and schematics Would you say a power spread look is something Arthur Smith is going to Basically lean on as far as primarily what we see out there before I continue. Do you agree with that or Yes, and I think that that's what they ran when they had tannie Hill and they had Derrick and you know saying like that is what they ran I tend to see and I you know, I I think that's the approach that Ohio State is gonna be gonna be taking In with the 2026 running game you specifically for sure Yeah, agree agree. Okay, and that's what I said earlier And so you know we've done well with power spread in the past out of how state And done some good things especially we're very good blocking tight ends. So yeah, man. I'm excited as well And I know people in the chat like is it is a football yet? I think wholesome and 88 said that bro

22:51Listen, I'm with you and look tomorrow's April the spring game is coming up I'll be going probably gonna take my family To the spring game and check that out. I'm excited and then of course y'all know how it is. We're gonna blink It's gonna be June and then we're gonna blink and then it's gonna be fall camp by the start You know, I'm saying and it's just it's just a beautiful thing and the great thing is again We lost all these players some of our fan base just You know was ready to just jump off the ledge But I think Nevada I think time will tell That the acquisitions we got in a lot of ways were upgrades or at the very minimum like You know Guys you could rely on right because there were some guys that we lost that I wanted to see them I wanted to see their career to continue You know, I wanted to see Quincy Porter to see how good he would be You know Aaron Scott those guys like hey, we wanted to see them progress

23:52But things didn't happen in a way, but I think the acquisitions we got With the experience and reps and talent and what we've been hearing so far is very very You know Just reassuring that things are on on the right track Nevada Well, yeah, now first of all though you're not on the right track if you think tomorrow's April 1st This tomorrow is March 31st. Oh, I'm sorry Wednesday's April 1st Yeah, if you're on that count and you run out there's like It's April 1st guys were like It's March 31 marks, but no, I agree with you and and yeah, I think that was one of the big things. I was looking for You know out of the You know the first because you know, it's early spring Obviously had the break, you know, and so you you're just kind of getting in spring football But you're starting to get a sense for what we have here You know, you're starting to get a sense for what this team's about and there's there's a reason why They're ranked number one in the You know, you know, I'm saying like they're yeah, this is gonna be a very very good team

24:53We just happen to have a very very challenging schedule But I but I from the people that I've talked to you right now I think this teams ahead of schedule. I think this team's Better in their eyes than they thought that it would be and they thought it was gonna be good They thought this is this was gonna be a special group here. We've talked about that in the past But I think that I think the transfer portal guides as kind of They've kind of accelerated the development if it good because you've got guys that are experienced veteran guys older guys that have been through the wars I think the teams better than they thought it would be at this point in time and You know, Julian saying obviously has not disappointed You know, we knew he'd be it's not any breaking news to sit here and say hey, Julian saying it's gonna be better His sophomore year than he was this freshman year. You know, that's not well. Thanks to that a for that nugget That but but he is you know, he's better He's noticeably stronger. He's thicker He certainly has a you know a different outlook

25:55I'm playing and rain Ryan seems to have a a different outlook Um, you know being a you know willing to use his legs much like Arthur Smith use Ryan Taneel's legs They would run Taneel liberally at Tennessee, you know, I'm sorry So I don't think they're gonna be afraid to use the quarterback in the running game Opportunistically or strategically and um, I think that's gonna be something that you know the Opposing teams are gonna have to scheme for because I know that's part of the plan And I expect the offensive line to be a little leaner so they can you know go more play so they can go at a little higher pace Um, and you know, they try to tire out those big defensive lines because the story of the season is gonna be Run that power spread get him hard with the running game force those safeties up and then move to the top of the path that I mean, that is good. That is the that's the plan and it sounds basic But you know, you got to make them respect the run to do that But Ohio State plans to do it and they in if they don't bring those guys up

26:57They're gonna keep pounding them with the run until they do so that's kind of expected We really can speck for a house that offense in 2026 for sure um And yes, you are correct when stars aligned Julian is now trash per The lunatic fridge But no Yeah, can't wait to see Julian pulled in the trigger back there Spraying it around to all these great receivers Uh, I'm excited to see Kyle Parker and McEwen Um, you know, just fresh blood You know, the staff is high on them. They look good on film. They all they both got speed And I mean to me it's just I don't know. I didn't I didn't realize I'm wondering about a In hindsight it almost feels like I'm more excited than I would have been If Graham and and Porter stayed And that's I can't prove that I can't that's just hindsight But see the thing with violent Graham is

