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

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2:00And we're going to absolutely do that. Do 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. spreeker.com for you, not Apple people like me. Go there to make sure you got all bases covered for the content here at Buck High School. Again, 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. You know, usually these these Spring football things, COVID, the first day, there's not much. But, you know, this one seemed like there's a lot of stuff going on.

3:00And they were jumping right in there. It wasn't just like going out there and stretching and handing out, you know, forms and walking around. And so, you know, picking your name for the team. We're going to be the flaming hot cheetos this year. So, my dad like, 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 are real. I think, you know, you can say what you want about the single digit numbers.

4:02But the single digits are the most coveted numbers. Obviously, 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 numbered guys. So, we're kind of gadgety guys that, you know, played wide receiver, played running back. We're 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.

5:04And that's why you come to a house that is for high expectations. But that's also why they gave him 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, 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.

6:05You want to be, you know, let me look, James 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 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. 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 and Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm. That's pretty awesome. I think I saw Billboard years recently that said 20 billion one. 20 billion is an insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think, somewhere north probably closer to 22,

7:0723 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 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 or call centers always waiting to take your call. 24-7-365. Wow. Dan Morgan from Morgan and Morgan and America's largest injury law from Thanks for coming by the show. Thanks for having me. Visit forthepople.com for an office near you. Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it. Inflation is killing me. What do cares? Big retailers are making record profits. That's why we support the Durban Marshall credit card bill. See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll. This bill would cut the vital resources they need. While increasing megastore profits, they deserve it. Don't they? Tell Congress stop the Durban Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.

8:08Paid for it by the Electronic Payments Coalition. Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it. Inflation is killing me. What do cares? Big retailers are making record profits. That's why we support the Durban Marshall credit card bill. See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll. This bill would cut the vital resources they need. While increasing megastore profits. They deserve it. Don't they? Tell Congress stop the Durban Marshall money grab for corporate megastores. Paid for it by the Electronic Payments Coalition. 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 what I'm saying? Because he was all over the line. He was a god of amongst for it. He might have been a single to bed. Let's put this way. 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 Ireland would have been if it was 100.

9:10You're like, uh, right? You're number 100. I mean, James Smith, number four, like, holy guacamole. That's pretty crazy. Actually, he's number, I think he's three. He's three. Three is a three. And it was all his four. Way four. Yeah, but yeah, 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. Let me see what else other notable. No, Riley Petty John, who's out for the spring with the minor injury being worked on 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 some availability of reps at the lineback reposition. Yeah, um, so that's what we were talking about. But yeah, like, Christian Allegro and those guys

10:11are going to probably get some finger. Petty John now is four. Number five, but we won't see it until the fall. Right. So hill up, get better. Get 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. You T San Antonio. You T 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

11:14to 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 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 off 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 poo-boo on this one. I can tell you, Victor Cutler, they were feeling questionable like right off the from jump street.

12:16They'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. But I can tell you that I haven't heard any of that. This spring 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 who wide receiver room. Absolutely. So real quick before we get into any more players, I want to talk about now we knew Nevada. You you told everybody a few weeks ago about map attrition and how much he was getting paid. But now it's all about 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.

13:17Nevada, what's your thoughts on Maddie P getting paid and being the highest paid man out there? Well, yeah, I'd heard three years 10 million dollars. So this is even a little bit marginally higher than that. But hey, you got to pay the man. I mean, he can't wait. 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 jobs, you know, he'll have to slump it for a million and a half. And it doesn't have any recruiting responsibilities. Right. And so, you know, Patricia's got a little bit more of expanded job. But look, you know, Ryan Day is going to war with two X NFL head coaches

14:19as 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 P3.75 million well worth it. And I'm sure the bucket's 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. Stay 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

15:23Chris 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 us in the chat. I think it was Matt Randalls talking about 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 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. Even if it's just, I mean, 50, 50 ball wise. He's excellent.

16:24Even put it like this and about it. 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 thought so on Chris Henry Jr. I mean, we're going for a treat. Run for a treat to you know, Chris Henry Jr. with Julianston on to him. And and JJ Smith on the other side. And in Arthur Smith, you know, cool fence. I mean, you're in for, we're in for a show. And you know, everybody that's been around Chris Henry used, 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, but he moves so well.

17:26And he's a glider. He glides around out there. So, you know, he's not a 4-3, 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 it in 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 out there lining up against DBs.

18:30You 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 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, I don't want to say freaking out, but they're concerned

19:30about 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 with 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. 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 billboarded years recently that said 20 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 better and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on.

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21:33And dad going to Legend Bay, who is 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 mad man out there. I've seen him coaching person. And obviously we've seen clips. But he got after Legend Bay a few times. And favor because they didn't have the ball up high and tight. And so anyway, the point is Nevada. I know how I feel about this. But I want to hear your thoughts. Do you, how much do you read into Ryan Day's comments about his concern with the running back room? Or do you just like, eh, 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.

