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

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4:05forms and walking around and picking your name for the team. We're going to be the flaming hot cheetos this year or something like that. Like they were they were into it and doing some stuff. And yeah, with exciting day, 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 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, that you can say what you want about the single digit numbers. But the single digits are the most coveted numbers.

5:05Obviously, 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 courtesy amul or some of the other, you know, single digit number of guys or kind of gadgety guys that, you know, played wide receiver, played running 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 they've got high expectations for him. That's why you come to a house there's for high expectations.

6:05But that's also why they're giving number two. So definitely something there for sure. Yeah. 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 surprised, not in a bad way. But I kind of like the 97 on Kenyatta. I mean, 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 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, let me look.

7:05James Smith has got a single digit number. You don't see that much from defense, from defensive tackles. You know what I'm saying? And when's the last time you saw a defensive tackle at Ohio State, a true defensive tackle in a single digit number? I mean, I can't remember to ever. I'm not saying that I'm not 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. Finding great candidates to hire can be like, well, trying to find a needle in a haystack. Sure, you can post your job to some job board. But then all you can do is hope the right person comes along, which is why you should try Zip Recruiter for free. At ziprecruiter.com slash zip. Zip Recruiter doesn't depend on candidates finding you. It finds them for you. It's powerful technology identifies people with the right experience and actively invites them to apply to your job.

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10:10Zip Recruiter finds you what you're looking for. The needle in the haystack. See why four out of five employers who post a job on Zip Recruiter get a quality candidate within the first day? Zip Recruiter, the smartest way to hire. And right now, you can try Zip Recruiter for free. That's right. Free at ziprecruiter.com slash zip. That ziprecruiter.com slash zip ziprecruiter.com slash zip. Right. He might be the first. 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 god of amongst her. But he 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, uh, right. You're number 100. I mean, like James Smith, number four, like holy,

11:13guacamole. That's pretty crazy. Actually, he's number, is it? I think he's three. He's three. Is it three? It was all his four. Quite his four. Yeah, but he's like, yeah, I mean, that's wild, man. That's just wild. No, I agree. I agree. Uh, 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, um, that's pretty cool. Um, let me see what else other notable. No, right. Petty John, who who's out for the spring with the minor injury being worked on, uh, you know, a little surgical procedure. Nothing that's going to hold them out, but out for this spring, um, we'd kind of alluded to it last night about, uh, some availability of reps at the linebacker position. Yeah. Um, so that's what we were talking about. But yeah, like Christian Allegro and those guys are going to probably get some of that. Petty John now is for number five, but we won't see it until the fall. Right. So hill up, get better,

12:13get back as soon as you can. Um, you know, Petty John family is a friend of the show. Uh, 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. He 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,

13:14called 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's 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 praise from the head man. Yeah, I mean, I think those guys can play. And Ohio State thinks those guys can play. And they certainly look the part and I would be surprised. I mean, I think Ohio State is feeling really good about their portal evaluations. Obviously, you never really know until you get deeper into spring ball. And obviously into the fall. But early returns are very happy. And that's not always the way it is. Sometimes they're like, we made a move. You know, on this one, they said, I can tell you, 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. And they even kind of was going

14:14through it kind of a similar thing as well. But I can tell you that I haven't heard any of that. 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 those shoe wide receiver room. Absolutely. So real quick before we get into any more players, I want to talk about now we knew Nevada, you told everybody a few weeks ago about map attrition. And how much he was getting paid. But now it's all out in the public. So map attrition 3.75 million in 2026. And then he bumps up to 3.85 in 27 and 28 three year deal. He is now the highest paid coordinator slash assistant in the country. Nevada, what's your thoughts on Maddie P getting paid

15:14and being the highest paid man out there? Well, yeah, I'd heard three years, 10 million dollars. So this is even a little bit, you know, it's marginally higher than that. But hey, you got to pay the man. I mean, he came, the job that he did last year was nothing short of miraculous in terms of the way that he coordinated the defense, lost eight starters and then took the defense to even greater heights. You know, also, Maddie P, not that this is a big deal. But Matt P is going to be one of the 10 accountable 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, he'll have to slump it for a million and a half. And they doesn't have any recruiting responsibilities. Right. So, you know, Patricia got a little bit more of a big Spanish job, but look, you know, Ryan Day is going to war with two ex-NFL head coaches as his coordinators. And I'm he feels really good, you know,

16:18about the guys that he has and 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, at 3.75 million, well worth it. And I'm sure the bucket's probably would even go on higher, but you're well worth every penny. Absolutely. I love it. It's great. Two head coaches as your coordinators. I don't see how people can keep playing that down. I know we got to see what happens in 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. They 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.