27:59Myland Graham You could see talent speed explosiveness But when the coach the head coach comes out in press conferences and says he needs to be able to catch the ball consistently especially 50-50 balls As a as a reason why he's not playing more In his what second year third year whatever You know, it's just like okay. Okay. Some guys progress differently, but and then Porter was was quite banged up But I don't know that I mean I guess what I'm saying is I didn't expect to be this excited About this why I receive a room specifically with the guys we lost You know, I'm saying I don't know if that makes sense But that's just how I feel and I'm excited about the depth of it the new coach we have Not saying I'm I'm happy heartline is gone, but I'm happy that it seems like we got a really good replacement Who can add a different flavor to the to that room and I think we're going to it's one of those things because

29:00One last thing about it. I'm saying it's to say That it kind of just flies in the face of the ding dong the wiki which is dead when heartline left like oh the white receiver I was saying nah it does it. There's no evidence that we're that we're veering off Nevada Well, no, there's definitely no evidence that we're veering off, but there's there's a decided I mean Hank didn't when Hank didn't came in The one thing he if he had one criticism of the last that receiving room was he thought that it lacked Big speed Yeah, you know, I'm saying he thought he thought that there should be more of an emphasis on speed Out of the white receivers, and that's why when they went out there and went out that they got McEwen They got Parker they got guys that can run, you know, I'm saying and ordering Graham You know, you know, Graham obviously had you know a number of different issues and those issues continue at Notre Dame Yeah, you know, so you know, so you you've got a situation where as good as our white receiver room

30:02You can always improve, you know, I'm saying you can always improve. You can always get a first set of eyes can do it But the first set eyes basic came and said look we need to be faster We need to be faster. We need to be more explosive and that and that seems to be kind of a theme for the offense this year the offense It's all in you hear this throughout the spring from all the coaches from all the players are talking about this is more plays more explosive plays They believe that the they run more plays. It'll lead to more explosive plays They can wear down the defenses They can you know kind of do things, but they want the explosive they want the explosive plays on offense They want the explosive plays on defense. They want the negative plays the sacks the turnovers the tackles for law You know saying that's what they're looking to do with this team. They're looking to be more explosive As a football team in 2026 and they were in 2025 and like they were darn good in 2025 darn good could have been the national champion Really close, but as I talked about the beginning to show Sports is cruel sometimes Sports is cruel and sometimes you just come up short and that's where the butt guys the butt guys just came up short

31:06But that's something you throw everything out, but you do learn from it. You look at it You see what you can refine and I think you know for our house state They want to be more explosive on both sides of the ball and having guys like the cune parker I like it because I think I think our our I think our offense will feel different because of that added speed on the outside No, I agree. I think our offense will be better this year Julio for another year Arthur Smith coming in to add the running game prowess Um, and all the other tweaks that come with Ryan Day yearly um more experience. I just the old line. I we're going to our offense will be better this year It will be and so I'm excited about that before we get the super chats Nevada. I wanted to um I'ma play this clip. I may not play the whole clip. But first of all, let me start off by saying this Nevada You know, I'm an interview guy me endeavor the press conference boys press conference boys right that's our little stance I don't know why, but that's what we do

32:06anyway this team Like it's exciting to hear what they're doing in practice isn't on the field But I really like this team Nevada some of these personalities on this team Like James Smith obviously edrick euston Um, you know germane math uses fun. I mean like these kids are are that we we've always The under Ryan Day, especially be recruited very mature You know, um solid articulate intelligent young men But I like this bunch are a little. I mean, you know, he's seen it. It's just I just like these kids with that said I'ma play this clip and then I want us before we get to the super chats to answer the question that they're asking in this clip from Ohio state The chat as well. I want you to join in and uh and tell me what your thoughts are because I used to have a straight up answer Every time this is this is my answer now. I'm kind of reconsidering So I want to get your thoughts on this Nevada. Let me pull up this clip

