OSU Insider-Massive First Day Of Spring Ball Intel-Analysis!!

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2:02Do me a favor, hit that like button. Hit that thumb that you see. Subscribe if you have not already. And then also for the people who don't always hit YouTube, Apple people. Go to Apple. Save us there. Spreaker.com for you. Not Apple people like me. Go there to make sure you got all bases covered for the content here at Buckeye Scoop. We're going to be talking about the spring football practice. The first one and who's turning heads and all the happenings, man. We're going to dig into it. Also remember when you send those wonderful super chats. Helps to go towards the pay it forward, which is our military and our first responders. We're going to look out for them because they always look out for us. Nevada Buck. What's up? Happy Spring Football Day, brother. Yeah. Wow. What a day. Yeah. Usually these these spring football things. COVID the first day. There's not much, but you know, this one seemed like there was a lot of stuff going on. Yeah.

3:02They're jumping right in there, wasn't just like going out there and stretching and handing out. You know, forms and walking around and so you pick in your name for the team. We're going to be the flaming hot Cheetos this year, so my dad like. No, like they were they were into it and doing some stuff and. with exciting day. I was I was excited for spring football last night, but now that it's here, I'm even more excited. So lots of great stuff going on. Absolutely. I say let's jump into these new numbers. New numbers. I know it's it's trivial, but it's fun to me, Nevada. And like you said earlier, ballers get single digits and we're going to talk about that. So let's go over some notable number changes or updates. Nevada, what do you think about legend Bay, getting the number two out the gate? What's your thoughts on that? Well, I mean, I think the heights real. I think, you know, you can say what you want about the single digit numbers, but the single digits are the most coveted numbers.

4:06Obviously, the most coveted number of all is one, but two is the next most coveted. And to have a guy come in and he's not even like he's a a transfer portal kid. So it's not like it was like promised him through them. This is a kid that was in high school last year, come here at the given number two right out of the gate. And I mean, you can't help but think of it like part of Samuel or some of the other, you know, single digit number guys are kind of gadgety guys that played wide receiver played wanting back were used in a number of different spots. And I think that's exactly what they're going to do with legend Bay. And I can tell you that everybody's excited about legend Bay, everybody's excited and, you know, I think that the work that he put in during the winter is noticeable. Because, you know, he's noticeably thicker. He's noticeably stronger and there's really maybe high expectations for him. And that's why you come to a house days for high expectations, but that's also by the game number two. So definitely something there for sure.

5:12Yeah, Ryan Day was talking about the criteria for getting numbers that you want. He mentioned, you know, like champions and how did you do with making the workouts leadership. You know, being on time, you know, all the little stuff. And so, yeah, I mean, he was already turning heads today, you know, looking fast and explosive and all that man. So very excited. Now on the flip side, I was a little surprise, not in a bad way. But I kind of like the 97 on Kenyatta, man, that's Bosa, like a Bosa number. It's a great defensive in number. What's your thoughts on him flipping the number two. Now, I like it, but I was still like, yeah, I don't know what you think. Well, I mean, you know, it's, it's one of those things where I, I mean, I like the traditional numbers. But then sometimes you want to stand out. You want to be, you know, I mean, look, James Smith has got a single digit number. You don't see that much. Yeah. From defense, from defensive tackles. You know, I'm saying, I'm going to last time you saw a defensive tackle at Ohio State, a true defensive tackle in a single digit number.

6:21I mean, I can't remember to ever. I'm not saying that I'm, I'm saying it hasn't happened, but I can't remember it. Yeah. Now you got me thinking and every, and every guy I think of is a single digit. And like, nope, they're not a detackle. I'm sorry. It's a defensive end. And not a detackle. Craving the coffee flavor you love. But without the caffeine, Kachava's got you covered with their newest coffee flavor. This all-in-one nutrition shake delivers bold, authentic flavor, crafted from premium decaffeinated Brazilian beans with 25 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber, greens, and so much more. Treat yourself to the flavor and nutrition your body craves. Go to Kachava.com and use code news. New customers get 15% off their first order. That's KAC, H-A-V-A.com code news.

7:31Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north, probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and better and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgana Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident? Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. It's pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open or call centers always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow, Dan Morgan. From Morgana Morgana and America's Liars Engineering Law from Thanks for coming by the show. Thanks for having me. Visit forthepeople.com for an office near you. Omaha Stakes semi-annual sale is here. Save 50% site-wide on legendary stakes gourmet burgers, chicken, pork, seafood, and more. Plus get an extra $35 off with promo code audio at OmahaStakes.com. Promocode AUDIO. Minimum purchase may apply. See site for details. He might be the first. I mean, what number was Alonzo Spelman? And I guess and you can make an argument for him being a defensive end, though, you know, I'm saying because he's all over. He was all over the line. He was a lot of amongst her, but he might be able to do that.