22:35I 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. I'm not concerned about it. 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 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. This 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.

23:36And then 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 moisture or both sitting on the sideline. So I think it's much to do about nothing. Yeah, I agree. Exactly. It's like, okay, it's like, what do you expect? To me, I think from Coach Day 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,

24:36Hey, 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 Ohio State 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. You know, the DB's, the young DB's 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.

25:37I 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. Well, how many returning yards do we have? Do you know what I'm saying? Zero? I mean, yeah. I mean, they're just right. Ryan couldn't answer the question any other way. It was all, I feel great, you know, I mean, I feel peachy. I mean, it's a very unusual situation where you, I mean, I, I, I, are leading Russia from Russia. 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. Now 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 where I heard that. Right. Well, what a shock. Everybody panic. Yeah, that's like, I mean, you know, he and more is a super

26:39good. That kid could play guard. That kid could play tackle. He could play all over the line. We've just got so many kids, you know, Josh, but he is out with a little, with a little procedure. But you've got so much depth on the offensive line. It's almost crazy how much that they 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 we're not 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. 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. Yeah, regarding the offensive line, Coach Day did say Podia would be limited in the spring. So Josh Podia, 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.

27:41And 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. We can move him 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, 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 some, 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.

28:41But he's good enough to throw the ball and be a threat. Like he's not a bum throwing the ball now. So I, 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, you know, the ball his hands and, you know, 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. Um, he's going to get a lot of activity this, you know, this spring with, uh, with everybody down. Um, you know, uh, now they're running back from Florida. They're running back. Yes. Yeah, yeah. I mean, that guy. Um, he's interesting. He's interesting player and, and I, I think he's a guy that, while we're talking about returning yards at Ohio State, you know, he's a guy that's rushed for yards in college at Florida. And, um, he's going to be, he's worth keeping an eye on as well,

29:42because 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, um, 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. Um, but that just means, you know, opportunity knocks for somebody to come through and, uh, and take the, take the opportunity to use, see the 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 in him that, that maybe an, 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. Technically, he had zero yards as a bug guy, but he does bring yards from Florida. And I shot up to death. By the way, dad will be going live after us tonight. Make sure you check out dad after the show. But dad kind of got me to get my eyes on Jackson, a little more.

30:42And 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 saying 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 all season. So Nevada. We've been saying we've been talking about this all off season about how.

31:42Him 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 unprompted 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.

32:44And he ended his comment with this, Nevada, did you see this quote and what's your thoughts on it? Well, 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. Um, I think I saw Billboard years recently that said that 20 billion won. 20 billion is insane number. Yeah, 20 billion recovered.

33:45It'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 do in contact with Morgan 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, 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. 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 saying joint. This is, this is a CJ Stroud. This is come a court. You know, you, you can go through the court back to even, even Justin Fields to a certain, you know, rolls into how to rush it runs in, uh, in the NFL. So I, I think that Ryan has got to quit giving mixed messages about running the footballs of court back.

34:47And I think, you know, this, this seems to be, you know, his way of saying publicly, Hey, OK, I've, 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, 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, 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.

35:48Now, y'all can still say you're skeptical and this is not it, but well, he's 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. You draw as 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 now filled. He took off and picked up critical first downs to move the chains for his team. That's what Julian saying he'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.

36:48He didn't do it. Now, some people think he's scared to run. I disagree. Nevada, we have both let's all know that he would he rush 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 in the elite quarterback who's looking down field. 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. I'm encouraged. I think it's actually going to happen. All people laugh at me. They've already laughed at me.

37:48Nevada. Oh, you know, he 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 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, 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 being a better late than never.

38:48Yep, 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. But 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 watching on how to say you always there's always somebody.

39:51Every year that kind of, you know, maybe is, you know, 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 who's named that I've 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 move here during this 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.

40:59Does that mean the staff is, is infallible and incapable of making mistakes? Absolutely not. We've seen some things over the years. 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 it. 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 overused, but that's what he is. He can make tackles. He's not slow. He can get out to the quarterback. He's physical.

41:59And so I'm very curious to see what he comes in and does. In this linebacker room, especially with only two 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. 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, you know, I, I'm not surprised at all to see him. 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. Oh, there at Wisconsin. And I. I'm not surprised at all to hear that he's playing well doing well like that. I think he's going to be a terrific player for Ohio State. Yep, yep.

43:02And 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 the same page. 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 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. 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 statute.

44:06And listen, I'll be honest, he burned me because remember Nevada. Me, you and dev were talking about who will be rather see Texas A&M or Miami. One of the reasons why I wanted to see Miami is because Sleepy Eyes Beck was a statute. 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 that 20 billion won. 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 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 and Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident?

45:06Probably 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. 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 know when to take off and scramble. That's what we're saying divided. Do you agree with that? I mean, look, for the last five years, we've had zero rushing TDs out of our QB1, zero.