33:07Give me a second Which position is the artist? It's cornered. We do it every day. I give it to you. You got to give it to me and I can put it back You got to guard the best players of the country What about a lot of first owner? He's cornered for sure and then So rain back to hardest position First quarterback quarterback it forever be the hardest position second is a corner on the island It's hard Long snapper you grade 99% you get cut

34:13All right All right, so let me end it there but Nevada first of all the video was funded. Jermaine Matthews is a clown Like he always does something zany crazy on camera I don't know. I really enjoy that little bit from the so the media team for Ohio State So Nevada I want to let you go first. What is the toughest position in football to play in your opinion? Um, yeah, I mean toughest is you know, that's You know, that means a lot of different things So I'll say I'll give you one position in offense one position on defense I'll say on offense. It's quarterback I mean the the amount of processing that a quarterback has to do the windows that they have to throw into the amount of impact that they have on the game Is so disproportionate to anything else. So I'll say quarterback and off and defense and this may be the toughest position It's it's cornerbacks. I don't know how any cornerback Like you said there you got to guard the best player in the country backwards. You're even running backwards. You know what I'm saying right like

35:15Like I don't know how they do it and not touch them and not use your hands and not touch them and um, so yeah You know, they're all tough in their own ways, but yeah I'm gonna go with quarterback and offensive and quarterback on defense for finally answer for Nevada book Yeah, I hear you corner was always my first quick go to because that's just brutal But then over time as the defensive ends. I've gotten freakier My mind's thinking dang it might be left tackle. It might be uh tackle on the island I mean, that's tough going against some of these guys, but I would agree corner tackle position against these freaks And then quarterback those are the hardest positions period Chat anything on that before we get the super chats. Let me see y'all What y'all saying QBCB? Okay. Yeah kicker Well kicker kicker is tough if because if you suck Boy oh boy, you will get raised thinkled You will get you know dev will be uh at your neck

36:18For sure, but uh, but good question. I thought that was a good bit about a social media team Stilly mat thanks for the will I nine? Swiss Miss Moses and Buffalo buck welcome back. There he is Buffalo buck. That's that's dope. What you got Nevada? Well, yeah, I went that I went to the obviously I'm sure you guys already know that but Buffalo is the home of the Buffalo wing Yeah, they invented the Buffalo at the anchor bar specifically the place that had the first Buffalo wings And we went to the anchor bar and I ate so many wings over the five day I'm not this is no exaggeration. I get this is not I left And I last one day I was two hundred and nineteen pounds And when I got home last night and I weighed myself I was two thirty one. Are you serious twelve pounds? Wow I think it's just because you're sitting around and all you're doing is sitting and eating And worrying and eating You know, I'm saying it then right and then you just you know just

37:20Just the the pressure I I the pressure of watching your kid play. Yes, it's it's brutal. Be man. It's absolutely brutal Listen, it's one thing watching your favorite team play the stress. Imagine your kid Like this. I mean like yeah, you ain't even got you already know especially golly. You want to say what the ultimate I mean, that's like quarterback kicker and everything rolled into one It's just yeah, it's just it's one you literally it's on you. It is literally on you. So yeah, but anyway Yeah, so yeah, thirty twelve pounds. I'm a I'm fasting buck now trying to fact I Absolutely, you got to shed that quick before Oh, man, still he met welcome to mass massiveville go buck eyes. Yes, yes We are massive here despite how many people Get triggered by it, but you know, whatever people are people Keith my homie Keith. This is my guy great dude right here

38:24Thanks for the four day night my dog be give me one player to offense to look out for One on defense. Maybe that nobody is talking about much love brother much love to you as well So my offensive player my surprise y'all I'm going to go with Bennett Christian on offense. Why? Because I feel like he's going to be the one to step up and be the premier blocking tight end this season Arthur Smith we're going to run wide zone. We're going to um Really Try to run downhill, okay? The tight ends in 12 personnel That's huge with that and I believe Bennett Christian is going to be a key cog in that And on defense. I mentioned this before jayla McLean is not getting enough love Earl little is getting more buzz than and then j ten minutes. You know what I'm saying? McLean is a really good silent safety That's my guy that not many people are talking about on defense. Nevada. Did you have to that you would have thought there?