8:52He might have been a single, but let's put it in it. It doesn't happen often. 99. Okay. He was 99. I guess I got the opposite. I got the opposite of the single digit. The only number would have been I would have been if it was 100. You're like, right? You're number 100. James Smith, number four. Like holy guacamole. That's pretty crazy. Actually, he's number is it I think he's three. He's three three is a three. A weight loss for yeah, but yeah, I mean, that's wild, man. That's just wild. No, I agree. I agree. So that's different. So the Bama boys trying to come in and you know, switch things up a little bit. Petty John number five. I was like, okay. Okay, Petty John. That's pretty cool. Let me see what else other notable. No, right. Petty John who's out for the spring with a minor injury being worked on a little surgical procedure.

9:54Nothing that's going to hold them out, but out for this spring, we'd kind of alluded to it last night about some availability of reps at the linebacker position. Yeah. So that's what we were talking about. But yeah, a Christian Allegra on those guys are going to probably get some finger. Petty John now sport number five, but we won't see it until the fall. Right. So hill up. Get better. Get back as soon as you can. You know, Petty John family is a friend of the show. Dev has interviewed them a good million times. Great people. I think he's a young stud and a waiting. So get healthy. Get those mental reps. And also number three, McEwen. I've heard several, several people talk about how fast and good. McEwen look today, including Ryan Day, Nevada, McEwen for those who don't know. He's the kid and shoot. It's such a small school. I always forget the name of it. But he was a standout. Go ahead. You know the school. UT San Antonio UT San Antonio.

10:55He was a standout for them. And I know some people poo pooed it because it's a small school. But I'm telling you there's been good kids who have come from small schools. And now in this portal world, these late blooming kids have an opportunity to step up on the big stage. And this kid is good. And Ryan Day called him a pro called him and Kyle Parker from LSU pros is what he called them. That's a great sign. We knew they were experienced. But now they're at a house state. LSU is no joke. LSU is LSU. But it's still good to see them come in the first day out the gate in Nevada with some with some praise from the head man. Yeah, I mean, I think those guys can play and Ohio State thinks those guys can play and you know they certainly look the part. And I would be surprised. I mean, I think Ohio State's feeling really good about their their portal evaluations. And they never really know until you get deeper into spring ball. And I was into the fall.

11:59But early returns are they're very happy. And that's not always the way it is. Sometimes they're like, uh oh, we made a booboo. You know, on this one, they said, I can tell you I'm Victor Cutler. They were feeling questionable like right off the from jump street. They're like, Oh man, I'm not sure what we just did here. Even kind of was going through it kind of similar thing as well. Yeah, but I can tell you that I haven't heard any of that. Um, this, you know, this spring, you know over the winter into this spring. They're feeling really good about all the guys that they got and specifically those two wide receivers. They're looking for those guys to make an intermediate impact and boy, that would be a nice surprise for the LSU wide receiver room. Absolutely. So real quick before we get into any more players. I want to talk about, uh, now we knew Nevada, you, you told everybody a few weeks ago about, uh, map attrition. And how much he was getting paid. But now it's all out in the public.

12:59So map attrition of 3.75 million, um, in 2026. And then he bumps up to 3.85 and 27 and 28 three year deal. He is now the highest paid coordinator slash assistant in the country. Nevada. What's your thoughts on Matty P getting paid and being the highest paid man out there? Yeah, I'd heard three years 10 million dollars. So this is even a little bit, you know, just marginally higher than that. But, um, hey. You got to pay the man. I mean, he came with the job that he did last year was nothing short of miraculous in terms of the way that he. He's got a quarter to the defense, you know, lost eight starters and then, and then took the defense to even, you know, greater heights. You know, also Matty P not that this is a big deal, but Matt P is going to be one of the 10 cannibal coaches. So he's going to be on the road recruiting Arthur Smith is not. We've talked about that before Arthur Smith. You know, which is kind of the new meta. I think to get these guys to come in and take these job. You know, you'll have to slum it for a million and a half.

14:04They doesn't have any recruiting, recruiting responsibilities. Right. And so, you know, Patricia got a little bit more of a Spanish job, but look, you know, Ryan Day is going to war with two X NFL head coaches as his coordinators. And I'm he feels really good. You know, about the guys that he has and in the way that they just conduct themselves. You know, the way they're maturity, their experience. And the fact that Ryan can now go back to full time to being a CEO and let these guys run the room. What a great, you know, what a great blessing for him. But yeah, Matt P 3.75 million well worth it. And I'm sure that the bucket is probably even going higher, but you're well worth every penny. Absolutely. I love it. It's great to head coaches as your coordinators. I don't see how people can keep playing that down. I know we got to see what happens on the field, but boy, I'm excited about that man. So kudos to a house. They for working it out. He absolutely had options like Ryan Day was saying earlier, but they made this happen.

15:11They made it happen. And I'm very happy about it. So transitioning back, I see y'all in the chat talking about Chris Henry Jr. And it was dope to see Chris Henry Jr. get his dad's number 15, right? That was good to see. And he also caught a nice excuse me 70 yard bomb today, according to Ryan Day and practiced. And then I saw some in the chat. I think it was Matt Randalls talking about a can you imagine covering Chris Henry Jr. and JJ Smith. Good luck. Oh, wait. So I yo, so yeah, I mean, we've been saying at all all season. We agree. And he he looked physically the part. I know he's a he's always been a wiry tall, wiry type of kid. But his height kind of helps balance that out. And he's gotten bigger. He's gotten bigger. So he's going to be a problem early, early.

