Press Conference (Cody Simon)3 Elite Edition September 2

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3:26I can't know how safe for a reason I love this place. I wanted that to be the point of mind for you to stay in this place in Holland. I think I'm definitely the new agent of college football. It's more money instead of the money. I love the world. I love everything about Ohio State. I love Hawaii. That's one thing about our team. We owe a lot of money. No matter what people make, I want to stay with that. I built so many good, like long lasting friendships with these guys. I've been in these teams with them. I didn't change my mind.

4:35I always treat it as if I were. I don't care what I was. I'm also interested in guys hitting me. I knew that my time would come and I'd be ready to take my take what's up in the comments. I'm just happy that I was able to do that and still try to put better view to be able to. I mean, we're a good team. Our country has come for our preparation. We practice hard and we want to make sure we get everything in a really last look and a little detail we can. I think Coach knows a really good job of that. I think we need to continue to do that because everything that happened last week doesn't matter if you don't do this week. Our goal is to do better than we did last week and to a controlling game when we get ready to do that.

5:45I think it's the biggest thing football is not to be a fun sport. We're going to have to go out there and make plays and have fun. It really be brothers with each other. The only time we really make plays when you're having fun, you're not having fun. We're really going to have those hands in hand. With guys going in, going out, you moving back to guard, going coming in. What was that like in the moment having to adjust on the fly? I mean, we're built for this. Just how I move the center and Steve moved the left guard. We're all pretty much interchangeable. We're going to all play all positions across the board. When it comes down to that time, things like that going to happen. We're ready for it. We've been given all of the circumstances for him coming off the back. All those guys are ready. We prepare during the week, during training camp for situations like this. It's not nothing new to them. Guys are calm, cool, collected, they have good composure. Being elevated, being active, being a starter. We're all in the same boat, ready to play.

6:49I know it's a next-man up mentality. But in real time, when that was happening, the guys were going down and switching. What was the challenge for me the whole time? Physically and mindset. I mean, we're all pretty much interchangeable. If I need to go to left guard, center, whatever, both need to go to center and left guard. However, it's not really a big shock or a moment. We trained for this. We're prepared for this. When it happens, we're able to execute. To left guard? I think half time. Well, coming in as a rookie in the crowd and the noise. I know you said you guys all trained for this, but what can you tell us about how he... He's a man. He's built for this moment. He's done it for his whole life. So, at the end of the day, it's just a game. We keep on trying to keep everybody calm, collected. We're five as one. We help each other out.

7:50We need to. We do it. He was ready. He was built for it. He's going to be a great player. You're obviously no stranger to Matthew's toughness. What was the like just seeing the way he let this off? I think I got the guy's a warrior. 36 years old. He's taken some hits and some things and some dents. And he's able to get back up and keep it rolling. You know, he's still got that fire to him. You know, we love having him back there. Sean has always said after a loss, don't let the team beat you twice. But to have the lead late in the game, all the injuries and not win, we described that level of frustration. I mean, it's the NFL. It comes down to seconds and inches and you've seen it all through past couple days and today. You know, it kind of down to the little things. And you know, we'll see him again. And I apologize if you were asked this, but what was it like for you personally to walk on the other? It was kind of surreal, man. It was nice. It was a lot emotional seeing everybody. I wasn't a kid when I came here, but you know, I grew into more of a man. And these people here have definitely helped lay that blueprint for me and helped me out big time.

8:51And I can't thank them enough for that. I know you've looked at film yet for how you feel about the D. I feel really good, you know, saying it could be because everything you do, careful all the summer, and OTA is showing up. You know, we said I ground. We came up short a little bit, but in that end day, you know, it's a lot of the marathon. I see a bright future for us. I think that's an over time drive. I mean, you guys have been stopping them, and they just seem to kind of get a role. Yeah, you know, you know, just something that we just need work on, you know, got to play around better on that and just got a little bit of big bass. That's all that it comes down to, but overall, I just felt like we just just came up short on that. So, that was the offense. It's kind of struggling to find it's hurting early in the game. What did you guys feel like you like to do as a D. That's what you do on that? I feel like we just need to step up, but you know, I know they would have come through and have our back. I just tell the office, you know, we got your back, you know, just keep going. We want people to try to hold in the best we can. So how did the visit go? Oh, it was great. Yeah, not a lot of the staff here.

9:53You can tell it has really good, uh, family ties, a strong connection. What were some things that you were looking for on your visit? Whether it's, you know, talking to coach and our vales, do you mean, I guess what was important to you on this visit? So, I mean, for me, I mean, like, this was kind of like a big decision for me, where I decided to kind of like, not finish my degree of rest and then to the quarter of the cycle. I can find the place where I can develop the most. And then just to get all my coach, you know, final place where I can face a good competition, not only in games, but also in practice as well. And part of the most important is just finding the good guys that are dedicated to winning, dedicated to being great, because I mean, we have the team of me guys, who aren't serious about not to be great. So, it's wasting time and money, so, I mean, to the problem, I'm not big green with the culture being kind of important. Being around the coach, um, hand-to-day, uh, what was kind of the things that you noticed around him, just whether it's how he is, or just, uh,

10:54what your thoughts of him being around him most of the time. And he's an incredibly detailed guy. And yeah, I got that for sure from, uh, it's like watching a film like he broke down, the sex and gang fun with me, and he also kind of broke down some of the guys that he's coaching the past at, or similar to me. And, you know, that was, uh, he really just showed how good the coach used, you know. Getting no coach from a bellgroom is experiencing what has happened. It was good. He's a, he's a very passionate guy. And I mean, I love that, like, uh, the head coach should have that, and, um, that you can tell how much he cares about, you know, what the guys want to program, about just like being dedicated, being, uh, driven to it, to win, to succeed. What did they tell you about the opportunity here as far as meeting a player, your sort at a position? Well, I mean, they get, they see me at, I left tackling this, um, I'll be, uh, a good fit, you know, coming in. I was, I was a coach, no ball, stress, you know, and also, other great, um, one of the most of line-man in the portal that have lost a great scope because saying that,

11:54it's a live song now, it'll be a good fit when it comes to, such as I would, what you guys do, but, uh, if the scene does, it's a bit of a sight that people hear. What's kind of the ultimate feeling now about FSU? Have you solved this big experience with them? What's kind of the feeling about them? Yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's definitely good feeling. It's great. I'm glad that I was actually able to come down here to, I mean, as soon calls and, the phone calls are nice, but, you know, in person is a lot different. And this is, again, to know the staff, your game, to know coach, her, it's, you know, coach, and ball, he was, he was a great experience, so, who, uh, was going to be checked out during this process? What are their schools? Oh, I've talked to some others, so I've talked to, uh, the house, say, in the Iowa, and, uh, really just, uh, yeah, that's what I've been, I've tried to keep the store, I've tried to keep the suite, probably needs to be cornered up to schools. I mean, that's not the man priority. Are you entering decision mode now, or do you intend to take some trades in urban January? Yeah, I'm done with this, 21 design, um,

12:54sometimes before Christmas. What all? Okay. For those of us who, when we seem to make the highlights of, what kind of your strengths and areas are you looking for? So, shrink wise, I would say, probably just, um, move it. Um, yeah, I'm so, I'm gonna go short. I would very love for it, for your 100, 45 pound guy, that's a good example. Yeah, if I, ever done an off-throw, uh, I think I've got my stances, I think, for me, so big, you're, uh, just being able to move people. But at the same time, also just being consistent and hand-placing, punch on it, forwarding, generally, just like, neat. Because I mean, if you're, if you're a big, strong guy, then you totally do so much. If I, I mean, you don't have the right to any mean, so that's, that's a big reason why I want to have if you don't want to cross with your own. So, I find that's a need to, to be precise with everything. Yeah, that's kind of like, well, we can do it a little three. Who? Thanks. A lot of low-hours in the fans, because they always travel. But will we approach Texas crowd for the most part? Do you guys kind of,

13:55thrive off that? Do you like that? Kind of be in the, the enemy, I guess? Um, I mean, you can say that, but you know, we don't really, you know, try to focus on the fans. We just want to, you know, produce on the field. If it's a way game, home game, you know, we just want to go out there and execute. Uh, four-girls, uh, right. Cameron T. Grovins in the athletic. It's highly, if there's a lot to say, when you guys all came back, the results of the overall steep of the line could be, these last two games, we have 12 stacks. And you guys really aren't flushing the time. It's not even the start. The bench guys can yada, the fans come in, which is what's it been like to see this, realize this potential, and get up with the counter-recaptivist last week? Uh, I say we always knew what we had in our room, you know, it's just, now it's just showing up, you know, teams are scheming us different ways. And it's, uh, allowing, you know, certain players and making certain plays. And I think, you know, we got so many guys in the room, you know, we have two that can be ones anywhere, we have three that can be ones anywhere in the country. But they all, you know, decided to stick here and, uh,

14:56you know, grind this thing out with the guys that came in with it. And, like I said, I think we have a great group who, you know, can make plays anytime. When you guys get eight sets in a game, but also, a whole different, I don't know if it's a minus 24 rush yards in a game. What is that like? What does that say about the script with a job you guys did last night? Uh, I think it's a great feeling, you know, looking up at the scoreboard, seeing like a negative, um, definitely. But, you know, it's just like, all the work we put in over the summer, over the season, you know, we've been building this defense to where it is now. And, like I said, when we're executing and we're at a high level, it's hard to, you know, do anything with us. Yeah, I think our whole D-line gets held, you know, every game. I don't know what the refs are seeing or what's going on with that, but you turn on the tape and really look at it. We're held almost every play. So,

15:56is there something that you can, you guys, be better actors, you can be more, uh, uh, dramatic about it? What do you think has to happen for that thing to get called in your favor one time this season? Uh, we can be actors, but, you know, we don't really teach none like that, but I don't know if it's where, because we're at a high level state, you like, you know, letting things go or what it is, but it's been, you know, pretty bad. I know y'all see it too. It's every play, almost every game. We've got you. Uh, having things WBNF, we have a chance to see a glimpse of Coach Dave's pre-game speech, the intensity that you've seen for the last two games in the playoffs, is that different than you've seen throughout the year, and what does that do for this pre-before you go out and feel cool? Um, I want to say it's different. He's been like that his whole year, but it's just now, it's, you know, getting recorded and posted, but definitely when you see your head coach it's fired up like that, like, it's the fire and you, you know, go out there and do better. And, you know, you can't,

16:56thank Coach Dave enough, because, you know, he's our leader over his team, and he's like that, he makes you want to, you know, go out there and do great for him for like the guys around us. Scotty, we're going to go to you with a couple of us. Yes, sir. We're going to start with Andy Anders. Andy, go ahead. Yeah, Aliq. Texas has a, runs a lot of outside zone schemes that you're just, what's important for the thing those kinds of plays all the ground? And I guess just stringing out those kinds of, so to speak. Can you say that again? Yeah. Kind of unmuted again there. Yeah, um, just Texas runs a lot of outside zone in their run game, running schemes. Just what's important for defending that kind of play as a tackle? For a detaquable versus stretch team, um, you always want to talk about penetration, like penetrating the line and not catching, um, because once, you know, you penetrate the stretch,

17:57it basically stops the stretch and makes them, you know, cut back to, you know, unblocked players. So really just attacking this game and not catching. Next question's going to come from Dan Hope. Dan, go ahead. Aliq, you were in a freshman class with Quinn. Now you're playing against him a few years later. Just what's that like for you? Uh, you know, Quinn's my guy. You know, he's a great competitor, great quarterback. I think it'll be fun going against him, you know, trying to get him right around. Next question comes from Kurt Bulls. Kurt, go ahead. Yeah, tell me, I don't know if there's one thing you can pinpoint why y'all've been so dominant. I would think maybe it comes back under the physical brand of football. Do you feel that's going to be the survivor in this game? Who's the more physical team? Uh, I was a I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can sometimes take me out of the moment.

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20:00The Ocean connects us. Visit monorebeacquarium.org slash connects. CalciZone CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend hope your amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on Calci lose money. lose money. lose money. That's Calci in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Definitely the more the most violent team, you know, the team that plays the fastest, executes the most, and you know, exceeds their game plan the most is going to win this game. I found a question will come from Stefan from cleveland.com. Ty Lee, what's kind of your relationship been like with tie Hamilton, especially as the seasons progressed and just how in sync do you feel like you two are

21:01playing on a defensive line together? Me and Ty are, you know, we've been roommates for the past two years. We live in the same apartment complex. We play the game together. It's really like one of my best friends on the team. We talk about a lot of football things. So we're really on the same page with a lot of, you know, plays teams like to run against us. And who could be some stunts we run. We're always, you know, connected in some kind of way. Jerry, back to you. Great, thanks. You got that. Just a couple more questions. Joy Coffin, Columbus Disbat. Ty Lee, what does it say about your defensive line and how pride for you guys when you can get eight sacks, 13 tackles for loss, that having to bring a ton of extra guys and pressure by you for this. What's the short, do a lot of that? I'll say cool to store coach, coach Jay. It teaches a lot of technique and, you know, sometimes it doesn't show up because, you know, team scheme you different ways. But when you have a team one dimensional, like they have to pass the ball, that's when all the, you know, the pass rush technique and stuff comes out. And I think we've gotten Tennessee and Oregon to those situations where they had to pass the ball.

22:06And, you know, just let us rush free instead of worrying about the run. Does that make sense? Are you guys just, what do you know, one on one of those pass rush situations, till I was here, somebody sacks and TFLs? Yeah, I'll say we're definitely winning way more 101s now. And, you know, they're not keeping as many guys in the box to block us, because they have to, you know, they're trying to come back. So I think it's, like I said, it's just cool to sort of offense, you know, creating these big leads and making teams one dimensional. Before I left, David Bigou's been WCME. Tylei, we've talked about how better the team has gotten to getting off to fast starts on those sides of the ball, but there has been some scoring late in the first half. Like it's time to see and against Oregon. Has there been renewed emphasis on controlling the middle eight? And how important will that be against Texas? Definitely, you know, that's one of Coach Day's biggest points, you know, controlling the middle eight. You control the middle eight, you like chances are you winning that game goes, you know, sky rockets. So definitely versus Tennessee and Oregon we give up touchdowns, you know, lay in the, you know,

23:07second half, I mean first half, but we, you know, we just got to keep our full on the gas. We can't let up like at all because these teams we're playing are great teams like Texas is a great team, you know, gray offense, gray offense, a line, gray quarterback, great receivers, great running backs. So you know, we just got to just keep executing like we know we can and you see how it plays out. Okay, final question for Tylei here. Tim May, Letterman Rope. Yeah, Tylei, you know, Aaron Dulley used to talk about everybody's hurting at this time of the year. But when the lights come on and the snap goes, what goes off in a guy like yours mine? I mean, from the standpoint of making the play, I mean, can you explain that to people, don't get to play down in the middle of it all? I would say, you know, like I said, you're right, everybody has hurt around this time, you know, we're in, we're in 15th week, 14th, you know, deep in the season, you know, you just got to, you just got to show up. That's my mind. So you just got to show up, no matter what I'm going through, I got to make that play. I got to be disruptive, you know, just to help my team out because when I'm on my A game, you know, everybody else can, you know,

24:12feed off of me or we can feed off of like, you know, JT Jack, Tylei. But I said, you know, Coach Mica always says like, nobody cares. Like it's true. Nobody really cares if you're a hurry if you're injured. You just got to go out there and play and make plays. Just a little bit. Explain the drive you have personally to get to through this next one into the next one. But I know it's one step at a time, but you know, you came back, etc. Explain people what's going on in your brain about your motivation. I'm a motivation, you know, we all have our wise, you know, while we're doing things, you know, we have family, you know, family here, our team, our brotherhood. But you just got to, he want to do me right for your brothers, you know, on this team, you know, we're, we're trying to win the big thing. We're not just, you know, trying to go win two games and lose, we're trying to win the big thing, you know. As long as we stay motivated, stay, you know, humble, don't like, you know, take the rap poison, you know, things like that and just execute

25:12and just play our hardest, you know, that will be fine. Thank you very much. So that's the house of spring, the big old backs, you've been healthy? Yes, sir, I feel very healthy. Obviously coming off a seasoning and ending injury last year, I feel really good, feeling better than ever, to be honest, even better than I did before the season last year. So it's been a great spring so far. How disappointing was it to get your office at the great start last year? Yeah, I mean, it was, it was a hard time. I mean, it's definitely not easy going through any injury, especially during the season like that, but, you know, it builds character. I think it's good for me in the long time. I also built death at the time of the season. Oh, for sure. Yeah, saw some key pieces coming there and produced at a high level. What do you think, George? George is a stud. Once he gets healthy, he's going to be great. He's working really hard right now and he's going to, he's going to have a great season this year. Personally, how exciting is it for you to be kind of your position

26:16out this year? Yeah, it's super exciting. You know, I got a lot better feel for the offense this year, really good rapport with Hudson and it's been a fun spring so far. So just got to keep keep carrying that on and see where it takes us. Obviously, when you're sideline, you're not playing how important is it to stay like mentally ready and mentally get those reps so that when you come into the spring, you can improve. Definitely. I mean, that's all it is really just mentally envisioning the plays envisioning making the plays and every night, you know, I think about it probably every day. So it was it was a big part of it for sure. For sure. How have you gotten better? I think just understanding the defenses and understanding where the quarterback wants me at a specific time and, you know, building that trust with him is huge and I think I've been doing a pretty good job of that. How does that relationship with you and Hudson developing the year too? Yeah, it's developing great. I mean, we have a great friendship off the field. So, you know, that helps a lot on the field as well. So we have a great connection, you know, both on and off

27:19the field and it only helps. Your brother's coming right? Yeah, yeah. So you'll be here in May. It'll be a lot of fun. It'll be a lot of fun having him up here. What do you need to see on this team on the Saturday? I think just, you know, go out there and play hard, limit the mistakes and at the end of the day it's just being consistent with what we do and playing hard. So that's what I want to see for sure. I feel like everyone's worth a pair for this spring game. Oh, for sure. I think we're way ahead of last year and I'm excited to see where it takes us. Anything on the river or the freshman? Yeah, Drew Biber. Yeah, he's getting healthy now. He's looking great. He looked really healthy today and I'm super excited to play with him. He's a lot of fun to play with. Just how quick is this turnaround? You guys just started practicing a couple of weeks ago and now you have a spring game to get to. It's pretty quick but, you know, I like it. I like it a lot. So it's fun to get out there and play, you know, 11-V-11. Put the ball down and go. I mean, that's the goal.

28:19That's the goal every day. You know, that's what I'm reaching for and whether I get it or not, who knows, but that's what I'm reaching for every day. There'd be a leader like how he is. I mean, he's just unbelievable leader and we all lean on him. He runs his whole team and he knows that. We'll go as far as he goes. Jeremy Birmingham, the podcast. We talked a little bit last week just kind of you being becoming one of the emotional leaders of the team. As you've ever walking off the field at half time on Wednesday, I have to be down prepared by the locker room. I was the only person taking photos of you guys down there, which is weird. But everyone looks super bad. We were up 34 and 8 and it looked like you got to down by 26 points. Did you feel something different about the focus at that point in this team or is it just a bit of modernism? What's going on right now? It seemed different. I just think the job wasn't done.

29:19We were here nothing to be excited about at the moment. You know, we were excited during the game. We were making a plays, but at that time, at half time, you go back to zero, zero. They scored. They scored a thing in a half. We knew they got the ball back. The defense wasn't quite happy that they gave that touchdown to end and we knew they get in the ball back coming out, but we was excited because we knew the job wasn't done yet. Bill Rebellion's Columbus Dispatch. You were a five-star guy and that coming up. All these guys in the room almost were five-star guys. And then there's Jeremiah. Is he like all you guys in the room? I mean, I'm not sure. It's probably something you got to ask him, but you know, Jeremiah has played with a lot of great guys throughout his career. He's seen all the talent you can see in the world. But I don't know if he's ever in all, but I mean, oh, yeah. I mean, I'm not surprised at anything he does now. Like I've seen him. We were nine years old. So anything he does, anyone hand-kidged,

30:22I've seen, I'm not surprised with anything he does. When he was nine, did you know this is not a, this is something special we've been met at nine? Oh, yeah. I mean, coaches were coming up to us complaining that we weren't nine years old. Like, can we get their IDs and stuff like that? So I mean, I mean, there's definitely some footage that we got to go find, but the plays we used to make when we were younger and just to see where he is now is amazing. And it seems very unaffected by all of the starter. How does that happen? I think how he was raised. He's very level-headed. He knows his goals and what he wants to get done in life. And this is just one step of the way for him. Can I throw a back to Texas for a couple of questions on Zoom, Scotty? Yes, sir. We're going to start with Defon from Cleaning.com. Go ahead. Brandon, I want to go back to what you were talking about with Coach Day earlier. You know, whenever he talks about this team's success, he says,

31:22all the credit goes through players. It seems like the players think that he deserves some of the credit. How big, how influential has he been during the turnaround you guys have had these last few weeks? He's been a huge man. Coming here after that team of North Walsh, you know, it was heartbreaking, of course. But we came in here. We had a leadership meeting. He was in here. I mean, and then we had a team meeting after that. Hearing the stuff he had to say, and we had to say, going back and forth, we just, we knew we would have his back no matter what. I mean, there's a lot of stuff set about him and his family and stuff like that. But here we're brotherhood and we're family and we just, we go stand by him no matter what. Our next question is going to come from Dan. Hope Dan go ahead. Brandon, I mean, I'm sure you came in here to Ohio State thinking you'd probably be starting here in your second year, but it seems like you really embraced the growth process. Just what's kind of that process been like for you of kind of embracing your role this season and continuing to develop? Yeah. In life, things doesn't

32:26go the way you exactly planted too. And that just did happen. You know, things happened to Mecca last year that allowed him to come back and that allowed me to learn more. And that's just how it makes me a better football player for the future. So yeah, I mean, yeah, let's see. Three more on Zoom. Next one's going to come from Stefan Means. Go ahead. Stephen, but that's dark. Yeah, you're good. But Brandon, there are a lot of clips of you this year where you're super, super excited after a block and kind of showing your emotion there. What about blocking do you love so much as a receiver? Just being able to hit another guy with all my power, the hardest I can without any, get any consequences. Except if you hold, of course, but yeah, just bringing that power. I mean, I heard some of the defensive guys

33:28telling me yesterday they were like, bro, I hate to go against you. So knowing that from the defensive guys, so I know what the other defensive guys are thinking like, just keep bringing it to them. They're not going to like it before quarters. That's my mindset. Next question is going to come from Danny Davis. Danny, go ahead. Brandon, what are your impressions of these Texas defensive backs and this kind of we've seen from them on film, so far? Yeah, the last couple of days we watched them. They're fast team. They don't give up many big plays down field. They're aggressive, but I actually know some of the DBs they have at corner there. I play with them. Well, I played with Mollie Muhammad at SFE, so I might know him a little bit. But watching them, they're fast team, they're physical, they're disciplined, but we just got to get the job done. Give any Malik stories or any, any, what do you say? Give any Malik stories or anything you remember about playing with them?

34:33Oh, yeah, but I'm not going to say them here. Yeah, we'll just keep that. Our final question is going to come from Kurt Boles. Kurt, go ahead. Hey, Brandon. One of the issues Texas has had the second half of the year is finishing. What if you can speak to, and they had a trouble, obviously, in the Peach Bowl, you know, blew a 16-point leak? Can you talk about finishing and having a killer instinct, and you guys obviously seem to have that now? Yeah, I think this started in offseason training. At Fall Camp, we always say go plus two. If you're doing a 10-yard pro-shuttle, you have to go plus two throughout the line, and that's just finishing it was well. And then Fall Camp, we had these long two-and-a-half hour practices or whatnot, and then we came out, and we had to do these finishers. We called them Asperg Games late in the year like this, and we, I think Coach Day did a great job preparing all of us for these moments, and yeah, we just were ready to go.

35:39We have time for just a couple more questions in Columbus so we can wrap up with our other two guys, Bill Landis, Kings of the North. Brandon, Shreveon's second touchdown run. It seemed like you took two players out of the play, first with your release, and then with the guy you actually blocked. Is that how it's designed, or is it just lucky to get the guy to start off the takeoff inside of the release? It's actually designed for me to block the safety and lead the corner 101 with the running back, but I was surprised at the corner. I actually came in so far in my release. I think he thought it was a pass, but I think he was the edge of the defense. If you go watch that play, but I don't know why he came in so far, but it helped out for us, and I made my block interior off score. Is there any lesson there for like, and even a young receiver watching that, that even if you know in the play, you're not getting the ball, you're intended to block, but you release has to be at all point as if you're going to go pitch pass. Yeah, definitely. Every little detail matters, and then type of plays. We were in a red zone there, so we say every yard matters,

36:42it's two yards. So the block I made is just a testament to Kyle, Coach Hardline, prep me throughout the week to make that block. And final question, Joy Compton, Columbus, this batch. Brandon, Will, and there's been some of the ball to eat well lately, and some of, especially the way you guys have opened games, what do you think is just quick for you guys and for him and watching those plays? A lot more confidence. I say throughout the year, we were always there as offense. We had, we didn't know, we didn't quite know our identity, and now slowly, but surely, I think we found that, and we're going to keep on rolling, and he's made some great throws. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RisenKismabRizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when

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38:50Find your connection at monoraybeacquarium.org slash connects. Calci's own CEO says it himself. Any of the two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, their dedicated, their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. Any of the two thirds of people on Calci lose money. lose money. lose money. That's Calci in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. The number of plays you play in game can differ from one week to the next. But the opportunity is coming sooner rather than later for you to be in every down player. Just what are the things you need to do in your game to take it from where it is now to be in every down guy?