46:06Over 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 and sort of running the quarterback. So like opportunistic running for sure. I mean, heck, I don't even mind if it's fuddered in whatever long and you call the design quarterback draw like they did with Fando Mendoza. You know what I'm saying? Like if they give it to you, you know, Julian saying it is not a porcelain doll. He rushed for more yard and high school than archmaning. He can do this. You know what I'm saying? Like I just, I don't get this thing where it's like we just can't, we got to wrap him and bubble wrap him. I mean, Julian, the boy and the bubble saying, I mean, I just don't get it. So, yeah. I don't know why that cracked me up so much. Of course. No, but I mean, it's true. I mean, I, I, the way people talk about it, it's like, like he, you know, I mean,

47:08nobody wants to get the 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, freaking Patrick Mahomes was the leading rusher for the chiefs through eight games last year. Eight games. He was the leading ruck Patrick Mahomes, the franchise, the face of the NFL. And not exactly a fleet guy, even you're not talking about Lamar Jackson or, you know, 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 telling me we can't run Julian saying, come on. Yeah. No, I agree. I agree. And also the, 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.

48:08Like 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, 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 there, 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're not saying we need to run him and pound him like JT bear it. No way. He's not that dude, but he can certainly be savvy enough to pick up 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.

49:12So you have it. Arthur Smith ran Aaron Rogers last year. They ran some option with Aaron Rogers. And Aaron Rogers is a hundred years old and two bad knees that can't, you know, I mean, I could outrun the inner Rogers and they ran him. So if they can run Aaron Rogers, you can sure as heck run drill four time NFL MVP or Aaron Rogers, you can sure as heck run Julian saying, come on. Yep. And my last thing I'll say because again, this is a 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 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.

50:22I 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 hurt. If he did, Tavion, this is his third year. And he's pretty darn good. I think we'll be okay. So I 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. Karen TV up and down the stairs. You know what 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.

51:22You'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 Justin Fields went out and chugs came in. They have him throw. Remember to have him throw. And he has a guy open. If he to throw the touchdown pass, chugs. I mean, chugs. They named like some cauliflower pizza after chugs up there at the little brown. Michigan or something like that. It had been the paid shivers and chugging off school. It's cauliflower pizza. Oh, goodness. I remember when chugged with chugs winning 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.

52:22They're comparable because James Smith is only like two six two and a half. Um, 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. They say we can only hope he can he's half the player that is. But you 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 is not, you know, but he's, he's definitely, you know, kind of square. He looks like every, you know, Alabama lime, lemon from the past 20 years, it's like they, you know, like those guards from, uh, with 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 Helmet's stuff. That's an element, that's what he lineman. That's Alabama, the Lionman. Manning, 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 a, I hope he's half the part of the microscope.

53:23Mike 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 in this system. And Quay Resolve, thanks to Roe Tide, you know, for his insight as a Bama fan, Roe Tide for life, for being healthy. He was, he missed five games last year. So I'm extra paying attention to Quay Resolve. Still be mad, thanks for the one and a non. Billy D. Tech Mo Bo Bo Jackson. He's referring to my, I love this shirt. I wear it. I rotate it 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 wash your shirt? Be 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 that out, Stilly. Anything on that Nevada? Oh, you can just put like the Be Moses plays in there

54:24from your high school. Like Be Moses left, Be Moses right. Be Moses, Be Moses down the middle or Be Moses shoots the fallaway J because Be Moses is tired. I can't drive to the rim anymore, you know what I'm saying? Hey, maybe I can. Maybe I can have like 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, say I'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. I think they're going to 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. Those are, those are three quality running back names for sure.

55:25And, yeah, I mean, Bo Jackson, we had grown up as Bo Jackson, you know? There reminds me of that ESPN commercial. They, 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. He's like, you know, like, that was great. That was great. You have Michael Jordan. But I mean, Bo Jackson, that's a similar thing and he 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, no, table for Michael Jordan. Yeah, that was good. That was good. All right, still be 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, shame. Listen, our chat is crazy.

56:26They 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 dad going through 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. Me and Slavin, you need hazard payment for all that you're doing, man. 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 mind 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 going to have to fight Joe B for Jessica. Another inside joke that Nevada actually get to though. Yeah. But still he met once again, thanks for the 199.

57:30Yes, 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. Well, this is really going to get them laughing, but it was hilarious because I picture Julian say it out there running around like a porcelain doll and just shattering into a million pieces. Yeah. I think it never burns down. You think you think that you think the way they treat him that, that, that he is. But no, he's actually, actually it's, like I saw him rush for a 100 yards in a high school game and 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. They because people forget he actually ran and picked up first down to your to house. His freshman year and last year. Remember, so he's capable.

58:30So 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. Any last words about it? If 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 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 some great content per usual great information. Book at school family, book at nation love y'all until tomorrow. We'll see you all then. Go Bucks and peace.

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