16:13Even if it's just, I mean, 50 50 ball wise, he's excellent. Even put like this in about a, I said like this, even if he wasn't 65, he still has great 50 50 ball skills. So if he was 62 and a half, I still think he would be really good, like a Devon Smith. Devon Smith was not 65, but he was excellent at 50 50 balls. So he's excellent with his height. So I see y'all talking about Chris Henry Jr. Super excited about him. Ryan Day seemed to really love what the receivers look like today. So Nevada, we should thoughts on Chris Henry Jr. I mean, we're in for a treat, we're in for a treat. You know, Chris Henry Jr. with Julian's falling to him and and JJ Smith on the other side and Arthur Smith, you know, I mean, you're in for a show. And you know, everybody that's been around Chris Henry, I've seen Chris Henry play many times.

17:15He just doesn't look like anything that I've ever seen before at White receiver, you know, because he's so big. But he moves so well and he's a glider. He glides around out there. So, you know, he's not a four three, but I mean, he runs well. He doesn't get caught much from behind. And to be that big and to have that type of a catcher radius and be able to go up and get the ball. I mean, like I said, it's going to be something we're going to see something very, very special this year. So, you know, buckle up, get your chips and your drink and be ready to watch it. I'm not sure we've ever seen anything quite like it before. And I'm not sure we'll ever see anything quite like it again, because I'm not sure when we'll have another Julian saying JJ Smith to kind of pair along with him, but it's I'm going to be here for every minute of watching Chris Henry Jr. play that for sure. Definitely. And look at him. Here's a picture of him towering over everyone, not looking small. I mean, he's he's still finished, but he doesn't look small.

18:20And so, yeah, he's going to be a terror out there lining up against DB's, you know, I don't know. Is the second corner going to try to line up with him, you know, is he going to draw matchups from the third. You know, corner and stuff like that. If you got JJ out there, Brandon and this in the slot. It's like that's that's going to be very difficult to go up against your weakest corner with this dude as a true freshman. So I'm excited about Chris Henry Jr. I definitely agree. But yes, Ryan Day seemed to be very happy with his first impressions with this Y receiver on now one thing I want to kind of pivot back to. And I know we're just going to be all over the place, but it was a lot going on today. So I want to pivot back to legend Bay, but more specifically the running back room, Nevada, because I know some people are kind of, I don't want to say freaking out, but they're concerned about his comments.

19:28Ryan Day mentioned that he was concerned with the running back room. We all know that as a West and Bo Jackson are out for the spring. Those are the two leaders in the clubhouse would reps and experience and all of that. And so now you have terrible Rogers who did not play last year as your most experienced guy. I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome. I think I saw billboard years recently that said that 20 billion won. 20 billion insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually I think somewhere north probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and better and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?

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23:40Do you how much do you read into Ryan Day's comments about his concern with the running back room. Or did you just like, eh, like how do you feel about it? I mean, I think that it would probably be the same for most rain back rooms where you're missing the one and two backs. You're a thousand yard rusher from last year. I mean, how many teams wouldn't have concerns about that? I mean, I kind of running backs three, four and five through the spring. I'm not concerned about it. You know, for me, I look at it. I always think in this particular situation with these particular resources that we have, we should be a past first team. We should pass the set up the run. And if if concerns in the running back room or lack of depth during the spring or whatever causes us to lean more into our passing game. You know what? I'm all about that because I I've always felt that the idea that we're not playing football in the 70s anymore.

24:41This is 2025. You can win past first. And, you know, I hope that they activate the quarterback run in a limited fashion, you know, because everybody else in the world does it. We're literally the only team in the world that doesn't run it. And our fan base is the most scared fan base. What if somebody gets hurt? It's football. You know, somebody could get hurt. You know, this is, but you got to activate the quarterback run into it. Lean into your passing game. Lean into your short pass game. Lean into your screen game. Lean in, you know, throw it to your flankers. Use legend Bay and interesting ways. So I'm not really, you know, concerned about it. I think it's just the, it's a, you know, you have to, you're not going to get out there and say everything is great right now. Especially when you're too returning running back to master or both sitting on the sideline. So I think it's, it's much to do about nothing. Yeah, I agree.

25:41Exactly. It's like, okay, it's like, what do you expect? To me, I think from coach Dave standpoint, I don't think he's hitting the panic button. He's trying to motivate them through the media and get after them. Because you can imagine Ryan Day is on their butts, like, and on coach, like, hey, these boys got to step up. We need them to grow up fast because we got our two veterans out. And we need them to step up. And so I think it's a motivating factor. You got two freshmen and a red shirt freshman who did not play leading that room right now. And it's the first day of practice. So again, you got kids coming in who have not had an actual house date college football practice yet. So they're going to be sloppy. They're trying to learn, okay, where do I go? What's the pace of practice? How does, you know, like want me to do this? It's, it's an adjustment. And so, you know, most kids are following the leader in line.