39:51I think there's a lot of things I could work on in my game. I would say continuing to be football smart, my IQ, just knowing what the defense is going to do before they do it. My routes always can get better. My hands always can get better staying in the jug machine. Work ethic, keep on top of it. Don't get satisfied with anything I do. Don't get too big, don't get too low. Don't get too high. Don't get too low is what they say. You feel like a guy that the people follow, it seems like. In your mind, even the second you're guy that you're working toward being a leadership type guy. I got to have guys that will take that role. Yeah, it's a great feeling, of course. No guys are watching what you do and listening to what you do. But we do that with a lot of players here and not just myself, but the leadership we have on this team is like no other. That's why we got so far, I think.

41:02I'm just going to learn right now. I mean, I guess you just got to learn everything slowly. Of course, there's a lot to learn. But I got a lot of hope. You guys had a very unique experience like the early and early, you got a chance to go to, you know, semi-final. Some of you went to the Rose Bowl, there's nothing caught in a little national championship game. What was that like? How much did you think that helped you? That was the title. We just see how other leaders led in that position and just seeing what they did and how they prepared. That's not helping out with everybody. What was the highlight of that time? Other than winning the national championship itself, was there something that stands out to you? Just being able to travel and get to meet up everybody, meet all the players, everybody I wanted to add and meet all the early and earlys that led. It's been a difficult part of making the transition from Liza to the World Cup. What has been the most difficult part? I was really just living on my own, Garbage and Fed. That's pretty much it, though. And when you feel comfortable with that, are you still working?

42:04You're trying to get out, trying to get to the South as well as college? I mean, of course, there's a adjustment, but I'm getting the adjustment. How long do you think you're going to be able to get to the South as well? I guess your money is 100%. Could you have a shirt here or anything else? Just hard to hold with this one here. I mean, of course, it's hard to miss my senior year. Last year kind of was in my best friend's place. What did you do to you? I think you did my hand right? It was an interview, really. Yeah. Sorry, this is not sorry, but how did you get your... When you were in your college? Oh, really? Because I was a baby in my back. I got my mom's diploma. You were like, I was like, I was... Like, once I was born. Like, once I was born forever. Why did you invite a day pick that? My dad looked up to me and I'm a junior, so I'm just working again.

43:04Here, I think you said you're for the same thing as the heart, right? Yeah. Okay, so you could wear eight, too. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You got two choices. It's a desire that can be addicted for people. You know, I think I fell into that, no way younger age, but super class, that's not who I am. Did you say it again? I watched the lab last time I started a landman. On the planet, I downloaded it, it's a great show. What'd you think of that? I don't know that. His wife seems to be a little playful. I don't know how he handles it. It's a ticker show, or I'm not like... If he ever seems to be coming on the film, I'm gonna have to go, all right. I'm excited to see how it goes. What did you like about Jared Jones? Oh, I thought he'd been a good child. I was surprised, honestly.

44:05He seemed like he knew what he was doing. He was like, oh, this food's here. So, do you support your question? You say you hit your mom in salary, because you just win it all, because mom will get a pay raise, or... I don't know what to talk about that. Just sure, have a meeting or something. Pick a few. I'll figure it out. I'll talk to everybody. Everybody's talking about it. I'm gonna talk to you about it. People are talking about it. People are talking about it. People are talking about it. I don't much like what you're talking about. I'm not talking about it. I'm gonna get over it with that. I'm just talking about me and you. And I know the people. That's my fine, fine, fine, fine, fine. Yeah, well, I mean, first off, I think I'd be doing this service to my teammates. But, you know, me even think about what's next. This goes on. What's right in front of us is an overlaid. And that's another thing I gotta tell me. So much, Rue is just being present in every single moment that I'm in. You know, not looking too far ahead, because I'm tripping on what's right in front of me.

45:06Again, that's too soft. We should have thanked you for being thinking about what's next. Rue, are you at least aware that there's a lot of speculation out there that people are gonna throw a huge number to do to go and report all of this season? I mean, right now I'm just not worried about all that stuff. I mean, people can say all they want to say, but, you know, I'm just focused on, focus on Friday. But you're not excited about it. I mean, I still get nervous for sure, but I just don't think. I think I do a good job of just understanding that that moment, whatever moment it is that I'm nervous about, it doesn't define who I am as a person, and it doesn't define who I am and God's eyes. And understanding and knowing that has just kind of put this force field of peace around me that I think it allows me to be able to be calm in certain situations, but it doesn't,

46:07but I still get nervous. What makes you nervous? I mean, I just love the game so much. And if you don't get nervous or a little bit of worry about this, I don't think you have that same love. I mean, I've got butterflies since, you know, going into football games since, oh, it's, you know, five, six years old, so I don't know if that's the only thing that's been this cool, you know, or if that didn't, I don't know. You know, football just doesn't mean as much as it did to me back there. I want it to always be that much. That didn't really work. That's what I was thinking. I've been told, but I think so. Who's gonna rush you over how to stay calm? It's gonna be a hard stay, guys. I'm really playing as much, so I just wanted to get like, more experience under my belt, so I can bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot of good. One of those younger guys, we're seeing it out here. It's the first time it's hurt all of those last years. What have you seen from Will? Because I kind of felt like, last year, we all forgot about him

47:07because he was hurt. Now he's running, you know, almost a second man out behind you and Ty. What have you seen him doing? Will's a workhorse. He, he goes, stay quiet. He's going to work hard. And that's all I love about him. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's just going to get a job done, do a job right. He rarely has any mistakes. So what, what would be a successful season? A national championship? I ring when all the games we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't be beat. And we just got to go show it. That mindset different. It seems like you guys expect a national championship every year. This year even more so. You guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided like an opposite lot. Is that, is it, is it, is it? You can feel the difference or is there's not really any difference? It's just the same work. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run. Like we, most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go, go bigger, go home then. We're not trying to go home. Finish big. We know what you guys think of Michigan.

48:07But when you look at what they did, they won the national championship. And you guys took them down to the final minute, right? You know what I mean? I mean, you, you were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have been one that came against them. Does that tell you anything about like that? Hey, you guys want to win a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying, we just like work harder. That's, that's kind of coach makes a saying, you know, nobody cares. Just work harder. Like those, you know, we'll play Georgia. The same thing. Yeah. Last, last play. You know, they went on the win in 90. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course, as you know, it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to, you know, come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn.

49:08I thought I was working hard, but then you always find out there's a little more you could have been doing? Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. And I thought freshman year I was working as hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all. Compared to what I'm doing now, so just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 60, then the answer to what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny, but I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder in shape. The idea of the potential is 60, 70, 70. I think I think I definitely can lie. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys that come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps again. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody's like, oh, line, D line.

50:10We got to get those younger guys to play, you know, get that pieces on the D line and the O line and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of life, I'm not sure if you like playing that movie, snap to hand. I don't know if any of us were really expected to play that movie. Uh, yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like a line. Uh, I thought like there are no moments you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame, too, or North, those kind of games. Of course, I want to be because I know I can contribute and I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job. What stands out about Kaden McDonald is he got a key. You guys in a second. Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac's animal. You haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows it all the time. He's just, he's just, he's growing right now. He has to work ethic. He just has to get, you know, in the playbook and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to 6th or you're 327. Yeah, I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player.

51:12He's just got to develop more and get into playbook. So really a lot on you older guys. There's that large group of young guys and then there's the senior in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys along as well? Yeah, definitely. We got to be leaders. Like I said, we got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right, burn all season. So they can play it. And I just played and want to like contribute, like make plays tackle six. It's a state that I work this fresh. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the first-man class is a clear and ripator. Do those guys kind of, it doesn't kind of allow you in the cell? Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I haven't really seen much of some of the day too. I'm not a bad one, but throughout the workouts, they've been working hard, you know, they're determined. I'd say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with me. How important is those? It feels like there's a lot of great defense that you have big athletic defense attacks

52:13who can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? Because that's inquiring, maybe, for great defense. To have guys like you that have some balls, but also a great team. I think that is definitely. I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners, like, Team of North, they didn't know they got two good, uh, detacled, two athletic detacles. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacles. So, I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, they won't defied by the defense attack. It's like, what's Georgia, Jordan Davis and Jaylen Carter? What's Michigan? It's Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions. I think you understand this because you play it, but I feel like some time, I don't know, are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to? I think so. I think they're starting to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacles. Yeah. Like, in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving four to four seven eights and things like that.

53:15So we'll see. And when you think about this freakish athletic defense attack, how do you think you fit into that whole of that kind of player? We watched that and said, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch it come on. I watch it do the drills. I have tape here, you're like, you're looking like my film. So I think I'm up there with all those times. Do you become like an artist who comes into bad young passes? I think your legs have your legs. When you're going to spring practice, you're not doing as much a weapon on the line. I don't remember how much you have a glass trip. I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that, but I think they're counting. I think they're counting some of them. And some of them were like, just listed. So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's, uh, goes big. And, uh, what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter of that is,

54:15anyway, you can. It's just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing covering his eye, you know, he might throw it a little bit to the left or our player. So, so it's something that you really, really have to work on. That's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. So, you're tired here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that passes. We don't have to ask this. We kind of kind of expect it. I think I just have like a, like, uh, eye for the ball kind of. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like, load up. I just try to get in his ways. And sometimes he throws it to me. Oh, no. I hear it. If you like to be a high state quarterback, you can get back down passes. I mean, they get frustrated by, you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. Yeah. I should lot of, a lot of different backs, man, they just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs. You got to go right now. One, two, three. Uh, I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you, I'll give you one.

55:15I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey auto. He was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all decision. Playing with Will Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard man. He just such a great lead, such a great leader, man. Like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man, he was just always calm and relaxed, man. And he just the leader that he was, man, that's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's, he's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James people's man, he's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man, he's mature. And so man, he's growing, you know, just as a person.

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57:18Some marvel at the colorful world below the surface. The ocean feeds us. Others find nourishment in its bounty. The ocean teaches us. How our everyday choices impact even the deepest places. The ocean moves us. Whether we're riding a wave or soaking in its breathtaking beauty. The ocean connects us. Find your connection at monoraybeacquarium.org slash connects. Calci's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on Calci lose money. lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Then as a player and so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State.

58:19You know, that running back room is in great hands. And you know, I'm trying to find out who he is. He's fighting for the best of his career. And it's true to keep that open. Yeah, coach, coach Hartlion, man, he's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well. You know, I'm just learning from him as well. You know, I'm trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from coach Hartlion. And so he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so I think that'll do really good. What's your intensity? Just intensity, man. And since he had the playoffs, every game, man, is like the intensity got higher and higher. And so being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game, and the intensity keeps getting higher and higher. And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it. You know, each and every day and come in and work just like Ohio State. You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process,

59:21I'll talk to a lot of players before then. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them. You know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know I took a couple of days off after the national championship. And then shoot right after that. I'm writing sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained that Yo-Murth performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in. And the way they went about training us, man, they did a really good job. The Bucking Nears. No, I haven't. Temple, Temple Knights. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40 to broad and avert. I'm trying to convince the ball raises an awesome locker. At least, be pure mentality of like when you've got a linebacker.

1:00:21So, the gap is bigger than you and you're getting ready to score a ball. Yeah. Yeah. No, man. It's really all about technique. And then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receiver. It's who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's like, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit. You know, and so, I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that, but I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man, making sure the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the front of the field later today. What is something you've been working on right now? In my game, you can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on, you got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe.

1:01:22It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. So, you know what I did? Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So, people trained, you look like, I'm going to bar out there. You look like a person that you met with a little bit more. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camarit. Sure, yeah, man, I have a Camarit. Great, great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie, he's smooth. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage, you're getting on that linebacker. And so. Yeah, I say to man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man.

1:02:37And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard, you know, even shoot. I don't know, every good, I think he had a, every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely man. He's going to be a special player, man. He really is. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. Is this, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't, it's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so, being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments, where it's tough, you know, where it's low.

1:03:43And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort. You know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so... How are you going to be able to take a break from being around power? Man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. Am I just really loved their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quenchon mentality, man. That boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted, you know. You see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, that running through somebody, still farming somebody, and shoot, it's a game to 10.

1:04:45And so... You some of the things that he does, he just realizes two different things actually. Yeah. Shoot, I think... Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, too, beyond it. He's just gifted, you know, he's a big back, you know, he's strong, and so, you know, he's able to do those things. Yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game, and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quenchon. You know, I want to look at his game, and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What are your options for the three of us? Jule and San. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate, and so, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, continuing to grow as a leader, continuing to grow as a player. And so he's going to be really good for high state. He's, I know just the quarterback position. I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to ask them, Jule and San as well.

1:05:48It's to be that vocal leader and lead the, and lead the offense and lead the team. Thanks, Jule. Shoot, man, he has, he has a build like JK Dobbins. And I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. I feel like he's not talked about his none. A lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is great. I remember before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And I feel like, you know, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so, appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going.

1:06:55Yeah. Yeah.

1:07:55Yeah. Yeah. Well, I got coming in last year, I knew it was all just attack every day, really the same way. It's taking advantage, very rough physically, very different. Are you weight wise, body wise on that? I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240, I'm like 244 right now.

1:08:56Last year, I played at like 236, 237. What does it feel like at 244 or a value? It feels like almost a different machine out there. Yeah. What does it feel like to be running around out there like you are, but with more, more back? I just feel like I'm like, like, like more downhill, like stronger, like I'm taking all blocks better. It's bigger. Is it daunting? Maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year. And you played quite a bit last year and stuff. What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? Just got to get ready to just play 30 more snaps. But are you, how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an 8-stand point? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. It's not really two different teams compared to the last time, got laid and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for where an opener that magnitude?

1:09:58Yeah, about an opener, like that. We've been emphasizing it a lot. We know that we got coming so we know we got to do what we prepared for it. I already did what is all right today. I think Raleigh was ready to play right now. He advanced freshman, he in the book. He stood in like he advanced. And his measuring was crazy. was crazy like he saw like the side line to it. Or like you said you're ready. You know you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready for whatever the team needed for you? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was. Just whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there. A different is that feeling this year than last year? That's the most professional thing. Oh, ask the one more time. How different is that responsibility?

1:10:59That's 50. That is the most important thing all that. If it was last year, you knew you were a homemaker. Oh, I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was attention to everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. Is somebody who's some reason that you see me as a child? And what word? How's anybody worth your watch? Uh, I say, scrawling. Now I say, when you think of me, you would think of like a bullet, like a silver bullet. I don't really a bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play and think. What you're like, what on my body? No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but. So I'm saying that the nickname to be, that's what I'm saying. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You want to be my body? Yeah, that's like, what was it? I've got a more professional, more professional style, and how it's free.

1:12:00I mean, how does that fit you? And what are you enjoying about bullying in that kind of style? Um, think of fit me because I just like the defense. I feel like we got, like you said, we got a lot of freedom and we're moving around a lot. A lot of the terms is like, no, I don't know. I don't really know how to answer that. That's OK. You could go on your instincts a little bit more, maybe. And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like, I just like it's deep. I like how deep it is. I like what you got going on. What was it, sad when CJ left the room? Uh, now I wanted to much sad. That was kind of like happy fun. Yeah, that's what you want. No, no. No. All right. That's my dog. I'll say it kind of missing a little bit, but I'm happy fun. Well, don't thank you. Go ahead. One last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that

1:13:01wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own. How much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and I want to some of your classmates? Yeah, I do feel like, um, yeah, I do feel like I did win the national championship, but like you said, my role wasn't same as how it's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to go get another one experienced that like feeling maybe on the field, a lot more place. I said, great. Well, thank you very much. I've been using you, you know, in that almost that safety role of stuff. How much is it grown that you can put your finger on? Yeah, I was growing immensely. I mean, Caleb, he makes a lot of checks late. He makes a lot of checks. I listen to them, whatever they need. If I need to cover somebody, I'll go cover anybody that they need me to do run support. I'll do run support. And it's really what Caleb does. What we do and Nathan, it just goes back to the coach G's preparation and everyone's preparation to give us more flexibility and doesn't matter who's in those positions. And we can all play every position whether it's covering

1:14:02somebody or running and tackling. Did you feel like that was the case before the Oregon game? You're saying what I'm saying? I mean, is that something's been added to just, you know, rely on a little bit more. Go ahead. Yeah, it did. I've probably been a brassica game, me getting more safety reps. And we had a five week to prepare. So I really learned to play book a lot more. Even though I knew the playbook, I learned a lot more amount like in debt, you know, so really just after the Oregon game, it helped me a lot to go back to safety, go to Neku everywhere. Do you guys have a lot of issues of giving up big plays in a passing game of the first game against Oregon? What do you feel if you guys need to be better at this time around to make sure that doesn't happen? Just the same same mindset. We got to challenge these receivers. You know, every dog has their day. Maybe some people didn't have their day that game. But we'll look out there and hopefully change the narrative. And we still play with the same confidence, same technique.

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1:17:07Bill Rebellitz, Columbus, this batch. And Denzel obviously had a tough game. And that one. What have you seen from him and how he's responded? Do you get a sense of from him? How he's for this rematch? Oh, yeah. He's super stoked for this rematch. His preparation has been very good. He's always been preparing. Even though it didn't go the way he wanted to go that game. But he just always had his confidence. And we're going to see a big game out of him this week. And I know you guys wanted to play them in anapolis. But the fact that you get to play them at the Rose Bowl, get a second chance. And people have said, you don't get that very often. How determined are you guys to take advantage of it? We're super, super determined. We watched film. I mean, we've lost a lot of film. The first time we played them, now we've got another six games that they played up film to watch. They've grown a lot as a team. Same as us. We've grown a lot. We're not the same team. We were when we played them week one or weeks six or whatever. But now we're out there and going to play fast,

1:18:07physical, and everything like that. All right, Jordan, we're going to jump to the Zoom question here from Joey Kaufman. Columbus Dispatch. Oh, my bad. Not too Joey. Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic. Hey, Jordan, you've moved around a lot in the second day in your career, and now kind of getting some many more safety reps. What is it like at this point when Walt or Coach Mills comes to you and asks you to do some else? And just how much can you lean on the experiences you've had and moving around when you're trying to learn something new in the middle of the season? It means a lot. We always talk about what this is even being on the surface, whether that's making plays or not making plays or doing your job. So another person can make plays. That's kind of what we pride ourselves on. And it's just fun. Me moving around different positions. I'm always up for a new challenge. And a lot of people in the country can't do that. Just hold myself to that standard where I can play any position and excel at it.

1:19:09OK. And anybody else needs a question? Let me know. But otherwise, we're going to go to Austin more of the podcast. Jordan, when you were talking about watching film, Oregon, which one do you think is more valuable to you watching that against yourself? Seven games ago, even if you've changed. Or the ensuing six games for Oregon, which one do you put more stock in? Kind of both. For me, I kind of watch what I did, things I did well, things I didn't do too well against them. And their team is changing. That life of scheme has changed. Some players have been out those stretch of games. So I really watched the past game we played. And I know they're going to go back to some of the stuff that they liked, of course. And different games like Penn State, maybe Illinois, they run a lot of men. So just watching stuff like that, every game matters. So yeah. Jordan, thank you very much. Thank you. Really playing as much. So I just wanted to get more experience under my belt. So I can bring younger guys with me because I've been doing

1:20:10a lot of good. One of those younger guys, we're seeing it out here. It's the first time I've scored all of your last years. What have you seen from well? Because I kind of felt like last year, we all forgot about it because he was hurt. Now he's running almost a second man out behind you and Ty. What have you seen from that? Well, as a workhorse, he goes, stay quiet. He goes work hard. And that's what I love about him. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's going to get a job done, do a job right. Rarely has any mistakes. So what would be a successful season? A national championship? A ring. When all the games we don't want to lose anything, we got a mindset that we can't be beat. And we just got to go show it. It's like, is that mindset different? It seems like you guys expect the national championship every year, this year even more so. You guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided that that was an off. Does that just keep feeling different? Or is there not really any difference? It's just the same. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run.

1:21:10Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go bigger, go home, and we're not trying to go home. Finish big. We know what you guys think of Michigan. But when you look at what they did, they won the national championship. And you guys took them down to the final minute. Right? You know what I mean? I mean, you were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that, hey, you guys want to win a national championship? But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying, we just work harder. That's kind of coach makes a saying, you know, nobody cares. Just work harder. Like those, you know, one plate Georgia is the same thing. Last play, you know, they went on the win in 90. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course, as you know, it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it.

1:22:11You just got to come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought that was working hard. And you always find out there's a little more than you could have been doing. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought, fresh me, I was working as hard as I could. But now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16, then what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny. But I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder. Get the shape. So that's the stem. Do you have the idea of the potential to stick to the 17th and 17th? Do you have any idea? I have about that idea. There's a making nervous about can you last that long? Really? You're worried. What is it? I think I can pull that out.

1:23:11I think I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps a game. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody's like, oh, line, D line. We got to get those younger guys to play and, you know, get that pieces on the D line and the O line and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of that, we're playing in the snap. If you like playing that new snap to me last year, could I? I don't know if any of us were really expected to play that next time. Yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like a lot. I thought like there are no moments you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame, too, or those kind of games. Of course I want to be because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Kaden McDonald? Is he got a team of you guys in the second year? Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows it all the time. He's just, he's growing right now. He has a work ethic. He just has to get, you know, in the playbook, things like that.

1:24:13You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to 6th or your 327, he's 326. Yeah, he's a very honest guy. I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's got to develop more and get into playbook. So really a lot on you older guys. There's that large group of young guys and then they've seen you in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys along as well? Yeah, definitely. We've got to be leaders. Like I said, we've got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work. And we've got to get them right during the all season. So they can play. And not just play, they want to contribute, like, make plays, tackle with sex. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the first-minute classes is going to be bigger or bigger. Do those guys kind of, those are going to kind of while you want to solve the first? Yeah, they definitely need some big dudes. And they all work hard. I haven't really seen much of something they do when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined. I have to say that.

1:25:13And it looks like they're ready to work with me. How important is those? It feels like there's a lot of great defenses that you have big athletic defensive tactics you can eat up space, ball, move, you know, right? That is that. Is that an inquire that maybe for a great defense to have guys like you that have some balls, but also a great feeling? I think that is definitely. I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners, like Team of North, they got two good, two athletic detacles. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacles. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on a big run and beat those big teams. If you think about that, they're going to be defined by the defense attack. It's like, what's Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter? What's Michigan? Chris Jenkins. Tell me more questions. Do you mind if you think how, I mean, you understand it because you play it, but I feel like some time I don't know. Are people realizing how important defense tackles are?

1:26:14A little bit more than they used to? I think so. I think they're starting to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacles. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving four to four seven eights and things like that. So we'll see. And when you think about those freakish athletic defense attacks, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? Will you watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, I watch the comment. I watch the dude to do the drills. I have tape here. You're like, you're looking like my film. So I think I'm up there with all this. Tyler, can you become like a artist who comes to the bad guy's. The way he's kind of your thing. You're going to do it a bunch of 11 or 11. Do you have like a gold one? I don't remember how many I've lied to you. Like you have a gold one. I'm 35. How many do you want to have? I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that. But I think he said it. I think it counts some of them.

1:27:16And some of them were like just missed it. So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's goes big. And what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter. I think it's any way you can. It's just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing you cover it is I, you know, he might throw it a little bit to the left to our players. So, so it's something that you really, really have to work on. It's really, that's one of the things that you can maybe work on the most. You can do your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that passed me. We don't have that. We don't have that. It's a style. We kind of kind of expected for the next one. I think I just have like a like a eye for the ball comment. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like load up. I just try to get in his way and sometimes he just throws it to me. I don't know. I'm irritated if you want to be a high state quarterback. You're a bad dumb pass. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. Yeah. I should lot of, a lot of different backs, man. They just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs.

1:28:18You got to go right now. Oh, I don't really have a top three, but I'll get it. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you, I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Although he was injured this year, I like McCaffrey. I appreciate it. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all decision. What do you know about the number of goals? Playing well with Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man, he was just always calm and relaxed, man. He just the leader that he was, man, that's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's, he's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well.

1:29:19They're going to be really good backs. So James people's, man, he's smart the way that he goes about his business, man, he's mature. And so man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so man, yeah, definitely Ohio State, you know, that running back room is in great hands. Yeah. Coach, Coach Hartlum, man, he's full of energy, man. He's creative as well, you know, I'm just learning from him as well, you know, I'm trying to run more outside the backfield was being able to learn from Coach Hartlum. And so he's definitely creative at what he does and he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so I think that would do really good. Just intensity, man, then, since he got the playoffs, every game, man, it's like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing, even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and intensity, it keeps getting higher and higher.

1:30:21And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come in and work just like Ohio State. You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State, they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before then and they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship and then shoot right after that, I'm writing sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained at YoMurf Performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man, they're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man, they did a really good job. I mean, that would be cool, you knew it? The bucking nearest, no, I haven't. We think it's City Tampa. Tampa, Tampa, nice. This is nice, it's a nice city, man.

1:31:22Really nice. It's a 40 to broad and avert. You've been on the races and awesome walkers. Do you speak to your mentality of like when you've got a linebacker or something that japs, bigger than you and you're getting ready to score a lot of them? Yeah. Yeah, no, man. It's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's like, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit. I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that. But I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man, making sure that the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now when you need to?