17:18And 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 us 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 know. So, yeah, I mean, we've been saying that all all season. We agree. And he looked physically the part. I know he's a, he's always been a wiery tall, wiery 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, even if it's just, I mean, 50-50 ball-wise, he's excellent.

18:18Even, put it 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, what's your thoughts on Chris Henry Jr.? I mean, we're going for a treat. We're going for a treat to, you know, Chris Henry Jr. with Julian Stemond to him and J.J. Smith on the other side. And Arthur Smith, you know, cool fence. I mean, you're in for a show and, you know, everybody that's been around Chris Henry Jr. I've seen Chris Henry play many times. He just doesn't look like anything that I've ever seen before at White Receiver. You know, because he's so big,

19:19but he moves so well and he's a glider. He glides around out there. So, you know, he's not a 4-3 guy, 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, it is and you'd 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. Because 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 still finished, but he doesn't look small. And so, yeah, he's going to be a terror

20:20out there lining up against DBs. 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 room. 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.

21:21I don't want to say freaking out, but they're concerned about his comments. Ryan Day mentioned that he was concerned with the running back room. We all know that Isaiah 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 Rodgers who did not play last year as your most experienced guy. Nicole hosts Easter every year. That's why she shops at BJ's wholesale club, stocking up on spiral ham, baked goods, fresh flowers, candy, and five dozen eggs. I've got a lot of baskets to fill. Nicole's not worried because she knows she can save big and get it all done in one trip. It's like winning the Easter egg hunt. When you save everyone wins. Get a $15 digital coupon when you spend $150 in one transaction now through April 5th. Visit bj's.com slash Easter coupon for details. BJ's your Easter destination. The sun shining birds are singing and all feels right in the world.

22:24Until the season changes and suddenly you lose your motivation to get out of bed. In fact, one in five people experience some form of depression no matter the season or time of year. At the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, our vision is to build a mentally healthy nation for all because we want you to live your best life and be your best you all year round. Please visit mentallyhealthynation.org to learn more. You know, who actually may play and then favor our key. Who's the freshman and, um, dad going to legend Bay, who is who's coming off a plan quarterback for his high school. And I was watching drills with a man. I'll tell you man, Coach Locke is crazy. Coach Locke is a madman out there. I've seen him coaching person and obviously we've seen clips. But he got after legend Bay a few times.

23:24And favor because they didn't have the ball up high and tight. And so, uh, anyway, the point is Nevada. I know how I feel about this. But I want to hear your thoughts. Do you, how, 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, I, I think that it would probably be the same for most rain back rooms where you're missing the one and two backs, you know, a thousand year of Russia from last year. I mean, how many teams wouldn't have concerns about that? You know, then you're down to running backs three, four, and five through the spring. Um, I'm, I'm, I'm not concerned about it. Um, 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

24:27causes us to lean more into our passing game, you know what? I'm all about that because I, I, I've always felt that the idea that, you know, we're not playing football in the 70s anymore. This is 2025, um, you can win past first and, you know, I, I, I hope that they activate the quarterback run in a limited fashion, you know, because everybody else in the world does it. And we're, we're literally the only team in the world that doesn't run it. And our fan base is the most scared fan base in the world. You know, what if somebody gets hurt? It's football. You know, somebody can 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, and, uh, 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 moisture

25:29or both sitting, you know, on the sideline. So I, I think it's, it's much to do about nothing. Yeah, I agree. Um, exactly. It's like, okay, it's like, what do you expect? Um, to me, I think from Coach Day's standpoint, I don't think he's hitting the panic button. I think 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 or how state college football practice yet. So they're going to be sloppy. They're trying to learn, okay, where do I go?

26:31What'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. You know, the DBs, the young DBs were looking at Caleb Downs last year. They were looking at, you know, uh, 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? Do you know what I'm saying? Zero? I mean, yeah, I mean, there's just a riot. Ryan couldn't answer the question any other way. It was all, I feel great. You know, I mean, I just feel peachy. You know, I mean, it's a very unusual situation where you, I mean,

27:33I, I, I, our leading Russia from Osher has got to be Julian Sain. And yeah, you know, I mean, like, so we just don't have any yards coming back on that. Now he, he did go out of his way, though, to talk about how deep and good the offensive line was. So I'm like, wow, I wonder, wonder where I heard that. Right. Right. What a shock. Well, everybody panic and yeah, that's like, I mean, you know, he had more is a super talented kid. That kid could play guard. That kid could play tackle. He could play all over the line. We just got so many kids, you know, did 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 you definitely have an offensive line. So of all the positions that people were, but don't worry about the offensive line. I mean, let's worry about other things, but weren't about the offensive line, man. I'm telling you now, the defensive line, I think it's legitimate to talk about, hey, we got some, some holes, I think we can fill them.