26:44Well, the DBs, the young DBs were looking at Caleb Bounds last year. They were looking at, you know, Matthews. They don't got that right now. So they got to, they got to jump in and do it quick. And so I agree about it. I don't think it's a big deal. I think this running back room is going to be just fine. I think the talent is there. They just need to get acclimated to what they're being asked to do, especially with no veteran leadership in front of them in that room. So, I agree. How many returning yards do we have? Zero. I mean, yeah, I mean, they're just right. Ryan couldn't answer the question any other way. Well, I feel great, you know, I mean, I feel peachy. You know, I mean, it's a very unusual situation where you, I mean, I, I, I, are leading Russia from Australia. It's got to be Julian saying. And yeah, you know, I mean, like, so we just don't have any yards coming back on that.

27:45Now, he, he did go out of his way though to talk about how deep and good the offense line was. And I'm like, wow, I wonder, wonder where I heard that. Well, what a shock. Everybody panic. Yeah, that's like, I mean, you know, he and more is a super talented kid. He's like a guard that could play tactics, he could play all over the line. We've just got so many kids, you know, Josh, but he is out with a little, little procedure, but you've got so much depth on the offensive line. It's almost crazy. How much death they have in the offensive line. So of all the positions, the people who don't worry about the offensive line. I mean, let's worry about other things, but we're not about the offensive line, man. I'm telling you. line. I think it's legitimate to talk about, hey, we've got some, some holes. I think we can fill them, but the offensive line, we've got dudes and proven dudes and proven dudes with starts under their belt on top of that. So I have zero concerns about the offensive line.

28:48Yeah, regarding the offensive line, Coach Day did say Padilla would be limited in the spring. So Josh Padilla, who played well against Miami, he will be limited. So that's something, you know, to know, it's nothing major, but there's that. And then also one other thing on Legend Bay, Coach Day nailed exactly what we've been saying as far as a cop. We've been saying Curtis Samuel and Xavier Johnson, like literally, but especially Curtis Samuel. So we were very spot on with that. And you can see it in his game, like that's exactly how we need to use him. Running back, you know, we can motion him out to the slot to get favorable matchups against linebackers or, you know, if they're in the nickel, the nickel DB slot corner who can't guard him, you know, I'm hoping Nevada. At some point, it's a little early, but I'm hoping that we install

29:54some, some plays where he can pass. He'll get it into round and throw the ball because no, he's not a college D1 college quarterback at this level, but he's good enough to throw the ball and be a threat. Like he's not a bum throwing the ball now. So I want to see all types of gadgetry with Legend Bay eventually. But for now, I'm excited to see him back there. And I want to see him get some reps at punt return. Yeah. And he's a guy that you just want to see the balls hands and there's many different ways as possible. And I hope we're not putting too much on the kid, but I tell you how state's excited about him. He's going to get a lot of activity this, you know, this spring with, with everybody down. You know, now they're running back from Florida. They're running back to Florida. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that guy, he's interesting. Interesting

30:54player. And I think he's a guy that while we're talking about returning yards at Ohio State, he's a guy that's rushed for yards in college at Florida. And he's going to be, he's worth keeping an eye on as well. Because I've talked to a couple of people and they both mentioned him to meet not like over the moon, but like, hey, this guy looks like he's a football player. So I'm really interested to see what he can do as well. But he's going to get a lot of opportunity to do it because this spring, you know, we're thin at running back. But that just means, you know, opportunity knocks for somebody to come through and take the opportunity to use a spot and make an impression on Arthur Smith. Because Arthur Smith hadn't seen any of these guys. He hadn't seen Bo Jackson. He hadn't seen Isaiah West. So you make that person person him that that may be an abiding one for sure. Very true. Clean slate. And I'm glad you brought him up because it came to me after we went on our little zero yards. I was like, Oh, yeah, Jacobi Jackson. Now technically, he has zero yards as a buck guy. But he does bring yards from Florida. And shot up to dev. By the way,

31:56dev will be going live after us tonight. Make sure you check out dev after the show. But dev kind of got me to get my eyes on Jackson a little more. And I see the chat. Yes, he is known as a really good blocker. He might end up being the best blocker on the team. We'll see. But I've also I also heard today that he looked really good physically. Like he looked like a rock out there. So yeah, don't want to sleep on Jackson. He has some experience. But he just had doesn't have Ohio State practice experience. So that matters. So I'm glad you you brought that up. And I wanted to bring up Julian Saiyan. So I'm going to put this on the screen. So I tweeted this out. This is a quote from Coach Day. He talked about him making an impact with his legs when appropriate. He said, we know that's the X factor that has to show up this year. He's aware of that. And we've been