1:32:23In my game, you can't really work on this. You know, in all season, I feel like it's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. So, you know what I was saying? Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So, people, you look like now, let's go out there and get back to the first thing. I think that would be more. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camera shoe. Yeah, man, I have a Camera great, great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. He's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield.

1:33:29You know, a man and man coverage. You're getting on that linebacker. And so. Yeah, I say the man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man, and the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard, you know, even shoot him. I don't know. Every good. Every game was a good game for him, man. But still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day, he's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely man. He's going to be a special player, man. He really is. I think he's a match that's in here. He's going to be a match that's in here. He's going to be a match that's in here. He's going to be back on it. What do you think? What do you think? Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity.

1:34:29And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. It's just not something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, you know, his moments where it's tough, you know, where it's slow. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about. And he gives you that peace and comfort, you know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so... You know, the back of the firm, Peterson Power and Judgment, is through our back of the firm. Which aspect can be to those other individuals like you, right? From being around power to hands?

1:35:29Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. I just really love their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham mentality, man, um, that boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted. You know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, the running through somebody, still forming somebody and shoot, it's a game to 10. And so... It's like, do some of the things that he does, he just realizes two different guys. Yeah. Um, shoot, I think... Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, to be honest. He's just gifted, you know, he's a big back, you know, he's strong. And so, you know, he's able to do it. He's able to do those things. And so, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quincham, you know, I want to look at his game and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last, uh, Julian Sand?

1:36:31Julian Sand. Oh yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate. And so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. You know, um, container grow as a leader, container grow as a player. And so, he's going to be really good for high state. I know just the quarterback position. I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so, I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to ask Julian Sand as well. It's to be that vocal leader and lead the, um, and lead the offense and lead the team. Man, he has, he has a build like JK Dobbins. And, um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. Um, I feel like he's not talked about his, no, um, a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is, is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five times.

1:37:35And so, man, he was such a great back. Um, I feel like, you know, um, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so, appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going. This. Yeah.

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1:39:47I know. I know. I'm just. I'm really the same way. It's been a very rough. Physically, how different are you? Weight wise, body wise, all that? Oh, I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240, you know, like 244 right now. Last year, I played it like 236 to 37. What does it feel like in 244? I feel like almost a different machine out there. Yeah. Yeah. What does it feel like being run around out there? Like, I don't know. I feel like, yeah. I'm a little more, like I'm, like, I'm a little more, like, like, I'm a little more more, like, like, I'm a little more, like, like, I'm a little more, like, like, I'm a little more faster here options. Well, I'm not that wonderfully broken, you like to. You notice I'm dressed back often right now. Hopefully I'll be genommen... of course. Yeah. It's for patients. The pain. Yeah. It's going to be a thing. You know, maybe you're pushing while it's justカンタ and your choice, this one that is more for them as well. I mean, if for example, we did keep our focus going, you know, it's teams that you were worth your hard, in a playing way, p 이런semppo and other. Here at my school stadium, but, look at that. There was a new greet to the Cavals long. Right now we were like, I'm quite school, but I know that I got a new What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? This is gotta get ready to just play there any more snaps. So

1:40:49Are you are you how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an eight-stand point? I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. I'm ready for it. I'm ready for it. The text is open. It's a rematch and so to speak, but it's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the work and open or have that magnitude? Yeah, we're the opener like that. We've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming so we know we got to do what we're preparing for. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshman like he in the he in the book. He stood in like he advanced and his measurements crazy like he saw like the saw line to him. I said you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself? Becoming more and more ready Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was just whenever I was needed I had to step up so I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year.

1:41:51When you say ready is it more A physical thing is it a mental thing when I say ready? I think it's pretty much like everything physically mentally mostly. I think I'm there. Oh, I still want to talk. How different is that responsibility? I could be ready to say more. I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year, but I kind of go about it the same way like last year. I was intentional with everything I did. I feel like this year it's going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. Somebody you some reason. One word. How's anybody where do you want? I say. Scrab my gun. I say like when you think of me, you think of like a like a bullet like a silver bullet. I don't really a bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play a thing.

1:42:57I think it's a big thing. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but I'm saying that the big thing. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I just like the defense. I feel like we got like you said we got a lot of freedom and we're moving around a lot. A lot of the terms is like, no, I don't know. I don't really not answer that. That's okay. Does it? You can go on your instincts a little bit more, baby? And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like I just like it's things I like. I like what you got going on. Now I wanted to my sad. I was kind of like happy for you. No, miss me. No, no.

1:43:57No, that's my dog. I'm going to say yeah, kind of missing a little bit. I'm happy for you. Go ahead one last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own. How much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and along the summer year. Yeah, I do feel like. Yeah, I do feel like I did win a nadi last year, but like you said, my role wasn't same as how's going to be this year. I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that like feeling with me beyond the field. A lot more place. Great. Well, Bill, thank you very much. I mean, I feel like I feed and I just see you use it. I'm still sometimes like basketball. I want to be on that just like the fed, but you know, I got to stay in the stage waiting some boss. Exactly. Yeah, that's a great question.

1:44:58I feel like these two can answer that for the beer. I know I think KJ here. I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? I don't know. I go into every day. This man is strong. I'm talking about like you have the basketball field. You can just do a thing. He's kind of really fast. Just the whole way I shake his hand. He doesn't give up on the playing. He's going to go in there and watch the film. He's doing everything with the better man. He's seeing a hundred feet of my foot. Come like this one. Now that's not considered a good one at the game. You know, if you just follow us around all the time. He's not like a coach, man. He's not like a coach. Chip Kelly's in full exchange. You are mine. About maybe like the idea of tack over his guard. Obviously his offensive predeliction was for like the offensive blind play. That's what you think the part of you settled in the guard?

1:45:58I want to say maybe. I don't know. But when I'm pretty sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo. I've been playing basketball all my life in a set of football and I feel like just the fast pace often so we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football in 65 yards. I think it's a good football. 75 yards in Blake register. Probably question. Lincoln, where's your question? How is your roommate at the beauty? He's a blessing, man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. Teen Hoes. Who's cleaner? I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of pick each other as roommates. That's true, though. That's true. They're both pretty clean. Luke, are you still a cross-training in Tagel some or have you just been all-gargous? So far, I've been all-gargous.

1:46:58I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back in Tagel, I could not. But now I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one. What do you mean? Yeah. Oh, that means a lot. You know, you put a lot of work in to play here. And it's been a dream just from being in Ohio kid. And I'm from Ohio kid's perspective. I mean, that's the biggest switch possible. I would say that would be pretty cool. What was it like just last year at first game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't feel like, this could be a weird answer, but it felt like I was playing a game yet. That made sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game. I was like, shoot out in here now. It's time to roll. It didn't even hit me after. I was like, what would you feel there? And if I get out there in the end, I just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous than I did in high school and it makes no sense. What did you see in the back of the line? What did you see in the back of the line?

1:47:59I was just showing you the thing that you brought in. A lot. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think prior to that, when my biggest role model is here, it's my bigger brother. My first game over here. Tell him I'm a padeer? I don't know. I'm just a padeer. Okay. So, yeah, padeer and Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well on. And I'm excited to see where they can get to. I'm excited to play on the field with them. Oh, yeah. You know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keeping my mind just settled and straightforward on the next play. What do you think of Vegas? It's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to take consistent in my work. I think that's the biggest thing for me is just taking consistent work up the next play. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RizzenkizmabRizza.

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1:51:03Yeah. I wasn't really nervous to start the game. What was his advice to you? Yeah. He said you got it. You mean you're going against Ty League and Ty, every day in practice, I mean it's not different. Almost different. You now both do pretend that two starts end of the game as a player, you know, having that under your belt. I mean, I'm more confident. I know what's going on. I can see, like, I can see what's going on with the defense. I know what's going on. I know what's coming. I mean, I understand the game's a lot better than what it was. I don't say last year. Which apps up to what? Fast, start, me, etc. Yeah, you play with that dust for a while. I mean, if we get out early, it's, you get the defense change in place. It's changing their defense. You start fast. I mean, they're trying to get the call in the play, but you start fast. I'm not going back. I'm going to touch a lot of fresh outs. Yeah, of course they isn't pretty much said. They deserve to play. Yeah, you know, some warm up, but would you expect this week from your role? Wherever they need me, if it's left right, wherever it's I need to go in, I go in and go

1:52:05to talk to you in front of me. I like playing tackle. Took me back to high school days, but I should back in high school. I wasn't really random all of what, really, and doing passes, but it was fun. Changes, you got my feet better, I would say. How confident you feel like you could play there if you need me? They want me there, I guess I'll play there. I mean, they need me, they need me. Awesome, the illness that swept through the office, the line room. A lot of times coaches and players have said that that was still relying for the groom, you know, getting you experience among others. What was that like for you and double-diffing playing some tackle, playing some guard, the same practice. It was based like a group effort, like for me, you know, we had guys out, and we just had to go back practice. All five guys, wherever they were playing, we just got to go. How much of that accelerated your development, like that time with the ones you actually did? They really did. I was jumped in there, I didn't really know.

1:53:09So we wanted to practice with practices, but after those, I was like, you're out of good. You know, my confidence grew. It seemed like there was sort of a settling in process for you and the Akron game, maybe play got better if the game went on and it really, really, especially in the ground game, things seemed to take off. What was there a moment when it clicked on the field for you, like was there nerves, and then a time of settling in, I guess, how, taking you through kind of that first game mentally? Yeah, first game, obviously you can have nerves, be the first time starter. But then, like after the first couple of plays, meaning you have nerves naturally, that's the first couple of play that I was good, I was just rolling. Also, is it weird to be the first time a striker player, I was saying it was also the first start? Yeah, you, yeah, it's, but like, I prepared well and camp and practice all week, and I was, I was ready. Yeah, I have two multi-year starters that I did a lot.

1:54:11I mean, I couldn't ask them, hey, what we got here, but I was prepared well. I was telling Jimmy and said, like, I would play our blocks. Probably emotional, excited. What is it guys from Ohio? What does it mean to start a game? It was always my dream to come here and play and start, and having that, like, I mean, I just got to keep going, keep building those days, and go to games, and just keep building. What a much younger Austin, though, do you have people coming to you with that? No, I don't think, even, I told, like, I asked my younger self, even committed here, I wouldn't believe that that. Now, having a couple of starts, I mean, yeah. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you had been building? You were going to come here with the players, and I guess you're technically a sophomore, and the players are a richer person. No, I knew that year two, I was going to see you some playing time. Now, starting week one, year two, I didn't see that, but, like, I was ready in Spring Ball.

1:55:14I knew I was going to play some stuff. What does it mean to you to not only get the opportunities to play, but to, like, you play well enough now, and coaching staff trust you, and they would be able to put that there, whatever the situation was, to get there and that, and so early on in the year two. I guess it shows, like, my preparation, my hard work, and just everything I put into this, and I'm going to show it up on the field. There are moments, the top season, the end of the spring, and you can't just kind of realize that you could play at this high level, power with the ones, you know, if you need to. Yeah, but definitely wasn't a training camp. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RisenKissamabRizzah. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe,

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1:57:17There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, 2-thirds of people on CalShi lose money. lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShi in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. I mean, black and highly can tie every day. Like, it feels a lot of confidence and doing it well and not getting bald or anything. So there's defense and tag wasn't that one that I was the only one that I was using most. Hero and Jason Moore and Taiwan, all those guys. Pretty much anyone on the deepened line gets your face all the time. So, and Kay and Mack as well. Yeah. We've heard a lot about him. I've worked with Paul about the stability of that and the great thing is a lot. How much can he help you? He helped me a lot. And I'm proud that he's our starting center, not someone else's. But I mean, he's like the captain of the line.

1:58:18He's another voice on the line with guys like Josh Fryer and Josh Simmons, Donnie and Tiger. That means another voice and another captain on the line. Look, Wade's a having that I'm with this much experience helps during the game. And the middle of the line. I mean, a lot. He can tell you, like before the play was going on and like how to block someone or like what you need to do. And it helps a lot. Tiger is talking about how calm he is going to start. You know, very quickly. How much does that benefit you? You have a guy who's kind of been there and seen a lot of life. He makes us more calm, especially me and Dave. That's our first start. So we were up here with Seth. He brought us down. We were fine. Our emotions weren't high. We settled in. Is that something he tells you? Is that something you pick up on by how he's acting? How do you kind of mean sense what he's trying to do? It's how he's acting. And what I mean, him when we're on the side of him, both Josh and Donnie, he was telling us,

1:59:18that we're going to be able to play cool. Like we got it, but it's pretty much like everyone. Oh cool group. How much do you do that? As a first time starter, how much did you end that? Me and a lot. That was my first time ever using iPads. We didn't use the iPads in high school, but I mean you can say like try to remember the defense. You can just come on a silent and bring them. We'll play and get help. Probably the first or second. But after that, I thought we'd say all right. Awesome. Thank you very much. It seems like training part is a part of the getting bigger and stronger. Yeah. It's like the culture part. Yeah. How much of a factor is that in a part of your change? It's also, it's a lot. I mean, I feel like you can't be able to transform your body like I have with people here and come and do that without having that mentality part with it. It's like we always talk about competitions here and our culture is fight.

2:00:22So we're always here to compete. I feel like that is just, that's what gets you in this mindset. When you talk about that transformation, can you just give us a little sense maybe with numbers or body fat or like what you do in the weight group, how big is that transformation? I don't have really specific numbers, but it's more just like I can just, I feel like feeling when I'm playing. I remember how I felt the play when I just got here and now I know how it feels to play like just today. It feels physically different on my body. It's like, it's just, I'm getting used to it. That makes sense. I can't imagine feeling like that. Kadea also said about you that you are just a completely different guy from last year. You hear the word? You just get it done, yeah. So you're here? Do you feel like you weren't at that place mentally? I think I was, but I think I had some, I would say like kind of like confidence issues, like I was just,

2:01:30but you know, I mean, I work past it and I know I can, I know why I am and I know I can be here. So, the past confidence issues, how do you get through it? Is it yourself, is it teammates, is there someone in your family that makes you believe that you can do it? I know I can do it. It's not like that's, those are all, it's on the past now. Did the past of play time and the very obvious opportunity guys had the stuff up to be able to be on the business? Did that help you, you know, with that confidence issue there? Because it's now a demo and it's a good opportunity. So, kind of, it's just like, just, I mean, it's just being here, like I feel like being here every day working with the guys every day, it's just like, you know, you become this person that you might not have like,

2:02:30you might not have felt like you were before that, but like coming here working every day, stacking these days, like, you know, I mean, I just feel like I realized who I am and I know what I can do now. Well, I want to, maybe I'm not sure what is this wrong, but are you? This is the second kind of like, the adventure so that you actually belong here in the good. I knew I could play here. I mean, it's just, it was like the, like, I just, I don't know how to explain it. I just, like, I've always known I could play here. It's just, I'm just, like, let's go. Like, I'm ready to, like, I'm ready to attack. What are guys the group that helped you to figure that out? First, I think KJ was a big influence, Tye Hamilton, Tye League, and they all helped me a bunch last year, kind of just pushing through, you know. Alright, well, I'm playing as much, so I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt, so I can, you know, bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot of it. One of those younger guys we're seeing right here,

2:03:31it's the first time I've scored all the last years, wasn't it? What have you seen from Will? Because I kind of felt like last year, we all forgot about him because he was hurt. Now he's running, you know, almost a second man out behind you and Tye. What have you seen from that experience? Well, as a workhorse, he goes, stay quiet, he goes work hard, and that's all I love about him. He focuses, he don't really talk much. He's just going to get the job done, do a job right, really has any mistakes. What would be a successful season? A national championship? A ring? When all the games we don't want to lose anything, we got a mindset that we can't be beat. We just got to go show it. That mindset is different. It seems like you guys expect a national championship every year, this year even more so, you guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided that nothing is up. Does that feel the difference? Or is there not really any difference? It's just the same. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder, we noticed our last run. Most of us don't have any years after this, so we got to go bigger, go home,

2:04:32and we're not trying to go home. Finish big. We know what you guys think of Michigan, when you look at what they did, they won the national championship, and you guys took them down to the final minute, right? You know what I mean? You were right there, something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that, hey, you guys won a winner national championship, but you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year, like you're that close. So I'm saying, we just work harder. That's kind of a coach that makes a saying, you know, nobody cares, just work harder. Like those, you know, when we played Georgia, it's the same thing. Yeah. Last, last play, you know, they went on the win in 90s, so we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course it's frustrating, but you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to, you know, come back and work harder.

2:05:32Do things better than you did last year, and hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought I was working harder than you always find out there's a little more than you could have been doing. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how, that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought, freshman year, I was working. It's hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all, compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16, then the answer to, like, what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 85. 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny, but, I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder. You get the shape. So, I, this time, you, you know, it's been a better year. The idea of potentially 16 or 17 years. I really, I think, how do you, say it about that idea that's a make you nervous about, can you last that long? You're in your worry, you're in the same position, right? I think, I think, I think we, I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys

2:06:33to come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps of game. That's just too much on our bodies. Uh, just everybody, like, online, D line, we got to get those younger guys to play, you know, get that pieces on the D line and the online and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of that, if you like playing on me, snap to me last year, I don't know if any of us were expected to be like that. Oh, yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like a lot. Uh, I thought like, there are no moments you know, I can go sit down or something, but we're playing them big games, like, you know, Notre Dame, too, or North, those kind of games. Of course, I want to be, because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Taden McDonald? Is he got the team? Have you guys ever seen him? Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's growing right now. He has to work ethic, he just has to get, you know, in the playbook, things like that. You guys are about the exact same size.

2:07:33Listen, you're both, listen, six, three, you're three, 27, he's three, 26. Yeah, he's a kind of look at him like my junior, but, you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's just got to develop more and get into playbook. So really a lot on you, older guys, there's that large group of young guys, and then there's these seniors in the back, is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys home as well? Yeah, definitely. We got to be leaders. Like I said, we got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right during the all season, so they can play. And not just play, they want to contribute, like, make plays, tackle, sex. Let's stay down about this question. Thank you. It seems like these guys get the figures. Each one of the freshmen class is a bit bigger or bigger. And those guys kind of, it doesn't kind of allow you on the phone. Yeah, they definitely need some big dudes. And they all work hard. I've only seen much of some of the day too, and I'm not bad at all. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. They're determined to, I can say that. And it looks like they're ready to work to make it.

2:08:36I'm going to pour this dude. It feels like, you know, there's a lot of great defense that you have big, athletic defense attacks, you can eat up space, but also move, you know, right through this battle. Is that required maybe for great defense to have guys like you that have some balls, but also a great team? I think that is definitely, I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners, like, see my North, they, you know, they got two good, uh, detaco, two athletic detacos. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacos. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, they won't defied by the defense with actors. Like, what's Georgia? Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter. Let's miss you again. It's Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions for you. You might as well run into how, I mean, you understand this because you play it, but I feel like some time I don't know, are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to? I think so. Uh, I think they're starting to develop to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacos.

2:09:40Yeah. Like in the combine, just now you see in like those guys, they're moving four to four, seven, eights and things like that. So we'll see. And when you think about this freakish out there, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacos, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch it come on. I watch it do the drills. I have to say, like, you're looking like my film. So I think I'm up there all the time. Do you become like a artist? I think the way I get your things. When you're going, you're not doing as much a weapon as you're working. Do you have like a gold one? I don't remember how many you have last year. Like you have gold. I'm going to be five. I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that. But I think they're counting. I think they're counting some of them. And it's some of them where I like just missed it. So, but I think we work on drill match in the hand. I think that's goes big.

2:10:41And what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarterback is, anyway, you can. It's just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing covered his eye, you know, he might throw it a little bit to the left to our player. So, so it's something that you really, really have to work on. You can do that with what you do. You can do that. It's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. You can do your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that passed through that. We don't have that. We kind of expected for the physical. I think I just have like a, like, I, for the ball kind of, I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like, load up. I just try to get in his ways. And sometimes he just throws it to me. I don't know. How you're treated to be your I. State quarterback. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. Yeah, I should lot of, a lot of different backs, man, they just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs. You got to go right now. One, two, three. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you, I'll give you one.

2:11:45I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Auto, he was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all decision. Playing well, Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players, they fold, man, he was just always calm and relaxed, man. He, just the leader that he was, man, that's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's, he's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. Coach Lock, I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James, people's, man, he's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man, he's mature. And so, man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player.

2:12:46And so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State, you know, that running back room is in great hands. Yeah, Coach, Coach Hartline, man, he's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well, you know, just learning from him as well, you know, trying to run more outside the backfield, was being able to learn from Coach Hartline. And so, he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think that would do really good. Straight line is what you play on for. That's what you play on for. That's what you play for. What's your intensity to? That's what you play on for. Just the intensity, man. And since he got the playoffs, every game, man, it's like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and the intensity keeps getting higher and higher. So, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day, and come in and work. And just like Ohio State, you know, I definitely feel like Ohio State.

2:13:46They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know I took a couple days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida and I'm writing to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained at your birth performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man. They did a really good job. Have you got any players? The Bucking Nears. No, I haven't. Do you think it's City Tampa? Tampa, Tampa. Tampa, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. I think it's really easy. The 40, the broad and the vert. You've been on the races, it's awesome.

2:14:47I'm offered these two tier benched out of you. Like when you've got a linebacker, so you're in the gap. Yeah, you're in the gap. The bigger than you, the more you're in the gap. Yeah. Yeah, nah, man. It's really all about technique and then it's all about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know, and so, I don't know if I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that, but I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man, making sure the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now, when you need to. In my game, you can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so.

2:15:47You know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe it's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job at that my senior year. And so I just want to continue to build on that. Yes, I did. Yes, I did. I didn't want to look like it. I wanted to borrow it. Get back to person. I didn't want to look like it. I didn't want to look like it. I wanted to borrow it, you know. Get back to person. I didn't want to look like it. Get back to person. I did do a good job. I did do a good job. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camero, sure, yeah, man. I have a Camero, great, great back, man. Just what he does, and I was 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth, he's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. So I went to play the rock. Yeah. Inside zone from stack. Being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage.

2:16:48You're getting on that line backer. And so. Yeah. Yeah. I say the man the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself man in the way that man. Um, he approaches the game. He comes in with the monster. You know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, um, even shoot. I don't know. Every good. I think he had a every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely man. He's going to be a special player, man. He really is. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better.

2:17:49Is this, um, not have something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so, um, being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, you know, his moments where it's tough, you know, where it's low. And, um, when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, um, he gives you, he gives you that peace and comfort, you know, um, even in those moments, man, we're so hard that you can't, you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still feel with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so, you know, the back of the front, uh, you can just power and jump on and experience that. Which aspect of you to those other individuals that you want to follow and from being around power to him? Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man.

2:18:52Am I just really loved that mentality, especially, um, Q as well, you know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quinch, I'm mentality, man. Um, that boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted, you know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, the running through somebody, still forming somebody and shooting this again to 10. And so, um, shoot, I think, yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, too, beyond it. He's just gifted, you know, he's, he's a big back, you know, he's strong. And so, um, you know, he's, he's able to do, he's able to do those things. And so, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quinch, you know, I want to look at his game. And it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last, uh, Julian Sand? Julian Sand. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate.

2:19:55And so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um, continue to grow as a leader, continue to grow as a player. And so he's going to be really good for our state. Uh, he's, I know just the quarterback position. Um, I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to ask Julian Sand as well is to be that vocal leader and lead the, um, and lead the offense and lead the team. Shoot, man. He has, he has a build like JK Dobbins. And, um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins. He was a great running back. Um, I feel like he's not talked about his, no, um, a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights, like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And, um, I feel like, you know, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they played the same.

2:21:03So I appreciate you all. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

2:22:23Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I got coming in last. I knew we were all so I just tacked every day really the same way. He's taking the van very rough. Physically, different. Are you weight wise, body wise on that? Oh, I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240, you know, like 240, 4 right now.

2:23:25Last year, I played it like 236, 237. What does it feel like at 240 or better? You feel like almost a different machine out there. Yeah. What does it feel like to be running around out there like you are with more, more back? I just feel like I'm like, like, like more downhill, like stronger. Like I'm taking all the bloods better. It's bigger. Yeah. Yeah. You see, don't think, uh, maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year. And you played quite a bit last year and stuff. What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? Is it going to get ready to just play? There are even more snaps. But are you, are you, how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an eight-stand point? Yeah. I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. The Texas opener is a rematch and so to speak, but it's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the, we're an opener of that magnitude?

2:24:28Yeah, with an opener like that, we've been, um, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming, so we know we got to do, we've been prepared for it. Already this probably worked. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshman like he ended up here in the book. He studied in like he advanced and his measurements was crazy. Like he saw it like the saw line to him. You said you're ready. I didn't know you were ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready for whatever the team needed for you? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was. Just whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there. A different is that feeling this year than last year? That's the most possible thing that I've ever had. Um, ask that one more time. How different is that responsibility?

2:25:29That's what these, that is just the most, you call that. It was last year. You knew you were a home player. Um, I feel like it's, uh, it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way like last year. I was intentional with everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. For somebody who's somewhere in the name of some of you, some of you, some of you, some of you, some of you. And what word? How's anybody word you want? Uh, I say, describe my game. I say that when you think of me, you would think of like a, like a bully, like a silver bullet. I don't really, a bully. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play and think. You know what I'm like, body. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but. So I'm saying that the big thing to beat that. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like. A couple more questions. How does that fit you?