28:36But 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. Yeah, regarding the offensive line, Coach Day did say, Padea would be limited in the spring. So Josh Padea, 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 comp. 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, you know, if they're in the nickel, the nickel DB

29:40slot 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 some, some plays where he can pass. He'll get it in the 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. 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, I mean, he's a guy that you just want to see the ball his 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 spring with everybody down. Now, they're running back from Florida. Yeah, yeah. I mean, that guy, he's interesting.

30:51Interesting player. 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 me 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. So he's a spot making 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 eye, but he does bring yards from Florida.

31:52And I shot out to dev. By the way, dev 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 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 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 working hard in the off season. So Nevada,

32:59we'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 this 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 unprompted because they didn't ask about him running in this. They would just talk about Julian Saiyan

34:01and 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. And so it's, you know, I, 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 Saiyan joint. This is this is a CJ Stroud. This is Kyle McCourt. I mean, you know, you can go through the quarterback to even even Justin Fields to a certain degree, you know, rolls out to how much he rush it runs in in the NFL. So I think that Ryan has got to quit giving

35:07mixed messages about running the footballs of quarterback. 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, going on 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, Sam, you know, hey, your health is paramount and we can't afford to have you get her, you know, there's so many different things 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, 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,

36:12now 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 him to run Q 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 Sandey's 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.

37:15Nevada, 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. Um, 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 a elite quarterback who's looking 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.

38:16And I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, I think it's going to be a change. It was just because, you know, one Ryan 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. I'm called football games, you know what I'm saying? 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. And 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 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

39:19seems 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 and 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. But with that said, I'd 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, you've got to open safety spot. And he's a guy that, you know, I've seen it through my 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.

40:21And 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 them, 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. Somebody 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 move here in 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

41:23is, 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, Allegrio from Wisconsin was hearing that he looks bigger than people thought and faster. He won a rep against a passing rep against 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 the quarterback. He's physical. And so, I'm very curious to see what he comes in and does in this linebacker room,

42:28especially with only the two linebackers we primarily use in our 425 look, anything on Allegrio 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. He's always been a pain in our side. I mean, he's a guy that you notice. He's a guy that, you know, I'm not surprised at all to see him. It'd be more surprising to me if he wasn't impact a little Ohio State. So, yeah, I mean, he's one of the guys that 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 owe there at Wisconsin. And 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 good leadership, good veteran experience and leadership coming into that room.

43:31So, 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 if we're on the same page. And like, again, and you tell me 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 saying that. We don't need him to be a dual threat 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 for being a statue. And listen, I'll be honest, he burned me because

44:32remember Nevada, me, you and dev were 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. 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 downfield primarily. But as he continues to grow as a quarterback, he'll have a feel for the game to no win to take off and scramble. That's what we're saying. Nevada, do you agree with that? I mean, look, for 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

45:35was seven. We were zero. I mean, that's that's how far we are behind everybody else and sort of running the quarterback. So 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 like, you know what I'm saying? Like they give it to you. You know, Julian saying it is not a porcelain doll. He rushed for a mortgage art in high school than archmaning. He can do this. I don't get this thing where it's like, we just can't, we got to wrap him in bubble wrap and you know, Julian, the boy in the bubble saying, I mean, I just don't get it. So yeah, I don't know why that crap be absolutely stupid. No, but I mean, it's true. I mean, I the way people talk about it, it's like like he, you know, I mean, nobody wants to get the quarterback, you know, hurt and put out for the year. But I think that the the risk of that

46:36is really overdone. That doesn't really happen that often, you know what I'm saying, especially if you're not just hammering your quarterback. I mean, freaking Patrick Mahomes was the leading Russia for the chief through eight games last year. He was the leading right Patrick Mahomes, the franchise, the face of the NFL and not exactly a fleet guy. You know, you're not talking Lamar Jackson or, you know, you're not talking about Josh Allen, you know, you're freaking Patrick Mahomes was the leading Russia. So Patrick Mahomes can run, you know, he makes, what does he make 60 million a year or something like that? You're too, you're too, you're too, we can't run Julian saying. Come on. Yeah. Come on. No, I agree. I agree. And also, the word is 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