32:57working hard in the off season. So Nevada, we've been saying we've been talking about this all off season about how him not running as much in certain spots needs to change. It was said after the Miami game by Julian, it was said by Ryan Day. We talked about how Ryan Day needs to make sure he's not sending mixed messages to his quarterbacks and his offense. Because in the past, he's been a little restrictive with his quarterbacks running the ball. Okay. So now it seems to me, Nevada, that over the years as a as a head coach and seeing the game and all that and still learning, in my opinion, and I know some people are still skeptical hippo. But I've been saying leading up to even now that I felt like things were going to change. I feel like over time, the worm is going to start turning towards him, putting more actual real emphasis on him running. And today's comment

33:59unprompted because they didn't ask about him running in this. They would just talk about Julian saying and he led into this comment, y'all talking about his throwing and commanded offense. And he ended his comment with this, Nevada, did you see this quote and what's your thoughts on it? Well, look, I think this is about the the journey that Ryan Day is on and his kind of evolution as a head coach because I've talked to players that played quarterback at Ohio State for under Ryan Day. And they've told me that, you know, whether it's implicit, it's certainly, it's certainly implied that he just hasn't been that isn't looking for them to run the ball. You know what I'm saying? And so they don't run the ball. I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome. I think I saw Billboard years recently that said

35:0420 billion one. 20 billion is an insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think somewhere north probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and batter and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan and Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident? Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. That's pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24, 7365. Wow, Dan Morgan from Morgan and Morgan America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show. Thanks for having me. Visit forthepeople.com for an office near you. Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees. But I don't really need it. Infliction is killing me. Who cares? Big retailers are making record profits. That's why we support the Durban Marshall credit card bill. See, things in credit unions help small businesses make payroll. This bill would cut the vital resources they need.

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37:10That ziprecruiter.com slash zip ziprecruiter.com slash zip. And so it's, you know, I think when you hear it from multiple people and you see it with your own eyes over because this isn't just a Julian saying joint. This is this is a CJ Stroud. This is calmer court. I mean, you know, you you can go through the court back to you even even just in fields to a certain degree, you know, rolls into how to rush it runs in, uh, in the NFL. So I think that why in has got to quit giving mixed messages about running the footballs the court back. And I think, you know, this, this seems to be, you know, his way of saying publicly, hey, okay, I've kind of changed my word, but this is definitely a change because, you know, whether he's singing it explicitly, you know, I'm saying, I don't want you to run or he's just kind of going, you know, you're not really brought here to be a running back, you know, hey, we look for other guys to go get those yards and do that. Hey, you know, you know, hey, your health is paramount and we can't afford to have you get her, you know, there's so many different

38:13things that he's done that cause guys to go, they think twice before they run the football. And I think Ryan's got to change that and hopefully, hopefully this is the start of him doing it in 2026. Agreed. And I keep telling people, listen, I'm a press conference boy. I watch all the pressers. I've watched Ryan Day since he's been here faithfully. I've studied him. I've, you know, just taking notes and I'm telling y'all, now y'all can still say you're skeptical and this is not it, but well, he just talking. I'm telling you like Nevada to say, this is different. This is different. And so the question is, will he follow through with this difference of engaging the press about this particular thing with the quarterback running again, the quote, he said, we know that's the X factor. He said, um, with his legs, when appropriate, which is important because nobody's asking

39:15him to run cue draws every two plays and be Braxton Miller. All we're saying is, just like in a Miami game, when sleepy eyes, Carson Beck took advantage, when pressure was coming, he saw nothing downfield, he took off and picked up critical first downs to move the chains for his team. That's what Julian San is to do. There was one particular play where it was three yards to the first down and he could have got it with his feet easily. He didn't do it. Now some people think he's scared to run. I disagree. Nevada, we have both let y'all know that he would he rushed for over a thousand yards in high school. If I'm correct over his four years, it might be more than that. He was deemed a dual threat quarterback in his recruiting profile. No, he's not Braxton Miller, but he can run. He's not slow. He can certainly pick up a first down, you know, on third and five. If there's an opening, he can do it, but he's a quarterback and elite quarterback who's

40:17looking downfield, but he has to understand situationally that, bro, you got to just get get move the chains. You cannot wait. Okay. Unless it's just right there wide open. Okay. Cool. If not, you got to take off and that comes with time and a feel of the game and an emphasis from the coaching staff to do that. And I'm encouraged. I think it's actually going to happen. All people laugh at me. They've already laughed at me, Nevada. Oh, you know, he's just talking. I disagree. I think this is going to be a change, Nevada. And I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, I think it's going to be a change. It would just because, you know, one one day is not a stupid person. Okay. And it would take a stupid person at this point to ignore the impact of the quarterback running on cultural ball games. You know what I mean? Like the evidence, it's not even about opinion anymore. It's just like everybody runs everybody athletic guys, non athletic guys, big guys, small guys to, you know, indoor outdoor, good weather, bad weather, they all run.