2:26:30And what are you enjoying about? How do you like about bullying? And that kind of stuff? Um, I think it fit me because. I don't know, I just like the defense. I feel like we got, like you said, we got a lot of freedom. And we're moving around a lot. A lot of the terms is like, you know, I don't know. I don't really not answer that. That's okay. Does it? You can go on your instincts. A little bit more, maybe. And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on. But it's like, I just like his deep, I like what he got going on. What was it sad when CJ left the room? Yeah. Uh, now I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy for him. Yeah. That's what you want. No. No. No. That's my dog. So yeah. Kind of missing a little bit. But yeah, I'm happy for him. Well, don't think. Go ahead one last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't you?

2:27:30Maybe your national championship, you guys will win your own. Yeah. How much do you feel that is a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and a lot of some of your classmates? Yeah, I do feel like, um, yeah, I do feel like I did win a national. But like you said, my role wasn't the same as how it's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to go get another one experienced that like feeling maybe on the field, a lot more place. That's it. Great. Oh, Bill, thank you very much. I think that's a unique offense compared to NFL, especially with the way he uses receivers. How do you anticipate your role changing and how do you view the offense from a receiver perspective specifically? Yeah. Um, I mean, I think he likes to really push the ball down the field. Um, he likes to be balanced. He likes to give different looks to a difference. You know, we're going to not to try to get too much into it, but, you know, we're going to use some motion, move some guys around and things of that nature. Um, I think for myself, I feel comfortable playing any of the positions that is, that is, that is asked whether it's the slot, the outside positions and, um,

2:28:31unique part about our offenses. I don't think necessarily you play the X or the Z because the pit on the formation of the hash, you can be the opposite. You can, you can be the X, but then you're to the field now you're the Z. So you got to really learn, uh, the entire concept and know where you're out in the field, which I think makes everybody smarter players because you don't pigeonhole yourself. I just play X, you know, I'm only in this position. Like you get in two minutes, you're the Z. Now you got to know what to do. You may have the clear out router. You may have the backside dig. Like you got to know what you're doing. So I think he doesn't just say like we're going to do this offense. He's really trying to create an office that hits our personnel really well. That that field boundary thing. Yeah, that's a thing in college, but it seems like it's more to you to clip. Is that something you're used to seeing in other offenses? You've been in, I mean, yeah, definitely. I mean, I think if if I'm on the left hash, like technically, I'm on the X, you know, I'm in the boundary, but if we're on the right hash, I'm still on the left side. I'm really the Z in the concept because I'm to the field, I'm to the strength of the tight end.

2:29:31So, um, I've been in offenses like it's similar like that before. And, um, you know, I just think he, he, one thing I think that's really stood out as the compliments of our routes that we have so far. Um, I feel like we have a chance to really run similar stems, but there's different routes off those stems and things like that, which I think for receiver like myself who, uh, you get, you know, a really good look at DBs and they study your film, they study your splits, like having routes that look the same, but break off at different, different angles is extremely important because it feels like you have some versatility in your bag to go out with versus like, you got this hitch again, you're back side, you're like, that's all you got, you know what I mean? So, um, I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, Riz and Kizmab Rizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy.

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2:32:37I think it's easy because we've had so many changes. It's been great working with Marcus and Jaden and Jeff and Sam. It's been great working with all the quarterbacks. I just have a mentality of not really being complacent. I try to focus on the things that I can come back better this year. I've been working my butt off to do that. I think the easy thing, when I was younger, you're like, dang, you just want that consistency. You want something you could depend on, but life isn't always like that. I've been reinvigorated because of just the energy that DQ brings in to our building each and every day. And the coaches as well, it's fun competing. Sometimes I could get lost in the grind, but I think the reason why you make it here at this level is because you fall in love with the competition of it. And I think the competition breeds the success because that is really where the iron is truly sharp and is iron.

2:33:44You know, other guys are going to make plays, but you get excited to go in there and know that the next day we're going to go right back after the defense. For myself, I'm just looking forward to continue to grow with the quarterbacks that we have. I'm in year six now, which is extreme blessing. One of the leaders in our room, and I just try to take the bull by the horns with that. That's really been my focus, and I'm excited for another year. To us, it's looked like you're being more vocal on the sidelines to help young guys. Definitely. Something you decided this offseason or? I think that's been a part of my maturation process as a leader. I've always seen myself as somebody that was a leader by example. But from coaches and other teammates I've had over the years, guys like to hear what I have to say for whatever reason sometimes. I think the biggest thing where I've tried to figure out where I sit in with my vocal leadership is I never wanted to be like a dictator.

2:34:44I never wanted to tell guys what to do or be a yellow or things like that. When I say something, I wanted to have power, I wanted to have meaning. I hope the guys would feel the same way if they were to ask them that question. Because I want to see all these guys win, man. It's hard to make it in this league and stay in a career. Anywhere I can help the receivers, the DBs, I'm talking to some alignment. Johnny who's rehabbing his foot, you know what I mean? Everybody has a role and everybody has a different story and path. So if I could share what I've been through my testimony to help them or do things that kind of slow down the process, I'm going to try to do that because we need everybody from the rookies to the 10 year vets to make this thing work. So I try to speak to what I know and really those honest conversations that I try to have with guys, what they know I'm coming from a good place. I think I'm not the type of guy where I'm just going to talk to them.

2:35:44If they see something, I could take a coaching point from Luke McCaffrey. I could take a coaching point from Deami from Jahan from Marcus from anybody. You know, like I think that's what makes you a great player when you can really be coachable from anybody and not take it from a personal standpoint. Hi. Good. Going back to what you were saying about Cliff and the offense, how is he as a teacher in teaching all this? Yeah, I mean, I think he does a really great job of making things simple, first and foremost. He doesn't overcoach. And I think that's the trust that he has in our group and his coaches, our position coaches to fill in the details. So we'll have an install meeting and it'll be a good amount of time. But then our position coaches will have time and we'll make it specific to that position. And so then we'll come in and have a walkthrough. And then after that, we'll have another walkthrough. And so I don't think there's been a time where I've come out here and I'm kind of worried about what I got. You know what I mean? And when you get into certain offices, there could be so many details where you could be overwhelmed.

2:36:45And I think then it forces kind of separates guys in a sense that like one guy may study more than another guy. But when you have these sessions that we have where we're having an installs in the morning, we're having two walkthroughs and then we're coming on the field and doing it. I think you've noticed a lot of guys are playing a lot faster and more confident because he's keeping it simple. But also he's very particular in what he's expecting. But it's not a lot. So there's not a pressure of to get it right. But at the same time, you know it's expected of you and you know you're going to have the tools given to you to be successful out there on the field. And this offseason, just the totality of change from front office players, coaches, the turf field. What has that been like for you just to see what's going on? It's been fun. You know, I think from Mr. Harrison, the entire ownership group down to Adam Peters, down to DQ, down to Jada, who he drafted and bringing in Marcus and Jeff and all those guys.

2:37:45And down to leaders, we have on our team. I think it was extremely specific on the way they tried to build this thing going into this year. First of having the right people bringing in leaders, bringing in guys who love to compete. The first thing that DQ said when he came here was, and his first meeting, like if you love to compete, this is going to be the place for you. And I love it. You know what I mean? I love bags and going at it with the DBs every day. Like the little mundane stuff can seem a little boring. But I think that was where you make the gains during the offseason, where you're really focused on, hey, I'm going to give all I got for this day. And I'm going to get better. And then I'm going to learn from the film and come back tomorrow and ready to do it again. And then I also understand the benefits of having breaks. He's given us breaks. We've had weeks off here and there that we can compose ourselves. But then come back and give it all we got. You know what I mean? And when you got a coach that understands the physicality of an entire season where you guys do need breaks by the same time we're going to get after it. It makes it fun as a leader because you can take that to your room and be like, yo, we got these, we got this week.

2:38:49That's extremely important. But you know, we have this little break coming up where you're going to get your your mind and your body and your soul right. So coming into this season, I'm really optimistic of what we can be this year. And I think it started with the foundation that the ownership group and the entire staff has built. And now it's on myself as a leader to continue to hone that in into the locker room. But I think it's great because we have so many great leaders from all across the league who have won. And we got Bobby Wagner in there. You know what I mean? I asked a hall of fame or so like, you know, being able to have kind of guys like that that you can lean on that can sometimes take over that leadership role where it doesn't fall on one person. I think it's extremely refreshing and knowing that everybody's on the same page and the message is the same allows you to go out there with confidence and always expect to know you. Teri, you seem to spend many of your off seasons learning about things beyond football. Yeah. What happened? Did you do anything to this off season so far to hobbies or increase your knowledge of this world around you?

2:39:53Let's see the question. Play a lot of golf. That day just keeps my competitive juices flowing. Planning the wedding. That's going well. And I just been grinding like, honestly, you know, I mean, I've been hungry this all season. Like, I started working out, you know, pretty early and you start to see guys like coming back and it's just fun to like to be here and compete and feel like everybody's on the same page, you know what I mean? And so for me, I'm a grind every off season, but just this one just feels like it's the start of something, you know, new and special. And the foundation of his extremely important to be a part of that, to have a hand in that. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RizzenkizmabRizza.

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2:42:54So this all season was pretty simple for me. It was just really about, you know, working and grinding and getting better. He talked about Jayden before. And so far, I know we haven't seen everything. But in terms of his arm strength, the throws, he's making anything surprising so far about the types of his ability in that regard. Definitely. I think after the second or third cross or that he threw, I started telling receivers like, hey, you got to get your head around. You know what I mean? Because again, each quarterback throws the ball differently and sees the field differently. So sometimes on crossers, a lot of quarterbacks may like to see you cross the ball and get into that open zone over there. Or if it's a man flattened it off, they like to see you get open. For him, he has a really good anticipation over the middle of the field where he can make those throws and give you a chance to catch and run. And he's really accountable too. Like we had to play today where he felt like he missed me. And it's not a big deal at all. You know what I mean? Him and I can talk to those things. And there's been a play that I've talked to him about. I could do a better job. But again, that open form of communication from a rookie, I think is very rare.

2:43:58And I think it speaks to the confidence he knows who he is. But he's also not afraid to say when he's wrong. And he knows he needs room to improve. But his touch on the deep balls is amazing. I love getting extra reps after practice with him. We're just catching the top end of a deep ball. As big for me, you know, I get to track the ball over my shoulder and as big for him to be able to get used to dropping the ball in the bucket. But he just naturally has an ability to throw the ball. He sees the windows really well. And now he's just, you know, continue to get adjusted to the speed in the past rush. I think he's these reps that he's getting are unbelievable during 11 or 11 because he's getting the field pain and allen and DA and Cleveland Farrow. Like we got some dogs up there who are going to come after him. You know what I mean? And we got some great guys up front who are going to protect them. And so these reps I feel like are even better than just 7 or 7. And 7 or 7 I think he could do in the sleep to be fair. Like he throws the ball really well. But when you get this 11 or 11, two minute drill, you're putting them in game like situations. And I'm looking them in his eye. I'm like, we play a real ball now. Like we, we, we plan.

2:44:58You know what I mean? And you just see no, no anxiousness in his game and his demeanor, which is extremely exciting. And then, you know, he's extremely lighthearted and he's always smiling. So he's joking with lime and d-line. He's just cool with everybody. And like I said, like for a rookie quarterback to come in like that where guys are gravitating to him. And he's not afraid to be who he is. That's dope. I think he has a bright future for himself. The tough losses, the tough seasons can weigh on a player. You're entering the prime of your career. J.A. kind of mentioned it last year. All he cares about is winning. He wants to win now. Is there a sense of urgency? You obviously always want to win. Yeah. Knowing that, you know, you're, you're getting to the prime of your career. Like you want to win now. Yeah, I think that's a fair question. I think, you know, you start to evaluate when you, I'm in year six and you know how fast it goes. And I try not to put the cart before the horse. We're looking too far ahead by the same time. You do want to win. You want to be a part of a winning culture and have a chance to win the Super Bowl and the playoffs and all those things.

2:45:59That's why we do this personally. And I'm just excited with being a part of an organization in the environment where now like everybody's on the same page in the, in the, in the message is uniform. And it speaks from the top down. And it reflects in the guys that they're bringing in. You know, all the guys that they brought in are guys who are hungry, who are competitors, who not only fighting for spots, but are going to help us win games. And when you're around environment like that, like that, that makes you excited, makes you hopeful. And, you know, you don't know how it's going to turn out until we start playing games. But the foundation is extremely important. And I think this off season, we've really done a great job of building that. They have. And then when a coach, Quinn guy here building with this team. So I feel like we're going to be going into this off season really knowing what we all got to do individually to become ready for camp. But the message is clear to come back to camp ready to compete and and be ready to win.

2:47:03Appreciate you guys. Yeah. Appreciate that. One of the funniest guys on the team right now is playing as much. I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt. So I can know bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot of. One of those younger guys we're seeing it. It's the first time it's heard all your lectures. What have you seen from Will? Because I kind of felt like I should have real forgot about him because he was heard. Now he's running, you know, almost a second man home behind me. And tied. What have you seen him doing? Will is a workhorse. He goes, stay quiet. You're going to work hard. And that's all I love about him. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done. Do a job right. It really has any mistakes. So what would be a successful season? A national championship. A ring. When all the games we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't beat.

2:48:03We just got to go show it. So that mindset different. Seems like you guys expect a national championship over here. This year even more so. You guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided like that. That's a lot of. Is that this could feel a difference or is it not really any difference? It's just the same. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run. Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go go bigger. Go home and we're not trying to go home. Finish big. We know what you guys think of Michigan. But when you look at what they did, they won the national championship. And you guys took them down to the final minute. Right? You know what I mean? I mean, you were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that? Hey, you guys want to win a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just like work harder. That's kind of coach makes a saying, you know, nobody cares.

2:49:05Just work harder. Like those, you know, when we played Georgia, it's the same thing. Yeah. Last, last play, you know, they went on the win at 90. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles? Of course it is, you know, it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to, you know, come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought I was working hard and then you always find out there's a little more effort than you could have been doing. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought freshman year I was working as hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. But for Stanton, does it 16? What do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 85. 80, 85? I mean, I can, it's all on me. I think it's a little higher.

2:50:06I mean, it's just trying to be funny, but I mean, that's all on me. I just got to run harder. Get the shape. It's kind of, uh, the idea of potentially the 16 or 17 or 17. I mean, say about that idea, there's a make you nervous about, can you last that long? You really need to worry about your vision ahead of you. I think, I think we, I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps again. There's too much on our bodies. Uh, just everybody's like, online, D line. We got to get those younger guys to play, you know, get that pieces on the D line and the online and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of that, if you like playing that new snap to game, last year, I don't know if any of us were really expected to play that next. Uh, yeah, I did, unless we were like winning by like a lot. Uh, I thought like there are no moments you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame, too, or North, those kind of games. Of course, I want to be because I know I contribute and I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done.

2:51:11What stands out about Kevin McDonald and he got that you guys in a second? Oh, yeah, definitely. Came back as a, came back to Animal Yard. You haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's growing right now. He has to work at the, he just has to get, you know, into play work and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to six three, you're free 27. He's free 26. Yeah, he's kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, came in, he's going to be a great player. He's got to develop more and getting to play. Really a lot on you older guys. There's that large group of young guys and then the seniors in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys? Yeah, definitely. We got to be leaders. Um, like I said, we got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work and we got to get them right. They're in all season. So they can play and not just play. They want to like contribute like make plays tackles sex. It seems like these guys get bigger.

2:52:13Each one of the class is bigger or bigger. Those guys kind of, those are going to kind of while you're in the cell. Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I've only seen much of something day two when I'm passing on. Throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. They're determined. It looks like they're ready to work. It feels like there's a lot of great defenses that you have big athletic defense attack. So you can eat up space. Right? Is that an inquire maybe for great defense? To have guys like you that have some fault, but also a great feeling. I think that is definitely I think if you look at the last couple of nice and championship winners, like team of North, they didn't know they got two big detacled, two athletic detacles. Look at Georgia. Two athletic detacles. I think that's definitely need if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. You think about that? They're going to fight by the defense attack.

2:53:13What's Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter? What's Michigan? It's Chris Jenkins. Tell me more questions. I mean, you understand what you play it, but I feel like some time it I don't know. Are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to? I think so. I think there's darned to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacles. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now you see in like those guys, they're moving four to four seven eights and things like that. And when you think about this freakish attack, how do you think you fit into that ball with that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch the come on. I watch the dude do the drills. I have a tape here. You're like, you're looking like my film. So I think I'm up there with all those. Do you become like a artist who comes to the bad guy's passes the figure wags? Can you please?

2:54:14When you're going to spring practice, you're not doing as much a weapon as you are. Do you have like a gold one? I don't remember how much I've got. I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that. But I think they've got. I think they've got some of them and some of them were like just listed. So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that goes big and what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter of the against anyway you can is just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing covering his eye, you know, he might throw it. A little bit to the left for our players. So, so it's something that you really, really have to work on. You can do that. It's really that's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. You can bring your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that passed me two days ago. We don't have to ask. We're kind of kind of expected. I think I just have like a, like a eye for the ball comment. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like, load up. I just try to get in his way and sometimes he just throws it to me.

2:55:18I hear it. You want to be a high state quarterback. I mean, they get frustrated by, you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. I should lot of, a lot of different backs, man. They just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs. You got to go right now. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you, I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Auto. He was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all decision. Playing well with Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard man. He's just such a great lead, such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. And he just the leader that he was, man.

2:56:18That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. What do you think of James P? Yeah, he's, he's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James P.P.P. was, man, he's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man, he's mature. And so, man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State. You know, that running back room is in great hands. Right. I'm looking at the U.S. body. And I'm just going to raise the personality of the coach. I'll keep that up until they can see me. Yeah. Coach, Coach Hartlum, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well. You know, I'm just learning from him as well. You know, I'm trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from Coach Hartlum. And so, he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think they'll do really good. Straight away, and it's all the way to the playoffs. What are you waiting for?

2:57:18That's what we want to try and say to the top. Just the intensity, man. And since he did other playoffs, every game, man, is like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing, even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and the intensity it keeps getting higher and higher. And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it. You know, each and every day, and come in and work. And just like Ohio State, you know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember, even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before then. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know I took a couple of days off after the national championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida, and I'm writing to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained at your performance.

2:58:19I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man. They did a really good job. The bucket near, you know, I haven't. Temple, temple, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40 to broad and avert. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, man. It's really all about technique, and then it's all about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know.

2:59:19And so, I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that. But I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man, making sure that the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the front of the field later today. What is something you've been working on right now? In my game. You can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like. It's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. So, you know what I was saying? Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So, people say you look like, I'll let you borrow out there. You get back to your seat. I can't remember who you were. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camera. Sure, yeah, man, I have a Camera. Great, great back, man.

3:00:19Just what he does and knows, 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage. You're getting on that linebacker. And so. Great. What do you have? What he made to be here in a couple of years, Jeremiah. You have the current, of course, little bit. I don't know if he's having a crush on you. He's always been here. He's been here. He's been here. He's been here. He's been here. He's been here. He's been here. He's been here. Yeah, I say the man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man. And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shooting. I don't know. I think he had a, every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going

3:01:21to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely, man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. I think I'm looking like John. I'm going to realize that you're going to be out coming for a lot of start-getting, you know, some entries. I think it's a match that's going to be going to work back on it. But what's the stand-time thing? Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. Is this, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so, being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, you know, his moments where it's tough, you know, where it's low. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort, you know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain.

3:02:21It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so, that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so... The back of the front of Jesus power and judgment is through that back of the front. Which aspect could be to those other individuals who want to follow the camp from being around power to Him? Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. Am I just really loved their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham mentality, man. Um, that boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted, you know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, he, they're running through somebody, step on somebody and shoot, it's a game to 10. And so... You some of the things he does, he just realizes two different guys. Um, shoot, I think... Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, to be honest.

3:03:25He's just gifted, you know, he's, he's a big back, you know, he's strong. And so, um, you know, he's, he's able to do, he's able to do those things. And so, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quincham. You know, I want to look at this game and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last one to be? Druel Insan. I love days like these at the pool. But my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin, thanks to SkyRizzy, RizzenkizmabRizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe. And many were even 100% plaque free. People also saw significant improvement in psoriasis symptoms of pain, redness, itching and burning. Don't use a allergic to SkyRizzy. Serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight that may occur.

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3:05:25That's CalSheez in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. Oh yeah, he's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so accurate. And so he's definitely, man, I don't know Coach Day is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, container growers, a leader, container growers, a player. And so he's going to be really good for our state. He's, I know just the quarterback position. I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've definitely been vocal. And so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to ask them to be saying as well. It's to be that vocal leader and lead the offense and lead the team. Sure, man, he has, he has a bill like JK Dobbins. And I kind of see them, you know, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. I feel like he's not talked about his none. A lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is great.

3:06:25I remember before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every one of his years. Like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And I feel like, you know, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so I appreciate you all. You have to go. This.

3:08:33I'm. All I got coming in last round, I knew the role. So I just tacked every day really the same way. I think I'm. I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240, you know, like 244 right now. Last year, I played it like 236 to 37. What does it feel like a 244 or a belt? You feel like almost a different machine out there. Yeah, what does it feel like to be run around out there like you are? But with more, more bands. I just feel like I'm like. Like, like more downhill, like stronger. I'm taking all the bloods better. It's big. Yeah. You see, don't think.

3:09:33Maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year. And you played quite a bit last year and stuff. What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? You've got to get ready to just play 30 more snaps. But how much you're looking forward to it from an 8-stand point? I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. My thing. I'm ready for it. The Texas opener is a rematch. But it's not really two different teams compared to the ones that I'm going to play and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the, we're an opener of that magnitude? Yeah, with an opener like that. We've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming, so we know we got to do, we've been preparing for it. How are you going to do this? I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshmen, like he in the, he in the book, he studied in like he advanced. And his measurements crazy, like he saw it on the saw line too. You said you're ready.

3:10:33You know you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready for whatever the team needed for you? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was. Just whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, emotionally. I think I'm there. A different is that feeling it's your analyze. That's possible. I asked that one more time. I just wanted to give that response to all that. It was last year. You knew you were a homemaker. I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was intentional with everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more.

3:11:34I'm ready for this year. It won't work. How's everybody working? I say, describe my game. I say, when you think of me, you would think of like a bullet, like a silver bullet. I don't really know what it is. That's how I like to play and think. I don't think I'm going to be my nickname. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, I'm going to ask the question. How does that fit you? What are you going to be showing about? I think it fit me because I just like the defense. I feel like we got, like you said, we got a lot of freedom. We're moving around a lot. A lot of the terms is like, you know, I don't know. I don't really know how to answer that. That's okay. You can go on your instincts a little bit more, maybe.

3:12:36And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on. But it's like, I just like his defense. I like how the three of the defense. I like what he got going on. That was a sad one. Now, I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy for him. Yeah. That's what you want. No. No. That's my dog. I'm going to say, yeah, kind of missing a little bit. I'm happy for him. Well, don't think. Go ahead. One last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for, you know, that wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win. How much do you feel that is a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and along some of your classmates? Yeah. Yeah, I do feel like I did win in that year, but like you said, my role wasn't the same as how's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that like feeling maybe on the field, a lot more place.

3:13:37That's it. Great. Oh, Bill, thank you very much. Thanks, guys. I feel like I kind of have a lot of leaders on the D line at the D in position, so we kind of all kind of just kind of talk about each other. I think it's up to you to use it. So I'm going to talk to you guys playing with them all. You know, the field and the stuff that you're going to get out of the place, you're going to be like, so do you need this? What was that transition? It's competitive and we love it. We're all competitive people. We all love to fish each other. And that's the way we're bringing the best side of all of this. I feel like we're all just kind of bouncing off each other and see what one person does and we kind of bled it into our actual box. And we all kind of just kind of build one great thing. Hey, do you ever go last year and you got the shot? Yeah. I feel like I can go back and forth. And they approach you with that idea and coach them. I mean, how did that come about? Because you're a jacksaw, you're a floppy. It gets touched back. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit tied in. So I feel like they kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson.

3:14:37Honestly, you left Washington too, before you left. And I feel like you're playing that seed in Coach Day's head. And Coach Day kind of just went for it. And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that continuing now? Do you have anything to screen? New playbook. I did not know you. Yeah, I've got that far. How tough is that? You know, look at that. I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it and try to do my best for you. Can you check me the same thing? Oh, yeah. I don't want what you're talking about. Graphically, that's why. I was talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of sought you and got out to have some conversations after JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got a way into those perspectives. And how did that help you maybe get the right mindset I guess from the news from? Um, definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it. How long the season is now. That's what you got to do to prepare for and what's happening all that time from here to to this.

3:15:41So, I feel like we definitely just pushed in, we kind of connected, we kind of just talked, the man or man, and he kind of just sent it straight to me. And I feel like we kind of both have been honest and we know we're making it. We're making each other better every day. We got the four best DNs, five best DNs, honestly. And we're gonna coach football and we're gonna be one of the best D-wines and coach football. How do you feel about the better player today at any more of the Indian season? I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team and kind of bring people in. And I feel like I'm kind of helping out more. How do you wrap your head around in the past season with TKFC? Is it sound? I mean, it sounds bizarre, but I mean, the season goes by so fast already. So when you're kind of like week 10 and you're like, wow, it's already weekend. So now it's kind of, gives you more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it because I'm already here for like, refreshments, plays crazy. But you don't want to spend all your time in the first month of the year, right?