39:27Brock Boyd an offense and Just because nobody's talking about Brock Boy, you know, you were talking to white receivers It's like jj and inus and vacune and parker and you know, you know, well I just I just have a feeling this I think he's going to have a game sons of bucket up again Not just because he's white, but just because he's going to come in kind of unheralded and you know Dane was nobody was expecting much out of dane and he he turned out to be a dog and that guy he was really good football player I think I think Brock's got a similar type of makeup and I just think I just think Brock's one of those kids that can really play on defense I'm going to go with leeway roker. I think you know, he's a guy that we've mentioned before um But I don't think a lot of people are talking in about him just because we brought guys in but I'm telling what good football player Really really good football and the staff loves that kid So I'll go leeway roker Brock Boyd my two unheralded players Yeah, we mentioned boyd earlier. I'm sorry yesterday and uh as funny

40:29I brought up sands and bacher whenever I think of sands of bacher I think of Grooton. I don't know if you remember that clip from john Grooton He's like dane sands and baka I used to say like you don't know who remember that clip I remember all Yeah, but dane was nice man dane was nice great route runners smooth I mean scrawdy came when he first came in here and end up being a player So now that's a good call out mouth uh for sure for sure All right, we'll be got next Still leave math things for the one and nine julian san for highs been 2026. Yep Yep, why not Why not? I mean I don't know what the odds are, but Nevada I mean at the very minimum it will be criminal if he doesn't go back to new york at minimum, right? Well, I remember last year when I said before season that we'd have two guys You know invited new york and that kind of got laughed at you know i'm saying and yeah, I mean You know that was kind of a crazy thought, but no, I think julian should win it this year I mean, I think julian's gonna win it this year Um, you know, I think he's he's a guy that's he's gonna be a great NFL player

41:34um, you know, I I say that he's undervalued by house they fans, but he won't be by the end of the year Um, he's gonna be a legend by the time he's done here I mean, he's so good. He's so talented. He's so polished and now he's got an adult in the room coaching him. Yes, I think it's gonna make a world of difference for julian san's development man that matters In the room and in no shade to brine hardline, but we all know We had to make it happen that for him as the OC was either worse OC in the world as a first-year guy. No, but he wasn't Up to the standard. He wasn't chip Kelly in it You feel me he wasn't Ryan day in it and you and then you mixed that with a a freshman quarterback And then you mixed that with not finishing the season like you know without distractions That's a something as Nevada would say so next year I mean another year of experience and then the season with heartbreak and disappointment bringing in a NFL guy. I mean Yeah, bro. Go ahead and sleep on julian if I want to

42:37Due to our man thanks for the 10 Nevada your thoughts on the goldie coming to a house state apparently she is not as good as your daughter Wow, this game right out with it That I mean like um the girl didn't her name is Rowan and she's great. She's one of my daughter's best friends and A great kid canadian and I know mus likes those canadian mus is canadian. She likes those canadian girls and Rowan's terrific Rowan played on team canadian this year. So you know my daughter and her playing against each other the world's Obviously can play the game that it's shaddock the last two years So no rowing rowing's terrific and and You know it just you know be the goalie commando has to it's tough because they don't usually play you Very much early and so she's gonna she's got to be patient and waiting to turn and I think that's the bully the big difference for from my daughter To Penn State is I think she's gonna get the play early, but no rowing's broads terrific and she just needs to stick it out and And and get it get it done

43:40Yep, I mean you know they're both playing at a high level Obviously clearly so you know I'm sure they all got love for each other as teammates and whatnot That doesn't always happen though, but I'm telling goalie dynamics are really interesting because like you can have goals And hate each other and we've been in those situations and it sucks and I think that's one of the it's so nice That these two goalies, you know that are both obviously high level goalies Really like you like genuinely root for each other genuinely like each other and I think it's really made the last two years really special shaddock so much love for Rowan for sure Yeah, now I have no insight on hockey stuff like that. So thank you for that because All I know is the sports off-play, but that's good. That's definitely good then No, I'm saying like you say goalie like specifically no, no, I'm just saying to you and just it's like The goalie, so it's just you know because it's like you don't want to be out there and have the other person sit Not in a bench for you to give up goals. You know what I'm saying. Yeah