41:23And so, you know, when you're when you're literally the only team in college football that doesn't run the quarterback, at some point, you got to tune in. So I do believe it is just because I think Ryan has kind of seen. I don't know why it's taken him this long, frankly, but here we are and being a better late than never. Yep, better late than never for sure. A couple other notes. You know, I'm sure a lot of you have heard this, but the staff seems to like Lee Roy Roker. He was told to lead, you know, the huddle today. And so Roker, he seems to be a leader. He was over the depth chart on some of these guys that transferred that we thought were higher recruits. Now, I still, I guess, want to see more from Roker. I trust the staff, but Nevada, there was a play. I forget, again, to it was, but he got burnt badly and is still in my mind. So I need some other plays to erase that from my memory.

42:25But with that said, I defer to the staff. Obviously, clearly, they like him on the field and as a leader. So anything on Roker being caught out today. Yeah, I mean, look, you've got to open safety spot. And he's a guy that, you know, I've seen it through many years of watching Ohio State. You always, there's always somebody every year that kind of, you know, maybe has come in and had limited action didn't do well or just been kind of buried a little bit. And you start to see it. It's stuff like this. I mean, the fact that they're having him, you know, lead the huddles, that's not a small thing. That's a something. And so, you know, when they're doing that, you know, they're, they're telling him, hey, this is your time. You've got an opportunity to do it. And would not surprise me at all to see him do it. Again, he's another guy whose name that I heard from the strength and conditioning staff over the winter. So he'd really put in the work. So it's nice to see somebody put in the work and then, you know, how it kind of gets translated to the field here. Although, you know, first day in spring football, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him make a

43:28move here during the spring. So they definitely wouldn't form. Yeah, for sure. I mean, listen, again, as a fan, because I'm a fan, you know, I'm an analyst. I'm a podcaster. I'm a, I'm a football junkie, a critical thinker, but I'm still a fan. And so, you know, you basically at the end of the day, I'm smart enough to defer to the staff because they see these players more. Does that mean the staff is, is infallible and incapable of making mistakes? Absolutely not. We've seen some things over the years. I'd like, that was a mistake. And clearly, here's the evidence. But more often than not, if you got a good smart staff, they're going to make the right decision. And so they see these kids more than we do. And they like Roker a lot. And one other note, a, a legrio from Wisconsin was hearing that he looks bigger than people thought and faster. He won a rep against a passing rep

44:29against a believer running back. And so, you know, I think I don't know. I'm very curious to see because again, going back and watching him Nevada, he was good for Wisconsin. He was a good player. Like he's, he's one of those guys where he's a football player. I know that's cliche and overuse, but that's what he is. He can make tackles. He's not slow. He can get out to the quarterback. He's physical. And so, I'm very curious to see what he comes in and does in this linebacker room, especially with only the two linebackers we primarily use in our 425 look, anything on a legrio and him coming in, you know, looking good so far. Well, not surprising. Again, he was a guy that, you know, I think he was the defensive player of the game for Wisconsin twice against Ohio. I mean, he's always been a pain in our, in our side. I mean, he's a guy that you notice. He's a guy that, you know, I, I'm not surprised at all to see him kind of. It'd be more surprising to me if he wasn't impact the little Ohio State. So, yeah, I mean, he's one of the guys

45:33that I'm the most excited about. Probably the one that I'm most sure about because coming from another big 10 school. So, you know, he's familiar with the league. Notice how to play veteran guy, leadership guy. You know, he got the equivalent of the block. Oh, there at Wisconsin. And I, I'm not surprised at all to hear that he's playing well doing well. I think he's going to be a terrific player for Ohio State. Yep. Yep. And in good leadership, good veteran experience and leadership coming into that room. So, you know, I mean, that's kind of what it comes down to. But yeah, I see y'all in the chat talking about saying. And before we get the super chats again, because to me, based on the comments, I just don't know for on the same page. And like, again, and you tell me if you, if you agree, Nevada, we're not saying we need Julian saying to be Will Howard. That's not what I'm saying. I don't think Nevada's saying that. We don't need him to be a dual

46:35threat quarterback. We just need him to understand situational football when it makes sense to take off and run to move the chains for your team. That's it. That's it. And I brought up the comparison to Carson Beck in that game. Carson Beck was never known as a running quarterback. Matter of fact, he was clowned for not being, he for being a statue. And listen, I'll be honest, he burned me because remember Nevada. Me, you and Dev, we're talking about who will we rather see Texas A&M or Miami. One of the reasons why I wanted to see Miami is because sleepy eyes Beck was a statue. He was never known for running. I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan. Hey, how's it going today? It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do. I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome. I think I saw Billboard years recently that said

47:4120 billion won. 20 billion is insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually I think somewhere north probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and batter and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan and Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident? Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. It's pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow, Dan Morgan. From Morgan and Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show. Thanks for having me. Visit forthepeople.com for an office near you. Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees that I don't really need it. Infliction is killing me. What do cares? Big retailers are making record profits. That's why we support the Durban Marshall credit card bill. See? Things in credit unions help small businesses make payroll. This bill would cut the vital resources they need. While increasing mega store profits.