3:16:43Oh yeah, there is a, not pace yourself, but I mean, there is a mindset that I did know the season. Yeah, definitely, definitely gonna have that the mental stability that hand all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys about the good? The last question right here. 2016, 2017, 2017, 4 NFL D-Fetched, and 1 dollar and so much. How much has he talked to that guy? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. You see it in every day. We watch the film. You see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know what we could become. So we know we're right at the same, we're at the right place at the right time. And God wanted us to be here and he knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together. We plan as much. So I just wanted to get more experience under my belt. So I can bring younger guys with me because I've been going a lot. One of those younger guys, we're seeing it on the first time. It's hard all year, actually. What have you seen from Will? I don't know. I actually don't really know what he's been up to. I've never seen him out of that because he was hurt.

3:17:44I think that how he's running, you know, almost a second man out behind you and Ty. What have you seen in the memories? Will's a workhorse. He goes, stay quiet. He's going to work hard. I love it by the way. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's going to give the job done. Do a job right. Rarely has any mistakes. So what would be a successful season? A national championship? A ring. When all the games we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't be beat. We just got to go show it. That mindset different. It seems like you guys expect a national championship over here this year even more so. You guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided like an opposite one. Does that feel different? Or is there a really any difference? It's just the same. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run. Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go bigger going home then. We're not trying to go home. Finish big. We know what you guys think of Michigan. But when you look at what they did, they won the national championship.

3:18:47And you guys took them down to the final minute. Right? You know what I mean? I mean, you were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that? Hey, you guys want to win a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just work harder. That's kind of what you make of saying. You know, nobody cares. It's just work harder. Like those won't play Georgia. It's the same thing. Last play. You know, they went on the win in the 90s. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course, as you know, it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought that was working hard. And then you always find out there's a little more.

3:19:47Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought, French, when you're out working, it's hard as I could. But now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all, compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. But the stamina is a 60. And the answer to what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 85. 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny. But I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder in shape. So I understand the idea of a potential to succeed in a 70 year. I mean, I said about that idea, there's a making nervous about can you last that long? Really? Where are you? I think, I think we, I definitely get lost. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys that come along with us. We can't play 50 stamps a game. That's just too much on our bodies. Uh, just everybody like online, we got to get those younger guys to play, you know,

3:20:48get that pieces on the D line and online and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of the life plan. If you like playing at any snap to game, not year, I don't know if any of us were really expected to play that next time. Uh, yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like a lot. Uh, I thought like there are no mom's you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame, too, or North, those kind of games. Of course, I wouldn't be because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Kevin McDonald? Is he got a team? Have you guys ever seen him? Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac's animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's grown right now. He has to work at the, he just has to get, you know, in a playbook and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to six three, you're three 27, he's three 26. Yeah, he's kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's just got to develop more and get into playbook.

3:21:50So really a lot on you older guys. There's that large group of young guys and then there's the seniors in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys? Yeah, definitely. We got to be leaders. Like I said, we got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right during the all season. So they can play and not just play. They want to like contribute like make plays tackles sex. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is a bigger operator. Those guys kind of, those are going to kind of while you're in the cell. Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And then all work hard. I've only seen much of something day two when I'm passing on. I don't know. Throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined. I'd say that. And it looks like they're ready to work. I'm going to put this notes. It feels like. There's a lot of great defense. You have big athletic defense tactics. You can eat up space.

3:22:50But also, you know, right? Is that because I'm inquiring maybe for a great defense to have guys like you that have some fault. But also a great. I think that is definitely I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners. Like seem a North Indian. They got two good. Detackled to athletic detackles. Look at Georgia to athletic detackles. I think that's definitely need if you want to go on that big run. It'll be those big teams. If you think about this, they will define by the defense. What's Georgia? Jordan Davis and Janet Carter. What's Michigan? It's Chris Jenkins. I think you understand. I feel like some time. I don't know. Are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to? I think so. I think they're starting to develop more and more of these like freakiest detackles. Yeah. Again, the combine just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving forward to 478s and things like that.

3:23:51So we'll see. And when you think about this freakish attack, how do you think you fit into that. You're a bold, that kind of player. Watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detackles, but I don't want to get a big head, but you know, watch it come on. I watch it do the drills. I have a tape here. You're like, you're looking like my film. So I think I'm up there with all those times. Do you become like a artist or a bunch of bad guys? I think your legs can be clean. When you're going to spring practice, you're not doing it as much a weapon of a lot. I don't remember how much you had last year, but you have a goal in mind. I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that. But I think he said it. I think they can count some of them. And it's some of them where I like just missed it. So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's goes big. What we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarterback is anywhere you can.

3:24:52It's just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing covering his eye. You know, he might throw it a little bit to the left or our player. So it's something that you really, really act of what goes. You do that. What you do. It's really that's one of the things that you maybe worked on the most. It's really your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that past few guys. We don't have to ask for this style. We kind of kind of expected. I think I just have like a eye for the ball kind of. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like load up. I just try to get in his ways. And sometimes he throws it in his. I don't know. I'm irritated if you like to be a high state quarterback. You're not in your back, dumb passes. I mean, they get frustrated by, you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. I should lot of a lot of different backs, man. They just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs. You got to go right now. One, two. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you. I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey auto.

3:25:58He was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all. That's y'all decision. Playing with Will Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard man. He's just such a great lead. Such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. He just the leader that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's shoot. He's going to be really good, man. He's coached a lot. I think he got the transfer in as well from. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RizzenkizmabRizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe.

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3:28:02You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. Any as few thirds of people on Calci lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. First of all, just out one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James, people's man, he's smart. He's about his business man. He's mature. And so man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so man, yeah, definitely Ohio State, you know, that running back room is in great hands. That was right. Like I'm looking at CEO's spot and foot on this. How do you raise your personality and the growth of people that are working so hard to say more? Yeah. Coach, Coach Hartline, man, he's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well. You know, I'm just learning from him as well. You know, I'm trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from Coach Hartline.

3:29:02And so he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so I think that would do really good. So what's your intensity to the playoffs? Just intensity, man. And since he got the playoffs, every game, man, is like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and intensity, it keeps getting higher and higher. So, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come in and work. Just like Ohio State, you know, I definitely feel like Ohio State, they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship.

3:30:03And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida and I'm writing to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained at Yolkmerf Performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man. They did a really good job. The Bucking Nears, no, I haven't. Temple, a temple, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40, the broad and the vert. It's a great season, awesome offer. Do you speak to your mentality of like when you've got online records over the next half? Singers like you and you're getting ready to score a lot of it. Yeah. Yeah. No, man. It's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked.

3:31:05I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit. You know, and so I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that, but I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother, it's no man. Making sure the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now? In my game. You can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so. You know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. So, you know what I'm saying? Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So, people try to look like a lot of people are out there. You get back in there and say, I can't really remember what I was saying. I did meet with New Orleans as well.

3:32:06I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camarro. Sure, yeah, man, I have a Camarro. Great, great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. So, originally they were off to play a little bit earlier. But you see, you see, you see, you see, you see, you see, you see. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option route out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage. You're getting on that linebacker. And so. Yeah, I say to man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man. And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week, you know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shoot, I don't know, every good, I think he had it.

3:33:09Every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely, man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. Is this, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't, it's not too much, they can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so, being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments where it's tough, you know, where it's slow. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort, you know, even in those moments, man,

3:34:12where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so, I think that's what I'm going to say because I'm a junior, I'm a model of God from being around power to Him. Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. I just really love their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quencha, I'm a mentality, man. Um, that boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted. You know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he's running through somebody, still farming somebody and shoot, it's a game to 10. It's a, do some of the things he does, he just realizes two different things. Yeah. Um, shoot, I think.

3:35:13Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, too, beyond it. He's just gifted. You know, he's, he's a big back. You know, he's strong. And so, um, you know, he's, he's able to do, he's able to do those things. And so, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quencha, you know, I want to look at his game and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last two to be doing? Julien San. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate. And so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um, continue to grow as a leader, continue to grow as a player. And so he's going to be really good for high state. Uh, he's, I know just the quarterback position. Um, I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to, um, ask Julien San as well. It's to be that vocal leader and lead, um, and lead to offense and lead to steam.

3:36:13Thanks, thanks, thanks. I'm going to be going to play. Shoot, man, he has, he has a bill like JK Dobbins. And, um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. Um, I feel like he's not talked about his know, um, a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is, is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights, like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And, um, I feel like, you know, um, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so, appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going.

3:37:17Yeah. Yeah.

3:38:17Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I got coming in last year. I knew we were all so I just tacked every day really the same way. Basically, basically, basically, basically, you're very different. Are you weight wise, body wise, all that? Um, I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240. I'm like 240. Right now.

3:39:17Last year, I played it like 236 to 37. What does it feel like a 240 or a belt? You feel like almost a different machine out there. Yeah. What does it feel like to be running around out there like you are, but with more, uh, more back? I just feel like I'm like, like, like more downhill, like stronger. Like I'm taking all the blocks better. It's bigger. Yeah. Is it daunting? Uh, maybe that's not the correct term. I think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year and you played quite a bit last year and stuff. What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? Is it going to get ready to just play 30 more snaps? But are you, are you, how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an eight-stand point? Yeah. I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. I'm ready for it. The text is open. It's a rematch. It's not really two different teams. Compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the, where an opener of that magnitude?

3:40:18Yeah, with an opener like that, we've been, um, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming, so we know we got to do, we've been prepared for it. Already this is probably what you're going to be. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshman like he in the, he in the book. He stood in like he advanced and his measurements is crazy. Like he saw like the saw line to him. You said you're ready. I didn't know you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready? So is every team needed for me? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was. It was just whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, most of me. I think I'm there. A different is that feeling this year than last year? I asked the one more time.

3:41:18How different is that? I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was intentional with everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. For somebody who's some reason that you see me as a help teacher. It won't work? How's everybody working? I say... describe my game. When you think of me, you would think of like a bullet, like a silver bullet. I don't really get bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play and think. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but... I'll say that the nickname can be that sort of thing. Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's like... How does that fit you?

3:42:21And what are you and your wing about who laying in that kind of second? I think it fit me because... I don't know, I just like the defense. I feel like we got... Like you said, we got a lot of freedom and we're moving around a lot. A lot of the terms is like, you know, I don't know. I don't really know how to answer that. That's okay, does it? You can go on your endstakes a little bit more, baby. And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on. But it's like... I just like the defense. I like how the three are different. I like what you got going on. But I was upset when CJ left the world. Uh... Now I wanted to say that I was kind of like happy for him. No, miss him. That's what you want. No. No. All right. No, that's my dog. I'm going to say it. Kind of missing a little bit, but yeah, I'm happy for him though. Well, don't think... Go ahead one last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for...

3:43:21That wasn't maybe your national championship you guys put in your own. Yeah. How much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and a lot more some of your classmates? Yeah, I do feel like... Yeah, I do feel like... I did win the Nadi last year, but like you said, my role wasn't... Same as how it's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to go get another one. Experience that feeling. Maybe on the field. A lot more place. That's it. Great. Oh, Bill, thank you very much. I'm going to be so happy. You can be full and everything like that, and also get your teeth knocked in first game and you can't have that happen because then it really doesn't mean anything. And so just the constant mindset to continually get better is... But on the forefront of my mind and forefront of anyone here you can ask. Yeah. Yeah, I know. We look at the class stats that we're not letting you be like, oh man, they're gone. But it's been good. I mean, the guys here are still here.

3:44:21I'm definitely kind of bonded together. Pretty good. So... Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you know, Marv came in in the other days like... In that class, twenty-one best class ever. And I'm like, yeah, sure. Okay. You know. I can't really even, you know, just sitting to that. You know, we don't have much left, but... Yeah. Yeah, I mean, to do what we can and do what we can for this team has been really important for all of us. And I think us now realizing we're the veterans, you know, we're the old guys now in the group, it's been kind of strange, at least to begin with, you know, because you go from... All those guys here like Donnie and Josh and those guys and all of a sudden, it's Sunday. We have a team meeting after the... Like the celebration, the shoe, and all of a sudden the next day they're just gone. And, you know, it's just very different. So I think us being able to step up as, you know, leaders and as vets to help bring along the team, our units and this program has been really important.

3:45:24Well, I think they're overall two more questions just to try. But then you and your office line, the first year, Luke said that Jake has been by so far eating, and he's been playing for a long time. Somebody who went through that would have been impressed by Jake. No, it could have been doing really well. I mean, Ike goes and he goes to work. He's extremely athletic, extremely flexible. You know, he's a young kid, obviously. He's a lot of development, a lot of... He's a little adversity at all of us do. But I think he's going through that right now, but he's been coming out on the better end of it so far. And I'm excited to see what he can do because he's very impressive at this young stage. So I think you're a voice overall level of excitement just to be back with the rest of this year off to line. You guys have something to just get it back. Yeah, extremely excited. I mean, trying to just build that culture back up again, you know, like what we had last year. I'm trying to do a little stuff here and there.

3:46:24And I think we're going to Ray-Rays, Barbecue, I think tomorrow. So shout out Ray-Rays. But yeah, just trying to get that brotherhood back, get that, you know, that oblock spirit back. Sure it's coming soon, soon. Hopefully. But just to kind of get those... Not those same faces, but those same kind of mindsets back. And our group is important right now. And it's been fun to meet new guys from different backgrounds and stuff like that. And try to figure out how to build that and mend that together. It's been pretty cool. Now as you are, I want to be both experienced veterans on this team. How much do you feel like you have to be a leader for the students here? Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think that comes... It's obviously... I don't feel like it's natural to anyone to immediately step up. And that's something I've been working on every day and talking to God about. But I have to understand that. And that's something I want to continue to work on. I want to be able to be a guy that people can fall back on.

3:47:24And like Coach was saying before, like we're going to have highs and lows. But the great players, the ones we can set our clocks to. And I kind of want... That's my goal. It's to be one of those people that you can do that. And I think for especially a very new set of eyes in the Woody, not only coaches but players. I think it's very important to kind of keep that steady mindset. And I think for me, learning how to be a leader has been important just to not be too hard on myself, but also not let myself kind of slack off in some departments to try to keep steady. Just your story itself, though, is testament of what it means for perseverance and stuff, too. I mean, you don't necessarily have to stand up from somebody to say that, right? I mean, just... What do you think you've shown more than anything else in every card? Yeah, I mean, I've been blessed. I've been blessed with a lot of adversity. I think that's definitely made me better on the back end. And Coach Day always talks about it. And you don't...

3:48:25Great leaders aren't... You know, they can show it, but you know, a lot of people can show it. A lot of people can just talk about it. But to be about it is important. And I think to me now I've went through a lot of that adversity. I went through a lot of that stuff. And my testament has been written in an interesting way. But I think for me to take that next step is really important for not only for this team, but for myself personally. What's your view of those impressions of Ethan? Yeah. He's been doing great. I mean, he came in big, freaking strong. He's fun to be in the weight room with. He's kind of quiet. Like that's kind of my first impression on him, but he's actually pretty funny, dude. He and his dad come over and they kind of joke around. So he's been doing a great job. I can't talk. He's been doing a great job. For his size, he has like freaky athletic feet. Like I watch and do the ladders. And that's a lot of massive overrun on those things. You know, doing the little icky shuffle, but I mean, he was killing it. And so he's been doing a great job. I can't wait to see how he kind of continues to develop throughout this summer and throughout this fall camp.

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3:51:32You know, everyone's kind of trying to figure out their new roles. And I think he's been... He's been doing a lot of things. Big body guy that he catch the bar. He can run between the tacos. He's feeding the quickies and wants you to think for a big guy. He has a really good feet. He's got balance so long. That's what makes him good. That's what I saw. Is that a comment for a bigger bag like the CalShe is in the first utility? Yeah. I think that's probably a good way to bring back some of the tight-end back home. Well, tight-end back home. I don't know many with that type of a grown-back. He's a high school receiver. They try to play as an age-back. Well, really good play. When you look in the portal for running back to you, we're going to try to recruit running back to you. Does it matter to you if you have two different styles of running back to me? One guy can do certain things better. One guy can do certain things better. Or is it, you'll just say the best running back to you from the fight. I want to have different styles. Yeah, I want different styles. I mean, it's not the same thing. You don't want to take the same thing. You want to take guys with different skills. Whether they're big guys, small guys, class catchers, in-between type of runners.

3:52:35I don't want to take the same thing. They're all different backs. You guys have built a clinch on a lot of the red zone story. You guys have done a lot of great things. Was it important to find the back of that size? Did you see how it's done? I don't know. I have my own opinion on the size of the company. I had Jordan James out of order. He's my grandson, running a show yard, running a freshman. Probably way to 2-10-12, which is not very big. But then he got in the middle of the game. Some guys got a nose sticking down his own. And he played with a lot of aggression down here running. So that could be CZ8. That could be James. Or it could be the freshman, Bo Jackson. It's just who has a nose for giving his own. That's who I'm going to run with. You don't have to be a 62. It's just because you're being there. I don't make a problem. We need to get it, obviously, you know, freshman running back from it.

3:53:37And Bo and I say are here. But what do you need to see from a freshman? To feel comfortable with that place. In the first thing you were there on the ball. When they do their little small detail things, take care of the ball. The second thing would be how good they are in the past. Because it's the hardest thing for high school back. Because they're not really sure in high school. But you have to understand the past. But all their files are new. So like they said, I'm here to catch my hand. So that's why I need to see first. And everything gets. I will understand to be the same. I think they're going to be good. Do you feel comfortable with Bo and I say, where they're at? Or at least, you know, where their time is at? Yeah, I think they've been fine. I'd say I tell all the young guys. He's a marathon out of sport. The first day, the first you've been an armistice. I'm a special team. You're an expert. You're a special team. Then you're earned the right to be a book out. So get that down the field. So I think they're training the right moves.

3:54:37First practice. It wasn't merit. It was the build off. I'm keeping stuff to work on. Good. Yeah. Long day. I've just seen some of the younger guys in the room develop. I think about like, Patrick Houston is coming in this year. I've seen him working with you guys. Joshua Bacon. Sounds like you're coming home. I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. I mean, I was in their shoes one time and I had Zach Harrison, Jibon Tay and Tyler Frydell in front of me. So I feel like I'm just trying to be one of those peers that they were for me. And kind of just giving them the steps to get there. And I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. And they're definitely going to be one of the great Russian. It doesn't seem like. I think Josh was talking about it. JT and Zach probably have made it. It's on their way. It's great. Maybe that's some of the opportunities for me to be able to do that. Is there a difference in the work going to be getting through Patrick's camp? But the last couple.

3:55:37I feel like all the camps I've definitely gotten a big course learned. And I love that side. I asked Coach Jay for it. I love getting more reps because I just like protecting my craft. So I mean, some people may not need it. But I mean, I just like to get as many reps as I can. What are the things on that course that I work on right now? I mean, for me, it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly, like my steps and my footing. It's kind of just affecting my toolbox a little bit. Call it my craft and just trying to be a second whenever you play. It's what it's kind of different. What are the two kinds of things that you just say about your craft? You see what I'm saying about it. You see what I'm saying about it. Yeah, definitely just getting stronger faster, everything all day above. But one of my big things is being a leader. And kind of just not trying to still look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into it. So I feel like you kind of have a lot of leaders on the B-line. You have to be in position. So we kind of all kind of just count off the children and others.

3:56:38And we've got a tough front. We've used a build up on these guys. We've seen what they're all doing right in the field. And we've just got to get them out and try to keep them as good as we like. So you need to keep those guys out of that position. I'm just competitive. We love it. We all competitive people. We all love to fish each other. And that's what we're creating the best side of all of this. We feel like we all just kind of bouncing off each other and see what one person does. And we kind of split it into our actual box. And we all kind of just kind of build on one great thing. Hey, you're going to go last year and you've got to get the shot and put a full back in the boat. And they'll put you in that idea and put you in the coach's game. I mean, how the get come up out? Because you're a jackson, you're a sloppy. You get to touch that. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit tied in. So I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there. And Coach Wilson, honestly, he loved watching it too. He loved, and he felt like he planned that seed and coach day's head. And Coach Day kind of just went for it. And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Executive chin ring now.

3:57:39New play about Guy to Nano. Yeah, we've got that far. How tough is that? I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any professional field. You need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it. And I'll try to do my best for you. Can Jack do the same thing? Oh, yeah. I'm definitely, that's why. He was just talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of side you and about how to have some conversations. After the JT and Jack decided to come back, just went a little bit of weight into those, and respected them. And how did that help you maybe get the right mindset against community and school? I'm definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened. And they don't know everything that goes into it. How long the season is now. What you got to do to prepare for and what's happening all that time from here to to this. So I feel like we definitely just coached in me kind of connected. And we kind of just talks, man or man. And he kind of just sent straight to me.

3:58:39And I feel like we kind of both are going on. That's what I'm saying. We know we're making it. We're making each other better every day. And we got the four best DNs. Five best DNs, honestly. And the college football. And we're going to be one of the best DLines in college football. How do you feel about a player today that you work in this year? I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team and kind of bring people in. And I feel like I'm kind of helping out more. I think record in right across the C-B-A-C. C-B-S-L. I mean, it sounds bizarre, but I mean the season goes by so fast already. So when you're kind of like week 10 and you're like wow, it's already week 10. So now it's kind of gives you more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it because you've got a lot of freedom to feel like you're in a freshman's place. But you don't want to spend all your time in the first month of the year, right? Oh yeah. There is a light set that I did that season. Yeah, definitely.

3:59:39Definitely going to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys in the last question right here? 2016, 2017, 4 NFL defense events in the end. And just how much does he talk to that guy? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know what it could be come. So we know we're at the same, we're at the right place at the right time. And God wanted us to be here and be new. We wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together at something special. How did your expectations, I guess, meet up with how do you feel when you play at this point in the past? I feel like I've made the plays that came to me. And that's really awesome. You can control. I've had more opportunities as years progressed and been in spots to be around the ball. But the expectation was to come here and contribute to the team and try to find a way to push the team to win games at high level.

4:00:46And to be better than they were in Lachian for me to play better than I was in Lachian. So really just coming to try to grow with myself and with the team. So that was my big goal and I feel like I've done a good job and the team has done a good job progressing through the year and getting better. So yeah, that's all I'm saying about that. We're here to the right. I'm going to stand here right now. Just feel like a different season. What does it feel like for you going into playoffs? You know, I'll just get the goal you wanted necessarily to win your season, but here you are. I mean, what is that sense that you have right now that's different from the regular season? I mean, everybody wants to say it's a new season in terms of, because if everybody's 0-0 right now, when you keep going, if you lose, you're done. But generally, that's how you get to play every game. You know, to play every game in my case, your last game. So for me, I don't think it's really any difference. We have to go play at a high level every game. And I can't be based at home.

4:01:48There's a player in the game. So you have to go play every game like this is the same thing. So I would say in terms of that, no, you just have to play the game. Play the game is there. What feels difficult is defense right now going into this. So you all feel even more... The tightest week, close together, what was it? I mean, what is your sense of the further it's so to speak of the defense? I feel like we progressed throughout the season. We did make a change after game 6, because we lost and we didn't play well at the game. And I feel like we'd grow up from that and add to a better place. Over these past two weeks, off just realizing, okay, these are the things that we messed up throughout the year. These are what we need to fix. These are what this team is trying to explore on us. So just really going back through everything and seeing what can do better for this kind of game and for the next couple of years. Let's go for questions. Tell me you've heard me fuck that home. How does the Tennessee's wide split with your receivers impact you as a country?

4:02:53I feel like it makes the game more and more more game. It makes your receivers more in DBs at the play of second game than the guys up front. And it makes it truthfully like those guys have to do their job and these guys have to do your job. You've got to be able to stop the run with the people they have in the run fit and yet to be able to stop their path with the people they have out there. So that's what they do and they do it at a really low level. So it's going to be tough to go ahead. And then finally, what's the joy of having fun with this game? The coach knows the time of the speedy which there you guys are going to call in the lane. This is built for potential visitors of the past fantasy in the play call and the player kind of manages it that gives you the speedy which is called in. All right. It allows you to get your clean senator. So earlier just a ability to see the formation and see what keys that you have before the play and have knowledge of your job and not really thinking. Being able to play and not think during the games are a big thing. So whenever you can get the call that faster and play at high level and play without.

4:03:59Thank you very much. Appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your attention. It's all your philosophy. It gives a touch. So I definitely didn't in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit of tidied in. So I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there and coach Wilson. Obviously he left watching it too. He left and I feel like he playing that seed and coach day's head and coach day kind of just went for it and tried to do the best I could to do it. Executive chin wing now. New playbook. I did not know you haven't got that far. How tall percent of you are looking back on? I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field you need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it and try to do my best for you. Can you check me the same thing? Oh yeah. But what about you? Graphically if that's what. Can you just talk into Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of start using that out to have some conversations after JT and Jack decided to come back? Just a little bit of wind into those and you're expecting to do it and how did that help you really get the right mindset against me?

4:05:04Definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it, how long the season is now, what you got to do to prepare for and what happened and all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coach day and me kind of connected and we kind of just talk man-to-man and he kind of just straight to me and I feel like we kind of both agree on it. Making each other better every day and we got the 4 best Dn's, 5 best Dn's honestly in the College Football and we're going to be one of the best D-Lines in College Football. But you feel the better player today at any more games in the season? I feel like I've taken big steps in my rules of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team and kind of bring people in and I feel like I'm kind of helping out more. Any record ran for Possible to see the TKFC? The next sound, I mean the sounds bizarre but I mean the season goes by so fast already so when you're kind of like week 10 and you're like wow it's already week 10 so now it's kind of getting more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it because you've come already here for a feeling of freshness and taste crazy.