47:38more clear, because I agree, Nevada, it's okay to dial up a, um, a Q draw on third and long when the defense thinks that it's never going to happen. Like, they're not going to run Julian saying. And then he has a wide open lane up the middle to get the first down. 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. So you have it. Well, Arthur Smith ran Aaron Rodgers last year. They ran some option with Aaron Rodgers. And Aaron

48:43Rodgers is a hundred years old and two bad knees that can't, you know, I mean, I can outrun the inner Rodgers and they ran him. So if they can run Aaron Rodgers, you can sure as heck, run jail four time NFL MVP or inner 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 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

49:45he 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 to, hey, we don't want saying to get hurt, 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 chats, but no, I just don't, I just don't think you can ever live your life just more than about the, you know, I mean, if Julian saying, if Julian saying could get hurt in practice, Julian saying could get hurt carrying a TV up and down the stairs. Like, that's about, you know, I mean, there's a million ways that people can get hurt. So, you know, 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, you're making it so hard. Yeah, I agree. This fun, this is funny from

50:51Boozila. Chugs was a Buckeye legend for that couple of minutes. Yeah, when Justin Fields went out and Chugs came in. They've been thrown. Remember they had them throw and he had to go open. If you'd have fun to touch on past Chugs, I mean, Chugs, they'd have named like some cauliflower pizza after Chugs up there at the little brown drug up in Michigan or something like that. It had been the paid shivers and chugging off to cauliflower pizza. Oh goodness. I remember when Chugs went in 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 199. Player count for James Smith. Mike Hall. Oh, H Nevada. I owe. What do you think about this? 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?

51:54I mean, that's a good comp. Like you said, we can only hope he can he's half the player that is. Physically, they're similar size and similar build. I mean, 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 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 what he lineman. That's Alabama. He lineman, man. 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 think my calls are good comp. I hope he's I hope he's half the part of the microscope. Mike was a stud here to honestly. Yeah, he was. So yeah, we'll see. I cannot wait. We talked about yesterday. I cannot wait to see the Bama boys out there

52:57in this system. And Quay Resolve, thanks to Roadside, you know, for his insight as a Bama fan, Roadside for life for being healthy. He was he missed five games last year. So I'm extra paying attention to Quay Resolve. Stilly Matt, thanks for the 199. Billy D Tech Mo Bo Bo Jackson. He's referring to my I love this shirt. I wear it. I rotated every, you know, every now and then I won't wear it. I will wear it every day if I could and 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, you know, make these available. But I'm a nostalgic tech mobile fan. So thanks for shouting out out Stilly with anything on that Nevada. Oh, you can just put like the B Moses plays in there from your high schools like B Moses left B Moses right? B Moses, B Moses down the middle or B Moses shoots the fallaway J because B Moses is tired. I can't drive to the rim anymore, you know, I'm sorry. Hey, maybe I can. Maybe I can have

54:00like different 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, Sam 8, 5, 3, 6, 2, 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 bags. That's an absolute great point Nevada. I think they're going to be the only thing to be better. We had a fourth guy named like Archie Griffin or something like that. But yeah, those are those are that's a great super jack because those are those are three quality running back names for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, Bo Jackson. We didn't grow up as Bo Jackson, you know, there reminds me of that ESPN commercial. 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.

55:05You know, Michael George, but I mean, Bo Jackson, that's a similar thing and he comes in and rushes for over a thousand yards of high estate. 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 at Nevada. Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's hard to get. 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

56:09and do the stuff. You need hazard payment for all that you're doing. Yeah, because I'm literally listening to Nevada just, you know, you know, just eloquently make his points and my eyes are in a jet light. He just say that they might. 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 going to have to fight Joe B for Jessica. Another inside joke that Nevada actually get to though. But still he met 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. You think that you think

57:15the way they treat him that he is. But no, he's actually actually, I saw him rush for 100 yards in a high school game. He's a tough kid. He can do it. Brian just got to give him the green light and 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 at a high state because people forget he actually ran and picked up first downs here at a high state. His freshman year and last year. Remember? So he's capable. So I might have you saying, Julian saying it is not a porcelain doll as he's running down field. 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. Any last words about

58:20if 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 of spring football. I 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 some great content per usual, great information. Book our school family, book our nation. Love y'all. Until tomorrow, we'll see y'all then. Go bucks and praise.