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49:46That zippercrooter.com slash zip zippercrooter.com slash zip. But guess what? As a ninth year senior however long he's been in college football. He was savvy and experienced in season enough to know the situation and take off and make huge plays with his feet to move the chains. That's what we're saying. He needs to go he needs to drop back and look down field primarily. But as he continues to grow as a quarterback he'll have a feel for the game to know when to take off and scramble. That's what we're saying about it. Do you agree with that? I mean look at four of the last five years we've had zero rushing TDs out of our QB1. Zero. Over that same four seasons the next lowest combined out of 133 schools was seven. We were zero. I mean that's that's how far we are behind everybody else in terms of running the quarterback.

50:46So like opportunistic running for sure. I mean heck I don't even mind if it's fluttered in whatever long and you call a designed quarterback draw like they did with Fernando Mendoza and you know they're going you know what I'm saying? Like they give it to you. Julian saying it is not a porcelain doll. He rush for a mortgage arts and high school of an archmaning. He can do this you know what I'm saying? I don't get this thing where it's like we just can't we got to wrap them in bubble wrap and you know and Julian the boy and the bubble same. I mean I just don't get it. So yeah I don't know why they crack me up so much. Of course they don't. No but I mean it's true. I mean I the way people talk about it it's like like you know I mean nobody wants to get their quarterback you know hurt and put out for the year but I think that the the risk of that is really overdone. That doesn't really happen that often you know what I'm saying? Especially if you're not just hammering your quarterback in. I mean

51:47freaking Patrick Mahomes was the leading rusher for the chiefs through eight games last year. Through eight games. He was the leading rusher Patrick Mahomes the franchise the face of the NFL and not exactly a fleet guy. You're not talking about Lamar Jackson or you're not talking about Josh Allen you know you're freaking Patrick Mahomes was the leading rusher. So Patrick Mahomes can run you know he makes what does he make 60 million a year or something like that? You're talking you're talking we can't run Julian saying come on. Yeah come on. No I agree I agree and also the the word as he looks bigger as he should be in an await program and you know a young man is still growing and so that's going to help it like you said like yes sometimes it's okay to dial up. I want to make it even more clear because I agree Nevada. It's okay to dial up a a Q draw on third and long when the defense thinks that it's never going to happen like they're

52:53not going to run Julian saying and then he has a wide open lane up the middle to get the first out and they're and they're in man defense and all the all the defenders are run off on deep routes and he's back there and it takes off like he can do that and he can learn how to slide or he can learn how to get down. So again we not saying we need to run him and pound him like JT Barrett. No way he's not that dude but he can certainly be savvy enough to pick up uh five yards here seven yards there and and use him situationally to confound the defense like period. So I'm excited about this quote and I think we're going to see growth with this Nevada that you have it. Well Arthur Smith ran Aaron Rodgers last year they ran some option with Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Rodgers is a hundred years old and two bad knees that can't you know I mean I can outrun the Aaron Rodgers and they ran him so if they can run Aaron Rodgers you can sure as heck run

53:57jail four time NFL MVP with Aaron Rodgers you can sure as heck run Julian saying come on. Yep and my last thing I'll say because again this has been a contentious back and forth in general with fans is that I do agree with something you're on the chat. Now okay I have some some understanding for coach day and any coach when you have chugging off behind your quarterback or a you know somebody you notice not that can't play that well I understand the angst of not running your quarterback too much because you are done so if they get hurt. Now in this case last year Lincoln King holds I don't think he was he wasn't great but he wasn't bad I think he could have been fine maybe he's no chugging off this year I have confidence in Tavion saying clear in his third year I think there may be more confidence that hey we don't want saying to get

55:02hurt but if he did Tavion this is his third year and he's pretty darn good I think we'll be okay so I'll end it with that I don't know if you wanted to respond to that before we get the super chance but no I just don't I just don't think you can ever live your life just worried about the you know I mean if Julian saying if Julian saying could get hurt in practice Julian saying could get hurt Karen at TV up and down the stairs like you know I mean there's a million ways that people can get hurt so you know I I you our offense will never reach its full potential until you activate the quarterback run it just won't it's impossible to do it in modern football you have to present that as a threat to the opposition until you do that you're just making it but you're making it so hard yeah I agree this fun this is funny from bootzilla chugs was a buckeye legend for that couple of minutes yeah when when Justin Fields went out and chugs came in they've him throw remember

56:04damn throw and he's got to open if you don't touch on past chugs I mean chugs they they're named like some cauliflower pizza after chugs up there at the little brown together but Michigan or something like that it had been the paid shivers and chugging off cauliflower pizza oh goodness I remember when chug with chugs when that game I was just like Jesus Christ Lord help us but that is funny he said he was a legend all right let's get into these super chats Kevin Noobie thanks for the one I nine player comp for James Smith Mike Hall oh H Nevada I owe what you think about this um I haven't watched enough about James Smith I think size wise they're comparable because James Smith is only like two six two and a half I don't know if he's as quick as Mike Hall is what are your thoughts on this I mean that's a good comp like you say we can only hope he can he's half the player that he is but you physically they're similar size