4:06:17But you don't want to spend all your time here in the first month of the year right? I mean there's a lot of pace yourself there. There's a mindset for the season. Yeah definitely definitely going to have that mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys around like that? Last question right here. 2016, 2017, 2017, 4 and 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, so much as he talked about that. I mean he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're at the same place at the right time and God wanted us to be here. He knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together at something special. You get like good coaches who believe in you and they give you the tools to go out there and just play with confidence. You're not out there doubting yourself. You got your teammates who got your back. I first played when I got up there to see like when the Zell, the IGB and the Jermaine.

4:07:17Like personally they say it's like no where you just go out there and play with confidence. You know the tools, it's usual tools. It's just go out there and make a play. And where about a play coming to you? You know where you're so time and show your job. You just do it. And then like say what goes well. He gives me. He puts me in a position like at the drills we put in the work you put in the one-on-one. So I just go out there and perform at the highest level. How much better are you right now than maybe last month in Fortesburg right now? I mean I got way better just because I've transitioned a little bit to the inside. I'm like now I'm actually trying to catch technique and it's often preppers not always press at the line. So it's like not maybe like move my feet, move my hands like see like what I got to do just like just in case I got to go back in corner. I can I'm playing off now. I'm very confident out there. Do you think that was a natural fifth of you or have you had to kind of convince yourself to transition around? I mean I feel like it's a natural fifth of me because I feel like me individually I'm a fast learner. I'm a fast learner and like coaches help us like learn fast and like because they're always honest about the techniques and stuff.

4:08:20So you like you play down like you pick up all the things and then like when we get out here they coach us to like the techniques. So we used to go out there and play like fast spot and it would like like reversatility. You're able to go out there and just compete. Is that where you kind of stuck this spring or do you get kind of melted? So I've really been stuck there this spring a little bit right whenever you get it's like other things. I just bounce out there every once in a while just like have just have fun see if I still got it every once in a while. So it's as good as going to the compete at most spots. You mentioned the technique what technique you know tips and things that you had to pick up and learn from what you're from taking the inside. I mean it's always like you are because what preachers are asking hands right see it you see it move your feet and then hit your hand. The deal hands on the mask was like when you be like when you out there you able to like process like the way the receiver come off the ball looking at the hips and seeing like the way he moving. Are you able to pick up like the row constant you can get out of that like so it's being like under coach walls. I mean like as a player and just like him breaking out football to you like one on one is very beneficial.

4:09:23What was the hardest part of making that transition from outside inside? I really say like cornering you got your cover to you cover three to cover once and it's easy but you got nickel. There are so many responsibilities you got to see like the row concepts you got to be able to process like diagnosed rouse faster than what you got to do in that corner and just be able to like everything. Quid like your transition you got to like you got to move fast. You got to learn to move fast. Is like game recognition or anything from the most since you got. I definitely say I definitely say has because how you get like college is a little bit different high school. We don't got to worry about things like that when I want you get to college in school like this like your recognition of plays and like you know your jobs the way like the coverage is to be played understand all your teammates or plus if you have a feel like it's easy. What if your product is bad? It's very talented. He's a great dude. He's a humble guy.

4:10:23Great teammate. He's very supportive. It's like God actually went around because you can feed off your energy because you can see like we make a place. He's like he like IGB. It's like IGB two-pointer so he's like when you get out there with guys like that would get energy. It makes you play a little bit harder and then like when you make a place out there and I'm just helping you like it's being out there with him. He's a great player. Lundle has had trust questions and full kids. I'm going to say obviously I've been here a few years ago. There's probably serious things now. What is it about Lundle that gets kids ready to play at Ohio State? It's a big question I know. Let me just start some questions because we have so many kids come out of Lundle and just play at Leeds. I lead like Leeds schools and they like like tracks a big part of it because I mean like actually everybody got a run track like it's mandatory. You don't really get a choice. You able to just like get out here and like know how to compete and then like G like getting bills that mental toughness into you. So I have you like I've heard now you got to be mentally tough because I'm like life is not going to be easy.

4:11:28So it's like being out here being able to compete and when you down just pick yourself back up. That's what he is. That's what he is. How do you describe the mentality of the defense right now getting this opportunity for a rematch for the world? Yeah, hungry and thankful. I mean we know how the last time when we had a chip on our shoulder. We were riding high before that game and we took that loss and we came back and had to make a couple changes. But I think we understand what everything is at stake right now. Just fighting to where another house stage is for next year and that's what's on stake and just to be able to represent this state and this team. I mean we understand what's on the line and you know we're just hungry and blessed that we get this opportunity playing the Rose Bowl. Right behind your Adam King WBNS. What do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of on your mind in that moment? I mean there is a... I love days like these at the pool but my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can sometimes take me out of the moment.

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4:13:36The ocean teaches us, how our everyday choices, big and small make an impact. The ocean delights us as playful otters restore coastal kelp forests. The ocean connects us. Find your connection at monoraybeacquarium.org slash connects. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? To do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. I don't think anybody imagined it. Imagine us losing. I think that's for sure. And I think after that it was a kind of head deep. I understand it. Man, we still a lot of ball left to be played.

4:14:39I mean, you can let it sting for a little bit. But if you let it carry over too long, then there it goes. There goes your whole season by. I think we did a great job of just understanding, coming together in this room right here. Not being afraid of display or hold accountability from one another. And as that happened, we came back, we grouped, and we're just going right now. And I'm just blessed for those specific moments losing. I mean, no one wants to lose, but the testimonies and the things you're taught within those little situations speaks of all of you. After all, we're all right. Vladimir and Dr. O'Reilly. What did you see from King John? That last couple of weeks, was there like a push from him? And there were many conversations with him. You can see that he's playing in this special one, so you can see it. Yeah, I mean, that's my boy. He's in the R2X club, too. But, you know, Keata, I mean, every time his number's called, he goes out there and makes the most of it, no matter where we are in the game.

4:15:41When he goes out there, he's just hungry. He wants to go make plays. And, you know, we see it in practice, so it's not surprising to us. Bill, we're a bit of a mix. Why is this back? Bill and Gabriel are obviously very elusive and are talented. He's not very tall. How important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and neglect a lot of balls and kind of make a difference that way? Yeah, I think it just comes out being disciplined. No one who you're playing against, like you said, he's surely very elusive. I mean, he can, he is making throws. I mean, he get out the parking to everything. So, I think for us, we just have to discipline him. Just continue to just meet with Coach Jay, me with the coach's nose and understand how we can just eliminate that. One question about you and Jack. I mean, your personality seems to be a little different. You're more on the quiet side. How about it? You've played together four years, both five store guys. Kind of describe your relationship with him, friendship with him, and just kind of how you complement each other.

4:16:41Man, that's my brother, like he said. We're different, but very alike. I think outside, like you said, he's louder, I'm quiet, but once we're on that field, we're like the same person. We'll do anything for this team. We'll die for our players and we'll give everything we got. Room together for four years, correct? Yeah, fall camp. Every room? Yeah, sometimes go over there. Is there more over there? Yeah. We need one who's the missing one. We have our share of days when we, when I'm neat, he's neat. Or, you know, we might both be messy, but we do a good job. Yeah, I'd probably say I would better kick Jack though. Tony Gertman, like I hope. When you're playing a team for the second time, and that was almost a season to go by now, how much of... Are you at square one with the scouting and preparation? Or how much do you take from that game? How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any preconceived notions of what you're going to have against offense? On the offensive line? I say it's pretty 50-50.

4:17:41I mean, that game, like you said, it was a while ago, but at the same time, they elevated as a team. So did we. So we understand that they had, they made some changes for sure. You know, there's, there's a certain tendency we can take back from that game, but we also understand that. They went on a little run after that, and we can see that they elevated as an offense. So we just got to continue to watch those games, dissect the other games and just continue to see what stands out. And what they change from the, for the past game. We got a couple calls on zoom that will wrap up with, first we have Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media. Nick? I just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to not only celebrate the triumphs, but get through the adversity. Be able to be this top-notch defense that you are in college football today. Here, the question one more time. Yeah, no problem. I wanted to ask you about the synergy you are able to develop over the course of the season, obviously celebrating the triumphs, but also getting through the adversities to where you are, or the top-notch defense that you are today.

4:18:50Yeah, I mean, like you said, we went through a lot of trials to trials, but there's also, there's a lot of things we can take away from all the wins and losses. And from those, those wins, we understood that, hey, we can be the best defense of the country. And from those losses, we understand that there's still things that need to be fixed. And I think when you take all that in at once, that it comes out to the, the common goal or the common talk, which is, you can, there's always learning points everywhere. And depending how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one and elevate, you know, we continue to just collect all those learning points and just continue to grow from them. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin, thanks to SkyRizzy, RizzenkizmabRizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe, and many were even 100% plaque free.

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4:20:53Find your connection at monoraybeacquarium.org slash connects. Calci's own CEO says it himself. Any of the two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. Any of the two thirds of people on Calci lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. And then you want to find a question. Joey Coffin, Columbus Dispatch. Joey. JT, what have you guys done better in the. In the Tennessee game and just late in the season, you think about turning some of the. The pressures that you've gone on in quarterbacks and the sacks and getting home in some of those situations. Yeah, I think it was more just understanding the defense as a whole, understanding everybody's job.

4:21:55The thing as the season went on, we had to understand that. You know, we have to know what's going on in the back. We have to know what's going on with the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have room of freedom. And I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of the of everybody's job. I mean, it showed this play because everybody else we each other is doing. It's not like the linebacker know what they're doing. The corners and be I they know only their job. I think we all know each other's job and we continue to ask each other questions on. You know, if they're listening how they can get to the quarterback and you know if I'm dropping. Playing quarterbacks by I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle. So you know, we just we just kind of lean on each other's understanding because you know, like I said, like DeZoe knows I play corner bend it. And I know I play corner. So you know, he has more more wisdom at that position than I do. JT, thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks, man. The first race in the moment like that in the ball time. I'm really glad. Definitely a little bit of both. Obviously, I just want to the team to win.

4:22:56I think we got a chance to win. No, definitely towards the end of the stretch that last drive. I was a couple of plays here, a couple calls that he made me should have gotten. But I think the frustration more so it just comes from no wanting to win or anything. What team said he was a little surprised how much attention you got right away from the defense. How about you? Yeah, definitely. We maybe killed him or one of the ones kind of how the game playing was set up. You didn't got like different coverage out of cloud to my side. And I just kind of had the game goes. What's the process been? Sometimes where, or whatever reason, just see that. Yeah, definitely. Especially in college, a lot of the game fans defensively were taking you like. You know, they had a lot of success at a high-speed. One of the ball had a different weapons. They kind of still get the victories. And I was, yeah, you continue to do better jobs when I hear. My heart's in the rotation. The process has been like post game getting on the same page with Kyler. Just, you guys exchanged text or you guys in the film?

4:23:57Yeah, film them definitely. Kind of asking what did I see there? Kind of go over and play. Oh, yeah. I just try to get him what I saw and kind of different feedback there. Change words. Mark, I gather we're asking questions about the previous game bar. Are you the type of guy to let a game like that winger or how do you flush it? You got to move on. Got to move on. It's a long season guy. It's like 16 more of them. Hopefully, you know, I can stay healthy throughout the year and just continue to build and get better each week. Okay, did so much work throughout the off season to get on the same page. How different is it when you get into that regular season? Yeah, it's totally different. It's totally different. You can do a lot of things, you know, insert some shorts and then once you go out there, put practice and get pads on, you do like the point practice we do with the colds, but there's nothing like actually going out there and live action and really trying to get the same case. So I think that relationship will continue to develop and we'll get better. Did it just a matter of reps then? Just a matter of reps then. Yeah, definitely, definitely. Like I said, that was kind of my first live action together. So I can continue to give it.

4:24:57When you're early impressions on it. I'm going to feel together and I'm going to be crazy with what's happened. Yeah, but now obviously I have a depth of respect. You know, JG's call or preseason and obviously be off for a really healthy. That's kind of the most important thing. And obviously that's a lot of healthy even going for it. So, um, that's it. Marvin, what are your early impressions of the Rams? What do you think of the Rams? Yeah, I mean, they're a good team. They're good physical team. I got a new lot of new guys up front, I think. That's kind of where they're strong suit is. Kind of a little different to Buffalo. Come over to a little match coverage. So I'm excited to go against it. Personally, when the belts take taking one of my opportunities, how do you feel today? It's just getting over the belt. Wasn't many of them. Wasn't many of them. So, uh, I thought maybe I'm just where you think game versus just playing. You know, not getting a preseason game and actually into the box. Definitely, definitely thinking a lot out there. And, um, you know, I think I'll come with reps. I think to think and less and just going out there and playing. Definitely come with reps. And it's something you know I'll get better at.

4:25:58Definitely, I was thinking a lot out there. Is there anything you can do to bring that that's for coverage? I think you're in the past because you're going to face that a lot obviously. Yeah, I mean, you just got to team, get open for yourself, make yourself available. And when the ball does go away, making the play. Um, this, he's just taking you away. That means other guys are having a chance to get open. So, uh, that's kind of how I look at it. It's no longer since it's you know offense. That's the best thing of course. That kind of thing would be with Kyler. This is something that comes pretty quickly. I'm hoping you mean there's something like that. Hopefully sooner or later I think. Um, I'll continue to see. Let's see. I don't think we're in a bad place right now at all. Obviously, I don't really think that. But, uh, just a live reps will continue to grow and show. I think how I believe maybe different than somebody else may believe. You know, I like to practice at least like the being positivity. You know, I mean so. I mean, the energy I would be on just like hyperb, the beyond. So, I was kind of on the goal.

4:27:00Um, really my whole life. I felt team captain like specifically. And I felt I wasn't captain in high school. Wasn't a captain in college. But I want to make a joke. I was in high school. So, yeah, I feel like I'm not going to be captain like it's that I felt. Yeah. Um, but that would be awesome. I know, but you know, that happens. I'd be great. But not either way. I want to assume a role as a captain from perspective. The guys want to be visual word and get back to that point. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that. I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how you used to move past. I mean, I didn't take just the first ALTAs. It took training and left and right once this season. And because I know what was going to be shared. So, I took a lot of reps. Just to give back to feeling like myself for day one.

4:28:01And then now, first week, but now, like today specifically, just changing some small things with my feet. That is it. Talking about the long coach. I've got some things I'm doing my feet to get to that, to sell my traditional angle that I love to sit on. I thought I felt great already, but I felt even better. I started even more excited tomorrow. Now I'm getting my feedback on how I like the right side and on the left side. So, I'm excited. I mean, obviously, I feel like in the league, whether I left the right, you're still going against Premier Guy. So obviously, the high expectations for the left and right tackle. But definitely the level of energy and the expectations definitely take me. Because now, tonight, it applies. I've asked them as the tackle role. So, yeah, I would say in terms of communication as far as this, even outside of the facility, and stuff like that, I didn't really create that tackle court back.

4:29:02But even more often, the old I think has been something that's even good. I got the text one day. I said, hey, I keep going left. I've been training both. I've been training both. I asked after the season there, honestly, we'll talk to you, so please, see you in the season. I just got the text. I'm not having what happens with the free agency. So I was like, you know what? I had an old season right tackle. So, if I get the word, I'm going to stand right tackle. I was doing what I did before. I'm building on that. I was trying to left tackle now. As if I'm going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that than training all the right time. I'm going to go to the club. I didn't switch my feet. You know what I mean? So, I'm like, don't just prepare an advance. I was like, yeah, it was God. I think occasionally, on third down, there would be a lot of twists. I was just not like, it's an automatic or something. And I think that was my mindset for the first half of the season.

4:30:03I didn't have the goals again with surprise. I said, did that. I tried to figure it out. Okay. This is the type of rush. Again, this is how this guy usually rushes. If I get the vibe, this is how he ends like the rush. You know, tackles that. First of your guys. You got the premier patch on. Already, you know, what it was going to be. Already, you know, will be every stunt. And honestly, just knowing that's kind of an advantage to... So, you're not... Oh, the problem is with my side. It was never air-dombed. Well, they come out the hot side. Three plays in a row. It's too minute. I knew that. It was a win. They said a lot of it. You know what I mean? I'm watching more everybody else. And he rarely goes out there occasionally. I was like, you know, I was like, you know, he's going to take me. You know what I mean? So, effect. It's kind of... It's also kind of an advantage in a way. But it's also exciting. I'm going to get the hardest look. You know, those are the real, real reps. You know, the things. Really, I went into the count process.

4:31:05I was like, hey, when I tell me, let me know about my I'm just going to train it. I was training all the way to T.A.'s. I guess if I didn't hear anything about T.A.'s, I would've came in like... So, you know what I mean? Because just like, I'm cool with training both continue. I would've been cool with training both continually. But I feel like anybody, any position, will be like, okay. You want as soon as possible to get your feet settled in, your hips settled in, your hands, so then, no. A certain kind of that. Would it have been harder for you to work both very healthy? No. No. But they're definitely, but in terms of the development, they're definitely a lot faster, they're staying on one side. But I think having that week's that we had the transitional season was over, and it kind of like was fun. You know, good. I'm going to try and get up, put up my arms, and then week. Things are at a time right now, but when it comes back, I'm going to show them to you on the house.

4:32:07I've got a house not too far from, so I told them, I got that house, so I can get like a yellow outside. Like, these days. You know what I mean? So, yeah. I just doesn't have any stock or anything. Doesn't mean anything, so we had to play on Friday, and that's really all that matters. We're going to take two more from Zoom before turning it back. Our first one's going to come from Stephen from Cleveland.com. Go ahead. It's the fun. I'm sorry. Hey, Caleb. We've seen, you were talking about the Ohio State Office, the success that they've had. Obviously, Jeremiah has been a big part of that. What's it been like this year going against him in practice? And, you know, after doing that, does it surprise at all to see him having his successes? How does a freshman? No, it doesn't bring surprises. It was pretty easy to see the talent that he has and the blessings that God has put on his plate. But it's always a challenge going against Jeremiah and other receivers and Mecca and Karnel and practice.

4:33:11And even guys like Brandon and his impression Rogers, they do a great job bringing looks for the defense and create a lot of obstacles. I'll find a question from Zoom is going to come from Dan Hope. Go ahead, Dan. Caleb, you, Quinn had a lot of success against you guys when you played him at Alabama last year. Just what do you remember from going up against him last year and what can you learn from that game? Really smart quarterback. Knows how to operate their offense. Push the ball in the right places. And then Coach Narkeeson does a great job putting him in positions to win. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RisenkizmabRizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe. And many were even 100% plaque free.

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4:35:15They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. Any ask two thirds of people on CalShi lose money. lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShi in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. Jerry back to you. Thank you Rob Aller. Columbus Dispatch. Caleb, JT and Jack Lannops and sides. Are they opposite off the field? As they are on in terms of personality and just the people they are? They're offices but they are also like one of the closest people I know. They spend a lot of time together. They've come from different sides of the country so they're different people for sure. But they're both really great people and really great men. I'm sorry I respect both of them. How did you do that? I'm not going to do that. I'm sorry. I'm not going to do that.

4:36:16Go to Austin Warren podcast. Throughout the season we would always see you on Wednesday nights. You and Nathan would be some of the last people off the field. Are the things that you're working on after a practice always the same? Is it a routine? What are the things that you're hoping to get out of those extra moments after practice? So routine pretty much the keys that we need to go into the game with. And then also changes week to week based on what our jobs are going to put us into doing. So every week we go through the same things and then we add certain things that we do for the... What the team that we play is going to ask us to accommodate. Bill, we're going to win. Pull up this dispatch. Yeah, I already got one here. Okay, Joey Goplin, pull up this dispatch. Killin. When Texas uses play action and Nathan uses play action in a fair bit. What do they do well in those spots and what's the key for you guys in those moments with Quinn? They do a really good job with I Candy. And it creates a lot of challenges for defense in order to see if it's runner pass.

4:37:21Because that's when they're going to take their shots too as well. So really just having great eye discipline, seeing the line and seeing what it's telling us. So that's what it is. Pete Brake, Nick Walker, Letterman Rolfe. Hey, you guys had a pretty good game plan for Tyler Warren. You guys played him. You guys have another Texas has a good tight end and Gunnar Hound. What are you guys going to have to do to limit him and what do you think about his game? He's a really good player. He makes a lot of plays and he has a lot of receiving yards this year. So really just do the same thing we've done all year. Just be disciplined in our responsibilities. And if you're on them, you've got to make a play when it comes. Right, one of the main drillists. Play them.com. When you look at their receivers as kind of a whole, you know, they spread ball around. Seems like a lot of what stands out about the way that they can spread ball around those different guys. A lot of really good athletes. I play with Isaiah Bond, last year, who's a really great receiver. A lot of speed. And then all the receivers have made a lot of plays.

4:38:22So I mean, everybody has to be on their peasy queue as if we're going to stop them and have a do a really good job. Fred Brake, you're on your 10 May Letterman Rolfe? Yeah, kill, but you moved up here. I don't have to get to you when you moved it basically a year ago. And stuff. It was a little bit of a leap of faith because you know how many athletes are on this team. Get athletes to stuff. But when did you really feel this defense come into its own? And then then pass that, man, watching in Rose Bowl, you're recognition of what was coming seem to be on point. Did it feel like that? I mean, you personally. I think the defense has played really well throughout the season. I think we've had games where we played better and games where we haven't put it all together. But I think that's how all defenses are. So I can't say there's a certain moment where I think we put it together. But what's your second part of your question? You seem really on point against Oregon about recognizing what was coming.

4:39:23I mean, you were really active out there directing and things like that. Did it feel like that? I feel like as Luke said earlier, the preparation that we put in goes into that. And just feeling comfortable and what we're doing, what we're seeing with the other teams. I feel like that allows us to play fast and me and Laketon to communicate to everybody else. Did I miss anyone's questions here? Steve, how long in front of you in this sports? Yeah, Caleb, but you came to Ohio State to play for National Championship. And there were a lot of ups and downs throughout the season. Just to be in this position, the last four teams still live. You feel validated by that. And did you always have faith that this is how it was going to turn out? I came to Ohio State to become a better player and to help the team be as good as it can be. Not to win a National Championship. Like that wasn't the only goal for me coming here. Really just wanted to be in the team and be with the brotherhood. But it's a great feeling being in the final four and being with the team and everything that comes with that.

4:40:27But it's a blessing to be here. And one final question, Bill, we're been once a club has disbanded. I did want to call up when I talked to you back in the game. You said, when they scored their first and second touchdown, you were really hot on the sidelines. What was your message to the team? And you know, that's a good offence. They're going to score against most people. Why were you so hot? Really just because we didn't execute, which let them score. So we've done that a lot, which is something we can't do in these big games and these games where it's going to go home. So we got to make the plays when they come and get our competitive excellence as Coach Dases make the play where your number's called. Caleb, thank you very much. I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. I was in their shoes one time and I had Zach Harrison, Javonte, Tyler Friedel, and Fred and me. So I feel like I'm just trying to be one of those peers that they work for me and kind of just give them the steps to get there. And I feel like they're definitely picking up quick and they're definitely going to be one of the great rushmen. So we coach Josh, you're talking about it.

4:41:29JT and Zach probably need it. It's not a big spirit. So you have some real opportunities for me, which are a lot of them. Is there a difference in the work going that you've been getting through after the champ? They're going to be the last couple. I feel like all the camps I've definitely got in a big course load and I love that. I asked Coach J for it. I love getting more reps because I just like perfecting my craft. So I mean, some people may not need it. Some people need it. I mean, it looks like he has many reps. What do you think? Speak on that course load. So what's your opinion? For me, it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly, like my steps, my footing. Kind of just perfecting my toolbox and what we call it and my craft and just trying to be a second winner every place we try to do. I'm definitely just getting stronger faster, everything all day above. But one of my big things is being a leader and kind of just not trying to still look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into.

4:42:33So I feel like we kind of have a lot of leaders on the D line and at the D in position. So we kind of all kind of just kind of talk about each other. So it's definitely tough to try and do the girls. I'm going to let those guys play with the ball and do the ball. And then you're going to do the team. And try to make it just be like, do you need this guys? How does that transition into? It's very competitive and we love it. We all competitive people, we all love to fish each other. And I feel like the springing and the best side of all is, we're all just kind of bouncing off each other and seeing what one person does and the kind of build into our actual box. And we all kind of just kind of build one great thing. You remember, unless you got to get the shot of the full back in the boat. And they approach you that are there and two coach down. I mean, how did that come about? Because you heard Jack saw your club. It gives a test back. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit tired. And so I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson. Honestly, he left Washington too before he left. And I feel like he planned that seed and coach Day's head and coach Day kind of just went for it.

4:43:36And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that the chin ring now? New playbook, I did not know you and got that far. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And how top percent of the year? I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it. And I'll try to do my best for you. Good Jack, you the same thing. Oh yeah. And well, what? I think that's what kids is talking to coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and some of the sort of thought you got out to have some conversations after you've JT and Jack decided to come back. Just went a little way into those and you're perspective and how did that help you really get the right mindset I guess, when you need this. Um, definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it. How long the season is now. What you got to do to prepare for and what happened and all that time from here to to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached in me kind of connected and we kind of just talks man on man.

4:44:39And he kind of just straight to me and I feel like we kind of both have been honest. And we know we're making it. We're making each other better every day. We got the four best DNs, five best DNs, obviously in the college football. And we're going to be one of the best DLines in college football. How do you feel about the better player today at any work in this season? I feel like I'm taking big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team. And kind of bring people in and I feel like we kind of helping out more. How do you record a hand round in the past? I mean, it sounds bizarre, but I mean the season goes by so fast already. So I mean, you're kind of like week 10 and you're like wow it's already week 10. So now it's kind of getting more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of save it because I'm already in here for a feeling of refreshments. It's here once been on your cover for the first month of the year. Oh yeah. There is a light set that I did in the season.