44:44Like you don't have to sit there. He's kind of going. Oh, I'm ready for the team, but secretly my heart I'm like I hope you give up a goal right now I hope you lose in the coach like you want something you want to just and you know what when it happens You don't think like you just want to feel like that person's really rooting for and it takes special people to really you know Even if they're sitting on the bench to root for the other person because it's hard man It's hard when that happens, you know, so yeah overall I've had some pretty good teammates all my life. I mean, there's no one I really hate it There was just some cat I just didn't trust Because they just weren't they weren't reliable This is like the talent that they have is like The little talent you have you we can't trust you because you're going to blow the assignment Or you're not going to execute or you're not that type of stuff But yeah, I mean listen, I know there's dynamics in the locker room and every sport It's always good to have that type of sisterhood You know in this in this situation, so that's dope man mark from dub C

45:45Thank you for being a scoop auction member for 10 months I have the same warm gut feeling going into this year as I did in 2024 OH Nevada I owe Yeah, man Now remember this season was the season that most were pointing to anyway 2025 was supposed to be potentially found money we lost 14 guys new quarterback all that stuff So yeah, 2026 is is the money year. I mean for real was say it have it another year and all that so It's going to be interesting man. I'm excited regardless anything on that Nevada No, I like I totally agree. I think this is going to be a special year and I just I just I don't want to get off at a tangent, but I was just thinking about this this talk about Not watching every minute and I was thinking about contrasting at the like basketball like basketball I have trouble like watching like the beginning of games because they just know I just want to get it to the end of the game so I can kind of walk even in that not Ohio state Think you know I'm talking like when you're watching a tip like a regular season NBA game and you're kind of like

46:45Okay, it's two to two. Can we just get to 96 That's why you know plan. Yeah, but football man. I don't want to miss a freaking minute You know saying like I yes, you know they like I do not want to miss a minute of a football game And they don't last long enough for me. So yeah, I cannot wait to savor the 2026 season every single minute of it Is so funny that you said that I wish I'm gonna play this clip for my wife because she just thinks I'm a maniac Like I'm the same way I can miss some basketball plays unless it's like like you said two minutes left and Golden state in the calves in 2016 you know me like But football I don't want to miss a snap at all at all So I'm with you on that for sure Stillly mad thanks for the one I know playing goalie at six nine would be hard be Yes, what's the tall as goalie that you know of Nevada? Um, there's six but eight goalies. I mean, you obviously you know It's spatial relations. So bigger goalies are the bigger advantage because they can fill up more than that

47:47And you know the interesting thing is that you know the net is regulation size So my daughter has to cover the same net that a grown man you know six foot six man in the NHL garage, you know plan Even though you know, you know, I'm saying it's just it's uh, so I look I always have the idea I'm not an assault star really quick so when the Columbus Blue Jackets were expansion team I met with the president Columbus Blue Jackets who I've known for a long time when we're talking we have a dinner And I said I got an idea for you You're an expansion team, but go out and get that big fat guy that 1200 pound guy and just stuff them into the net And no no team will ever be able to score on you guys And I sure if it was pitching this idea to him and I think you thought about it for a little bit But I don't think they could ever pull it off But yeah, can you imagine you get like a big fact? I had to stuff them into the net Like when they had that thing with the whale there the guy cook them or whatever they like the whale or whatever Or whatever that thing with like the big wall wrist or the big wall I mean, it's how it's logical. I mean, yeah, you fill that right that makes sense

48:50Yeah, I mean, leave a leave a little crack for the you know the shooter to get it in there But uh, but yeah, I guess from the height standpoint your knees and and being able to be flexible to get down quick I mean, but I guess you're always down in that position anyway But but no, I I need to I need to go to a blue Jackets guy. I've never been to a hockey game I need to go to see it be it is so much fun. I heard it was fun Even I'm not a big hockey guy. I want to just at least experience it at least your sport your sports guy You'll you'll you'll I'll take you down and I come to Columbus. I'll take you to hockey. Yeah, but let's do it. Let's do it so Cool Listen, we got Nevada buck back in the building man always great to have this brother and so Listen another week of spring practice more stuff to talk about more buzz more information more excitement I can't wait man. I'm just I'm just happy we're talking football right now So anyway, listen, we gonna go ahead and bang out of here tonight. Deb won't be going tonight I think he's back tomorrow. So look out for dev tomorrow after we go

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