57:05and similar build I mean he's he's he's not a big you know a big guy you know he's not you know but he's he's definitely you know kind of square stocky he looks like every you know Alabama line lineman from the past 20 years it's like they you know like those guards from the third star wars movie the return of the Jedi when they went there and they have those guards marching those little stocky guys that are with the thing and the helmets and stuff that's that's what he lineman that's Alabama D lineman man and he looks just like what I mean because he's just he's just square and very very difficult to move and like I said I I think my calls are good comp I hope he's I hope he's half the player the microscope Mike was a stud here don't I say yeah he was um so yeah I we'll see I cannot wait we we talked about yesterday I cannot wait to see the Bama boys out there in this system and Quay-Rosal thanks to road tide um you know for his insight as a Bama fan uh road type of life for being healthy he was he missed five games last

58:11year so I'm extra paying attention to uh Quay-Rosal still do my thanks for the one and none Billy D tech mobile bow Jackson he's referring to my I love this shirt I wear I rotated every you know every now and then I won't wear it I will wear it every day if I could it not be caught a bum on the podcast did you watch your shirt b-moses I love this shirt it's just an idea I came up if I had it pressed maybe I should sell these Nevada maybe I should um you know make these available but I'm a nostalgic tech mobile fan so thanks for shouting out out stilly anything on that Nevada oh you can just put like the b-moses plays in there from your high school it's like b-moses left b-moses right b-moses b-moses found the middle or b-moses shoots through fallaway j because b-moses is tired I can't drive to the room anymore you know I'm sorry hey maybe I can maybe I can have like different um styles of shirts like this you know yeah with with different playbooks on it that might be an idea I like it let's do it all right say

59:14I'm eight five three six two thanks for the 49 I think it's safe to say we have the three best names for running backs in college football with Bo Jackson legend bay and several Rogers that's a great that's a great point that is that you're right I would defy any university to match up against what we have name wise for our running backs that's an absolute great point Nevada well I think they're gonna be the only thing to be better if we had a fourth guy name like Archie Griffin or something like that you know but yeah those are those are that's a great super jack because those are those are three quality running back names for sure and um yeah yeah I mean Bo Jackson we're going up as Bo Jackson you know there reminds me of that ESPN commercial they you they had there's an old ESPN commercial where they'd be like reservation for Michael Jordan and it was some little white guy and everybody's like all disappointed you know that's you know like that's great that's great yeah Michael George but I mean Bo Jackson that's a similar thing and

1:00:14he comes in and rushes for over a thousand yards of Ohio State so yeah Bo Bo legend and turbo man I love it and what made that commercial even funnier is the white Michael Jordan he anticipated the disappointment every time he did a great job of like yeah I know table for Michael Jordan yeah that was good that was good all right still he mad thanks for the 199 this must be inside joke shout out the carp lips and he has some kissy emojis and laugh emojis ha ha Shane listen our chat is crazy they have inside jokes galore I don't get this one but I don't need to because it's hilarious to them and they have a ton of fun on his dag on three it Nevada yeah I mean yeah it's hard to I'm I'm glad that I can't see because it'd be too distracting because there's so much good stuff going on it is very distracting you have to read the thing do the stuff it means they're gonna be you need hazard payment for all that you're doing man yeah because I'm

1:01:18literally listening listen to Nevada just you know you know just eloquently make his points and my eyes are in a chat like he just say that they might it I'm just like oh man Nevada's over here cooking and I'm just seeing him just you know all types of hilarity but that's why we got the best chat in the land all right so Nevada gonna have to fight Joe B for Jessica another inside joke that Nevada actually gets though but still he mad once again thanks for the 199 yes this had me weak and I know Nevada was not trying to be funny Julian saying it is not a porcelain doll I know he was not that was not like some punchline where oh this is really going to get them laughing but it was hilarious because I'll picture Julian say it out there running around like a porcelain doll and just shattering into a million pieces yeah I'm thinking of a first down you think you think

1:02:18that you think the way they treat him that that that he is but no he's actually actually it's actually I think so I saw him rush for a 100 yards in a high school game he's a tough kid he can do it Brian just got to give him a green light and then let's go you know what I might be able to do I might be able to I might clip your comments and make a video like a real of him actually running in high school and running out of house date because people forget he actually ran and picked up first down to your house date his freshman year and last year remember so he's capable so I might have you saying Julian saying it's not a porcelain doll as he's running down field hmm I got some ideas that might be a good sound bite I like it yeah all right cool fun show great show first day of spring footballs in the books it was very eventful we will be getting much more intel more information as the practice days roll by I'm excited

1:03:22any last words about it for we bang out of here not just great first day but really really good I mean first days usually don't go like this this is a really good first day spring football and can't wait for day two absolutely all right remember we got dev coming up shortly make sure you hop on with dev I mean he's going to get you all some great content per usual great information book high school family book I nation love y'all until tomorrow we'll see you're then go bucks and praise

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