4:45:39Yeah, definitely. Definitely going to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys around the game? Last question right here. 2016, 2017, 2017, 4 NFL D-Federal Worlds, all in sync. How much does he talk to that guy? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're right at the same, we're at the right place at the right time. And God wanted us to be here and be new. We wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together and something special. Great. Doing it, what were the deliberations? I'm surprised it's even a conversation. Like, it should always be live. Let's tell you. Tell you. Tell you play football. So obviously there's a proximity to the season, which is a little reckless, I understand that. But in spring, we're here competing for jobs. I mean, if I'm a quarterback, I'm asking to be live so I can show him how I'm different than, you know,

4:46:43anyone that can't be live. You know what I mean? They're always trying to find an edge. And if you're never fully alive, I don't think you fully give a guy's opportunity to be who they want to be or who they can be. So that being said, I will cast my vote, but that will not be my final decision on that. But I will cast my vote. The guys have handled it well. It was good for all parties involved and more we can do that better, but I'm sure that is coming to a close here very quickly. So. Right. General Maya off the field, we saw after practice on the Saturday that the mob that came to get autographs and things. When you're working with him on all these things you're talking about, but also dealing with the life of being one of the biggest names in college football, how do you help mentor him in that aspect? Yeah, I mean, it's a blessing to be able to be in a position where, you know, can provide insight or I wouldn't say recommendations, but just give perspective.

4:47:47How he chooses to receive the first perspective or not one and not me. He always does, but which is fine. But to be in that position is really humbling. That being said, he does a really good job on his own. He doesn't need to check the one too much. He's really done a great job. Again, the way he was raised in his morals and humble would always sign and taking pictures. I'm always trying to be the bad guy for him because he's not going to be and just says again more about his character. But he's not the only guy any guy would kind of do that. We have a group full of awesome young guys, but Jeremiah has done a great job with it. He's handling it and it's definitely growing at an exponential rate to say the least. But I think he's built for it and he's been handled at a high level. But those around him were trying to help him out a little bit. What made Quixie the first freshman to do this black track this year? Yeah, I mean, that's a good question.

4:48:49I think that, you know, frankly, you know, I don't, I'm not really fully involved in this. I'm fully involved with that. So that can be, but I wasn't. You know, I think that people on the outside would be defense or even coach day or anybody brought it to my attention. You know, we're kind of just going about practice and that's our expectation and make plays not make mistakes. And he was starting to make a lot of plays consistently. I think the consistent level that he's been as a person, being on time and doing his job description on each play and the ball is coming your way and making some big plays. And, you know, it starts, it starts being seen by your peers and your peers are asking for it. They start barking, getting a stripe off all those kind of things. That's the ultimate sign of respect. I think with your peers, you know, go to your bat. He's not going for his bat. No one, people are bringing it to your position coach. I think it speaks volumes of the general respect that you're earning through the process.

4:49:49So I think it's something like that happened. And, you know, as well as they're based on his peers and the other coaches. Step on creation. Cleveland dot com. Ryan Davis talking about how impressed he's been this spring with Austin's Airveld. All that he's been able to do and Tyler Bohn was talking last week about the importance of the cross training and all that that goes into that. How much have you seen Austin benefit from this spring and everywhere that he's been and helping with peace. You think he's going to be regardless of where he fits on this offensive line? Yeah, I think Austin's been awesome. I mean, he literally, I mean, I don't want to say, he played every split, every position. We just move around, you know, and he handles it. And he's one of those guys. I feel like he watched film over and over again day after day. His name never really gets brought up, you know, in a good way. Like he on the online, your name gets brought up when. Usually not going as well, you know, I mean, they're literally at the point of the tack on every single play. So there's nowhere to hide. And so. But Austin, when his name gets brought up, he's like, man, that was a good job. A good job. A good job. Pass off that combo.

4:50:49Whatever. It's always positive and really impressed with him. You start in the winter. Take a great job through the winter. Again, continue to build a respect for his peers. And then he's going to a good job. Really good job just being very consistent through spring. Are you left, Jeff Gilbert? Press pros. Brian, since you've been working more with the whole offense, when it comes to quarterback play, what has grown in your, I don't know, appreciation of that position. And what those guys have to do and go through. What do you think more about those guys versus maybe what you thought before is just a wide receiver guy? Yeah, I mean, there's no just a wide receiver guy. You are just a wide receiver guy. But you won't be a very later home. It's all about quarterback play, you know. So I think in that same world, though, to the point is that, you know, in order to be a great receiver or a great receiver or, you know, receiver guy, whatever you want to call it, there's only one page, just the quarterbacks page. So everything is based off them. There, whether it be their progression, their timing, the stresses they have,

4:51:50is what we're trying to minimize. So if you don't fully understand the quarterback play, it's hard to maximize receiver play, I think. That being said, yeah, I'm still always learning. You know, I think that I can't say anything has jumped out massively right now. But I would say that, you know, I guess I would say that the preparation level, I mean, the what is required to execute and play at a high level, it's just not capable in the a lot of time, right? I mean, there's only so much time where I'll be with players. If you're not willing to spend, you know, your own time getting prepared for practice to be to maximize one's ability. There's a good chance you're not going to maximize your ability. So, you know, other positions, I mean, online same thing, I mean, receiver play sometimes can, can, you know, get away from it. We do a great job studying and being in the room extra for sure. But the requirement of a quarterback to know the fixed protections, the BR run game coordinator based on the calls, you know,

4:52:52to get us in different checks. I mean, there's so much thing you know. And frankly, the, you know, the online is good as the quarterback. The receiver's the quarterback. They're often silly as he goes to quarterback and it's our responsibility to put guys in position to maximize with their capable of maximizing. But their inability to notice that they can just spend extra time outside the a lot of time, I think is critical. And the amount that it takes, I guess else, maybe a little naive to, but the guys are doing a great job doing it. And time for just a couple more coaches got a meeting. Rob Aller, Columbus Dispatch. Brian, you know, you guys reached the mount top. You got a banner out there national champs. I think you keep these guys grounded. Being in the moment, looking ahead, not back. Are you tougher on them? Because, no, I think that, I mean, I think we have a lot of guys, you know what? I think it's understanding that we were trying to build the map to get to where you wanted to get to. But now that we have the map, doesn't mean we've traveled the path.

4:53:55So like we know what it looks like. The guys that are here know what it's supposed to look like. The guys that for us, say unbelievable example how to get to where you want to get to. So the focus is on trying to replicate what they just did and how they operated. Can't say we've done that right now. So it's very easy to stay motivated because they already know it's not good enough, frankly. And so the last thing they want to do is put in a ton of effort and then not reach their goals. So motivation, I don't think is needed. I think there is a catching up of those and maybe aren't quite sure what it takes, you know. And but overall motivation is not what we've needed. A clarity of message is definitely what we've been focused on. And I think the message is being received. So not concerned about motivation and the looking back, if you will. I think everyone's pretty pretty focused on being forward and knowing we haven't accomplished anything. Steve, please. Who would you say is the leader of your wide receiver right now?

4:54:57I would say Cornell Tate, Brennan Innis, probably done the most outspoken, you know, in the room. Yeah, I would say they're doing a good job. Those are probably the two guys that would jump out of my room. Yep. Brennan, he's been in trouble. Obviously, Cornell taking on that role more and being more vocal. He's a good football player. But obviously, he's the only other, but that process for him and becoming a more vocal leader took for you to say that on him. What was the question? What do you think like the growth of it? Yeah, I mean, he's, I think he's pulled guys aside, you know, had one-on-one conversations with him. He's locked in, you know, just, I think he saw the impact that a mecha made in the role he played. And to think that we're going to lose that and then be a better group probably doesn't mathematically make sense to him. So someone's got to set up in that role. And one, I don't want to respect them too. He knows he's capable of it. And it's just the desire and the appreciation, I think, to be at the table now, at the overhead.

4:56:00And appreciate the way I met, probably, went about his business. And so he probably valued that, appreciated that. And he's just being assured we still have that. Final question. Bill Rebellt, what's the bonus this time? Could you assess the running back room? I think it's pretty much assumed. Both those running backs, CJ and James think that's hand in the system is probably the way you've got to go again. How do you think it's working? And you see third and maybe fourth guys up in the mirror? I think that in college football, any football really, you've got to have depth in running back room. I think that it's very apparent in the NFL. It's usually a two back system, very rarely is it one guy. But in college, I think we saw the benefit of that last year. The ability to complement each other is really important. And the ability for us to identify what they do great and put them in good positions to be what they are. And what they're best at, I should say, is really important as a coaching staff. It's been very impressed with even the younger guys, Sam and Bo, and the way they've come along, consistency, so what you're chasing, you're always able to.

4:57:08That's why you're here, but how often you do it ultimately dictates how much you play. But overall, I think locksmen on them, they understand the standard in pass pro and not being a guy we got to sell out because you can't pass protect. So we were blessed, especially with Trey last year in Quinchon. But no, these guys have done a good job. They're competing. They've been very coachable. It's shown a blog on film. But yeah, I mean, it's always hard on backs. Every opportunity you get to go live and break tackles really keeps you the most feedback on what these guys are capable of. If you're just playing tag out there, you never get any art. At least you shouldn't. But the running backs on contact days have done a good job. James has done a really good job growing. Really excited about him. Everyone's really excited about him and CJ. I think ultimately, how good will the group be? It's probably based on the bottom horizon.

4:58:10You're going to have some guys at the top, but you know, where's the floor? And so I think, Bo and Sam has done a really good job. And maybe some more guys to get healthy. And more guys on campus, but very encouraged. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, Riz and Kizmab Rizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe. And many were even 100% plaque free. People also saw significant improvement in psoriasis symptoms of pain, redness, itching and burning. Don't use a allergic to SkyRizzy. Serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight that may occur. Before treatment, get checked for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines. Now there's nothing on my skin thanks to SkyRizzy. And that means everything.

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5:00:10All that and still. And he has 2-thirds of people on CalShi lose money. lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShi in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. And then McLean I think is a great plus. I mean, he is a guy that has football intelligence. He's picked it up. He's kind of one of those incoming freshmen who still should be in high school. He's a guy I think you're going to point to. And you can see right now he's going to be a player. Over to the right, Austin Ward, the podcast. A healthy Mitchell Melton. How does he fit in for your defense? What does he bring to it? Yeah, he's, you know, Mitch is that combination player, you know, in our four down, you know, he's a guy that can do a lot of things, drop, fold in there, make plays. You see some of that all the time. Really athletic, you know, we're kind of loaded at that end position.

5:01:15So he's going to play there. But you know, like I said last year, we haven't needed it. But he's a guy you would point to along with CJ Hicks, you know, for the long season. People get injured. You get a little light inside. It's always hard on the defensive tackles. But if you're going to play with three ends, you know, that's Mitch is a guy who definitely can do all that. He has that. Over to the left, Joey Kaufman, Columbus, dispatch. Jim, you've talked about this before, but I think in past years where you're going up against a really talented receiver group offense to encourage your players to it's not okay if they give up to the play and to go nearly almost the first half. Today, were you the offense didn't get in the end zone until the late in the second half just. And you guys have guys down the second area. Just what did you think of that sort of trend and how it's evolved in the way you guys almost shut him out of the first. Yeah, I think it's become, you know, an expectation now.

5:02:15You know, our DB's, you know, our BIA, best in America, we led the country in past defense. I think it was 96 what I got here and it was number one last year. So they've taken that spirit. So it's a competitive spirit. It's an expectation now. It doesn't matter who we're going against. It's, it's, they view it as a standard. So that was good to see in the first, first half. Over to the right Spencer Holbrook, Letterman Role. Jim, we've talked about safety changing the way that you play defense in the Leo and the linebackers, but how much does having the depth that you guys have a defensive tackle change the way that you can do things defensively. Yeah, I mean, you're going to play to your strengths, you know, and that's, that's my job is to what do we have and what do we do best in when you have defensive tackles, and I've said it before, it helped our defense so much last year when you have defensive tackles that actually make tackles, which is what we have right now.

5:03:22It changes the way you call a game, you know, it certainly helps you be in better shape on explosive plays on the back end. You don't have to do a whole lot to help those guys out because they're making tackles. So you got to go, you got to go with that, you know, you got to let those guys play and, and they're good. So you can't get too far away from the scheme of having those defensive tackles make place because they're doing it and it works. So you got over to the left, Tony Gurdman, Buckeye Huddle Jim Ryan talked about the quarterback run being more of a thing with the offense here during the season, how much of when you're facing a team like that, how much does that impact your day to day throughout the week preparing for that. Yeah, it's a time, you know, it I think it changes everything you do on defense. You see it everywhere from the NFL on down if you have a quarterback who can make plays with his feet, your scheme better be designed that, you know, to to take that away into account for it.

5:04:22So it changes the way you look at everything when you're game planning. Thank you, Donovan. Over here to the right. Tim May, the Tim May podcast. When I asked Ryan about just for example Calvin Simpson, but the corner seemed to be playing almost with the chip owner shoulder to a certain way that David and Nick Benosin took today personally, it looked like you know, to make us some of the height going into the game, but what do you see from that group in particular that Buis you going into this off season? Yeah, when you can when you have corners that you can count on again, just like having defensive tackles in the run game, when you have corners, you can count on that are going to compete all the time, no matter what the situation is. And we've developed that again, it changes the way you call the entire game. I mean, you you're able to leave those guys on an island. You're able to switch out converges and they know what they're doing and they take great pride in it. So having those guys out there in the development, it's a big deal. It really is.

5:05:27And it's not just the picture of the board. I just came at life. Yeah, I mean, he's. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques or is this can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RizzenkizmabRizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or photo therapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe and many were even 100% plaque free. People also saw significant improvement in psoriasis symptoms of pain, redness, itching and burning. You don't use a allergic to SkyRizzy. Serious allergic reactions, increased infections or lower ability to fight that may occur. Before treatment, get checked for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines. Now there's nothing on my skin thanks to SkyRizzy and that means everything. Ask your doctor about SkyRizzy. The number one dermatologist prescribed biologic insurisus. Visit SkyRizzy.com or call 1-866 SkyRizzy to learn more.

5:06:32The ocean moves us, surfing a wave or savoring the view. The ocean delights us as playful otters restore coastal calpores. The ocean connects us. Visit monorebeacquarium.org slash connects. Calci's own CEO says it himself. Any ask two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, their dedicated, their lives to be becoming good at it. All that and still. Any ask two thirds of people on Calci lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. He did come in late and you know, he competes. He's one of those guys that just competes every day. Doesn't say much. You know, he's trying to live up to the standard of the other guys. And you see him coming along.

5:07:34You know, you see him step by step coming along and you know, put him in a competitive atmosphere, same step up. That's a great sign. And final question for coach Knowles, Dan Hope, 11 Warriors. You mentioned CJ Hicks a few minutes ago. Have you seen him take the strides you need to see the spring to trust him as a guy who could be a potential player? Yes, I mean, I think CJ has shown that he has talent. And I think it's my job to put him in the best situations for him because he can be a force. You know, he's much better when he's bloodsaying or he's directed because he's able to use his athletic ability. But he has certainly shown that he's going to be able to help this defense. Coach, thank you very much for your time. All right. And we will bring offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Chip Kelly to the podium now. We'll open up the questions over to the left Bill Rebinovitz Columbus dispatch.

5:08:35Chip, what are your just general impressions of the offense coming out of spring, especially quarterback? We'll look at all 15. So I think, you know, this day is a big part of it, you know, because it was the first time they were going to play. Some of those guys that were going to play in front of a crowd. And that was an amazing crowd. You need to get 80,000 for a spring game. Now you could see some of the young guys kind of looking around like, wow, this is different than the indoor. But that's what they have to get ready to play it. So we got better from practice one to practice 15. You know, it's still an evaluation through the whole process. But it's not something in the players bill to the will, we're not making a decision walking off the field today saying, hey, this is the direction that we're going in. We'll be very authentic and look through everything and make sure that we get a really good feel for what it all looks like. And then who will best move this offense? That's what our decision is going to be. I do. I think we got a lot of guys there. That part's tough. I think because you got it. There's guys that deserve reps, you know, and they're all competing for it.

5:09:37So, you know, sometimes you'd like to be sometimes when you had a guy who was an initial starter, well, he's going to get the bulk of the reps to get them better. But they capitalize on it. We really rolled them. You know, if you were at some of our screen praxis, you're watching all those guys rotate and rotate out. And as we talk about all the time, you know, the old adage is don't count your reps. Make your reps count. You know, and we'll put it all together and really come up with, you know, which guy do we really feel is going to make? I'm going to help us move this offensively over to the far right. Bill Landis, the podcast, Kings of the North. Hey, Chip, you said when we first talked to you that the basis of a lot of your success running the football just kind of figuring out what your guys do best and then leading into that over 15 practices now, how good of a field. Do you think you have for that? And then what did the next few months look like as you try to piece that all together? I feel like a question. It's interesting because the one thing that I think sometimes makes tough and in evaluation is what a good front we want to get. You know, so for 15 practices, those guys on the other side of the ball were pain.

5:10:38You know, Jack and JT and Ty Lee can those guys. But I know come fall. There's not going to be anybody more happy that we have those guys in the defensive side of the ball because of what they can do. I still think we'll have to really evaluate that. What we're going to do. What we got to get better at what we got to work on. But I think the work we got against such a quality defense was really key for us. Over to the far left. Nathan Baird, Cleveland.com. So, a year ago at this time, it came out of the spring with still a lot of question marks about the offensive line. And even I guess that last season came out with question marks. How have you seen that progress in the time that you've been here and what's your confidence level that that offensive line is going to allow this offense to do everything it wants to do this fall? Yeah, I mean, I've been here short amount of time. So I didn't know. I really don't have anything to compare it to. So I kind of tab you the rassa come in with a blank slate and just observe it. I think we're really athletic. I think Donnie and Seth and those guys inside are really smart and really intelligent. They allow you to be able to make adjustments in game.

5:11:39Just tucking football with some of those guys. It's like, well, these guys are wired the right way. And a lot of those guys have played a lot of football. So they can bank on their experience. I think we've got about four guys that have played significant amount of snaps and we've got to make sure we can find out who the fifth guy is. But that's similar to where the quarterback spot is. I think. And I also think of the offensive line. You're not going to play a 16-17 game season and just play with five guys. You really have to develop your depth there. There's going to be a number two center that's going to play a lot of football. There's going to be a number two guard, whether it's on either side of the ball. There's going to be a third tackle. I think you're going to get tested, especially in this new playoff format. You really have to think that way. So you're not looking for five starters. You're really looking for 10 starters because you're going to have to probably play 10 guys to get when you get through a 16-17 game season. Over to the right Austin Ward, the podcast. I think it was the first play of the game, the T-Formation and then the reverse spin move with Will Howard. What's the inspiration for that package and that sort of wrinkle with the quarterback? Mr. Hayes.

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5:13:52The ocean connects us. Visit monoraybayakorium.org slash connects. Calci's own CEO says it himself. Any ask two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? To do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, day dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. Any ask two thirds of people on Calci lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. There's a looming figure around this whole program. We get to go to work every day and then Woody Hayes Athletics Center. It was good enough for Woody. We're going to stay with him. We ran some last year. I think we took 21 snaps at UCLA and Tee. We've done some different things with it. I think our players had a lot of fun practicing that and doing some different things. It's a small part of our offense. We will not be in the Tee 21 times in one game.

5:14:58We may get in in some show yard situations. I think it's come back. There's a lot of schools right now that are starting to do that. You're trying to get a half yard to get in the game. We use three tight ends and two running backs in our formation today with Pecker and the full back in that situation. There's a lot of different things you can do in show yardage. A little bit of a tribute to Coach Hayes and what he means to this program. Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch, over to the left. Chip, did you look back? You've been here two months, 15 spring practices. Is there something you feel best about what you've been able to accomplish with this offense? Well, I haven't accomplished anything because I didn't take a snap. I think the most impressive thing since I've been here is how close this football team is. Some programs talk about the brotherhood. This is really a brotherhood. Our practices, as we talked about, how good our defense is. They're highly competitive, but they're not combative. Those guys really work very, very well together, both the whole line and the D line, the secondary and the receivers.

5:16:00The competition is going to be the best there is in the country. That makes you better. But I think sometimes competition guys can lash out and get really combative. Then all of a sudden the fight breaks out and the fight breaks out. We're trying to accomplish and get footballed on them. But I think the way these guys cooperate and work together as a group is a special bond. I think the closest team and the most connected teams are the ones that win. Over to the right here. Andy Baxter, Letterman, Ro. Jay, obviously there's been a lot of talk about Jeremiah, but Ameca is the big return in this group. He kind of reminded everyone what he can do today. What's it been like working with him and what kind of weapon can he be for you guys? Good point. Ameca has reminded me and the other 14 practice sessions of what he can do. Special player. And JJ is a really talented player also. But I think all of the whole group, Carnault, take did some really good things watching him this spring. And for all of them, I mentioned it with the offensive line. I came in with a blank slate. I had no opinions formed. Not that really just why I didn't just observe them. But I think that way of receiving them is really special.

5:17:03I think there's a bunch of guys in there. And again, you have to play multiple games after the regular season is over. You're going to make sure you're going to need depth like that. And the fact that you feel a little bit comfortable right now, that we got some guys there that can make some plays on the perimeter. And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. You got a couple of really good running backs. Are they going to load the box? Are you really going to load the box and leave those guys a more or more on coverage? Well, then it's the quarterback's responsibility to decipher that and get the ball to those guys. So, or do they at least a double coverage? They list a double coverage. And now it's a little bit lighter box and you can run the ball. So, having too many weapons is a good problem to have. Second roll-f, Pat Murphy, 24-7 sports. Chip, we've talked a lot about kind of the quarterbacks maybe vying for the starting spot. But some of the younger guys, what have you seen from them? We got an opportunity to see more of them today than we probably have. What's your assessment of them as they kind of get in this? I always am so impressed with young guys that enroll early in watching how they get acclimated and what they do.

5:18:10And you look at Julian and Air and JJ. They should be in the hot lunch line of their high school. And they're out here playing in front of 80,000 people. And they've really progressed when you watch them in meetings and listen to them. And they interpret. Basically, the whole concept here is we throw them in the deep end and see if they can swim. You know, this, we didn't baby anything. We don't put the in-cell in with, hey, you guys are in, we're in install. This with the older players. And then you guys, you know, go sit at the kitty table and we're just going to do the really simple things with you. You know, they get it all. And the more they can digest, the more when you're in a room, when you're checking for understanding and asking questions. And they can spit back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the plays that you can call for them. So those guys have been impressive. They're still learning, you know, they were the guys today that were kind of looking around and saying, while there's like 80,000 people here, along with the offensive coordinator and the quarterback coach, because I was kind of looking around because I had actually never been in the stadium until yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there.

5:19:13So I played Ohio State once when I was at Oregon, but that was in the Rose Bulls. I had never been actually in the stadium until yesterday. But I caught myself when I went into the stadium today looking around saying 80,000 for spring game. That's impressive. Got time for just a few more folks over here to the right Dylan Davis Delaware Gazette. Given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end, what stood out the most about Julian's progression through 15 practices and where he is that you guys head out of spring? Julian is a very fast processor. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RizzenkizmabRizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe, and many were even 100% plaque free. People also saw significant improvement in psoriasis symptoms of pain, redness, itching, and burning.

5:20:13Don't use a allergic to SkyRizzy. Serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight that may occur. Before treatment, get checked for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines. Now there's nothing on my skin thanks to SkyRizzy, and that means everything. Ask your doctor about SkyRizzy. The number one dermatologist prescribed biologic insurisus. Visit SkyRizzy.com or call 1-866 SkyRizzy to learn more. The Ocean Delights us as playful otters restore coastal kill for us. The ocean teaches us how our choices impact even the deepest places. The Ocean connects us. Visit monorebeacorium.org slash connects. Calci's own CEO says it himself. Any of the two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the copious amount of money, time, resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it.

5:21:15All that and still. Any of the two thirds of people on Calci lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. He really thinks very, very quickly on his feet. He makes really quick decisions. He doesn't stick on in re-teach and progress in any ceasing. It's really well for a young player. You know, in not having been exposed to a lot of college defenses. And especially what Jim does. You know, Jim can make a young freshman quarterback cry with some of the stuff he does. But, you know, I never saw that with Jules. And I, I, I, I, that's been in press of his, his ability to retain. You know, him and JJ, the compliment I would say to him is if you got here and you didn't know what class they were in, you wouldn't say that those guys were freshmen in terms of how they've picked things up. And, you know, sometimes freshmen act like freshmen. But the guys who are special, they don't act like freshmen.

5:22:16You know, they act like football players. And those are two guys that are, are examples of that. Far left. Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic. On the topic of freshmen, James Peebles and Sam, that was around the second half. Yeah. You talk about how deep you need to be in this era of college football. But as you search for RB3, what did you see from them today and what is, what has their growth been like in this spring? Yeah, James really flashed early for, for me, not knowing again, kind of, let's just take, don't worry about what the background is, whether from who they are, the this guy of this stars, this guy of that stars, it's, they're all bakis. And there's how they do it. I think James has got really good feel and vision. He can hit things. I thought Sam did some really good things today. T.C. is another guy who really came along during the spring. And we're constantly talking in our staff meetings about depth. We're very cognizant of the fact that the playoff situation has changed. So you have to develop that depth, you know, used to be maybe have a parent of spare. It was what everybody says, but I think you may have to have more than that.

5:23:18You know, you're talking about 16-17 games. You're really going to be tested that way. So I was really happy with how those young guys have come along here in the 15 training sessions that we've had. Oh, over here to the right, Tim May, the Tim May podcast. Thank you, Jerry. You have your own podcast? Yeah. Like these guys all had like a name next to their channel. You're a name. That's pretty cool. You must have some juice if you got your name in your podcast. Definitely. Okay. By the way, it's not just the lunch last, the hot lunch last, well, I like it. It's a hot lunch line. Yeah. Just two quickies. Number one, do you feel compelled to let these quarterbacks know where they stand here? Yeah. It's coming up Tuesday, you know, to me, they're, yeah, you know, where does that go? I mean, in your mind. Yeah, we're all sit down as a staff and visit me on it. And then I mean, he does an unbelievable job of, I think, all our players understand where they fit and what the picture is. And we'll give them our assessment. This isn't, you know, we're not going to come back. But we do it after every day. They know where they stood after practice. One after two, after three, after four.

5:24:18We grade everything. They're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are. And then after 15, which we had today, but, but we can't do it unless you watch the film and can, can really look at the things. Because you may see something, but you're on the sideline. You know, why did he make that decision? Well, I couldn't really see the field safety from where he was. Okay. Now I understand why you made that decision. So, you know, what, what, what, what, what meetings with all our players? And that's, that's always been the method. So this week during, you know, between one day through Friday, we're all scheduled. No one's going on the road recruiting until after that. But we're all a player meeting. He said every position, you know, offensive line, defensive line, linebacker safety is everybody. Everybody's going to sit down with their position coaches and know where they fit. And we see them. But do you feel a pressure with the, with the transfer portal looming? I mean, you've been a head coach for a long time. I mean, is that on your mind at TSD? Yeah, I think it's on the world. We're out of the world. That's, you gotta wear a bit. I'm 100%. And I, I don't think it's pressure. But I think you just open lines of communication and everybody knows, you know, which, what your evaluation

5:25:20was through the training sessions that we have. Guys, we gotta have, we got real quick. Last two questions, Dan Hope, and then Rob Aller. Feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and whatever the biggest things you're going to be looking for between now and then and determining who that guy's going to be. Well, between now and, and whatever. Then is we're not allowed as coaches to go back out and, and practice with him, you know, in college football. You get 15 training sessions in the, in the off season. And then they'll go back to work and with Mick in the, in the weight room and getting bigger, getting faster, getting stronger. They'll have organized activities themselves. And they, they do a really good job of that. But once there's a football out, like we're not allowed to be there to evaluate and even assess. So they're really, from a football standpoint, on their own until August. So, you always want to do it earlier. But I also believe every time I've, I've been involved in this is that it kind of happens organically and authentically. You know, because the players know. If you say, hey, we decided we're going to be with Joe.

5:26:22And they all think it's Tim, you know, they know they're in the locker room with him every day. Players, players understand, you know, who they'd feel is the guy. And most of the time it, it. I love days like these at the pool. But my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can sometimes take me out of the moment. I'm ready to make a splash with clear skin thanks to SkyRizzy, RizzenkizmabRizza. SkyRizzy is a prescription only injection for adults who are candidates for systemic or phototherapy. At four months, most people saw 90% clear skin when measured from head to toe. And many were even 100% plaque free. People also saw significant improvement in psoriasis symptoms of pain, redness, itching and burning. Don't use a allergic to SkyRizzy. Serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight that may occur. Before treatment, get checked for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines. Now there's nothing on my skin thanks to SkyRizzy. And that means everything. Ask your doctor about SkyRizzy.

5:27:23The number one dermatologist prescribed biologic in psoriasis. Visit SkyRizzy.com or call 1-866 SkyRizzy to learn more. The ocean moves us. Whether that's surfing a wave or taking in an inspiring view. The ocean feeds us. Sustainable seafood practices bring the ocean's bounty to our plates. The ocean teaches us. How are everyday choices? Big and small make an impact. The ocean delights us. As playful otters restore coastal kelp forests. The ocean connects us. Find your connection at monoraybeacquarium.org slash connects. Calci's own CEO says it himself. Any ask two thirds of people on Calci lose money. So what does it take to be in the other third? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend copious amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. Any ask two thirds of people on Calci lose money.

5:28:27That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. The decision is very obvious. You know, when you just say, hey, this is where we are with it. But there's that timetable thing. I can't give you an exact timetable on that. Rob, Chip, you talked about Julian. But typically in your experience, you've done it again, like Tim said a long time. How long does it take for the game to slow down for a young QB? I think it depends on the individual. You know, I've had some kids where early, you know, you were like, wow. Marcus Murray, older, was like that. Remember vividly, second practice. He got to the fifth reading, the progression, and threw it out here in his big game. And I asked him why I do it all. I asked why, because I just want to understand it. And I said, why did you do that? And he goes, I don't know what we call that defense. But there was like a lot of guys over there. And they didn't seem like there was anybody over there.

5:29:27But for him to process at that thought, he was right. And he came back the other day. That was cover 60 of the day coach. I learned what you guys call the coverages. But it all happens differently. I've got guys that for two years seem like they're just, you know, they're really struggling. And then the light bulb goes off and you know, whoa. And they got it. So everybody has different learning styles. You know, our job in the evaluation process is to identify those learning styles. So, you know, they cognitive learn, they an auditory learner. You know, do they learn by field? Is it more a field guy, you know, a more film guy? You know, it's all different. And I think we have to keep poking and prodding. And for us as coaches, that's the challenge too, is what is their best learning style? And how can we convey it? Because education basically is just a transportation knowledge. But it really doesn't matter what I know or what I know. It doesn't matter what they know. So that's always kind of what we're working on and studying and thinking about and kind of where we are. And how much can they handle? And then how much is too much, you know, because this may be a great play.

5:30:29I agree 100%. But if he doesn't feel it's a good play, then why is it in? You know, I mean, and that's this whole feeling of process that we're all, they're learning awesome. We're learning them. This is have identities, so do coaches really? Running quarterbacks. Is that something you've always sort of leaned toward or is it year by year case by case? What advantages do you like about it? Because all your guys can run a little bit. Yeah, I think a running quarterback causes problems for defense. So when when plays break down, the unscheduled plays, you know, if you just go back to the recent Super Bowl. On that last drive, the two big plays were my home's run. The picture my home is another runner. Andy's not calling design quarterback runs for Pat. But when the defense matches up and plays two men and turns their back to the quarterback, well, maybe the best decision is to take off. You know, the second one he took out, I'm like, he may score. You know, a lot of guys go and they want a hook side, you know, and there's times where you have to understand if you do have a running quarterback.

5:31:30And we talk about the best of the best ability is availability. You know, you're not lowering your shoulder and taking people on, but we are always looking for quarterbacks that are going to be a good match. We're looking for quarterbacks that have the ability to run. We're not looking for running backs that can throw, you know, so you're not going to see us. 20 times a game will run in the quarterback. There are people that run offensive styles and are really successful with it. But with this group we have right now, that's not. Now they can hurt you with the feet. We'll did it when he was at case eight. You know, obviously Devon took off a couple times today air took off a couple times today. Lincoln's a really, really good athlete. Julian can run, but you know, we're not calling design quarterback runs. You know, you're not going to see, you know, a tremendous reminder respect for coach Hayes and the legacy that he left here. The straight T is about as far as we go. We are not going single wing. So we are not going to snap it and run quarterback ISO and quarterback power. So, but it is a, it's another weapon, you know, and if it also keeps defense is honest. You know, three defensive and he's going to continue to bend from the quarterback, closing the knees on the edge and he's getting first downs.

5:32:31Well, then the defensive end has to stay outside and contain the quarterback. Well, then we can run the ball up and hand the ball off sometimes in our running game. Our quarterback really is a blocker. He's responsible for a defender if the defender was cheating and fitting in on the run. Well, then his responsibility is to make make the defense be honest and and that's really air did that a couple times today. And we had a block that safety was sticking his face in there. So we took off around the edge. What happens in next play the defense is wider. Then what do we get to do? We get a chance to hand the ball off to the running man. So, thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a buck. All right. Thanks. It was definitely addressed here. You know, this pretty seizing. I think Austin Saragol stepped up in a big way, you know, with Donnie being out. And then, you know, you know, Carson can play board guard and center, which is good. And, you know, we've actually, you know, said it's done a nice job as well. But it was good to see Austin, you know, he moved from guard to tackle a couple times and even with the ones who was in their battle in his tail off. So, I think we have built some depth there.

5:33:31But again, you know, we got to go play some games and see what we're going to do. Rob Aller. What's the main thing you want to see out of the old line? Yeah, you know, again, whether it's whatever happened last year or last year. But I know that the message to our to our offensive line is we want to play. I want to be the hardest playing in the offensive line in the country. Now, we've got to play with technique. But at the end of the play, like knock the line of scrimmage back and play with your hair on fire. It's hard as you possibly can. There's a lot of goals with the playing in the offensive line. It's all the communication. There's a lot of things that have to get into place. I think Seth has done a nice job of communicating and understands the offense better now. It takes control up front and brings everybody together, which is great. But to me, like that's it. Now, we could list a bunch of other things. But to me, we've got to move the line of scrimmage. We've got to be just playing with our hair on fire and knocking people back and playing physical. And that's the start to game. That's the end of the game. This is a destination spot for privacy. We can do it without doing a piece. Maybe not for a line. You see that definitely in how do you get over that? No, I don't see it that way at all.

5:34:32I think we'll see what we got this year. But I feel like we've got some really good young players in the system. I think that we should have the best offensive line in the country. That's the standard here. It has been for a long time. And so we'll keep pushing towards that this year. And I think everybody in that room will play the same thing. Tony Gerbin. How's the situation with the little linebacker? You should go right now. I see what you're going to do. So, Sonny has really stepped up and played well. He's made this transition from safety to linebacker very well. I think he did a nice job in the spring. I think he went into the summer just bigger, stronger, being more comfortable closer to the line of scrimmage. It's different when you're closer to the line of scrimmage. It's a really better job getting his hands on. You know, on offense alignment and getting off of blocks. He's a better job, doing a better job with his hands.

5:35:32I think he understands the communication. The linebackers always have to be involved at the front. They can be involved and fitted to the back end. He's doing that. He's looking forward to playing in a game and getting an idea of what it all looks like. But I can tell you in practice, he's playing fast, he's playing violent. I think he's a nice job of taking the meeting in the field, being very intentional about his work, but playing really hard. Yeah, I haven't talked to Jim because we'll make that final decision here over the weekend. But he's certainly leader in the club bus. Can you tell Ryan, I mean, Seth McLaughlin, can tell he's been there, done that is he, is he projected that to the offensive line? You're telling him, say, for a leadership standpoint, a grown man. How does that just come up? How does it show up? A bunch of ways. It just poised. It's not getting rattled when, you know, coach parks at you. It's, you know, okay, I got this. Let me get it under control.

5:36:32It's, seems something in practice and being able to adjust on the move. It's being prepared when you walk on the field. It's recognizing how hard you have to play at the position. It's kind of all of those things in the one, but he's got great communication up front. He talks to the guys. He's moving quickly in there. And when you have experience like he has, you know, the game seems to slow down at times yet. He seems to be playing it up at a fast level. And he's going to be able to catch things over. See that? You see that? There's a point where you got a black stripe off and I feel like he took a step in the right direction. When you come in in the summer, it is very difficult to get on the field, especially early in the season. Whether he does or not, I will see. But if he continues to practice, boy, he's been practicing.

5:37:33And he'll give himself a chance to be in the rotation midway through the season. Or later in the season, which is similar to some of the water seevers he had before. You know, you've seen so many of those guys get some reps early in the season that they make an impact later in the season. I think that's probably more his path right now. You know, shows up and starts doing great. And, you know, we'll, you know, we'll give him the reps he deserves. Or like Jeremiah is in a different situation because he came in here during the war. And he was a little bit ahead. Anybody who comes in and is in the way to me, I don't look at them as a freshman anymore. They've been here in the program. And we expect them to continue. I'm still in there right there talking and communicating.

5:38:35But in the stream, it's been offense very deep and so I've mostly been in the offensive side still kind of going through all those types of things. And there's a lot to work through this year just with the playcloth. And then it's going to mean that it's close by communication inside of 15 goes off. There's a lot of things that go on there. We don't really get notification on that. So I'm trying to, you know, just help trip with that and some communication that we're a person now. But I'm very much involved with special teams. I think with a two minute warning, there's some strategic things that are going to go on again and again that have been a game that you know you're ever really being involved with. But to your point, just overall just looking guys in the eye and making sure that, you know, they have to right looking their eye, you know, that, you know, they understand. You know, with the situation, what's going on in the game, you know, like that happens sometimes in young players, you know, they just like playing the next play. And that's not just how that's not how it works. We'll get to win the situations. And so all those things will come into play and make an in game adjustments, you know, be involved with all three phases, you know, watching the game of the table to try to identify what happened in the last series.

5:39:42I think all those things will be happening. Right now, Nick is going to be the start. And you know, that competition will go into next week, but right now as we head into the weekend, he is the starter and the plan is ready to go first part of the game. He's got a strong leg. He's made it a good transition into the country, but also just playing football and not Australian football, which is very, very different. The snap to kick has really improved. You know, that was one thing. He's a taller guy. So the ball has to get out of this. You know, get out this shit faster. I think he's done that his time time has been good and he's been more consistent. You'll see, you know, he'll kick a few of us go right out of the stadium. And you just got a strong, strong leg.

5:40:42So we're looking for that consistency. He's shown that here most recently. So he's got the upper hand right now. And last question, do you ever win? Well, I don't know if it's because Will maybe took a little bit longer to make a decision in December than some of the other top of the line quarterback who was dead or because maybe there was a thought he wasn't going to be the starter. It can't stay too short. But it seems like people are doing kind of as a game manager type of quarterback. After eight months with him, where do you see his ceiling? What, what, what is Will's special plates view? And where do you see them taking stuff? I see a bunch of traits there. I think the first trait of size is big. He can stand in the pocket and he's strong. So I mean, that's the first thing to notice about him. Again, whether it's standing in the pocket with poise, I think that's another trait that he has that's excellent. He, he feels a rush, but he stands right in there. I think the next trait is just, you know, his top end speed. He's been around 22 miles an hour at that size, which there's not a lot of guys who can do that.

5:41:46So I think that's an extraordinary trait. And now I would say his overall leadership command in the huddle is is another, you know, something that he's, he's really, you know, grown into in the last few months and he's been here. And then his accuracy is been very accurate since he's been here. And when he knows what's going on and he can't just spell what's happening, I mean, it looks right. He's still and he can hurt you, you know, a bunch of different ways. So, yeah, his ceiling, that's, that's going to be kind of, you know, up to how he plays his season, but. I see a player who has a lot of great skills that, you know, translates well to the next level. So we'll see, but I know his first focus is on winning games around here. I love days like these at the pool, but my moderate to severe plaques rise is can sometimes take me out of the moment.

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5:44:55You, yeah, it's, but like, I prepared well. And camp and practice all week. And I was, I was ready. Yeah. I have two multi-year starters. I did a lot. I mean, I couldn't ask them, hey, what we got here, but I was prepared well. I mean, I was telling Jimmy and said, hey, we're like our blocks. Probably emotional. What is it? It's a guy from Ohio. What does it mean to start a game? It was always my dream to come here and play and start. And having that played me. I was going to keep going and keep building those days into games and keep building. What a much younger Austin. Do you have people from you? No, not really. I don't think even I told him like, maybe I asked him, yeah, younger self, even committed here. I wouldn't believe that now having a couple of starts. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you?

5:45:58I guess you're technically a sophomore. I think you play as a richer player. No, I knew that year two. I was going to see you some playing time. Now starting week one, year two, I didn't see that, but like I was ready. Didn't spring ball. I knew I was going to play some stuff. What does it mean to you to not only get the opportunities to play, but to like you play well enough now? I think coaching staff trust you. You think about there, whatever the situation was. So that earned that. So where are we going to get to? I guess it shows like my preparation, my hard work and just everything I put into this. And I just finally show up on a field. There are moments, the top season, the end of the spring, and the end of the season. I don't realize that you could play at this high level. I don't know what the ones, you know, if you know what you do. Yeah, the definitely was in training camp. I mean, blocking highly can tie every day. Like it feels, it feels a lot of confidence in doing it well and not like getting balled or anything.

5:47:01So there's defensive tag wasn't that easy. He wrote in Jason Moore in Taiwan. All those guys. Pretty much anyone on the deepened line gets to play so it's all the time. So and came back as well. So yeah. I'm just a lot of knowledge. I'm more collected. How about the ability of the great and the one? How much can he help you? He helped me a lot. And I'm proud that he's our starting center, not someone else's, but. I mean, he's like the captain of the line. He's another voice on the line with guys like Josh Fryer and Josh Simmons, Donnie and Tiger. That means another voice and another captain. Look, ways of having that. And I'm with this much experience. I mean, a lot. He can tell you like before the play was going on. How to block someone like we need to do. That's a lot. Tiger is talking about how calm he is.

5:48:02How much does that benefit of you? You have a guy who's kind of been there. It makes us more calm. Especially me and Dave, those are the first stars. So we were up here with what's said. He brought us down. We were like five. Our emotions weren't high. We settled in. Is that like something he tells you? Is that something you can pick up on by how he's acting? How do you kind of mean sense what he's trying to say? How he's acting and what I mean, him. When we're on the side of him, both Josh Donnie, like he was telling us like, Hey, cool. Like we got it, but it's pretty much like everyone. Oh cool group. How much do you do that? As a first time starter, how much did you end that? Me a lot. That was my first time ever using iPads. We didn't use the iPads in high school, but. I mean, you can say like try to remember the defense. You can just come on a silent and bring up a play and get help. That's really hard. I. Probably the first or second, but after that, I thought we'd say all right.

5:49:03Awesome. Thank you very much. Thanks for playing for it. That's really good. That part of me settled again to go. That's um, I want to say maybe I don't know, but I mean, when I first already got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's. I can run with the tempo. You know, I mean, I'm playing basketball all life in 7 football and I feel like. Just the fast pace often. So we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football 65 guys, but can you kick a football 75 yards of wake up? I think I'm. Lincoln, what was your question? How is your. Your room. I think you. He's a blessing man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's the name? His name's Lincoln. He knows. Oh, he's cleaner. I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of picked each other's roomies because we're very clean and we don't like our. It's really messy. Well, it's true though. It's true. It's a real pretty clean. Luke, are you still a cross training attack or some or if you just been off guard this

5:50:11way? Oh, so far I've been all guard. I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice. I practice. I've been in back attack like that and I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next thing. Yeah. Oh, that mean a lot. You know, you put a lot of work in to play here. It's been a dream just for being in Ohio. I'm from Ohio kids perspective. It's I mean, that's the biggest wish possible. I was saying that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like to cross your post game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't fly. This is going to be a weird answer, but I feel like I was playing a game with that makes sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game and was like, shoot, I'm here now. It's time to roll. You know, they didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't even hit me after. I'm like, what'd you feel there? And if like, getting out there at the end of it, I'm just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous at the end of the high school and it makes no sense. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Aniston.

5:51:18I think, prior to my biggest role model here, my bigger brother, my first major. I'm a PDN. I don't know. I don't know. PDN Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well on. And I'm excited to see where they can get to and I'm excited to play on the field with them. Oh yeah, you know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keeping my mind just settled and straightforward on the next blood. That's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to stay consistent in my work, I think. That's the biggest thing for me is just to stay consistent and worry about the next blood. I guess we should have eaten actually some other big ones. You guys started turning out. It's handplussing at that. Did it feed off each other? Absolutely. I mean, when you see defense or, when you see defense, you start arguing with each other and things like that. I mean, that makes a lot easier.

5:52:18You know, I'll have those kind of 11 plays out. What does that like? It's a special thing to start dealing with you guys with dealing with that thing called the first game. I couldn't play your mouth all day. And they've got to be the second one. I mean, it feels good to rip off these runs because I mean, we put them so much work on those interactions. You know, seeing a mother, you know, how it worked. Tech Reserve says that these outfits are line wide, so you'll prepare this week with the top of the deck in there. They tell her, oh, first time really, this season. It's not particularly in Austin. It's just more of Donald Jackson, pretty seasonal American, etc. I mean, John, you know, Donald Jackson is a very good short low player. When he's on the field, he mentioned present stuff. I mean, we've all been training on my own. If there's no tomorrow, just go through when he's on the ground. We know it can be. Yeah, there's a seat to be. There was a set so I was watching you guys last week. You were even more of a force. It felt like watching you guys.

5:53:18Maybe even if you feel like that. Yeah, I mean, we put in a work during practice. It's really hard. Coach, they really challenge us at practice hard. Positions, coaches really challenge us at practice hard. I was just a result of it. When it's grown up, what do you feel like being in the mix with that being taught? It's us. When you work hard for something and you're able to see, like, what comes out of it, like, there's no better feeling in that. I mean, I was really funny to see. What has Seth been off from practicing for the first of the games? What's it been like playing XMN for the last two? You know, he's really calm and stormy.

5:54:19You never see real panic and having a guy like that mess you. You know, you're having really played as many meetings for snaps. I mean, there's no one outside of the other apps in my left and to my right. For Seth. You know, those guys, they do so much for this offensive line of use. People have talked about his intelligence really kind of showing up in the film or in the field. Where have you noticed that intelligence and how has that helped you? Yeah, like I said, in French time, you know, when things aren't exactly looking like how we practice it, you know, having a guy like that will slow down. We'll do this, this, this. We execute having a guy like that like this. There's none better than that. You know, what you got? I'm there from this one. What's my favorite cake?

5:55:21No. Right, brother. Brother? No. Oh, no. I almost came back to the club this time of this and more. I'm going to take a look at it Marshall. They got a couple guys in the deep inside the room. They have big tin bodies. Absolutely. What do you see when you look at their tape and see 15, 7 and a couple of those guys are pretty big. This is actually. Yeah, those guys here, they're real players. They're real players. And so they coach well, you can sell them. They go hard, you know, they're real players over there. We've been practicing to the best of our abilities, you know, and respectful. And I'm prepared for that. You see they've been for Genie Tech in the last year. They're different. They take the look. Yeah, they play a good ball over there. You know, their defense plays hard. They challenge teams, you know, sometimes they might be overlooked and they still challenge teams.

5:56:22And so they come out there with the mentality like, no matter who's in front of us or when it comes out. I mean, the actions right there right in front of you right now, which is kind of a good thing and kind of a bad thing. You should shut off the rest, you know, hitting back in the inside. You talked about your research. Yeah, I mean, I hear from Chris every once in a while trying to not survive there too much. It's always good to hear from Gallagher, like that guys like the one even Matt Jones would turn him back. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For this year, just be able to get through that job. We'll still stay on the lead. Mom, I think it's a lot of a part of my weight. My weight, my sister's my height, my sister's more regard height.

5:57:24But I'm faster my feet and I'm just thinking of using it that you can sometimes like basketball. I want to be on that just like defend, but you know, you're going to stay. Stay square and stuff. Exactly. Yeah, that's a great question. I feel like these two can answer that for the beer right now. I think KK and Hero can answer that. I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? What do you think of the kicker, man? I'm going to say every day, you know, this man is strong. I'm talking about life. He got the basketball kick. He's going like, you can just do a thing. He's kind of really fine. Just to hope that I'm sure he's going to have it. And he got the grip right in the back. He doesn't give up on the play. Like you said, he's going to go in and watch the film. He's going to have the day with the better man. He's going to see it on the film. From what this one, he's not going to have to say he's going to be improving at the game. Hero, can you just follow us around or I'll be in the middle of the game?

5:58:25He's something like a coach, man. He's something like a coach. He's going to kill you's influence. You're mine about maybe like the idea of tackle versus driving. Obviously his offensive predelition is for like, offensive blind play. Has he been a part of the middle of the game? I would say maybe. I don't know. But I mean, when I first heard he got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo. You know what I mean? I'm playing basketball all life instead of football. And I feel like just the fast pace often, so we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw football at 65 guys, but can you kick a football? 75 yards of Lincoln. I'm probably flanking. What was your question? How was your, uh, your roommate at the community? He's a blessing, man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. Keen Holtz. Oh, he's a cleaner.

5:59:26I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of picked each other's roommates because we're very clean and we don't like our burdens really messy. That's true, though. It's true. It's a real pretty clean stuff. Luke, are you still a cross-training at TAC, or if you just been off guard this break? So far, I've been off guard. I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking the practice back practice. I couldn't end up being back at TAC, but I could not. But, you know, I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one is fine. Oh, that mean a lot. You know, you put a lot of work in to play here. And it's been a dream just from being in Ohio kid. It's from a Ohio kid's perspective. I mean, that's the biggest switch possible. I would have thought we'd say that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like last year at first game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't fly. This is going to be a weird answer, but it feels like I was playing a game, if that makes sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing.

6:00:26I just went in that first game and was like, shoot out in here now. It's time to roll. You know, it didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't even hit me after. But no, I was like, what'd you feel there? And it's like getting out there at Indiana. I was like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous than I did in high school and it makes no sense. A lot. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Nann Austin. I think Friars was one of my biggest role models here. He's my big brother in my first game. It's all about Pidea. No, it's not Pidea. It's not Pidea, okay. No. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, Pidea and Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates and they're... The ocean delights us. Some marvel at the colorful world below the surface. The ocean feeds us. Others find nourishment and it's bounty. The ocean teaches us. How are everyday choices impact even the deepest places? The ocean moves us.

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